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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 6, 



"Enough bas already bean dona in connection with the non- 

 sporting departments of bench shows m thrfe country to ws- 



dltce them In a farce. :i 

 mare than 



only beei 

 never owi 

 breed of i 



mpotanl judges Ii.'m 



A man Who has 



cannot understand their 



mi I Messrs. Taylor and I. >ng 



2d doc * * and. much to my 



je unfl hi- friend could not tell a 



■ ■if." — Mu-nn. "Oi 



time in enter into discussion 



land Mr. Huntington, whohave 



■ iw.-ntv-ih c minutes and who 



log."— Mason. ''Though a good 



ing, i. win, I., bhe want of judg 



dogs of the many breeds exhibited, it 

 hard to ■ r. unless we took 



Suohstateo 



becatisif tin V a:.- ini-l.'.id,,,_ 



Mr. Mason by such assertions and der 

 the case of asking the opinion of Major 

 ward admits, only leads some of us 

 would uludlv not bring into qnestioi 

 in ■!:..■ do b. And Mr. Taylor does n 

 hM.id tor him as a critic. No una sp 

 gentleman will believe that those w 

 bred, handled or judged such snia-iniei 

 grand old Flake. Riush, Rose. Phil, P 

 Rue, to Bay nothing of Pau-t. Bow, J 

 oilier good ones, don't know anvt-hii 

 i-an'i tell a good-looking dog, and espet 

 . . rtegs are long or short. And. in. 

 necessary to have bred good dogs in ord 

 of them, than it is to be a good painter 

 of artistic productions. And it is also 

 such discus-ions that some men can leai 

 than others can in years. In fact, soi 



iudera iustassonie of theverv best n 



or. "A poorer lot of 

 seems to me, it were 



Ondescilpts."— Taylor. 



..1 ro onroenon shows. 



absolutely untrue. 



. . at lane, as in 



la;, lor. what he after 



hilly cant tell whether 

 thermore.ii is □ imi M 

 er lo be a stood judge 

 in order to lie a judge 

 ■eU to understand in 

 more in one mouth 



Dg ill all a-: 



6 



e ]>, 



n-.— r 



Wfi 



ho 



know, oft lam: 



Mr Taylor says in another 

 n]i Mr. Mason as a judge: " 

 points of greyhounds "when 

 diaih wrestled vi 

 on the classic plains o) An. -a 

 wonderful speed and heart I 

 Waterloo. He saw the darli 

 to the from, after battles ' 

 gamen iss were the test, and i 



5." 



e said with 



Os doesnot diminih in the least tha -value of a 

 dee. On the contrary, if w.-can find the other 

 h are necessary in a judge combined iua-sue- 

 r. he or she is the person who should be called 



satire that Mida Morgan should be a breeds .■• of 

 r to" be the good judge she was, uud is, for all I 



OWi 1 do 

 Ma. -.ii t.. 

 not show 



, tlispn 



■icior from hie fa 

 •. He saw t.'ooin; 

 f pluck, Win twi, 

 ig Peasant Boy Vv 

 •here condition s 



single inch crown 

 DM* '.■•:,! to judge 



in" the least the 



attempting to bolster 

 i was a student of the 

 matchless Master Me- 



v.,f Mr, 

 lent., do 

 : of the 



;iv have 



mother's breast may have dono, but it requires 

 e than this to make a judge.— knowledge, dis- 

 )uilibrium, arid above all integrity. A person 



ideal. The 



t > ■ jh! ot dog -•nit] i lien the ol lier is set up 



u-.t ui.ii.oi_. r H .-"i "Jit i.ijii,ui uvf; auii nn u i.in wi in i |.- .-ri lljl 



as a beau Meal. The verv men that lauded 'Ihuuder up to the 

 skies now sw.-ar iiv Dido II.: neither is the correct thing. One 

 has been roundsadly wanting, and it is only a question of 



. :.. ...:*.i. **... „♦(.«.: ,., i.„ P.......1 ii., .i.ai..:....* ti 



Ion- a- ■ 



"wan tin 



Mason' Does ii i 



Han . r that Das 



...Mo be found equally deficient.' 

 shown. ! think, why one type takes the 

 nd again at. bench snows, and it must a 

 a conscientious judge is in tie- ring, 4 

 iypes-oj dogs based Upon accredited 

 ndividnul parts, lint who i., deoding 

 :!•• I him before? What judge has foun 



eilidate the .still. - 



date tie- fa-l ih.al. [rou 



thing but a "crotchet," c 

 part of the critic » ho se 

 in_-" because, when in " 

 sidered superior, and hi 



"wanti-a."' Al 



fouu'l ''wanting," hut In 



by Mr. Mii-on: Major J 1 



i la.-i 

 any- 



I think 1 have thus shown that Mr. Mason has written ■ 



OUglltno Beared in print and 1 think lean 



show the same, even in. a greater degree, of Qui Taylor, 

 says, •'tliiM lei one. say a word against a favorite dog or 1 

 of dog, oi- fail to pronounce perfection everything in 

 neetion with a bench show * * and down come the snu 

 and grumblers with tin ir siorm and tempest of passion." '. 



idiibited in Madison 

 Square Garden in the earlrj days Di May." h -<-ems to me 

 this is a \ cry fair specimen of inexactness and inisrepreseuta- 

 tion, for certainly all thai 



ship whatever specimen he pleased, but to write nothing ex- 

 cept the truth. 



'Why, sir, f remember, and .-o do you, when liver 



color belonged e.\-'dusivclv to tin- pointer and Was -everlast- 



i. ' and "1 el' ariv reoaU the Mine - 



i: a -.., . ry far in the days o( the past— when liver color was 



■i i blemish in a eettei and aot dcsuai.!,." 



Perhaps .-. raber the btme- 



lotmh— since when have existed two very 

 cohibrated sla-ams of liver-oolored setters in the. north of Eng- 



*and, one of the strains having 

 tuft of hair on top of the head, ai 

 Mr. Taylor that liver and wn.ii,. i 



ad V 



a- a sign-manual a slender 



it will In- news lo 



s called an Armstrong trade 

 >, page ••: ■■! i.;- work "The 

 , knew better what a setter 



I ■■:. adds. 'I re- 



io Bewick's/' re- 

 :■ rangjngin good 



hirts -live veins aero. It will 

 Mr. Taylor objects is, lis. r. 



exctspt .t 



"they have had thousands of Ik'ucIi shows to one wo have had 

 here, t challenge him to show that there- have been in ..nn 

 total one thousand flog Bhpws ever held abroad, njuoh less 

 •thousand- . peeiallyin viewof the fact that the 



Kenii.i ( 'in'i Stud Book, vol. I., page I, states that "The first 

 dog shpw ever held" was at Newcastle in 1839, ansl that from 

 INS!) to 1878, a period ot fourteen years, there were only iirty 

 (aO) recorded bench shows in Great Britain. Have the rest 

 beep since? 

 Again he sa v.- he prefers the "gallant and untiring Gor- 

 )ii." Now Stflnehenge say^ of the Gordon setter, third 

 teugc on tile Dogf •'There 

 lie enduranee of tile Eni 

 i Rex he adds, "like most of 

 six hours he wa^ completely 

 good many of the strain (Gor- 



I i 

 n all his life, saw any animal that looked well "in all respi 



• . Ha is a regard to the St. Bernard tlo? Rector: 



"He was themost perfect" good gramwar this— perfect, pafr 



■■' bi . pi !. a.., but most uearly perfect) speci- 



| men of a dog of any breed I ever beh-ld." but, ol, these buts, 



was (Iviti and in wret.clisd condition.." The italics are 



• Now. if the most nearly perfect dne- lie nver 



disi not look well "ia all respects" at 



not partial as well a- >, '.,,..■■,, ■ i.- ; 



Ih the Laveracks for not lookrin^weU 



1 iien'.-h shov" J 



don. 

 edition, ps 



is nothing (In than a!; 



lisnand Lrish/' and speakh 

 the Rents * * afternve 

 knocked UD. 1 have, trie 

 donsl, an i 1 have 

 with pleasure." The Kenti 

 excellent of the s 





an we place t 

 people to kno 

 r when he is u 

 re. "imakerl- 

 >:" that is, "a 

 er been my foi 

 all that ho>t. i 



tell n th 

 tails whi 



ed battle-blade of th 



r ssiil give, etc, etc." St>y\ Mr. 



hi as to sshat kind of a scime- 

 oasted battle-blade of the mi- 

 is' will turn to the article on 

 ridged, he will there find the 

 inning hi the blade from oni 



!■■. It Mr. Taylor mean to 



irsattha New Viek show had 

 ■e-founhs of a circle* ti -■■ he 



whi< 



utelv 



Inn-. Cor I ceiM h.v picked out from "t!Ln' host, 

 grouped in the examining iiii'_."ai least a dozen that had tails 

 with the aiaeefiil curve, or even less, of a cavalry broad- 

 sword, which isthe • .according to the accepted 



standard, for Kn-lish setters. Slomdiengts. indeed. - 



l.e i iirv, .1 like a -a-imitar ' and ii ■ur-s in his S ad edition 



Sailor, asetter with very slekle-2ke tail, a— -oh. Mr. Taylor 

 -a perfect setter: but in another place he says, "the am i mi 



ih.- nearest resemblance to am familiar form is to the scythe 

 with the ■ . . • ritors name the 



rislit kind ..fa tail, il ii.-a-sa'rv. but ot What use, 

 ■I avlor reservs-i- to himssdf the n-.dit of UBtriding, and •none 

 are so Mind as those, who wsmi'i see"; and if Mr. Tav|..,'s ■■■,. 8 

 and his knowledge daoeived him so much in tails, is It not 

 highly probable that they deeewed him in regard lo the dogs 

 themselves? For certainlv there wen- at |.-.:s: twenty-five 

 English setters in the. N'ew York slmsvol" 1888 that were a ither 

 poor, weedy nor seedy, but such as would rank A No. 1, ae- 

 cording to the standard, in any part of Ameiii'a or lairope. 

 and I will guarantee that there never was in any show in 

 Europe a class of setters the superior, if the equal, of" those 

 which looked out from the champion boxes in New York, for 

 it must be known that it is very nire that there are more 

 than three or four setters in anv champion class in the old 

 counliy. and here there were se'ven dogs and two bitches, 

 srverv one of which was a superior animal. 1 could al-o have 

 Shown Mr. Taylor one animal in particular that rivseinbled 

 very closely iutorm. appearance, and carriageof lead and 



tail, although with a little more slope of th.- sla-in ai.sl a lhtle 

 less bulk in the throat, the picture of Major BevausV Hlaiu-he. 

 thought good enough, as the model of ii Setter, to illustrate 



lii 



have be 



e twenty-five do 



Here were no "sv 

 :rv few ui the enr 

 ,-.'" Because ties 

 veil put tcgethei 

 ood < 



n bail and '•flag" 



lunsl lm.aookesl. talc "ns. one sroiild liavs: taken' exception to 

 his words: but an a whole there were. 1 r-a-. again, no poor 

 ones, few weedy ones and no seeslv ones. There were few 

 even with what might jtistlv be called "contracted" chests, 

 despite. Mr. Ta.-haV: a-.-.a Hon" of "Pickett, who strides so defl- 

 antlv iiiadvan.e.,! a sewiad line of contracted & ■■ 



a di-t'al .'i|'.|.cn a':.'- wii'h'a enive'.it ' the end inueh likethat of 

 tail. Now. when .Mr. 'Taylor maki - su. I, tat in. ntj conccru- 



alrei dy - ■ I ' : . Paiiy II.. I ads- May i;i>. l:.!l- . 



i.ad\.- Payee, Bessie, Princess Victoria, Don Juan, Prince of 

 V. rie. n, 1'i.n.e Hoyal and Bob White, uot to mention any 



N Mr. T.s\ lor'., ju - : . 1 1 v deficient <bhat 



he cannot tell "svmuiei ry" s\ hen he -■• - it . He sa - 

 to the Laveracks, "1 hope their day has gone away— gone 



one with the least approach to stylo in walk or 'generolgel 



tag 'm tirir lack of stamina is', ui. a,.- e: ■." Mt. Taylor, it 

 seemsto me, could hardly have found on equuH numberot 

 hues upon do- matters that would have more plainly Bhowed 

 hi- m.iudieiousni s- or laid: .a 



Ltion makes me tl 

 le.al.'slr. 1'avlor is harslly vs ,■!! informed as to whS 



animals at the show wei'e Ii i us take up 



the points individua Iiv. I will show, ia his own words, that 



uotatiou cannot be relied upon at all, for he never, 



The f; 



fee! 



u.illv e 



211 ho- 

 ed, ai 





The 



Chs 



He . 



Ms. 



•.pied type orsta 



■linite i,.,iiit.-. n-.ai 

 a hi -the 



eh Show, 



iiel fault 



irobabUity 



how "per- 



dn 



blended ,,.:.. 

 ing motion behind" is due in a dot 

 lega"t the stifle iirint— lopk at thepr 

 .wi, si iii.sm ,.i March B, .sir. 'la 

 requisite for the l> -■.. ..-:•• ,-,n,', n 

 Meld, and lis l.im-cll - a ■. - in anoll. 

 graj hound. Ileal he Should ma aw; 

 so^raight n stifle." "Consisti acy, 

 "a straight stifle," since a stifle is i 

 ot words, uoi tvithstandtn 

 "some of their blended 



i belli 



"Droop- 



b.-nslil.e. of the 



.r-.a bending which is 

 ;t sustained motion in the 



place, in rncal.iila Of a. 



1 a priaa "to a dojg s\ ii. h 



is No 



a the 



Fred," and another shot; 



i.ese.eli that [ do not i[li 



Bl i Prin io. Now to 



i- -;i; ii..- Laveracks except 

 . a touch of tan on one. th- 

 md white, but with a I iraon 



.!•• tails,'' only tin ,f tln'in 



alloWB, and oniy one of these 



•In,., m I tiolr lie I: 

 is much versed in in-brecd- 

 eaand solidifies a breed, and 

 should call the in.,.-; in-bred 



it in a do--. 1 

 hi New Yuri: 

 ui\- term von 

 ; a Laverack, 

 sill name Mr. 



as any in the 

 jw any -ui-li a 



■r ssiiiilil care 



,-,ior'- whims. 



s>, 1 would propose that we 

 ed, not disinterested, men 

 n who a,e not interested, 

 rested m setters, have no 



to know more th 

 Lav.aa-: 

 thin-ehe-l. d. I" 

 single thin eh.-sti 

 breadth of the 

 found with then 



s^ct-up," to say 



by his tlpg, and I 

 nullities: out if I 



ith a groat deal 

 , that show for 



1 Pie li! ' 



lotberlh 



black a 



'rome another, .and "that wliieh 



,:,.:.: ir PlivlIU lean." If one 



Lite, another red. another orange 

 lii not another be allowed to like 

 lUgh ft should be "wishy-wii-hy" enough to 

 ut "a M.urr" 



lot it-be thoroughly understood that' J writeto uphold 



tobrowl-.e-.it oi ■ d.'.wn no writer. I like fair pis 



dealing, as well as honest critic -m and in tl 



In niv ( .-tiinai ion asoiisswho has given a good d.-.d of 



ind'ti's'id'' jprttyof 



-.nil n to Mr. Taylor 



. . ■ il n:l oflae 



lis n an i 



ms-nd- 



•eu, that weean." etc,, 

 ira jiidicioii- critici sin 



uled 



■ -. .-.nd 

 .-.and bench- 



feet. The -s-.-re'.-i.l ba.li.;;. ha. 



to breeders that they can do man 



eel what I hey want. IJut w.-ar.-p.oere: 



wheltb:- . .roiuhlv 



ihar. h-M-irial , 

 showquali' u<? in hand, there will be much 



more uniformity than DOW exists, 



Mr. Taylor hasnot givsn ins his ideas of a ; s pj.-a! ,,-n.i. but 

 in order that he tnnv ^e that even I a ■ 

 or. me and wor-iuo" anv four le-i.-l animal, 1 wi.l 

 myidfia fo 



will perhaps "ive u me future time: 



1I-. id -iii-ini'-k >•!--■ i'hiiu'lei'- svith a trifle mare roundness 



the toi.oi the skull in -I with the 



ears slight i cltcst, deep and 



lie, Petrel 

 II Plant-. 



■ ' in i'-'.i.. I '! he 



-.1 ry li'Ue 

 ■ likooi' hare lib 

 th. y an- wll furnisUwl with short, oourso hair. The tiilk 



