May 9, 1889.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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the eyes, wide-chested, black-haired save for a white strip 

 between his arms; wonderfully kind, except to other dogs. 

 He seemed to understand at an early age that it was his 

 business to take care of the house. If a tramp came into 

 the yard he never treated the intruder otherwise than with 

 courtesy. The tramp would never come in if he caught 

 sight of the dog, but once iu the dog attended him to a door 

 or the gate as the trap inclined. The tramp must touch 

 nothing; he could knock at the door, if it were opened Dnke 

 entered, faced round and stood there; when the tramp went 

 away he escorted him off the premises. If a tramp offered 

 him a part of his meal he declined. He could distinguish 

 between a hungry man and a peddler, aud drew the hue at 

 the latter; this was one of his virtues that won the heart bj 

 bis mistress. One of this gentry came ou a summer day to 

 the front gate. Duke met him there. The foot-trader hesi- 

 tated, but the dog looked so friendly that he ventured to put 

 his hand on the latch; the dog growled. The peddler tried 

 flattery and called him pet names; then, feeling encouraged, 

 he reached over and patted the guardian on the head. Cer- 

 tainly that must settle the business, and he placed his hand 

 on th*e latch again, but took it off immediately. Ihe ped- 

 dler was puzzled, but with characteristic persistence ven- 

 tured on further caresses, which the dog received in digni- 

 fied silence. The fellow's band alternated between the. dog's 

 head and the gate latch for ten minutes, while the madam, 

 looking through the closed blinds, eujoyed the exhibition. 

 The peddler did not come in. 



One would imagine that a dog in grateful remembrance 

 of a bone or a refuse scrap from the family butcher would 

 accord to that individual privileges not allowed to others 

 not members of the household. But the butcher came one 

 dav and Duke met him and escorted him to the back door, 

 both romping by the way: the butcher knocked, there was 

 no response. Now, let him tell it in his own way: 



"Nobody answered my second knock and 1 knocked agin; 

 still nobody come, and Duke, he stood there lookiu' up at 

 me waggiu' his tail and sayin' as well as he could he was 

 glad to see me, But I had to leave the meat; the door was 

 locked; then I thought I would raise the kitchen winder 

 and lay it on the sill inside. Good enough. I put my hand 

 on the sash, raised it about an inch, and Duke stepped right 

 in front of me and growled. Icouldn't think what he mwmt 

 and spoke to him. But he give me to understand right 

 there that I must not raise that winder. What did I do? 

 Why, I just put my arm rouud his neck aud hugged him, 

 and' went and left the meat next door and ast 'cm to tell 

 your wife when she come home. Talk about dogs not 

 knowin'— go way! As well as he knowed me he kuowed £ 

 hadn't no business goiu' in that winder, I tell you, Squire, 

 I love that dog!" 



So did I, and to this dav it is a pleasure to ackuowledge 

 my faith in him. When I was away from home I knew the 

 loved ones were as safe as if guarded by men with muskets: 

 safer, because love prompted him to duty, and where that 

 is. even in a dog, nothing will be lacking. 



Duke's good traits were many and he taught himself; his 

 vice was fighting and that was taught him by a neigh bor's 

 boy, and I taught the boy something— but that did hot 

 break the dog of the habit. He was accustomed to take a 

 run around the neighborhood iu the morning if ho missed 

 getting into the house the night before. He always waited 

 for me to open the gate for him, greeting me pleasantly as 

 I came out. He could open the gate as well as I, but he es- 

 tablished the custom audit was my province to fall in with 

 it and we both enjoyed it. One morning when I opened the 

 door I saw him lying in front of the gate, he did not move 

 when T stepped out. and my heart felt for a second like a 

 lump of lead in my breast. I made the few steps betweeu 

 us with an oppression weighing upon me that I could not, 

 five minutes before, have believed possible. As I looked 

 down upon him, convinced of my loss, I wanted to know 

 who was the cause of it and then I felt it were better that I 

 did not. And that same want haunts me now, after four- 

 teen years, with the soberer feeling attending like a shadow 

 appealing against the bitter purpose. I thought then : 



"'Tis the murd'rous an' unmanly play 

 That gives the pang." 



though "Puir Buffie" was not then known to me. 



My friend Duke could have throttled the animal made in 

 His image, if in a fair field. The poet was a better Christian 

 than I; he knew the poisoner of his pet and harmed him 

 not, though perhaps he withheld his forgiveness. I can 

 only have hope in the fulfillment of the last stanza, believ- 

 ing that the superseuse of animals deserves more considera- 

 tion than it receives. We dare not avow that it may not 

 prove to be something even more exalted. L. B. PRANCE. 



RACING THE YOUNGSTERS, 



WE had a matinee at the coursing park yesterday after- 

 noon for the purpose of further testing our plans aud 

 the practicability of coursing on inclosed grounds. We 

 made au eight-dog stake for pups under la months old, all 

 of Sandy Jim's offspring, and owned by eight different 

 parties. D. C. Luse, of Great Bend, judge. A week previous 

 to the races we drove 15 good buck jacks into the running 

 grounds aud trained them by chasing them through the 

 course three times during the week with cur dogs and 

 muzzled greyhounds, so that they were familiar with the 

 escapes. We had some very fine courses as the dogs had all 

 been raised in the country and been used to running jacks 

 and if anything above the average of pups of that age. We 

 slipped them closer to the jacks than the rules call for as 

 they had never been in slips before, and out of the eight 

 races they only caught three and some of them they never 

 turned. What they did catch led the dogs at least half a 

 mile to the first turn. The day was beautiful, a good turn- 

 out and everybody enjoyed the sport. Mr. Luse makes a 

 good judge aud gave general satisfaction. In driving our 

 grounds we had no trouble in getting in all the jacks we 

 needed and could have secured as many more as we did get. 

 They haVe increased beyond our most sanguine anticipa- 

 tions. I think without exaggeration there are 75 old ones 

 and perhaps 200 young ones in the park:. I have bought and 

 put in 52 young ones up to date. We saw young ones in the 

 drive that were almost grown. This was only au experi- 

 mental meeting and settles the practicability of the scheme 

 in favor of success. The next meeting we think we will 

 hold in Chicago the last of September if we can get a suit- 

 able park. There will be a committee appointed to go there 

 soon to make all necessary arrangements, 



M. E. Allison. 



Hutchinson, Kas., April 39. 



THE ENGLISH NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS. 



THESE trials began near Newport, Shropshire, Eng., 

 April 23. Iu the Puppy Stakes there were 33 starters, . 

 20 setters and 13 pointers. The winuiug setters were: 



First, Pride of Salop (G. Shaw), lemon and white bitch, 

 11 months (Little Billey— Bess). 



Second, Rosa (A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale), liver and white 

 bitch, 14 months (Ross— Pitti Sing). 



Third, Ranger (A P. Heywood-Lonsdale), black, white 

 and tan 'dog, U months (Dick Wind'em— Peep Bo). 



Fourth, Trip of Kippen iF. C. Lowe), liver and white dog, 

 15 months (Tutsham Trip— Dido). 



POINTERS. 



First, Banco of Brussels (A. Morren), orange and white 

 dog, 15 months (Master Bang Bang— Lorna Doom; of Kip- 



Pe Second, Gem of Kippen (F. C. Lowe), lemon and white 

 bitch, 14 mouth (Kent Cob— Magpie). 



Third. Toil ( T. Statter), lemon and white dog, 14 months 

 (Naso of Upton— Titid. 



Absolute winner, Banco of Brussels. 



ACTON REYNALD STAKES. 



For pointers or setters (limited to 12). There were 8 point- 

 ers and 4 setters. The winnine pointers were: 



First, Woolton Game (G. Pilkington), liver and white 

 hitch, 2 veavs, 2 mouths (Gough— Larkspur). 



Second, Belle des Bordes (P. Caillard), liver and white 

 bitch, 6 years (Young Bang— Pollie). 



SETTERS. 



first, Bouny Daisy (J. Bishop), black, white and tan bitch, 

 23 months (Sailor— Flora). 



Second, Randolph (F. Bibby), white and liver ticked dog, 

 ;; years (Tory II.— Border Nell). 



Absolute winner, Woolton Game. 



CLOVERLY STAKES. 



Fot poiuter and setter braces. There were five braces en- 

 tered and the winners were: 



First, R. LI. Purcell-Llewelliu's English setter bitches 

 Coquet B., black and white, 3 years 1 month (Dashing Bon- 

 dhu— Duchess Primrose), and Belle Bondhu, black and 

 white, 3 years (Dashiug Bondhu— Duchess Placid). 



Second", R. J. Lloyd Price's liver and white pointer dog and 

 bitch. Sir Watkin,' 2 years (Jasper— Mink), and Miss Six- 

 pence, 3 years 3 months (Lucky Sixpence— Golden Slippers). 



RUSSIAN - SIBERIAN - CIRCASSIAN WOLF- 

 HOUNDS OR GREYHOUNDS. 



Editor Forest' and Stream: 



I am tempted to set up as an "authority." I used to fight 

 very shy of that reputation, but I know of half a dozen or 

 more who dou't know half the little that I do, setting up as 

 wiseacres and good lack, as "judges;" and I don't see why 



PONTIAC AND BRAKE. — Editor Forest and Stream; 

 Iu reviewing the performances of the two heavy-weight 

 pointers Pontiac and Brake at the recent shows, your re- 

 porter assumes that Messrs. Davidson, Tallman and Mor- 

 timer were wrong in their judgment, and that the other 

 judges who agreed with him were, right. Now considering 

 that two at least of the judges are exceptionally experienced 

 sportsmen, is it not more probable that their preference for 

 Pontiac was due to his having the best points for a field dog; 

 than that they made all the errors that he accuses them of ? 

 Your reporter admits that Pontiac has better hiudquarters 

 than Brake, and every one who has seen him iu the Bold 

 must know that his shoulders, chest, etc, correspond with 

 them or he could not have the free gait and great endurance 

 that he has, and as to his being coarse, I can only say that 

 if he were any finer, he would be so much the less tit for the 

 rough work that a field trialer has to perform.— C. E. Mc- 

 MURDO. 



Lima oil, as some of the light that has been lately shed on 

 us does. To the point: I propose to "setup" on the above 

 breed, breeds or imitation of breeds, principally because 

 t hey are new, and nobody knows what is the "right thing;" 

 and, further, because I would like to "boom" the breed. I 

 am not circumstanced so that 1 can breed them myself, or I 

 would go into them at once, for they are the loveliest dogs 

 I have ever seen, and the chiev de luxe. 



Like other of our recent "authorities" I bank ou what 

 can pick out of books, and following Mr. Potts, I take Vero 

 Shaw, skillfull v mix Balziel's new edition of "British Dogs," 

 flavor the hash' with the three dogs of the breed I have seen 

 and am an object to be looked up to. The beauty of Vero 

 Shaw's picture's will be admitted at once, but what is faulty 

 iu the dogs, as members of the greyhound family, is lack of 

 length of body; heads, less, chests and coats are very good; 

 the'fault of Domovoy in "British Dogs" is principally rough- 

 ness or wiriness of coat. This should not be: the coat should 

 be just what we should look for in a cross of setter and grey- 

 hound, shorter than the setter's, perfectly flat, fringed about 

 as shown in Domovoy (thunder! the "authority" said 

 "fringed" when it should be "feathered"). 



The faults of the dog shown at New York were that he 

 is very much too short iu body and badly carried and feath- 

 ered tail. Compare him with a greyhound and the lack of 

 length is obvious at a glance, while the tail is all wrong; 

 this dog's tail is a setter one, pure and simple, both in car- 

 riage aud feather. Whoever saw a greyhound with a sickle 

 tail, carried up above the back like the boom of a derrick!' 

 It should be carried between the legs with just the tip stick- 

 ing out, like the picture of Lauderdale in Vero Shaw. 

 Then it should uot be brushed from the root to point, it 

 needn't be bunched with rags at the end like a Persian's, but 

 free from feather at the root and moderately fringed from 

 about half way to the tip. (Oh, yes, like a "pure" Gor- 

 don's.) Mr. Hacke's dog, Czar, shown at Pittsburgh, was 

 too much of the deerhound in type, with a curly, somewhat 

 soft or wooly coat, not the sleek, shiny one of his son or of 

 the New York dog; his face had the rudiment of a beard 

 and was not as finely drawn as it should be. His son, shown 

 at the same show, was about perfection: Very large with 

 great length, reached like a cat, with tremendous quarters, 

 tucked up flank, coat just right, and exquisite head, tail 

 nicely tucked in and feathered on only about three-quarters 

 of its length. I constantly thought as I looked at this dog, 

 "What a'dog to follow a handsome span of horses or a lady 

 on horseback." What a dash "Flora McFlimsey" would cut 

 with a pair of these dogs "to wear," and what a hole she 

 would make in papa's pocket to carry out her ambition to 

 be ahead of her dear rival! 



We really have no breed of dogs thoroughly suited for 

 this purpose. As a companion-guard a mastiff is perfection, 

 but he is quite too heavy and ponderous for following a 

 horse. The same as to St Bernards, and as I see them, too 

 many are faulty in hiudquarters. Neither have the elegance 

 of outline that accords well with a thoroughbred horse or 

 dame of fashion. A greyhound has the elegance but lacks 

 the appearance of power, and a deerhound would be con- 

 sidered an ugly dog by ninety-nine out of a hundred non- 

 dog show habitues. The mere appearance of a boarhound 

 is terrifying, and tew beaux would have the courage to ap- 

 proach Miss Flora when she was so attended. No other dog 

 comes near the requirements of size. Now the Czarish 

 greyhound (be he in either of the above divisions) has every 

 desired qualification: beauty, size, power and speed, and I 

 should think their dispositions were excellent. Their ex- 

 pression is very amiable and pleasing, and they seem as fond 

 of attention as most dogs. 



So many Americans of wealth and leisure "go into dogs 1 

 just to be iu the swim, and ten chances to one pitch on to 

 mastiffs, St. Bernards, fox-terriers or collies, that are well 

 taken up now, and where they either have to dip repeatedly 

 in their pockets to keep up or he rated second fiddlers, with 

 ninety- rune out of a hundred chances against their ever 

 making a name except as liberal buyers; now why don't 

 some of them take up this lovely breed, almost unknown 

 here and but little fancied in England? They are no more 

 in the shade than St. Bernards were when Macdona took 

 them up. and they are now at the top of the tree. 



To be honest with you. I have tried to forestall the market 

 by sending an order to England, and this is in the nature of 

 a free ad. I don't intend to keep the dogs myself, but I 

 know a good fellow who will take care of that end of the 

 ' string. Whoever follows my example should be sure to 

 ! require the greyhound type, not the deerhound. one. From 



the fact of Mr. Hacke's old dog being of the latter type and 

 his son of the former, I am convinced that there is little 

 exact uniformity of type in them, particularly as Mr. Haeke 

 selected his pair at the Jardin d'Acc imatation at Pans. 

 The greyhound is very much the handsomer type of dog. 



W. Wape. 



Hui/ton, Pa. 



DOG TALK. 



IN quoting the remarks of the Omaha Herald last week in 

 relation to the dog show held in that city being a fake, we 

 should have noted that the Herald is owned and managed 

 by Mr. R. A. Craig. The average daily paper generally 

 mixes up dog matters in a manner wonderful to behold, but 

 Mr. Craig, as our readers well know, is very apt to get hold 

 of the right end of the stick. We are informed that a num- 

 ber of prominent dog men in Omaha have decided to lorm 

 a kennel club, and we have no doubt that the show they 

 propose holding next season will receive the hearty support 

 of exhibitors as well as the public. 



Mr. Wm. Graham, or as he is better known, the Irish 

 Ambassador, does not often get a rise taken out of him in 

 the line of dogs, but the following little tale, if true, shows 

 that complications may arise that are not contemplated even 

 in the best laid plans: It appears, so the story goes, that m 

 some unexplained manner the Ambassador became the 

 owner of a dog that in common parlance was a "oad un," 

 and how to get rid of him without any strain upon his con- 

 science became an absorbiug question. Finally the dog was 

 given to a person who was about to exhibit at a distant 

 show with instructions to enter him for sale at t'2lt. and to 

 accept the best offer obtainable, one-half the proceeds to be 

 retained for the service. Now it happens that the Ambass- 

 ador had a friend to whom he had given a roving commis- 

 sion to purchase any dog that was good and cheap, and the 

 friend happened to attend this show, and seeing the dog— a 

 veritable "flat-catcher"— was so well pleased with it that he 

 at once secured it, paid the price and shipped it forthwith 

 to the Ambassador, who is still trying to figure up the 

 profit and loss in the transaction. 



At the meeting of the Associate Members of the American 

 Kennel Club held during the Boston dog show for the pur- 

 pose of organization there w T ere 11 members present and 23 

 were represented by proxy. Dr. J. F. Perry was unani- 

 mously elected President, Mr. E. H. Moore, Vice-President: 

 and Mr. H. W. Huntington, Secretary. The above named 

 officers were also appointed as delegates to the American 

 Kennel Club. 



Mr. Wm. Graham, of Belfast, Ireland, arrived in this city 

 last Saturday. We were favored with a visit from him on 

 Monday and'were pleased to see him looking so well. He 

 leaves to-day for San Francisco to judge at the. show of the 

 Pacific Kennel Club, to be held May 22 to 25. As an all 

 round judge Mr. Graham has few equals and the fanciers of 

 the Pacific coast are to be congratulated upon securing his 

 services. 



The National Poultry and Bench Show Association of 

 Atlanta, Ga,, has been dropped from membership by the 

 American Kennel Club for uon-paymeut of dues, and the 

 officers of the association, Messrs. H. W, Grady, T. O. Hall 

 and W. B. Henderson, have been disqualified from showing 

 under A. K. C. rules, for non-payment of prize money won 

 at their show in January, 1888. 



There was a dog fight at Winsted, Conn., recently, between 

 a Newfoundland and a foxhound. After a short scrimmage 

 the Newfoundland seized his antagonist and dragging him 

 into some water held his head under until he was dead. 

 The owner of the foxhound we understand will bring suit 

 for the value of his dog against the owner of the victor. 



Mr. E. B. Goldsmith, forwarding agent of 58 Wall street, 

 this city, has just received per steamer State of Nebraska . 

 the rpd Irish setter dog Garryowen IV.. from the Kennels of 

 Mr. Jas. J. Giltrap, Dubliu, Ireland. The dog is owned by, 

 Mr. George H. Covert, of Chicago, to whom he was for 

 warded. 



We have received a letter from Mr. A. G. Eberhart, Cin- 

 cinnati, 0„ in which he states that a person named John 

 Davis is advertising and selling pus puppies that are said 

 to be by Mr. Eberhart's Bradford Ruby II., which is not 

 true, as Mr. Davis has never had the use of the dog. 



Mr. E. O. Damon, Northampton, Mass., has recently im- 

 ported the red Irish setter dog Darby II., winner of first in 

 local and second in open class at Cork, 1888. Darby 1 1, was 

 whelped April 22,1886, and is by Chieftain (Palmerstou— 

 Quail) and out of Nellie X. (Cocksure— Nellie). 



Lord Neversettle, Mr. H, C. Lowe's recently imported grey- 

 hound, is reported to have broken a foreleg iu pursuing a 

 jack rabbit. The accident occured near Hutchinson. Kas. 



Entries for the first aunual Derby of the Central Field 

 Trial Club close on Wednesday, May 15. 



Mr. R. F. Mayhewwill judge the non-sporting classes at 

 the Toledo dog show, Sept. 7. 



BLEMTON VERITY.— Hempstead, N. Y., April 30.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I notice iu your report on fox- 

 terriers at Philadelphia you state that the winning bitch 

 Blemtou Verity was sent home ou the first day on the 

 ground that she was sick. This is false. Did your cor- 

 respondent or any one else see the veterinary 's certificate 

 necessary in s-ich cases * The true, version is t his. Being a 

 young bitch in whelp, aud not having had distemper, it was 

 my intention to remove her from the buildiug at night, vide 

 regulation 13. On application to the superintendent I was 

 informed all puppies could be removed on the first night if 

 so wished. He at once signed me an order to remove Blem- 

 tou Ravager, Bloom aud Verity, which arrangement suited 

 me admirably, as our kennel man was returning to the ken- 

 nels that night. No question of sickness arose and being 

 unaware that a protest was to be made against Verity, your 

 intimation that any jockeying was contemplated by the 

 Blemtou Kennels through me has no more foundation than 

 your correspondent's narration of invented facts. Verity 

 was by Mr. Belmont's orders taken by me to Philadelphia, 

 on Thursday last the 25th inst., and submitted to the Phil- 

 adelphia Kennel Club officers and veterinary. It was proved 

 upon test that the bitch heard and the protest was not sus 

 tained.— German Hopkins, Manager. 



RUNNING WEIGHT OF GREYHOUNDS. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Mr. H. W. Huntington did not read 

 my remarks on the running weight of greyhounds in your 

 pap a r of April 18 quite correctly. I stated the average 

 weight of dogs who had won the Waterloo cup was from 00 

 to 651 bs. This remark was not intended to include bitches 

 who have won Waterloo cups. Their average weight we 

 all know would not exceed 551bs. Mr. Huntington, in his 

 remarks on certain greyhounds in Forest and Stream of 

 April 25, only confirms' my opinion, that a big greyhound 

 can be equally as handy with his hare as a little one. My 

 expecience has always been that a good big one will gener- 

 ally beat a good little one.— H. C, Lowe, 



