July 20. 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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MR. THOS. H. TERRY'S SCOTCH COLLIE "TWEED II." 



the 'coon had been there, and finally swam up to the island I 

 was on. But they had scarcely arrived before Logan gave 

 notice that the hud passed a 'coon. He was behind the Sa- 

 tire pack, and struck the trail behind it. In a moment he 

 ■was joined by the pack, and bef ore I arrived, Logan had at- 

 tacked the 'boon under the raft, who, extricating himself 

 from Logan, moved out and off down the stream, n 

 upon his dexterity in the thick underwood to elude and 

 escape. I never witnessed a better and more furious chase. 

 The 'coon would double and twist like a hare, occasionally 

 showing himself at the waters ed re, and maintaining his run 

 for at least ten minutes, and until Fannie, in my presence 

 caught sight ol"' him and overtook him at the water's edge. 

 A desperate light followed, which lasted some minutes, end 

 ing, however, in his death and without any serious injur 

 being inflicted on his assailants. He proved to be a very old 

 male', judging from the worn condition of his teeth! He 

 weighed fourteen pounds. This hunt certainly pro 1 

 superiority— tr.. i ■■ ■ I bothered of the pack— and if £1 does 

 not of itself establish his claim to that of a first-class 'coon 

 dog, in connection with his past exploits in his line it surely 

 does. 



There is one evil in connection wi th the sale and purchase 

 of dogs which cannot be too severely reprobated not only by 

 the Fork.st and Sthtvam but by every huntsman in the Union. 

 I allude, to the practice of negotiation and the manner of it. 

 I am not a regular dealer in hounds and only a few years 

 back ever sold one. I luckilv attained many yea»*g ago the 

 Byron strain of hounds, which 1 liberally distributed to friends 

 before the war, but that lamentable calamity swept off ftl 

 hounds as well as every other species of personal property, 

 and at its close I alone owned a full pack of pure bred Byrons. 

 Corresponding with a New York journal and furnishing that 

 paper with occasional descriptive fox chases, incited a large 

 demand for Byron hounds, which resulted hi so heavy a tax 

 Upon my time and so great a draught upon my stock that 1 

 determined to sell all puppies I could conveniently spare. 



All applicants were registered and each was served hi 

 routine of order. Many ordered who never afterward ap- 

 plied, and to-day I have three pair of splendid choice full-bred 

 Byrons on hand. Two pair were ordered by a gentlemen of 

 Clayton. Adams county, Illinois, who wrote on March 13, 

 1682. ''3ow, sir, in regard to the do 5s, I mean business. * '■ 

 I ask you, sir, to please choose for me from the pups two dogs 

 and two bitches that you think will make the best dogs, I 

 would like to hear from you immediately. When the pups 

 are old enough to ship, write me and tell me how you would 

 have me send the money, by P. O. order or express.'' I re- 

 plied to each inquiry, and notified the gentleman that on the. 

 1st of May the pups would be ready and to forward instruc- 

 tions how to ship. Though repeatedly written to on the sub- 

 ject since, not one word has been received from that gentle- 

 man in reply. 



Again, a gentleman from Princeton, Indiana, ordered a pair, 

 stating, "I "want you to choose a pair of your finest pups and 

 save, them for me; when old enough to ship I will send the 

 money.' They were selected accordingly, carefully cared 

 for, and due notice given when ready for shipment. In reply 

 lis wrote, "My folks will be at home in about ten days, and 

 then i will send you the money and you can ship them." 

 This was dated 13, L839, and is the last I have heard of 



this gentleman, though repeatedly notified that the pups were 

 ready and onlv awaiting instructions. 



Another gentleman from Massachusetts and another from 

 Michigan, vary in g a little in detail, have each acted in the 

 same manner, This is not, in my opinion, "business," and is 

 a wrong both to other applicants and the breeder. It is in 



violation, too, of all com ' •!-■■■ . - existins between 



true huntsmen, and cannot be too strongly condemned. 



Though not now a dealer in hounds, I expect, owing to in- 

 creasing incapacity to enjoy the chase, next spring to engage 

 in it, of which due public notice will be giveu in FOREST and 

 Stheam. Thos. G-oodjb Tucker. 



Gaston, N. C. 



V. H. C. 



I WANT to ask a few questions, and possibly suggest my 

 views on points inquired about. Has there been any 

 change in the standard or color for bud-terriers.' 1 noticed at 

 the last New York Bench .Show that one gray e- 

 and one hrindied bit* :. each received Viie. Stone- 



henge says a bull-terrier must be pure white, and that it is 

 useless to sh< other color. 



Now, parti" in this connection. I would ask what is the sig- 

 nificanoe of vhc., a hethe if it has no def in ition, it is 



not dps ■ I be defined. I would suggest that 



it be t. lo s receiving it are goo del 



to ha- friz in too "hot company,'' that is. it 



would distinguish the ready fine dog;s among non-prize win- 

 ners from the trash. Under this definition it would not be 

 possible to gi> 1 ' ite ribbons and a third 



prize, which I believe was done in one class at a recent bench 

 show. Why should a. judge commend very highly, or, for 

 that matter, why should he commend at all, a dog to whom 

 he would not give a prize if he was alone in his class; 1 think 

 my definition of Vhc, together with the abolition of He. and 

 C, would simplify the dutv of judges at bench show- 

 considerably. And what is the sense of this elaborate system 

 of honors for the de: tin C. is only 



"damning with faint praise;, 1 ' and He. is very little better. 



V. H. C. 



New Yokk. 



TWEED II. 



CHAMPION Tweed II., is a medium-sized black and tan 

 Scotch collie, owned bv Mr. Thos. H. Terry, of New 



York He is seven years old, by Price's Tweed out of Maddie, 

 and was imported in August, 18S0. Before leaving he won 

 the following Field Trial prizes in Great Britain: T'rst prize, 

 puppy Stake, Alexandria Palace, 1S7G; divided Championship 

 .Slake with his mother, lSTti; first prize, Garthgoch Bala. 1876: 

 championship silver cup, 1370; first prize, Hanildoes, 1876; first 

 prize, Machynlleth, 1370: third prize, Machynlleth, TS~7; first 

 p ize, Garthgoch Bala, 1877 ': championship," Garthgoch Bala, 

 1-77; second prize, Pentreveolas, 1S77; third prize, Hangynog, 

 LS77; second prize, Machynlleth, 1S78; second prize, Hander- 



L !-•::•■: second prize, liangollen, 1878. 



Since his arrival in this country his Field Trial winnings 

 are: Second prize, Philadelphia, "Pa., 1SS0; first prize and 

 special silver medal, Pittsburgh, Pa., l^Sl ; first prize in braces, 

 with kennel companion, Pittsburgh, 1SSI; first prize, Hagers- 

 lown, Md., 1881; first prize, Washington, 1). C,, 1SS1; first 

 prize. Pimh'co, Md., 1881. 



He has also won the following prizes on the bench: Second 

 prize, St. Louis, 1SS0; first prize, Pittsburgh, Pa., ISSi ; first 

 prize, champion class. New York, 1SSI; stiver cup for best 

 collie in show, New York, 1SS1. 



Tweed II. has also proved himself a capital sire. Several 

 of his get are first-class animals both in looks and as workers, 

 quite a number of them having won prizes on the bench, and 

 as will be seen by referring to our report of the Alexandra 

 Park Trial, in this issue. Joe Mills, a son of Tweed II., has 

 proved himself a worthy representative of his illustrious sire. 

 The cut is from a sketch by Harry Tallman. 



THE ALEXANDRA PARK COLLIE TRIALS. 



THE Collie Trials, •which were brought to so successful a 

 termination on Friday last, are interesting, as showing to 

 what state of perfection the instinct of the collie can be 

 trained, Few people, more particularly those who five in the 

 metropolis, or the more thickly-inhabited agricultural dis- 

 tricts, were prepared to see the amount of intelligence that 

 was displayed by the prize-winners at this the first fixture 

 that has been held at Muswell Hill under the auspices of the 

 Collie Club. This club has been formed but one y-ear; but 

 from the commencement, the management was placed in the 

 hands of a committee composed of gentlemen well known in 

 the canine world, and who had made the collie their study, 

 ail which is calculated to instil confidence into the members, 

 and gain the support winch enabled them so soon to organize 

 this meeting. It is noticeable how -well the members \, ■ >rke 1 

 together; and that eliqueism which has caused the downfall 

 of so many clubs that have been started with prospects quite 

 as bright, is unknown. 



The trials we advertised to commence on Thursday, the 

 15th inst, at 10:30; and as we strolled in the direction of the 

 eric ttet ground, we observed what, appeared to be a hurdle 

 set up, but on close inspection we "found there were three, 

 which formed a very small pen, and this was the place where 

 the collies were required to cage the wild sheep, -which had 

 been brought from the mountains of Wales. 



Near to this erection stood a man gesticulating and emitting 

 sounds, which reminded us that we were in the neighborhood 

 of Colney Hatch : a few yards from him was a small batch of 

 gentlemen, decorated with fancy rosettes; and, at a much 

 greater distance, a crowd, who all appeared intent!}- gazing 

 upon the palace. Scarcely had we joined this group, and 

 made the inquiry as to when the performance was to begin, 

 when the cry. "Here they cornel' reached our ears, and the 

 whole thing dawned upon us at once. Our gesticulating friend 

 was the shepherd, who, not allowed above a certain distance 

 from the pen, was directing his dog to the place where the sheep 

 were to be found; the small batch of gentlemen were the offi- 

 cials of the club and judges, one of whom had come from 

 North and the other from Mouth Wales, for the purpose of 

 awarding the prizes; and down the bill, coming like a flash 

 of lightning, was to be seen the collie, driving his sheep before 

 him to the pen, having arrived at which, and placed the sheep 

 Of the shepherd, he quietly sat down on his belly, 

 as if he had done his wort; but not so. as he was observed to 

 change his position whenever the sheep moved, until they 

 ■1. On reference to our card we found the 

 name oi Hi€ coll . «vas Bob, the property of Mr. Rice Done- 

 Ion, St. Harmon, Radnorshire. This intelligent creature had 

 gone a distance of over a quarter of a mile, found his sheep, 

 dris T en them to the shepherd, and assisted to pen them in the 

 short time of three and u half minutes, and to him was event- 

 ually awarded the third prize in the Ail-aged Stakes, and the 

 extra prize of £5 given by the Collie Club for the collie that 

 penned its sheep in the shortest time. 



In the. All-aged stakes, to compete for prizes of £T2, £T, £4, 

 and JJ3, presented bv Messrs. Jones and Barber, twenty-five 

 entries were made, but as some few faded to meet their en- 

 gagement, and others were unfortunate in meeting sheep of 

 rather too wilful a nature, it was found at the conclusion of 

 the first round that only eight were qu alifi ed to compete for 

 the prizes which were to be decided on flu second day, and 

 these were Mr. Williams's Handy Mr. Rowland's Jenny, Mr. 

 Rigby'6 Smart. Mr. Rice's Rob, Mr. Freme's Carlo, Mr." John 

 •v illi'sne; 3 Bpnnie, Mr. Edwards's Speed, ami Mr. D, Olgnus's 

 Tie. For these ■■ ompetitors the course had been 



altered, w 



drive thetu round a ring of flags, beyond the second oi 

 the keeper was not allowed to go. It must not be forgotten 



that neither the shepherd or the dog are allowed to touch the 

 sheep, and also that the sheep had been selected from two 

 flocks, two from one flock, and one from the other, so as to 

 make the probability of their separating greater, and. there- 

 fore, more difficult for the dogs to manage. In die final 

 round, Jenny, who had previously hurdled cleverly some very 

 unruly sheep, again worked beautifully, and to her was 

 awa: ded the first prize of £12. Speed, an ugly little wretch, 

 with prick ears, also did good work, and was wonderfully 

 clever, and secured the second prize. Bob, who was lucky in 

 1 ; kindly-disposed animals", won the third position and 

 the extra for the quickest penner; and Handy, who had the 

 worst sheep, but worked them cleverly, the fourth prize, and 

 the extra given by His Grace the Duke of Sutherland for the 

 dog that did the Best work. The well-known Cai lo had 

 brutes of sheep, that ran into the grand stand, and so lost his 

 chance. 



In the stakes for puppies born after July 1. 1SS0, Mr. W. W. 

 Thompson's Joe Mills made such good work, and also penned 

 his sheep so well, that the. judges awarded him the first pi ize 

 on the first day. This dog is by Tweed II.. Who, it will be 

 remembered, greatly distinguished himself at Collie Trials. 

 The second prize was also awarded at the same time, as Mr. 

 Rigbv's Smart worked his sheep so cleverly as to satisfy the 

 judgesthat he was the second best. It remained therefore 

 for Mr. Steward's Smart, Mr. Jones's Bonnie, and Mr. 

 Jenkins's Handy, to compete again for the third and fourth 

 prizes; and after 'trials in which the. merits' 1 re well 



tried, Smart, who a week or two back won first prize at 

 Afier, was placed third, and Bonnie fourth. Smart also se- 

 cured the extra prize of £5 for the best working dog or bitch 

 belt ' ing to a member of the Collie Ciub: cud Joe Mills that 



for the dog or bitch, with thesa 

 its sheep in the quickest time. 



Just half a dozen entries wen 

 for members of the club, but the 



qualification, which penned 



idefor the stakes provided 

 othinr to beat Mr. 



W. W. Thompson's Joe Mills, the winner of the. Puppy Stakes, 

 and Mr. Stewart's Smart. Mr. Edwards's Joss, who' was un- 

 successful at the trials, won the extra prize presented by Mr. 

 W. O. Arkwright for the best lookin 5 Collie dog that" com- 

 peted in any of the stakes; and Mr. W. W. Thompson's Zulu 

 Princess that presented by Mr. Shirley for the best looking 

 bitch. Mr. Shirley awarded the last two cups. — Live Stock 

 Journal. 



"WHAT ISA COCKER?" 

 To cocker breeders of the United States and Canadas: 



I have taken some pains to inform you of the ti ue state of 

 matters touching the position and status of the useful and 

 beautiful little cocker spaniel: and I had hoped that lief ore 

 this sufficient attention and interest would have been aroused 

 upon this subject to induce all true lovers of the cocker to 

 effect some kind of united effort by which this little dog might 

 be rescued from the uncertain and lamentable position which 

 he now holds. The exact method by which this may be done 

 seems not to have entered into any serious conside" ation, at 

 least so far as public effort is concerned. How to effect this 

 is the question of the hour; and here let me suggest that all 

 breeders and friends of the cocker unite in a common cause 

 to bring about a convention of such breeders and friends, and 

 then and there, by counsel and comparison of views, see if we 

 cannot erect a true and loyal standard for the judging of the 

 cocker at our forthcoming bench shows. AH admit the great 

 necessity' for this course, yet none come forward to say just 

 how it shall be done. Surely the status of the cocker in our 

 late bench shows proves that the standard and scale of points 

 adopted by the A. C. S. Club of New York is a sorry method 

 indeed of defining the true cocker. 



^ If something is not soon done to bring about some legisla- 

 tion by which the cocker shall be preserved in his true type, 

 the day is not far distant when the genuine cocker will be 

 known no longer forever. This was practically demonstrated 

 at the last bench show in Cleveland, when some of the very 

 best specimens of the genuine cocker spaniel Were adjudged 

 to be incompetent to compete for the cocker prizes. Why 

 was this thusly? It was due to the lact that these genuine 

 cockers did not come up to the false and pernicious standard 

 adopted by T the A. C. S. Club, which standard was made to 

 fit a certain strain of dogs no more like the type of the cocker 

 than I am to Hercules. 



Are the true friends of the cocker willing to see their beau- 

 tiful and intelligent pets sacrificed to the cupidity of Mo.och 

 and not raise their voices against this foul and wicked in- 

 justicel' 



Is the genuine cocker to be divested of his prerogatives and 

 to be absolutely excluded from our bench shows because a 

 few interested persons (I mean in connection with the cocker 

 entirely) have seen fit to foist upon the community a worth- 

 lesE set of pug-nosed, crooked-legged, Jumbo-like 'specimens 

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

 cockers' U' these things are done "in the green tree, what 

 may not be done in the dry. If I have labored in vain to ex- 

 tricate the cocker from the despicable position into which he 

 has been forced, I deeply regret it. a .id my wo k has been of 

 tittle .value. I nave no" motive but that of real good to the 

 genuine cocker, and to firing back this intelligent, useful and 

 active little friend of the sportsman to Ids true place in the 

 family of canines. I have no type to breed to except that 

 which I behove to be as near the" genuine cocker as I can n'nd, 

 and if that type does not seem to be the true one in the good 

 judgment of those most interested, ! will yield it for that 

 which embraces the present standard and that which comes 

 the nearest to the most accurate description of the real, old- 

 fasaioned cocker, when he was esteemed the most faithful 

 and useful of the spaniel class. I shall continue my warfare 

 against injustice and selfishness to the true type of cocker wher- 

 ever I find it, and shall continue to raise cocker spaniels in ac- 

 cordance with that knowledge of their true tg pe which I have 

 gained by extensive reading in this direction, by observation 

 and experience, and by practical knowledge acquired through 

 many years of personal habitude with" those who know 

 whereof they speak. If there are others who wish to join 

 with me to redeem the cocker from his thraldom, let me hear 

 from them through the columns of the sporting press, for in 

 this way we shall be able to get together, compare notes, ex- 

 change views, and finally establish a cocker standard which 

 will not be a blot, a scandal, and a burning disgrace to the 

 name of the cocker spaniel. I hop- the true friends of the 

 r will remain no longer sdent spectatois to the revolting 

 scene of witnessing the laurel stript from the brow of the 

 cocker to be placed upon the long head and sm'py nose of a 

 nondescript. If there are an}- who are willing to join an as- 

 sociation of cocker breeders for the reclamation of the cocker, 

 let them send their names to me or signify their disposition so 

 to act- through the columns of the sporting press. Senex, 



WHERE TO ADVERTISE DOGS.— Ann Arbor, Mich,, 

 July 8, 1B82.— Editor Forest and Stream: Here let me com- 

 pliment the circulation of your valued paper, not only as a 

 medium of news and matters of interest to the sportsmen of 

 the country generally, but as a business vehicle in all things 

 pertaining to the wants of the lovers of the gun and rod. 

 With the single advertisement in your paper I sold all the 

 dogs that I wished to dispose of. and could have sold many 

 more had I the inclination. — E. C. Franklin. 



PILGRIM'S ''BET."— In answer to aa inquiry in your issue 

 of the 0th, I would say that Pilgrim's "Bet, 1 ' (the fetch pos- 

 sibly referred to) was a liver-colo Paul Mead's 



Dash (sire of Rodman's Dash,) out of Robert Robinson's Bess. 

 I know nothing of her "performances," except that she 

 whelped some uncommonly fine dogs. Perhaps you will re- 

 ceive better information of her from some one who knew her. 

 -S. H. 



