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FOREST AND STREAM. 



.0, l.SSn. 



tor Addison.) Heartily 

 nl opportunity to Mr, 



lUend his tpofiiiii-n Iciterand thci 

 do I regret this. Ndl I u 



It, lint I lie li.u-lll 



I feel ctsrtaiu, however, that those who know me will acquit 

 ma of any wanton desire t,. indict ci uel wounds upon inturesl 

 in: bin liiiMruiileil fxhil.in.r-. Such i- no!, my nature, and 

 through n,un\ itiil.-s in iiiur] would ni\ feel cheerfully wads 



beforolcouid ui.li.nital.l- i.j either dog '"' "> :l "' ' I"" 



dog first, because he is so often worthier and 



stand ixd than his master, except that master be proficient in 



Addisonian pro.-: I said ■ i.iis-uid.il exhibitor-*. - iiiejinii^ In 



this, led astray, inanj of them, • 



(ignorant only ol but well intending young 



gentlemen. employei] on th.- daily p., -s. who go to bench 



axe ordered t..l. the exhibitors, and plastering praise indi-- 

 (.'riminatoly upon be-ribboned animals, regardles ..i delects or 



soi judges. 



dogs of her class, and give 

 j 1 1 > > make, 



iv reasons for anv statement L 

 H..I Hl.K. 



[We may add thai the omission of the text relative Do Did** 

 II was din- to a typographical error, not to editorial pruning. 1 



BENCH SHOWS IN ENGLAND. 

 ■ rmv of your readers t 



The great majority of bhfl loss,;, 



youttgdog! 



to the e 

 0U the i 



are not 



purpc-l 



le'tt has always been th 

 red dog! 



seen to be puppies or 



ease and will he 

 i stand tiie strain 

 -.:si.- and there 



While 



garding i 



of II o 



p,lbli,-,-x 



hold. AY 

 the non-s 



to I he in 

 able, hoi 

 not ten c 

 give us i 



.!"■ -•-«■ 

 it, h in! i 

 of dog il 



favore* 

 Stan da 

 on the 

 are cai 



ll,e v, 



leadim 



lindin.- 



-oposition re- 



ot' the heroes 

 n support- of 



occasionally 



and e 

 bfifor 



pri,e- 



ny, viz., how 

 -oi- seventy cu. 



t is, in our opinion, ai 



evil which 



.extent. 





vs is that n, 



isatisfa.'tory 



lie- jufltf U OOi i 



it-1 with a 



nd it is th i 



a - ara thttl 



I he country. ' 

 •ralh nild in 

 And In ad- 



MR 



ensigns of 

 id ruts, and 

 guides, and 



to the. clu 

 shows. 

 The sin. 



v trying to 



8 lield dl 



more tha 



■ I,.-. ; ■ -ri.-iiu point- 

 1 do not. - l hey. 

 ton.ee from anv n 

 seems to, if 1 wot 

 have provi n th. i 

 on L-anie, than to 

 wMcfa In- noi " 

 nol I -.'.-]< first I 

 him a Held 

 tor, to neu 

 Brst ii:iiu.-s I have, 

 contemporary this 

 (by the editor's cov 

 reason to change. 



puppy aa - iuM t ■: i m 



be simply an appellate oourt, ' 

 over the benches at least once a 

 ho is noi thoroughly convince 

 far we have, been writing for ski 



won i [th exhibitors. 





I bhei 



That's what we 

 jod qualities for 



•I t., -ay thai i 



i-ie.-. 



i-iterati: 



ises of this kind are 

 mostly comfortably 



111 not t 

 ■I. a -in! his nc 

 how perfect his training, not lung i 

 any dog having faults like his. What \ 

 would be perpetuating a 

 shattering the standard. 

 be wouderfi 

 advantages which we 

 shapen appearance) by 





friend "Whack/' give me, to 



t all i 

 .weed 



nearest lo No. i bench sine 



r forn 



authority, and I will be less i 



able t 



petuato bad chests, poor loins 



and 6 



all the. qualities desired in sir, 



and 





everv in .rui-i.-. a id i-.a araia ■ i h- .-a 



in ! to breed to 



an exhibitor -will enter for three 





each other and travel from the one 





ting out of one show in the evening. 



Whack" refers 



and being at the other next morning 



some natural 





• i' mis- 



prizes and probably as manj special 





the s-ason. !: i- not surprising win 



lot to do with 



toe' i"i iiin'i p'.' 1 )'""'."'" ",' i"/' ~'"' 1 "' 



og approaching 



iu-st governing 



hen- in, niton that i-xhibitors of this 



pre! tv well what they are doing, an 



lie. country that are not lit to win e 



rioityours.-lli for field trials, and won!, 

 B black mark against at High Point ha\ 

 then to the do-- you mention, which v 



:.-k -- underrates be 



he ft 



g. otherw 



,-■ they would 1 



m has fou 



id that dog show 



fact ther 



• are only a few 1 



Which last for fh 



. '.-i :.. ■ lo i eg lo have much fear when they ma 

 their entries that, they are doing a ■■'•■■ tbfng.— Amtintt 

 i- ' Bagfater. 



THE GREAT DANE CLUB. 



Editor Purest and Btveamu 



- ind ! a statement of the object of the Dllic 



togtther with the points ior the judging, as sent by Mr. Ad- 



This Club was founded iu April. I8S8, under the ati-pi.-es ol 

 Messrs. I'Yank Adeoek. 11. i.eigh t'ciubcrfuu and Crambior 



Bolton, for the ijiipiov.-nn.-nt . .1 the breed in b'n,",,' I 



elsewhere. Uhdei till title '-i ll Dane" are included the 



-. ■■!-:..- 1 - ! ' ■: mi "1- -I - -" .-is known as German mas- 



i i --. , i r ii, i-i. ;'- ..i : . ' 'i . Thi i indard tor judg- 



,■ haab , draw uu v.-i; , .- ■ -- . ■ ,, Hie Club, and is in 



I " : I i -I i ib-. and breeder- 



abroad, at a l 



all judges of t 

 the Club Stan 



be] 



nd i 



id pa 



peculiarly 

 a recent arbiter etegantiarum i 

 lag some of my untutored pro 

 to continue inly dissertation, 



lunns. while dissect- 

 nit, tmtil next week 



StI-AHT 'I AYI.'Jli. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 

 In my article up n S«t 

 peared in last, we k 

 quite a number oi otei 

 actly to express my mean 

 from what they are at pre 

 ea,,l errors which seem to 

 permission I will indicate 

 the other ought to I"- m 

 -vvliieh i am Do h lield 

 formed a part of the or 

 Thunder and Plan a | 

 bad." It should be, "in il 

 will make r,.. .'. .-,■ ■-.-,,,. - 

 "It, is also true that most t 

 crooked or in-bent foreleg! 



«ed tii't 



:i;lv i 



r dogs, bi 

 purpose, and it is 

 for then- market, 

 twice a v.-ar. and if 

 to find a buyer. Si 

 everv year, and are 

 IqgBthe ■ have. an. 



QUSCript. in speaking of 



in Jul, and tad both are 

 iii neither is right, so we 

 .ein." To the expn ssion, 



,ed does hare more or less 



owing should be added, 

 ■of thech mpion -'■■ - i 



W K 



SHOW EXPERIENCE. 



•: this month give the result of Our inquiries respecting 

 of dogs since the New York show. Ail of the 



■ Ol head and neck stn 



Oki St ---•■' too broad, an 



;,. Hark Not too long or sh 



beautiful line totheiuserlion 



fi, rati!— Beaching tothe hi 



line wi1h a slight eurv,-. W • 

 but in no case should it eurv,- 



7. Belly— Welt drawn up. 



i, ;.L," 7 „,o-OLrs-Sl.onl,l,-ri 



Uei i ii tied inwards nor oi 



lav aud with great dovelopw 



ii-i. approach the 



:;n,l weight .■: dugs should 

 :- in,-,,. - id em lbs Any 



■,.,,. i.i- ! irohead rorj 

 .■I,, bion between 1 ha eyes. 



: , i.i ■ ; i , ,.: and blunt at 

 , .pe i -■"■ large, bridge 

 , i-,|i.-i'i.ii i\ blunted, not 

 s, though with well .!"iim ,i 

 he lower jaw slightly pro- 

 :," Ii. Gyi . -m ,il, round, 

 set. Eats, vei 

 Li i , ipedi they are, how- 



rong and muscular, well 



;iu about the throat. The 



ehed and falling iu a 



t the root and ending 



eeoniesmoi-e -nrv.-.l. 



ll - , al ipinj : elbows well under, 



•outwards. Leg-Foreai in inil-ell 

 ment, oi bone, the whole leg strong 



liar rhiL-li-, and s,, ,-,,,,, 1 thigh long 

 jimd. and hock-, well let down and 



to Hew Voi 



...',': l 



eanuot be < 

 of Mr. Tay 



wrested. - ' r 

 oi' Alti-ar.' 

 eorri'lafLoi 



__ Of the various parts!" not "co-relation, al- 

 ,,,|, ii co-relation and correlation are very near in 

 meaning. '•Drooping - ' is used l '.vice where "dropping" should 

 stand, and a tew lines further on, ••orange or white -- should be 



r6 pl -,-,: rj 



ami 7tpnestjj 



with the tali v 

 1 1 should ret 

 ight, be intf 



■elli 



1 round, neithe, 

 ■ehed and closet 



It I 



bo .i 

 , , r,l to iJido it. that 1 agree, t... a e..-rtaiu exb.-nt -. uh -Mr. 



Mi, son in hit hi.." i i" , t p.: ii h ote ii 



regard to her b • . ■, . 



opinion caA bo formed as to mj meaning; but in order iiiat 



there iiiitv be ,,, ■_,.,,, -, , ., :i in regal 1 1 to this bnch, 1 will 



at some future time -tate just, what I did think of her a- sh- 



i, ,,, ■:,,■, d at, the New York show, and ,- c i I with, other 



and the show 

 wliich would 

 doing the We 

 hibifors. 

 In consider 

 Madison a 

 the wreatherl 

 heat on 1 he Ii 



tlie change-of 



sh.-qie. Iliad 



that Mr, Don 



.. ,,,i",-„ , i,,,-,,..., 

 t - ;,,.i in whii h hi 

 "Don't think of getl I 

 in a weak, just smell tliern, - ' 



•ds nor out 

 itrong ■ ■ ' i 



ittch longer 



.ving to the 

 e unduly e; 

 of getting 



ad that j 

 as, ■:! l:v 



. bu 



it fail to 



a ,Lri.-niL li'iiin sevend ]iens ol 

 av that iririend aslced us to pick 

 tie airl, and on going with him Iu 



-Hi I w- -,i id at once, 



of these, thev will be all dead 



sry sbon . bard and -■. and 



lartol the. tail. 



/ Marlcings— -The rocogniised eolor.sare i,r , 

 gray, commonly termed "bine," red, blank, or 

 white with pateh-.- ol the bet'ofe-metu ione.J 

 ,. |,.,s- , ;■■ -,,i, ."'limes: aeeompnni - I 



- .- , , ui.,,1 - ,- ■■■. i .-, and nimizle. and with ii. 



ot.iul -,i,,l ,-i,',, ») along theCUl'VB Of UlB 



a - - soappet in i i 



. i !. -1 -I"-.. aniens. In the 



-.a,' -, atrarel; ip 



1 - i, . , ,-,',":"■ lairilmg 



,.. ./ and the eyi - vary in color 



i i "Liilar patehesor ".■'", 



ol 



I aits. With the 



ill i ■" , i ; ,-. !■ I . ,1 ,,. " ii'.M ' -" , I, ,| , , 



'he reddish vellow. with bli 



ins, is thecoloi least Bared for. a- i ■■' ■-,' '-i , the mastiff 



13. /oo./i's.-Tor, heavy a head too highly arched trouta 



told spine. The too i ro in I - 



"i- are also the ground colors o 

 whole-colored spt'ehueus, tl 

 -I the nose more or 

 to the pi-waiting tint of t 

 also. Themottled specimen! 

 upon the above-named groi 

 clouds or marking 



