Peterniann; Vho, Hector, D W Luhring: C, Sultan, J 

 Gran 



GiovhoundB— lat.Prinoo, F W Luytiea : 2d. Fida, RJChatry, 

 Vhc, Baron, EL Lee; IT c, Charlie, H. W Livingston; C, Foa- 

 dick, H Stciner. 



Deerhounds— 1st, Thar, P T Barlow; 2d, Maida, same owner; 

 H o, Stanley. Ii W White. 



Pointers— Champion— Dogs over 551bs— 1st, Snapshot, Lincoln 

 A llellvar': V h c, Pete, O A Strong : Bonnoo, J H B Latrobe, 

 Jr, and Sleaford, Irwin £ Waddell; IT a, Till, DuBois and E A 

 Wagstaff. Bitohea aver 50lbs— 1st, Fan, Columbns fOhio) Ken- 

 nel Olub ; V h c, P, -vche, IT X Miuiu ; Fan, G A Strong ; II c, 

 Romp, E OrgilL 



Pointers— Logs over 5Mba— lei, Bex, F Howe, Jr ; 2d, Rapp, W 

 B Ilobart ; 3d, Sport, J H Meyer ; V h o, Hanger. H Scheuherr ; 

 H o, Rob, N Cornwall; Baoge, S S Cobb; Fiak, ,T ,T Snellenberg ; 

 Bake II, J W Coffin ,• Patch, Dr C II H Savor ; Dash, J F Har- 

 rison ; C, Don, B Peer ; Koval Don, W A Coster : Tramp, E L 

 Wells. Bitohea over Bulbs- '1st, Grace, L W White; 2d, Flash, I) 

 G Hartt; 3d, Gwendolin, H C Glover. 



Pointers— Champion— Logs under Bulbs— tot, Sefion, E A Wil- 

 lard; Vhc, Lick, A M Wright; Button, J .1 Snellenberg; Bush, 

 E Orgill. Bitohea under BOlbs— 1st, Rose, E Orgill; V h 0, Queen, 

 A E Qodeffrov; Topsev. J J Snallonberg. 



Pointers-Logs under 551ba— 1st, Bob, I Weighell; 2d, Bon, G 

 L Strong ; 33, Chiswiek, T II Terry ; V h c, BliSt, M Hellmick ; 

 H o, Bob. W E Doano; Black Prince, Baltimore Kennel Clnb : 

 Bauger, G H I'veraU. Bitohea under SOlba— 1st. Luchess, G Van 

 Wagenei ; 3o", PrinOBBS, G G Barker ; 3d, Elf, K Lamb ; V h o, 

 Bella, B Urgill; Minnie, C DuBois and E A Waeataff; H c, 

 Eileen, J W ltu»sell ; Gip, H Hedeman ; Dora, A E Godeffroy. 



Pointers— Puppies over 6 months and under 12 months— Dogs 

 —1st, Ponto, C M Schieffelin; Van, G Boaoli; V h o, Frank For- 

 rester, Lr H F A ten j Eaudom, A H Godeffroy ; King Charlie, Co- 

 lumbus (Ohio) Kennel Club ; , E Orgill ; H e, Sly, O W 



Donner ; Glenmarlc, W P Steele: Game, G Van Wagenen ; Snap- 

 shot II, Lincoln A Hellyar; dive Newoombe, H N Munn ; 0, Pen- 

 dennie, tl N .Munn ; Hanger, W R Eodner. Bitches— 1st, Beauty, 

 M, Schieffelin : 2d, Lena, G A Strong: V h c, Queen May, 

 Columbus (Ohio) Keunel Clnb ; Fleet. I WeighBl) ; , E Or- 

 gill; H c, Boyal Peggie. W A Coster ; Mollie. C A Strong ; May, C 

 M Schieffelin: Lady Dufferin, F Howson. 



Pointers— Puppies under 6 months-Dogs— 1st. Tahlulah, CDa- 

 Boia and E A Wagstaff; V h c, do do; Dash, J W Coffin. 



English Setters— Champion Dogs -1st, Jersey Duke, Von Len- 

 gerke Bros. Bitches— Eoae, D T Charles. 



English Setters— Dogs— 1st, St Elmo, Dr S F Spier • 2d, Sam, D 

 T Charles; 3d, Sir Lancelot, W E Loavitt; V h o. Boval, T D 

 Gladatone; Stanley, W S Bimendotf ; Thunder, J ,1 'Snellenberg; 

 Grouse, L S Waters; and Ray, F Orgill ; H c, Czar, P H Morris; 

 C, Star, J A Loring. Bitches— 1st, Minto, Lincoln & Hellyar; 2d, 

 Abbey, E C La Montague ; ild, Meg, S Scranton ; V h o, Pot, E F 

 Meroiiliott ; May, II Ehlers ; and Phcebe, J J Snellenberg; H c, 

 Nelly II, A E Godeffroy. 



Puppies over 6 months— Dogs— 1st, Wellington, D T Charles ; 

 2d, Royal Pomp, W 11 Pierce; V h c, Prince Tcck, the LloTd Ken- 

 nel; and Satan, Plock; H c, St Elmo II, Er S F Spier : C, Pride 

 of the Kantorakille, II E Smith. Bitch Puppies— 1st, Trioket, D 

 T Charles; 2.1, Polka, the Lloyd Kennel; V h c, Delta, G Ster- 

 ling, and Floss II, J H Wharton. Dog Puppies under 6 months— 

 1st, King Dash, T L Watt ; V h o. Oremorne, E LaMontagno ; 

 IT a, Boston, L W C Cole. Bitohea— 1st, Fannie F, T L Watt ; 

 Vho, Eelleof Cortlaudt,CH Dayton; H c, Lester, J Donner. 



Champion Black and Tan Setters— Logs— 1st, Trump, C M 

 Pond. Bitches— 1st, Nellie, S W Rodman. 



Black and Tan Setters— Dogs— 1st, Turk, T F Taylor: 2d, Ben, 

 E L Mills ; 3d, Dash. C T Brownell ; V h c, Fred, L G Billings; H 

 o, Borneo, Lr S F Spier : Prince. A M Wright, and Conn, F W 

 Manlin. Bitches— 1st, Lady Gordon, Aldine Kennel Club ; 2d, 

 KeUy ir, p Erendenthal ; 3d, Bess, L Curtis; V h c, Jacquetla, Dr 

 S F Spier, and Grace, J B Tilley ; H c, Fan, II JTtmeeke ; C, Bes- 

 sie B. H S Kinsley. 



Black aDd Tan Setter Puppies— Dogs over 6 mouths— lat, Duke, 

 H W Huntington ; 2d, Scott, T T Sawyer, Jr : V h c, Gronse n, 

 Dr G W Downey ; H c, Shot, Dr G W Carmen, and Jake, I 

 Weighell. Bitches— 1st, Brenda, S D Sehenck ; 2d, Dream, A 

 Powell; V h c, Maggie May, W H Pierce ; H o, Lorna Doone, G 8 

 Sedgwick. 



Black and Tan Setter Puppies under 6 months — Dogs — 1st, 

 Brighton, Dr S F Spier; Vhc, Powder, G Boach; and an un- 

 named pup by Colbum's Duke out of Bess, owned by J A Hod- 

 den, Newark, N J. Bitches — 1st, Nancy Leo, G Boach. 



Champion Red Irish Setters— Dogs— Rory O'Mooro, W N Cat- 

 lender. Bitohea— 1st, Red Rival, Aldine Kennel Club. 



Red Irish Setters— Doga— 1st, Derg, Baltimore Kennel Club; 2d, 

 Grouse, A Biddle ; 3d, Smuggler, J W Sprong ; V h o, Chance II, 

 Lincoln & llellvar, and Scout, L G Hartt ; H o. Boss, W R Hobart, 

 and Red Dick, C J Ketchum; 0, Pat, W Tallman; Jerr, I Weighell; 

 and Grouse, J Wiley. Bitches— 1st, Phantom, Lincoln & Hellyar; 

 2d. Nora, A A Sampson ; 3J, Gypsy, G W Baasford ; V h o, Doe, 

 M W.-nzel, and Moya, AE Godeffroy; He, Mag, G Van Wagenen, 

 Peg, W Lambert ; Royal Rose, G Ketchum ; Robb, Aldine Kennel, 

 and Ruby, L Wallack. Red Irish Setter Puppies over 6 months- 

 Dogs— lit. Biz, W A Mcintosh; 2d, Spy, S D Ripley ; Vhc, Ches- 

 ter, A BasBford, and an unnamed pup by Elcho, out of Nell, 

 owned by Dr G F Hawley ; H c, Cardinal, G W Bassford ; Dexter, 

 same owner. Bitch Puppies over (1 mouths— let. Flounce II, Bal- 

 timore Keuuel Club: Lady Bird, T Newbold ; Til 0, Viscountess, 

 same owner; H c. Magenta and Carnation, G W Bassford; C, 

 Muriel, Lincoln & Hellyar. 



Bed Irish Setter Poppies under 6 months— Dogs— 1st, Conn 

 the Shaugbraun, P Noel ; V h c, Flame and Free, B Hobart ; 

 H c, Brock, G T Leach ; 0, True, M P Bray. Bitch Puppies un- 

 der (i montba— let, Countess, G T Leaoh; Vho, Trim, M P Bray; 

 C, Pearl and Ruby, same owner. 



Champion Red and White Setter Logs— 1st, Jim Reilly, J W 

 Fassit, 



Red and White Setters— Doga— 1st, Duke, J Donner; 2d, Mon- 

 tague. C De Konge and J H Iuman; 2d, Dash, J W Faseitt; Vho, 

 Jack. 51 Wenzel ; Chips, W Man, and Natty Bumpo, Dr H Gard- 

 ner; H c, Sco'tl, W Kampfmuller; Shot, F 8 Cheater, and Pet, R 

 Story ; C, Red Gauntlet. Lr J W Downey. Puppies over 6 months 

 —Dogs— 1st, Shell, C C Wortbington: 2d, Shot, same owner; V b 

 c, Rip, J R Wood; H c, Mike, RT Hewitt. Bitches— 1st, Flirt, H 

 Hedeman; 2d, Kit, J T Miller. Puppies under ii montba— Dogs— 

 1st, Fla-h. C F Lund : V h c, Dick, J Bryco, Jr, and Marquis of 

 Lome, G Langran. Bitches— 1st, Elena, W G Murphy; Juno, Mrs 

 KampfmuUer, and Dixie, 3 Bryce, Jr: H c, Lmiogie, W Bulges. 



Irish Water Spaniels— 1st, Mack, L D Lawlor ; 2d, Judy, same 

 owner; V li a, Frank, G B Paddock; Dash, S Simmons, and Jessie, 

 T Coegrove. 



Clumber Spaniels— 1st, Trimbush, W M Tiloston ; 2d, Nap, F 

 Austin; V h o, Fairy, W M Tiloston. 



Cocker Spaniel Doga— 1st, Toby, F T Wall -. 2d, Charlie, D P 

 Foater; 3d. Witch, F H Hoe; V h o, Prince, J Williams. 



Field Spaniel Dogs— tot, Frank, A Watts; 2d, Doctor, P C Win- 

 ters ; 3d, Punch, W Sohwind ; V h c, Pedro, AD Withers ; H c. 

 Waif. E Yard, Jr. 



Cocki lie! Bitches— 1st, Feather, FCHolline; 3d, 



fiip, D P BoBworth: 3d, Madge, G M Koasberg; V h c, Clare, D P 

 Bosworth; J I c. Madge, F H Hoe, and Madge. G M lieasberg. 



Cocker or Field Spaniel Puppies— 1st, Oxford, F C Hollins; V h 

 o, Trump, same owner; H c, Flake, Dr J L Morrill, and Fleurt, A 

 E Godeffroy. 



Foxhound Couples— let, Life-guard and Favorite, A B Purdy; 

 2d, Tyler and Biamarok, H Puvogol ; 3d, Buck and Mate, I Weig- 

 hell. 



, Lea— lBt, Lottie, E n Gillman : 2d, Charley, same owner; 

 3d, Rambler, M Hnnt; V b c. Crafty and Bell Maid, W L Bradbury, 

 Finder and an unnamed dog, by Toweer out of Music, same 

 owner. 



Dachshunds— 1st, Woldman, C Elsosaen; 2d, Zanke, WH Goet- 

 ting ; 3d. Diedrich, C D Arthur ; Vhc, Cora, Baltimore Kennel 

 Olub; H c, Dan, W Soheelye, 



Foot Terrier Dona— 1st, Gameater, A Newbold ; 2d, Rattler II, T 

 D Burke; Vhc. Tvranf , eamo owner, and Bounce, F R Hitebooolt; 

 C, Flash, L M Rutherford, Jr, and Grip, 8 Simmonds. Bitches— 

 lat, Vixen, T D Burke ; 2d, Minnie, aame owner.: V h e. Suss, F 

 W Fleck ; H o, Kate, W B Parsons: and Topay, J Mortimer ; C, 

 Pixie, R C Cornell. 



Fox Terrier Dog Puppies— 1st, an mummed pup by Paulo out 

 of Nettle, owned by JAP Lawrence. Bitch Puppies — 1st. Fan- 

 nio, J F Ferguson; V h o, an unnamed pup by Paulo out of Net- 

 tle, owned by J A P Lawrence; 0, Nellie, Chaa Walton. 



Collie Dogs— 1st, Rav. W H Watts: 2d, Cato. C Lorey; 3d. Rolf, 

 A S Apgar;.V It o, Rov, J P Haines; H c, Spot, ,1 G Orton. Bileheo 

 -lat, Flora II, W MoLeUan; 21, Flone. A S Apgar; 3d. Friday, W 

 McLellan; Vho, Lassie, J P Haines. 



Collie Puppiea— lat, Tarn, N P Sehenck; Vho, Di, eamo owner ; 

 H c, White, C N Embury. 



Dalmatian or Coaoh Doga— lat. Spot, G Biahop. 



Bulldogs— lat, Ben, F Miller; 2d, Ptisa, E S Auchinolosa; Vho, 

 Kitty, F Miller; H c, Crib, J Mortimer. 



Bull Terriers— lat, Spidor, J G Coster; 2d, Amerioan Kate, J N 

 Briegs; Vho, Lilly, J G Custer; H c. Kins, B J Shay. 



Bull Terrier Pnppiea— 1st. Betsy, H Denton j C, Arthur, G W 

 Varian. 



Skye Terriers— lat, Tom, R McLellan ; 2d. Puffy, L Aapinwall. 

 Jr; 3d, Rough, Miss L Morse ; V h e, Albert. T Jeffrey, and Mr 

 Myumn-myumn, C L Montant ; H c, Frank, Mrs S Trueadale. 



Pug Dogs— 1st, Bothnia, Miss H Brownell; 21, Guelpl.. D Ba- 

 con; Vhc, Sam, H W Poor; Billy, Mrs II A Gumbleton; Charley. 

 J DaviB, and Pnck, Miss Penniman ; IT o, Pickles, Miss Salisbury; 

 Muggins, A AKingsland, and Ton, W BarUetl -; 0, Simbd, Miss 

 M D Wagstaff. Bitches— tot. Littlo Nell, Mrs W H Beadle; 2d, 

 Pudgens, Clara J S Long ; V h o, Betty, D P Foster, and Coun- 

 tess, Mrs G C Colburn ; H c, Judy, same owner ; 0, Lena, F S 

 Thompson. Png Puppies— 1st. Rackett, C M Herld. 



Scotch Terriers— 1st, Fanny Fern, E G Baxter ; 2d, Fanny, Mrs 

 N E Gregory. 



Black and Tan Terriers over 51ba— 1st. Dick. J S Baoon ; 2d. 

 Jack, S Van Dynk ; -V h c, Nelly, H Haggerty ; 0, Tommy, Mrs H 

 B Millard, and Nelly, Mra Senhauaer. 



Yorkshire Terriera, Blue and Tan, over, 51bs— 1st, Ben II, T 

 Kaalaghar; 2d, Young Taylor, W Collins; 2d. Ben. J Marriott; V 

 h c, Harry, Mra L Kiaternifinn, and Prince, F Wood; H c, Charley, 

 T Kaalaghar; C. Tattera. W Kehoe, and Charley, T Kaalaghar. 



Yorkshire Terriers. Bluo and Tan, not exceeding olba — 1st, 

 Charley, Mra W A Haines, Jr ; 2d, Lucy, A Kiatormann ; 3d, 

 Cricket, W Watson; Vhc, Tiny, same owner; C, Petite. Mra M D 

 Landon. 



Toy Terriera other than Yorkshires— lat, Phil, W Hendrix; 3d, 

 Major, A Kiatormann; Vho, Tiny, HHarley; II e, Lady. H Heiui, 

 all black and tana. 



King Charles Spaniels— 1st, Sankey ; 2d, Trickster, Clara G S 

 Long ; V h o, Prince, A Kiatermann ; H c, Lady, same owner ; C, 

 Prince, H Harley. 



Japanese Spaniels— lat, Minnie, Mra C E Trait ; 2d, Flo, same 

 owner; C, Milley, F Senn. 



Italian Greyhounds— let. Nannie, Mmo A T Lo Provoat; 2d, By- 

 ron, same owner ; V h c, Arno, Miaa A J Bowlby; H c, Daisy, Mra 

 E A Gray; O, Flora, W H Vanduaen. 



Miscellaneous— lat, Bevis (Irish wolfhound). L Wallack; 2d, 

 London Charley (Maltese terrier), S S Mulvey; 3d, Schwartz (Can- 

 niche poodle), L L Lorillard; extra medals. Flora, aame breed and 

 owner; Linda (wild Chihuahua dog from the mountains of Mexico), 

 Mra H E Terry ; Jocko (Japaneae dog), J Genzel ; Lady (same 

 breed), A Kaltenbach, and Leo (Russian setter), E A Eo'th; H c, 

 Nigger (nondescript), Robert Smith, and Duke of Magenta (borg- 

 hund), E R Hearn. 



SPECIAL MtlZES. 



A— Best Native English Setter Dog or Bitch that Never Won a 

 First Prize— Dr S F Spier's St Elmo. 



B— Beat Red Irish Setter Dok or Bitch that Never Won a Firat 

 Prize— The Baltimore Konnol Club's Derg. 



C— BeBt Brace of Engliab Setter Doga— T D Gladstone's Royal 

 and Saxe. 



D— Beat Pointer Dog or Bitch that Never Won a First Prize— G 

 Van Wagenen 'b Duohess. 



E— Best Fox Terrier Dog— A N Morris' Gamester. 



F— Beat Fox Terrier Bitch— T D Burke's Vixen. 



G— Best Toy or Pet Dog Exhibited by a Lady-Mrs W A Haines, 

 Jr, Charley, a Yorkshire terrier. 



H— Best Black and Tan Setter Dog that Ne ver Won a First Prize 

 — T F Taylor's Turk. 



I— Beat Euglieh Setter Dog— Dr S F Spier's St Elmo. 



J— Beat Pug Dog or Bitch— Mrs W H Beadle. Little Nell. 



K— Beat Yorkshire Terrier— T Kaalaghar'a Ben II. 



L — Best Litter of Pointer or Setter Puppies— A litter belonging 

 to C DuBoia and E A Wagataff'a pointor bitch Minnie. 



M — BeBt Pointor Dog Competing in the Open GlaaseB, Shown 

 with Two of his Get-J W Coffin's Rake II. 



N— Best Yorkshire Terrier Under olba— Mra W A Haines, Jr's, 

 Charley. 



P — Beat Brace of Red Irish Setters, Regardless of Ago or Sex — 

 Baltimore Kennel Club's Derg and Florence II. 



Q— BeBt Dog, Bitch or Puppy Sired by Sensation— G Van Wag- 

 enen 's Duchoaa. 



Dandi Dismont Tkbbibrs.— Exhibitors in the Dandy Din- 

 rnont Terrier Class have taken exceptions, and not 'without 

 reason, we think, to the ruling of the judges of nou-sporting 

 dogs at the recent bench show held in this city, because they 

 passed as unworthy two prize winners at previous shows. 

 One of these, Fido, was sired by Teaser, a prize taker at 

 Edinburgh, Scotland, from the famous Hoxburyshiie Kennel. 

 Its dam was Meg, a bitch of Dr. Grant's, Hawick; his 

 father and mother both prize winners, and himself one of the 

 gamiest terriers in the Doctor's pack, which was celebrated 

 throughout the country. He was a prize winner of 1877, 

 Kavanagh, judge, and had a good record ,in Scotland, hav- 

 ing followed the Duke of Bucclough's foxhounds, aud been 

 known more than once to run a hare down by following its 

 acent nearly all day, alone. The other dog, named Whiskey, 

 took first prize at the New York Bench Show of 1878, 



The judges of the non-sporting dogs, it is protested, de- 

 cided that the Dandie Dinmont exhibits were not true to 

 breed. Of course, we can conceive the difficulty of securing 

 three judges possessing the requisite qualifications of judging 

 intelligently alike all the very numerous classes coming under 

 their view. The same trouble has always existed in England, 

 and no remedy has yet been applied, if found. It is morally 

 impossible to produce a judge, or even three judges, one of 

 whom shall be well informed of the specific characteristics of 

 all kinds of dogs. No one but a life-keeper of a dog-mena- 

 gerie or museum, where every known variety of dogs was kept 

 constantly under his observation and ward, could be expected 

 to judge the wolfhound with the pug, the Japanese hairless dog 

 with the sturdy Newfoundland, the skye with the spitz, the 

 Russian setter with the Canniche poodle, and so on through 

 all the catalogue of uncertain, obsolete, or traditional breeds of 

 dogs. The only practical method would seem to be, to em- 



ploy a thoroughly iuformed person to judge each specific- clam; 

 and this of course is practicably impossible. "What then r The 

 dog's record should haveits fullest weight of testimony. It la 

 the affidavit before the court. No one is so capable to decide 

 the merits and specific points of a particular class as he who 

 has reared and handled that class all his life. If he is a true 

 fancier he has been careful in selecting his strain, and in as- 

 certaining that the breed was true at the outset. Having the 

 facts before him, it is natural, and pardonable, that he should 

 grumble or protest against decisions obviously erroneous, and 

 such protest should he recorded and filed for reference. It 

 would reeni to us that in cases where it might, be doubted i* 

 the judges ever Baw a specimen, or even knew that such a 

 breed existed, (as might certainly apply to some exhibits in 

 the miscellaneous class,) or even in cases like the one now un- 

 der our consideration, it would be eminently proper to allow 

 the dog's pedigree and record to go before the Bench as evi. 

 dence, just as in a court of law, and let that evidence weigh 

 with the judgment. 



But let us add, in behalf of Bench Show judges in general, 

 that the most noisy and obstreperous grumblers are men who 

 have never seen the scale of points by which dogs are judged 

 men wholly ignorant of the physiological basis upon which 

 that scale of points has been prepared. Their own judgment 

 and opinions are based upon incidental hearsay or traditional 

 analysis, an inordinate amount of prejudice or predilection, 

 and an obstinacy nurtured by pure ignorance. If decisions 

 do not favor them, they assume that the judges are incompe- 

 tent. As long as dogs bark, and bench shows are held, these 

 chronic grumblers will be conspicuous. Nevertheless, let the 

 Shows go on ! 



IRISH WOLFHOUNDS AT THE DUBLIN 



SHOW, 



[FROM OUR'SPKCIAL CORRESPONDENT.] 



The Dublin show opened on the 1st of April, and the special 

 feature was the making of a clas3 for these dogs and giving a 

 splendid silver challenge cup, value £15 15s., for the best dog 

 belonging to a member of the Irish Kennel Club in addition 

 to the three prizes. Twelve dogs were entered and eleven 

 put in an appearance. The 1st prize went to a grey dog 

 very light in bone and with rather silky and curly hair— a 

 deerhound pure and simple, as shown by his appearance and 

 pedigree, he being by Swarran out of Linda. Why the judge 

 placed him first it is impossible to say, for he possessed none 

 of the wolfhound attributes which so much distinguished the 

 winner of the 2d prize and the challenge cup and medal, a 

 puppy shown by Mr. Frank Adcock, of Shevington Hall, W. 

 Wigan. This is a very large, dark-grey dog, with grizzled 

 legs and a wolfhound all over, his head is very long and pow- 

 erful, his body formed on racing lines combined with great 

 power ; legs very straight and enormous in bone , coat per- 

 fectly straight and very hard and about 8 inches long ; tail 

 long and well clothed with hair, but not bushy ; eyes medium 

 sized and very dark in color ; ears folding back to the neck 

 but much torn by fighting. This puppy, although about half 

 grown, was very little less in size lhan the largest in the class 

 (excepting Major Gflueral McCansland's Wolf) and much larger 

 than the majority. 



The 3d prize dog belongs to Mr. G. A. Graham, of Eednock. 

 Dnrsley, Gloucestershire. He is a red dog With a good hard 

 coat, a nice ear and altogether a good dos, but lacks size, for 

 although one year and 10 months old, he is only about the 

 same size as Mr. Adcnck's puppy. The highly commended 

 dog was Gen'I McCausland'sWolf, a doe bred by Mr. Graham. 

 A great deal was written about this dog last year, and we 

 expected great things when we saw from the catalogue that he 

 was entered, but we were woefuliy disappointed when we 

 met him in the flesh. He is a great, soft, woolley, curley 

 coated, bad shaped brute, with coarse ears, bad legs and feet, 

 and altogether as unlikely a dog for a wolf as could be found, 

 and whv the judge gave him H. C, unless it were for his size, 

 it is difficult to understand. The Test of the class call for no 

 remark. The challenge cup is a very handsome article. It 

 is a massive silver cup in the form of the head of an Irish 

 wolfhound, and fits on to an ebony shield or tablet, inlaid 

 with a silver inscription plate, and the medal which accom- 

 panies it is somewhat after the shape of a Maltese cross. 



The judging of these dogs was done by Mr. Dalziel, who, 

 if your readers remember, wrote a letter lo the Country in 

 answer to one by Mr. Frank Adcnck upon this breed, who 

 replied that the exhibition of one of his dogs would go 

 further to prove their existence than a paper war. The op- 

 portunity sought has arrived, and the award of the challenge 

 cup is, one would think, the best proof of Mr, Dalziel's con- 

 version. There appears to be every reason to believe that 

 through the praiseworthy efforts of the Irish Kennel Club this 

 breed will in a very short time be entirely re-established and 

 become much in request in those countries where large and 

 swift wild animals still exist. J. D. 



A TESTIMONIAL TO MR. LINCOLN. 



NEW T0BK, April 11, 1570. 

 Tu Charles Lincoln, JJsj., Supt. Westminster Kennel Cttib Bench Show ; 



Sir .-—We, the undersigned exhibitors at this year's bench show, de- 

 sire to express and do hereby tender you our sincere tbanfcs for, ana 

 hearty appreciation of, the admirable order, careful consideration for 

 the comfort anfl good keeping ol the dogs on exhibition, and fortius 

 clean linesi and safety ensured to the many valuable annuals nnder 

 yonr charge. Yours very truly, 



T.T\ Taylor, H. E. Drummond, A. Russell Stractian, W. T. CharteB, 

 T. J. Conroy, W. P. Asten, E. Lohman, W. Costler, W. K. Williamson, 

 F. H. Morris! S. Fleet Spier, E J. Sandford, Jr., O. DuBois Wagstaff, 

 Robert H. Cornell, Albert M. Wright, W. H. Pierce, J. Von Lengerke 

 A- Bro., Olias. De Konge, 11. Inman, W. R. Hobart, E. M. Gillespie, C. 

 K, C, W. S. Connel). J. J. Snellenburg, 0. A. TIeraburg, Boyd Kennel, 

 Dr. E. 0. Allen, Benjamin fit. Richards, Max. Wenzel, Mllo Seagraas- 



Ijlncoln & Hellyar, Timothy D. Gladstone, Boonton, G. W. Baas, 



ford, Alfred Bassford, Alfred Sclmdlue, 



