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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ISept. 3, 1891. 



day morning, so it is doubtful if we can get any of the 

 awards in this week's issue. Still, our readers may depend 

 upon it that we shall do our best to supply them with the 

 latest particulars. 



We have received very neat stud cards issued by the Chest- 

 nut Hill Kennels, detailing the merits of their noted dogs 

 Christopher, "Wellesbourne Charlie, and the Irish terrier 

 Breda Bill, Mr. Jarrett will notattend the Canadian shows 

 this year in puasuance of their decision not to show till the 

 fall of 1892. 



There will be a banquet at the Rossin House, Tuesday 

 evening, Sept. 15, given jointly by the Canadian and Toronto 

 Kennel Clubs. Mr. J. Lorne Campbell, president of the C. 

 K. Chas appointed the following representative committee 

 to cooperate with the T. K, C. in arranging the details. As 

 the annual meeting of the Canadian Kehne) Club is to be 

 held the following evening at the same place, it is thought 

 that by this means a very representative lot of dog men can 

 be brought together in social intercourse, for, from what 

 we hear, nearly every one who can find time to get away will 

 attend this big show. 



Owing to the Helvetia, on which Mr. Hacke's Bar/.ois 

 came from London, not being able to be docked before last 

 Sunday, the proposed trip to Spratts Kennels, at Northvale, 

 N. J., which we spoke of last week, had to be postponed till 

 to-day. We are very sorry not to be able to avail ourselves 

 of the opportunity to see them at that time, as Kingston 

 show will have to be attended to. 



The Irish setter Balfour, imported by Mr. James W. 

 Whitney, and by bim recently presented to Mr. H. F. At- 

 wood, of this city, met his death on the R. W. & O. E- R. 

 tracks near this city last week. Through the kindness of 

 Mr. Whitney Mr. O. Stewart Bamber has come into posses- 

 sion of a dog pnp of Balfour's get, out of Mr. Fred T. 1^1- 

 wood's bitch Kate II., she by Count out of Kate, combiniug 

 the bloods of champion Chief, Elcho, Jr., Rory O'Moore, 

 Noreen, etc. 



KINGSTON SHOW. 



ISpccinl to Forest and Stream.'] 



KINGSTON, Ont., Sept. 2,— The Kingston show opened 

 Tuesday. Attendance not very large; but the building 

 admirably a'dapted for show purposes and nicely arranged. 

 Messrs. Lewis, Naylor, Prescott, Discorn and others are 

 here with good strings. Dr. Mills began judging at 10 

 o'clock to-day with English setters, awarding first, open 

 class, dogs, to Brown's Edgemark; 3d, Northwood Benzine; 

 3d, Kingston Kennels' Kent's Res; reserve, Hair's Sir Ed- 

 ward. Bitches; 1st, Kingston Kennels' Liberty: 33, Kent's 

 Ruby K.: 3d, Switzer's Mado. Novice class; 1st, Kingston 

 Kennels' Kent's Rex. 



Irish Setters, open dogs, first, Seminole; second, 

 Flynn's Glen .Jarvis. Bitches, first, Kingston Kennels' 

 Josie D.; second, Seminole Kennels' Aurora. Gordons, chal- 

 lenge, first and second, Dixon's Band and Ivanhoe. Bitches, 

 first, Dixon's Duchess of Waverl.y. Open dogs, second, 

 Piatt's Victoria. Bitches, first, liixon's Lady Waverly; 

 second, Piatt's Bloom, and this was all up to recess for din- 

 ner. 



NOTES AND NOTIONS. 



IT is not commonly known how dangerous it is to go 

 swimming with a powerful dog in the company. The 

 dog will constantly endeavor to climb up on the head and 

 shoulders of the human swimmer, just as he will attempt 

 to climb on every floating log or piece of wood. If the dog 

 is small a few powerful blows will discourage it, but these 

 are not so easy to give eflt'ectually if the dog is a large one, 

 and at all events, a swimmer under such circumstances is in 

 danger of receiving some severe scratches as the least pen- 

 alty for the company he has. 



An English correspondent of one oC our papers makes the 

 very sensible remark that many dog handlers are better 

 judges of dogs than the recognized corps of judges. This is 

 not only correct, but obvious. It is the constant province of 

 the handlers to judge the judges, a more comprehensive 

 task than judging the dogs. It is part of their business to 

 note every defect or merit of their dog's, and hide or bring 

 them forward under the judge, and to carefully scan their 

 dangerous competitors. 1 cannot think of any process better 

 calculated to educate a man as judge than the work of a 

 careful handler. I often take lessons of the handlers at 

 shows, and, as a rule, find their opinions much more critical 

 than those of the judges, who, unfortunately, are too often 

 more ornamental than useful . 



There is a great deal to be "said on the side of dog catching, 

 but I think, as a rule, very little extenuation for the dog 

 catchers. That effective measures are absolutely demanded 

 for the suppression of the hordes of worthless curs that 

 infest oui- cities would seem unquestioned, and that dis- 

 crimination should be used that only vagrant curs, run- 

 ning entirely at large, are to be exterminated, is equally 

 obvious. The source of the evils of dog catching as 

 commonly practiced is that the catcher is paid per head, 

 and as brutes of very low caste are most likely to take 

 to the work, the pecuniary inducement overshadows all 

 other things with him. The remedy is easy; pay the 

 catcher by the day, as we do the agents for every other 

 nuisance suppression. It is as much the duty of the mu- 

 nicipality to protect us from the nuisance of vagrant dogs 

 as to protect us from foul streets, and why should not 

 the municipality pay for this work as well as any other? I 

 notice that in cities where the per head catcher prevails we 

 have the stories of brutality of forcibly wrenching dogs 

 from ladies' arms, etc., while in those where regular salaried 

 men catch dogs by the day, as they would clean the streets, 

 the complaints come only from the maudlinly sentimental 

 class who seem incapable cf reason on any subject, making 

 emotion their rule of action. 



* ' * 



It is quite common to see, in references to terriers, a use 

 of the name of the breed and the derivation thereof, which 

 is all well enough in itself, but it is quite possible to attach 

 too much weight to this derivation and to make its applica- 

 tion altogether too sweeping. It is true that a "terrier" 

 means a dog to go to earth, and it is also true that for the 

 work of the breed this is sometimes a necessary qualifica- 

 tion, but this necessity by no means involves that the ver- 

 min dog is to approach a burrowing animal. In isolated 

 cases it may be important that the do^ really shall be a 

 bunrower, but for general uses, as a vermin-killing animal, 

 this is no prime requisite, intense activity, tremendoiis 

 power of jaw and strength to overturn stones and drag 

 away obstacles are more essential to the vermin-killer than 

 abilitj' to follow the game under ground. Our most de- 

 structive vermin, rats, weasels, skunks, etc., cannot be 

 classed as burrowers, and piles of stones, logs, etc., are more 

 their natural retreats, and in such places burrowing is of 

 course quite out of the question. Alter all the great point 

 in a vermin dog is his devotion to the work of hunting ver- 

 min, his killing of them is rather a secondary consideration, 

 for if vermin are constantly harassed, barked]at, scratched 

 for, and their lives generally made miserable, they desert 

 the scene of tbeir disturbances and emigrate to quieter 

 quarters, ^ 



{ ^There \s a. great deal of mnsbafce abattib the coramo xi spp- 



position that dogs are poisoned. Unquestionably poisoning 

 does occur sometimes, and the contempt visited on the head 

 of so base an animal as a dog poisoner is most just, but the 

 trouble is this: A dog is in perfect health in the evening 

 and dead the next morning, and the conclusion is jumped at 

 that death resulted from poisoning; Avhile every old hand at 

 dogs can recall instances of dogs dying thus suddenly from 

 many natural causes, inflammation of the bowels being one 

 of the commonest. If an owner attaches any value to a dog 

 that dies under suspicious circumstances, he would do well 

 to have a post mortem held for his own satisfaction, and 

 surely to know that a canine friend died from natiu-al causes 

 and not from the cowardly devilishness of a poisoner, must 

 give satisfaction. The On-Looker. 



CANKER OF THE EAR. 



ALTj those who have had much experience with dogs must 

 have frequently noticed that they occasionally show 

 signs of great irritation in the ear by constantly shaking the 

 head, holding it on one side, and ruhbing the side of the face 

 along the ground, and now and then scratching the back of 

 the ear with the hind foot; and yet, in sorhe cases, on ca.STially 

 examining the ear, there is nothing much to be seen to 

 account for these symptoms. A little dried brown excretion 

 maybe noticed, in fact, the ears look just slightly dirty. The 

 conclusion often come to is that if the parts were cleaned 

 the irritation would cease, but such is frequently not the 

 case, as I daresay many or your readers have observed, for, 

 in spite of ever so much washing, the dog continues to shake 

 his head, showing that he is still uncomfortable. If, instead 

 of giving a hurried look into the ear in these cases, tbe parts 

 are well examined and the canal leading into the ear is care- 

 fully watched, tinj^ white specks, oval in shape, and about 

 the size of the eye of an ordinarysmall sewing needle, will be 

 observed. These are parasites, and are, in my opinion, the 

 cause of that disease called canker of the ear. 



I do not mean to imply that all diseases afl'ectirig the ear, 

 and which are generally all called canker, are due to this 

 parasite; on the contrary, there are many cases due to an 

 eczematous diathe.sis when there is a freeVlisctuHrge, and the 

 bare part of the internal surface of the flap of the ear is also 

 affected. Then there is another form of the so-called canker 

 characterized by a free, offensive, purulent discharge coming 

 from the lower part of the canal, and which is often due to 

 ulceration of the skin lining the external meatus. Some- 

 times the ulceration extends to the cartilage, and it may, 

 and does, occasionally extend to the i)ones tinder the cartal- 

 age, and then the discharge is particularly offensive, and 

 there is great pain. It is quite ea.sy and proper to divide 

 canker of the ear into three distinct" and .separate di.seases, 

 each requiring different treatment. Then there are those 

 disorders affecting the flap of the ear generally due to injury 

 or eczema, and called external canker. 



PSOROPTES AuBICUnAKIS CANIS. 



Magnified about 70 times. 

 A— Larval forms. B-^Young Acarui. C— Male. D— Female. 



However, it is not my intention here to go into details with 

 regard to the several forms of disease affecting the ear, but 

 to confine myself to that particular kind first mentioned and 

 due to a parasite. 



These parasites, which I have called the Psoroptes Auri- 

 cularis Canis, are extremely active in their movements, and, 

 if the ear be carefully watched for a few moments, they may 

 be seen running about the skin and along the hairs in the 

 ear at. a fairly rapid rate, considering their minute size; and 

 the irritation which they cause is due in ameasnre, I believe, 

 to the tickling sensation caused by their movement, and 

 partly the result of their biting. 



I have had these parasites under observation for the last 

 twelve months, but it is only just recently that I have been 

 able to get some specimens to examine under the microscope, 

 and these I have had drawn by an artist, and I must say in 

 passing that he has done justice to his work, for the acari, 

 when seen with the microscope, looks exactly like the illus- 

 trations given herewith. 



In one specimen of the larval form it will be noticed that 

 the shell or covering has Irecome partly removed, and the 

 legs of the parasite are seen still lying curled round the body. 

 This is exactly how it appeared in the specimen I examined. 



B— Is a young acarus not yet fully grown, and from the 

 number of its legs it is probably a female. 



C— A specimen of the male. 



There are several distinctive dilfereuces between the male 

 and female. In the first place the former has eight legs, it 

 is smaller and they are far less numerous, there only being 

 about one male to every :30 lemaies. The female (D ) is thicker 

 set, and has only six legs, and in the center of the trunk is a 

 small oval body which 1 take to be an egg. In both cases 

 the front legs are provided with suckers, which are some- 

 what triangular in shape and situated at the point of the 

 toes. In walking the fore legs are only used, the hind ones 

 not moving, but are dragged along with the body. 



The Psoroptes Auricularis Canis does not burrow under 

 the skin (epidermis) like the mange para.sites, but lives on 

 the surface to which it attaches itself by its suckers. 



To prove this I kept a number placed under a watch-glass 

 upon my arm for a clay and though they caused slight irrita- 

 tion, and raised small points by biting they did not attempt 

 to burrow. I also placed a number under a watch-glass upon 

 the body of a hairless dog, and they did not attempt to bur- 

 row here, but they were very restless, for they could be seen 

 with a .strong magnifying glass to be constant! j' traveling 

 about, which looked, I thought, as if they did feel at home 

 in their new situation. They did not seem to have bitten the 

 dog's skin, as after they were removed there were no signs of 

 small blisters or papules; besides, the dog did not seem to 

 take the least notice of them, which would not have been 

 the case if they had punctured the skin, as they did on my 

 arm. Of course, the' skin lining the passage into the ear is 

 much thinner and softer, and here, I believe, the mites do 

 bite, anil as there is an exudation which, I consider, accounts 

 for that brown and somewhat dry discharge so often seen in 

 some ordinai-y cases of canker. 



1 have never been able to fjad the acarus anywhere else 

 aboiitthedogbufcititheeaT, ia fact, they do not seem 



wander outside the canal and crevices formed by the cartil 

 age, nor even upon the flap of the ear, either inside or out. 

 They vary in numbers— sometimes one can only find a few, 

 about twenty; in other cases they are present in hundreds, 

 lying in clusters like a heap of fine white powder. I have 

 also frequently found these same parasites in cats' ears, and 

 insomecases they induce rather extraordinary symptoms, the 

 cat being almost unable to walk; in fact, when it attempts 

 to do so, the animal rolls about as if intoxicated, frequently 

 falling over on its side. I have never seen the acarus cause 

 the same sjonptoms in the dog. 



The treatment and cure of canker of the ear when caused 

 by the Psoroptes Auricularis Canis is a very simple matter, 

 for, by applying some agent which will destroy these acari, 

 the irritation at once ceases. I have found the following 

 lotion to answer the purpose admirably in all cases, both in 

 dogs and cats; 



The Lotion. 



^ Ung. Hydrarg. Nit 3,i 



Ol. Amygd Ji 



Well mix. 



It should be applied all over the internal surface of the ear 

 daily with a camel's hair brush, or a few drops maj' be 

 poured into the ear. After a week the ear should be syringed 

 out with tepid water and methylated spirits, about one in 

 ten. 



I have heard it more than once stated by men who have 

 had large experience with dogs, that they believed canker of 

 the ear contagious, a,nd no doubt it is, considering that it is 

 due to a parasite which can be easily transferred from one 

 dog's ear to another. 



There is a somewhat similar acarus called the symbiotes 

 spathiferus, which causes a certain form of mange in the 

 horse, but 1 cannot find that this parasite described in the 

 present article has ever been noticed in the dog's ear or men- 

 tioned before.— A. J. Sewell, M.R.C.V.S., in English Ken- 

 nel Gazette. 



"IMPORTATION OF A NOTED FIELD DOG." 



EilUor Forest' and Stream: 



Old Sarsfield has been retired from the stud and presented 

 to a friend, who is not a sportsman and will keep him as a 

 pet. 



As an evidence of good faith in regard to my intention of 

 breeding field dogs as expressed in my catalogue, I will men- 

 tion my recent purchase of Coleraine from the Rev. Robt. 

 O'Callaghan, Borstal House, Rochester, England, the most 

 experienced, successful and careful breeder of the Irish dog 

 in the world. 



This purchase was entirely unexpected by me, asl thought 

 if he would part with her at all, it would be at a prohibitory 

 price. I quote the .substance of his letter: -'Coleraine is the 

 best field trial Irish bitch in England or Ireland to-day of 

 any breed; has the l->est nose, and is the best game finder I 

 ever saw; also very good lookiug and is sure to win on the 

 bench." 



It is doubtful if either Coleraine or Finglas (my recent 

 ljurchase from Mr. Boggs) will start in the coming Irish 

 setter trials, as neither are acclimated, and mustberebroken 

 on our birds. By the time this reaches you my trainer, Mr. 

 W. T. Irwin, will be in southern Kansas. Stud dogs, brood 

 bitches, and puppies will receive daily work on ciuail and 

 prairie chickens during the hunting .season. 



It has been stated in the sporting press that my kennels 

 would be located in southern Kansas, and a few reasons 

 for this change will not appear out of place. 



I must consider my dogs as well as patrons. Southern 

 Kansas is in the central part of the United States, equi- 

 distant to all points of the compass, and has an abundance 

 of game birds, with as many varieties as can be found in 

 any State in the Union. Shipping facilities are as good as in 

 any of the large Eastern cities. Couple with this the easy 

 access to -30 or 40 bench shows, and many field trials, and the 

 advantages are very apparent. 



Mr. Rimanoczy, the celebrated artist of this city, has sent 

 me from his .studio magnificent crayons of chaH"enge Beau 

 Brummel, champion Ruby Glenmore and Winnie II. They 

 are so full of artistic merit I cannot refrain from mention- 

 ing them, - E. B. Bishop. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



THE BEAGLE CHAMPION LONELY.-Ef7if.or Forest 

 and Stream: Permit me to correct a statement which ap- 

 pears in your last week's issue in connection with the bench 

 career of the English beagle bitch Lonely. You erroneously 

 affirm that "she has only been defeated once in competition, 

 and that by her kennel companion Primrose (not Princess) 

 Countess." On Lonely's first appearance, at the Southamp- 

 ton show in !8sS, she was awarded second to my Blue Belle 

 II., and though she (Lonely) was subsequently dis(|ualifled, 

 this does not alter the fact that she was beaten by my little 

 hound ill competition. Furthei'more, unless my memory 

 betrays me, my husband's mother whs awardeil the special 

 for the best brace, under Mr. (tco. Lowe, over Ijouely and a 

 kennel companion, and unless 1 am greatly mistaJiea, she 

 also defeated her with Bangle lor a siiecial under Mr. Geo. 

 Raper. Lonely's head is by no means suipy; in fact, it is 

 extremely square and well chiseled, and Primrose Countess 

 excels in head, character and expression. The pictures in no 

 way do them justice.— Mes. R. F. MATEEW, 



AT THE DOG DOCTOR'S.— The dog doctor is a metro- 

 politan institution. You will see the .swelle.st carriage at 

 his office door in winter. You will meet the nattiest of 

 French maids and the surliest of English grooms on his 

 stairs. There will be all sorts of common riffrafl on foot at 

 all hours of the day in summer. With these callers are his 

 patients, tlie dogs. A ten cent mongrel will be preceded by 

 a big St. Bernard worth a hundred, and perhaps .succeeded 

 by a fleecy little French poodle, estimated by its aristocratic 

 mistress as above price. One day an express wagon drove 

 up, and from the rear of this improved ambulance a couple 

 of servants lifted out a grand old Newfoundland. Poor, 

 dizzy fellow! His pathetic look of illne.ss was almost 

 human, And the way some of these intiilligent four-legged 

 patients walk up the dog doctor's stairs shows conclusively 

 that they can read the glaring signs in front. The uneasy, 

 reluctant, whimpering, wry-faced look is the same as that 

 which connects the knowing child with the castor oil bottle 

 —New TorTi' Herald. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Notes are Inserted without cliarge; and blanks 

 (farnisbed free) will Ije sent to any addreas. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Sir Jack, Crnvnt Boh, Hamlet, Lord C\iftim, Blue, Jeann and Duke 

 Orlando. By EberhartPug Kennels, C'incimiaii, O., for pug flogs, 

 whelped Aug^. 20, 1801, by their Bradford Ruby II. out of Lady 

 Thelma. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Skip H.—Smrt K. Ringwood Beagle Kennels' (Brockton, Mass.) 

 beagle bitcli Skip H. (Flute M.— Haida) to their Sport K. (Sport H. 

 —Beauty ID, Aug. 20. 



ZE]ii:tte—KiiujAton Reycnt. New York St. Bernard Kennels' 

 (Now York citv) .'!^c. Bernard bitch Xiaette to tbeir Kingston Re- 

 gent (Prince Kageut— Lady St. (TOtbard), Aug. 26. 



Rmtic Katie-Lord BiMo. Cr. W. Watnbacb'a (Baltimore, Md.) 

 pug bitch Bostic Kaiie (Ra,stic King— Tra-la-la) to Wb iiord BaltO 

 (champtan Kash— Nun Nicer), Jane 3, . . h . ; ; ' 



