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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 6, 1912. 
Fixtures. 
DOG SHOWS. 
Tan. 26-:i7.—Dynn (Mass.) Kennel Club. W. Rolfe, Sec’y- 
Feb. 6-9.—Fanciers’ Association of Indiana, Indianap¬ 
olis, Ind. C. R. Milhous, Sec’y. 
Feb. 12-15.—Westminster Kennel Club, New York City. 
William Rauch, Chairman. 
Feb. 20-23.—New ^England Kennel Club, Boston, Mass. 
R. C. Storey, Sec’y. 
FIEI.D TRIALS. 
Jan. 7.—United States Field Trial Club. W. B. Staf¬ 
ford, Sec’y. 
Jan. 14.—National Field Trial Championship Association. 
W. B. Stafford, Sec’y. 
Hydrophobia. 
A FEW days ago a boy died in Perth Amboy 
of hydrophobia. The Board of Health of that 
place had examined the dog that bit him and 
did not find the dog rabid. This record serves 
to increase the doubt of a dog lover and large 
kennel owner of this city that rabies exists. Ex¬ 
periences of health officers and the absolute 
declarations of the authoritative scientists of the 
great laboratories have really not convinced 
some men who know dogs that there are rabid 
dogs and that the bite of them may cause hydro¬ 
phobia. 
The dog fanciers say the dogs in the streets, 
from which everybody ahead runs, and which 
those in the rear pursue, with stones, clubs, and 
pistols, are not mad dogs, but dogs wild or in¬ 
sane from thirst, for where, they ask, can the 
thousands of stray or homeless dogs in city get 
so much as a drop of water in these stone-bound 
streets in the dry season? 
It wouldn’t cost much more to give dogs 
water than it does to employ dog wagons and 
dog catchers. I can’t see what harm it would 
be, either, to instruct the public to offer water, 
instead of kicks, to street dogs. 
“What could be expected except that a dog 
will bite when he is crazy with thirst and all he 
gets is kicks and stones? A human being would 
kill somebody under the same conditions.” 
Hydrophobia is the rarest of all diseases that 
regularly finds a place in the periodical reports 
of Health Departments everywhere. 
The records of the Department of Health in 
this city show that there were only ninety-six 
deaths here from rabies in the years 1900 to 
1910, inclusive. In 1904 there was only one 
death. For the last four years practically all 
the deaths from rabies in New York State have 
occurred in New York City, although in 1908 
two of the eighteen deaths reported for the en¬ 
tire State occurred outside of the city. 
Returns from the registration area of the 
United States, covering 55 per cent, of the total 
population, show that there were forty-two 
deaths from rabies in the four years 1901 to 
1904, inclusive. The figures for subsequent years 
are: 
190 5 . 44 
1906 . 85 
1907 . 75 
1908 . 82 
1909 . 55 
Out of 82 daths from rabies reported in the 
registration area in 1908, 64 took place in cities 
and 18 in rural districts. The greatest number 
of_ deaths was in New York, 18, Pennsylvania 
being second with 14, New Jersey ii, Maryland 
6, _ Indiana 5, Massachusetts 4, Wisconsin 3, 
Michigan 2, New Hampshire 2, Connecticut i, 
Rhode Island i. 
In the eight months to Sept, i this year the 
Health Department’s record for this city shows 
2,462 persons bitten and 7 inflicted with rabies. 
Immediate treatment for dog bites, doubtless 
meant to be applied by a physician, is prescribed 
in a Board of Health bulletin. It says: 
“The application of nitric acid to the wounds 
made by bites of rabid animals is more than a 
conventional method of treatment. It offers a 
rational interpretation of many things in the 
prevention of hydrophobia that might be 
ascribed to the effect of chance. To what ex¬ 
tent can the employment of this method in cases 
already infected impart security. Apart from 
the Pasteur treatment the two conditions which 
tend to the production of security are, first, 
hemorrhage from the wounds, and, secondly, 
their cauterization, the latter causing destruc¬ 
tion of the virus and of the parts in close con¬ 
nection with the outlines of the wound. The 
more powerful and diffusible the caustic the 
wider will be the range of its power, and if nitric 
acid be used’ the result will resemble that of the 
actual cautery, with the addition that the wound 
is washed or bathed by the fluid. 
"It is a mistake to suppose that wounds do 
not heal readily after the use of the nitric acid. 
Care must be taken, how.ever, not to apply the 
acid, unless absolutely necessary, to bloodless, 
bony, or cartilaginous parts. It is best applied, 
drop by drop, from a capillary pipette. If the 
wound be uncommonly severe or if the patient 
be_ a child, chloroform anasthesia will be re¬ 
quired. Wounds made by rabid animals should 
be sutured. 
“In spite of the simplicity and excellent re¬ 
sults of the nitric acid method of cauterization. 
Its value is understood by very few.” 
It is not generally known that the Department 
of Health here gives free Pasteur treatment for 
dog bites to all who seek it. 
Of the great number bitten every year not 
many take advantage of this free treatment. The 
reason is that the patient must suffer a series 
of more or less painful injections, lasting about 
three weeks. Frequently it is impossible for 
persons bitten to take the treatment, owing 
to the fact that they cannot sacrifice the time 
required from their daily occupations or the 
care of their families.—New York Times. 
Kennel. 
G. DAN MORGAN’S KENNELS 
Breeder of Pointers, Setters and 
Retrieving Cockers (Reds) :: :: 
Successor to R. B. (Dick) Morgan. 
Seven years manager Pinehurst Kennels. I train and 
develop dogs for gentlemen’s shooting or for field trials. 
I have exclusive right to train over Denton Sportsmen’s 
Club grounds, of which I am manager. One of the best 
quail grounds in the South. Correspondence solicited, 
tf G. DAN MfDRGAN, Denton, N. C. 
AIREDALES— Puppies of all ages and grades. From cham¬ 
pion stock and from the best blood in the world. Endcliffe 
Briarwood and Champion Lake Dell Damsel are in my kennels 
The latter has a litter of 9 beautiful pups, whelped Nov. 2. by 
champion Illuminator, winner of over 200 firsts. Grown bitches 
and puppies to sell. Write to Dr. L. C. Toney, Mesa, Ariz • 
or Toney-Aire-Zone-Kennels. 
FETCH AND CARRY 
By B. Waters 
Tells minutely of the methods by which a dog, young 
or old, willing or unwilling, may be taught to retrieve 
either by the force or “natural” system. Cloth, illus¬ 
trated, 124 pages. Postpaid, $1.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBUSHING CO. 
KenneL 
FLAT COATED GERMAN POINTERS 
These celebrated 
dogs are destined to 
be great favorites 
with American 
Sportsmen. 
As pointers and re¬ 
trievers, from woods 
and waters, finders 
of game and retriev¬ 
ers of wounded game 
and vermin, they 
are valuable beyond 
comparison. Highest 
Pedigree, Best Blood 
0 f Germany and 
Austria guaranteed. 
Prices Nominal 
C. LINCOLN FREE 
Importer Easton, Pa. 
ENGLISH SETTERS, two to three years, thoroughly 
framed and experienced in field work. Sold under posi¬ 
tive guarantee. Write for description and price on 
gentlemen’s sporting dogs. The finest stock in the 
world. HOPEWELL KENNELS, Stewartstown, Pa. tf 
Book of AIREDALES 
Sent FREE. Describes the breed, ffives 
points about trainiue tlie dog for game, 
managing puppies, hunting experiences,etc. 
Invaluable to the sportsman and dog lover. 
THE AIREDALE TERRIER 
ia the greatest dog on earth If you want a dog 
you want an Airedale. Sen for the bjok. 
Colne Farm Kennels, Montreal,Can. 
Home of the World’s Foremost Champions 
Oldest and Largest Breeders in America. 
DOGS FOR SALE. 
Do you want to buy a dog or pup of any kind? If so, 
send for list and prices of all varieties. Always on hand. 
OXFORD KENNELS, 
35 North Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
FOR BLACK TONGUE 
IN DOGS 
GLOVER’S IMPERIAL REMEDY 
The only thing that ha.s met and mastered the trouble. 
Price, 50 cents per Bottle. 
Druggists and Sporting Goods Dealers. 
Book on Dog Diseases. 
H. CLAY GLOVER., V. S. 
113 West 31st Street. New York City. 
For Sale—Pointers and Setters 
We offer for sale some of the handsomest, best bred and 
best trained dogs in the United States. All dogs and 
bitches are bred, raised and trained on a large farm and 
game preserve. If you want a good quail dog or a fine 
snipe and duck retriever, we have them. Also dogs that 
are trained on grouse, woodcock, etc. Pointer Dogs 
and Bitches from $50.00 to $150.00. Setter Dogs 
and Bitches from $75.00 to $200.00. Better bred 
dogs nor better trained ones cannot be had at any price. 
EEL RIVER FARM KENNELS. 
WORTHINGTON, IND. 
FOR SALE. 
Dogs, Setters and Pointers, Fox, Coon and Rabbit 
hounds. Puppies and trained dogs shipped on trial. Send 
stamp for catalogue. 
BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS, Berry, Ky. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS. 
Trained Bear, Deer, Fox and Wolf Hounds; also pups. 
Forty-page highly illustrated catalogue; four cent stamp. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS, Lexington, Ky. 
Extra trained Rabbit Hounds, Fox Hounds, Coon 
Dogs, Bird Dogs, Bull Terriers. Every dog home-raised 
and field and brush broken. Twenty-seven years’ ex¬ 
perience in the business. 
J. I. KURTZ, V’intage, Pa. 
BEAGLE HOUNDS—Classy sorts. Hunters and the get 
of hunters. A draft of 35 now on sale. Trained, partly 
trained and Puppies. 
DEBONAIR, Box F, Gloversville, N. Y. 
ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE 
Pointers, Setters and Hounds. GEO. W. LOVELL, 
Middleboro, Mass. 
DUCK DOGS.—To close out at once, 2 female genuine 
Chesapeake Bay pups. Otter-coated. Buffalo color, at 
$7.50 each. BRO'VVN BROS., Emmetsburg, Iowa. 1 
