ma. 29, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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MONDAY. 



A dense foEcand a raw temperattire prevailed during the 

 forenoon. The fog was remarkably thick. About 80 to 

 100yds. was the limit of vision, but it was rarely indeed that 

 a dbg got out of sight. The afternoon was favored with 

 better weather. Still birds were moving all day long, as in- 

 dicated by their presence in the open stubble and sedge 

 fields when the dogs found them. 



First Scries. 



Glenmore Ownte and Tillie BoRtT started at 8:50. Both 

 made game roading quickly about with noses to the ground 

 in open stubble. Tillie flushed the bevy. Tillie dropped to 

 a point. Nothing found. Ownie refused to back. Tillie 

 flushed a single. She was the wider ranger, though her 

 range was but moderately wide. Owjiie did not show any 

 knowledge of point work. Up at 9:35. 



Sagas Teaeawat akd Rockwood Dandy were started at 

 9.38. They ran 54m. Both made game, roading and point- 

 ing alternately a long distance. Tearaway pointed a bevy. 

 Dandy roaded' and flushed a single bird, which Tearaway 

 had stopped on a moment before. Tearaway made two 

 points, to which there was nothing found. Dandy followed 

 Tearaway about. The latter v^as the better and speedier 

 ranger. His range was fairly good. He carried a high head 

 and wa.ci searching with spirit. He had good tail action. 



Hawkete Q.ueen and RomATNE began at 10:41 and ran 

 .55m. Thev pootered a great deal at times. Their pace was 

 slow. At i:02, after lunch, they were again started. Queen 

 pointed a bevy in thick cover in a run. Romayne flushed a 

 single bird in corn. They ranged close in front of their 

 handlers. Up at 1:18. 



MoLLiE AND Glen MORE Appie were started at 11:43. Ir- 

 win and Appie wallced up a bevy. Thereafter Appie was 

 bird shy and refused to go out to work. She was ordered up 

 at 12:13. MoUeen was worked among the scattered birds, 

 but failed to get a point. She had a moderate range, but 

 was industrious. Up at 12:17. 



The party went to lunch. 



Second Series. 

 Four were kept in. These were not selected so much on 

 account of their good performance as upon the poor work of 

 the others. 



Rockwood Dandt and Tillie Bofttr started at 1:32. 

 Dandy tagged after Tillie a great deal. He showed fatigue. 

 A bevy was seen to flush wild. On the scattered birds in 

 woods, both roaded and pointed over a distance of about 

 1.50yds. Tillie across wind flushed a bird. They were turned 

 back to where the birds were marked down. Both dropped 

 to a flush in sedge and pointed the remaining birds. The 

 work was poor. Tillie was ordered up at 1:43. Dandy was 

 sent on, the judges wishing to know whether he wou'd 

 range alone. He worked close in front of his handler. Up 

 at 1:.52. Tillie was next tried alone. She went out and 

 worked, although her range was but fair. Up at 1:54. 



MoLLEEN AND SAGAS TEARAWAY started at 1:56. Tear- 

 away %.cted as if on the trail of a bevy. He pointed several 

 times, but no bird. On scattered birds, Mollie pointed one 

 but was not stanch. Tearaway backed. Both were steady 

 to shot. The work was poor. Both were going very slow 

 and doing very poor work. Up at 3. 



Tillie Bortj and S aoas Tearaway were started more to 

 comply with the rules which requires that the dogs for first 

 and second be run together. Both were tired. In fact, the 

 further the stake wasrun thewor.se the running, and if there 

 , had been much more innning the dogs would have been run 

 nearly to a standstill. Tearaway flushed a bevy near a road- 

 way in woods. On the scattered birds he pointed one indif 

 ferently well. Up at 3:25. 



The judges soon announced Tearaway first, Tillie Boru II. 

 second, and MoUeen and Rockwood Dandy divided third. 



The prizes were -5300 to first, -jilOO to second, $50 to third. 

 Mr. H. B. Anderson donates a special prize of .¥15 to the 

 winner of first. 



The All-Aee Stake. 



The competitors were drawn to run in the following order: 

 Glenmore Kennels' bitch Winnie I. (Frisco— Grouse II.), 



W. J. Irwin, handler, loith 

 H. B. Anderson's bitch Lady Alice (Redstone— Lady No- 



reen, owner, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' dog Ranger (Irish Elcho— Irish Bel- 

 fast), W. T. Irwin, handler, 



vjith 



George E. Gray's bitch. Elcho Maid (Elclio;.[S.— Maid), 

 owner, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' dog Beau Brummel (Elcho, Jr.— Red 

 Rose), W. T. Irwin, handler, 



with 



James B. Blossom's dog Bedford (Minstrel— Aurora), H. 

 H. Anderson, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' bitch Coleraine (Pingal III.— Aveline), 

 W. T. Irwin, handler, with 



George E. Gray's bitch Hope Bora (Brian Boru, Jr.— 

 Biddy), owner, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' bitch Betsy Crape (Keno— My Maid), 

 W, T. Irwin, handler, ivith 



W. H. Beazell's bitch Queen Vic (Kildare— Red Rose), 

 owner, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' dog Finglas (Fingal III.— Aveline), 

 W. T. Irwin, handler, tvith 



C. T. Thompson's dog Merlin (Grabl> -Flora), [J. White, 

 handler. 



W. Harte's bitch Harte's Bessie (Carless— Jessie Loraine), 

 W. T. Irwin, handler, loith 



H. E. Richard's dog Adonis (Tim— Currer Bell III.), 

 J. White, handler. 



Glenmore Kennels' bitch Ruby Glenmore (Glencho— May), 

 W. T. Irwin, handler, vMh 



Mcintosh & Warner's bitch Maid of Bristol (Inchiquin— 

 Onota Belle), T. Aldrich, handler, (in place of Dr. W. Jarvis 

 bitch Romayne, withdrawn. 



Dr. J. H. Meyer's bitch Squaw (Darrah Pat-Ruby Glencho), 

 H. B. Anderson, handler, ivith 



F. L. Cheney's dog Henmore Shamrock (Muscarry-Avoca), 

 H. Smith, handler. 



Dr. G. G. Davis' bitch Currer Bell IV. (Tim— Currer Bell 

 III ), J. Cassidy, handler, with 



Omer Villerd's bitch Estelle (Nedio Red— Vineta), H. 

 Smith, handler. 



Bedford, the winner of first, is good in his work on bevies 

 and singles. His range is narrow and his speed but mid- 

 dling, though he gallops and is industrious. 



Elcho's Maid, second, is a wider ranger, has better speed 

 and beats out her ground better. She wiggled her tail on 

 her point, and at times pointed in a slack attitude. She is a 

 good finder. 



Currer Bell IV. is an excellent puppy, shai-p and quick in 

 her work on birds and an industrious ranger. She acted a 

 bit puppyish at times. Lady had but moderate range, was 

 heavy in her way of going, and a fairly good performer on 

 birds. 



Tbe sypartJs were satjsf ^tory to most of tbe wi»oer§, 



One fault in the work of nearly every dog was that the 

 performance was not sustained one heat with another. As 

 the trial progressed nearly every dog would fall oflE in range. 



Firnt Series. 



Winnie II. and Lady Alice were cast off at 3:37. Down 

 ,SOm. Alice had quite a fair range and hunted diligently. 

 She made a very superior competition on point work, point- 

 ing one bevy nicely and two single birds. Winnie flushed 

 the two singles which Alice pointed, Winnie trotted about 

 close in front of her handler, showing little training and 

 less preparation. 



Ranger and Elcho's Maid commenced at 4:15. Maid 

 pointed a bevy in ledge and Ranger refused to back. Ranger 

 flushed a bevy in open weeds. He immediately became 

 timid and over cautious for several minutes. Maid pointed 

 a bevy in open weeds and Ranger backed. Both were steady 

 to shot. Down 30m. Maid was the better and more in- 

 telligent ranger. Ranger showed a lack of expmence. 



Beau Bkummel and Bedford began at 4:47 and ran 

 30m. Both drew about and frittered away a good deal of 

 time on the scent of sparrows in stubble. Beau pointed a 

 bevy in stubble. Bedford refused to back and stole the 

 point. Sent on. Soon Beau began to draw on footscent. 

 Bedford about 50yds. ahead pointed the bevy. He was 

 steady to shot. Beau was a bit unsteady. Up at 5:17. Both 

 ranged well. Bedford the better; also he ^had better judg- 

 ment. 



TUESDAY. 



The steady rainfall of the night had thoroughly soaked 

 the ground. The roads were muddy and streams were full. 

 Bottom lands in places were impassable. The weather was 

 clear and pleasant. Toward night it became quite cool. 

 The work of the day was quite good. A late beginning was 

 made. 



Coleraine and Hope Boru were started at 9:38. Cole- 

 raine ranged nicely, she going at a merry gait, beating out 

 the stubble well. Hope also ranged well, but was lacking 

 in the dash of her competitor. Hope roaded to a point on a 

 bevy which Coleraine soon afterward flushed. On the scat- 

 tered birds, Coleraine was timid and overcautious. She 

 flushed again. Hope pointed a single and Coleraine backed. 

 At 9:50 Hope wa.s ordered up and Coleraine sent on alone for 

 nine minutes. She still showed timidity in her work on 

 scattered birds. She and Hope were then run till 10:12 

 without finding. Hope did decidedly the better work. 



Betsy Craft and Qleen Vjc were started at 10:18, 



TOLEDO bee. 



Fii-st International Field Trials Derby, 1893. 

 Owned by Franfc W. Eddy, Deti-oit, Mich. 



Betsy pointed a bevy in sedge and backed by Queen. Both 

 were steady to shot. On the scattered birds, each pointed 

 one. Out in open sedge, Queen roaded down wind on a bevy 

 which was flushed accidentally by one of the judges. Betsy 

 made a point, her handler claimed, but the pines concealed 

 her for the moment and the judges did not see her work. 

 Betsy pointed a single. Queen pointed twice on singles. 

 Up at 10:.50. Queen showed the better judgment and ability 

 in pointing birds. Both were slow, narrow rangers. 



Finglas and Merlin began at 11:11. There were good 

 opportunities to work on a bevy and single birds, but both 

 made a poor showing. They ran a poor heat. Both pointed 

 inaccurately at times. Up at 11:41. 



Hart's Bessie and Adonis started at 11:46. Bessie tagged 

 A.donis a bit in the early part of the heat. Both were suspi- 

 ciously near a bevy which flushed in sedge some distance 

 ahead of the judges. Diligent search failed to find the scat- 

 tered birds. Both showed fair range. Up at 12:35. Bessie 

 did not seem to know much about searching. 



The party went to lunch. 



The judges, to give Adonis another chance on birds, put 

 him down on scattered birds in a good place at 2:12. He 

 made such a poor showing both in finding and pointing that 

 he was soon ordered up. 



Ruby Glenmore and Maid of Borstal were cast off at 

 1:30, Ruby started, ranging well, but soon narrowed down 

 to a small fling. Maid flushed a bevy. Maid got one point 

 on a single and flushed several others. Both ranged close. 

 Ruby appeared to have no knowledge of birds, and it was 

 diflicult to keep her handler near where they were marked. 

 The work was poor. Up at 2:08. 



Squaw and Henmore Shamrock started at 2:25. They 

 were worked on scattered birds in corn. Squaw roaded 

 nicely. Shamrock was up wind of the birds when they 

 flushed wild. Shamrock dropped to a point on a bird in 

 pines. Squaw backed or pointed. Shamrock pointed a 

 single. Both ranged well in a businesslike way and were 

 industrious. Shamrock was the better ranger. Rock car- 

 ried a high head. Up at 3:18. 



Currer Bell IV. and Estelle began at 3:17. Bell 

 pointed a bevy and was backed. This trial was Mr. Cassi- 

 day's flrst attempt at handling in a competition, and he did 

 it nicely and skillfully. Moved on. Belle dropped to a 

 point at the edge of a weedfieid. She drew on, whereupon 

 Estelle went in quickly and pointed. The bevy flushed 

 wild in weeds some distance ahead. Bell behaved well on 

 the scattered birds. Squaw worked in a businesslike way. 

 Down 30ai. 



Seconal Series. 



Eight dogs were kept in, namely, Lady Alice, Elcho Maid, 

 Bedford, Hope Boru, Squaw, Estelle, Henmore Shamrock, 

 and Currer Belle. 



Lady A.lice and Elcho Maid began at 4:06. They ran 

 a very even race so far as range and pace are concerned, but 

 Maid had some the better of the ranging and was the better 

 Oft birds, Maid wagged hey tail sometirnes on point, which 



marred herfstyle. Maid pointed a bevy and Lady backed. 

 On the birds in a thicket both pointed; nothing found. 

 Maid pointed a bevy in the open. Lidy going down wind, 

 flushed the same bevy. Sent on. In open Lady pointed; 

 Maid backed: nothing found. Lady pointed part of a bevy, 

 which flushed wild. Maid sent in after Lady had moved 

 on, pointed the remainder of the bsvy. The birds were fol- 

 lowed into woods. Maid made a flush. There was no posi- 

 tive work done, the birds flushing wild or being flushed by 

 horsemen. Up at 5:15. 

 This ended the day's running. 



WEDNESDAY. 



The morning was clear but sharply frosty. A late start 

 was made, the conditions not being unfavorable for good 

 work. 



Bedford and Henmore Shamrock started at 9:36, Bed- 

 ford in the open dropped on a point too close on a bevy and 

 it flushed wild. On the scattered birds in pines, Bedford 

 pointed a single and Shamrock flushed it. In the open, both 

 dogs roaded and before they located a horseman accident- 

 ally flushed the bevy. Bedford made a flush on a single 

 bird in woods. Up at 10:11. Both dogs ought to have got 

 more points considering the opportunities. Shamrock ap- 

 parently was off his nose and did work inferior to that of 

 his first heat. He ranged well with much dash, in which 

 respect he was equal to the best in the stake. Bedford was 

 quite good on birds, but wa.s lacking in range. 



Hope Boru and Currer Bell IV. were started at 10:20. 

 Both at the same time pointed a b^vy in sedge and were 

 steady to shot. Bell made two good points on singles and 

 was steady to shot. She had the better range and speed and 

 also was better in point work. Up at 10:43. 



Squaw and Estelle began at 10:57 and ran 30m. Squaw 

 followed Estelle in the forepart of the heat, not working in- 

 dependently. Their range was narrow. Squaw pointed a 

 bevy and was steady to shot. No work was done on the 

 scattered birds. 



Third Series. 



Bedford and Elchs's Maid started at 11:34. Maid had 

 much the better way of going, and was the better ranger both 

 as regards the ground covered and tne regularity of her fling. 

 Bedford was much better in pointing birds, a feature in 

 which he performed quite well. He pointed a bevy in open 

 weeds, he casting to and fro on the footscent andjlocating it 

 nicely. Next, each pointed a single bird and was steady to 

 shot. Up at 12:15. Maid wiggled her vtail when on point 

 and was not rigid at all times. 



Lunch was next in order. 



Currer and Belle Lady Alice were started at 1:26. In a 

 cornfield both found and pointed the same bevy. Both 

 steady to shot. The birds were not followed. In the open, 

 Lady'roaded in an awkward manner to a flush on a bevy— a 

 sloppy piece of work. On the scattered birds in thick cover, 

 it was difl5cult to determine what was done. Belle pointed a 

 single. It was said she stole the point from Alice. The 

 latter was a poor ranger, ran heavily and came in frequently 

 for orders. She required constant urging. Belle was much 

 the better ranger, was sharper and more skilful in her work 

 on birds. The heat and trials ended at 3:36 Both dogs 

 were tiring and ranging close when ordered up. 



Bedford won flrst, Elcho's Maid second, Currer Bell IV. 

 and Lady Alice divided third. 



The prizes were |i200 to flrst, $100 to second, .•S50 to third. 



WOLFHOUND TYPE AND STANDARD. 



Editor Fore ft and Stream: 



You raise, in a short paragraph in your number for Oct. 

 20, a question as to the extent to which we should modify 

 breeds we adopt from other countries. There is a good deal 

 involved in this question. Climate usually works changes 

 which we counteract only with difficulty and rather unsuc- 

 cessfully, and had better" accept, perhaps. But it seems to 

 me unfair to continue to call a breed by the name given it 

 when it originated, while we produce fundamental changes 

 in its form. It therefore would seem to be wrong for the 

 English successful breeders, as they are, to attempt to .«o 

 modify the Russianlwolf hound that he would become merely 

 a long-coated greyhound. There is one feature in this breed 

 on which all authorities seem to agree in Russia, i e., the 

 enormous arch of back and loins. This arch afliects even 

 the skeleton and, as I understand from all authorities, a 

 hound, especially a male, cannot be a Russian wolfhound 

 without this arch. In this country this point does not seem 

 to be distinctly recognized, for the judge of the miscellane- 

 ous class at Kingston was criticised in several quarters for 

 putting back a hound with back and loin as flat as a board. 

 As I understand it the dog not pass the Russian standard at 

 all. Surely we must not begin by ignoring parts that af- 

 fect the very skeleton of the animal. Nor do I think these 

 Russian breeders were all wrong in this. For a dog of great 

 speed for a short distance, and with his success in wolf- 

 hunting depending on striking the fleeing animal so as to 

 knock him over, this form seems to meet the ease. If the 

 arch of loin is desirable in a greyhound, how much more is 

 it to be encouraged in a dog intended for a shorter course 

 with tremendous Impetus. If we are going to have the 

 Russian wolfhound by all means let us not depart from 

 essentials of structure and form. I do not write as an author- 

 ity on this breed, but as a] student of form in relation to 

 function. Wesley Mills, M.D. 



Montreal, Can. 



To Cure a Gun-Shy Bog'. 



A gun-shy dog, or one that you want to be sure of under 

 fire, treat as follows; Tie him in the yard ; pnt a primed 

 but unloaded shell in your gun ; go near him, walk about 

 as if you were looking for game ; point your gun in the air 

 and fire the primer ; don't look at him, but go into the house 

 and get another primed shell and repeat the act. Do this 

 several times in the day for two or three days. Then begin 

 to use some powder, and keep adding until you are " dead 

 sure" he is without apprehension or fear. Always fire 

 directly from him, not looking at him before nor after 

 firing. Let some one observe his actions under fire. I had 

 a Skye terrier that was afraid of the slightest rumble of 

 thunder, which would drive him into the house and under 

 the bed ; but he was teachable, and I soon taught him to 

 love the gun, and delight in its thunder wb^n rabbits were 

 to be had. N. D. Elting. 



Messrs. George Meister and Charles W. Sarvis, of Jackson, 

 Mich., have entered into partnership to breed English and 

 Gordon setters and greyhounds, and claim the name of the 

 Jackson Kennel for their kennels. 



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