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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LNOT. 5, mh 



A more revolting case of cruelty than that perpetrated by 

 a farmer in England on a collie dog whicli he suspected of 

 having worried some of his sheep, we never remember 

 hearing:. Demanding the dog which belonged to hia 

 brother's widow, he with the aid of his son, poured a 

 quantity of mustard and water down its throat, by way of 

 an emetic. Then they tied the poor brute by its hindlegs 

 to the bnuah of a tree for an hour and a half, with the idea 

 of making it vomit so as to show some evidence of its pre- 

 sumed guilt. The poor creature's cries were heard over a 

 mile away, and its injuries were of such a nature it was 

 found necessary to kill it and put an end to its sufferings. 

 A post-mortem established the poor dog's innocence. The 

 wretches who did this work were prosecuted by the S. P. C. 

 A., and the magistrate, evidently one of those who believe 

 in the saying, '*Give a dog a bad'uame and you may as well 

 hang him," fined the defendants only twenty-five cents and 

 costs, and every one who loves a dog will quite agree with 

 the sentiment expressed by Stock- Keejjer. that the magis- 

 trate, and we would add the defendants,' would be justly 

 and properly brought to appreciate the poor dog's sufferings 

 by being treated in the same manner. Such a sentence is a 

 parody on justice. 



It is a notable fact that many actors and actresses are 

 fond of dogs, and our greatest emotional actress, Clara 

 Morris, is no exception. She is exceedingly fond of her 

 dogs, her fancy running, as maybe supposed, to toy dogs 

 and such fragile pets. In an interview recently she is 

 quoted as saying, when pointing out her dogs' gravevard 

 in ther spacious grounds at Riverdale, New York, "Yes, 

 Bartie was my little black and tan, the only friend and 

 companion I had when I came to New York in 1870 and was 

 too poor to brintr my mother or employ a maid. Little 

 Bags was a Skye (?) who thought that every one who came 

 to the house came solely to see him. Another, 'Poor 

 Pansy,' is known as the heroine of the teacup, because in 

 coming from England on the steamer she fell into a cup and 

 was badly burned. L«) sea was a tiny black and tan and 

 Tibbs was a Yorkshire." She attributed the death of most 

 of her pets to heart disease. "In whatever part of the world 

 I am at Christmas time," she added, "this tablet, in com- 

 mon with my large picture of Dickens, is decorated with a 

 wreath " Clara Morris orflered a marble for the little grave- 

 yard, on which is the inscription: "My pets, who were my 

 friends." Passing the grounds the other day we saw sev- 

 eral little dogs in the gateway, one a King Charles, an ex- 

 ceedingly good one, with longer enrs and shorter face with 

 one exception than any we remember now on the show 

 beach. 



Dogs tliat have passed the best part of their existence on 

 ttie show bench are not, as a rule, very long lived- The 

 English pug bitch champion Set Set is, however, an excep- 

 tion. She died a few weeks since at the age of 14 years. She 

 won many prizes in her time, and is also known to fame as 

 the dam of the well-known pug champion Stingo SoiiBes. 

 Stoch Keeper says that though the shortest-faced pug 

 known, she could tackle and kill rats 16in. long. 



An Englisb setter recently fell down the shaft of an old 

 mine at Belvidere, N. J., aOO'ft deep. The dog seems to have 

 miraculously escaped material injury, and can be heard to 

 bark whenever anyone goes near the mouth of the shaft. 

 There is no means of getting it up, and the dog seems to i;e 

 doomed to a long imprisonment. A butcher kindly throws 

 it down some meat every day, but it is very doubtful if it 

 can find any water to drink. 



Weary Wilkins— Madam, could you kindly give a poor fel- 

 low a bite? 



Madam— No; I couldn't myself, but we have a bulldog 

 who— here Towztr!- £rt;. 



One of the striliing features in the Russian palace ot Gat- 

 schina, we are told, is the great Danish hound that stretches 

 his powerful frame in the hall leading to the piivate apart- 

 .raents of the Czar. This great dog, said to be the largest of 

 its species in the world, was presented to the Czarina about 

 four years ago by her father, the King of Denmark. It is 

 said that the Czar took a liking to the animal from the 

 stai't, and n^ver goes on any prolonged journey without its 

 company. Having but little confidence m those about him, 

 he seems to center his faith in the dog as a guardian of un- 

 failing fidelity, and the dog apparently reciprocates the at- 

 tachment. It was reported last summer when Nihilist 

 i-umors were rife and documents of a threatening nature 

 found their way to the very table of the Czar's private cabi- 

 net, that the aut:ocrat of all the Russias permitted the hound 

 to sleep iu the hall adjoiniag his bedroom. For some un- 

 explained reason the dog became very suspicious of one of 

 the guardsmen, and growled continually when this man was 

 placed on duty as a sentinel in the palace. Nothing could 

 be shown and nothing was suspected against the man, but 

 to satisfy the dog he was withdrawn from sentry duty. In 

 the ca=e of another sentinel it is reported in S^. Petersburg 

 that the hound leaped upon him and nearly tore him to 

 pieces the first time he saw him. The Czar, hearing the 

 cries for help, went to the door of his apartment and hastily 

 called the dog, which obeyed his summons. The sentinel 

 was found to be badly lacerated. The Czar directed that the 

 injured man should be cared for and compensated, but also 

 ordered that he never be permitted to enter the palace again. 

 The autocrat apparently has faith in the judgment of the 

 dog, whom he has named Peter, after the founder of Russia's 

 greatness. 



THK COURSING MEET.— New York, Oct. aQ.—EdUor 

 Forest and Stream: Lovers of the greyhound who have 

 never coursed the Kansas jack, know little of what they 

 missed when they failed to attend the meet of the Am»='rican 

 Coursing Club, at Great Bend. How, as I read my FOEEST 

 AXD Stream, the blood quickened in my veins with pleasure 

 and excitement, for as I read I could almost imagine myself 

 once more astride my Lady, a Milesian-Electric filly, and 

 my Gipsey Queen and Percolate at my heels watching for a 

 "jack" to jump. Some of your readers doa't know that 

 there is as much difference in jacks as in dogs. There are 

 three varieties of jacks- The large white-tail, large black- 

 tail and the little black-tailed snuff-colored fellows, who can 

 leave his big white-tailed relations as far behind as Chico- 

 pee Lass would leave a cur dog. Our Eastern coursing 

 friends will find they want to keep their hounds in the West 

 for some months previous to a meet such as the one at "the 

 Bend." Think of sending dogs 3,000 miles and coursing 

 them one and a half or two days after arrival, and expecting 

 them to win. I think Mr. Watson's move to hold an inter- 

 national meet in 1893 is good, and the thing should be 

 agitated. If the Forest akd Stream takes hold of this we 

 know it will go through. Your .article on the American 

 Coursing Club's meet is well worth the sub.scription price- 

 but don't stop here.— Pawnee. 



Uah a Smack of Camp Life.— Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 5 — 

 luclosed I hand you express money order for M, one year's 

 subscription to your valuable paper, as per inclosed notice. 

 The Forest and Stbeam is, to me, much like a reflection of 

 our "Kingfisher Camps" in the North Woods — and that is 

 saying much in its favor— if you only knew "how it was 

 yourself."— SAMurEL R. Smith. 

 T HAVE only missed thirty-eight numbers since you ab- 

 orbed the Rod and Ghun. Would not think I could put in 

 a week without it. The next best thing to an outing for 

 yourself Is to read of some ochev feLow's.— E. S. D. 



SPANIELS USED FOR SPORT.-IL 



BT EDWISr H. MOREIS. 



[.ConUnued from Page BIS ] 

 SUSSEX SPAKIELS, 



ALONG the Sussex coast the marshes were so bad that 

 beaters could not work, and here, and especially in 

 what was termed the "battle turret" locality, also in districts 

 in Sussex and the neighboring counties, where the brush 

 was thick, and near the downs aroimd Battle and at Pemsey 

 rnar.sh, a breed of spaniel had been used for many genera- 

 tions. They were invariably golden liver in color, very 

 strong, hardy, active and full of hunt and intelligence. 

 When names were adopted for the different varieties, these 

 were termed Sussex spaniels. Among the names of gentle- 

 men connected with the breed were Lord Derby, the Earl of 

 Abergavenny, Sir P. Micklethwaite, Sir Nicel* Greslev, Mr. 

 b. W. Marahant, Mr. T. B. Bowers, Mr. T. Burgess, Mr. H. 

 Saxby. Mr, ,J. Puller, Mr. Burdett, Mr. Raggotts and Mr. 

 Root, keeper to Sir Isaac Goldsmith, Mr. Fred' Cork, keeper 

 to a wealthy Tanbridge Wells brewer, Mr. Woodhouse and 

 Lord Middleton's keeper, also Mr. Mitchell, keeper to Mr. 

 Cronk, of Southborough; all these being deeply attached to 

 their favorite, the Sussex. 



Being devoted to a bread of dogs meant something more 

 than a passing fancy in those days, and before any new kind 

 of dog could get a footing iu that district, he had to prove 

 his superiority in field work, and many are the trials that 

 were made with these dogs in brush and marsh, or in driv- 

 ing pheasants in heavily wooded districts, which demon- 

 strated their superiority to the mixed varieties then in use 

 throughout England, and induced tho^e mentioned to pre- 

 vent the introduction of alien blood. When the Clumber 

 came upon the scene, fresh contests were made, but the Sus- 

 sex were never beaten in the field. Of course, the admirers 

 ot this variety could not be blind to the attractions and 

 showy colors of the Clumber, and gradually, with the aid 

 ot such a seductive influence as "a present from the Duke," 

 or very likely you would hear as an excuse for neglecting 

 the old sort, "Must keep them round, you know, the land- 

 lord sent a brace as a present, it's the latest fad from France, 

 and only the personal friends of the Duke can get them; 

 very elegant, grand dog to look at, but give me the old Sus- 

 sex for the country and work." This sort of thing had much 

 to do with the tests being of little value, and soon the Sussex 

 became somewhat scarce. 



Mr. S. W. Marchant obtained some of the best blood, 

 about half a centtxry ago, which he keot pure until Old 

 Rover was produced. His strain was called "the Rosehill," 

 after the name of the parish where it was located. The dogs 

 of Mr. J, Fuller's stock, which were of much the same 

 ancestry, were also termed "Rosehill," and there are many 

 breeders who have a great respect for this name even to- 

 day. On the other hand, there is sometimes found an igno- 

 ramus who will contend that as oue of the Rosehill kennels 

 became reduced to one true bred specimen, the renowned 

 Bustle, this ancient breed of spaniels has no pure bred repre- 

 .sentatives, when there were many kennels of Sussex at 

 the time. It is very amusing for those who are at all 

 versed in spaniel lore, to have hypothesis of such a nature 

 presented to them as a basis for conclusions derogatory to 

 the breed, especially when this is done with the intention of 

 boosting another variety. This is a matter where the inex- 

 perienced are likely to be misled, and it is as well to remind 

 such that ijoth the English and the American Spaniel Club 

 provide a class for the Sussex spaniel, and as such clubs 

 should be guided by some intelligence and knowledge, it is 

 reasonable to suppose that they do not provide classes for 

 mongrels. Therefore the writings of some are not only 

 in bad taste in reference to the clubs, but they aoply equally 

 to those members, individually, who have used Sussex blood, 

 in improving their field spaniels of other colors, and still 

 more to those who still believe in keeping the Sussex pure. 



Dr. W. W. Boulton, one of the best known spaniel breed- 

 ers, who is greatly esteemed on both sides of the Atlantic, 

 writes as follows regarding this breed and their use for the 

 improvement of other field spaniels: "As to any Sus-sex 

 cross, I am not aware of it up to a certain point, viz,, when 



Buccleugh was begotten by one of my dogs out of a Sussex 

 bitch, and he turned out so generally good all round — as a 

 large-sized field spaniel— that i bred from him. When I sold 

 my stud of spaniels to Mr. GiUett, of Hull, the two types 

 were still clear and distinct: but after he had them for a 

 time they were crossed and recrossed, and particularly aiter 

 he, in turn, disposed of them to Mr. Arthur Eaton, they 

 were crossed with champion Solus— a dog full of Sussex 

 blood; long, low and heavy, The result was eminently sat- 

 isfactory on the show bench, among others producing cham- 

 pion Bruce, one of the very best and most successful stud 

 dogs ever known, and his sister, that lovely spaniel Busy." 



BLACK FIELD SPANIELS. 

 When Dr. Boulton founded the once-renowned Beverley 

 strain of spaniels, he had a definite aim, and his constant 

 endeavor was to make it embrace as much of the blood of 

 Sir Francis Burdell's stock as was possible; unfortunately 

 his knowledge, aims and thoughts could not be transferred 

 with his dogs, and when change succeeded change, it was 

 natural that there should soon be a lack of uniformity, a 

 mixture of types, and even varieties, in such a haphazard 

 style, that the earlv promise which was connected with the 

 name or prefix of Beverley soOn became almost a deception, 

 Sone of this strain having recently been imported to 

 America, it may be of service to those interested in spaniels 

 to have some further information, or thi§ country maybe 

 subjected to a repetition of variations which will be to the 

 , ci-e<iit of none, injure the interest of breeders and in a more 

 I insidious manner than the appointment of incompetent 



judge.s counteract the good effects of a club we pav our sub- 

 scriptions to and rely on for guidance. 



The somewhat dira'inutive form of many of the specimens 

 witn the Beverley prefix has been commented on by one or 

 two mtelligent critics, and it has also brought out some 

 singular remarks, when dogs of the size of champion Biron 

 have been compared with the Beverley Negus type. The dif- 

 ference lies in the great amount of old English cocker blood 

 which has been used in the production of the latter. Dr. 

 Boulton's Poll was one of these; she was the dam of Zoe, 

 the sire of Rose, and from her Rhea (E. 2,238) was bred, and 

 this blood in union with the Buccleuch stock (referred to 

 m Dr. Boulton's remarks) produced Young Rhea CE. 12,751). 

 But at this point Mr. Farrow's cocker blood is introduced, 

 for Keno (E. 16,471) was by his Obo (E. 10.453) out of Young 

 Rhea. Keno, with the assistance of Beverley Beauty (E. 

 18.492), became one of the pillars of the once renowned Bev- 

 erley strain. Beverley belonged to Mr. W. R. Brydeo, and 

 came from an equally complicated mixtttre of Sussex, 

 cocker and mute spaniels, the first predominating, being in- 

 troduced through the famous Bebb, a dog 381bs'. in weight, 

 standing ISin., while in Mr. Read's Sailor we get a mute, 

 and probably a cross of the variety afterward known as 

 Clumbers. It will therefore be seen that the cocker was 

 freely used in the Beverley strain of field spaniels, and this 

 is probably the only satisfactory explanation that those 

 bearing such a prefix to-day so much resemble the cocker in 

 conformation and size; and it is to be hoped that this will 

 be kept in view in any negotiations for a standard of points, 

 and that a breed or mixture which has been tried and found 

 wautine in England shall not stand in the way of progress 

 in this country. 



There is one point on which the successors of Dr. Boulton 

 deserve congratulation, they have not lost ttie black which 

 their predecessor took so much care in insurintr, and which 

 has done so much for this and other strains. To those who 

 know the kind of material used it is a matter of great sur- 

 prise that Dr. Boulton was so successlul in producing a 

 strain of black field spaniels. In conjunction with Mr. W. 

 B. Tegetmeier, he published a pamphlet on this matter, but 

 we cannot go beyond remarking that these black dogs, 

 which invariably throw pups of that color, have ancestors 

 of all shades, viz., liver and white, black and tan, golden 

 liver, black and white, liver and roan, besides the varied 

 hues of solid colors. When black became the fashion the 

 wisdom of the producer of this strain was soon apparent. 



As it would be impossible to refer to each of the kennels 

 which have supplied field spaniels of the approved type, 

 within the compass of this paper, it will be as well to name 

 some of the more prominent breeders, giving the best 

 specimens produced. At one time Lord Derby and an English 

 duke had excellent kennels of field .spaniels. Old Beb came 

 from the former, and many noted dogs, and in fact the 

 nucleus of the most prominent kennels of a few years back, 

 came from the latter; although it was never publicly known, 

 and the real breeder never received the credit due to his 

 skill and knowledge. Mr. T. B. Bower became known iu 

 connection with Bustle and Bebb, and Capt. Arbuthuott, 

 through the black bitch Nellie. Rev. W. Shields had Rex 

 (2163), Sappho and Fuss: Mr, Burdett owned Frank and Bob; 

 and Mr. J. A. Hnndy had a good one in Floss; while Messrs. 

 Cox, Hooker, Burgess, P. Bullock, Jones, Mousley, Footman, 

 Travener, Roby, Palmer and Y,ates were also among those 

 who did much to develop the field spaniel, Mr. H. B. 

 Spurgin came out, and maintained his position for some 

 time with such well-known dogs as Bachelor, Christy, Bosco, 

 Foil, Alonzo, Don Fulano, Roysterer and Baron; but Mr. 

 Jacobs had got hold of some of the finest of the produce of 

 the fashionable strains, and by shrewdly breeding for the 

 craze, or to meet the ideas of the various judges, he acquired 

 for the Newton Alabott Kennel a world-wide reputation, old 

 champion Squaw being one of his best and most typical 

 specimens. 



Mr. Jacobs wisely avoided the mistakes of Dr. Boulton's 

 successors, and by judicious mating, without having re- 

 course to the cocker cross, he maintained a strain of field 

 spaniels with a definite type. 



Mr. Moses Woolland's kennel was at hia father's farm iu 

 the same neighborhood, and he conceived a great desire for 



field spaniels of the same order, and having secured a very 

 beautiful specimen from an officer who was called away by 

 war, he soon became a rival of his neighbor; and with 

 the invaluable aid of Mr. Hooker he eventually became 

 his most formidable opponent, and thus the Bridi ird 

 strain came to the front. Keeping more strictly to the Sus- 

 sex, hp was not long in leaving all those who had stood by 

 the golden liver far in the rear, and he pressed the Newtou 

 Abbott blacks very close. 



Both of these breeders relied greatly on the old Sussex 

 blood, which was mainly derived from the stock kept bv 

 Mr. Marchant, of Rosehill, Brightling, Sussex, and Mr. H 

 Smiley, of Lewes, from which sprang such noted dogs as 

 Buckingham, Bustle, Fan, Peggie, Buccleuch, Fanny and 

 Bachelor, 



[to BE CONTIJTUED.] 



THE WHIPPET BEN BOW.-Detroit, Mich.— I am very 

 sorry to have to report the de^th of my Whippet Ben Bow, 

 Ben Bow's best times were 200yds. in 13 seconds, lOOvds. iu 

 6 1-0 seconds, at the Detroit Athletic Grounds. We have a 

 young one from him that we expect to be as fast,— Thos 

 Blake, 



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Sussex Spaniel Champion Lauv. Late Ownek, Mr. Eowlakd P. Kessbey, New Yokk. 



