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setters than all the preceding years have improved them. 
How exceedingly unjust it is then to find fault with the 
judge for the absence of type in bis awards whpn there is 
no uniformity of type for him to pass upon. Tnis state 
of affairs is brought about by the breeders themselves, not 
by the judges. 
Contrast the light, weedy specimens of the English set- 
ter to-day, which may be seen about Pittsburg and in 
the South at the trials, with the well-developed dogs of 
ten or twenty years ago, and then contrast the dogs of 
to-day one with another. It will be found that they differ 
greatly from the dogs of the years gone by and from each 
other as they are suppoaed to represent the breed to-day. 
Note the manner in which the pointers have steadily 
overtaken the setters in the competition in the trials, and 
to-day are admittedly the superior of the long-haired 
rival which so proudly and so boastfully held the suprem- 
acy a few years ago. Far be it from me to insinuate that 
the ascendency of the pointer is due to the decline of the 
setter. The pointer has greatly impiroved and deserves 
much praise for it and for the persistent pluck which 
accomplished so much in the face of such discourage- 
ments as were his in the struggle for victory; but I do 
claim that the ascendency of the pointer is in a measiire 
due to the degeneration of the setter. It made a speedier 
and an easier task for him that his rival degenerated as 
he improved himself. The bench show and the field trials 
alike are a witness to the decline of the English setter. 
Each interest is inclined to blame the other. The advo- 
cates of the bench show claim that the field trials have 
harmed the type of the breed, and the field men reply 
that the bench shows have developed a type worthless in 
the field for shooting purposes. And for the unfortunate 
results it seems to me each in his own field is to blame, 
the field men for the field dogs and the showmen for the 
show dogs. There are no two types, no distinct field type 
and bench type. If a lot of dogs were turned loose to- 
gether, no one could tell which was the field and which 
the workers, for some handsome dogs are good field dogs, 
and vice versa some homely ones are excellent in the 
field, and some of both sorts are worthless, yet few are 
near the standard. Field Tbialbe. 
The Toronto Show. 
The following specials have been offered by the Ameri- 
can Dachshund Club, to be competed for at the Toronto 
Industrial Exhibition Association's JDog Show, beginning 
Sept. 7. 
1. The Venlo Challenge Cup, value |100, for best dog or 
bitch in the show, the property of a member, to be won 
three times, a diploma also being given with each win. 
2. The Klein Breeders' Trophy, value $50, for the best 
dog or bitch puppy, bred, owned and exhibited by a club 
member, to be won by three different dogs bred by same 
exhibitor, diploma given with each win. 
Also $5, club special, for best black and tan dog, same 
for bitcii. $5, Arthur Froembhng special, for best red 
dog, same for bitch. $5, by a friend of the breed, for 
best brace (dog and bitch) black and tan, open to aU. $5, 
by a friend of the breed, for best brace (dog and bitca), 
reds, open to all. $10, to the owner of the best sire, rep- 
resented by two or more of his get out of two or more 
bitches, open to aU. Silver medal, to the best American 
bred dog or bitch. 
The secretary is holding the prize list back on account 
of the number of special prizes that are rapidly coming in. 
All those desirous of donatmg • specials please to notify 
the secretary at once, so that they may appear in the 
prize list. The judges so far appointed are Messrs. James 
Mortimer, of New York city, and J. F. Kirk, of Toronto. 
C. A. Stone, Sec'y. 
Queens County A^icultural Society. 
Hempstead, L. I— Editor Forest and Stream: The fol- 
lowing gentlemen have been invited to judge at the above 
forthcoming show : 
Dr. Richard H. Derby, mastiffs; Mr. W. H. Joeckel, St. 
Bernards; Mr. Charles D. Bernheimer, Great Danes and 
poodles; Mr. H. W. Huntington, greyhounds, deerhounds 
and Russian wolfhounds; Mr. A. 0. Piokhardt, pointers; 
Dr. H. Clay Clover, English, Irish and Gordon setters; 
Mr. A. Belmont Purdy, foxhounds; Mr, A, Clinton Wil- 
merding, field, cocker, Clumber and Irish water spaniels; 
Mr. A. D. Lewis, collies; Mr, George B. Post, Jr,, beagles; 
Mr. C. G. Hopton, bull dogs; Mr. Perry Tiffany, bull ter- 
riers; Mr. C. F. Leland, Boston terriers; Mr. German 
Hopkins, fox terriers; Mr. Lawrence Timpson, Basset 
hounds, dachshunde, Irish, Scottish, Skye and Dandie 
Dinmont terriers; Mr. R, F. Mayhew, bloodhounds, New- 
foundlands, old English sheep dogs, Bedlington terriers, 
black and tan, white English and Yorkshire terriers, pugs, 
Italian greyhounds, schipperkes, King Charles, Blenheim, 
Ruby, Prince Charles and Japanese 8pp.niels and miscel- 
laneous. ■ James Moktimer, Sec'y and Supt. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
We have received a copy of the following circular from 
Mr. John Wootton, the Hon. Secretary-Treasurer of the 
Manitoba Field Trials Club, which in itself shows the ac- 
tivity of the club and its earnest endeavor to remove all 
obatractions to American patrons and make competition 
in Canada as easily obtained as if it were in the United 
States. Much praise is due the club for its work in behalf 
of American patrons, and they should manifest their ap- 
preciation of it by a liberal entry. The circular is as 
follows: "The Manitoba Field Trials Club have made 
arrangements with the customs authorities so that all 
American dogs entered in either the Derby or All-Age 
stakes will be admitted free of duty and without a bond 
or deposit of any kind at either Gretna or Winnipeg. 
But in order to obtain the benefit of this arrangement 
handlers or owners must make their entries with the sec- 
retary in time for him to communicate with the club's 
customs brokers at these ports of entry. Mr. M. Long is 
the club's broker at Gretna and Mr. S. T. Hanecombe at 
Winnipeg. In consequence of the delay in perfecting 
these arrangements the club have found it expedient to 
extend the time for receiving entries for their Derby till 
Aug. 1, at which date the entries for both stakes will pos- 
itively close." 
A Minneapolis exchange is very sanguine that a suc- 
cessful bench show could be held in that city, and indeed 
there is no valid reason why such a show should not be 
held; but its standard of successful shows is entirely too 
high. At Milwaukee it estimates there will be 1,500 blue- 
blooded dogs. A circuit meet of the coursing associa- 
tions, to follow the bench shows, it predicts would bring 
to Minneapolis 500 greyhounds. Here is indirectly the 
old, old question, whether the greatest pleasure is in the 
anticipation or the reality. 
There seems to be much misapprehension concerning 
the status of a suspended club and its members in their 
relations with the A, K, C. The suspended club is de- 
prived of A. K. C. privileges. The individual standing of 
the members is not affected in the least, except in such 
case as they werg officsrs. Of course, the Bull Terrier 
Club of America's suspension is the matter under consid- 
eration. The suspension clause concerning this matter is 
as follows: "Ordered, that the Bull Terrier Club of 
America be and is hereby granted fifteen days in which 
to comply with the resolution of this committee, adopted 
at its meeting April 1, 1898, in default of which said club 
and its officers, noldiag oiSLce on ,Jan. 13, lb96, shall be 
suspended." The officers of the club not in the official 
capacity but as individuals are suspended, and the club as 
an organization is deprived of A. K, C. privileges. 
Science Siftings this week contains an account of in- 
teresting — albeit cruel — experiments with regard to the 
brains of dogs, the result being to show that where dogs 
are trained to do things which require mental effort or 
the exercise of a special sense, sucti as the color sense or 
the sense of number, extraordinary development of cer- 
tain portions of their brain ensues. This suggests the 
conclusion that training through many generations would 
enable the brains of dogs to approximate in some spheres 
of mental activity to those of men, — British Fancier. 
Mr. H. B, Donovan, Secretary -Treasurer of the Canadian 
Kennel Club, announces that a nomination and executive 
meeting of the club will be held at Queen's Hotel, 
Toronto, on Friday, Aug. 7, at 8 P. M. The business to 
come before the meeting is to receive nominations for 
officers for the ensuing year, incorporation, reception of 
new members and other business. 
On July 26 Thomas Atwater Jerome died at New 
Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., of acute gastritis. He 
was conspicuous in canine interests in the beginning of 
bench shows and field trials. For many years he held a 
position ia the Custom House of New York, which ill 
health forced him to resign about four years ago. He was 
born in 1810. 
Communications for this department are requested. Anything on 
the bicycle in its relation to the sportsman is particularly desirable. 
SQUIRREL SHOOTING WITH A BICYCLE. 
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For half an hour I listened to the sounds of the woods, 
the faint rustling of the leaves that every now and then 
suggested the scamper of a squirrel, the rotes of the mi- 
grating robins in the treetops or the strident cawing of 
suspicious crows. 
From time to time I could hear shots that betokened 
others were afield already, and I knew that my time for 
hunting was short, for soon the woods would be full of a 
medley assembly from city and country, and the game 
that wasn't killed would all be in hiding. So as I saw 
nothing I began to grow a trifle nervous, and consider 
the advisability of moving on. 
A gun fired a short distance ahead deterred me, and 
presently my patience was rewarded, for I sighted squir- 
rel number two coming through the trees in my direction. 
This squirrel, however, was of a capricious temper, and 
descended to the ground at frequent intervals, while at 
other times he made side excursions to various small 
hickories that as far as I could see contained no nuts. He 
was barely out of range during these maneuvers, and his 
conduct was highly exasperating considering the rapid 
approach of daylight and the consequent termination of 
my hunt. 
After thirty minutes or so of such meaningless action, 
the squirrel at last appeared on the trunk of a fallen tree 
50yd8. away, and I risked a shot with the result of scoring 
a miss. I ran to the spot as fast as I could, knowing my 
action would rattle the squirrel and prevent him finding 
a good hiding place, and when I got to the log I stopped 
and sat down. 
I scanned the neighboring trees without moving more 
than I could help, and presently detected a movement in 
the top of a large oak that grew on higher ground to my 
left. A little later the squirrel ran out on a dead branch 
and began cussing at the mortal who had given his nerves 
such a shock a moment before. This was my oppor- 
tunity. So taking a very careful sight at the white chest 
which showed plainly over the small branch upon which 
the squirrel perched, I fired. The shot struck fair, but 
instead of falling the squirrel caught the branch by one 
hindfoot and hung, his body gently swaying backward 
and forward. I sat and watched him for several minutes, 
thinking he would fall, but though he showed no signs of 
life he still hung there supported by the involuntary 
grasp of his scimiter claws. Finally I dislodged him by 
anotner shot, and then I moved on to a corner where 
intersecting fences met. 
I had seen squirrels before in this neighborhood, and an 
old and shattered chestnut of enormous proportions bore 
evidence of being a den tree by thousands of claw marks 
on its heavy trunk. The rail fence which ran past it, too, 
was literally covered with these hieroglyphics which are 
so full of meaning to the hunter of small game. 
At this spot I did not have long to wait, for presently, 
right over toward the sun, I saw a gray approaching. 
He was a long distance off and looked very small as he 
ran along a branch outlined against the sky or down a 
tree trunk, but later he proved to be a particularly large 
squirrel. While watching this squirrel I suddenly spied 
a second following exactly the same path the first was 
taking. The route through the treetops was no doubt a 
well-known runway, for the second squirrel dupUcated 
each crook and turn made by the first even to the minutest 
detail, though he was, as a rule, several trees behind. 
As the squirrels approached they passed a region where 
the trees, which were large oaks, grew very sparsely, and 
here it was interesting to watch their knowledge of the 
route. 
At many points it seemed impossible that they could 
advance further without descending to the ground, but 
every time they conquered the difficulty without hesita- 
tion. Sometimes they would enter an apparently isolated 
tree, run up the trunk or down, as the case might be, and 
then almost doubling back on their track pass into some 
neighboring tree by the only available branch. 
When the first squirrel was almost within range he 
executed a very peculiar maneuver, which, strangely 
enough, was exactly duplicated by the second. A large 
oak had one of its main branches near the top shattered 
either by lightning or the wind, and when this tree was 
reached both squirrels in succession ran out this branch to 
its very end and seemed to sink their bodies in some 
cavity. They remained here for some moments and then 
retraced their course to leave the tree, showing that-this 
had been a detour with a purpose, What it meant I have 
no idea. 
By the time the second squirrel had left the seared limb 
the first was in the act of crossing into the big chestnut 
near which I stood. For an instant both squirrels were 
lost to sight, and taking advantage of the opportunity 
offered I raised my rifle and held it ready to fire. A mo- 
ment later the first gray came in sight, but I waited a little 
longer to give the second a chance to catch up. 
The first squirrel ran up the side of the chestnut till he 
came near the top, and then fearing he would go into a 
hole and be lost I made a slight movement that caught 
his eye and gave me the chance for a shot. A better 
mark could not be desired than he made as he paused, 
outlined against the sky, and when I fired he came down, 
turning convulsive somersaults as he fell. 
The same instant squirrel number two, who had mean- 
while gained the chestnut, jumped around to my side of 
the tree to see what the trouble was, and I dropped 
him with the second shot immediately beside his partner. 
They fell so close to each other in fact that a handker- 
chief would have touched each as they lay. 
This was destined to be my last game for the day, for 
as I moved on I began meeting parties of boys and men 
armed with shotguns every little distance, and soon the 
woods were full of hunters. These hunters made a prac- 
tice of shooting every nest they came too, but they picked 
up very few squirrels in this way, and in fact it was only 
very occasionally that they could boast of any game at 
all. 
It went against the grain to see the nests fired into, for 
undoubtedly squirrels were killed or wounded in some of 
them that could not be disloged, and it was a waste of 
breeding stock for another year. It was also a matter of 
some danger to be in the woods in company with so many 
reckless shooters, so I pushed my bicycle ahead rapidly, 
aiming for the Richmond road, a mile south of the point 
where I had left it in the morning. Once as I passed 
through a corner of the woods where there were less 
hunters than elsewhere I saw a gray on the ground 
200yds. ahead, but he had treed or holed before I got 
there and I left him in peace. 
After I reached the road it was all smooth sailing. The 
grade is down hill and one can coast most of the distance 
from the woods to the railroad. Though it was a holiday, 
large gangs of Italian laborers were at work on the street 
railway line, rushing it toward completion, and as I 
passed these the squirrels hanging from my handle bars 
were the cynosure of all eyes. Several times some 
swarthy workman rushed out in my path and asked 
to examine the game, and as I humored them knots of 
gesticulating, jabbering Dagos would cluster around and 
stroke and examine the squirrels. The instinct of the 
chase seems to be strong in these Italians, but I have 
never had the pleasure of seeing one that knew how to 
shoot, though one runs across them frequently in the 
woods about New York armed with all kinds of antiquat- 
ed weapons. 
I reached the Rapid Transit R. R. by 9 o'clock and was 
back in New York at 10, having enjoyed the pleasures of 
hunting and cycling combined. To my mind cycling is 
made doubly attractive if it has some object. It has 
never been any satisfaction to me to pedal off *the miles 
without regard to circumstances or surroundings. If I 
can add a little exploration for signs of small game dur- 
ing the summer and a little hunting during the open sea- 
son the pleasure is more than doubled. With the aid of 
the bicycle one can visit out-of-the-way nooks that are 
not easily accessible either by rail or on foot, and the 
weight of a small caliber repeater strapped to the wheel 
detracts in no way from its running qualities. 
J. B. BUBNHAM. 
A New Record. 
An hour and twenty minutes for a distance of ten miles 
does not look like much of a record for a bicycle rider, yet 
when it is known that this was accomplished riding back- 
ward the time for the performance seems very creditable. 
A Frenchman named Paupart is the hero of this so-called 
record. The fact that he rode from Paris to Versailles 
over a crowded course and at the risk of constant collision 
with passing vehicles does add to one's appreciation of the 
quality of tbis crab-like rider's brains. 
, Swift Justice. 
A YOUNG cyclist rushing along the Grosse Frankfurter 
Strasse at racing pace knocked down an old lady who was 
crossing the road. Without troubling himself about the 
result of the collision, he sprang on his machine and was 
rushing off, when,. in his hurry, he himself came into vio- 
lent contact with a beer wagon, one of the wheels of 
which passed over his right leg, breaking it above the 
ankle. — Berliner Tageblatt. 
Egg' Races. 
IK Paris they have adapted the idea of potato races to 
bicycling by placing five eggs at different points in the 
course and requiring the bicycle riders to break them with 
their front wheels. Egg races are said to be highly amus- 
ing, for it is not as easy as it looks to break the eggs and 
finish in good time. 
