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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Nov. 22, 1888. 



SCENT AND OTHER FACULTIES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: _ . T 



In answer to "Clumber's" letter m your issue of .Oct.jSS, T 

 would say that it was th* scent °*?*^™^&"*t 



the mare is in is generally to be found in the mare's 

 stall uuneTthe manger- Although when going out after 

 woodcock, snipe or partridge (ruffed grouse) I always tafce 

 this bitch with me. I tie her up when going to shoot golden 

 P lover; the.se plover beine such extremely shy birds the less 

 one has with him to attract then- notice the better Ihe 

 shooting ground for the plnveris Ave miles from Cookstown, 

 and. on my going out after them on several occasions on my 

 return to where I had left my horse and buggy, I have farad 

 the bitch lving under the bustgy quite contented, haying 

 evidently followed the scent of the mare, with no wish to 

 find her master, if so she could easily have scented me across 

 half a dozen fields, a mile or so through cleared fields. The 

 bitch on these occasions that she followed the mare was let 

 loose by my boy about one hour after I had left home, I 

 never knew Lucy to scent either of my other horses. It I 

 drive or am driven out from home with a strange horse she 

 never follows. I think that the above is pretty conclusive 

 evidence that the bitch followed the scent of the mare. 



There is one point that "Clumber" does not mention, and 

 that is whether he always drove the same horses or not, 

 when Johnny escaped and followed. Some years ago I 

 owned a black and tan spaniel that followed me wherever I 

 went, on foot or on -wheels, and there was no driving him 

 back, except when T went to church on Sunday, and at that 

 time he never offered to follow at all; he would come to the 

 gate, put his head through the bars, and watch me as far as 

 he could see me. It has always puzzled me how he knew 

 where 1 was going, for at that time we had no bell on our 

 church, so that it could not have been that he heard the 

 bell. The only clew he would have was the prayer book in 

 my baud. How be knew Sunday and where I was going has 

 always been a mystery to me. 



Doas that are iu the habit of being fed or let out for a run 

 at a certain hour in the day. can tell that hour to the min- 

 ute. I have a brace of cockers that accompany me to the 

 postoffice at half-past ten o'clock every day when I am in; 

 at this hour they are to be found to the minute at the front 

 door, and if 1 do not make my appearance close on time they 

 yelp and bark until I do. H. B. N. 



Cookstown, Ontario. 



cites an interestinc 

 i seems to think 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your last issue, "J. E. Van E." cites 

 case di a hound's finding his master, and he 

 that champion Johnny followed my scent, although I was 

 driving. I would be inclined to agree with him in this, 

 were it not that each time I saw the dog tracking me his 

 nose was held close to the ground as he ran, not breast high 

 as in hunting a wind scent. Then again he ran along the 

 middle of the road without deviation, as he would not be 

 apt to do were the scent on the air. I own I can't under- 

 stand it at all. 



Another instance of "the sense of smell in dogs" worthy 

 of remark is the following exhibited by my Clumber- bitch 

 Nell III. Three years ago I was starting oil a shooting trip 

 down the Ottawa River, and as Nell was due to whelp in a 

 couple of weeks I intended to leave her behind. But she 

 knew what was up, and ou my locking her in a kennel, ate 

 her way out, and when I shut her up again repeated the per- 

 formance. As I was just getting into the vehicle, which 

 was waiting to take me to the steamer, I coupled her up to 

 the other dogs and took her with me. 



As we had three other Clumbers with us we did not need 

 Nell; so when we left camp in the morning would chain her 

 up. She used to kick up such a shindy that after two or 

 three hours of it the man's patience would wear out and he 

 would unchain her. At once she would start after us, and no 

 matter where we were would find us out, though the islands 

 are densely wooded, and iu many places there were ponds 

 and m arshes to be waded th rough. Ou e m orning i n parti cu- 

 lar we were shooting from a canoe on the "battures," which 

 were hidden from the camp by an island. My companion 

 ferried me across the deep channel, which Nell had to swin, 

 and took the canoe up to the "battures," where I waded 

 along the shore and joined him at the head of the island. 

 "We then paddled about half a mile from the beach and 

 began shooting. After a time I saw something white trail- 

 ingalong the shore wherelhad been, take to the "battures," 

 and wading and swimming come to us. I don't thiuk she 

 came because she heard the shooting, as it was a place much 

 frequented by sportsmen, and as a rule there was "banging" 

 from daylight to dark. This to my thinking was another 

 remarkable performance. CLUMBER, 



GUN SHYNESS. 



thus'giving him to'understand that the noise means some- 

 thing, h nd soon the noise, or even the sight of the, gun, will 

 cause him pleasurable emotions that he will never forget.— 

 Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking." 



SPANIELS FOR BENCH AND FIELD. 



HORNELLS VI LLE, N. Y., Nov. iS.— Editor FmrM and 

 Stream: I suppose "Quester" would have us believe 

 that he was the first to advocate spaniel field trials, but if he 

 will look over your files of 1878-9 he will see that he is wrong. 



I admit it was a "set back," and "I was mad" to be beaten 

 by the field spaniel Brahmin. Did 1 not have reason to be 

 mad? I raised him from a puppy, but I never exhibited him 

 because I could never get him under 2Slbs. I will not starve 

 my dogs to weight; t he dog was not good at the stud nor in 

 the field, so I sold him cheap; could have had him back for 

 $25, but would not take him as a gift. 



Anyone, who has cash enough can buy good stock; but 

 Messrs. Rendle. Nelles, West and Oldham have yet to make 

 a name as breeders. Mr.Willey's and my stock is just alike, 

 only I breed to the standard, he to the long and low, but not 

 satisfied with what he had, he must needs cross his old 

 bitches with the longest and lowest field spaniel ever im- 

 ported. I am a bit slow myself, but I never did and never 

 will own but one slow pottering dog, and that champion 

 Benedict. "An Onlooker" thinks he and "Quester" have 

 "treed something." Well, I am not dead yet. I knew he 

 Avould "cry peccavi" on the Boston show challenge. Now 

 then, young fellow, don't tell the boys I bluffed you. I don't 

 belif ve you belong to the N. B. Club, because you have "no 

 saud," so I will hang up your scalp with the rest. 



My "perch" is too high for Messrs. "Onlooker" and 

 "Quester" to shin up; they can never grind an axe sharp 

 enough to cut the tree, nor can they raise enough wind to 

 blow it down, so I will give them and the rest of the clique 

 an easy job. Just let them explain how the present style of 

 long and low cockers are "eminently w T ell built, graceful 

 and' active dogs," and do they "show strength without 

 heaviness or clumsiness?" 



When the winds of winter blow, 

 His little short legs cannot go. 

 And April showers tax all his powers, 

 To crawl through the mud, don't you know? 



To Mr. Watson I would say that I never wanted a "gir- 

 affe" snaniel, and I remember that at Philadelphia when I 

 was deliberating about sending the long-legged Johnny out 

 of the ring for having too long legs, a gentleman banded 

 me a note which read, "Don't fool around with a dog if he 

 is able to walk." I was not judging spaniels as I want 

 them, but as they were entered, when they had a chance to 

 compete the workmen got the blue ribbon, but when the 

 class was of "crocodiles" and "weeds" then I had to put the 

 long and low ahead. 



I did not suspect that Mr. Mason was bitten so badly by 

 the "fancy flea," and it was at Mr. Wade's suggestion that 

 he was given the mastiffs at Buffalo. J. Otis Fellows. 



WHILE our pup is yet young he should be taught to love 

 the sound of the gun. This can be easily accomplished 

 if the proper course is pursued. In the first place we take a 

 couple of old tin pans, and while his attention is attracted 

 by something that interests him we strike them together, 

 lightly at first; and if he appears to be afraid we are very 

 careful not to add to his fright by a repetition of the noise 

 anywhere near him, but take the pans to quite a distauce 

 from his pen and leave them, and wait awhile before tryin; 

 again. When it is time to feed him we go to the pans," ant. 

 while sounding our whistle, as before described, to let him 

 know that we are coming, we give a stroke just loud enuugh 

 for him to hear plainly, and at once proceed to his pen aud 

 give him his feed. By pursuing this course for a few days, 

 and gradually going a little closer every time, he will become 

 accustomed to the sound, and learning that the noise is eon- 

 nec ed with our coming, and also bis dinner, he soon gets 

 used to it, and in a short time will stand the racket without 

 flinching. When he has become so accustomed to the noise 

 that he shows no signs of fear at quite a loud crash it is 

 time to try him with the gun. In order to do this under- 

 standing^ you will require an assistant. Let him take the 

 gun loaded with a light charge of powder and at some little 

 distance— say forty or fifty yards away— and be ready at your 

 signal to fire. You will no w enter his pen, and after he gets 

 a little quiet call him to you and put a piece of meat before 

 him and bid him Toho, at the same time raising your hand 

 as a signal for the gun. Carefully watch him, aud should 

 he display any sign of fear the experiment must be repeated 

 as with the pans. There is no need of your presence only to 

 notice how he behaves, and you can dispense with your as- 

 sistant, unless, as will probably be the case, he does not 

 mind the report, when the gun can be brought nearer, and 

 yon can make another trial. Great care must be taken not 

 to frighten him with too loud a discharge, nor should it be 

 too close to him, until he gets used to it. By paying close 

 attention to him when under fire, you can readily tell how 

 far it will do to go, and by properly conducting your exj 

 ment you can soon teach him to love the sound of the gu. u 

 even when fired over his head; indeed we have cured in this 

 way some of the worst cases of gun-shyness that we ever saw. 

 Comparatively few dogs are gun-shy, and it is with these 

 only that those precautions are necessary. After your pup 

 has been carefully accustomed to the noise do not lay the 

 gun aside as soon as you have accomplished vour object, but 

 let him hear the sound occasionally until his education is 

 complete, taking good care that the discharge of the gun i: 

 at once followed by something pleasing to him— his dinner, 

 for instance— or let it be a orelu.de to giving him his liberty, 



AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, 



FOLLOWING are the numbers of the dogs entered in the 

 November number of the American Kennel Register: 



BASSET HOUNDS. 



6667. Jocrisse, Cornelius Stevenson. 



BEAGLES, 



6668. Bugle EL, E. W. WhRcorab. 0070. Josetto, Will. West. 

 66C9. Cappie, E. W. Whitcomh. 



BULLDOGS. 



6671. Uncle, G. B. Beimers. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS. 



6672. Chesapeake, E. A. Palmer. 



COLLIES. 



6673. Bobbie of A., W. Werntz. 6679. Janie IL, Sol. W. Blue. 



C680. Lucilla of A., F. Morris. 

 C881. Prince Legio, F. Morris. 

 1368-'. Kovvdv Girl. VV. O. Werntz. 

 C683. Shep of A., F. Morris. 



6674. Bawti, T. H . Burgoyne. 



6675. Oregellio, Miss A. Thayer. 



6676. Flash II., T. H. Burgoyne. 



6677. Harold, W. R. Adamson. 



6678. Hunter, W. K. Adamson. 

 DACHSHLINDE. 



6684. Fiedel, G. Amsinck. 6686. Wutberich, G. Amsinck. 



6685. Halloh, G. Amsinck. 

 GREAT DANES. 



eC87. Pluto, Jas. H. Day, Jr. 



GREYHOUNDS. 

 6688. Iuanda, M. H. Ranlett. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. 

 66S9. Bruce, B. D. Nuitz. 



MASTIFFS. 



6690. Beech Grove Gloster, W. 6700. Ilford Caution III., George 

 Taylor. Jackson. 



66S1. Beech Grove King Agrin- 6706. Ilford Mark, Win. X. Hu- 

 pa, Geo. Jackson. ber. 



6692. Beech Grove Jack, Thomas 6707. Lady Belle, Berkshire Ken- 



W. Shunk. nels. 



6693. Champion II., Herbert 6708. Leah IL, J. A. Earoes. 

 Edward Stock bridge. 6700. Melbourne, Chas. E. Bunn. 



6694. Dasia, Geo. W. Simpson. 



6695. Eadbert, Win. Wade. 

 (;fi9ii. E.-tor, Wm. Wade. 

 6697. Edith, Wm. Wade. 

 6398. Eriric. Wm. Wade. 

 i'.ii!.9. Eijric, Wm. Wade. 



6700. Eureka, Jas. H. Day. 



6701. Fortress, Thomas Makem- 



son. 



6702. Harnpr's Truth, Jacob M. 



Ilarner. 



6703. Hero, A. S. Hair. 



6704. Huronia, Jas. H. Day. 



6710. Minting IL, Geo. P.Jones. 



6711. Nora IL, lied field Procton. 



6712. 1 -hUanimcn, J. H. Stone. 



6713. Pilot, Ida F. Warren. 



6714. Prince Bismarck, D, T. 



KoUiker. 



6715. Bex IV., J. L. Hope. 



6716. Scott Wilks, Charles A. 



Poniius. 



6717. Vermont Bee. N.W.Pierce 



6718. Vermont Don, G. E. Edson. 



6719. Waeouta Sy bil, N. C. Roys- 



ter. 



Editor Forest an Stream: 



Now that Mr. Fellows has gone to earth and our little 

 ;ide show controversy is over, we can get down to the main 

 point at issue — spaniel field trials. Are they to be or not to 

 be? The Spaniel Club as a club seems moribund; but 

 surely the individual spaniel men are alive to the interests 

 of the breed! Messrs. Wilmerding, Hemingway, West, 

 Willey, Nelles, Mercer, Oldham, Laidlaw, Kirke, Niven ct 

 al., do let us hear from you on this vitally important sub- 

 ject. Quested;. 



MORE COON. 



WHILE coon hunting in Connecticut during September 

 I discovered that woodchucks could climb trees and 

 that they ran nights. Twice I saw my dogs take a track, 

 once they "barked up," and we found a woodchuck up a 

 white birch about 10ft, from the ground. The other time, 

 upon goiug where they were barking, found they had a 

 woodchuck in a swamp under some roots. These were dif- 

 ferent nights; one a moonlight one, the other very dark and 

 cloudy. My doas have, with my help, killed thirty-four 

 coons so far this season, five of them they caught on the 

 ground. The last one weighed 251bs.; by far the heaviest of 

 the lot. J. G. L. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



I have read with some amusement and some impatience 

 the statements of your various correspondents concerning 

 the whicker of the, coon. One is reminded of the ancient 

 feud over the shield of a certain statue. One knight saw it 

 from the east and swore it was of gold; the other took a 

 hasty glance from the west and was prepared to stake his 

 life on its being silver. As they belabored each other a 

 third party of less haste and more judgment interfered and 

 stopped the tight by showing the true state of affairs. Now 

 to apply — I have often beard the whicker of the coon and 

 the cry Of the long-eared owl, and have found it difficult at 

 times to distinguish them. The note of the coon is perhaps 

 deeper and more squalling, especially if it be a fully adult 

 animal. The mottled owl also is slid to utter this prolonged 

 quavering cry, but I am not familiar with this species. 



Ernest E. Thompson. 

 New York. 



A SHORT ESSAY ON PUPPYISM. 



HpiIERE are puppies who have no canine appetites, who 

 JL drink more than they eat, and sleep more than they 

 live. There are puppies from the ducal coronet down to the 

 shoeblack; puppies of every complexion, size, stature and 

 denomination. There are puppies in crape as well as in 

 ermine; tie-wigs as well as crops. Puppies are cherished by 

 the ladies, who consider them as innocent animals, and treat 

 them as lapdogs; they are admitted to female toilets, and 

 are looked upon as so insignificant that they are not noticed. 

 A hairdresser is an animal of superior merit, a dentist is a 

 king and a daucing master an emperor, compared to a dang- 

 ling puppy. 



In the Senate a puppy may be distinguished by the choice 

 of hard words without any meaning; constantly speaking 

 to every question without understanding it; addressing the 

 chair without any address; joining the treasury bench, aud 

 dividing with the majority, right or wrong. 



In the pulpit, the stroking a white hand aDd admiring it 

 with a ring in the middle of a sermon, a simpering ogle, 

 and affected lisp, and a circling gaze for admiration, par- 

 ticularly from the ladies, all denote the clerical puppy. 



At the Bar, an affected pronunciation, and lugging in 

 my "lud and autority," without any sort of authority, 

 brow-beating witnesses, whose ignorance and embarrass- 

 ment prevent them from acquitting themselves with pro- 

 priety, asking questions and straining the meaning of 

 answers all argue the puppy. 



In medicine, a glaring chariot, a large wig, a pedantic 

 selection of technical phrases, a dogmatic decision, an 

 evasive replication, determine the faculty puppy. 



From these specimens the reader will be enabled to form 

 some idea of puppyism in most situations; he will easily 

 trace the puppy fop, the puppy sportsman, the puppy critic, 

 the puppy connoisseur, the puppy poet, and even the puppy 

 writer. 



That I may not be classed under the last, I shall here ter- 

 minate this essay by declaring myself a sworn foe to puppy- 

 ism in every c-ias-) and station of lite.— Sporting Magazine, 



POINTERS. 



6720. David of Delphos, J. W. M. 6722. Floss Buns, Elm Kennels. 



Cardeza. 6723. Nell III., D. V. G. Curtis. 



6721. Duke, B. N. Cook. 6724. Pellet, W. M. Haines. 



PUGS. 



6725. Tu'penny, Henry A. Allen. 



ST. BERNARDS. — Rough-Coated. 



6726. Basel, Albert Young. 6736. Pell. Halfway Brook Ken- 



6727. Ben Hur, Tracy Gould. nels. 

 M7-S Benito, C E. Woodman. 6737. Plato. F. L. Usher. 

 ijT-ii. Bruno, Ed. Clayville. 6738. Ilex V., J W. Lovatr. 



6750. Countess Sequa,C.O.Cluun- 6739. Silvern orn II., Jas. II. and 

 ber*. John H. Gault. 



6731. Dolph, Miss J. E. Headlev. 6710. Sir Sam E., S. W. Elliott. 

 67 Earl of Warwick, E. W. 6741. The Duchess Armande, 

 Bursrer. Miss Mary R. Wilson. 



6733. Kent, Miss E. L. Fuller. 6742. Tip, A; K Jones. 



6734. Little Lord Fauntleroy, 6.43. Vesta III., W. Peirson. 

 Miss Grace Usher. 6744. Victor, A. F. Jones. 



6735. Nobility, Mrs. B. H. Kathe. 6745. Wm. M., Halfway Brook 



Kor.nels. 



Smooth-Coated. 



6746. Cato, Jr., Half way Brook 6749. Isabella, Mrs. B. H. Kathe. 

 Kennels. ■ 0750. Kara II. , Meuthou Kennels 



6747. Couutess Irma, G. P. Wig- 6751. Mona HI., N. D. Mann, 

 gin. 6752. Topsy, G. P. Wiggin. 



6748. Howe's Elsa, L. Howe. 

 SETTERS— English Setters. 



6753. Bob Ross, W. H. Wild- 6756. Duke of St. Paul, H. E. 



6751. Charlie G.,Dr. F. D. Brown Thompson. 

 675"). Countess AmolIa.Elm Ken- 6757. Echo, A. H. Mason. 



nels. 6758. Thursday, H. W. Hopkins. 



Gordon Setters. 



6759. Guy II., C. E. Bardwell, 

 luisn Setters. 



6760. Aileno II. . J. S. Martin. 



6761. Bang. John Maughiui. 



0765. Iow;i Prince, F. H. Perry. 

 676r.. i ron Ki n g, J. H. Millspaugh 



6762." Bruno W„C. P.dc Allenear 0767. Larse, Dr. A. T. Dobson. 



C/CS. G' Donovan Rossa, Michael 



Flvnn, Jr. 

 6760. Pa/'dv Sarsfield, D. Ward. 



Cintra. 



6763. Oonmari, J. R. Giepsnn. 



6764. Don Pedro, Nelson Royal. 



SHEEPDOGS.— Bob-Tailed. 

 6770. Dame Ursula, Chas. Ross r. 



SPANIELS.— Field and Cocker Spamels. 

 C771. Beckey II. , O. B. Gilmin. 6772, Kob-\ Jr., W. G. Clark. 



T E R RIERS.— Bull-Teh RLER8. 



6773. Gretchtn, H. P. Hopkins. 



FOX-TERRIERS 



6774. Guess, N. J. Winfieia. 6775. Victoria, W. H. Clit't. 



Irish Terriers. 

 6776. Sandycroft Vim, Victor M. 

 Haldeman. 



ROBINS ISLAND CLUB, 



IN the early spring of 1881 Dr. S. Fleet Speir invited some 

 friends to his residence for the purpose of interesting 

 them in the purchase of Robins island as a game preserve. 

 For many years this island had been used for the Eastern 

 field trials, which are now held at High Point, and Dr. 

 Speir has thus become acqiiiiiuted with the property, which 

 is situated in Peconic Bay, being a little over a mile from 

 shore. 



It was decided to purchase the island and organize a club. 

 Mr. William B. Kendall of Brooklyn was elected president, 

 and uuder bis auspices the old house upon the island was 

 remodeled, and on November 5, 1881, the club house was 

 opened for visitors. 



It has been the custom of the club to give field trials, in 

 which the members participate by running their dogs and 

 shooting over them m the contest for the All-Aged, Brace 

 and Derby Stakes. In the Eastern, Southern, and Western 

 field trials throughout the country the owner of the dogs 

 ruu employs a professional handler, 



In many respects the Robins Island Club reflects a deoided 

 change which has come over the American people concern- 

 iug healthful sports, and is a recognition of its value in 

 counterbalancing the evil of overworked humanity. The 

 great strain caused by competition in the race for wealth 

 undermines the physical forces, strains the nerves and over- 

 taxes the brain. The relaxation taken in England and on 

 the Continent in sport and in the chase has been fruitful in 

 developing a healthy people. Many persons to rid them- 

 selves of vexatious care seek rest in an ocean voyage and 

 travel among a more quiet people, who wear a silken thread 

 of pleasure through their business life. 



Should more of these sporting clubs be formed and the 

 islands and wild lands be kept as preserves for native game, 

 there would be saved to our country much of beauty, and 

 money would not be lavished in foreign countries that are 

 not so rich in natural resources. 



There is wanted knowledge as to the care and management 

 of our game. An English gamekeeper is not able to.cuiti- 

 vate the land so as to provide food in a natural way, that 



