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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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atodwithrnore or less delicacy of constitution, that many rff 

 the. leading English, setters ot" the dav are too delicate for 

 :■■"! . A, dogs; and that their coats are excessively tine 



Angus, .n | ****** 



THE BEST DOG IN THE WORLD. 



"ITTEbave been lool 

 YY for uiauy yfi.ii>. 

 fideirt t,hu.t our lucky ih 



llll"UlUli, - turpi Hev.ty v. 



hot rail to reach the goi 

 lung. NVw we h ■■•,-. do 

 I'ver aliiie vfta we're \ o 



, ,,. , ...,,.,,.,,„...,.. 

 fair cnumiif of i;niovriu 



[ho '1 - ddgs thai only o 

 Chase or bite their "'.aim 

 absolutely bideoils td to 



Our require, iiein- :;, , 

 and uiust have is a goc 

 about would suit: us exit- 



:, i, ,,, - oasessoi -'■ 



much ot as being the "1 

 u .- v U1..1 make u.- s 

 aching void tear, rankle: 



' A- to smQe ui.ii 



ideal dog that ever elufl 



With many .-i.dvi-ni.ni-. a 

 conn ly rod in, no. y:i-!i.,| 



I :- Hoi, devotee 

 attain ; ie and in s tew ,.] 



down that v.v iv, ,.p. oil. 



bag and in trim for the n 



In our early days we i 



It is true that we had in 



were not supposed to kn 



were erode and uncnl 



fleeted no dope 



Improve our skill. We 



BS Perhaps I his i- ],ntl 

 d ... [ the statement h" 

 any doe; that wc had Bv 

 ins. an indescribable ye 



'or a good dog. anxiously looking 

 are still watching hopefully, con- 

 ir will ere long brightly shine and 

 o bright a radiance that, ve can- 

 wbieh we have been striving so 

 ml always have liad autre or less 



ud^.. 



I nrdl'liit 



dogs that i 



- 0.1 I, ,ii .1 



f greater il 

 dog. Sue 



from guile; dogs that 



iften 



lies hear so 

 w, either of 

 th joy the 



fickle for- 

 irsuitof an 

 have flown 



have met 

 in. and ett- 

 liscouraged 



ed a dog that perfectly satisfied jis. 



ill, litnh- •■Mperieuee, and of course 

 much about it: and that our ideas 



We had not se 





caused us much unhappiness, We often 



met sporfcsnte 





iff erent parts of the country, and were 



" jars , 





h the wonderful tales that they poured 





■natural dogs whose only fault appeared 



to be, that the 





oo good, aud thai they would soon ex- 



terminate all 





e m tlieir vicinity. These oft-told tales 



excite 1 in our 





n ardent desire, to become the possessor 



of .su,-h a pr, 





described. "V\ o found upon inquiry 



thai, aMttaoug] 





• these paragons were for sale, yet to ac- 



. . Q0d £ ; 





espeaiaEy one that they esteemed so 



ht-hiy vs onr 





liy. they would consent to part with 



th;ir fuvorit. 





sake lis happy. We. yet, retain a very 



vivii recollect 





ur first attempt to secure one of these 



ne t ir office one day a man who told 



slaughtered partridges (raffed grouse) 



i..l i r : t . ■ 1 1 ■_■ i . . 

 bis dog. Wit 



i'il: ",', 



the Wonderful knowledge possessed by 



en-: v. il r. .;■-.;.• 



1,01- ey 



•mo- eagerlv -scanned his weather-beaten 



Eeai ii a totr 



;i! .1 ,1 



seover a ray of hope for us. Thinking 



that, we could 



ne,reei\ 



e slight t-.kens oi tomb-i lies;, in the lines 



about his ruoi 



til. We 



tesitatingly asked ir he would sell him. 



An.vi jusle aw 



litilJC h 



s reply, what was our horror to see him 

 a huge clasp-knife and coolly open it. 



take from his 



pocket 



Thinking that 



he was 



about to immolate us for offering such 



an aftrout. wc 



retreat 



ed behind the counter. Our fears were 



allayed howe 



ver, wl 



en We saw him take from the other 



pocket a plug 



if tuba 



ceo and slice off a generous piece and 



place it in in's 



f runkuess he t 



nouth. 



Then with an expression of the utmost 



irued h 



s eyes full upon our (ace and candidly 



said that he w 



ould no 



. sell that dog to everybody, but, seeing 



that it was us. 



he did i 



't know but ha migiit be induced to part 



With him. espc 



ri.llU a 



skis wife hated dogs and cold weather 



was coming 



and he knew 



of care, and we might In 



was indeed good luck, ror wb do 



that amount, and so make someth 



we should have the proud satisfaci 



in the world. Greatly fearing tha 



offer, wo inado an appointment to 



i the poor fellow had to sleep out of doi 

 " a owned tuna, hi 



Id have the best 

 a groat, favor for $50. This 

 Id sell old Blutf tor twice 

 ag handsome, aud, besides, 

 ion of owning the best dog 

 , he might reconsider his 

 ou visit him the next day and 

 see this wonder, and, if he suited, of which there could be no 

 doubt, we would pay the price and bring him home. We 

 were very much elated at- the prospect before us. Soon we 

 could point with pride to our own good dog and truly boast 

 with the best, of them that we, too, were, blest. There was 

 not much sleep for us that night. Visions of royal sport were 

 dancing through our brain, and when at last the weary eye- 

 lids closed, transfigured dogs were, staunchly poiuting and 

 hecatombs of slaughterer] grouse were thickly strewed around. 

 The morning sun found us a good ten miles from home, and 

 loug before noon we were at o ir journey's end. Our friend 

 was expecting us, and after seeing to the horse he led us round 

 the barn andlntrodueed us to the wonderful dog. We must 

 say that we were somewhat, disappointed in his looks, but, ont 

 of regard for his extraordinary performances in the field, 

 were disposed to overlook the trifling faults in his make-up. 1 

 His short, thick nose did nst certainly quite come up to our 

 Btaudard; but its wonderful scenting powers commanded our 

 respect. Those stumpy legs did not impress us favorably, 

 but their iightuiug turn of speed extorted our praise; that 

 ropy tail did nor please us. but when straightened on a point 

 it was undoubtedly a thing of beauty. We noticed that he 

 did not unchain him, and asking the reason, learned that so 

 great was his ambition that he dare not let him loose until we 

 were ready to start, as in the excitement of the moment he 

 was very apt bo forget himself and, if not closely watched, 

 would make a break for the woods. At last everything was 

 ready, and as he unchained the dog my friend commenced a 

 series qf "come heres," "come backs"" and "what are you 

 abouts," that made the welkin ring; indeed, we have always 

 had the impression that he gave one or two yells before the 

 chain was fairly unclasped. We were getting interested, as 

 this WOS something entirely new hi our experience. We paid 

 close attention to everything that transpired, and before our 

 hunt was ended had added lnucli to onr limited stock of 

 jared the woods "the fun grew fast and 

 lishing to hear what extraordinary lung 

 SSSedj and it was equally astonishing to 

 is avalanche of yells had upon the dog. 

 ehaved without, this volume of sound to 

 lossfble to say, for the experiment was not 

 ed the cover" the dog was encouragingly 

 aid "sick W he did: with short, eager 

 bounded into the brush, and in a few 

 ie roar of a covey of grouse as they flew in 

 i the first flutter of the frightened wings 

 opened with a succession of barks and 

 uulv indescribable. "There," said our 

 of that' He has got 'em already." 

 to think, and could not readily 

 express-onr faint ideas upon the 

 it silent and followed our corn- 

 When we arrived upon the scene 

 jld scarcely believe our eyes, but 

 then' hi a. little opening stood this famous partridge dog Upon 

 a, staunch point, Utterly dumbfounded and demoralized we 

 rubbed our eyes and looked again. There was no mistake; 

 he was rigid as the rock by his side. His head was high in 



knowledge. As \ 



furious."" It was astc 

 power our friend posi 

 see how little effect tl 

 How he would have. I 

 steady him it is inane 

 tried." 

 told to 



yells of delight he 

 seconds we heard th 

 every direction. At 

 this wonderful dog 

 screeches that were 

 friend, "what dove 

 As wc hardly kne-w 



a/ language 



Subject, we discree 

 pardon toward the i 

 the noise e a , , i. , 



air add that tail was actually straight. We gazed upon 1 

 quivering form with delight,' and our ssuliv demoralized fai 

 hi the dog began to' revive, when wc were startled by tl 

 report of oij'r e'orjpanioii's glin and the lhut--iing fall of 

 grouse from the top tit a tree jus: beyond the dog. \i : 

 crack of the gam our ii'r'l vanished again and rushing to i. 

 faUen bird seized it in his ue.oi!,. r ,r,d i jriumpba 01 b b) u 

 it and laid it at his master"* feel. "Tli-n .",.,',: ■■m e: ■ 

 "what do you think of that:" By tin''* time we !„■_., u 

 realize that his ways were not BS I "u waj -. I ' -a.it he w 

 perfectly sincere and honest, and not wishing to make , 

 enemy of him for life we tried to enter into the spirit of t: 

 occasion and warmly praised the whole performance — but t 

 did not purchase the dog. 



This is a, fair sample of many, very many, trips that v 

 have tak n t o try and find the object of our ardent desire 

 a perfect dog. Wo are stiU anxiously, hopefully waiting, :u 

 him— no matter what the price— we shall ov 



BS 



a the 



contributed bv ns some y 

 Jut-Door Sports. At th 

 we here reproduce it in t 



DOGS THAT I HAVE, 



BEFORE passing on to present, favorites, 1 wish" to ad vert 

 for one moment to one that "I had," which I hut un- 

 chronicled. She was a smooth-coated St. Eeruard, with 

 good points in everything but size; good snort massive 

 head, compact body, good color and markings. I call herta 

 mind for a purpose. My opinion on St, Bernards is, perhaps, 

 not very weighty, but I will give my reasons for ir, and per- 

 haps some St.". Be-riard breeders will kindly say il they think 



There is no question that the popular St. Bernard now is 

 the rough-coated, and the smooth seems almost in danger of 

 being bred out in courso of time. It seems to me that the 

 original St. Bernard is the smooth, and that the rongh-ronted 

 is but the mongrel creation of the last fifty years, of" less, is 

 not the true St. Bernard the Alpine mastiff; \nd is it not a 

 fact that the breed was at one time extinct, with the ex- 

 ception of one specimen, which was crossed with the Pyrc.nean 

 sheep-dog, miscalled wolfhound; certainly the Bvrenean dog 

 more resembles a gigantic sheep-dog than" it does" any kind of 

 a hound, aud is hardly to be distinguished from "many a 

 rough St. Bernard. Walk down the St, Bernard benches' at 

 any large show and see if the head of the smooth variety does 

 not almost invariably excel the rough in massiveness. in 

 shortness of muzzle, etc. , even when they are from the same 

 litter. Well, I don't profess to be an authority, but to me it 

 seems a pity, if the smooth-coated be the. old type, that then 

 the. rough, showing chiefly the breed that had "to be resorted 

 to, should be made the favorite and threaten the old breed 

 with extinction in process of time. However, I will leave 

 this point to our friend Mr. Greshain and other good breed- 

 ers of those noble dogs, and 1 hope that some of them will 

 give us a few words on the point I have raised, and either 

 show that 1 am wrong or else give more of their favor to the 

 old type. 



But now for "Does that f Have;" and here I seem to have 

 a harder task than in jottiug down reminiscences of former 

 favorites: for recalling old scenes till one loses oneself in 

 them, fancying once more the bending, quivering oar in one's 

 grasp, contending for the honor of a college pewter, i a tramp- 

 ing ail day over a heathery moor, or. again, sealing a moun- 

 tain, or plying the salmon or trout-rod all day long, and find- 

 ing the only after effects an alarming appetite, or recalling 

 the. favorites and companions of those days— it's all easy 

 work, for, f think, more or less, each one is tnuilulor tpmp<>,-'is 

 acti, and it is a wholesome exercise for us sometunes to read 

 over again grand old Cicero's "De Si'mclule." 



Yet, in my present theme, I have all the elements of a 

 modern novel ready to hand, and vet can hardlv v. -,. , l, L , ; 

 in. Just think ! how aggravating to have a private authentic 

 murder and suicide all to one's own share, and yet to be able 

 to make nothing of it; and, worse still, a lady the suicide, a 

 lady the murderess, and no romance to relate; but so it is. 

 Poor Breeze, name registered, and all prepared for future 

 triumphs (pure waste of Is.), managed to hang herself by 

 leaping the kennel railings and catching her chain ou the 

 other side; while, only last week the murder was committed, 

 for Madge, a daughter of Musk, and Sheila, old Shamrock's 

 daughter, having some little difference during the. night, 

 Sheila settled ft and Madge at the same time. Of course, we 

 held an inquest, and as Madge was both the bigger and more 

 quarrelsome, the verdict was something between "justifiable. 

 canicide" and "death by misadventure," and Sheila escapes 

 further punishment than a scored head and bitten ears; but, 

 oh dear: I hope they won't, say I iaked her, next, time she is 

 shown and the marks are seen. 



1 think f have already mentioned that my present pets are 

 Bandies, or Dandie Dinrnonts if you like, but Dandle Dinmont 

 terriers I am not quite sure about. No doubt it is a terrier, if 

 going to earth is the character of a terrierr but in that ease 

 so is a dachshund. To my mind the latter is certainly not a 

 terrier, but a hound, and seeing the otterhound cross "pretty 

 strongly marked in the. Dandie (note the peaked skull, longisk 

 ears, deeper muzzle, and more sonorous bay than any terrier). 

 I think they have as much right to the title of hound as they 

 have of terrier. I must say, too, that I like to see in them 

 the hound type, as far handsomer than a pure terrier head. 



I seem to be answering in my own fashion the orthodox 

 question, with which, no doubt, I should have begun— "And 

 tirst to inquire with some amount of scientific strictness. 

 What is a Dandie?" f might say that they seem a cross be- 

 tween burrowing and rodent tribes, for anything softer than 

 iron rails, even shingle, they gnaw through; anything less 

 solid than Portland cement they burrow under. As a rule, 

 spite of the murder narrated above, I have not found them 

 exceptionally quarrelsome. 1 have generally three or four loose 

 together in one kennel yard, and this is the first murder 1 have 

 had; then, certainly I give those most likely to disagree their 

 own private boxes, but if they do get up a fight— f don't, mean 

 only a growl and snap over their food, but in which they mean 

 it— then look out for a fatal termination, and, as in the above 

 case you may hear nothing of it until too late, for in a .serious 

 battle, they light almost noiselessly, aud the loug powerful jaw is 

 .'civ 'J,-, lib And fhi, v, as .-' la,:;,, . :,.|, : I, - r. 1 ,. o. 'l ,_■!• ■i,Li..e :„u,.-, 

 she beat her in length of head a 



It 



i the 



And as they fight, silently, so, too, 'they n 



didn't; I like a little music; but when a rabbit is started, 



haps one "yap" if he is sighted, not another sound is heard till he 

 is run to earth, if he has the luck to get there. 



I will, before going further, mention a few points in the Dan- 

 die that need, perhaps, looking niter. Take the car first. How 

 common it is to see a good d, ig with his ears clothed with longish 

 silky hair; but there, is nothing sets off a good head so well as an 

 ear clothed in deep brown— almost black— velvet, such as Mr. 

 Wardlaw Roid's Grip has, or Captain Brawnlow's late (alas!) 

 little beauty, Nellie, or, of course, many another; but these 

 occur to mo, just at th6 minute, as notable examples, and in a 

 close contest, that ear would go a good way with me in deciding 

 the prize-taker. Often, too, wo see an ear rounded like a 

 beagle's, instead of pointed at the tip— another pointto be looked 

 after. 



But these imperfections are less, I think, than a yeUow eye; 

 a horse with a wall-eye, a collie with a Ch in a- eye (I think 

 collie tanciers so call it), and a Dandie. with a yellow eye. are 

 alike to me hideous in expression. I know we get a yellow 

 eye sometimes in a dog other ' 



point, but a pronounced yello 1 



lent show, he 



ded." and I think but for that 



huik lately inquired about in. th 



• e. .luioli- 



he oppor- 

 01' ail dog 

 ■ the stock 



.nil 



at which size shall become 1 

 show bench is concerned: no 

 originally from fcwa Stocks, tl 



liilieatioii. ;-.■ 1 .ir a- the 

 n any breed of dog. bred 

 td ■■■!,.-■, to throw 

 e olhei points; henee, I 

 pounds and above, oc- 

 ciiMounui appear, .is a companion, 1 rather like a large 

 Dandie, but for the ShOW bench, 1 think one above twenty- 

 live pounds is as eiiieb 1 .1 1 1 , ,|' i .be ,.- as a foxhound would be. 

 in a harrier class. 



And now as to coats. I think the question asked was. 

 whether a very dark, almost black, and father smooth coat. 



■at 



according to my expi 



coat. — one year, perl 

 soft, or feeiing so t'TOi 

 had it the other way 

 i should like to as 

 they are quite sure 

 with texture and not 



CANINE SWIMMERS.— The latest thing in dog matches 



has been brought out, by the enterprising Toronto Gun Club. 



high and ' >w di = ti - ioined. The Mail of that eiTv ,-.,;, ,-- ,[, 

 "Yesterday afternoon was witnessed at Victoria Park a novel 

 experience ia Canadian sports, namely, a dog swimming 



lea. It may bYsr,;d that "the .p 

 ask to the satisfaction of all. a 

 ment next year will be. looked 



CUHRESPONDEINTS.— In the absence of our Kennel edi- 

 tor at the prairie chicken trial,, replies to several correspon- 

 dents are necessarily deferred. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



BhEli. 



Wanda— Emperor Fral. Pr. S lb ,-: Si,, :-, English setter bitch 

 Wanda (Paiis-lVarb to cl.arariio: e e„-,b- Fore, sept, 3. 



Lncid—Emuerur Fred. .111-. E. A. llerz'.r-.:.- \s pare Uiverac-k hitch 

 Lucid (Sim's Dash— Maid of Honor) to his champion Emperor Fred, 



SALES, 

 but'"'" U. Liver ami white pointer bitch, by Duke iPMl— ran 

 out of Vinnie (Tlu tiger— liessi, whelped .biniA.ls.se, bv 31r. Erlw. S. 

 Bradford, Springfield, Mass.. to Mr. ckns. K. Squire, Troy, N. \ . 



§iffe mid §mp $jwe1w$ 



THE BRITISH TEAM ARRIVAL. 



THE steamship Alaska of the Guion Line, which arrived here last 

 Sunday morning brought the b.i- b = b military riile team. They 



The men 

 position 



I Of the 



dinalidi 



10 shoot 



ra.-o.e, „, ,,,- i: i,„i,si :.,,,-, ,-, , !-- I Hi :-,-, „ i I ■ 1. 



and Australians having- once contested Cor the trophy, H was Impos' 



