.Tune 16, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



457 



handler who, while handling a dog under their judgment, 

 may be guilty of misconduct or disobedience toward them. 

 The fine so assessed for each offense shall not be less than $5 

 nor more than $25. The handler so fined shall immediately 

 pay the fine or give satisfactory security for such payment. 

 Upon his failure to do so, the nudges shall declare the heat 

 finished and the dog run by said handler out of the stake. 



Rule 16. If either dog points game, the other dog must 

 not be drawn across him to take the point, but if the judges 

 so direct, if the ofoe is not backing of his own accord, he must 

 be brought around behindthe pointing dog. Handlers must 

 walk within a reasonable distance of one another, so that 

 the dogs will be on an equality in the competition. 



Rule 17. If, with the consent of the Board of Control, or 

 their representatives on the ground, a dog be withdrawn 

 from a stake, either on the field or at any time during the 

 holding of a trial, then the owner of said dog, or his author- 

 ized deputy, shall give written notice over his signature of 

 said withdrawal to the Secretary of the Club, or to the Board 

 of Control, or their representative. If the dog belougsto 

 either or any of the officials of the Club, written notice must 

 be handed to one of the other officials. 



When a winner of one or more, heats is withdrawn for a,ny 

 reason, the best one of the dogs previously beaten by him 

 shall be brought into his place in the competition, if in the 

 opinion of the judges he has a chance to win in final heats 

 for a place. No owner or handler shall be permitted to with- 

 draw his dog or dogs from a stake on the field or at any time 

 during the progress of a trial after such dog or dogs have 

 been allotted a position in any heat, without the consent of 

 the Board of Control or their representative on the ground. 

 Any such owner or handler withdrawing his dog or dogs 

 without such consent, may be debarred from any future 

 trials or be penalized at the discretion of the Club. 



Rule 18. If any person openly impugns the actions or de- 

 cisions of the judge or judges, or acts in an ungentlemanly 

 manner toward them, or intentionally interferes with or 

 annoys them during the progress of a trial, he may be de- 

 barred from further participation in the trials and ordered 

 off the grounds. The judges are vested wdth full power to 

 preserve order and decorum upon the grounds at all times. 

 The grounds are the private property of the Club (by con- 

 tract), and as the judges are its representatives, they have, 

 in law, the same right as any owner of private property to 

 regulate and protect it, and may expel any obnoxious or dis- 

 orderly person, using force if necessary. They have author- 

 ity to provide police protection, if required, for themselves, 

 agents, exhibitors, guests, handlers, attaches or servants. 



All persons are hereby notified that permission to enter or 

 remain on the grounds of the Club is given subject expressly 

 to the above granted powers. 



Rule 19. No person other than the judge, judges, Presi- 

 dent of the Club, stewards or reporters of recognized sports- 

 men's journals will be permitted to accompany the handlers 

 of dogs competing in any heat, except owners of such dogs 

 running in charge of a handler or deputy, and they shall be 

 permitted to accompany the stewards until the finish of such 

 heat, when they shall retire until their dogs shall again come 

 into competition. 



Two persons are prohibited from working one dog at the 

 same time. If from any cause the handler of a running dog 

 is disabled to such an extent that he cannot shoot, the judges 

 will select some person to shoot for him, and they may in 

 any case require handlers running dogs to go through min- 

 utely the evolution of shooting either a blank or shotted 

 cartridge over any and every established point, upon being 

 ordered to flush a bird. The handlers shall handle their dogs 

 in the trials as in ordinary shooting, and shall go together 

 so that the dogs shall be on an equality as to ground., oppor- 

 tunities for finding, etc. Spectators shall not be allowed 

 nearer the handlers of dogs running than seventy-five 

 yards at the rear. 



Gentlemen authorized under these rules to accompany the 

 judges in the trials, will not be permitted to give any infor- 

 mation to, or converse with, the judges on any subject what- 

 ever, and it will be the diity of the judges to see that this 

 rule is enforced. 



Rule 20. All stakes shall be run to a finish when possible. 

 If it is impossible to do so, then the judges shall place the 

 dogs at their discretion according to the work done, regard- 

 less of the heats won. 



Rule 21. Should the owner of a dog, or his representa- 

 tive, induce the owner of another dog, or his representative, 

 to withdraw such dog for a consideration or bribe of anv 

 nature whatsoever, all prizes won by either shall be forfeited 

 upon the facts being satisfactorily proven to the Board of 

 Control. If, however, either dog be withdrawn without con- 

 sideration, from lameness, injuries, or from any cause clearly 

 affecting his chances of winning, the other dog may be de- 

 clared the winner, provided that the heat has already begun, 

 and provided further that it is not a heat for a place, on the 

 facts of the case being clearly proven to the satisfaction of 

 the judge or judges, provided the dog has been withdrawn 

 as provided for in Rule 17. Any heat for a place cannot be 

 won by a withdrawal. Heats for a place in case of with- 

 drawals shall be governed by Rule 17. 



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

 which is not run out, the stake shall be divided; and in case 

 of a division between three or more dogs, of which two or 

 more belong to the same owner, the dogs so owned shall be 

 held to take equal shares of the total amount w r on by their 

 owners, and in the division, the terms of any arrangement 

 to divide winnings must be declared to the Secretary. 



Rule 22. The first and second prizes in any stake cannot 

 be divided. The judges may, however, at their discretion, 

 divide the third prize, but in no case shall more than f our 

 dogs have part in the division, and they may be selected 

 from any of the beaten dogs. 



Rule 23. The dog last beaten by the winner of the first 

 prize may run the final heat for second place on the follow- 

 ing day with the approval of the judges. 



RULE 24. All protests, except as hereinbefore provided, 

 must be made and delivered to the Secretary of the Club, or 

 in case of his absence, to a member of the Board of Control, 

 or their authorized representative, at or before midnight of 

 the date of the running of the final heat. 



RULE 25. If a handler, either from physical inability can- 

 not, or for any reason will not, walk as fast as in ordinary 

 shooting, the judges shall not restrain the competing hand- 

 ler, who shall be permitted to handle his dog while walking 

 as fast as in ordinary field shooting. 



Rule 26. No one shall be allowed to talk to a handler 

 while his dog is under judgment, unless what is said is 

 spoken openly in the presence of the judges, and nothing 

 shall be said at such time that shall prove advantageous to 

 the handler in working his dog. If the. judges know that 

 any information has been given to a handler while his dog is 

 under judgment, that may help him to locate birds, the 

 judges may require the handler to draw off his dog from the 

 birds so located, or they may decline to give any cred.t for 

 the. work of the dog upon birds so located or may enforce 

 Rule 18. 



In case a dog is lost while on point or he has gone astray, 

 the judges shall appoint those who may assist in finding the 

 dog so lost. No person other than those appointed shall be 

 permitted to take part in any search. In case any unauthor- 

 ized persons take part in the search, any credit which might 

 come to the dog so lost shall, on account of their interference, 

 not be credited to him, if the judges so decide; and any de- 

 merit due to the competing dog, on account of the inter- 

 ference of such persons shall not be scored against him. 



RULE 27. H m the order of running there shall be but 

 three dogs in a series, so that one would run a bye, then, 

 while the competing dogs are running their .heat, the thi rd 



dog shall run a side heat without competition. The judges 

 shall appoint (or, if they prefer, may request the. Board of 

 Control, or their representative, to appoint) an extra judge 

 to see that the dog running the bye shall, while the com- 

 peting dogs are running their heat, be run and handled the 

 same as if in a competitive heat. The side heat so run is for 

 the purpose of bringing together the winning dog of the 

 heat and the dog running the bye upon au equality for the 

 final heat determining first place. 



If the. dog running the bye would not compete for first 

 place the same day he would run the bye, the side heat need 

 not be run. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES. 



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

 determined which is the better. Unless a dog shows such a 

 low order of merit, that in the opinion of the "judges he can- 

 not show creditably, he shall, if time permits, have at least 

 two chances to show his good behavior on birds. Either or 

 both dogs may be ordered up by the judges for want of merit. 



2. Pointing" fur, feather, reptile or scent of game birds 

 shall not be considered a false point. 



3. Retrieving shall not be required or recognized as a merit 

 in the Derby. 



4. The judges shall give a dog ample opportunity to dis- 

 e»ver whether he is on a true or false point. 



5. No assistance shall be given by the handler to enable a 

 dog to discover whether he is on a true or false point. 



6. Judges shall avoid, as far as possible, holding a dog so 

 long on a point, for the purpose of securing a back or other- 

 wise, as to enable the birds to run. Dogs should be brought 

 up to the back only when opportunity offers, without inter- 

 fering with the pointing dog, and a dog drawing on or point- 

 ing game which he has found independently, shall be afford- 

 ed "ample opportunity to locate the game without competi- 

 tion, and the handler ample time to flush the bird, it being 

 left to the discretion of the judges to direct when to oppos- 

 ing dog shall be held in check. A dog shall not be held an 

 unreasonable time upon a point, and if held on a point by 

 order of the judges for a dog to secure a back, he shall not 

 incur any penalty for results. 



7. 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. 



8. When a handler calls a point, it shall be considered only 

 as calling the attention of the judges to the dog. 



Baching — The judges are requested 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. 



Beaming — The judges are requested to give greater credit 

 to the dog that maintains the fastest and most killing range 

 throughout, wide or close, as the necessity of the case re- 

 quires; that works his ground with judgment; that observes 

 his handler's course and position as a base of operations, and 

 that hunts to the gun. 



Obedience and Disposition. The judges are requested to 

 give much greater credit to the dog that works promptly, 

 without noise or severity, and is obedient, prompt, cheerful, 

 and easily handled. 



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

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

 dog which has directly or constructively beaten every other 

 dog in the stake. 



The judges are requested to observe that the scale of points 

 given below is set forth as the scale, of the Club. They are 

 requested to use this scale, but they shall not consider the 

 keeping of a score obligatory. Any scores so kept shall be 

 solely for their use in determining each heat as scored, and 

 eaiA ar.nTAs narmot mnder anv cA n til m stan c.es be rminirftH nt' 



said scores cannot under any circumstances be required of 

 thein. 



MERIT. 



Nose 25 



"k,40 



' 33 / 



Pointing < Staunchness 10 j 



(Style in Pointing 5) 



Ranging 15) }- . . 75 1 



Pace., 10L.30) 



Quartering 5 ) . . 35 J | 



Style in same 5 ) 



Obedience in Disposition 10 1 



Backing 10^.25 



Retrieving.. 5 ) 



DEMERIT. 



False pointing, breaking in, breaking shot, chasing. 

 These faults shall be gauged by the judges in their dis- 

 cretion. 



The third chase, however, loses the heat. 



DEFINITIONS. 



Breaking In, is where a dog, through imperfect 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 intention 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 fired or not, to an extent beyond the control of his 

 handler for the time being. 



Pointing. The judges will rate a dog's merit under this 

 head by the display of nose and judgment in finding and 

 pointing birds and his accuracy and quickness in locating 

 birds after he has caught scent of tbem. False pointing, 

 flushing, or uncertainty will detract from a dog's score under 

 this head. 



THE LATE E. F. STODDARD.— Cincinnati, O., June 6. 

 —At a special meeting of the Board of Control of the Ameri- 

 can Field Trial Club, held at Cincinnati, Monday, June 6, 

 the following resolution was adopted: "Whereas, Mr. E. F. 

 Stoddard, a member of the Board of Control of this club, has 

 been suddenly called from life, Resolved, that the follow- 

 ing memorial be adopted and made part of the record: E. F. 

 Stoddard was a man of well rounded character, of quick and 

 generous impulse, which endeared him to all with whom he 

 came in contact. His sphere of activity in the community 

 where he lived was large, and his death creates a void which 

 will not be easily filled. A man of great versatility and in- 

 ventive genus, his energies were directed largely in enter- 

 prises which tended to improve and ameliorate the condition 

 of mankind. He was a consistent member of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Church, and by his life and example helped to in- 

 culcate the doctrine of the universal brotherhood of man. 

 He was an ardent and enthusiastic sportsman and con- 

 tributed of his time and means to the elevation and advance- 

 ment of field sports in this country. As one of the founders 

 of this club he took a keen interest in its success and labored 

 unceasingly to enhance its prosperity. His loss will be 

 deeply deplored in every walk of life, where he was univer- 

 sally beloved and esteemed. — C. W. Paris, Secretary. 



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DOG POISONING IN OTTAWA.— Ottawa, Can., June 

 8,— Editor Forest and Stream: I inclose herewith a cutting 

 from one of our local newspapers, which will show you to 

 what an extent dog poisoning is carried on here. The letter 

 gives the number of the victims as twenty, but this is far 

 below the mark. There have been over one hundred dogs 

 poisoned during the past month at the lowest computation. 

 The majority were dogs whose taxes had been paid, and 

 therefore the city is in duty bound to trace out the scoun- 

 drelly perpetrators of the outrage; but they do nothing. 

 Dog lovers must take the matter into their own hands.— 

 Clumber. 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB METHODS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In answer to letter of Mr. Watson in Forest AND STREAM 

 June 9,in regard to the charges made by J. Otis Fellows 

 against C, J. Farley, I will say that I do not think the A. K. 

 C. should or could take any action in the matter. I have al- 

 ways taken the position that the A. K. C. should never take 

 upon itself original jurisdiction, but should be exclusively 

 a court of appeal. If there has been any misconduct by this 

 party at the Hornell Kennel Club's show, it is Mr. Fellows' 

 duty to prefer charges against the party and give him notice 

 and a trial, and if guilty disqualify. Certainly it is not ex- 

 pected that the A. K. C. will take up its time trying cases 

 that should be first investigated by the club; and it the party 

 is not satisfied he can then appeal. As far as the Buffalo 

 club is concerned we have not any jurisdiction whatever, 

 and we should not recognize the action of any club not a 

 member of the A. K. C. In regard to the disqualification of 

 Mr. Mitchell, as referred to by Mr. Watson, I will say that I 

 do not see how any club could prevent his exhibiting his 

 dogs nor why they should, as he was disqualified by a club 

 not a member of the A. K. C. 



Now, my dear Watson, if you are right, let us suppose 

 that the Buffalo club should disqualify you; then all of the 

 clubs should recognize the action of the Buffalo club, which 

 is not a member of the A. K. C. You could not appeal to 

 the A. K. C. to remove the disqualification of the Buffalo 

 club against you, and consequently you would have no 

 remedy. The A. R. C. can only recognize the action of clubs 

 belonging to the association, 'it maybe that the Eastern 

 Field Trials Club was a member of the A. K. C. at the time 

 it disqualified Mr. Mitchell. I £ such was the case, then the 

 clubs would be bound to recognize the bar or disqualification, 

 and if such was the case, Mr. Miehell could appeal to the 

 A. K. C. to remove the same, but if it was not a member at 

 that time the A. K. C, would not have any jurisdiction in 

 the case. 



Mr, Watson is usually right, but sometimes he does slip 

 clear off the log, and if he would think and look for an ex- 

 planation he would write otherwise. I see that Mr. W atson, 

 m the Sporting Life, says that the local delegate only has 

 jurisdiction during the show. Under the old rule the local 

 delegate could be appealed to from the action of the club. I 

 expressly stated that we should have a rule of this kind, as 

 we could then get a quick decision and that a large ma jority 

 of the protests could and would be disposed of by the' local 

 delegate without bringing the case to the A K. C, 



C. J. PESHALL. 



Jersey City, N. J. 



Edttav Forest and, Stream: 



There is a rule of the American Kennel Club which reads 

 as follows: "It shall be the duty of the local delegate of 

 the club to examine all entries and see that they conform to 

 the rules of the American Kenuel Club." There being no 

 penalty attached to non-performance of this duty little or no 

 attention is paid to it, and as the you-tickle'-me-and-I'll- 

 tickle-you method of doing business does not permit of any 

 person connected with an associate club being censured, we 

 are left at the mercy of the. delegate. Fancy Mr. Gregg, of 

 Pittsburgh, doing such tilings. Itis so much easier for him 

 to wave his hand majestically and shout, "Away false phan- 

 tom of the deep, thy bones are marrowless," or words to 

 that effect, when a protest is entered, that he will never 

 bother his head about seeing that entries are correctly made. 

 There are others who ought to do their duty, and as ex- 

 amples I shall select Messrs. Peshall, Child and Donner as 

 the most likely to see that the A. K. C. rules are enforced; 

 but to see whether this is so or not I propose running 

 through the catalogues of all the shows from Newark to 

 Detroit and note infringements of the rules. 



Newark had the benefit of Mr. Wilmerding's experience, 

 and w T e must not expect to find many mistakes except those 

 made by the exhibitor: 



No. 14. Sir Charles, entered by R. J. Sawyer. No date of 

 birth is given, the dam's name is omitted and a wrong 

 breeder is named. Won first in his class. Should have been 

 disqualified under Rule 3. 



No. 26. Beda, entered by R. J. Sawyer, 

 breeder omitted. Won first in her class, 

 disqualified under Rule 3. 



No. 39. Rigi, entered by J. W. Dunlop. 

 breeder omitted. Won first in his class, 

 disqualified under Rule 3. 



No. 53. Adonis. Date of birth omitted. Won first in his 

 class. Should have been disqualified under Rule 3. 



No. 56. Jupiter, entered by Percy C. Ohl, agent. Won 

 third prize. Should have been disqualified under Rule 2, re- 

 quiring all dogs to be entered "in the name of the bona tide 

 owner/' 



No. 65. Wacouta Rose, entered by Wacouta Kennels. Date 

 of birth omitted. Should have been disqualified under Rule 

 3. Won second prize. 



No 73. Irene, entered by Benj. Meyer. Name of breeder 

 omitted. Should have been disqualified under Rule 3. Won 

 second prize. 



No. 74. Flora, entered by W. H. Croselmirs. Date of birth 

 and breeder omitted. Should have been disqualified under 

 Rule 3. Won second prize. 



No. 75. Follie, entered by W. W. Silvey. No pedigree or 

 breeder's name. Should have been disqualified under Rule 

 3. Won first prize. 



No. 84. Jumbo, entered by F. W. Buereh. Pedigree given 

 as "full pedigree." Should have been disqualified under 

 Rule 3. Won third prize. 



No. 137. Bang Bang— Countess puppy, entered by West- 

 minster Kennel Club. This is not in accordance with the 

 requirements of Rule 2. Should have been disqualified. 

 Won second prize. 



No. 177. Gerald. The first prizes won at New York and 

 Philadelphia in 1885 were presumably in puppy classes, but 

 it is not so stated in the record, which reads as if the dog 

 should have been entered in the champion class. 



No. 207. Edo, entered by A. F. Terhune. Pedigree given as 

 Dash; no dam mentioned though bred by exhibitor. Should 

 have been disqualified under Rule 3. Won third prize. 



No. 478. Meg, entered by Wm. Conner. No pedigree, date 

 of birth or breeder given. Should have been disqualified 

 under Rule 3. Won first prize. 



No. 480. Sprite, entered by R. Gildersleeve. No pedigree, 

 date of birth or breeder given. Should have been disquali- 

 fied under Rule 3. Won second prize. 



No. 503. Dick, entered by P. Casedy. Pedigree given as 

 "full pedigree." Should have been disqualified under Rule 

 3. Won second prize. 



No. 504. Ben, entered by P. Casedy. Pedigree given as 

 "full pedigree." Should have been disqualified under Rule 

 3. Won first prize. 



As will be seen, all of the above are prize winners, and the 

 list might have been greatly extended by including all of the 

 dogs imperfectly catalogued, it is possible, of course, that 

 some of the above may have been properly entered by stated 

 "unknown" in th spaces provided on the entry forms; but 

 we can only judge by what is before us in the catalogue, and 

 as in many cases "pedigree unknown" appears, the presump- 

 tion is that that did not appear in the. cases set forth. 



It is a pretty full list, and when we take into consideration 

 that prize winners are in the main owned by men of experi- 

 ence m dog shows, it is fair to assume that the mistakes of 

 the uninitiated will be proportionately more numerous. No 

 effort appears to have been made for the enforcement of the 

 A. K. C. rules at this show, and it will be seen later on that 

 this was no exception to the custom prevailing during the 

 season. J AS. Watson. 



Date of birth and 

 Should have been 



Date of birth and 

 Should have been 



