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i iate his sufferings-, with the exception of 

 Woorara, the South isoa, Finally, chloral 



hydrate was settled upon as (lie remedy likely to be of most 

 benefit, and thirty grains of it were given per amun every 

 This drug certainly out short the spasms and lessened 

 the sufferings, but at a few minutes of five, this morning, he 

 quietly breathed his last. During his illness the radial pulse 

 oscillated between 130 and 180 beats per minnte, his temper- 

 ature being about 104 deg. Fahrenheit. In the Medical 

 Record, of Dec. 15, 1877, will be found a report of a case of 

 nubia by Dr. Warner, and the readers of this article 

 will do well to peruse it, as it is an almost counterpart of the 

 case I have just related. It is particularly noticeable from 

 the fact that many of the symptoms popularly believed to ex- 

 ist, in cases of hydrophobia were entirely wanting. There 

 was no violence, no desire to hite, nor were the convulsions 

 very strongly marked. Now, what should have been the 

 proper treatment of this case from the first— that, is, the pro- 

 phylaxis or prevention of the terrible disease from which the 

 poor fellow lost his life ? In view of my experience, which 

 has been related in the columns of this journal, I feel war- 

 ranted in saying that free excision of the wounded parts, if 

 possible, followed by the application of fuming nitric acid, 

 with an after dressing of the fermented poultice, sprinkled 

 with a solution of permanganate of potassa, w*ouldhave afford- 

 ed an almost absolute certainly that the septic germs bad 

 been destroyed. The nitrate of silver does not go deep 

 enough ,- it forms a scab, an albuminate of silver, and under- 

 neath it the terrible poison is incubating, and shortly is ab- 

 sorbed into the system and spreads like wild-fire, producing, 

 almost inevitably, death. 1 am forcible in my denunciation 

 of lunar caustic, for this case is, I regret to say, the third in 

 which, within my own knowledge, a misplaced confidence in 

 the remedy has been followed by fatal consequences, and I 

 expect to see more. In my own case, were I bitten by any 

 dog, rather than run a terrible risk I would at once follow the 

 plan of treatment I have suggested, and you will remember, 

 Mr. Editor, how heroically I did this in my own son's case, 

 no fatal results following. If the bite or bites cannot be ex- 

 cised or cauterized at once, do it as soon as possible, even 

 after a week or even longer. 

 Very truly yours, II. 0. Yarrow. 



TWO FOXES IN THE FIELD. 



T?OX HUNTING IK NOR TH. CAROLINA. 



First Day. 



I WILL give you an accurate account of a week's fox- 

 hunting in this vicinity, beginning on the Monday, Nov. 

 12, and terminating Saturday evening, on the 17th. 



Just before sunrise, Monday morning, my horn summoned 

 my pack to arise and prepare for sport. It was in fine trim, 

 and vociferously responded to the summons. Mounting Lord 

 Elgin, I dashed at rapid pace for the hunting grounds, 

 some three miles distant. As soon as they were reached 

 Driver gave mouth. All flew to him and seconded his strike, 

 clustering around a stump, smelling closely, then elevating 

 their head3, loudly proclaimed "just so!" But the stump 

 afforded the strongest scent, and the trail could not be carried 

 forward without close nosing. It soon turned into a road, 

 when the track was plain and the direction right. I followed 

 the road more than a mile, before the fox left it. A few 

 persimmon trees in an adjoining field invited him from it. 

 After partaking of his favorite fruit, his direction was re- 

 sumed and continued through woods and old fields until he 

 entered an enclosed piece of cut down pines to rest and 

 luxuriate in the sun. So securely and so soundly did he rest that 

 the pack surrounded him before he suspected their intention. 

 But he was up and equal to the emergency. Squirrel-like, he 

 mounted the logs and liinbs, over the heads of the hounds 

 while they were underneath the brushwood, jumpiDg and 

 flying in every direction, and mads off at rapid speed before they 

 got fairly out of this entanglement. He made a straight run 

 West for a mile, when he discovered his safety depended upon 

 better strategy, and he began the double, hoping to throw 

 off the pack by abrupt turns. His efforts were unsuccessful, 

 and in nine minutes he caved in and threw up the sponge . I 

 had scarcely rested after returning home before the shrill 

 sound of a small horn announced the coming of some hunts- 

 man friend. It must be Broadnax, of Virginia ; but, no ! the 

 horn is too soft for him. 1 went to meet the most welcome 

 comer, and noticed at the outer gate, some 500 yards distant, 

 a single rider and six dogs. In a few minutes the rider was 

 before me. He handed me a note from Genl. P. B. Starke, of 

 Virginia, written in a most affectionate strain tendering me 

 six of the best dogs of his pack. I had ten couple already of 

 staunch and reliable qualities, and this addition made my pack 

 capable of an assortment to suit any and every style of 

 hunting. I had scarcely fed and put them in the kennel be- 

 fore a note is handed me by a special comer with the pleasant 

 information of, "I am down— join me in the morning. Say 

 when and where, Broadnax." 



I immediately replied, " Certainly — about sunrise — our 

 objective point must be Mrs. Mason's, keep a converging line 

 to Arriugton's. T. G. T." 



Second Day. 



At a very early hour on Tuesday morning, Nov. 13, 1 was 

 up and ready for operations. I soon warmed my bread, made 

 a pot of strong hot coffee, with pure fresh cream and butter, 

 and sat down to a breakfast which only huntsmen know how 

 to appreciate. Before the sun was up I blew my horn, 

 mounted Lord Elgin, and in a trice was off as agreed upon. I 

 had not proceeded far in the line decided upon before a cou- 

 rier came to me from Broadnax with the pleasing information 

 that the old red had been seen that morning after day on 

 Goblin's Hill, two miles below Gaston. I pressed forward 

 with quickened pace and soon came to the hunting party 

 quietly waiting my arrival. We had scarcely finished saluta- 

 tions when I was consulted whether the old red or a gray 

 should be hunted. " The old red, of course," I replied. All 

 the party except Broadnax had urged a gray, but my choice 

 prevailed, and off we moved in the direction of Goblin's Llill. 

 We had scarcely arrived at its base before the fox's trail was 

 struck. In an instant the fox was up and off. The sl. 

 fair in every essential. Not a dog was out of place. The 

 fox ran out of a small thicket in full view of the foremost 

 huntsmen, bounding like a ball and clearing a deep 

 just there, without effort. He was too closely pressed to run 

 before the wind, as was his invariable practice, but. rushed 



right away regardless of wind or tide, earnestly endeavoring 

 Efcer a straight run of a mile he was forced 

 to make a curve and traverse nearly his track. I halted with 

 several ol hers to note his next dodge as soon as the sound of 

 lis movement, As quick as thought the 

 fox passed us Withing thirty steps, and close upon him came 

 thundering the whole pack, The woods fairly trembled with 

 the sound. Twenty-six couples of hounds as noisy as forty 

 pianos, make no ordinary music. The same number of 

 clarionets could not produce such silvery music. Wc marked 

 ling dogs ; Broadnax had three covering the track and 

 clear in advance of the pack. Where is Gen. Starke's Dolly ? 

 there she is, but a little to the left of the trio. Where is my 

 Logan ? still further to the left, and still further outside of al 1, 

 is my Rodman, moving like a frightened cur, and with such 

 speed that a men- glimpse is afforded us. After passing us 

 the fox ran down the Roanoke for a mile or more, and 

 curved back, laying his course up that stream. I again halted 

 to note as before the leading dogs. Several had been thrown 

 out and stopped with me, seeming disinclined to take further 

 part in t lie chase. I had scarcely posted myself before the 

 fox ran right square up to me, in full view of the clogs with 

 me, but soon out again. The pack came dashing on with 

 Gen. Starke's Dolly first in my sight. I had no time to wait 

 the approach of her or the pack, but pressed for the dogs (only 

 three) that had accidentally disturbed the sport. I soon, how- 

 ever, got a large number up, and no time was lost or distance 

 gained by the fox. His course too was not turned. Up the 

 Roanoke he moved with failing pace to Broadnax's plantation 

 at Gaston. Then he turned north and made for an oak forest 

 on the river hills near Dr. Wilkin's. As the dogs came out 

 of the forest I saw Broadnax's Bill Hey and my Comet fully 

 thirty paces ahead, and the pack only the half of its proper 

 size. How is this ? What has occurred ? It was evident. I 

 left the other huntsmen, dashed back and soon came upon 

 some eighteen of the best runners in the field in close pursuit 

 of a cray. The very first break was taken advantage of . I 

 broke them off and dashed for Goblin's Hill, a noted place for 

 observation. On its summit I met the pack after the red, who 

 had adroitly got a good distance ahead, aud had matters just 

 as he wished] But my reinforcement soon changed this con- 

 dition of things, and we were again at his heels. He must 

 have loitered in the same forest in which the pack was divided, 

 for he came out of it not a hundred steps in advance of the 

 pack. He ran right toward the Gaston low grounds, then 

 turned abruply back on his tracks, ran into a thicket on the 

 outskirts of the low grounds, and out ran a gray fox, both red 

 and grey in full view of the huntsmen at the same time. Un- 

 fortunately my dog pursued the gray, and after a spirited race 

 of ten or fifteen minutes caught him. We were now more 

 than a mile from the place where the change of foxes occurred, 

 and knowing the old red would continue to move as long as a 

 note like a horn could be heard, we counseled and determined 

 to rest Wednesday (Nov. 14) and to make an early move on 

 him Thursday morning (Nov. 15). And in my next you shall 

 have the result, though I am now laboring under the effect 

 of the largest freshet ever witnessed in the Roanoke, sweep- 

 ing away every thing in its violent course, fodder, oats and 

 puinkins, and submerging my entire crop of corn. This river 

 has manifested a turbulence this fall net heretofore witnessed 

 by me, and now has grown into a bad sea, reaching from hill 

 to hill and covering every foot of land between. But amidst 

 all this destruction I mounted Lord Elgin this morning and 

 hunted it's hills with my usual good spirits. 



Gaston, JOT. O., Noo. 26, 1877. T. G. T. 



Birmingham Doo Show.— This leading English dog show 

 was concluded in the week ending December 8, and there 

 were over 1,000 entries. The following gentlemen were the 

 judges : 



Pointers.— Viscount Combennere and Messrs T L Brewer and 

 E Lewis. Bloodhounds, Mastiffs and St Bernards— Mr E Han- 

 bury. Deerhounds and Greyhounds— Mr S Mallabey. Otter- 

 hounds, Harriers, Beagles, Dachsiinds, Dalmatians, and Foreign 

 Non-sporting Dogs — Mr T FiBher. Fox-terriers — Mr W Cropper 

 and the Rev Cecil Regard. Setters — Bev R O'Callaghan and Mr 

 C G Boss . Betrievera— Mr W Lort and Col J J Allison . Spaniels 

 —Mr C B Hodgson, Major H W Willett and the Bev A L Willett. 

 Newfoundlands and Foreign Sporting Dogs — Mr W Lort and Mr 

 M Smith. Sheep Dogs— Mr W Lort. Bulldogs and Bull-terriers 

 — Mr J Taylor and Mr J Percival. Smooth-haired, Black and Tan 

 and Yorkshire Terriers, Pomeranians, Pugs, Maltese, Italian 

 Greyhounds, Blenheim and King Charles Spaniels and Toy Ter- 

 riers—Mr M Hedley and Mr P Eden. Skya Terriers, Dandies, 

 Bedlington, Wire-haired and Broken-haired Terriers— Mr J Nisbet 

 and Mr G Parker. 



We give the prize-winners in pointers and setters : 



Pointers— (large size)— Dogs (Champion Class;— Prize, Mr B 

 Price's Wagg ; H O, Mr J H Whitehouse's Trent. Bitches (large 

 size, Champion Class)— Piize, O H MaBon's Lady Isabel. Dogs 

 (large size) — First, Mr T Sturgeon's Burr ; second, Mr Q Piltung- 

 ton's Faust ; C, M B Price's Eos Cymrwy. Bitches (large size) 

 — Firstj Mr Q-T Bartram's Stella; second, Mr Gf Moore's Maggie ; 

 H C, Mr J E Mason's Nina ; C, Mr B Prioe's Mend and Mr J N 

 Clark's Blair. Dogs, amah size, Champion Class — Prize, J H White- 

 house's Cedric. Bitches, small size, Champion Class — Prize, Mr J 

 Fletcher's Luna ; H C, Mr J H WhitehouBe's Lady Pearl. Dogs, 

 small size — First, Mr B P Leach's Ben ; second, Mr Gr T Bartraui's 

 Special; C, Mr J Kennedy's Priam. Bitches, small size— First, 

 Mr J H Whitehouse's Keine ; second, Mr B Price's Bow Bells ; H 

 C, Mr J Ineson's Flora ; C, Mr J H Whitehouse's Begent and Mr 

 J Huggins' Juno. 



Settees, English— Dogs, except black and tan, Champion Class 

 —Prize, Mr J Fletcher's Bock. BitcheB— Prize, Mr W Tan Wart's 

 Belle. Dogs— First, Mr Q de L Macdona's Banger III, lateDi ck ; 

 second, Mr B L Fureeil-Llewellin's Count Dick ; V H O, Mr R L 

 Piu'cell-LleweUin's Prince Boyal and Mr F Jones' Boll H. Bitches 

 — First, Mr B L Purcell-Llewellm's Princess ; second, Mr B L 

 Parcell-Llewellin's Novel; V H C, Mr A H Jubb's Kate. Dogs, 

 black and tan, Champion Class— Prize, Mr W Coath's Lang. 

 Bitches — Prize, Mr E L Parson's Floss. Dogs, blaok and tan- 

 First, Mr J T Richardson's Duke ; secoud, UB.pt F W Bankiu's 

 Monarch ; Y H C, Mr O H Mason's Ronald and Mr H Mapplebeck'a 

 Blossom; C, Mr T W Webley's Scamp II. Bitches— First, Mr W 

 M Islington's Nell ; second, Mr T A Negus's Sherry ; Y H C, Mr 

 E Calhca'rt's Rapid. Dogs and Bitches, Irish, Champion Class- 

 Prize, Mr T M fiilliard's Palmeraton. Dogs, Irish— First, Mr G 

 de L Macdona's Rover ; second, Mr J Kennedy's Dick ; H O, Mr 

 F W Paris' Rover and Mr J Fletcher's Grouse. Bitches— First, 

 Mr J H O'Brien's Kate ; second, Mr J S Skidmore's Poll. 



The show of the kennel club was to take place immediately 

 afterward, at the Alexandra Palace. Nearly 1,200 dogs had 

 been entered, including representatives from the best kennels 

 in England. 



St. Louis Benoh Snow,— The interest in this show is still 

 at fever heat, and ail the officers are doing their best to make 

 the event a leading one in Western canine annals. Many 

 special prizes are corning in — in fact already their aggregate 

 value surpasses $2,000. Ab»ut next week we traut to be able 



to give the fullest details. Special rates have been ajbta 

 on all the railroads coming into St. Louis. A change, we are 

 informed, has been made in the fl'OO kennel pels 

 stitution of .tfie words or bred: now it reads dogs " owj 

 bred." The medals for sportsmen's goods are quite costly and 

 represent, as announced, every dollar of their actual value. 

 As there are no entry fees for sportsmen's goods, to win these 

 prizes would, of course, be an important object. Miss Mc- 

 Kellops has presented one of her best pictures, worth, at the 

 lowest, $150. Some of the judges have been already ap- 

 pointed, among them we may mention Col. Skinner and Dr. 

 R.Young. The association have engaged the rink for the 

 whole of January and February, so as to have the place per- 

 fectly under their control long before the bench show com- 

 mences. Want of space prevents our giving the classifica- 

 tions in this number. Wc trust to find a place for it in out- 

 next. 



Detroit Bench Snow. — It will be seen from the following 

 that the proposed show has been postponed : 



Detroit, Dec. HO, 1S77. 

 Jiditer Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun : 



Dear Sir— Owing to the committee not being able to engage a satis- 

 factory place to liold the bencli snow, it Is postponed fertile present, 

 much to the regret of many owners of dogs. Yours truly, 



CuArles Lincoln. 



Massachusetts Kennel Club. — Boston. Deo. 31. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream :— The Massachusetts Kennel Club, at their 

 last meeting, decided to give their initiatory bench show in 

 the early spring, probably during March. Hub. 

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Commenting on the Alexandra Palace Bench Show, the 

 Live Stock Journal has the following remarks : 



"Turning now to the show we have to review, to com- 

 mence with, the honest open judging — the public can see it , 

 the press, catalogue in hand, can look on ; the press is not 

 even deterred from talking to a judge. The dogs, too, are led 

 around a large open ring, where every flaw or fault in head, 

 or limb, or loin, may be spotted at a glance. The judges, as 

 a rule, are better chosen than at Birmingham. The dogs, too, 

 may be led round by the owners, or their servants, and this is 

 a great advantage. How, for example, can a setter show head 

 or stern if he is dragged and bullied into the ring by a man 

 that makes him tremble ? The time the dogs are confined at 

 this great show is but four days, and they are brought in on 

 the morning of the show, thus reducing the actual time of 

 their incarceration to a minimum. 



Future associations having bench shows in view, would do 



well to think about all such matters. In the centre of every 



bench show room, there should be made some kind of an in- 



closure, where the dogs can be moved when being judged. 



Hauling a dog down;! stairs and up stairs to be judged does 



not improve him. 



.—.»,_, — . — _ — 



Dog and Poultry Show at Pittsburgh.— The Western 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society will hold its sixth annual ex- 

 hibition at the City Hall Pittsburgh, commencing on January 

 17th, and concluding on the 25th. Address E. Gregg, Presi- 

 dent, or C. B. Elben, Secretary. The show is open to dogs, 

 under the rules of the Kennel Club, and it is believed that a 

 fine show of dogs and poultry will be on exhibition. 

 — . — m « 



Meadville Pa. Association. — The Meadville Dog, Poul- 

 try, Pigeon, and Pet Stock Association, will hold their first. 

 show on the 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th Jan., 1878, at Meadville, 

 Pa. Premium lists will be furnished on application to the 

 corresponding secretary. The following are the officers : Presi.. 

 dent, A. McLaren; Vice-President, Dr. S. A. Gawer; Cor- 

 responding Secretary, W. A. Logan; Recording Secretary, 

 Wm. Craston; Treasurer, J. Worst; Executive Committee; 

 J. W. Babcock, Edgar Hindekoper, Geo. M. Orris, C. H. Ely, 

 stone, Chas. Colt, M. Minium, and C. McLean. 



Massachusetts Kennel Club. — This association, which 

 undoubtedly will occupy a leading position in canine matters 

 in New England, held its first meeting on Dec. 5, 1877, when 

 the following gentlemen were elected : W- H. Cowing, presi- 

 dent; J. Fottler, Jr., first vice-president ; E. L, Dorr, second 

 vice-president; T. T. Sawyer. Jr., treasurer; E. J. Forster,. 

 secretary, who also constitute ex-ofiicio the executive commit- 

 tee. The charter (under the General Law of Massachus 

 was obtained from the Secretary of State, Dec. 13, 1877. 



The object of the club is stated in the constitution, namely, 

 "To encourage interest in dogs, promote improvement in 

 their breeding and management by means of exhibitions, the 

 distribution of awards, the gathering and disseminating of 

 reliable and practical information relating thereto ; or by such 

 other means as the club may vote." 



The association is composed so far of gentlemen of Boston. 

 In addition to the officers already mentioned, the following 

 gentlemen are members of the Massachusetts Kennel Club: 

 Dr. J. Nelson Borland, Dr. F. B. Greenough, Mr. Lee J, 

 Colley, Samuel W. Rodman, Frank L. Barnes," James F. Cm 

 tis, Samuel Hammond, W. P. Fay, Luther Adams, Edward 

 P. Brown, Edward E. Hardy, and Charles E. Fuller, all of 

 whom are of Boston. The membership is limited to twenty- 

 five. 



Rabies Canina.— We would direct particular attention to 

 a communication addressed to us by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U. S. 

 A. Dr. Yarrow's advice in regard to the method of treatment 

 in hydrophobia comes quite opportunely as an adjunct to Sir 

 Thomas Watson's admirable paper onhydrophohin and rabies, 

 published in the Nineteenth QeMniry* We propose in the uext. 

 issue of the Forest and Stream* and Bod and (J Us to give a 

 careful abstract of Sir Thomas Watson's excellent article. We 

 have implicit faith in Dr. Yarrow's medical judgment, and be- 

 lieve that by his method of treatment for hydrophobic 

 can he saved. 



