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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 19, 1887. 



GREYHOUNDS AT PHILADELPHIA. — Editor Forest 

 and Stream: I have read Mr. Webber's reply to my criti- 

 cisms of the Philadelphia and Boston entries of his dogs, and 

 also the comments of "Porcupine" relating thereto. As it 

 appears by the admissions, Mr. Webber made application to 

 the clerk in charge, to allow the substitution of a dog not 

 entered for one already catalogued. How he could expect 

 a mere servant of the club to overrule all precedents in way 

 of substitution without first consulting the officials I am at 

 a loss to understand. He knew the dog Nick was not entered, 

 that the entries were closed and the show on the eve of open- 

 ing. Therefore I claim he should have presented his case to 

 the officials, who I am confident would never have allowed 

 the change. I am informed by Mr. Child, the secretary, that 

 the first he knew of the substitution was when his attention 

 was called to it. He immediately ordered a "disqualified" 

 card to be placed on the stall. As willing as I was to censure 

 Mr. Webber's conduct upon reading the reports of the shows 

 and no on e having stated the case as Mi 1 . Webber has, through 

 utter ignorance of the facts, so am I now equally prompt to 

 withdraw my remarks regarding the Philadelphia entry, as 

 by the books' of the club the substitution was permitted by 

 one who at least had access to the books, but who over- 

 reached his authority. The club unfortunately is held re- 

 sponsible for their agent's act. The prize awarded to Nick 

 (though he would be entitled to it if entered) should be with- 

 held. No disqualification can be served upon a dog which is 

 absent, nor censure be attached to Mr. Webber in this mat- 

 ter as far as fraud is concerned, though I think he erred 

 greatly in consulting a clerk and ignoring the secretary and 

 other officials. As to the Boston entry of Pembroke, I am 

 surprised at Mr. Webber's defense. Had he acted here as 

 honestly as at Philadelphia, I should offer him an uncmali- 

 fied retraction, l ie chums that as the club did not make the 

 transfer it was none of his affair to see it done. I take issue 

 here with both him and "Porcupine." Mr. Webber made 

 the entry, and as a subsequent change in the winnings of 

 the dog affected it, it was as much his duty as a gentleman, 

 as it was the club's, to see that he was transferred. Because 

 through rush of business the matter was overlooked by the 

 club, he was morally (though perhaps not legally) bound 

 not to allow the matter to go unchallenged. The club's 

 error or dereliction does not absolve him from his raorai 

 obligation as a gentlemanly exhibitor. He knew when he 

 accepted the ribbon, that he was not entitled to it. He knew 

 he belonged properly in the champion class where Memnon 

 was, and in taking the ribbon that was offered him he ac- 

 cepted that which he knew did not honesty and fairly belong 

 to him, but to the vhc. reserve dog, if there was any. 

 Submit the case to a jury of twelve, and I am confident my 

 position will be upheld. I will ask Mr. Webber one question : 

 H upon arriving at Boston and finding Memnon absent from 

 the champion class, would he have remained in the open 

 class with six or eight dogs to compete against, for first 

 prize, or would he have asked to be transferred to the cham- 

 pion class, in which there was no competition ? As to my 

 desire to have Mr. Webber disqualified, let me assure him it 

 was through no fear of his dogs. My Lancashire Witch 

 having faced Memnon, abetter dog than ever Mother Dem- 

 dike was, beaten him in England when he was in his prime, 

 I also having beaten Mother Demdike with three different 

 dogs under as many different judges, and on four different 

 occasions, his statement that I desire to get rid of his com- 

 petition falls far short of the mark. I never feared Mother 

 Demdike and Memnon as a brace; I certainly should not 

 fear the former alone. If Mr. Webber believes his bitch to be 

 better than my Lancashire Witch and will call at my house 

 1 will be pleased to show him a letter written by Messrs. 

 Charles, the representative exhibitors, of England, and 

 former owners of both dogs, which will soon aid very 

 materially in disabusing him of the idea. The letter is dated 

 June 3, 1884, before the two dogs were purchased by either 

 Mi 1 . Smith or myself. If Mr. Webber desires to try conclu- 

 sions with me, for his own edification, he shall appoint one 

 judge, I another, and the two decide upon a third, Let the 

 trio bring in the verdict who is to pay fur a handsome silver 

 trophy as well as tbe judges' expenses, — H. W. Huntington. 



A DOG BITE CASE.— Mr. William Wall, a brother of 

 Berry Wall and an ardent sportsman, was defendant in a 

 dog case before Justice Murray, in Jefferson Market Police 

 Court yesterday afternoon. The complainant was a young 

 lawyer named Henry C. Beach, whose bandaged right hand 

 showed that up to the. opening of the case in court he had 

 had the worst of the encounter with the animal, upon.whose 

 legal execution he was bent. The story which lie told to 

 the court was that he called Tuesday night at the Rossmore 

 Hotel, Broadway and Porty-second street, to see his client, 

 Mr. Underwood, the engineer, and that while he was passing 

 along a passage in the hotel basement a setter dog, the prop- 

 erty of Mr. Wall, which was in a room opening upon the 

 passageway, seized his right hand and lacerated it badly be- 

 fore Mr. Beach managed to make him let go. Mr. Beach 

 said that he would not have caused Mr. Wall to be summoned 

 had not the latter, during an interview earlier in the day, 

 charged him with bringing the case with a viewto blackmail. 

 As it was, he desired that the dog should lie shot. Mr. 

 Wall said that the dog was not his property. It was a geutle 

 bird dog, of considerable value, and had been sent him on 

 trial by Jim Temple, formerly one of the owners of the Ross- 

 more Hotel. It had been placed over night in the room near 

 the engine room, and if it bit Mr. Beach it was the latter's 

 fault, as he had no business in the basement of the hotel 

 without having first obtained permission from the proprietor 

 or clerk. Mr. Beach said that he had frequently visited his 

 clients at the hotel, and that the clerk had given him a 

 general permission to visit Mr. Underwood whenever he de- 

 sired to do so. Judge Murray dismissed the proceeding be- 

 cause actions of the "kind only lie in cases where dogs are un- 

 muzzled and at large in the street. A civil remedy was the 

 only recourse for a person who had been injured by a dog 

 upon private premises. 



A PRETTY POOR GRADE OE ADVICE.— Hartford, 

 May 4— Editor Forest and Stream: What do you think of 

 this kiud of advice from a great paper like the Journal of 

 Commerce. I think they shouJd be called to account by the 

 Forest and Stream.— C. B. The advice referred to is as 

 follows: "Editor Journal of Commerce: Please inform me 

 what is the best action to take against dogs that make them- 

 selves a nuisance iu a small country village by destroying 

 seed beds. I do not wish to creat e, the ill-feeling of my 

 neighbors.— Corona. Reply.— Twenty-five cents worth of 

 strychnine placed in a piece of meat will forever destroy the 

 appetite of a dog for reveling in seed beds. If the dog should 

 subsequently be found reposing in that vicinity, a deep hole 

 in the ground afterward well covered will remove him from 

 sight. Nothing need be said about it to create ill-feeling 

 in the neighborhood." 



TRAILER.— The beagle Trailer, whose removal from the 

 show at Hartford on a veterinarian's certificate was referred 

 to in the introduction to our report of the New York show, 

 is still sick. There is no question about his serious illness 

 during the Hartford show, and Mr. Schellhass is still work- 

 ing hard to bring this good little dog successfully through 

 a severe bronchial attack. 



UNITED STATES FIELD TRIALS CLUB. — Jersey City 

 N. J., May 12, 1887.— Editor Forest and Stream: Myself 

 and associates claim the name "The United States Field 

 Trials Club" for field trial club now being organized,— C J 



PKS1TATJ,, 



DACIISIIUNDE AT PHILADELPHIA.— Allentown. Pa., 

 April 30.— Editor Forest and Stream: Although I do not 

 expect that you will recognize this criticism upon your 

 critic, yet I think that judges and exhibitors should have a 

 fair chance to answer Mr. Mason through your columns, as 

 heretofore he has had full sway, and seems to have full 

 power to say what he pleases or he thinks is correct, al- 

 though he is as liable to err as others. Judging from his 

 writings and criticisms on clogs and their judges, he is cer- 

 tainly a phenomenon and a wonder, for he knows all points, 

 1,1 cf ill ftsgs whether foreign or domestic while most of 

 the judges claim to know but one or two breeds, with which 

 they are familar by actual contact and by breeding. Some 

 people criticise who have never even bred a dog. I notice, 

 taking Mr. M.'s writing all through, that he is particularlv 

 severe against the judges who give a preference over New 

 York dogs. There is a great flavoring all through his writ- 

 ing that there is nothiug proper in the dog line outside of 

 New York, Mr, Mason is rather severe with Mr. Barlow, and 

 more than severe with Mr. Ash hum er. 1 would like to refer 

 Mr. Mason to Vero Shaw, of New York, to find out what a 

 dachshund is. I am the breeder and owner of Gretchen, 

 who won the first prize at Philadelphia, April 18, 1887, whom 

 Mr. Mason criticises so severely. She is chocolate or seal 

 brown and tan. Mr. Mason says her color is bad. Authority 

 colors are black mid tan, chocolate and tan, brown and tan, 

 fallow or red. Her length is 38in. and height lOin Mr. 

 Mason says she is short. Authority says no dachshund 

 should be over lOin. high and the length about 38in. and less 

 for smaller dogs. Mr. Mason's favorite. Rubenstein, is cer- 

 tainly 12 to 14in. in height. Gretchen's ear reaches t^in. 

 from nose and her head is broad behind the ears, which de- 

 notes courage. German authority and Vero Shaw say that 

 conical heads and long ears are very faulty, and that the 

 ears should come to within V|iu. of nose. Another mistake 

 of Mr. Mason's is that he is comparing a 14-month old bitch 

 with a dog, and the bitches are always lighter in bone 

 throughout than the dogs, and smaller' and finer in every 

 way. Gretchen's weight at Philadelphia was 17J^lbs.; she 

 will be lighter in New York as she is just recovering from a 

 severe att ack of pneumonia. Aut.hord.ies say no dog should 

 weigh over 201bs., or bitch 171bs., and the Germans give ten 

 kilos for dogs and proportionally lighter for bitches. One 

 of the greatest prize bitches in England weighed but 151bs., 

 and the greatest dog 201 bs. Mr. Mason says Gretchen is too 

 light. Next season I will exhibit two of' my dogs to show 

 the difference of size aud bone between a dog and bitch of 

 the same breed. Flirt, dam of Gretchen, was imported by 

 Mr. Bailey, of New York, of circus fame; and Waldman, her 

 sire, was imported by Theodore Eugle, of Philadelphia, who 

 owns him now. I am importing a dog myself at the present 

 time to breed Gretchen, Dora and Ulrica. I also own two 

 brown and tan dogs. As there are several classes of dachs- 

 hunde I wish Mr. Mason would look them up or consult 

 Vero Shaw and then give as near as possible what a dachs- 

 hund should be, as there is such a vast difference of opinion 

 by breeders and people who should know. Perhaps we are 

 both right.— Frank Houpt. 



CLUMBER SPANIELS AT PHILADELPHIA. —Edito r 

 Forest mid Stream: Mr. Mason says that he has promised 

 to say nothing about the subject under dispute. The writer 

 feels diffidence in pressing the matter further, but has Mr. 

 Mason the right to withdraw in this manner? Has he for- 

 gotten what he said iu his report of the Hartford show, viz., 

 I will have something to say about these dogs on a future 

 occasion." The writer did not infer, nor did he think that 

 it would lie the inference of any one, that, either Mr. Heming- 

 way, Mr. Wilmerding or Mr. West was the "unfortunate 

 gentleman" of Mr. Mason's Philadelphia report. Mr. Ren- 

 dle was without doubt the person referred to. That Messrs. 

 Hemingway, Wilmerding and West had decided that 

 Johnny was the better dog, was not advanced as evidence. 

 It was a simple fact which there was no getting over. The 

 writer ga ve his opinion of the heads of the two dogs and 

 criticised them, and hoped that Mr. Mason would accede to 

 his request and do likewise. With regard to Mr. Heming- 

 way's decision at Newark, the facts of the case, as I have 

 learned, are these: Mr. Marmaduke Richardson handled 

 Johnny and Drake in the ring. The former's real number 

 was 275, the latter's 270. Mr. Hemingway picked the dog 

 with tag 276. Mr. Richardson said he had "not found the dog, 

 but Mr. Hemingway insisted that he was judging and that 

 his decision must stand. M r. Win. Tall man", under whose 

 charge Johnny and Drake were, was then called into the 

 ring, and immediately said that the numbers were reversed, 

 and that J ohnny was the dog chosen for first place; there- 

 fore, the dog which Mr. Hemingway had decided must stand 

 the winner was Johnny. Both Mr. Tallmau and Mr. Rich- 

 ardson will, I know, be prepared to certify that these are the 

 facts of the case. So much for Mr. Hemingway. Mr. Wil- 

 merding, I would be prepared to swear, made a careful ex- 

 amination of the two dogs, and gave the blue ribbon to the 

 dog which in his honest opinion was the better. Of Mr. 

 West's capabilities as a judge I know nothing, but in my 

 opinion, and until it is proved by facts to the contrary, it 

 will remain my opinion, he showed discernment in his judg- 

 ing of Johnny and Drake at Philadelphia. In conclusion I 

 would beg Mr. Mason not to fly off at a tanget, and quote 

 the opinion of this man and that, but to keep to the point. 

 Me was requested to state his reasons for saying that Drake 

 is a better dog than Johnny,' and has not done so. — A Mem- 

 ber of the American Spaniel Club. 



PHILADELPHIA DOG CATCHERS.— ?A. citv ordinance 

 authorizes the Mayor to detail as many police officers as he 

 may deem necessary who shall employ suitable persons "to 

 take up, kill and bury all dogs found running at large in the 

 city of Philadelphia." For every dog taken up and killed .$1 

 is paid to the dog-catcher by the city. Those redeemed by 

 the owners net these same licensed pirates $3 for each dog. 

 Elsewhere we publish a. letter showing how these dog- 

 catchers, protected by two or more policemen, interpret their 

 authority to extort money from the owners of valuable, or 

 at least valued, dogs. Police protection, and a good deal of 

 it, is necessary for these dog-catchers, for so offensive have 

 they become to the people that they would be hardly dealt 

 with whenever they appear were the strong arm of the law 

 not so visibly at their back. Mangy curs without owners 

 are uniformly passed by when these discriminating high- 

 waymen see a $2 dog within reach of their nets. Our cor- 

 respondent tells how these men invaded his domicile ami 

 seized his dog in the doorway. They habitually grab dogs 

 on the doorsteps and tear them from the very grasp of their 

 owners. A dog in the street held directly by the collar or by 

 a leash is "at large" in the estimation of the dog-catchers 

 and their complaisant police protectors, and is certain to 

 have the net thrown over him, in spite of the indignant pro- 

 tests of the owner. The pets of women and children are fair 

 play for these bandits. A case is reported of a lady in the 

 upper part of the city who sought to protect her pet poodle 

 from seizure as the dog-catchers came up, but had the filthy 

 net thrown over her own shoulders, and under such compul- 

 sion she consented to pay her assailant $2 for the privilege 

 of keeping her dog. This is a gross and outrageous abuse 

 which we hope Director Stokley will look into and correct. 

 The law is at fault by holding out such extroardinary in- 

 ducements to the dog-catchers to seize house-dogs regardless 

 of the equities or decencies of the case. To offer a lot of 

 hoodlums §2 apiece for every valuable dog they can catch is 

 to make it certain that they will secure these dogs with just 

 as little regard for the owners' rights as they are compelled 

 to pay by policemen, who in all probability share in the black- 



mail extorted and think that every dog is legally "at large" 

 W * C m£ n 1 ? e Drou «h-t within the reach of the dog-catcher's 

 net. The licensed robberies and outrages of the dog-catching 

 gangs have been endured long enough. A reform adminis- 

 tration will certainly find a way to put an end to them.— 

 Philadelphia Times. 



AN OLD YARN.— A Massachusetts correspondent sug- 

 gests that the Providence Journal "should have the cake" 

 tor this: Some time last fall a well-known huntsman lost 

 a very valuable pointer dog, and the most strenuous exertions 

 made to find the animal proved fruitless, so finally he was 

 given up as being hopelessly lost. Last Mondavthe owner 

 of the dog, in company with three other gentlemen, was 

 travelling through a section of Buck Hill woods, when they 

 came across the skeleton of a dog in attitude, the left fore 

 paw raised and the tail sticking out straight as a ramrod, the 

 bones being held in position by the sun-dried cords and sinews. 

 The collar around the neck established beyond doubt the 

 fact that the remains were those of the long-lost Leo, and 

 a further search brought to view, about a rod from the dog's 

 nose, the bones and feathers of a partridge. The mysterv now 

 became clear as day. With the wonderful and inscrutable 

 instincts that control birds and brutes the partridge had lain 

 perdu, afraid to rise, while the dog, like a Roman sentry at 

 Pompeii, had died at his post of duty. The hunter exhibits 

 the recovered collar as proof positive of the truth of his 

 story." This is an old story ot English origin, given in the 

 books at least a hundred years ago. 



CLUMBER IMPORTATION.— Mr. H. B. D. Brace, of 

 Ottawa, has imported from the kennels of Mr. Logan, of 

 Portaterry, Ireland, the Clumber spaniel bitch Lucy II. 

 She was whelped June 3, 1887, and is by Manners, bred by 

 Earl Manners, out of Lucy, bred by the Earl of Arundel. 

 Both her sire and dam were owned originally by the late 

 Dr. Hind, and while in his possession won many prizes, 

 especially the latter. Her grausire was the celebrated 

 Thoresby, owned by Lord Manners. Lucy If. is a valuable 

 addition to the Ottawa Clumber family.— Clumber. 



VACCINATION FOR DISTEMPER.— May 11, 1887.— I 

 am sorry to report the death by distemper of my Glencho 

 puppy Kerry (A.K.R. 4578) in spite of every effort to save 

 him, I cannot help thinking that if I had been here to 

 attend to him myself he might have been saved. He had 

 the handsomest coat of any dog I ever saw, and gave every 

 promise of being worthy of his illustrious sire. It would be 

 a boon to all lovers of good dogs if vaccination could be 

 made successful to prevent this dangerous disease killing off 

 so many puppies annually.— E. F. BISHOP, 



BULL-TERRIERS AT NEW YORK.— Providence, May 

 11.— You do not credit Jubilee, Mr. Comstock's bull-terrier, 

 with winning the champion prize at New York. The class 

 was divided. Jubilee, h aving won three first prizes, was 

 transferred to champion dog class and won.— W. J. Com- 

 stock. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, which 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. 



JEiF** Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



(fcniniiii'i and Marion. By Jas. B. Murphy, New York city, for 

 black and white blue belton setter dog and bitch, whelped April 1, 

 1887, by Jock (Jocko— Nell Grouse) out of Bess (Duke of im- 

 ported MoUie). 



Rose of tlaiicocas. By Jos. B. Murphy, New York citv, for orange 

 aud white English setter bitch, whelped April 1, 1887, by Dashing 

 Monarch (Dash IL— Countess Moll) out of Nancy Rake (Bei-eimd- 

 thal Rake— Phyllis). 



Clifford. By Elisba P. Baldwin, Norwich, Conn., for dark red 

 Irish setter dog, whelped July 12, 1880, by Bruce (Etcko— Noreen) 

 out of Zelda ( Allison's Ike— his Nancy). 



Bertie May. By J. C. Schuyler, Berryville, Va., for lemon and 

 white pointer hitch, whelped Dec. 14, 1886, by Tammany (Tory- 

 Moonstone) out of Bertie (Rab— BeUona). 



Blanche May. By J. C. Schuyler, Berryville, Va., for liver and 

 white pointer bitch, whelped Dec. 14, 18S6, by Tammany (Tory- 

 Moonstone) out of Bertie (Rah— Bellona). 



Cldoc. By F. Tracy, Brooklyn, N. Y., for liver and white pointer 

 bitch, whelped Dee. 14, 1888, by Tamuianv (Tory— Moonstone; out 

 of Bertie (Rab-Bellona). 



Lucy .77. By H. B. D. Bruce, Ottawa, Out., for lemon and white 

 Clumber spaniel bitch, whelped June 3, 1880, by Manners out of 

 Lucy. 



Bockett, By Fred BoUett. Brooklyn, N. Y., for liver and white 

 pointer dog, whelped Dec. 14, 1886, by Tammany (Tory— Moonstone.) 

 out of Bertie (Rab— Bellona). 



BRED. 



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Saddlebags — Rockingham. E. W. Durkee's (New York city) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Saddlebags (Foreman— Belle of Allendale) to F. 

 Windholz's Rockingham (Beltlvus— Bess), May 2. 



The Duchess— Count. G. D. Daveison's (New' Haven, Conn.) bull- 

 terrier hitch The Duchess (Count— White Violet) to Frank F. 

 Dole's Count (A.K.R, 3178), April 4. 



White Violet-Count. T. A. Harris's (Philadelphia, Pa.) bull- 

 terrier bitch White Violet (Dutch— While Rose) to Frank F. Dole's 

 Count (A.K.R, 3178). April 10. 



Caulyre—Les. Hur Kennels' (Chicago, 111.) mastiff bitch Cau- 

 tyre (A.K.S.B. 4723) to Mrs. Peck's Leo (Jacob-Ruth), May 9. 



Petry—Don Quixote. F. E. Boring's (Oakham, Mass.) pointer 

 bitch Retry (Sancho— Tot D.) to Don Quixote Kennels' Don Quix- 

 ote (Robin Adair— Lady Belle). April 30. 



Fortune — Vortiyern. E. Lever's (Philadelphia, Pa.) black and 

 tan terrier bitch Fortune (Reveller — Lilly II.) to his Vortigern 

 (Viper— Gipscy), March 26. 



Floss— Banu. II. J. Gerald's (Milton, Mass.) pointer bitch Floss 

 (Rox- Toy D.) to Tuckerfleld Kennels' Bang, April 22. 



Miss Druid— Fred W. C Tucker's (Stanton, Tenn.) setter bitch 

 Miss Druid (Druid— May B.) to B. F. Wilson's Fred W. (Count No- 

 ble— Spark), May 13. 



Morning Star— Gun. Chas. York's (Bangor, Me.) Llewellyn set- 

 ter hitch Morning Star (Dashing Dan— Daisy Starlight) to hia Gun 

 (Gladstone— May B.), May 9. 



Effle Deans-Dublin Scot. Dr. John P. Gray, Jr.'s (Utica, N. Y.) 

 collie bitch Effle Deans to Chestnut Hill Kennel's Dublin Scot, 

 May U and 15. 



mt—Nnllamore. Chestnut Hdl Kennels' (Philadelphia, Pa.) col- 

 lie hitch Dot (Rex, A.K.R. 149— Jersey Lily, A.K.R, 147) to owner's 

 Nullamore, May 7 and 8. 



WHELPS. 



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Zadie. East Lake Kennels' (agents) (West Jefferson, O.) English 

 pug bitch Zadie (Treasure— Peggy), May 1, four (one dog), by City 

 Yiew Kennels' Bradford Ruby. 



Beta, Chas. H. Newell's (Portland, Me.) pointer bitch Dela (A. 

 ICR. 1317), May 10, eight, (five dogs), by Westminster Kennel Club's 

 Naso of Kippen (Naso II, — Maggie). 



Sensation^ Rose. J. Bard well's (Chicago, 111.) pointer bitch Sen- 

 sation's Rose (Sam— Fan), May 7, eleven (eight dogs), by Pritch- 

 ard's Ben (Croxteth— Trinket): one dog and one bitch since dead. 

 Three are orange and white, eight live: and white. 



Roxana. P. M. Carman's (Wrightsville, Pa.) beagle bitch Box- 

 ami (R i ng wood— Belle), April 26, six (four dogs), by A. 0. Krueger's 

 Racer (A.K.R. 4504). 



Tri.cy. P. M. Carman's (Wrightsville, Pa.) beagle bitch Trixy 

 (Ringwood— Belle), Aprd 27, four (three dogs), bv A. C. Krueger's 

 Cameron's Racket (A.K.R, 4010). 



Nellie. Jos. B. Murphy's (New York city) pug bitch Nellie (Ring 

 -Dot), April 10, eleven (four dogs), by Henry Bitz's Jack, pedigree 

 unknown. 



Bess. Jos. B. Murphy's (New York city) blue belton bitch Besa 



