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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 15, 1889. 



over fifty tons of bass, pike, pickerel and perch were 

 caught with hook and line during a period hardly cover- 

 ing two months last winter. "We are sick of it, but can't 

 help it; and so must content ourselves to sit in a boat and 

 soak a minnow, waiting almost in vain for a bite from 

 any kind of a fish. All that could be done to stop this 

 kind of fishing was done last winter, and now we will 

 patiently wait another two years until the Legislature 

 again convenes, then we will make another bold stagger 

 to stop this wholesale butchery. — Rex. 



the Mmml 



FIXTURES, 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 7 to 11.— First Annual Bog Show of the Brooklyn Kennel 

 Club, at Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles Dickleraau, Secretary. Entries 

 close Aug. 28. 



Sept. 9 to 13.— Dog Show of the Farmers' Lancaster County Fail- 

 Association, at Lancaster. Pa. A. A. Herr. Secretary. Entries 

 close 11 A. M., Sept. 9. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Sixth Annual Log Show of the London Kennel 

 Club, at London, Out. C. A. Stone, Manager. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Dog Show of the Cent ml Canada Exhibition As- 

 sociation, at Ottawa, Can. Capt. R. C. W. MacCuaig, Secretary. 

 Entries close Aug. 31. 



Sept. 11 to 13.— ETrst Annual Dog Show of the Toledo Kennel 



— I Kennel 



* - in—sr-K- ---vr-iv «— Exposition at Toronto, 



Canada. Capt. C. Creville Harston, Secretary. 



Sept. 17 to 20, -Dog Show of the Pet Stock Association at El- 

 mira, N. V . J. Otis Fellows. Superintendent, Hornellsville, N.Y. 

 Entries close Sept. 7. 



Oct. 7 to 12.— Eighth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- 

 cultural Society, at Danbur y, Conn. B. C. Lynes. Secretary. 



Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, 3890.— Dog Show of the Colorado Poultry and 

 Pet htock Association, at Denver, Col. 



Feb. 18 to 21, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to 14, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

 Kennel Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yates, Secretary. 



March 2(5 to 28, 1890— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mass. 

 Kennel Club, Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 1 to 4, 1890.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. ,T. W. Newman, Secretary. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 4— Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club. 

 P. T. Madison. Secretary, Indianapolis. Ind. 



Nov. 11.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Canadian Kennel Club, 

 at Chatham, Ont. C. A. Stone, Secretary, London, Ont, 

 »J? 0 , V ' l?-T Elo ^? nth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Sara- 

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 2— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, N. C. O. H. Odell, Secretary, Mill's Building, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Dec. 16.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field 

 Trial Club, at Amory, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Secretary, Marietta, 

 Ga. 



Jan. 20, 1890 —Seventh Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 Field Trial Club at Bakersfield, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush street, San Francisco, Cat. 



m Fe W, 1 \ 1890 -TJ ou , rth Annual Field Trials of the Texas Held 

 Trial Club, at Marshall, Tex. W. L. Thomas, Secretary. 



COURSING. 



Oct. 9 to 12— Fall meet of the National Coursing Club at Hutch- 

 inson, Kan. M. E. Allison, Manager. 



Oct. 24.— Annual Meet of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

 Bend, Kan. F. lv. Doau, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. 



NIGHTS WITH THE COONS.-IX. 



ALTHOUGH I lay no claim to being a coon hunter, still 

 i cannot refrain from giving your readers an account 

 of a bunt which I participated fn, and really enjoyed, in 

 October, 1886. 



A friend living at Glens Falls requested trie to come and 

 spend a few days with him at his cottage on Lake George 

 and, to make it an inducement, added, "that 1 could upend 

 the day shooting grouse, and. perhaps, if I would bring 

 along a hound, might find some rabbits," remarking lastly 

 that there were plenty of coons, that they had nearly 

 destroyed Henry B.'s corn, that he knew of a dog at East 

 Lake George that was good for coons, and he would have 

 him at the cottage, and "we will go along some night and 

 get a coon." I will admit I did not take much stock in the 

 coons, for several reasons. First, because I never had seen a 

 successful coon hunt, had tried on two occasions to get a 

 coon by being out all night and nearly tiring myself out, 

 and got left both times, instead of getting a coon In the 

 second place. Harvey never could be induced to go hunting 

 tor any other game, although he enjoys fishing, and I did 

 not for a moment think that he would go tramping around 

 through the woods, across marshes, over rough rocky 

 ground on the mountain side on a dark night when he 

 could not he induced to join in a hunt on a fine day; but I 

 Avas mistaken. 1 concluded to accept his hospitality, and 

 after loading a supply of shells, and Avith rifle, gun, ammu- 

 nition and hound in a conveyance, I headed for Point Com- 

 fort. When I arrived I found Curly, the East Lake George 

 dog, there. I think this dog somewhat resembled "Ness- 

 muk's" "dog without a pedigree," not in appearance, as I 

 should pronounce Curly a half-bred cocker spaniel "the 

 Other half, just dog," but in his being batter than he looked 

 Hero, one of our great Danes, was also there, and with the 

 hound I brought we were well supplied w ith dogs. 



It was nearly sundown when I reached the. cottage, and 

 after the horse had been stabled we walked over to the corn- 

 field and saw the ground strewn with stalks, with the husks 

 on the ears stripped back and the cobs bare. I never saw 

 such havoc, and I could hardly believe that it was coons 

 that had done the mischief. "We will try the coons to- 

 night," said he. "All right," was ray reply, but I did not even 

 then believe him in earnest. 



But when after eatiug supper and enjoying our usual 

 smoke, he arose, lighted his lantern, and said, "Get your 

 gun. 1 realized that under his quiet manner there smoul- 

 dered rage against, the despoilers of his crops. We started 

 for the cornfield with all three dogs at our heels. Just be- 

 fore we reached the corn Curly entered the low. marshy 

 ground to the south of the field, and was lost to sight, and 

 soon out of hearing. Hero, who was only one year old', and 

 never hunted anything except woodchucks, kept close to us, 

 while the hound went out in the corn, and very soon we 

 heard her, about five rods away, tune up and head for the 

 marsh. Before she could reach the edge we heard Curly 

 barking furiously not ten rods away in the marsh and in 

 line of the trail the hound was running. Quick as a flash 

 Hero was gone, and Harvey, with lantern in hand, made a 

 dash for the spot, saying as he went, "I knew we would 

 have a coon to-night, I smelled them in the air " 



Upon reaching the spot Ave found all three dogs looking 

 up at a dark object on top of an ash stump about 20ft high 

 but only Curly barking. I asked Harvey if he thought it a 

 coon or a cat; he replied, "A coon, of course; give it to him " 

 and at the crack of the right barrel down he came and 

 landed among the dogs, Avho soon extinguished Avhat little 

 life was left. Curly Avas made of good mettle, and would 

 get a hold and hang like death, while Hero, Avho stood 30in 

 at shoulder, Avould pick up coon and Curly and shake them 

 both like a terrier would a rat. 



We had been from the cottage only fifteen minutes and 



had scored our first coon. After taking this one in we 

 crossed over on the south side of the marsh, and had barely 

 started toward the mountain before the hound gave an- 

 other cry, and the music had hardly died away before Curly 

 came up and struck in ahead oP her. Away he flew like the 

 wind, and inside of two minutes had his coon up a tree not 

 fifteen rods away and Avas again making the Avoods ring 

 with his music. One shot brought this one down and he 

 was bandied in approved style by the dogs. 



We took him from them, and as vye Avere notover five min- 

 utes' walk from the cottage, started to take him in, and 

 were about half Avay there, when we heard Curly again, 

 about ten rods further toward the mountain, in a thicket of 

 cedars. We knew all the dogs were there and would stay, 

 so we went to the cottage Avith our second coon, and our 

 Avives concluded that as the dogs were not far of! they 

 would go along and enjoy the sport of doing up the third 

 coon. 



-We reached the spot but could see no coon, as the cedars 

 were very thick, and to look up was like looking into a sea 

 ol ink, but Curly insisted there was a coon up in one of the 

 cedars, so I set down my gun and commenced climbing the 

 tree. I had nearly reached the top, and could see the light 

 of the sky overhead but no coon, when of a sudden I thought 

 1 felt something behind me, and on turning partly around I 

 found the coon had climbed so far up the tree that the top 

 had bent over and he was almost touching me at my back. 

 By the light of the lantern I marked a spot on the ground 

 at the foot of a birch tree where I would stand to shoot, and 

 also the angle I must hold the gun at to be in line with his 

 coonship, and then descended, took my position and fired, 

 when with a crash down he came, and with a yell and snarl 

 died among the dogs. This coon weighed nineteen pounds. 

 The ladies thought they could manage to carry him to the 

 cottage, as we Avanted to go further north to an old orchard, 

 and so after hanging him over a stick with the coon between 

 them they left us. 



We Avent to the orchard and did not strike another; Avere 

 gone perhaps an hour, and concluded we had had sport 

 enough, and were almost back to the cottage when we heard 

 a yell, one bark from Curly aud a growl from Hero about 

 four rods to our right, and when Ave arrived at the spot 

 found Curly froze to another coon and Hero handli Ug both 

 as though they cost nothing. The two still-hunters had ran 

 upon him in a little opening, and before he could reach a 

 tree had him, and to get him meant to kill him on the spot. 

 After taking this one from the dogs, and Avhile we stood 

 talking over the results of the evening, we heard a grand 

 rush through the dry leaves, and inside of a minute Curly 

 again broke the stillness of the night. This proved our 

 Avorst coon, ashe had climbed a poplar not over lOin. through 

 at the butt andOOft. high, with not a limb for40lt. It took 

 six charges to stir him, as Ave could not tell which dark spot 

 was the coon, as the tree had several clumps of leaves still 

 clinging to its branches, but at last he came down with a 

 thud. This made our score stand 5 coons inside of three 

 hours, and we felt satisfied with the results and entered the 

 cottage at eleven o'clock. 



I remained at Point Comfort the two succeeding nights, 

 and we got one coon each night. Should I live for a half 

 century I will never forget that "night with the coons," and 

 never expect to enjoy another as successful. 



F. B. Zimmf.r. 



SCHENECTADY, N. Y. 



FLEAS AND LICE. 



FOR the benefit of a number of correspondents we repub- 

 lish the following article, Avhich first appeared in our 

 issue of Feb. 2S, 1884; 



We have recently received several communications re- 

 (1 nesting information as to a sure method for ridding dogs 

 of lice. Almost all of the various remedies that are recom- 

 mended for their extermination will have the desired effect 

 providiug they are promptly applied. None of them will 

 accomplish the purpose unless so applied. We have repeat- 

 y stated that "eternal viligance is the price of freedom 

 T _ jm fleas." This axiom is especially applicable when seek- 

 ing to circumvent the bloodthirsty Ivk. The main difficulty 

 in getting rid of these troublesome pests is owing to a want 

 of care in applying the remedy. The louse is very prolific 

 and matures at a very early age, and as none of the various 

 remedies will destroy the vitality of the egg. no matter how 

 thorough has been the war of extermination, a day or two 

 will see their ranks again full. It is necessary, therefore, in 

 order to make a sure job of it, that the work be thoroughly 

 done in the first place and thoroughly repeated at least once 

 a week, until "the last armed foe expires." Persian insect 

 powder, When rightly used, answers the purpose very well, 

 and is perhaps the most cleanly and least troublesome method 

 in cold weather, but as the powder only stupefies and does 

 not kill the insect, it is necessary to follow its application 

 with the fine comb, of course destroying by fire every captive 

 To apply the powder, place the animal upon a large sheet of 

 strong paper, and with an insect gun or com mon pepper box 

 thoroughly dust the powder into every portion of his coat 

 following this with a vigorous shampooing until every 

 insect receives its share, Most of them avi'11 at once vacate 

 the premises and fall upon the paper. Those that remain 

 must be found with the comb and all thrown into the fire 

 This should be repeated every three or four days until the 

 parasites all disappear. A decoction from quassia wood will 

 also destroy lice. Take two or three ounces of the chips and 

 tie them up in a muslin bag. Suspend them in a pail of 

 water, stirring occasionally. After two hours the decoction 

 is ready for use. Apply it freely with plenty of soap and 

 rinse oft with clear water. Strong tobacco water, applied in 

 the same manner, may be used with good results, although 

 it is apt to make the animal sick. Whale oil, freelyused, is 

 also sure death to lice. This should he thoroughly washed 

 out of the coat within a few minutes after using oh account 

 of cleanliness. There are many other remedies that will 

 accomplish that purpose, but those mentioned will be found 

 atpply sufficient Mercurial preparations of all kinds are 

 never to be used for this purpose, as bad results are always 

 sure to follow. Neither can kerosene be recommended for 

 the same reason. It is absolutely necessary that the kennel 

 and bedding be attended to or all of your labor will be in 

 vain. A good coat of Avhitewash put on hot, taking care to 

 fill up all the cracks, will render your kennel almost insect 

 proof. The bedding should be changed often. Cedar shav- 

 mgs make the best bed, although those of pine Avill do very 

 well. The bedding of dogs Avho sleep in the house should 

 be frequently scalded out in strong soapsuds, and after 

 rinsing in clean Avater, hung in the sun until perfectly dry 

 By closely observing the above rules any one can soon rid 

 his kennel of both fleas and lice, 



FANNY'S RECORD. — Englewood, N. J., Aug. 6.— Edi- 

 tor Fores t and Stream: Since you have been so courteous 

 as to give me the list of Cupid's winnings, will you do like- 

 wise with his dam Fanny, whose record I am not quite sure 

 of, not having been notified by cards, Also, is it not obliga- 

 tory that some sort of certificate be sent owners from the 

 bench shows.— Edith M, Van Bueen. [The Avinnings of 

 Fanny are: First and special, New HaA-en and Boston, 

 hirst, New York, and champion, Philadelphia, 1885. Sec- 

 ond, New York, 1886. First and special, New York, 1887. 

 Second, New York, 1888. First, New York, 1889. Some 

 show managers send certificate of awards to owners, but 

 inany do not. There is no rule in the case, but if exhibi- 

 tors demand such a rule, there is no question that it can 

 be easily obtained.] 



DOG TALK. 



rROM the City of Mexico Mr. L. B. France writes to the 

 Denver Republican, " At the restaurant I have several 

 times noticed a blooming wife of 2501bs avoirdupois, if she 

 weighs an ounce; her attire is faultless, but everything looks 

 tight. I could not avoid the impression that any unusual 

 exertion on her part would require me, in modesty, to leave. 

 With her is a delicate, happy-looking man in an English 

 jacket of plaid, and his thin legs encased in tight trousers; 

 he always Avears a smile of deA T otion and carries an Italian 

 greyhound, which he holds in his lap and feeds. The trio 

 are accompanied usually by a thin, grizzled gentlemau with 

 an eye-glass, who soaks his bread crust in his chocolate; he 

 is happy, too, and beams on his companions, not forgetting 

 the dog. In their tours to and from the restaurant the elder 

 gentleman assumes the lead, talking cheerily over his 

 shoulder to the lady and she in turn to her delighted fol- 

 lower and his handsome charge. Whether the young man 

 is the husband or dry nurse I have not learned. The dog is 

 remarkably well bred and studiously refrains from puttiug 

 his nose into his guardian's plate. Consideration for the 

 dumb brutes is not wanting. In nearly every doorway will 

 always be found a dish of water; these are for the dogs, who 

 may be vagabonds or not. Rabies in the family of our 

 faithful friends is more imaginary than real. It is a rare 

 disorder, notwithstanding the opinion of the average police- 

 man to the contrary. At the altitude of the City of Mexico 

 I dare say a case was never known. But to keep the Avater 

 handy is a police regulation to be observed by every house- 

 holder under penalty of a fine. If it will 'not ward off 

 madness, it will serve as a sign to detect it. So the dogs are 

 conveniently provided for and the timid citizen is given an 

 assurance of a safeguard against all sorts of curs." 



The Stock-Keeper is disgruntled at the manner in which 

 news of the Kennel Club meetings is disseminated, and has 

 something to say on the question, and at the same time it 

 gives a bit of the pedigree of Mr. Huscroft, who it will be 

 remembered promulgated the Salisbury pedigree scandal. 

 We append the remarks: 



"Just a word about the apparently one-sided supply of in- 

 formation from the Kennel Club. A distinction should be 

 drawn between general and precise information. We can 

 quite understand how the results of committee inquiries 

 leak out, and become public property. The parties to a case 

 usually know whether they have won or lost, and cannot be 

 expected to keep the result a secret until the appearance of 

 the Kennel Gazette. They know the decision— for, though 

 the committee do not consider their decision until the oppos- 

 ing parties have withdrawn, the effect of it is conveyed to 

 the parties to the case; but, as the deliberations are carried 

 on in private, we do not understand how, in the case of the 

 Dublin matter, the very words of the club's resolution were 

 published in a contemporary. 



"Our remarks of last week on this subject having elicited 

 no remark, we are now inclined to inquire whether this in- 

 formation was supplied to our contemporary by Mr. Hus- 

 croft, who, we understand, is editor or sub-editor of the 

 Kennel Gazette. He is, we believe, the source of informa- 

 tion which he is in aposition to supply to different channels, 

 for besides editing the official organ of the Kennel Club, he 

 acts as London correspondent to an American paper, pur- 

 veying for it a weekly budget of kennel news. We have 

 heard that he has similar relations with a continental jour- 

 nal. He is further connected with an advertising agency, 

 and also acts as guide and adviser to Americans who, being 

 over here, may require his services when making their 

 canine purchases. 



"Which English journals Mr. Huscroft supplies with his 

 intelligence we cannot say, but if the official resolution un- 

 der notice was sent by him to our London contemporary, Ave 

 should like to know why he, in his official capacity on the 

 Kennel Gazette, picked out a particular newspaper, instead 

 of transmitting official information to all the recognized 

 organs of the kennel Avorld. He cannot have forgotten the 

 Stocli- Keeper, as it was in our office during the few months 

 he was in our employ that he picked up whatever he kuows 

 about dogs. When he was engaged by us he knew practi- 

 cally nothing about this subject, the names of many breeds 

 must have been quite foreign to his mind; but though his 

 duties were confined chiefly to office work, he may have 

 made himself somewhat familiar, in a superficial Avay, with 

 the doings of the fancy. If, therefore, in his position as 

 editor of theKennei Gazette he may supply information to 

 the press, we consider we are entitled not to be constituted 

 an exception. 



"Further, Mr. Huscroft will require to conduct his various 

 vocations with much skill, or he will get himself mixed. 

 Mr. Huscroft, the editor of the Kennel Gazette, as Dr. Jekyll, 

 prim and proper, must keep Mr. Huscroft, the American 

 correspondent, as Mr. Hyde, the promulgator of unfounded 

 statements, quite separate and distinct. The English 'edi- 

 tor' should forswear the American 'correspondent,' who 

 made public a wicked and false charge against a fellow 

 countryman residing in America. Mr. Huscroft, in the 

 safe distance of the American journal, has fulminated men- 

 dacious insinuations against the paper which served him as 

 a stepping-stone to his present position as editor of the 

 Kennel Gazette, he dare not repeat them in an English 

 paper subject to the jurisdiction of our law. Further, Mr. 

 Hyde Huscroft has in the American paper written on the 

 late bulldog match in such suspicious terms as to lead 

 readers across the Atlantic to think that the editors of this 

 journal entered into a conspiracy with Mr. George Raper, 

 Mr. J. Ellis, Mr. Astley probably, and Mr. Preece also, to do 

 Mr. Pybus-Sellon out of his money. Of course in this coun- 

 try, where we are known, aud where Mr. Huscroft is known, 

 such a charge could only excite notice for its monstrous 

 impertinence— but in America, Avhere the editor of the 

 Kennel Gazette poses as a canine authority, his charges 

 may— nay, do, we believe— find credence. Therefore, Dr. 

 Jekyll Huscroft must be careful not to lapse into Mr. Hyde 

 Huscroft, or the members ©f the Kennel Club may find the 

 editor of their official oigan prosecuted for libeling the pro- 

 prietors of an English journal and several well-known and 

 respected members of our kennel world." 



Dr. C. A, Lougest, Jersey City, N. J., has imported the 

 Avell-known mastiff bitch Cambrian Princess, and sold her 

 to Mr. E. H. Moore, Melrose, Mass. She Avas whelped Feb. 

 3, 1882, and is by champion Bran and out of Modesty. She 

 has won the Old English Mastiff Club's forty guinea chal- 

 lenge cup eleven times, as well as many first prizes, medals 

 and cups. She also won the prize of honor at Brussels. 

 She is the dam of Minting and Mr. Moore is fortunate in 

 securing her for his kennel. 



The National Coursing Association propose holding meet- 

 ings near some of the large cities, beginning at Louisville, 

 Ky., the first week in September, and at Lexington and 

 Cincinnati, O., the weeks folloAving. Jack rabbits will be 

 used, and the dogs will be muzzled, thus eliminating the 

 element of cruelty, unless it be cruel to tantalize the dogs 

 in such fashion. 



It is rumored that several agricultural fair associations 

 in different sections of the country will hold dog shoAvs in 

 connection with their annual exhibitions. We will thank 

 our friends who may have knowledge of such contemplated 

 shows to send us particulars. 



Mr. S. W. Smith, the well-known English St. Bernard 

 fancier, was judge of the breed at the recent Darlington 

 show. Previous to the judging he received the following 



