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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 30, 1885. 



long ago, regarding the Irish wolfdog: "This animal has be- 

 come celebratetl as the heraldic protector of our countrjr. 

 Fair Erin sits pensively beside her harp, the round tower 

 stands near, and guarding all three, rechnes the wolf aoinid. 

 Scotland's lions have been famed in story ; England 'stole' one 

 of thetn, say some, and joining him in company with the imi- 

 OOrn, committer] to his tmstthe honor of Albion; bixt the uni- 

 corn is a beast which even Dr. Haughton has never seen, 

 while we must go to the antediluvian era to find lions in (rreat 

 Britain. But the wolf dog is no mythic beast in Ireland; he 

 was and we trust will again be included among the un- 

 doubted, exclusive, and most distinguished specimens of the 

 Irish faiina." 



In the British Museum there is a Grecian vase, some 450 

 B. C, on which Acason is depicted surrounded by his dogs. 

 Some of them would appear identical with what the Irish 

 wolfhound was, save, perhaps, in the matter of coat. 



On some ancient frescoes at Easton Neston Hall, near Tow- 

 eester, are depicted various himting senes, In one of these 

 two vast dogs of deerhouud type are represented as seizing a 

 boar, and those frescoes having been painted at a time when 

 the Irish wolfhound existed, may be looked upon as throwing 

 considerable light on the real type of that breed. They are 

 shown to be vast deerhounds, with rough wiry coats, of a 

 dark blue-gray color, ears smaU and falhng over. 



It will have bepn noticed that several persons owning Irish 

 wolfhounds in former days wore in the habit of stvling them 

 "the last of then- race." It appears tolerably certain that the 

 breed was gradually being merged into the present breed of 

 deerhounds, and each successive owner was .iealously claim- 

 ing for his specimen the honor of being the last. 



It will be well now to state the conclusions at which the 

 writer has arrived as to the general appeai'ance and character 

 of the ii-ish wolfhoimd, after a prolonged, searching, and 

 careful study of the subject. 



Fo)-vi.—That of a verj^' tall, heavy, Scotch deerhound, much 

 more active, and very majestic-looking; active and fast, per- 

 haps somewhat less so than the present breed of deerhound: 

 neck thick in comparison to his form, and very muscular; 

 body and frame lengthy. 



Head. — Long, but not narrow, coming to a comparative 

 point toward the nose ; nose rather large, and head gradually 

 getting broader from the same, evenly up to the back of the 

 skull— not sharp up to the eyes, and then suddenly broad and 

 lumpy, as is often the case with dogs bred between greyhound 

 and mastiff. 



Coai.— There can be little doubt that from the very nature 

 of the work the dog was called upon to do this would be of 

 a rough, and probably somewhat shaggy nature, and to this 

 end points the evidence gained from Arian— second centmy— 

 who leaves no doubt in our mind that the great greyhound of 

 his day was rough in coat- also from the ancient Irish harp, 

 now preserved in Trinity College, Dublin, which is ornamenteci 

 with a figure of the Irish wolfhound, rough-coated. Sir J. 

 Browne's dogs were rough and shaggy ; Mr. O'Toole's dog was 

 rough; also UamQton Rowan's. The former Earls of Cale- 

 don owned Irish wolf dogs, which were rough; added to which, 

 in former days all greyhounds were, we have every reason to 

 believe, rough ; certainly the larger variety, as is now w-ith- 

 out exception the case. ' So it is with justice concluded that 

 the coat was thoi'oixghly rough ; hard and long all over the 

 body, head. legs, and taU; nair on head long, and rather 

 softer than that on body, standing out boldly over eyes; beard 

 or under jaws being also very marked and wiry. 



Color. — Black, gray, brindle, red and fawn, thoiigrh white 



dogs were esteem 

 us— indeedthcT 

 colors should h- 



ftr tames, as is^ ssvetial times shown 

 "tioifed — h\\t for beauty the dark 



•i i ou to size of head, and half erect as 

 m ■ If dark in color it is to be preferred. 



"i carried with an upward curve only, and 



not ;-jc- cu;lc-a, as lie case with many greyhounds. 



Size.— It will be seen that the deei'hound dog had consider- 

 able trouble in despatching the she-wolf, as narrated before, 

 she being his inferior in size ; so putting the matter on the 

 grounds of simple necessity, we cannot but conclude that the 

 dog should be less than from two to thi-ee inches taller than 

 the wolf. Now, the usual height of the wolf would range 

 about 30 inches, therefore we get the height of from 33 to 33 

 inches in the dog. Also arguing from the skulls, the dog 

 would have stood 32 to 34 inches. We may, therefore, safely 

 deduce that the height of these dogs varied from 33 to 34 

 inches, and even 35 inches in the dogs, probably from 29 to 31 

 inches in the bitches. The other dimensions would naturally 

 be about as follows for well-shaped and true-formed dogs. 

 Girth of chest — Dogs, 38 to 44 inches ; bitches, 32 to 34 inches. 

 Weight in pounds— Dogs, 115 to 140; bitches, 90 to 115. Guth 

 of foreai'm —Dogs, 10 to 12 inches; bitches, 8^ to 10 inches. 

 Lengtn of h^ad— Dogs, 12K to 14 inches; bitches, 11 to 12 

 inches. Most modern authors and all practical lovers of the 

 canine race whom the writer has consulted are agreed that the 

 foregoing is the correct type of dog beyond question; and 

 although some differ slightly as to the comparative bulk and 

 power of the dog, the difference is small when dispassionately 

 looked at. 



To any one who has well considered the subject such conclu- 

 sions are inevitable, and this impression has been manifestly 

 handed down to us for generations. 



It is much so be deplored that this superb and valuable 

 breed of dog has been allowed to fall into such a neglected 

 and degenerate state, presimiably owing to the fact of the 

 wolf having become extinct, and consequent less care on the 

 part of the owners in keeping the breed up to its proper form. 



Although sevei-al writers have incorrectlj'^ confounded the 

 Great Dane with the Irish wolfhound, yet it is probable that 

 the two breeds were not infrequently crossed; indeed, it is 

 possible that in f orei,^ countries the Ii'ish wolfhound may have 

 degenerated into the Great Dane and other varieties, as it has 

 into the deerhound with us. That such was the case Buffou 

 does more than suggest. Major Gamier, who gave the sub- 

 ject considerable attention at one time, rather holds to this 

 opinion, and says "that while the Highland deerhound is the 

 most correct type, the German boarhound has best retained 

 the size, though at the expense of character. " 



These facts may possibly have influenced erroneously the 

 opinions of some of the naturalists of the latter end of the 

 last centui-y, and will also account for the fact of Lord Alta 

 mont's dog's having been put forward as Irish wolfhounds, 

 which they certainly were not. 



The last wolf was supposed to have been killed in Ireland 

 about 1710. Su' Walter Scott was in the habit of calUng his 

 dog Maida a wolfhound, and on the death of that dog he was 

 presented by Glengarry and Cluny MacPherson with a brace 

 of dogs of the same character, and said: "There is no occu- 

 pation for them, as there is only one wolf near, and that is 

 confined in a menagerie." They were both animals of gigan- 

 tic size. Scott was also offered a fine Irish woifdog by Miss 

 Edge worth, but dechned it, having the othere. 



Richardson says: "Though I have separated the Irish wolf- 

 dog from the Highland deerhound and the Scottish grey- 

 hound, I have only done so partly in conformity with general 

 opinion, that I have yet to correct, and partly "because these 

 dogs, though oiiginaliy identical, are now unquestionably dis- 

 tinct in many pai'ticulars." 



• The former Earls of Caledon at one time owned a breed of 

 Irish wolfhounds, regarding which the present peer has oblig- 

 ingly collecbed the following pai-ticulars : "The dog was in 

 appearance between a mastiff and deerhound; slighter and 

 more active than the one, more massive and stronger than the 

 other; as tall or taUer than the tallest deerhound; rough but 

 not long-coated; fawn, grizzly, and dun in color; some old 

 men on the property have mentioned a mixture of white." 



It is believed that the late Lord Caledon took two of these 

 wolfdogs with him to the backwoods of America. 



The impression of a seal belonging to the Caledon famUy 

 has on it the figmre of a wolfhound which shows the tail 

 carried with a curve upward, as depicted in Reinagle's portrait. 



A breed was also owned by the Lords O'Nefl, also by Lord 

 Castletown; but no information regarding them has been ob- 

 tained, although a friend of the writer was presented, many 

 years ago. with a bitch of the former breed which answered 

 very much to the description given above of Lord Caledon's 

 dogs. 



The late Sir John Power, of Kilfane, Thomastown (whose 

 dogs will be alluded to presently), was a personal friend of 

 the writer, and knew Richardson well, and has many times 

 aflftrmed that Richardson always considered the Irish wolf- 

 hound to have been a gigantic deei'hound of enormous power. 



In a very interesting letter from an American gentleman, 

 written to a gentleman residing in England, published in the 

 Live Stock Journal some months ago, he says: "I have felt 

 an interest in the subject for over fifty years. My father 

 often spoke of Lord Sligo's (Aitamont's) bi-eed of dogs, and 

 doubted their being the genuine Irish woifdog. He had every 

 opportunity of observing them himself, being much at West- 

 port House during his youth." After making other obseiwa- 

 lions, he goes on to say: "The bone of the foreleg is, I should 

 say, the point that best distlnguislies dogs of this class from 

 all of the gi-eyhound class, whom in actual build they so much 

 resemble. The massiveness of the bone is out of propondon 

 altogether, and it certainly was not made for speed so much 

 as for p(.wer and endurance. 1 think all the Scotch dogs that 

 I have seen are deficient in this respect, and I attribute it to 

 crossing with lighter-built breeds in order to obtain swiftness 

 for deer hunting. The epithet 'hairy-footed' in old Irish 

 poems leaves no doubt as to the comparatively rough coat of 

 the Irish woifdog." 



That it is beyond reason that any dog should have stood 36 

 inches is not the case, as Lord Mount Edgecombe has a pic- 

 ture of a dog taken life-size which measures 36 inches to the 

 shoulder. The skeleton of this dog (apparently a Great Dane), 

 which is also preserved, would con-oborate this measurement 

 A picture was also painted for the Marquis of Hastings in 

 1803, by Chfford de Tomson, which represents a dog standing 

 36 inches at the shoulder— also apparently a (Ireat Dane, of a 

 buff and white color. The picture measures 7^ fset by 5}.^ 

 feet, so it will be seen the dog must of necessity have beeri 

 gigantic. We have also had some enoi-mous dogs "in the life" 

 of late years. The great American dog exhibited to Her 

 Majesty some eighteen years ago was said to stand .39 inches. 

 Su- Roger Palmer's Sam was 34. Both were boarhounds. 

 Several of our mastiffs have stood 33 and even 'oA inches. The 

 great dog brought from America by Mr. Butler, of New York, 

 about four or five years ago, stood about the same height. He 

 was a descendant of the dog shown to the Queen— also owned 

 by Mr. Butler. On the Continent it is not uncommon to find 

 dogs standing 33 and 34 inches, and a boarhound has been 

 brought to the writer's notice, belonging to a gentleman resid- 

 ing at Cologne, that was reported to stand 37 inches by a gen- 

 tleman well accustomed to large dogs. 



The tallest dog the writer has actually measured stood Mj4 

 inches on the shoulderblade— a giant indeed. With all these 

 examples before us, and some of them within our reach, there 

 is no reason why the Irish wolfhound should not be restored 

 to its original height of from 33 to 35 inches. 



It is worthy of i-emark that while some people scout the 

 very idea that the deerhoimd is the descendant of the Msh 

 wolfhound, McNeill is proud to claim such descent for his 

 favorite breed. 



The assertion that has been frequently made by writers on 

 the breed that he stood 4 feet high no doubt api>lied to the top 

 of his head, as a 33 or 34-inch dog would stand neai-ly 4 feet at 

 that part. 



A friend of the writer's— a deerhound breeder of considera- 

 ble experience, and one who had well considered the Irish 

 wolfhound question— writes:— "I hold that the Irish wolfhound 

 was identical with the Scotch deerhound, only even more 

 massive and bigger still. Ireland seems to have been pecuUai- 

 for the gi-owth of big animals as weU as big men. Look at the 

 fossil elk for instance. I have a pair of antlers in my hall— I 

 believe the longest in existence— 11 feet in a straight line across 

 from tip to tip." 



Major Garnier at one time tm-ned his attention to Irish wolf- 

 hounds, and produce:^ one or two dogs of gi-eat size, but he 

 was unable to carry his projects to an end, being suddenly 

 ordered to the Cape. 



He was thoroughly convinced that the recovery of this 

 breed in its pristine grandem- and magnificence was only a 

 question of time if the would-be breeders were steadfast in 

 their endeavors. He had laid down for himself certain rules 

 ui breeding, which are given: 



"1. Quahty is very much more dependent on the dam than 

 on the su"e. 



"3. Bone or size, on the contrary, is far more dependent on 

 the sire. 



"3. Color is almost wholly dependent on the sire. 



"4. The coat is almost wholly independent of the su-e. 



"5. Muscular development and general form is chiefly 

 dependent on the dam. 



"(1. All these are modified by the fact that the purer bred 

 will (other things being the same) influence the progeny more 

 than the other. 



"7. Every decided cross increases the size by one or two 

 inches. This is merely an opinion formed from my own ex- 

 perience and observation; but I have never seen it carried out 

 far enough to make me certain in my own mind about it. 



"1, 3, 3, 4 and 5 I have not merely met with as the opinions 

 of other people, but I have proved them incontestably myself. 

 With regard to No. 1— "quality'— I mean 'blood,' nervous 

 development, vigor, energy and character." 



He then goes on to give many valuable facts and hints on 

 breeding Irish wolfhounds and "other dogs, too long to insert 

 here. He concludes by saying: "Anyhow, with Ulmer boar- 

 hoimds and Russian wolfhouuds (of course, in conjunction 

 with the deerhound and such of the Irish breed as are in 

 existence) I believe it is quite possible to re-estabhsh the old 

 breed of Irish gieyhounds in all their former beauty and 

 power, 1 should, however, be content with perfection of 

 form and coat at 34 inches." 



The wi'iter is not jjrepared to coincide entirely with the 

 above rules, but in the main he considers them correct, and 

 such as can safelv be adopted by breeders. It may be as well 

 to remark that no two dogs of the first cross should be mated 

 together as the jaroduce wUl be certain to be most degenerate. 

 The foxhound, the pointer, the shorthorn, and many breeds 

 of sheep and pigs, have been brought to their present excel- 

 lence bv judicious crossing; why should not the same principle 

 be applied to the perfecting of the Irish wolfhound? Too 

 much in-and-in-breeding should be especiaU.y avoided, as size 

 is thereby eventuaUy lost to an alarming degree, even though 

 character be retained. 



[TO BE CONCLUDED.] 



THE MILWAUKEE DOG ^WyW.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The prospects for this exhibition seem to grow 

 brighter every day, judging from the very lively Interest mani- 

 fested for its success, by a large number of distant, as well as 

 local admirers of the dog. We are progressmg finely with the 

 special prize list, and our able manager, Mr. F. D. Olcott, is in 

 daily receipt of letters on the subject from all parts of the 

 country. Major J. M. Taylor, of Lexington, Ky., is to judge 

 the setters and pointers, 'and Mr. J. F. Kirk, of Toronto, the 

 remaining classes. Thi-ough mistake, the King Charles spaniel 

 class was omitted from the prize list, and the error is now 

 corrected by offering a $25 special for the best dog or bitch of 

 that class. Copies of the premium Ust will be supphed to 

 applicants by addressing J. D. Olcott, 169 and 171 West Water 

 street, Milwaukee, Wis.— Muskbbgo (Milwaukee, Wis.) 



THE GREYHOUND STANDARD. - £rf«or Forest and 

 Stream: Will owners and breeders of this breed send their 

 views of what an English gi-eyhound should be to H. W 

 Smith, Box 876, Worcester, Mass., for the greyhound standard 

 committee?— H. W. Smith. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, 

 Kemiel notes are inserted in this column free of charge To insure 

 publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- 

 ticulars of each animal: 



I. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner 

 3. Breed. buyer or seller. 



3. Sex. 7. Sire, with his sire and dam, 



4. Age, or 8. 0\STier of sire. 



5. Date of birth, of breeding or 6. Dam. with her sire and dam. 



of death ]0. Owner of dam. 



All na.mes must be plainly written. Commuiiication on one side of 

 paper only, and signed with writer's name. 



NAMES CLAIMJSD. 

 See instructions at head of this column. 

 Stoatura, Paxtang, Codorus. Fatalist and FntoUli/ By F W 

 Seiler, Harrisburf;, Pa., for Enfflisli setters, a black, white and tan 

 dOK, a liver, white and tan dog, two lemon and white dogs, and a 

 black, white and tan bitch, whelped May 9, 188.5, by Count Noble out 

 of his Fate Gladstone (Giadstone-Sue). 



Pet. By W. E. Deane, Somerset, Mass., for black, white and tan 

 beagle hitch, whelped May 29, imx by Racer (RaUy— LUl) out of Vie 

 (Darwin — Liady). 



Courtney, Bryn Mawr, Dimhar, Opera Bovffe, WlLsahickon, My 

 Queen, Miss Lone/ley, Rosetnouth, Delbeck and Lady T. By J. H. 

 Winslow, Philadelphia, Pa , for liver and white poluters, five dogs 

 and five bitches, whelped June 20, 1885, by G. F. .Torrian'.'; imported 

 Nip (PilkiDfiton's Luke— Duke of Portland'.s Juno) out of his Viola 

 (A.K.R. 703). 



Lady P. ByDr. W. F. Fontaine, Worcester, Mass., for livfir and 

 white pointer bitch, whelped June 10, 18S2, by King (Leo— Loo) out of 

 Say (King— Jeti. 



Stormer IL, Light foot. Fleetfoot, Spinaimy and DalUnnca IT. By 

 HalE-Way Brook Kcncels, Glens FaUs, N. Y., for black, white and tan 

 foxhounds, four dojjs and one bitch, whelped July 7, l.Sss. hy im- 

 ported Stormer (A.K.R. 2403) out of imported Dalliance iA'KR. 



aioo). 



Brunswick, Cardinal. MarWorough, Berneta, BernaLine and Her- 

 inita. By Essex Kennels, Andover. Mass.. for mastill's, three dogs 

 and three bitches, whL'.lped .July 20, 1885, by champion Hermit (A.K.R. 

 S3) out of Daphne II. (A.K.R. 489). 



Leda. By Victor M. J^laldemau. General "Wayne, Pa., for liver and 

 white pointer bitch, whelped Jan. 31. 1885, by Jimmic (A.K.R. 1589) 

 out of Temptation (A.K.R. 1690). 



Olendale Chief and Glendale Beauty. By Half-Wav Brook Ken- 

 nels, Glens Falls, N. Y., for blue, tan and while foxhounds, dog and 

 bitch, whelped July 7, 18S5, by imported Stormer (A.K.R. 2402) out of 

 impoited DalUance (A.K.R. 2100). 



Bob If. and Caw Cow. l-3y Dr. Robert I. Hampton, Athens, Go., for 

 black and white English setter dog and blue belton and tan bitch, 

 whelped March 31, 1885, by Count Noble out of Belle Boyd (A.K.R, 

 1377). 



Chestnut Bock Kennels. By Chas. S. Fitch, Eort Washington, !New 

 York city, for his kennels of tJordon and black and tan setters. 

 NAMES CHANGED. 

 ^ff" See instriictions at head of this column. 



Nashie to Constance. Beagle bitch, whelped May 23, 1832 (Ring- 

 wood— Norah), owned by Ha,lf-Way Brook Kennels, Glens Falls. N.Y, 

 BRED. 



.See instructions at head of this column. 

 Lady Bess— Chief . J. A. Cathcan's ( Atlantic City, N. J.) red Irish 

 setter bitch Lady Bess (A.K.R. 21T8) to MaxWenzel's Chief (A.K.K. 

 231), July 14. 



Domw-Oux Bondhu. Sagadahoc Kennels' (Bath, Me.) English set- 

 ter bitch Doraio (Koyal Blue— Dryad) to A. M. Tucker's Gus Bondhu 

 (Da.shiug Bondhu— Novel), June 13. 



Una—Bannennan. Dr. E. B. Weston's (Highland Park, IIDheagle 

 bitch Una (A.K.R. 1324) to A. C. Krueger's Bannerman (A K,R. 1709), 

 June 8. 



Toadies— Tuck. George W. Dixon's (Worcester, Mass.) pug bitch 

 Toodles (A.K.R. 3147) to C. H. Amsden's Tuck (champion Comedy- 

 Lady), July 8. 



Lizzie Grace — Duke Royal A. A. Raymond's (.South Norwalk, 

 Conn.) pointer bitch Lizzie Grace (A.K.R. ,2476) to his Duke Royal 

 (A.K.R. 2473). June 1. 



Olive K.— Harold. California Kennels' (Sacramento, Cal.) English 

 setter bitch Olive K. (Rake— Bessie Lee) to their Harold (Gath— Gem), 

 July 15. 



ConstoMce -Joe. Half -Way Brook Kennels' (Glens Falls, N. Y.) 

 beagle bitch Constance (Riagwood— Norah), to C. W. Wiilard's Joe 

 (Kingwood— Gipsey Queen), June 10. 



Zona, not 7jOZO.— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of the 

 23d inst j ou published a notice about my bitch being bred to Obo, Jr. 

 Her name is Zona instead of Zozo, as .you have it.— Wm. ti. Moseley 

 (New Haven, Conn.). [Mr. Moseley's letter of July 10 gives the 

 A. K. R. number of Zona as 2380, which is the number of Zozo. As 

 the name was not very plainly written, we refeired to A. K.R. and 

 pubhshed the name that the number called for. The num Uer of Zona 

 is 1881. Had this been given there would liave- been no mistake. 

 Moral— Write plainly and make no mistakes; but if yom' pea does 

 slip, charge it to the editor.] 



WHELPS. 



t^r- See instr%ictio7is at head of this column. 



Sheila. L. Timpson's (Red Hook, N. Y.) Irish terrier bitch Sheila 

 (A.K.R. 137), July 3, live (two dogs), by J. Coleman Drayton's 8!aslier 

 (Fury— Spuds). 



Viola. J. H. Winslow's (Philadelphia, Pa.) pointer bitch Viola 

 (A.K.R. 703;, June 20, eleven (six dogs), by G. F. Jordan's imported 

 Nip (Lake— Juno). 



Nell. Chas. S. Fitch's (New York) Gordon setter bitch Nell, July 

 14, one dog (since dead), bv Dan O'Shea's Jack, 



Peggie. George Qdlivau's (West Jefferson, O.) pug bitch Peggie 

 (A.K.R. 1804), .July 24, tive bitches, by Chas. Leonhard 's Treasure 

 (A.K.K. 472). 



Yolande. W. H. Tuck's (Wilkesbarre, Pa ) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Yolande (A.K.R. 528), July 2, eight, by Obo 11. (A.K.R. 432); two dogs 

 and two bitches since dead. 



Bird. Maple Kennels' (Patterson, N. Y.) pointer bitch Bird (A.K.R. 

 1658), July 17, eleven (tive dogs), by Friz (A.K.R. 208); six lemon and 

 white and five liver and white. 



Daphne IL Essex Kennels' (Andover, Mass ) St. Bernard bitch 

 Daphne 11. (A.K.R. 489), July 30, <:-leven (six dogs), by champion Her- 

 mit (A-K.R. 23); three dogs and two bitches since dead. 



Critic. VV. o. Partridge's (Boston, Mass.) black spaniel bitch Clitic 

 (A.K.R. 303), July 10, eight (one dogi, by J. P. Willey'.s champion Obo 



II. (A.K.R. 433). 



Janet. California Kennels' (Sacramento, Cal.) English setter l)itch 

 ,Ianet (Count Noble— Dashing Novice), July 17, seven (tourdogsi, by 

 Dashing Money (Dashing Mouai eh— Armirta). 



Suwanee. A. Clinton VVilmerding's (New York; cocker .spaniel bitch 

 Suwanee (A.K.R. 058), July 15, ,sts (three dogs), by Dr. Chas. McBur- 

 noy's champion Sport; four black, and two black with white mark- 

 ings 



Marion. A. Chnton Wilmerding's (New York) spaniel bitch Marion 

 (Brag— Princess), July 21, seven (oi.edog), by his rslack Prince (A.K.R. 

 62); six black, one black, with white beuy, 



Flora. H. Reiche's (New York) cocker spaniel bitch Flora (Flake- 

 Lady). May 22, nine (three dogs and three bitches hving), by A. Clin- 

 ton Wilmerding's Black Prince (A.K.R. 03); two biack and four liver 

 and white. 



Skip. Geo. P. Reid's (Barton, Vt.) beagle bitch Skip (A.K.R. 1 997), 

 July 11, eight (four dogs), by W. Miles's Flute M. 



SALES. 



See instructions at head of this column. 

 Butterfly- Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Nov. 20, 1884 

 (Fritz— Bird), by Maple Kennels, Patterson, N. Y., to N. Watson, New 

 York. 



KiMy Wells Black, lemon and whit© pointer bitch (A.K.K. 1043), 

 by Maple Kennels, Patterson, N. Y., to C. T. Knight, Providence, 



^Moya- Irish terrier bitch (A.K.R. 2385), by L. Tirapson, Red Hook, 

 N. Y., to L. A. Shaw, Newton Centre, Mass. 



Dora. Liver and white cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Aug. 16, 1879 

 (Captain— Flora), by W. J. Furness, Ogdensbtu-g, N. Y., to L. O. Bow- 

 ley, Richardson, Me. , 



Alice Obo. Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped April 30, 1835 (Obo 

 Il.-Phousie), by J. P. Willey, Salmon Falls, K. H., to W. H. Tuck, 

 Wilkesbarre, Pa. . 



Sport. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Jan 38. 1885 (Fntz 

 —Bird), by Maple Kennels, Patterson, N. Y., to Jas. Reynolds, Pough- 

 keep.sie. N. Y. , , ..^ ,. , , 



Count Noble— Belle Boyd {A.K.R. 1277) whelps. English setters, 

 whelped March 31, 1885, bv Dr. R. I. Hampton, Athens, Ga., a black, 

 white and tan dog to Geo' T. Hodgson, an orange belton and tan dog 

 to Dr. John Gerdine, same place, and a blue belton and tan bitch to 

 Prof. E. M. Mcintosh, Oxford. Ga. 



