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unanimous on all these awards, and are willing to Btand by 

 thorn for good or bad, always deferring respectfully to the 

 judgments of others, believing that she was all wrong at 

 Philadelphia, and pointing proudly to the career of their 

 prize-winners— Rose, Rex, Ohiswick, Princess, Van, and 

 Beauty— as to their knowledge of pointer dogs. 



Turf, Fi, and Chicago Field both studiously 



concealer! the (act that Princess, first at Boston, was second 

 at IS ew York. 



Pointer Puppies Over Six Months— Dogs.— New York gave 

 first to Seheiffelin's Fonto : second, Roach's Van. Ponto did 

 not go to Philadelphia. Van went. Dog and bitch puppies 

 were there exhibited together. Van again took second, to 

 Crystal, who was not at Mew York. Van died in Philadelphia. 



Poiuter Puppies Over Six Months— Bitches.— First, Scheif- 

 felin's Beauty; second, Rena. Neither of these went to 

 Philadelphia. Rena did not go to Boston. The following 

 expressions touchiug Beauty show the judgment ol Turf and 

 Firld correspondent : 



T-rf, April 11 : "The bitches in this class numbered six- 

 teen, and were an average lot. First went to Chas. M. 

 Scheitlelin's lemon and white Beauty— Sensation blood, of 

 course." 



Chicago Field, April 19 : " First went of course to Sensa- 

 tion blood, going to Ghas. M. Seheiffelin's lemon and white 

 Beauty, though so fine as to be weedy." 



Beauty went to Boston. Scheiffelin had sold her to Coffin. 

 Coffin calls her Lola (late Beauty). Dog and bitch puppies 

 were judged there in one class. It was a class of niaguiticent 

 puppies— ten entries. 



This weed— "Sensation blood, of coune— " trash, stuff— 

 again took first. How is that again for Waterloo ? 



This finishes the pointers, as the little pups under six months 

 were not considered at Philadelphia and Boston, as they 

 should not have been. Judgment on little puppies is mere 

 hap-hazard aud guess-work at best, and ought not to be called 

 for. 



SETTERS. 



Well may I quote from Turf, Field and Farm, "Now, in- 

 fidel, 1 have thee on the hip." At the New York judging of 

 setters both Turf, field and Farm and Chicago Field howled 

 as dolefully as did the three black bitches in the Arabian 

 Nights story. 



Turf, Field and farm, April 18: "Judgingwas done with- 

 out rule and without method * * * Two of them (judges) 

 were probably ignorant 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 judging * * * We have had hare three 

 exhibitions, aud at each one the judges have acted upon their 

 own ideas in giving the awards, and we have now three distinct 

 types set up as models. Whictr is right t Evidently not all ! 

 How our breeders can go along systematically in the face of 

 the different styles of prize-winners is more than we can say," 

 etc., etc. 



Ah! Infidel ; Ray, Stanley, Thunder, Montague, Derg, Turk, 

 Lady Gordon, Abbey and others at Philadelphia and at, Boston 

 make you groan for this folly. Twice and thrice indorsed they 

 show that 3 f ou are an ignoramus on dogs and blinded by 

 malice. 



Chicago Field, April It) : " In numbers the classes were all 

 well tilled. In the English class the exhibit was a great one. 

 The number was large and the quality above average. In the 

 Irish poor and of no one type in looks of form or color. The 

 red and white classification was a failure. The Gordons 

 •were in the same boat as the Irish lot. Broad skulls and nar- 

 row skulls, long-faced and short-faced were grouped together 

 regardless of what points they were to bo judged by. These 

 two classes reminded us of the witch scene on the blasted 

 heath in the tragedy of Macbeth j as the caldron contained 

 all sorts of trash, so here, and the judges, like the witches, 

 made confusion more confounded by the hell broth they made 

 of their judging. As Hecate and her sister watched the grue- 

 some pot they fed, so the three judges watched the exhibitors 

 who ' boiled ' as fast as ever did that historic caldron, when 

 they learned of the awards." 



Now, if I show that from these incongruous masses the 

 judges flew straight to the true types, if I show that their 

 prize-winners have been recognized at Philadelphia and Bos- 

 ton almost without exception, the Turf, Field and Farm and 

 Chicago Field correspondents when next they meet a jackass 

 may Quote again from the witch scene in Macbeth and say, 

 " When shall we three meet again ?" 



Chicago Field, April 19: " As to the judging, I heard but 

 one opinion, entire dissent. * * * * Some even went so 

 far as to question the honesty of the awards, one individual 

 makiug the remark I telegraphed you 'that a thousand dollars 

 would buy every prize.' This I thought severe, but it was 

 probably au outspoken thought, shared by hundreds— but 

 silent! v." 



Turf. Field and Farm, April 25 ■ "We are perfectly willing 

 to leave our judgment of the dogs to those having acquaintance 

 with the standards by which the sporting classes are judged." 



Then let us leave their judgment on the Westminster 

 awards to the Philadelphia and Boston judges, as far as we 

 can. 



Champion English Dogs. — Jerr-ey Duke, first New York. 

 Never appeared at Philadelphia or Boston. 



Turf. Field and Farm, April 11: "Duke captured first and 

 we think justly, lie is a fine dog every way, and with the 

 handsomest head wc hare ever looked over." 



Chicago Field, April 19; "This award and the award of 

 first in open classes occasioned immense remark. I heard 

 several say, ' Oh, that Mohawk could see this," etc. Above, 

 the writer says Lark, P. H. Morris, was in superb form, as 

 was also Lincoln & Hellyar's Frank II. The latter was my 

 favorite, being in both looks and make-up a remarkable dog." 



This division between Turf, Field and Farm and Chicago 

 Field was doubtless to cater to "Mohawk's" views. The 

 'Turf, April 18, sajs: "Where a judge is hired he is bound 

 to serve his master." Here we see it. But the funniest part 

 of it is that Frank H. was not at New York at all, arid the 

 panageric was upon Royal Ben whom i he writer mistook for 

 ak'.ent Frank It., and who in open class native setters at Bos- 

 ton did not even get a C. out of five notices. 



Iu this class was a roan dog named Grouse, from Philadel- 

 phia. A quiet, sober-sided old fellow, entered as five years 

 old, but whose teeth were very badly worn, and the writer 

 thinks he is much older than live. Turf and Field torve the 

 judfes Hail Columbia for not noticing him— after this style: 



Turf. April 11: "Grouse didn't gain a glance tram the 

 judges; but in spite of thai we looked upon him as a grand 

 looking animal," etc. 



Turf, April IS: "Grouse, a large-sized, well put together 

 dog, we fancied amazingly.' He "was of that old-fashioned 

 style we used losee eo many good dogs of," etc. 



Chicago Field, April 19 : "A perfectly unnoticed dog was 



the Grouse of Max Hellmich, of Philadelphia. A noble ani- 

 mal in all and every respect save in color. A decided roan in 

 color, he was not even glanced at, yet in all that makes a 

 show dog save that, he was superb." 



Grouse, in Philadelphia, his own town, had but one com- 

 petitor, Royal Duke, and Grouse was boat as he ought to have 

 been unless Duke is a very poor dog, Then twin stars sung 

 together on that defeat as follows : 



Turf, April 25 •. " We like the Grouse of Max Hellmich in- 

 finitely better. This is the same dog we fancied so much at 

 the late Westminster Show. He is a grand dog and his owner 

 should be proud ol him." 



Field, April 26 : "Max Uellmich's Grouse again unnoticed; 

 yet he is more than a good dog," etc. 



This illustrates the judgment and the spirit of criticism of 

 Turfmd Field correspondent or correspondents. The Field 

 of April 19 gives an account of whisperings, penciling and 

 gesticulation as to this award which is without one scintilla of 

 truth— no such thing occurred. 



Champion English Setter Bitches. — First, D. T. Charles' 

 Rose. 



Turf April 18: "The award in this clas3 justly given." 



Field, April 19 : "In English Ohampion setter bitches there 

 were also five entries. I thought that here the award went 

 where it belonged." 



Rose was neither at Philadelphia nor Boston. Her only 

 risk in future is that she is endorsed as above. 



Opes Class English Setter Dogs. — First, St. Elmo ; 

 second, Sam;, third, Sir Launcelot; V HC, Royal, Stanley, 

 Thunder, Grouse, Ray. Of these St. Elmo, Sam, Sir Laun- 

 celot and Royal were not at Philadelphia or Boston. So 

 Westminster prize-winners in this class have not been put to 

 their test, 



This was a glorious class— sixty-seven entries. 



" Turf, April 18 : English setter open class for dogs. The 

 exhibition was a good one, and that class contained more really 

 meritorious animals than all other classes of setters combined." 



Chicago Field, April 19 : " In the English class, the exhibit 

 was a great one, the number was large and the quality above 

 the average." 



Turf, April 18, abused St. E'mo roundly. No comment on 

 Sam. Sir Lauocelol he pronounced " a fine orange and white 

 who would have been good in any company." Royal, he says, 

 " is one of a grand pair of dogs * * In our judgment 

 should have been placed higher." "Another really graud 

 young dog was Elmendorf's Stanley. Individually we liked 

 him better than any dog in the class. He is unfortunately 

 liver and white in color," etc. Thunder "is a remarkably 

 handsome dog despite his inferior size. * * * H:s thighs, 

 however, are faulty to a degree," etc. " Grouse, of Salem, 

 Mats., was also a first rate dog. Two other dogs we have 

 marked as worthy of mention"— first, Rogers' Prince, the 

 other was E. Orgill's Ray. 



It seems that, excepting St. Elmo, the Turf rather ap- 

 proved the awards in this class, teems to know more of 

 English dogs than usually does of others. 



Field, April 19 : "A dozen dogs of the 67 suited ray fancy 

 better than the winner * * * Second went to Sam * * 

 while third went to Sir Launcelot. He is a fine orange and 

 white dog. and either this one or Sam would have suited me 

 best for first." This writer heard the field editor of Turf, 

 Field and Farm say that Stanley was the best dog, and went 

 to see him, adding, "the blood is rich', and while fancying 

 myself Laverack Thunder, I could not help according praise 

 to Stanley." He praised Stanley very highly. Of Thunder 

 he said -• " He is ono of the biggest little ones ever put to- 

 gether." "Another good one was Orgill's Kay." "A fine 

 brace — perhaps I should write more panegyrically than that — 

 was the brace called Royal and Saxe." This writer never 

 mentioned Grouse. Both these writers mentioned a dog 

 named Snooks. Otherwisa they mentioned no other dogs in 

 the class. Royal and Saxe were given the special as the best 

 brae?, so they are suited there also. It seems that their ob- 

 jection to this judging lay rather in the order of merit than 

 in the merit. Indeed, St. Elmo was the principal cause of 

 complaint. The merits of the three prize wiuuers and Royal 

 must be an adjourned question until they appear elsewhere. 



The V. H. C.'s have had a wonderful run. Stanley took 

 second in natives at Philadelphia, and Thunder, absent in 

 Boston, took second in imported at Philadelphia, aud Uiv.use, 

 absent at Philadelphia, took II. 0. at Boston. Ray took first 

 in natives at Philadelphia and Boston. Eight or ten dogs of 

 the New York class went to Philadelphia. No dog unnoticed 

 in New York made any record there. This singular concur- 

 rence in judgment surely repels the charge of iguorance. To 

 do the Turf and Field justice, they showed more knowledge 

 of dogs of this class than of all others combined; yet they 

 both manifestly estimated Ray lower than Thunder or Stan- 

 ley, while the New Y T ork judges placed them as of equal 

 merit. Does this look like Waterloo '1 



Setters— Open Class, Bitches.— First, Minto ; second, Ab- 

 bey ; third, Meg. 



Turf, April 18: "A nice-headed, small-sized bitch; in 

 color, black, tan and white ticked. For ourselves, we infinite- 

 ly preferred Scranton's Meg for the position. Second was 

 given to Elder's May." 



Chicago Field, April 19: "Minto. She was a good little 

 bitch ; too small, aud being also fine, we should uot fancy 

 her as a brood bitch. Third went to * * * Meg * * 

 This bitch was a fine one, and much more fitted for first than 

 the one to whom it was awarded." 



Neither of these noticed the since famous Abbey. The 

 Twrf mis-stated the second prize winner. Both claimed Meg 

 as best tor first. Good. Minto was neither at Philadelphia 

 nor Boston. Abbey went to Philadelphia and took first, and 

 then to Boston, where she was pitted against Meg, and Abbey 

 took second, while Meg was unnoticed. Is this Waterloo? 

 Lsn't it funnj ? Whose judgment is right there ? 



English Better Pup?. Do.is and hitches— No prize winner 

 in tiiese classes at New York was at Philadelphia or Boston. 

 Tvrf made no adverse comments on these awards. Field 

 speaks of the two in large class as given to the Charles blood 

 and the two ia small class •■=? " fairly won." 

 BLACK-AND-TANS 



The 'Turf, Field and Farm April 18, after charging that 

 Irish setters were judged by English type, says: "The same 

 fault was just as noticeable iu judging Gordons. Here the 

 broad head, short nose and comparatively high ear were all 

 discarded, andlhelong ae^d, low ear and long nose of the 

 Irish dog adopted instead. It was all wrong." Of the class : 

 "Aclasslai in a , yet, when judged by a standard, 

 very inferi u lly. A.; iiu : " In no ciass was diversity 



of shape ui"re shown than here." 



Chicago Field, April 19: "A greater diversity of type and 

 a greater diveisity in the giving of awards never was seen. 

 It was simply astonishing. Pig-jawed, snipe-nosed animals 

 came in for just as much commendation as tho broad-headed 



ones, etc., etc. * * * The consequence was a ludicrous 

 medley in the style of the awards." Now let us jcompare 

 these awards with Philadelphia and Boston, and we shall see 

 what the above stuff means. 



Champion Black and Tan Dogs— First, Pond's Trump. 



Ti./f, 18th: "Virtually no competitors, as there were but 

 two entries." 



Firld, 19th : "It was n virtual walk-over, as there were but 

 two entries." 



Trump was not at Philadelphia. Rupert, who was not, nt 

 New York, beat him at Boston, as he ousrht to have d flue 

 There were but two entries at Boston. Both Twrf and Field 

 were distressed at this. 



Turf, May 16 ; "With all due respect to the judges, we 

 cannot, help but take issue with them here." 



Field, May 17 : "This award I did not coincide in," 



How different the tone from that, indulged in at New York ! 

 So Westminster was O. K. on champion dogs ! 



Champion Black and Tan Bitches— First, Rodman's Nellie. 

 Seven entries. 



The Turf made no comment on this, devoting its energies 

 to abusing poor Lou, who was not competing. Field, April 

 19, calls her a " nice little bitch." Nellie was not at Philadel- 

 phia. At Boston she again won first. Thus the dog Solons 

 speak : 



Tmf. May 10: "Eveu the winner we did not greatly 

 fancy." 



Firld, 17th : " First went, as it should have done, to Nellie, 

 a real good one." 



Open Ciass Black and Tan Dogs— Twenty-eight entries. 

 First, Turk ; second, Ben ; third, Brownell's Dash. 



Out of this entire class but two dogs went to Philadelphia 

 — to wit, Turk and Ben ; and but two went to Boston— to wit, 

 Brownell's Duke and Dash. New York first and second at 

 Philadelphia. Her third and the unplaced Duke to Boston. 

 What say the wiseacres of these awards f 



Turf, April 18: "In the open class Turk won first. 

 While, to our idea, not the true Gordon type, having too nar- 

 row and long a head and too long a nose, he is, for all that, 

 an unusually fine animal * * * Second went to MillB' 

 Ben. another good animal of the Irish type." 



Field, April 19: "I do not think him the best type of a 

 true Gordon, as he has the long, narrow head and nose of the 

 Irish, etc. Second went to Mill's Ben, another long-faced 

 one. Third went to a snipey-nosed fellow, Brownell's Dash. 

 * * * Where no rules are observed in judging, luck must 

 then govern all awards. Where prize-getting becomes a lot- 

 tery, of what use is it to breed a certain form ?" 



Now, compared with results, the above is rich. Turk not 

 a true Gordon, eh ? Mills' Ben another long-faced one, eh ? 

 Brownell's Dash snipey-nosed fellow I At Philadelphia Turk 

 won first in a class of seventeen, described in Turf, May 2, 

 thus : " This class was a capital one, containing as many good 

 dogs of average standard as we remember to have seen." 

 Aud described thus in the Chicago Field, May 3 : " Phis was 

 one of the best portions of this exhibition, and comprised 

 seventeen entries, all more or less good. In fact, I was sur- 

 prised to see so much merit in all." When these writers, or 

 this writer, saw Turk score another victory how changed the 

 tune! 



Turf May 2: "Turk * * repeated his New York vic- 

 tory. He is an undeniably good animal, who3e only fault is 

 too long a head, but which, according to the present system 

 of raakiug awards, is not looked upon as a faulty shape;" 



Fit Id, May 3 : " First went, as was natural, to Turk, and I 

 have no desire to find fault. He is all that I said of him iu 

 my report of his winning first at the late Westminster show. 

 Mills' Ben, Westminster's second, received a V. H. C." 



Now compare these original criticisms with results and 

 subsequent comments of the Turf and the Field. Could any- 

 thing be more contemptible. 



At Boston but two prizes were given. The first aud only 

 V. H. C. was given Brownell's Dash. What that mean3 wc 

 are told : 



Field, May 17: "Ribbons of commendation were not 

 emptied out of a basket to solace disappointed exhibitors, but 

 V. H. 0. was equivalent to a third prize." 



This equivalent of a third prize was given to the " snipey- 

 nosed fellow" who got it at New York. The Field man evi- 

 dently didn't remember Dash. 



Id, May 17: " V. H. G. went to C. Brownell's Dash. 

 There was but little difference between him and his kennel 

 companion, Duke, whom we had marked in our minutes as 

 equally good," etc. 



What a change Boston air must have wrought in the 

 " snipey-nosed fellow." 



This brace, Dash and Duke, won the special at New York 

 for best brace of black and tans. No criticism could have 

 been more randomaad false than the one above quoted. Dash 

 has a short, square head and bluff look, peculiar to the Gor- 

 don proper, and judged by the strict Gordou rule, instead of 

 under the black and tan classification, which is freer and gives 

 more latitude. Dash was the best Gordon at New York. 



Open Class Black-Tan Bitches.— First, Lady Gordon; 

 second, Neliy : third, Bess. Out of this class, which con- 

 tained twelve entries, three went to Philadelphia, to wit.: 

 Lady Gordon, Bess, and Belfast. Two went to Boston, to 

 wit.: Bess and Bessie B, who got a C. at New York. Hear 

 comments, then see results : 



Turf, April 18 .• " First went to Lady Gordon * * * 

 The Lady was a fair specimen of her kind." 



Firld., April 19 : "A good, fair bitch, I thought, but not up 

 to Tilley's Whip," etc. 



At Pniladelphia, in a class containing six entries, Lady 

 Gordon again took first. Bess was the only bitch in the class 

 unnoticed, and Belfast, who was unnoticed at New Y'urk, got 

 V. H. 0. Lady Gordon was sweetly spoken of at Philadel- 

 phia, thus; 



Twrf, May 3": "First went to Lady Gordon, and a good 

 one she is, too. No white, black of the blackest, and her tan 

 of deep rich red color. * * * In her Mr. Boach has a fine 

 one." 



' May S: "Lady Gordon, by Grouse ex-Belle, going 



to the front for a good first, * * '* * was a grand-looking 

 bitch, the best in her class by odds. The three bitches ( win- 

 ners at Philadelphia) were all first-class, and it was ' Hobson's 

 choice' to select a winner." 



I actually believe they did not recognize her as the winner 

 iu New York, as she was there entered by the " Aldine Ken- 

 nel, two years, Grouse-Belle." 



Poor lift le Bees ! third in New York. The only unnoticed 

 i i. Philadelphia had joy in store for her. She is a dog 



Cinderella. Unnoticed by Turf or Field at New York or 

 Philadelphia, snubbed by judges at Philadelphia, she weut, to 

 Boston and took first in a class of twelve, twice the size of 

 that at Philadelphia. Now the Turf and Field have their 

 eyes opened, and the fawning and flattery begins : 



