JA^^JABT 13, 1881.] 



FOEEST AND STREAM. 



473 



Bent the record to Mr. Moore, and having raade it up in a 

 hurry I made an error iu copying. Please correct in im early 

 number. I Jmve written Dr. Jarvis concerning this correc- 

 tiun. 

 Very respectfully, John Fottiek, Je., 



Pres'l Mass. Kennel Club. 



Bkbf-Tea. sob Dogs — PMlidelpMa. — In issue of Forest 

 ASD Btbbam of Deceniher 29 Dr. Sterling, of Cleveland, gives 



an n:1 •■■r'' •■■■-■-■•■' *'-r •"-;i----::- '">.+" >>ii, and agrees with 

 you I in thf' feeding of 



pui- 1 viitioii, and in the 



Coui'-i ; ^1' ■ I' i " i: ■ Jiiid lif'cf asbeing a 



preparation wiiich oonlaius Llie eiit.ii-e nutritive constitnonls 

 of the beef, but slates that it is too expensive a food tor dogs. 

 My experience vrith the preparation he refers to fJol 



has 



pn-,' 

 am: - 



Johhoo...., ..Ul,. I 



pound, there are si 

 a single teaspoonfi 

 two of these CO a p 

 ■would be but a liti 

 butcher's beuf at e 



(Old I find it 



nr prOC» 



cheaper than any lieef-tea 



1 iikewiae nioiT er-onruuiral 



rie liv his method. In a pound of 



I'.-TM't' ^^IG per dozen, or SI. 3)1 per 



,-r r, - ,i,:,nful?, which would make 



Mv. cents, and as it lakes but 



■m,i1|ii£ water, the pint of lieef-tea 

 rer si.^" cents. This, compared with 

 cents per pound, is certainly cheaper, 

 as the rule ('fnr making beef-tea, even by the process he gives) 

 is "a pmiiid i>r l.LLf to upini of water." I learn that Mr. 

 Johnst.in lir-;r maku.'; an extract of the aoliil)le properties of 

 the I'eel wlijcb i.'; more, stimulating), then beef is diied and 

 impaliKii.lv powdered and added to the extract, the combina- 

 tion making a food a-^ niUril ions as the solid beef itself. The 

 powdered pijrtion being microscopically fine, is readily assim- 

 ilated by the weakest sioniach and contains the fibrin as well 

 as the albumen. I grant that any beef-tea, however made, is 

 rather expensive food for dogs, but who would not go to the 

 expense in the care of a valuable blue-blooded puppy, weak 

 and run down from effects of distemper? Homo. 



AiESANDKjV Pai.aoe Show. — At thls show (whicrh is to 

 open on Ttiesday, Jan. 18, London, England) the following 

 gentlemen are announced to judge, viz.: For bloodhound.s, 

 mastiffs, St. Bernards, boarhounds, Rev. W.J Mel lor,- New- 

 foundlands, Dalmatians, sinoolh. haired terriers, Yorkshu-e 

 terriers, Italian greyhounds, toy terriers, Mr. Howard Map- 

 pleficcli ; deerhounds, Pomeraniaus, pugs, sporting and non- 

 sporting puppies, Rev. G. F. Hodg.son; greyhounds, English 

 sclters.'tloi'don setters, Irish setters, Bedlingion and black 

 and uni terriers, Mr. S. Lang ; pointers. Mr. J. H. White- 

 housi' , retrievers, wire-haired fox-terriers, collies, bed] terri- 

 ers, Irish terriers, Mr. S. E. Shirley: spiiniels. Major W'llle t 

 and Pvev. A.. H. Willelt; smooth-haired fo.v-terriera (and 



ricrs, hard-haired .Scotch terriers, Capt. V. Hatton ; and Dan^ 

 die Denmoi't terriers. Rev. W. Tiddemau. The show will 

 last four days and the schedidc is, as usual, liberal. — LirndDii 

 Field. 



G, Miare.vi-— .loR. 3a. — Oobimbia, Tenii., JJficetnber 31. — 

 J,;,/ t ,' " '/ StrrYim : In yonr issue of the 2;-id instant, 



ai>,iM_ !, " ii-i-eand performances of Mr. Biyson's deig 



('-)!;,,:- i III ;rate that '-in the race against Joe, Jr., »t 



Flor. le e. Ala., December, 1879, his speed and bonom were 

 so ai)pareril the judge for Joe, Jr., stated after the race that 

 Gladsione was a third faster than Joe, Jr." Being the gen- 

 tleman in eiiieslion, I rise to a privilege. I made no such 

 statement; but in ii conversdion bet v, en Mv. Bryson and 

 myself, on the afternoon of Tue-day (Kud afier the race had 

 closed by Joe. .Ir.. winning upon th'ee legs), in w^bich Mr. 

 Jirys'in saiil that "he thought Cilsdstnne a third fa.ster dog 

 of'llaj two, and at two o'clock tlu.t afternoon he t'id Mr. 

 Camplall that he laid his duii Jejc, Jr., beaten." I replied 

 that during the greater part of ihe first day Gladstone did 

 show more speed (without mtyitioinng the ra io of s; eed of 

 the dogs), but at the close of the first and llieeiUiie second 

 day Joe, Jr. was in my opiiuon mncii the better deig, :.nd at 

 two o'clock was elcfea'ed in the race instead of the '■ vielo-,"' 

 as he thought. The above is a true statement eif the f:,cts, 

 and everyt'hini that passed between Jlr. Bryson ;iiid my.seif 

 or any one else relating to the race a Tier its clo-e. 



Query: If the speed and boitom of the "peerless Glad- 

 stone "'(as Mr. Biyson IhinliS him) were so apparent and so 

 much greater than" Joe, Jr., why was it that the score of ihe 

 poor " br 'ken-down, used-up, played out - .l-e, .J.. ge,ing 

 from eleven o'clock in the morning (at almur wbicii hr.iir ho 

 wrenched one of his hind legs) until the close of the race, five 

 o'clock in the afternoon ot the second day, ution three hgs 

 only, was one point greater over tlie great Gladstone than 

 that 'of the first day, and tlic score stood : Joe, Jr., first day, 

 thirty-four points," Gladstone thirty poiTds ; Joe, Jr.. second 

 day twenty-seven points, Gladstone twenty-two points. 



Wiil Mr.* Bryson explain? My great aversion to '-news- 

 papernotoiiety " has been the raus" of piv 'emg silence, but 

 justice to the kennel of Capt. ( le ' ■ ■ . :e ' 11 de.i unds, I 

 think, a notice from me of yonr i: ' , , ..rung injirnc- 



liontoMr. Brysunis, " Fint jiist;/;,! ;!;.;,' ,,',-;,,." 



J. Mi^Maiv Williams. 



TnE Eastern Field Tbtai.b CLim met at the Aster 

 House, Tuesday afternoon aud without having transacted 

 any business adionrned to Thursday (this) evening. 



.^ — »— .^ 



THE MANCHESTEE DOG SHOW. 

 [From ttie London Field.) 



THE tirst exhibition of the Northern Counties' Canine So- 

 ciety began in the Volunteer Drill Hall, t^tralford-road, 

 Manchester, on Thursday, Dec. 16, and will end this even- 

 ing. The hall is eminently suited for a dog show, but the 

 rings were woefully deficient. They were in the open air, 

 covered over with canvas, and the day being gloomy, the 

 light was very bad, aud the judging accordingly sufiered. 

 The judges were : For fox terriers, Mr. T. H. Scott ; mas- 

 tiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, bloodhounds, deer- 

 hounds, greyhounds. Dachshunde, skyes, bulldogs, dandle 

 dinmonts and sheepdogs, the Rev. G. F. Hodson ; pointers-, 

 spaniels, Blenheims and any other variety classes, Mr. W. 

 Lort; sellers and retrievers, Mr. Ed. Armstrong ; and bluck 

 aud tan terriers, smooth terriers, Yorkshire terriers, buU ter- 

 riers, Irish terriers, Bedlingtons, pugs and toys (rough and 

 smooth ), .Mr. Peter Eden. 



The judging was started simultaneously in various rings, 

 but Mr. Scott, after vainly trying to settle one of his classes 

 of fox teniers, was so crowded in hia cramped ring that he 



gave it up for the time beiug, and sent (he dogs back to their 

 benches, deciding upon waiting until Messrs. Lort and Ed. 

 Armaliong andine ReV. Mr. Hodoon had done respectively 



with tbeiv classes, wiien he had ihi. '-: ' ■ luglit to one 



of til! ir rings. Tne aueralance, e. _s very fair 



on Thuisilay, and v,-b sincerely public will 



oalrouize the show heariily, as it . :___!,. __ -very success. 

 Messrs. Spratt had the feeding, so thai, was wtU seen to, and 

 the dogs were comfortably benched and partitioned off, and 

 they were attended to, in every way, in the style of our very 

 best shows. The management itself left nothing to desire, 

 and we must comijlimenl the secretary and his working com- 

 mittee on their energy and business-like arrangements. 



No ctiampiou Mastiffs were entered, and in the open dog 

 class, the briodle, Vulcan II , was rightly put first by Mr. 

 lloilson, and .Scalford King look second. The highly com- 

 mended Colonel It. 18 of a poor, inditferent color; Carlo, 

 cijmnu:uded, is rather bandy ; and Leo. l^;^-::.l ' - . r is too 

 Iciigy and small-headed. In bitches, DuelV ■ .i'p.;tu, 



Kuoivn mcaiiiiai form, had no difficulty in i 'u- il^i e-vtr 

 Venus, who wan's substance. Mr. Jaffray's j\eil looked very 

 well, but was out-classed, and Nancy is aunply a weed. The 

 puppy class was better than we espected. First went to 

 Dooardur, a very grand puppy indeed, with an excellent body 

 and capital bone, but just a trifle bent in the forelegs. As he 

 is, however, only cignt months old, this doubtless will im- 

 prove wilh age, and, on the whole, we think him a most 

 promising youngster. Countess was rightly beaten by him. 

 I'he next best was undoubtedly Mr. Kenyon's Rossendale, 

 who has a deal of bone, and Mr. Junes' Tyler Is a good pup- 

 py. The same geniiemaD's .Tanilor shows a lot of feather be- 

 hind. Mr. Moor's Gauge is a soiallish brindle, but neverthe- 

 less cheap at the cataloi!ue price, £5. 



There were three bt. B^rnatd tihampious, viz., Barry, The 

 Shah and Bayard. Bayard was looking cerlainly in the best 

 form we have ever seen him; but bis loins ought always 

 to place him behind either Barry or The Shah, especially 

 when these two look well. In the open dog class Olympus, 

 placed first, had the best bone, but is of a biid color, has a 

 poor head, and shows too much curl ; and Kettle, who look 

 second, is of a good color, but is too long-faced. Pilgrim is 

 a well-headed dog, with a nice coat, but a bit straight in Ihe 

 stifle. He, nevertheless, should have been in the prize list, 

 as he is a good one ; but he was passed over. Catsar, who 

 took third, is a most promising dog, his only delect being 

 that he is not square enough in the muzzle. Mr. Macdona's 

 Banco deserved a card ; b'ut Thor, very highly commended, 

 18 bad iu the face. Hob, who took a jirize ut Birmingham, 

 here was passed over altogether — a most exiraordinarv oc- 

 currence, especially con.,idering Ihat his kennel companion, 

 Heffed, who is not nearly so good as he, 'vas very highly 

 commended. Haco is too long-headed; Osman 1., highly 

 commended, is not a bad dog, but has no dew claws : Mens, 

 very highly commended, wants bluze ; Don is too small ; and 

 Snowdrift was not in form. In bitches Beatrice hud no dffl- 

 cully in winning over Morry.sbrook Norma. Altona, highly 

 commended, is of a bad color, aud had a bad head ; and 

 Abbess, placed third, is pinched in the jaw. 



Newfoundlands had six enti ics, but only one turned up, 

 and that one was only very iadill'erent, so that all prizes were 

 withheld ; but In the bloodhound class Mr. Tinker's cham- 

 pion Dido, who was the only entry, locked in splendid form, 

 and took tUe prize on her own merit. 



Deerhounds and greyhounds were capitally placed, Mr. 

 Sharpie's Self Defence and his Hairspring winning in their 

 respective classes, although the competition was rather close. 

 Ponto was the only champion pointer dog shown. In 

 bitches his kennel companion Fan took the prize ; she looked 

 in very excellent form. The open large dog class proved 

 another win for Bang II., healing Karuac, who carries his 

 years wonderfully well. "The class was very good, and, we 

 mink, well handled. Large biiches Mr. Lort also placed 

 well, although Y'oung Ruby, who tejok second, would not 

 show herself at all in the ring, in spite of all George Helle- 

 well's coaxing. Meg had a fair win. We liked very much 

 Midge itnd Mite two of the proper sort ; but one shows age 

 aud the other one is a bit throaty. In the small dog class the 

 awards were rightly given ; but in biiches we could not at all 

 agree with Mr. Don's flat going In favor of Miss Bryon, as 

 she is a weedy, small bitch with a bad head, and a complete 

 aliseuce of bone. This award created no small sensation. 

 The biich was cerlainly shown in good style; but, in the 

 face of her patent defects, she did not deserve even a com- 

 mendation, and Locket, Bona-Belle, or Bess were a long way 

 her superior. 



Iht) champion class for English setter dogs only had a 

 brace iu it, viz.. Old Rook and Emperor Fred, and it took 

 Kdvvard Armstrong nearly an hour before he coidd decide be- 

 tween them. Over and over again he examined them ; but 

 slill he hailed about his decision. In Iho end, however, he 

 gavtj the cup to Emperor Fred. Rock has been a great wln- 

 uer, as every one knows, and, although he was shown in the 

 pink ot condition, he is getting stale, and doubtless this de- 

 cision will be indorsed by other judges. Emperor Fred is 

 truly a very fine seller, tiis head is simply beautiful, his 

 neck is fiueiy sprung, and his shoulders are all that one could 

 wish lor. He is, however, a trifle out at elbow, his feet 

 might be better, and he is also rather hare-footed, but his feet 

 are well covered with feather, and the celebrated trainer who 

 judged on this occasion says that some of the best and fastest 

 Bel;er8 he ever knew had had this peculiar formation of foot. 

 The champion class tor bitches brought forth another brace 

 of very excellent ones, and first went to Mr. Bowers'a liver 

 aud while Maid of Honor ; but here we could not indurse the 

 decision, m Kulh looked very well indeed. 



The open class for dogs brought together a mixed lot, and, 

 baninn the tirsi, secouLl and third, nothing very remarkable 

 appeared in it. The winner is u very grand-bodied puppy 

 indeed, barling his head, which wants improving. Ranger, 

 the celebrated Field Trial dog, was passed over, althouglThe 

 was well shown. The open class for setter biiches was far 

 superior to the diigs, Mr. Slalter scoring firsl with one of ihe 

 nicest bitches we have seen for many a day. Bessie IV. and 

 Mod I\^ slioiild liave cerlainly been very highly commended, 

 but they were overlooked. 



In the blaek-and ran class Bute had a clear win over 

 Ranger ; his ilat codt, shone like satin, and he was shown in 

 the pink of couUiiion. Three fairly^ good-looking black-and- 

 tau Ititcbes competed, and no one caiTcavil with the award. 

 For Manchester, ibe Irish seller dog cla.=i3 may be called a 

 fairly good one, allhoiigh we do not think li would cut a very 

 handsome figure in Dublin. Viscount Palmerslon had some 

 trouble in gelling placed over Dankettle, who showed a rare 

 lot of quality ; but Paddy, highly commended, is too thin, 

 leggy, and pix)r-headed altogether. The Irish setter bitches 

 formed a better class, and the iwo winners are very smart 

 specimens. 



The class for setter puppies under twelve months old wa. 

 one of the finest in the show, and we are sure the four select 

 ed by Ed. Armstrong will be heard of ogain. First place 

 to Danger, a very good poppy indeed, aud we fancied Wild 

 Rose, Frank of the Border, or Jovial for nextplace, but Kuby 

 look second. She is also very promising ; and Dora, passed 

 over, we tuought deserved a notice 



The curly-coattd retriever dogs were an average lot, first 

 going to Merry, a well-known handsome liver-colored dog, 

 and a winner at many other shows. He was followed by 

 Nimrod, a decent-looking black specimen. The curly-coaled 

 bitch class certainly had o-ie of the most lovely Jookiug biiches 

 in it we ever saw ; a more expressive face one could not wish 

 for ; but Chicory must have been overlooked, as, in any way, 

 she i.s better coated than Faith, who tork tec nnl. 



Nothing in tbe smooth or wavy-coated classes came up to 

 our ideas of perfection : nevertheless, Twilight and Topsy 

 are fair specimens, who deserved their places. Clumbers, 

 Sussex, blacks, and any other variety were capitally placed, 

 ban iug that we would have wished ti see Don Pedro, late 

 Fop, higher iu the list, as he is a really good one, and should 

 cerlainly have been placed over the puppy Foil, who scored 

 second. 



In water spaniels, Mickey Free received first and Larry 

 Doolan second, but we would have reverted their positions, 

 as in coat aud type Larry Doolan is vastly superior to the 

 winner. 



Respecting fox terriers, one thing, in justice to Mw Scott, 

 we must mention. The judging ring was .so badly kept, and 

 so limited for such large classes, that some of lii.s blunders 

 may be altribuied to this cause. There were only two entries 

 in champion dogs, viz., Cob and Nimrod. Cob was placed 

 first, but he is quite twenty pounds iu weight, is entirely 

 wittiout terrier expression, and has loaded shoulders, his re- 

 deeming points being a fair head, great bone, good legs and 

 feet, and proper coat. In the latter particular be beats Nim- 

 rod, who is a terrier, has a good head and ears, is of a work- 

 ing size, has plenty of expression, -and ample bonu f(ir his 

 size. J a champion bitches the judge place.d first Frisky, who 

 is far loo big, over the lady-like Dressinakef. w^hose only 

 faidt Is want of coat. Lill, the other couleslant, was clearly 

 outclassed. The open dogs were a middling lot of fcrty-five. 

 Gripper was put first, but he is only fair iu coal, has a poor 

 held and ears, is too broad in chest aud large in eye for our 

 taste, and we think V. H. C. should have been about his 

 place. Racket came second ; he is a good all-round dog, 

 barring bis coat, and he should have been first. Jovial, 

 third, is bad in face and eyes, and also in forelegs, but ia a 

 terrier al! over ; he was held too high here, however, and his 

 place should have been occupied by Buckle — who was 

 fourth — whose bone, substance, and grand coat and character 

 hardly received sufficient r?cognition. Bagman, commended, 

 should have been fourth ; he is full of character, has a grand 

 head, nice ears, and plenty of bone and coat, and we most de- 

 cidedly prefer him to the winner. Huxter Dick was very 

 highly' commended, which was about right, as he is getting 

 too cloggy. Robin Hood, very highly commended, is good 

 in coat, and has fair head and ears Little Joker, also very 

 highly commended, has a bad head and sour expression, and 

 we thought several better in the class. Tun, very highly 

 commended, is very pinched in the face, and has a large eye 

 and a fine coat. Both these defects might have given his 

 place to Lance, who was, however, in bad form, or Uiisler 

 11. , who has vastly impioved, and ia a good one al! over. 

 Spot, highly commended, is a brute, a sour head and bad 

 body and legs being bis leading characterinlics. Little Buffet, 

 commended, has a beagle like head, big cars and eyes, and in 

 fact is a bad one. Cedric II. is a good sort, and we are sorry 

 Mr. Scott passed him over. Spot, also unnoticed, has a Very 

 good coat aud head, lots of bone, and is worth prominent no- 

 tice in any company. The bitch class was a good one, and 

 Mr. Scott did not, we think, do quile right by putting Lady 

 Grace over that grand bitch Satire, whose welLknown char 

 acter and coat place her far above her here successful rival. 

 These two should have changed places. Chip, who look 

 third, is too wide in the chest, and mean in head, but good 

 in coat and terrier expression ; slill she was greatly overrated, 

 as there were a dozen in the class better than she. Fourth is 

 a nice lillle terrier, her faults being her large ears and fine 

 coat. Badinage we shoulei have placed third, as she was in 

 good form, and looking better than we ever saw her; and 

 Lille, unnoticed, should have been in the money, as she is 

 good in head, coat and bone. Galate;i, very highly com- 

 mended, is rather weak in face, but well deserves lier place, 

 and Bud, commended, is a nice one, and might have been 

 higher, although she is a trifle light in bone. The class was 

 a very strong one, but, for some unaccountable reason, the 

 judge did not give any highly commended cards. Wire- 

 haired dogs were a nice lot. Victor, who took first, is a good 

 one, of the right coal, and a terrier ; we, however, some- 

 what preferred f^alance. very highly commended. This dog 

 keeps on improving, and he is just about as near perfection 

 as any wire-haired dog now before the public. Toiler 

 Broad, placed second, is a good dog, who recxuires a Irlfle 

 more coat. Peter Teazle, who took third, is also a nice one, 

 and better iu fact, we think, than Toiler in coat, head and 

 bone. Peter (Ijurgess') has vastly Improved, and some 

 thought that he should have been in the money. Paul, 

 highly commended, is loo small and toyisli. Tyke, hiffhly 

 commended, is a nice one, and was hardly done by ; but Ven- 

 ture, highly commended, is far loo big, and with unortho- 

 dos brkidle markings. The wire-haired bitches weie well 

 juilged. Mendicant Broad was easily first ; ho is a very 

 gi-and one. Mr. Everett's Tick, a nice leirier, took second; 

 and Impecuniosity Broad scored third ; he is a terrier, but 

 has not quile enough coat. The rest of the notices were 

 rightly bestowed. 



Iu dog puppies there was an easy win for Mr. Burgess'a 

 Bonus, a very striking puppy, good in bone, head, ears aud 

 coat.. Second went to "Topsman, a niceish one, but loo fine in 

 coat, and not terrier enough. The third prize laker has good 

 head and ears, plenty of coal, but is awfid in his forelegs. 

 Rasper, very highly commended, has a nice coat, and is of a 

 nice size, but has slovenly ears. Working Broad Jim is a 

 fair wire hair, a bit leggy as yet, and a trille too big in ear. 

 Master Joe, very highly commended, is a j i bit on 



the leg at present, wilh fault, however, i ) lirae. 



Bones, highly commended, is a nealb,- -■ . j, but 



ia not straight in front, and lacks coai,. .,pj, ^j.^uly com- 

 mended, has plenty of bone, but is short f;i coai aud head 

 qualities. Harry, highly commended, is a brute, big in ears, 

 and bad in front ; but Hamper, unnoticed, should have been 

 sccouel — he i.s a very smart and showy dog, with a rare coal, 

 lots oi bone, and worth half a dozen of some of those noticed. 

 Bitch puppies were not such a grand lot. First is a wretch, 

 wide in chest, light of bone, with a weak jaw, and is, in fact, 

 about the worst in the class. Flip, placed second, has a nice 



