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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[September 15', I881 



it i R LONDON LETTER. 



Settlor Forest and Slrwm : 

 Smee writing my last letter to you Darlington Dog SutSw, the 



chili f of ova- norl hern i :-. t ih-l'.,-:, loo. e..n,, an,! : , ■ ic This yoai' ll has 



been attended with a certain amount of sensational linplotl " 



which ii, iiftM hitherto escaped, hut tin BUoti was agvAUd one as 

 regards quantity, for n«i i 'Am I. - .,.■■.■.• entered, and thnrrnalily 



was universally admitted to havebaen tim ■ .' ""' 



ingtbn. What cruised all tho commotion in contortion with the 

 show was tho action of some members of our kennel club who do- 



possii : ortauoe logey t Iks on yoiir 



ride of the Wat. r. hut :i go .i.l .leal in thought of ii in amino circles 



i.,!!.':,; 33 '! n riwillendi n 1 bo toll yon bristly hem all ibVim,,- 

 pns came about. To begin with you must know that our kennel 

 club has drawn np and pnblirdied a scale of rules for the guidance 

 or dog chows. These, for the most part, are well enough, but 

 therein an absurd "registration rule." which nine doggy men out 

 of every ten ridicule aud kick at as much as in thorn lies. Tho 

 purport of thin rule is that overv dog shall have bin ntima regis- 

 tered at the Kennel Club. For this a fee of one shilling in charged 

 by ihe Club, aud no other dog can claim the r. ,: ' -vil iviiui'. 

 Moreover animals entered at exhibitions held under Kennel Club 

 rules are liable to Disqualification unless their owner, have paid 

 th :' and bi Ithei 1 -edM the sacred list. 1 may-add thata 



l-t of thoicgi.-Ured names is published from time to time bv the 

 Kennel 1 ■ .- i«f thcttr own, and this is fondly believed 



folks, aV 'in the first place owners wboregiatered the names of their 

 dogs did not care for the fact to be buried in the obBouritj 



Club's 'V -.a. ■ ■■:•■ ,- ; ed o 1 ' . ■•,■• L ■■.■■ vol- , .-, ondcrful 



nnanamity of ooinion as regards U e tee which almost everybody 

 outside the club agreed was preposterously high. There was, 

 however, a far more grave objection to the rule, for if applied to 

 many of our best county shows it would be. the ruin of them be- 

 voud a doubt. A ease' iu point is I.iaiTmgton. Tor three and 

 twenty years this society has flourished, and has gained a position 

 for itself second to none in the three kingdoms. It has been for- 

 tunate in receiving (ho support of local benefactors, and to the 

 generosity of the Pease family whose name is synonymous in the 

 neighborhood with liberality aud charitv much of its success is 

 duo. Still it owes much to the position and integrity of the mem- 

 bers of its council and zeal and popularity of its secretary, aud. 

 therefore, bavins existed lor so lone, as an independent exhibition, 

 the promoters of Darlington Show have steadily I hough courteous- 

 ly declined to adopt tho Kennel Club rules, registration and all. 



They argue, and I think correctly, that many of the exhibitors 

 lthoir slow only trot their tykes out once » year, and that not be- 



ng what I may term | r,.ic!-sional exhibitors, aud never having 

 heard of the kennel club or its miieial organ, these gentlemen 



thus be ,V ,,-.:■ ' . .;' ,:•' .in' winning pHr.es if Ihe club's rules ,,, jr e 



with whom Ihave Bpoken Consider the sting of the case. 'Up°to 

 this year the President ana many other members of the Kennel 

 Club have exhibited at Darlington and pocketed their priseB. Now 

 thev turn round upon the society, and not only decline to Show OX 

 judge, hut absolutely tbretiteu them with expulsion from tho Stud 

 Book for the future. In the face of all Ibis public ..pinion runs 

 strongly iu favor of the popular Darlington committee, who have 

 won their present position by attending to their own business, by 

 straightforward-.. - ird I thi capable and sportsmanlike manner 

 iu which they carry out the details of a show, of which the town 

 and everybody connected with it has every reason to be proud. 

 They say themselves ' : A dogis not •Hall-marked' untU he has won 

 it Oarliington," and I, f'urone, think they ore right in then" conjec- 

 ture. 



As regards the show, although tho quality was very good I don't 

 think there, were many new dogs which Will Bhlne l ibig stars bye- 

 and bv. A glorious St. Bernard, called Boniface, belonging bo Htr. 

 Maodoua. came, saw and conquered, but be got beaten at ' i 

 held tho foll.ovv.ig week under the same judge (the Key. Green- 

 ville Hodsou. who is the best man wo have for big dogs i. The 

 was entirely due to the puppv being knocked np by ten shows in 

 such rapid succession, and 1 think it. nifa.ee iiill, with average 

 luck, bring many a card back to the West Kirby Kennels Another 

 good dog whomado his bow to the public here was Mr. Richard V, 

 Hartley's (of Bowdon, Cheshire') bull terrier Bason. I had to 

 judge hhn and all I can say is that he is ihe i i -:' hu 



many and many a day; his condition was very bad and I hud, 

 most reluctantly, to put him second to tho same owners' Beautiful 

 Violet. 



So much for Darlington, and I wish I could have said more to 

 interest your readers : however some news may crop up at East- 

 bourne next week, aud if so, you shall bear all about it when I 

 address you again. 



I ma very much amused at reading in Forest AiS 



other day tho remarks made i. y Mr. Ml Hal \ yal 



dog. I have no wish, however, to drift into a eont 



a breed which is admitting of an miunnm ■:■■ 



of dog, and iu making tho remark which folio 

 Harvey's letter, I do so under the supposition thai 

 merits are correct, which, for the r.sk. of nrgnivi 

 dispute in the present instance. 1 ther.I... akc 



the announcement made by Easlg that he hi 



thirty-six inches high, and owe n l,n.,<h, • ; 



this weight, may fairly be taken to be about the need 

 contend that Herr. Essig whose trumpet. ir IS oviaoUuj ..p." l 'y 

 not dead would have mentioned this important fact. I should, 

 therefore, like to observe that a dog of the height alluded to in 

 Mr. Harvey's letter must bo a wady beast if he doesu t scale a 

 good bit more than a hundred pounds. Leading German authori- 

 ties won't stand the Lconbergs at. any price, and people over here 

 don't care about tho breed, it is, therefore, only right and ttttiug 

 that public, opinion in America should be tapped, and if the dog 

 "goes down," why I've no JoUW thai E tg iriU oblige and send 

 you over as many as you like to pay for. Why should be not. 

 Only I think if classes are given for I.eonbergs at your shown, 

 prizes ah. aid al oh r*ffered tor the beat brown dog. and the best 

 white dog. and the host black dog, etc, nor should the undoubted 

 claims of' the thoroughbred yellow dog be overlooked iu such a 

 schedule. 



So Emperor Fred is to end bis days in America, and the old, Old 

 story of bis pedigree is onec more to he the subject of a, paper war. 

 I always admired Fred although he had his faults, and I reallj 



think of sending vou one of the*, days ,- te mforination Ihave 



picked np about bis breeding which may prove intercatii [, bui - 

 shall wait a bit and hear both sides of the case, i spec illy as I 

 have heard of a certain letter which t should like to read mysell 



before stating tho pntuort of its contents. f u the a a-n ink y ' • I 



horses would not extract from Me any information regarding 

 which side it favors. Yours faithfully, Vrsno Shaw. 



P. S — May I venture to give your readers a hint in 08 » '. ., v 

 may. doshe to address th .'.,..■ ■■• ny of the stair of tic ■< '■■• 

 (London) at any time. In doing so they should '.who as foil '■ 1 

 Editor (or whoever thev may be writing to) l-'u-hi Dlliee. I.oi.no. 

 not Lmidon Ful.l Office. Thia is simply tor the r. sson that theie 



is a district of London called Loudon Fields, and that ;,. 



wbieh is so peculiar to post unices generally, fi-cpe-nti, o- ,.■:■, 

 the officials to send our letters there first, and finally to try the 

 Strand pitch as u denoer resort, ergo wo get our letters late. 



Loiidtui, England, Aug. 15, 1881. 



KOKEST AND STKKV.l. Of N. W V.ek, IB one of the best o;., , ■,:■ 

 in America devoted io ihe .^.ortsmcirs interest. It. is always re- 

 plete Willi mutters of he . ,. . ■!,•, .. .- I., all things iu the sporting 



ffoild. The love ..I' luinUng anfl hskuigwiii find uutHpag«i 



much to entertain and instruct. We do not recoiled of ever hav- 

 .0,1 a dull number of this very populat weekly,- -IMttniorit 

 Jounudaf (7<WW(Wr0B| W " 



HVDUOPHOBIA. LVSSA, OB BABIES IN ANIMALS. 

 (Concluded.) 



,i tho 



else t 



phobia ; the fourth, a woman, thanks 

 received only a contused wound anil 

 gar,-) 

 Sullen or "dumb" rabies differ firm 



about 



iFteioi 



;-e said to have this 

 "•■ the fust soejp tern's 





mptoms are these : After the bite the wound genorally 

 hoaisverv qmokly. rhere it ubthlpg Bpebiflcin the wound; or in 



r- .ii i . ■ " ■■ Body, fneuh.i'.iou lusts from three to five 



weeks, tn eighty-three par Dent, it occurs within two months, in 



. .it. .. -.thin three months. There are two forms ; 



'i Thesullenform." 



Tlivor i-i.jeoo are ■hoivrj. in tho ■violent form : 



n. Molaacbolic. 



b. Maniacal or irritative. 



:. ... ...... from half a day to two prl 



Lt first tl . ooible, aullon aud vfidgoty. Thev are 



ea-iiy ftighteued and are u ■ stant state I L the •... ■ 



very constant, symptom is disordered appotiio: thev are apt to re- 

 ject all food, but will eat hair, dung, rags, eailn. bits of leather 

 and the like. The eyes are apt to be kept shut, the pupils dilated. 

 The animal has a savage, ferocious lool j tie;, discharge from the 

 float increases; there is adinicultv in swallowing and a tendouoy 

 to choke 

 The maniacal stage has a duration of from three to four 



tcrviils they nearly abate. There is now a propensity to bito ; a 

 peculiar tone in the bark, and tho animal makes efforts to break 

 away and stray. Iu the interval the propensity to hit.; is main- 

 tained, it is not corniced to other animals aud men,' but includes their 

 own bodies. They are often iu the paroxysm the sut j-cts of hat- 

 ha cin at iou ; thev snap at Ihe air, and convidsionfl BO 10I DJ 101 

 cur. The bark is peculiar, being between a bark and bowl. No 

 special dread of water is exhibited, barely do they suffer from 

 spasms in attempting to drink, nor do thev have any aversion to air 

 or light. tCmaciation is attributable to the fact thai khey eat and 

 drink almost nothing. The eves get Sunken and the Ion gets 

 rough. There, is no discharge of saliva or foam from the mouth. 

 Saliva is emitted only when they cannot swallow. 

 There are certain erroueous impressions : 



1. That the muzzle is covered with saliva. 



2. That the tail is carried between the hind legs. 

 8. That they ruu straight forward. 



The paralvt'ic stage ban symptoms deepened : The lead-colored 

 tongue projects from the mouth, tho gait becomes uncertain and 

 the animals are hardly able to stand. They ., till bifit and Snap. 



ing labored. 



Thin form occurs iu 

 Bti gi , and the sc tand 



ir.s. 



:■ twenty per cent, of Ihe 



leofthe i'1'st ,,r melancholy 



iu taking food. Salh a and froth escape from the month leoause 

 th, |aw cannot close. Death tusuesmore rapidly— iu two or three 



violest uyDr.or-tioiuA. 

 The symptoms of violent hydrophobia are changed behavior, 

 pecniiar'uneasinees. the tendency to slip away, the propensity to 

 bite, the perverted appetite, the absence of desire to take food, the 

 .. atal disturbance, the paroxysms tl i ihanga of voico, the hawl- 

 ing bark, the altered appearance, the absence of any dread of 

 oAvatcr, the rapid emaciatieo. the Sadden termination in death. 



Paralysis of the lower jaw, hoarse voice, disturbance of mind 



and appetite, emaciation. ' The maniacal stage is absent. 



TRK.ATSUOJr 

 the lines of a in- 

 dulged (not atwa 



looked Ul 



BET DOQS— In tho canine world 

 tally fall in pleasaut places. He is iu- 

 beyond bis follows and. being in the 

 ■r Ihe jirotoctiou of a lady, he may bo 

 reptionally lucky dog. No expense is spared. 



trouble grudged to make his shoit life pleasant, and 

 nthe hour of sickness care and attention as that bestowed on a 



ihieh the removal of the patient to 'another ..... ' . .... oo .,.■. 



,',: ke ire baflod. ' Firstly, then, the tceatment of a pet dog thus 



emoyed should be a direct observance, joJar as possible, to bis 

 isual comforts. A kennel to a drawing-room dog is as a ceil to a 

 iinniiu being under similar conditions, and the approach of an 

 wdiuary ki anal attendant a* that of a jailer. All indoor pet dogs 

 hould bo received indoors aud not lie stacked away in the kennel 

 bove kennel or menaeerie styli in oli ,. proximity to dogs of all 



Mill 



.'■■ 



shis 



A.1 



spoiied child is not the bait to quiet aud assure a timid and sensi- 

 tive dog; The clean sawdust or cushion on the day of visiting 

 willuot atone for the lack of improvement in health, or diminish 

 the wild delight of the patient On seeing his mistress. Thirdly, a 

 tenderly-handled dog requires tender handling, aud doubly - 

 when invalided; aoarOEBed ; ig i iviteii Caressing, and, under pain, 



htpJuvm' :- / '' '. . .-'.. I--.. ' . '' "o'.-othl ! '.o.J'.! 1 



.,'., . atmentof pet dogs the attendttii must go thoroughly 

 into the usual home life of the animal, its disposition aud pectib- 



in or alleviatiou, and no one 

 le same argument will I ■■'■']' 

 - what I have observed on th 

 ('The Management of Diae 



tp's the^edical Attendant o 



the health of the patieu 

 in the hands of the nnrt 

 fault so often, in all el 

 treatment, would genen 

 attention on ihe part ol 

 patient devolv. . 1 1 i- 

 buow the fun sxtenl 

 :, ohargi to as thej i 



viib unag . 



im'i's is sensible, tij tjegli 



ing i 



imfort, its 

 au do this, 

 tuav reiter- 



short, 



teas -.1 attendant, antt the 



, s 1 ', .1 , .',, I , i 

 . ...... .i . re of the 



, side to let the latter 

 ..cno, : and that though 

 ' ,'.»' i, r/e./, ' it is endue.) 

 ght ; bus R 'lange 



yea, oven cross looks on the 



Iie.se ministering to it, aUd.t'O a degree rarely exhibited iu 



otberof the hover animals. "The two then— the practitioner and 



nurse— acting in combination, aud working to the same end. if 

 they do not reap the desired reward of their labors, have at least 



under' their care." Science. Without feeling, nursing without 



;..::■, of iloaBhre," and "AU acute word cuts deeper than a sharp 

 weapon;'' while " Kindness is the noblest tVeapOB to conquer 

 with." Three good old proverbs thai may fitly adorn the iufiruiuiy 

 of all geuniuo caniu pracl ttioners; and ivhieh are especially appfl- 

 cable to theconcmsion of these remarks.— Pbqfs9BOE J. Woor- 

 itAFi'K Hill, in N(oe,<- /..coo... 



i'ENNSVLVANIA COLLIE TRIALS. -The second annual col- 

 lie trials are beinc held now on the grounds of the Pennsylvania, 

 State Pair a( Wttaburg; Pa., and we will give a full account of 

 l. .i o ...o ... .. Frizes wiU be awarded in two classes : 



Fu'st (I..-- i .Ii ■.,. obo - .—First premium, .-550; Kecohd premium, 



IE third [i, i.e. -i'\ :-., ■• i,d Class i puppy class)— Fhst pre- 

 mium, sg.o; second premium, c 15 ; third premium, i?10. 



The following are the rules which will govern the trials : 



The collie trials will be held under the personal duection of the 

 superintendent in charge, and for these trials blank applications 

 for entry, c.outainmg columns for name, age. sex, color-marks, 

 etc.. of the do:r mav be obtained of the secretaries rip to the tihio 

 of tunning. Kennels will bo provided for the dogs. No dog can 

 be entered except for trial. 



Each dog competing will be required to take five sheep from a 

 pen, drive them a certain distance to another, and pen them 

 there. 



A fresh flock of sheep will be provided for each dog. Ho, in 

 driving, may bark or not, as may be his habit, but biting his sheep 

 will be a demerit. 



Each shepherd may take his dog over the ground before tho 

 sheep are brought in and show or tell him w hat be wants him to 

 do. 



Tho shepherd may precede or follow tho sheep as he may 

 choose; he will not bo permitted to assist his dog except by 

 voice or gesture. Hallooing, berating, or much bidding or noise 

 Will detract from the estimate of the performance of the dog. 



When a dog is working no other dogs .-hall be present to dis- 

 tract his attention. 



No person except the superintendent in charge and the mem- 

 bers of the jury shall enter the sheep ring while the dog is work- 



Tbo jury will carorully note the disposition and docility of the 

 different flocks pi sheep and make due allowance for those that 

 are m, re udd than others. 



Iv-ich ,-hepheid will have the privilege of exhibiting the work- 

 ing „f hifl 'lo by cl sing his own kind of work with the sheep 



afterthe rogulai trial has been completed. He may also show tho 

 training of Lis dog for other practical purposes as a farm or house 

 dog. 



Dogs and bitches fifteen mouths old. ur over, must compote in 

 the aged 'class. 1'nppies iimbi fifteen months, having competed 

 in the puppy cla»s, "ill also be eligible for entry iu the aged class. 



All ties will be run ell ...i ' .1 ' ■ hree sheep. _ 



Traet.abnitv, ready obedience, ate It ■ in trlvmg, gentleness 

 in working the sheep, aud general aptitude m the dog for the 

 , a before kiurwilihsoe due influence with the jury in mak- 



The judges selected thi- year are Jlr. John vVepQwell, Wasb- 

 iic'tou conntv I'a - Jlr Jcior-oii shauer, Westchester, Pa., and 

 Mi ,... ! " ridg tl. to i t , Hani uarg, pa. 



Champion Tweed (dog), owned by J. W. Downey, M. D., New- 

 market, Md. . _, _ 



Scottish Maid (bitch), owned by J. Tv\ Downey, M. D., New- 

 market, aid. 



Fiance (puppy), owned by J, \V\ Downey, JI. D., Newmarket, 

 Md. 



(dog), owned by Mr, T. N. Balaton, Eilerton. Fa. 



Lnlu ("Scoicli collie bitch), owned by Mr. A. B. Bose, Freehold, 

 N. J- 



. (puppv), owned bv Mr. T. N. Balston. Eilerton, Pa. 



(Scotch Collie puppy), owned bv Mr. A. B. Bose, Free- 

 hold, N. J. I)d gnESKK 



A DOG AND THE OTTER.— Once we had an otter among our 

 pels ; a funny, active, energetic little fellow he was. The dogs 

 and bo were excellent friends, and it was exceedingly interesting 

 and entertaining to watch them at their sham-battles royal, which 

 took place almost every day. Worrying at each other's throat, 

 locked in each other's' embrace, and with no small pretence of 

 serioiemess, as evidenced by the fierce diu and ternbie exhibition 

 of teeth, they rolled over aud over on the lawn, till one of tho 

 ........ .bants would lose his temper, and perhaps snap rather 



viciously ; then they would slowly and decorously separate, ap- 

 parently thinking thev had had enough of the rough sport, and it 

 w mill he prudent', not to prolong it. Once our pet otter gave us a. 

 Teat fright. All tho members of tho household had retired to 

 i'i ■.■ r rooms and were preparing for bed, when we were startled by 



a senesoi the wildest shrieks proceeding from the servant girl's 

 bedroom. In the full persuasion of finding the house on fire at 

 the verv loast. wo all rushed frantically to tho scene of alarm, 

 where we soon discovered the causi offhahubbub. One of the 



girls, never remarkable lor strength of nerve, had jumped into 

 l'„ ,, . ;l...-,.,l tho blankets about her, a nil shoved dnivn her feet. 

 V o,,oh .;,,,.; inb, violent aud unexpected contact with something 

 whi.'h elearlv had no business there. That something was our pet 

 otter His comf irtablfl slumbers tbus unceremoniously disturbed, 

 he bad naturally enough, seized, with what was very much the 

 ,',', ■■.,■.,. '. ., L . i i I i. is. tin; bg toe of the orteudinK fo'ot, aud cer- 

 tainly left his murk I here. It" was not to be wondered at that tho 

 POOD girl got a great rright, although I am happy to say it was not 

 followed bv such disaster-oils results as she anticipated n ben she 

 protested hysterically that she wouldnever got over it, never ! Tho 

 mil uder was of course relegated to his own proper dormitory, 

 amid peals of unrostrainabio laughter.— C/iamncvs' Journal. 



I About twenty years ago, Bartlett. who kept a hotel on one of 

 the carries between the Saianao Lakes, in the Adirondacks, had a 

 .,,,.,, i [folly tanie and well trained otter. Can any of uur readers 

 give his story.'' We remember spending one morning seeing bun 



oil, live trout which were thrown into the rapids near the 

 house. Dick was his name, and he came to the call as quickly as 

 a well-traliod dog.— Km | 



A DARK DAY— Providence, B. L, Sept, 9.— Tue sday, the Gth 

 iust , was what the- term the dark day. as the sun wasjjoiuplete- 

 lv'hidde-i. and. everything had aglooray 



tor 



IBt he 



lot see 



It will be r. 

 the best yotii 



'.,',,...;,- M,I- - 

 .o ,,1 ,0, 



] he loiJ n 



as a touch 

 and that 1 



went 



■ nd it was so dark at noon that I 

 -ho g.-.t np within ren yards of me. 

 as the "dark nay." ;e ; 1 List one of 



It was the tirst lirae f had taken 

 I got iuto the swamp the old bitch 

 vs I -topped pas' him to get a shot 

 ell over dead. It was the big black 

 - -a ,. .:- in. . .- Craoa. Ho 



1 tteron ii saw. I can't 



t a mile from the Bars when it hap-- 



All I cau 



nation if bowels he had about two 



. ;'. ft being hot, 



ird hehad smelled caused 

 i 'ht 'rive happened if be had been 

 rind hannenedhere ■■-. -l-rday with 

 'died m the same was Mr. B. went 



ol as, just after entering the office, gave i h' I I id fell dead. 



( P-,, use and cock Bh. siting is fair, and 'I ■''■ • ■'" ' '-'"' 



ibis fall. I intend to bunt about ev . •■ e, ■ . -.■' - ■ 

 middle of November, (him I think m ...... o, ; . i... . ,e;v ' noeans. 



■ ■ ' : m . ■ Iu me a good offer to go there.- 1 . M 



Alijiikiu . 



