Nov.. 10, 1892.] 



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In defeat or victory he was always considerate and gentle- 

 manly. Aside from being friends, these are the reasons why 

 I am esiiecially sorry he will not be at the. field trials in 

 future. We need more like him. May he always prosper. 



A new organization, composed of gentlemen of high 

 standing, was recently formed at Canton, O., under the 

 title of the Ohio Field Trials Club. It will hold its hrst 

 trial for pointers and setters beginning Nov. 33. There will 

 1)6 a Members' Stake, All Aged Stake and Puppy Stake. It 

 is expected that there will be about forty start.ers in the two 

 last mentioned. Mr. John Bolus, Wooster, O., will judge. 

 The trials will be held at Zoar, O. Mr. A. H. Smith, Can- 

 ton, is secretary. The purses will be over $400. JSext year 

 the club contemplates holfling a trial in Ohio which will 

 rank with the best in the land. B. Waters. 



At 5 o'clock they were called up, as darkness had come 

 on. A two-mile drive to the village and the first day's work 

 was done. Birds were scarce, but the dogs, for Derbies, 

 showed very good training and did well on the whole. 

 There were about sixty spectators out to-day, and evei-ything 

 promises toward an enjoyable meeting. H. W. L. 



DOG CHAT. 



NEW ENGLAND FIELD TRIAL CLUB TRIALS. 



ISpeeial to Foreat and Stream.'] 



AssoNET, Mass., Nov. T.— On Monday evening, Nov. 7, the 

 quiet little hamlet of Assonet, a typical little New England 

 village, was invaded by the members of the New England 

 Field Trials Club, all seemingly eager for to-morrow's fun. 

 The club quarters are in the Town Hall, a more modern 

 biiilding and admirably adapted for the purpose, that is if a 

 man does not mind a little publicity. Oq the first floor is 

 the dining room and the town fire engines, the latter the 

 facetiously inclined hint at as a very wise arrangement. 

 Upstairs is a large hall where about fifty cots are arranged, 

 which are to be our "roosts" during the meeting, but gives 

 rather a hospital flavor to the gathering. At one end of 

 this hall is a stage and piano, on which Messrs. Goodwin, 

 Clarke, Higgins and Tucker discoursed sweet music till the 

 "wee .sma' hours." 



Among the members present to-night are Me.ssT.s. W. A. 

 Power, E. O. Damon, sprained ankle, crutches and all: L. 

 A. Pearle. J. A. Ellis, « '. H. Higgins, J. A. Garland, F. W. 

 Whitlock' Harry and W. Tallman, George W. Lovell, J. L 

 Wells. D. A. Goodwin, Jr., F. W. Freeman F. H. Clarke, 

 N. Billings, W. W. Lewis, H. Merriman, H. W. Stokes, E. 

 S. Hawkes, A, E. Davis, C. B. Diibois, C, R. Taylor, H. F. 

 Keyes, F. H. Roberts, Hollis White, W. S. Clarke, J. C. 

 Sharpe. Jr.. A. R. Sharpe, C. P. Curtis, Walter Baylis, C. E. 

 Davis, Dr. Hayward, and the judges, N. Wallace and W. A. 

 Coster. 



At 9 P. M. a meeting of the board of governors of the club 

 was called and the following were present: W. A. Power in 

 the chair; George D. Lovell, D. A. Goodwin, Treasurer 

 Wells. Secretary E. K. Sperry, and Messrs. Clarke, Tucker, 

 Damon, Hayward and Whitlock. 



After the minutes of last meeting were read and approved, 

 Mr. Whitlock announced tl>e presentation of the two medals 

 from the English Setter Club for the best dog and bitch at 

 the trials from a bench show point of view. Mr. W. Tall- 

 man was selected by the club to award these as soon after 

 the drawing for the All-Age Stake as possible. 



The motion to change the method of making the Derby 

 entries was referred to the Committee on Rules for consider- 

 ation. Meeting adjourned. 



A meeting of the club was then held, with these additiouiil 

 members present: Messrs. Merriam, Billings, Higgins, 

 Pearle, Freeman, Ellis, J. C. and A. R Sharpe, Bayliss, 

 Curtiss and Dubois. The following were elected members: 

 S. S. White and G. W. Amory, Boston, Mass.; H. E. Twom- 

 bley, Newton, Mass.; C. R. Taylor, Providence, R. I. The 

 drawing for the Derby then took place, and resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



Cohannet Kennels' Roy Kent with Dr. J. E. Hair's Albert's 

 Daisy. 



Oakland Farm Kennels' Tennessee Vandal with A. M. 

 Tucker's Bud of Kent. 



E. O. Damon's Rod's Mirth with Geo. W. Lovell's Dash A. 



Geo. W. Lovell's Wild Lilly with Agawam Kennels' 

 Druid Noble. 



Willard W. Lewis's Rod Belton with D. A. Goodwin, Jr.'s 

 Bradley. 



A. M. Tucker's Rowdy Roy with E. O. Damon's Rod's 

 Chaff. 



H. B. Tallman's Nellie G. with T. W. Whitlock's Count 

 Berkshire. 

 Noyes Billings's Roy Wilson, a bye. 



Assonet, Mass., Nov. 8.— Special to Forest and Stream: 

 The mcrning opened! very stormy and rain fell heavily. 

 While this improved the ground and was badly needed, it 

 prevented an early start. 



About O.SO, however, the weather cleared and the sun came 

 out. The big covered wagon was ordered up to convey us to 

 grounds about two miles from the village, and at 10,05 the 

 first brace, 



Rot Kent and Albert's Daisy were put down near the 

 Quaker church. A lot of ground was worked over and some 

 of it very bare. In 45 minutes Roy was first to point almost 

 on top of a bevy; Daisy brought to back; handler flushed, 

 fired and killed. After this Daisy wheeled on a single very 

 prettily, bird flushing while held for Roy to back. Another 

 bird flushed down wind from Daisy, excusable. Down 

 57m. Daisy had the best speed, range, with fair nose. Roy 

 Kent sluggish mover at first, livened up after. 



Tennessee Vandal and Bud of Kent.— This heat was 

 all in favor of the setter, as Bud of Kent, the pointer, loafed 

 most of the time and made one bad flush while just loafing 

 ground. After some careful roading Vandal nailed a single 

 in thick cover, Bud refusing to back. Then Vandal did a 

 nice piece of work on hill, pointing stylishly. Bud came up 

 and walked right into a large bevy, both steady to wing. 

 Vandal will do to go down again. 



Rod's Mirth and Dash A. were then' put down. Both 

 ranged well, but the setter Rod's Mirth showed up the best. 

 A lot of travelling and lunch intervened before Mirth pointed 

 two birds unsteadily in swamp cover. No further game 

 found; down altogether 48m. Both got out to their work 

 well, but the setter seemed to have most sense and speed on 

 the work shown. 



Wild Lily and Drtjid Noble.— This heat was all one- 

 sided, thepointer running rings round Druid, who though he 

 got out at time did not hunt with much sense. Lily was first 

 to make a real point after Druid trying hard. This was on 

 a bevy and Druid paying no attention to Lily, walked right 

 into the birds for a very bad flush. On the singles Lily 

 scored once beautifully but was backed indifferently. Her 

 owner put bird up, shot and killed neatly. Dogs down 50m 

 Lily will stay in. 



Rod Belton and Bradley.- Rod Belton did veryindiffer 

 ently , false pointing several times. Neither were certain on 

 their points. Belton loafed round handler most of the 

 time. A bevy was flushed and the several points were made 

 by both ou running singles, Bradley doing best. Speed, 

 style and ran.ging all in Bradley's favor. He will stay in, 

 probably. Down 49m. 



Rowdy Roy and Rod's Chafe.— This heat opened well, 

 Rowdy pointing; Chaff also coming in, a bevy was flushed. 

 Afterward in swamp Chaff got right on top of a bevy just 

 in time, birds flushed wild. Afterward he got a single nicely 

 of this bevy. A lot of false pointing was done by both in 

 beav.y cover; uo further score. ChafE may stay in. 



Count Berkshire being withdrawn, 



Nellie G. and Roy Wilson went down. Roy was first 

 to point running bevy. Nellie coming in to one side also 

 pointed, birds were flushed, both gtead.y. Then Nellie 

 picked up a single. No more game was found, but Nellie 

 ran ring.s around the other and showed herself a good 

 liianter. WiU stay in, 



Death of Lord Melrose. 



No sooner does Mr. B. H. Moore begin to feel as if his 

 lane of ill luck had at last a turning than the death of Lord 

 Melrose, the best St. Bernard he has yet bred, and probably 

 the best American bred dog of that breed in the country, 

 again entitles him to the symp,athy of his fellow breeders. 

 It is more than probable if the truth was known, Mr. Moore 

 felt a greater regard for Lord Melrose than any dog he has 

 had in his kennel, and he was justly proud of him. This 

 dog died last Tuesday from gastric colic. Farther particu- 

 lars have not yet been received from Mr. Moore. Lord Mel- 

 rose was only about 3}4 years old and was champion Ben 

 Lomond's best son, out of Recluse, both owned by Mr. 

 Moore. Though Lord Melrose was a dog of good parts,with a 

 well-shaped, massive head, straight forelegs and good bone, 

 as well as a richly colored dog, barring his lack of face 

 shadings, it was his gigantic size that at once made him con- 

 spicuous. He was, without doubt, the tallest St. Bernard in 

 America. With the possible exception of Donald, he was 

 the only dog that could safely be said to be over 35iD. in 

 height, and bad his body filled out proportionately he would 

 have been simply enorinous. Lord Melrose was not exten- 

 sively shown, but we believe his last appearance, at Roches- 

 ter, qualified nim for the challenge class. He has been used 

 extensively in the stud during the past year, as he afforded 

 a suitable outcross to the Plinlimmon blood, and we trust 

 he has left something of worth behind him. Mr. Moore has 

 our sympathy, btxt we are pleased to think that he still has a 

 winning hand in the wonderful Alton— Judith litter, which 

 contains such handsome dogs as Melrose, Alton, Jr., etc. 

 Mr. Moore has noAV lost, within the space of three years, 

 such celebrities as the mastilfs champion Minting and Ilford 

 Caution, the St. Bernards champion Ben Lomond, Alton, 

 S:iliron, champion Plinlimmon and Lord Melrose, besides 

 smaller lights, the aggregate value of which in cold dollars 

 represents quite a little fortune. No wonder Americans are 

 fighting shy of high priced St. Bernards. 



How Many Dogs Were Killed? 



"Podgers" sends us this clipping from a California paper: 

 "A Seattle man, tired of the ordinary slow method of catch- 

 ing fish, threw a lighted bomb into the place where the 

 fishes were last week and awaited developments. To his 

 disgust a retriever dog he had with him jumped into the 

 water, and seizing the explosive in his mouth made for the 

 shore. When he landed the man realized that his only 

 safety was in flight, but even that nearly proved futile, as 

 the trained animal made a bee line to deliver the trophy 

 at his master's feet. He would have succeeded, but the 

 bomb got in its deadly work just in time, and soon nothing 

 but the vacant spot where the dog ixsed to be and the breath- 

 less man was left to telll the tale." We printed the same 

 story the other day clipped from a Maine paper, and told of 

 a Maine man and a Maine dog. How many dogs were killed 

 by that same bomb? 



Show Dates. 



Those kennel clubs which intend holding dog shows dur- 

 ing the spring of 1893 must send in their claims for dates 

 before Dec. 1. On that date the committee appointed by the 

 O. K. C. will proceed to make a final allotment of dates in 

 accordance with the club's intention to have the spring 

 shows make a complete circuit. While this circuit plan has 

 its advantages on the score of saving expense, etc., there is 

 no gainsaying the fact that the dogs suffer from the artificial 

 life they lead for several weeks in the hands of handlers, 

 however careful the latter may be of their charges. Drawing 

 from experience in this matter we should say that a divided 

 circuit would be better, so that three weeks or a month could 

 intervene, thus allowing the dogs and everyone else to re- 

 cover from the strain of four dog shows in a month. Com 

 mence the season earlier if requisite, but let us have a recess 

 in the middle, and men will be better able to do justice to 

 themselves. 



Tony Weller, 



We are exceedingly pleased to find that in Mr. H. E 

 Carrier, the S. P. C. A. in Philadelphia have an active agent, 

 Through his efliorts the miscreant, Thomas Williams of 

 Cheltenham Township, who shot the beagle Tony Weller, 

 was fined $10 and costs. Much credit is due Mr. Currier for 

 the efficient manner in which he secured the evidence in the 

 case. If agents of the S. P. C. A. can be relied upon to exert 

 themselves in such cases, we should soon hear less of the in- 

 discriminate shooting of dogs by wretches who have no more 

 conscience than to cripple a dog and leave it to die, as was 

 the case in this instance. It is Mr. W. H. Child's intention, 

 we are told, to prosecute the shooter for damages, as Tony 

 Weller, if he does not die from his injuries, will be of no 

 further use to his owner. 



Nashville Show. 



Secretary Morrow writes that the railroads entering 

 Nashville are acting very nicely witu the Hermitage Ken- 

 nel Club; they offer to bring dogs through as baggage 

 when properly crated and will give reduced rates for 150 

 miles around Nashville during the week of the show. Thf 

 entries are beginning to come in and some of the best chal- 

 lenge dogs in the country are already entered, and the indi- 

 cations are that all classes will be well filled. Mr. Harry 

 L. Goodman will be superintendent and receive and care for 

 all dogs personally, so exhibitors who cannot come with 

 their dogs will know they will be well cared for and have 

 the best of attention. Entries close Nov. 23, so if you have 

 not already received enough entry blanks write Robt. C. 

 Stockton, 428 Church street, at once and he will give you 

 full particulars, 



Irish Terriers. 



Mr. Geo. R. Krehl, who steers the kennel division of the 

 English Stocli Keeper, still holds on to his pet breed, the 

 Irish terrier, despite the attractions that several Russian 

 wolfhounds, old ch. Eclipse, the collie, and some Basset 

 may have. He showed a taste of his Irish terrier quality at 

 the'late Swindon show, when in four classes he won four 

 first prizes and the special. Daniel II. took challenge honors; 

 Brian O'K., first open dogs; Meteor, first open bitche.= ; and 

 Dan's Gyp first in novice class. This is a nice little recor 

 devoid of any "it's or buts" that would make any man, even 

 a kennel editor who is supposed to be impervious to an 

 feeling, do a bit of a crow. 



Heredity. 



In an excellent paper on heredity which Mr. Abele re- 

 cently read before a meeting of the Veterinary Medical So 

 ciety in connection with the Ontario Veterinarj^ College, a 

 report of which we find in the Canadian Sportsman, he 

 said: ''The dog is so old he is a conundrum He seems to 

 have had nearly as many fathers then as now. All oar ped- 

 igreed stock can be traced back to curs with no resemblance 

 to.»th6ipres§Dt types, bub the clistaiitj.origiti,;.i5 doubtful. 



When the Eskimo gets short of dogs he catches a wolf pu\) 

 and adds it to his stock and in a few generations no trace ot 

 wolf is left. The Indians of S. A. have pet jackals they use 

 for dogs. They are known to breed jackals to dogs with 

 ease."' 



Sale of Claremont Clara. 

 In telling us of the sale of his Irish setter bitch Claremottt 

 Clara (Claremont Patsy— Nellie Glencho) to the Seminole 

 Kennels, Mr. F. H. Perry adds: "In my opinion they have 

 one of the best bench show and field bitches ever bred. Clara 

 ran in the Manitoba Derby, and all of the sporting papers 

 gave her a good standing as to being a fast and wide ranger 

 and a very high class field dog. I trust the Seminole Ken- 

 nels will put this bitch to the front, especially in the field, 

 as she has style, dash, energy and endurance that 'Irishmen' 

 like to see." 



Irish Setter Lost. 

 Mr, F. H. Perry, of Des Moines, la. , has lost hiiS dark .red 

 Irish .setter dog Rancho. The last seen of him was on the 

 morning of Sept. 19, on the street .going toward his home. 

 He has a very small white spot on breast, one white toe nail 

 on left hind foot. He was a very fast and wide ranger and 

 a very eager worker. Had a pacing gait when not running. 

 This dog must have been stolen, and should any sportsman 

 run across him Mr. Perry would be glad to be informed of 

 the fact. 



T. S. Bellin, Albany, N. Y., has purchased in England 

 from Mr. Bonly three wire-hair fox-terriers, which he ex- 

 pects to arrive in this country this month. He expects 

 to exhibit them at the coming Brooklyn show. Mr. Bonly 

 likes wires with a wire coat, and these dogs are said to be 

 natural and good coated and never want the "barber" like 

 the poodle-coated specimens that have often won her?. One 

 dog won this month at the Birkenhead, Eng., show and is 

 by Rustic Trick out of champion Tack, twice winner of the 

 50 guinea challenge cup. She will make her first appear- 

 ance at Brooklyn, and if breeding, make and shape, coat 

 and terrier character mean anything it is expected by her 

 owner that she will make a name for herself. 



The steamer Nomadic, of the White Star Line, arrived 

 Nov. 1, at pier 44 N. R., with an assortment of live stock on 

 board. A bull-terrier was consigned to F. Tj. Dever, Peoria, 

 III., which town .seems to have struck a "bully" gait (no 

 pun intended). To Mr. Wm. Iselin were consigned thre*^ 

 boxes of English hares. The president of the Florida C. & 

 P. R. R., Col. H. Pi. Duval, of New York, also received a 

 coop containing a first prize Indian game cockerel. And 

 Mr. W. A. Conklin, of New York, had four cases of swans 

 and waterfowl consi.gned to him. 



Our paragraph about Mr. Mauice's new venture in bassets 

 has stirred up Mr. Chas. F, Leland, of Cambridge, Mass,, 

 to telling us that he also has some dogs of this breed. At 

 his Primrose Kennels, Newport, R. I., he has ten bassets in 

 all, eight bitches and two dogs. Most prominent is Ninette 

 (ch. Merlin — Blossom), and formerly owned by Mr. Everett 

 Miilais, Among the jroung stock are Primrose Folly and 

 Peggy, and the dogs Primrose Ju.ggler and Nabob. We 

 are pleased to find there are so many of these quaint hounds 

 in this country, and as Mr. Leland intends to show at New 

 Y^ork and Boston .'next year Mr. Manice will not have a 

 walkover. 



Mr. E. H. Mulcaster, who judged at Great Bend, left that 

 point Saturday, Oct. 29, for California and Merced meet. 

 He takes with him Mr. J. Herbert Watson's likely one, 

 Royal Crest, and will see him fitted and run. 



The Cowley County Coursing Association, whose first 

 meeting comes oft' Nov. 15, at'Winfield, Kas., expects, a 

 thirty-two dog stake easy enough. Mr. H. C. Lowe goes 

 from Great Bend to this meet with some of his good ones. 

 Mr. J. R. Ballard, secretary of the Cowley County Associa- 

 tion, attended Great Bend meet and got well down with the 

 tough puppy Buckskin, 



The Seacroft Kennels, owned by Mr. C. Steadman Sanba, 

 have had an addition to their stock of Russian wolfhounds 

 by the birth of six pups out of their bitch Khratka, by 

 Leekhoi. 



The black and tan terrier men in England seem deter- 

 mined to have a specialty club even if they (the clubs) die 

 off every six months. The old English Setter Club seems 

 to have fallen into innocuous desuetude and another one 

 has come to light under the presidency of Mr. Berrie, with 

 Dr. H. T. Poote, of New Rochelle, N, Y., and C. S. Dean, 

 owner of Prince Eric, vice-presidents. 



Jones — "Why on earth do yoti offer such a large reward 

 for the return of that horrid yapping, snapping cur?" 

 Brown— "To please my wife," Jones— "But such a large 

 reward will be sure to bring him back." Brown — "Oh, no, 

 it won't. He's dead. I drowned him myself." — Judge. 



We note among the new offers for sale, the following: 

 English setters, Dager & Osthaus. Buckeye Kennels; rabbit 

 hounds, J. Hope; pointers, J. R. Pursell, Maumee Kennels; 

 beagles, H. L. Kreuder, Albion Beagle Kennels, Woodside 

 Beagle Kennels; fox-terriers, Bowman & Byrne, Wilton 

 Kennels; Gordon setters, Thos. Satterthwait; Llewellin set- 

 ters, Jos. Pullman, E. Beach; cockers, Geo. Bell. 



As to that sheen dog picture — Why do the heathen rage, 

 and the people iniagine a vain thing? The text is very old, 

 but it's very pat^ 



BRONCHIAL. 



Editor Forest and Si/ream: 



As I am somewhat affected with asthmatic bronchitis I 

 am desirous of finding a location which will arrest this dis- 

 ease. Some of my friends have suggested that I rent a 

 small hotel in some part of the country heneficial to my 

 health where game is plentiful, and I have no doubt but 

 what their promises to keep the house full during game 

 season would be fulfilled. I prefer Tennessee or Kansas, 

 but if any of your readers know of such a place I would like 

 to hear from them. I would move my kennel of Irish 

 setters wherever I locate. Chas. K. Farmer. 

 Inbianapolis. Ind. 



".Just throw me half a dozen of the biggest of these trout," 

 said a citizen to the fish dealer. "Throw them?" qiieried 

 the dealer. "Yes; and then I'll go home and tell my wife 

 that [ caught 'em. I may be a poor fisherman, but I'm no 

 liar." — Exchange. 



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