Apmh «9, 1899.1 
county, and chartered a car in which were loaded house- 
hold effects, horse and wagon, the dog and myself, who 
Went along as man in charge. We started about noon 
Thursday, passed over four railroads and arrived at our 
journey's end about 7 o'clock Saturday night. The dog 
was given his liberty, and within five minutes was run- 
:ning a track in hearing of the car, which was sidetracked, 
Several times between that hour and 11 o'clock the dog 
came to the car, and finding it in its place, went back to 
his hunt. About midnight the car was run to a chute, 
where the horse could be unloaded, and the dog soon, 
found it. All day Sunday he was about, and Monday 
the goods were put into a building for storage. The 
dog was on hand, followed the last load in and lay 
down among the stuff. The next afternoon about 3 
o'clock the horse was hitched to a cart and the dog 
taken in, when we started on a fifty-mile drive. The 
frost was just coming out of the roads, and we could 
not travel faster than a slow walk, and after going 
fifteen miles, stopped at a farmhouse for the night. 
When the horse went into the barn the dog went into 
the woods near by and was soon barking on a fox track. 
I could not call him off with the horn, or the track was 
evidently too fresh to leave, and so I went to bed. At 
II o'clock he was running in hearing, biit next morning 
was gone. I spent the day looking for him, advertised 
him in several local papers and went on without any 
dog. He had been seen running a fox during the day, 
but that was all I could hear of him. I went back to the 
place where the goods were stored, but the dog was 
not there. A week after reaching my destination the dog 
was sent me by rail. He had gone back to the stuff 
.after his hunt was over, and remained about, hunting 
jpart of the time and returning to look for his master and 
food, but it was some days before he could be caught. 
A child finally went up to him and took him by his 
■collar. 
Did that dog's "instinct" send him back fiftten miles 
to a place that he had never seen except for two days? 
Was it instinct that told him to return to see if the car 
Sie had ridden 400 miles in was waiting for him? Was 
at instinct that told him that when the goods were placed 
in storage that must be his home? 
No matter what it was that tayght him. The same 
power taught him not to venture far from home for a 
long time alone, and he was careful not to get left for 
months, until he finally located a permanent home and 
saw his' master's family settled in it. 
Cold Spring Harbor.— April 18— Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your issue of April 15, p. 295, W. Wade 
says: "Occasionally you will meet one like Rev. Chas. 
Josiah Adams, who believes strongly, but can admit 
weight in an argument against_ it. But_ generally the 
type of your various anonymes is the ruling one." 
I have not the pleasure of an acquaintance with the 
Rev. Mr. Adams, of Rossville, Staten Island, or I 
would write to him and ask him to interpret the above 
quotation. 
Again, he writes: "A sample error ja that of De 
Canibus. with the dog that carried the ciat to the rat 
hole. On that one incident, without any investigation 
into previous experiences of that dog, he deduces reason- 
ing powers. Would any reasonable man arrive in a 
similar way at conclusions as to another man's acts?" 
etc. 
Was it Talleyrand who said that "Language was 
jinvented to conceal one's thoughts"? 
I confess that I do not see just where W. Wade is at. 
De Canibus. 
The Cleveland Dog License System. 
-A Btac-LiCENSE law had been in force for some years 
an~our .rity, with its usual results. Animals were shot in 
front of their homes by the police. A gentleman told 
me he saw a dog coaxed out of the arms of a poorly 
,tkessed little girl and shot almost at her feet. 
Those that were put in the dog-pound and drowned 
afan.'sed the sympathy of the curious crowd. "It is an 
ontrzg^'" said one man, as he saw an immense New- 
foutjdlatid struggling among the smaller dogs in the 
water, , ... , 
Mr C M. Munhall, a prominent business man, ana 
a member of the Kennel Club, had seen poor women 
come tremblingly to the city offices to pay the license of 
some pet creature which they held m their arms, ihe 
owners were not able to pay the fee, but could not see 
their pets ktUe4. , , „ • 
"The poor shojald not keep dogs, say some. It is 
useless to argue with .a certain class m the community, 
who think the poor have no place nor rights m th-s 
world. ^ , . (, ^ ,j 
Mr Munhall, reasoning that a dog is property, pre- 
sumably in every State in the Union, as much as a horse 
^r a cow, determined, if possible to "restrain the city 
■ from killing dogs." He employed a lawyer, a test case 
was brought— his dogs were not killed, as he was too 
■ well-known— and a "perpetual injunction" was obtfimcd 
: against the city. The license law was of no effect after 
the decision was rendered. 
"The course I pursued," says Mr. Munhall, is the 
•only way to wipe out such illegal laws," If other cities 
• would follow his example, through some man or woman 
• who is a friend to animals, we might be spared the year- 
Ily slaughter of thousands in some of our large cities. 
■'Mr. Munhall obtained this injunction eight or ten years 
rago, and thereby proved himself a public benefactor. No- 
iibody complains of surplus dogs here, except some per- 
•sons to whom two dogs in a city are two too many! 
A prominent vivisei^tor here has urgently advocated a 
-dog-pound to "prevent pet animals from straying into 
ithe colleges, and it would give the latter a regular chan- 
mel through which their material might be derived.^' 
in this city of 400,000 people we have no more "mad 
•dog" scares than in those places where license is rigidly 
.enforced. Neither thel city nor the Humane Society ob- 
tains money through the 'death of Innocent animals, and 
the poor keep their faithful companions. 
A letter lies before me from a well-known Ohio man, ■ 
mho has sixty dogs in his kennels. He says: "I love 
fdogs— all dogs— and believe that they have all a right to 
Hive, and that no law is a just one that allows them to be 
killed by any, society or any person, I believe in hu- 
FOHE^t AND STHEAM, 
mane societies (or the good they do, but it is not good 
they do when they destroy the Hfe of any dog or other 
animal, unless said animal has been hurt or is diseased 
and cannot live." — Sarah K. Bolton in Journal of Zo-* 
ophily. , 
Maryland Spoftsmen's Exposition 
Association's Field Trials* 
Last week the Maryland Sportsmen's Exposition As- 
sociation gave a true exemplar of the proper manner of 
conducting a field trial. There have been many trials 
held before, but these were rude, unrefined affairs, held 
far out in the country, where there were open fields and 
wild woods, wherein the birds bred, lived and had their 
being. This was at a stage of sportsmanship when men 
were unrefined and primitive, and therefore when what 
they did do or did not do was of the past, and when men 
were not properly equipped in the ethics of true sports- 
manship. • 
As to the true manner of conducting a field trial, one 
must first discover a large city, and thereafter, if he 
wishes for the full meed of .success, he must discover a 
reasonably smooth park, with its modern landscape gar- 
dening, all close to said ci{y- Your correct modern 
shooting is of the park and not of the wilderness. Birds 
and dogs which are not of this standard are of a dark 
age or a long distance from town. In either instance 
they will not fulfil the requirements of a great educa- 
tional exposition, such as Baltimore has had the 
great good fortune of witnessing, unless they forsake 
their obsolete ways. 
The Field Trials. 
There was a good number entered in the trial. The 
running was done just outside of the park, on a piece of 
ground almost devoid of cover, which of course was as 
it should be. There was a strip of woods adjoining thii, 
but this was too thick for the dogs to show any speed 
or style, and the woods should therefore be removed. 
Furthermore, the birds were not of the kind that made 
good work possible. They were shipped from some- 
where in the South, and those that survived the trip were 
in a dazed, droopy condition. Qf the 400 that were pur- 
chased for the trials we are informed that nearly half of 
them died en route. Prior to a brace of dogs being or- 
dered out for a run, a few of these birds would be lib- 
eated on the open ground. Most of these birds would 
squat right where they were put out, and never move un- 
til walked up. In this way they emitted but little scent, 
and of course made it diificult for the dog to secure a 
point, which was entirely the fault of the bird. Naturally 
covey points, where coveys did not exist, were out of 
question. The few dogs we saw run performed very 
commonplace. However, due allowance should be made 
for the conditions they had to contend with and the new 
theory of what they were there for. 
The All-Age had fifteen starters. The Amateur Stake 
has twenty-seven entries. 
The real manner pf testing a dog's finding abilities 
has thus been proven to Be on newTines distinctly differ- 
ent from the old. First, you buy your birds, turn them 
loose a few at a time adjacent to the city, and your real 
field dog is he who will point a weak, half-starved bird 
in a new cover. This has been tried before by many 
field trial clubs and every time it proved to be a failure, 
which shows how old-fashioned and unreliable they were 
and how much more advanced are modern institutions 
which have the sports of the wilderness transported to 
the heart of the city, where they truly belong. The field 
trials were necessarily a success, for Gen. Corbin pressed 
the electric button which started the mechanical wheels 
and put the gate in official action. 
There was also great interest in the whippet races, for 
there were many famous racers theretofore unheard of 
which ran the course in very fast time, which has not 
yet been officially announced through the press. It was 
a great field, consisting of some half dozen dogs. En 
passant it may be mentioned that the bird show was not 
a thing to be sneezed at. 
In the free-for-all field trial there was a strong field of 
five. The thrilHng character of the work is thus de- 
scribed by the Baltimore Sun: 
"The first brace put down was Dr. J. McCormick's 
Jim Thompson and C. E. Coffin's Prince Boris- They 
started well and it was soon seen that both were under 
good command. Prince Boris found a bird first, when 
Jim Thompson was brought up to back.r He did it rather 
indifferently, finally passing the pointing dog and caught 
the bird. When sent on Prince Boris had just about 
steadied down to a point, when his owner going to him. 
put up the bird. Prince was steady to flush. On the 
first bird found Jim T. once scented, but passed on with- 
out locating it, 
"After a short trial in the open C. E. Coffin's Faust's 
Dan and Monocacy Kennels' Ripsaw were sent into 
rather thick cover. Dan was first to find, and when Rip- 
saw was called up to back he was just about pointing the 
same bird, when it flushed ahead of him. Both dogs were 
steady to shot. Ripsaw next made a good find in edge 
of woods, and Dan, called up to back, scented the bird 
and pointed. Ripsaw was entitled to the credit of the 
find. Near by in the open, though in heavy cover. Rip- 
saw got a second point, steady to shot. After thirty 
minutes' trial they were ordered up, Ripsaw showing the 
best speed and range and each showing good nose. 
"In the trial of L- W. White's Friday and P. C. Gor- 
man's Rap it was setter against pointer, the pointer prov- 
ing an accurate and fast worker. Rap was quickly on 
stylish point; Friday backed indifferently. Sent on, Fri- 
day found and pointed. Rap backing, Friday breaking to 
shot, with Rap steady. In next field Rap pointed, Friday 
backing promptly. The bird proved a running one. 
Rap did a beautiful piece of working in roading and lo- 
cating 50 or 6oyds. away. Rap showed good form, work- 
ing out his ground well, locating with accuracy, excelling 
in pace and range, considering the character of the 
ground." 
Jim made a mistake in the first heat, inasmuch as he 
walked by and picked up the weakling. No doubt that 
man and gun will be adjusted to test their powers on 
these birds when these trials become universal and the 
old trials become obsolete, . 
Now to the third day. The thrilling struggle of this 
day is thus described by the Sim: 
"The field trials of bird dogs were continued. They 
began before 10 in the morning with two brace, whose 
work did not compare very favorably with that of Tues- 
day. The first brace put down was Harry Bock's Eng- 
lish setter bitch Hottie Molly, with G. L. Harrison's 
pointer dog Tip, of Consolation. The dogs did not seem 
to expect game until a partridge flushed before Tip, In 
next field Tip pointed a single bird and left it; Hottie 
Molly passed in ahead, flushed, and chased it, Sent on, 
Tip made game, and while being cautioned by the hand- 
ler the bird flushed ahead, A few moments later he 
pointed a dead bird, 
"The second brace was J. Bramble's pointer dog Bang, 
with J. Roger McSherry's pointer bitch Ripple They 
showed better range and speed from the start. Ripple 
using her nose and hunting, Bang rather giving the im- 
pression at the start that he was only out for a run. Ttie 
only game found was a dead bird that Ripple first pointed 
and then brought in. 
"Owing to a mistake in applying the right names to a 
brace which ran Tuesdaj^ there was a mistake in describ- 
ing the work betAveen Rap and Friday, Friday did the 
better work and it was credited to Rap. 
"In the afternoon the first series of the free-for-all, or 
professional stake, was finished, and one brace of the sec- 
ond series was tried. The first brace down was G. L. 
Harrison's pointer dog Sport C. with L, W. White's 
setter dog Ben. First came a false point by Ben, Sport 
backing indift'erently at command. Sent on, the dogs 
were worked up the wind to a bird marked down, when 
Ben dropped to point, Sport backing. In the meantime 
Sport pointed a bird in a bottom below, Ben refusing to 
back. Spor.t was unsteady to shot twice, and did not 
take much interest in his work, but showed good nose 
when he happened on game. Ben showed good speed, 
but little .style. 
L. W. WHiite's Ponce, a pointer dog, ran a bye, being 
the odd dog. He showed good speed, pointed once on 
game, but to other points claimed nothing could be 
raised. He seemed a little too cautious on scent. This 
closed the first series. 
"Ripsaw, belonging to J. Roger McSherry's Monocacy 
Valley Kennels, and Friday, belonging to Dr. L. W. 
White, were selected as first brace in the second series, 
and both made a good showing both in speed and style. 
After working across the open to good cover in the 
woods Ripsaw first pointed stanchly, Friday backing 
promptly. Moving on, Friday pointed, when the bird 
ran, Ripsaw locating him again. Further down the ra- 
vine Ripsaw pointed, but was a little unsteady to shot. 
Returning to the open, Ripsaw pointed in sedge grass, 
the bird getting up wildly a moment later and settling in 
the open. The dogs were worked toward him, when Fri- 
day pointed stanchly. There was a good run before 
finding game again. Friday pointed, but, moving on, 
he raised four birds, which went to timber near by. Here 
he pointed again. The dogs were then ordered up and 
the work for the day finished. The last brace gave the 
large crowd that followed a good exhibition of field trial 
work." 
The next day Ripsaw won first, Friday second. Prince 
Boris third and Faust's Dan fourth. 
In the Amateur Stakes there were twenty-seven starters. 
The work was as one might expect on weak birds turned 
out near a park. Prince Boris and Faust's Dan won 
first and second respectively, Ben third, Pride of Balti- 
more fourth. 
The Beagle Trials. 
Again the old methods were found to be obsolete, the 
true manner of testing the abilities of a beagle on fur 
is to turn him loose on fish, so a red herring was used. 
The thrilling chase is thus described by the Baltimore 
Sun : 
"Last night trials were made with beagle hounds, 
which chased scents made by dragging herring on the 
ground. The dogs followed the scent, but did not give 
proper tongue. Then a Belgian hare was taken from a 
crate and dragged over a course. The dogs gave tongue 
and ran true to this. When the hare was released he re- 
fused to run, but unconcernedly awaited the dogs until 
an attendant picked him up. A domesticated whito rabbit 
was next tried, but he wanted to run back and play with 
the dogs. To-night a number of native wild rabbits will 
be turned loose, and they will give the beagle hounds a 
merry chase. These races will take place in the park." 
If the hounds will not chase fish, "drag" a hare. The 
hare proving a failure, try a "domesticated white rabbit." 
If this should prove a failure, turn loose some wild rab- 
bits in the park where the people will need to go through 
the gate and buy a ticket to view the thrilling sport as 
it does not exist and as no mawkish hippodrome can 
make it exist. No details of this feature are necessary, for 
they did not even approximate to sport, though they had 
a gate significance. Sport of the wild woods and the 
ticket seller's office of the city are antagonistic. 
Continental Field Trial Cltib* 
Under date of April ig Mr. Hobart Ames, president 
of the Continental Field Trial Club, North Easton, 
Mass., writes us as follows: . 
"I am sorry to inform you that owing to illness Mr. 
W. B. Means has been compelled to resign as secre- 
tary and treasurer of the Continental Field Trial Club. 
Mr. Theo. Sturges has kindly consented to act as sec- 
retary and treasurer the remainder of Mr, Meares' un- 
expired term." 
Points and Flashes* 
The fame of the great pointer Von Gull, whose success 
as a field-trial winner holds a high place in the record,?, 
is being further perpetuated. A new brand of cigar, 
manufactured by Messrs. Hettermakn Bros. Co., Louis- 
ville, Ky., bears his name. - 
The Forest and Stream is pirt to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach ms at the 
latest by Monday and as raueh earlier as praeticable. 
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