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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[ATO. 22, 1889. 



FIXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 7 to 11.— First Annual Dog Show of the Brooklyn liennei 

 Olnb, at Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles Dickleman. Secretary. Entries 

 close Aug. 28. 



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

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

 close 11 A. M., Sept. 9. 



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

 Cluh, at London, Ont. C. A. Stone, Manager. Entries close Sept. 6 



Seot. 10 to 13.— Dog Show of the Central Canada Exhibition As- 

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

 Entries close Aug. 31. 



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

 Company, Toledo, O. Chas. E. Rowland, Secretary, Box 423. En- 

 tries close Aug. 26. 



Sept. 16 to 19.— Dog Show of the Dominion of Canada Kennel 

 Club, in connection with the Industrial Exposition at Toronto, 

 Canada. Capt. C. Greville Harston, Sect'y. Entries close Sept. 4. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Dug Show of the Pet Stock Association at El- 

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

 Entries close Sept. 7. 



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

 cultural Society, at Danhury, Conn. B. C. Lynes. Secretary. 



Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, 1890.— Dog Show of the Colorado Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



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

 Kennel Olub. New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to 14, 1S90.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

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



March 25 to 28, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mass. 

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



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

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. 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. 



Nov. 18.— Eleventh 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 Cluh, 

 at Lexington, N. C. C. 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 r,he Pacific Coast 

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

 Bush st reet, San Francisco, Cal. 



Feb. 11, 1890.— Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

 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 M> j ct of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

 Bend, Kan. F. K. Doan, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. 



THE TAIL OF A DOC. 



FATE has decreed that this should be cut short, as the 

 story itself will subsequently unfold to you. and 

 strange to say, were it not for the brevity of this tail there 

 would be no tale at all. On the morning of April 1, 18S2, 

 the population of W., a small town in northeastern Illinois, 

 was increased by the valuable addition of two bright-eyed 

 yellow pups, as near alike as the Siamese twins. They were 

 thoroughbred Irish setters, and were proud of their 'ances- 

 tors, who many years before had dwelt in the city of Dublin. 



James Riley and William Ferguson became tbe envied 

 possessors of these puppies. Ferguson named his puppy 

 Jack, and Riley called his Sport. Although both masters 

 labored diligently in training their dogs, Sport soon proved 

 to be the better dog in the field, as he was gifted with a 

 more vigorous constitution than Jack. While Riley was 

 exulting over the excellent results of Sport's careful train- 

 ing, and congratulating himself on being the possessor of a 

 fine fielder, Ferguson was grumbling over his ill luck, aud 

 it seemed inevitable that be must lose tbe fruits of his labor, 

 as Jack's health was rapidly failing. However, Riley was 

 also destined to taste the cup of bitterness, for, notwith- 

 standing his many precautions, one day Sport met with a 

 sad loss. It was about the middle of tbe afternoon that 

 Sport, with the aid of a small boy, managed to tie himself 

 loose from Mr. Riley's dog house. It did not take him long 

 to join his friends in the streets, but his freedom was of 

 short duration. He had not turned more than a half-dozen 

 corners when, unfortunately, be came in the vision of a 

 young Mr. Mills from the country, who had a special fond- 

 ness for bird dogs, and had been known to become so 

 attached to them that they would invariably find them- 

 selves chained to his dog house ere this attachment ceased. 

 Half rations now took the place of the bill of fare to which 

 Sport had been accustomed, and this was not the only thing 

 that gave him an unfavorable impression of country life. 

 Mills, fearing that some one might recognize Riley's dog, 

 cut off the greater portiou of his tail. This severed the last 

 tie which bound Sport to his new master, and he longed to 

 be once more under Riley's tender care, away from the in- 

 sults of this country barbarian. I do not know what Sport's 

 politics were, but he howled for protection when Mr. Mills 

 introduced this extreme measure. Poor Sport, he was now 

 afloat on the stormy sea of life without a rudder. 



It was about two weeks after Sport's taste of the Mills in- 

 quisition that Riley, having been informed of his dog's 

 whereabouts, drove out to the farm of Mills, where he found 

 what was left of his lost bird dog. Notwithstanding the 

 great change which deprivation of iood and tail had wrought 

 in the appearance of the unfortunate animal, Riley itryue- 

 diately recognized the remainder of his once noble dog. vVe 

 must give Mills credit for having the honesty to inform 

 Riley that his dog had voluntarily come there a short time 

 before, and that he bad fed the dog to keep it from starving; 

 but Sport's appearance would hardly substantiate this state- 

 ment. After Riley, by tbe use of strong adjectives, had ex- 

 pressed his indignation at the way in which Mills had 

 mutilated the caudal appendage of his dog, he put the living- 

 skeleton into his buggy and drove home, Once more placed 

 on full rations, Sport soon became himself again, but he 

 never regained his wag. 



Mills was not the only one in the neighborhood who took 

 a fancy to Riley's dog, and in spite of care Sport again dis- 

 appeared, but after a short search was found behind the 

 barn, cold and lifeless. The following day Riley persuaded 

 Pat, the hired man, to help bury the dead dog; and that 

 night when Pat went down town he told the boys that 

 Jimmy Riley had shed tears over the loss of his dog, and 

 that his parting words were "Good bye, Sportie." " Of course, 

 this was uot "all wool and a yard wide;" nevertheless it 

 was very annoying to Jimmy Riley to hear the boys iu the 

 street call after him, "Good-bye, Sportie." This lasted for 

 about a week, when one night, as Riley stepped out of the 

 kitchen door, he was startled to see in front of him, full of 

 life and gladness, to all appearances, the identical dog that 

 he had buried but a few days before, and there could be no 

 mistake, for there was the stub of a tail wagging away as 

 naturally as ever. Jimmy, fearing that this was an hallu- 

 cination, called the dog into the house, where Mrs. Riley 

 explained that it was a sure case of resurrection, Pat told 

 the boys down town that Jimmy Riley's dog had turned up 

 again, and that Jimmy had come into the house and in- 



formed his mother that Sportie was resurrected. So tbe 

 boys had a new tune to harp on, aud whenever Rileyshowed 

 himself on the streets, some .small boy would yell out, 

 "There goes Resurrection Riley!" 



This is a true, although strange, story. The explanation 

 is this; We left Ferguson despondent over the failing 

 health of his dog Jack, nor were his fears unfounded: for 

 one afternoon, about two weeks after Riley had rescued 

 Sport from tbe country barbarian, Ferguson found his dog 

 dead on the barn floor. While he stood there wrapped in his 

 disappointment, a sudden thought struck bim which drove 

 away his gloom. Why could he not take advantage of the 

 striking resemblance between his dog and Riley's and ex- 

 change with him. Riley was out of town that afternoon, 

 and at dusk Ferguson carried Jack over to Riley's place, cut 

 his tail the length of Sport's, placed Sport's collar on him, 

 left him behind the barn and departed with Riley's dog. 

 Although Sport was kept carefully tied up in Ferguson's 

 barn, he managed one day to escape, and went home, where 

 he was received as one resurrected. 



This was not the only time in this brief tragedy that Sport 

 took the part of the resurrected dog. The same afternoon 

 on which Jack died, Mr. Ferguson's father had gone out to 

 the barn for the hatchet, and discovered Jack lying dead on 

 the floor That evening he had occasion to go again to tbe 

 barn after Sport had been chained there, and on opening the 

 door was considerably frightened to have what he thought 

 to be the dead dog jump into his face as full of life as ever. 



The old saying is, "Tnree times and out." So it was with 

 Riley's dog. About three weeks after his return, Sport was 

 stolen for the third time and was never heard from agdn. 



E W. Austin. 



PREVENTION OF RABIES. 



C^URE of rabies, as it occurs in the lower animals, has 

 J never been lookeduponasapromisingsubject of inquiry. 

 As soon as the existence of rabies is recognized, there is no 

 hesitation in directing the destruction of the animal which 

 is suffering from the disease; and even if this course is not 

 taken, a few days suffice to render it unnecessary, and no 

 one thinks of testing the action of medicines oh a rabid 

 horse, ox, sheep, dog or pig. 



Man, when affected with rabies in its usual form of hy- 

 drophobia, has from time immemorial been treated bv 

 numerous "cures," as they are called, which, however dif- 

 ferent in character, agree in being equally inefficacious, and 

 it is allowed by medical authorities that there is no authen- 

 tic case of recovery from the disease on record. 



Prevention of rabies is a far more hopeful matter than its 

 cure. The term may mean the prevention of the occurrence 

 of the disease altogether; or it nny be limited to the treat- 

 ment of infected animals, with the view of neutralizing the 

 effects of the virus which has been introduced into the sys- 

 tem. Or it may be taken to include the whole; and in that 

 sense it suggests, as a matter of primary importance, stamp- 

 ing out the disease among the animals which are most 

 liable to take it, and, when affected, the most dangerous to 

 man and other animals which come within their reach. 

 Slaughter of diseased animals is one essential part of tbe 

 stamping-out system, to the adoption of which, in cases of 

 rabies, very few people will object. The objections appear 

 when any attempt is made to apply restriction to animals, 

 especially dogs, which are not mad, in order to prevent 

 their, t ro'm doing mischief if they should become mad; and 

 the most effectual way of securing this end is the use of a 

 propel" muzzle 



An Order of Council, to which we referred iu a former 

 article, is now in force to provide for the muzzling of all 

 dogs being at large in any place to which the public have 

 access in the Metropolitan Police District. Exception is 

 made in favor of dogs which are used for sporting purposes, 

 or for the destruction of vermin. Seizure, and detention of 

 unmuzzled dogs is also provided for in the order: but, until 

 the Board of Agriculture Bill becomes law, there is no 

 power vested in the authorities to order the slauchter of 

 stray dogs, unless they are rabid, or suspected of being 

 rabid. The Privy Council Order is limited in its operation 

 to the Metropolitan Police District, and local authorities in 

 other districts where rabies has appeared have made regula- 

 tions for muzzling dogs within their districts, but many of 

 the regulations contain an exception iu the case of sheep- 

 dogs and dogs used for driving animals, besides which, they 

 often provide an alternative to muzzling in the case of dogs 

 which are under proper control by being led by means of a 

 string or chain. These exceptions have recently been ob- 

 jected to as likely to destroy the beneficial effects of the re- 

 striction, and the following circular has just been issued to 

 all local authorities by whom regulations relating to rabies 

 have been made: 



AqricuHural Department, Privy Council uflicc, 44 Parlia- 

 ment street, Wext-mhintcr, S. W t , July 2.}, 1S89. 



REGULATIONS FOR RABIES. 

 Sin: J am directed by the Lords of the Committee of 

 Council for Agriculture to request that you will have the 

 goodness to inform your local authority that the Privy 

 Council are advised that in making regulations directing 

 the muzzling of dogs on accouut of rabies, although it may 

 be desirable that exception be made in favor of packs of 

 hounds, harriers, or beagles, or greyhounds, or other sport- 

 ing dogs while being used lor sporting purposes, or to any 

 dogs while being used for the capture or destruction of ver- 

 min, and in charue of competent persons, there does not ap- 

 pear to be any sufficient reason for extending this exception 

 to drovers' doers, or to dogs used for driving animals, such 

 dogs being most dangerous to other animals if they become 

 "rabid," besides being able to perform their work' without 

 biting, 



I am further directed to request that you will point out 1o 

 the local authority the insecurity afforded by any alterna- 

 tive regulation which permits a leading strap or chain to be 

 substituted for the muzzle, it being clear that a led dog (if 

 he is unmuzzled) is able to bite any person or animal that 

 may happen to pass within his reach; and this objection 

 even more strongly applies to an alternative regulation 

 which permits dogs to be in a public place under what is 

 called control. 



It would appear therefore advisable, in applying regula- 

 tions to any particular district, to insist on the muzzling of 

 all dogs (other than dogs while being used for sporting pur- 

 poses or for the destruction of vermin, as before meutioued) 

 while being in any public place, whether the dogs are led or 

 not, with a muzzle so constructed as to render it impossible 

 for the dog while wearing the same to bite any person or 

 animal. 



The Lords of the Committee are of opinion that it would 

 be useful if, at the foot of handbills announcing regulations 

 the following short description of the most marked symp- 

 toms of rabies in dogs were given: 



"Change of habits, restlessness, moving from place to 

 place, often hiding in dark secluded corners, depraved appe- 

 tite, gnawing and eating indigestible substances, altered 

 voice, difficulty of swallowing, but showing no dread of 

 water, thick viscid saliva hanging from the corners of the 

 mouth which the dog tries to remove with its paws, fre- 

 quently snapping at the air or imaginary objects. These 

 symptoms in the furious form of the disease are followed by 

 paroxysms of excitement, in which there is an irresistible 

 tendency to bite and attack other animals, especially dogs; 

 the animal then wanders from its Wdme, biting and snap- 

 ping at every animal that may come in its way; emaciation 

 and exhaustion rapidly follow with loss of nervous power, 

 partial paralysis often supervenes, and the animal drops 

 and dies if it has not previously been destroyed. 



"Iu the dumb or torpid form of the disease the premoni 

 tory symptoms are followed hy dropping or paralysis of the 

 lower jaw, rendering the animal unable to bite or bark; the 

 tongue swollen aud livid hangs out of the mouth. Tbe dog 

 in this condition seldom leaves its home, but eudeavors to 

 remain quiet in some dark place; takes little or no notice of 

 what goes on around it; paralysis of the hind limbs soon 

 sets in, and death quickly follows."— I am, sir, yourobedient 

 servant, C. L, Peel. 



It is perfectly obvious that the leading strap or chain 

 offers no security to passers by. A dog under such restraint, 

 if in the early stage of rahies, would be all the more inclined 

 to snap at any living thing which came within its reach, and 

 therefore the chain cannot be in any sense a substitute for 

 the muzzle. 



Dogs used for driving animals were often exempt from 

 the muzzle under the Rabies Orders in 1886-1887, although 

 they did not contain any provision for such exemption; and 

 considering the terribly disastrous consequences which 

 would follow from the ravages of a drover's dog among a 

 herd of cattle or flock of sheep in the event of his becoming 

 rabid, the exemption cannot be defended. 



In reference to the preventive treatment to be applied to 

 man or animals which have been bitten by a rabid dog. it 

 may be said that people are familiar with everything which 

 can be said cxn the subject. Prompt application of caustic 

 after rapid and free washing of the wound is advocated, and 

 a strong solution of corrosive sublimate appears to be the 

 best form of caustic to apply. Between the local treatment 

 by caustic or actual cautery the adoption of Pasteur's s< stem 

 of inoculation, there seems to be no alternative: and what 

 ever may be the merits or defects of either method, there 

 can be no doubt that both should be looked upon as tempo- 

 rary expedients which are justified by the circurastancts. 

 But the one important object which the sanitarian should 

 keep in view is the eradication of the disease.— London 

 Field, 



THE REGISTRATION FEE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At a recent meeting of the Stud Book Committee (which 

 is composed of three members) it was decided that after 

 Dec. 31. 1889, the registration fee for each and every dog 

 would be II. I do not think that this action iu itself is a 

 judicious one. At all events, it would have looked much 

 better if tbe questiou had been brought up before a meetiug 

 of the A. K. 0. after due notice had been given to its mem- 

 bers. 



As it is, one feels like asking: "Docs the A. Iv. C. exist 

 for the purpose of protecting aud governing the breeders 

 and exhibitors, or are they here to maintain the A. K. C. ?" 

 If the latter is the case, then, of course, all they have to do 

 is to say "yea and amen" to all the rules and regulations 

 the Stud Book Committee may be pleased to adopt. The 

 registration fee is a direct tax on the breeder. The first- 

 question an intending purchaser asks is: "Is the dog regis- 

 tered?" Hence the breeder is compelled to register the 

 puppies he sells. Not only does he derive no direct benefit 

 from it, but it is simply so much money out of his pocket. 

 Suppose he gets an averagp of -*50 for each puppy he sells, 

 the fee of'*l would represent two per cent, on the value of 

 the dog. If the average price is lower the percen tage is pro- 

 portionately higher. As things go this is too high a tax; 

 half a dollar is quite enough, especially now that nearly all 

 dogs are registered, for all that is required is to give tbe 

 name of the dog and the names of sire and dam aud their 

 respective numbers, for instance; 'Turned out of the Ring, 

 by Breeder Unknown, number so and so, out of Pedigree 

 Unknown, number so and so." 



If the Stud Book Committee is after dollars and cents, 

 outside of whether the enactment of this rule would be 

 detrimental or not to the breeder, it will, I am afraid, not 

 gain its point; for breeders ~vill think twice before they reg- 

 ister puppies at §1 per head, and, therefore, the registrations 

 will decrease. If the club is in need of money it will have 

 to be raised in some other way. This is an important ques- 

 tion aud should be well considered. It will. I hope, br 

 brought up before an A. K. C. meeting, and clubs and asso 

 ciate members would do well to discuss the matter before- 

 hand and instruct tbeir delegates accordingly I trust that 

 the decision of the Stud Book Committee will not be up- 

 held; but if the clubs, members of the A. K C., and associ- 

 ate members should vote otherwise, breeders will either 

 have to pay the dollar or else get out of the business. 



R. E. Hopf, Associate Member A. K. C. 



Arlington, N. J. 



PENDLETON DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some time ago it wa3 decided to hold a stock show at 

 Pendleton, S. C, in connection with the State Agrk nit nral 

 Society, which took place Aug. 7, 8 aud 9, A few lovers of 

 fine dogs also decided to have some of their stock on hand 

 for exhibition, just to let the. people know there are .some as 

 fine sporting dogs in this section as can be found. Beagles 

 were the class best represented, there being eleven shown. 

 The Blue Ridge Beagle KenneU, Denver, S. C, had six on 

 exhibition, all thorough oreds, descendants of the finest 

 strains in America, having such imported dogs as Sam, 

 Dolly, .Warrior, Rover, Rattler, Elmore's Ringwood, Lady 

 Birdi Music, Actress, Banker, etc.. as ancestors. They had 

 a young dog, Boston, that gives great promise of being hard 

 to beat when thoroughly " matured. He is by Joe vRiot— 

 Skip) out of Pansy (Elmore's imported Riugwood — Fairy). 

 Toey showed the smallest beagle ever seen in these parts 

 and probahly the smallest in tbe United States. She was 

 just a year old the day shown and only weighed 6%lbs, S, 

 Y. Stribling, Seneca, S. C, showed three dogs, by Thorn 

 out of Music. Mr. W. J. Hembree, Denver, S. C, showed 

 two bitches, one by Thorn out of Venus, the other by Thom 

 out of Nell. As far as numbers go pointers were a weak 

 class, but strong in quality. Mr. S. D. Cherry, proprietor 

 of Oconee Pointer Kennels, Seneca, S. C, had a rare good 

 specimen in St. Elmo. This youngster combines the blood 

 of Meteor and Sensation, being by Meteor, Jr., out of Bell, 

 she an in-bred Sensation bitch. This youugster is snow 

 white with deep liver ears and side of head and liver spot at 

 root of tail. He was pronounced by judges the finest speci- 

 men they ever saw. Mr. Cherry is an enthusiastic sports- 

 man and intends to supply his kennel with the best blood 

 obtainable. He knows how to handle a gun as well as he 

 handles a dog. He bagged 1,003 birds iu three months' 

 shooting. Dr. W. W. Watkins, Pendleton, S. C, showed a 

 very fine young pointer from the best native Held stock. 

 None of the dogs shown were entered for competition. The 

 beagles being something comparatively new attracted a 

 good deal of attention and comment. Exhibitors wt re be- 

 sieged with all kinds of questions, showing a lamentable 

 lack of knowledge of this noble breed of small dogs. After 

 gazing in wondering admiration on tbem as they were being 

 removed from the cage one fellow remarked: "If 1 could 

 shoot birds on the wing like some people do, I would have 

 me some of these dogs." Blue Ridge. 



■ EL MIR A DOG SHOW.— Horuellsville, M. Y., Aug. lb.- 

 Editor I'oresl and Stream: Everything looks promising 

 for the Elmira dog show. We are having applications for 

 premium lists from all *ver the States and Canada. Entries 

 are coming in fast, and we shall have some of the best ken- 

 nels there are. We shall feed Challenge food, and use 

 "Sanitas" as a disinfectant.— J. Otis Fku-ows Sunt. 



