June 10, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



371 



day with a fly Of 

 heron, wood duck, ga 



ribbon in strips as su 

 made a rush for my h 

 playing, or skittering, 

 once a splash, a rush, a 

 over ray boat and m< 

 heard or saw one befo 

 in mid air twenty fi 



irtiugh trial of the fly on bass yet. 

 »p higli ; the weather wet and *«.m- 

 I took one tw 



oar the nu 

 lying of spa 



). and the I 

 the 



bass ; nor will I be convinced otherwise until I have it 

 from the best authority in this country. However, I am 

 wtfllingto leave jfc to the Fokkst and Stream to decide, 



and you and I go together and take our boats, rods, flies, 

 bobs and the like and kill some of them, 



T have not had a th< 

 The water has been ti 

 ingall through May. I took one two pounder the otl, 



de of feathers— white 

 kle (red), and scarlet 

 his. When this bass 

 Tightened me. I was 

 5h gr.-iss. when all at 

 rkling drops of water 

 if tlio reel (I never 

 lassout of the water 

 .._ strike, and pitching 

 like a mustang pony, all in one-fifteenth of a second, was 

 too much for me ; but J recovered in time to attend hand- 

 somely to his next rush, and laid him in the boat. Ahem! 

 "0. S. W.," if you thmk these are nebblack bass if von 

 think they won't rush for a fly, or anything else youmay 

 offer them— then you come here and" go with me, and I 

 think you will return a better satisfied, if not a wiser 



When the weather gets in such condition that one can 



fish, I shad try every method of new and old style fish- 

 ing, and then I can tell you what I know about "fly-fish- 

 ing. I eau get all the bass I want with minnows and cut 

 bait, but I would rather take one "big one" with a fiv 

 than kill the biggest old buck in Texas. 



I think if "C. S. W." will carefully read Dr. Hensball's 

 papers on fly-fishing for 1 .lack bass— now appearing in the 

 Forest and Stream— he will be convinced that they will 

 take the fly ; at least I have that much confidence in 

 what be shall say, and 1 trust the Doctor will never stop 

 writing until lie has told us all he knows about the sub- 

 feet. C. L, J. 



Austin, Texas, June 1st. 

 Fbresi and Stream : — 



re before me your issue of May 27th in which 



T . S," asks "('. 1,. J." to give "an account of the 

 opening battle of his campaign" against *' Texas 



B nil dies, 



the past two davs. have taken "Texas trout" 

 ies. On the 30th of May several others and myself 

 Barton Creek, near this point, and between six 

 'en o'clock I captured four " Texas trout." On 

 st, in company with Col. A. J. P., 1 again visited 



Creek and with (lies I captured two more " Texas 

 Hastings. 



Edito 

 [ In 

 "C. 



first or 

 trout " 



I. in 

 With li 

 visited 

 and sev 

 May 31 

 Barton 

 trout," 



JP^ gemm 



— Address all communications to ' 

 Publishing Company, Nero York." 



Forest and Stream 



DOGS FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN SHOOTING. 



Alqona, Iowa, May 19th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I Sometime since 1 noticed an article in the Fokkst and 

 STREAM from the pen of au Eastern gentleman giving his 

 experience in hunting Eastern dogs on the Western prai- 

 ries. His experience is but the experience of most sports- 

 men when they bring their dogs West to hunt prairie 

 ^Chickens. The training of theu- dogs is not right for that 

 .kind of business. When a dog is trained to work well on 

 prairie chickens that dog will almost always work well 

 on woodcock, partridge, snipe and quail. But a dog that 

 is trained on those birds will seldom work well on prai- 

 rie chickens. The dog that is being trained wants a large 

 field to work in. He must have room to be independent, 

 room to rauge. Then he will learn to take the scent high 

 in the wind, where he can breathe. A dog cannot work 

 well with his nose down in the prairie grass. His bead 

 must lie above the grass to do good work. 



A well-trained chicken dog will never work down the 

 wind. They will always work from one side to the other 

 if they wish to get down the wind. Four years ago a 

 gentleman came here from Scotland on his way to a large 

 venty miles west of us in Palo Alto Countv. 

 it 40,000 acres there and in Emmet County. 

 ith him three splendid pointer dogs, with 

 eighty ..years. I told him when he came 

 ivouk) be of but little use here. Ho laughed 

 ie what great experience his dogs had had 

 " Why,' said he, "your American dogs do 

 7 to hunt. They are nothing but curs ; they 

 ;ood breeding." But I told him he had bet- 

 'or a good dog if he wished to have good 

 shooting. He took his dogs out. and set them at work. 

 The dogs did not understand their business. Their work 

 had been in too small fields, and when they came to have 

 miles of prairie to work over they were lost. They did 

 not know what to do. The gentleman was very much 

 dissatisfied with the work of his dogs. He knew that 

 ley were well-trained to work on some kinds of game. 

 went back to his farmhouse and his man told him to 

 stter dog that they bad there and he woidd have 

 i trouble. He did so, and was very much surprised to 

 I how well a dog could work that did not have a pedi- 

 When he went back to Scotland he took with him 

 ter dog for which he paid $100. 



have lived in Northwestern Iowa thirteen years, and 

 T do not believe there- is a place in the United States 

 vhere there are more prairie chickens, or where one has 

 .better chance to judge the work of dogs on those birds. 

 ¥e have hundreds of sportsmen here every year from 

 JeEast and South who bring with them fine dogs, but 

 of those dogs work well. They do not understand 

 to do it ; and a man that comes here for a few days' 

 ting does not want to put in all his time training 



has been my experience that to have a dog work well 



must know something about the game that be is ex- 



;ed to find. To be successful with prairie chickens he 



it be a great ranger, carry his head high above the 



is and have a good nose. It is a common thing for a 



tog to run from fifty to one hundred miles a day when 



hunting prairie chickens, and a dog that is shut up most 



« the time cannot expect to range with a dog that is out 



with a team three days in the week. 



fan, 

 He, 

 H 



i about t 

 wns abo 

 rought v 





his clogs 

 ,-: told 3 





Gotland. 

 tenow bo 



ter 1 



bad uo 



jok out 



I have no wish to ran down well-bred dogs, and no 

 man admires them more than I do ; but a well-bred dog 

 must have a great range and plenty of game to work 

 well. I always work my dogs from the wagon, and I be- 

 lieve it is the true way to do where one has a chance. 

 The dog that has been taught to putter in the brush is too 

 slow for prairie work. J, Q. Smith. 



TRAINING FOXHOUNDS. 



ASHBUKNITAM, Mass., May 29f7i. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I have taken the Forest and Stream: for the last six 

 years, and have been waiting and hoping to see some- 

 thing written on foxhounds all that time, and now that 

 it is started I hope to hear more. 



All through northern New England, in every town, 

 are one or two old fox hunters. Not after the Southern 

 style, following the hounds on horseback, as in this hilly 

 and ledgy country it would be impossible ; but with one 

 good dogs starting sly Reynard, while the frost 

 still lies on the meadows where he has been prowling 

 during the night aEter mice, and keeping in hearing of 

 the dogs, cut him oil at some of his crossing places 

 with au ounce and a quarter of double B shot, 



The Southern gentry that ride to hounds call that a 

 mean way ; but it is no fool of a .job to get a shot at an 

 old dog fox that has been run a few times and has had a 

 few shot lodged in his jacket at long range. 



I know the bird hunters call foxes vermin, but for us 

 who love the sport, there is nothing like it. I have 

 raised and trained a few hounds, and what "Farmer" says 

 in your issue of the 27th is about right : though T should 

 never dare to let a pup make his firut acquaintance with 

 a fox by a bite through the nose. He would have, to 

 have good grit to face thu next one alone, though he 

 might do some good with a dozen or two more. I have 

 known of several good, likely pups, spoiled by tackling 

 ■af wounded fox alone. I owned as fine a young dog as 

 ever run, and the first fox I ever shot with him I only 

 broke his forelegs, and when the pup came up, I thought 

 I would let him kill him. Well, Reynard got first grip 

 and hung on, and when the pup got away, he was done 

 with pu tting bis nose very near a fox again, and although 

 he would work an old trail and start his fox in good 

 shabe, he never would run very close on the fox : and 

 if a fox was shot at and wounded he would not follow 

 him a rod. I think it is better not to run a puppy till he 

 is a year or more old, as the work is too hard for one 

 younger than that. But if a man lives on a farm and 

 raises his puppies, if the bitch has pups early in the 

 spring, if they are all allowed their liberty, she will have 

 them all running before fall. I think the best w-av is to 

 run the young dogs on foxes first. Most of the fox" hunt- 

 ers know of a litter or two of young foxes, and when the 

 puppies get to be about six months old, take them near 

 the burrow and let them get after the young foxes ; they 

 will soon run them in, and after they have bad a. tew 

 runs will, if of good stock, never tumble on rabbits. 

 The best time to begin is before the young foxes get used 

 to going far from their burrow, and the evening is the 

 best time to start, as the scent lays heavy, and the young 

 ones are sure to be out. 



Farmer says he never saw the fox that could stand his 

 pack three hours. I suppose the following is better there, 

 for among the granite ledges here I have known the same 

 fox to be run forty-eight hours or more at a time. Now 

 about keeping dogs kenneled. I used to keep mine chained 

 from March 1st to Oct. 1st. only letting them loose 

 for exercise, and used to take pains to cook all the meat 

 for them, feeding once a day. Now I let them run loose 

 all the time and never feed them, as they can go to the 

 slaughter house near by and help themselves to the 

 refuse meat. According to the dog books they ought to 

 die, but I have never had a sick or mangy dog since I 

 gave them their liberty. But they are off about every 

 other morning as soon as the barn is opened and worry 

 some poor fox till they get tired, which is seldom till 

 night, and sometimes they are gone two and three days. 

 This rather hurts the fall hunting, as it gets the young 

 ones in the habit of starting for home as soon as a dog 

 gets after them, and it is rather poor sport to have them 

 fun in when you are after them in November, as it is ten 

 times more than they are worth to dig them out, and 

 there ain't any fun in it anyhow. 



The kind of hound that suits me best is a rather small- 

 sized dog, that gives tongue steadily all the time after 

 the fox is started, as a fox will run closer to a steady 

 barker than one that only barks every rod or two, and if 

 not hurried too fast be will generally play round some 

 hill or in some swamp rather than leave, as they generally 

 do if the bound has a harsh or squealing voice. My 

 reasons for letting my dogs run through the summer are 

 that they are all toughened and ready for work in the 

 fall and do not get foot-sore very easily, as they are apt 

 to if kept tied, especially when they run half the time on 

 the ledges. Hoping tohear more from others in regard 

 to this sport, I am ^ H. C. N. 



Charcoal as a Cuke for Worms in Puppies.— West 

 Boylston, Mass. , June &th. — Editor Forest and Stream : — 

 Every one who has bred dogs and raised a litter of pup- 

 pies has more or less trouble with worms, often losing 

 some and occasionally a whole litter. Now these popu- 

 lar remedies for worms in dogs are injurious to the 

 urinary organs, especially puppies, and I have known 

 instances where pups were permanently injured by over- 

 doses of worm medicines. Often the owner is unused to 

 administering medicine to the dog, and also many do not 

 consider the age and give the pup of a few weeks of age 

 the same quantity as an adult dog. Now these popular 

 r?medies — areca nut, santonine, turpentine, tin filings, 

 etc. — all tend to inflame the urinary organs and often 

 leave the dog or puppy in a bad state, which takes some 

 time to recover from. 



Santonine I acknowledge to be first rate ; it does its 

 work, but leaves in a high state of inflammation the uri- 

 nary organs. 



The last three litter of puppies which I have raised I 

 have bar! good healthy ones, not troubled with worms, 

 and all I have used is charcoal, giving when four or five 

 weeks old a teaspoonful of powdered charcoal twice a 

 day for three days. I have also used it with success on 

 old dogs, cleaning them from worms. Farmers and stock 

 raisers use it on cattle for the same purpose, and it accom- 

 plishes the object, effectually destroying them in cattle. 



Charcoal is a purifier and absorbant of putrid gases; it 

 absorbs gases very rapidly. One cubic inch of fresh char- 

 coal will absorb nearly one hundred inches of gaseous 

 ammonia. 



When given to a dog, it absorbs or destroys the putres- 

 cent gases which are generated in the stomach and ali- 

 mentary canal. These gases help to generate the worms. 

 and without them the worm cannot live. Charcoal also 

 acts on the digestive organs, increasing their power as 

 well as healing any unhealthy condition of the stomach if 

 existing there. Not the least is the fact that charcoal 

 would not inflame the mucous membrane throughout the 

 alimentary canal, and the urinary organs would be in as 

 good condition as before. Paul, 



Training Foxhounds.— Carthage, Mo., May 18th. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream : — I saw in your issue 

 of May 18th a communication from a subscriber who 

 wants to know how to train foxhounds so as to give 

 them staying qualities. Now, my experience is that it 

 depends more upon the breed than on the training. Of 

 course the training helps, but without the right stock all 

 the training you can give them will not make them first- 

 class foxhounds. The way I train them is this : — I take 

 the puppies, when eight or nine months old, when in 

 good condition and not too fat, and start them with two 

 or three old slow and steady fellows. Once started, call 

 in the old dogs and let the puppies ran. They will usually 

 make it warm for Reynard for one or two hours. When 

 they do not run so freely, stop them. Never allow them 

 to run themselves out and stop themselves. Now, when 

 they have rested sufficiently, turn your old dogs loose, 

 and when they have started the fox again, which will 

 not be before long, keep the young dogs in sight, and 

 should they begin to play excite them. You can, in this 

 way, generally keep them running until the old hounds 

 catch the fox, which will be done inside of two hours. 

 This method I have found to work the best in this 

 country, and proved to be the most successful one I 

 have ever tried. s. H. 



m. — ' — 



How to Give Pills to Dogs.— Dover, Del, May 11th. 



Editor Forest and .Scream .•—Marry, persons experience 

 great difficulty in administering pifjs to dogs—especiallv 

 large pills, and those having a very unpleasant taste. 

 Sugar-coated, two grain pills are nothing, but when it 

 comes to giving the second quinine pill, minus the sugar 

 coat, in the usual manner, one and sometimes two men 

 have their hands full, causing the dog to struggle and 

 become nervous, greatly to his injury if he be in a de- 

 bilitated state. This morning I wished to give one of 

 the dogs a dose of quinine ; my supply of sugar-coated 

 pills was exhausted, but I had some loose sulphate of 

 quinine in the house. I know that if I encased it in 

 dough or meat he would chow it, and I also knew that to 

 gag him with a solution would be unwise. A happy 

 thought Struck me, and I at once put it to use. I made 

 up the quinine pills, roiled them in dry wheat flour, 

 poured a tablespoonful of cod liver oil into a saucer, and 

 proceeded to the residence of my k-9 friend. After dip- 

 ping my finger into the oil and letting him lick it, I 

 rolled the two pills in the oil and dropped the first one 

 into his mouth, which he opened to receive 1113' finger. 

 He swallowed it (the pill) in the time it woidd take to 

 wink. The second pill I placed in the palm of my hand, 

 and he took it greedily. I immediately returned to the 

 house, made a bread pill the size of an ordinary marble, 

 rolled it in the oil and sent it the same road. To be far- 

 ther convinced of its complete success. I made a small 

 pill of powdered ginger (hot) and a large one of dough, 

 and gave them in the same manner to a four months old 

 puppy with equal success. After giving each dose I al- 

 lowed the dog to take what remained of the cod liver oil. 

 I hope some of your readers, who have occasion to give 

 large doses of disagreeable medicine, will try it and give 

 their experience. Everett Von Culin. 



Cockers foe Sale.— We call attention to the advertise- 

 ment in another column of Mr. MacdougaFs fine kennel 

 of cockers. Mr. M., in writing us about them, says : 

 "While thanking you for the favorable notice of my dogs 

 at the late show, I think that they can hardly be called 

 Sussex spaniels. The reason Mr. Dalziel gave for passing 

 over Bijou was that he was not like a Sussex, though why 

 that should be anything against a cocker is more than I 

 can say. Cora is more fairly said to resemble that breed, 

 as I understand their color is golden brown. Her coat 

 was of that color, but only because it was somewhat 

 faded. When in condition Cora is dark liver. I deem 

 these remarks necessary bacause I advertise my dogs as 

 cockers." 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Deaths.— Victress— Miss Julia Wygant's (of Peekskill, N. T.), 

 cocker Victress died on May 35th. The cause was presumed to be 



the excessive heat. Daisy— Dr. Edward .1. Forster, of Boston, 



had his blank setter bitch Daisy (Chapm's Rube-Nelly) poisoned 

 on May 25th. The poison had evidently boon intended for cats, 

 us several dogs hud fallen victim to same cause. 



Orange ant> White Laveraoks — We learn from Mr. P, A. 

 Merrick, of New Brighton. Pa., thai Mr. J. C. Higgina' young Lav- 

 eraefcisnot the only orange and white Laverock in America, as 

 we are informed, as Mr. M. is the owner of Prince lave nick, a 

 pure orange and white. He was one of a litter of eight, whelped 

 June 19th, 1879, by Mr. J. J. Snellonburg's Thunder out of Peeress. 



Dido.— Mr. J. O. Donner, of this city, is to he congratulated in 

 having succeeded in purchasing Dido from Mr. Wells, of Chat- 

 ham, Ont. This perfect bitch arrived in New York on Sunday 

 last io flue condition. She is to he, bred to Mr. J. C. Higgins' 

 Fontiao. Their progeny will be hard to neat. As good as Dido 

 looks upon the bench, wo know her to be better in the field, and 

 Mr. Douner can now feel that he owns one of the fluost animul3 

 ever bred in America. 



SAJ.BS.-DiVi»— Mr. W p.. Wells, Jr., of Chatham, Ont., has sold 

 his setter bilch Dido (Druid-Star) to Mr. J. O. Douner, of (his 

 city. Plato— Mr. B. A. Godeflroy has purchased from Mr. C. Si 

 Keller the while and black pointer dog Plato, nmen- Mr. c. 

 8. Keller, of Washington, D. C, has purchased from Mr. E. A. 

 Godeflroy the Irish setter puppy, L'oreen (Hover II.-Moya). 



Whblps.— FMrt— Mr. A. J, Ward's (Boston, Mass.) setter bitch, 

 Flirt (Rock-Starlight), whelped on May 20th, seven puppies, six 

 dogs and one bitch, by Mr. A very W. Gore's Fred, 



