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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. o, 1689, 



WESTERN COURSING NEWS. 



HUTCHINSON, Kan., Aug 27.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The coursing season is just upon us and the 

 long tails are being put to the work preparing for the fall 

 siege, and we have a good promise of some great work from 

 them. The entries will probably include at least fifteen im- 

 ported greyhounds, among which will be the imported dog 

 Trales, the Giendvnes. Little Lady Glendyne and Lady 

 Graham Glendyne, the daughter of the famous Jester. The 

 black bitch, Lady Millie Glendyne, having unfortunately 

 died, lessens their chances for winning the honors, as she 

 proved the fastest from the slips of either of the four. The 

 other three are now in the hands of our old friend Arthur 

 Massey, the American Coursing Club slipper, and they will 

 undoubtedly come to the slips quite fit. Mr. D. C. Luse has 

 also given over his imported bitch, Dick's Darling, and 

 several of her pups to Mr. Massey for training, so that our 

 slipper will have more than a passing interest this season 

 in several of the flyers as they leave the slips. Mr. Allison 

 has several young ones that will make a hard fight for the 

 Derbv, they 'having in their veins the direct blood of Reno 

 Belle' and Rowdy, the winner of the 1887 Derby and also 

 champion Sandy Jim and a sister of Mike G. Four of the 

 litter of Joe Burnside, son of the famous California Quick- 

 silver and little Humming Bird, will probably contend for 

 the first honors. So we can safely say that there will be some 

 wonderful speed contests at October meet of the American 

 Coursing Club way in advance of any previous meeting. 



The National Coursing Association, of Hutchinson, Kan., 

 has preparations fully made for a grand meeting Oct. 8 to 

 12. The stakes are so arranged that the winners will bear 

 the burden of the entries and the second-raters will stand 

 an equal show with the best without a sure expense, and 

 many doubting Thomases will be encouraged to enter un- 

 tried" dogs that may prove extra good ones. The park is now 

 well stocked with jacks, and the track, the escapes and 

 everything is in perfect order, and the rabbits go like the 

 wind to the escapes. 



The first inclosed coursing meeting will be held on the 

 Jockey Club track at Louisville. Ky., Sept. 4 to 7, and the 

 second meeting will be held at St. Louis, Mo., on the Jockey 

 Club track, Sept. 16 to 21. We make a grand drive in the 

 park to-morrow, with one hundred people assisting, to secure 

 a supply of the strongest rabbits for these meetings; and we 

 will leave for Louisville Wednesday evening, Aug. 2S. I 

 have finally joined forces with the National Coursing Asso- 

 ciation and will assist in pushing the work to success, and 

 hope to see accomplished what I have long desired and 

 worked for— viz. . coursing made one of the greatest sport- 

 ing events throughout the United States. 



G. l'RWTN ROYCK. 



TRAINING BEAGLE PUPPIES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



To comply at length with the request of a novice, regard- 

 ing the training of beagle puppies, would afford me great 

 pleasure, but at present I can out hastily and briefly give 

 my ideas on that one subject concerning the beagle. In the 

 near future I shall favor— or tire, as the case may be — your 

 readers with a more exhaustive treatise on the beagle in 

 general. 



As to the proper way of training a puppy, it is at all times 

 best to start them in with an older and experienced dog. if 

 such a dog is obtainable for that purpose, and there are few 

 places in the country which are without one or more good 

 "rabbit dogs," whether thoroughbred or otherwise. To get 

 a puppy ovit with such a dog only a few times will suffice: 

 all that is necessary is to show your puppy aud make him 

 understand and recognize the game and scent he is to follow. 

 The rest will come to him without any teaching whatever, 

 experience being the only teacher after that. When I had 

 the time I always considered the training of puppies a de- 

 cided pleasure, aud nearly every evening in season would 

 find me along the beautiful shore of our grand fiver, the 

 Susquehanna, giving the little 'uns their first lessons, but 

 now this is for me impossible, owing to business responsi- 

 bilities, and Sunday afternoons is now about the only time 

 that I can devote to the training of my youngsters, for 

 which transgression the orthodox portion of your readers. I 

 hope, will not condemn me. 



Do not take out more than one good dog with your pup- 

 pies. After your puppy has an idea" of the work before him, 

 and the age or strength to follow a dog or pack, he may 

 then be hunted in such company. 



For the benefit of a novice I will assume that an experi- 

 enced dog is not obtainable for the purpose of training the 

 puppy and we are thrown upon our own resources to break 

 in the little long-eared beauty, and this is not a difficult task 

 by auy means, for the hunting of rabbits is to the beagle a 

 natural characteristic of the breed and need not be acquired, 

 and it is only to hasten natural gifts along in their develop- 

 ment that any training at all is necessary. Whether a 

 puppy is trained with or without an experienced dog, con- 

 sideration must be given to the age of puppy, season of the 

 year, time of day, locality, etc. We read of,' and have per- 

 haps owned puppies of our own, which were exceptionally 

 precocious, yet I am of the opinion that it is labor lost to 

 commence training a puppy before the age of six months- 

 seven or eight suit me better still— when they will pick up 

 the faster and save a novice much vexation and discourage- 

 ment. 



I prefer a puppy whelped in the early spring, so as to 

 make him anywhere between five and eight months old in 

 the early autumn months, September and October, which is 

 the best time of year for training of puppies, as rabbits, 

 youug and old. appear plentier than at any other time. 

 The late afternoon is probably the best time of day, when 

 rabbits come out of their hiding places. Select, of course, 

 a place where rabbits are plentiful, and, if possible, where 

 the formation of the cover is such through which your puppy 

 can get with ease, for, as he will not possess the anxiety aud 

 determination of a broken dog, he would not be so willing to 

 go through brush, briers, etc. Let me here say that it will 

 be only half the task if two puppies cau be trained together, 

 as a jealousy will exist between them, which at that period 

 will prove of value and hasten their training. 



Observe the above hints as to age of puppy, season, time 

 of day and locality and take your puppy— or better, pup- 

 pies—out an hour or two before sundown without feeding 

 them. Take them to the proper place and do not sit down, 

 but keep moving about, as they will be more eager to hunt 

 than if they see you sitting somewhere, in which case they 

 would be more apt to desire to play with you than to hunt. 

 When opportunity offers, judiciously urge and encourage 

 them. Two or three outings of this kind will start them off 

 all right, and you can depend on rapid improvement there- 

 after. 



This is not a task, but a rare pleasure and a benefit to any 

 one. A beagle trained by your own hands will be more 

 valuable and dearer to you, having attached to him or her 

 the recollections of these early outings, which probably 

 brought to your notice more vividly the incomparable beau- 

 ties and mysteries of peaceful nature, which at that time 

 may have— and would now if you could enjoy them— proven 

 a balm to both mind and body. Many and dear are the 

 recollections of the past connected with my training of 

 puppies, and could 1 enjoy the same pleasures now my 

 mind would be less disturbed by care and my health bene- 

 fited thereby. Alas! close confinement to business nrevents 

 aud I have little time left for the care of my dogs and I will 

 have little or no chance to follow them afield'this season. 

 They have consequently been neglected to a certain extent, 

 and it pains me to admit that at present they are not in tin- 



best of condition. Although knowing that many of our 

 best kennels are at this season troubled with flies, skin irri- 

 tation, etc., to the detriment of their dogs, yet had I the 

 time I could have my dogs in better shape than they are at 

 present. I don't desire to keep my dogs in anything' but t he 

 best condition aud shall therefore dispose of all except a 

 brace or two, and will not keep more till I can do so with 

 proper care. 



Champion Banuerinan is as spry and puppyish as ever, 

 and many are the times that strangers who have never seen 

 him will ask: "And how old is that little white puppy?" 

 Champion Maybelle II. and Kruegeris Dot are about hold- 

 ing their own. 



Apropos Mr. Jolley's (Blue Ridge) item in reference to 

 his small specimen of beagle. He requests others to ''trot 

 out" their small ones. I have none, nor do I want them, for 

 I have no use for runts. I am au admirer of the small bas- 

 ket beagle, but do not care for stunted specimens of the 

 larger variety. Mr. Jolley's undoubtedly belongs to this 

 latter class, being sired by Banker, a coarse dog of fully 14 

 or more iuches. I do know of another such specimen, which 

 will compare favorably with Mr. Jolley's entry in this race 

 for records for smalluess, as far as breeding, hunting quality 

 and smalluess are concerned. This little bitch is Queen M., 

 entered at the last Lynn show by the reputable breeders 

 Clark and Rutter, She is by my lamented Cameron's Rac- 

 ket out of the prize winning bitch Vickey, which I sold Mr. 

 Rutter. It will, therefore, be seen that this little bitch is 

 more than seven-eighths Rowett, and equal to the best in the 

 land as far as breeding is concerned, and I have been 

 assured that she is a remarkable performer in the field for 

 one of her size. Yet she is a runt or a freak, the same as 

 Mr. Jolley's. coming as they do from such parents. I have 

 not the exact weight or measurements of this little bitch, 

 yet should it prove of any value to your readers, 1 am con- 

 fident that Mr. Rutter will be pleased to furnish that in- 

 formation. A. C. KRFFX+EK. 



Wrig nTSVTXLK, York County, Pa. 



DOG TALK. 



\ NEW JERSEY melodrama: Scene First — Our mutual 

 J\. friend Peshall reclining in an easy chair in his sanc- 

 tum, enjoying the exquisite flavor of his special brand of 

 Victoria Reina, Aristotle in hand and all the works of the 

 ancients within easy reach, a self-satisfied smile overspread- 

 ing his beaming countenance as he unearths from the musty 

 volume a ponderous thunderbolt to hurl at some friend, 

 when his meditations are interrupted by the entrance of a 

 stranger with an old-fashioned carpet bag which he care- 

 fully deposits on the floor beside his chair, and in insinu- 

 ating tones proceeds to remark, "1 hear from everybody 

 that you understand all about dogs and all kinds of animals, 

 and as I don't, I've called to ask you to do rne a favor." 

 "Certainly," said our genial friend in his most gracious 

 manner, "I am ever ready aud willing to assist a brother 

 sportsman so far as it lies in my power". Now, if you want 

 an apt quotation from the ancients to point amoral or adorn 

 a tale, the material is all here; or if you want a pup, I ex- 

 pect a litter from dear old Jimmie' soon, and shall be only 

 too happy—" "No," said the stranger, "I never heard of 

 the ancients, and the old woman is down on dogs: but I'll 

 tell you." pointing to the bag aud hitching his chair a bit 

 closer, "I've brought over our torn cat for you to fix so that 

 he won't run out fights." .lust theu Peshall's pet bull- 

 terrier Baby came bounding into the room, and as she 

 caught a whiff of scent from the feline sheuttered a whine of 

 delight almost human in expression, and before you could 

 say Jack Robinson that old-fashioned carpet bag and its 

 frantically squalling inmate were describing parabolic 

 curves that are not laid down in the books, Our mutual 

 friend was nonplussed, indignant aud horror-stricken. To 

 think that he, a cherished official of the Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals, should bethought capable of 

 committing the proposed dastardly crime against nature 

 and the cat, was enough to freeze his heart's blood. Speech- 

 less he stood, oblivious even to the fun that Baby was en- 

 joying, intent only on administering a fitting rebuke to the 

 fiend in human form who had dared to offer such indignity 

 to him and the cat. At last he partially recovered his self- 

 possession, and with burning words struggling for utter- 

 ance he turned to the inhuman mouster, but. together with 

 the old-fashioned carpet bag and its now feebly struggling 

 inmate, he had taken his departure, and the curtain drops, 



Apropos of the reference in "Bits of Talk" last week to a 

 dog thief stealing apples is this from the Boston Globe: "It 

 is queer how things fall out: The very day that I was 

 writing a paragraph for this column, suggesting, in a truly 

 Christian and philanthropic spirit, that dogs might success- 

 fully be employed as thieves, on that very day two men and 

 a woman were arrested somewhere out west for this identi- 

 cal crime. They traveled about in a wagon, accompanied 

 by a big dog. who caught as many chickens as he could lay 

 his jaws upon and brought them to his human accomplices. 

 The men then wrung the necks of the fowls, and so soon as 

 a sufficient number had been accumulated, took them to the 

 nearest large town and put them on the market at a reason- 

 able price. The woman, it is said, was the leader in this 

 enterprise, and it must be admitted that the scheme does 

 credit to feminine ingenuity. How it fell through is not 

 made plain, but probably the men bungled. She ought t o 

 have left them at home." 



The judges elected by the American Spaniel Club are A. 

 C. Wilmerding, S. R. Hemingway, James Watson, C. H. 

 Mason, Win. West, E. M. Oldham, J. P. Willey and C. M. 

 Nelles. 



Mr. E. S. Porter will judge mastiffs, bulldogs, bull-fcer- 

 riers, foxhounds and beagles at the Danbury dog show, and 

 Mr. James Watson the remaining classes. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the executive committee 

 of the A. K. C. will be held at 44 Broadway, Sept. 19, at 1 

 o'clock P. M. 



There were ninety entries at the dog show held at Helina, 

 Mont., Aug. 28 to 80. A full report will appear next week. 



Mr. J. L. Campbell, of Montreal, Can., has been reinstated 

 by the advisory committee of the American Kennel Club. 



INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. — Indianapolis, lnd.. Sept. 2. 

 —Editor Forest and Stream: Our trials promise to be a 

 great success this year. Mr, J. M, Freemau, one of our 

 vice-presidents, who lives at Bieknell, reports an abundance 

 of birds. The club desires to thank the following parties 

 through your columns for special prizes donated by them: 

 Mr. B. Waters, Chicago, 111., one copy of his "Breaking, 

 Training aud Kennel Management": Ideal Manufacturing 

 Co., New Haven, Conn., six sets of their Ideal shotgun im- 

 plements: Mr. W. B. Leffingwell, Clinton, la., one copy of 

 his "Wild Fowl Shooting"; Upthegrove & McLellan, Val- 

 paraiso, lnd., one of their fine hunting coats.— P. T. Mabi- 

 so?r, Secretary. 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB.— Saratoga Springs, 

 Aug. 2S.— Editor Forest and Strea m: The regular quarterly 

 meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club will be held at 44 

 Broadway, New York, on Tuesdav. Sept. lit, at 2 o'clock 

 P, M.— W. A. Cos-run, Sec'y. 



THE POINTER CLUB. 



"VTEW YORK. Aug. 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: At 

 a regular meeting of the Pointer Club of America 

 held this date the following business was transacted: Maj. 

 J. M. Taylor's application for membership was presented 

 and he was unanimously elected. The resignation of Chas. 

 J. Peshall, Esq , was read and accepted. 



The secretary was instructed to announce, "that upon a 

 count being taken of the vote of the members of the club it 

 was found that the following named gentlemen were 

 selected, having received the highest number of votes, for 

 recommendation to bench show committees for 1889-90, as 

 proper persons to judge pointers, in the order named: Mr. 

 F. R. Hitchcock, Hon. John S. Wise, Mr. J. M. Tracy, Mr. 

 .las. L. Anthony, Mr. Chas. Heath, Mr. Geo. W. La 'Rne. 

 The selection of any of the above named gentlemen will in- 

 sure the hearty support of the club. 



The report of the special committee appointed to prepare 

 a list of prizes to be given by the Pointer Club was adopted 

 as follows: 



For WO— Open to All. 



Thk Pointek Club Produce Stakes.— §50 added money. 

 For pointer puppies whelped on and after Jan. 1, 1889, the 

 Pointer Club of America add $50. The stakes to be decided 

 at a spring show of 1890, to be hereafter designated. En- 

 tries close at the same time as the regular entries of such 

 show. Terms of entry: Litters may be entered previous to 

 Jan. 1, 1890, for §3, provided they are under six weeks old. 

 each of the litter to be. eligible to compete. Puppies entered 

 previous to Jan. 1, 1890, at £1 each if under three months 

 old: at *2 each if under six months old; at *3 each if under 

 nine months old at the time of entry. After Jan. 1, 1890, all 

 entries shall pay 85 each. Should' an entry be sold, the 

 buyer shall pay 81 in order to compete with such entry. 

 The winner to receive 50 per cent, of the whole stake, second 

 20 per cent., third 10 per cent., and the breeder of the winner 

 to receive 20 per cent, of the stake. Entry fee must be paid 

 at the time of entry. Competitors must be entered in the 

 regular classes of the show. Entry to be made to the secre- 

 tary of the Pointer Club of America. 



Open to Members Only. 



StudDois Prize.— 310 for best pointer stud dog shown 

 with two of his get, the latter to be not over 3 years of age 

 and not necessarily owned by one person. 



Brood Bitch Prize.— $10 for best pointer brood bitch 

 shown with two of her progeny, the latter to be not over 3 

 years old aud not necessarily owned by one person. 



$10 for best pointer dog,' and #10 for best pointer bitch, 

 that has beeD placed or won a heat at any field trial run in 

 America, fit) for best pointer dog or bitch exhibited and 

 owned by a member of the club. 



In addition to the above the American field pointer cup 

 value *100 (open to all) will be given at a show to be desig- 

 nated by the Pointer Club, to be announced hereafter, under 

 the conditions as published. Entry blanks will be furnished 

 by the secretary upon receipt of application aud 2-cent post- 

 age stamp. . GEO. W. La Rue, Sec'y and Treas. 



239 Broadway, New York. 



ORIGIN OF THE DOG.— The ancestry of the dog is a 

 topic which has been much discussed of late at the French 

 Academy in Paris. M. Boule maintains that as far back as 

 the pliocene period of geology the canine family showed 

 much the same divisions as it exhibits to-day. There were 

 the wolf, the fox, and the jackal tribes and types, and a 

 fossil jaw taken from pliocene rocks near Puy shows cer- 

 tain characteristics which are seen in our own domesticated 

 dogs of to-day. Are we to assume then that the dogs of our 

 period represent a much more ancient and original type of 

 animals than science would have us hitherto believe ? If 

 fossil evidences are trustworthy, the dogs of remote antiqui- 

 ty, so far from having originated from the wolf stock, may 

 be regarded as having possessed a distinct personality of 

 their own. We may probably have to go back into the 

 tertiary to find the primordial stock from which the wolf, 

 fox, jackal and dog may together have sprung. By the way, 

 the statement has been made on responsible bases that there 

 are at present one hundred and eighty-nine varieties of 

 domesticated dogs. What a composite animal they would 

 all make if bred or resolved intoone ! And would the result 

 truly represent the primordial dog type i And would that 

 unit most nearly resemble the wolf, 'the fox, or the jackal ? 

 Which ?— Chas. Hallock. 



ST. BERNARD AND PUG IMPORTATION.— London, 

 Aug. I'd.— Editor Forest and Stream: I shall leave in a 

 few days for the States with 8 St. Bernards, large and small, 

 and 3 pugs. The pugs are dog puppies by champion Loris 

 out of May Queen, the property of Miss A. H. Whitney, of 

 Lancaster, Mass. The St. Bernard dog Sir Noel, by Lysander 

 out of Lady Pauline, is for W. H. Beede, Lynn. Mass. The 

 balance I have purchased for my own kennels, and include 

 the bitch Manon, by Valour out of champion Gretchen, and 

 two of her present litter; Lady Pauline, by Grandee out of 

 Princess Bismark, dam of Sir Noel and Victory, who stands 

 33in. standard measure: a dog puppy by Refuge II. out of 

 Lady Pauline; a bitch puppy by champion Hesper out of 

 Cologne, litter sister to champion Carmelite, and a bitch 

 puppy by champion Hesper out of Diva; she weighed 241bs. 

 at 9 weeks. Hesper weighs 2041bs. Diva stands 3P ' and 

 weighs 1601bs. — A. R. Crowell. 



ELM IRA DOG SHOW.— Hornellsville, Sept. L-Editor 

 Forest and Stream: We have received many valuable spe- 

 cials, collected by the Poultry aud Pet Stock Association. 

 One of §20, for the best four working cocker spaniels. En- 

 tries close the 7th; all entries mailed that day will be 

 accepted.— J. Otis Fellows, Supt. 



TORONTO DOG SHOW. — There is a large number of 

 valuable special prizes offered for the dog show to be held 

 at Toronto, Sept. 16 to 19. Printed lists may be obtained of 

 the" secretary, Capt. C. Greville Harston, Toronto, Can. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes laast be sent on prepared blanks, which are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 300 01 any one form, bound for 

 retaining; duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 Notes mast be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Jjnisij Dean. By High Rock Cocker Kennels, LyDD. Mass., for 

 black cocker spaniel bitch, age not givcR, bv Shady out of Nellie. 



Ynuny Royal Prince, Jr. By H. L. Gilson/Wakefielfi, Mass , for 

 white bull-terrier dog, whelped May 12, Ii>89, by Young Royal 

 Prince (Young Royal -Scarlet II.) out of Tillfe (Dutch, Jr.— 

 Terry). 



BRED. 



tSf Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Melody— Trittcr. H. F. Schellhass's (Brooklyn, N. Y.) beagle 

 bitch Melody to his Trailer, Aug. 7. 



ApoUona—Bcn Lomond. Jotm Keevan's (Brooklyn, ». Y.) St. 

 Bernard bitch Apollona (champion Apollo— Brunhilde) to E. H. 

 Moore's Ben Lomond (champion Barry — Thetis), June 20. 



Lady Bernard— Parson. P. H. Hurley's (Worcester, Mass.) St. 

 Bernard bitch Lady Bernard (Grimsell— Yum Ylltn) to Cotitoocook 

 Kennels' Parson (Bello-Thyras), Aug. :'.F>. 



