May 6, 1880.] 



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— Address all communications " Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



The New York. Dog Show,— It has been decided to 

 hold the bench show at Madison Square Garden on the 

 11th,, 12th and 13th, as previously announced, This de- 

 cision was arrived at by the managers of the show on 

 Saturday last, after a thorough examination of the build- 

 ing by several eminou architects. The widespread inte- 

 rest in the show is shown by the great number of letters 

 and telegrams received daily from all parts of the coun- 

 try, many of them regarding additional entries, which, 

 however, cannot be made. Mr. Lincoln informs us that 

 "it is an astonishing fact that out of the large number of 

 entries made, only one has been withdrawn since the 

 accident occurred." In the meantime, the two English 

 judges have been filling up their time by visiting the 

 cities and kennels in the vicinity of New York. Mr. 

 Hugh Dalziel, of the Live Stock Journal, has been with 

 his friends in Boston ; and Dr. Stables on Monday last 

 paid Mr. Moore's kennels a visit at Philadelphia : he then 

 went to Baltimore and Washington. 



Champion Tarquin, Sir William Verner's bull terrier, 

 has been relieving his mind and occupying his spare mo- 

 ments by chewing up all of the canine persuasion that 

 came within his reach. He met a tough customer, how- 

 ever, in his son the other evening, and he has been in a 



dreadful humor ever since. 



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Madison Square Garden.— Examination and inspec- 

 tion by the managers of the oench show and their archi- 

 tects :"— 



The Madison Square Garden, where the bench show 

 will be held on the 11th, 12th and 13th inst., has been 

 thoroughly inspected and examined by Mr. John B. 

 Snook and Mr. Robert H. Robertson, these gentlemen 

 having been employed by the managers of the show, Mr, 

 Snook is the oldest and one of the best known practical 

 architects in the city, and probably hss bad more thor- 

 ough practical experience than any other man in the 

 city, both as a builder and architect in all its branches. 

 Mr. Robertson is one of the most prominent of the 

 younger architects, He 'S a member of the firm of Pot- 

 ter & Robertson the senior member of which was for 

 some time tbe United States government supervising 

 architect. 



Mr. Snook and Mr. Robertson spent Friday and Satur- 

 day afternoons in the Garden, making a most careful and 

 thorough examination aad inspection of the building, 

 and ri port, " that in their opinion the building is amply 

 safe and secure for the purposes to which the managers 

 of the bench show propose to put it." The management 

 have determined to dispense entirely with all that portion 

 of the building fronting on Madison avenue : the entrance 

 there will be entirely closed. The main building, where 

 the show will be held, will thus be entirely separated 

 from that portion of the structure where the "accident oc- 

 curred. The entrance will be. on Fourth avenue, Twenty- 

 sixth and Twenty-seventh streets. 



Chas. Lincoln, Supt. 



minimum. These cards will each give the score of ten 

 dogs, and are very easy to understand and use, 



The dlfteren t points on the table with their values are 

 numbered from 1 to 118 inclusive. The first column of 

 the scoring-card is for the numbers as given in the table 

 of. be points of the. particular breed to be judged. The 

 second column ia for the maximum value of the points 

 when perfect. This is filled in simply to aid the memory. 

 The other columns are for the. points given the dogs 

 judged. By holding the table and score-card back to 

 back in the left hand when judging and marking, ready 

 reference can be had to the table for information as to 

 the points to be considered in regard to the animal in the 

 ring. 



The tables and scoring-cards will be for sale for the 

 first timo at the New York show. Cox wen, 



ENGLISH FASHIONS IN DOG FLESH. 



FASHION in dog flesh is a curious subject for contem- 

 plation, but it is nevertheless an interesting one. 

 When the various breeds which have occupied the high- 

 est position in the estimation of the public come to be 

 considered, the truth of the aphorism that "Every dog 

 has his day " is forcibly brought before us. The rage to 



he ad- 

 of the 

 select 



POINT JUDGING AT SHOWS. 



THE couiplaiet J.isa been grea.'; iha^, at the various 

 bench shows, the dogs have no- been judged by 

 points, notwithstanding tbe clubs ^ever-vised ift j tuc'i 

 should be the ru'e • let us, therefore, see if ..here fas been 

 any reason for this inconsistency. 



Previous to 1378 the scale of points, as printed in the 

 Fancier's Quzciiv, was the acknowledged authority, but 

 with the advent of S^onehenge's la3t book, tho kennel 

 clubs adopted the scale of points there given. The rules 

 for banon shows ottered by the National American Ken- 

 nel Club iiave tbe following :— 



RULE'.— 9o ,s to be judged ay scale o F points 'aid down ji the 

 third eu.t;on ol btoue'ieug-e's " Uogs o' the British IblanSj." 



If the trouble be taken to notice the number and va- 

 riety of terms used to designate the anatomical parts, or 

 collection of pacts, in the various breeds for which a 

 value has been given, one sufficient reason for not judg- 

 ing by points can be found. 



The dog is not taken as an animal of a particular shape 

 and form as is the horse or oo^, and divided anatomically 

 into different parts, for wbi- h a, value is invariably given, 

 the value only ranging with the breeds. For example: 

 Tbe Skye terrier has fifteen allowed for a perfect head, 

 while for such an important part of his organization the 

 Yorkshire is allowed nothing, the amount being distrib- 

 uted for excellence in other particulars. In this way 

 there are fifty-four parts, or collections of parts, for 

 which value ia given in the sporting breeds, and si;;ty- 

 four m the non-sporting, no one particular breed having 

 more than sixteen. 



On page 57 of his work, Stonehenge gives a plan for 

 judging, based upon an anatomical division of the dog's 

 body, but one obviously impossible to follow from the. 

 scales given throughout the book. Where the shows are 

 for only one breed; like the. bull-dog shows held in Eng- 

 land, judging by points can easily be, and has beet:, ac- 

 complished ; but in a show with" ten to twenty-five dif- 

 ferent breeds, to expect that any judge, however good he 

 may be, can remember without any aid to his memory 

 the particular twelve or sixteen kinds of points out of 

 the fifty-four or sixty-four given, is simply absurd. 



The rules under which the coming New York show will 

 be held say that Stonehenge's points will be used when 

 necessary — a proviso which relieves the judges from 

 OSillg them unless they sodeBJKJ, 



The Secretary of the Massachusetts Kennel Club has 

 prepared a table of points of all the sporting and non- 

 sporting dogs, as given by Stonehenge, showing at a 

 glance the value of each point in. judging any particular 

 breed. The table is printed on both aidts of a stiff card, 

 and with each is furnished a package of scoring t-ards, by 

 which the work of judging by points is reduced to its 



possess St. Bernards has somewhat cooled befo: 

 vance in later years of mastiffs, and the ownership 

 former breed has lapsed into the hands of a few bu 

 body of admirers. Irish wolf-hounds are practically ex- 

 tinct, pace Mr. G. A. Graham, but German mastiffs seem 

 taking root amongst us. Unfortunately for themselves, 

 however, all the larger breeds require space and special 

 care, which precludes their being kept in numbers in in- 

 termural kennels, and the affection of the public has per- 

 force to be directed toward the lesser varieties of dog. 

 Here, at the present time, the fox-terrier reigns supreme. 

 Presenting as this class of dog does such a divei sity of 

 type and coloring, it can hardly be a matter for astonish- 

 ment that his friends are legion. A fox-terrier is usually 

 a peaceably inclined and vivacious dog, and even if not 

 pretty may have those pretty ways which endear him. to 

 a certain class, whose gieat ambition is the acquisition of 

 something with hair on it that will bark. To such, the 

 excess of three or four pounds over the correct standard 

 of heaviness, does not depreciate the value of their pets ; 

 and as there is always a variety of gaudily-marked dogs 

 in the sale-list, a deficiency in symmetry can be compen- 

 sated for by plenty of pretty spots. However, with all 

 their present popularity, fox-terriers must look to their 

 laurels, for Irish terriers are surely gaining ground. 

 Patriotism, and love of what they call their "national 

 dog," has caused our friends across the Channel to exert 

 themselves to the utmost to push the Irish terrier ; and 

 their efforts are now bearing fruit, and will bear more. 

 In toys, the little black and tau terrier has almost gone 

 from sight, as ladies now prefer a more robust com- 

 panion, und a colley is more often seen than the pigmy 

 black and tan in the society of the gentler sex. Pugs 

 have held their own, but Yorkshire terriers are but sel- 

 dom met with beyond die limits of their native county. 

 Toy spaniels may be reckoned as looking up, but the at- 

 tention which must be devoted to their toilets renders 

 them, as it does Maltese and Yorkshires, a trouble to 

 their owners which the latter are often glad to escape. 

 Daschunde were at one time, and that not long ago, looked 

 upon as the coming race of dog, but their reign was brief 

 and inglorious. 



Having thus referred to dogs which are looked upon as 

 pets, it may be well to turn for a moment to the various 

 sorts of vermin dogs, which have been popular from time 

 to time. Here there has been but little change, the 

 dandies, Skyes and Scotch terriers of the North, and the 

 bull and black and tan terriers of this country, and the 

 Irish terriers having managed to retain their several sup- 

 porters in the face of every opposition. This being so, it 

 would be dangerous to prophesy ill luck for any of them ; 

 but it may be safely hinted that as vermin dogs, the 

 bull-terrier, the Irish terrier and the Skye are superior to 

 the other varieties most usually associated with ibis class 

 of sport. 



A somewhat curious system adopted by admirers of 

 certain classes of dogs, is the custom of improving the 

 appearance of these varieties by recourse to mutilation. 

 The ears of certain working breeds of terriers are crapped 

 for beauty and for use, we know, but what advantage 

 is there i-i removing the tail of a toy spaniel or a fox- 

 terrier V I>) former days both Dalmatians and pugs used 

 to have their ears entirely removed ; but of late, the bar- 

 barous practice has been discontinued. As regards the 

 clipping of a poodle, opinions differ with respect to the 

 orthodox crop, many holding for the style of one profes- 

 sional clipper, while other, fanciers patronize his rival; 

 all which considerations tend to prove that in dogs, as in 

 other things, so much depends on caprice that there is 

 even yet a chance for the most uninviting and unlovable 

 to succeed with patience.— Live Stock Journal. 



THE RINGING AND THE DINGING OF THE BELL, 



Montreal, April Wh. 



SOME three years ago, when ou a v&ii to a friend, I 

 was very much taken with the looks of a, little 

 spaniel puppy "that be showed me. He was not by any 

 means thoroughbred, for though his sire was a thorough- 

 bred Irish water-spaniel, his mother was crossed with, I 

 think, a cocker. The puppy was dark liver-colored, 

 rather curly, and, what attracted me, had the broad fore- 

 head and I' rank, honest eyes that always mark a dog of 

 genius. 1 traded another dog for him and tool: him home, 

 and a more really intellectual dog 1 never owned, x was 

 an invalid at the time, or partly so — too sick to go to 

 school, but just well enough to play, as uiy father said, 

 consequently 1 had plenty of time to train l"'m ; and at 

 eleven months old be would go back a mile for my whin, 

 would pick up either my whip, hat or handkerchief, al- 

 ways taking the right ono, no matter how I tried to puz- 

 zle him, would down-charge so suddenly that you could 

 hear his bones strike the floor as he fell, would roll over, 

 sit up, do the " serpent," walk on his hind or front legs, 

 walklameon any foot, and a thousand and one tricks 

 that I have forgotten by this time. His especial favorite 

 was an old soft felt hat that I wore knocking round the 

 yard. He would pick it out from any number of Other 

 hats, and would go home and get it off the rack and 

 "mo, from almost any distance. Many a time 



he pulled the whole rack over inhis efforts to get it when 

 hung too high. At that time I used to go for a walk 

 every morning before break fast, and it was during those 

 walks that Leo got most, of his training ; and as I was, 



and am, a very h ■■,■ ,. : had great difficulty in 



waking early enough, 1 had heard of dogs waking their 

 masters at regular hours, and as I firmlv believed Leo 

 capable of anything ever done by another 'dog, I thought 

 1 would teach him to wake me every morning at day- 

 break. How I succeeded you will read below. 



I occupied a large room at the back of the house, with, 

 a window opening on the yard occupied by master Leo, 

 Around two sides of one corner of the room were two 

 rows of pegs for hanging clothes, and in this corner was 

 my bed. I tied a cord across the comer about a foot out, 

 and to this cord I fastened a large bell, such as are used 

 by milkmen, which was thus suspended immediately 

 above my head. To the bell was fastened a cord, which 

 after passing through a loop of wire fastened to the ceil- 

 ing, went out through the window, and had for its termi- 

 nation an old felt hat, which hung about two feet from 

 the ground. I had tied the hat there loosely before, and 

 made Leo fetch it, so that when he awoke at daylight 

 and saw the hat he would trv to take it. and thus ring the 

 bell. I had misgivings that "he might possibly see the hat 

 sooner than I wished, but the first night being cloudy my 

 plan worked like a charm, Leo, on waking, espied the 

 hat, pulled it. rang the bell, and' I, waking, ran down in 

 a garb more cool than voluminous, patted and praised 

 him, and gave him a piece of sugar, his usual reward. 

 next night was bright moonlight, and when I went 

 to bed 1 heard Leo playing about the yard with a neigl- 

 s doir about 1 A.M. In his peregrinations he ran 

 across the hat and commenced to pull with a will. Ding 1 

 ding ! ding ! went the bell, but I cabnly slept on. I was 

 ' l my first sleep, out of which it is almost impossible to 

 r ake me, and it only gave a religious turn to my dreams, 

 fori imagined that it was Sunday, and that the church 

 bells were ringing, Any outside noise almost invariably 

 »ks itself into my dreams in that way. My mother 

 is restless that night from neuralgia, and she felt so 

 rvous at last that she sent my father, to my room to 

 see what was the matter, fo 



" George ! George ! " 

 " Yes." 



"For goodness sake stop that bell." 

 At that moment the hell stopped, and my father, hav- 

 ing told me to fix it so that it would not ring again, went 

 back to bed, and hardly was his back turned than I was 

 fast asleep. About an hour after, the bell started again, 

 and after standing it as long as she could, mother sent 

 father in again, with precisely the same result ; hell 

 stopped for a time and then weiit on with renewed vigor. 

 At last, when poor mother had had her night's rest honeJ 

 lessly mined she came in herself, and insisted on my 

 getting up there and then. This thoroughly awakentd 

 me and I pulled up the string, leaving the hat, however, 

 in Master Leo's teeth, and next morning that hat w;is 

 scattered to the four winds of heaven. I got an awful 

 chaffing at breakfast, and even yet they have not forgot- 

 ten my patent alarm clock. I would have experimented 

 further, but as the other members objected to having 

 that infernal bell dinging all night, I had to give in to 

 the majority, 



My ea'-ly morning walks came to an end at about the 

 same time, so Leo's occupation as a bell-ringer was gone. 

 How he would have succeeded in a more legitimate lino 

 of business, namely, retrieving, 1 cannot say, as I sold 

 him for the, to me, magnificent sum of $10, and cried all 

 night at losing my playmate. I was but a lad at tho 

 time, and but that I wanted to buy another dog, my 

 cocker b ; tch Brownie, nothing would have induced me 

 to sell him. His purchaser was a kind-hearted gentleman 

 who bad taken a fancy to bim ou seeing him fetch st re- 

 fractory baby brother to me by the skirt of his dress. 

 He very soon became as fond of Leo as I had been, and 

 there were tears in bis eves and in bis voice when bo 

 told me that the fellow bad been poisoned. I will net 

 soon forget Ihe choking sensation in my throat as, after 

 having with mingled pride and grief, made Leo do all 

 his tricks, and kissed bim good-hy. 1 walked down stairs 

 from Mr. A.'s office,, with a $10 bill in my hand; and 

 what a void there seemed to be. without the patter of bis 

 feet and the jiuglo of bis collar at tend in <_r my every step. 

 Ten dollars was a bigger sum than I had' over before 

 called my very own, but 1 felt then, and 1 reel now, that 

 no amount of money can compensate for the loss of such 

 a faithful friend. 



1 became very much attached to his successor, Brownie, 

 so much so that when she too was poisoned last summer, 

 after three years of companionship, when I looked back 

 at all the comfort she had been to me during my iir-.t 

 year away from home, and thought of [lie many, 'many 

 hours I had spout, happy in her companionship, aud, 

 when I thought What a blank her dc~ai.li had left m my 

 little world, and how deep my grief was, I determined 

 never again to have a single dog ; either none, or t w a or 

 three. I have four now. two of them daughters of 

 Brownie, ai'd although they are, perhaps, not so well- 

 trained, nor so much company, my affection isufvided 

 amongst them, and I would not miss any one of them so 

 much. Besides, my fondness for them ia largely com- 

 posed of pride in their beauty, which is not inconsidera- 

 ble, and their pri/.e-winnings'. which are neither few nor 

 unimportant. To these 1 hope lo add during [he present 

 monili. 1 sometimes regret this change in my feelings, 

 and wish for the old style of thing, in fact I have seribuH 

 thoughts of getting a little pel dog for the house. Mo 

 friend is half SO loving and forgiving as a favorite dog, 

 and this fact entitles them to every consideration, Be 

 kind to your pets and give them a. bttle affection in re- 

 turn for tile adoration that is lavi-hed ou you. DlDO, 



PROF. HUXLEY ON DOGS. 



SO distinguished a scientist as Prof. Huxley has been 

 giving his attention to the >)ois, and the problems 

 connected with its origin and proper place in nature, 1 lo 

 has recently delivered two lectures upon the subject', a 

 digest of which, taken from the London Live Stock Jour- 



Prof. Huxley delivered on Tuesday afternoon, to a 

 distinguished audience, at the Royal Institution, the first 

 of two lectures on, ' i 'ogs, and the problems CQUnot ted 



