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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 26, 1888. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION have just com- 

 pleted very praiseworthy and satisfactory work at the Erie 

 station in that State. Of the 15,000,000 whitefish ova re- 

 ceived from tbe Government station at Northville in Jan- 

 nary, almost that entire number of well conditioned fry have 

 been placed in Lake Erie at various intervals from April 7. 

 The final distribution of 2,000,000 were taken out several 

 miles in the lake on one of the local tugs last week. Mr. 

 Henry C. Ford, president of the commission, Mr. James Ver- 

 ner Long, corresponding secretary, and Mr. A. S. Dickerson, 

 one of the western members, accompanied by Assistant 

 Superinten den t Carey, made t h e excursio n with th e la st quota 

 of whitefish fry. and witnessed their placing in the lake. 

 This successful work has been very gratifying to the gentle- 

 men of the Pennsylvania Commission, and certainly very 

 acceptable to the large and growing fishing industry of Lake 

 Erie. 



CLACKAMAS SALMON HATCHERY, — U. S. Commis- 

 sion of Fish and Fisheries, Portland, Oregon, April 14, 

 1888.— Editor Forest and Stream: I think it will be a grati- 

 fication to those who are interested in salmon hatching on 

 the Pacific coast to know that the Oregon aud Washington 

 Fish Propagating Co.. the former owners of the Clackamas 

 Salmon Hatchery, have made a free gift of the entire prop- 

 erty to the United States. The transfer was made yester- 

 day aud Clackamas 11 atchery now becomes one of the stations 

 of the U. S. Fish Commission, and will doubtless be regularly 

 operated by the U. S. F. C. in future, for the benefit of the 

 Columbia River.— Livingston Stone. 



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REMOVAL. 



The offices of Forest and Stream are now at No. 318 Broadway, 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



April 23 to 27.— Second annual bench show of the Baltimore 

 Kennel Ohio, Baltimore, Md. Frank Hall. Manager. 



April 24 to 27.— Interna tional bench show of dogs of the Cincin- 

 nati Sportsman's Club, Cincinnati, Ohio. Geo. H. Hill, Supt. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 rpHE 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 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 3832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 6 104. 



NEW HAVEN DOG SHOW. 



TF the New Haven Kennel Club's fourth annual dog show 

 J. has not been a financial success, it is not the fault of the 

 management, for a better managed show has -seldom, if ever, 

 been seen. The preliminary details, however, should have 

 had more attention; perhaps the worthy secretary, knowin. 

 that only a limited number of dogs could be benched, anu 

 having a promise of as many as the building would accom- 

 modate, did not care to bother himself about the numerous 

 trivial items which teud to swell the entry list and bring 

 lucre to the coffers of the. management. I do not know about 

 that, but it seems to me that judges' names should have been 

 announced sooner, and that a list of specials should have 

 been given to the Forest and Stream. Turf, Field and 

 Farm and Sporting Life. Among the entries returned were 

 those of Miss Whitney, at least I am so iuf ormed. This lady 

 is a genuine lover of-dogs and I would have felt inclined to 

 fit up a corner somewhere for her exhibits. The number of 

 dogs shown was 283, and the quality in proportion to the 

 number of entries was decidedly better than I have ever 

 seen elsewhere in this country. The exhibition will prob- 

 ably be known in the future as "the quality show." Spratts 

 Patent did the benching and the whole of the arrangements 

 were complete on Monday afternoon, so that when dogs ar- 

 rived at the building there was no confusion nor fuss. Every- 

 thing w as in apple-pie order and the manager, Mr. J. B. 

 Robertson, Jr., deserves a word of praise for his untiring 

 efforts in behalf of his club, the dogs and their owners. Dr. 

 K. C, Ross was a most efficient veterinary, and I am much 

 pleased to see that dog show managers are at last recogniz- 

 ing the necessity of appointing qualified men to prescribe 

 for the valuable property intrusted to their charge. There- 

 is a wide difference between the qualified and experienced 

 professional man and the hungry nostrum vendor. Ameri- 

 cans are rather slow about skinning quacks and bagman 

 judges. When a S2,500 dog dies from the effects of an over- 

 dose of chloroform they begin to open their eyes; and when 

 a grand-headed dog like Ilford Caution is criticised as being 

 "short in head," or a good-headed toy spauiel like Prince 

 Napoleon is pegged back for being "short in muzzle" they 

 look around and ask, "Isn't it about time that fellow stepped 

 down and out ?" cr perhaps they write an anonymous letter 

 to your paper suggesting that in the future specialty judges 

 be engaged. It wouldn't do for everybody to take as much 

 interest and pleasure in skinning bagman vets, judges and 

 critics as I do, but Americans are too easy-going; or per- 

 haps I had better say that they expect the 'better class of 

 papers to protect them against imposters, which is something 

 they cannot always be doing. How should even the enter- 

 prising FOREST and Stream know that only a few years ago 

 an individual who recently posed as judge and has now 

 blossomed out as critic for a Chicago paper was pounding 

 away on the anvil of a small Lancashire smithy? How 

 should they know that he never owned, bred or exhibited a 

 dog, or that he was an unknown quantity to every doe man 

 in the British Isles ? Let us have competent and honest men 

 to fill important offices of any kind. 1 have always held and 

 always shall that no reputable dog owner need be compelled 

 to sit still and have his dog physicked by quacks, adjudi- 

 cated on by bagman judges, or criticised by ignorance. 

 There are too many of these insects buzzing around dog 

 shows, and of course New Haven was not exempt. There wifl 

 be fewer before very long. Now to the dogs: 

 MASTIFFS. 



There were six exhibits in this class, all good ones, and all 

 winners at Boston. A full and careful criticism of them 

 will be found in my reports of the Philadelphia and Boston 

 sbows. Minting won the special for best dog, and I also 

 gave hina that for best dog or bitch in the classes judged by 

 me. His most dangerous opponents were the St. Bernard 

 Leila and Mr. Thayer's bull bitch Britomartis. Prizes like 

 this are very unsatisfactory things to award. Every man 

 believes he has the best dog, and the owners of pointers and 

 setters invariably think that all other breeds should take a 

 back seat when brought into competition with their more- 

 useful brethren. In judging for such a prize I endeavor to 

 select the most typical dog of his breed. I would place a 

 first-class Italian greyhound over a second-rate setter, or a 

 first-rate toy black and tan over a fair St. Bernard. I doubt 

 if the mastiff lives that can beat Minting, but all the setters 

 and pointers I had in the ring can be beaten; some of them 

 very easily, H shown against St. Bernards of both varieties 



Leila would be beaten by one or two of the English cracks, 

 Bntomartis is probably the best bull bitch living, but she 

 was not in good coat, and all things considered, I feel quite 

 sure that the best dog won. 



ST. BERNARDS. 



This was not a large class, but the quality was excellent 

 Tne winners in the champion classes, Otho, Hector, Leila 

 and Daphne, are worth going many miles to see. In the 

 open class for rough-coated dogs, Kastelhorn II., who was 

 first at Boston, had to give way to St. Got hard 0.1. , a new 

 one. He is a dog of commanding size aud with a number of 

 good points. Skull well formed, muzzle deep and of good 

 formation, but rather longer than is desirable; stop should 

 be deeper and eyebrows rather more prominent; good ex- 

 pression, although his eyes are not quite rmht: 'beautiful 

 ears; fairly strong neck; back a trifle slack; loin would be 

 improved by length, strength and arch; stifles and hocks 

 straight; second thigh weak; light in bone; coat curly and 

 scanty; not quite straight in front; good feet; slightly Under- 

 hung; moves badly behind aud does not stand high enough 

 at shoulder in proportion with height of quarters! single 

 dew claws; shows character and good/breeding, Kastelhorn 

 II., first at Boston, is a rather plain flog, undersized* short 

 in body, straight behind, and with bad gait, Miss Whitney 

 and Forest and Stream have been the only ones to notice 

 his very defective forefeet, although I sec that our bagman 

 judge has been dipping his pen in Chicago ink. Can't ex- 

 pect much from a man that places Duke of Leeds over Leila, 

 Merchant Prince over Duke of Leeds. Hector over Merchant 

 Prince, and Apollo over Hector. These decisions will follow 

 Jim the Penman to his grave and haunt him in the world to 

 come. Still, he looks wise. Prince Barry and Alpine Chief 

 were absent. Leo II., unnoticed, is not a show dog. Bad 

 eyes, squints, poor stop, ears not well carried, a plain, 

 characterless head, bad expression, defective markings; 

 undersized. First in the corresponding class went to 

 Gemma I., the Boston winner. While she is not an 

 Abbess, she is a good-looking bitch, and in the absence of 

 high-class material from the rough-coated class for bitches 

 she will certainly do a lot of winning. She is not bad in 

 muzzle, but should be cleaner below the eyes and a trifle 

 blunter near the nose, and I would like to have seen a skuil 

 showing more squareness, Notwithstanding these detects, 

 which are not very pronounced, she has a very much better 

 head than average. Body lengthy and strong, and stand- 

 ing on excellent legs and feet, A ropy ring-tail rather 

 detracts from the finish of good strong quarters. She is a 

 bitch of more than average size, moves well, and carries her- 

 self eommc il faut. Minna, second prize, is a new one to 

 me. Stop not deep enough; eyebrows not well defined; muz- 

 zle should show more squareness in profile; cheeks are boo 

 prominent; expression not quite right; ears fairly good; 

 stands too low at the shoulder; back a trifle hollow; straight 

 legs; good bone; right forefoot defective, there being a mal- 

 formation of one of the toes; hocks stright; has double dew- 

 claws; only a second rater. Corrette, first at Philadelphia, 

 was third here, and was sold to Mr. Moore for breeding pur- 

 poses. Puppies were a bad lot, and I withheld all prizes. 

 Uno would have stood a better chance of winning in the 

 collie class, and Cm-few is a small, characterless animal. 

 Wotan, well known, had the open class for dogs to himself. 

 Breeders of smooth-coats rnustTnot crow too loud when dogs 

 like Wotan and Petrach can win first prizes in important 

 shows. Thisbe, the small but typical, represented the 

 ladies, and Halloween, an indifferent puppy, pointed in 

 muzzle, domed in skull, light in bone and defective in feet, 

 shoulders and tail, was given second, first being withheld. 

 Leila had no trouble in wanning the specials for best bitch 

 and best St. Bernard of all classes. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS. 

 The Boston winners, Miro and New York Lass, were first 

 and second Both are in better condition than they were. 

 Will somebody please show a decent-looking Newfound- 

 land? I have seen one good one in seven years. 



GREYHOUNDS. 



The champion class strong with Balkis and Cassandra, 

 the open class weak. Cassandra, very soft in fiesh and lack- 

 ing muscular development behind, may thank her good 

 head and neck and "clever shoulders" for the victory. Tom, 

 winner of second at Troy, was first iu the open class, and 

 Black Crook, not first-class in head, heavy in shoulders, 

 long and flat in loin, straight in stifles, defective in hocks, 

 and with a docked tail, was only iust good enough for sec- 

 ond. How is it that Americans don't seem to be able to 

 breed a good-looking greyhound? 



DEERHOUNDS. 



The -winners, Ramona, Bran, Pride of Heather, Theodora 

 and Duncan, all from Mr, Thayer's kennel, are well known. 

 Pride of Heather was in very low condition, or would prob- 

 ably have been higher in the list than third'. Don Roy, un- 

 noticed, is defective iu almost every point — a weed. Ra- 

 mona won the special with several points to spare. 



POINTERS. 



There were 29 entries in this class and the quality was 

 about as usual. I withheld a number of prizes, some of 

 them from dogs that had won under other judges, aud of 

 course a number of exhibitors were anxious to know what 

 was the matter. Not having the time to answer all ques- 

 tions, some of which were very foolish, 1 have written out a 

 full and careful criticism of the dogs that were not noticed. 

 As is always the case at our shows, dogs of all types were on 

 exhibition. To rectify this growing lack of uniformity of 

 type it has been suggested that a pointer club be formed. 

 If it is to be run By the clique we may very soon ex 

 pect to see dog shows overrun with pig-snouted Sensa- 

 tions and hippopotamus-headed Jimmies. • What are you 

 doing, gentlemen, to let a grand breed of dogs degenerate to 

 the verge of mongrelism? The Chicago editor, who by his 

 stupid advice to breeders, did so much to ruin the breed, 

 now wants to retrace his steps. Says he there is no "uni- 

 formity of type." How could there be any? Beaufort, not 

 looking at all well, was alone in^thejehampion class for dogs, 

 but did not compete, and Juno S., who was fully described 

 in my Philadelphia report, was the only champion bitch 

 shown, Of the six heavy-weight dogs, Bang was much the 

 best, being decidedly better than Sachem (placed second) iu 

 muzzle, skull, ears, carriage of ears, shoulders, legs, feet, 

 stifles and hocks— a better dog, and one showing far more 

 true, character. Mr. Winslow, the owner of Bang, is not in 

 the good graces of the Broadway clique owing to his having 

 protested one of the awards at the New York show, and con- 

 sequently the reporter and kennelman for the firm has 

 received orders to write Sachem up and Bang down. A nice 

 state of affairs when a man, who never in his Life owned, 

 bred or exhibited a sporting dog, is given carte blanche to 

 report for the Letter Press, the "Sportsman's Journal." Why, 

 gentlemen, when I was breeding aud exhibiting pointers 

 this self-same would-be critic was blacksmithing in a tiny 

 shop in the north of England, unknown to dogmen and to 

 dogs. And the unbalanced editor who employs him Avonders 

 how ft is that there is lack of uniformity of type in our dogs. 

 Why not have asked why there Was lack of uniformity in 

 the setter class in the days of Whitford. Incompetent 

 judges and ignorant and unprincipled critics are responsi- 

 ble for the mischief. It isn't the breeders that are to blame 

 but those that presume to teach them. 



Sachem is a son of Beaufort, and Bang a son of Old Bang. 

 Neither is at all my idea of a high-class pointer; they are 

 useful-Iookiug second-raters, nothing more. Sachem's 

 crooked forelegs aud defective quarters will always beat 

 him in good company under a judge of the breed. Hartford I 



uunoticed, has the following negative points: Weak muz- 1 

 zle, prominent cheeks, eyes set too wide apart, ears badly ' 

 placed and not well carried, very defective shoulders, wide: 1 

 in front, knees Vety weak, formation of chest eutirely wrong, 

 body very shallow, too short between the couplings, stern I 

 badly carried, bad coat, the hair of tail being curly, leggy, • 

 light second thighs. With these defects before him, the 

 owner will readily see that he does not own ashow f dog,: 

 Zob, unnoticed, appears to have wintered in the Arctic 

 region. He has taken on almost as much coat as a bear, atid- 

 I can assure his owner that the standard calls for something, 

 different. Brake was transferred to the light-weight class. 

 Captain Bogardus, muzzle not showing sufficient square*-' 

 ness, color of eye too light, too much jowl,. throaty, wide iri 

 front, heavy in shoulders, tail long and not properly carried, 

 straight behind, light iu quarters, lacks character! Brake^ 

 first in the light-weight class for dogs, was described in youf ' 

 New York report; He is not first-class, although a much 

 better dog than his sire, Bang Bang. Jersey Bang Bang 

 second prize, almost tempted me to withhold the "award. 

 He has had enoUgh from my pen to last him a lifetime. 

 Blizzard, third prize, is well named; a rather shaky-looking 

 specimen; muzzle not deep enough and rather weak; cheekS) 

 tdo prominent, eyes a shade too light, ears set rather high, 

 neck too short, chest shallow, body should be longer and 

 loin more powerful, shoulders straight and heavy, quarters 

 light, tail badly set and carried very high, light in 

 bone, feet not first-class, knees not very strong, leggy, 

 stands badly; an indifferent specimen. Don Pedro, no stop, 

 ears not well carried, bad eyes and expression— a very poor 

 head, ribs not well sprung, heavy shoulders, rather shallow 

 in middle, coarse in tail, not a show dog. I gave first in 

 heavy bitches to Devon Nell, and iu my opinion she should 

 have won at Boston with many points to spare: muzzle, 

 below the eyes, not quite clean, cheeks a trifle too promi- 

 nent, eyes a shade light in color, carriage of ears not quite 

 right generally, although she cau carry tiiem well, neck uoud 

 length, but showing throatiness, good chest, powerful loin, 

 good legs and feet, Devonshire shoulders, second thighs not 

 quite right, hocks should be more bent and have a cleaner 

 appearance, stern well carried, is a trifle slack behind the 

 shoulder, shows true character and good breeding, does not 

 move well when walking, butgoes freely in any other gait. 

 My second choice, Belle of Winchester, is not a crack, but 

 was certainly second best. Her washy color is against her 

 and she is a bitch that might easily he overlooked for worse, 

 material: cheeks too prominent; muzzle not showing 

 squareness sufficient; color of eyes too light (uot Croxteth 

 eyes, but bad euougli); good ears, neck not quite clean, j 

 knees not very strong; good body, loin, legs and feet; strongJ 

 quarters, is too straight from the hecks down and the hocks 

 are not quite clean, stern good, carries herself gaily, lacks! 

 true character, has had dew claws removed. Devonshire^ 

 Countess, third prize, was second at Philadelphia and] 

 described in my report. Rosa Croxteth, unnoticed, was] 

 second at Boston, so it is quite clear that Dr. Jarvis and 1 

 myself do not agree on the pointer question. In my opinion j 

 the bitch is a rank bad one and I see the Dr. says she is "badli 

 in legs, feet and head." What is a pointer worth that isl 

 "bad" in head, feet and legs? To the bad head, feet and 

 legs let us add throatiness, a shallow chest, slack back,'; 

 wretched loin, most defective stifles, long tail, lightness in a 

 bone, bad position of forelegs, legginess, and then we have a 

 correct description of the Doctor's second prize winner at 

 Boston. 



First in light-weight bitches was withheld, and Jane, • 

 who was first at Waverly aud second at Boston, was given -: 

 second. All that Dr. Jarvis said about her in his t hirty - 

 five line report of the Boston show was, "In the bitch clasa 

 Bonanza, a handsome daughter of Beaufort and Zuba, waa 

 first, Jane second aud Belle of Maine third. " I kuew all 



not poached and packed to please the little gang they > 

 worked for. The Doctor still lives, for his report does now 

 enlighten anybody on the one question of competency, 

 Whitford, on the other hand, hanged himself iu quick time, 

 and Jim the Penman is rapidly folloyving in his steps, 

 although he copies from all the best papers, aud like his 

 friend Whitford, assumes to teach those who gave him his ^ 

 first lessons in canine lore. Alas! Jim, the Pittsburgh piece 1 

 of paper still lives in the memory of the preserver of records, 

 Jane's defects are as follows: muzzle wide, shallow and 

 not sufficiently btairt.; color of eyes too light, ears set high , 

 and not well carried, chest should be deeper, loin too flat, 

 shoulders rather heavy, gait not correct, carriage of tail notj 

 quite right, a bit leggy, lacks character. In other respects 

 she will do. Morianda, unnoticed, nasty yellow eyes, not 

 clean cut below the eyes or sufficiently blunt in muzzle, ears j 

 of nice quality, not a bad head, en est too round, short 

 between the couplings, good legs and feet, light in 

 bone, tail carried too high, shoulders not quite right, 1 

 lacks character, moves -well, a neat little brown or liver 

 bitch of wrong type. Queen Bess, skull very wide 

 and heavy, cheeky, ears set high and badly carried, eyes 

 of too light a hue, very bad shoulders, crooked in front, 

 bad feet, fairly good chest, back and loin, straight behind, 

 stern rather coarse; shows character with all her defects, 

 and moves well for a bad-shouldered one. Daisy, light in 

 color of eyes, full in cheeks, not clean cut below the eyes, 

 ears of defective formation and not well carried, face some- 

 what weak, very throaty, ribs uot well sprung, quarters 

 light, second thighs very deficient in muscular development, 

 tail very coarse, has dew claws, coat too long, legs which 

 appear to be strong but handle badly, poor gait; not a show 

 latch. Wanda, second in puppy class. New York, 1887, has 

 not improved; forelegs wretched, feet open and thin through 

 the pads, light in bone, defective in head, eyes and ears; not 

 a show bitcn. I withheld all prizes from the three dog pup- 

 pies shown, Richard III., full in brow, bad eyes, hound 

 ears, very throaty, bad shoulders, out at elbows, not straight 

 in front, chest very defective, back ribs much too short, loin 

 light, tail well carried, feet not first-rate; has plenty of soft, 

 spongy bone; wide in front; not a show dog. M. Quad, ears 

 set high and badly carried, brow too prominent, very throaty, 

 neck of great length, chest too shallow, loin flat aud rather 

 light, tail long aud coarse, fair good legs and feet; lacks 

 character, and will never develop a show dog. Sportsman is 

 a winner under other judgment; shoulders very defective, a 

 plain sour head, is underhung, very throaty, not straight in 

 trout, fairly good chest and loin, high tail, straight behind, 

 gait not quite right; will do in other respects, but will never 

 be a show dog. Bitches, six entries, were a much better lot, 

 with Lafford Pearl a very easy winner. She is by Hitchcock's 

 Duke of Hessen, and while a promising puppy will never 

 be quite good enough to bar from competition at New York; 

 cheeks rather too prominent, muzzle not showing sufficient 

 squareness, but not bad, color of eyes a shade light, well 

 formed ears fairly well carried, a trifle throaty, neck rather 

 short, back would be improved by more length, tail too 

 high, stifles should be more out with hocks closer, coat 

 rather too long, straight legs, excellent feet, somewhat 

 leggy, moves freely, not well shown, should be heard from 

 again. Clytie, second prize, won first at Troy, and was 

 criticised iu my report of that show. Third prize was Avith- 

 held, Jeau. coarse and rouud in skull, wide, coarse muzzle, 

 not clean cut below the eye or sufficiently deep, expression I 

 poor and color of eye too light, ears set high aud badly 

 carried, chest shallow, back ribs defective, loin light, not 

 quite straight in front: shoulders, quarters, feet aud stern 

 all fairly good, not a show bitch, lacks true character. 

 Daisy's kennel was decorated with a piece of black crape, I 

 and her owner is saved the pain of reading a ciatdcism &ora- 1 



