Am. 21, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Ill 



All communications must reach us by Tuesday 

 of thie week they are to be published; and should 

 be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. 



F 1 XTU RES. 



DOG- SHOWS. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Second Amitial Dog Show of the Kingstou Kennel 

 Club, at Kingston, Ont. H. O. Oorbett, Secretary. 



Sept. 8 to 11.— First Annual Dog Show of Ihe HamilLon Kennel 

 Club, at Hamilton, Ont. 



Sept, 14 to 18.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Associrition Third 

 International Dog Show, at Toronro. C. A. St'-ue, Sec'y and Suot. 



Sept. 32 to 2ii,— Inaugural Internn iional Dos Show of the Mon- 

 treal Exposition Company, at Montreal, Canada. Entries close 

 Sept. 8. J. S Robertson, Secretary. 



Sept. 33 to 36.— Inaugural Show of tlje Blue Grass Kennel Club, 

 at Lexington, Ky. Rotiers Williams, Sec'y. 



Sept. 29 ro Oct. 1,— Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with 

 the Central Cnnaiia Fair, at Ottawa. Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt. 



Dec. 4 to 8.— Sistli Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois 

 Poultry and Pet Stoclc Assnciatiou, at Roclfford, 111. 



Dec. 10 to 14. — Inaugural Dog Sliow of the Preeport Poultry and 

 Pel Stocli Association, at Freeport, 111. T. E. Taylor. Sec'y. 



Dec. 30 to Jan. 2.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk 

 Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N. Y. F. B. 

 Zimmer, Sec'y. 



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Jan. 5 to 9.— Annual Dog Show of the South Car"linn. Poultry 

 and Pet Stock Association, at Charleslon, S. C. Be! j. Mclnness, 

 Sec'y. 



Jan. 13 to 16.— Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina 

 Kennel Association, at Ooluiabia, S. C. F, F. Capers, Secretary, 

 GreenviUe, S. C- 



Frb. 9 to 12.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- 

 nel Club, at, Chicago, lU. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Sec'y. 



Feb. 28 .to 36.— Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster 

 Bfennel Club, at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. 



March 1 to 4.— Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at 

 Philadelphia, Pa. F. S. Brown, Sec'v. 



March 15 to 18.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesae 

 Kennel Club, at Pittslrargh, Pa. W. E, Llttell. Sec'v. 



April? to 10.— Seventh Annual Dng Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Roston. Mass. E. H. Moore. Sec'y. 



April 30 to 33.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Soutbern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel Club, at Loa Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Sec'y. 



May 4 to 7 —Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, 

 at San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 2.— Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, 

 at BickneU. Ind, P. T. Madison. Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 



Nov. 10.— Second Annual Trials of the International Field Trial 

 Club, at Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. 16.— Eastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, 

 at High Point, N. C. Members' Stake Nov. 12. W. A. Coster, 

 Serretarv. 



Nov. 23.— Irish Setter Club's Field Trials, at High Point, N. 0, 

 G-. G. Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Nov. 2S.— Gordon Setter Club's Field Trials, at High Point, N. 

 C. L. A. Tan Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Nov. 23.— Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at 

 Nanuet. Rockland county. N. Y. P. W. Chapman, Sec'y. 



Nov. 30.— Central Field Trial Club's Third Annual Trials, at 

 Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Sec'y, 44 and 46 Wall street. New 

 York city. 



Dec. 14.— Philadelphia Kennel Club's Field Trials. Charles E. 

 Connell, Secretary. 



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Jan. 10.— Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, 

 at. So,n Antonio. Texas. G. A. Chabot, S-c'v, Amateurs only. 



Jan. 18.— Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersifleld, 

 Cal, J. M. Kilgarif. Sec'v. 



.-Fourth Annu-il Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials 



Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Sec'y. 



IS IT NOT WORTH CONSIDERING? 



WE do not mean now to discuss the past, to say anything 

 as to the motives of the parties concerned, nor to point 

 out how under a different management the present condi- 

 tion of the American Kennel Club affairs might have been 

 avoided. Sufficient for our purpose is it to note briefly what 

 that condition actually is, and the purpose is to suggest a 

 possible remedy. 



What is the situation ? Certain men, whose names have 

 been published under the disqualiled and suspended list in 

 the American Kennel Club, feeling themselves aggrieved, 

 are bringing suits for heavy damages. The over-mling of 

 the defendants' demun-er in one of these suits at Albany 

 has determined that the publication of the names in the 

 Gazette is a libel, and the case must therefore go to a jury. 

 The rendering of this decision has been a signal for numer- 

 ous other suits of like character. The American Kennel 

 Club officers and vatious as.sociate members have been made 

 defendants. Other suits are apprehended in which other 

 a.ssociate members will be sued before the affair is settled. 

 If allowed to go on in this way, every associate member who 

 has any property that can be attached will probably be sued. 

 The juries may award no more than nominal damages, but 

 even in this event there will be the costs and interminable 

 annoyance. Besides this, as we understand, the liabilities 

 of the club and of the associate members are being daily 

 added to by the sending out of new copies of the libelous 

 ptiblications. The material for suits is thus far greater to- 

 day than it was last Thursday, and in all probability it will 

 be greater next Thursday than it is this week. 



There are frequent notices in the newspapers regarding 

 these libel siiits. The American Kennel Club is acquiring 

 an unpleasant notoriety, in which the associate members are 

 sharing, since their names are published as defendants in 

 suits for libel. It must be remembered that many of these 

 men are prominent and influential dog owners. They are 

 Tiecoming disgusted with the whole business, and talk of 

 giving up their dogs and their interest in the kennel world. 

 They are men who cannot well be spared. It would be a 

 tremendous pity to have them alienated simply by reason 

 of such unnecessary litigation. 



In a word, the American Kennel Club is being plunged 

 deeper and deeper into expensive law suits. There is every 

 prospect that the end of the litigation will be disastrous. If 

 things continue as they have begun, suits will be piled on 

 suits, until the expenses of defending thena will be more 

 than the club or the members can stand. Many of our best 

 dog men see for themselves nothing but annoyance and vex- 

 ation; and those who are not already leaving the kennel 

 world must in time do so if the thing goes on. 



Now, is it nob possible to find a remedy for all this? May 

 there not be some sort of a compromise? May it not be 

 reasonably demanded of all who are actively and with re- 

 sponsibility engaged in this kennel war that each side shall 

 concede something to the other, submit their differences to ! 



arbitration and accede to such adjustments as the best in- 

 terests of the dog world shall dictate? We appreciate fully 

 that it will be asking a great deal of those who have been 

 libeled to recede from their present position. Nevertheless 

 we have con Aden ce to believe that if they are rightly ap- 

 proached they may abandon at least some of the suits now 

 under way. How can this be best accomplished and most 

 speedily ? 



Is such a plan not worbhy of consideratioa by every man 

 who has at heart the best interests of dog owners not less 

 than of the American Kennel Club? Notwithstanding the 

 length to which the imbroglio has gone, we believe that it 

 is not too late to rescue the American Kennel Club from its 

 difficulties, and under wise management to restore it to 

 stability, to the respect of the public and to the confidence 

 and support of all dog men. We shall be very glad to have 

 any suggestions from any person who (foregoing criticism 

 or blame of either side) may be disposed to point a way out 

 of the entanglements of the pi-esent. 



EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON DOGS, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The obituary columns of the sporting papers have set me 

 thinking, and my thoughts have turned me back over fif- 

 teen years, when I first began to bring dogs from beyond 

 the water, and as I have never seen anything in print con- 

 cerning the point I wish to bring before your readers, I thus 

 trespass on your kindness. 



The first dogs I imported were Gordon setters; these I 

 brought out in September, and I had no trouble with them 

 till the following summer, when the two importations both 

 ^got sick, or at least got off their feed, and looked like noth- 

 ing for the vyhole summer, but picked up in the fall and 

 were as they ought to be. The next dog I got was old Blos- 

 som, the Gordon setter; he came to me al)out July, and a 

 sicker dog to live for four or five months I never saw; Irat 

 with patience and many relapses he got through and was as 

 good as the best. Then I got a black field spaniel l-ora the 

 Beverly Kennels, Billy by name, in October; he died in 

 Noveniber after bemg here four weeks, never got over his 

 trip; loss S200. Next was another spaniel in March; he 

 didn't do well till the following winter. Then I got an 

 English setter for a friend. He was nob worth anything for 

 four or five months. This is my own experience, anrr has 

 led me to think that the change of climate, feeding, etc., 

 have a great deal to do with the health of dogs imported 

 from England, especially the dogs with anything like long 

 coats. The terriers that I have imported did well; in fact 

 never seemed to go back. From this I am led to believe 

 that the reason so many of the importe<l dogs die is that they 

 do not acclimatize, and it takes quite a year to bring them 

 up to anything like .show form. 



I may be yyrong, but it is worth while for importers to 

 take note of this and not endeavor to force on their new im- 

 portations, but just to try and keep them alive till such 

 time as nature accustoms them to their new surroundings. 

 It is not feed and care that will do it, but rest and time. I 

 suppose not many of your readers, but some of my medical 

 brethren, have read Hilton's work on "Rest and Pain." Al- 

 thotigh a medical work, it is worth every man's while to 

 read it. It is so interesting that it won't weary, and the 

 information gained will far repay the time. There Hilton 

 elaborates what rest will do either in disease or health, 

 which without our attention being drawn to it no one would 

 ever think of. Therefore in conclusion, with every sympa- 

 thy for the owners of the big ones, I would commend to 

 them and their kennel men the necessity of waiting on 

 nature, and not to endeavor to give fictitious strength till 

 nature has properly counterbalanced the infinite change 

 which takes place in removing an animal from an air so dff- 

 ferent from this — i. e , the damp, muggy air of England 

 charged with the salt breezes of the ocean which surrounds 

 it, to the dry air, free from salt and ozone, of this continent. 

 I would commend these thoughts to the importers of high- 

 priced dogs, and if they are of any benefit, and thev wait; on 

 the natural acclimatization of their dogs and not force them, 

 I think the death rate will be much lowered; and the writer 

 will be more than repaid if such a happy issue should fol- 

 low. _J. s. NiVEN. 



EVEN A WORM WILL TURN. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I wish some smart medical dog man would discover or in- 

 vent a worm medicine that wouldn't smell to heaven, and 

 taste as far the other way. Can't there be a concentrated 

 essence of something or other put up in capsule form that 

 can be disguised in a little wad of meat, that would slip 

 down unchewed and tmbeknownst, carrying its own pur- 

 gative with it? If there is such a medicament, will some 

 dear brother tickle me to death by divulging it. I have tried 

 these loud medicines until I'm tired. One dose goes partly 

 down and partly somewhere else, under vigorous protest and 

 struggle, but there is nothing funny about administering the 

 next. It is fraught with difficulty and danger. I don't want 

 toabuse mydogand cause him to lose confidence in me by for- 

 cing him into a comer, if perchance by much deceit or wheed- 

 ling I can lay hands on him, and prying open a case of lock- 

 jaw to pour a nasty dose of compound turpentine, jimson- 

 weed, santonine and areca nut disguised in asafoetida. It 

 hurts my feelings and his. And then if one succeeds in 

 ;etting the necessary number of continuous nauseousness 

 own the aggrieved and suffering beast, he needs to be abused 



he should be brought into some closed apai-tinent, gently 

 laid down and so bound that he cannot rise. His forelegs 

 and his hindlegs may be bandaged or tied with handker- 

 chiefs in pairs and then all four legs fastened together. 

 Using soothing tones, all this may be done almost without the 

 dog's knowing what is hMppening; and I would never think 

 of administering an anassthetic to a dog for any purpose 

 without his being secured in some such way. 



From 1 to 2oz. of chloroform may now be poured on some 

 cotton wool, or a folded piece of rag which has been placed 

 in the bottom of the cone and clapped tightly over the ani- 

 mal's head so that no air can enter. The dog is almost sure 

 to struggle more or less, but moderate pressure over his 

 .shoulders will suffice to keep him down, and soon death will 

 result. The cone should be left in place for some time as a 

 inatter of precaution. Of course this procedure may be mod- 

 ified, provided the same principles are observed. 



I do not think chloroform should ever be given to a dog at 

 the beginning of an operation, and at no stage by one with- 

 out a good deal of experience. Ether is the anfesthetic for 

 the dog. It may not be generally known that dogs take 

 large quantities of opium or miirphia without risk, and 

 these dull sensibility sufficient for some short operations, 

 though they make the dog sick at the stomach, especiallyif 

 given by the mouth. 



If the barbarous cutting of ears, etc., is to be continued, 

 either ether by inhalation or morphia (1 to 2grs.) should be 

 given by the mouth, or better, inje ted beneath the skin. 

 There is practically no danger of killing a dog with opium 

 or morphia, though of course very large doses, as over S^irs,, 

 are unnecessary in any case, and usu^llv H to Igr. answers 

 every purpose. Wesley Mills, M.D. 



BEAGLE FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream.: 



Although somewhat premature, yet for the benefit and 

 information of those contemplating making entries or other- 

 wise participatine in this fall's field trials,"to be held at my 

 place, I beg to offer a few preliminary remarks now. 



After a very mature deliberation of the National Beagle 

 Club, it was decided to hold the second annual field trials at 

 Nanuet, Bockland county, N. Y. 



Nanuet is my home, and also that of the Rockland Kennels, 

 it is a small village of perhaps 500 inhabitants, and located 

 in the heart of a strongly wooded and rolling land county. 

 While birds are comparatively scarce (as in most other local- 

 ities in the East), yet the gray cotton-tail rabbits are plenty 

 and numerous. Our kind are all runners, and ordinarily 

 furnish the small hound with large contracts. Unless a very 

 strong spurt is made, they rarely take to cover, which, if 

 they do, is some old stone fence or hollow tree. A little 

 switch usually creates a fresh start, and awav we tco again. 



The last run that 1 had with my pack for a bag was on 

 New Year's morning last. Six dogs, my man, myself and 

 two guns. We started from the house at about "8 o'clock, 

 with a light drizzly rain falling, it having snowed a trifle 

 during the night. We had not fairly got together and 

 started before they had one going, and in a few minutes I 

 heard the crack of my man's gun followed by the cry of "all 

 down." 



Inside of four hours we had run fourteen rabbits, and 

 when we returned at about 12 o'clock for our New Year's 

 dinner we pulled nine big fellows out of our pockets. At 

 no time during the four hours' hunt were we over three- 

 quarters of a mile from home. 



I have been out frequently with a partv of friends and 

 been met at a given point by my .sister with a wagon, when 

 we would unload from our jackets and cover the tail end of 

 the wagon with rabbits, squirrels and birds. So much for 

 the supply of rabbits. For covers, there is no end to them. 

 It is one continuous "here's a likely place." 



The ridges and hills are all taken in with ease. The lower 

 lands in some places are wet at times, but with a pair of 

 boots on will give .you no trouble. During early season we 

 find game, mostly in open fields or on borders of small woods. 

 Later on thej^ take to more secluded covers, and as it were 

 prepare for their winter campaign. While our own acres 

 afford but a limited field for operations, I am fortunate in 



smelling remedies would kill worms could they reach them. 

 They are vociferous enough to kill anything. Will some 

 good Samaritan calm my perturbed spirit and relieve my dog 

 at one fell swoop? O. O. S. 



PAINLESS DEATH. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



1 was pleased to see a letter on this subject from so sound 

 a source in your last week's number. As the mode of dis- 

 posal of dogs whose life is a burden to themselves or their 

 friends is occasionally a problem most breeders have to solve, 

 I beg to add a few hints to what has already been well set 

 forth. To get rid of dogs by poison is neither a certain nor 

 humane method. Very often the animal will A'omib the 

 poison, which may then be eaten, mixed with food as it 

 may be, by some pet, and grief follow. Prussic acid is a 

 very;sxu-e remedy, but it is dangerous stuff' to handle; for 

 while it makes sure work of the dog it may be equally sure 

 for his master. No, poisons for dogs are as a rule to be ab- 

 solutely condemned. 



Chloroform is safe, easy of application, humane and need 

 not be either uncertain or expensive. The folio wing method 

 will give entire satisfaction; Obtain some cheap German 

 chloroform. One ounce will kill if properly used, though it 

 is better to have four to six at hand. The idea is to give the 

 dog chloroform vapors to breathe with as little air as pos- 

 sible. It is well to construct such a cone as will cover the 

 head, ears and all, which may be readily made by folding 

 up a stiff towel, etc. Over this should go some imperme- 

 able material, as oiled silk, old table oilcloth, or even a 

 piece of oiled brown paper. 



But when all has been got ready in the absence of the dog, 



tion as to reaching Nanuet and facilities there for taking 

 care of man and dog during the trials next November. 



H. L . KliEXJDER. 



DOG CHAT. ^ 



OUR illustration this week, taken from the English Stock- 

 Keeper, shows the type of beagles now winning on 

 the other side. If the drawings are correct, and they are by 

 Mr Moore and in his best style, the type of head is hardly 

 what our critics call for. They seem long and light in muz- 

 zle, but in bodies and legs there seems nothing to desire. 

 The one standing up is champion Lonely, said to be the best 

 beagle in England. She is by Careful out of Lovely and 

 was whelped in June, 1886. She is 13).3in. at shoulder and 

 is a beautiful hare pie color. She has been beaten but once 

 and that time by her kennel mate Princess Countess, the 

 one lying down. This, however, was not a just decision, as 

 the latter is too wide in front. Princess Countess has beaten 

 the great Ringwood and is by champion Rinswood out of 

 Newhaven Countess. She is now rearing a litter by champion 

 Ringwood. She is a beautiful blue mottled hound and 

 was whelped January, 18SS, her breeder being Mr. George 

 R. Krehl. The owner of these two handsome bitches is Mr. 

 Joachim, who is one of the principal beagle breeders in 

 England. 



A writer in the Epoch says: "A lady friend of mine owns 

 a Skye terrier, now eight years old, of which she is very fond. 

 When the little fellow was about a year old, a very savage 

 cat jumped at him without the slightest provocation and 

 scratched his left eye, from the effects of whii h a cataract 

 formed and after two ye^irs caused blindness in that eye. 

 From sympathy a cataract formed gradually over the other 

 eye, and last summer he became totally blind. Some years 

 before the second eye became affected the owner took Teddie 

 (.such is his name) to an eye and ear hospital of this city and 

 had an operation .performed on the eye which the cat had 

 scratched. One of the physicians attached to the hospital 

 was the operator, and he was surrounded by other physi- 

 cians, assistants and nurses, all of whom were"^ deeply inter" 

 ested. The owner held the dog in her lap, cocaine was ad- 

 ministered, and Teddie did not move until a deep cut caused 

 him to give a little cry. The operation was a failure; the 

 cataract was so hard that the instrument slipped. It was 

 like working on a piece of marble. Later on, the same doc- 

 tor performed the operation painlessly on two different oc- 

 casions on the same eye, with no better success than the 

 first time; but he was Avilling to try it again and cut off the 

 cataract entirely, but it would be necessary to chloroform 

 the dog, as the pain would otherwise be too great. Teddie's 

 mistress was at the same time informed that he might die 

 from the effects of the anaasthetic, and she would not take 

 the risk of losing her pet. A few months ago, however, she 

 changed her mind and determined to allow it to be chloro- 

 formed, preparatory to the fourth operation. The doctor, 

 upon examining the eye, told her that nature had done what 

 the three operations had fiiiled to do. Teddie had evidently 

 struck himself against something which had loosened one 

 of the corners of the cataract^ which now swings to and fro 

 like a curtain, and enables him to see enough to get around 

 without hurting himself. So the fourth operation was not 

 necessary." 



