May i, 18B4.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 



fy^HE pitiful union bf "^feBn pleasure and gray grief" was 

 1 revealed with, painful irony on the 38th of March, when 

 (he Prihce of Wales stood on the course watching' the Grand 

 National Steeplechase, with the unopened telegram in his hand 

 fchat announced his brother's death 



quite lately chronicled as a serious item of news that 

 Her Majesty's favorite dog Noble was ill, and thai Mr. Roth- 

 erham, the ■ well-known veterinary surgeon, had been sum- 

 moned to the palace to prescribe for his ailment, a serious one 

 —old age. 



Noble is a collie from Lord Charles Ennes-Ker's kennel, Her 

 Majesty has also a pair of handsome Skve terriers and several 

 other dogs: 



When the Prince of Wales is at homo a couple of collies 

 frolic on the staircase of Marlborough House, and ate watched 

 with celestial disdain by the Princess's Chinese dog who, pok- 

 ing his head through the bannisters, "glowers, amazed and 

 curious, as the mirth and fun grow fast and furious." 



Because the Princess has One, Mrs. De Tomkyns, Smyt.he 

 and liobhisorme are ransacking zoological collections for 

 copies, but they are not good companions, like their infamous 

 count ry men, their ways are "vain and peculiar," and they are 

 snappish. In appearance they resemble a red Pomeranian, 

 and have, like all Chinese dogs, black tongues. 



The Prince has a valuable kennel of various breeds at Sand- 

 ringham. The kennel is considered one ot the sights of the 

 place, and I was told by one of the Prince's guests that what 

 interested him most was a fitter of bassets, the offspring, he 

 was told, of a couple given to his royal highness by Mr, Krehl, 

 who I believe has a, small pack of them for hare hunting. 



I regret to record the death of a very promising young col- 

 lie, Malcolm 111'., who won first prize at the last Birmingham 

 show. He was exhibited at the Crystal Palace in January, 

 but met a better class of dogs, and was also not in good con- 

 dition, During the show he was missed from the bench, and 

 his disappearance has never been satisfactorily explained. 

 On his return home he showed signs of distemper, and event- 

 ually succumbed to its fatal course. 



Tins fell disease is malting such sad havoc in our kennels, 

 and one is likely to become confused in the multitude of 

 specifics advertised and recommended. I cannot believe that 

 a panacea exists, though many treatments are heralded forth 

 to the public with this pretension. Rockham's balls (Of Nor- 

 wich) are used by many breeders for then- convenience; 

 but even more handy is the powder sdld in little, bottles 

 by the Duke of Rutland's huntsman, Frank Gillard. ,The 

 bottle is sold with a small gilt spoon which holds a dose. 

 You have only to open the dog's mouth and throw it in. 

 Then there are' Hedge's (of Dale End, Birmingham) distemper 

 balls. These last are much in favor with some fanciers, who 

 are never without them and promptly administer one on the 

 slightest suspicion. 



I could mention many similar patent medicines (Spratt's blue 

 powders. Hind"s pills, etc., etc.) each regarded as infallible by 

 their believers, but I am assured on the authority of a very 

 em in ent: breeder of several varieties that no one remedy can 

 be of use for the multifarious forms of distemper. The last 

 time I was down South an old-fashioned dealer gravely in- 

 formed me that the proper cure for distemper was "keep the 

 dog alive, when he gets weak pour beef tea into him, and 

 arrowroot and port wine, brandy and eggs, but keep him 

 alive. Give him also anything that will encourage the. discharge, 

 or as he phrased it, "Blow it out of his head." If he cough 

 much, resort to opium, and w hen he is convalescent, quin- 

 ine and cod liver oil, sunshine and happiness. 



I find a note in my common-place book about cod liver oil 

 capsules, this is a simple method of administering a dirty 

 medicine. I will try to find out where they can be had. 



On my book-shelf' stand most of the published works on the 

 dog, the oldest audnewest, but the book that is the dirtiest, rag- 

 gedest, must thumb-marked, and dog-eared, is Dalziels "Dis- 

 eases of the Dog." That is my sheet anchor. Itis a small one- 

 shilling, one-volume affair treating all the ffls that dog-flesh is 

 heir to^ in a plain, intelligible form, to be understood of the 

 multitude, no erudite diagnoses nor complex remedies, no 

 mystification of strange signs that only a chemist can un- 

 cavel. 



Instead of signs, I read grains, ounces, drams, teaspoons and 

 dessert-spoonfuls so that I can take up my own set of kennel 

 scales and weigh out the prescriptions myself. This is a great 

 saving in a big kennel, because the ingredients cost nothing, it 

 is the mixing' the apothecary charges' for. My advice is the 

 reverse of that given in "Madame Favart," I "always mix" 

 my own recipes. 



bur M. F. H. tells me his huntsman always sews up the dis- 

 temper patients in flannel, leaving the head, etc., free. He 

 says the warmth and comfort this infuses are more than half 

 the battle. 



Here is a remedy given to me by a French sportsman: "Kuep 

 the dog warm, and plenty of black coffee: if there should be 

 much discharge from eyes and nose, pass a seton, if, on the 

 contrary, the illness falls on the lungs, chp the hair off on each 

 side of the chest and rub gently with one drop of creton oil 

 and seven drops ef common oil. Give strengthening food, but 

 above, all, keep him warm." These are his own words, but I 

 don't know whether the coffee is to be given internally or ap- 

 plied as a lotion, and creton oil is also outside my phdosoplry. 



The Bulldog Club will hold then- next show at the Crystal 

 Palace in May. One of their own members has been selected 

 to judge. As Mr. Jackson combines with a knowledge of the 

 breed a phlegmatic disposition that will be proof against the 

 audible asides of the aesthetic exhibitors from the Ratcliff 

 Highway, the East End and St. Giles, i prophesy him a suc- 

 cess on his debut in the ring. 



Stolid coolness is a most desirable quality in a judge, and it 

 is certain that Mr. J ackson will not be flattered into mistakes, 

 and he owes it to the forgetfulness of nature that whatever 

 may happen fie will be six foot four above the snarls of the 

 disappointed exhibitor. 



I imagine it was by Mr. Jackson's assistance that the club 

 secured the Crystal Palace for- their show. The Palace is 

 much to be preferred to the cowshed at the back of a public 

 house in the East End, where the fixture last took place. The 

 locality was regarded as a happy thought by the aristocratic 

 members of the club, who thought that dogs would show up 

 beiter in suitable surroundings, and though the "gate" was 

 small and the freedom excessive, yet the company was high — 

 as overhung venison. 



The bulldog is Oar national breed, and I am glad to see no 

 signs of its degenerating, but still I could wish that its ad- 

 mirers did not live up and dress up to their fancy quite so 

 much. To take, one's w^alk abroad with a bulldog there must 

 be no middle course in your "get up," you must dress quietly 

 and well, or you must don the attire of the stage rat catcher. 



Smasher, who had such a phenomenally good time of it in 

 the ring while the property of Mr. Vero Shaw, and such inex- 

 plicable ill-luck with his last owner, has joined the majority. 

 He was a most gentlemanlv bulldog. Mr. Benjamin is con- 

 soled for his loss by the possession of the hideously perfect 

 Riitomartis. This bitch is a near relation of the invincible 

 Monarch, whose equal in head properties, bone and massive- 

 ness I have never seen. 



The boarhonnd Jupiter, late Joubert, whose size, price and 



tars ship have been persistently advertised of late, is dead. 



Dfrmnrlit.is nil nisi bonariiK all very well when applied to 



men, but if you speak out plainly about the living dog, you 



■t to be charged with interested motives, and' be 



prepared to enjoy the lifelong malignity of the owner. 



This is not a prelude to a disparagement of Jupiter, but I 

 must confess that I never, believed his nublished measure- 

 ments. I liked not his light body nor the shape, of his head. 

 I do not pretend to be a connoisseur of these Danish dogs, and 

 never owned nor wished to own one, but these parts Avere 



pointed out to me by a German gentleman who had seen the 

 clog. I shall post myself up a bit in the breed, and give my 

 readers the benefit of it in time. They have come to the fore 

 with a rush, and the lucky dealers first in the held are gather- 

 ing in the golden harvest that usually accompanies the latest 

 Fashion in caninity. 



I do not see what we gain by their introduction, surely who 

 ever likes a large dog of this shape could be content with out- 

 did English mastiff or the Scotch deerhound. Is not Crown 

 Prince more massive and dignified, and Mi-. Joplin's Chieftain 

 more elegant and picturesque than a boarhound? 



I think we might leave the Germans their boarhounds, they 

 are not too rich in canine varieties. Warwick will open its 

 show on the 16th, with the significant entry of 1 ,200, Fox-ter- 

 riers have most, of course, and next to them come collies with 

 164. Newfoundlands number 34, which beats the Palace 

 record. There are 18 Great Danes. I wish I could be there 

 myself, but I hope to get a few notes from a friend who is 

 going. 



One of our actors, Mr. Clayton, has been getting into trouble 

 with his St. Bernard. The. dog attacked a'man in the street, 

 who Went before the magistrate for redress, and received heavy 

 compensation. Keep your guard on Rector, Mr, Emmet. The 

 drama patronises the saintly breed, Monsieur Marius, when 

 on his provincial four last year, was accompanied fry a noble 

 St. Bernard that he called Tiny. Mr. Wilson Barrett and Mr. 

 John Hare have also been bitten with the holy "fancy." 



Mr. Hare's beautifnl self-colored dog is a son of Dr. Maimer's 

 famous Chang, with whose majestic dimensions the readers of 

 Punch have become familiar from his frequent presence in the 

 artist's clever society sketches, LlixiBtTLERO, 



Apru. 8, lSSJ. _ 



ST. LOUIS DOG SHOW. 



THE St. Louis bench show just over was called the First 6 rand 

 International not because no dog show has preceded it, 

 but in the fond hope that it will have successors. It may be 

 considered that the exhibition holds out such promise, as 

 though it cannot be termed a success either in point of num- 

 ber or over-generous attendance, it has at least taught the 

 people here that it is not necessary to be a millionaire to be a 

 dog breeder. The large sums sunk here in previous years in 

 such purchases as those of Faust, Bow, Berkeiy or Erin led the 

 bulk of dog lovers to blind themselves to the utility of breeding 

 anything but pointers or setters, and secondly, to the theory 

 that none, but capitalists have any right to dabble in the latter. 

 The show has the further benefit of teaching people that their 

 oWn canine crows are not the blackest, that there is such a thing 

 as a standard for judging each and every breed, and that ro at 

 least behooves an owner to ascertain that his dog somewhat 

 resembles the standard of the class for which he enters him. 

 This remark is rendered almost necessary by the extraordin- 

 ary mistakes made in the toy classes. Charm a judge never 

 so wisely, he could not persuade the fair owner of a silky- 

 coated nondescript that it was not a Skye, and the number of 

 pets, bred without respect to the obligations of caste, far ex- 

 ceeded those who could laugh at the insinuation of a bar sinis- 

 ter of their 'scutcheon. 



Really fathered by r the managers of the Natatorium as a 

 profitable means of filling the hiatus between roller skating 

 and swimming, the whole work of the show fell at first hand 

 on Mr. J. W. Munson, who was lucky enough to secure an 

 able assistant in Mr. Chas. Gardiner. It is no depreciation of 

 the value of Chas. Lincoln's services to say that these two 

 gentlemen got the show very well on without him, and hostile 

 criticism of the arrangements is really difficult. There is no 

 building in the United States better adapted for a dog show 

 than is the St. Louis Natatorium. A first-class carpenter did 

 the kennel work well, the water is from a natural spring, and 

 the location of the building is the most central in the city. 

 It cannot be said that the public of St. Louis did not look to 

 the number of dogs as unattractive, for though 265 entries 

 may be very few in other places, they mean a great stride in 

 this, hitherto, generally, un-doggy city. The causes of but 

 poor attendances have therefore tobe looked for elsewhere. The 

 show, which opened on Wednesday and closed on Friday last, 

 was cursed with the most horrible weather for the first three 

 days, and to add to this, the attraction of Cole's circus, just 

 across the road, worked doubly to the disadvantage of the 

 bench show. Many people who could afford but one outing, 

 took in the greater, while many people wandered into Cole's 

 by mistake, and came out wondering, "Where in blazes has 

 he stuffed the dogs?" Others thought the affair a side show 

 of the circus, for which Cole had no right to charge so ex- 

 orbitantly as fifty cents. 



To coiiie to immediate business, a slap of a mild kind may 

 be taken at Mr. Munson for the order of numbering the classes. 

 Programmes ought by this time to be schemed out perfectly, 

 and it seems ridiculous to draw up a premium list ou the sim- 

 ple score of height, as is so generally done. It is no reason 

 that because other shows do so. that St. Louis should begin 

 with mastiffs and wade through the breeds highest at the 

 withers down to sporting dogs, continuing the process down 

 till toys are reached, for this principle not only gives trouble 

 in handling the programme, but offends the eye as the dogs 

 are being studied. Considering, also, that a suggestion has 

 been strongly urged from here to at once come to a system of 

 judging whereby a beaten champion will be forced to submit 

 to the word ex being prefixed to his title, it might have been 

 well to have introduced some champion of the champion class, 

 winch would have left not only a lasting halo on each dog so 

 winning here, but also on St. Louis, as the place where a bench 

 show decisively established such an innovation. 



It is as well to admit, flat-foooted, that the show, as a show, 

 was just saved, its saviours being pointers, Irish setters, Eng- 

 lish setters, and Dish water spaniels, in that order. A few of 

 the fox-terriers were good, the beagles were a good, small, 

 class, collies were fair and pugs were plenty; but without the 

 breeds first named the whole affair would have been most 

 stale and unprofitable. Here and there was to be found a 

 dog which would do credit to his class anywhere, the most 

 notable instance of such being the hard-haired Scotch terriers 

 Heather and Tarn Glen, shown by John H. Naylor, of Chicago, 

 and which left for the New York show at the conclusion of 

 that under notice, 



The judging was satisfactory, fewer remarks being heard 

 from disappointed owners than is generally the case. Backs 

 were, of course, made here and there, but were so exceptional 

 as to be almost complimentary. The gentlemen weak enough 

 to occupy these invidious distinctions were Major Taylor, of 

 Lexington, Ky., for sporting dogs; R. Henry, J. A. Long, and 

 Dr. Voerster, of St. Louis. The latter gentleman had, for his 

 sins, accepted the task of judging the bull-terriers and ladies' 

 dogs, and fell terribly into the bad books of the owners of 

 both before he had got through. Dog fighters objected to the 

 Doctor's strictures on any color but white, and to his penalizing 

 for mutilation. This gathered on his awarding but a third 

 prize to the class, which was really a very fair one, and the 

 muttered discontent of the boxing fancy was rewarded by a 

 re-opening of the issue by the management, when three prizes 

 were awarded. The ladies also went for the Medico, who, in 

 their view, should judge by the same number of standards as 

 there were pets exhibited. 



A decidedly moderate mastiff puppy was the sole entry in 

 that class. The St. Bernards were a moderate and a well- 

 mixed lot. One of them had the luck to die an horn- after be- 

 ing kenneled, probably, as it was remarked, on the Ananias 

 principle, at the mere idea of being called a St. Bernard. A 

 Japanese, spaniel, pig fat, and a cross-bred retriever also 

 adorned this part of the show, and were classed as St. Ber- 

 nards. The first premium went to W. A. Hobbs, of the 

 Post-Dispatch, with Marco, a moderate dog, that would 

 have no show East. Of the six Newfoundlands shown, D. 



O'Shea, of Loudon, Canada, had decidedly the best in the 

 yearling Nellie, although Miss Lillie Munson's Prince Albert 

 is a pup that will grow into a very handsome animal. Agrcat 

 mistake was made in awarding first in the, greyhound class to 

 Bob, a local dog, who would never be near enough to wrench 

 a hare turned to hiin by Lady Vinem, a bitch belonging to Dr. 

 G, Irwin Royce. of Topeka, Kan. This hitch is unfashionably 

 colored, white, with mouse markings, but is of rare quality, 

 and should be looked after by California breeders. Of the 

 Scotch deerhounds, the local dog had clearly greyhound strain, 

 while Mr. Taylor's Dick, from Lexington, Kv , is a noble ani- 

 mal, of the Custer breed, which Col. C. L. Hunt was lucky 

 enough to purchase before Major Taylor left the city, 



Mr. W. J. Crawford, Memphis. Tenn., showed Gath; P. H. 

 Bryson, Gladstone (for exhibition only) and W. II. Wells, 

 Chatham, Ontario, Mingo for the champion English 

 prize. After careful examination, the judge tacked the bine 

 ribbon on to Gath, who was at the time the better dog of 

 Gladstone or the others. The old dog shows no weakness, but 

 the signs of age are coming over him, and though every one 

 must wish him a. green old age, his days of a "has been" are 

 at hand and, like the rest of us, he wiUliave to make way for 

 his juniors. The Brysons showed Peep 0' Day, Major Tavlor, 

 Lit (for exhibition only), and D. O'Shea Nellie May in" the 

 champion English setter bitch class, in which old Peep looked 

 a class away from her company. Although she and all the 

 Tennessee dogs show signs of late doings with the quail, it is 

 doubtful whether this grand bitch ever was in better fettle 

 than she was last week. Seventeen competed for the pre- 

 miums for English setter dogs, the winners being Paul Glad- 

 stone, owned by William B. Gates, Memphis, Tenn. , Biyson's. 

 Stanton second and John A McDonougli, of St. Loins, obtained 

 third with Count Gliokstone, A. C. Waddell's Laverack Chief 

 and W. B, Mallory's Pink B. were vhc. Will Davidson. Chat- 

 ham, Ontario, was he. with Rake, and F, H. Westmaun, of 

 St. Louis, scored a. c. with Lady Pembroke's Boy. 



Nineteen bitches paraded for the setter bitch" prizes. J. M. 

 Avent, Hickory Valley, Tenn., took first with Bessie A.; A. 

 C. Wadded was second with Countess Blythe, and Richards & 

 Fox, of Jersey ville, 111, , took third with Truth. John Drees, 

 of Little Rock, Ark., was he. with Princess Royal, J. B. 

 Lucas, of St. Louis, with Countess Rake, Mart & Dorwart, 

 Jacksonville, 111., with Nettie D., and W. R. Faribault's Bon- 

 nie Dimple was c. Seven English setter puppies under 1 

 months are a most promising class, the winner of which was. 

 Gladstone's Image, owned by J. M. Avent, Hickory Valley, 

 Tenn. P. B. Spence, Newport, Ky., was second with Dan. 

 Vorhees, and J. W. Murnan, Keeling, Tenn., took third with 

 Sportsman. A. C. Waddell's Prince was vhc, and D. O'Shea's 

 Dido he. 



No champion Gordons showed, and in the ordinary Gor- 

 don class Maj or Taylor made award of but a second prize 

 among the three entered, the taker being Grouse, a bitch 

 owned by John W. Umberline, of St. Louis. Were she 

 judged by the Malcolm standard this bitch is' up to the best, 

 form. 



IRISH SETTERS. 



Of the five entries for champion Irish setters, the best was 

 judged to be Norwood, owned by Henry Overman, of Cincin- 

 nati. Faun, owned by W, H. Pierce, Glencho Kennels, Peek- 

 skill, N. Y., beat the 'Emporia Kennel's Irish Faith for the 

 champion setter bitch prize, no others being entered . Although 

 twelve put in appearance forthe Irish setter dog prize, Major 

 Taylor thought nothing good enough for first, second going to 

 Dr. Chas. E. Michell's (St. Louis) Blarney, and third to Chas, 

 H. Peck's Elcho. Jack, the property of R. E. Farris, St, 

 Louis, and the Emporia Kennel's Irish Ranger were vhc. Of 

 the. nine Irish setter bitches* J. A. Sullivan's Effie took first 

 to Cincinnati. Two St. Louis animate took second and third, 

 these being Chas. Steismeier's Elsa and J. B. C. Lucas's Biddv 

 II. Daisy Patti and Irish Maud were he. In the Irish setter 

 puppy class the. Emporia Kennel were first and secoud with 

 Irish Lilly and her sister, Irish Maud, L, A. Moffitt, of St. 

 Louis, was third with Hallie. 



Nothing could be more interesting .to the scientific dog 

 breeder than the sight of Meteor and Faust, cheek by jowl to 

 each other in adjoining kennels. Faust preserves wonder- 

 fully, and seems almost as limber and spry as ever, despite the 

 grizzling of Ins mask. He was well honored at this show 

 through his progeny, and looks healthy enough to keep on 

 leaving his noble marks on the litters of many a day to come. 

 He was, however, withdrawn from competition, and the 

 moot point of supremacy between him aud Meteor was, 

 therefore, still left undecided. The. latter is a grand dog that, 

 with all the quality the strictest judges may insist on, has all 

 the stoutness so desirable in a stud dog. It would be nearly as 

 useful a job to set to work to gdd gold as to try to pick holes 

 in Meteor, who, with all the dogs in the Munson kennel, 

 showed up in splendid order, thanks to the care bestowed on 

 them by his English kennelman, Tom Lake. After Meteor 

 had walked over as the champion dog. four sweet bitches 

 mounted the platform to be studied over for the championship 

 of their sex. The award was foregone after Munson's Vanity, 

 imported, was seen. Munson's imported Maxim, Utter brother 

 to Meteor, was an easy first in the "55-pound pointer dog class, 

 A. C. Waddell being second with Jim and third with Clipper. 

 Munson's Bang, imported, was vhc, and Geo. A. Castleman's 

 Blucher c. There were ten competitors. For the small poin- 

 ter dog class of eight entries, but two awards were made, A. 

 C. Waddell being tirst with Prince, and W. H. Stafford second 

 with Major Croxteth. John W. Munson was first and sec- 

 ond in the open pointer bitches with Spina way and Flash 

 III. Waddell s Fan II. was third. Munson's Modesty and 

 Robert Labadie's (St Louis) Jessie were vhc. John Hender- 

 son's (Jacksonsonville, III.) Maggie V., Joe Mest's Parts and 

 John Nolde's Flora he, the two last being owned in St. Louis. 

 The best of the six puppie3 under 12 months was judged to be 

 Geo. J. Nook's Jake, owned in St. Louis and. pedigree unknown. 

 W. H. Stafford of Trenton, Tenn. , took third with Bonnie 

 Bang. 



SPANIELS. 



John D. Olcott, of Milwaukee, was first aud second in a real! y 

 excellent class of Irish water spaniels, with Barney and Fly. 

 C. B. Rhodes, of Moberly, Mo., was third, with King Marsh. 

 A. C. Waddell was awarded a second for Doctor, a black aud 

 tan. in the held spaniel class. D. O'Shea took first and second 

 in the 28-pound class, with the blacks Rosey and Bene. Geo. 

 W. Schenck, Burlington, la., was third, 'with the black, 

 Bengal. D. O'Shea also captured the 38-pound cocker prtzfe, 

 with the black, Bessie, to whom Dr. E. C. Franklin's Flossie, 

 liver and white, was second. Here it may be fair to ask why 

 there is so strong a tendency to breed black cockers, whetithe 

 great bulk of American sportsmen won't look at an English 

 retriever, because, they claim, his black color scares wddf owl. 



D. O'Shea took: first and third hi the foxhound class of six, 

 with Ringwood and Forester II., of the English type, the 

 second going to Fritz Thome, of St, Louis, with the black and 

 tan Driver. Arthur Mittleberg's Queen was vhc. Nine really 

 good beagles were headed, after judgment was passed, by D. 

 O'Shea's Rattler and Music II., a very good couple of dwarf 

 beagles. Wilson P. Hunt, of Normandy, Wis., showed three 

 couple of the larger sort, imported, but failed to get nearer 

 than third, which he landed with Fanny, his John being vhc. 

 and his Warrior, Jr., and Maid he. The only dachshund 

 entered was the moderate Gertrude, to whom a second was 

 given. Mrs. S. A. Kay's Tipsy, a neat imported bitch, took 

 the champion fox-terrier prize. An excellent specimen, Sam 

 Sam, belonging to the Emporia Kennel Cluh, being first in the 

 open dog class, S. A. Kay's Sting II.,, second, and Col. C. L. 

 Hunt's April Jim, third. The same owner's Rhadaina. took 

 the bitch prize from one competitor. The two last mentioned 

 dogs owe their names to the fact that the one has assumed. 



