April 12, 18B3.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



213 



& Biddle, of Philadelphia, for the best kennel of setters and 

 pointers owned bv one individual. The prize was won bv 

 Mr. A. H. Maore, of Philadelphia -the only entry— With Lass 

 o 1 Gowrie, Luna May, Lady Laverack,' Berkley, Raleigh, 

 Donald, Lo (Jut. Ni],,.. i, ; ,.] v Romp 11. and Countess Bang. 

 Following is a pamjdBto list of the 

 AWARDS. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. Extra Champions.— Hoys- Absent. Hit.l.,^. 

 1st, jas. H. Goodsell .Petrel II.'. nine bcllon. .-.vrs., Pride of tb- 

 Border Petrel '.sit: -.-. li Goodsell (Hantage- 



net),lem lag Monarch— Petrel /.•.<•;..-■ let., 



D. U.S.-- •'.■ stunt mid v.lmi' iv rs . carl.-witz— M:u- 



net.— Ops» fu«s.-ta : rtoc*), Mark and 



white, f.yrs.. Pride ef tin- bonier— Petrel; 2d, Detroit KenneTClnb 

 (Royal siiiian . r.liif belton. ;:inir>-.. Kaekel Kelp; ad, Howard 

 Hartley (Royal Banger), lemon and white, -br-;.. li..v.-:l iv- Novel; 



4l.li. Pittsburgh Kennel ('lull iSpiif. .1:. sum! and »l '■'o i -.. far 



loyvitz-Lu.v V.-ry luirli c.i.i. A. S '..-:■'■ : ■.!■• I'rinee', blue hcl 

 ton, 2Tui').--.. Poniiae- Fail v 1 1.;. Ins. li. Goodsed .Don Jiiani. blue 

 belton. a>.;y r*.. Tain (I'Shaiitor -La Reiue. Hish coin.. ('. G. Woods 

 (Don), blacliand -white. 8yra.,I>ou Blanch- ; vvatkins 



(Tom), orange andwhito, lyrs., Royal Duke--Ui-s.ii-.: ('apt. J. K. 

 Foster (Palmetto), black, white *o3 l.ui. -vrs . prince Loyal— Vie. 

 Bitch< .- • .-".I tan, --'vrs. 



ISmoa., Thunder ('envl: G..-.. li Wall tii s(( rook), blue belton, 3yrs-, 



C.arlowiu-Dell; II. Ilanl-v il).nv q en), black, white and ten, 



2yrs.. Rock-Flume; A. S. bishop (Pearl i. blue belton, errs., Prince 

 -Llll II. High cow.. Pittsburgh Kennel Club Qertrude), Mark. 



white and tan. -JUvr-- . Gludslc Nellie; Detroit Kennel ( luh 



(Kelpie), black and white, Prince -Kate Jewel; <". Fred. Crawford 

 (Trinket), blacll aud wnii.-. -'lavi-s.. Dashing .Monarch— Fairy 11. 

 C ii . .! -i.-.ii King Daisy), buie belton, Sumoa., Felton -Jessie Turner; 

 c M. Munhnllirir.vi. black, white and tan. fivi-s . Kob Rnv-Plani.-lie. 

 A. il Moore Luna Miiv. lemon bcllon. lyrs.. Paris- Pi-ari. Ii;,, 

 .„,,,,/,,-, »,.,;,.■ '.v... : .. pnt-burch K, nil d Club .(.nun. Jr.). 



black, white ami tan, Ivr.. C u . .LI- Spark; '-'d. Pittsburgh 



K.iiiu-I CliibiX.-ipoli-iini. Iihu-k and while. llini..s.. Itoval Hluc- Lady- 

 bird. Very hiKhooui . W.n MoConv iv ib'oval blue. .1. i. bin- belton. 

 rmos.. Royal Hlue-Iiol'v I'.n. High eom., J. E, Qoodsd 

 lemon and white, '.fliios.. Prince— Fairy U. Com,, Ba 



Thunder -Petrel : i'l Philip Wolfciid'oii ■ Vixen'l H. i''l.la. I™ wliiu-'ilnd 

 tan, lOmo)., Dash— Vixen 11. Very, high coox, J. J!. Goodsell 

 iFairylll .. lemon belton. ?mos„ Pri'uee-Kuiry II.: I). ('. Sanborn 

 i.\..i.'-ii\ . bl.u-l;. -.vbii- and tun. l-mi-is.. Cum Noble-Lashing 

 Novice. Ili^i. on,.. ,1. Knu.' (La.lv Thunder'., black and white, 

 limns.. Thunder— Moll. Com.. II. Hartley (Sallie If.), blank, white 

 n 1 1 ■ i tan, Dmos., Royal Blue Mis^ 



IRISH SETTERS. -Exrn.y OtttaMos— Hogs; 1st, A. H. Moore (Berk- 

 lev', dark red. 7vrs., Eleho— Looll. Bitches: No entry— Champions 

 -Bops.- 1st. JohnS. Mcintosh il'.u,. red. s\r- . Daan- Flora. Bitches: 

 1st. Johns Mcintosh [Flora . red, ..'.yrs.. Fop— Lilly II. -Open Class— 

 Doya.- 1st. Win. H. Pierce (Glencho), dark red. &5mos.. champion 



Eleho-ehanipi..n N n; Id. Thomas M. Marshall ,l'rrd>. red, 



Slnio... M.-lni. nil's Biz— Annabel Lee. \'erv hi,;h i-..ni . A H. ,M....r.- 

 (Saleigh), darlf red Byrs., lCkho-Pose. Com.. J. ll. Goodsell (Kil- 

 Inrnrv .r.-J. iv.i..-.. Kiii.i-. U.-ddi-. Il.t.-h- s: 1st. Johns M. I.it-.sl, 



il.'ldvCIaiv. ,■•■■!. til-.. I.el... l; •■'. « !! Pierce. Jin,.. '.dark 



red. -1 .vrs.. champion lierkley Till.-> Hich coin., Jar. H. Goodsell 

 ,(,„a,da..red. l8mos., Ruhis Eleddie, Com Frank Bfflinia. (Nora tTA 

 red. Sflmos., Hi:-: ■ Nora.— P 



v high 

 II, ch 

 M.-y. r 



black, 5vrs., Satn— Fly :2d. F. A. Dean (Puke), black. 1-lmos Vet 

 com.. ■!• ■■SI--0 F Peleliuii ..Main, black, lvr, Neptuue— Dido. 

 com.T. E. McCrca iL'-o\ black. '2vrs. Pi.npii.s.- 1st. W. ('. 

 (Lioni, black, 5 mos.. Pluto— Fanny. 



(•nUJES-C 

 and inn. ly.; 

 lsl. Thomas 



atn Thomas (Hess), blank 



1st, 'I'll. .mas !!. Terry ,1'iiii 

 aroua Ruby IN.: ,d. John 



Tl'ez.'-vaia ;( 'law ■.. red. Mm 

 GORDON SETTERS.— C 



Dogs, 6rtcn.es and puppies: 

 POINTERS.— Cjlujkoks- 



15r.iv), liver and white, ticke 



J»i«ch« ' 



Fi"!n 



Pi- 



nosh's Piz-I.ady Clare: 2d. Jas ii. 

 , Mcintosh's lliz I.ady Qlare 

 i;i-i..vs : • No entries, Opbm Class.— 



,:/.-■ l-r Detn.il Kennel Club (King 



Al--... >hm, ipi.,11 I5..1-. PieiSOn'sT.UTee. 



y Romp II.). liver and while, .'.vrs 



Not bury Apr- - 

 Kale; -Jd.Cha.s. H Ma:-oi 

 Juan— Kate, bv Old Bans 

 and white. Ivrs.. r,ob--» 

 Pilli. lem.ei and white, f. 

 Ilifhcs. 1st, A IT. Merre 

 fiyrs.. Price;. Dan.-Pelle 

 and w-tiil-, ..vrs . sensnii" 

 (Luck), liver and white. : 

 Detroit K.-l.n.-lClllb Cl.w 



(■<,)<-, . Joseph Grassci 

 Puppies iiitder I2m< 



white, lluios.. Orc;ill 

 iV.iiuic: Sleafordl, liv 

 com., R. T. Vande.vorl 

 High com., Geo. A. «■: 

 Kocket-Or-ill's Bell 

 lemon and while. ?m< 



i;;i.-'i WATER S 

 [Mike), liver. tiyrs.St 

 cole .id .roily Wog ,ae 



FIELD SPANIELS. 

 Stuart Taylor iBeucdi. 

 Class. Bunt, cvkr 2Si 

 nauzai, black, flyrs.. Bn 



COCKER SPANIELS 



s Rocket -OrglUs Belle; 80, (.has. L. Dick 

 White, i.n.os.. Lort— Lass. Very high 

 . piimrase, liver and white, ranos.. Don— Luck, 

 vens. Rex. lemon and whit,-, linios., OrgilPs 

 ■. Com.. L. (t. Hntina iBelle of Cleveland), 

 s.. Jet— Fan; Joseph Lewis (Daisy), lemon and 



I'ANIKLS.— Ciiamphins— 1st. John D. Olcott 

 auii-ock Due.k— (leiN Class Isi. AVilhum II 

 tart liver, ISnios., Dan O'Connor -Irish Nell. 



ClIAMI-loX. ANY COLOR, OVER JWlms.— 1KI , C»l. 



■i.-i . black. 3m-s . Bachelor— Nefn-ess.-Oi'iS- 

 Iloi-nell Sjiani.-l Club illornell Bo- 



.11. Rondel 



.. blue 



paniel ch, 

 ottle, 2yrs. 



. H. & F. Ashburner (Bush), blank. 

 -.,'.'. -en: -id. Fullou Kennel Club 

 i. ISmos, Cmeron's BoxSr— Webb's 

 ■ N. Taylor (Major T.), black, 



FOXHOUNLS.-ftoot.- 1 

 Sa,.Iosepb Lewis (Rover), 



ENGLISH I'.FAGLES.- 

 w-bite and tan. 19mos., Fluie> 

 (Boxer II... black, white and tan 

 Lady. Very hifch coin . Mrs. 

 white ami tan. 2yrs., Rattler— F 



HI-ACII- LEGGED BEAGLES, OK BASSET HOCNDS.-lst. Potin- 

 ger Dorsey (Miijori. black, white and Ian, (ivrs., Driver- Famous- 

 2d, B. F. Seitner .Couuiessi, dark tan. cyis and ni.uos., Nero-Lotta' 

 llniul. Puppies !■'.[. Fullou Kennel Club .l.ill II .). black, white ami 

 tan, Boiei II.-Lill Very hiirli com .John W. shusle,- (Tug), black, 

 white and tan, lOmos.. Faweett'S Jiui-Mu.-ie. Ili{;li com.. lVm 

 Thomas (Rlngwood II... black, white and tan. Hums.. Mark An- 

 thony— Wicklow. Com., Wuj. Thomas (Music), blue!;, white and tan, 



8mos., Major— Imported Ring! 



DACH.SHUNDE.-lst. Louis G 

 •:.|. I.o„is ('ierbcr Wally,. bl.iel 



l'"X-ir.Kl.iIJ;s.-CiiAMiMoN; 

 (Royal), while, black 

 A w. Potli.-ifurdiTm 

 Orv.:< &JBS.-Dons.- 

 white. "■■■ 

 ported, black. whJte a 



Buff-Activity SRrJ 



• ■ Wald man i. blapR and Ian, 2yrs. ; 



«s— Dons: 1st, L. & W. nuthci-rurd 

 «yis Echo- Cricket, liit.lua. 1st. L. 



,v"\V. i;iitlieriur'.i''.J,.k.'.|'", black'aiiTl 

 L'd 'lliomas n. Terry .Laneel.i,, ii,,. 

 lyr., Tweezcis Il.-Olive. V-iy high 



'V. '&. ,V. Rur'l,er,nr.l <, ,Dii:u"': clack 



?r-.iola: 2d. L. & W. Ruthertu.-d 



"" v high com.. C. 11. 



(Viola), white and tan, .".vrs-., Vulcan -Fl. 



Ma on. r.b.n. i. ir.nios Mo.-l.-.n li. Slarllglil 



•-i. I. ,\ ".'. Ruthei find (Warn n Wakeful,, black, white and tan 



'iinos. ..I...- Heedless. Very iii.-h com., JohnE. GUI CRoyal Music), 



black, white and tan. renins , Kampani Whiskey. 



SREYHOTJWDS. 1st, Charles C. Griffin, iCounless Fleet H.. black, 

 ZK-yrs„ Prince -Countess lie, i -.M. .',. 1). N-eld .Fritz), lawn. 12mo.s., 

 from imported stock. 



M AS'I'I FFS.-Ooj/y.- 1st. Win. Graham iN'-vison), fawn. 3yrs. Gurth 

 -Juno: 2d, William II. Lie. .Turk', fawn. i;,..rs.. Kajab— Brendan. 

 Very high com.. W Wade ,Tiuci. fawn, biu-.nios. High com.. C. E. 

 Shaw ,1)111:. -. filwn, 3>rs.. HuiT-Belle. Com, Clare Ormsbv (Hec- 

 tor), Li"... I'.iu:-.. Tie Monareh— Cypsey. Bitched: 1st. c. li 

 Ma-on i< rculi .. tawn. Pi-nice lnnc-L- ss; 2d. J. W. .vlsop, M. D., 



J.\i,"AI.;."l "l'lj ',.'.'; he. ,; 't'lwu . .',' : -''." j.'i', i'.ib ha'ijdn^' yu''"'ii'' 

 High com., U". Wade IDinali II. i, ,l,u k town, 'J-unos.. Taurus II - - 

 RajK-c: W'u,. M.. (Voi. way (Jess 1 , fav.n. lamus.. The .Monarch - 

 tlyps.ey . 



ST. BEHNARDS.— EoUGa-COATKD— 1st, S. w. smith (Bonivasd), 

 orange, tawny and brindle, while blaze, colhir and tip of tail. 3Wvrs 

 Souldan— Myjisa. ™ 



JiEWrOCNDLANDS,— kit, Clias. H. Mn^on (Mayor of Biogley) 



so), black, 



• 1st. John 

 i Marcus 



D. ..Maud Bein, 

 ILunKn-lst.Wr, 

 Erin; 2d. Robt. 

 Very liiKh com 



n, Ryr 



j. Breedei 



. To 



. i Blao 



■ (Lui 



SPECIAL PRIZE LIST. 



The Bench Show Derby Stakes, lor the be 

 log or bitch, whelped on or after January 

 tunnel Club's Count Jr.: 2d. J. II. 6oiideoll , i 



. Eni-'lisb setter puppv, 

 . lss-2- 1st. Pitlsburgli 

 Fairy 111.; 3d,. I. hiin.'s 



. li. Hartley's 



Derbys of IS?! 

 Best beucb 



first, second c 

 1st, R. T. Van 



I'.esl liiatehe.l br 



and .pialicy to be c 

 and Petrel n. 

 Best English sell 



ed in Pittsburgh I'ii 



1 litter of puppies, tw o or 

 r Queen. 



ch with : 



•, under 

 of her progeny under two 



p..ii'iv Liiivii. 



Best Iris' " 

 Best coc 

 Best boagl 

 Best foxhound.-- II. 

 BestmaftilT.-Williai 

 Best open class pug. - 

 Best terrier that has 

 Leo. 

 i;esi pel 



li- b, si bench show 



in S. .Mcintosh's Biz 



rlin.v. 



s.— Geo. Norbur.y-Aji- 



:.Col,-ord's Polly \V..c. 



Best, bulldog.— (i 

 Best collie.— T. H. Te 

 Best bull-terrier. -Co 

 Best iox-terricr-L.; 



iv lady.— Mrs. E. A. Pue's George. 

 s. M. Bittnei-'s Bess. 

 a poodle —Miss M. Roberts's Morfo. 

 -W. H. Lee's Turk. 



nt, K. H., April :.- 



Ik. 



Mi 



■d Irish Better dog Don, two and a half years old 

 pion Elcho und a, thoroughbred bitch. U.-'is perfectlvLiokcn 

 is fast, stanch, good nose, scent and good endurance, and a 

 tenrler-mouth retrievei- from land and water He is (it to run 

 in any field trial. Price, $76. Will show him on either quail, 

 woodcock or snipe. For particulars inquire of '1 Killian 

 Columbia, Pa." That was certainly a taking notice, but I arr 

 sorry to say was false; also sorry tlia 

 in Montreal, who wanted a field ,l, v , II. • l„,u u |,! tho dew foe 



the breeding oj Ithe .1..-. .until the Ottawa, dog show of last 

 week, when seeiug the dog's breeding In catalogue 1 informed 

 him the dog was not by nhnTDpfft n glcho, M, gave ...■ p»i 



petrated in tie dog line. H. Killiau, of Columbia. Fa,, can 



THE CORDON SETTER STANDARD. 



Editor Forest anO Stream: 



Air. S. fj DiA'.in.in vourl:i>! issue, asks me to give my ideas of 

 vyh.it. the Gordon si tter should lie. 1 think 1 have stated pretty 

 fullvwli.-tt these ideas arc. although ! have never written ,„il. 

 iuv standard; I httro been both interested nndumtis.-.l with the 

 two standards as published from time to time. I have read 

 them over carefullv, both Mr. Malcolm's and Mr, Dixon's, 

 and it seems lo BBC th.'H. taej ha e draw n tlieir ideas from 

 their own kennels; and 1 am led to le -In ve that I. v so doing 

 they are slightly prejudiced and have given too much pronu- 

 i). -nee to some of tin- eh.. i:e 'cri-tics developed by their own 

 dogs. Yet 1 believe t hev have In d.b the, some Object in 1 .'e.w, 

 i. ... redeeming the Gordon setter from ihe odium into which 

 he has dropped in the minds of many sportsmen. 



\ir 1 'o.. hi s is the. latest, sj^uidurd,' and i wish to answer Wm 

 first, and I think if followed out it would be worse for the 

 Roraou setter than "Stonehenge>" for he goes iutoallthe 

 points as i.i whore the Gordojb setter -hould be heavy without 

 saj in : ■' word u to how these can be combined with others 



I. 'MrTiixou wi'l! allow' me I will first comment on his 

 standard and afterward give four readers what I consider 

 the. Cordon setter should be, and in some places I wish to 

 lake in outside matter into the correspondence, in which I hope 



Obtor.— Of course ce 

 shape and here I may 

 Ooidou setter with th 

 mixture of black "tin 

 they ought to bo abou 

 inaiksor "kissing sp.61 

 into the ton of too lip- 



ia.s nothing to do with the si;-..- and 

 iarkl have yet to see a pure bred 

 :h mahogany tan without any ad- 



marks" I always like to see. and 

 ■o inches above the foot. The cheek 

 a Gordon setters nearly ».lwu , - i <m 



it tli.'V .loi.ot.lliotaii isviv much 



'II, 





ilii 



i.-li 



icciput is only so much 



Gordon setter skull 



) this breadth bet ween 



ITALIAN Gltl.S IPUM'S. 1st. ('has. II. Mason .Verona), fawn, 

 ■tyis.. Special 1st, Miss Edith Beliingtou i Beauty), fawn, -lyrs. 



BLACK KTJSSIAM POODLES-LARGE SizK.-lst, Miss Ft. Roberts i 



Morio'. black, -'.vi-s. Imported from Rus-iu. 



M1SGELLANEOUS CLASS.— 1st. E. T. Hodg.-s .('apiain . silv.-i 

 El-ay, black spots. l?mos.. LTmer Gennan boarhouu.l. Very liitrli 

 com.. W T . D. Holmes iKlsa.. fawn, ey rs.. Great. Dane or LTmer. 



i., between the ears. A high 

 i and air ceils. Wiere t 



,e.-.vie; ill. Ill t he English , 



villi li ii ii that the head should show no thickness 



u'h a liigli donteil head .n,d a I'oiir-in. -li nose I do 



do ""I think tiny ought to be very pendulous; they 

 lend, use in the dog's work, and they give a. heavy 

 ,• to i le- head, wh,ii li docs n. it, add much to the g'en- 

 . try of the dog we want. 

 uld ' t... decided, with a good depression running up- 



r.,,r.< appear more prominent than they are in real- 



bamly lian- low, but a^ to their being very heavily 



;e, but the color depends a great deal on the color 



ould bo well placed into the shoulders, and ought 

 nt Iv t" ihe head. No necessity for being heavy in 



Shoulders. — Here we have the Gordon setter as distinguished 

 from the English setter. The shoulder-blade's ought to be 

 large, or rather long, going well back and rising slightly 

 above the back an.) allowing the forearm as long a fulcrum 

 .,- possible. 



Chest, if wi. 

 biadi ■ and ai 



Hitis.— In M 

 ribs and how they should be. The diVfe 

 Gordon setter 



very well sprung from the vertebra-: but almost immediate] 

 they become flattened, if I may so put. it. and get almoj 

 In the Gordon sett. 



'.I- 



n's standard ! 



ihoilhl be. T 



elish setter it 



■nore gradual; and . 

 :togo further' down 



i the sicnumi with 



he shoulder, and the 



;,',,,/, and Loin. Mr. I »ixoh gives the back a place l,v itself, 

 bill. 1 would siige,. s |. that the. loin be coupled with "it, and 

 then his description is right. In the. Gordon it is very imis 

 eular. 



eluding the stifle, In the Gordon setter the Quarters, especially 

 from the ilium down, ought to be very muscular, as contra- 

 distinguished from the- English setter, where the muscular 



!dhV 



As 



i Gordo 



obtai 

 ulard, I g 



erv hearty a,.,,,,,:,,,,,,, the exception ofthefeet. ' * ^ 

 Fcct.-i object loth, bar,- fool on any sporting dog that has 

 to work over soft ground, as in it the pads are longer and not 

 so round as in thecal foot, and consequently t his gives a larger 

 surface for attrition on tlie"grouu(l. The rounder the foot 

 the less tho friction, and therefore the less labor in getting 

 them up. 



•/•'/,.-,,._. The former oiielit to be shi 



latte 



.-ill l 



ad tho 



..'• Hun 



and compare, theiu with mv observations on this subject. I 

 hav at tin- moment over m 2 writ bog desk good pictures of 

 the three greatest (h.rdon setters alive Grouse, Marquis and 

 Blossom, and from a combination of these three 1 irv to make 

 my Gordon setter. 



tlr,. use gives in.' ihe conception of the general mako-up, 

 Marquis .•( hoyv to get a good hind end, and dear old Blossom 

 how to [nil in a good middle piece, head, legs. feet, unci mark, 

 ings. 



,1. B. N'lVKNS'.S STANDARD, 



Head, ears and muzzle St) 



X. i-k . . S 



Body and ribs LO 



Shoulders 15 



Loin 10 



Quarters and stifles IA 



l-Vetand legs 10 



Color e 



Coat and general appearance Id 



Total Toa * 



Head, t£TC— The head should be well •proportioned ; rather 

 wide between tho cars which should be placed (owdown, 

 almpsi m a line with the eves. There should be Bothing 

 prominent about the skull. The stop should be weD marked, 

 and the muzzle should be wide from the eves down. (This is 



