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FOREST AND • STREAM. 



fOcT. 19, 1896. 



conviction will surely have a very wholesome effect on the 

 rest. 



I think I am safe in saying that Commissioner Wentworth 

 has accomplished more in the line of prosecutions than ever 

 has been done in the State before during the same length of 

 time by any one man. 



Prior to this considerable time, and money have been spent 

 looking up evidence in this particular section, nearly always 

 without avail. We have, however, within the past few days 

 discovered evidence enough to cause great sorrow in the 

 ranks of the poachers, and the end is not yet. 



Oct. 9. — A sort of a P. S. to my letter of yesterday. Com- 

 missioner Wentworth had the following men before Judge 

 Hoitt this morning, with the results annexed: 



Walter A. Russell, Russell's Station. Shipping twenty 

 partridges to Roston. Fine and costs, $220.04. Paid. 



Gr. A. Reynolds, Lyndeboro. Snaring one partridge, $18.50. 

 Paid. 



H. M. Stevenson, Lyndeboro. Snaring one partridge. Fine 

 and costs, $18.50. Paid. 



The two latter undoubtedly have snared many more birds, 

 but the evidence was not very strong, and as they were will- 

 ing to plead guilty to one each, it was thought best to ac- 

 cept the plea rather than risk not being able to fully prove a 

 much larger complaint. There are more "on the list." 



R. 



Non-Residents in Canada. 



Two weeks ago Monday morning three representative 

 young men of the Fourteenth Ward, John Pauckner, a 

 brother of Alderman William Pauckner, of No, 68 Alexander 

 street; William Peeters, of No. 28 Cypress street, and Henry 

 Kraashaar, of No. 172 Mt. Hope avenue, left their homes 

 with the intention of spending two or three weeks among 

 the lakes of Upper Canada. It was in the morning when 

 they made their start. The sky was clear and the hearts of 

 the young men were happy as they thought of the sport they 

 were to have across the line. Each one carried a Parker 

 hammerless gun and in their wagon were sundry other arti- 

 cles necessary for campers. They boarded a Central Hudson 

 train and early in the af ternopn they were subjected to a 

 rigid examination by the Custom House officials at Suspen- 

 sion Bridge. The official said that after once getting their 

 guns over the border they might shoot as much as they 

 choose. 



They went to Peterboro, Out., by rail, where they stopped 

 for one day, continuing on the next morning to Chemung 

 Lake, nine miles north. Their stay there was brief, and the 

 next day they went to Buckhorn Lake, Deer Bay, camping 

 in the evening at Lovesick Lake. With them the three 

 young men carried a tent, stove and other camping utensils. 

 They were accompanied by three guides and a female cook, 

 whom they had hired at Peterboro at $7.50 per day for the 

 four servants. Remaining at Lovesick Lake four days, the 

 merry party enjoyed themselves hugely. From that place 

 they journed on to Clear Lake. At this juncture the three 

 unsuspecting sportsmen met with trouble. In short, they 

 unintentionally violated one of the laws of the United King- 

 dom, and contributed $75 to Queen Victoria's pin money. It 

 seems that after Pauckner, Peeters and Kraashaar left Love- 

 sick Lake they took a road leading to Burleigh Falls, a cele- 

 brated Canadian watering place. J. H. Holmes, the proprie- 

 tor of the Burleigh Falls Hotel, greeted them cordially, and 

 the three men pxirchased a stook of provisions of him, for 

 which they paid the landlord about $10. They spent consid- 

 erable money at Holmes's hotel, and proceeded on to Clear 

 Lake, reaching that body of water Friday night, Sept. 20. 

 Pitching their tent, the three innocent "Yanks," thoroughly 

 tired, lay on their rude cots and slept the sleep of the just. 



The next morning they were up bright and early examin- 

 ing their guns and boats. Unbeknown to them they were 

 preparing to violate a Canadian law, and Landlord Holmes 

 was spying upon them. While at the hotel Pauckner told 

 Holmes that neither himself nor his companions had taken 

 out a license to shoot in Canada, which costs $25, and Holmes 

 volunteered no advice. As soon as they had left the place, 

 however, he hitched up a horse and drove to Lakefield— a 

 village distant about fifteen miles— where he found Post- 

 master John Coseman, to whom he confided his secret. He 

 said that the three Americans carried guns without a license 

 to shoot game. The postmaster telegraphed to Belleville, 

 eighty-seven miles distant, for Game Warden H. K. Smith. 

 Holmes then returned to his home, congratulating himself 

 that he had made a good day's pay. Game Warden Smith 

 started for Burleigh Falls immediately after receiving the 

 telegram, and on the following Monday morning drove to 

 the shore of Clear Lake. Our three friends were out in a 

 canoe fishing, all unconscious of their danger. Smith was 

 accompanied by his deputy, and catching sight of Pauckner 

 and his two friends out on the water, he jumped into a boat 

 and rowed out to them. He informed the three sportsmen 

 that they were under arrest and showed his commission as 

 game warden and magistrate of the township. The three 

 offenders rowed to the shore with the warden and were 

 tried, convicted and sentenced on the green shores of Clear 

 Lake. 



They were charged with shooting without a license, and 

 when Peeters demanded a jury trial he was given the 

 marble heart. Smith declared at first that he would fine 

 each of them $50 and confiscate their guns, which were very 

 valuable, and the ammunition besides. Peeters and Pauck- 

 ner parleyed with him for nearly an hour, and he finally 

 consented to let the unfortunate Rochesterians off with a 

 fine of $25 each. They paid $75 in cold cash to the warden 

 and went back to their tent to ponder. Smith had not seen 

 the men shoot anything, but he considered five dead par- 

 tridges which were hanging on the side of their tent as 

 sufficient proof of their guilt. All kinds of game were in 

 season, excepting deer. Smith and his deputy were seen 

 hanging around the lake for three or four days afterward, 

 watching for an opportunity to arrest the Americans again 

 and bleed three more fines from them. One was enough for 

 the unfortunates, however, and during the remaining three 

 days that they stayed on Canadian soil they did not fire a 

 shot. 



The Canadian game laws offer a bounty of one-half all 

 fines to any person who gives information to a game warden 

 which will lead to the arrest and conviction of a poacher 

 Holmes therefore made $37. 50 out of his contemptible trick! 



^? r ? mo , r e than twenty-five Rochesterians registered 

 at Mr. Holmes's hotel at the time, and they were justlv in- 

 dignant at the treatment accorded their fellow Americans 

 by the landlord. Several of the guests declared that this 

 will be their last season at the Burleigh Falls Hotel One 

 man named Ingraham, a Pennsylvania millionaire, stopped 

 at Holmes s hotel two years ago and was treated in exactly 

 the same manner as were Pauckner and his two companions 

 Ingraham was very indignant and has since built a cottage 

 on Jack's Lake, a few miles distant, where he can fish as 

 much as he likes without being near Holmes, who, Pauck- 

 ner says, is considered to be the meanest man in Ontario 



The three young men were so downhearted after their un- 

 pleasant adventure that they packed up their goods and 

 returned to Peterboro the next night. At that city they be- 

 came acquainted with John Huffman, proprietor of the 

 Huffman House, who proved a true friend to them Huff- 

 man tried to have the affair investigated, but could do noth- 

 ing. He declared it to be the most contemptible trick that 

 has been credited to Holmes. Holmes has not eclipsed his 

 past efforts m that line. Pauckner and his two friends re- 

 turned to Rochester last week, ten days sooner thau thev 

 had arranged. They feel rather blue and are thoroughly 

 angry at the Canadian Government, and its game wardens 



in particular. All three men declare that they will never 

 visit Canada again with a view to sport. 



The story of the adventures of three Rochester sportsmen 

 in Canada, published in our local columns yesterday, has a 

 moral which we hope will be heeded by every American who 

 in the future finds himself at Burleigh Falls, Ont. This 

 is the moral: "Do not put up at the Burleigh Falls Hotel, 

 J. H. Holmes, proprietor, nor spend a cent in that house 

 under any circumstances."— Rochester Democrat and Chron- 

 icle. 



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(FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 

 1896. 



Feb. 19 to 22.— Westminster Kennel Club's twentieth annual dog 

 Show, Madison Square Garden. New York. James Mortimer, Supt. 



March 10 to 13.— Chicago.— Mascoutah Kennel Club's bench show. 

 John L. Lincoln, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Oct. 22,— Columbus, Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's third annual 

 trials. Louis Steffen, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 



Oct. 29.— Assonet Neck, Mass.— New England Field Trial Club's 

 fourth annual trials. Arthur B. Sharp, Sec'y, Taunton, Mass. 



Oct. 30 31.— Monongahela Valley Association Trials, Greene county, 

 Pa. W. H. Beazell, Sec y, Homestead. 



Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont.— International F. T. Club. W. B.Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. 5.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club trials. W. S 

 Clark, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— Newton, N. C— U. S. Field Trial Club's Trials A. W. B. 

 Stafford, Sec'y, Trenton, Tenn. 



Nov. 11.— Hempstead, L. I.— National Beagle Club of America, fifth 

 annual trials. Geo. W. Rogers. Sec'y, 250 West Twenty-second street, 

 New York. 



Nov. 18.— Eastern F. T. Club, at Newton, N. C. W. A. Coster, 

 Sec'y, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Nov. 25.— Continental Field Trials Club's quail trials at Newton. 

 P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Dec. 2 to 4.— High Point, N. C— Irish Setter Club's trials. Geo. H. 

 Thompson, Sec'y. 



HUNTING. 



Nov. 13.— Western Massachusetts Pox Club's meet. 



Oct. 15 — Buckfield, Me.— Monmouth Pur Club's third annual meet. 

 Wesley C. Prescott, Sec'y, Monmouth, Me. 



Nov. 18.— OwiBgsville, Ky.— National Fox-Hunter's Association's 

 second annual meet. H. L. Means, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 



Oct. 28.— Barre, Mass.— Brunswick Fur Club's meet. Bradford S. 

 Turpin, Sec'y. 



1896. 



Jan. 20.— Bakersfleld, Cal.— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club. J. M. 

 Kilgarif, Sec'y. 



Jan. 20.— West Point, Miss.— U. S. F. T. C. trials. W. B. Stafford, 

 Sec'y. . ^ 



Feb. 3.— West Point, Miss.— Southern F. T. C. seventh annual trials. 

 T. M. Brumby, Sec'y. 



COURSING. 



Oct. 23.— Goodland, Kan.— Altcar Coursing Club's meeting. T. W. 

 Bartels, Sec'y. 



Oct. 28— Goodland, Kan.— Kenmore Coursing Club's meeting. C. F. 

 Weber, Sec'y. 



Northwestern Beagle Club of America. 



Milwaukee, Oct. 9.— Editor Forest and Stream: Fol- 

 lowing is the list of nominations for the Northwestern 

 Beagle Club's third annual field trials to be held at Colum- 

 bus, Wis., beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 22: 

 CLASS A. 



For dogs of all ages, 15in. and over 13in., that have not 

 been placed first in any all-age class at any beagle trials 

 held in America. 



Royal Rover— G. A. Buckstaff's b., w. and t. dog 

 (Rover — Singer G.). 



Spotted Chief— G. A. Buckstaff's b. , w. and t. dog 

 (Krueger's B.>b — Pearl Caroline). 



King Lead— C. Niss, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. dog (Goodwood 

 Driver — Goodwood Music). 



Alderman— H. A. Dillingham's b., w. andt. dog (Krue- 

 ger's Bob — Fannie). 



Tony W.— Louis Steffen's b., w. and t. dog (champion 

 Tony Weiler— Topsy S.). 



CLASS B, 



For bitches of all ages, I5i'u. and over 13in., that have 

 not been placed first in any all-age class at any beagle 

 trials held in America. 



Pearl Caroline— C. Niss, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. bitch 

 (Krueger's Judge— Krueger's Pearl). 



Ruth C— H. A. Dillingham's b., w. and t. bitch (Base 

 —Nellie). 



Nellie S.— C. Spellberg's b., w. and t. bitch (Waldo- 

 Flora S.). 



FloraS.— C. Spellberg's b., w.'and t. bitch (Prince- 

 Spotty). 



LadyE.— R. Engelmann's b., w. and t. bitch (True- 

 Dolly). 



Panic— E. H. Rummele's t., b. and w. bitch (Doc— 

 P«g). 



CLASS C, 



For dogs and bitches of all ages, 13in. and under, that 

 have not been placed first in any all-age class at any 

 beagle trials held in America. 



Speedie— Dr. A. White's b., w. and t. bitch (Bounce- 

 Nellie). 



Royal Dick— G. A. Buckstaff's b., w. and t. dog 

 (champion Royal Krueger — Baby W.). 



Queen Singer— C. Aiss, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. bitch (Rover 

 — Singer G.). 



Phyllis— Truman Sear's b., w. and t. bitch (champion 

 Royal Krueger — Flora K.). 



Prince II. — Theo. Zsohetzsche, Jr.'s, b,, w. and t. dog 

 (Brittle— Judy). 



CLASS D — DERBY. 



For dogs and bitches, 15in. and over 13in., whelped on 

 or after Jan. 1, 1894. 



Ringer — R. Engelmann's b., w. and t. dog (True — 

 Daily.) 



Ramrod — R. Englemann's b., w. and t. dog (Black Joe 

 —Flora). 



Dyke— Henry Hiller's b., w. and t. dog (Finder II. — 

 Molly). 



Unser Fritz— G. A. Buckstaff's b., w. and t. dog (Royal 

 Rover — Bess). 



Ten Spot— G. A. Buckstaff's b., w. and t. dog (Jim Lee 

 — Spaedte). 



Hark— Louis Steffen's b,, w. and t. dog (Lee II.— Daisy 

 B.). 



CLASS E — DERBY. 



For dogs and bitches, 13in. and under, whelped on or 

 after Jan. 1, 1894. 



Oonau— Truman Sear's w., b. and t. bitch (Sandy- 

 Phyllis). ' 



Speedie— Dr. A. White's b,, w. and t. bitch (Bounce- 

 Nellie). 



CHAMPION CLASS F. 



For dogs and bitches of all ages, 15in. and over 13in., 

 having won a first prize any beagle trial held in America. 



Mayfly— H. A. Dillingham's b., w. and t. bitch (Doc- 

 Peg). 



CHAMPION CLASS G. 



For dogs and bitches, 13in. and under, having won a 

 first prize at any beagle trial held in America. 



Judy— Theo. Zschetzsche, Jr.'s. b., w. and t. bitch 

 (Spelo— Nell). 



The headquarters are at Hotel Whitney; accommoda- 

 tions $1 per day; transportation to and from grounds, 

 round trip, 50 cents per day. Louis Steffen, Sec'y. 



Ranging at Field Trials. 



Boston.— Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Brailsford's 

 communication in Forest and Stream of Oct. 12 is most 

 courteous in its tone and forceful in its good sense. His 

 remarks impressed me as being worthy of the most 

 earnest and respectful attention of American sportsmen. 

 He has ripe experience and sound judgment to draw on 

 for his conclusions. He is acknowledged as being an 

 authority on English field work with dogs and gun, both 

 in cover or open, turnips or moors, the latter being 

 much the same as our prairies, so far as the work and re- 

 quirements governing a dog's work are under considera- 

 tion. 



Of course we need a dog that will range well, that will 

 range wide and fast, but that is not all of field work. Mr. 

 Brailsford says that on the moors the dogs must range 

 wide and fast, but their range must be controlled and the 

 dog must work under the direction of his breaker or 

 handler. He further in substance says that these rules 

 are elementary and good on the prairies as they are on 

 the moors. 



A chief feature of what is called wide ranging is the 

 utter helplessness of the American field trial handler; the 

 dog goes whither it lists. The whistle is going incessantly, 

 with as much result as if it were blown at a runaway 

 horse or locomotive behind time. The handler has no 

 control whatever of the dog in many instances, and in 

 not a few he has to shape his own course more or less by 

 the dog's whims and inclinations. If the dog chooses to 

 hunt out a certain section, the handler has no alternative 

 but hunt there too. It is not an exhibition of work such 

 as the gentleman sportsman would care to adopt for his 

 pleasure afield. Mr. Brailsford has advanced his ideas 

 with gentle courtesy, but they contain the serious princi- 

 ples of true gentlemanly sportsmanship nevertheless. It 

 may be true that we may not desire our dogs broken to 

 precisely the same lines as the dogs are broken in Eng- 

 land, but still we should have them broken. No one 

 will deny that there is a difference between proper 

 training and no training at all, or at least a train- 

 ing which is mixed, some details being well taught, 

 other ones quite essential being but partly taught or not 

 at all. That is one reason, in my opinion, why the work 

 of the American dog is of such a peculiar character. The 

 trainer teaches the dog to point well if he can do so, and 

 back after a certain loose and feeble fashion, perhaps im- 

 perfectly and indeed perhaps not at all, and the rest of the 

 dog's effort is much accordingly as the dog iB pleased to ex- 

 ercise it. The slipshod training is not a matter which the 

 American trainer seems to care to discuss very much. I 

 have read many of their writings, their suggestions on 

 improving field trials and field trial clubs, and quite frank 

 and assertive criticisms on the doings of the judges, but I 

 think I have yet to read a line expressing any dissatisfac- 

 tion with their own doings, their own skill or the progress 

 of their profession toward improvement. To teach a dog 

 to hunt to the gun properly is no doubt much more labor- 

 ious than to give him experience in pointing and leaving 

 the rest of the work for the shooter to do: that is, to scurry 

 and chase the dog in his work, as Mr. Brailsford describes 

 in his letter. I for one would like to see American owners 

 take up Mr. Brailsf crd's ideas for thorough discussion, for 

 they contain the matter of long standing complaint in 

 field trials, and no doubt they are an old grievance with 

 owners who have dogs broken for their own private use. 



_ Hubite. 



Newton Field Trials. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The first meeting of the United States Field Trial Club, 

 to be held in North Carolina Nov. 7 next, promises to be 

 one of the best the club has held. There are a number 

 of young dogs now in training and entered in the Derby, 

 that are reported to be "cracker jacks," and the outlook 

 now is that some high class youngsters will be shown, 

 while the All-Aged Stake will be a veritable battle among 

 giants, Nearly all of the older dogs that have been seen 

 at the trials for the last two seasons and that are eligible 

 to run are entered in those stakes. The accommodations 

 for visitors will be of the best character. The rates will 

 be $2 per day, including the lunch sent out at mid-day. 

 The meeting will be presided over by Dr. N. Rowe, presi- 

 dent of the club. For two years the president (owing to ill 

 health) has not been able to attend the club meetings, and 

 all will be gratified to again see him in the saddle. As I 

 shall be on the grounds some days before the opening 

 date, I will with pleasure secure rooms and saddle horseB 

 for those who desire it. W. B. Stafford, 



Sec'y U. S. F. T. Club. 



National Beagle Club. 



Premiums and entry blanks for the sixth annual field 

 trials of the National Beagle Club of America are now 

 ready and have been sent to all owners of beagles that are 

 known. Those that have not received any can procure 

 the same by furnishing their address, and the necessary 

 blanks will be forwarded at an early date. Any infor- 

 mation desired will be cheerfully supplied. Our trials 

 last year were very successful, find the club hopes that 

 their selection of such well-known j udges as Messrs. Tur- 

 pin and Quynn will be the means of swelling the list of 

 entries to a larger number than ever. The trials begin 

 Nov. 11 and continue every day until finished. Entries 

 close Oct. 19. 



Mr. George F. Reed, of Barton, Vermont, has made the 

 liberal offer of a nice bred bitch, not less than three 

 months old, a special prize to the owner of the dog or 

 bitch that marks his or her game best by giving tongue. 

 Donor not to compete. Judges to decide. Other specials 

 will be offered and published in the press later on. 



Geo. W. Rogers, Sec'y. 



