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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May S3, 1884 



SHAD FOR THE HUDSON.— Last week, during the session 

 of the American Fish cultural Association, Prof. Baird offered 

 Mr. Blackford, of the New York Fish Commission, a million 

 and a half of shad from eggs taken oil the Potomac and 

 hatched in Washington. The transportation car left Wash- 

 ington on the night of the 15th, and arrived at Glens Falls the 

 next evening, where they were met by Mr. A. N. Cheney 

 with teams, and part were planted above and the remainder 

 bolow the falls. 



THE OHIO COMMISSION.— Mr. George Daniel, of San- 

 dusky, has been appointed Commissioner of Fisheries in place 

 of Mr. H. 0. Post. 



the Sennet 



FIXTURES. 



BF.NCH SHOWS. 



June 10, 11.12 and 13.— The Second Annual International Bench 

 Show Chicago. 111. Mr. Charles Lincoln. Superintendent. 



Sept. —.Bench Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club. Mr. P. C. 

 De Saque, Secretary. 



Oct. h. 9, 10 and 11.— Third Annual Bench Show of the Danhury 

 Agricultural Society. Danbury, Conn. E. S. Davis, Superintendent, 

 Danhury, Conn. 



Oct. 14.— 'Non-sporting Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel 

 Club, Madison Square Garden. New York, Mr. Charles Lincoln, 

 Superintendent. 



A. K. R. 



rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

 -*- pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub 

 Mshed every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in early. 

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (35 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1. Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New York. Number 

 Of entries already printed 1213. Volume I., bound in cloth, sent 

 postpaid, $1.50. 



THE PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW. 



IT is now fully determined upon to hold a dog show in con- 

 nection with the Pennsylvania State Fan- in September 

 next and preparations have already been made to erect a spe- 

 cial building for the canine exhibition. The premium list will 

 be a large one both in regular and special prizes. Collie 

 trials will make an interesting part of the show and dog racing 

 will give those unacquainted with this sport an opportunity to 

 learn of its operation in this its headquarter city. The racing 

 in New York ab the late show was a farce and not a single dog 

 but the little snap or wiffet had been trained to it or knew 

 what it was expected to do. Owing to the fact that thirty or 

 forty acres of ground will be incased at the State Fan-, ample 

 opportunity will be had for properly exercising the exhibited 

 dogs, a feature that will please "many and go far toward rob- 

 bing the kennel owner of the fear of disease which is so often 

 contracted at dog shows. Some proper changes in the classifica- 

 tion of dogs and alterations in standards were made at the last 

 meeting of the Philadelphia Kennel Club. This may cause 

 comment, but we are sure the majority of dog owners "will be 

 pleased when the premium list now being printed reaches 

 their hands. A second dog show to be held this year in Phila- 

 delphia is talked of for next. May, and it had been fully de- 

 cided upon before it was known one would be given in connec- 

 tion with the State Fair in September. Homo. 



A PRIVATE FIELD TRIAL. 



DTJB.ING the last week of April we met on the snipe grounds 

 to try conclusoins between Jack, owned by B., and Mac, 

 owned by W., according to previous arrangements. Jack is 

 a large sized orange belton setter of unknown pedigree, lithe 

 and active in movement, with dark intelligent eyes, under the 

 most perfect control in the field, with a natural instinct for 

 hunting and a thorough love of his work — just such a dog as a 

 sportsman delights to shoot over. Mac is a fair sized black, 

 white and tan setter, quite handsome, also lithe and active, 

 with beantiful motion in the fleld, obeying more because he 

 must than from any desire to do so, but being owned by a 

 thorough sportsman, was also nnder good control, although 

 lacking the lively chcerf id obedience of his rival. He is hardly 

 bred up to the latest discovery in the science of setter breeding, 

 the prescription showing him to have a few grains more 

 T <averack than Llewellin in the composition or admixture, but 

 h s is a good dog notwithstanding. 



According to the terins of the match the shooters were to 

 walk abreast of each other at a distance ot about sixty yards 

 apart, the dogs hunting and ranging the same as in an ordin- 

 ary day's shooting when using a brace of dogs together, with 

 as'little interference by the handlers as possible, so that the 

 merits of the dogs must decide which is the best, not the 

 sharpness of those handling them. The wind was blowing 

 freshly from the northeast, raw and cold, making the birds 

 very wild when the dogs were turned down shortly after 

 noon, the shooters being headed down wind, B. being on the 

 left, four friends (two of which acted as judges) following 

 close in the rear, anticipating some fun, as some small bets 

 had been wagered on the result by the friends of each. On 

 being cast off" the dogs went away beautifully, Jack going 

 straight away down wind until a blast from his master's 

 whistle wheeled him instantly, when he, tacking into the 

 wind, quartered quickly, still carefully, back, and pinned tne 

 first bird before he was five minutes down. Mac did not 

 back on sight, but was stopped on neariug the other dog, and 

 was penalized for not backing. B. sprung the bird and drop- 

 ped it handsomely as it rose into the wind. Both dogs were 

 steady to shot and Jack, when ordered, retrieved it nicely. 

 When the dogs were again cast off, Jack going down wind 

 like an arrow, and just passing a third to leeward, wheeled 

 so quick as almost to throw himself over and nailed it in a 

 crouching position. This teat was much admired by all, and 

 some remarking to B. he had a star of a dog, he quickly re- 

 plied he was no star but the full moon of the dog kingdom, 

 although not put up by prescription so far as he knew. Mac 

 coming up was stopped but not penalized for not backing, 

 owing to the unusual position of the pointing dog. The bird 

 was sprang by B. and was dropped across a slough, both dogs 

 being steady to the gun, and when sent on Jack found and 

 retrieved it'finely. When the dogs were again sent on, Mac 

 doing some fine ranging, and quartering beautifully, but un- 

 fortunately blundering onto first one and then another bird 

 without noticing them at all, and evidently lacking the 

 caution and sense of his adversary. His owner contended he 

 had been little used on snipe, and that it was an improper 

 way to hunt a dog down wind. His opponent replied it was 

 certainly the best way to get snipe, but that he was quite 

 williug to try it any way. Then a return was made over the 

 same ground up wind, a few birds Hushing wild and turning 

 back over the shooter, and dropping toward the lower end of 

 the beat. On returning down after those, Jack suddenly 

 turned to a staunch point by the side of a small ditch and Mac 

 backed firmly. Two birds got up here, B. dropping one on 

 each side of the ditch. Jack was sent for the one on the left, 

 and Mac across the ditch for the other, which was only 

 winged. Ho mangled it badly, then dropped it arid refused to 

 pick it up. Jack had not yet found his bird, but was recalled 

 and sent over after the other, which he brought, and then 

 without being ordered returned after his own, which he Bad 

 marked fall, and after a long search among mud and water, 

 unaided, found and brought it in perfect form. At this point 



W. expressed a willingness to pay all dues, and stated he would 

 like, to get a few birds as best he could. Owing to their scarcity 

 and wildness ten only were secured, but the amount of amuse- 

 ment it afforded, as the good-natured although sarcastic re- 

 marks passed between the rivals, then, and later in the eve- 

 ning, when with dry socks and slippers the events of the day 

 were rehearsed around the cheerful hearth among a number 

 of congenial spirits, was ample compensation for the labor 

 through the mud and water during the. day, and such a time 

 was had as leaves no regretful feeliugs and 'such as is seldom 

 enjoyed excepting among the genuine and practical sports- 

 man. John Davidson. 

 Monroe, Mich., May G. 



POINTERS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



When I asked of you the privilege to write a few lines about 

 the pointers and the judging of the same at the New York 

 show, and when that privilege was so courteously and cheer- 

 fully accorded, I felt that the time had arrived for those who 

 love these handsome dogs, and who have spent years of valu r 

 able time endeavoring to improve them, to come to the front 

 and fearlessly and impartially criticise then merits and de- 

 merits. To allow mistaken views to predominate, or to per- 

 mit errors of judgment to be placed on record unchallenged 

 and unheeded, is to impede progress, shatter the standard, 

 and stultify the very object for which dog shows were insti- 

 tuted. 



My remarks will apply to dogs, not men, and if any of my 

 brother lovers of pointers can show errors of judgment on 

 my part, I shall be pleased indeed if they will do it. Im- 

 partial criticism of our pets is conducive to improvement, and 

 improvment is the primary aim of a sportsman's journal, 

 while it should also be the first consideration of good dog- 

 lovers. 



So much has already been written and said of the judging, 

 that I will simply add it was the worst I have ever seen dur- 

 ing my experience as an exhibitor, either in England, Scot- 

 land, Ireland, Wales, Germany, France or America. My 

 remarks on the various dogs exhibited will show why J, arrive 

 at such a conclusion. 



Twelve months ago I alluded in these columns to the fact 

 that pointers were degenerating. In my opinion marked im- 

 provement has been wrought during the last year, and if due 

 care is exercised and intelhgence brought to bear on breeding, 

 I shall soon expect to see the pointer of this country take rank 

 second to none, either on the bench or in the field. There is 

 no earthly reason why a good dog should not also be good 

 looking. Such dogs 1 have seen, and there is as good fish in 

 the sea as ever came out of it. Mr. Price's beautiful dog Bang 

 was not only the best looking pointer of his day, but a great 

 field dog and the best she ever known. The incomparable 

 Wagg was a field trial winner, and my old favorite, Don II. 

 (Wagg's only brother) not ouly won first in the field, but 

 scored the highest honors at Birmingham and elsewhere, after 

 which he sired that typical bitch Prude II. Hamlet and Rap 

 were handsome and good in the bargain ; Rap was the best 

 looking, Hamlet the best workman, both were great stud dogs. 

 I could name a score of others that have distinguished them- 

 selves in the field, on the bench, and in the stud. What has 

 been done so often may surely be done again, but discretion 

 niurt be used. It is a notorious fact that the best iookiu] 

 dogs have been produced from large dogs of great bone anu 

 substance, crossed on small size bitches, and breeders of point- 

 ers should bear this in mind. By your courtesy I will place 

 before the readers of Forest and Stream at an early date, a 

 description of what I consider a typical pointer should be, and 

 at the same time I will give a few hints to those who may not 

 have had a long or varied experience with the breed. With- 

 out further preamble I will come to business. 



Eight champion dogs make a good class, especially so when 

 most of the cracks are out. 



Tramp, the sturdy-looking son of Sensation and Psyche, is 

 not the type of pointer I have been educated to admire. He 

 is wanting in true pointer character, is coarse in head, faulty 

 in back and round in barrel. Ho has plenty of bone, his best 

 point. 



Joe (Munhall's) has a beautiful chest to recommend him, 

 but he is snipy, light in bone and faulty in feet— a serious de- 

 fect. He carries his tail too gaily, and there is a something 

 wanting, the absence of which is easier missed than explained. 



Meteor, the winner, has a head which, if brought under the 

 notice of such judges as Whitehouse, Price, Lort, Brierley and 

 others, would disqualify him. His shoulders are straight and 

 his feet not good. He is short in the back (the pointer is not a 

 short-backed dog) and too long on the legs, and if followed 

 behind when on the chain he will be found to be "stilty." He 

 is not nearly so good a looking dog as his sire, Garnet, never 

 by us considered to be. a typical dog, though he was a work- 

 man. He has a fairly good neck, a good coat and a well- 

 shaped tail, which he carries at times very badly. He is not 

 a show dog, and all the newspapers in America cannot make 

 one of him. B'ather Time will, I thiuk, prove this opinion to 

 be correct. 



Knickerbocker is a better type of dog than the winner. He 

 has a pointer's head, fair good legs and bone, but is faulty in 

 back, stifles, tail and neck. 



Don, the well known champion of many a hard-fought 

 battle in the field, is too coarse throughout for a show dog. 

 Lack of quality is his fault. He is a well bied dog, and 

 should prove invaluable to cross on light-boned weeds. 



Croxteth was looking his best. My opinion of him has often 

 been expressed, but he is a better dog than the winner, and I 

 told his keeper so before the class was judged. 



Perth was in very bad condition. He has a fine chest, 

 shoulders, leg's and feet; also, a nice clean neck; but he is 

 bitchy in head and has a coarse, high-carried tail. 



Beaufort I must not criticise for obvious reasons. A descrip- 

 tion of him from my pen, before I owned him, appeared in 

 Forest and Stream nearly twelve months ago, and to the 

 same must I refer your readers. 



lu the corresponding bitch class, my old Mend Water Lily 

 won. She was shown too lusty. Her faults are badly-carried 

 ears, lack of bone, a low set on tail and faulty stifles. She 

 deserved her blue 'ribbon. Nan is a bitch with a fair good 

 head and abundance of bone. Faults: badly-carried ears, 

 heavy shoulders, washy color, drooping quartets and round 

 barrel. Old Grace was as playful as a kitten, notwithstand- 

 ing her twelve years. She never was a show bitch, though 

 she has won prizes. Her clean neck and excellent feet, how- 

 ever, attract attention, and she has the reputation for throw- 

 ing better puppies than any other bitch in the country, besides 

 an undeniable field record. 



The open large, dog class -was a great improvement over that 

 of last year, but was, in my opinion, wretchedly judged. 

 Fritz, placed first, is a grand "little dog," and if reduced in 

 weight a pound or so, he will show a clear pair of heels to 

 any small pointer in America. He has a good head and ears, 

 perfect legs and feet, lots of bone, and a well placed and well 

 carried tail. Depth of chest would improve him. Drake, 

 placed second, was not entitled to the honor: it really belonged 

 to his kennel companion, Sefton, a decidedly better looking 

 dog: he beats Drake everywhere excepting in head and neck. 

 Sefton is a little sour in impression and light m eye, he is also 

 throaty, but lie has good quarters, and lie stands on capital 

 legs and feet; he. is a better looking dog than his sire. Drake 

 has a slack back, bad loin and faulty feet, which are failings I 

 caumot tolerate in a pointer, or, indeed, in any Bporting dog. 

 Thurtle (Mr. Godeffroy's kennel man) indorses my opinion 

 that Sefton is a much better looking dog than Drake. Scout, 

 also by Croxteth, is faulty in back, loin, and feet, besides 

 being plain in face. Pilot (Littlejohn's) is a trifle strong in 

 head, and is heavy at the shoulders, but he is good in bone. 



middle, and stem; he should have been third. Donald 11. 

 (Munhall's) disappointed me much, and will never do credit 

 to his illustrious sire (Donald), being shelly and long on the 

 legs and having bad shoulders. Dauby (Rutherfurd's) has a 

 fail- good head, but is leggy and plain. ' Maxim (Munson's) was 

 in luck's way to get a vhc. card ■ he has a coarse, heavy head, 

 bad ears, neck and shoulders. Baug (Muuson's) is a well bred 

 dog, and one that should get good stock from certain bitches; 

 he is a much better type of dog than Maxim, but with age he 

 grows, coarse. Guy (Stromberg's) is full in the cheeks and 

 heavy at the shoulders; he was not well shown, but can 

 always beat Maxim. Icicle is not a show dog in any respect. 



The open large bitch class was a poor one. Miss Merryman 

 won and was rightly placed. Faults, ears badly carried, 

 throaty, little too wide in front, and coarse in tail. Legs, feet 

 and head fairly good. Fan Fan (Donner's) placed second, has 

 a fair head ana tolerably good feet. Faults, throaty, wide in 

 front, light in bone, and too round behind the shoulders. Sal 

 is not good, neither is Lady Mac, who is very stilty behind. 



In the next class for champion small dogs" Bravo (Appold's) 

 won, and to him should have been awarded the small size 

 sweepstakes. From eye to nose he is decidedly weak, and he 

 is too round in the barrel. He has a good neck, splendid legs 

 and feet, a good loin, fair back, and a good tail, which he car- 

 ries well. He was the gentleman of the small size classes 

 without doubt. Ross, in the same class, is a fair, good dog, 

 though wanting in pointer character. He is light in bone and 

 fine in muzzle. Dick was outclassed. He shows age, and is 

 faulty in cheeks, neck, chest and tail. 



The corresponding bitch class was not well judged. Vanity 

 (Munson's) was not entitled to premier honors. She has a plain 

 head, badly carried ears, is out at the elbows, and carries her 

 tad away over her back. The judge seemed to have a weak- 

 ness for ringtails, but I for one have yet to learn they are 

 Eointer attributes. Duchess and Lady Bang in this class can 

 oth beat Vanity easily. I do not like the black eyes and nose 

 of Duchess, nor yet her shoulders and carriage of tail. Her 

 gait, too, is not quite eomme il faut, but she clearly beats the 

 winner. Lady Bang shows her good breeding. She is too full 

 on the brow, throaty, and light in bone, out of much better 

 type than the wiener, 



I never have seen pointer classes handled so badly as were 

 the next two for small-size dogs and bitches. Had the judge 

 been asked to select the worst dog in the class he could not 

 have succeeded better than when he placed Pride (Tallman's) 

 first. He was absolutely the worst dog in the class, and should 

 not have been noticed. He is wide in front, has crooked fore- 

 legs, with feet twisted out (as seen in the dachshund), splay 

 feet, a weak back, and bad loins. Second prize -was awarded 

 to Fritz (Collins's), another grave error of judgment, in my 

 opinion, and one which surprised nobody more than the 

 owner. Fritz has a plain face, a light eye, bad loins, and a 

 coarse tail. He has no pretensions to show form, though his 

 shordders, legs aud feet are fairly good. He is a wonderful 

 trick dog, which was possibly taken into account by the judge. 

 Third prizs went to Don (Crane's), also a mistake. He is wide 

 in front, has a plain face, light eyes, bad quarters and tail. 

 The best dog in the class was Heath's Dash, a nice lemon and 

 white. of good quality. He was not even commended. Second 

 should have gone to "Booths, good in body, legs, feet and stern. 

 He tas a fair head, and is a little heavy at the shoulders and 

 wide in fronft He was clearly entitled to k second place. I 

 would have given third prize to Bob (Amory's), by Bang- 

 Princess Kate. He has fair head .and ears, good body, legs 

 and feet. He is too wide in front and carries his tail badly. 

 Puck, owned by Dr. Wells, should have received the vhc. card, 

 though faulty in shoulders and a little light in eyes. Match 

 (Cornell's) is bad at both ends. He has a good neck and a fair 

 middle. 



In the bitch class, the Neversink Lodge Kennel's Jilt won, 

 and was properly placed at the head of affairs. I cheerfully 

 admit that 1 never expected to see Croxteth sire so good a 

 bitch. She is a trifle fine in muzzle and inclined to be throaty 

 for one so young. She is also too wide in front and a trifle 

 slack behind the shoulders nevertheless she is a good one, and 

 had I been judge, she would have won the special for best 

 pointer bitch in she show, as the winner, Vanity cannot com- 

 pare with her. Vision, though by no means a bad bitch, did 

 not deserve second prize, which was clearly won by Belle 

 (Gregory's). Though Vision has a fair good "head, neck, legs 

 and feet, her loin is bad, as is also her tail and the carriage of 

 her ears. Belle is a good bitch, a little weak in head and 

 coarse in tail. Flash III., to whom third prize was awarded, 

 is not a show bitch, and her place should have been occupied 

 bjr Lvde II. , winner of first at Washington, or by Rose 

 (Williams's), who is also a mdeh better bitch, though she does 

 carry her tail badly. The faidts of Flash III. are heavy 

 shordders, splay feet, crooked legs, round skuU and snipy muz- 

 zle. Her ears, too, are badly carried. The skull of the pointer 

 should not be round, and the muzzle should be long, square 

 and blunt. Charles H. Mason. 



Set? York, May 19, 1884. 



BEAGLES AT NEW YORK, 



Editor Forest and Streaitt: 



I presume that the Westminster Kennel Club see the mis 

 take they made by accepting a different judge to make the 

 awards in special prizes for beagles, and will not allow it at 

 future shows, but have one judge for all classes. I do not 

 believe it was the desire of the Beagle Club to have a separate 

 judge if it could have been pi operly considered, and I would 

 like to ask the president of the Beagle Club who made the 

 nominations? 



I was not aware that the club would nominate and vote for 

 a special judge until I received the printed nomination. Of 

 course I did not vote, and if there had been time would have 

 strongly opposed it, believing that the Westminster Kennel 

 Club are competent to select and appoint, their judges: and if 

 they had considered the matter I feel certain they would 

 have had only one judge, and hope in the future that they 

 and other managers of bench shows will have but one judge 

 for all beagle classes; but hope that the judge will be in- 

 structed to judge according to the standard of our club, and 

 that our president will try to have judging at future shows 

 governed by our standard. Perhaps it will not be out of place 

 to sav that"Mr. Mortimer indorses our standard (with perhaps 

 one exception), and I could not see why he did not follow it 

 as well as possible in making awards except making note of 

 points. While I will not draw any comparison between the 

 two judges, will say Mr. Mortimer's judging was consistent, 

 and regret that Mr. Sloan 3hould have reversed Mr. Morti- 

 mer's decision, irrespective of the fact that Mr. Mortimer had 

 the dogs placed right. 



In your report of the show you say, "The beagle class was 

 well filled and of better average quality than has yet appeared 

 at any of the Westminster Club shows." Then speaking of 

 Bush that won first in champion class you say, ''The winner, 

 Bush, is a fair average beagle." Now it is not quite clear to 

 me how this fair average beagle (Bush) could win champion 

 prize in a show where the quality averaged better than at any 

 former exhibit, and when she had for a competitor a beagle 

 that had taken first prize at Lowell, first and special at New 

 Haven, third at Toronto, vhc. aud special at Cleveland, and of 

 whom Forest and Stkkam had said, "He has a good head 

 and plenty of bone," and Bush also wou first at New York, 

 1S83, in puppy class, and first and special at Pittsburgh, 1883 

 This fair average beagle has certainly been very fortunate, 

 and it looks to me a little as though Forest \:<o STREAM got 

 a little of the mist that was go abundant during the lirst three 

 days of the show into its brain and could not see clearly. 



In' regard to your comments on Chase and Deboiah I -will 

 only say, that much as I dislike to say anything against my 

 friend's beagle I cannot avoid it, but will be brief and only 

 touch a few important points. 



