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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 34, 1889. 



COURSING. 



Editor Forest, and Stream: 



Having been a constant and careful reader of Fokest and 

 Stream for many years, T have never seeu any article which 

 pleased me more than the one under the above heading by 

 Mr. H. W. Huntington, in the issue of Jan. 17. Such read- 

 ing will no doubt help many a novice in selecting a good 

 young greyhound, or show him how to properly mate bis 

 dog or bitch to produce a world beater and conic to Great 

 Bend, Kansas, iu the near future and capture a good stake. 



The American Coursing Club is now one of the great sue 

 resses in the American sporting world. A few of us had a 

 hard struggle to place it on a good foundation. At the last 

 meet we had seven of the verybest bred dogs from England, 

 and visitors from nearly every State in the Union, which 

 goes to show that the sport is attracting the attention of 

 sportsmen throughout the entire land. I wish here to make 

 a prediction and wish coursers to remember the prediction, 

 that inside of ten years many of our larger cities east and 

 west will have coursing parks similar to Haydock, Plump- 

 ton, etc., in England, ban Francisco has bad an inclosed 

 park for years and they find no trouble in breeding the jack 

 rabbits in a breeding park. These jacks can be obtained in 

 any number throughout the West. In many parts of ( Col- 

 orado and California they are killed by the thousand to keep 

 them from eating too much of the pastures. They are re- 

 markably thrifty, living even on the dry sandy desert in 

 Utah, hundreds of miles away from water, and where there 

 is nothing for them to eat but here and there a blade of 

 bunch grass. So sparse is this grass that no other animal 

 can live on the desert, still you cau often see out of the car 

 windows of passing trains jack rabbits too numerous to 

 count. They live entirely on the wild grass of the West. It 

 In a notorious fact among Western coursers that all jacks 

 found near fields of tame grasses such as clover, alfalfa or 

 millet, are too fat to give a brace of fast greyhounds a good 

 pipe opener. 



I must take issue with Mr. Huntington on the question of 

 high priced dogs from England. He says that *300 will not 

 buy a really good dog in England. I know it will not buy 8 

 dog that has won or has a good chance of winning the great 

 Waterloo Cup, but I do know it will huy untried dogs of 

 breeding as good as any Waterloo winner that ever lived. 

 In his account of a recent importation which cost but $360, 1 

 think, unless very much mistaken, he has reference to my- 

 self as describing to him the very excellent bitch belonging 

 to my friend H. C. Lowe, and known as Whitelips. Now thi.-. 

 bitch was secured by Mr. Lowe's brother, who is also a noted 

 dog man in England and editor of the English Ken ml 

 Gazette. She is by Hotspur out of Kiss, by Misterton. who 

 won the Waterloo cup in 1879. She has'certainly some of 

 the rarest blood in all England coursing through her veins. 

 Now. T have been a courser for twenty years, and this is the 

 fastest and best working greyhound I have ever seen. We 

 had at the Great Bend meet a young bitch, by Jester out of 

 Lady Glendyne. Jester is the best stud dog in all England 

 to-day, and LAdy G-lendyne is the dam of Miss Glen'dvne, 

 winner of the Waterloo cup. The latter is bv Paris, and 

 Paris is full brother to Jester; so this young bitch is of ex- 

 actly the same blood as Miss Glendyne. She was obtained 

 direct from Mr. Dent, who owns all of her relatives, so there 

 is no question about her identity. She was a sapling, and 

 did not cost near »300. 



Only last week there arrived in this country Lord Never- 

 settle, by Jester out of Squirrel, one of the very best dogs in 

 all England. I say one of the best, because during the past 

 season he was Mr. Dent's trial dog, and this takes a dog not 

 only very fast, but one who is exceedingly clever at all his 

 work, so that the courser can judge of the speed and work- 

 ing qualities of the young things he tries with him. By 

 this your readers will see that our Western coursers are get- 

 ting the very best blood in all England to mix with our own 

 native stock, and it will be but a few years when you will 

 hear of some American-bred dog going to England and win- 

 ning some of their big stakes there, the same as our horses 

 have done. 



Now, while I am importing some of England's dogs for 

 my own kennel. I have yet to see the imported dog that can 

 hold his own in a hard found contest of say three strong 

 jack rabbits on our Western plains. The reason of this is 

 that the English hare is not so fast as our jack rabbit, and 

 the dogs make short races of them. I have seen very many 

 imported dogs that were very fast to the hare, but "if f hey 

 missed picking him up they soon became exhausted and fell 

 behind a much slower dog, who would either get to the 

 hare and work and drive the hare to death or loose him in a 

 long c overt In other words, all the imported dogs, and I 

 have seen many, did not have the staying qualities. This 

 great bitch Whitelips only lost the cup this year because she 

 could not stay up for a third course during the same day. 

 While she can play with Bessie Lee, the winner, for two 

 courses, Bessie can beat her any day the three best out of 

 five courses, all to be ran on the same day. I am breeding 

 for that grand combination of not only a fast but a dead 

 game dog. I now have the dead game, but I must say my 

 dogs are not quite as fast as I would like. I say this not- 

 withstanding that my dogs won first, second, third and 

 fourth prizes in the Great Bend Derby last October, consider- 

 ing the breeder who knows the faults of his own dogs and 

 tries to breed them out as on the right road. 



If the Eastern greyhound men think the Western dogs are 

 not high bred nor fast, let them send to England, if their 

 own dogs don't suit them, and get dogs and then come to 

 our coursing meets and try conclusions with us. f will 

 admit that many of our best coursing dogs have not extended 

 pedigrees, not because they are not pure bred greyhounds, 

 but because dogs were brought from England to the New 

 West and the pedigrees not kept or any attention paid to 

 them whatever. But the notion that our dogs are not pure 

 is fallacious because they all came from England originally. 



As to bench show qualities, we have many that could win 

 on the bench, but out West, as in England, it is seldom a 

 courser cares to exhibit his dogs because during the time 

 that shows are held is the time that coursing goes on. and a 



those of the exhibitor. That bench show form is necessary 

 in the greyhound for a successful courser 1 deny. They, 

 like the race horse, win in all forms and shapes. Of course 

 all coursers prefer to rear a good looking puppy, but they 

 are never cast aside until tried in the field. 



On a recent visit to New York I was closely questioned by 

 many dog men about the question of cruelty entering into 

 coursing. I hold that no death of any animal, domestic or 

 wild, is so sudden as that of the rabbit in the mouth of a 

 pair of dogs. I have hunted all kinds of wild animals with 

 gun and dogs, and I say that a pair of good deerhounds ran 

 kill a deer much quicker than a bullet can, even when it 

 strikes the heart. I have seen a buck run 150yds. with a 

 bullet through his heart, and on approach get up and go 

 30yds. further and fall dead. I have never seen a deer strug- 

 gle over thirty seconds when a pair of dogs had it by the 

 throat, and never have 1 seen one get away maimed or crip- 

 pled for life, as they often do from a gun. A jack rabbit's 

 life is very frail, and they are killed almost instantly by one 

 bite of a dog. I have never been guilty of shooting at, one 

 with a shotgun, but have frequently seen them run off wi;h 

 one leg broken by a shot striking. That I call cruelty to 

 animals, I have seen them kill cattle at the large slaughter- 

 ing houses, where it is done in the most humane manner 

 possible, still that is not nearly so sudden as in coursing the 

 rabbit. One of these inquirers had four horses in his ham 

 with all their tails docked. Now you can't find a man in 



the West cruel enough to do such a thing as that. 1 was 

 very much astonished to see that nearly' all the driving 

 horses in New York have had to submit to this barbarous 

 piece ot inhumanity, and right under the very eyes of that 

 great and good old man. whom I knew and assisted twenty 

 years ago in much of his work— the late Henry Bergh. 



Q. Van HUMMEUj, M.I). 



Omaha, Neb, 



Editor Forest a<nd Stream: 



The Santa Clara Coursing Club, of Santa, Clara county, 

 t aliforma, will hold a meet on Jan. 20. It is a limited 

 meet, and open only to nominations in the one county, 

 there are some good dogs in that couutv. it is said. 1 regret 

 to see that the meet will be held upon a Sunday. There 

 surely should be time enough during the week for another 

 day. This meet will come off at Newark. ( Jal. On Feb. 3 a 

 meet open for all comers will be held at the same place, 

 under the management of Messrs, Shay and Wren. E, II . 



Chicago, .Jan. 17. 



DALTON DOG SHOW. 



D ALTON. Mass., Jan. Lii.~mitor Forest, and Stream: 

 The Western Massachusetts Poultry, Pet Stock and 

 Kennel Association held their annual exhibition this week 

 on the 15th, Kith and 17th, at Dalton, and it was voted a suc- 

 cess, unanimously, the town hall being filled to its capacity 

 with exhibits. The management was good, and the exhib- 

 itors seemed well pleased with the attention shown them, 

 and expressed a desire to come again when they gave their 

 next show. The judging of the dogs was by E. K. Sperry, of 

 New Haven,Conn., who as before gave excellent satisfaction. 

 Below is the list of 



AWARDS. 



ST. BERNARDS.- Ooi/.s. 1st, F. K. Chaffee's Larry; 2d. T. A. 

 Brown's Leo. Bitches: 1st, F. K. Cha ffee's Sallie: Sri, A. Nardael's 

 Mag. 



ENGLISH SKTTERS.-Doys: 1st. .1. T. Gage's Don; 2d, S. H. 

 Kmory's Pomp. Bitches: 1st, N. F. Buell's .Top; 3d, B. C. Wells's 

 Bess. 



IRISH SETTERS. — Dugs: 1st, Henry Jacobs'* Doe; 3d, C. H. 

 French's Sport. Bitches: 1st, Henry Jacobs'* Floss; 2d, B. A. 

 Todd's Jennie. 



GREAT DANES.-Jst, Adolph Naeher's Maggie. 



BELLDOGS.-Dog*; 1st, W. C. Brague's Lion; 2d, H. J. Rod- 

 man's Tige. Bitches: 1st, F. K. Chaffee's Rose. 



BULL-TERRIERS— Dogs: 1st, Frank Wesson's Philadelphia 

 Prince: 3d, R. J. Hamilton's Ben. Bitches: 1st. James Jaudro's 

 Fannie; 2d, F. K. Chaffee's Tatters. 



C()LLlES.-I>0(/s: 1st, Geo. Pike's Leon; 2d, Geo. Daley's Shep. 

 Bitches: 1st. A. h. Cleveland's Prim-ess: 2d. Ttios. Gorman's Top- 

 sey. 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Dogs: Ernest Slater's Pet; 3d, Thomas 

 1 (alley's Shorty. Bitches: 1st, H.J. Dailey's Bess. 



WATER SPANIELS.— 1st, D. O'Laughlin's Sport. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS. -/> W ; 1st, B. F. Newell's Dandy. Bitehc*: 

 B. F. Newell's Sandy. 



FOX-TERRIERS.-Doi/!*: 1st, P. K. Chaffee's Dick; 3d, C. H. 

 Allen's Spot. Bitches: 1st. F. K. Chaffee's Flirt. 



PUGS.— Dogs: 1st and 2d, R. J. Hamilton's Toodleand unnamed. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, R. J. Hamilton's Rosa and Skip. 



BEAGLES.— 1st and 2d, R. J. Hamilton's Alto and Bass. 



SKYE TERRIERS.— 1st. R. J. Hamilton's Cute. B. F. 



NEW BEDFORD DOG SHOW. 



NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 19.— Editor Forest and 

 Stn am: The twelfth annual exhibition of the South- 

 ern Massachusetts Poultry Association, held here this week 

 was fully equal in point of merit to any of its predecessors 

 The dog department was much the best, so far as quality 

 goes, that we have yet had. There were 114 entries, and I 

 am confident that this number would have been at least 

 doubled had the show been for two or three days only, but, 

 unfortunately, the poultry portion of the management, iu 

 spite of the protest of the dog men, ruled that what was 

 sauce, for the gander was sauce for the dog, and decided that 

 in regard to time all should fare alike, and consequently 

 many dog owners that would have entered their dogs fork, 

 three day show would not consent to keep them on the 

 benches for five. The show, nevertheless, was the best that 

 we have yet had, and many of the best dogs iu t he country 

 were present, Mr. C. T. Browuell, the superintendent, took 

 good care of the dogs, and the judging was ably and accept- 

 ably done by Mr. Unas. H. Mason. Fol lowing is a list of the 

 AWARDS. 



MASTlFFS.-Do(/s: 1st, E. B. Sears's Sears' Monarch. Bitches: 

 1st, E. B. Sears's Countess of Dinsmore; 2d and very high com., S. 

 W. Crook's Beatrice and Empress. Puppies: Absent. 



ST. BERNARDS. — Rough-Co at kd — Dogs: 1st, E. B. Sears's 

 Plinlimmon, Jr.— SMOOTH-CoATHn— Dogs: 1st, Elmwood Kennels' 

 Beauehamp. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.-Doi/s.- 1st, withheld; 2d, F. B. Nesbitt's 

 Blucher. 



DEERHOUNDS.— Champion— Dog: J. E. Thayer's Bran. Bitch: 

 .T.E.Thayer's Wanda.— Open— Dogs: 1st and 3d, J. E. Thayer's 

 Robber Chieftain and Duncan. Biteiies: 1st and 2d, J. E. Thayer's 

 Pride of the Heather and Theodora. 



GREYHOUNDS.— Champion— Dog: H. W. Huntington's Balkfs. 

 Bitch: H. W. Huntington's Cassandra.— Open— Dogs: 1st, H. W. 

 Huntington's Highland Chief. 



POINTERS.— Dogs: 1st, Fleet View Pointer KennelB' Spot Dash; 

 2d and high com., G. W. Lovell's Beaufort II. andMLkado. High 

 com., Mrs. Geo. A. Kirov's Dan. Com., Dr. E. J. Weeks's Punch. 

 Bitehes: 1st. Fleet View Pointer Kennels' Belle Randolph; 2d and 

 very high com.. Gr. W. Lovell's Portland Lilh and BelJe of Maine. 

 —Puppies— Dogs: 1st, G. W. Lovell's Brake C; 2d, Fleet View 

 Pointer Kennels' Fleet View Randolph. Bitches: 1st, G.W. Lovell's 

 May B.; 2d, W. T. Ally's Maud. High com., H. L. Rice's Belle of 

 Naso. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.- Dogs: 1st, F. S. Kelley's Gvp; 2d, with- 

 held. High com., G. W. Parker's Don. Bitches: 1st, G. W. Lovell's 

 Snow-flake. Puppies: 1st and 2d, F. S. Keller's Gvp, Jr., and 

 Fred S. 



IRISH SETTERS. — Dogs: 1st, St, Cloud Kennels' St. Cloud;-8d, 

 Dr. B. C. Rowland's Dandy. Very high com., J. T. A. Bolton's 

 Rex. Bitches: 1st, St. Cloud Kennels' Bessie Gleucho; 2d, R. N. 

 Allen's Nell.— Puppiks -Dogs: 1st, SI. Cloud Kennels' Young 

 Eleho. 



GORDON SETTE RS. — Dogtc 1st, F. B. Queen's Cyrus; 3d, E. H. 

 Eld ridge's Duke, Bitches: 1st, 2d and high com., C. T. Brownell's 

 Beulah, Norah and Judy II. High com., St. Cloud Kennels'. loan. 

 —Puppies— Dogs: 1st, C. T. Brownell's Murkland. Bitches: 1st, C. 

 T. Brownell's Gordon Chloe. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Dogs: 1st, F. Bowers's Gip; 3d, W. H. 

 Mosely's Jerry. Bitches: 1st, F. Bowers's Flirt. 



COCKER SPANIELS.-Dogti: 1st, O. B. Gilnian's Sancho. 

 Bitches: 1st, W. H. Mosely's Riette. 



BEAGLES.— Dogs: 1st, withheld; 2d, B. F. Dexter's Bugler. 

 Bitehes: 1st, withheld; 3d and very high com.. B. F. Dexter's 

 Fannie and Cute.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, withheld; 2d, B. F. Dex- 

 ter's Bumble. 



FOXHOUNDS -Dogs: 1st. withheld; 3d. J. G. WlmlonV .Tjwk. 

 —Puppies— Dogs'- 1st, J. G. Whalon's Hunter. 

 COLLIES.- W i thheld. 



BULLDOGS.— Champion /Jo(7.- J. E. Thayer's Robinson Cru- 

 soe. Bitch: J. E. Thaver's Britomartis.— Open— Dog*: 1st, E. S. 

 Porter's Lion. Bitches: 1st, E. S. Porter's Thespian." 



BULL-TERRIERS.- Over SSlbs.— jDoffs; 1st, H, F. Church's 

 Royal Tyrant. Bitches: Withheld. -Under 25nBK. — Dogs: 1st, H. 

 G. Vinal's Banjo; 2d, E. R, Lewis's Whiskers. Bitches: 1st, F. F. 

 Dole's Nell Bright; 2d, H. ft. Vinal's Nanrio. High com., C. 

 Green's Nellie.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, F. G. Tripp's Brian. Bitches: 

 1st, H. S. Vinal's Maud: 2d, Rockdale Kennels' Rockdale Belle. 



FOX-TERRIERS.-Cbampion— Dog: J, E. Thaver's Belgrave 

 Primrose. Bitches: J. E. Thayer's Richmond Olive. OvKS—]Jogs: 

 1st and 3d, J. E. Thayer's Reckoner and Luke. BiteJies: 1st and 2d, 



J. E. Thayer's Richmond Dazzle and Princess. Puppies— Dogs: 

 Jst, J E. Thayer's Hillside Dandy. Bitches. 1st, J. E. Thayer's 

 Hillside Jaunty. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.— Bitche*: 1st. withheld; 2d, E. 

 Ennis's Tillie. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS. — Dogs: 1st, P.H.CoombS's Bradford 

 Harry; 2d, C. N. Symonds's Tom's Royal. 



PUGK-Dom: 1st, C. E. Mackenzie's Cully. Bitches: 1st, G. L. 

 Brownell's Blossom; 3d, P. BosWeM's Pinkie. Very high com., J. 

 H. Bannister's Dot. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS.— Ciiampiom— Dof/: W. Phillips's 

 Roseius.— Open— Bitches: 1st, W. Phillips's Norma, 



BLENHEIM SPAN 1 ELS.— Dof/s: 1st. W. Phillips's King Pipoin. 

 Bitehes: 1st, W. Phillips's Grand Duchess. 



WHITE ENGLISH TERRIERS.— Doys." 1st, W. Routlev's White 

 Prince; 2d, Dr. J. H. Sweet's Dandy. Bitches: 1st, F. F. Tripp's 

 Minnie. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 

 Best mastiff, open class. Sears' Monarch; bitch, Conn! ess of 

 Dinsmore; St. Bernard, Plinlimmon, Jr.; Newfoundland, Blucher: 

 keunel deerhounds, J. E. Thayer: dog in open class. Robber Chief- 

 tain; bitch, Pride of the Heather: greyhound dou, Balbis; bitch, 

 Cassandra: kennel pointers, G. W. Lovell; dog, Spot Dash; bitch. 

 May B.; puppy, the same; English setter dog, Gvp; in New Bed- 

 ford, the same: bitch, Snowflake; kennel Irish setters, St. Cloud 

 Kennels: dog, SI, Cloud; bitch, Bessie fth-ncho; kennel of Gordon 

 setters, C. T. Browned; dog, Cyrus; bitch i2), Beulah; field spaniel 

 dog, Gip; bitch. Flirt; cocker spaniel dog, Sancho; bitch, 

 Riette; foxhound (2), Hunter; bulldog, Robinson Crusoe: bitch, 

 Britomartis: kennel of bull-terriers, H. G. Vinal: dog, Banjo; 

 bitch, Nell Bright; puppy, Brian: kennel of fox-terriers, J. E. 

 Thayer; dog m open class, Reckoner: bitch, Richmond Dazzle; 

 rough-coated terrier, Bradford Harry: smooth-eoated, Minnie: 



puppies, same owner; largest number of prizes won bv New Bed- 

 ford exhibitor, O. T. Browne!!: setter owned in New Bedford, the 

 same; setter puppy, Gyp. 



Phillip. 



DOG SENSE. 



Kditor Forest and Stream: 



I notice in recent numbers of Forest Anb Stream several 

 communications, giving remarkable instances of dogs track- 

 ing their masters. They remind me of an incident which 

 occurred last summer. Mr. Henry Drittler, of Hancock, is 

 the possessor of a little black and tan terrier, Wallie, which 

 is much attached to its master. One day last August Mr. 

 Drittler attended a picnic at Marquettt . distant some 

 ninety-live miles from Haneoeii, leaving by a special excur- 

 sion train in the morning. Wallie was locked in the house, 

 but on being released some time after the departure of the 

 train, he went direct to the railroad depot and boarded the 

 regular passenger train, getting off at Marquette, where he 

 soon found his master. Although the dog had accompanied 

 Mr. I), as far as L'Ause, some twenty- five miles, ou former 

 occasions, he had never been taken further, and how he 

 knew where his master had gone, or what impelled him to 

 pass all intervening stations and choose Marquette, is more 

 than I can comprehend. Latjbe. 



DOG TALK. 



AT a recent meeting of the Black and Tan Terrim- Club 

 of England, the rale of the club prohibit] ug dogs that 

 have been cropped from competing for a club prize, was 

 strongly approved and the hope was expressed that the 

 committee of the Keunel Club will shortly see their way to 

 issue their edict against the practice of cropping. The 

 American Kennel Club should at ouce take this matter in 

 hand. We can assure them of the hearty support of the 

 public in any action they may take to suppress the barbar- 

 ous practice. 



The Canadian Governmeut has recently instructed its 

 custom officers that dogs imported into tine Dominion are 

 subject to tax according to their value. Heretofore they 

 have been exempt when imported for breeding purposes. 



Mr. H. L. Goodman, who judged mastiffs at Pittsburgh 

 iu 1887 and gave The Lady Clare an he. card in a poor class, 

 has been trying to teach the well-known authority in Eng- 

 land, Mr. Richard Cook, something about the breed. 



The managers of the Columbus dog show are receiving a 

 large number of valuable special prizes for the different 

 breeds. Entries close Jan. '25. The address of the secretary 

 is T. R. Sparrow, Hox 833, Columbus, O. 



Mr. A. C. Wilmerding has added a team of Clumbers to 

 his kennel of spaniels aud intends to capture all the prizes 

 in classes for this breed at the coming shows. 



It is reported that Mr. F. B. Fay, of Boston, will dispose 

 of his King Charles spaniels and take up one of the short- 

 haired breeds. 



The well-known English judge. Mr. Ered Greshain, has 

 accepted the invitation of the New England Kennel Club to 

 judge at their coming show. 



Mr. J. Campbell, of Montreal. Canada, ha* sent an order 

 to England for a number f Yorkshire terriers. 



Can any of our readers send us the pedigree of the Irish 

 setters Gleudale and Spriugman's Purely: 



Mr. Jean Grosvenor, of Boston, is going iu for a team of 

 fox-terriers. 



MR. GOODMAN "COOKED."— Hultou. Pa,, Jan. 19.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: Richard Cook, Esq., honorable 

 secretary of the English Mastiff Club, lately exposed some 

 preposterous criticis ms of mastiffs that Mr. (Toodnian en- 

 lightened the pages of a Western paper with. Mr. Goodman 

 has made a reply to this, and a more presumptuous piece of 

 business I never saw. Mr. Cook stands at the top of English 

 mastiff men, has bred and owned very many of the best that 

 England ever saw, has judged them and reversed the de- 

 cisions of such eminent authorities as Dr. Turner and Mr. 

 Allen, and his decisions aroused no protesting. Mr. Good- 

 man has conclusively shown, beyond a shadow of doubt, 

 that he is the most utterly incompetent judge of mastiffs 

 that ever stepped into an American judging ring, incapable 

 of comprehending one single primary principle as to mas- 

 tiffs. He actually argued with me ttiat Wacouta Nap, 30}£ 

 inches high, a bright, almost silver fawn, was Corsair, about 

 27 inches high, and red fawn! In addition to extreme pre 

 suuiptuousness in disputing Mr. Cook, apparently even iu 

 veracity, he commits the inexcusable impertinence of offer- 

 ing a wager ou the matter. As it is certain that Mr. Cook 

 himself will be stopped from reply by this offer, I feel that 

 somebody should point out the character of the article, and 

 as nobody else is likely to do it. I venture into the breach. — 

 W. Wade, 



ROCKINGHAM- DONNA WHELPS.-New York, Jan. 

 21.— Editor Forest and Stream: On March 5 last the Rose- 

 croft Kennels' bitch Donna (Yale Belton — Forest Dora) was 

 bred to champion Rockingham, On the 7th she was served 

 again by him and then returned to our kennels. On the 8th 

 By a blunder on the part of an attendant, our Prince Fore- 

 man (champion Foreman— Jolly Nell) was turned into the 

 yard in which she was exercising, and before the mistake 



