410 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jtjkb 21, 1883. 



not follow suit, iiml bo 1 dropped the correspondence, 1 was: 

 sorry, because I respected his ability He proved n in hi* 

 letters. Bui this individual saye rude tilings -without that 

 ,-ii.iiii\ in his favor to bafii him up. Aj»---.p<w <>f this, why 

 i.m their hhm n.-n.i.'-i in their letters? Their 

 ogiiiiooE would have so much more weight. 

 in tin- iv) .mi of thf bciH'ii fii.nv, .m.iv is. ,.t the same paper 



found 



■ell desi 



n wrote both 

 one pi ifesus, 

 ■ i)l m\ flogs 

 listiii"iiished 



larged mi tin' 



ill winch tin- cnii.muiiie.it ion .■inpi;u>. lhi> 



about the Mmoi i>i Blag-ley "H 

 the lirst prize, -.vliirli hi' pot." 

 1 have .'in idea thai one ant) I 



.-ulicles. ••(■„ ii-islrni'V, Ih -Ill [ewOji" 



ih. other condemns Mr, Kb k confei ■ ii] m 



(recently parted with, 1 'h i v sorrow) 



honor of 'i notice, He saj ■ that i bibs I "- 



merits of Chif-th, I glossed over n Few ol ins innrmitio 



i.ii invite Mr K in .-i second perusal nf mv letter, and h 



wilt find that I spnki oljiariV o£ by; faults and decidedly. I 

 fertninlv iiit-inli"l in d" • Is no concealment 



about me. 1 believe in fair play in all things, He ma] bi 



"leggy" as I -aid hi- V( a-. : j I > . 1 I'. a'-'-'-"-lir'l. hut I 



Li- "I e igh lo always stand iir-i. with two exceptions. 



whenever shown, In whatever company, and then he took 

 second honors. I am sorry Mr. Kink is so nettled with ovj 

 opinion of Ida jutfgmeat, or rather I should say want of jude- 



mi'iit. in certain h.-i—.-s nf dogs, that h.- deems it n — -.n-. bo 



attai i: 'I-'--- "l mine that ha 



and in this r --hi- i\ foi I he 

 Mayor of Bingley, no Ion 

 England of over stxtv firs! 

 m.'. i'. ./.i-r- in. .].:, ,,:.-,■ ."'.; 



Binglay has boater, 

 animal the Bo-callee' 



evidence of \ i bn 



i-i-iu .-is thisl The ■ 

 diluted, and was 00 

 never been beaten v 

 taken Brst honors at 

 Mr. Kirk's opinio 

 open class for bull 

 h-ive heard it, Iron 

 Ottawa. Canada, 01 

 confessed he kne 



us, Witness 



the -.villi, ir in 



0W8. And in 

 •ifiri'id to as 

 full moapure- 

 ''finesl living 

 tud Mayor of 



gland as matchless, He has 



'iiiilition. I read he has just 



bond,, 



1II.I--1 



, ,.„ 



y liitl.- about bull-terriers \nd yi 



jtends i" judge tliom. 1 mean liscourtesy to M 



Kirk, but on no breed of dogs would] accept bis- judgmei 



all.!- waal 1 -a\\ ih May last. He m.-iv be i-xcellenl On bl.-n- 



spaniels, but a little further on I will show be 3e not on soa 

 others, He pretends to criticise my dogs, exhibited in Ne' 

 Ynrk. and is querulous, But be must, remember thai each an 

 every one tool: a Brst prize, Bn1 In- c.-u --liilly avoids all oiej 

 linn. . i Benedict, then owned by nae and wmueroi first ai.- 

 although he says, after finding fault, "So much for his ooi 

 trihutions to the bench show P Why ''keep back part of tl 

 price," like ••■ rtaia Scripture ch tractors, ahd avoid allusion I 

 this spaniel? Now, sir. i challenge Mr. ICirk i.. si„, 



wherein MayoT nf Bingley has 

 bead" he ever saw on aNuwfouudli 

 head is on-' of his grand good poi 



land. Tonor I can write 



whose merits haw ni-vrr 1 



ui superior dog knowledgi 

 who Ir acknowledged bj i 

 and I hi- to be 



record;. Now. Ii I me tell 



n-.'l not! r did ii"l •■•on- 



ton much of the haw. Y, 



luu nothing else w 

 wiih you. Hi- eyes a 

 In-. Nov 



dog's defects, point b 

 other of the 



tin 



il-st. 



nost del 



I,.-!, him si 



edify. Hi 



lliswid,'! 



CM | :■■■ . 



lydeveloi 



id and tin 



did aa; 



e ooiup.- 

 the fa\ 



If ^ 



upon thi 



As 



class tor field spat 

 Groat Scott! un v 

 field spaniel! Pot 

 exactly what be i 



and if be -hniil'l t 



it- . orres) s with 



oli-- hinii. hi lil-ti , 



■■i - . ond in the open 

 a Norfolk spaniel I 

 inii-t imperii cl as a 

 "d lii in. did not know 

 ,t 1 thought of him. 

 i I did hot 



think there was any class foThim; that fora field spai 



Was too leggy and ( .slant in the hay I;. And I remarked !■• 



a friend, ''This dog is not properly classed." Hew oould a 



iid throwing nucha dog nut of this 



■ la-, where he was not properly eirtared? Surely the other 



owneri bad • rtjit !■■ ; ■!-■.. i ■' r-t ;< _• irn-t this award. ° But it may 



iiness, - bodywill say. Yes, it is my 



business. It is somebody'- business to speak out when judges 



confession', i agree with your correspondent " M alt. i-uve ,-.-." 



...ih. 



these judge 

 can't afford 

 to me tin- i 

 having lUL-i 



In 



Let 



sured ltetor, the grand 

 lost w""k. --under the stt 

 "does not. believe the do 

 thirty -live incites under tl 

 least i «■' n-> people, one i 

 of ih.- iiiimuer, at the t Iry 

 is-l. 1 measured this <l 

 fround by : •■ Ln 

 tdflskin il.'.i". the hair bi 



Kg" 



■log even higherthan I di 



I. im but ih-- pi was 



slannai-.l. saeh a 



him h<- would •-.-. i. id !. 



thing in tin- dog Hue i vn 



in In- present 



about him, ha< i h rep i 



upright man, although sa 



dealer." aetold m 



was the largest, eraudeel 

 ,r,v, and that lie hud nevi 



Tin- Bt ick was alsn mca-- 

 several present made the 

 in iii.h 1 wanted lo buy 



■I couree, (at oiy purse - 

 measured him under thi 

 it .Mr. Wade ■ 



edition. wh.-n.-li..u 



until Mr. Smith obtained hi 



.Mr. ( n.iham goes, i' -"'-m- 



him slightly, but have hea 

 piH.i and a cripple, and n-i. 



and di-.yryi-.s i-i-.-dii I'm- ii. 

 in, >i^ii he is ii"i h"i- ; .Mi 

 should not bo res] 

 me, over any rich rascal rhn 



Mr. Wa 



ids. 



\ word nr two abo 

 iiy soine, staghotmds, 



cn.inuh In iliusfralc 'si.mnbodyV l""' 

 given to bitches. Mr. W. thiol;- there' 

 of this breed lit the show, ami cites im- 

 the animal could be brought aear os, u 



-nk in- would consider me In error 

 nf Un- dp, i-ln. uinl- i-vliibifcd if »v could see i 



Ol -l- and ih-.-UV llu-ir pi.illls. \prnpi.S ill t 



iii L866 I received a pair of iln-m dh 

 wbei<e i he mi: -ii'-. Kennels ant, u indsor (ir 

 u.i" preeenlw I tome try Oeueral Seymour, " 

 .-I Her >I i.i'-i s '- • ■■ 1 1 : -j-i-i. ■- . The oircumstani 



1 misiis- - -,: toe briny blue. 



Olid-winter Atlantic in December, 18BB, inn 

 bound from Next N'm-k mt'im-i's, intheyivatr. 

 in! the stow -J' ih- battle of these aqu ttieqw 

 festivities oi the oi casion whioh w,,-,- holdoii 

 in our honor, we bere honored wfl h an invita 



"coininmiil," to visit I Isli.nn,- Mouse, the 



palace at (owes. Observing a superb and we 



-tr. 



i in- Sooti h < 1 . - . • i - 1 1 . . i , 1 1 - 1 . ami 



a -| iii-n or two during 



General said notliing then, 



ie,h, ,- i ritivv .-• 



tnd >!■■■ 



i. turned the eoiu 

 legthat von will :, 



:i.l<: 



lo 



sit to England. 

 lew days after 

 ivrincsted on- lo 

 • I rust received 

 i. keeper for bel- 

 li full descriptioi 

 iounds, Eagle, a 

 iine comments on 

 .".-aidtheliencr,- 

 a gift, and 08 at 



Maj- 

 i and 



dog, 



lis to 



vpi 



When 1 arrived at l.oudon the dog» came. Eagle was a litje 



speei..|.-ii oi lie- in ht inches at 



slioiilder. and iu-;Jm. about 100 ])Oiiuds. " His hair wa- a 



brindle color, and of a harsh, wiry texture, head broad be 



tweeu ii a,-, and TSrj long. The bitch. Spey, was ihe hit- 



fer -p"cime,o oi tie- two' sin-, was blue in color. I have seen 

 Ear better bred dogs, notably Monaie, belonging to Mr. Cha- 



I tie- 



re-created i: 



in conclusion, Mr, 



linsellll 



peril ti • with them 

 I'. lo s, 'nothing e 



'I'.-i'm' ai ways Willi 



isured by me as 

 nd that they hav 



endea- 

 may be 

 admit, 



Bo 



whel 



then won less than first 

 Prom h grand old ln-li -l-u<- 



t ll.ee. -I,! iu- :i .group of dogs, w^ 



in lss], were. ;icknuu-l"il",cd as i 



The strain flourishes ye£, ait I 



il"-"end.-,i from a roj a-1 lino— ah 



a tear to hi.-, memory. 



And inasmuch a- my appa 

 evoked such anathemas from i 

 is too sbort to le- a!" 

 1 will rather up what remains 



and there will be inirndeil i 

 Xkw V.-llK. .Iillie Pi^ 



e master, and tie 



ook lo California in 1>". I, 

 up to the time I left there, 



THE INDIANA DOC LAW. 



The following bi 



-sed by the Indiana Legislature at 

 u act without disapproval of the 

 n of the constitutional time for 



sof the provi-ion- u! thi 



.ill a. t lo p. i'l -e! -!l""p In 



.. ■; a therew ita, m provi 



md killing doga,'appr 



collected a.-, othul icted 



.: -i Lio shall mil to use din 

 li--iii,.-.in\ '!■."" ti- I. kept or ha.i-lion.-d wilhin 

 betweenthe Hrst d .y oi April and the first dJ 

 each year, hall be lined In any sum in-t exeeodiji 

 tor each dog not listed for want of such diligence 

 Sec. ;; Kv-.iv person liable to taxation in i 



o. Slat", and ..-i'lin, therein w , 



ad any person who shal 

 le kuows thalsueh dog I 

 ..-i i,i am ;..n not CXC 



diligeuce ii 

 Is 'township, 



Sec. 8. Any person who shall misehievoiisly or maliciously 

 injure or kill any dog thai has been duly listed for taxation, or 



any person who shall steal, fain and carry away any dog that 

 has been duly listed for taxation according to law, shall be 



deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, md up,.i ivicfion shall be 



lot exceeding StillO, to which may be added 



as. - -a. -h dogs are injured 

 ig damage to the property 

 of such dog, or ts known 

 n-ep. the above provisions 



thirty 



he c- 



ided. That 

 or killed while engaged in con 

 of any other person than I he 

 to be a dog that will kill or n 

 shall not apply. 



Sec. ft. All mon»y ,| P ,i 

 fines under the provisions 

 ' fund, and 



I In 



ed by the 



i.d 



of 9h 



c collected in en 

 a- shall pay tin 

 lil,te.- in WHO! 

 jes originated, 



.id. 



the taxation of dogs and 

 ct shall constitute a fund 

 ir the payment of damages 

 maimed or killed by dogs 

 ynship trustee in this State 

 xesaudfinesof the. country 

 litors shall set apart the 

 h and every township, and 

 same, with tines collected, 

 towu'hip the dogs were 

 id said trustee shall hold 



tuition. 



Sec. t 



bandry 



The owners of sheep killed or maimed by dogs shall, 

 ■ lie- lime thereof, report to the trustee 

 Dshlp, Under oath, in which he shall state the num- 

 is he beheyes), and the value of ihe sheep so killed, 

 amage sustained on account of the maimed; and 

 a who shall make anv false statement of auy such 

 hall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not 

 one hundred dollars, to which mav be' added im- 

 Lt in the county jail for any term' not. exceeding 



ih. trust ■■• mall register such losses in the order 

 which order shall be.ohserved in the payv 

 losses: Provided, That no person shall receive pay 

 killed Or maimed by a dog owned, kept or harbored 

 f: And, provided further, That ihe. dog fundherc- 

 ected shall be added to and applied with the fund 

 der the provisions of this act, and. when it shall so 

 the nest Monday iu March of any year, in any town- 

 said fund shall accumulate to an amount exceeding 

 rs over and above orders drawn against the same, the 

 .i-.-aid shall he paid and transferred to the school 

 f the township, and expended as a part thereof for 



That an act entitled "An Act to protect sheep hus- 

 i regulate matters connected therewith, to provide 



r. taxing and killing dogs," approved. April la, 



le same is hereby repealed. 



lereas, an emergency exists for the immediate 



of this .-n-t therefore, it shall I »■ in force from 







THE CHICACO 



DOG SHOW. 





THE ben 



ch show held at Chica 



go last week \* a- 



fairly suc- 



JLce 

 them 

 been 



-:■!,. 



Tlierewercai.o.U St 

 very many tine aiiim. 

 numerous had Ion,. -i 



»how was held is roi 



1 that could' be d 



account. The fi 



•tl. The 



jinv, but i- not « 



and among 

 would have 

 A fear of 

 tit happily 

 esired, and 

 •st day was 

 building in 

 rell lighted, 









• was there any p 



ace outside 



when 





aogs could be exercise 



1. •I'he. attenda in 



e was quite 



good. 



and 



lie receipts will eousi 





x meet the 



expei 



ses, 



Previous fcothisthei 





show held 



in Ch 



el:;o 



in 1676, but we hope 





re Chicago 



will c 





to the trout and gh 





each year. 



The s 



IOW 



vas superintended bj 



Mr. Charles Line! 



In, and like 



all of 



the- 



il-l -. 



Tiles 



tiows with which he is 



eonneeted, the ar 



•angements 



On 



lay morning the show was formally 



opened by 



Mayo 



llai 



riflOh in a very appro 



niate speech. T 



le judging 







isfactiiry as at anv 6 





r. and but 



little 



"row 



ling at the decisions 



was heard. Mt 



. Munson. 



who i 



ve In 



licve has never judgec 





placed his 



dogs 



'ery 



ticely, and showed th 



at he was at hon 



le. Messrs. 



Kirk 





lorfimeralso perform 



sd their duties v 



>ry accept- 



ablv. 



Alt 



lough some of the an 



mala that ivani 



r.eii prizes 



were 



111 Wl 



rthy the honor, the j 



idges were not to blame, as 



then 





vas donelnfear that°i 



award the pi Use 



. Tliis. we 

 thheid, ex- 







nibiti 



|-s \y 





lein of luere.-iiai 



y motives. 



Wel. 





this to be all wrong 



\nd misleading to 



the public. 



rity of blood he is fairly entitled to 

 he founders and supporters of the 

 an.-iit of the various breeds of dogs. 



parts of the country presei 

 sion aud the. opportunity fi 

 and new friends. On Wed 

 Mr. Lincoln, 120 children, 



i from any share of the honors he 



nber of sportsmen from different 

 t. who appeared to enjoy the occa- 

 >r exchanging their views with old 

 uesday afternoon, bv invitation of 

 _, membfis of the Baud of Mercy, 

 visited the show. They appeared to lie greatly pleased -with 

 the animals, and were enthusiastic in their praise. On Friday 

 evening many of the prominent exhibitors were presented by 

 the managers with baskets or bouquets of beautiful Mowers. 

 pot as a personal compliment, however, but as a tribute to the 

 worth and beauty of their dogs. Following are our comments 

 upon some of the dogs: 



MASTIFFS. 

 JAJtES MOKTl.MF.ll. 



3 champion class for mastiffs. In the open class 

 was placed lirst. and Ourlh second. Both 

 ell. Nel-on, who was awarded vhc, is a 

 th a grand head, and capital forequarters. 

 in and hindquarters, owing, it is said, to his 

 over. Were be as good behind as heisfor- 

 ikea rati ling good .me to win over him. He 

 dark brindle with more mastiff character 

 town. His owner, who was dissatisfied with 

 icisedthe action of the judge in very ungen- 



,i the building in high dudgeon. This very 

 iduct cannot be too severely condemned, 

 froth exhibiting at 

 tuple apology. In 

 drawn, Dinah II. 

 i in wretched con- 



Thet 



r dogs Neviso: 

 ;re looking 



■eh< 



del 



y, is ouly six months 

 promise, and bids fair, 



ami t.'apt. Bullwinkle sh 

 future shows, at least until he tent 

 the bitch class, Speiro having bl 

 was the only mature one. shown. 

 dition, and the judge properly aw. 

 held first. Pussy, the only other 

 old; she is a very pretty bitch of g 

 if she gl'ows all right, to turn out someiumg iiue, 

 ST, IIKKXARDS. 



JA&E3 MollTIMKIl. 



With lh-e\eeiuion Oi Bishon, who wa- a fair -niooth coat, 

 Cure tvas not a deceut St. Ilernard shown, and all Other 



prizes 3 lid have been withh.-l.l. While admit tut., thai -oim- 



Of the olaas were good-looking animals, and well worthy the 

 place they occupy in the -affections of th-ii- owners, we pro 

 test against prostituting the honors j aehbyba- 



stowing them upon manifestly inferior specimens of any 

 breed, and above all should th'iy be religiously withheld from 



