Jaw. 12, 1895. j 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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FIXTURES. 
DOG- SHOWS. 
Jan 11 to' 15— Cincinnati.— Al. G. Eberhardt,,Supt. • ! Ljl. 
Feb.'ia to*2a— NEW voek.— W. K. 0., Jas. Mortimer, Supt. t - ^ 
Feb'. 26 to March l— Chicago.— Mascoutah J£. C, J. JU Lincoln, Seo'y- 
March 6 to 8— DEN VEE.— Western K...O. Co., E. T. Weiaut, Sec'y. 
Maroli 5 to 8— DETboit.— City ot the Straits li. C, J. W. Garrison, 
BeC ' y * FiELD^TRtALS. 
Jan. 14. — SALINAS, Cal.— Pacific Coast E. T. C. 
Jan. 21.— West Point, Miss.— United states E. T. C, Trials B., P. T. 
Madison, Sec'y. _ m / • „ >_»* — i 
Eeb. 5.— NEW ALBANY, Miss.— Southern E. T. C, T. M. Brumby, 
Marietta, Ga., Sec'y. " . „ 
Sept. 10.— Mokeis, Man.— Manitoba E. T. C. John Woolton, Manltou, 
S ^fan. 7 to 12.— Babee, Mass.— Brunswick Fur Club's Winter Meet, B. 
S. Turpin, Koxbury, Mass, Sec'y. 
Shall it be Speed or Nose? 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Having read the opinion of our various beagle friends on 
speed versus nose, I would like to give niy opiuion if you deem 
what 1 shall say of sufficient interest io the mauy readers of 
your valuable paper. 
I claim speed and nose constitute ouly a small portion ol the 
necessary requirements ot a good beagie. He may nave both, 
and oi the very best, aud still be as useless for rabbit hunting as 
a eollie. A good beagle must be bred and broken to the work ; 
must have an inherent love of the chase; rutist be sagacious 
{ better known as level headed); must have persisteute to fol- 
low the trail when at a lose, staying till he worn.8 it out, running 
only as fast as his intelligence tells him by his soentmg powers 
ho is rigbt, loilowing true and steady, giving deep, melodious 
tongue. 
Scent and intelligence must be paramount, otherwise he will 
over run the track, pick up hiB losses indifferently and without 
courage and peraiatence, quit. He is not required to catch the 
game for this very reason, the beagle is used for rabbit nunang 
and the standard lor height has wisely been placed at 15iu. 
Small, true, slow-running dogs are better for rabbit hunting for 
the reason that as a rabbit runs in a circle the slower he is run 
the less he is scared and the smaller he makeB his circle; thus 
the slow, true-running dog brings tlie game most quickly to the 
gun, for it stands to reason the larger the circle the less chance 
the nuuter has of shooting. 
No w it a fast-running dog is preferable, why use beagles, and 
if j on do use beagles, why not lbln. beagles, as they can outrun 
their smaller companions and would certainly be the better rab- 
bit dog of the two, all else being equal providing speed is re- 
quired? Now no hound is wortu hunting with who is a quitter 
or cannot last the hunt out if ended in one day. He ougm, cer- 
tainly to last as long as a man, and my experience with both 
beagles and toxhounds is that no hound can stand it to run all 
day who runs laster than his strength will holdout. Therefore 
a steady, true-running dog is much preferable to one waose 
pond is run out before the hunt is half over. Give me a true, 
sure trader, a sticker and taster, one who works hiB ground not 
madly and frantically, but carefully, eagerly, judiciously and 
persistently; who goes to work as soon as the brush is reached 
and holds his own till the hunters are ready to go home, be it in 
one hour or ten. And day in and week out I can kill more rab- 
bits with him than the fastest-running dog that ever lived. 
Yours for work, J. F. Stoddabd. 
Geoegetown, N. Y. [ 
Work for Terriers. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The letters in your last issue on "Work for Terriers" will 
have, 1 know, been read with interest by many who, like myself, 
have always kept terriers for work and not for show, killing 
barn or Norwegian rats along the hedges anu ditches in England 
with four or five well-trained terriers is first rate sport. Hut to 
my mind, the place where the best work is got out of terriers is 
along the rocky shores of northwest Scotland and the Isles, 
where we used bkye terriers to bolt the otters from the cairns 
and the foxes from the rocks on the higher ground. 1 have 
tried all sorts of terriers for this work, but have never seen any 
that could equal the old-lashioned Skyes. It takes a very good 
dog to bolt big, strong otters. The modern fox-terrier is too 
much given to fighting, and when two are to ground together they 
will often fight each other in the earth, when greatly excited. 
There are a few good strains m England, notably the terriers of 
the l)uke of Beaufort, who has bred them for years to go to 
ground for otter and fox. In Skye, where it is impossible to 
hunt foxes with hounds, terriers are used to bolt the foxes, 
which are then shot. 1 have a little bitch here now that I 
lately brought over that bolted over thirty foxes last year. 
It is ot course very hard to get a good dog, as not one in 
twenty are really first class ; it seems to me that there is plenty 
of work for terriers here, for men who hunt foxes in the big 
rocky hills of the East. Last Saturday my hounds ran a fox to 
ground in a very large earth, I took the hounds back, coupled 
them up, and tieing them lOuyds. off put the terrier in. 
Although she worked for an hour she could not move the fox, 
who must have been out of her reach in some very small corner. 
A run is so often out short by the lox slipping into the rocks 
that my advice is to have a good terrier, get your hounus off, 
and after bolting your fox, give him a fair start and put your 
hounds on again. That fox will run much better and probably 
will not go to ground again. Never use a terrier that will seri- 
ously hurt your fox m the earth. Noel E. Money. 
Oakland. N. J. 
Work for Terriers. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
"H. W. L.'s" letter in your current issue, under the heading 
of "Work tor Terriers," shows him to "have been there;" yet I 
think that in the latter part ol the summer and early fall the ter- 
rier men could work their terriers on muskrats where they were 
plentiful, as usually at that time many of the holes that were 
under water when the stream was in a normal condition would 
be open to view when the water is low at the season mentioned. 
Of course I refer to the slow-running streams that nearly dry up 
during the early fall. There is also another time when the dogs 
might be used on muskrats, the same as I have used the fox- 
terrier many times on the English water rat, and that is when 
there is a sharp rise or freshet on the stream. Then the rats 
will be entirely driven from their holes and seek refuge iu a 
stump or bush out in the water, or even on a floating rail or piece 
■of driftwood. When this is the case a boat is generally required 
;to have good fun; then let the dog do all the work, and it is 
.about as interesting as catching a winged wild duck. The dog 
that is used to the game will be ready to jump from the bow of 
the boat at the first appearance of a Lose. 1 have had good sport 
-with the ordinary barn rat by having the professional rat catcher 
bring me a cagef ul ot live rats, once or twice a week, when a few 
of us would retire to the mill dam with two or three dogs and 
tthere turn iu the rats one at. a time; being in strange water they 
oould not find any hole, so they kept going until they were 
nearly drowned, provided the dogs did not catch them first.- 
Of course the common baru ratisnot so much at home in this 
work as the water rat, vet he will dive a long way the first time 
and come up till right, but each succeeding dive will play sad 
havoc with his appearance. If any one should attempt to use a 
cage of rats in this way let him put a few handfuls ot short re- 
fuse hay or rubbish in the cage with the rats and then he can 
take them out one by one with his hand with impunity, until the 
last rat or two, when it will not be advisable to put in one's 
hand again. It is necessary when the rat is handled to take 
hold the same way as in handling a ferret so that the r»t cannot^: 
turn his head ; all the body to the back oi the head suould be in- 
closed in a lair grasp of the hand, the head should not be 
grasped nor should the body oi the rat be squeezed. In putting 
the rat down let go at once and tuo rat reaches the grouud. 
Hats may be caught in the same manner when they are at liberty 
by those having a good eye, quick hand and lots of confidence. 
1 nave even taken a rat away from the ferret, alive, when he was 
easy oi access and there was a possibility of the two getting 
back into the hole again to finish the battle. It id easy enough 
to kill the rat with a quick grip oi the hand, but it needs some 
practice to take up the rat and let him go again with so little 
injury that he can run nimbly away. 
That there are lots of rat-iufestod buildings where the owners 
and occupiers wouid be glad to have some one coins now and 
again and run their ferrets through for the sake of the sport, 
there is little doubt, iu fact in elose proximity to most water- 
courses rats are to be found in the majority of old buildings and 
in some of the new. While the quantity ot rats killed woutdnoc 
be as large as what one might procure from a bean stack such 
as "H. W. Ii." speaks of, and which from personal experience I 
oau report as not being more than wouid bo likely to be found 
in sucn a stack, yet there would be a chanoe to see if this terrier 
shakes his rat or if that one just grips and drops it ready for 
the next one ; whether Nettle will mark a hole or Bristles is 
steady on ferret; or if the puppy "cried" when that big rat got 
a-hold of him. My suggestion to the ferreter in the buildings, 
when ho has once got his crew and dogs all placed, is to say 
once only, "Look outl" and not speak again until he gives the 
order to eaten ferrets, or else he will have his terriers so de- 
moralized aud excited that all the rats will get away while the 
dogs wilf take it out of each other in tight aud there will be a 
geueral fuss all round. Above everything keep cool and quiet; 
fox-terriers soon learn what "Hero he is" means aud all rush to 
one spot. Never use a stick or a gun only when there is a good, 
clear way ; better not at ail than endanger a human or a dog's 
lite. I can lull more rats with one ferret, one uog and my feet 
and hands, than six active men or boys with sticks and guns, 
shooting, striking and banging away. Comedy. 
Melbobb, MaBB., Dec. 30. 
Cheaper Stud Fees. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Has it ever occurred to any of your readers that are possibly 
interested in the advance of some particular breed of dog in this 
country, the effect the present rate of stud fees has upon such 
advancement? 
It iB fair to admit that for the best results, as to quality of 
stock and the strong support ol specialty clubs and dog shows, 
a large number of competitors is neoessary, aud the larger the 
number the better the result in each case. Let the present con- 
dition of the dog lancy in England be taken as an example of 
the result oi such competition. One cannot help but note that 
instead of three or four large kennels owning all the best speci- 
mens ot any one or even two breeds, as is generally the case 
here, such specimens are distributed among many owners and 
number many more. A proportionally strong support is given 
to specialty clubs and dog shows as a result. 
Now, let your careful reader glance over the stud advertise- 
ments as they appear in any English kennel paper and compare 
the fees with those charged in this country, if he is fortunate 
in possessing some files two or three years old, he can note the 
stud fees of dogs that are now in this country and compare 
them with the fees of the same dogs as advertised* by their pres- 
ent owners here. Then he will see for himseli that the stud fees 
here are twice and even three times higher than those of Eng- 
land ; and in consequence, making all due allowance for the 
youth of our fancy here, we are doubly weaker iu the support of 
our clubs and shows, even when we take into consideration the 
greater expanse of territory and the less dense population. 
Naturally, it is of course to be supposed that the higher 
the stud fees of our best dogs the more readily will the 
small owner be induced to make use ot them, and thus improve 
his stock. Surely nothing could be more convincing. We should 
all insist on having them even higher; the higher the better. 
Yes, the better and sooner the extermination of clubs and shows 
for want of support and entries. 
But we are Americans, we are a progressive people, and my 
brothers of the Fancy show it even in small (?) things — even in 
stud fees. Ameeicus. 
New Yoek. 
Notes from the Northwest. 
The circuit of shows comprising the Puget Sound and British 
Columbia towns of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Victoria 
appears to have been abandoned the present year. This is to 
be regretted, as the doggy interests have been much neglected 
in the territory named. They are also in an embryo state aud 
require oevelopment. 
'The cireuit of 1892 aud 1893 was very successful; great interest 
Was displayed, the classes all filled well and the losses to 
management was nothing or very slight. 
The Irish setter, English setter and pointer have had con- 
siderable attention. Tine specimens arc plentiful and the 
classes for Irish setters at the Seattle show of 1893 were really 
excellent and very large. 
Irish water spaniels, Chesapeake Bays and collies are the 
most neglected of any; the two former would be in the greatest 
demand among the many hundred cluck hunters of the coun- 
try, and would bring fair prices, while the latter would take 
well with the many farmers who are at present using very 
inferior dogs on their stock ranches. A good keunel of these 
three breeds, properly bred, advertised and handled, would in 
this district pay better than at any other point the writer 
knows ol. 
Portland, Ore., has several good kennels, Seattle has a few, 
and Tacoma aud Victoria are well represented. Many valuable 
individval Irish and English setters, and several high-class 
pointers are owned in these cities. 
The Mongolian pheasant has bred rapidly in Oregon and is 
found in large numbers in some sections. Many sportsmen 
think them equal to prairie chickens lor w T ork with a dog. It is 
doubtful, however, if they will supply tho lack of Bob Wbite 
and pinnated grouse. With a fair supply of the two latter scat- 
tered over the country and properly protected a few years would 
Bee some excellent specimens of pointers and setters, and a 
boom in the doggy world. J. 0. N. 
Kent Elgin, 
In our last issue we were unable to more than allude to the 
fact that the noted pointer Kent Elgin had been bitten by a sup- 
posed mad dog at his home in Birmingham, Ala. Kent's owner, 
Mr. T. Ti Ashford, at once telegraphed FobesT and Steeam to 
arrange for the dog's treatment at the Pasteur Institute in New 
York city. Arrangements were immediately made and the 
results telegraphed to Mr. Ashford, who shipped his dog on 
Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, the dog arriving in this city on Thurs- 
day morning. He was at once delivered to the lustitute and in 
the afternoon received his first injection under the Pasteur 
method for prevention of hydrophobia by inoculation. Ha now 
receives four injections daiiy, the strength of the virus being 
increased daily. This will continue until Jan. 15, when the 
treatment is completed. 
It seems that on Dee. 28 and 29 a mad dog ran amuck 
through Birmingham, Ala., and did not fail to bite everything 
in his path— both men and dogs. The dog was killed and a 
postmortem examination held by Drs. French and Drummond, 
veterinarians, showed a very suspicious case. Mr. Ashford 
is not easily scared on the subject of mad dogs, but as his dog 
was bitten by this animal on the ears his love for Kent Elgin 
prompted him to take every precaution and incur the heavy 
expense that is charged for the Pasteur treatment. 
On Saturday last we visited Kent Elgin to see how he was 
getting along. Dr. Gibier, to whose untiring efforts is due the 
standing of the Institute at the present time, conducted us to 
Kent's quartern on the roof of the large Pasteur building. Here, 
' in a large room fitted along one side with large double-decked 
compartments, about 3ft. square, with wire doors in front, we 
found Kent occupying one of them. His compartment is dark- 
ened to keep him quiet. On opening the door of the cage Kent 
welcomed us and responded to our pat as a dog of good dispo- 
sition will do. 
He is a handsome black and white dog and is evidently in 
excellent condition. While under treatment he is fed twice a 
day on soup. Several dogs are undergoing treatment and 
seemed happy enough; one was a Very fair ginger-faced mastiff 
whose boisterous welcome made one leel pretty qualmish con- 
sidering he had been well primed with tne virus tnat produces 
the dread disease. A box full Of sleepy-looking nondescript 
puppies are being experimented with in the interest of the cure 
of another disease no less horrible than hydrophobia in its 
resultB. In answer to our question as to how long the period 
of incubation extends lrom the time the dog is bitten, Dr. 
Gibier said three weeks. 
This unfortunate mishap to Kent Elgin will probably inter- 
fere with his field engagements, as we understand he had been 
doing little work lately, and in the event of the Strideaway chal- 
lenge being accepted, would have been put into training at once. 
DOG CHAT. 
The great Dane fancy seems to be spreading. We are told 
that there is a good demand tor puppies, harlequins especially, 
and the prices received must be very gratifying to the fortunate 
breeders. As an instance, the white-faced harlequin bitch Irene, 
tnat Mr. Schultz showed a: Banbury last year, winning second 
in open and first in puppy classes, was sold lately toalNew York 
nian for $200. Mr. Tinman sold four recently for $450. Several 
gentlemen who have not been identified with the breed in a pub- 
lic way are thinking oi f'ormiug a new great Dane club, member- 
ship in which will be confined to active breeders only. Dr. 
Kieine, olN ew York, has lately imported a very fair dog that, we 
unuerstand, has done some winning in Germany. This dog ia 
said to stand fully 34%in. at shoulder and is well built in every 
way. 
The members of the pet dog fancy will regret to hear of the 
death of Mr. E, H. Morris's King Charles spaniel Bob Boy (30,359), 
that died Dec. 28, 1894, after a series of epileptic fits. Bob Boy, 
had he lived, would have appeared at New ifork show in the 
cuallenge class. Good King Charles spaniels are scarce enough 
in this country, and the fancy can ill afford to lose such a good 
dog. His late owner, however, is still in the ring, for he has at 
present six stud dogs in his kennel. 
We regret to hear that Mr. H. 8. Pitkin's St. Bernard Prince 
Barry, a picture of whose head had long adorned the business 
columns of Fobksx and Steeam: iu Mr. Pitxin's advertising space. 
Prince Barry in his eariy career won several prizes, and 
was a dog that showed a great deal of true St. Bernard charac- 
ter. He was by champion Merchant Prince out of Bernie Y. and 
was born April 23, 1886. His first appearances in public were at 
Boston and Hartford, 1887, when he . won firsts in the puppy 
classes. 
The fault that lies at the door of "fancy" is that in the per- 
petuation oi certain types and desirable points breeders have 
reBorted to inbreeding, and thus weakened the dog's constitu- 
tion and possibly in some cases its intelligence. Intelligent 
breeders then seek an outcross that will restore to the strain its 
original virility. The correspondence now going on in our col- 
umns regarding "Work for Terriers ' is evidence that some of 
our breeders are awakening to a sense of their responsibilities, 
and while none the less anxious for bench show honors, are still 
considering the best interests of their dogs in seeking to indulge 
them in the work and sport they were originally bred for. 
Indications point to a successful show at Cincinnati, O., to be 
held in connection with the Poultry Association. The premium 
list is out, but did not reach us in time for notice last week, and 
tho entries closing Jan. 7 it is not necessary to give particulars, 
the prizes being on the percentage plan. One hundred and 
fifty entries have been received already. The South Bend Ken- 
nels, of South Bend, Ind., will send champion Major McKiniey. 
W. L. Washington, of the Kildare Kennels, who is down to judge 
Irish setters, wid bring champion Kuby Glenmore, the noted 
Pinglas and four others for exhibition only. Chas. A. Bobin- 
son, of St. Louis, has entered four greyhounds ; J. Taylor Wil- 
liams, the English setter breeder, enters six for exhibition, as 
he is to judge setters and pointers. About twenty-five St. Ber- 
nards are already entereu. Dr. F. H. Hoyt, the "dago" man 
of Sharon, Ta., writes he will enter six Italian greyhounds and 
is coming on himself "just to see Eberhardt, Mack and Bock- 
• well judge." Boger D, Williams enters a bloodhound, barzoi 
and foxhound. The dogs will be directly under Al Eberhart's 
care and will be properly attended to. The express companies 
will carry dogs at the usual show rates and Mr. Eberhart will 
see that the dogs are shipped home promptly after the show. 
Alt dogs should be sent addressed to him at Music Hall, Cin- 
cinnati, O., and must not arrive later than Friday morning, 
Jan. 11. 
In his article on "The Dog" in the June Scribner, Prof. Shaler 
says: "So long as our dogs were employed in the labor or the 
organized recreations of man, the tendency of the association 
with the superior being was in a high measure educative. They 
were constantly submitted to a more or less critical but always 
effective selection which tended ever to develop a higher grade 
of intelligence. With the advance in the organization of society 
the dog is ever losing something of his utility, even in the way of 
sport. He is last becoming a mere idle favorite, prized for un- 
important peculiarities of form. The effort in the main is not 
now to make creatures which can help in the employments of 
man, but to breed for show alone, demanding no more intelli- 
gence than is necessary to make the creature a well-behaved 
denizen ot a house. The result is the institution of a wonderful 
variety in the size, shape and special peculiarities oi different 
breeds with what appears to me to be a concomitant loss in their 
intelligence. It appears to me, in a word, that our treatment of 
this noble animal, where he is bred for ornament, is, in effect, 
degrading." This is true in a great measure, but while dog 
shows have been the means of improving the appearance of our 
dogs, they have also led to a greater demand for all kinds of 
clogs. We do not believe that there is really much decadence in 
intelligence ; it is merely a matter of circumstance and environ- 
ment. The cur dog is apt to display more intelligence than his 
more carefully nurtured brother, but this probably arises from 
the fact that in his battle lor existence his wits are sharpened by 
necessity and contact with the world. 
The list of judges selected by the W. K. 0. for its nineteenth 
annual dog show has been the one subject for discussion in 
local kennel circles during the past week, and the opinion seems 
to be general that it is about the strongest and most practical 
one that has so far been arranged. With one exception thes e 
judges have been tried before. Miss Whitney has headed the 
list for several years, and we trust the St. Bernard breeders 
who have disagreed in the past year or two with some of Miss 
Whitney's decisions will consider the interests of the breed 
rather than personal differences of opinion and again accord 
our only lady judge a bumper entry. Mr. James Taylor, who 
takes a number of breeds always difficult to find good judges 
for at this show, is known to few exhibitors on this side of the 
water, but his connection with the English Stock-Keeper as 
reporter-in-chief, and the fact that he is one of the best all round 
judges in England, should secure for him a fanciers' welcome, 
and his decisions in several of the breeds will, no doubt, be 
looked forward to with no little interest. Mr. John Davidson 
requires no introduction ; he is the oldest judge we have and, 
though more at home with the setters, his judgment may be 
depended upon in the other breeds he adjudicates upon. O 
