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cropped breeds in charge undoubtedly should receive 

 every deference on matters of type, if they have the con- 

 fidence of the fanciers they claim to represent; but 

 mutilation is not a part of a type. It is a matter in which 

 all claim an interest. As the specialty clubs contain but a 

 handful of members as compared to the members of so- 

 ciety at large, and therefore those clubs would have but a 

 corresponding handful of opinion, they could not pos- 

 sibly pass on a measure of general public interest as a 

 representative body of the public. 



Moreover, the members of the specialty clubs and the 

 owners of the cropped breeds are not a unit in its favor. 

 Many of them admit that it is cruel, and some tolerate it 

 because it is conventional with the majority of their 

 special fellow fanciers. In Germany, the home of the 

 breed, it has its earnest opposition, as will be noted by 

 Mr. Maenner's writings, which are hereinbefore quoted 

 and which are admissions from an advocate of cropping. 



Cropping having been abolished in England by the 

 canine powers, does not prove that it is useful to practice 

 it here. On the contrary, America, being civilized, should 

 not be behind any country in the world in a sincere ob- 

 servance of the humanities. 



The plea that cropping should not be abolished because 

 there are greater cruelties practiced is too absurd to treat 

 seriously. Admit it as sound, and all law is abolished. 

 Nor does the plea that it has been a custom from 

 time immemorial carry any weight; for if it .is ad- 

 mittedly a cruel practice, the plea of antiquity 

 merely calls attention to the fact that it has been 

 a cruelty from time immemorial. Furthermore, many 

 customs which once were cited as being immemorial 

 have been thrown into the ash barrel of the past, and 

 the rejection of the objectionable is what makes progress. 



The claim that it improves the dog's appearance is 

 merely the claim of those who by long association and 

 education have come to look upon the artificial changes 

 in the dog's appearance as parts of the real dog. Those 

 who fancy the cropped dogs are not debarred from that 

 pleasure by any act of the A. K. C. , if it should bar crop- 

 ped dogs from its shows. A fancier who will not own a 

 dog because he cannot have the pleasure of owning it 

 cropped, and at the same time force his fancy on those 

 who object to cropping, cannot have any genuine affec- 

 tion for the nobility and intrinsic worth of the breed. 

 The plea of its beauty at best is not well taken, as it orig- 

 inally was not practiced as a measure by which to improve 

 the dog's appearance. The practice outlived its material 

 purposes, but the eye of many became habituated to it, 

 and with many habit is as strong as nature. 



These remarks apply alike to other unnecessary forms 

 of mutilation when they are practised for the purpose of 

 gratifying a fancy. , 



W. K. C. Bench Show Judges. 



New York. — Following are the names of the gentlemen 

 who have kindly accepted our invitation to judge at the 

 coming show; premium lists will be ready for distribution 

 next week: 



Mastiffs, St. Bprnards, bloodhounds, Russian wolf- 

 hounds, deerhounds, greyhounds, English foxhounds, 

 collies, old English sheep dogs, poodles, bulldogs, bull-ter- 

 riers, fox-terriers, Irish terriers, Scottish terriers, Bed- 

 lington terriers, pugs, toy spaniels and miscellaneous — 

 Mr. George Raper, Sheffield, Eng. 



Great Danes, American foxhounds, Basset hounds and 

 dachshunds — Mr. G. Muss-Arnolt, Tuckahoe, N. Y. 



Pointers — Mr. Jas. L. Anthony, Netherwood, N. J. 



English and Gordon setters— Mr. Wm, Tallman, Plain- 

 field, N. J. 



Irish setters — Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H. 



Irish water, clumber, field and cocker spaniels— Mr. 

 Andrew Laidlaw, Gait, Ont., Can. 



Beagles— Mr. W. S. Clark, Linden, Mass. 



Boston terriers — Mr. W. C. Hook, Boston, Mass. 



Black and tan, white English, Yorkshire, toy, Dandie 

 Dinmont and Skye terriers, whippets, Italian greyhounds 

 and schipperkes— Dr. H, T. Foote, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



James Mortimer, Supt. 



Mascoutah Kennel Club. 



The premium list of the Mascoutah Kennel Club is 

 ready for distribution and can be obtained by addressing 

 the Mascoutah Kennel Club, 952 Monadnock Building, 

 Chicago. As is a feature of this club's prize list the 

 specials are numerous and valuable. The specialty clubs 

 are materially in evidence also. Mastiffs, St. Bernards, 

 setters and collies, in challenge classes for dogs and 

 bitches respectively, have $15 to first, $10 to second; in 

 open classes, dogs and bitches respectively, $15, $10, $5 

 and. $3; puppies, $5 and $3. The prizes in other classes 

 range from $10 in challenge, and $10, $5 and $3 in open 

 classes, to $5 and $3 in some of the breeds which are not 

 strong in bench show numbers. Entry fee $3. Entries 

 close February 16. All express companies will return free 

 to point of origin all dogs that will be sent to Chicago 

 over their lines on which charges have been paid at time 

 of shipment, providing ownership remains unchanged. 

 Geo. H. Hill, superintendent. This show is one of the 

 great annual events in the canine world, and it is worthy 

 of the attention and support of all fanciers. 



City of the Straits Kennel Club's Show. 



Detroit, Dec. 13. — Editor Forest and Stream: The City 

 of the Straits Kennel Club has claimed March 3, 4, 5 and 

 6, 1896, as the dates for its fourth annual bench show. 

 The club will also hold a show for dogs owned in Wayne 

 county, Mich. , and Essex county, Ontario, on Dec. 20 and 

 21. This will be purely a local show, the idea being to 

 give resident enthusiasts a chance to find out the relative 

 merits of their favorites without compelling them to run 

 up against the cracks going around the grand circuit. 

 Our new officers are: Geo. M. Hendrie, President; W. 

 Howie Muir, First Vice-President; GuyD. Welton, Second 

 Vice-President; Arthur D. Welton, Secretary; Chas. F. 

 Backus, Treasurer; A. T. Knowison, Ed. Wiles, R. Humf- 

 freyes Roberts and T. C. Ouellette, Directors. 



Arthur D. Welton, Sec'y, C.S.K.C. 



We are indebted to Mr. W. H. Mullins, Salem, O., for 

 a photograph of a sheet copper statue of a setter dog. 

 Also for a photograph of a group of statues, also made by 

 him, for the Cotton States and International Exposition 

 Co., Atlanta, Ga. 



MeetingTofi the' American Spaniel Club. Mst&>, 

 A meeting of theexecutive'committee of the American 

 Spaniel Club was held at the residence of Dr. S. J. Brad- 

 bury, 110 East Twenty-second street. New York, on the 

 10th inst. Present, E. M. Oldham, President; R. P. Keas- 

 bey, Secretary; S. J. Bradbury, Treasurer; James Wat- 

 son and Marcel A. Viti. The minutes of the last meeting 

 were read and approved. The following resolutions were 

 carried. 



That the annual meeting be held on Thursday, Feb. 20, 

 1896, at 4 P. M.. at Madison Square Garden, and that the 

 club hold their annual dinner on that evening, and that 

 the following be the committee or arrangements: E, M. 

 Oldham, R. P. Keasbey and S. J. Bradbury. That the 

 following club cups, etc., be offered for competition at 

 the New York show in February next: 



The Whitehead trophy (value $50) for best cocker stud 

 dog with two of his get. 



The Bell cup (value $30) for the best brace of other col- 

 ored cockers. 



The Smith trophy (value $150) for the best other than 

 black cocker spaniel. 



The American Spaniel Club trophy (value $100) for the 

 best cocker. 



The American Spaniel Club trophy (value $100) for the 

 best field spaniel. 



The Say brook trophy, for best American-bred field 

 spanield. 



The Brace Challenge Bowl (value $200) for best brace of 

 American-bred spaniels over 281bs. 



It was also resolved: That we instruct our delegate to 

 the A. K. C. to vote to lay the question of cropping on the 

 table, and if the matter comes to a vote to refrain from 

 voting, and to request the secretary to so record him. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Henry Lacy, late of Manchester, England, father of the 

 celebrated writer and editor, Mr. H. W. Lacy, died on 

 Dec. 12, in New York city, and was interred in Woodlawn 

 Cemetery. He was well known to the dog fanciers of 

 the Old World and the New. Our sympathies are extended 

 to his family in their bereavement. 



The entrance fee for the local show of the City of the 

 Straits Kennel Club is 50 cents. Challenge, open, novice 

 and puppy classes will be made for dogs and bitches. 

 Entries should be addressed to Arthur D. Welton, secre- 

 tary, 25 Larned street, West, Detroit. The act of the club 

 in giving local exhibitors encouragement and opportunity 

 is worthy of high praise. 



Mr. W. E. Warner, manager of Mr, Gould's kennels, 

 has received very favorable accounts of the dogs' perform- 

 ances from Mr, Armstrong, who is at Pheba, Miss., giv- 

 ing the dogs their winter training. 



Dr. G. G. Davis's faith in the Irish setter has brought 

 forth material results, as will be seen by our report of the 

 Philadelphia Kennel Club's Members' Stake last week. 

 It is gratifying to note that the Doctor's plucky com- 

 petition and honest enthusiasm are reaping success. 



The following is the list of officers elected by the Na- 

 tional Fox Hunters' Association at its recent meet at 

 Owingsville, Ky.: President, Dr. Wash Miller; First 

 Vice-President, A. B. F. Kinney; Second Vice-President, 

 Hayden C. Trigg: Third Vice-President, Roger D.Williams; 

 Directors. W."S. Walker, Walter Rice, A. Ware. G. W. C. 

 Gregg, R. H. Pooler, W. C. Huffstetter, Col. A. W. Ham- 

 ilton; Secretary and Treasurer, F. J. Hagan, of Louisville, 

 Ky. 



In a personal letter, dated Dae. 7, Mr. W. W. Titus 

 mentions that "Mr. Geo. Richards has settled at Vinton, 

 Miss. , for the winter, and has room for a dog or two to 

 train. W. H. Hammond, of the Eldred Kennels, arrived 

 in Mississippi after many vexatious delays through getting 

 mixed up in the crowd going and coming to the Atlanta 

 Exposition, and he is now located near West Point. Chas. 

 Tucker and son and N. B. Nesbitt came on with him, the 

 former going to Stanton, Tenn., the latter's home. The 

 Messrs. Young are making the foxes hustle these days. 

 Last Thursday and Friday they had some big races, hav- 

 ing a pack of twenty-two dogs, all of which were in the 

 chase. As a negro by the name of George Washington 

 would say, 'They made the welcome ring.' It is raining 

 here to-day in the regular old Mississippi greasy style, 

 making no fuss, but just raining. Up to date there has 

 been less rainfall than common, but I expect that from 

 now on it will come in broken doses." 



In our advertising columns this week will be found the 

 announcement of the Championship Stake of the Field 

 Trial Champion Association, to be held at West Point, 

 Miss., on Feb. 10, 1896. This stake has evoked much in- 

 terest among Bportsmen, and if the results are the success 

 that its organizers and promoters have reason to believe 

 they will be, the stake undoubtedly will be a permanent 

 fixture. 



We have received from the author a copy of "The 

 American Foxhound," a new contribution to kennel lit- 

 erature, which we will take pleasure in reviewing next 

 week. 



Here is an extract from the lady's letter which I com- 

 mend for its downright and unalloyed straightforward- 

 ness and business-like tenor: "My dog does not require 

 any cheap advertisements. In place of wasting £5 to £20 

 on a challenge I would advise a stud advertisement, 

 which would do more good and save a considerable sum." 

 — Our Dogs. 



The world do move, as the following from a St. Louis 

 paper will show: 



"A. E. Flickenger, a prominent citizen of Burrton, 

 Kan., believing that the tax of $1 on his pups was un- 

 justly assessed, refused to pay the amount and was sent 

 to jail. His friends secured several hundred signatures 

 to a petition to the City Council asking that body to re- 

 peal the ordinance under which the tax had been assessed 

 and the penalty imposed. A special session of the 



Council was held last night and speeches were made in 

 support of the petition. The ordinance was repealed and 

 a committee of business men, armed with an order for 

 his release, waited on Mr. Flickenger at the jail and es- 

 corted him to the principal hotel, where he was given an 

 elaborate banquet. Speeches were made extolling the 

 prisoner for his heroism in accepting martyrdom for a 

 principle." 



Mr. J. B. Stoddard, in a personal letter, writes that he 

 arrived safely at West Point, Miss., and will locate at a 

 convenient point within easy distance of the trials to be 

 run at West Point in a few weeks. He mentioned tha 

 birds were reported plentiful. 



kchting. 



Practical Yacht Designing. 



It can hardly be said that any pressing need exists of treatises on 

 naval architecture and of its application to the designing of yacht 

 and boats; any deficiency in this direction has long since been made 

 good by the standard works of several well-known writers. For thos e 

 who can afford the expense of several rather costly works, and the 

 time necessary to their careful study, there is no lack of practical and 

 reliable information; but the inquiries which we constantly receive 

 from the readers of the Forest and Stream prove that there are many 

 to whom, for one reason or another, the existing works, extensive 

 and thorough as they are, must be practically sealed books. There 

 has been for some years a growing demand for a simple treatise on 

 practical yacht designing, presenting the subject in a way that may 

 be readily understood by anyone of ordinary intelligence and possess- 

 ing a desire to learn and a knowledge of arithmetic. 



With the first number of the coming year the Forest and Stream 

 will begin the publication of a series of articles designed to meet this 

 demand, the author being Mr. W. P. Stephens, for the past twelve 

 years in charge of the Yachting and Canoeing Departments of the 

 paper. Mr. Stephens is specially qualified for this task by his long 

 experience as an amateur designer and builder, and as a critical and 

 technical writer on yachting; and by his close intercourse through 

 the Forest and Stream with those for whom the work is specially in 

 tended. His personal experience as an amateur designer and builder 

 dating back to a time when text-books on these subjects were un- 

 known, have shown him what the amateur and the tyro want to know 

 and his later work at building, designing and writing has fully quali- 

 fied him to teach what he has learned. His book on "Canoe and Boa 

 Building for Amateurs,'" though written in 1883, is still recognized as 

 the standard work on small craft; and within its limited scope a 

 thorough text-book of the subject. 



The new work will cover a much wider field: the designing of pleas- 

 ure craft, from canoe3 and boats up to such sizes of yachts proper as 

 would be likely to engage the attention of the amateur. The same 

 methods will be followed as have proved so successful in "Canoe and 

 Boat Building," the thorough presentation of the leading principles 

 and the elaborate attention to these details, apparently trivial, which 

 are essential to success in any mechanical work. 



The opening chapters will deal first with th9 object of designing— 

 the production of some sort of floating vessel— the means to this end 

 from the first consideration of the conditions of the particular case to 

 the turning over to the builder of the drawings, specifications and 

 tables of offsets. The many intermediate steps will be treated of in 

 detail, the first considerations, the selection of the class, the principal 

 dimensions and the elements of the design, the tools, materials and 

 work of drawing, the calculations and the specifications. The articles 

 will be fully illustrated, and will continue through the year to such a 

 length as the subject demands. 



Once again has Lord Dunraven been the victim of most unwarranted 

 interference on the high seas. On Disc. 11, as he had announced, the 

 Earl boarded the White Star steamer Garmanic at Liverpool with the 

 intention of proceeding to New York to take part in the inquiry of the 

 special committee in the matter of his charges against Mr. Iselin. 

 When off Crosby Lightship, at the mouth of the Mersey, and in a dense 

 fog, the Germanic was interfered with by the Glasgow steamer Cum 

 brae, Capt. Blair, bound in to Liverpool. The Cumbrae'struck herself 

 nearly beam on against the Germanic's bow, forcing herself on to it 

 for a distance of 14ft., and disabling the latter steamer so badly that 

 she was obliged to abandon the voyage, A perfect panic ensued 

 among the frantic rabble of Anglo-Gaelic excursionists on the .offend- 

 ing steamer. Lord Dunraven escaped personal injury, and as his 

 captains and crew were not with him their lives were not imperilled. 

 After the Ounabrae's passengers and crew were taken off the Ger- 

 manic backed away and the Cumbrae rapidly sank. The bows of the 

 Germanic were stove in for a distance of 20ft. above the waterline, 

 and she anchored, her passengers being returned to Liverpool by tugs- 



The Royal Yacht Squadron has distinctly disowned all responsibil- 

 ity for Lord Dunraven's latest action, leaving him to answer person- 

 ally to the New York Y. C. We are by no means certain that under 

 the circumstances the New York Y. C, has not a perfect right to dis- 

 regard Lord Dunraven personally, and to look to the Squadron to 

 defend its representative; but as the club has elected to take a differ- 

 ent and more direct course, no more need be said on this point. It is, 

 however, as we believe, desirable in all negotiations for international 

 matches to increase the responsibility of the club which vouches for 

 a challenger; the negotiations being made, as far as possible, between 

 the two clubs, and not between the defending club and the challenger 

 as an individual. 



It is quite evident that the Squadron is by no means out of the whole 

 matter; as in the event of Lord Dunraven's charges being clearly 

 disproved, the New Yo'-k Y. C. would still have good grounds for 

 looking to the Squadron for some official condemnation of its repre- 

 sentative for making such serious accusations. 



In speaking of the various challenges for the Seawanhaka cup in 1896, 

 the Yachting World remarks: "We must say that we do not consider 

 the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. are treating Mr. Brand too well. If 

 he is really willing to undertake another trip in quest of the cup and 

 is again backed by the Minima Y. C, we think he ought to have first 

 claim to a race." In answer to this it may be said that over two 

 months have elapsed since the finish of the races, and yet nothing 

 more than a most informal statement that he would challenge if he 

 could arrange a syndicate and secure again the indorsement of the 

 Minima Y. C. has been received from Mr. Brand, Ample time has 

 elapsed for a communication from the Minima Y. C-, but none has 

 been received, and in the meanwhile other bona fide challengers have 

 some rights in the matter. 



No news has yet been received as to Lord Dunraven's future move- 

 ments. He did not sail on the Umbria on Dec. 14, as did some of the 

 passengers of the Germanic, but returned to London. The special 

 committee had arranged to begin the inquiry on Dec. 20, but has post- 

 poned the opening to Dec. 37. Capt. Haff has been to Deer Island to 



