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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 16, 1888. 



Dogs: Tlxdr Management and Treatment in Disease. . By 

 Ashmont. Price Kennel Record and Account Booh. 

 Price S3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price -91. First Lessons in Dog Training, vnth Points of 

 a% Breeds. Price 25 cents. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Feb. 13 to 17.— First show Fort Schuyler Kennel Club, Utica, N. 

 Y. E. J. Spencer, Sec. 



Feb. 31 to 84, 188a— Twelfth Annual Show of the Westminster Ken- 

 nel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Mortimer, 

 Superintendent. 



Feb. 28 to March 3.-Show of Philadelphia Kennel Club. W. H. 

 Child, Sec. 



March 37 to 30.— Fourth Annual Show of the New Haven Kennel 

 Club, New Haven, Conn. E. Sheffield Porter. Secretary. 



April 3 to li.— Fourth Annual Dos Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary. 



A. K. R.-SPEC1AL NOTICE. 

 T^HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

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

 published 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 

 81.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 5853. 



CLUB SINS AND A. K. C. JUSTICE. 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



A friend writes me that it is riot just to arraign the A.K.C. 

 or other clubs for wrongs they have done, and yet refrain 

 from giving detailed specifications, and as the whole purport 

 of my arraignment of such bodies was to show that the dis- 

 trust exhibitors have for individual clubs and their associa- 

 tion as the A. K. 0. had a foundation in fact and was reason- 

 able, I proceed to give you such as I can clearly recall details 

 of, for it must be remembered that there are many such 

 cases that I cannot recall with sufficient distinctness to base 

 formal charges on. 



The pug Joe was entered at Pittsburgh show of 1883 priced 

 at $15; Dr. Cryer immediately claimed him, but the secretary 

 defeated his claim by saying that the dog had already been 

 claimed, and it was subsequently proven that the secretary 

 claimed the dog for his owner, who took the dog away from 

 the show with him. This was clearly defrauding Dr. Cryer 

 of his plain rights. 



The "pointer judging" at New York is next in order. At 

 the New York show of 1884, Mr. E. C. Sterling judged 

 pointers and gave the brace prize to Meteor (owned by a 

 Col. Hughes) and Vanity, then owned entirely by Mr. Mun- 

 son, which divided ownership was well known to Mr. Ster- 

 ling, and he had certainly owned Vanity shortly before the 

 judging, aurl owned her again very soon after. This scan- 

 dalous proceeding raised a great storm, and was the spring 

 from whence came the famous "pointer protest,'' a protest 

 against the judging signed by many of the most reputable, 

 pointer men iu the country, which protest was met by the 

 winners in the game about in Boss Tweed's style, "What 

 are you going to do about it?" The Westminster Kennel 

 Club practically took the ground that nobody had any busi- 

 ness to question their acts, and certain parties characterized 

 Mr. Mason's action in getting up the protest as "an outrage." 

 Just think of it being an "outrage" for any one to protest 

 against what was most open to suspicion of fraudulent 

 judging! Then remember, that just after the war over this 

 question had subsided, the W. K. C, aided by the "con- 

 structing" Major Taylor, got up the American Kennel Club, 

 after swamping the independent breeders and exhibitors 

 who met at the Colonade Hotel in Philadelphia to form an 

 independent club. Did not the independents have good 

 cause to link the judging with the formation of an associa- 

 tion carried out by the very club that condoned, if it did not 

 actually approve of, the previous wrong ? 



Next'comes "construction." The old rule had been that 

 one win in the open class qualified for the champion class, 

 and considerable discussion had been going on in the A. K.B. 

 and elsewhere over the propriety of requiring three wins to 

 quality. On Oct. 22. 1881, the A. K. C. passed the following 

 Rule 8: 



"A dog to compete in the champion class must have won three 

 prizes at shows given by members of this association." 



Now on Jan. 24, 1885, three months after the enunciation 

 of the rule, there was a meeting of the executive committee 

 of the A. K. C. held at Cincinnati. At this meeting the 

 Westminster, New Haven and New England clubs were 

 without representation of any kind, and the report of the 

 meeting stated that the Cincinnati, Montreal, Baltimore, 

 Cleveland, Illinois, Kentucky and St. Louis clubs "were 

 represented either in person or byjiroxy." No names were 

 mentioned except those of Major Taylor and W. B. Shattuc, 

 and there is every reason to believe that these two consti- 

 tuted the meeting. This meeting enacted the following: 



"All dogs of whatsoever breed that have won a first prize at the 

 bench shows of any organization uow recognized as a member of 

 the American Kennel Club should be entered in the champion 

 class. . . ," 



Major Taylor had previously delivered his dictum in the 

 kennel press, that the proper "construction" to be put on 

 Rule 8 was this wise conclusion of the "meeting," and from 

 this arose the Major's brevet of "Constructor. This "con- 

 struction" was ultimately repudiated by all the clubs in 

 the country, except Cincinnati, and perhaps Chicago, at the 

 "special prize" show. Now study this episode of construc- 

 tion; compare the original rule with the "construction" 

 put on it; remember that the meeting was called at very 

 short notice (two days, if I remember aright), and what con- 

 clusion can you come to but that it was done with invidious 

 purpose? Yet this same A. K. C. re-elected this same Major 

 Taylor as its president in four or five months after this 

 shameless episode! 



Next comes the "mastiff puppy" case. Unfortunately, I 

 cannot find the numbers of Forest and Stream with the 

 whole history of this case, so I can only say generally that a 

 litter of several puppies entered as a litter, paying $5 for the 

 whole lot, were allowed to compete in a class for puppies 

 with those that had each paid §3, and if my memory is cor- 

 rect, one of this litter won. I well remember that Mr.- J. 

 A. S. Gregg assailed the allowing of these dogs to compete, 

 and that it was attempted to shut him up on the old story 

 of "we don't care for you," which failed disastrously. 

 There can be no argument on the question as to whether it 

 is just to allow several dogs who have only paid $5 entrance 

 as a lot to compete with dogs that paid S3 each. 



Then there is the "Chicago special." A gentleman of 

 Chicago gave the club his check for $15 as a special for 

 spaniels, to be judged under the American Spamel Club's 

 standard, which prize was Avon by Mr. J. Otis Fellows, but 

 the check itsoltwas used by an officer of the club for club 

 expenses and the money was not paid Mr. Fellows until 

 after the whole story had been made public and formal 

 charge submitted to the A. K. C. On no pretense whatever 

 can it be justified that a man's money may be taken for a 

 special purpose and then diverted to incidental expenses of 

 the club. 



The bogus medals are too new a story to need repetition, 

 and for personal reasons I prefer not to enlarge on the 

 subject. 



Now remember that all these scandals were the acts of 

 clubs against exhibitors, that two of them were regularly 

 brought before the A. K. C, committees appointed to inves- 

 tigate; that complete reports were made, clearly showing 

 the truth of the charges, and both were tabled! Now do you 

 think if an exhibitor should be charged by the W. K. C. or 

 the N. J. K. C. with swindling them, and the charge fully 

 proven, that the matter would be tabled? Well, if you do, 

 I pity your infantile simplicity. Somebody will say "What 

 are you dragging up these old things for? They are dead 

 and buried. All associations make mistakes at first. The 

 A. K. C. has got past all that and is now on the right 

 course," etc. All very pretty, but simple soul , do you think 

 you can catch us like birds by putting that salt on our tails? 

 The exhibitor will believe your professions when you give 

 him only one act of justice; once show that you care the one- 

 tenth for him that you do for your fellow ringsters, and I 

 dare you to quote the instance where you have done this. 

 Pittsburgh has the name of being the most thoroughly ring- 

 ruled city in America, and at the" same time one of the very 

 best governed cities. The A. K. C. rules only in a ring, and 

 never does auything right if it can do it wrong, so we get 

 both ring government, and misgovernment, much more than 

 our patience will stand up under. 



Now I am not saving that the A. K. C. should be extin- 

 guished, or even that it would be best to do so. It is here, 

 and if it can only be brought to a realizing sense of its 

 proper sphere it will do as well as anything else likely to be 

 gotten up, but it must learn that there are limits to the long 

 suffering of the unfortunate exhibitor. Until all hope of 

 reformation vanishes, the best thing to be. done is to keep on 

 hammering at the A. K. C, if its skull lasts long enough. 

 Listen to what Mr.G. Edward Osborne, an A.K.C. officer, said 

 in your issue of Aug. 20, 1885: "Mistakes have been made 

 and I have yet to see a new association of any kind that is 

 perfect; but we must stay and try and win the confidence and 

 respect of the public, and when that is done we will be 

 amply repaid for the worry and trouble we are now going 

 through." 



But has the A. K. C. even tried to gain "the respect and 

 confidence of the public?" Has it not constantly legislated 



really tire beyond endurance at t he dissipation of every one 

 of his hopes for the A. K. C. and quit the ship in disgust? 

 I have not asked him about this, but I will wager a rotten 

 apple against a frozen potato (as large a bet as should be 

 made about anything concerning the A. K. C.) that my guess 

 is correct. W. Wade. 



HuIjTON, Pa., Feb. 10. 



BARRING OF BEAUFORT. 



"VTEW YORK, Feb. 11.— -Editor Forest and Stream: In a 

 1* letter published in your issue of Feb. 9, signed Chas. 

 H. Mason, the following misleading paragraph appears: 



"A month ago I received a letter asking me to name my 

 lowest price for Beaufort. I did not put a price on him. Ten 

 days ago I received another letter, but from a different 

 quarter, and as usual the writer wanted to know my bottom 

 price. Again did I refuse to put a price on the dog, and on 

 Sunday I entered him in the New York show. 



" On Monday evening Mr. Percy C. Ohl (whose office is at 

 No. 44 Broadway, with that of the W. K. C. and the A. K. C; 

 and who acts as agent for the W. K. C. in dog transactions) 

 called on me to ascertain if I would sell the dog. I named 

 a figure, but he did not think his customer would go beyond 

 §500. The sale of course did not take place; and on Tuesday 

 I received my entry back from the W. K. C. It is marked, 

 'Declined by order of the committee.' The committee is F. 

 R. Hitchcock C. du Bois Wagstaff and T. H. Terry; but a 

 gentleman who recently called at the office says, 'Hitchcock 

 seems to run the whole* business.' " 



I say misleading from the fact that while I did call on the 

 writer of the letter referred to regarding the purchasing of 

 his dog, that neither Mr. Hitchcock nor any person con- 

 nected with the Westminster Kennel Club, directly or in- 

 directly, was interested, concerned or even knew" of my 

 intention. Percy C. Ohe. 



Kilitur Forest and Stream: 



As I do not approve of the rejection of champion Beau- 

 fort I have sent this letter to Mr. Hitchcock and send you 

 a copy.— C. J. Peshall. "Baltimore, Feb. 9. 1888.— Frank 

 Hitchcock, Esq., Sec't'y W. K. C— Dear Sir: Being in- 

 formed that your club' have declined to receive, and that 

 you have returned the entry of the pointer champion Beau- 

 fort, permit me to say that I do not believe any club that is 

 a member of the A.K. C. can decline the entry of a dog (if 

 the rules governing the entry are complied with) unless the 

 dog or his owner is disqualified as provided for in the rules, 

 that all entries should be accepted and then they become 

 subject to protest, and the party making the entry, if not 

 satisfied, may appeal. Rule 7, when construed with the 

 other rule, was intended to cover such a case of admission 

 of dogs from a diseased kennel, or in case more dogs were 

 entered than could be accommodated. As I do not approve 

 of the rejection of champion Beaufort I will say that the 

 entry of champion Nick of Naso is withdrawn, and he will 

 not compete for the champion prize offered by your club. 

 Very respectfully, C. J. Peshall." 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



NEW YORK, Feb. 8— Editor Forest and Strca m: Entries 

 will foot up close to 1,150, the largest on record. In 

 point of numbers the strongest classes are those for pointers, 

 there being nearly 150 entries. Fox-terriers come next with 

 over 120, English 'setters 85, Irish 50, black and tan 43. There 

 are 45 mastiffs and 113 St. Bernards, etc. 



Jas. Mortimer, Supt, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Will exhibitors at the forthcoming W. K. C. show be able 

 t o purchase a little lunch in the building, or is it too small 

 to accommodate a refreshment stand? In the latter case I 

 will bring my lunch along with me. Exhibitor. 



ST. BERNARD IMPORTATION.— The Chequasset Ken- 

 nels, Lancaster, Mass., have just received two valuable addi- 

 tions to their stock in Lady Newcastle (champion Plinlim- 

 mon— Bangle II.), and Neige (Baron of Cardiff— champion 

 Pleona). Lady Newcastle is a tall, graceful, ten months old 

 puppy, orange with perfect white markings and black fac- 

 ings, auxl a good flat long coat. Neige, in his sixth month, 

 is all legs and wings just now, a puppy of huge bone, noble 

 characteristic head, in color white with orange patches and 

 good even blaze with black facings. He bids fair to make a 

 very large dog of the grandest quality. With these came a 

 six months Ola pug dog puppy from the kennels of R. T. Lin- 

 ton, Edinburgh, Scotland. 



THE FOX-TERRIER RESULT.-It has recently been an- 

 nounced in-a number of English and American papers that 

 the well known fox-terrier dog, champion Result, owned by 

 Mr. A. H. Clarke, Nottingham, Eng., had been sold to be 

 sent to this country. Such is not the case, however; a large 

 price has been offered for him, but his owner refused to part 

 with him. 



THE ST. BERNARD CLUB. 



ARLINGTON, N. J., Feb. 13.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 The St. Bernard Club, which is to be organized on 

 February 21, the first day of the W. K. Club Show, will, 

 without a doubt, prove a success. In addition to the call, 

 issued through the press in November last, a large number 

 of circulars have been sent out, in respose to which over 50 

 applications for membership have come in so far. All those 

 interested in the breed, who have not received a circular of 

 invitation, are hereby cordially invited to attend the meet- 

 ing at 8 P. M., at Madison Square Garden, or to write to the 

 undersigned for an application blank. I inclose the circular 

 call. K. E. Hopf. 



To the Breeders a nd Fan clers of St. Bernards in the United 

 States ami Canada : 

 The undersigned beg to invite you to attend a meeting to 

 be held on the first day of the Westminster Kennel Club 

 Show, on Tuesday, February 21, at 8 P. M., at Madison 

 Square Garden, New York, for the purpose of organizing a 

 St. Bernard Club, for the election of officers, etc. 



We desire to see as many as possible present; the day 

 selected is especially favorable, the day following being 

 Washington's Birthday. This will enable those at a distance 

 to attend the meeting without too much loss of time. 



The object of the proposed club is the improvement of this 

 noble breed of dogs and the encouragement of the breeding 

 of first-class specimens. There is no reason why we should 

 not be able to compete successfully with our English cousins 

 and with the Swiss ; but in order to do this, such induce- 

 ments are necessary as can only be offered by a specialty 

 club. 



Our aim is to establish a club on such a basis that will 

 make it possible to all lovers of the breed to join; it is in- 

 tended to represent neither a clique nor a ring; but it is to 

 be a National Club in the broadest sense of the word. 



We believe that there is no breed of nou-sporting dogs that 

 is more worthy of the support of dog-lovers than the St. 

 Bernard, and we trust that all those interested in the breed 

 will assist us iu our endeavors by becoming members of the 

 proposed club. 



We inclose an application blank for membership, which 

 kindly return to K. E. Hopf, Arlington, New Jersey, who 

 has consented to attend to the correspondence until further 

 notice. 



Anna H. Whitney, Chequasset Kennels, Lan- 

 caster, Mass. 

 E. R. HEARN, Hermitage Kennels, Passaic, X. J, 

 R. J. Sawyer, Menominee, Mich. 

 E. H. Moore, Melrose, Mass. 

 Robt. L. Stevens, Castle Point, Hoboken, N. J. 

 W. J. Eiirich, New Y T ork. 

 Dr. W. YOUNG, New l'ork. 

 K. E. Hopf, Hospice Kennels, Arlington, N. J. 



BOSTON DOG SHOW. 



WE have received the premium list of the fourth annual 

 dog show of the New England Kennel Club to be held 

 at Boston, April 3 to 0. The list is the most attractive in 

 appearance and liberal in classification and amount of pre- 

 miums that has appeared this year. Following is the card 

 of the committee to exhibitors: 



"The New England Kennel Club, in presenting to your in- 

 spection the premium list for its fourth annual bench show 

 (to be held in Boston, April 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1888), desire?- to 

 cordially thank breeders and owners for the support given to 

 previous shows. 



"After carefully ascertaining the views of exhibitors, the 

 premium list has been arranged to admit of even more liberal 

 classification than heretofore. The cash prizes offered aggre- 

 gate several hundred dollars more than the sum awarded 

 last year. In addition to the prizes in regular classes, the 

 club offers a number of kennel prizes (S25.00 each); also the 

 club silver medal for stud dogs; and there will be numerous 

 special prizes of value and honor. 



"Special attention is called to the accompanying rules 

 under which the show will be held. The rules are in sub- 

 stance the same as formulated by the American Kennel Club, 

 with the following exception: Rule No. 2 of the American 

 Kennel Club, which provides for compulsory registration in 

 the club stud book, and exacts an additional fee of fifty cents 

 from each entry, will not be enforced by this club. The New 

 England Kennel Club is in hearty accord with the beneficent 

 purposes of the American Kennel Club, but does not feel 

 justified iu putting upon exhibitors the additional tax called 

 for by Rule 2. Entries will be received of dogs registered or 

 unregistered, the accompanying rules to be complied with. 



"The New England Kennel Club will be glad to offer to 

 any of the various specialty clubs the use of rooms in the 

 show building for the purpose of holding meetings, etc. 



"In conclusion we invite the support of all interested in 

 the development aud welfare of our friend, the dog," 



The special prizes are numerous and many of them are 

 more valuable than are usually offered. Among them are 

 four of S100 each in cash for the fox-terriers alone, and one 

 or more are offered for every breed. In competing for kennel 

 prizes the dogs must be owned by one exhibitor, AVhen one 

 class only is made for a breed it will be divided by sex when 

 five of each sex are entered. Entries in the puppy classes may 

 be removed after 10 P. M. the first day of the show, provided 

 the class has been judged. Following is the list of the judges 

 so far as announced: St. Bernards and pugs, Miss Anna JJ. 

 Whitney, Lancaster, Mass. Mastiffs, Great Danes, Newf- 

 oundlands, cleerhounds, greyhounds, dachshunde, spaniels, 

 poodles and Italian greyhounds, Chas. H. Mason, New York. 

 English and Gordon setters and pointers, Dr. Wm, Jarvis, 

 Claremont, N. H. Irish setters, Wm. Dunphy. Peekskill, 

 N. Y". Foxhounds, beagles, and Basset hounds, N. Elmore, 

 Gran by, Conn. Bulldogs, bull, Scotch, Irish, Bediington. 

 Dandie Dinmont, Skye, Yorkshire, black and tan and toy 

 terriers and toy spaniels, Edward Lever, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Round-headed bull and terriers, J. P. Barnard, Jr., Boston. 

 Entries should be addressed to Bench Show Committee, 6 

 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



D ALTON DOG SHOW. 



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ALTON, Mass., Feb. 11.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 _ The dog show of the Dalton Kennel Club was held on 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week in connection 

 with the Berkshire County Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 

 tion. There were nearly eighty entries and most of them 

 were present. The quality in many of the classes was ex- 

 ceedingly good, and in this respect would not suffer in com- 

 parison with some of the larger shows. Rule 2 was not 

 enforced, but many a coon dog was showm and their appear- 

 ance indicated that they were thoroughbred, and then- 

 records while "afield" would warrant them a pedigree that 

 would grace any stud book. Felch's breed from "North of 

 Africa" was also large. E. K. Sperry, of Hartford, Conn,, 

 assisted in getting the show in running order and attended 

 to many of the details. He also judged all classes in the 

 most satisfactory manner. Whenever a discontented one 

 appeared the judge would explain so as to leave them with 

 the feeling that justice, had been done. Mr. Hinckly, of Lee, 

 made a fine display of collies and pugs, and they were much 

 admired. Most of them were for exhibition only. Follow- 

 ing is a list of the 



AWARDS. 



MASTIFFS.— Dogs: 1st, C. W. Goodrich's Caution: 2d, Wm. 

 Booth's Prince, very high com., M. A. Goodell's Buff. High 

 com., C. W. Goodrich's Caution, Jr. Bitches: 1st, M. A, Goodell's 

 Bell; 3d, C. A. Booth's Fau. 



