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ship known as the Windy Valley Kennels. ‘They started in with the greatest 
enthusiasm, and. getting together as many of the fanciers of. Dalmatians as 
possible, a club was organised to foster the breed. This was followed-by 
application for a good classification at the New York Show, and, Mr. Peters 
being on the show committee of the Westminster Kennel Club, the response 
was the opening of five classes, for which a surprisingly good entry resulted: 
eight in puppies, ten in novice, thirteen in limit, eleven in open dogs and 
nine in open bitches. The successful dogs were for the most part. from 
England, and were beyond question an improvement on what we had been 
in the habit of seeing at American shows. . 
The American Dalmatian Club is in good hands, and all that is necessary 
for its continued success is a continuation of the same spirit of enterprise 
which has characterised its management during its first year. It has not the 
easy path to, success that so many clubs have had, with a membership ready 
to hand without the asking, for the admirers and supporters. of this breed 
are by no means numerous and will require to be largely recruited before 
it is, likely to be, put on a secure footing; for: in all clubs there are always 
‘some members who are like the seed that fell. on stony ground, and they 
form a percentage that has to be overcome by hard work’on the part of 
those who can get in new additions. The impetus given the breed by the 
club is.an excellent illustration of what can be accomplished by a specialty 
club, which goes: to work in a sportsmanlike manner. . 
The standard which we give is that of the English Dalmatian Club, 
but it is not one to our liking, and not at all suitable for the purpose of letting 
a novice know what is really wanted. To assist in that piece of education, 
we will say that in our. opinion the Dalmatian thould be built very much 
upon the lines of a good pointer, but with no more substance than gives 
the idea that the dog is a strongly built one and capable of travelling easily 
at a moderately fast pace for a distance. The standard says “heavy in 
bone,” as if one wanted a mastiff. You do not say heavy in bone in regard 
to a pointer, but good in bone, meaning that the dog must not look light 
in that respect; and so with this dog.. The head is rather difficult to describe, 
but the idea can be best conveyed by saying that it must not be that of a 
good pointer, but more akin to what might be called weak in head in a 
pointer, with a little less:squareness and lip. ‘The eye should be smarter 
and the expression brighter than that of the pointer, with the ears higher 
on the head. The standard calls for spotted ears, but we think we have 
