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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LJune 25, 1885. 



ployed, then proceeded to abuse hirn in terms that must have 

 taken his breath away. As Mr, Stark has not responded I 

 presume this to be actually the. case. 



(Speaking about bulldogs I suppose I may as well mention 

 their show now, though it is not chronological. It was quite 

 the success it deserved to be. The entiles were good, likewise 

 the quality and the attendance exceeded expectation. Mr. 

 Gary, the able and ingenious manager of the Aquarium, worked 

 this iu with his other shows, the singing ladies, the acrobats 

 on the stage, the swimming matches, etc. When one of these 

 other shows had terminated a showmaji mounted to the top of 

 the staircase where the animals were located, aud ringing a 

 bell to attract attention, shouted to the sightseers to walk up 

 and "behold the dog of beauty and power, who killed 250 rats 

 in a quarter of an hour." I 'think the zealous Stewart, Mr. 

 Jackson, might have corrected the gentleman's strange and 

 misleading' views of a bulldog's merits and duties. 



Mr. A. Benjamin in making his debut under such circum- 

 stances put his knowledge and sang froiii to a severe trial. 

 The show was overfull the first day, and the judging ring was 

 much too small and the exhibits were cramped for space. 

 The awards were received with little outward expressions of 

 approval or dissatisfaction. Some of the puppy owners drank 

 an extra glass and drowned their feelings, and a lady "made 

 remarks" to visitors who, catalogue in hand, paused opposite 

 her aggrieved monstrosity. Mrs. Sprague won a sideboard of 

 specials with her remarkable dog Grabber. The challenge 

 cup would be considered a handsome ornament for the most 

 luxuriously furnished bar parlor in England. I noticed Sur- 

 plice in the challenge class looking rather light in body. Mr. 

 Pybus-Sellon exhibited the historical old dog King Cole. The 

 poor old chap is now blind in one eye, and begins to show 

 plainly painful signs of old age, so that this will probably be 

 his last public exposure. It is well that all dogs should end 

 their days in private, since one cannot speak of the "fall" of 

 their life as 



"An age that melts in unperceived decay." 



A very nice little, under forty-five pounds, dog that took 

 my fancy among the rest was Lumpy. He was entered at a 

 very moderate price, one that would' have tempted me to in- 

 terview his owner were I inclined to make my family circle 

 miserable by the introduction of a bulldog. His most con- 

 spicuous fault is a far from perfect stern. 



A f i iend of mind tells me" the most amusing sight in the 

 show was Mr. Berrie with his chair which he carried from 

 dog to dog to sit on as he made his notes. I can't decide that 

 point because I didn't see it. But what filled me with de- 

 light was the discovery of Briton Riviere's model for his 

 world-famed picture of a little lonely desolate bull pup sitting 

 on a huge flagstone, helpless and forgotten, with nobody in 

 the wide world to cheer or tend him. "But here he was to-day 

 happy as possible, about three benches from the refreshment 

 bar, his stomach was distended with buns and there was a 

 "Derby" look in his mongrel eyes that made me think he had 

 been drinking. I don't know if it was habit or happiness that 

 made his ears stand on end, but it anyhow gave him a very 

 dissipated appearance. The catalogue of this show is likely 

 to fetch money one day, as apart from its being so admirably 

 got up in accuracy, paper and print, I am told it was sold out 

 before the last day. Another specimen that pleased me was 

 Mr. Hodgson's Heiress. She is a most typical bitch, her ears 

 I don't like; they are carried flat over her face like a fox-ter- 

 rier's—button ears. She is particularly good in profile, much 

 resembling Rosa in the well-known engraving. This print of 

 Crib and Rosa, once rather rare, seems to have got common 

 of late, there must have been a re-issue of it. No bulldog- 

 man's smoking den is complete without it. Shortness of face 

 is a most essential point in a bulldog, but it won't compen- 

 sate for the loss of character and expression. The fanciers 

 had an opportunity at this show of seeing the true-ism in living 

 examples, viz. : Heiress and Faust. The head of the latter is 

 far the shortest, but it is much behind the bitch in type of 

 breed, in these very short faces one usually gets a thinner 

 nose, a weak, pinched muzzle and the square powerful nose is 

 lost. 



The collie club will hold its show next week in the same 

 locale The entries closed with the miserable total of eighty- 

 three, but an energetic kennel to kennel whip has brought the 

 entry up to about cue hundred and twenty*. I am afraid the 

 dogs will suffer much from the heat, gas and smoke-laden 

 atmosphere in the gallery. 



We were astonished to hear of the return of Mr. Dalziel, it 

 was quite expected he would be away another month or so. I 

 have noticed some of his awards have been sharply criticised 

 in your reports. By many I think "Corsincon" is supposed to 

 be impervious to this process, to the best of my belief the 

 many are not quite right. I should not be at all surprised to 

 see him break out in some "American Notes" in the vein of 

 the great author who was also not gratified with his first 

 trans-atlantic visit. 



Our Kennel Club is missing a great opportunity of earning 

 the thanks of exhibitors by not taking up the railway charges 

 question. Quite recently the companies have made a most 

 serious alteration in their conditions and rates for conveying 

 dogs. Under the old system all dogs went at certain dog rates 

 except puppies, and these could at the wish of the sender 

 travel at parcels rate. The new rule is that dogs sent loose on 

 a chain can go as before, and also those in cases, which with 

 the package do not exceed one hundredweight. But if the 

 package should exceed that limit double rate is charged. This 

 seems a most absurd, unbusinesslike and unjust arraugement. 

 The owners of small dogs it will not affect at all ; they will be 

 in the same position as before, but owners of large dogs will 

 now be obliged to send them loose or pay double fare for each 

 animal. This is hard lines upon those who possess valuable 

 exhibition kennels. They have gone to the expense of having 

 crates and boxes made which will now naturally be useless. 

 The risk to the dogs will be greater, we shall hear of more 

 dogs lost, damaged, etc, nor can 1 see the gain to the com- 

 pany. It must have suited their convenience to convey ani- 

 mals under lock and key^. What do the guards think of the 

 new rule? It is with them that the sour-looking mastiff, the 

 truculent boarhound in future will ride. An unmanageable 

 monster flying about the end of his chain will not add to his 

 comfort, and probably interfere with his duties. 



To effect ordinary reforms on a railway, it is necessary that 

 a bishop should be smashed iu an accident. Perhaps the un- 

 wisdom of the new regulations will be brought home to the 

 persons responsible when it is discovered that an appalling ac- 

 cident occurred through the neglect of some important acton 

 the part of the guard who was occupied in a furious struggle 

 with a canine fellow traveler. 



But I very emphatically maintain that this most particu- 

 larly is a matter in which the kennel clubs could have exerted 

 their influence in favor of both sides. They had only — as soon 

 as they heard of rumored alterations in the rates— to write to 

 the secretaries of the great companies and offer to give evi- 

 dence aud information from exhibitors of experience. The 

 result would have been very different, I am sure; but heigho, 

 it's so easy to let things slide, it'sso easy to do nothing, though 

 it is hardly worth while to found a club for so simple a pur- 

 pose. 



The doggy world is little behind the larger social one in its 

 abilicy to forgot. Scarcely any, none I think, notice has been 

 taken in cur kennel press of the death of a once well-known 

 lady exhibitor and breeder. Miss Hales, of Hale-; Place, Canter- 

 bury. Her name will be found in the first volume of the 

 K. C. S. B. as the owner of some St. Bernards whose names 

 will continue to figure in the pedigrees of the best so long as 

 importance is attached to breeding. Miss Hales was also 

 equally successful in the mastiff fancy. The deceased lady 

 had long discontinued her interest in dog shows. Miss Hales 

 was the daughter of the late Sir Edward Hales and Edmund a 

 D'Cercy, and was the last survivor of an old Kentish family, 



dating back 400 years, who originally owned vast estates at 

 Wood church and Tenterden. Miss Hales was a Roman Catho- 

 lic and her loss will be much felt in that community. She 

 herself took the veil. A few years ago misfortunes came upon 

 her and most of her colossal fortune was devoured by the 

 Jesuits and lawyers. Miss Hales is remembered by the public 

 as one of the Tichborno witnesses. The claimant stated he 

 used to visit Hales's place when his regiment was quartered 

 at Canterbury, but Miss Hales was unable to identify him as 

 Sir Roger Tichborne. 



I heard a rumor in the Midlands that one of our doggy 

 papers was fore sale. There is more than one of them that 

 must soon either sell or shut. I don't think it can be the 

 Shooting Times, the most that is likely to bo parted with in 

 that quarter is "a fifth share of the profits." 1 am told it is a 

 paper that has hitherto been remarkable for the violence of 

 its opinions, and further, what I can hardly realize, that the 

 new proprietor is the latest subject of attack in its pages. 

 This is what "They " say, so it is only deserving of such cre- 

 dence as that indefinite authority has usually accorded to it. 

 Rumored news is generally the most diverting, if seldom the 



truest. LlLLIBtJLERO. 



Jmre i, 1885. 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



FOLLOWING: is the text of the new constitution and by- 

 laws adopted by the A. K. C. at the last meeting at 

 Philadelphia: 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article I.— Name— The name of this organization shall be 

 "The American Kennel Club." 



Article II.— The object of this Association shall be to secure 

 uniformity in rules governing bench shows and field trials, the 

 revision of standards, the decision of appeals which may be 

 taken from the decisions of managers of bench shows or field 

 trials held by members of this Association, and the prepara- 

 tion and enforcement of rules and regulations necessary for 

 the punishment of all cases of improper conduct on the part 

 of managers, judges and exhibitors at any bench show or field 

 trial held by members of this Association; also to adopt and 

 maintain such measures as shall tend to the mutual benefit 

 and protection of its several members. 



Article III.— Section 1. All regularly organized clubs or 

 associations in the United States and British American Prov- 

 inces, under whose auspices bench shows or field trials of dogs 

 have beea held, or which shall be formed wholly for the pur- 

 pose of holding bench shows or field trials, are eligible to mem- 

 bership. Sec. 2. Ah clubs or associations forming this Asso- 

 ciation shall annually appoint or elect one delegate to the 

 National Association, whose election shall be certified to in 

 writing by the Secretaty of the club^or association which he 

 represents, which certificate shall be delivered to the Secre- 

 tary of the National Association at its regular meeting. A 

 person to be eligible to act as delegate Or proxy for a club or 

 association, whose regularly elected member or representative 

 is absent, must be a member of a club, one of the members of 

 this Association, but in no case shall any delegate act as proxy 

 for more than one other member of this organization. 



Article IV. — The officers of this Association shall he a 

 President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 

 Secretary, Treasurer, and an Executive Committee con- 

 sisting of one delegate for each club, members of this 

 Association. The President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treas- 

 urer shall be elected annually by ballot by the delegated 

 members of this Association. Officers of the American Kennel 

 Club shall not be privileged to vote upon business before the 

 Executive Committee, unless regularly elected delegates from 

 their clubs except the President, who shall have the casting 

 vote in case of a tie. Provided that all organizations, mem 

 hers of this Association, that do not hold bench shows or field 

 trials within two years, dating from Jan. 1, 1885, or actual 

 date of their admission, shall not have representatives in Ex- 

 ecutive Committee meetings, nor its members be eligible to 

 office. Upon holding a bench show or field trial the usual 

 representatives shall be allowed. 



Article V. — The President, First Vice-President, Second 

 Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected at 

 the annual meeting, and shall hold office until the next annual 

 meeting or until their successors are elected. Each of the 

 officers shall be at the time of their election, regular mem- 

 bers in good standing of a club one of the members of this 

 Association, and shall serve without compensation. 



Article VI. — The President shall preside at all meetings of 

 the Association. He shall have power to call a special meet- 

 ing at any time when the interests of the Association require. 

 The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their election, shall, in 

 the absence of the President, preside at meetings of this Asso- 

 ciation. 



Article VII.— The Secretary shall keep records of all meet- 

 ings of the Association, make all calls for meetings, take 

 charge of and keep a roll of membership, of all papers belong- 

 ing to the Association, and do any other business proper for 

 his office, or directed by the Executive Committee. 



Article VILE.— The "Treasurer shall receive all monies be- 

 longing to the Association, and disburse same under the ap- 

 proval of the Executive Committee. 



Article IX,— Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall con- 

 duct all the business of the Association, decide all disputes, 

 arbitrate upon all matters affecting the welfare of the several 

 clubs forming th ; s Association, and make such rules and regu- 

 lations as may be considered advisable for the advancement 

 of the interests of dogs, clog shows and field trials. Sec. 2. 

 All vacancies in the offices of the Association may be filled by 

 the Executive Committee until the next annual meeting. The 

 Executive Committee may assess the members of this Associa- 

 tion in such sums as are necessary to defray its expenses. A 

 club failingto pay said assessment within sixty days, shall for- 

 feit representation. 



Article X.— Sec. I. The annual meeting of this Association 

 shall be in the spring of each year. The time and place of 

 meeting to be selected by the Executive Committee, and notice 

 sent by the Secretary to the secretaries of the several clubs 

 forming this Association at least three weeks prior to said 

 meeting. Sec. 2. The President shall, on the written request 

 of a majority of the members of the Executive Committee, 

 call a special meeting. The notice for such meeting shall 

 specify the particular purpose for which said meeting was 

 caUed, and said meeting shall not consider or take action upon 

 any matter other than that specified in said notice. The Ex- 

 ecutive Committee may conduct its business by correspond- 

 ence among its members without assembling, under rules and 

 regulations hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. At any regular or 

 special meeting of this Association, five members in person 

 shah constitute a quorum. Sec. 4. Clubs eligible to member- 

 ship must be proposed by a member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee and elected by that committee. Three negatives shall 

 exclude the applicant. The election shall be by ballot. 



Article XI. — Sec. 1. This Constitution may be revised or 

 amended at any annual or special meeting of the Association 

 by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Association, but 

 no such amendment shah be considered unless the same shall 

 have been properly submitted to the members of the .Associa- 

 tion at least two weeks prior to such meeting, except by 

 unanimous consent. 



BY-LAWS. 



Sec. 1. The following order of business shall be observed at 

 all meetings of this Association: 1. Roll call. 2. Reading of 

 minutes of previous meetings. 3. Secretary's report. 4. 

 Treasurer's report. 5, Report of standing committees. 6, 

 Report of special committees. 7. Unfinished business. 8. 

 Election of officers. 9. New business. 10. Adjournment. 

 Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall appoint from its mem- 

 bers a Committee on Credentials, whose duties shall be to 



investigate the qualifications of all candidates for membership 

 and report same to Executive Committee. They shall appoint 

 from their own number a Committee on Discipline, whose 

 duties shall be to investigate all complaints and protests which 

 may be made to the Association, and report their finding, with 

 such recommendations as they deem proper, to the Executive 

 Committee. They shall appoint such committees as thev find 

 necessary to revise and adopt standards for all breeds of 'dogs, 

 and all other committees desirable for the promotion and 

 general welfare of the interests of this Association. 



bee. a, In all business of the Executive Committee conducted 

 by correspondence, the proposer or initiator of any resolution 

 or other business shall deliver to the Secretaiv of the Associa- 

 tion a, written statement of the resolution or other business, 

 which he desires to have considered by the Committee, together 

 with as many copies thereof as there' are members of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. The Secretary shall at once deliver to 

 each member of the Committee one copy thereof, accompanied 

 by a notice that said members shah within one month return 

 the same with a written approval, disapproval, or amendment. 

 In case of amendment, the proposer shall fill all the require- 

 ments necessary to the original proposition, and the Secretary 

 shall also serve the different members with certified copies 

 thereof. Upon the expiration of the period provided for in 

 said notices, the Secretary shall deliver to the President the 

 entire correspondence, with detailed report of all connecting 

 proceedings, and the President shall make a ruling in accoi d- 

 ance with said correspondence, and notifv the Secretary, who 

 shah in turn notify each member, givingthe result of the vote 

 and the manner in which each club voted. If necessary, the 

 President shall direct further correspondence or advise the 

 call of a special meeting to consider the subject. The Secre- 

 tary shall enter upon his minutes full report of such proceed- 

 ings. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. The term "dog" where used in these rules is general in its 

 application. 



2. All dogs entered for competition or exhibition, only shall 

 be entered in the name of the bona fide owner. Such" entry 

 must be identified by the name of the dog, its date of birth, 

 and if known, the name of its sire, dam and breeder; other- 

 wise it must be entered "pedigree unknown." If the name of 

 a dog which has won a first prize has been changed, its name 

 at time of winning any and every such prize, and the place 

 thereof, must be given". 



3. If a dog is entered without being identified, as directed in 

 Ride 2, it shall be disqualified from competition. 



4. Puppies may be entered in the grown classes in addition 

 to the puppy class by the payment of an extra entrance fee. 



5. A prize won in a puppy class does not coimt as a win un- 

 der the champion rule. 



(5. Dogs to be eligible for special piizes must in all cases be 

 entered in their regular classes, and no dog eligible for special 

 prizes can be withdrawn from competition, uuless it has been 

 stated on entry blanks, "Will not compete for special prizes." 

 Stud dogs and brood bitches, with their progeny, may com- 

 pete for such special piizes as may be. offered, but' the progeny 

 must be entered in regular classes. 



7. A dog to compete in the champion class must have won 

 three fret prizes at bench shows given under the auspices of 

 clubs members of this Association. A dog having won three 

 first prizes as above, cannot compete in an open class when 

 there is a champion class for its kind, but must compete in 

 such champion class. 



8. Any dog entered in a champion class must have stated on 

 its entry blank at least three winnings, with the date of each. 

 to show that it is eligible to such class. 



9. In estimating the number of prizes a dog has won, with 

 reference to whether it should compete in Champion Class or 

 not, the number of prizes won shall be calculated up to 12 

 o'clock noon of the day previous to the day of closing entries 

 for the show. 



10. Dogs that have won in a Champion Class shall be con- 

 tinued in said class. 



11. A dog affected by mange or other contagious disease 

 must be disqualified from competing, and be removed from 

 the show. A competent person shall be appointed by the 

 managers to pass judgment as to the disease of dogs. 



12. The judge may withhold such prizes as his judgment 

 may dictate. 



13. In miscellaneous classes judges will award prizes only to 

 dogs of a recognized breed, that have no regular classes as- 

 signed. Dogs that have a regular class provided tor them will 

 not be allowed to compete in the Miscellaneous Class. 



14. Dogs that have been erroneously entered may be. trans- 

 ferred by the judge to their proper classes. If such classes 

 have been judged, they shall not be reopened. 



15. The decision of the judges shall be final in all cases, 

 except where mistake, fraud, misrepresentation, or collusion 

 can be shown. In such cases the managers, or such referee 

 as they may appoint, must decide all cases, and the dog must 

 be re-judged. 



16. All protests and charges must be made in writing, and be 

 delivered to the Secretary as soon as practicable. 



17. Any person guilty of misconduct, or has been guilty of 

 misconduct, in anyway in connection with dogs, dog shows, 

 or field trials, may, in the discretion of the managers, be dis- 

 qualified from exhibition or competition at these shows. Such 

 disqualification shad be recognized by all the members of this 

 Association, until the person or persons disqualified shall 

 appeal to, and the case has been decided by the Executive 

 Committee. The disqualification of the owners will apply to 

 all dogs connected in the perpetration of the fraud. 



18. A castrated dog or spayed bitch shall be disqualified 

 from competing, or from receiving a prize if awarded. Total 

 or partial blindness shall have great weight against a dog. 



19. All clubs shall reserve the right to exclude or remove 

 from the show such clogs as it may deem proper or necessary. 



20. Each member of the Association shall appoint then- 

 judges, arrange prize lists, form of catalogues, assume its own 

 financial responsibility, and arrange such other details as may 

 properly come under its individual management, 



21. Other rules and regulations not inconsistent with the 

 Constitution and By-Laws, may be adopted by the members 

 of this Association for the government of their shows. 



THE STANDARD COMMITTEES. 



At the late meeting of the American Kennel Club as no in 

 ber of committees were appointed to communicate with 

 fanciers and breeders in relation to any changes which it 

 maj T prove desirable to make in the various standards. The 

 formation of any new standard does not come within the 

 province of these committees. They are simply to receive the 

 views of others and present these to the club. Since the club 

 has undertaken the work, it is of the utmost importance that 

 the committees should have the views of fanciers who are 

 competent to advise respecting a given breed. Such pel sons 

 Should make their influence felt, whether they think that in 

 any breed changes should be made or whether they make a 

 stand for what we already have. 



Following is a. list of the committees: 



Mastiffs— E. W. Dudley, Camden, N. J. ; Herbert Mead, Lake 

 Waccabuc, N. Y.. aud Vv. Wade. Pittsburg, Pa. 



St, Bernards — A, W. Pope, Boston, Mass. ; Rodney Benson, 

 New York, and J. P. Haines, Tom's River, N. J. 



Newfoundlands— J. F. Kirk, Toronto, Ont. ; J. A. Nickerson, 

 Boston, Mass , and James Mortimer, Babylon, L, I. 



Deerhounds— J. E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. ; Edward 

 Kelley, New York, and Dr." Van Hummel. Denver, Col. 



( h-eyhounds— H. W. Smith, Worcester, Mass.; H. VV. Hunt- 

 ington, Brooklyn, N. Y., and J. R, Pierson, Buckingham, Pa. 



English Setters— Maj. J. M. Taylor. Lexington, Ky. ; P. H. 

 Bryson, Memphis. Tenn.. and .1. "('. Sagging, Delaware City, 

 Del, 



