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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tJULY 22, 1899. 
are plenty of fluke and bass, and an occasional kingfish. 
Weakfish are not as plentiful as they were earlier in the 
season and are more difficult to catch, but still good 
catches are made by experienced anglers. 
r . _ ' "That reminds me." 
A Fair Exchange at Ochotonl. 
Some sixty miles north of the city of Puebla, the table 
land, which is the topographical mark of all central 
Mexico, drops oft suddenly like the pitch of a mansard 
roof. The treeless plateau disappears and one descends 
through a winding barranca whose sides are clothed with 
pines, and presently emerges upon an open plain or 
sabana, the hacienda of Ochotonl. 
We are in great deer country now. The wary game 
finds excellent feeding in these open glades and perfect 
protection in the surrounding forests. It is a region to 
make the heart of a true sportsman glow and to make his 
fingers itch for his rifle. 
But game is not all which you find of interest. The old 
hacendado (I wish I might tell you his name) will open 
his saguan doors with true Mexican hospitality. He is as 
keen minded as he is large hearted, and he will entertain 
you with quaint stories of these primitive people. For 
.society here is yet unspoiled. The railroad with its innova- 
tions is still many leagues away, and human nature grows 
up here undisturbed. If you are very fortunate you may 
hear him tell the following story, which he told me not 
long ago, voucliing upon his honor as a caballero for its 
truth. 
Among the thousands of peons employed upon this 
hacienda was one notable for his laziness. He was joined 
to a woman who, though very pretty, was as shiftless as 
her husband was lazy. These two lagged through their 
tasks together, making sorry work of it. Not far from 
this pair lived another. The man was the leader in the 
field, the most capable of all the workmen ; the woman, 
curiously enough, was of like character, strong, energetic, 
capable. These two were always beforehand with their 
work, while with the lazy couple things went from bad 
to worse. 
At last light broke in upon the soul of the lazy man, 
and he went to the other with a proposition : "See here," 
he said, "you know that you are an energetic man and 
that I am not. You are always getting through with your 
woi'k, and I am never done with mine. The fact is, my 
wife is no help to me. If I had your wife and you had 
mine, I should get along much better, and you would be 
all right anyway, you are so capable. Now I'll tell you 
what I'll do. I have a nice fat pig down at the house, a 
fine fellow; if you'll swap I'll throw in the pig and call 
it a bargain." 
The offer was accepted, and the readjusted four are 
now living happily at Ochotonl. 
William Sawyer. 
he MmmL 
Fixtttfes* 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 4-7. — Toronto, Can. — ^Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- 
ciation's eleventh annual show. 
Nov. 22-24.— New York.— American Pet Dog Club's show. S. 
C. Hodge, Supt. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Nov. 6.— Bicknell, Ind.— Indiana Field Trial Club's trials. S. 
E. Socvvell, Sec'y. 
Nov. 14.— Chatham, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's tenth 
annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 14.— Washington, C. H., O.— Ohio Field Trial Club's 
trials. C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8.— Newton, N. C— Continental Field Trial Club's trials. 
Thos. Sturges, Sec'y. 
Dog Dealing. 
It was generally believed that the recent legislation con- 
cerning the dog, both with regard to its quarantine when 
arriving in this country from a foreign port and the in- 
creased liability to come under district muzzling regula- 
tions, would interfere considerably with its value as a 
commercial article. Possibly this has been so to a certain 
extent, especially so far as Continental dealers are con- 
cerned ; but generally it may be said that the trade in dogs 
at the present time is quite as brisk as ever it was, and 
for good specimens of almost any of the many varieties 
which are popular with us exorbitant prices continue to 
be obtained. The man in the streets with the pug dogs 
and fox terriers still continues his wanderings around 
the fashionable neighborhoods of Regent street and else- 
where, and his persuasive eloquence in vending a three 
months old diminutive and ill-grown puppy as a fully 
grown dog is still as marked as ever. Then, too, the shops 
set apart for the purpose do a capital trade in the higher 
priced dogs. At any rate, they must do so to be able to 
pay the high rentals which are required for front shops in 
our leading thoroughfares. 
The general public cannot be considered quite specialist 
in the matter of dogs ; still, if they use ordinary common 
sense and discretion, their requirements may readily be 
obtained through the sources already named, and at the 
same time it must not be forgotten that every now and 
then special sales are arranged at Birmingham, Leicester 
and elsewhere, sometimes in connection with shows, where 
all kinds of dogs may be obtained, and drafts from the 
leading foxhound, terrier and beagle kennels be procured. 
The really clever dog man, dea,ler, fancier, gentleman, or 
whatever he maj^ be, does not, however, as a rule, look 
to such sources to pick up the very best animals that he 
may reqiiire, either for exhibition or other purposes. He 
attends the shows, or the field trials, and there sees the 
liest stock in the country. His knowledge and judgment 
are sunerlative; he seldom , or never makes a mistake, and 
when he does see a dog to his liking, and which, in his 
opinion, is oerhaos equal or even superior to anything else 
he knows, he will buy it if he can. Not afraid to put his 
hand into his pocket, he does not think form £100 to £200 
too much to pay for a fox terrier or a bull dog; he will 
give more for a collie or a St. Bernard, the market value 
of each variety depending upon the number of classes and 
the amount of prize money it can Avin in the ordinary way 
of exhibitions. For instance, more money is generally 
offered in prizes for fox terriers than for any other breed, 
and thus the monetary value of that variety is considerably 
enhanced. Irish Terriers, perhaps, follow next, hard 
pressed maybe by the Scottish, Terriers and the Pomer- 
anians. All these dogs have specialist clubs provided for 
them, and the funds thereof go to extend the ordinary 
prize lists issued by managers of provincial and other ex- 
hibitions. Two or three years ago a well-known exhibitor 
paid something like £200 for a fox terrier puppy, and his 
friends naturally considered he had more money than he 
knew what to do with. Time proved his judgment cor- 
rect, for, besides taking two or three times the amount of 
the dog's cost in prizes and .stud fees, he eventually sold 
the same animal for £500, which may be taken as a record 
price for a terrier. Such a successful purchase as this 
and many others similar to it which could be named, have 
led certain people to come to the conclusion that a living 
is to be made by dog showing aiid by buying" in the 
cheapest markets and selling in the dearest, and by breed- 
ing prize dogs of all kinds. A successful "dog farm" is as 
great an improbability as a successful poultry farm, and 
for much the same reasons. The land becomes tainted, 
and unless the puppies are sent out "to walk" the confine- 
ment of kennels cripples them, and the crowding together 
may destroy them. Then it is by no means certain that 
like gets like ; the best parents may be used, but they are 
not particularly liable to produce champions. There is a 
considerable amount of luck in dog breeding, and at the 
same time special knowledge is required. 
The writer is inclined to believe that the qualities which 
go to form a really good judge and successful breeder of 
dogs must be born with the man ; they cannot apparently 
be produced by practice or by education, althougfh, of 
course, both these tell up to a certain point. Not many 
days since I was looking for a terrier dog as a com- 
panion, and mentioned my requirements to a man who 
had kept dogs all his life, and was considered to be, by his 
class, an authority. I was led to believe that he did 
know something about a terrier. He said he was ac- 
quainted with a man who had just what was wanted — a 
■■grand terrier with no fault." At considerable incon- 
venience I made an appointment to see this dog. All 
that could be said about it was that it- was a terrier; but 
it had a short, stumpy neck, the crookedest of fore legs, a 
weak, toyish head — indeed, a creature that, so far as 
beauty was concerned, would have been dear as a gift. No 
amount of education could possibly make my recom- 
mender in this instance a judge of a dog. There are, in- 
deed, very few good judges of a dog to be found, and to 
this is no doubt due the fact that the few, when they take 
up the matter from a business point of view, almost in- 
variably prove successful. Within the last twenty years 
or so, one or two instances might be pointed out where a 
nice little competency has been made by breeding, pur- 
chasing and selling St. Bernards, and at any rate there 
are at present three . or more leading exhibitors who 
make a good living by showing their dogs, which they 
purchase with admirable judgment, or have been lucky in 
breeding them. But they must depend more upon the 
former than die latter, and to suppose that an ordinary 
man or woman with little knowledge of the dog, and per- 
haps with less love for him, to at once jump into a similar 
groove is preposterous. Yet there are those who seek to 
do so, and write to specialists desiring information as to 
how they' are to make a commencement and what "breed 
of dog" will prove most prolific and be most remunerative. 
Such inquirers are not, perhaps, aware that a dog to sell 
well must be pretty nearly perfect in its way, that moderate 
or inferior specimens are actually unmarketable, and at 
six months old will not realize as much as it has cost to 
rear them, and that they might breed a thousand dogs and 
not have one worth more than a £10 note. As already 
stated, it is much the better plan to buy a first-class dog 
likely to make a champion than attempt to breed one even 
from the most carefully selected parents. 
Within the past quarter of a century the popularity 
of the dog as a companion has increased very much, owing 
to causes repeatedly stated in the columns of the Field; 
but the supply is always more than equal to the demand, 
notwithstanding statements to the contrary which are 
continually appearing in print. The other day I read of an 
Airedale Terrier selling for £600, a collie worth nearly 
£2,000, and such like trash. People reading untruthful 
statements of this kind, with a few pounds at their com- 
mand, and without a particle of knoAvledge on the subject, 
not unnaturally come to the conclusion that they have 
found a royal road to fortune. They expend their capital 
in buying a dog and a hitch of the same strain as that 
from which the animal of fabulous price was produced, 
and wait for a return for their investment. This com.es 
during the course of a few months in the form of a 
number of puppies which cannot be sold at 'any price! 
Thus the hope of an income from dogs is soon dispelled, 
and the misguided whilom fancier must be contented to 
seek fortune in the ordinary way of trade, and leave 
what there is to be got out of dogs to those who have 
made them a study, who are adepts in .the art of selection, 
and have capital to fall back upon in the case of accident 
or misfortvme. And it must not be forgotten that for ex- 
hibition and for mercantile purposes a perfect dog is 
cheaper at a couple of hundred pounds than one half as 
good at a tenth of that sum.^ — Correspondence London 
Field. 
International Field Trial Qttb Derby Entries. 
ENGLISH SETTEES. 
Crnir-^ (Jack-Maud), 17 months, T. C. Stigman. 
Posedale (Bob — Essie D.), 17 months, H. M. Graydon. 
Coquette (Roy of London — Fanny), 17 months, H. M. 
Grnvdon. 
r>an Thiers (Thiers— Dido III.). 16 motttlis. J. B. Dale. 
Counternack (Thiers— Dido TIL), 16 months, J. B. 
Dale. 
Selkirk Milo (Selkirk Dan— Selkirk Tana), 14 months, 
W. B. Wells. 
Selkirk Simon (Selkirk Dan — Selkirk Tana);, 14, months, 
W. B, Wells. 
Selkirk Amie (Selkirk Dan — Selkirk Tana), 14 months, 
W. B. Wells. 
Lady Rodtield (Rodfield — Marks Nellie), 12 months, 
Marcon & Morton. 
Kate Thiers (Thiers — ^Dido HI.), 16 months, Marcon 
& Morton. 
Larra (Cincinnatus Pride — Brown's Queen Vic), 7 
months, W. A. Hodgins. 
Tony's Dot (Tony Boy— Ruby's Daisy II.), 7 months, 
W. A. Hodgins. 
Dewey Gladstone (Income Tax — Forest Gladstone), 14 
months, Stewart Beatty, 
Judy (Toledo Bee — Brighton Leah), 10 months, A. J. 
Smith. 
Princess Lill (Toledo Bee — Brighton Leah), 10 fnoiiths, 
A. J. Smith. 
Brighton Tobe II. (Brighton Bob— Brighton Maud), 17 
months, T. J. Davey. 
Judy II. (Red Cloud— Judy), 15 months, T. C. Stig- 
man, u \i . .. ' i 
POINTERS. 
Duke of Dexter (Duke of Dexter — Lola Queen), 13 
months, Edwin S, Lewis. 
Bella Pointer (Hal Pointer— Belle of Hessen), 13 
moriths, Marcon & Aiorton. 
Ripple (Jingo — Ripponita), 16 months, F. W. Shaw. - 
Jingle (Jingo — Ripponita), 16 months, F. W. Shaw. 
Frank N. (Uncle Sam — Bippo's Mollie), 14 months, 
Leamington Pointer Kennels. 
Black Line (Uncle Sam — Bippo's Mollie), 14 months, 
Leamington Pointer Kennels. 
W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Points and Flttshes. 
The eighteenth annual dog show of the Danbury Agri- 
cultural Society will be held on Oct. 3 to 6, inclusive. 
G. M. Rundle, secretary, Danbury, Conn. 
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Fixtures. 
JULY. ' li , ,i " ■ 
WoUaston, moonlight sail, Wollaston, Mass. 
Taunton, club run, Taunton, Mass. 
Burgess, open, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
Corinthian, Phila., Icnockabouts, Essington, Delaware River. 
Wood's Holl, sprit & cat classes. Wood's Holl, Hadley Harbor. 
Jamaica Bay, dory class, Jamaica Bay. 
New Jersey- Knickerbocker, cup, Bayonne, Newark Bay. 
Penataquit Cor., 15ft. class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
. Quannapowitt, club. ' 
Penataquit Cor., snipe class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
29. Oconomowoc, race week, Oconomowock Lake. 
25-26. Quincy, challenge cup, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
Manchester, 2d cham., Manchester. 
American, moonlight sail, Newburyport. 
East Gloucester, cup, Gloucester, Mass. 
27-28-29. Beverly, race week. Buzzard's Bay. 
27-28. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup, Dorval, Lake St. 
Louis. L 
Jamaica Bay, cat classes, Jamaica Bay. 
Nf'v Jersey-Knickerbocker, Ellsworth cup, Bayonne, Newark 
Bay. 
Plymouth, club, Plymouth, Mass. 
Royal Nova Scotia, one-design, Halifax, N. S. 
Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
American, club handicap, Newburyport. 
Winthrop, open, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
Indian Harbor, annual, open, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
Corinthian, Marblehead, 4th cham., Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
, Quannapowitt, club. 
Penataquit Cor., 15tt. class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
, Wood's Holl, open, Quissett. 
, Manchester, 3d cham., Manchester, Mass. 
, Lake Champlain, annual cruise, rendezous Port Henry, Lake 
Champlain. 
July 30 to Aug. 8. Lake Champlain, annual cruise, L. Champlain. 
L Wood's Holl, club, Wood's HoU. 
2. Royal Nova Scotia, squadron cruise, Halifax, N. S. 
2. East Gloucester, cup, Gloucester, Mass. 
3-4-5-7-8. Manchester, midsummer races, Manchester. 
5. Beverly, Cor. race.. Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
5. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
5. East Gloucester,, club, Gloucester, Mass. 
5. Hempstead Harbor, annual, open. Glen Cove, L. I. Sound. 
5. Jamaica Bay, dory class, Jamaica Bay. 
5. Sea Cliff, ■annual, open. Long Island Sound. 
7. New York, annual cruise, rendezvous. 
7-8-9. Royal Canadian, Canada cup trials, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
7. Knickerbocker, annual cruise, rendezvous College Point. 
9-10-11. Corinthian, Marblehead, midsummer series, Marblehead, 
Massachusetts Bay. 
12. Corinthian, Marblehead,, open, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
12. Horseshoe Harbor, annual, open, Larchmont, L. L Sound. 
12. American, cruise to Squam, Newburyport. 
12. Quincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
12. "Taunton, club, "Taunton, Mass. 
12. Wood's Holl, open, Wood's Holl, Quissett. 
12. Wollaston, open, Wollaston, Mass. 
12. Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 
12. Royal, Nova Scotia, one-design class, Halifax, N. S. 
12. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
12. Quannapowitt, club. 
12. Squantum, handicap, Squantum, Mass. , - v 
12. Jamaica Bay, annual cruise, rendezvous. 
12-13. Winthrop, cruise to Marblehead, Winthrop. 
12. Savin Hill, club handicap, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
13. Penataquit Cor., 15ft. class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
13. Williamsburgh, sloop classes. Bowery Bay, L. I. Sound. 
14-15-16-17. Lake Y. R. A. meet, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
14 to 19. Oshkosh, 1. L, Y. A. week, Oshkosh, Wis. 
14-15-16. Erie, open, Erie, Pa., Lake Erie. 
14. American, open, Newburyport. 
16. Annisquam, open, Annisquam. 
17. Newport, ladies' day, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
17. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester, Mass. 
17. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
19. Corinthian, Marblehead, 5th cham.. Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
m, Beverly, club Cor., Monument Bench, Buzzard's Bay. 
]fl. I'urgess, club, Marblehend, Massachusetts Bay. 
1!). Jubilee, annual, open. Splcin Bay. 
TTuK-ucnot. annual, open, New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
19. Morris, special club. Port Morris, Long Island Sound. 
19. New Jersey-Knickerbocker. Cor. cup, Bayonne, _ Newark Bay. 
19. Royal Hamilton, open., Hamilton. Lake Ontario, 
10. Royal Nova Scntia, all classes, Plalifax, N. S. 
19. Quannapowitt, club. 
19. Philadelphia, cup, Ph'ladelphia. Delaware Rivpr. 
20. Penataauit Cor., snipe class, Bayshore. Great South Bay. 
21. Roval Canadian, Canada cup. Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
21-22-23-24-25. .Seawanhaka Cor., Cor. of Philadelphia, knockabout 
match. Oyster Bay. Long Island Sound. 
21. American, moolight sail. Newburyport, Mass. 
24. Plymouth, open, Plymouth, Mass. 
25. Kingston, open. Duxbtirv Bay. 
26. Royal Nova Scotia, club. TJaMiax. N. S. 
26. Tamaica Bay, dory class. Jamaica Bay. 
26. Huntington, annual, open. Huntington Bay. 
26. Maniiasset. special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
26. Beverly, open. Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
26. Corinthian, Marblehe?^. 6th cham., Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
26. Duxbury,, open, Duxbury Bay. J 
