Kov. 19, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



857 



THE PEARL OF PEKIN INCIDENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I must protest R^ainst tbe ground assumed by Mr. ,T. H. 

 Le Moyre, and the tone of his letter in yours of the 13th. 

 An jron-clad rule such as Mr. Le Moyne makes of the one 

 he cites would be ruotistrous, involving the idea that a per- 

 sou shall be punished for an act that may have been utterly 

 beyond his control. The intent of the rule is most praise- 

 worthy, and it evidently is that no owner of a dog shall im- 

 peril the chances of an opposing dog's winning. 



It seems that Mr. Edmunds's riding over Pearl of Pekin 

 was unintentional, and tbe only remaining point for deter- 

 mination is, could the accident have been prevented by tbe 

 exercise of ordinary, reasonable care on Mr. Edmunds's 

 part I'' For it is evident that in such a case as this, careless- 

 ness is no excuse for a transgression of the rule. I trust Mr. 

 Le Moyne will excuse me for pointing out how objectionable 

 his characterizing the decision in this case as "outrageous 

 departure from honest judging," "most uni-ighteous de- 

 cision,"' etc., is, and I would point out that such an assump- 

 tion as that Mr. Edmunds's intent "cannot enter as a factor 

 in giving the decision," is more deserving of harsh words 

 than anything that appears on the face of the case. Surely 

 Mr. Le Moyne cannot seriously mean to say that Mr. Ed- 

 munds must be punished irrespective of whether it was 

 humanly possible for him to prevent the accident? Please 

 remember that I am passing no opinion on the case itself; 

 let that be decided on its own merits; let Mr, Edmunds be 

 held to the strictest accountability to show that reasonable 

 foresight would not have suggested precautions to him 

 that would have prevented the accident, but the idea of 

 holding a man down to a Draconian code such as this rule, 

 without ciualiQcation, would be, is abhorrent to every sense 

 of justice. I am no lawyer; but I know that the law always 

 considers intent as a prime requisite to every act, and that 

 this intent may properly be inferred from tbe circumstances. 

 If the law did not consider intent, Mr. Bumble would be a 

 thousand fold right in his dictum that the law is an ass. 



W. WADE. 



HuxTON, Pa., Nov. 13. 



BRUNSWICK FUR TRIALS. 



'"PHE cordial invitation extended to all fox hunters by the 

 L Brunswick Pur Club to attend their field trials at 

 Princeton, Mass.. drew me to that pleasant village on Nov. 

 9. The view of the country during the long stage ride from 

 Oakdale showed that the club could not have chosen better 

 grounds for the meeting. The high barren hills and great 

 stony pastures, with only here and there a strip of woods or 

 swampy thicket, make it possible to see the horinds during 

 the greater part of the chase. 



On arrival at Pratt's, the club headquarters, I found 

 assembled some of the finest hounds in New England and a 

 host of ardent sportsmen eager for the bunt to begin. 

 Among them was the president of the club; L. O. Dennison, 

 of Waltham, Mass,, with his handsome Buckfield-Byron 

 hounds, Ben Butler II. and Trimmer: E. J. Bates, of Oxford 

 with Spotty, Lead All and Wild, the two latter of the Wild 

 Goose strain : R. D. Perry with a couple nf Avent hounds. 

 Leggins and Clinker, Slip from the Wild Goose pack, and 

 the native bitch Qui'ltie; the jolly party from Brunswick, 

 Me., H. .1. Given, H. A. Stetson, Med Snow, A. G. Hall and 

 Sam Knight. Jr., with the handsome hounds Beauty, Rover 

 and Golden Rod, tbe latter a Cook dog; President Kinney, 

 of the Worcester Fur Co., with his tine natives. Major, 

 Trim and Lancaster; H. L. Aldrich, of Diamond Hills, R.I., 

 with Fannie D. and Hunter; O. F. Joslin, president of the 

 Oxford Rod and Gun Club, with the English dog Rover; L 

 M. Conant and C. A. Sbafer, of Waltham; Dr. Heffenger, of 

 Portsmouth, N. H.; "Uncle Nathan" Harrington, the vet- 

 eran fox hunter of Worcester county; P. G. Stewart, of 

 Hoosac Falls, N. Y., and many others. 



According to the programme the puppy class was to be 

 run on the first day of the ti-ials. On account of the late 

 arrival of many of the club men and bounds, an early start 

 was out of tbe question, and when the line left headquarters 

 at 11 o'clock the heavy white frost of the morning had 

 melted under the warm sun. To start a fox late in the day 

 under these conditions was a difficult task for young dogs. 

 It was 11:50 when R. D. Perry, M.F.H., gave the signal on 

 Calamint Hill to cast off the four and a half couples entered 

 in the puppy race. The dogs covered the stony pasture well, 

 worked through the scattered wood on tbe crest of the hill 

 and down into the valley on the north side, where a momen- 

 tary excitement was caused by two of the pups driving a 

 large yellow cat across a field and up a tree. Tbe hounds 

 were by this time well scattered, but Rover and Beauty 

 hunting together worked a cold track slowly across the road 

 and into the swamp, where Trimmer and Golden Rod joined 

 them, but the scent was too old and the four had to give it 

 up after doing some pretty work. 



Meanwhile one or two of the pups put in their time hunt- 

 ing rabbits, and it looked as if a fox would not be started. 

 But Dennison 's Trimmer, a persistent hunter and fine trailer, 

 went further into the swamp with Rover and jumped a fox 

 at 2:15. As they drove him towards Calamint road, Spotty, 

 Pynt , Beauty and Golden Rod joined the chase, and with a 

 grand burst of music sent him across the road and through 

 the woods into a stony pasture. Here the scent was very 

 poor, and, with much difficulty and many checks, the fox 

 was followed for a mile or more across the upland and into 

 Calamint swamp, where the track was finally lost, though 

 the pups proved themselves stayers by their persistent efforts 

 to pick it up. About .sunset the dogs werecalled off and the 

 party returned to the hotel, where they did full justice to a 

 smoking hot dinner. In the evening the judges made no 

 awards, but decided to give the puppy class another trial 

 under more favorable circumstances. 



Tuesday morning the hunting horn awoke us at 5 o'clock 

 and half an hour later the party were at breakfast. It was 

 the first day of the All- Age race and at 6:30, after raising 

 the handsome club flag over the hotel, the line of march 

 was taken for Fay's hill with the seven couples entered. In 

 addition to the hounds Jack, Mr. Kinney's fox-terrier, was 

 on hand. He is the hero of many a battle royal with rey- 

 nard and evidently felt that the success of the hunt rested 

 on him alone; he was the busiest dog in the field, now ex- 

 amining a burrow, then resenting a fancied insult from 

 some big hound and always looking eagerly for his part in 

 the fun to begin. At 7 o'clock the dogs were cast off in the 

 pine woods on the crest of the hill and worked rapidly 

 through the underbrush into Goodnow's pasture, while the 

 hunters followed the center Hubbardston road. At the foot 

 of the hill Perry's Clinker and Slip gave tongue, and the 

 rest of the pack harking to them carried the trail up the 

 hill to the road. Here for a moment they were at fault, but 

 Joslin's Rover circling wide picked up the track in the 

 thicket across the road, where he was followed by Trimmer, 

 and the Wild Goose beauties Leads All and Wild, These 

 four dogs, led by Rover and well in advance of the rest of 

 the pack, trailed rapidly over the ledges of Little Wachu- 

 sett and at 7:20 jumped the fox on the side of the mountain 

 and in full cry ran east. 



Mean while Kinnejf's Trim had been trailing on his own 

 account, and he started a second fox which ran up the 

 mountain side not long after the first one had carried the 

 pack out of hearing. In twenty-flve minutes the fox first 

 .started was driven around the mountain, and as the pack 

 crossed the road Clinker, true to his record for speed made 

 last year, was leading, with Slip a good second and the rest 

 welTbunched a little behind. Entering the woods the fox 

 ilirew tbe pack off for .some minutes, and succeeded in get- 

 ting a long lead on the dog.s, but could not escape them. 



The track was again found, and after he had been driven 

 around the mountain for the thiid time he started east to- 

 ward Wachusett. Many of the party climbed Little Wachu- 

 sett, and seated on the ledges at the summit watched the 

 dogs as they drove tbe fox over the pastures, through the 

 woods, up and down the hills, now near and then fai away. 

 The music was grand, and not often does one have the good 

 fortune to see such a race. After a time the terrific pace set 

 by the Wild Goose and Avent hounds began to tell on the 

 young dogs, and some of them dropped out, but most of the 

 pack hung together, though well strung out, and drove the 

 tox ont of hearing. 



Those who were on foot lost the pack, but the judges tak- 

 ing teams followed the dogs many miles, having an excel- 

 lent view of the chase and a good opportunity to judge the 

 hounds. It was a great day's sport. 



Tuesday evening the conversation turned on the ability or 

 Southern hounds" to catch foxes in New England. No one 

 believed they could do it, but to settle the question once for 

 all a number of gentlemen agreed to purchase from Mr. 

 Garrett a July bitch in whelp to one of his best dogs— such 

 a hound as finds an hour's amusement in running down a 

 red fox. The entire litter will be raised and trained to- 

 gether, and at the trials next year will run in the puppy 

 class; two years from now they will be hunted as a pack. 

 These dogs will be watched with great interest. Shall we 

 see them catch a fox on our New England hills? 



The Brunswick Fur Club is composed of ardent sports- 

 men; enthusiasts in fox hunting; they are working hard and 

 accomplishing much for the improvement of the foxhound; 

 they deserve the support of every hunter and lover of dogs. 

 May good luck and success attend them. 



Wednesday morniug my stay with the club ended, and I 

 returned home delighted with the two days' sport. 



Bradley. 



MASSACHUSETTS SIBERIAN BLOODHOUNDS. 



Editor Forest mid Stream: 



Concerning the Massachusetts law of 1886 about "blood- 

 hounds," etc, Mr. Wade is partly right and partly wrong 

 in his assumptions. The law grew out of the circumstance 

 of the terrible mutilation of a couple of children by a so- 

 called "Siberian bloodhound," and was introduced and 

 pushed in the Legislature by an impetuous and not over- 

 wise member, who sought and obtained a little temporary 

 notoriety by his crusade "agin" dogs, aidedby tbe sentiment 

 of sympathy for the children, and antipathy to dogs in gen- 

 eral temporarily engendered by the occurrence. 



I was a member of tbe Legislature at the time, and in 

 connection with other gentlemen who do and did "know 

 something about dogs," we endeavored to stay the passage 

 of so useless and indefinite a statute, but one can readily 

 imagine the stampede of a body of men, intelligent gen- 

 erally, but intent upon averting if possible the recurrence of 

 another such accident by laying hold of the nearest apparent 

 remedy at hand, viz., the making of a law, with little re- 

 flection upon the construction thereof and its applicability. 

 It is characteristic of tbe modern legislator to endeavor to 

 cure all evils of the body politics by a "law," and the result 

 is the creation by statute of what may appropriately be 

 called "artificial" offen.ses to the ultimate detriment of the 

 enforcement of all laws and the respect of the people for the 

 law-making authority. I have yet to know of a prosecution 

 under this statute. 



There are other statutes and many of them in the Com- 

 monwealth of like nature, and reflecting people are tending 

 toward the desire to see a Legislature that would largely 

 confine its duties to the repeal of unnecessary statutes. 



E. H. Lathkop. 



Springfield, Mass., Nov. 13. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The law passed in Massachusetts in 1886, making the 

 muzzling or so-called bloodhounds, great Danes, Ulmers, 

 boarhounds, etc., had no reference to English bloodhounds 

 like Mr. Glazier's. The member of the Legislature intro- 

 ducing the bill consulted myself as to the bill, and the only 

 object was to make the law effective against the so-called 

 bloodhounds, or great Danes. The occasion was the pain- 

 ful mangling of a little girl in a neighboring town by two 

 of these dogs, and the determination to keep such large 

 brutes from repeating such mangling. I am very positive 

 that the law had no application to such bloodhounds as Mr. 

 Glazier keeps, which are more noted for delicacy of nose 

 and inborn tracking qualities than for savageness— although 

 Hon. Grantly Berkely wrote of them that they were kind 

 and quiet unless aroused, and his breed would take no 

 whip. I should certainly consider them as harmless as any 

 hound, setter or spaniel. 



The great Dane I detest, to my mind be is a big unruly 

 brute; too large to control without a muzzle, a terror to 

 smaller dogs and treacherous. My reasons are that on two 

 occasions when invited to see them, each time a pair, male 

 and female, the female of one pair could not be let in to the 

 room or store where strangers were, although her master 

 and the man who fed her were present. In the other case 

 the bitch actually attacked her master and was beaten off 

 with a chain. Those instances, with the various accounts 

 one sees of their ability and inclination to do mischief, 

 makes the repeal of the law regarding great Danes very 

 improbable. The intentions of the law does not affect Mr. 

 Glazier's dogs in the least to my mind. Dry Land. 



NOTES AND NOTIONS. 



I REGRET to see the Bog Fancier has taken umbrage at 

 my hope that the Columbian Fair Dog Show would not 

 materialize. As no line has ever appeared in Notes and No- 

 tions inspired by any personal feeling, I may dismiss what 

 may have been meant as an imputation o"n the writer's 

 motives. The objections to a dog show at such a place as 

 such a show are by no means dispelled by the promise that 

 the show will become an accomplished fact. They still re- 

 main in the facts that in such an aggregation of objects of 

 interest the dog show will exert no appreciable effect; visit- 

 ors, as a rule, will not see it. It will call forth great effort 

 on the part of dog owners and dog lovers to make it vie with 

 the other features of the exhibition, and, necessarily, these 

 will fail. One-half the effort expended on the proposed show 

 devoted to fifty small shows at country fairs, where the dogs 

 would be features of interest and note, would advance canine 

 interests far more. 



* * * 



I note that Forest and Stream, in common with some 

 English kennel journals, falls into an error as to that party 

 in England who hung a dog up by the legs to force it to 

 vomit, in pursuit of evidence as to whether the dog had 

 killed sheep. It appears this hanging up was a common 

 practice in this offender's district, and while the act itself 

 most certainly was brutal as well as foolish, it by no 

 means follows that the actor was. Enforcing this deduction 

 as a necessary one would work very queer results in many 

 cases, the excellent old town of Salem, Mass., would savor 

 very strongly of the regions below from the witch burn- 

 ings, and one eminent pillar of theology would find Vienne 

 a Golgotha. The Onlooker. 



Going to California.— A person can take a seat in a palace 

 car at Dearborn Station any afteraoon and go over the AteUiaon, 

 Topeka and Santa F6 Railroad to S^n Francisco, Los Angeles or 

 San Diego without changing cars. The fast express on this line 

 makss at least twenty-fonr hours quicker time to Lds Angeles 

 than any other line, and in fact the Santa F6 is tbe only thor- 

 oughly comfortable route to take. The offlc« is at No. 813 Clark 

 street, Chicago.—^df. 



SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS ALL-AGE ENTRIES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Inclosed find list of the entries to the All-Age Stake of the 

 Southern Field Trials Club's fourth annual trials. The list 

 contains thirty-six setters and five pointers, a. total of forty - 

 one: 



SETTEES. 



Bltte Mark (W. T. Irwin's), b w t (Gatb's Mark— Lufra). 

 Pann>: M.* (Blue Ridge Kennels'), b w t (Gladstone's Boy- 

 Flame). 



Tremont (Whyte Bedford's), b w t (Gladstone's Boy- 

 Speck elgown). 



Noble Gladstone (P, H. Bryson's), b w t (Count Noble— 

 Girly Gladstone). 



June (C. M. Round's), b w t (The Corsair— Tchtda). 



Top Mark (B. M. Stephenson's), b w t (Gath's Mark— Burd 

 H.). 



•Jean's Boy (H, S. Bevan'e), b w fc (Jean Val Jean— Rowey 

 B.). 



ANDBOJiETEti* (H. S. Bevan's), b w t (Count Noble— Moon- 

 stone). 



Laddy (H. S. Bevan's). b w t (Roderigo— Bo-Peep). 



Countess Rush* (Blue Ridge Kennels'), b w t (Count Noble 

 —Belle oE Piedmont). 



Glen (R. B. Parker's), b w t (Captain Bethel— Enid). 



Dan Tucker (Chas. F. Louden's), I w (Gladstone's Boy- 

 Flame). 



Sam R. (Geo. P. Jones's), b w (Dash Bryson— Daisy's Hope). 

 Joy (W. W. Titus's), b w (Paul Gladstone— Gipsy H.). 

 Donovan (W. W. Titus's), bwt (Bob Gates— Fannie Glad- 

 stone). 



Eugene T. (A. P. Gilliam's), b w t (Count Noble— Ruby's 

 Girl). 



Blade (P. Lorillard, Jr.'s), bwt (Toledo Blade— tiulu C). 

 Antbvolo (P. Lorillard, Jr,'s), w 1 (Count Noble— Trinket 

 ID. 



Nannie G.* (P. E. Gi-egoiy & Bro.'s), b w (Bryce— Dora 

 Gladstone). 



Dave B. (F. I. Stone's), b w (Startle— Clio). 



Reveler. (W. B. Hill's), b w (Gath's Mark— Esther). 



Paul Bo (Richard Merrill's) bwt (Paul Gladstone— Bohem- 

 ian Girl). 



Dad Wilson (J. Shelly Hudson's), b w (Ben Hill— Dolly 8.). 

 FiNGAL (E. H. Osthaus's), bwt (Toledo Blade— Lady &.). 

 Mark's Mack (W. L. Taylor's), bwt (Gatb's Mark— Georgia 

 Bell). 



Natile II.* (Bert Crane's), bwt (King Noble— Natile). 

 CoMO See Madre* (Bert Crane's), bwt (Roderigo— Maud). 

 Ligero* (Bert Crane's), bwt (Roderigo— Maud), 

 FiRENZi* (H. J. Smith's), bwt (Gath's Mark— Flame Glad- 

 stone). 



Tory Lieutenant (F. R. Hitchcock's), b w (Jean Val Jean 

 — Princess Helen). 



RoBESPERiE (Avent & Carroll's), bwt (Roderigo— Ollie S.). 



RuPER (Avent & Bayard Thayer Kennels'), bwt iRoderigo 

 —Bo-Peep). 



Orlando (Avent & Bayard Thayer Kennels'), bwt (Roder- 

 igo— Bo-Peep). 



Zulu M.* (Whyte Bedford's), Iw (Toledo Blade— Rhet). 



Whyte B. (P. H. Brj-^son's), bwt (Count Noble— (jirl> 

 Gladstone). 



pointers. 



Hops II.* (P. T. Madison's), 1 w (King of Kent— Hops). 

 Bounce (G. W. Amory's), 1 w (Bob— Sal). 

 Heniken (J. R. PurceU's), 1 w (Flockflnder-Ion). 

 Don-Flsh-Hel (W, R. Fishell's), b (Devonshire Sam— Nelly 

 Bang). 



Marquis (W. W. Titus's), 1 w. T. M. Brumby, Sec'y. 

 Marietta, Ga., Nov. 14. 



* Bitches. The others doga. 



DOG CHAT. 



\lt7E have pust learned that Mr. A. Clinton Wllmf-rdiug 

 V > has within a few days terminated a deal that has 

 been the occasion of much correspondence between him and 

 Mr. J. P. Willey, of Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, and 

 which has ended in tbe latter gentleman parting with one of 

 his best dogs — we refer to champion Black Pete. Since the 

 loss of champion Doc, Mr. Wilmerding has been on the keen 

 lookout for something wherewith to replace him in the stud, 

 and finally settled on Black Pete, Mr. Willey's good dog, 

 and now has him in his kennels. Pete is by importid Obo, 

 Jr , out of Phonsie. Obo, Jr., by Farrow's champion Obo 

 (E. 10452) ex Farrow's Nellie (E. 1273ti). Phonsie, by cham- 

 pion Obo IL (A.K.C.S B. 4911) (x Blackie III. (A.K.C.S.B. 

 4912). This is the best of American and English breeding, 

 and now that the dog is centrally located, we expect to hear 

 of his increased use. He has won many prizes and his get 

 have done remarkably well upon the bench. We congratu- 

 late, etc. 



Mr. E. E. Bishop has at last been able to move West, and 

 is now at Hutchinson, Kan., where Mr. W. T. Irwin and tbe 

 Irish setters of tbe (rlenmore Kennels have been located 

 some time, preparing for the trials. Coleraine and Fingal 

 will, however, not start this year, as Mr. Bishop writes us 

 that, owing to the still weak condition of his leg, he cannot 

 spare Mr. Irwin from the kennel. This will be a disap- 

 pointment to field trial men, for tbe presence of these two 

 noted field dogs and their presumably good work would 

 have gone far to encourage the Irish setter men to make 

 good their claims. 



The St, Bernard His Majesty is, we hear, now in Phila- 

 delphia, having been purchased recently in England. 



Mr. John H. Najdor will attend the RockCord, 111., and 

 Jackson, Mich., shows, and will be pleased to take charge 

 of any dogs that may be consigned to his care for exhibitors 

 not able to attend personally, and the latter may rest assured 

 their dogs would be well taken care of. 



Mr. Mercer should long remember the year 1891, as his 

 series of accidents have confined him to the house a good 

 part of the time. He has now sustained injuries that compel 

 him to keep to his bed, and his numerous correspondents are 

 advised that this is the reason he has not been able to fulfill 

 his postal duties. 



Mr. A. E. Pitts, of Columbus, O., sold a half interest in 

 his imported fox-terrier. Raby Signal, to Mr. Frank Tall- 

 madge, of Columbus, and he will be found at that gentle- 

 man's kennel. 



It looks very much as if, at the present time of writing, 

 the Blue Ridge Kennel and D. E. Rose would repeat their 

 Bicknell victories, though possibly not in tbe same order 

 exactly. The work on Monday was hardly so good, on the 

 whole^ as that at the latter trials, notwithstanding the bet- 

 ter condition of weather and ground. 



On our way to High Point, N. C, from Bicknell we were 

 surprised to 'find Mr. L. L. Boggs and Joe Lewis in the train 

 at Lynchburg, Ya. They were on their way to Lincolnton, 

 N. C. , for several weeks shooting. They had about eight 

 dogs with them, including their late English purchases and 

 ToIiy Gladstone. Birds are reported plentiful there and we 

 trust they will have good sport. 



The Maryland Kennel Club litigations have been compro 

 Diised and settled out of court, Messrs. Malcolm, Mallory 



