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under certain circumstances we would not hesitate to do 

 this to save the life of a valuable animal. 



To resume ; For practical work in the hot weather 

 there is no dog for us like a strong, light-colored pointer. 

 It is necessary that he should have a deal of white about 

 him, that he may readily be seen as he passes rapidly 

 back and forth in the maze of rhododendron and moun- 

 tain brushwood. To lay down any particular rule for beat- 

 ing out these swales is impossible for each one varies so 

 much from another that the sportsman's own judgment 

 must decide the knotty questiou. But wo have noticed 

 one important point; that when practicable it is best to 

 beat up the ravines, for when the birds are moved aud 

 driven on ahead they do not make as long flights as 

 when approached from the side above them. In such 

 cases they are apt to top the scrubby brush, which hides 

 ihem at once from view, and on balanced pinions sail 

 down to some favorite haunt far below on the mountain 

 side. That woodcock have their own well-known re- 

 treats is understood by those who have made a speciality 

 of this kind of shooting. It is entirely different from the 

 shooting in large, level tracts of timber or sprouts, where 

 the bird has a thousand different places in which to 

 alight. But here the bird may be flushed and shot at 

 half a dozen times, before he will leave the water course. 

 True, the woodcock may not always at first be found in 

 the bed of the swale, but still if he has been undisturbed 

 he will be found close at hand. The boring and markings 

 of the bird on the edges of the brook will inform the 

 sportsman that birds are present, even if his dogs fail to 

 detect the scent. He will, therefore, stand a double 

 chance, and save much time by keeping well to the bed 

 of the swale, and working bis dog at short distances 

 across. In this particular shooting the gun can assist 

 the dogs more than in any other. In the early season, 

 when one bird is found , it is fair to presumo that the rest 

 of the brood are not far off. If titer carefully beating 

 up still further they are not founo l8 always well to 

 try for them on either side back from ue bourne, for they 

 may have shifted to some neighboring V rm K- Still, the 

 swale should be the centre of the beat, and when other 

 minor streams are found to run into the main one the 

 springs from which they head bhould be carefully looked 

 out. ^ 



EASTERN DOGS FOR PRAIRIE CHICK 

 INC. 



Asbfield, Mass., June 21st. 

 Editor Forest and Stream .-— 



In a recent issue of Forest and Stream I notice a 

 communication from Iowa entitled '-Dogs for Prairie 

 Chicken Shooting," in which the. views of the writer dif- 

 fer bo essentially from my own that I am tempted to pre- 

 sent a bit of my experience for the. benefit of Eastern 

 sportsmen contemplating Western trips. I am a believer 

 in the doctrine that thorough friendly discussion tends 

 to eliminate many important facts otherwise unnoticed, 

 and that gentlemen sportsmen cau confine themselves to 

 courteous English, and if not convinced can agree to dis- 

 agree with a good grace. Through no wish to extol my 

 own prowess, but for fear your correspondent might re- 

 mark that I am only an ignorant Yankee, with no knowl- 

 edge of prairie shooting, I would state that I trained dogs 

 on Western birds, principally prairie chickens, everv 

 season from 1857 to 1805, which gave me a fair chance to- 

 learn something of the business. Since that time I have 

 followed the same business, more or less, on New Eng- 

 land game, especially ruffed grouse, and our strongest 

 point of difference concerns his statement that "dogs 

 trained on prairie chickens will work well on ruffed 

 grouse, and that dogs broken on Eastern game will not 

 work on prairie chickens/' I would like to see him take 

 a brace of his high-flying prairie chicken dogs into the 

 dense thickets for ruffed grouse on these rough New 

 England mountains and show No. 1 work the first day or 

 the first week, or for that matter, ever show as fine work 

 as is done by our dogs that have first received a special, 

 thorough education on this bird. I would much sooner 

 engage to make good workers on prairie chickens of half 

 a dozen good lively dogs broken on Eastern game than to 

 take a brace of regular prairie fryers to tone down into 

 shape on ruffed grouse. I have always found it much 

 easier to increase the pace and range of a good lively dog 

 than to circurnscri be the limits of one to whom high-fly- 

 ing and wide ranging had become a second nature. Of 

 course, it could not be expected that an Eastern dog 

 could become an expert in a single day when the habits 

 of the game and nature of the country are entirely dif- 

 ferent from anything previously experienced. However, 

 handlers will find that the rigid discipline to which they 

 have been accustomed on ruffed grouse (if No. 1) is a 

 " mighty handy thing to have round," as "Davy" says, 

 when they are swinging tueni at long distances "where 

 everything is new. If Eastern sportsmen will recall to 

 mind what wretched work they have sometimes made 

 when working their dogs on a new bird at home, when 

 they have allowed themselves to become more anxious 

 to fill the game bag than to take time to enforce good 

 discipline and to exercise patience and perseverance, until 

 the poor animals understood their wishes, they will 

 wonder less at the failures of Eastern dogs on prairie. 

 chickens. While I will admit that Eastern broken dogs 

 may never be quite as fast on chickens as though they 

 had always been taught to "fly," it is all "bosh" that 

 they can never be learned to do good work on them, and 

 their extra stanchness and docility will more than com- 

 pensate for a slight want of speed with a largo majority 

 of Eastern business men. Though a few take their an- 

 nual Western trip merely for " meat," all our true sports- 

 men derive the most pleasure from the working of their 

 own favorite dogs, and to such the advice of an old stager 

 is : either take the time and patience to thoroughly teach 

 your dogs their new work before you strive after large 

 bags, or else get some trusty man to take them along 

 ahead and train them in good shape before you get 

 there. Then you will not only not ruin your dog, but you 

 will have a sure source ^Df pleasure both for this and 

 future years, and not be dependent on the uncertain 

 method of hiring a dog. Rotfed Grouse, 



wash liim well, first with kerosene (white oil), whale oil 

 and neatsfoot, mix equal parts of each. For a pointer 

 aboutone pint in all. Then clean off with soap, and rub 

 dry. This will not only kill the vermin, but also keep 

 them off for some time after. The dog thus treated will 

 never have the mange if housed in a clean place. For the 

 first appearance of the disease try mild ointments first, 

 such as sulphur and lard. But first of all muzzle your 

 dog, and keep him so until well. The best cure is pre- 

 vention, for the red mange once well into a dog's skin 

 will kill him in time, and all you can then do is to relieve 

 him as much as possible. Mars. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF FACST AND Bow.— We have received 

 photograph from Mr. Chas.ll. Turner, Secretary of tho 

 St. Louis Kennel Club, of Mr. J. M. Tracy's excellent 

 painting of the pointers Faust and Bow. The picture 

 from which the photograph is taken is about thirty-six 

 inches in length bv eighteen inches in height, and de- 

 picts the dogs in the field surrounded by autumnal foliage. 

 The subject is a very beautiful one; Faust stands 

 " hard and fast," white Bow is in the bark-ground back- 

 ing him. Mr. Tracy has also painted a sister picture of 

 this, which is even said to be of greater excellence ; in 

 this one, Kesswick is pointing and Jessamine backing. 

 Another grand picture from the brush of Mr, Tracy is 

 Mr. Turner's painting of Berkley, which has been pro- 

 nounced a gem by all the competent judges who have 

 been fortunate enough to see it. Mr. Tracy is an artist of 

 rare merit, and his animal drawing is both careful and 

 accurate. The St. Louis Club have no control over the 

 oil-paintings, but photographs of them can be had on ap 

 plication to Jlr.Tracy, St. Louis, Mo. ; price 75 cents each' 



The Illustrated Book of the DOG.— We have just 

 received from Messrs. Cassell, Petter, Gal pin & Co., 596 

 Broadway, part No, 11 of Mr. Vero Shaw's excellent 

 serial. It is a grand number, containing a very finely 

 finished colored lithograph of the typical deerhound, 

 Spey, the property of Mr. Tlios. Morse, a. long aud won- 

 derfully well compiled chapter on coursing, a description 

 of the Whipper, or Snap dog. and the staghound, and a 

 complete list of the packs of foxhounds, over one hun- 

 dred in number, in the United Kingdom in 1880. This 

 book should be in the hands of every American lover of 

 the dog. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Death- Bug — Mr. A. II. BuarpJess' (Calawissa, Pa.) flue Bis- 

 mark setter Dull died on June 7th from injuries sustained from 

 colliding with a locomotive on March 1st. Butt was out of Mr. 

 J. H. Roberts' Maud, she out of Mr. W, H, Knight's Dot, by Dr. 

 Brooks' Bismtu-k. 



SALEB-BeiMcw-Ruo!/ (wbelpl.-Mr. Edw. O. Ladd, of Everett, 

 Mass., has purchased from Mr. John Fottlcr, Jr., President of the 

 Massachusetts Konnei Club, a Berkley-Ruby bitch puppy, whelped 

 April 8th. Berkley-Hhue (whelps).— Mr. Thos. A. Addison, of 

 Chelsea, Mass., has made the following- sales of Ii Is Berkley-Rime 

 dog puppies: one to Mr. J. P. Hawes, Boston, Mass.; one to Mr. 

 H. A. Spencer, Chelsea, Mass.; one to MeEben W. Lothrop, Choi- 

 sea, Mass., and one to Mr. (i. Frank Holmes, Chelsea, Mass. 



Names Ci-AIMED-Fhwrfoh.— Mr. Edw. 0. Ladd, of Everett, 

 Mass., claims the name of Flourish for his Irish setter bitch puppy, 

 whelped April 6th by Berkley, out of Ruby. Jupiter Towns,— Mr. 

 Burr Hollis claims tbelname JupiterTonans for bis black, white 

 and tan ticked English foxhound dog puppy, by Cntehetn, out of 

 Drum, presented by Mr. M. P. MclCoou. This puppy is said to be 

 a splendid specimen of the foxhound, Lome. Mr. J. W. Jack- 

 son, of Opelousas,La., claims the name of Lome I or his pointer 

 dog, whelped MaylOtb.out of St. Louis Kennel Club's June, t>y 

 Faust, Zottise.— Mr J. \Y. Jackson, of OpelotlSaS, La., claims the 

 name of Louise for his pointer bitch puppy. Whelped Nov. 7th, 

 out of St. Louis Kennel Club's Jaunty, by Bow. 



Bred— Queen-CW'tci/i..— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's (Neversink 

 Lodge Kennels) champion pointer bitch Queen to Croxteth. 

 Muya-Uovcr jr.— Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's (Neversink Lodge Ken- 

 nels) red Irish setter bitch Moya to Rover 1 1. Flirt.— Mr, G- D. 

 Macdougall's (Lachine Kennels, New Brighton, S. I.) cocker 

 bitch Flirt (all liver), litter sister to Cora (first Montreal and First 

 New York, 1880), has been bred to Cunningham's Bijou, all liver 

 (flrgt Montreal, and should have been first Now York), Sec Fon- 

 EST and Stream, London Field, Toronto Town and QottntW, etc. 

 Pups due about August 28th. 



Whelps— Beauty —Mr. A. E. Godeffroy's (Neversink Lodge 

 Kennels) imported black and tan setter hitch Champion Beauty 

 whelped on June 26th seven puppies— five dogs and two bitches— 

 by Mr. A. H. Moore's imported Bob. Two puppies are since 

 dead. Flirt— Mr. Geo. Ii. Macdougall's (Lachine Kennels, New 

 Brighton, S.I.) cocker spaniel Flirt, on May 8th, whelped three 

 dog puppies, by Mr. MoKoon's Captain. 



Fleas and Mange.— Tolland Comity, Conn., June 21st. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream .—Fleas are very often the 

 cause of a skin irritation resembling mange, which, if 

 allowed to run on, will assume the forme of the regular 

 disease. Take your dog, once a month, rnuesle him, and, 



—Address all communications to "forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, Neio York." 



New York. ARCHERY Club.— This club has had no shooting 

 for two weeks, owing to the Park Commissioners having forbid- 

 den the use of the archery lawn in the Central Park until after it 

 rains again. It makes it very bad for the club, as it has sev 

 challenges on hand, and but poor scores can be expected f: 

 any team that has little or no practice. From present prospects 

 it may bo two weeks longer before thoy ciui shoot again. 



Oritani ARCBEtts.-The monthly meeting of the Oritani Arch- 

 ers took place at Hackenseek, juno 23d. Col. Frank Brandreth 

 won the gentleman's badge with a score of 367, at the Atner 

 Round. Mrs. W. Holberton won the ladies' badge with a score of 

 185 at the Columbia Round and a ono yard handicap at each dis- 

 tance. W. Holberto 



Private Phactice Club— Highland Park, 111., Jam ■ilf/i.-To 

 the members of Class 111., Private Praotioe Club :— 



I hereby challenge you all, my fellow members, to shoot the 

 club round of forty-eight arrows at eighty yards, and twenty-four 

 arrows at sixty yards, on Saturday, the 2fith inst. Please report 

 your scores to Dr. E. B. Weston, Highland Park, Lake County, 

 111., who will compile them for publication in Fobest and Strea «. 

 My score Will bg sent to each member on the SStb. 



Brooklyn b». Noeth Side.— Chicago, June 25th— Id the match 

 between the Brooklyn team of five and the South Side team of 

 four (latter from this city) tho North Side team came off victo- 

 rious by a small majority. The match took place Saturday, liith 

 inst., and scores exchanged by mall :— 



NOBTH SIDE TEAM. 



100 Yards. 80 Tunis. 60 ranis. Totals: 



J. B. Adams 117 171 83 371 



Granger Smith 68 133 66 266 



John Wilkinson 51 100 89 226 



J. O. Blake 50 89 73 2i2 



Grand total W^ 



BROOK [.'. M TEAM. 



100 Yards. 80 Yards. 60 Yards. Totals. 



JohnK.Hoyt 25 76 44 145 



G.F E.Pearsall 29 56 47 132 



A. G. Constable 10 22 3fl OS 



A. E. Stoutcuborougb 21 32 41 0. 



K.A.Parker 25 30 41 _9B 



Grand total 638 



North Side team won by 539. T. A. L. 



—Address all communications to " Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



FIXTURES. 



July 1, at Stenton — Baltimore vs. Young America. 



Jutv 1, at Staten Island— Germantown, Sr., pp. Stuten Island, Sr. 



Jul'v 1, ul Niceiown.- -Chestnut Hill i2dj ra. Dorian (2d). 



July 3, at Nlcetown.— Dorian vs. Baltimore. 



July 8, at, Oswego Falls.— Onondaga w. Oswego Falls. 



July 3, at Nlcetown— Germantown vs. Baltimore. 



July 3, at Ardmore. lerion Hanhattan. 



July 3, at Chester.— Chester City vs. Girard. 



July 3, at Frankford— Oxford (1st) us. Germantown (2d). 



July3, at Chestnut Hill. -Chestnut- Bill (2d) rs. Young America 



3, at Stenton— Young America (3d) «B; MerchantvUle. 

 5, at. Syracuse.— Oni ille Ont. 



.",, at. Chestnut Hill.— Chestnut Hill vs. Old Haverfordiaus. 

 5, at West Philadelphia.-Belmont vs. Manhattan. 



itten Island.— Baltimore vs. Staten Island. 

 :i, at Stenton— Young Amer ">n (2d). 



5, at Trenton, N. J.— Germantown (2d) i>.>\ Trenton. 

 5-6, at Port Hope— Young America vs. Port Hope. 



6,a - -..- .i [ '...-■- us Baltimore. 



2d] >>->. Chester City (1st). 

 7-8, at Toronto— Young America vs Toronto. 

 9-10, at Hamilton.— Young America ws. Hamilton. 



■fig 



July 

 July 

 July 

 Juty 

 Julv 

 Jut; 

 July 

 July 

 July 



St. Georqes vs. Manhattan— Played at Prospect Park, June 

 24th, and resulted in the defeat of the home team by six runs on 

 first innings scores. The bowling of Moeran was the feature of 

 the match, and the batting of Clarke and Norley excellent. 

 Score :— 



ST. GEORGES. 



First Innings. Second Innings. 



0. W. Bance, c. Morris, b. 



Hooper 3 b. Jackson 7 



G.Hvde- Clarke, not out 17 b. Hosford 72 



J. K.'Moore, e. Coyne, b. Nor- 

 ley .. 9 b. Gregg 7 



Giles, b. Hooper 2 1. b. w., b. Gregg 11 



J.P. Conover, runout 1 b. Hosford 21 



E. H. Moeran, St. Morris, b. 



Norley 1 b. Gregg 15 



K.P.Perkins, b. Norley b. Hosford S 



J. Bottomley, b. Norley c. Hooper, b. Hosford (I 



W. C. Rutherford, b. Hooper. 1 not out t) 



Bye, 1 ; leg-byes, 4 ; wide, 1. . . 6 Byes, 3; wide, 1 4 



Total 40 Total 154 



MANHATTAN. 



First Innings. Second Innings. 



B. F. Jenkins, b. Moeran b. Moeran 1 



Dr. Hulbert, 1. b. w., b. Moe- 



..10 



,,2? 



J, Norley, p. Moeran 3 not out., 



K. l-tnoper, c. sub. b. Giles — 9 

 I :. W. Jackson, e. sub. b. Moe- 

 ran 3 



a. P. Morris, b. Moeran II not out 8 



E. Gregg, b. Moeran 1 



S. Hosford, b. Moeran . - c. Bance, b. Giles 



B. Greig, c. Bance, b. Giles. ... b. Moeran 1 



C. L. Middleton, not out b. Bottemley 



T. Coyne, b. Giles Wides 8 



Total 34 Total 3i 



Moeran bowled in first innings 43 balls, live maidens, 10 runs, 



seyen wickets. 

 Staten Island vs. Germantown.— Played at Tompkinsville, 



S. I., June 26th. Won by home club by forty runs on first innings' 



scores :— 



GERMANTOWN, 



First Innings. 

 H.W. Brown, c. Kankine, b. 



Lane 



J. B.Jones, b. Lane 



G. Bromhead, c. Sprague, b. 



W. Brockie, Jr.Vb.Sprague.. 



YV\ II. Haines, b. Sprague.... 

 W. P. Shiplef, c. Kankine, b. 



Second Innings. 



17 



b. Lane 13 



% b. Lane 



1 b. Laue - 1 



iot out Ii) 



LttUL . . . 

 L. W. Wister,b. Sprague... 



O. E. Ingersoll.b.Lane v 



B Handy, c. Bance, b. Lane. I) b. Stevens - 1 



S. Welsh (3d), not out b. bane 



F. M. Bissell, b. Lane 1 X 



Bye, 1 ; leg-byes, 3 3 



Total 57 



Total 33 



staten island. 

 First Innings. V 



C. W. Banee, c. Haines, b. 

 Bromhead - 4 



J. Kankine, e. Brown, b. 

 Bromhead , 6 



A. F. H Maning, b. Brom- 

 head-.- 2 



A. Harvey, b. Bromhead .... 35 



E. H. Outerbridge, b. Brom- 

 head 



P. Ronuldson, run out 7 



runs at iau of bach wicket, 

 oermantown. 



Firstinnings 3 38 37 45 iB 48 50 54 56 57-57 



Second innings 3 3 25 27 33 — 33 



BTATEN ISLAND. 



Firstinnings 7 9 10 16 33 33 44 67 87 97-97 



ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. 



Lane 



Maning ... 12 



Sprague 56 i 



Secondlmimi/s. 



Lane 36 



Sprague-.,, is 1 



Stevens , , . . . , 17 fi 



J. Sprague, b. Shipley 



V. Miley, c. Brookey, b. ) 



Bromhead 5 



J. E. Roberta, run out 16 



ii. Lane, b. Brown 6 



E. W Stevens, not out; )i 



Byes, 5 ; leg-bye, 1 ; wide, 1 . . 7 



Total 97 



9 ISLAND. 



Fir.ft. Innings. 

 Balls. Maidens. Bit, 



. 73 



