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FOREST r AND STREAM. 



Duke's Pedigree. — Mr. Editor : Inasmuch as several gen- 

 tlemen are at fault with regard to tbe pedigree of Thompson's 

 "Duke," owing to certain inaccuracies in the pedigree as given 

 in Mr. Burges' American Kennel Book, I respectfully request 

 you to print the following, which I vouch for as a true pedi- 

 gree, having the original in my possession. 



W. Humphbys. 



f H.Thompson's 



Fam.y. 

 | (Imported.) 



pa 

 § 



8 



P 



I Seott Rodman's 

 Dash. 



L . 



(F. Palmer's 

 Belie. 



(Imported.} 



( F. Palmer's is 



I Belle. « 



| (Imported.) . 



Dr.Penl Mead's 

 Dash. 



is 



r PutDam's 



I Nell. 



Dr.Paul Mead's 

 I Dash. 



£3 



S3 



fF. Palmer's 



Belle. 



(Imported.) 



Dr.Paul Mead's \ Dash, red Irish 



Dash. I setter, owned 



by a British 



I o'fflcer station- 



[ ed In Canada. 



fMr A. Johnsons 



" red Irish setter 



(Kent bitch.) 



U 



ill 



—Mr: Bickerton has sent his Wood red Irish setter bitch, 

 " Belle," formerly the property of W. Humphrey's, to Dr. 

 Jarvis', Esq., champion red Irish setter " Elcho." 

 — ■ • — >+* — * 



—Mr. M. P. McKoon, of Franklin, Delaware County, N, 

 Y., well known for his choice breed of cocker spaniels, has 

 recently purchased, in order to improve yet more his already 

 good stock, the well known "Mollie." "Mollie," who is a 

 dark liver and whita cocker, has the following distinguished 

 lineage : Whelped, Oct. 14, 1875. " Mollie " is c%t of 

 "Topsy," by "Dash," "Topsy" was imported via steamer 

 Idaho, Sept., 1874. "Topsy" iaoutof "Flora," by "Wallace." 

 "Wallace" is by "Rap" (well known in England as the cham- 

 pion Scarboro dog). "Flora" is by "Guess," the champion 

 at the great Horton Show, June, 1875. "Dash" is by Cross- 

 land's "Duke" out of "Dora." "Duke" is by Findley's 

 "Dart," imported May, 1869. "Dora" was imported by 

 Corney in 1866. 



Cuee fob Pixes. — Harry McKenzie, of Boston, wishes us 

 to state that he has tried all sorts of pile remedies without 

 permanent benefit, with the exception of Leonard's Pile 

 Omtment, which he maintains is infallible and permanent, 

 and valuable alike for men and dogs. He disclaims any 

 mercenary motive in recommending this ointment, not being 

 even acquainted with the manufacturer. From the tone of 

 our correspondent's letter we judge that he is wholly disin- 

 terested, and any service that may accrue from his efforts to 



benefit the suffering will no doubt be appreciated. 

 ; . — . — ^o-. — . 



The Westminster Kennel Club. — The annual meeting of 

 the Westminster Kennel Club was held on Friday evening last. 

 The following officers were elected : President, Gen. Alexan- 

 der 8. Webb ; Vice-President, C De Bois VVagstaff ; Secre- 

 tary aud Treasurer, Dr. William S. Webb ; Board of Direc- 

 tors — Col. Legrand B. Gannon, Gen. Alexander S. Webb, C. 

 De Bois Wagstaff, "William M. Tileston, H. Walter Webb, 

 William F. Morgan, Dr. W. S. Webb, George De Forest 

 Grant, Frederick Barnard: Managers of the Bench Show — 

 William M. Tileston, Dr. William S. Webb'C. De B. Wa<r- 

 staff, LI. Walter Webb, George De F. Grant. The next exhi- 

 bition of dogs, held under the auspices of this club, will take 

 place on the 16th and 19th of May, 1878, atGilmore's Garden. 



That Ugly Dog.— The dog which bore off the handsome 

 goblet at the Nashville Exposition, offered as a special pre- 

 mium for the ugliest dog, has quite a remarkable history. 

 He has been the guard at the jail for seven years, and during 

 that time has not been outside the yard walls but three times, 

 tliis being the longest time he was ever out. Though a re- 

 markably ugly-looking dog, he is a thoroughbred, and one of 

 the best watch dogs to be found anywhere. His master, Am- 

 brose E. Camp, our worthy jailer, is proud and fond of him. 

 He returned to his old quarters after the show, and the jail is 

 safe. — LpvisvUle Poultry Journal. 



CABtNG eob A. Good Dog.— Mfflerstoicn, Butler Co., Fa., 

 Bee. 3, 1877.— This place being on the oil belt, game is hunt- 

 ed very close ; but by going away a few miles very good bags 

 can be made. Three of us started out this morning, and by 

 one o'clock had bagged thirteen quail, one partridge aud one 

 rabbit, when, unfortunately, one of the dogs was accidentally 

 shot by one of the party. We then made a sling of a coat, 

 and two of the party brought the dog home, a distance of 

 five miles, while your humble servant carried three guns. 



Truly yours, jTa. W. 



Charleston Dog Snow.— A bench show of dogs was held 

 at Charleston, S. G, Dec. 10, 11 and 12. Among other notable 



— T. Denmead, Jr., of Baltimore, claims the name of Spen- 

 cer for his black and tan Gordon setter puppy, 6 mos. old, by 

 Grand Duke II, prize winner at Baltimore Dog Show, out of 

 Lucy. Lucy is by Mr. B. W. Jenkins', of this city, old dog 

 Hero, out of same owner's Alice, both imported. 

 — •—•■ ■ 



Fine Imported Dog foe Sale. — Last fall, when we were 

 shooting around Brainerd, Minnesota, we had the good for- 

 tune to fall An with Capt. C. Messiter, an English sportsman, 

 well known in America, who was going to Fargo, or farther 

 West in quest of sharptail grouse. Now, on his return home 

 to England, he proposes to dispose of his dogs, which accom- 

 panied him over his Western field. An advertisement of the 

 same appearing in our last issue, Mr,. Messiter writes to us 

 personally : 



I would not part with them had I any further use for them. 

 One of them is own brother to a dog" which has won several 

 times at the Crystal Palace Show and elsewhere, and the 

 other is also very well bred and capital in the field. They 

 will back one another any distance and range well ; have very 

 good noses and seek dead, though they will not retrieve. 



Thompson's "Duke."— We publish herewith the ful 

 pedigree of Hamilton Thompson's " Duke," at the request of 

 a correspondent : 



Duke— Red, born 1872, Hamilton Thompson, Jersey City. Prize 

 winnings : First at Mineola, 1S74, and first at Sprinflgeld, 1S75 : 



Thompson's Belle. Bang. 



Jane, Robinson's Jack. 



Gubner's Pntnam's 

 Belle, Dan. 



Belle, Paul Meade's Dash. 



Palmer's 



Belle. 



Lost.— A setter dog, liver colored and white, answering to the 

 name of Don, was lost by Judge Gildersleeve, on Wednesday morn- 

 ing on the corner of Broadway and Chambers street. Any infor- 

 mation regarding him will be thankfully received, and a suitable 

 reward given on his return to owner at Court House, 32 Chambers 

 St., or 28 W. Forty-eighth St., N. Y. H. A. Gildersleeve. 



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GAME NOW IN SEASON. 



Moose, Alces malchu. 

 Caribou, Tarcmdus rangifer. 

 Elk or wapiti, Cervus canadensis. 

 Red or Virginia deer, Cariacits vir 



giniamis. 

 Squirrels, red, black and gray. 

 Hares, hrown and gray. 

 WUd turkey, Sleleayris gallopavo. 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken 



Cupidonia cupido. 

 Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bonasa 



umibellus. 

 Quail or partridge, Ortyx virgini- 



anvs. 

 Woodcock, Philukda Minor. 



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

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

 jetc, eoniing under the group Limacolce, or Shore Birds. 



Massachusetts— Wareham, Bee. 4. — Mr. Willard Lewis, 

 of Bockland, built last summer a gunner's lodge on Bolens 

 Point, eastern shore of Sampson's Lake, South Cave, some 

 seven miles from this village. Having covered the structure 

 with evergreen boughs, he took up his abode there with his 

 wife. The success of the pair has been unparalleled in this 

 country. Last Friday, the lord of the manor shot 30 wild 

 geese ; one day this week he secured 14, and the total of his 

 bags is up among the hundreds . 



One day last week Mr. Philander Bumpus, who lives on the 

 shores of this lake, secured 6. In fact, there are a score or 

 more shootists around this lake, who daily get a crack at the 

 voj'agers from Belle Isle, who are winding their way south- 

 ward. This lake seems to be a chosen haven of rest for the 

 poor goose ; and this season, above all others, has proved to 

 be the last resting-place of hundreds of the tribe, to the glori- 

 fication of the pleasure seeker. C. L. 



Salem, Bee. 7. — Sporting matters are running quiet in our 

 section just at present. One thing let me say : 1 did not shoot 

 the quail spoken of by "Staunch." I own the bird, and saw- 

 it shot, but Mr. R. K. Patch, of Hamilton, is the man who 

 did take it, and to him belongs the honor. Teal, 



New Yoek — Atlantxmlle, Bee. 8. — Broaclbills are here by 

 thousands; ducking was never better. A favorite house for 

 sportsmen here is that of B. F. Squires, who furnishes board 

 for $1.50 per day, and battery decoys, man and boat $5 per 

 day. 



South Bay, Long Island.— Water fowl shooting on the 

 South Bay, Long Island, was never better. The birds are 

 present in large numbers, embracing braut, broadbill, shell- 

 drake and numerous other reprebentativts of the goose and 

 duck tribe. 



Constantia, Bee. 8.— A correspondent of the Central Square 

 News says : " Sportsmen, both on the lake and in the woods, 

 are having their hands full this season. The immense flocks 

 of ducks now in the lake give the hunter an opportunity to 

 show his prowess in being a good shot. From early dawn 

 till dark the ducks are kept moving. Partridge shooting still 

 continues good. 



Baldwinsville, Bee. 9,— On Monday a gray eagle was shot, 

 measuring 7 feet 6 inches across the wings ; from tail to beak, 

 3 feet, and weighs fourteen pounds. 



Blorniingsbxirgh, Bee. 8.— Still making fine bags of game. 

 Partridges plenty ; self and Millet last week killed 82 in three 

 days' shooting, and one woodcock weighing nine ounces, a 

 fine one. Shot a black snake on Dec 4, and have had snow 

 on the ground. Who ever heard of snakes at this time of 

 the year? Milo. 



New J£b?2y— Harrison, Bee. 6. — Cannot the game laws 

 be made of some use ? It seem3 they don't amount to any- 

 thing. In the first place, game is allowed to be sold too long 



after the close season; thirty days after ihe close season is long 

 enough to sell w hat game lias been shot. By giving too long 

 time it encourages the killing of game after the season.. In 

 Forrestburg and Sandbury, in Sullivan Go., N. Y-. the pot- 

 hunters have snared and trapped the partridges in large num- 

 bers. In Saudburga you can't find a partridge. H. E. R. 



Psxnstlvania — Hantver, Bee. 6. — The country around 

 ht?6 formerly abounded^ in game oj 'ij&m 'isuaUy 



found in the Middl e States, and bags of fifty and sixty quail 

 per day were often made by two sportsmen in the years pre- 

 ceding the war, and in fact up to the winter of 1S64, which 

 winter proved particularly disastrous to quail. Still fresh in 

 the mind of the writer is the result of one day's hunt, when 

 102 quail, besides several cotton tails, were emptied upon the 

 bar of the Central Hotel, killed by Harry Kurtz and his 

 friend P., of Baltimore: but, tempora'mutanlur, and now it is 

 considered a good day's work to kill ten to twelve per day. 

 I succeeded in bagging four quails and one rabbit on Thanks- 

 giving Day, and nine quail on Saturday following, tramping 

 ov.er several townships, and missing only two birds in both 

 days. The season ends December 15, and steps are already 

 being taken by the sportsmen here to procure as many quail 

 as possible to keep until the winter is over. Brush. 



Clearfield, Bee. 5. — The local editor of the Raftsman's Jour- 

 nal, with a party of friends, have been deer hunting on the 

 mountains. Sam Bel], of West Clearfield, killed a fine doe 

 last-week. The Journal sa3'8: "Of late there has been a 

 very extensive pigeon roost in the northern part of Clarion 

 county, near Newmanville. But owing to the continual 

 shooting by the sportsmen the birds are exceedingly shy, 

 though quite a number have been killed. Is it a mere coinci- 

 dence that eight years ago and sixteen years ago there were 

 similar roosts in the same naighborhood ?" 



Warrington, Bee. 8.— Turkeys, partridges aDd hares- 

 thanks to statute law — have been exceptionally plentiful this 

 season. One gentlemen (Mr. J. K. M.), who delights in tbe 

 dog and gun, in fifteen days bagged 342 partridges. In one 

 day he killed 44 partridges, 1 pheasant and 3 hares. We pre- 

 sume he heads the list of amateurs. 



Greenville, Bee. 10. — The Greenville shooting party, who 

 are deer hunting in Osceola county, Mich., write to the Argus 

 that they have killed f ourteeu dteer. They break camp to-day. 



Virginia — Leesburg, Bee. 5.— During last four or five days 

 four gunners have averaged about 1 fi quail apiece each day 

 out. One gentleman killed 4 pheasants (grouse) in about an 

 hour and a half near town. Weather warm and rainy. 



T. W. 



South Gabolina — Charleston, Bet. 8.— Both deer and tur- 

 key have been received in large quantities here this week, 

 especially deer ; some sixty odd having been received by pri- 

 vate parties and at our public market. The last cold snap 

 has brought down large flocks of dncks, and some capital sport 

 is being had along the coast, and on the rice plantation over 

 one hundred pair were brought in by last Pee Dee steamer. 



Yenots. 



Florida— Be Soto Grove, Banana River, Nov. 27.— Deer 

 plenty ; ducks in any quantity, but are little hunted on this 

 side as there are more or less deer here at all times of the 

 year. Moore. 



Mississippi— Corinth, Bee. 8.— I fear that there are very 

 few quails, though I wrote you early in the season that they 

 were seemingly plentiful. Subsequent observation has con- 

 vinced me that I was then mistaken. Guyon. 



Texas— Galveston, Nov. 30— Docks and geese are plentiful. 

 The coast of Texas presents just now the best ducking 

 grounds to be found. 



Wisconsin— Menasha, Bee. 3.— Pall shooting not as good 

 as usual ; ducks and wild fowl scarce ; the deer are in great 

 plenty about 30 miles north of us. S. L. H. 



Our Register.— S. B. Dodge, Esq., of New York, sails 

 this week for Florida, and will make his headquarters at 

 Chrystal River. Mr. Dodge will be absent some four months, 

 and would be glad to have the company of some gentlemen. 

 As it is a country abounding with game Mr. Dodge expects 

 plenty of fishing and shooting. 



That Puzzle.— Well, sportsmen are strong in mathematics. 

 That fact is conclusively proved by the letters which come 

 pouring in in response to the problem published last week. 

 And not only do our correspondents send correct replies, but, 

 like Oliver Twist, they call for more. Tbe boy's game con- 

 sisted of five woodcock, which cost him fifty shells, forty- 

 eight b'ackbirds which cost him three shells, and forty-seven 

 squirrels which cost him forty-seven shells ; total, one hun- 

 dred birds for one hundred shells. Now who can complain 

 of the high price of woodcock in our market ? 



Capt. Bogap.tjus at the Olympic. — For a debut without 

 stage fright, this famous marksman made an excellent ap- 

 pearance on Monday night last at the Olympic Theatre. The 

 Captain first had ten balls sprung in different directions, and 

 broke every one. He then fired at eleven with a pistol, miss- 

 ing all but three, upon which the Captain remarked, ' ' That 

 he was not boss with the pistol, but was with the shot-gun." 

 He then broke sixteen balls in one minute. On Tuesday last 

 he broke thirty balls straight, making no misses. 



WHO IS R. WAKEFIELD? 



Montbeal, Can. 

 Editor Forest and Stream and Bod and Gun: 



The above question was asked by one of your correspondents at 

 Whitehall, in your issue of October 4 r and you gave a very correct reply. 

 "K. Wakefield" is the trade mark I put on guns of English manufac- 

 ture, and this, in conjunction with the Lion and Beaver and the mono- 

 gram BHK between them, is registered at Stationer's Hall, London, 

 England, and can only be used by myself. 



Craving your polite indulgence, I now ask yon to permit me, through 

 your columns, to state by what motives I was actuated in adopting any 

 name as a trade mark, which was not my own. I don't make guns, I 

 profess to be the architect, bnt not the builder. 



My guns are constructed after my own designs, and I employ build- 

 ers, who will furnish the best work at the most reasonable price. 

 Makers who are both the architects and builders of their guna, and 

 who have deservedly earned an enviable reputation, may sometimes 

 yield to the temptation of trading on their fame, and tons either fur- 

 ni«h an article of mediocra merits at a price beyond its real value, or a 

 really good article at a fancy price. 



My motives then are :— 1. Not to be identified with, or tied to, any 

 maker; 2. To be entirely independent of fancy prices; 3. To secure 

 the best work at the lowest figures ; 4. To employ such builders as are 

 besr calculated to satisfactorily construct the vartous-uiaitseB of guns 

 suited to fill the wants of my correspondents. 



3 h^ps your readers will have charity, euuugh .to refrain from saying 

 that I must be some relative of the famous Captain. Bragg, if I assert 

 that I understand what a gan should be. I -hare handled a gun ever 

 since I ha" 1 strength sumoieat to carry one, and I hardly like to confess 

 how many yssrs tijst is sin^e. Thus, you wihse- r tin 



