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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[APxiiL 7, 1892. 



peacefully with its tongue lolling out. When the boy 

 reached the center of the pasture the excited crowd saw him 

 sit down and look over toward the corral for the signal to let 

 the wolf loose. The wolf walked up to the boy and confid- 

 ingly pushed his long muzzle into his lap. It was a terrible 

 moment for the crowd in the corral. What if the wolf 

 suddenly should show its true character and rend the boy 

 limb frooi limb? Tbe tension was relieved when McDougall 

 was seen bringing Alan Breck and Nipsic forward in leash. 

 The boy untied tbe rope from the wolf's neck and fled. 

 McDougall saw that his dogs perceived their game and let 

 them go Both bounded forward, Breek in the lead. The 

 wolf halted a minute and turned as though to find his boy 

 friend. Seeing nothing but two fierce hounds coming at 

 him at full speed he wandered off in another direction. The 

 onslaught of the dogs evidently took him by surprise, for 

 he turned with a pained look on his face and at that moment 

 Alan Breck rushed up, veered to one side and trotted 

 arou nd in a circle toward his master, who gazed in dumb 

 astonishment at the favorite upon whom he had staked 

 §980 to win a wolf killing match. Nipsic tore on, made a 

 passing grab at the wolf's haunch, and returned to take 

 another nip m panmni. The wolf appeared to be grieved 

 at the exhibition of hostility, and every time the dog made 

 a lunge for a bite, it would bite back in a "you saucy thing" 

 ■sort of a way, but neither touched the other, for after the 

 fracas was over neither showed signs of contact with the 

 other's teeth, A deep bush fell over the crowd, for all sym- 

 pathized with McDougall, who withdrew from the field with 

 Alan Breck leaping gaily about him. McDougall was too 

 stunned to carry out his threat to kill the dog if he did not 

 fight. 



It was a sad task that Howard Ray performed. He rode 

 out to the field of carnage after the show had lasted five 

 min utes, lassoed the wolf and turned him over to the boy, 

 who led the fierce animal back to the shed, through the 

 crowd of men and horses. No one seemed to care whether 

 the animal got frenzied or not. 



"I'll turn two of my dogs out against the wolf just to 

 show how this thing should be done," Dr. Grimes was beard 

 to say, and the news spread. 



"How about Hacke's orders?" some one asked. 



"Will they kill the wolf?" another put in; and the Doctor, 

 ignoring the first question, promptly responded to the latter 

 "Yes. in five minutes, for $100." 



"I'll take you!" shouted M. H. Morgan, bringing out a 

 purse, 



"Well, maybe not in five minutes," amended the Doctor, 

 "I don't want to limit the time so closely." 



"1*11 bet you a hundred they don't kill the wolf at all," 

 put in McDougall. 



"Dane," responded Grimes, and the money was put up in 

 Roger Williams's hands. Mr. Williams was appointed 

 judge and timekeeper. The time for killing the wolf was 

 limited to fifteen minutes, and the time of the slaughter at 

 £i o'clock to-morrow morning. Later Dr. Van Hummel 

 closed a simiar bet with Dr. Grimes 



Wednesday. 



Tat! farce ended with the greatest fiasco of three days of 

 fiasco. Mr. Hacke's representative, Dr. Grimes, let loose 

 two of his fiercest Prussian wolfhounds on Lord Ogilvie's 

 captive wolf, and the wolf not only saved his own life, but 

 showed his ability to whip both dogs had he been forced to 

 fight. The dogs gave up at the end of five minutes' chas- 

 ing and snapping, and the wolf would have escaped to the 

 hills had he not been headed off and led back to his shed. 



The party at Hardin arrived at Seventy ranch at 8:30 

 A . M. and found twenty -five or thirty men already there. 

 George Peaselj\ the manager of the ranch, had everything 

 in leadiness. Lord Ogilvie shortly rode up, and exactly on 

 the minute the wolf was led out into the large field adjoin- 

 ing the ranch buildings. Dr. Grimes had stipulated that 

 no one except the judge. Roger Williams, should approach 

 within 100yds., so the crowd had to content themselves with 

 perches on the stable roof and corral fences. 



The same little boy, Winfred Senier, who handled the 

 wolf on the day previous, took him about 100yds. out and 

 ■squatted down on the ground with one arm around his pet's 

 neck . He had had charge of the animal ever since it was 

 captured by A. L. Camp, Jr., near Greasewood L<*kes. ten 

 months ago, and nearly cried when Dr. Grimes on the day 

 before agreed to loose his : avenous hounds upon it. But he 

 was game, and besides that he had an abiding confidence in 

 his pet's fighting powers. At 9 o'clock to the minute I. N. 

 Parter led the dogs, Zloeem and Osmady, into the field, W. 

 H. Clark holding the slip. The minute the Barzois saw the 

 wolf they beganto struggle and whine, tugging so fiercely 

 at their fastenings that Clark was pulled^'aloDg after them. 

 "Are you ready?" shouted Ogilvie, and everybody answered 

 "Yes" in chorus. He dropped his handkerchief and the boy 

 let tbe wolf loose and darted away. At the same moment 

 Mr. Claik unslipped the dogs. Mr. Porter let go their 

 heads, and off they darted with the long galloping stride so 

 characteristic of the greyhound, punctured with sbarp low 



The first five minutes of the fifteen to which the contest 

 was limited can best be described in a semi-official report, 

 dictated by Mr. Williams, the judge, for the Rexnthliean: 



"Wii en ihe dogs were slipped I was on horseback within 

 30yds. of the wolf. He first seemed undecided whether to 

 stav Had right or to run. Then he put out at a good stiff 

 gait, str aight away. Both dogs eagerly raced up to the wolf 

 and overlook him 'in a slight draw or gully. Zioeem imme- 

 diately ard without hesitation took him by the right fore 

 shoulder and threw him, the other dog being then three 

 lengths away. When he came up the wolf w r as loose, and in 

 the~uext few jumps both dogs overtook and caught him by 

 either bindquarter. The wolf turned, wrenched himself 

 loose and started out again. He was readily overhauled 

 within a few jumps and bowled over by the dogs, one on 

 either side of the hindquarters. This holding and throwing 

 was repeated several times before the wolf got loose from 

 them. They then ran probably 25 or 80yds. and Zloeem 

 secured another hind hold. The wolf turned, grabbed Zlo- 

 eem and threw him bodily fully 6ft , the dog landing on his 

 back. I was on the far side of the wolf at the time, and it 

 wa>?; so sudden I could nc>t designate exactly where the wolf 

 caught him. The other dog came up and commenced taking 

 hind holds, the wolf freeing himself every time. This con- 

 tinued for probably 00yds., the dogs taking holds and the 

 wolf breaking away. The dogs were fighting all the time, 

 but did not seem to be able to hold the wolf. At the end of 

 four minutes Zloeem quit, gave it up, and the other dog 

 continued its hindquarter tactics for another half minute, 

 and being unable to bold or punish the wolf, he also quit. 

 The dogs were thoroughly exhausted, the whistle in the 

 throat being audible. At no time was I over 20 or 30yds. 

 from them. "The first blood was drawn from the wolf on the 

 second hold." 



The fighters, or rather scramblers, were also followed by 

 Lord Ogilvie and Howard Rea on horseback and a number 

 of spectators on foot, who had to inn at full speed to keep 

 within sight of the animals, Rea and Ogilvie were charged 

 with the duty of saving the dogs, or either of them, if their 

 lives were endangered, and also to see that the wolf did not 

 escape. The scramble led straight out the field toward 

 some low, bare hills, about a mile a way, the wolf having 

 evidently selected them as a haven of refuge. At no time 

 did he attack the dogs, except when he threw Zloeem in the 

 air, but he showed his superior strength every ten feet 

 by wrenching away from the pursuers on his flank, 



'About three quarters of a mile away from the starting 

 point he rushed into a herd of cattle, but they scattered in 

 al! directions, lea 1 ing the field perfectly open for the dogs 



to pursue. They did so, and here it was that Zloeem ! 

 dropped bis tail and quit. He ran behind Roger William's 

 horse and trotted along peacefully, wagging his tail. Fin- 

 ally he dropped to the ground, stretched himself at full 

 length and let bis tongue hang out nearly half a foot 

 and lay panting. 



It was then Osmady quit and joined her mate. She fell 

 beside him and never moved until Mr. Clark came out and 

 took them in charge. 



In the meantime the wolf was making an effort to gain 

 the hills, but Rea and Ogilvie headed him off at every turn. 

 It was stipulated that neither the dogs nor the wolf were to 

 be touched, encouraged or discouraged during the fifteen 

 minutes' fighting, and Judge Williams, sitting on horse- 

 back half way between the dogs and the wolf, held his stop- 

 watch in hand, seeing that fair play was observed. It was 

 a long ten minutes. All those on foot reached the scene be- 

 fore, it was over, and kept very still 100yds. away until Mr. 

 Williams should give the word. 



Dr. Grimes rode up during this pause. He saw a scene fit 

 for anything but a sporting picture. Near him lay two 

 magnificent looking white hounds with their tongues lolling 

 out and their breath accompanied by a whistling sound 

 from their chests, coming in quick, "labored gasps. Just 

 beyond them. Mr. Williams sat motionless on horseback 

 with his eye fixed on the stop-watch. In the background a 

 gray wolf was slowly and restlessly moving about with his 

 face* always turned to the hills, and two other horsemen 

 with lariat in hand, guiding their horses as slowly back and 

 forth. The scene was not a pleasiug one for the Doctor. 

 The ten minutes elapsed at last, and Mr. Williams raised 

 his hand for attention. "Time!" he shouted, and every one 

 rushed forward except Dr. Grimes. He turned his horse's 

 head and slowly paced back to the corral. The boy, Senier, 

 went up to the wolf with a light chain in bis hand. The 

 wolf recognized him at once and quietly submitted to being 

 tied and led back into captivity. He was bloody on both 

 haunches, but the wounds will heal in a few days. Zloeem 

 did not show a mark. Osmady had a slight blood stain on 

 the left foreleg, where the skin had been broken. 



The crowd at the corral had guessed the result long be- 

 fore the contestants disappeared from view beyond" the 

 cattle. When they saw Zloeem going up in the. air a wild 

 cowboj' yell broke from them. "Hurrah for the wolf!" 

 one shouted, and three cheers were given for the game little 

 animal, whose only crime was in belonging to the tribe of 

 their deadliest enemy. Their contempt for the Barzoi got 

 vent in contemptuous irony. "Did you see S locum throw 

 him in the air?" asked one, "Slocum" is the cowboy name 

 for Zloeem. 



"And did you see Osmady catch him by the throat as he 

 came down?" another said. 



"And Zloeem disembowel him?" The joke continued, for 

 they had all heard that this was the regular programme of 

 the Barzoi when they attacked a wolf. 



"How about that spasm?" was the last fling, and a yell of 

 derision went up. This was an allusion to a statement made 

 by Dr. Grimes that when a Barzoi got a grip on a wolf the 

 muscles of his jaw underwent a peculiar spasm and his 

 mouth had to be pried open after the wolf's death. 



A collection amounting to ten dollars was taken up for the 

 boy who led the wolf. Dr. Grimes when asked what he had 

 to say about the result, answered: "Not much. The dogs 

 had a fair show and didn't do the work, that's all. I have 

 no excuse to offer for their failure." 



Dr. Yan Hummel then asked Lord Ogilvie what he would 

 take for the wolf. 



"He cost me $15, but he has no pedigree, being a plain, 

 ordinary gray Colorado wolf, I value bim at *200," Lord 

 Ogilvie replied. 



"I'll take him," responded the doctor. 



"Give me half?" put. in H. C. Lowe. 



"Agreed:" and in ten minutes a bill of sale was drawn up 

 conveying one gray wolf named "Greeley" to Dr. Van Hum- 

 mel and H. C. Lowe; provided that the wolf never again be 

 run in coursing or its life exposed to danger from dogs or 

 other enemies of its kind. 



' ' We bought the wol f to make sure it will neA'er be exposed 

 to any more danger." Dr. Van Hummel explained. "What 

 it cost me is exactly the sum I won from Dr. Grimes. We 

 will put it in the Denver bench show, and keep the boy 

 Senier with it until it gets accustomed to seeing strange 

 places and faces. 



"There is a little fox-terrier that was raised with the wolf, 

 and this we shall also buy, as the boy says it is perfectly 

 contented when it has its dog playmate with it. You may 

 be sure it will have a life of luxury and ease after this, for 

 the little animal has earned it." 



When the ranchers heard of this they gave three cheers for 

 the new owners and the wolf. In justice to Lord Ogilvie, it 

 must be. said that he refused to p.irtwith the wolf at any 

 price, without the stipulation, which was his own. 



About $600 changed hands on the contest. Dr. Grimes had 

 bets of $100 each with George McDougall and Dr. Vau Hu Da- 

 rnell, and many smaller bets. 



Conrad Shafer, a prominent rancher and stock owner of 

 the neighborhood, attended every meet. A year ago he 

 brought ten half-Barzoi balf deerhound puppies from 

 Hacke's Pittsburgh kennels, with the purpose of training 

 them to kill wolves. "It is a matter of money for us to em 

 courage breeding and training dogs to kill wolves," he 

 said in a general talk. "I got these dogs on account of the 

 reputation of their father, and am satisfied that if they will 

 not kill wolves they will kill coyotes. I believe I can train 

 them to kill wolves, and I further believe that if the two 

 Barzoi which failed so dismally to-day had been trained 

 properly they also would kill wolves." 



S. Sanford. another rancher, agreed with Mr. Shafer. 

 "You can safely calculate," he added, "that every wolf 

 killed means £500 saved to neighboring stock owners. In a 

 count ry like this, where, stock is plentiful and the wolves 

 can always find food, a wolf never eats more than the 

 entrails, heart, liver, luugs, etc., after killing a calf, leav 

 iutr the carcass for coyotes, which clean it to the bones. 

 Nearly every wolf is good for two calves a week. That is 

 why the ranchers took such great interest in this hunt and 

 why they are so disappointed over the result. Hacke could 

 have sold every one of them a litter of pups if this trial had 

 been successful. Last Monday the wolves attacked a valu- 

 able Norman bred colt of mine and in an effort to hamstring 

 it completely cut all the large muscles of the hindleg, leav- 

 ing in one "place a hole big enough to put your list in. 

 Something must have frightened them off, for they did not 

 sever the tendon, but the horse is ruined." 



From the remarks of Mr. Shafer and Mr. Sanford it may 

 be judg-d that there is a great deal more in a trial of this 

 character than to gratify a desire for sport. In a country 

 like. Colorado the wolf is more dreaded by cattle owners 

 than the drought, and it had never been claimed that any 

 breed of dogs living could kill wolves until the assertion 

 was made on behalf of the Barzoi. The wolf-killing record 

 of these dogs in Russia and Siberia is said to be unassail- 

 able, and this match was the first in which they had ever 

 been pitted against an American gray wolf.— 1>cv vcr Re- 

 publican. 



From the 8tpek-Keepetr i 9 witty comments on the bewil- 

 dering increase of specials at their dog shows, those much 

 maligned martyrs, the judges, must feel pretty bad. We 

 havedittle of that trouble in this country, for when the reg- 

 ular classes are over our judges take the bull by the horns 

 in a sensible manner by getting a catalogue aud attend to 

 the sorting out of the winners, themselves in most cases. It j 

 certainly simplifies things all round and very few, if any. 

 mistakes are made, that is, outsdde of errors of judgment. 



DOG CHAT. 



THOSE Philadelphia dogmen know how to enjov them- 

 JL selves. It is not long since they had a memorable 

 house-warming with flash light trimmings. Now another 

 serious "Item" claims their attention; but we cannot do 

 better than give the invitation in full as received by us: 

 "There will be a meeting of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, 

 at the club rooms in the Scott Building, mil Filbert street, 

 on Tuesday evening, the 13th instant, at 8 o'clock sharp. I 

 am directed by Col. Ridgway to notify you that after the 

 regular business of the club is over a supper will be served 

 and the great bowl, donated by the Item, will be filled with 

 King's MaTk punch. Col. Ridgway extends a cordial invi 

 tation to you on this 'occasion,' given by him to celebrate his 

 wioniug of the bowl. Please send your acknowledgment to 

 Frascis G. Taylor, Secretary. P. S.— If you are interested 

 in the Philadelphia Kennel Club, come." 



Speaking of Philadelphia Club matters, we may remark 

 that Mr. F. S. Brown sent in his resignation to the club 

 both as president and a member on account, so we are told, 

 of several of the members having shown their dogs at the 

 late bench show given by the Keystone Kennel Club. We 

 are surprised to hear this, and the club was quite right in 

 taking the view of the matter they did by laying the? resig- 

 nation, etc., on the table. Judging from" Mr. Brown s pre- 

 vious efforts in the cause of Quaker City canine affairs, we 

 should have expected rather broader views than this. 



A correspondent writes: "I heard a good story yesterday 

 which I think ought to be chronicled. One of Dr. Bernard's, 

 the philanthropist, boys, just out from old London, was 

 placed with a farmer in this neighborhood who had a very 

 fine collie dog, which he was instructed to take out for exer- 

 cise on a chain. The boy returned in tears, saying some one 

 had shot the dog: he was sure they had shot him, because he 

 smelled the powder, though h£ heard no report of a gun 

 going off. The farmer was very much put out about the loss 

 of his dog and went out to investigate. He found, no trace 

 of the collie, but in the evening the dog returned and the 

 cause of the smell was quickly discovered— skunk." 



An adjourned meeting of the National Beagle Club will 

 be held at Mechanic's Hall. N E Kennel Club Bench Show, 

 Boston, Mass., April 7. at 7:30 P. M. 



Those fanciers who are striving to iutroduce thehandsome 

 Psovoi into this country and doing their utmost in a proper 

 manner to further the interests of the breed, will likely 

 have their best endeavors go for nothing unless a stop is put 

 to the antics of the Pittsburgh* contingent. The brutal 

 farce that was enacted on Mr. Hacke's farm a few weeks 

 since should have been sufficient to call down the derision 

 of , and more than the derision— contempt— of time sports 

 men. The Hacke— McDougall match did seem a more 

 sportsmanlike arrangement, but with every condition 

 favorable the affair seems to have turned out a greater 

 fiasco tban tbe preceding ones. 



The report in the Denver Repuhlir-n n , lorwarded to us by 

 Mr. Thad. Banks, of that paper, gives an admirable account 

 of this screaming farce. That men of presumably good 

 sense should enter into such matches with no further 'knowl- 

 edge of the wolf-killing powers of their dogs tban these men 

 seem to have had appears utterly ridiculous. That Mr. Mc- 

 Dougall should shoot his greyhound because it did not 

 tackle the wolf also shows an utter lack of sportsmanlike 

 feeling. A greyhound is not bred to tackle wolves, though 

 there are instances where they have by training, and if suf- 

 ficiently strong built, give a good account of themselves in 

 such sport. A greyhound is not naturally a fighting dog. 

 and as they have been bred and trained as a breed simply to 

 course the hare, the most timid animal that runs on four 

 feet, it is expecting too much that when put on such 

 a savage animal as a wolf, he should tackle it with any de- 

 gree of gusto. To shoot the dog was a piece of needless 

 cruelty. Dr. Van Hummel's greyhounds have, we behave, 

 done their share in killing wolves, but then they were prop- 

 erly entered and had their first taste of blood in company 

 with his wolf-killing deerhounds. »Wheu old champion 

 Mac first sighted his wolf, we are told, he performed very 

 indifferently, audit was in order, according to these modern 

 ethics, for the Doctor to shoot the dog; instead of this he 

 was given another chance, and learning from the others he 

 soon tasted blood and became the keenest and boldest wolf 

 hunter in Dr. Van Hummel's kennel. Our advice to these 

 would-be mighty huntsmen is that instead of believing all 

 the funny tales that come from the land of the Cossack, 

 they should have their dogs entered properly in a country 

 where wolves abound; and after the dogs have been put 

 through a course of sprouts and it is known that they will 

 tackle a wolf, then will it ba time enough to talk about 

 match-making, and so save themselves from becoming a 

 laughing stock to all sportsmen. 



The croakers about the decadence of collie intelligence 

 should read the paragraph in Stoch-Keeper about Mr. L. P. 

 C. Astley. the noted judge, being matched to play Mr.Rum- 

 ball's collie, bitch Scot, by Metchley Wonder— Lady of the 

 Lake, a game of "nap." To our readers wbo do not indulge 

 in card playing "nap" is "napoleon," a game much in 

 vogue among Englishmen, or used to be. This journal says: 

 "Scot is a wonderful instance of superhuman intelligence 

 and patient training, and can do endless tricks with the 

 cards, numbers, etc., and her friends are offering 6 to 4 on 

 her for the coming event. Her owner will back her to play 

 nap, crib and dominoes against any person, and there is 

 quite a flutter over the event among the doggily inclined in 

 the hardware capital" (Birmingham). 



We were pleased to meet the "only German" at the A. K. 

 O. office on Saturday last, looking a little soft, but showing 

 little effect otherwise of his recent severe illness. Blemtoh 

 Yictor II., out of sympathy, we suppose, had an attack of 

 influenza as well, but is now on his legs again, but will 

 hardly show up at Boston, 



It is not often nowadays, we may say it is exceptional, to 

 find an imported beagle oh our show benches. The proprie- 

 tors of the Waldingfield Kennels, of Ipswich, Mass., Messrs. 

 Appleton, have struck out for new blood in importing the 

 beagle Palborough Crafty, who is by Pulborough Rattler 

 out of Pulborough Gaylass. This dog will be shown at 

 Boston this week? 



At Boston the show of mastiffs will, as has been the case 

 throughout the spring, be only fairly represented. There 

 must be some peculiar reason why the good kennels have 

 not come more to the fore this year. The Mastiff Club 

 should see to this. 



Ooe always associates the name of Frank Forest with that 

 of Mr, Parry, who handled him so ably in the trials of 1890, 

 Frank Forest was sold for an unheard of figure in beagle 

 circles, and finds a new home in the West, and now Mr. 

 Parry severs his connection with the Forest Kennels, Mr, 

 O, W. Brooking having purchased his interest in that ken- 

 nel, which will henceforth conduct its business from Lynn, 

 Mass. 



Stock -Keeper (Bug ) is authority for the statement that 

 the Government of Denmark has issued a decree prohibiting 

 any dogs being imported from any foreign country except- 

 ing Sweden and Norway. 



