March 11, 1880 J 



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against the sky or cloud? I mean to try something of 

 this sosfc, but 1 should like to try that which has the best 

 chance of success. FftAMOia Francis. 



BAtMON-.POISONED Duos. — Portland, Oregon, Fch. 13th. 

 — In a recent issue of your valuable paper you published 

 an article from your CorvalUs correspondent in relation 

 to sahnori-poisoniug of dog's. The writer staled correctly 

 and plainly this strange disease, or rather affection ; bill 

 in a later article ho writes, among other interesting- ad- 

 ditions to Ms former article, that be does not know of a 

 case of poisoning by salmon or mountain trout. I have 

 seen such a case, which resulted fatally to the dog affected, 

 hut it was from the entrails of the salmon trout. The ch- 

 cnimstaneos are as follows: "While Ashing in company 

 with a friend in M. Creek, about thirty miles from this 

 city, we caught quite a. number of fine salmon trout, mid 

 when we returned to the housewhereweina.de our head- 

 quarters, we cleaned our fish preparatory to packing thetn 

 in our creels for transportation home: while we were 

 thus engaged, a large and fine-looking deer-hound would 

 come up occasionally and after smelling around a bit, 

 would Bwallow the" offal of as many tish as we had 

 cleaned at the time; he look in all of the entrails of 

 Eight or ten of the tish, and then his appetite for them 

 seemed to be satiated. The next morning he seemed un- 

 well, and by noon he was continually coughing and 

 retching, caused, I suppose, by an acute inflammation or 

 irritation of the lining membranes of tho esophagus; 

 liis nose was hot and feverish, at times he would drink 

 water with apparent relish, but would soon vomit it up, 

 together with a small quantity of bile, enough to give to 

 the matter thus thrown up the characteristic yellowish 

 color of the. above mentioned secretion, and showing 

 conclusively that the digestive apparatus was out of 

 order and one of the causes of the sickness. By evening 

 Hie was in much distress, hi,-, eyes looked sunken and hag- 

 gard, his coat, was ruffed and had lost its gloss, and lie 

 began to look emaciated, although in good condition 

 when he partook of the offal, which, by the way, he 

 Could not have taken because of any great degree of 

 hunger, as he was well cared for and used more as a 

 watch-dog than as a, hunter. As I returned to my home 

 the following morning I was unable to watch the pro- 



feess of the case, but learned that the dog died three 

 aye after I left. I had seen many cases of salmon sick- 

 ness, and lost two dogs from it myself ; one of them a 

 setter eighteen months old, and the other an Esquimaux 

 or Katnsehatka dog whose exclusive diet almost was 

 fish— chubs and suckers— which I would catch for him, 

 but when it came to salmon, which 1 fed him, supposing 

 of course that it would not affect a, dog who lived, as it 

 were, on fish, he went the way of all good dogs. 



Multnomah. 

 The Pacijir, Life, speaking of this salmon sickness, says 

 that the hunters of California and Oregon prevent the 

 trouble by feeding salmon to nursing puppies, and it does 

 them no harm to eat the lisii afterward. 



A BOAT IN THREE HOURS. 



Putnam, l-Wi. :v/i. 

 JMjtor Forest and Stream :— 



As seme ot your readers may not have the money to spare, tn 

 ioti.y, or the conveniences to build a bout, I will rlcbc'riue how. 

 ■w i i limit money, I made one ot the liest cloth boats J ever saw. I 

 Hind recently returned from the. Upper Missouri and had often 

 Bhbu in a " bull-boat," made from the green hide of a buffalo. 

 I lived near some splendid ponds abounding in trout and Other 

 fish, and had neither money nor eedar. I found some good hoKS- 

 heiul hoops; I selected the best one; and then taking two strips 

 of board fastened them to the keel hoop, ■which bad been opened 

 out. so as to form a backbone, how aud stern, to keep it upright. 

 1 then got about thirl y good barrel hoops and tied them all along 

 wilb stout tarred twine to the keel hoop, and two more hogshead 

 lioops, which were tied one cud of each to an etui of 1 he keel hoop, 

 and then bringing the other ends round tied them to the other 

 end ot the keel— this made the side or rail. The. ends or top3 of the 

 Barrel hoops were next tied to these rail lioops. This produced a 

 skeleton complete, and it looked first-rate. I then pasted some 

 old newspapers together and laid them on the skeleton to get a 

 good pattern, and cut some heavy twilled bed-ticking to it aud 

 tiad it sewed together. This cover was put on and over the frame, 

 and with soma old paint I gave it a good thick coat and allowed 

 it to dry in the sun. Thus in three hours, from the time the keel 

 was laid, uiy boat was completed. The same afternoon I made 

 my paddles, and next morning, although the paint was not dry, I 

 could wait no longer, but, taking it. upon my shoulders, was away 

 for the pond. It was as tight as a buttle, and many a fine string of 

 trout I caugllt with it. 1 used Hint bunt about two years, mid sold 

 it to a couple of fellows for three dollars. G. P. W. 



pb fennel 



OUE LONDON LETTER. 



Twyford, Berks, England, February. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



As I write, though February is well begun, King Win- 

 ter rules us with as firm a, sway as ever. Water freezes 

 fifty times a day in the kennels', and it is impossible to 

 wash a dog without endangering his life. But for long- 

 coated dogs the daily use of a wide-toothed brush and a 

 metallic comb serves every useful purpose, so long as 

 they get plenty of exercise. 



There are, of course, no dog shows of importance at 

 present in this country, and men are filling up their lei- 

 sure time by squabbling in the sporting press and pulling 

 each others dogs to pieces. There is some very hard hit- 

 ting too, 1 assure you, for be they "gentle or simple," 

 •lone light with such vim aud maliciousness as men of 

 (the canine world. 



In your impression of Jan. 15th I iind a Mr. (!., Flush- 

 ing, L. I., requesting information about is puppy (pointer) 

 with crooked legs. Of course if, as you presume, ho has 

 been kenneling in a barrow, and tying up his puppy, the 

 legs wdl have become mechanically crooked. On the 

 other hand, the crookedness may be due. to a ricjtett v 

 condition of the booty, This would, in qfrporting puppy, 

 nndtha quickc, 

 ...,u!d lie or desti 



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most common ;,, high-bred dogs. 3. And in those that 

 have been much bred in-and-in. 3 Cold is often an ex- 

 citing CftllSe, and especially the cold of a damp kennel. 

 ■I. Bone meal and Parrisli's chemical food given to the 

 hitch while carrying the pups is a preventive. 5. The 

 treatment consists of plenty of good food, with bone 

 meal in it, iron tonics, cod-liver oil, lime-water and milk, 

 exercise, pure air and friction to the limbs. 



In the same journal W. J. P., of Danburv. says his 

 dogs have distemper ; that they have inflamed throats, 

 drooping of the jaw, and die in a few hours. This sounds 

 terribly suspicious, for tbesvmptoms VV. .1. P. names point 

 to dumb rubies in some form. Danhury vets should see 

 to it. I see yen ].reseribe chlorate of potash in the ear- 



uerstage if distemper, tin glad of this, for I myseB 

 have found this salt, in conjunction with a little of the 



i i l ate and the nitrate of potash, almost, a specillc 



if taken, or rather given in time. 



£ Should have mentioned that bone, meal is nothing 

 more or less than fresh bones -not tooth-brush handles— 

 well pulverized. I believe I was the first to snggesl its 

 use lit (his country, and it is now generally employed, as 

 a natural adjunct to dogs' food. Sniatfs firm make it 



By thejvay, I have heard a deal more about the new 

 dermal) biscuit farce — "Macdoiia. plus ye German pro- 

 fessor."' The story is amusing, and if you'll grant me a 

 corner in your next or next. I'll give it. Meanwhile, I 



may tell you the Knglish public have not been gulled by 

 this •wonderful "cheap food for dogs.'' May the Lord 

 keep it far away from my kennels, but send me Sprat t 



1 read with great interest an article of yours on bear- 

 dogs. I am fully of the writer's opinion when he says 

 the Scotch terriers would make admirab'e bear-dogs for 

 your canebralces. I have no knowledge of bear-hunting 

 in the States, but having been out m Greenland for a, 

 year or two 1 have enjoyed some splendid sport with the 

 great Arctic, or Polar' bear. He is probably three times 

 as large and at lea>t as tierce as any grizzly I ever read 

 of. But wo would never think of 'slipping any large 

 breed of dog on him. The following account of a bear- 

 hound called Brick is taken from my last book entitled 

 "Ladies' Dogs." It may be of interest to you : — 



"Perhaps you never heard of a breed of dog called tho 

 Greenland bear-hound. Be it mine to enlighten you. 

 Brick was the most useful dog. either on the ship or on 

 the ice. that I ever met with. He wasn't by any means 

 a large dog. As far as I can recollect, he appeared to be 

 a breed between a large sieve and a Russian retriever. 

 From this you can form some notion of his size, his 

 shaggy coat, his gamesomeness. his pluck and his swim- 

 ming powers. But it was on the ice after all that Brick 

 showed to the greatest advantage, and fully proved his 

 claim to the rather high-sounding title of bear-hound. 

 Brick had been so often to Greenland that he seemed to 

 know all about everything connected therewith. When 

 his master, rifle in band and fully equipped; came on 

 deck,- Brick jumped at once on to the capstan, and thence 

 sprang upon the doctor's shoulders, and so got safely and 

 scientifically over the side. 



"Brick enjoyed (he scaling, even when there were no 

 bears about, but at the heels of liruin, thick was quite in 

 his element. The skipper assured me that by this dog's 

 agency alone three or four bears at least were bagged 

 i 8T : and before this voyage was over I had am- 



ple opportunity of seeing that, this statement was in no 

 way exaggerated. 



"A, large, dog would have had no chance with a Green- 

 land bear— not the largest dog that ever walked on four 

 legs; for any dog of large breed would instantly close 

 with the bear, and be torn to pieces in a few seconds. 

 But Brick knew a trick worth two of thai. 



"When this dog saw a bear upon the ice he at once 

 gave the alarm, and then went after the enemy Mike a 

 streak of greased lightning.' And hero was Brick's 

 method of bear-hunting. When Bruin ran, Brick bit 

 Bruin's heels. Bruin, enraged, wheeled round to demol- 

 ish Brick. Brick laughed in Bruin's face, keeping out of 

 the way all the same, so Bruin lost precious time, aud 

 the guns got alongside." 



And now to conclude this short letter by mentioning 

 another matter. The dogs I have sent out to the States 

 have given great satisfaction. This gratifies me much. 

 In numbers they have been few, in quality good. The 

 seeing of a dog fairly started causes me no small anxiety, 

 expense and trouble" Were I less sensitive in mind I 

 might avoid this by starting the animals from my own 

 railway station, but if I let any poor dog go like that I 

 wouldn't sleep for a week. So I mal» the journey (thirty- 

 three miles) to London the day previous to the vessel's 

 sading, cab it over the city, aud train it next morning to 

 the docks. Theu there is" the butcher— not only to pay, 

 but often to bribe. I also never fail to make friends with 

 some killd-hearted passenger, who. as a rule, promises 

 delightedly to look after the export, f laving seen the 

 ship off, I've done all I can. But I often wish I were go- 

 ing along with it. Aud so I have promised myself in 

 .luneor July a little run to New York, Baltimore, etc., 

 to see how dog matters stand in the States. This is a 

 Chance I think your readers who may wish good pedi- 

 gree dogs should not miss. The dogs I really can get good 

 far then at reasonable prices are as follows: Beagles, 

 Blenheims, Einisc Charleses, bull terriers (either bench- 

 ers or fighting dogs), collies (the most fashionable dogs in 

 England), dachshund?, terriers (any kind), mast ill's. St. 

 Bernards (they are high-priced, though), Newfoundlands, 

 retrievers, pugs, monster Danes, pointers and Setters. 1 

 don't advise anybody to import. Cockers are very diffi- 

 cult to get. Deer-hounds, fox-hounds aud blood-hounds 

 are proem-able, but certainly not cheap. Auy informa- 

 tion wanted 1 shall be pleased to give. 



Cordon STABLES, M. D., R. N. 



business. With this view, under pretence of looking at 

 the sheep with an intention to purchase them, he went 

 through the dock with the dog at his heels, to whom he 

 secretly gave a signal so as to let; him know the individ- 

 uals he wanted, to the number of ten or twenty out of a 

 Hock of some hundreds. He then went away, and, at a 

 distance of several miles, sent hack the dog by himself in 

 the night; time, who picked out the individual sheep that 

 had been pointed out, to him, separated them from tho 

 flock and drove them before him by himself till he over- 

 took his master, to whom he relinquished them. 



These creatures perform such acts on the Scottish 

 mountains in regard to tho guidance and direction of 

 docks that they are. utterly incredible without being seen, 

 and nearly incredible vt lieu they are. The waving of a 

 shepherd's arm at a distance far beyond the sound of 

 voice is Sufficient to regulate all theu - movements ; aud 

 you may see, thorn a mile or two off, on top of the hills, 

 obeying every gesture of their master, poiuting out vari- 

 ous and complex operations. Mr. Jesse alltmis that he 

 saw a colley once in Perthshire taking a flock of sheep to 

 Falkirk Tryst or Fan ; and as the road was dusty ha 

 chose to indulge his charge occasionally with a bit of 

 green walk and nibble; To accomplish this, where ho ob- 

 served a gap in a hedge he bounded into the field andran 

 onto the far extremity of the route; if he found an 

 opening there he returned and drove the sheep into the 

 pasture to pick up a little on their way ; if not, he occu- 

 pied the gap aud resolutely denied them entrance, driv- 

 ing them, with barking, along the turnpike road. 



New Yokk Dog Srimv. — In addition to the names of 

 the railroad companies given last week, letters have been 

 received from the following roads, saying that they will 

 carry dogs free to and from the show when accompanied 

 by their owners : Great Western R. R. of Canada. Wm. 

 C. Edgar, Gen. Bass. Agent. 



New Jersey Midland ft. R., J. C Anderson, Gen. Pass, 

 Agent. 



Wabash, St. Low's aud Pacific R. R., H. C. Townsend, 

 Gen. Pass. Agent. 



Canada Southern R. R., Frank E. Snow, Gen. Pass. 

 Agent. 



Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore, G. A. Dad- 

 mati. Gen. Pass. Agent. 



Grand Trunk U. R. of Canada, W. Wainwright, Gen, 

 Pass. Agent.. 



Atlantic aud Great Western R, R., W. B. Shattuc, Gen. 

 Pass. Agent. 

 Old Colony R. R., .!. Sprague. Gen. Pass. Agent, 

 Old Colony Steamboat Co., G. L. Conner, Gen. Pass. 

 Agent. 



Providence and Sronington Steamship Co., L. W. FU- 

 kins, Gen. Pass. Agent. 



The following Express Companies will, on the payment 

 of (heir usual rates to the show, return dogs free: 

 American. United States, Del. L. & W. and the " New" 

 Express, but it must be distinctly understood that the 

 companies take no risk, aud dogs to be returned free 

 must receive, a certificate saying they have been exhibited 

 at the show and paid the rates to the show. 



The applications for hlank forms have been very 

 numerous from all parts, indicating that the show will be 

 very large. 



JUDGES. — Mastiff's, St. Bernards, Irish water Bpaniels, 

 clumber and cocker spaniels, fox-terriers, bulldogs, bull 

 terriers, pugs, Dandy Dinmonts, terriers and Yorkshire 

 terriers — Hugh Dalziel, Esq., Kennel Editor London 

 Field, England. 



Newfoundlands, Siberians, grey-hounds, deerhounds, 

 dachshunds, collies, King Charles and Blenheim spaniels 

 Japanese spaniels, Italian grey-hounds, Scotch terriers, 

 Skye terriers and toy terriers— Dr. Gordon Stables, Sur- 

 geon Royal Navy, England, 



Native English setters— B. T. Hammond, Esq., Spring- 

 field, Mass,, and Hon. John S. Wise, of Virginia, with 

 Hugh Dalziel as referee. 



Imported English setters, black-and-tan setters, red 

 Irish setters and pointers— Hugh Dalziel, Esq. ; S. T. 

 Hammond, Esq.; Hon. John S. Wise. 



Two Anecdotes about Colley Dogs.— Over forty 

 years ago there was a delightfully illustrated book pub- 

 lished in London by Edward Jesse, author of "Cleanings 

 in Natural History," from which we reproduce the follow- 

 ing accounts of the wonderful instinct of the now fash- 

 ionable colley dog •:- 



Tho owner of a sheep dog having been hanged some 

 he' ig the follnivino; fact; onion g 



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Entries port the Derby. — New )'ork, Mtireh Mh. — 

 The following entries for the Field Trial Derby of the Na- 

 tional American Kennel Club have been received up to 

 this date: Black and white ticked setter dogs Dashing 

 Chief (Dash III.-Dora II.), Dashing Jewell (Dash III.- 

 Pho-be) ; liver and white ticked setter dog Dashing Jerry 

 (Dash Hl.-Ph.oboi. black and white ticked setter dogs 

 Dashing Joker and Dashing Joe (same parentage) ; Count 

 Dick (Dash IIl.-Gountess II.), Count Tick (Drake-Vesta), 

 Count Tell (Drake Ada); black and white ticked setter 

 bitches Countess Clytie (Dash HI. -Countess II.). Countess 

 True (Drake-Countess Ada). All the, above entered by 

 the 1 larva rd Kennel Club of Boston. Mass. Cecile (Mor- 

 ford's Don— Raymond's Fairy), orange aud whita set- 

 ter bitch, entered by Mr. Robert Sewell, New York 

 ( itv : I Hike of Auster'.il", (Guy Maime.iing-Abbey). setter 

 dog, and Ballyhale (same parentage), setter dog ; Bellina 

 (same parentage), setter hitch, entered by Mr. E. C. La 

 Montague. New York ( Sty : 1 -ady Caprice (same parent- 

 age) setter bitch, entered by Chas. De Koiige. Short 

 Hills N. Y.,Prve and hock (Don-Fairy), setter dogs, en- 

 tered' by Mr. Theo. Morford. Newton, N. Y. 



(Jhas. De ROHCSB, Sec'y N. A. K. C. 



Coei.i'.RS fob Woodcock and G ROUSE.— Horuelluville, 

 N. Y. March $lh. — I have had some experience with 



dogS for gron 

 leained this fa 

 fact I believe; 

 oral use there 



odcock, squirrels, etc. . and I have 

 that a cocker spaniel is the best. In 



•eker spaniel to be the best dog for gem 

 Tliey arc not too large to keep in the 



watch dogs, are faithful and kind to 



Children and can be taught all kinds of tricks easily. 

 Thev cannot be beat on ruffed grouse ami woodcock. 

 The'y hunt and retrieve naturally, and will run rabbits 

 'mod (althou-di 1 never allow mine to do so). I do not 

 thud-.'d hurts them to tree squirrels Thsv dc not need 

 from six to twelve months' training bel ore, they are lit for 

 . ... ..,]. will do good work when sis months 



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