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oe hysteria, are reported. September shows three cases of 

 tfiil character, one of which is traceable only fco a cut, 

 probably developing tetanus, simulating hydrophobia : of an- 

 Other no definite information could be obtained , and the third 

 had been bitten fifteen months previously. With this result 

 before us, we can but consider (lie muzzle as a mechanical 

 contrivance desirable for vicious dogs, or useful only to pre- 

 vent dogs from (■aling or destroying articles with which they 

 may be placed in contact, and to be used at no other time. 

 It also proves to be an excellent shuttle-cock for the Solons 

 who constitute the law-givers of our cities.— HaUock's Sports- 



Age.— To tell the age of a dog appre-xr&Htely, examine the 

 upper front teeth. Until eighteen months old these are round- 

 ed on the vdgc • at the end of two years they begin to square 

 off and gradually wear down and' shorten," until, when the 

 animal lias entered the sixth year, they are nearly even with 

 the gums. The lower teeth usually wear out earlier. Thy 

 appearance of the eye is also an indication of age. and all 

 dark-colored dogs show their years by the growth' of white 

 hairs about the muzzle. —Ha /foe/,:'* Sportsman's Gazetteer. 



like a sentinel on duty, was seen to parade Market street hack- 

 ward and forward, between the corner of Karl street and Vic- 

 toria street, looking for its master ; but he appeared not. 

 Gradually the movements of the hound became more languid, 

 and on Friday night, on Market street, it dropped dead, as 

 one of the. crowd said, "of a broken heart at the loss of its 

 master."— Chester (Hng.) Guardian. 



Breeding- of Dogs. — The following principles should be 

 observed for the proper breeding and rearing of the canine 

 race : 



1 A perfect development and sound vigorous health con- 

 stitutionally, especially in the generative organs, are condi- 

 tions of fertility 



2. In the maintenance and improvement of a breed the 

 truth that "similia mnilibvs i/mmmtvr,'' — that the reproduc- 

 tive germ will stamp upon the animal developed from it the 

 characters of the parent organism, is the backbone of success. 



3. We can, in a great degree, at will, produce variations and 

 improvements in breeds, as by care a mild and salubrious cli- 

 mate, moderate use, education, stimulation, or selection of 

 desirable qualities ; by disuse or rejection of undesirable char- 

 acters and properties ; by soliciting the weight of imagination 

 in our favor— as Jacob" piously swindled "his too confiding 

 father-in-law ; by allowing the breeding animals to mix only 

 with those of the stamp desired ; by r crossing less improved 

 breeds systematically with males of a better race; and by 

 crossing animals faulty or deficient in some particular point 

 with others in which this point is developed in excess. 



4. The kenneling of pregnant high-class animals with low 

 bred ones, and the resulting attachments between the two 

 races, are to be especially avoided as occasionally affecting the 

 progeny injuriously ; strong impressions from a new or un- 

 usual condition of surrounding objects are to be equally guard- 

 ed against. 



5. If a valuable bitch be allowed to breed to an inferior 

 male, she cannot be relied upon to produce pure bred animals 

 for several succeeding pregnancies at least. Through a strong 

 and retained impression ; through the absorption into the sys- 

 tem of living particles (germinal matter) from the foetus ; or 

 through some influence during pregnancy on the ova, then 

 being most actively developed, the good or bad features of the 

 first sire are perpetuated in the progeny of succeeding ones. 



C. All breeds have a tendency to "throw back," that is, to 

 produce offspring bearing the marks of their less improved 

 and comparatively valueless ancestors; hence individuals of 

 this kind must be rejected from the best breeds if wo would 

 maintain their excellence. 



7. Certain bloods and individuals have their characters more 

 fixed, and will transmit and perpetuate them in greater pro- 

 portion than others with which they maybe crossed. If their 

 qualities are desirable, they prove highly valuable in raising 

 other stock of greater excellence ; if undesirable, they will de- 

 preciate the value of any stock crossed for man} r generations. 

 That fixedness of type, however, is, above, all, a characteristic 

 of those, bloods which have been carefully selected and bred 

 up to a certain standard for many generations, so that in the 

 best, longest established, and most esteemed breeds we have a 

 most valuable legacy left us by the successful breeders of the 

 past, with which we may mould our inferior bloods at will. 



8. "While breeding continuously from the nearest relations 

 tends to a weakened constitution, the aggravation of any taint 

 in the blood, and to sterility, these may be avoided by infus- 

 ing at intervals fresh blood of the same family, but which has 

 been bred apart from this branch for several generations. 

 Moreover the highest excellence is sometimes attainable only 

 by breeding very closely for a time. 



9. Diseased or mutilated animals are generally to be discard- 

 ed from breeding. Mutilations resulting from disease, disease 

 existing during pregnancy, and disease with a constitutional 

 morbid taint, are, above all, to be dreaded as transmissible. 



10. There is some foundation for the opinion that the dog 

 tends to contribute more to the locomotion and external or- 

 gans, nerve and vigor, and the bitch to the size and internal 

 organs, so that if we cannot obtain the greatest excellence in 

 both, we should at least seek to have each unexceptionable in 

 the parts and qualities attributed to it. 



11. Judicious breeding in-and-in, improves the animal in 

 the points desired, only when possessed by both male and fe 

 male ; but the mixing of two utterly distinct races, with the 

 view of uniting the valuable properties of both, is to he con- 

 demned. 



12. While early maturity may be attained, animals that 

 grow rapidly are less firm in tissue, and break down sooner 

 than those of slow growth ; hence, while the breeder may be 

 benefited by pursuing the forcing process, the purchasers, es- 

 pecially of those animals intended for active field work, will 

 be more or less the sufferers. The terms cultivation and im 

 provement, as used by breeders, too frequently are but impos- 

 ing synonyms for the artificial induction of disease, premature 

 development, and systematic degeneration.— Hallock's Sports- 

 maris Gazellurr. 



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A Dog's Affection.— A. remarkable illustration of the af- 

 fection of a greyhound for its master has just occurred at 

 Crewe. A few days ago a notorious Crewe poacher, named 

 Thomas Blackburn, was sentenced to seven years' penal ser- 

 vitude, for nearly killing a policeman near ISantwich. He 

 was the owner of a favorite greyhound, which, in many a 

 midnight poaching raid, proved itself valuable to its owner 

 in the game preserves. Thus a strange but powerful affection 

 subsisted between the man and his dog, and never were they 

 found apart. After Blackburn's imprisonment the actions of 

 the animal became singular. Begularly every day he vMted 

 the man's previous haunts, with a wistful look in his brown 

 eyes ; and when the shades of evening fell he would lie down 

 under the seat of Blackburn's favorite inn, and there for seve- 

 ral hours await the master who never came. The landlord, 

 to his credit, put food before the animal, biifc latterly it did 



Canines Meek in Spirit. — An Omaha livery-stable keeper 

 owned a line lot of coach dogs. These dogs are. white, with 

 black spots all over them and are noted for their docile, not 

 to say cowardly, dispositions. The dogs belonging to the liv- 

 ery-stable keeper were beset on other occasions by the other dogs 

 in the streets, and, as they were meek in spirit, were as easilv 

 overcome as a lot of sheep. The Mvery-man stood this as long 

 as he could, when, one day he found a large white bull-dog, 

 and it immediately occurred to him what to 'do. lie bought 

 that dog, took linn to his stable, and there kept him until he 

 got thoroughly acquainted with the coach dogs. The bull- 

 dog was then sent to the barber's shop, and black spots were 

 neatly painted or dyed all over him, so that he looked like a 

 veritable coach dog, with a somewhat short nose, and elongat- 

 ed lower jaw. The next time the carriage was sent out this 

 model coach dog went along, and the street dogs "went for 

 him," thinking they would have their usual sport and victory; 

 but in this they were mistaken ; the bull-dog waded in, 

 and the way the hair, guitar-strings and sausage meat flew 

 was a caution. Since that time the coach dogs have been left 

 alone. 



— Hartford, Connecticut, is to have a dog show next 

 week. 



Name Claimed.— I claim the name of Branch for my red 



Irish setter dog, whelped Jan. 13, 1877, by Plunkett, out of 

 Stella. E. S. Wanmakee. 



Hohokus, 2T. J., Sept. 17, 1877. 



Name Claimed.— I claim the name of Dike Tt. for my 

 black, white and tan dog whelp, and the name of Louie R. 

 for my black and white bitch whelp, both out of my blue bel- 

 fon bitch Mell, by Burges' Bob Boy, whelped May 15. 1877. 



Detroit, Sept. 22. 1877. L. F. Whitman. 



Name Claimed. — I claim the name of Friend II. for an Irish 

 Gordon pup, whelped April 20, Color, deep red with white 

 markings ; out of Geo. E. Poyneer's red Irish Gordon, Fan, 

 by the champion, Rufus. Also the name of Bob for red Irish 

 setter pup whelped June 4 Color, " blood red," out of Mat- 

 thew Von Culin's Moll II., by the Centennial champion, Rufus 

 II. F. A. Teemaihe. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 19, 1877. 



— The brace of dogs artvertised for sale in this issue by Mr. Hum- 

 phreys are about four or Ave years old, and have been hunted in various 

 sections from Maine to Florida, through Texas and Minnesota. They 

 are valuable animals.— [Adv. 



%mn% jf ## mid %an. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Moose, Alces malchis. 



Caribou, Tara-ndtix rangifer. 



Elk or wapiti, CcrtMus canadensis. 



Red or Va. deer, 0. virginianus. 



Squirrels, red, black and gray. 



Hares, brown aud srav. 



Reed or rice bird, Uotichonyx oryz- 

 ivorovs. 



Wild turkey, Mdeagris gallopavo. 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chick- 

 en , Cupidonia cuvi&o. 



Ruffed arouse or pheasant, Bonasa 

 iir/ibellus. 



Quail or partridge, Ortyx virginia- 

 ■nus. 



Black-bellied plover, or ox-eye, 



Squatarola helvetica. 

 Ring plover, JEgialitis semipal- 



matus. 



Stilt, or long-shanks, Jlimantopm 



nigricollis. 

 Woodcock, Philehela minor. 

 Red-breasted snipe or dowitcher, 



Hacrorhamphus griseus. 

 Red-backed sandpiper, or ox-bird' 



Tringa americana. 

 Great tnarbied godwit or marlin, 



Limosafedoa. 

 Willet, Titian us .'.eitiiualmatus. 

 Tattler, Totanus melanoleuciis. 

 Yellow-shanks, Totanus tiatripe*. 



" Bay birds " generally, including various species of plover, sand- 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, avocets, 

 etc., coming under the group Limacolte or Shore Birds. 



t^T The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con- 

 fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kinds of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference : 



States 



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Ind .... 

 Iowa. . . 



Minn... 

 Wis.... 

 Neb.... 

 Kans. . . 



Huffed Grouse 



Sep 1 to Jan 15 

 Oct 1 to Feb 1 

 Aug 15 to Dec! 

 Aug 14 to Oct 1 

 Aug 15toNovl5 

 No Shooting 

 Aug 1 tu Feb 1 



Quail. 



Oct! to FebirNovl to Feb 1 

 Novl to Jan l|Nov 1 to Jan 1 

 Sepl2tol)ecl5iOct ltoJanl 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 Sep 1 to Dec 1 

 3ep 15 to Jan 1 Sep 15 to Jan 1 

 No Shooting. No Shooting 

 " lOctl to Janl 



Woodcock. 



Sept 1 to Jan 15 

 July 1 to Jan 1 

 July lto Jan 1 

 July 3 to Nov 1 

 July 4 to Nov 15 

 No Restric- 

 tions. 



LAKE KOSHKONONG. 



I HAVE seen Lake Koskkonong, Wisconsin, mentioned 

 several times in your columns as a famous ducking point, 

 but I was quite ignorant that it had any other attraction for 

 sportsmen until within a few days, when I was fortunate 

 enough to visit it. I bad been spending some time at Geneva 

 •Lake, Wis., where I went expecting to hnd good fishing, but 

 was doomed to disppointment. While there I chanced to 

 meet Mr. Richard Valentine, the Secretary of the Black Hawk 

 Club of Lake Kosbkouong, and upon Ms invitation I visited 

 the club house. We landed from the cars at Fort Atkinson, 

 about ten o'clock on a bright moonlight night in August, where 

 we found a carriage awaiting us, and after a drive of some 

 four miles down the river, passing through beautiful groves 

 and across extensive meadows we arrived at the club house 

 and were soon snugly in bed. 



Next morning I was out early, and must say that I was 



pleased with my surroundings. The house, a two story 



Gothic structure, with ample room for forty guests, stands in a 



beautiful grove of elms and maples close to the bank of Rock 



aud has an unobstructed view from its piazza for three 



miles. The river flows into Lake Koshkonong about a quarter 

 of a mile below. The land on each side atthe mouth is heavi- 

 ly timbered and forms two long points which jut out into the 

 lake and form two immense bays. 



One of these bays is only a few rods back of the club bouse 

 and is being conuectcd with the river by a ditch navigable by 

 small boats. I just had time to make these few observations 

 when we were called to breakfast. Here we were miles from 

 any house, and the steward not expecting company ; but did 

 we fare poorly ? Judge for yourself — broiled prairie chicken 

 aud toast, baked potatoes, hot rolls, coffee and plenty of rich 

 milk. Marckres, the steward, apologized for the "meagre" 

 fare, and said had he known of our coming he would have 

 killed some woodcockfor us. After breakfast we took a sail 

 across the lake and then I saw what made it such a famous 

 resort for car.vas-baek duck. It— the lake— is some seven 

 miles long by two and two and a half wide, and nowhere, I 

 judge, over four or five feet deep. The upper half is one 

 vast bed of wild celery, and the lower is fast filling up with it. 

 Marckres says the canvas-backs come in greater numbers each 

 year. All other varieties of wild fowl also frequent the lake, 

 but the canvas-back is the one most sought. 



Up to 1876, sneak boats were very extensively used in 

 pursuit of the birds, bags of over 100 being frequently made. 

 This tended to drive them away, and it was prohibited by a 

 special law during the winter of '75 and '76, since which time 

 shooting from blinds over decoys has been very fine. I saw 

 scores of trom 10 to 75 canvas-backs made by different parties 

 in one day. 



We lunched at a house across the Lake on yellow biscuit, 

 corn beef so salt and hard that our dog refused it, and such teal 

 What a contrast to our breakfast. We left as soon as possible, 

 and put back to the Club House. When Marckres and Valen- 

 tine took their guns and went after woodcock, returning in a 

 half an hour with three brace of as fine birds as one could wish 

 for, all shot within sight of the house on ground where Marck- 

 res says he has killed a hundred since July 4, and will kill as 

 many more; before the season is gone. He tells me that W. 

 H. Van Gicsen, formerly of Whitewater, Wis., killed 56 birds 

 on these grounds on the afternoon of July 4, 1871. Then he 

 told me of bagging hundreds of snipe, prairie chickens, quail 

 and ruffed grouse, and during the afternoons of two days catch- 

 ing, 04 black bass that, averaged three pounds each ,- and again 

 of 28 bass he and Valentine caught one morning before break- 

 fast, in the river almost in front of the house. 



These Black Hawk Club fellows have been enjoying this 

 for years, but hereafter I propose to have my share also. 



The next day was Sunday, and we spent it mostly in the 

 shade of the trees, dining upon broiled woodcock. 



Monday morning I returned to the city much pleased with 

 my trip. 



The Black Hawk Club is limited to thirty-six members, but 

 at present it has but 31, five of its shares being still for sale to 

 the right kind of gentlemen. The shares are only $36,00 each, 

 with an annual assessment of $5 to keep the house and grounds 

 in repair. The officers are, Geo. W. Estctiy, President ; O. 

 E. Jenkins, Vice President ; C. 8. Jackman, Treasurer and 

 Richard Valentine, Secretary. The Secretary's address is En- 

 glewood, Ills. Prominent in the list of members, I noticed the 

 names of Hon. Thos. A. Logan (Gloan), of Cincinnati, and 

 Col. L. A. Harris, Prest. of the Cuvier Club of Cincinnati, 

 and N. S. Choteau of St. Louis. 



The club controls very extensive grounds, keeping off all 

 pot-hunters and campers. Any gentleman who loves shooting 

 of all kinds could not do better than become a member. 



H.A. S. 



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Equity to Reoapper. — "Bonnie Blue Flag," in the For- 

 est and Stream of June 7, quoted " Recapper" as holding 

 that "snap-action guns were an abomination," and to this I • 

 took exception, and gave some of the reasons why I consider- 

 ed the top snap-action as made by Messrs. Purdy, Scott & 

 Greener, superior to all others. "Recapper," in the issue of 

 Aug. 16, says B. B. F., misquoted him, that he had always 

 admitted the merits of the snap-action. If B. B. F. misquoted 

 him, why did he not correct the matter, and not leave your 

 readers to believe that he held all snap-actions "an abomina- 

 tion." 



I dislike newspaper controversy as much as "Recapper" 

 does, but I cannot endorse all his theories. He says in an 

 article published Sept. 8. "There is not in the world a gun- 

 maker who can build to sell here at a profit a thoroughly, 

 sound and reliable double barreled breech-loading shot gun' 

 no matter how plain the finish, for less than $100 currency. 

 How in the world any one who can read and inform themselves 

 about such matters can think differently, passes my humble 

 comprehension." In Foeest and Stkkajvi of Sept 13, he 

 says, " It gives me pleasure always to recommend the work of 

 the Tolley's." If it is impossible to sell a reliable gun for less 

 than $100 currency, how can "Recapper" always recom- 

 mend the work of the Tolleys, when those gentlemen for years 

 have been selling their " Pioneer " gun in New York at $65, 

 gold. Either the Tolleys have been selling guns at a loss, or 

 " Recapper's" theories are incorrect. Now I own one of Tol- 

 ley's " Challenge " guns, and it is a splendid hard shooter, 

 but I cannot agree with "Recapper," that "The Tolleys are 

 the only reliable makers in Birmingham." I will challenge 

 "Recapper," or any other champion of the Dougall gun to 

 shoot against my 12 bore, 8 lb. Greener, with a Dougall of 

 same bore and weight. It is true, Greener makes guns for the 

 "trade," which "Recapper" says the Tolleys absolutely re- 

 fuse to do,and that that fact should go far toward recommend- 

 ing their guns to sportsmen. But what would " Recapper" 

 have that large class of sportsmen to do, who cannot afford to 

 pay $100 or $150 for a gun made to their especial order. Is 

 it not folly to talk in that wa} r . Cannot guns for the trade be 

 made as reliable as guns made to order? Every sportsman in 

 the United Slates should thank Messrs. Remington & Parker, 

 on this side, and Messrs. Scott & Greener at Birmingham, for 

 their efforts and success in producing a reliable gun that' can. 

 be had at from $50 to $ 75. I remember a d ouble-barrreled 

 muzzle-loader that I used twenty years ago with success, that 

 cost only $18, aud is as good to-day as ever. "Recapper" 

 appears to be writing in the interest of Dougall and his Lock- 

 fust,(with nowand then a second-hand compliment to Tolley), 

 which he has a perfect right to do, if he chooses ; but he has 

 no right in my judgment to use every opportunity to discrimi- 

 nate so unjustly against American guns, and those makers of 

 Birmingham, who have done so much for our sportsmen in the 

 way of cheap and reliable guns. Mo, Mr. " Recapper," if you 

 want to assist Messrs. Dougall and Tolley, "write up " their 

 guns all you choose, but don't try to build them up on the 

 ruins of others. There are as good guns sold to day by Messrs. 

 Remington, Parker, Scott, Greener and Tollev, at from $65 



