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Brooklyn. Spiero; D. Bryeon, of Memphis, King; John. Davidson, 

 of Monroe, Mich., Chester; C. B. Whitford, of" St. Louis, Thor- 

 jtine aDd Berkley. 



Entries for the Dupont Powder Company Stakes /or braces, to 

 be run on Wednesday, prize 8250: W. A. WhratW, or Brooklyn, 

 Flirt and Countess: Dr. Speir, of Brooklyn, St. Elmo and Soioro: 

 Van L. Kirkman. of Nashville, Tom, Jr., "and Kate; Geo.W. Camp- 

 bell, of Maury County, Buck. Jr., and Jo ; L. R. Morris, of Guern- 

 sey County, Ohio. Mag and Dash; Geo. C. Col burn, of New York, 

 Sank and Mala ; L. H. Smith, of Strathroy, Canada] Pride of the 

 South and Clip : I'. H. Bryson. of Memphis, Whip and Gladstone; 

 C. B. Whitford, of St. Louis, Thorstine and Berkley. 



St. Louis Kennel Stake, for puppies under 12 mouths old, silver 

 OOp valued at $50, to be run Weilheudav : John Davidson, of 

 Monroe, Mien., Tyno; W. W. locker, of' Arkansas, Champ; J. 

 K. Hughes, of Franklin, Toun., Skip: J. IT. Dew, of Columbia, 

 Bilk 



Nashville, Monday, ]\ T oe. 12.— Our correspondent in Nash- 

 ville telegraphs us as follows : The success of the meeting is 

 beyond expectation. There are so many line dogs to see that 

 as yet I have no chance of writing in full. Of the puppies 

 entered for the puppy stake so far. Air. 1\ R. Bryson 's pup, 

 Gladstone, by Lewcllen's Dan out of Petrel, is the only one 

 which has made a full score. The performances of the other 

 puppies entered, however, have been very good. The hos- 

 pitalities of Generals Hardin and Jackson at Bellmeade arc 

 without stint or limit. The Weather is delightful, the country 

 magnificent, and birds abundant. 



DOGS FOR TURKEY, GROUSE AND 

 SQUIRREL SHOOTING. 



Editor Forest asd Stream : 



, It is not. uncommon to hear theoretical and cockney sports- 

 men sneer at squirrel shooting as boyish and beneath their 

 dignity, and yet if they would give the sport a trial in the 

 Only way it should he pursued— that is, with a grooved rifle 

 ,and a siugle bail— it is probable they would find it much more 

 Hgleult than they fancy. To bring down a squirrel, shot 

 through the head, from the topmost branch of a tall tree, is to 

 most men quite as difficult as to stop the quick flying quail in 

 tnid-air, If some of the gentlemen who make such stuuning 

 scores at Coniin's would give the sport a trial, perchance they 

 would find it quite as fascinating as the pursuit of any feath- 

 ered game. I know I found it so in my youth, when, with 

 teener eye and steadier nerve than I can boast of now, I 

 could, with the old-fashioned long rifle of former days, carry- 

 ing 180 to the pound, bring down a squirrel from the top of 

 he highest trees in the Blue Iiidge almost at every pop. 

 In your issue of October 25 you recommend a correspondent, 

 D. C. B., of Keosuqua, to hunt squirrels with a small cm- 

 dog. Now, I hope you will permit a constant reader, who 

 admires your paper as by far the ablest published in this coun- 

 try on field sports and those cognate branches of natural sci- 

 ence, without v-hwh no man can claim to be a thorough, and ac- 



Wished sportsman, to dissent from your advice to D. C. B., 



here are my reasons: In the fit st place I object to cur 

 _ I for any purpose on general principles, and had I the 

 legislative power I would tax them all out of existence, for 

 through their rascalities and villainies the nobler and more 

 useful canine races are brought into disrepute. 



Agaiu, I most, positively deny that curs, small or large, are 

 the best for hunting squirrels. To establish such heresy you 

 must first prove an impossibility— that your cur is superior to 

 the thoroughbred iu nose, stamina, intelligence and other de- 

 sirable qualities. I have frequently shot' both squirrels and 

 grouse over small curs belonging to mountaineers in Virginia, 

 and a few of these 1 admit were excellent, but the best of 

 them would not compare with a pair of clever wire-haired 

 Scotch terriers, belonging to my friend, De Witt Kent, of 

 Maryland. The hospitable mansion of the late Governor 

 Kent, on the western branch of the Patuxent, in Prtoce George 

 county, was in the season much frequented by hunting and 

 Ashing parties, who would sometimes devote a day to the 

 Bquirrels which abounded in the heavy timber on the river 

 bottom. When this was the case these terriers would know it 

 quite as well as the sportsmen, probably because the pointers 

 were always put on the chain on these occasions. They 

 would joyously scurry away to the woods, even before we 

 left the doorstep, aud by the time we reached the outer gate, 

 cheir vociferous yelps would announce the. fact that a squirrel 

 Was treed ; but this was not all ; these clever little dogs were 

 uever guilty of lying, as squirrel dogs so often are, an I the in- 

 telligence with which ihey would turn the game to the shooter 

 was marvelous, and if the squirrel ever reached his hole, as 

 ae always aims to do, they would abandon the tree imme- 

 diately, and seek elsewhere for a fresh trail. 



I once owned a dog. presented to me by the late Com- 

 mander Ned Byrne of ihe navy, so famous for his social 

 talents, and you will be surprised to learn that this, the very 

 best squirrel dog I ever saw, was an immense greyhound! 

 One would imagine that, with his feeble-scenting powers, a 

 greyhound was the last dog in the world for such" a purpose, 

 out in this breed of hounds the visual powers and phenomenal 

 Jpeed more than compensate for a defective nose! 

 Mounted in air on his stilt-like legs,, the greyhound com- 

 a greater horizon than smaller dogs. Nothing within 

 ts range escapes his hawk-like vision, and his lightning spsed 

 Knnpels the squirrel to take to the nearest tree, without 

 naking tor his den as he invariably does when chased by a 

 and necessarily slow dog. 

 Agahu, a dog running by the scent will frequently take a 

 JOld trail and stop at a tree long after a squirrel has left it. 

 With such a dog squirrel hunting is more vexatious than 

 tmusing. To the same inquirer you recommend the clumber 

 •spaniel for turkey and ruffed grouse shooting. Now though 

 J if a noble, rare, and exceedingly valuable and useful race, the 

 her of all the spaniel family is probably the best fitted 

 Muting either of these birds, simply because he hunts 

 » -wte, a peculiarity for which lie was chiefly valued by the 

 ( Juke of Newcastle, who originated the breed at Clumber 

 Both the turkey and the ruffed grouse are essentially 

 J. orest birds. The latter particularly is usually, to be found on 

 | he roughest ground and in the densest cover; and, for hunt- 

 J ag both birds, a cocker that throws his tongue freely is in- 

 auably the best dog. He takes the trail of either bird 

 ons upon it, giving tongue the while, like a beagle on 

 ack of a hare, until he flushes his gprne. The turkeys 



will generally scatter in every direction, when the hunter 

 makes a blind, and from its concealment slaughters the birds 

 in detail- as they come In obedience to his call. The grouse 

 usually lake to a Iree, aud, perching low, will remain, as it 

 were, stupefied by Ihe yelp'mg of the eager cockers mil il sev- 

 eral are shot in suceessii m, And here let me conclude with the 

 remark that in Maryland and Virginia, shooting grouse, perched 

 on trees is held to be perfectly legitimate, as in nine cases out 

 of ten the very best shot can bag tliem in no oilier way. 



P. G. S. 



Robinson's Jack.— This famous red Irish setter, so well 

 knowri among sportsmen throughout the country, has again 

 come into the possession of his former owner, Mr. Walter 

 Humphrey, of Newark, N. J. Jack, now eleven years old, is 

 to be made as comfort able as possible for the rest of his life. 

 Our readers will learn with pleasure that he is to be photo- 

 graphed, like other celebrities. The following is his pedigree: 

 Jack. 



Palmer's BeUe. 



JJ\ Palmer'.* Relle. 



L>. Paul Mead's Dash. 



Putnam's Dau. 



Putnam's Neii. 



D. Paul Mead's Dash. 



Thk Philadelphia Benoh Snow, which is given under 

 the patronage of the best gentlemen in that city, bids fair to 

 be a grand success. Up td date, several hundred entries have 

 been made, a large proportion being sporting dogs. The prizes 

 are of solid silver in each class, and are very liberal. Besides 

 the regular prizes numerous special prizes have been offered, 

 which will be competed for without extra charge. Every 

 possible care will be taken of all dogs, competent men being in 

 attendance day and night for that purpose. The judges are 

 gentlemen of the highest position, and thoroughly conversant 

 with the animals to be under th eh - judging. 



The English Hunting Field. — The London Field, in. Up 

 issue of October 27, gives its customary list, at the opening of 

 the season, of the hounds, their masters, the huntsmen, the 

 whips, the locality of the kennels, and the days of the meets. 

 The whole statistics of the various hunting establishments, in 

 England, Ireland and Wales, are presented. Starting with 

 Her Majesty's noble slaghounds of forty couples, of which 

 the Earl of Hard wicks is master, which meets at Windsor and 

 Maidenhead on Tuesda3 r sand Fridays, Frank Goodall being 

 huntsman, Edrupt, Ilewson and Bartlelt whips, the category 

 closes with a dozen couples of beagles, which are the delight 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge. The total of the dogs used 

 in the hunts amounts to something like 20,000. Of course, 

 the absolute number of flogs must be larger, as for purposes 

 of breeding, and to make up for replenishing the kennels, a 

 stock iu hand must be ready to draw from. We should sup- 

 pose; then, that England, Ireland and Wales are ready to turn 

 out into the hunting field, of staghounds, foxhounds, harriers 

 aud beagles, fully 40,000 fine-bred animals. The famous 

 Pytchley and Quorn establishments ore about up to their 

 former number in dogs. The Pytchley, of which Earl Spen- 

 cer is master, hunts with 05 couples, and Ihe Quom, under 

 Mr. John Coupland's guidance, has 58 couples. It is gener- 

 ally conceded that the Pylchley has the Ingest nurnLer of 

 hounds in England, though the Meath hun", Ireland, of 

 which Mr. W. Newcome Waller is master, has TO couples. 



The Finishing- School fob Dogs.— Mr. E, S. Wanmaker, 

 who is one of the most competent and painstaking dog-break- 

 ers in America, is now' at Fort Defiance, Virginia, about 

 seven miles from Staunton, where he is stopping at the pri- 

 vate house of a personal friend of Ihe editor of this paper, to 

 whom a proper letter of introduction was given. His object 

 in going to Virginia is to select the best ground for breaking 

 his ddgs on game ; and as quail, woodcock aud ruffed grouse 

 can be found in abundance within twelve miles of His locttion 

 his field is not restricted. We were induced to take a perso 

 nal interest iu Mr. VVnniri tker's enterprise because we wish to 

 encourage one who is so cons -ientious to hi3 patrons and de 

 voted fo his business as fco leave no method untried, however 

 sevare or taxing t) his sense of comfort or sell-in uulgence. 

 We have no doubt but that bis school for dt gs is the very Lies', 

 and that he will so prove it, when he returns his graduates to 

 their owners, that he will have gained their fullest confidence 

 and that of the dog-loving and dog-retaining fraternity of 

 sportsmen. If he fails to satisfy we shall make the fact 

 known. As far' as we know, Mr. Wanmaker is the only dog- 

 breaker in this country who takes his pupils into game" coun- 

 tries for practical instruction and a varied course of study. 

 We are not aware' that his method is followed in Europe. 

 However, it. matters not whether it is his own and original 

 with him provided it proves its own value to those who wish 

 to have their dogs well broken, both in house and field. 



Besides his own dogs, Mr. Wanmaker takes with bun the 

 dogs Leaf and Branch, both red Irish setters, by Plunket 

 out of Stella; Promise, by Pride of the Border out of one of 

 Mr. Dudley Olcott's bitches j Mr. Jno. f. Waters' imported 

 orange and white sinter, Ben Smith ; Mr. E. A. Herzberg's 

 Patti, blue Beltou, by Pride of the Border out of Jessie ; 

 and Mr. F. II. Hall's red and white setter, Bess. 



Gun Siit.— In the Chicago Field a Mr. Oyer finds some ob- 

 jections to the statement made in the "Sportsman's Gazetteer" 

 as to the age when pointers or setters may become gun shy. 

 Exactly on the same page of our Western contemporary there 

 is a capital letter from Mr. S. H. Boughton, a good authority, 

 who writes: "Mr. B. 'Mr. Binges) thinks the idea of old 

 trained dogs becoming gun shy a ridiculous one. I do not 

 quite agree with him here, for I have known at least one old 



dog to become gun shy." [The italics are our own.] Mr. 

 Houghton's opinion is worth much more than Mr. Dyers'. In 

 fact Mr. Fyer is a very meddling busybody, Iu time, doubt- 

 less, Gyer will gain wisdom and learn that, besides himse If 

 Hyers, this question as to the age when dogs may become 

 gun shy is indicated. So much for Nyer" If Pyer will 

 read the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun he will find 

 scattered ihrough its pages many interesting facts in regard to 

 the time when dogs may become gun shy. 



Goon Stock.— Mr. M. Von Culin, of Delaware City, has 

 written us that his field (/trial setter bitch, True (Prince-Dora), 

 was bred to Carlowifz on the 12th ult. The same gentleman's 

 Colleen has whelped nine puppies to Ruins 11, all blood red. 

 Mr. Von Culin will exhibit at'the coming Philadelphia show 

 Carlowitz, Laverack setter ■ Queen and-Trne, field trial setter 

 bitches; Jacques, red Irish setter dog, and the red Irish setter 

 bitches, Colleen, Jaue, Civile and Moll HI. 



The San Francisco Dog Snow.— Our correspondent writes 

 us under date of Nov. 4th : " I visited the bench show last 

 evening and was surprised to notice the number of superb 

 dogs on exhibition: Y"ou know tfiat although we are paying 

 the greatest attention to our setters and pointers, still as we 

 hunt deer nearer to home than you do in the East, we are de- 

 voting a great deal of our time to breeding dogs for the chase. 

 In stag-hounds and grey-hounds, the show was superb The 

 Gordon setters were a 'tine lot. I really do not think that 

 New York could show such a variety of hounds. In a later 

 letter I wfll give you fuller details. D. S. L. 



Bill.— P. S. Hackett, of the Kendrick House, Wareham, 

 Mass., has sold his six-months' old white pup Bill to Mr. E. 

 M. Coles, of Middleboro. for fifty dollars. Bill is out of Mr. 

 Hakkett's while Gip, and is sired by his celebrated white dog 

 Sam, both being of pure English stock. Gip has now six dog 

 sucklings, which are five weeks old, and strange to say she 

 seems to grow fat, and is looking sleek and sound. L. 



DOG POISONING. 



Edxtok Fo 



I write ti 



i. e„ dog p, 



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settsryRob Roy, a.flneaoecln 



one of the best workers [ eve 

 been poisoned here within a f 

 law protecting property of th 

 State makes flogs property bv 



San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 1, 18TT. 



n class of criminals who laugh at the law— 

 lit some miscreant poisoned my Bugl&fc 

 leu, which I brought from the North, and 

 r saw. A number of valuable dogs have 

 ew months. That there should be some 

 is kind there can bh no doubt about. The 

 taxation ; why sh mid uot the State pro- 



tect them by law ? I have several horses, and not oae of them cost me 

 as much as my dog. I would much rather have lost one of my horses- 

 all are good ones ; uot Texas ponies— than this dogl We have no pro 

 tPction a.'aiust such rascality. If a man steals a horse la Texas he gets 

 from one to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Yet he can destroy a dog 

 v> ih.'U may have cost from three to five hundred dollars, and the owner 

 iias to swallow iiis grief and lo3S. I believe the true sportsmen of the 

 country should take this matter in hand and see that the proper influ- 

 ence be brought to bear upon our legislative bodies so that p o er laws 

 might be enacted. I hope you will agitate this 'matter through the 

 columns of .your journal, so that our people will awake to the import 

 anee of legal advice, and str.ve to punish those who kill our dogs. 



If. I,. Bingham. 

 [tf a dog is taxed it is certainly proputy and is acknowl- 

 edged as such: We refer cur Texan correspondent to former 

 numbers of our journal, where the mattt r was fullv treated 

 —Ed.] 



DOG VS. PORCUPINE. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Here is au incident of Rangeley Lake twelve years ago. We were 

 three in number— two humans, one canine— encamped on a small Island 

 in Mooselucniagiuitic, near to a long stretch of dead water at lower end 

 of a brook emptyinganto the lake. Plenty of ducks, plentv of flsh, both 

 lake and broo:;. The loans laughed at us like veritable lunatics all 

 night, and the water was as Clear aa best glass. My ma-e on ihe day 

 in question wis gone away fo an early morning fish in the dug-out. 

 The dog ai a myself n bi e a I'.ei p in the icut under four big pine trees. 

 I was awakened by what I took to be heavy rain striking on the canvas, 

 but which proved to be bits of bark from the stem of the tree nearest 

 the tent floor. The dog was excited and looking up into the air. Sol 

 ooked up too, aud to my half opened eyes appeared an immense animal 

 Wll h fierce face coming down toward us. I was- not long in giving the 

 stranger the contents of my revolver, which fatltrg to bring him to 

 earth, I.gave him one barrel of the duck gnu, with the effect of ming- 

 I tig KC.Oj; -uid a targe male p -renpi ie ie au indiscriminate row in t .: 

 clearing In froat.of i u- ten . 



Fur won the day over quel in due t:nu. however, and if ever a man 

 was abused for a two weeks - time after, that man was myself by my 

 mate, because the shorter barbed qnills were scattered in all directions, 

 managing to insert ti.emse ves iu our feet and legs at any odd moment', 

 when for luxury tne wading boots were thrown aside and "the stock- 

 ing-! which our mothers give ns at birth " were used instead. 

 „I never look ou I his pore's skull, now acting as peu-rack on my 

 desk, without laughing at t lie wild ideas which came into my mind 

 when first I saw him alive coming down that old pine tree with his 

 quills well forward. Peace to his soul. Sawbones. 



A Card.— C. S. Westcott, of Philadelphia, whose name 

 has been.published as one of the judges at the coming Phila- 

 delphia Dog Show, requests us to publish the following card -. 



Thil.4., Nov. 13, 1S7T. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



I would ask you to publish in your estimable paper that, owing to the 

 basis upon which the coming Philadelphia local show is to he held T 

 am obliged to resign all positions,. I was led to accept, believing that 

 the interest at issue would not admit of my name being used ns°a pa- 

 tron or judge of the same. Very respect fully .jours, 



C, S. Westcott. 



Physicians diagnose ailmente' sometimes by very trifling signs. So 

 with character ; it is indicated by little moral straws. "You may also 

 detect the good, shrewd sense of people by noticing little facts about 

 their household, If you see people use the new toilet soap, R. T. Bab- 

 bit fs Toilet Soap, you may pronounce them to be persons of the great- 

 est discernment. Why ? Because this soap has in it every reqnleite 

 of absolute excellence— purity, innocnousness, delicacy of flavor, and a 

 feeling on the skin like the breath of a zephyr— [J.dv. 



