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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 14, 1889. 



AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER. 



FOLLOWING are the numbers of the dogs entered in the 

 January number of the American. Kennel Register: 



BEAGLES. 



6851. Goodwood Flora. J. Hoge. 6853. Music II.. G. M. Gibbs. 

 6853. Jennette, E. L. Bryant. 6854. Ranger, G. M. Gibbs. 



BULLDOGS. 

 6855. Murrax, H. Sohloetzer. 



COLLIES. 



685C. Beauty VIII., S. L. Dawes. 6861. Lothair of Baltimore, E.V. 



6857. Berry. Levi P. Morton. Harrison. 



6858. Flora VIL. Levi P. Morton. 6862. Malcolm, W. H. Rogers. 

 6S59. Laddie Rab, R, Wadhams. 6863. Ray II., H. Potberry. 

 6860. Lassie Jean.Curry&Parkes 



GREAT DANES. 

 6h'6f. Faust, G. W. Chandler. 



MASTIFFS. 



6805. Ashmont Tiny,W. Webster 6872. Iuana Neville, J. Chaplin. 



6866. 3oz, S. O'Connor. 6873. Leo YV., ,f. Wentworth. 



6867. Captain Jack, A. L. Dav. 6874. Monitor Neville, .T.Chaplin 



6868. Dassie, M. H. Raulett.. 6875. Psyche Neville, J. Chaplin. 

 6861). Do% m. H. Raulett. 6876. Rowcna Neville, J. Chap- 



6870. Gippie, M. H. Raulett. Hn. 



6871. Harner's Maude, J. Decker 6877. Yoe's Rex, W. A. Brown. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS. 

 6878. Meadowthorpe Prince George, John Marshall. 



POINTERS. 



687f). Flirt P., Joseph L. Preble. 6881. Pete III., M. H. Sterling. 

 6880. Neptune, F. C. Hand. 



PUGS. 



6882. Gip, W. C. Hamilton. 



ST. BERNARDS— Rough-Coated. 



6883. Berna II., Dr. Bergman. 6892. Lord Barrv IH., A. J. Phil- 

 6SS1. Brutus, John D. Kuser. lips, 

 '"'"p. Bueno, Daniel Robinson. 6893. Mark, Thomas Brennan. 



6S86. Cassius, John D. Kuser. 



6887. Duchess of Hoathfield, C. 



H. Spring. 



6888. Gretchen II., H. Barnliill. 



6894. Myra, N. Myers. 



6895. Princelimmon, Half-way 

 Brook Kennels. 



3. Sir Nord, A. F. Young. 



6889. Kinglimmon, C. A. Honck. 6897. Tariff, Greenbrier & Car- 



6890. Ladylimmon, Half-way roll. 



Brook Kennels. 6898. Yida, J. M. Gallaher. 



6891. Leo IV., Mrs. N. Beasley. 6899. Zora, D. Driscoll. 



Smooth-Coated. 



6900. Meg Merrilies, Edward Murphy, Jr. 



SETTERS.— English Setters. 



6901. Count Blue, H. M. Cutting. 6904. Leah III., H. M. Cutting. 



6902. Floss P., T. L. Patterson. 6905. Snipe, D. H. McKee. 



6903. Glendale, G. W. Stockley. 



Gordon Setters. 

 6906. Iron Duke, F. P Snowdeu. 6907. Sanborn's Dash, W. E. 



Sanborn. 



Irish Setters. 



6908. Ben II., H. M. Cutting. 6911. Jeff, James A. Shortal. 



6909. Creole. H. M. Cutting. 6912. Tempest, Ed. Aarenburtc 



6910. Don IV., Lewis R. Adams. 6913. Typo, C. A. Lane. ~ 



TERRIERS. — Bla.ck and Tan Terriers. 

 6914. Bessie King, A. W. Smith. 6915. Roseleaf, A. G. Adams. 



Bull-Terriers. 

 6916. Queen Lashtie. W. F. Bar- 6917. Royal Tyrant, H. F. Church 

 low. 6918. Winks. Wm. F. Barlow. 



Fox-Terriehs. 



6919. Hoosier Tom, H. T. WiUiams. 



Wire-Haired Terriers. 



6920. Midala, B. B. McGregor. 6922. Trophv II., W. P. Cowan 



6921. Petite, Chas. H. Coon. 



Yorkshire Terriers. 

 6833. Lady Dido, W. D. Reid. 



FOX AND HOUNDS ACAIN. 



Editor Forest and Stream. 



Several very entertaining articles have appeared lately in 

 the Forest and Stream regarding the New England mode 

 of fox chasing. It is also a noticeable fact that several of the 

 Eastern correspondents hold the same views on the question 

 and favor hunting foxes with dog and gun, while the Western 

 enthusiasts invariably do away with firearms of every de- 

 scription on such occasions, and participate in fox chases for 

 pleasure alone, and for the sole, purpose of enjoying riding 

 after a pack of dogs, giving good tongue as well as seeing 

 them trail, and if fleet enough run reynard to earth or kill 

 him. 



In this vicinity it is not necessary for dogs to kill a fox to 

 make a chase a perfect success; but to see and hear the 

 hounds, and occasionally, by good stiff riding, and cutting 

 across country, be stationed at a point and see reynard pass, 

 with the hounds close up, is as much genuine sport as a 

 Western man gets, or ever expects. 



For parties to go fox chasing here with dogs and guns, 

 their motive would seem more one of pecuniary gain by 

 shooting foxes for their skins than for the excitement of the 

 chase. Foxes are run here as they ale the world over, for 

 pleasure, health and excitement alone, and not as oue would 

 hunt game for the table or the market. Any party in this 

 vicinity or in the South (Avhich is, I believe, the greatest 

 resort in the world for this sport) who would wilfully shoot 

 a fox during a chase, or carry firearms for such a purpose, 

 would be censured by every true lover of this grand sport 

 The views of others iu the West and South, interested in 

 this subject, would be appreciated by a number of your 

 readers residing in south western Ohio." Buckeye. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The fascination of fox hunting nearly all of us are ac- 

 quainted with, likewise the ethics of it. At any rate we 

 ought to be after having seen the principles involved ex- 

 haustively illustrated in recent numbers of Forest and 

 Stream, along with an unmerciful trouncing for "Tallyho." 

 As one of a numerous company I don't care a rap what the 

 Denver denizen, or any other fellow with a cockney accent 

 has to say concerning my manner of fox chasing. If he 

 gloatingly jumps on my back for going iu pursuit of reynard, 

 on foot, through a strip of country that would afford a 

 young and ambitious mountain goat lots of opportunities for 

 developing its climbing propensities, I .shall not passionatel v 

 chew the wrong end of my cigar during the excitement. 

 » Up to a comparatively recent period the dogs employed in 

 foxhunting in this portion of central New York were "of the 

 large, big-boned, big-limbed breeds, occasionally of English 

 blood, but often crossed with that strain, and still ofteuer 

 of pure native steck. Most of them were cold nose starters, 

 stayers from away back, and every mother's son of them 

 fully warranted to drive the game to almost any point this 

 side of the Canadian border and return, inside of a dozen 

 hours. However, nearly all the old dogs and a majority of 

 the muscular, great-souled fellows who followed them, have 

 dropped out of sight. Y'ounger men and the frisky beagle 

 have come to the front. The constantly lessening snow fall 

 each year, in this county, has brought this tireless little 

 trailer into quite general use. Rabbits have grown notably 

 scarce, while the supply of red-racers has been, during the 

 past two years at least, something unprecedented. As a 

 result of this fox hunters have taken unanimously to the 

 beagles, with highly satisfactory results. Dogs running in 

 size from the standard along up to full 17in. and even more, 

 are used. The fox not being close pressed, indulges very 

 little in wide casts. His pace in passing choice runways is 

 more favorable to the hunter, and he is not infrequently 

 caught repassing the same runway in surprisingly brief 

 periods of time. Fox hunting with beagles, therefore, is 

 entirely the proper thing among a large majority of those 



who are deeply attached to the sport here. Nearly all the 

 brushes taken this year and last by Ithacans have been 

 secured ahead of beagles. A friend of mine who owns a 

 spanking brace, not much, if any, above, the standard in 

 size, shot a fox ahead of the pair recently, which, during a 

 lively chase of over an hour, ran inside of a circle that meas- 

 ured less than a mile in diameter. 



Isn't that getting a lot of glorious sport within limited 

 measurements? M. Chill. 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I am a New England fox hunter. Many and many a time 

 after a hard day of it after the game have I dragged myself 

 home and literally gone to bed with my boots on, too tired 

 to pull them off. But I don't recollect ever in all my life— 

 aud I'm gray — having beeu so weary and tired as I am made 

 by your correspondents whom you permit to have their fling 

 at us because we do save the skins of foxes, and who on that 

 ground charge us with fox hunting for profit. In the name 

 of St. Hubert and the one-eyed fox of Shanty Hollow, what 

 sort of men do your correspondents take us for? Do they 

 imagine that the New England fox hunters are a set of pov- 

 erty-stricken fellows out of a job, who take to fox hunting 

 because there is money in it? 



Now, just see here. Our club is composed of six men, and 

 these are their occupations: A runs a grist mill, B deals in 

 drugs, C is an express agent, D "lives on his money," E is 

 the village grocer, F is a school teacher. Of these six I am 

 one. We all think that we live comfortably. We have 

 enough to eat, manage to keep warm, do not work too hard, 

 have little worry— and go fox hunting. Mr. "Tallyho" 

 actually believes that we leave our respective homes before 

 light and undergo all the hardship— I mean fun— of a day 

 with the dogs, in the hope that we may capture a fox skin 

 to sell for the good of the six! In other words, are "Tally- 

 ho" and those who talk as he does fools ? Fools or no fools, 

 their pretext that we hunt for lucre is foolishness. I don't 

 know what the prevailing prices may be for fox skins, but I 

 do know that I have one skin of a fox that "Tallyho" could 

 not buy of me for one hundred dollars. It is worth more than 

 that to me as a trophy and memento of a two days' chase; 

 but this is something that "Tallyho" cannot understand. 



Rocky Hill. 



DOG TALK. 



SOME dogs make friends of everybody in town, and 

 . departing leave a host to mourn their loss. M. Chill 

 writes from Ithaca, N. Y., of such a clog, which has been 

 transferred to a new owner in another town: "The sudden 

 disappearance of the beautiful pointer Don (Mack— Gipsey) 

 whose work in the field the past season has been of a high 

 order, from this city, brings to the surface another striking 

 instance, of man's affection for a dog. The regretful toue 

 and tear-dimmed eye revealed the gentle attachment that 

 existed between Don and the good fellows who loved his 

 companionship. The highways and byways of the city that 

 Don didn't know are not worth worrying about. And his 

 friends— why, everybody was his friend. His headquarters 

 at a prominent grocery house was supplied with a chair 

 which he invariably occupied during the earlier part of 

 business hours. He was always on intimate terms with the 

 butcher and baker aud the other characters of the rhyme. 

 Don was both plebian and aristocratic. At a dozen firesides 

 he w r as daily welcomed. In the presence of wealth or among 

 the common people he was equally lavish in manifesting 

 his appreciation of the delicacies regularly tendered him. 

 And after his morning's tramp about town Don was 

 serenely content to return to the warmth of his kennel and 

 dream of bright days afield. Don was only a dog, but he 

 cleverly won a lot of friends who join with his late owner 

 in wishing that his new home in a neighboring township 

 may reach close to the retreat of those feathered beauties so 

 dear to a pointer's heart— the grouse, the woodcock and the 

 piping quail." 



The following touching epistle indicates what woes may 

 sometimes overtake the novice who rashly enters the 

 threshold of the dog world: "Breakabeen, Jan. 33, 1889. — 

 Forest A' Streams, you sent one forest & Streams to me last 

 Jan 1 read it, I bought one of gorden setter pupies last 



March at he sent the pupy to me, I found that he was 



diseased as same day as he sent him to me, when he was 3 

 months old, after 2 weeks he was manged, I spent #30 at the 

 doctors of the city of N. Y. but he is never cured since last 

 March 8. I lost $0 now because he cheated me. I think 

 that I will shoot the dog tomorrow or next week. I will 



fight with him of I troubled much which is costed 



*2U(J since last March. The people are afraid of my dog's 

 mange that they could not come to my hotel. My sister & 

 mother are sick now from the diseased dog. Mother is 

 dying. I was eczemed from the manged dog to be cured 



last April. I dont want you to nut in your Forest & 



Stream to sell his dogs. I will never buy one of his dogs 

 because, they are diseased. I am very Reveng to him. i or 

 (i dogs of here are manged now this fall, but my dog is 

 manged since last March. Will you please to tell me where 



is 1 dont know where is he. I sent 2 letters to him to 



buy one of his pupies 2 weeks ago but the post officer sent the 

 letters back to me. Will you please to send one forest & 

 stream to me for sample. Where can I buy one of gorden 

 setter pupies if they are no diseases it the kennel are good. 

 I dont want any disease puny. Answer me. — Prof. w"m. 

 13. B." On the. back of the letter was pasted the dealer's 

 advertisement with the following terse comment: "This is 

 the devil in the world. I cant buy one pupy for 1 ct." 



The Troy dog show is sure to be a successful one if good 

 management and care for the needs of exhibitors counts. 

 The managers appear to be alive to their own iuterests and 

 they seem to believe that the best way to further their in- 

 terests is to do all that lays iu their power to serve 

 those upou whom they are dependent for support. One of 

 the arrangements that they have made for the convenience 

 of exhibitors we are sure will be received with favor. A 

 large vacant barn has been secured aud fitted up with a 

 stove and a competent man placed in charge, where dogs 

 will be received and properly taken care of, free of charge, 

 on Friday night preceding the show. The owners of dogs, 

 from distaut points, that exhibit at New York the previous 

 week, will appreciate this arrangement, as in many cases it 

 will save a journey by rail aswell as much trouble in looking 

 up in a strange city a proper place to keep their dogs over 

 intervening days. We are assured that the managers will 

 do anything in reason that will add to the comfort of the 

 dogs or that may be thought to be of benefit to the exhibits 

 ors. We have no doubt that the efforts of the managers 

 will meet with the reward justly their due in a rousing list 

 of entries. Intending exhibitors should not forget that the 

 entries close on Saturday, Feb. 16. The address of the 

 secretary is Alba M. Ide, Troy, N. Y. 



The "poison fiend" has been at work at Haddonfield, N. J., 

 and a number of valuable dogs have been killed. There are 

 strong suspicions of the villain's identity and detectives are 

 on his trail. Should proof be found sufficient to convict the 

 fiend he will find that he has paid dearly for his dogs. 



Malignant distemper is raging in Jersey City, N. J., and 

 quite a number of valuable dogs, have died from its effects 



Mr. A. C. Wilmerding indignantly denies that his team 

 of Clumbers was imported from Wall street. We have 



carefully investigated the matter and find that he is correct. 

 The invoice bears the imprint of 12 Maiden Lane. We 

 understand that it was Mr. Wilmerding's intention to have 

 kept the news of his importation private until the closing 

 of the entries for the New York show as he did not wish to 

 discourage entries, and he is now greatly chagrined that he 

 will have no competition, and is looking for the fellow who 

 gave the news away. 



There was a "round up" at Hardin, 111., Feb. 2, for foxes 

 and wolves. One account states that thousands of men and 

 a large number of ladies took part in the surround which 

 covered the entire township. When the circle was complete 

 there were 21 foxes and 2 wolves inclosed, and dogs and 

 men made a break for the victims; but owiug to the excite- 

 ment the wolves and eight of the foxes escaped. There was 

 no end of fun and it is probable that another drive will 

 soon take place. * 



It appears that the Philadelphia Kennel Club intended to 

 change the dates for their show to the week left vacant by 

 the withdrawal of Baltimore, but as they could not obtain 

 the building for that week the dates remain unchanged. 

 The premium list is not yet ready; we understand that 

 liberal prizes will be offered, and that the managers will 

 spare no pains to make the show first-class in every respect. 

 The address of the secretary is Francis S. Brown, 008 Chest- 

 nut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The judges for Rochester dog show are Miss A. H. Whit- 

 ney, St. Bernards, Great Danes, Newfoundlands and pugs. 

 Mr. H. C. Glover, pointers, setters, foxhounds, beagles and 

 basset hounds. Mr. A. C. Wilmerding, spaniels. Mr. 

 James Mortimer the remaining classes. Mr. W. Tallman 

 is the superintendent. 



We have received a lot more predictions as to winners at 

 the coming dog shows, all marked confidential except one 

 from Tom Aldrich, who has several dark ones in his string. 

 This bit of news will not injuriously affect the New York 

 entries, as they have already closed. 



Our correspondent "Clumber" writes that a dog-stealing 

 epidemic has broken out at Ottawa. Can., aud that several 

 cocker spaniels are missing. He adds that there are strong 

 suspicions as to the identity of the thief, but unfortunately 

 no positive proof. 



Mr. E. B. Sears,. Melrose, Mass., received from England 

 on Saturday last the St. Bernard bitch Aveline, ovvu sister to 

 the celebrated youngster Sir Bedivere. We understand that 

 she will be at the New York show next week. 



We have received from Dr. Cryer an excellent photograph 

 of his champion pug dog Dude. The picture is by Schreiber, 

 of Philadelphia, and it shows up Dude just as he is, a good 

 one. 



Mr. Paul Gotzian, Forest Lake, Minn., has seut his Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Countess Amelia to be bred to F. Wind- 

 holz's Count Howard. She is by Lug Dhu and out of 

 Pickles II. 



The managers of the Philadelphia dog show have adopted 

 the American Spaniel Club classification No. 2, and Mr. S. 

 R. Hemingway of New Haven will judge the classes. 



Rochester adopts classification No. 1, and Albanv classifi- 

 cation No. 2. Mr. A. C. Wilmerding will judge the classes 

 at both shows. 



There will be a meeting of the Pointer Club at Madison 

 Square Garden Feb. 20 for the purpose of permanent organi- 

 zation. All interested are invited to attend. 



The Troy dog show will have a class for field spaniels 

 other than black if the entries warrant it. Dr. C. E. Nichols 

 will judge beagles. 



Mr. J. Shelley Hudson, of Covington, Ky., has purchased 

 the well-known English setter dog Sportsman from Major 

 J. W. Murnan. 



If you are a Chesapeake Bay dog man. read that note 

 about Cleaver in report of Mak-saw-ba Club shoot in our 

 trap columns. 



A prominent member of one of the American Pet Dog 

 clubs makes the claim that of the two evils his is the least. 



An exhibitor at the last Buffalo show is very anxious to 

 know what has become of the special prizes that were won 

 there. 



The annual meeting of the American Spaniel Club will be 

 held at Philadelphia April 16, the first day of the dog show. 



The National Coursing Club meet at Hutchinson, Kan., 

 announced for March 3, has been postponed four weeks. 



Mr. J. H. Phelan will judge pointers at Philadelphia. 



ALBANY DOG SHOW— Albany, N. Y., Feb. 8.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: The premium lists of our second an- 

 nual show have been somewhat delayed. They will be sent 

 out Monday. The first prizes in all but a few classes are $10, 

 second prize $p, third prize, diploma. First prize, puppy 

 classes, *5; second prize, silver medal. Kennel prizes in 

 principal classes, silver cup or $15 at the option of the wan- 

 ner. A number of other club prizes are announced in the 

 premium lists, and lists of special prizes will be published 

 later on in the sporting papers. The entries close Feb. 23. 

 Air. A. C. Wilmerding has been secured to judge the spaniel 

 classes, the club having adopted specification No. 2 of the 

 American Spaniel Club. Mr. William H. Tallman will 

 judge setters, pointers and other sporting dogs with the ex- 

 ception of greyhounds and deerhounds. These will go to 

 Mr. Mortimer.— G. B. Gallup, Secretary. 



BEAGLES AT PITTSBURGH. — Philadelphia, Feb. 8.— 

 Editor Forest and, Stream: Please stateiu your next issue 

 that the name of the female beagle winning vhc. at the 

 Pittsburgh show was Fay, and not Elf. It was not a case 

 of substitution, as Elf has not been our property for some 

 months. Elf and Fay are litter sisters, and as the entries 

 were made at the last minute, the name of Elf was inad- 

 vertently written! or Fay. Elf, by the way, is a much better 

 female than her sister Fay, and, undoubtedly, would have 

 won a much higher place had her owner shown her.— H. T. 

 Ireland, Manager Associated Fanciers. 



COLLIE CLUB MEETING.— Rah way, N. J., Feb. 9.- 

 Editor Forest and Stream-: Please announce that members 

 of the Collie Club are requested to attend a meeting of the 

 club in the committee room at Madison Square Garden, 

 Wednesday. Feb. 20, at 3 o'clock P. M. By order executive 

 committee,— J. D. Shotwell, Sec'y. 



