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[Aug. 24, 1895. 



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FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



Sept. 9 to 13.— Industrial Exhibition Association's annual bench 

 show, Toronto, Ont. C. A. Stone, Sec'y and Sup't. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Binghampton Industrial Exposition's fifth annual 

 bench show, Binghampton, N. T. A. P. Fish, Sec'y. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Rhode Island State JTair Association's third annual 

 bench show, Narragansett Park, Providence, R. I. 



Sept. 17 to 30.— Orange county Fair Bench Show, Newburgb, N. T. 

 Robert Johnson, Seo'y. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Montreal Kennel Association's show, Montreal, Can. 

 Geo. K. Lanigan, Hon Sec'y-Treas. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's first 

 annual bench show. Milwaukee, Wis. F. S. Morrison, Sec'y. 



Sept. 18 to 20 — Omaha Kennel Club's second annual show, Omaha, 

 Neb. E. L. Marston, Sec'y. 



Sept. 24 to 27.— New England Kennel Club's second annual terrier 

 show, Boston, Mass. D. E. Loveland, Sec'y. 



Oct. 8 to 11.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society. G. L. 

 Bundle, Sec'y. 



1896. 



Feb. 19 to 22.— Westminster Kennel Club's twentieth annual dog 

 show, Madison Square Garden, New if ork. James Mortimer, Supt. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 2.— Continental Field Trials Club's chicken trials at Morris, 

 Man. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Sept. 10.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba F. T. C. John Wootton, Sec'y, 

 Manitou. 



Oct. 22.— Columbus, Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's third annual 

 trials. Louis Steff en, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 



Oct. 29.— Assoriet Neck, Mass.— New England Field Trial Club's 

 fourth annual trials. Arthur R. Sharp, Sec'y, Taunton, Mass. 



— . Morris, Man.— Northwestern Field Trials Club's Champion Stake. 

 Thos. Johnson, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 



Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont.— International F. T. Club. W. B.Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. 5.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club trials. W. S. 

 Clark, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— Newton, N. C— U. S. Field Trial .Club's Trials A. W. B. 

 Stafford, Sec'y, Trenton, Tenn. 



Nov. 11.— Hempstead, L. I.— National Beagle Club of America, fifth 

 annual trials. Geo. W. Rogers, Sec'y, 250 West Twenty-second street, 

 New York. 



Nov. 18.— Eastern F. T. Club, at Newton, N. O. W. A. Coster, 

 Sec'y, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Nov, 25.— Continental Field Trials Club's quail trials at Newton. 

 P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Dec. 2 to 4.— High Point, N. C— Irish Setter Club's trials. Geo. H. 

 Thompson, Sec'y. 



1896. 



Jan. 20.— Bakersfleld, Cal.— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club. J. M. 

 Kilgarif, Sec'y. 



Jan. 20.— West Point, Miss.— U. S. F. T. C. trials. W. B. Stafford, 



Fe"b. 3.— West Point, Miss.— Southern F. T. C. seventh annual trials. 

 T. M. Brumby, Sec'y. 



COURSING. 



Sept. 24.— Lisbon, N. D.— Cheyenne Valley Coursing Club's meeting. 

 H. C. Water house, Sec'y. 



Oct. 1.— Aberdeen, S. D.— Aberdeen Coursing Club's meeting. J. H. 

 Davis, Sec'y. 



Oct. 8.— Huron, S. D.— American Waterloo Cup. F. B. Coyne, Sec'y. 

 Oct. 23.— Goodland, Kan.— Altcar Coursing Club's meeting. T. W. 

 Bartels, Sec'y. 



Oct. 28— Goodland, Kan.— Kenmore Coursing Club's meeting. C. F. 

 Weber, Sec'y. 



A DOG'S LIFE. 



"A dog's life" has long been the synonym for all that 

 is harsh, menial, vexing or uncertain in human existence. 

 The term seems to us a misnomer. At least the majority 

 of dogs do not now lead hard lives. Beppo there for in- 

 stance. In his old age — he is eleven years old — review- 

 ing his career from the day he came to U3 a puppy of six 

 weeks, I can see only affection, devotion, animal comfort, 

 the fullest measure of success in all that a dog may at- 

 tempt — love, obedience, fidelity, the chase, war. 



He sits on the broad ledge of my study window as I 

 write. A Newfoundland, black with white under-body 

 and a white tip to his tail, which he carries curled over 

 his flanks with the grace of a Henry of Navarre. The 

 window is his favorite seat; it looks out on broad 

 meadows and pastures falling down to the opposite slope 

 of the Taghkanic range — a wilderness of overgrown 

 pasture, wood, crag and peak — the scene of his early 

 training. When six months old he began to accompany 

 me on my long rambles afield, and his education began. 

 I shall never forget the look of amazement, distraction 

 and disgust his face assumed when we put up his first 

 covey of partridges, which rose in every direction, here, 

 there and everywhere; nor his frantic efforts to put his 

 paw on this strange species of game, which sprang into 

 air and was wafted away so mysteriously before his eyes — 

 but after one or two experiences of this sort he learned 

 that birds could fly and failed to display any unusual ex- 

 citement. 



An experiment that I tried upon him about this time 

 elicited another display of his reasoning powers. In this 

 same hillside pasture were a number of colonies of tho 

 large red ant (Formica rufa), the fiercest and most pugna- 

 cious of their kind. 



Thrusting my cane into one of their hills, I directed the 

 dog to dig them out, and he at once fell to, his paws 

 working like trip hammers, with the result that he soon 

 had the hill half disembowled, at the same time covering 

 himself with hundreds of the insects enraged by this 

 invasion of their domicile. These soon made themselves 

 felt and the poor fellow, though measurably protected by 

 his shaggy coat, was glad to betake himself to a neighbor- 

 ing brook to rid himself of them. 



The reproachful look he gave me when I next gazed 

 into his eyes haunted me for many a day, but he never 

 showed resentment, nor attempted revenge. But after 

 that no persuasion nor command could induce him to put 

 his paws into an ant hill. 



I adopted another method for bringing out his sense of 

 smell. In our walks abroad it was some time before he 

 could accommodate himself to my gait, but would get 

 several hundred yards in advance. When this occurred I 

 would suddenly hide by the roadside; presently the dog, 

 missing me, would come tearing back, rush past and not 

 seeing me anywhere would fly back, look about, and then 

 bethinking himself of his gift of scent would put his 

 nose to the ground, catch my trail and come straight for 

 me, receiving with infinite content my patting and praises. 



After a few lessons of this kind, he made no attempt to 

 find me by sight, but brought his other sense into requisi- 

 tion. 



As Beppo grew into dogship he settled into a routine of 

 duties and. occupations; to drive the cows to and irom 

 pasture, to surprise the wary woodchuck at a distance 

 from his burrow and throttle him despite his sturdy de- 

 fense and formidable display of incisors, to guard the 

 premises at night, and attend his master with the devotion 

 of a bodyguard by day, were his principal occupations. 

 I am sure he has led a happy as well as useful life. His 



Only sorrows, so far as I know, have been the frequent 

 absences of his master and the bicycle. 



L have noticed several times evidences of an aristocratic, 

 „r rather knightly , element in his character. For instance, 

 no provocation will induce him to attack small dogs, nor 

 the helpless young of his natural prey. For instance, one 

 day he uncovered in Sire Swamp a nest of young rabbits 

 barely a day old. A sharp, quick bark brought us to the 

 scene, where we found him standing over them and re- 

 garding them with a comical air of interest and perplex- 

 ity. We reproved him, and replaced their covering over 

 - the shivering, helpless things; and although the dog had 

 the run of the pasture, and must often have passed near 

 their burrow, they were unmolested until able to leave 

 the nest. 



But I began to speak of his aversion to the bicycle. 

 When he was seven years old his master bought a wheel 

 for health and recreation, and thereafter his morning 

 exercise was usually a spin of several miles upon that. 



Beppo at first tried to follow the tireless steed, but it 

 proved too much for him. He would be left far behind, 

 and come in panting, with tongue out. After one or two 

 trials he wholly refused to go out with it, and no coaxing 

 could change his determination. But I could see that he 

 felt keenly the loss of his morning constitutional and his 

 deposition as his master's bodyguard. 



One supreme example of obedience, and one of pity 

 and benevolence the dog gave, so marked as to be worthy 

 of narration. While he was still a puppy a cat was 

 brought into the family. She was of imported stock and 

 during her early years had lived in luxury. Her mistress 

 moved away while she had a flock of kittens hidden 

 under the garret floor in such a manner that they could 

 not be reached, and the cat stayed behind, refusing to 

 desert her babies. 



Six months of semi-starvation and abuse, of being 

 chased by dogs and (.stoned by village boys, followed. 

 Then a friend of ours decoyed the poor waif into her 

 house and sent her to us. Sardis caught a mouse before 

 she had been with us five minutes, and from that moment 

 adopted the house as her home. Her temper, however, 

 had been irretrievably spoiled, as poor Beppo, on making 

 friendly advances, found, for she clawed and cuffed him 

 without mercy, and never failed thereafter to show her 

 enmity by snarling and spitting whenever he came into 

 her presence. 



One would suppose that the natural result would have 

 been to make the dog an enemy to all cats; not so, how- 

 ever. 



In due time, when Beppo had become a full-grown dog, 

 Sardis had kittens, and one of them — Joe — evinced from 

 the first a singular fondness for the dog. His mother, 

 after scolding and expostulating in vain, cast him off 

 utterly, whereupon the dog became its foster father. 

 Night after night the kitten lay cuddled up against 

 Beppo's shaggy breast with his f orepaws folded over it. 

 It thrived, too, and soon grew into one of the largest and 

 finest male cats I ever saw. Beppo and Joe have lived 

 together now nearly nine years, and have shown the 

 most perfect cat and dog friendship ever recorded, I 

 think. They sleep together in the dog's kennel. They 

 are always together on the back porch of a morning, 

 waiting for their breakfast, the cat rubbing against the 

 dog's paws and under him, purring with the greatest con- 

 tent, and the dog taking as great delight in him. 



Sometimes, to try them, we feed Beppo first; Joe will 

 then draw near the dish so that his nose is but an inch or 

 two away and await developments. 



If the dog is hungry he will give a short, sharp bark or 

 warning growl, and Joe will retire. But if the cat does 

 not hear this, he will draw nearer and nearer, and when 

 the dog is busy with a bone will seize a morsel and swal- 

 low it. Sardis meantime will sit at a distance with ruf- 

 fled fur, growling at the dog and gazing with horror and 

 disgust upon her offspring. 



As an instance of his obedience take the following: I 

 was standing at sunset on the banks of a lovely moun- 

 tain lake, the dog seated on his haunches at my side, 

 when I espied a diver out on the lake which exhibited 

 the greatest curiosity concerning us. It began swimming 

 toward the spot where we stood, its head stretched for- 

 ward, turning first one eye, then the other, and diving in 

 sudden panic every other yard. I quieted the dog with 

 a warning s-s-h-h and the bird came nearer and nearer, 

 until within 2yds. of us, where it remained some time 

 cocking its eye to left and right, and to appearance very 

 curious about this strange combination. I could feel the 

 dog tremble with suppressed excitement. His natural in- 

 clination of course was to leap into the water, his favor- 

 ite element, and seize the quarry; but he never stirred so 

 much as an eyelash, and after a few moments' scrutiny 

 the bird dived suddenly, reappeared several yards from 

 where it had descended and paddled away toward its 

 young hidden in the alders. 



At 11 years Beppo has reached old age. He lags be- 

 hind in our walks. He refuses to take to the water. He 

 has a higher appreciation of the warm chimney corner. 

 His life is practically closed. 



Looking at it from beginning to end, I can see nothing 

 in it but faithful service, devoted affection and pure en- 

 joyment. Charles Burr Todd. 



Omaha Kennel Club. 



The premium list of the Omaha Kennel Club can now 

 be obtained of the Secretary, E. L. Marston, Omaha. 

 The entry fee for mastiffs, great Danes and Newfound- 

 lands is $3; for toy terriers under 71bs., King Charles, 

 Blenheim, other toy spaniels and Italian greyhounds, $2; 

 all other breeds, $3.50. There is a special prize of $25 for 

 the handler making the largest exhibit; $25 for the lar- 

 gest exhibit owned by one handler, and other valuable, 

 general and particular specials. Mastiffs, St. Bernards 

 and great Danes have $15 in challenge classes, $15 and $10 

 in open classes, and $5 and $3 in puppies. King Charles, 

 toy terriers, Yorkshire terriers, skye terriers, Dandie Din- 

 monts, Bedlingtons, Blenheims and Italian greyhounds 

 have $5 and $3 open classes. The prize in the challenge 

 class of such of these breeds as have one is $5. Other 

 classes have $10 in challenge, $10 and $5 in open, and $5 

 and $3 for the puppy classes. Entries close Sept. 4. All 

 express companies in Omaha will return all dogs free to 

 point of origin that will be sent to Omaha over their lines 

 on which charges have been paid at time of shipment, 

 providing ownership remains unchanged. Spratts Pat- 

 ent meat fibrine vegetable dog cakes (with beet-root) will 

 be fed. 



THE DOG'S IMMORTALITY. 



Rondout-on-Hodson.— Editor Forest and Stream; I 

 read with much interest in your issue of Aug. 10 a letter 

 from "Ego," of Albany, N. Y. I am sorry that I did not 

 see the remarks to which he refers, by a clergyman who 

 does not agree with me. There are many clergymen who 

 do not agree with me as to the immortality of the lower 

 animals, as well as upon a variety of other subjects. 



"Ego" wants to know how a layman is to know what the 

 truth is when from clergymen there are emphatic yes and 

 no in reply to the question of the immortality of the 

 creatures below man in the scale of existence. 



I would ask him upon what question outside the exact 

 sciences — if there are exact sciences — there are not em- 

 phatic yes and no? I am not one of those clergymen who 

 would do his thinking for anyone— especially for anyone 

 who is evidently so capable of thinking for himself as is 

 "Ego." There is only one way for anyone to arrive at 

 the truth, and that is by thinking— by holding his mind 

 steadily toward it till its light breaks upon him. For 

 twenty years I did this in animal psychology — I presume 

 that in such a letter as this I have the right to speak so 

 personally — and the fact of the immortality of the sentient 

 universe burst upon me finally as a great illumination. 

 Through those years, as now, I considered no being too 

 mean for my careful and patient study. My dog was, as 

 my last dog would be to-day, if some miserable fellow, 

 whom I would compliment by calling him a whelp, be- 

 cause he did not agree with me in animal psychology, had 

 not poisoned the poor little beggar a few days ago — my 

 dog was, I say, through those yeara, from my very early 

 manhood, my constant companion, and I thought days 

 not mis-spent in regarding the still humbler fellow beings, 

 to fully see whom I had to supplement my poor dull sight 

 with the microscope. 



Maybe I have gone too far in saying that the fact of the 

 immortality of the sentient universe burst upon me. At 

 least, enough light came to give me a great hope for that 

 immortality. 



This I hold myself ready to prove— as I think that in 

 what I have already published I have gone at the present 

 a great way in the direction of proving — that man has no 

 single element of nature, intellectual, moral or spiritual, 

 that is not found in the showing in the lower animal. 



"Ego" says that man has and the dog has not the power 

 of speech. What does he mean by speech? Articulate 

 speech? In Scotland a dog has been taught to say several 

 words, among them "good morning" and "food." If 

 "Ego" means by speech the power of the communication 

 of ideas, dogs have that; ants have it; all animals that 

 live in communities have it. Without it their communal 

 life would be an impossibility. I might fill this whole 

 issue of the Forest and Stream in giving instances of 

 how my dogs have communicated to me not only simple 

 ideas, but thoughts. 



As to imagination— which "Ego" thinks that the lower 

 animals have not— they have it as certainly as man has. 

 A horse scares at a shadow, thinking it a man. The dog 

 gives forth the rich tone of the chase in his sleep. He 

 has dreamed, and dreaming without an imagination is an 

 impossibility. 



Thanking the Forest and Stream for its kindly review 

 of my book and "Ego" for the delightfully courteous way 

 in which he writes, and hoping that the day may come 

 when every one shall have given more attention to those 

 who cannot plead their own cause, 



Charles Josiah Adams. 



Canadian Kennel Club. 



The nomination meeting of the C. K. C. was held at the 

 Queen's Hotel, Toronto, on Aug. 7. Mr. R. W. Boyle 

 acted-as chairman, other members present being Messrs. 

 G-. B. Sweetnam, C. A. Stone and H. B. Donovan, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



The following officers were nominated and elected by 

 acclamation: President, Mr. H. Bedlington, Hamilton; 

 First Vice-President, Mr. J. S. Williams, Toronto; Vice- 

 Presidents, Mr. F. W. Green, Halifax, N. S. ; Mr. G. B. 

 Bruce, Calgary, N. W. T. ; Mr. R. McEwan, Byron; Mr. P. 

 G. Keyes, Ottawa; Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. H. B. Dono- 

 van, Toronto. For the executive committee the following 

 gentlemen were nominated, twelve to be elected by a mail 

 ballot vote of the members, ballots to be counted at the 

 annual meeting: Dr. H. S. Griffin and Mr. W. P. Palmer, 

 Hamilton; Mr. T. G. Davey and Dr. J. S. Niven, London; 

 Dr. W. H. Drummond and Messrs. Jas. Lindsay, J. A. 

 Pitt and Leslie H. Gault, Montreal; Messrs. G. B. Sweet- 

 nam, C. A. Stone, R. W. Boyle and A. A. Macdonald, To- 

 ronto; Messrs. T. McK. Robertson and C. H. Corbett, 

 Kingston; Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Gait; Mr. C. M. Nelles, 

 Brantford; Mr. H. Gorman, Sarnia; Mr. L. A. Klein, 

 Black Lake, Que.; Major J. C. Guillot, Windsor; F. S. 

 Wetherall, Compton. 



Field Trial Rules.— It was decided to adopt the rules of 

 Continental Field Trial Club. 



H. B. Donovan, Sec.-Treas. 



Montreal Kennel Association. 



The premium list of the Montreal Kennel Association's 

 bench show is now ready for distribution. Mastiffs, St. 

 Bernards, great Danes, deerhounds, greyhounds, Russian 

 wolfhounds, English foxhounds, pointers, English, Irish 

 and Gordon setters and collies have the same classifica- 

 tion, namely, best kennel of four, $10; challenge classes, 

 $10 and diploma; open classes, $10, $5 and diploma, ex- 

 cepting that Irish setters, challenge class dogs, have $20. 

 All other open classes have uniformily $7, $3 and diplo- 

 ma, and those breeds which have challenge classes have 

 $7 and diploma, The judges will be instructed to strictly 

 withhold prizes when not merited, and in no case shall a 

 special be awarded to a dog that does not win a first 

 prize. Entries close Sept. 9. The judges are: C. A. 

 Stone, Toronto, pointers, English setters, Irish set- 

 ters, Gordon setters; P. G. Keyes, Ottawa, Ont., Irish 

 water spaniels, clumber spaniels, field spaniels, cocker 

 spaniels, King Charles spaniels, Prince Charles Bpaniels, 

 ruby spaniels, Blenheim spaniels, Japanese spaniels, fox- 

 terriers (smooth and wire); L. A. Klein, Esq., Black Lake, 

 Que., dachshunde; J. F. Kirk, Toronto, all other classes. 

 For premium list, apply to Geo. K. Lanigan, Hon. Sec'y, 

 Box 692, Montreal. 



The premium list of the bench show of the Bing ham- 

 ton Industrial Exposition can be obtained of the secretary, 

 A. P. Fish, 22 Ross Building, Binghamton, N. Y, 



