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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LJune 17, 1886. 



AMERICAN SETTERS. 



IN" the Century of November, 1885, 1 find an article, written 

 by Jacob Pentz, on the American setter and the status of 

 American sportsmen half a century or more ago, and also in- 

 forming the public, through the Century, that there are at the 

 present day scarcely a half dozen breeders of American set- 

 ters and that no two of the half dozen can give a recorded 

 family history of their breeding for even a quarter of a cen- 

 tury. Among the best known breeders he refers to are Theo. 

 Morford, of Newton, IN. J. ; William Grummon, of Lyon's 

 Partus; Justus von Lengerke, of Hoboken, N. J. ; the Harrises, 

 of Providence, R. I. ; the late Paul Meade, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 

 E. H. Lathrop, of Springfield, Mass., and Samuel Scran ton, of 

 Rhode Island. Now, I have not the pleasure of Mr. Pentz's 

 acquaintance, but it seems to me he must be quite a young 

 man or else he must be in one of Rip Van Winkle's long 

 ele=ps, or he would not have made so gross a mistake in this 

 matter. I am one of those "good-for-nothing, cast-off vaga- 

 bonds" who chanced to be born more than three score and ten 

 years ago. and fond of field sports, a practical sportsman dur- 

 ing a long lifetime, and for the past forty-five years have been 

 breeding setter dogs for practical use in the field. How I have 

 succeeded I leave to those who are conversant with their field 

 qualities to decide. 



I am well acquainted with the Harris family and would say 

 that Charles P. Harris of Riverside, Providence, R. I., is a 

 nephew of the late Capt. N. C. Harris and the main sporting 

 descendant of that family, is now, and has been, shooting over 

 setters of my breeding for the past eight years. I learned 

 through a friend at the late dog show at Boston that Mr. 

 Scranton had a cross of dogs of my breeding through a cross 

 with Joseph Hill's dog of Worcester, Mass., whose dog was 

 bred by me. I had Daniel Webster's setter bitch Rachel in 

 my kennel eighteen months, and bred a litter from her. I ob- 

 tained her through our mutual friend, Burrington Anthony, 

 then U. S. Marshall for Rhode Island. Three years previous 

 I purchased Bet, a daughter of Rachel, by Edward Harvey's 

 Carlo, for Robert B. Roosevelt, of the late Henry Thurber, 

 she was then two years old ; I retained her in my kennel sev- 

 eral years. I believe I am the only man that has exhibited 

 dogs at any bench show labeled as American setters. At the 

 Springfield bench show in 1874, my old setter bitch was 

 awarded the second prize, Luther Adams' Dora securing the 

 first. I showed her daughter Cosey at a following show at 

 Boston for exhibition only, on a point in Bumstead Hall to a 

 large audience and the same season at Hartford. 



In 1876 my orange and white setter bitch Fan was bred to 

 Cush, a black and white dog, and one of this fitter came out 

 a slate blue, white and tan, clean solid colors (not black roan 

 like a blue belton), which 1 christened Fag. This puppy proved 

 a remarkable field dog for his keen scenting powers and great 

 staunchness, and as a ruffed grouse dog he had few equals. I 

 kept him as a stock dog until he died from the effects of dis- 

 temper, Nov. 24, 1880. In every litter of his get some would 

 be of his color. Outside of my own breed I have never seen a 

 setter of this color. Idstone, in his work on the dog, speaks 

 of this color in England, but states that he had never seen one, 

 only a picture of one, and that a friend had seen one. Fag 

 was the sire of Trap, whose pedigree I send with this. She is 

 white and orange, clean colors ? the ears and spots on head 

 orange, three orange spots equidistant from hip to shoulder 

 on left side about two inches in diameter, and two small spots 

 on right side about the size of a large copper cent on the cen- 

 ter of body one above the other. She is of medium size, from 

 forty to fifty pounds' weight, with fine, soft, silky, wavy coat, 

 with tail and legs well feathered, beautifully formed and un- 

 commonly intelligent, and has few equals in the field. She is 

 not for sale If Mr. Pentz knows of any American setter he 

 thinks can surpass her in the field on ruffed grouse, I should 

 be pleased to compare them or show her progeny on game 

 with that of anv other breed of American setters. I have 

 bred my dogs fo"r natural held qualities, and they are from the 

 Irish, English and French setters judiciously crossed until I 

 consider I have established a breed of setters of uniform 

 quality peculiarly my own, and I feel they are justly entitled 

 to the' name of American setters, for crossed as they are, no 

 one of the above breeds can justly claim them. I am one of 

 those "good for nothing vagabonds" that know the needs of 

 the practical American sportsman as well as an Englishman 

 can tell it, and who believes we have as good judges of dogs 

 in America as they have in Europe, and all the material to 

 establish breeds adapted to our own use if we only avail our- 

 selves of them. I hope some younger sportsman will im- 

 prove on what I have attempted to attain. Ethan Allin. 

 Pomfret Centre, Conn., April 25. 



SCOTCH TERRIER LOST. — Editor Forest and Stream: On 

 May 25 my Scotch terrier Neil G-ow strayed away from my 

 kennels at Mount Forest, IU., and I have been unable to find 

 any track of him. This is the dog spoken so highly of by 

 your correspondent at the Cleveland bench show. Neil Gow 

 is of a sandy color with slight brindle markings, ears erect 

 and sharp pointed, covered with short, velvety hair; head 

 long, eight inches from nose to occiput; eyes small, hazel 

 color; coat rather short and hard; forelegs slightly bent; body 

 moderate in length; ribs flat; tail not cut and carried a little 

 above the level of back, not hound like. Should any of your 

 readers see or hear anything of this dog, I would be thankful 

 if they would inform me.— John H. Natlob, 3182 Archer 

 avenue, Chicago, HI. 



THE NEW JERSEY DOG CRUELTY— The case of Dr. B. 

 A. Watson, of Jersey City, for maltreating dogs for alleged 

 scientific purposes, came up in Justice Lane's court, Jersey 

 City, on Thursday last. There was a large array of counsel on 

 both sides. The defendants waived examination, and the case 

 will come up before the Grand Jury. Mr. C. J. Peshall of 

 the New Jorsey Club was one of the prosecuting attorneys, 

 and many other prominent dog men were in attendance. 



ST. LOUIS DOG SHOW.— Editor Forest and Stream: In 

 your list of awards in the Newfoundland classes of the recent 

 St. Louis show, an error occurs iu the curly-coated class in 

 giving Carlo first and Prince Albert second. The latter, owned 

 by Mr. John H. Holmes, of this city, was awarded first prize 

 by the judge, Capt. C. W. Bellair, as the official records show. 

 Carlo took second. Kindly make this correction.— George 

 Munson. 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER for June has 121 

 entries, making the total number of pedigrees registered 3810. 

 There are also in the June number the record of 31 breedings 

 of registered stock, the record of produce of registered stock, 

 etc., and the prize lists of the New York and St. Louis shows. 

 This number completes the first half of the fourth volume. 



BROWN BETTY'S PEDIGREE.— Salmon Falls, N. H, 

 June 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of June 3, 

 under Whelps in your Kennel Notes, appears the name of 

 Brown Betty (A.K.R. 3608). Allow me to state to you, as I 

 have also done to A. K. R., that this pedigree is false.— J. P. 

 Willey. 



A young Swede makes a hving in Boston by washing dogs. 

 He goes from house to house in the fashionable quarters, and 

 for fifty cents or seventy-five, according to the size of the 

 dog, gives the pets thorough baths. It is said that the plan 

 was' the thought of a well-known and charitable woman. She 

 wanted to help the young fellow, who was out of work, and 

 interested her friends in the scheme, and now he has about 

 all the dog washing he can attend to . 



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Marshall Flagg's 

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S. A. Packer's 

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KENNEL NOTES. 



KENNEL NOTE BLANKS. — For the convenience of breeders we 

 have prepared a series of blanks for "Names Claimed," "Whelps," 

 "Bred" and "Sales." All Kennel Notes must be sent to us on these 

 blanks, which will be forwarded to any address on receipt of 

 stamped and directed envelope. Send for a set of Jihem. Sets of 

 200 of any one form, bound, for retaining duplicates, sent postpaid, 

 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Nick of the Woods (A.K.B. 3594). By F. C. Sayles, Jr., Pawtucket , 

 R. I., for orange and white. English setter dog, whelped Nov. 2/, 188.:., 

 by Prince Napoleon (A.K R. 2671) out of. Belle of Bryn Mawr (A.K.R. 



' 26 Clvtie. By Chas M. Yates, Washington, D. C, for liver and white 

 English setter hitch, whelped March 20, 1886, by Coleman's London 

 (Gladstone — Clip) out of Countess (A.K.R. 3412). 



Tom By R. McC. Michler, Washington, D. C, for black, white and 

 tan English settei dog, whelped March 20, 1880. by Coleman's London 

 (Gladstone — Clip) out of Countess (A.K.R. 3412). 



Marquis of Hontserrat. By Progressive Kennels, Flat bush, L. I., 

 for white and tawny St. Bernard dog, whelped April 27, 1886, by Duty 

 (Sirius— Thora) out of Girola (A.K.R. 1606). 



Undine By Progressive Kennels. Flatbush, L. I., for orange and 

 white St. Bernard bitch.whelped April 27, 1886, by Duty (Sirius— Thora) 

 out of Girola (A.K.R. 1608). 



Lady Arline By Progressive Kennels, Flatbush, L. I., for orange 

 tawny and white St. Bernard bitch, whelped March 14, 1886, by Duty 

 (Sirius— Thora) out of Orgar (Hector II.- Neres II.). 



Count London. By T. J. Flack, Washington, D. C, for liver and 

 white English setter dog, whelped March 20, 1886, by Coleman's Lon- 

 don (Gladstone— Clip) out of Countess (A.K.R. 3412). 



Dash III. By T. J. Flack, Washington, D. C, for black and white 

 English setter dog, whelped March 20. 1886, by Coleman's London 

 (Gladstone— Clip) out of Countess (A.K.R. 3412). 



Pride of the West. By Tower Grove Collie Kennels, St. Louis, Mo., 

 for sable, white on breast, collie bitch, whelped March 19, 1886, by 

 Strephon (A.K.R. 2730) out of Beauty IV. (A.K.R. 2598). 



Strephon Jr. By Tower Grove Collie Kennels, for sable and white 

 collie doc. whelped March 19, 1886, by Strephon (A.K.R. 3730) out of 

 Beauty IV. (A.K.R. 2598;. , . „ , „ . , „ 



Lady Wood ford. By Tower Grove Collie Kennels, St. Louis, Mo., 

 for saole collie bitch.whelped March 19, 1886. by Strephon (A.K.R. 

 2730) out of Beauty IV. (A K.R. 2598). . . 



Trusty By Tower Grove Collie Kennels, St. Louis, Mo., for dark 

 sable collie ^og, whelped March 19, 1886, by Strephon (A.K.R. 2730) out 

 of Beauty IV. (A.K R. 2598). ^ j . H1 , te t 



Lochiel and Norval. By Mrs. Geo. Shepard Page. Stanley, N. J., 

 for light and dark brindle deerhound dogs, whelped March 1, 1886, by 

 Dimrobin (A.K.R. 1236) out of Shelloch (A K.R. 2214). 



BRED. 



iSp*"" Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Tantrums — Bradford Ruby. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster, 

 Mass.) pug bitch Tantrums (Talbot's Pug— Pond's Lady, A.K.R. 299*) 

 to City View Kennels' Bradford Ruby, May 23. 



Brunhild— Apollo. Chequasset Kennel-' (Lancaster, Mass.) smoctb- 

 coated St, Bernard bitch Brunhild (A K.R. 28; to W. W. Tucker's 

 Apollo, May 18. • 



Theon— Hermit. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster. Mass.) rough- 

 coated St. Bernard bitch Theon (A.K.R. 94) to their Hermit (A.K.R. 

 23}, April 15. „. . i4 _. " t 



Irma— Hermit. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) rough- 

 coated St. Bernard bitch Irma (A.K.R. 1051) to their Hermit (A.K.R. 

 231, May 11. 



Alaska— Hermit. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster. Mass.) rough- 

 coated St. Bernard bitch Alaska (A.K.R. 3236) to their Hermit (A.K.R. 



^TinyLl.'— Young Toby. Evan T. Sprague's (New York) pug bitch 

 Tiny II. (A.K.R. 3234) to Chequasset Kennels' Young Toby (A.K..K. 

 473;, May 14. 



Patience— Young Toby. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) 

 pug bitch Patience (Imported Maudle— Imported Daisy) to their 

 Young Toby (A.K R. 473), May 17. - .. v „ . 



Bizoreena—Jim. Onota Kennels' (Pittsfleld, Mass.) Irish setter 

 bitch Bizoreena (Nimrod-Bizorah) to their Jim (Elcho-Mag), May 26. 



Nell-Glenmar. Onota Kennels' (Pittsfleld, Mass ) Irish setter bitch 

 Nell (Rollo-Juno) to their Glenmar (Glencho— Lassie), May 26. 



Lady Belle- Clifford. Wm. Eaton's (New York) pointer bitch Lady 

 Belle (Bang Bang— Polly) to A. Quick's Clifford (Donald -Devonshire 

 Lass) 



Zanita—Beau. Lynn Kennels' (Lynn, Mas*.) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Zanita (A.K.R. 1986) to their Beau (E. 9,276), June 1. 



Countess Zoo— Premier. Lynn Kennels' (Lynn, Mass ) English set- 

 ter bitch Countess Zoo (A.K.R 2159) to D. A. Goodwin, Jr.' Premier 

 (Dashing Monarch— Armida), May 27. 



Black Sis— Beau. Lynn Kennels* (Lvnn. Mass.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Black Sis (A.K.R. 3156) to their Beau (E. 9,276). May 16. 



Plinthia— Merchant Prince. R. J. Sawyer's (Menominee, Mich.) 

 St. Bernard bitch Plinthia (Plinlimmon— Lady Mascotte) to E. H. 

 Moore's Merchant Prince, May 21. 



Bruno— llford Caution. Chas. C. Marshall's (New York) mastiff 

 bitch Bruno to E. II Moore's llford Caution (A.K.R. 2980), June 6 



Doxie— Merchant Priri.ce. E. C. Johnson's (Boston, Mass.) St. Ber- 

 nard bitch Doxie (Komeo— Juliet) to E. H. Moore's Merchant Prince, 

 May 18. 



Lu— Merchant Prince. J. H. Long's (Melrose, Mass.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Lu (Rex— Fan) to E. H. Moore's Merchant Prince, May 19. 



Druidess—Turk II. E. H. Moore's (Melrose, Mass.) mastiff bitch 

 Druidess (A.K.R. 222<) to his Turk II. (A.K R. 2222), May 1. 



Brenda 11.— llford Caution. E. H. Moore's (Melrose, Mass ) mastiff 

 bitch Brenda II. (A.K.R. 2219) to his llford Caution (A.K.R. 2980), 

 May 9. 



Reqina— llford Caution. A. Grant's (West New Brighton, S. I.) 

 mastiff bitch Regina (Young King— Raunee) to E. H. Moore "s llford 

 Caution (A.K.R 2980), May 4. 



Gip— Merchant Prince. E. H. Moore's (Melrose, Mass.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Gip (Rex— Brunhild) to his Merchant Prince. April 11. 



Highland Mary— Montrose. Lothian Kennels' (Stepney, Conn.) col- 

 lie bitch Highland Mary (A.K.R. 1572) to then Montrose (A.K.R. 

 891). 



Rosa- Bracket. J. H. Phelan's (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer bitch 

 Rosa (A.K.R. 1443) to Graphic Kennels' Bracket (Graphic— Bloomo), 

 April 29. 



Lady Ronvp II— Graphic. A. H. Moore's (Philadelphia, Pa.) pointer 

 bitch Lady Romp IT. (Francis's Prince— Belle) to Graphic Kennels' 

 Graphic (A K.R. 2411), June 4. 



Vinnie— Graphic. E. A. Hawes's (Newark. N. J.) pointer bitch 

 Vinnie (Joe— Underbill's Jane) to Graphic Kennels' Graphic (A.K.R. 

 2411), May 31. 



Lady Isabella— Knickerbocker. Floyd Vail's (Jersey City, N. J.) 

 pointer bitch Lady Isabella (A K.R. 461) to Geo. L. Wilms's Knicker- 

 bocker (A.K.R. 19). June 10. . 



Beau Maid-Rex. Jas. E. Hair's (Bridgeport. Conn.) pointer bitch 

 Beau Maid (Beaufort, A.K.R. 694 -Grace, A.K.R. 1250) to Wm. Rus- 

 sell's Rex (Mike— Lena), June 6. _ . , „ 



Briar— Gus Bondhu. Dr. F. B. Greenough's (Boston, Mass.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Briar (A.K.R. 101) to Adams & Tucker's Gus Bondhu 

 (Dashing Bondhu- Nora). . „ . 



Mabel Gladstone-Baden Baden. M. M. Duncan's (Rockwood, 

 Tenn.) English setter bitch Mabel Gladsrone (Gladstone's Boy— Blaze) 

 to Baden Baden (Lincoln— Blaze), May 20. 



WHELPS. 



Notes must he sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Alma Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) rough-coated St. 

 Bernard bitch Alma (A.K R. 27), May 3. eight (two dogs), by their 

 Chang (Hermit. A K R. 23-Irma, A.K R. 1051). 



Heidel -Rudolph II. Chequasset Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) rough- 

 coated St Bernard bitch Heidel (A.K.R. 2045), April 7, two (one dog), 

 by their Rudolph II. (A.K.R. 3260). • 



White Violet. Frank F. Dale's (New Haven, Conn.) bull-terrier 

 bitch White Violet (Dutch, E. 13,813— White Rose, A.K.R. 2906;, May 

 28. six (three dogs), by his Count (A.K.R 3178). * 



Nell. Lynn Kennels' (Lynn, Mass.) pointer bitch Nell, May 18, 

 seven (five dogs), by C. H. Dole's Sam (Pete. Jr.— Daisy). 



Lady Edgecomb. Lothian Kennels' (Stepney, Conn.) collie bitch 

 Lady Edgecomb, May 4, seven (one dog), by E. J. Hawley's Oscar n. 

 (Oscar— Fannie). n . „. , 



Tibbie. Lothian Kennels' (Stepney, Conn.) collie bitch Tibbie 

 (A K R 2825), May 28, two (one dog), by their Montrose (A.K R 891). 



Midlothian Lassie. Lothian Kennels' (Stepney, Conn.) collie bitch 

 Midlothian Lassie (A.K.R. 2124), May 2, six dogs, by their Montrose 



' A jVeJ? V.^M. Haldeman's (General Wayne, Pa.) mastiff bitch Nell 

 (A.K.R. 3647), June 8, nine (four dogs), by his Hero III. (A K.R. 



1 'Rosa F. Williams's (Springfield, Mass.) foxhound bitch Rosa, May 

 25, ten (six dogs), by E. 0. Thomas's Forester II. (Ringwood— Roxey). 

 BALES. 



%W Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Milan Golden brindle, perfect white markings, rough-coated St. 

 Bernard dog, whelped March, 1886, bv Bonivard II out of Cassandra, 

 by Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass , to Winthrop Jordan, Port- 



U aiemiasset. Orange tawny, perfect white markings, rough-coated 

 St. Bernard dog, whelped March, 1*66, by Hermit (A.K.R. 23) out of 

 Nun (A.K R. 24), by Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Ma,ss., to A. H. 

 Hawley, LeRoy, O. 



