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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 25, 1886. 



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 ing Co. 



FIXTURES. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 82.— Eighth annual field trials of the Eastern Field Trials Club, 

 at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster. Secretary, Flatbush, Kings 

 couuty, N. Y. 



DOG SHOW8. 



March 16. 17. 18 and 19.— Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's 

 Dog Show, at Pittsburgh. Pa. C. B. Elbeo. Secretary. 



March 33. 34 and 25- Firs'" Annual Dog Show of the New Jersey 

 Kennel and Field Trials Club, Newark, N. J. A. P. Vredenburgh, 

 Secretary. Bergen Point, N. J. 



March 30 to April 2.— Third Annual Dog Show of the New Haven 

 Kennel Ciub. S. K HeruiDgway, Secretary, New Haven. Conn. 



April 6. 7, daud y.— Second Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennei Club. Edward A. Mbseley, Secretary, Boston, Mass. 



April 13, 14. 15 and 16. First Annual Dog Show of the Hartford 

 Kenntl Ciuh. A. C. Collins, Secretary, Hartford. Conn. 



May 4. 5. 6 and 7. — Tenth annual dog show of the "Westminster 

 Kennel Club, at Madison Square Garden, New York. James Morti- 

 mer, Superintendent. P. O. Box 1812, New York. 



May 18, 19. 20 and 21 —Third Annual Dog Show of the St. Louis 

 Gun Club, St Louis, Mo. Geo. Munson, Manager. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

 pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub 

 Hshed every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in early. 

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription S1.50. Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O, Bd 2832, New York. Number 

 of entries already printed 3333. 



A FOUR-FOOTED ACCOUNT OF IT. 



PRESUMING upon your well-known interest in the 

 canine race, of which I arn an humble member, 1 ask the 

 privilege of a modest space in your columns to relate what 

 has been to me a notable experience. 



I am a Connecticut dog, at present in North Carolina. I 

 may state in order that wbat I say may have due weight 

 with rry readers, that I have had considerable practice for 

 my three years of life on such game as we find at the North. 

 The experience alluded to began with a tedious journey on 

 the cars. In the baggage car, where I was forced to ride, 

 trunks were piled up to the roof, and as they rocked with the 

 motion of the train, I felt in imminent danger of being 

 crushed to a patent dog cake. I wanted to go to my master, 

 but was left in the charge of ignorant people to whom my 

 master seemed to be constantly giving silver. You will bear 

 me out in calling them ignorant, for one of each new relay 

 of train men would be sure to ask if 1 was a bird dog. As 

 if the fact was not apparent in every hair of my flat coat. I 

 wanted to tell them that my family had been distinguished 

 in this profession for many years. Was not the litter brother 

 of my prandsire a field" trial winner? Was not another 

 ancestor the subject of a bitter controversy in the papers? 



After transfeis to boats with slippery gang planks and 

 more trains, and a wretched time generally, in constant fear 

 of my life, we arrived at last at our destination and put up 

 at a very comfortable sort of a house. I find it very much 

 to my taste off days, when we are not hunting, lying before 

 the fire in my master's room. There are a number of black 

 fellows around with whisk brooms under their arms, Gor- 

 dons I should call them, if they were dogs. They all try to 

 make friends with me, but 1 take no notice of them. The 

 man of the white pasteboard cap and apron, who presides in 

 the kitchen, is, however, a fine fellow. I very quietly fol- 

 lowed my nose to his domain shortly after our arrival, and 

 poking my head into his lap to attract his attention, looked 

 up at him in a way that usually brings something. It has 

 brought me steaks and chops lliree times a day ever since, 

 and 1 smile to myself when my master complains that 1 do 

 not come down in flesh quite enough to suit him. 



All this is, however, only preparatory to what I wished to 

 tell my Northern friends. What we came for was, of course, 

 the quail shootiDg — or partridge shootinp, as we have to call 

 it here — of North Carolina. We take the cars from the city, 

 just as we do at the North, and then there seems to be at the 

 station expecting us some lank fellow, with a one-eyed dog 

 and a gun, who "reckons that a covey of partridges used on 

 the branch yonder." We walked, myself at beel, through 

 about a mile of pine woods, and then struck out into some 

 broad fields. To my surprise the other dogs, Southerners all 

 of them, ranged off almost out of sight. I would like well 

 enough to do the same thing, but I never can get off any dis- 

 tance without hearing my master call to me in a way that I 

 have learned to respect. However, I will say this for my 

 new dog acquaintances, they are very cautious when 

 approaching a covey and very staunch on birds. Although 

 it is not professional for us to notice other than game birds, 

 I will pause here to say to Noithem dogs that I have discov- 

 ered where all the blackbirds were going that we have so 

 often seen leaving our country in the late fall. They rise 

 from the fields here in clouds that darken the sky. The 

 negroes kill great numbers of them with their old Confeder- 

 ate muskets and serve tbem up in a pie. 



The Virginia redbird is ever darting through the brush, 

 and I aiways stop to look at him, he is such a beauty. I 

 never tire ot hearing bis joyous song, "I'm a free nigger," 

 the darkies call it. 



Ah, what's this? Have we found the scent of birds already 

 and not five minutes in the field? As sure as you live, it is 

 the scent I love so well. Here the tracks cross and recross. 

 By the shades of my red Irish ancestors, Low many birds do 

 they have in a covey down here? If only I can point the 

 birds first, for 1 know that my master's eye is upon me, and 

 know that he will be well pleased if 1 "lay out" these natives. 

 The other dogs have struck the scent, too, and I must get in 

 ahead of them. Now for a stroke of head work. Yonder 

 little clump is such a likely place for birds that I will just 

 road up to it. If they are not there I can get back and steal 

 from some dog the hottest trail. Hurrah, I've nailed them, 

 but if those brutes backing me take a step nearer, I shall 

 have to rush in. Up go the birds, and bang go four barrels 

 behind me, and I see at least two birds falliug. What's that, 

 all the dogs rushing in, and to ihink of their getting the birds 

 before me. Perhaps, too, some bird may be but wing broke, 

 and may need the little squeeze that 1 know so well how to 

 admiuister. I can't stand it, good-bye. I got the bird, but 

 I got besides a sound rating from my master. Well, it is 

 not in the dog nature to be steady when every dog is rushing 

 in. Tiiis same performance, I may add, was repeated every 

 time a gun was discharged, and I add "with stinging regret 

 fbfit, 1 as often "broke shot, 



Off again, ranging over the fields, but much to my sur- 

 prise, the birds were not followed into a pine wood. I could 

 have found, no doubt, and I know that at home, when for- 

 tunate enough to find a covey early in the day, we do not 

 soon forsake them for the uncertain prospect of finding more 

 birds. What's this trail my nose is on? Zip! Off goes one 

 of those little brown rabbits. Away go the dogs in full 

 chase after him, notwithstanding the yells of their masters, 

 accompanied by stronger expiessions than were current in 

 the New England bamlet where 1 was reared. Soon they 

 give up their chase for fur and go to work again. I will not 

 weaiy you with a repetition of this experience. We found 

 no stubble fields such as I am used to at the North, but the 

 resorts of the birds appeared to be in large fields where the 

 partridge, pea or rag weed had followed the crop, or in the 

 brown straw or cane brake. One has constantly to be leap- 

 ing the ditches v. hich cro?a the fields, and often we find the 

 birds on their edges. What strikes the setter family as a 

 drawback to the shooting here is the pesky sand buirs. How 

 can a dog give his mind to hunting with a burr under each 

 shoulder, and a half dozen at the root of his tail? After 

 nearly biting off said appendage, I gave it up and approached 

 ray master to let ,him try his hand. I will remark, en pas- 

 sant, that men are intelligent in comprehending our wishes, 

 if we are only reasonably patient with them. It took my 

 master a half an hour at the end of the day's shooting to rid 

 me of the burrs. 



At the close of the day we found that we had started 

 twelve coveys of birds. Our bag to four guns was— but I 

 forbear, lest I cause my Northern brethren to view with dis- 

 satisfaction tbeir own achievements in the field. Another 

 reason for my forbearance is that at my time of life it has be- 

 come apparent to me that such reports are strangely inaccur- 

 ate. I have been out with parties shooting when, at the end 

 of the day, the bag would grow larger at every inquiry as we 

 drew nearer home. The first time that this occurred I 

 thought that 1 had made a miscount, but later the sad truth 

 of man's mendacity came home to me. I am, therefore, con- 

 vinced that my simple statement would seem incredible, and 

 that it would be believed that this human weakness had been 

 imitated by your obedient servant. Dash. 

 Wilmington, N. C, Feb. fl. 



THE UNPAID SPECIAL AT CHICAGO. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It has only been within a few days that the full enormity 

 of the above case has been known to me. In common with 

 all your readers, I knew that the Illinois Kennel Club had 

 failed to pay all the premiums won at their recent show, and 

 heard in a general way that special had followed the fate of 

 regular premiums. I knew also that some exhibitors, men of 

 wealth and influence — one a director in the Pittsburgh club — 

 had promptly received their premiums, while certain needy 

 ones were left in the lurch. All this was very disagreeable, 

 but it is nothing to the full facts of the case. It appears that 

 a gentleman of Chicago (or near by) gave a special of £15, 

 which money was paid into the treasury of the club. The 

 prize was won by a particular Mend of the donor, but was 

 never paid him. If this does not surpass in— well, plain English 

 serves the purpose best, and I will say dishonestly, anything 

 that has ever transpired in connection with dog shows In this 

 country. I challenge the production of its equal. 



The non-payment of regular premiums to be paid out of the 

 revenues of the club is bad enough, but after all, I would 

 have sympathy with the directors of a show, who after weeks 

 of hard work and neglect of their own private business, find 

 themselves brought face to face with the disagreeable necessity 

 of putting their hands in their pockets and making up a loss, 

 no fault of theirs, and I think the proper thing for the exhib- 

 itor to do in such a case, is to scale down his winnings in pro- 

 portion to the club's losses. Although I am fully aware that 

 such clubs as New England, New Haven, Westminster, New 

 Jersey, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, would scout such a pro- 

 posal, preferring to meet their losses like men. You know 

 that Pittsburgh is already famous as the "100 cents on the 

 dollar" show. To take money given them for a special definite 

 purpose and divei t it from the plain purpose of the donor, 

 whose trustee the club is, my lawyer friends tell me is "trover 

 and conversion," and to the lay mind it is simple embezzle- 

 ment, not to call it by the harsher name of robbery. 



Gentlemen of the American Kennel Club, you cannot afford 

 to let this matter pass by in silence. The offender is your 

 fellow member, and until you investigate this matter, and— if 

 vou find the facts as 1 have stated— expel the offender, you 

 are partners in this shame and disgrace. From this there is 

 no escape. If the A. K. C. is on its last legs, if even its legs 

 have shriveled to any nothings, as long as yuu even call your- 

 selves members of the Association, you are recreant to the 

 first principles of honor and justice if you do not clear your- 

 selves of any connection with such offenders: and if you let 

 them slip by on some such soft-soaped plank as non-payment 

 of an assessment, you are simply whitewashing a burning 

 disgrace. 



Will vou, gentlemen, tolerate "trovers and conversionists" ! 



W. Wade. 



HuIiTOn, Pa , Feb. U, 1880. 



THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



THE premium list of the tenth annual dog show of the West- 

 minster Kennel Club. Champion prizes of §25 for dogs 

 and the same for bitches, and in the open class, $20, §10 and 

 silver medal for dogs, the same for bitches; and £10 and medal 

 for dog puppies and the same for bitches, are offered in the 

 following elasses: Mastiffs, rough-coated St. Bernards, smooth- 

 coated St. Bernards, pointers over 55 pounds, pointers under 

 55 pounds, English setters, black and tan setteis and Irish set- 

 ters. Pointers and Enghsh setter dogs over 12 and under 18 

 months, §10 and medal, bitches the same; Newfoundlands, 

 §10 and medal; bloodhounds, §20 and §10; champion grey- 

 hounds, §20; open dogs, §10 and §5; bitches the same ; puppies, 

 §10 and medal. Champion deerhounds, §20;open dogs, §l0and 

 §5; bitches the same. Irish water spaniels, §10 and medal. 



Champion clumber spaniels §10, open dogs, §10 and §5. 

 bitches the same. Champion field spaniels §10, open §10 and 

 §5. Champion cocker spaniels §10, open, fiver or black dogs, 

 §10 and §5, bitches the same; any other color §10 and §5, pup- 

 pies, dogs §10 and medal, bitches the same. Foxhounds §10 and 

 §5. Champion beagles §10, open dogs §10, §5 and medal 

 bitches the same, puppies, medal. Basset hounds §10 and 

 medal. DachshiiLde the same. Champion fox-terrier dog §20, 

 bitch the same, open dogs §15, §10 and medal, bitches the 

 same, puppies, dogs §10 and medal, bitches the same. Wire- 

 haired fox-terriers §10, §5 and medaL Collies same as fox- 

 terriers. Champion bulldog §15, bitch the same, open dogs 

 §10, §5 and medal, bitches the same, puppies §10. Cham- 

 pion bull-terrier dog over 251bs. §15, bitch the same, 

 open dogs §10 and §5, bitches the same, under 25ibs., 

 §10, §5 and medal; puppies, medal. Black and tan terriers, 

 over Tibs., §10 and medal. Scotch and hard-haired 

 terriers the same; Dandie Dinmonts the same ; Irish terriers 

 the fame; Becllington terriers, dogs, the same; bitches the 

 same. Champion Skye terriers, §10; open, §10 and medal. 

 Champion pugs, §15; open dogs, §10, §5 and medal; bitches the 

 same; puppies, medal. Yorkshires, dogs, §10, §5 and medal; 

 pitches the same. Toy terriers, $IQ and medal; King Charles 

 spaniels the same; Blenheims the same; Japanese the same; 

 t'QVSj rubys and Prince Charles the same; Italian greyhounds 



the same. Poodles, black, dogs, the same; bitches the same; 

 other than black, the same. Miscellaneous, over 2olbs. , §10, 

 §5 and medal; under 251bs., the same. There are also a large 

 number of special prizes offered. 



THE NEW HAVEN DOG SHOW. 



THE dog show to be held at New Haven next month by the 

 New Haven Kennel Club, will undoubtedly prove to be 

 the best one that the club has yet held. The well known 

 liberality of the club in providing for the wants of the ex- 

 hibitors, is sure to meet its reward in an increased entry list, 

 and we shall expect to see the armory crowded with the best 

 representatives of the different breeds. Many valuable 

 special prizes will be given, among them is one of §25, from 

 Mr. W. Wade of Pittsburg, for the best mastiff . Ihe kennel 

 prizes to be competed for by not less than four dogs from 

 each kennel are §25 for mastiffs, §20 for St. Bernards, §10 for 

 grey bounds, §25 for pointers, §25 for English setters, §15 for 

 Irish setters, §15 for spaniels, §15 for beagles, §15 for fox-ter- 

 riers, §15 for collies and §10 for pugs. The trick dog special, 

 always a feature at New Haven, will this year be §30, with 

 §20 to first and §10 to second ; other specials are promised and 

 it is expected that every class will receive at least one. We 

 have received several letters of inquiry relative to the classes 

 respectively assigned to the judges. The list was published 

 in Forest and Stream Jan. 21 and is as follows: 



English, Irish and black and tan setters and pointers, Mr. 

 John Davidson, Monroe, Mich. Mastiffs, spaniels, greyhounds, 

 deerhounds, Newfoundlands, bull-terriers, pugs, Yorkshire and 

 toy terriers, toy spaniels, Italian greyhounds and Mexican 

 hairless, Mr. Chas. H. Mason, Bay Ridge, L. I. Beagles and 

 foxhounds, Mr. L. D. Sloan, Philadelphia, Pa. St. Bernards, 

 collies, bulldogs, poodles, fox-terriers, basset hounds, dachs- 

 hunde, black and tan, Bedlington, Irish, Skye and mixed ter- 

 riers, Mr. Ronald H. Barlow, Philadelphia, Pa. Miscellane- 

 ous. Messrs. Mason and Barlow. The entries close March 13. 

 The Secretary's address is S. R. Hemingway, Box 1235, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



THE ALEXANDRIA FIELD TRIALS. 



[From a Special Correspondent.] 



ON Tuesday, Feb. 16, the first trials for amateurs of the 

 Alexandria Rod and Gun Club began with the Derby. 

 A very fair attendance of spectators were present at the 

 trials and the utmost goodfeilowship prevailed. In conse- 

 quence of the probability of several sportsmen arriving 

 after Monday, the day on which entries closed, the time of 

 closing the entries was postponed imtil 9 o'clock on Tuesday. 

 Toe Derby was the first stakes run, and had only three entries, 

 Knight Gladstone, Capt. Craig and Reveille, first, second and 

 third respectively. The winner, Knight Gladstone, is a 

 medium size, compactly built dog of approved field trial type, 

 and showed himself to be a puppy of merit. Capt. Craig is 

 also a fine puppy about the same size and type as Knight Glad- 

 stone, both showing a great deal of their sire, old Gladstone's 

 style. Reveille is a large dog, but appeared to be off in his 

 work. The country is finely adapted to a field trial, and a 

 heartier welcome and greater hospitality is not shown any- 

 where. A very fair degree of skill was shown in the manage- 

 ment and handling, considering that trials are a new institu- 

 tion in this section of the country. The judges were Mr. 

 Amory R. Starr of Marshall, Texas; Judge J. M. Thompson, 

 of Covington, La., and Judge John Ciegg, LaFayette, La. 

 Mr. Starr had an entry in the stakes, and when he was hand- 

 ling, Mr. J. W. Prescott acted in his place. A start was made 

 at 10:30 to a plantation about one mile from tosvn, where the 

 trials were begun. 



THE DERBY. 



There were only three entries for the Derby, which were 

 drawn and run as follows: 



KNIGHT GLADSTONE AND CAPT. CRAIG. 



At 10:30 Mr. John Robinson's (Livingston, Miss.) black and 

 white English setter dog Knight Gladstone, whelped March 17, 

 1885 (Gladstone— Flossie), handled by owner, and Mr. A. R. 

 Starr's (Marshall, Tex.) black, white and tan Enghsh setter 

 dog Captain Craig, whelped Jan. 2. 1685 (Gladstone — Lady 

 May), were cast off in a coi ton field and worked down a ravine. 

 They both started off rather slow, but soon warmed up and 

 went at a rattling good pace for such youngsters. Knight 

 Gladstone had some advantage in speea and range. They 

 were very stylish on point and equal in quartering. Drawing 

 a cotton and cornfield blank, we moved to a large weedfleld. 

 Knight pointed and Captain backed beautifully. Knight dis- 

 covered his error and moved on. Going a short distance in 

 the weedtield the spectators flushed a bird. The handlers were 

 ordered to work their dogs back, which they did, the dogs not 

 finding any of the remaining birds. The handlers flushed the 

 bevy within a few feet of where the dogs had both been, and 

 they should have pointed them. The birds were marked 

 down in a dense thicket of bushes and briers, with water in a 

 large portion of it. They were followed, but nothing done ex- 

 cept that a few birds were flushed by the spectators. The 

 judges soon saw that it was impossible to see the dogs work 

 in such a thicket, and ordered the dogs up and out to the 

 open cotton field. Working to the hedge row, Knight pointed 

 and was held by his handler until Craig could be brought up 

 to back. Craig refused to back, went around him, and also 

 pointed in the same direction, but both dogs soon moved on" 

 We do not think that Craig should be penalized for not back- 

 ing, as the judges, reporters, spectators and handlers were so 

 close to him that he apparently did not think the dog was 

 pointing. Going on into a large weedtield, Knight soon made 

 a beautiful point down wind. Craig also pointed only a short 

 distance from him on the back track of birds und then com- 

 menced roading. Knight's handler to order flushed, but did 

 not shoot. Knight broke in, but dropped promptly to order. 

 Craig dropped to wing. Following the birds into heavy weeds, 

 Craig flushed one bird and dropped to wing. Moving 

 on, the handlers flushed several. Craig then pinned a 

 bird in good shape. Knight coming up facing him, 

 backed him in fine style. To order, Mr. Starr flushed, shot 

 and killed. Craig dropped to shot and Knight broke in but 

 dropped to order. Craig retrieved beautifully, but as there is 

 nothing given in the rules for retrieving in the Derby, it did 

 not help him in bis score, but such a nice piece of work 

 deserved a great deal of credit for such a youngster. Going 

 on up a thicket in the weeds towheie the spectators had 

 marked a bevy down, Knight pointed in the path, Craig 

 came up, refused to back, went in and also pointed; birds ran, 

 and both dogs roaded beautifully, Knight establishing a point, 

 but the birds flushed wild. He was steady to wing. Meantime 

 Craig roaded to a bad flush. Moving on Knight soon pointed 

 again in good style. Then both dogs did some beautiful road- 

 ing, and Knight established his point, the other dog still road- 

 ing and pointing until Mr. Robinson, to order, flushed Knight's 

 birds, shot and killed. Knight broke shot, but as it was in 

 heavy cover and the judge's attention was called for by the 

 other handler to see nis dog on a point, Knight escaped a 

 penalty. Craig dropped to shot. Craig was then allowed 

 to move on to see if he could establish his point. Failing to do 

 so, they were ordered up at 11 :35, and Knight was awarded 

 the heat. Down one hour and five minutes. 



KNIGHT GLADSTONE AND REVEILLE. 



A rest of twenty minutes was allowed. At 12 o'clock 

 Knight Gladstone and Mr. John H. Renaud's (New Orleans, 

 La.) black and white English setter dog Reveille, whelped 

 March 17, 1885 (Gladstone— Flossy), handled by Mr. Henry 

 Fontaine, were cast off in the heavy weedtield where the last 

 brace was taken up, and worked down wind to birds that had 

 been marked down, Reveille started off very slow, and ii| 



