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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Aug. 30 to Seot. 2.— Hornell Kennel Club Show, ITornellsville, 

 N. Y. J. Otis Fellows, Superintendent. 



Sept. 7 and 8. -Second Show of the Fox-Terrier Club, Newport, 

 R. I. Entries close Aug. 27. F. Hoey, Set;., Long: Branch, N. J. 



Sept. 18 to 10.— First Show St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 8t. Paul, Minn. W- G. Whitehead. Secretary; Chas. Weil, Super- 

 intendent. 



Sept. 20 to 23. -Fourth Show of the New Jersey Kennel Club, 

 Wavcrly, N. J. Percy C. Ohl, Secretary, 44 Broadway, N. Y, 



Sept. 20 to 23.— Wisconsin Kennel Club's Annual Show, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. A. M. Gran. Secretary, 552 East Water street. 



Sept. 27 to 30.— Annual Show of the Southern Ohio Fair Associ- 

 ation, at Dayton, O. M. A, Nipgen, Secretary. 



Oct. 12 and 13.— Third Annual Show of the Stafford Kennel Club, 

 Stafford Springs. Conn. R. S. Hicks, Secretary. 



Feb. 21 to 24— Twelfth Annual Show of the Westminster Ken- 

 nel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Mortimer, 

 Superintendent. _ 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 6.— Manitoba Field Trials Club Field Trials. Derby entries 

 will close July 1; all-aged entries Aug. 1. Secretary, HubertGa.lt, 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



Oct. 17 to 22.— Second Annual Meeting of the American Coursing 

 Club, at Great Bend, Kan. G. I. Royco, Secretary, Topeka, Kan . 



Oct. 31.— First Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club 

 atBieknel, lud. Open to dogs owned in Indiana. P. T. Madison, 

 Secretary, Lock Box 4, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Nov. 7.— Third Animal Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association. R. C. Van Horn, Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. 



Nov, 31.-Ninth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings County, N. Y. 



December.— First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at Florence, Ala. C. W. Paris, Secretary, Cincinnati, 

 O. 



Jan. 10. 18S>S,-Second Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

 Trials Club, at Marshall, Tex. W. L. Thomas, Secretary, Mar- 

 shaU, Tex. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrocs, 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 2832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 5296. 



BARNEY. 



HOW many years since I first made Barney's acquaiutauce 

 I cannot, tell without consulting mouldy records. I do 

 not even remember the exact place or manner of the intro- 

 duction, but I have an indistinct idea that he was still in 

 the company of his mother and brothers and sisters. That 

 his mother was proud of him goes without saying, but the 

 size of her family was such, and the consequent drain upon 

 her resources so great, that she readily consented to the sep- 

 aration. That she was resigned to it and never repented I 

 have always believed, for to the contrary I have never re- 

 ceived an intimation; nor was there any ground for repent- 

 ance. Happy the mother whose high-spirited son, in the 

 battle of life, achieves such reputation as Barney gained. 



I am not good at drawing portraits, and fear I shall fail in 

 drawing that of the hero of this sketch. Tall for his age 

 and in his adolescence lanky, there was from the beginning 

 promise of that great strength and utter impossibility of 

 weariness, which were among his distinctions through life. 

 Large hazel eyes, well set in a more than usually expansive 

 forehead, looked at you from under dark chestnut hair with 

 that calm confidence, inseparable from the high courage 

 that knows no fear. The resolute expression of his face was 

 only heightened when his open mouth displayed its admir- 

 able garniture of strong white teeth. Of his manner in 

 early life I cannot speak too high. With a naturally affec- 

 tionate disposition he had the reserve which good descent 

 and breeding confer, and was never prodigal of his favors. 

 To those to whom he gave his esteem and confidence he had 

 nothing to refuse. To those to whom in after life he gave 

 his protection he was staunchness itself; and if before he 

 passed from sight stories were told of fierce outbreaks of 

 violence on his part I have never fully believed them. I have 

 always felt that each story had two sides and waited to hear 

 from' that of Barney; but whether it was pride, or whatever 

 other reason prevented, he never stooped to say a word in 

 his own defense. I only know that when, owing to the re- 

 peated assaults upon his character brought to me by the 

 person with whom he resided, I had consented to a change 

 of domicile, that same person — after a copious dinner, duly 

 lubricated and incensed— admitted that he had received 840*0 

 for consenting to the change, and that the new guardian of 

 the alleged terror of Milford reported that Barney was the 

 best tempered dog in Binghamton. , I do not presume to 

 say that Binghamton dogs are especially peculiar in temper, 

 but if the Milford man's tales were true, then Barney must 

 have been converted when he changed his domicile. Perhaps 

 with his extraordinary intelligence he recognized the fact that 

 there, was an asylum there in which the mad were confined, 

 and having no taste for close quarters, changed. 



Of course I mentioned it before, but if I did not, say now 

 that Barney was the best red Irish setter that I ever pos- 

 sessed. Barney may get closer to my heart, for no one can 

 help loving Barney, nor respecting him, but there was some- 

 thing about Barney that commanded admiration, and in- 

 sured deference. 

 Recognizing that the city with its dissipations and dan- 



fers was no place to bring him up in the way he should go, 

 confided his education to a friend in Pike countj r . I had 

 no intention of parting with him, however, and watched his 

 progress with affectionate interest. It was soon noticed that 

 he was more than ordinarily intelligent; that few things es- 

 caped his notice. His instructor informed me that one sleety 

 night, when the fence-rails were coated, he took off his new 

 gloves to save them from being Avet on his seeking support j 

 that on reaching home with but one, he showed that one to 

 Barney and that he immediately went out and brought home 

 the other. Of course Barney saw at once that a single glove 

 was of little use, and with his early appreciation of the ben- 

 efits of coupling, took the necessary steps to perfect the 

 pair. In addition to this, Barney had a. very clear idea of 

 property and the duty of preserving it, for one dubious even- 

 rug, when his instructor was returning from a county fair, 

 full — of thought, several times the dog interrupted his revery 

 by pressing against his leg. TJndiscouraged by rebuffs he 

 continued unsuccessfully his attempts to attract his mast er's 

 attention to his neglect, and it was only when the pair 

 reached home that it was discovered that the presence of a 

 well-filled wallet in his mouth had prevented the utterance 

 of an oral rebuke to human carelessness. 



To the young and supposedly weak he grew to be a friend 

 and protector. To the children that rolled on the floor with 

 him in puppyhood, in his more rapid maturity he was a 

 most vigilant guardian, and even their father found house- 

 hold discipline checked by his interposition, a paw- on each 

 shoulder and the exhibition of his strong white teeth being 

 Barney's mode of remonstrance against corporeal punish- 

 ment of his comrades. 



In the field his sense of title to property was not as clear 

 as at home. Not that he ever allowed" any one to take any- 

 thing belonging to his master, but knowing that animals 



and birds ferm natures belonged to him that reduced them 

 within his dominion, he invariably retrieved and brought to 

 bis master any that were shot within his hearing. In ft"* 

 he failed to recognize the first step in the reduction as hav 

 any influence upon the title. That this occasionally led 

 disputes, may be imagined, but the result was always as 

 above stated. A dog that would hunt all day on the rocky 

 ridges of Pike county, and on the road home at night jump 

 iuto a rapidly moving wagon over the back seat and then, at 

 a word, over the dashboard and fore wheel, as Barney would 

 do at command, had wonderful powers of persuasion. 



Nor was he at all deficient in the qualities that give value 

 to his race; but for want of space one instance of his nicety of 

 discrimination must suffice. It was after a hard day's work 

 on the ridges, and also after an excellent dinner, that our 

 party was smoking in the barroom of the Sportsmen's Re- 

 treat, when the boy brought in a plate of apples and put 

 it on the bar. No one wishing to eat them, Barney's in- 

 structor rested his finger on the topmost one and then caused 

 my companion to mark that one with the point of a knife. 

 A gentleman from New York city was then delegated to 

 take the plate of apples and leave it anywhere at any dis- 

 tance. Having done this he returned and said t hat he had 

 left it on a house porch some twenty rods distant. 



During all this Barney had been tied up in the stable, and 

 only after my New York friend returned from his errand 

 was he untied and brought into the barroom. Jumping 

 upon the settee beside his instructor, he received a whispered 

 command, and immediately going to the door pawed down 

 the latch and darted out into the night. In ten minutes he 

 returned bringing the marked apple in his mouth, and a 

 messenger sent for the plate reported that he found it with 

 the other apples undisturbed. I have no doubt that you 

 have numbers among your readers who have heard of this 

 feat, and some ; perhaps, who have witnessed it. There are 

 many in "Pike*' who have and have bet on its performance. 



But Barney is gone from the pleasant places that once 

 knew him; gone, too, are many of those who made them 

 pleasant to Barney's owner; and I know that none of them 

 would take offense at my thus coupling, in this brief allu- 

 sion, their memories with that of Barney. H. B. 



Nkw York, July 30. 



BEAGLES FOR BENCH AND FIELD. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Having seen so much of late in Forest and Stream con- 

 cerning beagles I thought I would contribute my mite, 

 shall not speak of beagles as show dogs as I have never 

 shown a beagle, but have been fairly successful in showing 

 some other breed considering the number of times I have ex- 

 hibited. At present I have eleven of the little hounds, and I 

 dare say some are fit to compete in any company, but I am a 

 hunter and love the beagle, providing he is a hunter. I 

 readily see the advantage a breeder would have in making 

 sales, providing his kennel (not his pack) contained two or 

 more crack show clogs, no matter whether they had any in- 

 clination to hunt or not, but when a sportsman visited you 

 for the express purpose of seeing your pack in the woods, 

 there is where the hunters come in play, and where every 

 good nose, good voice, and good looker counts. I believe 

 hunters can be bred and those that will stay all day, and all 

 night, too, if required, that will not exceed 15in. m height, 

 more than that I know they can. My pack of eleven measure 

 between 12)4 and 15in., only one in the pack being 15in. 

 tall. I have known one (a Rmgwood bitch) this summer in 

 our warmest weather, and only two weeks before whelping 

 her litter, to start out alone and run a rabbit thirty-six hours 

 in succession. I then went after her and caught and carried 

 her home in my arms, and she is a 12j^in. dog. I know 

 beagles can be kept small (under 15in.) and still be the best 

 of hunters providing breeders pay more attention to breed- 

 ing from hunters no matter if they (the best hunters) do 

 have a half dozen more ticks or small spots than our judges 

 like to see on the bench. For me I want dogs not to exceed 

 loin., and I want workers or none, and I know they can be 

 bred and I shall breed this kind. Other breeders have their 

 ideas and I shall endeavor to be liberal and give them the 

 privilege of breeding theirs as they choose, and whenever or 

 wherever I see a pack of beagles that are good hunters I 

 shall praise them and their owners and breeders. But show 

 me a beagle that is only fit for the bench and not a hunter, 

 providing he has had the chance to make one, and I would 

 not accept him as a gift and be under obligations to keep 

 him. Zim. 



Spring fieud, Mass. 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



FOLLOWING is a complete list of the members of the 

 American Kennel Club: 

 American Field Trial Club. 

 American Fox-Terrier Club. 

 Cincinnati Sportsman's Club. 

 Cleveland Bench Show Association. 

 Hartford Kennel Club. 

 Hornell Kennel Club. 

 Michigan Kennel Club. 

 National Poultry Association. 

 New England Kennel Club. 

 New Haven Kennel Club. 

 New r Jersey Kennel Club. 

 Pacific Kennel Club. 

 Philadelphia Kennel Club. 

 Rhode Island Kennel Club. 

 St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club. 

 Westminster Kennel Club. 

 Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society. 

 Wisconsin Kennel Club. 



HE FOLLOWED THE TRAIL. — Kootenai Lakes, N.W.T. 

 — I think it was in Long's "American Wild Fowl Snooting" 

 that I saw it written that a dog might be a good one though 

 of no particular breed. This I can fully indorse as I own one 

 who is rather a nondescript but yet is hard to beat. He is a 

 first-class retriever and will hunt anything from a muskrat 

 to a grizzly. Many a lynx and fisher has he treed. Many a 

 mountain sheep and goat has he held at bay on the tall cliffs 

 of our grand old mountains. Last winter at Kootenai Lakes, 

 North West Territory, Canada, when the snow was about 

 six inches deep, a hunting companion of mine left here to 

 visit a village (Piucher Creek), distant about thirty miles. 

 He was on horseback and started about 8 A. M. over a wild 

 country, no road nor trail and full of horse and cattle tracks. 

 Fearing Dash might follow I tied him up, and he remained 

 so till 4 P. M. An hour afterward 1 missed him, and it was 

 not till the return of my companion in four more days that 

 I saw him again. My companion said that he had arrived at 

 Pineher Creek late, and went to bed at 11 P. M. Shortly 

 afterward he was awakened by a scratching at the door, and 

 opening it in came the old dog. It had been drifting and 

 snowing nearly all day, and the dog had never been to Pineher 

 Creek in his life. I need hardly say he is not for sale. — 

 Kootenai. 



FOX-TERRIER SHOW.— New York, Aug. 29.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Through an error, the old rules and 

 regulations of the American Kennel Club were published in 

 the premium list of the Americam Fox-Terrier Club for their 

 show to be held at Newport on Sept. 7 and 8. In accordance 

 with the new regulations of the American Kennel Club, the 

 show will be held under their new rules, a copy of which will 

 be found in the back of our catalogue.— Fred Hoey, Sec. 

 and Treas. 



A CHASE FOR ANTELOPE. 



BROOKVILLE, Kan.— Looking over my old letters I 

 came across one that read as follows: "Friend •, 



how would it suit you to have three or four of the boys and 

 myself come up next Thursday and have a hunt after ante- 

 lope? I have a new dog that I wish to try, as I think he is 

 very fast." Of course 1 told them to come at once and as 

 often as they liked, for I am always ready for such sport. 

 Thursday brought the boys, and with them a couple of fine 

 I ooki ng greyho unds. 



Friday morning before daylight we were in the saddle and 

 ready for the fray, and as soon as it was light enough to see 

 the road we started, and by the time the sun rose we were 

 on the range. It was exciting to see nine horsemen and 

 about twenty-five as fine looking greyhounds as one could 

 wish to see; and all on the alert for game. I knew where a 

 herd of antelope ranged, and knew that we could not be far 

 from them. Some of the boys were discussing bow it was 

 best to cook the meat, so sure were they of catching the 

 game, and one wanted to know if we could not catch the 

 whole herd. I confess that I could taste the fine juicy steaks 

 (in my mind), and thought of the bushels of fun in store for 

 ns. Two of us rode ahead to the top of a divide, and looking 

 ahead about half a mile espied our game quietly feeding 

 from us. Going back to where the rest of the party were we 

 planned our chase. We were to divide into three parties, 

 three to take half of the dogs and go to the right of the 

 antelope, three to take the rest of the dogs and go to the 

 left, and the remaining three to stay where they were until 

 we gave them a signalto start, and then they were to move 

 up on the herd and try to run them in between the other 

 two parties with the greyhounds, and we were sure to catch 

 five or six at least. Alas, there is many a slip. How easy it 

 is to make a fortune in wheat or stock raising, and catch 

 game by the wagon load on paper, but when we try it it does 

 not always pan out quite so fine; and this hunt was no ex- 

 ception to the general rule, as you will see, 



The party that went to the right had just got to the point 

 agreed upon when up jumped a big jack rabbit and started 

 off in the opposite direction, and the greyhounds in full 

 chase after it. After a hard chase they caught it. Tying 

 the jack on the saddle, the party started for water with the 

 dogs, but before reaching the' pond another jack skipped 

 away in front of them and away went the hounds again. 

 But this time the result was worse than before, for the rab- 

 bit ran over a slight rise and right on to an old buck ante- 

 lope; and the dogs, preferring him to the jack, gave chase 

 after him, but he had such a start tli.it they could not make 

 him turn, and he got into the hills and escaped. The dogs 

 had run hard to overtake him, and had no water; so it was 

 useless to try to run them until they had water and rest. 



Now for the other flanking party, of which your humble 

 servant counted for one. After getting in position, we waited 

 and waited for the other party to put in an appearance; but 

 after waiting for more than half au hour we got impatient, 

 and, thinking that something not on the programme had 

 happened, concluded to signal the rear party up and give the 

 dogs a race. I raised my hat and waved it slowly over my 

 head, the signal agreed upon for an advance; but it did not 

 seem to be noticed by them. I pulled out my handkerchief 

 and waved that; but this did not attract their attention. I 

 tried to play circus and stand up in the saddle. Alas! he 

 was one of those never-to-be-broken Texas mustangs, and 

 no sooner did I stand erect in the saddle and wave the signal 

 than he gave a spring that brought me down behind the 

 saddle. I closed my legs under his flanks and tried to get 

 hold of the reins and back into the saddle. Talk of bucking 

 mules! I would like to see a mule that could jump as high 

 or come down as stiff as this brute. I seemed' to go twenty 

 feet in the air at every bound, and when he came down I 

 thought his ferial flight had turned him into ice, but the 

 instant he touched the ground the illusion was dispelled; up 

 he would go again, and it seemed to me that each leap was 

 higher than the preceding one, and each time he touched the 

 ground he came down harder. The last time he struck I 

 thought I was on a Baldwin locomotive and had run over a 

 precipice and struck on a solid rock. This was too much for 

 my equilibrium, so I rolled off and under him, and received 

 both heels in the short ribs. I thought my whole side was 

 knocked in; but when I looked up and saw the pony going 

 straight for the herd of antelope, I braced up and told the 

 boys to let me go and keep the pony away from the herd, or 

 he would scare them off and we would not get a run at them 

 with the dogs. But it was no go, for he ran right straight 

 toward them; and away they dashed and the pony kept on to 

 town. So that was the end of party No. 2. 



Now for the remaining party, the ones we left behind to 

 start the game up. They had become tired of waiting so 

 long, and seeing a couple of antelope there, under the inspir- 

 ation of the moment thought they could catch them. They 

 had no greyhounds with them, nothing in the shape of a 

 dog but a little setter pup, but away they went, helter 

 skelter, pell mell. One of them was thrown from his horse 

 the first mile of the chase, and the other two got separated, 

 and when we came to look for the missing, two could not be 

 found. 



The worst part of it was one of the missing ones was in 

 charge of our commissary department with a haversack 

 full of ham sandwiches. If we had had the grub w T e should 

 not have worried so much about the man, but after our hard 

 ride, we felt light-waisted. We deployed skirmishers to look 

 for the lost. I started out to look for the ham sandwiches. 

 After hunting around about an hour I heard a dog barking; 

 and riding down into a valley I saw the commissary's horse, 

 but could not see anything of him. I saw the setter pup. 

 He stuck to the grub, our commissary lying on the ground 

 dead I at first thought, but on examination I found that he 

 was sleeping as sweetly as if in a bed of sw^an's down instead 

 of a hard rough spot on the prairie. The pup had interviewed 

 the haversack (without as much as by your permission) and 

 I found the sandwiches scattered around the ground minus 

 the ham, and the butter had been licked off as clean as could 

 be; he did not eat the bread, he was too high-toned for that. 

 We started for home with only a few jack rabbits, but no 

 antelope nor wolves. 



ST. PAUL DOG SHOW.-St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 20.— 

 Embor Forest and Stream: Our coining bench show prom- 

 ises to be a great success, and judging from the interest 

 taken therein by breeders and exhibitors from all over the 

 country, bids fair to turn out one of the largest shows ever 

 held in the Northwest. Entries are coming in very lively, 

 and the demands for additional entry blanks are very large. 

 We have added a class for greyhound puppies and for wire- 

 haired fox-terriers, and have also received from 10 to 15 fine 

 specials in addition to those already published, among which 

 we mention a flue medal donated by Mr. Grau, secretary of 

 the Wisconsin Kennel Club, for the best pointer dog or bitch 

 in the show. The show being held during the State fair, the 

 attendance no doubt will be a good one, and chances for sell- 

 ing stock will be splendid for those coming here. Our hall 

 is the largest in the city, well ventilated and on the ground 

 floor, and we also have a fine lawn exercising ground situated 

 near the hall. Exhibitors wishing to visit the Milwaukee 

 show from here, can leave their dogs in our hall until the 

 Monday following the close of our show, and thus be relieved 

 of a good deal of trouble and expense, which might occur 

 otherwise.— Chas. Weil, Supt. 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW.— Babylon, L. I,, Aug. 26.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The Westminster Kennel Club 

 will hold its twelfth annual dog show T at Madison Square 

 Garden on Feb. 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1888. — J as. Mortimer, Supt. 



