July 5, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



479 



Sec. 2. Candidates must, be proposed in Writing by one ' 

 member of the club nod seconded by another, and a list of 

 such candidates must be sent to each 'member of the execut- 

 ive committee not less than ten days prior to the date of the 

 meeting at which their names shall come up for election. 



Sec. 3. The annual dues shall be five dollars ($5, 00), pay- 

 able on the 1st of January of each year, and no person shall 

 be considered a member uutil the dues are paid, which must 

 be within thirty days of his election and the close of the 

 fiscal year. 



SKC. 4. A member may become a life member upon pay- 

 ment of the sum of twenty dollars. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Sec. 1. The officers of this club shall be. a president, five 

 vice-presidents -of which four shall be chosen at the annual 

 meeting — and a secretary-treasurer. 



Sec. 3. The secretary-treasurer shall give bonds in the sum 

 of $2,000 for the faithful performance, of his duties. 



ARTICLE V. 



Sec. 1. The management of this club shall be intrusted to 

 an executive committee of fifteen members, who shall be 

 elected by a, vote of all the members in good standing, for a 

 term of three years, except that of the first committee. In 

 order that five members of this committee shall be elected 

 annually, five shall be choseu by lot to retire at the end of 

 the first year, and five at the end of the second year, but to 

 continue in office until their successors are elected and take 

 office. The retiring members of the committee are eligible 

 for re-election. 



Sec. 2. The election shall take place at the annual meeting 

 of the. club, thirty days prior to which the secretary shall 

 forward to each member a printed slip containing the names 

 of the committee and of all members in good standing, to- 

 gether with a stamped addressed envelope indorsed "Elec- 

 tion."' Each member will check off the names of five mem- 

 bers he desires to vote for to fill the vacancies about to occur 

 on the executive committee, and also the names of four 

 members as vice-presidents, and sign his name on the slip. 

 All such sealed envelopes shall be cast as ballots at the an- 

 nual meeting and counted by the tellers as votes. Members 

 present at the meeting shall deposit their ballots personally. 



Sec. 3. The members of the committee so elected shall as- 

 sume office on the first of May of the year of their election, 

 and continue in office until their successors are elected aud 

 take office. 



Sec. 4, The executive committee shall, at its first meeting 

 subsequent to the first day of May of each year, proceed to 

 organize by the election of a president and vice-president and 

 secretary-treasurer, who shall perform the duties as pre- 

 scribed in the Bv-Laws, and generally such duties as pertain 

 to their office. 



Sec. 5. The executive committee shall have power to fill 

 vacancies on the committee until such time as a regular 

 election is held. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Sec. 1. The annual meeting of the club shall be held at the 

 call of the executive committee, but must take place during 

 the months of February, March or April, and if practicable, 

 at the time and place of a leading dog show, of which at 

 least thirty days notice must be given. A special meeting 

 shall he called at the request of twenty members, or may at 

 any time be called by order of the executive committee. 



Sec. 3. The executive committee shall hold three meetings 

 during the year, one each in the months of February, April 

 and August, at such places and dates as may be determined 

 upon at the preceding meeting. 



ARTICLE VI t. 



No alterations can be made in the Constitution or in the 

 Rules Governing Dog Shows, as adopted by this club, ex- 

 cept at the annual meeting or a special meeting of the club 

 called for that purpose. At least thirty days notice of any 

 such proposed change must be given to the executive com- 

 mittee, of which due notice shall at once be sent to the mem- 

 bers who shall have five days in which to file with the ex- 

 ecutive committee any amendments thereto, due notice of 

 all of which amendments must at once be furnished to the 

 members. No alteration can be made except by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



The executive committee shall have full power by a two- 

 thirds vote to suspend or expel any member, and the member 

 so suspended or expelled shall not be entitled to recover any 

 portion of his annual dues or have any claim against the 

 club. Such member to have the right of appeal to the club 

 from the action of the executive committee at the anuual 

 meeting, or at any special meeting, provided notice of appeal 

 has been given, 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I.— DITTIES OF OFFICERS. 



President, 



SECi 1, The president shall preside at all meetings of the 

 executive committee, appoint all committees, audit and ap- 

 prove all bills aud shall order meetings of the committee 

 whenever in his judgment he may deem it necessary. He 

 shall submit a report of the work done during the past year 

 at the annual meeting. 



Vi cc- Presid en I . 



Sec. 2. The vice-president shall perform all the duties of 

 the president in his absence. 



Secretary. 



Sec. 3. The secretary shall keep the minutes of each meet- 

 ing of the committee and of the association; conduct the 

 correspondence, and have charge of, and be responsible for 

 all the books and papers of the executive committee. He 

 shall collect and have charge of all moneys belonging to the 

 association, shall pay all bills when properly approved, and 

 submit a report thereof to the committee at every meeting. 

 He shall keep a book containing a list of the members with 

 their addresses, which book shall be open for the inspection 

 of members at all reasonable times. 



Trustees. 



Sec. 4. The president and secretary-treasurer shall act as 

 trustees, and have charge of the property of the association. 



ARTICLE U.— MEETINGS— EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Sec. 1. The regular meetings of the executive committee 

 shall be held as provided for in the Constitution. 



Sec. 2. Special meetings of the executive committee shall 

 be called by the seeretary, either at the written request of 

 three members of the committee, or by order of the presi- 

 dent, and two weeks notice of such meeting shall be sent to 

 every member of the committee. 



Sec. 3. At all meetings of the executive committee five 

 members shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE J] I, — PAYMENT OF BILLS. 



Sec. 1. A II bills shall be presented to the president or vice- 

 president, and shall be audited by him; iu case of approval 

 he shall affix h i.-. signature and date of approval. After such 

 approval the secretary-treasurer shall pay said bills. 



ARTICLE IV. — ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



1. Roll call. 2. Heading of minutes. 3. Reports and com- 

 munications. 4. Unfinished business. 5. New business. 6. 

 Election of officers, 7. Adjournment. 



ARTICLE V. — AMENDMENTS, ETC. 



These By-Laws may be altered, amended, or suspended at 

 any meeting of the executive committee by a simple majority 



vote, provided two weeks notice shall have, been given to 

 every member of the committee of the proposed alteration, 

 amendment, or suspension. Iu the absence of such notice a 

 two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required. 



RULES GOVERNING DOG SHOWS. 



I. The word dog, where used in these rules, includes both 



sexes. 



II. Every flog entered at any show held under these roles 

 must be the hona-fide property of the. person making such 

 entry, on the day of closing the entries. The entry must 

 clearly identify the dog to "be exhibited by name, and, if 

 known, its date of birth, name of its sire and dam, and the 

 name of its breeder. Should any of these particulars be un- 

 known to the exhibitor, it must be so stated on tins entry 

 blank and inserted in the catalogue. 



HI. If the name of a dog, which has won a prize, has been 

 changed, the old name must be given on the entry blank and 

 inserted in the catalogue, together with a list of all prizes 

 won by the dog, until such times as it wins a prize under its 

 new name. 



IV. If the dog has been entered without being clearly 

 identified, as directed iu Rule 2 and 3, it shall be disquali- 

 fied and forfeit any prize which may have been awarded to it. 



V. The breeder of a dog is the person owning or leasing 

 the bitch at the time of her being bred. 



VI. A puppy is eligible for competition in either the puppy 

 or open class, or both, unless prohibited by the special rules 

 of any show. 



VII . The authorities of an y show may reserve to themselves 

 the right of declining any entries they may see fit, or of re- 

 moving any dog on account of disease, vice or other cause. 



VIII. A castrated dog or spayed bitch shall be disquali- 

 fied, and forfeit any prizes which may have been awarded it. 



IX. Total bliuduess, deafness and lameness shall abso- 

 lutely disqualify. If the judge or veterinary surgeon is sat- 

 isfied that the deafness or lameness is temporary, the dog 

 shall be allowed to compete. 



X. A dog suffering from mange or any contagious disease 

 shall be disqualified and forfeit any prizes which may have 

 been awarded to it, and shall be removed at once from the 

 show building. The regularly appointed veterinary surgeon 

 shall alone decide as to mange or contagious disease, and his 

 decision must be given iu writing. 



XL A judge may disqualify a dog which, in his opinion, 

 has been improperly tampered with, subject to the decision 

 of the veterinary surgeon. Should the judge's disqualifica- 

 tion not be sustained, the class must be immediately re- 

 judged. 



XI I. Full discretionary power is given to the judge of each 

 class to withhold any or all prizes for want of merit. The 

 judge's decision will be final in all cases affecting the merits 

 of the dogs, and appeals can only be entertained where mis- 

 representation or breach of the rules is discovered. 



XIII Should an appointed judge be unable to fulfill his 

 engagement, the committee shall have the right to fill the 

 vacancy in such manner as they see fit. All the separate 

 classes of any one breed of dogs must, however, be adjudi- 

 cated upon by the same judge or judges acting in conjunc- 

 tion. 



XIV. In any class where there is a limit of weight, the 

 person in charge of dog entered in such a class may claim of 

 the show committee the right, at any time before the judg- 

 ing:, to have his dog weighed, and the weight of the dog 

 shall be registered and hold good at the time of judging. 



XV. A dog to compete in a champion class must have 

 won five first prizes— exclusive of puppy classes, and classes 

 not confined to one breed — at shows approved by the 

 National Dog Club, a list of which, together with these 

 rules, must be published in the premium list and catalogue 

 of each show. 



XVI. In estimating the number of prizes a dog has won, 

 with reference to whether it should compete in a champion 

 class or not, the number of prizes won shall be calculated 

 up to 12 P.M. of the day preceding the closing of the entries 

 of the show. 



XVII. In entering a dog iu a champion class, it is neces- 

 sary to specify on the eutry blank a sufficient number of 

 first-prize winnings to entitle him to compete in such a class, 

 and this record must be given iu the catalogue. 



XV I II. No dog eligible for special prizes can be withdrawal 

 from competition unless it has been stated on the entry 

 blank "Not to compete for special prizes." 



XIX. No special prizes can be accepted of offered by a 

 show committee after the show is opened. 



XX. The age of a dog shall be calculated up to and inclu- 

 sive of the day preceding the show. A dog whelped April 

 30 shall not be eligible on May 1 of the following year to 

 compete in a class for dogs under 12 months of age. 



XXI. An objection to a dog may be made by airy person, but 

 must be iu writing and be lodged with the secretary of the 

 show within ten days of the last day of the show. The objec- 

 tion must (unless in the case of an objection made i u the name 

 of the National Dog Club or by the committee of the show, 

 in which case a deposit shall not be necessary) be accom- 

 panied by a deposit of five dollars, and if the objection is 

 decided to be frivolous the deposit shall be forfeited to the 

 committee of the show. From the decision of the show 

 committee appeal may at once be made to such members of 

 the executive committee of the National Dog Club as may 

 be present, and if the show committee's decision is sustained 

 by them, the five dollar deposit is thereby forfeited to the 

 snow committee. From any such decision or decisions, 

 appeal may be taken to the full executive committee of the 

 National Dog Club, but such appeal must be forwarded to 

 the seeretary within seven days of the decision being ren- 

 dered, together with a deposit of ten dollars. If the decision 

 appealed from is sustained the ten dollar deposit shall be 

 forfeited to the National Dog Club; but if the decision is 

 reversed, then all deposits must be returned to the appel- 

 lant. 



XXH. Any person who has been guilty of misconduct of 

 any kind in connection with dogs, dog shows or field trials 

 may be suspended by the committee of any show. Notice of 

 such suspension, together with all testimony in the case, 

 must be forwarded within twenty-four hours to the secretary 

 of the National Dog Club. The secretary shall thereupon 

 notify the president or, in his absence, the vice-president, 

 who may, upon investigation of the case, suspend the penalty 

 until the next meeting of the executive committee. At such 

 meeting the penalty must either be removed or the person 

 suspended be disqualified for such a period as the executive 

 committee may decide. 



The disqualification of an owner shall apply to all dogs 

 connected with the perpetration of a fraudulent act, but the 

 executive committee of the National Dog Club may use such 

 discretion in the enforcement of this penalty asshall protect 

 inuocent persons. 



XXI IT, No person under suspension or sentence of dis- 

 qualification can exhibit or take a prize at any show held 

 under these rules, 



XXIV. Entries made in the name of a kennel, must be 

 accompanied by the name of the actual proprietor or pro- 

 prietors, but not necessarily for publication. The partners 

 in a kennel will be deemed equally culpable in the case of 

 fraud perpetrated in the kennel name. 



XXV. The premium list of each show must contain the 

 names of officials under whose management the show is 

 being given, each of which, except paid employes, shall be 

 held personally responsible, for the payment of all prizes 

 within sixty days from the last day of the show. The secre- 

 tary of the National Dog Club shall, upon evidence being 

 produced that any such prize or prizes remain unpaid, issue 



notice of suspension of each and every official, and other- 

 wise proceed as provided for in rule twenty-two. 



XXVI. The. person presenting the identification ticket 

 shall be recognized as the agent of tbeowerin thelatter's 

 absence, and his receipt for prize money shall lie binding on 

 the owner, unless notice to the contrary is indorsed on the 

 identification ticket. 



XXVII. All prizes offered by the club or committee in 

 charge of a show must be paid in accordance with the de- 

 scription given of them in the premium list. Medals of 

 silver or gold must be of the purity of United States coin. 



XXVIII. The show committee may adopt such regula- 

 tions as they sec fit, provided they do not conflict with the 

 foregoing rules. 



APPROVED SHOWS. 



Winners of five first prizes at tho following shows must 

 be entered in the champion classes wheu such classes are 

 provided. 



Albany, 1888. New Haven, 1884 to 1888. 



.Vm.Fox-Ter. Club. 1886, 1887. Newark, N. J., 1880 to 1887. 

 Boston, 1878 to 1888. New York, 1877 to 1888. 



Buffalo, 1887. Ph iladel phia . 1 879 to 1888. 



Chicago, 18S3 to 1884. "Pittsburgh, 1881 to 1887. 



Cincinnati, 1884, 1885. 1886. St. Louis, 1870 to 1885. 

 Cleveland, 1883, 1.884, 1 886. St. Paul, 1887. 

 Detroit, 1887. Troy, 1888. 



Hartford, 1886, 1887. Utica, 1888. 



Hornellsville, 1886, 1887. Waverly, N. J., 1886, 1887. 



Milwaukee, 1886, 1887. Winsted, 1885, 1886, 1887. 



Nat. Breeders' Show, Phila., 

 1884. 



*Thc dog shows to be hereafter hold by the Western Pennsyl- 

 vania Poultry Association will not be recognized by this elub un- 

 less something is done by theni to amend the past. 



THE SOUTHERN FIELD TRIAL CLUB. 



ATLANTA, Ga., June 23.— Editor Forest mid Stream: 

 Referring to our letter which appeared iu your issue 

 of June 8, exposing the flimsy pretexts and excuses of a 

 Chicago paper for declining the paid advertisement of the 

 Southern Field Trial Club; we regret that we are compelled 

 again to ask the courtesy of your columns and the attention 

 of your readers to correct what appears to be a willful error 

 and deception, which the editor of that paper is attempting 

 to perpetrate upon our club and the public. 



In his apology for the. fact that it took about ten days to 

 get a reply to our letter inclosing our advertisement and 

 draft for $50 to pay for same, the editor says: "Pressure of 

 business has prevented me from replying before, so you will 

 therefore accept this as my apology for not having done so." 

 Well we do — and console * ourselves with the reflection that 

 possibly ours was not the only "ad" clamoring for space in 

 the crowded columns, while the heroic and sensitive soul 

 of the editor and proprietor was engaged iu the terrible con- 

 flict between duty and interest, in considering the acceptance 

 or rejection of other advertisements of honorable compet- 

 itors, or rival clubs, or enterprises, who, or which, had pre- 

 viously sought the protecting a?gis of the editor; and then, 

 too, it must have taxed even his fertile imagination to fab- 

 ricate the fanciful so-called reasons he assigns from the un- 

 even fragments of irresponsible and prejudiced rumors to 

 which this high-minded, justice-loving editor refers for his 

 significant silence. 



Now of course it is not for us to account for the remark- 

 able conduct on the part of the Chicago paper, but the fol- 

 lowing story, accredited to the Philadelphia Times, is a trifle 

 suggestive: 



Some time ago there was a dog show held in San Francisco, and 

 among the various prizes offered was one for the quietest clog. 

 Upon the opening day a stranger entered the building carrying a 

 locked dog box, which he carefully deposited among the setter 

 class. It contained a queer-looking specimen of a setter, and the 

 chief characteristic of the animal seemed to be that it never 

 changed its position, but sat up boldly and regarded the specta- 

 tors with a sort of stony glare, that was apt to terrify the more 

 nervous portion of them. During the iudging of the dogs the 

 owner of this strange animal objected to its being taken out of the 

 box for competition. It was there, he said, to try for the prize as 

 the quietest dog, and in justice to himself it would be wrong to 

 expose the pup to the excitement of being judged with the rest of 

 the class in the ring. This demand was acceded to by the judges, 

 and sure enough during the whole three days of the show this one 

 dog was never known even to bark. Of course it obtained the 

 special prize and the show broke up. Afterward many dog fan- 

 ciers came to the successful exhibitor to ask by what means he 

 got his animal so completely under control. Under promises of 

 secrecy he divufged his plan, "The pup," said he, is always 

 quiet, 'cos why, he died two years ago and is stuffed." 



Admitting that this editor may have been sincere when 

 his letter of May 24 was written; his hallucinations having 

 been dispelled, his errors corrected, and imputations upon 

 motions rebuked in our former letter; to produce and pub- 

 lish his letter without our correction and denial of its insinu- 

 ation and charges, is surely malice prepense. 



In the issue of his paper for June 16, 188S, the worthy 

 editor pretends to explain, as follows: 



"As the president of the Southern Field Trial Club has seen fit 

 to make public, in two other journals, our refusal to publisb the 

 advertisement of the club, we think it proper that we shouldmake 

 public our letter to the secretary of the club, so that erroneous 

 impressions may not be formed. We thereby append it without 

 further comment, and leave our readers to judge for themselves." 



Eliminating as much as possible subterfuges and ver- 

 bosity; the alleged reasons and points are: 



First— "It is my duty to protect a club, which is in existence and 

 is carrying out the object for which it was formed, from a rivalry 

 and competition that has for its chief object the disintegration of 

 that cluo." 



This duty of protecting the weak and divining the motives 

 of worthy gentlemen seems to be altogether gratuitous and 

 self-assumed, and a generous public would most cheerfully 

 excuse the "Doctor" from its further performance The 

 preservation of his health, and relief of his already overtaxed 

 brain is of far more concern to his family and neighbors than 

 his opinion is to the public on such matters. 



Second— "I am forced to the conclusion that the chief object of 

 the formation of vour club is to break up the American Field 

 Trial Club." 



Who forced him ? 



Third— "I learned several weeks since that your club was being 

 formed 'to break up the American Field Trial Club.' The infor- 

 mation came not from one, but from many, and each one under- 

 stood the object to Oe 'to break up the American Field Trial 

 Club.' » 



Learned? From whom? Not from any of the officers, 

 who alone are authorized to speak for the club. Not from 

 any of its members, all of whom know better. Evidently 

 from some one who did not know, and like the "Doctor," it 

 seems, did not want to know. To deny such a foolish charge 

 in our former letter, was almost a compromise of dignity 

 aud affront to the intelligent reader of your paper. 



Fourth— "Your club having waited until the American Field 

 Trial Club announced its date, and then selecting Dec. 3 as the 

 date for commencing its trials, corroborates the information I 

 received." 



As fully answering this we quote from our letter as fol- 

 lows: 



The 10th of December was agreed upon by those of us who could 

 get together and consult before the meeting, as the time for our 

 trials, but before the day arrived for our organization there ap- 

 peared in another number of the Chicago paper a card that the. 

 American Field Trial Club had reconsidered, and named the 

 10th of December for their trials to begin. This left us with no 

 other alternative hut to set our trial to come off between the clos- 

 ing of the Eastern and commencement of the American trials, or 

 go over into next year, and thus take the rainy season, or go so 



