Feb. 9, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Children of a Larger Growth. 



OpelousAs, La., Feb. 3.— Wise reader, have your ever 

 started by rail on a hunting trip, with your dogs carefully 

 crated \A'bile en route? If not you may Lave been one of the 

 multitude wbich have seen dogs so inclosed. It is fortuuate 

 tliat the dogs in this country are not all in crates at the 

 same time, since it ^^-onld I'educe tlie whole nation of men to 

 a uniform state of silliness for the time being, with a little 

 spice of inipertiueiice here aiiCI tlj.'i p to season the whole. It 

 may seem str.'MiL;(! iliat u. d<T_:, i : should \ia\e siicli an 



effect on the jiohler anjm;i.t i ivpeaiiiiig, he doesn't. 

 He simply ali'ords the opportiiuUv lor the man to demon- 

 strate that he is a large child. 



To the average good citizen the dog, be he large or small, 

 ■with or without color, is a dog, in the same sense that eggs 

 are eggs, or clams are claras. The good citixeii can w alk 

 along the streets or roads nil day without seeijig dogs, e'\ eii 

 though they be plentiful and at large. Put any om: cf the 

 multitude of dogs in a crate and the demand of the popula 

 tioh in the immediate vicinity of the dog uudei-goes a 

 change. 



Imagine that you have just alighted from a train, your 

 crate of dogs has "been set on the platform of the depot and 

 the train has gone puffing on it.s way, carrying with it the 

 baggageman who manifested such tender solicitude for the 

 welfare of the dogs, or sulky inactivity, till he secured his 

 gratuity. 



An aged gentleman, well dresL^ed, polite in manners and 

 with all the added respectabilits' which white liair, a silk 

 hat and c;me can best ow, cornes along and *ees the crate. 

 His counteriaiice fades to a ^ aeaiit look. He gazes earnestly 

 at the dogs with a winkless stare. Not for the world would 

 this polite old gentleman open yottr trunk to see what it 

 contained or prod your person with his cane to see if you are 

 alive. No; he is too polite. But he pushes his cane between 

 the slats, stirs up the tired dogs, and ue\ er is conscions that 

 he is impertinent and intrusive, liy this tiuie there is a 

 crowd of men and l)oys three or four deep, all alike in the 

 expression of blank curiosity nnd fcn-getfrilness of good 

 manners. One man .sticks his haml through the slats "aud 

 wiggles his fingers. Another gi\ es .i ]:ioor imitation of bark- 

 ing. Another hisses and says, "Sick 'em!" Another clucks 

 and says, "Good dog." 



You juay want lo take your dog out of the crate and 

 politely ;jsk to be permitted to do so. The affair is a minia- 

 ture repel iriim Ihen of a scene ii\ the city when a man is run 

 over l>\ a street car, 'riiose in the rear press forward, crane 

 their necks to see o\'er the heads of their fellows, and all are 

 eager to feast tlteir eyes on the tlirUling sight of a man open- 

 ing a door to let tAA'o dogs out. of a box. The crowd stead- 

 fastly holds every inch of its ground. 



After the dogs'are loose, the crowd becomes talkative. Not 

 one would, in yoiu^ presence, criticise yottr clothes, your 

 trunk, your ]5erson. No, they are too polite. They, ho^vever, 

 cheerfully and candidly on the dogs make all kinds of com- 

 ments and suggestions, according to the individual idiosyn- 

 cracies of each. 



"P(tor dogs, why don't you give them somethiog to ^at.*"' 



"Are they mad!''" • ■ * 



"What kind of dogs are they.!"' 



"That box isn't big enough for them." 



"Mj^ old dog Fido looked'just like the biggest one." 



■'Goin' a-huntin', stranger:'" 



"What did that box co.st;-''' 



"Blamed if I'd pay so mirch as that for a box to put a dog 

 in, but some people have more money than anything else." 



"Cum all the way from Chicago! Du tell. An' jest ter 

 hunt some partridge. I Icnow a man in Chicago. His name 

 is Tom Jones, an' he Avorks in a store. Do you know him!' 

 Good fellow, Tom was. You ought to see him when you get 

 back. He knows a heap about dogs, 'n' ken tell you all the 

 latest not'ions about 'em. Alius owned one sence he was a 

 boy." 



'"^Tiat breed are they?" 



"So that is a bull setter, is it? They are the first I ever 

 seen."" 



"What do you feed them dogs with? Look zif they'd been 

 ted hoops 'n' staves." 

 And so on, and so on. 



It is said that human nature is the same everywhere. It is. 

 There is the same kindness, the same good, the same influ- 

 ences to do right, but a dog in a, crate i>aralyzes it ail for the 

 time being. Yes, hitutan natnie is all alike. 



This is not offered in a spirit of peevishness. It is offered 

 as an admonition to the great army of men, who feel privi- 

 leged to take all sorts of liberties with dogs in a crate, that 

 it is quite as improper to do so as to be childishly curious 

 :about any other personal belongings. Of course there will 

 .always be left men whose gray matter settles flat on the 

 brain pan for hours, at sight of "a tall building, a circus pro- 

 cession or a dog in a crate. 



We pity the eager curiosity of women and children. The 

 every day sights which are common to men are many times 

 new and novel to women and children, therefore their curi- 

 osity is more noticeable concerniug every-day matters, in 

 consequence of their inexperience. Let a Turk, or the King 

 of the Cannibal Islands, or a famous prize fighter walk the 

 streets, and behold man's curiosity! He follows each with 

 prick-eared wonder. 



Railroads and Dog's. 



The transition from man's emotions to his pocketbook is 

 easy. It is near the foundation of all his emotions. Any- 

 thing which tends toward protecting his pocketbook is al- 

 ways recognized as sensible and commendable. The follow- 

 ing may be proHtable to know; 



A shooting trip by I'ail is always expensive. .A tter nnildng 

 all the estimateb it can safely belnuUiidied by i o -^v, ai i he 

 actual expense. But if one travels far on the .Southern 

 Pacitic R. R., the shooter ^vho does so will find his ex^ienses 

 largely increased si i tar as dogs are concerned. In its circu- 

 lar the management says it will not take any dogs for trans- 

 portation, lint that owners can make arrangements with the 

 train baiig-agenren. This seems very simple, but it isn't. 

 Station agents disclaim all responsibility. It is purely a 

 personal matter with them Avliether they handle theni or not 

 and they generally do uot. unless paid tor it. The train bag- 

 gageman in dealing with the owner is not sure bur, ^rhat it 

 is necessary to turn them over to the exjDress comxiany 

 unless l ie is well paid. If I were going on "a shooting trip 

 again I would go to some other section to a^'oid the annoy- 

 ance and constant and unreasonable demands whicli have to 

 be paid, tor no otlier reason than that the ccinpaiiv wiU not 

 protect sportsmen in transporting their dugs, in making it a 

 personal matter between the spiirtsniau and tlie Itaggageman 

 it causes endless expense, and in a manner the ill-will of 

 other employes. As the matter is betwe en the owner and 

 the train baggageman, other aceuts do not feel like gratui- 

 tously doing work which accrues solely to the benerit ot said 

 baggagemari. This was clearly exemitliried at New Orleans. 

 The baggage agent of the Southern Pacidc was polite and 

 attentne enough so hir as eliecking a trunk was concerned, 

 but Avheit it eaiut to the crate with t^^-o dogs in it; he didn't 

 kno\v anything about them, further than in his opinion, 

 ■curtly given, that they would ha^ etogo by express. I mildly 

 mentioned t bar the road advertised that arrangements tor 

 ti'ansportaiioii of dogs cotikl be made ^vith train baggage- 

 men. He seemed irritated, said he had nothing to do 

 with It. Thought the baggageman would loiow, but 

 still he tltotight they would certainly have to go by 

 «xpn.ss. lie grew quicldy less cix'iL lie called the Lraiii 

 Jbaggagein.in. who said that he could take them, and would 



leave the fee to my liberality. When I changed cars at 

 Lafayette, the baggageman, before the train started and a 

 moment after the dogs m cvc put on by two gentlemen of dark 

 complexions who required feeing also, sent in a messenger 

 with the statement that he wanted to see me. I knew the 

 statement was equivalent to a command. I went. 



"A re these dogs yours," he said. 



"Yes." 



"Got a pass for them?" 

 "No." 



ant them to go by express?" 



"No, Your road advertises that dogs will be taken charge 

 ot hv train baggagemen." 



He looked sour. "I never heard of such an arrangement," 

 he said. He said the thing which was not, for he knew it 

 well enough. 



The distance was about twenty-two miles. The ticket for 

 the distance ^va9 .sixty-five cents. 1 offered him fifty cents, 

 wh i(h. he took' readily, his face brightened up and thereafter he 

 \\ as tronltled no more witli fears ;is to whether I had a pass, 

 whether the dogs would have logo liy expi-ess t)r whether 

 there w ere any oilu.dal rules gox'errtnig i^ihe transpin'tation of 

 dijgs. It is unpleasant to Ite held up in such a inanner at the 

 beginning of every b.'tgg.Mgenian'K run. 



Any bportsinan conteniplat ing a hunting trip on this road 

 sh(Mild secui e a itass, and if he can not do so it would be wise 

 to make his trip to other fields. B. Waters. 



POINTER CLASSIFICATION. 



TucKjUTOE, iST. Y".,Feb 4.— Eilitor Forest iinil Strcani: Acci- 

 dentally Mr. Waters gives souieof his reasons in general in 

 your Feb. 2 issue and the gist of it is tliat the present divi- 

 ision in Aveight classes compels bench shows to give more 

 money. How parsimonious and how illogical. No bench 

 show gives more than it has to aitd it is perfectly regtdated 

 by the entries they get. 



Other'svise, Mr. Waters advances the new idea that all set- 

 ters had the same right to weight division; why, he leaves 

 us to assume, liecanse he, and, I suppose, some more setter 

 men, assumes it unfair to the setters. It may be so now, 

 though I have failed to notice tlmt .setters do have a great 

 difference iir size and weight, except the immensely inbredr 

 Llewellins of modern days, where one is very apt to get 

 some very small speciniens, but the general rttn is quite 

 even. Biit hoAV Mr. Waters will demonstrate that because 

 the setters do uot get a, di vision this compels the cutting 

 oft' of the pointer class div ision I fail to see. 



Pointer classes have pretty nearly always, and everywhere 

 here and in Old England, been divdded — as a matter of fact 

 and necessity—by the peculiarities of the breed; the setters 

 have never been divided, either by weight or size, a.s there 

 is no cause for it. As to the relative question between light- 

 weiglit and heavy-weight pointers, in regard to field quali- 

 ties'TtXIi-. W^aters'lets his setter vein have a bit of freedom. 

 I sliould just like to see a few pointer field trial monopo- 

 lists as we have setter monopolists, and, as much as I 

 admire the setter, 1 am positive it would be a toss of a cop- 

 per w^hich would come out ahead. 



It is only ten years .since dogs ha.ve, in reality, been taken 

 up, as Mr. Waters correctly states; and does he really think 

 this relative span of time is enough to settle the question 

 between the two breeds? As yet the setter had his fad; 

 when the turn comes it is bound to be the pointer, heavy or 

 light, as they come in a litter. 



.Dog-jockeying, as I call it, between the classes shottld be 

 more severely dealt with, I agree, and have to acknowledge 

 it is done by men who would bo very much insulted if you 

 would call them sharpers, and it is nothing else. But this, 

 like many other shortcomings, will be in a short time 

 eliminated from every honest sportsman, like shooting quail 

 on the grouud,which^ I see, is even done by a handler in open 

 field trial. Perhaps California has a difl'erent code of shoot- 

 ing etiquette and it may be there the ]3roper thing. 



G. Muss-Aenolt. 



ILLINDIO KENNEL CLUB. 



IndiAjS'Apolis, Ind., Feb. 4. — Inclosed please find clipping 

 which explains the organization of the lUiudio Kennel Club 

 here Feb. 2. We have applied for membership in the A. K. 

 C. and also claimed dates, March 28, 29, SO and 31, for our 

 show, and yort mil please add them to your list. We have 

 the best men in the city interested, and by following the De- 

 troit show ought to have a good entry. 



Chas. K. Fap.mee, Secy. 



"The name of the new organization is IlUndio, a combina- 

 tion of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The following officers 

 were elected; President, Harry S. New; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, A. A. .'Vnderson; Vice-Presidents, Dr. Q. Van Hummell, 

 Thomas Taggart, J. B. Heywood, Ed. Lilly, Harry C. Pome- 

 roy, Gen T. A. Morris, Indianapolis: J. A. Hulman, Terre 

 Haute; F. C. AATieeler, Cincinnati; -T. E. Dagre, Toledo; J. 

 Hudson, Covington, Ky.; W. J. Banghn, Hidgeville. Ind., 

 and Robert Wushard, Dana, Ind.; Secretary, Charles K. 

 Farmer; Assistant Secretary, Clarence Foster; Treasurer, 

 Henry Schwinge; Attorney, L. C. Walker; A^eterinary, Geo. 

 H. Roberts, D. V.S.; Steward, Robert M. Riley; Directors, H. 

 Van Hummell, Horace Comstock, Frank Samuels, Joseph 

 Becker, Peter Travis, Harry Atkins, L. C. O'Brien, William 

 Fortune, T. R. Thornburg, Albert Leiber, David Bergenthal, 

 David Wallace, Oran Perry, T. C. Peck, W. H. Dye, Harry 

 T. Hildebraud, .Joe H. Alexander, Ben Eaton, D. P. Erwin 

 and .Joe Lilly. 



"The objects of the club are to promote interest in thor- 

 oughbred dogs, give bench shows, field trials, etc. Applica- 

 tion has been made for admission to the American Kennel 

 Club, and a bench show will be given in Tomlinson Hall, 

 March 2S to 31, under the rules of that orgatdzatiou. It will 

 be the first really correct bench show ever held in this city, 

 and it is expected that tliere will be from ."lOO to tlOO entries of 

 the finest dogs in the country. Encouraging letters have 

 been received from the East, and it is believed that Cincin- 

 nati alone wdll send at least 150 fine dogs. The week previous 

 the Detroit show will occur, and many of the exhibits will 

 come here from the i\lichi,gan city. Therefore it is expected 

 that the local show avIU tie second to none in the country. 

 The field trials will be held near the city, where sportsmen 

 and others intprested can easily be spectators. The club will 

 be a benefit to the city, as it will give the thousands of .sports- 

 men here an opportunity to come in touch with those from 

 other portions of the country." 



A medium-sized black dog furni.shed lots of amusement to 

 those curious enou.gh to walk up tei the reservoir in Central 

 Park last week. If ever there was a desire on the p.art of a 

 dog to commit suicide by starvation this misgtiided animal 

 furnishes a living example. By some means he succeeded in 

 getting through tlie close railings and on to the ice which 

 co\'ered i he reser\-oir. In spite of every inducement in the 

 shape of appetizing tood_ to lenipt him to come ashore, the 

 dog kept persistently in the middle of the lake and out of 

 shot. Many attempts were made to capture the dog, but the 

 ice uot beiu.g very thick it was ris much as a man's life was 

 worth to follow him on the slippery surface. One man went 

 through, and to add to his troitlih's the park policemen 

 arrested him for brealiing a city ordiuance in getting over 

 the railing. Eventually, after' five da\s' starvation, some 

 boys, tempted by a reward, elanibei ed over t he railings, and 

 circling round the weakening brute finally cornered him; a 

 boy called Ward caking him home, where at last accounts 

 the dog was feeding all right. Of course the nruseum men 

 are after the dog, andit ia reported that $500 was paid for 

 him by one of them. 



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CHICAGO DOG SHOW. 



[Special fo Forest and stream. 



Chicago, 111., Feb. 7.— The show opened this morning 

 with an excellent list of dogs, entries numbering 520. A 

 number of Western exhibitors are here— Messrs. Bunn, Kim- 

 ball, J. B. Lewis, Anderson, Hanson, Seidler, Merrill, Van 

 Hummel, Siddons, Woodward, Wedekind. Davey and Gib- 

 son from Canada. Dr. Glover, Sauveur, Booth, Trickett, . 

 .larrett, Connors, Ben Lewis with twenty-eight dogs, and 

 Joe Lewis with a big string of Irish setters from the East, 

 ikastift's and St. Bernards are good, great Danes very st,i-ong, 

 pointers and setters well represented, Iiish setters especially 

 so, collie classes also filled well. Judging nearly completed. 

 At.teud.qnce verv good. Weather fine bnt very cold. 



AWAKDS. 



MARTTFFy— Challbxgb— /Jor/.s.- 1st. IvimhaU s Ellrsou : 2d. Bunn"s 

 Ormonde. Bitches: Jst. Cod: 2d. L.vnn s Lady Doroth:^'— Open— 

 Ddi/^: isi,. Lvinvs Oardiiial Jieiiutert; ;jd, Holcoitib k 1'rn.ice Colk. 

 K. '.serve. ],ivjne"s .Sraosha. Jnfche.t: 1st, Dnnrrs Itlord C!nn(3o: ^d. 

 Buinrs iVIatella. Reserve, Spnns" Forest Kennels' Melrose Portia.— 

 VveviEH—Bifches: 1st. McLean s Persia; 2d, Iitz.gerakl's Quefen, 

 bpears, 



GREAT DANES.— Z)o£/,s (17): 1st, Sturtebaker\s Ma], MeKmley; 2d> 

 ■Wieht's Prince Victor. Reserve. Loinuiger s tisrer. Bitches: 1st, 

 Osceola Renucls' Neverzell: Kd. Altoiibachh, iSelhe h. Reserve, 

 Wute's Fi-ranlcin,— Puppuss— Do(/,v.- Jst. ]i;stber£; 's Juug- Wilham: M, 

 Kochler's Prince. Bitches: 1st. Dietrich's Delia: 2d. Otto's Ethel -E. 



ST. UFRX .ARDS.— Rough— CHALi.EyGE—Z.»en.^ 

 o / 7fs Ibl JCooics ladv I i i 



r.a- I —Open— X'o^.'i.' 1st. Mores; . 



' , Reserve. Tichenor^s Ani. i . 



i ' n I Isjnt,st man Count Bitil 



-.eliill iiUi,-Pi b Utt B ini, D nve Bio .r 

 PiTppiEs— i^'H/.s-: 1st. Hubert's Ashland .Jumbi 

 Ritche.'i: ^Vithlield.— Novice— 1st. Moore s Altoneer: ~d. hauerhermg s 

 Lord ot Richmond. Reserve. Ts-ramer s Sir Barry Bedviere. 



ST. BERN AR.D.S,— Smooth- CnAi.r,KNOn—/)of/.s'.' 1st. Lewis s 'Victor 

 .Toseph. Bitches: 1st, Riippert's Empress of Oontoocook.— Opkn- 

 £>o<is: 1st, Moore's Melro.se; 2d, Hilgert's Lawrence tTarza. Reserve," 

 Maitle Leaf Kennels' Victor Jack. Bitches: 1st, Ruppert's Belle..£;arde; 

 2d, Schahenberger's Columbia Venus. Reserve, Lewis's Fernwood 

 Gokiie. 



WOliFHO'UNDS.—Dogs:, 1st, Hacks's Seloeem. Bitches: Ist.Hacke's 

 Orineda. 



DEERHOUNDS.— 5?:fc7ie.5; 1st, PauPs Alice; 2d, Veronica. 



GREYHOUNDS.— JJofifs.- 1st and reserve, Van Summers VansoreU 

 and Vanpeter; 2d, Wliititig''s Lanchwood. Bitches: 1st and ^d. Van 

 Hummel's Viola and Verdure Clad. Reserve, Sarvis's Lady Olivia. 



POINTERS.— Challenge— i>ofirs; Prize withheld from Inspiration. 

 Bitches: 1st, Davcy's Lady Gay Spanker.— Open— Do<;s.- 1st, Dutton'a 

 Duke of Kent D,; 2d. Biddle's Glenmorgan. Reserve, Davey's West- 

 minster Drake. Very high com., ConnelTs Rock n. Bitches: 1st and 

 resei've, Davey's Josie Braclcetfc and Ightfleld Madge; 2d, Donough''s 

 Sal n.— Puppies— Doys/ 1st, Daniels's Fred Graphic; 2d, Dunafee's 

 Blaise M. Bitches: 1st, Daniels's Scatty. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Challenge — Dog-s.' 1st, Taylor's Breeze 

 Gladstone. Bitcli.es: 1st, Lawson's Blue NelL— Open— Doc/.s.- Ist, Mer- 

 rill's Paul Bo ; 2d, Ward's laig Gladys. Resei've, Hunter's Truehlue. 

 Bitches: 1st, Pennsylvania Kennels' Katie Noble H.; 2d, DeLong's 

 Mishka of Elms. Reserve, Holm's Bonnie PegDiatite. — Puppies — Dogs: 

 1st, Donoghue's Monk of Furness Drake. Bitches: 1st, Donoghne's 

 Monk of Euvuess ,LiIl; 2d, Middleton's Countess Roy. 



IRISH SETTERS.— CHALLBNGB—Doffs; 1st, Seminole Kennels' Tim 

 (beating Beau Brumniell, Price of Patsy, Khdare Seminole, Duke 

 Elcho, Dick Swiveller and ICildai'e Glenmore). Bitches: 1st, Oak 

 Grove Kennels' Norna. — Open — Dogs: 1st, Glenmore Kennels' Einglas ; 

 2d, Sharpless's Blarney, Jr. Reserve, Carmichael's Shami-ock Bruce.' 

 Bitches: 1st, Glenmore Kennels' Coleraine: 2d, Oak Grove Kennels' 

 MoUie D. Reserve, Carmichael's Lady Miller. Seventeen in each 

 olass.—PuppiES— Dog's; 1st, Cai-michael's Lord Elcho, Jr.; 2d. Semhiole 

 Kennels' Kenmore Chief. Bitches: 1st, Tompkins's Red Rose; 2d, 

 Strand's Lottie 0. 



COLLIES. — Challenge — Dogs: 1st, Chestnut Hill's Clmi'lcroi H. 

 Cheatin.g Maney Trefoil, The Squire and Roslyn Dandy). Bitcties: 1st, 

 Chestniit HiU's Flurry II. ; 2d, Seminole Kenoels' Cora II,— Open — 

 Dogs: 1st, Chestnut Hill's Toronto Wonder: 2d, Serninole Kennels' 

 Cui-zon. Reserve, Seminole's Chrysolite. Bitclu-s: 1st, Chestnut 

 HiU's Donna; 2d, Gibson's Vanity. Reserve, Chesterford Park Ken 

 nets' Lass.— Puppies— Doj/s; 1st, not marked; 2d, Turner's Laddie. 

 Reserve, Chestnut HiU's Doctor. Bitclies: 1st. Chestnut HiU's Donna; 

 2d, Gibson's Fnssie. Reserve, Chesterford Park Kennels' Lass. 



BULLDOGS.— Challenge— Doa.s.- 1st and 2d, Blwiss Kennels' Har- 

 per and Bo'swam. Bitches: 1st and 2d, BNass Kennels' The Graven 

 hnage and Duchess of Parma.- Open— Do(y,s'; 1st, lUwiss Kennels^ 

 King Lud. Bitches: 1st, lUwiss Kennels' Lady IJan. r 



BULL-TERRIERS.— Dofirs.- Isl, Luzboro Kennels' Crisp; 2d, Cha- 

 tauqua Kennels' Sir Monte II. Reserve, Wilber's Edgev-ood Bendigo. 

 Bitclies: 1st, Chatanqua Keimels' yVTiite Gypsy; 2d, withheld. 



DACHSHUNDS.— 1st and 2d, Wedeldnd's Taps and Zurherst. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— Dogs; 1st, Oliver's Dick York. Bitches: 

 1st and 2d, Oliver's Minnie York and Pinkey York. 



TOY SPANIELS.— D0(7S,- 1st, Goldsmith's Calnrnet St. 05'r. Bitches! 

 1st.. Goldsmith's Calumet Alice. 



TOY TERRIERS.— 1st, Sherman's Piscie; 2d, Herdlick's Chi'omo. 



PUGS.— Challenge— Dog's; 1st, Davis's Sprake; 2d, Fryer's Bob Ivy. 

 Ml-. Seidler judged this class because esliibitors and Mr. Goodman ob- 

 jected. — Open — Dogs: 1st, Seminole Kennels' Dixie; 2d, Schmaltman's 

 Bobby Mac. Reserve, Lake Shore Kennels' Duke Howai-d. Bitches: 

 1st, Seminole Kennels' Midget; 2d, Davis's Sprake Patti. Reserve. 

 Davis's Toadie. Very high com.. Seminole Kennels' Little Kate.— 

 Puppies — Dogs: Howard Kennels' Alvon. Bitches: 1st, Davis's Sprake 

 Patti; 2d, Rogers's Lady Pen, A^ery higii com., Davis's Susie Kerwin. 

 The others will be judged bj^ Mr. Davidson to-morrow. 



St. Bernards.- Best kennel, R. H. Moore. Best four roughs, Col. 

 Rnppert. Best rough or smooth dog, Moore's Melrose. Best smooth 

 or rough bitch, lo. Best American bred smooth dog, Melrose. Best 

 hitch. Empress of Contoocock. Best rough dog, Altoneer. Best hitch, 

 lo. Best kennel greyhonnds.^'an Hnmmeh Best kennel colUes, Chest- 

 nut HUl. 



Three rings were provided, but too small for judges to 

 work properly. Show nicely arranged and better manage- 

 ment than last year. Seminole Kennels have j ust purchased 

 from Mr. Stretch the celebrated collie Ormskirk Golddust, 

 ten months old. winner of a number of first prizes. Penn- 

 brook Hunt Club dispersed, and hounds sold by auction last 

 Saturday. La Hue's Dance Bang hurt toe, will not run in, 

 Southern trials. H. W. LACY. 



SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS. 



(Special to Forest and Stream). 



New Albany, Miss., Feb. 6.— The Derby of the Southern 

 Field Trial Club began this morning. The weather was 

 cloudy, rain threatening, but none fell. The judges are F. I. 

 Stone, P. H. Bryson and Dr. M. F. Homers. There were 21 

 starters, Kingston, Ruby Blade, Spot Cash, Chloe, Chevalier, 

 Paul Dombey, Lochinvar, Modoc, Sport Kent, Elgin, Lillian 

 Ru-ssell, Lady Mignonette, Eex The King, Hope's Mint, 

 Hamlet, Maiden Mine, Dick Fox, lUdge^iew Bei^po, Pink 

 B., Direct, Gaiety a bye. The work A\ as uniform, though 

 none of it could be called brilliant. Neaiiy every dog made 

 a good showing. Mr. Lorillard's liod's Sue' and Count Anteo 

 died recently. Wun Lung is vei-y sick with distemper at 

 Louisville, Xinety-nine large bevies were found to-day, all 

 strong birds. The first series was finished to-day. 



New Albany, Miss., Feb. T. — The weather was raw and 

 cold, a high Avind blew all day; birds were in shelter and 

 difiicult to find. The work was scant in quantity and or- 

 dinary. One brace was run this forenoon under conditions 

 so mifavoratale that the judges suspended the running till 

 afternoon. Thirteen were left in the second series, namely: 

 Sport, Lady Margaret, Lillian Pi.ussel, Kent Elgin, Hope's 

 Mint, Maiden Mine, Lochinvar, Paul Dombey, Modoc, Chev- 

 alier, Dick Pox, Gaiety, Kingston. Five braces were run to- 

 day. The weather is tarning still colder to-uight. 



B. WATERS. 



