April 15, 1830.] 



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or drop for him, and having him fetch it to you, and then 

 sit up and hold it until, bidden by the command "loose, 1 ' 

 to drop the article into your hand. Almost all puppies 

 -will run a short distance after a ball when rolled along 

 the ground, and discover that to bring it back means to 

 have it thrown again. Commence teaching your puppy 

 to ''fetch" by shaking the ball or glove at him, and en- 

 couraging him to sieze and drag it from vou. Then 

 throw it a yard or two off, gradually increasing the dis 

 tance, and the moment he delivers it to you give him 

 something palatable. Should he have no inclination to 

 romp or play with the glove, aud if you should not be 

 able to persuade him to pick it up between his teeth, 

 cause him to grasp it by tightly pressing his jaws to- 

 gether, speaking all the while impressively to him ; scold 

 him if he is obstinate and refuses to take hold of the 

 glove. After a little time retire a few paces, keeping one 

 baud under Ids mouth In prevent his dropping the glove, 

 while you lead or drag him with the other. When you 

 halt be sure not to take the glove immediately from him ; 

 oblige him to continue holding it for at least a minute, 

 lest he should learn to relinquish his grip too soon, be- 

 fore you make him yield to the command "loose," then 

 be3tow a reward. Should he drop it before he is ordered 

 to deliver it, replace it in his mouth and again retreat 

 several steps before ordering him to "loose." He will 

 soon learn to follow with it ;it your heels. 



This is all so readily learned that it is not necessary to 

 dwell longer on it. Make it your endeavor in these les- 

 sons to have your puppy look upon the whole proceeding 

 as a game introduced solely for his pleasure, and after he 

 has acquitted himself rightly reward him with caresses 

 and pieces of soft food. Let it be your aim to leave off 

 at a moment when he has performed entirely to your 

 satisfaction, that you may part friends, and that the last 

 impression made by the lesson may b% a pleasing as well 

 as a oorrect one. Carefully avoid persevering too long a 

 time, lest he become sick aud tired of the lesson. Be- 

 ware of using harsh treatment or compelling your dog at 

 first to hold the ball in his mouth much longer than a 

 minute ; later on you can gradually increase the time as 

 you may deem expedient. Do not allow your dog to 

 acquire bad habits, such as running olf wi'th the ball, 

 mouthing it or dropping it near you. Should he do this, 

 walk quietly away, uutil he learns to come instantly to 

 you and drop the ball ioto your hand, for, let a dog re- 

 trieve ever so carelessly, still while on the move he will 

 rarely drop a bird. Most probably your puppy will be 

 unwilling to relinquish the ball to you at first ; it is there- 

 fore welljo teach him to sit up in front of you the in- 

 stant he returns. By this you will have proper control 

 over his movements, which will prevent him from turn- 

 ing or dodging away from your hand when extended 

 for the ball. Teaching a dog to sit up is readily done by 

 taking the flaws or chaps in each hand and pressing the 

 dog back upon his haunches, at the same time commanding 

 him to "sit up." Do not let him leave the position until 

 the word "on" is given, which will be after the ball has 

 been delivered into your hand. Do not attempt to pull the 

 ball from his mouth, as he will naturally resist and try 

 to squeeze and bite it, but teach him at the word of com- 

 mand, "loose," to open his mouth wide enough to let the 

 article drop from it. This is done by grasping the nasal 

 bune with one baud, and with the fingers and thumb 

 pressing the flews sharply against the teeth, as this will 

 force him to drop his under jaw ; then withdraw the 

 pressure, saying "loose," and the bail will drop into your 

 other hand. Always repeat the word "loose" while the 

 dog feels the rubbing of his chaps ondlis teeth, aud it 

 will not be long before he will learn to drop whatever he 

 Hiay hold, AU hard-mouthed dogs should be handled in 

 this way. 



Many dogs, particularly the large, p( 

 naturally hard mouthed"; it is thereto 

 aLl dogs' should be taught to fetch so 

 stands to reason that slicks aud stones 

 duce a "hard mouth," and the fetching 

 life, may cause hint much misery. Sou 

 a young dog fetch a round pin cushion, 

 which Bharp pointed wires are securely ami j 

 buried ; nor is it a bad plan, and there need be uo eruen.y 

 if well managed. We have found a bunch of small keys 

 an excellent article to induce a tender mouth, in time 

 the dog should he accustomed to bring moderately large 

 and heavy, flexible tbiugs ; this will prepare him (or re- 

 trieving the large varieties of game when occasion re- 

 quires. With perseverance you can soon teach your dog 

 to be an excellent retriever, and to carry with a light 

 mouth articles of different sizes. Col. Hutchinson says 

 that hekaew in France a fencing master who had in- 

 structed his spaniel to take up the smallest needle. This 

 performance we do not recommend, of course, but sim- 

 ply mention it to show to what; perfection an intelligent 

 animal can be brought. It has been our experience to 

 see, in many j'ears of shooting, but comparatively few 

 well-trained dogs. There is too great an inclination on 

 the part of owners to "away to the merrie green woods" 

 before their dog has been even taught the simple rudi- 

 ments of discipline at home. It is in these outings that 

 the dog contracts the worst faults. Too disposition to 

 let the animal commit the most flagrant errors, provided 

 the one dead or wing-broken bird is secured, is witnessed 

 every day in the field. For the sake of one wretched 

 bird many a fine and stout-hearted dog has been almost 

 ruined, and many a dozen head of game lost in the fu- 

 ture. Both pointers and setters, especially those bred by 

 practical field dogs, are .susceptible of being trained ti 

 exhibit what nature has already pre 

 wonderful intelligence. In our" opii 

 sporting dog in a hundred that is 

 proper standing. Although it is ai 

 some dogi. .like human beings, are 

 gifted than their fellows, yet" in our 

 nary brute can be taught ' 



srful ones, are 

 necessary that 

 thing soft. It 

 ,st lend to pro- 

 these, later in 

 breakers make 

 irk ball, in 

 idieiouslv 



led them with— a 

 Ion, there is not one 

 educated tip to his 

 admitted fact that 

 naturally far more 

 mind the most ordi- 

 i to be generally con- 

 sidered the sufficient requisites of a "first-class dog," 

 that is, to "point" and "fetch." 



The educational standard of the sporting dog in Am- 

 erica has been plaoed entirely too low ; for he is capable 

 of being by constant and intimate companionship brought 

 to perform many acts in the field that are now narrated 

 as isolated exploits, as belonging only to the phenomenon. 

 Ebea it not Stand to reason tha if a hybrid trick dog can 

 he taught to exhibit in rotation, with absolute certainty 

 and under the 111031 listractii 3 fircujnstances. a large 

 number of tricks, many of winch are contrary to all the 

 rules of nature, that a well-bred sporting dog can be 

 broken to do more than use his nose, approach his game 



scribed 

 it, "chs 

 and pra 

 when v 



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without flushing it, and retrieve it in good style? Take, 

 for instance, the trick of walking and jumping on the 

 fore feet. It is, perlnps, the most difficult and weari- 

 some act in the programme. As the back-spring is to 

 the tumbler, so is this to the trick dog, for but one dog 

 out of twenty bus the natural balance; and yet there is 

 not a troupe "of performing dogs that has not three or 

 four animals that can step off this trick to perfection. 

 We would have the breaker aspire to something higher 

 than to produce a mechanically broken dog. Let his aim 

 be toward intellectual perfection, which he can only ac- 

 complish by the establishing of unbounded conlidence 

 between himself and his four-legged friend. Make it a 

 study to impress Upon your dog that there is a reason for 

 everything ho is commanded to do. Thus, iu your les- 

 sons in retrieving, let him become conversant with every 

 article of your apparel, and with whatever you usually 

 carry about you, so that, should you accidentally drop 

 anything, the observant animal will be almost certain to 

 recover it. Allow him to see you deposit your glove in 

 some place, and send him back for it with the orders, 

 "dead" and "fetch ;" also hide the glove where he has 

 been accustomed to find it, and in a variety of ways ex- 

 ercise bis intelligence and test his power of scent. Vary 

 your lessons in as many different ways as possible, hav- 

 ing him to stop before retrieving the glove, as we de- 

 icribed he should at the command "toho," then to "fetch" 



-ge"with it in his mouth without dropping it, 



sfioe him in these orders as you will have to do 



iu introduce him to the field. 



you are assured that he is perfect in these les- 

 sons, and has rehearsed them at various places in your 

 exercise walks, and in the presence of some steady old 

 dog, you may then draw on your wading boots and be- 

 gin workingyour dog in a spot which is a "sure find" 

 for snipe. Common sense and practice will then decide 

 the fate of your dog ; whether bad or good, depends upon 

 yourself, If you handle him carefully, as we have de- 

 scribed, he cannot go far wrong. And if you would 

 have a dog to depend upon, and one that will make your 

 holidays both delightful to pass and look back upon, re- 

 member that to err is but doggy, and that your puppy 

 cannot have too much good, soiid work, for it is practice 

 that makes perfect. 



THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



THE prediction of the managers, as published in last 

 week's issue, has been verified, and the coming 

 show, on the 37th, 38th and 29th, will be, beyond all ques- 

 tion, the largest dog show every held in either Europe or 

 America. As announced, the entries closed on Monday last, 

 but the mail still continues to bring iu a large number of 

 applications. Therefore, it is im possible as yet to form an 

 exact estimate of the number of entries ; but we are in- 

 formed by Superintendent Lincoln that they will reach 

 close upon 1,300. Taking these figures, and comparing 

 them with those of previous New York Bench Shows, we 

 find it an increase of about 350 on last year, the exact 

 number of dogs exhibited in 1879 being 953 ; an advance 

 of over 375 111 187S. when 834 were entered, and 325 over 

 the first show in 1877, when the catalogue contained 874 

 names. Never in the past has there been anywhere, such 

 a large number of sporting dogs exhibited* as are now 

 booked for the corning show, the pointer and setterclasses 

 alone amounting to over 000. It is therefore unneces- 

 sary to go further to demonstrate the wonderful interest 

 which is taken in sporting dogs in America than to again 

 compare this year's entries with the last, this time, how- 

 ever, selecting the Birmingham Show — the crack exhibi- 

 tien of England -of last year, when only 100 pointers 

 and setters were shown out of the usual limited entrance of 

 1,000 dogs. We are not sure that the above does not point 

 out the necessity of yet framing more stringent laws for 

 the protection of game and for the absolute punishment 

 of all offenders of the same. 



Since last issue many of the principal kennels in the 

 country have sent in their entries, noticeably that of Mr. 

 A. II. Moore, of Philadelphia, whose twenty entries are 

 said to coutain a number of recent importations. Among 

 his other well-known dogs, Mr. Moore will exhibit the 

 old favorite Leicester, formerly owned by Mr. H. L. 

 Smith, of Strathroy, Ont. ; the Irish setters Berkley and 

 Duck, and the little pointer bitch Rose, once the property 

 of Mr. Edmund Orgdl. Mr. W. B. Wells, Jr. (Big Point 

 Kennel Club, Chatham, Out.), sends his champion Irish 

 water spaniel Mike, which, to our knowledge, is in ex- 

 cellent condition; and his English setter bitch Dido, 

 Druid-Star. Dr. S. Fleet Spier, of Brooklyn, has entered 

 his English- setter dog St. Elmo, the well-known winner 

 of last year, both on bench and iu tho field, and a host of 

 other dogs from his fine stock. Col. Bradley, also of 

 Brooklyn, will show two magnificent greyhounds, bred 

 by DeWolf, of Manitoba, from stock obtained from the 

 Indians, and originally imported by Gen. Custer. These 

 dogs are lineal descendants of the famous English cham- 

 pion Master Magrath. Among the recent additions are 

 Mr. .1. Korman Taylor's dog Turk, and the Toledo Ken- 

 nel Club's dog Grouse and bitch Bee ; these two have 

 never been exhibited here. Mr. Howe, of Brooklyn, has 

 entered his pointer Rex, winner of first last year. Mr. 

 .1. 11. Whitman, of Chicago, has secured a stall for his 

 English setter bitch Floss. Mr. M. A. Stearns, of Roches- 

 ter. sends his English setter bitch Pearl, and Mr. Mercil- 

 lot In- English setter bitch Grace. 



The steamship Arizona, which arrived here on Tues- 

 day morning, had on board Mr. James Watson, the rep- 

 resentative of tho London Field. He had under his 

 charge about six clogs in all, including two terrier bitches, 

 one a black and tan and the other an Irish(which, by the 



ay, whelped four fine puppies just as the steamer 

 passed Staten Island), a splendid Gordon setter bitch, (he 

 property of Mr. \\ In. Graham, of Belfast, Ireland, and a 

 remarkably line bred Scotch colley dog, which was Con- 

 signed to the owner, Mr. James Lindsay, of Jersey City, 



'The judges, Mr, Hugh Dalziel— who will represent the 

 Live Stock Journal aud not the Field, as previously sta- 

 ted—and Dr. Stables, sailed yesterday from Liverpool, 

 hoth having a number of dogs in their care. Sir William 

 Vernon will sail to-morrow on the Britannic, from same 

 port, and among the splendid hull-terriers he will bring 

 with him is the famous bull-terrier dog Tarquin. 



Two new apodal prizes have bBenoffereU during the 

 week. Mr. Geo, C. Sterling gives an engraved glass lem- 

 onade set of thirteen pieces, valued at $25, for the best 

 English setter, native or imported ; animals receiving a 



V. H. C. to be entitled to compete. Messrs. Thompson & 

 Sons give a Hue leather gun-case and an ammunition- 

 case for the best English setter, dog or bitch ; to be com- 

 peted for by the winners in the champion and open 

 classes, both native and imported. 

 ♦ 



Doas FOR the New Yorb Show.— Exhibitors will do 

 well to avail themselves of the following hints for mark- 

 ing the boxes or crates in which their dogs are shipped 

 to New York. The address should be as follows : — 

 Sent by (name) Express Co. 

 Date. 

 To The Managers of 



The New York Dog Show, 



Madison Square Garden, 



New York, 

 Feed and water. 

 Deliver immediately on arrival. 



Also put on a return label as follows : — 

 Return by (name) Express Co., 

 To Name of Exhibitor. Address. Feed and water. 

 Deliver immediately. 

 To which also sign : — 



(Exhibited at New York Dog Show. To he returned 

 free). 



Otto's Parrntaoe.— Memphis, Tenn., April 4th.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream .— A recent issue of your 

 paper contains an article headed : " A Gladstone Puppy," 

 and is highly laudatory of Baid Otto, no doubt deserv- 

 edy. But only one parent is mentioned — Gladstone — and 

 this note is to say that Otto had a mother, even the 

 mother of Joe, Jr., and of the field-winner, Campbell's 

 Fannie ; and grandam of Tom III., winner of the 1878 

 Naslrvilie Nursery Stake. Buck is also half-sister of field 

 champion Tom, and his full-brother, Night, who won a 

 field championship also at Memphis, Tenn., his brother 

 and sister, Tom and May, winning the brace stake the 

 next year, all native setters of same strain. Hence I 

 claim Otto got a fair, full share of merit from his un- 

 mentioned dam, Buck, Jr., who beat Gladstone, in 1878, 

 for a purse or .$200. at Nashville, as her son Joe did (for 

 the third time) in December, 1879, at Florence, Ala., then 

 for a purse of f 1,000. As it takes a grand dog to beat 

 Gladstone, do not forget Otto had a ma. Guido. 



Breaking Doom with Cold Lead.— Evington, April 

 nth.— Editor Forest and Stream .-—Apropos of Beveral 

 letters that have recently appeared in your valuable col- 

 umns on breaking dogs with cold lead, I should like to 

 make a few remarks. To teach a dog he is not to do any- 

 thing, the punishment ought to be administered while he 

 is in the act ; or still better, just as he is about to commit 

 the offense. Shooting a dog, therefore, while in the act 

 of chasing must be correct in principle, but it is danger- 

 ous and sometimes cruel, and therefore objectionable. 

 To cure a confirmed old chaser I woidd recommend the 

 following plan : Put a common twenty-five yard cord 

 round his neck and teach him to "down charge i" in do- 

 ing so let every cut with the whip be accompanied with 

 the word, "down ;" drill him at this for a few minuteB at 

 a time, as often as convenient for a few days, till he im- 

 mediately drops at the command (also, of course, hold up 

 your hand). After this take him among game, with a 

 steady dog. Do not let him out of your reach, but try 

 and g"et him to forget that he has on the check-cord. As 

 soon as your steady dog has found game take hold of the 

 cord a nil watch till your wild friend finds out the fact, 

 upon which immediately call out, "Down !'' Ten to one 

 the excitement of the moment will be too much for him, 

 and forgetting all your instructions he will rush forward. 

 Now (never mind your hands), give him such a jerk as 

 will send him head over heels ; go up to him and give 

 him a few sharp cuts, not forgetting to use the word, 

 " down" as before. This plan will soon cure him. While 

 on the subject, let me remark that it is useless to punish 

 a dog for chasing after he has committed the offense, ex- 

 cept in the case of a trained dog that knows he should 

 not do it. Ibex. 



Pennsylvania Fox Huntinc!.— The East Marlborough 

 Fox-Hunting Club, with headquarters at Dugdale, Pa., 

 have just completed their organization, and elected the 

 following officers : President, E. G. Cloud ; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Louis Eld ridge ; Master of Hounds, J. 

 H. Bail} ; with a chatter membership of sixteen, each 

 of whom contribute to the fund to pay keeper of the 

 company's kennel and furnishing of meat for hounds. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Impobted Dandik Dinmonts.— In our issue of March 25th we 

 published a notice sent us by a correspondent that Mr. Robert 

 Hume, of Lastvllle, Northampton County, Yii„ had Just returned 

 from England, bringing with him a putr of Skye-terriers. Mr. H 

 writes us that the terriers, dog and bitch are Dandie DinmontB, 

 nol Skyas; and thnt he will exhibit them at tho coming New York 

 show. The dog won iu the puppy class in Edinburgh, 1S7S, and 

 the bitch is said to be equally as line. 



The Trufitm DOG.— Mr. Vero Shaw's serial, "The Illustrated 

 Book of the Dog," contains tho following: information: The 

 truffle dog is nothing more or less than a bad small-sized poodle, 

 and is never, or very rarely, met with under the designation 

 truffle dog. Its cultivation is due to the existence of truffles, 

 which it ia employed to discover when they are lying in the 

 ground by the help of its acute noso. Any credit, therefore, at- 

 tained by the truffle dog is certainly due to his betler-bred rela- 

 tive the poodle, as tho main distinction between the two lies in 

 the former being the leggier dog of the two, and therefore 

 further remarks on the points of the truffle dog would be super- 

 fluous. 



Names Claimed.— iVettic Hattriok— Mr. Tho«. Blyth, of Mo- 

 Xntyre, Pa., olaima the name of Nellie Hattriek for his red Irish 

 Bettor bitch, by Dirk Hattriok out of Tyke, bought of Mr. E. J. 

 EobbtnB, of Wethersileld, Conn. 



Rod aisli.-Mr. Cues. Georges, of Hobokon, N. J., claims tha 

 name of Bad Dash for his puppy, by Lincoln &. Ballyar'si Ar- 

 lington out Iff wur tad's Doc. 



Victor f-iano.—Mr. J. M. Huynes, of Wilmington, Ohio, olaima 

 the name ei Victor Huiro h,r his Dlaek, white and tan puppy 

 whelped peoember Wtfc, WW, by Powo (Kock-tfussy)outof Maglo 

 Bobltoy-Dl). 



