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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 5, 1887. 



VACCINATION FOR DISTEMPER. 



Editor Forest and Stream ; 



I have been much interested of late in looking over an old 

 bound volume of the American Turf Register and Sport- 

 ing Magazine, published at Baltimore, Md., September, 

 1830 to August, 1831 inclusive. Its pages, as might be sup- 

 posed from the title, are mostly given up to the horse, pedi- 

 grees, racing, etc., but at that time, as now, there were dog 

 and gun men who had something to say, and I find a great 

 deal both instructive and amusing In their writings; and I 

 imagine, could these correspondents come back and read the 

 sportsman's letters of to-day and find the questions that they 

 themselves had finally settled more than fifty years ago still 

 being discussed, they would surely think that the world had 

 gone backward. How is this? In a note, July 24, 1830, "on 

 the power of game to withhold the odor that betrays them to 

 their pursuers," the Register correspondent is of the opinion 

 that foxes have this power as well as quail, while they are 

 permitted to keep their toes contracted. He had seen a fox 

 steal away on his toes, and if he had not been driven out of 

 that gait the dogs would never have been able to follow him. 



The percussion gun at this time had superseded the flint, 

 still the old flint had its advocates, just as the muzzleloader 

 has to-day. A correspondent from Prairie du Chieu sends 

 a copy of his journal for September, 1830; total 308 birds 

 killed, mostly grouse, the rest pheasant, woodcock, part- 

 ridges and ducks. He says: "I hunted with a double-barrel 

 percussion gun made by Constable, of Philadelphia. It has 

 never yet missed fire. I was once upset in a canoe and lost 

 it for several minutes in 6ft. of water, nevertheless both 

 barrels fired clear. I have used a percussion gun for the last 

 four seasons, and give it a decided preference" over the flint; 

 indeed, I would not for my own use give a quarter of a dollar 

 for the best flint gun evermade." An editorial in the same 

 number notes that a Mr. Gist while shooting received an iu- 

 jury in the forehead by the percussion cap flying off. "We 

 understand an opening has lately been made in the front of 

 the hammer that falls on the mpple to let off any pieces of 

 the cap." 



The choice of a gun, length of barrel, size of bore, size of 

 shot, quantity of powder and shot, comparative merits of 

 pointers and setters— all these come in for their share the 

 same as to-day, and one man goes so far as to say iu his 

 opinion a gun bored a little smaller at muzzle than breech 

 shoots some closer. 



But what struck my eye this evening and prompted this 

 letter to vou was an article on vaccination. A correspond- 

 ent at Waverly, Virginia, May 4, 1831, on "Vaccination* 

 Preventive against Distemper," says: "I would advise your 

 friends in future to vaccinate their puppies, and they will 

 never be again under the necessity of administering their 

 sovereigns for distemper. I shall not endeavor to explain the 

 modus operandi of this preventive because I am ignorant of 

 it, but leave it to the speculation of medical men, who can 

 account for it preventing small-pox and whooping cough in 

 children; but this much 1 know, I have made satisfactory 

 experiments and have no hesitation iu pronouncing it effi- 

 cacious. The best place for introducing the matter I find to 

 be the inside of the ear, which, being pendulous, prevents 

 the dog scratching wheu the virus has excited inflammation." 



I would like to ask if any readers of Pot; est and Stream 

 have tried, or know of this experiment being tried. It is 

 certainly a simple and inexpensive thing to do, and if a pre- 

 ventive," or will in any degree mitigate the severity of this 

 dread disease, it is well worth a trial. Make the experiment 

 on one or two pups of a litter, and note results. In the fall 

 of 18875 I had two pointer puppies, brother and sister, four 

 months old, and on the strength or this article I took a vac- 

 cine, point, scarified the inside of the ear, rubbed in the vac- 

 cine and covered with court plaster. I do not recollect that 

 either suffered any inconvenience from it; the bitch lived to 

 be two years old. when she tried conclusions with a locomo- 

 tive on the Boston and Albany Railroad and was killed. 

 The dog lies by my chair now as I write, and is, for a veteran 

 of twelve years, as healthy a specimen as can be produced. 

 Neither of' them ever had any sign of distemper. Still I 

 have known many dogs to escape without this precaution, 

 so you must take the article and my experience for what 

 they are worth. "No charge for advice— experiments at 

 owner's risk." I, for one, should like more light on the 

 subject, and any one who has had any part, or should at- 

 tempt any in future, will report his experience through the 

 Forest axd Stream. Wm, M. Williams. 

 Springfield, Mass. 



GREYHOUNDS AT PHILADELPHIA. — New York, 

 April 29. — Editor Forest and Stream: Replying to Mr. H, 

 W. Huntington's article in your issue, of April 28, regarding 

 my greyhounds at Philadelphia, I think it would have been 

 more to Mr. H.'s credit if, before writing or protesting, he 

 had secured the facts relating to the case, as also Mr. C. H. 

 Mason. After thinking seriously over the article mentioned 

 I am led to believe it as a rather sharp trick on Mr. H.'s part 

 to have all my dogs disqualified, that he may have the field 

 entirely to himself . If he is smarting under the defeat of 

 his new importation, Lancashire Witch, he knew perfectly 

 well that she must compete with Mother Demdike, who had 

 beaten her before she ever saw this country, and certainly 

 the climate has not changed her formation. When I entered 

 Pembroke at Boston he had only two first open class prizes 

 to his credit (Newark, March, 1880, and Waverly, September, 

 1886). I entered him for the Newark show, March 22 to 25, 

 where he secured first prize, and also Boston show, which 

 entries closed March 19, You will readily see I entered my 

 dog at Boston correctly "and in a gentlemanly way." It was 

 therefore the duty of the Boston club to have him transferred 

 to the champion class, which they failed to do. See A. K. C. 

 Rule 9. As to the puppy class I have only to offer the com- 

 mendable explanation I made at Philadelphia. On Monday, 

 April 18, P. M., one day before show opened, I explained to 

 the gentlemen in charge, "and members of the club," the 

 cause of Stormy Day being absent, and asked if they would 

 give me permission to enter Nick, his litter brother; this 

 they readily did, and crossed the first-named dog off their 

 sheets and placed the name Nick thereon. I ask of the dog 

 public if this was ungentlemanly on my part? I acted 

 honorably in connection with all that was done, not enter- 

 taining the least suspicion of fraud on my part. If, through 

 their error, my dog is disqualified, certainly I must not be 

 made to suffer. I am ready at any time to appear before the 

 A. EL C. and state my case, which I believe will, as I have 

 stated, be sustained by that worthy body.— Chas. D.Webber. 



BULL-TERRIERS AT PHILADELPHIA. -April 27.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I would like to make a few re- 

 marks upon Mr. Barlow's judging of bull-terriers at the 

 Philadelphia show. First was given to Modjeska, a bitch 

 with a blue eye, and White Violet, a very fair all-round 

 bitch with two dark eyes, was placed second. In 1885 I was 

 showing Young Venom; it is well-known she has a walled 

 eye, and Mr. Barlow placed a weedy, thick-headed, round- 



Qia. -tie rejJiieu, i uuu u iulc a v\ tincu eje auu ucim 



give a dog a first prize that has one." He must have changed 

 his opinion very much since that time. In England a dog 

 would be disqualified or put back on that account. The 

 standard calls for black eyes. I should like to hear the 

 opinions of some of the bull-terrier breeders and fanciers on 

 this subject and have this matter settled, so that we shall 

 know what standard to breed to. For instance, how would 

 a fox-terrier or black and tan terrier look with a blue eye 

 and what notice would he get from a terrier judge?— Edward 

 Lever (Philadelphia). 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. — There will be a 

 meeting of the Eastern Fields Trials Club at 44 Broadway, 

 New York, May 10, at 3:15 P. M, As this is the last regular 

 meeting until September a full attendance is requested. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NAMTSS CLAIMED. 

 J3P~ Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Pounce. Bv W. A. Dupee, Chestnut Hill, Pa., for black, white 

 and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped July 7. 1885, by E. L. Dorr's 

 Tom (Shot— Lady) out of A. Dorr's Lassie (Baily's Tom— Fay). 



Flirt II. By Alt Watts, Jr., Brantford, Ont., for black, white 

 markings, cocker spaniel bitch, whelped June 3, 18S6, by Brag 

 (Wildair— Little Buttercup) out of Ruby (Sport-imported Flirt). 



Donegal Boy. By C. P. Doerr, Cbicaao, 111., for red Irish setter 

 dog, whelped Jan. 13, 1887, by Glencho (Elcho-Noreen) out of 

 Maid (Brag— Bffie). 



Hebe Brant. Bv Mansfield & Hinckley, New Haven, Conn., for 

 solid black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Dec. 20, 1886, by Brant 

 (Obo Il.-Blackie III.) out of Hebe (Obo II.-Belle). 



Lady Fay. By Mansfield & Hinckley, New Haveu, Conn., for 

 black and tan King Charles spaniel bitch, whelped Oct. 31, 1886, by 

 Alick (Alexander the Great— Nelly) out of Nell Gwynn II. (Jumbo 

 II.— Nell Gwynn). 



Maggie Dale. By Wm. P. Mills, Baltimore, Md., for blue belton 

 English setter bitch, whelped Jan. 12, 1887, by Frank Dale (Grouse 

 Dale— Lady Thorn) out, of Donna (Royal Blue— Dryad). 



Lady Brocket. By Floyd Vail, Jersey City, N. J., for pointer 

 bitch, whelped Anril 26, 1887, bv Bracket (Graphic, A.K.R. 2411— 

 Bloomo) out of Lady Snow (A.K.R, 3051). 



BRED. 



£S~ Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blank*. 



Constance— Blue Cap II. F. B. Zimmer's (Springfield, Mass.) 

 beagle bitch Constance (A.K.R. 2912) to his Blue Cap H. (A.K.R. 

 4008), April 26. ' „ 



Goodwood Music— King William. S. C. Graff's (Cadiz, O.) beagle 

 bitch Goodwood Music (A.K.R. 3811) to his King: William (A.K.R. 

 4314), April 23. „ , T . , 



Belle— Suil-a-Mor* T. Steward's (Manchester, N. H.) Irish setter 

 bitch Belle (A.K.R, 4086) to Jos. Hayes's Suil-a-Mor (Clareniont— 

 imported Dido), April 8. ^ . . 



Xora— Suil-a-Mor, Jos. Hayes's (Manchester, N. H.J Irish setter 

 bitch imported Nora (Cigar— Belle) to his Suil-a-Mor (Claremont 

 —imported Dido), April 28. 



Raby Belle— Mixture. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Rabv BeUe (Raby Tyrant— Jaunty) to his Mixture 

 (A.K.R, 2697), March 31. 



Lady Mixture— Kahy Mixer. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster. Mass.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Lady Mixture (Mixture— Warren Lady) to his 

 Baby Mixer (Raby Mixture— Richmond Olivebud), April 3. 



Raby Susie— Mixture. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Raby Susie (Raby Tyrant— J amity) to his Mixture 

 (A.K.R, 2607), April 4. 



Lorna II.— Chief tain. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) deer- 

 hound bitch Lorna II. (A.K.R, 330) to his Chieftain (A.K.R, 3726), 

 April U. 



Jaunty— Raby Mixer. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Jaunty (A.K.R. 2690) to his Raby Mixer (Raby Mix- 

 ture— Richmond Olivebud). April 11. 



Britomartis— Hillside. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) bull 

 bitch Britomartis (A.K.R. 2594) to his Hillside (A.K.R. 4726), 

 April 9. 



Rliodora— Tippoo. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) bull bitch 

 Rhodora (A.K.R. 8596) to his Tippoo (A.K.R. 390), April 27. 



Josephine— Tippoo. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) bull 

 bitch Josephine (A.K.R. 388) to his Tippoo (A.K.R. 390), April 8. 



Miss Mixture— Mixture. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Miss Mixture (A.K.R. 4111) to his Mixture (A.K.R. 

 2697), April 19. 



Richmond ( Hire— Mixture. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Richmond Olive (A.K.R. 2699) to his Mixture 

 (A.K.R. 2697), April 22. 



Cornier— Robinson Crusoe. John E. Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) 

 bull bitch Carmer (formerly Patti, A.K.R. 2528) to his Robinson 

 Crusoe. (A.K.R. 2597), April 12. 



' Flossie— Boyal Monarch. Locust Grove Kennels' (Manton. R. I.) 

 English setter bitch Flossie (Pete— Lotta) to C. C. Gray's Royal 

 Monarch (Dashing Monarch— List), April 18. 



Juno—Mcmnon. Dr. Geo. Stanton's (Simcoe, Ont.) greyhound 

 bitch Juno to Terra Cotta Kennels' Memuon (Caliph— Polly), 

 April 23. 



Flirt 11— Git!/. Alf Watts, Jr.'s (Brantford, Ont.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Flirt LL (Brag-Ruby) to F. Fawkes's Guy (A.K.R. 1587), 

 March 8. 



Nell— Don Quixote. Don Quixote Kennels 1 (Worcester, Mass.) 

 pointer bitch Nell (Ritchie— Nell) to their Don Quixote (Robin 

 Adair— Ladv Belle), April 80. 



May F.-Bepvo lit. H. F. Farnnam'B (Portland, Me.) pointer 

 bitch May F. (A.K.R. 3131) to Graphic Kennels' Beppo III. (Priam 

 — Meally), April 1. 



Belgrade Viola— Lucifer. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead. L. I.J 

 fox-terrier bitch Redgrave Viola (Belgrave Joe— Viola) to his Luci- 

 fer (Splinter— Kohinoor), March 10. 



. Safely— Lucifer. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead, L. I.) fox-terrier 

 bitch Safety (Darkie— Dalciej to his Lucifer (Splinter— Kohinoor), 

 April 11. 



Festive— Resolute. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead, L. 1.) fox-ter- 

 rier bitch Festive (Bacchanal— Blemton Arrow) to his Resolute 

 (Result— Diadem), March 14. 



Dam ictta— Resolute. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead, L. I.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Damietta (Bacchanal— Richmond Delta) to his Reso- 

 lute (Result- Diadem), March 24. 



Blemton Gingerbread— Bacchanal. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hemp- 

 stead, Li. 1.) fox-terrier bitch Blemton Gingerbread (Spice — Blem- 

 ton Arrow) to his Bacchanal (The Belgravian— Bedlamite), Aprd 

 13. 



Marguerite— Bacchanal. A. Belmont, Jr.'s ( Hempstead, L. I.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Marguerite (Brokenhurst Spice— Daisy) to his 

 Bacchanal (The Belgravian— Bedlamite), March 23. 



Betty— Cliimer. Chas. Nelles's (Brantford, Can.) beagle bitch 

 Betty (Searcher— May Beh) to Wooclbrook Kennels' imported 

 Chimer (Jack— Dandy), Aprd 7. 



Tii icy- Battler III. Chas. Stauf's (Baltimore, Md.) beagle bitch 

 Tiney (Trailer— Music) to Woodhrook Kennels' Rattler DX (Rat- 

 tler—Music), April 11. 



Musk-— Rattler III. Henry W. Archer's (Belair, Md.) beagle 

 bitch Music to Woodbrook Kennels' Rattler III. (Rattler— Music), 

 March 25. 



Vixen— Rattler HI. Frank P. Quinby's (New York) beagle bitch 

 Vixen (Flute— Queen) to Woodbrook Kennels' Rattler III. (Rat- 

 tler—Music), March 8. 



Lou— (■lamer. Woodbrook Kennels' (Baltimore, Md.) beagle 

 bitch Lou (Kino— Fly) to their imported Chimer (Jack— Dandv), 

 April 1. 



Madge— Nick of Nam. Chas. Peck's (New York) pointer bitch 

 Madce (.limmie— Lucille) to Naso Kennels' Nick of Naso (Naso II. 

 — Pettigoj, April 13. 



Nan— Nick of Naso. Jas. Swain's (BronxviUe, N. Y.) pointer 

 bitch Nan (A.K.R. 355) to Naso Kennels' Niek of Naso (Naso II.— 

 Pettigo). April 15. 



Belle— Nick of Naso. J. G. Jacobus's (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer 

 bitch Belle to Naso Kennels' Niek of Naso (Naso II.— Pettigo), 

 April 10. 



Hawthorne Belle— Memuon. Terra Cotta Kennels' (Toronto, 

 Ont.) greyhound bitch Hawthorne Belle (Doubleshot, A.K.R. 73— 

 Clio) 1o their Memnon (Caliph— Polly), April 29. 



WHELPS. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Nell III. F. H. F. Mercer's (Ottawa, Ont.) Clumber spaniel bitch 

 Nell ill. (Smash II.— Romp II.), April 36, two dogs, by his Johnny 

 (Ben— Joan). 



Lady Snow: Floyd Vail and G. L. Wilms's (Jersey City, N. J.) 

 pointer bitch Lady Snow (A.K.R, 3651), April 26, nine (five dogs), 

 by Graphic Kennels' Bracket (Graphic— Bloomo); one bitch since 

 dead. 



Cremorne. J. E. (rill's (Franklin, Pa.) pointer bitch Cremorne 

 (Flake— Lilly), April 20, two, by Wm. Titteringtou's Trinket Bang 

 (Croxtetn— Trinket). 



Rue I. Bayard Thayer's (Boston, Mass.) pointer birch Rue I. 

 (Snapshot— Ruby), April 27, ten (five dogs), by Mr. Perkins's Main- 

 spring. 



Minnie B. Naso Kennels' (Ramsey's, N. J.) pointer bitch Minnie 

 B. (Bang Bang— Fan Fan), March 27, five (four dogs), by their Nick 

 of Naso (Naso II.— Pettigo). 



Nellie. C. W. Fleece's (New York) pointer bitch Nellie (Jimmie 

 —Temptation), April 10, five (three dogs), by Naso Kennels' Nick 

 of Naso (Naso II.— Pettigo); five since dead. 



Thorn II. Woodbrook Kennels' (Baltimore, Md.) beagle bitch 

 Thorn n. (Sport-Thorn), April 25, five (three dogsj, by Flute 

 Rlngwood (Ringwood— Trmket). 



Media. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead, L. I.) fox-terrier hitch 

 Media (Arius— Nancy Lee), Aprd 8, six (two dogs), by J. C. Timie's 

 The Moonstone (Rovsterer — Diadem). 



Blemton Arrow. A. Belmont, Jr.'s (Hempstead, L. I.) fox-terrier 

 bitch Blemtou Arrow (Roval— Blemton Dart), Feb. 1, three (two 

 dogs), by his Bacchanal (The Belgravian— Bedlamite). 



Brunette. Chas. E. Bunn's (Peoria, 111.) mastiff bitch Brunette 

 (A.K.R. 3549', April 12, six (three dogs), by L. Cole's Turk HI. 

 (A.K.R. 4049). 



Ruby II. C. Tucker's (Stanton, Tenn.) English setter bitch Ruby 

 II. (Druid— Ruby), April 22, nine (four dogs), by P. H. Bryson's 

 Gladstone. 



SALES. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Van. Fawn, black points, pug dog, whelped Jan. 14. 1887, by 

 Doc (George— May) out of Rosy, by Col. R. J. Hamilton, Spring- 

 field, Mass., to Wm. P. Esterbrook, Rahway, N. J. 



Nell, Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April, lS83,by 

 Ritchie out of Nell, by A. H. Aldrich, Melrose, Mass., to Don 

 Quixote Kennels, Worcester, Mass, 



Vixen. White and tan beagle bitch, whelped Aug. 11, 1883, by 

 Flute out of Queen, by Woodbrook Kennels, Baltimore, Md., to 

 Frank P. Quinbv, New York. 



Betty. White, black and tan beagle bitch, whelped 1882, by 

 Searcher out of May Bell, by Woodbrook Kennels, Baltimore, 

 Md., to Chas. Nelles, Brantford, Can. 



Little. Prince. White, black and tan beagle clog, whelped March 

 4, 1886, by Rattler ni. out of Betty, by Woodbrook Kennels, Balti- 

 more, Md., to Craig W. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y. 



Beau of Portland. Black and white and ticked pointer dog, 

 whelped 'Nov. 18, 1885, by Graphic f A.K.R. 2411) out of Zitta (A.K.R. 

 1358), by Fred F. Harris, Portland, Me., to H. F. Farnham, same 

 place. 



Don Ccesar. Red Irish setter dog, whelped March 13, 1887, by 

 Glencho out of Fanchon (A.K.R, 1815), by Alex. Kirkland, Tarry- 

 town Heights, N. Y., to Frank D. Sturges, New York. 



Blue Cap II. White, black, tau and blue ticked beagle dog, 

 xhelped 1885 (A.K.R. 4008), by McFarland Bros., VaUonia, Pa., to 

 F. B. Zimmer, Springfield, Mass. 



Folly— Black Bess whelps. Black Newfoundland dogs, whelped 

 March 21, 1887, by Wm. W. Silvey, Philadelphia, Pa,, one each to 

 Wm. Curlin and C. A. Muth, same place, and one to J. N. Stone, 

 Chestnut HiU, Pa. 



DEATHS. 



Nell III. Lemon and white Clumber spanielbitch, whelped July 

 15, 1884 (Smash II.— Romp II.), owned by F. II. F. Mercer, Ottawa, 

 Ont.; exhaustion from protracted labor. 



Bake 111. Lemon and white Clumber spaniel dog, whelped Oct. 

 !, 1886 (Johnny-Nell III.), owned by G. E. K. Cross, Ottawa, Ont.; 

 distemper. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. V. H., New York.— Give the dog a thorough purge of castor 

 oil and feed on fluids only for some days. Watch the passages 

 and you will find worms we think. If you discover worms give a 

 half teaspoonful (about 30grs.) of powdered areca nut made into a 

 large pill. A few hours alter the pill give full dose of castor oil, 

 two or three teaspoonsful. 



O; C. B„ Homer, N. Y.— Ans. L Distemper. 2. Give 5gr. pill of 

 sulphate of quinine night and morning for a week. Feed fluids 

 only with the exception of a very little raw meat finely minced 

 with the white of an egg (raw) each morning. Add five drops of 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic to the milk or soups night and 

 morning. Stop all other medicines. 



E. M., St. Louis.— Can I hope to cure a mastiff pup, 7mos. old, of 

 St. Vitus dance, the trouble being in the muscles of stomach. 

 Please suggest a remedy. Ans. Be sure that your dog is not 

 suffering from worms. If the twitching has become chronic you 

 can use the following: 



Ferri et strychnin, sulph grs. xx. 



Fit pil. No. x. 

 Sig. One three times daily. 



Keep the bowels regular with syrup of buckthorn in teaspoonful 

 doses. The pedigree is unknown. 



W. B., New York.— Please inform me what is the effect of animal 

 carbolic soap on the skin and hair of dogs. Some tell me when 

 using it to wash the dog off afterward as it may injure the coat; 

 others say it can do no harm and use it constantly as they would 

 an ordinary soap, and with good effect. Suppose the dog swallows 

 same of it, can it affect t he animal otherwise than perhaps make 

 it vomit? Ans. The soap can do no harm. Any soap should be 

 washed off thoroughly with water after using. What little the 

 dog should involuntarily get in his mouth or stomach would not 

 injure his health. Do not wash the dog oftener than once in two 

 weeks. 



A. T. H., Arnprior, Ont.— I gave a cocker puppy a thorough wash- 

 ing in our mill, intending to keep him inside till he was dry; he 

 got out on a very cold day and it was some time before 1 could 

 catch him again. A short time after he began to lose control of 

 Ins hind part,, and bob his head slightly; it is only when walking or 

 trotting you wiU notice anything wrong, he does not seem to have 

 full control over his hind part. 1 have asked every veterinary 

 surgeon here, but they do not pretend to understand diseases of 

 dogs. Ans. Your dog may have organic disease of the spinal cord 

 or membranes, or it may he merely functional. Keep the bowels 

 clear and give the following: 



R Tr. nucis vom 3 ii. 



Syr. simplicis 5 ss. 



Aq. q.s. ad 5 ii. 



Mix. Sic. One teaspoonful n.ght and morning. 



CITRATE OF IRON AND STRYCHNINE. 



The following letter sent to us by Mr. W. Wade, of Pittsburg, 

 Pa., is a copy of one written by Dr. J. Frank Perry, of Boston, the 

 well-known author of "Dogs; their Management in Health and 

 Disease." The original was addressed to a Mr. Arthur Rendle 

 and relates to a prescription given lately in this department, 

 Rendle has printed a garbled extract from the letter and has thus 

 (innocently, we presume, for he is probably ignoianl in such 

 mailers) made Dr. Perry appear to be guilty of professional dis- 

 courtesy in criticising another physician. As the complete text 

 of his letter relieves Dr. Perry of such an unwelcome imputation 

 we gladly give it space, although beyond this the letter is of no 

 moment * for it states elementary facts: 



"Your letter of the 7th inst. is before me. With a courteous 

 introduction you submit the following problem: 'A dog is 

 troubled with a slight nervous disorder, probably resulting from 

 distemper. We respectfully ask whether in your opinion the 

 following prescription would effect a cure, as we understand it 

 has been recommended. Give the dog a pill, of the citrate of iron 

 and strychnine two (2) grains each, three times a day.' 



" Permit me in reply to say that interpreting the prescription 

 'to the letter' as you submit it, the remedy would not, in my 

 opinion, effect a cure. This literal interpretation, however, con- 

 sidering the peculiar nature of the prescription, I cannot assume 

 to be justified, at least it would be stultification did I not qualify 

 it. To make my meaning clear, Ferri et Strychnia! citratis, or 

 the citrate of iron and strychnine is what is termed an officinal, 

 or in other words, a standard preparation, not only in this country 

 but in Franco and Germany. It is made by wholesale chemists, 

 and rarely is its manufacture attempted by the dispensing drug- 

 gist. Not only that, hut the preparation is found in nearly all drag 

 stores iu 'pill form.' The pdls of the citrate of iron and strych- 

 nine are w T hat are termed one and two grain pills. The proportion 

 of the ingredients, iron and strychnine, vary somewhat in the 

 pills of different manufacturers. Nearly all one grain pills of . 

 that combination contain one grain of the iron and one-fiftieth of 

 a grain of strychnine. In some, however, we find one grain of iron 

 and one-sixtieth of a grain of strychnine, and, if memory is not at 

 fault, one manufacturer prepares two grain pills of the citrate of 

 iron and strychnine, in each of which there are two grains of the 

 iron and one-fiftieth of a grain of strychnine. The pills referred 

 to are commonly coated with sugar or gelatine, and are also made 

 by the wholesale chemists, and sold in bottles of 100 each or moro 

 to the dispenser. 



"While the prescription which you submit, literally rendered. 

 caUs for two grains of the citrate of iron and two grains of 

 strychnine, considering the facts which I have mentioned, one- 

 would naturally construe that a two graiD pill of the officinal or 

 accepted combination of those drugs was wanted and a druggist 

 would be justified in dispensing, on that prescription, such a pid 

 and no other. 



"That the prescription in question is improperly written is 

 evident, and yet, in all fairness, the error, from the fact that it is so 

 transparent, is ready very trifling and scarcely rises to the dignity 

 of the term, and cannot, in any light in which we may view it, 

 appear dangerous. 



"This question which you have done me the honor to submit to 

 me is one within the province of the dispensing druggist. I 

 therefore, copied your prescription, verbatim et literatim, and, 



