The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-17

second in the number of kennels and
value of dogs. There are dogs in Ten
nessee worth kings ransom. and
some of them could not be purchased
for any amount of money from their
millionaire owners. The value of the
TOO kennels in Tennessee, the dogs and
land belonging to them. has recently
been estimated at s1,400,000 by Charles
Sturdivant of Stanton, who is the
trainer and keeper of the George Gould
and I,orillard dogs Under the laws
of Tennessee a dog has no property
value, and no license is necessary. Nor
can damages be enforced for the acct
dental death of fine dog, though his
value in the fields runs as high as
$4,000. The owners and trainers are
now at work to secure the passage of
bill to tax all dogs IN Tennessee,
thereby giving them property value
in the courts.
The greatest kennel in the world is
i located at Hickory Valley, under the
personal management Old. M. Avent,
who is recognized as the foremost
trainer and authority in the sporting
world. 1t is owned by a company of
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nanciers. There are $4,000 acres of
land owned and leased by this COM
pany. These men are rich, for only
men of wealth can keep up such pre-
serve. Mr.. Avent says that the sec
ton embracing southern Tennessee and
northern Mississippi is the natural
| training center of the world. There are
more quail to the found in the marsh
lands of this section than elsewhere,
and game is very necessary to dog
training. The head trainer of these big
kennel preserves receive as much money
for their work as college presidents.
The dogs are pointers and settlers of the
bluest blood, and range in value from
$500 to 100000 though but few of them
reach the maximum value. There are
hundreds of bird hunters in Tennessee
who own their dogs, and these private
animals range In value from $50 ,to
$780, 1t is impossible to buy bird
pup in Tennessee of the commonest
origin for less than $50, and the prices
at the stud kennels are far beyond this.
Next in importance to the big Hick-
DRY Valley kennels Is the Del Monte
kennel at Waverey, owned by the
George Crocker estate of California.
James c. Waddell the original dog
expert of the United States, is in
charge of the 1000 acre preserve. Mr..
Waddell established the first sporting
dog kennel at Newton, N. j., in 1874,
having borrowed the idea from Eng
fsnd, where dog kennels have long been
a part of every establishment. From
the Newton kennels sprang all other
American sparting kennels.
Dogs have a fixed standard value"
said Mr.. Waddell, las firmly establish
ed as that placed upon horses or cat
tie. In Del Monte we have some Of
the finest dogs in the world. For Min
ME l., an English setter, we paid 81, $50
and $1,000 each for Bette B.. and Sam
T. For Dick Bay, pointer we paid
$1,000, and for Dicks Kid $4,000 Dicks
Kid is now tie head of our stud, and
is valued at $4,000, because we have
won some valuable prizes with him
at field trials. We have in our kennels
to-day 100000 worth of sporting dogs
that is, they will bring that much mon
ey in the worst kind of market 1t
cost $4,000 year to run the kennel,
which explains why it is that only rich
men can afford such luxury People
who indulge in dogs have the money to
spare, and they get their returns from
the pleasures of the chase. The leading
financiers and jurists of this country
are great lovers of the sport, and find
relaxation IN it.
From dogs worth $4,000 to $4,000
there are thousands that are worth any,
where from $3.50 to $500 each. The
trainers fee is 500, so any trained dog
has to be started off in advance of that
figure. The hunter would hardly be
satisfied with one which had not won
value Of $3.50. There are millions of
dollars invested in this kind of proper
ty throughout the United States now. |
all as result of that single dog ken
mel of 1874.
The dog is capable of a training al |
most equal to his master. In fact, the |
dog well trained has the capacity to
follow his masters mind so as to al |
most anticipate his desire. 1t follows, |
therefore, that hunter must love his |
dog and establish mutual confidence /
which will enable them to work as one I
A man who would kick dog has no |
right own one If dog belongs to |
a dull man, he will be dull likewise;
if to. an alert master he will come up /