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tbeir pale beauty was even more apparent. Roses were in 
tbeir company but they were dwarfed to daisies. Callus 
swung gracefully above them from vases, and while they 
equalled the Magnolia in color, the latter was larger and had 
more transparency to its whiteness— a sort of pale lumiuosit} - . 
1 have written all this knowing full well that the magnolia is 
a well known tree and its flowers familiar; but I write of it 
as it is In Florida, where in developement it exceeds its 
kind in othor parts of the country. 
The little steamer “ Mary Draper " took down for me to 
Jacksonville this morning a bunch of five flowers, three being 
hardly opened. The captain swung it in the pilot house from 
the ceiling and it hung there swaying in the breeze, a bouquet 
fit for the gods, to say nothing of the steamboat passengers. 
I know what will become of it on its arrival. The friend to 
whom I sent it will place it in bis doorway, and business men 
will turn their heads to look as they pass on, little children 
will stretch out their hands towards them, and ladies w ill stop 
many a moment to admire and exclaim with delight, ns one 
did, a day or two since, “First magnolias !" Thus comes to 
us this season, the pride among flowers of every Southerner. 
Mandarin, Fla. April 23, 1878. C. D. D. 
Central (Mass.) Poultry Association.— This new asso- 
ciation was formed at Worcester, Mass., April 30, with the 
following officers : Pres., Henry S. Ball, Shrewsbury ; Vice- 
Prests., Rufus Holman, or Leicester, Lucms Morgan, ot Wor- 
cester ; Sec. and Treas., W. H. Fitton, Worcester; Auditor, 
F, A. Stratton, Worcester; Ex. Com., Henry S. Hall, of Wor- 
cester; W. E. Cuuningham, of Fitchburg; G. F. Lawrence, of 
Worcester; H. Watts, of Worcester; Joseph Marson, of 
Princeton; J. G. Holland, of Worcester. 
large number of their patrons object to dogs, partly because 
they are filthy and partly because they are liable to get bitten ; 
also saying it is a custom for all railroads to do the same 
(which all sportsmen know different), referring to the Metro- 
politnu Horse Railroad for example, as they refused to admit 
them. 1 would like, for one, to see this subject continued 
until some arrangement can be made with all railroads to 
transport dogs, either by giving them a proper pluce by them- 
selves, or charging regular fare and leaving them with their 
owners, making them liable for all damages while being 
transported from one place to another. Target. 
Boston, April 27, 1878. 
,[We are in receipt of a great many letters fully indorsing 
our views as to railroad transportation. The principal ques- 
tion is this one — where the carrier receives no pay he incurs 
no risk. It is better, then, to pay for transportation of dogs, 
as it insures on the part of the carriers a certain positive 
amount of care, and if dogs are killed or injured through 
carolessucss cr willfulness of employees the company becomes 
liable. Nowadays, when a dog is worth as much as a horse, 
to have a dog killed and get no redress is contrary to all the 
rules of business and common sense. — E d.] 
THE FOXHOUNDS AROUND GASTON. 
Opening of tiie Paris Exposition. — The Paris Exposi- 
tion opened May 2. Its attractions are thus summarized : 
“The Exposition buildings are situated on both sides 
of the Seine, and are vast in their proportions, and both 
imposing and convenient in their architecture. One of the 
most interesting features of the exhibition is a Japanese vil- 
lage in a separate inclosure, where visitors will have au oppor- 
tunity to study the exact manner of life of that interesting 
people. A Chinese pagoda has also been put up by native 
workmen. Holland will beautify the park of the Trocadero 
Palace with a bed of forty thousand Dutch tulips, and a vast 
aquarium will have a place there; a cascade, thirty feet in 
width, will fall over marble steps into a basin six hundred 
feet distant ; great stretches of gardens, containing many hot- 
houses with rare plants, will lie to the right of the palace ; two 
elaborate and beautiful fountains will throw their streams 
thirty feet into the air ; a superb Algerian pavilion will adorn 
the grounds, and innumerable structures of varied architec- 
ture will be scattered about. 
“ The main building, situated on the Champ de Mars, is 
2,000 feet in length by 1,000 feet in breadth. France will, of 
course, make the grandest show, but England also has made 
great efforts to have a representation which shall command 
admiration. Germany will not appear except in the way of 
paintings. 
Gen. Habding’s Sale of Yearlings.— Gen. Harding’s fa- 
mous Belle Meade farm, near this city, with its large park of 
two hundred deer, model dwellings, outhouses, barn9, stables, 
cowhouses, dairies, etc., all models of rural architecture, is 
the scene of an annual sale Of fine blooded horses. At the 
sale last week some very fine stock was sold, but the prices 
ranged lower than on former occasions. There were twenty- 
five lots with an average of $050 per lot. The highest prices 
paid was $1,025 given by Col. W. H. Johuson, for Merry 
Lass, brown filly, foaled April 21 by John Morgan’s dam 
Vesper Light (the dam of Vondelete), and $795 for Chancel- 
lor, b. c., by John Morgan's dam Sadowa, by Jack Malone. 
J. D. H, 
JP* Mvmi- 
ro Correspondents. — T hose desiring us to prescribe lor their dogs 
wfil please take note ol and describe the following points In each ani- 
mal; 
1. Age. 9. Food and medlclno given. 3. Appearance ol the eyo ; 
of the coat ; of the tongue and lips. 4. Any changes In the appearance 
of the body, as bloating, drawing In of the flanss, etc. o. Breathing 
the nnmbor of respirations per mlnnte, and whether labored or not. 
8. Condition of the bowels and seorotlons of the kidneys, color, etc. 7. 
Appetite; regular, variable, oto. S. Temperature of the body as Indi- 
cated by tho bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body 
and the foreleg. P. Give position of kennel and surroundings, outlook, 
contiguity to other buildings, and the uses of ihe latter. Also give nnf 
peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed, 
gns of suffering, etc. 
FIXTURES FOR 1878-BENCH SHOWS. 
The Westminster Kennel Club (New York) Bench Show. Gil. 
more s Garden, May 14, 15, 16 and 17. Dr. W. Seward Webb, 
Secretary. 
RAILROADS AND DOGS. 
Mr- Editor : I would like to say a word upon the subject 
of “Railroads and Dogs,” in continuance of au article in your 
valualc paper of the 18tli inst. 
1 travel over the different railroads running out of Boston, 
with my associates, in the season for shooting, a great deni, 
and, with but one or two exceptions, we never had any trou- 
ble with the transportation of our dogs. But with one or 
two particular railroads we are very much abused by baggage- 
masters and break men, by extorting large fares for a short 
distance, and do not allow us to take care of them after we 
have paid tbeir charges, but put them into a crowded baggage- 
car, between piles of trunks and coses, tolling about, liable to 
fall over at any time and kill or injure our dogs. We have 
often asked permission to sit in the baggage-car aud look after 
them, after we have paid the charges, but are informed that 
we canuot, as it is against the rules of the road. At the same 
time there would be from six to twelve men, patrons or 
friends, sitting there, who commence fooling with the dogs 
at once as soon as they are left in tbeir charge, getting them 
uneasy and discontented. We recently wrote to one super- 
intendent about it, stating our cose as clearly os possible, usk- 
ing if we could not purchase a ticket for our dogs, and then 
either take them into the 9moking or baggage car (uol pas- 
senger car) under our own care, aud rid ourselves of the 
abuse of employees who are vested with a little brief authori- 
ty • but we got nothing favorable in reply, as he says that a 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I can, without much trouble, give you the number of packs 
of hounds in I his vicinity and witbiua circuit of twenty miles, 
takiDg my own house as its centre, which is on tho Roanoke a 
few miles above Gaston. This county (Northampton, N. C.,) 
is a marginal one. Its upper portion is adjoiniug that of 
Brunswick and Greenville, Va., and Warren, N. C. The 
Roanoke separates it from Halifax. It will be seen, then, 
that the proposed circuit will embrace parts of all these con- 
tiguous counties. 
I shall begin with its centre. My own pack, the season just 
closed, consisted of nine couple, baviug presented a tine 
couple after its commencement. My pack, with a solitary 
exception, is Byron in a more or less degree. Below n:e is a 
neighborhood pack, each neighbor keeping a couple, and all 
uniting on hunting occasions, of 6ome six. couple. These 
hounds are of no uniform breed, but many of them have 
Byron in them. Summcrill, near Ganysburg, has some seven 
couple of wild, ranting aud traitless proclivities, but quite suc- 
cessful, with uo traces of Byron in their blood. Mr. 8. is 
now breeding to obtain it, and with the addition of several 
couple, which General ltansom, of the U. 8. S , which lie ob- 
tained through the kindness of Governors Bouic and Hamp- 
ton, has loaned him. The next season will find him with a 
pack of note. 
In Halifax, and just over the Roanoke opposite my resi- 
dence, is a neighborhood pack of seven or eight couple, most- 
ly Byrons, beaded by Daniel C. Hardy. This pack is equal 
to any in the Slate, well trained and up to all duties. Above 
Mr. Hardy comes Nat Shewin heading another neighbor pack 
with a large infusion in it of the Byron blood. He usually 
hus in the field six or seven couple. They are very sure aud 
speedy. . 
Above Mr. Shewin, in the Roanoke and in the county of 
Warren is a very fine neighborhood pack, bunted by Mr. Rod- 
well, of eight or ten couple. These hounds are very pretty in 
action, I learn, but indicate pretty unmistakeably the pointer 
strain. Mr. Russell, just above, has a pack of six or seven 
couple, represented to fie pure runners. I bunted with a slut 
he sent W. E. Brodnax to have put up with one of his 
Byron dogs this season, and was favorably impressed with 
her aeftou and general qualities, and think the Byron will 
neck well upon her. 
Below Gaston, in Halifax, is a neighborhood pack of six 
or seven couple, beaded by Captain It. E. Mosely. With the 
exception of two well-trained Byrons I gave him this season, 
his hounds have no Byron in them. 
Near Weldon comes Messrs. Pope and Long’s packs, which 
when united aggregate some ten or twelve couple. Those 
hounds are regarded very superior and very well bred. They 
have, however, no Byron in them, and how they would stand 
red foxes has never been tested. In the vicinity of Weldon 
only the gray fox is found. From Captain Mosely's to the 
mountains on the Roanoke both red and gray abound. The 
same is the case on each side of that stream, and as wide as it 
is the reds swim it when pressed. 
In the county of Brunswick, Va., and six miles norlh of 
me, Mr. Basset Rawlings has a sure, reliable and game pack 
of six or eight couple. These hounds have (most of them at 
least) Byron in them, and some of them arc nearly full Byron. 
I think this pack has been the most successful in killiug the 
S ay fox than any other of my acquaintance. But only his 
vrons are fit for the red, in fact they won't run them. Just 
a few miles north of Mr. Rawlings F. Eroil and brother 
have three or four couple of mixed dogs, with no Byron in- 
terspersed. Some of them are fine gray fox hounds, but un- 
less aided by Mr. Rawlings rarely succeed. 
Mr. Ravenscroft Jones, on the Mahosin River, has a few 
couple of very fine hounds, mostly Byrons, which our mutual 
friend, W. E. Brodnax, gave him. Still further north, on the 
Nottaway and rather beyond my twenty miles’ circuit, is Col. 
E. B. Tucker with a pack of diminutive beagles ami Byrons 
combined, numbering seven or eight couple. They are 
nimble, quick und untiring, aud just tbe thing for un old 
mau after tbe gray fox. They are very musical, pack well, 
aud afford splendid sport. . 
Clinton Harrison, a son of tbe late J. J. Harrisou, who 
owned tbe famed racer Virginian and ltis dam Meretnx, 
bunts a neighborhood pack of seven or eight couple. This 
pack has in part a full share of the Byron stock and in part 
of Captain Eppcr stock of Dinwiddie county, Va. They 
are regarded fine dogs and very successful after the gray rex. 
They have not been fully tested after reds, but no doubt are 
well suited for that work. The past season they have been 
bunted well and constantly, with too unprecedented success. 
They are sturdy, speedy, true and untiring. 
Some flftecu milesabove me is the residence of W. E. Brod- 
nax, who now owns and hunts the best pack of hounds with- 
in my circuit. They we mostly ByroDs, and no fox, red or 
o-ray, can out bottom or outspeed them. I have been a hunts- 
man for near forty years, and the maimuivriog of his entire pack 
is superior to any I have ever owned or hunted ; with the ex- 
ception of one solitary dog, which a friend presented to him, 
bis pack will hunt from morn till night without flag or slack- 
ing of pace. Mr. B. usually hunts some eight couple, though 
as his distributing puppies in the neighborhood has been so 
universal, be rarely hunts near home with so small a number. 
I have in the above enumeration mentioned only paries of 
hounds. But the number of hounds of pure blood owned by 
individuals who never participate in the chase, fully equal 
those bunted in packs. There is a famous pack also bunted 
by Mr. C. Harrison. These dogs Mr. Brodnax considers of 
goo d stock and high bred. 
Before Gen. P. B. Starke distributed liis pack among his 
friends, (and I am proud to say that tho first choice and larger 
share was tendered mo,) he had what wo usually term a crack 
pick. These l have now in my naek are certainly first-class, 
ami will compare with any houucls in this country. 
T. G. T., of Gaston. 
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 
In describing tho Chesapeake Bay dogs at tho Baltimore • 
Bench Show, we spent considerable time over this class trying 
to understand them. Tlio types of dogs ' were so different, 
wbeu we came to look at tho uwimls, that wo were quite 
puzzled to know which form of dog was the best. At our re- 
quest some of our friends in Baltimore where good onough to 
promise that they would give us their ideas as to what where 
the points of a Chesapeake Bay dog, and wo tako great pleos- 
suro in reproducing a letter from a gentleman thoroughly con- 
versant with tho Chcsapcako Bay dog : 
Baltimore, M&y 8 , 18TS. 
In compliance with your request, I will ondeavor to give you n de- 
scription ot tho “Chesapeake Hay rtuoklug dug," wliut lu old times was 
called the “otter water dog.” Tills dog Is said to bo, and bolloved by 
many to have descended from I lie offspring of the old Labrador dogs 
crossed with the otter (It being assorted l hut tho otter will mato with a 
bitch when in heat und chained near his den). Tho truth of this theory 
I do not undortako to vouch for, but U tho appoaranoe, coat and per- 
formance of these dogu lu tho w^er |ro for anything, they certainly 
go a long wuy toward establishing tho truth of this theory ; but bo that 
us It muy, my purposo hero Is simply to describe tho dog so that ho may 
bo recognized when seen. 
A Cltssapoako Huy dog's slzo, In point of holght, should not be more 
than that of a fair sized seller, say about 93 inches, i hough hu should 
bo much longer In tho body and shortor la tho lugs, Indeed, altogether 
differently shaped : wolght should bo about 80 or 05 pounds. I should 
be disposed to doubt Ills pedigree If ho exceeded to pounds. In color 
ho should bo a very light liver, or belwoou liver and yollow. ills nock 
should be loDg, with bead set on very much like au otter's. This head 
should bo rathor short nud vorr decidedly tupcrlug to tho nose. Ills 
cars should be small ami short aud well sot up toward tho top of tho 
head. The eyes should be mild aud expressive, and In eolor and In 
keeping with his coat. Last, though not least. Ills italrfshonld bo very 
thick, short and perfectly straight, with perhaps Just a slight disposition 
to be wavy or kinky over tho lolu, und uoxt to tho eklu It should Itavo 
a positive fur mixed us thick as possible with tho hair. Iu short this 
dog seems to liavo been designed and atted by nature In tha best tflaa- 
ner to bear exposure to tho severest cold both of woatber and water, 
Ills coat enabling Him to eomo from tho water almost as dry as whou ho 
entered It. Ills hair being straight and thick, ho passes through 
the water with little or no re dstauoo. It Is almost Impossible for tho 
water to ponctrato through tho hair and fur to tho skin, they necessari- 
ly eon swim much more rapidly tliuu a long or curly hatred dog. No 
weather Is too cold for them, and they will oftentimes dive for a crippled 
duck and recover him while under tho water. These dogs ore gener- 
ally very lutclllgeut and of good disposition. Ouo of tho best speci- 
mens I've Been for many years was a bitch named Fan (No. 269) with 
i several pups at oar Baltimore Bench Show, she was In class 13 aud took 
second prize, ller pups were exceedingly beuutirul and very much 
like an otter. OnsmnVEn. 
The New York Dog Show. — Tho success of this show 
scorns now fully assured. Tho entries aro already qulto full, 
including 120 English settors, 100 red Irish setters, over 70 
Gordons, and 100 pointers. Tho exhibition of true sporting 
dogs will be very complete. It must not bo considered in tho 
least as a show restricted to the metropolis. Fine animals 
from all parts of the country have been entered. It is. not 
wise on the part of aoy one to endeavor to ereato jealousies in 
regard to a show if held in New York. We arc sure that true 
sportsmen cannot have any narrowness of feeling. Shows in 
Boston, St. Louis and Bnltimorc have had the best dogs that 
New York possessed, and it is quite certain that there will he 
choice animals scut from tlio West to compete for tho New 
York prizes. It is just out of tho question that nny one man, 
no matter how honest or competent ho is, can always act ns 
judge. There arc idiosyncrasies of judgment which must bo 
prevented. It would bo unwise if, for two or three years, 
the same judge was to pass bis dictum on all English or 
American dogs. There can bo no special reason why one par- 
ticular breed of dogs, or tbe offspring of u certain dog, should 
always take the laurels. If wc want to lay down the law us 
to points, following closely the English taste, it is quite us 
well that wc had Mr. Lort. We are positive that the decisions 
of Mr. Lort will be accepted os the judgment of a 
gentleman who hus the fullest experience, and who, to his 
thorough knowledge, has gained tho reputation of the most 
equal justice. It savors of bad taste to find uny one who is 
inclined to cavil at decisions, even before they aro promul- 
gated. If any ownerB of dogs are fortunate enough to liavo 
prizes given their favorites, which dogs may have before this 
heeu accorded such awards, all wc can suy, then, is that the 
double distinction will bo u most lasting one. Now wc should 
not be tbe least surprised if Mr. Lort would in some cases de- 
cide on dogs as being the best at the coining show, which Mr. 
Davidson had also judged prior to this ns winners. 
Iu non-sportiDgdogs, in toys and pets, the show will be sim- 
ply immense. There will be dogs good enough to cat-as tho 
Chinese ono-nnd some so smull that a man with a moderate 
gullet could swallow one. There will ben big dog of 200 and 
odd pounds. The managers are very full of work, and as wc 
commenced this article, sure of the success of the show, so aro 
we convinced that it will surpass that of lust year as to the en- 
tries **f dogs, their excellence, and in the number of visitors 
who will attend the exhibition of the Westminster Kennel 
Club Bench Show. 
Baltimore Kennel Club and tbe Field Trial?.— A t 
a general meeting of the Baltimore Kennel Club, held on 
