FOREST AND STREAM. 



[February 12, 1880, 



In thin number Mr, Daane stives a number of Additional Cases of 

 Albinism ami Melanism in NnrtliAnieriniin Hirus, and adds tniriy- 



nino ijjeeie! til those frrevJoi tsd as sometimes nlbi- 



Boiio. Mr. Bidgrway'R two articles tbe lirst on Six Species of 

 Bird!! Now to tbe Fauna of Illinois, wit ii Notes on other Bare mi- 

 Hois Birds, and tbc other on Current OB ec loi i We Names of 

 North American Birds— are both very valuable and interesting! 

 as is also Mr. Nelson's An Afternoon in tho Vicinity of St. 

 Michael's, Alaska. 



Etoent Literature and General Noie? occupy nearly one-half of 

 the January number of the Bulletin, and areas interesting and as 

 full o£ news as they usually are. 



The number as a whole is most excellent. 



Jprf ipnnel 



THE MONTREAL BENCH SHOW. 



Montreal, Quebec, Feb. Ifh, 



WELL, our Show is over : and I for one, am not 

 sorry. Neither are my dogs— to tell the truth, 

 they were pretty .sick of it. The Montreal Poultry, Dog 

 and Pet Stoel: Association has been in existence for some 

 years, and lias done good work in the encouragement of 

 the breeding of thoroughbred stock of all kinds. Tbe 

 dog-men have talked for some time of separating from 

 the parent Association, and I, for one, hope they will; 

 for I know little about poultry and fancy stock, and care 

 less. For that reason, and because it will probably not 

 interest your readers, I will make no mention or the 

 poultry, etc., department, further than it was a pretty 

 and entertaining sight to see so many beautiful fowls and 

 pigeons, etc., and "pass on to the dogs without delay. 

 The prizes in each class were : $S to first, $1 to second. 



As you enter the building 'you find yourself among 

 the setters, pointers, greyhounds, etc. These classes were 

 very poorly filled, both as to quantity and quality, with a 

 few notable exceptions, however. The rough deerhound 

 dog was a beauty of tbe true type. He was the only one 

 exhibited. 



A magnilicent white greyhound dog, owned by Mr. 

 Harry C. CVibbs, of Ottawa, though exhibited by J. Lind- 

 say, was a feature of the Show. Jeff is an old friend 

 of' mine, and with his spotless snow-white coat and ex- 

 quisite symmetry, attracted a great deal of attention. 

 The two 'bitches exhibited were fair. 



Pointers were poor, as a class. First and second were 

 fine, large, well-built dogs ; the rest, I did not much 

 fancv. English setters were very good, indeed. Notably, 

 the first-prize dog, a big orange and white. Irish setters, 

 first and second, were very good ; the other two exhibited 

 were mongrels — more like St. Bernards than setters. 

 Two Gordon setters, exhibited by Dr. Niven, were simply 

 grand, especially Blossom. The other arrived after the 



d Irish water spaniel 

 '.at flat. Bel 

 lendid— thr 



Newfoundland Don: — First, W. Cowie : second, James Mot'or- 

 mick. Newfoundland Bitch— First, l;,,bt, A FJlioti ; second, Vv\ 

 O'Hara. 



.Mastiff Dog first, Kiel.tird Fletcher; second, T. J. Bice. Mas- 



judgL- , 



Snd a pair off 03 o.oun< jc o 



the mastiffs and St. : 



tiful clumbers, four bulldog 



The. first Newfoundland dog was a ueauiy : ma n.-nu wan 



simply perfect, and he was ably seconded by j 



raa IS mile larger hut v. lie a courser 



head. Th. re was a third dog that 1 admired, making a, 



-beat, or t I Br. The rest, dogs and 



,..i ,. .■, poo , "' i" h is a bear on this flat, and I 

 the bulldogs broke loose and had to be 

 carried home in pieces after his interview with Master 

 Ursus. 



Among the smaller dogs, two beautiful spitz are first 

 : i i row of fox- terriers. The first 



,,., ,, as a nice chunky little fellow with faulty 



ears, however There were about thirty dogs and bitches 

 : ,ss, and all good ones. At this stage you pass a 



fine Norfolk spaniel, who should be down stairs, and 

 come to the ball-terriers, large and small. These are all 

 good, particularly the small ones. 



v, came the cockers, four dogs and eight or nine 

 bitches. First dog a perfect, little beauty, liver colored. 

 about twenty or twenty-five pounds : he has no , i i Lgtf 

 unfortunately, but is still a valuable dog ; his owner re- 

 fused to part with him at any price. Second dog. black 

 and white, a late importation, Very lair ; rest very poor. 



First latch, Cora, is a beauty, the very image of the 

 first prize dog — in fact Mr. Cunningham mistook her for 

 bis dog on entering the show. Second prize bitch UaA- 

 oap, a veiy pretty black hi tcli, eighteen pounds, Flirt, 

 full' sister' to Cora, and a good bitch was unnoticed, 

 These three are the property of the writer and are only 



nine months old. Aj 



the second dog, was alS< 



class all the wa\ 



pretty King Charles, four I: 



a litter of puppies) a familj 



beriess beautiful Skyes an 



dogs, and a few g< 



were also some good Italiai 



The thanks of ad the ex ... v „ 



McLaren and the committee. A more liberal u 

 infectants would have been more agreeabli ' 



black and white bitch, mate to 

 oticed. Colleys were a grand 

 rot a bad dog in tie- 1 it, A 

 iittiful Blenheims (one with 

 rf rough fox terriers, mnn- 

 Vorlvies, notably the prize 

 •iers complete thehst. There 

 greyhounds. 

 abhors are due to Secretary 



\ ... ... in i .-.,,,. ~e ,i:„ 



.i I'M -'■ 



I i 



BullTerrfers, 

 3. h. McLaren. 

 .ir. nun Terrii 



first, G. Jordan. 



Seorge Jordan 

 Jordan, Fox '. 



W. MeKe 



: i ipuieton 



Mitelies-tir* 



Cowtc 



Red Fox 

 Otter Te 



tid. John I 

 ;eond, D.J. 



id. 1 : rl.-1 



do. flitch— first, Jos. 1-iiekson ; 

 err iers— lirsf, J. Stanford. Best 

 it, John Uot.erts.] 



Entries for the Dekby Stakes.— New York, Feb. Villi. 

 —Having weighed the evidence laid before me in the 

 matter of the eligibility of puppies for the Derby Stakes 

 of the National American Kennel Club in 1880, I decide 

 that the first day of April, 1879, is the limit of birth for 

 entries of puppies in that State, as established by the club 

 at its meeting in Pat oka, 111., in 1*7(1. 



Charles H. Raymond, President, 



audi 

 next show. 



and tin ii- - 

 ors had no d;l 

 at, The pair 

 Lome -visited 

 pleased 

 cial list of the 

 HOttsrb Deerl 

 Bitch 



bound Di 



H.fl. Ki 



Pup-JTlr 



ond, 



Hlqkson. 



...„ to v 

 ,t wdl probably be amended 

 gs were well fed and well cat 

 : well divided, so that ignoran 

 - in knowing what they v, ere 1, 

 bv the public was most liberal 

 show on Thursday and was 

 o.v' . 1 1 air. The following is II 



■ato 



Squirrel Doa.— Missouri Valley, Iowa, Feb. o/7i.— I 

 have seen several letters in your paper relating to "Best 

 Dog on Squirrels." At my home in Pennsylvania squir- 

 rels are vcrv plentiful, and in the last (en years T have 

 killed a great many with the aid of my "full blooded yel- 

 low cur," and a better and truer dog for the above game 1 

 have yet to hunt over. In the fall, "when they are cutting 

 nuts, it is best to bunt without a dog, but at that time of 

 the year when they arc on the ground in search of food, 

 a little dog is what you want. My little fellow, after 

 finding the track, follows them to tbe tree and begi; 

 sharp 'narking. Should the squirrel jump from one tree 

 to another the dog will follow, and is sure to tell you 

 where the game is upon your arrival. Quite frequently 

 they stop on the first or second branch and begin to baric 

 at the dog as "C, H. A." tells of. In this Western country 

 you will find the large fox squirrel. They are very plenty, 

 and a bag of thirty is nothing uncommon for a day's 

 Sport. 1 was down to the Missouri River last week and 

 saw lots of geese, AVe also have lots of quail, chickens 

 and. turkeys. G. II. AV. 



» 



Ethas AjjLin's Beue Dogs. — RockvUle, Conn.. Feb. 



9th, — In your issue of Feb. 5th I saw an article on "Ethan 

 AUin's Blue Dogs. 1 * 1 bad the pleasure of seeing Mr. 

 Alibi's blue dog Fag, in tbe field last fall and thought 

 one or two incidents of that day's sport would be of in- 

 terest to some of your readers. " There were five guns in 

 the party, with three dogs. We were hunting a swamp 

 for ruffed grouse, Btarteda flock of seven birds; bagged 

 two: thebalanc-scatior.il in all directions. As I had 

 never seen Allin'o dogs woikl decided to follow the for- 

 uuies of 1'ag, calling in , ilou to heel. Very soon we saw 

 Fag drawing on very slowly and carefully for thirty or 

 forty vards and make his point. Mr. Ailiu walked up 

 v. urge him on, but without success. He would 

 : J by the tail and spin hint round and round, I nil 



the dog' was paralyzed— had lost allpowerof motion. As 

 b it ii twelve we called our companions to refresh- 

 ment, leaving Fag with the bird, After dinner we lit 

 our dudheeng and chatted for a while, when one of my 

 companions walked up the bird and killed It, thus re- 

 lieving poor lag. Just at dusk, as we were walking down 

 the road, on our return home, we missed Fag, and look- 

 ing back, saw him two hundred yards away in the center 

 of the road, pointing. One of our party said, " We leave 

 just passed there with all our dogs ; I guess Fag is point- 

 ing Meadow Moles." We all laughed except Mr. Allin. 

 At his suggestion we returned and ranged ourselves in 

 .. . fl tg. My dog was sent in to put up the birds. 



We all tired over Fag's head. After gathering our birds 

 we noticed Fag still holding his point. Mr. Alliu said, 

 " There must be more birds laying close in the .bogs." So 

 we walked in, drove out and killed two more. 



L, S. L. 

 » 



A» INTELLIGENT DOG.— Sardis. Mins,, Jem. ZlsL— The 

 following was told me (and told for the truth) by a 

 friend : Some time ago there was an old one-eyed pointer 

 named Jake, who like the average tramp, took his meals 

 v here he could get them, but, unlike the tramp, he would 

 stay with the last man that fed him until invited away. 

 On a cold and sleety evening old Jake made a call on One 

 of our sportsmen, and spent" the afternoon very 

 ably lying by the lire. When it grew time to go to sup- 

 per old Jake was invited but, but refused to go, and as 

 the gentleman has a big heart (like all true sportsmen), 

 he concluded to let Mr. Pointer remain, and bring his 

 supper to him. He did this, and allowed the old fellow 

 to remain until bed-time, when be was driven out, and 

 the door thumb-bolted fix::] the ms; 12. Cur Wend retired, 

 and was soon lost in slumbers, Dow long he slept he 

 :,,.- 1, a -■tale, but some time during the night he was 

 aroused to his senses by a cold wind blowing in on him. 

 He looked and saw the door ajar. His first thought was : 

 •■ Somebody's broken in on me," but be couldn't imagine 

 what any person could find in his office (law) they would 

 have. Hearing n slight noise at the fire, he looked, and 

 there Bat old Jake. The tire had nearly died out j still a 

 few "chunks" remained, and old Jake, after having 

 opened the door and come in, was putting the chunks 

 together with his paws, and actually blowing the dying 

 embers to infuse new life into them. That was more than 

 our friend could stand, He got out of bed, made old 

 .Juk.-a pe.Uet in-ai-;he tire, put on more wood, closed tbe 

 door, and let the sagacious canine remain over night. ^ 



— ♦ 

 Shooting Dogs.— IHermoni on Hudson, Jan. 2ijth.— 

 The writer has used cold lead in breaking wild dogs, 

 but cannot call to mind an instance where it ever did any 



the fall of 1873 I shot over him in Ohio. Though gene- 

 rally very obedient, one day he worked too far oil ; would 

 not mind the whistle ; so I gave him a charge of No, 8 

 shot, some half-dozen pellets of which struck him ; he 

 came back immediately ; I scolded him and lold him to 

 hie on, when he did the same thing over again. 1 did 

 not want to shoot him again, but promised "him a good 

 thrashing when I did catch him, which 1 soon had a 

 Chance tQ do, as after going some hundred and fifty 

 yards he came to a prtint on a bevy of quail ; since that 

 time I ha ve never shot at a dog and never shall. At one 

 time I had a very promising young setter : he used to go 

 to one of the neighbors to play with his young dog. The 

 man thought the best way to drive mine home was to 

 sting lum with shot, so the dog came hack with one eye 

 out. Another ease ; a friend of mine had a splendid 

 young pointer ; he would not mind, so at about forty 

 yards he gave him a charge of No. 8s, with four drachms 

 of powder behind it. The dog droped dead — he hardly 

 kicked ; so much for training dogs with cold lead. Kick- 

 ing a dog is about as bad, Perhaps the best field dog I 

 ever saw was lamed for over a year by a kick from his 

 brute of a master : the kick was 'altogether uncalled for, 

 but the brute (I mean the master, hot the dog) was 

 drunk. No man will own many first-class dogs in a life- 

 time, so we cannot be too careful of them. An old 

 Scotch friend of mine had an old pointer which lived to 

 be sixteen years of age before he died. The old man 

 would cry when talking about him, and say if he had 

 taken better care of the dog when he was young he 

 might have lasted a year or two longer, but as it was 

 now, his shooting days were over. He joined the dog in 

 the happy hunting grounds about four years after. Gen- 

 tlemen, take good care of your dogs, or you may, like my 

 old friend, look back and' regret you did not use them 

 well, though his dog was used better than most dogs. 

 AV, F. Steel. 



iics Tint: second, W. Men,: 

 Ponuneriuiiiui, or Spllz Dog First, J. N. Parent, Jr. Pwnme- 

 vanhui, or Spite Bitch— First, J. N. JVareut, Jr. 



AVhoseDog is This?— Jew: rjro 



oitsyl- 



got to bucking at p 

 jack, some time s 

 those articles neat a 

 ears when " All-a-b< 

 imported Englisl 

 gentleman's recep 1 

 stolen by a negro — 

 take great pleti 



.—If the young Engusnman who 



andbonev and m 



at Charlottesville. Va,. and let 

 ;et away with him, and took the 

 !" was sounded, leaving his'young 

 r spaniel chained to a settee in the 

 om — which dog was subsequently 

 write to the undersigned, he wiil 

 -ilhout charge of any sort, in re- 



storing so good and valuable a dog to his rightful owner. 

 R. M. Conway. 



♦ 



Imported Irish PUPPIES. — A very promising brace of 

 red Irish setter puppies arrived here a. short time ago, 

 consigned to Dr. K. fleet Speir, Of BrooklylV, N, A"., and 

 reshipped bv thai gi 1 ill main lu 1 1- i r purchaser. Dr. J. W. 

 Downey, of New' Mar Let, Frederick County, Md. Tho 

 puppies were by champion Count, out of Maybe (the lat- 

 ter the dam of so many winners), from the well-known 

 kpnnel of Mr. .-Eneas Palknier Nuttall, Tiltour, Newtown 

 Mount Kennedy. Countv Wicklow. Ireland, Dr. Dow- 

 ney deserves great credit for his liberal efforts in perfect- 

 ing the breed of Irish setters, which will be rewarded by 

 his putting in the field dogs that will be hard to beat. 



Tmpobted Stock.— The steamer City of Chester of the 

 Inman Line, which arrived here on Sunday last, bad " 

 board a very promising pair of seller puppies from th 

 kennel of Mr. A. F. Grant, Denim Villa, Newport, EngG 

 laud, for Mr, J. II. Dew, of Columbia, Tetin. The pup- 

 pies were consigned to Mr. E. B, Goldsmith, of 68 Wall 

 street, the well-known forwarding agent, who kindly 

 sent us word of the arrival of the foreigners; we found 

 the puppies in excellent condition, but from the dark 

 quarters in which they were slowed, to be out of the way 

 in the unloading of the ship's freight, we were unable to 

 have as good a look at them as we wished. In our next 

 issue we will eudavor to give full particulars about them, 



Mk. H. W. Livingston's Kekkel.— Mr. Henry AV. Liv- 

 ingston, of this city, is about organizing a kennel for 

 sporting dogs at I lushing, Queens County, hong Island, 

 having engaged the services of Mr. William W. Titus, a 

 competent trainer and kennel-man, v ho lias, with his 

 brother, managed a breaking kennel at Cent report. Long 

 Island, and has give* good satisfaction to many gentle- 

 men of this vicinity who have placed dogs in Iris charge. 

 The quarters for dogs consist of one large and several 

 small buildings, With ample grounds and plenty of sun- 



,.!, -:, ,,,.-•, ml air, tin grounds, if nece.-sary, will ho 

 further extended, and the buildings will imniedi 

 d ergo the necessary alterations to convert them into a 

 complete kennel. In a future issue we will give our rea- 

 ders a description of the canine inmates of the establish- 

 ment, ^ 



Names Claimed— Random and Hhona.—ili. Edmund 



Orgill, of Brooklyn. N. Y., claims the names of Random 



for lemon and while dog, and Ehona for lemon and 



while bitch pups, by champion Snapshot out of cham- 



iso, whelped June Pith, 1870. 



Hint and Romp ii.— Mr. Edmund Orgill claims (he 

 names of Riot for lemon and white dog, and Romp II 

 for lemon and white bitch pups, by champion Rush out 

 of champion Romp, whelped June Isth, 1KT0. 



Ron-ell and Rue. — Mr. Edmund Orgill claims tne names 

 of Rowell for lemon and white dog, and Rue for lemon 

 and white bitch pups, by champion Snapshot out of 

 Champion Ruby, whelped August 13th, 1S79. 



TtOjjcr.— Mr. H, Herz, of Pittsburg, Fenn., claims the 

 name of Roper for Ins liver colored setter dog, out of Mr. 

 J AV Gillespie's imported bitch Rosa, by Karl ; whelped 

 March 23d, 1879. 



Toi/i.— Mi-. Eph. Allen, of tins city, chums the. name or 

 Torn for his red S' Iter, out of Mr. George Hmle's bitch 

 Dutchess 11 (Dash I— Dutchess I.), by Mr'. Chas. SheppanTs 

 dog Roy. (Shipman's Tom, Governeur's Bit/. Liza). Torn is 

 fifteen 'months old and well broken. 



AV helps.— Costlte— Mr. Robert Long's (Boston. Mass.) 

 English setter bitch Cosette, Gay-Diana, on Jan, 10th 

 whelped six puppies, three dogs and three bitches, by 

 Grouse, Rojnp-Oosv. Color of puppies lemon and white. 



Floss,— Mi. J. l5. Harrington's (Buffalo, N. Y.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Floss, Fan-Rake, 011 Feb. IJ1I1 whelped six 

 puppies, two dogs and four bitches, by Con. McKoon's 

 Sam-Daisy. All beautifully and evenly L marked— dark 

 liver and white, 



