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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[AtroTjBT 3, 1883, 



lie §pmul 



FIXTURES. 

 BENCH SHOWS. 

 April 3, *, 5 and (I. 1883. Western Penuaylvanin Poultry Society's 

 Tilth Annual Rom-It Show, Pittsburgh, Pa. Entries for the I'.ench 

 Show Derby, lor English setters whelped on m- after Jfarch 1, !8Rd, 

 close December 1. isS; Clns LiucciliT, Superintendent I, K. Stay- 

 led Btttl'J . V 1 !■ -pi it-ri v l.'itv, Pa. 



C '..i 

 Members' Stake, Noi 

 Hen YQr'k, Secretary. 

 December i -Hattonal Americ 



Grand .(miction, Trim. 1), Pits 

 1,1! >,i- H I irleans Qi 



bj>b, La. Entries cloaa Deoembe 



li tiB I 11 



rbydose July 1. For the \ll- 

 r I, i\ x. Hall, P. 0. Bos m, 



itU I I lUl field Trials ,.n iiii.ul, 



•mplii-.. Term., Secretary. 

 " Field Trials or Quail. Opclou- 

 .1. Iv. Remind, Secretary; New 

 > close lieeeuiber 1. 



WHAT IS A COCKER? 



Editor Fari'xl and Stream: 

 The most pronounced feature in "Seuex's" lette; 



consistency to the wind*) to Oharactertee. They are, accord- 

 ing to hira, in one breath, "a worthless sat of pug-nosed, 

 igged Jumbo-likc specimens," and iu the next he 

 speaks of the "long head and snipy nose of the nondescript." 

 In my Jotter to von of the 3d inst., published in your issue 

 of loth idem! T endeavored to show the eonstruetiou that the 

 American Cooker Club standard bears to my mind, and I am 



curious to know how many spanii I bra ders take a different 

 view ol" it. "Sonex" calls it a "false and pernicious standard,* 1 

 causing "foul and wicked injustice, and a blot, a scandal and 

 a bntnine disgrace to the name of the cocker spaniel." 



Now 1 would like "Senex," whom 1 know to be an honor- 

 able and just man in intention, calmly and dispassionately to 

 follow me while 1 try to show him how the- best, specimen of 

 the black field spaniel exhibited at, Cleveland, according to 

 or iudf tent, would come out if measured andweighedas 

 \lb a field spaniel he made, the very high cor 



d ask "Senex" to read in 

 cription of the points as 



fJenerai ap] i ina ni s . .vimnetrr.. 



,. 



!".■ as. 



ICB.ru. 



Neck anri shoulders.. 



U..dv 



1 rt-tiKtb 



bears and !'. • • 

 Coat. 

 Tail. , 



100 

 Deduct negaliv. 



pi-.'i 



- -.-ore of Benedict ns a cocker V> 



As "Senex" was present at the judging of the spaniels in 

 Cleveland, it will probably (rive him Id He trouble to recall 

 the onli entry in ola=s :17— No. 189, the Bornell Spaniel club's 

 Flirt. She was there entered a- a QcM spaniel, b ■•.■ati--. being 

 very fat and heavy with pup. her weight precluded her from 

 competing in the small class: but properly shown, she is a 

 capital type of cocker, and -would., barring her rather plain 

 bead, make a very high score under the cocker standard. It 

 would have shown much bett-i judc.ni.-nt m the Hornell 

 Club had they entered P.aroness, No. I'll), in the field spaniel 

 cJasB, having added, as nm>h1 easily have been done, an ounce 

 or two to her weight; and Flirt as a cocker, of which, as I 

 said before, she is a good specimen. 



I find it necessary in order r<; make my meaning unmistak- 

 able thus to refer 'to dogs that nave been publicly exhibited 

 and criticised in the sporting papers, as being the shortest 

 and most easily understood method of explanation. 



I hope I have succeeded in making it clear that, according 



to inv lights, the A. C. C. Standard docs no' (It the modern 



i spaniel and thai his powers in 



an entirely wrong direction, and setting up imaginary bogies 



to keep himself occupied in knocking down. 



Having purposely refrained from following ".Senex" into 

 any discussion on the comparative merits of the cocker and 

 field spaniel, about which every man is entitled to his own 

 opinion. I will close, bv telling him that he. will find among 

 his f-dlow-m-mb rs of the American Cocker Spaniel Club, 

 thoroughly true and staunch friends of the handsome little 

 dog, and plenty of room for exerting his iuMuence, both by 

 pen .Hid example, in furthering the true interests of the 



Br 1. .r. F. Kirk, 



Secretary American Cocker Spaniel Club. 



Tonoxro, July 23, 1882. 



Editor Fnrext and Stream: 



:ain treats us to one of his lughflown appeals on 

 lie- i iiesiion. I do not propose to answer his very 



u-il.-l statement and erratic assertion, because it would take 

 ui.ioomiichofyoiirspa.ee. I think, however, that I have 

 . ...,, which the whole .,r his heart break in- 

 ad to that I will confine my attention: 



•■I, ih me cocker to be divested of his prerogatives 



and to I. • . uded from our bench show.- because 



a [i vs int. .-;d p.-rsons ,| mean in connection with the 

 eock.r entirely} have seen fit to foist upon the community a 

 worthless sat of pug-nosed, crooked-legged. Jumbodikc speci- 

 mens of the black dog, and call them by the euphonious title 



ol . 





.— genuine cocker has been especially | 

 each of the bench shows held tli 

 ioipro. ement on any prerogatives liithcn 



■iv kn 



Niven'f r.l.-.ok l:-.-- mi, ' 



beWs Zulu, and t In- Hornell Sp: 



Beatrice, Madge and ! . 



Niv, n'. pan'. Zllhl, Bl 



but 11. atricc and Plied: I '.ess at I 



right down to facts' now, and I a 



la- s aw had a pu nose, or wasc 



rirhatevei that may mean. Yoi 



from tiro— be, has no 



"Hen''-x'' wants to make out that the field spaniels are 

 shown as cookers, and though, he- knows just as well a 1 do 

 ire not he harps on this string continually. A 

 ,.,.„,. i.o'he wrote a loi atom Hie New Vork show, although 

 l'„. was..,,: lused the Lachine Kennel Club of 



Altowing Benedict as a cocker, und when brought to task 

 replied personally to the olub, saying he had been misled, was 

 very >on v for having made such a mistake, and would at 



once write to the paper in which the statement appeared. 

 li]-- to the present date, however, his promised letter ol Bor 

 icctioti has yet to appear, Now he goes otf on the same 

 •■on,-'. , misstatements with regard to Cleveland and the 

 shows of this vear. The first case might have been a mis- 

 take, what is the second? 



We will,- pp. -■■ in.". K'li. lii !'■-' 'Hack Prince, 



Su irs were shown as cockers. Which of them 



has '■ (Vhich '-li'i:.;. exc fitibn of Success, has 



Crooked legs and which Is .Jumbodikc; (Jive us facts, "Senex," 



i' "I ■■ ' i so come dow u with your correction, 



backing on by was "i P. 8. the ore- promised lastyearin the 

 ease oTBenedi b. 



"What is the matter with igeuej " 

 had put to me. several line - . i 



the trouble is, thai hi Is i present a d 

 Last Febrner he as] id have hie u.-m 

 ber of the Cocker Club. It was done 

 3 i I "i no further step in the matter 

 York show, when, in response to a fr 



fromMr. Kirk the p - 



bership and said all sorts of irood thing 

 mouiotis working, cic. Tie i ., 



land, and failing to get a mentio i fo: i 



Hvi 



Mil 



flra 



lejtion I have 



ipearaa. ah 



,-• d exhibitor. 



e was elected. 



after the New 



communication 



yetted his metn- 



thc club, har- 



owingatCieve- 



If his exhibits, 



1 the standard. 



uclusions from 



1 li r, 



. abi 



id. i want bo pin h... 



b of the black cockers 



nub., like, 



a expect, an 



■ to give short of an 



thing to write appeals 

 i ' set support from cocker breeders who are content to 

 bide by the. present club, wlik-h ha-, in its one year of exist- 

 ttce, hod. the schedules revised itnd put in shape, and given 

 15 in prizes. The ch.'o ...;.--.....;, ,o i,, second year of existence 

 •ith u balance m the treasury, and let me. say that at the 



nnual meeting. there ... a ittempt made to alter or 



mend the present standard. Yours respectfidly, 



Jas. Watson. 



DOCS ARE PROPERTY IN OHIO. 



POL LOW INI J is the full text .of the late Ohio decision de- 

 termiiig the status of dogs as property iu that State. 

 The decision will be received with great satisfaction by all 

 rs of valuable dogs in Ohio, and by every one who is 

 ■Sted in securinii better protection for these animals. 

 The decision is as follows : 



Tli- State of ( IbiO vs. Michael Mornn. In the Probate Court: 

 At the July criminal term of this court the said Michael 

 Moran was tried and coir, iefed for stealing a Scotch terrier 

 dog, the property of one- Charles Asmusand of the value of 

 sii: and thereupon the deferid mt, by his counsel, moved 



arrest of jutk nn-i 

 dog was not la re e 

 support of his mo 

 Supreme Court, it 

 St. Hep. 4110. The 



hority authorizing them tq 

 stealing of a dog. 



"he statu'" ander which this dej 

 Swan .& CiilchflBld, sections , ■• i 



to be the stealing of i i 



tela The curt says in passing 

 words "goo I: and dial l.els" have 



whon these same words are used i 

 dcfiiiiia: larc.-nv, il follows that tli 

 ■tood as embracing docs, and fo 



heir views the court further say 

 .-.■.:,. held at common law to iie t 

 the- were held not to be the subi 

 '•, it was necessary to .-.ularge c 

 the stealing or malici-aislv destroy 



,,,,," manner and to the same 



battels. 



The opinion of lie- .-..•,. 

 to this amendment defining Ian 



;, bv hi 



und that the stealing of a 

 3 Of Ohio. The counsel, in 

 u a decision made by our 

 ■ State vs. Lvmas, aB Ohio 

 i.se field that the stealing of 

 i law, and not: marl" so by 



ay of a clog was such an 

 ount (o a civil injury, but 

 f found 



: fare 



' thi 



1e is found in 

 ?fiiies larceny 

 ids and chat- 

 se that these 

 I well-defiued 

 ice dogs, and 



be 



i fori 



oth- 



to make 

 ible in the. 

 goods and 



tin 



oth, 



as: That prior 

 bonds, bilk or 

 being included 

 n- unchanged. 

 the stealing of 



The statute under which 

 So 'has been rejiealed, and 



■ only statute "ii the. sub- 

 vised'Statutes. and it de- 

 nt hiit: of value shall be 



■ sold of the stealing o: 

 of b.nds, bills or ,,ot -s. These are not named ii 



this statute, and from this is it to be inferred that then 

 is no law in Ohio by which the offender can be punished 

 ■who steals bills or notes: This will hardly be presumed. 



"c. i;s.„-, of'the L, 

 err shall steal a 

 ." Nothing is he 



bhii 



t he case of Lym 



The court in thai 

 such a thing as [ 

 from this that a 

 court may have < 

 i-is. they could I 

 It mav not b, 

 upon the ,„,- :io 

 of i-'li-vinA'thei 

 doubt as to the I: 



rii:g- 

 I lad 



the opinion that there was 

 and it necessarily follows 

 alii,-. Whatever doubt the 

 i dog being goods and chat- 





Court, oi 



name 



under th 



what 



ports, vo 





steuling i 



i Dr. 



ceny. the 



Mac 



found in 



-ill.. 



rule beai 



e Dr. 



at the th 



w all 



They a 



i him 



nical. ani 



State with a statute similar to our owu that declares tho 

 Scaling of a dog is Hot larceny. I therefore decide that a 

 dog is property— a thing of value, and that the stealing of a 

 dog in Ohio is larceny. The motion in arrest is therefore 

 overruled. 



Alexander Hadden and J. P. Dawley, attorneys for the 

 prosecution; Frank E. Dellenbaugh. attorney for defendant. 



THE BYRON HOUNDS. 

 Editor Forest, and Stream: 



A history of the Byron hounds, a strain of dogs so 

 justly celebrated in tlxis section for indomitable energy, 

 tender nose, unsurpassed speed and untiring -i" r . .... : 

 to be interesting to all huntsmen. I have hunted - >V6! 

 forty years with Myron hounds, and had ample opportunities 

 to test then' value as red and gray foxhounds, and do not 

 hesitate to say that they generally excel, as u ..lass, any other, 

 I have hunted hounds fully their equal in many respects, but 



they were isolated and accidental cases, and i >1 m, 



tives of a class or strain. I think I should qualify this state- 

 ment, for I have never seen nor hunted a hound that could 

 maintain his character for ten consecutive clays as the 

 Bvrons. They are without rivals both in gatneness and 

 endurance. 



Old Byron I knew from his breaking to his death, which, 

 by the by, occurred at my house in 1 837 of old age. When 

 only a few years old I rode over him and his brother Rattler, 

 in couple in my father's lawn, and mashed hi- right leg from 

 his toes to the knee. The injury lasted his life, "and greatly 

 disfigured that leg. But it did not impair his speed or power 

 of endurance. Gen. P. B. Starke hunted the four original 

 Byrons, owning two of them. "Pious Joems" (Col. James Cor- 

 don of Pontotoc, Miss.) hunted both red and gray foxes with 

 them when on a visit to me ten years ago this coming October. 

 In a friendly letter to me of recent day, after expressing 

 regrets that both of us must soon "hand in our checks/' he 

 remarks, "Could I be satisfied that you and I would one day 

 meet in a better land, mounted "on thoroughbreds, with 

 Watchman in the lead of a pack of Byrons, after an old red, 

 this world would not now be so attractive.'' 



Watchman, mentioned try -'Pious James," at the time of 

 visit, headed rav pack, and was used in the stud bv rne up to 

 his death. He was the lineal descendant of Old Byron and 

 Rattler, two full and litter brothers, and the founders of the 

 Byron strain of foxhounds. Broaduax's pack consists almost 

 entirely of Byrons. and a more certain and reliable red or 

 gray fox pack has never existed. His Telephone, full sister 

 of inv Blunder and Plunder, is the mother of two Indigo-blue 

 female pups sent the Hon. Jno. B. Kenna, of the House of 

 Representatives, from West Virginia. He writes me (June 29) 

 that "they have had a round after a red and acquitted them- 

 selves, even at their early age, most creditably. Beauty (Bett- 

 Loganl is what her name'implies, and is the largest of the four. 

 Fancy (Fanny-Logan) is well grown, very graceful, active in 

 her movements, and as quick as thought." I have jusi in 

 two male indigo-blue Byron pups one """ -Trailer, the other 

 Kate-Blunder)" to him. These two puppies are very line and 

 extremely promising, and will at some future day equal the 

 best of any other strain or will belie their ancestry. I have 

 been thus particular so that all inquiring huntsmen may be 

 enabled to form an estimate of the merits of the Bvrons of 

 the post and of those of to-day. My "Roanoke 'Coon Hunt.'' 

 in your issue of the 20th inst., has elicited a correspondence 

 from Massachusetts to Georgia about, the uncalled tor Byron 

 pups, which r take tins occasion to say I sliall not hold over 

 longer than ten days for the parties originally ordering them. 

 I hope their views of "business"' may by that time be suffi- 

 ciently modified to notify me of their intentions. T. G. T. 



(iAsro:.-. N. 0. 



i understanding 



ccedingly tech- 

 :id basis to rest 

 dog at common 

 Lead dog. This 



id. d to be 

 ntry where 



GARRYOWKX SPEAKS.— At the red 

 Mr. Giltrap's red Lrish setter Garrvow 

 Mr. Hilliard, who claimed that his nose 

 with Garrvoweu turns up his nose a 

 characteristic t-ir of the breed write- : 

 Belfast News-Letter as follows: Sir— I 

 above show, as published tu your issue 

 stated that it was understood an object 

 against me, alleging that my nose had 

 It is a fact that in my masters absence, 

 without any previous intimation to hi 

 whom we both met at the Alexand 



nt Belfast Bog Show 



tested by 



had been tampered 



this, and with the 

 o the editor of the 

 i the report of tho 

 ,f th" •:::,] inst , it is 

 an had been lodged 

 ieen tampered with, 

 from the show, and 

 a from Mr. Hilliard, 

 low tho week 



before, such an objection was lodged by Mr. Hilliard, the 

 owner of the defeated Count (my brother) and Viscount 

 Palmerston, his kennel companion. The committee of the 

 show, having investigated the objection, after having got my 

 nose examined by the veterinary surgeon, confirmed i!m 

 awards of the judge, and thereby declared me entitled to 

 "first prize" in the champion class for setters, and to "The 

 Newry Challenge Cup," as being the best of all the sporting 

 dogs or bitches in the show, and the Kewiy Challenge Cup is 

 now convenient to my kennel. The origin of Mr. Hilliard's 

 frivolous objection can only be accounted for by the fact that 

 I had beaten mv brother. Count, in the champion class at 

 ISelfost, as well as at the Alexandra Palace the week previous, 

 and also had beaten his kennel companion, Viscount Palmer 

 st on. for the Xe.wrv Challenge Cup; and, if the objection had 

 been sustained, the double prize gained bv m. would p-obably 

 have been given (as 1 suppose Mr. Hilliard thinks) to my 

 brother and his kennel companion, as I believe it was for that 

 purpose they were sent to the show as well as myself. In 

 return for the £ 1 deposit winch Mr. Hilliard paid to deprive 

 me of my honors, and which he has now forfeited, he has got 

 the benefit of the opinion of a professional veterinary surgeon 

 that my nose does not require to be tampered with to sustain 

 mv reputation on the show bench gamed under different 

 judges at the leading shows in the United Kin ,-dora, having 

 won numerous prizes, including seven tirst p-i-/. -s. and beaten 

 every other champion Irish red setter dog or bitch now living 

 that has been exhibited against me. ,\> that "nosey" objec- 

 tion has been circulated to my prejudice through the press, 

 and as the unfavorable result to its originator has not got the 

 same publicity, 1 trust this will be a sufficient apology for 

 being troubled -with this communication by Garhvowkn, the 

 champion Irish red setter. (Whitehall House Kennels, 26 

 South Circular road, Dublin, June 3D,) 



DEATH OF GLEN.— Dr. At™ 

 L. L, on Thursday, July 20, from [if 



: Cl-i 



M I il 



vhc. 



some decision,- to be found in this 

 i law rule is adhered to that there can be no lar- 



felonioush- taking and carrying away a dog, but 

 o affirm that no decision can b, found in any 



.luihv 



medals, given by the W . K. C 

 black and tan with a hold tri, 

 of the best, and his loss will be 

 friends, as wed as his owner, 

 thy. ' -Peace to his ashes. " 



Ontreport, 

 •ed by some 

 iv of much 

 the time of 

 ithful eom- 



lho,-oU"hlv 



u's pleasure 

 ) the happy 



us always surrounded by 



lSSiland 18S1, for th- best 

 scord. His disposition was 

 atly deplored by his many 

 i has our heartfelt sympa- 



Spratt's (log Imscuits, ,-ither bj cas- or retail; also Spratt's dog 

 inati. mover's inai, c- cure. Steadinan's Ilea pou-ili>.r. ,vc ( MALI t> 



