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FOREST AND STREAM. 



473 



Treabiunt.—Wa first endeavor to prevent matter forming . if 

 nimble to do no, wo tally the earliest opportunity of evacuating tbe 

 Bnfi when formed, and afterward heal up the wound. 



The treatu ■ - etfohjOE and oold 



lotions and discutients, Bueb as the tincture of iodine fin- 

 chrome abscess, in order to promote the a! sorption of matter m 

 a chronic abscess von mav also Anient m 



the form of pi .-. i I ettet than the blm -ointment of 



the shops. Wh. distinct 



while the pain continue*, tbe abi 



pnrposo a bistoury or lancet (nay boused. Thi Lucinion routf ho 

 pretty free, and to prevent bagging of mattor afterward it nuiBlbe 

 hmado on the most depending part. The nictsion ought to he 

 made parallel to thn course ol I!-" vessel . and ii,..- matter allowed 

 to drain out ; much sqnooziug is bad. If lUoro be much bleeding 

 I cold should be applied, 



A poultieoof wator-.Tcssing is next to be-applled, and probably 

 a bit ol lint may have to bo stuffed iuto the wound to Bechri 

 healing from below. If there he the sligbti ■<■'. tendenoy to bagging 

 of matter, a counter-opening run 



It will bo necessary to give the dog opening 



medicine at first, and if (he discharlgi is very grl at to keep up bin 

 strength w. . . .-, to USD a quinine tonic. 



r dislocation is meant the displace- 

 ment from their normal position of the joint ends of boneB. The 

 Bigns of 'dislocation of a joint are. n Chauge in tbe Shape of it. the 

 end of the bono being foil in a new position, and impaired motion 

 and Bliffuess. Ibis immobility of Ihe joint and theabaBnce of 

 any grating sound, as tbe unds of broken bones rubbing against 

 each other, guide u-> in our diaguosis between fracture and dielo- 

 | cation, though it muni not bo fojgotten that the two are some- 

 times combined. 



Treatment. Try by means as sliillful as yon possess to pull and 

 •work the joint back again into its proper position, whilo an assist- 

 ant holds tho ,ockel of tin . im firmTj and steadily-. It is the 

 beat plan, however, to call in skilled assistance. Do this at once. 

 for the dtlieulty of effecting reduction increases every hour. Only 

 a careful study of the anatomy of the dog enables onu success- 

 fully to reduce dislocations, the assistance of a good veterinary 

 surgeon should therefore be always called in. 



After the bone has boon returned to Us place, let the dog have 

 plenty of rest, and use cold lotions to the joint, to avert the 

 f danger of hubmunation. 



Fractures.— liy a fracture surgeons mcRii tho solution of con- 

 tinuity between some parts of a bone— a broken bone, in other 

 words. 



Fractures are called simple when tho hone is only broken in one 



place, and there is no wound ; compound or open when there is a 



wound as well as the fracture, and communicating therewith: 



and comminuted when tho bono is BUiashed into several frag- 



f. Stents. 



The usual cause of a fracture is direct or indirect violence. 

 Tho diagnosis is generally simple enough. We have the dis- 

 figurement, tin- displacement, tbe preternatural mobility, and 

 grating sounds, for our guides. If the fracture be an open oue, 

 the cud of the bono often protrudes. We mentioned tho mobility ; 

 this to the hands of the surgeon, remember, for tho dog himself 

 can rarely move tho limb, 



Treatment —We have first and foremost to reduce the fracture- 

 that is, to plaee the bones in their natural | csition : and secondly, 

 We muBt so bandage or splint the bene as to prevent its getting 

 I outofplaco again, and thus enable it. to unite without disfigure- 

 ment. 



Very little art suffices ono to fulfill the first intention, but cor- 

 rect and successful splinting is more difficult to attain, owing to the 

 restlessness of tho dog's natureand tho objection ho generally 

 evinces to all forum of bandaging- Bappily the fractures that are 

 | most easily set and reunited are just those that are commonest in 

 tho dog— namely, those ol the long bones of either lore or hiud 

 legs. Tho splints used may lie either wood or tin. or 

 perhaps than either, beoauso more easily shaped and moulded, 

 gulta-pereha— this lattel is oat into slips, and placed iu mod ir- 

 ately hot water to Bof ten it, the fractured limb is meanwhile set 

 aud covered with a layer or two of lint, to arm it against undne 

 pressure. 'The slipB of softened gutta-percha are next placed iu 

 position lengthwise, before and behiud. and gently tied with tape. 

 If a huer of starched bandage i.- now rolled round all, the splint- 

 ing will be complete. We have been very successful intrealing 

 fractures with the starched bandage alone. Care must be. taken, 

 however, not to apply either splints Or bandages too tightly, else 

 stoppage of tbe circulation may be the ri lequout in- 



flammation or gangrene itself. Some little oare and" can" is 

 necessary in applying the starch bandage. After Beting the 

 limb, pad it well with lint, then apply two or thiec snips of strong 

 brown paper dipped iu the. stmrh : over this goes the roller, well 

 saturated with thick starch, over all the limb, iiu-bidiim tbe joints, 

 upper ami lower. Remember, u must go very lightly over the 

 actual seat of injury, your object b< inc. to keep the parts m appo- 

 sition without doing anything that is likely to excite inflamma- 

 tion. Put over all a. temporary splint— say of tin— to bo kept on 

 until the Klarch dries, which will take fully thirty hours, li there 

 be a wound, a trap can bo cut iu tho bandage for the purpose of 

 I dressing. 



Fracture of a rib or ribs is not an uucommou occurrence, and is 

 to be treated by binding a broad llaunnl roller round Ihe chest, 

 but not too tightly, as this would give the animal great pain aa 

 well as dyspieea. Keep him confined and at rest, to give the 

 fractured parts a cbanco of uniting'. 



Little constitutional treatment is required. Lot the diet be low 

 at first, and eivo an occasional dose of caBtor-oil. 



Bprain.— This is au accident which is much more common Hum 

 fracture. In jumping or running some of the ligaments bocoilN 

 stretched aud detached from their sheath ; the result is lameness, 

 great pain, and probably a considerable degree of heat and some 

 Swelling. 



Treatme-nL— ReBt for the ijjjnvfld limb ia imperative. If there- 

 seem to be verv great pain, either hot fomentations or tbe hot Hat- 

 iron will afford relief, especially if a dose ortwo ot tjuoture of 

 opium or chloral bvdrateis given by Ihe month. Afterward treat, 



tl praiu with tho amies lotiou. A dose of aperient medicine— 



Blilphatoof soda or magnesia— will usually be needed, aud if the 

 animal seem much distressed low diet is iudi.-utc .1. 



bruises are to be treated according to gl m i -.: principles. Little 

 will, as a rule, be~needad Baying rest let fomi htatona of poppy- 

 heads, aud afterward a free use of the arnica lotion. 



Wounds.— The class of wounds we are most often called upon 

 , to treat are incised wounds and tbe indications of treatment to he 

 fulfilled are three . 1 1 tho sti | pin-., oi tho bleediug ; (HI flleanBing 

 the wound from foreign maltei | • 8) bi . nring coaptation. If tbe 

 bleediug bo from au artory, tbe open end iiuod be si.:/.' d by a pair 

 of forceps, i u „] twisted round sevi u 01 '■ igbt tiuie- ; or it may bo 

 ligatured, but the first m tbod is better in tin dog. It is, how- 

 l M-r. but seldom that any other but a vet. or medical man can 

 UBetorsiouj bm pressure alone is of ten quite as successful, and 

 can always and easily be applied. It niu-t bo kept up for au hour 

 at least, if any good is to he obtain..). If the bloedinj 

 \ arterial, exposure to tho air may the best styptic, 



iq, plied either by ice or rags mug out of the coldest water pro- 

 curable. Tbe tincture of the percbloride of iron is a capital styp- 

 tic, but apt to irritate. 

 Everything of the nature of a foreign body must be searched 



for and carefulv ri ved before tho wound is bound up. Tho 



wound is then washed with cold water, and alien tbe 

 has stopped it should be gently sponged with a « ink solution (1 

 to 50) of carbolic acid and water. The edges i t the wound are 

 then to be brought together, and in nearly every case om 

 stitch.- will l ■ 



and silken thread or thin silver (Wrc. The ftiti 

 too near the edges, so as tog:-. ■ 



about half au inch apart, each Mitch being- tied aud quite inde- 

 pendent of tbe other. .Some kind of hiinplo dressing will be 

 needed; cold water and lint, with a bit of piled sua and a loose 

 bandage is l.r st, but the dog must be 



not fail to relievo himself ol Deri sud ail. 'ihe 



wound is to bu dressed every morning and gently spoiled, and 



touched over wilh the weak carbolic lotion. As Boon as the wound 

 iscapabiooi heading together, tin stitches must be removed. 



in rags wetted with weak solution p! carbolic acid or 



I fAe Tac-wtits— Tnia is a very painful and 

 troublesome complaint to which dogs are sometimes subject. Iu 

 some eases the nails loosen and fall tuT,-orltave to be removed. 

 Great cleanliness is necessary to aid in healing it, aud the iis.e of 

 astringent lotions ; the sore places must occasionally be touched 

 with strong solution ol nitrate of silver. In chronic cases blue 

 ointment will assist nature. In all cases socks or shoes must bo 



Wart* ai e teo well known to need description, Tlu.y oc.cm on 

 the lips and cheeks :md oil tho eyelids, causing the poor animal 

 gnat discomfort : they also ...cur on the prepuce or ragiua, 



. ■ taStta I\ -a. 01 the bomreopathie remedy, thuya, may be tried. 



rSori.etuues a dog has a tendency to file ,- towth of warts , iu 

 tl era cases 1 have known much good douo by acourso of liquor 



. .7«i Tongue.— Wo merely mention the operation in or- 

 der to condemn it ftft a most brutal and useless act. 



i-:-ss 



' HUNT. 



The Essex County Hu 

 Llewellyn Talk, betwcei 



taken plac 

 15loomlie;i 

 one. the p. 



nd the 



lis of which are located at 

 Montchur. has just closed 

 son, the last meet having 

 The start was made from 

 ually exciting and pleasant 

 iml.eiii-g over lifty, and re- 

 lic for two hours. About twenty-four meets 

 ring tho seas-.n. two hunts pejr week, a fox 

 . tieually a drag ia laid for three ot 

 man is lh< n turneuont, aud after a lapse of a 

 f time, the hounds me put on the scent ; but 

 Tox is found. .Mr. If. N Munu is master of the 

 personally occupied the saddle this soason. 

 taw huntsnoiii. but in consequence of the un- 

 the hunt last year, tbe managers contemplate 

 ices of a huntsman from ono of the most 

 packs, a thoroughly competent man, who will 

 s of tlio houuds the greatest amount of eujoy- 

 mont. The managers, aie determined to eugagebnly a perfectly 

 reliable man. fully experienced in the. most approved English 

 methods. 



The membership is sixty, with one hundred additional subscrib- 

 ers, which s.iule of affairs places tho club on a sound 11: 



ha-.e been h«l 

 being killed ou 

 four miles, the 

 reasonable Ian 



hunt, bnt'hai 



i tollow 



■able 



looial tooth 



and agrt 



tion is necessary xo secure i 

 the intention is to populi 

 atiug sport of cioss-couu' 

 son, who wishes to do eo 

 welcome. In fact, the sp 

 boring fanners and thei 

 debtcd for permission i 

 are now at the I,. 



stable accoti 



Neither 



jo: 



rship nor subscrip- 



Ihcir lands. There 



id l 



Host of tho hm 



■ Tbe 



n'«datioua, 

 and. A c 



Horty-anitruo-r 



::.:..:,_ 





ihe little village of Englewood, 



ickof tbe lluds- 



u pith 





tas their headquarters for one 



lelr, and from the 



e ihe.y 



bail f 



in r fine hunts, after wild foxes, 



- i ebeve, tbe re 



-idel.t- 



enjoy 



ng the sport very much, and 



ailing the niembe 



s very 



wclcou 



a among them. 



]ilr. George lni.es 



s, tho 



eelehi 



iti d pa nti r of animal subject*, 



is made si 



sits to 





-line), and has been engaged iu 



anting in oil B 



iveral 



large 



canvases representing huutiug 



cues: the L.n.lsc 



.pes ( l 





om studies taken near Orange, 

 ray of them, portraits of hounds 

 S County Hunt. Two of theso 

 to private parties, and a third, 

 to be shown by the artist at the 



iriug Exhibition 



it the 



Natioi 



al Academy of Design, in this 



citv. 



We hope that by the opening of the next hunting season tho 

 Indies and gentlemen iu thu vicinity of Orange will bo provided 

 with the best of " mounts, ' fully prepared to share in the mag- 

 nificent sport which th- hunt will b..- ready to furnish them, and 

 to onoourago the sportsmen -at the bead Of affairs to continue in 

 thoir well-chosen and cdmnii ndable course. 



THE WITHDIiAWAL OF CHOXTETH. 



q-i ,-i.vKi), N. V., Dec. 26,1881. 

 Edi or Forelst and Stream : 



I nave waited for your reporter's return from tho National 

 Trials before writing vou ou the subject of the last Eastern 

 Trials. 



Von have takon special occaBion twice in your paper to state 

 that vou thought L would regret mv action on thinking over it 

 later.' Permit mo to say thai now/nfier thirty days. I am not 

 sorry to have withdrawn •' Ci ox," and state again here that 1 have 

 boon most unjustly treated. 1 have given my views at length iu 

 another paper, and have no time to go info more controversies— 

 only I draw your attuntiou to this : itow much false poiuting did 

 Grouse Data* do at Grand Junction ? Crox never falso painted at 

 Itobbius' Island— the other dog did. Can you deny it ? Sours truly, 



| We publish the above letter from Mr. Uo'b llr',y. not th,.t «s 

 wish to i'.iii iii any controversy upon the subject, hut, as ho seems 

 to think thataon • I sides against 



oted ua to write as wp didn :.appy affair. 



In om report of the Field Trials wo endeavor, d to write 9 history 



With this object in -new we very .aeinfy watohed .. 

 of the dons aud noted at the tunc whatever transpired, either to 

 the credit or demerit of the dogs under judgiueul. Iu the heat 

 betweeu Grouse hale and Ofoxtetb we saw everything that took 



;:...;, of tho dogs, it was impossible to see both of 

 them at the same lime, and even at these times i\e were singu- 

 larly fortunate in witnessing the only performances of any im- 

 portance (hat transpired, Wi two of the judgee and 

 Mr. Thurtle, »aw the joint ot 0r< Xfatb inSt before lilnch, and a 

 grand one it wan. W© also saw the bird flush bi 

 in the thick Borub member that 

 ha found fault thai the Judges, who did uot see this, dj 

 it against him. Had tloy seen it the result would have been tho 

 same, for the bird was flrtahad by a spoiitator and not by the dv*. 



have Bead our report, or he wi old not seek to place u^ in the false 

 position which his last question impliCB, for wc entirely agree 

 with him iu this, and presume that the judges were of the *smo 

 mind, or thev would n-.t have out Grouse Dale live points there- 

 for, Let us* analyze the judges' score and see by what means 



thev arrived at their decision. In making np the award, or, in 

 other words, the score, we do not need to go back and take each 

 point of merit as shown during tho heat ; all that is nccoesary to 

 consider is, which dog, under the rules, performed his allotted 

 task in the mosi praiseworthy manner. 



The positive points of merit, as established by rule 23, are : For 

 pointing, nose aud staunchness, 40 ; pace, quartering and style, 

 30; retrieving, 10 ; backing, 10: obedience and disposition, 10; 

 total, 100. We take it for granted that Ilia judges, iu making up 

 their score, gave the maximum number 1 of points to the dog, who, 

 their estimation, acquitted himself the best under each division, 

 d graded the other accordingly. Thus under the list division 

 they considered Croxteth as tho host, and Rcored him 10. and gavo 

 nso Dale but 35. We presume that it was the lack of diseriui- 

 ion in tho nose of Grouse Dale that influenced them in this; 

 so far as poiuting and staunchness goes, both doga exhibited 

 a very high order of merit, aud, in our opinion, were entitled to 

 equal rank. We now come to tho ucxt division, where pace, quar- 

 tering and stylo are considered. That Grouso Dalo is tho latter 

 animal, and' quarters his ground more systematically than 

 Croxteth, no unprejudiced observer can deny. The Btyle of both 

 is simply superb, and we have the best of reasons for believing 

 that the judges considered them equal in this respect, and gave 

 Grouse Dale the maximum nnmbor of poiuts for his superiority in 

 pace and quartering, and graded Croxeth live poiuts less. He- 

 triaving was not taken into account, as neither dog had a chanco 

 to retrieve during tho heat ; and the judges stated to us that, as 

 Grouse Dalo was well known to be one of the best retrievers at tho 

 meeting, aud as this poiut if scored could not affect tho result, it 

 was uot considered. We presume I hat no one who saw the work 

 of Groiiee, Dale will deny him tho praise his due for backiug his 

 companion's points iu a faultless manner. Croxteth also backed 

 iu grand style, but when the point was a little too long to suit him 

 ho sometimes became jealous and unsteady, and, wo presume, 

 the judges considered this when they gavo him but seven points 

 and Grouse Dalo ten. Although Croxteth was under very good 

 command, wo could but ackuowledgo that Grouse Dalo was 

 equally so, if not a trifle the best, whilo houudouhtedly manifested 

 a more cheerlul disposition in the willing alacrity with which ho 

 obeyed tho ordorB given him, and this, no doubt, influenced the 

 judgcB in placing Grouse Dalo as tho best in this division, whilo 

 they gave Croxteth three points less. That exact justice was 

 meted to each dog in the number of points given him by tho 

 judges we are not discussing, but that their decision, as to which 

 was the better dog, was just, we wore forced to admit, although 

 our sympathies wero with the pointer, aud nothing would have 

 afforded us more pleasure than to have seen tho flag go up for 

 the grand old dog as the winner. It was our honest conviction 

 that Grouse Dale was fairly entitled to tbe heat that led us to 

 believe that Mr. Godeffroy, as a sportsman would, after calmly re- 

 viewing tho matter, become convinced that his action was, to say 

 the least, ill advised. ThiukiDg thus wo penned the paragraph to 

 which, wo are extremely pained to say, he takes exception. | 



. .».~. 



COCKEKS AND FOXHOUNDS. 



[Trorn our Special Correspondent.] 



Lomdok, England, Dec. 1881. 

 Editor ForcH and Stream : 



I read with much interest my American sporting papers and note 

 the discussions aud articles on dogs and tho field sports in which 

 they are employed, aud, therefore, the numerous letters on cocker 

 aud other ppauiels which have been published during the last 

 twelve months have not escaped me. I am soiry to say that most 

 of the writers are so extromely hazy on the subject that I could 

 acquire little of desirable knowledge, tho result of my most care- 

 ful study of the whole correspondence was, if uot absolutely labor 

 in vain, at least a conviction that " there was more cry thau woo), 

 as tho dovil said, when ho shoarcd tho hogs." Over and over 

 again have I noticed correspondents writing of dogs I know to run 

 from 35 poundf to 45 pounds weight, as "cockers," showing con- 

 clusively that the writers entertained a total misconception as to 

 what a cocker spaniel is as hold by sportsmen in tbe land of their ' 

 birth. The following are weights of black spaniels of a strain 

 which I am glad to see finds favor iu America : I'riish, -10 pounds ; 

 Boverlac, 54 pouuds ; black Douglas, 44 pounds. Tho Susbox 

 Batcholor weighed 16 pounds, and many of his descendants are 

 also now in America. Of cocker spaniels, Mr. J. Kirby Pain's 

 Nell and Flo each weighed 23 pouuds, and those bitches are of the 

 right cocker tvpo, although they would bo better a sizo smaller. 

 I thiuk, but Tain not euro, that I saw a notice to the effect that 

 these two had also gone where so many of our good dogs, aud a 

 host of our duffers, go— to \our happy hunting grounds. You 

 some time ago expressed a wish to have the pleasure of seeing a 

 brace of cockers do the work of such. If you know the present 

 owner of Nell and Flo, ask him to do you a pleasure. I for one 

 was not surprised at your remarks, for, asa Devon parson of sport- 

 ing proclivities observed to me at an Exoter show respecting some 

 celebrated prize winniug spaniels, if thoy wero to go through ono 

 of our furze brakoB— which they wouldn't— they would leave their 

 fino flccco behiud them, hanging up to dry. 



Those who keep dogs to work, as well as to look at, have had 

 plenty of opportunities of sport. Doth the moors aud tho stubble 

 have "yielded well this year. Many woods have not yet been shot, 

 and liiose who like tho lively gamu of rabbit s.hooliug have yet to 

 enjoy the cream of it, which is after a fow nights' sharp frost, 

 when they leave their burrows to seek the warmth aud shelter of 

 thick hedgerows and tussock ; but tho open weather has been most 

 'favorable to hunting, and foxhounds and harriers have, in all 

 counties, been constantly in f ull cry. Iu all, did I say? No, un- 

 fortunately, uot in all. Iu some parts of poor, deluded Ireland 

 suctions of that sport-loving people have qiinireltd with thoir 

 bread and butter— cutoff their nose to spite their face, as we say- 

 ami sent masters, huutsmen, horses and houuds, with all their fol- 

 lowing, to speud tho wealth thoy scatter so profusely on tho rich 

 shores of England. 



The long tails, too, have had a rare good innings, not a single 

 interruption to onursiug from King Frost, who last year was con- 

 stantly at war with followers of the leash. 



Wri'ting of coursing brings to my mind that I saw a series of 

 articles on the training. iud managing ot houuds in a contemporary 

 of yours. These were written by Mr. ,1. Mortimer Murphy, and 

 tho hold (lights of fancy and rather mixed notions iu which this 

 practical teacher of cyuegotics indulges show him to be sadly ig- 

 norant of any practical information of tho sabjeot on which ho at- 

 tempts to write. 



of 





such, fol 



;,;.,.„(/,., ,<„,/. .;,, fkoimd 



or build 



bull-dog, Mr. Mnrphj 



Bays, gi 



Cftesf, and a rol-Ukv tai 



'." It WOl 



dog could impart tw 



j phvsieu 



those which characten 



ZB him, 



tho grovhouud should 





animal has plenty of 



•potti for 



Murphy, bad you no 



- 



mine. Tho 

 gs. "atop 

 if the bull- 

 opposite of 

 l.hy tells us 



,' shown (be 



" Oh, Mr. 



.lev by you 



ssas 



mployed at a time for coursing a haro, fresli relays bemg 



kept at different points where it was expected to pass, and ,-!i /j,t.d 



• .,' past them" 1 wonder iu what far-away ago that 



Tho fact appears to bo that Mr. Murphv has read some books 

 -one. lime oi another about hunting and coursing, and, ou becom- 

 iug author, served iqi his very mixed ideas s> ah oUa podrida; but 

 as coursing seems to he a sport e miing more aud more into favor 

 in America, I think it well to warn young men who desire to follow 

 the leash against taking Mr. Murphy asa guide and msli uctor, 

 aud to enforce my views let me quote: I:i the •' Laws of the 

 Leash ; or, Coursing," dra.vn up by tho Duko o Norfolk in the 

 reign of Queen Elizabeth, it is stated that ''not above on brace 



