FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 2, 1893. 



Binada Pointer Kennels. 



Pointers ! Yes, it was all pointer. We had pointer on 

 the train, pointer for lunch, pointer during the afternoon 

 with our pump water, and then dinner with pointer as the 

 ■pUcede resistance. And when after hurried good-byes we 

 took our seats in the train for Newtown Creek, the rival of 

 the setter was trotted out again--figuratively speaking- 

 there wasn't room to do it properly. If there is a pointer in 

 this country that has a reputation to swear by and that did 

 not come in for discussion at one time or other during the 

 day we would like to meet him and congratulate him. Sex 

 was no protection, the points of a Lady G-ay Spanker were as 

 ruthlessly discussed as Graphic's latest escapade with a mas- 

 tiff, in which the latter had dispoiled the great champion of 

 several lumps of proud flesh. 



The reason of it all was that Mr. Adrian C. Pickhardt, of 

 New York city, having for some time past devoted his spare 

 time and cash to breeding pointers, felt so well satisfied with 

 the result that he thought he would like some of his friends 

 to participate in the general felicity. 



A party of several gentlemen more or less interested in 

 pointers accepted the invitation and trusted their livesito the 

 tender mercies of the L. I. K. R. Co. on Saturday last as 

 far as Massapequa, L. I., where Mr. Pickhardt'a kennels 

 are situated on a farm about a mile from the station, and 

 after lunch at the famed Massapequa Hotel, not far away, 

 the dogs were visited and we were introduced to Mr, Edward 

 F. Verity who has them in charge. The party consisted of 

 Messrs. James L. Anthony, Jas. Mortimer, who had driven 

 over from Hempstead behind a cracking pair of horses which 

 are said to be equally as clever over the fences as they are 

 good-looking to the pole, Geo. .Tarvis, G. Muss-Arnolt, .James 

 Johnson, W. Tallman, Major J. M. Taylor, and the Forest 

 AND Stream representative. 



The first dog we were shown was a nice-looking pup by 

 Ridge view Donald out of Miss Arkon. Then we strolled into 

 the barn, where in a stall eleven very young youngsters 

 gamboled round Westminster Ina. One of these belonged to 

 Bloomo II., or rather used to, and two to Dauntless, by 

 Chancellor. There are several future champions in this lot, 

 as many of there were visitors, and of course as they were 

 still in their very earliest maturity it was easy enough to 

 predict their future, even to the extent of sundry rash bets. 

 Joking .aside, they were a nice lot, and there were three or 

 four that really looked like keeping their heads, though 

 whether they will do as well on their legs is a matter of dim 

 future treatment. One, by Duke of Hessen out of Bloomo 

 II., seemed a general favorite. Moving into a two-acre field, 

 where the kennels proper are, a crowd of pointers greeted us 

 through the wires. The first shown was Solitaire, a 13- 

 months-old bitch by Ridge view Panic out of Revelation, and 

 she takes a good deal after her dam, a nice stylish-actioned 

 bitch. Then came a rather coarse but active dog. Lad of 

 Beppo, by Ridgeview Dazzle out of Daisy Wooster, showing 

 Naso of Kippen and Beppo III. blood. 



After him came Spendthrift, a young dog of which his 

 owner has fond hopes. He is by Pointiac out of Bloom, has 

 a nice head and would be likely dog all round if his hind legs 

 were just a bit stronger. Chancellor was another nice one, 

 by Lad of Kent out of Ridgeview Lass, the very essence of 



food pointer blood. A bitch we liked was Ridgeview Stella, 

 y Beppo III. out of Bloomo II., 12mos. old, very pleasing 

 head and expression. Jingle Bell, who was seen in New 

 York is barring her rather coarse short head, one of the best 

 made in the kennel, capital legs and fair body. Then there 

 was Lady Scaron, a heavy liver and white bitch whelped 

 Dee. 1, 1891, broken and looks a useful sort. Miss Arkos, by 

 Arkos II. out Lorle, is a useful breeder, a black and white 

 bitch; Bloomo 11. , by Lad of Bow out of Bloomo, shows her 

 breeding, and though she was hog fat and bag down, Ave 

 could see what she is. Mr. Anthony kept his eye on her. 

 There were several other bitches, but they need not be men- 

 tioned here, well bred but not show dogs. 



The kennels are built of pine and are divided. There is 

 one large room where the dogs sleep on benches arranged 

 round the sides a la foxhound kennel. The floor slopes to a 

 drain in the center. A smaller room at the end is used for 

 chains, collars and the other necessaries of a kennel. There 

 are three runs surrounded by wire in an inclosure 150x60ft. 

 wide. The kennel building is about 40xl3ft. Mr. Verity 

 evidently knows how to keep his dogs, as there were no sores 

 visible and dogs were in good condition. 



By this time a move was made to the orchard, where the 

 pump handle was brought into use to mix things and help 

 along the pointer arguments that were being discussed. Mr. 

 Pickhardt is a genial host and it was unanimously agreed 

 that every one had spent a pleasant afternoon. 



The owner of the Rinada Kennels has succeeded in getting 

 some of the most fashionable blood, and with care and judg- 

 ment he should make his mark still deeper in the pointer 

 world. We wish him the success he deserves. 



Dog News from the Old North State. 



Editor Forest and SPrearn: 



We have had a most favorable year in this section for the 

 hatching and rearing of quail. The crop may be considered 

 safe and it brings joy to the heart of the trainer as well as 

 to the man who shoots for sport. I at one time belonged to 

 the latter class myself. 



News from my training grounds, which embrace an area of 

 12 to 15 miles in every direction, are most flattering; the 

 farmers sa,y the fields are alive with young quail, and the 

 biggest coveys they "ever seed." 



I make it a rule to stand in with the farmers (I am one 

 myself). I xjraise the babies and the old lady's cooking and 

 shake hands all around when I leave. The farmers as a 

 general thing are a peculiar lot of individuals, honest and 

 hard-working, but with a special antipathy for the average 

 town and city sportsman, and often with good cause. 



Men go out for a day's hunt, they go on a farm without 

 permission, use no discretion as to where and when they 

 shoot, they sting up a plowing mule with No. 8, or perhaps 

 put a shot through the farmer's ear or scatter them around 

 the house. If the owner protests against such usage they 

 swear at him and threaten him with a full load if he says 

 much. This has been done to my knowledge — and one such 

 act will cause a prejudice in a neighborhood that will extend 

 for miles. 



But let me tell you what it is that gets clear down to their 

 "innards," and that is to see a man walk ofl" with his hunt- 

 ing coat bulging out with birds. He wants some of the 

 meat, a luxury to which he is unknown, except what few he 

 gets in a trap occasionally. I always made it a rule to give 

 them some, and since I have been training I give away nearly 

 all I shoot. 



The best quail shooting is often found eight or ten miles 

 out from town, and one must give up all idea of luxury and 

 even comfort in many places. I stopped at one place last 

 winter, and being much fatigued, slept soundly. When I 

 awoke next morning I beheld a sight which greatly amused 

 me — the old folks being short of bed room, had piled about 

 half a dozen children in with me, and it has always been a 

 mystery to me how we all slept so well. 



On another occasion a friend and I went for two days 

 shooting on foot. The first night we stayed with an old 

 farmer whom we knew. It was one of the coldest nights I 

 ever felt— the wind blowing bitterly. After getting supper 

 I made it known that I wished to retire, when I was con- 

 ducted to the shed room, just lai-ge enough to hold a bed 

 and a chair or so, and I found a plank clear off on a line with 

 the bed. I decided to sleep in front that night, and my 

 companion being rather corpulent served as a good wind 

 breaK for me, aad 1 passed the night in perfect comfort. 



The training season is nearly here, and Sept. 1, will find me 

 hard at work yard-training my dogs. I have quite a nice 

 string, and a more promising lot I never saw. Two English 

 setter bitches by Roderigo ex Topsy, belonging to Mr. D, G-. 

 Rowland, of LouisAulle, Ky., are perfect beauties and full of 

 quality. Mr. A. T. Latta, of Denver, Col., is the possessor 

 of a most promising pointer. I will handle these three in 

 the Eastern, Southern and United States trials B. 

 |,l|Mr. F. L. Cheney will come in with several for the Irish 

 setter trials, as he always does. I look for them some time 

 in September, headed by that grand dog Henmore Sham- 

 rock. "Rock" bad never seen a quail till a few weeks 

 before I ran him in the trials last year; he made a remark- 

 able good showing and it was owing to one of those "oif 

 days" when he was in the second series or he would have 

 cleaned the field up, as he was fully capable of doing it. He 

 is as full of quality as a dog can be, chock full of vim, go 

 and dash, has an exquisite nose, endurance in the highest 

 degree and a strong will of his own. I have seen that dog 

 run the most perfect heats while in training, pointing covey 

 after covey, single after single, without an error. 



I have another promising Irish setter for the Derby, owned 

 by Mr. C. C. Nutting, of Blacksburg, S. C. 



I have trained many Irish setters and I find them to be as 

 easily managed as other breeds, yet the prevailing idea is 

 that they are hard-headed and need a great deal of whipping. 

 Individual dogs of all breeds have their peculiarities. 



Teaching a dog to drop to shot and wing, and quarter his 

 ground, is, I am glad to see, growing obsolete; both are use- 

 less and an actual detriment to the dog. 



I have a pointer that has always hunted on his own judg- 

 ment, and any one aeeingjhim hunt out a field would never 

 want a quartering dog. His judgment is better than any 

 man's living, he knows just how to take advantage of the 

 wind and where the birds are likely to be. I have found 

 him on as many points in out-of-the-way places, brier 

 patches and thickets, as X ever did in what I thought likely 

 places. 



When the fact is recognized that the dog knows more 

 about finding game than the man, a decided step will be 

 made toward his improvement. HORACE Smith. 



MoNnoB, N. C, Aug. 12. 



A New Jersey Pointer Kennel. 



Editor Foref't and Stream: 



On Aug. 20 I paid a visit to "The Elms" kennels, owned 

 and conducted by Mr. Cyrus P. Wilcox, situated about one 

 and a half miles west of Westfield, N. J. , and a more lovely 

 spot for a kennel could not be found anywhere. Plenty of 

 shade, good water, and the kind of care and attention that 

 keeps dogs on edge all o£ the time. 



I thoroughly examined my latest purchase. Cadet, a beau- 

 tiful black, white and tan setter by the grand old chamt)ion 

 Gath's Mark ex Blue Ridge Belle, to my great satisfaction, 

 and her litter sister, Minnie's Girl's, I jDresented to Mr. Wil- 

 cox as a slight expression of my appreciation of his splendid 

 care of the many dogs he has boarded for me. I then pro- 

 ceeded to look through his kennels and found about fifty of 

 the best looking pointers that I ever have seen, among 

 which might be mentioned the well-known Ridge \' iew 

 Faust, by Beppo III. ex Lady Norrish II., a very useful look- 

 ing liver and white dog; also a brother of Faust, who should 

 make a splendid field dog, judging from his actions about 

 the place. Then there was the liver and white Peggy, by 

 Go Bang ex Meteor's Madge, with eight beautiful puppies 

 by Ridge View Faust. This litter I have never seen equaled 

 for beauty, symmetry and pointer character throughout. 

 Miss Lancashire, by Ridge View Faust ex Bess of Lanca- 

 shire, has seven handsome liver and white puppies by Lad's 

 Boy, by Lad of Bow ex Bloomo; Frivolity 11. , who is very 

 proud of her five handsome puppies by Lad's Boy; Beryl, by 

 champion Graphic ex Frivolity II,, Avith seven liver and 

 white puppies by Ridge View Faust, and two well-grown 

 puppies by champion Graphic ex Meally's Baby. By way 

 of diverson, I also saw a litter of good-looking Gordon set- 

 ter puppies out of Queen Bess. 



All of the above pointers, with the exception of one, I 

 believe, are the property of Mr. Wilcox, and taken as a 

 whole I doubt if there is a finer lot of young pointers in 

 America to-day. I could not resist the temptation to invest 

 in a liver and white pointer that suited me very well. 



If any one who visits "The Elms" kennels cannot please 

 themselves with a pointer, Mr. Wilcox has several dozens of 

 the most fashionable strains of pit games, and it is no 

 trouble to have a little "matinee" while waiting for a train, 

 as Cy is not averse to exercising the young cocks. 



George W. La Rue. 



New Haven, Conn., Aug. 24. 



Irish Setter Field Trials. 



Editor Forest and Stnam: 



The Irish Setter Club claims the dates Nov. 27, 38 and 39 

 next on which to hold their f othcoming field trials. Mr. W. 

 S. Bell, of Pittsburgh, is to judge them. The exact location 

 has not yet been decided on, but one will probably be .secured 

 in North Carolina. Now that the Irish setter men know- 

 when the trials will be held, who will judge, and their proba- 

 ble location, they should at once begin to prepare their 

 entries. The entry blanks cannot be gotten out until we 

 have .secured grovmds. As to exactly what prizes will be 

 offered it is impossible to tell, but we expect to hold the 

 trials at the above time and trust the Irish setter men will 

 support them. The withdrawal of Mr. Bishop owing to bad 

 health, and the losses suffered by Messrs. Perry and Hamil- 

 ton through McLin's cruelty, will cripple the club somewhat 

 and renders it more necessary that those who ha\'e heretofore 

 not run their dogs should now come forward and help us to 

 make a satisfactory showing. The contest between the native 

 bred and foreign dogs is not yet settled. The latter will re- 

 ceive a valuable addition through the importation of Dr. 

 -Jarvis of the famous dog Signal. We will then have Blue 

 Rock, Tearaway, Henmore Shamrock and Signal represent- 

 ing the Muskerry blood, Pinglas, Coleraine, Inchiquin and 

 Claremont Patsy representing the Frisco strain, and various 

 natives to uphold the home stock. 1 shall again endeavor to 

 worry the foreigners with a daughter of old Tim. My two 

 Derby entries are dead. One was a fifteen-months old bitch; 

 she was by Adonis (a brother to my bitch) out of Silk, who 

 was by Chief out of a Tim bitch which was inbred to Rod- 

 man's Dash. This pup had plenty of "go." I brought her 

 to the city and the first time I let her loose she bolted, and 

 after chasing her for about a mile she finally distanced me, 

 and I afterward found out she had been run over and killed. 

 The other pup was a Blue Rock one out of Spinavvay. Fits 

 was the cause of his untimely decease at the age of eleven 

 months. He was promising, not being afraid even of fire- 

 crackers, certainly a good test, and had a nice, lean, long 

 head. To provide against future contingencies 1 have now 

 three pups by Pinglas out of my Currer Bell IV., and if these 

 all die I have two more which I can fall back on, so I live in 

 hopes I still believe that the Irish .setter is the equal of any 

 of the other breeds and trust to see it publicly demon- 

 strated. G. G. Davis, Sec'y I. S. G. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 26. 



Gets There Every Time. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Through my -'ad " iu Forest and Stream I have sold the pointer 

 bitch Christine (Shenango Chief— Prairie Belle) in whelp to Rip Bap, 

 .Jr. She goes to Mr. J. D. Bush, Peoria, III. I have also sold a dog 

 pup by Breckenridge's Nod, to same party I find an "ad" in Fobest 



AND Stream gets there in good shape 

 EuswoRTH, Pa, 



^ . ary time. 

 FKASKLliV POINTEH KeNNELS. 



Northwestern Field Trials Entries. 



The following are the entries for the All-Age Stake of the 

 Northwestern Field Trials Club— English setters 16, pointers 

 13: 



ENCrLISH setters. 



Matatste— W. B. Wells's black, white and tan dog (Mark 

 I.— Cambria). 



Luke— W. B. Wells's black, white and tan dog (Toledo 

 Blade— Cambriana). 



Chloe— W. B. Wells's black, white and tan bitch (Toledo 

 Blade— Cambriana). 



aSDtJFF— W. T.. Hunter's black bitch (Manitoba Toss— Pibti 

 Sing). 



Pet — W. T, Hunter's black, white and tan bitch (Roderigo 



—Florence Gladstone) 



Kenwood— Chas, Proctor's black, white and tan dog (Cinch 

 —Steven's Ruby). 



Dick Bo^tdhu II.— John Woolton's black and white dog 

 (Dick Bondhu— Manitoba Belle). 



Gambit— G, O. Smith's black and white dog. 



Brighton Tobe— T. G. Davey's dog (Lockisley— Ledders- 

 dale). 



Toledo Bee— Eddy & Armstrong's black, white and tan 

 dog (Toledo Blade— Maggie Bee). 



Swab — H. A. Greely's black, tan and white bitch (Manitoba 

 Toss— Pitti Sing). 



Winnipeg— Thos. Johnson's black dog (Manitoba Toss— 

 Pitti Sing). 



PsrcHE — Thos. Johnson's black bitch (Manitoba Toss— 

 Pitti Sing). 



SlTT- Thos. .Johnson's black bitch (Manitoba Tos.s— Pitti 

 Sing). 



Manitoba Patti— Thos. Johnson's blue belton Jbitch (Duke 

 of Gloster— Flora). 



Atalanta— S. W. Smith's black, white and tan bitch 

 (Jean Yal Jean— Sheena Van), 



Sam — Thomas Stone's liver and white dog (Coton — Psyche). 



Dogwood— A. P. Hevwood Lon.sdale's liver and white dog 

 (Ightfield Dick- Cowslip). 



King of Man itoha— R. I. Whitlas's liver and white ticked 

 dog (Upton— Blithe). 



Spotted Boy— Chas. Proctor's liver and white dog (Trin- 

 ket's Bang— Nellie Bow). 



Gem— Thomas Johnson's liver and white ticked bitch 

 (Upton— Blithe). 



Dia?,iond— Thomas Johnson's liver and white ticked bitch 

 (Upton— Blithe). 



Sal— Thomas Johnson's liver, white and tan bitch (Coton 

 — Psyche). 



JoNE— T G. Davey's liveiv white and tan dog (Lord Graphic 

 -Devonshire Fan). 



Victor— J. B. Kelly's liver, white and tan dog (Coton — 

 Psyche). 



BUNTY- Thomas A. Montgomery's liver and white bitch 

 (Ightfield Dick— Polly Peachem). 



Coton— J. C. Philips's Uver and white dog (Ponto— 

 Dainty). 



Lonsdale— J. C. Philips's liver, white and tan dog (Coton 



—Psyche). 



TiORD Gratiiic's Juno— G. O. Smith's liver and white bitch 

 (Lord Graphic— Patti lona). 



The following have entered for the championship cup, 

 (The winners of the Derby and All-Aged are eligible for bUisi 

 stake). 



pointers. 



Musa (A. P. Heywood Lonsdale's) winner of English 

 Kennel Club's All-Aged stake. 



Spotted Boy (Chas. Proctor's) winner Central Field Trial 

 Club's Derby. 



Manitoba Shot (Thos. Johnson's) winner Northwestern 

 Club's All-Aged stake. 



Alberta Joe (John Sharpie's) winner Northwestern Club's 

 Derby. 



SETTERS. 



Toledo Bee (Armstrong & Eddy's) winner International 

 Club's Derby. 



Dick Bondhu II. (John Wootton'a) winner ManitobaCIub's 



Derby. 



Pitti Sing (Thos. Johnson's) winner International Club's 

 All- Age Stake. 



Paul Bo (Chas. Merrill's) winner Southern Field Club's 

 Derby. 



Influence of a Previous Sire. 



Editor Forest and, Stream-: 



As doubtless a large number of the readers of the Forest 

 AND Stream are intere.sted in the above question, especially 

 any scientific treatment of it, I point to what may have 

 escaped many, that the subject is discussed in its scientific 

 aspects by no less a luau thau Herbert .Spencer, the great 

 philosopher and biologist in a paper in the August Populfrr 

 Science Monthly, entitled "Professor Weismann's Theories." 

 He does not himself lean to the theory, with which among 

 cynologists the name of Everett Millais has been connected, 

 but expresses his own conviction that, "We must take it as 

 a demonstrated fact that, during gestation, traits of consti- 

 tution inherited from the father produce effects upon the 

 constitution of the mother, and that these communicated 

 effects are trausmitted by lier to subsequent offspring." 

 I do not know who first put forward this view; but it is the 

 one that I myself suggested in discussing the subject some 

 time since in another kennel journal, as it .seemed to me, 

 though not without its difliculties, less open to objection in 

 the present state of knowledge than any other. But the hus-t 

 word of science has by no means been spoken; and there is 

 no room for a positive opinion, much less of cock-sure dog- 

 matism. I trust that out of the vast number of researches 

 now being prosecuted by biologists on cells, including the 

 germinal cells, some new and more certain light may appear. 



Wesley Mills, M. D. 



Physiological Laboratory, Mc&ill LTniversity, Montreal, Canada. 



Cruelty to Dogs. 



Frank ScitREtBENSTocK, of Newark, N. J., is not making 

 a very pleasing record for himself these "dog day.s." For 

 some time past he has been in the habit (he is an engineer) 

 of throwing stray dogs, which he finds near his place, into 

 his furnace, where all trace of them is soon lost. A sum- 

 mons against him has been granted the owner of one of the 

 cremated dogs. In the meanwhile he has been convicted of 

 cruelty to another dog, Justice Rapp, of Newark, N. J., 

 fining him ^30 and costs. 



The case raises an interesting point of which many peoplp 

 are in ignorance. It seems Schreibenstock shot a dog and 

 wounded it badly. The animal managed to get out on South 

 Orange avenue, Newark, where it fell aud died in about half 

 an hour. Its howls excited the entire neighborhood. Com- 

 plaint was lodged with Colonel E. S. Edvvards, secretary of 

 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 

 he prosecuted the accused ou behalf of the .society. William 

 B. Guild appeared for the defendant. The right of the de- 

 fendant to kill the dog on i he property of his employer was 

 not denied, but to satisfy the law he was required to kill it 

 in short order. It was urged by Colonel Edwards that al- 

 though the defendant had every opportunity to kill the dog, 

 having gone out on the avenue while the dog lay howling m 

 the glitter, he did not put it out of its misery. The defend- 

 ant testified that when he went to look for the dog after hav- 

 ing wounded it, he could not find it. Several witnesses testi- 

 fied, however, that the dog lay howling in the street for 



