June 14, 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



391 



ground is wery bad for 'ouuds snielleu, and they kept plid- 

 dlcn about, oo ] s.'iid ris I always se», TTw sksl yoioks! tally 



a", 



crown hot the 'ill. - 



high,'' pointing but tie shell on the mantelpiece.. 'Hold Sky- 

 rocket, iny 'orse— to see 'im you woitldcut give $50 Cor 1m, 

 Iml to lump 'ini ie WOTth SSfoODQ— took hit like a burd. Most 

 of the. gente, though, went down in the valley and took the 

 road. So I sez a* I ahrav? sex, ' Yoie.l;sl yoiekal tally 'o!' and 

 hn' iier Loudon phrases. 'The fox wore goin' hawfid alow and 

 na< afraid Vinegar would catch 'm. But we came to a stone 

 wall with a fence on top. about so \igh," touching the top ot 

 the clock on the. mantel-piece with his whip, "a. el the 

 fox, Vinegar, Skyrocket and mo went hover it without a 



touches, 



"Then Vinegar, the fox. Skyrocket and mc came to a real 

 tidv plank and post fence unround the race track, so birii" 

 (reaching up and touching the stovepipe hole in the wall with 

 his whip), "Hover we went. We took hurouud the mile. 

 track four times— me, hold .Skyrocket, Vinegar and the fox- 

 no' we come to the park gate. It were so : igh" (getting up ou ( spoil th- 

 a beer keg and touching the top of the window shade). 

 "Hover we weut, and hon the way I sed. as I always do, 

 "Old 'ard! Yoicks' voioks! taUy 'of mid bother London 

 phrases. I come liout hall right, and so did Skyrocket and 

 Vinegar; but the fox were dead beat and stuck, so I 

 got his brush. Where hold Skyrocket jumped it were so 



Sko." 



Mr. Howard iu straining to reach the. ceiling lost his bal- 

 ance and his excited and interested hearers lost the rest of 

 the story- 



•erage breeder knows more than the average breeder 



udg- 



the 

 here. 



I do not pretend to be 



iug at shows, and lea 

 familiar with the CO' 

 that, as loug 



BttiOdy this detect ii 

 competent breeder! 

 ,u I am -lint I do 



,out do. 

 he old CI 



3d 



atr 



he different breeds 

 upended from Eng- 



bhi 



i this country, has go 

 good as himself . Sti 



iordogsin England, 

 good one ou the bond 



npiv because the praa 

 i type that the breedi 



• has 



thre. 

 original. 



I the best English set- 

 produced a single dog 



.- '. dog is the sire of 



* record there proves 

 ?11 as in the stud. Why 

 rs in this country vary 

 standard to go by, 



I lei 



BENCH SHOWS AND JUDGING. 



Editor Forest and Stream-: 



Your correspondent, Col. Stuart Taylor, having indulged SO 

 freely in criticism of other people's do ■.-,, will not object to 

 learn how others look at. the dogs exhibited by himself. I re- 

 spect Col. Taylor as a gentleman and a true lover of the dog, 

 but I cannot 'understand his object iu making such sweeping 

 denunciations of the exhibition in general at the late New- 

 York show, a.nd can only attribute it to an amiable desire to 

 educate the whole of us up to Ms pinnacle of wonderful canine 

 knowledge. 



But he illustrates I he frailty ot human nature in being ..piite 

 unable to appreciate the glaring defects of his own dogs, and 

 itwill do him no harm to tell him of some of them, especially 

 a- 1 believe him to be a gentleman ot means, and no great 

 damage will result even if it should spoil the sale of a few of 

 them. 



lie enlarges on the merits of his mastiff t-t tilth, and lovingly. 

 as behoo'. o, a genv.le master, glosses over a few of his infirmi- 



Ti he could only strip the scales of prejudice from his 

 ayes, he ftmld Bee n Ghirth t Wg leggy nngaiulv dog, with 

 scareelv an atom of mastiff character about, him. As a com- 

 panionand nuuh dog he tuaybe all that, could be desired, 



but as a show dog he ought carefully to be left at home. 



He ecstasizes over Ids Mayor of Bingiey as the finest living 

 Newfoundland. 1 am well aware how extensively he has 

 been advertised, and Col. Taylor may be a very credulous 

 man in some respects, but he surely must have had a few 

 qualms of conscience in trying to palm him off as a representa- 

 tive dog. The Mayor has positively the worst, most deformed 

 head lever saw on a Newfoundland of any pretensions to 

 show form. His eyes are really repulsive, and the grand, 

 noble benevolence and dignity which should characterize this 

 breed, in him are totally wanting. He is a fine, big strong 

 dog with an excellent coat, but in good company he will never 

 be looked at. He has hardly an evidence of pure breeding 

 about him. 



CoL Taylor's two small bull-terriers Pegasus and Kitty were 

 lod into the ring for competition for the champion prize. Before 

 1 examined them I. was informed by the steward that the 

 club had decided to award a prize to each, one being a. dog 

 and the other « latch. 1 thought the owner of the dogs a. - ei \ 

 fortunate man and took a hasty glance at the pair. Then- 

 tails were so clumsily faked that f could only believe that 

 some enemy of Col." Taylor's had tried to spoil his dogs' 

 chance'- of winning', and I pointed the matter out to the. stew- 

 ard, who reported it to other members of the committee, The 

 dogs got their prizes. L T nder usual circumstances I should 

 have sent both out of I he ring without an award. 



So much for the. contributions of Col. Stuart Taylor to the. 

 New York show, which he runs down without mercy. The. 

 judges of setters and pointers, whose names probably carry as 

 much weight, with gentlemen sportsmen and dog lovers as 

 Col. Taylor's, do not need any defense at my hands. 



In criticising the awards in my classes, he thinks the bull- 

 terriers (large, size) were wrongly judged, but admits that the 

 dogs he should have placed before the winners were iu 

 wretched condition. Scarlet and President may be good 

 specimens when well shown, which they were not at New 

 York, and the winners beat them handily. .Spring, the first 

 prize dog, will take a lot of beating, and be was most credit- 

 ably shown. 



The dog that won second prize, in large black, or black 

 and white spaniels, he thiuks most imperfect. He would be 

 a poor specimen of the black spaniel— which approaches in 

 build that of the Sussex, and is probably the. best type of 

 spaniel— but he was a black and' white ticked Norfolk, and a 

 good one of the kind. They are lighter built, higher on the 

 leg, and shorter in the back than the blacks or Sussex. The 

 Colonel will excuse my presumption in trying to add to his 

 stock of canine knowledge. 



To conclude, 1 wdl just say that I think Col. Taylor will 

 regret, when he thinks oyer it, the. general fault-finding tone 

 of his letter, and, as in my opinion. His own judgment is par- 

 ticularly faulty with regard to his own dogs. I hope owners 

 of dogs, which the Colonel has abused, will not feel too de- 

 pressed. 1 have seen a good many shows, but never a finer 

 collection than at Madison square last month. Yours truly, 



J. F. Kirk. 



Tohon-io, June 10. 



Editor Forest ant] .Stream : 



If the criticisms on dogs and judging were written by men 

 who are acknowledged to lie competent .judges, they would be 

 instructive, interesting, amdeunsequentlyof value to the read- 

 ers. As it is, most of this kind of correspondence is kept up 

 by persons who consider themselves authorities on dog breed- 

 ing, but who actually have not bred nogs foi more than a few 

 vears. Dojf breeding is in its infancy m this country— the 

 last New York show has amply proved this. The manage- 

 ment was perfect, the number of dogs exhibited large, but 

 a las -the quality. 



The bench shows ought to be a guide for the breeder and 

 fancier, but how can he, be guided by them as long as wo 

 have judges who differ in their opinions like those we have 

 had so far Look at the numerous eases where a dog got first. 

 prize one. year and was not even looked at the. next, and tore 

 term Thunder, who received first from the hands of one 

 d a "strange looking setter," and a 



fl taking the winners of bench shows for breeding, they 

 > breed instead of improving it. 

 it to any imported, competent judge of English set- 

 tier Thunder, who is called a champion here, would 

 i chance of even getting a "C" in the open class of 



'lusion allow me to give' the friendly advice to the 

 . ti J .ottnti a u I procure judges of well-es- 



reputation, regardless of expense, to judge, then' 



.■tiers, and in a tew v.-ui's you will find a marked 



uelil in the breed of the dog! . 



mber or dogs at show T s wdl probably be less, Iml i he 

 r by far. Maltbavers. 



lity hotti 



sheep" 



And what 

 is of little, or no value in this com 

 of Emperor Fred and f'lantagem 



i the 



"Ch 



HPlOl 



tepti . 

 ibably no Eng- 

 i judges could 



agree, putting him in the eb.mpiun class. As long as the 

 results of judging differ aj9 the v do now, the breeders and the 

 public generally will be misled, and will go ou without reliable 

 standards, never re .clung perfection, lam convinced that 

 this country depends much more upon bench shows and good 

 judges than the old country, where, dog breed iug has been 

 established lor centuries, and'where, as a matter of course, 



New Vc 



■ 1 



THE CHICAGO BENCH SHOW. 



IFrom our Chicago Correspondent.! 



THE entry list for the. International Bench Show of Dogs 

 under 'the management of Mr. Charles Lincoln, closet 

 June I, but the list, has only been given to the public and you 

 correspondent to-day, There is now not the shadow of i 

 doubt, as to the. success of the show, and local sporlsiuen 

 lovers of the canines and others are becoming very much in 

 terested over the affair. The local daily papers , u -- taking u] 

 the show iu good shape, and Mr. Lincoln seems fully satisfiec 

 Willi everything so far. "D Battery Armory" is a huge boi 

 racks, handsomely built, and decorated with shining bras 

 guns and black carriages, with caissons and flags embellish 

 iug them in all corners of the build; 



Class 31. Pointer Puppies. - -M. J. MeKeium's Fran':, ft K. 



Mason's Flax. , _ 



Class :w. Champion Irish Water Fy.nr.ieis. W'm. H. Celeord's Folly 

 ~ ;. II, D. Sftrdner's ban i I'd. ,,i,,, . '■' ..r.. 'hue's Count Bendlgo, 



s.-H. D, Gardner's Irish 

 i and Magpie. Richard W. 

 bv Bpaniel ( lull's Brownie, 



guardian 



ship 



and 



pres 



,nts a 



tine ar 





11 



Wil 



hold 



6,000 



people 



x hit: Is 





mitodati 



JUS to 



the e 



all that a 



nyo 



aeco 



uld as 



c. It 



win be 



the dogs 



ire i 







begi 



urn vi n 



but few 1 











xt Mom 



of the se\ 











died, ai 







g".'!,. 



full 11 





I..' 1 ' 1 .', 



The judges 



see: 



Fom 







fox-te.rru 



IS, 



collie 



s, bull 







tiers, Da 



idle 



linn 



101 It t 







tiers, hai 



l-hi 



ired 



-ioolo 







Irish lei 





, Vt 



rkslu 





tiers, ] 



poodles, 



Mr. 



Jan 



es 11 





r, New 



lish sette 



:■;, ! 



isl, i 



-tiers 







pointers, 

 hounds. 



Mr 



John \ 



Mun 



on, St. 



le.c.i 



hour 



ds. Il 



ish w 



ater sr 



jiperr 



,- f . i 



T he- 



will be comfortable . 

 arranged Saturday. 

 g on that day, tho 

 Lay, Nearly every e 

 id' the total entry lis 



lite 



lis Ms 



ud 



for grey- 



Is, field and 

 spaniels, foxhounds, beagles, dachshuude and Kiug Charles 

 spaniels. Mr. .Tames F. Kirk, Toronto. Ontario; and for 

 the miscellaneous class, Messrs. James F. Kirk, and James 

 Mortimer. 



ENTRIES. 



Class! Mastiffs bogs.- etias. H. Mason's Nevison and Gurt.b, Paul 



.Merker's fussy, Mrs. Henry Kistemiin's Rover, Capt. B. B, Bull- 



astiffs. Bitches 

 h II. 



lUgh-Coated St. Hermtri 

 ichie's Caesar. E. B. Stuai 

 , David Stephenson's Hei 



B. B. Bulb 



inkle's Speiro, W. 



. Ha' 



Dlka's 



Hei 



.S |? uJ-t. 



Fide, Mrs. Hei 



ter C. Hi 



ies.— Walter C. llately's 



—No entries. 

 es. — No entries. 



n- of Bingiey, Paid 



. Ireland's 

 s You Kn. 



. Hut 



11. .. lames U. Good 

 Class 13. Englis 

 tilli.- Mason's R. 1 

 Waddell'sbavrne 

 Lofty II., C, E. Wil 

 Sri.''.', 'Flake, Lft'se ! 

 nil's Frank, D. C 

 Prince Royal, .Tain 

 Beaufort 



Class 14. Euglis 

 T.averaek and Que 

 bond's Jessica. Mr, 



J. (lerrish's Tony, Edward vvar- 



lies.— Or. Van llumraelis Lorua 



lauloo. 



!. DojS.— QflO, W. Moore's K03 al 



u Bitelies. — W. B, Sliattuc's Dido 



Lpud s La 



:elot, Mrs 



Kraft's Bessie Lee. Will, Allen' 



Class 15. English Setter Put 



Gladstone, .!. Johnson's Dale* 



Thomas G. Davev's Post Boy, 1 



Il.i. ■liter's Bucket. 

 Class IB. English Setter l'upl 



ease Girl, c, E. W.II-.i-.L - e...u' 

 Class 17. 



Bol 



Moi 



, Jr. 



s 111. lilac 



Bella. Henry Ho. 



ert Blackwood's 



Class 80. Black 



wood's Frost. 

 Class 31. Cham 



DangUtei 



Class:;; 



IS i s.. 



a.— F. L. McCracken's Chi- 

 R. G. KieUter's Jinio. 

 Gordon Sellers.— John P. 



■gus. G. W. Moore's Jessie, 



s,— Robert Black - 



ibliard's Lee, J. A, J. 

 Doiiogtiue's Iieil.v. J, 

 Cork and Karl, 

 i Kennel ClubSs Irish 

 Sprague's ThorotSfrP's 



faith, .1 



', Dogs.— T, Donogb 

 ck. Eihviu Thoii - 



Bitches -Fill] 

 )08B.-MBJor Or 



. Kennel Club's 

 •'B Doo. 



Class 30 i 

 Van Brunt's 



L. Ufllni'lton 



,■ e 



Sortiury Ap| 

 O, M. Mini ha 



son's Maggie V., George 

 love, J. W. Mead" ; 

 ,. H. Turrlll's Nelly. 



son's Bene- 

 1(, Catliu's 



Class 39. Corker Spa -Jets, fogs or Bitches. -.lames Watson's 

 Flora, James F. Kirk's Negress and Toronto Jet. J. S. Niven's 



Class 40. Field or Cocker Spaniel Puppies.— Horned Spaniel Club's 



' i las'. II Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitches. -W. A. Van brunt's Watch- 

 man. l). O'Shea's Forester II 



.-- t: p. agles, 'logs.— D. O'Shoa's Rattler, F. T. Lane's Sam 



' '.V '!.-; Beta!..-. Ue.'i.,-. I' ( .'Win s's Music II. 

 Class II. Dachshunde, Dogs or Bhehes — Win l.oelller's Gretchcu 

 and Vwddojnmi tl.. If. L. Goodman's TTnser Fritz II. and Wat. line 



s.— Richard Gibson's Tip- 



c-Tei 



, Dogs. 



iH. To 



MeK'.v. 



ClftSi 



H. Ma: 



„ Bitches. -John F. Ryan's NeUic, Peter Mil- 



e.y's Nora. 



,. 1'iipi.ies. -Peter Millers four puppies (Dot 



sey's Poker. 



colli..,. Dogs.— Thomas II. Teiry's Robin 

 Champion Collies, Bitches.— Thomas H. Terry's Zulu 

 . Collies. Dogs.— H. S.Ihirand's Phillip, Robert MeEivan's 



■ Bitches.— II. Eastes's 

 leveller, John P. Bar- 

 ic, O'Poiirke's Fannie 



Vlass'i;-. silk or !•■.■'■_- 'it'-d .Vrra'-rs. John H. JTaylor's Prinoe 

 Cliarlie, D. n'Shea's King. .1. F S.-ln Jess Sandy. 

 Class 01. Irish Terriers. I It&rle! !! . Mason's Garr.yov.'en. J. g. 



■las', it.' Yorkshli I C - ters f'ogs or SitChtS.— L. T. Ward's Annie 

 and Tol. Mis. Henry Ki-f-niau's lleioaud bo. 

 Class 68 Cb»mpuni Rori*, Dogs Mi '■'.< "> ■ rue's George, 



Class fis. Fugs. Dogs'.-ilnrry h. ' 

 M. i Ira.haui's liailjo and Musjid M rt 

 Toby. 



Class S9. Fugs. Cit.ehes.— Hairy T, 

 ette. D. C. Coleman's Lady, Mrs. Win 

 Darling. Dan i I'Shea's Me]sn . 



Class 10 Fug Puppies.— C. K. Barret 

 Cootlijian's live puppies, George IF To 



iclli-.l 



, Dr 



rBi 



Class TS. Kiug Charles, Blenhein 

 Bitches.-b G. Lewis';, s-ie Mrs 

 Clae- m. Foodies. -J. H. Whitm 

 Class 74. Miscellaneous lot Fore 

 Peabody's Cluhuahua. G. Bressau 

 Roney'S Dragon, Edward BntloiF; 

 Frederick K. Weeks's Hans, D. O'S 



31 is 



Krc, 



Cmc 



elku 



Cher-. 



M'I.Fh 



iels I 



s.,-sorBitebes.-F. S. 



e ,li e.'s Nero. H.B. 

 :e|,ole.s's Honiett II., 



! — T. II. Whitman's 



, June 10. 



IFrom our Staff Correspondent.! 



Cuicvoo, 111.. June 18. 



The Chicago show is fairly successful. There are about 

 three hundred entries. The -weather on Tuesday was tiupro- 

 pitious, owing to tain, but there was a good attendance. 

 Mayor Harrison formally opened the. show in the evening in a 

 capital speech, which w : as warmly applauded. The judging 

 commenced immediately after with the mastiffs. 



Mr. C. H. Mason's Nevison won Urst, ilitrth second, Capt. 

 Bullwinkle's Nelson vhc, and Mrs. Henry Ktsteman's Rover 



he. Theela 



i tin 



whole, 



:iod c 



In the bitch class first was withheld, and Mr. Wade's Dinah 

 II. was given second, and Mr. Merker's Fussy was com- 

 mended. 



Mayor of Bingiey won first iu the Newfoundland class, and 

 S. R . Ireland's Pete second, with Mr. Merker's Major 



tho. 



This closed the judging for Tuesday. The 

 ad the. do; 



ttfferi 

 if Mr. Goodse.ll's sette 

 a good display of Irish water s 

 are also good. 



ither 



iels. The pointei 



CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 

 iure tiruel started out with m> 

 ind a pup, one. of his jet. 



Yesterday, having a little lei- 



li. 

 til 

 I i 



dree, v 



'•■' 



stones 



nil lied 

 futtlie 



him. a 



it b 

 nil 



id r 



good f 

 Aftery 



H-tll 



real 



ild 



erthan I was saluted by 



i man who told me 



lu.se doses or I'll lull them 



. " As I had pre vi- 





oi-. some.wdiat sur- 



ver to mv ip.ie-.a. ■ :e 



intormed that it 





tit." 1 called the 





uliiig at once, but 



-what, wild did. jot .uisv 



er so quickly. The 



aeceletate his movemen 



s, threw two large 



e.rof which, ha 1 they s 



t'Uc'c, would have 



in? missed his aim, 'an 



] il a veil the. dog 



x me, he starter! bao& - i 



in lie would shoot 



at once with a pistol, w 



licit he nourished 



iug matter. Just at. tl 



al tune I had the 



tch the pup and Jill, hii 



n into the street, 



ed to kill the dog he prt 



led tlu- 

 , gmi i 



would lie arrested and Inched up if he did not kill the poor lit- 

 tle sufi'erer the first time,— Robin (Elizabeth, N. J., June 2, 



I 1883). 



