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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 13, 1880, 



will be xiv 

 by miner. 

 poirri 



searching 

 ought, au\ 

 you natnri 

 if he aitei 

 unsteady 1 

 o have bit 

 point de 



rid the dog's ardor will not be dampened 

 restraint. The plan of making a flog 



his e\ il consequence, that should he, when 

 e dead bird, eome across and point, as he 



tab 



- hi 



■ tc 



rily 



uea 



sjreover, if you teach your dog to 

 once relinquish surely, unneces- 

 jeeing him pick up, one by one, a 



or witnessing the. fine display of 

 required in such a performance. 

 ;s to which it seems natural to 



almost impossible to caeck bv 

 ', therefore, you find such a cus- 



easiest wayis to teach him to re- 

 in- or head. This is easily done 

 smiled bird, prepared with sharfj 

 v. As dead bird, frequently loilge 

 eg or get caught in the briers, it is 

 drop one on the top of a high log 

 ch the dog to look for his birds 



sacracity and stead: 

 There are mam 

 be hard mouthed", 

 means of the whij 

 turner, the quickes 

 trieve the bird by 1 

 by means of a dun 

 pointed wires in 

 in the branches of 

 well to no vr and as 

 or stump, and thru 

 also in high places. 



When, after a few weeks, you find that the youngster 

 has confidence in himself, and is likely to hunt independ- 

 ently, take him out with a well-broken dog that is not 

 likely to make false points; for if he commits such mis- 

 takes, your pupil will soon utterly disregard bis pointing. 

 Select one also who draws upon his birds in a fine, deter- 

 mined altitude. By selecting a slow old clog you will 

 probably diminish the wish of the young one to follow 

 him. On the old dog's pointing, catch the eye of the 

 young one, call to the old follow by name, telling him to 

 " toho. ' The order will make the young one look round, 

 and awaken him to a suspicion of what is going forward. 

 Then, carrying your gun as if you were prepared momen- 

 tarily to tiro, retreat, or move sideway, in a crab-like 

 fashion, toward the old dog. By turning your face to- 

 ward the youngster, he will f Ollow your movements, and 

 when he Catches right of the attitude of the old dog he 

 will almost at once guess its meaning. Should the old 

 fellow draw forward, still the other must remain station 

 ary. If he but advance one step rate him — go to him and 

 drag him back to where he ought haye backed. Should 

 he rush up at his companion, lead him to the exact spot 

 from which he moved, peg him down with the check- 

 cord until you have siiot and reloaded. Pursue i ! i is plan, 

 and you will soon have your dog back from any distance 

 on the instant he sees Iris companion come to his point. 



The remaining quality, that of "drawing" or "trail- 

 ing," as it is most frequently called, is only taught by 

 experience and practice. It is especially necessary in 

 ■ i . i .- . I i a : 'OUa ! shooting, and is the most readily taiMit, 

 liy breakers who are perfectlj familiar withrthe habits'of 

 no game of which they are in pursuit. The dog must 

 not follow the running birds eithertoo slowly or too fast , 

 and where the birds are wild and the hjfing cbverbad, the 

 sportsman shuuld endeavor to drive them, as it were, on 

 before hnn and his dog until they find sufficient harbor 

 Into which to crawl and hide. There have been many 

 instances of old dogs spontaneously "galloping off and 

 .1 ■■ ,n themselves on the oilier side'of a running bevy. 

 There is no reason why your dog cannot lie taught to do 

 this, on the same principle that colley dogs are instructed 

 to circle the sheep which they are penning. By work- 

 ing dogs from leeward to windward they become habitu- 

 seeing game intercepted between themselves and 

 their masters, and by judiciously calling a dog off the trail, 

 and making a sufficient circle with him, it would not be 

 remarkable if he picked up in time the habit of head- 

 ing running birds:. It may be well to mention that your 

 dog Should not he allowed' to cross a fence or stream in 

 the spot where he has been pointing across. Accustom 

 him to lie called off hi ■ hat, and ma ke him go down and 

 roSS twi thirty yards below. This will prevent 



■dm from Hushing his game, which he might do while in 

 the act of lumping over. 



Although! the foregoing instruction has been described 



i 'i c its 't on in the open, the same directions are 



to be cai ried on in the cover, only observing thatthe dog 



101 be allowed to range out of shot of the "Tin, A 

 method often practiced when working a stubborn wide 

 ranger in the cov t r is to attach a small bell to the dog's 

 collar ; the ceasing to hear its tinkling being the warning 

 to the sportsman that his dog is pointing game. We 

 merely recount this as one of the ways at times adopted 

 for changing a badly broken animal into something like 

 a useful one. The best way, however, will lie to boil 

 these a 1 1 icles down to suit your own case, and by constant 

 companionship endeavor to make your dog as intelligent 

 an animal as possible. 



by Mr. M. P. McKomi, of Franklin, N. T., with a foul 

 ilil foxhound puppy, Mike-Smoke, Which is said to be very 



ma PupM/.-Mr. 



eh, of Nova Sco 

 shipped on Mm 



ecived from Mr. V. 

 ikl foxhound puppy 

 nding the length ot 



Bbbd.— JeSWJJfitfi^Boio— St, Louis Kennel Club's Jessamine to 

 Bow. 



BaTUfhee-KtllQ David- Mr. H. B. Yondersmith's Banshee to his 

 King David. 



Dfl IstfcJftMSt—. Dr. N. B. Carson's Daisy to St, Louis Kennel Club's 

 Faust. 



Bunnic— Mr. N. Elmore's beagle Bonnie, Banger-Lucy, to 

 Messrs. Elmore & Pouuiill's Victor— imported {Battler, imported 

 Blue Bell. 



Wmoeou— Mr. 



DEAtra.-F/onaoemt-Mr. F„ A. Herzberg, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 ins recently lost his fine Laverack setter Flambeau from dis- 

 one of the best developed 



I said to ha- 

 tnported. 



—Attention is called to advertisement of W. II. Can-, i 

 29(i, this week. 



—Wo would call attention to advertisement of mastiffs for sale. 



J^rcherg. 



Address all communications to "Forest and Stream 

 PiibliKliing Oampany, New Yurie." 



BOW SHOOTING IN NORTH MINNESOTA. 



TEN yea 

 joyed t 



Half oft 

 the boy'F 

 i.npleine: 

 the thin 



= po 



'enture— has i he wr 



le of saplings or limits weak euoug 

 linger, and flailed in rustic parla 

 arrer." The writer used a weapon of English pa 

 preceptor taught him how to draw alter the jit 

 Bnglish, besides grace In &i titude and every acquit 

 form ; also the holding of the bow perpendicular 

 immediately upon a full draw. After two or three 

 lion he could bring dowu game, and killed larg 

 squirrels, h 



tubers of 



tbcsn 

 The 



r fry |: 



iter during trie oast de 

 sofa, doing duly as surgeon aad p 

 engaged in prescribing the pellet 

 leisure hours to bow shooting, be 

 and also at target prnc ■ :.-. A 

 at their reservation, which Is ii 

 frontior town, hasafforded ihcw 



ties plumping over chipmunks and 



iecade has resided in North Mittno. 

 ■stitioner, and while not busily 

 f Bsculapius, has devoted his 

 in the hunting of wild game 

 ■lof Ojibway Ind ;t . I. ca1 



site 



ed r 



who 



uati\ 



thr< 

 The 



j the a 



re but depraved and degenerate 

 origines. Yet withal soino a 



lotiug, especially at the shorter 

 they are not so reliable. They 

 , when tamed to the right, will 



•riter 

 who \ 



aea 



mdant of the great 

 ;iou of every archer 



;o; 1 aplomb and unsurpassable 



his swift, cosy, steady , u n varying 



This Ojibway athlete could equal 



but would have been compelled to 



npeting with him at any distance 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NAMfs ■ i .i run. -13 sato— Mr,! 

 claims the name of Bessie for bis 



spaui-i i.iteh. by -dr. Chat 



ringtnn's Floss. 

 JfctreJi— Mt. Jolm W, SmrthfOf 



of March for his black Mid ton 



■ I -ah. 1STC, by Doane's Tom, 



i. Hasten, of Buffalo, N. Y.. 

 er and white ticked cocker 

 3 Con, out of Mr. .1. B. H :u - 



inuiolis, Md„ claims the name 

 o.duo seller bitch, whelped 



t ot. Wright's '-'■ i 



Imported BBAQtBS;— The Essex County Hunt, of Montclair, 

 N. J., have just received by steamer IbVOu i-. the two line English 

 beagle bitches Gypsey and Dnisey, which they Intend to keep for 



breeding; purposes. 



Salu.-";,!i. il. B. SawtoJl, Maiden, Mass., has Isold bis imported 

 pointer hi ■ Ji to W. B. Giles, Abilene, Kan. She is in whelp 



toDon.w.i' ..,,,, mi prize, Hasten ohow, 1877, owned by 



F. II. Warren, t holsea, Mass. 



tO Mr. Henry De Bus. of Qilfi mioti. Ohio, i M ■■■■.■.■■ 

 purchased die pointer dog Mephisto, by Faust, out ot Zeal, 

 whelped Aug. pah, 1870, from the St. Louis Kenn. ■ fb 



I in the Kelt] "': ia - Dei til and Puppy 



Btafc's, Eastern Field Trials Club. 



Kiim Ihtvhi-'Dun dn.-< 11. , mchi- Mr. II. I!. Vundersmitli, of Lan- 

 caster, Pa., hassold to Mr. W. F. Uoarduiiju, of Calais, Me., a red 

 Irish setter puppy, by King David, out'of Bam h 



Urachrt— Mr. II. B. Vondersmi Ih, Of Lancaster, Pa., has bought 

 Of Mr, H. L. Smith, of ^trathroy. tint., his lemon and white 

 LU-wtllyn setter Bracket, Gladstone-Clip, whelped April, 1S7II. 



Presentation— Mir. N. Elmore, of tiranby, Conn., has been pre- 



ildhave excited the 

 present at the Chicago tournament 

 not only for his unusual poise am 

 be !'. i physique, but for liis sv 

 actionin drawing and loosii 

 the writer at the short rang 

 tceepl second jdace ivhen 

 exceeding fifty yards. 



The Indians have a custom, mpractiee, of shooting a pointed ar" 

 row into a dead liuib, thirty or forty feet from the ground, and 

 then spring it out by using blunt-headed arrows, which when 

 itriking close beside the other does not fail to unloose the target 

 lhaft. The feat, is to dislodge it at the first fire, If the first 

 ireher fails, he gives his place to another, and so on until the 

 diampion brings it down. G ambling is common wi th them. 



The writer has been almost alone in his favorite pastime. Until 



Booming popular, he could not be 

 without being stared at as an object 

 i. theleast, Finally two or three 

 d a ladj or two, though no one foi- 

 st sufficient to render them expert 

 ble them to join with the writer in 

 a ii I there was daugBrof being 



jeered by the rough and vulgar. Only a whizzing shaft can moat 



emphatically dissuade a tipsy meddler from such demonstra t ions. 



And here it maj be said— in the experience OJ thawrltei H i- 



true— almost invariably can you measure l lie mental caliber of a 



man in his like or dislike Of the hi 



enjoyed social culture, andjis in 



lesthfiticiu his tastes, in the de.gi 



thusiasm over the yew-spring of Madie and the feathered fixtures 



of Muir. 



the each i . i il the National 



Why should any areber be 6x> 



vidnal fee, when applying lor a 



lastseasor, whOO 



by i 



that the English , 





of questionable c 



ir ■ 



gentlemen i>rocu 



ed t 



lowed the pastim 



wit 



at any distance, u 



ord 



anything like eve 





ted, and is ami 

 will bo his 



This leads 

 Archery As 



eluded, aftc 



e ti i 



ape 



tuuity to belong to any club, 

 ' nil be found among 

 is, more or Jess, on the " rug- 

 n the rough border born," or 

 ed the shaft with the best- 

 sent iu Buffalo nest July. In 



Now, the writer has had no 

 and he is led to believe thai in 

 men who have lived two scor 

 ged frontier," or were, perba] 

 an old mountaineer," who 01 

 who would be . I . asi I to 



fthe National Association emulate then in thai 



liberal and cat 1Mb- ,.,y regrets 



that liberal | ,-i. ia - | .,1 eVl I all >W I I D itM 1CI I in cle 



ment that may prove prejudicial to the besi interests of any ur- 

 Konii Ltlonof tme and earnest archers. 



Below is recorded the best score ai the Double Vork Hound 

 that the writer was capable of making, up W Nil' 

 since then the 3no» has been too deep for snoh tong-ranga shoot- 

 ing, and practice ha? been Icepl lip at 1-rii yards. Score:— 



Tmrts. Hits. Value. Total. 



Ill 

 00 



100 



SI 

 ill! 



92 



Hi 



39] 



«10 

 005 



nowever apocryphal the above inay^cem-the. writer has Infer- 

 red that he is alone almost in practice— he can prove his points. 



At times spectators have been present. Itesides. he has shot 

 against rille experts, and those who Are not lyrosin using the navy 

 revolver. Shooting against the fore dent point- 



blank range ... ,1,.. ,.,-,,,. instance, VlK, forty and 



lifty yards, winning 



above mentioned w< 



stock to draw from it 



thesis meager hrdce 



who may attain tonmediu.a degi 



score, it will be seen, necessitates the use 01 



a few limes did the writer fail to reach tbei 



times wanting useore or s.. to know them 



1,000. A bow was used winch pur 



arrows were preferred weighing tout or s 



when rigid enough to endure the recoil 



string, when loosed, passes its own UneSwhil 



—by two inches or mere tit the center ftp 



the arrow out of line 



Arrows lighter srill would be bettor, bin (bey could not endu 



such a violence of recoil. Could tho arrows puss a hole in the 



every trial with cither of the 

 •emote frontier town the 

 e of enthusiastic toxophi- 



linie there will be BCVi in 1 

 Boy. The above 



se of ■• four rigiiivs." Net 



• neighborhood, somo- 

 : again, going beyond 

 less than fifty pounds; 

 H, and four.ameltrst. 

 of the string, as the, 

 c at rest, whon braced 

 . . inch ii (brows 

 > this by experimenting. 



exact center of th 



subject to no strain wttatevi r. 



uow agitated, which human ingenuity 



too, the proposed changing i I 



periphery oi [he I irgel shall seom to 



distance from the archer's eye iusl BO 



to «et a target whoso face B h 



all ranges. The champion of last suit 



be correct In this, as he is logical and : 



oilier point advanced, though oppose! 



gentlemen who have a right to be hea: 



become the equals— when we can <\ci 



and can command our exec! ■ 



and not till then, let us. for any feasn 



valuations. Whon that timoshall arrivt 



each and every generous Briton among 



ilito- of Albion will hasten m 



o action), they would be 

 point, with many others 

 ■an never displace. So, 

 . figures. So long as the 

 ecrease with increase of 

 ong will it tie impossible 

 lortionably suitable for 



. i lament must 

 [•-seeing in nearly every 

 by earnest and worthy 

 . When we of America 



I 

 t danger of defeat, then, 



'. : i 



: loubt but that 

 manly toxoph- 



■ d l:ti 



■e-;;. 



nil I 



nd • 



heard the/tOMo 

 feed in wheal la 

 More dcliciou 

 G rouse used tot 

 sport, in which s 

 loading shot gu 



I, h;: 





is the sportsman's paradise. There ore ru6h- 

 nding streams. Localities abound it 

 rd in his haunt, and only you knowabonl it. 



™. ia prairie lake-tloe Oeld, sit andbeartho 

 fowls by myriads, and the low, mu filed thun- 

 woopingdowo in millions, and the nolo of ihc 

 and that sub-bass note, the watery sounding 

 e marsh bittern. About twelve miles north- 

 it of this town, all the long autumn, can be 

 of the wild goose, where thousands come to 

 land fallow land. 



ler days r;\n be found nowhere^ 

 ibundanii bui thai merciless slnugBter colled 



aided by trained setters, oarridd on each sea- 

 Id fowl In llicup'e;,i,,-i;ib,.:.,iur,-e: 

 ■d over twenty varieties of wild ducks, and has 

 her kind-. The i.ms most abundant arc mal- 

 wn scaup duck; golden-cycs arc nuintrous. 

 irhead between sundown ami dark in couiu- 



I nnless taken on the wing. That 



fly high, and arc very rapid on the wing. 



- ttie day, as tbcj an net, 

 I grounds bunted ove 

 plenty in September, ami 

 take thorn along narrow 



lilack ducks tlyovorbead betw 

 b ~> Hooks, but none 

 is difficult, for tin y lly high, an 

 to know where th 

 killed with other ducks on th 

 water fowl. Wood ducks are 

 archers would ftnd good chat: 

 winding, rush-lined streams. 



One October day, with a companion, we remember coming 

 upon a group of herons, twenty or thirty in number, In a lomij 

 spot in the great northern forest thai stretches away lo the far- 

 olf Lludsun'Bay country. They were standing around a pool Of 

 dark, clear water, having a companionable time of ii. The sur- 

 face and the surroundings did not afford a chance to get. within 

 bowshot, without taking more pains and trouble than two tired 

 hunters cared about, ami they all made off in safety. Uut tney 

 were tho largest and most formidable looking fellows we had i m 

 seen. Did they but know their force in offensive tactics, they 

 could have made it intensely interesting for us. An Indian 

 killed by a so-called sandhill crane in an instant, with one thrust 

 oi bis sharp bill, which pierced through the eyeball ami roaehet 

 the substance of the brain. A neighbor of ours onco wounded a 

 white heron, and pursued the Hoeing bird. When the heron saw 

 that his enemy was gaining upon him, he turned sharply about 

 aud came directly for him. His line neck was arched for a blow. 

 His liquid eyes glittered with a soli, yet deadly tire. A thrust 

 with that long, hard, polished bill would equal a blow from a 

 poniard. When neighbor W. felt the situation, he raised his gnu, 

 estimating the chances with a degree of trepidation not inconsid- 

 erable. But his blow was fortunate. II broke the bird's neck, 

 and Blosed i be- singular contest, which was not without u touch oi 



Th 



t this region and northward, the water loivl t 

 hey remain here until winter drives them sn 



ads 



iv tie 



In 



.she I 



body underneath win of the richest cream tint. The in id, b -i 



color, and glossier than burnished bronze. The. slate wings nod 



pe toiled as delicately as nature ever docs Per work 



The upper neck was deep maroon. ThOsi ft specimens Ihnj 



during the tall months show but poorly -when contrasted wilh 

 the gorgeously plumaged king of ail wild dock kinds, lie weighed 

 inure by eleven ounces than the largest red-bead or canvas-back 

 ever taken in this country. 

 The writer struck a crow with a blunt shal t seventy j . 



The favorable element of chances Often affords an to' ' 



pleasure. .\ uma diet we desiui to reeor Deluding tins 



paper. Alter striking down a few fine bii d? over the . 



v, Iterposl a uiiu-elf io await the daflj flight ot black ducks. 



Long, low masses of clouds lay above ihe horizon bar-, cardinal 



and gold :il I 111 the day orb had 



an hour. Cool, sweel breezes breathed sof trj 



meadows, and ear-witching echoes of forest birds catue from the 

 bordering- -woodlands. Thi i bi tlet noiobowed 



the river running bard oy. It was a 



rural ways— every surrounding approved bj each wild watei- 



fOwL Throughout the sense ,|. ,,,.. ,- i,,;l to iy aCEOSfl I 



certain neck of laud, and the archer or rifleman has bu nrij 



for the first hints of gathering darkness to gel a -Hot a I Ihe home 



returning lioeks. iv i 



a shot upward to close the Cay with is 



After pate ■ .. . n..i, ■ a i bi y am 



slow in starting to-night— the first bl Ii ell down, 



■ 



hundreds bet, ri biaovea ''' rhen | 



5'ou cannot sec their outlines, Presently, a shadow i 



