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type, second. Belle II., third prize, would have scored an 

 easy first but for her very defective feet and weak pasterns. 

 She is of far better type than either the first or the second 

 prizewinners. Juno, he, is fairly good in head properties 

 (eyes excepted), hut her stilty hind parts won't do for me. 

 Ciytie, first in puppies, is much better than the average in 

 neck, shoulders, back, chest, loin, quarters, legs and in feet, 

 but her cutaway muzzle, long coat and coarse stern will pre- 

 vent her from rising above third-rate company. Spot, sec- 

 ond prize, is defective in cars, eyes, stern and in quarters. 

 Ned, third prize, has better head than anything in the class, 

 but his cut-up Hanks, defective quarters and very coarse stern 

 prevented bim from being placed higher on the list, 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



The dog class contained seventeen entries, and Count 

 Petrel repeated his New York victory. Champion Bounce — 

 a bouncing name and no mistake — is a useful-looking dog 

 of native origin. He is defective in skull, muzzle, eyes and 

 in stern, but is strong in body and stands on good legs and 

 feet. Dean, third prize, and of the same type as Bounce, 

 was close at his heels. He has the same defects, and in ad- 

 dition is not quite straight in front, or as strong in loin as 

 he might have been, The rest of the class were useful if not 

 ornamental. Fairy Belle, defective in head and too cloddy 

 for ray liking, was a rather easy winner in the bitch class. 

 Empress Eugenie would have been first had she been in 

 good condition. She shows more character and is of better 

 type than any of the others. Tiptoe Rose is too high on the 

 legs, and, like Eugenie, not in good shape. The first and 

 second prize puppies are good in body, legs and in feet, but 

 defective in skull and in muzzle. The third prize winner is 

 defective in head and eyes, but fairly good in body and 

 limbs. 



IRISH SETTERS. 



New York had sixty entries in six classes, Troy had sixty 

 entries in three classes, and the quality was excellent, espe- 

 cially in the bitch class. In dogs Kenmore, first at New 

 York, came out in great form, and after a sharp tussle with 

 Ned, won. Ned is of beautiful color, but he is wider in 

 skull and muzzle than I like and his left foreleg shows 

 weakness. These defects beat him. Rory O'More, not the 

 old champion, but a son of Glencho and Ruby S., was third. 

 He, too, is wider and flatter in skull than he should be, and 

 his muzzle would be improved by less width; shoulders, legs, 

 feet, chest and back all good and strong. Loin and quar- 

 ters defective, hocks too straight, trait confined. If Rory, vhc, 

 had been in good condition I would have given him the 

 place occupied by Rory O'More. He is not rangy enough, 

 but has fairly good head, stands on good limbs, has a beau- 

 tiful flag and carries himself very gaily. Tobey, Jr., he, is 

 rather wide in skull, not quite right in expression aud 

 would be improved by more power behind. His color is 

 superb. Max, he, is also lacking in head properties. Shaugh- 

 raun, he , is straight behind, not quite clean below the eyes, 

 a trifle thick and flat in skull and not free of curliness on 

 the loin and quarters. He stands on first-class legs and feet, 

 has good chest and shoulders and beautiful color. This was 

 a better class than the open dog class was at New York. 

 Bitches were a really good lot of twenty, and it is doubtful 

 if a better lot have been seen together. 



After considerable weeding out, I narrowed the competi- 

 tion down to Molly and Red Flash, and these two gave me 

 some trouble. Molly has the best of it in skull, muzzle, 

 eyes, set and carriage of ears, coat, color, quality and char- 

 acter. Red Flash is stronger in loin, deeper in chest, better 

 in legs and feet, and is the more stylish goer. I finally gave 

 t he prize to Molly, the decision being greeted with loud aud 

 prolonged applause, The winner is by the prince of stud 

 dogs, Old Elcho, and out of Ruby S. Red Flash is by Glen- 

 cho out of Daisy, litter sister to Laura B. and Zella Glenduff. 

 Molly will be shown at Boston, where I shall expect to see 

 her render a good account of herself. Gliona, third prize, is 

 also a useful bitch. Il l pull her to pieces, I find her a trifle 

 wide and flat iu skull, not quite, clean below the eyes, or 

 sufficiently deep in stop, and rather straight behind. Kily 

 O'Connor and Fan, vhc , are not first-class in head, but are 

 workmanlike looking bitches, aud have beautiful color. 

 Maud More, he, is defective in skull and in eyes. Sehweitz, 

 he is rather weedy, and not what she should be in loin 

 or in head. Winifred, my first prize bitch with litter, has a 

 lovely head, and but lor an accident to one of her hindlegs, 

 would be a very hard bitch to beat. Mora and Jennie, first 

 and second in the puppy class, are of the same type, and if 

 all goes well with them they are certain to be heard from in 

 the future. They changed ownership immediately after the 

 class was judged. There were a number of very promising 

 puppies in this class. Molly did not compete for the special 

 for best Irish setter, therefore Kenmore had a walk-over. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS. 

 Of the nine entries in the dog class, Beaumont was far 

 away the best, aud with the exception of Royal Duke there 

 is not a Gordon in The country that can approach him in 

 build and true charact er. I gave second to Don. He stands 

 too high on the legs, has not the proper expression, and 

 lacks the excellent limbs of the winner. The rest were 

 workmanlike-looking dogs. Daisy, first in bitches, is better 

 iu head than Belle, second prize, but her shoulders are not 

 well placed. Both are light in bone, but are good in color. 

 Puppies were a poor lot and I withheld all prizes. The 

 second prize bitch with puppies is only moderate, and I fear 

 the puppies, which are defective in head, will never make a 

 mark in fairly good company. 



SPANIELS. 



The three animals catalogued as Hash water spaniels were 

 brown mongrels, but the field class was a good one. Here 

 Newton Abbot Darkie, good in head, superb in ears, long, 

 low and stout in body, and excellent in coat, won well. He 

 is not as straight in front as he should be, and his hindlegs 

 are rather weak; otherwise he is a grand dog, and must 

 always take a lot of beating. Newton Abbot Lord stands 

 too high on the legs, but is a good dog. Newton Abbot 

 Jubilee is undoubtedly the best bitch in this country. I 

 cannot agree with Mr. Astley, who, in his report of the New 

 York show, says she is long in leg. She is a low-standing 

 bitch, faulty before the eyes. The English judge comes 

 nearer to the mark in his pointer criticism, w T hen he says 

 that Bracket beats Robert le Diable everywhere. Brideford 

 Ruby, vhc, has not good Sussex color, but is long, low and 

 stout. Pat, he, is defective in head and light in bone. Rus, 

 first in cocker dogs, is fairly good iu head, but is short in 

 ears, light in quarters, and stands rather high. Rox, second 

 prize, is over weight, light in bone and defective in muzzle. 

 Mr. Fellows must show something better than Bonanza III. 

 if he hopes to get to the Iront under my judgment. Bitches 

 were not a strong class; all of the winners are defective in 

 head and light in bone. The best-headed cocker in the 

 show was Zelia, second prize in the class for bitches with 

 litters. 



FOXHOUNDS. 



Big Frank and Jim were undoubtedly the best of the ten 

 that were shown. Both stand on good legs and feet. Frank, 

 being better in shoulders and carriage of stern than Jim, 

 won. They are of the same type. General Grant, third 

 prize, is much too wide in front, and his shoulders would 

 not do for an M, F. H. Nig and the two Fans are much too 

 light in bone, for me. 



BEAGLES. 



" Fitzhugh Lee, who stands on a rare good set of legs and feet, 

 but is defective in muzzle, won. with Royal Krueger, a 

 promising puppy, second. The last named gets his brush 

 up too high and would be improved by more bone. Beauty, 



third prize, is scanty in coat and higher on the legs than I 

 1 ike; her brush is not at all the thing. 



TEERIERS. 



Jubilee and My Queen were away ahead of the other bull- 

 terriers, but the latter is not a good one. Defective at both 

 ends, Mr. Dole, Judy, second in the bitch class, is good in 

 body, but short in fore-face and cut away below the eyes. 

 Beaverwyck Tippler, a son of Bacchanal and Blemton 

 Thyme, was facile princcps in the fox-terrier class. His 

 head is not first-class, and he would be improved by more 

 substance and strength of limbs. Blemton Lilly is too light 

 in all points and her coat is too short and soft. The class 

 for Skyes and Yorkshires was a good one — twenty-six 

 entries— and I divided it. Kirkella. first in Skyes, is a good- 

 looking bitch. Claymore, second prize, is rather short in 

 back. Fennie, third prize, is defective in head and short in 

 coat. Yorkshires were poor as usual ; I have never seen a 

 good one in America. What would our exhibitors think 

 could they see such dogs as Little Kate, Hudder.siield Ben, 

 Prince, Mozart, Dreadnaught, Dundreary. Bradford Hero, 

 etc. 



PUGS. j 

 Miss Whitney won all first prizes with Young Toby, Vic- 

 tory and Billee. Lillie would have been second in the bitch 

 class but for her suspicious looking nails. Let them be 

 either black or white next time, Mr. Gildersleeve. When 

 the color is worn off just near the tips of the toes it looks 

 fishy, to say the least. 



TOY SPANIELS. 



An excellent class. Roscius, who has been pretty badly 

 used of late, won first. The reporter for the Chicago Letter 

 Press says he has a grand short face. Been reading Forest 

 and Stream, eh ? Two years ago, when I showed a toy span- 

 iel under this same poackiug reporter, he refused to give it 

 the prize because it had a short face— (see poacher's letter to 

 Forest and Stream). Well, I'm glad to see these chaps 

 are reading up. King Pippin, not first-class in head and on 

 the large side, was second, closely pressed by Nell, who is 

 not first-class in head and is not in very good condition. 

 Charley, vhc, is large and curly and is only moderate in 

 head. 



Below are the 



AWARDS. 



MASTIFFS— Dogs: 1st, B. H. Moore's Ilford Caution; 2d, F. B. 

 Zimmer's Dictator; 3d, withheld. High com., S. W. Barker's 

 Major and E. Murphy, Jr.'s, Tim. Bitches: 1st and 2d, E. H. 

 Moore's Duchess and Lady Beatrice. Puppies: 1st, withheld; 2d, 

 A. Quandt's Nero. 



ST. BERNARDS.-Rough-Coateo— Dogs: 1st, Miss Anna H. 

 Whitney's Monte Rosa; 2d, Mrs. J. M. Nicholson's Mount Sion 

 III.; 2d. Hospice Kennels' Alvier. Very high com., J. Marshall's 

 Tamtallon. Bilclies: 1st, J. Marshall's Lady Flories; 2d, Miss Anna 

 H. Whitney's Vesta; 3d. Halfway Brook Kennels' Nutmeg. Pup- 

 pies: 1st, Miss Anna H. Whitney's Vesta; 2d and 3d, Halfway 

 Brook Kennels' Ben Hur and Queen Valentine. High com., J. 

 Meade's Fannie.— Smooth -Coated— Doff* 1st, Hospice Kennels' 

 Hector; 2d, Miss Anna H. Whitney's Lodi; 3d, Halfway Brook 

 Kennels' Cato. High com.. Dr. J. P. Prendertcast's Bruno. 

 Bitches: 1st, Hospice Kennels' Daphne; equal 2d, J. W. Dunlop's 

 Thisbe and T. P. Davis's Beatrix. Very high com., W. D. Hol- 

 sopple's Bernie. Puppies: 1st and 2d, Halfway Brook Kennels' 

 Katrina and Cato II. High com.. A. Phelps's Sidney and W. C. 

 Winnie's Victor III. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— 1st, E. H.Morris's New York Lass; 3d. 

 ■I. Lewis's Carlo: 3d, T. II. Shields's Harry. High com., A. H. Loe- 

 hle's Rover. Com., J. Bergmann's Keno. 



COLLIES.-Doi/.s. 1st, Oak Shade Kennels' Clipper; 2d, A. L. 

 Hotchkin's Ponto 11.; 3d, J. P. Lansing's W. Scott. High com., 

 S. F. Ferguson's Robin Adair VIII. Bitches: 1st and 2d, Oak 

 Shade Kennels' Lady Watson and Delia Glenlivat: 3d, W. W. By- 

 lug ton's Brace. Com., J. J. Dowire's Collie Nichols. With lilii rs: 

 Trojan Kennels' Trojan Curley. Puppies: 1st and 2d, Oak Shade 

 Kennels' Lady Watson and Delia Glenlivat; 3d, A. W. Powers's 

 Madge. Very high com., Oak Shade Kennels 1 Ben Franklin. 

 Com., A. L. Hotchkin's Ned. 



DEERHOUNDS.-lst, C. Rathbone's Nerval; 2d and 3d, Ledge- 

 top Kennels' Gtarroc and Keildar. Very high com., C. B. McMur- 

 ray's Bras, 



GREYHOUNDS. — Dogs: 1st. H. W. Huntington's Balkis: 2d, S. 

 W. Basset, Us Tom. Bitches: 1st, H. W. Huntington's Cassandra; 

 3d, F. G. Stewart's Black Bess; 3d, H. L. Whited's Nelson. With 

 Utter: H. C. Miller's Queen. 



POrNTER.S.-Dofir$: 1st, R. P. Baiubridge's Pedro; rid, J. L. 

 Breese's Castor; equal 3d. C. W. Campbell's Frank and C. R. 

 Squire's Ino. Bitches: 1st and 2d, A. C. Burt's Snipe and Nell; 3d, 

 J. Pickering's Belle II. High coin., E. J. Klages's Juno, R. Ham's 

 Nell and C. R, Squire's Annie May. Puppies: 1st. O. T. Warren's 

 Ciytie; 2d, G. E. Loeble's Spot; 3d, S. S. Moore's Ned. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Dogs: 1st, Blackstone Kennels' Coxint 

 Petrel; 2d, B. Van DeKar's Bounce; 3d, P. Kearney's Dean. 

 Bitches: 1st, Blackstone Kennels, Fairy Belle; 2d. E. H. Morris's 

 Empress Eugenie; 3d, R. Marshall's Carrie M. With litter, with- 

 held. Puppies: 1st. R. Marshall. Jr.'s Nellie; 2d, R. Marshall's 

 Mollie; 3d, J. L. Ayer, Jr.'s Bravo. 



IRISH SETTERS. — Dogs: 1st, Fort Orange Kennels' Kenmore; 

 2d, J. F. Wolf, Jr's Ned; 3d, W. H. Warren's Rory O'More of Troy. 

 Very high com., E. Hanuon's Rory. High com,, J. B, Harper's 

 Tobey, J r., G. A. Rosa's Max, Miss Hortense E. Ferguson's Blar- 

 ney £. and Miss Bessie Chamherlin's Shaughraun. 'Bitches: 1st, 

 Dr. C. R. Nichols's Molly: 2d, M. Gifford's Red Flash: 3d, C. I... 

 Pine's Gliona. Very high com., .1. Miller's Eily O'Connor aud E. 



D. Green's Fan. High com., T. Donovan's Eleho II., Waruse & 

 Hamilton's Fluff, E. R. Stephen's Sehweitz, W. Leland's Fly and 

 K. A. Barret's Maud More. Puppies: 1st, 2d and very high com., 



E. D. Green's Flora, Jennie and Colonel; 3d, W. Gordon's Dash. 

 High com., R. C. Pruyn's Zulu and Tipporary and Dr. C. n. 

 Nichols's Doctor. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS.-Do</s: 1st, E. H. Morris's Beau- 

 mont; 3d, Dr. H. Bender's Don; 3d, J. Patterson's Jack. Bitches: 

 1st, A. B. King, Jr.'s Daisy; 2d, J. Kemp's Belle. With litter: 1st, 

 Withheld; 2d, T. F. Sigler's Queen. Puppies: Prizes withheld. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS. — Prizes withheld. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— 1st. 2d and 3d, E. H. Oldham's Newton 

 Abbot Darkie, Newton Abbot Jubilee and Newton Abbot Lord. 

 Very high com., E. H. Morris's Bridford Ruby. High com,, R. C. 

 Pruyn's Pat. 



COCKER SPANIELS.-Doffs; 1st, M. Spellissy's Rus; 2d, E. H. 

 Lavery'sRox; 3d, Hornell Spaniel Club's Bonanza. Bitclies: 1st, 

 G. A. duett's Gipsy; 3d, J. P. Davis's Phylis D.: 3d, R. C. Pruyn's 

 Cora. High com., I. F. Cragin's Lassie. With Utter: 1st, J. P. 

 Davis's Phylis D.; 2d, M. Spellissy's Zella II.; 3d, W. A. Rose- 

 krans' s Belle. Puppies: 1st. Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell 

 Martha; 2d, A. Deihl's Topsey. 



FOXHOUNDS— 1st, S. McChesney's Big Frank; 2d, I. N. Wiley's 

 Jim; 3d, J. Brown's General Grant. High com., B. Vaughn's Fan 

 and Nig, and J. Calkins's Fan. 



BEAGLES. — 1st, W. S. Clark's Fitzhugh Lee; 2d, Hornell Spaniel 

 Club's Royal Krueger; 3d and very high com.. Dr. C. E. Nichols's 

 Beauty and Dora. High com., G. F. Rising's Cris. 



DACHSHUNDE.— 1st, withheld; 2d, F. G. Stewart's Katrina. 



BULLDOGS.-lst and 3d, withheld; 3d, M. Ford's Billy. 



BULL- TERRIERS.— Dogs: 1st, F. F. Dole's Jubilee; 2d and 3d, 

 withheld. Bitches: 1st, F. F. Dole's My Queen; 2d, Le Grand 

 C. Tibbit's Judy. Puppies: 1st, F. F. Dole's My Queen; 2d, -with- 

 held. 



FOX-TERRIERS.-Do0s:lst, C. Rathbnn's Beaverwvck Tippler; 

 2d. withheld. Bitches: 1st, withheld; 2d, C. Rathbun's Blemton 

 Lilly; 3d, R. A. Dandaraw's Patti. High com., XV. J. Murray's 

 Ruby. With Utter: 1st, withheld; 3d, J. J. Healey's Nance. Pup- 

 pies: 1st, W.H. Holsopple's Dandy; 2d, J. A. Manning. Jr.'s Flip; 

 3d, W. M. Francis' Bonnie. 



IRISH AND ROUGH-HAIRED TERRIERS.— Prizes withheld. 



SKYE TERRIERS.-lst and 2d E. M. Oldham's Kirkella and 

 Claymore; 2d, A. W. Power's Teenie. Very high com.. Mrs. J. 

 Van DeBogart's Tiney. Com., S. Knight's Laddie. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— 1st, Miss Cassidy'g Rob Roy: 2d, J. 

 R. Gildersleeve's Don. High com., H. Snyder's Scot ty. 



TOY TERRIERS.— 1st, J. R. Gildersleeve's Monarch; 2d, Miss 

 R. M. Keimett's Teddy; 3d, Mrs. P. W. Hervey's Flappie. 



PUGS.— Dogs: 1st and 2d, Miss Annie H. Whitney's Young Tobv 

 and Billee; 3d, W. H. Lyon's Zeph Magill. High com., Annie Orr 



McLean's Sancho Panza. Bitches: 1st, Mis s Annie H. Whitney's 

 Victory; 2d, J. J. Hooly's Gipsy. With Utter: 1st, withheld; 2d, 

 Mrs. Maggie P. Thayer's Snub II. Pu.ppi.es: 1st, Miss Annie H. 

 Whitneyta Billee: 2d, W. U. Holsopple's Beauty; 3d, S. E. Green- 

 man's Smut. High com., W. Godfrey's Dori. Com., H. Lang's 

 Puck. 



TOY SPANIELS. -1st aud 2d, W. Phillip's Roscius and King 

 Pippin; 3d, F. F. Dole's Nell. Very high com., J. R. Gildersleeve's 

 Charley. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. — 1st and 3d, V. Jones's Betsy and 

 Scaly. 



GREAT DANES.— 1st, Mohican Great Dane Kennels' Lady 

 Bess; 2d, withheld. 



MISCELLANEOUS.-lst, M. W. Reid's Fritz; 2d, withheld. 

 SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Mastiffs— Kennel, E. H. Moore; dog, Ilford Cautiou; bitch. 

 Duchess; heaviest pair (two), the same; puppy (three), Nero. St. 

 Bernards.— Kennel, Hospice Kennels; dog, Hector; bitch. Daphne; 

 puppy, Vesta; rough-coated dog, Monte Rosa; smooth (two). Hec- 

 tor. Collies.— Kennel, Oak Shade Kennels; dog (two), Clipper: 

 hitch. Lady Watson; with litter (two), Trojan Curly; puppy, Lady 

 Watson. English Setters.— Best, Count Petrol; dog, the same'; 

 bitch, Fanny Belle; puppy, Nellie. Black and Tan Setters.— Best, 

 Beaumont; owned by a Trojan, Daisy. Irish Setters.— Best. Ken- 

 more; puppy, Flora; litter, ^ inifrcd; bitch with three of her 

 progeny, C. R. Squire's Colleen Bawn; best of these three, Ned: 

 best shown by a I'rojan, Molly. Poiuters.— Best, Pedro; dog over 

 fjiilbs., divided between Frank aud Ino; bitch, Snipe; puppj , 

 Ciytie; dog and bitch in Rensselaer county, J. Pickering's 

 Dandy and Belle II. Foxhounds— Best (two), Big Frank; second 

 best, Jim. Beagles— Best dog, Fitzhugh Lee; hitch, Beauty; owned 

 by a Trojan, the same. Bull-terriers— Beat (two). Jubilee; puppv. 

 My Queen. Fox-terriers— Best, Beaverwyck Tmpler; dog, the 

 same; hitch, Blemton Lilly; owned by a lady, Mary B. Gleason's 

 Fly; brace, Beaverwyck Tippler and Blemton Lilly; litter, Nance. 

 Skye terrier dog, KirkeUa; bitch, Claymore; Yorkshire, Rob Rov; 

 toy terrier. Monarch; owned by a lady, Teddy; exhibit, J. R. Gil- 

 dersleeve. Pug dog. Young Toby; owned by a lady, the same; 

 hitch, Victory. Fmg Charles spaniel, Roscius. Blenheim, King 

 Pippin, Spaniel (two), Newton Abbot Darkie. Greyhound dog, 

 Balkis: hitch, Cassandra: owned by a Trojan, Tom. Deerhound 

 (two), Nerval. Newfoundland dug, Carlo; bitch, New York Lass. 

 Bulldog (two), Billy. Dachshund, Katrina. Black poodle, Fritz. 

 Largest entry, J. R. Gildersleeve. Largest dog, Monte Rosa; 

 smallest, J. Taylor's Minnie; homeliest, J. Lothridge's Danger. 



Chas. H. Mason. 



MANGE AND PUPPIES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Don't be alarmed at the above heading and think I am 

 going to treat you to another '•infallible," but there is one 

 wrinkle that ''Ashmont" gave me that is amazing useful 

 very often. We all know how dogs will scratch a mangy- 

 spot, keeping it in a continual state of rawness, and how 

 impossible it is to do anything with the animal while this 

 lasts. There was N^vison, that had a nasty raw spot on his 

 hock, and as he would lick it on every- opportunity, it 

 couldn't get well. Now my ;Lion was always mangy, con- 

 tracted from the foster mother I had to raise him ou, and I 

 was in despair, I would sooner lose a horse than him, yes all 

 the horses I have, and after trying a dozen ways to prevent 

 his scratching his skin raw, t appealed to "Ashmout" for 

 help. I even suggested sending him to a veterinary hos- 

 pital for treatment, but he put me straight by the simple 

 remedy of making a mixture of equal parts Canada balsam 

 and concentrated carbolic, acid, dipping a match in it and 

 anointing a space about 2in. in diameter with the mixture. 

 This fixed him and he speedily yielded to treatment. The 

 idea was that the acid paralyzedthc nerves of the skin for a 

 few days and the spot didn't itch, and the dog let it alone, 

 and consequently the h< aling applications had a fair chance 

 to do their werk. This seems to have been discovered by 

 •'Ashmont" subsequent to publishing his book, as it is not 

 given there; but many a breeder will find it a boon if he 

 only tries it. 



While I am at it let me give my fellow mastiff men an- 

 other wrinkle, a very old one, but one little known or used. 

 We know how apt bitches are to "lie on" their pups; now 

 really they don't lie on them, but as they will always lie 

 close up angainst some such support as the sides of the ken- 

 nel they crush their pups between their sides and the side of 

 the kennel. Now put e, strip all around the kennel about 

 oin. above the floor and projecting out some -tin., the bitch 

 will lay against this, and if a pup is caught behind her it 

 will slip under this unhurt.- I very rarely lose a pup since 

 I adopted this plan. W. Wade. 



Huuton, Pa., March 17. 



A LARGE ST. BERNARD PUPPY.— Spokane Falls, 

 Washington Ter., March 5.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Last spring I bought from the Associated Fanciers, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., two St. Bernavd pups. The male pup (whelped 

 May 1), after his long aud arduous journey across the conti- 

 nent, on his receipt, .Tune 21, weighed ISLflbs. After that he 

 was weighed each week until he was 6 months old, and a 

 record kept. Here is an abstract of the record of weights at 

 intervals of about a mouth apart: .July 26. 29^1bs.; Aug. 23, 

 191bs.; Sept. 20, 701 bs.; Oct. IS, 951bs.,' and on Nov. 4, at b' 

 months old. he weighed lOf'lbs. This was the last weight I 

 had of him. At t% months old he measured 28?'rin. in 

 height at the shoulder. Has any one ever seen or heard of a 

 larger or heavier St. Bernard of the age? His markings 

 were perfection; the colors being an exact copy of those 

 shown in a lately published print of old Barry. — F. A, 

 Bettts, 



BEAUFORT.— Mr. Chas. H. Mason has sold his well 

 known pointer champion Beaufort to the Chestnut Hill 

 Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa. We have often said that Beau- 

 fort is the best pointer that we have ever seen. His public 

 performances, both in the field and on the bench, are well 

 known to our readers. As a sire he is second to none in this 

 country, the prize lists of many of our principal shows prov- 

 ing that the descendants of this grand dog are able to hold 

 their own in the best of company. Presuming that the Chest- 

 nut Hill Kennels are 'going in" for pointers, we congratu- 

 late them upon the acquisition of Beaufort, and venture the 

 prediction that with the right sort of bitches bred to him 

 this department of their kennuls will add to their enviable 

 reputation as owners of first-class dogs. 



CINCINNATI DOG SHOW.— Cincinnati, O., March 19.— 

 The Cincinnati Sportsmen's Club, recognizing the demands 

 of lecal dog fanciers and the public, has decided to hold a 

 bench show of dogs some time in April. The public, recog- 

 nizing the magnificent show given by the club in Music 

 HaB several years ago, may feel assured that the contem- 

 plated exhibition will be a most interesting one. The prize 

 winnings at the coming exhibition will be of great value, a 

 good support both in entries and also in prizes having 

 already been pledged hj different clubs in the East and 

 West. General ~\V. B. Shattuc is president of the club, 

 which fact alone ought toguarantee success. — C.G. N ewsboy. 



AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE O. E. M. CLUB. — 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The American Branch of the 

 Old English Mastiff Club has been organized by the election 

 of Dr. J. F. Perry, Boston, Mass., as chairman; R. A. Craig, 

 of St. Paul, Minn., as Treasurer; W. Wade, of Hulton, Pa,, 

 as Secretary; and Dr. J. W. Alsop, Middlefown, Conn.: Dr. 

 K. J. Aston, Orlando, Florida; James H. Lynch, Detroit. 

 Mich.; E. H. Moore, Melrose, Mass., and A. Gerald Hull, 

 Saratoga Springs, N. Y. , as the Exeeutive Committee. Ap- 

 plications tor membership may be made to any of the above, 

 — W. Wade (Hulton. Pa„ March 19). 



