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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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MR. JOS. H. DEW'S BLACK. WHITE AND TAN ENGLISH SETTER DOG •'AMERICAN DAN." 

 Divided Third Pri/.e in N. A. K. C. All-Aged Stake. 188a. 



•• Short hose was again successful iu 

 ', a son of the champion winner; and 

 *]. RovaH.v is a taking dog of the 

 ili plenty of bone and a good coat 

 great character and style, and has 



V '::V'l|i:; act lh< ' fc&Sl . ':.'■ ! 



toad: Mr. Pearson's Rock 

 le coarse; Bounce has good depth of 

 lot, otherwise we. thought him plain; 

 nd was in fair eoa< ; Tain is a bit long 

 have a bettor head: Jock sshould be 

 ,r marked Kakeisa fairib g. but Rap, 

 lead; Eatteraiokisgoodin 



hi bitches, nolhi 

 Dwa Mash II.. 

 body, Topsey it 



beautiful feai 



thought, him i 

 and is decide 

 and has a d 

 marked and 



Symbol i 



ElackandtanorGordi n w .re- a good lot. The well-known 

 Fan II. parried off the champien prize from Sibyl, Grouse and 

 i: and in the Open Dogs. Manpiis lor the MM time 

 :.r Birmingham. He is all through weU made, but we 

 should lik- turn better, with a little more markings; Dan II.. 

 second prize, was to splendid coat, with Fair tan, but a plain 

 head; 8am isaflne big dog, with heavy hone; (.'hilled Shot 

 .should be better marked: Bruce VL is too light in eye: Roy 

 wants quality and more marking: Lord Harry is too curly, 

 but Rhoderick Dhu is a flue dog out nf condition. Hitches 

 also came out strongly. First, Floss, rather light in tan: 



Bloom, a good hitch out of condition. 



In Irish Ch. impious. Gairyowen won from Kate and Count, 

 but it was a close thing with the bitch, who is very firat- 

 ;..-. Boh, first in Non-champion Dogs, is good to head, 

 htadquftrtei and feather, but struck us iis being a trine 

 ! — is well made, and 

 io light, and he is 



sp- 



it W( 



clsoth 



a laif.ei 



bl 



,vho always In. Ids her 

 sort, a trill, short iu 

 irly iu coat. Salus 11. 

 leverly Bee was out of 

 .p and Alonzo to field 

 h grand, but. we lean 

 mi the fo 



old fashioned 



style. LiMle Bob 11.. nearly a black, is well made, hm fails 

 iutiead. .lingo is small, anil has a plain head. In bitches, the 

 winner. Lass of Devon, a liver and tan, is long in body and 

 close to the ground, with a nice head. Floss, the. same color. 

 is vice typical Busy, a black and tan, has a good coat, but 

 Fanciful, a black, tSU) and white, is pretty ill color, but poor 

 in quality, lei: • above class Gwbidys. a black and tan wit h 

 a mce coat and good tan, but rather leggy, took Messrs. 

 Willette'cupfortfi best black, white and tan or black and 

 tan spaniel in the show. 

 Following are the awards! 



iF POINTEKB.— XJewellin prize, .1. Fletcher (Young Pouto. 



tidJoi 



t'riw 



rai,liic 



AN ARKANSAS "POSSUM HUNT. 



BKI.M I out of the city some time ago, I found that a uum- 

 iier oi enterprising colored individuals had made prepar- 

 ations for a 'ei hunt. I am fond of thai sport and offered 



my services, which they condescended to accept, and ap- 

 pointed a meeting place. I was promptly on hand and found 

 live or six stout negroes, with axes and "torches and a pack 

 ■ like of which was never seen but among 'coon 

 iug composed of hounds, mongrels and '■curs of 

 low degree," mostly very low. We started up the creek bot- 

 tom into the paw-paw a'utl persimmon thickets, and soon the ' 

 dogs opened. Away we went with a yell, oyer logs, through 

 mud, water, briars and thorns, to the point where a general 

 yelping proclaimed that t he dogs had treed. Arriving there, 

 we quickly found that our game was a 'possum. It was a 

 matter of"but few moments to take him in, and we were 



eaderof the hunt, an old, gri/zl. 

 mils, and drove one into each of 

 -vhicli we got t one 'coon, iu as 

 >oints of the compass as lie con It 

 gnorance, he informed me that ' 

 .allies, seared away the game, 1 

 lid various other damage, but oi 

 lave to take time to draw all th 

 could go any furt 



Viic. li. 







unpioa Prude II ... 





An excellent/class. ' 



P.,,,, 



and J. P. Pat'iison 





5K8. Ehqush Ciiamci..-.': Prist 

 '.). Open- Dogs: 1st, .t Shorthi 

 Rock). Vhe. A. E. Batchelor (Jc 



omit Waklet'see. late (.'mint.. A. 

 i i-\ :-.■::.■-. .1. llo.-l;.. lie. •['. I; 

 eJock-II.l.T. IV So:- 



nd Rap), 11. P. (iron 





rihose iclKiiiipieii 

 iltyi: -M. .1. Fiem. 



'(champion Koyld 



atieraicki. 'anil a! 

 rouseof Diilgonii, 



J.c.-iv 

 the chase" 



'liliar 



the dogs 



he chase took over the adjoin 

 deep ravine. \\ .■ follow,.-,! hard, nr: 

 and then the other, and at last cam 

 soon brought it down, the dogs rusl 

 and. I believe. I whooped as livelv 

 was lively around the top of the tre 

 puppy would come out crying ai 

 order came out of the chaos, and .v 

 ill the brush. It was an old den. an 

 we chased the other in. When wes 

 which side of the ravine we came in 

 We were completely lost, and concl 



piece of superstition. The 

 ' negro, had a pocket full of 

 the sides of the tree out of 

 learly the direction of the 



guess. Taking pity ou my 

 i- itches followed all hunting 

 lewildered the hunters and 



coming to the tree would 

 se nails out with their teeth 

 i.r. This was news to me, 



i made another start, and 



e creek -.vera I limes, and 



I'll 



ell'li 





Oder 



Roden, second r 



inclined to be 

 Sir Shot has 

 Mi untaine i 



■ 





:. Every now and then a 

 id scratched, but at last 

 ■ found two dead 'coons 

 i one was iu there when 

 Carted out, no one knew 

 -m. and uo one cared, 

 lded to hunt until day 



an(Trabbitsaua.'poiecatsaimost"witi',oui Tii'miber.' f do not 

 think anything but an Arkansas mongrel will catch a polecat, 

 but they eujoy it. Daylight enabled us to get out, very tired, 

 but all ready to go ou some other occasion. SPORTSMAN. 



in— Doj 

 '-.".'i'.-ri. 



Pa'lmei 



yell made 



Kubv.ru 

 at. v 



jod 



Hal' 





feather, but not dark enough iu color. Rose II. has a typical 

 head, .-.•id is a rich color, but awfully out oi eondition. 



SPAN!!'...--. 



Irish water spaniels headed the list: Mickey Free, in good 

 cat. held the tirst position m do.s; young Patsey, second 

 prize, has also a good jacket, hul isplainertohcad; I.averickis 

 I,.,::.. ndition. Young Hilda. 



•oi'iit.dmoi, Lady i,i -hap. a head: Molly Brall- 

 ■: : i — If ,-i t all Of the two water spsnieis other 

 Ihan Irish, Swimmer was m the bt -' boat, end won. 

 Clumber c |o:.. were v. ,1! r ... :• well ki, ...... 



John o • ..id \ ork, equally well know n. second: 



Tower is a very fair dog, with a good coat; Placid Roveris 

 jeugllty, and has a go.- 



■ . iter ill head. 



id color are right. Quto :h. 



and has a bloodhound eye; Rover III. quality 



in head, tail h.- wis out of condition. In bitches, a second 

 prize ■ [i rrythought, with a fair coat, but rather 



v anting in aliara'eter; Zulu, that very typical black, was nrst 

 we liai. often looked through this dog and cannot Bnd a I. -mil 



m hto Solus, second prize, is rather high on 



il son.: 



Kaffir is heavier hi head, but is cerj true to spaniel character. 



1T..M. HiLUardl 

 I WATKR SPA Nil 

 I'rco: Sd. R. B. an 

 I Canty tbaveriek. In 

 (i. ri. Hockey lY.n 

 iMMIv I'.ralli.glia!: . 



■in fWee Kate . vh,-...i. 

 by Junior), J. J. Giltiap 

 iseD He, S. D. Hine 

 H. Gooke (Judvl. and R. 

 3i, T). Sullivan (Rose 11.'. 

 \ splendid class. 

 -T. K. BMdmore (Mickey 

 Vile and lie. A. 

 " lie, 



.: 1 'lit: 



R. Bi i 



id T. ! 



i.-l-i.: 



ir.-y 



>. H. II. Holmes 



,.. Vl.e. |[. I!. 



'. !\. Siil-Jlu 1 



1st. Iv K Allen 



Vhc, J. C. PhJutps (Pembroke) and jTa Gamon CJounsejlorl He, 



C. E. Hoiford.l.'.ttle Bob II. i mid «. 1\'. Carter i.Iinge CO. WeUmgs 

 i : ■!■!,. .; 1st, r. Jacobs (Lass of Devon): 8d, H. B. 

 s,.ia...i: li-. Vhe. .1. i.. (.i.Hiie.i.FancirBliandJ. Fret 

 ondGwladysJ. Hc.C.E lh.li, ad (NellyBly), J.G. Bomon (Oosie), 



I. l;..,l. ■:/...--. io..l . I. c Phillips rolllB). c, f. i:. llolford(Leda). 

 A very good class. 



SIRERIAN BLOODHOUNDS.— Can any of our readers 

 five us am information regarding the dogs of this breed that 

 were owned bj bftelate Francis Butler of New York? 



THE ESSEX COUNTY (N. J.). HOUNDS had a tine run 

 and a feast on Christmas by way of celebrating the day. It 

 was an impromptu affair, gotten up iu response to a special 

 ' appeal from the kennels. It seems there has been r- 



fox hunting lor 

 hounds feeling ap 

 pointed a commit 

 Sprightly, hcadei 



pack were called out at 

 the fox was soon fouud 

 for over .-,..1 hour the fo: 

 old Reynard took to v 

 thus t In-owing off the ei 

 uncomfortable position 

 when the ho 



as Phi 



od nigh 



id e\ 



ount of frost, and the 

 he season closing so enrly. up- 

 ng of Loud, Lovely, Lead and 



veteran Towler, to wait on their 

 The jovial huntsman could not 



it is hard on horses to follow 

 :o early in the afternoon the horn 

 is alert for the chase. The whole 

 en to cover, where the scent 01 

 ivler led the pack in full art , and 



them a merry chase. 1-malh 



near a convenient swamp; and 



v last the 



ed his fox-hip to his litei; again. 

 ant, full breast high. .Every tail 

 inse close to earth, with the air 

 . voices as tin ■ pact sprang for- 

 fow the fox is doomed: and it 



earth iu a meadow close by, 

 ■kl\ finished, and as the hunts- 

 une in sight, every hound was 



The kill was near llrookdale, 



ST. BERNARD IMPORTATION.- -Mr. R. I! Hamilton, of 



New York, has 



of Tw- 



imported from tho Keimel of Dr. 

 rd, Berks, Eug., the smooth-coated 

 ■1 dog Tel-el-KVhir. He is'lixe month, old ami 

 pounds, li. I 'lot -I- a brindled lawn with black 



has double dew clac. Mr 11. \\. Will's li. •ru.it 



..in ..i Mr Hail'- Pore, II ■ i- . -..I-, promising- puPPS il " li 

 his owner may well be proud ot him 



