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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 90, 1890, 



A DAY WITH THE RADNOR HUNT. 



WHAT old memories the above heading stirs up. Runs 

 with the old Radnor Hunt on the borders of South 

 Wales, when Col. Price filled the saddle as M. F. H.; days 

 when my joints were more lissome and tumbles were taken 

 as very ordinary contretemps, and not as now with fear and 

 trembling. Like many other things a tumble is a good deal 

 worse in the anticipation than in reality. But to my tale- 

 Mr. Harrison's kind invitation could not be withstood de- 

 spite the fact that several years of city life, though it had 

 not dulled my enthusiasm, had made me somewhat dubious 

 as to what sort of a caper I should cut in the hunting field. 

 Saturday dawned li ke a veritable hunting morn, and though 

 I failed to feel the southerly wind, the cloudy skies were all 

 there and proclaimed a day that would help to hold the 

 scent. One of that prince of railroads', the Pennsylvania, 

 express trains soon whirled me to the city of Brotherly Love. 

 On the. wav, early as it was, the shooters were out in force, 

 taking advantage of the opening day, to fill their gaping 

 game bags with the frolicsome Jersey quail, it being the 

 close season for mosquitoes. 



Arrived at the Quaker City, I thought a visit to our con- 

 temporary, the Fanciers' Journal and brother Haldeman, 

 would nicely fill the hour till train time. With a review of 

 "the men of dogdom" and their dogs, current topics which 

 are exciting the minds of many members of our kennel 

 world, the hour seemed shod with wings and flew all too 

 fast, for what a lot of dog chat two men can cram into sixty 

 minutes, to be sure. 



A short run past imposing villas and pretty suburban 

 villages brought me to Chestnut Hill, where, calling cabby, 

 he soon whirled me to Mr. Harrison's world renowned farm 

 on the "Hill." World-renowned it is, for who has not 

 heard of the giants of colliedom, Dublin Scot, Scotilla, 

 Flurry II., The Squire, Christopher, Maney Trefoil and 

 Roslyn Wilkes. A hearty welcome was received from Mr. 

 Harrison, who, got up in correct fox hunting toggery, even 

 down to the safety pin in the tie, was flitting here, there 

 and everywhere, doing the honors of the occasion and mak- 

 ing every one feel at home and eager for the fun in store. 

 Like a true dogman I gravitated instinctively to the hand- 

 some kennels and friend Jarrett. After a look at some of 

 the future cracks, daughters and sons of the kings of 

 colliedom on both sides of the water, a move was made to 

 don a more horsey rig, and all being ready we adjourned to 

 the bounteous lunch table and tried to infuse a little Dutch 

 courage into our quaking limbs through the medium of 

 lobster salads and other things. Honored be thw man that 

 invented the hunt breakfast, no one knows the many quak- 

 ing spirits it has served to soothe and brought that effer- 

 vescent pluck which lasts till the music of the hounds in 

 full cry serves to keep the courage up to boiling point, when 

 five-barred gates seem obstacles bereft of all significance. 



Mounted on a young horse that our host had kindly put at 

 my disposal, I took a look around at the gallant assembly. 

 Shades of William Penn! Had be come to earth again and 

 viewed the goodly gathering of handsome women, men in 

 pink, and horseflesh which could hold its own for clever 

 looks the world over, he would indeed have stood aghast 

 and thought, that after all he had not lived in vain. Several 

 four-in-hands, tandems and numerous stylish turnouts filled 

 with bright women, added materially to the beauty of the 

 scene, and this combined with one of the most charming 

 views of some twenty miles of distant country, made a scene 

 that in after years will revert to my mind as one of the most 

 beautiful it has been my lot to see. The master, Mr. Madder, 

 horn in hand, followed by eager hounds, came trooping out 

 of the yard, and followed by a dozen men in pink, cast round 

 a field above the farm house. Then a start was made at 3:05 

 P. M. for a field on Mr. Morris Bisbing's farm just above 

 the home farm, from which the course had been laid. This 

 was seven and a half miles of fine galloping country, straight 

 across to another hill, on the summit of which Mr. Fell's 

 mansion could just be discerned in the hazy distance. 



Mr. Bisbing's farm, where the hounds cast off, commands 

 one of the finest views around Philadelphia, and from this 

 point scores of people were able to watch the run from start 

 to finish. Mr. Bisbiug has several of Mr. Harrison's collie 

 pups at walk. 



About forty horsemen assembled for the start and half of 

 them being in pink, the scene was indeed a stirring one. 

 Away the hounds trotted, and making a cast, they soon 

 struck the scent, which was the litter of a bed of foxes 

 owned by the Radnor Hunt at Bryn- Mawr. The hounds were 

 fresh, and hounds and riders started off at a lively pace. 

 Visions of cutting out the field flashed across my excited 

 brain; but alas! the best laid plans, etc., the very first fence 

 saw my vaunted aspirations dashed to earth, as well as 

 horse and self. If the horse had risen to the occasion with 

 the same enthusiasm as myself all would have been well- 

 but he didn't, and over and over we toppled, but an indul- 

 gent providence evidently had its eye on me, and scrambling 

 up from among the abbreviated cornstalks, I tried to reach 

 the horse before he got up, but I found it as much as I could 

 do to catch my breath, never name the horse, which went 

 off in wild career after the fast disappearing crowd of hunts- 

 men. The ever proverbial boy caught my steed, and quickly 

 mounting I found that there is no truer saying, that a stern 

 chase is a long one, and two fields in a drag hunt is a good 

 bit of ground to make up. Luckily for my self-respect others 

 were soon doing the tumbling act, and my turn came to give 

 that pitying glance which every poor fellow who comes a 

 cropper has experienced. 



Ahead of me I could see several scarlet coats rising and 

 falling with machine-like regularity as fence after fence was 

 topped. By the way, these were all post and rails, thick, 

 uncompromising looking obstacles, too, it was either over or 

 around them: no crashing here. There were no hedges, but 

 two or three water jumps broke the monotony somewhat 

 and cooled the ardor of some. The figure of Miss Smith on 

 Mr. Harrison's handsome Dobbin, a weight carrier, was to 

 be seen well in front and nerved me to desperation. But that 

 sickly looking water jump proved too much for the courage 

 of my Rosinante, and swerving sharply to the left, when I 

 thought we had come to a full understanding that it had 

 to be gotten over somehow, she landed me fair and square 

 on my feet. I pretended to fix the bi idle and was soon in the 

 saddle again, when turning short around, over she went 

 this time, muchto the astonishment of several gaping yokels 

 who were evidently divided between pity and a sense of the 

 ridiculous. 



Beyond the water I found it pretty plain sailing, and out- 

 side a refusal or two my horse carried me nicely, though 

 that black habit kept tantaliziugly i a front. Man is a funny 

 creature at best, and the satisfaction he experiences in see- 

 ing some one else come a cropper is only excelled by the 

 satisfaction of being in at the finish. This was my experi- 

 ence when I saw that heavily-got-up gentleman in the 

 chamois skins come a cropper on the five bars. Horses were 

 getting blown and headers were frequent, for familiarty had 

 bred a certain contempt for the fences and led many to at- 

 tempt a flourish they could not sustain. Catching up with 

 the leaders, I am triad to say for the honor of this office, that 

 we were in just behind Dobbin, and as the newspapers, 

 which are always known to be truthful, said Miss Smith was 

 fourth, my number was not very big. Mr. Harrison, on a 

 clinking good chestnut, was in first, Mr. St. John Boycott, 

 the manager of the farm, and who, by the way, is a son of 

 the famous Colonel Boycott, whose excommunication by 

 the Irish tenantry gave rise to a word that has now become 

 universally used, was just behind him; several others com- 

 ing up in a bunch. 



On the lawn of Mr. Fell's handsome residence, which gave 

 ijs a view of many miles of country that laid far below us, 



the panting horses and men formed a pleasing picture. 

 Blankets for the horses were at a premium. A delightful 

 luncheon was served in the dining room of the mansion and 

 was duly appreciated by all. With all the tumbles no one 

 got even a bruise. The pace was a hot one from start to 

 finish, with only one check, and a welcome one it was for 

 the writer. Time about 35 minutes. A start was now made 

 for the Chestnut Hill farm again. I met several very pleas- 

 ant men, members of the Radnor Hunt, and was given cor- 

 dial invitation to join them in their Thanksgiving run after 

 the real article. 



This was the first meet at this place, and was given by Mr. 

 Harrison to allow the farmers a chance to participate and 

 see for themselves that hunting across country does not do 

 the harm they believed it did. Every one was satisfied with 

 the day's doings, and the pleasant adjournment to the farm- 

 house, after the ladies had driven home, by the rollicking 

 set of the hunt, was not the least enjoyable part. Toasts 

 were given to Mr. Harrison, Mr. Boycott, and pretty nearly 

 everyone else, aud coupled with songs of the good "Old John 

 Peel" and "A Hunting we will go" type, an hour passed 

 quickly and jovially away. My only wish was that such a 

 jolly lot of fellows could only be set down for a week or two 

 with the Pytebley or Quoru and enjoy the real thing everv 

 time, for they deserve it. Though they do have their meets 

 at 3 P. M., they can ride nevertheless. 



Darkness was setting in when we walked across to the 

 kennels to look at the collies, and one by one the members 

 of the hunt turned their faces homeward, till the farm once 

 more resumed its wonted quietness. To name those who 

 were present would be impossible, suffice to say that Phila- 

 delphia's best and bravest were well represented, and such 

 a turnout must indeed have been gratifying to Mr. Harri- 

 son. One has only to meet this gentleman on his own 

 ground to admit that the opinion formed of him by casually 

 meeting him at a dog show is entirely erroneous, and I can 

 only repeat the refrain of the chorus in the dining-room of 

 the farmhouse, "For he's a jolly good fellow." 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIER COLOR, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The black and tan terrier derives his name from his color- 

 ing, and in no breed are color and markings so essential or 

 considered of the same importance in regarding merit. In 

 the table of points, 25, or % of the whole number (100), are 

 allowed to color and markings, so that we have to consider 

 at the outset, in viewing a black and tan, that ^ of his 

 value is only skin deep. In England great attention has 

 been paid to this point, and for a dog to have a successful 

 bench career he must be lacking but little in the lines of his 

 black and tan, the deepness of the former and the richness 

 of the latter. Until comparatively recently, so few bf this 

 breed have been shown in the country, and' furthermore so 

 few of these have presented anything like good form, that 

 judges have perhaps been excusable in disregarding color 

 and marki ngs; but now that many good specimens are being 

 shown and form and character are more nearly approach- 

 ing the proper degree, I believe my brother breeders will in- 

 dorse me in demanding that judges acquaint themselves 

 with the paragraph that terminates this letter, and allow 

 for color and markings the consideration, great, as it may 

 be, that they are entitled to. It is a most difficult thing in 

 the first place to get good color and mai-kiugs, and when 

 these are combined with type and character, the gauntlet of 

 puppy diseases and cropping have been safely gone through 

 and a typical specimen results, those who fancy this breed, 

 may appreciate the rarity of good black and tans and the 

 value that should be attached to one that approaches per- 

 fection, a goal that is more distant and difficult to reach 

 with t his breed than with any other known to dogdom. 

 Considering these facts, judges should be more, careful to 

 avoid injustice, and without a proper idea of the color and 

 markings they are bound to err in their decisions. 



From points of the black and tan terrier, as set forth by 

 the Black and Tan Terrier Club of England: Color.— Black 

 and tan as distinct as possible, the tan should be a rich 

 mahogany color. A tan spot over each eye, and another on 

 each cheek, the latter as small as possible; the lips of the 

 upper and lower jaws should be tanned, the tan extending 

 under the jaw to the. throat ending in the shape, of the let- 

 ter V: the inside of the ear is partly tanned; the fore leg is 

 tanned to the knee, with a black patch "thumb mark" 

 between the pastern and the knee; the toes have a distinct 

 black mark running up each, called the "pencil-mark;" the. 

 tan on the hind legs should continue from the penciling 

 on the feet up the inside of the legs to a little below the stifle 

 joint, and the outside of the legs should be perfectly black. 

 There should be tan under the tail and on the vent, but only 

 of such size as to be covered by the tail. In everj r case the 

 tan should meet the black abruptly. 



H. T. FOOTM, M. D. V. S. 



Ntcw RocHELnR, N. Y., Nov. 14. 



DAMAGES FOR KILLING A DOG. 



THE Newark Call reports this case: "In the Circuit Court 

 last week an interesting suit to recover the value of a 

 St. Bernard dog, which was shot, by the defendants, was tried 

 before Judge Depue. The plaintiff was Gerald Collingwood, 

 of Glen Ridge. He bought the dog for WOO, and on April 

 27 last it was shot by John Pierson, a son of Dr. William H. 

 Pierson, who resides near . Mr. Collingwood, in Forest 

 avenue. Mr. Collingwood spent a great deal of money in 

 trying to save the dog's life, but after a month of nursing it 

 died. He sued for $2-, 000 damages, and the jury gave him a 

 verdict of ?500. The testimony concerning the spot where 

 the shooting was done was conflicting, the Piersons alleging 

 that he was on tlieir ground at the time, while Mr. Colling- 

 wood's counsel contended that he was in the highway. 



"Judge Depue's charge was interesting and important. 

 He said at the outset, 'The evidence shows that the killing 

 was done by John alone, the father at the time being in a 

 place of safety, and having no knowledge of the act done by 

 his son. In order to fix the liability on the father, the plain- 

 tiff refers to certain interrogatories that were served upon 

 him. Dr. Pierson said: "I believe the. shooting of the dog 

 preserved me from attack, aud that such shooting was neces- 

 sary for my continued safety, and to that extent I approve 

 of the shooting." The effect of this evidence is to connect 

 Dr. Pierson with the act of the shooting, and to hold him 

 responsible for the act of John. My instruction to yott, gen- 

 tlemen, is that if it be found that the act of John was not 

 justified in law your verdict should be against both defend- 

 ants." 



"The Judge next said that a dog is recognized in law as 

 property, and the law confers on the owner a right to re- 

 cover damages for the invasion of that property. It also im- 

 poses on the owner certain obligations and it invests other 

 parties with certain rights. 



"Reviewing the evidence the Judge said the proof was that 

 in the family of the owner the dog was docile and affection- 

 ate, and toward persons in the habit of going to the house he 

 had never exhibited any disposition to bite. Yet if he at- 

 tacked other persons and his running at large was an injury 

 to the community, he became a public nuisance. The Judge 

 added that the jury must decide from the testimony whether 

 the presence of this dog in the community was a public in- 

 jury. H it was, then the defendant was justified in taking 

 his life. 



"But another principle of law, said the Judge, is applicable 

 to a case of this kind. It gives a right to a person attacked 

 by a dog to resort to violence as a means of defense. No 

 man is bound to wait until he is bitten. He may resort to 

 i violence to protect himself from the attack of the dog. but 

 it must appear that he had reasonable grounds to believe. 



that he was in danger. The evidence shows that on several 

 occasions Dr. Pierson had had an altercation with the dog, 

 and that he was afraid of receiving injury from it. But this 

 does not complete the defense. The jury must be satisfied 

 that he had reasonable grounds for the apprehension and that 

 the disposition of the dog toward him was not occasioned 

 by his own conduct. If there was no reasonable ground for 

 fear, or the conduct of the dog was occasioned by the Doctor's 

 own conduct in dealing with the animal, then the defense 

 has no foundation whatever. 



"The defense is a justification of the act of John as the 

 agent of his father; that the animal was on the Doctor's 

 grounds, under such circumstances as to give to John rea- 

 sonable grounds to believe that he was there for the purpose 

 of misdoing. It is important to determine where the. dog 

 had been when he was shot. If he had gone to the yard he 

 was trespassing, but a trespass is not a justification. If he 

 had withdrawn from the yard and was apparently on his 

 way home, indicating no purpose to inflict injury, then the 

 shooting was not justifiable. If, on the other hand, the 

 shooting was within the premises of the Doctor, and he was 

 in such a positiou as to indicate that his purpose was to pass 

 into the yard where the father was, and John acted under a 

 reasonable apprehension that if he did not kill the animal 

 his father might be in danger, why then the case is closed. 



"The Judge said in fixing the damage, if any, the jury 

 must ascertain the market value of the dog, and added that 

 if the dog's disposition was such that he would have to be 

 confined, this would lessen his value. A man will not give 

 as much for a dog which he must keep in safety." 



COCKER SPANIELS OF 1890. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It has been with the sin eerest pleasure that I have noted 

 the general improvement in the cocker spaniel classes during 

 the past year. Instead of whole classes of the "long and 

 low" monstrosities, some very nice sensibly-bodied dogs 

 have taken prominent positions. Faulty in head as he un- 

 doubtedly is, Rabbi has a very nice body indeed, cobby and 

 well set up. A cocker bodv, in short, not a miniature field 

 spaniel. Although Dolly Obo is not the thing, she is un- 

 doubtedly nearer the true cocker type than Bene Silk, whom 

 she defeated at New York. I don't know what Mr. Wil- 

 merding could have been about to place the Irish setter- 

 headed, cheeky, shallow-bodied and overlong Brantford 

 Red Jacket over the nice-bodied and fair-headed Cherry Boy. 

 Mr. West proved himself, in my estimation, the better'judge 

 of cockers by reversing the award at Boston later on, and 

 strengthened the good impression by placing the rather 

 cloddy, but for all that, grand little cocker, champion Doc, 

 at the same place, over the fish-headed, sway-backed, weak- 

 jointed, almost coatless and lifeless Jersey and Dolly Obo. 

 Mr. Willey himself seemed to be trimming his sails, for at 

 Boston he showed one of the sweetest bitches imaginable in 

 Little Nell, who, though a trifle short in head, is very, very 

 nice. Another good cocker to appear for the first time in 

 this country, though I understand he was shown a year ago 

 in Canada, was Black Duke. It is a pity this dog is so 

 timid, for, though by no means right in head, in body and 

 size he is a cocker through and through. 



A ( beautiful bodied bitch came out at Toronto in Idea, 

 though she is by no means right in head. Indeed I was 

 much impressed by the nice bodies the bitches shown by Mr, 

 Bell, of Toronto, exhibited. They were cobby, level through- 

 out, covered just euough ground and Avell barreled. A 

 hardly used dog at Toronto whs Brock, a dog pretty close to 

 the limit in weight, but a very nicely shaped and put to- 

 gether animal, that had he been in decent condition, should 

 have been first or second. I never saw spaniels judged so 

 badly as at Toronto by Mr. Oldham. About his worst of all 

 the many very bad mistakes was patting a wretched, wrong 

 all over puppy, Bambo, first in any other color dogs, and 

 sending out unnoticed a very good.'though oversized dog, 

 Rufus. Then in open black dogs a nice puppy, Kildare, got 

 nothing whatever. This is so promising a dog that I feel 

 sure under his new name, Obadiah, he will appear promi- 

 nently in the prize lists of future shows. 



I think the millenium for cockers has come, and that 

 within two or three years the Black Pete, Jersey, Brantford 

 Red Jacket type will have disappeared from our show 

 benches for good and all. Our spaniel men have learnt by 

 now what a cocker spaniel should be, and will no longer 

 allow themselves to be. led by the nose by Masons and Wat- 

 sons,who really started the "long and low" craze. The reason 

 was that six or eight years ago they were to all intents 

 novices and readily followed the lead of the self-assured 

 gentlemen from England, who posed as authorities. Our 

 cocker spaniel of the future will not be of the Fellows type, 

 but it will be well able to jump across the street gutters or 

 on to the bench. Mr. F. Mercer, in his book just published 

 by you, deals with the spauiel question in away that I 

 think is just about right, though certainly it is very severe. 



Goth amite. 



New Yobk City, Nov. 9. 



SHOW DATES. 



NEW YORK, Nov. a— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 Massachusetts Kennel Club, of Lynn, Mass., has filed 

 its claim for March 24 to 27, 1891, for its second bench show. 

 The Cleveland Kennel Club has courteously withdrawn its 

 former claim for April 1 to 4 and has changed its dates to 

 April 14 to 17, 1891. By this action the New England Ken- 

 nel Club is entitled to its claim for March 31 to April 3, 1891. 

 —A. P. Vredenburoh, Sec'y. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 14.— Editor Forest and Stream: At 

 the request of the New England Kennel Club the Cleveland 

 Kennel Club withdraw their claim for the first week in 

 April next and claim April 14,15, 16 and 17, 1891, as dates 

 for our fourth bench show.— C. M. MtraiiALL, Sec'y. 



Baltimore, Nov. 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: At a 

 special meeting of the board of governors of the Maryland 

 Kennel Club, held this day, the following resolution was 

 offered and adopted; "That it is the sense of the board of 

 governors of the Maryland Kennel Club that they greatiy 

 appreciate the kindness of the Pittsburgh Kennel Club in 

 exchanging with the Maryland Kennel Club bench show 

 dates, and we hereby tender the Pittsburgh Kennel Club 

 our sincere thanks for their fraternal feeliug in the matter. 

 W. Ssewart Diffenderffee, Sec'y. 



Boston, Nov. 17. — Editor Forest and, Stream: The beagle 

 show committee of the New Kngland Kenuel Club wish to 

 publicly thank the Cleveland Kennel Club for the courtesy 

 shown them in withdrawing their claim to the dates April 

 1 to 4 in our favor. We trust all Eastern exhibitors will 

 support the Cleveland show handsomely, as it is composed 

 of thorough gentlemen sportsmen.— E. H. MOORE, Sec'y. 



Horxellsville, N. Y., Nov. 16.— Editor Forest and, 

 Stream: The Delaware and Susquehanna Poultry and 

 Pet- Stock Association claim the dates Jan. 6 to 9, 1891, 

 for their third annual show, which will beheld in Bing- 

 hamton. N. Y. J. Otis Fellows will judge all classes of 

 dogs except greyhounds, beagles and wolfhounds. They 

 have applied for membership, and this show will be under 

 A. K. C rules.— J. Otis Fellows, per order of President. 



MR. MALCOLM STAYS IN.— Mr. H. Malcolm writes, 

 under date of Nov. 16: In the issue of your paper of Nov. 

 10 appeared a letter by me. That portion of it where I 

 stated "that in a short time. T shall resign as president of thr- 

 Mfuyland K, C r and as a member also,* I withdraw, 



