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FOREST AND STREAM. 



r<>T. 13, 1882 



sport was inaujnirated., and the nightly J.:n^ .— ; was naually 

 satisfactory. Vf.e r.-ir.-l\ worked the some fields two ni In- in 



bu — i ■ - j i . iiui »i(ii ii -ii-.-i.-h of several miles ol 



w round had plenty o! opportunity t" ua >i 



I ,1s II was dark, we w ■'•!•■ ■ ■■< i-.-i : I \ ihl'oil i, 1,\ one 

 "'.lock, when lilr lire by III. .11 ., enabled usto pre- 

 pare iilitt.li' primitive ivii:-,1iiih-h;. Roasting ears potatoes, 



ii few bufflieadsfr the river and ■ piece of 'ooon men were 



ha-uh cooked Hnd eaten with gusto, and added, relish £ rom 



si neighboring mHUffl-patoU. 



Tin- above litis been i\ rition to -lm« Hurt Serges county -has 



ions and opossums to spore, thai they can bogotton 



without much trouble, aud that a night' s sport run !„■ hmi 



in th- immediate vicinity of the city, the morning mail 



• '• trom a friend, in which he stated thai a 



i'.'W .1 i\ ■ .l.;.i. ill :"llt|.n,M\ wi ill I ll I Co o| I). T,. t h- \ shoi ~i\l.\- 



ono ducks, lea!, widgeon, etc. willi,, ut boats or <l ways. ami 

 within live mills i i v w York City llnll 

 A vs .>rd to "V. 11. < '. ." I .no prepared in ii'bnii in rpfi cence 

 ■ ol bull-terriers, thai white sometimes has its :ul- 

 TOitagi ■>..../.. win n ili.i; and 'ooon ore badly mixed on a 

 dark d3 in ii is easier to tell theni apart; mnl secondh . when 

 •:,■ ,i. ■_ lias fleas, ii Is easier tp see them. Bkijtouc. 



RETRIEVING AND STYLE. 



ESJitor /',«.■/ /.Viv.i 



In discussing I In- qual 



usually said about "pi 



-Vlyl. ••'<•!' hutotine (i 

 which a dog t 



I oi I ince as the nuali 



g00fl lollll 111- Will CCI 



8 it groat ilea) i 

 not much uliou 

 nil- ih- way ii 

 of as much im 



started at tha 

 fortunately th< 

 tiii'.v vrareinj Ii 

 pike. whi.ro Hi 

 This gavB nen 





111 \ 



withi 



'liii-i.i.-in io the Colonel, and off he 

 liongfa not destined to go tar. because ol' a terrible 

 in :itT,-ni| i! Lii-j; to cross a Siiillv. into which his 

 og over on him and bruising him badly. This 

 ixltbe sport tor him. though the hounds wont on, 

 ,y Hermann, whose horse never faltered at an 

 iparently bred, until tho fox, overpowered by 

 I up his life at tho fii-st toll house, into which he 

 Imt found death, and that not by his pursuers, as 

 huge mastiff belonging to tho gate keeper, and 



him. and 

 a .cleat, 

 [•iiikanl 

 and is i 



on—Ill ii do. how-y, i 



ol hunting js au innate quality that can be i: 



jural by gOOd or bad mnna-e'ii 



Hunting mi I lie prairies is generally SUppo 

 mi- si vie, as ii the bead is carried too km-, ttu 

 by the grass. Trailing (fallowing the fool scei 

 worst habit a setter or pointer oan gel into: 

 wounded game is the surest way ■■! onobuxagi 

 will, I presume, confound it with raaxUng, wh 

 done, i- tie- Snesi of work. Rj ■ rievera ougb 

 : aine. so in training ihein. one ■•; !l 

 tended i" is to encourage them to do so, and tl 

 ttrst hunted upon wounded game. s,v. ral yi 



1 had bad I In 1 experience in A rican hum in 



since liad. I suggested in ■ 



and Stream, that it would be betti i to tu is - 



retrievirtg instead of allowing one's si 



so. imt. i lie idea was ihen evidently considoi 



cause the poinl ,,i it was not undersl I. S 



onlvkcopouo dog, must, of eourse, hAve fhi m 



where several are kept I am cerrain it Would '• 



tageoue to have the retrieving Ian to a rest 



i. ,-ly any game would then be Ex 



land or water, l.h ■ hiiiit.iU4 iln^s wo.iM n,,i I, 

 hot weather hv liaving to look for and I irry it 

 cold weather l.w ^etlin- wet: thev would also 



,i.. Vn.. o.-i ; 



FOX HUNTING IN TENNESSEE. 



Dru.Ni; the pasi two. weeks ""Revnara" has I 

 mittcd to take but. little rest by our numerous I 

 ers iill over the stale. The moon has shon, 



unusual Bplon Lo 

 that ciillrt be do 

 yet nql 



Cllllll,'!. 



'i'h. last chase 

 i he twnt\ or t 



two miles i'rom 

 every oue, and t 

 the race, the on 

 111 ' wily fox. IS 



vicinity, h was -.• 

 legged lovers of t 

 in that conjeetur 

 as wiis shown h 

 from ti. 



Dandy, who had 

 Of tfliere 



joviiut he level; 



Thellrst dog te 



seconded bv Li 



coupled as thev > 

 oi lie pack . 

 contrary to onsto 

 tohava been unei 



.-idcsol thi-pit'cif 

 the h,,r-iie ii ci 

 pAok was in (nil , 

 lliol'H-.hlired 111 



Col Geo. Akei-s 

 Fanny 



Saunders, from N 

 Marsh emkard, Hermann 



George Holmes were more eon 



took the Vaughn pike at a trot 



dogsnll the while: thus Dm cha 

 but a.i.i this the entire pKoei 

 fox turned towards the pike 

 came down through ft held of stubbl 

 few yards in front of George Hoi: 

 and causing ' ' 

 his rider in 

 and scratch 

 der of the n 

 charger, an 

 side of the i 

 anl's Biloxi 

 bat bed is a 

 ..'..■ tj.asi 

 the leap. b„ 

 the wan at 

 W Lrsi 



:;v ,!,!- 6i 

 were a mile 



.nd the temperatn 

 both man audi 

 coats and othc 



al 



•ould 



■' I'.' 



led the hunt on his reliable tflaek marc 

 iwe.d by Charley Hollister and Major Ed. 

 ihville. 

 Hermann Hurkholz, Eillv Raggio and 



remoreeonsiderat 



went ■ 



'f Ihe 



It 111 



and pitch so furiously as to hind 

 if briars and giving him sudh a shaking 

 put him hois dc combat for the remain- 

 rnianu Jburkholz applied tlie spui-s to his 

 stajit had cleared the stouo wall at one 

 ,vas soon in with the pack; Mnrsh Pink- 

 o leap, and came riearshippinc hiscart-o. 

 rider, that Was not to bbd01i& lljlly 



ii all tho members of tho fan 



■•as elias 



The hounds have, like Chickens, come home to roost, and every 

 possibll atieiilion paid to thorn. They will be ready a great deal 

 sooner to take the field than nnv of their followers; but as soon 

 as lioads, arms and faces get well, the hoys will go out again. 



J. D. H. 



THE RED IRISH SETTER CARRYOWEN. 

 \ I R. HXLTilARD'S protest against Mr. Clilirap's champion 

 .' I red Irish settei Smi-yowen appears to have raised cpiit I 



a breeze in the laird'sh joiu'iials. As some of (larryowcti's 

 descendants in this country have made their mark upon the 

 Show bench, we append the following from the >/,„■,'• /Or,,..,- 

 which will give our readers the gist c 

 ■me additional correspondci 

 t'-r<;.-.ri v.weii.and as there are some i 

 ments made by one or two of the wr 

 w the histo 



nd n 



slued In 



' relating to the set- 

 ious and nov.l siat, 

 rs. it may be well to 

 He was originally 



ition the do- was i 

 ■. J. J. Giltrap. his 

 Hie breeder the 



;, rati, ,n in Ins appearance?' Mr. Giltrap •a-lmii 

 fleshy nose, and 1 never heard of a dog having anv 

 of nose. Asto the color of it. I deny that it was eve 

 is a dark liver-color, and very much darker las well i 

 tli.iu when I bought himof Mr. .Moore. He w-.is then a miserable- 

 looking creature, fnllof worms, not. a pick on him. with sunken 



eves, a slai iuu' coal, and no feath 

 Mr. i iillrap purchased the do) 

 men of an Irish setter. The 1 

 addition to improvement bj 



whether the < 

 color since he 

 hut it will pn 



ng.'-Inthisv 



etched s 



nty 



reise." Alld 



to be made in the ap- 

 hen well looked after, 

 it in a position lo say 

 r lie ve. not changed in 

 of his present owuer; 

 i most people to know 



ed 



ih- 



!il eol,,i 



■' tin 



dog s appearan 

 then, when tin 

 gated. Mr. Ililh 



•11 a.- .Mr. IliMiard's c.uiet, were exhibited at 

 alaeeSiiow: hotii owners were present, and 

 veil acquainted with the alteration in the 

 • as later on, Imt instead of lodging a protest 

 matter could nave been thoroughly investi- 

 i,l waited until the lb-Hast and I'.rist'o) Shows, 

 u's owner was absent and not able to defend 



•s a -till more serious charge against Mr. 



should therefore have competed in champion classes instead 

 ot in open classes, both at Belfast and l'ortadowu. At the 



cause. If th'is 'is "-,,.'' ii.'Vs. •, yeryseriou's charge, and bV ,','■, 

 means adds to the reputation of Mr. Hilliard; for one could 

 hardly think it poss bio for an exhibitor not to be aware of 

 the number of prizes bis do^ had previously won. Still it is 

 possible Mr. IJllhard may lie able to satisfactorily e:..pi.ii'i 



It appears to ufi that, finding his dog beaten, Mr. Hilliard 

 became annoyed, and not making sufficient allowance for the 

 iuipioveujeut to Uarryoweu's appearance, somewhat hastily 

 came to the conclusion that tho dog's nose had in some way 

 been tampered with, and hence the many long and personal 

 letters which have appeared on this unpleasant subject,. 



THE COLLIE AS A SPORTSMAN'S DOG. 



'T\HERE has been much complaint among sportsmen and game- 

 X keepers in roferonce to the hardness of the mouth of the 

 retriever. I have very much pleasure, through your •widely-read 

 paper, to offer a remwh for this long and grievous complaint, 

 i have been expoi-imentiug on the colli'- as to iiis capabilities as a 



coat runt asunder, i i lego : '. crou irs had been ruthlessly 



torn away by some intruding vine, face scarred, out oi' 



b i ..Ii ml as mad as a nest of disturbed hornet,-. im- .'-!.- 



tie plight he was in. The old mare had dumped him 



in a ditch, and while scrambling through the undi ih 



".i.,1 i pi.e.v.',] -Tiiiinil, the balance of the misl i n .- 



had bBfallealumjnever wag there »man in L' m - 

 asperated, writhing with pain, ridii iil,,n- to look at and ut- 

 terly disgusted with bis luc'r. he, like ••Ki-! ,rd. 



wool i ei-.i :■ • ■■■■.. - , - ■■■!,, Mil,-, ::.;_■_ • hi , 



be - " : .nd, offered his m,...id. lo II,- 



gaOlantsonoi Uurs,aac| again Litoa Richard, be wusWmself 



'i,-'" said he, 



•M dui'.uo," replied Marsh, ''and gut—: veil don't cui,- Ii 



"I'H catch that vagabond of a fox ii he stays in Davidson 



in the nioufh. 



thing within I 

 powpanioa to 



In 



sa.\ s 



His hotiosl, 

 \ye got liia 

 His lirensl v 

 W, el elad ii 

 Ilisgiuvcle 

 ilnilKo'ert! 



This is certainly the desci 

 i«n. "la collie of the bos 

 I. i,v. r i.-n mongrel, .villi 



./,,„ 



nl. 



ers to work instead of 



to get il." 



1 got my collie ti"iii 



ws'nt face tor laag faet-j 

 i llliii place, 

 his tow zie hack 

 l-s;,.y hiaek. 

 i.ill, \\Y upward curl, 

 win sw irl. 



no mongrel cur, but a pie- 



--'. 8 "icii br I. '1 he iv 



of 'he i'.):<hoiind, Gorddn 

 ii-ador. and other i,„ei-rel 



; this is the 

 i much cowed 

 lose who have 

 their breed is 

 eared di I of 



•:v-ry u'aoie- 

 :—Liw sinil: 



COCKER JUDGING AT CLEVELAND AND TO- 

 RONTO. 

 Editor Forest ami Stream: 



At the Cleveland Bench Show (1882) Mr. Kirk, in jtid-iug 

 cockers, declared thai he would award no honors to'nniuinls 'that 



I irs't." sol 



rib: 



points, _. . 



can hardlv ueueve tne laiwru 



impelled to. ask Mr. Eirk whetl 



inces and another for the States, 



New Yokk, September, 1R82. 



therefore feel 

 e for the Prov- 

 ;ri:!:.mioh.x. 



TRANSPORTATION OF DOGS TO HIGH POINT' 



SOME misunderstanding having occurret 

 ., the free transportation, ol dogs that w. 

 South preparatory lo the Eastern Field Tr 



lal !„ 



-. taken 

 r. I .each 



The letter is as follows! 



Pennsylvania Hail road Company, 1'assenaer Department, 



Office of the Eastern r.isse'n ,'.-•.• Agent. <V.i I'.roadway, 



New York, Oct I, IJ3SS. 

 GSO. T. I..KAUU, Estp. care Messrs. II. K. & F. 11. Thurber 



ni;AiVHlli--Keferringtotlicni.'ilierol'iraiis.,ortatioiiofd.. 

 to take part in the trials of th" Eastern Field Trial Club 

 High Point, N. C. our baggage masters have been instruct 

 to pas- sit. •!, do-s. aeeoni|,.iiii,.; 1 \ .in a.l leii.l.iut. as in,, \- I 



Mr. Coster. Trusting that t his .irran.ement will. be. satisfai 

 tory 1 am. Yours truly, 



Samuel CAKriiNTrca, E. P, 



bul itj 



lauityi 



orrj- to learn that 1 



not a sport smaulike action or one 

 kill animals of note thai I 



TheiV we re se v e r a f p re -, ■ lit" w ho' 

 Prince lloval, and sneli a price 

 taken care of. A good home co' 

 him, therefore, without any dillie. 



THE ORGILL KEXXEL- -We 

 Edniund Orgill has decided to givt 

 except, such as he may require I 

 has been the most successful bree 

 country. Start in •; only a few yeare ago witii sicele'-FlaJ 

 and Guide's Lilly for the foundation, he has built up a " 

 whose reputation is world-wide, and d seumsa pity tin 

 it should be broken up. Ho will retain Hush arid Hue foil 

 use in the Held, and dispose of the others. We trust that t 

 will fall into the hands of gentlemen qualified to appre, 

 their worth. 



HARDY'S DIANA RECOVERED.— Boston, Mass., Oct. 9 

 Aftor an absence of eighteen mouths I was able to iraco a 

 recover my old bitch Diana, dam of Clai 

 The case was tried this morning, and I r 

 unable to fix; the theft on the party in 

 was found.— Edward E. Hardy. 



; the collie instead of the retriever the) 

 iliiig about hard mouths. Tho collie 

 Ii land and water. I had very little 

 • to his new calling. I do not think it 

 ! the time that 1 would have required 

 '1 lie collie's usefulness to sportsmen 

 ider 1 am conferring a great boon to 

 ej-s in offering them this experience of 

 Inable paper. A Gamekeeper. 



rdS the foUowing cutting, which ap- 

 rcss on this subject: 



■io r "si- that one can train to any-- 

 -'.-' power. !<] Villm" is born o-trua 

 therefore gruat pleasure in reoom- 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



W, G. II.. Greeufleld. N. H.— Can an all tan Gordon 



■- 



of old agB, or it m»v b 



