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are very prettily and properly arranged on a bill-side, cover¬ 
ing about an acre of ground which is sown with timothy 
and vetch; the night-quarters are arranged in stalls, loose 
boxes for the brood bitches, and everything connected with 
the kennels is clean, and the dogs are kept in proper order 
and control. Now that Mr. Foote of Morristown has given 
up his kennels, owing to indisposition, this kennel is un¬ 
doubtedly the largest and best arranged in the country. 
Time prevented us from inspecting the dogs more minutely 
and vve shall take great pleasure in paying Mr. Waddell 
another visit at the beginning of the woodcock season. 
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Pedigree of Mr. Fowler’s Duke.— Duke by Dash, by 
Dandy out of Di; Dandy by Mr. Jobling’s celebrated Dog, 
Dandy' (of Lord Rosslyn’s blood,) that took the 20 Guinea 
nrize at Newcastle, out of Mr. Langstaff’s Moll. Moll by 
Mr Roddman’s Pelter, out of Jobling’s Nell. Nell out of 
Neil Dandy’s dam out of Jobling’s Lioness, by Sir William 
Ridley’s Grouse. 
Di * dam of Dan, bred by Captain Bruce, near Castle 
Dawn Ireland, out of his Flirt. Flirt by Friday, out of 
Fan ’ Sire of Di, Marengo, out of a Gordon Setter Bitch, 
bred by Sir Arthur Chichester, by a son of the late Duke of 
Gordon’s celebrated Dog Dandy. 
Dandy and Di were purchased by Dr. J. H. Gautier of 
Mr. J. D. Kedward, Esely Court, Michel Curch, Esely, 
Hertford, England. 
Kate, the dam of Duke, was bought when 11 months old; 
she is of the Stockton breed. Duke is really a fine speci¬ 
men of the setter, a blood-like head, with the kind and mild 
expression of the Gordon, perhaps a little too heavy and the 
feet too large; he distinctly shows-the marks of his hot- 
blooded ancestry, the Irish. He has four sons and two 
daughters by a white setter bitph, with black noses and 
eyes, and marks of symmetry; their colors are grades of 
chestnut red; one is orange and white; they would make 
good sportsmens’, dogs. 
For Forest and Stream. 
THE WARWICKSHIRE FOX HOUNDS— 
VISIT TO THE K ENNELS. 
Y ESTERDAY afternoon I started from my hotel, and 
walking gently up the Parade, thronged at that hour 
with the beauty and fashion of Leamington, I made my way 
to the Kenilworth road, one of those wide avenues, lined with 
trees and pleasant villas, only to be seen here in England. 
A two miles’ walk brought me into the open country, and 
on my right I saw a colony of brick buildings, some hun¬ 
dred yards from the road. They were the kennels of the 
Warwickshire hounds which I had come out to see. Strid¬ 
ing down a lane cut between banks of red sandstone, I 
was .first welcomed by abound, a staid old lady who was 
evidently trusted with the run of the place. We fraternised 
and she accompanied me into the stable yard where I found 
several children at play, one of whom ran to inform the 
huntsman of the advent of a stranger. George Day, the 
huntsman soon appeared, and after handing him my card 
and letter of introduction, he proceeded to show me the 
place. I first inspected the kitchen, in one part was a 
great copper boiler full of oatmeal porridge, “ pudding,” as 
the huntsmen call it. The meal from which this is made 
is of the very best description, the same as sold for human 
consumption. When the oatmeal is thoroughly done it is 
ladled from the boiler into large troughs, where it cools 
down into a solid mass. In another room was a second 
boiler which was full cf horse flesh. This is boiled from 
fifteen to twenty hours. In a third room the flesh and 
“pudding” is mixed together with cold water into one 
savory mass. It is given to the hounds cold except in very 
sharp weather, when some warm broth is poured over it. 
About two carcasses a week are used at these kennels, and 
over twenty tons of oatmeal a year. Passing from the build¬ 
ing we go to what interests me most, the kennels. The 
kennels are, in fact, a series of one story brick buildings, 
the size of stable, enclosed in a walled yard, with iron rails 
and spikes at top. There are two compartments, one for 
the dogs and one for the bitches, each having separate 
yards. As we enter through the yard door of the dog’s 
kennel the hounds give tongue furiously at the sight of a 
stranger, but a crack or two from the huntsman’s whip 
and a word or two of rebuke to the most turbulent and 
they are driven into the building, which we enter. At the 
height of about three feet from the floor a “bed” runs all 
along the buiding, leaving a gangway 7 a yard wide on one 
-side, to this the boards slope down. On this bed, which is 
covered with clean straw renewed daily, I see about twenty- 
five couples of hounds, and beauties they are. I am not a 
judge of fox hounds, and so cannot give the readers of 
Forest and Stream any cunning description as to their 
points. But tjiere was no mistaking, that white and black, 
or tan, or yellow, or liver colored, they were all beautiful 
animals. The huntsman called by name the crack hounds 
“Trueman,” “Fairplay,” “Pilot,” “Foreman,” “Childers,” 
and one by one answering to their names the. obedient 
animals came down and w T ere inspected to the evident vex¬ 
ation of their companions left behind on the bed. Fox 
hounds I find vary greatly in England. A pack has to be 
bred to suit the country 7 in which it "is hunted, and. masters 
of fox hounds continually interchange their pup¬ 
pies and breed from one another’s packs. Some of the best 
hounds I saw here were bred from the pack of Lord Fitz- 
hardinge, of Berkeley Castle, who is reported to have the 
best strain in England, although the district which he 
hunts is not a very good one. Others were bred from the 
Oakley pack, which hunts the Bedfordshire country. After 
I had examined the crack dogs, they were all let loose into the 
yard again, where they crowded around and fawned on me 
in rather an embarrassing manner. At my hotel there is 
about the best terrier in the world, which being Scotch is 
appropriately called this animal is continually on 
nty lap, and the foxhounds scenting evidences of Mike ap¬ 
peared to think I was some new kind of dog. But at a slight 
cut of the huntsman’s whip, and a “Go back Hero,” any 
over obtrusive hound would retire with his tail down, and 
a rebuked look. The cut of the whip could be nothing, 
but each hound seemed to feel the humiliation of being 
punished of rebuked. Their sensitive and intelligent ex¬ 
pression is wonderful. Next we had a look at the bitches, 
about twenty-five couples, in the next kennel, and 
“Victory,” “Lady,” “Emma” and “Delicate” come in for 
a special commendation. Then to look at the puppies and 
their mammas. ^ Some were in separate rooms in the build¬ 
ings; others, with older families, had each a wooden ken¬ 
nel in the “paddock” adjoining; each kennel was corraled 
with a small wooden paling, leaving some yards of grass 
on which the puppies could play, and allowing the mothers 
to jump the fences, and leave their families safe when they 
wanted" to pay visits. Some of the bitches I saw had four¬ 
teen pups, others twelve; the average number which lives 
is six to each bitch. The hounds are fed in the hunting seas¬ 
on after their day’s run; now they are fed the first thing in 
the morning. T'here is a long passage from the kennels in 
which the troughs of food a,re placed, the door of the ken¬ 
nel is opened and the huntsmen stands by it with his whip, 
and calls out one by one the name of each hound. Should 
one attempt to come without being called, he is dismissed 
| with a cut of the whip to wait till Hie last. This the old 
| hounds know, and it is astonishing how docile and patient 
J they are. So many hounds feed at each trough, and when 
i that is emptied, they receive their conge through an oppo- 
| site door, and a fresh trough is brought for another batch 
j of animals. In the day time they are exercised in the pad- 
I docks or along the roads. 
I had a look at the stables, in which I found fourteen 
horses^they. were well flagged and drained, as were the 
- kennels and yards, and every convenience for equine com¬ 
fort was there, but as I am going to pay a visit to Studley 
Castle, the seat of Mr. T. E. Walker, M. P., the well 
known sportsman, I will send you a description of his 
splendid stables. 
The cost of keeping up a pack of foxhounds, it is hard to 
reckon. First, the hounds, next fourteen to twenty horses; 
wages to huntsman, first, second, and third whip; and a 
groom. Cost of stabling, and houses for men, and fields 
for horses. Altogether the total makes a considerable sum. 
A huntsman receives a very good salary, and he deserves 
it, as he is required to know all about hounds and .horses, 
to.be a first class rider and cunning in the ways of the fox. 
The North Warwickshire is in the season hunted four, 
sometimes five days a week, which necessitates a large stud 
of horses be.ing kept. It is certainly one of the best in 
England, and the' proximity of Leamington as a pleasant 
headquarters for sportsmen makes it more popular. Within 
easy distance of Leamington are twelve packs of hounds, 
but the Warwickshire is of course the favorite. Many 
Americans have hunted with them. Col. Geo. E. Waring 
of Philadelphia, was here last fall, and Mr. C. A. Payson 
of New York and several others of our countrymen have 
hunted here all winter. Americans will not in England 
find a better pack than the Warwickshire, or a pleasanter 
sojourning" place than Leamington, Stanley Janes. 
Crown Hotel, Leamington , Eng., May 15, 1874. 
MR. CARMAN’S THEORY. 
New York, May 21,1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I told you my snuff bitch is about six months old. She is nine. Hav¬ 
ing no sort of patience with the rambling zig-zags of a large proportion 
of the sportsmen with whom it has been my fate to mingle, I beg you to 
excuse the error of my thoughtless reply to your question as to her age. 
I have just read your comments, and cannot “agree to disagree 1 with 
you, because I agree with you so fully. I never advocated the crossing 
of setters and pointers as you put it; the experiment has been well tried 
I know, too, and as a rule failed. What I have been seeking and still 
seek is a breed of my own that, having for its fourth or fifth great grand¬ 
father a pointer, shall be permanent, and shall show in its markings and 
in some of its features that it is distinct, and yet preserve all of the 
finest characteristics of either ancestor. This experiment has not been 
tried that I can learn. 
While, therefore, I agree with you that a crossing of the setter and 
pointer is unwise, as likely to produce valueless nondescripts (valueless 
expiessly for further breeding purposes), and while 1 prize as highly, I 
hope, as you the absolute purity of either the setter or pointer blood, you 
should agree with me that even the possibility of producing a new and 
permanent variety of setter, differing sufficiently to constitute it a dis¬ 
tinct variety, is not to be scorned. 
Casting aside all pre-dispositions, he who thus seeks a new strain is 
creditably employed. My experience thus far in the matter has proven 
to me that several almost unfounded prejudices exist upon this subject. 
I am engaged in an experiment; “only this and nothing more,” and I 
trust that you and I may live to see it consummated. “Tepper, ” the pa¬ 
rent of my next trial, is deficient in some respects (carriage, e. g ) pecu¬ 
liar in some and splendid in <. there. E. S. C. 
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PREPARED DOG FOOD FOR SHOOTING 
EXCURSIONS. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Every sportsman has no doubt experienced great difficulty at times in 
obtaining proper food for his dogs while on a shooting excursion, espec¬ 
ially if he finds it necessary to stop at some out-of-the-way place at a 
distance from the railroad where there is no hotel or public house. In a 
good game country one will not hesitate to take up his quarters at a 
farmhouse, rather than hunt a region overrun with shooters, and at such 
places it is next to an impossibility to find good diet for your four-footed 
companions, more so if you are shooting in company and there are two 
or more brace. Indian meal alone made into a mush would an¬ 
swer but it is very difficult to obtain it old enough so as not to scour the 
dogs,’ which it will certainly do if it is not a year old. This quickly weak¬ 
ens them, and I have frequently seen them refuse it entirely, after it had 
acted upon them in this manner. 
Setters and pointers, while being hunted, require the most nourishing 
and strengthing food to keep them in condition for the immense, amount 
of work required of them. In England a condensed form of diet is man¬ 
ufactured and sold to sportsmen for their animals when in the shooting 
country in fact, many feed them upon it at all seasons, and it is consid¬ 
ered cheap and healthy. I do not know the receipt for making it, but 
should suppose any of our enterprising manufacturers of canned goods 
could readily obtain it and make an article of oat and cornmeal,strength¬ 
ened and thickened with animal matter, that would not become stale or 
sour in any state of the weather. So that a sportsman, in visiting a re¬ 
gion where it would be difficult to get proper provender for his. dogs, 
might carry it with him or send it in advance by express. 
In the London Field I have noticed the advertisement for Hog Cake or 
condensed food for the field, and it is a great wonder we cannot have it 
in this couutry, where it is needed, more especially on the prairies. 
“Homo.” 
—Dr. Charles P. Russel read on Tuesday evening last 
before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New 
York, a most interesting paper on hydrophobia. The pro¬ 
portion of cases of rabies were stated by Dr. Russel to be 
about as follows:—671 in the spring, 580 in summer, 583 in 
autumn, and 573 in winter. During the past year there 
have been four deaths from hydrophobia in the city, and 
sixty-three in the United States. Dr. Russel spoke of the 
absurdity of muzzling dogs. 
^Insweim JfH (jfcorrcspondrnfti. 
We shall endeavor m this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information, as may be of seiwice to amateur and professional spierf s- 
men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting , fish 
ing , and trapping , and giving ad,vice and instructions as to outfits, im 
plements, routes , distances , seasons , expenses, remedies, traits , species 
governing rules , etc. All branches of the sportsman's craft wUl receive 
attention,. Anonymous Communications not Noticed. 
W. G. B., Belleville, Ill.—Can you furnish vol. 1, hound, and 'at wlia 
price? Ans. Yes; at $4. 
Arcade, St. Paul.—Have done our best to find the name of publishers. 
Have written to England about it. Will inform you later. 
Bob, N. Y.—What constitutes the “English stroke.” and how does it 
differ from any other? Ans. We will answer this in our next at length. 
E. B. S., Syracuse.—Can you tell me if any other fish roe is used for 
bait except that of the salmon trout? Ans. Yes; all sorts of fish roe, 
and all sorts of things animate and inanimate. 
W. A. M., Pittsburg.—Neither of Roosevelt’s hooks can he had. Both 
are out of print. We obtained a few copies from the author, which we 
have disposed of. 
F. W. C., Paterson, N. J.—Could not recommend to yon any special 
dictionary for ornithological names. Think that Wood’s -work embraces 
the whole fauna as to classes and groupings; five volumes, and costs $36. 
A. E. S., St. Louis.—A player when he is on his ground can stop a hall 
after he has hit it, from twisting in on the wicket, with any part of his 
body except the hand. This is a correction, as we printed “with his 
bal only.” 
E. H.—Since you were good enough to recommend me Smithville and 
West Hampton as places suitable for general shooting, would you like¬ 
wise inform me of the best way of reaching those places? Ans. Sag 
Harbor branch of Long Island Railroad. 
S. S. K., Philadelphia.—Would it injure the shooting qualities of a 10- 
bore, 32-inch breech-loader (Scott? to be shortened to 20 inches? 
Ans. No. What would be the decrease in weight? Ans. Jibs. What 
is the best weight for all kinds of shooting with one gun? Ans. 8.1bs. 
W. A S., .Tamaica.—Tn your number of April 0, “Wanderer” hasp 
letter on the “Sneider Breech-loader.” Can you inform me if the firm 
of Clark & Sneider have an agency in the city of New York and when 
located? Ans. They have not; write to Baltimore. See advertisement. 
E. R.—For the Beaverkill take Midland R. R. to Westfield Flats; foi 
ihe Walkill take the Walkill Valley R. R, toNewPaltz. Marston. on Os¬ 
wego R. R. is near good trout fishing. All the vicinity abounds in streams, 
many of which will furnish good baskets. The Willewemoc Club have 
a lodge near Morston. 
Cricket Tyro, St. Louis.—Has the bonder a right to order the batter 
at. his end to stand between the creases, or may the batter at his option 
stand anywhere behind the bowling crease while the ball is being deliv¬ 
ered? Ans. The bonder—see law YI—can oblige the batsman to ^tand 
on either side the wicket he chooses. 
Siiootist. New Haven.—T have a setter pup six months old, who had 
an epileptic fit one day last week, and gave every symptom described in 
last number of Forest and Stream in the article on Hydrophobia, by 
E. S. Carman. What can I do to prevent its occurring aeain. and if it 
should what remedy should I give him? Ans. Give him five Brandreth. 
pills and a warm hath, decreasing the pills daily. 
Subscriber, Buffalo. — Will yon be so kind as to inform me through 
your valuable paper of some good point near Toronto, Ont., for a party 
to spend a few weeks and find good hunting and fishing during the 
months of September and October? Ans. Go to Barrie or Orillia on the 
Northern Railroad, which runs from Toronto to Collingwood. You are . 
then convenient to Lake Simcoe, the Muskoka, and Cocochong lakes; 
splendid bass and trout fishing, fine hunting, &c. 
Camper, N. J.—Where in New York can I hnv a portable camp stove, 
also a Western dutch oven made of cast iron? Ans. Write to Pond & 
Duncklee, 87 Blackstone street, Boston. They make a specialty of 
sportsmens’ hardware. What is the price of Cholmondeley Pennell’s 
book and where can I get it? Ans. Scribner & Co., N. Y.; price $3.50. 
For the other questions,. click reel, $4.50; line, 10 cents per yard; any 
kind of fly for chub; grease your boots after wading and dry it in 
slowly. 
Recreation.— Is there any stream, or pond, or lake" in'which pickerel 
or trout can be caught, located at such a distance from New York City 
that by leaving New York in the* morning and returning in the evening 
a day’s fishing can be enjoyed by one whose spare time is too limited to 
permit his being absent more than one day? If so, where, and how can 
it he reached? Ans. On South Side Railroad, at South Oyster Bay, L. 
I., and on Hackensack branch of Erie Railroad at Pascack Station; also 
near Paterson, N. J. 
Oscar, Schaghticoke.—Would shrimp make a good halt for black bass 
in the Hudson north of Troy? Can they he kept alive for any length of 
time, if so, how? Where can they be purchased in New York: price per 
100, and how pack for shipment? Ans. Never heard of shrimp being 
used for fresh water black bass fishing, though should suppose they 
would make a capital bait. They can be bought in the city markets for 
25 cents per pint, and will live quite a long time in a box or pail filled 
with damp seaweed. 
Manhattan.— Are the “860,000 young salmon to he put into Cham¬ 
plain” mentioned m your paper of 21st inst ., Salmo solar, or salmon 
trout? 2. I desire to fish for trout in the lower part of a brook which 
is overflowed by salt water at high tide. What time of tide is most fa¬ 
vorable? Ans. 1. An item copied; should suppose from circumstances 
of locality and ova on hand for distribution by the State, that the true 
salmon was meant. 2. In Long Island streams we fish from half flood 
to full slack, though trout are often caught on the ebb. The creeks arc 
almost empty at low water. 
E. F. H., Philadelphia.—Can yon inform me if game for both shot gun 
and rifle is to be found in the same locality in Minnesota, or if we would 
he obliged to go to different sections of the State to satisfy our tastes? 
Ans. Deer and grouse are sometimes found together, but not always. 
The grouse are found in scrub oak or grass prairies. The grass prairies 
are dotted at intervals with thickets and motts of timber that afford 
shelter to the deer. In the Big Woods (a belt of timber some thirty miles 
wide that traverses the State,) game, excepting grouse, is found in va¬ 
riety. 
A. T. M., Amherst, Mass.—Two of us have determined upon walking 
through the State of New York during our approaching vacation, yet 
have been unable to find any guide in the preparatory steps. Any infor¬ 
mation, therefore, which you could give us in regard to pedestrian outfits 
would be thankfully received? Ans. Any kind of light felt slouch hat, 
sedge color, twilled linen coat, vest and Knickerbockers; a pair of broad- 
soled, wide, and short-heeled walking boots; those that lace up in front; 
undershirt of gauze merino; drawers, common muslin; socks, cotton; 
shirt to be made of flannel, self color with collar; castile soap. Dupli¬ 
cates, &c., to be carried in knapsack. A good . thorn stick. Do not 
overload yourselves. Boats are out of the question, except perhaps the 
rubber boat, which we believe is not made in this country; it is inflated 
by blowing into it through tubes; the ribs and seat are cut from the 
woods anywhere. _ 
_On Monday last Mr. Charles Reiche received a tele¬ 
gram announcing the safe arrival of his cavaran at Alexan¬ 
dria, Egypt. The collection consisted of twenty-six giraffes, 
(the largest number of these animals perhaps ever brought 
together,) two elephants, twenty ostriches, four buffaloes, 
and a general assortment of smaller animals and birds. 
