AtwtraT II, IMS.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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MR. J. H, GOODSELL'S ENGLISH SETTER DOG "RACKET," 



RACKET. 



"DACKET is a white black and ten Eirvii.Ji setter of; m«- 

 XX dinin size, owned by Mr. J, li. G-oodsell, of New York. 

 Ho will be four years old noxt month. H-; i bv H:i;i!=t 

 (Rob-Roy— Pickles), out of Leda (Leicester— Rose). Racket 

 won third at Now Yorkju 1JS8I awl second a; the same place 

 mlSSS. Haftagood-Jodkins auimal, and '■■ l ie sire of quite 

 a unilobar of (rood ones, uotablv a litter pf six that wi 

 liibited at Pittsburg] and even I ;, 



we ever saw, ami. although only ten months old they all te- 

 ooived ribbons, the four dogs winnim- first, second, a 

 vies in their class, while the two bitche were 

 second and vhc. They were also winner^ in the special 

 classes against older dogs. Mr. Soodsell bus bred his Cavav- 

 fl^k bitches. Carluia aiid Petri'! Ill . id will, 



doubtless, be able to show something line to the progeny. 

 The cut is by Harry Tallui.au. 



BUYING AND SELLING DOGS. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



In a recent number of Komcsx asv Stream I wasvarv much 

 interested in Col. Tucker's remark:, on parties Win to 

 respond to orders. Recptestintj ordei ■■ 



tainly vorv annoying to breeders, who have perhaps refused 

 to book other orders, thinking in. vb.t i all (hey , -ould till, 

 and then at the last moment, when Etouk is ready to 

 informed by the party thai ordered . • . change 



of oirGUmstancos Ihe, did not want tho stock -1 as if tho 

 breeder could shoulder all Lh • reepoo ib'UitiesQl "i- supposed 

 patrons; and 1 wiil here sav that I do not want to book any 

 orders from this class. When a jiarfty orders stock from me 

 I want and expect to have it taken, and have fiom 

 thought I would not hook any orders uiuu—onjpanied'witu 



liny, after I have 



ace, request stock 



safe in so 



..jth through ao elegant 

 5 ispoitsmari e m h .idly nil it amiss 

 it any station along in lino below 



their dogs in the trials ni 

 . t will appertain thereto, and will not 

 Mbrnh tho Forest Sko Ktheam iV.r suggBBHons us to h»w thoir 



trip ; to Minnesota may be made pleasant. I write to the now 



in a proprietary sense) class of sportsmen, and if my 



s.t: .;■ st ions are followed X can assure them a pleasant trip andele- 



Visit St. Paul first aud see its beauties. Thou take tho Omaha 

 lino at 8:30 P. II. and get off at Blue Earth City. Ask for the 

 Constans House and yon will b_- directed to a comfortable hotel 

 where you will have a clean Ik J and plenty to eat, whose proprie- 

 tor is a gentleman of the old school, hale and hearty at sixty 

 . who lores his guns and dogs and horses almost as 

 well as ho does his wife; who has hunted in tliis loealityfortwenty 

 yisars, and who knows where and when and how to shoot. Whou 

 yon are comfortably settled here vou will find that vou are in one 

 in Minnesota, on tho banks of the Blue Earth 

 unbounded on i-v.rv side by a beautiful rolling prairie 

 th farm houses and cultivated groves of cottouwood and 

 ir livery stable, and a drive of 

 ntroduco you to a covey of 



maple. The village contains a f 

 from two to three miles will 

 chickens. 



The Constans House charge 

 free, and a good team aud drive 



Another point I wish to take its Uii 

 offered togfye.fcham unexceptionable i 



to be seut C. 0. 1)., evidentlv thinkm.- 



doing, which ho is not. The party ordering may not know 

 what points a good do-.? ought to have, aud if stock does not 

 look as he expected, he refuses to receive first-chiss s| .. ■ 

 and tho breeder is out express charges both ways and ex- 

 pense while at express olllee; anfl very likely if stock ■ 

 it will die from double journey and want of proper Dare, ami 

 the breeder loses stock in addition to express charges. The 

 party ordering may have money when he orders, but go "on 

 a bust' - and be penniless when stock arrive-, and oof, in con- 

 dition to receive it, and, as in the. other case, the breeder bears 

 the loss. 



I have mentioned such cases to s-hnw that reliable breeders, 

 whose stock is all fight, have cood reasons for ivn; 

 ShipC. 0. I)., unless person onicrin- gives w-.H-known and 

 unexceptionable reference. 



1 always reuuost to bo notified immediately by receiver of 

 condition stock arrives in, and, strange to say, many never 

 respond, and some, weeks after receiving stock! write that pup 

 did not arrive in good condition owing to journey and has 

 just died, and if safe delivery was warranted expect 

 sent, when pup might have been all right, for: ill 

 when received, its time enough had elapsed to 

 and die of consumption; and while in the past I have sent 

 pups to replace such opes, do not intend to in the future, and 

 shall consider that if not immediately notified bi sfcdcJVuot 

 being in good condition to consider mvs-lf under no obligation 

 to make good the loss in case of deatli. 



I have written these few lines for the benefit of I 

 who have Borne rights that purchasers „u :!•.< 

 the fact of any breeder advertising year after vear a a paper 

 of character like Forest and Sti'-Eatis is proof c-nou-h that ho 

 is reliable and his stock good, and purchasers have little to 

 ftWitthey will plac:i their orders in ri hands. 



They have a reputation at stake and cannot allord to inisivp 

 . sent their stock or send out poor specimens. 



Nine times out of ten it is the. breeder who is il 1 used, and 

 nine times out of ten by the, wanting "order cancelled" class, 

 with which I am utterly disgusted. .•'■. Ki.more. 



Goanbv, Conn. 



THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN TRIALS. 



SPORTSMEN generally are interested in the National i 

 American Kennel Clujo Pi'-hl Trials on Prairie Chickens, bo 

 be run at Fairmont, Minn.. Sept. 4, ami as a great many or ! 

 them will be present, aud some among the niiioii .• 



. -H-mation in reference to the country in which the" trial ' 

 will take place, I last week vis. te.d the !<n'-nli( ,-. i,. fie in:, , 

 est of the FOREST a\ii Stream, and herewith submit d 



operations, the 

 Paul, Minneapi 

 Line," for slio 

 same evening, 

 comfortable sli 

 tatiou of dogs, 

 gun from a iis.li 

 many good doj 

 to appreciato 

 kindly, it p 

 chicken conntr 

 b/ tarn ngo I 

 Mnnkato. 



Those who ha 

 posted in ovorythl 



two dollars per day, dogs 

 l be had for s:i.f>0 per day. 

 ■ajrs ot trom twenty-uve to ouo uundrcd birds are the com- 

 ■. .or two gun-. Blue Earth City is twenty miles 

 rom Fairmont by wagon road, every inch of which cau be 

 unted and gamo started <■-. a ry half mile. It is distant thirty 

 riles by rail. It is only ten utiles distant from tho Iowa Stato 

 jue; and as the open season commences in lowu Aug. 15, those 

 • u taste gnuiu by driving across the lino. A 

 isitor to Blue 'Earth can takB iu trials, get his fill of chicken 

 iooi lug, t no birds being very abundant, have some Bport on 

 ueks. perhaps bag a sandhill crane or wild goo<=o, aud enjoy 

 ■inio line bass fishing in the rivor— a combination of delights 

 irely found in one. locality. il , n r. 



St. Pal%, Minn., August, 1882. 



billet of \ 



THE SMUGGLER'S DOG.— One of those industrious indi- 

 know how to make a chaldron of coals out of a 

 jod, determined, in extreme poverty, to engage in 

 preferred that of the merchandise which occupied 

 tne least space, and was calculated to yield tho most profit. 

 He borrowed a small sum ot money from a friend, and re- 

 pairing to Flanders lie there bought pieces of lace, which, 

 without any danger, he .smuggled into France in tho follow- 

 ing manner: He trained an active spaniel to IiIb purpose. Ho 

 cause:l him to be shaved, and procured for him the skin of 

 another dog of the same hue and the same shape. Ho then 

 rolled the lace around the body of his dog, and put over it the 

 garment of the M ranger so adroitly that 



would sny to 

 ,'u these wi 

 ugli the gates of Mali 



impossible to 

 discover the trick. The lace thus arranged in his pedestrian 

 le messenger, "Forward, 

 log wniUil Start and pass 

 5 or Valenciennes, in tho 

 igilant officers placed there, to prevent smug- 

 's, he would wait for his mas- 

 i country. There they mutu- 

 e merchant placed his pack 

 ring his occupation as noces- 

 cess of the smuggler that in 

 bsudaome fortune, and kept 

 prosperous. A mischievous 

 :•::.'.•.; ami notwithstanding 

 was suspected, watched aud 

 mnning of some animals ex- 

 om-houso expeot him at one 

 and iustantfy went toward 

 • against him, he overcame 

 ,11, at others 



ben, 



the 



to his 



i.hnt e 



sningly follow the trail of the far-away f ox 



gifted with the power to dUeriminata tho 

 to us atmost inconceivable difference between the older and 

 more recent footstep* Who shall say that th« instinet that 

 leads the hound to pursue his pray also inspires him to taka 

 the propar directions or that reason prompts the course! Wa 

 leave the subject in the hands of our readers, trusting that 

 any of them who may have scented out the explanation will 

 "give tongue.''] 



THEUE WERE PLENTY OF DOGS.— Prince Bismarck 



o iv lied a ile>;. ;: i oln-vi 1 -,,,,,;,([, so f.-rooious of habit and de- 

 meavior that at the time of the great l.'ong'-ess of : -so ho flow 

 at Prince Gortchakoff, to the grim, though suppressed, en- 

 Joyment of his master. All Berlin knew how fond the 

 Uhancellor was of the beast. It was his constant companion 

 by day and by night; ho was never seen without it, either in 

 the streets or in the gardens of his palace; and it was said 

 that the jealous fidelity of the dog. tried through many 

 years, had endeared him to the Prince to i'ue exclusion of 

 every other favorite. One day the brute (bed suddenly, they 

 say poisoned. Berlin felt the bereavement of Bismarck as 

 an irretrievable, calamity. What would the great man do 

 without his faithful dumb friend* No other could ever re- 

 place one so fondly loved. The very next morning another 

 mast ill, equally ferocious, equally attached, equally unap- 

 proaehabk. bv strangers, inspiring fie- smih. 1 reeiju g L :a 1 ten- 

 derness, was seen passing the streets by the side of his mas- 

 ter, whose hand lay on the collar of the new comer With the 

 same trust iu his prowess as it used to lie on that of his pre- 

 decessor. Tho hint was efficacious, and watch-dog No. 3 

 was allowed to live. — Sun. 



ill iNUMENT TO EDWARD LAVERACIC— In response to 

 the appeal of Mr, /Edward Armstrong for contributions for 

 the purpose of erecting- a suitable monument over the remains 

 of Mr. Edward Lavoraak. in White Church churchyard, many 



gentlemen in this vicinity, wishing 1 1- ■:,;■-■,- the liigh esteem 

 hi which they hold his memory, and desiring to subscribe to 

 the fund, have placed the matter in the hands of Mr, E. A. 

 Herzberg, of l,4oi Pacific street, Brooklyn, N, Y., who will 

 gladly receive and forward to Mr. Armstrong such amounts 

 as may be placed in his hands for the purpose. Mr. Herzberg 

 has already received a number of subscriptions, and many 

 more aro promised. Following is the list so far received; 

 Mr. Thomas F. Ryan, New York city, :s!0; Dr. H. F. A ton, 

 Brooklyn, ■*-",; Dr. H. Fleet Spent Brooklyn. St.; Mai. Wb solar 

 BrookhTi, ;s5; Mr. H. T. Datifortk, Brooklyn, so: Mr. Edmund 

 OrgiU. "Brooklyn, .<.; Air. .bweph T. Poi-kins, Brooklyn, 85; 

 Mr. H. E. Hamilton, Jursey City. ¥•>; Edward K. Hardy, Bos- 

 ton, Mass., #5; Forest and Stream Publishing Co., So. 



DOGS LOST.— Mr. C. E. Lewis, of Suspension Bridge, N. 

 Y., has lost his imported smootu-QOated St. Bernard bitch. 

 Any one learning of her whereabouts will confer a favor and 

 receive a suitable reward by notifying him. For particulars, 

 see his advertisement. 



Mr. J. S. Klein, of 188 Cherry street. Mew York, has lost 

 his liver and white, setter dog, who Btrayed from Western 

 New Jersey on the 'id of Jul vl He is about three years old, 

 and stands'.-! trifle higher behind than iu front He. had on at 

 the time a collar with his owner's address, who will pay a 

 liberal reward for his r 



'ry. 



ii larg 



SALE OF POINTERS.— There wa 



dogs at Aldridge's repository last we 

 late Major Vaughan Lee, of Dellington 1'a 

 tracted the attention of sportsmen, the poi; 

 blood of the famous Edge breed. A brace 

 by Champion Garnet, fetched Bugs,; Jiillv 

 Sigs.; Main, 25gB.; and the i'-i brace reaU 

 brace of puppies, whelped last February, b 

 brace of pointers, from the kennel of the Hoi 

 realized -tSlfigs. ; Buxton, an English setter 



Of Mr. Jau.':- " sein..' i"-'m I'.: ' ■'.'. ■..:,-,.. I ' 



spaniels, SOgs.— Live Stock Journal, July 31. 



„ale of sporting 

 kennel of the 

 , Somerset, at- 



eis eomp/ismg 

 an go and Mus. 

 4lgS.; Dainty, 



SNOWFLAKE— Palo, Mich., July SI.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I wish to correct an error which 1 made when I 

 sent you notice of the whelping of my pointer bitch Snow- 

 flak«,"whic i appeared in your issue of "July ST. I gave her 

 pedigree as by Maryland, out of Tell, and it should have been 

 by Glonmark, out of Girl, Maryland and Tell being her grand- 

 siro anil granddam on her dam's side.— W. J. PEitcrVAU 



MONTREAL DOG SHOW.-The Dog Fanciers' Association, 

 of Montreal, Canada, propose holding a bench show in that 

 city next mouth. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Konnel notes .1 

 publiuution of n< 

 Hculars of each < 

 I. Color. 

 S. JJrewL 



4. Age, 



C. Ivcue 



buy 



V. Sire, > 



!). Dam, with lierslre 

 10. Owner of dam. 

 All names must he plainly written. Coimnuuioutioti 

 paper only, and signed widi writer's name. 



[eziqe of owner, 

 ■or s.-lfr. 

 th his sire and dam. 

 nf sire. 



and u^ni 



Mi one ?.1dr of 



HA.MES CLAIMED. 



his faithful dog.— L 



would thus accomplishliis aim. On 

 swimming in a stream near Malines he 

 i tin water. There was then about him 

 is' worth of lace, tho loss of which did 

 , but he was inconsolable for the loss of 

 > -'•„,'. Jammed, July 14. 



letter bitch, 



COCKER SPANIEL IMPORTATION.— Dr. Niven has just 

 imported from thekenhel Of I'. Bullock, Bilstou, Staffordshire, 

 tho block cocker Frank. He is by Frank, out of Nell, by old 

 Bob. He is a long, low dog withn -.pleiKlid head and cars, 



lie. 



3 0ft 



• lie.! 



.for 



:st sti 



u England 



: . s S. ;::•.)'.- Worcester, Mass., July Sfl.- 



-.1 n.vl ■• i /■■ a.n: ( ,.n '-on, or some of your corre- 



iVho know, or Ihmkfhcvkuow, LeUmehowitist.bat 



s enmintr to a track that thev cannot see. or in the 



•cut., take 



und 



add. 



nineti-nine times om 



Hunter, bin om- issue ol 

 upon this very isterestii 

 biiit.y to fathom the niVj 



bleBU dog to perforin III 



while bracing the footstt 



suit. W'bo-l'.all deane 

 lix a bound for its seopei 



mastiff dops, whelped July 'il, V<S~. by his Dul ' 



his Pri.b- ibiilce- .luno). 



/■.Vbi.-. Belle, Meg, Ihu-ha*. Priit II. and Tftta. By Mr. unoriesis. 

 Shaw, Clinton. Mass., for masliT biteli.s «i,.f, i.dd. ■ ■ • 



bin DukeiP.iiii' Belle) QUt of bis Pride (Dul Juno) 



.Vooiurfoae. Bv Mr, W. A. Ooster, rt.il.i.. ... L. L. for black, whits 



ami tan English seller hitch, whelped May 28, Ifitg, le 'dudstone out 



of Swiizo. 



<iu.i'b-. P.y Mr. r. Dallies. Boston. Ma-s.. for livr and white ticked 



' k, whelpt <IJnii »d. 1883, by )iis Dicl, i Pete. Jr. -Kaiooud 



•i's Daisy (l«,h Nellie). 



BvMr. O. W. Rogers, Billerica, Masa, for white, fawn 

 in beaglo dog, whelped June It, lSSil, i, v .Mr. N. Elmore's 

 ir fiiiTi.Mii ..niisiin]>..rh.i Mn-i. (Boekwood- Paiibful). 

 BRED. 



i lcinon and wbit» 



3f Leo 





:i. Aui 



Il Las 



r K. 







lie game of wiiic.h lie is in pur- 

 its, "I thin marvelous gift, or 

 > .--ball say that t>be deliaot^ | 



(Spring \i 

 tSpmuer- \ 



. I'orriyal's black, white aud Inn lieaela 

 o his Unn.lv ilbiuler-Silll, July ill. 

 WHELPS. 



ustructiont: at hand of tliia cohinm, 



ir J.S Nn-Mi'a , London, Oni.i Irish terrier hitch Korai 



.1 H Vjve,,-- ..l.oi,il..||. Mill.': III. a terri-r llll.cU Tall 



