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ance. and the Great Danes, in an ancient engraving we know, 
have the same, The chest is broad and deen; the back is 
straight; toes closed; nails strong, and of the same color as the 
coat; hind legs muscular and Jong (almost like a greyhound); 
tail reaching the hocks; wiry; not heavy in bone or coating; 
not straight like the molossus or the French and English 
mastiffs, not curly either like the greyhounds, but something 
between the two, just like the dogs tighting a bear, represented 
by the famous sculptor Barry, The hind paws have no dew 
claws: 
Deyro was born in Klampauborg. Devro has but one fault 
Tah wats one inch more from tip of nose to setting in of the 
ail. 
M. de Penalver’s dog Marco is a very good German mastiff, 
head rather short, heavy in shape, no separation between skull 
and muzzle, no furrow in the skull, no dewlap nor overhang- 
ing lips, mouth too small, neck short and straight, eyes of a 
dark brown, ears not far apart, the rest of the body lice the 
Great Dane, except the jaws; those are like the French 
mastiff’s (Dogue de Bordeaux): the tail also is heavier, The 
chest not deep like a greyhound’s; the measure round loins 
longer than Deyro’s. To be short, the dog is perhaps stronger 
in appearance, but not elegant like the Dane. 
About the names Great Dane seems to say that the first dogs 
of this description were bred in Denmark, Tam not certain 
about that. Boarhound is a bad designation, smooth-coated 
dogs not being fit for hunting wild boars; bearhound would be 
better, Ulmer dog is too complimentary to Ulm, where there 
were a few fine specimens of the breed some time ago. 
German mastiif is the term we adopt, as it isin Germany the 
breed. was created by M. Otto Friedrich of Zahuse, who 
obtained this new mongrel by crossing the Great Dane with 
the origina) Dogue de Bordeaux or French mastiff, 
The Great Dane is gay, intelligent, and loving: he likes to 
run about, especially after the horses; the German mastiif, 
like all mastifis, prefers to be left quiet. The twa breeds have 
a@ very good scent. Their great defect is to hate other dogs 
and attack them. 
By the above remarks it can be clearly understood that the 
Great Dane and German mastiff are two distinct breeds of 
dogs, one elegant and powerful, and the other heavy and 
sulky In both breeds the height is of great importance. 
When too small, a Dane is sure to aye some Dalmatian blood 
in him; and in the same case the German mastiff has been 
bred out of a bulldog. In another article I will endeavor to 
deiend the Leonberg against the author of the ‘‘I/lnstrated 
Book of the Dog."—D. Frank (Paris), in Live Stock Journal. 
PASTEUR’S SURE SUCCESS. 
ARIS, Aug. 15.—In the month of May last the French 
Minister of Public Instruction, appointed a. commnajssion 
of scientists to examine into and report upon M. Pasteur’s sys- 
tem for the extinction of hydroephobia. M. Pasteur’s discoy- 
eries for the prevention and cure of other diseases, until his 
time reputed incurable, authorized a hope that here again he 
might have been successful, although his theory was in some 
quarters energetically combated, Agonized were the protests 
of the members of the Anti-Cruelty to Animals Society, indig- 
nant the protestations of the inhabitants of Meudon, near 
which M. Pasteur had obtained leave to establish his kennelof 
subjects, All the neighborhood protested, believing earnestly 
that the kennel was intended to be a nursery of rabies, and 
that, waits and strays therefrom escaping, all France would 
soon be overrun with mad dogs. uckily for humanity and 
for thé canine race in general, neither was the Professor dis- 
riadrciats by the opposition nor was the Government induced 
to withdraw his license to operate, and last week the Commis- 
sion—MM. Beclard, Paul Bert, Buclez, Tisserand, Viliemin, 
and Vulpian—presided over by M. Bouley, of the museum, 
handed in its report, producing in detail incontrovertible 
proofs of the reality of M. Pastsur’s discovery, 
M. Pasteur’s thesis is that all animals vaccinated by him 
become refractory to hydrophobia: that a dog in astate of un- 
doubted hydrophobia can bite another dog previously inocu- 
lated with the virus of rabies and this bitten dog will not go 
iad, His theory is based upon the evolution of rabid microbes 
by a series of successive inoculations, commencing with the 
monkey and the ruinea pig (the animals most susceptible to 
the disease), passing through cats, dogs, and rabbits back to 
the guinea pig and the monkey, the virulence of the virus 
becoming attenuated with each subject, until finally it not only 
becomes innocuous, but an oat absolutely preventive. In 
his laboratory of the Rue @’ 1M, Pasteur has pursued for 
three years his patient search after the mortal bacillus; around 
im are jars and bottles filled with microbes sufficient to 
depopulate the Huropean Continent; in the cellar below, con- 
fined in iron cages, are the wretched beasts whose agony will 
add a new triumph to the treasures of science. There death 
is everywhere. A needle’s point dipped into one of those 
pretty crystal vials would make more ravages than the ex- 
plosion of a bombshell. It is the quintessence of death, and 
the thousandth part of a drop would kill more surely than the 
curare of Ceylon or the fangs of a cobra. And yet M. Pasteur 
will suck up through a glass tube those terrible poisons to 
inoculate with them dogs and cats who die from their effects 
afew hours afterward. 
No doubt it is all very cruel, in the abstract, thus to torture 
and destroy the poor dumb beasts, but, in this instance 
certainly, the end justifies the means. Rabies is vanquished, 
at least so far that M. Pasteur has succeeded in rendering 
animals retractory to rabies, whatever be its nature or its 
mode of inoculation, and there are dogs in that laboratory of 
the Rue d’ Ulm which by trepanation and by venous injection 
have received the virus, and Nhe after twenty different inocu- 
lations, remain, at the end of three years, perfectly healthy. 
All this M, Pasteur set forth in his original communication to 
the Institute, and on every point the commission has cor- 
roborated his statements. The experiments made were numer- 
ous and exhaustive; whenever there happened to be among 
the ‘‘subjects” an animal atfected ‘‘with street rabies,” that is 
which had gone mad naturally, he was allowed to bite two 
dogs, one vaccinated, the other non-vaccinated, and in every 
instance—there were twenty-three in all—the first never ex- 
hibited a single sympton of hydrophobia, while the second in- 
variably succumbed, One point is then definitely established, 
the vaccinated individual is refractory to rabies, and this point 
alone is of immense importance, but there are two others still 
in suspense, without which its practical results must be null: 
(1) Does or does not this inoculation impair the health of the 
patient? (2) Can an unvaccinated individual who has been 
bitten be cured by the methods indicated by M. Pasteur? This, 
after all, is the capital question; it is not possible to pre-vac- 
cinate eyerybody against hydrophobia, and, as M, Bouley 
observes, the discovery, although scientifically interesting, is 
of no practical -utility, unless ‘after the bite is received the 
preventive action of inoculation with attenuated virus be 
eificacious to annul the action of the virus inoculated by the 
bite,” 
The Commission does not consider that it is yet competent 
to pronounce on this Sieaigns but ‘will continue its labors.” 
Meanwhile, however, the Frofessor is not idle; he argues that 
as there is no instance on record of spontaneous rabies in the 
human being, that it is always the result of an accident by 
which the vitus is introduced into the organism, where ib 1s 
developed after a period of incubation varying from twenty- 
five days to a twelvemonth; therefore, in order to put am end 
to the communication of the terrible disease it will simply be 
necessary to make obligatory the “pastorization” of all the 
dogs in France, just as the vaccination of every infant is made 
obligatory. More still, 1 am assured that at the proper 
moment M. Pasteur will make known the results of an opera-~ 
tion» performed one year ago on a subject of the human 
species. Thisis the story: One day in April, 1883, a stranger 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
called upon M. Pasteur, ‘My name is X.,” he said; “I am 
neither & savant anxious to examine into your researches, nor 
a disciple of your doctrines. I am a tradesman and, although 
like the majority of my contemporaries, an ignoramus in scien- 
tific matters, Lam interested in your discoveries in the inyisi- 
ble world, and to speak only of the most recent, so soon as I 
learned that you had discovered the microbe of rabies—” 
“That is not precisely exact,” replied the Professor; ‘I be- 
lieve that it exists, but by its infinite littleness it. has so far 
evaded the investigation of our instruments.” ‘That belief is 
quite sufficient,” pursued Mr, X., ‘the conviction of men like 
yourself that a ileaat is, renders ocular evidence compara- 
tively unnecessary, The position assigned by Leverrier to 
Neptune was accepted as such by astronomers long before any 
one had really seen that planet, So now, as you haye stated 
in your memorial to the Academy that rabies deyelops itself 
in the encephalon, that it there accomplishes its fatal evolu- 
tion, enabling you to predict the exact minute when its victim 
must die, I believe such to be the action, as I believe 
also your theory that by a methodical cultivation of 
this invisible germ you can so moderate its virulence 
by @ species of acclimation as to neutralize its mor- 
bifie effect, Am TI right im this definition of the 
results of your Jabors?” MM. Pasteur bowing: assent, his visitor 
continued: ‘Your marvelous discovery demands its decisive 
consecration; you have cured rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs and 
monkeys, but you haye not yet experimented on a human 
sub ect, because neither you nor it will accept the responsi- 
bility of sach an ordeal. You need a subject and | have come 
to oifer myself. Do not protest; do not suppose that 1 am 
actuated by any fovlish sentiment of self-sacrifice; the case is 
simply this: One week agoI was bitten by amad dog. Im- 
perfectly cauterized by an apothecary of the Boulevard dela 
Villette, who declined to use a red-hot iron, Iam ahsolutely 
convinced that I shall die of hydrophobia within a given time, 
There is no doubt about the dog’s condition; here are all the 
documents to prove that he was a genuine mad dog in the last 
stage.of the disease. I have no hope save in you. Will you 
or will you not, before the manifestation of the first symp- 
toms, try upon me that vaccine which you pretend has, dur- 
ing three years, preserved or cured the twenty-three dogs 
which you keepin your laboratory?’ “TI pein will not!” 
was M, Pasteur’s answer. ‘Very well, then,” said the other, 
“so be it; you refuse to save a fellow creature; you decline to 
prove the truth of your doctrines, based, you claim, on ten 
years of uninterrupted success. Here is a bottle of strychnine 
which will save me from the atrocious agonies of hydropho- 
bia; in three minutesI shall be a dead man; and here isa 
paper on which are inscribed my last wishes and a formal 
declaration that lL have committed suicide after the categor- 
ical retusal of the great Pasteur, author of the remedy for 
hydrophobia, tosaveme. Good morning, M. Pasteur!” ‘Stop! 
I will aceept the ordeal!” exclaimed the sayant, ‘‘on one con- 
dition: during a twelve-month absolute secrecy concerning 
our interview!” This condition was accepted. During a 
twelveznonth M. Pasteur inoculated his human subject with 
every known species of rabid virus. To all that subject has 
remained refractory. The period of incubation has passed, 
not one symptom of rabies has ever manifested itself, nor will 
manifest itself. With the manas with the dog this terrific 
malady, to which 200 Frenchmen succumb annually, has 
therefore, it seems, become a mere plaything in the hands of 
science.—Corresponcdence N, ¥, Times. 
LLANGOLLEN SHEEPDOG TRIALS. 
FP \EESE trials took place on Saturday, Aug. 16, on the Lland- 
I ayn Farm, Liangollen, in the presence of a large and 
fashionable gathering. The large number of entries in the 
open stakes necessitated the dogs being divided, the trials 
taking place simultaneously in two fields, and the best four 
dogs in each field being chosen to try conclusions in a final trial 
in the one field. The proceedings commenced with the Local 
Stakes, for which there were six competitors, previous win- 
ners for this stake being excluded. Ten minutes were allowed 
this year instead of twenty, aslast year. All the dogs worked 
well, but none succeeded in the task of penning, and the prizes 
were divided as follows: Mr. Donald MeDonald’s black and 
tan bitch Lark, first; Mr. Donald McDonald's black and tan 
dog Murrey, second; Mr. Thomas Griffith’s black and tan dog 
Ned, third. 
The attraction of the day, of course, was the Cambrian 
Stakes, open to the world, for which there were twenty-nine 
entries. Mr. Pattingon’s Nell failed to pen her sheep in the 
time allowed. Mr. Williams’s Handy, after some trouble, 
succeeded in penning in the allotted time, and the perform- 
ance was applauded. Mr. Robson’s Maudy brought het sheep 
to the pen in good time, but they were joined by a *‘stranger,” 
and, after some trouble, she succeeded in penning all but 
the interloper, ‘Toss, belonging to Mr, Edwards, Cerrig-y- 
druidion, Corwen, worked well, but his sheep were very wild, 
and he failed topenthem. Mr. John Jones’s Handy brought 
her sheep down to the pen in eight and a half minutes, and, 
amid loud epplause, succeeded in getting them inside the pen. 
Mr. Hwart’s Tyne brought his sheep down in good time, and 
succeeded in penning two; but they broke out, and he failed 
to get bis three sheepin at all. Mr. Rowland’s Jenny was 
fortunate in haying some quiet sheep, and, after bringing 
them through the obstacles, succeeded in getting them 
inside the pen in nine minutes. Mr, Thomas Jones’s Bob 
failed to pen, and Mr, John Jones's, Llangollen, Hora penned 
hers in one minute under the stipulated time. Mr. John Rob- 
son’s Fly failed in the final attempt of penning, and Mr. A. 
Thomas’s Carlo shared the same fate. Jet, belonging to Mr. Jas. 
Freme, penned in seyen and a half minutes; but Mr. Max- 
well’s Ned, although he started well, failed to pen. Mr. 
Huek’s Fly, from Westmoreland, and a well-known winner, 
was troubled with some wild sheep, and she failed to pen, 
Mr. Davies's Handy followed suit, and Toss, belongmg to Mr. 
Harding, Deepclough, Caton, Lancaster, penned in fairly good 
time. Mr. Evans’s Handy failed to pen, and Corby, the 
property of Mr. Huck, tollowed suit. Mr. Lloyd’s Jango 
penned in nine minutes, and Mir. Maxwell’s Brandy, who 
showed some excellent work, failed in the final task; Salt also 
failed, as did Jerry, the property of Mr. D. W. Roberts, 
Maesgwin, Bryneglwys, Corwen. Mr. Huck’s Lady got two 
of her sheep inside the pen, but they broke out, and time was 
called before she could pen, Mr. Waddell’s Meg succeeded, 
after some splendid work, in penning im seven minutes, Mr. 
Hwart’s Maggie penned in ten minutes; and Mr, Roberts’s Nan, 
who was worked by a boy, succeeded, after some stittish work, 
in penning in nine minutes. The judges then selected the fol- 
lowing eight ot to compete for the prizes as follows: Mr. 
John Jones’s Handy, Mr. Rowland’s Jamie, Mr. J. Jones’s 
Hora, Mr. James Hreme’s Jet, Mr, Harding’s Toss, Mr, Lloyd's 
Dango, Mr. Waddell’s Meg and Mr. Mwart’s Maggie. Handy 
enned. in nine minutes, Jamie penned his in eight minutes. 
ora had some wild sheep to work, and after penning two, 
and one getting in the crowd, succeeded in getting them to- 
gether again, and penned them within the prescribed time, 
Jet worked capitally, and penned in eight minutes. Toss failed 
to pen, although he worked admirably, Jango penned in six 
nae a half minutes; and Meg, in capital style, penned in five 
minutes and a half. Maggie failed ignominiously in her at- 
tempt, and the judges awarded the prizes as follows; 
First, Mr. W. Waddell’s, Waterloo Farm, Sealand, Chester, 
black and white bitch Meg, 4 years. ; 
Second, Mr. James Hreme’s, Wepre Hall, Flint, black and 
white bitch Jet, 3 years. i 4 
Haqual third, Mr; John Jones's Ddollechog, Cerrig-y-Druid- 
ion, black and tan bitch Handy, 4 years. 
Hqual third, Mr. Dayid Rowlands’s, Hendre Mawr, Lianuw- 
ches black and tan bitch Jamy,6 years. Ae nt 
e dogs in the final round o this stake had to work nine 
; [Surx, 4, 1884, 
sheep, from two different flocks, three of which were marked, 
drive away six and pen the three marked ones, The silver 
cup, given by Spratt’s Patent for the best looking dog or bitch 
which competed in the trials, was awarded by the judges to 
Mr, Donald McDonald's Lark. The second and third prizes, 
which were the gift of the society, were carried off by Fly, the 
Broperty. of Mx. John Robson, and Handy, belonging to Mr. 
ohn Evans. 
At the conclusion of the trials the prizes were distributed to 
the successful competitors by Sit Theodore Martin, who ad- 
dressed the shepherds in English, and afterwards called upon 
the vice-president to speak to the competitors in Welsh. Capt. 
Best was complimented upon the successful proceedings of the 
day, and after cheers had been given for Sir Theodore and 
Lady Martin, the gathering separated.—London Pield. 
SOLOMON IN THE SHADE.—When Solomon was asked 
tio decide which of two women a child belonged to, he called 
for his sword and proposed to cut the child in two, and sive a 
half to each; the veal mother went into hysterics, and Solomon 
decided in her fayor, But at the Mixed Court on Friday morn- 
ing, 4n actual division was made, and Solomon's judgment 
put in the shade. The chattel in dispute was a black dog) with 
his tail clipped bare except at the extremity, which still re- 
tained some long hair, The dog was quite unconcerned, and 
went snufting around the arena and under the cout't table at 
the magistrate’s feet, or wherever his tether would allow him 
to extend his explorations. The claimants for the dog were a 
butcher and a‘asherman. The butcher’s assistant held a 
string in his hand, with the dog at the end of it. Tne washer- 
man held a basket in his hand containing hair which he had 
clipped from the dog's tail, and which he produced in proof 
of ownership. Mr. Howes, inspector of markets, stated that he 
had known the butcher for many years, and he had seen the 
dog at his place; and he believed that the dom belonged to the 
butcher. It was also stated by the police that an experiment 
had been tried at Hongkow police station: the washerman — 
called on the dog, but the dog would not follow him; but when 
the butcher called, the dog heard his master’s yoice and knew 
the sound thereof. As a last resort to prove thab the dog 
loved him and belonged to him, the washerman pulled off his 
jacket and showed a plaster stuek between his shoulder 
blades, saying that the dog had bit him there. The magis- 
trate decided in the washerman’s favor, so far that he was 
allowed to keép the basketful of hair, and the biitcher was 
allowed to take the rest of the dog,—Célestial Hmpire. af 
Shanghai, July 18. 
SHOW UP THE BEAGLES,—Hditor Forest and Stream: 1 
wish to call the attention of all lovers of beagles, especially 
those of the Beagle Club, to the importance of making a grand 
display of our fayorite hound at the Philadelphia Kennel Club 
bench show in September, for if beagles are to be made a 
success at hench shows in the future, now is the time to begin 
the good work. Never before have such liberal prizes and 
proper classes been offered as at this show. Now is the 
time for owners and exhibitors of beagles to show how they 
appreciate what the Philadelphia Kennel Club has done by 
considering the claim of the Beagle Club in giving the classes 
asked for, by entering all the hounds they can and by so doing 
encourage other kennel clubs and bench saow managers to also 
consider their claim, Heretofore the objections were: not proper 
classes, not enough prizes and no standard; now all that is 
changed, There are now proper classes and prizes, and a 
standard under which the beagles will be judged, so that those 
who had an excuse before for not exhibiting, have none at 
present. Let us all do what we can for the success of the beagle 
both at bench shows and in the field. Tt all depends upon us 
what the result is, I hope we won't be governed by any selfish 
ends, and I also hope and ask all who can arrange to do so, to 
meet here during the show, as ibis very much to our interest 
that all lovers of our little hound should be acquainted and 
work in harmony. J hope to see a grand display of beagles 
with their owners here.—W. H. ASHBURNER. 
ROBINS ISLAND FIELD TRIALS.—Brooklyn, Aug, 29.— 
Ihave just returned from a week at Robins Island. A most 
delightful time. The birds have done well; never béfore have 
I seen so many there. We have been obliged to plant double 
the amount of feed for them. Formerly the birds used to con- 
gregate, you know, on the east end; now they are all over. 
This has been brought about by our placing protecting sheds 
for feed, and also the water boxes near by, and also to the 
planting of wheat and buckwheat in so many places, The 
prospect is yery favorable fora delightful time at our field 
trials this fall. The Robins Island Clib’s Third Annual Field 
Trials, open to members only, will be held in November, A. T. 
Plummnier, Secretary. We will probably haye as usual, All- 
Aged Stake, Brace Stake and Derby. I think our trials will 
come off in early part of the month.—3. F. 8. 
LILLIBULERO'’S NOTE last week on dogs in the water 
has an illustration in an occurrence just reported from Con- 
necticut: William EH. MeBryan and a, friend were fishing in the 
Housatonie River, near Squantuck, haying a lange dog with 
them. In some way the boat upset, and they were precipi- 
tated into the water. The friend succeeded in getting ashore; 
but whenever McBryan would lift his head above water the 
dog would pounce upon him and keep him down, evidently 
thinking it was all play. McBryan was drowned, ; 
BHASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB.—Flatbush, Sepo. 1, 
1884,—All members are cordially requested to attend the 
quarterly and governors’ meeting to be held at Delmonico’s, 
Pitth avenue, corner Twenty-sixth street, New York city, 
Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 6:15 P.M. It is most important that a 
good attendance should mark this first antumm meeting, as 
work ot vital importance concerning the trials must be dis- 
posed of at an early date,—W. A. Costmr, Sec, and Treas, 
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.—Messrs, E, 8. 
Porter, Secretary, and G. E. Osborn, Assistant Manager, will 
represent the New Haven Kennel Club at the Philadelphia 
convention.—G, E. Osnporne (New Haven). 
WH ARE requested to. state that Mr. J. H. Phelan, of Jer- 
sey City, resigned from the Knickerbocker Kennel Club shortly 
after the New York show, and withdrew his pointers, Lady 
Bang, Lady Gleam and Ruby. 
DENVER is having a bench show in connection with the 
exposition. 
KENNEL NOTES. 
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge, To insure 
ublication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- 
iculars of each animal: 
1, Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 
2. Breed. buyer or seller. 
3. Bex. 7. Sire, with his sive and dam. 
4. Age, or 3. Owner of sire. 
5, Date of birth, of breeding or _6. Datn, with her sire and dam. 
of death 10, Owner of dam. 
Allnames must be plainly written. Communication on one side of 
paper only, and signed with writer’s name. 
NAMES CLAIMED, : 
Ie~ Seeinstructions at head of tis column. i 
Grim. By the Chequassei Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., for brindle, 
with white markings, smooth-coated 8t, Bernard dog, whelped Noy. 
28, 1883 (Otto—Breénner), d 
