Oct. 29, 1910.] 
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manly qualities of the Gordon setter, I do not 
wish it understood that I would detract from 
the qualities and qualifications of other breeds. 
There are a good many other dogs that are very 
high-toned and belong to the 400. Especially 
the beltons, Llewellins, Laveracks—all nice 
dogs, all dogs I am proud to know and rank 
among my friends. There are but two or three 
kinds of dogs that I do not like.' Firstly, I ani 
not favorable to bulldogs. They rank low in 
the scale, and what their associations are we all 
know. They run to low pursuits, prize fighting, 
pig retrieving and equally ungenteel game; and 
yet I have seen men, gentlemen, very much in¬ 
fatuated with them. 
We see gentlemen infatuated with a good 
many other things that we don’t all want, fortu¬ 
nately. If we all had the same tastes and 
preferences it would lead to trouble. If all 
men pinned their faith on Gordon setters there 
would be a corner in the market at the expense 
of every other breed. So it is all right as it 
is. “ Many men of many minds.” 
There is one breed of small white bulls, that 
are a degree more respectable. I am acquainted 
with one, one up in the country, and in spite of 
my prejudice Bob rather won me over to liking 
him very much, as he was playful, bright and 
as full of fun and humor as any dog could well 
be. I make an exception in favor of Bob. 
The next most undesirable dog to own is a 
black and tan terrier, for he is an ungrateful 
little scamp, has no loyalty nor love of home, 
and will run away from the best one every time 
he can get a chance. He is a vexation and a 
worry, to say nothing of expense. 
As a house dog of the most intense respecta¬ 
bility the pug is pre-eminently the dog. He has 
a proper respect for himself and the family, 
and no matter how often he may have the op¬ 
portunity he will seldom leave the front steps 
to go down into the street to make the ac¬ 
quaintance of any cur of low degree. He knows 
his position in society, and never lowers himself 
nor loses his dignity of character. Then Puggy 
is an amiable fellow, good tempered,'and never 
resents teasing, therefore safe for children. He 
is not so very playful, is too dignified for that; 
but will occasionally, surreptitiously as it were, 
slyly indulge in a little private frolic with an 
old slipper, but at once recovers his dignity if 
observed. There is a degree, a point where 
ugliness becomes beauty, and the pug has got 
there. His gravity is comical and his proverbial 
good nature makes him many friends. 
The Yorkshire is a nice dog, too, but he is 
a spunky little chap and plucky, not afraid of 
anybody’s dog, imagines himself a Sullivan, and 
when a big dog with the magnanimity of such 
quietly ignores the fierce growls and threats of 
this twelve inches of small dog and trots off, 
the little chap firmly believes the hundred- 
pounder was afraid and ran away to avoid a 
good licking. Then to see him scratch grass, 
growl fiercely and wonder at his own forebear- 
ance in not following up that big fellow and 
giving him a lesson. A great dog is little York¬ 
shire. 
But the dog for all wear and weathers is the 
fox-terrier. There is a dog now nobody can 
find fault with, gamy, plucky, bright, smart, 
sharp, wiry, hung on steel springs, and lowers 
his tail to no man’s dog. Then he is so clean 
and neat, so full of life and energy. He is a 
condensation of all the cardinal virtues in small 
space; a jolly, companionable little chap out¬ 
doors, a terror to rats and itinerant cats in¬ 
doors, the children’s pet and man’s delight. 
EARLY BIRDS. 
An observant Frenchman who has been mak¬ 
ing notes of the habits of the feathered fra¬ 
ternity has just made a time table of the hours 
they wake of a morning. 
The chaffinch heads the list with 1:30 A. m.; 
at 2:30 the blackcap hails the morn, while at 3 
the quail utters his quaint “Pay tes dettes!” 
(“Pay thy debts!”) The blackbird does not rise 
till 4 o’clock, while the tomtit, even more of a 
stay abed, does not commence his day till 4:30, 
while the restless sparrow considers the air not 
sufficiently warmed for his approval till 5:30 
a. m.— Tlie Gentlewoman. 
'Rifle Range and Gallery . 
U. S. Marine Corps. 
Washington, D. C.—The action of the National Board 
for Promotion of Rifle Practice in restoring the U. S. 
Marine Corps to second place in the great national team 
rifle match, which was shot at Camp Perry in August, 
has met with very general approval in the rifle world, al¬ 
though under the plan of classification of the teams the 
decision will change several teams from one class to 
another. In the shooting the Marine Corps finished 
second to the United States Infantry with a score of 
3,136, the Infantry score being 3,186. The U. S. Cavalry 
followed with 3,115, Iowa had 3,112 and the U. S. Navy 
3,111. All of these teams were shooting in Class A, in 
which two trophies and four cash prizes are given, with 
medals to the members of each team, the first prize 
being the national trophy presented by Congress. The 
skirmish run is the last stage of the match, and, gen¬ 
erally speaking, the final standing of the teams depends 
greatly on their shooting at skirmish. For some years 
past the U. S. Marine Corps has devoted a great deal 
of time and money to rifle practice, its latest effort in 
the direction of improving its shooting, and with an eye 
toward capturing the riational trophy, being the estab¬ 
lishment of a modern up-to-date rifle range on the 
Potomac River near Washington. The efforts of the 
Marine Corps to capture the prize and their gameness 
in defeat, as well as in incidental victories, and their 
readiness to help competitors in every possible way has 
gained for the officers and men an enviable reputation 
and standing in the shooting game. On the last day of 
the national match the Marine Corps team had just 
started in on its skirmish run. As the first shots were 
fired at 600yds., Lieutenant Randolph Coyle, U. S. M. C., 
who was team spotter, and who was seated behind the 
line looking at the targets through a telescope, sprang 
to his feet and in an excess of enthusiasm over the 
good shooting being done by the members of the team 
called out loudly, “Good wind.” 
By this. Lieutenant Coyle meant that the Marine 
Corps’ skirmishers had gauged the direction and ve¬ 
locity of the wind correctly as evidenced by the ac¬ 
curacy of their shooting. Through tire telescope he 
could see the holes in the targets made by their bullets, 
which were invisible to the members of the team. 
The rules governing the national matches are the 
strictest that can be devised to insure fair play, and they 
are vigorously and impartially enforced. One of these 
rules forbids all coaching in a team match, except that 
“a team captain may coach his men on the run,” mean¬ 
ing the skirmish run. Lieutenant Coyle’s exclamation 
being called to the attention of Colonel R. K. Evans, 
U. S. A., executive officer of the national matches, the 
latter held that it ’was a technical violation of the rule 
against coaching and penalized the Marine Corps by 
eliminating their score of 1,032 points made on the 
skirmish run. He did this with great reluctance, as it 
seemed most unjust that a team whose excellent shoot¬ 
ing entitled it to second place should be dropped clear 
to the foot of the list through an indiscretion of a non¬ 
shooting member. The elimination of the Marine Corps 
gave the Cavalry second place, Iowa third and U. S. 
Navy fourth place. The Cavalry team, however, believing 
that an injustice was being done to the Marine Corps 
team, filed a protest with the acting Secretary of War, 
who is President of the National Board for the Promotion 
of Rifle Practice, against the action of Col. Evans. It 
was what in court might be termed a “friendly suit.” 
The National Board being the body which makes the 
rules for the national matches under the approval of the 
Secretary of War, was therefore convened in a special 
session, and acting on the protest, a statement from Col. 
Evans and the testimony of several members of the 
board who had been present at the time, reversed the 
decision of the executive officer and gave the Marine 
Corps team credit for its score in the skirmish run. 
This placed the Marine Corps second, but eliminated 
the Navy team from the list of prize winners in Class A. 
One of the reasons which actuated the board in re¬ 
storing the Marine Corps to its proper place was the 
fact that had it been left at the bottom of the list it 
would have been pitted against the other teams in Class 
C at the next annual tournament, which teams it easily 
outranks. The practical effect would be to deprive these 
teams of any opportunity to win the first prize in their 
class, which is the Soldier of Marathon, accompanied 
by $300 in cash. At the matches last year the Naval 
Academy team was penalized for an infraction of the 
rules which dropped them from Class A to Class B. 
This year their excellent shooting landed them in sixth 
place in Class A, and incidentally they carried off the 
first prize in Class B, which is the time-honored Hilton 
trophy, together with $350 in cash. 
St. Louis (Mo.) Revolver Club. 
Scores made at 20yds. by members of St. Louis Re¬ 
volver Club at First Infantry range, Oct. 21, are ap¬ 
pended. Dr. Moore used pocket, Stosberg used mili- 
tary and balance target 
revolvers. The 
scores: 
C C Crossman . 
. 84 
94 
91 
83 
90—442 
W C Ayer . 
. 75 
87 
92 
92 
95—441 
Paul Frese . 
. 82 
87 
87 
82 
82—420 
Will Rich . 
. 83 
79 
76 
82 
75—395 
L F Alt . 
.. 70 
81 
78 
75 
82—386 
Dr Moore . 
. 73 
76 
76 
80 
80—385 
E A Stosberg . 
. 60 
67 
70 
in 
81—353 
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