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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 93, 1884. 



Turk's stock compares favorably 'with that of some of more 

 fashionable competitors. Pilgrim also, who has long been at 

 stud and must be getting an old dog now, has distinguished 

 himself and sent up his value in begetting Plinlimmon. 



Phantom is another from the kennel lately sold off by Mr. 

 Pox. He is fit to compete in any company" and was rather 

 unlucky on this occasion. 



The open class for the fail- sex contained no surprises. There 

 is room for a good bitch. The lucky claimant of third prize, 

 Countess of Beaufort, showed his judgment without much 

 hesitation. Had I been a St. Bernard breeder, directly I saw 

 her I should have broken my neck in my haste to get to the 

 oflice and claim her for £'31.10. If she be put to a suitable dog 

 I would like to lay odds on fier Utter against anything else that 

 may be bred about the same time. She is built to breed from. 



Her brother Silva was awarded second prize in the smooth 

 dog class. He shows lots of character, but is frightfully cow- 

 hocked. 



Mr. Have exhibited a dog in the puppy class called "Rt. 

 Hon. W. E. Gladstone," I don't know if Mr. Kaye is a mem- 

 ber of the St. Bernard club, nor ■what authority that body 

 has over its members, but if it possesses any, they would be 

 well advised in using it to give the owner of' this dog a lesson 

 in good taste by putting them veto on such vulgar nomen- 

 clature which is calculated to make a noble breed ridiculous. 



Thisbe, the winner in the bitch puppy class, will credit her 

 owner, the R.ev. A. Carter, with as many winning brackets in 

 the future as her kennel mate Plinlimmon. She comes of a 

 rare-headed stock. 



The bull bitch Rhodora walked away from her class'and has 

 now deserted her country. She will be your side of the pond 

 by the time these notes are in print. It will have to be 

 a good one that, during this show season, can lower the colors 

 of Monarch III., who won very easily. Mr. Berrie (notBerril, 

 as misprinted in my notes of the 10th ulto.) was the judge. 



Cairo only beat Count by the skin of his teeth for first in 

 over 25 pounds bull-terriers. The same fancier whose name 

 conjures up old memories and anecdotes of his father, "Bill 

 George," was successful again in the smaller class with Grand 

 Duchess. 



I was quite unequal to going through the fox-terrier classes. 

 It splits your head to stand anywhere near them, their short, 

 quick barks go through your brain. I was glad to observe 

 more terrier character about the winners than at some shows, 

 the very long, thin head often softens out the desirable wicked 

 look which is altogether indispensable in a terrier. 



Beagles were a very small, but still a pretty class. Mr. 

 Hoig was not so fortunate here wdth Mariner as at Aston, 

 where he won first prize to the incredulous astonishment of 

 his owner. Nothing could beat the Brummagen winner, 

 Abigail, but Mariner was second best. 



The position of the beagle in this country is seriously threat- 

 ened by the increasing attention paid to the French basset 

 hound' With a love for all things English, I cannot help feel- 

 ing sorry to see a home breed being pushed out of their posi- 

 tion by the foreigners. Candor, however, compels me to avow 

 that I do not wonder at it. It is the fault of our beagle 

 masters that they for years have bred too large. A fourteen- 

 inch beagle is now considered an average hoimd, and I know 

 very few men can live with them. You must be in hard train- 

 ing and as fit as a fiddle if you want to see any fun with a 

 f ourteen-inch pack. 



I am generally pretty tough, but I shall not forget my last 

 day with the beagles. When they went away I was well up 

 till they got on the flat, and then came the pace ; it was a 

 sprint speed. Excited with the ardor of the chase, I ran like 

 a hundred-yarder till I dropped, and there I lay on my back 

 thinking the end of the world had come. By the time I had 

 got my breath and was able to sit up I saw the lad who was 

 carrying my coat and flask puffing along in the field behind. 



"There they are, sir," he gasped, pointing to the small bunch 

 of white, black and tan, as they swept along in the distance, 

 then- music from afar sounding very low and sweet. But I had 

 already concluded this hunting didn't pay. "Yes, and here 

 am I," I said, "and those will continue to be our positions till 

 puss is broken up or lost." So putting on my coat, I clambered 

 with the lad's aid. up a pollard . After a long, strong pull at 

 the flask, the land that reared Scotchmen earned its forgive- 

 ness when it produced whisky. I settled myself down to the 

 beautiful view. From this point I saw most of the run, and 

 as I write I almost feel the cool breeze playing round my tem- 

 ples and see again the peaceful landscape and the little pack 

 merrily bowling along. 



But what has become of our twelve-inch beagles? Honestly 

 measured, I mean. Stand them on the level, hold their heads 

 in a line with the body, and then lay a flat rule across the 

 shoulder blades ; from the point it touches the wall to the | 

 ground is the proper height. That is correct hound measure- 

 ment. Where are the packs that could Indian-file past a bea- 

 ver hat without topping the brim, "and you can cover them 

 with a sheet, sir, by Gad!" Where, indeed, 

 "All gond avayin deEvigkeit. 

 Avay mit der Lager bier," 



unless you have got them in America. And where will you 

 find a nine-inch beagle now, that is not a shivering toy? 



I have one in my mernoiy that I saw years ago. I was 

 riding from Battle to Hastings, when I noticed sitting before 

 a small house on the doorstep a picture. His hound markings 

 were perfect and bright, but his face was inexpressibly sad. as 

 he sat dreamily blinking in the warm sunshine, now twitching 

 one ear then another, as worrying insects spinning around his 

 head alighted there for rest and inspection. I was sorry to 

 disturb him, and still more sorry after carefully handling his 

 symmetrical body to have to ride away without Mm. "Don't 

 ask me to sell him," was all his owner said, and I hadn't the 

 heart to do so. 



I have read in old French works of a pack of little hounds 

 that were famous in France before the Revolution. They 

 were so small and so pretty that the people called them the 

 "porcelain" hounds. 



In my inquiries for the whereabouts of small beagles I have 

 quite forgotten my own. So back to Warwick. 



Basset hounds are next in the catalogue. Looking at these 

 heavy little dogs on curiously short, thick, crooked legs, one 

 can understand the favor they find with those who love to 

 follow on foot. Their note is as deep and musical as the 

 bloodhound's, I understand, and one can quite believe it when 

 one observes the similarity of the head properties. The same 

 hanging flews, the dewlap, etc.— the descriptions of the head 

 points of these two breeds must be almost identical. I don't 

 know the average height of these hounds; I will take the first 

 opportunitv to find out and mention it in these notes. The 

 beagle class had six entries, the basset fifteen— this speaks for 

 itself. ■ , 



I observe the Live Stock Journal reporter, a Mr. Gresham, 

 who once kept St. Bernards, says, "Fino V. had no difficulty 

 in disposing of the Basset hound dogs." whereas a lady who 

 was present and watched the judging tells me he was a very 

 considerable time over this award; that he had Bourbon on 

 the platform with Fino V., and from the anxious appearance 

 of the judge he seemed to have a very difficult task to 

 separate the brothers of the same litter. This shows how 

 little value one should attach to these "hack" reports of 

 dog shows. 



Mr. George R. Krehl seemed to nave it all his own way m 

 the bitch class; in fact, looking through the prize list, he ap- 

 pears to own or have bred all the winners. 



There was a nice show of Bedlingtons. They are a quarrel- 

 some, hardy lot, regular miners' dogs. 



Mr. Harding Cox gave the prizes in the harrier class, and 

 being the onlv exhibitor, won them all himself. 



He is one of the few independent and representative mem- 

 bers of the Kennel Club Committee. A glance through the 



catalogues will show that he has "fancied" or judged many 

 breeds— bulldogs, Irish terriers, fox-terriers, bull-terriers, 

 collies, etc. 



For many weeks ie had a standing advertisement in the 

 Field— "Wanted, basset hounds;" but the breed was too rare, 

 and failing in his endeavor to found a basset hunt of his own, 

 he purchased a pack of harriers, which are kenneled at his 

 delightful Buckinghamshire residence. Missenden Abbey. Mr. 

 Harding Cox is a good fancier, a good sportsman, and a gen- 

 tleman unassuming and intelligent. 



"Turn about" my pen— Warwick. Irish terriers were a poor 

 show indeed, the only two worth notice being Pretty Lass, 

 who could only get second, and Canteen, by Garryowen — 

 Pretty Lass. The truffle dog class was unable to provoke a 

 single entry. 



The foreign dogs were a tremendous sight. It seemed as if 

 all the Zoo had turned out to win prizes. The Esquimaux in 

 particular made a fine show. 



The "gate"-seeking committee last year cutely secured Lady 

 Florence Dixie's heroic St. Bernard," Hubert, for the atttrac- 

 tion; this year the community who love dogs but are not 

 "doggy" were treated to a view of another canine celebrity, 

 the railway dog Help. This sagacious creature has collected 

 a good deal of money up and down the lines for the railway 

 servants' fund. 



Help is a black collie with white markings. He is by no 

 means up to show form ; being coarse in head, with large 

 heavy ears ; but his coat is glossy and he has a clever, bright 

 expression. 



In reply to the charge that in his capacity as a member of 

 the Kennel Club Committee he attended and took part 

 at a meeting where the conduct of another body was 

 being examined of which he was also a member, Mr. Percy 

 Reid has made the very weak and unsatisfactory reply 

 that though he was present at the meeting which tried the 

 body of which he was a member, fie did not assist in the 

 judgment. He left before a decision was come to, he says, 

 and fancies, therefore, that he is exculpated from the charge 

 of bad taste for judicially assisting in the trial that led up to 

 the verdict on the conduct of his colleagues andhimself. After 

 reading Mr. Joachim's letter in this week's Field, it will be 

 the opinion of most on-lookers, that of the Hertford Com- 

 mittee, the Kennel Club Committee, Mr. Murchison, and Mr. 

 Reid, none will emerge with credit from this affair. 



LlLLIBULERO. 

 Mat 6, 1884. 



THE ENGLISH FIELD TRIALS. 



THE National Field Trials, held at Shrewsbury, Eng., the 

 23d, 24th and 25th of April, were quite successful, except 

 that, owing to the very dry and dusty condition of thegroimd, 

 the work of the dogs was not quite so satisfactory as has usu- 

 ally been witnessed at these Trials. 



The Pointer Puppy Stakes brought out fifteen starters. We 

 give the entries in the order in which they were drawn to 

 run: 



POINTER PUPPY STAKES. 



At 5 guineas each; first £45, second £25, third £10. 

 Mr. C. Thelwell Abbott's liver and white ticked Duke of 

 Wellington (The Fop— Jane), 15mos., 

 against 

 Mr. R. J. Lloyd-Price's liver and white Royal Puck (Royal- 

 Mabel), 13mos. 



Mr. Barclay Field's fiver and white Rustic (Bow— Peach), 

 15mos., 



against 



Major Piatt's liver and white ticked Lady of the Lake (Lake 

 —Flash III,), 13mos. 



Major Piatt's liver and white ticked Lord of the Isles (Lake 

 — Flash III.) 13mos., 



against 



Mr. C. J. Cotes's liver and white Sally Back (Jasper— Sal) 

 12mos. 



Mr. A. P. Heyward-Lonsdale's liver and white Polly (Bow- 

 Peach) 15mos,, 



against 



Prince Albert Solms's liver and white Luck of Hessen (Naso 

 n.— La Vole) 9mos. 



Mr. C. H. Beck's lemon and white Lingo (Bang Bang— Polly) 

 13mos. ; 



against 

 Mr. A. P. Heyward-Lonsdale's Jest (Jasper— Spangle) 13mos. 



Mr. C. J. Cotes's liver and white Carlo (Jasper— Sal) 12mos., 



against 

 Mr. T. Statter's liver and white Pilot (Pax— Poll) 13mos. 



Mr. R. J. Lloyd-Price's fiver and white Owen Alaw (Lucky 

 Sixpence — Co chad yr Hedydd) llmos., 

 against 

 Mr. H. A. Adderley's black Chloe (Sambo— Duchess), 12mos. 



Mr. C. J. Cotes's lemon and white Jenny Jones (Young 

 Dick— Di Vernon) , Smos. , a bye. 



The stake was finished Thursday morning, with the follow- 

 ing result: 



Lingo, first. 



Carlo, second. 



Polly, third. 



SETTER PUPPY STAKES. 

 At £5 5s. each ; ' first £40 and £10 added money, second £25, 

 third £15, fourth £10. 

 Mr. Thomas Staffer's lemon and white Ella (Coningsby— 

 Eve), 14mos., 



against 

 Mr. T. Dicken's black, white and tan Frank (Brave Baron- 

 Blue Bell), llmos. 



Mr. J. Bishop's black, white and tan Bpuncing Queen (Bux- 

 ton— Bonny Queen), 14mos., 



against 



Prince Albert Solms's black and white Tempest (Blue Boy- 

 Countess Kate), lOmos. 



Prince Albert Solms's black and white Bandit of Braunfels 

 (Roderick of Braunfels— May Queen), lomos., 

 against 



Mr. T. Starter's black, white and tan Grist (Esqr.— Doll), 

 14mos. 



Mr. T. Dicken's blaek, white and tan Satin (Bruce— Bess), 

 12mos. . 



against 



Mr. G. Shaw's black, white and tan Rose (Diamond— Min- 

 nie), 12mos. 



Mr. E. Bishop's black, white and tan Ranging Moses (Blue 

 Boy— Princess Maud), 



against 



Mr. E. Armstrong's lemon and white Bess IV. (King Ned- 

 Slut II.). 



Col. Cotes's black aud white Wild Daisy II. (Sir Alister— 

 Wild Daisy), 12mos., 



against « 



Mr. E. Bishop's black, white and tan Ranging Samuel (Sam 

 HI.-Maud). 



Mr. H. Burra's lemon and white May Flower (Bend Or — 

 Jewel) 15mos., 



against 



Mr. C. J. Cotes's black, white and tan Daphne (Sir Alister— 

 Wild Daisy) 12mos. 



Mr. R. G. Mawson's black, white and tan Dinah (Ranger— 

 Judy) lomos., 



against 



Mr. H. C. Hartley's black, white and tan Pilot (Tam O'Shan- 

 ter— Gipsy Girl) lomos. 



Mr. P.Power's red Field Marshall (Count— Till v) 14mos.. 



against 

 Mr. E. Bishop's black, white and tan Ranging Aaron (Blue 

 Boy— Princess Maud). 



Mr. C. J. Cotes's black aud white Duchess of Wales (Dick 

 II. ) a bye. 



Following is the result: 



Rose, first. 



Ranging Aaron, second. 



Bouncing Queen, third. 



Ranging Moses, fourth. 



The final heat between the winning pointer and the winning 

 setter was decided in favor of the setter Rose, whose sire won 

 first in the setter stake at Shrewsbury in 1877. 



CLOVERLEY STAKES. 



Braces, pointers and setters, all ages, £10. 10s. each; pointers, 



first prize £30 ; setters, first prize £30 ; the second best brace 



of either breed £20; absolute winning brace £10 added. 



There were eleven entries for the brace stakes — seven 

 pointers and four setters: 



Mr. Barclay Field's liver and white Young Dick (Dick- 

 Flame), 3yrs., and liver and white Young Di (Drake— Puss), 

 lyr. lOmos. — pointers. 



Col. Cotes's lemon and white Duke Wind 'em (Count Wind 'em 

 — Countess Moll), 2yrs., and black, white and tan Dashing Rose 

 (Dash II.— Countess Rose), 2yrs. — setters. 



Mr. A. P. Haywood-Lonsdale's fiver and white Cassandra 

 (Birr— Fan), 4yrs., and liver and white Polly (Bow— Peach), 

 lyr. 3mos. — pointers. 



Col. Cotes's lemon and white Carlo (Jasper— Pal), lyr., and 

 lemon and white Jenny Jones (Young Die k—Di Vernon), Smos. 

 — pointers. 



Mr. Daintry Hollins's blue and white Ragman (Rogue— Silk 

 II.), 2yrs., and liver and white Boscobel (Bx>gue — Silk II.), 

 2yrs. — setters. 



Mr. C. Thelwell Abbott's fiver and white The Fop (Faust- 

 Belle), 5yrs., and Brave Bijou (The Fop— Bonny Lanul), 2yrs. 

 — pointers. 



Mr. A. P. Heyward-Lonsdale's black and white Mar (Baron 

 — Mailu), 2yrs., and black, white and tan Maggie (Baron— 

 Mailu), 2yrs.— setters. 



Prince Albert Solms's liver aad white Naso of Kippen (Naso 

 II. — Maggie), 2yrs., and lemon and white Bijou (Priam— Blar- 

 nej), 2yrs.— pointers. 



Mr. Arkwright's black, white and tan Little Bess (Blue Boy 

 —Maud), 2yrs., and black, white and tan Ranger's Ghost 

 (Ranger— Cora), 3yrs.— setters. 



Mr. E. Armstrong's liver and white Lincoln (Bob — Jane), 

 Syrs., and liver and white Garfield (Bob— Jane), 3yrs.— 

 pointers. 



Mr. R. J. Lloyd-Price's liver and white Fatima (Bang- 

 Hebe), 4yrs., and fiver and white Elias (Bang — Hebe), 4yrs. — 

 pointers.' 



Following is the result: 



Cassandra and Polly, first prize in pointers and first in stake. 



Little Bess and Ranger's Ghost, first in setters. 



The Fop and Brave Bijou (pointers) prize for second best of 

 either breed. 



The Kennel Club Field Trials. 



THESE trials were held near Stratford-on-Avon. There 

 Were twenty-six starters out of the 159 entries for the 

 Derby, fourteen pointers and twelve setters, as follows : 



TENTH FIELD TRIAL DERBY. 

 For pointer and setter puppies, bred in 1883; £50 for the best 

 pointer, £50 for the best setter, £20 for the second best of 

 each breed, and £50 extra for the absolute winner; 159 subs. 



POINTERS. 



Mr. C. T. Abbott's liver and white dog Duke of Wellington 

 (Tfie Fop— Jane) Jan. 28, 



against 



Mi-. C. H. Beck's lemon and white bitch Lingo (Bang Bang— 

 PoUy) March 30. 



Rev. W. J. Richardson's liver and white bitch Milton Rita 

 (Young Bang— Nina) March 2, 



against 



Mr. Barclay Field's liver and white bitch Rustic (Bow — 

 Peach) Jan. 8. 



Major Pratt's liver and white dog Lord of the Isles (Lake- 

 Flash ni.), March 31, a bye, (owing to error in entry of com- 

 petitor). 



Mi\ J. H. Salter's white and black bitch Paris (Priam — Hops), 

 June 30, 



against 

 Col. C. J. Cotes's liver and white Carlo (Jasper— Sal), April 14. 



Major Pratt's liver and white bitch Lady of the Lake (Lake 

 —Flash HI.) March 31, 



against 



Prince Solms's liver and white dog Luck of Hessen (Naso— 

 La Vole), July 31. 



Sir T. B. Leonard's liver and white bitch Maud III. (Priam 

 -Nell), May 31, 



against 



Mi-. G. Pilkington's liver "and white dog Lynim (Lake— 

 Norah), June 11. 



Mi-. R. J. Lloyd-Price's liver and white dog Owen Alaw 

 (Lucky Sixpence— Gulden Guinea) , May 4, 

 against 



Sir T. B. Lennard's liver and white dog Plover (Tory— Crys- 

 tabel). May 5. 



Mi-. Heywoori-Lonsdale's liver and white bitch Polly (Bow 

 —Peach), Jan. 8, a bye. 



SETTERS. 



Mr. Elias Bishop's black and white dog Ranging Aaron 

 (Bine Boy— Princess Maud), Feb. 27, 

 against 



Mr. E. W. L. Popham's black, white aud tan bitch Penelope 

 (Count Dan II.— Pallas), March 9. 



Rev. S. East's orange and white dog Count Dazzle (Count 

 Dan H.— Duchess of Orange), April 15, 

 against 



Mr. Edwin Bishop's black and white dog Windham (Rake of 

 Weedon — Daisy), Jan. 15. 



Mi-. T. Dicken's black and white dog Frank (Brave Burton 

 —Blue Bell), May 27, 



against 



Mi-, E. W. L. Popham's black and white dog Pan (Count Dan 

 II.— Pallas), March 9. 



