Nov. 9. 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



293 



FLORIDA DOC TRANSPORTATION. 

 Kiiiiur Forext ami Slmofti: 



J;i"k Frost will aoon change the taae ot rTatnra i 



North and West, and many gportsinen vfill hie to Plorii 



IV'ifh t-jini-i -men i i i . • trauabortatioxl add ■ ire of <loi 



buporbam considerations, aud 1 resolved open arrangi 



the canines. I communicated with the manager- 01 -n 



4dd in compliance with mv suggestion- they 



, jolrients re-anling -porting do; 



1 am authorized tn state that ''sportsmen'.- di 



patiie.d by owners, will l>e transported from t'harlostoii. 



i.r Savannah. I'.a.. to Jacksonville. Fla.. -'at one-fourth 



; and if 

 beaui ■■ . 

 length. 



enter : 

 may ali 

 linen ar 

 from a i 

 Ihav 



ee of i 



Ml bo cared for I 

 n. lienors and ba 

 on. accepting ai 

 r any sen tee re 

 !: tl'.e manager 

 way to transport "sporting dogs" froi 

 point cm the Unes of the company f 

 timi tea- permit to be mad.' to I lapj ! 

 pauy, in Astor Building, in this citv. 

 In compliance with my request the 

 S Mobile R 

 pation Co .Mi. Ames, gem ra 

 -I,.,, i -in.-n who contemplate vi-inn 



free of charge. 



I an. instructed b 

 Transit & Tropical 

 roads, to state tha 

 sportsmen, 



I interviewed the passenger agent of the Do Bary 1: 



lilway will, upc 



iville to any 



;<-. Applioa- 

 llicoof coro- 

 lla 



ippli- 



u. anil pa -hi ngi:r agent, bv 

 inplate visiting Middle Florida during 

 i ison, have their dogs transported 



Ir. Maxwell, the. superintendent of the 

 d the Jacksonville & Fernandina rail- 

 ds mads will extend like privileges to 



Steamers plying 

 in' in state tha 

 charge on the b 

 privilege will b 

 The other da ' 

 that the dredi 

 reach Lake Ocl 



(lie head Of the 

 wide, and will 

 on Lake Tohop 

 of the South Kl 

 ooinpanv wniili 

 from Sa 

 The oi 



i Hi- St. Johns Kit 



idp; 



1 1 Id be tn 



id he 



Uthi 



rv. of Fort Mayers, informed me 

 lecliobee Dramnge Company will 

 Nov. 1. The cut from the lake to 

 hec Raver will bo twenty-two feet 



ford toKissit 

 ipletion of the 

 Cdnal from Oehecliobec 

 one of the most iutcre 

 Tit- climate is all the. m 

 shooting and !iu:.; iug ai 



sh boat naviiratir 



gee. to the Giilf of Mexi. 



Kailwnv authorized mi 



i.-pnrt boats lint woighii 





city, 



The manager 



i state that, his 



ivoroOO pounds 



pounds. 



city, and the 



D Kiss: 

 the Calloosahatohec R 

 ig boat trips in the United States. 

 , exacting can usk, and tfhs Ashing, 

 v i Ah Fhesco. 



USSR 



rpHKmasrirf is I 

 L extant, and for ee 

 pedal guardian of his. in 

 i I animal has been si 

 bountryand abroad, jn | 

 as a companion, and 'it i 

 (hiil him the trusted ci 

 ''fairest ami bright. -si i 

 playmate and idolized pi 



Mr. Hugl, Dah 

 era 1 appears nee the masl 

 is shown in his inimem 

 fi'ame, while the majest; 

 the Tuagna.uimous e.xpre: 

 soioiisuess of power govi 



THE MASTIFF. 



by i 



i means ■ 



breeds of dogs 

 ded as the ea- 

 iate years this 

 y, both in this 

 vateh dog and 

 rare oucutni 



upaniou and faithful fries 1 of the 

 ihe. land." as well as the beloved 

 of childhood's happy days, 

 ritisb Dogs." says of hirn: "In gen- 

 ii is noble mid dignified; his. strength 

 bone, large, square and well-knit 

 of his carriage, his noble head, and 

 nee bespeak- cou- 



Vero Shaw: 



ture." 

 deseri 



"Th 

 severs 

 be louni 

 not all, 

 ere Of ma 



::>,.. i . ir 

 to consider th' 

 He is no longe 

 and the lion." 

 as to the last- 

 drffdge of the 

 the shambles. 



r.lslitfs. 



in of his conn 

 ed by a noble 

 the illustrated 



s follow-: 



ailed description a 



• with the opinion 

 mi. in :n breeders, 



'Book of the Dog," 



id \aluatiein of the 

 Oi thJB breed will 

 nl the majority, if 



exhibitors and owu- 



and Symmetry. — Iu this we have 

 i of the mastiff in the present day. 

 5pt to hait "the bull, the bear, 

 uiewhat doubtful iu its accuracy 

 i) informs us he was; uor the mere 

 ep his wild and doomed cattle in 

 id light for him when required; nor even the 



mere chained slave— the ban-dog of the country house — who: 



bay, llOW 



must h.'u 

 night after night. 

 tencd to the eehue 

 moon, or hoarsely 

 approached with j 

 Now, although 

 ban-dog sort, who 



e to those" who approached near home., 

 nl sameness in it to the poor brute who, 

 th by month, and year after year, lis- 

 his own dismal howl as he bayed the 

 ted warning and defiance to all who 



ud to spa 



ailed l 



r porti. 



istills. 



of the 



oil 



mav no doubt i?\ claim to possession 



fiff blood, they are impure, and suiter so from the cruelty of 

 close confinement that they lose even the characteristics of 

 the. breed, which a kinder and more judicious treatment 

 would develop, both in physical proportion and dignity of 

 manner, and which are essential features of a mastiff of the 

 present day. 



The mastiff always has been the special guard of man's per- 

 son and property, and tha qualities demanded to fill that po- 

 sition of trust are: si/:e. to impress with fear; the symmetry 

 of well proportioned [.arts evidencing a combination of 

 Strength and activity; a disposition watchful and keen, but; 

 confident in its own' strength: dignified and calm, save the 

 warning bark, which fills every echo within its reach with its 

 full tones, so unlike the. yolping of the noisy cur. 



As he is now also more used as a companion and personal 



guard tha 

 becomes o 



ih .miilm. 

 have size ! 



," tn 



i his history, his genera] appe 



superior feeding, g. 

 Bum now adds gtf 

 him the useful gi 



The head is. in tin 

 dogs, a most prominc 

 i~ at on— condemned 

 proporiion totheimi 



present th 



modern breeders hav 



taunt and woli-likc t 

 cad should be broati 

 flat, and not abrupt; 

 muzzle should he a : 

 rather than ri en: flu 

 as in the bloodhountl 

 and strong, ought to 



l, clean and bright coat, while the 

 . 6 , and general care bestowed upon 

 illy to ins beauty, and all combined make 

 lament he is. 



. even more than in most other 

 nv; and a dog with a bad head 

 head is de.ei.ledl> large, even in 

 iroase. although it. does not now 

 the body to be seen in old prints, 

 dog in body from a 

 ire-bllflt. massive animal. The. 

 ,.i: the brow should be 



i length, cut off square, broad 

 ould'be lull, but not so lianging 



lade bv the I'.eN 



■ 

 . 



-hocked andun 

 .vinced good m; 

 .and he was dc 

 awarding of prizes to di 

 have proved the sound 

 The eye should be 

 brown or hazel. A 'li- 

 the haw ia shown, it on 



The ears should bo small, smooth, thin and pendent 

 black, as the mask should also be, it adds to the dog's 



Tin- neck should be strong, inii«cul:ii , and of fair 

 and having Bo dewlap ■ D the throat 



The Cheat, Baoh and Loin.- Tueohegt abotdd be d' 



nviderati-lv wide, bill not so in.ieli so in proportioi 

 congener the bulldog, or it is apt to throw the elbt 

 Tlic back sh..niii be very strong, broad, end with 



II- ■ s:d. .1. the -pi: 



)st and loins should measure well, the. latter not, Quite a 

 rd UiS9 than the fornier. and about equal to the dog's I- i hi 



trodnction of pursuits which train the mind to chances pi 



dan.:.]- and aeenstom persons to face some risk without 



is analann in'st-a.'l of doing so'inefliine. to help themselve, and 

 ..th-r- an ..oilllli uioil-h tO 



; to be a paru to tin- 

 ned. Subsequent events 



,; it ia generallj ., ligb! 

 . ia objectionable, and if 

 on Of Vdoodbound oross. 



rearing th'isbr 

 it ia il-ir.l 

 and a groat e> 

 With more or ''. 

 gives a thin, a. 

 ters. Some ju 

 tiff Club inch 



th383 are. h IW 



" The Oontoui 



black. 



pleasin 



warn'-'" : ^i 

 jkei'i iis Uie'liii 



nsightly appendages, which should 



nized colors are brinile and lawn 

 hold- the highest place in popula 



shoulder, haek. and 

 iii.- I .d should be 



t'iiirlh, lromasketc 

 His measurements v 

 Mr. Stuart Taylor. 



?t aloug the 

 longer, 

 the root, and 



ETHICS OF FOX HUNTING. 



(!■',. an the N.-v- York Herald.] 



I AM tempted to trespass upon your suace in the interest of 

 fox hunting in the hope that I maybe able to put the mat- 



hero i ? a drag 

 the drag, witi 

 fox hunting to 



Inn!!'!... ::■■ a n 



a skunk by th: 



with neither r 



If it is main' 



ied at these Newport hunt-. 

 civ condemn-, (it to the ffiffiil 

 inOrtfeig r^a- Ml.- Til- hunt 

 turned down at the end of 

 that it gives a color of real 

 i the enio'ity of it— the fox 

 [hen Blatantly killed by the 

 ior, a weasol, a hedgehog or 

 rabbit ley the fox himself, 



•n-ln 



ii this 



that no animal should be killed 

 :,re we must frown equally ti] 

 shootuig and hMung unless the game is absolutely de.-in d tor 

 food, whieli is not even pi-.-t.-irieil bv Cue great iiiaioritvof 

 those who shoot or fish for amusement. To those who deuy- 

 the right of man to kill any animal lor his pleasure no ar-ii- 

 nii-ni. e.-.u be used to justify one klud of hunting, shooling or 

 lislimg rather than another; liut if if is granted that such 

 killing is permissible at all there is no sport in which, as Mr. 

 k'ing vary well put it, so few animals are killed in proportion 

 to the number of spoil smeu. In .-hooting, scores of birds fall 



nting in its regular legitimate form I 

 114I to the fox in any way outside ot" the 

 hieh ho was created. The fox is essen- 



Takii 



liallv .-.. 



which h 



and chickens, au 

 make him pecu 

 His speed, his ex 

 reason make. Iiin 

 means of huntiu; 



i : euiiuing, and ingenuity almost akin to 

 •lose a match for all the sportsmanlike 

 i that the contest is a fair and exciting 



I belie 

 vhileb. 



ra that the 

 n- hunted i- 



Mstin-t-ol' hi 



if the 



ntirel 



lo.v bei 

 :::'",:''■; « 



'B 



ntal tei 



He 



jf his life, 

 hieh he defends by wiles and ingenuity, and finally bv light- 

 ing if he is cornered, aud is probably no more unhappy or 

 alarmed than is any wild animal constantly on the alert for 

 surrounding dangers. Pursuingor being pursued are tho natu- 

 ral conditions of his existeace. A young fox that has not had 

 the experience of being hunted is often no doubt much bewil- 

 dered and falls an easy proy to his pursuers, and that is the 

 case with the young foxes used as a finish to a ding hunt; bnt 

 au old fox that has been bunted several times is l.v no mean- 

 in a state ot fear, but is as cool-headed an old customer a- it i- 

 posslblu to imagine All iox hunters know that a fox will some- 

 times run nenrlv all d.av. pas.-ing numbers of earths that are 

 well known to him, and" will take refuge only when ho has had 

 as much as he wants. An old fox runs just as fast as the 

 hounds press him aud no faste 

 throv ' 



iigth-m te 

 . he 



days a week, and kill 



rofuge when he please 

 about one out of tluei 

 ineetfi to be held late i 

 are stopped the night I 

 fox is deprived. 



a long acquaintance 

 thai the pains and ten 



. rests himself and plat 



regularly hunted, since to eiml.l. tee 



(he. da-l the earths or a given regiou 



■for-, and of thai, chance oJ M-fstj lie- 



vith fox hunting leads me to believe 

 of the fox ar« much exaggerated 



\ oi.,..., i-.vct.^js.v.-i uigu 



Mr, and thai tog ,i 

 a the suffering from 

 iu its wild condition. 



uolty to horses, which is one of the allegud ob- 

 uel man is i-r.iel everywhere; lie will drive a 

 or ,\ork him wln-u lie is l.une or use him for a 

 b he ia not lilted; but (here is no more crueHy 

 crosscountry than on 

 dent wilh the rider, 

 d be from - 



. .: hi I Ifl- 

 Od ere..- : 



■ I (or the purpose 

 ■:...■ his cbaucee of aei 



moi-e liable than be won 

 Uirn-lo.u. hi:, D 



.• than his 





than that which a used up !,..:•-, -,v- 



(op Of liim. As for fh- 



smootu, quiet life of the present time ii 



rider by rolling on 

 • participants, the 



• ■ ti- in- 



traJ 



nlr 



ideli 



across cot 



: ,i very stable 

 B -.; i:i ii ;e driver and probably old, 1 

 which, I confess, I do with some mi-gi 

 There is no sport which educates the 

 of oossibilit.ies so well as cross country i 

 decision are all essential, and in a tavi 

 rties for the citllival 



i h..- great advantage dt hunting over 



who wi 

 it, In. 

 must pi 



i.-h 



h riding 



ion into 



horses, 



a thing 



loot nothing of 

 • likes, stopa at 

 ud or leaves it 

 ecially to those 



■n which 

 ns there 

 i that of 



respect., and to those who have been striving 

 sibie to fostar outdoor sports if ismoal ansa 



opposition to them based upon what I calm 



misplaced sentimentality. The lives of ma 

 consideration to pay for the advai 



•all 



sol- 



I of 



i'ulgc in those little fright- - eousidereil lady- 



;:'... and ele.-aal. vadftu .:. r-i-n.^ Ui ? te for Outdoor sports 

 has had much to do with it. Ruddy cheek-, good appetites, 

 the ability to walk, ride and drive are not bad things in a 

 woman or a man. or a flimsy basis to build a successful fife 

 upon. 



In tills connection it may noi b.- out oi place lo niakcacoui- 

 rneiit upon the action of the societies lor the prevention of 

 cruell.v lo animals. No one can appreciate more highlv than 

 I do ihe value of the labors of those societies hi such matters 

 a- improving the methods of transportation of auiinals, in es- 

 tablishing watering troughs, and in educating the people to be 

 humane ; but t here is great danger of going beyond the proper 

 point and becoming arbitrary' and ■■;.; ,- - . . in -.■...-..- many 



to persuade people to be humane.' is one : huu : t o" invoke I he 

 aid of harsh laws in carrying oui what are sometimes fanatical 

 opinions is quite anotln-r. While we have l.-en slowlv im- 

 proving- in the direction of permitting liberty of action to in- 

 dividuals whore it does not interfere with the comfort of 



days of 

 punish .-: 



I'bas warded off i 



icted the 

 e physio- 

 l scieuce. 

 he medi- 



I Hi 



3 ISRS. 



TETANUS IN THE DOG. 



"\,\rHILE on a visit to Suffolk in August last. I was re- 

 VV quested to examine a favorite pointer dog. I he owner 

 of which thought he was paralyzed, and expressed a wish to 

 have him de>ir..y.-d if hfcrecoverj wash 



Eering, not from paralysis, but from 1.-...1.1-. He was lying 

 down on his right side,' the two front, and the right bight hind 

 legs being straight out and rigid as bars of iron. The muscles 

 of his neck were quite rigid, und his jaws were partially 

 locked, froth issuing from his mouth, and his eves fixed and 

 staiiug, pulse, taken'at the femoral artery, about 106 and vein . 

 ■ ■ upper l.iud leg was drawn close up to the belly, 

 and, on asking if be lad injured that leg in any way, I was 

 tola that he had bees very lame on ii. for Boveral clays,. ffind 

 was supposed to liaVo hurt it wiicu jumping- through an Iron 



I em 

 the pal 



ing'l .-. 



id f 



at the point of 

 il. and ihe dog 

 111 ot the sweli- 

 uealion. I told 



kept ui"i-:t with warm water, to which I added 

 some ppii tmet. ; and by inserting a small funnel \y 

 teeth, managed to give- him a do.-eeousistingoi'ol. lieini, 1 oz.; 

 tinct. aconite, .i minima;, the same quantity of aconite to be 

 given at noon and night. 



I e.ol-d lo -ee him : he Haiti 1:10: ning, and was surprised to 

 and him sitting up. a more natural expression about his 



was foreeil through hU .-till -lo.-.d jaw-. ! gave him uliet. 

 aconite four minims, and lei I m.-i 1 u-i.i-.i- .0- the dose tube 

 repeated three, times daily, and the i'omsntaiiioTUj !•■ the stifle 



'- . •■:. '-..:, io I -: ■ ■ ■; i ■ \ -l-.- . .-.I -olihllgmcnt 



I air. ealled. the (log was evjd "ih inn. ii 



belter; he c .u-. I u .-■:.:-:-.-. ■-. th tho uxcoptii f his injifreii 



on-, -oui. 1 lap a little milk, the jaws noi being so iiunly 



: Ibe itiubc.1 - nf hi ■ ill rigid. As the 



Ear, I resolved to continue 



