man mastiif isa new breed; and it isso true that I have never 
seen two of them quite alike, the best proof that the breed is 
not yet well established. M. Otto Friedrich isa breeder of 
Zahna (Saxe), whom Mr. Vero Shaw names in the Lxvi. chap- 
ter of the ‘“Book of the Dog,” and whose catalogue I have at 
the disposal of Mr. Wynn, as well as the best portrait of 
Devro, who is hot fawn color at all, but more dove color than 
anything else, As for the nose, it follows the color of the 
voat, as well as the nails, and I think that is pretty- ‘ 
Ineyersaid Devro was perfect, but T only mentioned him 
as the truest type of the Danish breed I have seen, 
In fact, at Stroud and Henley, if we except Thunder, Nero 
and Devro, the dogs éxhibited would be classed with the Ger- 
man mastifts by any judge on the continent, and Mr, Petrzy- 
walski’s Sultan Il. would not be prized. 
Twillend by thanking Mr. for answering my first 
letter, as I like controversy, and only dislike blind obstinacy. 
Thope that im the next Palace show there will be two differ- 
ent Glasses for the German mastifis, and the pure Great Danes. 
: D, FRANK. 
Loypon, 
With reference to the correspondence 7 ‘‘Great Danes, Ger- 
man Mastiffs,” etc,, ab present going on in your columns, I beg 
to say that Iliyed in Denmark from 1861 to 1864, and had up 
to 1580 visited the country yearly for twenty years, during 
which timel saw but one specimen of the breed there, and 
that in Copenhagen, which belonged to a gentleman who 
came, [ think, from Germany and who remained afew months 
only, when he left taking the dog with him. — 
As a modern Danish breed up to that time (2, ¢. 1850), T have 
no hesitation at all in saying it was unknown. 
EpMUND WoORMALD. 
THE PHANTOM SHOWMAN. 
Editor Forest and Stream; 
Get your editorial out of the pickle tub “right away.” I 
have a clue to the speculative showman, and he must be 
crushed. 
From no less than three newspaper offices in this city I have 
the story from the editors that they were waited upon by 
several gentlemen who informed them that Mr. Charles H. 
Mason, of Tompkinsyille, 8, L., is interested in a speculative 
dog show to take place in this city. Two editors, not being 
dogey men, had things mixed, and somehow got this affair 
of Mr. Mason’s mixed up with the National Breeders’ show— 
which 1 may parenthetically remark isto be held at Industrial 
Ait Hall, in this city, on Oct, 16, 17, 18—but that is of course a 
mistake, becuuse I named last week all the gentlemen 
interested in any way with the N, B. 8. There must be some- 
thing in this Mason story though, tor no less than three gentle- 
men haye also asked me aboutit, They got their story at the 
Philadelphia Kennel Club rooms and somehow or another they 
had got the same story as the editors. Come to think of it, 
the gentlemen who called on the editors belonged to that club. 
So there is the line for youto follow up—the P. K. C. members 
know all about the showman you thought was a phantom, 
They know something else besides, and I tell it because ib will 
be as much news to you asit wastome. I have itin black 
and white from a gentleman who isa perfect George Washing- 
ton, that he heard there that 1 had paid you for the editorial 
of last week. 
About Mr. Mason, don’t you think you might five him the 
ickle anyhow, If he hits back, or you see what an ass you 
ve made of yourself, (il hunt about for a knothole for you 
to wriggle through. Jams WATSON, 
PPILADELPHTIA, Pa. ‘ 
(lf the Philadelphia Kennel Club members have any evi- 
dence that there is to be a speculative dog show in their city 
they are unwilling to impart it to others, We wrote last 
week to the president of the club and to two other members, 
asking them if they had any such evidence, to send it to us 
that we might make it public, We have had no replies, ] 
PHILADELPHIA K. C. SHOW. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Tt would seem tous that the fact of any man or company 
of men holding a bench show of dogs in the city of Philadel- 
phia, almost immediately after one held by the Philadelphia 
Kennel Club in conjunction withthe Pennsylvania State Agri- 
cultural Society, which show giyen by said club and society 
is for the express purpose of giving breeders an opportunity to 
exhibit their animals, so as to encourage the breeding of fine 
dogs, is sufficient within itself to show that the proposed show 
by the man or company of men has a speculative purpose. 
Our show to be held in Philadelphia on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 
and 19th of September, 1884, has one of the largest and most 
yaluable prize lists ever offered in this country, and there will 
not be any admission fee charged. A person unce admitted to 
the State Fair Grounds, has free admission to the bench show, 
which will be of great advantage to breeders, as it will open 
up a new field of visitors to a dog show, 
As Philadelphia hasnot had a show since 1879, it is hoped 
all breeders will exhibit here at once, that we may haye a 
guarantee o: their appreciation of our labors, and thereby 
wurrant us in holding a bench show every year hereafter, 
SaAMusaL G. Drxon, 
President of the Philadelphia Kennel Chib. 
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 2. 
[The above communication, it will be seen by the date, was 
written before the announcement in this journal last week of 
the National Breeders’ Show. A reference to that announce- 
ment will be sufficient to show that Mr. Dixon’s inferences as 
to the character of the show were premature and wholly un- 
founded; and we presume that they have since been modified. 
We hope that the Philadelphia Kennel Club’s show will prove 
so successiil that the club will be encauraged to give an 
annual exhibition.) 
Editor Forest and Stream; . 
The entries for the Philadelphia Kennel Club show far ex- 
ceed the expectations of its most sanguine members. Four 
hundred dogs was fixed as the limit to be reached, but for the 
past two or three days the entries haye been pouring in at 
such a rate that it is feared many will be refused. The build- 
ing set aside for the dogs at the State Fair grounds will com- 
fortably accommodate 550 dogs, and the members of the club 
are satisfied they can fillit. The quality of the animals en- 
tered is the best, and at no bench show has there been more 
first class animals than will be exhibited on Sept. 16,17, 18 and 
19. Breeders from all parts of the United States bave entered 
their dogs, and at the club rooms this afternoon numerous 
telegraph dispatches were received, asking for space to be re- 
served, A display of the rich special prizes given to the Phila- 
delphia Kennel Club by the leading merchants of Philadelphia 
has been made in a prominent window on Chestnut street, and 
is attracting a great crowd of people at all hours of the day, 
_ These epee prizes are the richest ever given at any show, 
and will be the subject of illustration in more than one periodi- 
cal, The Irish red class will be particularly hot, and will con- 
tain all the cracks, ; 
The English setter class is also strong and good. It will re- 
pay the lover of hounds fo visit the show if for no other pur- 
ose than to see the splendid packs entered. Shaner, of West 
hester, enters one pack, the West Chester Hunt a second, 
Bryn Mar a third, and three others are on hand, 
Jeff Shaner, the Nester of fox hunting in this State, 
stated to-day that he wished to encourage the holding of a 
similar show next year, and, as a breeder, would work for us. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad will carry dogs free to the 
show. They will also run specia} excursion trains to the Fair 
Grounds during the showy, Homo, 
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FOREST AND STREAM. 
MODERN JOURNALISM. 
Editoy Forest and Stream; 
Allow me space in which to illustrate to your readers how a 
certain enterprising Western paper is conducted. In his last 
attempt the editor appears to have fairly earned his reputa- 
tion and eyen to have outstripped himself, Some of the back 
numbers of the paper reyeal many startling facts, bub there is 
nothing there to beat the record of the past few weeks which 
is brilliant beyond description. I haye just been reading that 
Mr. Davidson was a gentleman, a man of honor, and the best 
judge in America until he refused to bow to the dictum of an 
unscrupulous and corrupt character, when he ceased as sud- 
denly as comesa clap of thunder froma clear sky, to bea 
judge or even a man under whose judgment exhibitors would 
intrust their dogs; an ostracized individual with whom no re- 
spectable person would judge. I have also read how the 
Westminster Kennel Club was held up to ridicule, its members 
denounced as knownothings, and its esteemed and lamented 
secretary denounced in the strongest languag's to be found in 
the English dictionary. Ihave noted the sudden change as 
follows: “The Westminster Kennel Club has our most cordial 
support, and deserves the co-operation of every man who is 
interested in dogs.” I haye asked myself the meaning of 
this newly acquired friendship. and have not had far 
to go for an answer; but let time reyeal the facts. 
I have seen how various dogs, when owned by cer- 
tain parties, have been well nigh perfect, and I 
have noticed their collapse into mediocrity when they haye 
changed ownership. Ihave seen them dwindle down into 
niongrels, and then rise again as quickly as the mushroom 
grows, only to be buried againin oblivion with another change 
of ownership, Pitiful as such things are, they sink into insig- 
nificance when a body of gentlemen and sportsmen, respected 
by the entire honest community, are described as having on 
their skins parasites of a worse kind than can be found on 
dogs, ‘Truly such work is a disgrace to journalism, but as an 
oid farmer once remarked, ‘‘What can you expeci from a pig 
but a grunt?” Well, here is a little more consistency; but be 
it understood, ‘‘we conduct this paper in a thoroughly inde- 
pendent manner, and on the principle of the greatest good to 
the greatest number.” (‘‘We" 
est number.) 
Juny 12, 1884.—''The majority 
ave not breeders, including Mr, 
Mason.” 
Juxy 12, 1884.—*‘Nor was he [Mr. 
Mason] a successful exhibitor.” 
JuLy 12, 1584,—*tA man to be a 
teacher must possess knowledge. 
That May, Mason is not the judge 
he professes to be we most posi- 
tively assert.”’ 
Juny 12, 1884.—““The only pos- 
sible way in which Mr. Mason 
could break up dog shows would 
be for him to judge at a few; that 
would do it; but happily we shall 
never see Mr, Mason judge at a 
show of any importance,” 
Aug. 16, 1884.—'‘He | Mr, Mason] 
shall neyer pollute our coiumns 
again.” 
Ave, 16, 1884.—“Can Mr, Mason 
tell us of an instance of an Ameri- 
can judge doing what he did at 
the London show?” : 
Aue. 16, 1884.—“‘There is not a 
man to-day so thoroughly ostra- 
eized socially by the sportsmen 
of America, and to whom somany 
of their doors are closed.” 
Aug. 16, 1884.—‘“So long as we 
can wield an arm with a pen or 
without one, we will not per- 
mit any man to come to America 
and insult our institutions and 
our people, and to cover with the 
mire of dishonor those who are 
entitled to and have the respect 
of Americans.” 
in this case represent the great- 
Marca 26, 1881.—‘*Prominent 
among English breeders will be in 
attendance Messrs. Henry Lacy 
and 0, H. Mason.” 
MARCH 26, 1881.—* * * “Messrs. 
Henry Lacy and ©. H, Mason, both 
of whom have been very success- 
ful exhibitors at home.” 
AuG. 27, 1881.—'‘*Under the man- 
agement of Mr. Lincoln, with 
Messrs, Taylor and Mason as 
judges, the public will loek for 
nothing else but a satisfactory ex- 
hibition,” 
Oor, 8, 1881.—‘‘Mr. C. H. Mason 
judged fox-terriers, greyhounds. 
collies, mastiffs, St. Bernards, 
NewfoundJands, bulldogs and bull- 
terriers, Skyes, Dandies, Scotch, 
Yorkshire, Irish, black and tan, 
toy terriers, pugs and miscella- 
neous. The judging gave general 
satisfaction. "TA notable fact, 
there was not a protest against 
any of the awards.”’ 
hy 
Aug. 16, 1884.—Will Mr. Mason 
give us the true version of the 
Paddleford matter?’* 
Oct, 8, 1881.—His own report of 
the London show: “The judging 
faye general satisfaction.’ 
Here let me quote from letters 
received from prominent sports- 
men: 
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 24, 1884,— 
“Accept my congratulations for 
the straightforward, honest man- 
ner in which you present your 
side of the case in reference to 
the protest in FoREST AND STREAM 
of July 17 ** 
BRoogktyn, N. Y., July 7, 1884.— 
“Mr, says every sportsman 
in N, J. with whom he had talked 
upheld you in your position.” 
BuFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 238, 1884.— 
‘Never rest until the whole busi- 
ness is exposed. You are indorsed 
by honest people.” 
SEpr. 6, 1884.—''Our ventilation 
of this speculative show, in our 
last issue, did not fall dead on the 
public ear, as the numerous let- 
ters we have already received 
go to prove. Among theseletters 
is one from a prominent breeder 
and exhibitor, who after denoun- 
cing the scheme, writes: ‘It can- 
not be a success, forno owner of 
a dog who has the interest of dogs 
at heart, and respects himself 
would lend himself to such a 
scheme by exhibiting a dog. 
Moreover, the character of the 
men who only could be got to 
judge at such a show, would pre- 
yent any one who valued his dog 
from competing, as to win would 
not be an honor. A respectable 
man could not be got into such a 
scheme. Only those, who [sic] 
no legitimate show would have to 
judge, could be induced to judge.’ 
Our correspondent is right, a re- 
spectable and an intelligent judge 
could not be induced to sacritice 
his position to officiate at suchea 
bogus affair, Another correspon- 
dent, commenting on the ‘Little 
Joker’ show, as be terms it, de- 
clares that there will have been 
shows enough given by the time 
the Westminster Kennel Club’s 
October show is over, until the 
winter shows commence, and ean 
not see what possible good, under 
any circumstances, could come 
ofit, Our correspondent is right; 
but he must remember there are 
parasites on the owners of dogs 
as well as on dogs, and of the two 
the one on the owner of the dog 
is a greater blood sucker than the 
one on the dog.”’ 
The following are the promo- 
ters and the judges of the show 
as above described: Promoters— 
Joseph Kelly, Esq., Ed. Kelly, 
Esq., Rodney Benson, Hsq., W. 
bP. Stevenson, HEsq.. A. H. Moore, 
Esq.. John EH, Thayer, Esq., W- 
Wade, Hsq,, J. F. Campbell, Esq , 
Dr. J. Frank Perry, Geo. W. 
Leavitt, Esq.. J. P. Willey, Esq., 
T. G. Davey, Esq. Judges—B. F. 
Wilson, Hsq.,Joln Davidson, Hsq., 
Db. Bateman, Esq., R. Exly, Esq., 
A.S, Apgar, Esq.. J. F. Kirk, Esq., 
Ronald H. Barlow, Esq. 
Let us now see what weight this gentleman’s paper (?) carries 
129 
with the respectable members of the community. Under date 
of Aug. 16, the editor writes: “The question has been fairly 
put before the public (very fairly) and the verdict is that Mr. 
lason should be barred from bench shows.” The decision of 
the public came in the form of a decided snub for editer and 
paper as follows: 
C. H, Mason, Lisq.: : 
Tam Pecos ied by the committee of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, 
to solicit the favor of receiving some entries from you for their show. 
CHAS. LINCOLN. 
Monrrnan, Sept, 4, 1884. 
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 26, 1884, 
Chas, H, Mason, Hsq.s 
If you show Beaufort we will give an extra prize of twenty-five 
dollars for the best pointer in the show. J. F. CAMPBELL. 
I have asked your permission to present the aboye exam- 
ples, because the editor in question having made an wnprin- 
cipled, unmanly and cowardly attack upon me, has for obvious 
reasons closed his columns to my just defense. I have asked 
no space in which to defend myself against an attack of such 
a character: that is unnecessary, butit is best the public should 
know how this gentleman’s paper is conducted. 
Cras. H. Mason. 
TOMPEINSVILLE, Sept, 9, 1884. 
ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 
XI, 
M? CH to eyerybody’s surprise the show at Tunbridge 
at Wells was a great success. (ennel celebrities were 
rather conspicuous by their absence, but the novices turned up 
in great force, There must haye been a very energetic “whip” 
for local entries. This is just the sort of show that will be a 
big failure next time. The entry fees were extortionate, the 
prizes paltry, and the management revealed the presence of 
‘prentice hands.” The favorable balance that should remain 
with the committee they will do wellto husband up for next 
year’s accounts. The attendance was very numerous, andthe 
ladies showed up handsomely in numbers. A foreigner would 
have regarded with enyy these healthy English girls with 
their homely faces and pleasant smiles, and if he had strolled 
along the Pontiles and listened to their conversation, be would _ 
haye found they are as interested in their “hops” as the town. 
belle is in her balls and bazaars. 
I don’t know anything against the beagle judge at thisshow, 
Mr. Carew Gibson; I have no beagles of my own to sell, sa I 
don’t look upon him with the envious eyes of a business man. 
He seems to have scribbled himself into the beagle fancy, and 
possibly looks forward to enjoying the fruits of his labor. I 
opine from the sharp attacks upon him that regularly appear 
inthe Sporting Times, that he has in some way or other 
crossed the path of the jealous ‘‘Wildfowler.” If My, Gibson 
has ever owned any good beagles the public has not seen them. 
Still if in one way or the other he assists in exciting attention 
to these merry little hounds, he will serve a purpose. 
J heard exhibitors comment upon the bad form of the com- 
mittee in allowing a judge (Mr. Gibson) to advertise in the 
catalogue that he was able to supply “the nobility and gentry” 
with specimens of the breed he was to officiate upon. Such 
acts are calculated to lower the tone of dog shows. 
Henley-on-Thames should be a warning to Tunbridge Wells. 
I hear that the show of the regatta town, in spite of the ami- 
ability of the officials and the intense heat, was a—trost. 
Several classes appear to have attracted no entiies at all, and. 
theimpracticability of the sweepstake principle as applied to 
champion classes was conspicuously demonstrated. 
Mr. D, Frank writes about Great Danes and boarhounds 
again. His desire is that in “the next Palace show there may 
be two different classes for the German mastiffs and the pure 
Great Danes.” I lope he may getit. As the secretary of the 
Kennel Clubis himself an exhibitor of this variety, Mi. Frank 
can rest assured that the breed will not lack attention. An- 
other correspondent on the same subject says he has a per- 
sonal knowledge of Denmark for twenty years, and during 
this period he has only seen one Great Dane there, and that 
came from Germany. 
* Boot dere vas only von Sharman dere, 
Und he vas a Holstem Dane.*' 
Mr, Edmund Wormald sums up his historical remarks on 
boarhounds with this statement; “As a modern Danish breed 
up to that time (7. e. 1880), T have no hesitation at all in saying 
it was unknown.” ‘This corroborates Mr. Gustay Lang’s writ- 
ings, which go to show that the Great Danes come from Stutt- 
gart, the German mastiffs from Ulm, and the German mongrels 
from Leonberg and Zahna. 
Mr. J. H. Gunn, secretary of the Cardiff dog show, has de- 
servedly got himself into hot water for his careless manner 
of dispatching the exhibits to their destination after the 
show. Many of these secretaries are most unbearable jacks 
when they are in office. Polite and servile to prominent ex- 
hibitors and those they know, but off-handed and ‘uppish” to 
the meek-mannered searchers for information. They fuss 
about with upraised hands, vacuous confusion in their coun- 
tenances and a generally-bewildered aspect that indicates the 
shallow, inexperienced mind within. They assume all the 
airs of a factory boy smoking his first pipe, and present an 
appearance little less ridiculous and quite as amusing to the 
observant spectator. 
Sir John Lubbock has made his ‘‘pile” at banking, but there 
is still a chance for him to earn an honest livelihood in the ring, 
not the judging ring but the circus rmg. I suppose he still 
keeps his performing ants (I have not much opinion of that 
insect since I read about him in the “Innocents Abroad”), but 
he now possesses a black poodle which he has educated to ask 
for what it requires by bringing cards with the words “‘food,” 
‘“vater,” etc., printed thereon. Iam, of course, much struck 
with the poodle’s intelligence, but T am also puzzed when I 
consider the amount of leisure that must be employed by our 
bankers and statesmen when I read of their developing the 
“business” of the powdered clown. 
Mr. Ernest George Martin has written a letter to tha Shoof- 
ing Times, which among much that is practical contains, [ am: 
sorry to say, much that is injudicious and hot-headed. That 
exhibitors are getting a bit sick of the Kennel Club’s stock 
judge, the Rev. W. J. Mellor, J arn obliged to admit, but it is 
unpleasant to see the mine sprung under him by one of his 
fellow members. It tends to prove that the boasted esprit de 
corps of the Kennel Club is melting away under supercilious 
and limited control. Writing of Mr. Mellor’s awards in the 
bull-terrier class at Henley, My. Martin says; “A greater 
fiasco or miscarriage of justice has neyer been witnessed in 
the history of dog shows.” He complains that Mr. Mellor 
would not ‘thonestly admit” his mistake, If Mr, Mellor had 
stopped at that I should have indorsed his conduct, but he 
untortunately spoiled the effect by ‘‘givying his reasous;” than 
this I know nothing more foolish and implicating. Mr, Mar- 
tin then offers to make a bet of £50 with the judge, which L 
don’t think the latter is likely to accept. In his postscript he 
cuttingly advises the committee to ‘look more fo the real 
interests of exhibitors and spend less on champagne lunches!” 
Dear me, is thatso! IwishIlhad beenat Henley, 1 think 
Mr, Martin is rather hard upon the committee. The reports 
say the heat was tropical, and one must drink, you know. It 
is true the Thames is handy, but the papers say that is run— 
ning dry. The best joke of the whole affair, though, is this. 
Mr, Martin says that the owner of the winning dog “‘candidly” 
told the Shooting Times reporter that Mr. Martin’s was the 
better terrier, and yet, to Mr. Martin’s suffocating astonish- 
ment, he reads in the report that he was unwise to show in a, 
big class. Saye me from my friends! 
“But Annius, crafty seer, 
Came crammed with canon from where Pollis dines.” 
In the same paper under the heading “‘Is this right?’ appears 
a leading article containing an ungenerous, ill-advised atlaclk 
