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his own must have doue, mating as he was at the time, unless 

 I was very careful iri handling them. His instructions, mi- 

 iaute and 'involving much time, were carried out to the letter, 

 and but one of my importations proved of any value in the 

 field, and she (Magnet), litter sister to Fairy II. , became what 

 she was only by long and continued cautious treatment. I 

 must repeat again that the scenting powers and innate desire, 

 and I Would say the determination to hunt, of all the Laver- 

 acks I ever saw, was phenomenal, and herein consists their 

 very great value to breeders in this country, yet 1 would warn 

 sportsmen not to cross them where the. same blood is very 

 prominent We must use the Laverack setters to improve 

 our native stock; judiciously mate them, and for this purpose 

 they will be most useful. ' Homo. 



MISTAKE IN PEDIGREE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The pedigree, of the pointer bitch Fancy, said to be by Oox- 

 teth ex Royal Fan, about three years old, and so advertised 

 by Mr. Miller, is undoubtedly a fraud, from the fact, corrobor- 

 ated by Mr. Dilley's letters on the subject, and my personal 

 knowledge, that the only bitch of that breeding was sent 

 tome. This bitch pup was whelped Nov. 27, lSS1,at Mr. 

 Dilley's kennels, Rosendale, Wis., was liver and white, and I 

 kept her in my yard till quite large, then I passed her over to 

 a friend, Thomas F. Connolly of this place, to break andtrain 

 forme. During that early fall I sent her to a friend in the 

 South, to work her on quail. After some time I received a 

 letter from him stating that she was so gun-shy and intensely 

 nervous of every noise that she -was worthless. I wrote for 

 her and told my friend Hamilton he could have her under 

 certain conditions, as I did not want to bother with her any 

 more. He disposed of her, and at this present date of writing 

 says he can produce her in New York city in four hours. This 

 bitch is the only one that came East, beyond a doubt. There- 

 fore, the only construction in accordance with the facts in 

 Mr. Miller's explanation, is that Mr. Callender has been made 

 the victim of a rascally imposition, and in all innocence, has 

 transferred with the bitch Fancy this imposition to Mr. Miller. 

 Who the originator of this is", deponent saith not. but one 

 thing is sure, whoever it is, all subsequent purchasers have been 

 most shamefully duped, and I feel it my duty to advise Mr. 

 Miller to ferret out this originator. I Will cheerfully give and 

 obtain all facts, dates, etc., and personally aid him with my 

 best endeavors. He has my sincere sympathy, as I have suf- 

 fered some few years ago in the same manner. W. A. Coster. 



Flatbush, L. I. 



ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 



IX. 



MAIDSTONE show has given us plenty to talk about. The 

 entries did not reach 500, and the attendance on both 

 days fell equally short of expectation. I trace the falling 

 off in entries to two causes. In the first place, there are too 

 many shows advertised this year, and owners of valuable ken- 

 nels justly decide that their dogs can't stand the racket. A 

 show is a great strain upon a high-bred dog's system. Your 

 dogs generally lose a pound or two in flesh from pining and the 

 confinement. ' 



I know that at most large shows they announce in their 

 schedules that the dogs will be taken off the bench once a day 

 to ease themselves, but I have not much faith that this is 

 carried out. Take the Kennel Club winter show at the Crys- 

 tal Palace, for instance. The dogs are benched in the galleries 

 w thin the palace. It would be. an impossible task to loosen 

 1,300 dogs daily, lead them down the staircase, through the 

 palace, its corridors, and thence into the grounds. I am sure 

 this feat is not attempted, nor do I think the Crystal Palace 

 Company would allow their grounds to be used for such a 

 purpose. What happens then? Why, your dogs are hitched 

 to two feet of chain, cooped up in a few square inches of room 

 for four days and nights. This unsanitary confinement 

 shortens the days of show dogs. We cannot be too grateful, 

 therefore, to the Warwick executive, who provide a large in- 

 closed green to which all the dogs are regularly taken out for 

 exercise, etc 



I am aware that there must be difficulties in the way, but 

 surely it is playing rather small for the Kennel Club to even 

 have others set them such an example, and still more pitiful 

 that they are unable to follow it. The club is rich, why do 

 they not purchase a piece of ground and put up an iron build- 

 ing. If they chose a plot in a good neighborhood, they would 

 probably be money in pocket at the end of the year by letting 

 it for flower show's, bazaars, and other shows. They should 

 also have their own benching and fittings. If the Crystal 

 Palace Company were to refuse to allow the Club to hold their 

 shows on their premises, I think the committee would be at 

 their wits' end. Where could they go? The Agricultural 

 Hall is closed to them, the neighbors objected to the uproar 

 made by the dogs, and obtained an injunction. The Alexan- 

 dra Palace, the best of all places, is closed. There might be 

 another place : I remember some, two years ago, the late 

 General Burnaby, uncle of the author of the "Hide to Khiva," 

 showed me some plans for the construction of a huge building 

 on the Agricultural Hall plan, in Kensington near the Addison 

 road. It was designed to be let for the Royals and other big 

 shows. I have not heard of it since his death, and don't know, 

 therefore, if the works are in progress, or if even they were 

 commenced. London is really in need of a large show ground. 



It is surprising that this subject of not taking the exhibits 

 off the bench has not excited in ore attention in a kennel press 

 ever ready to encourage the ventilation of subjects that lead 

 to prolific discussion and make capital "copy." 



In all our catalogues one reads among the regulations: "Any 

 person found untying or removing a dog from its number dur- 

 ing the horns the exhibition is open, without the permission 

 of the committee, chairman or secretary, will be expelled 

 from the show; and if an exhibitor, the dog so removed will 

 be disqualified from Winning any prize at the show." This 

 ride, however, is wisely not too strictly adhered to. Most ex- 

 hibitors take their dogs off for a minute or two and that is 

 long enough for the purpose. There is another way of looking 

 at it of course, and that is from the public's point of view. 

 They have paid their entrance money to see the dogs and 

 they feel disappointed and consider they have been treated 

 with bad faith if they find empty benches under prize cards, 

 but the next time they come round that way they will usually 

 find the tenant returned, looking all the better and more com- 

 fortable for the few minutes he has been down. But there is 

 another regulation that I think managers should not yield 

 upon, that is not to allow owners ou the last day of the show 

 to remove their dogs before the time advertised to the minute. 

 1 know exhioitors, particularly those of the sex, incorrectly, 

 so far as concerns those who show dogs, described as the 

 weaker, pester and wheedle the good-humored secretary to 

 "let me take my dog out at half past four; will you, please, 

 I've got to travel forty miles and I'm very anxious to 

 get home to-night, which I shall not do if I miss this 

 train," but the official should be firm, for if he gives 

 them a pug they'll Lake a mastiff, and it is an intoler- 

 able nuisance to the public, who are quite prepared to 

 clear out of the show at the hour they know it will 

 close, and who came in expecting to have a quiet look round 

 till that time, to be hustled and bustled by selfish dog owners 

 hustling along through the gangways with their four-footed 

 phst) actions, They are "going to catch the train," so get out 

 of the way. Here comes a man leading six collies; you screw 

 yourself against the bench to let him pass, feeling very nerv- 

 ous, because you have heard cobles are treacherous dogs, 

 when one, a nervous bitch perhaps, starts round your legs. 

 While the owner tries to disengage the poor creature that is 

 now living about in a frightful state of excitement, the others 



are jumping up at vou. Another fellow comes along with 

 some fox-terriers, who immediately fall out with the collies, 

 and you dance about in a surging mass of canine profanity, 

 treading on everybody's tail and getting snapped at generally. 

 You will feel quite relieved when you are released from the 

 confusion of chains and breathlessly jerked on to a bench 

 where, while you lie panting, the occupant, a sedate bulldog, 

 will patiently chew your coat collar. When the collie man 

 and the terrier have told you all they could think about your 

 clumsy conduct, they will leave you to struggle out to seek 

 caustic for your wounds and needle aud thread for your 

 breeches. When you get home you will probably recall the 

 story of the young diplomatist who was sent out to a new 

 colony to report upon the customs of the natives. The dis- 

 patch he sent home Avill strike j^ou as applying with some 

 truth to doggy men: "They have no manners and their cus- 

 toms are beastly." 



Maidstone again. Another fact to account for the few en- 

 tries is, that the Palace show was fixed for a few days later, 

 and many did not think it worth while to give dogs a gruel- 

 ling at Maidstone that had a good chance at the Palace. The 

 attendance was so meager as to lead one to seek for local 

 reasons. The secretary lacked neither zeal nor energy, but I 

 think he was deficient in experience. On a former occasion 

 the show was run bv two local doggy men, Mr. Towsley, a St. 

 Bernard breeder, and his partner, Mr. Can*. They made a good 

 thing out of it. This timo ? as usual, the committee stood the 

 judges a dinner. I have tried to find out what happened at the 

 dinner, but I knew nobody who was present intimately enough 

 to ask. I suppose there "were the conventional speeches. I 

 hear that the chairman did his share, that Mr. Mellor replied 

 for the judges, "Capting" Langdale (who also judged) for the 

 press— Mr. Langdale's title is not a military one, but it is ex- 

 plained that the sons of the clergy are all "captings"— and Mr. 

 Krehl for the successful exhibitors, and a member of the com- 

 mittee for the disappointed exhibitors. That seems rather 

 hard. The party, I hear, was a jovial one, and only broke up 

 when the fight went out. 



The awards were well received. Mr. Mellor, as usual, had 

 most of the hard work. The St. Bernard classes were not 

 quite up to the mark in quality, and as Saltan III. was 

 superbly shown, he won in spite of his faults. It has usually 

 been "body he wins, tails he loses" with him. 



It was a hard case for the owner of the winning pointer to 

 have his dog disqualified for being overweight. Sir Garnet, 

 they say, was below the stipulated weight before the judging, 

 but when it was over and he had won, his owner gave him a 

 good "tuck in," but the treat cost him the prize, for when the 

 wily objector came along, poor Sir Garnet turned the scales. 

 Hard lilies indeed, and there's a moral attached to the lesson. 



Foxhounds, harriers and beagles gave the show quite a 

 bright and novel aspect. Mr. Langdale here blundered a little, 

 but should be spared censure as he undertook to judge them 

 only to oblige, and confessed he was not well up in those 

 breeds. 



The tallest dog I have ever seen made his successful deout 

 in the boarhound class. Adric the Saxon was imported by 

 Mr. Pemberton. He is a fine, raking young dog, with great 

 bone, full of muscle, and gives one the idea of immense power, 

 but withal an elegant creature. He has a true head, and the 

 only "but" I heard about him was his color, which is a yellow 

 red. He fafiTy beat Nero and Leal, both giants. The same 

 kennel supplied the winner in bitches. I have seen larger, but 

 never a truer, more typical specimen than Else. 



Mi\ Clarke, of Nottingham, won in fox-terriers, with Result, 

 a smart terrier, and the same gentleman I heard claimed a 

 pup in the show for £10 that he declared to be better than Re- 

 sult for whom Mr. Redmond offered £140. 



The only unpleasant incident connected with the show was 

 the poisoning of two collies. One of these expired in the show, 

 the other, Sly Fox, who took first prize, was immediately sent 

 home, and as his death has not been announced, I hope for 

 the sake of his owner that he was able to throw off the drug. 

 Of course, the scoundrel will never be discovered, nor have any 

 motives for the crime transpired. The owner of the two dogs, 

 I am told, is a London gentlemen, and popular among his 

 fellows. I hope the fear of having our dogs poisoned is not to 

 be added to the sufficient anxieties that already surround dog 

 shows. 



With regard to the proper size of foot-beagles, when I com- 

 plain of f ourteen-inch hounds being too large I am naturally, 

 as "Rusticus" points out in your columns, speaking from the 

 English point of view, I say that when the fourteen-inch 

 beagles break away on the straight they run right away from 

 you and you see none of the fun, and I think that by neglecting 

 the smaller dogs, one body of their admirers will be lost and 

 go ever to the bassets. The basset men are not letting the 

 grass grow under their feet. I have seen in the papers that their 

 club has founded a club hunt. I will write to a friend who 

 takes an interest in the breed, and ask him to get me some 

 particulars of their hunting capabilities. In their native land 

 I know they are chiefly used by shooting parties to put up 

 game in covert. I have also "written to some masters of 

 beagles for their opinions. The last time I was in the neigh- 

 borhood of Tunbridge Wells I saw several good wire-haired 

 beagles, all rather large. 



The latest about the fox-terrier bitch claimed by Mr. Clarke 

 for 10 guineas at Maidstone is, that her breeder sold her for 

 50 shillings to his brother-in-law, who made 100 per cent, on 

 her in getting £5 from the man who has just lost her at £10. 

 What wfil Mr. Clarke get fcr her? is now t le question. 



Correction— In notes of May 30, for Morpe Barham read 

 Thorpe Barham. Lillibulero. 



July 1, 1884. 



MR. LLEWELLIN TO AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



There appears to have in some way arisen considerable mis- 

 apprehension concerning the class of dogs I have sent to 

 America, which I think it is due, both to the American sports- 

 men and to myself, to correct. Such correction is necessary, 

 in view of certain willful calumnies which have appeared in a 

 contemporary of yours, founded, as it appears to me, on the 

 use of tne word "culls" in a letter from me to an American, who 

 wished to persuade me to sell Count Wind'em. a dog which an 

 offer of fifteen hundred pounds would not have parted from 

 me. 



The real facts of the case are, that I have invariably kept 

 for myself the first pick out of all fitters bred in my kennel, 

 and the second pick I have sent to the Americans. Those in- 

 ferior to the second pick I have disposed of to Englishmen. 



I wish it to be distinctly understood that the dogs which 

 Americans obtained were only inferior to those which I re- 

 tained for myself, and superior to any which I seut elsewhere. 

 Thus Americans have had the best dogs in the world of my 

 breed, with the exception only of those picked by me for my 

 own reserved kennel. Whatever changes may take place in 

 those dogs which I have sent to America, after they have left 

 me, and encountered various altei ed surroundings, I have 

 nothing to do with, if any such there may be. The class of 

 dogs sent to America, which I referred to as second choice to 

 my own reserved ones, were of so superior a character that, 

 unless fortunately foT me America had not been open to rue to 

 send them to, I might possibly have been even driven to the 

 extremity of taking seriously into consideration the question 

 of destroying them. The reasons why I might have been 

 placed in this extremity are the following; 



For many years a dead set was made against me, with the 

 object of driving me from the field, by a ring of men whom 

 my great success with this breed at field trials and dog shows 

 had maddened into hostility, and finding that in fair competi- 

 tion it was useless for them to tiy and put down my breed, 

 they descended to detraction aud misrepresentation of all 



sorts to damn the solid reputation of the breed. Since this 

 was the state of affairs, I determined that as they wilfully 

 deuied credit to my dogs for real excellencies which they pos- 

 sessed, they should be compelled to stand to their words, and 

 should not 'be. permitted to enjoy excellencies whose existence 

 they denied, nor to have the chance to improve their beaten 

 dog's by a cross with mine, and then boast that any improve- 

 ment that might result from such cross was owing to the 

 blood of their dogs and not of that of their conquerors. Until, 

 therefore, a day should arrive when they would be forced by 

 the force of public opinion upon them to fully and freely 

 acknowledge the superiority of my breed, aud change their 

 tone altogether concerning them, and should come forward 

 desirous of obtaining them, I would take care that they shoidd 

 not be suffered to proem e from me anything like the second 

 choice of my kennel. If therefore America had not been open 

 to me I should have been puzzled to know what to do with 

 those dogs of the second choice, which were too good to faU 

 into the hands of the enemy, and which I could not keep my- 

 self, as my kennel was amply stocked with those superior to 

 them, which I reserved to myself. 



All those times are, however, passed away, the breed has 

 outlived opposition in this country, and their superiority is 

 now fully recognized, then- advance in public estimation, like 

 the incoming tide, has steadily and surely made its way, in 

 spite of all obstacles, until their position is now a fact, whose. 

 existence stands simple proof of its being. I am not, there- 

 fore, now placed on the horns of the dilemma described 

 above, and no longer need preserve my dogs jealously from 

 being sold in England. I am now free to sell in this country 

 dogs which heretofore Americans only could obtain. 



I need merely point to th>- case of the famous bitch, Countess 

 Bear, which I sent to America, thinking I could spare her, 

 and having done so found 1 could not do without her, and was 

 obliged to buy her and get her back here again. The class of 

 dog which I sent to America was so near in value to what I 

 kept myself that I sailed too close to the wind sometimes, as 

 in the above instance, and sent away what I afterward found 

 I could not afford to spare. R. Lb. Purcell-Lleweixin. 



Rantox abbky. Stafford, July 1. 



THE KENNEL HOSPITAL. 



PARTICULAR FRACTURES. 



FRACTURE of the lower jaw sometimes happens, and when 

 not implicating both sides is curable. The difficulty is to 

 fix the parts, after approximating the broken ends, so that 

 fluid nourishment can be admitted. This is done by placing 

 between the teeth on either side narrow plates of thick leather 

 and then passing a narrow bandage around the nose and jaw. 

 To prevent the broken end of the bone inclining inward, the 

 hollow between the two sides of the under jaw is padded with 

 cotton wool or tow. It is necessary to obtain exact approxi- 

 mation of the fractured ends, to remove any splinters of bone 

 or loose teeth which are in the way. Having set the jaw prop- 

 erly and bandaged it, not even food or water should be 

 allowed to interfere with the parts for at least a whole day, 

 and then only fluids must be allowed until some reunion has 

 taken place. This will require about ten days. 



Fracture of the Nose.—'Fhe nasal bones are when fractured 

 always depressed. No apparatus is required to hold them in 

 ftosition wlien they are raised to their proper place. This can 

 be effected by passing up the nostril a strong metal probe and 

 gradually forcing the bone back to its proper level. Occasion- 

 ally pointed instruments penetrate the nasal and facial 

 bones. In such cases when bleeding has ceased remove the 

 hair and apply an adhesive plaster. In some instancee such 

 wounds do not heal, and a slight watery discharge constantly 

 oozes from them. This is when the duct which leads from 

 the eye to the nose is injured and a lachrymal fistula is estab- 

 lished. It is incurable, and the application of caustics or 

 astringents is simply inflicting pain with no chance of success. 



Fracture of the Orbit.— Blows just above the eye may 

 fracture the bone arch which forms the roof of the cavity in 

 which the eyeball lies. The bone is depressed, and causes 

 protrusion of the eye. To elevate the bone a flattened steel 

 instrument about the size of a penholder is required. A 

 dentist's tooth-elevator does very well. This is introduced 

 through the skin above the fracture, pushed forward till in 

 position under the bone, and then steady pressure will effect 

 what is requisite. No plastering is necessary. 



Fracture of the Ribs is not very common in dogs; even after 

 a cart wheel has passed over an animal it is rare to find any 

 of these bones broken. When it does occur the ends of the 

 bone are usually depressed toward the lungs, and therefore 

 nothing can be" done except to place a wide bandage round 

 the chest to limit the movement of the ribs. No pad is to be 

 placed on the site of the fracture, as that would only make 

 matters worse. 



Fracture of the Spine is followed immediately by paralysis 

 behind the seat of injury. It usually occurs about the loins, 

 and, when not traceable to direct injury, maybe mistaken for 

 paralysis of the hind-quarters due to some other cause. In 

 many cases manipulation fails to detect the injured spot, and 

 we can then only diagnose the case by the aid of the nistory, 

 the circumstances accompanying it. and the abscence of other 

 diseases. Paralysis appearing suddenly, being very complete 

 and not responding to treatment in a few days, may usually 

 be associated with spinal injury, and is incurable. 



Fractures of the Hip Bones are not uncommon, and can 

 seldom he benefited much by surgical interference. Rest is 

 the great essential, and recovery may be looked for at the ex- 

 pense of some deformity. The advisabilitv of killing aa animal 

 with a broken hip depends upon the extent of the fracture and 

 its exact position, and also upon the requirements of the dog. 

 If lameness for life is probable, it is no use treating sporting 

 dogs. Pels, in whom a deformity is not seldom an extra 

 cause for attachment for the owner, may always be treated. 

 Bitches which are suffering from fractured hip bones or 

 pelvis should be carefully examined as to the amount of 

 damage and deformity resulting, as it may be sufficient to 

 prevent parturition. In such cases death can only be the 

 result of pregnancy. 



Fracture of the Thigh. — I have referred to and need only 

 rep at, that no bandaging can do any good, and in most cases 

 must do harm. Adhesive plasters may be employed with a 

 view to limit motion, and the dog must either be kept in a 

 confined space or tied up veiy shortly. 



Fracture of the Shoulder Bone is not common. In addition 

 to adhesive plasters, a bandage may be used with advantage 

 to limit motion. It passes first round the chest behind the 

 shoulder, is brought back between the fore legs, and may 

 include the elbow of the injured limb if the position of the 

 fracture renders it advisable. 



Fracture of the Elboiv. — Strictly speaking the elbow is a 

 joint, but I here use the term to decot; a region. It is very 

 far from rare to have a young dog brought for examination 

 said to have "something wrong with his elbow." The history 

 is nearly always the same— a fall from a chair or a table, or 

 down stairs. The elbow is swollen and painful, but no 

 crepitus can be detected. The swelling is uot at the ' point of 

 the elbow, but toward the upper part of the joint. These 

 cases axe partial fractures of the lower end of the bone that 

 runs from the elbow upward to the shoulder, lhere is no 

 crepitus, because the bone is only broken partially through. 

 The end of this bone contains a deep notch, into which a 

 prominent point of the other bone forming the elbow joint 

 fits. The arrangement may tie likened to a cleft in the end of 

 a stick into which a wedge is placed. Force the wedge 

 violently to one side, and you fracture one of the extremities 

 of the stick. This is just what happens with the bones. The 

 treatment is to press back the broken part into position, and 

 then retain it there with strips of adhesive plaster. Place 

 the fingers between the body ftpd tUB elbow, the thumb bei'va 



