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good. Hocks should be more bent. Forelegs should bo 

 Straight and have more bone. Feet of the right sort. Stands 

 rather low at the shoulders in proportion to height of quar- 

 ters. Good coat and skin. A puppy of fair size and more 

 than average merit. He will do to show again, but must 

 keep clear of the cracks." This is substantially correct, 

 although the dog to-day stands straighter in front and has 

 grown more than I anticipated. He came within a hair's 

 breadth of beating Coroner, whose neat ears, better eyes and 

 . greater character just landed him a winner. There is lots of 

 room for difference of opinion in regard to the merits of 

 these dogs. Ranged on mv side will be the advocates of 

 character rather than size. Coroner looks to be the better 

 bred dog, and I shall expect him to prove the better sire. A 

 full report of him appeared after the New York show. Third 

 prize went to Crown Prince (a poached name. Mr. Moore), a 

 rather promising puppy by Ilford Caution. He has the same 

 defect that The Shah had, viz. , a domed skull, very well in a 

 bloodhound or Irish setter, but not what we want in the 

 mastiff. He has short, blunt face of fair volume, but is 

 cut away too much just in front of the eyes, and has plenty 

 of ear. The light Crown Prince face markings do not add 

 to his appearance, and his condition at present is not good. 

 Still, he is a good puppy, perhaps the best I have seen in 

 America, and if all goes well with him he will be heard 

 from next spring. Benjamin Franklin and Thor, vhc, 

 would either of them have been been able to win firsts a few 

 years back. Benjamin, who is a son of the grand-headed 

 Orlando, is not very strong in head properties, and his 

 defects are inherited from his dam, whose breeding is not 

 fashionable to say the least of it. He is too long and light 

 In muzzle; ears should be darker and better carried; rather 

 light in bone; too straight behind; good in middle; of 

 average size. Thor is light in eye color, shallow in muzzle 

 and lacking in wrinkle. He is also too long before theeyes. 

 light in bone in proportion to his great bulk of body, and 

 deficient in true character. He has a good neck and a grand 

 wide chest. Possibly his dam, Duchess of Counauglit, is 

 responsible for his heavy and light colored ears, I would 

 advise breeders to keep away from her. notwithstanding the 

 fact that her sire was that truly formed little fluke. Colonel. 

 The Manchester dog never sired a good oue, and we need 

 not go far to learn why. I gave Major the he. card, and the 

 only one. His defects are; Flat cheeks, light eves and ears, 

 straight behind, defective hocks, lightness in bone, coat too 

 long and coarse, a trifle leggy. Many of our judges would 

 have distributed at least a half dozen more cards in this 

 class, but T am anxious to have breeders kept to type, and 

 to the right type, and none but undesirable results would 

 accrue from lavish distribution of notices. It seems to have 

 become the fashion to give nearly every exhibitor a card, 

 just to "sweeten them" and have them say you are a "good 

 sort.'' When a dog gets a card let him be deserving of it. 

 What earthly good can come of awarding reckless com- 

 mendation to such dogs as were noticed at Philadelphia, 

 for instance? Bitches numbered sixteen, with Duchess and 

 Lady Beatrice well ahead of the class. Both are by Ilford 

 Caution, and a full description of them can befound'in your 

 New York report. Lady Beatrice is a trifle better in muzzle 

 and smaller in ear than Duchess, but defective forelegs beat 

 her. Linden Duchess,third prize, is a new one. Muzzle ton long 

 and lacking in volume; skull also too small; eyes should be 

 of darker hue; loin should be deeper, but has plenty of 

 width: not' quite straight in front; light in bone; fair 

 length of body, good coat and color. A bitch of average 

 size. Lady Florence, vhc., has a well-formed skull, but it is 

 much too small for a bitch of her inches. Muzzle too light 

 in every direction. Light in bone. Forehead flat and well 

 wrinkled. (Did vou see what the Chicago Letter Press said 

 a fortnight ago? Somebody's mastiff was not a good one 

 because it had "a flat head." Whitford was hardly a match 

 for the present "staff," although he and the poacher would 

 score about equal for jaw and character.) Well, Lady Flor- 

 ence has a flat head, neat black ears and good body. Her 

 age is not given in the catalogue, but she is an undersized 

 bitch. Annette, he, has pig eyes and a very bad expression. 

 Her bead is not flat, as it should be, and it lacks in volume, 

 as does also her muzzle. Her fairly good body, legs and feet 

 won her the card. Of the eleven dog puppies shown, Crown 

 Prince, third in the open class, was an easy winner, al- 

 though a number of persons preferred the second prize, 

 Bruce, I am quite certain that if both dogs live. Crown 

 Prince will be by far the better mastiff. Bruce, has not a 

 badly-formed head, although the stop should be deeper 

 and eyebrows more prominent. His ears are badly carried, 

 and he lacks wrinkle. In body, more especially loin, he is 

 good and strong, his hindlegs and hocks are well formed, 

 and he moves freely. Lack of true mastiff character is his 

 most prominent defect, and it will always beat him when 

 he meets good company. He looks more like a Boss than 

 a Debonair puppy, and has the pot-ornament look of the 

 former. Lord Raglan II., third prize, is a fairlv good one, 

 but will never make a brilliant record. Skull of average 

 formation. Muzzle lacking in width and in depth. Ears 

 light in color and not quite close to the head; their forma- 

 tion, too, is not correct. Color of eyes a couple of shades 

 too light. Too straight behind. Body, legs and feet much 

 above a verage. Head rather small in proportion to bulk of 

 body, and someweat smutty in color. Ilford Prince and Buff 

 of Killingly are defective in head properties. Bitch puppies 

 were not a good class, and as none had the right type of head 

 I withheld first prize and gave second to Mol'lie, a good 

 bodied one with nice coat and color. Defects: Muzzle too 

 long and pointed; it should be deeper and wider. Skull of 

 fairly good formation, but too small in proportion to size of 

 body. Ears large, badly set, not well carried and rather 

 light in color. Light in bone. Not quite straight in front, 

 but may improve. Tail too flue; there is a twist in it. Ladv 

 Carl, little inferior to Mollie. and with almost exactly the 

 same defects, was second. Mr. Wade's Ethel, by Orlando, 

 and Mr. Moore's Alta, by nford Caution, were absent. 

 DEERHOUND3. 



The only new one in these classes is Highland Lassie, sec- 

 ond prize in the open class for bitches. Like all of Mr. 

 Thayer's dogs she shows good breeding and is a very usefui 

 looking bitch. Lack of condition was her prominent fail- 

 ing. She has good head, plenty of length of neck, capacious 

 chest and good feet. Loin should be more arched: forelegs 

 are not very well set and I would like to see more bone 

 especially about the knees. Robber Chieftain, Bran and 

 Chieftain represented champion dogs and Chieftain won 

 well, although his son, Robber Chieftain, is a most promis- 

 ing youngster, and with his sire out of the wav cau beat all 

 the others. Lorna II., Wanda and Ramoha formed a 

 splendid class of champion bitches. Wanda, out of condi- 

 tion, came very near being defeated on this occasion by 

 Ramona, who is a splendid young bitch. Wanda's"betteT 

 head and expression just saved her from what would have 

 been her first defeat in this country. Mr.'Thayer showed 

 Ramona for all she was worth and Heald allowed Wanda 

 to show herself. Highland Laddie, Duncan and Dunrobin 

 were first, second and third in the open dog class and in 

 bitches it was Theodora, Highland Lassie and Thora in the 

 order named. I have criticised and recriticised these dogs 

 until your readers must know them by heart. With the ex- 

 ception of Dunrobin all are owned bv Mr. Thayer, who made 

 a splendid entry of nineteen, a lot that any man might feel 

 proud of. Olga, he. in the open bitch class, is too masculine 

 in head, not quite right about the eyes, rather large in ears, 

 flat in ribs, not as strong as she might have been in loin' 

 straignt behind, not quite straight in front and a trifle soft 

 in coat. She stands on good feet. Mr. Thayer, as usual, 

 took all specials. There were twenty-five entries in these 

 classes, the best lot ever seen together in an American show. 



GREYHOUNDS. 



There were nineteen entries in these classes and the qual- 

 ity better than I have seen this year. Old Memnon did not 

 care to tackle Balkis in the champion class for dogs, and so 

 the sturdy sou of Clyto had a walk-over. Both are winners 

 in the field as well as on the bench. No need for nie to paint 

 the lily or gild fine gold and so I pass without further no- 

 tice, these well known ornaments of the leash. Lancashire 

 Witch, beautiful as ever, for "a Lancashire lass is hard to sur- 

 pass," had the next class to herself and probably scared away 

 competition. Of the nine entries in the open class for dogs, 

 Royce was much the best. He is a trifle coarse in head, in 

 fact lacks quality all through s is not quite clean in neck, 

 although it is of good length, is a trifle wide in front and 

 heavy in shoulders and might be better in hocks and finer in 

 tail. His eyes and expression are not quite the thing. His 

 redeeming qualities are good chest, strong back, fairly good 

 loin, powerful quarters and good legs and feet, essentials 

 which invariably tell a tale when a dog is put to his proper 

 avocation. Peacock, second prize, was second last year. I 

 should have placed him first but for his straight and rather 

 light hind parts. He has better head and neck than the 

 winner and is somewhat cleaner in the shoulders, but he. 

 lacks power in the right place and I would wager almost 

 any sum that he is a soft oue. Midnight, third prize, 

 pressed Peacock very closely for second place. He Is not 

 first-class before the eyes, is a trifle heavy in neck, wide 

 through the shoulders and straight behind and he travels 

 with his hocks too near together. He is a hardy looking 

 sort and would probably lead Peacock f rom the slips and out- 

 stay him as well. Milo, vhc, is a white and black puppy by 

 Memnon out of Hawthorne Bell, He has his dam's rather 

 soft expression aud is verv straight behind. Statesman, 

 he, is a dog of good hard color, coarse in head, straight 

 behind and too short from hips to hocks. He is heavy in 

 shoulder. Scott, c, is coarse in head, light in eyes, heavy 

 in shoulders and light behind in proportion to size of fore- 

 end. I n bitches it was Cassandra first and the rest nowhere. 

 She is still rather light, from the short ribs back, but is a 

 beautiful bitch and gave Lancashire Witch a close rub for 

 the special for best greyhound in the show. Widow in 

 Weeds, second prize, is a useful looking bitch. She lacks 

 length before the eyes, might be better in ears, is rather 

 wide in front aud not as neat in shoulders as I would like to 

 see her. Has good neck, fairly good chest and back and 

 strong quarters. Nellie Belle, unnoticed, is a wretched weed. 

 Life is too short to permit of one's calling attention to the 

 hundred or more defects that are to be found in such an 

 auimal. Bad all over, color and appetite excepted; that 

 covers the case. Highland Laddie, a rather promising sap- 

 ling by Balkis ex Cassandra, won very easily from Milo, who 

 was vhc. in the open class for dogs' Laddie should have 

 won f t New York. He promises well both in body and 

 limbs and has far better head and back than the average. 

 His sister, Highland Lassie, was away ahead of her only 

 opponent in the corresponding class for bitches. She is not 

 so good in body or limbs as her kennel companion, but may 

 be heard from again. Straying Away, second prize, is 

 terribly defective in back ribs and she "cannot possibly be 

 fast. Like her dam, Stealing Away, she has a plain head 

 and by no means the best of shoulders. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS. 

 As usual a wretchedly bad lot. Miro, who is well known, 

 was first in dogs, and New York Lass, described in my 

 Philadelphia report, first in bitches. Rover, second prize in 

 the dog class, would have been first but for his curly coat. 

 He has plenty of size, better head than the average, and 

 stands on sound limbs. I withheld all other prizes. It does 

 not do to encourage the breeding of mongrels. 



SPANIELS. 



These classes were well filled and the quality, excepting 

 in the Irish water and Clumber, was of a high order, in fact, 

 taken altogether, they were probably the best lot ever seen 

 together in this country. Jess was the ouly one in the Irish 

 water spaniel class worth a card and she is a long way re- 

 moved from high class form, having light eyes, moderate 

 head, not very strong body, second-rate topknot, short ears, 

 and only a fair coat. Don and Beauty are mongrels. 



Clumbers, as usual, were a wretchedly bad lot. Darby, 

 second prize in the dog, would not be noticed in a good class. 

 I withheld first prize for want of merit, and but for the fact 

 that a good Clumber has never yet been exhibited in the 

 States I would have turned the whole lot of them out of the 

 ring. I was mindful of the fact that breeders have often 

 been told that these dogs were typical; that they would win 

 in good company, and, that their sire, Johnny, was the 

 equal of any of the typical English dogs. It is very hard on 

 those who have spent hundreds of dollars on long-legged 

 monstrosities to find that they have been imposed on and 

 that their time and money have been wasted. All things 

 taken into consideration, I thought it best to award second 

 prizes to the pick of the lot, Darby, Jess and Romp II., and 

 they can consider themselves lucky dogs. I would not give 

 ten dollars for the three of them. Darby is very leggy, flat- 

 sided, tucked up, light in bone, bad behind, very defective 

 in muzzle, skull and in ears, a bad mover, in fact not a show 

 dog. Jess is fairly good in body and decidedly better in 

 muzzle than Darby, but her skull is all wrong, eyes light, 

 expression not correct, ears not of good formation, hocks 

 not quite right, feather scanty and of course she is leggy. 

 Who ever saw a Clumber in America that was not as leggv 

 as a giraffe? Bess II. and Romp II. are of the same type as 

 Darby and Jess. It makes my heart ache to judge these 

 animals after having seen such beautiful specimens as 

 Nabob, Lapis, a number shown by the Duke of Portland, 

 Mr. Arkwright's typical dogs, and many others. Why, gen- 

 tlemen, a good Clumber could almost stand underneath the 

 dogs you are showing. 



Field spaniels were about the best lot that has been shown 

 in America, still there is a lack of uniformity of type and 

 lots of room for improvement. Bob, coarse "in head, and 

 Critic, also defective m head properties, were the only cham- 

 pions shown. Neither could beat a good one. Newton Ab- 

 bot Darkie, an excellent specimen, was an easy winner in 

 the open class for dogs, with Newton Abbot Lord a good 

 second. Both have been fully described in Forest and 

 Stream. Newton Abbot Skipper, a new one, was third. He is 

 a recently imported addition to Mr. Oldham's strong kennel, 

 and while not quite first-class, will soon win his way to the 

 champion class. His head is not what it should be. It is 

 not a Sussex head or a head as seen in Zulu and other prom- 

 inent winners in the field class, neither is it a cocker head, 

 but a combination of all three. He has a nasty light eye, 

 his worst defect, and is minus the beautiful set of ear seen 

 in his kennel companion, Darkie, He stands straighter in 

 front than the average, is not quite AJ in feet, and his pas- 

 terns especially would be improved by more bone. His body 

 is well built, he has fair length and moves well. Condition 

 will improve his coat and lower him. Jerry, vhc. is defec- 

 tive in muzzle, his ears are rather short, and he is leggy and 

 light in bone. While his coat is flat, it is not good, being 

 too short. His body is his best point; he deserved his card, 

 although he is far away from the high class form shown by 

 the first prize winner. Single Sin, vhc, has a cocker head, 

 and his ears and cheeks are defective. He is also soft and 

 woolly in coat. In bitches, Newton Abbot Jubilee, not- 

 withstanding her pig snout, was away ahead of the class, 

 and Lady Abbot, who is very defective 'in head, was second 

 best, but might have exchanged places with Bridford Ruby, 

 had she been shown in good condition. Bridford Gladys, a 

 very long and low bitch, with shallow body and wretchedly 

 bad forelegs, was vhc. I have criticised these dogs on so 

 many previous occasions that further allusion to them is 

 unnecessary. 



Cockers were a splendid lot. Obo II. did not turn up for 

 competition m the champion class for dogs, leaving Brant 

 and Doc to fight out the battle. Brant won, but it was con- 

 dition that took him to the front. His skull has thickened 

 considerably, causing his weak muzzle to look lighter and 

 snipier than ever, and be is not nearly as good as he was 

 when he made his debut at Buffalo last year. Docwas light 

 in flesh and his coat all out of condition. What a pity that 

 men should throw prizes away when they have them at 

 their mercy. The lovely Miss Obo II. was peerless in the 

 champion class. 1 have seen her looking much better. 

 Jersey, that should have been first at New York, was first 

 in a strong open class of dogs and repeated in the puppy 

 class. His defects are: Slight fullness below the eyes, 

 muzzle not quite clean near nose, expression not quite right, 

 forelegs not perfectly straight, elbows not just right, coat 

 open and softer than I like. He has good' skull, well set 

 cars, compact and stout body, fair strength of limbs, good 

 set and carriage of stern, and is a gay mover. Bell had him 

 iu tip-top shape and the result was never in doubt. Ned 

 Obo, who is well-known, was second, with Baby Obo, a new 

 one to me, third. Like Ned Obo, he is underhung— a bad 

 fault in a spaniel— cheeks a trifle full, muzzje below the 

 eyes not quite clean, ears set a trifle high, sturdy body, ex- 

 cellent quarters, the best of legs and feet, much too small, 

 shows much character, and carries himself very gaily. Rabbi, 

 vhc, is heavy in skull, very wide and shallow in muzzle, 

 and bad below the eyes. He is slightly underhung and not 

 first-rate in set of ears; body, coat aud limbs decidedly better 

 than average. Bo, he, has field spaniel head, ears 'set too 

 high, short coat and is leggy. Don E., he, is too heavy and 

 wide in skull, and not quite clean oelow the. eyes; ears set 

 rather high, muzzle not deep enough, leggy, good body and 

 coat, fairly good legs and feet. ' Black Graff, he, is 

 not as deep and clean in muzzle as he should be, has 

 light eyes, not straight in front, ears might be better 

 set; coat not first-class, excepting feather; body should 

 be stouter. Bitches were also a good class, and Chloe 

 W., who has greatly improved on her puppy form, just 

 won from Kapiolani, a fair young bitch that was first 

 in the puppy class. Chloe is well known to the readers 

 of this paper. Kapiolani is good in skull and in coat, and 

 much better than average in body, legs and feet. Her eye- 

 brows are excellent: muzzle should be deeper, and cleaner 

 below the eyes; eyes too light in color; expression not quite 

 right: body would be improved by more depth, but will 

 doubtless improve; ears would be better if set lower and 

 further back: she is probably at her best. Cloudy, third 

 prize, is fairly good m skull; muzzle, weak; is slightly 

 underhung; has light eyes, poor expression, good ears, fairly 

 good body, excellent legs and feet, stifles and hocks not 

 quite right, coat not free of curliness; a useful-looking bitch. 

 Widow Cliqnot, snipy, light in bone, deficient in carriage of 

 ears, rather light in eyes, a trifle high on the legs and out of 

 coat, was vhc Her handler spent the best part of the time in 

 the ring pulling her lips down, but it was quite unnecessary 

 to call my attention to the fact that she is snipy. Dolly 

 Obo. he, is underhung, has ears set too high, is not quite 

 right in muzzle or straight in front, and her coat is too 

 woolly and curly. Beatrice W.. he, is not clean in muzzle, 

 and is rather light in eyes, and out at the elbows. Bessie 

 W., vhc, is defective below and before the eyes, and is light 

 in bone. Busy, he, is full in cheeks, snipy, rather light in 

 eyes, and not very good in coat; great bone is her strong 

 point. I did not take any notes on Frank Obo, third prize in 

 the puppy class. The rest of the winners in these classes 

 were placed in the open classes, and have been fully des- 

 cribed. I gave the special for best cocker to Miss Obo II. 

 In my opinion she is in points the best cocker in America. 

 Jersey was the runner-up. 



dachsulnde. 



This class is always poorly represented. I withheld first 

 prize in the dog class and awarded second to Oto, flat in 

 skull, not well tapered iu muzzle, tight in skin and not first- 

 rate in crook. Boniface, he, is very defective in head. 

 Skull flat, with a deep furrow running up center as far as 

 occiput. Muzzle short and not well tapered. Ears set high, 

 much too short and not well carried. Front teeth not level. 

 Body only moderate. Loin flat. Limbs much too light and 

 knuckles and crook defective. Coat not of good quality. 

 Skin tight throughout, Lena L., fully described in niy 

 Buffalo report, was first again here in the bitch class. Ber- 

 gina K , second prize, would have been first, but for her 

 parti-colored nose and bad hindquarters. Judy, third prize, 

 and out of condition as usual, is well known to'your readers. 



collies. 



The class was well filled and the quality throughout ex- 

 cellent. Dublin Scot, in superb condition, represented 

 champion dogs. Rather heavy in head and shoulders, full 

 in eyes and a trifle straight behind, he is a beautiful dog, 

 and his importation to this country is a great boon to 

 breeders, as he is undoubtedly one of the best stud dogs 

 ever seen on a show bench. What old Eclipse has done for 

 the breed in England, Dublin Scot is doing in America; his 

 get are to the front in nearly all of our best shows. 1 placed 

 his son Scotilla oyer him for the special for best collie, but 

 it is a very close thing between them. Scot has the best of 

 it in size, bone, loin, and in coat slightly. Scotilla leads in 

 head, ears, eyes, shoulders, and in bend 'of stifles and hocks, 

 and is more lithe and workmanlike. Both are grand 

 doss. Flurry II., another clinker, was first in the champion 

 bitch class, and in the open class for dogs Roslyn, a puppy 

 by Dublin Scot, won well, repeated in the dog puppy cfas's 

 and later in the day took the special for best puppy. He is 

 a good all-round youngster, and if the distemper does not 

 get away with him I shall expect to hear from him again. 

 Strephon, who shows the true character of the Eclipse 

 family, was second, and Scotson, with his right ear still 

 erect, third. He was in superb coat and it is a thousand 

 pities that he has a ring tail and a prick ear. But for these 

 defects he would be a very hard dog to beat. If Scotland 

 Yet, vhc, has not had one of his ears (the right) let down, 

 I am a poor judge of faked ears, that is all. He has poor 

 expression, and his coat at present is a trifle soft. Rutland 

 Jock, vhc, has the soft coat of the Rutland dogs, and he is 

 round in skull and heavy in head. He has a number of 

 English winnings to his credit, but it will take a better than 

 he to win at Boston. Hornpipe Bruce, he, is rather coarse 

 in head, bad in expression, soft in coat and straight behind, 

 Rutledge, c, is defective in head and expression, rather 

 soft in coat, and his ears are not sufficiently erect. I thought 

 Flurry III. much the best of the eighteen bitches shown, and 

 it took me but a few moments to place her at the head of 

 the class. Rather on the small size, with beautiful head 

 and expression, good coat, body and limbs, she is a lovely 

 young bitch. Glen Rosa, second prize, is not the equal of 

 Flurry HI. either in head or body, and is, I think, at her 

 best. She shows character and good breeding. Her promi- 

 nent defect is a slack back, Spoiled Miss, third prize, was 

 heavy in whelp and moved slovenly or would have been sec- 

 ond. Clifton Maid, vhc, has thickened in head, and her 

 condition was bad. Highland Belle, vhc, was first in the 

 pupply class last year. She is still rather soft in coat, 

 and her head has grown coarse. These bitches are well 

 known, and it is useless my taking your valuable space to 

 criticise them. Flora, vhc. , has fairly good head , but carries 

 her ears badly, is out at elbows, soft in codt and is not quite 

 straight in front. In body and brush she will do. Miss 

 Tempest, vhc, has poor expression, is too full in muzzle 

 (near the nose) and her coat is very soft, I understand she 

 was sent out here with a great blast of trumpets to sweep 

 the boards. She is not a good one. Sweet Roval, he, is very 

 deficient in shoulders, a trifle too strong in head, soft in 



