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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 9, 1894. 



Flaps from the Beaver's Tail. 



Toronto, Canada -Mr. L. A. Klein of Black Lake, Que., 

 a dachshund enthusiast, and who now, has a brace ot im- 

 ported dogs of this breed in his kennel, is 8 ettin g * ^ 

 dog and also a brace of Danes from Germany. Spratts will 

 likely have the looking after of them. 



Mr E. M. Williams, the owner of that grand Skye terrier 

 champion Old Burgundy, has lately arrived from England 

 on a visit and is at present in Manitoba. Mr. Williams 

 brought three Styes over with him— Buccaneer, a well 

 known winner, and two brood bitches, both winners, and 

 one supposed to be in pup to Burgundy. Buccaneer, from 

 his photo, seems to be a good .one, low set with beautilul 

 prick ears. 



My British Columbia correspondent sends me several news 

 items from which I gather that the doggy population in that 

 Province goes on increasing. Mr. J. B. Carmichael of \ ic- 

 toria has bought a brace of collies dog and bitch, by cham- 

 pion Christopher out of imported Wellesbourne Mabel, by 

 champion Edgbaston Fox out of Edgbaston Bess. Both are 

 sable and white and the pick of the litter. I hey were bred 

 by Mr. A. Bertling, Athens, Ga., and it maybe interesting 

 to note that the charges from there to Victoria were $46 on 

 the two dogs. 



Mr Harvey Wright, of the same city, has a weakness for 

 t oys, and his latest addition is a brace of Italian greyhounds. 

 The bitch Lorna is by the well known Byron (A. £>,<«»), 

 out of Tena (A. 13,817), while the dog is a full brother ot 

 Byron' S. 



Mr. Watson's recent purchase, the English setter bitch 

 Lady Howard, has whelped a nice litter of eight, three dogs, 

 to Brighton Rod, a dog of the best breeding. Another re- 

 cent litter of the same breed is that of Addie Gladstone, 

 thirteen, of which nine are living. They are by Hickory 

 Rod. As my correspondent says, "these litters, if raised, 

 should place Victoria English setters in the front rank on 

 this coast." 



Beverwyck Rasp and Beverwyck Wasp are the latest at 

 the Kingston Kenuels, Mr. C. H. Corbett's. I did not know 

 he was addicted that way. Wasp is by B. Punster out of 

 Princess, and Rasp by B. Rasper out of B. Becky; so it will 

 be seen that both are of the bluest of the blue blooded. 



Earl of Carrick, a sable and white son of Scotland's Star 

 and Lass o' Arde.u, has been sold to Mr. P. W. C. Whyte 

 of Anaconda, Mont., by his breeder, Mr.- John A. Turner, of 

 Calgary, N. W. T. 



The following from Mr. Hedley Chapman, the breeder of 

 the St. Bernard Princess Florence, who is now in British 

 Columbia, will be of value: "I noticed you recommended 

 plucks for dogs' food. If not presuming too much, I would 

 like to say this is a very bad food for full grown dogs. After 

 a morning run, a light breakfast is good, such as dog bis- 

 cuits (better dry, if they will eat them so); and then in the 

 evening bullocks' or sheep heads boiled and mixed with stale 

 bread that has been soaked in water during the day, then 

 squeezed out dry as possible. This, with meat cut up and 

 well mixed together, is a good feed for dogs." 



Writing of distemper he says: "The best thing for any 

 person rearing puppies or keeping dogs not over the distem- 

 per, is to always keep a box of Rackham's distemper pills in 

 the house. Give when distemper first sets in. I have never 

 known them fail. I had Lady Ida (dam of Princess Florence) 

 with seven pups down at same time, and lost none " 



Anything referring to Princess Florence, especially when 

 written by her breeder, is interesting, and on such a subjectas 

 comparative weights, Mr. Chapman says: "I have referred to 

 my stud book and find that when seven months old Princess 

 Florence weighed 1381bs. In rearing, I used to weigh her 

 every week, and I find she put on the greatest weight between 

 SX and 6>a months. H. B. DONOVAN. 



Field Dogs— Their Present and Future. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The remarks of yonr thoroughly posted and always enter- 

 taining correspondent, B. Waters, in Forest and Stream of 

 May 19, have the ring of the true metal ninety-nine-one- 

 hundredth fine. They form the keynote to the situation and 

 clarionlike should sound forth to the vast army of American 

 sportsmen the vital needs of the hour, and let us hope will 

 prove to be the beginning of a speedy death to any movement 

 which shall in the future detract a single iota from the prac- 

 tical education and field qualities of our sportiug dogs. 

 Setters and pointers are preeminently the practical outdoor 

 companions for the sportsman, and any dividing linebetween 

 the qualifications necessary to succeed in private shooting or 

 in public trials can only be defined at the expense of many 

 valuable qualities which make the possession of a thoroughly 

 intelligent and well-educated shooting dog a thing of beauty 

 and a joy forever. It is from such well-informed men of 

 practical ideas as Mr. Waters that the rank and file of Ameri- 

 can sportsmen should look for live signs of the times, and 

 when a sage of his acknowledged worth flings to the breeze a 

 danger signal, it is time for the laymen to heed the warning 

 ere it is too late. Few sportsmen would think it advisable or 

 worth their while to take a dog in the field who could sim- 

 ply outfoot any canine rival. Bird sense, nose, staunchness, 

 retrieving and perfect obedience are far more requisite to a 

 successful hunting trip, and should invariably be credited at 

 their proper value. If the sportsmen are to cut out all the 

 work, why take the dog? In localities other than the great 

 breeding grounds of the South and West, especially is it 

 essential that a field trial and a shooting dog should tie iden- 

 tical, for the conditions are such as to make the possession of 

 two sets of dogs— one to look at and the other to work— de- 

 cidedly foolish. 



If notions foreign to the conditions which we find in local- 

 ities more or less distant from the natural game centers are 

 to be imported, confine them, I pray, to portions of the 

 country where they will be appreciated, but do not inflict 

 such disaster in localities Where the success of a day's hunt 

 depends solely upon the intelligence and training of one's 

 canine companion and the pleasure of the day requires that 

 the dog should be thoroughly able to perform its duty with- 

 out the artificial assistance which seems to be so necessary 

 to its existence in modern field trials. From this modern 

 wovk here in New England, or for even advertising it, may 

 we be delivered. The talk about mole diggers, plug-shoot- 

 ing dogs, meat hunters and the like, is not admissible, for 

 there are no practical sportsmen but would prefer one of 

 these much maligned canines as a companion in a day's 

 hunt to the much lauded, high class— save the mark— field 

 trial winners whose nose rarely keeps pace with their speed. 

 Stop one moment and tell me where we are going to get our 

 shooting dogs if all should breed from the field trial dog, 

 for many are so bred now that it is impossible to train them 

 without breaking them down entirely, and that is the reason 

 why they had to drop retrieving. They would not stand 

 fine training and retain their cheerfulness and dash. What 

 does any practical sportsman want of such a dog? Let us 

 have the dog that is of some use by all means. Let us have 

 the dog that can, unaided by voice or whistle, quarter his 

 ground, work out covers or open, instantly scent the game 

 bird, approach cautiously and stand at a safe distance— a 

 joyous picture for artist or sportsman— until/' the flush," then 



the shot, and when ordered to fetch, deliver the prize into 

 the sportsman's hand, a fitting final to a glorious piece of 

 work Aye, let us have this dog for our companion at home 

 or afield. Let his past deeds speak for him out of season and 

 his daily work tell its own beautiful story. Let this kind 

 of a dog shine in public as well as in private. Hide not his 

 great light under a bushel; let it illumine the canine atmos- 

 phere until a dog of well nigh perfect attainments is univer- 

 sally required, and as a shooting dog wins the money m 

 public competition. No more of the dog that has simply 

 style, range and speed. Give us the canine mechanic that 

 has thoroughly learned his trade for private or public shoot- 

 ing. Given such a dog we must be happy. 



E. K. SPERRYr 

 New Havkn, Co nn. 



Eastern Field Trial Club's Derby Entries* 



The entries for the Derby closed May 15, with 32 English 

 setters and 6 pointers. All whelped in 1893. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



Joyful— W. B. Meares, Jr. 's orange and white dog (Dion 

 C— Natalie), April. , . . 



Gladness— W. B. Meares, Jr.'s black and white bitch (Dion 

 C— Natalie), April. , " 



Blendon Dot— Tway & Levering's black and white bitch 

 (Chula Light— Dot Noble), May. 



Lady Mildred— Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and 

 tan bitch (Antonio— Ruby's Girl), May. 



Tom Beggs— Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan dog 

 (Antonio— Ruby's Girl), May. 



Nellie Fox— Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan 

 bitch (Antonio— Can Can), February. 



Genevieve S.— Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan 

 bitch (Antonio— Countess Rush), May. 



Tony Boy— Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan dog 

 (Antonio— Laundress), January. 



Diomed— F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan dog 

 (Count Gladstone— Tory Delia), March. 



Dell— F. R, Hitchcock's black, white, and tan bitch (Count 

 Gladstone— Torv Delia), March. 



Dotlet— F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch 

 (Count Gladstone— Tory Delia), March. 



Belle— F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch 

 (Count Gladstone— Tory Antoinette), May. 



Luna — F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch (Roi 

 d'Or— Tory Diamond), May. 



Laura— F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch (Roi 

 d'Or— Tory Diamond), May 



Dashing Novice II.— Manchester Kennel Co.'s black and 

 white bitch (Gladstone's Boy— Queen Novice), March. 



Ruby's Pearl— Manchester Kennel Co.'s black, white 

 and tan bitch (Antonio— Ruby's Girl II ), August. 



Riley Noble— L. D. Hargrave's lemon and white dog 

 (Antonio— Buena Vista), April. 



Antovista— H. H. Hargrave's lemon and white bitch 

 (Antonio— Buena Vista), April. 



Loraine— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan bitch 

 (Eugene T.— Lora), July. 



Eugenie— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan bitch 

 (Eugene T.— Delle), April. 



Adversity— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan bitch 

 (Eugene T.— Delle), April. 



Paloma— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan bitch 

 (Eugene T.— Lou), February. 



ZeraldA— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan bitch 

 (Eugene T.— Low), February. 



Shad— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan dog (Eugene 

 T.— Low), February. 



Mark Belton— H. G. Sitinott's black, white and tan dog 

 (Edgemark— Nellie Belton), May. 



Dixie's FLAG — Norvin T. Harris's black, white and tan 

 dog (Wun Lung— White Wings), February. 



Arminell — J. H. Winslow's black and white bitch (Duke 

 of Buckingham— Belle), May. 



Princess Eulalie— J. H. Winslow's black, white and tan 

 bitch (Rowdy Rod— Belle of Kentucky), February. 



Cynosule— Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and 

 tan bitch (Roderigo— Norah II.), May. 



Clementina— Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and 

 tan bitch (Roderigo— Norah II.), May. 



Columbine — Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and 

 tan bitch (Roderigo— Norah II.), May. 



Romance — Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan. 

 bitch (Roderigo— Norah II.), May. 



pointers. 



TlPPO— Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' liver and white dog 

 (Rip Rap— Monterey), March. 



Delhi— Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' liver and white dog 

 (Rip Rap— Queen II.), April. 



Shah— Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' liver and white 

 ticked dog (Rip Rap— Dolly), May. 



Sepoy — Charlottesvile F. T. Kennels' liver and white dog 

 (Hob Nob— Diana), April. 



KlTT's Lad— D. G. Rowland's liver and white bitch (Lad 

 of Rush— Devonshire Jilt), August. 



Hempstead Don.— Hempstead Farm Kennels' white and 

 liver dog (Sandf ord Druid— Merrylegs), June 15. 



Has Any One Lost a Gordon? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



If any of Forest and Stream's readers in Boston know of 

 any one having lost a Gordon setter, I shall be pleased to 

 correspond with him regarding a dog that, in my opinion, 

 was stolen in Boston. The present possessor cannot afford to 

 own such an animal; he says he paid $15 for him, but such 

 dogs as this one cannot be had for that money. 



Henry Houston. 



Dover, N. H , May 31. 



D OG CHA T. 



At a special meeting of the New England Kennel Club, held 

 May 18, it was voted to have the club rooms open to the pub- 

 lic throughout the entire year, and have somebody in attend- 

 ance who could answer questions, keep a record of breeders, 

 and supply general or specific information on doggy matters. 

 The object of this is to make the club not only a bench show 

 club but also a bureau of information, where not only club 

 members can get news but the public can receive such infor- 

 mation as they desire. It is hoped that this will place the club 

 on a broader basis and do more for the dog in New England 

 than as it now exists. In view of the above action, the Board 

 of Governors take pleasure in inviting those interested in the 

 dog to call when in Boston at the club rooms, 135 Tremont 

 street, and avail themselves of the privileges offered. The 

 rooms will be open during the summer months from 10 to 12 

 A. M. aud from 1 to 3:30 P. M. every day except Saturday: 

 ou that day the hours will be from 10 A. M, until 1 P. M. 

 This is a commendable move on the part of the club and 

 should tend to increase the interest taken in dogs and dog 

 shows by New England breeders and owners. Exclusive 

 news of such action was given two weeks since in Forest 

 and Stream. 



As an instance of the large number of dog shows held in dif- 

 ferent parts of England at the same time, we notice the 

 reports of no less than thirteen shows held between May 12 

 and 16, inclusive, in the last issues of the Stock-Keeper and 

 British Fancier. 



In a postscript to a chatty letter, Mr. Bradfnrd S. Turpin 

 tells us of one of those "touches of nature that make the 

 whole world kin." "I meant to have mentioned an incident 



of Boston's last big fire that I happened to see. While the 

 fire was at its height I found myself inside the fire lines — 

 just how I got there 1 don't know. Scores of tenement 

 houses were ablaze, and as I stood watching the scene, I 

 noticed two ragged urchins boostiug a third into a first story 

 window, thick with smoke. The little chap disappeared for 

 a moment and then burst through the smoke holding in his 

 arms a big yellow pup more dead than alive. When the 

 three found their pet was still in the land of the living, they 

 threw their hats in the air and gave a cheer that rose above 

 the roar of the fire. Their joy was one bright spot in that 

 terrible scene. They lugged off the pup and made no effort to 

 save anything else." 



If you do own a horse or a dog that does not argue that 

 you can knock the life out of it should it not please you — at 

 least not in Perth Amboy, N. J., where President Kitch ell of 

 the S. P. C. A. holds sway. Mat Stecker owned a horse; the 

 horse balked and was cruelly beaten by Stecker. Agent 

 Tyrell arrested him and his defense was that he thought he 

 could do as he liked with his own. President Kitchell, who 

 is an active and prominent member of the Spaniel Club, set 

 him right on this score by saying, "No. you can't. You have 

 no right to abuse any animal, even if you own it. We are 

 organized to show you that you cannot." Stecker paid $10 

 for his beating. This will probably teach him a little horse 

 se se. 



Here is sound advice by a Scottish terrier judge, Mr. 

 J. N. Reynaud, who, in writing his report on these terriers 

 has this to say in the English Kennel Gazette in regard to 

 trimming for the show ring: "It might be easier to get up a 

 code on the best way to trim a dog, and so let all men stand 

 on the same level. There were several dogs before me here 

 that I feel sure in the hands of some men would have been 

 very much further up, but they were shown so rough that 

 nearly all their good points were hidden under a mass of dead 

 hair. I would say, let all men prepare their dogs for exhibi- 

 tion to the best of their ability (as they do at present), but 

 come down very sharply on the 'faker,' the man who would 

 cut the sinews of a gaily carried tail, dye white marks on the 

 chest and feet, or in any way try and cover up what is a 

 physical defect." 



New York sportsmen have always felt the need of more 

 nearby handlers who could train their dogs without taking 

 them South or far from home, so that they could personally 

 satisfy themselves from time to time as to what progress 

 their dogs are making in their education. The Netherwood 

 Farm Kennels, of Plainfield, N. J., seem to have just such a 

 place, and, as their announcement in our business columns 

 suggests, are prepared to train dogs at home or down South. 

 They are now posting their land to keep shooters off the 

 summer woodcock ground. Mr. Tallman has located some 

 young birds, also a covey of ruffed grouse within ten min- 

 utes' walk of the kennels. He has also just engaged a thor- 

 oughly good, trainer, who knows every foot of ground in tnat 

 section. Mr. Sylvester J. Kiernan, of Elizabeth, N. J., after 

 seeing the place, immediately placed his four English setters 

 with the kennel. Their land extends two and a half miles 

 along the foot of the mountain and nearly all of it is good 

 woodcock ground, and back of the mountain the best par- 

 tridge ground in that part of the country. With such a 

 well-known trainer as Mi'. Tallman at the helm, this estab- 

 lishment should prove of great benefit to sportsmen in the 

 vicinity of New York. 



Another case of cruelty to dogs is reported from Babylon, 

 L. I. Mr. W. A. Overton, of New York, resides during the 

 summer at Babylon. He is said to own a number of valu- 

 able dogs, among which is a mastiff called Rip, by Bismark. 

 On Thursday last the dog left the house and returned in an 

 hour horribly bruised and cut, one slash down the thigh 

 being several inches long and exposing the bone. Mr. Over- 

 ton is naturally very angry and offers a reward of $25 for any 

 information that may lead to the detection of the person 

 who injured the dog At the same time there are always 

 two sides to a case, and in future Mr. Overton would do well 

 to read the paragraph we penned in "Dog Chat" last week 

 and see that his dogs are kept within bounds. 



Letters from "Wrong Party" and H, T. Thurber are 

 deferred this week. 



The case of Fallon vs. Lougest, partially settled in favor 

 of Dr. Lougest at the recent trial, particulars of which we 

 publish in another column, is a most interesting one, and 

 the final result will be looked forward to with impatience. 

 Although the decision is in favor of Dr. Lougest, Mr. Fallon 

 has appealed, and the dog, we understand, remains with 

 him until the final settlement. This is peculiarly hard on 

 Dr. Lougest, as, through no fault of his he loses the services 

 of the dog and the opportunity to show him. Should the 

 verdict finally be given in the Doctor's favor, Mr. Fallon will 

 very probably find a suit for damages on his hands. 



The question as to whether a cocker spaniel should be ele- 

 vated is a "weighty" subject with some of our breeders, but 

 we fail to see what good the cocker spaniel fancy is to derive 

 from the controversy that is now raging in another journal 

 where the "rattlers" have full scope. As proof of this it is 

 amusing to notice that in the recriminative . J scussion alluded 

 to neither of the principal combatants owns a spaniel or 

 shows a dog of that breed. It is a good sign that the real 

 spaniel men are laying low and taking no part in the squabble, 

 which reminds one very much of a stray worm in a hen yard 

 —the worm, i. e., the cocker, is soon lost sight of in the ruc- 

 tion that follows. 



The secretary of the English Spaniel Club, Mr. John S. 

 Cowell, is evidently preparing to give Mr. Wilmerding a fra- 

 ternal welcome when he reaches the other side. He writes 

 the papers as follows: "Just a line to give you a whisper 

 from the other side of the 'pond.' Mr. A. Clinton Wilmer- 

 ding, the president of the American Spaniel Club, who has 

 always held out the olive branch to our club and kept me in 

 touch with the spaniel world in America, sails on the 6th 

 June in the Britannic for England, and hopes to meet most 

 of our principal exhibitors and to inspect many of our ken- 

 nels. I have arranged to meet him on his arrival in town, 

 and shall communicate with the principal members of our 

 club to see if, in some way, we can mark his visit to this 

 country, and send him back to New York full of good im- 

 pressions of our English Spaniel Club." 



Field trial men fully expected that this year would see an 

 improvement in the number of entries in the Eastern Derby. 

 Instead of that there is a falling off once more. What is the 

 reason? The more popular system of having separate stakes 

 for pointers and setters would seem to be a way out of the 

 difficulty and should be tried in the All- Age Stake. Last 

 year the entries were 36 English setters, 8 pointers and 1 Irish 

 setter. 



Mr. F. S. Eaton, of Springfield, Mass., bred his bitch Jean 

 of Beaufort to Mr. E. O. Damon's noted Derby winner Stride- 

 away on May 22. 



Mr. W. Stewart Diffenderffer, late secretary of the Mary- 

 land Kennel Club, must have a dog of some sort to provide 

 for, and now that he has relieved himself of his St. Bernards 

 his fancy turns to an English setter, and he has just im- 

 ported a well bred one from Mr. Llewellyn's kennels. This 

 is Count Beaufort, which arrived at Baltimore on the steamer 

 Roesmore last Tuesday morning. This dog is indeed well 



