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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 8, 1890. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Mav fi to 9 — Second Annual Dog Snow of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. H. W. Wilson, Super- 



"june^to 6.— The Cincinnati Kennel Club's Fourth Annual 

 Show, at Cincinnati, O. Geo. H. Hill, Superintendent. 



Sept. 2 to 5.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Michigan. Kennel 

 Club, at Detroit, Mich. M. V. B. Saunders, Secretary. 



Sept. 15 to International Dog Show of the Dominion of 

 Canada Kennel Club, in connection with the Industrial Exhi- 

 bition at Toronto, Canada. H. J. Hill. Secretary. 



Sept. 23 to 26.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Central Canada 

 Exhibition Association, at Ottawa. Alfred Geddes, Chairman 

 Committee. „ , , , 



Oct. 6 to 11.— Ninth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agricul- 

 tural Society, at Danbury Conn. B. C. Lynes, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 November.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Brunswick Fur 

 Club, at Bruuswick, Me. J. H. Baird, Secretary, Auburndale, 



M Nov. 17.— Twelfth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at Otterhurn Springs, Va. W. A. Coster, Saratogo 

 Springs, N. V., Secretary. 



Dec. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Central Field Trials 

 Club, at Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Mills Building, New York, 

 Secretary. ^ 



Jan. 19.— Eighth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Kennel Club, 

 at Bakersfleld, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary. ^. , , m , 



Feb. 3.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials 

 Club. T. M. Brunby, Secretary, Marietta, Ga. 



THE CARE OF PUPPIES. 



LB;/ a Lady Contributor.'] 



IT IS very hard to have to "pay premiums to experience," 

 but on the lives of all of us such is often the case, espe- 

 cially iu the bringing up or treatment of animals. 



Who has not lost a horse, cow or dog through want of 

 knowledge, perhaps sending for the veterinary when the 

 animal was beyond his skill? The books on dogs' diseases 

 are so full of disorders that to look them over a novice 

 would fear to accept, the responsibility of keeping a dog, 

 deeming him liable to get every ailment human flesh is 

 subject to besides those of his own, and being dumb, harder 

 to treat. The novice ueed not hesitate, however, the great 

 thing is to keep him well, and to do so, diet, cleanliness and 

 exercise are all that are needful. 



There is an absurd notion in this country that a plain diet 

 must be a sign of poverty. 



On once congratulating a gardener's wife upon the rosy, 

 healthy condition of her children she said, "Yes, m'am, they 

 are always well: I keep them upon porridge and potatoes; 

 not that I cannot afford pies and cookies as well as Mrs. O'- 

 Leary, who gives hers freedom of the same, and of the melon 

 patch, and they do forever be ailing." 



I know a Mrs. Million, one of whose aims in life is to let 

 her world know how extravagant she is. Calling there one 

 afternoon, I spoke of a little dog that I had seen out with 

 her. "Yes," she said, "I got him from Mr. , the cele- 

 brated dealer in England, giving a lot of money for him. 

 The vet. says he is a most rare dog (he is there now, as he is 

 dreadfully ill). It seems the servants have been giving him 

 woodcock — just fancy, we found a whole one in his basket, 

 no doubt they were a little too gamy." I knew she said this 

 to demonstrate that woodcock were as plenty in her house 

 as beefsteaks were in mine. Be it as it may, the dog died, 

 it seemed a pity that a valuable and rare dog should be sac- 

 rificed to the ostentation of a silly woman. Now, I hope 

 that none of my readers are equally foolish about their dogs, 

 realizing that an unhealthy one is like everything else with 

 a, flaw — not worth much. 



To commence with the feeding of puppies, they should be 

 given dry bread, and buttermilk if you have it., if not, boiled 

 milk, or rather scalded milk. If the scalded milk -is 

 found to be constipating, add some oatmeal porridge to 

 thicken it. When he is cutting his teeth, crumbs of toast, 

 hard cracker, or crusts of stale bread are needed. No one 

 cares to eat the outside slice of a loaf, so that may be 

 made stale, hard, and broken up for the little dog. Dry corn 

 bread is very nice. If there are several to feed, get old rolls 

 or loaves from the baker. You will find how extremely 

 fond all aged dogs are of hard crusts. A young one. if given 

 too many at once, will carry them off to bury them, and 

 bring them out on another day. 



The English breeders say that the American-bred dogs are 

 so much fed on "slops," meaning mush and soft food, that 

 their jaws and teeth are not as firm and strong as they 

 should be. 



"Give my dog a bone." There are bones and bones— never 

 a poultry bone— it splinters up and may stick in the throat, 

 causing strangulation. A big leg-of-mutton bone, a beef- 

 steak bone, will occupy a juvenile for hours sucking out 

 the marrow. Some smaller beef and chop bones do not 

 digest well, as they are crushed up, swallowed and after a 

 time they will be thrown up, and there may ensue a 

 chronic weakness of the stomach, so that good food will not 

 stay down. Cutting teeth on bones sometimes makes the 

 edges chip off. Dog cake is much used as hard food. A 

 good clean dog will be mortified at destroying the tidiness 

 of the house by throwing up his food; such should not be 

 punished for it. 



One of the ailments common to dogs is worms— a disagree- 

 able subject, but one that cannot be avoided, and the owner 

 must keep it in mind and be on the lookout. One of the 

 signs is a voracious appetite and keeping thin. When that 

 is noticed a book on diseases should be consulted or the doc- 

 tor sent for. 



You must not give the odds and ends left after dinner to 

 the canine favorite as if he were a pig, for a mixture or a 

 variety of food at one time does not do; besides, there would 

 be some things, such as tomatoes in a stew or cheese in 

 maccaroni, that decidedly disagree with him. One of the 

 premiums paid to experience was a beautiful collie puppy, 

 who was kept at the stable and his diet not watched as it 

 should have been. I noticed under the trees a number of 

 pears with bites taken out. I wondered, and asked what 

 person did it. My gardiner (who was an Englishman) said, 

 "Hits Dundee, mem, as heats the pears, I seed 'im hat 

 hit." I thought nothing of it; the pears continued to drop 

 and be bitten until the dog was very ill. We could not pour 

 the medicine (which he would not take) down his throat for 

 fear of his biting us, so the "bonnie Dundee" died 



The regime for the day should be breakfast of porridge 

 made of oatmeal, corn meal or hominy, with or without 

 milk, a small saucer full for a puppy; crusts and a few bits 

 of meat, if he is over six months, for dinner. A grown up 

 house dog should have very little meat, and only once a 

 day; the dinner should be not later than 3 o'clock, as an 

 early meal is a great assistance to the habit of being "house 

 broke." This should be varied by vegetables every few days 

 for grown-up dogs. A book I have says cabbage— never 

 cabbage. Potatoes are too fattening; carrots and beets 

 nicely prepared should be fed in summer, being good for 

 the blood, dogs usually like them, and are also fond of 

 pumpkin, which has no special merit. A small quantity of 

 vegetables may be mixed with the meat, and if the dog 

 leaves it at first, teach him to like it by feeding with the 

 fingers. At the same time neatness in eating may be taught 

 so as not to soil the carpet by dragging pieces off the plate. 



I had a large dog who learned to eat off a fork, and drink 

 out of a. spoon without spilling. 



A piece of sulphur kept in the bowl of water is of no use 

 whatever save to give it a nasty taste; an animal appreciates 

 a drink of cool, fresh water as much as a person does. Sul- 

 phur should be given about once a fortnight in summer; 

 for a grown one a level teaspoonful of flower of sulphur 

 smoothly mixed in milk before breakfast. A friend of 

 mine who had recently "set tip" a terrier came to me in a 

 great fright saying that he had eaten the tips off a lot of 

 parlor matches; on inquiry I found he had been stuffed 

 with meat, and nothing else. Was it not a remarkable case 

 of instinct that led him to discover the sulphur matches, 

 and make a medicine of them ? 



Sweet things, and above all sugar, loosen a dog's teeth, 

 and injure the gums, which may be proved by the number 

 of ladies' pets one sees with only a few crooked teeth in their 

 mouths. 



I did not intend to discuss fleas, as I fancied every one 

 knew how to dispose of them, but seeing a query upon that 

 subject I will say that picking and combing will not get rid 

 of them, unless the dog is also powdered and washed. Get 

 the Dalmatian powder, fresh, and put it on the back 

 along the spine, working from tail to head, using the 

 arrangement provided for blowing it on. He should 

 be washed once a week in summer with carbolic soap 

 suds, rinsed and dried very dry with a large burlap 

 towel, then tie him so that he will not roll on the grass 

 while damp. It improves a white dog's color to put a little 

 bluing in the water. Never put him in a tub, it should 

 always be a sponge bath, and is best given in the stable or 

 laundry. For any symptom of skin disease tar soap or sul- 

 phur soap should be used, Pears' soap when he becomes 

 dirty or dusty between the regular wash days. A dog likes 

 to be clean, and when washed will jump around as he feels 

 so nicely, and seemingly to show his improved condition to 

 the family. 



Eczema is not difficult to manage if you live in the coun- 

 try, but in a city it may become a tax promenading a dog 

 after the novelty has worn off, but it must be done, and he 

 must run as well as walk. Want of exercise and fresh air 

 means a poor digestion, bad breath and skin disease. The 

 mange may not make its appearance, but the hair will look 

 dry like an old door mat, and if long will come out in spots 

 as if moth eaten. 



In a city house throw his ball down stairs again and 

 again, and make him fetch it each time: invent some game 

 to keep him in rapid motion and set his sluggish blood 

 going. If there are two it is a nice chance to teach them to 

 respect each other's rights, by throwing the ball or stick, say- 

 ing "Tottie," "now Leo," and do not let Leo pick it up when 

 you say Tottie and vice verm. It is also well to pursue the 

 same plan of calling their names when feeding, as it pre- 

 vents grahbinc each other's food and snarling over it. 



There is much to be dreaded from distemper— beiu the 

 illness of puppies— thus, and for other reasons, it is best not 

 to get one under six months old. They rarely have it in the 

 winter, thus the autumn is the safest season to get a young 

 dog, because by spring he will be a year old and go through 

 the second summer's heat nicely. The distemper prevails 

 the worst in kennels where many dogs are kept and boarded. 

 If one comes to his home perfectly well, by observing the 

 laws of health he will either remain perfectly well or have 

 it lightly. 



Damp grass is a source of some troubles. Neither an old 

 nor a young dog should be permitted to lie around on grass 

 after heavy rains. Even if he is a house dog it is a good 

 plan for a yearling to have a kennel near the front door full 

 of clean straw, and to be fastened to it for a while each day 

 to have fresh air instead of roaming around alone. Some 

 bird dogs, especially pointers, have sensitive lungs, and in 

 severe or snowy weather want comfort and care and not too 

 much l'omping in snowdrifts. We. had one who had con- 

 sumption and a cough, so he was sent to the South for a 

 genial winter clima.te, where he lived until quite old. That 

 pointer was as highly valued by his master as a field dog, as 

 he was loved as the children's playmate. 



Animals have not souls, but they have feelings, thought, 

 and memory. They cannot speak nor understand all our 

 verbal language so as to be directed or reasoned with as 

 children are, but they have a keen sense of human feelings, 

 as conveyed by inflections of the voice, and an enduring 

 memory of a person's actions to them, never failing to be in- 

 fluenced through life by the impressions made by the treat- 

 ment bestowed in their earliest months. Some traits are 

 considered to be inherited; some persons assert that gun 

 shyness is one of them; refinement is certainly inherited, 

 also sweet temper, crossness not always, I know a New- 

 foundland, whose parents are extremely cross— bis own 

 brother quite unsafe— but he, from infancy, has been so in- 

 dulged and handled by all the men around the stable that 

 he is very friendly and utterly useless as a watch dog. It is 

 not difficult to make a good-tempered dog cross, and some- 

 times, he becomes so by circumstances. If the family leave 

 the house, he remaining under the care of servants or 

 strangers, who continually snub his attempts at friendli- 

 ness, he will become morose and suspicious of every one. 



I know a dear pointer who was left in this way; he had 

 been the companion of a child, walking beside the carriage 

 when it went out on the village street. After the family 

 had gone he missed his little friend and would run after 

 every baby carriage and nurse he saw; to keep him they tied 

 him, but he broke the cord, then they whipped him on his 

 return; from that he rarely returned, passing davs wand- 

 ering away until a home was again made for him. The 

 subject of bad habits will be entered upon in another article. 



G. L. 



THE CINCINNATI SHOW. 



ClINCINNATI, O., May 3.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 > The judges announced by the Cincinnati Kennel Club, 

 tor their show, to be held June 3-6, are Major J. M. Taylor, 

 for setters, pointers, foxhounds and beagles, and Mr. Jas. 

 Mortimer for all other classes. Inquiries for premium lists 

 are numerous and the prospects are the show will be a very 

 fine one. Geo. H. Hill, Sec'y. 



For the principal breeds the premiums are, $10 for chal- 

 lenge, $10 and §5 for open, and ribbon for puppies, with $10 

 for best kennels. For Newfoundlands, toy terriers, other 

 than Yorkshires, King Charles spaniels, Italian greyhounds 

 and miscellaneous, la and S3. 



Cincinnati, O., May v.— Editor Forest and Stream: Our 

 coming bench show promises to be a success iu every way. 

 To do all I can to help it and to oblige some of my friends, 

 many of whom have written me. saving they would send 

 their dogs if I would handle and care for them, I have con- 

 cluded to handle and show a few of any breed, outside of 

 my string of pugs. This being my home and having a good 

 kennelman, those who send can rest assured that their doga 

 will be treated right. Entries close May 20. 



Al, G. Eberhart, 

 Manager Eberhart Pug Kennels, 212 Main street. 



NATIONAL COURSING ASSOCIATION.— The spring 

 meetings of the National Coursing Association will be given 

 at St. Louis. Mo., May 11, 14, 16, 18; and Kansas City, Mo., 

 June 19. 20, 21, 22. The stakes at St. Louis will be open for 

 all greyhounds east of Kansas, and a hot class will compete. 

 A Targe number of imported dogs will be entered, and the 

 local cracks are in fine condition to hold them down. 



INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. 



INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 25. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The following gentlemen have been selected 

 to judge the Indiana Kennel Club's fourth annual field 

 trials, beginning Monday, November 3, at Carlisle, Ind, viz.: 

 Dr. J. B. Alexander, of Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Gib D. Jay, of 

 Kokomo, Ind., and Mr. M. R. Williams, of Denver, *Col. 

 The club has secured ample grounds where there are plenty 

 of birds. The hotel and livery accommodations at Carlisle 

 are first-class, and the prices will be liberal in the extreme. 

 Although the entries for the Derby do not close until June 

 1. several have already been received. Every indication 

 points to the most successful meeting the club has ever 

 held. The running rules have been thoroughly revised, and 

 we think they are about perfect. The committee on rules 

 had in view the sole object of giving each dog sufficient 

 time to show what there was in him, and to enable the 

 judges (without being handicapped) to give the prizes to the 

 best dog. You will see by a perusal of the rales 'a copy of 

 which I inclose herewith) that we do not recognize any dog 

 as a runner-up. P. T. Madison, Secretary. 



The ruuning will begin with the Derby, Nov. 3, for all 

 setter and pointer pups, whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1889. 

 Four purses: First prize, 40 per cent, ; second, 30 per cent. ; 

 third, 20 per cent., and fourth, 10 per cent. Forfeit -810, and 

 $20 additional to fill. Entries close June 1. 



All- Aged Pointer Sake. — Open to all pointers that have 

 never won a first prize in an all-aged stake at any recognized 

 field trial in America. First prize, 50 per cent.; second, 30 

 per cent., and third, 20 per cent. Forfeit $10, and $20 addi- 

 tional to fill. Entries close Oct. 1. 



All-Aged Setter Stake. — Open to all setters that have never 

 won a first prize in an all-aged stake at any recognized field 

 trial in America. First prize, 50 percent.; second, 30 per 

 cent., and third, 20 per cont. Forfeit S10. and £20 additional 

 to fili. Entries close Oct. 1. 



Members' Stake. — A members' stake will be run beginning 

 Friday, Oct. 31, open to dogs that have never been placed 

 in any field trial; each dog must be handled by its owner, 

 and no member will be allowed to enter more than one dog. 



A dog to be eligible to this stake must be owned by the 

 member ninety days preceding Oct. 31. The entrance fee 

 shall be $5, payable at time of drawing, which goes to last 

 year's first prize winner. 



All stakes shall be sweepstakes. The necessary expense 

 of the trials will be deducted from the stakes. This plan 

 was adopted at our previous trials and gave entire satisfac- 

 tion. 



The new rules are prefaced by this note to the patrons of 

 field trials: 



The chief obstacle to the full accomplishment of the legitimate 

 purposes of field trials in the past has been the faulty methods by 

 which the comparative merits of the dogs were determined. The 

 committee on revision of rules of the Indiana Kennel Club be- 

 lieves that the so-called "Spotting System" must be an important 

 fae f or in any satisfactory solution of the vexed question, but it 

 does not believe that the time is ripe for its adoption without 

 modification, or that any practical method for its application has 

 been formulated. 



Rule 4 of the present issue is a combination of the good features 

 of the old and new systems, and under its workings we hope and 

 believe the desired end may be reached. 



When called upon to apply the "spotting system" the judges 

 shall set up a high standard of excellence, and dogs must reach 

 it or t>e cast out. 



The club wants the competition to be between dogs of courage 

 and stamina, with confidence in their own ability to find birds, 

 and seuse enough in hunting for them to take advantage of the 

 conditions under which they are working: dogs that will point 

 promptly, accurately and stancbly, and show by their behavior 

 the thoroughness of their training. While no time limit is 

 adopted, every dog will be given ample time to demonstrate his 

 natural and acquired abibties. 



Rule 1.— The management of the field trials is intrusted to the 

 directors of the club on the grounds, and with them lies the in- 

 terpretation o£ the rules. They shall also decide upon all matters 

 not covered by the rides. 



Rule 2.— Entry blanks filed with the secretary of the club must 

 show the name, pedigree, date of birth, colors and distinguishing 

 marks of each dug entered. Any dog's age, markings or pedigree 

 which shall be proved not to correspond with the entry shaft be 

 disqualified and his entrance fee, and winnings if any,*forfeited 

 to the stake. The nominating fee must: accompany the entry and 

 the balance of the entrance money must be paid before the draw- 

 ing. Auy objection to an entry must be made in writing, ad- 

 dressed to the secretary, and will be acted upon by the directors, 

 whose decision shall be final. 



Rule 3.— Immediately after the drawing, the time and place of 

 starting the first brace shall be announced aud posted in a con- 

 spicuous place. Dogs shall be drawn by lot and numbered in the 

 order drawn, and the order so obiained shall be observed until the 

 stake is finished; except that if two dogs owned or handled by the 

 same person come together in any series, the second dog shall 

 change places with the first dog not so owned or handled. This 

 change shall be made in the order of running if possible; if not 

 possible, then in the reverse order of running. If sue h separation 

 is impossible the two dogs must run together. If in any series 

 after i he first two dogs should come together which had previ- 

 ously been in actual competition, the heat shall be decided with- 

 out running, in accordance with the result of the heat already 

 run. 



Rule 4.— Dogs shall run in braces, and when the first series is 

 ended the judges shall announce which dogs are to compete for 

 the prizes. The dogs selected shall continue the running, the 

 beaten dog in each heat being retired, until the uubeaten dog is 

 reached, and he shall be declared the winner of first prize. The 

 judges shall then select from the dogs that ran in the second 

 series those which they wish to run asain, and they shall compete 

 in like manner for second prize, the unbeaten dog being declared 

 the winner. The remaining prizes may be awarded by the judges 

 with or without further running, as they may determine. 



Rule 5.— Should there be a bye in the first series the dog shall 

 run a side heat during the time the first brace is down. If t he bye 

 occurs in any subsequent series he must run a side heat at the 

 same time, and for t he same length of time, as l he dog with which 

 he will compete. Side heats must be run under a judge appointed 

 by the regular judges and with or without a brace mate, as they 

 may direct. 



Rule 6 — No dog shall be withdrawn except by permission of the 

 directors. Such oermission being granted, t he heat shall be given 

 to the opposite dog by default. He must, however, run a side heat 

 as provided for bye dogs in Rule 5. Should it be proved to the 

 directors that the withdrawal of any dog had been brought about 

 by bribery or other corrupt means, the dog and all persons having 

 guilty knowledge of the transaction shall be disqualified and 

 barred from j>articipation in future trial under the auspices of 

 this club. 



Rule 7.— Dogs shall be called in the order obtained by the draw- 

 ing, and auy dog absent more than twenty minutes after being 

 called may be disqualified by the judges and the heat given to 

 the opposing dog. The dog taking tne heat must run a side heat 

 as provided for bye dogs in Rule 5. 

 •Rule 8.— The owner or his deputy may work a dog, but when 

 down the owner must not interfere with his dog if he has deputed 

 auother person to handle him. In the members' stake the dogs 

 must be handled by their owners. The person handling a dog 

 may work him as he may deem proper, hut he shall be caUed 

 to order by the judges for making unnecessary noise or for 

 any disorderly conduct, and if after being cautioned he persists 

 in such noise or disorderly conduct they shall order his dog taken 

 up and adjudged out of the stake. The two handlers must keep 

 together during the continuance of a heat and work their dogs in 

 the direction indicated by the judges. 



Rule 9.— When, In the opinion of ihe judges, a dogsoents game, 

 he shall be allowed a reasonable time to locate it. Discretion is 

 left to the judges to order tbe opposing dog held in check mean- 

 while. Dogs shall be brought up to back only when the oppor- 

 tunity is favorable to determine if they will back voluntarily at 

 sight of the pointing dog. Both dogs musi, however, be started 

 together af i er birds have been flushed from a pomt. When birds 

 are flushed to order the handler shall fire one shot unless other- 

 wise directed by the judges. Guns must not be loaded until the 

 point is established. 



Rule 10.— All dogs shall be required to retrieve except the Derby 

 entries. 



Rule 11. — No dog shall be required to run three successive heats 

 in one day without the consent of his handler. 

 Rule 13.— No person other than the judges and reporters shall 



