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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Ato. 29, 1889. 



THE FOX-TERRIER, 



WHO that has ever enjoyed his friendship would not 

 read with pleasure anything said in his praise? Dur- 

 ing these summer days I have been fortunate enough to 

 gam the love of one called Witty, owned by a friend of 

 mine, and many delightful rambles have we had together — 

 Witty and I— among the beautiful hills about Stanley, N. 

 J., the home of Geo. Shepard Page (well known to many of 

 your readers). With Watty's assistance, too, I have added 

 much to my limited knowledge of the inhabitants of the 

 fields and wildwood. For all-around sport the fox-terrier 

 doubtless excels any of his genus. He will find vou the 

 lair of the. fox and the home of "Brer Rabbit," and," iudeed, 

 of any other animal— beast, bird or reptile; he has a par- 

 ticularly ill feeling toward snakes, and is very happy when 

 he has become sure that one of these has been "killed beyond 

 a doubt. This conclusion he usually arrives at after a 

 lengthy war dance, in which the snake's vertebra? is broken 

 in uumerons places from neck to tail. But it is for daunt- 

 less courage that he is most distinguished, and I am sure 

 he would rejoice in a contest with a bear ten times his own 

 size. He is apparently composed of equal parts of pluck 

 and animation, and endowea with keen intellect. 



During our outings we have discovered that there is still 

 some game left iu New .Jersey, including rabbits, opos- 

 sums, quail, partridges, etc. Among the things unearthed 

 by Witty one day was a skunk fully'two-tbirds as large as 

 himself. Perceiving the smell I discreetly retired to the 

 lee side of the field in which the den w'as located and 

 awaited developments. It was not long before Witty had 

 persuaded the skunk that he needed some fresh air. Cham- 

 bers's Cyclopaedia, indescribing the skunk, states that "dogs 

 flee at once" because of the smell. I can, however, vouch 

 for it that this time "Chambers" has made an error, unless 

 Witty is unusually brave even for a fox-terrier. When 

 he and the skunk emerged from that hole all arrangements 

 had been made for a duel, and it was fought bravely on 

 both sides until the skunk was left on the field a feast' for 

 crows. The skunk was jet black in color, with the excep- 

 tion of a small white comb-like triangle on its forehead and 

 a white tip on the end of his tail. Although sustaining 

 only slight bodily injury, Witty had been impregnated 

 witn that awful suiell. After a few days' treatment with 

 disinfectants, administered by his groom, and liberal 

 bathing, this was overcome, for which the little animal 

 seemed fully as grateful as I, who had been deprived of his 

 society. On another occasion he led me to the haunts of an 

 opossum, which animals, 1 believe, are rare so far north as 

 New Jersey. It was secured alive, but I regret to say that 

 after two weeks' captivity that 'possum proved too 'sharp 

 for his keeper, and no longer forms a part of Mr. Page's 

 interesting collection of animals, to which it had been 

 added. C, H. M. Rose. 



NEW Yokk, Aug, 23. 



NATIONAL COURSING ASSOCIATION. 



117 E have received the programme of the semi-annual 

 VV meeting of the National Coursing Association, to be 

 held at Hutchinson, Kan., Oct. 8 to 12. Two events are on 

 the card. The National Derby, open to the world, with ¥300 

 to the winner, $100 to second, $50 to third and $25 to fourth. 

 American sweepstakes, open to American -bred dogs, with 

 $100 to winner, $50 to second, $25 to third and $15 to fourth. 

 Consolation stakes will be arranged for dogs thrown out in 

 the first round if time and weather permit. Eatrance free, 

 the Association reserving one-third of the winnings as a 

 general entrance fee. Entries close Oct. T, at 8 o'clock P. M., 

 at which time the drawing will take place. The address of 

 the manager is M. E. Allison, Hutchinson, Kan. 



THE REGISTRATION FEE. 



Article XXII. Constitution of the American Kennel 

 Club.—- The business management of the American Kennel Club 

 Stud Book shall be subject to the direction of a committee of 

 three, elected by a majority of the delegates present at the a nnual 

 meeting of the club, and shall render account to the Association 

 annually at such meeting. 



AT a meeting of the Stud Book Committee, held Aug. 32, 

 it was deemed advisable to make a public explanation 

 of the reasons for which the registration fee is to be in- 

 creased after Jan. 1, .1890, to the sum of $1. Two or three 

 protests against the action of this committee having ap- 

 peared in some of the sporting papers, expressing the hope 

 that the American Kennel Club at its next meeting would 

 rescind our action, makes it necessary to go back to the 

 establishment of the official Stud Book. From Jan. 1, 1887, 

 to March 1, 1888; some fifteen months, the Stud Book was in 

 the charge of and compiled by the secretary of the club. It 

 was an experiment, its future could not be foretold. In 

 order to taeet the necessary expenses a large number of the 

 Mends of the club advertised in the book, and notwithstand- 

 ing this increase of its income, the club could uot afford to 

 pay even a fair salary for the work the Stud Book entailed. 

 Owing to the increased business of the Stud Book this com- 

 mittee, on March 1, 1888, appointed an editor of the book, 

 and demanded of him bis entire time and attention, and yet 

 could not afford to fix and pay a stated salary. The two 

 years' experience of both the secretary and the editor 

 "showed them conclusively that the cost of publishing each 

 entry was greater than the amount charged for it, and this 

 induced the secretary to bring the matter before the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club at its meeting Dec. 6, 1888. By referring to 

 the official record of that meeting, published in the January 

 issue of the American Kennel Gazette, and also in the sev- 

 eral sporting journals the week following the meeting, the 

 following extract from the proceedings will be found: 



Mr.Vredenburgh called attention to the registration fee, which 

 at present is fifty cents, and advocate! in cases of voluntary reg- 

 istration the charge of one dollar. On suggestion of Mr. Hitch- 

 cock the matter was left to the Stud Book Committee. 



By this action the American Kennel Club evidently 

 thought that the Stud Book Committee was in a better 

 position to determine this matter than the club itself was, 

 and accordingly gave this committee power to act as its 

 judgment dictated. When the fee of fifty cents was origin- 

 ally fixed it was by the action of this committee, which is 

 elected annually by the American Kennel Club, and this 

 same committee was given the power to increase it to one 

 dollar if it was found necessary to do so. 



The committee determined to permit the old fee to remain 

 in force for the year 1889. and now gives five months' notice 

 of the increased fee. Our reasons for the increase are the 

 following: The cost of composition, printing, electrotyp- 

 ing, stock and binding of each volume is about 33 cents for 

 each entry. To this must be added the salary of the com- 

 piler of the book, a proportionate share of office rent, postage 

 and stationery; these combined swell the total cost of the 

 publication of each entry to a fraction over 81 cents. Since 

 Jan. 1, 1889, the Stud Book has paid its editor a stated salary 

 on the last day of each and every month, together with its 

 share of its other legitimate expenses, and when the present 

 volume is published and paid for the result will be that it 

 has beeu published at a loss of over 31 cents on each and 

 every entry that the book contains. We desire to state in 

 this connection that the income and expense of the Stud 

 Book is kept entirely separate and distinct from the other 

 departments of the American Kennel Club, and the Stud 

 Book does not pay the American Kennel Gazette for the 

 monthly publication of the preliminary registrations that 

 have been assigned Stud Book numbers, said publication 

 being entirely complimentary. 



The other resolution unfavorably commented upon has 

 been forced upon the committee. Persons from all sections 

 are continually requesting to be furnished with extended 

 pedigrees of dogs that are registered in the several stud 

 books that are kept at the office of the American Kennel 

 Club. These requests are becoming so frequent, and to 

 comply consumes so much time, that the committee deems 

 it necessary to charge for the work, and fixed the reasonable 

 sum of fifty cents, for which is issued an official certificate 

 of a pedigree, including the fourth generation when possible, 

 and duly signed by the secretary of the club. 



Hermann P. Schellhass, i c+ .- -r, . 

 Thomas H. Terry, I £^J^° k 



A. D. LEWIS, \ ^ommitte. 



DOG TALK. 



THE editor of the Barbourville (Ky.J News vouches for 

 this story: Mr, Ed. Arthur, of Flat Lick, whose repu- 

 tation for truth and veracity has never been and cannot be 

 impugned, relates that the dogs were mad with ambition, 

 and around the circuit of about three miles they whirled 

 the. fox with such rapidity that poor reynard was soon too 

 hot to take a hole. To continue the chase was disaster to 

 him. What then? Strategy! Strategy a failure, and all 

 would indeed be up with him. Standing on an eminence 

 some distance off, one of the hunters saw the fox stop as if 

 to listen just as the whistle of the passenger engine on the 

 C. V. railroad shrieked for a crossing. Down the mountain 

 he leaped, and through a deep narrow cut just a few feet in 

 front of the dogs; and about 50yds. in front of the train 

 went fox and dogs. The train was running a fifty-mile gait. 

 On it came over dogs and close up to reynard, when that 

 wily diplomat leaped on to the cowcatcher, rode safely 

 through the cut, jumped to the ground and loped leisurely 

 into its accustomed haunts. 



George Dunne, of the Burlington's contracting freight 

 office, in Chicago, recently had an embarrassing experience. 

 He was out in one of the suburbs when he saw a fine dog 

 trotting along in the street. Naturally enough he whistled 

 to him, and when the animal came up he patted him 

 kindly. The dog then followed him. After a walk of a 

 block or so Dunne became conscious that he was being fol- 

 lowed by a pretty young lady. This was so unusual that he 

 did not know what to make of it, and he did not know the 

 cause until he heard the young lady call the dog. He tried 

 then to chase the animal back, but he would not go. 

 Finally, just as he reached the house at whicn he was about 

 to call, the young lady met a suburban policeman, and 

 George heard her tell him something about a dog thief. 

 But as he slammed the gate behind him the dog ran back to 

 his fair owner, and the rural officer's services were not 

 needed. As it was, however, Mr. Dunne felt hurt at being 

 mistaken for an ordinary "dog pincher." 



A novice writes: "Will some of the readers of FORE&'i 

 And Stream tell me how to train a beagle on rabbits when 

 I have no old or trained dog to use with him, and can a 

 beagle be used on coons!' I also want an all round bird 

 dog; one that can be used on all game birds, and hi the late 

 fall be used to retrieve ducks." 



Here is an opportunity for those of our readers who have 

 successfully solved the problems, to give their experience 

 for the benefit of brother sportsmen. 



A new field trial club has been organized in Ohio. The 

 club is composed of influential men, and we are assured that 

 no effort will be spared to make their inaugural trials a suc- 

 cess. A hearty local support is promised, and the trials 

 closely follow those of the Indiana Kennel Club. There is 

 no doubt that the participants there will liberally patronize 

 the new club. 



Mr. J. F. Smith, of Sheffield, Eng., has decided to dispose 

 of his celebrated kennel of St. Bernards. Among them are 

 the smooth champions Guide, Watch, Keeper, Sans Peur, 

 Belline and Sunrise. Here is an opportunity for American 

 fanciers to procure some winners. 



Mr. W. H. Walbridge, of Petersborough, N. H., has re- 

 cently received seven Sehipperkes, three dogs and four 

 bitches, from Belgium. 



We are frequently asked to furnish premium lists of the 

 different dog shows, and yvill cheerfully do so if managers 

 will send them to us. 



The Brooklyn dog show next month will not be open on 

 Sunday as has been stated, The dates are Sept. 9 to 12. 



There will be no dog show at Baltimore this year, as the 

 club cannot obtain a suitable building. 



The Montana Kennel Club hold their first dog show this 

 week at Helena, Mont. 



RABBIT BAITING.— We commend the following clip- 

 ping from the Stock-Keeper to the advocates of rabbit bait- 

 ing: "On the 19th inst., in the House of Commons, the 

 Home Secretary, in reply to Mr. Buchanan, said that he 

 had received memorials as to the practice of rabbit cours- 

 ing. While greatly disapproving of the cruelty involved 

 he did not see his way, in the present state ofpublic busi- 

 ness, to the possibility of amending the law. We have good 

 reason to anticipate that as soon as the present enormous 

 pressure of business eases off Mr. Mathews will take steps 

 to amend the law so as to abolish rabbit coursing alto- 

 gether. We draw the attention of Mr. August Belmont, Jr., 

 and his friends to this statement of an English Minister, 

 delivered iu the presence of a great body of sportsmen, for 

 there has always been a powerful sporting element in the 

 English Parliament. When some months ago we took it 

 upon ourselves to assure our American kinsmen that they 

 were mistaken in taking up rabbit coursing under the im- 

 pression that it was a British sport, our remarks met with 

 anything but a favorable reception. Mr. Belmont, Jr., 

 having since had time to inquire amoughis English acquain- 

 tances, and with this statement of our Home [secretary be- 

 fore him, will now, we hope, be inclined to admit that he 

 was misled on this subject." 



OHIO FIELD TRIAL CLUB.— The Ohio Field Trial 

 Club was organized last week at Wooster. O. Following is 

 a list of officers: President, Hon. M. L. Smyzer; vice-presi- 

 dent, Capt. A. S. McClure; secretary and treasurer, John 

 Bolus: executive committee, John H. Law, F. J. Mullin; 

 C. E. White, J. F, Marchant and A. M. Parrish; committee 

 on grounds, Messrs. Clark, Jones, Lake, Horn. Huffstott 

 and Ebright. The trials will probably be run near Wooster 

 about the middle of November. Only one stake will be run 

 this year, a free-for-all, with $10 forfeit and $15 additional 

 to start. Entry blanks and full particulars can be obtained 

 by addressing the secretary, John Bolus, Wooster, O. 



BROOKLYN DOG SHOW.-Brooklyn, Aug. %\.-Editor 

 lorest and Stream: Through our printer's error and an 

 oversight the idea has become prevalent that the Brooklyn 

 Kennel Club's show is to be open on Sunday, whereas it 

 does not open until Monday, Sept. 9, but dogs from a dist- 

 tance can be benched on Saturday, and will have every at- 

 tention.— C. DECKELMANN, Sec'y. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, which jure fur- 

 alshed free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 300 or any one form, bound for 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



t3S°~ Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



8pt»tgM. By C. G. Browning, Worcester, Maes., for black cocker 

 spaniel bitch, whelped March 29, 1888, by Ebony (Obo II.— Loftv) 

 out of Jessie (Pompey— Gypsy Girl). 



Mabel B. By C. G. Browning.Worcester, Mass., for black cocker 

 spaniel bitch, whelped March 29, 1889, by Billy Obo (Obo II.— 

 Darkie) out of Bessie (Obo IL— Critic). 



BRED. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Music IU.— Leader. H. F. Schellhass's (Brooklyn, N. Y.) beagle 

 bitch Music III. to bis Leader, Aug. 14. 



Royal Cute— Duke of Vernon. L. Gardner's (Mt. Vernon, N. Y.) 

 pointer hitch Royal (Jute (Duke Royal— Gala Day) to his Duke of 

 Vernon (Glendale— Spotless), Aug. 23. 



Beauty— Kash. R. M. Conway's (Owensborn, Kv.) pus? bitch 

 Beauty (champion Joe— Peggie) to A. E. Pitts's Kash (Bradford 

 Ruby— Lady Cloudy), Aug. 9. 



Lady Thttrman—Kasli. Howard Bros.' (Columbus, O.i pug bitch 

 Lady Thuratan (Silver Shoe— Dixie) to A. E. Pitts's KasH (Brad- 

 ford Ruby— Lady Cloudy), JulyoO. 



Sprigid—Obo II. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cooker 

 spaniel bitch Spright (Ebony— Jessie) to .1. P. Willev's Obo II. 

 (Obo-Chloe), Aug. 15. 



WHELPS. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Fair Inez. F. C. Nims's (Painesville, O.) pug bitch Fair Inez 

 (Zhiiko— Nellie), July 27, five (four dogs), by A. E, Puts's Kash 

 (Bradford Ruby— Lady Cloudy). 



Donna. Rosecroft Kennels' (Plainfield. N. J.) English setter 

 bitch Donna, Aug. 25, four (two dogs), hyF. Winuholz's champion 

 Rockingham. 



Beauty. J. F. Campbell's (Moot real. Can.) Yorkshire terrier 

 bitch Beauty (Dandy— Ni^ey), Aug. 15, two bitcbes, by H. Smith's 

 Major Halifax (Thornton's Music— Lady Halifax). 



SALES. 



PW~ Notes must be seut on the Prepared Blanks, 



Kash— Nun Nicer whelps. Silver fawn pugs, whelped June. 20, 

 18J59, by A. E. Pitts, Columbus, 0., a dog each to Jas. Lawrence, 

 samp place: Fred Morton, Cambridge, O., and Geo. W. Wambach, 

 Baltimore, Md., and a bitch to Mr. Rieke, Puducah, Ky. 



POINTER DOG FOUND.— Editor Forest and Stream; 

 There strayed into our place last Tuesday night a large 

 pointer dog. Thinking that he probably belonged to some 

 one living near, I shut him up and made inquiries, but up 

 to the present time I have failed to find an owner for him. 

 Not wishing to keep him myself, I have given him to a 

 friend of mine to keep until some one claims him, well 

 knowing that in the meantime he will have a good home. 

 Some of your many readers may have lost such a dog. 

 Brake is looking wonderfully well, and think I shall show 

 him in Brooklyn next month.— S i Anton W, Pentz (Fan- 

 wood, N. J.. Aug. 36). 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



No Notice Taken ot Anonymous Correspondents. 



J. W. G. D„ Chestnut Hill.— I have a pug dog, age about five 

 years, is sufferiug from hemorrhoids. The discharge is slight, 

 but causes intense itching. Ans. Get the following: 



Morph. sulpb gr. iss. 



Plumb, acetat gre. xx. 



Acid tannici grs, xx. 



Ungr. aq. rosre . ..§ii. 



Mix. Sig. Apply night and morning. This must be forced 

 slightly inside tne sphincter muscle. 



II., Bordeidown, N. J.— I have a mastiff dog, 1 year 7 months old, 

 that bad the so-called distemper about sis months ago. His being 

 a very light case seemingly, my only treatment was to keep nim 

 warm and dry and feed a low diet. Since the attack left him he 

 has had the chorea, and for the last three months his eyes 

 have heen very sore, almost closed, and constantly discharging a 

 yellowish matter, though at first it was greenish. I livato'i him 

 for chorea, with the formula in Hallock's "Gazetteer," but though 

 he seemed to get a little better if did not cure him. is there any- 

 thing I can do for his eyes / Can I still help ids chorea 't Ans. 1. 

 Sponge the eyes with borax and water, teaspoon to the. teacup. 

 3. Give a pill c ntainint' X A grain of nitrate ot silver and ^ grain 

 of extract of nux vomica morning and evening for three weeks. 

 Also give one of Bland's iron pills three times daily. 



\1wotinQ 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



DENVER DOG SHOW.-Auburn Park, 111., Aug. 34 - 

 Editor Forest ana Stream. The Chicago, Rock Island & 

 Pacific- Railway, through its genial passenger agent, Mr. 

 John Sebastian, have kindly agreed to carry all dogs to and 

 from the Continental Kennel Club's bench show, to be held 

 at Denver, Col., in November, free of charge when accom- 

 panied by an attendant. — H, L, Goodman. 



OUR TEAM ABROAD. 



[From ow Special Correspondent.'] 



PARIS. Aug. 1.— Much comment and criticism has been raised 

 among the volunteers and marksmen attending this year's 

 Wimbledon meeting, at the want of success of the American 

 marksmen, when using in the matches the English government 

 musket, the Martini-Henry. Believing that a thorough lexplana- 

 tion will set our friends right on ihe subject, we venture to start 

 from the beginning. After a perusal of the programme sent to 

 the Massachusetts team by the National Rifle Association of. 

 Great Britain, many of the members expressed a desire to take 

 part in the matches confined to the use of the Martini musket. 

 Each marksman having some reputation as being a "good holder" 

 a>jd fair judge of wind velocity, especially at the distances of 200, 

 500 and 600yds., thought that with accurate shooting Martinis, 

 the chances would be favorable for obtaining a place in the prize 

 lists. On the voyage across the water, the subjectbeing discussed, 

 it was recommended by a member of the team who hart had ex- 

 perience at Wimbledon years before, that Martini rifles should 

 be procured from some private manufacturer by each member, as 

 it was his opinion that the majority of rifles winning prizes in the 

 Martini matches were those made by private manufacturers, hut 

 according to law, submitted to the Government viewers to he 

 stamped for safety and compliance with certain gauges as to bore 

 and cartridge. This idea was favorably entertained, but was put 

 to flight during the team competitions, the houorary secretary 

 reporting that the N. R. A. would loan the team some Martinis 

 of Government make, and the secretary assured the members 

 that it was conceded on all sides that the "rack rifles" of the 

 Government were superior, and were all right iu every way. 

 This, coming from such good authority, was gladly accepted. 

 The team matches following each other so closely, the Americans 

 could not procure the English rifles until Friday morning, and all 

 the time found by the secretary to grant the members of the team 

 practice with these rifles, was to fire 7 shots at 200, the same num- 

 ber at, oOOyds. This was on Saturday afternoon, and on the follow- 

 ing Monday morning the Alexandra match began at 300yds. It 

 will be seen that the Massachusetts men did not have time al- 

 lowed them to discover very much about the rifles so generously 

 loaned them, before entering into an important competition at 

 500yds. 



it should be said that the member suggesting the rifles of pri- 

 vate make had doubts regarding the Government muskets, and 

 made inquiries among the members of the English teamB as to 

 the Martinis used by them, and found that about 8 out of 

 every 10 shot with Martinis of private make: yet this did not 



