NOV. 9, 1895. 



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ignorance and thoughtlessness that cause so much un- 

 necessary suffering among animals. Believing concerted 

 action most effective, we ask you to give one service on 

 the last Sunday of October to this subject of justice and 

 mercy. 



Bespectfully submitted. 



Woman's Auxiliary S. P. C. A. 



By order offcommittee. Mrs. Arthur J. Wells. 



The following from the Pioneer Press shows that the 

 wolf still holds the championship. 



"Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 21. —The wolf hunt Sunday was 

 so near a success that three or four were sighted, but 

 proved too much for the dogs in the chase. The prairie 

 wolves are monsters, much larger and heavier than the 

 largest greyhounds, and were masters of the situation. 

 Only one hound came in contact with a wolf, which after 

 a short encounter was glad to give up. Wolfhounds have 

 been sent for, and the sport will be resumed about next 

 Saturday." 



The premium list of the Bridgeport Kennel Club is now 

 ready for distribution, and can be obtained by addressing 

 Mr. Edward M. Oldham, Supt., 185 Warren st. , Bridgeport, 

 Conn. The judges are Dr. Jas. E. Hair, Bridgeport, Conn., 

 pointers, English, Irish and Gordon setters and beagles; 

 Gorman Hopkins, Hempstead, L. I., all terriers, fox- 

 hounds, greyhounds and whippets; R. K. Armstrong, 

 Highland Falls, N. Y. , all other classes. The entrance 

 fee is $1. The dogs at this show will be benched by 

 Spratts Patent, and fed on their meat fibrine dog cakes 

 (with beetroot), and the" show will be disinfected by The 

 Imperial Hygenique Fluid Company. The managers wish 

 it to be distinctly understood that, although this show 

 cannot be given under the published rules of the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club, they being copyrighted, all matters in 

 regard to the management of the show which they cover 

 will be governed thereby. Any changes in the premium 

 list will be announced in the sporting papers. A good 

 list of special prizes have been promised. All who are 

 interested in dog shows should to the best of their ability 

 give these smaller shows their material or moral support. 

 They do an excellent work as educators. They reach 

 classes which the larger shows cannot; thus they stim- 

 ulate healthy emulation , which redounds to the benefit of 

 the larger shows by direct and increased support to 

 them. If they meet with the approbation which the 

 managers hope for and which they really merit, more 

 shows will be given throughout the country next year 

 and possibly another show in December. 



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A correspondent, writing to a Leeds paper, says he can 

 believe almost anything about the dog. For instance, one 

 of his big brothers had a little dog. He was a valiant 

 fighter, but his soul was bigger than his body. One day 

 ne met another dog and came home badly mauled, having 

 limped a distance of more than a mile. "He was observed 

 to undo the watchdog's collar, and the two went off to- 

 gether. Next day a neighbor called to complain that two 

 dogs had come over to his farm, and attacked and killed 

 his. On being questioned, he stated that he had seen his 

 own dog worry the little one the day before." — British 

 Fancier. 



An individual locally known as "O'er-time Tom," on 

 going his rounds in the morning to wake people who work 

 in the mills at Burnley, was, a few mornings since, about 

 to knock at the door of a house when his eye fell on a 

 little terrier dog asleep on the ground below the window. 

 The animal filled Tom's heart with terror. Being awak- 

 ened by a strange noise outside, the people of the house 

 came to the windows to find him calling at the top of his 

 voice: "Hey up! Does to hear? If tha doesn't call thee 

 dog in I shan't wakken thee." — British Fancier. 



Mr. C. E. Buckle writes us under date of Oct. 30: "It 

 has been the driest fall I ever saw, and work has been very 

 unsatisfactory, but my dogs are all' well broken and ad- 

 vanced. Tippoo is going like a top and going well and is 

 quite a bird finder." 



Mr. A. P. Vredenburgh, secretary of the A. K. C, 

 leaves for San Francisco on the 7th inst., chiefly to cotifer 

 with the clubs of the Pacific coast and officially gather 

 such information as will lead to a better understanding of 

 their needs and better relations with the main governing 

 body. There is to be a meeting of those clubs at San 

 Francisco on the 14th inst. in accordance with the pur- 

 poses aforementioned. 



At the meeting of the Metropolitan Kennel Club, held 

 at Delmonico's on the evening of Oct. 31, the old officers 

 were continued till the election to be held in the week of 

 the Westminster Kennel Club's show. A constitution and 

 by-laws were adopted. The meeting was well attended. 



Mr. E. M. Oldham, who has shown rare skill in con- 

 ducting shows, has been engaged to superintend the Mas- 

 coutah Kennel Club's next show. 



Mr. Geo. H. Thomson, secretary of the Irish Setter 

 Club, writes us under date of Nov. 2 as follows: In a 

 letter from Dr. William Jarvis, Claremont, N. H., re- 

 ceived a few days ago, he says: "I will give an Irish set- 

 ter^bitch, and a good one, by Signal out of Eomayne, to 

 theVinner of the All- Age Stake." 



The officers of the Bridgeport Kennel Club are: Dr. 

 James E. Hair, President; Thomas Burke, Secretary; H. 

 C. Learn, Treasurer. E. M. Oldham and the officers of 

 the club are the bench show committee. The prize list 

 foots up between $700 and $800, more than what is re- 

 quired for recognition by the A. K, C. to qualify in re- 

 spect to a prize list. 



Works on Sunday 



Talks business seven days in the 

 week— a "Forest and Stream" Kennel 

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