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the same time raising your hand as a signal for the 
the experiment must be repeated as with the pans, There is 
no need of your presence only to notice how he behaves, and 
ou can dispense with your assistant, unless, as will probably 
Ee the case, he does not mind the report, when the gun can 
be brought nearer, and you can make another trial, Great 
eare must be taken not to frighten him with too loud a 
discharge, nor should it be too close to him, until he gets used 
to it. Y paying close attention to him when under fire, you 
ean readily tell how far it will do to go, and by properly 
conducting your experiment you can soon teach him to love 
the sound of the gun, even when fired over his head; indeed 
we have cured in this way some of the worst cases of gun- 
shyness that we ever saw. Comparatively few dogs are 
gunshy, and it is with these only that these precautions are 
necessary. After your pup has been carefully accustomed to 
the noise, do not Jay the gun aside as soon as you have 
accomplished your object, but let him hear the sound until 
his education is complete, taking good care that the discharge 
of the gun is at once followed by something -pleastie to him— 
his dinner, for instance—or let it be a prelude to giving bim 
his liberty, thus giving him to understand that the noise 
means something, and soon the noise, or even the sight of the 
gun, ae cause him pleasurable emotions that he will never 
orget. 
EASTERN FISLD TRIALS. 
\ N ] © publish below a list of the entries for the Members’ 
and All-Aged Stakes of the Hastern Field Trials Club, 
to? be run at Bligh Point, N. C,, commencing Nov. 13. The 
Members’ Stake will be run previous te the regular meeting 
which commences on Monday, Nov.i7. There are twenty-one 
entries for this stake, a much greater number than ever 
before, and we have no doubt that it will prove to be one of 
the most interesting events of the meeting. The All-Aged 
Pointer Stakes, the first event upon the card at the regular 
meeting, has twenty entries, two less than were entered last 
year, while the All-Aged Setter Stake has forty-seven, 
sixteen more than last year, The meeting will undoubtedly 
be the most interesting and successful that has yet been held. 
Following is a list of the entries: 
MEMBERS’ STAKES. 
Princess HELEN.—J. Otto Donner, New York, orange and 
white English setter bitch (Thunder—Bessie). 
PRINCESS WARWICK.—John G, Heckscher, New York, black, 
white and tan English setter bitch (Warwick—Ollie), 
BucKELLEW.—W, A. Coster, Flatbush, L. L, orange and 
white English setter dog, A.K.R. 30 (Druid—Ruby). 
Brimstone.—W. A, Coster, Flatbush, L, 1., lemon and white 
English setter bitch, A.K.R. 29 (Gladstone—Swaze). 
Tsion.—Frank HR. Hitchcock, New York, liver and white 
pointer bitch, A.K.R. 778 (Croxteth—Vinnie). 
DrAwa I].—Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., black and white 
Bnglish setter bitch (Dash II1[.—Diana). 
Lucra.—D. 8. Gregory, Jr., 2d, New York, liver and white 
pointer bitch, A.K.R. 209 (Croxteth—Belle), 
Ruz.—Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass., lemon and white 
pointer bitch, A.K.R. 401 (Snapshot—Ruby). 
REBEL WiInD ‘EM.—Jobhn C. Higgins, Delaware City, Del., 
black and white English setter doz (Count Wind 'om— MN orna). 
RoyaL Rancer.—Howard Hartley, Pittsburgh, Pa,, lemon 
and white Hnylish setter SCN Peay 
QUEEN ALIcK.—Howard Hartley, Pittsburel, Pa., black 
and white English setter bitch (Druid—Cubas), 
Daisy QuEnn.—Howard Hartley, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, 
white and tan English setter bitch (Rock—Meg). 
Katiz D,—B. F. Wilson, cle te Pa,, black, white and 
tan English setter bitch (Count Noble—Dashing Novice), 
DasHinG Novicy.—B. F, Wilson, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, 
white and tan English setter bitch (Dash [I.—Novel), 
-GertrRupEe.—J. W, Orth, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, white and 
tan English setter bitch (Gladstone—Nellie) 
Gus Bonpuu.—J. W. Orth, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, white 
and tan English setter dog (Dashing Bondhu—Novel). 
Corrinne.—Geo. T. Leach, New York, red Irish setter bitch 
(Peter—Countess). 
Brock.—Geo, T. Leach, New York, red Irish setter dog 
(Bosco—My Dutchess). 
Jack W.—Col. Albert G, Sloo, Vincennes, Ind., orange and 
white English setter dog (Sargent—Hya). ; 
_ BELLE OF THE BALL.—Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., black, 
white and tan English setter bitch (Pontiac—Rhoda). 
SLocuM.—Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass., Gordon setter dog, 
pedigree not given. 
ALL-AGED POINTER STAKES. 
Matnsprinc,—J, T. Perkins, Brooklyn, N. Y,, liverand white 
do; eee mete oe 
Bang Banec.—Westminster Kennel Club, New York, lemon 
and white dog, A.K.R. 394 (Bang—Princess Kate), 
Viston,—Frank R, Hitchcock, New York, liver and white 
bitch, A.K.R. 778 (Croxteth—Vinnie), 
TAMMANY.—Frank R. Hitchcock, New York, liver and white 
dog (Lory—Moonstone). 
Scour.—D. G. Elliot, New Brighton, 5, L, liver and white 
dog, A.K.R. 216 (Croxteth—Belle), 
FLEDA.—Jess, M. Whaite, Chester, 5, C., liver and white 
bitch (Bow—Flight), 
Nep.—J, A. Bngilish, Mount Olive, N. C., lemon and white 
dog (Valentine—Beulah). 
UE.—Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass., lemon and white bitch, 
A.E_R, 401 (Sra psa Huby), 
UnNAMED.—Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., color and pedi- 
gree not given. j 
IctcLE.—R. T, Vandevort, Pittsburgh, Pa,, lemon and white 
dog, A.K_R. 82 (Jerry—Snowflake). 
Tint Basy,.—R, T, Vandevort, Pittsburgh, Pa., liver and 
white bitch (Don—Luck). J 
Joy,—R. T, Vandevort, Pittsburgh, Pa., liver and white 
biteh (Boon—Rena). 
Lucta.—D. 8. Gregory, Jr, 2d, New York, liver and white 
bitch, A.K,.R. 209 (Croxteth—Belle). ; 
Jiut,—Neyersink Lodge Kennels, Guymard, N. Y_, liver and 
white bitch (Croxteth—Lass). 
Drake.—Neversink Lodge Kennels, Guymard, N. Y., liver 
and white dog (Croxteth—Lass), 
Jim,—James P, Swain, Jr., Bronxville, N, Y., lemon and 
white dog, A.K.R, 353 (Rush—Nan). : 
LALLA Rooxn.—George J. Gould, New York, lemon and 
white bitch (Sensation’s Soun—Grace). 
RicamMoyp,—John BE, Gill, Franklin, Pa., lemon and white 
dog (Don—Beulah). 
onALD IT.—C. M, Munhall, Cleveland, O., liver and white 
dog (Donald—Devonshire Lass). 
Lapy Romp I,.—A, H, Moore, Philadelphia, Pa., liver and 
white bitch (Ffrancis’s Prince—Lady Romp). 
ALL-AGED SETTHR STAKES, 
ENGLISH SETTERS. 
Doctor Durx.—Dr. W. A. Strother, Lynchburg, Va., black 
and white ticked dog (Gladstone—Frost). 
Princess. HELEN. —J, Otte Donner, New York, orange and 
white bitch (Thunder—Bessie). : 
Bronze.—P. Lorillard, New York, biack, white and tan dog 
(Decimal Dash—Bassie). 
Princess Warwick.—John G, Heckscher, New York, 
black, white and tan bite (Warwick—Ollie), 
Sam Dick.—Dr. J. B. 8. Holmes, Rome, Ga., orange and 
white dog (Ben, Jr.—Opal IL). 4 
BELLE OF THY BALL.—Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., black, 
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Drana IIl.—Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., black and white 
bitch (Dash IIT.—Diana). 
Rex.—Geo, R, Wright, Wilkesbarre, Pa., black, white and 
tan dog (Druid—Bessie Lee), 
BRiIDGEPORT.—Fred E, Lewis, Tarrytown, N. Y., black, 
white and tan dog (Dashing Monarch—Vannette). 
Ranneb.—Hdward Dexter, Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.. black, 
white and tan bitch (Gladstone—Frost). 
BELLE oF PimpMont.—Edward Dexter, Buzzard’s Bay, 
Masss black, white and tan bitch (Dashing Rover—Rannéé),. 
MARCHIONESS.—Hdward Dexter, Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., 
bitch, color and pedigree not given. 
JHSSE GLaDSTONE.—H. EH. Hamilton, New York, orange 
and white dog, A.K.R. 108 (Gladstone—Swaze). 
GENERAL ARTHUR.—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
black, white andtan dog (Emperor Fred—W anda). 
ST, Eimo 1V.—Dr, 8, Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N, Y,, black, 
white and tan dog (St. Elmo—Clio), 
PuLANTER.--John C, Higgins, Delaware City, Del., black, 
white and tan dog (Dashing Monarch—V annette). 
REBEL WIND'rM.—John C, Higgins, Delaware City, Del., 
blue ticked dog (Count Wind’em—Norna). 
Pixin.—John C. Higgins, Delaware City, Del., black and 
white bitch (Dashing Monarch—Primrose). 
DasHInG Rover.—T. F. Taylor, Richmond, Va., black, white 
and tan dog (Dash 1J.—Norna). 
GLADSTONE’S Boy,—Dr. G. G. Ware, Staunton, Tenn., black, 
white and tan doz (Gladstone—-Sue). 
BrusyH.—Edward Beadel, Forked River, N. J., black and 
white dog, pedizree not given. 
BILLy Fumt.—C. J. Osborn, New York, liver and white 
dog (Rob Roy—Fannyj. 
LASH.—C, J. Osborn, New York, lemon and white dog 
(Lincolna—Daisy Dean). 
TILFORD.—G. F. Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa., blue belton dog 
(Darkie—Rosy Morn). 
PLANTAGENET.—C, Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I., lemon 
belton dog (Dashing Monarch—Petre)). / 
Newire If.—C, Fred. Crawtord, Pawtucket, BR. 1., blue bel- 
ton bitch (Count Noble—Rosalind). 
FormMAN.—O, Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I., black, 
white and tan dog (Dashing Monareh—Fairy I1.). 
GERTRUDE.—J, W. Orth, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, white and 
tan bitch (Gladstone—Nellie). 
Gus Bonpav.—J. W, Orth, Pittsburgh, Pa., black and 
white Gog (ashing Bondhu—Novel). . 
Katie D.—B, F. Wilson, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, white and 
tan bitch (Count Nobie—Dashing Novice). 
DasHine Novice.—B. F, Wilson, Pittsburgh, Pa., black, 
white and tan bitch (Dash II.—Novyel). 
Count Nosin.—B. F. Wilson. Pittsburgh, Pa., black, white 
and tan dog (Cott Wind’em—Nora), 
CouNTESS GLADSTONE,—J. R. Hendricks, Pittsburgh, Pa., 
lemon and white bitch (Gladstone—Countesgs), 
Counruss.—J.R. Hendricks, Pittsburgh, Pa, black and white 
bitch (Leicester—Pocahontas). 
% Smut Il.—Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass., black bitch (Trim— 
nit). 
Dinks.—J, T, Hartwell, Providence, R. I., black and tan 
dog (Nat—Bess), i 
Count Kaprmer.—W, B. Gates Reeantds, Tenn., black and 
white dog, A.K.R. 498 (Druid—Maenolia). 
CoLonEeL CddL,—W. B. Gates, Mempbis, Tenn., black, white 
and tan dog (Gath—Lit). 
MrEpoRA.—W.B, Gates, Meniphis, Tenu., black,white and tan 
bitch (Gladstone—Carrie J.). 
PAvuL GLADSTONE.—W.B. Gates, Memphis, Tenn., black, 
white and tan dog (Gladstone — Lavalette). 
RODERIGO.—Gates & Merriman, nan dant Tenno., black 
white and tan dog (Count Noble—Twin Maud). 
Pink B.—W. B. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn., black and white 
dog (Gladstone—Countess Key). 
ADY Lrz.—W, B. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn., black, white 
aud tan bitch (Gladstone—Juno IT.)- 
Liniran.—P. H, & D. Bryson, Memphis, 'Tenn., black, white 
and tan biteh (Gladstone—Sue). 
PRINCE Royau.—A, H. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa., blue belton 
dog (Darkie—Rosy Mern), 
TRIsH SETTERS. 
Encno, Jk.—Dr, Willliam Jarvis, Claremont, N. H,, red dog, 
A.E.R. 508 (Elcho—Noreen). 
Jim.—Horace 8. Bloodgood, Providence, R. L., red dog (Jim 
—Sniger). 
Notice is hereby given to all who have made entries for the 
Eastern Field Trials of 1884 that the Members’ Stake will inau- 
urate the meeting on Thursday morning, Noy, 13, and on 
Sunday night, Noy. 16, after the arrival of the last trains from 
North and South, the drawing of the All-Aged Pointer Stakes 
will positively take place at the club’s room in the Bellevue 
Hotel. Atl nominations in this stake can be made good up to 
the time of drawing. The dogs in their respective braces will 
be called promptly Monday morning, Nov. 17, on which date 
the All-Aged Pointer Stakes will open the meeting without 
postponement. The All-Aged Setter Stakes will immediately 
follow on the morning after the completion of the All-Aged 
Pointer Stakes, and the other stakes will follow in the order 
advertised, under same general conditions, Owners or trainers, 
with the dogs, called by an order conspicuously posted in the 
Office of the Bellevue Hotel (club’s headquarters), are requested 
to be promptly on hand to avoid delays, and assist the genile- 
men judging in discharging their duties. The secretary will 
always be found evening and morning at hotel, and during 
the day and running, on the field. 
ELuIot Smire, President. 
WasHineton A. Costner, Sec. and Treas. 
BENCH-LEGGED BEAGLES AT PHILADELPHIA. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Thave just noticed in your issue of 2d inst., Mr. Pottinger 
Dovsey’s request that you correct the mistake you made in 
reporting that in special class HE., the special pe was 
awarded to nry Rose, when itshould have been to his Major. 
If any mistake has been made it certainly was not made by 
you, as the following letter will show: 
‘ PHILADELPHIA, {. mo., 22, 1884. 
General Ir, 4, Bond. Jessups, Md.: 
My Dear. Sir—ti send to-day by express a solid silver collar, awarded 
by Philadelphia Kennel Club to Rose, 389—to ‘best basset or ben¢h- 
lezged beagle, donated by Mr. Chas. T. Thompson. a member of our 
cb, You will kindly acknowledge receipt of sanis and oblige, 
Very truly-yours, I. H. Rogers. 
PHILADELPHIA Kennen Crus, N. E, corner 13th and Market Streets. 
My theory as to how the collar came to be sent to me is that 
the gentleman (or the club to which he belonged) were natu- 
rally admirers and judges of the breed of dogs for the best one 
of which the prize was offered, and that they took the liberty 
of sending the collar to the dog that, in their judgment, de- 
served it. I was much surprised at Dr, Downey putting Major 
ahead of either Dyke or Rose, as the old fellow was sadly out 
of condition, andin the language of Dr. Twaddell, ‘‘wasa ve. 
different dog from what he was at Pittsburgh, and now coul 
not beat anything,” I had but little feeling in the matter, as 
Major is from my kennel, sold by me to Dorsey several 
years ago, and the litter brother of Driver, the father of Rose, 
so that the compliment in any case was as I considered quite 
as much to me as to hi I have a great admiration for the 
breed, believing them the most desirable and companionable 
rabbit dogs in the world, and my wish has been and is to bring 
them to the notice of my brother pores, not caring par- 
ticularly who happened to have the dsomest dog for bench 
shows. Frang A, Bonn. 
Jessups, Md, Oct 4, 1884. 
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ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 
xY, 
NOW it a yagabond photographer wandering down my 
lane were to poke his head over the garden wall and 
me “Have your likeness taken, sir?’ I verily believe ‘““Lilli- 
bulero” would venture the extrayagance, for he feels so thor- 
oughly happy, Tt is a peculiar trait in the characters of both 
sexes of the human species that when they feel unusually 
well dressed, or exceptionally content with themselves, they 
should experience a craying to be photoed, I must trace this 
feeling to the fountain-head when I am philosophically in- 
clined, whichis not when the sun shines, therefore not now. 
It assuredly is not my clothes that turn my mind to the dis- 
COvery, of Mons. Daguerre, for they are of dogs ‘‘doggy;” but 
itis the fresh warm morning air and the soothing surround- 
ings, My garden is not large, but it is all the world to me at 
present; through the railing behind me I can see far over the 
country and from time to time hear a muffled ‘right and left,” 
the death knell of a brace. I pay no rent for the view nor the 
sound, and I prefer them to Millais and Pattito-day. There 
is a. robin in the fir tree cpposite, he is a much duller bird in 
color, I notice, than the Christmas illustrations make us 
familiar with; but his simople raelody makes up the difference, 
so there is nothing owing cockie, I don’t like bells, but those 
Ican hear are so far away thatthe sound blends pleasantly 
Wwibh the soft wind before it reaches me. I haye pitched my- 
self in the middle of the lawn with all my tykes around me. 
I should get along famously with my notes if Bob, my 
neighbor’s collie, would not every minute or so push up my 
arm with his nose. “Whatever doeshe want?’ I querulously 
ask hismaster. “I have only ink to offer him,” 
“Oh, they all do it,” he responds, laying down his book and 
spying up his pipe for the blockage. 
**That’s all very well, and I dare say it is a diverting accom- 
paniment to Ouida’s last and a pipe, but when a man is try- 
ing— 
“Oh, stow it!” he cries, “don’t say anything more, ‘trying’ 
is good; you can’t improve upon it,” and he nearly swallows 
his pipe in his consuming hilarity. 
“Tray bong, non ami,” as they say in Boolong: ‘‘if these are 
your sentiments on ‘Lillibulero’s’ notes I can wish you no 
worse punishment than to read your inane joke in print.” 
‘But, seriously, old man,” continues the lazy fiend, ‘‘yvou 
might make a paragraph of that collie characteristic for your 
gentle readers, for they must be gentle to stand so much of 
you, it’s only collies that do that, you know, and it is a very 
preuty habit, and look at Bob now, see how he ‘grins,’ he 
nows I am speaking about him; it is only collies that smile 
their satisfaction, and do you notice now he is coming toward 
us; how he curls his body round so his tail almost touches his 
head, and do you hear him sneeze, that is caused by his lips 
curling up and closing his nostrils.” 
“Very interesting. And does he curl his tail over his back 
like that to form a handle to pick him up?’ I slyly inquire, 
and i don’t get an answer, so I try him on another point. 
‘Don't you think that abundant feather on Boh’s forelegs, his 
breadth of skull and heavy ears indicate setter blood in his 
ancestry?’ Dumbasadial. “And then it seems to me he 
wants that close, soft, wooly hair below the hocks that is 
always found on a collie, and I must also admit Imuch prefer 
these handsome varieties of sable to his monotonous black and 
tan.” Mute as an undertaker. “Il was talking to a collie 
fancier on Sunday and he had a theory of colors that it took 
him four splits and an ounce of bird’s eye to explain. Shortly 
it was that collies were admittedly one of the original breeds 
of dogs, one of the roots of the canine genealogical tree, one 
of the wild breeds. Now all the dogs were, he said, originally 
reddish in color, collies, dingoes, wolf-hounds, Scotch and 
Irish terriers. The variations in the color of collies, he held, 
had been obtained by a cross with the Scotch black and tan 
setter, and he thinks that the modern black and tan collie illus- 
trates his theory and he points to the sables as showing most 
collie Character, that indescribable foxy, sharp and mistrust- 
ful appearance. This slyness and an occasional snap has 
wrongtully earned them the epithet ‘treacherous,’ but it is 
really fear that makes them uncertain.” 
Dick answers that ‘‘My collie fancier may have some found- 
ation for his theory, which is probably influenced by a good 
strain of sable collies in his own Kennel (unkind!) and as far 
as the black and rich deep tans go he is disposed to agree with - 
him, but he thinks there is quite as much ‘character’ in the 
black and light tans and black and whites as in the sables, 
and atter all the great thing is to get asmal! semi-erect ear 
and the rest will follow. Now you remember atleast I don’t 
suppose you do, ‘Lillibulero,’ as it was before your time, that 
some years ago people ran atter the mahogany tan, and it 
was only by pegging away in print and endless prating that 
such judges as Thomson, Dalziel, Shirley aud others, whose 
names I can’t recall, directed the public into the right path. 
W. W. Thomson established himself an authority on the breed 
by his able desriptions of the breed in that defunct kennel 
organ, The Country. I seldom see his name to collie papers 
now, but if ever you would like a few notes on the breed I 
am sure a polite putication would be successful,” 
“Thanks, Dick, for the hint, and if Mr. Thomson reads Forusr 
AND STREAM, ‘Lillibulero’ drinks toward him, and their better 
acquaintance, and, Dick, while you are in this communicative 
mood, tell me do you attach so much importance to under- 
coat? 
**Yes, lad, Ido; an animal whose duties take him into sleet 
and hail, and who may haye to sleep in snow, requires a 
woolly texture next his skin and then an overcoat. The 
overcoat turns the weather, keeps the wet out, and the under- 
coat prevents the loss of natural animal heat. There is much 
misunderstanding and ignorance on the purposes of this double 
clothing, but that is the correct explanation. To hear some 
collie men talk one might imagine that their pets were the 
only creatures that had undercoats, but a good sportsman 
will tell them otherwise. Haye you ever seen an otter’s skin? 
Got one hanging up in the harness room, have you? Well, 
when you have finished your scribbling go and examine it, 
outside it is a reddish brown color, and each hair looks wiry 
and glnty, but part them with your fingers and you will find 
those hard hairs shoot out of 4n impervious, thick, close, 
downy, soft undercoat, through which ‘you can’t see the hide. 
The topcoat turns the water and the other keeps in the 
warmth of the body. It makes one wild to hear follows plibly 
gabble about otters and badgers, etc., and few of them haye 
ever seen one alive.” 
Dick has dropped his book and is using his pipe to hammer 
his indignation at kitchen-fire sportsmen on my writing table. 
I must bring him back to our ‘‘moutons” to calm him, “My 
collie fancier, by the way, stated that the sables have usually 
less undercoat than the black and tans.” ~ 
“Tell him he’s a mole when you meet him; they have as 
much but it is not so visible to a casual glance because a sable 
collie’s undercoat is nearly the same color as the topcoat, but 
itis there all the same. In the black and tans the outercoat 
is black of course, and the under is usually a lighter badgery 
iron-gray color.” 
As you are such a swell on sheepdogs, [wouder, Dick, you 
don’t choose a better specimen from your kennel to take 
around than Bob; is it that 
“The shoemaker’s wife goes worst shod?” 
“Oh, yowre quite welcome,” says Dick, sarcastically, ‘but 
the proverb doesn’t fit.” ; 
“Does the shoe?” IT call out, as he walks up to the wall, 
Ireally don’t think collies are plucky dogs or any use as 
fuards except to make a row, protectors they are not. Some- 
thing in the road just frightened Bob; he barked distractingly 
and then flew under the chair. Ef any collie men differ wit! 
me on this pomt and will write me their views, I will impar- 
tially repeat their ideas. ~ 
