Feb. 13, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Meersbrook Maiden; 2d, J. F. Campbell 1 ? Desdemona; 3d, C.F. 

 Stafford's Rocbelle Queen. 



WHITE ENGLISH TERRIERS.— 1st, H. F. Lit tie fields White 

 Prince. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS. — Challenge — 1st, P. H. Coombs's 



icasbire rsen, J. J3. tjampot j ji's tr'eter, u. j>. ^} uiuuub b 

 and P. Cassidv's Ben [I. Com., P. Cassidy's Major. Bitches: 1st. 

 C. N. Symonds's Little Sister: 2d, Mrs. L. D. Cutler's Yutn lum: 

 3d, C. N. Svmonds's Venus. Ve.rv high corn, reserve. J. McKee s 

 Nelly. Verv high com.. C. N. Symonds'a Floss. High com., Mrs. 

 L. Cutler's Midget and J. F. Campbell's Nicey. Com., J. Bell's 

 Lady, 



TOY TERRIERS.— 1st and 2d, Morris Rothschild's Jerry and 

 Nellie; 3d, W. Belle hambers's Topsey. 



PUGS.— Ch ALLHNGE -Do(/s: Equal 1st, A. E. Pitts' Rash and Dr. 

 M. H. Crver's Dude. Bitches: 1st, Dr. M. H. d yer's Bessie.-OPBN 

 —Bogs: 1st, Miss J. A. Yard's Tim; 2d, Dr. M. H. Dryer's Bob Ivy; 



Myrtle: 3d, Thos. B. Hebblewhite's Midget. Very high com. re- 

 serve, Mrs. Chas. Wheatleigh's Yuma Yuma. Yery high com., 

 Mj-8. S. C. Barnum's Yum Yum, Miss A. Yard's Prim, Mrs. A. M. 

 Cunningham's Peggy. High com., Miss J. A. Yard's Paquette. 

 C. E. Osborne's Lothia, R. Schreyer's Nellie, E. D. Brace's 

 Dorothy. Com., Miss M. E. Bannister's Nadjy, R. Schreyer's 

 Roxey." FuouUk 1st, Eberbart Pug Kennels' Eberhart .Cashiew 

 2d, Mrs J. F. Campbell's Jim, 3d, Roger Harrison's Nelly Bly. 

 Verv hicrh com. reserve, Mrs. G. Schumacher's litter. G. W. Warn 

 bach's Rustic Na>ti. Higb com., John Moore's McGinty, Dr. II 

 R. Surles's Baby II. Com., L, A. Readasell's Pitts and Dr. H. R. 

 Surles's Gypsey II. 



TOY SPANIELS. — Challenge— 1st, Wm, Phillips's Roscius; 

 2d, Mrs. F. Sann's King Victor. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS.— 1st, Mrs. F. Senn's Romuo; 2d, 

 Mrs. Jas. R. Franklin's Lady Helary; 3d. Mrs. Kistemaun's Daisy. 



BLENHEIM SPANIELS.— 1st, Jas. C. Thomas's Grenoble. 



PRINCE CHARLES SPANIELS.— 1st, Miss E. R. Catlin's 

 Sweet Violet; 2d, Mrs. F. Senn's BeU; 3d, Mrs. Kistemann's 

 Prince. 



JAPANESE SPANIELS.— 1st, Frank P. Comstock's Nanki-Pco; 

 2d, Mrs. F. Sinn's Nellie Bly: 3d, Frank P. Comstock's Ynm Yum 



n, 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.— 1st, Miss Edith Van Buren's Cupid; 

 2d and 3d, Dr. H. Surles's Dandelion and Dandelion II. 



MEXICAN HAIRLESS.— Mrs. L. D. Hurd's Pippo: 2d, Mrs. H. 

 T. Foote's Me Too; 3d, Mrs. E. C. Moore's NeUie. 



SCHIPPERKES.— Large— 1st aud 2d, W. J. Comstock's Mid- 

 night and Darkness; 3d and reserve, E. R. Spanlding's Jack 

 and Prince, Jr. 



MISOELL.VNEOUS.-LARGRs-lst, W.N.King's Russian wolf- 

 hound Ivan Romanoff; 2d, J. Getz's Zerry; 3d and high com., 

 Meadowthorpc Kennels' Diamond and Pearl. Beserve, King & 

 Otz's Rival. S>rALL-lst aud 2d, Mrs. F. Siegrist.'s Bob and 

 Frank: 3d, Miss A. C. Doty's Takya, Very high com., Mrs. B. 

 Maddon's Chorico. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ENTRIES. 



get the reserve, was referred for final decision to the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club. If the decision is against the dogs coin- 

 ing next in rank to the original winners, the cups will be 

 donated by the club to the Alta Kennels as a matter of 

 courtesy. 



The following officers were re-elected: K. E. Ropf, Presi- 

 dent; Miss A. H. Whitney, Mr. E. H. Moore and Mr. It. J". 

 Sawyer, vice-presidents: W. H. Joeckel, treasurer. In place 

 of Air. L. Daniels. Mr. J. O. Thurston was elected secretary. 

 The following were chosen as members of the board of gov 

 ernors: Messrs. John Lohman, B. P. Johnson, L. Daniels, H. 

 R. T. Coffin, Rev. W. H. Walbridge. Jas. W. Dunlop, C. T. 

 Barney, E. B. Sears and John Keevan. Mr. John Lohman 

 was elected delegate to the American Kennel Club. 



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English setters 

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 Cocker spaniels 

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Bull-terriers.. . 

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 Rough terriers. 

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 Bedlington... 



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BALTIMORE DOG SHOW. 



TJALTIMORB. Feb. S. — EdUur Forest aud stream: Pres- 

 ti ent indications point to very successful show here next 

 March. If things continue as they have been the last few 

 days it is likely that we shall have to shut down on a large 

 number of entries before the day on which they close. 



We have made the following' extra classes* Chesapeake 

 Bay dogs (otter-coated), dogs or bitches, with diplomas as 

 prizes. A challenge class for bulldogs, $5, and a class for 

 bulldog puppies, dogs or bitches, with diplomas as prize. 



We found it necessary to give the Chesapeakes the above 

 extra, owing to the many requests from prominent Mary- 

 land duckers. Members of ducking clubs here have donated 

 a 850 silver cup to the Chesapeake classes. Of these dogs we 

 expect to have the largest entry ever known iu this country. 



A number of specials have been received since our last. 

 We expect a large number of additional cash specials which 

 we will announce next week. 



W. Stewart Diffendekffeb, Sec. 



ST. BERNARD CLUB. 



THE annual meeting of the club was held Feb. 11 at the 

 American Institute Fair Building, K. E. Hopf in the 

 chair. Present: Miss A. H. Whitney, Miss Chandler, Miss 

 Goodnow, Messrs. F. Hall of Philadelphia, Coffin of Glens 

 Falls, Moore and Sears of Boston, Lohman, Joeckel, Daniels, 

 Johnson, Thurston and Hopf of New York. The report of 

 the treasurer, audited by the Finance Committee, was read 

 and accepted. It shows a balance of nearly 8500 in bank. 



The president's Written report on the workings of the club 

 during the past year was accepted with thanks. It shows 

 a membership of 61 in good standing up to the time of clos- 

 ing of entries for New York show: the report comments 

 favorably on the improvement in the breed, especially iu the 

 smooth-coated classes, and recommends the breeding for 

 type as well as for size. 



'Mr, Schumacher, of Brooklyn, was elected a member of 

 the club. The question as to whether the cups, which were 

 won by the Alta Kennels and returned by them, should re- 

 vert to the club, or may be claimed hy the owners of dogs 

 which also competed for the said club specials but did not 



SPAYING. 



ITVROM time to time we receive inquiries as to the manner 

 in which the operation of spaying a bitch is performed 

 together with a request for information as to the effect pro- 

 duced. As to the operation itself, no possible benefit could 

 be derived from a description of the method, as in no case 

 should the operation be performed except by a skilled vet- 

 erinarian or surgeon, and of course n» instructions are 

 needed by them. As to the effects of the operation, we have 

 often stated that in a very large majority of cases the result 

 is disastrous; not only is the'spirit of the bitch broken but 

 her health is ruined as well. Among the many cases that 

 have come under our notice we have yet to see one that has 

 proved even remotely successful for any length of time. 

 We have often been assured that such and such cases have 

 been a perfect success, and such indeed appeared to be the 

 fact, but we have taken pains to follow up all such cases and 

 have invariably found that in the course of a year or two 

 the result was sure to be the same— a dead or practically 

 useless animal. We have often bceu amused at the manner 

 in which advocates of the practice would try to get around 

 t he inevitable by plausible excuses. " The operation was a 

 perfect success. She never came in season and hunted just 

 as well as ever: but some disease got held of her and she 

 died." That is just it, " she died"?' Or perhaps one will 

 say: " Nothing could have worked better, but she did not 

 have exercise enough and got too fat to be of any use." Just 

 it again. " she got too fat." Another one will go into ecsta- 

 ciesonthe subject and tell you "everything was perfectly 

 satisfactory: nothing could be better; my bitch was all right 

 until she caught cold; that appeared to settle in her head, 

 and she has since lost her intelligence." Just it again, the 

 ouly attribute that makes a dog valuable, " intelligence de- 

 stroyed." Aside from the evils which are sure to result, the 

 practice is unnatural and cruel, and the operation should 

 never be performed. If the person owning the bitch is not 

 willing to take proper care of her by keeping her shut up 

 when in season, the best way out of the trouble is to keep 

 only those of the opposite sex. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 19* No Notice Taken or Anonymous Correspondents. 



N. G. P., Epping, N. H.— Give 2grs. of quinine three times daily 

 in a pill. Paint the sores with balsam of Peru. Put 4 drops of 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic in the food once daily. 



T. S.. Brooklyn.— I have tried your last recipe for tapeworm on 

 hound 7 years old. Has done no good. Please state what to use. 

 Ans. Give 15 drops of oil of male fern in a gelatine capsule at 

 night and repeat in the morning. A few hours after the second 

 dose give a full dose of castor oil. The capsule may be concealed 

 in a morsel of meat. 



Htjd %tn$ ^hooting. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON, Feb. 8. -The regular weekly shoot of the M. R. A. v?ai_ 

 held at its range to-day under such conditions that ouly cranks 

 and v i teran riflemen would have participated. A howling wind 

 and pouring rain continued all day, and lundcr these conditions 

 the scores made were good. Following are the scores made to-day: 

 Champion Off-hand Match. 



W Charles 78 W G Hussey 71 



Record Off-hand Match, 



W Charles 76 H .Severance 74 C H Eastman 71 



S C S> duey 76 W G Hussey 71 



Champion rest match,!' Warren — 



Record Rest Match. 



J Fraacis 104 A H Ballard 95 N L Rollins 85 



H Severance 101 W Thomas 93 



Pistol Match— 50yds. 



H Severance 78 W Charles 77 W G Hussey 76 



Military Medal Match. 



R Robertson 39 KL Rollins 38 F B Martin 



AS Field 38 M T Day 37 W D Hart 35 



All-Comers' Rest Match. 



J Francis 107 L R Avay 100 W D Hart 94 



T Warren 106 W Thomas 98 F B Martin 93 



A L Stone 101 N L Rollins 97 M T Day 91 



PW Chester 101 A H Ballard . ... 96 A S Field 81 



All-Comers' Off-hand Match. 



P Fitz 80 AS Field 68 H W Gill 63 



M T Day 74 F B Martin 66 



Pistol Practice Match— 5Qyd,B, 



W Charles 88 H W Gill 79 S T George 71 



P Firz 82 AS Field. . 80 WD Hart 70 



M T Day 81 F B Martin 78 



OTTAWA, Feb. 4.— The third match of the Off-hand Rifle Asso- 

 ciation was shot, to-day. The day was unfavorable for shooting 

 in district No. 1, fog completely hiding the target at the 200yds. 

 range a great part of the lime. This, together with la grippe, 

 was the cause of the low scoreS: 



Matches Matches 

 Points. Won. Lost, 



Orillia 721 



Bradford 780 



Aurora ,. 758 



Scarboro.... 580 



Newton Brook 584 



Midland 691 



King City 534 



Point Edward 733 



Strathroy 613 



Byng Inlet 576 



Alliston 423 



Tottenham 483 



THE BERLIN SHOOT.— The following set of rules of the great 

 Bmides shooting festival of this year will show the fashion of 

 running such things abroad: Shooting begins on the first Sunday 

 of the festival, July 6, at 5 o'clock in the evening, on aU stands, 

 with the exception of the festival honorary targets, and closes 

 at 8 o'clock. On all other days of the festival shooting wili be 

 from 7 o'clock in the morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon and 

 from 3 o'clock to 7 o'clock. On Tuesday, July 8, at 3 o'clock 

 in the afternoon, there will be a competition shooting at the 

 stand, and field targets for the first ten honorary goblets. At 

 the shooting festival only men can participate who are members 

 of the German Schueizen Bund; or as guests, non-German 

 marksmen or such Germans who are prevented by their position 

 in life to become members of the Sehuetzen Bund. Non-German 

 marksmen wishing to compete at the honorary targets must pay 

 3 marks (75 cents) dues to the treasury of the German Sehuetzen 

 Bund. Each marksman must buy a festival card, Costing 6 

 marks, which amount he must send to the managers of the 

 festival, postage prepaid. There will be at least 112 targets put 

 up, one-half at 300 meters and the other at 175 meters. The Fest 

 Point -targets, 300 meters, have an oval black 90 centimeters high 

 and 45 centimeters broad. Each shot iu the black or which 

 tout lies the same counts as a hit (Treft'er.) and counts each hit in 

 the 57-centimeter high and 13 centimeter broad field 2 points, and 

 all hits in the outer field 1 point. For 60 points a marksman 

 receives a festival coin, value 5 marks. For 20 more points a 

 second coin, for 130 more or together 180 points, besides the former 



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two coins, each marksmen can select either a goblet, a lady s gold 

 witch or a gold festival coin, value 50 marks. Marksmen wishing 

 to gain two more festival coins (besides the first two) can do so by 

 shooting 40 more points, but in order to gaiu the goblet, etc., tney 

 have then to shoot 220 points (instead of 180) altogether. If a 

 marksman has gained the two fest coins aud the goblet, he also is 

 permitted to gaiu two more fest coins by shooting 40 more points. 

 Onlv those competing for the first ten honorary goblets are 

 allowed to gain two goblets, all other marksmen can only gain 

 one. Each shot at the field-point target (300 meters) cost 30 pfennige 

 (about W- cents); shots unlimited. Bv paying 15 cents each point 

 made will be counted double. All rifles are allowed which weigh 

 at utmost 6 kilo (about twelve pounds), with field trigger, which 

 can be pulled off without setting. Front sight protectors must 

 be open on top about one-third of an inch all the way. Plain 

 glasses can be fastened on the stock of the rifle, but they must 

 not serve as third sight; thev must not be ground on the edges or 

 be colored. No handle is allowed to he used on any rifle, or any 



Erojections underneath the rifle which can be used as sueh. The 

 ollow in the butt of the rifle must not be deeper than two and 

 a quarter inches. Three field-fest targets will be put up. They 

 are called "Deutschland,"' "Frankfort" and "Berlin." Non- 

 Germau marksmen, in whose country Germau marksmen are. 

 not allowed to compete on certain targets, are not permitted to 

 compete on the above targets. Note— A centimetre is 39 100 of 

 an inch. 



NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 3.— At the annual meeting of the Essex 

 Amateur Rifle Club this evening, the following officers were 

 ejected for the year: President, A. C. Neuman: Vice-President, 

 G. D. Wiegman; Recording Secretary, John H. Huegel; Financial 

 Secretary and Treasurer^ Chas. Cooper; Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank 

 Heims; Captain. J. K. Walsh; Rifle Inspector, J, A. McCallum; 

 •Judge and Scorer, Geo. Freitag: Shooting Committee, Copper 

 smith, Snellen and Wiegman: Association Judge, Joseph Dainty , 

 Delegates, Walsh, Wiegman and Welter, 



GILT EDGE SCORES.-B. Wallher, of the Our Own and Zettlei 

 Rifle clubs, has been doing some phenomenal shooting with an 

 open sight rifle In sight strings of 10 shots each on the German 

 25-ring target at 300yds. he scored 312, 215. 225, 224. 229. 205, 229, 207, 

 an aggregate of 1,743 points, or an average of 217J-R per string out 

 of a possible 250 points. Mr. Walther used a .3>»cai. rifle, recut by 

 Zettler Brothers, 31b. trigger pull, 55 grains of Hazard's powder, 

 and a 255 grain lubricated bullet. 



THE TRAP. 



As this journal is the only one having a representat ive with the 

 East and West team tourists, our readers will be given.the best 

 brightest, fullest, most accurate and most satisfactory reports of 

 the progress of the enterprise. 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION DATES 



Feb. 13, 13, 14.-Birmingham, Ala. 

 Feb. 19, 20, 21.— New Orleans, La. 

 April 30, May 1, 2.— Columbus, O. 

 May 7, 8. 9.— St. Louis, Mo. 

 May 20, 21, 22.— Minneapolis, Minn. 

 May 28, 29, 30. --Kansas City, Mo. 

 June 4, 5, 6.— Lafayette, Ind. 



THE U. S. CARTRIDGE CO.'S TOUR. 



LFrom Our Own Representative.] 



MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 1.— This was the first town of the trip 

 which seemed of purely Southern type and altogether differ- 

 ent in characteristics from the cities with which most of the boys 

 were acquainted. It was here that we first struck general evi- 

 dence of being in the cotton country. There was cotton every- 

 where, and everywhere it was hauled on the great dray, drawn 

 by a single mule, which seema the usual draught vehicle of 

 this country. Perched on top of the cotton bales was invariably 

 a specimen of the genuine down-South darky, the ragged est, grin- 

 ningest. happiest creature on the face of the earth. The darky 

 and the mule make the chief population of Memphis, so far as we 

 cau see. The climate has changed altogether. There is no hint 

 of winter here. The day mellowed into one of almost summer 

 warmth. This has thawed out the boys, and they are chipper as 

 squirrels. 



The advertising here was unquestionably done too far in ad- 

 vance. Not one of the morning papers had a line about the shoot 

 to-day, and there was general surprise when the boys appeared on 

 the streets. Nevertheless, there were about 300 in the crowd that 

 on even this short notice assembled at the Citizens' Baseball Park 

 at 2 o'clock. 



This park is pleasant enough as a shooting ground, but it is very 

 small, and it is surrounded closely by residence buildings, which 

 are within easy range from the score, On this account it. was 

 found necessary to turn down the traps, so that the line of fire, 

 would fall below the top of the tight board fence. This threw the 

 birds so low that they made exceedingly hard shooting, especially 

 in the doubles. The buds hardly averaged four feet over the 

 ground, and many of them never got three feet from the ground 

 at any point of the flight. Under these conditions, the prospect 

 seeming very likely that the shooting might be stopped at any 

 moment by an irate property-holder, or by the outcry of some 

 eve-punctured nigger from the top of the fence, the boj s felt ner- 

 vous all the time, and hardly able to shoot the hard flyers offered 

 them. The scores are low, but no outside shooter need sneeze at 

 them and say they could do better, for that is very unlikely. 



Mr. Fred Quimby presided at the traps, and did quite as weU as 

 the- instructor who "took him raise." Everything went very 

 smoothly, and there was more enthusiasm and applause over the 

 shooting at Memphis than at anyplace yet. Score, 30 single blue- 

 rocks and 5 pairs: 



Eastern Team. 



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The shoot of Jim Stice was. under the conditions, magnificent, 

 and the "king of the cowboys," as he is commonly called around 

 the car, attracted repeated bursts of applause as he stepped to the 

 score, calmly chewed gum and blazed awa y as imperturbably as 

 if he were killing hens for breakfast. The ■ capitalists" were too 

 much for the Western boys, however, and by one small, lonesome 

 bird won the race. To-day Mr. Dimick offered for the winning 

 team five tasty little oxidized silver match boxes, and these have 

 With great exultation been placed upon the table where the East 

 Displays its trophies. It should now be observed how very even 

 is the shooting of these two teams. Indeed, it could hardly be 

 more so, even under special effort. The Dayton match will prob- 

 ably not be included in the championship series, as a substitute 

 was shot in one team there, although hereafter, by agreement, 

 every oiatcli shot will be so included, substitute or no substitute. 

 Takine the four matches thus to be counted in the series at this 

 date, and each team has won two. Counting the total number of 

 birds shot at, and there is only one bird's difference, the Eastern 

 haying broken just one more than the Western. It could hardly 

 be asked that shooting should be closer than that. Under the 

 conditions of constant and rapid travel, with sleep more or less 

 broken into by new environments, the scores are very good indeed 

 for team shooting. 



Sardis, Mi&>., 7 P. M.~ It was the intention to lay over a day 

 at Memphis and have some shooting on a preserve there, but 30 

 minutes before train time (5 P. M.) Mr. Dimick made a sudden 

 resolution to leave Memphis on the same day and get down to 

 New Orleans early, so that some advertising could be done there.. 

 The lolanthe accordingly pulled out, the baggage being ordered 

 to follow next day, and at piesent we are rolling southward still 

 further. The country is desolate and monotonous so far as we 

 cau see. The evening is warm and the car windows are open. It 

 is only one night's run to New Orleans, and we are advised to 

 rise early and see the great swamp lying on this side of that eity. 

 It is odds that no one sees the swamp, for it is bard to get the boys 

 up in the morning. This morning, liowever, there was an ex- 

 ception. Mr. Tucker stuck his head out into the aisle and called 

 out. "Get up, fellows, quick! if you want to see the flowing sulphur 

 springs. 



"Whar is they?" exclaimed Gaboon, as he fell out of an upper 

 berth. 



"Over in Arkansas," calmly replied the Parker man as he 

 wrapped the drapery of his couch about him. We are having a 

 good deal of trouole with Tucker's briskness. There was a native 



