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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 25, 1893. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Kennel Notes are Inserted without charge ; and blanks 

 Cfurnished free) will be sent to any address. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Grove Duchess— Sireatham Monarch. Chatham Kennels' (Boston, 

 Mass.) buU-terrier bitch Grove Duchess Cchampion Baron— Dutch Rose 

 II.) to John Moorhead, Jr. 's champion Streatham Monarch (Streatham 

 Flyer— Trentham Baroness), Oct. 28. 



WHELPS. 



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Lady Vemi-s. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, O ) pug bitch 

 Lady Venus (Spokane-Lalla P^okhj, Oct. 26, eight (four dogs), by 

 theirSir Douglass (Douglass II.— Lady Verne). 



Chloe. F. K. Hdgeon's (Saugerties, N. Y.) pointer bitch Chloe 

 (champion Tammany— Bertie), Nov. 7, four (three dogs), by his 

 Graphic VI. (champion Graphic— Daisy II.). 



SALES.; 



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Gem— Florence vihelps. Black and white ticked English setters, 

 whelped Oct. 1, ]89.3, by Martin J. Flaherty, Providence, R. I , a dog to 

 Stephen H. Briggs and a bitch to Richard Randall, both of same 

 place. 



Trinkle. Silver fawn pug dog, whelped July 8, 1893 by Happy Toby 

 out of La Belle Senora, by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to 

 Miss C. R. Hall, Hartwell, O. 



Tremoni, Jr. Black and white English setter dog, whelped April — . 

 by Tremont out of Jennie F., by E. O. Damon, Northampton, Mass., to 

 W. M. Wood, Fittsfleld, Mass. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

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

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

 Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Management and dogs wiU also receive careful attention. 



£ J. J. C, Detroit, Mich.— Dash D. is not registered. 



A. I., Tampa, Fla.— Write to Spratts Patent. 259 East Fifty-sixth 

 Street, New York, or Dr. H. 0. Glover, 1293 Broadway, New York, for 

 their vermifuge. Full directions will accompany the packet so that 

 you will have no trouble in administering the medicine. 



W. C. W., Port Henry, N. Y.— Prince Robert (A.K.C.S.B. 15,091, 

 Vol. VI.) is by Robert le Diable (5,556, Vol. IV.) out of Ferry, by Tam- 

 many (4.114, Vol. HI.) out of Erie, by Rake II. out of Browney. 

 Robert le Diable is by cham. Croxteth out of Spinaway; Tammany by 

 Pilkington's Tory out of Moonstone. 



J. C. W., New York. — I have a ten- weeks' old fox-terrier puppy 

 which seems to have caught cold; is troubled by a bad cough followed 

 by gagging, and also has poor appetite. Ans. Probably distemper 

 coming on. Give the following mixture: 



Pot. bi. carb 3ii 



^.''^Morph. sulph gr. IJ^ 



Tr. gent, co 3 i 



Aq. ad 5iii 



K Mix. Give one teaspoonf ul tlu-ee times a day. 



B. A. D., Cambridge, Mass.— I have a pointer bitch, she is a good 

 hunter and a good retriever, but flushes the birds and runs after them 

 when they rise. Will you inforna me how I can break her of this? 

 Ans. The trait to which you refer is very easy to correct. There is no 

 part of training which requires so short a time and so little exertion. 

 Put a eheckcord on your dog and when in the presence of birds, you 

 can control him easily with it. When he flushes prevent from him 

 chasing, and if he is persistent and hardheaded, punish him with the 

 whip. If extremely hardheaded, use also a spikecoUar. By punishing 

 him for his errors or disobedience, you will in time reduce him to 

 subjection. "Training versus Breaking" or "Modern Training" will 

 give you more elaborate information if you require it. We can furnish 

 them. 



WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FOX CLUB. 



"I haven't shot a fox, but I've had an experience," re- 

 marked Jerome Marble, the well known sportsman, when I 

 met him on Montgomery Mountain last Wednesday after- 

 noon. I also have had an "e.xperience," and but for the 

 warm welcome I received as Forest and Stream's repre- 

 sentative, it would have been a very cold one. This was at 

 the sixth annual gathering of the Western Massachusetts 

 Fox Club at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 15 and 16. On Tuesday 

 evening the bustling little town was invaded by many men 

 from outlying towns as far away as Worcester, who, with 

 guns, corduroys and leggings besieged the Central ITou.se 

 until there wasn't a bed left, and the re.st went to the Foster 

 House, kept by a brother fox hunter, Mr. Hatfield. The re- 

 ception and lodging committees, composed of Messr.s. J. D. 

 Cadle, G. E. Whipple and N. A. Harwood, and R. D. Gillet, 

 Dr. J. A. Shepard and J. T. Way, soon had every one com- 

 fortably settled, and the Business Club threw open its doors 

 to the visitors, who spent a pleasant evening with stories of 

 former hunts and anticipations of the deeds to be done on the 

 morrow, Avhile Charles F. Rice, a visitor from Worcester, 

 kept the fun going by singing several comic songs. 



"Early to bed and early to rise" is the New England fox 

 hunter's motto, and daybreak on Wednesday found a num- 

 ber of sportsmen ready for the drive to the hills in the vicinity 

 of the Montgomery Reservoir, about four miles from town. 

 Each conveyance held a hound or two, all eager for the 

 fun they knew instinctively was coming. The weather 

 did not look propitious nor did it turn out at all favorable for 

 the hunters. It rained a little and snowed a little— in fact, it 

 was "foul weather" for the sport. Nothing daunted, the fol- 

 lowing hunters were on hand when the hounds were cast o(V 

 and afterward during the course of the day: Senator .John 

 K. Thayer, Charles J. Rice, -J. M. Marble, 'B. F. Kinney, J. 

 M. White, Capt. D. M. Earle, E. S. I&iowles, C. B. Holden, 

 R. D. Perry, W. R. Deane, President Kennedy of the Worces- 

 ter Fur Club, all of Worcester, Mass. ; O. F. Joslin and F. J. 

 Stewart, of Oxford, Mass. ; Albert Hobbs, of Brookfield, Mas-, , 

 M. T. Mason, of Northampton, Mass., owner of the Connecti- 

 cut Valley Kennels; G. H. Hibbard and W. C. Doane, of Chi- 

 copee, Mass.; Mr. Perkins, of Ware, Mass.; J. W. Clarke, of 

 Montgomery, Mass.; Mr. Gibbs, C. R. Austin, O. M. Ball, P. 

 R. Otis, J. B. Hazehon.l J. R. Jeflers, F. F. Shepard, B. R. 

 Holcomb, L. P. Lane, H. N. King.sbury, R. H. Kneil, J. F. 

 Way, C. E. Hibbard, W. Warren, J. S. Gross, C. D. Allen, 

 bugler, and G. W. Roraliack, president of the club. The sec- 

 retary, Mr. Goodnow, was prevented from taking part in the 

 fun this year. A number of others took part during the two 

 days' hunt whose names I could not secure. The weather 

 cleared toward noon, but it did not become any warmer, and 

 it required a good^deal of hardiness and "anticipation" to 

 hold a post with the damp, cold wind blowing through one's 

 whiskers. 



About thirty hounds were cast off soon after daybreak in 

 the vicinity of the lower Montgomery reservoir on the east 

 i^ide of the Montgomery range. Led by B. R. Holcombe's 

 Prince, they were soon in full cry on the trail of reynard, 

 even before the hunters could distribute themselves on the 

 most advantageous points. During the day the hounds 

 worked away from the east side of the range into the reser- 

 voir valley, and finally the fox took most of "them toward the 

 summit of the mountain. Mr. L. P. Lane, the treasurer of 

 the club and a cashier in the First National Bank of West- 

 field, Avas stationed near the storage reservoir, and to him 

 fell the first brush, and three sharp reports rang out, which 

 was a signal to the other shivering hunters that a fox had 

 bitten the dust. Mr. Lane thought sufficient for the day is 

 the pelt thereof and returned to town early with his prize. 

 On the level ground between the reservoirs Mr. Hatfield had 

 Stationed himself, and he was the next to stop the earthly 



career of another fox. Then fortune favored E. Williams, of 

 Westfield, on the opposite side of the ridge, aud soon the 

 third brush was laid low, and J. W. Clarke bagged the last 

 one near where Mr. Lane had potted his. This completed 

 the score of the day, and though the hunters held on to their 

 posts wishing and waiting for a chance to burn powder, the 

 day was drawing to a close when the retreat was sounded, 

 and the stragglers came in one by one to the farmhouse, 

 where the carryalls and barges, etc., were waiting to take 

 the cold and hungry crowd back to town. 



A gathering of New England sportsmen is not complete 

 without a feast, and the W. M. F. C. is no exception. The 

 tired hunters quickly donned their go-to-meeting clothes and 

 prepared for the banquet to commence at 6:30 P. M. Form- 

 ing in twos at the Central House, the company, about 1.50 

 strong, marched to the Town Hall, where three long tables 

 loaded with good things awaited them. When every one, 

 after an hour's activity, had heaved the sigh of satisfaction. 

 President Roraback introduced the Sumuer Male Quartette, 

 who rendered some glees in a pleasintr manner. After an 

 encore the president introduced the toastmaster, H. W. Eley, 



DR. VAN HUMITELL WITH VAN'S PETER AND NANCY, AUD JUDOB WILLIAMS. 



International Coursing Meet, Huron, S. D-, 189.?. 



a prominent lawyer of Westfield, who forthwith gave utter- 

 ance to some very practical ideas in a very earnest manner. 

 Among other things he illustrated a true hunter as a type 

 of individuality and that we were in need of this individuality 

 in every sphere of life as a check to communism, socialism 

 and anarchism. His similes were well drawn and the speech 

 was a blending of hunt and patriotism. He then introduced 

 Hon. L. F. Thayer, chairman of Selectmen of Westfield, who 

 amused the company with some witty stories about foxes 

 and lawyers. Senatoi-elect Ledyard Bill, of Paxton, Mass., 

 of whom much was expected, after expre.ssing his 

 pleasure in being present, excused himself from mak- 

 ing a speech on account of a cold. Then the quartette 

 warbled again and President Kinney, of the Worces- 

 ter Fur Club, congratulated the club on the excel- 

 lence of its hounds, their o\\Tiers and the character of its 

 gatherings. The Hon. Arthur S. Kneil, of Westfield, made 

 an amusing speech; he pleaded guilty to being an original 

 sinner and his witty stories put every one in a good humor, 

 especially when he told the good old story of the stranger 

 who, when asked by a fox hunter, when the hounds were in 

 full cry, "Do you hear that heavenly music?" remarked that 



"putting lord NEVERSTILl, INTO SUPS." 



International Coursing Meet, Huron, S. D., IS93. 



he "couldn't hear it because those d dogs made such a 



noise." Hon. H. C. Bliss, representative-elect for West 

 Springfield, Mass., then followed with some bright remarks 

 after being introduced as another original sinner. Repre- 

 sentative O. F. Joslin, of Oxford, also made an appropriate 

 speech. After this Mr. Ely presented a handsome hammer- 

 less, in the name of the club, to President Roraback, who, 

 big, bluff, hearty sportsman though he is, was visibly 

 affected and unable to more than thank his fellow clubmen 

 for their kindness, which was as much a surprise to him as 

 it Avas appreciated. A few words from W. R. Dean, of 

 Worcester, and then Senator John R. Thayer, of the same 

 town, made a very sensible speech, in which he dwelt upon 

 the advisability o'f New England business men devoting 

 more time to relaxation and pleasure in their daily life, so as 

 to better recuperate them for their work. The quartette 

 warbled again and was encored, of course. E, Sprague 

 Knowles spoke briefly and then as the company was dis- 

 persing Mr. Chas. F. Rice, of Worcester, favored us with a 

 couple of good songs, accompanying himself on the piano. 



The annual business meeting of the club was then called 

 to order by the president, and the members, without any red 

 tape or oratorical frills, proceeded to elect oflicers for the 

 ensuing year, as follows: President, Geo. W. Roraback; 

 First Vice-President, F. S. Gross; Second Vice-President, 

 Wm. Warren; Treasurer, L. P. Lane; Secretary, C. M. Good- 



now; Executive Committee^ in addition to the above officers, 

 John T. Way, G. A. Lakin and Robert H. Knell. The presi- 

 dent, as the meeting adjourned, invited every one to partici- 

 pate in the hunt next day. The visitors were escortetf to the 

 Business Men's Club and an hour was passed In pleasant 

 conversation, etc. 



THURSDAY. 



The weather had become much colder during the night 

 and a heavy frost had brought ice to the ponds. Bugler 

 Allen sounded the reveille at 5 A. M., and though it was a 

 good two hours before Old Sol could be counted on to dis- 

 perse the gloom, the hunters hurried to the hotel for break- 

 fast, and a start was made about 6:30 for the East Mountain, 

 several miles from town. 



Before going any further we might as well relate a little 

 joke in which a Westfield man, Mr. A. R. Brown, was the 

 victim. This member of the reception committee, pro tern., 

 had been indefatigable in attending to the comfort and 

 wants of the visiting sportsmen, and it was midnight ere he 

 sought his own roost after giving the club bugler strict in- 

 junctions not to pass him by when he made his matutinal 

 roundup. It was still dark when tara-tara-ta-ta sounded the 

 clear notes of the bugle under his window. Scarcely realiz- 

 ing that he could have been asleep five hours, he nevertheless 

 hastily dressed himself and with the ardor of a fox hunter 

 hurried along the deserted streets to the hotel for breakfast. 

 Not a soul was stirring, and congratulating himself on his 

 activity, he reached the hotel only to find it clothed in dark- 

 ness. Then he bethought himself to strike a match and look 

 at his watch when he found it was just 2 o'clock. Realizing 

 that it was all a joke, he stole back to bed and slept so 

 soundly that the genuine reveUle failed to wake him, and it 

 was 8 o'clock and the hunters had "gone away" two hours 

 when he opened his eyes, and there was one hunter less that 

 day. 



But to continue our story. I luckily had no such experi- 

 ence, thanks to Mr. Conners, who rattled me out of the 

 warm sheets in short order, and providing me with a "pocket 

 pistol" of large caliber loaded to the muzzle, to be used only 

 in case an Ariitic fox came along, I was soon seated along- 

 .side Mr. C. R. Austin, who had kindly constituted himself 

 my chaperon. 



No time was lost after the company arrived at the foot of 

 the mountain in casting off the hounds, about fifteen couple, 

 and every man with gun in hand made his way to a point of 

 vantage where a fox might be likely to pass. Among the 

 hounds were Messrs. Kinney & White's Logan, the noted 

 performer at the B. F. C. trials, and Aggie and Major, W. R. 

 Dean's Diamond, John R. Thayer's Grover, O. F. Joslyn's 

 Rock and .Juliet in charge of P. G. Stewart, G. E. Perkins's 

 Towser, from Ware; C. E. Brace of Lee had two, Mr. Mason 

 three. A number of others came from the Ohicopee Hunt- 

 ing Club. Messrs. Owen Bros, of Granby had three hounds 

 and Charles Clark of Chester two. From Westfield there 

 were B. R. Holcorab's entire kennel of sixteen, with Dot, 

 Dash, Prince and Drive as leaders, J. Jeffers's two Illinois 

 and three Southern dogs, C. D. Allen's Jeff, Jo and Dan, J. 

 T. Way's Jake, C. E. Austin's Babe, Williams Bros.' three 

 dogs, Mr. Tice and R. H. Parks one each. 



Some of the hunters placed themselves along the sides of 

 the steep hill, while others climbed to the very top — ^no easy 

 matter— as it was almost like going up the side of a house, 

 and the loose stones made ^anything but secure footing. 

 Once on the summit, however, the glorious view amply re- 

 paid one for the loss of bx-eath. On the west side lay a 

 .stretch of country bounded by the continuation of the Mt. 

 Calm range, and at the foot of the hill lay the Hampton 

 Ponds, noted bass waters; on the east side a grand panorama 

 lay before us. About five miles away, but seemingly almost 

 at one's feet, wound the famed Connecticut River, with the 

 towns of Holyoke, Chicopee and Springfield nestling on Its 

 banks at the foot of another range of mountains. 



There is little to be said of tne hunting, or whatever one 

 may choose to call it. Ambu.shing would be a more correct 

 term. Once the hounds strike the trail they are scarcely 

 seen by the majority of the hunters. The "heavenly music" 

 alone is what may be termed the .hunter's barometer, that 

 warns bim by its gradually increasing sound to be on the 

 alert for the passing fox, and then aU is tension and excite- 

 ment, or, as proved to be our experience, the music gradually 

 fades away in the distance aud the tension is relaxed and 

 there is nothing to do but loaf and wait and try to keep 

 warm. We waited a good deal that day for the fox that 

 never came. As the hours passed away we thought what a 

 good opportunity this must be for a man to review his past 

 and maKe good resolutions for his better guidance in the 

 future, resolutions which, I fear, would be forgotten if the 

 fox came along and he missed it. The hounds drove toward 

 the south continually the first hour, and to a newspaper man 

 fell the first brush, E G. Clark of the Times and Ncivs Letter 

 bowling over a handsome fellow at the southern extremity 

 of the Mt. Tom range. Another fell to the aim of Gurdon 

 Bill, of Springfield, and Owen Upton, of Westfield, secured 

 the third and last one. 



As might have been expected as soon as the sun had dried 

 the frost out of the leaves and grass, scent lay very badly 

 and the strong cold wind did not improve matters. With 

 no music in the air to keep us up to fighting pitch, and a 

 sense of our duty, discipline relaxed about 10 o'clock and 

 several of us getting together at the north end of the range, 

 a bonfire was built on the lee side of a large rock and here 

 we sat till nearly noon, toasting our shins and swapping 

 stories till the wee sma' voice inside admonished us that it 

 was a long time between meals. We then broke camp and 

 made for the wagons at the foot of the hill where we found 

 the rest of the company assembled. Luncheon over and 

 "pistols" exchanged, the hunters and what dogs had been se- 

 cured jumped into the wagons and we drove down into the 

 ■. alley searching for a note to guide us to the other hounds. 

 Nothing was heard, however, and after driving round for an 

 hour a few of the more patient hunters scattered into the 

 woods again to seek their dogs or wait for them to turn up. 

 The rest drove back to town thoroughly chilled through. 



There was little hunt, owing to the adverse weather condi- 

 tions; but the opportunity to meet such a jolly, whole-souled 

 lot of sportsmen amply repaid one for any phy.sical discom- 

 fort. These Massachusetts fox hunters are ]olly fellows, and 

 I can a.ssure "F. G. H. " that far from their lonely vigils being 

 productive of misanthropy and other brooding ills, our expe- 

 rience leads us to believe that in a true appreciation of the 

 joys of this life not even a rolUcking, hard-rid&ng Kentuckian 

 could excel them. 



I cannot conclude this "tale of a brush," as one might term 

 it, without thanking the members of the W. M. F. C. for the 

 many courtesies extended to me during my visit. Although 

 a stranger to all. Forest and Stream was an easy passport 

 to their good graces. Especially am I indebted to Mr. and 

 Mrs. S. S. Conners. "Woronoca" met me at the station and 

 in.sisted that I should make his house my home during my 

 stay, and besides introducing me to the comforts of his well- 

 appointed house, Mr. Conuers did all in his power to aid me 

 in forming the pleasant acquaintances which I hope to renew 

 at the next meet. H. W. L. 



• • • • 



The Worcester Fur Club's score of foxes "assassinated" so 

 far this season is as follows: Lyman A. Baker 8, Frank Hart- 

 well 5, Charles H. Howe 4, E. T. Whittaker 4, Henry Newell 



4, N. S. Harrington 3, A. C. White 3, John M. White 3, John 

 R. Thayer 2, W. R. Dean 2, A. B. F. Kinney 2, J. E. Fuller 2, 



5. A. Smith 2, A. C. Moore 3, James Adams 2, L. E Bliss 2, 

 George H. Waite 2, E. ,J. Bates 1, E, W. Gill 1, Geortre Bates 

 1, Charles E. Steele 1. Henry L. Kinsley 1, L. E. DivoU 1, 

 Albert Hobbs 1, E. H. Gate 1, D. C. Luther 1, R. D. Perry I, 

 Milton Rand 1, Charles Pierce 1. Total, G4, 



