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and a bitcli, the dark one Mr. Page will raise and will dis- 

 pose of the other two. Then we walked into the kennel 

 house which has three compartments, about 9 by I2ft , 

 with a bed ai". the er:ds. Sojall doora led from them into 

 nice sized runs. Id the second compartment we disturbed 

 an old friend, a deerhonnd familiar to many show goers— 

 Olga, one of the best in the country and a' member of the 

 chHllenge class. Tattle fault can be found with this bitch, 

 excepting that her hocks turn in a trifle. She is also by 

 Dunrobin out of Shelloch, but of an earlier litter still than 

 any of the others. She was whelped in October, 1886. Her 

 winnings include flr.<!ts at New York, Utica and Rocbester 

 1889 and challenge Baltimore ISUC; challenge reserve New 

 York and challenge prize Baltimore, Pittsburg and Blng- 

 hamton 1891. She w^s suckling two sturdy month-old 

 pups by champion ClansmaD. and' from this union of blood 

 a good result is expected, and their heavy bone and lengthy 

 beads even now seem to warrant it. 



In the next compartment was what maybe termed the 

 miscellaneous class — one is a poodle which is spending the 

 summer in this cool retreat; there were also a brace of setters 

 and a dropper, useful-looking animals, though not of bench 

 show form; a I'ather stout-looking beagle, one of Friend 

 Pho3bus's noted stock, as it is by his Jupiter; a sort of a 

 beagle-dachshund was al.so pointed out to me as being a 

 terror to the neighboring rabbits and an "all-day-and-night" 

 dog. A St. Bernard pup by Nero P. out of Gypsey com- 

 pleted the list. Then we passed through the yard again to 

 the kennel where the bitches in season are safely hou.sed. 

 It is a neat little frame building, having a small yard in 

 front, surrounded by a very high wire fence. In this we 

 found Shelloch, the sturdy matron of the kennel and the 

 "widow" of Dunrobin, whodied last year. She was whelped 

 in 1882, and is by O.'sian I. out of Brenda. Her breeder was 

 the Duke of Sutherland, from whose kennels also came Dun- 

 robin. Shelloch will be bred to Brnar II. Another bitch, 

 Minna, by champion Chieftain out of champion Olga, was 

 with her, and she will have the society of Diincan, Adjoin- 

 ing this compartment was the food and cook house, with 

 cemented floor, on which .stood a large cooking boiler, and 

 the numerous barrels of feed showecl that the dogs need 

 have no caxe for the morrow. This about completed the list 

 of dogs if I except a couple of "varminty" looking fox-ter- 

 riers, whose yellow, muddy-looking coats showed their 

 recent acquaintance with a woodchuck's retreat. These 

 terriers employ their whole time bun-owing for woodchucks, 

 rabbits and rats; and, by the way, Bruar is said to have 

 quite a penchant for the rodents, too, and shows himself as 

 active as any terrier in their pux-suit. 



Mr. Page has his dogs under excellent control, and when 

 the inmates of the large kennel were let out for a run, his 

 cry of "All in I" brought them all obediently back to their 

 respective kennels. I cannot leave this part of my story 

 without remarking that the kennel floors and yards were 

 remarkably clean, reflecting credit on the kennelmau, who, 

 unfortunately, will return, in a inonth or so. to England. 

 Going down the hill we passed through the stables and cow 

 houses, where several horses and four or five Alderneycows 

 are kept. Then we crossed to the deer paddock, certainly 

 an appropriate adjunct to a deerhound kennel. Here I saw 

 three pretty fallow deer which the Duke of Sutherland pre- 

 sented to Mr. Page, senior. They came from the Duke's 

 magnificent park at Trentham, England. Then we came to 

 the poultry house, built on the same design as the main 

 kennel, that is, roof and .sides covered with bark. Fowls 

 of several fancy breeds are to be seen. Further on down the 

 fields we came to an ornamental duck house, set at the edge 

 of the wood. Separate runways lead the ducks to four dif- 

 ferent ponds supplied by a mountain spring. In the first 

 little pond were quite a uundjer of those charming little 

 woo<lducks: in the others were Mnscovies, Aylesburys and 

 Rouens. It was now time to drive to the station, and jump- 

 ing intoyonng Mr. Page's stylish sidebar, the Morgan horses 

 trotted along gaily through some very pretty lanes and by- 

 ways, Mr, Page handling the ribbons in good style. An 

 hour was happily spent in catching glimpses of handsome 

 villas and .still more beautiful scenery, the drive ending all 

 too soon with a race with the train, which I just caught. 

 The journey home left me ample time to ruminate over what 

 1 had seen and the pleasant afternoon I had spent. 



H. W. L. 



BEAGLE TRAINING, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



What is a perfectly trained beagle? Is he a dog that is 

 under control, or is he a dog that disappears as soon as he 

 enters the woods and roams at his own sweet will here, there 

 and everj'where? In my opinion, the perfect hunting beagle 

 should follow at heel till ordered on; he should hunt the 

 thicket or swamp into which he is sent, and should come to 

 his ma.ster's call at once tin'ess he has a hot track. 



One of the first beagles [ ever owned I taught to "go on," 

 "come in, "charge" and "heel." The little fellow obeyed 

 well, and it is a fact that I never owned or hunted with a 

 beagle that gave as much sporc as he did. If I saw a rabbit, 

 .Tip would come to my call ; if I wished to change my hunt- 

 ing eround, he wottld follow at heel; and many a time have 

 I made him charge while I crawled down to a grass hole for 

 a shot at black ducks. He was under good control unless he 

 had a hot track, and then neither threats nor entreaties 

 could make him leave it till the rabbit was started and 

 holed.. 



"Brockton," in your issue of June 4, in speaking of such 

 a beagle as I have described, says: "They would be useless, 

 inasmuch as they are not built for long runs, and they 

 would be so much under control that they would get tired 

 hunting and be looking for order.s." I cannot follow his 

 reasoning, and my experience does not justify his theory. 

 Many a time Jip ran a fox or hare twelve or fifteen hoixrs; 

 he never was "tired hunting" and never "was looking for 

 orders," but if I gave the orders he obeyed them. The com- 

 parative value of different methods of training can be 

 learned only by matching dogs trained in different ways 

 against each other. I hope "Brockton" will go to the next 

 N. B. C. field trials with two or three of his best dogs. He 

 will have a hearty welcome, fair play and a good time, and 

 may the best dog win. To those who have had little or no 

 experience in training beagles let me ofl'er one word of ad- 

 vice—don't whip a yotmg dog under any circumstances, and 

 don't be ea.sily discoui-aged. While it is true that some 

 beagles will hunt when six months old or even yotiuger, yet 

 there are many which will not run till they are fully devel- 

 oped. I remember a dog which finally became one of the 

 best hunters I ever saw, which would not hunt or even 

 notice a rabbit till he was almost two years old. This last 

 winter I had in my pack a couple of pups from splendid 

 bunting stock. I took them out week after week, and the 

 only thing they hunted for was a sunny spot and a bed of 

 dry leaves; they took Jibsolutely no interest in the hunt and 

 I was discouraged. But when the season was almost over 

 they .suddenly found out what they were there for, and the 

 way they httstled the rabbits from that time on was surpris- 

 ing and delightfith I hope to have one of them at the next 

 field trials. Bradley. 



Among the new kennel advertisements this week, we 

 notice that A. C. Krueger has a little of everything— beagles, 

 game fowls, etc.— for sale; Dunrobin Ketmels, deerhound 

 pups; C.F.Kent, an Irish setter bitch; F. H, Hayes, fox- 

 hound pups; H. L. Kreuder, beagles, grown dogs and pup- 

 pies: Willow Brook Kennels, pointers; H. P. Fairbanks, 

 IrislitiBi-rier pap; M. F. Fisher, pointer; C. E. Glass, En g- 

 lish setffer p(u|)s, and P.; a fine gt'eat Dane dog. 



DOG CHAT. 



THE National Greyhound Cltib is not doing anjrthing by 

 halves. They have just cabled the order to Messrs. Elk- 

 ington Bros, of London, England, for a vory much improved 

 medal to that Ave spoke of sometime since. The die will 

 cost $450, including duty of 3.3 per cent,, and will be first- 

 class in every re.opect. For the same design Tiftau y's price 

 was 1750. We also bear that the Eastern Coursing Ciub will 

 hold a meeting at Bergen's Island, inNovemher, A number 

 of jacks have been turned down and they will be started in 

 the natural way to avoid all clamor on the score of cruelty. 



We must remind otir readers that communications to insure 

 insertion the cuiTent week should reach us by Tuesday, and 

 as much earlier as possible. Several interesting letters are 

 left over this week on that account. 



Mr. A. D. Stewart, president of the Hamilton Kennel 

 Club, writes an Indignant letter to the Toronto Vaily Mail 

 about the action of the Canadian customs in regard to their 

 new rule. It has always been the custom to allow American 

 dogs entered for exhibition purposes to come into Canada free 

 of customs duty, and they have also been allowed to go from 

 show to show in bond while in Canada, so long as they were 

 returned when the circuit was over to the port from which 

 they originally came. This rule was a just and wise one, 

 and gave general satisfaction, nor did any one dream for a 

 moment that it would be changed. Upon his going lately, 

 however, to the Collector of Customs in Hamilton to make 

 arrangements with the customs authorities for their coming 

 show, he learned from that gentlera.an that the Mini.ster of 

 Customs had decided to change the old rule and had issued 

 an order in its place, to the effect that in the future, dogs 

 belonging to a foreign exhibitor must be returned to the 

 place from which they were originally dispatched at the 

 close of each show at which they were entered. The con- 

 sternation which this foolish law will cause among Ameri- 

 can exhibitors can be easily imagined, andno less so among 

 the Canadians themselves, who know very well that outside 

 of spaniels, greyhounds and English setters they can make 

 a very poor showing, comparatively speaking. In fact, 

 unless the law is repealed, it .sounds the death knell of most 

 Canadian shows. The principal show will no doubt receive 

 support, but it would be too ratieh to expect American ex- 

 hibitors to undergo the expense of going home after each 

 show. Some of them cotild not do ib and get back in time 

 for the next one. to say nothing of the effect it would have 

 on the dogs. Mr. Stewart has written to all the show secre- 

 taries in Canada to make strong protests to the Minister of 

 Customs against the obnoxious rule. He has also secured 

 the interest of several influential members of the House of 

 Commons and has interested Senator San ford, himself a dog 

 lover and breeder, in the matter, .so that it is more than 

 li kely some good will result. Americans will await the out- 

 come with anxiety. 



It is not often a typical toy black and tan comes out, but 

 when it does its praises are sure to be sung by those who 

 understand the difficulty of obtaining such specimens. Mr. 

 Alfred George's Perfection is said to be aptly named, for it 

 has all the attributes of a large-sized black and tan with the 

 minimum of size. 



Several men, including Mr. E. H. Moore, have been nib- 

 bling at the smooth St. Bernard Lola IV., but she has at last 

 fallen to Mr. Gosling's lot, after UfiOO had been refused for 

 her. She is only fifteen months old and has never been 

 beaten. She is a daughter of Mr. Poag's Watch out of Lady 

 Grafenried. 



Messrs. E H.Moore and Jean Grosvenor are reported as 

 attending the Maldon and Leeds shows, the first named 

 show, by-the-way, provided a special train for exhibitors, 

 the press and judges. Mr. Moore, it is said, is holding 

 off a bit, and certainly he can afford to. It would seem 

 almost wa.ste of money to try and better the stock now in 

 this country. 



Mr, Clarke, of fox-terrier fame, has lost his bitch Recher- 

 che from milk fever. She had whelped to Rational, and 

 some of the litter is being raised by the aid of a cat and a 

 fostermother. There seems to be a run on the lion and the 

 lamb business just now. 



A telegram from Mr. J. Shelly Hudson, shows he is very 

 much elated over a litter that his English setter field trial 

 winner, Bohemian Girl, whelped on the 23d, by champion 

 Dad Wilson. Mother and eleven pups are doing splendidly. 



We hear that Mr. G. C. Cross, of Rochester, N. Y., has 

 exchanged his cocker bitch Phyllis with Mr. J. J. Paterson, 

 of Batavia, N. Y,, for his fox-terrier dog Clincher, by Ehor's 

 Splash (champion Splinter— Fioss) out of Brockenhur.at 

 Belle (imported Brockenhurst Trimmer— imported Barmaid) 

 Though not a year old. Clincher has won first at Elmira.'and 

 Canandagua, 



Mr. Butter, Jr., who is now in England, writes that he 

 has seen nothing in the beagle line that he would care to 

 bring over. Perhaps Mr. Krehl can put him on the right 

 track. 



The harriers that came over for the Pennbrook hunt are 

 bench winners as well as good fielders. The following are 

 the pedigrees of some of the more noted of the hounds: 

 •Sampler, sire Messmate, dam Skillful: Flatstaff, sire For- 

 ester, dam Crimson; Lightning, sire Flasher, dam Lightning; 

 Whirlwind, sire Woodman, dam Egothst; Graceful, sire 

 Remus, dam Graceful; Benefit, sire Dashaw, dam Bribery; 

 Flourisher, sire Foreman, dam Affable; Haughty, sire Her- 

 mit, dam Remnant; Lightfooi, sire Corsair, dam Lavender; 

 Truelove, sire Tomboy, dam Courtley. 



On our Avay home from the Dunrobin Kennels we were 

 surprised to see Messrs. John and Luke White board the 

 train at Orange. They had been placing some more of the 

 stock in their Fredricksburg land enterprise. John White 

 saj^s he has some good ones for the coming trials, and Luke 

 says there will be nothing to down a "pick up" he has 

 spotted, which he will run in the All-Aged Stakes. It is an 

 English setter, and though it lacks a pedigree, its nose is 

 all right. 



We understand that the Seminole Kennels, not content 

 with securing the best collie stock in this country, have 

 been making overtures to Mr. Krehl with a view to purchas- 

 ing old champion Eclipse. Needless to say that Eclipse and 

 Geo. R. Krehl are inseparable, both in name and reality, 

 and the great sire of long, lean heads will snd his days in 

 England 



A new Barzoi has come out; in England, Mr. K. Muir's 

 Korotai, said by one reporter of the Maldon show to be, per- 

 haps, the best ever seen in England. He is de.scribed as an 

 Immense white dog, Avith fawn markings and with extra- 

 ordinai'y power in Ills loin and hindquarters. His head is 

 exceedingly Avell shaped and, unlike most of the dogs of this 

 breed, he stands quite straight on good feet and has' an extra 

 good, dense coat. He was not in tiptop shape, as he has only 

 been in England about a fortnight. He was bred by Mr. 

 Gleboff, vice-president of the Moscow Kennel Cltib. 



, It must be very grat;f yiug to the family of the late Mr. 

 Willia-m Itott to bear of the mauy enconiums which have 



been passed upon him since the news of his death came with 

 such a sudden shock. A writer in the English Field now 

 proposes a .subscription with a view to putting in a memorial 

 window in the church, or bra.ss in the graveyard of which 

 Mr. Lort is buried. Such a proposition mil no doubt meet 

 with a ready response from pointer and setter men the 

 world over. 



Last Aveek we heard of a spaniel taking to its bosom a 

 leveret, and now in the Field a correspondent writes of a 

 Sussex' spaniel becoming the foster mother of a litter of 

 ferrets three Aveeks old, whose mother had died. They were 

 being- fed by the keeper in a box near the fire when the bitch 

 jumped into the box and claimed them henceforward as her 

 own. She has not had pups lately. 



The .specialist clubs have been agitating the qtiestion in 

 England to have the kennel club recognize their Avins for 

 championship honors on the same basis as those of the Ken- 

 nel Club .shows, the Nationtil dog show at Birmingham and 

 the Scottish Kennel Club .shows. It seems 7iowasif they 

 would .succeed in their efforts, as an extraordinary general 

 meeting of the Kennel Club is to be held shortly to consider 

 the question of admitting into the present rule'the sentence 

 —"or such shows held by .spedali.st clubs as the committee 

 of the Kennel Club may determine.'' 



We are indebted to a Philadelphia correspondent for the 

 following description of the Swiss Mountain Kennels' new 

 dog King Regent: "Hearing that a son of Prince Regent had 

 just been received by the Swiss Mountain Kennels, I ran out 

 to GermantoAvn to see what he looked like. Generally one 

 has to acknowledge a feeling of disappointment, especially 

 so in the case of mtxch-heralded dogs. It was therefore tiuite 

 a pleasure to see .something very far ahead of what I ex- 

 pected. King Regent is his name, a decided improA'ement 

 on Mountain Jack, by which he was known in England. 

 Grand in size of head and black facings to his symmetrical 

 blaze, he is set off very strikingly by a broad collar and white 

 legs and tail tip, his body color being a rich orange. Stand- 

 ing 33in. and scaling ISOlbs., gives one aboutthe best idea of 

 his .size. Early forcing alone stopped him from being a 

 champion, and as his faults are not transmitable I look t^ a 

 gre«t future for King Regent, who is now only tAvo years 

 old. In head he reminded me very much of Hesper, while 

 in body he has the length and size of Plinlimmon. The day 

 before I was there he had been successfully mated with Lady 

 Plowden, a very nice Plinlimmon bitch owned by Mr. J. F. 

 Hall, of this city," 



How the English dogs can stand the hammering they 

 must get attending the numerous shows that are held dur- 

 ing the summer is a mystery to those not in the swim. They 

 certainly must be kept up artificially and consequently this 

 must in time aifect their system to such an extent that no 

 wonder some of the dogs that have done their time on the 

 other side, go to pieces when they come over here and feel 

 the want of their "bolster." 



Mr. Sears called upon us Thursday last and said that the 

 great dog, of course Ave mean Sir Bedivere, was in fine con- 

 dition now, barring his coat, which has not yet come in. We 

 trust he may regain the coat he has lost, for this is not al- 

 ways the experience of English dogs with heavy coats, 

 though champion Hesper proved an exception, Mr. Sears' 

 new kennel, which from what we hear will excel anything 

 of its kind in the world, not excepting the Sandringham 

 Kennels in England, is Avell under way, most of the stone 

 work being completed. It will, we are told, cost quite 

 .S13,000 when completed. This is a large sum to lay out in 

 such a building, but then we always have a respect for the 

 man who thinks there is nothing too good for his dog. 



Although the Fanciers' Gazette did not know that Prince 

 Regent had been sold for America, his colored picture in 

 their summer number comes as an appropriate adieu. We 

 say adieu, for it is not likely that this dog will return to 

 England again, at least not in exchange for English sove- 

 reigns. His new owner, Mr. Rieck, will, we are sure, ap- 

 preciate his bargain better than that. We felt rather elated 

 over the fact that Fokest and Stream was the first to pub- 

 lish the new- of his sale. Prince Regent was Avhelped Feb. 

 9, 1887, and is consequently a little over four years old. 

 Last week in our hurry to get the news in Ave had to write 

 Irouj memory. His dam, Miss Mpg, although an excellent 

 specimen, could ncA^er be shown on the bench, OAving to an 

 accident in her puppyhood, and to get something worthy of 

 her and her illustrious blood she was mated with Plinlim- 

 mon, As the sire of Earl Roseberry, Duke of Armadale and 

 Lady Gladwin, in addition to those Ave mentioned last week 

 Princess Florence and Scottish Prince, his record is second 

 to none. Mr. S. W, Smith, into whose kennels most of the 

 cracks seem to naturally gravitate at some period of their 

 lives, had a big offer for the dog from Mr. Anderson, of 

 Chattanooga, Tenn., who Avished to own one of the hand- 

 somest dogs in the Avorld. The dog came over here, but was 

 immediately last sight of, so far south, one or two bitches 

 only going down to him. Then he was sent up last summer 

 to Mr. Sawyer, in Menominee, Mich,, and last winter, after 

 numerous effoi-ts, Mr. Smith succeeded in getting the dog 

 back again. His services Avere in such demand that he 

 proved a little gold mine. When Mr. Smith was over here 

 he hinted that though he did not want to "hawk" him 

 round, he could be bought at a certain figure. At this sum 

 Mr. Rieck cabled he would take him, money to reach Mr. 

 Smith in one hour. The whole business, 'thanks to the 

 Commercial Cable Co., was transacted in less than five 

 hours. He leaves England next Saturday on the Arizona 

 and Avill ai-rive about next Monday week. This dog is said 

 to .stand close on to 35in., and that he has great bone and is 

 altogether a very typical St. Bernard Ave know, as Ave bad 

 the pleasure of seeing him when he came oA'cr in 1889. We 

 trust that Mr. Rieck will have the success that his pluck 

 deserves, for with the aid of a good bitch or two of the same 

 blood from which, by the aid of Priacs Regent, such grand 

 specimens have already been obtained, he should repeat. 

 The Famclers' Gazette give an excellent colored picture of 

 this dog. 



The summer number of the Fanciers^ Gazette makes very 

 interesting reading. Special articles on dogs are given by 

 several well-known men, and the "American KennefWorld" 

 is treated of by "Blemton," and this we wish we had space 

 to set before our readers, as it is Avell worth reading. An 

 excellent picture of H. Panmure Gordon, the great Mogul 

 of the Scottish kennel world, constitutes an admirable 

 frontispiece. 



We clip this, however, irum the editor's "Midsummer 

 Night's Dream." Speaking of American buyers, he writes: 

 "But the American demand is no new one. Some years ago 

 we hearda stox-y, iu which poor Sand all prominently figured, 

 that is well worth reading. An American gentleman was 

 in Exxrope, and amone other novelties he desired to pick up 

 were a few tip-top Yorkshire terriers— these for a friend. 

 Not being a judge himself, ho did the best thing possible, 

 namely, consxxlted a neAvspaper editor, AA^ho introduced him 

 to Sandall. Nothing could sixit that erratic member of the 

 fraternity better. There was a good trip, with all expenses 

 paid, and so the American and journalist journeyed down to 

 Bradford, arrlA'ing there on a Satttrday, But it looked as if 

 the trip was to be in vain. American dollars were scented 

 afar oflE, and the 'point' was rigid. Aljappy thought came. 

 Going to one of those hduseB whtere d'oggy men do cbngrO'' 



