June o, 1884.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



871 



to kill hi the 00868 inciiviiiiii.'d m § g, Such is not the law. The ill 

 dictment follows the statute It sets forth clearly an offense. If 

 Committed, ii is tor the accused to establish a -justification. When 

 the enacting clause of a. penal statute describes the offense with cer- 

 tain exceptions it is necessary to slate in the indictment all the eir 

 Wjllch constitute the offense and to negative the ex- 

 ceptions. Statt v, Keen, M Maine, 501. But this principle is not ftp 1 

 plicable here 



Li to 'cc n-inai ted thai Hie statute, c. UOft or the laws of 18,77, re- 



WiirinEth6 licensing and registration of dogs ami that they should 



ft collar round the neck with the owners' name thereon; was 



bepe&le<l by O. <'-\ of the laws of 1878. If it would ha-: e been necessary. 



had the first named statute, been in force to have set forth in the in- 



dictment, as in Nm/ti Url><rff<-<^1 N. H\ ft27, the facte of such 

 license and registration, which we think it was not. the Statute being 

 repealed, those allegations would no longer be required. 



The decisions cited in support of the defense do not apply. In Slnir 

 v. Forehand, 100 Mass. 137. and in the other eases in Massachusetts, 

 the killing of dogs was justified tinder the police laws bf'tbo State 

 authorizing the killing of dogs not licensed nor having a collar. But 

 there arc no such statutes in this Hi ate— hence their utter want of 

 applicability. Except ions oerrrvJeil 



ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 



WE have got through the field trials at Shrewsbury, and 

 those of. the Kennel Club at Stafford. There is now the 

 usual diversion of opinions. It seems to be generally agreed 

 that the club's were a bad second. The Shrewsbury people 

 who have never acknowledged uor submitted to the aggresive 

 patronage of the Kennel Club were hardly treated by the 

 weather, and partly to the weather must it be ascribed, I 

 think, that the pointers results show up so handsomely against 

 their long-haired held colleagues. 



Our Field has drawn attention to the fact that setters are 

 certainly first favorites on the bench and also points out with 

 regret that so few Gordon setters are seen hi the trials. This 

 is the more surprising because on the continent, and in Prance 

 particularly, they are quite the favorite sporting dogs. The. 

 Field reporter also utters a very old plaint, "that the hand- 

 somest dogs on the bench arc not the best in the field." But I 

 really attach no value to that. I should scarcely expect the 

 contrary with a dog that requires so much care and attontiou 

 as a.show dog does. What time can there be to break or 

 work him? Against this, hbwever, I set up that from these 

 beautiful prize winners you can breed handsome pups to break 

 to your gun. It is the old argument in another more special 

 form that for intelligence and usefulness no patrician Of the 

 canine, race can hold his own against the thorough bred 

 mongrel, but I don't think this trite saying which is seen 

 through with a little trouble could ever induce me to change 

 nry noble mastiff for my butcher's yard dog. 



By far the best report that has appeared of the trials is that 

 in the Stdcjc Keeper. General regret was expressed that Mr. 

 Llewelhn should have been put of it this year, but it speaks well 

 for the conscientiousness of this gentleman that he did. not 

 send one. entry from his kennel wfiere distemper existed, to 

 jeopardize the lives of other people's dogs. In this honorable 

 action he showed a very different feeling to that displayed by 

 the chief actor in the unpleasant case that is at present engag- 

 ing doggy men's attention in the columns of the Field under 

 the heading or "Kennel Club Justice." 



Besides their excellent report the Stock Keeper this week 

 prints some interesting notes on the competitors in the trials 

 from the pen of Mr. G. Morpe Bartram, who ought to be at 

 home on this subject. The result of the Derby can hardly be 

 considered satisfactory apart from the disappointment to 

 Dr. Salter it seems barely just that his young pointer Parts 

 should have lost a good chance of winning such a valuable, 

 stake for being only four minutes late on the ground. The 

 winner of the Derby was beaten in the all-aged stakes and 

 Malt solaced his owner for the loss of the Derby by winning the 

 first prize Mr. Wm. Richardson has written to' the papers to 

 complain of an unusual occurrence, that of Mr. Shirley de- 

 clhiiug to be guided by the rules of the Kennel Club of which 

 he is chairman. It was about an undecided heat that should 

 have been run off first of all next clay, and Mr. Shirley ignored 

 the ride to this effect. 



Mr. Herbert Watson, an undergraduate of Cambridge, has 

 taken up the cudgel on behalf of Lawrence, a very respectable 

 dog dealer of ttiat town, who was lately convicted before a 

 county court judge of stealing a lady's black and tan terrier. 

 The judgment was quite in opposition to the evidence, and 

 shows what a lottery it is to take a dog or horse case before a 

 law judge. The evidence proved clearly to a doggy man that 

 Lawrence's terrier could not have been the one lost by Mrs. 

 Murray. Part of the evidence in Lawrence's favor turned. 

 Upon how long cropped ears take to heal. One of the marks 

 by which Mrs. Murray said she would know her dog was an 

 enlarged navel. This is well known to be a very common 

 thing indeed, but the judge, being an outsider, did not know 

 it; and he made up his mind directly he saw the dog look 

 pleased to see Mrs. Murray and lick her hands. He felt quite 

 happy in the precedent of i>olomon and the babe. There are 

 lots of pet clogs with little character who will fawn on any- 

 body who speaks to them, and especially on ladies. A good 

 many of our dogs would pass out of our possession if this trait 

 were to be accepted as a certain indication that dogs belong- 

 to those they jump and fawn upon. 



It is very" hard lines upon Lawrence, who loses his dog and 

 character, purse and reputation, from the specialist ignorance 

 of a lawmonger. 



Dr. Forbes Winslow and Messrs. Taunton and Portier are 

 still arguing over the award of the last-named at Warwick, 

 where he gave the breeders' prize to the progeny of Crown 

 Prmce and the stud prize to Cardinal. This is a smart reversal 

 of judgment. Messrs. Portier and Taunton are racking their 

 brains weekly to reconcile the contradiction with common 

 sense, but the Doctor wins easily. 



To those behind the scenes the joke of the matter is that 

 Dr. Winslow was lately the main stay of the British Kennel 

 Association. This curious body was founded by Mr. Taunton, 

 who, till then, had only been known as the runner of an ama- 

 teur menagerie of foreign dogs. He founded the B. K. A. for 

 what purpose except to make himself known has never been 

 made clear. The Association adopted tne rules of the K. C,, 

 undertook to publish a register ot dogs for sale and hold two 

 shows a year. A good many men joined it, as they always 

 will anything new. They held a show at Aston, which is so 

 near Birmingham as to lead one easily to surmise that it was 

 in opposition to the annual town show. The schedule was 

 the most perfect of its kind that has been composed, and the 

 result was a fair entry, but nothing in proportion to the ex- 

 pectations of the B. K. A. Their greatest disappointment, 

 though, was in their "gate." which produced an insignificant 

 sum. The result was a big deficit to the society, which then, 

 for all practical purposes, ceased to exist. 



It would be churlish, not to admit the extraordinary capacity 

 for hard work displayed by Mr. Taunton in thf hour of their 

 distress. Although not a popular man among his fellows, he 

 is shrewd and practical. 



The Association has not been formally dissolved, but the 

 resignations have flowed in so freely from its independent 

 members, who did not relish the role" of bottle-bolder to the 

 K. C, that 1 think only two are left, Taunton and Portier, 

 whose common tie is biindlc mastiffs and black and tan ter- 

 riers. Now and then one sees in the schedules, "A medal 

 given by the British Kennel Association :" but medals are 

 cheap, and the outlay can't ruin, the dual control. 



The latest on dit is that Mr. Taunton has joined Mr. Morrel 

 (of inky fame), one of Ins late B. K. A. supporters, in business, 

 Mr. Portier is doing good work iu the papers by standing up 

 for the Black and Tan Terrier Club and natural ears. His 

 most zealous opponent has been a Mr. Henry Lacy, of M an- 

 chester, who champions cropping, and gave all those who dis- 

 agree with him a wholesale S&oging a fortnight ago. He has 



since been effectually sat upon, and I think he must wish he 

 had burnt his pen and broken his ink bottle. 



To put down cropping is, 1 am afraid, more than lies in the 

 power of a specialist club, but I commend their humane 

 spirit for trying. The Kennel Club could do it— but won't. 

 One gbod reason for their not moving in tile matter is that the 

 chairman is an active supporter of cropping by his own deeds. 

 Why does not the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 

 Animals take it up? Let them make Mr. Shirley their test 

 base, he won't deny it, he will candidly inform them that he 

 crops all his own bull-terriers. The Society is an influential 

 one, and as it is backed by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, they 

 are not likely to want for funds to carry out what would most 

 certainly be a successful prosecution. 



The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, time to her instincts of kind- 

 ness to all dumb animals, has expressed her appreciation of 

 the Black and Tan Terrier Club's intention of prohibiting crop- 

 ping by offering to become its patroness. I heard lately a 

 very pleasing anecdote of her ladyship's good nature. Sb 

 had learned that fortune had frowned severely on a veterin- 

 ary surgeon id the west Cud of London.; a man whose name 

 had become endeared to many slaves of their pets; She wrote 

 to the vet. that she wanted a nddstiff; In a few days he sent 

 her one, with a note saying he had bought the accompanying 

 dog for her ladyship for £14. The Baroness kept the dOg arid 

 sent a check for it with a nought at the end of the figures, 

 and a kind little note hoping his luck would turn. 



The show organized by Messrs. Sanger, the menagerie 

 people, at Margate, has passed over with the usual amount of 

 unpleasantness. It has always been a third-rate affair, organ- 

 ized only to put money in the pockets of Messrs. Sanger and 

 the hotel keepers of Shoreditch-on-Sea, Each year they 

 tempt exhibitors with the same false bait, one being to adver- 

 tise thas the railway will carry exhibitors and their dog's at 

 single fares, and when it is complained that this is not the 

 case, the exhibitor is roughly referred to the railway com- 

 pany, which "knows nothing about it." They practice also 

 the trick of refusing the money prize to a dog that wins the 

 cup. One year an extraordinary disclosure of their meanness 

 was made. An exhibitor picked up a five-guinea prize (a 

 critet) off the stand and found the price marked in plain fig- 

 ures underneath— fifty shillings! This year the management 

 and the keepers insulted exhibitors right and left. One gen- 

 tlenla n, a member of the London Stock Exchange, was coolly- 

 called a bar by one of the keepers, and in complaining to a 

 member of the committee was bluntly informed that he had 

 no time to bother about it. In a competition for bad manners 

 it is hard to say who would win, the men of Margate or those 

 of Hertford. 



I observe in your issue of the Sth hist., a report Of the War- 

 wick dog show; your readers will have the amusement of 

 comparing my notes with the opinion of your reporter. Prom 

 the prize, list of the New York show I see you had a remark- 

 able entry. I have not heard yet who won in St. Bernards, 

 bitt I would lay liberal odds against the Rev. Gumming Mac- 

 dona. Your late importations have gone beyond his kennel. 



The schedule for the Crystal Palace is out." It contains one 

 improvement, that is, rescinding the rule that if four dogs 

 compete in a class only one prize would be awarded ; all will 

 be given now. This is liberal and right; now I wonder whether 

 they will abolish another objectionable feature of their shows 

 which was far more reprehensively grasping ; that of charg- 

 ing re-admission, half a crown at a time on judging days. As 

 there was no accommodation in the show it was more than 

 avaricious, it was brutal. 



The York show is very near and sportsmen wish them suc- 

 cess and a big entry for their new class for pointers and 

 setters that have run at field trials, it is an excellent idea and 

 deserves support to make it worth copying at other shows. 



Mr. MurchisOn continues the Lochinvar correspondence in 

 the Field this week; and to the inexpressible astonishment of 

 on-lookers has effectually secured the support of the editor 

 A few new replies have been vamped up, but Mr. Mul'chison 

 cannot get away from the fact that he suspected his dog to be 

 sickening for distemper two hours before the judging and only 

 thought it expedient to get him removed after he had won a 

 prize. The Hertford Committee will be blamed for the offen- 

 sive manner iu which they have defended their manager's 

 conduct and the Kennel Club Committee for the partiality 

 shown to one of themselves who was charged with a serious 

 offense. Mr. Percy Beid is charged, tried and condemned by 

 public opinion. 



Correction.— In my notes of April 8, for Dr. Maimer read 

 Du Maurier. Lilltbtjlero. 



May 20, 1884. ■ 



BEAGLES AT NEW YORK. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As the beagle judging at the late New York show seems to 

 have given rise to some discussion among the members of the 

 A. E. B. O, perhaps it would be well timed to quote a descrip- 

 tion of this'interesting little hound from some of our acknowl- 

 edged best authorities on dogs. First let us quote Stonehenge ; 

 he distinctly says; ' 'The points of the beagle are similar to 

 those given for the foxhound, except as to head and ears, the 

 former being much larger proportionally, both in width and 

 height, while the latter are almost like those of the blood- 

 hound in size and hanging." 



Dalziel gives as an illustration "measurements of two 

 good dogs," viz.: Mr. H. A. Clark's Comely— Weight, 27% 

 pounds; height at shoulder, 14% inches; length from nose to 

 set on of tail, 30 inches; length of tail, 11 inches; girth of 

 chest, 21 inches; girth of loin, 18 inches; gu-th of head, 13% 

 inches: girth of forearm, 5% inches; length of ears from tip 

 to tip, 17 inches. Mr. H. A". Clark's Crowner— Weight, 26% 

 pounds; height at shoulder, 15 inches; length of nose to set on 

 of tail, 31 inches; girth at chest, 22 inches; girth of loin, 18% 

 inches; length of ears from tip to tip, 17% inches. 



Vero Shavv says: "In the present day the average height of 

 the working pack is about 14% inches, which is sufficiently 

 small for the purposes for which they are required," and 

 further, "As regards a standard of points for judging this 

 breed, we cannot do better than refer our readers to that given 

 in the foxhound chapter, as the beagle, with the exception of 

 its size, can be satisfactorily judged by the scale used in judg- 

 ing foxhounds." In writing of the dwarf specimens, he'says: 

 "One of the most remarkable little packs which ever came 

 beneath our notice, was shown by Mr. G. H. Nutt, of Maid- 

 stone, at the Alexandra Palace show of 1877. During the 

 progress of the exhibition Mr. Nutt treated his friends to a 

 glimpse of his pigmy pack at work, for he ran them a short 

 drag in the grounds, much to the dehght of many lady visitors. 

 Mr. Nutt has since informed us that he has been compelled to 

 give up his pets, as the difficulties he had to encounter in his 

 breeding operations, from the small size of his bitches, fairly 

 tired Inrn out. As he somewhat pathetically remarked: 

 "They had hardly the strength to produce their young, and 

 when they succeeded in doing so, were actually too weak to 

 bring them up." And again, speaking of Mr. 'Crane's noted 

 pack, he says: "The standard is Kept up with much difficulty, 

 many of his mothers do not rear their offspring, and distem- 

 per carries them off in troops, specimens are found excessively 

 dwarfed, and proportionally deformed." 



The opinions of the above authorities shoidd convince intel- 

 ligent breeders, and by that I mean those who are trying to 

 breed a useful hound, that an average height of fourteen 

 inches is sufficiently small for all available purposes. Let the 

 A. E. B, C. endeavor to improve the form of the beagle and 

 breed out the open feet, weak pasterns, btid chests and weak 

 loins that are too prevalent, and produce a dog that will give 

 the keenest enjoyment in the chase and the least anxiety in 

 the breeding kennel, Delicacy of scent and perseverance are 

 essential qualities in the beagle, and the tongue should be 



rich and melodious, and to get the deep, rich note there will 

 always be more or less dewlap or throa i 



The writer has enjoyed many capital runs in the west of 

 England, and kuows of no more beautiful sight than to see a 

 pack of these little fellows on the side of a hill, where a sheet 

 would almost cover them, and although it was tolerably easy 

 to keep with thein on a hilly country, they would test the 

 ataying daalitieg of our most fleet-footed runners on the 



Kl.AT 



POINTERS AT NEW YOl-k 



Editor Fores!, and Stremtt: 



I could hardly believe, my eyes when 1 saw m your pages? 

 that Beaufort, the dog whom no less an authority than 

 Forest AfrD Stream pronounced one of the best dogs of his 

 kind in America; the clog whom some of the. most experienced 

 of breeders have found to be almost the ideal of a pointer, 

 answers (in the opinion of Mr. Cornell) to this description: 

 "His legs arc extremely bad, being crooked fore and aft, his 

 pasterns are bent in so that the dog is actually bow-legged, 

 and Iris hocks are likewise also bent." Besides, "he Is too long on 

 the legs and stilty, and has a very heavy throat." Can it bo 

 possible that so many of us, Forest and Stream included, 

 have been admiring a pointer yvith such outrageous defects as 

 these? Have We been worshipping an idol so clumsily defect- 

 ive as this? Our ignorance has certainly been pitiable, and 

 kindly Mr. Cornell desires to remove the scales, from our i 

 Not having seen Meteor and Bang Bang, I shall certaiuly not 

 disagree with Mr. Cornell in bis good opinion of them, lint if 

 his vision is as crooked with regard to them ftBifcis with 

 gurd to Beaufort, they may not be perfection after all. Kitbei' 

 Beaufort has become fearfully deformed since I saw him last, 

 or Mr. Cornell studies certain' dogs through defective glasses 

 which distort the appearance of the object. Let Mr. Cornell 

 back up Mr. Sterling's judgment if he chooses, but let him not 

 try to do so by maligning Beaufort. I do not own a hair of 

 Beaufort, but I love the clog for himself alone and am ready 

 to defend him against all comers. That Mr. Sterling was 

 wrong in his decision I, not having seen Meteor, do not 

 pretend to say. That Mr.' Sterling is no judge of a pointer, his 

 opinion that Faust II. was superior to Beaufort was enough to 

 thoroughly convince me. T. B. Dorset, 



Ei.lioott City. Mil. 



THE DOG POUND OPENS.— Mayor Edson yesterday reap 

 pointed John McMahon keeper of the dog pound, at a salary of 

 $75 a month, with the following assistants: Edward J, Dunn, 

 clerk, $75 a month; Michael Dempsey, Thomas Gillam, and 

 Patrick Goodwin, workmen, $2 a day, and George Riley, John 

 Vandewater, and Michael Murtha," catchers. Last year the 

 catchers received a fee of 40 cents for each dog caught. This 

 year Mayor Edson fixed the same fee, despite the requests of 

 the catchers that it be made 50 cents. When the catchers 

 learned of the Mayors actions they promptly declined the 

 positions, but were finally induced by the Mayor's clerk, Mr. 

 Augustus Walsh, to at least begin work at the price offered by 

 the Mayor. In determining whom he should select to fill the 

 important positions connected with the capture and disposal of 

 stray dogs the Mayor was materially assisted by a number of 

 distinguished gentleman, among them Sheriff Davidson, 

 Senators Plunkitt and Ciillen, Assemblyman Haggerty, and 

 Aldermen McQuade, Dernpsev, and De Lacy. So earnest 

 have these gentleman been in their desire to assist the Mayor 

 in his arduous labors that they have, unwittingly, of course, 

 made the Mayor's life a burden to him and caused Mr, Walsh, 

 who has had this subject upon his mind, to fear that he would 

 lose his reason. The ground taken by Senator Plunkitt was 

 that while the position of dog-catcher might be considered a 

 pretty small matter for a Senator to worry himself about, yet 

 he was obliged to "protect his district."' Senator Plunldtt's 

 "man" was not appointed, but Senator Cullen's was and so 

 were those of the three Aldermen named. All the appoint- 

 ments were made subject to the appointees passing the civil 

 service examination. Accordingly, yesterday afternoon the 

 newly appointed city officers appeared before Civil Service 

 Examiners Arthur H. Dundon, Chairman; Daniel B. Smith, 

 and James Moir, in the College of the City of New York. Mr. 

 Dundon did not consider it necessary to examine the gentle- 

 men regarding their acquirements iu trigonometry or the exact 

 sciences, but he interrogated them regarding their moral 

 fitness for the capture of dogs. He questioned Mr. McMahon 

 to learn if they were ever sober, and after a course of sprouts 

 he came to the conclusion that then- intellectual and moral 

 sensibilities just about balanced each other. The dog-catchers 

 were inf ormed that any well-grounded complaint against them 

 would insure their immediate dismissal from office, ancl they 

 were required to furnish references of character. The pound 

 will be opened with imposing ceremonies to-morrow.— N. Y. 

 Times, June 2. 



IMPORTATION OF BEAGLES.— Philadelphia, May 29.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The steamship Indiana, which 

 arrived at this port from Liverpool May 25, brought a courle 

 of beagles consigned to Mr. Louis D. Sloan of West Philadel- 

 phia. They were purchased of Edwin S. Carew-Gibson, Esq. 

 of Sussex, England, the noted beagle breeder, and were 

 selected expressly to order. The dog Bannermaii, bred by 

 Mr. J. Crane, of Southover House, I will describe first. Ban- 

 nerman is a white dog with lemon head markings: he is 

 eighteen months old, and stands eleven inches high; liis head 

 is of the highest beagle type, and his ears, which have a spread 

 of full fourteen inches, are grandly hung. In fact, they are a 

 striking feature. Bannerman is clean in throat, not a suspi- 

 cion of dewlap, his neck, shoulders, chest and ribs are of the 

 best, while Ids legs and feet are simply perfect, and a strong 

 back and weU arched loin gives htm a harmonious finish. In 

 coat he is wonderfully good. His tail is the true beagle's, 

 well brushed and elegantly carried. In general appearance 

 he is jaunty and stylish. I consider him the most desirable 

 beagle dog I have ever seen. He cost his owner a high figure, 

 but the best are almost beyond purchase, and his owner may 

 congratulate himself on having a dog he may well be proud 

 of. Baimerman's full pedigree with particulars will appear 

 in a later issue of the Forest asd Stream. It need only be 

 mentioned here, that he is a worthy son of the famous English 

 beagle champion Marchboy, After Bannerman the best \\ ill 

 suffer iu comparison, so we will merely glance at his kennel 

 companion, the bitch Myrtle, to say that she is a neat beagle 

 of about thirteen inches height, nice in color, excellent ears 

 and good in general appearance, but being heavy in whelp (to 

 champion Marchboy) is in no shape to submit to an extended 

 criticism, therefore will be left for future comments. — Rusti- 

 cxts. _____ 



THE RETRIEVING PRIZE AT NEW r YORK. -The special 

 prize for the best retriever at the New York show was 

 awarded to Mr. A. C. Collins's Fritz. After the award was 

 made it was discovered that owing to a clerical error his 

 number was the only one entered in the steward's book. As 

 there were other entries, the class was rejudged and the 

 medal was awarded to Mr. Luke W. White's Grace. Mr 

 Collins having gone home, did not compete. We received 

 letters from both gentlemen last week, but too late for us to 

 ascertain and pubhsh the facts in the case. 



BLACKSTONE KENNEL. -Mr. W. Tallman, in connection 

 with Mr. C. Fred Crawford, of Pawtuck a t, R. I,, has fitted up 

 extensive kennels at South Attleboro, Mass., for the purpose 

 of breeding dogs. With champion Foreman and Mack B. in 

 the stud, and the well bred bitches owned by them, they should. 

 succeed in turning out some tine animals. 



