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[Dec. 8, 1887, 



scent, made a break for the woods and was soon on point. 

 This was too much for Jack, and as he had failed to put up 

 a bird he ordered his dog on, hut he would not budge, and 

 Jack started toward him to get him going and flushed the 

 bird he was pointing from under his nose. 



TAMMANY AND KING OF KENT 

 were put down at 10;40. In pace, range and style they were 

 nearly equal, and after 18m. with two flushes, one of them 

 excusable, and three points for Tammany and one point 

 and one flush for King they were ordered up and the heat 

 was awarded to Tammany. This ended the third series as 

 follows: 



Springbok beat Lalla Rookh. 



Tammany beat King of Kent. 



Final Tie for First Place. 



SPRINGBOK AND TAMMANY. 

 These dogs were both owned by Mr. Hitchcock, and as the 

 rules provide that in such cases the judges may determine 

 which is the better without running they selected Tammany 

 and he was declared winner of firse prize. 



Final for Second Place. 



SPRINGBOK AND NICK OF NASO. 



The judges decided that Nick of Naso was the best of the 

 dogs previously beaten by the winner, and they were put 

 down at 11:44 'to decide second money. At 1:30 they were 

 taken up for lunch and again put down at 2:22 and 24m. 

 later the heat was decided in favor of Springbok and he 

 was declared winner of second prize. Spring had let down 

 somewhat in speed, but was still going well, although Nick 

 was a trifle the faster. Nick appeared to be off in nose, as 

 be flushed several birds that he should have pointed. The 

 work was nearly equal until the finish, when Springbok 

 found and pointed a bevy that Nick had passed by and had 

 an equal opportunity to point. The judges selected Nick of 

 Naso and Lalla Bookh for the two third prizes and the stake 

 was finished. Following is the 



SUMMARY. 

 First Series. 



Springbok beat Neversink. 



Nick of Naso beat Duke of Hessen, 



Tammany beat Cornerstone. 



King of Kent beat Ben. 



Don's Dot beat Match II. 



Lalla Rookh beat Jetsam. 



Dana a bye. 



Second Series. 

 Springbok beat Dana. 

 Tammany beat Nick of Naso. 

 King of Kent beat Don's Dot. 

 Lalla Rookh a bye. 



Th ird Series. 

 Springbok beat Lalla Rookh. 

 Tammany beat King of Kent. 



Final for First Place. 

 Tammany beat Springbok and won first prize. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Springbok beat Nick of Naso and won second prize. 



Equal Third. 

 Nick of Naso and Lalla Rookh. 



THE CHAMPION STAKE. 

 The Champion Stake was run on Thursday, Dec. 1. There 

 were ten nominations, eight of which filled. The judges 

 were Messrs. Bergundthal, Coster and F. R. Hitchcock. 

 Following is the list and the order in which they were drawn 

 to run: 



Gloster (Jas. L. Breese, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.), black, white 

 and tanEnglish setter dog, Sij'yrs. (Dashing Rover— Trinket), 



agai/nst 



Mainspring (J. J. Perkins, Brooklyn. N. Y.), liver and 

 white pointer dog, 6yrs. (Mike — Romp). 



Richmond (J. E. Gill, Franklin, Pa.), white and lemon 

 pointer dog, 4yrs. (Vandevort's Don— Beulah), 

 against 



Robert le Diable (Highland Kennels, Red Bank, N. J.), 

 white and liver ticked pointer dog, 4yrs. (Croxteth— Spin- 

 away). 



Bob Gates (Whyte Bedford, Blythe, Miss.), black, white 

 and tan English setter dog, 3}£yrs. (Count Rapier— Belle of 

 Hatchie), 



against 



Foreman (C. Fred Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I.), black, 

 white and tan English setter dog, 7yrs. (Dashing Monarch- 

 Fairy II.). 



GATH's Mark (Dr. J. N. Maclin, Keeling, Tenn.), black, 

 white and tan English setter dog, 3yrs. (Gath— Gem), 

 against 



RODERIGO (Memphis & Avent Kennels, Memphis, Tenn.), 

 black, white and tan English setter dog, 4>£yrs. (Count 

 Noble— Twin Maude). 



The running of this stake had been looked forward to 

 eagerly by nearly every one interested in field sports through- 

 out the country, and expectation was on tiptoe as to the 

 result of this battle of the giants. There was a goodly num- 

 ber of spectators present, and among them each dog had 

 admirers, who discussed the coming contest with more or 

 less intelligence, explaining to their own satisfaction, at 

 least, why their favorite was the better dog, and of course 

 bound to win. Even the colored boys who led the dogs 

 caught the spirit, and some of their criticisms and comments 

 were, to say the least, fully as intelligent and more to the 

 point than were some of those that emanated from some of 

 the shining lights of the dog world. The weather was all 

 that could be desired, except that it was rather too cold. 

 The dogs all appeared to be as fit for the race as it was pos- 

 sible to get them, and the stake was opened under very 

 favorable conditions. The judges are well known as gentle- 

 men of probity and experience, and they performed their 

 duties in a painstaking manner that won commendation 

 from all, and in no instance was a decision given that was 

 not unanimous. The stake was the most important event 

 ever run in this country, and it brought out a better lot of 

 dogs than were ever before seen together. The work through- 

 out was of a very high order, and much of it was far better 

 than even the most sanguine had expected to see. 



At 8:45 Gloster and Mainspring were cast off for the first 

 heat. In pace and range they were nearly equal. In style 

 of going Mainspring had the advantage, being one of the 

 easiest-moving dogs in the stake. In style on point both 

 are very gamy, Gloster having slightly the best of it. 

 Mainspring was trained for the race by Capt. McMurdo, but 

 the Captain was absent and he was run by Buckle. Glpster 

 was handled by Tucker. He opened the ball with some capi- 

 tal work on a bevy that were running down wind. Main- 

 spring soon after pinned a single in fine style. At the finish 

 of the heat Mainspring struck the trail of a bevy and was 

 roading it out in capital style, when Gloster, not seeing him, 

 struck the same trail ahead of him, and making a cast found 

 and pointed them in his best style. This ended the heat in 

 favor of Gloster after a run of 47m. Both backed nicely and 

 were steady to wing and gun. 



The next heat was between Richmond and Robert le Dia- 

 ble. In pace and range there was not much to choose be- 

 tween them. Neither one let out, appearing to be somewhat 

 confused by the crowd and the pace was moderate. In way 

 of going Richmond had the advantage. In style on point 

 Robert showed up the best, neither of them appearing so 



gamy as we have seen them. Toward the finish in the open 

 both' went better, Richmond the faster and also the widest 

 ranger. He appeared to be off in nose, however, and did not 

 take to his birds readily. Robert clearly had the best of it in 

 the work and at the end of 45m. was declared the winner. 



The next brace, Bob Gates and Foreman, were put down 

 at 10:21. Bob was handled by Tucker and Foreman by Tall- 

 man. Bob has a nice, easy way of going and appeared to be 

 much the faster, but when they came together the long 

 stride of Foreman carried him over the ground very nearly 

 as fast. Bob had the best of it in range and style. Foreman 

 showed the most hunting sense in looking over the likely 

 places. He ran a very creditable heat, doing some good 

 work in roading out and locating a bevy, but his younger 

 and more agile competitor was too many for him on some 

 marked birds, and at the end of lh. 15m. Bob was declared 

 the winner. In looking for a bevy that had been seen by 

 the roadside Bob got wind of them and pointed and then 

 moved on and roaded the trail the wrong way, Foreman 

 going in the same direction. Tallman seeing that his dog 

 had given it up, called him back and sent him toward where 

 Bob had first struck it. Tucker by this time surmised what 

 was up, and, calling frantically to Bob, started upon a run 

 in that direction, and both he and Tallman put in their best 

 licks, spending what spare breath they had in urging on 

 their dogs. Bob got there first and made one of his grand 

 points to the bevy which was just in front of him. There 

 was then a race for the scattered birds and Bob was again 

 ahead. Both pointed, backed and retrieved in first-class 

 style, and both were under good control, Foreman having 

 the best of it in the latter respect. 



The last brace in the first series, Gath's Mark and Roder- 

 igo, were put down at 11:50. Mark was handled by Tucker 

 and Roderigo by Avent. At the word go both were off like 

 rockets. Mark bolted and was not found for some time, and 

 when he was brought back Rod was lost, but he soon came 

 round, and after a spin of 15 minutes they were taken up for 

 lunch, which awaited us at the Holton'schoolhouse. Half 

 an hour later they were again put down. Both showed 

 phenomenal speed, with the advantage slightly in favor of 

 Mark. Rod is much the best mover, going level and carry- 

 ing his head and tail in perfect style. He was also under 

 the better control. Mark was a bit wild from lack of work, 

 and could not be brought round in time when most wanted. 

 Rod clearly had the best of it in the work, and after 51 min- 

 utes he was declared the winner. The race between these 

 two flyers will long be remembered by those who were so 

 fortunate as to witness it. Even the weary and disconsolate 

 reporters woke up, and one of them, at least, will ever hold 

 in grateful remembrance the beautiful animals that by their 

 graceful movements and wonderful performances revived 

 his drooping spirits and lightened his irksome task. 



At 1:15 Gloster and Robert le Diable were cast off to run 

 the first heat in the second series. Robert went better than 

 in his previous heat, but was not the equal of Gloster in 

 either pace, range, style or work, and at the end of 50m. the 

 heat was decided in favor of Gloster. Both did fairly well, 

 hut the heat, was not a brilliant one. 



Bob Gates and Roderigo were put down at 2:12. In paee 

 and style Rod had the advantage. In range Bob had the 

 best of it. Rod had slowed down somewhat, but was still 

 going at a very lively gait. He got round to the likely 

 places and clearly had the best of it in the work and at the 

 end of 24m. was declared the. winner. 



At 2:46 Gloster and Roderigo were put down for the de- 

 ciding heat. Great interest was manifested in the result, 

 and each stride of the dogs was keenly watched. Both had 

 let down in speed, although t hey still 'went at a good hunt- 

 ing gait and had settled down to work as though they real- 

 ized that honor and fame were at stake. Rod had a little 

 the best of it in pace and style and in range they were about 

 equal. Gloster was lucky in getting on to the birds and 

 scored the most points. No faults were committed except 

 that Rod made a false point and Gloster made several. 

 While the quality of the work done by both dogs was first- 

 class that done by Rod was of a very high order of merit, 

 and in this respect was superior to that of his 

 competitor, and notwithstanding the fact that Gloster 

 found the most birds, we believe that Roderigo is the 

 better dog as sincerely as we believe that Gloster is a 

 better dog than Roy Monarch, who beat him in the Mem- 

 bers' Stake under very nearly the same conditions. The 

 judges we have unbounded confidence in and great respect 

 for their opinion, knowing that they would decide nothing 

 without a firm conviction that exact justice was being done. 

 In arriving at their decision we fear that they did not suffi- 

 ciently take into consideration the fact that Gloster had the 

 luck of the birds in finding the first bevy, and that when 

 sent after the scattered birds he was again lucky in being 

 thrown in the right direction, and that his last bird was 

 practically found tor him by Rod, who made a cast up the 

 hill and found a bird which he pointed, and Gloster was 

 brought round and backed until the bird was flushed, when 

 he took a step or two and made a point to a bird that was 

 rather too near him to have lain had he been going at speed. 

 The heat was a close one and had continued for lh. 24m., 

 and the greater amount of work done by Gloster was prob- 

 ably thought by them sufficient to overcome the advantage 

 that Rod had in the better quality. They were ordere d up 

 at 4:10 with Gloster the winner, and he. was declared winner 

 of the Champion Stake, and the meeting of 18S7 was brought 

 to a close. 



MASTIFF PRIZES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At the twelfth annual show of the Westminster Kennel 

 Club, Feb. 21 to 24, 1888, the American Mastiff Club will 

 offer the following prizes: 



1. The club's silver challenge cup, value S150, for the best 

 American-bred dog or bitch. 



2. The club's two challenge cups, value $100 each, one for 

 the best mastiff dog, the other for the best mastiff bitch, 

 the property of a member of the American Mastiff Club. 



3. Silver medal to the winner of each of these three cups. 



4. Mastiff puppy sweepstakes, $25 added by the club, open 

 to all comers. 



5. A S50 cash prize for the best American-bred dog, the 

 property of a member of the American Mastiff Club. 



6. A $50 cash prize for the best American-bred bitch, the 

 property of a member of the American Mastiff Club. 



Any information desired by intending exhibitors can be 

 procured of the secretary of the. American Mastiff Club, 9 

 West Thirty-fifth street, New York. By order of the Exec- 

 utive Committee, American Mastiff Club. 



STOP THIEF.— Jersey City, Dec. 5.— Stolen, Nov. 18, from 

 206 Pacific avenue, two pointer bitch puppies, 4mos. , quite 

 large for their age and well-developed. One liver and white 

 ticked on chest and forelegs, with liver saddle, the other 

 orange and white, evenly marked. Will brother sportsmen 

 keep a lookout for the pups, and if seen communicate with 

 me?— C. J. Peshall._ 



THE COLUMBUS SHOW— Columbus, O., Dec. 2.— The 

 premium list of the second annual exhibition of the Ohio 

 Poultry and Kennel Association is ready for mailing, and 

 will be sent to all who apply for it by postal. Our prospects 

 are very bright; the indications are that we will have a very 

 successful show in every respect. — H. A. Bridge, Secretary. 



DISQUALIFICATION OF T. J. FARLEY.— Hornells- 

 ville, N. Y., Dec. 4.— The Hornell Kennel Club has disquali- 

 fied T. J. Farley, of Albany, N. Y., on the charge of stealing 

 at our show in 1886.— J. Otis l Fellows, Secretary Hornell 

 Kennel Club. 



IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your correspondent, Mr. Marshall, errs in imagining him- 

 self to be the importer of Imperial Chancellor. Mr, Marshall 

 is the purchaser not the importer. Kindly allow me space 

 to reply to his statement: "So far as I am able to ascertain 

 Chancellor is by for the largest and most powerful of the 

 Crown Prince family. He has the most robust body I ever 

 saw on a dog." I do not object to Mr. Marshall giving his 

 new purchase a free ad. but as I own a Crown Prince dog, 

 champion Ilford Caution, I would like to know where Im- 

 perial Chancellor beats him in size except about lin. in length 

 of legs and muzzle. I examined and measured Chancellor 

 very carefully the past summer. Caution beats him lin. in 

 girth of skull, the same in muzzle, l}£in. in forearm, and 

 also in chest, ears and in hocks. 



Mr. Marshall further quotes from a letter from Mr. Wade, 

 where he says, "Chancellor has * * * better hocks than 

 any other Crown Prince dog that ever came over here." Per- 

 haps Mr. Wade has not seen them all. There is one in Boston 

 miles ahead of Chancellor in mastiff points, and if I remem- 

 ber rightly both Debmair and Prince Waldemar are very 

 much more truly formed in hocks. It is on record that 

 Imperial Chancellor was a cow-hocked dog when in Eng- 

 land, and it seems to me that defective limbs in Liverpool 

 would also be detective limbs in New York. Sea air is very 

 invigorating, but I bare never known it to straighten the 

 crooked. . E. H. MOORE. 



Meluosk, Mass. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your are wrongly informed. I imported Imperial Chan- 

 cellor about a year ago, and have recently sold him to Mr. 

 C. C. Marshall. ASHMONT KENNELS. 



Boston, Mass. 



[The mistake of crediting to Mr. Marshall the importation 

 of Imperial Chancellor was made in the absence ot the edi- 

 tor of this department.] 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



I find that owing to a misunderstanding I misquoted Mr. 

 Wade, and hence a mistake appears in your note in regard 

 to Imperial Chancellor in your issue of Dec. 1. I understand 

 Mr. Wade's declaration was not that Chancellor is the best- 

 hocked dog of the Crown Prince strain, but that he is one of 

 the three or four Crown Prince dogs imported here that did 

 not call for the severest criticism in regard to hocks. It is 

 also an error to state that I imported Chancellor; that honor 

 belongs to Dr. J. Frank Perry, of Boston. 



Charles C. Marshall. 



New York, Dec. 5. 



COCKER SPANIELS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I notice that correspondents in Forest and Stream are 

 arguing what should be the correct type of the cocker span- 

 iel. To my mind there is but one andthat is the spaniel that 

 we often read about but very seldom see — the small variety, 

 weighing under 231bs. and corkily made. There is hardly a 

 doubt but that the Principality of Wales and the county of 

 Devon have been the homes of the cocker proper — but thanks 

 to outside fanciers of field spaniels — all that we see nowadays 

 on the English show benches are simply wastrels of large 

 spaniel litters, and are called by their owners to a gullible 

 public cockers. Save the mark! 



Now to my mind— but please remember I do not put myself 

 forward as an infallible authority on the subject; — the cocker 

 should not be self-colored, i. e.. liver or black, but if a choice 

 is to be made between the both colors let liver be chosen. 

 Liver and white, black and white, lemon and white, are the 

 colors some of us remember as the old sort, which were not 

 only useful in the field but also greatly admired by sports- 

 men. I need hardly tell you there are several spaniel men in 

 this country who know just as much about a gun or a day's 

 outing in a field as a pig does about a holiday, and to these 

 sports (?) we may put down the fashion of long-backed 

 cockers. 



As you may perhaps be aware, I visit nearly every show in 

 the United Kingdom, but for over two years 1 have not seen 

 a half a dozen real cockers. Every day or so I receive letters 

 asking me to look at such and such a spaniel and to let the 

 correspondents know what I think of their animals at shows, 

 but without exception they all at foot add their own ideas 

 of their dogs. Such has been going on for a long time and 

 there is no doubt will continue, but candidly speaking each 

 correspondent's idea of a spaniel changes with every new dog 

 he happens to possess and wants to rush. Ah! there the 

 secret comes in, and where the owners make themselves 

 ridiculous. Long and low cocker spaniels, for myself, I can- 

 not stand at any price, but the corky liver and white, with 

 well ticked legs, head inclined to apple shape and under 231bs. 

 I have a weakness for. If the coat has just the slighest 

 twist, and the feather on the ear inclined to curl just a bit, 

 I should not discard him, so long as his body was shorter 

 than the field or clumber spaniel's. 



The best cocker of the old stamp was to be seen at Brigh- 

 ton show last week. She hailed from Devonshire; a liver 

 and white bitch, weighing about 191bs., as far as I could 

 judge. She was very corky, but as a show dog very faulty in 

 shoulders and her head was not shown in the correct manner, 

 and, of course, from such I mean it could have been very 

 much improved if it had been done properly. I spoke to one 

 or two new fellows in the spaniel line, and pointed out the 

 old type of cocker to them. They looked, but passed no 

 remark; but when my back was turned probably laughed at 

 my choice. Of course, they had never seen anything like it 

 before, but when the judge gave it first over two very good— 

 but modern — cockers, they opened their eyes, and then, of 

 course, brought all the uninitiated to see the wonder of a 

 real alive cocker. 



I have seen a reference made to the late Mr. Langdale as 

 a thorough judge of a spaniel. Can I pay a greater tribute 

 to a deceased friend than in saying I indorse such to the 

 very letter, and perhaps the following reminiscence of "poor 

 old'Langdale," as he is still affectionately called in this 

 country, may give readers an idea of what he thought was 

 the difference between a field and a cocker spaniel. 



He was judging at two shows that followed very closely 

 on one another, and in each case he took the spaniel classes. 

 At the first exhibition there was a class for cocker spaniels 

 and he put the very neat short-backed Nelly VII. first and 

 Rinka, a longer bodied, but lovely bitch, second. In a short 

 time afterward he reversed his decision, and of course the 

 usual grumbling and humbug about inconsistency took 

 place- 

 Over our dinner we had a friendly chat, and among other 

 things we talked the matter over. 



"Well, what was the reason," I queried, "you upset your 

 decision at Cardiff?" 



"Ah, Lloyd," he said, "I was judging cockers there; but 

 to-day the class is for spaniels under 281 bs." 



And there was the secret and no mistake. Rinka was 

 better as a spaniel under 281bs., but not so good as a cocker, 

 although both were within a half a pound of one another in 

 weight, and to make a long story short, the reason of Rinka 

 being put back in the first place was because of her length 

 of back. 



ISome time ago I wrote rather a severe article in one of our 

 English journals, and maintained that show spaniels were 

 unfit for work, and subsequently Mr. Otis Fellows backed 

 me up in my arguments, which, strange to say, not one of 

 our English spaniel men had the courage to refute, but the- 

 ' change is. coming about slowly but surely. 



