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FOREST AND STREAM. 



PIaeoh 11, 1880, 



first clay she bad four woodcock killed oyer her and re- 

 trieved them all. She was limited almost every day 

 through the open season, and had over ISO ruffed grouse 

 and woodcock killed over her. JOHN. 



Fecundation after Spaying.— iW«/f«,JV. Y.,Feb. 27M. 

 — I have read several articles in your paper in regard to 

 bitches bearing puppies after being spayed, which induces 

 me to tell you of a similar case that occurred here. A 

 gentleman living here bad a spaniel bitch spayed when 

 she was seven months old, When she was one year old 

 she had a litter of puppies, but has never beeiTin. heat 

 since. Pointer. 



The above only corroborates what we have already 

 said, which appeared in issue of January 15th, i. e. : " If 

 the ovaries were removed as thoroughly as you say, we 

 very much doubt her ever having a second litter, It 

 must be remembered that the dog's cestrum occurs only 

 about twice a year, and it is possible that her condition 

 at time of spaying was physiologically such as to permit 

 of ovum fecundation. The similar operation upon the 

 opposite sex has often left the power to procreate once — 

 at least it has been so reported." Complete removal of 

 the ovaries will certainly prevent fecundation. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



ffn EM'S.— JVclIi/ IT.— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's English setter Nelly 

 II. -whelped seven puppies, three dogs and four bitches, by Decimal 

 Dash. 



Queen— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's champion pointer Queen whelped 

 eleven puppies, by Croxteth ; all dead but two. 



JLToya— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's red Irish EetterMoya whelped seven 

 pups, lour dogs and three bitches, by Hover II. 



Daisy— Mr. C. H. Thomas' red Irish setter bitch Daisy whelped, 

 Feb. 15th, ten pups (eight dogs, two gyps), by Grouse: gyps dis- 

 posed of ; rest doing well. 



Bred.— SiUc-Dedmal Dcush— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's blue Belton 

 Silk to Decimal Dash. 



Ziora-Croxtetli— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's pointer bitch Dora to 

 Croxteth. 



Fiirt-Captain— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's cocker bitch Flirt to Mo- 

 Koon's Captain. 



Jaunty-Faust— St. Louis Kennel Club's liver and white pointer 

 bitch Jaunty to Faust. 



Fanny-TMor— Samuel Kissel's beagle bitch Fanny to Pownall 

 & Elmore's Victor, by imported Rattler-Bluebell, Feb. 2Sth. 



Beav.tv- Victor— George Pownall's beagle bitch Beauty, second 

 prizewinner at Philadelphia Bhow, 1879, to Pownall & Elmore's 

 Victor, by imported Rattler-Bluebell, March 1st, 1880, Christiana, 

 Lancaster County, Pa. 



Pet-Don— E. F. Mercllliott's (N. Y.) Pet to Morford's Don ; Don 

 out of champion Grace by P. H. Morris' Lack. 



ItamMcr-Fl?/.— The imported stud-bcngle Hambler, belonging to 

 the Montclaiv Hunt, of Moutclair, N. J., has just returned from a 

 visit to Mr. John Whitaker's beagle-bitch Fly at Philadelphia, Pa. 



SALES.— Mr. L. H. Smith, of Stratbroy,Ontario,bas just sold Mr. 

 A. H.Moore, of Philadelphia, a brace of bitches, young sisters to 

 Lass O'Gourie, for §1,200, and they are now probably in Mr. M.'s 

 kennels. It is said no dogs, for beauty, ever left Mr. Smith's ken- 

 nels which are their equal. 



Cm'foio- Mr. H. C. Bevering, of Warsaw, Wis., bought on March 

 M the liver and white cocker spaniel dog Carlow, whelped March 

 18th, 1S79. out or Bess, formerly owned by Mr. W. E. Shedd, Wfil- 

 thaiu, Mass.; by Captain. 



Names Claimed.— Mr. D. P. tlosworth. New Y/ork, claims the 

 following names for his cocker spaniel puppies, out of Clare, by 

 Mr. Wm. Golf's Dandy, whelped Dec. 17th, 1879 : Dandy IX, Clare 

 II., Cricket, Pete, Psyche, Tansy. 



$§fommis (jfeolnmn. 



CANOEING ON THE DERWENTWATER. 



DURING a trip through England last spring my hus- 

 band and myself visited the lakes about the middle 

 of May, when everything was at the height of its loveli- 

 ness, as is usually the case at that season. 



Our first stop was at Keswick, on the Derwentwater, a 

 neat little English town, under the shadow of Skiddaw, 

 a mountain of considerable height, although it might not 

 appear of much importance to an American. Southey 

 lived in Keswick a number of years. The lake is almost 

 surrounded by high hills, and has three picturesque 

 islands ; one of these was formerly the residence of the 

 Earls of Derwentwater, but is now completely deserted. 

 "We found any quantity of various kinds of boats to hire 

 for excursions on the lake. Our choice fell on two Rob 

 Roy canoes. The English ladies are particularly fond of 

 canoeing ; it is really astonishing the ease and grace with 

 which some of them handle the double paddle. After an 

 easy pull of three miles we arrived at the end of the lake, 

 which is only three miles long by one wide. We hauled 

 our canoes up on the pebbly beach and walked about a 

 quarter of a mile to the Falls of Lodore, immortalized by 

 Southey's poem, "How Does the Water Come Down at 

 Lodore." -Here we crossed a running brook, where we 

 saw the speckled trout darting about in the shadows. 

 How we did wish for a rod and reel, and that the streams 

 were not all preserved ! 



Continuing down the Borrowdale V alley for two miles 

 and a half we came to the Bowder Stone— an immense 

 rnck, thirtv-six feet high, sixty-two feet long, weighing 

 two thousand tons. They say it was carried there during 

 the glacial period, but more probably lias rolled down 

 from oneof the mountains. The valley is rattier narrow, 

 walled in on both sides by high cliffs, and considered 

 more beautiful than any other in the lake district. 



We took dinner at the Eodore Hotel, then launched our 

 canoes, but didn't have such an easy pull back to Kes- 

 wick, for the -Wind was blowing hard, and had raised a 

 little sea. that occasionally unshed over our boats. We 

 were nearly half an hour trying to weather one point; 

 finally had" to give it up and make a cany across the Bald 



Further on we landed on St. Hubert's Island to gather 

 flowers, for in some places it was nearly covered with 

 primroses, grow ing down almost to the water's edge. 

 My husband brought out a small portable camera, which 



he had stowed away in the forward part of his boat, and 



took a good negative, with the canoes in the foreground, 

 the lake, the opposite shore and mountains beyond. We 

 again took to our boats, and alter a short '[.addle we 

 reached our hotel in time for tea and hot muffins, which 

 they know how to make in Keswick to perfection. 



, Kyack. 



PRIVATE PRACTICE CLUB. 



OINCE the publication of thee 

 vate Practice Club in your iss 



stitution and rules of the Pri- 

 : of Feb. 1,3th the Secretary has 

 oeen in receipt of hundreds of letters of inquiry with reference to 

 the purposes of the club, and how mcmbersliip could be secured 

 To every one of these he has given a reply, with full particulars, 

 and several archers have attached themsolves to the club, and 

 very many more have indicated their intention to join during the 

 next month. The club now has the following membership, 

 divided among the three first classes :— 



First class— T. R. Millard, Will. H. Thompson. Maurice Thomp- 

 son, J. D.Patterson, Tac Hussey, Geo. F. Henry, E.B.Weston, 

 O. W. Kyle, Edwin Devol, Lorenzo Devol, Tbco. MeMeohan. 



Second class— E. T. Church, "W. P. Laeey, C. AY. Sherman, P. S. Dc 

 Graff, C. B. K.Baxter, Frank H. Walworth, L. L. Pcddinghatis, 

 C.J. Slack. 



Third class— E. P. Chester, C. C. Moore, C. G. Hammond, E. F. 

 Wells, J. B. Devol, Howard Fry. 



So short a time lias elapsed since the publication of the consti- 

 tution and the rules that few have had opportunity to join, and 

 of those who have become members several have been prevented 

 by st ress of weather from shooting any scores, The state of the 

 weather also accounts for the fact that nearly all the shooting has 

 been at the 60-yard range. The shooting grounds have been so 

 wet, the winds so boisterous, and the weather so generally bad 

 that members have done little at the long ranges. Considering 

 the disadvantages under which the shooting has been done, the 

 shooting is a surprisingly good one, the average of the entire 

 scoring in the three classes at ISO yards being within a small frac- 

 tion of 77 points with each 24 arrows. From such a beginning it 

 is safe to predict that during the summer this general average will 

 be raised to lOOpoints. Itwill be interesting to note the advance- 

 ment in this general average of all the shooters. Tin - , retarj 

 cannot but remark the evident value of each member endeavor- 

 ing to shoot the York Round regularly through, beginning with 

 the 100-yard range whenever it is at all practicable to do so. As 

 the scoring is much more easily reported thus, the practice iB very 

 much better for the shooter, and certainly more in accord w J . h 

 the spirit of the P. P. C. 



The Secretary begs to say that since it is not clear from the lan- 

 guage of the constitution and rules of the club as to whetln 

 York Round is to be made up by the Secretory from a shool 

 report, out of detached scores shot at the different ranges u 

 different days, when nothing appears to show that such ranges 

 were consecutively shot, ho has construed the meaning to be 

 that each York Round, which is shot as a round consecutively, 

 and reported as a round, shall be recorded as a York- Round; but 

 otherwise, detached scores at. any of the ranges which were not 

 shot in sequence will not be so reported, but will have place as 

 of that range only. The York Hounds, which arc ahotaSsuch, 

 should be reported with the 100-yard range first that the 80-yard 

 range, followed by the 80-yard range. The stores of the York 

 Roundssliot by the members from Marietta, Ohio, were thus shot 

 and reported, and their example is commended. 



The Secretary further requests that each archer who does not 

 shoot a York Round through will endeavor to shoot one of the 

 ranges through— that, is, cither 7" arrows at 100 yards, 42 arrows at 

 SO yards, or 24 arrows at 60 yards. The shooting of a fractional 

 number of arrows at any range adds much to the difficulties nf 

 the Secretary in making up the averages of each shooter, in 

 this report some fractional arrows, such as ''3 shots at 100 yards," 

 have been omitted, though in the final report of the Secretary, 

 upon which the prize awards are made, they will be recorded. An- 

 other matter is especially pressed tipur liieinii n tion of mem 

 —to see that their scores are correctly reported, in the re] 

 to the Secretary for February, no less than seven impossibilities 



occur. Thus one archer reports IS hits,49s< B; a] ither, 13 



hits, 41 score; another, 18 hits, 97 score, and other similar mis- 

 takes. Of course, these records cannot be true, as no oven num- 

 ber of hits can make an odd number m score, fuel vltt versa. -Now, 

 since the mistake would be just as likely to occur wit In iu i appear- 

 ing in this impossible form, it is presumable that there are as 

 many more mistakes which the Secretary cannot discover. 

 Archers should certainly bo more careful in their reports. Since 

 the Secretary did not wish to record a score in an impossible form, 

 and supposing the mistakes to he small, he has penalized such 

 mistakesby deducting one point from each score so reported, so 

 as to make the hits and score appear consistent. Thus the score 

 18—97, was corrected to 18— B6. 



Such a penalty is surely not unfair, sinoe it is the error of the 

 archer reporting the score, and since technically such a score 

 could be disregarded entirely. It is to be hoped that at 



try. 



it is alsi: 



-cd 



the] 



potts to the Secretary at once upon the closing of each month, 

 as it requires muchhiborat his hands to prepare bis monthly re- 

 ports, and he should receive each archer's report by the (tliol ihe 

 month. 



Below are the scores !— 



CLASS 1. 



E. B. Weston, Highland Park, 111.— 24 arrows at 80 yards:— 15-61, 

 19-87, IP-MI. 18-64, 111-101, 31-105, 16-78, 20-82, 1S-88, 19-U1, 16-06, 21-97, 



Maurice' Thompson, Cmwfordsx ille, InA.-ii art 

 yards:— 34-144. Average, 144. 24 arrows at 00 yards :- 211-90,21-199, 

 17-81, 23-106, 21-105, 81-03, 30-88, 22-HO, 19-79, 21-125, 19=86, 21-103, 

 23-103. Average, 98 12-13. 



O. W. Kyle, Highland Park— 24 arrows at fill yards i 19-83, 33-109, 

 17-63, 18-82, 10-52, 19-77. 17-15, 23-181. Average, 84. 



Will 11. Thompson, Crawfordsville, Tnd.- 7:3 arrows II ' 

 —24-84, 26-86, 29-135, 21-83. Average, 97. IB arrows at BU yards:— 

 a5-145. Average, 145. 24 arrows at BO yard.- ■ :- 18-70, 21-lnl, 21-99, 

 P , 3H-110, 21-121, 23-i:;i, 21-109, 33-98. 38-109, 3:3-98, 24-113, 

 21-85, 32-120, 22-lOtl, 20-123, 23-125, 23-99, 82-134, 1 

 105.4-";. 



Edwin Devol. Marietta, Ohio— M arrows at 60 yards: 61-183. 

 Average (with 48 arrows), 91i. 24 arrows at 00 yards s— 81-107, 19- 

 116, 20 :- 18-4 . '. MB. 



Lorenzo D. Devol, Marietta, Ohio— SS arrows at 80 yards :-29-ltl, 

 28410. Average, IKK. 31 arrows at CO yards .-11-78, 22-S2, 18-73. 

 Average, 771. 



J. D. Patterson, Lawrence, Kan .-73 arrows at 100 yards;- 1 1-51 ; 

 24 arrows at 100 yards .-1-20. Average (per 73 arrows), 35}. 48 ar 



rfivrs at SO yards :— 11-86, 15-51, Hi 46 (B shots!. 3-8. Average per 48 

 arrows, 49J. 21 arrows at 60 yards :- 13-59, 20-84, 10-40, 13-57, 9-23, 

 13-65, 15-15, 17-65, 13-59, 14-78, 14-40, 12-40 (9 shots), 2-4. Average, 

 53 3-13. 



Tae Hussey, Dcs Moines, Iowa— 48 arrowB at 80 yards :— 20-93, 

 31-99, 27-105, 23-S9. Average, 98J. 24 arrows at 60 yards t— 20-104, 

 22-102, 23-110, 30-90, 20-104, 23-86, 17-55, 13-96, 21-123, 28-138, 18-88, 

 19-75, 19-83, Average, 95 5-13. 



glass rr. 



Frank H. Walworth, Saratoga, N. Y.— 24 arrows at 00 yards — 

 16-60, 15-13, 18-76, 18-82, 12-48, 15-51, 18-64, 16-68, 15-53, 20-84, 14-56, 

 1442, 18-78, 18-58. 12-30, 15-71, 18-74, 1.8-80, 19-97, 19-97. 17-77. Aver- 

 age, no i-7. 



C. G. Slack, Marietta, Ohio— York Hounds :— 



Feb. 23d-100 yards. 13-42; 80 yards, 18-72; 60 yards, 17-09. Total 

 round, 47-183. 



Feb. 25th— 100 yards, 19-79 ; 80 yards, 13-41 ; 60 yards, 9 37. Total 

 round, 41-157. 



Feb. 27th— 100 yards, 19-65 ; 80 yards, 25-99: 60 yards, 14-54. Total 

 round, 58-318. 48 arrows at 80 yards :— 20-68, 14-44. 80 yards aver- 

 age, 64 4-5. 24 arrows at 60 yards : -19-69, 16-88, 15-83, 6) yards 

 average, 63J. 



U I.. Peddinghaus, Marietta, Ohio— York Rouuds:- 



Feb, 2M— 100 yards, 30-96 ; 80 yards, 23-93 ; 60 yards, 22-104. Total 

 75-393, 



Feb.SSth— 100 yards, 32-128 ; 80 yards, 55-137 ; 60 yards, 22-120. 

 Total 89-385. 



Feb. 27th— 100 yards, 41-163; 80 yards, 36-178; 60 yards, 19-10G. 

 Total 96-446. Average York Round, 374?. Average at 100 yards, 

 129. Average at 80 yards, 136. Average at 60 yards, 109*. In the 

 last score at 80 yards this archer got throe golds at an end. 



ParttiS. De Graff, Charlotte, Mich— 24 arrows at 60 yards :-l8- 

 103, 21-89, 18-58, 21-87, 20-96, 16-84, 30-86, 18-68, 24-113, 17-93, 17-77, 

 20-88. 16-90, 20-74, 20-98, 19-91. Average, 87!. 



E. T. Church, Charlotte, Mich— 24 arrows at 60 yards :— 17-93, 23- 

 110, 1648, 18.68, 15-73, 16-72, 17-87, 16-84, 20-96. 11-47, 31-101, 1,1-97, 

 19-73. 18-81, 21-107, 18-92, 14-48, 11-50, 18-70, 20-102, 18-76. Average, 

 79 19-21. 



E. P. Chester, Lawrence, Kan?.— 72 arrows, 100 yardb :-6-18. Av- 

 erage, 18. 48 arrows at 80 yards: -17-57, 21-79, 14-68, 4-8. Average 



49. 24 arrows at 60 yards ;- 1 ;-oo, 14-56, 16-78, 10-70, 12-53, 10-48, 6-30 



10-10, 4-22, 15-55. 9-33. Average, 49 5-1 1. 

 .1. 14. DeVOl, Marietta, Ohio. -24 arrows at 60 yards ;— 15-67, 12 4fl. 



:-", 574. 



Edward F. Wells, Marietta, Ohio :— 



YORK BOUNDS. 



WD Yard*. 80 Yards. 601'arnV. Tot,,;. 



Feb. 23 14-56 20-54 18-63 50.176 



Feb. 25 0-16 10-40 12-32 28- 88 



Feb. 27 15-53 16 68 13-61 44-180 



Average round, 148. 34 arrows at 66 yards :— 18-94, 19-87, 15-69, 

 14-04, 1880. Average at 100 yards, 41! ; average at 80 yards, 63*; 

 average at 60 yards. 60S. 



C. G. Hammond, Highland Park, HI.— 24 arrows at 60 yards :- 

 14-68, 12-58. 14-44, 1 WW, 12-811, 15-67, 10-50, 13-59, 1 1-08, 13-51, 15-37, 7-49, 

 : , ■■ -.- , 10-31, 13-55, 7-27, 14-58, 16-50, 15-83. Average, 49;. 



Win. 11. Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer P. P. Club. 



Nf. 



Yo 



ueiiEtiv Cnun.- Last Saturday evening the return 

 this club and Ihe Ascham Archers, of Brooklyn, 

 e at the Ninth Regiment Armory. In the original 



I Untie 



ich 



of the latter, both ti 

 trial of the evening. 



togetl 



ly one lady CO 



if the Aselnims' lair archers. The New 

 verything in good shape for the reeep- 

 1 across tbo river, and after the arrival 

 ractised a little before commencing tho 

 o'clock shooting commenced. The hall 

 ce, being tilled with a huge number of 

 r to witness the first, exhibition of tho 

 Brest taken ami the pleased looks indi- 

 B» hcry bus already lakeu a good hold upon the peo- 

 iftei e may see at alfalrs of this kind much larger 

 Et 11 thing for the New York Archery Club to be 



be able to say they were the first club to introduce 

 sport to the public of the City of New York. Tho 

 rehers having lost the first match, naturally perhaps 

 igh they would like to win the second, thus causing 

 at 1 ssary. But the New York boys .'and girls) did 

 to retain their prestige, which they accomplished in 

 . Although better scores were made by all of those 

 natch was over, still the record below shows 

 the part of both clubs since their last 



ivement ( 



a great i 

 match. 



Alter the match sides were chosen, including archer guesta 

 from the Brooklyn Club, and the sport indulged iu until U 

 o'clock. 



The New York Club meets every Saturday evening at the Ninth 

 Regiment Armory, where they are pleased to see visitors. 



The follow ing are the scores of each team : - 



r.AM-30 YAliPS, B0 AlUtnwS. 



111! 



165 

 155 



l: 157 



Mr-S.8. (taper 1;, 



Mr. W.N. liazer , . lli( ) 



Mr. J. W. Sutton Ul Hfi 171 



.Mr. .las. W.Auten.Jr Ill 151 169 



Totals 746 749 866 ~i 



ASCHAM AHCBBUS— 30 YARDS, 90 AKBOWS. 



... „ ' Hounds—. H 



Miss Yonder Luke ... ins 156 111:1 



41 '•• Urown 179 149 168 



Mr. Chapman 144 159 158 



Mr. Seyej 149 158 149 



trsh 143 142 150 



Totals 



89 



539 

 491 



487 

 427 



2,351 



, 719 764 728 



ARCHERY SCORING. 

 • uiStrea ■— K?JW York, Feb. tth. 



The discussion Of archery scoring has now advanced so far that 



'' ; ■-" te i • 'Is in the near future. That it is a question ot 



., I in 1 1 Interest is proved by the communications from tic 

 East, from llliuoisand from I'ar-off California. After Mr. llrown- 

 ■*"- opening article the writer stated Urn negative arguments in 



turn, for th 

 cession. Mr. 

 iu favor of 1 



1'. u. vr. be 



an issue. and provoking- d 



ted the numerical arguments 

 '•Pacific Poor-Shof- " Poor" | 

 n marks upon the same side, and" 

 - ..Ovel inetljc d of correct ions to par- 

 tially obliterate " chance" at the longer ranges. 



All 1 his is. excellent, bin why slop at a change in numbering: 

 Why not makea thorough alteration of colors, as well as uum 

 ber ? Gold, red, blue, black and white is a matter ot toxo|iuilit. 



