Feb. 4, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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money. The third was divided between Studarn's Rush 

 Croxteth and D. J. Golcber's pointer Del Monte. 



Tbree parties went ont to-day for private shooting. One 

 bagged eighty quail, another seventy and a third forty, the 

 latter shooting three miles from town, while the other went 

 sixteen miles to grounds that had not been shot over. 



WEDNESDAY. 

 Members' Stake. 



The work done to day was very enjoyable, as the Members' 

 Stake is always a popular one, and each owner handles bis 

 dog. The dogs were worked over open ground on the Miller 

 & Lux ranch near town, where the spectators had a fine 

 view of all that was done. Birds were not, however, very 

 plentiful, as the ground had been shot over during the sea- 

 son. The dogs were drawn as follows: W. H. Wallace's 

 Solano B. with R. Liddle's Fanny; J. M. Bassford's Queen 

 with George Sperry's Count Dick; and J, M. Kilgariff's 

 Sirins with Messrs Post & Harper's'Pelbam. 



. First Series. 



SoLA^O B— PASNT— The first heat was between Wal- 

 lace's Solano B. and Liddle's Fanny. The former is a vet- 

 eran held trial dog, while the latter is but apuppy. Solano 

 B. bad no trouble iu winning, making several staunch 

 points and working bis grouud carefully. 



Queen's Last— Count Dick.— J. M. Bassford's Queen's 

 Last and J. Sperry's Count Dick were to have been next, 

 but Count and bis owner were elsewhere enjoying a hunt, 

 wbieb gave Queen's Last a bye. 



SlRIUs— PelhAm.— An interesting heat followed between 

 Kilgariff's S<rius and Post and Harper's Pelhani. Several 

 points and backs were made by each, but Sirius was de- 

 clared the winner. 



Second Series. 

 Solano B.— Queen's LA.ST.— The second series opened 

 with a heat between Solano B. and Queen's List, and was 

 very close and interesting, both dogs doing good work. The 

 latter won. 



Queen's Last— Sirius were put down to contest for the 

 first place. This was a long race, consuming nearly two 

 hours. Many points were made by each, the former 

 staunchly backing in each instance, and Sirius ranged very 

 wide, frequently being a quarter mile from the handler, his 

 aim being to find bevies, while Queen's Last worked within 

 a radius of 100yds. or so and quartering her grouud care- 

 fully. She is one of the merriest workers yet seen in these 

 field trials, and unlike most field trial dogs, is a very pleas- 

 ant one to shoot over. She had to work, however, to beat 

 the veteran Sinus, but finally did so, hence the membership 

 trophy fell to Joe Bassford, of Yaeaville, who is a prince 

 among the sportsmen of the State. 



The trials to-morrow are looked forward to as that is 

 Ladies' Day, and a number of ladies from the vicinity are 

 expected to attend. Tnis evening the annual meeting was 

 held, particular's of which were given last week. Among 

 the new arrivals to-day were Hon. W. W. Foote, of San 

 Francisco, who is au ardent admirer of dog aui gun and 

 seldom fails to attend the trials, and P. i'innigan. ex- 

 Director of the State Agricultural Society. 



THURSDAY. 



To-day was the m"st pleasant day of the meeting. A 

 large number of the citizens of the town escorted their fem- 

 inine Jrienns and relations to witness the work of the dogs. 

 The weather was rather warm but otherwise delightlul. 

 The work of the day was over the ground used on the first 

 two days. Birds were found in great numbers and some 

 graud work was done early in the day and late in the after- 

 noon. The rest of the day the air was warm and the ground 

 and cover so devoid of moisture that the birds gave out very 

 little scent, thus baffling the efforts of the keenest-nosed 

 does to locate them in the low sagebrush, Birds also seemed 

 restless and the small army of noisy spectators in eaiTiages, 

 on horseback and on foot tramping "over the ground close 

 behind the dogs kept the birds running away and dodging 

 under the cover. Under tbe circumstances the work of the 

 dogs was commendable and the fact was established that 

 California can boast of having some dogs equal to the best 

 in the country. 



All-Age Stake. 

 The dogs were drawn as follows: 



Tnos. Higgs's Trippo with Messrs. Post and Harper's Pel- 

 ham. 



•I. M. Bassford's Nick W. with Messrs. Post and Harper's 

 Petronella. 



J. E. Watson's Black Joe II. with T. J. Watson's Star- 

 light. 



W. H. Shockley's Rowdy with H. Ruber's Sally Brass II. 

 First Series. 



Lady Trippo— Pelham.— The first heat in the All-Age 

 Stake was between the orange and white setter Lady Trippo 

 and the orange belton setter Pelbam. The former was 

 handled by Ailender and the latter by Dodge. Trippo is a 

 recent importation from Canada. She is a grand worker, 

 pointing bird after bird in quick succession and winning 

 tbe heat in 15m. Pelham is also a grand little dog, quarter- 

 ing and working the ground in fine shape, but Lady Trippo 

 outclassed him. 



Nick W.— Petronella — Tbe lemon and white pointer 

 Nick W. and the lemon belton setter Petronella ran next. 

 Tbe former was bandied by Darmott and the later by Dodge. 

 Excellent work was done by both dogs, the pointer, how- 

 ever, having the best of it, and he won after an hour's run, 

 although his work was not up to what he is capable of. He 

 was hunted hard yesterday and was lame. 



Black Joe II.— Starlight.— The third heat, between 

 tbe blacE pointer Black Joe II., handled by Ailender, and 

 the black, white and tan English setter Starlight, handled 

 by Dermott, lasted 50m. and was won by tbe pointer. Many 

 points and backs wre made during the heat. 



Rowdy — Sally Brass IE —After lunch the black, white 

 and tan Eogiisii setter Rowdy and the liver and white 

 pointer Sallie Brass 11. ran the fourth and last heat of the 

 first series. Sallie Brass is another recent importation and 

 classes with Lady Trippo. She defeated her opponent in 

 35m. Sallie Brass was handled by Ailender and Rowdy by 

 Walters. 



Second Series. 



Lady Trippo— Nick W,— Lady Trippo won over Nick W. 

 after a 40 ji. run. Tne latter was far from being himself, 

 but gave Lady a hard push as it was. 



Sally Brass IL— Black Joe II.— Sally Brass beat Black 

 Joe in a very closely contested and exciting heat. 



This closed the sport for to-day. 



To-night a grand ball was given at the hotel in honor of 

 the visiting sportsmen. 



FRIDAY. 



Tbe trials to-day were held on the same grounds. Owing 

 to the heat the working in the dry sage brush made it hard 

 on the dogs and affected scenting powers, but the work was 

 of a high order nevertheless. R. T Vandervoort, oue of the 

 judges, and who is one of the most experienced field trial 

 men in tbe Union, declares that making allowances for the 

 heat and dryness the work done by the dogs this week com- 

 pares favorably with the best he ever witnessed among the 

 crack dogs of the East. 



Second Series. 



Lady Trippo—Sally Brass II.— The first race was be- 

 tween Lady Trippo and Sally Brass II, As both were being 

 handled by Ailender, their trainer, it was expected by many 

 that there would be a very closely contested beat, but Sally 

 seeniei to have left her nogs at hoine on this occasion, for 



Lady Trippo won handily. This gave the latter first money. 

 Then Pelham and Nick W. were put down and the pointer 

 won. Nick W. then had to contend against Sally Brass II. 

 for second money, and Sally beat him. The pointer Black 

 Joe and Nick W. concluded the trials by running off for 

 third place. Three heats in succession for Nick W. against 

 fresh dogs and on a hot day were too much for him, and Joe 

 won. All tbree winners were handled by Ailender. The, 

 meeting has been a most enjoyable one, and the future of 

 the club looks bright. Fourteen new members have been 

 added, and the list now embraces most of the prominent 

 sportsmen in the State. Call. 



"OLD LAMPS FOR NEW." 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The recent action of tbe Pet Dog Club calls to mind a lit- 

 tle personal experience. 



Recently I became dissatisfied with my reading lamp and 

 decided a new one was indispensable. The old bad lighted 

 us well; all about the table read with ease; the neighbors 

 called us fortunate in its steady light. But we pined for 

 greater brilliancy; for the fine glare of elecf.ricity'with the 

 softness of kerosene illumination; for a reading lamp that 

 would light up my Holbein in the far corner as well as the 

 pages of my book close at hand. I hied me to the neighbor- 

 ing city, and duly became possessed of a lamp with the most 

 improved headlight, double- action burner, a novelty; a suc- 

 cess in all its trials, I was assured. 



But said tbe madame on my return, "Did you get that 

 burner? Don't you know they advertise it to do so much it 

 doesn't do anything? It flickers, it sticks when you push it 

 up and flies up when you push it down, it does not burn 

 even and the wicks never fit. Oh, that is worse than no 

 burner at all!" 



More information followed, all gathered from Mrs. Jones, 

 whose aunt had a Sinbad burner and knew all about it: so, 

 full ot righteous indignation, I sought the sellers of that 

 lamp and upbraided them for palming off on me a worthless 

 article. 



"My dear sir." said the polite salesman, "have you, tried 

 this particular burner we sent you?" 



"No, of course not; don't I tell you it is worse than no 

 burner?" 



"But how can you tell us that until you have tried it? 

 Don't you think it would be well for you to light it just 

 once and test it? Your statement would then seem a little 

 more just." 



Wei 1 , of course it was impertinent in that clerk to put me 

 in the wrong, for I must confess he made me feel so: at least 

 I could not find the crushing argument necessary to answer 

 him. I had not tried tbe burner, and I did not know its 

 worth or worthlessness. Somehow my accusations sounded 

 a little premature and — silly. 



Far be it from me to speak rudely of a club I admiie; each 

 individual member of which, I am sure, is logical, just, 

 magnanimous; frf-e from prejudice and above petty resent- 

 ment: large-minded enough to bear defeat cheerfuliy, game 

 to be "good losers" as well as modest winners. 



But, as a body, are they not a little hasty, if, as reported, 

 they are "very angry with the Westminster Kennel Club for 

 assigning pugs to Mr. George Raper," and object to his 

 judging pugs "for the reason that he has more tnan sixteen 

 other classes to judge, and * * * there was no necessity for 

 crowding them in with so many other classes on Mr. 

 R*per"? 



Is it quite fair to assume that the English judge will do 

 less justice to the noble pug than to the tender mastiff? 



Uutil he has been tested, might we not justly assume that 

 be will give careful attention to every class, and that one 

 will be as safe in his bjjnds as another? 



Exactly what does me Pet Dog Club want? It has peti 

 tioned to' have a different judge for its pets than those" ap- 

 pointed in previous years. R bas, apparently, thrown up its 

 own official list of judges. The Wtstminster Kennel Club 

 has heeded its netition and given it a foreign judge against 

 whose knowledge and fairness no charge has hitherto be<ni 

 made. ±>ehold! "very angry" is the P. D, C. What shall 

 be done to appease it?- G. C. A. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE A. K, C. 



EdAtor Forest and Stream: 



I have seen two tickets nominating officers of the Asso 

 ciate Members of the American Kennel Club, one emanat- 

 ing from the West, the other- from the East.. I will candidly 

 say that tbe one from the West seemed to me very mucb 

 fairer than the one from the East, as the latter has* not ex 

 tended to the South or West what rightly belongs to them, 

 viz., one delegate. The one from the West nominates but 

 one.' Now as a matter of fact, I find that in the official list 

 of Associate Members, as published in the Kennel Gazette 

 for December, 1891, there are 335 members. Of these 107 are 

 considered as Southern or Western members, a good sbow 

 ing, and one that should at least have a little courtesy ex- 

 tended them in this way by giving us at least one delegate 

 if the East has the remaining officers and delegate. Tbe sop 

 thrown out to the South and West by the Eastern ticket is 

 merely the empty honor of a vice-presidentship, not even 

 naming him as a delegate. The entire lot of officers and 

 delegates, except the vice-president, are named from New 

 York city: from which I take it the New York members 

 have an idea that New York city constitutes the whole 

 American continent. If this is not clique work then what 

 is it? We think such a way of doing business is what is 

 fast making enemies for the American Kennel Club every 

 day. Not that we think it emanates from the members as 

 a club, but it certainly comes from some few of its mem- 

 bers. I h?ve a number of times been solicited to become an 

 Associate Member, and should like to do so, but as long as 

 a certain clique is running the machine I will not. Let the 

 delegates of the A. K. C. wake up and force this cliquism 

 out of the club, see to it that we have no North , no South, 

 no East, no West, then we can all pull together, put our 

 shoulder to the wheel and make her "hum." E. DeLokg. 



Chicago, 111., Jan. 35. 



OLD BLUCH. 



YEARS ago, the boys of Frankfort. Ky., used to go swim- 

 ming in tbe Kentucky River just above the L. & N. 

 railroad bridge, where there is on the west shore a high ledge 

 of rocks abruptly rising from the edge of the water. They 

 bad a rope fastened to the limb of a tree near the brow of 

 the cliff, and would in turn eatch this rope, give a short run, 

 swiLg out over the deep wa f er and drop off to enjoy the 

 plunge, swimming back to shore to repeat the operation. 



Following the boys every hot summer afternoon to this 

 famous bathing spot was a big brindle bulldog, owned by 

 the late Wm. H. Gray, bearing the euphonious name of 

 Bluch. Old Bluch seemed to relish the sport as much as 

 the boys, He would, in turn with the rest, seize the rope in 

 his teeth, make a short run down the slope toward the edge 

 of the bank, swing out over the water and drop off, just as 

 the boys did, with a big splash into the stream below. 

 Swimming back he would await his turn with eagerness, 

 and no one dared to cheat him out of his place in the line: 

 if they attempted it his fierce" growls and display of teeth 

 showed his readiness to fight for his rights. Poor Bluch I 

 Like his owner and many of those who used to take tbe 

 afternoon plunge? with him, he is now resting peacefully 

 under the sod? 



SOME DOGS, 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



If I would be allowed to joiu "Podgers" in his dog 

 column, I would be pleased to do so. I will begin with the 

 dogs of Florida, as I have met more queer specimens here 

 than anywhere it has been my fortune to be located. Florida 

 dogs in general run to all kinds, and of no particular breed; 

 although the cracker that owns him will generally make 

 him out something quite out Of common, and will tell you 

 that a dog one-half "full-blooded hound" and one half "full- 

 blooded eur" will run deer the best. Also that a dog with 

 light eyes and a black mouth will make a good bear dog. I 

 have proven that the last is not always so, as my setter, that 

 answers the description, cannot be made to go within 50ft. of 

 a "dead bear. " I will say first, that I will not tell any second- 

 hand stories in this column, and am prepared to prove what 

 I do tell. Most of the dogs here have sense enough to be shy 

 of snakes, and it is quite common for them to bay a rattler 

 until some one comes to kill it, I knew of a bitch, at Mosquito 

 Inlet, with nine puppies, which lived entirely on raw fish 

 and depended on their owner to catch them a meal of sheeps- 

 head every morning. Most of tbe cracker families here keep 

 a sort of all-round dog, that will trail or tree any kind of 

 "varmint," to protect the chicken house. This is my favorite 

 dog generally, as when I go out with him in a strange place 

 all I have to do is to follow his lead, and he is sure to tree 

 either a coon, fox or squirrel. "Foxes that climb" trees will 

 be a novelty to some of the Northern readers. The sheriff of 

 this county has an Irish setter and a pointer that will trail 

 deer and give tongue equal to a hound— they are also excel- 

 lent bird dogs for this country, where most of the gunning 

 is done from horseback. I suppose they got into the notion 

 of doing this by being in the company of hounds and a pair 

 of tame deer that the sheriff keeps. The deer are kept in tbe 

 jail yard, and this winter got into the notion of jumping out 

 and going to a thicket near by to feed on acorns. One day 

 the buck bounded into the yard with a piece of string tied 

 to his neck, followed by a dog. In a short time a man came 

 up out of breatb, with his hat gone and clothes torn, and in- 

 quired of the sheriff if he had seen a deer pass that way, He 

 said that his dog cornered a deer and he caught it and was 

 about to lead it away, when it began to buck and strike with 

 its forefeet and he was obliged to release it. "Reckon that 

 was my tame deer you were after, stranger." "Is that so? 

 Why. 1 thought it was a wild one. I'm very sorry, sir." He 

 was reminded by the sheriff that it was the close season for 

 deer, and allowed to depart in search of his hat. 



Sandhill. 



THE SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS. 



[Special to ForeM and Stream..'} 



NEW ALBANY, Miss , Feb. 3.— There were 81 starters in 

 the DeTby in the following order: Bidgeview Donald 

 with Belle Isoble Gladstone, Amy Robsart with Little Miss, 

 Arline with Lora, Spurgeon with Latonia, Frienzi with The 

 Ghost; Tennessee Axtel with Count Antso, Miss Ruby with 

 Picciolo, Wnn Lung with Ruby Gladstone, Hope's Mark 

 with Nancy Dili, Donovan with Rod's Roi, Bob Cooper a 

 bye. The first series was run off to-day. Weather delight- 

 fully pleasant. Judges are Messrs. I. Stone, P. H. Bryson 

 and Wbyte Bedford. The work done is of good class, Birds 

 somewhat scarce. 



New Albafy, Miss., Feb. 2.— Thirteen dogs were left, in 

 the second series of the Derby and ran as follows: The 

 Ghost with Count Anteo, Spurgeon with Tennessee. Axtel 

 with Miss Ruby, Wnn Lung with Picciolo, Hope's Mailt 

 with Amy Robsart, Lora with Little Miss, Bob Cooper with 

 Latonia. Third series— Count Anteo with Wun Lung, Miss 

 Ruby with Hope's Mark, Amy Robsart with Bob Cooper, 

 Lora with Latonia. Fourth series— Count Anteo with 

 Hope's Mark, Wun Lung with Miss Ruby. The work was 

 of an unusually high order and the stake was very closelv 

 •■•untested. Wun Luog won first, Count Anteo second and 

 Hope's Mark and Miss Ruby equal third. The All-Aged 

 Stake has 21 starters, drawn to run as follows: Sam R. with 

 Mack's Mac, Dan Tucker with Dave B., June with Andro- 

 meda, Fannie with Laddie, Glen with Wythe B., Paul Bo 

 with Bounce, Blade with Dad Wilson, Jr.* Bonnie Bondhu 

 with Fremont, Eugene T. with Antevolo, Top Mark with 

 Natalie If., Dolly Hill a bye. The attendance of prominent 

 sportsmen is large. Weather is very pleasant. Messrs J. 

 W. Renfroe, T. M. Brumby and A. M Young will judge the 

 All- Aged Stake, which begms to-morrow. B. Waters. 



RE THE NAME PSOVOI VS. BARZOl. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I hope you will give me the space of a few lines to reply 

 to Lieut. G. Tarnovski, as it is usual te allow the attacked 

 party the last word. Now, Lieut. Tarnovaki's letter in your 

 issue of Jan. 21, 1893, was partly amusing, partly interesting 

 to me. Tbe amusing part was where he stated substantially 

 the same thing which I have said all along, only in hss own 

 way, a highly personal one besides. lu these personali- 

 ties 1 shall not imitate him. The etymological discussion 

 of Russian words I do not suppose will interest your read- 

 ers. Suffice it to say that be acknowledges that' the breed 

 in question was called Borzoi until recently. 



Here comes the interesting part, If an important Russian 

 sporting club has changed the name of the breed recently, 

 the fact, has not reached us here yet, and we are grateful to 

 Lieut. Tarnovsky for the information, which we will now 

 try to verify. Tbe questions to be settled are whether this 

 new name was only proposed, or really accepted by this 

 club, and finally whether the new name has been generally 

 accepted by the consensus of the proper authorities in 

 Russia. 



We desire to use the rightful name of the breed, aud we 

 are glad to receive pointers in a civil way, and without pre- 

 sumption of authority, that will induce us to look for reli- 

 able information. 



Meanwhile, pending investigation instituted by us, our 

 doas will bear their proper name of Borzoi notwithstanding, 

 until we are satisfied that the term has been rightfully 

 changed. T. Colist. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 28. 



THE SPANIEL DARKIE. — London, Ont.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: In your reply to query by "R. A. M., Omaha," 

 I think you have made a slight mistake, owing to two dogs, 

 or rather a dog and bitch, having same name— Darkie I 

 think from the query that it is the dog Darkie that I bred 

 he wants pedigree of. Darkie (A.K. R. 1000) was bred by me; 

 he was out of Nellie by Frank, JNellie by Don ex Saff, Frank 

 by Frank ex Nellie, she by Bass ex Nellie, Frank by Old 

 Bab, by Young Bebb ex Flirt. I think it likely this is the 

 pedigree he wanted for Darkie. I am out of the dog world 

 now, but I still keep up my interest m dog reading, and am 

 always glad to be of use to any cynologist.— J. S. Niven. 



BALTIMORE DOG SHOW. — Baltimore, Md., Jan. 30 — 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I beg to advise you that our 

 club determined (at meeting held here Jan. 27) not to hold a 

 dog show this year. I at o»ce notified Mr. A. P. Yreden 

 burgh, secretary of the A. K C, to this effect* thus enabling 

 them to hand over our dates promptly to any club holding 



I priority of choice, at the same time claiming the dates fol- 

 lowing theW, K, C, show for 180fi ( — James F< Pearson, 

 Secratary, 



