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trial, the judges may determine which is the better, either 

 by prior performance or by further running as they may 

 order. 



Should the owner of a dog or his representative induce the 

 owner or representative of another dog to withdraw such 

 dog for consideration nr bribe of any nature whatsoever, all 

 prizes won by either shall be forfeited upon the facts being 

 satisfactorily proved to the Governors^ If. however, either 

 dog be withdrawn without consideration, from lameness, 

 injuries, or from any cause clearly affecting his chances of 

 winning, the other dog may be declared the winner, on the 

 facts of "the case being" clearly proved to the satisfaction of 

 the judge or judges. 



When i more than two dogs remain at the end of a stake, 

 which is not run out, the stakes shall he divided; and incase 

 of a division lie! ween three or more dogs, of which two or 

 more belong to the same owner, these latter shall be held to 

 take equal shares of the total amount won by their owners, 

 and in the division the terms of any arrangement to divide 

 winnings most be declared to the Secretary. 



Rule '20. The last dog beaten by the winner of the first 

 prize shall compete for "the second prize with the best of 

 those dogs previously beaten by the winner of the first 

 prize. The winner of" this heat shall be declared the winner 

 of the. second prize. The discretion is given to the judges 

 of deciding which is the best of these beaten dogs m the 

 competition for second, by selection, or by running extra 

 heats between them. After the first and second winners are 

 ascertained, the judges may select the winners of any other 

 prize from any of the dogs in the stake, without further 

 ruuning. 



Rule 21. The dog last beaten by the winner of the first 

 prize shall not be obliged to run more than two heats on 

 the same day, bat at the option of his handler, may run the 

 final heat for second place on the following day. 



Rule '.12. All protests, except 'an hereinbefore provided, 

 must be made a ml delivered to the Secretary of the Club, 

 or in case of his absence, to the President of. the Club, or in 

 Cfl&e of his absence, to a member of the Governing Commit- 

 tee at or before midnight of the date of running of final 

 heat. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES. 

 The judges shall order up the dogs as soon as they have 

 determined which is the better. Unless a dog shows such 

 lack of merit that in the opinion of the judges he cannot be 

 placed, all dogs shall, if time permit, have at least two 

 chances to show their behavior on birds. Either or both 

 dogs of a brace may be ordered up by the judges for want of 

 merit. 



Pointing fur, feather, reptile or scent of game birds, if the 

 judges deem the same excusable, shall not be considered a 

 false point. 



The judges shall give a dog ample opportunity to discover 

 whether he is on a true point. 



No assistance shall be given by the handler to enable a 

 dog to discover whether he is on a false point. 



Judges are requested to avoid as far as possible holding a 

 dog so long on a point, for the purpose of securing a back or 

 otherwise, as to enable the birds to run. Dogs should be 

 brought up to back only when opportunity offers, without 

 interfering with the pointing dog, and a dog drawing on or 

 pointing game shall be afforded ample opportunity to locate 

 the gams, it being left to the discretion of the judges to 

 direct the opposing dog to be held in check. 



Should a dog be held an unreasonable time upon a point, 

 he should not be penalized for a resultant fault. 



The number of times a dog points, backs, etc., shall not 

 necessarily give him the preference, but the judges shall 

 consider the"quality of the performance rather than the fre- 

 quency of the occurrence. 



Backing. — The judges are reqtiested to give no credit for 

 backing unless it appears to be voluntary. Any assistance 

 from the handler shall deprive the dog of credit for his per- 

 formance. 



Ranging-.— The judges are requested to give greater credit 

 to the dog that maintains the most killing range through- 

 out, viz.. wide or close, as the necessity of the ease requires. 



Obisdience and Disposition.— The judges are requested 

 to give greater credit to the dog that works promptly, with- 

 out noise or severity, and is obedient, prompt, cheerful and 

 easily handled. 



The rules arc based upon the principle that each heat is a 

 complete race, and the winner of the trial is the unbeaten 

 dog who has directly or indirectly beaten every other dog 

 in the stake. 



The judges are requested to observe that the scale of 

 points below given are set forth ouly as the view of the 

 Club as to the comparative value of the various attributes 

 or performances referred to. But the judges shall not, ex- 

 cept in tiie case of absolute equality between the dogs, deem 

 it necessary to keep any score whatever. 



MERIT." 



I Nose 25 



Pointing. 



Staunchness 10 i 



.35 



Style in 

 Pointing 5 



..40 



.28 



3 no 



J 



Ranging 15) 1 



Pace 10 [...30 I ...35 



Quartering 5 ) f 



Style in same 5 ,1 



Obedience and disposition 10) 



Backing 10 V . 



Retrieving 5 ) 



Demerit. — False pointing, breaking in, breaking shot, 

 chasing. These faults shall be gauged by the judges in their 

 discretion. The second chase, however, loses the heat. 



Definitions. — Breaking in is where a dog, through im- 

 perfect breaking, or from excitement, leaves his position 

 when the birds rise, whether the gun is fired or not, and 

 starts to chase, but stops within a few feet from where he 

 started, of his own accord or by command. Breaking shot 

 is where a dog runs in, when a shot is fired, with the inten- 

 tion of getting to the bird, and does not stop promptly at 

 command. Chasing is where a dog follows the birds, either 

 when a gun is tired or not, to any extent to be beyond the 

 control of his handlers for the time being. 



DEATH OF THE CLUMBER SPANIEL BEN. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: I regret to announce to you that the 

 clumber spaniel Ben. imported into Canada by Mr. Lindsay 

 Russell (ex-Surveyor-General) and owned latterly by Mr. A. 

 Z. Palmer, of Ottawa, died on the 31st ult. He was fully 

 fifteen years old at the time of his death, but to within a 

 year ago was used in the field, where he excelled, although 

 latterly very deaf. Ben was of direct Clumber House de- 

 scent, and an extremely fine dog. He won first and special 

 the only time shown, but it was at the stud that he showed 

 his worth, getting champion Newcastle. Johnny, Drake and 

 Tyne in one litter out of Joan, who was the only bitch he 

 ever served, as for many years he was the only thoroughbred 

 clumber in this part of the country. For the last six months 

 he was a burden to himself and to his owner, so death was 

 but a release.— Clumber. 



DENVER KENNEL AND COURSING CLUB.— Follow- 



G. G. Liebhardt, Dr. Q. Van Hummel and L, H, Giimore. 



WEIGHT OF SPANIELS. — Salmon Falls, N.H., April IS. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I would like space in your paper 

 to make a few explanations about the entries of Miss New- 

 ton Obo and Black Pete, at the Boston show. Miss Newton 

 Obo was entered in the open bitch class for field spaniels. 

 I understand that on the last day of the show she was 

 weighed, and found to weigh 26?(lbs. atone time and 27Xlbs. 

 at another. This bitch and another entry, Zeppo, came 

 home to my kennel the following day badly physicked, and 

 all out of condition, so much so that Zeppo died within two 

 days. Miss Newton Obo was entered at Newark and Provi- 

 dence, and there was no question of her weight at those 

 shows, as she certainly weighed over 291bs. when she left 

 Salmon Falls for Newark. She was shipped from Provi- 

 dence to Boston, Saturday morning, April 2, and being on 

 the road; at express office, and in the basement of the show 

 building in Boston till the following Tuesday, without food, 

 was undoubtedly too much for a young bitch only 10 months 

 old, and I have no doubt she was under weight at the time 

 she was weighed. With this explanation I leave Miss New- 

 ton Obo, and those interested can, if they choose, enter a 

 protest and strip her of her honors. In regard to Black Pete, 

 I frankly say that he is a long low dog and carries about all 

 the pounds the cocker standard allows, yet he is well under 

 the 281bs. limit. Boston has beeu his only show this season. 

 When I carried him in Tuesday morning, Mr. Ghas. Davol, 

 of Warren, R. I., naked me how much he weighed, and if he 

 was over 281bs. As I was busy I asked Mr. Davol to weigh 

 him, which he did, and informed me that he weighed jiist 

 271bs. This was just before the classes were judged. When 

 Black Pete got home be was in good health, pot-bellied, and 

 filled out in great shape, and in such condition he might 

 have weighed 291bs. Had Miss Newton Obo come back in 

 the same condition as Black Pete she would certainly have 

 weighed 301bs. Now a word in regard to the judges. If any 

 wroug has been done I am wholly to blame. At Providence 

 Miss Newton Obo was well tilled out. and there was no 

 question regarding her weight. At Boston .Mr. Wilmerding 

 asked me. in regard to weights. I told him that Black Pete 

 had just been weighed, and gave it to him as it had beeu 

 given to me. 971bs., and that I had not weighed Miss Newton 

 Obo, but thought she was all right, If any person thinks I 

 have, by false entries, or by any other foul means, in these 

 two or any other entries, got what properly belonged to 

 them, I shall most willingly give it up to them. Myreputa- 

 tion is somewhat at stake in this matter, and I wish to set 

 myself squarely before the public— J. P. Willet. 



BUFFALO KENNEL CLUB.— Buffalo, N. Y., April 10.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 1 was very much surprise: 1 to 

 find in your edition of the 7th inst. the letter from Mr. 

 Fellows. I regret that Mr. Fellows has been so misled as 

 to believe what he has written; the letter should properly 

 have come from Mr. Chadeayne, I think. Now, as for my 

 communication being "far from' the truth," I will reiterate 

 every word in it, and they cannot be disproved. - At the 

 present time there is only one kennel club in this city, that 

 being the one of which I am the secretary. Our minutes 

 show that the organization meeting was held at the Stafford 

 House, Feb. 18, 1887, with seventeen members present. The 

 club was properly organized, the constitution and by-laws of 

 the New Jersey Kennel Club being adopted. A committee 

 was appointed to meet Mr. Chadeayne and see if we could 

 not make some arrangements so that the bench show could 

 be given under the "auspices of the B. K. C. No such 

 arrangement could be made, but he agreed to discontinue 

 the. use of the name "Buffalo Keuliel Club," and until the 

 prizes were given he did so. At our second meeting, I think 

 it was, a reporter came into the room with the constitution 

 of Mr. Chadeayne's "kennel club," and imagine our sur- 

 prise to find that A. W, Smith, one of our governors, was 

 president, and our president, J. G. Burns, was one of the 

 board of directors. These gentlemen received this informa- 

 tion for the first time at the meeting of which I write. 

 When and by whom were these two gentlemen elected, and 

 if there was a meeting, why were they not notified of it? 

 Can Mr. Fellows show that he was employed by any one 

 other than Mr. Chadeayne, and that any of the profits of the 

 recent show went to any one except t he self-elected secretary 

 and treasurer? The Buffalo Kennel Club is seventy mem- 

 bers strong, and has some of the most prominent of our 

 citizens: our papers of incorporation have been filed at the 

 county clerk's office.— Chas. B. Cook, Secretary Buffalo 

 Kennel Club. 



WACOUTA NAP.— Hulton, Pa.— There were two mistakes 

 in the entries of this dog at Newark and Providence; both 

 my fault, as I sent the entries. At Newark his date of birth 

 is given as 'September, 1885, and at Providence as Aug. 25, 

 1886. The correct date is Aug. 25, 1884, as given by his 

 breeder. Richard Morgan. The 1886 is a shocking clerical 

 error, if I so wrote it. The date of September, 1885, is taken 

 from the last Birmingham show, where the dog was entered 

 a year too old, and correcting this, makes the date as I have 

 given. The name of the sire, of the Albert Victor mastiffs 

 is sometimes given as Wallace (same as his grandsire) and 

 sometimes as Lion; I believe the latter is correct. This very 

 shortness of pedigree adds greatly to the value of the blood, 

 in my eyes, for the strain has produced no dogs destitute of 

 some' merit, and is entirely fresh, without a known cross of 

 modern show blood, aud is therefore just the thing to invig- 

 orate the intensely inbred blood so prevalent in the mastiffs 

 of to-day.— W. Wade. Editor Forest and SI ream: Several 

 discrepancies are to be seen in the catalogues of the recent 

 shows regarding the entries of Wacouta Nap, the date of 

 birth not always appearing the same. These differences 

 maybe typographical errors, or may be due to the fact that 

 some of the entries were made for me by Mr. Wade and 

 some by myself. As I am a great stickler for correctness in 

 all matters pertaining to pedigrees, will you please state 

 that the correct date of Wacouta Nap's birth is Aug. 25, 

 1884? Nap is younger brother to the famous English prize 

 winner, Albert Victor, the largest dog ever known of any 

 breed.— R, A. Craig (Wacouta Kennels, St, Paul, Minn.). * 



THE COURSING CLUB OF CALIFORNIA.— A number 

 of gentlemen appreciating the importance of a coursing club 

 with a membership extending all over the coast, recently 

 met and perfected such an organization under the name of 

 the Occidental Coursing Club of California. The objects, 

 as expressed in its constitution, are as follows: First — To 

 promote, encourage and improve the breeding of a superior 

 class of greyhounds, and protect the interests of coursing. 

 Second — To elevate coursing to the position it occupies in 

 other countries ; namely, the grandest field sport of the 

 world. Third — To hold at least two coursing meetings 

 every year. The admission fee is one dollar (|l), and the 

 monthly dues are 50 cents, payable quarterly in advance. 

 Each application must be accompanied by the admission 

 fee. The officers of the club are as follows: Col. Stuart 

 Taylor, President; J. F. Carroll, Vice-President ; Col. S. O. 

 Gregory, Vice-President; Henry Wormington, Vice-Presi- 

 dent; Thos. J. O'Keefe, Vice-President: H. Boyd, Secretary; 

 S. L. Abbot, Jr., Treasurer. Executive Committee— J. J. 

 Murphy, A. A. Boutan, H. H. Briggs, F. P. Callundan, H. 

 E. Deane. ^ 



COLLIE SWEEPSTAKES. — Entries for the first semi- 

 annual collie sweepstakes of the Collie Club, of America, 

 close May 1. The address of the secretary is Geo, A, Smith, 

 331 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa, 



CURRENT NOTES.— Memphis, Tenn., has a pack of 

 hounds employed to catch runaway convicts. It is said that 



Derby e^ 



the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club close on May 1 The 



Wisconsin Kennel Club, the Michigan Kennel Club and the 

 St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club have been admitted as 



members of the Araericao Kennel Club Captain C. E. Mc- 



Murdo, of Charlottesville, Va,, sailed for England lastweek. 

 We understand that he wiH bring home a few pointers if he 



finds the right sort The Pacific Kennel Club will hold a 



dog show in San Francisco next September. Liberal prizes 

 will he offered and there will be some valuable specials for 



Eastern dogs The Buffalo Kennel Club are considering 



the advisability of holding a dog show in Buffalo shortly. 

 . . . .The annual meeting of the American Kennel Club will 



beheld at the Hoffman House, New York, May 4. The 



man who read to his sick wife from Chronicles, "And the 

 sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerahmeel, were M&ax, and 

 .lamin and Eker. And the sons of Onaui were Shammai aud 

 Jada," and so on to the end of the chapter, chose a pretty 

 barren passage, yet we are told that the wife was comforted. 

 No one would dream that there was much cheer for a sick 

 man in the Forest and Stream's Kennel Notes, but that 

 there is is attested by the compositor to whose careful type- 

 setting has been due, in large degree, their freedom from 

 error; and who now, while laid by with a broken leg, goes 

 through thetn every week to find in their perusal forgetful- 

 ness of pain and splintered bones. 



NEW ENGLAND KENNEL CLUB.— At the annual 

 meeting of the New England Kennel Club, held at Boston, 

 April 8, the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: President, John E. Thayer; Vice-President, F. Black- 

 wood Fay; Secretary, J. W. Newman; Treasurer, W. O. 

 Partridge; Executive Committee. Messrs. Thayer, Fay, New- 

 man, Grosvenor and Moore; Finance Committee, Messrs. 

 Fay, Newman and Bailey; Membership Committee, Messrs. 

 Grosvenor, Werner aud Fletcher. 



RHODE ISLAND KENNEL CLUB.— Providence, R. I., 

 April 12.— Editor Forest and Stream: At the annual meet- 

 ing of this club, held April 9, the following officers were 

 elected: W. J. Comstock, President; J. C. Dyer, Vice- 

 President; Nathaniel Seabury, Secretary; Andrew Winsor, 

 Treasurer; Governing Committee, C. Fred Crawford, C. 

 C. Gray. Samuel Scranton, and the four officers above 

 named.— Nathaniel Seabury. Secretary. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, wbich are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Sets of 200 of any one form, bound for retaining duplicates, 

 are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 OF" Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



" Napoleon. By Miss Lilian Adains, New York city, for tawnv 

 and white rough St. Bernard dog, whelped Mow 28, issfi, hy Pon- 

 tiff (A.K.R, 792) out of Satellite (Monk ll.-Shcila). 



Patti. By J. Fred Richardsoa, Portland, Mc.for liver and white 

 pointer bitch, whelped Aug. U, im, by Croxteth ( Young Bang- 

 Jane) out of Villi (A.K.R. 1356). 



Gip&y C. By Wm, F. Woods, Portland. Me., for liver and white 

 pointer bitch, whelped Aug. 14, 18fc'S, bv Croxteth (Young Bang- 

 Jane) out of Van (A.K.R. 1336). 



Glenarm. By R. G. Hall, Portland, Me., for liver and white 

 pointer dog, whelped Aug. 14, 1880, bv Croxteth (Young Bang- 

 Jane) out of Van (A.K.R. 3356). 



Pansy S. By Dr. C. E. Stanley, Middletown, Conn., for blue, 

 belt on English setter bitch, whelped Sept. 3, 1885, bv Robin Hood 

 (A.K.R. 1463) out of Countess H. (Warwick-Belie). 



Iris, Pet Obo and Black lock By C. E. Gilchrist, Charlestown, 

 Muss., for two cocker spaniel hitches and one dog, whelped Feb. 

 33. 1887, hy Shady (Obo IL— Darkle) out of Edith (Brush 1 I.- 

 Olivia). 



Max By W. D. Ferrin. Hinsdale, N. H., for red Irish setter dog, 

 whelnwl .Vug. -.'8, 1885, by Nimrod (A.K.R. (531) out of Bizorah (A.K. 

 R, 1388). 



Jtunie ByC. W. Home, Norway, Me., for black cocker spaniel 

 bitch, Whelped Feb. 5, 1887. by Kerne) 1 Silk (Farrow's Obo-OhJoe 

 II.) put of Black Pearl (Oho II.— Critic). 



Nick. By J. A. Niekerson. Boston, Mass., for cream cocker span- 

 iel dog, whelped Feb. 5, 1885, bv HorneH Silk (Farrow's Obo-Chloe. 

 II.) out of Black Pearl (Oho II.— Critic). 



Duke of Morris. By Harry B. Green, Morrisfown, N. J., for 

 white and black English setter dog, whelped April 24, 1886, bv 

 Pnue of the Plains (Roderick Dhu— Rose) out of Fanny (Captain- 

 Flossy). 



iih fennel. By R. D. Locke. Chicago, 111., for his kennel of 

 mastiffs. 



BRED. 



I^F* Notes must be sent on tlie Prepared Blanks. 



ELiwick Sue— Sentinel. W. H. Russell's (Dickinson Center, N. 

 Y.) Bedlington terrier bitch Elswick Sue (Elswick Lad II.— Stone- 

 house Lass) to his Sentinel (E.K.C.S.P. 16,047), March 31. 



Flb t— Button H J. P, Cartwright's (Augusta. Ga.) lemon and 

 white pointer bitch Flirt iGlcnmark— Girl) to his Button IL (Beau- 

 fort—Lady Maud), March 31. 



Flurry IL— Dublin Scot Chestnut Hill Kennels 1 (Philadelphia, 

 Pa.) collie bitch Flurry II. (Eclipse— Flurry) to their Lublin Scot 

 (The Colonel— Jessie), April 7. 



Mrdlie bown—Elcho. Jr Chestnut Hill Kennels' (Philadelphia, 

 Pa.) Irish setter hitch Mollie Bawn (A.K.R. 630) to Pr. Win." Jar- 

 vis's Elcho, Jr. (A.K.R. 508), April 8. 



StrrpRofi R. Magee's (St. John, N. B.) collie bitch to 



Chestnut Hill Kennels' Strephon (A.K.R. -730), April 8. 



Pansy S.— York. Dr. C. E. Stanley's (M'ddletown, Conn.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Pansy S. (Robin Hood. A.K.R. 1401— Countess H.) 

 to i'is v..:-!-- ■' A. L K. ::'..<:. ..un. 7 



JPuos— Baronet. A. Perrin's (Cambridge. Mass.) hull-terrier bitch 

 Puss (A.K.R. 4484) to his Baronc (A.K.R. 448,1), April 12 and 13. 



Wolmer Jet.— Master .-hina H. G. Ckarlesworth's (Toronto, 

 Can.) cocker spaniel bitch Walmer Jet (Obo IL— (a ipse v) to his 

 Master Shina (Young Obo— Shina), April 7. 



Winnie— Hil- ani'ict: Bruce Kilmarnock Kennels' (Braintree, 

 Mass.) collie hitch Winnie (Gairlock— Laurie) to their Kilmarnock 

 Bruce (Marcus— Drumlin Isle), March 20. 



Bessie JSoble— Passaic O. D, Thee's (New York city) English 

 setter bitch Bessie Noble (Count .Noble— Lady May) to Percy Ohl's 

 Passaic (Gladstone— Lavalette). April 15. 



Passion— Storm. In the note published last week of the breed- 

 ing of the English setter bitch Passion the name of the owner of 

 the hitch, G. E. Osborn, was inadvertently omitted. 



WHELPS. 



Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Lady Spottswood. Major J. R, Purcell's (Athens, Ala.> pointer 

 hitch Lady Spottswood (Flockflnder— Ion), April 7, six (four dogs), 

 by Ayer's Don. 



Ashmont Bertha East Lake Kennels' (West Jefferson, O.) mas- 

 tiff hitch Ashmont Bertha (A.K.R. 3368), April 5, nine (five dogs), 

 by their Leo (Lord Kelson— Maud). 

 Peg- ie. East Lake Kennels' (West Jefferson, O.) pug bitch Peg- 

 •ie (A.K.R. 1804). April 4, seven (five dogs), bv City View Kennels 1 

 Sradford Ruby (A.K.R, 2997). 



Sheili. Maizeland Kennels' (Red Hook, N. Y.) Irish terrier hitch 

 Sheila (A.K.R. 137), April 2. six (two dogs), bv their tiiirrvowen (A. 

 K.R.3091). 



Pansy S. Dr. C. E. Stanley's (Middletown. Conn.) English set- 

 ter bitch Pansy S. (Robin Hood, A.K.R. 1461— Countess IL), March 

 28, four (two doge), by his York (Rockingham— Princess Phoebus). 



Nellie. Geo. F. Willard's (Charleston, Mass.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Nellie (Heed's Bow— Daisy). April t>, five (two dogs), by F. S. 

 Perrin's Shady (Obo IL— Darkie). 



Pink Geo. L. Barne's (Tyringham, Mass.) beagle bitch Pink 

 (King— Dot IT.), April 8, four (one dog), by his Judge (J. Press's 

 Rattler— A, 0, Krueger's Rena), 



