494 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jastjabt 20, 1881. 



Cell, bla.'U, white and tan, 4 months; Dyke-Imp. Kattie 

 1!H* Dr. T, Clay Maddux and Gen. Frank A. ti„nd, Dale, bla(* 

 whit.. ;ind tan 1 months; Dyke-Imp. Katie. U)i ChtiB. Illiff, 

 Bob, black, white and <an, 7 months. I'.IH ChaK Ulig. Nanro 

 black, whito and tan. r, nionthK. lOt .1. A. Keovell, Nimcv, 

 Uark, white and t*u, 7 moiithB : fliist'-r-lmp. Cbai-uifiv lil5 

 Robert M. Baker. Bello, wliite. black and tan, -I mouth.^ ■' Itatt- 

 tk'r-rau, lilt; fottinger UorHCy, New Market, 3Id., Lu'cv 11,. 

 black, white and tan, H niontha ; Major- -Liw. tii7 Pottinger 

 Oortiey, Cleopatra, black, white and tan, ii lunnthK ; T'.vadburv'f^ 

 Major-Diana. J9S .1. N, Dodge, Jir.xv IF., blade, white aud 

 tan, tl nionthB ; Dodge-n lie, gwoixl-DodgeV Spider. 

 OlttBB 38.— Daefa.-ihiinds (lnBf dof; or bitch, ^"10 ; Hccorid befit ^tD i— 

 lyil Jacob Weiakucher. Sb4-:>.e«povt, Pa,., Max. black and tan, 

 2 years; imported. SilO ,)aliol. Wi,-i;sl,,icb.T, I'a;i. IJa-J; and 

 tan, 2 years ; imported yoi ,1. a :-,..■, .ii . , „ ,, |, ,, i,:i, 

 red. Id montba : ITiiRer Fnt?-nwij,,, ,i , , , ' - 



Ted, Mai-guerite. black and t,au. sf- ,, 



Oivocr-B MiiHic. 20;1 John PawceU. i ■'ci. I Cii, 1, ,ca I;._l c ., 



Clans ' ic. r Dogs (best, $10; second boat, .f-.")")— 204 



J ic . : . ., New York, Vandal, white and tan, 3 vciirH : 

 T"J!i 1 ,..:i,,:.. PnU Pedigree. 20f) L. and W. ittitherford, 

 Nc-,', Yoili, L;ow,-t.ring. white, black and tan, 4 vca,r.s • ebauiiinn 

 Tm-k-Visen. 2011 L. and W. liutherford, Nnilor, white, black 

 and tan, 2 years ; champion BnlT-Actiyily. 207 Jar.ics Mor- 

 tinnr, Hid. white, black and tan. IH niouths ; Ta.rtaj'-NeU. 

 winner of b-:t New \orlt. 



ClasB lO.-bi.v Tcrnti Bitcbeh{be.=t, >1U : Bocoud, f.'>V-208 James 

 TlenneHhcy, \ jxin, black, while and tan, 11^ years ; imported. 

 2(W Prod. \V. Fleck, New York Citv, C.ipyi. white, tan and 

 spotted, 20 mouths; CUochv-Kate:'tnll e.Mcnded pedicrce. 

 210 L. and W. Rutherford, Active, white, lilack and t:in, :3 

 yeaCB: CameBter-Gypsy. 211 L. and VV. Itnthci lord, Turirtle, 

 white, black and tan, 2 vears ; Joe-Venna. 212 Pi and W. 

 Riilherlord, Chauee, wliitej black and tan, a.- < years. 



OlaaK 11.— Fox Terrier Piippie..<, Under 12 Months ; beat doi; or 

 bitch, S^IO 1-21.8 Fred. W. Fleck, Prince, white and tan, 8 

 monthH: Vaudal-SUHB ; tiilj extended pedigree. 2H L. and 

 W. Ibilhcrford, Sally, while, black and tan, 8 montha : Flash- 

 TuHfile. 2U> L. and A' Rntherl'ord, Joker, white and black, 6 

 month.< : Nailor-.-VetiYe. 216 L. and \V. Rutherford, AUa- 

 muidiy Xell, white, black and tan, 6 months ; Nailor-Activc. 

 217 Dan (birduer. Pittsburgh, finnie G, white, black and tan. i 

 months : Imp. Baff-Imp. Vfc (Vic whiner of t prizes). 



Cla.SK 4-2. — Greyhounds (best dog or bitch, .f.ini-^21H L. ('. F. 

 Lot^:. Chicago, Spring, hght brown, 8 ycart, : ria;-,h-Xell ; full 

 pedi,--rec ; wjuuer of Centennial Medal and 2<i ai New York. 

 2ia L. C. F. Lot/., Maud II., briudle, 2yearb ; Pruiee-Maud. 



ClasB i3. — ycoteh Deerliounds- Xo ontriea. 



Noy-spoRTiNo nor.B, 



Olass fet.— Mafitiffrf-No entries. 



Class 45. -."^1. Kcrnardri ( bcHl dog or biteh, SW ; second, .$5")- 220 

 William L. Jouo..<, Pittabnrgh, Snowball, tawney and white, 3 

 years , imported P'ido or Fino, out of imported jUpe : full ex- 

 tended pedigree. 221 Fred. George, Allegheny Citv, Tiger, 

 light brown, 3 yoara. 222 John Their, Pittsbiu-gh, ' Pearson, 

 liver, 3 years : bred from imported stock. 



ClasM 46,— Newfoundlands i best dog or biteh, .i?10 ; second, «5"1- 

 223 \V. (•. Mever, SbarpHbiirfi, Pa,., Plulo. black, 4 vears. 224 

 Alfr..d Jcs-iup, Putsbnrgh, Lion, black, lb,' rears'; Ciaptaiu- 

 . Williams, Canuelton. Reaver Co., Pa., Liou, 



bl; 



JlUtH. 



Clfts,.- I I Iiu Dogs — Ho entries. 



Olusb i iJ.jgd or ColUoa fboat rough-coated dog or 



biir,;. ci'.,: icei.iid. *5)— 226 Jaeob'Drake, Mansfield Valley, 

 Pa.. Lucy, chestnut, 6 years; from imported stock. 227 

 Robert Boll, Mansheld Valley, Pa., Shop, tan, 4 years; from 

 hnported stock. 223 David Foster. MauBtield Valley, Pa., 

 Ring, white and tan, 2 ye.ars : from imported stoek. 229 Dr. 

 J. W. Downey, Tweed 11., black aud tan, Sbj voars ; Tweed- 

 Maddie. 230 Dr. J. W. Dowuey, Lass o' Gowrie, sable and 

 ^yhite, whelped 1879 ; Mi-. Mile.s' Tosa-Mr. J. .Swift's Lassy; 

 winner of 1st, St. Louis, 1880. 



dla8.s 49 -Shepherd Dogs or GiiUies (beat amooth-coated dog or 

 bitch, 810; aecoad, .So)— 2.31 Geo. S. Houghton, Pittsburgh, 

 Stella, fawn and white, 2 years; Mac-Helen; full pedigree. 

 2;i2 Geo. S. Houghton, Bruce, black, wliite and tan, i months; 

 Sc itt-Zaidee ; liill pedigree. 233 Geo. 8. Houghton, Nell, 

 black and white, mixed, 5 months. 



CliiHS 50. -Bull Dogs ('be.st dog or biteh, .$10; second, collar, 

 vAhie §5^—234 Jam'ea Mortimer, Doctor, bundle and white, 4 

 years ; Champion Alexander-Puss. 23.t Geo. ^V. Moore, 

 Moore'B Turk, briudle and wLite, 7 yeiuu ; bred from imported 

 stoclc. 



Class 51.— Bull Terriers f'besl dog or bitch, f'lo ; second, collar, 

 value!3i5j—2:!i! James Mortimer, Silk II., white. 13 months; 

 SUk-Pusa. 237 R. 0. Elliot, PittHbnrgh, Rose, white, 3 rears : 



Tinker-K.ate. 23n Wm. Ve,al. Cleveland. Uhio, Belle, -^ , 



2 years; Crib. 239 W. E. Gaiin; 

 and white, IG months ; bred from 



CHuB 62.— Skye Terriers (best dog t 

 value .*5)— 240 J. G. Wyman. A 

 241 Gilbert Eafferty, Pittsburgh 

 Mack, br Champion Sam i'46531-i 

 Hanorei- ; 3d Barton-un-Trent ; ' 

 (Jrystal ; tst Boston, England, 

 port. Pa.. Sam, 4 yearu ; Chamy 

 ' irdon. Smart, 3 y 



ind, collar, 



and ta,n, whelped 1S79 ; Charley-Gvp. 264 .Um^B Hennessey, 

 Sport, blue aud tan, 2 years ; imported. 265 RobertM. Baker, 

 Deti-oit, Mich., Vic, formerly Dandv, bine and tan, Syeara; 

 imported. 



asK 57.— King Charles, or Blenheim Spaniels— No entries. 



ass 58.— Itaban Greyhounds (beat dog or bitch, *10; second, 

 ?5)— 266 r\. H. Moore, Cream, fawn, whelped 1873 ; Tiny- 

 Flirt. 267 A. H. Moore, Pearl, fawn, whelped 1S73 ; Dougbts- 

 Gypsy. 268 Wm. Montgomery, Pittsburgh, Ciissie, fai?n, 3 

 years. 269 .Tames Honnessor, Derby, white and fawn 3 

 years, 



ass 59.— MiBcellaneoua and Foreign Claas— for all dogs that have 

 not lieen as.Higued a separate Class (best dog or biteh, SIO ; se- 

 cond ba^t, *»)- -270 John Bittner and Bro., Allegheny City, 

 ■'r -l '1:', 7 '-,',"« ; Cuban Poodle, bred from imported stock. 

 I ' i: I "I ,,-!■, jUlegheny City, Nell, white and black 



' rL,s: French poodle. Imported. 272 Daniel 



'I CI '■;! - white. 3 vears: Cuban poodlr-, bred from 

 iiiipurted !.t,.)ck. .4506. 273 Daniel Bittnci :. ■,. ru- 



hardt, white, 4 mouths; Cnbau Poodle. ■: , ,i 



Royal .Tim, black, white and tan, 5 years ; Fr, ! 1 ,,1 ,i,-ij 

 from imported stock. 275 Dar. Gardner. E- ; . . 



and black ticked; French Poodle, bred fnc , Ir 



276 Geo. W. Moore, Flash II., hntr, 2b, , , , ,,,1 



Terrier; Flash-Kitly. Both imported. '277 r 

 Noitb, black and deer, 7ye,ira ; iJuckhound. J7 ,i;ii 1 ]b ;j- 

 nessey, Pete, blue tan, 'i^ years ; terrier. ,Counce-NeItle. 



PPEClAl PKIZE ENTIIY MST. 



PaikcT Brotbers, of 79 Chambers street, New York, offer a 



d"i)l- b, . 1, l,,:,diug gnn, valued at !?1.00, for the best Set- 

 : n' auy strain. -Entries; 279 Bnellenburg * 



M i.lcr. 280 A. H. xMoore, Berkley. 281 Dr. 8. 



P- ■ ' I I'- EIriio. 282 P. H. Bryeoii, Peep" 0' Day. 283 

 Joliii H. Mclntr.iib, Biz. 



.J. .L Sueilenbiirg. of Now Brighton, Pa., offers a lirst-claiis 

 relveteen or corduroy hunting suit, made to measure, valued 

 at 7^50, not to be competed for bv the donor, for the second 

 bc-i ,-,. .! L- ,,r Bitch of any strain.— Entries : 284 11. T- 



*■: : ' ., 285 A. H Moore, Leicester. 286 A H. 



^1" I ' ii'u. 287 r>r. S. Fleet Soeli-, Wanda. 288 P. 



B IV, ,M, , ;-•,,.:,,; ,,y Day. 



For the best Irish Setter Dog, Steel Engraving of Biddy and 

 .Eru. ; value .?10. -Entries ; 289 John S. Mcintosh, Biz. 290 

 W. A. Strutbcr. Flint. 291 Geo. W. .Uoore. Red Grouae. 292 

 \. 11, !\[r,nre, Ptrkloy. 



''' '' II ''ritnr Dog, Steel Engraviug, framed, of Kea- 

 ■■! :- ■:;iii.-, value .fHO-Eutriea: 293 A. H.Moore, 

 !>■ '■■:- --..iinundOrgiU, Rush. 



, F.-.i cue '....,i Cordon Setter Dog, Laflan * Band's Powder. 

 value §10.— Entries ; 295 R. W. jVrd;«-v A, Bro Stiilibl.-'' 

 296 A. H. Moore, Bob. 



For the best English Setter Dos, L;irtan A baud's Pvmder 

 value $,15.— Entries : 297 Snellenhnng .t McConnel, Thunder' 

 298 A. II. Moore, Leicester. 299 Dr. S. Fleet Speir, St Elmo. ' 



. The Bear Creek RetiQing Co., Limited, ofl'er a Barrel of Water 

 ■White Oil, for the largest collootion of Non-Sporting Dogs, ex- 

 hibited by one persou.— Entry : 300 A. H. Moore, 1,711 Gar- 

 den street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



242 Har 



Hacke, Pittahnrgh, Isla, 

 Boggle. 245 A. H. Moc 

 Pratt's Piper-LasB o' Go,, 

 blue, whelped 1879 ; WcMl 

 Kcottiah Queen, sky blue, \ 

 Ctowrie. 248 L. G. Hai 



,"ii,;-'-V. H C, 



Bristol ; V. H C,, 

 Gordon, McKees- 

 riuce-Cream. 243 Harrv 

 Jock-Silk. 244 P.aiil IT. 

 -i'ol :: ,, ! - nioutha; Piper U.- 

 1 I hie, whelped 1878; 

 o. jloore. Tuck, skv 

 i-M r'-oi.-yh, ;;,;., 247— A. H. Moorc, 

 helped 187B; Wetter's Sam-Lasso' 

 , Cleveland, Ohio, Judge, blue and 

 tan, l,!a yeare ; Castor-Jen D.: imported. 249 L. G. Hanua, 

 Zip, blue and tan, 3 years ; Dan-Flora ; hnported. 250 Wil- 

 liam Veal, Cleveland, Ohio, Topsy, 2 years. 

 Class 53.— Pugs (beat dog or bitoh, .-JilO : second, ;t'5 /— 251 A. D. 

 Stewart, Hamilton, Ontario, Bob, fawn, 20 mouths ; Dixie- 

 Dolly; wmuings—lat at Toronto ;lat Montreal ; IstS' r,-,;.!-. 

 252 A. H. Moore, Jack, whelped 1877; Punch-Dot. v ' " 

 Moore, Young Sooty IE, whelped 1878 ; Sootv-Eiii 

 U. Moore, May, whelped 1879; Letter Carrier-Deal, v : . i 

 ■ !, Fred. Cross. Pittsburgh, Tinoy, Fawn. 10 mouths ; Wil- 

 lougbby strain. 

 OlasB 54.— Scotch Terriers (liest dog or hitch, ?10 : second, S5) — 

 255 Gilbert Raffertv, Pittsburgh, Captain, fawn, 3 years ; 

 Imp. Cai/tain by Gretton'a Svlalne ; (E. K. C. S. B. 837), Gret- 

 ton'a Nelho (1911 ; winner of 1st prize at PittBbru'gh. 256 E. 

 H. Gillman, Sir Walter Scott, fawn, 3 monthB ; Imp. Dand.y- 

 Imp. Topisy. 

 Class 55. — Black and Tan Terriers (beat dog or bitoh, *10 : second, 

 .f 5)— 257 Jacob Drake, Prinuie, black and tau, 4 years. 258 

 Daniel Bittner, Allegheny City, Nell, black and tan, 2 years: 

 from imported stock. 

 Class 56. -Yorkshire Terriers (best dog or bitch, .$10 : second, .55) 

 -259 A. A. Huteheson, Pittaburgh, Flint, blue and tan, 4 

 rears ; imported. 260 Gilbert Bafferty, Dad, lilue and tan. 4 

 years : imported. 2C1 Paul H. Hacke, I'attie, bine and tan, 2 

 years : imported. 262 A. H. Moore, Jimmy, blue and tan, 

 whelped 1875 ; Mozart-Nell. 263 A. H. Moore, Beanty, blue 



* By a new classification entries Nos. 174 and 177 were jiut into 

 new class 35|— Maryland bench-legged beagle ; Nos. 182 aud 190 

 into new class 36i— Maryland bench-legged beagle blichea ; Nos. 

 189, 191 and 196 into naw cSftss 87i'-=-Miwyland bonch-legged beagle 

 puppiea. 



of dogs 



Luy life, 

 ■ three 



DOOS TH^VT TREED GROUSE. 



rOlNTBKH V9. SBTTJUKS. 



8i'*.irsroN, Va., Jan. 7. 

 Sditoi- Forent and Stream : 



I have seen several communications in late issues of your 

 valuablo paper touchiug subitcts whicli I think I am able to 

 throw some light on, and others about which I would like to 

 have "my say." (Jf the first class of subjects is the pheasant 

 dog— the dog that will tree pheasants (raffed grouae). These 

 dogs are like poets, born and not made. In an active expe- 

 rience as a sportsman of twenty-flve years, I have never seen 

 more tlian two really good pheasant docs of this kind One 

 was a half terrier, the other half cut up into si.vteenths of 

 every variety of no account dog in the world ; and the other 

 was a fine-bred hound bitch, the best deer dog I ever saw be- 

 sides, BO that you may infer that there i.s 'n.:jthing in the 

 breed. Nobody could tell how either of thcrji ever arrived 

 at the perfeclion for which they were noted— as no attempt 

 at training was made on either — tliey just "took to it." 



The quality which distinguished I'hem from all other dogs 

 I ever saw hunt pheasants to tree them was this, that the 

 moment the bird was scented they commenced to bark vigor- 

 ously and run tlie trail or body scent as fiwt as tlicy could, 

 until the bird was run in upon. All the other dogs 1 ever 

 saw tree pheasants never barked until the bird wm on tlie 

 wing. The first method was so sudden i.nd violent that the 

 bird never had time to collect himself sufficiently to deter- 

 mine upon the line of flight or the point of lighting (iis in 

 the other case he had already done before stiming'to llyl, 

 but would bo so startled and confused that he would seek the 

 lii-st shelter offered, which wasgeneralh' the friendl}' branches 

 of an overhanging tree or bush. The" result was" that fullv 

 80 per cent, of all the birds I ever ;saw either of these dog's 

 flush lit in trees not five rods from where thev were (lushed, 

 so that neither the dog nor the guuner bud any trouble in 

 finding them. As to their sitting still aud lettfng vou kill 

 them, one after another, by shooting at the lowest," one on 

 llie tree, I never found any of that breed. I u' ver killed 

 more than onefrom the same tree in my life, e.xeept from 

 grape-vines when feeding. Then, with a small rifle, or a 

 shot-gun with a light charge, I have killed two or three be^ 

 fore llie others would fly. So much for what I know. Now 

 for what I think and believe on other subjecls. 



1 am glad to see from the results of the late field trials on 

 Robin's Island that the pointer is beginning once more to get 

 his dues. I welcome such intelligent and vitrorous cbampionB 



: this i)oble-t of all dogs— a.s "Black Ned"Hnd South Side." 

 ^ i.ave sat in mute astonishment for the severnl years I have 

 I cen reading your paper at the craze that seems to me to have 

 taken possession of our Nortliern (and lo some exteait our 

 Southern) sportsmen aliout llie setter. Now don't bo alarm- 

 ed ! 1 don't intend lo go all over the threadbare discussion 

 of the whole merits and demits of the two breeds, but I wish 

 to give my experience of the two for what it is worth, 1 

 started bird hunting more than twenty-flve years ago. My 

 iirsl love was a setter. I have broken and hunted fourotheris 

 up to this time, and have owned and broken three pointers 

 in the same Jime. They were all of good native stock, but 

 as pure as the best "imported." My .setters paased with 

 sportsmen for first rate dOffS, but 1 boneslly confess that not 

 one single one of them ever " filled my eye "-they never 

 came up to my ideal of a good bird dog— while of the 

 three pointers each one was all I could wish him to be. 



It is said that they haven't got the speed or the style of the 

 .setter. I can tell ' ' 131ack Ned " for his comfort that we have 

 here a strain of bold, "slashing liver and white pointers," 

 that have for eight or ten years past shown the way to all the 

 setters i hat have been brought against them, and can do it yet. 



They are as fast, have more "nose, a-s much bottom, are 



staunoher and back prettier from the very start than any set- 

 tera tiBt evw w«« wen here, They do not take heavy brier 



thickets like some setters I have seen, but they will take water 

 at auy season, and are natural retrievers, But outside of all 

 this there is a quality in the pointer that I have never seen 

 mentioned by any one in writing of the dog, a quality that is 

 not put down on the scale of points in fleld trials, hut which 

 they possess in a much higher degree lliiin the setter, and 

 which iu my opinion is worth more than "stylo," "quarter- 

 ing," "dropping to shot" and all tlio.ae fancy trimmings that 

 are put eni d..>g8 by professional trainers, anil thai quality is 

 what an old friend of muie (and the liest sporlsman I ever 

 knew) used tocidl "bird sense." It isthatinslinet, which, af- 

 ter a few years hunting, enables the pointer to go inio a thirty 

 or forty acre tield, and go straight to the most likely places 

 in it lo look for the birds, and nine times in ten find them, 

 while the seller is "fussing" arouud, qiiarlcring and pulling 

 ill bis fancy licks over an acre of ground. The sir ' • ■ ' 

 of which I have spoken have this faculty to an 

 e.xleut. I never «iw u settei- luive a parli'cle of it 

 aud never saw a pointer tluu has been hunted tw; 

 .seasons that didn't have it t..> a greater or Ir.ss e.xie _, 



I fully concur with you in your renwrks :iboiu ilie tendeu- 

 ey of modern luceders and trainers to sacririce everythimr lo 

 speed. Good speed when combineil with irood nose; is a ijood 

 llun-, but of the two give me the dot' will, ilic no:*, (uid 

 other thiiiL'S beiut; equal in a day's hunt I'll take niv chiinijeg 

 for a bag over him. I dem't thi'nk fleld Irials or bent-h sho -vs 

 will jirove a permanent success in this country. There are 

 too many purely arbitrary rides, and loo muck left to the 

 prejudice aud Ihas of the .iudge.s. 



If merit iu a dog could be brought down to the same fixed 

 rules that govern In horses then the best fielders in th-^ coun- 

 try could ije seen, and the best dog would lie sure to win, f.ir 

 there wouldn't even he the saino chauee f. a- " jockcyiug " 

 that sometimes disgraces horse racing. I5ut toexpress"!! 

 mathematically as the matter stands, there are too many quan- 

 tities in the problem for the conditions, and the result is in- 

 determination. Jack. 



I HATE had considerable crpericncc in this line as ruffed 

 grouse and woodcock shooting was my principal sport. 

 I used at this time an Irish water spaniel, imported ; the s:iivie 

 dog that took sec'.iid prize at tlie We.sr.min.siei' show of IS77. 

 He had no pedigree th.il I cnild ever .usrerlain. He was 

 presented to me li\' a colored rami luimed Tuckelt wlio was 

 at the time a valet for some oiHeer slaiioned at the Monlreal 

 Garrison. Canada. The olTn-er bad imported ilie dot;.s for big 

 duck shooting on Kice and English lakes, (':,n,-nla,' and this 

 v\'aB one of the first litter they produced in tbi:s eoumry, and 

 as the otRcer would neither s'ell nor rlispiise ')f this stock llie 

 aforesaid valet, through some means best kn.iwn to himself, 

 managed to -nuiggle one of these whelp.s ft,\v:iy. Upon leav- 

 ing Canada he opened a barlier-shop in Siiratoga Spi'ings, and 

 it wsis soon aftiT that I became posse.s-sed of old Spo t. 



lie would take the trail of riilled grouse aud run ihem up a 

 tree and stand at the bottom baiking all the while until I 

 would come and shoot the bird. Not a very .sporl.smanliUe way 

 of shooting I admit, but I merely relate this to sho v what the 

 dog would do, aud further how the birds would in almost 

 every ease when flushed by Sport take refuge in ibe pines 

 and hemlocks. This dug was one of the finest woodcock 

 dogs I ever shot over, lie would range and beat the ground 

 arouud me for about a cir(de of forty to sixty yard.s, m.^ver go- 

 ing beyond this limit, and nothing could escape his niMse, aud 

 the moment he winded his game he would coinmence b.ark- 

 iiig or giving to'gue moderately, aud the hotter i he secut 

 grew the louder and more vio'ent the barkiug, until he flushed 

 I he bird, when his yelping wa,s almos' continuou-i and as if 

 every energy was exerted in announcing the fact. It was 

 beautiful shooting, especially ju corn and where the birds 

 were plenty, and manj' a royal days sport I enjoyed over 

 him. It took a live man to follow him, and one had to be 

 on the constant r/ui vfve with every nerve strung lo its utmost 

 tension. An a duck retriever L never saw his equal, and I 

 can add I never saw setter or pointer with a more .sensi- 

 tive and delicate nose. He never missed or gave a fulao 

 alarm. 



He was all a pure liver, with long ears covered witli fine 

 ringlets of hair tine as silk, and measured from lip to tip 

 twenly-nine inches; his body was covered with tightly eurlerl 

 crisp cuils; a tai' like a pointer's, thick at Iho roi,)t and com- 

 ing to a string-like point. It also was covered with the same 

 curls and hair as his body, e.ycept about four inches of the 

 end, and that was as clean as auy pointer's. He was strong 

 as an ox. I have scon him retrieve five wild geese from the 

 Kock River in Illinois, and bring them aBhore. liftinir them 

 bodily ;isea.sily as if they were ndl'ed grouse, lie Inid an 

 oil next his skin that never allowed bis liair next to the skin 

 to liecoine wet. Such was old Sport or old Injun Sport, and 

 old Nigger Sport as he was tauiiliarly called by all the boys. 

 His entiuranee was beyond belief unless seen and apie-cciated. 

 He left no worthy sous or daughters, and died at my resi- 

 dence iu Flatbush, at the ago of "twelve years, from injuries 

 received no one knew how. lie was the pet of every one, 

 f r(Hii the aged to the cliildren. He had traveled nearly all 

 over the Union. 



In northern New York, around Warren, Saratoua, Hainiltou 

 audalltheseadjoiiiingcouuiie.s ruffed -rouse, cianmonlv called 

 partridge, will tree invariably wheiliei rto:^lied by man or 

 dog, and the comiuon belief in this seciion is. that any dog 

 that approticbcs the color of our eomiuon red fox"isiiot 

 minded by the ruHed grouse, as (hey take him for a fox, and, 

 merely flirt up in the trees to escape reynard's aristocralin ' 

 taste for toollrsume game tid-bilfi, and my experience luisgone 

 M loni; wav to prove the liame as any one can eusilv si'c how 

 mucli more readily a good bag Can be made oyer a 

 dog of a red color than any other ((. e., the rull'ed grouse 

 tree belter and nearer to whefu nushcd). 1 hope this four- 

 teen years' experience on this luosi lively of our game birds 

 may lielp lo prove and establish some definite result. 



Black Ned. 



EASTER.N Field Thiaxs Cicb.— The annual meeting of the 

 Eastern Field Trials Club was held January 13. The follow- 

 ing gentlemen were present: Mr. F. N. HaU, Mr. W. A. 

 Cosier Dr. .1. W. Green, Mr. Geo. T. Leach, Mr. F. R. 

 Ryer, Mr. H. N. Munn, Mr. H. E. Hamilton, ilr. 11. T. 

 D'anforth, Mr. E. A. Herzberg, Mr. J. Von l.engerke, Mr. 

 Max Wenzel, Mr. H. W. Livingston, Mr. .lacolj feid.z, 

 Dr I C Munroe, Mr. ,J. OHo Donner, Mr. P. H. Morris, 

 Mr. E. A. Spoouer and Mr. T. F. Connolly, The following 

 gentlenien were unaniniously elected members: Dr. H. N. 

 Banks. Mes.srs. Richard O." Cheney, Charles S. t^heuey, J. 

 11. lilevcrs, John C. Higgins and II. Waller Webb. The 

 elect loii of otlicers for the coming year ensued. It wa.s de- 

 cided that the meinbi rs should vole as their names were 

 called from the roll, either by ballot or by proxj'. Messrs. 

 LlTlngstonand SpoooRr were appointed tellers of theelcotioni 



