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A Pkofisssional "Brnj.'e-Evn.'' — I agree with your cor- 

 respondent, "Handicap," that "Mr. Hyde and myself were 

 the only ones in N. Y. who would (not wuid) be styled 

 ' professionals,' and that only so far as our scores were above 

 the average marksman." For who would value the skill of 

 any "professional" who was always at the bottom of the 

 score? W. Mii.ton Fakeow. 



—The opening day of the 7lh annual spring meeting at 

 Creedmoor on the 3d inst., met a season of wretched weather. 

 The low range and mid-range work showed the regular troop 

 in excellent form. See our next issue: a full report of the 

 meeting will be given. 



REVIEW OF WESTMINSTER REVIEW- 

 ERS. 



.IUOGISG AT NEW YORK WONDBEFt'XLY SUSTAINED. 



Editor Fohbst awd Steeam : 



Since the New York Dog Show I have read every line pub- 

 lished in the Fosbst and Steeam, Turf, Field and Farm 

 and Chicago Field on the subject of the New York, Philadel- 

 phia and Boston dog shows, and I have never seen more pre- 

 judice, malicious slander, willful perversion and suppression 

 of truth in the same space than is contained in the Turf, 

 Field and Farm and Chicago Field. One Jacob Fentz is 

 confessedly Kennel Editor of the Turf, Field and Farm ; the 

 correspondent of the Chicago Field calling himself "Gotham- 

 it '-■," I believe to be the same individual. If he is not, they 

 hunted in couples at New York, Philadelphia and Boston i 

 and the prime object they have had in view apparently has 

 been to run down the Westminster Kennel Club, to vilify 

 the judges, to abuse the awards, but above all to gratify some 

 •violent personal animosity against Mr. Tileston and to black- 

 guard his dogs. To accomplish this no effort has been spared 

 and no delicacy considered. * * * * 



No careful readers of the descriptions in the Chicago Field 

 and Turf, Field and Farm can fail to see a malignant deter- 

 mination on the part of the writer to do everything at all 

 times within his power to injure the Westminster Club and 

 all connected with it. 



1 propose to review the two papers together from April 11 

 to date. 1 propose to show that so far is the writer cf these 

 articles from being a candid reporter that he is filled with bile 

 and bud blood, besides being no judge of a dog; or if a judge, 

 that lie is so warped by his spleen and animosity that his re- 

 ports are utterly unreliable. I treat the Chicago Field and 

 Turf, Field and Farm reports as made by one and the same 

 man. I have not the slightest doubt as to who he is, and my 

 only' surprise is that a paper like the Turf, Field and Farm, 

 controlled by gentlemen like the Braces, men worthy of any 

 society, and filled with gentlemanly instincts and pride, 

 should keep such a venomous mns-culotte upon the premises. 

 Readers of sporting papers are as a class sportsmen. 

 Sportsmen are as amiable fraternal fellows as any in the 

 world, and the denunciatory, vindictive stuff, interwoven 

 through the account of the New York show in both Turf, 

 Field and Farm and Chicago Field was simply sickening to 

 Die vast oumber who plainly saw its ammvs. For example*. 

 April 11. Turf, Field and Farm: Launches out with a 

 declaration thai the New York Show is a failure. Instead of 

 showing wherein it was a failure the writer proceeds to abuse 

 Sensation, and actually desceuds to the poor dog's toe nails 

 and suggests they were pared by a kennel man and not honest- 

 ly wonfoff in the field. He states, on hearsay, I hat Mr. Col- 

 burn's pah' of Sensation's get is utterly worthless (a fact 

 which is as false as can be, for one of them at least is a superb 

 dim), aud generally anathematizes the strain. 



April 12- Chicago Field: Follows the Turf ideas exactly, 

 and says: "One individual stating §1,000 would buy every 

 premium;" " Davidson did the work, Wise the aristocratic. 

 Colburn the handsome aud agreeable." " Although nominal- 

 ly three judges there was but one actually." In TwJ, FieM 

 md Farm of 18th it is said: "Judging was done without 

 method." Of the judges, "Two of them were probably ig- 

 norant of their duties and acted honestly though erroneously. " 

 John Davidson, if he had anything to say in the giving of 

 awards, stultified his dog knowledge by the errors of his judg- 

 ing, etc., etc." 



Chicago Field, l!»th: The writer boasts of sneaking about 

 incog, aud hearing John Davidson tell thus and so. Speaks 

 of Davidson as a bell-weather leading his unthinkingassociates. 

 A third of a columu is devoted 10 personal abuse of Mr. Tile- 

 ston and his dog Lou, and a moral homily is injected about 

 an imaginary difficulty between Mr. Graniger and a priest, 

 rjavs there was more growling over awards than was ever 

 heard before at a bench show, and that "integrity of the 

 judging was called into question." 



' Chicago Field, April 20:h : " in fact the knowledge of the 

 judges there (New York Show) received a Waterloo up 

 here," 



I might quote much more from these two journals to show 

 a deliberate purpose on the part of these two writers to injure 

 tne Westminster Kennel Club in every way in their power. 

 And it is all mixed up with constant asseverations oi truthful- 

 ness and impartiality sufficient to convince the reader that to 

 falsehood is added malice. Aye, malice not content with any- 

 lbin<r less than permanent ana widespread injury to its objects, 

 As to these general charges I will reply as follows : 

 1st. Sensation is so far ahead of any other pointer in America 



in bench show points, has taken so many prizes, is so univers- 

 ally admitted to pre-eminence that his critics can fight it out 

 wiihhim. 



2d. As to the charges of corruption they are lies so patent. 

 that they need no notice, if such charges ever were made, 

 which 1 doubt, believing they originated and died in the 

 brain of the author. 



3d. As to the ignorance of the judges, if they were ignorant 

 they weie, as 1 will prove hereafter, the best guessers that ever 

 guessed, aud one at least is a better judge of a puppy than of 

 a dog. 



4th. If John Davidson did all the work he did it better 

 than ever a man did before, as I will show; by the record of the 

 NewYorkwiunersin ihe Philadelphia and Boston dog shows. 



5th. As to the writer who sneaked about and listened to 

 what was not intended for him, if he ;had listened longer ho 

 would know more about dogs thau I will show he does, by 

 the record he has made. 



Oth. As to the charge that the knowledge of the New York 

 judges received a Waterloo upsetting at Philadelphia and 

 Boston, I will prove it so false by the writer's owu reports as 

 to make a blush mantle his cheek, if it can cover so large a 

 surface. 



Let us look at the record. I will review the Westminster 

 awards in the order they were giveri. I refer to sporting 

 classes solely: 



POINTERS. 



On this subject the twin Solons, or duplex-elliptic censor, 

 of ths Turf, Field and Farm and Chicago Field were very 

 free in their expressions. 



Field, April 12, Gothamite: "Condemnation of pointer 

 judging - unauimous ; snub-nosed, sharp-faced dogs, with a 

 bulldog look, wrinkly and all got the prizes, to the exclusion 

 of oetter- formed dogs." 



Champion dogs over Sfilbs. — Snapshot. Approved by both 

 Turf and fiield. Champion bitches over Solbs — Columbus 

 K. Club Fan. Turf, Field and Farm, 11th April, admits 

 Fan was in fine condition aud Psyche out of sorts. 



Field, 12th April : " Winners very ordinary in looks." 



/•"„/-•. lilth: "If a trifle lighter in weight would have 

 showed better; extremely ragged in hips and weak in loins; 

 as fat as she was extremely narrow there." 



This was poor Fan at New York Show. She did not go to 

 Philadelphia. She did go to Boston, however. There, large 

 and small champion bitches were shown in one class. She 

 was pitted against Orgill's Rose, the New Y'ork champion in 

 small classes^ aud Rose beat her, as she ought to have done. 

 Was this a Waterloo to Westminster judges? B <th were 

 New York champion winners of i,S70, and both could not get 

 it. Even the writer of the Field forgot his abuse of Fan at 

 New York and says : 



Field, May 17 i " Fan, who won first at New York, though 

 a good bitch, can never compete successfully against a lemon 

 and white in color, even if she were as good." 



Large Pointers — Dogs. — Westminster judges gave Rex 

 first. "Here the dog solons of the Twf&ud Field howled. 



Turf, Field and Farm, 11th April : " We fancied the Whis- 

 key blood (Westminster) did the business, and sent first to 



Field. 10th April: "Kex, a black and white dog, of whom 

 could only be said he had a good loin and was in good condi- 

 tion. His shoulders were decidedly weak, while his head 

 was faulty to a degree." 



Now, by George ! wasn't that a mean dog to bo given first I 

 They actually frightened him away from Philadelphia ; he 

 didn't go there at all. But he did sneak to Boston. In what 

 sort of class? Fourteen entries. Well, what sort? Only 

 Faust, just imported by St. Louis Kennel Club, costiBg 

 $1,300, said to be the best dog in England ; Coffin's Rake II., 



-hot, Hammond's Brock, aud that sort of mettle. 



Did he win first ? Of course he did not; Faust won that. 

 Faust was not at N. Y. Did he win second? He did that, 

 my boy, and he made the 'Turf, Field and Farm aud the 

 Chicago Field take water and a back - 



Turf, Field and Farm May 16 : "Fourteen entries (Bos- 

 ton), aud a walk-over foi Faust. We did not think it possi- 

 ble for any dog to have been gotten in such condition as he 

 showed iu so short a time. Second went to Kex, the black 

 and white dog who carried off first at the late Westminster 

 Club Show. Our judgment must be at fault, for, while 

 granting the dog is not a. bad one, we cannot for the life of 

 us see where the type of a winning dog is iu Rex. We still 

 think the award ai New York— not the dog's merits— made 

 him win at Boston." 



Of course you cannot. Nobody but yourself imagines you 

 know what a good dog is. The Westminster award made 

 him win at Boston, did it ? A"\ hy, you beggar, you told us 

 not ten days ago that the Westminster awards were treated 

 Willi no respect whatever. \\ hit says the other? 



Chicago Field May 17 : " Kex, who got lirst at New York, 

 was placed second here. This was an award I did not like, 

 as he, though with good points, is so faulty at others that he 

 should never win in good company. We liked this award 

 less than any given." .,,„„, 



Aha! thought yon would. You and the Turf know all 

 about it. You are the chap who wrote " Condemnation of 

 pointer judging unanimous!" Baubfno&ed I Bull-dog! You 

 cannot quarrel with the Boston judges. 



OMcBg' i Fu I ' "lay 10 : "II, ucy the judging will be more 

 rati , o ory than at any sh m yet; ire ( B J s *g , -i ,, . , 

 Pointer bitches— Fi '-md, Flush ; third, 



Gwendolyn. There were bul three entriea.irt this class! The 

 Turf Field and F.cnn desorioed them as "all fair 6 

 it and the Fie.d preferred Gwendoliu for first. None of these 

 bitches attended either the Philadelphia or Boston Show, 

 nnd no comparison, Of their merits can be made. 



-Champion Dogsnnder 651ba.— First, Bef ton; V. 

 H. O, Bush. Only one prize given. Both Turf, Field and 

 Id 63 pressed a preference for Rush over Sefton 

 at the time. They charged that Sutton's Sensation blood 

 gave him the preference. The reader of their articles might 

 readily retort that their prejudice against Sensation gave 

 Rush the preference. There was not as mud aj easuBnsJ 

 for this award. The class was very small, hut two dogs in it 

 really competed. Both were excellent dogs, so described m 

 both Field and Tur/] and the award was given to Sefton at 

 last try the superior muscle developed in his thighs— muscle 

 Unit on examination was found superb. Sefton and Bush 

 igain pitted at Philadelphia, where the judges put Rush 

 ahead. This was neither surprising nor mortUV. ■■ ti 

 one, because, where two excellent animus are nearly nvueiiec 

 in merit, personal preference is apt to decide. 

 :, Philai elpaiaawsTd "Gothamite," in the imd of May..., 



Champion Pointers— Light entries, 



. "Louis Club, Bow, and Westminster Club, 



Bnt. The first regretted, the last 



much commented upon. Sensation blood here received such 

 a terrible set-back that the dog's absence was a good thing, 

 etc. Edmund Orgill » * * went to the front in this class 

 with his Rush * * * His career has been almost uni- 

 formly successful. Second in Baltimore, 1877, puppies, Hose, 

 mentioned below, taking first, etc. This year they (Rush 

 and Bose) remained unplaced, according to the judging at the 

 late Westminster Show, yet here we find them going to the 

 front only a week later." 



Now, is or is not this statement that Bush and Rose were 

 unplaced at New York a deliberate falsehood to excite bad 

 feeling? Rush, who pushed Sefton so close, and Rose, who 

 was placed first at New York— not only placed first, but 

 went to Philadelphia and to Boston and was again decorated 

 —is here referred to as "unplaced." To such a pass will 

 malice and falsehood bring its victim. 



Small Pointer Dogs— Open class— First, Weighell's Bob; 

 second, Strong's Ben : third, Terry's Chiswick. Of these, 

 neither the first nor second prize winner has been exhibited 

 since at either Philadelphia or Boston, but Chiswick, winner 

 of third at New York, took second in the class for puppies, 

 dogs and bitches, over eight and under twelve months, in 

 Philadelphia, and although unplaced in the grown dog class 

 at Boston, it will be remembered he was but fourth choice at 

 New York, as Gill's Dash, second prize, was disqualified, 

 and the class had to he judged anew for a third. 



These awards were scouted at New York by Turf and Field 

 correspondents. One of them at least forgets himself at 

 Boston : 



Turf, Field and Farm, May 1G: "Chiswick, a more than 

 good orange and white, by Flake ex-Bill, was the one we had 

 picked out for first, though not so fine in head as Pete, Jr. 

 Personally we liked Chiswick the better, but laveno fault to 

 find in the judging. Where two or three are equally gjod, 

 it seems hard that but one can carry off first. Tuough hard, 

 it's fair." 



If these Christian reflections had consoled this meek and 

 lowly writer when Sefton was placed ahead of Rush at New 

 York, perhaps he would not have gone into hysterical jov 

 when Rush beat Sefton at Philadelphia and would have tod 

 the truth instead of saying Rose, the thrice-crowned queen, 

 had be n uipbiced in New York. 



Small Pointer Bitches -Open Clas?.— First, Dutchess ; sec- 

 ond, Princess; third, Bif ; V. H. C, Orgill's Belle. Of tuete 

 only Dutchess and Belle went to Philadelphia. Of this hitch 

 Dutches?, the writer will only say that when at NewYoik 

 she was to his eye the handsomest animal of the small class i f 

 pointers he ever laid his eyes upon ; that he never saw her at 

 Philadelphia, but a friend returning from that show, who hi d 

 been as enthusiastic over her as himself, told him, before tie 

 Philadelphia awards were announced, that she wi; in such 

 bad condition be did not recognize her when he first saw her 

 there. 



Turf Field and Farm, April 11 : " While we think her 

 (Dutchess) a little too fine, too much of the parlor pet style, 

 She is. nevertheless a beauty to look at ; but unless her game- 

 ness belies her looks she would ' peter out' after a couple of 

 hours' hunt. Edmond Orall's Belle, another of the Flake- 

 Lid blood, only got a V. H. O. We thought her at least 

 worthy of second," etc. 



Chicago Field, April 19 : "Now, this bitch was pretty to 

 look at, having large dark eyes, dark muzzle, and a lovely 

 coat. Her loins were good, and hips round and full, like a 

 bull-dog. She was far too squatty iu front, and if judged 

 for adaptability for field woi k would have been nowhere. 

 For a pet of the house, to he kept as an Italian greybo 

 would be kept, she would be beautiful in the extreme : but I 

 would ask, is that what we wish our pointer blood fur 1 ' etc. 

 At Philadelphia the New York judges were reversed on 

 this point. It matters not how or why. Belle was placed 

 ahead, taking first. A new bitch puppy named Crystal was 

 placed second, and Dutchess only took third. 



At Boston Belle was not entered, and did not appear; 

 Dutchess was entered, but did not appear j Crystal entered 

 and appeared, and only received an 11. U.; v. hi!e Princess, win- 

 ner of second at New Y r ork, took first at Boston in the class 

 for large bitches. 



ThL judgment on Dutchess at Philadelphia, and the re- 

 versal of position between Sefton and Rush, gave the Damon 

 and Pythias ot IVr/and Field infinite delight. 



Turf, Field and Farm, May 2 : " Dutchess, who got first at 

 N. Y., was at Philadelphia placed ouly third in her class, 

 which contained but three enlries. Mr. Garrett Roach, who 

 felt aggrieved at the award, asked why there should be such 

 a wide difference in the opinions of two sets of judges. We 

 will tell him: Dutchess, while beautiful in form, has a bad 

 ear. It is altogether too long and houud-like in its shape. It 

 turns with an inward twist to the head, mikes 



a perfect curve, as in a foxhound, before it ends. Her t 1 1 rout 

 also shows under the head quite strongly, a dew-lap giving 

 her exceeding throatiuess. Outside of these show feral] 

 is a beauty, aud we can scarcely wonder at the admiration of 

 one of the New York judges,'' etc. 



Field, April 26: "In bitches, Orgill further distinguished 

 himself by winning first with his Belle against Dutchess, who, 

 despite her crooked tail, won first at the late Westminster 

 show. In fact, the knowledge of the judges there received a 

 Waterloo upsetting here." 



Chicago Field, May 3 s " The Westminster winner df first 

 placed here third. I characterized her in my telegram to you 

 as crooked-tailed. 1 will take that much buck, as, upon closer 

 examination, I found the end of that member all raw and 

 bleeding from switching it against the wire netting. I fancy 

 I Ids bears out what I said of tier in connection with her win- 

 ning first in New York—' so fine as to peter out after a few 

 hours' bunt.'" 



Observe now. The expression about "petering cut "at 

 New York appeared in the Turf, Field and Firm April 11. 

 Nothiug of the sort was in the Chicago Field. This ietll t in 

 the Field, written by "Oothamile," refers to " WD 1 . : i 1 

 her," and that was iu Mr. Penta's column of the Turf, F(m 



m. Can there be any doubt of lb 

 and " Q -ilhamitc " are identical alter this. That 111 i linos 

 of both papers are poisoned by the same pen i II t 

 will add that the Chicago Field tells of a private effort to buy 

 Lou of Mr. Tilef.ton, which effort was made through Mr. 

 Bruce, of the Tti rj \ Field,. ■ 



without fault of Mr. Bruce, and by Fentz used in the Chicago 

 BHeld in " dolbamite's " letter. 



This being so, how tunny it reads to tear Pentz in the 



, ■.,, . ie ,;- , a d s conversation be- 



tween hims lODdj how his judgment is borne out 



by Mr. Pentz, whom he heard conversing, etc. It is as funny 



as tickling oue'e-self with a straw. 



Dutchess was not only first in open class at New York, but 

 took one special as the best of Sensation's get, and another as 

 the b est pointer, dog or bitch, at the show. The j lldges were 



