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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Maech 26, 1891. 



1^°' No Notice Taken of Auouymoaa Oorregpoiideiitg. 



Gr. W.— We have asked H. L. 1o reply to your query. 



J. P. B., Meriden, Conn. — There is a letter liere for you. 



J. H. B.— We suggest your trying cynolina, it can be obtained at 

 any of the gun stores that keep medicines. 



Can you tell me anything of the pedigree of the English setters 

 General Grubb's Jim and Col, Stetson's Nell? Ans. They are not 

 registered. 



Dick, Allegheny City, Pa.— You will find all information in 

 Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking." Price $1, published by 

 Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



E. B. B„ "VSTiitinsville, Mass.— Can you inform me where I can 

 hnv wild rice seed? Ans. Chas. Gilchrist, Port Hope, Ont., or 

 Richard Valentine, Janesville, Wis. 



Reader.- Please give the pedigree for three or four generations 

 of the pointer bitch Beaulah? Ans. Beaulah, by Sam out of Vivian, 

 Sam by Caper out of Kate, A^vian by Shot out of Fly. 



J. F. S.— 1. The BaUard is the better target rifle of the two. 2. 

 Our pamphlet "Trajectories of Sporting Riflys," giving full report 

 of our Creedmoor trajectory tests and their results, will be mailed 

 on receipt of 50 cents. 



TJpiNGiN, Savannah, Ga,— Which is the best in fiy-fishing, to use 

 reel on top or below handle, also when the seat is below hand 

 grasp and above. Ans.— The reel should be placed underneath 

 and below the hand grasp for a fly-rod. 



R. L. S., Kansas. —Please inform me if a Gordon setter or an 

 Irish setter is the most endurable dog? Ans. From what we have 

 seen of the two breeds, we should say the Irish setter, though 

 there is little to choose between them. 



O. H. R., New York.— Could you give me the address of any 

 hunting club near New York that I could join wnere there is all 

 kinds of small game? 2. What kind of a place and where is 

 Robins Island? Ans. 1. We know of no such club. 2. The Robins 

 Island Club has quail shooting. 



J. E. R., Buffalo, N. Y.— 1. Do the Lorillards register their dogs? 



2. Can you give me breeding of litter of pointers whelped May 2, 

 1885, belonging to Mr. Lorillard? 3. Give me Mr. Lorillard's or 

 his kennel manager's address. Ans. 1. Yes, in the A. K. C. S. B. 



3, No. 3. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Tuxedo Park, N. J . 



P. W. G., Boston, Mass.— Could you tell me through the columns 

 of your paper the pedigree of pointer bite h Patti of Portland ? 

 She is four vears old and was owned and registered by J. F. Rich- 

 ardson, of Portland, Me. I don't know whether she was registered 

 in the A.K.R. or the A.K.C.S.B. Any information you could give 

 me would be gratefully received. Ans. Can find no trace of her. 



M. E. N., Hyde Park. Mass.~I inclose pedigree of my dog Grip 

 Bondhu, 18mos. old. Will you please tell me how much, if any, 

 the inbreeding shown would injure him in the estimatiou of dog 

 men? Would it be advisable to have him registered undpr th« 

 circumstances? Ans. This will not hurt him. only avoid any 

 more of it. There is no reason why you should not register him. 



G. C. H., New York.— Will you kindly answer these questions? 

 1. Where can I procure a standard for Irish terriers? 2. Is there 

 any book published on the breeding of Irish terriers, and where 

 can I get it? I am desirous of breeding these dogs but know very 

 little about tliem. A.n8. You will find all the Information you 

 require, and much interesting reading on the breed, in Vero 

 Shaw's "Book on the Dog." We can supply it. 



G. R. B., Smethport, Pa.— I would like to hear from some of 

 your correspondents in regard to the wild pigeons that used to 

 frequent this section of Pennsylvania. McKean county Ifas for- 

 merly one of their principal nesting grounds when there was a 

 good crop of beech nuts and a great many were netted here and 

 sent to the markets, but for the last ten or twelve years we have 

 seen but a few birds. Are there any in the United States? Ans. 

 There are said to be large flocks which migrate to the northwest. 



R. H. B., Cambridge, Mass.— Can you answer the following 

 questions for me: 1. What is the reason of the popular impres- 

 sion that nearly all pure white dogs are deaf? 2. Is it possible to 

 get a pure white Irish setter? 3. What is the origin of the so- 

 called round head bull-terrier? An=. 1. The only reason we can 

 assign is the fact that many whire show bull-terriers have been 

 found to be deaf. 3. You would have to seek some outcross. We 

 do not see how it would be possible. 3. It is the original English 

 bull and terrier, the first step toward the modern show bull- 

 terrier. 



D. B. K., Holyoke, Mass.— I have been trying to get the pedigree 

 of my dog so I could have him registered. I must give it up unless 

 you can tell the sire and dam of Buff and Lena, as the A. K. R. 

 registered the Gordon setter Guy II. (A.K.R. 6,759) and furnished 

 Buff and Lena as sire and dam of Dash II. Ans. We cannot find 

 Buff's pedigree, perhaps the owner of Lena can help you. Lena's 

 pedigree is as follows: Breeder. Hugh Mollvain, 3Ith and Market 

 streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Owner, J. B. Hirons, Ridley Park, Dela- 

 ware county. Pa. Sire— Pilot, by Grouse out of Dixon's Maud, by 

 Rudy out of Dixon's Merse. Dam— Crete II., by Grouse out of 

 Dixon's Maud. 



H. De B., Mount Morris, N. Y.— Can you give me regular num- 

 ber and pedigree of greyhound bitch Sybell, register receipt beai-s 

 oate of Dec. 29, 1886, to Geo. E. Peer, of Rochester, by Forest and 

 Stream Pub. Co. Her sire. Spring (1993) was owned by J. J. Mul- 

 doon, of Toronto, Ont., imported from Blair Athol, Scotland. Her 

 dam. Bluebell, was owned by Arthur Allen, Montreal, P. Q., im- 

 ported Dec. 2, 1883, from England. Also please send me registry 

 blank, as 1 have one of Sybell's offspring which I wish to have 

 registered. Ans. Sybell (A.K.R. 4536). whelped Aug. 10, 1886. Sire, 

 Spring, by Hodginfiin (Cattiemay— Eva) out of Lady Maud, by 

 Barron out of Old Sis. Dam, Blue Bell, by Leo (Butcher— Annie 

 Lyle) out of Clare Ann, by Jussups out of Susie. You mu«t write 

 to A. P. Vredenburgh, 44 Broadway, New York oily, for registry 

 blanks for A.K.C.S.B. Fee to register $1. 



C. L. W. Detroit, Mich.— Please give me the names and num- 

 bers of the English mastiffs, sire and dam of Ashmont Venus 

 (A.K.R. 2820} also pedigree for three generations of the mastiffs 

 Prince Leo (A.K.R. 3211) and Fannie (A.K.C.S.B. 13005). Ans. 

 Ashmont Venus, sire, Mike, by Austin's Jack out of Leo, by Leo 

 out of Juno (Jack:Kelly's Dash— Austin's Juno). Dam, Juno by 

 Lion (Jack— Tutu) out of imported Fannie. Prince Leo by Aerippa 

 out of Pride. Agrippa by Gwalior out of Berenice. Gwalior by 

 champion Rajah out of champion Princess, by cbampion Wolsey 

 out of Banbury's Juno, by Turk out of Lucas's Juno. Rajah by 

 Griffin out of Phyllis. Berenice by champion Beau out of Creuso, 

 by Niger out of Devonshire Cleopatra. Fanny by Cesar 11. out of 

 Juno, bv Sampson out of Fury, by Turk out of Juno. Sampson 

 by Leo 11. out of Dido. Cesar II. by Major out of Nell, by Pluto 

 II. out of Lotta. Major by Leo out of Leona. 



J. R. J., Ellicott City, Md.— Two friends and myself are breeders 

 of beagles and otir kennel is known as the Patap?co Bf^agle Ken- 

 nel. We are desirous of joining the National Beagle Club. Can 

 we join as a kennel or will we have to join individuallv? As you 

 can enter dogs in shows in the name of your kennel I can't see 

 why you can't join the club in like manner. Please inform me 

 how to proceed. 2. My gun is very much pitted, how can I remove 

 the same? Ans. 1. The best way is to make application in the 

 name of the kennel. We see no reason whv your kennel could 

 not be a member as long as your dogs are entered at a show under 

 the kennel name. 2. Rust spots in barrels may be smoothed out 

 with emery paste, made from three parts cosmnline or oil and one 

 part emery. L^se on a soft swab which fits the barrels closely. 



Then apply the wire "scratch brush and finally wash out clean. 

 —(From "611 Hints and Points for Sportsmen.") 



H. K. D., Cleveland, O.— Is there any sort of :^early publication 

 giving names and parti-^ulars regarding winning dogs on bench 

 and in field, a regular summary of each year's performances or 

 winnings. Something after the manner of "Wallace's Year Book" 

 for horses. I have Mason's bool^, "Our Prize Dogs," but that is 

 simply a very handsome and elaborate summary of one year. I 

 am a beginner and seeking information, and having been an 

 ardent admirer of horses all my life, realize that the quickest and 

 surest way to familiarize oneself with the best strains of blood, 

 winning strains, is to study a summary of each year's winners, 

 with their winnings and defeats, and particulars regarding same. 

 Ans. The A. K. O. Stud Book for the past year simply gives the 

 winnings of each dog on the bench. Some such publication as 

 that mentioned would be very useful, and that, we believe, is 

 what the National Greyhound Club wishes to do in their separate 

 stud book. 



On the "bill of fare of the Palace, Cincinnati, one day last 

 week there appeared the rather unusual dainty "loin of 

 elephant." It was in facta part of Chief, the vicious ele- 

 phant who was shot in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, 

 and was not bad eating, as some of the force of this office 

 can testify. It was without exception the best roast ele- 

 phant that any of us had ever tasted— Hotel 3IaU. 



Jim Candee, an old Lyme trapper, has caught an unpre- 

 cedented number of muskrats this year. He sinks a half 

 barrel near the runs of the rats to the level of the ground, 

 half fills it with water, and then on floating pieces of boards 

 in the tub places small pieces of carrots. When the mnsk- 

 rat jumps in after the bait be can't get out, and he leaves 

 the trap set for an another victim. Mr. Candee has caught 

 as many as six rats in a single barrel in one night.— ITart- 

 ford Times. 



Here is a prodigiously tall story sent to us by a young sub- 

 scriber: "A gentleman in Rosario was once attacked by 

 Pampa Indians. There were seven of them and he had only 

 his six-shooter, Avith five shots from which he succeeded in 

 laying low an equal number of his assailants. He had then 

 orie charge left, and the remaining two men were advancing. 

 Quick as thought he opened his pocket knife, held it up in 

 front of the pistol barrel, with the sharp edge of the blade 

 toward him, and fired. The knife split the bullet in halves, 

 each half killing one of his foes, and the hero thus saved his 

 scalp. This is his own account of the affair." 



Flint locks are generally supposed to be entirely things 

 of the past. How, then, are we to explain the fact that at 

 Brandon, in Suffolk, at this moment no fewer than thirty- 

 five men are still employed in fashioning gun flints, or "flint 

 knapping," as it is generally called? No less a number than 

 30,000,000 of gun flints of various qualities and sizes are 

 officially stated to have left the workshop of one Brandon 

 man alone during the last ten years. What has become of 

 them? Some light is thrown on this puzzling question by 

 the information that their destination is the west coast of 

 Africa, whence they are distributed among the savage tribes 

 of the interior. Auctioned off many years ago as no longer 

 of any use to us, our old flint guns and pistols have found 

 their way to remote parts of the great African continent, 

 where they are doubtless regarded as better than no weapons 

 at all. Brandon, in brief, is Avorking chiefly to keep our old 

 friend "Brown Bess" in decent repair. — London Daily News. 



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Notice is hereby given that on the tenth day of 

 February, 1891, an order was made by the Chan- 

 cellor of the State of New Jersey, that the credi- 

 tors of the F. L. Sheldon Company present to the 

 undersigned, the receiver thereof, and prove 

 before him under oath, to his satisfaction, their 

 several claims and demands against said corpora- 

 tion within two months from the tenth day of 

 February, 1891, and that in default thereof, such 

 creditors shall be excluded from the benefit of 

 such dividends as may hereafter be made and 

 declared by the court upon the proceeds of the 

 effects of the said corporation, and notice is here- 

 by given to all the creditors accordingly. WIL- 

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 Newark, N. J. 



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