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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 23, 1898. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Coirespondent.'] 

 Dogs, Came and Texas. 



From Mr. J. Leigh t, BeanTtiont, Tesas, I received a letter 

 recently in which there are pome items of information which 

 are interesting to the public. Mr. Leight is a dog trainer, 

 therefore hi.s reference to the game resources, etc., are mostly 

 from his profes.sional standpoint. He says: 



"Kennel matters are at a low ebb here, because very few 

 sportsmen in this State own, or have seen well bred or well 

 trained dogs at work; and they are not willing to pay just 

 pi-ices. Besides, fleas, screw-worms, and most of all, ticks 

 make sad havoc among both young and old dogs. 



"Then, in the southwestern section of this State, rattle- 

 snakes are bad. But the shooting is grand. I know of sec- 

 tions where I have worked dogs on chickens, quail, jacksnipe 

 and woodcock in the proper seasons, and also where geese, 

 ducks, deer, sand-hill cranes, squirrels, cotton-tail and 

 swamp rabbits could be found, also .some bears and turkeys, 

 and all within a fifty-mile circle. Fair bags of any of the 

 above-mentioned kinds can be made almost any time, except 

 when excessive raius or droughts scatter the birds or animals 

 or cause them to migrate to the water cour.ses. The rains 

 are generally the most troublesome iu East Texas, and the 

 drought the most troublesome in this section or Southwest 

 Texas, although this season drought was as bad in East 

 Texas as here, an uncommon occurrence. The ground be- 

 came so parched and dry that great openings or cracks 

 formed on the black sand 'prairies. We could not work the 

 dogs on chickens for fear that the horses would break their 

 legs, or that the wagons would be broken. 



"The weather in this State is a great factor in the shooting 

 and fishing. For instance, I recall a little trip I once took 

 with a friend on or about Christmas Day. We were fishing 

 for black bass (called trout here), about five miles out from 

 town. We were comfortable in our shirt sleeves. To the 

 east of us we could hear the guns of parties who were shoot- 

 ing quail. To the west were parties shooting squirrels and 

 mallards in the woods among the acorns. We could hear 

 the music of a pack of hounds in the distance running deer 

 between us and town. Some of the deer cro.ssed the road iu 

 front of our team on the way home. Thousands of mallards 

 could be seen passing overhead to a,nd fro from the lakes and 

 ponds on the prairies, to their feeding places iu the timber 

 where the ground was covered with acorns. Within about 

 two miles of town, we drove along a large mar.sh and hun- 

 dreds of the longljills rose. A half niile further on, we 



Eassed by ottr best woodcock ground, btit the big-eyed 

 rownies were not there that day, the weather northward 

 not being cold enough to drive them to us. In five or six 

 days afterward, when the ground was white with a slight 

 fall of snow, a friend and myself bagged nineteen woodcock 

 there. The perspiration ran from every pore as we en- 

 deavored to keep up with and find the pointers after they 

 had located the birds among the vines and thickets. We 

 must have fired over fifty shots. Sttch is the weather and 

 shooting in Texas." 



From a gentleman who owns a kennel of setters for his 

 own pleasure in sport afield, I received a letter which con- 

 tained many kind words for Forest and Stream, and a re- 

 quest to myvself to write -something on handling dogs afield 

 for the benefit of owners who are amateurs, which request I 

 will keep in mind, and comply with it at the first oppor- 

 tunity. 



But the paragraph in his letter which I most desired to 

 bring into notice is as follows: "I did not write this letter 

 for publication, but if you desire to make use of it to bring 

 out expressions from others, you may do so. although I pre- 

 fer not to see my name in print, fearing that it might bring 

 about some unpleasant and uncalled-for criticism, such as 



has been going on iu the columns of and which is so 



very detestable." 



The columns of Forest and Stream are weekly iu evi- 

 dence that a writer whose governing impulses are malice, ill 

 temper or spitelulness has no place in them. The gentle- 

 manly writer can express his thoughts without fear of attacks 

 from vulgarians. The Western office receives, now and then, 

 effusions which are considered good literature by some 

 papers I could mention, but here they go expeditiously into 

 "innocuous desuetude." 



While at Newton, IST. C, 1 had, in company with Messrs. 

 Titus and Arnolt, a most pleasant two-hour shoot over Maid 

 of Kent during the midday hours, while Rip Rap was laid 

 by till the hour came for his afternoon work, he having a 

 bye in the Subscription Stakes. To Mr. C. E. Buckle's invi- 

 tation and supervision we were indebted for the pleasure. 

 Two bevies were found by Maid, and except that she lost 

 some of her youthful dash, she showed the abilities which 

 had made her such a formidable competitor in field trials. 

 As it was, she proved to be a most charming, shooting dog, 

 and no plug either at that. 



Mr. Arnolt, who was shooting a strange gun, with much 

 execution nevertheless, wounded a single bird, which flew 

 with unsteady wing into a small thicket close by. Sud- 

 denly a hawk appeared. Whence he came no one knew. He 

 flew swiftly to the wounded bird, grasped it in his talons, 

 and with labored flight started away with his prey, where- 

 upon Mr. Arnolt paid him special attention with a well 

 directed shot, which made a great opening out and detach- 

 ing of feathers, and the next moment the hawk dropped his 

 prey and departed hurriedly. The poor quail was badly 

 mutilated by the hawk's talons. High up in the sky, a mere 

 speck floating abotit, we saw another hawk. We presumed 

 that its companion had from the great height seen the 

 wounded quail and darted down to it in a twinkling. 



On my return I stopped over a day at Charlottesville, Va., 

 and was the guest of Mr. C. E. Buckle. His home — a most 

 homelike place it is— is just without the limits of the city. I 

 had expected to find a home such as the dog trainer of 

 nomadic tastes generally has; that is, one which can be left 

 for a new one at a few moments' notice, but instead there 

 was a neat modern house of pretty architecture, a barn with 

 good hor.ses in it and skilfully arranged kennel building with 

 a large yard neatly fenced in, which ran an eighth of a mile or 

 thereabouts into the woods. Everywhere the most scrupu- 

 lous neatness prevailed. Besides his penchant for dogs, Mr. 

 Buckle is quite a chicken fancier and has some valuable 

 specimens. 



In the afternoon we drove over to Capt. McMurdo's place, 

 which is three miles from town, and which proved to be a 

 nicely equipped farm with several acres of vineyard which 

 produced tons of grapes the past season. I remember my 

 stay in Charlottesville as the pleasantest part of a pleasant 

 trip. 



Mr. Geo. E. Gray will endeavor to perpetuate the line of 

 breeding which has resulted so successfully. He has pur- 

 chased Pearl's Dot of Mr. R. L. Shannon, .and has sent her 

 6n to be bred to King of Kent. These two dogs, it will be 

 remembered, are the sire and dam of Strideaway. 



B. Waters. 



909 Skcurity Botldinq, Chicago. 



Mr. Reick returned on the s.s. Gascogne from Havre last 

 Saturday but did not bring anything new over with him in 

 St. Bernards. He saw nothing at Birmingham that pleased 

 liim much excepting Lady Mignon, who is held absurdly 

 high. The day for very high prices for St. Bernards is past 

 as far as Americans are concerned, and, considering every- 

 thing, it is better that it should be so. 



DOG CHAT. 



Roche Tacit Arrives. 



Mr. A. C. Bradbury has received Dec. 9, per s s, New York, 

 the wire-hair fox-terrier bitch Roche Tacit. She is due to 

 whelp Dec. 24 to Roche Talma, winner of the fifty-guinea 

 grand challenge cup at Oxford and many other prizes. This 

 bitch should have come out before, as noted in our columns 

 last June, but owing to the dilatoriness of the Kennel Club 

 in sending certificates, she whelped before she could be 

 shipped. Therefore .she stayed over for another visit and 

 the pups were sold in England. Mr. Bradbury is also in 

 treaty with Mr. J. W. Taylor, of Oldham, of whom he pur- 

 chased Tacit, for several other dogs, the wire Daylesford 

 Bush, winner of nearly thirty fir.sts and cups; Tormentilla, a 

 breeder of winners and a winner herself, and another bitch 

 bitch called Torture. An offer has also been made for Roche 

 Talma. There seem to be lively times ahead for the wires, 

 and we are sure that those who own the best over here at 

 present will welcome the competition in store. The noted 

 greyhound Jenny Jones is being nibbled at, and if she comes 

 over she is sure to liven things up among the longtails. The 

 Maybrook Kennels are also devoting some attention to Irish 

 terriers, and some importations may be looked for shortly. 



We alluded some time since to the ptirchase of the Irish 

 terrier Hazard by Mr. Weld, owner of the Huguenot Kennels, 

 New Rochelle, N. Y., and this gentleman sends a list of his 

 winnings, which, unfortunately, we cannot find space for 

 here. The dog won thirty prizes in England and was 

 whelped July 4, 1889. He is said to be a good little terrier, 

 of the racy type, nice head, legs and feet, with perfectly car- 

 ried, small drop ears. His coat is red and of the proper tex- 

 ture; weight 221bs. Mr, Weld will show him in the spring 

 and place him at stud. 



Raby Trigger Sold. 



Raby Trigger has left the Grove Kennels, at Hempstead, 

 L. I., and will chase cats, or otherwise indulge his game ter- 

 rier propensities, in Germantown, Pa. His new owner is 

 Mr. H. E. Cook, who is starting a kennel in a quiet way. 



Mr. John H. Congdon, of Providence, R. I., sends in a 

 capital picture of his new purchase, the bulldog King Lud, 

 which shows this dog's grand head oft' to perfection. By 

 the way, the bulldog article printed in these columns 

 recently has created very favorable attention to the breed, 

 and from letters received, inquiring where good ones can 

 be obtained, we presume there will be some recruits to the 

 fancy very shortly. 



There was not much news stirring at Chicago. Sales were 

 slack and many of the exhibitors were disappointed in this 

 respect, Mr. Tim Donoghue sold his young English setter 

 Monk of Furness Rap, to T. G. Davey, of London, Ont. 



Mr. Jarrett, as he could not sell began to buy; a nice white 

 setter pup out of Mr. Davey's lot took his fancy. There may 

 be some deep scheme on foot in Chestnut Hill, Mr. Jarrett 

 had repeatedly said he would like to breed some white collie.s, 

 and this may be a move in that direction. 



Seminole Kennels, through Ben Lewis, sold the collie 

 pup, second prize winner, to a Chicago gentleman; also an 

 Irish terrier to Gen. Miles. 



Mr. Schallenberger,the owner of the St. Bernard Aristocrat, 

 has purchased Melrose, the noted smooth, from Mr. Moore. 

 It was entered at Chicago, but did not arrive in time. 



No Let- Up. 



Wearied by the damnable iteration of a certain chronic 

 growler's outcry against Forest and Stream, some one has 

 been beseeching him to "let up on it." To this the howler 

 very properly makes reply, "Why should I let up? Men have 

 rights as well as dogs. A dog bays the moon, and I may 

 howl about Forest and Stream if I want to. I propose to 

 howl." And he is quite right. No one has any call to inter- 

 fere. The case finds a parallel in the .story told by Henry 

 Ward Beecher about his father's dog. Noble, which, "having 

 once seen a woodchuck disappear down a hole, was accus- 

 tomed whenever he had an afternoon off to go and bark at 

 that hole for hours at a time." It was a perfectly htirmless 

 proceeding. It did not hurt the woodchuck; the neighbors 

 got used to it, and it pleased Noble so much that no one ever 

 thought of interfering with the old dog's exercise of his 

 franchise or asking him to "let up." 



We regret to learn that Dr. N. Rowe, of Chicago, is so 

 seriously ill that he no longer has any direct hand in the 

 journalistic work with which he has so long been con- 

 nected. 



A*regular meeting of the Boston Terrier Club will be held 

 at Young's Hotel, Wednesday evening, Dec. 20, at 7 P. M. 

 Members are earnestly requested to attend. 



Dr. Kenney, of Providence, not content with his Crib first 

 at Providence and Newark, is getting another "Irishman" 

 from the other side. 



There has been considerable speculation among bulldog 

 fanciers as to who had imported the noted bulldog Found It. 

 We are now in a position to state that Miss Maie Byrne of 

 New York city imported the dog. Becoming charmed with 

 the breed while on a visit to England this summer, she com- 

 missioned a friend to buy a good oue, and, to make a cheap 

 joke, he found it, and Miss Byrne paid S400 for her fancy. 

 Found It is a brindle and wiU be shown at New York. He 

 arrived last Saturday. 



Rinada Kennels, we understand, have purchased the 

 pointer bitch Hempstead Kit since the Newark show. 



The Akron show, which is on this week, closed with 130 

 entries. 



The entry fee for Saratoga show has been reduced to $2 

 and for selling class the fee is now $1. 



The auction sale at Chicago was a failure. Mr. Tim 

 Donoghue was the auctioneer and tried his best. The sooner 

 such affairs are discontinued the better it will be for breeders. 



Gaining the consent of exhibitors the Chicago manage- 

 ment kept the show open on Sunday. Several exhibitors 

 did not agree with this innovation and left Saturday night. 

 It is a practice that must he discountenanced. Kenueldom 

 has enough to contend with without flying in the face of 

 public sentiment in that way. 



The great Dane Fannie M. slipped her collar during the 

 Chicago show and made good her escape from the show 

 building at Chicago. Up to the time we left she had not 

 been recovered. 



We are sorry to have missed Mr, Samuel Jagger when he 

 called at this ofBce last week. Mr. Jagger is a St. Bernard 



man, and the owner of the celebrated Lady Mignon, who has 

 already won twenty-six fir.at prizes and nineteen specials 

 and one championship prize since April last. The parents of 

 Marvel, Maplecroft, etc., all came from Mr Jagsrer's kennel. 

 If this gentlemen could .stay over for the New York .show, it 

 would be a good move to get him to judge. It would afford 

 an interesting change. Mr. Jagger will visit the principal 

 kennels during his stay of several weeks. 



Mrs. Smythe's St. Bernard bitch Sunray stole a march on 

 her owner and whelped Friday night at the show. It is 

 scarcely necessary to say that she showed little sign pre- 

 viously of any .such unto'ward conduct or her owner would 

 not have exposed her to the danger in making such a long 

 trip. Sunray will probably remain at Mr. Elliott's kennels 

 at Maywood, 111., till she recovers. The poodle bitch Blanchet 

 also became a mother during the show. 



On Friday night the management had information that 

 thieves would endeavor to raid the building and steal some 

 of the dogs. So every precaution was taken to prevent such 

 an occurrence and the order to shoot on sight was given the 

 watchman and additional help was secured. This was the 

 report, but we can scarcely understand what advantage such 

 an attempt at theft would be or how the dogs could recom- 

 pense the thieves for the trouble and risk. 



Ben Levris has bought Sail II., pointer, and Newton 

 Abbott Torso, field spaniel, of Mr, Tim Donoghue, La 

 Salle, III. 



Saratoga Dog Show. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I regret the unavoidable delay in getting out our premium 

 list, and I trust those who have not been supplied will write 

 at once. The following specials have been received since the 

 premium list went to press. American Spaniel Club offers 

 |.5 for best brace field spaniels. $5 for best brace climber 

 spaniels, $5 for best brace Irish water spaniels and $5 for best 

 brace of cockers; also the "Bell" cocker cup for the best 

 cocker sp.aniel, any color, to be won four times before becom- 

 ing the property of any one member; douor not to compete. 

 Beverwyck Kennels oft'er §10 for the best fox-terrier owned 

 in Albaniy county, $10 for the best fox-terrier whelped in 

 Beverwyck Kennels or sired by one of their stud dogs; donor 

 not to compete. J. Otis Fellows has been engaged as man- 

 ager of the kennel department. This, of course, will gaiji 

 the confidence of old exhibitors. 



The Delaware and "Hudson Canal Company have made 

 special rales fi-om all points on their line between Albany, 

 N. Y., and Rutland, Yt. I again appeal to all f(jxhound 

 breeders and fanciers to be present and help organize an 

 American Foxhound Club. This breed has been neglected 

 too longj and we should move at once in the right direction 

 by framing a standard for this noble breed. 



LYNAN W. Cltite, Secretary.. 



BAU.STON Lake, N. Y., Dec. 13. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Kennel Notes are inserted -without charge ; and blaadi? 

 (furulslied free) will be sent to any address. 



NAMES OLAniED. 

 Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Lady Ruth. By Rivermount Kennels, Brooklyn, N. Y.. for orange 

 and white rough-coated St. Bernard bitch, whelped Nov. 9, 1893, by 

 Ridgewood Don (Supurbis— Thisbe) out of Princess Vic CLeicester— 

 Priueess Jura). 



Duke of Rivermount. By Rivermount Kennels, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 for orange and white rough-coated St. Bernard dog, whelped Nov. 9, 

 1893, by Ridgewood Don (Supurbis— Thisbe) out of Princess Vic 

 (Leicester— Princess Jura). 



Al De Ber Blizzard. By Al De Bar Kennels, North Attleboro, Mass., 

 for white and sable rough coated collie dog, whelped Aug. 25, 1893, by 

 Bendigo (The Squire— Bertha) out of Patient (Oharlemagne— Patience). 



dl De Ber Bendigo. By Al De Ber Kennels, North Attleboro, Mass., 

 for sable and white rough-coated collie dog, whelped Aug. 25, 1863, by 

 Bendigo (The Squire — Bertha) out of Patient (Charlemagne — Patience). 



Lucy Blade. By James McAleer, Emsworth, Pa., tor black, white 

 and tan English setter bitch, whelped 31arch 13, 1893, by Toledo Blade 

 (Roderigo- Lillian) out of Rod's Bessie (Count Roderigo— Bessie Ray). 



Madam Raven. By the Handsome Obo Spaniel Kennel, Omaha, 

 Neb., for black cocker bitch (King Raven— Lady Raven). 



Madam Obo. By the Handsome Obo Spanitl Kennel, Omaha, Neb., 

 for black field spaniel bitch (champion Bronte— To psey). 



Handsome Obo Kennel (formerly the Omaha Cocker Spaniel Kennel). 

 By B. B. Mather, Omaha, Neb., for kennel of cooker and field spaniels. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on appIloati6n. 



Madam Raven— Chancellor. The Handsome Obo Spaniel Kennels' 

 (Omaha, Neb.) black cocker bitch Madam Raven to Raven Cocker 

 Kennels' Cnancellor (King Raven— Lady Raven), Oct. 8. 



Vliampion Winnie Il.—Kildare Beverly. Kildare Kennels' (Alle- 

 gheny, Pa.) Irish setter bitch champion Winnie (Frisco— Grouse It.) to 

 their Kildare Beverly (champion Elcho, Jr.— Ruby Glenmore), Nov 24. 



l^ellie Trissler— Kildare Beverly. M. N. Fowler's (Fo.\-burg,--Pa.) 

 Irish setter bitch Nellie Trissler (Tipfon— Patterson's Polly) to Kildare 

 Kennels' (Allegheny, Pa.) Kildare Beverly (champion Elcho, Jr.— 

 Ruby Glenmore), Nov. 27. 



Du.Hky Diamond— Blemton Ratfler. W. R. Mack's (Rochester, N.Y.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Dusky Diamond to L. B. Banks's Blemton Rattler 

 (champion Venis— champion Rachel). 



Tivoli— Marengo II. Dr. W. S. Bigelow's (Boston, Mass.) Chesa- 

 peake ]3ay bitcli Tivoli (Don — Net) to his Marengo 11. (Boatswain — 

 Gladys), Nov. 25. 



Lain — Moses K. F. W. Otto's (Providence, R. I.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Lala (Black Pete— Miss Nance) to J. M. Brown's Moses K. (Obo 

 II.— Black Bess II.), Oct. 1. 



Candour— Romulus. Chestnut Hill Kennels' (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) 

 Irish terrier bitch Candour to Hempstead Farm Kennels' Romulus, 

 Nov. 3. 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Princess Vic. Rivermount Kennels' (Brooklyn, N. Y.) rough-coated 

 St. Bernard bitch Princess Vic (Leicester— Princess Jura), Nov. 9, 

 eight (five dogs), by J. Wagner's Ridgewood Don (Supurbis— Thisbe). 



Patient. Al De Bar Kennels' (North Attleboro, Mass.) rough-coated 

 bitch Patient (Oharlemagne— Patience), Aug. 25, six (Ave dogs), by J. 

 Brett's Bendigo (The Squire— Bertha). 



Rose. Dr. Bigelow's (Boston, Mass.) Chesapeake Bay bitch Ro8«, 

 Aug. 19, nine (four dogs), by his Mar engo H. (Boatswain— Gladys). 



Chicago Fav:n. J. B. Wickery's (Pittsburgh, Pa.) English setter 

 bitch C'tiicago Fawn Nov. 9, nine (four dogs), by Manitoba Shot. 



Prairie Belle. James McAleer (Emsworth, Pa.) pointer bitch 

 Prairie Belle, Nov. 25, ten (seven dogs), by his Rip Rap, Jr. (champioo 

 Rip Rap— Lonnie Bijou). 



SALES. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Nod— Prairie Belle whelps. Pointers, whelped April 13, 1893, by 

 James McAleer, Emsworth, Pa., one lemon and white dog to E. W. 

 Baston, Syracuse, N. Y. ; one orange and white bitch to W. T. Brain- 

 bridge, Parish, N. Y. ; one orange and white dog to R. Seager, New 

 Waterford, O. ; one liver and white biich to ,1. R. George, WUkinsburg, 

 Pa.; one orange and white dog to J. D. Bush, Peoria, 111.; one Uver 

 and white bitch to Dr. J. G. Senour. Troy, O.; one liver "and white dog 

 to Cbas. E Fuller, Sidney Center, N. Y. ; one orange and white dog to 

 R. S. Belcher, Vienna, N. Y. ; one liver and white bitch to Wm. Seager, 

 Fair Oaks, Pa. 



Buff- Lemon and white pointer dog, by Speculation out of Signa, 

 by Red House Farm Pointer Kennels, New London, Conn., to E. H. 

 Potter, same place. 



Rip Rap, .Jr —Shenango Patch whelp. Black, white and ticked 

 pointer dog, whelped July 12, IfeO'^, by Rip Rap, Jr., out of Shenango 

 Patch, by James McAleer, Emsworth, Pa., to Ed. Gibson, same place. 



Lucy Blade. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped 

 March 13, 1893. by Toledo Blade out of Rod's Bessie, by Dr. J. G. 

 Senour, Troy, O., to James McAleer, Emsworth, Pa. 



Prairie Belle LI. Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped April 13, 

 1893, by Nod out of Prairie Belle, by James McAleer, Ema worth. Pa., 

 to Wm. Morgan, Reading, Pa. 



