$m. 16, 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE SIMCOE DOG AND POULTRY SHOW. 



[FBOM OtTK OtVN OOlmKSI'ONDENT.] 



THE Norfolk Poultry and Dog Association held their first 

 combination show at Siineoe. in the Drill shed, on February 

 6, 7 anfl 8. As we were particularly interested in the dog- 

 show we will pass over the poult v, of which there was a very 

 fine collection ton a local exhibition. The president, Mr. Free- 

 man, and the. secretary, Mr. A. W, Smith, did everything in 

 their power to make the show a success, and were ably backed 

 up by a good working committee, and have every reason to 

 i;n-;tied that their exertions were appreciated by the 

 public and that their show was a decided success, both as an 



llibil on and financially. Simcoe is oue of the oldest towns 

 in the W estern Peninsula,' but until a very few years ago it was 

 without railway communication, but now it has two, and a 

 third in contemplation. We may expect to hear of its being 

 ■ inc. of the must prosperous, as it' is situated in the very midst 

 of a ma'jTiitici-iit farming country. 



The Drill shed, which is situated in about the centre of the 

 town and is admirably adapted for such an exhibition, being 

 very large, well lighted and ventilated; and the floor being of 

 dry sand there was no dampness about it, The dosrs were 

 kenneled along the western side, and the eastern sido was 

 devoted to poultry. 



The cldgs were not benched but placed on the ground, with 

 hi<di divisions between each, which was a mistake., as it is not 



i tht 



i lo 



d besides it is not good for 

 them to he on the ground at this season of the year. With this 

 exception, and that sufficient care was not taken in having the 

 classes placed in their catalogued order, everything was in 

 very good shape. 



The judging was done in a largo open space in the middle of 

 the building, and Dr. 1. G. Niven, London, Out., officiated 

 as judge for all the classes and did quite as well as he usually 

 does. 



Tire first class, English setters, had a good entry of eleven. 

 Of these the bitch Liddersdale was rightly placed first. She is 

 a black, white and tan, and is very taking in appearauee, and 

 was well shown. Blythe, placed second, is rather large, but 

 fie beat of the lot. Jefferson Davis we fancied for second 

 place, but age and being quite lame put llim back, and he had 

 to be contented with h. c. Irish setter had no entries. Gor- 

 don setters had one. good one in Jack. (Grouse-Moll III.) 

 This Is a fine Gordon and shows himself remarkably well, and 

 does credit to his sire. Water spaniels and cocker spaniels 

 were not good, and the first prize was withheld in each case. 

 In this class we saw Dr. Niven's beautiful little, black cocker 

 spaniel Black Bess, who was placed on exhibition and at- 

 tracted au admiring crowd; she was shown in good condition. 

 Foxhounds and beagles had some good entries, particularly 

 Dan. O'Shea's Roxey, Forester and Music, and Col. Mabie's 

 fount and Joff. Collies had five entries and all very good. 

 The Doctor took a very long time to decide between Laddie 

 and Lassie for first place, but'flnally the dog got the blue card; 

 and here we may say that in this class where dogs and bitches 

 were shown together it .s hard to give a sound judgment, as 

 the dog has the advantage always of a better coat and frill 

 than a bitch . and that is particularly where Laddie was superior 

 to Lassie, who is a very stout bitch and was shown in beauti- 

 ful condition, as were, all Mr. Rothera's entries. Mr. Rothera 

 had also two very fine puppies, Collins taking the special for 

 best Collie pup exhibited. Fox-terriers were a poor lot; Scotch 

 a little better, black and tan worse ; bulldogs a poor mixture. 

 In St. Bernards Priam was justly placed first. He is one of 

 the best proportioned dogs of the'breed we have seen, and is 

 very large, in fact, we considered him the -best dog in the show, 

 His condition was something worthy of comment. The fol- 

 lowing are 



THE aw Anns, 



English setters.— 1. T. G. Davey's Liddersrtale; 2. (i, W. WeU'sBlythe; 

 v. h. a. Blvtlic Woolnough's Tray; ti. c. C. C. Rapelje's Tory. 



Gordon setters.— 1. J. Lome Campbell's Jack; 2. Same owner's 

 Gypsy. 



Water spaniers.— t. David Durward's Sport. 



< Yichcr spaniels.— 1, B. T. Rojtero's Brouto. 



f''oxlisiraf].s.--l. Dan O'Shea's Roxey; 2. Same owner's Forester. 



Crnyhounis.— i. Dr. Stanton's Beppo. 



Fox terriers.— 1. John Matthew's Gip; 2. J. Madigin's Fan; C. R. 

 Huton's Fritz. 



Black and tan terriers— 2. D. Durward's Con; h. c, T. J. Doah's 

 Grip. 



Merriers.— 1. G. Bruce Jackson's Victory ; 2. Dr. Stanton's Ruby. 



Scotch terriers.— 1. Dan O'Hliea'.s Lady; 2. Same owner's Biily. 



(.lollies.— 1. H". Glazebrook's Laddie; 2, F. W. Roth era's Lassie. 



St Bernard.— F. W. Rothera's Priam: 2. A. ilcMechaols's Major. 



Newfoundlands.— 1. F. W. Sinden's Nero. 



Beagles.— 1. Dan O'Shea's Music; 2. Col. Mabie's Count; h. c.aame 

 owner's Jeff. 



Bull dogs— 1. John Madmen's Crib. 



Miscellaneous.— 1. F.W. Rothera's Pontiff : 2. Dan O'Shea's Tom boy. 



S M :t_:-: p /..■- — Bt = r -.(.-ii-cr. di.ijsrl l.iv .1. L Camnnell'H .fad: and T. 

 ti. Daver's bidders dale. Best collie pupov, F. W. Rotherson'H Colin. 

 Best spaniel, D. T. Roger's exhibit. Best miscellaneous. F. W. 

 Rothera's Pontiff. 



NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. 



publish below a list of the classes for the Westminster 

 el Club's Bench Show, to be held April 18, 19, 20 and 21: 



We, 

 Kennel 



PREMIUM LIST. 



There are 105 classes, as follows: 



1. Champion mastiff's, doge, 2. Same bitches. 3. Mastiffs, dogs. 4. 

 Same, bitches, 5. Puppies, either Bex. 



0. Champion rough-cos tedSt. Bernards, dogs, 7. Same, bitehes, 8. 

 rough-coated Si. Bernard, dogs. 9. Same, bitches. 10. Champion 

 sniootb-couU'd Si, Bernards, dogs. 11, Same, bitches. 12. Smooth-coated 

 St. Bernards, dogs, 13. Same, bitches. 14. St. Bernard puppies, either 

 sex. 



15. Berghunds, dogs, 1fi. Same, bitcliea. 



17. Newfoundland's, dogs. IS. Same, bitches. 19. Same, puppies, 

 either sex. 



80, Champion greyhounds, either sex. 21. Greyhounds, dogs. 22. 

 Same, bitches. 



23. Deerhouuds. either sex. 



24. Champion pointer dogs, over 551bs. 85. Champion bitches, over 

 501bs. 26. Pointers, dot's over 351bs. 27. Bitches, over SOlbs. 28. Cham- 

 pion pointers, dosr; under .\11hs. 29. Bi I ekes, under SOlbs. 30. Pointers, 

 dogs under Bolbs. 31, Bitches under 501bs. 32. Puppies, dogs, 83; pup- 

 pies, l 'itches. 



31. English Betters, champion dogs. 35 Champion bitches. 3G, Im- 

 portad dogs. 37. Same, bitches. 38. Natives, dogs. 39. Same, bitches. 40. 

 English Si-Meiv. pupy.i-s, dogs. 11. bitches, 12. Champion black and ten 

 setters, dogs. 13. Bitches. 14". Blarlc and tan setters, dogs. 45. Bitches, 

 ■«i. Puppies, dogs. ■}?. Bitches. 48. Champion Irish setters, dogs. 49. 

 bitches), 50. Dish setters, dogs. 51. Bitches. 58. Puppies, dogs. 53. 

 Bitches. 



54. hash water spaniels, either sex. 



55. Spaniels, Other than Blaok,over 281bs.. either sex. 50. Cocker 

 spaniels, other than black, under 281bs.. either sex. 57. Black spau- 

 tSfl, over SSlbS., either sex, 58. Black cocker spaniels, under 28lbs., 

 either sex. ,5:1. Spaniel puppies, any color. 



lit Champion foxhounds, either sex. 01. Foxhounds, either sex. 

 62, Champion beagles, either sex. 03. Beagles, dogs. 04. Bitches. 

 05. puppies, 



07. Champion fox terriers, dogs. OS. Bitches. 69. Fos-torriers, 

 .he's. :.':■;••• "i. Puppies, dogs. 72. Bitches. 



73. Champion collies, dogs. 74. Bitches. 75. Collies, dogs. 76. 

 Bitches. Ti" r.;i. o, ■■ dogs. Tfi. Bitches. 



79. Champion bulldogs, either sex. Kfl. Bulldogs, either sex. 



SI. Champion bull-terriers, over 251bs., eiiher sex. K3. Bull-torriers, 

 over ir.liw.. either srx. S3. Champions, under S5lbs. S4. Under 251bs.. 

 85. Puppies, either Bex. K0. Rough-haired terriers, either 

 sex. S7. Black and tan terriers, either sex. SS. Dandie Dinmont 

 terriers, either sex. 89. Irish terriers, either sex. 90. Champion Skye- 

 berrfers, either sex. 91. Skye-terriers, either sar. 92. t hanlpion 



either sex. 97. Champion Yorkshire terriers, blue and tan, over Mbs . 

 either sex. 99. Same, under albs. 98. Yorkshire terriers, blue and 

 tan, over Dibs. 100. Same, under 51bs. 101. 



life. King Charles or Blenheim spaniels, either sex. 103. Japanese 

 spaniels, either sex. 104. Italian greyhounds. 105. Miscellaneous, or 

 foreign class, either s»i. 



THE YELLOW DOG AHEAD. 



IN reviewing the many happy days spent with do.tr and gun 

 the by-past season in the held, none afforded me more real 



asm e it than a day spent in pursuit of niffed grouse and 



tjuail in the company of an old friend, with whom I have 

 Baot a few days each" season for many successive years, lu 

 obedience to his kind invitation, a tedious drive brought me 

 to his house near noon late in December, accompanied by a 

 brace of my best setters. Hospitality is a rule of his house, 

 and after partaking of a substantial lunch we were ready for 

 the field. In answer to his inquiry whether he had better 

 take his pup along, I replied that if he was sure of its good 

 behavior I had no objections. On being assured he was all 

 right he was unchained from his kennel, and looked a weedy 

 little fellow, lemon and white in color, about a year old, a 

 cross between the Irish and English setter, and had not quite 

 the appearance of a bench show winner in form or condition. 

 On reaching cover after the. first small field had bceu drawn 

 blank, one of my bitches came to a beautiful point when a 

 brace of ruffed grouse flushed and were brought to bag. The 

 other bitch and the puppy being off to one side, had no chance 

 to back. So far the puppy had" been showed little chance to 

 show himself, but in getting into the large field beyond the 

 cover he was cast off and given his head. How deceptive 

 appearances are ; for never in all my experience with pointer 

 and setter was I so much astonished as when I saw that worth- 

 less looking creature at once transformed into a real flyer, with 

 head finely carried and lowered stern whipping his hocks at 

 every bound, with haunches brought beautifully under him, 

 quartering the largest field from side to side with his low, 

 raking stride, and carefully easing up on approaching the 

 most likely places for game to habitate with as much judg- 

 ment as an old campaigner, and finally throw up Ids head 

 high into the wind and walk quite one" hundred yards, and 

 staunchly and beautifully pioint (in real setter style) a. large, 

 covey of quad. I was so much delighted with his perform- 

 ance that I remained back and allowed his owner to go up 

 alone, not wishing to perhaps unsteady him with strange 

 company. Owner" and dog were each prodigies of their kinds, 

 for on flushing the birds he handsomely doubled up a brace, 

 using a twelve-pound gun with as much ease as a toy, not 

 only then, but frequently afterward, even in thick cover. 

 The balance of the covey dropped near where I stood, and 

 waiting for my companion to come up, we proceeded to give 

 the dogs a fair trial. The puppy acquitted himself in fine 

 style, taking point after point, with such rapidity and preci- 

 sion as to make the comparison not at all favorable, for my 

 brace, showing quite as well on single birds in cover as 

 he had previously done in the field, and having bagged 

 as many birds as we cared about doing, left the cover 

 with as many points in his favor as my brace. To 

 say that I was astonished and just the least bit morti- 

 fied only slightly expresses my feelings, as I had consid- 

 ered my brace, strictly first-class performers. On our way 

 home another ruffed grouse was added to the bag over a point 

 by mv brace and still another by the puppy's point, and this 

 ended the day. On the following forenoon we had fine sport, 

 the puppy again going off like a rocket, and doing grand 

 work on game, quite holding his own with the best of my 

 two, although scarcely showing as much superiority as on the 

 previous afternoon, when I left for home meditating on my 

 way on the uncertainty of appearances, and thinking after 

 all my care in breeding and breaking setters, how easily I got 

 downed by a novice in a fair and honorable trial, and was 

 forced to admit that the best dog won, not by superior speed 

 and style, although he was deficient in neither, but by the 

 actual "work done in finding and pointing game, what I con- 

 sider the time test of field dogs. Can't you just hurry up a 

 little and get your able treatise on dog-breaking put into book 

 form, as we have another match to come off to see whether 

 he or I pays for two books, when, if it falls on mo by being 

 again beaten, why then I. must buy his dog. 



John Davidson. 



Monhoe, January 31, 1882. 



OUR LONDON LETTER. 



IT is a rare thing for us to have such an open winter as the 

 present one has, so far, been. Coursing has gone on unin- 

 terruptedly, and the work of the trainer has not for a day been 

 interfered with. Horses, too, over most corn's tug grounds, 

 have been running strong, and if the weather holds out as it is 

 some rattling trials are looked forward to over the Altcar 

 flats when the blue, ribbon of the leash is contested for next 

 month. At present an Irish nomination heads the bet- 

 ting. Alec Halliday is so much favored that his owner, Mr. 

 Alexander's nomination, is quoted at 1,000 to 30 — and steadily 

 backed at that. The Waterloo Cup is, however, a very open 

 affair this year, and it will want a dog with plenty of bottom, 

 as well as speed, and a good killer, to win, for Flatman, Earl 

 Sefton's keeper, has never had a finer lot of strong running 

 hares. 



' Mr. Swinburne will sell off Ids kennel of greyhounds at Lu- 

 cas', Liverpool, during the Waterloo Cup week, a good chance 

 for any one forming a kennel. 



As a proof of the number of dog shows in this country and 

 their popularity I may mention tliat the Kennel Chronicle has 

 registered the winners at no less than 320 shows held during 

 tho two years 18.80 and 1881. 



The great difference in the standard for judging dachshunds 

 between that just set up by our newly formed English Dachs- 

 hund Club and that of the German Dachshund Club has 

 brought forth a protest from the president of the latter in 

 form of a letter, which, with copies of the two standards I in- 

 close for publication, should you think tho matter of sufficient 

 importance. 



The Kennel Gazette states that £100 was offered and refused 

 for Mrs. Lindsay's pug dog Turn Turn II., and that the sum of 

 £250 was offered and refused for Miss Jaquet's Turn Turn, and 

 that in both cases the would-be purchasers were Americans. 

 I should be sorry to hurt the feelings of these pug buyers or 

 friends, but I find it mighty hard to be silent ; still, perhaps 

 the statement of the fact, showing its naked folly and extrava- 

 gance, is enough. 



Turn Turn was a charming little dog and came to a, sad end, 

 being run over by a heavy wagon and kihed. Turn Turn II. is 

 also a good pug, and bids fair to take old Sootey's place as 

 champion of the champions. 



The entries for the eighth Field Trial Derby numbers sixty 

 pointers and seventy-five setters, -and it has been arranged for 

 trials to take place in the last week of April over the grounds 

 of Mr. H. R. Farquharson, Tarront Gunville, Blandford, Dor- 

 set. Ho«H Daj-ziel. 



Looton, England, Jan. 20. 



MANGE CURE.— Chattanooga, Tenn.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream : I notice that you are frequently asked for a mange 

 remedy, Last summer and fall, my pointer had a very stub- 

 born case, winch resisted sulphur and lard and other similar 

 ointments, which 1 had used successfully in former cases, and 

 as an experiment I used a dilution of carbolic acid (one part of 

 acid and eight parts of water), with which I thoroughly 

 bitthed the affected parts twice a day (having water at hand 

 with which to wash it off, did it burn too severely), and in a 

 few days the sores were healed. Have used it with marked 

 success on hounds since. — Jat Cee. 



PITTSBURGH DOG SHOW.— Pittsbubgh, Pa., Feb. 6. 

 1SS3.— I am glad to inform vou bhat the managers have secured 

 the old City Hall for then" show, a capital good place, Well 

 ventilated and plenty of light, and as it will only be devoted 

 to tho use of the dogs, all exhibitors can rest assured that 

 their dogs will receive plenty of room and good care. The 

 entries positively close on theSoth host.— Cn as. Lincoln, Supt. 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. 



\ T a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Eastern 

 J\. Field Trials Club, on Thursday, Peb. 9. Vice-President 

 Mr. Jas. H. Goodsell hi the chair, the report or the committee 

 pronouncing the treasurer's accounts correct was accepted 

 The. committee appointed for the purpose reported as follows: 



"The eommitte arc, of the. opinion that, in view of the 

 increasing attention which is given to the breeding and train- 

 ing of fine sporting dogs, and the lively interest which must 

 surely be created by the holding of annual field trials properly 

 conducted, and under proper auspices, it is absolutely neces- 

 sary that the question of ways and means should be disposed 

 of permanently, by tho adoption of a policy which shall pro- 

 vide for the collect ion every year in advance, of a sum suffi- 

 cient to guarantee all the expenses which it may be necessary 

 to incur, for leasing suitable grounds and stocking the same, 

 for prizes, and in general for carrying out tho purposes of the 

 club, upon a broad and liberal basis, and in such a manner 

 that a membership in the club maybe endowed with privi- 

 leges which any gentleman may be proud to possess. 



"We would therefore recommend that a special committee 

 of tlu-ee be appointed by the chairman of this meeting with 

 instructions to report as soon as practicable, the best plan for 

 securing the permanent establishment of the club upon an 

 improved and more effective foundation, whether the same 

 shall be, secured by increased raenabership fees or otherwise, 

 and that the. report of the said committee bo considered at a 

 special meeting of the club, to be held immediately upon the 

 expiration of the sixty days from and after Jan". V,i, during 

 whidb time delinquent members are allowed to discharge 

 their arrears of dues." 



The report was unanimously adopted, and Messrs. Costar, 

 Hall and Hamilton were appointed such committee, and wfll 

 report at the. next, meeting. Upon motion of Mr. Leach, Mr. 

 James H. Goodsell was added to the. committee. Messrs. Don- 

 ner, Godcffroy and Leach wore appointed to select grounds 

 for holding the next trials, and to arrange the stakes, the 

 opening of which was deferred until the next meeting. Mr. 

 Donner was appointed a committee to secure a room up-town 

 for the meetings of the club. The next meeting wfll be held 

 on Wednesday, March 15, at 8 P. M. 



DOGS AND SHEEP.— The following letter has been sent to 

 the chairman of the committee on agriculture by the presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals: "Boston, Feb. 4, 1582, Dear Sir: I am no- 

 tified that legislation is sought for the increased protection or 

 sheep, which I am informed means more severe laws against 

 dogs. I wotdd most, respectfully ask in behalf of the Massa- 

 chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the 

 Srivilege of addressing your committee on that subject. I shall 

 ope to satisfy your committee, first, that shepherd dogs 

 now employed in Europe, Asia and Africa, and many parts of 

 our own country, are the best protection for sheep; second, 

 that bells attached to several sheep of each flock have been 

 found, in England and elsewhere, ample protection; third, that 

 in sheep raising and other districts dogs of most species are ex- 

 ceedingly valuable in protecting poultry from various other 

 animals; and, fourth, that dogs of nearly aU species render 

 great service to the people of this commonwealth, in ways too 

 numerous to be specified in this letter. Very respectfully, 

 George T. Angell, President of the Massachusetts Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." 



"RAILWAY JACK," the dog which has become famous as 

 a "free-pass" traveler on some of the English railways; has 

 come to grief. The London Sporting Lifeoi late date says: 

 ''Hitherto Jack has wandered all over England — has been seen 

 at Glasgow, Dundee, Bristol, and London, also Paris, etc., 

 without getting a scratch, always returning to his home at, 

 Lewes Station. 'Jack' was last seen at Lewes about a fort- 

 night since, being then decked with ribbons, having been a 

 welcome guest at a, wedding party at Berwick. At Norwood 

 Junction on Thursday night last he was crossing the metals, 

 missed his footing when attempting to jump on to the plat- 

 form, fell, and a passing train completely crushed his neat- 

 fore foot, also fracturing the arm-bone. He was sent to the 

 veterinary infirmary of Mr. R. Stock, Lewes, who, to save the 

 animal's "life, determined on amputation, which he subse- 

 quently performed, taking the leg off near the elbow, Mr. J. 

 G. Bra'deu, surgeon, keeping 'Jack' under the influence of 

 chloroform during the operation. Numerous indeed have- 

 been, and still are, the inquries as to 'Jack's' progress. We 

 are pleased to state that he is doing as well as possible, receiv- 

 ing the most unremitting attention from his surgeons." 



THE PELON DOG.— The Mexicans call him pelon, the 

 Americans refer to him as the no-hair dog, while the stranger 

 from the North who sees him for the first time calls him a cast>- 

 iron dog, for that is what he looks like at first glance. Al- 

 though not particularly intelligent, the no-hair dog is sus- 

 ceptible of a high polish, for his hairless hide shines in the sim 

 as if it had been recently touched up with stove polish. His 

 body is about the size and somewhat of the shape of a water- 

 melon — that is one of those small watermelons that are about 

 the size of a pelon dog. He differs, however, from the melon 

 in that his tail is adorned with a tuft of blond hah, which is 

 never the case with the. watermelon. He wears a tuft of hair 

 — another tuft, of course, not the same one at all — on his 

 head, which gives him a very striking appearance. The pelon 

 dog is found in Austin, in San Antonio and in tamales, the 

 latter being a Mexican dish, the ingredients of which are as 

 uncertain as those of hash.— Texas Sift ings. 



ANOTHER SKEWER.— A letter from Indianapolis, Ind,. 

 signed by " S. H. M." in edition Feb. 2, has attracted my at- 

 teution as being very similar to the case of a bitch which some 

 years ago I presented to Mr. Henry MeNed, of Philadelphia. I 

 "called on Mr. McNeil some months after and found she had 

 grown to be a beautiful animal. On examining her I dis- 

 covered directly below the last or next to the last short rib on 

 her left side a swelling, which appeared to give her some pain 

 on pressure. Manipulation, accompanied by an apparent 

 pain, made it known to me that the now discharging sore 

 contained something of a solid nature, which I at first took to 

 be a piece of fractured rib; when withdrawn it proved to be a 

 butcher's wooden skewer used for trussing meat. I didn't 

 measure it, but should say it was eight inches in length. No 

 bad results followed, and the wound soon healed.— C. S, W, 



CANINE NAMES.— A few days ago a local item told of a 

 Third Ward boy who named his dog Peruvian., in tho hope 

 that its bark would be good for the ague, which brings to 

 mind the, fellow in Detroit, who calls his dog Non Sequitur, 

 because it does not follow. This is altogether too classical for 

 the Fourth Ward boy, who has dubbed his bull-pup the 

 "World." because it wags as it wdl. A friend of the Bmart 

 youth, on hearing it, remarked that that was far-fetched, for 

 whde the world might wag on. who over heard of any other 

 part but the tad of the dog wagging. "What!" replied the 

 precocious Californian, "didn't yer never hear or a dog 

 wagon;" The man came up imrn?i;liatelv and brought the 

 item in.—S(K:r«vtieiUo Record-Union. And a New York young- 

 lady will name her dog Misery because he loves company. 



TRAINING vs. BREAKING.— There has been such a de- 

 mand for the numbers of FOREST ano..Stkeam eontaiuin ; these 

 articles that the supply is nearly exhausted and we can fur- 

 nish no more. Tho treatise will soon bs issued in book fQrm„ 

 of which due notice will be given. 



