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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 3, 1891 



LORD CLOVER'S PEDIGREE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Wheri corapiliDg the "Prize Pugs of America and 

 England," I had even better facility for obtaining informa- 

 tion regarding prize pugs than the owner of Lord Clover can 

 possibly command, yet I failed to obtain any reliable in- 

 formation regarding champion Little Dorrit, and came to 

 the conclusion that such a dog was a myth, hence the cur- 

 tailing of the pedigree. Of course 1 was in possession of a 

 pedigree advertised by a former owner of Lord Clover, which 

 gave champion Little Dorrit as his grand dam, but I did not 

 consider such information reliable. In fact Lord Clover is 

 not the grandson of champion Little Dorrit. There is not 

 now and never has been any champion Little Dorrit, and he 

 who advertises a pedigree which includes such a dog raake.s 

 a great deal more serious breach of the rules which should 

 govern dog breeders than would result from curtailing a 

 disputed pedigree. 



I am glad to see, however, that our friend comes down to 

 plain Little Dorrit in his last letter. Let him stick to that 

 and I shall feel that the "Prize Pugs of America and 

 England'' has accomplished something toward the end for 

 which it was compiled. 



With respect to the alleged discrepancies in the "Prize 

 Pugs of America and England," pointed out in our friend's 

 letter, I would Just say that if he read with as much intelli- 

 gence as he appears to write, he would scarcely have at- 

 tempted to find fault. He claims that on page 14 I give one 

 pedigree for Stingo SnifHes and on page 130 a different one. 

 Now, as a matter of fact, on page U the pedigree mentioned 

 is in a quotation from the English Kennel Gazette, and is 

 printed between quotation marks, and the error contained 

 therein is not mine. Moreover, the quotation does not come 

 under the head of pedigrees, and an intelligent reader would 

 never look for a pedigree in that portion of the book, which 

 refers to the origin of the pug generally. 



It would be equally clear to an intelligent reader that 

 Little Dont, mentioned in Rustic Queen's pedigree, is a 

 printer's error, and should be read Little Dorrit, and more 

 especially is this clear if Rustic Queen's dam What's That's 

 pedigree is turned to on a subsequent page. 



I am glad to find that our friend, who has evidently been 

 straining himself in the eflPort, has been able to find so little 

 real fault with the "Prize Pugs of America and England." 

 It is very evident that he is sore because the pedigree of his 

 dog has been called into question, and this iii the more no- 

 ticeable from the way in which he attempts to hit off his 

 reference to my editorial career with the scissors; but this, 

 too, falls flat, for, on reference to the "Prize Pugs ol 

 America and England," he will find the following sentence: 

 "There is in this work very little which the writer claims as 

 orieinal, except the method of compiling information." 



Yes! no doubt of it he is sore! He should not blame me so 

 much, though, but turn his attention to those who attempted 

 to find the dog a "champion" grsnddam on his maternal 

 side. Had it not been for the one first prize which Lord Clover 

 was particularly lucky in winning, even his curtailed pedi- 

 gree would never have appeared in the "Prize Pugs of 

 America and England." M. H. Ceyee. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 30. 



THE PEARL OF PEKIN INCIDENT. 



DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 23 —Editor Forest and Stream: 

 In your issue of the 19th inst. Mr. W. Wade takes 

 issue with Mr. J. H. LeMoyne, in regard to the laneruage 

 used hy the latter in commenting upon the Pearl of Pekin 

 vs. Chicopee Lass controversy. 



The rule governing the riding over of an opponent's dog 

 was made to cover such cases as that of Mr. J. J, Edmonds' 

 riding over Pearl of Pekin in her course with Chicopee Lass. 

 Had some stranger ridden over Pearl, Mr. Bartels (the owner 

 ol: Pearl) would have been and should have been the one to 

 suflier thereby, but as Mr. Edmonds (his opponent) was the 

 one to ride over Pearl, Mr. Bartels was not the one who 

 sbould have suffered by the accident. On the contrary, Mr. 

 Edmonds should have suffered the consequence of his own 

 act, even though it was an accident, and should never have 

 allowed his opponent to suft'er by any act of his own, even 

 though, it be an accident. Neither law nor equity will in 

 such a case allow the opponent, an unoffending party, to be 

 the one to suffer. For this reason the rule was made, and 

 it was made mandatory: "The course shall be given to the 

 owner of the dog so ridden over, etc.," is certainly manda- 

 tory. There is no room for discussion, as to the meaning of 

 the rule, and when the majority of the Executive Committee 

 of the Americsn Coursing Club sustained Mr. Edmonds, 

 they knowingly rode over the rules which they were elected 

 to enforce. 



Ascident cuts no figure, for the rule was made for the pur- 

 pose of imposing the penalty upon the proper party, whether 

 the riding over be an accident or not. In a case of this 

 kind the Draconian rule (as Mr. Wade is pleased to term it) 

 works no .hardships; it merely puts the hardship where it 

 belongs— -on the offending party and not on the injured 

 party. Surely Mr. Wade would not expect the innocent 

 and unoffending party to suffer by the act of an opponent, 

 and have the offending party escape without a scratch, even 

 though the act were unintentional. 



When I consider how plainly the rule reads and how im- 

 perative and mandatory it is, I must agree with Mr. J. H. 

 LeMoyne in denouncing the decision of said executive com- 

 mittee as a "most unrighteous decision" and an "outrageous 

 departure from honest judging." 



I notice that Mr. Wm. Green, who judged the Great Bend 

 meet of 1889, and who is conceded by the leading coursing 

 men of the country to be its best judge of coursing, in Turf, 

 Field and Farm of the 20th inst. takes the same stand that 

 Mr. LeMoyne has taken, to wit: Mr. Edmonds's intent cuts 

 nc figure. How any one can construe the rule otherwise is 

 beyond my comprehension. It is certainly not necessary to 

 be a lawyer to understand the rule; any one able to read 

 ought to be able to understand it. It is very evident that 

 Mr. Wade is no lawyer, as he has informed us. Had he 

 been he would have read the rule and would not have called 

 Mr. J. H..LeMoyne to task for stating the truth, and calling 

 spades spades. John H. Gowee. 



DOG CHAT. 



ON Tuesday evening, Nov. 24, the handlers and visitors 

 present at the Irish setter trials at High Point, N. C, 

 were invited to a little social reunion in the dining room of 

 the hotel. Speeches were made by nearly every one present, 

 and whether it was the juice from the apple that steamed in 

 the Item trophy or the enthusiasm developed by the success 

 of the trials, we do not know; but certain it is that consid- 

 erable oratorical ability was displayed by one and another. 

 This led Mr. John White, in his inimitable style, to tell us 

 that he was certain the emancipation of Ireland was now an 

 assured fact, although this did not interest him personally 

 so much, as he was of Norman descent himself. Then Mr. 

 Stoddard, who had acted as one of the judges, made a hu- 

 morous break that we who are acquainted with this veteran 

 handler will appreciate. The joker rose to his feet and 

 opened his speech with, "1 never had but one Irish .setter, 

 and that I shot." This brought down the house, but he 

 saved himself by claiming it was an accident. Tom Aldrich, 

 in his drj', humorous way, told us how he had started the 

 Irish setter trials by running his dog in the first heat. The 

 vice-president took the chair and Drs. Jarvis and Davis both 

 spoke feelingly and to the point on the red dog, and alto- 

 gether it was a very pleasant two hours that we spent. 



We have received the premium list of the dog show to be 



held by the Rhode Island Poultry Association, Dec. 17, at 

 Providence, R. I. The classification is liberal, sexes being 

 divided in all breeds. The prizes are 153 and $2 in every class, 

 and each breed has a special of SI for the best. Several 

 specials are given in cups and money. The entry fee of -St 

 and $1 kennel fee is, however, rather too much for the 

 amount of prize money offered. Entries close Dec. 13 with 

 Mr. R. G. Davis, Box 1061, Providence, R. L It is intended, 

 we believe, should this little show stir up enough interest 

 among Rhode Island fancier.?, to form a kennel club and 

 apply next year to the A. K. C. for admission. There are 

 numerous members of dogdominthis section of the country, 

 and there should be little difficulty in holding a good show 

 in Providence, especially as its close proximity to Bo.ston 

 would draw a big entry from the city of culture. 



Mr. Pritchard, manager of the Fleur Citv Kennels, writes 

 us enthu.siastically about their new mastiff Cardinal Beau- 

 fort. He is making up into a grand dog, his hocks, about 

 which there was some doubt, having come all right, and 

 altogether this counti-y seems to have agreed with him; 

 and it is intimated their Ilford Chancellor must look to his 

 laurels. , It will be remembered that Cardinal Beaufort was 

 a prize winner in the best company on the other side before 

 Mi-. Moore purchased him for Mr. Whitney. 



The proprietor of the Menthon Kennels will offer at the 

 coming New York show a free service to Lord Bute to the 

 best American-bred St. Bernard bitch, and for the second 

 best a free service to Lord Thorndale, or by paying $65 the 

 service of Lord Bute can be secured instead. 



When we met Mr. Roger Williams at the Lexington, Ky., 

 show he told us that he had just shipped a greyhound pup 

 to Dr. Van Hummel and expatiated on its merits to some 

 extent. He was not far wrong, for that was Van's Peter, 

 that afterward won the Great Bend Derby with only three 

 weeks' preparation. 



The Central City Kennel Club, of Jackson, Mich., held its 

 annual meeting in the parlors of the Commercial Hotel and 

 elected otiicers as follows: Pres., Dr. Edwin L. Kimball; 

 Vice-Pres., S. H. Slifer; Sec'y, Chas. H. Ruhl; Treas., Cbas. 

 W. Sarvis. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Sarvis for 

 the successful and entirely satisfactory manner in wuich 

 he superintended the bench show last year, and he was 

 unanimously chosen to .serve as superintendent of the bench 

 show to be held Feb. 16 to 19 inclusive. Mr. Sarvis, through 

 his intelligent supervision of last year's show, made many 

 friends for the club. 



As a result of his advertisement in FOEEST Atro Steeam, 

 Mr. R. D. Stocking has sold all his dogs and he wishes us to 

 say that "those not receiving answer to their inquiries will 

 know why." 



Among the neAv kennel ads this week are the following 

 offers for sale: W. H. H viand setters; C. R. Raynor, setters; 

 Will Allen, pointers; 938 Prospect avenue, .setters; 173 Ber- 

 gen avenue, St. Bernards; Prairie Mound Kennels, setters; 

 Dana Rhodes, .setter; S. B. Bowen, mastiffs; John P. Barn- 

 ard, bulldogs; Bo.x 70, beagles; Rav Hildebrandt, beagle; H. 

 F. Littlefleld, collies; H. Fred Church, terriers; D. A. Good- 

 win, setters; C. T. Brownell, setters; P. H. Hacke, Barzois; 

 Dr. Lordly, setters; W. F. Foss, setters; Edward Lever, ter- 

 riers; J. G. Glover setters; Jos. Baird, setters; Janitor, 

 pointer; Geo. W. La Rue, setters; F. A. wants two setters. 



In the Albany suit brought by George B. Gallup against 

 August Belmont and other members of the American Ken- 

 nel Club for libel, the General Term on last Monday gave 

 judgment for the defendants. 



Wife— "My dear, that horrid man next door has killed the 

 dog." 



Husband— "Well, never mind, my dear, I'll get you an- 

 other one some time." 



Wife— "But it wasn't my Fido that he killed; it was your 

 hunting dog." 



Husband (wildly)— "Where is my gun ?"— JV. Y. Herald, 



THE "SIBERIAN BLOODHOUND" 



OTREATOR, 111.. Nov. 21.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 kj In view of the discussion regarding the Massachusetts 

 law, it may be interesting to many to know the origin of 

 the so-called "Siberian bloodhound." Some twenty years 

 ago Mr. George E. Stevens first introduced to the general 

 public a number of great Danes, which he imported for use 

 in an ' Uncle Tom's Cabin" company. He plctui-ed them on 

 his bills as great ferocious monsters, with red mouths and 

 blood dripping lips, in pursuit of Eliza Harris. To further 

 thrill the public he called them "Siberian bloodhounds." 

 The name originated in his own fertile brain and was 

 purely the inspiiation of a theatrical manager, who was 

 seeking something sensational for advertising purposes. 

 These animals heavily chained and muzzled he paraded up 

 and down the streets in the different cities he visited. 

 Other enterprising managers soon followed his example, 

 and wdthin a few years every place of any importance had 

 been introduced to the great "Siberian bloodhound." It is 

 not to be wondered at that an ordinary legislature made the 

 mistake of believing that these dogs lived on raw human 

 blood. 



Mr. Stevens now lives at St. Joseph, Mich., and while he 

 has discarded the "Siberian bloodhounds" and "Uncle Tom's 

 Cabin'' he maintains a kennel of .sporting dogs and manages 

 a theatrical company of a different kind. J. W. FoBNOr. 



CASHIER'S WINNINGS.— Cincinnati, Nov. 2.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: If Matthew Henry had been prompt 

 and had nerve enough he could have won some money by 

 accepting my offer to bet that Cashier was eligible to chal- 

 lenge class in pugs at Lexington. Too late now, as per let- 

 ter from Mr. A. P. Vredenburgh, dated Nov. 17, the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club has decided that under Rule 18 Cashier 

 was not. Rule 18 reads that "in estimating number of prizes 

 a dog has won, with reference to competing in challenge 

 class or not, the prizes won in open class shall be calculated 

 up to 12 P. M. of day preceding the closing of entries of 

 (next) show." This is a plain case of a "poor rule that don't 

 work both ways," and shows the urgent need of a new rule 

 to govern just such cases as Cashier's, where a dog has won 

 his four firsts in open class and is honestly entitled to the 

 win he made in challenge, looking at the matter from a 

 common sense standpoint. One day deprives him of this, a 

 close call and the first case of the kind I've heard of. The 

 only grasshopper that was flying in the field had to hit me, 

 but I can stand it; so can Cashier, and we'll both come up 

 smiling for the next round just the same.— AL. G. Ebee- 

 HAET. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanbB 

 (furnished free) will be sent to any address. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Potteen, Superba and lerne II. By E. Lsver, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 for two wheaien and one red Irish teTier bitches, whelped Jan. 

 13, 1891, by Mars (Benedict— lerne) out of Sandy (ehampioa Dennis 

 — Sandyorof t Vim). 



Gem of Gem. By A. W, Purbeck, Salem, Mass., for white and 



red greyhound do?, whelped Aiie;. 28, 1891, by Gem of the Season 

 (Ivanhoe— Ely IL) out of Lad y Clare. 



BRED. 



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Maud Tnrrington~Gem. of the Season. A. L. Page's (Stanley, N. 

 .1.) greyhound oifch Maud Torrington to A. W. Purbeck's Gem of 

 the Season ([vauhoe— Ply ID, Nov. 22. 



Bernard Beauty— Coiotf. G. \T. Patterson's (Worcester, Mass.) 

 rou^h St, Bernard bitch Bernard Beauty i Don— Gretna) to his 

 Count (champion Apollo— champion Miranda), Oct. S. 



Dell— Count. G. W. Patterson'^ (Worcester, Blass.) rough St. 

 Bernard bitch Dell ( Everest— Seqna to his Count (champion 

 Apollo— champioD MiraDria), Oct. .5, 



Baiiadere-Count. G. W. Patterson's (Worcester, Mass.) rough 

 St. Bernard birch Bayadere (champion Bayard— Brunhilda) to his 

 Count (champion AuoUo-chamoion Miranda), Oct. 10. 



Kitty- Gem of the Season. W. Tozier's (Fairfield, Me.) grey- 

 hoimd bitch Kuty (Jack Keeley— Needle) to A. W. Purbeck's Gem 

 of the Season (Ivanlioe- Fly IL), Nov. .1-5. 



WrinMe— Bradford Kuby IL Mrs. H. Hammond's (Chicago. 111.) 

 pug bitch Wrinkle (Joe tl— East Lake Vlrgie) to Eberhart Puk 

 Kennels' Bradford Ruby II. (champion Bradford Ruby— Pn=s B ), 

 Nov. 11. 



Buhie—Eberharfs Cashier, Mrs. B. Straus's (Cincinnati, O.) pug 

 bitch lluhie to Eberhart Pug Kpnnels' Eberhart's Cashier (cham- 

 pion Kash— Lady Thora), Nov. 23. 



Gyp- Red Rover. S. Mat.teson's (Camden, N. Y.) coclcer apnniel 

 hitch Gvp (Prince Albert— Golden Floss) to T. J. Hook's champion 

 Red Rover (champion Obo IL— Woodstock Dinah), Nov. 13. 



Kina of Kent. Air. James Mortimer sends ua the following list 

 of visits to King of Kent, all of recent date, with the apt remark 

 that the long list goes far to show that the popularity of pointers 

 is not on the wane. The list is: J. E. Smith's (Dubuque. la.) Mol- 

 lie Bang, Quick & Vlckery's (Lowell, Mich.; Daisy, F.S. Webster's 

 (Washington, D. C.) Lassie Bang, J. B.Wickery's (St. Paul, Minn ) 

 Chicago Eavvn, Roht. Leslie's (Lynn, Mass.) Belle Randolph, D. H. 

 Moore's (Athens. O.) Babe Graphic, J. N. Pike's (Maiden, Mass.) 

 Clip, F. L,arkln, Jr.'a (Sing Sing, N. Y.) Betsy Bracket. Wm. P. 

 Taber's (Long Branch, N. J.) bitch by Mainspring, W. E. Field's 

 (St. Louis. Mo.) Queen, Hetnpstead Farm's (Hempstead, L. L) 

 Woolton Game, Chas. B. Pineo's (Bar Harbor, Me.) MoUie Bang. 

 F. E. Lewis's (Tarrytown, N. Y.) Lady Tammany, Westminster 

 Kennel Club's Westminster Sal, Westminster Kennel Club's 

 Westminster Nan. 



WHELPS. 



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East Lake Virgie. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, O.) pug 

 bitch East Lake Virgie (champion Bradford Ruby— Puss B.), Nov. 

 13, two bitches, by O. P. Kinuie's Spokane (champion Kash— Lady 

 Thora). 



Bonnie. L. E. Noble's (Boston, Mass.) St. Bernard bilch Bonnie 

 (Sir Herbert— Marvel), Nov. 3, eleven (five dogs), by Wheelock's 

 .Scotch Bonivard (champion Bonivard — Mirza). 



Kathleen. E. Lever's (Philndelphia, Pa.) Irish terrier bitch 

 Kaiideen (Play Boy— Banshee IL), Nov. 18, seven (two dogH), by 

 his Nailer (Badger Boy— Sandy). 



Kitty. E. Lever's ( Philadelnh ia, Pa.) black and tan terrier bitch 

 Kuxy (Ben— Fortune), Sept. 14, five (four dogs), by Ms Vortigern 

 II. (champion Vortigern- Luce). 



LHy of Gainsboro. A. W. Purbeck's (Salfm, Mass.) greyhound 



bitch Lily of Gainsboro (Laocoon ), Nov. 18, seven (four 



dogs), by his Gem of the Season (Ivanhoe- Fly IL). 



SALES. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Lady Bess. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped Jan. 17. 1889, by Tim 

 out of Lady Flora, hy Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa., to F. 

 L. Abbey, Detroit, Mich. 



Eleo. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Aug as t, 1887, by champion. 

 Elcho, Jr. out of Maggie H., by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., to Dr. J. G. Ely, Hamburgh, Conn. 



Captain S: Red Irish setter dog. whelped 1889, by Seminole Ken- 

 nel?, Philadelphia, Pa., to H. N. Harker, East Liverpool, O. 



D-imih. Black and tan collie bitch, whelped Aug. 28, 1890, by 

 Glenn out of Lady Trefoil, by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., to W. Aflee Burpee & Co., .same place. 



Little Bomor. Silver taM'n pug dog, whelped Aug. 10, 1891, by 

 Bonsor out of Ruby N., by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa,, 

 to A. Otterson, .Jr., Springfield, Mo. 



L. W. Clute, South Ballston, N. Y., has sold: 



NeViel). Crorteth. Pointer bitch, whelped Atarch 9, 1887, by 

 Count Croxietb out of Lo Faust, to Earle & McNair, Elbiiru, TIL 



Lenox. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped June, 1889, hy 

 Frenk out of Lett, to C. H. Hookroy, Remington, Pa. 



Bright C. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April 7, 1891, 

 by jJan L. out of Nellie D. Croxteth, to D. F. Perry, Columbus, 

 Ind. 



. Liver and white pointer dog, same litter, to 0. E. Morris, 



Wilton. Conn. 



Bonny Croxtetti and Thora Croxteth. Liver and white pointer 

 bltcheh, same litter, to Wm. Geneste, New Orleans, La. 



Lenor. White, lemon ticked, pointer bitch, same litter, to 0. H. 

 Miller. Spencer, Ind. 



MdtrcU. Liver and white pointer bitch, same litter, to E. 

 Blf rcher. New OrleaJis, La. 



Lily Whits. White, ticked with lemon, pointer bitch, same lit- 

 ter, to E K. Zimmerman. Johnstown, Pa. 



Rex— Dixcy whelps. Pug dogs, whelped April 18. 1891, one to F. 

 C. Wager, South Ballston, N. Y., and one each to Geo, Moore and 

 J. E. Brownell, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Gipney. Png bitch, same litter, to Mrs. T. Loveland, South 

 Ballston, N. Y. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



There are now two pending dates for shoots in the contest for 

 the Amateur Revolver Championship of America. The first is at 

 the rooms of the New York Pistol Club, No. 12 St. Mark's Place 

 (8th street), near 3d avenue, on Saturday evening next, Dec. 5" 

 Any New York revolver shot wishing to compete under the condi- 

 tions will find an opportunity on that evening. President Oehl, 

 of the club, will shoot, as well as several members. 



The next date already fixed is for Philadelphia, to be at the new 

 Wuiiilein Ritle and Pistol Association rooms on the evem'ng of 

 Dec. 13. It is likely that some ten members of the association wdl 

 then make scores. A representative of Fobbst and Stream will 

 be present and conduct the contest. 



Other dates have been asked for at various points, and Will be 

 arranged as rapidly as possible. The Williamsport Club and the 

 Wayne Club, both of Pennsylvania, have exi^ressed a desire to 

 enter the list with their revolver constituent, and will be given 

 opportunity of rolling up scores. 



With the opening of the shoots the suggestion was sent from 

 FoBEST AND Stream to the various revolver making companies 

 that they offer prizes supplementary to the main offer of the 

 Winans trophy to The winner, provided the winning was done 

 with a revolver of their make. Tne Colt Patent Fire Arms Mfg. 

 Co. promptly responded from Hartford that they would be pleased 

 to offer one of their dainty and accurate 22-caliber Lightning 

 rifles as a gift to the man who takes first place with a Colt, and the 

 Smith & Wesson Co., from Springfield, Mass., aa announced in 

 last week's Fobest and Stream, ofi'ers the winner a choice of 

 revolver from their works, and, in explaining their gift, say: 



"We impose no conditions in connection with the giving of a 

 prize to the winner of the revolver championship. It Is for our 

 interests to encourage all such contests, and we have strflBcient 

 confidence in the accuracy of our revolvers to believe such in- 

 ducements to use them quite unnecessary. Their own merits and 

 record will determine this point to our satisfaction, and we do 

 not consider it among the impossibilities that the winner may 

 trace his ability to assume the title to the fact that he used the 

 Smith & Wesson revolver in the contest." 



As already stated. Forest axd Stream will add to the main 

 prize a purse of $100 cash, to go 50, aO and 20 per cent, to the sec- 

 ond, third and fourth place men respectively. This for the en- 

 couragement of the men who try but miss it by perhaps a fraction 

 of an inch on the aggregate. With the opening of the shoots 



