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FOREST AND STREAM. 



TNot. 3, 1883 



Vhe Mctmel 



FIXTURES. 



BS1JJI II SHOWS. 



January (J, 10, and 11, 1883. -Meriden Poultry Association Bench 

 Show, Merlrten, Conn. Joshua Shule. Hec-dar v. Hi: 1 . II. .hart ■.n-.ii. 

 Meridou Ooira. 



Aurll H, -I, ft nml 6,1888 Western Pennsylvania Poiillrv Society's 

 Fifth Annual Bench Show, Pittsburgh, i\i'. Entries [or the bench 

 Show Derby, for English setters whelped ,.n ,„• nft.a March 1,1882 

 Close December 1. iss.' Cli.n l.ii-<-. .In. Sup t int-n. |r m . 1. R. Star- 

 ton. Secretary, Allegheny city. Pa, 



November 17 Eastern [Hold '['rials Club Pleld Trials on Quail, near 

 High I'.iinl. N. (.'. Kndies for the Ihrle ,-lnse July I. tor tin- All 

 Aimm ;„„i Members ' Sialic. N.n.-mt, r 1. Washington A I oster, 

 1-lallnish. N. \ 



December I- Viniinnl Ani"il -an K.-nnel t "Jul, Field Trills .,„ .mail 

 Grand .Innetiim. T. .-. ■ y. emliis T.-nn s'.-eietarv 



Deccmlicr II New Orleans (inn rial, Field Trials en Unnil t uielou- 

 s.is. Li. Entries close liec'tniicr II. .1 K IN-naud. Seercti'iT \>v 

 Orleans, Ut. Entries for the Cluh Cup close Hcccniher 1 



THE MUSIC OF THE HOUNDS. 

 Heavens' what melodious aafainsi 



npHE maple leaves are Muslim;-, 

 -*- And the oak ii marvel is; 

 The withered leaves are cfusalag 



'Neaili Hi" lime's del Coat, I u is 

 Tee j-eJJow of tbe tiirche i 



RofteoU tho westering sun, 

 Anil the squirrel, in the hickory. 



Seems ttllloC f I ami run. 



The snmae tlaniils its pennon, 



wi, ere ih, ■ „• iideu rod huh died, 



And ftkeastefS ".v.- is hcni o„ 

 The gentian's purple pride; 



The scream of (he jay. like clarion, 

 Rings boldly oil Mm air, 



I, ike a fierce, freebootlDR barou, 



Pauling the m 



mksal 



prayer. 



Now !s the lime. 



if 6*01 





I',,r lie, ivood-l 



ludova 



vs iii sound 



With rli< muslool thfil 



lever 



Ami keen-seen 



.-,1 hea 



gtS h 1. 



Tie- i n hath slu 



ieked i 



efiniiee. 



The hare hath 



left bis 



"form"— 



E'en the young i 



lay lei 



in reliance 



When the seen 



tof "I 



usa" lies "warm 



0, what tumult ' 



mid Hi 



) bracken, 



0, what music 



in the 



air. 



See them quarbe 



■ and then slacken, 



And, In full en 



r, folio 



v fair. 



Like a knot Of j' 



ESS 



inpant, 



copse and plui 

 innphant. 



Oct. 17, 1882. 



O. what music meels the ear. 



When the beagle giveth tongue; 

 Silver trumpet not more clear. 



Sweater never beauty sung. 

 Hark l all nature seems to listen, 



And the leaflets buah then- fall. 

 As their lithe forms, chasing, glistei 



As I heir voices, echoing, unll. 



O. W. R. 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 

 Editor Forest and SSfo'Aam: 



As the time for tbe anuual field trials of the E. V. T. C. 

 draw- mar it mav lie. of interest to some of your readers to 

 know something "of rhe prospect, for birds down in this coun- 

 try. 



I am situated in Halifax county, Va., some seventy-five 

 miles front Hi It I'. nut, close to the Kiohmond & Danville 

 Raflroad, ju-t on I hundred miles below the former place. In 

 regard to the birds, I find a great many broods entirely too 



my shooti Tit : weatln r Ls. "and has been, very 



■warm, about like August, since my coming South, and I have 

 had but little, lit weather to work dogs, and I suppose my 

 brother sportsmen have found it the s,itn\ I have with me 

 some promising youngsters if I ever have weather so they can 

 work to advantage. 



A- 1 name through Richmond I had some talk with Mr. 

 nd Mr. Taylor, one of our judges of the R. I. Trials 

 of i-l. rheyareat present having some of their young ones 

 put Into good shape to compete mthe field trials at High 

 Point this fall. They expect to show what Virginia lias in 

 the dog hue, and I expect some of our boys had better bring 

 some good ones or they will be apt to go home without having 

 the winners of the Derby, as they know how to make good 

 field dogs down here. I have had some talk with parties that 

 are acquainted with the grounds at High Point, on which the 

 field trials are to be held, and they say there always has 

 been a great quantity of birds there, and thoy think therewill 

 be no doubt but what there is a great many there this year. 

 There is quite a heavy undergrowth this year, and it makes it 

 a hard task for dogs to find the birds. Hut I think it a much 

 belter idea limn haying the trials held on Robin's Island, for 

 it sin." s the finding qualities of tho dogs to have open grounds 

 to work over. 



I hope we may have a large turnout from the sportsmeu of 

 the West, and have some of those tin ■• dogs we read SO much 



ahouttake part, as they have never come to the front with 

 many of 1 hem vet n. tie- KaMern field Trials.' 

 I think the club make, a mistake iu having their entry close 



We hare been havingsome ve'ry'hVavv mm-, which will be 

 an advantage, if it would come cold, but this morning is like 

 a beautiful spring morning with a very hot sun. I shall be on 

 hand at High Point to see what 1 have in my lot that can hold 

 their own among the cracks of the country. 



E. I. Ma ini x. 



JUDGES FOB Till: N. A. K. C. FIELD TRIALS. -Mem- 

 phis. Ten.. Oct, 27, 1882.— The following gentlemen 'have 

 kindly 'onsenled to act as judges of N. A. K. Club Field 

 Trials at lirand Junction, Tenn., commencing with the Free 

 For All Stake. Monday, Dee. I. I <-.'.' : I ) r. Raw lings Young, 

 Corinth. Mis-.; Mr. B. F. Wilson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. W. H. 

 Key, Florence, Ala.— D. Bitvso.v 



"Hoss" is the t 



[nd . foi 



persistant adv.-ri 



national in repu 



Continent *tflfti 



loplc.l t,y fjpthej 

 Hi' or llteiliel, 



ind good work 

 and have many 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS ENTRIES. 



THE following entries for the Eastern Field Trials have 

 beeu received. The list, includes ouly those received up 

 to Monday night. We shall undoubtedly be able to publish 

 the remainder next week. 



MKMHF.Ils' st.mci:. 

 1. I'.rssiK. .1. OKo Doiiner. New York.— Orange and white 

 KtcJi-h srite, bitch, :■>';; years (Kninter 1 1. -Mallard's belle). 



3. HrcK.M.i.r.w. W, A. Coster, Kknbush, N Y.— (Iran™ 

 and white t:n-liihscil"i do". ■• years (Druid 



a Ri 



Itif'-K. Oenr-e t. Leach, 

 :- Counl BoBoo-My 



PEG. Hi. N. Ko 



york. — Red Irish setter 

 I. -Blue lirlton English 



English s 



r-Dart) 



r. N. Rowe, Chicago, III.— Black, 



■ 



,i I in-. man.- -Liver and white 



■■I. Roy-Jessie). 



1. Piim.i-x. Ivlwat',1 n. ll.ir.lv. ll'i-tou. Mi--, i'.iack and 

 white English setter dog, ;• . rears (Dash 1 1 1. -Hardy's Diana). 



2. Hi:ssit:. J. Qtto Doxuier, NewYorfc— Orange aud whita 

 English setter bitch, ■■■ ■ years [Ranger n.-Mallartt'a Belle). 



Lemon and white pointei bitch, LI months iBensation^ Son- 

 White's Grace). 



I. Maipv Dr. 8, Fleet Spier. Brooklyn. N. Y.— Black and 



whit.- Knglish -etM' bitch. :. •, .-ar- ,'|)i-k-Clio). 



.',. 1'itiMK li.\t.. Dr. S. Fleet Spi-r. Brooklyn, N. Y.— 

 Orange and white. Engiisb setter dog; 3 years (St. EUniQ- 

 Maida). 



6. Dt.v.VA II. f'harles Heath. Newark. N. ,1. - -lilaek and 

 whit- lai^li.-h -••„„,. i, it,. |,. ;; years (Dash 1 11.-Di.inai. 



i. BBftCit, (,'e„. T. Leach". New York.-Hed Irish setter 

 bitch, 3 var- (Counl Bosoc-Mr Duchess). 



Col it-.-. Geo T, Leach, New York. -Red Irish setter 

 i'H'-ti. •'' v.'.-ii'.- ('until r.i..-"o-Mv Duchess). 



B. Dor B. Hob.-rl Hetty, Ne'w York. -Lemon and white 

 English setter tloi; (Jersey Duke Topsvi. 



in. Bivkai.i.kw. W. A. ('(,-( ••!•. Flnibu-h. M. Y. -Orange and 

 white English setter ,!„.-. ." y.-ai-s iDriiid-Heller's Ruby). 



II. Bravo, (ieo. N. Appold, Baltimore, Md.— Lemon and 

 white pointerdog, '.' ! .. years Sragg Eate). 



on, Mass.— Hlack and white 

 -h lll.-l.'ininle.-s II.) 

 ostcw, Mass.- Hlack, white 

 sars (Linei.dn-Daisy Dean). 

 Aten. Brooklyn. N. V. - 



,0 r^ 



|5, Fi.i no 111. Adoliih Nelson, Brooklyn. N. Y.— Red Irish 

 setter dog, 4 years (Elcho-Rose). 



K',. Gladsojik. J. ^\^ Foster, Leesburg, Va.— Blue belton 

 English setter doe; 1!) months tOlailstonc-Leila). 



1 i . Monarch. H. E. Hamilton, New York.— Liver and white 

 iieked pointer dog, 4 years, (Banger-Queen), 



18, S'kxsation, Jit.'.J. Otto Donner, New York.— Lemon and 

 while pointer dog, -':.' months (Sensation-Daisy), 



1!l Lorxa. Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Cllaremont, N. II.— Bed Irish 

 setter bitch, 4% years (Elcho-Roso). 



GUN-SHY DOGS. 



Al >Y [OB upon a delicate subject like this comes with better 

 grace from those who have seen some experience, and 

 have also made a study of the. varying dispositions of dogs. 

 In any pack of hounds this variety may be observed in all its 

 numerous shades. Every huntsman worth his salt knows the 

 temper of every hound in a pack of sixty couples, just as every 

 good shepherd knows the habits of every ewe in his now very 

 valuable breeding flock. The habits aud dispositions of all 

 our domestic animals are as surely hereditary as are their 

 constitutions aud symmetrical proportions. 



Some hounds will resent the whip, or the threat of it, and 

 will fight i! out with the. whipper-in, even to the Last extrem- 

 ity; others will fly for their lives, construing (he punishment 

 into an undeserved and cruel outrage, and taking the nutter 

 to heart so seriously as to carry a i!r.>o,.ii« stern throughout 

 all the .lav. and ,„„,il,h longer, Do wo" not constantly see 

 these conntetparls in mankind? One f«"U mortally offended 

 and injured .at a hint, an allusion, a tfouWfl etitendre; vrhilo 

 another, with a skin like a rhinoceros, will then and there 

 forgive everything if the ill-heed conversationalist will bul 



Pointers are just as variable in temperament, and in their 

 degree of boldness (or the want of it), as foxhounds or other 

 highly-bred animals. A gun-shy pointer is constitutionally 

 nervous. He was born so. Probably the whole litter wore 

 more or less so. but they will vary much. Knowing one of 

 the parents to be rather nervous, the breeder should coax or 

 call all tho puppies out of the kennel, and than cause alarm 

 by si imping rite foot, shouting, or firing a gun. Those pup- 

 pies that scamper back to kennel with the greatest stampede 

 of alarm will make the mo?t nervous dogs in the field; while 

 those that run last or least, or stop soonest, gazing cross-eyed 

 with an inquisitive, penetrating stare, will make the boldest 

 and best do,-s of that particular litter. 



Nervousness iu a jwiuter is not an unmixed evil. It leads to 

 caution and carefulness, and many other good things. Ho 

 always drops shot. He scorns to run a hare. He never puts 

 birds tip, except, perhaps, when quite unavoidable by reason of 

 a do wn-wiud approach. Evon then, though ho is not in fault, 

 his sense of shame is as plainly shown and keenly felt as that of 

 a gentleman who spills a glass of claret on the ball dress Of a 

 duchess. The bold and daring dog is inclined to rush into all 

 the above excesses of exuberance from which the timid dog 

 is free, and the principal part of tho education of the resolute 

 dog is the adoption toward him of a stem, determined, re- 

 straining manner, which must he black enough to check the 



triever.so it is as well that he etui help mo in caieha wounded 

 haro, ay, old fellow?" Tho dog is quite beyond the control of 

 such a man. of whom there are many. He is too fast for par- 

 tridge shooting, but could lie managed with Hie help at the 

 hard work of the moors. 

 Having shown the difference in the manners of pointers. I am 

 position to treat with the management of theguu- 



dME 





He is not the dog to do wrong, but you must not chide him 

 if he does, i should love to see. him rush into the house with 

 dirty feet, and dash out with a leg of mutton in his mouth. 

 That is the form of the bold dog. When i he t imid dog does 

 it. pull out. your l!!..-lb. twelve-bore. He won't wink his eve 

 wb-n you fire. The bold dog.il underfed, would boeomea 

 dayBght thief. I have, known one to charge throu ;h ., first- 

 floor ■window with ms booty, and no :■• l-n-f with a Crash 



on landing in a cucumber frame. The nervous dog wonhl die 



Of starvation rather than take a mutton chop from the hand 



• .v-mannered blusterer or the ungracious rowdy. 



He'll never sniff round the house for swag. He behaves more 



like the over-polite bore who, standing like a soldier to salute, 

 persistently repeats uncalled-for apologies for his presence. 



Make tho gun-shy dog your every-day companion. Let him 

 .•iceomp.'iny you in walking, filling ami driving. He will soon 

 get into the dog-cart himself when you are going for a drive. 

 Let the children play with him. lie could not be provoked to 

 harm them. Have nim indoors, that is the place to teach a 

 dog • obedience and manners, and give him nerve. Of course 

 he must learn the sport in the field, but when he has nerve, 

 on, he is educated. His field 

 led habit — aided by a. highly 

 ii-cs no breaking. If at first 

 loars shy, do not notice him. 

 aching under the sideboard 

 next room awhile, if he is very full of fear. Your kind- 

 7ill bring him courage, and the day will come when you 

 ^ill exult to see. him put his feet on vour shoulders. When 

 '. the bold dog must run after 

 , should ride partol the way. 

 ouldor your gun to take tlic 

 i v,:iy from the man who is 



md understands 



sensitive organization, 

 introduction to the lions 



the shooting 



the dog-cart, but the ncri 

 I'sc. no collar and chain a: 

 field. Do you think he \ 

 all the world to liim! Nc 



i to 



sta\ 



yet join 

 alone, uihiil, i 

 You would thus 1 

 range; do not not 

 his fear, as it won 

 was frightened > 

 toward him. he n 

 *im," but leave i 

 direction as Willi 



half 



i, but his object io 



life that could not so 

 you as firmly as by an 

 ;n you shoot, and may 

 leaves you 1 shall not 

 e-,,ot now think bim- 

 nin.-t him." When he 

 lere was no motive in 

 til, and though he will 

 tcli at your lieel. Go 



blood. 



inghin 



not ask him to 

 i-ii- l--.i 1 1 >i< nt. intensifies 

 had cut his linger and 

 at throw a dead bird 

 saving tof a brick at 

 nd and walk in such 

 [nstinct now asserts her 

 . . his natural game, and 

 his rejoicing is 'unbounded. Before the day is out lie will 

 back the other dog and take an interest in (befall of the birds. 

 urn m range, be will slide off stealthily himself. 

 Your work is done; your victory complete. You now havo 

 one of the best pointers in England.— Farmer. Extensive m 

 N/oc/. taeper, 



MEMORY IN DOCS. 



IN an article upon this subject in tho KrniiH Onzfllr. "Per- 

 plexity" writes as follows: 



••Manv years ago I bad two bull borriors relegatedto my care 

 by a friend, and, as I had lliciu for six months constantly with I 

 me. and used them to huut for all sorts of irermin, 1 hadevory 

 opportunity to judge of their qualities. They were boiii bred 

 from lighting slock, one (he . T ou of a buttle winner of note, 

 bin th'-v were very good-temper, ■■!. the best of the two, as i. 

 turned out in a subsequent tight between them, being -• -a ■: II - 

 so. as he. would let other and smaller dogs ■, : ,kc liberties with 

 him. The most marked deficiency that I perceived in them 

 both, however, Was wautof memory, aud the ease with which 

 they could lose themselves. One walked to the post with on. 



I returned after file evening had closed ill. when it was get- 

 ting soiuowliat dark. An hour or two after I had been home 

 I missed the dog, and the thought struck me that he had never 

 come back, although 1 recollected that I had seen him half a 

 mile from my house, and that he crossed the road, in company •* 

 with a terrier, to a corn stack, through a gateway. Accord- . 

 iugiv 1 walked to this point, and there I found him shivering 

 in the cold. He had not had tho sense to find his way home. 

 I had several opportunities of the same sort to convince me 

 that both this dog and his companion had such short memo- 

 ries as to be totally incapable of finding their way over the 

 shortest distances, t have remarked something similar to 

 this in greyhounds, and 1 have certainly seen more stray grey- 1 

 hounds aliout. temporarily lost, by their owners, than almost ' 

 any dog I can call to mind. Retrievers, though notable for 



spaniels-^althougii so foil of intelligence, are not, according to 

 my experience, the best judges of distances and places, so as I 

 to make them remarkable for an eve to count rv. 



"I am inclined to believe that the breeds more capable than 

 others to find their way from point to point are those that aro I 

 the most remarkable in hunting a foot seem, and I place two 1 

 breeds infinitely before all others for that particular qualify, 

 namely, foxhounds ami fox-terriers. Collies have very re- 1 

 tentive memories and extraordinary sen-e. but they would ' 

 not take a line of country with so much certainty or quick- 

 ness as a foxhound. It may be called a quality to exceed 1 

 memory and to be something akin to the powers possessed by 

 the carrier pigeon, but it is a remarkable development in a 

 foxhound to find his way to his kenuel from immense dis- ' 

 tances. The well-known fact of hounds purchased at Tatter- I 

 sail's and sent by water to Scotland finding their way to the i 

 south again in an extraordinary short space of time can' hardly 

 be. accounted for, as it was somof.hing beyond memory, but • ' 

 those who have been accustomed to hounds will always assert ■ 

 that it is next to impossible to lose them in any country over 

 which they have ever traveled before. I can bear in mind a 

 pack of foxhounds being sold, and thev came by road a three 

 da3 - s' journey, at twenty-five miles a da3'. About a fortnight 

 after they had arrived at their new bomea bitch slipped away 

 while at exercise iu the afternoon, and a letter received from 

 the late owner showed that she had reached her old kennel i 

 during the same night, as she was at the gate at six the next 1 

 morning. This showed memory, as, considering the time in 

 which she covered the soventv-Uve miles, she could not have 

 hesitated at all in finding hor way over tho road she had 

 traveled a fortnight before. 



" Fox-torricrs— and I havo noticed it more among wire- I 

 haired ones— are extraordinary in their capacity to find their . 

 war over long distances, and 1 believe it would' be impossible 1 

 to lose one over any road if had traveled before. There are 



signs, however, thai t] 18 ,i- much method about them as 



memory, and some of (heir pcrioi malices in journeys from fl 



place to pi; are e\'i raordinarv. I know ol one case whoro 



a fox-terrier was tied up so that she should not follow her 

 master and mistress, as rhov were leaving home for a few 1 

 days. They left in a ear, iagc u it U a pair of horses and first, I 

 of "all drove 10 miles fcO a farm of theirs, where the horses. I 

 were fed, and after a Btay of an hour the next proceeding was- 1 

 to call on a friend living aliout three miles from the farm, and 

 then they drove IS miles to the house they were visiting. 

 Four hours all er they had left the bitch got loose, and was 



through the rooms.'" ran hito the Btable, and then went straight 



away to the house of tho fi md, te went through^ 



• ,i bunting beta ig on the road for the 



lng her friend-. .Now. I ,. i.-uc.-iiu-ul of Ibis perfoim- ' 



ance was possibly prompted by memory, as sha had more 

 than once followed the carriage to the farm, but her course ' 

 or the. IS mdes must 



■ had never ' 



imtr-i 



ad i 



el hi 



iting properties, 8 



fox-terrier bitch -was. one that had been 

 brought from a long distance to a country house, and shortly 1 

 after she arrived she had puppies. She was with these whelps 

 for about six weeks, and then she was given away to a person 



