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woods. Lord Graphic pointed a single bird nicely; Cincb 

 backed; Lord Graphic retrived well. Moved on, hunting 

 for another bevy. One was found by the spectators. Cinch 

 pointed it indifferently. Moved on; he pointed some re- 

 maining birds, which did not flush. The heat was a poor 

 one. At 2:06 it ended. Cinch won. The first series resulted 

 as follows: 



Lebanon beat Sachem. 



King's Mark beat Roger Williams. 



Ollie S. beat Consolation. 



Cassio beat Tipton. 



Cinch beat Lord Graphic. 



Second Series. 



OLLIE S. AND LEBANON. 

 They were started at 3:10. Lebanon pointed a bevy in 

 [sedge grass. White killed and Lebanon refused to retrieve. 

 I On the single birds Ollie showed the greater accuracy. She 

 i retrieved well. She made two false "points. She was the 

 [wider ranger and had the better style. Their speed was 

 nearly equal. Ollie won. Down 35ra. 



KING'S MARK AND CASSIO. 

 They were started at 2:49. Mark pointed a bevy in the 

 I open in sedge grass; he retrieved well. On the scattered 

 birds Cassio made a good point on a bird in oak woods. 

 Mark made two false points. Range and speed about alike. 

 Cassio had better style. Up at 3:38. King's Mark won. 

 Cassio apparently was disobedient, as he was not prompt to 

 i whistle or command. 

 Ollie S. beat Lebanon. 

 King's Mark beat Cassio. 

 Cinch a bye. 



Third Series. 



There were three dogs in this series, two of which were 

 owned by the M. & A. Kennels. There was some difference 

 [of opinion between the judges as to the correct manner of 

 arranging this series. The rules required that if the heat 

 for first place was run on the same day as the preceding 

 series, the dog having the bye would run a side heat. Both 

 Cinch and Ollie S. were owned by the same owners and 

 handled by the same handler. Some held that King's Mark 

 having the bye the other two should run together. Others 

 held that no two dogs owned or handled by the same person 

 -should be forced to run together while there were dogs not 

 so owned in the stake. The rule is very clear and explicit 

 and reads as follows: 



"Rule 10. If two dogs owned or handled by the same per- 

 son should be drawn together in the first, or come together 

 in any succeeding series, the second dog so owned or 

 ' handled shall change places with the first dog not so owned 

 or handled. * * If such separation is found to be imprac- 

 ticable, the running together of two such dogs may be per- 

 mitted." Again: "Rule 27. If in the order of running 

 there shall be but three dogs in a series, so that one would 

 run a bye, then, while the competing dogs are running th eir 

 heat, the third dog shall run a side heat without competi- 

 tion. * * * If the dog running the bye would not compete 

 for first place the same day he would run the bye, the side heat 

 need not be run." When two dogs are handled by the same 

 person, and are in a series which contains but three dogs, it 

 is plain that the bye cannot run a side heat since the handler 

 cannot handle in two heats at the same time. In this case 

 the running for first was postponed until the next day, 

 which obviated the running of the side heat. The rule only 

 makes an exception when "such separation is found to be 

 impracticable," and even when it is not man datorw, for it- 

 reads "may be permitted," in strong contrast to the explicit 

 ''shall," used in other parts of the rules. Mr. Martin dis- 

 sented from the ruling of the other two judges, and an- 

 nounced publicly that he wished to go on record as disagree- 

 ing from the ruling, basing his opinion on the word 

 "impracticable." Inasmuch as it was late in the afternoon, 

 and the running for first place arranged for the next morn- 

 ing, it was not "impracticable" to separate the two dogs; in 

 short, they were separated. 



KING'S MARK AND CINCH. 

 They were started at 3:38. Mark had the range and speed. 

 Cinch had the better style. Both made errors in working 

 birds, and both pointed and backed staunchly, and were 

 steady to wing and shot. Mark had the advantage in the 

 work done and won. Time 4:20. 



Final for First Place. 



OLLIE S. AND KING'S MARK. 

 They were started about five and one-half miles from town 

 in the open field at 9:47. Both dogs soon after starting were 

 found pointing a bevy in sedge grass by the edge of oak 

 woods. Mark broke his point and Ollie then drew to the 

 bevy and flushed a bird, then stood staunchly. A vent killed 

 and Ollie retrieved. The birds went into the woods and 

 were followed. On the way Ollie pointed a single bird and 

 was steady to shot and wing. Mark flushed a single. Both 

 pointed and roaded on the footscent of a bevy; at the edge 

 of the woods in sedge, both standing several yards apart, 

 pointed the birds, the bevy being divided. Both were 

 steady to shot. In the oak woods Ollie stopped instantly 

 to a neat point on a bird, and Mark backed steadily. 

 Both were steady to wing. Mark was next to point 

 and was handsomely backed by Ollie. A single 

 bird was flushed several yards down wind and behind 

 him, which he could not possibly have pointed. Next Ollie 

 pointed and Mark backed: nothing was found to the point. 

 Ollie made a good point on a single bird; Mark backed; 

 Avent wounded the bird, which fell dead about 50yds. away. 

 Ollie retrieved it nicely. Mark flushed a single bird in 

 sedge grass. Ollie had a wider and more uniform range, 

 aud much better style. The speed was about equal, al- 

 though Mark started a bit slow. Mark had a disagreeable 

 habit of frequently pointing aud moving on when in the 

 vicinity of birds, consequently was not as accurate and dili- 

 gent as he otherwise would have been . Ollie won. Down 

 22m. 



Final for Second Place. 



KING'S MARK AND CONSOLATION. 



The heat began at 10:20. Consolation started off at a 

 lively gait and ranged in fine form. Mark also was going 

 better than in his last heat, the presence of birds probably 

 stimulating him to vigorous effort. Taking a cast up on a 

 sidehill in open sedge, he pointed a bevy; Consolation 

 backed well. Mark abandoned his point; Consolation im- 

 mediately started in and pointed the bevy staunchly. White 

 killed, and Consolation retrieved tenderly but not sufficiently 

 prompt. Moved on and Mark false-pointed twice. The 

 logs, in oak woods, took opposite casts. Consolation found 

 and pointed several birds; White flushed them to his point 

 and killed. Consolation retrieved the bird well. In the 

 meantime, Mark made two excellent points on single birds 

 and retrieved nicely. Sent on to find the scattered birds 

 Consolation caught scent, drew straight up wind, about 

 15yds. into the birds and made a bad flush; he stood to the 

 flush and White flushed several more ahead of him. Con- 

 solation had the better style in ranging and on point. His 

 range was slightly better, and in maintaining a uniform 

 fast pace, he also excelled. Down 40m. King's Mark won. 



Consolation and Cassio were placed equal third. 



SUMMARY. 



Annual All-Aged Stake. For setters and pointers that 

 have never won first prize in all-aged stake in any recog- 

 nized trials in America. Purse $650. First," $ 300; second, 

 X); third, $150. Forfeit $10; SO additional for starters. 



First Series. 

 Lebanon"beat Sachem. 

 King's Mark beat Roger Williams. 

 Ollie S. beat Consolation. 

 Cassio beat Tipton. 

 Cinch beat Lord Graphic. 



Second Series. 

 Ollie S. beat Lebanon. 

 King's Mark beat Cassio. 

 Cinch a bye. 



Third Series. 

 King's Mark beat Cinch. 

 Ollie S. a bye. 



Final for First Place. 

 Ollie S. beat King's Mark and won first prize. 



Ties for Second Place. 

 King's Mark beat Consolation and won second. 

 Consolation and Cassio placed third. 



PREVENTION OF GUN-SHYNESS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



My attention was forcibly attracted by an article on gun- 

 shyness in the September number of the A. K. R. (Vol. VI., 

 p. 212), and as it contains an important statement, I write 

 of an experience of mine which is certainly suggestive and 

 may prove of value. The statement I refer to is: "There is 

 no characteristic, mental or physical, which is surer to be 

 transmitted to the progeny of a gun-shy sire or dam." If 

 this is true, I may be able to suggest a treatment to be used 

 in the case of offspring of a sire or dam known to possess 

 this serious fault. 



Many years ago— "the down upon my lip— less man than 

 boy"— I found located on the country place of my grand- 

 father a mongrel pup, part hound but no "bird dog" blood, 

 then about five months old. The family had not yet moved 

 out from the city, and the pup had probably been left to 

 himself by the family of the farmer, who occupied a part of 

 the house during the winter. I had gone out to test a new 

 shotgun, and the dog was tied at a kennel perhaps 100yds. 

 from where I chose my position for firing. At the first dis- 

 charge the dog disappeared, to my infinite amusement. I 

 proceeded with my tests, pausing to note the weight of 

 charge used, both as to powder and shot, and the effect. I 

 had not been engaged more than twenty minutes before, to 

 my great surprise,T saw the dog standing as near me as his 

 rope would permit, and watching every movement with 

 evident interest. I do not know how long he had been doing 

 so before I took notice of the fact. Firing again and seeing 

 that he was more delighted than dismayed at the flash and 

 report, I went over and untied him. From that day he 

 would leave a dinner to go out with a gun, and it made no 

 difference whether I shot for birds or with a rifle at a mark. 

 In fact I never trained him for birds, but only taught him 

 to be silent and to walk behind me until after I fired. In 

 rifle shooting I often made him stand on the broad sill of a 

 window in a shed from which I practiced at targets, and 

 when I rested the rifle on his back he never would stir a hair 

 until after the flash, and a perceptible interval after it, too. 

 These, however, were only a few of a hundred good traits 

 that companionship developed in him with kindness. Poor 

 Sancho has gone over to the majority of good though mon- 

 grel dogs; but I feel even now that I should only do justice 

 to his memory in trying to turn it to some usefulness, that 

 it may "live after him." 



The question that suggests itself is, might not the same 

 process be tried to advantage on the offspring of parents 

 known to be gun-shy, by taking the puppy at a fairly ad- 

 vanced stage, isolating him so as to make him somewhat 

 lonely and eager for companionship, and then teaching him 

 that there is no harm to be expected from a noisy report by 

 familiarizing him with it, first at a reasonable distance and 

 not bringing him to close quarters until he desires to come 

 closer of his own volition ? 



All of which is respectfully submitted for what it is worth. 



Tracy Gould. 



Vjneland, N. J., December, 1888. 



RICHMOND (IND.) DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The third annual show of the Central Indiana Poultry 

 and Pet Stock Association was held at the Park Rink in 

 Richmond, Dec. 14, and was a success financially and other- 

 wise. There were 100 entries in the dog department, and 

 some of them were fine specimens. Mr. P. T. Madison of 

 Indianapolis judged all classes, and his awards gave entire 

 satisfaction. The prizes were awarded as follows: 

 AWARDS. 



MASTIFFS.— Champion— E. M. Bronson's Delph Viva.— Open 

 —Dogs: 1st, E. E. Roney's Jim. Puppies: 1st, E. M. Bronson's 

 Caesar; 3d, J. E. Doughterty's Jess; 3d, E. li. Roney's Jim. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— 1st, Mr. Freeman's Dolly. 



GREYHOUNDS— Champion— Rockwood Kennels' Snowflight. 

 —Open— 1st, Rockwood Kennels' Rich and Rare. 



POINTERS— 1st, C. W. Law's Spang. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Dogs: 1st, Devonshire Kennels' Jim 

 Gladstone: 2d, Mr. Nelson's Discount; 3d, E. M. Star's Ramo. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, J. B. Nickum's White Lill and Countess Rose. 

 Puppies: 1st, Chas. Law's Ben Harrison. 



IRISH SETTERS.— Bitches: 1st, James Clay's Annie Elcho- 

 Puppies: 1st, James Clay's Snipe. 



FOXHOUNDS.— 1st, M. Schell's Lead; 2d, Win. Laudwehr's 

 Leader. 



BEAGLES.— Dons: 1st, Henry Mills's Driver. Bitches: 1st 

 Fred Testing's Fanny. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— 1st, G. G. Felling's Flossie. Puppies: 1st and 

 2d, Sterling's Nell and Prince. 



COLLIES. — Dogs: 1st and 2d. J. E. Dougherty's Boss and Char- 

 ley: 3d, J. H. Hodgen's unnamed. Bitches: 1st, J. E. Dougherty's 

 Zella; 2d,_Maggie Adams's Etta. Puppies: 1st, 2d and 3d, Maggie 

 Adams's Lotta, Scotta and Zell. 



BULLDOGS.— Dogs: 1st, J. H. Taylor's Fritz. Bitches: 1st, J. H. 

 Taylor's Fanny. 



TOY TERRIERS— 1st, Wm. Quigley's Topsy. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS.— 1st, A. Beeier's Zip; 2d, Harry Fox's 

 Dick; 3d, E. Roney's Jack. 



PUGS.— Dogs: 1st, E. B. Gold's Ralph; 2d, Clem Gar's Budge; 3d, 

 A. Lange's Nip. Puppies: 1st, Geo. Becker's Jude. 



SKYE TERRIERS. — 1st, F. W. Spinning's Mary. 



Richmond. 



THE AMERICAN COURSING CLUB. 



Editor Forest ojnd Stream: 



Following is the financial statement of the American 

 Coursing Club for the year ending Oct. 31, 1S88. We believe 

 the showing to be a good one. The prospects of the club 

 were never so bright. 



RECEIPTS. 



Membership dues $ 70.00 



Membership fees 150.00 



Membership assessment.. 180.00 Printing, etc $301.40 



Ro^ia+i.o+inn fooc Sifli Wnnrl r'lita. ftlfftrns. pt<* . 33.65 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Approved and ordered by Exe- 

 cutive Committee. 



Registration tees 3.75 Wood cuts, electros, etc... 33.65 



Entrance fees 385.00 Postage aud expressage... 38.00 



Gate receipts, annual C. 



CM 160.15 



Donations 126,70 



Money advanced 300.00 



Total 



$ 1,375.60 



1210 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo, 



G. I. Royce, railroad exp. 20.00 



Advertising 12.40 



Sundry bills hv warrants. 318.82 



Premiums 700.00 



Cash on hand 154.03 



. Total $1,375.60 



Frank K, Do an, Sec'y, 



THE CHASE OF THE HARE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



An ancient writer tells us that hunting was the exercise o 

 the greatest heroes in antiquity, and that by this they 

 formed themselves for war as well as for their exploits against 

 wild beasts, which were a prelude to their future victories. 

 From Xenophon we learn that almost all the ancient heroes, 

 Nestor, Theseus, Castor, Pollux, Ulysses, Diomedes and 

 Achilles were disciples of bun ting and were careful ly taught 

 that art, and Pliny observes that those who were designed 

 for great generals were made to contend with the swiftest 

 wild beasts in speed, with the boldest in strength, and with 

 the most cunning in craft aud subtlety; and the Roman; 

 Emperors, in the monuments they erected to transmit their 

 actions to future ages, joined the glories of the chase to their 

 most celebrated triumphs. Both Greek and Latin poets em- 

 blazoned the beauties of the chase upon the pages of their 

 works which will last forever, and will be read and admired 

 by scholars and sportsmen, while the names of Oppian, 

 Gratius, Ovid, Nemesianus and Virgil, together with that of 

 poor old blind Homer, will ever remain fresh and green in 

 the memory of all sportsmen. These all esteemed hunting, 

 not only because it was a manly and warlike exercise, but 

 because it was highly conducive to health; and the famous 

 Galen recommended it above all others as not only exercis- 

 ing the body, but giving delight and entertainment to the 

 mind, and be calls the inventors of this art "wise men., and 

 well skilled in human nature." 



Hark away, 

 Cast far behind the ling'ring cares of life, 

 Cithajron calls aloud, and in full cry 

 Thy hounds, Taygetus, Epidarus trains 

 For us the gen'rous steed; the hunter's shouts, 

 And cheering cries, assenting woods return. 



Virgil.— Gecrrg. III. 



Of all the sports in hunting mentioned by the ancients 

 none was more admired than that of chasing the hare, none 

 was considered more manly, and none more fruitful of in- 

 vigorating and healthful exercise. While the hare has 

 always been noted for its timidity, it has been highly prized 

 for its fleetuess. Arrian says "the true sportsmen does not 

 take out his dogs to destroy the hares, but for the sake of 

 the course and the contest between the dogs and the hare, 

 and is glad if the hare escapes, aud if she flies to some brake 

 that is too thin to hide her and tries to conceal herself and 

 seems to decline the contest, he will call off the dogs, es- 

 pecially if she has run well. I, myself, often when I have 

 followed the course on horseback and have come up time 

 enough to save the hare alive, have taken her from the dogs- 

 and tied them up and let her go; and sometimes when I 

 have come up too late to save her I have not been able to 

 avoid striking the dogs on the head for killing so good an anta- 

 gonist. * * * I will allow, indeed, that whoever sees this; 

 animal, either found running or pursued, may forget any- 

 thing else he is most attached to; but to see it taken is 

 neither a pleasing nor a striking sight, but rather disgust- 

 ing." This is the writing and the words of the great Fla- 

 vius Arrian, who was born in Bithynia, A. D. 100, who was 

 not only a pupil but a friend of the great stoic, Epictetus. 

 And his great deeds as well as his learned writings are fully 

 mentioned and deferred to as authority upon all subjects 

 which he thought fit to write about by all writers from 

 that time to the present clay. 



Sir Thomas Elyot, who was Ambassador to Rome during 

 thereignof Henry VIII., inhisbcoknamedthe"Governour," 

 published in 1531, says: "Hunting of the Hare with Gre- 

 hounds is a ryght good solace for men that be studiouse or 

 thym to whome nature hath not gyven personage or courage 

 ap'te for the warres, and also for gentilwomen which feare 

 nether sorme nor wynde for appayring theyr beautie. And 

 peradventure they shall bee therr at lasse idill than they 

 shuld be at home in their chambers." 



Hares were protected by law at this time. The Statute of 

 14 Henry VIII. enacted that if any person traced, destroyed 

 or killed any hare in the snow with dog, bitch or otherwise, 

 he forfeited 5s. 8d. for every hare. 



And we find in the "Epigrams" of Martial's, written in 

 Rome during the first century after Christ, the following 

 epigram to Prisons: "Use more sparingly, 1 advise you, the 

 galloping hunter Priscus, and ride not so furiously after the 

 hare. The sportsman has often made atonement to the prey 

 and fallen, never to rise again, from the spirited horse. The 

 very plain, too, has its danger, even though there be no ditch, 

 no mound, no rocky places, yet the level ground is apt to 

 deceive. There will not be wanting some rider to exhibit to 

 you a spectacle such as this, but his fall would excite less 

 repining at fate than yours. If the excitement of danger 

 attracts you let us spread toils for the wild boars of Tuscany. 

 Coiu-age in that pursuit is safer. Why do such break-neck 

 steeds delight you ? They much oftener succeed in killing 

 the rider than the hare." 



From the sculptures of Thebes and Beni-Hassan we can 

 learn the great delight the Egyptians experienced in the 

 chase. Wilkinson, in his "Aucient Egypt," says: "In the 

 East indeed it was always looked upon as a manly exercise, 

 requiring courage and dexterity, and tending to iuvigorate 

 the body and instill into the mind a taste for active pursuits. 

 It was held in such repute that the founders of empires 

 were represented in the character of renowned hunters. 

 The Babylonians were so fond of the chase that the walls of 

 their rooms presented a repetition of subjects connected 

 with it, and they even ornamented their dresses and the 

 furniture of their houses with the animals they hunted." 



TheMedes and Persians were equally fond of the chase, 

 and the Egyptians frequently coursed with dogs in the open 

 plains. 



Coursing the hare was one of the recognized sports of the 

 ancient Greeks. They were also fond of hare's flesh, so that 

 they had an expression, "to live on hare's flesh," which 

 was synonomous with "living on all kinds of dainties." 



The Roman epicures considered the shoulder of the hare a 

 tidbit, while the rabbit was not known to the ancient 

 Egyptians, the Assyrians, or the J ews, while the coney was 

 known to all of them. These people all, with the exception 

 of the Jews, gave chase to the hare and enjoyed the flesh. 

 The hare falling under the Mosaic law was for that reason 

 considered and held as unclean by the Jews. 



The action of Moses in this case was certainly one of the 

 "mistakes of Moses." Leviticus, Chapter XI.,' Verse 6: 



"And the hare because he cheweth the cud and divideth 

 not the hoof he is unclean unto you." Now, in truth and 

 in fact, the hare does not chew the cud. Neither does the 

 rabbit or the coney. Its teeth and stomach are "not built 

 that way." Yet Moses evidently believed they were,. and 

 such is the popular opinion to the present time. Cowper in 

 his works, speaking of his favorite pet hare, says that he 

 "chewed the cud." They have a peculiar way of moving 

 their jaws, even when asleep, a kind of mumbling, but this 

 is done for the purpose of grinding their teeth and not to 

 masticate a cud ball. 



The ancient Britons coursed the hare, and during the 

 reign of Queen Elizabeth, Thanos, Duke of Norfolk, formu- 

 lated this set of rules, which were subscribed unto by the 

 chief gentry and so held authentic: "That he that is chosen 

 fereterer or that lets loose the greyhounds shall receive the 

 greyhounds matched to run together into his leash as soon 

 as he comes into the field, and follow next to the hare 

 finder, or he that is to start the hare, until he comes unto 

 the form, aud no horsemen or footmen are to go before, or 

 on any side, but directly behind, for the space of about forty 

 yards.. You ought not to course a hare with above a brace 

 of greyhounds. The hare finder ought to give the hare 



