Junk 16, 1894.] 



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mistake in wording his sentences, and assured the members 

 that he intended no corruption. The final verdict which was 

 published in the papers was rendered more on his statement 

 and his appeal to their generosity and sympathetic natures 

 than upon that convicting sentence— "Any Danes you can 

 get, etc., etc " The above information is gleaned from a 

 letter from Mr. Mooney, the secretary of the club, to Mr. 

 Elliott, in which he returned to Mr. Elliott Mr. Howard's 

 bribery letter which Mr. Elliott now has in bis possession. 

 Instead of resting here this case should have been brought 

 before the American Kennel Club for immediate action. 



Mr. Wixom, of the Hornell-Harmony Kennels, is manu- 

 facturing beagles up at Covert with alarming persistency. 

 As a result of champion Ava W.'s visit to Oradell, N. J., 

 where she was mated to ftacerj Jr., she has five puppies, all 

 strong and well formed. This is the same breeding as Daisy 

 Corbett, Evangeline, etc., and is therefore carefully watched. 

 Velda (Royal Krueger— Baby W.) has seven "beauties" by 

 Sherry. Breezy has six by Little .Wonder and Evangeline 

 is nursing four dogs by Royal Krueger. Daisy Corbett is 

 down with five by the same little champion. There are 

 other bitches in whelp, but those mentioned are celebrities. 



Alexander Mackenzie-Hughes took charge of Mr. Hunting- 

 ton's Marlborough Kennels at Inwood, L. I., on June 1. 

 John Stokes, who, it will be remembered, has handled Mr. 

 Hunt ington's dogs during the past year, will now set up a 

 boarding kennel near Passaic, N. J. 



Mr. "Debonair" Zimmer, whose fancy runs to beagles and 

 bantams, also drops a little stray wisdom every now and 

 then in a kennel column wbich the Chatham Review holds 

 up. This is one of his leaders nnd a good one, too: "Don't 

 expect your dog to be smarter than you are. If you buy a 

 hunter and keep him on a chain, or allow him to run the 

 streets of a city for six months or a year, and then take him 

 out afield and he does not do brilliant work the first day, 

 don't misuse him. If you do not work at your trade or 

 attend to your business for a year could you start right in 

 and do as well as when you were in practice? Well, I 

 guess not!" 



Death of Gordon Janet. 



There is not a Gordon setter breeder or exhibitor in this 

 country who will not feel sincere sympathy with Miss S. A. 

 Nickerson in the loss of her Gordon setter champion Gordon 

 Janet. Janet died during parturition, June 11. She had 

 been bred to Count Noble and whelped four pups on Friday, 

 P. M.; on Saturday she passed a dead one and on Sunday 

 the veterinarian discovered anotber one and it was decided 

 to take it away, although the bitch was already very weak. 

 They only succeeded in removing the head and breast and 

 concluded to wait before operating further until the bitch 

 could recover some strength, but poor Janet was unable to 

 rally. She was buried with all the respect due to a (Tear friend, 

 and Miss Mckerson, who was devotedly attached to her, is 

 inconsolable. There are three dogs and a bitch puppy still 

 living and these are fortunately with a foster mother. Janet 

 was one of the best and handsomest Gordons of her sex seen 

 on the American bench, and was, we believe, bred by Mrs. 

 Dager, of Toledo, who sold her to Miss Nickerson. She was 

 by champion Beaumont out of Bel le Stephens. Janet was 

 not merely a bench show winner but was a very fast and 

 good worker in tbe field and would probably have run in the 

 trials this fall. Her wins include first at such shows as New 

 York, Boston, Washington,. Providence, Chicago, etc. We 

 sincerely hope that Miss Nickerson will find another Janet 

 in the remaining litter. 



Every one has heard of Mr. Walter Wellman's projected 

 dash to the North Pole, and those interested in dogs will look 

 forward to the result of his experiment with more than pass- 

 ing interest. Instead of following the example of former 

 explorers in these icy regions by using the native sledge dogs, 

 he secured about a hundred hardy Belgian draught dogs. 

 The conditions under which these will labor will be vastly 

 different to their work in the streets of Belgian towns, and 

 picked up here and there, as these dogs necessarily were, and 

 unused to pack work, the result seems anything but promis- 

 ing. Mr. Wellman's last letter to the New York Herald, 

 which teils of his start for the Arctic Ocean, and which will 

 be his last letter for some time, comments on the fighting 

 propensities of these dogs. Some of the big dogs are apt to 

 breakfast off their smaller companions, and regular watches 

 have to be set to protect them in their confined quarters. Mr. 

 Wellman had to secure a special permit to brine these Belgian 

 dogs into Norway, as it seems no foreign dog is allowed to set 

 foot in that country, and through this protection distemper 

 is said to be unknown among Norwegian dogs. Even then 

 Mr. Wellman had to keep his dogs on an island, and if a 

 native dog managed to reach the island it had to stay there, 

 in fact, was expatriated. 



The receipt of Rawdon B. Lee's work on "The Terriers" 

 completes our set of the three volumes this well-known writer 

 has published on "Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land." Like the other two volumes, that devoted to terriers 

 is profusely illustrated with ideal pictures of dogs of the dif- 

 ferent breeds treated of. At the outset Mr. Lee explains 

 that in describing the terriers in all their varieties, he has 

 endeavored to give particulars as to their working qualifica- 

 tions and their general character, as well as their so-called 

 "show points," and his desire to prevent a useful race of dog 

 from degenerating into a ladies' pet and a pampered creature, 

 only able to earn his owner gold on the show bench, is his rea- 

 son for treating so fully of him, as he is concerned iu that 

 sphere which nature intended him to occupy. The chapters 

 devoted to fox-terriers and Irish terriers will be found very 

 interesting, and the pictures, especially of the wires, are 

 good. In fact, those who are interested in any particular 

 breed will find much instruction as to its origin and history 

 up to the present date. The names of past exhibitors and 

 their best dogs are given, with a quantity of reminiscent 

 matter that only one like Mr. Lee, of large experience with 

 dog shows and dogmen of the past decade, could gather to- 

 gether. The work is for sale at this office. 



WHELPS. 



13?" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



While Queen C. F. R Drake's (New York) bull-terrier bitch White 

 Queen, May 23, eight (two dogs), by his Sailor. 



SALES. 



ST" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Reynold's Son and Nan's Girl. Black and tan Gordon setter dog 

 and bitch, whelped Aug 16, 1893, bv Regnald H. out of Nan, by Lawn 

 Gordon Setter Kennels, Chicago Lawn, III., to Highland Kennels, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. *■ 



Singhild. White, blank and tan English setter bitch, whelped Feb. 

 9, 1893, by Kent II. out of Countess Addie, by A. D. Fiske, Worcester, 

 Mass., to C. F. Tretbar, New York city. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

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

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

 Communications referring to other matters connected with Kenne. 

 Management and dogs will also receive careful attention. 



L S., Pottstown, Pa. — There is no setter Spicer registered under the 

 No. 1,577. 



W. S. Lee, New York City.— We shall publish some new fan pedi- 

 gree forms shortly. 



J. H. C, Cincinnati, O.— The only fox-terrier Fussy registered in the 

 A. K. C. Stud Book is or was owned by H. W. McAdams, of New York 

 City, and is by Raffle out of Warren Lass. 



J. A. B., Rochester, N. Y— Monk's Mark is registered as owned by 

 W. J. Baugh, Ridgeville, Ind. We do not know who owns Hoosier Ben 

 at present. There were no. Louisiana trials in 1891. 



L. A. K., Black Lake. P. Q.— We do not know of any Angora cats ad 

 vertised at present. The English Stock-Keeper, London, or British 

 Faucier, Manchester, are the most likely journals in which to find 

 such stock advertised. 



G. R. J., Saginaw, Mich —Please prescribe for my three-year-old 

 Irish setter dog, which has been troubled with balanitis for the past 

 six months. I have us o d an injection three times daily of sulphate of 

 zinc. 20grs. to one pint of water; have also used a solution of acetate 

 of lead, ldr. to pint of water Neither of these remedies seem to be 

 effectual. The dog has been shedding his coat for the past three 

 months, but the hair still comes out easily. Ans. Treat for worms. 

 Use the following lotion, one tablespoonful to be injected two or three 

 times a day; wash the sheath out by injecting warm water, before 

 using the lotion: 



R. Capsi. sulph grs. viii. 



Acid, carbol. m. vi. 



Glycerine ....... 3 bs. 



Pulv. acacife grs. iv. 



Aq. ad ..Jvi. 



Mix. Lotio. Use as directed. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Kennel Notes are inserted without charge ; and blanks 

 (furnished free) will he sent to any address. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 f2g~ Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Russet, tiae, Rolf, Nan II. and Nonsense. By Lawn Gordon Setter 

 KenDels Chicago Lawn, 111., for black and tan Gordon setters, three 

 dogs and two bitches, whelped April 4, 1891, by Regnald H. (Leather- 

 stocking— Smith's Rhoda) out of Nan (champion Argus — Laura). 



Nicotine and Merry Christmas. By W. A. Coster, Jr., Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y., for orange and white English seiter bitches, whelped 

 Dec. 25, 1893, bv Balzar's Duke out of Father Gerot's Tessie (Buckel 

 lew- Jolly Nell). 



BRED. 



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Lia — Naso of Maine. C. Tuttle's (Portland, Me.) pointer bitch Lia 

 (King of Ken d— Daisy) to C. H. Newell's Naso of Maine (Naso of Kip- 

 pen— Dela), April 6. 



Belle Noble— Dad Monarch. C. E. Gilchrist's (Charlestown, Mass.) 

 English setter bitch Belle Noble (Dan Doble— Rosalego) to Samuel B. 

 Allen's Dad Monarch (Roy Monarch— Blue Jenn'e), May 11. 



Belle of Sharon- Woodale Driver. W F. Porter's (Sharon, Pa.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Belle ot Sharon to his Woodale Driver, April 18, 



punting m\i (^owising. 



FIXTURES. 



Oct. 23 —New England Beagle Club, at Oxford, Mass. W. S. Clark, 

 Linden, Mass., Sec'y. Nominations close Oct. 1. 



Oct. 29.— National Beagle Club. Geo. Laick, Tarrytown, N.Y.. Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— Northwestern Beagle Club. Louis Steffen, Milwaukee, 

 Wis., Sec'y. - 



Mississippi Jottings. 



Mb. W. W. Titus, of Waverly, Miss., sends in the follow- 

 ing news notes with a bit of quaint humor attached , which— 

 being about snakes— has been relegated to the Camp-Fire 

 Flickerings corner: 



"I am looking forward to a break in the monotony of my 

 quiet country life in starting for the Northwest next month. 



"At present I do little but squirrel hunt, and I am having 

 great sport with the 'timber cats.' I never saw them more 

 plentiful or fatter in my life, and hardly a clay passes but 

 what I have fried squirrel on my table. 



"Fishing is said to be fine, but I have not been fishing much, 

 I have had some very nice ones, though, from the pool in my 

 kennel yard. 



"Mulberries are ripening now. The squirrels will soon 

 congregate on the mulberry trees, and it will then be much 

 easier to kill them. I have been using a .25cal. Stevens rifle, 

 and I am extremely pleased with it as a gun for squirrel 

 hunting. 



"Major Val Young was out with his pack of hounds yester- 

 day morning, and blew his horn for me as he went by; but I 

 very foolishly did not go, and missed hearing some musical 

 running. He reports that they got up three foxes (reds), and 

 the pack of fifteen dogs got split up. At the start the run- 

 ning was quite unsatisfactory, but one fox was soon put in 

 the ground, and he saw one come out by him. Soon four 

 dogs came by, running like a storm, with Old Mag in the 

 lead about 75yds., Grady (a July) next, and the other two 

 close on his heels, they being Nettie (a Whitlock) and Belle 

 of Kentucky (a Bourbon Kennel hound). 



"The fox made a circuit and passed the hunters again, the 

 positions of the dogs about the same. They had notbeenlong 

 gone, when there came several more dogs, not saying a word, 

 But running like scared wolves to get in with the pack after 

 the fox which had been seen. 



"Evidently this was the bunch which put the other fox to 

 earth, and, hearing the other dogs running, had put out at 

 their best licks to get in the race, which they soon did, and 

 made, as George Washington, not the immortal George, but 

 the Major's colored camp cook, would have described it, 'the 

 welcome ring.' 



"After a spirited run of about a half hour, the pack had 

 closed up on the fox so close that it was deemed discretion to 

 stop the dogs, lest they catch him on the ground. As he had 

 been seen several times, it could be determined about how 

 much lead he had on the dogs, and how fast they were closing 

 in on him. So, to save his bacon, the dogs were stopped. 

 Part of the dogs had, in the meantime, carried the third fox 

 out of hearing, way up toward the town of Vin ton. Late 

 yesterday evening they had not come in, and some fears were 

 felt tbat they hau caught it. 



"Taking into consideration the hot weather, it was a very 

 speedy run for the pack, as they have not been in a race since, 

 early in-the spring, are as soft aScotton and are entirely un- 

 fit for hard running— but probably the fox was in the same 

 condition, so both were on an equality." 



• ■ • • 



Foxhounds at Boston. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Although the great Boston show is now a thing of the 

 past, some of its features cannot easily be forgotten. Per- 

 haps one of the most interesting (although by no means 

 instructive) was its Brunswick Pur Club exhibit of so-called 

 foxhounds. Being an admirer and for many years a breeder 

 of foxhounds, and impelled by a desire to behold some of 

 the noted, fox killers whose exploits have been depicted so 

 much in the journals, that the blood of their victims fairly 

 trickles down the columns of these otherwise clean sheets, 

 I washedthe blood of the last fox from my hands and hast- 

 ened to "Beanville." The man who visits dog shows must 

 accustom himself to almost anything in the shape of sur- 

 prises, and I supposed that I had long since mastered this 

 art. Yet as Old Reub said, "I declare to God, the sights I 

 seen were enough to turn your whiskers green." Not that 

 there was anything lacking in variety of head, oh, no! they 

 were all on hand. There were domed heads, round heads, 

 flat heads and square heads, triangular heads and even 

 octagonal heads with the various combinations. 



Most prominent among the curiosities were a pair of July 

 puppies, born in August and shown in April. These little 

 dogs (I can't bring myself to call them by the dignified name 

 of hound) looked very imploringly at the spectators and 



said: "Now we thinkit's just too bad, even those Boston ter- 

 riers over there have a standard and we think somebody 

 ought to make one to fit us. Don't you think that the 

 American Kennel Club ought to do as much for us?" Then I 

 stroked their little round heads and consoled them by saying 

 that the B. P. C. were working hard in their interests and 

 that in the event of not being able to make a standard which 

 would include them and the various other heads, I felt cer- 

 tain that the B. F. C. and the B. T. C. would become consoli- 

 dated. This seemed to please them very much and they 

 both barked joyfully with fine terrier voices, while one 

 wagged a screw-tail and the other a ring-tail. I left them 

 promising to do all in my power to bring about this happy 

 union. 



The next day just at "Dawn," I strolled past the benches 

 where foxhounds should be. A cunning little dog hailed 

 me, and with his face all wreathed in smiles said, "Doc, I 

 got it!" and sure enough there was a blue ribbon on its 

 neck. Down the long line of foxhounds shown, was many a 

 grand head with only a few letters of commendation over it. 

 What should we do without judges? Yes, we a,re sadly in 

 need of a foxhound standard. Dr. H. T. Thurber. 



Providence, R. I. 



• • • • 



HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 



Mr. F. W. Chapman starts for his hunting kennels at 

 Orland, Me., next week, and will reside there till October. 

 From there he will make short hunting and fishing trips to 

 some of the best resorts in the State. Deer are plentiful up 

 there, Mr. Chapman telling us of a herd of about 75 that 

 yarded last winter within two miles of his kennels and a 12- 

 year-old boy shot a 2001 bs. buck half a mile from where old 

 champion Fitzhugh Lee sat contentedly chewing a piece of 

 old horse. Mr. Chapman has erected a kennel building 

 30 x 40ft. for the dogs, in addition tortus other buildings, and 

 will wire iu a space 900ft. long as an exercising ground. He 

 intends taking a few dogs to board and train with his own, 

 and as he is right in the heart of a good hare country, the 

 chance seems a good one. 



• • • • 



Mr. D. C. Luse writes us that his imported Nettlefield, by 

 Dick Day— Camborne, whelped seven pups by Mr. E. H. Mul- 

 caster's imported Glenkirk (Misterton— Glen gowan). This 

 litter should turn out well. There is Misterton blood in sire 

 and dam, and Alec Halliday on one side and Lord of Avon on 

 the other. Mr. Luse has named two Norwegian— Dick's Dar- 

 ling pups, Lord Breckenridge and Lady Pollard; these he will 

 run in the Derby and All- Age Stakes at the different fall meet- 

 ings, and we shall then see if there is really anything in a 

 name, after all. 



• • • • 



The Merced meeting next fall is expected to be the most 

 important gathering of coursers ever seen in California. The 

 first prize will be a cup valued at $500 and $300 in cash. This 

 should bring dogs from as far east as Kansas. 



• a • • 



Col. North's sale of greyhounds took place at Eltham last 

 Saturday. Particulars of this important sale will be given 

 next week. Fullerton was not to be sold. 



§zcf(Hng. 



FIXTURES. 



JUNK. 



13. St. Lawrence, 18ft. Class, sec- 23 Cape Cod, Club, East Dennis, 



ond series. 23. St. Lawrence, 18ft. Class, third 



13. Bay Shore, Open., Bay Shore. series. 



14. Rochester, Ladies' Day, Char- 23. Sea. Cor., Ann., L. I. Sound 



lotte, Lake Ontario. 23. Yonkers Cor Ann. Hudson 



15. Portland, Annual. River. 



16. American, Ann., L. I. Sound. 23. American, Seaver Cup New 

 16. St. Lawrence, A, 30, 25, 21ft. buryport. 



Classes, second series. 23. Douglaston. An. Open L. I. Sd. 



16. Cor. Mus. Fleet, Ladies' Day, 23. Fox Lake, Club, Fox Lake, Bl. 



New Rochelle. * 23. Winthrop, Open, Boston Har. 



16. N. Y. Bay, Club, N. Y. Harbor. 23. Lynn, Expert Cup. Lynn,Mass. 



16. New Bedford, Club Sail, Buz. B. 23. Columbia, Lake Race, to Michl- 



16. Knickerbocker. Open, L. I. S'd. gan City, Lake Michigan: 



16. Phila., Squad. Sail. Del. River. 23. Phila., Pen., Mos. boats, Dela- 



16. Minnetonka, Club, L.Minnet'ka ware River. 



16. Tower Ridge, An., Hastings- 23-24. San Francisco Cor., Cruise, 



on-Hudson. Sacramento River Return. 



16-17. San Francisco Cor.', Cruise, 25 Eastern, An., Marblehead. 



Sacramento River. 25 Seawanhaka Cor., 21ft. Class, 



16-18. Winthrop, Club Cruise, Mas- Oyster Bay. 



sachusetts Bay. 26-27. Seawanhaka Cor. Race, 



17. Manchester, Club Sweeps, Mas- Oyster Bay to New London. 



sachusetts Bay. 26 29. Indian Harbor, Cruise, L. I. 



17. Oak Point, 3d Ann., L. I Sound Sound. 



18. Pavonia, Ann.. New York Bay. 27 Atlantic City Cor., Trophy 

 18. Beverly, Sweeps, Mon. Beach. Race, Atlantic City. 



18. Squantum, Club, Squantum, 28, Rochester, Club, Charlotte, 



Mass. Lake Ontario. 



18. Massachusetts, Open, Nahant. 29 July 8. Phila., An. Cruise, Ches 



18 Plymouth, Club, Plym. Harbor apeake Bay 



18. Plymouth, Club, Plymouth. 30 St Lawrence, A, 30, 25, 21ft. 



18. Mosquito Fleet, Open, South Classes, tbird series. 



Boston. 30-July 1. San Francisco Cor., 



20. Cor. Phila. ,Jeanes Prize, Hand- Cruise, McNear's. 



icap, Delaware River. 30. Jersey City, An.,N. Y. Harbor 



21. Rochester, Club Sail.Charl^tte, 30 Hull, Club, Boston Harbor. 



Lake Ontario. 30. Douglaston, An., L. I. Sound. 



21. Indian Harbor, 21-footers and 30. Seawanhaka Cor. Race, New 



open cats, Greenwich, Conn. London to Oyster Bay. 



22. Rhode Island, Spring Regatta? 



Narragansett Bay. 



The news that the Royal Victoria Y. C. has declined to waive the 

 required ten months' notice and accept a challenge from Vigilant 

 for its gold cup has been received with some indignation on this 

 side, as unsportsmanlike, under the circumstances. For ourselves, 

 however, we confess to a feeling of amazement, rather than any- 

 thing more serious, at the folly and shortsightedness of such a 

 course. As every one knows, the R. V. Y. C. gold cup was estab- 

 lished in opposition to the America's Cup after the passage of the 

 new deed of gift, and with the hope that it would be speedily chal" 

 lenged for. If it was really to supplant the America's Cup it made 

 little difference who won or held it from time to time, the great 

 point being that it should be raced for as the subject of international 

 challenge. 



At first no one turned up to set the ball rolling, and between 1889 

 and 1893 the gold cup was in much the same position as a yacht 

 which has been partly launched but has stuck on the ways. Last 

 year, however, Mr. Carroll came forward and completed the launching, 

 and the cup is now a recognized international trophy. 



In the meanwhile, through the kindly offices of Lord Dunraven, 

 the New York Y. C. had been towed off the mud bank where it was 

 cast away by the Cup committee of 1887, and the America's Cup was 

 again the event of the year. 



This year, with no race for the Cup on, but every probability of 

 one for 1895, it was most essential that, in order to rival the 

 America's Cup, theR.V.Y. C. Cup should be again challenged for; thus 

 possibly taking the first place before another contest for the older 

 trophy. 



Vigilant's visit and challenge was the golden opportunity of the R. 

 V. Y. C. ; the possibilities of the holding or losing of the cup should 

 not have been considered for a moment, but such a chance should 

 have been taken up before it could possibly slip by in any way. Had 

 Vigilant sailed for it and been defeated by Britannia or Valkyrie, the ro 



