Sept. 15, 1887.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



149 



Vhe Mennel 



Dogs: Their Managemen t and Trea tment in Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price $8. Kennel Record and Account Boole. 

 Price $3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of 

 all Breeds. Price 85 cents. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 13 to lf>.— First Show St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 St. Paul, Minn. W. G. Whitehead. Secretary; Chas. Well, Super- 

 intendent 



Sept. 20 to 28.— Fourth Show Of the New Jersey Kennel Club, 

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



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

 waukee, Wis. A. M. Grau. 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. 4 to 7.— Fifth Annua) Dog Show of the Danhury Agricultural 

 Society, Danhury, Conn. B. C. Dynes, Secretary. 



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

 Stafford Springs, Conn. 11. S. Bicks. Secretary. 



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

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

 S u ue ri n te nd ent . 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

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



Oct. 31.— First Annual Field Trials ot the Indiana Keunel Club 

 at Bicknel, Ind. Open to dogs owned in Indiana. P. T. Madison, 

 Secretary, Lock Box 4, Indianapolis, Ind. 



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

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



Nov, 21.— 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. 1888.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

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

 shall, Tex. 



Jan. 16.— Fifth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast Field 

 Trial Club, near Kingsburgh, Oal. N. P. Sheldon, Secretary, 820 

 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 qpHE 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 

 eariy. 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 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 5296* 



BEAUFORT-PATTI M. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The old saying, "save me from my friends," must in the 

 case of Mr. G. M. Munhall be rendered "save me from my 

 pen," for it is hard to conceive a more erroneous and illog- 

 ical argument than that advanced in your last issue signed 

 by the owner of Patti M. 



Mr. Munhall starts off by saying that the American Ken- 

 nel Club has placed itself on record as upholding a wrong 

 act and a violation of the A. K. C. rules, implying that such 

 was the effect of its original action in supporting Mr. 

 Peshall's decision that Mr. Mason was entitled to the $50 

 special a,warded to Beaufort at the Waverly show of 1886. 

 That is what the case amounts to, for the last act in the 

 matter is simply a duplication of the initial resolution. 



In support of his position Mr. Munhall says: 



In presenting my protest I claimed that as Beaufort was entered 

 not for competition, he forfeited all rights to compete for any 

 prize over which the show had any control, and cited Rule of the 

 A. K. C, which makes it necessary for a dog to compete in regular 

 class in order to compete for specials. The conditions attached 

 to a spocial prize by the donor, when they conflict with the rules, 

 cannot be carried out if objection is made by any exhibitor inter- 

 ested. 



If Mr. Munhall had given Rule 6, the error, we will call it 

 so, in his quotation of the nature of that rule would have 

 been seen at once. In order to show this I will give the rule, 

 which is as follows: 



6. Dogs to be eligible for special prizes must in all cases be en- 

 tered in their regular classes, and no dog eligible for special prizes 

 can be withdrawn from competition, unless it has been stated on 

 entry blanks, "Will not compete for special prizes." 



The substitution of the word "compete" for "enter" (itali- 

 cised by me in the rule) is too conspicuous to have been over- 

 looked by any person whose sole object would be the rectify- 

 ing of a wrong. There is a very decided and important dif- 

 ference between the mere entering a dog and its being a 

 competitor in the open clsss. Mr. Munhall will acknowledge 

 that dogs are occasionally entered "To compete only for 

 specials, ' and according to his argument it is illegal to do 

 so, whereas it is no such thin g. Mr. Munhall will have to 

 amend his claim if his case is based upon Rule 6, for it will 

 not support him in any particular; indeed, it is an argument 

 against him so far as Beaufort is concerned. 



With regard to the final sentence of Mr. Munhall's claim, 

 quoted above, he is right in this sense, that if a special is 

 offered the conditions of which are not in accordance with 

 the rules, it cannot be carried out. Not, however, . as he 

 would have it, "if objection is made by any exhibitor inter- 

 ested." It lapses through illegality. Now, Mr, Munhall 

 would have us believe that the terms of the special were 

 contrary to the A. K. C. rules. For the sake of argument. 

 I will admit that and then ask Mr. Munhall what is his 

 standing in the case. If it is impossible for Mr. Mason to 

 win a special because the terms of that special are illegal, it 

 will occur to the man of ordinary understanding that it 

 would be equally impossible for Patti M. to win it. In 

 other words, that the special was void and could not be put 

 in competition. Not that it was illegal for Mr. Mason's dog, 

 but perfectly proper for Mr. Munhall's to win such a special! 

 When we find, however, that Mr. Munhall desires to pro- 

 vide one sauce for the gander and the other for the goose and 

 supplements it by a demand for §50, which he never won and 

 never can have awarded to hinij his argument has too much 

 of a filthy lucre attachment to it to carry conviction for the 

 searcher after truth and into motives. 



Mr. Munhall then proceeds to a discussion of the secrel 

 tary's power to vote on a proxy and quotes a portion of Art 

 IV. of the Constitution, btit let me giye it in full: 



Art. TV. The officers of the association shall be a president, first 

 rice-president, second vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and an 

 executive committee, consisting of one delegate for each club 

 members of this association. The president, yice- presidents, secre- 

 tary and treasurer shaU be elected annually, by ballot, by the 

 delegated members of the association. Officers of the American 

 Kennel Club shall not be privileged to vote upon business before 

 the executive committee unless regularly elected delegates from 

 their clubs, except the president, who shall have the casting vote 

 in case of a tie. 



In connection with this let me also quote from Art. III. as 

 follows: 



A person to be eligible to act as a delegate or proxy for a club 

 or association, whose regularly elected member or representative 

 is absent, must be a member of a club, one of the members of the 

 association, but in no ease shall any delegate act as proxy for more 

 than one' other member of this organization. 



Mr. Munhall could not quote Rule 6 because it would not 

 suit his argument, which was that the dog had to compete 

 whereas he had only to be entered, and entering implies for 

 exhibition or competition. Now he gives a bit of the rule 

 WniCh Supports his view and leaves out the context which 

 qualifies it completely. His extract is the last sentence of 

 Art, nr. 



I jet us look at the object of that rule, and see how quickly 

 Mr. Munhall's second row of bricks will como down with a 

 run. The officers of the association are not to be allowed to 

 vote unless they are delegates from their club. It is easy to 

 see the reason for that. Each club that had an officer would 

 have two votes if the officers had a vote, therefore to provide 

 against any club having an advantage only delegates had 

 the power of voting. If the .secretary had' represented his 

 club he would have been allowed to vote, not as secretary, 

 but as delegate, and if a person has the right to act as a 

 delegate he has an equal right to hold the proxy of a dele- 

 gate. Again, the Pittsburg club could appoint the secreta ry 

 to act as its delegate although not a member of its club, and 

 Article III., which gives that power, places the proxy holder 

 on an equal footing with the delegate. Mr. Munhall in 

 his excess of virtue is seeking to deprive his allies from the 

 Allegheny of the right they have under the constitution to 

 be represented by a member of an associate club. He is 

 caught between the bases, and I don't think he can slide good 

 enough to make the bag this time. And even if he does 

 evade the ball, this time the umpire will lay him out cold 

 on this statement, "I take issue with Mr. Peshall as to his 

 interpretations of Article IV. It is plain English, and 

 clearly says that an officer of the A. K. C. cannot vote the 

 proxy of a club of which he is not a mem ber. " Mr. Munhal 1 

 is occasionally right, and he is so when he says Article IV. 

 is plain English. It is plain English and it says exactly the 

 reverse what Mr. Munhall would have us believe. I guess 

 Mr. Munhall must walk to the bench, and not being on the 

 home nine will have to sit on the sunny side. 



Falling back upon General W. B. Shattue as a support is 

 the one gleam of humor in Mr. Munhall's communication. 

 But even he does not support Mr. Munhall, for he supposes 

 that Beaufort was not entered at the show, and then declares 

 that Mr. Munhall is correct, skillfully providing a retreat 

 by saying that "there are some parliamentary questions" 

 which he has not time to review. With regard to General 

 Shattuc's assertion that Mr. Munhall had the right to trans- 

 fer the Cincinnati proxy he will find himself in a decided 

 minority under any parliamentary system. 



Unfortunate President Smith does not escape even Mr. 

 Munhall's censure when he says the president was wrong in 

 accepting the secretary's motion when he was neither a dele- 

 gate nor proxy holder. Thank goodness the Smith regime 

 is at an end, and brighter days are in store, I hope, for the 

 A. K. C. 



Respecting Mr. Munhall's assertion that Mr. Peshall "has 

 voted on all occasions to support his own decision" we will 

 have to give the owner of Patti M. credit for ignorance as to 

 Mr. Peshall's action on the occasion of the first vote of the 

 A. K. C. Mr. Peshall neither used his own vote uor his 

 New Haven Kennel Club proxy. 



The littleness of Mr. Munhall in the whole business never 

 appeared to my mind so contemptibly small as when he 

 winds up with the assertion that "Mr. Mason compromised 

 himself as one of the judges by taking advantage of the 

 absence of the. dog which was known could win, and entered 

 his dog for the prize and won." This, like his accusation 

 that Mr. Peshall "was party to a scheme for a certain dog to 

 win the sweepstakes, which was known to him could be 

 done under the gentleman who was to judge." Losing that 

 $50 must have been a bitter pill when, beginning, with 

 deceptively misquoting rules and making extracts to suit 

 from others, Mr. Munhall winds up with misstatements and 

 mud slinging. James Watson. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I can safely say that after Mr. Munhall had judged Patti 

 M., awarded her the sweepstakes and applied to the Jersey 

 club for the " rocks," it was pretty generally supposed that 

 his unequalled impudence had reached a limit. But such 

 does not appear to have been the case and he again blossoms 

 Out, this time in the startling role of a superhuman creature 

 possessed of the power to unravel the thoughts and inten- 

 tions of men. Mr. Munhall says, "Mr. Mason saw his oppor- 

 tunity to win $50, took advantage of the Graphic Kennels' 

 absence, and sent Beaufort into the ring, which he would not 

 have done if Revel III. had been there. He explained his 

 action by saying that 'he needed the money.' " 



Who told Mr. C. M. Munhall what I would or would not 

 have done had the Graphic Kennels entered their dogs, and 

 who told him that I " explained my actions" ? These and 

 the like, untrustworthy statement emanating from an indi- 

 vidual who during a period of twelve months has been 

 mourning the loss of a paltry $5 bill, may or may not be de- 

 serving of notice, but by your kindness I will give the facts 

 in the case: 



Out of courtesy to the N. J. K. C. for whom I had the 

 honor of being appointed judge of many classes, I entered 

 my champion pointer dog Beaufort " not for competition." 

 Not many days before the show came off a gentleman 

 prominently connected with the club informed me that a 

 sweepstakes, with $50 added money, would be made for 

 pointers, with a view of bringing together the best dogs in 

 the country. The prize was to be open to " all comers " and 

 the Graphic Kennels' dogs would compete for it. although 

 thev were not entered for competition in the regular classes. 

 It was to be a grand gathering of the cracks, and my in- 

 formant hoped to see Beaufort at the head of affairs. I did 

 not hesitate a moment, but assured him that Beaufort 

 would compete for the prize- I kave never been and never 

 shall be satisfied with Mr. Davidson's decision in favor of 

 Revel III. over Beaufort, and that is the main reason why I 

 wished to have the dogs rejudged for the sweepstakes, and 

 why I was so anxious to have them meet again for the gold 

 medal at Boston. 



Mr. Davidson placed Beaufort over Graphic and then hur- 

 riedly put Revel III. over Beaufort. I am quite sure that a 

 careful examination of Graphic and Revel III. would result 

 in victory for the former, and as Mr. Davidson has never 

 shown himself afraid to right a wrong I have always felt 

 that if ever Beau and Revel HI. should meet again under 



backed up my opinion by paying for him the highest price 

 ever offered by an English breeder of pointers, and there_ is 

 all the proof in the world that my judgment has been in- 



him in competition with Revel III. or any other dog? Never 

 when there has been an honest man in the ring. Mr. Mun- 

 hall's stupid statement that I "explained my action" an- 

 swers itself. There being nothing to explain no explanation 

 was given or asked. A prize "open to all comers" was of- 

 fered for competition. Beaufort, the champion pointer, 

 being one of the "all comers" and eligible for competition, 

 did compete, did win, and his owner did have the pleasure 

 of pocketing five big Munhall dollar bills, hence all these 

 tears. , 



The erratic genius who conceived the idea that I did not 

 enter my dog until just before the time of closing the entry 

 book in order that the owners of third-rate dogs might be 

 made to believe that they could, if they put up their money, 

 win a prize of greater value than their exhibits, must have 

 written his report on the desk of a Newark bar-room. No 



sporting paper iu its sober senses would question a man's 

 right to enter his horse or dog for a stake at any time he 

 thinks fit, so long as he conforms to the rules, which I most 

 certainly did. No, it was not to catch Mr. Munhall's five 

 dollar bill— the bill with more cents to the dollar in it than 

 any I have ever seen or heard of— that Beaufort was entered 

 after Mr. Mimhall had put up his money on a "sure thing." 

 The delay, if there was any, was simply owing to the fact 

 that I did not leave New York until after 9 o'clock; entries 

 were to close at 10. When I arrived at the show the secre- 

 tary, whose business it was to receive entries, was not in his 

 office, and I had to wait until he returned. Mr. Wilmercling 

 can bear me out in this statement. 



Dog show secretaries and other officials should not be per- 

 mitted to divulge the names of dogs entered for competition. 

 What is a sweepstakes worth when the owners of second 

 and third-rate dogs have been told before making their en- 

 tries which dogs have been, entered. The sweepstakes dwin- 

 dles down to the added money with one or perhaps two en- 

 tries. 



This is obviously unfair to the owners of good dogs. It 

 is unwise for other reasons. Award a valuable prize to an 

 indifferent specimen and you are certain to mislead some- 

 body. You may retard progress, and you may even perma- 

 nently injure a breed which should be jealously guarded 

 against undesirable crosses. The mischief that was wrought 

 when that miserable apology for a pointer— Meteor— was 

 given first prize at prominent shows may never be fully real- 

 ized by the present, generation of sportsmen, but it has 

 taught a practical lesson. We want no more ot that sort of 

 thing. 



It seems to me that a valuable prize open for competition 

 to all pointers in this country should be awarded to a 

 typical dog or be withheld, and on no account should an 

 owner be permitted to judge his dog. In attempting the. 

 disgraceful proceedings of 1884 Mr. C. M, Munhall is playing 

 a bold game — a game that will assuredly bring him to grief" 

 Outside of the question of Beaufort's eligibility, what earthly 

 right had Mr. Munhall to lay claim to the sweepstakes? The 

 judge was John Davidson, not C. M. Munhall, audit is just 

 possible that Mr. John Davidson is far too good a judge to 

 send Patti M. forth as a typical specimen when he knows 

 for a fact that, the Graphic Kennels alone have in their 

 kennels nearly a dozen better bitches than she. 



Mr. Munhall's conduct from the opening of this case has 

 not been such as is likely to give anybody confidence in him 

 or his methods. He started out by circulating the very 

 plausible report that he didn't want any money; it was 

 principle, not pounds, he was working for. The A. K. C. 

 received his compliments with winks and nods, hailed him 

 "a jolly good fellow," and availing itself of the opportunity 

 to get a whack at Mason, pronounced itself a consummate 

 ass. Principle be hanged, said Munhall as soon as he saw a. 

 chance of getting dollars, and then he judged his own dig, 

 placed her over Nick of Naso, and impudently requested 

 payment of the prize. Perhaps he may get it. 



Charles H. Mason. 



THE FOX-TERRIER SHOW. 



npjJE second annual show of the American Fox-Terrier 

 JL Club, held at Newport last week, was in some respects 

 an improvement upon its predecessor. The average quality 

 of the aged classes was Better, and the puppies as a class 

 were a long way ahead of those of last year. This is very 

 gratifying to lovers of the breed, and speaks well for the 

 usefulness of the club, which we trust will continue the 

 good work until American-bred fox-terriers are able to hold 

 their own in any company. It is to be hoped, however, that 

 future exhibitions of the club will be better supported than 

 have been the two held at Newport. It has been clearly 

 demonstrated that "Providence Plantations" are wofully 

 behind the times in all that pertains to that advanced civil- 

 ization indicated by a love, for "man's best friend," and the 

 Fox-Terrier Club have shaken the dust of the benighted 

 place from their shoes, and the, "city by the sea" is left to its 

 idols. They who put their trust in princes generally come 

 to grief is a wise old saying singularly appropriate to the 

 situation at Newport. Let us all unite* in the earnest hope 

 that the missionary work of the Pox-Terrier Club will yet 

 bear fruit, and that the inhabitants of the beautiful city 

 will soon arise as one man and go and buy a dog. A live 

 dog is better than a dead "lion." 



The dogs were benched and fed by Spratts Patent in their 

 usual tasty and careful manner, with John Reid as super- 

 intendent. Dr. H. C. Glover acted as veterinarian. Mr. Fred 

 Hoey, the secretary of the club, well known as an enthusias- 

 tic fancier of the breed, very acceptably performed the duties 

 of judge, and succeeded in giving general satisfaction. He 

 made few mistakes and was evidently at home with the dogs. 

 Four of his dogs were on exhibition, Valet, Venetian, Pluck 

 and Regent Virtue, the latter a recent importation. She is 

 of good stamp with plenty of bone, not quite clean enough 

 below the eyes and she might carry her ears better. Mr. 

 Hoey informed us that he has just bought, by cable, of Mr. 

 A. II. Clarke, of Nottingham, England, the dbg Reckon ; he 

 was whelped Dec. 25, 1885, and is by the well known Reckoner 

 and out of Mr, Belmont's Rachel.' Reckon has done a lot of 

 winning in England and will no doubt prove a valuable ac- 

 quisition to his owner's kennel. The snow was a successful 

 one except financially. We understand that next year the 

 show will be held in New York or the immediate vicinity, 

 when it is to be hoped that it will meet with a generous sup- 

 port. 



There were three entries in the champion class for smooth 

 dogs. Lucifer, shown a trifle thin, but looking well, had an 

 easy win, Splauger coming second. He was in better form 

 than we have ever seen him. Belgrave Primrose was badly 

 off in coat, and was unnoticed. In the corresponding bitch 

 class four faced the judge. Richmond Olive won easily. She 

 was shown too heavy and her coat was very scant. Mr. 

 Thayer should retire her from the show bench, as she is not 

 in condition to maintain her position much longer, and it 

 seems a pity to see the grand old bitch take second place on 

 account of the infirmities of age. Cornwall Duchess and 

 Marguerite had quite a struggle for second place, Duchess 

 finally winning, the judge stating that her better size pulled 

 her through. Both are under size, Duchess having a trifle 

 the best of it in this respect; Marguerite, however, is the 

 better bitch, and should have beaten her; she has more bone 

 and substance and shows more quality, and is much the best 

 mover. Lyra, the other entry, except for her scars, was look- 

 ing well. 



There were seventeen entries in the open dog class, with 

 Shameless Mixture, Resolute, Regent Vox and Little Swell 

 absent. Raby Mixer, looking better than we have seen him, 

 had an easy win over Bacchanal, shown a trifle tbin, but 

 hard and good, and much better m coat than when we saw 

 him last, Earl Leycester made a good third, although he 

 was not in good coat. Luke, not in blooming condition, 

 was fourth. Reserve went to The Warren Spider, a very 

 nice-bodied dog, with capital legs and feet. He is somewhat 

 heavy and plain in head, has too much leather in his ears, 

 and is a trine wide in front. Raby Jack was vhc. He was 

 looking well, but would not show up or he might have done 

 better. Warren Swagger, he, is a nicely made dog, with a 

 plain head and too soft in coat. Beverwyck Tippler, c., is 

 too big. Trig, unnoticed, won the special for the best dog 

 exhibited by a lady. He is a fairly well-made dog, but lacks 

 character. 



In the bitch class first went to Mr. Belmont's recent im- 

 portation Rachel, fresh from her recent victories in Eng- 

 land, where she beat her sire, champion Result, said by good 

 authority to be the best fox-terrier in England. Although 

 she is a terrier and a nice one with lots of quality, she could 



