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[Mat 7, 1885. 



Vulcan, he, stands on good legs and feet, but lacks depth of 

 muzzle and is a bit leggy. We liked him better than the win- 

 ner. Count Robert, he, is too long in the face and carries his 

 ears badly. Countess is not square enough in muzzle and her 

 eyes are light in color. Kaffir is heavy of ears, leggy, and 

 not massive enough in head, Olaf and Odin are faulty in 

 head and ears. Paris is deficient in ears, muzzle and back." 



ST. BERNARDS— (MB. DALZIEL). 



Duke of Leeds, wonderfully improved in bod y since last 

 year, and but for his faulty tail a grand dog, defeated Otho 

 for the champion prize, Otho is immensely the superior in 

 front of any dog we have had, but shown as he was, he can 

 never beat a conditioned dog such as Mr. Hearn always brings 

 out. Bonivard did not compete. Mr. Hearn 's Gertie had a 

 walk over for the champion bitch medal. In the open dog- 

 class Mi - . Dalziel got the wrong one first. Besides being im- 

 properly entered, as was stated in the protest published last 

 week, St. Elmo is a cripple behind, and his queer pedigree 

 can be detected in his color and appearance. First Choice was 

 the best in the class. His ears are set on a bit too high, face 

 like his half brother Plinlitnmon's, rather long, but he is 

 young enough to allow of some improvement, and he gets his 

 tail too high. His color and markings are good ; he is a large 

 dog and has plenty of bone. Rollo, the winner of third, was 

 rated too high; he is heavy in ears, and has a curly, open 

 coat. Carlo is good in head and color, but is cowhocked and 

 very weak in his hind legs. The typical little Rene was the 

 second best in the class. He was well shown and had im- 

 proved since New Haven. Duke, like Rene, is small and lacks 

 character in head. Dare is faulty behind, and his left eye 

 gives him a sour expression. Barnard's Prince, though under- 

 sized, is a good dog, and how Mr. Dalziel overlooked him we 

 do not understand. The well-known Rhona beat the equally 

 well-known Lady Abbess in the bitch class, these being the only 

 entries. In the smooth champion classes, Don II. and Daphne 

 had walks over. Verone, fully described in our Boston report, 

 was at the head of affairs. Two visits to Essex Kennels faded 

 to find him, and we must pass him. Castor, entered as im- 

 ported from the Hospice, is not worth his passage money as a 

 St. Bernard. Ernst, third, is still light in body, is large, but 

 plain in head and has a ring tail. Chic is dish-faced and full 

 in the eye. The highly commended Zeno was easily detected 

 as a son of Harold ; lie is too small to take high raak on the 

 bench. The plain-faced Wanda won easfly in her class, the 

 others shown against her being properly passed over. A poorer 

 lot of puppies we have seldom seen. Konig, first, was a long 

 way the best. Boi looked for all the world like an overgrown 

 collie, and Mountain Maid is a snipy-headed, poor-coated one, 

 quite unworthy of such a mention as vhc Alpine Maid is 

 plain in face, lacks squareness of muzzle and is weak in jaw. 

 Abbott is at jjresent only a fair puppy, but he may improve. 

 In smooth puppies we preferred Valentine, Jr. for first, though 

 Kobold, great in bone, may outsize Valentine when mature. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS — (MR. DALZIEL). 



The winner, Miro, came all the way from New Orleans, and 

 his only close rival was Tasso. They are both above, the aver- 

 age, but Tasso was handicapped by being badly shown. Pride, 

 who split the pair, has a long, plain head, and is not good in 

 coat. Bruno is curly, as was any number of tho passed over 

 division. Crank should have been noticed, as he is of fair size 

 and has a straight coat. 



GREYHOUNDS AND DEERHOUNDS— (MR. DALZIEL). 



Friday Night, faulty at both ends, was the only entry in the 

 champion classes, ana in the open dog class" Mr. Smith's 

 great dog Memnon fairly smothered his opponents. No fault 

 could have been found with the "judge had he withheld the 

 second prize for want of merit. Faulty behind and without 

 teeth, Ben looked a miserable picture when standing by the 

 side of his handsome kennel companion. King Lear is light 

 of bone, plain in head and prick-eared. Master Donald is 

 light of bone and faulty in Head. Victor is not a show dog — 

 too coarse and weak in muzzle. In the bitch class it was 

 Mother Demdike first, and the rest nowhere. Fan, cheeky, 

 snipy, light of bone and weak in the pasteras, came next. 

 Maud McGrath was given he. She is a coarse bitch. Belle is 

 light of bone, faulty "behind and full at the brow. The pup- 

 pies were a seedy looking lot, excepting perhaps the winner, 

 Hawthorne Belle. Zulu is leggy and faulty in ears. School 

 Boy is plain in head and shallow. The winning deerhounds 

 are" well known. Mac and Perth were the best of the lot. 



POINTERS— (MR, TRACY). 



The marked falling off in the number of entries in these 

 classes shows that something is wrong, and It is to be hoped 

 that next year the club will appoint a pointer man to handle 

 pointers. 'There were only 91 entries against 149 last year and 

 nearly 20 dogs were absent. The judge worked hardj and no 

 doubt did his utmost to give satisfaction ; but it was easy to 

 see that he was not at home with the breed. There were no 

 entries in the champion dog class, and in the bitch class, Water 

 Lily, looking very well, was alone. In the open dog class Mr. 

 Tracy had not more than a dozen dogs before him, and yet it 

 took him exactly two hours to judge the class. There were 

 only four or five dogs in the race, and a man gets "mixed" if 

 he spends two hours in examining dogs which might easily be 

 judged in a fourth of the time. The winner turned up in Rob- 

 ert le Diable, a ' 'flash"-looking son of old Croxteth and Spina- 

 way. He is a white and liver-ticked dog of very "catchy" ap- 

 pearance, the very sort of dog to mislead a man who is not up 

 on the breed. His head is by no means good, being deficient 

 in stop. His eyes are fight and his ears are placed too high. 

 He has plenty of length of neck, and his forelegs are good un- 

 til you come to the paefcems, which are fight. He carries his 

 tail well, and his stifles are beautifully bent. His loin and 

 feet are bad, and he lacks substance all through him. In 

 appearance he resembles Donald II,, but is not so stout. If 

 Robert le Diable was deserving of first, Donald should beyond 

 doubt have been second. The latter has improved very much 

 during the last twelve months, but our first opinion of him will 

 never be changed, and we do notnesitate in saying that if this 

 dog and Robert were stripped of their "beauty spots" they 

 would have fewer friends. The pointer is a dog possessed of 

 great bone and substance; strong loins and good feet must he 

 have. These are indispensable requisites, and without them 

 no dog can be first-class. Weeds can gallop, but cannot stay, 

 neither can they beget good stock. Fritz, placed second, "is 

 a much better built dog than the winner, but he has not im- 

 proved on his old form. Tammany disappointed us. He is 

 splendidly bred and should beget capital stock if put to the 

 right type of bitches. G-len is too coarse for a show dog. How 

 Mr. Tracy managed to overlook Pilot we do not know. He 

 was one of the best dogs in the class. Rush III. is faulty in 

 shoulders, light behind, and slack in the back. Jimmie may 

 be a workman but he lacks true pointer character. Carto, 

 Mr. Munson's recent importation, is one of the worst looking 

 animals we have ever seen entered in a pointer class. Drake 

 got more than he deserved ; he is not nearby so good a looking 

 dog as his kennel companion, Sefton. Croxteth, too, is a 

 better looking dog. Drake is very faulty in loin and 

 feet. In the bitch class Mr. Tracy got all wrong, Nan, 

 the winner, is long and round in the barrel, faulty 

 behind, and her color is "washy." The judge with- 

 held second prize for want of merit, and to make 

 matters worse, gave third prize, to a very much better speci- 

 men than the winner, whereas he never mentioned Bonnie 

 Kate, about the best bitch m the class. She is not quite 

 straight in forelegs, or strong enough in second thighs and is 

 too wdde across the chest, but in other respects she was away 

 in front of the class. These were a very poor lot. In the 

 champion small dog class Bravo had matters all to himself. 

 If he showed more character in head, and was not quite so 

 round in the barrel he would be a red hot one. Rue, in the 

 bitch class, is a sweet little specimen, but too heavy in whelp 



to show. The quality in the next class was much above that 

 in tne same class last year, and the judging was equally bad, 

 -Last year Mr. Sterling overlooked Bon Ton's good points, and 

 didn t even commend him. (Dash was his name at that time.) 

 ^Jj ar Tracy gives the dog second prize when he is not 

 entitled to it. He is round in barrel, light of bone and cheeky. 

 i-i ? r was about nis Place. Robin Adair, placed first, is very 

 like Meteor, but is shorter on the legs and better in head. 

 Second was his place. Bob, a dog that Mr. Sterling never 

 noticed, but which we said was deserving of notice, now 

 takes third in a very much better class. He. is what he 

 deserved. He is wide in front and faulty in shoulders 

 and stifles. Prince of Orange, he, is very weedy and suipv; 

 he got at least one letter more than he was entitled to. Mr. 

 Tracy missed the best dog in the class, and didn't give him a 

 commended card. Doctor is his name. He is not a "flash- 

 colored" dog, but he looked something like a pointer. The 

 small bitch class was better than the same class last year, but 

 i yf l 11 ^ ?? ^as even worse. Jilt, the winner, is a good little 

 bitch. We said of her last year that she was too throaty for 

 so young a bitch; she is now very throaty, but her worst fault 

 is behind her shoulders. She is at ail times a nice one. Second 

 was her place. Belle, that should have been second last year, 

 takes second this year when she is not entitled to it. Rosa 

 should have been higher up on the list. In head and stifles she 

 is faulty. Flash, faulty in feet and light of bone, deserved a 

 card. Belle of the G-len, too, should have been noticed. She 

 is wide in front and coarse in tail, also a bit ligfit of bone. 

 Dora is snipy, fight of eye, and heavy in shoulder, but 

 deserved her card. Modesty, vhc, was away in front of 

 anything in the class. How Mr. Munson could enter such 

 a bitch for sale at $150 and bring Vanity out as a 

 world-beater is a mystery to us. Mr. Hitchcock took the 

 bitch at the catalogue price, and she is a bargain. Her fault 

 is m lorn, winch is not good, too much "tucked up," and she is 

 a bit throaty. Head, legs and shoulders remarkably good, 

 tail well placed and equally well carried. She was the best 

 small pointer in the show, and her owner never need be afraid 

 to exhibit her in any light-weight class. There was nothing 

 in the puppy classes that is likely to develop into anything 

 first-rate. In the class for dogs and bitches over twelve and 

 under eighteen months, Duke of Bergen, from the Ramano 

 Kennels, was properly placed first. He is too high on the 

 legs and is very throaty for a youngster; his ears, too, are 

 not properly placed. "Tempter, placed second, is throaty, 

 shelly and lacking in character. We preferred Beausire, good 

 m legs, feet and body, but snipy, for the place. In the class 

 for dogs and bitches under twelvemonths old, Happy Medium, 

 placed first, was not deserving of premier honors, being faulty 

 in eyes, ears, shoulders and feet. The New Haven and Bos- 

 ton winner Lou, was pointsthe best puppy in the class. Bang 

 Grace, placed second, will never make a good one. She has a 

 very plain head. The he. Mona should have been second. 

 She is heavy at the shoulders and is a bit snipv. Chloe, a 

 fan- good black, deserved a card, and so did little Butterfly, a 

 mceish four months old puppy. Viola is bad in loin and feet, 

 and is very throatv for a puppy. She has lots of bone, her 

 best point. It is to be hoped the classes will be better filled 

 and better judged another year. Such confusing awards as 

 were made on his occasion mislead the public and muddle 

 beginners. The result is that progress cannot be made. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (MR. HIGGINS). 



These classes were much better judged than the pointers, 

 and we regret there was such a marked falling off in the 

 quantity and quality of the exhibits. There were only 76 entries 

 against 154 last year, and New York has always until this year 

 eclipsed other shows both in quantity and" quality. Plan- 

 taganet represented the champion dogs, and was lookiug well 

 In corresponding bitch class Petrel H., a handsome bitch, not 

 well shown and too light in bone, was alone. The quality in 

 the next class was not pood, and Foreman, faulty at both ends, 

 scored an easy win. Mr. Goodsell's exhibits were in wretched 

 condition, and Rockingham, although entered, was "not for 

 competition." Second went to Clifford, who is too long and 

 round in barrel. His head is not good and he was out of coat. 

 His legs and feet will do. Bob White, vhc, is a catchy-look- 

 ing dog, but does not improve on acquaintance. His feet are 

 not good, and he is a bit throaty and slack in the back. He 

 gets his flag up too high and is light in second thighs. Some 

 people liked him better than the second prize winner, but we 

 think Mr. Higgins was right. Storm, not mentioned, although 

 faulty in tail, short of coat and leggy, deserved mention. His 

 legs and feet are good. Count Tempest is curly, throaty and 

 cheeky. Paris HI. is heavy in head, throaty and wide in 

 front. Ranger, vhc, was shown too lusty. His ears are not 

 well carried, and he is heavy in shoulders and too straight 

 from the hocks down. Sandy was worth a c. card, although 

 he is leggy, faulty in tad, short of coat and a bit weak in 

 pasterns. Ponto won the special offered for the best black set- 

 ter. We don't know why, seeing he is a black and white dog. 

 Rock is faulty in tail, neck, muzzle, carriage of ears.andtbighs. 

 Jester, apple-headed and underhung, has some rare good legs 

 and feet to recommend him. We have seen him looking bet- 

 ter. Glen Rock, vhc. , is not up to Mr. Jester's usual form. 

 He is faulty in hocks, curly behind, besides being a bit leggy 

 and plain in face. The bitches were a much better lot than 

 the dogs, and Modesta, a nice bitch, was perhaps the best of 

 them. She has improved since Boston, but is not yet in full 

 coat. She does not carry her ears well, and is a bit heavy at 

 the shoulders and faulty in gait. Second went to Cooinassie, a 

 decision we cannot indorse. She is a pretty weed, faulty in 

 shoulders and thin through the thighs. Blue Belle, placed 

 second, and Dashing Belle, third, are worth a street full like 

 her. Blue Belle is"' not so good as she might be, either 

 in coat, bone or feet. Dashing Belle was shown too fleshy; 

 she is a bit sheepish in expression and light in hind parts. 

 Marchioness, he, deserved another letter. She has good legs 

 and feet and a fairly good head. She is light of bone and not 

 so good in loin as she might be: neither do her ears lie close 

 enough. Bessie, vhc. is faulty in feet, neck and ears. Lady 

 Sntfern. unnoticed, is a better bitch. In feet, neck and eyes 

 she might be altered to advantage, but she is a nice bitch. 

 Paris Belle is faulty in head, ears, neck, pasterns and coat, 

 and is too round in barrel, Maud S., he, got more than 

 she deserved. She has a short stumpy head and a bad t'lil. 

 Crete If., a little faulty at both ends, deserved notice. Rose 

 did not, whereas she took the vha. card. She is light 

 in body, faulty in eyes, bone, elbows and feet. Mac's 

 Bijou, of poor' color, was worth he. In the puppy class 

 we only noticed four that are likely to be seen in future 



Erize lists. Prince Imperial and Princess Victoria, owned 

 y Mr. Donner, and Dame Petrel and Stormy Petrel, 

 owned by Mr. Lorillard. Prince Imperial, good in legs, feet, 

 bone and coat, and above the average in head, is a bit fault} 7 

 in the back. Victoria is faulty in tail, neck and eyes, but good 

 in coat and bone, and not bad in head. Dame Petrel is better 

 in head than her kennel companion, and not so light in eye. 

 Tip. vhc, has a sour face. We liked Lady Blanche better, 

 but her age (six months) was against her. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS— (MR. GLOVER). 



Argus and Lady Gordon was the order of things in the 

 champion classes, and in the open dog class, Phil, by no means 

 a crack, took first. He is straight behind, has a plain, sour 

 head and faulty ears. Flash, curly, throaty and leggy, came 

 next. Vhc. was as much as he deserved. Glen III., that took 

 third prize, is a better dog. He is faulty behind and lacks 

 bone. Echo, c, is of poor color and is sour in expression An- 

 gus, vhc., is faulty in head, eyes and color. Jet, vhc, is faulty 

 in muzzle and color. Carlo, c, , is faulty in color and at both 

 ends. Jack is too heavy. Rock is dish-faced and poor in 

 color. Carlo is snipy, faulty in ears and was not well shown. 

 They were a very poor lot, and the judge was liberal with the 

 cards. The bitches were even worse than the dogs. Rhoda, 



he. at Boston, took first. She is heavy in shoulders, short of 

 coat and her head is too much of the Irish type. Bessie, 

 curly, light in head, but nicely marked, came next. The sec- 

 ond prize was withheld for want of merit. The puppies Avere 

 a wretched lot, and only the first prize was awarded. Madge 

 was the best. She is faulty behind and too weedy. 



IRISH SETTERS— (MR. TRACY), 



The entries in these classes were very few compared with pre- 

 vious shows, but the judging was bad. In the champion 

 classes the judge could not get wrong, as Eleho, Jr., and 

 if aun were alone. But in the open dog class he got all astray, 

 and when the number of the winning dogs appeared on the 

 blackboard, dissatisfaction was expressed on all sides, and it 

 never subsided until the Garden was emptied of dogs and their 

 owners. The judge took great pains to arrive at correct deci- 

 sions, and no man could possibly have tried harder to give 

 satisfaction. The first prize went to Rory O'More II. This 

 decision we must dissent from most emphatically. Three 

 other dogs were shown in the class that can beat Rory O'More 

 H. all through, and there wore still others left as good as he. 

 Blarney, placed third, was our choice for premier honors. 

 He has improved since Boston. He has the head of an Irish 

 setter, and he is an Irish setter. We would like him better if 

 he was not so broad across the chest or so long in the back. 

 Chief, placed second, is a much better dog than the winner. His 

 head is not equal to Blarney's, but his' color is superb and he is 

 remarkably good between the couplings. He is too straight 

 from the hocks down, and his head, though not bad, is below 

 first-class form, Bruce, vhc, is a beautiful little dog; his 

 clean-cut typical head, nice coat and color and raking appear- 

 ance made for him many friends. If he were stronger in fore- 

 arm, firmer in back, and a bit larger he would beat any dog 

 living. If tho judge had placed Blarney first, and Bruce and 

 Chief equal second, the decision would have been well re- 

 ceived. The condition in which Blarney, Chief and Bruce 

 were shown did credit to the owners. Rory O'More II. has 

 not improved upon his puppy form, He shows too much 

 of the English type for an Dish setter. His head is faulty ; 

 it is too flat, the muzzle is wedge-shaped, and he is light 

 in the eyes; his neck is thick and short, while his hocks 

 are straight, and close together when he moves; in color he is 

 too dark, and his coat is not flat. Burke, faulty in tail, 

 shoulders and ears, deserved a card, and so "did Rory 

 O'More, Jr., who is light behind but fairly good in 

 front. Scamp and Chip, were each worth he. Chief 

 II. is faulty at both ends but deserved his card. The 

 bitches were a poor lot, the best of the entries being 

 absent. Hazel's appearance could be improved by con 

 dition. Her ears are set on high and she "does not move 

 well behind. Little Nell was not at her best. Her coat in- 

 quires attention and her ears are not good. They were prop- 

 erly placed first and second. Lady Edith, third prize, is faulty 

 in ears, curly and flat in skull. Bell is faulty in ears and 

 light in color, Gerald and Molly Bawn were the best of the 

 puppies, and we did not see anything else that is likely to be 

 heard of in the future. Gerald is good in coat, color; legs and 

 feet, but is not clean enough below the eyes, and is faulty 

 from the hocks down. Molly Bawn is good in head, bone, 

 color, legs and feet. M'liss is heavy in head, which will get 

 worse with age. 



SPANIELS— (MR. DALZD2L). 



The spaniels made a good showing in point of numbers, but 

 there were many absentees, and these withdrawals lowered 

 tho average quality very much. Taking them altogether, the 

 New York display was "nowhere near as good as what was 

 seen at New Haven. The only Irish water spaniel shown was 

 a mongrel, and the prize was withheld. Benedict, now owned 

 by Mr. A. E. Foster, secured still another championship and 

 the spaniel special. Mr. Dalziel transposed Mr, Watson's judg- 

 ing in the held spaniel class by placing Black Prince over 

 Newton Abbot Lady. They do not now need description. Bar- 

 rister II. is a trifle too leggy and has a light eye, otherwise a 

 very good dog, with a nice, flat coat. Moor is high on the leg 

 and short of coat. Nellie Sell was off her bench. Prince Hal 

 was quite deserving of his card, a fair good dog. Bob, Jr., is 

 well known. Jumbo is good in coat, a fair head and ears, but 

 not low enough, still the plain commended was not enough for 

 him in such company. A bad Bedhugton was shown in this 

 class by Capt. Paul Boyton, and on looking among the ter- 

 riers we found it was a transposition of numbers no oue had 

 sense enougn to detect. He was meant to be shown in the 

 rough-haired terrier class. Othello is weak hi muzzle and 

 was badly shown. Mr. Richardson, who has gone in for Clum- 

 bers, had the field to himself with Newcastle, Tyne, Bateman 

 and Blondy. They were placed in that order. "Newcastle is 

 the heaviest and" longest Clumber spaniel we have seen in 

 this country. He is only ten months old and will yet improve. 

 He is low on the leg, is of good color, and excellent 

 coat. His head, however, will never be strong enough for 

 his size and his feet are also too small. Tyne is better in head 

 than her brother, bub is higher on the leg and shorter backed. 

 Bateman is well-known. Last year Bateman was placed 

 ahead of all the Clumbers, but the Clumber special medal 

 Mr. Mortimer awarded to another dog on the ground that 

 Bateman was not a Clumber. Mr. Dalziel, who ought to know 

 something about the breed, gave Bateman vhc. on this occa- 

 sion. In black or liver cocker dogs, Brahmin won, he is too 

 much like a small field spaniel. Hornell Jock, second, has a 

 good body, but is too high stationed and is weak in muzzle. 

 In bitches Miss Nance, Shina and Juno W. were absent, and 

 first went to Helen. Hornell Silk, who walked over for the 

 champion prize, was shown as curly as a poodle on his 

 quarters. Sport, previously described, was alone in any other 

 color dogs, and out of three poor bitches Lilly was chosen as 

 the best. The winning puppy. Belle, is too fine in muzzle. 

 Negress III., her kennel companion, will walk away from the 

 winner in fine style in a very short time as she is long in the 

 barrel and has a head not likely to go wrong. Black Reno is 

 leggy and coarse. O'Donovan Rossa is aptly named, the ex- 

 pression of his face would convict him of any canine crime. 

 Dash II., c, was to our mind the best in the class, but there 

 was also a splendid litter by Black Prince in which there looked 

 to be several future winners. It was a large class but con- 

 tained a lot of rubbish. 



FOXHOGJNDS— (MR, PURDY). 



There were only five entries in the foxhound class. First 

 went to Vinegar; he was in fail- condition and deserved the 

 place. Manager, second, is also a good dog, with not so good a 

 head as the winner, lie has plenty of bone and looks a work- 

 man. Major, third, is a fairly well-formed black and tan, his 

 Head is of the bloodhound type, and he has a surly look th it 

 detracts from his appearance. We liked forthe place Truman, 

 vhc he is a trifle coarse in muzzle, and is a little out at the 

 elbow ; he has a good head and capital legs and feet. Sis, un- 

 noticed, is of the harrier type. 



BEAULUS— (DR. J. W. DOWNEY). 



Well judged was the verdict in the beagle classes, and 

 although the entries were not numerous, there was a decided 

 improvement over past \ ears. The good of a specialty club 

 was clearly evidenced in beagles, as there was something like 

 type about tho exhibits, an appearance of something dehnite 

 being aimed at. Fleetwood has a nice head but is light of 

 bone and slack in the loin. Rover is throaty, is short in the 

 head but has good body, legs and feet, and a working coat. 

 Mark Anthony is coarse, light of bone and leggy. Minstrel 

 having no pedigree, it is safe to assume from his appearance 

 that his father was a half-bred bull-terrier. It was a mistake 

 giving such an animal a card at all. Little Duke is a smart 

 - ixl, a little off in carriage of ears, which are not long 

 enough. He is the best beagle ever shown at New York. 

 Frank has no bone and is too long cast. In the bitch class 

 Music showed badly in the ring; she has nicely placed ears and. 



