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FOREST A1ND STREAM. 



Blenheim spaniel was used by a former Duke of Marlborough 

 as a cocker, and " Idstono" relates that he once had a genuine 

 King Charles which had been used with great success in wood- 

 cock shooting. The spaniel requires most careful breaking, 

 and should always be taught to range close, say within thirty 

 or forty yards, and should be taught in this country to came 

 to heel at shot and to retrieve from land and water. Being a 

 slow dog a brace is better than a single one, and in England it 

 is customary in cock shooting to have a "team" or " leash." 

 The points of the modern field spaniel, which we must now 

 class under the general head of ' ' cocker," as given by " Stone- 

 henge" in his latest work, are as follows ; 



The head should be long, with a marked brow, but still only 

 gradually rising from the nose, and the occipital protuberance 

 well defined. Nose long and broad, without any tendency to 

 the snipe form. Eye expressive, soft and gentle, but not too 

 full or watery. The ear should be set on low down, lobular 

 in shape, not 07er long in the leather or too heavily clothed 

 with feather, which should always be wavy and free from 

 ringlets. The neck should be long enough to allow the nose 

 to reach the ground easily, strong and arched, coming easily 

 out of well-shaped shoulders. The chest should be deep and 

 with a good girth, back and loin full of muscle and running 

 well into one another, with wide couplings and well-turned 

 hind quarters. The length of the spaniel should be rather 

 more than twice his height at the shoulder. The legs must 

 be full of bone, and straight ; elbows neither in nor out ; quar- 

 ters full of muscle, and stifles strong but not very much bent. 

 The feet are round and cat-like, well clothed with hair between 

 the toes, and the pads furnished with very thick horn. The 

 color preferred is a ^brilliant black, but in the best strains of 

 the dog an occasional liver or red puppy will appear. The 

 coat is Hat, sligHly wavy, soft and silky; the legs are well 

 fringed, or feathered, like the setter, as also are the ears-, 

 there must be no topknot, or cur], between the eyes, indicat- 

 ing a cross of the water spaniel. Tiie tail, which is always 

 cropped short, must have a downward carriage, and should 

 not be set on too high. 



One or two lair specimens of the Sussex spaniel have been 

 imported into this country, but their numbers are not sufficient 

 to warrant a special class lor them at our shows. They are 

 distinguished from the other field spaniels by being larger in 

 size and of a beautiful golden fiver color. Another peculiarity 

 is that in questing for game he gives tongue with a peculiarly 

 full and bell-like tongue. He is a dog of hardy disposition, 

 but rather difficult to keep under control. 



The Clumber spaniel, of which breed we have a few fine 

 specimens in this country, has been bred and retained in 

 greater purity in England than any other strain of field 

 spaniels. This dog takes his name from the seat of the Duke 

 of Newcastle in ^Nottinghamshire, where the breed was first 

 established. In appearance he is quite unlike any of the other 

 breeds of spaniels, having a heavy head, long body and short, 

 legs. Although slow and a close ranger he has an excellent 

 nose and is easdy kept under control. He also improves as he 

 grows older, and at an age when your pointer or setter begins 

 to fail is in his prime. As a rule they are difficult to rear, 

 from having been so much inbred, and they are also inclined 

 to take ou fat too readily. The colors are invariably lemon, 

 or orange and white, and when the former colors are freckled 

 over the face and legs the color is perfect. Probably the 

 purest Clumbers now in this country, that is with the best au- 

 thenticated pedigrees, are Trimbush and Fairy, the former 

 imported by Mr. Jonathan Thome, Jr., from Clumber, and 

 the latter bred by him, both dogs being now the property of 

 the writer. Some twenty years ago a very fine Clumber was" 

 imported and passed into the hands of Mr. n. Waldo, of this 

 city, who, if we mistake not, sent it up to our old friend Ethan 

 Alfin, of Pomfret Centre, Conn. Whether this dog had any- 

 thing to do with producing that fine strain of small setters for 

 Which Mr. AUin is celebrated, and which are said to be perfec- 

 tion on ruffed grouse, deponent sayeth not. At all events it 

 is our own intention to breed Trimbush to some good setter 

 bitches in hopes of haviug a strain of dogs which while having 

 superior noses will yet be neither too large Aor too faBt for 

 ruffed grouse and woodcock shooting. Mr. James Gordon 

 Bennett some years since imported some Clumbers and their 

 progeny was disposed of at his sale two years ago. The dogs 

 offered, however, had, many of them at least, liver-colored 

 markings which indicated that the parent stock had been 

 crossed with a cocker. 



Of the field spaniels which are now classed as cockers the 

 importation has been so rapid that it is difficult to keep track 

 of them. Mr. F. H. Hoe, of Tarrytown, has some fine ones, 

 and so has Mr. Prank C. flollins, of Jersey city. Mr. A. Bel- 

 mont Purdy, of this city, has exhibited some good ones. 

 Messrs. Raymond and Creed, of Jamaica, L. I., have a strain 

 which they procured from Dundee, Scotland, and there are 

 many good ones scattered throughout the country. We have 

 repeatedly been applied to for a description of the cocker and 

 we believe that all that can be said is embraced above. "We 

 should make the present standard a dog weighing from 20 to 

 30 pounds, of almost any color, with lobe-shaped ears, and 

 with a straight, or wavy coat, a curly coat to be rejected. 



—Mr. Jasper N Dodge, of Detroit, Mich., has sold one of 

 his Leicester-Rose puppies to A. E. Burr, of Nashville, Tenn., 

 and one to Jno. Mucee, of Chatham, Ont. 



. — ii . 



—Mr. R. C. E_ Martin, of Nashville, Tenn., has purchased 

 from G. W. Campbell, a puppy by imp. Erin out of Ida, she 

 a full sister to Buck Jr., for which he claims the name of 

 Bravo. 



ALEXANDRA PALACE DOG SHOW. 



THE twelfth dog show of the English Kennel Club was 

 held at the Alexandra Palace, near London, on the 

 12th December and following days. The entries numbered 

 1,058, and among them were the best specimens of all known 

 breeds. 



Toe judges were: For pointers, Mr. J. H. W. Whitehouse; 

 for pug?, Capt. E. Digby Boycott ; for setters and retrievers, 

 Mr. S.E. Shirley, M. P.: for poodles, Maltese, Italian gray- 

 hounds, and rough-haired toys, Capt. the Hon Ftilke Grevilio; 

 for bloodhounds, mastiffs, St. Bernards, Dandie Dinmonts, 

 smooth-haired terriers, black-and-tan terriers, smooth-haired 

 toys, and non-sporting puppies (in the pens), ReV. W. J. 

 Mellor; for Newfoundlands and sporting puppies (in the 

 pens), Mr. W. Lort; for fox terriers and wire-haired terriers, 

 Mr. J. A. Doyle ; for sheep dogs, bull terriers, and colley 

 puppies (in the pens), Mr. S. E. Shirley, M. P.; for Dalmatians, 

 dedlingtons, Irish terriers, Skye terriers, Yorkshires and 

 Pomeranians, Rev. G- P. Hodson ; for foreign dogs. Captain 

 Graham and Rev. G. F. Lovell ; for deerhounds and gray- 

 hounds, Oaptain Graham ; for daebshunde. Rev. G. F. 

 Lovell ; for bulldogs, Blenheim spaniels, and King Charles 

 spaniels, Mr. J. W. Berrie ; and for spaniels, Mr. W. Lort. 



The London Field comments as follows upon the setters 

 and pointers : 



And now to pointers. In large champion dogs Wagg — well, 

 that is enough. In champion bitches Maud won, over Stella 

 and Lady ; the latter is but a shadow of her old fair self now. 

 In large "pointers (dogs) Mr. G. Pilkington's Faust was again 

 unmistakably cock of the walk. He is a grand dog all over, 

 and hi3 show form does great credit to his keeper. Dick, as 

 fresh as paint, was next. Burr is too short. E sCymru was 

 but very highly commended ; he did not appear at all himself. 

 The bitches were capitally placed. Reinc was too thin- 

 headed, and Dido looked too rough and old to be noticed. 

 Old tramp (Mr. Arkwright'si scored the small-size champion- 

 ship in dogs, and pretty Bow Bells that in bitches. In the open 

 dog class Mr. Veitch's Don and Mr. Field's Riot were placed 

 as named. Rex was unnoticed, but he is not bad, though not 

 a first rater. Prude II., in bitches, went ahead easily, and 

 Zeal made an easy second. Lassie was mangy, we imagine. 



The championship of English setters again went to Kock, 

 who showed somehow better than he did at Birmingham. 1" 

 bitches the lovely Phantom again won. 'The open class for 

 dogs was acceptable. Royal IV. is a good one; Dante is pig- 

 jawed; Bock is not bad ; Bruce has a splendid head; Prince 

 Royal is a very fair dog indeed ; but Count Windem is a 

 superb setter, and Ned showed some quality. Puzzle and 

 Battle again made their way to the front — a grand brace truly. 

 Maud is very pretty. In black-and-tan setters Duke, the gooii- 

 headed, beat Blossom. Rex II. was only commended. 



In black-and-taus, Jessie, who was placed third, is a bit 

 wedgy, but otherwise acceptable. Regalia is very poor in 

 feather ; Kale inclines to wave ; and the compact Mona won 

 well, although Bee was in fair torm. 



In Irish setters (dogs) Count Posco won ; Basto shows age 

 a little, and St. Patrick might have been better shown. The 

 lair-headed Hover (Mr. Macdona's) was only commenced. 

 Count's coat is of a good texture, but he is a small dog. In 

 bitches Kitty was a good winner. Mina was placed second ; 

 her blaze and frid were a detriment to her. Eilie and Lilly 

 are too much inclined to curl. Judy is too pale in tint; 

 Colleen Oge is well colored, but stumpy-faced. 



In the champion wavc.-coul.cd retrievers. Loyal had a fair 

 win. In curlies, X. L. should have won ; in coat and in curl 

 be was superior to King Coffee. The smooth or wavy-coated 

 open class for dogs was a large one, and a good one, and well 

 judged, Ben making a good first, ilo was shown in tip-lop 

 form and condition. Among the bitches Bramble, who took 

 third, is a very promising young bitch. 

 " The same reporter comments in such an amusing manner en 

 the class for foreign dogs, that we reprint his remarks : 



The Foreign Dog class was a treat in more senses than one. 

 To begin wnh, would some kind soul enlighten us as to what 

 a Roman Maremma isV Because we take it to be a mongrel, 

 from the specimen we saw— a good-looking mongrel, to be 

 sure, but a mongrel nevertheless. The Russian spaniel who 

 came next was nowhere, because every one knows what a 

 Russian Bpaniel is ; but it is not every one who knows what a 

 Homau what-do-you-call-it is. Hence the Russian fellow was 

 only liighly commended. Then we had a real live ulmerhund. 

 An ulmerhund is a boarhound simply, but the other name 

 sounds better. These dogs look very' smart, some of them. 

 Bismark was one of these, but Barbarossa was totally ignored, 

 though he, too, claimed to be an ulmer. Kemies, the winning 

 braque at the Paris show, was not even looked at twice. Now 

 that is very hard of Capt. Graham and Mr. Lovell to thus 

 plainly tell the French that they are no judges of sporting 

 dogs, since, in their opinion, they (the French) have given a 

 gold medal to what Messrs. Graham and Lovell must consider 

 a mongrel pointer. To do them justice, however, we agree 

 with them. Braques are droppers, neither more nor less, i.e., 

 mongrels. The Esquimaux dogB were good ones, but why 

 was Garry, one of them, said to have been bred in the extreme 

 north of Lombardy V Lombardyis not noted for its Esqui- 

 maux dogs. Moreover, its extreme north is below England's 

 extreme south, so what is the meaning of the sentence F If 

 it meant to imply that the place is very cold, then Brighton 

 would be still colder. A boarhound, named Marco, secured 

 one of the equal firsts, but he was entered as a " specimen of 

 old royal German hunting hound, (Alterveutscher Konigh- 

 cher Hatz Rude; {He). The word boarhound is much sim- 

 pler, and it means the same thing ; we would, therefore, ad- 

 vocate its use. In the same foreign division were two bats 

 with terrier legs. One was called Garibaldi. We trust the 

 valiant Italian docs not boast such a pair of ears as this inter- 

 esting specimen did. The other long-eared animal was said 

 to be a Chinese terrier. We will take it for granted that it 

 was so ; but, if so, don't the Chinese want a terrier club, 

 that's all! Nikko, the Japanese pug, is a curiosity— a long- 

 haired pug ; being called Nikko, of course there is no doubt — 

 except in the minds of those men to whom nothing is sacred 

 —that he did come from Japan ; but we have seen one years 

 ago exactly like it ; he was called a Chinese pug (interesting 

 variation), but had been bred in the back slums of Seven 

 Dials, and was by a pug dog out of a very small cocker bitch 

 —both cockneys, whose offspring, however, was declared to 

 have come from the celestial empire, with enormous BucoesB. 



Pollowiug is a list Of awards in the sporting classes : 

 Poiktebs. 



Champion Class— Large Size— Dogs : 1st, B J L Prico, Wagg. 

 Bitehea : lat, BJ1 Prioo, Mend. 



Open Class— Large— Dogs ; let, Q Pilkington, Faust ; 2d, B 



Field, Dick. Yery high eom,E J L Trios, Eos Ovmrn. High com. 

 It J L Price, Grog, and T Sturgeon, Uurr. BitCheB : 1st and id, 

 G Moore, Moss and Maggie. High com, A Terry, Thvllia. 



Chimpion Class— Small— Dogs : let, W Ar'kwright, Tramp. 

 Bitehea : let, E J L Price, Bow Bells. 



Open Claae— Doga: lat, W Arkwright, Prude II; 2d, S 

 Price, Zeal. High com, B J L Price, Juno. Com, W H Walker, 

 Ada. 



Settebs. 



Champion Cl&sa— Eogliah— Doge Prize, J Fletcher, Bock. 

 Bitches : Prize, ELI P Llowellin, Phantom. 



Open Claae -Doga: lBt, E LI V Llewollin, Count Windem -. 2d. 

 WD Duncan, Eoyal IV; 3d, B LI P Llewelliu. Prince Royal 

 Very high com, Major Ireland, Ned, and G Cartmel, Mare. High 

 com, G de L Macdona, Banger III. Com, Lieut Col J A Cowen, 

 Danfe; G T Barlram, Duncan, and J T Richardson, Brace. 

 Bitchos: let and 2d, B LI P Llewellin, Puzzle and Baffle -,3d, 

 Major Ireland, Euth. Yery high com, C T Abbot, Maud, nigh 

 oom, J E Piatt (2), Daphine and Daiey. Com, J Fietcb 



Black and Tan— Doga : lat, J T Bichardaon, Dnke ; 2d. H Map- 

 plebeck, BlOBaom ; 3d, W Allison, Bonald. High com. E L Par- 

 sons, Bob- Com. J H Salter, Box II; a good claae. Bitches: 1st, 

 H MapplebecU, Mona ; 2d, J T Eichardsou, Bee .- 3d, E L Parsons 

 Jessie. Yery high com, B Hodgaon, Kegalia. High 

 Morris, Kate. 



Irish-Dogs : 1st, T M Hilliard, Count ; 2d, T Abbott, Ht 

 Patrick ; 3d, G W O M'Haffie. Basto. Very high com, T Abbott. 

 Pluokett, and F H Bass, Vigo. High oom, G W G M'Hame, Bed 

 King; CT Abbott, P.edmoro, and P. H. Bass. Count. Com, Os- 

 borne, Count Fosco ; J H Salter, Whisper, and G de L Maodona, 

 Eover. Bitches: lat, J H O'Brien, Kitty ; 2d, G WGMHoffie, 

 Mina ; 3d. C T Abbott, Colloen Oge. Yery hi«h com, J E Jotm- 

 aon, Flirt, and G de L Macdona, Pamela. Cum, G W G M'Haffie, 

 Judy. 



THE TESTIMONIAL TO MR. LORT. 



IFrom the London Field of Dee. 14 ] 

 The many years' services which Mr. Lort has rendered to 

 sportsmen by the large experience and great imparl 

 has brought to bear in the difficult task of judging clogs and 

 horses, received a hearty and substantial recognition yester- 

 day at the Alexandra Palace. For some time past there Has 

 been a subscription on foot with this object, and the 184 sub- 

 scribers (headed by the Right Hon. Lord St. Leonards), in- 

 cludes the names of many gentlemen well known in the 

 canine world The presentation consists of an oil painting, 

 by Mr. C. Lutyens, B. A., of a moorland BC ne, representing 

 field trials. An excellent full-length portrait ol Mr Lort in 

 tee act of judging, with a brace of setters at bis feet, occupies 

 the foregroun ; whilo in the half distance is seen the presi- 

 dent, Mr. Shirley, mounted on a well-drawn cob. There is 

 also a service of plate, consisting of a soup tureen and side 

 dishes, mounted with pointers and fox terriers. 



Mr. Shirley, in making the presentation, said: "Gentlemen, 

 I shall not detain yon more than a few seconds. You all 

 know that the object which has brought us here to-day has 

 been to do honor to our old and kind friend Mr. Lort. and to 

 ask his acceptance of this portrait of himself and this plate. 

 The idea was started some three years ago at Manchester; but 

 it is only recently that it has taken a more tangible form. 

 There have been many reasons lor the delay in making the 

 psesentation, one of them being the unfortunate failure of the 

 Alexandra Palace, which, as you all know, made a postpone- 

 ment of the show a necessity, and therefore an occasion we 

 had hoped to take advantage of in making the presentation 

 was lost. However, there is one circumstance which makes 

 the present, I think, a most fitting opportunity for us to show 

 our high appreciation of Mr. Lort. If any of you ever take 

 the trouble to read the American papers you will" have learned 

 that they have, in a most unwarrantable manner, attacked 

 our kind friend after he had been over there as a guest to 

 judge their recent show for them. Mr. Lort wants no defense 

 at my hands, and I think we may well leave these American 

 scribblers to the contempt their conduct so amply entitles 

 them to. Mr. Lort is, I think, the oldest judge of dogs in 

 England. His judging in England, Ireland and Scotland has 

 given universal satisfaction. Although differences may at 

 limes ex st, these are merely on matters of opinion, but bis 

 integrity is such that no doubt has ever or can ever have 

 existed on that head. Formerly the difficulties of judging 

 were greater perhaps than at present. We are far from per- 

 fect now , but at any rate most of th old exhibitors know 

 full well when they are beaten, which they certainly did not 

 a few years ago, and the papers were inundated with letters 

 on the subject. In the time to which I refer to as well as at 

 present, Mr. Lort has borne the bur en of the day." 



Mr. Shirley then called on Mr. Fletcher, the Hon. Sec, to 

 road the illuminated address which accompanied the presenta- 

 tion, and which was as follows : 



"Address presented to William Lort, Esq,, of Tockleton Hall, Yock- 

 leton, Shrewsbury, In recognition ot his valuable services in connec- 

 tion with Horse anil Dog 8hows.— Bear Sir: In recent years great in- 

 tention has been paid to the breeding ot horses and dogs, in 



ance of tnia object periodical shows have been held in various parts of 

 the country with unvarying success. Knowing that this success is la 

 a great measure due to the extensive knowledge and unwearied labor 

 whlchyou have bestowed upon the subject, the underslgDed hereby 

 desire respectfully to tender to you their sincere acknowledgment, and 

 the obligations under wulch your valuable services have thus laid 

 them, and they farther request the favor of your acceptance of the ac- 

 companying oil painting, and aervicB of plate, contributed by noolB- 

 men and gentlemen Interested in horee and dog shows; incy oSvt 

 yon thla testimonial to mark their high appreciation of the upright and 

 impanlal manner In which you nave exercised the functions 

 and in acknowledgment of your self-sacrificing exertions Id promoting 

 the study of the canine race, which in this country has In 

 Improved through your labors. While they are fully sensible 

 highest satisfaction will spring from your own consciousness of the 

 purity of your motives, ttiey nevertheless feel It Incumbent upon them 



to mark In this manner their high appreciation or your huiM 



duot in connection with these exhibitions. They trust that this Blight 

 tokenof the esteem In which your long and faithful services are held 

 may not be altogether unacceptable to you, and that when you havo 

 passed away It may be cherished by your friends aa a living memento 

 of the affectionate regard in which you are held. While ottering you 

 their sincere congratulations for the success which has hitherto 

 crowned your labors, they would express their fervent wishes that you 

 may long be spared to aid in the worthy cause you have *u modi m 

 heart, and as you enter the ' sere and yellow leaf ' of old age, yon may 

 experience the happiness resulting from a useful and well-spent life." 



The chairman said, in conclusion : "Now, Mr. Lort, it is my 

 privilege on behalf of the subscribers to ask you to accept this 

 painting and plate. We are ail of us fn{Iy aware 

 vice you have rendered us. Most of us have annoyed you in 

 the past, and, should you condescend to judge for ua again, 

 most of us will probably bother you in the future. But thia 

 we sincerely trust— that you may feel at least one-third of the 



