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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Maech 1, 1888. 



DEATH OF "STONEHENGE." 



DR. J. H. WALSH, who for more than thirty years was 

 chief editor of the London Field, died Fef>. 12, at the 

 advanced age of 78. Says the Field : 



"Mr. Walsh was horn in 1810; and we remember his men- 

 tioning, a good many years ago, the fact that several old 

 friends in the coursing world, including Mr. Marjoribanks 

 and Mr. J. Gibson, MriBorron and Mr. W. Randell, were all 

 born in the same year. Mr. Walsh was educated for the 

 medical profession, became a fellow of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, and carried on practice for about a quarter of a 

 century. He always had an intense love of sport, and his 

 residence in the country enabled him to combine it with his 

 professional duties. He rode well to honnds with the 

 'Heythrop when Lord Redesdale was M. F. H., as well as 

 with the Worcestershire; he kept greyhounds, entered them 

 at coursing meetings, and trained them himself; he broke 

 his own pointers and setters, and, what is far less common, 

 also trained hawks; he coached the crews of a local rowing 

 club, and his medical knowledge enabled him to train Ms 

 men into sound condition, without endangering their health, 

 as was too commonly the case in former times. This medical 

 knowledge likewise stood him in good stead in the manage- 

 ment of his own stable and the treatment of disease in his 

 own kennel. In the management of dogs he become especially 

 an adept, and his knowledge of canine pathology was such 

 that few veterinary practitioners could compare with him in 

 former days, when the diseases of 'the friend of man' were 

 thought much less deserviug of attention than at present. 

 He was fond of handling the gun as well as of working his 

 dogs, and his practical experience with the former may 

 readily be supposed to have had some influence upon his 

 writings in after days, seeing that, owing to the bursting 

 of his gun, he lost a great portion of his left hand, the 

 thumb and forefinger being entirely carried away: and this 

 disaster occurred long before nitro-compounds had any con- 

 nection with sport. 



- "The literary career of Mr. Walsh commenced in connec- 

 tion with his profession. At one time he was editor of a 

 medical journal, and he afterwards wrote a work on domestic 

 medicine and surgery. But it is with sport that his name is 

 chiefly connected, and in this he turned his wide practical 

 experience to good account. In 1853, under the pseudonym 

 of 'Stonehenge'— that landmark of coursers on the Wilt- 

 shire Downs — he brought out his work on 'The Greyhound.' 

 This treatise on breeding, rearing, and training greyhounds 

 for public running, was based upon articles he had written 

 for Bell's Life, then in the full tide of its prosperity; and, 

 with occasional corrections and additions to bring it abreast 

 with the time, it has remained the standard text-book of the 

 subject up to the present. Three years later appeared 

 'British Rural Sports,' which may be said to treat of the 

 whole cycle of sport in these islands, and, among other 

 things, placed the breeding of the thoroughbred horse upon 

 a much more intelligible and sound footing than it had been 

 theretofore. From that time to now sixteen editions of this 

 popular work have been called for: but of late years it has 

 not been exclusively written by himself, as he obtained the 

 assistance of some members of his staff to treat uoon special 

 subjects. In 1856 he also originated the 'Coursing Calen- 

 dar,' which, when more than fifty half-yearly volumes had 

 been issued, was put under the control of one of the most 

 faithful among his lieutenants. About the same time Mr. 

 Walsh became an occasional contributor to the Field, and 

 at the end of 1857 he accepted the editorship. He brought, 

 out 'The Shot Gun and Sporting Rifle' in 1&59; 'The Dog 

 in Health and Disease' also in 1859; 'The Horse in the 

 Stable and the Field' in 1861; and 'The Dogs of the British 

 Islands' in 1867. In the two books last mentioned he also 

 had the assistance of other writers. Except in the prepara- 

 tion of new editions, his activity, so far as books were con- 

 cerned, was lulled until 1882, when the first volume of 'The 

 Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle' appeared — this volume 

 being devoted to shot guns; while the second volume, treat- 

 ing exclusively of rifles, appeared two years later; and thus 

 his bede-roll of snorting books is completed, though there 

 were manuals or domestic economy and cognate subjects 

 which it is unnecessary here to dwell upon. 



"Of Mr. Walsh's energy in the conduct of this journal, our 

 readers — especially those of ripe years and retentive memo- 

 ries — are well able to speak. How he gathered around him 

 many an able coadjutor— some, alas ! gone long ago— is 

 known chiefly to other men who are left behind. But his 

 personal doings can hardly be passed over without record, 

 for the special information of those of younger years who 

 read these lines. Little time was spent, after he came into 

 office, before Mr. Walsh instituted the first Field Trial of 

 Guns and Rifles, which was carried out in April, 1858, in the 

 Ashburnham Grounds at Chelsea, adjacent to the then 

 famous Cremorne Gardens. This trial wound up a long- 

 fought controversy as to the comparative merits of breech- 

 loaders and muzzleloaders. But the muzzleloaders did not 

 succumb without another kick, and in July, 1859, the second 



Sm trial was held in the pigeon-shooting grounds of the old 

 ornsey Wood Tavern, now incorporated in Finsbury Park. 

 In 1866 the third gun trial took place, at the Lillie Arms, 

 Brompton. With one exception, all the guns were breech- 

 loaders, including about a score of pin-fires, a dozen central- 

 fires, and two which allowed either kind of cartridge to be 

 used. 



" la 1875 the value of the choke-bore system received eluci- 

 dation in another gun trial, held within the grounds of the 

 All England Croquet Club at Wimbleton, of which club 

 Mr. Walsh was an active promoter. Many who well remem- 

 ber the leading features of that trial will probably not bear 

 so clearly in mind the fact that the business did not end with 

 the competition of choke-bores and cylinders. The ' wear- 

 and-tear' trial of 7,500 shots, from three guns, to show 

 what effect continued shooting had upon the constricted 

 muzzle, was a far more tedious performance to carry out. 

 It extended over six weeks ; and Mr. Walsh, riding over 

 from his residence at Putney, was not unfrequently present 

 on the croquet grounds by seven o'clock in the morning, 

 when a hundred rounds from each gun were fired into the 

 pits, then six rounds from each were fired at the target, and 

 records-taken for publication in the Field, the whole pro- 

 ceedings being carried out under his personal supervision. 

 Again, in 1878, he was equally energetic in his endeavors to 

 make clear what were the respective merits of Schultze and 

 black powder ; and besides conducting the actual competi- 

 tion, he carried out numerous experiments with a view to 

 ascertain what was the relative amount of strain upon the 

 barrel produced by the nitro-compound under different con- 

 ditions of loading, as well as what gave the best results 

 with respect to pattern and penetration. One of the conse- 

 quences was that light pressure with Schultze was found to 

 produce better shooting than the tight ramming that many 

 people advocated; while tight wads to prevent escape of gas, 

 andthe general system now known as the Field loading, also 

 resulted. Other experiments led to hisinvention of the Field 

 force-gauge, which gives results so much more reliable than 

 the paper pads that had previously been in use. In 1879 

 another gun trial was carried out with a view to determine 

 the relative merits of 12-bores, 16-bores, and 20-bores. 

 Finally, in 1883 he instituted the rifle trial at Putney, in 

 order to demonstrate, not only the accuracy of shooting of 

 Express rifles at the target, but also to ascertain, by careful 

 measurement, what was the height of the trajectories of 

 weapons differing in bore, and the charges used therein. 



" After this, trials of another character came on. There 

 were the trials to ascertain the cause of so many breakages 

 in guns ; the testing of powders by the lead cylinder 

 method, and the demonstration of effects produced upon 

 nitro-compounds by drying them, or giving them a nne 



black priming, or using extra strong caps for their ignition: 

 then further trials, showing the extra strain set up in bar- 

 rels of small bores. Then followed the affair of the proof- 

 powder, which led to a trial of another character, viz., the 

 Birmingham Proof-House Guardians vs. Walsh. After the 

 last-mentioned business a letter was received from an old 

 and valued correspondent— one, by the bye, who does not 

 always agree with editorial opinions on shooting subjects — 

 saying : ' I have just been reading your evidence in the libel 

 case, and cannot refrain from writing to congratulate you : 

 for, although the case has gone adversely on mere technical 

 law-splitting, all who read it cannot fail to see that the 

 rights of the case are on your side.' As soon as the legal 

 aspects of the business were over, Mr. Walsh held out a con- 

 ciliatory hand, with a view to get the Proof -House Boards to 

 join win him in endeavoring to provide something substan- 

 tial for the security of life and limb among the community 

 of sportsmen. They made, beyond doubt, very considerable 

 advances, and he gave generous commendation in these col- 

 umns, nearly eighteen months since, on what they had done 

 up to that time. They did not, however, promise all he 

 sought for ; but eventually he had the satisfaction, in the 

 first week of the present year, of announcing improvements 

 which are far beyond anything that seemed possibly obtain- 

 able a few years ago. And it was a great source of gratifi- 

 cation; in his concluding days, to find that he had really ac- 

 complished something which is likely to prevent sportsmen 

 in the future from being maimed as he himself had been in 

 the past. The various kinds of apparatus which he used in 

 his gunnery experiments— the force gauge, the machine rest, 

 the different pressure-testing machines — his breech-loading 

 gun and safety bolt, et hoc genus omnc, besides his tricycle 

 (one of the first that came into existence), and other matters 

 too numerous to mention— all of them had their working 

 models first made by himself, before they were put into the 

 hands of professional engineers to construct. 



"As a legislator on matters connected with sport, Mr. 

 Walsh has done good work in his time. He was one among 

 the original founders of the National Coursing Club, and 

 the framers of its laws ; the same with the All England 

 Croquet Club, and the Lawn Tennis Club, which was first 

 its annex and afterwards its supplanter ; he had a good deal 

 to do with the early dog shows and field trials, and was one 

 of the original committee of the Kennel Club." 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



A MEETING of the American Kennel Club was held last 

 Thursday, with the following delegates and proxies 

 present: Messrs. Donner (Westminster), Peshall (New Jer- 

 sey), Collins (Hartford), Terry (Fox-Terrier), Watson (Hor- 

 nell), Schellhass (St. Paul), Vredenburgh (American Field 

 Trial), Ohl (Cincinnati), Taylor (Detroit and Wisconsin). 

 Mr. Wm. A. Child was re-elected President: Mr. J. H. Terry, 

 Vice-President, and Mr. A. C. Vredenburgh, Secretary arid 

 Treasurer. 



The constitutionality of the compulsory registration 

 amendment of Rule 2 was approved by a vote declaring it 

 the sense of the meeting that the rules were of the nature 

 of by-laws and could oe amended by the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The meeting adjourned and a meeting of the executive 

 committee followed, Mr. Grosvenor (New England) being 

 present. To the roll call, when it come to the Hornell Club, 

 Mr. James Watson, the regularly appointed delegate, 

 answered. 



It was voted that the Hornell delegate present be not recog- 

 nized, as the club had been requested to send auother repre- 

 sentative, the objection to Mr. Watson being that be was 

 connected with the American Kennel Register. After a 

 dignified protest against the committee's narrow policy the 

 Hornell delegate withdrew. 



Rule 2 was unchanged, but it was voted to give free regis- 

 ration of dogs entered in the A.K.R. previous to January, 

 1888. The stud book committee for the year are Messrs. 

 Peshall and Schellhass, Amendments to constitution and 

 by-laws may be made hereafter by a two-third vote of a two- 

 third representation of the members or by vote of the execu- 

 tive committee, sustained by a mail vote. A committee on 

 protests was appointed and the Farley protest referred to it. 

 The protest against the award of the pointer champion prize 

 at New York did not come before the meeting. Augusta, 

 Stafford, Winsted, Atlanta, the Beagle and Collie clubs were 

 admitted to membership and the resignations of the New 

 Haven and New England clubs were accepted, 



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^voting. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



KENNEL AND CHAMPION PRIZES. 



Editor Forest and. Stream: 



The Bostonians are again to the fore in their premium 

 list. They have recognized the beneficial effect of offering 

 a number of kennel prizes, and, with their usual prompti- 

 tude, have acted on the idea. May good luck attend them. 



It seems strange that managers of shows have for so long 

 overlooked this mode of adding to the number of entries, as 

 it will assuredly have this effect. For instance, an exhibitor 

 purposes entering one or two of his best dogs at a show, but 

 on looking over the premium list finds that a kennel prize 

 for four or more is offered. The chances are that, in the 

 hope of winning it, he will make tip the requisite number 

 from dogs that he had not at first intended entering, thereby 

 doubling the number of entries in his case. Many a man 

 will think to himself that there may not be another kennel 

 entered and that he will have the field to himself. There 

 is a great deal of kudos in winning the kennel prize at a 

 good show. It betokens an even quartette, as it would take 

 a cracker to pull three poor ones through in hot competition. 

 The new departure is sure to be a success. 



By the way, has no one any opinion, one way or the other, 

 on second champion prizes' 1 Do let us hear from those in- 

 terested. By making the champion classes more attractive 

 to exhibitors larger entries in them will be got together, 

 and in consequence the show will be a greater attraction. 

 Who would not rather see ten qualified champions gathered 

 together in the classes for their breed than a hundred in the 

 open class? 



I observe the following in the Boston list: "In competing 

 for kennel prizes the dogs must be owned by one exhibitor." 

 Surely this does not mean that dogs owned by legitimate 

 partners cannot compete. That would be a great injustice. 



Cee. 



ST. PAUL CLUB. — The annual meeting of the St. Paul 

 and Minnesota Kennel Club was held last week, and the 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, H. T. Drake; Vice-President, Channing Seabury; Sec- 

 retary, W. G. Whitehead; Treasurer, J. W. Stevens; Board 

 of Directors, H. T. Drake, C. Seabury. W. G. Whitehead, J. 

 W. Stevens and W. P. Hilliard. A vote of thanks was 

 passed to E. F. Warner, the retiring president. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 2.— At the meet this week of rifle- 

 men at Bound Brook Range, those who found the target, had the 

 disadvantage of a fish-tail wind and much of the time a poor 

 light. Sporting rifle, 200yds., off-hand: 



A C White 8 10 6 8 9 10 7 10 9 9-86 



Thomas 10 6 10 8 7 9 7 8 8 10—88 



Fuller 10 10 8965769 7-77 



Hunt 10 6 10 6 7 7 8 9 7 9-79 



Brown 9 8 6 8 7 9 10 8 7 10—80 



Military rifle, 200yds,, off-hand: 



White 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6-45 



Morgan 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5-45 



Earley. 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4-42 



Macomher 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 3-40 



Pepper 4 2 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4-37 



Military rifle, 500yds.: 

 White 544 5 45435 5-44 



GARDNER, Mass., Fob. 23.-Gardner Rifle Club, at Hackmatack 

 Ranges 



GF Ellsworth 10 9 9 10 8 7 8 10 10 7—88 



E P Goodale 10 7 6 10 9 7 7 10 9 8—83 



A Mathews 8 10 10 8 10 6 7 8 6 8—81 



CNEdgell 9699 10 66 10 6 7-73 



Leland 7 6 9 4 7 6 9 5 10 9-76 



C J Crabtree 4 5 8 9 6 6 9 10 7 8—72 



F E Nichols 8 7 7 6 5 7 6 6 8 9-69 



AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 18.— The following scores were made at, 

 the Amherst Gun Club's rifle range, Feb. 18, Mr. Adams using 

 fixed ammunition in a Mavnard rifle: 



H Adams 10 10 8 7 9 8 10 10 7 5—84 



AFBardwell 7 6 7 10 10 8 6 8 5 7—74 



WC Johnson 6 6 9 10 10 7 3 8 3 7—69 



HAVERHILL, MASS., RIFLE CLUB.— The club had a very 

 pleasant nieet and good weather conditions on Washington's 

 birthday, with the following best scores, 200yds., off-hand, stand- 

 ard target: 



J BuEfieM 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 9 6 8—83 



J F Brown 6 8 8 10 10 8 6 8 10 8-82 



C H Poor 9 7 7 10 10 8 8 6 9 5—81 



SE Johnson 8 9 9 8 7 4 10 10 6 7—78 



F Merrill 5 10 5 7 8 5 10 10 7 6—73 



P Munroe 5 5 6774788 7—64 



OWENSVILLE, lud., Feh, 21.— The Owensville Ballard Rifle 

 Team; nine of the members met on range, standard target, 200yds.: 

 G Witter 7 6 10 10 7 9 7 8 7 8—79. 



9 5 7 5 9 6 4 10 9 9-72 



7 6 9 7 9 10 6 7 5-72—224 



J Montgomery 6 3 4 3 5 10 8 6 5 5—55 



64966798 10 9-74 



10 10 8 4 7 6 8 9 7 7-76-205 

 W Roberts 5 7 10 4 6 5 5 7 8 5—62 



4 2 4 9 5 4 2 6 4 10-50 



7 9 7 1 6 9 6 6 7 10-77-189 

 R Speck 4 4 5 8 5 7 2 6 2 6-49 



5 98464464 6-56 

 63 10 6 9 4 7 5 3-59-164 



J Stone 4 5 7 7 4 6 4 6 9 9—61 



87 . 7 765539 8-65-126 



JDaugherty 10 6 7 6 6 4 10 6 4 8-67 



W Gentry 2 10 5 9 6 7 5 6 3 3-67 



McCrade Dougherty.., 365 5 58765 6—55 



CI; as Sumners 39744 5 667 3-54 



G. Witter won the medal. 



TORONTO, Feb. 22.— Two rifle matches were shot off at Ux- 

 bridge to-day between the Orillia and Scarboro' Rifle Associations. 

 Eleven men on each side. Ranges 100 and 200yds. The first 

 match was shot on the Scarboro' target and the second on the 



01 illia target, resulting in a victory tor Scarboro' in both matches. 

 Below are the scores on the Scarboro' target, out of a possible 60 

 points at each range: 



Scarboro'. Orillia. 



100. 200. T'l 100. 200. T'l 



J Walton 49 38 87 W W Woods 47 52 99 



J W Kennedy 57 45 102 W Paine 49 47 96 



J F Davidson 51 55 106 T Reid 50 45 95 



THood 50 36 85 H Viek 53 



J Chester 56 46 102 C Crocket 51 23 74 



J Cla rk 50 46 96 W Tuskey 46 6 52 



AMcPherson 53 46 99 A Stewart 50 38 83 



A H Kennedy. . .,55 42 97 T Millichamp 46 48 94 



R Canning 57 45 102 C Wood 54 34 88 



G Chester 53 30 83 RStrathearn 60 47 107 



SRennie 59 40 99 G Whiten 56 45 101 



539 468 1058 562 409 ~971 



On the Orillia target out of a possible 50 points at each range. 

 Scarboro scored 754 and Orillia 741. 



WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 22.— There was a fair attendance to- 

 day at the shooting at Healdmor Rifle Range. There was shooting 

 at both 100 and 200yds., and as the firing points are on the same 

 line within the shooting house at this range it enabled the marks- 

 men to enjoy simultaneous shooting at both distances. Among 

 the visitors from Philadelphia were Capt. Wm. Kirchner, Lieut. 

 T. Hayes, J. C. Roberts and Sergt. J. J. Mountjoy. The following 

 scores were made on a standard American target: 

 At 200yds. 



10 5 9 9 8 7 



8 9 5 4 6 6 



8 9 7 3 2 10 



4 2 6 7 10 5 



4 6 7 



5 3 8 



7 5-77 



8 5-06 

 a 2-63 

 5 5-55 



6 3 9-58 



6 2 3-49 



7 8 7 7—83 



8 9 9 9-83 



8 9 7 10 10 7-79 



9 9 10 8 9 5—79 

 7 8 9 10 6 6—75 



" 9 7 6 5—72 



7 8 6 8-71 



7 9 3 5-69 



4 3 5 2-50 



6 6 

 6 6 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



SomervtlIiE, Bosson. — A dog has had the distemper and it has 

 left him with a weakness in bis hindlegs; it is hard work for him 

 to stand; he is 8mos. old. Ans. Keep the bowels open with tea- 

 spoonful doses of syrup of buckthorn and the following: 



R Ferri et strychnin citrat grs. xsiv. 



Fit nil No. 12. 



Sig, One three times daily hidden in a morsel of meat. 



H Simpson. 9 8 



J E E Seeds 7 8 8 



J J Mountjoy (mil) 9 8 8 



J W Gever (mil) 4 7 4 



GW Ho ward 3 7 8 



C J O'Brien 3 6 6 



At 100yds. 



H Simpson 10 9 8 10 7 10 



J S Jefferis 9 9 7 7 



J ,T Mountjoy (mil) 6 8 7 7 



J W Geyer (mil) 7 6 7 9 



J EE Seeds.... 6 6 10 7 



W Kirchner (mil) 10 9 7 7 



JC Roberts 6 9 8 7 



J H May (mil) 9 6 10 8 10 3 



THays (mil) 3 7 9 5 5 7 



BOSTON, Feh. 25.— The attendance of shooters to-day at the 

 Massachusetts range was small, owing to the unfavorable weather, 

 and those that did attend took the early train for home, the snow 

 and high wind being too much for them. This week Messrs. E. J. 

 Gihon, M. G. Witnam and J. V/. Babbitt each won the silver 

 medal in the .State militia match on the following scores: 



E J Gihon 23 22 22 21 JWBabhitt 21 21 21 21 



MGWitham 22 11 21 21 



Rest Match, 200yds. 



B G Barker. 8 11 12 12 11 8 10 11 7 8-98 



S B Gardner 11 11 9 6 10 8 8 7 12 11-93 



W S Hill 9 8 10 9 9 9 7 12 9 8-90 



Off-Haud Practice Match, 200yds. 



AC Adams '. 10 9 10 10 6 5 7 9 7 8-81 



A Loring 8 4 7 7 10 7 8 10 9 7- 75 



WHHawley 8 10 7 6 7 9 5 7 10 5-74 



THE REMINGTON SALE.— The Receivers of the llion plant 

 of the late Remington Company announce the sale of all the 

 property on March 7. The announcement is for the oale of "All 

 the real estate and the buildings thereon, comprising and consti- 

 tuting the plant or manufactory of the said corporation, together 

 with the water power and privileges, water-wheele, steam en- 

 gines, boilers, shafting, gas and steam pipes, fixed and movable 

 machinery, tools, and lixtures, parts ot tire-arms and ammuni- 

 tion, of sewing machines and of electric light apparatus, finished 

 and in process of manufacture, patterns, model of sample arms, 

 letters patent, licenses thereunder and office furniture. The 

 plant is adapted to and has been used for the manufacture of 

 military and sporting arms and ammunition, sewing machines 

 and cabinet ware, and electrical light apparatus, and other lines 

 of iron and steel goods, it being the world known corporation, E. 

 Remington & Sons, and being one of the most extensive and com- 

 plete manufactories of the kind in the world. The capacity is 

 ample for the production of 1,000 military fire-arms per day, be- 

 sides sporting arms, ammunition, sewing machines, etc. It is one 

 of the oldest established businesses in the country, its prod uctB 

 are favorably known all over the world, and it is the intention to 

 dispose of it as an entirety with all its franchises and with work 

 in process, so that the purchaser may continue tie business with- 

 out interruption." The former sale was not iatified by the court 

 and this sale is subject to the same vise power. 



