1875 
&Q 
Prairie chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and large game 
can be found in abundance ■within a radius of twenty 
miles of the city in shooting season. 
On our return from Texas we passed a very pleasant 
day with Mr J. T. Brown at Sedalia, Mo., the junction 
of the M. K. <fc T. and Missouri Pacific Railroads, and 
had rare sport snipe shooting, after which we started for 
Kansas City once more, where we met letters from 
home, and whence ■« e send you this brief notice of our 
movements. W. F. P. 
SPRINGFIELD (HIASS.) DOG SHOW. 
Pursuant to public notice in Rod and Gun, a Dog 
Show was held in the City Hall at Springfield, Mass., 
under patronage of the Rod and Gun Club, on Wednes- 
day and Thursday, April 28 and 2!). The energy with 
which that po-werful club, comprising many of the 
best and wealthiest citizens of that pan of the Bay state, 
threw themselves into the work of the Exhibition, 
was almost a guarantee that the thing « ould be a suc- 
cess, although fortune does not always favor the brave. 
On this occasion, ho'wever, all things concurred; the 
weather was fine, the visitors were numerous and the 
dogs were there. 
The Club special Committee on the show in- 
cluded ^Messrs. B. F. Bowles, E. H. Lathrop, S. T. 
Hammond, C. A. Nichols, J. E. Russell, and W. M. 
Williams. The judges were F. W. Lawrence, Esq., of 
Brookline, Lieut. Metcalf, of the Springfield Armory, 
and Squire Smith, a veteran sportsman, well known and 
generally esteemed. 
To all our readers in the East, it is very well 
known that our Massachusetts brothi rs of the Gun and 
Rod possess first class dogs, shoot first class guns in first 
rate style, and are, as a body of accomplished sports- 
men, not to be excelled by the gentlemen of any .state 
in the Union. We were not, however, ourselves, pre- 
pared for the show of superb doss that cncounU red the 
eye on entering the Hall. Raymond, Luther Adams, 
Delano, Jarvis, Lathrop, Hamilton Thompson, are 
names that tell their story wherever men care anything 
about who shoots and how they shoot. Whili! the 
names of the do s, “Duke,” “Dora,” “Pride of the 
Border,” “Dash,” “Doll,” “Fairy,” showed at once 
that the blood was blue enough to satisfy the most ex- 
acting connoisseur. In the fox hound class some fine 
dogs were shown, and an attempt at a field trial was 
made with them, which could scarcely be called a suc- 
cess. There were some handsome Newfoundlands, a 
fine specimen of grayhound, several collies, some well 
bred bull dogs, with various terriers of more or less 
merit. The fox terrier which, though not really a new 
variety, is very fashionable just now, and the Dachs- 
hund, a dog well known to German sportsmen, and 
lately introduced into England, were not represented. 
Mr. Luther Adams, of Boston, and Mr. Hamilton 
Thompson, of New York, each exhibited a lot of dogs 
that a wealthy English proprietor might be proud of. 
Mr. Thompson has long been famous for his Irish 
setters, of w’hich he showed four with two Gordon’s. 
Mr. Adams exhibit! d four noble dogs. Mr. C. J. Ray- 
mond of N. J.. sent his splendid Laverack dog, “Pride 
of the Border,” and bitch “Fairy.” Geo. Delano sent 
“Doll,” a beautiful bitch, though a little out of condi- 
tion and home-sick, being not long from over the sea 
and having recently thrown a heavy litter. Among so 
many first-class dogs it was not an easy matter for the 
Judges to assign a preference, consequently there is no 
room for ci iticism in the awards made. In native dogs 
a question arises whether dogs got by imported site and 
dam can be native, otherwise than in the accident of 
their birth-place, and while in the case of the imported 
dogs or their offspring, the award of merit is due to 
the dogs and to their owner’s enterprise, we look with 
extra satisfaction on those dogs which are home bred 
and native to the soil. There were, however, some ac- 
tually native dogs bred from long known American 
stock. “Fan” and “ Dot,” for instance, shown by Ethen 
Allen of Pomfret. To this class of dogs belong also 
“Pete” a grand black pointei, and “Prudence,” a 
pointer-bitch, both shown by G. A. Strong, as also 
“ Guy,” .shown by J. N. Dodge, while “ Dick” an Irish 
setter belonging to William Jarvis, deserved all his 
ho'.ors, with or w ithout a pedigree. In the pointer-class 
“Whisky,” an English pointer, belonging to Dr. AVebb, 
was an animal of elegant shape and style, E. U. La- 
throp’s “Dan” and “Trump,” were very fine dogs. 
Major McKee showed “Top” and “Tad,” a brace 
of I'lack setters, dark as night, feathered to the heels 
and perfect in form. Messrs. Balcom and Ferry, of 
AVorcester, also exhibited black .setters. “Alice” and 
“Hero,” Gordon Setters, were shown by B. W. Jenkins, 
of Baltimore. “Trim,” a Gordon, was shown by- 
George Harrington. 
The fnll list of pointers, setters, etc. shown, was as 
follows: 
Laverack Setters— “Pride of the Border” and “Fairy” 
by C. H. Raymond of Morris Plains, N. J. ; “Doll” by 
George Delano of New Bedford; “Rock” by G. A. 
Strong of West Meriden, Ct. 
Gordon Setters — “Di A'ernon” by John A. Foster of 
Stafford Springs, Ct. ; “Kent” by C. H. Bowker of 
AA'orcester; “Dash” and “Flora” by H. Thompson of 
New Jersey; “Hero” and “Alice” by B. W. Jenkins of 
Baltimore. 
English, Irish and Native Setters— “Fan” by' Ethan 
Allen of Pomfret, Ct. ; “Trump” by B. F. Bowles of 
Springfield; “Flip” by John A. Foster of Stafford 
Springs, Ct.; “Fop” and “Tad”by Capt. G. AV. McKee 
of U. S. army; “Jim” by AA'’. S. AA’^ebb of Springfield; 
“Tim” by S. T. Hammond of Springfield; “Jack” by 
W. H. Burrall of Springfield: “Hall,” “Jack” and a 
three months’ pup by Ricliard Alorris of Seymour, Ct. ; 
“Robin” by E. M. Coats of Springfield; “Dan” by T. 
B. Caney' of Springfield; “Nero” by Luther Clark of 
Springfield; “Trim” by George Harrington of Spring- 
field. » “Fly” by Mrs. Nellie Bas-ett ot Springfield; 
“Burns” by E. H. Smith of Springfield; “Grouse” by 
O. B. Cooley; “Dick” by F. Murin; “Dick” by W. H. 
Balcom of AY orcester; “Pete” by- AA'. S. Perry' of AVor- 
cester; “Sport” by Ed. Allen of Florence; “Princess” 
by Charles Palmer of AVindsor, Ct. ; “Nellie 2d” by C. 
H. Foss of Taunton; “No Name” by J. A. Lakin of 
AVestfield. 
Red Irish Setters — “Snipe” by J. A. Barnes of Hart- 
ford; “Nellie” by C. J. Colt of Hartford; “Dick” by 
AA^m. Jarvis of Claremont, N. H. ; “Duke,” “Dick,” 
“Belle” and “Duke, Jr.,” by Hamihoi. Thompson of 
New .Jersey; “ Hal” by Richard Morris, of Seymour, Ct. 
English Pointers — “Whisky” by Dr. AV. S. AA^ebb of 
Springfield. 
Spanish Pointers — “Guy” by Robert O. Morris of 
Springfield; “ Quaker” by AVm. M. Williams of Spring- 
field; "Pomp” by Chas. Pierce of AA^est Rutland. 
Native Pointers — “Bess” and “Jake” by H. C. Taft of 
Springfield; “Nell” by Joseph Cameron of Springfield; 
“Dan” and “Trumps” by E. H. Lathrop of Springfield; 
“Alac” by AV. A. Tayl ir of East Hampton. Ct. ; “Jack” 
by' Edward Sanderson of Springfield; “Six” by Robert 
O. Alorris of Springfield; “Dan” by H AV. Brown of 
Springfield; “Ben” by T. B. Caney of Springfield; “Cal” 
by C. W. Hi.xon of Springfield; “Guy” by J. N. Dodge 
of Springfield; no name, G. A. Strong of AV’est Meri- 
den, Ct. ; “Psy'che” by H.C.Taft of Springfieid; “Rip” by 
•John A. Murphy ot Springfield; “Trump” by R. E. 
Sabin of Springfield: “.Juno” by D. H. Gillett, Jr., of 
Enfield; “Dash” by J. H. Harrison of Springfield; 
“ Scott” by E. R. Smith of Northampton; “Jim” by 
.John White of Amherst; “Don” by Frank E. Cook; 
Prudence” by- G. A. S'ronp-. 
Spaniels^" Prince” by AViuslow B. Morse of Spring- 
field; “Lulu” by D. S. Barker of Springfield; “.Max” 
bv Gen. Oliver Edwards of Florence; “ Fuzzy” by F. 
Edward Gray' of Springfield. 
THE PBEMTUMS. 
In the following list of awards the best dog in the 
first mentioned six classes was awarded a silver cup and 
the second best a silver collar, -while the best bitches 
and pups received diplomas: 
Laverack Setters — Best dog, “Piide of the Border” 
by C. H. Raymond of Morris Plains, N. .J.; 2d best 
dog, field trial dog. “Rock” by Luther Adams of Bos- 
ton. Be.st bitch, “Fairy'” by C. H. Raymond of Morris 
Plains, N. J. ; 2d best bitch, “Doll” by George Delano 
of New Bedford. Best dog pup, “Duke” by Luther 
Adams of Boston. 
Gordon Setters — Best dog, “Duke” by Luther Adams 
of Boston; 2d best dog, “Dash” by Hamilton Thomp- 
son of New Jersey. Best bitch, “Alice” by B. AA”. Jen- 
kins ot Baltimore ; 2d best bitch, “Flora” by Hamilton 
Thompson of New Jerse. Best dog pup “Kent” by C. 
H. Barker of AVorcester. Best bitch pup “Di A'ernon,” 
by John Foster of Stafford Springs. 
English, Irish and native Setters — Best dog, “Flip” 
by' John A. Foster of Stafford Springs, also as the best 
setter dog, receiving the silver pitcher ; 2il best 
dog, “ Ned ” by J. A. Lakin of AA'estfleld, and 
also a camp lounge. Best bitch, “Dora” by Luthei 
Adams of Boston; 2i: best bitch “Fan” by' Ethan Allen 
of Pomfret, Ct. Best dog pup, “Bruno” by E. H. 
Smith ot Springfield. Best bitch pup, “Princess” by' 
Charles Palmer of AVindsor, Ct. 
Red Irish setters — Best dog, “Duke,” by Hamilton 
Thompson of N. J., a silver cup; 2d best, “ Snipe” by 
Barnes of Hartford. Best bitch, “ Nellie ” by 
C. H. Colt of Hartford; 2d best bitch, “Belle” by Ham- 
ilton Thompson of New .Jersey. 
English pointer — “A\''hisky',” by' Dr. AV. S. Webb of 
Springfield. 
Spanish pointers — No dog in this class being deemed 
worthy of the first prize, it was not awarded. Best 
dog, “Guy,” by Robert O. Alorris of Springfieid. 
I^iative pointers — Best dog, “Pete,” by G. A. Strong, 
of AVest Aleriden, Ct. ; also D. P. Wesson’s revolver as 
best pointer; 2d best dog, “Dash,” by John F. Harri- 
son, of Springfield, also camp lounge. Best bitch, 
“Piudence” by G. A. Strong, of West Meriden; 2d 
best bitch, “June” by D. B. Gillett of Enfield. Best 
dog pup, “Ben,” by T. P. Caney of Springfield. Best 
bitch pup, “Psyche” by H. C. Taft of Springfield. 
Fox hounds— Best dog, “Rover,” by AV. L. Keyes of 
Springfield, diolomt; 2d best, “Whoop” by C. H. 
AVhite of Springfield, silver collar, also a camp lounge. 
Bsst bitch, “ Flora ” bv J. C. Jones of West Stock- 
bridge; best dog pup, “ Loud” by J, C. .Jones, 
Spaniels — Best dog, “ Max” by Gen. Oliver Edwards 
of Florence; 2d best dog, “Fred” by H. C. Taft of 
Springfield. Best bitch, “Fanny” by William Thorn- 
hill of Springfield. Best dog pup, “Prince” by W. B. 
Morse of Indian Orchard. Best bitch pup, “Lulu” by 
D. L. Barker of Springfield. 
Insectivorous. 
Boston, May 3. 
If I remember aright, the Rod and Gun published 
recently a communication asking if our common quail 
is valuable to the farmer as a destroyer of noxious 
insects. When I saw the paragraph I was tempted to 
quote generally for the writer’s use, the maxim of Pro- 
vost: “ No agriculturist can take the life of any bird, 
without inflicting a lots upon himself.” But I find in a 
letter from that excellent ornithologist. Prof. Thare 
Kumlien of Wisconsin, dated July 16th, 1873, the state- 
ment that “on dissecting a quail the other day, 1 found 
its stomach filled with the potato bug, which it had 
eaten a little while before it was shot.” AVhat better 
work can a quail do for the farmer than to destroy that 
dreadful pest, the potato bug? And what better can 
your correspondent do than to spare the birds, that 
thus deseives the protection of every friend of the 
farmer. T. M. Brevter. 
Massachusetts Angi.kr’s Association. — A regular 
meeting was held in their rooms in Boston, AVednes- 
day, evening, April 28th. President Ordway in the 
chair. Reports were made showing the measures being 
taken for the enforcement of the laws for the protection 
of fish during close seasons, and the commendable man- 
ner in which the efforts of the Association were seconded 
by General Stephenson and his oflicers of the state 
force. 
Letters from Col. Theodore Lyman and Prof. Alex- 
ander Agassiz, accepting the honorary membership ten- 
dered them at the annual .meeting, were read. 
An amendment to the constitution and by-laws was 
adopte 1, enabling applicants for membership from a 
distance to have the signatures to their application after 
being accepted entered on the roll of membership. 
A committee of five, consisting of D. T. Curtis, John 
F. Alills, Waller M. Bracket, Edward Dexter and J. C. 
King, was appointed for the purpose of considering the 
expediency of obtaining the lease of some suitable pond, 
in the interest of the association, for the purpose of 
raising and introducing new species and varieties of 
fish and disseminating information relating thereto. 
Among a large number of the reports of Commission- 
ers of Fijheries of the several States, which were pre- 
sented, was a full set (6 vols., 1868 to 1873) of the report 
of the Department of Alarine and Fisheries of the Do- 
minion of Canada, presented by AV. F. Whitcher, Esq., 
Commissioner of Fisheries. 
[By the terms of the _y-Laws “honorary members” 
can only be elected at the annual meeting. The late 
Prof. Louis Agassiz was the first and only honorary 
member up to the election of the above named gentle- 
men. — J. P. O.] 
The Destruction of young seal by the northern fish- 
eries has been brought to the notice of the British and 
Swedish governments and a convention is proposed to 
regulate the fishing and make it unlawful to kill the 
seal or the young, until the latter have obtained a reas- 
onable growth Another instance of the “preservation” 
which prudent authority thinks needed against reckless 
rapacity. 
Dr. E. Sterling writes us what a good book we 
might make of some of our contributors’ articles, Lin- 
cecum, Coues, Caton, Ridgway, Yarrow and other able 
thinkers and clever writers. AVe know it ; give us 
time. 
A a special meeting of the Maumee Valley Shooting 
Asssociation, on April 30, the following members were 
elected delegates to attend the meeting at Cleveland in 
June: Z. C. Pheatt, AVilliam Scansenback, W. B. 
AATllbrook, Charles Brigham and R. W. Mathers. 
Hunting, Fishing and Pleasure Excursions to 
Colorado. — The St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern 
Railway has just published a new and illustrated Guide 
to Colorado, (season of 1875), giving a brief description 
of the famous Resorts in the Rocky Mountain Regions, 
also rates of fare. This Guide contains vaiuable infor- 
mation for Sportsmen and Invalids. Free. Send for 
copy. Address C. K. Lord, General Passenger Agent , 
St, Louis, Mo. 
