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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 15, 1886. 



FIXTURES. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 21 — FiPkl Trials of the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Charles 

 A. Boxer, Secretary, Bos 2S2, Winnipeg. 



Nov. 8.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association, at Abilene, Kan. R. C. Van Horn, Secretary, Kansas 

 City, Mo. 



Nov. 8 —Third Annual Field Trials of the Fisher's Island Club, 

 Fisher's Island, N. Y Max Weuz4, Secretary. Hoboken. N J. 



Nov. 2>.— Eighth annual Meld trials of the Eastern Field Trials Club, 

 at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, Kings 

 countv. N. Y 



Dec. 6. Eighth Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Club, at Grand Juncrion, Tenn. 



DOG 8HOW8. 



July 30, 21, 22 and 23.— Milwaukee Dog Show. John D. Olcott, Man- 

 ager, Milwaukee, Wis. 



July 2? to 31— Dog Show of the California Bench Show and Field 

 Trials Club. E. Leavesly, Superintendent, 436 Montgomery street, 

 San Francisco, Col. 



Aug. 24, 23, 20 and 27.— First Annual Dog Show of the Latonia 

 Agricultural a ssocia' ion. Covington, Ky. George H. Hill, Mauager, 

 P. O. Box 76. Cincinnati, O. 



Sept. S, 9 and 10. Hornellsville, N. Y.. Doe: Show, Farmers' Club 

 Fair. J. O. Fellows, Superintendent, Hornellsville. 



Sept. 14, 15. 10 and 17.— Fir«tt fall dog show of the New Jersey Ken- 

 nel Ulub, Waverly, N. J. A. P. Yredenburg, secretary, Bergen Point, 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



MPHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

 pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub- 

 lished every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should he in early. 

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearlv subscription $1.50. Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O. Be 2S32, New York. Number 

 of entries already printed 38 10. 



CARLO. 



THE story of Sancho, so pleasantly told by your corres- 

 pondent Mr. T S. Van Dyke in your issue ofFels. 18. called 

 to mind like experiences. I find laid away in my portfolio a 

 package labeled "In Memoriam;" pages written twenty years 

 ago. As I read them to-night they bring me back through 

 many days brimful of pleasure, as I have tramped through 

 the woods and the field. Perhaps it may be a pleasure to 

 your readers to listen to the story of my dog: 



As I make this record, I -write the biography of a friend, 

 one who was a companion in many pleasant walks, and as 

 you read of some of bis doings you will not wonder that I 

 sometimes thought be enjoyeil with me the silei.ee of the grand 

 still woods and the beauty of the fields. Often as I sat down 

 on the hillside to rest, he would lie beside me and seem to en- 

 joy the beauty that I saw and, forgetful of pheas nt and 

 quail, look through bis large kindly eyes upon the woods all 

 aglow with the flames that the frost had kindled. With all 

 his intelligence he was true in his triendship; over willing, 

 always trying to please me; never sharing his affection with 

 any one else; hardly noticing a kind word iroin any one but 

 his master, quick to hear my voice or footstep. He was a 

 large, strongly budt pointer, bver color and white, flecked 

 with fine spots. His thin ears and soft fine coat told his blood. 

 From a pup he seemed to have but few "dog ways". Often he 

 would sit down and seem to be in serious thought, unmindful 

 of everything about him, theu quickly starting up would 

 hasten to do something that in his thoughts he had planned 

 to his satisfaction As he grew, his intelligence showed itself 

 in many ways beside his woodcraft. Sometimes he was sent 

 on errands to the grocers. One time on his way home, carry- 

 ing a small basket of eggs, a little cur ran out and snapping 

 at him, followed him some way. Carlo walked leisurely 

 along; coming to a house he walked up on the porch, carefully 

 sethis basket down, and with vengeance in his eyes, hastened 

 back, and giving the cur a good shaking, laying him on his 

 back, holding him with his paw, he seemed to tell him "never 

 again do you bother me when 1 am carrying eggs." Hurry- 

 ing back with a satisfied air, he took up his basket and trotted 

 bome. 



Beaching my home one evening, I found that I had care- 

 lessly lost my paper along the way. It was snowing bard; I 

 did not like to face the storm again, but I felt that my rest be- 

 side the cheerful fire would not be complete without my 

 evening paper. Carlo had heard my step, and as I stood in- 

 side the door he seemed to notice that there was something 

 wrong and looking up into my face would seem to say "What 

 is the matter now?" "Old fellow, I have lost it, go find it." 

 He started off into the darkness and was gone. Seated by the 

 fire I was wondering if I should have my paper, when a 

 scratch at the door told me I was wanted ; opening it in 

 bounded the dog with the lost paper folded in h.s mouth; 

 puttiug it on a chair with a smile upon his lace (he sometimes 

 smiled I am sure) he looked intently in my face much as 

 as to say "you are all right now." 



When in the held or wojds his intelligence seemed to be al- 

 most human. When young he, like all hunting dogs, was 

 sometimes excited, and in a caieless way would hush his 

 birds. One bright Octooer day I started out for a few hours 

 sport with the woodcock. The fresh crisp air was an excuse 

 even for my dog to be over full of life. Soon I reached the 

 cover, where.I felt sure my dog w-ould find birds. Talking to 

 him, he seemed to try and control himself, but for all, up goes 

 the bird without a single stop from the dog. After a smart 

 switching we started on, Carlo a few yards ahead, when I 

 saw him jump over a very narrow brook. As he struck the 

 opposite bank without taking a single step he stood on a point 

 for a moment, without a motion, theu with tail and body stilt' 

 be backed down the bank, through the water, up the other 

 bank, turning neither to the 1 ight nor left until a number of 

 feet from the stream. What all this meant I could not under- 

 stand. Soon, bowever, he seemed to gather up his wits, and 

 moving cautiously up towaid where I was standing, crossed 

 the brook. As he passed I thought I could see a smile upon 

 his face> With a steady step he walked on until he came 

 within a few yards of where he first stood. Here he came to 

 a point. A sharp "go on I" and from behind the roots of an 

 upturned beech, scarcely a yard from where he had made his 

 first sudden halt, rose a woodcock. In a minute more as the 

 dog laid it at my feet, with a laugh in bis eyes as if to say "no 

 whip this time, but a narrow escape." I laughed too, aad was 

 sure then of the smile I thought I saw as he ran by me the few 

 moments before. 



Shooting in company with a friend another season, as we 

 came toward a buckwheat stubble, we saw our dog working 

 carefully up to a corner of a brush fence, tnat was between us 

 and the noli. Briers and the tall weeds made this a good 

 cover for game. Carlo steps along slowly, and when within a 

 few rods of the fence slops, pointing straight ahead. With 

 our guns ready we were about to move on, when with a sud- 

 den turn of his head be pointed a few yards down the fence. 

 Again be changes co another point. While wondering at this 

 we see him make five separate poiuts; then stiff with his fore 

 foot raised, be stands without a motion. We move up to 

 the feuce. Three of the hve quail that lay hidden within 

 that thirty feet were soon in our bags. 



Another account will show with what zest he entered into 

 this sport. With the same friend I had been tramping all the 

 mormug. What had become of the birds we could not tell, 

 our dog had failed even to find an old scent. Under a beauti- 

 ful birch, near a cleat' cold spring, we sat down to eat our 



lunch and have a smoke. We soon missed our dog but knew 

 he would not stray far away, so pulling our hats down over 

 our heads, and lying back on the soft moss that, with here 

 and there a bunch of partridge berries, like a carpet of green 

 and crimson, covered the ground, while over head the golden 

 sheen frescoed the ceiling, we were soon asleep. In a little 

 while I felt a pull at my hat, there was my dog pawing at my 

 shoulder: from his earnest look I knew there was business on 

 hand. In his own way he soon told us what he wanted. 

 Running backward and forward, at last taking hold of my 

 coat, as much as saying "come on! hurry up," over the Tenee 

 he led us, whining and looking back at almost every step, 

 across a meadow into a cornfield where the shocks were still 

 standing, and the orchard grass grew thick upon the ground. 

 As he drew near a corner of the field, too rough and stony to 

 be plowed, covered with biiers and here and there a sumac 

 holaing up its red torch, he slackened his pace and his tat-like 

 tread gave us notice to be ready; a stop; the command; a whir 

 of many wings, and five out of the covey went into our empty 

 bags. Carlo had found this bevy and led us nearly a quarter 

 of a mile. 



My faithful friend was growing old, and before he was to 

 be put on the retired list I wanted to get a young dog broken 

 in, one to take his place if possible. I had a pup, broken 

 to mind in many ways, but he knew nothing of "business." 

 I thought to give him over to Carlo to train in the way he 

 should go. Frequently I would go to the woods with them, 

 the old dog always taking a patronizing air over the green- 

 horn. Often I have seen him And the track of a pheasant, 

 follow it along until the pup took it, then step aside and let 

 the young dog follow it up, watching him all the time with 

 the greatest satisfaction. If his protege lost the scent or was 

 "mixed up," he would hasten to his help and soon set him 

 right. Now the time came when 1 had to give up my faith- 

 ful friend. One morning I misssed his friendly greeting, and 

 on going to his kennel found him hardly able to move; as he 

 slowly drew himself cut I saw his hind legs were paralyzed 

 and he coidd not use them. All I did for him was of no avail, 

 and he must die; to put him out of his misery was the greatest 

 kindness 1 could do; to let some one else by a careless shot 

 ciuelly murder him, I could not think of ; to shoot him my- 

 self ; could I do it? One chilly morning I lifted him gently 

 into my wagon and drove out into the woods; as I laid him 

 down in the old wood road the remembrance of other days 

 came to him, and he started into the brush snuffing the 

 air and dragging his useless limbs stretched out behind him, 

 I called to him to stand, I lifted my rifle to my shoulder, but 

 through my tears I could uot see tbe sights; brushing them 

 quickly away the crack of the gun told me "A gash an faith- 

 ful tyke as ever lap a sheugh or dyke" was dead. 



Spicewood. 



Pennsylvania. 



COON HUNTING, 



BRETHREN of the rifle and shotgun, if you want exciting 

 sport just follow a good coon dog for one night. You 

 will get all the fun you want in j st four hours. There's noth- 

 ing like it under the moon. When the dog is far ahead and 

 you are following as fast as possible, suddenly down you go, 

 your hat jammed over your eyes, a small sapling up your 

 pantaloons leg and another down the back of your neck, all 

 of which serves to bring from you a warin blessing on cooning. 

 After you have got out of this dilemma you listen for the dog, 

 you can't hear him. You can't hear anything except the chir- 

 ping of insects, and the thumping of your heart. You ex- 

 perience a burning sensation in your throat. Your mouth is 

 parched. You don't know what else to do only to whoop. 

 After you have yelled once or twice quite loud and you re- 

 ceive no answer, you yell again, and agam, and yet receive no 

 reply. What are you to do? you are so tired you don't want 

 to clinib the hill, and so you make your way up the gully 

 which you are in, falling over stones ; tangled up in blackberry 

 vines, slipping into the water, until you are so completely 

 fagged out you can't go further, and so you sit down to rest. 



While you are thus occupied with your thoughts, you are 

 startled to hear a slight pattering on the dead leaves. Shortly 

 after you distinctly hear a scratching as if something was 

 climbing a tree, a few rods back of you and up the hill. While 

 you are listening to this you are startled by hearing the dog's 

 shrill yelp on top of the knoll in front of you. On he comes, 

 letting out a yell every jump he makes until he has passed 

 you and is on his way up the hill behind you. where his music 

 is changed to several prolonged howls. Ah, he has treed 

 something sure, and very much excited you make your way 

 carefully to where he is'barking. There stands the little fel- 

 low, tongue out, his eyes shining brightly in the dark, jump- 

 ing up on the tree and trjing to tell you that he has got a 

 coon up there. Piesentlyyou hear voices, then some one 

 sings out: "Speak to him, Darb," and you recognize the voice 

 of your friend i orr. "Here he is, Dorr, come here," you yell, 

 and soon he is with you. "Where's John?" "Oh, he's coming," 

 and sure enough, for seeing the light of your lanterns, he says 

 "Got him. boys." "Yes," says Dorr, "hurry up here." 



Then preparations are made for climbing the tree. John is 

 the climber. Strapping on his clinkers and looking to bis 

 revolver, he makes the ascent. "JiOok out, boys, I'm going 

 to shoot," says John Bang goes the old pistol. Then again. 

 "He's coming," yells John, and we can hear the coon thump- 

 ing from one limb to another, then crash upon the ground, 

 where he is instantly seized by Darb, who soon chokes him to 

 death. "Boys, I see another," says John. "Well, let him 

 come," we yell in chorus. Bang, then a solid thump on the 

 ground a little way down the hill. The dog hears it and is 

 away. We follow rapidly with short club< in our hands, and 

 when we find them it is nip and tuck for the mastery, but the 

 dog comes out winner. We pick up the coon and go back to 

 the tree; John is just sliding down. "Pretty good luck:, eh? 

 Guess we better go home," says Dorr. And thus ends our ex- 

 perience in coon hunting. Greeitwing. 



DOGS OF THE OCCIDENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The San Francisco bench show will opeu at Piatt's Hall in 

 this city on Tuesday, July 27, and continue until July 31 in- 

 clusive, under the auspices of the California Bench Show and 

 Field Trials Club. The gentleman selected by the Executive 

 Committee to superintend the show is Judge E. Leavesly, of 

 Gilroy, a gentleman of great experience in dog matters and 

 one who is fully competent to take charge of the same. He is 

 well known by every practical sportsman on the Pacific coast. 

 Everything indicates a grand success for the show and it is 

 expected that a large number of valuable sporting and non- 

 sportmg dogs will be placed on exhibition. Our Eastern 

 brethren interested in dog matters who intend visiting us 

 during the encampment of the Grand Army will have an ex- 

 cellent opportunity to see and judge for themselves the kind 

 of dog stock we have on this coast. I piomised to inform the 

 readers of Forest and Stream of some or the pointer stock 

 of this coast and show that we have a few good pointers, 

 whether Col. Stuart Taylor knows of theh existence or not. I 

 will start tbe list with some of the noted dogs which have a 

 public record. 



R. T. Vandevort, of Los Angeles, Cal. , is tbe owner of Don, 

 too well known to your readers to need a description. 



Mr. J. H. Hardy, of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express of this 

 city, is the owner of Bruce II. (A.K.R. 695). It is claimed 

 that he is the counterpart of Don in his marking, build and gen- 

 eral appearance. He is a beautiful animal, thoroughly broken 

 and under perfect control. Bruce II. is sired by Hind©, by 

 champion Faust out of Devonshire Lass; dam, Flight, by 

 champion Bow out of Read's Madge. 



E. W. BriggB, of this city, is the owner of a very handsome 



lemon and white pointer, Climax, sire Bang Bang, d im Beb 

 lona. Mr. W. S. Kittle, of this city, is the owner of a band- 

 some lemon and white pointer bitch, Surf, by champion Bow 

 out of King Maid, purchased from a gentleman in Arizona Ter- 

 ritory. J. M. Barney is the owner of Tom Pinch, winner of 

 the Derby Stakes, Pacific Coast Field Trials. Hp is a fine 

 lemon and white, bred by John Wise, of Richmond. Va. ; sired 

 by Wise's Tom, dam Bellona. William Scnreiber's lemon and 

 white dog Mountain Boy (imported) is a very likely-looking 

 dog and a grand fielder; "in fact, he is all that any one would 

 deshe. He is also the possessor of a lemon and white bitch, 

 Lassie (imported), which is a beautiful specimen of the pointer 

 breed. She is by Prime out of Forest Lilly. Mr. Schreiber is 

 a great lover of sporting dog3, and his importations are a 

 credit to the kennels of this coast. 



H. A. Bassford is the owner of Solano B, a liver and white 

 dog, by Glen out of Josie Bow, he is a large, grand looking 

 animal and was placed second in the Derby stakes, Pacific 

 Coast field trials. W. E. White, of Sacramento, is the owner 

 of a very nice dog called Sancho Panza, he is by Bow, Jr. out 

 of Mollie Ash. E. A. Robbins also is the owner of another 

 fine pointer called Jay Bird, by Bow, Jr. out of Mollie Ash. 

 H C. Brown of Sacramento is another one of the fortunates 

 in having in his possession a (Bow, Jr.— -Jessie) pointer called 

 Prude. A. B. Truman of this city has purchased a brace of 

 pointer puppies by champion Sensation out of Seph G., win- 

 ner of first prize in New York last May (the only time ex- 

 hibited) ; they are very handsome puppies, showing good nose 

 and staying qualities for theb age, as I have seen them both 

 in the field ; the bitch, the handsomest of the two, has been pur- 

 chased by Mr. F. J. Pinder of this city, a well known dog 

 man. A. B. Ellford, of this city, as soon as he saw these pups 

 ordered one from the same litter, which is also a very fine 

 specimen. There is a gentleman in this city who has a 

 (champion Faust— Daisy) dog that is a fine specimen, he is a 

 large and powerful dog and one that is well known. Clarence 

 A. Haight, of this city, owns a very nice and intelligent lemon 

 and white dog, he i& one of the best yard broke dogs on the 

 Pacific coast. It was hot my intention to take up so much of 

 your valuable space, but when "the people" get writing on a 

 subject such as this they never know where to stop, We have 

 good pointers. Why should we not? We have the strains of all 

 the celebrated pointer dogs of the world, Col. Stuai t Taylor 

 to the contrary notwithstanding. Vox Populi. 



SALES OF SPORTING DOGS AT ALDRIDGE'S. The 

 second of the season's sales of sporting dogs took place at 

 Aldi idge's, in St. Martin's lane, yesterday (Friday), when a 

 valuable lot of animals, from the kennels of Sir T. B Lennard 

 and others, were submitted to auction, including a team of 

 Clumber spaniels from Mr. F. J. S. Fo jambe. The latter sold 

 well, five couple realizing 94J£gs., Dan and Drake making 

 the highest figures. 17gs. and L-J^gs. respectively. A lot of 

 working pointers and setters, twenty-one iu number, sold by 

 orders of the executors of the late Mr. H. Burra, totalled 

 197gs., the seven-year-old Carmey, by Macgi egor -Lady Pearl, 

 being a cheap lot at 7gs. ; Bounce, by Priam, made22gs. ; Don, 

 by the same sire, a winner at Aberdeen tnis year, lSgs. ; Bon 

 and Beam, a handsome brace of lemon and white setters, 

 4igs. ; Milo II.. a grandson of Mr. Lort's Jock, 18gs.. York 

 III., 15>£gs., and Rose of Glenmarkie, 15gs., were the highest- 

 figures realized by the remainder. A wavy- coated retriever 

 bitch, Black, first prize Aberdeen in 1886. was cheap at logs. 

 Two other retrievers reached 19gs. ; and two fair deerbounds, 

 Earl and Smoker, were cheap enough at 3}{gs. and 5gs. 

 respectively. Two brace of setters from Mr. Cunnington 

 were bid to 52%gs. Seven bace of pointers from Sir T. 

 B. Lennard, went within their value at ISOgs., Chandos, 

 second at Birmingham in i885, and third Crystal Palace, 1S86, 

 securing the top figure, 24gs. Guy and Goblin, by Luck of 

 Hessen, from a daughter of Priam, sold for 15!sgs. and 16)£gs. 

 each; and Belbus Magpie, by Priam, 14gs. Other properties 

 realized smaller sums, and two couples of pretty little rabbit 

 beagles brought 9gs. — London Field, June 20. 



ST. LOUIS PRIZES NOT PAID — Boston, July 8.-Editnr 

 Forest and Stream : In this week's issue of your paper I read 

 a letter from Mr. Wade finding fault with the Pittsburgh 

 medals. I can beat that. I sent two dogs to St. Louis, won 

 §25, and have not received a cent for trouble and expense, 

 which amounted to §22.50, besides getting my dogs back in 

 boxes without anyth ng but bare boards to ride on over a 

 thousand miles. After waiting a number of weeks I wrote to 

 Mr. Munson, and he answered in reply that the treasurer 

 would attend to it at once. As it is over a month since 

 receiving this answer. I think the dog public should be noti- 

 fied.— John P. Barnard, Jr. 



THE COVINGTON DOG SHOW.— We have received tbe 

 premium list of the first annual dog show of the Latonia 

 Agricultural Association, to be held at Covington, Ky., Aug. 

 24 to 27. Major J. M. Taylor, of Cleveland, O., will judge the 

 setters, pointers, foxhouuds and beagles, Mr. H. L. Goodman, 

 of Chicago, I1L, the remaining classes. There ara champion 

 prizes of $10 in the English aud Irish setter and pointer 

 classes for both dogs and bitches, with §10 and §5 in the open 

 classes, the latter including black and tan setters. There are 

 champion prizes of $5 for greyhounds and pugs. The remain- 

 ing open classes are $5 and §3. 



ILFORD CROMWELL VS. ILFORD CAUTION. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: In yours of the 1st you get me all wrong 

 on the above. It was Mr. Lee's concurrence with me that 

 Ilford Cromwell was the best mastiff in America that encour- 

 aged me to stick to it. I suppose you will blame the blunder 

 on me anyhow, so I may say that Mr. Cook, the former owner 

 of these dogs, has made it very easy to blunder by his string 

 of Ilford Cs., as the two above, Ilford Claudia, Charity, Chan- 

 cellor, Cambria, etc.— W. Wade (Hulton, Pa., July 2, 1886). 

 [Mr. Wade is right, tbe blame rests on him, as his manuscript 

 will plainly show.]. 



WESTCHESTER COUNTY DOG SHOW.— The Society of 

 Agriculture and Horticulture of Westchester county, N. Y., 

 will hold their first annual fair on the fair grounds near 

 White Plains, September 27 to October 2. There will be a 

 dog show in connection with the fair, with prizes of §5 and 

 §3 for the best kennel and §2 and $1 each for mastiffs, St. 

 Bernards, setters, pointers, pugs, hounds and bulldogs. Full 

 particulars may be obtained of the Secretary, Eben B. Long, 

 White Plains, N. Y. 



THE WAVERLY DOG SHOW.— The first fall dog show of 

 the New Jersey Kennel Club, to be held at Waverly in con- 

 junction with tbe State Agricultural Society in September, 

 promises to be a great success. The Agricultural Society will 

 erect a building on the fair grounds, 200 by 100 feet, to be 

 devoted exclusively to the dogs. This will give ample room 

 for a large sho w. 



Among the Northern Lakes of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, 

 are huudreds of nelieriitful places where one can spend toe summer 

 months in quiet rest and enjoyment, and return home at the end of 

 the heated term completely rejuvenated. Eich recuTinu season 

 brinns to Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Beaver Dam, Frontenac. Okoboji, 

 Minnetonka, White Bear aud innumerable other charming localities 

 with romantic names, thousands of our best people whose winter 

 homes are on either side of Mason and Dixon's line. Elegance and 

 comfort at a moderate cost can he readily obtained. A list of sum- 

 mer homes with all necessary information pertaining thereto is being 

 distributed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and 

 will be sent frt>e upon application by letter to A. V. H. Carpenter, 

 General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.— Aav. 



