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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 13, 18S8. 



AMERICAN-ENGLISH BEAGLE CLUB. 



To the Members of the A. E. B. C -. 



It is customary for the president to issue an annual report, 

 but the interests of our members make this one now (in- 

 dorsed by the Execucive Committee) advisable. Our club 

 this year applied for membership to and was accepted by the 

 American Kennel Club; this gives us a ruling voice in the 

 A. K. C. and in the conducting of dog interests, and makes 

 us practically part owners of the A. K. C. While such mem- 

 bers, it is our duty to support the A. K. C. by not supporting 

 any shows antagonistic or conflicting to it. The mere fact 

 of a club not b-iing a member of the A. K. C. does not neces- 

 sarily make it antagonistic. The members are advised as 

 above, so they will use their own judgment as to what shows 

 they should support and what not— by exhibiting. The 

 members are requested to read my official letter in the For- 

 est and Stream of Aug. 3, 1888: they will then see why the 

 A. P. D. Club should not be supported by our members. v Our 

 club has reached such importance, that its dignity requires 

 that managers of shows select our members for judges, other- 

 wise our members are requested not to support any such 

 shows, as by so doing it will give our club power to enforce 

 the respect due us, and have our standard used. Our club is 

 certainly due the respect and loyalty from its members to 

 not support any judge not a member of our club; loyalty to 

 our interests and welfare demand it. 



The Executive Committee have voted to have a dub 

 sweepstakes, held at one of the prominent spring shows of 

 1889, for beagles owned by members and whelped on and 

 after Jan. 1, 1888. Entries to close Jan. 1, 18SH, with our 

 secretary. Entrance fee to be $2; 45 per cent, to go to the 

 winner; 20 per cent, to breeder of same; 35 per cent, to second 

 best, and 10 per cent, to third best. 



Herman F. SchellhAss, President. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Please state that the A. E. B. C. will donate two special 

 prizes at the Richmond, Va., dog show, one for best beagle 

 dog aud one for best bitch, owned by a member of our club. 

 One of our members has been asked to judge beagles at the 

 show, and that should insure a good showing from those in- 

 terested in beagles. Rabbits will be provided, so those who 

 wish can have a hunt. W. H. AsnBURNER, Sec'y. 



THE INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Streams 



Mr. James L. Anthony has printed this note, announcing 

 that he is not to judge at our trials: 



"Permit me to say that I shall not judge at said trials, my 

 services having been dispensed with by the club. I have 

 been Avaiting for them to make the announcement, in justice 

 to the public who made entries on the strength of my name, 

 but I feel I have no right longer to keep silence. I shall al ■ 

 low the Iudiana club to give all the correspondence between 

 us to the public; if they don't I will furnish it. and allow 

 the public to come to their own conclusions." 



In answer to this, let me say our club informed Mr. An- 

 thony July 24, that his services as judge of our eomingtrials 

 would not be required. In Mr. Anthony's answer, dated 

 July 20, he says, "lamglad that I can uow publicly announce 

 the reason why I am not to judge." At the time Mr. Au- 

 thony was thus notified the club decided not to make the 

 announcement public, through respect for his feelings. 

 Since receiving his letter of July 26 we have been patiently 

 awaiting his announcement as promised. We can assure 

 Mr. Anthony that he has our consent to publish everything 

 connected with the case. P. T. Madison, Secretary. 



By order of the Board of Control. 



l^JPlANAPOUIS, Sept. 8. 



Entries for the All-Aged Stake of the Indiana Kennel Club 

 close Oct. h The stake is open for all poiuters and setters 

 with $5 forfeit and $10 additional to fill. The purse and en- 

 trance money less the expense will be divided, fifty per cent 

 to first, twenty-five per cent to second and twelve and one 

 half per cent to two equal thirds. The address of the secre- 

 tary is P. T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind. 



LONDON DOG SHOW. 



LONDON, Ont., Sept. 7— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 London Kennel Club's new bench show building is 

 about finished, and it is the most complete and only one 

 built purposely for bench shows on the continent. 



There is every indication that the show will be a grand 

 success. The directors are leaving nothing undone. The 

 dogs will be fed with Spratts Patent. New specials are be- 

 ing donated all the time. Among the latest are: A hand- 

 some gold medal valued at $50, donated by the Western Fair 

 Association, of London, Out., for the best kennel of collies, 

 four or more. A silver cup valued at $40, to be known as the 

 Tecumseh cup, donated by Messrs. McGaw and Winnett, 

 proprietors of the Tecumseh House, for the best pair of Eng- 

 lish setters owned in the Dominion. The London Kennel 

 Club offer an oil painting valued at $25 and $10 in cash for 

 the best kennel of foxhounds, four or more. There will be 

 special prizes offered in all the classes. Mr. John Davidson, 

 Monroe, Mich., will judge setters, pointers, foxhounds, grey- 

 hounds t.nd deerhounds. Mr. J. F. Kirk, of Toronto, Out., 

 will judge the spaniel classes, and Mr. James Mortimer, of 

 New York, the remaining classes. Entries close Sept. 15, 

 and if necessary dogs will be received Saturday, Sept. 32.. 

 Rough St. Bernards will be divided into champion dog 

 or bitch. $10; open dogs, $10 and $5 and diploma, bitches the 

 Same; puppies, $7 and $3 and diploma. 



C. A. Stone, Manager. 



DOG TALK. 



"\XTHAT shall we do with the cur dog? For one thing, 

 \\ they are out o' nights on the rampage, and destroy 

 valuable live stock. A note in a late number of the Spring 

 field (Mass.) Homestead reports from Belchertown: "Dogs 

 have of late become unusually aggressive and destructive. 

 A fine flock of high-grade Southdowns belonging to Daniel 

 Wilson was raided last week, and all but one, an old buck, 

 destroyed. Calves in pasture near the Dwight Fuller farm 

 belonging to a Mr. Nutting, of South Amherst, were set 

 upon by the same dogs, it is supposed, and either killed out- 

 right or injured vast recovery. It is hoped that these dogs 

 may be identified and put where they can do no further dam- 

 age to our flock and herd. In the meantime, let those who 

 will keep these worse than useless curs, which are only too 

 common and a nuisance to farmers and the public generally, 

 see that they do not stray off their premises. 



The Stock-Keeper "whispers" of a lady exhibitor as the 

 "dog-loving daughter of a dogly father," and in another 

 column speaks of her as "inheriting evidently the canine 

 inclinings of her father." "Incliuings" is very neat, but we 

 are a bit "dubersome" regarding "dogly." 



It is reported that there will be a dog show at Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., this fall. The date is not yet decided upon. 



There will be a dog show at Ruck ford, HI,, Dec. 8 bo 8, in 

 connection with the third annual exhibition of the Northern 

 Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association. The address of 

 the secretary is A. II. Currier, Rock ford, 111. 



By a note printed elsewhere it will be learned that Mr. J. 

 L. Anthony will not judge at the Indiana trials. We are 



not advised as to why his services have been dispensed with, 

 but it is a, mystery to us that a person so intensely incompe- 

 tent should have been appointed to fill the very responsible 

 position of field trial judge. A person selected to determine 

 the merits of competing dogs in a field trial must be a sports- 

 man, a judge able to see field work and to know it to be 

 good or bad when he does see it, and a gentleman. Mr. An- 

 thony has not these qualifications. He is not a sportsman. 

 We have seen him, when following his expensive imported 

 dogs in the field, shoot at a quail in a tree— the only redeem- 

 ing feature on this occasion being that he missed his bird. 

 Mr. Anthony's eyesight is so defective that he cannot 

 distinguish one dog from another at a much less distance 

 that a field trial judge is often called upon to see. For 

 this we have only his word, although we have a dis- 

 tinct recollection of strong corroborative proof of it in 

 the many questions and remarks that he bothered us with 

 at the field trials at High Point three years ago. Moreover, 

 even could he see it, he docs not know what constitutes good 

 field work. This he fully demonstrated to us upon the 

 occasion referred to, by repeatedly commending the stealing 

 of points and in one instance a break shot, capping the 

 whole by praising one of his dogs for most decidedly quit- 

 ting his work. Mr. Anthony's claim to the third qualifica- 

 tion rests mainly upon his own repeated asseverations- 

 spoken, written and printed— that he is a gentleman. If his 

 own personal testimony to this effect needs any corrobora- 

 tion, it must be sought for in the style of letters he writes; 

 and if further evidence is demanded perhaps it could be had 

 from the stenographer he is said to conceal behind a screen 

 in his office, to take down the conversation when persons 

 call upon him, or from the judge atthe last New York show, 

 whose decision Mr. Anthony cursed so loudly and profanely 

 in the ring. Ou the whole, the Iudiana Kennel Club is to be 

 congratulated that they have "dispensed with his services." 



The gist of the correspondence between Dr. Perry and 

 Jas. L, Anthony appears to be this: Dr, Perry in a personal 

 letter to Anthony said that President Belmont, of the A. 

 K. C, had expressed a willingness to spend $5,000 to ruin 

 the N. D. C. Called on for his proof, Dr. Perry referred 

 Anthony to Mr. Dawson, from whom he supposed the as- 

 sertion of this had come. Mr. Dawson denied having 

 made such a statement. Thereupon Dr. Perry did what 

 any gentleman would have done, namely, he wrote to 

 Messrs. Anthony, Belmont, Dawson and the only two other 

 persons to whom the assertion had been repeated by him, 

 withdrawing it in a frank and manly fashion which did 

 him credit. There the whole matter, correction having 

 been fully made, might well enough have been dropped, but 

 the man who conceals stenographers behind a screen in his 

 office to take down what is said when gentlemen call on 

 him, insisted on making public the entire correspondence, 

 the letter marked "personal" and all; Dr. Perry sends it to 

 us and we print it. 



We. are free to confess that all the fuss about whether Mr. 

 August Belmont, Jr.. did or did not say he would give $5,000 

 to ruin the Natioual Dog Club is superfluous. Mr. Belmont, 

 in support of his attempt to ruin the Buffalo show having 

 made a false statement about the Forest and Stream, and 

 having been content to have the exposure of his falsehood 

 pinned to him all these weeks, is presumably not over squea- 

 mish about a little thing like the $5,000 rumor. 



In our last issue we reported on insufficient information 

 that Buffalo had over 400 entries. It now appears that there 

 are over 500. Mr. August Belmont, Jr.'s, falsehood about 

 the Forest and Stream, therefore, appears to have been 

 even more futile than we reported it. Now that the Buffalo 

 show has demonstrated that threatening bluster and boy- 

 cotting and plottings in tbe dark, backed up by falsehood, 

 are not potent instruments for attaining desired ends in 

 kennel affairs, why can we not have something better!" Why 

 is it not time for a clearer atmosphere? Why may the A. K. 

 C, manipulators not judiciously abandon their unseemly 

 tricks and devices and try fair play? In short, why is it not 

 practicable from this time forth for them to work in a square 

 and manly fashion, as the National Dog Club promoters 

 appear to have done from the first? 



Entries for the All-Aged Pointer, All-Aged Setter and 

 Champion Stakes of the Eastern Field Trial Club close Oct. 

 1. The trials will begin at High Point, Nov. 15 with the 

 Members' Stake, entries for which close the night before the 

 running. We are advised that quail are very abundant on 

 the grounds of the club and that they are well grown, so 

 there will be no delay from lack of birds. We have no doubt 

 that each stake will he well tilled, in fact for the past few 

 years there have been too many starters and both Derby and 

 All- Aged Stakes will soon become unwieldly if somethiug 

 is not done to limit the number of entries. The Members' 

 Stake, as we have often said, should be the most important 

 event of the meeting and we hope to see each member come 

 to the post this year with his best dog aud show the out- 

 siders that they are lucky in having their dogs in the other 

 stakes. 



DISTEMPER.-I. 



ALTHOUGH the term "distemper," or its equivalent in 

 other languages, is used to denote a somewhat compli- 

 cated disorder to which dogs are subject, it is occasionally 

 applied to maladies of other domesticated animals, when 

 the disease in question is prevalent and marked by a certain 

 series of symptoms which are easily recognized; in fact, the 

 word may be used as synonymous with "disease," on condi- 

 tion that the reference is limited to characteristic and gen- 

 eral disorders. 



Canine distemper (la nialadie of the French) is popularly 

 considered to be one of the ills to which the whole race is 

 heir. Like measles or whooping-cough in the human sub- 

 ject, the disease is essentially a peril of the earlier life, al- 

 though age does not confer absolute immunity. All dogs 

 are presumed to have distemper some time in their exist- 

 ence, and one attack is looked upon as a guarantee— at least 

 to some extent— that the creature is safe for the future. 

 Probably most dogs do escape with a single attack, but the 

 instances of a second or even a third appearance of the dis- 

 ease in the same animal are numerous enough, as all prac- 

 tical men are aware. 



No doubt can be entertained that distemper is a conta- 

 gious disorder, and it is also certain that its communica- 

 bility is not limited to the animals of the same family. 

 Carnivorous creatures are its special victims, and the affec- 

 tion may be transmitted from dogs to cats, and vice versa. 

 Ferrets also suffer veiy severely. 



In regard to the fatality of distemper, it may be remarked 

 that different breeds of dogs and varying conditions of man- 

 agement are among the modifying circumstances which 

 materially affect the results. Dogs which are kept in a 

 natural state — the street dog, for example — seem to take dis- 

 temper as an incident in their lives which causes very little 

 disturbance in their habits. The other extreme — the toy 

 spaniel — exhibits the affection in its most exaggerated form, 

 and only escapes with its life at the cost of much suffering, 

 and often the establishment of some chronic malady, which 

 it carries with it to the end. Newfoundland dogs, especially 

 in their period of puppy hood, always have distemper in a 

 severe form, and the mortality among them is great, even 

 under the most favorable circumstances. 



Assuming that distemper is a purely contagious affection, 

 which is a reasonable conclusion from the facts in the his- 



tory of the disease, no question can arise as to the causes 

 which produce it. Spontaneous origin or development, as 

 the consequence of unsanitary conditions, are excluded al- 

 together _from consideration, and every case must be referred 

 to iufection from a previous case. 



Objections to the view of the contagious origin of distem- 

 per are urged by some observers, and they possess a certain 

 lorce. For instance, it is asked. How did the first case arise? 

 What evidence of the present infection can be adduced in the 

 majority of animals attacked? These questions are equally 

 pertinent in respect to contagious diseases generally. Out- 

 breaks of cattle plague, foot-and-mouth disease, pleuro- 

 pneumonia and swine fever occur under conditions which 

 seem to exclude the idea of contagion; nevertheless, no well 

 informed persons doubt the fact of contagion existing, even 

 when it cannot be traced. 



Symptoms of Distemper.— At the commencement of the 

 attack distemper is not to be distinguished from an ordinary 

 cold or a slight degree of indigestion. The dog is dull and 

 listless, the appetite is lost, thirst is present, the eyes 

 are watery and very sensitive to light, sneezing is frequent, 

 and sometimes sickness is a marked symptom; a dry cough 

 is sometimes present in many cases; but there is nothing m 

 the early signs of the disease which are absolutely definite, 

 and the owner of the sick animal will generally look upon 

 the disorder as an ordinary cold, and his conclusion will be 

 correct in most cases. 



Sometimes an attack of distemper ceases after the develop- 

 ment of the early signs, and it may be doubtful whether the 

 affection was the specific malady or a simple catarrh; but in 

 the majority of instances the progress of the affection will 

 soon place the matter beyond all question. The discharges 

 from the eyes and nose become more profuse and thicker, 

 emaciation proceeds rapidly, often diarrhoea sets in, and the 

 dog is soon reduced to a pitiful plight. 



In the last stage of the common cattarrh form of distem- 

 per, au apparently serious complication occurs in some cases. 

 The eyes become opaque, the cornea is ulcerated, and the 

 contents of the anterior chamber flows out, giving rise to 

 the impression that the sight is entirely destroyed. These 

 cases are more alarming in their general aspect than actually 

 dangerous, and long experience has proved that no notice 

 need be taken of the local disease, nor should any kind of 

 treatment be adopted in regard to the affected organs. As 

 the animal improves iu condition under a proper regimen, 

 the eyes gradually recover their healthy state, and finally 

 show no sign of having suffered. 



Treatment of the common form of distemper may be com- 

 menced by giving an emetic. This is an old-fashioned sys- 

 tem of proceeding, dating back to the days of Youatt and 

 Blaine, who probably derived it from the ' rougher practice 

 of the dog fanciers of their period, Among whom a dose of 

 the black sulphuret of mercury or a spoonful of salt was the 

 remedy for all forms of indisposition. 



Dogs are veiy susceptible to the action of emetics, and the 

 agents which are used— tartar emetic and calomel— exercise 

 an alterative and laxative influence at the same time, with- 

 out causing any irritation of the digestive organs. In all 

 cases the dose of the emetic should be small, but obviously 

 the range must be rather extensive, having regard to the 

 great difference in the size of the smallest and largest of the 

 canine race. From half a grain to four or five grains of the 

 agents will he sufficient to produce the desired effect. Calo- 

 mel and tartar emetic may be mixed together in equal parts, 

 as the effects are more certain than when either agent is 

 given alone. 



After an emetic has acted, a mild alterative aud sedative 

 powder may be given once or twice a day, as the state of the 

 case requires. Dover's powder, a compound of sulphate of 

 potash, opium and ipecacuanha, or Dr. James's antimonial, 

 will be useful in doses of two to five grains, and if a purga- 

 tive should be required, a teaspoonful to half an ounce of 

 castor oil is the safest and most effective agent which can be 

 used. 



Dietetic treatment is always an important feature in 

 canine medical practice, and, joined with good nursing, will 

 effect much which would be unattainable by the aid of 

 medicine alone. In a disease which causes debility of a pro- 

 nounced kind as distemper does, the food should be nutri- 

 tious aud at the same time concentrated, and nothing can be 

 better adapted to meet these requirements than the prepara- 

 tions which are, constantly used in medical practice, as meat 

 extracts, peptonized foods and pancreatic emulsions. These 

 remedies give to the veterinary practitioner immense advan- 

 tages in treating the diseases ot dogs which cannot be ex- 

 tended to the larger patients. Stimulants are sometimes 

 useful in the debilitative stage of distemper, and brandy or 

 port wine may conveniently be combined with the prepared 

 roods before named when the animal's flagging powers 

 require to be roused into activity. As the appetite im- 

 proves, with returning strength, solid food may be given in 

 small quantities, and it is well to recollect t hat' the digestive 

 system of the dog is better adapted to the digestion of meat 

 than vegetable food; but the sick dog is often as fanciful as 

 his owner in regard to the selection of his diet, and as con- 

 valescence advances, it is desirable to consult the animal's 

 taste as far as possible,— London Field. 



THE OVERMASTERING- PASSION.-Chester, S. C, 

 Sept. 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: I am requested to send 

 you the inclosed note from the Bulletin of this town. The 

 two fox hunters named are known to me, aud 1 can also 

 vouch for the incident of the old fox hunter being stirred by 

 the preacher's mention of foxes. The Bulletin says: 

 "Messrs. John Mclver and B. J. Randall, of this town, left 

 for the lower part of Lancaster nearly four weeks ago with 

 their fine pack of houuds, to indulge in the sport of fox 

 hunting. They carried eleven dogs, all young, and with 

 little training. With these they caught thirteen foxes and 

 put three in their holes. This is a moat wonderful perform- 

 ance, and establishes the reputation of this young pack as 

 being the finest in the country. Mr. Mclver thinks that a 

 young Tennessee dog, called Bellman, is the best doe of his 

 years he ever saw. Surely fox hunting is the most absorb- 

 ing of all sports. Here are two gentlemn. not by any means 

 young, throwing down business and giving themselves up 

 to the excitement of the chase for three weeks wdth all the 

 eutbusiasm of boys, while the thermometer was ranging 

 in the neighborhood of 100 degrees. We knew a gentleman 

 living not far from this county, who was a most devoted 

 fox hunter. He was one Sunday night at church and the 

 preacher read about foxes making their dens in the ruins of 

 Nineveh and Babylon. At this the fox hunter took his 

 hat and left the church. As the last stroke of 12 was 

 sounded on the clocks, his horn was heard high in the still 

 night air calliug his dogs to the field. Of such stuff are our 

 two nimrods of Chester made."— S. P. H. 



ITHACA DOG SHOW.— Ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 7.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: — At the annual fair of the Tompkins 

 County Agricultural Society held iu this city, the present 

 week, a not particularly robust exhibition of canines was 

 made on the second day. Although the affair was hastily 

 devised, the exhibit was, for a first one, very creditable. A 

 handsome litter of mastiff puppies, two mouths old, was 

 shown. A litter of well bred beagles also attracted much 

 attention. A number of choice appearing St. Bernards 

 were sandwiched in among 1 lie mild-mannered mastitis aud 

 beagles, the whole forming an attractive feature of the 

 society's forty-fifth eutertainment. Perhaps this small be- 

 ginning will lead up to greater things. Who knows?— M. 

 C. HlULICK. 



