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FOREST AND _ STREAM. 
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iound useful and comfortable, though not lovely to look 
at. Another band around the outer edge of the cloth — ■ 
wristlet fashion — insures sandless shoes. 
Of course soles wear through faster on sandy or 
frozen ground than on clay or loam, as in the woods. 
For all purposes of walking a stifif half-inch sole is 
about right. One used to thin soles is likely to have a 
sense of clumping at first, but this is soon lost, es- 
pecially if the heel is not raised so high in proportion 
as in' the thin-soled shoes. R. S. 
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Canine Elegies and Epitaphs. 
XXXn-March. 
Carthage, O., Dec. 24, 1902.— £rft7ar Forest and Stream: In- 
closed find elegy written upon death of a handsome spaniel that 
accompanied me duiing two years of touring in the Adirondacks. 
E. .S. Whitaker. 
MARCH. 
He was only a dog; but do you know 
How great an attachment will sometimes grow 
Between master and dog; and how he will show 
By expression of eyes and move of tail, 
Plain as words can tell, what feelings prevail; 
And by bound or bark, or touch of a paw 
Convey meaning as plain as written law. 
And show knowledge of what he heard or saw? 
Such an one was March, spaniel, red and white. 
With a kindly eye so lustrous and bright; 
Gun-shy at first, so that he ran away 
From camp to hotel, eighteen miles, to stay,' 
And remained till his master came next day; 
But with gentle training soon learned to love 
The crack of rifle, and quick did he prove 
A retriever of note for partridge or duck. 
And showed at one time wonderful pluck 
By towing to shore a wounded buck 
\V'hich he caught in mid-river, and clung to an ear. 
And so hastened the death of the stricken deer. 
He was loving and kind, with beauteous eyes. 
And my guide and self both thought him as wise 
As some other fellows of greater size. 
But no more will he go over the trail, 
Ne'er again with us in bonny boat sail. 
Nor climb o'er the mountains towering high, 
For March is dead, and a tear comes to eye 
While inditing for him this fond good bye. 
Toby Dlstrngftfishes Himself. 
Taylorsville, N. C, Dec. 31. — Toby is a twenty- 
months old setter pup, with exceedingly active and 
enduring little legs. He weighs only about fifteen 
pounds, but has a head that looks as if he had a high 
hat on. He is owned by my friend, Mr. Cobb, with 
whom I have been shooting daily for over a month, 
and observing and admiring Toby. Toby is great on 
singles and fair on coveys. He belongs to our best 
team, which, beside another dog, staunch on singles, 
includes Old Sport, the best covey dog I know of. The 
days we take out these three we feel sure of a good 
many birds. Now Old Sport is a fast goer and a far 
ranger, and has a habit if we don't soon find him to 
leave his covey to hunt us up and take us to it. 
Yesterday Toby found a covey, but we couldn't find 
Toby. Sport, however, found him and backed him, 
but we could find neither. So Sport must have told 
Toby, "Go find those stupid fellows and bring them 
here. I will watch the birds until you come back." So 
Toby came to us in a great fluster, jumping around 
us, said something we couldn't understand and started 
back, we following, and away among the pines, in a 
briery thicket, we found both Toby and Sport and a 
big covey. How is that for a 20 months old pup? 
Later in the day Sport duplicated his usual perform- 
ance: He was again lost and evidently had a covey 
somewhere, but we couldn't find him. I whistled him 
in. He stated in a manner we now understand, "I have 
some birds, come on." But he went back so quick I 
again lost him. He is a big strong dog and very ac- 
tive, so I whistled him in again. This time he walked 
slowly in front of me, just keeping a little ahead and 
led us quite a distance to a full covey in a briery 
swamp. J- 
Long Island Kennel Club* 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10. — The Long Island Kennel 
Club held its third regular meeting Wednesday evening, 
Jan. 7, 1903, in the Johnson Building, Flatbush avenue 
and Nevins street, Brooklyn, N. Y., forty members being 
present. Application was made to the American Kennel 
Club for membership, and if accepted we shall at once 
proceed to dog show work, and appoint a bench show 
Committee. 
The -m'embership of the L. I. K. C. is now 128, with a 
prospect of more than doubling that number. 
It was decided at the meeting to give a dinner at the 
Ashland House, on Thursday evening, Feb. 12, 1903, to the 
exhibitors of the W. K. C. show. 
Membership is not limited to residents of Long Island. 
We now have members from every State in the Union. 
Those who wish to join (and by so doing help promote 
dog shows, etc.), will apply for particulars to the under- 
signed^ 153 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Jos. M. Dale^ Secretary. 
Jackson I. Case. 
At his home in Racine, Wis., Jackson I. Case, son of 
the late Jerome I. 'Case, millionaire threshing machine 
manufacturer, died on Tuesday of last week. He was 
born Oct. 23, 1865, in the city in which he died. He was 
famous in racing, trap shooting and field trial branches of 
sport and was conspicuously successful in each. He 
owned and drove the famous trotter J. I. C, afterward 
converted to a pacer, and many of the dogs of his kennel 
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lioia a high place in the records of successful winners. 
Comsraing his demise the daily press reports : ^ 
"Hte was given the best educational advantages in the 
iRacine public schoo|s, the Racine Academy, the Michigan 
MiHtary Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, at Boston. He began his business career in 
1883 as bookkeeper 1 for the Fish Brothers Wagon Com- 
pany, and later was appointed private secretary to his 
father. He also had almost the entire , charge of the 
latter's extensive stable, which included sucl> famous 
trotters as Jay Eye See and Phallas. At one time he was. 
identified with the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Com- 
pany the J. I. Case Plow Works, and was a director of -, 
the Manufacturers' National Bank. He was appointed 
postmaster in Racine by President McKmley and retired 
last April. He was a thirty-second degree Masqn. 
Detfo?t Show. 
Detroit sportsmen's show, Feb. 10-14, is beginning to 
attract_ attention now, especially by reason of the tour- 
nament, which will be managed by Jack Parker, J. L. 
Head and A. D. Caldwell, all prominent in the sporting 
goods trade and sure to influence others of like prom- 
inence. It is not thought Chicago will hold a show 
this winter, so the boys can concentrate on Detroit, 
and see there the newest things in guns, autos, and 
other necessaries of life. E. Hough. 
American Championship Field Trial Club. 
' Chicago, Jan. 10. — Mr. Charles B. Cooke having re- 
signed as secretary of the American Championship Field 
