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letter, which he placed in the bunds of the committee, and 

 ordered the exhibitor and dog out of the ring: "S. W. Smith, 

 Esq.: Dear Sir— I am showing Lorna Doonc at Darlington. 

 I think of selling. I advertised her a week ago, and have a 

 customer hanging on. Fifty guineas is her price, and I 

 think I shall get most of it, especially if you cau put me 

 well up on Friday. I would guarantee you a £5 note, or 

 perhaps more. Lorna is looking well. I am, sir, yours 

 truly, T. Cook." 



There has been considerable talk of holding a dog show 

 at Hamilton, Canada, in connection with the Central Fair, 

 next month, but we understand that the project has fallen 

 through for this year. An effort will be made to hold a 

 first-class show there next year. 



Some medical students recently applied to Mayor Grant 

 for permission to take living dogs from the pound for 

 scientific purposes, The animals were evidently wanted for 

 the purpose of vivisection, and of course the permit was re- 

 fused. 



A public swimming bath has just been opened at Stutt- 

 gart. A rather novel adjunct to this institution is a bath 

 for dogs, fitted up in elaborate style and at large expense, 

 and intended for canines of all classes. 



LONDON DOG SHOW. 



Editor For cut and Stream: 



The premium lists of the London Kennel Club's bench 

 show of dogs, to be held at London, Sept. 10 to 13, are now 

 ready and can be had by applying to C. A. Stone, Secretary, 

 Toronto. Ont. 



The prizes are, challenge $V3 3 and $10 and S5 in the open 

 classes in the majority of cases, and $7 and $3 in the puppy 

 and remaining classes. Cash kennel prizes are offered for 

 St. Bernards, 'foxhounds, English, Irish, and Gordon setters, 

 fox-terriers and spaniels. Besides, a silver tea set, valued 

 at *50, donated by the Hobbs Hardware Co., for the hest 

 kennel of English setters owned in Canada. 



The Provincial Fair Association has presented a gold 

 medal, valued at $40, for the best kennel of collies, open to 

 the world; also a special prize of $10 in cash for the best 

 kennel of spaniels in Canada, given bv the London Kennel 

 Club. 



The judges are: James Mortimer, of Babylon, N. Y., mas- 

 tiffs, St. Bernards, Newfouudlouds. Great Danes, pointers, 

 setters, foxhounds, collies, fox-terriers, bulldogs, bull-ter- 

 riers and pugs; Mr. Ceo. Bell, of Toronto, the remaining 

 classes. 



American exhibitors will not be troubled by the customs 

 at the lines. The London Kennel Club having made ar- 

 rangements whereby all dogs will come to London in bond, 

 and they will have a customs officer at all trains to pass the 

 dogs on' their arrival. All exhibitors who show at London 

 and intend showing at Toronto the following week will be 

 allowed the privilege of keeping their dogs in the buildings 

 of the London Kennel Club over Sunday. This will give 

 them a chance to exercise their dogs and get them in con- 

 dition for the Toronto show. There are special prizes in all 

 classes. C. A. Stone, Secretary. 



TORONTO DOG SHOW. 



TORONTO, Aug. 5.— Editor Forest and, Stream: I am 

 glad to be able to tell you that there is every prospect 

 of our having a very good show. We are hearing from the 

 leading men on your side, and, of course, all our prominent 

 men snow here, as this is always the largest show in Can- 

 ada. 



Our list of special prizes is growing fast, and we expect to 

 have handsome kennel prizes for each sporting class, also 

 numerous prizes from $5 to ISO for each of the non-sporting 

 classes. We have contracted with Spratts for feeding. 



Our choice of judges seems to have given universil satis- 

 faction, and we are iu receipt of numerous compliments, as 

 much from your side as from our own country, upon our 

 general arrangements. 



Last time we had 425 entries. This year we expect to get 

 fully 550. Any breeder who has not received a premium list 

 should let me know at once, and I hope they will send their 

 entries along as early as possible. 



C. Gkeville Harston, 

 Sec'y Dominion of Canada Kennel Club. 



CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



IN this country, and under ordinary circumstances, dogs 

 enjoy a remarkable immunity from diseases which are 

 properly classed among the contagia. Distemper, which 

 has recently been described, is the only commonly occur- 

 ring disease of an infectious nature, and even that malady 

 does not spread, excepting under favorable conditions. 



Rabies is the most deadly of all contagious diseases of 

 animals; but it is not confined to dogs, although it may bekept 

 up by, even if it does not always originate in them. No an- 

 imal seems to be exempt from rabies after actual inocula- 

 tion, and the attack is fatal to all excepting birds, some of 

 which recover without any treatment, and afterward re- 

 main refractory to the action of the rabic virus. 



After distemper, which is the most common contagious 

 disease peculiar to the dog, several diseases are referred to, 

 but they are of very occasional occurrence, some of them 

 almost unknown, as diphtheria, foot-and-mouth disease, the 

 surra disease, anthrax, variola, glanders, measles, cholera, 

 tubercle and septicaemia. 



Diphtheria was described by the late Prof. Robertson in 

 1875. An outbreak of disease, which was at first thought 

 to be distemper, occurred among greyhound puppies and the 

 malady was subsequently communicated to the older dogs. 

 The progress of the affection was attended with a remark- 

 able fatality, only four animals recovering out of thirty 

 which were attacked. 



Several forms of the affection were noted, in which the 

 symptoms varied in degree of severity, but in all the cases 

 there was the characteristic gray exudation on the mucous 

 membrane of the back part of the throat. In one form of 

 the diphtheritic disorder there was acute inflammation of 

 the throat with high fever, swelling of the glands, and dif- 

 ficulty in swallowing. Some of the dogs suffered from 

 vomiting and diarrhoea. In the second form of the disease 

 the symptoms were less acute, but there was considerable 

 effusion of fluid into the areolar tissue of the neck. A third 

 form of the disease was characterized by blood-colored dis- 

 charge from the nostrils and mouth. 



Cases have been recorded of communication of diphtheria 

 to dogs by inoculation with, and also by ingestion of, diph- 

 theritic matter; but it is obvious that the disease cannot be 

 designated as a contagious malady proper to the dog. 



Foot-and-mouth disease, according to Steel, is commu- 

 nicable to the dog, and cases are mentioned of the disease 

 arising from drinking the milk of diseased cows. We have 

 seen kittens become sick from the effects of such milk, and 

 dogs have died after having been kept iu contact with the 

 feet of cattle which had been killed while suffering from 

 foot-and-mouth disease; but we have not seen any symp- 

 toms in the dog which in themselves suggested that the an- 

 imal was affected with the actual affection. 



Surra disease,— Mr. Steel, in his work on the diseases of 

 the dog, refers to the presence of parasites in the blood of 

 dogs which have been inoculated with the surra disease in 

 India. The parasite is not one of the true spirilla, but is a 

 monad of an elliptical form with a flagellum at each end, 



It is found in the blood of common sewer rats in this coun- 

 try, and does not in those animals appear to do any harm. 



.Anthrax is, by some authorities, stated to affect the dog, 

 and it is undoubtedly true that dogs wh ich each eat the 

 flesh of animals dead of anthrax die rapidly in consequence, 

 but it is doubtful if adult dogs really take the disease. The 

 symptoms and morbid appearances correspond to those of 

 blood poisoning; swelling of the glands of the throat, tumors 

 in the head and also in various parts of the body, and in 

 some cases acute oedema, are the general symptoms. Ex- 

 periments which were made in France led to the conclusion 

 that puppies up to six months old are especially subject to 

 the anthrax contagium, and iu these cases the anthrax 

 bacilli are found to be in abundance in the blood and tissues 

 after death. In order to determine the question of the sus- 

 ceptibility of dogs to anthrax, further experiments with 

 pure cultivations of the bacillus of anthrax are necessary. 

 No satisfactory conclusion cau be drawn from those cases 

 in which dogs die after eating the partly decomposed por- 

 tions of anthrax carcasses, because dogs are very subject to 

 septic poison, and it is quite likely that some of the putrid 

 matter may enter the blood stream through a slight abrasion 

 in the membrane of the mouth. 



Variola is another disease which is said to affect the dog, 

 either from inoculation or ingestion of the virus. Dogs are 

 said to have suffered from eating portions of sheep which 

 have died from sheep-pox. According to Steel, variola of 

 the dog is either malignant or benign, and the eruption, as 

 in man, may be discrete or confluent. The disease passes 

 through the several stages of papules (pimples), vesicles, 

 pustules and scabs or crusts. Dogs which are infected with 

 variola suffer from the usual fever of invasion before the 

 eruption appears, and there are the usual complications, de- 

 pending on the severity of the attack. Sometimes the 

 breathing organs are involved, and a dangerous form of 

 bronchial inflammation occurs, which commonly proves 

 fatal. When the digestive organs are chiefly affected, diar- 

 rhoea is a prominent symptom, and it is especially notice- 

 able that the breath and the exhalations from the skin iu 

 these cases are excessively foul. 



Considering the fatality which is said to attend the disease 

 variola in dogs, it is fortunate that its occurrence is so rare 

 that very few veterinary practitioners are aware of its exist- 

 ence. 



Measles is another of the contagious maladies to which 

 the dog is said to be susceptible, and Mr. Steel refers to a 

 case which came under the notice of the Epidemiological 

 Society in 1876. A dog which had suffered from distemper 

 four years previously Ticked the hand of a child affected 

 with measles in a severe form. In twelve days time the 

 dog became ill with catarrhal symptoms, and on the fourth 

 day it died, with marked congestion of the air passages. 

 Whether the case referred to was really measles or blood 

 poisoning may be considered as doubtful. At any rate, 

 measles cannot be said to be one of the contagious maladies 

 of the canine race. 



Cholera is said to affect dogs and cats, and experiments 

 seem to confirm this view; but there is nothing remarkable 

 in the circumstance that during the prevalence of cholera 

 in meu, dogs and cats, which may receive the infective mat- 

 ter by accident or design into their system, may suffer from 

 virulent diarrhoea, with vomiting. The true nature of the 

 disease in men has yet to be defined, and very little can 

 therefore be affirmed in regard to its character in the lower 

 animals. 



Glanders is undoubtedly communicable to the carnivora, 

 and there is no reason to doubt that dogs incur a certain 

 degree of risk by association with glandered horses; besides 

 which, the disease with its characteristic signs has been pro- 

 duced experimentally by inoculating dogs with the matter 

 of glanders, and also by feeding them on the flesh. Glanders 

 in the dog does not seem to be a fatal disease, but among 

 the larger carnivora, lions particularly, it is very deadly. 



Tuberculosis, according to Steel, has not been detected in 

 the dog; but a spurious foi'm of tubercle is found in the 

 lungs and lymphatic glands, due to the ova of the Strongy- 

 Ins vasorum. A similar condition of the lungs of the sheep, 

 caused by the presence of a gordian form of strangle, was 

 described as tubercle many years ago. Since the discovery 

 by Koch of the tubercle bacillus, the true character of de- 

 posits which bear a general resemblance to tubercle can be 

 ascertained with certainty. —Lo ndon Field. 



COLLIE STAKES.— Rahway, N. J., Aug. 9,-Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Kindly publish the following: Mem- 

 bers of the Collie Club are hereby notified that entries for 

 the Collie Stakes of 1890 should be sent to the secretary at 

 once. In consequence of the Long Island Live Stock and 

 Fair Association having abandoned the idea of giving a 

 bench show in September, the fall section of the Collie 

 Stakes for 1889 cannot be decided as announced. A com- 

 mittee has the matter in charge. — J. D. Shotwell, Sec'y. 



ELMIRA DOG SHOW. — Elmira, N. Y. Aug. 9.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: We will give owners of fast foxhounds 

 a chance to win fame and cash at Elmira. Evei'y evening 

 after the races a live fox will be led around the course. All 

 the hounds will be started together. The first one in gets 

 $10, second $5, third $2.50. No entry fee will be charged for 

 the race, but all dogs must be entered in regular classes. 

 Will also have beagles work on fox or rabbit trail.— J. Otis 

 Fellows. 



WACOUTA. KENNELS. -Omaha, Neb., Aug. 11.— Editor 

 Forest and Strea/n: I have to-day sold my right and title in 

 and to the name of the Wacouta Kennels, as well as all the 

 remaining stock in said kennels, to Dr. Geo. B. Ayres, of 

 Omaha, Neb.— R. A. Craig. The Wacouta Kennels will 

 hereafter be at Omaha, and now contain the following mas- 

 tiffs: Edwy, Lord Raglan, Champion Rose, Ilford Comedy, 

 Dolly Varden II., Mollie Comedy.— Dr. Geo. B. Ayres. 



TOLEDO DOG SHOW.— Toledo, O., Aug. 9.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Since the issue of our prize list the 

 following have been donated as specials at our show: $10 

 cash for best bulldog or bitch; fine collar, spiked, value $5, 

 for best Great Dane. American English Beagle Club offer 

 a suitable collar for best beagle owned by member of the 

 American English Beagle Club. Other specials are expected 

 and will be announced later.— C. E. Rowland, Secretary. 



AMERICAN GORDON SETTER CLUB.— Baltimore, Md., 

 Aug 9,— Editor Forest and Stream: By order of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the American Gordon Setter Club, the 

 annual meeting for election of officers will be held at Balti- 

 more, Md., Room No. 9, Chamber of Commerce, Oct. 9, 1889, 

 at 5 P. M.— I. T. NORRIS, Sec'y. 



BROOKLYN DOG SHOW. — Arlington, N. J., Aug. 13.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I wish to inform you that I have 

 decided not to officiate as judge for St. Bernards at the com- 

 ing Brooklyn dog show.— K. E. Hopf. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes mast 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. 



t3g~ Notes mnst be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Bayard. By C. H. Kobiche, San Francisco, Cab, for black and 

 tan American foxhound clog, whelped March li, 1889, by Rob out 

 of Kate. , 



Oipsey Queen. By G. T. Hinks, Paterson, N. J., for liver cocker 

 mwuiel hitch, whelped March 58, 1889, by Captain Stubbs (Colonel 

 Stubbs— Maud) out of Queen Bess (Brag-Flossy). 



Tipi)' /•■■/ Kennel. By J. H. Acroyd and L. A. Lockwood, Paw- 

 tucket. B. I., for their kennel of Irish setters. 



NAMES CHANGED. 

 Bob Wliite to Taps. By ChaB. E. Nott, Wakefield, Mass., for 

 lemon and white English setter dog, whelped April 20, 1889, by 

 Ghi8 Bondbu out. of Rural Neva. 



BRED. 



Notes mnst be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Lady Bess— Scotilla. Geo- N. Sherman's (Poughkeensie, N. Y.) 

 collie bitch Lady Bess (James— Bess) to Chestnut Hill Kennels 

 Scotilla (Dublin Scot— Flurry II.), June 30. 



Salvo-Scars'' Monarch. W. A. Power's (Greenwood, Mass.) 

 mastiff bitch Salva (Ilford Caution— Bess) to E. B. Sears's Sears' 

 Monarch (Lord Raglan— Dido). July 13. 



Countess of Dunsmore - Sears' Monarch. Wyoming Kennels' 

 (Melrose, Mass.) mastiff hitch Countess of Dunsmore (champion 

 Beaufort— Holda) to their Sears' Monarch (Lord Raglan- Dido), 

 July 8. 



Countess of MoneUm- Sears' Monarch. Wyoming Ken Dele' (Mel- 

 rose, Mass.) mastiff bitch Countess of Moneton (Clement— Juno) 

 to their Sears' Monarch (Lord Raglan -Dido), July 5. 



Maid of Athens Sears'' Monarch. G. E. Robbing's (Melrose, 

 Mass.) mastiff bitch Maid of Athens (Major— Maida) to E. B. 

 Sears's Sears' Monarch (Lord Raglan— Dido). June 24. 



Belle of Bangs— Duke, of Vernon. Vernon Kennels' (ML Vernon, 

 N. Y.) pointer bitch Belie of Bangs (Bang Bang— Miss Merrimack) 

 to L. Gardner's Duke of Vernon (Glendaie— Spotless), Aug. 9. 



Werda— Ben Hur. Tracy Gould's (Vineland, N. .1.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Werda (Khartoum— Countess) to his Ben Hur (A.K.R. 6727), 

 Aug. 8. 



Maud— Plinlimmon., Jr. W. J. Slane's (Dorchester, Mass.) St. 

 Bernard bitch Maud (Rector— Lulu) to E. B. Sears's Plinlimmon, 

 Jr. (champion Plinlimmon— Princess Beatrice), June 15. 



Una— Plinlimmon, Jr. Galaxy Kennels' (Maiden, Mass.) St. 

 Bernard bitch Una (Bayard, Jr.— Sipnho), to E. B. Sears's Plin- 

 limmon, Jr. (champion Plinlimmon-Princess Beatrice), July 1. 



Dogs: Their Management and TreaPmentin Disease. By 

 Ashmnnt. Price $3. Kennel Record and Account Book, 

 Price S3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price fl. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of 

 all Breeds, Price 50 cents. 



limmon— Princess Beatrice), June 20. 



Cotmtess Flu— champion Beaumont. J. H. Meyer's (New York) 

 black and tan setter bitch Countess Flo (Heather Roy— Molly) to 

 his champion Beaumont (Ronald LTL— champion Floss), Aug. 13. 



Bess— champion Beaumont, J. E. M. Lordly's (New York) black 

 and tan setter bitch Bess i Dan— Nellie) to J. H. Meyer's champion 

 Beaumont (Ronald III.— champion Floss), Aug. 10. 



Lily of the Yallcy-Duhe. Rural Kennels' (Wakefield, Mass.) 

 English "setter hitch Lily of the Valley (Bine Dick— Bella Glad- 

 stone) to M. E. Murphy's Duke (Dash 1IL— Donna), June 26. 



Tiny— Bradford Harry. Geo. E. Richards'* (Bangor, Me.) York- 

 shire terrier bitch Tiny (Tug— Mistress Mary) to P. H. Coombs's 

 Bradford Harry (Crawshaw's Bruce— Beale's Lady), Aug. 6. 



WHELPS. 



Notes mnst be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Eastern Queen. J. W. Alsop's (Middletown, Conn.) mastiff bi'ch 

 Eastern Queen, July 4, six, by E. B. Sears's Sears' Monarch (Lord 

 Raglan— Dido). 



Helen. C. H. Wlntcomb's (Roslindale, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch 

 Helen, Aug. 2, six (five dogs), by American Kennels' Grass Bayard. 



Forest Corinne. F. C. Smith's (Groton, N. Y.) Irish setter bitch 

 Forest Corinne (champion Bruce— Little Nell), Aug. 6, ten (eight 

 dogs), by D. Rhodes's Aldershot (champion Chief— Bizreena). 



Beatrice. J. B. Martin's (San Francbco, Cal.) fox-terrier Beat- 

 rice (champion BaehannaJ— Blemton Arrow), July 21, eight (five 

 dogs), by Joseph Donohoe's Clover Turk (Mixture— Spii e). 



SALES. 



pjy- Notes mnst be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Bririhton Queen. Lemon and white English setter bitch, whelped 

 May 12, 1888. by King Fred out of Lady Brighton, by F. M. Shelley, 

 Sheridan, N. Y., to W. D. Wright, Bremen, Ind. 



Rural May. Black and white English setter bitch, whelped July, 

 1886, by Belthus out of Daisy, by Rural Kennels, Wakefield, Mass., 

 to Dr. W. Pitt Norris. Birmingham, la. 



Boh White. Lemon and white English setter dog, whelped 

 April 20, 1889, by (J as Bondhu out of Rural Neva, by Rural Ken- 

 nels, Wakefield, Mass., to Chas. E. Nott, same place. 



Reno Bellun. Lemon and white English setter bitch, whelped 

 Feb. 14. 1889, bv Leigh Belton out of Rural May, by Rural Ken- 

 nels, Wakefield, Mass., to Evan H. Bragg, North Sidney, Me. 



DEATHS. 



Floss B. Black spaniel bitch, whelped December, 1883, by Zulu 

 out of Sweep, owned by Rural Kennels, Wakefield, Mass., from 

 stoppage of the b owels. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 No Notice Taken ot Anonymous Correspondents. 



Not Mange, but Ringworm.— My somewhat unsuccessful 

 treatment of mange in dogs prompts me to apply to you or 

 some of your numerous readers for a solution of the trouble. I 

 ha ve had more or less trouble with something resembling mange 

 for five or six months, and while some cases have yielded to 

 treatment others have not, and I am beginning to ponder the 

 question, can mange be thoroughly cured, and if so, how? My 

 dogs are all thoroughbred English beagles, and the one I am 

 mostly concerned about is a very pretty little bitch nearly a year 

 old that has been affected with something resembling mange that 

 does not yield to treatment. About six months ago I noticed a 

 small spot on her left shoulder where the hair was falling out. 

 and shortly the place was entirely bare of hair. At once I began 

 treating for mange with train oil and sulphur (a remedy with 

 which I had been successful); and gradually the hair came back, 

 but other spots became affected, and now she is nearly half nude 

 on legs, belly, breast, feet and hip, notwithstanding she has been 

 under treatment all the time. I have used train oil and sulphur, 

 oxide zinc ointment (recommended by Forest and Stream); and 

 about six weeks ago I began using a preparation obtained from a 

 kennel and poultry farm in New Hampshire which was warrant- 

 ed to cure mange by using two applications. I have applied it 

 sixteen times, double strength, and no cure yet. In addition to 

 the external remedies I have given Fowler's solution of arsenic 

 for two or three weeks and then stopping a week or two and see 

 no good results. I have also used train oil, sulphur, soft soap 

 equal parts and spirits turpentine one-half part, thoroughly 

 rubbed into hair. The affected parts present rather a peculiar 

 appearance, or at least differing from the general mangy look. 

 The red and inflamed look has left them except around the edges, 

 and the skin is thick and dry. Lately it has more the appear- 

 ance of a seeded wart than anything I can compare it with. A 

 red or inflamed looking circle is around affected spots, and I fear 

 it will spread over the entire body, producing death or rendering 

 the animal useless. Occasionally I have given areca nut fol- 

 lowed by castor oil, thinking the trouble might be from worms or 

 something of the Kind. The bitch is a very light feeder, but has 

 kept in good order all the time. I cannot think the trouble 

 arises from filthy kennels or bedding, for the kennels are fre- 

 quently cleaned out and no filthy bedding allowed, and the dogs 

 have the liberty to run at will during daytime. I do not confine 

 mv dogs »t night in close stalls, but put them in a yard provided 

 with dry houses for them to use at will. Hoping to gain more in- 

 formation regarding mange and the best treatment of it from 

 some one who has been successful in treating it, I close with best 

 wishes for Forest and Sream.— Subscriber, Denver, S. C. 

 [The bitch has ringworm. LTse mercurial ointment twice daily. 

 Or use a strong carbolic solution, one in thirty or twenty on one 

 day and the ointment the day following. Ringworm is a parasitic 

 disease. Fowler's solution continued for three weeks is an aid, 

 and syrup of buckthorn for the bowels. Low diet.l 



Names and Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 'den tffy without question all the American game birds which 

 tney may kill. Cloth, 320 pages, price $2.50. For sale by FORBSff 

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