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[May 14, 1885. 



classes. Gcdan. Best St. Bernard owned in Cincinnati, Rex Best 

 English setter puppy. Lady Rock Best Irish or Gordon setter in 

 open classes, Duke, Rpst English sett- r in open classes. Juno A 

 Best greyhound own<d in PiariTmati, Dash, Rest decorated kennel 

 of dos owned by lady, Mrs. I. Enitel hart's Paddy Best non-rpoMing 

 dog-in open classes owned by a lady in Hamilton connly, 0.. or New- 

 port or Covington. Ky., Pnd'dy. Be-t sporting doe;, same conditions. 

 Lamplighter. BestTrisns tier bitch puppy. N >rf en IV. Best pointer 

 in open classes. Kent it le Dinl-le. Best e'rer hound in open clashes, 

 Pash. B^st hull tiTritT in open classes, Leon. Best stud pointer, no 

 entry. Be^t greyhound in ChaHVpioM cla=s. Memnon. Greyhound 

 making highest leap. Queen. Best, Irish water spaniel, King Slash. 

 Best pointer puppy in Hamilton county. Sister Best pointer puppy. 

 Bow Faust, Be^t Ji'DErlish setter puppy, Lady Boek. Best setter in 

 open classes owned in Hamilton county, Stanton. Best pointer iu 

 open class -s owned in Hamilton county. Lamplighter. Best kennel 

 of St R enup ds. Mill Bro"k Kennels Best kennel of mastiffs, Asb.- 

 raont Kennels. Best kennel English set'ets, no entries. Best toy dog 

 i- open classes owned in Hamilton county or Newport or Covineton, 

 Ky , .Dot. Best pna* dog, same co ditions, Roderick II. Best Grea r - 

 Dane, same conditions. Brock. Best nlaek and tan terrier, same con- 

 ditions, Dot. Best dog in miscellaneous class, same conditions, Mex. 



THE PITTSBURGH PIECE OF PAPER. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I regret that Mr. Mortimer should feel aggrieved at my hav- 

 ing placed his record (?) in the hands of: the public. In pro- 

 tecting owners of dogs against "bagman" judges, "who career 

 about the country palming off on the easy-going or uninitiated 

 committees their' damaged stock of mental wares," I had no 

 intention of wounding supersensitive feelings or hurting sham 

 pride. 



Mr, Mortimer appears to have mistaken my object in reply- 

 ing to his lart letter. It never was my intention to carry on" a 

 prolonged discussion with tae W. K. C.'s employes, but now 

 that Mr. Mortimer says he intends to '-propound for Mr. 

 Mason's special perusal a few questions on certain dogs," I feel 

 disposed to continue the controversy, believing as I do that 

 Mr. Mortimer's queries will be the means of eliciting a stock 

 of information about certain shady transactions that have 

 taken place during the last few years. 



Mr. Mortimer's resolve to get rid of temper and malice in 

 the pages of Forest and Stream is much more commendable 

 than that of a certain person who politely invited a gentle- 

 man to step outside of Madison Square. Garden, with a view 

 of settling existing troubles in a chalk-marked ring on the 

 sidewalk. 



The heading is the only part of Mr. Mortimer's document 

 that touches on the subject under discussion, "The Pittsburgh 

 Piece of Paper." If I refuse to reply to his irrelevant produc- 

 tion, a false construction is sure to be placed upon my silence, 

 and deliberate falsehoods may be mistaken for facts. Mr. 

 Mortimer's imperious policy is as much lost upon me as was 

 his policy of coercion in cue New Haven dog show business. 

 Tn a letter to the New Haven Club he said: "In judging at 

 shows like yours, when there would be other judges, I would 

 only undertake the following classes: Mastiffs, St. Bernards, 

 coliies. fox-terriers and bull-terriers; had I these classes I would 

 be willing to take greyhouuds or any other classes the com- 

 mittee might wish." Considerate Mr. Mortimer! Never owned 

 a sporting dog m his life, and is willing to judge all the dogs 

 in a show. Will he please reconcile the contents of the above 

 letter with the following notice from the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club^ Forest and Stream, April 23, 1885: '-The judges so 

 far selected for the May show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club 

 areas follows: * * * James Mortimer, Esq., New York, 

 deerhounds, greyhounds, pugs, poodles and miscellaneous 

 classes." The game of "bluff" is played out, and Mr. Morti- 

 mer is beginning; to realize that a record is of some value, and 

 that even James Mortimer, Esq., cannot get along without one 

 now that "the influence that put him into the judges' ring and 

 kept him there no longer exists." Let us dissect Mr. Morti- 

 mer's "cold facts." He says I proposed to raffle Blister, and 

 for that purpose placed him on exhibition in a liquor store, 

 that the dog made a ' 'savage" attack on the bartender, and 

 succeeded in destroying the hitter's trouser's, and that the 

 bartender shot the great champion and founder of Mr. Mor- 

 timer's record (?) and then held me responsible for the dam- 

 aged garment. 



May I "respectfully approach Mr. James Mortimer on the 

 leeward side, so as not to get between the wind and his nobil- 

 itv," and ask him what that has got to do with "The Pitts- 

 burgh Piece of Paper," or with the superb cheek in undertak- 

 ing to judge all the dogs in a show when, as the record proves, 

 he is not qualified to judge one class? Mr. Mortimer's last 

 "version" is another per-"version" of the truth. The facts as 

 regards Blister are as follows: A real estate agent, who was 

 transacting business for me, one day found himself the owner 

 of a billiard and wine rooms. He put a man in to manage 

 the business, until such time as he could dispose of it, and 

 asked me if 1 could let him have a dog to guard the premises 

 at night. I had just had the misfortune to become the owner 

 of Mr. James Mortimer's champion bulldog Blister, and was 

 not very long in learning that he was not quite the sort of 

 beast to take into a kennel of valuable dogs. Consequently I 

 handed him over to the agent with a word of advice to keep 

 an eye on him. At the same time I asked him to sell the dog 

 forSSO, if anybody wanted him. I believed the price to be 

 reasonable, seeing that Mr. Mortimer had previously disposed 

 of the dog for the modest sum of $200. Well! Nobody cared 

 to pay $50 for Mr. Mortimer's great champion, and an indi- 

 vidual who said he would take him at $25 never came for 

 him. Finally somebody proposed to raffle the brute, but it 

 never came off. It is not true that the bartender held me 

 responsible for a damaged garment. I had nothing to do 

 with the dog from the day I loaned him to the agent. Mr. 

 Mortimers statement that Blister was "troubled with a vil- 

 lainous temper" is correct. But why didn't Mr. Mortimer tell 

 us where the brute was educated? and why did he not inform 

 "Mr. Thajrer, of Lancaster, Mass., the enthusiastic breeder 

 and exhibitor of bulldogs" about it, before Mr. Thayer paid 

 him. for the "very cheap dog?" 



Mr. Mortimer will please pardon me for refusing to discuss 

 either tumble-down buikims liquor, or bartenders. Mr. 

 Mortimer's experience with such things, extending over a 

 number of years, gives him a decided advantage over an op- 

 ponent, and I never undertake to write on subjects I am not 

 familiar with. How would it be for Mr. James Mortimer to 

 adopt a similar resolution? Mr. Mortimer again sta es that 

 he has carefully studied the records of the English Stud Boot, 

 and cannot find an instance where I have won a first prize 

 with a pointer that I have bred, and a little further on he 

 writes, "I have already shown by the English Kennel Club 

 Stud Book that Mr. Mason never bred a pointer which he had 

 exhibited successfully in England." Again I tell Mr. Mortimer 

 that he never has studied the English Stud Book, or that he 

 states what he knows to be false. My name runs through the 

 stui books from the first vouuie (1859 to 1874) down to 18SL 

 If Mr. Mortimer will turn to Vol. IV., he willhnd the follow- 

 ing entiy, and he can have some others if he is not satisfied, or 

 if I have not succeeded in stowing that what he writes is 

 almost as unreliable as his judging: "6059. Viscount— Mr. C. 

 H. Mason's, Higngate House, near Bradford, Yorkshire; 

 breeder, owner; whelped Feb. 9, 1874; color, lemon and white, 

 evenlv marked head and lightly marked on body. Pedigree; 

 by Sultan (No. 1025, Vol. L) out of Pride (No. 1265, Vol. I.). 

 Chief ferformance: Birmingham, first prize, and twenty- 

 eight prizes and cups at local shows." 



Nobody will expect an apology from Mr. Mortimer, but it 

 will be amusing to watch him "'creep out." Mr. Mortimer 

 says I condemn him "as a judge" because he has not been an 

 "extensive breeder of dogs." Nothing of the sort. Mr. Mor- 

 timer never was a judge. His business in England prevented 

 him keeping dogs, and he was never known either as a breeder, 

 exhibitor or owner. Lfet him deny it if he can. In America 

 he has a worse record than almost any other man. Fifteen 



prizes all told, and not one of them taken by a better dog than 

 Blister. Let him deny it if he can 



Mr. Mortimer says that the fact of a man's name being given 

 in three standard works as a successful exhibitor and breeder 

 proves nothing, and to support his argument he shows that 

 the author of one book is my enemy. Vero Shaw stated that 

 I am ono of the oldest and most successful breeders because I 

 am his enemy. Great man this Mr. James Mortimer. Will he 

 please tell us how Mr. Dalziel, who is my friend, managed to 

 get my name into "British Dogs"? If Shaw introduced my 

 name because I am his enemy, why in the name of common 

 sense did Dalziel give the name of a friend? It's just like Mr. 

 James Mortimer to begin preaching about "the noble pointer." 

 He has been with the W. K. C. about twenty-five minutes and 

 of course he is a judge. Why not? 



Mr. Mortimer's statement that I am not a breeder and not 

 even a lover of dogs, etc., maybe passed without comment. 

 The record is the best denial of such malicious falsehoods. 

 But then Mr. Mortimer says a record is good for nothing, be- 

 cause he can't show one. Mr. Mortimer has never beeu asked 

 to consider me a judge, but I thank him for having told people 

 that "Mason is much the best judge in America." What a 

 splendid indorsement ! But how does Mr. Mortimer know 

 when a man is or is not a judge? Mr. Mortimer's irrelevant 

 production is answered, and I now request his attention to 

 my letter of April 23: 



■gotten it,' why should. any __ 

 he says my statement is 'false and exaggerated,' It is not the 

 custom of gentlemen to accuse people of falsehood, and especi- 

 ally when they admit they don't know what they are talking 

 about. Will Mr. Mortimer state over his own signature that 

 this 'self-assorted authority' has never coached him on other 

 occasions? Does Mr. Mortimer remember the little show held 

 m Chicago under the auspices of Messrs. Lincoln, Olcott and 

 a Chicago editor? 



"Mr. Mortimer has 'carefully studied the English records.' 

 but failed to find where I have been a successful exhibitor 

 with any dog which I have bred. Mr. Mortimer must have 

 been mixing matters, and appears to have mistaken his own 

 record for mine. 



"Now for Mr. Mortimer's record. In England he never ex- 

 hibited a dog, was never known to have bred one, and some 

 people say never owned, one. In America he never showed a 

 better dog than Blister, an animal that I sold for $25. I have 

 not had very much trouble in looking up a complete record 

 of prizes won by Mr. Mortimer, and here it is. As a breeder 

 of dogs he is unknown: 



Breed of Dog. 



Bulldog 



Bull-terrier 



Fox-terrier 



Bug 



Champion and 

 first prizes. 



Second Prizes. 



la 



No. of prizes 

 won witu each 

 breed. 



16 



I must not ignore the fact that there is just one dog entered 

 in the English Stud Books, which may at some time have been 

 owned by Mr. James Mortimer. Here it is: "No. 4961. Dismal 

 Jemmy (late Lucky Sixpence)." 



Mr, Mortimer concludes his masterly work with a quotation 

 from a foreign paper. There is lots of good reading nearer 

 home, and if Mr. Mortimer will refer to the Sporting Life of 

 this week he will find some of it. Chas. H. Mason. 



May 11, ld85. 



CANINE THERAPEUTICS. 



UNDER the title "Dogs; Then- Management and Treatment 

 in Disease," "Ashmont" gives us one of the most valu- 

 able treatises on canine management and therapeutics that 

 has appeared on this side of the water. In his preface the 

 author states succinctly the object of his work. He says: "The 

 rapid advancement in science has wrought many changes in 

 the principles and practice of medicine; added new remedies to 

 the resources of the physician; exploded many old theories, 

 and dissipated countless fancies and prejudices * * * 

 No finished tieatise is attempted * * * * but in 

 simple, comprehensive language and expression, on these 

 pages are described the prominent appearances in disease, and 

 the manner of applying remedies, sustained largely by the re- 

 sults of personal observation." 



The author's aim is rigidly adhered to throughout the pages 

 which follow. In the first chapter he deals with the care of 

 puppies after weaning, and with the general management of 

 dogs in health under the following headings: Feeding, Exer- 

 cise, Washing, Kennel Arrangements, Grooming and Vermin. 

 Under "Feeding" he remarks that in health "the instinctive 

 desire of animals for certain substances is the surest indication 

 that they are in reality required for the nutritive process." 

 This is in entire accord with physiological principles as applied 

 to man, but it is true only within certain limits. He goes on to 

 say that tie diet should be varied, but that meat should always 

 enter into it as a prime factor. In this we cannot altogether 

 agree with him. It must not be forgotten that there is a vast 

 difference between a dog in a state of nature and one which 

 for many thousand years has been man's assistant, companion 

 and friend. The wolf or wild dog is continually seeking food. 

 With this sole, object in view he undertakes long journeys, 

 and is constantly on the move. The enormous amount of ex- 

 ercise thus taken keeps him constantly hungry. If he can 

 obtain food he gorges himself with it, because he does not 

 know when he will again be able to eat. Under such condi- 

 tions the dog or wolf requires concentrated nourishment in the 

 form of meat, and in his most remote descendants this craving 

 remains. But the conditions of the animal's life are wholly 

 changed. No longer forced by hunger to wander over the 

 country, it has lost its gauntness, its look of constant alert- 

 ness, its desire to be ever on the move, it is now a pet and 

 favorite, receives its meals regularly, runs perhaps a mile or 

 two each day, but it has still the appetite of its ancestors, and 

 wiil still, if the opportunity occurs, gorge itself on meat. But 

 this meat the changed conditions of the dog's existence make 

 no longer a necessity, it is rather a positive injury to the 

 animal for it is often not properly assimilated. Under the 

 other headings of this chapter many practical suggestions ara 

 given. 



Chapter second is one of the most useful in the 

 volume, dealing, as it does, in the more common varieties 

 of poisons which may be swallowed, such as arsenic, 

 strychnine, carbolic acid, phosphorus, mercury and the lead 

 salts. Some rules of vital importance are laid down in his 

 general methods of treating such as, first, "get rid of the 

 poison;" second, "stop its action;" third, "remedy the mis- 

 chief it has done." On page 16 he gives a number of rules in 

 the use of medicines, and says that every owner of kennels 

 should at least keep the following drugs on hand: "Sulphate 

 of zinc for emesis," "laudanum or paregoric for paiu,'' and 

 "chloral hydrate solution for convulsions." 



Chapter three is devoted to the explanation of some of the 

 most familiar medical terms in disease, such as pathology, 

 diagnosis, prognosis, and a few words are added on the mode 

 of administering drugs to our canine friends. 



In chapter four he begins with the diseases of the respiratory 

 system, first describing what the disease is pathologically, then 

 follow in terse -succession, causation, symptoms, diagnosis, 

 prognosis, and treatment. 

 Affections of the mouth and tongue follow in chapter five- 

 Chapter six is an important one, treating of diseases of the 



digestive system. Iu this chapter is found important infor- 

 mation regarding the symptoms and treatment of these very 

 common diseases, indigestion, diarrhoea, dysentery, constipa- 

 tion and stoppage. 



Chapters seven, eight and nine treat respectively of the 

 solid organs of the abdomen, urinary organs aud genitals. 



In chapter ten are some good prescriptions for the different 

 diseases of the eye. 



The diseases of the ear are systematically treated in chapter 

 eleven. The anatomy o. the ear is simply described and some 

 pases are devoted to "canker." what it is. and how to treat it. 



Eczema or mange in its various forms is described, together 

 with a half dozen other less common skin diseases in chapter 

 twelve. "Ashmont" hitsthe point exactly in eczema when he 

 states that it is often a constitutional as well as local disease, 

 and that it should be treated as such. He gives some excellent 

 prescriptions and lines of treatment to bo followed in this ex- 

 ceedingly common disease. 



In chapter thirteen he treats of the intestinal parasites, 

 ascaris or round worm, and taenia or tape worm, with the 

 appropriate remedies for each. 



In chapter fourteen he gives us the diseases of the nervous 

 system. Ui der this heading is first found hydrophobia, which 

 is here described in a scientific and exhaustive manner, ft 

 contains historic allusions to the ancient beliefs regarding the 

 dread malady, aud ends with a quotation from the paper of 

 M. Pasteur read before the Internat'onal Medical Congress at 

 Copenhagen last summer. In this chapter are also found con- 

 vulsion, apoplexy and chorea. 



Under "General Diseases," in chapter fifteen, is found dis- 

 temper. The author gives us a definition ot the disease — causa- 

 tion and the symptoms seriatim. This is an important, per- 

 haps the most important, portion of the work. Surgical dis- 

 eases are but lightly touched, the author thinking that beyond 

 slight injuries these troubles come within the professional 

 province of the skilled surgeon. 



As a whole this work is a most valuable addition to tae lit- 

 erature of its kind. Its great recommendation is that it is 

 scientific and up to date, and a.t the same time quite intelligible 

 to non-medical men. Its appearance might have been im- 

 proved as regards type, but this has probably been subordi- 

 nated to the idea of putting the work into compact, almost 

 pocket size. 



NEW JERSEY KENNELAND FIELD TRIAL CLUB. 



PURSUANT to a call signed by a number of well-known 

 owners and breeders of dogs resident in New Jersey, 

 among whom were the names of Messrs. Pierre Lorillard, 

 Percy C. Ohl, Geo. L. Wilms, E. R. Hearn, James Lindsay, 

 J. W. Burgess, Max Wenzel, Charles J. Peshall and R. T. 

 Greene, a large and enthusiastic meeting of sportsmen and 

 dog owners assembled at Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, N. J., 

 on Tuesday afternoon, May 12, for the purpose of organizl g 

 an association of the breeders and owners of thoroughbred 

 dogs of the State of Now Jersey. 



Among those who were present were Messrs. C. J. Peshall, 

 J. H. Phelan, G. E. McCollam, Geo. W. La Rue, H. H. Hamil- 

 ton, Percy C. Ohl, representing Mr. Pierre Lorillard's Ran- 

 cocas kennels. Chas. R. Thorburn, H. C. Sherman, Geo. L. 

 Wilms, Geo. W. McNeil. Jr.. L. Livesey, James Lindsay, Max 

 Wenzel, Prof. H. J. Rice, H. Pape, A\ C. Wilmerding, L. F. 

 Brigham and Capt. J. E. Jones, 



The meetiug was called to order by Mr. Wilms, who said 

 the subject of the call was to form an association composed 

 of the dog men of New Jersey, or those who kenneled in that 

 State, for the purpose of giving annual dog shows and field 

 trials in the State or in other places. Mr. C. J. Peshall was 

 chosen chairman, and Mr. Max Wenzel, secretary. On motion 

 of Mr. Hamilton, seconded by Mr. Ohl, it was decided to call 

 the organization "The New Jersey Kennel and Field Trial 

 Club." 



Mr. Ohl spoke interestingly about the plan to hold field 

 trials every autumn in South Jersey. He said that he knew 

 of & large tract of land where quail were as plentiful as 

 they were out West, and that the expense of holding such 

 trials so near at home would be very slight, and thus would 

 enable a large number of sportsmen in this vicinity taking 

 part in a sport which heretofore had been denied to them. 



The secretary then read letters from A. P. Vreclen burgh, W. 

 W. Tucker, of 'the Mill Brook K^nuela ; K. E. Hopf, of the Hos- 

 pice Kennels, and a number of other well-known dog men 

 regretting their inability to be present. 



The chair then appointed the following committee to draft 

 a constitution. It was romposed ot Messrs. Ohl, La Rue, 

 Brigham, Lindsay and Wilms. The appended constitution 

 was submitted to the meeting, and after a lengthy discussion 

 was unanimously adopted. 



The subject of joining the American Kennel Club was 

 talked over in an informal way, and although no action was 

 taken, the spirit of the meeting seemed to be against any 

 hasty action to join that associatioa. The meeting was a pro- 

 tracted one and finally adjourned to assemble again on May 

 26, at 7:30 P. M., at Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, when the 

 election for officers will be held. The club extends a hearty 

 invitation to the sportsmen of New Jersey to join the club, 

 ami it is thought that it can be made to be one of the most 

 powerful organization in this country. 



CONSTITUTION. 



NAME. 



The name of this club shall be the New Jersey Kennel and 

 Field Trial Club. 



OBJECTS. 



The objects of this club shall be to encourage the breeding 

 and impi'overnent of thoroughbred dogs; to protect the inter- 

 ests of its members by every means within its power; to issue 

 such publications as may be considered for the best interests 

 of the club, and to hold bench shows and field trials, 



MEMBERSHIP. 



This club shall consist of an unlimited number of members; 

 each of whom shall sign the constitution as a guarantee of 

 good faith. 



APPLICATION EOR MEMBERSHIP. 



Application for memoership must be made to the secretary 

 on blanks furnished by the crab for this purpose. 



THE ELECTION TO MEMBERSHIP. 



The power of election to membership shall rest with the 

 execut've committee, but it shall take a two-thirds vote of the 

 members of the committee present to elect to membership. 

 No persons elected to membership shad have their names 

 placed on the list of members or become members until the 

 annual fees are paid, 



MANAGEMENT. 



The management of this club shall be intiiisted to an execu- 

 tive committee of fifteen members, of which the officers of the 

 club shall be ex-officio, and the president shall be chairman of 

 the committee. The said committee shall be elected at the 

 annual meeting, to hold office one year, or untU their suc- 

 cessors are appointed. Vacancies in the membership of the 

 executive committee, arising from any cause whatever, shall 

 be filled by the executive committee till the next annual meet- 

 ing ot the club. 



MEETINGS. 



An annual meeting of the club shall be held in Jersey City, 

 N. J-, on the first Wednesday in March in each year. A special 

 meeting of the club may be called by the secretary, on the 

 written application of five members; at the same time the 

 secretary shall notify each member of the club by mailing a 



