Oct. 29. 1885.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Charlie Lincoln, I cannot but think that a good deal of th© 

 trouble we haTe is a legacy from him. We all remember 

 bis ,iolly slip and go easy ways, postponing all disagreeable 

 matters, smoothing down ruffled tempers, yet doing nothing 

 to cure the evils complained of. Now that we have no such 

 smoothing iron, shirt bosoms have got in a fearfully rumpled 

 state. Then it must be confessed that there was a strong 

 dash of humbug in Charlie's methods, puffing in the daily 



papers some beast as "the beautifxil dogs entered as 



valued at $500 appeai"ing in the catalogues as valued at .'?5,000, 

 etc., all added a false glamor to shows, which soon wore oil:, 

 and left an acting void. 



I had a cixrious illustration of this. One of om- officers was 

 very Indignant at "Porcupine" for saying that there was a feel- 

 ing" that the Philadelphia show would operate to the dis- 

 advantage of ours. "Why," said I, "did he not say that the 

 feehng was not justified by the facts of the case?" "Well, he 

 ought not to nave said it," was all the answer I could get. 

 Since then. I have mentally cursed dog show managers as 

 well as intenrling exhibitors. The way the latter can devil 

 the committe« about classifications to suit their dogs, beats 

 all the efforts of a dozen sparrows after a robta. Monks 

 wantsthe bullfoundland class divided between blue antl green 

 dogs, Tom Collins wants the rackabone class divided between 

 hexagonal and octagonal dogs, and so on ad infinitum. What 

 "true cockers" would demand as a just recognition of their 

 merits, would beat a whole guessing school. W. Wade. 



HuLTON, Pa., Oct. 33,1885. 



PRINCE CHARLES SPANIELS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In reply to yom- statement regarding the black, white and 

 tail toy spaniels. I will say that I have carefully looked aver 

 the works of Stonehenge,"Vero Sha,w and Idsto'ne, and I can 

 find no mention of the Prince Charles sijaniel. In speaking of 

 the King Charles of fifty years ago, Stonebenge says they 

 were usually of a black, tan and white color. Vero Shaw says 

 the King Charles should be either lilack and tan or black, tan 

 and white. Jd.stoue, in speaking of the King Charles of 

 thirty years ago, mentions a superb black, white and tan bitch. 



Now, Mr. Editor, I would like to ask you how aud where 

 the black, white and tan came by the name of Prince 

 Charles spaniels. Dk. G. Walton. 



BoBTOK, Mass. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In last week's issue I notice a letter from Dr. tx. Walton, of 

 Boston, asking what is a Prince Charles spaniel, and yoiir 

 reply thereto. 



With aU due respect to Forest and Stream as a reliable 

 authority on dog matters, I. and probably Mr. Walton and 

 others, would be glad of a little more light on this subject. 

 For mj'self 1 confess I doubt the con-ectuess of youi- answer 

 to Mr. Walton's question. I may be wrong, and if so am 

 willing to learn, but so far I have never heard of Prince 

 Charles spaniels and have never seen them mentioned in any 

 kennel works as far as I can remember. Hemlock. 



Mattapan, Mass. 



[While of coitrse we take ga'eafc pleasure in giving informa- 

 tion to our readers, we do not altogether like to be obliged 

 to repeat the same thing over twice. Dr. Walton's ex- 

 perience in breeding spaniels may be great, but a little famih- 

 arity with the literatui e of a breed is important if one is going 

 to vrrite about it for the printer. There is progress in dog 

 matters as in other thing.s, and it is not possible to learn every- 

 thing about our pets from the pages of "Stonebenge," Vero 

 Shaw and "Idstone." The name Prince Charles was given to 

 the tri-color King Charles spaniels by the English Toy Span- 

 iel Club and has been adoptedbythe principal shows through- 

 out England.] 



BEAGLES AT PHILADELPHIA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The article under the above heading which appeared in your 

 last issue contains a few remarks concei-ning my dog Banner- 

 man which are misleading and therefore demand this reply. 

 I always cslaimed Bannerman to be under 12 inches in height, 

 and do so yet, Mi'. Schellhass to the contrary notwithstand- 

 ing. If properly measured Bannerman wiU always be found 

 nearer 11 than 12 inches. I deny the assertion of "Mr. Schell- 

 hass, that all the parties who measured Bannerman last spring 

 made him over 12 inches. There was quite a diversitj^ of 

 opinions on that occasion. The measuring then Avas veiy im- 

 properly done, viz. , with sticks. 



At the late Philadelphia show Bannerman was again meas- 

 ured at my request by the judge, Mr. Stovell, and he, as well 

 as all pre"sent, pronounced him almost an inch short of 12 

 inches. Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. Pottinger 

 Dorsey, Dan O'Shea, W. H. Ashburner, W. L. Crittenden, L. 

 D. Sloan and others, all of whom I think will willingly testify 

 to my assertion. 



Now in regard to what Mr. Schellhass says concerning my 

 entering Bannennan in a clas.s over 12 inches, I will say that 

 owing to the absence of a champion class for beagles under 12 

 inches (and Bannerman having won three firsts, therefoi-e 

 eligible to the champion class) I supposed that I had a pert'ect 

 light to enter in the only champion class which was pi'ovided 

 for beagles. I did not take into consideration the probability 

 of my dog being ruled out for being under size. It was a great 

 mistake on the partj of the Philadelphia Kennel Club to insert 

 the clause "over 12 inches" in connection with their champion 

 class. Before dismissing this subject let me say that I did not 

 enter Bannerman in a class over 12 inches, thinking that he 

 belonged there, as Mr. Schellhass wishes to convey, but for the 

 reasons given above. 



In conclusion I will say that I was one of those present 

 when Mr. Schellhass's dog Trailer was measured, and the fact 

 that the dog was oversized was apparent to every one present. 

 Mr. W. L. Crittenden, who led the dog into the ring, also ac- 

 knowledged the fact. This I only mention in justice to the 

 judge A. C. Krxteger. 



WRHJHTSvrLLE, Pa., Oct. 26, 1885. 



THE ST. BERNARD BERYL.— In our comments on the 

 St. Bernards at Philadelphia we stated that "Beryl was out of 

 coat." Her owner writes us that this was indeed the case, as 

 she was dead. In examining the dogs we found a bitch in 

 Beryl's stall, and our notes read as follows: "'Faulty in head, 

 ears and tail, a bit light in bone, out of coat." As Beryl was 

 criticised in our report of the New York show last year we 

 made no comment except that she was out of coat. We did 

 not find Bertha, No. 35, in her stall, and have no notes against 

 her number and conclude that this bitch was in the wrong 

 stall and had probably been removed from her puppies by her 

 keeper. As both belong to the same kennel, this can easily be 

 determined by the owner. We only wonder that many mis- 

 takes of the kind did not occur, as many of the dogs were in 

 wrong stalls. We found Dashing Monarch m the stall belong- 

 ing to Rockingham, with a crowd around admirmg the cele- 

 brated champion. Had we not known the dogs our report 

 might have been a little mixed. 



LADY MAUD.— Ellicott City, Md,, Oct. 2r>.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Will you grant me space in youi- columns sim- 

 ply to convey to Mr. John W. Munsou a small piece of uiteUi- 

 gence. The pointer bitch Lady Maud, very high com. and 

 reserve at the late J^hiladelphia show and als<j noticed in your 

 report of the same, is one of the "pair of weeds" that Mr. 

 Munson pronounced last year as "the worst he ev»r saw." 

 She is also i}4 years old. I have no comments to make.— 

 T. B. Dorset. 



DORSEY. 



DORSEY is the suggestive name of a California mail- 

 carrier. Dorsey is probably the only postal employe 

 in California who has^ not trembled for fear of losing office on 

 the ground of offensive partisanship. But Dorsey has not 

 even voted. He is a dog. His official wages are small, and 

 through the proper authorities he has made application to 

 have them increased. At present he gets two beef.steaks a 

 week. He wants his salary raised to seven steaks a week and 

 mileage. His constituents have signed a petition to that effect, 

 and the dog looks anxiously forward to the day when Post- 



master-General Vilas shall grant Ms petition. In the cut 

 given above, which is taken from a photograph of the canier 

 in costume, Dorsey is shown smiling broadly over the pros- 

 pect of increased wages. The drawing is by the artist of the 

 New York World. It is from a photograph sent to Mrs. Rusa 

 Bodenstein, of No. 204 East Fifty-first street, by her son, who 

 is a mine owner at Bismarck, along the line of route over 

 which Dorsey travels. The miners who live in the dog's dis- 

 trict feel so kindly toward the novel carrier that no cabin is 

 considered complete without a picture of then- pet hung in the 

 most conspicuous place. Once a month or so, whenever a 

 travehng photogi'apher strikes the town, Dorsey has to sub- 

 mit to be photographed. He has gi-own to like the process 

 now and seems to understand what it is all about. Whenever 

 one of these travehng artists appears the dog is the first to 

 scent him out and to pilot him to the country store that serves 

 as post-otlice. Here he waits to have his mail bag strapped 

 on, and, when all is properly adjusted, he poses in full uniform 

 as patiently as a society actress the day before her debut. 



Before Dorsey was appointed regula'r mail cai-rier between 

 Calico and Bismarck, m San Bernardino county, his reputa- 

 tion was not the best. He was said to be lazy, and would 

 nther loaf -away the .summer days in a shady spot than work 

 for a hvmg. He is a black and white colhe Avith sharp nose, 

 bright, quick eyes and the usual shaggy coat. The Avay he 

 came to be installed as a Grovemment eniployewas this: "The 

 postmaster at Calico had a brother in the mines at Bismarck 

 to whom he Avanted to send word one day. The place was 

 three miles up the mountain, along a bare, stony road, biu'n- 

 ing with heat. It was a hot, toilsome tramp and no one in 

 the village 1 offered to "go. So the postmaster thought he 

 would send Dorsey just to see how it would work. The 

 letter was written and tied around the dog's neck, his hea/d 

 was pointed up the Bismarck road, and he was told to "git out 

 fur Bismarck." He started, ran a few rods and stopped. But 

 a shower of stones started him again, and that was the last 

 seen of him m Calico that day. 



The next day he returned from Bismarck with an answer- 

 ing letter tied around his neck. He Lad been well treated at 

 the mining camp, was fed well and petted on his return, and 

 seemed veiy proud of his achievement. After this other let- 

 ters Avere sent in the same way, and by-and-by the miners 

 asked that all their mail be sent up by the dog route. There 

 were more than he could carry, so a little mail bag Avith brass 

 trimmings and the usual Government lock was purchased and 

 fitted to Dorsey's back. The bag is fastened by two straps, 

 one around his chest and the other around his forelegs. When 

 the bag was first strapped on his back a grand ceremony was 

 held by the miners and the postmaster, and Dorsey was form- 

 ally and officially installed as carrier with a salary of two 

 beefsteaks a week and promise of increased pay if he "behaved 

 himself. Noaa" residents of San Beniardino county haA^e grovra 

 to look upon the dog as a regular institution quite in the ordi- 

 nary run of affairs. 



Dorsey knows when the stage that brings the mail is due. 

 and on " those occasions he sticks closely to the post-office, 

 When the letters and papers have been sorted out the post- 

 master says, "Doi'sey, the mail is ready," and the dog stands 

 soberly to haA^e the bag strapped on. Then, with a sharp bark 

 of farewell, he trots over the hills on a little trail he has worn 

 himself. If he meets a stranger he makes a wide detom" to 

 avoid him, and when other dogs try to be friendly and get up 

 a httle fight Avith soft gloves, so to speak, gravely declines 

 and goes on his way. He Avill not run any risk of losmg the 

 maU. Arriving at "Bismarck he stops at six or seven of the 

 principal houses in town and standing at the front door barks 

 until some one comes out, examines the bag and takes what 

 belongs to him. Then Dorsey trots on to the next house and 

 so on throughout his route. Only a few known fiiends are 

 permitted by; him to open the bag. Then at night the miners 

 give him a big supper and the next day he starts back for his 

 office at Cahco with letters bound for the post-office. 



Post-office Inspector T. F. Tracy, sent out by the Govern- 

 ment to inspect California mail facilities, reports the Dorsey 

 dog route the most faithful and prompt in the State. 



A newspaper suggests the formation of a corps of messenger 

 dogs, to take the place of or supplement the commissionaires 

 and the telegraph boys of the London streets. The dogs should 

 be uniformed to the extent of a distinguishing badge around 

 their neck — and would be divided up into districts, each 

 stationed at a certain street comer, from AA'hich he knew his 

 way well to the nearest postal telegraph oflice. When a man 

 wanted to have a telegram sent or a letter mailed, he would 

 whistle to the dog, shp the money and the message into a bag 

 at the dog's throat and send him off, then he would be expect- 

 ed to make a bee-line for the accustomed office, whence he 

 would be again sent to his street corner (with an answer, if 

 necessary), to wait for another customer. If the scheme 

 should be thought worth the trying, there is no reason why it 

 should not be successfully carried out. Every one can recall 

 instances, which he has seen or heard of, of dogs AA'hich had 

 been taught to call regularly for the family mail or the neAvs- 

 paper, and take it to their master, and in some parts of rural 

 England the inteUigent beasts have been pressed into Grovern- 

 ment service and cover a regular postal route every day. 

 What, then, is there to prevent them being regularly organized 

 into corps and taught to do the small offices wluch Avould be 

 required of them as messpuger dogs ^ No one who thinks of 

 all the dogs he has known, and remembers the faoious dogs of 

 history. Avill doubt theii- intelligenue. aud fidelity. And, in 

 some paiticulars, the dog would certainly be an improvement 

 on the messenger boy. Dogs do not play mai'bles, nor wiU 

 they go many blocks out of their way to folloAv a circus. No 

 one ever saw a dozen hounds sitting on their haunches watch- 

 ing a man peddling patent match safes, and they are proof 

 against the seductive influence of a fire alarm. The messenger 



youth, on the other hand, is a frail thing, easy of temptation 

 and subject to mortal weeknass. Whatever other results that 

 would follow the mobihzation of this novel army, the public 

 would at least gain in rapidity of service, while the Govern- 

 ment (or the company which managed the dogs) would be 

 free from all apprehensions of a strike among its employes. 



CONCERNING KICKERS. -Mr. W. Wade writes to the 

 St,ock-Keeper in reference to an article about '^'American 

 Kickers," written to the Scottish Fancier by "Corsincon:" 

 Now, my excellent friend "Corsmcon," you have accurately 

 described an animal that is often to be found at our shows; 

 but, good conscience ! you haA'-e got the name all wrong. Fact is 

 I think you come nearer the description of the genuine article 

 of American "kicker" than almost anybody I know. The 

 "kicker" is just Avhat the name describes; he kicks, and, if he 

 is Avorthy of the name, somebody knows that he has done so 

 vrith a fbrty-mule power. About as fair an illustration of 

 what we "Irick" for is the matter of "Daniel at Bristol show"; 

 only the American kicker generally takes much stronger 

 ground, and uses much stronger language than Mr, Sheffield 

 did. An exhibitor, Mr. Gregg, once paid three dollars for 

 the entry of a mastiff puppy. WTien the judging came on, 

 he was rather astonished by having a whole litter of four, 

 that had paid five dollai-s entry as a litter, brought out 

 against him; and when one of this litter won, he kicked most 

 emphatically, and was no ways spaiing of free expression of 

 his opinion 'of the honesty of the transaction; and, of course, 

 he won first honors in the wordy Avar that followed. When 

 Mr. Mason's pointer, Beaufort, was beaten under a judge who 

 owned a whining dog a day before the show, did not OAvn her 

 Avhen judging, and did own her a week after, he "kicked," 

 the result being an angry war, now famous as the "pointer 

 protest," in which Mr. Mason achieved the greatest victoiy I 

 ever kneAv avou in the press, for he converted several who 

 had been hostile to him to friends. Why, confound it, 

 "Corsincon," when Mr. Hammond, of the Forest A^^D Stream, 

 introduced me to you, before he gave my name, did not he 

 class me as a "kicker", one of those who "kicks" AA'hen his 

 dog wins as readily 2is when beaten? Not that I propose to 

 set myself up as a gaiide for you or anybody, hut surely you 

 will not take me for one of th"e beautiful animals you rlesciibe 

 as "kickers." The correct name of the beast you mean is 

 "sorehead," a fellow who measures the correctness of the 

 judges' decisions by the place his dog gets: like that Irish 

 terrier exhibitor, who swore high and low at you for not put - 

 ting his dog firet, when such judges as Jas. Watson and R. 

 H. BaxloAV said his dog might be a terrier, and might have 

 come from Ireland, but could not see the Irish terrier in him, 

 No su", the American "kicker" is a most worthy specimen. 

 If his dog is put back when he ought to have won, the 

 genuine kicker says so, and give his reason for it; but, be he 

 right or wrong, he does not indulge in the little shines you 

 depict. For myself I glory in belonging to the noble anuy of 

 kickers, exemplitied by Messrs. Mason, Watson, Gregg, 

 Greene, etc.— men who are not afraid to speak their minds 

 over theiroAvn signatures; just hke you, "Corsincon." By the 

 Avay, "Corsincon," in all your American experience you never 

 had an odder one than that solemn procession at Cincinnati, 

 when the setter Dido was taken out of her stall. It was a 

 very solemn and affecting scene. Then why don't you give 

 us your ideas of American dogs? Our foxhounds, for instance, 

 what a new breed they were to you? and don't you forget to 

 laugh at our stories of hounds iiinning fifty miles or more on 

 a chase. You didn't more than half beheve me when I assur- 

 ed you that it was quite possible, for when hounds get after 

 a deer there is no knovsdng where they avUI go, how long they 

 will be away, or whether they will ever get back. You see, 

 fox hunts are a very different story here from with you. I 

 would hke to see a party of horsemen following the hounds 

 through one of our laurel thickets and over our hills and dales. 

 All that tlie biped participants in a fox hunt get is sitting on 

 their hoi-ses and hearing the dogs give tongue, seeing them 

 perhaps once in a run, so tongue is more important m a hound 

 than speed. I ask you to give us your ideas of American dogs 

 and doggy things. Don't fail to dwell on the inspiring sight of 

 an exhibitor squatting doAvn, Avith one hand under a setter's 

 nose, the other holding out the tip of its tail, slueing the critter 

 round to catch the judge's eye. It always looks to me like "one 

 dog, one fool, and a judge." Now give us your impressions. 

 We want to know just how we strike a habitu6 of your Eng- 

 lish shows, where we are deficient and where we are strong. 



A FAITHFUL MASTIFF.— A correspondent sends us this 

 story of a mastiff's characteristic performance of duty: 

 "About fifty years ago, in South Wales, one of the workmen on a 

 farm coveted some of the apples in the best orchard. He knew 

 that his master had a mastiff in it at night, but he had been 

 used to the dog since he was a pup, so he was not afraid of it. 

 He made a hole in the wall on the top of which grew a white 

 thorn hedge, that a bird could not go through, and in the night 

 crept through. The dog came to meet him. ' The man picked 

 the choice apples and in high glee prepared to leave, but no, 

 the dog would not let him go. The man could not beheve 

 himself at fh-st, but after many trials he gave up the idea of 

 taking the apples, and emptied them out of his bag. Then he 

 tried to go, but the dog thought that everything was not 

 right, and refused again. He tried for hours to no purpose, 

 and yet the dog treated him kindly except when he wanted 

 to leaA'e. At last the man took his knife and cut the faithful 

 animal's throat, killing him on the spot. The next day £ 100 

 reward was offered for information who killed the dog. 

 The man fled to America and told the whole story when 

 safe from justice." 



SPANIELS AT PHILADELPHIA.— i'diior Forest and 

 Stream: "A man who will not stand up for his dog is just no 

 man at all" (Forest and Stream Oct. 22). Well, I am going 

 to stand up for my dog now, but do not think I am a dis- 

 appointed exhibitor, for i am not. We won the kennel prize 

 at Philadelphia and can do so again any time we try for it. 

 In your report, of the Philadelphia show, Oct. 15, you say: 

 "Brahmin had no difficulty in beating Homell Silk in the 

 champion cocker class. He [Brahmin] is a niceish httle dog, 

 and but for a little legginess, lightness of hone and heaviness of 

 broiv would take a lot of beating" (itali'cs mine). If you had 

 added that he was cat-sided, straight behind aud has a field 

 spaniel head, you would have hit the mark exactly; and as 

 Silk is only faulty in coat and head I claim that the judge had 

 no right to place Brahmin first. I raised Brahmin from a puppy 

 until he weighed thirty pounds, then I sold him.— J. Otis 

 Fellows. 



THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.— J^rti'^or Forest and Stream : 

 Coinciding Avith Mr. ScheUbass's experience with the Philadel- 

 phia Kennel Chib's management, I wish to say that a dog I 

 entered, and sent there hy express, anived home promptly 

 and in excellent condition, and equally to the point, a pre- 

 mium won arrived almost as soon as the dog.— W. Wade 

 (Hulton, Pa., Oct. 24)^ 



PEDIGREE OP 1.0X11813..— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Can any of your readers give the pedigree of the beagle bitch 

 Louise. " She was bred by Mr. Colin Cameron. I believe. I 

 would like her pedigree as far as known. — H. P. S. 



THE WINSTED DOG SHOW.— Mr. James Watson, of 

 Philadelphia, will judge all classes at the dog show to be held 

 at W^iusted, Conn., Dec. 15 to 18. 



BAVARIA has 203,200 dogs, the tax on which amounts to 

 §2.50,000; and eveiybody is happy. 



