Dkormbkb 23, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM.' 



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MAX WENZEL'S CHIEF. 



on comiiiir to Alldcn's Hollow, Ihe wliolo pack went over tlie 

 brink to Ihe lioHomof the hollow, a depth of nearly forty 

 feet. Two of the hounds were killed, and eight others seri- 

 ously injui-ed. 



CHIEF. 



/mireP is owned by Mr. Max Wenzel, of Hoboken, IS. J., 

 ^'' and is a veiy fine, well made Irish setter dog of fifteen 

 mouths, and his having been trained with good judgement, 

 landed him at the head of his class in the Puppy Stakes. He 

 is by champion Berkley out of champion Dunk, both sire and 

 dam being owned at this time by Mr. A. H. Moore of Phila- 

 'delphia. Chief won secondina classof tweuiy-seren entries, 

 N. Y., 1880. Hissire, Berkley (Eicho- Loo TT.). was whelped 

 July 10th, 187''., being bred by the Si. l,oui3 Keuiie] Civh, 

 and has won the following prizes: ilmuptori, lowji, ISTT, 

 second prize, puppy stakes, nineteen entries ; St. Louis, 1878, 

 first prize, open class; also following specials : best brace 

 with his dam. Loo 11.; best pail' with Loo IL; best kennel 

 with Loo ![.; best setter of any age or breed bred in Ameri- 

 ca; best setter bred in tlie United States. Boston, 1878, 

 champion prize ; al.so ,sj)ecials ; best pair with Loo IL; best 

 kennel with Loo 11., etc. Kew York, 1878, champion prize. 

 St. Paul, Mian., 1873, champion prize. Philadelphia, IS70, 

 cliampion prize ; also special for Ijest Iri.sh setter dog ; St. 

 Louis, 187S), champion prize, also special, with Duck, forbe.st 

 pair of Irish setters, and special for best Irish setter dog ; 

 New Y^'ork, 1880, champion prize ; St. Louis, 1880, cham- 

 pion prize, also special for best Irish dog or bilcli in the show 

 Duck (6309 English Kennel Club Stud Book), the 

 dam of Chief, was imported by E. F. Stoddard, of Day- 

 ton, Ohio, and bred by Dennis Roidy, Esq., Castle Island, 

 Kerry County, Ireland. She ia l>y King's Erin, out of Rose. 

 1 ler winning's are as follows : Before importation, Birming- 

 ham, 1875, first prize ; Brighton, 1876, second prize ; AVel- 

 lington, 1876, first prize; Nautwich, 1876, first prize, and 

 champion cup for the best sporting dog exhibited. Siaci 

 importatifiu shehas won: St. Louis, 1877, first prize; St. 

 Louis, 1S78, second prize; Boston, 187S, first prize; Balti- 

 more, 1878, ebaivipion prize; St. Paul, champion prize : De- 

 troit, 1879, first prize; and speeiMl pri/e for best Irish set- 

 ter dog or bitch; St. Louis, 1S7!1, ehiuiipioji prize, and also 

 special for beat Irish bitch and, ^vilb Ecrldey, special for best 

 pair of Irish dogs. It will thus he seen ihat Chief comes 

 of "moigbty pmtty sthock." 



HON. O. P. WINCHESTER. 



tl^-om the New Haveu rallaaiuiu, Dec, It] 



THE American flags, displayed nt half mast yeslei'day inoming 

 from the tniTets of Wineheater'a ajinory, lumoiinced to the 

 gathering workmoa and the pasBers that Iho genius which had 

 conceived that groat enterprise), and the hand that jilaced in motion 

 its swift Hying machinery, lay palsied in death. The death of 

 Governor OUver Fisher Wiiiche^iter was not a Bm'priBe to those 

 who wore aware of his feeble condiliou for the past fow weeks, yet, 

 as ia uatmal when a life that has been busy and eventful with en- 

 terpriaes closea, the community stops -for a moment to review that 

 life and regret its dissolution. 



Althonph the most active, prosperous and useful portion of the 

 Governor's life haa been spent in this raetropohs of Connecticut, 

 he was not a native of the State, being bom in Boston in Novem- 

 ber, 1810. Living in Boatou under its pecuhar uifluence for a con 

 siderable time he uatnrally became unbued with a knowledge of 

 the importance of education as a bulwark for our republic, for the 

 maintenance and progress of which he gave such tangible support 

 in later life. The early years of his lite gave evidence of that 

 energy and enteriJiise which produced the success which crowned 

 his life-woili, and made him such an important factor in the com- 

 mercir.l and mannfactming interests of the city of bin adoption. 

 At seveu yearn of a,^;e he left the city for fiirni life, attending 

 school in the winter and worldng upon the farm in the summer. 

 At fourteen, with these hmited means of education, he wag ap- 

 prenticed to a ca rpenter. Faithfulness and broadness of character 

 marked this epoch of bis life, as in all subsequent periods of his 

 exislcnce, and sis vears later he went to Baltimore as a m.'\Bter 

 builder. iUthough a mere youth he took the contract for building 

 a chm'ch, wliich he consummated with success. In 1837, then 

 twenty-seven years of age, he changed his business a^id opened 

 the first men's furnishing store in Baltimore. He remained there 

 eleven years, when, in 1847, he came to this city, and suiee tlieu 

 his life and enterprise have been well known by the older inhabit- 

 ants of the city. As a natural outgi'owth of his biisineBs in Balti- 

 more, he invented a perfectly fitting dreBS-shh-t and obtained a 

 patent for it in Febmaiy, 184:8. He immediately began the busi- 

 ness of shht-msking, a new business for those times, and was lo- 

 cated on Htate street, in what is known as the old Garfield build- 

 ing, ovdy half of which is now standhig. Patroniied at fh-at by 

 appreciative friends his business sooii increased, culminating in 

 the extensive factory on Court street, between Olive and Union 

 streets, arid his partnership with J. M. Davios. The enferpriao 

 was a Kuccess, sowing machines taking the place of hand labor, and 

 hundreds of thousands of the p.^itent shiits were produced. It 

 was here that the fortune which was the Ija-iis of Ids other enter- 

 prises was nmasKpd. 



In 18.57 h.: b.:ri,ii,; iutevostcd ui a ne« lite-arm iuventcd by T-fu- 



.iamui T. II. my. i.l C sntreville, and a cvnnpony was formed foi- its 



m;,„„r:,,.-,, ■,- '-, .,p .ijr.r, was located on .Artisan street and ."tir. 



tiiokholder. Tbo name of (iie company 



_iirapany. The enltrprise did not prove a 



.-t,i,CL.-, ., ... i.ijhe.><ter jrai-chased the entire sroek and 



formed a new company in 18i;o, under the name of the New Haven 

 Arms Compajjy. He was selceted as its president, and iiroue- 

 diately assumed control of its affiurs. This may bo said to be the 

 begmning of tiiat gTeat liuuiuess which is now known the world 

 over, and wliicii has added .so much to the conmiercial strength of 

 the city, gi\iug employment for a longer contiauous pei-iod of time 

 to more people than any othe)- enterprise ever conducted in this 

 city. A sketch of the rise and progrci-s of this enterprise would 

 almost be a record of the improvement in lire-nrms for the past 

 twenty years. Jlr. Wmehestcr wo ^i progresfix e nnd eageriy sought 

 out the latest imi)rovemfiits and inventions. r:illiug to his aid and 

 the aid o£ the company, at the head of which be stood, the most 

 improved machineiy for mauufactming the goods. In bSCo a 

 special charter was obtained, and with a capitiU of •■^SOO.Oiid tlie 

 ■Winchester Repeating Anas Company Viis estublislied. No'v in- 

 Tentlons were adopted at this time, and the VVmchester repeating 

 rifle soon came to bo knoira as a stamlard iire-arrn. Tht- prni.-i- 

 pal nnprovemcnt was one deeigued to faciliate the transfer of the 

 cart) iil^-..> frum liic mu:.';r_,',irii.' to the barreh Improvements were 

 ma'Ic in iS73, and stiU Inrther m 1876, the latter being called 

 "Tiie Cuuitunial.' In 1872 the compnny bogfin the manufactm-e 

 of cartridges, whicb fomis u large element of its business. Itneed 

 not he added that in every respect this eaterpnso is a success, and 

 brought to the founder and mover of it all a large fortimo. This 

 fortune, however, was not for self alone. Mr. Winchester was a 

 hberal man and contributed largely to various worthy objeoti. 



In 1876 be gave to Yale College the tract of land of thirty-six 

 acres north of liis residence, for which he paid $90,000. This waa 

 donated for the establishment of an astronomical and physical ob- 

 servatory. This tract of land is one of the most eligible for resi- 

 dences within the limit of the city, and will in time bring to the 

 college many times its cost to the donor. He also contributed 

 liberally to other departments of the college, more especiaUy to 

 the seientiiio school. He was connected with the Calvary Baptist 

 Church, and assisted materially in the erection of the beautifid 

 house of worsidp at the corner of York and Chapel streets. 



He was a friend to all jjlans of education which would upbuild 

 and benefit the people, .^s a man oeeupyuig a prominent position 

 in the city and always interested in its welfare, he was nattually 

 drawn into polities. His fu'st public position was comicilman from 

 the old Foui-th Ward in 1853. He was also a presidential elector. 

 In 18Cfi Jse was nominated and elected lieutenant governor of the 

 State on a ticket headed by General Joseph R. Hawley for governor. 



Governor Winchester early became interested in pomology and 

 flojicultnre. and, as his fortune increased, made a practical use of 

 his tables in the t.ea utifnl gi-ounds on Prospect street suiTounduig 

 his rtridtnce. These are the most extensive and most beautifully 

 kept grounds in the city. No expense has been spared to make 

 them complete productions and artistic in aiTangements. Here in 

 his beautil'id and palatial home, surroimded by the luxuries of all 

 that could be accomplished by a skillful gardener sustained by 

 liberal means. Governor 'Winchester passed the twelve months of 

 illness under the tender care of loving friends and relatives. From 

 the hroad windows are exten.sive views to uispire the heart and 

 please the imiigiuation. To the west and south the ragged front 

 of West Bock, with outlines melting away into the dense forests of 

 Edgewood, while nearer, the great tumory, teeming with life, 

 showed its long lino of walls and its banners of curling smoke. 

 City and ccimtry, forest and plain, meadow and stream blend to 

 iualio the view a dehghtful one. Governor \Vhichester was en- 

 doneil v.iUi v.oudcrtul perseverance and indomitable courage ; be 

 liaw Ihi. !-■::<] :ii:.I u.jlden streaks of sunshine where to others it wu» 

 ciourt !!e was a rei)resentative ol what may be ac- 



corni ; i J honest labor by every American boy. His 



dealli - I . .1 iji a stroke of paralysis which he sustahied 

 .'.hoot a year rinee. Althougii unalile for the past twelve months 

 to gi\e his attention to his business, he wa.s conflned to the house 

 but a lew weeks previous to his death. He leaves a wife and a 

 son and a daughter— William Tv. Winchester, intunately connected 

 with his father in the .o ms company, and tlie wife of Thomas G, 

 Bennett, secretary of the company. 



E.VNGE AND GALLEKY. 



Cbeedmoor— J)so. IS.— The C'lnistmas miiteh which took place 

 to-day was another of those very attractive contests on the same 

 plan as the poprdar match which was had on Thanksgiving. The 

 shootmg was at 200 yards. State model riiies, and the match wan 

 open to everybody. There was some uncertainty growing out of 

 the naming of the match, some of the marksmen having an idea 

 that the shoot was to take place on Cliristmas Day. There were 119 

 original entries lor the match, .and the re-enteries ran the total up 

 to ULiirly 700. T' - ,1; - -: - . -■ ,- .M ; , ,i ■ ,,v|,^p ,,.ji^d „,ad9 

 holding .-iorn. : , Mccllent off-hand 



shots pri sDii : ,:Um: if any ex- 



j.ectatiou was mm oi j^^ t-nj;; r;--.. lu,, liuuruKd prize drawers. 

 Ritles were loaned and ammunition furnished Iree lor the match 

 by E. Remington A. Sons, and the long list of prizes included 

 many articles of lerge, aggregate value from leading houses. 

 The conditions made the aggregate of two scores necessary to a 

 record, each score to consist of five shot«. Willie Robertson out- 

 did himself and the records of Greedmoor by putting in a perfect 

 score of five oonsectitive bull's eyes at 200 yards, whUe another 

 iioor* of 21 gaye an aggregate of 46 points. When the iooiiug hud 



