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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 8, 1888, 



PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW. 



THE PMladelpia dog show has come and gone, and our 

 prediction that-, it would be the most successful exhibi- 

 tion of the kind ever held in the Quaker City has been veri- 

 fied. Before 10 o'clock on Wednesday night there was money 

 in the club's cash box to meet all expenses, and every dollar 

 takeu in on Thursday and Friday will represent "balance on 

 hand." The club has had hard" luck in many attempts to 

 hold successful shows and everybody seemed pleased that the 

 patient waiter had at last reaped a* well-earned reward. Of 

 the 4(i3 dogs entered for competition about 80 were absent, 

 bnt had they been on hand they could not possibly have 

 taken the prizes; the quality in their respective classes was 

 too hot for them and the committee w:i,s not of the sort to 

 bar competition to let them win. So they stayed at home 

 and by their absence the show was benefited in point 

 of quality if not in quantity. Spratts Patent did the bench 

 ing and feeding and no complaints were rppnrted. It only 

 remains for us "to express our thanks to the committee and 

 to everybody connected with the management for their 

 courtesy and kiudness. This we do most cheerfully and 

 sincerely. 



In more than one instance we may find it necessary to 

 criticise severely, but we shall not do so without being sure 

 of our ground or able to defend our position and prove the 

 justice of our statements. S ying a decision is wrong is nor 

 showing why it is wrong. The man who does not know why 

 . a decision is wrong certainly has no moral right to say it is 

 wrong. Such style of criticism disgusts rather than in- 

 structs and it is usually the outcome "of malice. Take the 

 report of the New York show in a Chicago paper as an illus- 

 tration of i-rialice and gross ignorance. 'We are told therein 

 that Mr. Davidson's judging of deerhounds and greyhounds 

 was all wrong and that his decisions raised a storm of a buse. 

 The writer does not even attempt to show which of the de- 

 cisions was wrong, and the inference is that he does not 

 know. If somebody told him a decision was wrong he for- 

 got to remember why. In another part of the report we are 

 told that the English judge of masti ffs indorsed a would-be 

 American judge in placing Homer over Tlford Cromwell. 

 The cream of the indorsement would have been skimmed if 

 the err.: tic reporter had written the truth. II ford Cromwell 

 was not in fit condition for the show bench and should have 

 been kept at home, hence the "indorsement." If the West- 

 ern editor would engage competeut and reliable reporters 

 he would find that the change and extra expense would 

 benefit his readers if it did not benefit him. Now for the 

 dogs. 



MASTIFFS— ( ME. MORTIMER). 



The class for champion dogs contained two entries, and 

 Minting, the bold and typical son of Maximilian and Cam- 

 brian Princess, won easily enough from his grand-headed 

 kennel companion llford Caution. In muzzle, wrinkle, 

 pasterns and in carriage of tail llford Caution leads, but in 

 other points Minting tairly smothers his rival, and taken 

 all round is a much better dog. The open class tor dogs in- 

 troduced us to a medley lot of twelve, and after some delay 

 Mr, Moore's young dog Coroner, by Orlando, came from the 

 ring with the blue ribbon, and 'was properly placed. A 

 description of him may be fouud in our New York report. 

 Clement is a big, strong, good-limbed show dog. Beau, un- 

 noticed, while defective in head and very weedy, is a better 

 specimen than the third prize winner. Welsh, he., although 

 houndy in head, is a better dog than either Clio or Leo 

 Victor; he should have been third. The first and second 



Erize winners were properly placnl, in fact, the judge 

 andled the dogs he knew very well, and did not blunder 

 until he came to the unknown quantities. Duchess, des- 

 cribed in our New York report, was first in the bitch class, 

 Boss Lady Clare being second. The last named, being all 

 out of conditiou, should have given way to Lady Beatrice, 

 who was third; all were described in our New York report. 

 Nell, vhc, is shallow in skull, small in muzzle and defective 

 in ears; her body will do. This was a poor class. Puppies 

 were a wretched class of two, the first prize winner being 

 far ahead of her mongrel-looking opponent. She has a 

 fairly good skull, but is lacking in volume of muzzle, and 

 her ears are much too light in color. She stands on legs 

 and feet of more than average merit, but would do with 

 more bone and is too straight behind. Why Venus III. was 

 highly commended we do not know. She has wretched head, 

 color and eyes, large ears, and shows not a particle of true 

 mastiff character. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MK. H, MUELLER). 



These classes were carefully and well handled. The judge, 

 as owner and breeder of St. Bernards, has acquired a knowl- 

 edge of the breed, and his decisions, except in one instance, 

 were well received. Otho and Miranda were the only rough- 

 coated exhibits in the champion classes and walked over for 

 the prizes. Both were in excellent condition. In the open 

 class for dogs Barry II. repeated his New York victory and 

 must henceforth compete in the champion class. Monte 

 Rosa, that was given first at New Bedford over Eiger, 

 made a good second. He is a young dog of great size, better 

 in head than the majority, has great bone and stands on 

 excellent legs and feet. Bryan Borru, third prize, like his 

 sire, old Caesar, has a plaiu and characterless nead, but his 

 lengthy body, good bone and gay carriage fairly earned him 

 the place. Alvier, undersized and rather plain in head, 

 deserved the vhc. card, but we thought Centaur rather lucky 

 in being placed on equality with him. The latter is a red 

 dog with poor head and is not upto show form. Nero, he, is 

 undersized, defective muzzle, straight behind, light bone, 

 bad feet. His short and high carried tail is also against him. 

 First, in the bitch class went to Corrette, who must have had 

 a very narrow squeak. The following are her defects: 

 Cheeks too full. Muzzle small and rather snipy. Ears not 

 well carried. Expression not quite right. Chest narrow. 

 Ribs not very well sprung. Forelegs very crooked. Under- 

 sized. She is fairly good behind and has plenty of bone and 

 the proper sort of feet. Paleface, second prize, is not a good 

 one, but her head is not near so defective as it 'seems at first 

 sight. Her muzzle should show more depth and squareness 

 in profile and the forelegs should be straight and set into 

 good feet, and not showing weakness in pasterns. She has 

 a number of other defects, but doubtless her worthy owner 

 would like to have some parts of her sent back to Arlington, 

 and had we to enumerate all imperfections we fear there 

 would be little left, excepting, perhaps, chain and collar. 

 Bonnie Gipsey is not of the style of beauty we admire or 

 look for in a St. Bernard. She is small in skull, weak and 

 pointed in muzzle, and might have been very much 

 better in eyes and in expression. She has good ears 

 and truly formed body and quarters. Size and bone 

 are essentials in which she is lacking. Rough-coated 

 dog puppies were a very weak class of two and first 

 prize was withheld. Guardsman, given second, is fully 

 as good a specimen as Corrette (first in open bitch 

 class), and if the latter was good enough for first so 

 was he. Lack of massiveness in head and a rather weak 

 back are his defects. He has good size and stands on fairly 

 stout legs. King Charles, vhc, has very poor head and ears. 

 In the corresponding class for bitches Leah, under-sized and 

 defective in head, but showing quality, was given seoond, 

 with Daisy, a poor-headed specimen, commended. Apollo 

 did not care to face the music in the champion class for 

 smooth-coated dogs, and, therefore, his son Hector scored a 

 bloodless victory." Now that Apollo has changed owners it 

 is not at all probable that the Chicago "organ" will make 

 further attempts to couvince itself that Apollo "shows more 

 character" than Hector. Daphne, not in full bloom, was 

 properly placed first in the next class for champion smooth- 



coated' bitches. Her only opponent was Flora II. Both are 

 well known. Victor Joseph, a wonderful dog when Mr, 

 Tucker owned him, is now, according to certain reports, 

 hardly able to beat third raters. A full and correct descrip- 

 tion of this dog appeared in Forest and Stream of May 13. 

 1887. As the dog was at that time so he is to-day— a useful 

 second-class specimen. Change of ownership has not made 

 him either better or worse. It was a very close thing be- 

 tween Ivan, second prize, and Leo IX., third prize. The 

 latter has much the best head but his color is less catchy 

 than Ivan's and he is not straight in front. Wotan, vhc., is 

 small and defective in head but shows good breedina. Che- 

 quasset Norman, vhc, is of good size, but his muzzle is not 

 right and his coat is neither one thing nor the other. Appo- 

 lonia. first iu bitches, must improve very considerably in 

 head before we can call her a good one. Smooth-coated 

 puppies found Chequasset Norman first. We would have 

 given the prize to Lord Hector, Who, while under-sized, shows 

 much quality, is better in head than the winner and has the 

 proper texture of coat. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— 'MR. MUELLER). 



This class was not well judged, and the judge did not 

 appear to be at home with the breed. There, was but one 

 Newfoundland in the class, the second prize winner. Had 

 she been given first and the other prizes withheld, we think 

 a correct decision would have been made. Don, given first, 

 is plain in head, light and short in body, light in bone, short 

 and curly in coat, undersized, and shows no true Newfound- 

 land character. New York Lass, while defective in head, is 

 built on good lines and has the proper texture of coat; she 

 should have won with very many points to the good. Queen 

 Cole, third prize, is plaiu in Head, short iu coat, straight 

 behind, light in bone, and has a number of other less promi- 

 nent defects. 



GREAT DANES— (ML'. M UELLEU). 



There were but two entries, both very poor specimens. 

 The winner, Koloss, while decidedly unfit for bench show 

 purposes, owing to his weak and cow-hocked legs, was the 

 better of the two. The dogs shown at Vienna when Koloss 

 won first must have been a very seedy lot. Leo V. is under- 

 sized and has wretched head and expression. Had we been 

 judge it is probable that the Philadelphia Kennel Club 

 would have been saved $10 and a silver medal. Frau. vhc. 

 in the bitch class, is not a Great Dane. She is a black and 

 white dog. 



DEERHOUNDS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Chieftain and Wanda, Mr. Thayer's peerless champions, 

 had walks over in their respective classes, and in the open 

 class for dogs Robber Chi ef tain and his kennel companion, 

 Highland Laddie, had matters to themselves The prize 

 was given to the latter, a decision which will never be in- 

 dorsed by judges of the breed. Robber Chieftain beats 

 Highland Laddie in head, legs, back, loin and in coat, and 

 is a much better dog. in fact the best dog that Mr. Thayer 

 has ever exhibited of his own breeding. Of the three bitches 

 shown Theodora was clearly the best. Pride of Heather, 

 light in loin, flat sides and out of condition, is so much better 

 in other respects than Maida, vhc, that she was properly 

 placed second. Dora being absent from the puppy class left 

 Lady to walk over for the prizes. Defects— Muzzle weak, 

 eyes not well set, skull round, neck a trifle short, back not 

 very strong, loin rather light, second thighs lacking in mus- 

 cular development, forelegs not very well set, shoulders too 

 upright, body somewhat short, hocks rather straight, travels 

 with hindlegs too close together. A number of these fail- 

 ings may improve with age, but Lady will never reach the 

 champion class. She stands on good legs and feet (import- 

 ant points in her favor) and has fairly good coat. 



GREYHOUNDS — (MR. MORTIMER). 



These classes were very poorly represented, there being but 

 six entries in the five classes. The club has only itself to 

 blame. Greyhounds are an important class, and their own- 

 ers have a right to demand that they be judged by men who 

 have owned greyhounds and attended coursing meetings, or 

 at least by men who have had opportunities of carefully 

 studying the breed. Few classes are harder to judge than 

 greyhounds, and guesswork is not the sort of judgi ng to suit 

 greyhound men. It was well enough ten years ago, but dog 

 men are better posted than they were iu those days. Mother 

 Demdike was alone in the champion class for bitches, the 

 dog class being empty. The New York winners Middleton 

 and Stormy Day were first and second in the open class 

 for dogs, arid vhc. was given, to Captain, who is not a show T 

 dog. He is fiat in loin, light in bone, has defective feet, 

 light quarters, legs badly placed, feet turning outward, high- 

 carried tail and plain head. First in the bitch class was 

 given to the only entry in the class, Saturday Night, a very 

 poor specimen. She is fairly good in head, short in neck, 

 round in chest, wide in front, very defective behind, the 

 quarters falling away very abruptly and causing a bad 

 movement and giving an unsymmetrical appearance to the 

 hind parts. Her shoulders are not right, and she is light in 

 bone and a very poor mover. There was only one entry in 

 the puppy class, and the prize was withheld for want of 

 merit. There can be but one reason why it was withheld, 

 seeing that the puppy is certainly not less than 50 per cent, 

 a better specimen that the first prize winner in the preced- 

 ing class. If Saturday Night was good enough for first, this 

 puppy was good enough for first and special. She has fairly 

 good head, ears rather large, but well carried, chest not suf- 

 ficiently deep, and legs not quite straight. In other respects 

 she is a good sapling, and well deserved first. 



POINTERS— (MR. WILMS). 



The quality of these classes was much better than we ex- 

 pected to find, and the judging good throughout. There 

 were four entries iu the champion class for heavy-weights, 

 and Beaufort, who, with the exception of Wagg, is the best 

 pointer we have ever seen, won very easily from Robert le 

 Liable and Nick of Naso. He was in splendid condition. 

 Robert, too, was looking well, but no amount of flesh can 

 cover his light loins and quarters or give him good legs and 

 feet. His head is much too shallow. Nick of Naso was not 

 at his best, but it was a close thing between him and Robert, 

 and while not as catchy as Robert, he beats him iu many 

 essential points, especially iu feet, loin, and in strength o'i 

 limbs. We are pleased to see that pointer judges are oegin- 

 ning to realize that what we said of Robert three years ago 

 was correct. Mr. Davidson put Bracket, Lad of Bow and 

 Fritz over him at New York, and Mr. Wilms would prob- 

 ably have placed Nick of Naso ahead of him at Philadelphia 

 if Beaufort had not been in the class. Robert does not 

 belong in the heavy-weight pointer class, and his limbs are 

 much too light for a first-class pointer of any weight. The 

 pointer proper is not a light-boned, tucked-up, light- 

 quartered dog, with shallow head and open feet. On the 

 contrary, he must have a deep skull, giving plenty of brain 

 room. He should be rather longin body, tremendously strong 

 in back andin loin, and his quarters, from a back view, should 

 impress one that when he gallops the turf will fly. His legs 

 should not be long, and should show great strength iu every 

 di rection . His feet above all things must be good, and no judge 

 of pointers will tolerate bad ones. Can anybody truthfully 

 say that Robert has the points we have enumerated? Tam- 

 many was absent. Clover, looking well, had the bitch class 

 to herself ; and Bang, a rare bred one, Was first in the open 

 heavy-weight class for dogs. Our readers know him well, 

 not a perfect specimen by any means, hut a pointer every 

 inch of him. Sachem, out of condition, was in his proper- 

 place with the red ribbon. If fit and well we are not at all 



sure he would beat Bang. Jimmie, the well known browi i 

 dog, was third. We thought him in the •wrong class, bn I 

 his owner assures us he has the right to compete with th^l 

 pointers. In the bitches Golden Rod, a good-bodied daughjl 

 ter of Beaufort and Zuba, scored an easy win. If we pul-'J 

 her to pieces we find her lacking in squareness of muzzle, |1 

 trifle full in cheeks and light in eyes, not very strong ill 

 second thighs and not quite straight in front. She nasi 

 splendid loin, a well set stern and stands on the best of feet; I 

 Devonshire Countess, well known, was second, and Daj gjH 

 Ranger third. The hitter is rather full in cheeks anc9H 

 trifle coarse in muzzle. Ears set too high and not carried! 

 quite close to head. Chest too wide. Back, loin and quar-1 

 ters fairly good. Hocks strong. Forelegs rsot quite straigS^B 

 Good feet. Bone plenty. Naso of Kippeu did not caretqj 

 tackle old Donald in the light-weight champion class m\ 

 stayed at home. Donald carries his years well and is the' I 

 same good looking dog we saw at Birmingham years ago, 1 

 Muzzle, stop, shoulders, stifles, hocks and carriage of tail I 

 defective — these are his failings. Juno S., a bitch of nicel 

 quality, but defective iu stop and in foreface, was tit<H 

 only light weight champion bitch. She will be brejM 

 to Beaufort and he should correct her defects in tfffiB 

 progeny. Had she good head she would be a mos^I 

 difficult hitch to beat. Count Croxteth was bestB 

 in the class for light-weight dogs, but he is only a second j 

 rater. Head rather coarse, skull too wide, ears of gooijl 

 quality, but set rather high and the left not well carried | 

 generally; very throaty, chest too wide, ribs not well sprung, I 

 loin long, light and flat (who ever saw a Croxteth dog witn 1 

 good loin?), hocks not quite right, forelegs crooked, feetll 

 turning outward; they should be thick through the pads'! 

 and not formed like the feet of the duck. A catchy loaELin| 

 dog that will not bear close examination. Naso Boy, well I 

 known, was second, and Banker, a rather plain-headed and'! 

 shallow-bodied sou of Bang Bang, third. Queen Fan, first 

 at New York, was first here. She is not a good one. MuzaB 

 weak, eyes rather light in color, expression not good, skull I 

 too round, throaty, chest wide, shoulders heavy, legs noM 

 well set, light in bone, feet not first-rite; a rather weedy | 

 .specimen. Brunette, a black and white daughter of Graphic, I 

 pressed her very closely for the place, and had she been I 

 straight in front would have won. Wanda, defective at 

 both ends, but good in body, was third. June Devil, a 

 weedy looking daughter of Robert le Diable, was <:.. and 

 Ruby, defective in head, limbs and in body, vhc Puppies 

 as usual were a poor lot. How is it that one seldom sees a 

 good looking pointer puppy ? Don Quixote II. is plain in 

 head, leggy and only moderate in body. He will never be ft 

 winner in fairly good company. Lass of Naso is a weak- 

 headed specimen defective in stop, carriage of ears, back 

 andin feet. Ruby, second iu the novice class, has good', 

 head, but is defective in body and not as good in feet or ray 

 tail as she should be. Beaufort won the special for best of 

 all classes and the Clifton Kennels took the kennel prize, j 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (MR. L. SHUSTER, JR.). 



The quality of these classes was not up towhatweeXri 

 pected to find, and the judging in a number of instances was j 

 very erratic The well-known brothers Royal Prince II. and ' 

 Royal Albert were the only champions entered, and toe lat- 

 ter won handily and also took the special for best of all 

 classes. Glen Rock was best in the open class for dogs, but 

 Count Hendricks, second prize, got much more, than he de- 

 served. Skull short, wide and heavy; muzzle short and wide, 

 and not clean cut below the eyes; stop not right; ears fairjy . 

 good: fiat-sided; loin long and light; quarters narrow; stands 

 back at the knees; feet not first-class. The best point about I 

 him is his neck; he is not a show dog. Count Belton, third I 

 prize, while not at all a good specimen, was second best in 

 the class. Muzzle not clean below the eyes; stop should he 

 deeper; ears not quite close; eyes too light in color; ehesjffl 1 

 fairly good; loin flat and rather long, but not showing wea" 

 ness; quarters and hocks fairly good; fair amount 

 bone; not quite straight in ftonti coat might lie betti 

 Premier, he, is very straight behind, shallow in 

 die, and plain iu head. This svas a very f 

 class. The bitch class was badly handled. Mavis, lig 

 limbed weed, should not have been in the first si x. Leaviii 

 her structural defects out of the question, her condition waal 

 such that she should have been kept at home. We are not, 

 however, quite sure that her legs would be strong enougIB 

 to support her body if she was shown in good shape, 

 Countess Blitz, second prize, looked to us very much like 

 Blitz II. She is light m loin, weedy, has not* a very good 

 head and squints. Why Fauchette was given third we fail 

 to understand. Mr. Tallman, who handled her in the ruiftJj 

 had in his care two far better bitches. Forest Dora and i-'as- 

 sion. The last named was third at New York in a much 

 stronger class, and as Forest Dora was too fat and loade™ 

 about the shoulders we would have given Passion first. Thin 

 best bitches in the class behind Passion were Alphonsine, * 

 Idylwoof and Forest Dora, and between these it was a v 

 close call for second place. We think the judge got bad 

 mixed over this class. Puppies were an indifferent lot, 

 best of them being Sleeping Beauty, first in the hitch e) 



IRISH SETTERS— (MR. GLOVER). 



Most of the winners in this class are well known. Mol 

 Bawn, the only champion, won in her class, and later in th 

 day took the prize for best Irish setter of ail classes. We 

 have seen her looking better. Desmond II., first in the open 

 class for clogs, was very lucky in getting the award. He M 

 coarse in skull, and not deep or square in muzzle; nrcn 

 heavy; tail high; stifles and hocks not first-rate; back rather 

 too short; he" is good in chest, legs, feet and color, also in 

 coat. We thought Larry S., second prize, should have been 

 an easy winner. Head fairly well formed, but not quite 

 clean cut under the eyes; neck rather short and showing 

 coarseness; good shoulders, chest, back, quarters and stern:, 

 lots of bone; good legs; fairly good feet; nice coat amS 

 color. Puritan, third prize, must have been close 1M 

 pressed for the place by xhe vhc. dog Smuggler. The» 

 former is wide in skull, large and full in eves, anew 

 not clean below the eyes; he is also flat in loinjl 

 tucked-up, straight behind, defective in tail, under-sizeql 

 and his hocks are too far from the ground. Smuggler has a 

 much better head than Puritan but is not quite straight ifl-1 



placed i 



Berna, second prize, and Lady Fawn, third prize, should 

 have exchanged places. The former has a wedge-shaped 

 head, bad eyes, defective knees, poor feet, no tail feather audil 

 was not in very good coat. Lady Fawn is well known. She 

 too was not in good condition. Peggy O'Moore is short in. 

 skull, light in eyes, and has a pointer expression. Jessie, 

 vhc, has wide skull, light eyes, very defective muzzle and. 

 sour expression. Only one puppy was shown, He will 

 never develop a good one and in Head shows more pointer 

 than Irish setter character. His color is very light and w#^ 

 do not see how it can come right. We were disappointed in 

 these classes. Mr. Thompson won the kennel prize. 



GORDON SETTERS— (MR. E. MAHER). 



The winners in the Gordon classes are well known. Beau-- 

 mont, who shows more true Gordon character than any one*; 

 of the lot, gave Royal Duke a lively time in the competition 

 for the special for best Gordon. Royal Duke had the best of ! 

 it in color and condition, but in muzzle, shoulders, length' 

 of body and Gordon quality the English dog was ahead, and 1 ^ 

 when he gets into good 'condition will be very nearly the- 

 best of the breed in this country. Roxie won the special for* 

 the best bitch, and was looking well. The only new comer* 



