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this stage of the case the learned Judge remarked that 
the plaintiff had failed to prove any personal negligence 
on the part of the committee, and that- from the evidence 
adduced he felt justified in ruling in favor of the de¬ 
fendant, and that if a case was required for the Superior 
Court he would grant one. Judgment was accordingly 
entered for the defendant with costs, 
The Bush Dog. — T he Zoological Gardens, Regent Park, 
London, have recently had an addition in what the au¬ 
thorities, after much tribulation, have decided to call a 
Bush dog, although doubt appears to exist as to what the 
animal really is. It was brought from British Gu iaua and 
is the first specimen ever landed in England, In describ¬ 
ing it an English contemporary says :— 
At present the Bush dog is quite a baby, its age only 
being estimated at about six months, and later on it may 
possibly present more outward canine properties than it 
has hitherto developed. In shape and form it forcibly 
reminds us of a young badger, being long in body and 
low on the leg, with a somewhat thick though badgery 
head. It has a short stumpy tail, and its prevailing color 
is a browu, more or less dark. It knows the sound of its 
attendant's voice perfectly well, and on his approach 
hurries up to the bars of his cage and manifests great de¬ 
light when he caresses it. Simpson expresses no doubt 
as to its being a dog pure and simple, and bases his opin¬ 
ion on the fact that it barks ; but we must, nevertheless, 
confess to feelings of scepticism on the subject, and feel 
more inolined to give it a place in the marmot family. 
At its present age the state of its mouth cannot, we 
opine, be a sure and certain guide ; and patience must be 
exercised to await that development of the Bush dog 
which age alone cun bring about. Its weight, we should 
say, was now about, ten or twelve pounds; but it is ex¬ 
pected to reach forty or fifty pounds. Its sex is female. 
A Pennsylvania Coon Hunt. —The following report 
of a coon hunt is from the Uniontown, Pa., Genius of 
Liberty, What the Genius of Liberty has to do with a 
coon hunt, is beyond us. We print the account in all the 
richness of its original diction. There is an aroma, of the 
woods about it, which it were folly to destroy by vapor¬ 
izing with English grammar;— 
Wish Miller and his Five coon Dogs accompanied by 
Daniel Bierer Jr went to the Residence of Theodore 
Brown in Franklin Township calling him up and telling 
him they had come for some sport and wished him to 
accompany them. He excepted the Invitation. Alter 
caring for thar horses Every thing Ready they started 
Oute. Hot long after entering the woods the dogs started 
a cold Trade but soon routing him they tread him up a 
large tree amonce the Rocks. On coining up Brown 
Tolling the boys to cut eny tree the dogs barked up as the 
timber ad belonged to him. They come to the conclu- 
slran it woldent Doo to cut the tree as they ware sur¬ 
rounded with large Rocks and the coon wold get away. 
Stiller liting his Lamp and Examing the tree he soon 
seene his Eys shining in the top Like too bals of Fire. He 
asked Brown whare the neaxist house was that had a 
Gun, brown Informing him that Lige Hdl was the Place 
they cold Pecure a gun. Leaving Daney at the tree 
with the dogs Brown'and Miller started for Hills house 
on Redstone crick. Rousing up mr hill he Joined them 
with his gun coming up to the tree miller taking the 
Lamp telling mr Brown to hold it Sow the Lite wold 
shine on the sites of the gun. he Leveled the peace 
and shot Down come coon with the Ball hole Betwene 
the Eys a veary Larg One. The Foure then started 
Oute and in thare night Hunt captured seven coons and a 
number of qpossoms. The last one they caught was Old 
Zip the Largest coon on Record waying 28 lbs. They had 
to Fall too treas for him at Last eought him in Redstone 
crick below Hills bridg. He fought bravely. At one 
time he was ahoute to Drownd one of his Favorite dogs, 
miller plunging in gitting the coon by the tale while the 
dogs was firing him and puled him to the Riffle whare the 
Fite was ended. 
jST. A. K. C. Field Trials.— St. Louis, Nov. 4th.— Mr. 
J. A. Nichols, of Syracuse, N.Y., donates to the National 
American Kennel Club a solid silver cup, value $150, to 
be run for annually at the N. A. K. C. field trials until 
won three rimes by one party, when it is to become the 
property of the winner. It goes with the first prize in the 
Free-for-All stake. No extra entry fee is charged for it. 
The winner must own the dog run. The N. A. K. C. is 
to require security from the winner for the safety of the 
cup until it passes from the ownership of the club. The 
addition of the Nichols Cup, which is to be known as the 
“Nichols Champion Cup," will make the first prize in the 
Free-for-All stake worth winning—$250 cash and a cup 
worth $150. 
The following gentlemen have subscribed one hundred 
dollars each to the N. A. K. C., as a guarantee fund for 
the approaching field trials, thus securing, in any event, 
the prompt payment of all prizes in full: — Capt. J. W. 
Foster, Leesburg, Va.; E. O. Nichols. Battle Creek, Mich,; 
Luther Adams, Boston, Mass.; E. F. Stoddard, Dayton, 
Ohio ;. L. H. Smith, Strathroy. Canada; Dr. N. Rowe, The 
Field, Chicago ; St. Louis Kennel Club, St. Louis, Mo.; M. 
C. Campbell, Spring Hill, Tenn,; Montview Kennel Club 
(through Harry Bishop), Louisville, Ky.: H. W, Gause, 
Wilmington, Del.; E. C. Sterling, Sri Louis, Mo. Circu¬ 
lars containing a programme of the coming trials, with 
the rules of the N. A. K. C, under which they will be run 
can be had on application at your office or to me. 
J. W. Munson, Sec. 
N. A. K. C.— St. Louis, Nov. 6 th .—The annual meeting 
of the National Kennel Club will beheld at Patoka, Ill., 
on Nov. 24th. Election of officers for the ensuing year 
takes place at this meeting. John W. Munson, Sec. 
The Coach Dog. —Having Been in your issue of the 
23d an article on the “ Dalmatian,” or Coach dog, I would 
say that we had in our family in the East a coach dog 
which would run between the fore legs of the horses and 
would stay in his place at least a couple of hours, and 
only leaving it to fall back under the carriage on seem¬ 
ing to beoome tired, or bothered by the dust. This dog 
was very affectionate to us all. On the horses being 
taken from their stalls to he harnessed, he would show 
liis delight by what one could call dancing, that is, jump¬ 
ing up and down on all four feet. Getting old, and hav¬ 
ing trouble in eating, we had him killed. G. G. W. 
Tue Wicked Flea [flourisiieth] When no Man 
Pcrsuetii. — Editor Forest and Stream . — I have just 
riled a remedy for fleas on dogs, which is so efficacious 
that in return for the many cures you have given ine for 
the ills which dog flesh is heir to, I send it you : — Liq¬ 
uid potash, 4 ounce ; turpentine, 1 ounce ; carbolic acid, 
2 drachms ; water, 1 pint. Apply with a sponge, and 
then wash the dog by putting him”into a barrel of water. 
After tliis, if you occasionally apply a little of the wash 
to the dog's belly and between the fore legs, not washing 
it off, you will find one great objection which ladies have 
to dogs in the house has been removed, My dogs must 
be where I am, and hitherto I have tried to persuade my 
wife that a dog is a flea trap, so to speak, and that if my 
dogs were not in the house to collect the fleas, the suffer¬ 
ing caused by their steeple-chases would be much greater, 
but since the application of the wash the race is ended 
and with it my flea trap theory, Gunner. 
Walkerton, Ont . , Nov. 2d. 
Large Litter. — New York, Nov. 3d .—My Irish setter 
bitch, Nell, whelped yesterday thirteen pups — ten dogs 
and three gyps—dark red, with one exception. This I 
consider an unusual litter. Nell is bred from my old 
bitch, Nell No. 1, from Mr. Gubner's kennel. The sire 
is Sergeant Woodward's Brush (Marshal's Rock, Al, 
Wood's imported bitch), Marshal's Rock is out of Gub¬ 
ner's celebrated Irish hitch (name of la tter slips my mem¬ 
ory at present), by Putnam’s Dan. Thqs. H. Dwter, 
Cure for Hydrophobia.—A German forest-keeper, 
eighty-two years of age, not wishing to carry to the grave 
with him an important secret, had published in the Leip- 
sic Journal a recipe he had tried for fifty years, and 
which be says lmd saved several men and a number of 
a nim als from a horrible death by hydrophobia, The bite 
must be bathed as Boon as possible with warm vinegar 
and water ; and when this has dried a few drops of muri¬ 
atic acid poured upon the wound will destroy the poison 
of the saliva and relieve the patient from ail present or 
future danger. 
— .See Kennel advertisement of John Johnson, North 
Manchester, Conn. — [ Adv. 
—Any one desiring to purchase a gun would do well 
to attend the sale of the stock of Francis Tomes adver¬ 
tised in this issue.— [Adv. 
—Ou the 27th Sept, last the Irish setter bitch, Queen 
Bess, out of M. Goldsmith’s Plunkett and Nell (owner, 
Wm. H. Finek, Kingston, N. Y.) whelped as fine a litter as 
one woidd like to see. Very little white on them. (See ad¬ 
vertisement.) 
JOHN DAVIDSON AT HOME. 
Editor Forest and Streani :— 
Thinking it will prove of interest to many of your read¬ 
ers to know something of John Davidson “at home,” I 
write you this brief sketch of a short visit recently en¬ 
joyed while on my way home from the West. I arrived 
at" Monroe (Michigan) about 7 o'clock in the evening, and 
was met at the depot by Mr. Davidson, who heartily 
greeted me and welcomed me to his home, which we 
reached after a drive of some three miles. His house is 
on a large tract of open land skirted with trees, giving a 
clear range of several hundred acres : a better place for 
raising stock of all kinds could hardly be selected, and 
for dogs it is par excellence, sufficient game being found 
in the immediate vicinity to successfully work the dogs, 
although after seeing a few shots made by my host I 
wondered at there being any birds for “miles around.” 
To say that he is a “crack” shot is not enough, for he is 
a dead shot at almost limitless range: with such a “gun,” 
aud dog bo seldom equalled, the birds in their immediate 
proximity if expectant of attaining a ripe old age—when 
the cuisine would scorn them—had better “light out.” 
Of course an anxiety was experienced to see the dogs. 
No doubt many have curiously wondered, as has the 
writer, while seeing dogs judged at New York, whether 
the judges ever owned a dog that would be allowed to 
remain in the ring with those who bore off the ribbons. 
I can safely 6ay that John Davidson never judged better 
dogs than those he owns. Soon after reaching the house 
the English setter dogs, Afton and Douglass, were led in 
for examination. Douglass is a large, finely built dog, 
black, white and tan, heavily ricked; he has a well-formed 
chest and loin, a fine headland good underpinning. He 
is litter brother to Lincoln & Hellyar’s Minto (first New 
York, ’79), being by Davidson's Dash, out of imported 
Doll (Doll being sister to Druid Dart, etc.) Douglass is 
as staunch as a rock and carefully roads his birds, drop¬ 
ping at scent, and working to a safe distance becomes 
immovable ; no breaking to shot or wing or careless 
flushing of birds there. Field trial or show ring, they 
cant’t all leave Douglass. Afton is a beautiful orange 
belton, three years old, by Adams' old Rock, out of Dav¬ 
idson's Flora (first Chicago, ’70). He (Afton) has the finest 
black eyes that ever dog had. and taken all together is one 
of the best made setters extant. As Mr. D, says, “ it is 
hard to say where he could successfully be changed.” 
Perhaps Ills color might be made better, but I am not 
sure. I should care to change it, for a more evenly 
marked Balton would be hard to find. To see him range 
at once causes one to think him the fastest dog they ever 
saw. I think he can run “all around” most of those I 
have seen work, and many call him the fastest dog in 
America. 
I said they can't all leave Douglass, bench or field, but I 
am afraid Afton would leave them all. I should most 
assuredly feel nervous in leading any of tbe “cracks” 
before the judges when Afton was there. His disposition 
and training are perfect, and who shall say but Afton is 
the coming dog, the native-born to “scoop" the " blues.” 
Speaking of blue bloods brings to mind quite a string 
of them at this “native" kennel. Imported Doll (before 
referred to), imported Ailsa, and a magnificent litter of 
, Rob Roy-Poll whelps one year old, One of these would 
prove a valuable addition to any kennel, and they are as 
good in tho field as they are rich in blood. Rob Roy purs 
will soon be a treasure rare, and none better could he 
found to-day than these if indeed this fortunate “nick" 
hasnot proved the thing. Those puppies are winners, sure. 
The bitch of the kennel, to my fancy is the roan Tyne. 
Perhaps Tyne wouldn’t prove a bench winner, but per¬ 
haps she would ; her chest, loin, magnificent style, head, 
and limbs would most 'assuredly not pass unnoticed. As 
a field worker she ranks high with the best. Two darkly 
ticked gyps — one by Afton, one by Douglass—attracted 
our favorable notice. Numerous puppies by Afton, out 
of various dams, attested his meritorious qualities as a 
sire, one dog being almost a counterpart of him. This 
dog would be a 1 ‘ rich find” for some one, 
The kennels found here are not elaborate, but clean, and 
the extensive range so close at hand keeps all the animals 
iu excellent health and condition. 1 saw’ no 11 weeds” or 
sickly sore eyed brutes; all showing the excellent care find 
careful management and training of an experienced hand. 
Tlie entire number of dogs here found must reach thirty, 
and if an addition were to be made to our kennel of Eng¬ 
lish setters we should order of the man who makes no 
false representations and deals frankly with all — John 
Davidson. 
Some of my friends have asked mo “ could not better 
ones be importedV” I answer, “Perhaps so, but I should 
not know where to order them.” 
Before closing I must mention the excellent dog, Rat¬ 
tler. Both he and liis owner are blue bloods, and show 
themselves to be gentlemen. Mr. Whitman was stopping 
with Mr. Davidson for a few days’ shooting, and I had 
an excellent opportunity of examining Rattler. To say 
that he fe a beautiful light colored blue Belton, by Rob 
Roy, out of tire celebrated Pickles, suffices to show that 
he numbers with those (where there is alway room) at the 
head. ^ Bandit. 
How They Handle Dog Fiends in Kansas. — Topeka, 
Kan-, Oct 81st.—In Abilene, Kan., on the Kansas Pacific 
Railroad, Mr. Jack Nash owns a handsome and valuable 
black-and-tau fox hound that is a favorite and the pet of 
the town. 
“ Wichita Tom” is a fancy rough, wearing high-priced, 
flashy clothes, who goes from town to town and trains 
with the floating class of gamblers. On Oct. 28th some 
strangers admiring Mr. Smith's dog offered him a hun¬ 
dred dollar bill for him, which was declined. “Wichita 
Tom,” who was loafing around, said “he would soon 
bring the market value of the brute within them figures,” 
and drew a pistol and shot the dog through the jaw, 
knocking four of life teeth out, mutilating him very seri¬ 
ously. Then came “ Big Tom’s” turn. He was set upon 
by tbe indignant witnesses and handled in Kansas style, 
but was rescued by the town authorities and put in the 
lock-up to answer for tbe only charge that could he 
brought against him—discharging firearms within the 
city limits ; no action for cruelty to a nim als or for dam¬ 
ages being tenable under the present State statutes. 
But Kansas’ love for its dogs fe as strong as its dogs are 
fine, aud it acts in these cases according to circumstances 
—a law in each case. ‘ ‘ Wichita Tom” got the protection 
of the lock-up at 8 p. nr., and at 3 a. m., when the moon 
bung low in the West, about fifty Abileners took Tom 
from bis quarters, led him not gently to the railroad 
bridge, strung the begging craven up to a sleeper and let 
him hang three minutes by the watch. Then they let 
him down alive and told him he had twice as much vital¬ 
ity as they credited him with, and would have to try him 
again, and hoisted him once more for a minute, let him 
down again, brought him to and told him if he would 
start right off they would reprieve him until he came to 
town tlie next time. And “ Long Tom” left, 
Kansas, with its innumerable fine dogs and splendid 
field for game, needs a general and thorough law to pro¬ 
tect them. The shooting is excellent this season, and I 
will say to brother sportsmen who wish to find a good 
quail point that they will find it at Topeka. The “Pal¬ 
ace Hotel ” is the best kept in the State, and is a good 
point to operate from. The proprietor, Mr. Stanton, of 
New York, and his son are thorough sportsmen, and cau- 
not only make their guests happy aud comfortable, but 
can direct them to all the best fields for qnail, chickens, 
and wild fowl. I only stopped over here for a couple of 
days to give some puppies a little practice on quail, and 
found them very plentiful. I have shot through the State 
for the past seven years, and prefer the latter part of 
November and the month of December as a time. B. 
§tHch1mij mid Routing. 
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A National Yachting Association.— A meeting was 
held in this city last Monday evening of the delegates 
who convened in response to a call issued by the Jersey 
City Yacht Club last March. Representatives were pres¬ 
ent from the New Jersey, Hudson River, Columbia, Salem, 
Mass., Manhattan, Empire and Jersey City. A com¬ 
mittee of five was appointed to prepare an address to the 
yacht clubs of the United States and to call a convention 
of representative yachtsmen for the formation of a 
national association. The work of such a body would 
be to issue a pamphlet semi-annually giving information 
in regard to yachting, a list of members, and of the 
lengths of yachts, their rig3, owners, and records, loca¬ 
tion of the clubs, a record of their regattas, and a com¬ 
plete report of the proceedings of the association. It 
was not contemplated that tlie association should inter¬ 
fere with the local management of the clubs. Each olub 
would retain its individuality, and only when the com- 
