362 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



of any arrangement to divide winnings, and the amount of any money given to induce the owner of a dog to 

 draw him, must be declared to the secretary. 



28. Objections. An objection to a dog may be made to the secretary or to any one of the stewards of a 

 meeting at any time within ten days of the last day of the meeting, upon the objector lodging in the hands of such 

 steward or secretary the sum of $, which shall be forfeited if the objection prove frivolous, or if he shall not bring 

 the case before the next meeting of the Kennel Club Committee, or give notice to the secretary previous thereto 

 of his intention to withdraw the objection. The owner of the dog objected to must deposit equally the sum of 

 ^5, and prove the correctness of his entry or case. All expenses in consequence of the objection shall be borne 

 by the party against whom the decision is given. Should an objection be made which cannot at the time be 

 substantiated or disproved, the dog may be allowed to compete under protest, the secretary or stewards retaining 

 his winnings until the objection has been withdrawn, or heard and decided. If the dog objected to be disqualified, 

 the amount to which he would otherwise have been entitled shall be divided equally among the dogs beaten by 

 him, and if a piece of plate or prize has been added and won by him, only the dogs which he beat in the several 

 rounds shall have a right to contend for it. 



29. Defaulters. No person shall be allowed to enter or run a dog in his own or any other person's name 

 who is a defaulter for either stakes, forfeits, or bets in connection with field trials or dog shows, or for any money 

 due under an arrangement for a division of winnings, or for penalties regularly imposed for the infraction of rules 

 by the stewards of any meeting, or for any payment required by a decision of the Kennel Club, or for subscriptions 

 due to any club entitled to acknowledgment by the Kennel Club. As regards bets, however, this rule shall only 

 apply when a complaint is lodged with the secretary of the Kennel Club within six months after the bet becomes 

 due. On receipt of such complaint the secretary shall give notice of the claim to the person against whom it is 

 made, with a copy of this rule, and if he shall not pay the bet or appear before the next meeting of the Kennel Club 

 and resist the claim successfully, he shall be considered a defaulter. 



30. Ineligible Persons. Any person who is proved to the satisfaction of the Kennel Club Committee to have 

 been guilty of any fraudulent or discreditable conduct in connection with dogs, may, in addition to any pecuniary 

 penalty to which he may be liable, be declared incapable of entering a dog in his own or any other person's name 

 during any subsequent period that the club may decide upon. 



31. Unfitness to Compete. Should any dog be considered by the judges of a meeting unfit to compete by reason 

 of being on " heat," or having any contagious disease, or any other cause which clearly interferes with the safety or 

 chance of winning of his opponent, such dog shall be disqualified. 



N.B. In the foregoing rules the term " dog " is understoood to mean both sexes. 



We are decidedly of the opinion that Field Trials have done much towards the improve- 

 ment of sporting dogs, and hope to see them more extensively held all over the country. 

 They have in some degree, if not perfectly, the merit of combining the element of 

 public competition with those practical tests so desirable in judging of sporting dogs. 

 In these field trials the Setters have hitherto managed to hold their own uncommonly 

 well, and up to the year 1880 no Pointer has succeeded in winning the Grand Challenge 

 Cup which is given by the Kennel Club to be run for annually by dogs belonging to its 

 members. Any member may run any dog he chooses, either Pointer or Setter, and it 

 was decided when the cup was first offered that it should become the property of any 

 member who should be fortunate enough to win it three times, but not necessarily in 

 succession or with the same dog. To the astonishment of the sporting world Mr. G. De 

 Landre Macdona has accomplished the feat with Ranger, a black-and-white Setter, whose 

 portrait and pedigree we give on the following pages. This grand dog, though not himself 

 a perfect model of beauty, has by carrying off the Challenge Cup upon three occasions 

 stamped himself as the Setter of the day, and has moreover shown what is behind him 

 in the matter of pedigree by begetting many first-class specimens of the breed. As a 

 matter of fact Ranger III., who is the subject of our coloured plate, is himself a grandson 

 of the old dog, and we therefore add his pedigree to the table, as Ranger's is naturally 

 included in it: 



