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BEAGLE TRAINING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The holding of beagle field trials this fall is au assured 

 fact, and why not? Has it not the backing of one of the 

 strongest specialty elubsiu existence? A. clxib that has never 

 made a failure of anything it has undertaken, and rest as- 

 sured this will be no exception to the general rule. Since field 

 trials will be given, would it not be well to discuss, through 

 the columns of Forest AifD Stream, the best method of train- 

 ing dogs for the event ^ There must be many trainers who 

 could give us unsophisticated amateurs a good deal of useful 

 information in regard to the best methods of accomplishing 

 the end desired. Should a beagle be under control? The 

 field trials say, Yes, and so do r. Some one says: "I don't 

 want a beagle that won't go out and h unt alone. " Neither do 

 I. Another says; "I want a dog that I can sit on a fence and 

 let him do the hunting, not one that I have to keep telling 

 to bunt here and there and so on." As far as the question 

 goes this is all very well, and the above is true to life. If he 

 is one of the sit-down kind, let me advise him to keep away 

 from the trials, or he will be liable to have a few kinks in 

 his knees before he leaves for home. But a dog that you 

 can order to hunt "here and there and so on" is a mighty 

 good one to have I think. Supposing from your lofty perch 

 on the fence you. should see a rabbit start up, if j'our dog 

 was not under some control, ten to one by his not coming 

 when you called, you would lose the rabbit. I might men- 

 tion a hundred instances where a dog under good control 

 would have the advantage of one not so trained. I will, 

 however, refrain and give others a chance. 



Should a beagle stop at or give tongue at a hole when the 

 quarry has run in? This is a question upon which I am 

 greatly in doubt what to answer. If I should say that he 

 should stop at a hole, some one will say, "He is a ferret 

 hunter;" but if no is the answer, another one says, "How 

 does he know when his dog has lost or holed?" Being too 

 young to bear the load of responsibility, I leave the question 

 open. 



Should a beagle hunt like a setter or pointer: i c. quarter 

 his ground and hunt systematically, or range indifferently, 

 going at his own sweet will? I should say, by all means the 

 former; that is, hunt like a pointer or setter. Does not a 

 setter work to the best advantage by quartering when game 

 is sought? Is not game finding the object of hunting with 

 a beagle? Some say no, but that trailing is the primary ob- 

 ject. Perhaps it is, but you must find the game before it is 

 trailed, must you not? This is also an open question and 

 one on which I would like to hear different opinions passed. 

 I could speak of many other things, but perhaps the patient 

 reader, who has waded so far, wili be looking for a club or 

 gun to shoot the writer; but as the FOKEST AND Stkeam 

 oan only print a limited amount from each writer, so that 

 all may have a show, perhaps I had better stop, though 

 this siibjeet has not by any means been exhausted, and 

 many au abler pen than mine can think of much more and 

 put it in much better language. Let us hear from "Uncle 

 Dick," "Bannerman," "Pious Jeems," and a host of others, 

 telling lis kids "how to train a beagle in the way he should 

 go," or else, after we have adopted a plan of our own con- 

 trary to theirs, let them forever hold their peace and not 

 grumble when they find the trials are run contrary to their 

 ideas. Qtjester, 



Boston, Mass. 



NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



With your kind permission in accordance with a vote of 

 the executive committee of the National Beagle Club, I 

 would like to correspond with the beagle men of America, 

 and any others who may be interested in the advancement 

 of the beagle, through the columns of Forest as"D Stream 

 regarding a place for holding our second annual field trials. 

 The following .are some of the qualifications that a place 

 must necessarily have to be suitable for our purpose. First, 

 it mtist be located so as to be easily accessible from the rail- 

 road; second, there must be good accommodations for visitors 

 and dogs; third, the character of the ground must be such 

 as to admit of ready trailing, the less sand and rocks the 

 better; foui'th, the country must be such that the dogs can 

 be easily followed on foot and kept well in view: fifth, there 

 must be an abundance of either rabbits or hares. Anyone 

 knowing of a place with any or all of these advantages will 

 confer a lasting favor on the National Beagle Club, and I 

 believe, through the club, on the beagle fraternity in general, 

 by giving a brief description in the columos of Forest and 

 Stream, also stating any other points of interest or advan- 

 tage he may deem important. 1 will say in conclusion that 

 the National Beagle Club desires that their second field trials 

 shall be even more of a .successtirl event, both for the club 

 and for its exhibitors, than that of last year, and believe that 

 by the co-operation of tl)e entire beagle loving public such 

 w'ill be the case. In conclusion I hope that the efforts of the 

 club to make another brilliant success of this mportant 

 event will meet with the heartv aid it deserves. 



F. W. Chapmam, Sec'y N. B. C. 



Boston, Mass., May 16. 



DOG CHAT. 



TT7E ai-a often asked the question if there is any way to 

 VV obtain a litter from a shy breeder or barren bitch, 

 therefore the following interesting account by Vero Shaw in 

 his "Fragments of Fancy" is worthy of attention: "An 

 event occurred on Good Friday which may possibly prove 

 interesting to dog breeders, and which I 'will, therefore, 

 allude to for their benefit. It was only the aiJpearance in 

 the world of another litter of greyhound whelps. The cir- 

 cumstance at first sight may appear of no especial moment, 

 but certain facts in connect! on with it may be worth relating. 

 The dam had run a great puppy, and was tried good enough 

 for Waterloo, when she split her pastern and became useless 

 for coursing purposes. She is nosv seven years old and has 

 been served by many different dogs, but without result 

 until this winter. In consequence of her infirmity she has 

 frequently changed hands, and at last came into the posses- 

 sion of her present owner for a sovereign. Her pedigree is 

 first rate, and a supreme effort to obtain a litter from this 

 barren bitch was determined upon. She was got into low 

 condition, and the advice given to me by Dr. Walsh was 

 acted upon, with the happiest results. This was to bleed the 

 bitch heavily the very moment before she went to the dog, 

 and all 1 can say on the subject is that the experiment was 

 fully carried out in my presence, and that the bitch threw 

 six whelps on Friday morning. Whether it is a case of 

 cause and effect I do not profess to say; al' I know is that 

 'Stonehenge' recommended the practice, and that a 'barren' 

 bitch has belied her reputation after having been .subjected 

 to a copious blood letting. Nor do I undertake to advise 

 anybody on the matter, and doubtless hundreds of the 

 readers of the Stocli-Keeper know and have practiced the 

 operation. At the same time, many others may not have 

 heard of the idea before, and may, therefore, feel disposed to 

 try their luck if they have a presumably sterile bitch. I 

 may suggest, however, that it would be as well to enlist the 

 assistance of a veterinary surgeon, or some person versed in 

 the mysteries of checking a flow of blood, or the experi- 

 mentalists may discover that tbey are assisting at a funej-al. " 

 If any of our readers should feel tempted to try the experi- 

 ment we would be pleased if they would write tis an account 

 of it if successful. 



JMl-. Geo. Bell, of Toyonto, Cam, has sold his young eoclser 

 spaaiiel MtcljVl Gij-eas foy a Very Ipijg ftguye to Mr'. Ijierbert 



P. Mullens, of Abbey Wells, Newbury, England, a member 

 of the committee of the English Spaniel Club. Mr.Mullens 

 was delighted with Mr. Bell's kennel, and considered Amaze- 

 ment a wonderful bitch, remarking that she would hold 

 her own with any of the English dogs. I Guess goes into a 

 strong kennel, Mr. Mullens being the owner of some 

 of the best sp.aniels in England. I Guess was served by 

 Mr. J. P. Willey's champion Obo II. on May i We wish 

 Mr. Mullens every success with his new purchase and trust 

 her family will bring credit in England to Canadian breed- 

 ing. 



An important meeting of the Spaniel Club was held at the 

 office of Mr. E. P. Keasbey, New York city. May 18, at 4 P. 

 M. The mail vote for judges was opened, and it was found 

 that the 25 members cast their votes as follows: A. Clinton 

 Wilmerding, 23; J. F. Kirk, 32; C. H. Mason, 23; J. P. Willey, 

 21; E. M. Oldham. 18; Jas. Watson, 18: Andrew Laidlaw, 16; 

 J. O. Fellovrs, 1.5; Wm. West, 13, and Geo. Bell, 12 Several 

 other men obtained votes, but not sufficient to carry them 

 into the first ten. Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleve- 

 land scored one vote each, the latter no doubt on the 

 strength of Mrs. Cleveland having just pnrchased a Doc pup 

 from Mr. Wilmerding. Mr. E. M. Oldham was elected dele- 

 gate to the A. K. C. A committee was formed to confer 

 with the Pet Dog Club in reference to holding a show next 

 fall. A committee, consisting of the executive committee 

 and Messrs. Kirk, Mason, Willey and Laidlaw, was ap- 

 pointed to confer with a similar committee of the Enelish 

 Spaniel Club, with regard to a uniformity of standard for 

 all the spaniels. The new members elected were Messrs. 

 W. B. Palmer and J. L. Little. 



"Hello, Central!" exclaimed A. D. Lewis, as we en- 

 tered the A. K. C. room to-day. "Any news?" was our 

 answer. "Yes; we've got just the litter of the century, by 

 Duke of Hessenout of Woolton Game, all winners, twenty- 

 five letters already asking for pups," On mildly congratu- 

 lating Friend Lewis we inquired their age. "Two weeks," 

 unblushingly answered the secretary of the Hempstead Farm 

 Co. One puppy hasbeeu sold to Mr, Hitchcock and another 

 to Mr. Dexter. 



We learn that the Associated Fanciers have brought suit 

 against Mr. Frank Hope, 464 N. Ninth street, Philadelphia, 

 for libel, he having spoken in uncomplimentary terms of 

 their business methods. The latter gentleman is now on 

 the lookout for evidence. 



Another libel suit has been brought by Mr. Peshall iti tbfe 

 Supreme Court, this time against Washington E, Connor, 

 Sidney Dillon Ripley, Louis de -ronere, Jr., F. R. Hitchcock, 

 H. F. Schellhass, Lo'uis C. Clark, August Belmont, Eugene 

 W. Durkee, W. C. Rogers, A. P. Vredenburgh, Jas. L. An- 

 thony, Lambar Sherwood, Howard Willett and John S. 

 Hoey on account of the publication of the first issue of the 

 Kennel Gazette containing Mr. Peshall 's name among those 

 disqualified. Mr. Peshall desires $100,000 on this one. The 

 summonses are dated May 15. 



The American Pet Dog Clnb held a meeting at the house 

 of the president, Mr. Charles Wheatleish, Wf-mpstead, L 1., 

 on Thursday la.st. It was decided to take steps toward hold- 

 ing a show, in conjunction with other specialty clubs, Nov. 

 25 to 27, at the Madison Scpiare Garden, New York city. A 

 committee was formed to confer with the other clubs, and as 

 we believe money was guaranteed at the meeting toward 

 the expenses of a show, there is little doubt but that one 

 will be held. 



We draw the attention of our readers to the new kennel 

 advertisements this week. Mr. Geo. Bell has a number of 

 cockers for sale; Alexander Johnson and David Rowat have 

 foxhound puppies. F. E. Atkins a pointer bitch; W. F. 

 Burdell some fine English setter puppies; Connemara Ken- 

 nels Irish setter puppies and Eochelle Kennels black and 

 tan terriers; and there are also some St. Bernard puppies. 

 lU; the stud, Mr. Moore has the great Plinlimmon and Lord 

 Melrose: John Keevan has Soggarth and Patrol. Mr. Leslie 

 puts his boarding kennels on the market. 



The Midland Fox-terrier Club's show opened May 13 with 

 6S9 entries. The Bulldog Club secured for their show a 

 grand total of 198 dogs. 



We regret to hear that Mr. Cbas. E. Connell, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., has lost his pointer bitch Fan Fan, which won 

 several prizes during the past circuit of shows. She had 

 four puppies by Duke of Hessen, which will be raised by the 

 bottle, if possible. 



The Swiss Mountain Kennels' new importation, the St. 

 Bernard bitch Lady Castlereagh, arrived safely in Phila- 

 delphia May 9. Mrs. Smythe has had her full quota of hard 

 luck, but we hope it will take a turn for the better in this 

 instance. 



The poison fiend has been at work on two of Mr. Heath's 

 young pointers that were in charge of the trainer, W. T. 

 Mitchell. One was a litter sister to Graph and the other a 

 bitch by Graphic out of old Bloomo, 



If any one has had his full share of heart-breaking luck. 

 Mercer, of Ottawa, is the man. He writes us now that bis 

 Lady Lancaster and seven puppies by Hotpot, the crack 

 English dog, have gone to the eternal bow-wows. However, 

 "Clumber" has evidently the right fancier's blood in him, 

 for he has written to buy" her sister. He is determined to 

 have some young Hotpots, and his Lady Belle, who sailed 

 for the other side a week or two since, will have a chance to 

 see what she can do. 



Mr. Eberhart is making strenuous efforts to get together 

 a team of pugs that will bring some of the fall kennel prizes 

 to the "Square Deal" Kennels. He has just purchased 

 Fannie K. (11,820), which he says is a small good one, and is 

 also importing from England a brood bitch that is a Avinner 

 over there as well, "Bradford Ruby's all right." 



"See here, my friend, that dog of yours killed three sheep 

 of mine last night, and I want to know what you propose to 

 do about it?" "Are you sure it was my dog?" "Yes." 

 "Well, I hardly know what to do. I guess I had better sell 

 him. You don't want to buy a dog, do yon?"— RocheMer 

 Talisman. 



Mr. John E. Thayer writes ns that he has purchased from 

 Mr. John A. Logan, Jr., the fox-terriers Pitcher and Dona, 

 The former's great record as a stud dog makes his services 

 much sought after, and will no doubt be a valuable addition 

 to the Hillside Kennels, Dona'= record this past season 

 stamps her as a good one, having won at every show almost. 

 She is by Dominie out of Avon May, so as a brood bitch 

 alone she should earn her "oats" many limes ever. Pitcher 

 has been placed at .stud at the naoderate fee of 625. We are 

 glad to see that Mr. Thayer still supports the breed with 

 such persistency. 



Mr. Jarrett writes us that tKey are having a great rijn on 

 their collies, and that they will 'soon have nothing left but 

 the two Flurrys. Welle.^bourne Charlie will remain at 

 Chestnut Hill at stud til 1 the fall, when he will return to his 

 Uativ^ land. Breeders should take ajdvantage of this dog's 

 sei-vice? while they have th'e chagj'ce. M*'- Jaairfett has just 



hpard from Mr. Charles, who manages the English branch 

 of the Chestnut Hill Kennels, and he says that Christopher 

 is in better shape than ever and had an ea.sy win at Isling- 

 ton and also at Coventry shows, where he won the special 

 for best in the show, and with an eight-months- old daughter 

 the special for best brace. Their Roslvn Dolly should leave 

 Philadelphia on theSOth, but will not be shown till fallasshe 

 is out of coat. She will be bred to Gladdie. Friend Jarrett 

 .says they have a youngster by Scotilla that they expect will 

 make a better one than Roslyn Wilkes. 



A dispatch from London, Eogland. states that the Bull- 

 dog Club's show opened May 15 in the Agricultural Hall, 

 Islington. All the well-known exhibitors, including Lady 

 DeCHfl:ord, sent dogs which duly received a sreat deal of ad- 

 miration. The set'Sation of the morning was the defeat of 

 Mr. Samuel Woodwiss's famous champion British Monarch, 

 in the heavy-weight challense class. This brindled dog has 

 been the winner of the Bulldog Club's fifty guinea challenge 

 cup eleven times, and has taken in addition innumerable 

 other first prizes. The judge, however, awarded the palm 

 to Mr. Phillip Beresford Hope's Bedgebury Lion, which is a 

 white dog not yet three years old, and has won the fifty 

 guinea challenge cup four times! British Monarch took 

 second honors, and Mr. Ellis's Pathfinder received the third 

 prize. To know whether Frank Dole won the American 

 cup or not with H M. Stanley, we must wait till the regular 

 kennel papers arrive. 



The Chestnut Hill Kennels have purchased the St. Bernard 

 Donna Silva, by Duke of Wellington— Calypso, from the 

 Swis.s Mountain Kennels. She was shipped to Mr. Moore's 

 Kennel, May 14, to be bred to the great Piinlimmon. Donna 

 Silva has won first at Brussels and third at Brighton, and is 

 counted a pretty good bitch. 



A picture of champion Buckle (late Gipping Sam), the 

 field spaniel, appears in this week's Canine World In that 

 paper's "They Say" a note appears to the effect "That 'Uncle 

 Dick' will be in print in less than forty-eight hours after 

 he has seen the black spaniel champion Buckle." 



At the Northern and Midland Collie show, just held in 

 Manchester, a gOod improvement was seen in the method of 

 posting the awards. At large shows there is always more 

 or less" confusion when a dog is entered in several classes, 

 winning mention in each. The new plan is now to put the 

 number of the class before the award, for inst.ance, VI. 

 First. At this show another innovation was seen. Instead 

 of the old plan of having the benches open at the top, a wire 

 screen ran along the top of the M'ire division, thus prevent- 

 ing dogs from getting at each other and tasting the sweets 

 of a scrimmage. For the collie benches this will be found 

 very useftil. At this show Mr. T. P. Brearley claimed the 

 bitch puppy winner. Moorland Belle, owned by Mr. Thomp- 

 son, at the catalogue price, $500. Mr. Amscnugh also 

 bought in his puppy Parbold Pilot at the same figure. 



"Cheerful Horn" tells us that Mr. Sam Woodiwiss con- 

 templates a visit to this country with his world-rennwned 

 team of bulldogs. This will be interesting news for our 

 Bulldog Club men, and though all our best bulldogs hailed 

 originally from the same country, .still they are Americans 

 now, and for the honor of the country we must give him a 

 warm reception when he does come. We ought "to try and 

 encourage these friendly competitions, for if one sets the 

 example others will soon follow. 



It will be remembered that some time since we noted the 

 purchase by Mr John H. Francis, Jr , of Peoria, 111., of the 

 St. Bernard bitch Keepsake ("Keeper— Lid y Miles) from Mr. 

 F. E. Lamb, of Baltimore. Mr. Francis has now had an ex- 

 perience with an express company that will make him char y 

 of running any such risks in the future. I'he bitch was 

 bought with the understanding that she should be bred to 

 Plinlimmon, Jr. She was in due season sent to the Wyoming 

 Kennels, April 18. On the 24fch Mr. Green, the manager, 

 shipped her jier American Express Co. to Peoria, andnotified 

 Mr. Lamb of the fact, who in turn wiivd Mr. Francis to be 

 on the lookout for her. After "looking out" for abnut a 

 week, expecting her daily, he wired Mr, Green. Green tele- 

 graphed him he knew "nothing of her. Mr. Francis then 

 wired the Express Co. in Chicago, and they replied that 

 there was no dog there nor had there been any lor Mr. Fran- 

 cis, although the Melrose agent had h[s receipts from the 

 agent at Chicago. Upon going to the Express Co. 's head- 

 quarters it was learned teat the bitch had arrived at Chi- 

 cago all right, and they said then that she got out of her 

 crate at night and ran away when the door was opened in 

 the morning. This is quite a yarn, for she was in a good 

 strong crate, a new one made of .'>sin. lumber. They cer- 

 tainly should have sent Mr. Francis some word inste'ad of 

 trying to deceive him as they evidently did do. Mr Francis 

 is now going to sue the company for the price of the bitch, 

 S500, and having employed able counsel intends pushing the 

 matter through. 



M. Lamb's new bitch Margharita arrived all safe on the 

 Queensmore, May 14. He thinks her a good one with ex- 

 cellent markings. Her measurements are as follows; Skull 

 2-l>5in., muzzle 16)-s'in., arm at elbow 12%in., leg lOin., height 

 at .-Shoulder good 31in., girth of chest llin,, loin 38in. The 

 person from whom he bought her did not follow his instruc- 

 tions in sending her over, and sent hev tw^o weeks later than he 

 ordered, with the result that she whelped a fine litter of 9 

 puppies on board ship, of which only one was saved. For- 

 tunately she is in fine condition and as lively as a terrier. 

 He is now negotiating for another to be bred to Lord Bute 

 before she comes over, 



A new judges' .slate has been made for the Ottawa show. 

 Q'he judges now will be Messrs. W. Allan Hill, of Ottawa, 

 for Clumbers; W. B. Palmer, of Woodstock, for other 

 spaniels, and John Davidson all other classes. Our corres- 

 pondent informs us that the prize list will be an extra good 

 one, and the size of the building will be doubled. The latter 

 improvement at any rate was very much needed, as the dogs 

 last year had to be benched one over the other in many of 

 the aisles. 



Mr. C. A. Stone writes ns that at a meeting of the bench 

 show committee of the Industrial Exhibition Association, 

 held on Friday afternoon, the following cla,~ses were allotted 

 to the different judges at the comit g show, Sept. 14-18: 

 Miss A. H, Whitney, St. Bernards, great Danes and pii^s; 

 A. Clinton Wilmerding, the spaniel classes: C. H. Mason, 

 mastiffs, bloodhounds, Newfoundlands, deerhounds, Bar- 

 zois, poodles, terriers, bulldogs and miscellaneous breeds; 

 John Davidson, greyhounds, foxhounds, pointers, setters, 

 collies, dachshunde and beagles. 



Mr. Sears writes us that champion Hesper died of lymph 

 angitis after ten days' illness. 



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