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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 27, 1890. 



SPRING. 



DEATH OF A NOTED FIELDER. 



SPRING, the winner of the last of the Western Field 

 Trials, died on Oct. 30, at West Point, Miss, He had a 

 brave heart, one that never faltered. No day was ever too 

 long for him. No test of Ms courage to go and to endure 

 too great. He defeated the great Bohemian Girl — winner of 

 the Southern Trials at Carthage— King's Mark— who won 

 first at the Central Trials— and also beat Chance, the victor 

 in many a hot-contested field, and the acknowledged crack 

 of the Memphis & Avent Kennels. Thus Spring, a pointer, 

 has beaten some of the best setters in America and stood the 

 equal of any performer of his day. He is the only one from 

 Texas that has ever won at a recognized trial or defeated 

 dogs that have since become famous. He was the widest 

 ranger and had more speed than any other dog I ever saw. 

 His range was simply phenomenal. The fact is, he never 

 stopped until he found birds. The writer remembers an in- 

 cident of a day's chicken shooting last August, at Big 

 Island, near Alvin, Texas, which is worth relating. 



The weather was extremely warm, and we had drawn the 

 country from the railroad to the timber blank. In a bend 

 of the forest where the prairie gradually rose from the plain 

 to an elevation of considerable extent, we could see Spring 

 about a mile away, and as he was then going at a tremend- 

 ous pace and showed no signs of turning, I laughingly re- 

 marked to W. P. Stewart: "The old fellow must be head- 

 ing up the creek for a crossing." By this time our wagon 

 was well into the drop, and we lost sight of him. On reach- 

 ing the summit of the hill we could see him nowhere. After 

 hunting twenty or thirty minutes I suggested getting in a 

 dugout that lay under the bank, and crossing, believing 

 that we might possibly find bim on the other side. We 

 landed and climbed up the bluff bank and found him, as I 

 had supposed, not 60yds. away, stretched out as straight as 

 a string with one foot slightly drawn up, on a dead point, as 

 transfixed and staunch as the parent earth on which he 

 stood, rigid and immovable. It was a grand and a beauti- 

 ful sight to a sportsman! I flushed the chickens, which 

 were wild, but we had a fine country to work them in, and 

 killed a great many out of the covey, which was unusually 

 large. I had with me my hitherto undefeated brace of 

 pointer dogs and a field trial winner. Stewart had his old 

 dog Jim and Nigger— "ringers to find chickens." The score 

 at sundown stood as follows: Spring twenty-seven singles 

 and two coveys, Joy, Pride, Rogue, Jim and Nigger nothiDg. 

 Should Stewart see this (and be is a subscriber of the Forest 

 AND Stream) he will doubtless remember the occasion for 

 more than one reason. At the time ot Spring's death he 

 was being worked by W. W. Titus, who intended to handle 

 him in the Champion Stake of the E. F. T. C, but the poor 

 old fellow has gone to join the great and silent majority. 

 He was bred by Capt. E. C. McMurdo, out of Curfew by 

 Mainspring, and was owned by Mr. R. M. Hutcbiugs, of 

 Galveston, Texas. J. H. H., Jr. 



COCKER TYPE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Did any one hear a squeak out of your correspondent 

 "Gothamite" when I alone and single-handed was for years 

 fighting an uphill fight for the working cocker? I rather 

 think about time he was as silent as an oyster. For six long 

 years I fought against the long and low abortion, and now 

 "Gothamite" says the cocker of the future will not be my 

 type. Well then, what will the type be? Maybe he has a 

 patent way of improving cockers like Hoinell Velda, but I 

 think not, for all were forced to admit that she was the best 

 ever seen in America. Come now "Gothamite," just admit 

 you are wrong and that the printer's devil made the mis- 

 take. The main part of "Gothamite's" letter is O. K., 

 except about Rabbi and Brock. Rabbi stands too square; 

 and Brock, I think, has to be starved to keep him under 

 281bs. His remarks about Mr. Watson are away off, as Mr. 

 Watson does know what a working cocker is and has prob- 

 ably shot more over spaniels than "Gothamite" has; it, was 

 Mr. Watson who bought Doc for Mr. West. I should like 

 to ask "Gothamite" who was a novice six or eight years ago, 

 was it Uncle Dick or "Gothamite," and did he ever see a 

 cocker of my breeding that could not jump across a street 

 gutter, or that was not a natural hunter and retriever ? 

 'Gothamite" can just bet his gizzard that the cocker of the 

 future will be of the Fellows type, that is, a working 

 cocker. J. Otis Fellows. 



HORNELLSVILLK, N. Y., Nov. 32. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In the last issue of your newsy journal I find the following 

 unreliable statement from an anonymous writer who signs 

 himself "Gothamite": "Our spaniel men have learnt by how 

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

 themselves to be led by the nose by Masons and Watsons, 

 who really started the 'long and low' craze." I now sum- 

 mon "Gothamite" to prove to the readers of Forest and 

 Stream that I either started or assisted in starting the 



long and low" craze in cocker spaniels. In the mean time 

 I may perhaps be permitted to assure "Gothamite" that he 

 is not quite through with "Cocker Spaniels of 1890." 



Chas. H. Mason. 



Dogs: Tlieir Management and Treatment in Disease. By 

 Ashmont, Price ,p. Kennel Record and Account Book. 



$f- T™f>fW vs - Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price $1 First Lessons m Dog TroAninq, with Popits of 

 (S3 Breeds, Price so c§nts, * ~* ' J 



DOG CHAT. 



WE hear that the first of the series of members' meetings 

 of the Hamilton Kennel Club, for instructions in 

 breeding and keeping dogs, takes place on Thurday evening, 

 Nov. 20. Dr. Mole will read a paper on "Dogs and their 

 Treatment." A members' exhibition of spaniels will then 

 take place. A competent judge has been secured who will 

 give an address on the breed under consideration and after- 

 ward judge them, club diplomas being given to the success- 

 ful owners. This is quite a good move and mieht be fol- 

 lowed to advantage by other clubs as it serves to draw the 

 members together more, and is bound to foster a feeling of 

 emulation with results that would soon be apparent on the 

 bench. 



Among the dog men whom we saw at the Radnor meet at 

 Chestnut Hill, was Mr. Chcs. T. Thompson, accompanied by 

 his wife in a handsome turnout. Friend Jarret had to be 

 content to jog along on a carriage horse, his mount having 

 the previous day come a cropper over a stone wall, to the 

 detriment of several inches of horse skin. Another familiar 

 face was John Masters, for some time manager of the Chest- 

 nut Hill Kennels after Mr. Lindsay left, and a man who did 

 a good deal toward putting the kennel in the right way. 



"I don't think that dog is very polite," said the tramp. 

 "Why?" asked the dog's owner. 



"Because he made me get up off the grass and then took 

 my seat," answered the tramp, adjusting his coat tails to 

 make them cover as much space as possible.— Puck. 



Mr. Eberhart has purchased the pug bitch Sara Bernhardt, 

 by Lord Roseberry out of Mrs. D'Orsay's Cora. This is the 

 bitch that was presented to the actress Minnie Palmer, when 

 she was playing in England. Sara will make heiMiebut at 

 New York next February. 



We are informed that the entries for the South Carolina 

 bench show at Charleston, S. C, Jan., 13 to 17, 1891. will close 

 Jan. 1. Premium lists will be ready by Dec. 1. Dr. H. Clay 

 Glover takes the sporting classes and H. W. Lacy the re- 

 mainder. We hear that several prominent kennels will 

 take in this show in the course of a trip to either Atlanta or 

 New Orleans, which come the week after. All indications 

 point to this Charleston show being the best yet held in the 

 South. The poultry fraternity will also meet in strong num- 

 bers, as the sixteenth annual meeting of the American Poul- 

 try Association takes place during the show. 



DOG TALK. 



I DESIRE to call the attention of the stud book committee 

 to the recent registering of Mr. E. H. Moore's pheno- 

 menal rough-coated St. Bernard puppy Lady Melrose. In 

 Vol. V., Parti., I find "No. 9032-Lady Melrose, by Ch. Mer- 

 chant Prince ex Bernie V." Again in the 1889 edition I find 

 another Lady Melrose, 15,614, by Ben Lomond ex Recluse, 

 The oldest Lady Melrose is at present owned by Mr. J. R, 

 Teague, at the Elmwood Kennels. This certainly savors of 

 carelessness somewhere. 



The National Beagle Club are talking of leasing or pur- 

 chasing a large tract of land in New Hamshire, stocking it 

 with game, building a club house, etc. The club will have a 

 social run with the merry little hounds on Thanksgiving 

 Day. 



It is reported that the St. Bernard world will soon be elec- 

 trified with the news of the importation of several more 

 bitches. New England will soon rival old England at this 

 rate. 



At a special meeting of the Maryland K. C, on Nov. 20, this 

 resolution was passed: "Resolved, That the vote of censure 

 recently passed on the A. K. C. be recalled and that the M. 

 K. C. hereby tender their apologies for their previous action 

 in the matter." The Board of Governors also held a meet- 

 ing and passed the following: "Believing that the Board 

 of Governors have the right to recall the vote of censure and 

 having the interest of the club at heart, it is moved and 

 seconded that the vote of censure recently passed on the A. 

 K. C. is hereby recalled and we duly apologi ze for said vote of 

 censure, the said vote of censure having been passed on 

 misapprehension." I understand that there is a big fight 

 going on in the M. K. C, and if the strain is not taken off 

 pretty quick the rope will break. 



SETTER LOST. -Mr. J. Von Lengerke had the misfor- 

 tune to lose a large, coarse, rawboned-looking orange and 

 white setter dog, answering to the name of Mage, on Friday 

 morning, Nov. 21, from his home in West Hoboken, N. J 

 and being strange in the place strayed off. Mr. Von Len- 

 gerke offers a reward for his return, and should be much 

 obliged if any of our readers could give him some informa- 

 tion about the dog. 



FOX HUNTING. -Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 20.-A fox chase 

 was held about seven miles east of here Saturday, Nov. 15. 

 It was a chase for all ages and sizes, and was won in a rather 

 slow style by a large hound who no doubt had considerable 

 greyhound blood in his veins. The chase was attended by 

 several men well known in dogdom; among others was Mr. 

 E. R. R. Logier,— Lotor, 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Hotei* must be sent on prepared blanks, which are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 800 of any one form, bound for 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



JST" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



t'Douis. By H. H. Kent, Wollaston Heights, Mass., for black 

 Schipperke bitch, whelped Oct. — , by G. R. Krehl's Duiske out 

 of Cople Sophie. 



BRED. 



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Lady Nanr-Bo'swain. Woodward & Herrick'a (Chicago. 111.) 

 bull bitch Lady Nan (champion Harpe r— Ohariiiiou) to their 

 Bo'swain (champion Grabber— Susan), Sept. 30. 



Ghcquassct Marigold— Hesper. Merry Mount Kennels' (Wollas- 

 ton Heights, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch Chequasset Marigold (Alp- 

 Sombre) to E. B. Sears's Hesper (Sailor— Beliona). Nov. 7. 



Bnla— Hesper. Merry Mount Kennels' (Wollaston Heights, 

 Mass.) St. Bernard bitch Bula (Hector— Bernio V.) to E. B. Sears's 

 He*p»r (Sailor— Beliona), Oct. 22. 



Ruby— Dad. WUsmu Jr. 15. II. Howard's (Bullittsville, Ky.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Ruby to J. S. Hudson's Dad Wilson, Jr. (Dad Wil- 

 son—Lit), Aug. LI. 



Daisy Cambridge II.— Dad Wilson. A. D. McPhearson'a (Covine- 

 ton, Ky.) English setter bitch Daisy Cambridge II. (Backet— Daisy 

 Cambridge) to J. S. Hudson's Dad Wilson Cambridge— Dido II.), 

 June 5. 



Blonde— Ben Hill. J.S.Hudson's (Covington, Ky.) English set- 

 ter hitch Blonde (Dad Wilson— Sadie H.) to his Ben Hill (Druid- 

 Ruby), Aug. 17. 



Fatima— Dad Wilson. Capt. John Romes's (Cincinnati, O.) Eog- 

 lis.fi setter bitch Fatima (Rex— Bessie Lee, Jr.) to J. S. Hudson's 

 Dad Wilson (Cambridge— Dido II.), Aug. 22. 



Kate Q— Ben Hill. R. B. Carufhers's (Newport, Ky.) English 

 setter bitch Kate Q. to J. S. Hudson's Ben Hill (Druid— Ruby), 



Oct. 22. 



Lucy Bell Noble— Ben Hill. W. S. Enton's (Covington, Ky.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Lucy Bell Noble. (MeD.- Belie II.) to J, S. Hudson's 

 Ben Hill (Druid— Ruby), Nov. 12. 



Daisy Hunter— Dad Wilson. John A. Hunter's (Sandborne, lud.) 

 English setter bitcn Daisy Hunter (Oath's Hope— Daisy F.) to J. S. 

 Hudson's Dad Wilson (Cambridge— Dido ID, Oct. 29. 



Fayette Nelly Bly—Ben Hill. C.T.Hyde's (Conmrsville, 7nd.) 

 English setter IrtcJi Fayette Nelly Bly (Lark P -Kill buck Vic) to 

 J. S. Hudson's Ben Hill (Dr-uid— Rnhv), Nov. 2). 



Bessie Marshall— Dad Wilson. J. S. Hudson's (Covington, Kv-) 

 English setter Ditch Bessie Marshall (Ben Hill— Tempest) to his 

 Dad Wilson (Cambridge— Dido ID. Nov. 8. 



Pearl of Tempest— Dad Wilson. J. T. Toohey's (Slrawn, ID.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Pearl of Tempest (Ben Hill— Tempest.) to J. S. 

 Hudson's Dad Wilson (Cambridge- Dido ID, Sept. 10. 



Gathlit—Dad Wilson. J. S. Hudson's (Covington, Ky.) English 

 setter bitch Gathlit (Oath— Lit) to his Dad Wilson (Cambridge — 

 Didn II.), Nov. 1. 



Biddy Clare— Dan O'Gonndl. L. N. Hilsendegen's (Delroit, 

 Mich.) lrisn setter hitch Biddy Clare(champion Elcho, Jr.— cham- 

 pion Meg) to Ins Dan O'Connell (Sarsfield— Coe P.), Nov. 13. 



Lcdla Rookh—Dan O'Connell. L. N. Hdsendegen's (Detroit, 

 Mich.) Irish setter bitch LallaRoekh (cuampion Elcho, Jr.— Bessie 

 Glencho) to his Dan O'Connell (Sarsfield— Coe F.). Nov. 19. 



Btid—Fishpool Gem. G. A. Muenebinger's (Newport, II. I.) 

 Yorkshire terrier bitch Bud (Snyder— Moll ie) to North Fields 

 Yorkshire Kennels' Fishpool Gem (Harrison's Ben— Bent's Rose), 

 Nov. 15, 



WHELPS. 



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Halloivc'en. H. W. Huntington's (Brooklyn, N. Y.) greyhound 

 bitch Hallowe'en (Zoedon<=— Cataract), Nov. 10, three bitches, by 

 his champion Balkis (Clyto— Primrose). 



Polly S. J. N. Swazey's (Bucksport, Me.) pointer bitch Pollv S. 

 (Bang— Polly), Oct. 29, thirLeen (nine dogs), by C. W. Winship's 

 Pousel (Bang Bang— Boski). 



Daisy Cambridge II. A. D. McPhearson's (Covington, Ky.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Daisy Cambridge II. (Racket— Daisy Cambridge), 

 Aug. 6, nine (five dogs), by J. S. Hudson's Dad Wilson (Cambridge 

 -Dido ID. 



Ruby. E. H. Howard's (Bullittsville, Ky.) English setter bitch 

 Ruby, Oct. 13, ten (five dogs), by J. S. Hudson's" Dad Wilson, Jr. 

 rDad Wilson— Lit). 



Blonde. J. 8. Hudson's (Covington, Ky.) English setter bitch 

 Blonde (Dad Wilson— Sadie H.), Oct. 21, nine (three dogs), by his 

 Ben Hill (Druid— Ruby). 



Fatima. Capt. John Romes's (Cincinnati, O.) English setter 

 bitch Fatima (Rex— Bi ssie Lee, Jr.), Oct. 21, ten (five dogs), by J. 

 S. Hudson's Dad Wilson (Cambridge— Dido II.). 



SALES. 



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Chickasaw II. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped 

 Nov. 15, 1881, by Gladstone— Sue), by J. S. Hudson, Covington, Ky., 

 to C. G. Smedberg, sams place. 



Dad Wilson— Bohemian Girl whelps. English setters, whelped 

 April 16, 1890, by J. S. Hudson, Covington, Ky., a black, white and 

 tan dog to Harry Northwood, Martin's Ferry, 0„ and a lemon and 

 white dog each to John Taylor, Huntingtom W. Va., and Geo. C. 

 Hore, Hamilton, Ont. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



EPHRATA, Pa., Nov. 20.— Although the members of the North 

 End Rifle Club held their last, meeting for this season on their 

 range near Ephrata several days ago, the boys det ermined to have 

 another shoot before putting up their rifles for good. Thev there- 

 fore arranged a meeting for to-day, to shoot for medals, on the old 

 range near Schoeneck, about five miles north of Ephrata. This 

 range is as fine a range as any that can be found in this part of 

 the State. Lying in a narrow ravine between two ridges of con- 

 siderable height trending east and west, it, is protected from winds 

 and storms. This range was abandoned for the one now used near 

 Ephrata for the simple fact that many of the members come from 

 Bpb rata and wished for a range nearer home. The day was ex- 

 ceedingly stormy and cold, and but six members participated in 

 this match, which was for two medals, a gold and a silver, to be 

 given to the two members who made the. highdst points in three 

 scores of ten shots each to each shooter. Darkness came on before 

 the three scores could be finished, and so but two scores were shot; 

 209yds., rest shooting: 

 C S Wenger— 



10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10—99 8 9 10 7 8 8 9 10 10 9-88-187 

 J A Stober- 



10 10 9 9 9 10 8 7 8 10—90 9 10 10 8 7 9 8 8 8 10—88—178 

 L M Wiest— 



10 9 10 9 7 7 10 10 6 10-88 9 9 9 10 7 10 9 6 10 8-87—175 

 W D Winters— 



10 6 8 8 10 7 10 10 8 8-85 10 8 6 10 10 10 6 9 7 10-81-169 

 L M Carpenter— 

 769989589 10—77 879778888 7—77—151 

 D B Lefever— 



7 10 9 10 75646 7—71 10 9766884 4 4-66-137 

 C. S. Wenger succeeds d in making the highest score and received 

 the gold badge, while J. A. Stober received the silver badge, he 

 being second man. C. S. Wenger's score of 96 out of a possible 100 

 is one of the best ever made around here.— D. B. L., Sec'y. 



EMPIRE RIFLE CLUB.- New York, Nov. 18.— The following 

 score was made by the Empire Rifle Club at their headquarters, 

 12 St. Marks Place, on the Massachusetts 12-ring target, distance 

 100ft., off hand, possible 120 points: 



WOverbaugh 115 W Miller 107 W Mesenholder. .. 94 



WRosenbaum....ll3 C Zettler, Jr 105 JZettler 94 



J Grimm 107 E Smith 94 



STRAIGHT RUNS.-Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 2Q.-Edmr Forest 

 and Stream: I see that "Badger" states through Fokest and 

 Stbeam. Oct. 30, that Mr. Levergston, of Saratoga, N. Y.. made 

 one of the largest straight runs in regular sweepstakes on record, 

 making 123 straight. The Northern Wayne Guu Club held a two- 

 days shoot about a year ago, when Mr. Henry Whitney, of Phelps, 

 N v made a run of 1:6 straight, not mjsstne a bird n; the j/Wt 

 days' slionting.—DF, Wixr , 



