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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 31, 1886. 



boats, held apart by a board, actiiallv go up the flshwav pro- 

 pelled by the jets of Tvater from the sides, will hardly see 

 how it eoTild be improved. A large one is needed at Cohoes 

 and should be built, while the upper Hudson is sadly iu want 

 of fishways. It is not enoiagh to build good aud efficient fish- 

 ways and then neglect to keep them clear, but some one 

 should be employed to attend to them and see that they are 

 in working order and that no fishing is permitted in them 

 nor within the distance of them which the law prescribes. 



^Ite Rennet 



Address all commimicatUms to the Forest and Stream P«b. Ox 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOYvS. 



Oct. 19 to .'K.— Fifth Annxial Doer Show of the :^>j'.v Brunswick 

 Kennel Club. H. AT. Wilson, Secretarv, St. Jolms, IST. B. 



Dec. 1 to a— First Dog Show of the lutor-State Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, Cairo, 111. A. A. C(3\\-dery, Secretary, Cohden, 



Dec. U to 17.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Western Connec- 

 ticut Poultry Association. Frank D. Hadett, Superintendent, 

 Winsted, Conn. Entries close Dec. i. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Nov. 8.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Westeru Field Trials 

 Association, at Abilene, Kan. R. C. Van Horn, r?ecrccary, Kansas 

 City, Mo. 



-Eighth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 



Club, at High Point, Is". C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings county, N. Y. 



Dec. 6.— Eighth Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Club, at Grand Jimction, Tenn. 



Dec. II.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Texas Field Trials Ciuh. 

 For members only. John F. Sharp, Secretary, Marshall, Tex. 



A. K. R.-S.PECIAL NOTICE. 

 rpHE AINIERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registratioi. 



of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all sho-^vTs and trials), is 

 ptddished every month. Entries close on tiie 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 

 .§1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already piinted 4236. 



ENGLISH JUDGES ABROAD. 



A STJFFICIEISrTLY soothing duration of time has elapsed, 

 since the last great continental and Americaa shows, 

 to permit us to express a few thoughts upon the subject of 

 English clog judges abroad vidthout appearing to be making 

 pointed and personal references. Not in all instances, we 

 are relieved to say, but in far too many, have foreign com- 

 Diittees who desired the presence of an English judge made 

 disastrous selection from the ranks of our kennel men. 



At times these cominittees have been led away by names 

 that have long outlived their reputation in this country, and 

 at other times their choice has lain upon the business dog- 

 men who possess, with satisfaction to themselves, a certain 

 notoriety here which abroad is easily mistaken for fame. 

 However much we may be disheartened and disgmsted, we 

 confess to feeling but little surprise when after these foreign 

 shows where sitch English judges have officia ted, ignominious 

 little bits of news leak out through the press, and more 

 often through private correspondence. On the Continent 

 and in the United States, English dog-breeders, exhibitors, 

 and judges have been looked up to as the authorities in 

 canine matters, and when members of our kennel world 

 have Adsited foreign shows in a judicial capacity, they have 

 been invariably received and treated mth the Highest con- 

 sideration. 



The classes who keep dogs abroad are usually of exalted 

 social standing, and to them it is a rude shock when they 

 find that their English guests combine vrith the appearance 

 of a coachman or a reporter of coroner's inquests the needy 

 tactics of a commercial traveler and the behavior of a Bac- 

 chanalian bargee. 



We have on occasion been consulted upon the choice of 

 English judges for aliroad, and the application has been 

 acwmpanied \A-ith the plaint: "Recommend to us men who 

 are above running from one foreign nobleman to another, 

 booking with nimble pencil orders for dogs, 'sporting or oth- 

 erwise: tell me what you want and Fll get it for you when 1 

 return. Just say what's your figure, and a dog or bitch.s" " 



Above all, our friends abroad say they require men as 

 judges who, for the time being at least, will act like gentle- 

 men. It is a miserable scandal that shameless fee-snatchers 

 should have exposed our kennel world to such reproaches 

 and such taunts. We are confident of giving voice to the 

 feelings of our readers when we beg that those unfortunate 

 persons who are incapable of keeping themselves under con- 

 trol may not be regcirded as fair samples of the whole com- 

 munity, and to this we must also express our concern that 

 men so wanting in this virtue and self-respect should ever 

 have been given the chance to .slur the honor of English 

 judges by the public exposure, in the very performance of 

 their duties, of pitiful personal infirmities. This is a very 

 grave matter, and how far its seriousness extends can only 

 be fully realized by those who travel and miss the favorable 

 regard 'that was formerly felt for our doggy countryme_n._ We 

 have been extremely chary of giving advice, when solicited, 

 upon the choice of 'judges, as the responsibility of doing so 

 was more than we desired to assume. But we Ijave much 

 satisfaction in informing foreign secretaries that they have 

 an accessible guide to hand whenever they recjuire the ser- 

 vices of Englishmen in their show rings. They need only 

 refer to the recent catalogues of shows held l)y the Keirnel 

 Club. They will find there in the lists of judges the names 

 of gentlemen who have been selected (by a body possessing 

 special facilities for acciuiring correct information— the Ken- 

 nel Club committee) as being worthy of the exhibitors' con- 

 fidence alike for their integrity and their power to fill the 

 important office of judge in a capable and creditable manner. 



In addition to this we would uz-ge our foreign friends to 

 take the additional precaution of inquiring into the charac- 

 ters of the persons their choice inclines to. This can be done 

 of any responsible official in our- kennel world, the secretary 

 of the Kennel Club, for instance. By this means they would 

 avoid the chance of selecting men who have mishaved them- 

 selves in our own shows or who have been suspended for dis- 

 creditable conduct in connection with dogs. There are many 

 who, by the high character they bear in this country, merit 

 the honor of being chosen to represent the English kennel 

 community abroad; %vith little trouble we could compose a 

 list of them, but such an undertaking would not unlikely be- 

 come an invidious one, AYe may, however, be pardoned by 

 ]\Ir, Redmond for jjublicly mentioning him, in order to state 

 that in such a list bis name would find a place, and in order 

 to congratulate our American cousins upon having secured 

 in this gentleman one of the judges whom we in England 

 delight to honor. We have done; we have said what Ave have 

 long contemplated saying. We haA^e owned to past humilia- 

 tions, it is f o"r our friends abroad to profit by our candor, it 

 is for them to spare us in the future the mortification of 

 "excusing them whom we accuse."— TTie Stoch-KeeiJer and 

 Fanciers^ Chronicle. 



THE WESTERN FIELD TRIALS ENTRIES. 



BELOW we giA-e a list of the entries for the All- Aged 

 Stakes of the Western Field Trials Association to be 

 run at Abilene, Kan.. Nov. 8. There are twenty-eight in all, 

 just double the number last year. 



POISTEBS. 



Rod (Castleman Kennel), liA-^er and white dog (Meteor — 

 Dell). 



Krupp (Castleman Kennel), liver and Avhite dog (Meteor- 

 Dell). 



Nellie E. (Castleman Kennel), liver and white bitch (Crox- 

 teth's Ranger — Fannie). 



Bull's Eye (Da>i:on Kennel Club), white and liver dog 

 ( Meteor— Di an a) . 



RujiPTT I Dayton Kennel Club), AAdiite and liver ticked dog 

 (Meteor— Diana). 



Pap Saiizek (Dayton Kennel Club), white and liver dog 

 (Meteor— Diana). 



Kes'g Shot (Dayton Keimel Club,white and liver ticked dog 

 (Meteor— Diana). 



COEXER Stone (J, W, Bljdhe), liver and white dog (Meteor 

 —Accident), 



Crow (J, R, Daugherty) black dog (Starr's Broncho— Wad- 

 dell's Fan). 



Graphic (Graphic Kennel), liver, white and ticked dog 

 (Bonus Sancho— Fursdon Jimo). 



Lad of Bow (Graphic Kennel), liA'er, white and ticked dog 

 (Graphic— Climax). 



Bracket (Graphic Kennel), liver, white and ticked dog 

 ((graphic— Bloomo). 



Rea'EL m. (Graphic Kennel), liver, white and ticked bitch 

 (Graphic— Beryl). 



Lass of Bow (Graphic Kennel), liver, white and ticked 

 bitch (Graphic— Climax). 



Nellie True (A, .J. Gleason), white and liver bitch (Robert 

 le Diable— Dixie). 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



Bridgeport (E. E, Pray), black, white and tan dog (Dash- 

 ing Monarch— Vannette).' 



Don Burglar D. (G. H. Laughten). black, white and tan 

 dog ( Burglar— Queen Dido). 



Countess Lleavellin (G. H. Laughten), lemon and Avhite 

 bitch (Druid— Princess Draco). 



Blitz Burglar D. (W. B. Smith), black, white and tan 

 dog (Burglar— Queen Dido). 



Dick Beravyn (H. P. Dillon), black, Avhite and tan dog 

 (Dashing Berwyn— Vanity Pair). 



Spot Belton (J. I. Case, Jr.), blue belton bitch (Dick B. — 

 Belle Belton). 



DickB. (J. I. Case. Jr.), black and white dog (McKinney— 

 Flossy) . 



King Belton (J. I. Case, .Jr.), blue belton dog (Count Noble 

 — Rosalind). 



Pearl Laat;rack (A. L. Campbell), lemon belton bitch 

 (Thunder — Princess Belle). 



Dick T. (N. B. Nesbitt), black and white dog (Cashier- 

 Flake). 



LuFBA (N. B. Nesbitt), blue belton and tan bitch (Dog 

 Whip — .Juno). 



Natalle (J. Hayward, Jr.), black, white and tan bitch 

 (GUidstone — Donna J.), 



IKLSH setters. 



Patsy D. (R. C. Van Horn) dog (Lord Dufferin— Queen 

 Bess). 



GREENSBURGH DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and .Stream: 



The Iiench shoAv held at Greensbtu'gh last Aveek in connec- 

 tion AAuth the bounty fair was a decided success. The shoAv 

 was limited to dogs oAvned in the coimty and was tried as an 

 experiment. The result Avas a surprise to the management, 

 as the dogs proved to be the leading attractioir of the fair. 

 There Avere 125 entries, and for a first show they were a A^ery 

 good collection, many of them being good enough to shoAv 

 almost auyAA'here. Next year competition will be open for 

 the entire 'State and perhaps for the world. Should the lat- 

 ter be the case I have no doubt that a capital show will be 

 the result. The judging was satisfactorily performed by 

 Mr. Chas. L. Dick, of .JohnstoAvn, and Mr. .Joseph Lewis, of 

 Cannonsburg. Below I give the 



AWARDS. 



SETTERS.— Doytc 1st, G. N, Beckwitli: ( '. F. Ehalt, Bitclif.K 

 1st, J. C. Head; Id, T. F. Cummings.- PuiTTES— Zif/./.s; 1st, J. O. 

 Head: 2d and verv high com., .1. A. llartman. BiLcficK 1st, J. A. 

 Hartmau; 2d, J. C. Head. 



POINTERS.— Dof/.s; 1st, J. A. Hartman; 2d, D. Shaner. Bitcl^cs: 

 1st, G. N. Beckwith; 2d, withheld. Puppies: 1st, G. N. BeckAvith; 

 3d. Avithheld. 



SPANIELS.-lst, vrithheld; 3d, E. W. Keenan. 



FOXHOUNDS.— Dogs: 1st, 2d and Jugh com., C. S. Vannear. 

 High com., J. A. Showalter. Bitches: 1st. C. S. Vannear. 



BEAGLES.— 1st, A\dthheld; 2d, J. A. Showalter. 



COLLIES.— Dogs; 1st, withheld; 2d, R. Tyler. Bitches: 1st, Avith- 

 held; 2d, A. C. Cochran. 



BLTLLDOGS.— 1st, AvLthheld; 2d, B. W. Jones. Very high com., 

 .1. Jamison. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— Dof/s: 1st, S. Bro\vn. Bitches: 1st, Avith- 

 held; 2d, W. A. Clark. 

 ST. BERNARDS.— Prizes Avithheld. 



GREYHOLTNDS.— jDogs: 1st, A. B. Moore. J3ttc/ie,s: 1st, AvitUield; 

 2d, D. M, Wmeman. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS.— 1st, J. Fees; 2d, S. G. Brechbill. High 

 com., G. Brechbill. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— Ist, J. Thomas. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.— 1st, Aothheld; 2d, J. Dow. 



SKYE TERRIERS,— Prizes withheld. 



MASTIFFS.— L/oas; 1st, J. W. Little; 3d, .1. W. Overholt. BUcJiea: 

 1st F Di-nnv; 2d, -T. W. Overholt. Very high com., J. W. Little. 

 High com,, j. C, McClure. 



DALMATIAlTS.-lst, Avithheld; 3d, T. G. Bowie. 



LADIES' PETS.— 1st and very high com.. Mrs. W. Evans; 2d, J. 

 Zimmerman. 



TRICK DOGS.— 1st, Avithheld; 2d, A. Foster. 



CANNON. 



Cannonsburg, Pa., Oct. 18. 



THE IRISH SETTER. 



B 



Y a late issue of your publication, Avrites ''Mont Clare" 

 ^ iu the Kennel Gexzette, I see that Arnold Surges is out 

 Avith another of his spasmodic attacks on Irish setters, and 

 endeavors to explain to the Rev, Robt, O'Callaghan a feAv 

 points of which he thinks the latter gentleman ignorant. 

 At the same time, evidently fearful lest he be considered 

 either ignorant or prejudiced in Avhat he Avrites, he informs 

 his English readers of his oavu great experience Avith the red 

 dogs in the field, on the bench , and as an importer and breeder 

 of the race. It is passing strange that a man can see no good 

 in anything except that Avhich he may advocate or possess, 

 and that he will permit the love of seeing his theories m 

 print, as from a great authority, get the better of his honest, 

 fair opinion. Mr. Burges is an agreeable and fluent AATriter, 

 and has for a nunj.jer^of years Avritten extensively for the 

 sporting press on matters canine. Some of his theories haA'e 

 been good, and others the most foolish and inconsistent ever 

 put before the public. Where one Avrites so much, there 

 must of necessity be a good deal of chaff mingled with the 

 Avheat. btit if it AA'ere possible to avoid exposing one's own 

 inconsistency, it would be well to do so. When Mr. Burges 

 had Irish setters in his kennel and for sale, there was no more 

 jealotis champion of the breed, and he used to assert they 



were not headstrong, but possessed all the qualifications of 

 flrst-class field dogs ; furthermore, he insisted that he owned 

 the best .specimens of the day. BelicA-ing in him, then, and 

 thinking he really meant what he AATote, picture the incon- 

 sistencies of his later Avritings, He tells his English readers 

 that he gave the Irish up for want of field merit ; if he did. 

 then the dogs he possessed must have been poor fielders, and 

 I cannot see how he cotild have been honest in his opinion, 

 as then expressed of their stipcrior field qualities, Mr, Bur- 

 ges, AA-riting of Irish setters in his series of articles on "Sport- 

 ing Dogs in America," ofl'ers Avhat purports to be an honest, 

 disinterested opinion of their field qualities, and to illustrate 

 permit me to quote from this same Mr. Burges's opinion of 

 the breed when he had them in his kennel and for sale. He 

 Avrites; 



T J *™ Avith out experience of Avell-bred Irish setters, as 

 I shall presently show, and my experience is that there are 

 less good setters among the Irish than in any other breed." 



And Avhen tliis gentleman was in the midst of this experi- 

 ence, he Avrote: 



"Deservedly popular Avith the sportsmen of all countries is 

 the gallant Iri.sh dog which has done so much to make Ire- 

 land famous. "\^Tiether upon his native bogs, or transplanted 

 to England or to this cotmtry, he has no superior for field 

 qualities of nose, pace, endurance and style of Avork, In point 

 of purity of blood and length of pedigree, the Dish setter 

 stands at the head of all sporting dogs, having existed in 

 some old Irish families for OA'er a century." 



NoAv I call that high praise from one Avho has had such 

 great experience as Mr. Burges assures he has had, and am 

 willing to place it against his opinion noAv that he is having 

 no exiierience Avith the breed. Again he Avrit«s: 



"I haA^e seen Irish setters, descended from the best strains, 

 that had to be re-liroken at the opening of each season, and 

 even then made more flushes thati points from their rattle- 

 headed Avay of going." 



And yet, formerly he stated: 



"A A'cry common complaint against these dogs is that they 

 are so Avilful and headstrong that they require breaking at 

 the opening of eacb season. On the contrary, v.ehnve^not 

 found this any more marked in the Irish than iu any other 

 breed of settei-s. L'nquestionably the Irish setter has great 

 dash and courage, and these, Avhen undisciplined, Avill make 

 him more wild than a dog of more moderate temper. Dogs 

 Avhich are not broken till fully matured, may, and probably 

 Avill, be more difficult to break than those of quieter disposi- 

 tion, but as an ofl^^set to save this we have cA^er found Iri.sh 

 whelps easier to lireak Avben young than any other dogs, and 

 once thoroughly broken they keep their breaking as well as 

 any breed Ave have cA^er shot OA^er, To Itring up from a whelp 

 and to make a thorough all-day practical worker, we prefer 

 the pure Irish dog to any Ave haA^e ever seen. They are CA'cr 

 ready to go, ncA^er groAA' faint-hearted and weary just as the 

 sportsman gets among birds after a long fruitless hunt, are 

 affectionate and sprightly in dispo-sition, richjy colored and 

 all over a game sporting dog," 



Did eA'er a man eulogize the Irish setter more highly than 

 Mr, Burges when lie oAvned the l:)reed? Does any one now 

 have more to say against the gallant red dog than he since 

 he has become interested in another strain? Evenhisquota.- 

 tions from "Stonehenge" and Laverack as detrimental to the 

 breed, are far-fetched and weak conjpared with his quota- 

 tions from the same authorities in its faA-or, and he omits 

 "Idstone" entirely, Avho says, "No better lirecd exists." In 

 short, Mr. Burges in faA'or of the lirct-d fairly srnotheis Mr. 

 Burgess agahist the breed, and he can never write enough to 

 blot out the eulogistic opinions from his pen Avhich 1 haA'e 

 (juoted. A breed never existed, does not exist, and I doubt 

 if it ever will exist superior to the Irish setter as described 

 by Mr. Burges, and his assertion that he was forced to give 

 him up by the superiority of the Llewellin is idiotic. If the 

 LleAvellins Avere so much superior, then what he Avrote of the 

 superior qualities of the Irish setter w as al iscdutely false, and 

 he knew it. If he did not believe what he Avrote then, how 

 can he expect any one to put unque.stioned faith in what he 

 writes noAv? Was it ignorance or prejudice that made him 

 soar so high in his praise of the superior field qualities of the 

 Irish setter, and which is it now that brings him down so low 

 in his condemnation of the breed? If Mr. Burges endeavors 

 to point out some things to Mr. O'Callaghan that he does 

 not knoAv, I likeAvise have a few facts that the latter gentle- 

 man does not knoAv, and that CAidently Mr. Burges does not 

 Avish him to know. Mr. Burges reminds me of a certain 

 vsniter Avho once, iu his lab(n-ed effort to assail the Irish 

 .setter, glowingly described a heat between two dogs, attribut- 

 ing the defeat of the van(iuished to his having a da.sh of Irish 

 in his veins. It read beautifully, and fairly made the blood 

 tingle, but .sad to relate, although purporting to be a fact, 

 was only the Avork of iniaginatiou, for such a heat as the 

 Aviiter d'escrilied never took place IjetAvecn the dogs he men- 

 tioned, and 1 took the lilicrty of making his error public. 

 The AViiter had simply let his imagination and dislike of the 

 Irish setter run aAvay w itb his judgment and the facts, and 

 Mr. Burges has jumped into the same boat. In that part of 

 his screed which refers dircctlv to my own dogs and experi- 

 ence, he replies to the Rev. R. O'Callaghan: 



"Yes. I do know Mont Clare. * * * 1 Avas breeding and 

 breaking dogs, AAith ample means at my command to get the 

 best specimens, years before Mont Clare was far advanced in 

 boyhood. * * * I have imported as many (and I think 

 more) Irish setters than Mont Clare. * •■ * One of them, 

 too, was good enough to lower the colors of Mont Clare's 

 Elcho (the best dog he ever owned in the Irish line) under one 

 of the best judges in America." 



There is no doubt that Mr. Burges is an older man than 

 Mont Clare, and he may have had more ample means at his 

 command, but he must have been injudicious in purcha.sing 

 his Irish setters. For if the Irish setter, as he once told the 

 public, "has no superior for the field (jualities of nose, pace, 

 endurance and style of work," and he had ami)le means at 

 his command to get the be.st specimens, then Avhat must the 

 public judge of his great experience as a lirecdcr and breaker 

 Avhen he could not produce a single specimen fit to appear in 

 a public field trial, let alone getting placed in one, and all 

 this Avhile he Avas bloAving his Irish trumpet louder than any 

 man in America? If Mr, Burges's experience has been so 

 great, I wonder how manv pure brecl Msh setters he ever 

 owned before I gave him "Kathleen, a bitch that before she 

 was a year old was deemed a Avonder by her oAvner! At all 

 events^ he challenged the famous Guido to a field trial con- 

 test, who replied that had he a pup sired by my lii.sh Dick 

 he would accept the challenge. Kathleen died before she 

 could reap the benefit of :Mr. Burges's years of experience as 

 a breaker. When he assures his readers that he ha.s im- 

 ported as many — and he thinks more — Irish setters than 

 Mont Clare, his imagination again runs Avild; but Avhen he 

 writes that he once imported a dog that beat my Elcho, he 

 states one of the few facts to be f<mnd in his whole letter. 

 Mr. Burges did once import an Irish setter dog, and as he 

 never hides his light under a bu.shel, the high qualities' of 

 that canine were sounded far and near over the laud. He was 

 the best Dish setter in America in the opinion of his owner. 

 " Since Mr. Burges informs his English readers that his dog 

 once beat Elcho, allow me, as an interested party, to give a 

 little hi.story omitted by him. There was, once upon a time, 

 a dog shoAV in Chicago, and so sure Avas Mr. Burges of 

 carrpng off first prize that he very generously donated a 

 silver cup for the best Irish setter dog; but, sad to relate, 

 under the judging of three well-knoAvn dog men, Elcho won 

 that cup; the award Avas indorsed by the sporting press, and 

 I never remember seeing a kind word for Elcho or his stock 

 from Mr. Burges since. His dog did beat Elcho once, and I 

 must admit that the man Avho judged Avas competent; but 

 good judges err sometimes, and this judge's decision was. 



