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[Feb. 24, 1887. 



when, crossing a pond, the Sheriff hecame so paralyzed that 

 he could not walk nor even stand up, hut sank down on the 

 ice. Here he was abandoned by Richardson, Who went to 

 the hotel. When he arrived at the hotel he persuaded two 

 young boys of Mr. Dunbar's to go back where he left the 

 Sheriff. The boys said they found him lying on the ice with 

 his head nearly buried in the snow by his struggles. He did 

 not have on his overcoat, nor any mittens on his hands, and 

 was insensible. His clothing being wet by perspiration 

 caused by hard labor through the day, and lying on the ice 

 for three hours or more since abandoned by "Richardson, he 

 had become chilled beyond sensibility. The boys put on his 

 coat, and mittens on his hands, cut some evergreen boughs 

 and put under him, and built a fire by his side. Thus, left 

 alone with this almost dead man, the boys cut wood and 

 kept a fire burning on the ice all that long night. In the 

 latter part of the night One of the boys while chopping wood 

 cut his foot so badly that he had to leave for home for fear 

 of bleeding to death, thus leaving the youugest boy alone 

 with the Sheriff. Although informed of the condition of! 

 affairs by the boys' arrival at the hotel, I am informed that 

 Richardson and his men did not start out to render aid until 

 after breakfast next morning. They carried the Sheriff to 

 the hotel and sent for a physician, who, owing to distance, 

 did not arrive until about midnight. The Sheriff was insen- 

 sible for more than twenty-four hours, fourteen or fifteen 

 hours of which he lay on the ice. He is still delirious and 

 very low, and his recovery is doubtful. Two physicians at- 

 tend him. Had the boys arrived an hour later life wonld 

 undoubtedly have been extinct. Much blame is attached to 

 Richardson and his two men for leaving the Sheriff to lie on 

 the ice all night, when the whole party could have reached 

 him from the hotel early in the evening.— North woods. 

 [Sheriff Mullen died at Stillwater last Saturday. He was 

 a veteran of the Fourteenth New York Volunteers, and was 

 shot through the right lung in the seven-days' battle. He 

 was elected sheriff of Lewis county in 1875, and has served 

 i n that capacity ever since.] 



THE SHORT LOBSTER LAW.-Boston, Mass., Feb. 

 38. — The law court has scored another victory for the Massa- 

 chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, or more 

 particularly for one of its most earnest workers, Mr. F. R. 

 Shattuck. The readers of the Forest and Stream have 

 been made familiar with the celebrated short lobster cases 

 which that gentleman has brought to trial, and they will 

 remember that Mr. Augustus Russ, the attorney employed 

 by a large number of the arrested lobster fishermen, asked 

 the lower court to allow one of the fishermen to plead nolo 

 contendere in the case of a few lobsters, and to allow him 

 (Mr. Russ) to test the validity of the statute before the full 

 bench. This the lower court concluded to allow him to do. 

 Mr. Russ contended that the clause in the statute making 

 the possession of lobsters under 10}-£in. in length prima facie 

 evidence to convict was all wrong; that such evidence could 

 not be construed as prima facie, and hence that the statute 

 was faulty and could not be enforced. He has carried up 

 this case, in an extended brief, to the full bench, and that 

 body has rendered its decision. This decision maintains the 

 validity of the law. Mr. Russ also claimed that the law is 

 repugnant and inconsistent; that the complaint did not set 

 out any criminal offense, and that the defendant could not 

 be convicted under it. In overruling the defendant's excep- 

 tions, the court is of the opinion that the law is sufficiently 

 clear and explicit in its provisions and that it is valid. The 

 penalty is 85 for each offense, and now Mr. Shattuck pro- 

 poses that the five or six other cases, which Avere to abide by 

 the decision, shall walk np and pay the fines. He expects, 

 however, as some of them are poor, that the plea of poverty 

 will be set up, and that it maybe claimed that the enforcing 

 of the law is oppressive. Mr. Russ is full of fight in these 

 cases, and his defense has several times taken on something 

 of the nature of abuse, and it is very gratifying to the Fish 

 and Game Protective Association to find that they are thor- 

 oughly sustained by the full bench. It is especially gratify- 

 ing to find that the possession of game out of seasoti, or of 

 illegal proportions, can still be used as evidence to convict, 

 since this clause is pretty generally interwoven into the fish 

 and game protective statutes of the State. The lobster pro- 

 tective laws will continue to be enforced in Massachusetts, 

 at least so long as Mr. Shattuck is able to look after the law- 

 breakers; and the public may soon look for more cases, pro- 

 vided certain fishermen do not suddenly begin to mend their 

 ways. Speaking of lobsters, it is a curious feature of the 

 present market that these shellfish are so scarce as to be 

 worth a high price, and yet, according to Mr. Shattuck, the 

 buyer gets about double the usual portion of shell and con- 

 sequently half the usual quantity of meat; or, in other 

 words, the lobster has not yet filled up his shell since the 

 time he east off his old one and donned the new. By April, 

 however, these shells will begin to be full again, and by the 

 last of May a lobster which now weigh 's 31bs. should weigh 

 4Klbs.— Special. 



Evert policy in The Travelers, of Hartford, is sure of payment 

 whether any other policy holder pays or not; the Company has 

 £8,O55,0OC assets and £2,089,000 surplus to rely upon— Adv. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



March 8 to 11.— Second Annual Dog Show at Buffalo, N. Y. Geo. 

 H. Chadeavue, Secretary, "No. 6 Brown's Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Entries close Feb. 28. 



March 22 to 25, 18S7.— Spring Show of the New Jersey Kennel 

 Club, Newark, N. J. A. C. Wihnerding, Secretary, 17 Murray 

 street, New York. 



March 29 to April 1, 1887.— Iu augural Dog Show of Rhode 

 Island Kennel Club, Providence, R. I. N. Seahury, Secretary, 

 Box 1333, Providence. Entries close March 15. 



April 5 to S, h-87— Third Annual Dog Show of New England 

 Kennel Cluo, Boston. F. L. "Weston, Secretary, Hotel Boylston, 

 Boston, Mass. Entries close March 19. 



April 12 to 15, 1887.— Thirteenth Annual Dog Show of the Western 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society, at Pittsburgh, Pa. C. B. Elbeu, 

 Secretary. 



April 19 to 22.— Annual Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Kennel Club. E. Comfort, President. 



April 26 to 29.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Hartford Konnel 

 Club. A. C. Collins, Secretary, Hartford, Conn. 



May 3 to 6. 1887.— Eleventh Annual Dog Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Morti- 

 mer, Superintendent. Entries close April 18. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Nov, 21.— Ninth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Poiut, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings County, N. Y. 



A. K. R.— SPECIAL NOTICE. 



HP HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 ' of pedigrees^ etc. (with prizo lists of all shows and trials), is 

 published every month. Entries "close on the 1st. Should be 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. Yearly subscription 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 4097, 



TENNESSEE FIELD TRIALS. 



[From a Special Correspondent.] 



THE first annual trials of the Tennessee Field Trials 

 Association came off at Athens, Ala., commencing 

 Feb, 15j and lasting three days. It was thought, until a 

 short time before, that the running would take place at 

 Galatin, Tenn., but after drawing the grounds the associa- 

 tion decided to go to Athens. There was quite a good crowd 

 present and the local sportsmen turned out in force, many 

 of whom lent their aid to make the meeting a success, fore- 

 most among these latter it gives us pleasure to mention Dr. 

 Moebes and John Tanner, Jr. 



THE ALL-AGED STAKE. 

 It was decided to run the All-Aged-Stake first. This stake 

 closed with nine entries, four pointers and five setters, many 

 of these first class both in field and breeding qualities.. As 

 none of the judges named by the association were present, 

 the owners and handlers without a dissenting voice decided 

 upon Mr. B. Waters as their choice for judge, to which Mr. 

 W..;was very much opposed, but after being shown the 

 necessity for using his great experience and .talent in this 

 work and the favor he would be granting, he reluctantly 

 consented and right well did he fill the place. In our 

 opinion a better selection could not have been made. 



Tuesday opened very unfavorable, raining in the morning, 

 but about 9 o'clock it was decided to start. The drawing 

 resulted as follows: 



A. M. Young's Dash Bryson, black and white English set- 

 ter dog (Dan Bryson— Rose), 



against 



J. W, Besserer's Nortier, black, white and tan English 

 setter clog (Paul Gladstone— Bo-Peep). 



J. E. Gill's Richmond, lemon and white pointer dog (Don 

 — Beulah), 



against 



J. R. Purcell's Flake of Flockfinder, lemon and white 

 pointer bitch (Flockfinder— lone). 



Dr. R. Douglass's Fannie Whitfield, blue belton English 

 setter bitch (Dash Bryson — Daisy Whitfield), 



against 



J. R. Purcell's Ladv Spottswood. lemon and white pointer 

 bitch (Flockfinder— lone). 



After driving three miles south of town the first brace was 

 cast off in a very pretty bird country, but one in which too 

 much stock had been pastured. 



TUESDAY. 

 First Series. 

 dash bryson and nortier. 



Dash Bryson, handled by Carlton, and Nortier, handled by 

 Davidson, were cast off in an open cornfield. Both dogs 

 went off at a good rate of speed, drawing the cornfield and a 

 large field of sedge grass blank. They were then worked 

 over into another sedge field, down a branch set with briers. 

 At the. edge of a thicket Dash made game and moved on. 

 Nortier returned from a cast, came up the branch and 

 pointed the bevy, Dash locating them about the same time. 

 To order Carter flushed, shot and killed. Dash was unsteady 

 to shot but stopped to order and to order retrieved. Moving 

 on on scattered birds, in a ravine and branch, Nortier estab- 

 lished two nice points on singles after being ordered out in 

 the open, for which he got no credit. On the last point he 

 was unsteady to wing. Ordered on, Nortier made an excus- 

 able flush down wind, both dogs being crowded by handlers. 

 After drawing several fields blank, and being worked into a 

 large open sedge field, Dash flushed three outlying birds of a 

 bevy, and dropped to a poiut on the remainder. As Carlton 

 went up the birds flushed wild, both dogs steady to wing. 

 On after the scattered birds, dogs working close together 

 and roading, two birds flushed wild, both dogs steady to 

 wing. Before they were ordered on several more birds 

 flushed. Sent on", Dash pointed in thicket. No birds. 

 Moved on he established a nice point on a single. As the 

 handler came up bird flushed wild, Dash steady. Running 

 down edge of thicket Nortier pointed foot scent , discovered 

 the bird was gone, roaded out into weeds and flushed, steady- 

 to wing. Just then another bird got up to Davidson's left, 

 which he shot and killed. To order Nortier retrieved nicely. 

 Ordered up at 13303. Dash won. Down 3 hours 38 minutes. 

 This was a very close heat, and was quite fast all the time, 

 showing both dogs to be good stayers, Dash winning by his 

 superior range, speed and style, though Nortier was not far 

 behind him in either, showing himself to be a good dog. 

 RICHMOND AND FLAKE OF FLOCKFINDER. 



At 12:30, Richmond, handled by D. E. Rose, and Flake of 

 Flockfinder, handled by owner, were cast off in open sedge 

 field to be hunted toward the lunch wagon. Soon after 

 starting, Flake stopped to a flush of one of the scattered 

 birds from the bevy that the other brace had been worked 

 on, and while Richmond had been making a wide cast he 

 stopped to the scent of some stink birds in grass. Flake 

 coming up. backed for a moment, then broke her back, ran 

 in and put them up. No more work was done before we 

 reached the wagons and at 12:49 they were ordered up for 

 lunch, for which the party were indebted to Mrs. Dr. 

 Moebes. After lunch we drove about a mile, dogs cast off 

 in large weed field which was drawn blank as was a swamp 

 and some woods which the dogs were worked through. 

 Working out into a field where the cover was very short, 

 Richmond ran over two outlying birds of a large bevy while 

 going at a great speed down wind, the Major at the same 

 time hallooing to Flake to make her steady to wing, causing 

 both dogs to "come toward handlers, flushing the remain- 

 der of the bevy. Ordered on after scattered birds 

 where they had "been marked down in a fence row and 

 in woods, Richmond wheeled to a point on a single 

 in some briers ; Rose flushed and shot, Richmond steady. 

 Ordered on over the fence, Richmond picked up a 

 single immediately after clearing the fence, Flake stopped 

 to h bock close up* broke her back before her handler got to 

 her, ran in front of Richmond and pointed. Rose flushed, no 

 shot, Richmond steady to wing, Flake a little unsteady. 

 Sent on, Richmond soon established another point on a single 

 in leaves, Flake not up to back, Rose flushed and shot; Rich- 

 mond steady to wing and shot, remainder of covey flushing 

 wild. Scattered birds were followed into a swamp, but the 

 dogs were soon ordered out on account of water, and were 

 worked out in open field for a fresh bevy. After drawing 

 two wheat fields blank Flake pointed in sedge. As the 

 Major went up two birds flushed, Flake broke, the Major 

 shot and killed; Flake picked ud the bird but would not re- 

 trieve. Ordered on in pines after scattered birds, Richmond 

 going at great speed across wind, flushed a bird, stopped to 

 wing when several more birds flushed wild. Ordered on, 

 Richmond stopped to a point, but the- bird flushed wild. 

 Ordered on in pines, Flake pinned a single in good style; 

 before her handler could get to her she moved her position 

 and the bird flushed wild. Moving on. on bare ground, 

 Richmond flushed a single down wind. Soon alter this both 

 false pointed and backed each other. After drawing several 

 other large weed fields blank, Richmond, passing a plum 

 thicket and catching scent, came back to the edge of the 

 thicket and pointed. To order, Rose flushed, shot and 

 killed. Fiake broke shot and mouthed -the bird, Richmond 

 steady to shot. The judge threw- the bird out and to order 

 Richmond made a beautiful retrieve. Ordered up at 3:3d. 

 Richmond won. Richmond had the better range, speed and 

 style. Flake is a very promising little- bitch, but needs 

 work. Down one hour and fifty-three minutes. 



FANNIE WHITFIELD AND LADY SPOTTSWOOD. 



At 3:30 Fannie Whitfield, handled by John Carlton, and 

 Lady Spottswood, handled by owner, were cast off in open 

 weed field to work on scattered birds of last bevy. Fannie 

 flushed a single and was unsteady to wing, but soon estab- 

 lished a point on one which flushed wild before her handler 

 got to her. Ordered: on across the hill near some briers 

 Fannie pointed four birds and was well backed by Lady. To 

 order Carlton flushed, both dogs unsteady to wing; ordered 

 on down a thick ravine Lady pointed a single in good style; 

 Fannie not up to back. To order the Major flushed, shot 

 and missed, Lady broke shot. Moving on Lady established 

 auother point in thick weeds; as the Major came up the 

 birds flushed wild. About this time Fannie, off to right, 

 drew on and pointed when a single flushed wild, Fannie a 

 little unsteady. Moving on around some brush Fannie 

 established a poiut on single, as handler came up bird 

 flushed wild and Fannie was a little that way herself. Mov- 

 ing on after another bevy Fannie made game at the corner 

 of a cornfield, both dogs began roading; after going about 

 135yds. both pointed. Lady started and broke in followed 

 by Fannie. Major shot and killed. Lady retrieved. Scat- 

 tered birds were followed in wood, where Fannie soon pinned 

 a single in good style. To order Carlton flushed and killed. 

 Fannie broke shot and retrieved. While she was retrieving 

 Lady pointed a Single further down the hill for which she 

 received no credit. Dogs were ordered up at 5:05, Fannie 

 won. Down one hour thirty-five minutes. 



Fannie had the advantage in range, style and speed. Both 

 were sadly in need of work, This ended the work for the 

 day and finished the first series with the following result: 

 First Scries. 



Dash Bryson beat Nortier. 



Richmond beat Flaka of Flockfinder. 



Fannie Whitfield beat Lady Spottswood. 



WEDNESDAY. 



Second Scries. 



On Wednesday the party went five miles north of the town 

 on the Bridgeforth Farm, where we found a large tract of 

 open country. 



RICHMOND AND DASH BRYSON. 

 At 10 o'clock Richmond and Dash Bryson were cast off in 

 cornfield. Before starting the owner of Dash said if there 

 was no objection he would put Dash in Mr. Davidson's hands 

 for that heat. There being none Mr. D. took Dash in charge, 

 Rose handling Richmond. Both dogs went off at great 

 speed, and after drawing a corn held and sedge blank, Rich- 

 mond drew to a point on a nice bevy in cornfield. To order, 

 Rose flushed, shot and killed. Richmond steady, and to 

 order he made a nice retrieve. Dash not up to back but 

 came rapidly in to report of gun, and Davidson found it 

 rather h'urd'to control him. At this time his owner asked 

 consent to his putting hi in again in the hands of Carlton, 

 Sent on after scattering birds in corn Dash pointed a single 

 and was well backed by Richmond. To order, Carlton shot 

 and killed, Dash unsteady and to order retrieved. Sent on 

 Richmond made an excusable flush across wind and stopped 

 to wing. Sent on, Richmond stopped to a point and the 

 bird flushed wild, the dog being steady. Sent on to hunt 

 for a fresh bevy, Richmond, at the edge of sedge grass, 

 pointed a bevy. Dash, coming up from the opposite 

 direction, stopped to a back. To order, Rose flushed. As 

 the birds went directly over Dash, througii courtesy to the 

 other handler, Rose did not shoot. Sent on after scattered 

 birds Richmond pointed a single on edge of" branch. As 

 Rose went up bird flushed wild. At 10:45 dogs were ordered 

 up. Richmond won. Down forty-four minutes. In range 

 and speed Dash had a slight advantage, but on point Rich- 

 mond out-styled him and" showed superior judgment. This 

 ended the second series, Fannie Whitfield having a bye. 

 Tie for First Place. 



RICHMOND AND FANNIE WHITFIELD, 

 After twenty minutes given Mr. Carlton to get Fannie up, 

 at 11:30 Richmond and Fannie Whitfield were cast off to run 

 for first money. After working some distance Richmond, 

 while making a wide cast, made the typical point of the 

 trials. Coming around on a clay bank lie wheeled to a point 

 on a covey in grass about, twenty steps away. He stood with 

 head high, neck slightly arched", tail a trifle elevated, and as 

 motionless as a statue. In all our experience we have never 

 seen a more taking picture. To order, Rose flushed, Rich- 

 mond steady, Fannie not up to back. Sent on after scattered 

 birds over fence in sedge, grass both dogs pointed. To order, 

 Carlton flushed, shot and killed. Fannie broke shot and 

 to order retrieved. Richmond steady. Sent on Richmond 

 made game and pointed. Fannie coming up forced him 

 off point and the bird flushed out to one side. Sent on 

 Richmond and Rose failed to find. After the dog was sent 

 on one of the spectators kicked a bird out of thick grass just- 

 where the dog was pointing. After some other work around 

 a sedge field, at .11:53 dogs were ordered up and the heat 

 and first money were given to Richmond. Down forty-two 

 minutes. In range-, style and pace Richmond had decidedly 

 the advantage, t'annie is a very industrious little bitch 

 and if properly broken would make a good one. 



Tic for Second Place. 



FANNIE WHITFIELD AND DASH BRYSON. 



After lunch Fannie Whitfield and Dash Bryson, the best 

 two dogs beaten by Richmond, were put down to run for 

 second "money. At 1:07 they were cast off in a cornfield. 

 Working toward some weeds, Fannie pointed a bevy and 

 held them some time. Dash coming up down wind flushed 

 an outlying bird and dropped to wing, the remainder flush- 

 ing wild. Fannie steady. Following the birds over a fence, 

 Dash pointed, went on and located a bird. Carlton flushed, 

 but failed to shoot, Sent on, Dash pointed on foot scent. 

 Fannie at same time began to road. Dash joining her. They 

 roaded 100yds. across a cornfield, when Fannie pointed and 

 Dash backed. To order. Carlton flushed, shot and killed. 

 Both dogs unsteady. To order, Fannie retrieved. They 

 were ordered up at 1:37. Down thirty minutes. Fannie was 

 given the heat and second money. Dash had the range and 

 speed; in style thev were equal. Dash did not run up to his 

 form in this heat,* for while he had the advantage of the 

 bitch in some respects, she outworked him on birds.' The 

 judge decided that Dash was entitled to third money under 

 the rules, and it was so awarded. Following is the 

 SUMMARY. 

 First Series. 



Dash Bryson beat Nortier. 



Richmond beat Flake of Flockfinder. 



Fannie Whitfield beat Lady Spottswood. 



Second Scries. 



Richmond beat Dash Bryson. 



Fannie Whitfield a bye. 



Tie for First Place. 



Richmond beat Fannie Whitfield, and won first prize, 

 $75. - • • ✓ 



Tie for Second Place. 



Fannie Whitfield beat Dash Bryson, and won second prize, 

 850. 



Dash Bryson was declared winner of third prize, 825. 



THE DERBY. 

 This Stake was commenced immediately after the con- 

 clusion of the All-Aged Stake. As Maj. Purcell preferred 

 two judges Dr. Otto Moebes was agreed upon to act with 



