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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Afrit. 9, 1885. 



show. They are tired of the rings, and the first club that 

 tries the experiment of boldly throwing off the shackles a,nd 

 going it on their own hook will reap such an appreciative 

 reward from exhibitors as will make the hair stand on end on 

 the heads of those who think they can run the dog world of 

 America. 



Look how flunkeyism has been rampant since the initiation 

 of the A. K. C. Fault is found with ciub action— we are im- 

 mediately told how wealthy, honorable and high-toned the 

 managers are. A judge is said to have shown himself incom- 

 petent fas the Stock-Keeper says, "his honesty is only equaled 

 by his incapacity") — forsooth, there is a howl about abusing 

 respectable judges and honorable men. 



A dog dealer is over a year In filling an order for a dog that 

 can be picked up in packs, and we are told that he has the en- 

 tire confidence of Tom Collins, Snooks and Peter Funk. 



Now, would it not be more to the purpose to show that the 

 "high-toned managers" were right in then course, that the 

 "respectable judge" was correct in his awards, and that the 

 dog dealer enjoying such "confidence" had good reasons for 

 keeping his customer's money over a year without sending the 

 dog, than to dose us with such silly stuff as this? 



I am glad to note that y ou, at least by implication, recog- 

 nize the usefulness of agitation ; call it ' 'kicking" if you will, 

 but we were sinking into a slough of imbecility that prom- 

 ised to make dog shows ridiculous. The vigorous prosecu- 

 tion of the "Pointer Protest" war stirred up the waters, mtl 

 note how, since then, the fresh blood in kennel matters has 

 forced itself forward. Such managers as the New Haven 

 Club, and such a "knight of the quill" as Mr. Gregg, are dis- 

 tinct and hopeful gains to dog-show interests. W. Wade. 



Hui.ton. Pa., March -2S. 1885. 



ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. 



xxvrr. 



AN event long foreseen by those who move among the "in- 

 ner circle" of doggy lii'e has at last come to pass with 

 dramatic suddenness. By next. Friday when the papers appear 

 the whole kennel world will be discussing the resignation of 

 Mr. H. St. James Stephen, the secretary of the Kennel Club. 

 It is easy to fix the date when this step was taken. On Fri- 

 day, the 'iTth of February, a committee meeting was held in 

 Cleveland How to consider matters in connection with the 

 club's secretary. This week the papers publish a letter dated 

 27th of February, about the new champion rule, from Mr. W. 

 J. Mellor, who signs himself "Chairman of the Committee 

 Meeting." The result of that committee meeting is plain 

 enough, as in the ordinary course of affairs that letter would 

 have been written by the secretary. At this hour it is un- 

 necessary, and it would be ungenerous to drag out the many 

 little misfortunes and shortcomings, private and public, that 

 have contributed to Mr. Stephen's downfall. This much I may 

 repeat, from one who knew him well, that be owes the loss of 

 his post to his unmeasured aud unreasonable liberality, and to 

 the occult workings of men whose feelings he had slighted, 

 and of others in whose way he stood. Now that he has suc- 

 cumbed, I am certain he will receive the "forgiving and for- 

 gotten" sympathy of the first, and I hope he may enjoy the 

 disappointment of the second class. 



Mr. Stephen's connection with dogs dates only some four or 

 five years back. At that time he was a "sucking barrister," 

 and in the public seiwice as one of Her Majesty's custodes 

 rotv.lorum. He has not attained eminence at the bar, 

 his name having been only once before the public, when he 

 last summer conducted Miss Violet Cameron's case for dam- 

 ages against a butcher whose, ferocious mastiff had eaten the 

 lady's lap dog. There are, however, lucrative plums in the 

 Civil Service, and the course of promotion in the Record 

 Office should incline favorably toward the cousin of a judge. 

 As Mr. Stephen remains a member of the Kennel Club, f 

 should be surprised if he were to entirely sever his doggy re- 

 lations. 



I think that is highly unlikely. He made his first appear- 

 ance on the show bench with a raaguiheent deerhound, now 

 champion Bevis, and from the last Ostend show brought back 

 with him a Great Dane bitch ; this latter breed will probably 

 be his "fancy." He has an engagement to judge at the ap- 

 proaching Warwick show, where I hope he will receive a frank 

 and hearty welcome to the exhibiting ranks by those fanciers 

 who liked him not in bis official clothing. 



"Wbom will the Kennel Club get now?" is the next question, 

 "Will it be the old secretary, Mr. George Lowe, their present 

 editor of the Kennel Gazette? More unlikely men than he 

 will try for it. Will it be the head clerk, Mr. Boardman, who, 

 from the long time he has been in the office, has acquired a 

 thorough knowledge of the technique of the business? The 

 position is said to be his ambition, but I am afraid that his 

 irritable nature would make it a burden to him. Will it be a 

 member of the Club? I think not, as he is certain to be im- 

 patient of control and reproof. It comes too late for Mi*. Taun- 

 ton, and there is no ditch deep enough to bury Mr. Hugh 

 Balziel's hatchet. I prophesy much bickering and bitterness 

 before it is decided, as the appointment lies with the com- 

 mittee, and each one has "a friend round the corner who'd be 

 very glad to have the job." If the Kennel Club expect their 

 new official to devote the whole of his time to the duties they 

 mast make a considerable addition to the present salary, 

 which is something under £200— not enough for "cigars and 

 cabs," as Mr. Stephen could probably tell them. 



What a pity it is that the club cannot induce some of their 

 present committee to resign also. Between the wooden-headed 

 stupidity of some, and the supercilious, arrogant ignorance of 

 others, the unofficial members of the club are gradually losing 

 patience. They make a great show of working for the im- 

 provement of dogs, of course, without heed of themselves, and 

 are forever startling us with some fresh proof of their in- 

 capacity, such as the new champion rule. 



I will forthwith relate their latest faux pas, which is an 

 indulgent description of the act. A visitor to their last show 

 in the Crystal Palace claimed a Dandie Dinmont terrier at the 

 catalogue price. He paid the full amount in the office, re- 

 ceived his receipt, and the agent of the club, whoever may 

 have been in the office at the time, undertook to forward the 

 dog to the purchaser on the evening the show closed. They 

 neglected to fulfil this promise, and in answer to a fetter from 

 the purchaser asking for an explanation, replied that the dog 

 had been found dead on his bench the morning after the show. 

 Therefore the club broke then- contract in not sending the dog- 

 while he was still alive the last day of the show, and then on 

 the purchaser naturally asking for his money back— now mark 

 their sense of honor and duty — refuse to refund, actually de- 

 cline to disgorge, the price they had received for an animal 

 they had contracted to deliver, and which through their own 

 culpable carelessness they had been unable to send. 1 am 

 sure I don't know what steps he will take, but if I were the 

 pillaged person I should unhesitatingly invite the committee's 

 explanations before a magistrate for 'retaining money under 

 false pretenses. 



At the late Hanley show an objection was laid by a popular 

 and esteemed member of the Kennel Club, Mr. W. Ark wright, 

 against a well-known exhibitor, Mr. Geo. Raper, f or having 

 trimmed his collie, Rutland Hero. The dog's head presented 

 an extraordinary appearance; somebody seems to have taken 

 a pair of scissors and clipped all his forehead. A collie judge 

 who was examining it said it was a clumsy dodge to give. 

 length to the skull. I don't know what the club can do in the 

 matter; they have no rules ou the point; trimming more or 

 Jess is an every show matter, 



Mr. Dalziel has ferociously jumped upon Mr. Ashwin for his 

 unworkmanlike proposal to divide collies into classes by color. 

 I am not surprised at that raising the ire of the practical and 

 matter-of-fact ' 'Corsincon." 



I have no doubt the Collie Club at their London show will 

 adopt the age division. I understand that three gentlemen 

 are to be elected to judge, and the election of the trio will be 

 in the hands of the members. The three names that I expect 

 to see at the head of the poll are Thomson, Shirley an d Rad- 

 "liffe. The last named is honorary secretary to the club, and 

 I guess the stairs at 2Q Craven street, London, will be well 

 worn before the show is over. 



In the paper just to hand I see Mr. C. Greville Harston re- 

 plies to my remarks on his collie information, and as he good- 

 naturedly welcomes me to rattle away at him if it amuses me, 

 and 1^ give him my honor it does, why bring me the gloves 

 and I'll have another "go" at him" just to show there is no ill- 

 feeling. From my letters Mr, Harston has noticed that I can 

 light without the gloves, that is when I am dealing with 

 rogues ; but Mr. Harston I believe to be an honest meaning 

 gentleman, laboring under the delusion that he is the prophet 

 of colliedom I call this a friendly spar, so shake hands, sir, 

 and keep smiling. 



When T pointed out to you the absence of the second great 

 strain (Welsh) of collies in your long string of local breeds, it 

 was a fair "counter." You compiled the list for effect, and 

 the omission just spoiled it. Mr. Harston thinks that the own- 

 ers of the bitches would be "fools"— "Lillibulero" bows, he is 

 one of them— who bred from Carlyle without inquiring if he 

 came "from the Highlands, the' Lowlands, or the Cheviot 

 Hills." I can assure Mr. Harston that he is mistaken;; nobody 

 cares about that, breeders send bitches to him that are wide 

 and short iu skull and scanty in coat. Carlyle, is so long in the 

 face that he is actually pig-jawed, and he carries aneuormous 

 coat. Mr. Harston's query, "You would not put a Suffolk 

 Punch to a Clydesdale horse" exhibits a curious confusion of 

 ideas. He has confounded strains with breeds. He asks if I 

 want to abuse hitu why I don't doit under my own name, and 

 later on refers to "anonymous correspondents." In the first 

 place, I don't want to abuse him. My primary object was to 

 show that when Mr. Harston assumed the rdle of critic he 

 proved that he knew less of the subject than the gentleman he 

 criticised, and I am sure that Mr. Watson did not enjoy his 

 animadversions any the more for their being signed. If Mr. 

 Harston considers my notes in the light of anonymous corre- 

 spondence, he displays want of perception. My norn de 

 plupie is adopted in the character of a public writer. If de 

 quibus ignoras taee be a maxim that Mr. Harston should bear 

 in mind, he might also admit de quibus cert uses, loquere op* 

 jjortune to be an injunction that it is my duty to observe in 

 favor of my readers. I am surprised that he should not 

 recognize the "Roving Highlander," everybody here knows 

 who it is. Again, Mr. Harston "enlightens" you upon the 

 "right spelling" of oollie, which he says should be "eolley." 

 thus setting himself up against his own authorities— Shirley, 

 Thomson and Vero Shaw, not to mention the Collie Club, 

 which ought to know something about it and on all occasions 

 spells it coliu;. He calls the English bobtail sheepdog a "col- 

 ley," and has also mentioned a German "eolley," thus'proving 

 that he is unaware of the fact that collie is a Scotch word, and 

 can only be applied to the Scotch sheepdog; so kindly rein- 

 struct your pi-inters to set it up as "collie 1 ' altogether, 1 have 

 been very much diverted by this little controversy, aud so, f 

 daresay, have your readers. Not the least funny part about 

 it has been the humorous support accorded to Mr. Harston by 

 the "Roving Highlander," with whom Mi - . Harston was at 

 first as anxious to agree as Polonius was ready to admit that 

 Hamlet's cloud was "in shape of a camel, a weasel, or a 

 whale." But in the end the friends fall out, and Mr. Harston 

 proceeds to administer "snuff" to the Highlander, surely a 

 superfluous action, after the nature of carrying coals to New- 

 castle. However, Mr. Harston must not so easily get his back 

 up. I write as much for his edification as for the rest of my 

 constituents. I am incapable of bearing ill will against a gen- 

 tleman I don't know, and it is not the part I have to play. I 

 am "your only jig-maker — what should a man do but be 

 merry?" 



For the rest, I will refer my collie Mends to my notes on 

 their breed in my letters, Nos." XV. and XXII. They can take 

 my word for it that the information therein is well grounded, 

 accurate and expressive of the best opinions in this country. 



The question of undershot terriers is now engrossing our at- 

 tention. The Rev. Mellor set the ball rolling at the late 

 Crystal Palace show when he turned a crack Dandie Dinmont 

 out of the ring for this defect. The Field has given us a leader 

 on the subject and with the majority advocates level mouths. 

 Lord Antrim, in the next number, as president of the Dandie 

 Dinmont Club, indorsed this opinion. The Dandie judge, the 

 Rev. E. Spenser Tiddeman, condemns undershot mouths, but is 

 inclined to be lenient to pig-jaws, herein he only follows the 

 club code of points. The Scottish Fancier, which surely has 

 some claim to lay down the law on one of the national breeds, 

 contends itself with advising breeders to "seriously consider 

 the matter." Mr. F. Gresham has rushed in to expose himself 

 and wants a hard and fast line laid down to "prevent terriers 

 being allowed to take prizes which have not level mouths." 

 Corsiu con replies, "Hear, hear, by all means letus prevent our 

 terriers taking anything so certain to disagree with them as 

 prizes which have not level mouths." From which you will 

 gather that ignorance of the Queen's English is no impedi- 

 ment to a man's assuming to write for public information. 

 Corsincon says it is "painful to see him spinning out the 

 twaddling insipidities only worthy of a man milliner." A 

 "demnition" unkind remark, as Mr. Mantaliui would have 

 observed. My own opinion of the question is that for show 

 terriers I prefer a level mouth, but for War-king" purposes, 

 where a fast hold is necessary, I should choose a terrier whose 

 teeth did not meet. Try it yourself, put your stick in the 

 mouth of a terrier with the correct jaw formation aud then 

 see how easy you can draw it away, but the undershot dog 

 gets a grip that will not give an iuch. 



We are m a glorious muddle over Mr. Percy Raid's new 

 champion rules. Neither show secretaries nor exhibitors 

 understand them. Two members of the committee, Messrs. 

 Mellor and Wootten, have written to the papers with a view of 

 elucidating their meaning. 



I regret to record the death of the lovely young St. Bernard 

 bitch Thisbe, with all her pups. This is a lamentable loss to 

 her reverend owner. Beyond the purchase and sale of Plin- 

 limmon Mr. Arthur Carter has not had his share of the loaves 

 and fishes in this breed. No man has worked hairier and his 

 unflagging energy has achieved much for the fancy and 

 guided many shekels into the pockets of its followers. 



LlLLIBULKRO. 



March 'J, 1885. 



THE PIERCE DISQUALIFICATION.— Peekskdl, N. Y,, 

 April 4.— Editor Forest and Stream; In your issue of this 

 week I see Mr. W. H. Child, acting secretary of the Phila- 

 delphia Kennel Club, does not agree with your interpretation 

 of the power of Superintendent Lincoln as regards my dis- 

 qualification, and still claims that I won the kennel prize 

 through misrepresentation. That is false. I would not know- 

 ingly or wilfully misrepresent a dog's entry under any circum- 

 stances. I applied to Superintendent Lincoln in good faith, 

 audit must be admitted that he was the person to whom in- 

 quirers hart to apply for information on all matters connected 

 with the show. Mr. Lincoln as I have proven by Mr. Walker, 

 knew Reeta's connection with the Giencho Kennels, and after 

 obtaining his assurance that the eutry was legitimate and 

 proper, how can Mr. Child still claim that the prize was won 

 through in v misrepresentation. The Boston Kennel Club have 

 resolved to accept my entries, and claim that the American 

 Kennel Ciub have no right to sustain the action of the Phila- 

 delphia Kennel Ciub, on the grounds that the American Ken- 

 nel Club was not in existence at the time of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club show, and cannot go back of their organization. 

 — W, H. Pieuce, 



THE HANLEY DOG SHOW. 



[From our regular correspondent.] 



THE North Staffordshire Kennel Club's second exhibition of 

 sporting and other dogs was held in the Covered Market 

 Hall, Hanley, Eng., on February 21 and 25, The show proved 

 in every way a success, aud the entries amounted to 774, and 

 contained most of the best dogs in England. There were, 

 however, few classes that contained a good collection of new 

 faces, so that in the majority of the classes all the winners 

 are well known. 



In champion mastiffs we Mud no less than Maximilian, Pon- 

 tiff, Cardinal and Crown Princess, with Orlando entered but 

 absent. Crowu Princess was placed lirst, which was a surprise 

 to many of the mastiff men ; yet we were pleased to see her 

 at the top, being an old favorite, and when taken all round 

 aud judged from nose to tail as a modern mastiff, we think 

 she stood m her correct position. Iu open dogs the small but 

 typical John Bull won first, Spartacus second, Goth coming 

 third. The Lady Clare won in bitches, with the winner at 

 Liverpool second ; a sister to Goth getting vhe. reserve. 



St. Bernards were a strong collection, Save winning first in 

 champion and beating Bayard, we think correctly. Ph'nlim- 

 mon won in open dogs, also special. We certainly Consider 

 him a grand dog, and since we first saw him at Warwick 

 last year until the present occasion he has continued to im- 

 prove and develop. At Warwick we considered him large, 

 yet held an unfavorable opinion of his general qualities. How- 

 ever, we admit he has not turned out the coarse dog we ex- 

 pected him to become. The rest of the class was really good, 

 the Liverpool winner and half brother to Plinlimmon came a 

 good second, and the well-known Storm King and Pilgrim, sire 

 of Plinlimmon, equal third. The whole class was one of extra 

 merit. The bitch class was also good. The first is well-known, 

 she was looking well. Bernardine, second, was also in good 

 bloom. She is a good showy bitch, good on feet and legs and a 

 good mover, while her color and coat are also good. There 

 were two good classes of puppies, the winner being good and 

 promising, 



The winners in Newfoundlands are well-known. Lord Nel- 

 son, the winner at the Palace, won again here, and also took 

 the special prize, a beautiful set of china, 



Great Danes were moderate, and grey hounds a small class, 

 first going to the white bitch Hair Spring that wo have not 

 seen now for about three years. She was looking well, 



Luck of Hessen won Well iu pointer dogs. Second went to 

 a lemon and White, in very* baa form; in tact we preferred 

 Perdix, vhc, for second place, Mr. Beck won well in the bitch 

 class with Nan, second going to a heavy marked Jiver and 

 white, heavy of shoulder. 



In setter dogs first went to Glencairn, who was looking well; 

 Count Howard, second, is young aud small, but full of quality. 

 Royal Engineer, third, is plain- headed. The winning bitch 

 was fairly up to the average, the second prize going to a nice 

 sort, rather fine and out of coat. 



In the spaniel classes all the winners have often been re- 

 ported. 



We lind Charlemagne in champion collies with no opponent. 

 He also wins the special for best in the show. In open dogs, 

 we thought the winner lucky, as we fancied several in the 

 class equally as much as him. The second is full of collie 

 character of a blue aud white, color and tanned cheek, also a 

 wall eye. Rutland Hero, the Palace winner, seemed to have 

 had his coat tampered with. Not that his appearance was 

 improved, because it took away from his chance. He certainly 

 shoul I not have been shown in the condition he was in. The 

 bitches were a good lot. The second, which we fancied so 

 ranch at Birmingham, is not in the best of form, but she will 

 be often heard of, Matchless was entered, but did not turn 

 up. The quality throughout the collie classes was good, as 

 has been usual lately at the best shows. 



Mr. Shirley won well in champion bulldogs, aud Rustic 

 King won in the large sized open class. He was looking well. 



Cairo had a walk over in champion bull-terriers. In the 

 open class the first and second were placed the same as at the 

 Palace, but we prefer the second prize winner Chancellor, 

 and fancied Kettering Maggie for third place. 



In champion fox-terriers Cavendish just managed to come 

 in ahead of Pulborough Jumbo. In the open class lirst went 

 to a good sort of young dog, whose ears are occasionally 

 wrong, yet in the ring he showed to good advantage, and we 

 consider won well. We liked the second prize in bitches 

 equally as well as anything in the class. 



In wire-haired first went to a very nice young bitch, good 

 all through. She is rather short of face, yet of good terrier 

 character. She was claimed at £-i0, and we know her owner 

 wotdd have given the purchaser a little profit ou her to have 

 got her back. 



Burke was once more first in black and tans, with the small- 

 sized Witch second. 



The three winning Skyes were all good ones, the second pos- 

 sessing good coat. Capt. Maclrie was well ahead iu Scotch 

 terriers. We understand this gentleman is thinking of send- 

 ing to the forthcoming show at Madison Square Garden. 



In the any-variety terrier class no less than six good speci- 

 mens of the white English terrier turned up. We expected to 

 see a special class for this variety. In Staffordshires first went 

 to the well-known white English terrier dog Leading Star ; 

 second went to the well-known Airedale, Venus III. She was 

 looking remarkably well. Third fell to the Bediingtou, Dom- 

 ino. Bourbon won easily in the champion Bassets, and we 

 considered it close running between the first and second in 

 open dogs. The bitch class for Bassets was cancelled. Pugs 

 were well represented. The winners are well known. 



There was a good entry of foreign dogs from Mr. Tauuton's 

 kennels, and Miss Bodley managed to get egual first with a 

 Pvrenean wolf hound, and Mr. Tauuton's Sir Johu Franklin. 

 The majority of the sporting and non-sporting puppies were 

 shown in the open classes. In litter of puppies first went to 

 wire-haired fox-terriers iu the sporting division, while a good 

 litter of bull puppies, by Bend 'Or, won in the non-sporting 

 collection. 



The benching was by Mr, Yates, of Stockport, and was very 

 well arranged considering that he had considerable difficulty, 

 owing to the smallness of the hall and the large number of 

 entries. The dogs were confined in very small pons and the 

 walks between the benches were too narrow, in fact at times 

 it was with extreme difficulty one could push his way through 

 the crowd of visitors. 



Following is a list of the principal 

 awards. 



BLOODHOUNDS.— 1st aud extra, JE. Nichols (Phyrne,i; 2d, J, C, 

 Tinker (champion Dido). 



MASTIFFS.- Champion— 1st, J. Royle (Crown Princess,).— Open— 

 Doiis: Ifcfc ami extra, (•'■ Holmes (JoJM Ball); 8H, I>. L. Buchanan 



(Sparim-us); 3d.E iSiohols (Goth). Birclu-f: Isr, J. S3. Turner (Tbe 

 Lady flare); 3d, 0. R. Leach (Lady Blauen.-); 3d, M. BeaiUo.y (Priu- 

 cessRita). 



ST. BERNARDS. -Champion— 1st, .1. F. Smith (champiOH Sa\o).- 

 Open-Z)oi'.sv 1st. cuu and extra. .3. F. Smith I Pi mil mm one 3d, it. B. 

 WooulNerq EL): equal Sd, W. J. Orvriu (Storm Kings W. Q. Mar- 

 shall (Pilgrim). Bitetifs: 1st. L. C. li. Nuns- Ely- i Crevasse II. i; «d, 

 W, Jones (Bernard inei; Tl, S. W Smith (Duchess ot Leeds) Pcfpies 

 -^Dogs: 1st, B S. Williamson (Sea King); 2d, 8, W. Smnh (Colonel 

 Gordon); 3d, F. A. Keltey [The Bapi). Bitdhes: 1st aud extra, A. P. 

 l<y,'ans(Di.iehe8-:lV.:; :.'d. G. Nixon (Lady Pauline). 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— OBiMFloK— 1st, E. Nichols (Nelson I.).— 

 Open— Isr and escra, E. ViehoJs (Lord Nelson); 3d, R. W. -)ldll (King 

 Brace"); Md E. J. Bird ilslai. 



GREAT DARES CK H< JARHOUKDS.— 1st and extra, R. Herbert 

 (Leal); 3d, Lieut, P. L. Smart, R.X. (Joube.rt II,); 3d : R. L. Codings 



'' c'rtEV)le>UNDs'.-Jsr, T. Sharpies ( Hairspring); 2d, T. B. Swin- 

 burne (champion Rose Marie). 



POINTERS.— Dogm: 1st, I'rince A. Solms 'Luck of Hessen >• 3d, V. 

 \rk'.vrigiil; lEIdon Don). Bitches; 1st and cup. C H. Peek iNun.i: -JO 

 F. Ward*} (Kent Baby). 



