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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 26, 1887. 



tlemen, if vou had experienced one fraction of the miserable, 

 slimy persecution -which dogged every step of my ownership 

 of the dog np to the time I "demonstrated I had the hest in 

 the country, it would have taken more than columns of 

 Forest And Stream to have chronicled your tale. 



Mr. Editor, on mature reflection I think it would he ad- 

 visable to head this letter with the old elastic line "Collies 

 at Newark," in which everything under the sun can he 

 treated of except the one at issue. J AS. WATSON. 



BEAUFORT— PATTI U. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As vou have called attention to the protest made by Mr. 

 Munhkll at the Waverly show to the award made by the 

 judge to Beaufort, and the action of the A. K. C, or I should 

 say the actions of the A. K. C. in the same, please permit 

 me to explain the case from first to last. 



After the entries for the Waverly show had closed the 

 following special prize was offered: 



"Class XX, The president of the New Jersey Kennel Club 

 offers a special cash prize of §50 for the best pointer dog or 

 bitch, open to all comers. Entry fee $5, which will be added. 

 Entry to be made with, secretary of the club by Wednesday, 

 Sept. 15. 10 A. M. The regular entry fee of $8 will be charged 

 to all dogs entering for this prize not already entered in the 

 show." 



Mr. Mason, the owner of Beaufort, had been selected to 

 judge some of the classes, and he had entered his dog Beau- 

 fort as "not for competition." The dog was entered long 

 before the entries closed, and this prize was not offered until 

 some days after the eutries had closed. As you will see, it 

 w:« i i th j nature of a sweepstake; the $5 entry was to go to 

 the winner as well as the $50 prize. Three dogs were entered 

 to compete, viz., Beaufort, Patti M. and Nick of Naso. 

 Davidson was judge and awarded the prize to Beaufort. 

 Mr. Munhall, the owner of Patti M., protested upon the 

 ground that Beaufort was entered in the show as not for 

 competition. The Bench Show Committee refused to sus- 

 tain his protest, and he appealed to the local delegate of the 

 A. K. C. The local delegate sustained the finding of the 

 committee, from which finding Mr. Munhall appealed to the 

 American Kennel Club at the meeting of the club held at 

 the Hoffman House on Dec. 6. The appeal was heard by the 

 A. K. C, and it was decided to sustain the finding of the 

 local delegate. This I presumed was final, and settled it. 



At the last meeting of the A. K. C, held at the Hoffman 

 House the. first week in May, Mr. Munhall, delegate from 

 fehe Cleveland Club, further protested the previous finding 

 of the A. K C. upon the ground that Mr. Vredenburgh had 

 voted to sustain the local delegate's findiug, and that as he 

 was secretary of the club he could not vote, and cited Article 

 IV. of the constitution, which reads as follows: 



"Officers of the American Kennel Club shall not be 

 privileged to vote upon business before the executive com- 

 mittee, unless regularly elected delegates from their clubs, 

 except the president, who shall have, the casing vote in case 

 of a tie." 



The above is a portion of Article IV. It prescribes the 

 duties of officers. If the officer is a delegate he can vote and 

 always has voted when he held a proxy. If Mr. Munhall 

 will look at the latter part of Sec. 2, Article Hi., he will find 

 the qualifications for a delegate or a proxy, viz., "A person 

 to be eligible to act as delegate or proxy for a club or associa- 

 tion, whose regularly elected member or representative is 

 absent, urast be a member of a club one of the members of 

 this association, but in no case shall any delegate act as 

 proxy for more than one other member of this organization." 



The section of the constitution that Mr. Munhall cites 

 simply prescribes the duties of officers. The section I cite 

 prescribes the qualifications for delegates. Any club could 

 have elected Mr. Vredenburgh delegate, or any delegate 

 could appoint him his proxy. Mr. Vredenburgh was fully 

 qualified to vote. 



When Mr. Munhall made his motion to reconsider I raised 

 the point of order that he was not recorded as voting with 

 the majority at the previous meeting, and consequently 

 could not move a reconsideration. It was so held by the presi- 

 dent. Mr Vredenburgh, who was and is the secretary, then 

 stated that he voted at the previous meeting with the 

 majority, and although he did not have a proxy for this 

 meeting he would move to reconsider. The president 

 accepted his motion, and it was voted to reconsider. Now 

 we find, according to Mr. Munhall and the A. K. C, that a 

 secretary with a proxy cannot act as delegate; but that a 

 secretary w T ho has not a proxy can act for some club as a 

 delegate. It was then moved to reverse the finding of the 

 local delegate and sustain the protest; and the votes recorded 

 in favor of reversing the decision of delegate Peshall were as 

 follows: 



First— Cleveland Club, by its regularly elected delegate, 

 Mr. Munhall, the owner of Patti M,, and the party who 

 made the protest. 



Second— Cincinnati Club, by Mr. Munhall, proxy for Gen. 

 Shattuc, the regular delegate, by Mr. Hanna, proxy for Mr. 

 Munhall, the owner of Patti M. and the aforesaid party who 

 made the protest. 



Third — The Hartford Club, represented by Mr. Rendle, 

 proxy for Mr. Collins. 



Fourth — Pittsburg Club, by Mr. Richards as the proxy for 

 Mr. Gregg. 



Fifth— Mr. Newberry, regular delegate from Michigan 

 Club. Jii i 



Sixth— Mr. Drake, the regular delegate from tin- St. 

 Paul Club. 



And the votes to sustain the local delegate were as fol- 

 lows: 



First — Rhode Island Club, by Mr. Seabury, regular 

 delegate. 



Second— Boston Club, by Mr. Grosvenor, the regular 

 delegate. 



Third— New Jersey Club, by Mr. Peshall, regular delegate. 

 Fourth— Philadelphia Club, Mr. Winsl'ow, regular dele- 

 gate, 



Absent— Mr. Donuer, Westminster Club; Mr. Watson, 

 Hornell Club; Mr. Terry, Fox-Terrier Club; New Haven Club 

 and Wisconsin Club. 



Consequently Ave now find this state of facts to exist: That 

 the bench show committee of the New Jersey Kennel Club's 

 finding and decision, and the decision of the local club 

 delegate of said club, and of the American Kennel Club 

 itself, have been reversed by two newly elected members not 

 having been present at any former meeting, in fact, just 

 having been admitted; by one vote of the plaintiff, by one 

 vote of the sub-proxy for the plaintiff, and by two proxies. 



While the vote was being taken, 1 remembered that when I 

 wrote my decision as local delegate, I said something about 

 it being in bad taste for a judge in other classes at shows to 

 compete; and 1 at the time having some faint idea that 

 a protestor might have some slight prejudice, or in other 

 words, that his opinion might be slightly influenced, sug- 

 gested that under such circumstances the protestor should 

 not vote upon his own protest, for fear he might uncon- 

 sciously become influenced. But my suggestion did not 

 become a winner. The same unconscious influence might 

 unconsciously to a slight degree also influence a sub-proxy, 

 when the proxy for the sub-proxy was the protestor. 



I am very sorry that the A. K. C. has got itself into such 

 an unfortunate position. Unless delegates and officers take 

 interest and attend the meeting promptly, and show an 

 interest by taking part and doing away with proxies and all 

 semblance of the town meeting order of settling questions, 

 and by deciding all matters quickly and rightly, regardless 

 of who the parties may be, the club will soon come to an 

 end. 



In the beginning there was nothing in this case. The 

 wording of the prize settle it. It was not even an open ques- 

 tion; and the A. K. C. byits own fooling action and the lack 

 of interest of delegates has permitted this unfortunate state 

 of facts to exist. 



I do hope that as soon as Mr. Drake of the St. Paul Club 

 and Mr. Newberry of the Michigan Club read this article 

 and this statement of the case, they will each of them for- 

 ward to the secretary a resolution asking that the vote taken 

 on this subject at the last meeting be reconsidered. This 

 should be done at once. I do not believe that either of these 

 gentlemen fully understood the case at the time they voted, 

 as it was the first meeting they had attended; and having 

 voted with the; majority, they can ask that the vote be recon- 

 sidered. They can mail this motion to the secretary. I 

 submit that this is a matter that should receive the immed- 

 iate attention of the club. 



Mr. Munhall has written to the secretary of the New 

 Jersey Kennel Club demanding the amount of the prize. 

 The prize was long since paid. C. J. Peshall. 



ARE SHOW SPANIELS SUITABLE FOR WORK? 



PERHAPS there is no greater favorite among all sports- 

 men and exhibitors than the spaniel — that is to say, 

 the sporting spaniel, whether he be the Irish water, the Eng- 

 lish w ater, the Sussex, the field, or the nimble cocker. He 

 is known to be so sagacious, so good-tempered, and so for- 

 giving, and so rarely to be found ill-tempered or vindictive. 

 Every one knows the old saw— that "the more you beat a 

 spaniel the more he will cliug to you," and few have found* 

 this adage to be wrong, But "I must keep to my text or head- 

 ing, and trust that what I have to say of the modern spaniel 

 may not be taken in ill part. 



Any man who has stood near the spaniel benches at some 

 of our large shows musthave heard remarks such as: "What 

 on earth is the use of those lumbering creatures?" "They 

 can't do any work." "I could walk one of those down in two 

 hours," &c., and really, I firmly believe these people are not 

 far out of the way in their remarks. I will take the field 

 spaniel, the favorite color of which is black, and ask — Where 

 in the canine world can a more beautiful creature be found 

 than this lovely long, low, and heavy animal, with his flat, 

 glossy coat, profuse" feather, nice head, with an expression 

 that is unequalled by any other breed of dog living^? Yes, 

 I admire them as such, and know full well the difficulty of 

 breeding them to this standard, and what a hard job it is to 

 ;et them long, to keep them down , to secure bone and to get 

 Lat coats, and how years and years have been spent by 

 breeders to still improve upon these points, but with all this 

 I must say it is my opinion that the working spaniel is de- 

 teriorating in the same ratio as the show spaniel is improv- 

 ing. I should like to know what is the use of the present 

 cumbersome spaniel that has gone crooked on his legs be- 

 cause of his body being so long and heavy, and who is there- 

 fore almost a cripple, and is of as little use to the ordinary 

 sportsman as a heavy brougham or cart-horse is over the 

 Quorn country. I hope it may be kindly taken of me if I say 

 the present spaniel is but an "old man's dog," as to my mind 

 he is certainly too slow for a man in the prime of life. I 

 know it is argued that a sportsman wants a slow dog, so that 

 he can keep up to him, and not let him go too far, so as that 

 the game may be flushed out of range; but I think this is all 

 bosh, as a spaniel should be so broken as to keep within 

 range— that is, in the open or on a fence. 



Then, again, what is the use of a heavy spaniel working a 

 wet bog or water course for snipe or wildfowl? Why, he 



Elods on through it like a small crocodile, and you can hear 

 im coming at a distance of 70 to 100yds., and how far the 

 wary snipe or other water or wildfowl can hear him, good- 

 ness only knows. Them, again, in a thickset cover, where 

 gorse and brambles are intermixed in an endless and indes- 

 cribable entanglement, his short legs are certainly of some 

 use to him here, but his other properties are not; he has to 

 pull his long body through, and his coat — and that, too, 

 often very spare so as to get it flat— is but a poor protection 

 to his thin, fine skin, and often have I seen a poor brute 

 held as fast by his ears as Abraham's ram of old was by his 

 horns. I will* now take the modem spaniel when the snow 

 lies thickly on the ground, as it has for two or three seasons, 

 and it seems to me that the recurrence of "old-fashioned 

 winters" is altogether unfavorable for the lovely dogs on 

 our show benches. You will then see the short-legged and 

 heavily-feathered dog just as useless as one could possibly 

 imagine, and as he plods about and gets up to his belly every 

 step he takes, it makes the man who is out with him wish he 

 had left him at home, and taken a terrier or some dog as 

 nimble. Yes, such is the case, and that is the reason why 

 most of our old sportsmen are wont to laugh at some of our 

 specimens of dogs of all breeds that they see at our shows. 

 Why is this? I think it is that in breeding for length and 

 lowness the working spaniel has been lost sight of, and, in- 

 deed, what is known as "character" is too often now con* 

 spicuous by its absence in nearly every breed of dog. I take 

 it that shows are held for the improvement of the different 

 breeds of dogs, but should like to ask, Does the improvement 

 lay in the way of the work these breeds are suitable for, or 

 in the direction of fancy points as in pigeons or rabbits, 

 where color and markings are very considerable points 



I have always believed in the saying "that a good horse 

 can never be a had color." Then why on earth cannot the 

 same thing apply to dogs? at least those breeds that are bred 

 for work and not for household pets. What has become of 

 the old liver-aud-white field spaniel that would kill three 

 long and low ones in a day, and get over twice the work to 

 boot? We don't find him but very occasionally on the show 

 bench, for all our judges, with the exception of one, refuse 

 to look at him, and he is generally the first sent out of the 

 ring. No, we do not find them at our exhibitions, but if we 

 get round the kennels of shooting men, we find nothing else, 

 and furthermore these gentlemen swear by them, and laugh 

 at our show animals. And therefore, here it comes in, that 

 we have one dog for weekdays and another for Sunday — one 

 to stop at home to do the work, another to bring out to be 

 scanned by an admiring public. I should like to know the 

 proportion of our show spaniels that have ever heard the 

 report of a gun, or have slobbered over the scent of a winged 

 bird or a legged hare? Yes, it is to me a thousand pities 

 that we are losing sight of our old friend, the dog that can 

 afford a man a day's sport, but, at the same time, do not deny 

 that the show dog is very beautiful to look upon— but why 

 not combine the two qualities? If you show a -'spaniel man" 

 a shortly-backed, strongly-loined one, with rather long but 

 straight legs, over 251 bs, in weight, he will turn up his nose 

 at it and laugh it to scorn, and it certainly would be just as 

 good for a man to throw his entrance money into the sea as 

 to exhibit that spaniel, as he would be considerably out of 

 pocket. Still we often hear the proprietor of this kind of dog 

 challenge the owners of other animals that he will back his 

 dog to find more game than a brace of them together, and so 

 on, and it's ten to one that he knows what he -is talking 

 about. I am fond of spaniels. They were and always have 

 been my favorite "fancy," and I have probably handled every 

 dog of any note of this breed in the kingdom, and have 

 always criticised them according to the scale of points laid 

 down by the Spaniel Club, as, "when we are in Rome we 

 must do as Romans do;" but still at the same time it has 

 invariably occurred to me, What is the use of these lovely 

 dogs for a day's work ? I cannot for the life of me see they 

 are suitable for it— hence the reason of this paper. I know 

 from experience the immensity of trouble there is to breed 

 them to points, and how the most difficult points to attain 

 are the most valuable in the ring. 

 All this is very good in its way, but as the world cannot 



get along with "mashers" alone, I would suggest that we 

 look a little more after the interest of our workmen, which 

 are to be found in the spaniel world in shorter-backed, longer- 

 legged, and less-feathered specimens. Then we could have 

 one breed of spaniels, instead of so many, that would be use- 

 ful for all kinds of work, if I except that of retrieving heavy 

 birds from a rough and fast-running sea; then you are bound 

 to have a stronger animal, such as the Irish or English water 

 spaniel— the latter-named dog, by the way, seems to have gone 

 out almost entirely. I was very much struck with some sup- 

 posed specimens of this breed that were exhibited at the last 

 Royal Cornwall show held at Saint Austells. They were 

 certainly peculiar-looking creatures, aud were more like liver 

 poodles' than English water spaniels. Still they had that 

 workmanlike build and intelligent expression that one was 

 not surprised when told they were admirable field and water 

 dogs. However, again to the point — "Are show spaniels 

 suitable for work?" and I am bound to answer in the negative; 

 but at the same time it must be. remembered that I admire 

 the present show dog as a specimen of what careful breeding 

 will do, but still think that good looks are not the only 

 to be bred for.— The Wanderer, in Vinton?® Gazette. 



things to 1 



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THE DETROIT DOG SHOW. 



[Special to Forest and Stream.] 



ETROIT, Mich., May 25,— The Detroit show, which 

 opened yesterday, bids fair to be a success and to take 

 its place among the good shows of 1887. The attendance so 

 far has been fair. 



AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER. 



FOLLOWING are the numbers of the dogs entered in 

 the May number of the Amerlca-n Kennel Eetjister: 

 BEAGLES. 



4969. Zulu, Sagamore Kennels. 



BULLDOGS. 



4970. Belle of the Ball, E. S. 4971. Carmen, J. E. Thayer. 



Porter. 



COLLLES. 



4972. Cant. BiXbv's Lassie B., 4973. Haddie Darling.O. Detchon 

 Capt. F. G. Bixhy. 4974. Prinsor Lad, O. Detchon. 



DEERHOUNDS. 



4975. Oscar, A. W. Smith. 



MASTIFFS. 



4976. Beech Grove Juliette, C. F. 4983. Sandycroft Bessie, V. ST. 



Matteson. Haldeman. 



4977. Homer, Jr., J. E. R. Boa- 4983. Sandycroft Blucher, V. M. 



drean. Haldeman. 

 4978 Juanita, J. M. Chaplin. 1984. Sandycroft Brag, V. M. 

 4979. Sandycroft Baffle. Y. M. Haldeman. 



Haldeman. 4985. Sandycroft Burly, V. M. 



i iudycroft Beauty, V. M. Haldeman. 



Haldeman. 4986. Romeo, C. T. Matteson. 



4981. Sandycroft Belle, V. M. 4987. Vulcan II., P. A, Dwight. 



Haldeman. 



POINTERS. 



4988. Boski. C. W. Wiuship. 4992. Floss IL, H. J. Gerald. 



■imh Climax, e. W. Brigga 4993. Lambert's Bang, H. Flint. 



19911. Dido IL, T. L. Douglas. 4994. Little Eula, T. L, Douglas. 

 4991. Fan, J. Zimmerman. 



PUGS. 



4995. Juno L., A. C. Lewis. 4997. Santa Claus, Forest City 



4996. fco Ko H., M. Smith. Kennels. 



4998. Topsy L., A. Lichty. 

 ST. BERNARDS — Rough-Coated. 



4999. Bonnie Gipsey, G. F. Erbe. 500?. Phil Bernard, F. W. Burns. 



5000. Duke III.. W. Van Wyck. 5003. Princess, W. B. Allen. 



5001. Nutmeg, C. A. Houck, 



Smooth-Coated. 



5004. Speranza, T. M. Burk. 



SETTERS— English Setters. 



5005. Bellcore. W. H. Fuller. 5007. Maggie Dale, W. P. Mills. 



5006. Bess in., J. B. Murphy. 5008. Rim, F. Marsh. 



Gordon Setters. 

 5009. Neva, F. M. Harris. 



Irish Settebs. 

 Bend Or, J. Work. 5013. Max. IL, T. Mullin, Jr. 



01 en da lough, J. II. Cocks. 5014. Nell III.. J. Work. 

 Mahdra Rime, W. Ross 5015. Teddie, F. L. Cheney. 

 Proctor. 



SPANIELS— Field and Cocker Spaniels. 

 Beatrice W., J. P. Willey. 5021. Nick, J. A. Nickcrson. 

 Dandy W., J. P. Willey. 5922. Star, W. H. Forsyth. 

 Flirt \V., J. P. Willey. 5023. Topsy W.. J. P. Willey. 



Jeanie, O. W. Home. 5024. Trisy, J. P. Willey. 



Miss Newton Obo, J. P. 

 WiUey. 



Irish Water Spaniels. 

 Conn, A. B. Elford. 5026. Irish Girl, A. B. Elford. 



terriers-Black and tan terriers. 



Cherokee, Si Cimnuigham. 5028. Gipsy Queen, A. W. Smith. 



Fox-Terriers. 

 Ba\ -onet, A. Belmont, Jr. 5032. Richmond Myrtle, J. K. 

 Media, A. Belmont. Jr. Thayer. 

 Richmond Dazzle, J. E. 5033. Tancred, A. Belmont, Jr. 

 Thaver. 5034, Tinsel, A. Belmont, Jr. 



5035. Wasp II., J. E. Thayer. 

 Scotch Terriers. 

 Judge Pepper, R. F. Shannon. 



5010. 

 5011. 

 5012. 



r,0l6. 

 5017. 

 501 S. 

 5019. 

 5030. 



5025. 

 5037, 



5039. 

 5030. 

 5031. 



DISGORGING FOOD FOR PUPPIES. — St. Joseph, Mich., 

 May 11.— 1 heartily enjoyed "C.'s" description of the coon 

 hunt in issue of April 21, in which I became so interested 

 that by the time the climax was reached I could see that 

 whole outfit, and I laughed heartily, I have "cooned it" 

 many times in different parts of the country and recognize 

 ie of the dogs 

 ick by readir 

 .. . puppies by vomiting „. 

 of anything I ever saw or heard of: but my foxhound bitch 

 has done the same thing at least every day for the last week. 

 I first noticed her seven-weeks-old puppies eating something 

 odd-looking last Sunday, and upon investigation discovered 

 that it was what had been vomited by the mother. I refused 

 to allow them to eat it, thinking the bitch (who stood look- 

 ing on) had eaten something which had caused sickness, but 

 on Monday I discovered her iu the very act of disgorging, 

 and if ever an animal's face betokened shame, hers did. I 

 myself and quite a number of others to whom I had related 

 the circumstance, have watched her and have seen the same 

 unusual performance every day for the. last week, She 

 leaves her kennel immediately after being unloosed morn- 

 iugs, returning in about twenty minutes to feed her puppies. 

 She seems to be very careful not to disgorge when she 

 notices any one looking, and is much more motherly with 

 this litter (her second) than the first one. Would you con- 

 sider it detrimental to the puppies to allow them to eat such 

 food ?— J. C. S. [No.] 



THE POISON FIEND. — Allegheny, Pa., May 21. -Let me 

 report to you that the scoundrelly dog poisoner has oeen at 

 work here yesterday and succeeded in killing half a dozen 

 valuable dogs and a few curs. Among the former was my 

 German mastiff Caesar, who was brought by me two years 

 ago from Germany, He "was a noble, harmless beast, and a 

 general favorite hi the neighborhood. He claved the floor 

 for about half a minute, stiffened out and died without a 

 struggle. The police department refuse to do anything to 

 further the arrest of the miserable scoundrel. Would it not 

 be well to protect owners of valuable dogs by passing and 

 enforcing a strict ordinance bearing on the subject?— E. P. 

 Hodges, 



