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'THE PITTSBURGH PIECE OF PAPER/* 



Editor Forest and Stream: . 



T'he. fact that my tiuie has been very fully occupied must be 

 hly abttftisy for falling to' acknowledge ere this that I had 

 been guilty of an inaccuracy in asserting thut Mr, Mason bad 

 nevcAvon a first prize with a pointer of his own breeding, and 

 t now freelv admit that I was wrong. , 



Mi- Mason did win one first prize at Birimnghai n with V is= 

 count, a pointer bred by himself: He furthermore won one 

 first prize, "at Belfast. Ireland; with Lady Godiva, a pointer 

 bitch bred by himself. . - 



His name does appear several times m the English Kennel 

 Club Stud Book, and the first mention of it is in connection 

 with the pointer bitch Pride, born 18 71, bred by Mr. Lort, 

 with which said Pride Mr. Mason wou first prize at Belle Vue, 

 Manchester, in 1873. The first volume of the E. K. C. S. B. 

 embraces the years 1859 to 1K74 inclusively, and to the uniniti- 

 ated Mr. .Mason's statement that bis "name runs through the 

 stud books from the. first volume (1859 to 1874) down to 1881," 

 would make it appear that lie was a pointer breeder as early 

 as the former date, but in reality it was, as the reeoi d shows, 

 in 1872 that he flrsl found himself famous as the owner, not 

 the breeder, of a first prize winner, and it was then that his 

 "name first appeared in any book." He will probably en- 

 deavor to show that i am in eir-a-, but I will wager tbat I am 

 correct in stating that first prize at Birmingham with Vis- 

 count and first prize at Belfast with Lady Godiva, were the 

 only first prizes mentioned in the E. K. C. S. B. that Mr. 

 Mason ever won with pointers which he had himself bred ; 

 that is to sav. that from 1873 to 1881 he succeeded in breeding- 

 one dog with which he Won one first prize at Birmingham, and 

 one with which he won one first prize at Belfast, a small show, 

 where the total number of entries were 859 only. 



One, or even two swallows do not make a summer, and the 

 fact of having, in a period of nine years, bred two dogs which 

 were qualified' to win one first prize each, scarcely warrants a 

 man m posing as a successful breeder and exhibitor, neither 

 does it justify him in forcing himself upon the breeders and 

 exhibitors of this country, either as a critic or an authority on 

 any breed. Once more I quote'. ''Englishmen should at all 

 times learn to be modest before they begin to spread their 

 opinions broadcast. If they know sufficient and can write 

 sufficiently well they can hud plenty of employment in their 

 Own country, and by the time they become authorities their 

 opinions will be quoted in foreign countries, but to commence 

 in another country is an intolerable piece of egotism, etc." 



Mr. Mason's vague attempt at denial of the facts connected 

 with the proposed raffle of the bulldog Blister is so weak that 

 coimneutis almost unnecessary. The real estate agent, who 

 "one day found himself the owner of a billiard and wine 

 room," is the veritable individual who was the proprietor of 

 the identical old ''Kennel" on Broadway, Where Mr. Mason's 

 notorious raffle came off in 1888, and he had merely moved to 

 Eighth avenue to facilitate his busines, taking his sign "The 

 Kennel" with him. Mr. Mason refuses to discuss either 

 "tumble-down liquor or bar-tenders," whatever that may 

 mean; but as most of his transactions have been in bar-rooms, 

 which, from then- publicity, are especially adapted to the 

 getting up of rallies, 1 may be pardoned for again reverting to 

 this objectionable feature. 



Mr. Mason thanks me, and hugs the delusion to his breast, 

 that I have, as he has heard, told people that he was "much 

 the bests judge in America"' I don't know tha* I ever told 

 any one precisely this, but I certainly was very much im- 

 pressed by the many plausible stones of his doggy experience, 

 with which he used formerly to entertain me, and I may have 

 said even so much. My confidence, however, in his capabilities 

 as a judge of dogs has been rudely shaken by more recent 

 developments, notably by his claiming worthless dogs at cata- 

 logue prices, by some of his awards at the W ashington show, 

 1883, and more particularly by the absurd fact of his comjaet- 

 mg with the mastiff Nevison against Bonivard for the special 

 prize for best non-sporting dog at the New Haven show, 1884. 

 But, Mr. Editor, you will doubtless head this as you did my 

 last infliction on your readers, "The Pittsburgh Piece of 

 Paper," and Mr. Mason will accuse me of irrelevancy, so I 

 must needs return to his letter of the 14th ult. As usual, he 

 indulges in his unmanly sneer at me as the employe of the 

 Westminster Kennel Club, and as it is plain that he does not 

 know how to conduct a controversy in a temperate and gen- 

 tlemanly manner, to say nothing of his inability to confine. 

 himself to the subject matter under discussion, but must 

 offensively allude to the gentlemen by whom I have the good 

 fortune to be employed, 1 am compelled, most reluctantly, to 

 abandon a correspondence wherein I might have asked Mr. 

 Mason some pertinent questions regarding some of his more 

 recent transactions that have been, to say the least, peculiar. 

 I might have a ked who, when Mr. Mason in his pointer pro- 

 test prated about the wrong!' rd entry of the pointers li eteor 

 and Vanity, was the owner of Princess Phoebus when she 

 won first and special prizes at the New York show, May, 

 18*4? How Mr. Mason arrived at the pedigree of the grey- 

 hound Friday Bight? Who is the real— but hold up, I have 

 resolved not to do this, and must unwillingly leave the subject. 

 I cannot, however, let this opportunity pass without sincerely 

 condoling with him over the defeat of his poor little IN apoleon 

 at the late Philadelphia show. His disappointment and grief 

 are so vividly depicted in your report that my sympathetic 

 heart is touched. I never turned up poor little Bap's ears to 

 *'see if the under sides had the necessary marking's!" Wo, 1 



^o^sEogAM\Tp^\nTxii V t^7i,'e^A, Mr. Editor dog show 

 reports aie, a farce when prejudiced and unprincipled extuo- 

 itors arc allowed to mislead readers by writing criticisms on 

 :, ,1 ,,,, Mb. h' reports of their own dogs. 



Now the wininue, toy spaniel in the miscellaneous class at 

 Philadelphia, to my niln.fl, IB better in skull, better in stop, m 

 eye body, legs and feet, coat and symmetry, and was in in- 

 finitely better condition than Napoleon; and the only points 

 in which the latter excelled were hi size— he is probably a 

 bound or two less— and is a ferine, a mere trifle, shorter m fane 

 than the winner, and I am morally certain, from its forma- 

 tion- that poor little Bap's nose and the cruel mallet have been 

 ilia3e more closely acquainted than the rules of Mr. Berghs 

 society would permit. The readers of your valuable paper, 

 especially the admirers of the toy spaniel, will be immensely 

 indebted toy our able reporter and doubtless remember that 

 the "toy spaniel should hot resemble the Irish water spaniel, 

 and will ever be mindful of the stupendous fact that ' a toy 

 dog is a little dog." Ja8. Mortimer. 



New York, June 8. 



THE MASTIFF TYPE. 



Editor Forest mid Stream: 



The remarks oj. "Mastiff" are most apt and timely, and 1 

 rather think there will be little, chance of getting up an argu- 

 ment on the subject. The drift of opinion seems to be entirely 

 with him on the question of short face.. As an illustration of 

 how wild the craze has run in England, a noted authority 

 there told me that II ford Caution was the best dog in the late 

 Crystal Palace show, solely on account of his head. 



There is one more point that needs attention as well as short 

 face. Wrinkle is a great ornament to a mast ill', adding greatly 

 to the formidable, severe expression so desirable in a watch 

 dog, but wrinkle can hardly be had without throatiness. The 

 former is the result of a superabundance of skin, which must 

 inevitably bring dewlap. The standards call for wrinkle, but 

 deprecate dewhip. What dog was ever seen with one and not 

 the other; The joke about the rage in mastiffs is that the 

 standards all poiiit to a dog good all over, and judged Under 

 the scale the crack English dogs are nowhere, because they .ill 

 fail disastrously in some point; yet by force of a blind bowing 

 to the Wretched impostor, Dame Fashion, judging seems to 

 tiave lieeli reduced to a blind effort to guess her whim for the 

 moment, Anybody can see how this i3 by takm2 up the 

 standard of the 0". E. Mastiff Club, and mentally comparing 

 the later importations with it. 



I suspect that 1 have got myself into a war on this matter 

 by ridiculing the fashionable" dogs of England in the Slock 

 Kernrr and 1 suppose "Ape.r." Dr. Turner, Mr. Portier, Mr. 

 Evans, etc., Wiii he after me with a hot iron, that is if they 

 think a Yankee worthv of their steel. However, I will have 

 "Corsincon" and "Vale" on mv wde, if 1 mistake; not ; to say 

 nothing of CoL Garnier's deliverance. W. Wade. 



H-ulton, Pa. 



CHICAGO DOG SHOW. 



\From a Sg&tiat Correspondent.] 



BAD weather and the proximity of ForopanglYs circus have 

 interfered materially with the gate receipts up to date 

 (June 4), but there is small prospect of a pecuniary loss with 

 reasonably fair weather this afternoon and to-morrow (Friday). 

 The display of dogs is a fair one. and the club and superin- 

 tendent dererve praise for their efforts to do everything neces- 

 sary for the success of the show. The D Battery Armory, 

 where the show is being held, is admirably suited for the pur- 

 pose m all respects save for the want of exercising room for 

 the dogs, but this was remedied to the greatest possible extent 

 by crowding the benches, which were of the old-fashioned 

 pigeonhole order, into the smallest possible space, so that an 

 immense ring, about 100 feet by 00, was left in the center of the 

 hall, railed off to maise a parade ground as well as a judging 

 ring. The judges were: Major J. M. Taylor, setters, pointers 

 and Chesapeakes; J. H. Whitman, of Chicago, for cocker 

 spaniels, and J. F. Kirk, of Toronto, for the remaining classes. 

 There are 825 entries present. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. KIRK). 



Homer, alone and well-shown, took the champion prize. He 

 is a good small dog of correct type and proportions. Hilde- 

 bert won first in open dogs. He is small in bone, narrow in 

 front, with a fairly good head. Hector, second prize, except 

 for his crooked pasterns, is not a bad puppy by any means. 

 Major, he, and Spaitaeus, c, made up the balance of a fail- 

 class. Rosalind is a flue characteristic bitch, great in sub- 

 stance and with a proper head. She seemed a little lame 

 behind, and is a trifle undershot. Hebe is small but correct in 

 type. Don, the winning puppy, is large of bone and promis- 

 ing for his age, three months. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. KIRK). 



Bo entries in champion class. In open class, dogs, there 

 were nine entries. First prize withheld and second awarded 

 to Duke, a young, leggy dog that looks well bred, and if better 

 filled out will always catch a judge's eye. Turk, first prize, 

 winner at Cincinnati under Mr. Dalziel, only received an he. 

 card. Although he is a well-built and handsome dog, as a dog 

 Re is wanting in St. Bernard quality. He is badly colored and 

 quite deficient in markings. The bitch class contained three 



entries. Here, again, first was withheld, and second awarded 

 to Noma, a fine, large puppy of eleven months, weak in face 

 and deficient in markings. ' Fido, he, is a small bitch, nicely 

 marked, without dow claws and light in bone. Cleo, a self- 

 colored bitch, of indifferent type and bad temper, suckling- 

 puppies, got c. Two nice smooth-coated bitches, Bess and 

 Girola, wore shown, and placed in the order named. Bess 

 carried off the specials for best St. Bernard, She is quite a 

 good bitch, of correct type, well marked and of good size. 

 Clio, first in puppies, is a litter sister of winner in open bitch 

 class and very similar in appearace. Second was awarded 

 to Captain Phillips's unnamed puppy, minus dew claws like 

 his mother, Fido, but large, in bone and promising if well 

 reared, Vhc. was awarded to a nice pen of young pups be- 

 longing to Mr. Hanscom. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MR. KIRK). 



Miro looks like a well-bred dog. He is on the small side, 

 well built, good coat, though rather soft, weak in muzzle, 

 white toe behind, good length, and carries a good tail. Bine 

 entries in the open class, Pete, the winner, is a fine dog, of 

 good size, a little rough and curly in coat, good in head and 

 style. Mac, second, has dew elaws, white breast and narrow 

 head, carries his tail too gaily, otherwise a fine dog. Melai, 

 he, is a large dog, crooked m tail, enormous dew claws, white 

 breast and pointed in face. The whole class was better than 

 the average. 



GREYHOUNDS— (MR. KIRK). 



The Landseer Kennels took first in dogs with Snowflight, 

 too large in size, but of excellent proportions and magnificent 

 muscular development well placed. He moves very lightly 

 for such a big dog. His skull is too full across the eyes, and 

 he is a bit thick and short in jaw. Dash, second, is rather 

 leggy, short in body, soft in muscle, and lacks bone. The 

 bitches were a fine class. Beauty, the winner, is a lovely- 

 bitch of great quality and elegant outline. She was shown a 

 little soft in flesh. It will always take a good one to beat her. 

 Aunt Lucia, second, is a rangy bitch with good neck and 

 shoulders, trifle slack in loins and shown too soft. Twilight, 

 vhc, was shown in poor condition. She looked flat-sided, hol- 

 low in flank, and narrow hi the back. If put in good shape 

 she would show to good advantage, She is weak in front of 

 the eye. 



DEERHO0NDS— (MR. KIRK). 



Oscar, an immense dog of very noble presence, won in the 



champion class. He is rather tall for his length, and is soft 

 in coat and not in good condition. His breeding is of the best, 

 and ho was one of the features of the show. Indeed, Dr, Van 

 I lummeirs kennel, as it was arrayed to compete for the special 

 offered for the best collection entered by one exhibitor, made 

 a most striking and handsome display. The. special prize was 

 equally divided between Dr. Van Hummel! and Mr. Donoghue 

 of La Salle, 111. In open dogs, first prize and special went to 

 Brfts, a graiid dog with a splendid long head and good hard 

 coat. Ears not very well carried. He should have been 

 shown harder in flesh, and his feet and ankles might be im- 

 proved. Duke, a bad-tempered brindle, of good size and. style, 

 and with an excellent coat, won second over Whisky, a son of 

 his, but smaller and not so well put up. The. bitch class con- 

 tame. I four fine specimens. They were placed in the follow- 

 ing order: Lady Dare, CluthaD, Lorma and Olga, and they are 

 a grand lot. 



GREAT DANES— (MR. KIRK). 



Four entries; a nice class. Pluto took first ; he is a large hand- 

 some, tiger-marked dog. He. has a fair good head, badly 

 cropped, grand Ices and feet, short in back ribs, and a trifle 

 weak in hocks. He has a bad mouth for a 30-inonths old pup. 

 and looks older. Second went to Belle, a blue bitch of fair type; 

 shortish in head and oiuzzle, forelegs and feet good, a little 

 lame behind, recently had puppies. Nero was given he. He 

 is a large blue dog, short in head heavy in muzzle and has a 

 poor tail. He is rather weak behind and knuckles over in 

 front. C. was given to Lady Jumbo, a sural! tiger-marked 

 bitch with china eyes, feet bad, back hollow. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (MAJOR TAYLOR). 



Paul Gladstone struck me asbeing an uncommonly well-built 

 little dog, with grand legs and plenty of substance, ribs beau- 

 tifully sprung, looks a trifle too short-coupled, carries a sickle 

 tail and is bitchy-faced in front of the eye. Royal Ranger 

 was looking very well He is a little flat-ribbed and narrow 

 across the loins, and his head wants better chiseling out below 

 the eye; au excellent dog otherwise. Queen Alice, a lovely 

 bitch, shown in grand shape; perhaps a shade long in the 

 waist, She has a beatiful clean cut head and B ne expression. 

 Pendragon, a very good-looking young dog, not yet fully furn- 

 ished. Laveraek 'chief's Clyde, rather weedy looking yet, 

 in face. British Chief, an excellent young dog, good all over, 

 but rather plain in face, wants better stop. Gladstone's Boy, 

 big, heavy-boned dog. rather heavy in head, light in middle 

 and trifle leggy. Stanton, small in bone, inclined to dish- 

 facedness. Pride of Dixie, a good dog and very taking to the 

 eye, but his tail is not just right. London (Coleman's) in poor 

 condition, rather plain head, good forelegs, straight in stifles, 

 ribs might be better spumg. Blue Phanton, a little throaty 

 and thin over bade. Blue Spark, a pretty bitch, weak at 

 pasterns and small in bone, rather straight in head, Juno 

 A.'s all black head rather spoils her expression, but her head 

 is verv well cut; beautiful body and legs; an elegant bitch. 

 Would do With more coat and feather. Jo Jo Gladstone is a 

 nice bitch. Lady Rock, washed-out color, excellent body and 

 legs, bad ears and somewhat homely head, shoi t of coat and 

 feather; a bitch of hue proportions. Jessica, good bitch, light 

 eye. DotW.,a heavily marked bitch with good legs; body 

 rather narrow and weedy. O. K., wide chest, officer-toed, 

 short head, poor cars. iSpray, promising four months old pup, 

 buterfly nose. Monty, a capital small bitch of good type, tad 

 damaged, 



GORDON SETTERS— (MAJOR TAYLOR). 



Gem, a fine dog in good condition; Royal Duke, excellently 

 shown and a good dog. Dan, except hi3 tail which is too long 

 for a Gordon, is a very good one. Gypsey Queen, small-booed, 

 and weedy; Pattie, a nice pup, small in bone. Except the 

 above, the" Gordons were indifferent. 



IRISH SETTERS— (MAJOR TAYLOR). 



Brush, shown too fat, but a really good specimen; Book, 

 shown all right but his head, which is all wrong. It is heavy 

 enough for a Gordon setter. Prince Ru f us. Jerry and Dick 

 are fair dogs. Zella Glen duff is a nice bitch, color not just 

 right. Meg'ora is better in color and very pretty. Lorraine is 

 also quite a prettv bitch. Irish Boy and Irish Girl are a 

 handsome pair of puppies, shown a little rough in coat. Lar- 

 rie, Duke and Carlo are fair. 



POINTERS— (MAJOR TAYLOR) . 



Prince, good type, little wide in front, trifle wedgy in front 

 of eye. Lady Croxteth, good bitch, pretty head. Rapp, a 

 nice voting dog, stylish but not a flyer. Roy, a fine-headed 

 pointer, butterfly uose, wide in front, hare feet. Tim, a 

 grand, large dog of good quality, too long from back ribs to 

 hips. Sweep, a haudsome black, good style, looks well-bred. 

 Black Bird, fat, good quality, quite a pretty bitch. Renie, 

 very plain and short in head. Rickie and Minnie Faust are 

 both rather common-looking in head. Luna Faust is a smart- 

 looking little bitch, rather washed out as to color. Zola Faust 

 has a thick head, and Lulu Faust has not a good ear. Flora 

 is a fair bitch, dish-faced. Lady lacks depth of chest, other- 

 wise a nice, small bitch. Rebel looks small and weedy. Rex 

 has a black head which spoils his expression, and he has poor 

 pasterns. Mr. Donner's unnamed pup by Meteor, is quite 

 handsome, a trifle inclined to throatiness, Out in other respects 

 a remarkably promising youngster. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS— (MR. KIRK). 



An uncommonly excellent lot. Twenty-three entries and 

 nearly all good specimens. Count Bendigo, coat not in good 

 shape, short of topknot, a very tine dog. King Slash, a hard 

 nut to crack, first-class' dog, excellent type, perfect in color, 

 grand coat, typical in face, topknot, eyes and ears, of excellent 

 size, not too large, he ought to improve, for another year yet. 

 " : faults of his sire, Dan O'Connor, 



Tim O'Connor has the faults of his sire, Dan O'Connor, as to 

 coat and topknot; the former is too soft and open, the latter 

 too wiggv ; his ears are not very well set on, but his color and 

 shape are good although he was shown too thin. Larry 

 O'Connor, trifle undershot, faded in color, short and rather 

 coarse in head, eye light. Mack, coat good but rather faded, 

 ears well hung, shown in poor condition; looked long in back 

 and thin across loins ; if well shown this is quite a good Irish 

 water spaniel. Juda, smart little bitch, soft in coat, good 

 color, face, eyes, tail and legs. Irish Bell and Queenstown, 

 given equal second, very much alike, same type, and that a 

 good one, cobby built and strong, both faded in color. Young 

 Swan, bad moiith, shelly in build, out of coat, small piece of 

 white on chest. Irish Queen, good color, soft in coat, short 

 in ear and face, a fair good bitch. Maggie B., bad topknot, 

 long in tail, legs not right, but not a bad one. Little Sioux, 

 good, useful looking bitch of fair type. Mollie, good coat and 

 color, light eye, good type, Young Drake, coarse in tail, looked 

 rather coarse and slouchy, but may furnish up into a good 

 dog. Young Breda Girl, bad coat and badly shown. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS — (MAJOR TAYLOR). 



Your correspondent has hitherto, on examining the speci- 

 mens representing the breed sent to the dog shows, concluded 

 that they had been very carelessly bred and showed no com- 

 mon type or style. On the present occasion, however, I was 

 pleased to see a really good class exhibited by Messrs. Poyneer 

 and Kierstead. Gowrie, Monday and Maryland, all out of 

 the same parents but different litters, are really good-lookmg 

 dogs strong and useful, and with au air and appearance of 

 breeding about them. I hope to see this useful breed encour- 

 aged. 



FIELD SPANIELS OVER 28 LBS.— (MR. WHITMAN). 



Bob, Jr., won from Hornell Eva, who is short in back, high 

 on leg and small of bone. 



COCKER SPANIELS UNDER 28 LBS.— (MR. WHITMAN). 



Hornell Jock, short in back, high on legs, ears set high, 

 weak in muzzle, won f'om Black Silk, who was shown ter- 

 ribly curly in coat. Biack Graf, shown in greatly improved 



