P'OREST AND STREAM, 
[Sept. 36, 1896. 
Holland Defeats Grand Rapids. 
QRand Bapids, Mich., Sept 12.— The tie made two weeks ago by the 
teams of the Holland Gun Club and the Valley City Gun Club, of this 
Iplaoe, was shot off to-day, resulting in favor of the visitors by 7 
targets. Neither club had any occasion to feel pride in the scores, the 
winning team getting one less target than they tied on at the first 
shoot and the home team 7 less. It had been raining most of the 
day, and was a windy, chilly time to shoot; but a numbbr of specta- 
tors were out and much interest manifested. Some of the visitors 
telephoned the result to Holland, and the citizens arranged to meet 
the winners with a band on their return. 
A good deal of time and more breath were wasted by conflicting 
ideas in applying shooting rules to repeating shotguns used in doubles. 
It there is a rule that governs in eases where a repeater fails to eject 
the first shell or the second one sticks in the chamber, no one knew it, 
and there were a dozen different constructions placed on the rule gov- 
erning double-barreled guns as applied to repeaters. We would like 
FoBKST AKD Stream's opinion on the case. A. B. is to shoot at a pair, 
misses his first target, and shell sticks in the gun so he cannot fire at 
the second. Is he to have another pairf If so, and he breaks both, is 
it one lost and one broken or do both countt 
There was the utmost good feeling throughout the afternoon, and 
the Holland men at once announced that they would not stand on 
technicalities, but were ready to accept a chtillenge at our earliest 
convenience. Scores: 
Holland Gun Club, 
Thirty singles, expert rule: 
Van Eyck 110111000111011111110001111100-20 
DeKoo OOlllOOlOIllllOl 00100110110111—18 
Ferguson 111011110111101101111101010101—28 
Arleth ; milOOlOllOlllllllOUlOlllllO— 23 
Karstens j.. 111111111111101111011110010011—24—107 
Ten pairs: 
Van Eyck 10 11 10 10 10 11 01 00 11 11—13 
DeKoo .11 10 11 10 00 Olsll 10 11 10—13 
Ferguson 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 00 00 10—10 
Arleth ..■s..;, 11 10 00 10 11 10 10 10 00 11—11 
Karstens ; 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 11—16-63 
Valley City Gun Club, 
Thirty singles, expert rule: 
Coleman 110011111111111000000111111011-21 
Holcomb 001011111111001010011110111010-19 
Gould 001111101111111111011101010111—23 
Walton 000110010111101111111111111001—21 
Wharton 001101111011110001000011110110-17— lOl 
Ten pairs: 
Coleman 10 01 OO 10 11 11 11 10 01 11—13 
Holcomb .4. ..11 11 00 01 10 10 01 10 10 11—12 
Gould ..i..... ...10 11 01 11 10 10 11 00 10 10—13 
Walton 11 11 11 00 10 10 11 01 10 11-14 
Wharton .■i.....Ji.iU..'... 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 00 10 01—11—62 
0. F. Rood. 
Parker Gun Club. 
Mkridkn, Conn., Sept. 18 —Below find records of our second annual 
Labor Day tournament, which proved a grand success in every par- 
ticular. No. 7 event was an optional sweep, with some very nice mer- 
chandise prizes added, which made it very attractive. The club added 
810 cash to the purse in No. 9, which made it a very handsome sum. 
We had a good number of shooters from New Haven, Willimantic, 
Holyoke, Mass.; Springfield, Mass.; Windsor Locks, Bristol, New 
Britain, etc. Anotber year we hope to hold our third annual and 
make it more interesting than this one. 
Events; 
1 3 3 4 5 6 Y S 9 10 11 
Targets: 15 
Gd«arton 10 
Tucker 13 
Holcomb 14 
Bassett 7 
W F Parker.. 13- 
.Merritt 9 
Clark '9 
Oowee , ... 11 
Potter 11 
Orty 18 
Mills 11 
Whitney 11 
Hubinger ^ 10 
Hull .....V. 12 
Bristol ; 10 
L J Gaines. ,. 7 
Currie 11 
Fairchild., 10 
Cutler 9 
Blaney 10 
Joardan 11 
Hart 13 
lavage, , . .'. . ■ ■ «*.... ...... . . 
Davis.. ............ . , 
Penn 
Coogan 
Birdsey ...... .. 
Harger . ...... .. 
Riggiouri , 
Longdon 
Nelson '. ,,,,, .. 
Morley 
Post 
Henry 
O W Gaines....;... 
Smith 
No. 11 was a miss and-out. 
15 15 SO IS IS SS 15 HO 
8 11 
13 13 
12 .. 
9 
11 18 
13 11 
13 14 
12 10 
12 14 
10 11 
12 12 
14 13 
9 11 
12 13 
13 8 
12 10 
12 11 
11 
9 
11 
12 
8 
18 
7 
6 
10 11 13 
16 14 10 
.. 14 .. 
14 6 12 
13 8 11 
16 10 11 
16 12 12 
17 11 12 
16 12 11 
14 .. .. 
17 10 9 
17 12 9 
15 13 11 
14 11 13 
13 10 9 
12 12 .. 
14 11 .. 
10 .. .. 
20 11 14 4 .. 
24 14 17 9 5 
20 13 .. .. 1 
14 10 
22 13 IH ., 1 
21 10 13 7 9 
21 12 17 3 7 
20 13 14 7 .. 
22 15 19 4 .. 
20 9 
19 13 16 
22 12 14 9 .. 
23 12 15 .. .. 
i8 13 15 6 4 
20 13 15 7 .. 
18 14 10 
19 13 16 
10 
10 7 8 17 11 12 5 1 
.. U 10 18 13 13 9 1 
12 10 
10 12 
9 10 
2 6 
16 14 8 SO 12 .. .. 
14 12 12 18 lii 11 6 
.. 9 .. 17 10 .. .. 
10 
9 
8 .. 18 10 
8 8 14 
7 e 15 
11 13 18 
.. 8 13 
. . 7 15 12 
.. 14 21 8 
., .. 14 
8 .. 
8 ., 
9 13 
13 
9 12 
6 
6 
8 10 4 
8 10 
Parker Qon Club. 
Two 
Bie Shooting Events. 
Chicago, HI., Sept. 12.— The Cook County League of Trap-Shooters, 
composed of the leading clubs of target smashers in Cook county, 
although organiKPd but this year, has proved a huge success, and 
the interest taken in the monthly contests will no doubt warrant the 
hopes of the organizers of eventually forming a league composed of 
clubs in all the cities within 200 or 300 miles of Chicago, 
Each club in the League having held a shoot on its grounds, the two 
final shoots to decide the winners of the many prizes will be given 
under the combined management of all clubs in the League. The 
Brsc of these two final shoots will be given on the Eureka Gun Club's 
grounds at Seventy-ninth street and Vlncennes avenue, nest Satur- 
day, Sept. 19, commeiicing at 9 A. M. sharp. The League contests 
commence at 2 P, M. The second of these final shoots will be held on 
the grounds of the Garfield Gun Club, West Madison street and West 
Fiftieth street, Saturday, Oct, 3. These two shoots will prove of 
special interest to all target shooters, as the new Invention in traps, 
the magautrap, will for the first time be seen here. This trap is 
worked like a bicycle, feeds and traps automatically, and the one trap 
and one trapper will do the work that it now requires live traps and 
five trappers to do. Furthermore, it will throw single targets, pairs 
or whole coveys of bluerocks. The trap will be on exhibition the 
coming week at Von Lengerke & Antoine, 277 Wabash avenue. 
There will be two sets of traps in operation besides the magautrap, 
and sweepstakes will be shot all day and open to all shooters, whether 
members of the League or not. 
The Eureka Club are so far in advance in class A that they are prac- 
tically the winners. In class B the hottest kind of competition is in 
progress, with the Garfield Club in the lead, closely pressed by both 
the Eureka, Garden City, Douglass and Calumet Heights teams. 
A, C, Patkrson. 
Limited Gun Club's Programme. 
The third semi-annual tournament of the Limited Gun Club, of In- 
dianapoliSv will be held Oct. 6-8. The tournament is for amateurs only, 
and the programme contains, for the further safe-guarding of the in- 
terests of the weaker shots, a handicap for expert amateurs. This 
hiandicap is as follows: Class A will shoot known angles from traps 
ipuUed in reverse order; Class B, everything known from traps pulled 
in regular order. Shooters will be classifled when they enter, and will 
be re-classified only when it is clear that they are out of their class. 
The Rose system of dividing purses will be used. Jn all lO bird 
events there will be three moneys; four moneys in 15 bird events: 20 
birds or more, five moneys. 
The first two days' programme contains a list of events at empire 
targets; the last day there will be a long list of events at sparrows and 
pigeons. Targets will be trapped at 2 cents each, sparrows at 10 cents 
and pigeons at 20 cents. Shells (and the programme advises shooters 
to bring their sparrow and pigeon loads with them) should be shipped 
in cire of Giis Habieh, (33 West Market street, Indianapolis, Ind, 
Ine programme concludes with a call for a meeting to organize a 
league of trap^shooters in the State. It is worded as rollows: "Com- 
plying with many urgeut requests that we take the lead in organizing 
an Indiana Trap-Shooters' League, we hereby qflU a meeting for that 
purpose at Indianapolis on the evening of Oct. 6. Clubs are request ed 
to each send two delegates. 8uob olubs as pnay not have delettateH 
preientmay^e represented by proxies," ^ ' 
Trap-Shooting at Brome Col-ner» P. Q* 
Sutton Junction, Sept, 9,— The trap-shooting tournament given by 
the Sutton .Tubction Gun Club at firome Corner to day, the last day of 
Brome county's annual exhibition, was a success in more ways than 
one. Trap-shooting is a clean and gentlemanly sport that is rapidly 
gaining favor in the eastern townships, as will he seen by the fact 
that no less than eight different clubs were represented at this meet- 
ing, none of which could trace their inception to an earlier date than 
September of 1895, and a glance at the accompanying scores will show 
that they have made no mean progress in the art. The birds were not 
what are commonly known as fkyrockets, but were thrown at an ele- 
vation of about 10ft, and fully SOyds., from expert traps. In most of 
the events the purses were divided by the Rose system, which is be- 
coming very popular in this section— another mark of progress, and 
more honor to Forest and Stream. 
Among the well-known shots from a distance may be mentioned 
Messrs. T. M. Craig. J. G, Walton, N. G. Bray, J, P, Morkell, J, Kirk- 
patrick and N. N. Walley, of Sherbrooke; J, B, Goodhue and J. Ray- 
mond, of Rack Island; W, Tagget, of Magog; Mr, Meyres, of Granby; 
and Dr. Martin, R. F. Shaw, Rev. J. I. Strong, O. A. Nutting, Henry 
Allen, C, P, Hall, Dan'l Ashton, S. Mathewson and John Macfarland, 
of Waterloo, The day was fine, the traps worked to perfection and 
things generally went off without a hitch, under the able management 
of Dr. P. Page, who handled the squads; Messrs. Longeway and West- 
over, who worked the books and cash, and Charley Fowler and Capt. 
Billings, who acted as referees and looked after the traps. 
The principal event of the day was the team race for a silver trophv 
emblematic of the championship of the eastern townships. It wag 
won by Sherbrooke, with Waterloo, Sutton Junction and Sutton fol- 
lowing in the order named. 
The highest score in this event was made by Mr. J. G, Walton, of 
Sherbrooke, with T. M. Craig a close second. A certain amount of 
money was to be divided among high aggregates in events Nos. 4, 5, 6, 
7 and 9; It was won in the following order: A. W. Westover, first; T, 
M. Craig, second; J. G. Walton, third; S. Mathewson, fourth; Dr. Mar- 
tin and J. Kirkpatrick dividing fifth. In the merchandise match, in 
which there were eighty entries, the prizes were awarded as follows: 
A. W. Westover, first; H. E. Hibbard, second; Henry Allen, third; 
J, G. Walton, fourth; N. G. Bray, fifth; J. Macfarland, sixth; T. M. 
Craig, seventh; Dr. Martin, eighth; S Mathewson, ninth, and R. 
Smith, tenth. 
There was a good attendance of spectators, including many ladies, 
most of whom had never before had the good fortone to witness a 
contest of this kind, at least that was the way they expressed it. 
Events: 13346 (8 78 Events: 123 45678 
Targets: 
J Clark.... 
E Greeley.. 
H Hibbard 
E G Smith. 
J Edwards. 
T Nutting.. 
J Walton,. 
T M Craig, 
J F Norkill 
N GBray.. 
N Walley. 
Kirkpatric, 
J Goodhue, 
H E Allen,. 
Maofarlane 
Dr Martin,. 
R F Shaw,, 
W Tagget. 
10 15 IB 15 
4 8 5.. 
3 8 .. 9 
7 10 13 6 
5 .. .. .. 
IB 15 15 SO 
6 ,, 8 15 
., 10 .. 12 
11 11 14 13 
10 8 
1 4 .. .. 
7 9 11 9 
6 13 11 11 
7 5 9 4 
7 7 8 9 
6 7 10 5 
7 8 11 6 
6 8 7 8 
7 9 .. 3 
4 11 12 5 
2 10 8 9 
3 7 .. 7 
6 6 ., ., 
12 11 13 18 
11 9 13 16 
. 7 10 
7 11 14 
8 9 14 
9 14 12 
9 10 9 
. 4 13 
11 12 12 
10 10 10 12 
7 9 10 11 
,, .,' 9 .. 
7 
12 
8 
10 
6 
7 
7 
Targets: 10 16 15 15 15 15 15 20 
C White... 4 .. ., 5 6 ., 9 .. 
CM Hall,. 8 10 11 9 10 10 30 13 
JlStrong,, 3 6,. 7 4 
G Clark.... 7 6 9 5 8 .... 12 
J Wells, . , . 2 8 
J Raymond 5 13 10 11 8 12 9.. 
S Draper.. 6 10 10 9 14 
Mathewson 4 7 7 11 8 11 14 12 
H Wallace, 1 
Dr Page... 3 11 6 6 ...... 13 
AWestover 8 12 12 14 11 12 11 11 
J Billings.. 5 .. , 12 
A Goodhue 4 5 , , . . 10 
LDelile..,, 5 3 .... 10 
D Ashton 8 ., 7 
O C Selby 8 9 8 13 12 
Dick Smith 5.. 8 8 
W Safford 5 .... 16 
No. 9 was a 15-target event, with 7 entries: T, M, Craig 14, A. W, 
Westover 11. J, T. Walton 10, Kirkpatrick 10, Dr. Martin 10, S. Ma- 
thewson 8, N. G. Bray 6. A. W. WeStoteb. 
Fargo Gun Club. 
Fargo, N. D., Aug. 29.— Our club finished its target-shooting season 
yesterday. The following item, taken from the Fargo Forum and 
Republican of this date, shows the records of the members fpr this 
season; 
"The Fargo Gun Club finished target shooting for the season yester- 
day afternoon, and since Feb. 22 the programme has been shot 
twenty-three times. 
"During these competitions the Hagen gold badge has been wofi 
by: 
Quptill (8 times) 19 17 21 23 19 22 22 31 
Bobbins (5 times) 21 24 2» 20 23 
Lyons (4 times) ..m.. 22 22 21 21 
Smith (4 times) .,.,.........„....-.j....i..,20 18 21 20 
Carpenter (1 time) , , , , , , , 24 
Redmon (1 time) ; , . . , 14 
"The extra targets allowed are not included in the above scores, 
"The August handicap for this event is Guptill and Robbins 25 each, 
Smith 27, Lyons 28, and all other members 30 each. The targets are 
thrown from known traps, unknown angles. 
"The average standing of the members for the entire season is: 
Bobbins .780 per cent., Quptil .778, Smith .694, Carpenter .691, Lyon 
.689, Roberts .660, Magill .640, Heinbaugh ,620, Hector .510, Redmon .485. 
"The best scores made above 85 per cent, during the season are: 
Robbing, 88, 88, 88, 94, 90, 88, 94; Guptil, 90, 88, 88, 88; Carpenter, 94; 
Lyon, 90. 
"The system of handicapping arranged by the secretary has been 
used the entire season, and proved satisfactory to all the members. 
"Yesterday's scores were: 
Guptill 7 9 21 Lyon 5 7 SO 
Robbins 8 13 21 Redmon 4 8 17 
Smith 7 11 22 Hector 3 7 17 
"Smith won the badge." Will Cave. 
The Kansas State Championship. 
Weir Citv, Kans., Sept 16.— W, W, Mcllhany, of this city, defeated 
B C. Best, of Ooinmbus, Kans., to-day in the fourth contest for the 
State championship diamond badge in a 50 bird race at live birds. 
The weather was good, and the birds were a fine lot, cnly two refusing 
to start immediately. . 
Best started out in good form, but fell off badly as the match pro- 
gressed, Mcllhany shot a strong race throughout. Mcllhany used a 
Parker gun and Sohulize powaer, while Best shot a Lefever gun and 
same ammunition. Mcllhany has won tne trophy three times out of 
four contests, and is now particularly anxious to shoot with E. W. 
Hoffman, of Galena, or J, W. Sexton, of Leavenworth. Score of to- 
day's race follows; 
Trap SBore type— Copyright fsoo by Forest, and Stream Publishing Co. 
25'2152318455.').'5 22231 3 32344 
W Mcllhany. .,.1 2211llOllllll02l23a2113 1—23 
4223314534434411521433413 
^ i/i \T-^->-»\-><-i^i'\\->->« — >\^J-i-7'/'¥- 
12112122221 2»1 22 12222111 2—34—47 
2122322 5 44315441414455444 
<-\ e' kT' i/ 1^ \ \ \ v/ 1^ 1^' li' \ t H t.-> J" k^f- \ 
B 0 Best 1111121211«12«1220 221U20 1—20 
35354312442143421533 5 1844 
102310«122311012l«01122» 3—18—38 
Hook, 
Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago. 
Chicago, III., Sept, 12,— A strone wind blowing from the left quarter 
made the flight of the targets irregular, while a cloudy sky made the 
light poor. There was a light attendance of shooters owing to the 
opening of the shooting season. Scores in the club race were: 
W R Morgan ', , , , 1110111011111111111011111-32 
Ed Steck llllllOOllOlllllOllllllll-al 
A C Paterson .....1111110111111011111110110—21 
J T Glover "....0001011111010111101011111—17 
De Wolf 1111111110110111010000011—17 
Class C 
H B Morgan .0001001000011100001001011- 9 
Scores in the sweeps were as follows: 
Events: 13 3 4 5 6 Events: 13 3 4 6 6 
Targets: S5 IS S5 25 S5 IQ Targets: 
W R Morgan. , , . 20 18 , H B Morgan 10 
JTGlQver 13 9 .. ., Dr Morton, . 7 
Ed eteok 21 14 17 ... , t Dr Arnold , 
AOPa%son.,,, 15 ,, Goodrich,,., 
ptj Wolf,, 19 . , , 6 C} W Pickett, 
> ^ ( ... • i * * 4 
U 15 m S5 SS 10 
9 4 
8 17 Jl , . . . 
1 6 .. .. 
14 14 6 
IB r 
A Tournament at Baltimore. 
Mr. James R. Malonk, captain of the Baltimore Shooting Associa- 
tion, announces that his club will hold a two days' shoot at live blrda 
on Oct. 6-7. The shoot will commence each day promptly at 10, The 
programme for Oct. 6 is as follows: 
No. 1, 5 birds, 85 entrance, three high guns; No, 2, 7 birds, 87 en- 
trance, three high guns; No, 3, 10 birds, $10 entrance, three moneys, 
class shooting; No, 4, 15 birds, $15 entrance, four moneys, claaa shoot- 
ing. 
The programme for the second day is: 
No, 1, 7 birds, S7 entrance, three high guns; No. 2, 10 birds, $10 en- 
trance, four high guns; No, 3, 15 birds, $15 entrance, four high guns; 
Nos. 4 and 5 are f 5 miss-and-outs. 
In addition to the above programme, the Claridge-Malone match 
for the Du Pont trophy, 50 live birds per man, will be shot on Oct. 6. 
Two sets of King's expert traps will be used, and as th^re will be 
plenty of good birds on hand, Mr. Malone states that everybody may 
look for a good shoot, 
Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo. 
Buffalo, N, Y., Sept, 6.— The scores made at the regular weekly 
shoot of the Audubon Gun Club were as below: 
Events: 1 3345678 Events: 13345678 
CBurkhar'tlS 8 11 10 11 8 15 19 A Coombs. 14 .. 
Norria 30 8 13 12 18 6 15 ,. Hines 21 ,. .. 11 11 5 13 ,, 
EBurkhar'tSO 9 13 1118 7 18 19 Cuban 9.,... 7.,, 8 17 13 
L Bennett. 20 9 11 11 6 8 18 .. Peters 16 ,. ,. 10 .. 7 ,. ., 
Forrfster,, 19 9 11 11 10 7 16 .. BF Smith, 18 10 13 13 
Tom Tidier 16 6 8 8 8 2 13 . . Rpop 10 9 8 4 18 12 
Bird 18 5 9 9 Packer 5 .. .. 
Siyder,. ..16 6 Jennings., 16 5 ,. .. 
S India .... 15 . . 7 5 8 5 13 8 
The first event was the club badgeshoot; Bennett won Clast A badge, 
Bird won Class B and Hines won Class C. No. 2 was at 10 targets, 
Nos. 3 and 4 were at 15 targets (unknown angles), No. 5 at 15 targets 
(expert rule), No, 6 at 6 pairs doubles, No, 7 at 20 singles, No, 8 at 20 
binglea. 
Trap at Waco, Texas. 
Waco, Tex., Sept, 11— Inclosed are the scores made to-day by some' 
of the members of the local gun club. The first four events wtre at' 
uluerocks, the last four at live birds. Scores: 
Events: 13345 678 Events: 133 4 56 7 8 
10 10 10 10 10 
6 8 6 10 6 
10 10 8 10 10 
8 10 10 10 9 
8 10 10 8 8 
.... 6 6 9 
Targets 
Booker. . . 
Conlisk,,, 
Hubby . . , 
Ambold,, 
Seegar ... 
Henderson .... 9 8 8 Jones 
Earle .. 7 3 V 4 Hawktas 2 
T. E. HUDBY. 
Targets: IC 10 10 10 10 7 
Prickett 3 
Ham 3 
Cargill 6 
KelUtt 
Seeley 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
H. P. P., Newark, N. J.— Send me address of a reliable man from 
who I can buy a harrier hound broken. Ans. We have no knowledge 
of whom such hounds can be purchased. 
C. F, M., Geneva, N. Y.— Ans. Dogs vary so much in size at the age 
of six months and all other ages that it is impossible to give an opin- 
ion of value based on measurements alone. 
C. H., Baltimore.— Ans. Jessie Turner is by Druid, 95 (Prince- 
Dora), out of Ruby. 506 (Rake— Fanny). Prince by Dash II.. out of 
Moll III. Dora by Duke, out of Rhojbe. Rake by Dan, out of Ruby. 
Fanny by Leicester, out of Dart. 
0. N. K., New York.— Will some of the readers of your paper kindly 
tell me through its columns where fair shooting may be had at such 
game as ruffed grouse, quail and squirrels and within an hour to one< 
and one-half hours of New York ciiy. Ans. See note of Connecycat 
resort in our gun columns. 
M, J, P. C, Manchester, N, H.— Will you kindly give me the best 
remedy for killing fleas in a short-haired dog? Also could you recom- 
mend some good soap I might use in washing my dogf He is getting 
very poor lately and I am at a loss to know the cause. Mention some 
diet that might fatten him and improve his condition. He is a bull 
dog. What is the best remedy for stoppage? Ana. Small doses of 
castor oil, given every three hours tUl the bowels act; also give fre- 
quent enema of warm water. Any of the aoapa advertised in our 
columns; allow the lather to remain on. Treat for worms. Meat, 
milk, bread, dog cakes, liver, cod liver oil, etc. 
A. F, T,. Lykens, Pa,— My pointer pup, about six months old, haa 
been indisposed nearly all his life. On the lower part of body, behind 
his front legs, a few Inches back on each side, just at the lower part 
of front ribs, he has enlargements which are hard. They appear and 
then almost disappear every few days. He vomits occasionally, 
which is very offensive in appearance and smell. He is weak and 
emaciated, eats fairly well for a short time, then again little or noth- 
ing for a day or two; he is high and long, but very thin and weak, 
Ans, Treat for worms. Give three times a day five grains of bismuth, 
three grains of charcoal and two grains of salol; also give five grains 
of albuminate of iron three times a day. 
G-, New York,— My English setter haa had the mange for the past 
two years. In winter he is well and his coat is good, but as soon aa 
spring comes on he breaks out. The reason I ask you is: if your ex- 
perience tells you the disease is incurable I want to put the dog out of 
misery ; if you think he can be cured I should be thankful for any 
suggestions. Ans. From your description the dog is suffering fromi 
eczema. This is a constitutional disease, and is most troublesome audi 
persistent. It is very apt to recur at spring and autumn. The dog: 
should undergo a course of internal and external treatment, andi 
should the disease appear at any time treatment should commence aa- 
soon as the first symptoms show. This would probably control thei 
attack and prevent it becoming very bad, 
D. J., Pittsfteld, Mass,— My pointer bitch, three and a half years old, 
sincei she was in heat last, about two months ago, has had some 
trouble about urinating. She continually squats and tries, and a little 
which is of a bloody color will come, and sometimes small clots of 
blood will pass her. She is active and healthy otherwise. She has been 
bred only once when she was one and one-half or two years old. Ans. 
It is probable that the blood comes from the uterus and not the blad- 
der. However, try the following pills: 
Ergotin .....grs, xU. 
Acid gallia ...........Hi........... grs, xxiv. 
Ex. bellad . , ; grs. 
Ex, hyocyan aa grs. ix. 
Mix and make twelve pills. Give one three times *» day. In addition 
to these pills give a 5gr. tablet of benzoate of soda. 
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