350 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May Si, 188;;. 



Sir, I donot, for our, \v:itiI. a Better to be a race horse, ] aw 

 - bo sacrifice a fitUo speed ti ' and style and sub- 

 stance in my dog. 1 do not seel,- an absoiuteh wide chest, but; 



I want e tvi.lth with depth than 1 saw inmost, of the spe- 



1 ■ ■ ' ■" '■ ! 1 1 1 1 i [uari i harden, In the best 



types of physical manhood wo icjcct alee narrow, shallow 



'■ ' \nd SO I claim we should in the dQfe 



II '"i' DTBI their ground at greyhound 

 " ' [pi to make their birds take wing 



« i want thorn to, Stonehenge, in spi i ie 



'" i -iii.-i'.ii .a. vs. '-bike most ofli.-r fast gallopers, 



,, n i '-.ill! sometimes flush hi r ra ' " I to uo1 imsuud r 



stand me, I do not condemn speed, I condemn rarel,,., , ■ . i .,,, 

 and lik. ■ u great ni:un ol her-., prefer mm' siih.sl an-',- n I : h: : i- 



I I little less rapidity. I have sbol OTel uitinv.i .,...1 



and I'a-it iI.im wjl.b a pretf , ; "id. .-h--f. and I ban yet to B6 

 the Lays-ark setter witli a chest like a man's hand with I u 



'inlial to the front, ..r a l:ml,- Mad.-, and wank loins 



too, I. liar is mid bold his or her own With our nut us jettt 

 i Bfteeu years ago, crossed by the best En 

 blood. Mr. baveraek wants his sett. -is to have "will.." chests. 

 See hifi book. 



It is merely a matter of fancy let me tell 'Ticket," but 1 do 

 not like black and white, or black and white and inn in set- 

 ters. Ami '■Picket ' to the contrary notwithstanding, I 

 elearlv recall the time— uol -, , wry far in days of the past— 



■ ■ 1: 'I !•■■ " c lloT Wfl '- id d a [most '. Ill, li.'-li in a -ett'-T. 



and uot desirable. It was peculiai | i 9] i color, and 



although i in ■.••■• ! - ; ., ., flu "settir ;pi I," 



-till the sr-tter and spaniel prop, r w -r.- t w, utctlj distincl 



types of dogs and bheir colors were diifernnt 



To return to the I jr h- 1 -.a .■.-- nil 



v that in mv own vi-nm there I 



more unstylish lot I haD those I St ■■■■ n 



They woliillv lacked svminct rv ! h.01 



i nil in-breeding in their It 



me: mid were I worth million.-. I 



1 would give one hundred doll us for i 



me ono, n -i it : i .i .■ 'i 1 1. it npst, g 



hig ring, that did noi earrvrighl r- •."- 

 ., .. bgl (in i m like, ,,, the b, 

 title "im-peu!;ab!e fink'— the satiirt 

 , _■ CSC to give the fortunate discoverer 

 Si i | <<■ a -l.-iim. I looke 



but il i" ed i eeui C Sight than mine I 



I claim ;i detect ,.( this nature is a gn 

 WOUld BOl en were lie to banish all si 

 competition, ft needs a little indeperi 

 dolt, Unit is all. 



And i - a E BtO -. I wish to m.-ik 

 leave th u*ol 1 notice 



a brace oi seite,- were examined by t 

 a illmj attendant inv • ■ laid . 



the dogs! U In -is this dona, and wh- 



..■,, a ! Is il b.r hi, ... I. led '.' 



■ I ai a a i ii - _ ; ;i. i- 



po-jr dog's legsan atn apart ■■ 



i [ ailnrh the hind I, -as' W 



naturally.' To me'all this pulling and 

 i . , , , i -.■;!. done over 



a i ....... i ',,!' i Thi ■. the in' ' 



in nallv, e.v-.-pt wh. 



take tie aa hold upthcir . 



Stems. It was laughable tu sea the me 

 their dair's legs asunder and putti Ig 



I ball plus* L>e tote f 



Graham (who brought Ilonivard and 

 the Pittsburgh s how: "About twenty 

 in the. ring. Apereouin char-. 



• ■ i cries his tail up .-..a hi- i.a 



Major T.-n lor, 

 rerti Laveraeks 

 amitia to please 



liSh ,-etter then'. 



tml 1 will . . 

 erof my favorite 



oj 1 1 carefully over, 



id on.,-. ''.. a, I. ; i 

 IC i I I i. r •• 

 pi .'--.---ana, it, from 



ie and courage to 



nt, and 



eliei 



pi 



re, a dapper and 



rib il a tatt Qf 



the 



i , 



thcttul-l 

 a Gable, i 

 the end i 



a 



meniiou 



stiff as a 



..... i , , . ; 



pretty well examined. But 



&i .a i. - op or much Talue,' 



, .a |„ ... - ti .a of one of I 



laud'or Ireland. The wholf 

 , did hot onoe see the 



ts to put their anin 

 their unrestrained, natural . 

 Lfl, I cannot see how jud 



. his legs 



.•<. flat-sided dogS, 

 f those pi. ■ ■ - i . 

 .1 all. It a da, is 

 i sould stand, and 



nent can be made by any i 



,il me, i cancel, see now jnoeoienL cau oe maoe o\ ally man, 



p in . !■■ i .. ■■. h. a ...... .I. ■. ei.iiT his vision to lie 



■ wooden, stiff p sit on! rererredto, This may bo 



.aa i 



a I, .1, ,a b - . ■-- i bo r 



not lima among this breed to 



justice has bean done to i la- 



, i I . auiiliilot all the betters. 



■ ii' i d i d confess that thi 



. i i lin batter shape, ft is my 



vet. be done to improve the hi ee 



in our midst, until we can bea 



i ■ a., nose. 



it Irish Setters.— Sami r . II3 



louud liere, but 1 eanii.jl llUlte a, 



pious e.aa. | . I •..•,■ 1 . I Hen iho a.; 



in my mind a far graridi . 



>1 ing) ami has more bone a 



is tOO dark for u true lrisliu 

 L-eally black. Chief cud Bii 

 race, and will take a. "deal ol b s 



ll II a i 161 : 



looking Hi." a conjuroi and a 

 it ich the old chan 



a i. i . ■ i i. ■ h k.-nne! 



eillle.lr-etLerjlld.ee tO blln a- !,■■ a,: , a 



keeper. Be expatiated on h? "' 



;s I saw things. 



tins, laige, upstanding, 



tbsl mc a fine coat, and 



1 01 thi.- type. I .for,. id 

 him. I do not think 

 " gs, t 



.rb ke. 



regret 



earnest hope some-thing will 



.tug of tha.-ie gallant fiordons 

 Kent, tor bcttuty, and old 



all ■ I! 



line points, but did uot jcl- n , 



exjieit. "rather a 1,1. -.- •■'■ , la. . 



hi !■ several of his v&tm b. 



B said: "Oh! il Was Kleho. wa- 



■a 1 I . aaaliilly. Ut (ami , 



aia . Ltuly ('lure ivell de- 



bi.-'name. "Yes," said the 

 Canity in many res 

 When he WUS lol I 

 it; I did is 1, .. 

 great dog,' 

 served her [ji trel . 

 rr 1 ,.!.! qua -houlc 

 at her work. afield. 1 have no time to n ter toothers 

 a. Bpanlels (Field), —Som urrepresi . ■ 1 little 



'!,,-[ i.-a >a :.■ - a. a. n. Much toinv regrel 1 Ii ■. ■ parted 



With Benedict,bu1 lean truthfully s:i a a a i ,,,," , i a 



'•■..- m i 5, 1 f tnd pothine 1 1 . .- an. . 



. ,!,, '.■,!.■ a 1 know not To me he was 



,■■■ nperfeot [1 bhe c u mpton cot I er el 1 -, nr.dei' la.vcnty- 



ela-s Alma was well placed.' with t.'has ha ... , '''' 



oi b its u triil. ( an -ii a its. ■ ■ ■,;. 



head could be improved. 1 did not go wild : ithusio sua 



i. 'a iiii two or three exceptions I thought fox-hounds 

 and ij.ai.gl.-.s. and daehshunde vciy ordinary classes. 



12. Fox-terriers composed a prottv faij- class, v,-ith some 

 beaiitiliil specimens, uolablv Royal and Joker, and thai 

 littl rjarlin 1 liana, and warren Jit 



these for many a day, and if thev are as good as they look, 

 there's "music in the air" when they get to -work. 



13. In collie 



fair and man 



II. Bulldog 



Ben was ;ib, 

 in fust-class i 



e entire lot, 

 s never won 

 a tile type of 

 > but he is a 

 ' Bill, were ,1 

 the ring, 

 ■e with th. 

 Icarlet, which 

 ie" when it, is 



than Spring. The latter has ,-. good body and is a stylish- 

 looking fellow, hut his eves are very faulty;' and he is too short 

 in the head, like, my Kittle. President discounts (Snowball, it 

 seems to me. and 'to many others who,,- opinions were es- 



els 1 I ■■■ lil' in a 1 , tu ; p. ,,i il, - breed, and i 'was 



win in the same company, As for remaining olasses, I took 



interest in them and will not. utter judgment. In 

 ,, close I found not. a single i-pecim.cn really de 



■ in a Western journal wonders that my bull-terriers 



the. small champion class, Kiltie and 1'eeastis. we, a -dvae 

 ualhonoas. The explanation is verv simple, tine, was a 

 g. the other a bitch: and the gentlemen of theoTestmiusfer 

 inuel Club very coiirteouslv and handsomely gave each a 

 and for their generosity and consideration, I 1 



very hi II 

 the Yorl. 



A writ 



: aal 



f thank 

 this inte. 



Sow, Mr. Editor, I hu 

 able scrawl, hastily written, but not hi____ 

 have written con omnre. and just as 1 took m} notes, have 

 put them here in black and white. A.% 1 have said heretofore 

 in your hospitable columns, I write in the interest, 11 improve- 

 ment iu all breeds of dogs— those faithful fellows who aro our 

 friends and our oompanions. by day and by night, and in sun- 

 shine and in shadow. 



from inv standpoint, which 'nm"i,„ 1 ,', . . ,, 1 -aw lew 



reaUy good dogs in the Madison 'c'.p.ai, . , ■_ , .-xhibition. 

 audi havewrit.lciia„Iio,„,d. la tin, be permitted to in 



,1 ,1., flU hOpBtl ii' added .. .-a'-, a I .VS.., ia a-"' gfvB t 



" ' ■ - gratulate tel is bat some among us 



were frank enough to .lp 1-1 the I ront and call things by 



and open the pathway to progress. Let us improve the j3og 



as we improve the le.rs.-, to careful br ling and judicious 



selection. So Will there lie the survival and revival of the 

 tittest. 



There are a great many disagreable people in this world, 

 and the moi e I see and hear of this class of human beings I la- 

 better I love. dogs. Stl'akt Tavlor. 



.New Yoiik. May , 18S8. 



CHICAGO DOG SHOW. 



/'AWING to not being able to send von the list of judges for 

 I F the above shove before the entries closed, it has been de- 

 termined to extend the tdme for faking entries np to and in- 



,, ,, . .! I 31 a,; you the names tff the judges and the classes 



.luitoEs Foit the ciuc-ago snow. 

 ,a -, i,-r.s anil pointers— John W. Muirson, ICsip. St. Louis, 



'>or masaffs, St, Bernards, Newfoundlands, fox-terners, 

 ■a Ii,-. Iiitlkloes, liuibterriers, black and tan terriers, Bantlie 



Dil ts, Bcdiinefot:.-, Skv.-.. Scotch, Irish, rough-haired 



a,, I \ ai-'-lae 1, i,i„,a , :.-i.tov temers and poodles-James 

 Mortimer, Esq.., New Sort I litj 



For greyhounds, deerhouuds. spaniels (all classes), fnx- 

 iaaiiai-. beaglss ."ml daohslrunde=James F. Kirk, Es 4 ., 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



1 ' a-ieiiti. United States, and Kaltimore & OhioEx- 



presa Companies will return dogs free, provided thev have 



Lh?nameof'the\'ia . .. ,:■-., , -, ,-" 1'!,, 



Arrangements are „oi 

 special baggage ear on 

 will carry dogs to and tr. 

 and vicinity together. Tv 

 tin- ear to see that they a 

 peeled that a much lov 



usual, Full partieulnrs y 



the charier of a 

 1 01.1 lead which 

 from New York 



THE BEAGLE. 



TN these days, When "every Jack has his Gill," and every 

 trade .and' ]i;, a'':-,i,.ai it,, own "organ;" when men haying 

 common ta-'.e- .,r at. 1,-1- b.a m ■•clubs" for their mutual 

 a. aaai, and r. 01 1 a.t a in, it is but mil utal and proper for owners 



.ami la , a ,- , , ,' ■ '< - t, ■ -aiub toaether" in behalf of the breed 



lislinelive charaetcj-istics. A ivcll-lunl 

 t, intelligent and mo^t atfectionate eom- 

 eun have, and he or she who doei- not 

 dog 1 n in to be given a "wide berth" 

 Thev are not to be trusted ; there is 

 of gear" ami radically "wrong in their 

 Ihe'best part of man is the dog that is 



of society, and 1 

 b ease in point 



,., ■. , 



•ouulry alike,. Wit 

 y. not three mom lis 

 if he is not, a bulldo 



lifie exhibits oi beagles have been meagre— at any rate as to 

 numbers, and the "liftk lmutida" have not received the atteu- 



his dny, v tile ilavai the beagle is, yet to dawn and wax in this 

 conutiaa end I make bold to proplreOy it will be a long and 



he is haurlsoni.-'.'verv int..lii'geiii,'lovinK ami cornpanionable, 



laud's "Virgin Queen." Then may the next bench show at 

 New York and Boston rival in numbers and excellence of the 

 beagles, a certain provincial one 1 wot of, holden in 1881, 



0, w, a. 



MASTIFF POINTS AND PEDICREES. 

 Editor For&H undStrmm,: 



In siudyingsome notes on the early mastiffs of England. 

 sent me by a valued friend and high authority on mastiffs and 

 their pedigrees, some curious facts have impressed (hem-. -Iv.-s 



l-'or instance, Mr. I.ukev. "the fattier of the mastill." si\ 6 

 in "Stonehengc" that. Lord Waldgrave.s's Couchez was the 

 lirst cross he used, and th- .M.ar.piia of Heatford's Pluto the 

 second. My correspondent assures me that Mr. Lukcy ad- 

 initied bo Him that this was wrong, and that the ease was 

 really rice r.-r.-.o. This i., sustained by all pedigrees of Lukev's 

 dogs, thev all end in the cross of Couchcz on Lukev's Yarrow. 



The origin of Bruce I., now Yarrow, was by Pluto, ox 

 I.ukcy's old bobtailed Countess, bought by I.ukev from 



h.-ie.-.e" ia contradicted 'by Imkev's o^vn pedigrees. Anda 

 strange fact in t his connection is. that this t'oueh.-z, although 



tm! 

 I'.r, 



■d Co 



idrdl 



',i' l ,"-ui''r!. ! , l .i" 



h:[\ 



h nv 



egon 



'.'."irk "nihir 1 



colt 



Pbi 



be th 



nasttflbook h 



01 >'• w Y..rk. 

 1 1 have hea 



re In New 5Toi 



•aiiim.d. It 







id. Whether he 







d and returned is 



Up 





on to England is 



il V 



sevc 



1 in.-hes high, had 





• „ll 



There, was a vast 



the 



se ,1 



l-ys. The old bob- 



Hi, 



=old 



by Lukcy to Lord 

 of improving the 

 ids. So C, 11. lev. 



sston, and failing, 



Pluto, of whom 



• 1 a black mastiff 

 ever been able, to 

 the one imported 

 ny years and tho 



breed lost. Can any of voi 



dark a subject as black mastitis in New York Hi air: 



Another thing strikes me as odd. The great number of 

 brindles among the earlv niastilfs. ihn- l.ukev's ( H.l C.,unte>s, 

 Bruce, Bruce II., Nell. "Yarrow. Nero. Boll.' I.adv. Wnllace 

 and Lion, the senior Thompson's Hose. .T. W. Thompson's 

 Rose, Sal... lin. Venus, Bruce, and Juno. Koldsworth's Lion. 

 Crabtree's Duchess. George White's dog (sire of Lukev's Nell), 

 Ackroyd's Dan. Bill George's Tiger. Armitage's Bidlj-. etc., 

 were all brindles; iu fact brindle. seems to have been .almost 

 entirelv Lukes 's color until the, fawn was introduced in 

 potency through Duchess, ttie dam of his famous Countess, 

 who was the dam of his still more noted Governor. Many of 



the great sires ,,f earlv dins had while faces -Armita-.-. - Old 

 Tied- (;ib-.,ns X,-,o-. Mr.-. Scott's Tiny, not Hero and Jinnv 



as thi 



d Book he 

 •ted The 



.ds If 



ad ■•■ 



possible 

 ng that 

 mim.-ils. 



iii' is given by all aogology 

 id Hanburv. iNow withoiit 

 ii", -. nc a- odd that John 

 •mifage. J. W. Thompson. 

 Soladin, Cttntiey's Quaker, 

 •r. should have been over- 

 Esq.. pointed our this over- 

 oliliou of Mr. ICingdon in 

 , , are proba 5j the 



tmia.te 

 Quakia 



a"'" 1 



ally follow, being a 







Thomp- 







■sirr had 





ovtad 1 



;-:, ■,'. 







,., boys .f 





bis 1 ad 



ngsftad- 





- I.v a 



100k and 





Tilts i_ 



articular 







aaa ,,, 







ret Clov- 



n-a laaa 



by Mr. 



'autley's 





■ ■. , 



E aili", , 



ud lame. 



TI ts '. 



uaker of 



\s bar Its 111 



naeiiH 



rv serves 



by having 



i'Ici", iMi 



i!,.!a 



agofhis d; 



y. Th 



■ same is 



. This dot 



figures 



in pedi- 





aor. Now. such 



champioi 



Turk 



and Bill 



• out of any 



mastiff pedigree. 



e most fre 



iiuent, 



is would 



irof both 



xiug a 



id Tiu-k. 



-'s QualtBr, 



and yt 



t he has 



s«iiit"for 

 on Ha 



aa'a-'-iaa' 



a 



h ts the 



ze winner 



s over 



un with 



at, lie able to point, 



cut two 



sire of m 





mners is 



'u-io'ii to 

 ends say 



a a it 1 a 



note in 



.a . ,- ill, 



rsf 'aaa 



dition to 



s got the n 



ost wii 



iters. 



t with fear 



and 1 



em b lin a. 



war that hi 



a raged 



on this 



.nd Joker, and thai lope that its friends m»y soon rally and fcatm aolub worthy 

 It will be hardto beat ' of this dog of ancient, lineage and the pet and protege of Eng- ' 



ad lief. re 

 i.la- pu. la.-, on this subject is rather appallmg. Now, first and 



foremost, remember tiro 1 -in a, a ■■ disi inted exhibitor." 



Inever'%cfced"al ajudge'.-= ruling vet, and I think it is a 

 poor business; neverihelesi bhe» always is, and I fear there 

 -a--, nj 1,' ,, ,,a array of grumblers at every dog show. 



It -remstome that the great dirlicuity is in dev:-li a 1 , - , 1 : - 



reasonable wayof seenring the advantages ol p. .ha nd ing 

 "with the free play of the judge's own jud 



confusion and squabbles. For instance, I has. a, supreme dis- 

 regard for color in mastiffls. If I were. judging .,■ i 

 or red dog. or one-half black and half white, of projx-r mastiff 



.-1 .,..; a ,' d, leggy weeds, perfect in color and markings. I 

 would put : t. I am sure th< 1 



I , writers would be on my side, but wouldn't I raise 



a howl! More than once a judge bos made file mistake Of 



bat he admitted was the truest tot; 

 class below inferior .ana, on account of som= minor poinn 

 a r ogly : ivei i, and ,' which he objected. I do not see 

 how Bus trouble is to be avoided bur by exhibitors trying to. 

 put themselves in the judge's place, and by the judge divest- 



