Nov. 8, 1888.] 



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^im an absolute failure; he declined to hunt at all, would 

 pitch into everything he met, and misconduct himself in 

 every possible way. After about a month, however, I found 

 the ugly brute, as he whs called, had a rare nose, and by the 

 time he was eighteen months he would hunt any one for 

 miles if once pub ,o,b the trail. 



A few hints to those who think of training a pup, may be 

 useful. On getting a dog, buy one about a year old, as 

 bloodhounds are very delicate dogs to rear. For bunting f 

 prefer a dog to a bitch, as he takes more pains, and is not so 

 Itasb. I also like One with a good voice. If be is not qnite 

 straight on legs the price will be lower, and he will be able 

 to go quite as fast as necessary for tracking — about five miles 

 an hour is the pace. I always feed at night, and prefer a 

 good biscuit raw, with, twice a week, boiled flesh with 

 vegetables and oatmeal, more or less flesh, according to cir- 

 cumstances. Boil the flesh to rags, then put in vegetables 

 — cabbage, carrot, etc. — tor half an hour, and add meal; 

 bring up to boil, and set to cool in a wooden vessel. Treacle 

 is useful when the doas require an aperient. 



I do not hold with using aniseed or any scent on the boots, 

 although it, of course, helps a dog which has not u good 

 nose. The way I begin with a pup is, after he is quite 

 friendly and will follow anywhere, I go out into the open 

 country, and get a man at work in the fields to hold him, 

 say, ten minutes, while I get out oi' sight and have time to 

 describe a good circle and get back to a neighboring hill, 

 where I can see which way the pup goes. If he fails to find 

 me, and goes off wrong, I whistle aim and show myself, as 

 he might get lost altogether; hut usually be will keep try- 

 ing round the place where he is let go, unless he knows the 

 way home. It is important that the man who holds the pup 

 should be a stranger, or the dog does not have so great an 

 incentive to find his master. 



A bloodhound used for tracking should be kept by him- 

 self, and have his kennels and surroundings scrupulously 

 jcleau. I have known a dog quite useless for an hour after 

 aating a piece of putrid meat no larger than a hen's egg.— 

 IS U. Fiiz Herbert, in the Bazaar, 



DISTEMPER. 



III. 



PECULIARITY of distemper is its tendency to induce 



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_ manifestations of disease in most of the vital organs of 

 Che body. Allusion has already been made to the conipliba- 

 ions wiiich arise from the respiratory and digestive systems 

 ,n the form of pneumonia and jaundice. There are also 

 even more serious complications with the nerve centers and 

 with the muscular system, in the form of epileptic fits, which 

 are usually fatal, and chorea or St. Vitus' s dance, which is 

 incurable, and often renders the dog useless. 



Perhaps the most common cause of death from the dis- 

 temper is that condition of blood which may be called septi- 

 camiia, or, as the popular expression runs, "blood poison- 

 ing;" and this diseased state of the blood is held by some 

 ■authorities to be the cause of all forms of organic disease 

 with which distemper is associated. 



Indications of the bad state of the blood are patent enough 

 in the advanced stage of the disease, and one of the most 

 marked signs is the extremely foetid odor which emanates 

 from the animal's body, and also from the excretions. 

 Emaciation is another sign of mal-nutrition. and the de- 

 fective tone of the organism is further shown by extreme 

 prostration, and the occurrence of ulceration of the cornea, 

 loss of hair, and incapacity of the stomach to digest any 

 solid food, which is either refused or rejected as soon as it is 

 swallowed. 



Epileptic fits may be said to be due to the diseased state of 

 the blood acting as a poison to the nerve centers; but the 

 precise nature of the deleterious action is not known. But 

 it can easily be realized that when the circulating fluid is in 

 a diseased state, every part of the organism is predisposed 

 to suffer derangement from the action of comparatively 

 slight causes, which would produce very little effect if the 

 system were in a perfectly healthy condition. 



Symptoms which are premonitory of an attack of epilepsy 

 are at times very misleading, because the excitement, which 

 is the immediate result of the disturbance of the central 

 nervous system, causes the sick dog to appear much better 

 instead of worse. It is particularly noticeable that in such 

 circumstances a dog which had previously been lying in a 

 half dormant state becomes alert under the stimulus of 

 sights and sounds which suggest a favorite pursuit; thus a 

 pointer exhibits great delight at the sight of a gun, and the 

 fact of an animal suddenly becoming awake to external 

 objects is naturally interpreted favorably by the owner. 



The sudden improvement in the condition of a sick dog as 

 above described is not of long continuance, andinthe course 

 of a few hours the animal may be seized with a fit and fall 

 foaming at the mouth and champing in the manner which 

 is so characteristic of the affection. The fit is not of long 

 duration, and after a few minutes the dog recovers, but 

 remains in a state of lassitude for some hours. 



Two or three days may elapse before another fit occurs, but 

 a shorter interval separates the third fit from the second, 

 and others may follow m quick succession, until the animal 

 dies ia one of the convulsions. Practical men agree that a 

 second fit may be taken as an indication that the chances of 

 recovery are slight; a third attack puts a cure out of the 

 region of probability. 



In the treatment of epilepsy as a sequel of distemper vari- 

 ous means have been tried, with a general want of success, 

 which is discouraging. Popular treatment for a dog in a fit 

 is a cold water douche, or cutting the membrane of the 

 mouth with a penknife; but the best plan is to leave the dog 

 undisturbed until it recovers, merely putting something in 

 its mouth to prevent it from biting the tongue, and further 

 taking measures to check its tendency to run away for some 

 distance and hide itsell as soon as the fit is over. 



biiet should be insisted on in the treatment of fits, and 

 the first dose of medicine should be laxative — a dessert- 

 spoonful to half an ounce of castor oil. Its action maybe 

 assisted by enemas. Small doses of bromide of potassium 

 may be administered day by day in the form of powder, with 

 a little sugar, and better results will be gained by giving 

 two grains twice a day, or even three times, for several suc- 

 cessive days, than by exhibiting ten or twelve grains at one 

 time, Setons under the ears, or blisters applied to the top 

 of the head, are recommended by some; but we have observed 

 that any good so gained by counter-irritation in this disease, 

 and the excitement which is induced, is certainly unfavor- 

 able to the maintenance of the sedative action of the 

 medicine. 



Nutritious food, such as good soup free from salt is neces- 

 sary in the treatment of epilepsy, which is associated with a 

 certain degree of debility and sometimes with actual ex- 

 haustion, in combating which, stimulants and tonics may 

 be added to the liquid food. The ammoniated tincture of 

 quinine is a very good preparation, which may be given in 

 doses of five to ten drops in a little cold soup twice a day 

 with advantage. 



Chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, is a result of distemper which 

 isnofc uncommon Muscular twitchings are apparent, gener- 

 ally affecting ouly a part of the body, as one hand or fore 

 extremity, or the muscles of the head or neck; but occasion- 

 ally the muscular spasm is universal. 



Recent investigations have shown that the disease has its 

 origin in the ceu ral nervous system. Disease of the nerve 

 elements of the spinal cord have been discovered in the few 

 eases which luve been examined, and it is at least highly 

 probable that organic derangement of the elements of the 

 cord is always present. Such a condition explains the in- 

 tractable nature of the affection. Chorea is not a fatal dis- 

 order unless the whole of the body is affected, in which case 



the constant action, even during sleep, exhausts the vital 

 power and kills the animal; but when localized to one limb, 

 the affection only causes a certain amount of annoyance, 

 which is borne by different dogs according to temperament, 

 and in most cases keeps the animal in poor condition. 



In treatiug chorea, various remedies have been tried, and 

 among them all forms of counter-irritants, setons, blisters, 

 and stimulating liniments. Internally nerve tonics have 

 always been advocated, and preparations containing strych- 

 nine in some form have been most in favor; but it must be 

 evident that no cure is likely to be obtained by the use of 

 any medicines when the cells of the spinal curd have under- 

 gone degeneration. Liberal diet, stimulating applications 

 to the diseased part, and the internal use of such tonics as 

 strychnine and arsenic in minute doses, may afford some re- 

 lief for a time, and no more can be expected.— London Field. 



DOG TALK. 



A CORRESPONDENT of the French kennel journal he 

 Cheiiil recommends this method of measuring a dog's 

 height; One of my friends, a veterinary surgeon, tells me of 

 a method as simple and ingenious as it is sure, to take a 

 dog's exact height at shoulder. Take hold of one of the 

 forelegs of the animal, and the dog, forced to support itself 

 on the other leg, holds it out stiffly and does not bend it, as 

 is usually the case wheu it sees the preparations lor meas- 

 uring. With this precaution the height of a dog varies 

 scarcely an eighth of an inch, while without it the different o 

 is often considerable. 



Speaking of reliability of show reports, here are some 

 pOintS worth noting in a pretended report of the St. Paul 

 show, printed in a New York paper Nov. 3: 



"In' the open dog class Turk secured the premium." This 

 has reference to open class of mastiff dogs. Turk did not 

 secure, the premium, or a premium at all. Tiger Royal won. 



St. Bernards. — '' A good s moot h -coated one was shown in 

 Victor Joseph, winner of the champion prize." Victor 

 Joseph was not shown and WCt8 not in, the Jmilding. 



Greyhounds. — "Greyhounds were nothing to speak of, 

 with the exception of Gitana, who is only fair.. She is owned 

 in your city." This is a good one, because Gitana was not 

 at the show. First was awarded to Pearl, the only bitch 

 that was shown. 



Pointers.— "In the open class for dogs. Donald IV. was 

 well abead, beating Osborne Ale." Osborne Ale was not 

 shown and was not in ilie building. 



Irish Setters.— "In dogs, Larry S. easily held his own." 

 Larry S. was absent, and the dog that held his own was Red 

 River Glencho. 



Miscellaneous. — "Sailor, a fair retriever, won in miscel- 

 laneous over 25 pounds." Sailor, a mongrel black dog, 

 didn't get a card; the prize was withheld. 



A complaint was made at the police station at Medford, 

 Mass., recently, by Mr. P. Lennox, that a stray mastiff had 

 entered his cellar and was holding the fort against all com- 

 ers. He proposed that as there were four good fighting dogs 

 in the neighborhood, to put all of them into the cellar, and 

 thus, he thought, the stray animal could be "done up" in a 

 satisfactory manner. 



The [ncuiide Rusne states that instructions have just been 

 given to the commanders of the parks of field artillery to 

 employ watch dogs to warn the sentries of the approach of 

 an enemy. This is the first occasion upon which such a step 

 has been taken in Russia. 



"Our Prize Dogs," as will be learned from an advertise- 

 ment elsewhere, Mr. C. H. Mason announces will be ready 

 for delivery next Monday. Notice of this beautiful and 

 valuable work will be made next week. 



RHEUMATISM IN DOGS. 



r ftBl8 canine ailment was recognized very early in the his- 

 _L tory of the veterinary art. Blaine, who was often 

 quoted as the father of canine medicine half a century ago, 

 remarks of the disease that, "except distemper and mange- 

 there is no disease to which dogs are so liable." Youatt, 

 who was a contemporary of Blaine, writes, in 1818: "I do not 

 know any animal so subject to rheumatism as the dog, nor 

 any one in which, if it is early and properly treated, it is so 

 manageable." 



It would not be expected that either Blaine or Youatt 

 would discourse iu modern terms on the pathology of the 

 disease; neither of them thought of lactic acid as a probable 

 cause of the disorder; but Blaine's view, that rheumatism 

 was merely imflammati on of fibrous tissue, still holds its 

 ground, excepting that the term "rheumatic" is added as a 

 prefix to inflammation. So far as the knowledge of the 

 precise nature of the disease is concerned, we have not added 

 much to the facts with which the older writers were familiar, 

 nor are our means of diagnosis more accurate, than were those 

 of Blaine and Youatt. Iu fact, most modern writers have 

 borrowed from the descriptions of the two pioneers in canine 

 medicine. 



Rheumatism in the dog assumes several forms, as it does 

 in man— for example, it occurs in the region of the loins, and 

 so represents lumbago in man. It affects the joints, as it 

 does in the human subject, and a characteristic form is 

 common to sporting dogs, and is known as kennel lameness, 

 which is apparently due to rheumatism in the subscapular 

 muscles arising from exposure to cold and damp in kennels. 

 Youatt suggests that the disease may be associated with 

 sprain, which is not unlikely, as a rheumatic tendency is 

 certain to exhibit itself most prominently in a damaged 

 limb, as sufferers from the affection know too well. 



One chief cause of kennel lameness is exposure to damp, 

 and the correction is the proper arrangement of the beds 

 sufficiently above the floor. To lie high and dry is a maxim 

 which is based on sound principles and sustained by suc- 

 cessful practice, Causes of rheumatism are in dogs and 

 men about the same. First, the particular habit of body 

 must exist, and this is most probably the outcome of de- 

 fective or perverted nutrition. Rheumatism is allied to 

 gout, and both seem to be associated with digestive errors, 

 which aid in the formation of acid products. Uric acid is 

 the special agent in gout, and lactic acid may perhaps play 

 the most important part in the rheumatic state. Mayhew's 

 view, that rheumatism is one of the diseases due to high 

 living, is not at all far-fetched, as an indulgence in flesh 

 food is exactly what might be expected to cause the forma- 

 tion of such secondary organic products as uric acids and 

 its salts. 



Symptoms of rheumatism in dogs are not unbke those 

 which are observed in rheumatic men, save that in dogs the 

 intestines are almost invariably affected, and constipation, 

 with swelling and heat of the belly, are present in nearly all 

 cases. 



In the form which is allied to lumbago of man, the dog is 

 still in his movements and prefers to remain still, with the 

 back arched. Pressure to the lojns causes extreme pain, 

 which the animal expresses by his cries. In bad cases the 

 use of the hind extremities is quite lost, and this condition 

 is designated by Youatt by the term "palsy;" and Blaine 

 evidently recognizes the same state when he speaks of para- 

 lysis in the hind extremities. Acute rheumatism of the dog 

 is accompanied with fever, increased breathing, quick pulse, 

 and rise of internal temperature; the signs of rheumatic 



fever. In the chronic form the symptoms are less marked, 

 but in any case it is admitted, by old and modern writers, ' 

 that a dog which has once suffer<d from rheumatism is 

 always likely to have another attack if he is exposed to cold 

 and damp. In the treatment of rheumatism there is a dif- 

 ference to be observed in regard to interna l remedies. 



The practice of using stimulating einbrocatians exter- 

 nally was common with Blaine aud Youatt, as it is with 

 the modern veterinarian. Soap liniment was the embroca- 

 tion of the earlier practitioners, and that compound is still 

 employed although liniment of ammonia and oilier stimu- 

 lants, all having much the same action, maybe substituted. 

 Medicines, in the time of Blaine aud Youatt, were of the 

 ordinary simple kind. No idea of counteracting the effect 

 of a special organic poison was then entertained, and cer- 

 tainly salicylic acid and its compounds were then undreamt 

 of. Blaine recommeuds a warm bath for a quarter of an 

 hour, followed by brisk rubbing, aud wrapping in a blanket; 

 a dose of castor oil— an ounce for a middliug-sized dog — 

 with twenty drops of 1 aud an um and thirty drops of sulphuric 

 setker, is to be given at once. If the bowels do not respond, 

 an enema is advised, and, this failing, a pill containing 

 calomel 4 grains, opium }i graiu, with a drop of oil of pep- 

 permint, and a drachm of aloes, is to be given every four 

 hours until some action results. 



_ Dogs must have been stronger or aloes weaker in Blaine's 

 time than they arenow. as the above pre.scripsion, given dur- 

 ing sixteen hours, would include enough calomel and aloes 

 for ahorse. Youatt touches the subject of treatment lightly, 

 merely remarking that castor oil treatment and the use of 

 the warm bath will get the animal well in a few days. 



Iu common with the modern veterinary practitioner. Steel 

 proposes to give the medicines which are accepted as the 

 appropriate antidotes to the rheumatic poison in man, begin- 

 ing, however, with castor oil, to overcome the invariable 

 constipation of the dog. 



The remedies which are in common use in the treatment 

 of rheumatism in man arc salicylic acid, or, more often 

 now, the salicylate of soda, iodide of potassium, and the 

 carbonate or bicarbonate of potash, on which some practi- 

 tioners pin their faith. Doses of these agents will vary ac- 

 cording to the age and size of the dog', and the range is 

 therefore likely to be considerable, varying from one grain 

 to ten of the iodide of potassium or salicylate of soda, and 

 from five to twenty grains of the bicarbonate of potash, 

 Besides medical treatment, the diet must be regulated, 

 avoiding flesh for a time, and substituting vegetables. Pro- 

 tection from cold and wet is absolutely essential, and tins 

 is particularly to be observed in regard to the sleeping ac- 

 commodation. Nothing is gained by keeping a dog dry and 

 warm all day. and turning it into a damp kennel at night. 

 — London Field. 



CONNECTICUT KENNEL CLUB. — Bridgeport, Conn., 

 Nov. !!.— A meeting of the Connecticut State Kennel Club 

 was held here Oct. 30, Vice-President A. R. Kyle in the 

 chair. A number of applications for memberships were re- 

 ceived and acted upon; constitution and by-Jaws were 

 adopted and the following executive committee appointed: 

 John White (chairman), Bridgeport; 15. Sheffield Porter, New 

 Haven; A. R. Kyle, South Norwalk; A. R. Crowell, Camp- 

 ville; Dr. Burk, South Norwalk; Samuel Banks, Bridge- 

 port; Sherman Hubbard, Bridgeport. Also the following 

 bench show committee; W, D. Pe&fe. New naven; A. R, 

 Crowell, Campville; E. F. Way, Hartford; A. R. Kyle, 

 South Norwalk; Dr. Jas. K. Hair, Bridgeport. Taken as a 

 whole it was the most successful meeting the club has held, 

 and from the way the applications for membership are 

 coming in. it would seem that clog men in all parts of the 

 State were interested in making the club a thorough success. 

 The next regular meeting will be held at the Atlantic Hotel, 

 Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, at 7:30 P.M. 

 sharp.— Dh. Jas. E. HATK, Secretary. 



BLACK BASS IN GERMANY.— The black bass has done 

 so well in Germany that Herrvon dem Borne, the well-known 

 fishculturist of Berneucben, is now offering to sell live fish 

 for stocking other waters, and has recei ved orders for them 

 from England. His prices are: Brood of 1888, 13 cents each; 

 brood of 1887, 36 cents each, whilethose of 1886 sell at 75 cents. 

 The fish have done well in German waters. 



PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct, 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 The Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's fourteenth 

 annual bench show of dogs will be held the last week in 

 January, 1889, at Pittsburgh, Pa.— C. B. Elbex, Sec. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Motes must be sent on prepared blanks, -which are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 300 of any one form, bound for 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



t5F~ Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Nina T. By Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass., for black 

 cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Aug. 24, 1888, by Single Sin (cham- 

 pion Olio 11.— Nellie) out of Slick (i-bampion Hornell Silk— Grace). 



Pilgrim and Confusion. By J. M. Fronefield, Jr.. YVayue, Pa., 

 for black, white and tan English setter dog and orange Del ten 

 bitch, whelped June 81, 1888, by Racket (Rattler— Leda) out of 

 Miunetonka (Don Juan—Petrel III.). 



Tatters. By J. M. Fronefleld, Jr., Wayne, Pa., for black, white 

 and tan beagle bitch, whelped August, 1888, by Banker (champion 

 Rattler— imported Actress) out of Dolly (Riot— Skip). 



Chanticleer. By J. M. Fronefield, Jr., Wavno, Pa., for black, 

 white and tan beagle dog, whelped July 25, 1888, by Trie Rambler 

 glarehboy II.— Lizzie) out of Woodland Maid (Skipper— Nellie 



Bang XL By Geo. H, Thomson, Denver, Col., for live and white 

 pointer dog, whelped Sept. 5, 1888, by Bang (Price's champion 

 Bang— Salter's Luna) out of Vandalia (Bang Bang— Zanetta*. 



Telamon. By O. L. Hopkins, Norwich. Conn., lor black, white 

 aud ticked pointer doer, waelped May 23. 1688, ov Farki r's William 

 Tell (A.K.R. 26-10) out of Parker's Daisy A. (A.K.R. 8388). 



Norseman. By Brookwood Kennels, Washington Heights, New 

 York, for black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped Sept. 

 20, 1888, by Ted Llewelliu (Pruid — Gessiei out of Flounce. 



Charlie G. By Dr. F. Brown, Mt. Morris, N. Y., for black, white 

 and tan English setter dog, whelped June 4, 1888, by Gun (A. ICR. 

 1538) out of Dora Gladstone (Boss Gladstone— Veil). 



Warwick Bef ton. By Warwick Kennels, Biidgeport, Cenn,, for 

 black, white, tan aud blue ticked English setter dog, whelped Dec. 

 22. 1888, by Belton High (Royal Suit on— Reign) out of Maguolia 

 (champion Leicester— Sanourn's Nellie). 



Royal Banger. By C. T. Brownell, New Bedford, Mass., for 

 black and tan Gordon setter deg, whelped Julv 25, 1888, bv Murk- 

 land Ranger (A.K.R. 5S08) out of Beaulah (A.K.R. G4al). 



Trespass. By A. Perrin, Cambridge, Mass., for white, black and 

 tan marks, fox-terrier bitch, whelped June 8, 1888, by Luke (Mix- 

 ture—Lyra) out of Bacchante (Bacchanal— Trifle). 



NAMES CHANGED. 

 Blue Prince to Prince Gladstone. By Geo. L. V. Ty ler, W est New- 

 ton, Mass., for English setter dog, 



BRED. 



E5f™ Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Dinah— Surbiton. J. D. Shotwell's (Rahway, N. J.) collie bitch 

 Dinah (champion Rutland -Heather liell) to J. Van Sciiaick's 

 Surbuon (champion Eclipse— champion Flurry). Sept. 20. 



Fancy Maida -Dr. Cloud. Crystal bpriug Kennels' (Duanes- 

 burgh, N. Y.) collie biich Fancy Maida i A.K.ii. 8410) 10 their Dr. 

 Clou.l (A.K.R. 5539), Sept. 12. 



Beech Grove Duchess -II ford Caution. II. Geo. Jackson's (Beech 

 Grove, Ind.) mastiff lurch "Beech Grove Duchess (A.K.R. 3544) to F. 

 W. Cowles'sllford Caution If. (A.K.ti. 4010), Sjpt. 30, 



