Sept. 16, 1893.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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DOG CHAT. 



Death of Donna. 



News of the death of Mr. Fiske's English setter bitch 

 Donna (5,717) only reached us as we went to press last 

 week. She was one of the best brood bitches in the 

 country, being the dam of Donna Juanita, Prima 

 Donna, Don Quixote, Don Carlos, Glendon, Sheldon, 

 Domino, Domingo, Dominion, Dimity, Spectre and Spook, 

 which she threw to Rockingham. Donna was by Yale Bel- 

 ton out of Forest Doi'a. She was really whelped Aug. 2, 

 1886, and died Aug. 2G, 1893, and the coincidence is peculiar. 

 She was chloroformed in consequence of having a series of 

 incurable tumors, two of which had been removed, but two 

 others were forming. Donna never had a puppy shown that 

 did not win a ribbon but one. Donna Carlotta, and she was 

 out of condition and won vhc, and never had a puppy shown 

 that did not win first the first time shown, unless beaten by 

 another Donna puppy. At New York in 1891 seven of her 

 puppies were shown and they won four firsts and two sec- 

 onds, and she herself won the brood bitch special. Donna 

 was bred by Rosecroft Kennels and when she died was the 

 property of Mr. Wilson Fiske. 



California Notes. 



According to the Breeder and Sportsynan, the English 

 pointer Glenbeigh, that Mr. Huber imported to California, is 

 doing good work for the pointer breed out there. A bitch 

 puppy, presumably by Sally Brass II., belonging to Mr. 

 Haight, is spoken of as a more than ordinarily good one. The 

 same journal states that Mrs, Thos. Higgs, of West Berkeley, 

 has received the English setter bitch puppy presented to her 

 by Mr. John Davidson. Some of the California kennels can 

 compare favorably with Eastern kennels in point of number 

 of dogs contained in them. The Californian Kennels at Sui- 

 sun have from forty to sixty English setters; L. L. Campbell, 

 of West Berkeley, twenty-three Irish setters; H. M. Tonner, 

 owner of Solana Kennels, has thirty-two English setters and 

 pointers, and at Raymond Wm. De Motte has twenty point- 

 ers and setters, and D. M. Walters and Geo. T. Allender have 

 about the same number. At the Echo Kennels Dr. A. C. 

 Davenport has over twenty cockers, and the Great Western 

 Kennels also contain a large number of good dogs. 



Accident to Mr. Munhall. 



We are sure that all lovers of the dog will .-join with us in 

 sincere sympathy for Mr. C. M. Munhall, of Cleveland, O. 

 From a ^letter we learn that as he was alighting from an 

 electric car on Euclid avenue he slipped and fell and a wheel 

 of the ear ran over one of his feet, crushing the ankle so 

 severely that it was found necessary to amputate the foot. 

 Such a loss must be a great blow to himself and family. Mr. 

 Munhall is now in the hospital, but says the leg is doing 

 nicely and he is feeling well himself. This gentleman has 

 long been a.ssociated with dogs and dogdom, pointers being 

 his principle hobby. He is moreover, we believe, the only re- 

 maining original delegate to the A.K.C., having represented 

 the Cleveland Club since its inception. 



Dogwood Wins the Derby. 



A dispatch from Winnipeg dated Sept. 6 states that Dog- 

 wood, owned by Mr. A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale, of England, 

 won the Derby in the Northwestern Field Trials, which com- 

 menced last Tuesday week; Mr. Thos. Johnson's, of Winni- 

 peg, Dolly took second money and our Charlotteville friend, 

 Capt. McMurdo, piloted Lelah into third place. The stake 

 seems to have been run thi-ough in short order and augurs 

 well for a qiiick termination of the trials, allowing Mr. 

 Davidson ample time to fulfill his Toronto engagement. 

 There are few men of his age that could stand the racket of 

 traveling as does our Michigan friend. From Monroe to 

 Lexington, Ky,, is quite a jump, from Lexington to Morris, 

 Manitoba, almo.st takes in the length of the country, and 

 from Morris to Toronto is a little journey in itself. All this 

 within two weeks, to say nothing of a week's tramp behind 

 the dogs in the trials. 



West Chester CPa..) Show. 

 The exhibit in connection with the Chester County Fair 

 •was quite a good one. The prizes fell in most cases to local 

 dogs. There was an entry of 197, and Mr. Frank P. Smith 

 was the judge. Next year the show is expected to be under 

 A. K. C. rules, as application will be made for membership at 

 once. 



A. K. C. Meeting. 



The next quarterly meeting of the A. K. C. will take place 

 at Chicago, Sept. 23, at 8 P. M., in the new Athletic Club 

 House, corner of Michigan and Monroe avenues. JNIr. A. P. 

 Vredenburgh will attend, leaving Sept. 18, but it will prob- 

 ably be a distinctly Western gathering with little important 

 business to transact. 



Mr. James Robinson, who is now managing the Wood- 

 llawa .Stock Farm Kennels, and is director of the Woodlawn 

 itra>ek, should be in his element now. He used to affect dogs, 

 terriers we believe, some twelve or fifteen years ago, 

 tbut has since devoted himself to athletic training, having 

 aintil reoeiiitly been trainer for the defunct Manhattan 

 Athletic Club. 



Fred Kirby has another little excitement on. A Pekin 

 jpoodle, fio he calls it, recently arrived from Amoy, China, 

 ffliiid has given birth to some little Pekins which Fred, with a 

 ebAcacteristic wave of the hand, avows are worth "anywhere 

 froaiije,QOO to 8-3,000 each." The bitch was sent by Dr. E. 

 Bedioe, U. S. Consul to Amoy, to his friend Mr. Postle- 

 thwaite Aud is in Mr. Kirby's charge. 



Mr. A. D. StewiiiFt., the popular Canadian "cynophilist," 

 as his friend Dr. ]\Jiils would say, has been having a good 

 .time among the kenaels in London apd Bii-mingham. He 

 psaw Ml". Sam Woodiwiss's kennel and those of Dr. Benson, 

 Fred Hinks, Fred Reeves and Joe Davis, aa4 then had a look 

 ] at Arthur Hargraves fox-terriers at Manchester. Mr. Stew- 

 .art ai*i*ed last Saturday and brought with him the \vire- 

 ihaired fox-terrier Partuey Cornet, known before as Undei'- 

 fcliSce Cornet, and a puppy Partney JMarksmaa. He jjlso 

 Ibrought two smooths, Partney Policy and Partney Ration. 

 The breeding of the latter is of the best, Verdad being their 

 ^:e (brother to Vesuvienne and Venio), dam Ratus, by 

 Baekon out of Reeve. Mr. Stewart bought them from Mr. 

 C, Burgess of SpUsby. 



On Thursday night, after the heavy work of the Lexington 

 show, Mr. Roger Williams gave the visitors and a mimberof 

 bis friends a supper at his home. A most enjoyable time was 

 spent, and the quartetf^e from Dockstader's Minstrels ren- 

 dei'ed some very pleasing glees. Dog chat, fox hunting 

 reminiscences, etc., helped to till in the intervals. The skin 

 of the wolf that the wolfhounds didn't kill at Denver was 



Eassed round, and we quite agreed with the dogs that the 

 inder end most have been the safest pa^rt. 



A queer dog case comes to light in a Maine village. Two 

 neighbors owned dogs, and one dog running foul of the other 

 was rapidly making sausage meat of him when the under 

 dog's owner threw a club at his neighbor's dog and broke its 



leg. This dog's owner then brought suit to recover dam- 

 ages. He lost his case, however, and was ordered to pay 

 costs. He didn't pay and an execution was issued against 

 him, whereupon the deputy sheriff mixed things up on his 

 own account, the verbiage of the document being too much 

 for him. He proceeded to arrest the man who had been sued. 

 In the hubbub that ensued the real culprit took alarm, and 

 in order to save himself went into insolvency before the 

 sheriff got unsnarled and served the execution. 



Accounts from the chicken countries are very encouraging. 

 The dry season has been very favorable for their propagation, 

 and it is thought that the trials in the far North, now in pro- 

 gress, will be run through in good time. 



We hear very encouraging reports of the Excelsior meat 

 dog cakes. We have tried them on the dog and found them 

 "take like hot cakes " Several well-known kennels areusing 

 them as a change on the other foods. Among the best known 

 are Chestnut Hill, Rinada Pointer Kennels, Geo. Jarvis, J. 

 L. Winchell, H. W. Smith, Grove Kennels, Swiss Mountain 

 Kennels, W. B. Douglas, etc. 



Mr. S, Tripp, of Millerton, N. Y., has a pointer which in 

 1892 was sent by Mr. E, Rowe, of New Haven, to Kent, Conn., 

 for training. Mr. Tripp would like to learn the pedigree of 

 the dog. 



There are many anxious inquiries as to whether there will 

 be a show at Brooklyn this fall. We can find no encoui-age- 

 ment in this direction on inquiry of members of the N. G. C. 

 There was a big deficit last year, and one of the guarantors 

 does not feel as happy as he did when he was so eager to par- 

 ticipate in an expected profit. Pay up or disqualification now 

 stares him in the face, the ultimatum having gone forth. All 

 the New York and Brooklyn guarantors have long since made 

 good their share. 



A paper in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., urges that citizens adopt 

 the new Orleans method of dropping pieces of poisoned meat 

 to get rid of the curs in the streets. The Times of that city 

 rightly scores its contemporary on such a cruel proposal, 

 pointing out that "Dogs are property and people who own 

 them pay taxes for the privilege. The law protects against 



A CAREFUL KETRIEVER. 



the unnecessary killing or theft of a properly registered dog. 

 The Record makes itself accessory to the commission of a 

 crime when it urges the adoption of the New Orleans method 

 of .surreptitiously poisoning dogs. In the absence of a mayor's 

 proclamation ordering all canines running at large muzzled 

 no person has any right to slaughter a dog unless in self- 

 defense. That's the law. The only remedy that can be ap- 

 plied to protect against danger in the premises is to muzzle 

 the loose animals, and that can only be done by proclamatory 

 action on the part of the mayor." 



Peter McLane's dog catchers, who have earned for them- 

 selves an unenviable reputation in their dog catching 

 methods in Brooklyn, received a lesson that they are best 

 fitted to appreciate. After stealing a lady's pug that was 

 muzzled and under control, they were brought to bay by an 

 infuriated mob, pelted with bricks and other missiles, their 

 wagon overturned and smashed and about forty dogs set free. 

 Later, Peter, the official dog catcher, was broxight before the 

 authorities and now we understand has been removed from 

 office. This should be a warning to others of the fraternity. 



The Seminole Kennels should have a prize winner or two 

 in the litter of twelve that the Irish setter Claremont Heather 

 has thrown to their champion Tim. The latter dog is cer- 

 tainly a wonderful one for his age. 



FoKEST AND Stream was the only kennel paper having a 

 staff representative at the Lexington (Ky.) show,*and con- 

 tained the earliest report of the show. 



At the coming meeting of the A. K. C. in Chicago, Mr. .1. 

 E. Isgrigg, the well known setter breeder, of Chicago, will 

 prefer charges against the field trial handler Charles McCart- 

 ney. He will also do the same before all the field trial clubs. 



The Cumberland Kennel Club, of Nashville, Tenn., has not 

 been the success anticipated and several members have 

 ceased to take an interest in it. JIi-. Goodman still has the 

 dogs, but they will be sold off as soon as pos.sible. We are in 

 a position to deny the rumor that Messrs. Heppner and Muss- 

 Ai-nolt intended purchasing Melac. 



Man earns his bread in divers places. Now we are told of a 

 mai) who gains a living by collecting dead dogs from the 

 river Thanies, near London, his beat extending between Put- 

 ney to the Ship, Mortlake. Sometimes this man finds as 

 many as sixty d.eg-d ,dogs in a day and other times not more 

 than twenty-fiv.e. 



What has become of the English Setter Club and its 

 medals? A. K. C, how about that sixty-day clause in the 

 rules? 



Fox-Terriers at I<exlng'ton. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your report of the Lexington show, under fox-terriers, 

 you say it is reported that my dog Paverino is deaf. I wish 

 to deny this at once. He is not deaf, nor was he ever deaf. 

 Congratulate you upon so full a report of the show. 



GE(mGE D. B, Dakbt. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 7. 



[We wrote the Lexington report on the train coming 

 home, and the sense of the sentence got jumbled slightly. 

 My Fellow >yas the dog we alluded to.] 



A Good Entry at Toronto. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



As predicted by Secretary C. A. Stone, the Industrial Ex- 

 hibition Association Bench Show of dogs of 1893 is a grand 

 success. The finest kennels of Canada and the United 

 States are well represented. The king of handlers, Ben 

 Lewis, is on hand with 52 entries. The following noted ken- 

 nels have entered: The Seminole, Chestnut Hill, Oak Grove, 

 Chesterford Park, Lansdowne, Oak View, Rochelle, Went- 

 worth. Mount Royal, Forest, Clover Hill, Cambridge, 

 Ancient and Modern, Campton, New Brighton and besides 

 many others Dr. Dixon's Gordon setters, Edward and Henry 

 Brooks with Scotch and Dandy Dinmont terriers. Among 

 the novelties are Dr. Dixon's famous kennels of black French 

 poodles, the only ones ever shown in this country. The en- 

 tries closed with 637 and comprise the following breeds: 

 Mastiffs 24, St. Bernards 30, Newfoundlands 4, great Danes 

 19, Russian Avolf hounds 6, greyhounds 24, English fox-hounds 

 6, American fox-hounds 10, harriers 1, pointers 25, English 

 setters 43, Irish setters 30, Gordon setters 16, collies 43, bull- 

 dogs 2, bull-terriers 21, Airedale terriers 3, Irish terriers 10, 

 Bedlingtons 7, King Charles spaniels 6, Italian greyhounds 1, 

 miscellaneous, white English terrier 1, whippet 1, Scotch 

 terriers 16, Skye terriers 2, black and tan 19, French poodles 

 6, Rus,sian poodles 1, retrievers 1, Irish water spaniels 8, 

 Clumbers 2, field spaniels 16, cocker spaniels 86, dachshunds 

 beagles 35, smooth fox-terriers 39, wirehair fox-terriers 19, 

 Yorkshires 12, toy terriers 7, Dandy Dinmonts 8, pugs 9, 

 Ruby, Blenheim and Prince Charles spaniels 1, Mexicans 1, 

 Russian terriers 1, selling class 1." 



Kansas City Show Postponed. 



[Sjyecial to Forest and Str-eam.] 



Kansas City, Sept. 12.— The Kansas City dog show has 

 been postponed. for reasons which I will give by mail. 



J. W. W. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Kennel Notes are inserted -witliout charge ; and blanhs 

 (furnished free) will he sent to any address. 



NAMES CliAIMED. 

 Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



TJiasmo Penelope. By F. M. Thomas. Catskill, N. Y., for red Irish 

 setter bitch, whelped May 28, 1893, by Thasmo Ned (Charles W.— Lady 

 Learnerd) out of Bell (Sarsfleld-Red Flash). 



TItasmo Lemme and Thasmo Finney. By F. M. Thomas, Cat.skiU, 

 N. Y., for liver and white and lemon and white pointer bitches, by 

 Daniel (Sensation II.— Guenn) out of Cora II. (Nimrod— Ethel). 



Thas^no Linne. By F. M. Thomas, Catskill, N. Y., for fawn pug 

 bitch, whelped. April 29, 1898, by Teddy (champion Bradford Ruby- 

 imported Topsey) out of Trinket (Dandy— Pansv Blossom). 



Thasmo Manday. By F. M, Thomas, Catsktir, N. Y., for fawn and 

 white dachshund bitch, whelped Sept. 16, 1890, by Daschel (imported 

 Wiser— importedi^Fearless) out of Shroppsie (imported Werdmere - 

 imported Phoebe). 



King David. By James Jeffers, Westfield, Mass.) for black, white 

 and tail foxhound dog, whelped March, 1892. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Bess— Hillside Tarquin. F. A. Stupplebeen's (Hudson, N. Y.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Bess to F. M. Thomas's Hillside Tarquin (Mixture— Lyra), 

 .lune 11. 



Flaherty's Florence— Oem. M. J. Flaherty's (Providence, R. I ) 

 English setter bitch Flaherty's Florence (Roi d'Or— Nellie Bly) to T. 

 M. Aldrich's Gem (Druid— Ruby), July 31. [In correction of note iu 

 issue of Aug. 19.] 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Thasmo Midget. F. M. Thomas's (Catskill, N. Y.) pug bitch Thasmo 

 Midget (Pug Bailey— Linne Thasmo), Aug. 4, four (two dogs), by his 

 Pug Bailey (Teddy— Trinket), 



Cora n. F. M. Thomas's (Catskill, N. Y.) pointer bitah Cora II. 

 (Nimrod— Ethel), Aug. 25, nine (six dogs), by his Thasmo Sport (Frank 

 Smith-Bell Swift). ^ ^ 



Nellie. Chas. Nichols's (Catskill, N. Y.) pug bitch Nellie, May 21, 

 ten (eight dogs), by F. M. Thomas's Pug Bailey (Teddy— Trinket;. 



Patient. Al De Bar Kennels' (North Attleboro, Mass.) collie bitch 

 Patient (champion Charlemagne— Patience), Aug. 25, eight (six does), 

 by J. Brett's Bendigo (The Squire— Bertha). 



Rose. Al De Ber Kennels' (North Attleboro, Mass.) Chesapeake Bay 

 bitch Rose, Aug. 19, eleven (Ave dogs), by Dr. Bigelow's Marengo II. 

 (Boatswain— Gladys). 



SALES. 



Preijared Blanks sent free on application. 



Thasmo Nellie. Fawn Irish setter bitch, by F. M. Thomas, Catskill, 

 N. Y., to F. A. Adams, Boston, Mass. 



Say Boy. Black spaniel dog, whelped March, 1892, by Jas. Jeffers, 

 Westfield, Mass., to Connecticut Valley Kennels, Northampton, Mass. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. Q. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to other matters connected vnth Kennel 

 Management and dogs will also receive careful attention. 



Q. B, B.— Write to Mr. J. L. Drevenstedt, Johnstown, N. Y. 



Richmond Jock.— See answer to F. H. O. and the law of New Jersey 

 on this subject published in another column. 



J. L. K., Boston. — I have a young English setter 14mos. old, whose 

 tail crooks quite badly to one side. The crook is about 4in. from the 

 end. Can it be straightened? Ans. Yes. Take the dog to an ex- 

 perienced veterinarian. 



P. H. 0-, Clean, N. Y.— We do not know that this question has been 

 settled. In several States the city or local authorities are empowered 

 to levy such tax on dogs as they see fit. Where a dog license is levied 

 it makes no diffei-ence wheth,er you keep the dog oij ygur premises en- 

 tirely or not. To harbor the dog entails the Jiability. 



E. W. F., Mount Vernon, N. Y.— Our city has a dpg ordipance whiph 

 reads, "Ownei-s of dogs must pay $3 for each dog, and $5 for ea!cli 

 bitch annually." Now I have a kennej of registered dogs (register.ed'iii 

 A. K. C. S. B.), am I obliged to pay this license, or is there a State 

 law affecting this case? Ans. Registration in the A. K. 0. S. B. con- 

 veys no exemption from such a tar. r . . 



R. S., Mahwah, N. J.— One of my pug puppies (a bitch) 4mos. old is 

 weaker than hjer sisters and brothers, has less appetite and is a dainty 

 feeder. What msikes nie anxious is fihat every time before evacuating 

 she tries to climb the wall as if she had pain, but never crjes or pants, 

 the tmces are black, but not too.hard, no appearance of worms. Qthef- 

 wise she is gay and seems well.' The mother of the puppies died of 

 peritonitis when they were three weeks old. I fed them ' cow's milk, 

 Spratcs puppy meal and puppy cake; now J feed oatmeaj, vegetabjes, 

 soup and a little meat and large bones iu order that they may keep 

 their teeth clean. All the other puppies are very well and strong. 

 Ans. There would be no harm in treating the pup for worms. In ad- 

 dition to diet you mention give a little raw meat, you might also give 

 a little Fellows' syrup and cod liver oil daily. 



C. B. B., Falconer. N. Y. — I have an English pointer bitch which was 

 shipped me from Mississippi about two months ago. She has seemed 

 to be in good condition. Yesterday worked her hard all day on wood- 

 cock, and in afternoon noticed small blotches began to appear on for- 

 ward parts and have continued to enlarge till some of the swellings 

 are about 2in. across. In the center of blotch I notice yellowish mat- 

 ter is discharged (several of same blotches appeared on head of birch 

 some time ago, biit healed up in a few days). Would briers, nettles 

 or poison ivy cause this? Ans. The spots may have been caused in 

 the way you mention. Bathe them with the following lotion: 



IJ. Liq. plumbi sub acet 3iss. 



Apply to irritable spots two or three times a day. Also give dog a 



dose of Epsom salts. 



A. N. C, Glens Falls, N. Y.— My sister has a cocker spaniel puppy 8 

 months old. Since weaning he has been fed on dog biscuit cooked in 

 milk, except on a few occasions he has had a soft boiled egg, corn 

 bread or oat meal, and has had bare bones to gnaw upon. Has been 

 fed regularly, first three times and later twice each day. The pup 

 never has been sick, never vomited, never had a hot nose, until about 

 three weeks ago he began to scratch his ears, when it was discovered 



