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color. Neither of the two bitches shown were first-class, Lady 
Bislow, who was first, has a fair head, except that she is a 
trifle undershot, She hasa good chest and legs with a fair 
loin and feet; she has too much white on her chest and was 
not in good condition, Heather Lass, who won second, is also 
a fairly good animal with rather a weak head; she has good 
Jegs and feet but is a trifle wide in front and was out of 
Teather, 
POINTERS—(MR. DAVIDSON), 
Inthe champion dog class, Beaufort was given the pride of 
place. He was in splendid condition, In the bitch class, Rue, 
also in beautiful condition, had a walk over, The open class 
for large dogs brought out but two. Fritz, the winner, is a 
very good dog, with no serious faults. Jimmie; who won sec- 
ond, is also a good animal. He was not quite at his best, In 
the large bitch class, there was not much to choose between 
the three shown, Lady Gleam won first. She was looking 
better than we have ever seen her. Roxie IL, who won sec- 
ond, is fairly good all round, except that she is slack in the 
back and too straight behind, Beulah, third, was out of temper 
and would not allow the judge to handle her; but for this we 
thought her chances for first very good. Thesmall dogs were 
a capital lot, all of them receiving notice, which was no more 
than they deserved. There was not much to choose between 
Bon Ton, first, and Robin Adair, second, both are good. We 
fancied the easy style in which Robin moves would carry him 
to the front, Dean, who was third, has a good head, legs and 
feet, but was badlyshown. In the corresponding bitch class, 
first went to Nell, a fairlooking animal, but she was in whelp 
and did not show ather best. Bird, who was second, also 
looks fairly well. She is too straight behind and has a coarse 
tall. Nellie, third, israther an ordinary specimen much too 
wide in front, 
SPANIELS—(MR. KIRK). 
There was only one entry in the Trish water spaniel class, 
and she was absent. In the champion field spaniel class Bene- 
dict won over Bob, Jr., his only competitor. In the open 
class eyery animal received a card, which was a well merited 
compliment to the excellence of the class. Our old favorite, 
Black Prince, won the pride of place; he was looking well, 
Only one Clumber was shown; he has a good head, capital 
legs and feet, but might be better in ear, Inthe champion 
cocker class Obo IT, had a walk over; he was looking well. 
He was entered ‘not ta compete for specials,” which was un- 
fortunate, as he could undoubtedly have won. The open 
dog class brought out six good specimens, the lowest on the 
list receiving he. The corresponding bitch class was also an 
excellent one. In the class for ‘fother than liver or black” 
there were seyeral that looked like workers. Taking the 
spaniels all through, we do not remember to have seen so 
ood an average lot together. We thought them well judged. 
OHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS—(MR. MARTINEDT). 
Only two Chesapeakes were shown; both were good speci- 
mens. Bowley, the winner, has lost an eye and shows age: 
nevertheless he looks able for a hard day’s work yet. He has 
powerfjl muscles and is a very good specimen of the breed. 
FOXHOUNDS—(MR. BATEMAN), 
There were only fiye Foxhounds shown, all owded by Mr. D. 
O'Shea. We preferred Torrence to any of the lot althongh 
there is not a great deal of difference between him and Rally, 
‘who was placed over him, 
DEERHOUNDS—(MR. BATEMAN). 
The deerhounds were a yery good lot. They were properly 
placed, and as the winners are well known, no particular de- 
scription is needed. 
GREYHOUNDS—(MR. BATEMAN), 
In the champion dog and open. bitch class Mr. Huntineton 
had it all his own way. His dogs were well shown, In the 
open dog class Poacher was an easy winner. He is a good dog 
with excellent legs and feet; he is a bit fullin eyesand a 
trie too straight in shoulders and stifle. Joe is an ordinary 
animal and got all that he deserved. 
BEAGLES—(MR, KIRK). 
The beagle classes were not well filled although there were 
several good ones which were described last month. 
BASSHT HOUNDS—(MR, KIRK). 
Nemowrs was the only good one in the class, he also won at 
the Kennel Club’s show last month. 
DACHSHUNDE—(MR. KIRK). 
This class was also poor with the exception of the winner. 
MASTIFTS—(MR. KR, EXLEY). 
As might haye been expected, these classes were remark- 
ably well handled by Myr, Exdey, who is the best judge of 
the breed we have seen in the country. It was a pleas- 
ure to us to see these grand dogs judged with some re- 
gard for the standard. In the champion class Nevison 
stood alone in his glory, and added another laurel to 
his long list, this being his forty-second first prize. From 
eye to nose he is too long, and he lacks squareness of muz- 
zle. He is alsoatrifie long on the legs, and would be im- 
proved by the addition of more bone, His skull is good, but 
his strongest points are his excellent neck, shoulders, back, 
loin and hind parts. He weighed 170 pounds, and was looking 
well, the old sore on his leg being’ nearly cured. Jlford Crom- 
well, in the open class, was absent, and DeBuch, late Tiny, 
was, fortunately for himself, not for competition. He was 
very badly shown, his coat being almost as coarse as that of 
an Irish terrier. He has plenty of bone, but we do not like 
the wolfish appearance of his head, his throatiness or his short 
tail. Sam, he,, is light in eyes, long in face, has badly-carried 
ears, and is faulty in loin and behind it; otherwise he is fairly 
good. Senator is too long in the head for a mastiff; is legry, 
crooked in forelegs, faulty in loin, weal in thighs, and has a 
curly tail. Dread, c., is badly cow-hocked, stands too high on 
the legs, has a ring tail, and a ‘weak loin; his ears also are too 
light in color. Leo, vhe., is a fair little dog, his faults being 
a plain face and scarcity of bone, Rover (Kisteman’s) thought 
that he deseryed a card, and we prefer him to Dread, who 
‘was commended, but he is not a show dog, being very faulty 
in the stifies, added to which fault he is throaty, heavy in 
ears, and has white feet. Hector, who won second prize, isa 
nice little dog, with a fair good skull, coat and color, His 
faults are; Feet turned out, ears badly carried, elhows 
standing out, atid muzzle a trifle pinched, Homer won 
first and was well placed. He has a good head, is of nice 
color and correctly marked, stands well on his forelegs and 
feet, which are good. Like every other dog he has his faults, 
and they are licht eyes, a back too hollow, a neck too throaty, 
and hocks too close together, 
In the next class, for bitches, Liberty, a rare bred one, took 
third prize. She hasa fair good skull and ears, and although 
she is square in muzzle, she is too long from eye to nose, and 
is very throaty; her feet too are faulty. She isa fair good 
biteh, and if carefully mated should breed something good. 
Queen IL, another well-bred one, took the blue ribbon and 
-deseryed it. With the exception that she is on the small side, 
a bit stilty behind, and slack in the back, she is a nice bitch, 
Aydal was by some people liked better than the winner. We 
do not share that opinion, and think her potrealy placed gec- 
ond. In head, ears; coat and color she is good, but she is 
‘light in eye, throaty, slack in the back, and is not a big one. 
_Nevison, 
The special prize for the best mastiff of all classes went to 
On the whole these classes were much better than 
- we expected to find them; and without doubt the mastiff is 
rapidly winding his way into public favor. We have. care- 
fully pointed-out all the faults in the. yarious exhibits, beliey- 
ing that such criticism is conducive to improyement, as it 
causes the intelligent breeder to pause and, consider how such 
faults may be eliminated. : 
hope to see him in the ring again, 
ST, BERNARDS—(MR. BARLOW). - : 
These classes were well handled by Mr. Barlow, and we 
i The St, Bernard is a 
Ae and noble fellow, and deserves a better fate. than 
é-has too- often received. Hermit represented the rough- ! 
faulty in feet; her 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
coated champions, but the son of Rollo and Lady Abbess 
was sadly out of condition, He has a fair good head, 
plenty of bone, and stands on the best of forelegs and feet, 
ut he has light eyes, a slack loin, and moves badly be- 
hind, The,first to attract attention inthe open dog class was 
Rene, long in face, slack in back, and curly in tail, fair body; 
legs and feet, but too small for a winner. Samson, winner of 
second honors, is of good size, hasa fairly good body and 
stands on good legs and feet. His faults are heayy ears, a 
curly coat, an inclination to throatiness and a ring tail. is 
muzzle, too, isnot square enough. Czsar, very badly shown 
was placed first. ith the exception that he is bad at both 
ends, he isa good dog. His face is too fine and wolfish in ex- 
pression, and his tail, the end of it, has a liking for his back, 
body, legs and feet very good, Rollo, placed third, is not up 
to the usual form of Mr. Benson’s kennel, and his faults are 
too numerous for a good specimen, Heisshort and wavy in 
coat, shelly, fine in muzzle, light of bone, and carries his 
tail too gaily, In the ladies’ class, Millicent II., 
placed second, is a niceish specimen of good size, and 
stands on capital feet; she is inclined to be snipy and slack be- 
hind the shoulder, lacks coat and bone, and ies not possess 
those ugly monstrosities, dew claws, First on the list stood 
her kennel corapanion, Stella, rather a catchy looking daughter 
of that not over handsome but notoriously great stud dog, 
Thor. She is a broody looking bitch, good between the coup- 
lings and stands on the best of legs and feet; she carries her 
tail too high, does not move well behind, is snipy and requires 
the addition of considerably more coat to be a really first- 
class specimen; she was well shown, indeed it was her adyan- 
tage in condition which placed her in front of Caesar and 
Lohengrin for the special prize. Regie, who won third, stands 
out at the elbows, lacks bone, is snipy, slack in the back and 
hind parts are good. Lohengrin, who 
always looks well and has many good points to recommend 
him, was alone in the class for champion smooth-coated dogs. 
His head is above the average and his legs and feet are excel 
lent; he would do with more size, carries his tail too high, is a 
trifle throaty and slackin the back. The winner in the open 
smooth-coated class will not, we fear, develop into anything 
good, Heisnot only plain in head, throaty and has badly 
carried ears, but he lacks St, Bernard character. The second 
pe winner has the same faults, and we should have with- 
eld the third for want of merit, as the winner of it runs too 
much to the bloodhound type. His occipital bone is as prom 
inent as that of a Rollo or a Regent. Bitches were a 
better lot. Zug, placed second, though on the small 
side, stands on good legs and feet and has a good 
body; her head and ears, too, are fairly good. 
It is in the hocks that her worst fault is to be seen. Dinah, 
from the same kennel, who won first, has a fair, good head, 
and a good body, with good hind ‘quarters; she carries 
her tail too high, is light in bone, open im feet, and inclined to 
be throaty. The owner of Abra, placed third, refused us an 
examination of the bitch off the bench, so that the only faults 
we could discover were crooked forelegs,a snipy face, a throaty 
neck, and lack of bone in forearms, 
NEWFOUNDLANDS—(MR. KIRK), 
We were sorry not to see a better class of Newfound- 
lands, though they were equal and even superior to 
those at most shows. Truly this grand breed of dog de- 
serves more attention. He is brave, intelligent and kind, 
and those who remember Mayor of Bingley will not deny 
that he is handsome. The dogs exhibited at our shows 
are too curly, and appear to be crossed on the English re- 
triever. The tail, instead of being long and gracefully carried, 
is almost invariably short and curled away over the back. In 
head, too, there is a decided lack of true Newfoundland char- 
acter, and instead of the small, closely carried ear, we almost 
invariably find the long, dangling ear, such as is seen on a 
badly bred spaniel. The girth of forearm is seldom found to 
be more than 9 or 10 inches, whereas it should not be less than 
11, and as much more as is possible to get. ree just a fair 
specimen, is too curly, carries his flag too high, is faulty in 
ears, and lacks substance. Jean was absent when we took our 
notes. Bounce, who won third, too closely resembles the re- 
triever, barring, of course, his head and eyes, 
COLLIES—(MR, APGAR). 
The peculiar decisions in these classes during the past few 
years have threatened to seriously damage the appearance of 
a most intelligent and useful dog, such as the collie unquestion- 
ably is, A man to be a judge of collies must haye owned and 
bred them, or how can he judge them? Notwithstanding this, 
men presume to judge them who have never so much as 
seen a first-class specimen, the result of which is that soft coat- 
ed woolly dogs are awarded the highest honors, It isasuntair 
to the dogs as it is to breeders, that they should be handled in 
such a fashion, and we intend to protect the dogs at least. 
Mr. Apgar has bred collies and has successfully exhibited 
them; this is not all, he has learned something of their char- 
acteristics, and on this occasion his decisions gave Bene 
satisfaction. In only one instance did we differ with “him in 
his awards, and that in the open bitch class. The classes were 
well filled as might have been expected. In the champion 
dog class old Rex scored another win, He was looking well 
but does not carry as much coat as he once did. In the eor- 
responding bitch class Fairy, all out of coat, had matters to 
herself, she falls away below the eyes, is too squarein muzzle, 
and has bad ears. In the open dog elass, Chance, commended, 
was shown much too fat. He has not sufficient top coat or 
undercoat either, and he carries his tail, which is too short, 
higher than we like, he is also too straight in thestifles. Head, 
fore legs and feet fairly good. Hiram, placed second, is a niceish 
sable and white dog, shown wanting in coat. His ears and his 
stifles are his worst faults. Ben Nevis won, and yery properly 
so; he is a nice sable dog of good breeding, and he shows it. 
He has a fair, good head, a little too full at the brow perhaps, 
and his ears, which are well carried, are better in shape and 
size than the average. At present he is a trifle light between 
the couplings, but willimprove; he would also be improved 
by more coat and frill. is tailis of good length, and is car- 
ried in the orthodox style. Sam, vhe., has not a bad head, 
but is too round in skull; his tail is too short, and he lacks un- 
dercoat. He was not in the best of condition, but deserved 
his card. Brack, who won third, has beautiful small ears, but 
he carries them too much @ Ja fox-terrier, and that won't do, 
He is a little too strong in head and too short in tail, which he 
carries too high, and his coat is not hard enough to meet the 
attacks of hail, snow, sleet and rain, Nevertheless, he claims 
for his sire the great Carlyle, one of the best-coated collies 
ever seen on a bench, Donald we should have raised a peg 
higher, though he is too square in muzzle and too round in 
skull, and carries his ears badly, Heis of nice color and has 
arare good topcoat, In the bitch class Plirt, slack in back, 
short in the face, with little frill and ears badly carried, could 
only score he. The third-prize winner, Jean, shows her good 
breeding, and her faults are, ears heayy and badly carried, 
face teo short, eyes too light, tail carried too high; she would. 
also be improved by more coat. Jersey Lass, too strong in 
head, faulty in tail, and wanting in coat, mane and frill, was 
in her proper place. Jersey Lilly, wide in front, soft in coat, 
too full at the brow, and lacking a sufficiency of coat, should 
have given away to Effie Dean, a nice type of bitch, with a 
fair head and ears, She was shown too soft in coat, and she 
carries her tail too high. Nevertheless she should have béen 
second, Lark, who won first, is a nice bitch, and {shows a 
great deal of collie character, She is a’ trifle round in skull, 
and some more coat would add to her appearance; her tail, 
too, is carried too high for our liking: Shé is good in body, 
legs, feet and ears. Fan has too much ear and too little coat. 
The material is in the wrong place, unfortunately. : 
! FOX-THRRIDRS— (MR. BARLOW). 5 
These classes were better judged than we have yet seen them 
and we regret Mr, Barlow is returning to Bngland; Good 
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fOer. 23, 1884. 
judging means improvement in the dogs, and we would always 
e to see the plucky little terrier judged on his merits, but : 
alas, how seldom do we see the standard followed. In the dog 
class there was a great gathering of the cracks, Raby Ty- 
rant, Rascal and Scarsdale, are terriers good enough to suit 
most men, Mr, Barlow handled them well, and it was evi- 
dent from the first that he knew what he was about. There 
was no attempt to put airs on, or to “look wise,” He handled 
the dogs as though he had seen a terrier before, and not as a 
man would take hold of a cat. Raby Tyrant, thesturdy little 
son of Bailiff and Peach, won, and deserved the blue ribbon. 
He is a rare good terrier, shows a lot of character, and carries 
himself as only a terrier proper can, He is a trifle heavy at 
the shoulders, and is growing cheeky with age, we would also 
prefer his ears not quite so heavy, and could improve him be- 
low the eyes, but he is a grand little dog, stands on rare good 
legs and feet, hasa good back and a capital jacket. Then 
there isa dare-deyil look about him which unquestionably 
means business. Scarsdale came next, He is a trifle too full 
in cheeks, wide in front, and licht of bone, and there isa 
thickness of muzzle near the nose which we do not like, for 
it is not in the place where it is required, or where the squeez- 
ing power lies. Rascal is too long in the back, andis also wide 
in front and inclined to be snipy. The others were outclassed, 
The bitches were not a good class. Jaunty is weak in muzzle, 
does not. carry her ears well, and is too weedy for our liking. 
Second prize was withheld, but we think if Jaunty was good 
enough for first, Clover Belle was good enough for second. 
Her best point is her coat. She is light of bone, snipy, carries 
her ears badly and is too long cast. Gypsey is plain in head, 
light of bone, and long in the back. 
BULL-TERRIDRS--(MR, BARLOW.) 
Here Grand Duke beat Young Bill, but Billy has seen the day 
when he could haye given Young Duke some points and a 
beating, good dog as he ig. Duke was looking well, but was 
shown too fat. Heis a young dog and with age is growing 
cheeky; he carries his tail too high, and is a trifle underhung, 
nevertheless he is a good dog. We could never see but two 
faults in Billy. His eyes are too full and his tail an inch and a, 
half too long. In the bitch class Scarlet IT, had a very easy 
win; she has a capital body, legs and feet, and is a broody- 
looking bitch that should breed good ones, She too is a trifle 
underhung, is growing cheeky, and at some time has lost an 
inch or two off her tail. Nipper isnot a show dog, there being 
a preponderance of bull blood in his veins, as shown by his 
head and eyes. 
SKYES AND YORKSHIRES—(MR. KIRK), 
Three Skyes, or rather only one with any pretentions to 
show form, and he tooshort and soft in coat to take a first 
rize, 
F Yorkshires were better. Mr. Campbell makes a mistake 
when he enters Dandy as a blue and tan; he is a silyer- haired 
Yorkshire, and if entered as such will not be easy to beat until 
the breed is improved. The winner is a compact little dog, 
short in hair and too dark in color along the back; he is 
straight in coat, butis a long way remoyed from high class 
form; the tan on head and legs is not of the rich color we 
like to see. Jimmy has more coat and itis of better texture 
than the winner’s, but his tan markings are very light and he 
has lost his back color. We should have placed Marquis sec- 
ond. With the exception of Mr. Campbell’s dog he was the 
best coated specimen in the class, but we do not like his 
roached back. In the bitch class we cannot indorse Mr. Kirk's 
awards. The winner is two and a half years old, but has not 
sufficient coat for a six months’ old puppy. The second prize 
winner was much the best in the class, though light in color 
and wanting in coat. Lassie, placed third, is too long in the 
back and too light in color; she has plenty of coat, but it is 
too wavy- : 
WIRE-HAIRED AND IRISH—(MR, BARLOW,) 
Hrin among the Irish scored an easy first. He is a nice col- 
ored dog with a fair head and good legs and feet, but he is too 
small and weedy. The others were not first-class, and one at 
least was undershot. In the hard-haired Scotch terrier class 
one prize only was given, and that not to a good one. 
BEDLINGTONS AND BLACK AND TANS—(MR, KIRK.) 
Blucher, among the Neweastle gentlemen, had a clean and 
easy win. In head, coat, eyes, and length of legs he requires 
improyement. Wehope tosee this game breed encouraged 
and improved. Inthe black and tan class Bessie won. he 
ig a fair specimen, good in body and stands well on her feet. 
But she is a bit snipy and her cheek markings are not dis- 
tinet. Her color is good. Brilliant is not a good one, being 
light in eyes, wide in front, not full enough below the eyes 
and cheeks; he carries bis tail straight up intheair. His 
markings and color are good. Im his place we should have 
put Queen, who only got commended. She is a little weak in 
muzzle and has no thumb marks, further, she stands a trifle 
high on the legs, and did not show herself well in the ring. 
She was in splendid coat, is good in color, correct in markings 
(excepting thumb marks) and has the best chest and shoulders 
of anything in the class. Lady falls away too much below 
the eyes, which are too light incolor. She has a plain head 
and a coarse tail, but is good in color and markings. 
BULLDOGS—(MR. BARLOW). 
These classes were remarkably well judged by Mr. Barlow. 
Bellissima beat Tippoo in the champion class, eis a grand 
bitch, and we never saw her look so well. She has a grand 
head, with immense girth of skull for a bitch, good legs 
all round, and a well roached back with bone enough to 
suit anybody. Her feet are a bit faulty, and she might 
be stronger in the back, but we fail to see mich else 
wrong with her. Tippoo, too, isa good one, and we would 
like him better still with less daylight under him, a 
stronger arm and better feet. The open dog class intro- 
duced us to a new comer, Robinson Crusoe, and a grand 
dog he is, He has a magnificent head and a fairly good body. 
His worst fault lies at the elbows which are not thrown out 
sufficiently, which gives him the appearance of having terrier 
legs. We would like to see his body swmg more freely | 
between his couplings when he moves, in the manner peculiar 
to the bulldog, and would prefer his back a little more roached, 
but he isa grand dog. Rhodora hada very easy win inthe — 
bitch class, there being nothing approaching her in bulldog ' 
character, Bellissima wou the special over Robinson Crusoe, 
and we indorse the decision. } 
PUGS—(MR. BARLOW). ; ‘ 
George, not being for competition, left Roderick with a 
walk oyer, and we never saw him looking better. His faults 
are well known—muzzle, eyes and hind quarters. In the 
open dog class Tum-Tum If. won, but we cannot stand his 
smutty color, his long face, small eyes, or his faulty feet and 
tail, Our choice was Max, notwithstanding his faulty stifles 
and loin, or his white toe or two. He was points the hest 
headed dog in the class, and there was none with better eyes. 
We would have placed Treasure next, being cognizant at the 
same time of his somewhat coarse coat, throatiness, not very 
good color and terrier feet, Ned is too large, long in muzzle 
and faulty in hocks. In the bitch class we inclined to Fossey 
for first, good im body, coat, color, trace and eyes, but faulty 
in muzzle and tail. Gypsy, the winner, is good in body, tail 
and color, but too long and fine in muzzle and small in eed 
she is of nice size, Lanra we did not think deserving of t d 
vize, She isa ve ain looking biteh, with ears much too. 
arg’e, no trace mark, bad tail and of smutty color. 
: TOY TERRINRS—(MR. KIRK). ' 
Tn the smooth class first prize very properly went to Dot, a 
fair black and tan. Second was given to Flora, the owner of 
which could not consistently have found fault had Mr, Kirk 
withheld the prize. In the rough class Fonzo, a very poor 
color, won. Floss, he., was. 
and should haye been first 
specimen, faulty both in coat an 
along ‘way ahead of the winner, 
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