July 14, 1887. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE ENGLISH KENNEL CLUB'S SHOW. 



THE twenty-ninth dog show of the Kennel Club was held 

 .June 28 to July 1. We are indebted to the London 

 Field for the following report. A full list of awards will be 

 found in the American Kennel Register: 



The visit of the Kennel Club to the beautiful grounds of 

 the Ranelagh Club, near Barnes, for their summer show of 

 1887, will possibly prove historical, because it resulted in the 

 finest exhibition or dogs ever brought, together. 1750 ani- 

 mals were shown, but they eoA r ered 2012 entries, as in the 

 case of some, puppies, and in contesting for the team prizes, 

 individual dogs competed in more than one class. Thus we 

 cannot call this show the largest of its kind ever held, for 

 that at Islington Agricultural Hall, in 1863, included over 

 two thousand dogs, none of which were entered in more than 

 one class. But in quality the one of which we write stands 

 right out without a rival, for in the earlier exhibitions a vast 

 amount of rubbish was sent for competition by exhiliitors 

 who had still to learn what sort of an animal was likely to 

 be successful on the show bench. We are more advanced 

 now, and the general public knows pretty nearly as well the 

 merits of a dog as the specialist did twenty years since. The 

 committee of the Kennel Club have, taken extra pains to 

 make the gathering a success , and, being well assisted by 

 the various dog Clubs and private individuals, a list of prizes 

 was ottered of unusual value, and, to give an international 

 tone to the affair, exhibitors resident out of the British Isles 

 were allowed to make entries free of charge. The latter in- 

 duced competitors from America, Canada, and elsewhere to 

 send represeu tatives. 



Of the general excellence of the show we have already 

 spoken, and, taking the various classes separately, the setters 

 may be pronounced the best ever brought together by the 

 Kenuel Club, and reminding us much of the great quality 

 always seen in these sporting divisions at Curzon Hall, 

 Birmingham. Pointers were, on the whole, an average; 

 spaniels came tip better than was once expected; retrievers 

 were quite satisfactory, the wavy variety especially so; St. 

 Bernards still prove themselves the fashionable big' dog, the 

 120 exhibits thereof being a fine show in themselves. Great 

 Danes were ahead of the mastiffs both in numbers and 

 quality, and, strange though it may appear, Irish wolf- 

 hounds outnumbered the more elegant and graceful Scotch 

 deerhounds. Bloodhounds ouly proved fair classes. The 

 eighty bulldogs beuched were indicative of the fact that 

 this ancient British dog is by no means on the wane; and 

 the smooth fox-terriers, to the number of 1(50, caused more 

 criticisms than any other group in the tents. Dachshunde 

 were again numerically strong, but by no means elegant, 

 and the various varieties of terriers— English, Irish, Scotch, 

 Welch, el line g&n m omnc— winked and blinked amid the 

 straw, dreaming, perhaps, of drawing badgers and killing 

 otters and rats, creatures which their grand parents had 

 often come across, but themselves never. The pug classes, 

 and those for toys, both terriers and spaniels, were fairly 

 well tilled; but more interest, centered round the griffons 

 from France and Germany (not to be confounded with the 

 fabled animal, in part an'eagle, and in part a Hon), the tail- 

 less schipperkes from the canal boats of Holland, and the 

 extremely handsome eastern greyhounds of varied strains. 

 The bloodhounds, an extremely small collection, caused by 

 no means great interest in their competition. 



The mastiffs, as many expected would be the case, were a 

 poor lot throughout, and Mr. Wynn's judgment was criti- 

 cised, and not always in the most favorable manner. Beau- 

 fort was shown very fat, but otherwise in capital form, and 

 beat Victor Hugo, reserve, Montgomery, second prize, and 

 Ilford Chancellor in the challenge class, All these dogs are 

 well known, and ninety-nine breeders out of a hundred 

 would call Montgomery the worst of the lot, and we think 

 so. Victor Hugo looked well, but he does not show suffi- 

 ciently the bulldog type of head to please the judge. Cam- 

 brian Princess, in her division, had no opponent; and in the 

 open dog class Wodan, a fairly nice dog, a bit flat in ribs 

 and slack; in the loins, was first. Alfgar, a cleanly-made 

 dog ; light in bone and poor in head, but smart and attract- 

 ive m the ring, was second, and Lionel, an excellent brindled 

 specimen, rather small, perhaps, was third— this dog should 

 have been second, for in addition to his properties all round 

 being uniformly good, be was an excellent mover; but of 

 this more anon. Ormond had but he, Mr. Hutchin's im- 

 mense brindled dog Admiral fourth, while Hotspur, second 

 to no dog in the division, was vhc. — his excellences and de- 

 ficiencies we have repeatedly written of lately. In bitches, 

 Princess Ida, a well-known face, scored, with Gerda, a mid- 

 dling bitch, second, her face and muzzle being anything but 

 tip-top: but her body, legs and feet are fair, and she moved 

 nicely— very well, thought, the judge, who gave her the 

 special prize for the "best-moving mastiff among the prize 

 winners; she walked badly, galloped fairly, but Lionel was 

 far ahead of her in both respects, while Victor Hugo, as not 

 having won a prize, did not compete. Frigga was the third 

 prize bitch, but the best in the whole class was Holda, who 

 had he: both these have lately won prizes. The puppies 

 were only so-so, the best by far being the brindled dog Con- 

 stable, who, though at present a little plain in head, is well- 

 formed, level and evenly made, standing on excellent legs 

 and feet; and should he make up in head, will probably be 

 our best dog of his color. Wodan and Frigga were placed 

 over Victor Hugo and Princess Ida in the brace prize. The 

 chief cups went to Beaufort and Cambrian Princess, and the 

 remainder of the awards followed pretty much those already 

 made. 



St. Bernards were an exceptionally fine lot, but there were 

 few new animals of note likely to make a mark in the future, 

 excepting such as have already been shown. Pliulimmon 

 was, as usual, at the head of all. looking as well as ever, 

 and bigger, for on the judging day he sealed 2l71bs. The 

 challenge bitches, too. require little comment, but in open 

 dogs we were introduced for the first time to Baron Cardiff, 

 a fifteen-months-old puppy, by Pliulimmon— Donna Bayard; 

 he is not so big as his sire, and never will be. but with a 

 trifle more coat and a rather better expression he would be 

 about perfect; he is a splendidly made dog, stands straight 

 in front, and we never saw a big dog move nearly so well in 

 his hocks and hindquarters; his color and markings, too, 

 are good; he won easily in his class, and later on achieved a 

 greater triumph when he beat the smooth dog Guide in the 

 class for novices. The latter we commented upon at the St. 

 Bernard Club's show, and he has not altered since then; his 

 head is absolutely fine in expression and shape, but he is too 

 straight in his stifles and hindquarters, which natually 

 makes him move stiltily. After Cardiff we should have 

 been inclined to place Duke of Marlboro' third, for Duke of 

 Wellington is not improving, and was not in such bright 

 bloom as his opponent, nor is he so good in expression and 

 body, though more active looking. Valour was absent, and 

 of the remainder, the immense orange and white Ben 

 Lomond was the best. Hermit II., a dog of similar color, 

 but smaller and plainer in head, took vhc. All the winning 

 bitches are old faces, excepting Lady Ruby, third prize— a 

 nice one in most particulars, but not so good in head, shape 

 and expression as those placed over lier. Baron Cardiff, 

 being under ISmos. old, was able to compete in the puppy 

 class, which he, of course, won, a kennel companion. Burns, 

 a dog possessing considerable style and character, but pecu- 

 liarly dark in his head markings, being second. In the other 

 divisions for puppies and novices, a number of fair second 

 class animals were behind the winner, the chief of which 

 have already been mentioned. The smooth St. Bernards 

 were, as a rule, poor, the winner, of course, excepted. Nike, 

 in the bitch class, had the reserve, and she is going off in- 

 stead of improving, and was not shown in good condition. 



One of the greatest attractions in this large show lay in 



the number of foreign dogs of several varieties, some of 

 them possibly not hitherto seen in this country. The first 

 class of this kind was for foreign wolfhounds or greyhounds; 

 but of the six entries only two came forward, and they were 

 of quite opposite types— an equal prize was awarded to each. 

 Paul, a so-called Russian wolfhound, is a big fawn-colored 

 dog, with a long shaggy coat, but. bearing more the appear- 

 ance of a bob-tailed collie with a greyhouud's tail than any- 

 thing else. Drourhook, placed on a equality with him, is a 

 fair Russian or Siberian greyhound, a dog by no means un- 

 common in this country, a remarkably fine specimen of 

 which strain was shown at Norwich the other day, For 

 other foreign hounds there was a better entry, but unfor- 

 tunately a couple of handsome Afghan hounds were severely 

 handicapped, one having accidentally lost the whole of his 

 tail and the other being lame— both are dark fawn in color, 

 have long pendulous ears, covered with extremely tine, but 

 long hair of a rather lighter hue than the body color, and 

 their ribs a re also covered with a coating of a similar kind: 

 the tail of the one which had not lost it was extremely fine 

 and carried with a rather graceful curl. The shape of the 

 body and head of these animals is like that of a greyhound, 

 but they are smaller. The. first prize went to Koff, an ordin- 

 ary Russian greyhound that has previously won at our 

 shows. Then we had a great collection of German pointers, 

 great strong dogs, with immense bone, of the type of our 

 pointers, but coarser throughout. In color they varied from 

 liver to liver and white and licked of different shades; and 

 in almost, if not all instances, they have their tails docked. 

 The latter gives them the appearance of the old Spanish 

 pointer in Stubb's well-known picture and which is so 

 charmingly engraved by Woodlet. We fancy these dogs 

 will not be likely to popularize themselves in this country. 

 The German boarhouuds are much the same as those we. 

 have in this country, but not so good. By far the most in- 

 teresting foreign dogs were the griffons, but unfortunately 

 of the seven entered, but three were present. Baron Cop- 

 pen's Medoc is an extremely handsome animal of a peculiar 

 liver and white ticked color, with a broken-haired coat as 

 hard as pin wire and close and weather-resisting too. In 

 appearance he is what one would expect to find in a cross 

 between an otterhound and pointer, the head leaning toward 

 the latter type, the body and coat to the former. Two others 

 in the class were liver in color, soft and silky in their jack- 

 ets, favoring in appearance the old Welsh drover's dog, but 

 a little smaller. The schipperkes we have often mentioned 

 lately — little black dogs, born without tails, some lOlbs. in 

 weight or so, and having much the appearance of the black 

 Pomeranians with little coat. They are bred by the boat- 

 men in Holland and elsewhere, and besides bearing f» repu- 

 tation for fidelity, are said to be excellent hands at killing 

 rats. 



The challenge class for black Newfoundland dogs was a 

 strong one, and Lord Nelson, in nice condition, "beat Joe. 

 Sadler and Black Prince— still, we do not consider -Mr. 

 Nicholls's champion so good a dog as he was two years ago. 

 The other challenge classes call for no comment, nor did the 

 open for black dogs, where H anion won rightly, but Bis- 

 marck, second prize, was a mistake, for he is neither good in 

 coat nor type, nor has he size to recommend him; Admiral 

 Seymour and Waterman were about as good as anything in 

 the class after the actual winnor. The bitches were remark- 

 ably good— perhaps the best group of the variety w« have yet 

 seen. Lady M., the winner, excels in coat, style and charac- 

 ter; she moves well, and is a strong bitch with powerful 

 loins. Princess Nell, much of the same stamp, perhaps not 

 quite so good in front, was second, and although entered in 

 the catalogue as pedigree unknown, she shows abundance of 

 quality, and must have come from good stock. Lady Tramp, 

 third prize, is a small bitch, and we did not quite like her 

 head, and her ears, too, might be improved. Stella II. had 

 an extra fourth prize awarded— a roomy, good bitch, with 

 extra bone, but a rather bad mover in her hindquarters. 

 Baroness, with the reserve, is another good sort, and, taken 

 altogether, there was not much to choose between these five, 

 and perhaps another judge would have placed the last first. 

 The Landseers, or black and white, do not appear to make 

 much headway, and after the first prize winners their qual- 

 ity was most moderate, the second prize bitch Psyche especi- 

 ally so, and there, was nothing of great repute* among the 

 puppies. 



Great Danes mustered in great force, but, with one or two 

 exceptions, all the best animals have repeatedly been criti- 

 cised here. In the challenge class, a very strong one, the 

 winner, Vendetta, was also pronounced the best Dane in the 

 show, the fawn ; Cedric the Saxon, and the immense Cid 

 Campeador having to lower their colors to her, and we hear 

 little complaint at the decision; the bitch is every bit as neat 

 as Cedric, and possesses better feet, but, of, course, is not so 

 big. Paramount appears to be a favorite, and, his leggiuess 

 notwithstanding, was placed first; his head is verv good 

 indeed, and possibly he will improve in body. A new "dog, 

 Silver King, was third, a big black-spotted f el low. who ap- 

 pears to be good all round, not so showy as the winner, but 

 better made up in body, his hindquarters and stifles are not 

 such as they ought to be for perfection, and he appears h igher 

 behind than in front. An enormous light fawn-colored 

 hound was second; he is built on similar lines to the winner, 

 and a litter brother of his, more massive, was fourth— two 

 remarkably fine puppies, which will take a considerable 

 amount of beating when matured. Ortrud, the handsome 

 marbled bitch, won in her class, with Clara, well known, 

 second. Arishman, third prize, is a bit heavier in head than 

 we like, and so Ave preferred the fourth prize winner, Ina. 

 This is a remarkably clean-lipped brindled and white bitch, 

 a little, small, and not perfect on her forelegs. The bitch 

 Flora Queen, of Wurtemberg, took the reserve. A second 

 prize was over a big-eared bitch called Duchess, who might 

 have had a chance of winning in a mastiff class. The Great 

 Danes, open to residents in Germany, was so poor that but 

 one prize was given in the two classes. The Irish wolf- 

 hounds were present in strong force, but there was really 

 nothing of particular merit that had not hitherto appeared 

 on the benches, nor is there yet any appearance of any great 

 distinctness of type, some still being smooth, others rough 

 with soft coats, while some have shaggv jackets of good 

 hard hair; and the third prize bitch is by the Dane Cedric 

 the Saxon, from the deerhound bitch Lufra. 



Deerhounds were poor classes, and in open dogs we did 

 not. like. Ossian, who took first prize; he lacks character, is 

 light in bone, has bad eyes and a soft jacket. Ben Bolt 

 should have w on, with Buscar next and Jock third; the re- 

 spective merits of these hounds are well known. Princess 

 Mnrjorie, the winning bitch, is a red-fawn in color, is very 

 typical in every way, but soft in coat; her ears and head are 

 exceptionally neat. Old Morna has grown quite curly in 

 her jacket, and we failed to find in what respects Blue Belle 

 and Duchess II. beat the Warwick winner Brora. The grey- 

 hounds need no special mention. Though Lord Horn castle 

 was marked "absent" in the catalogue, a dog very much like 

 him was benched under his name on Wednesday. The win- 

 ning bitch, New Girl, is a coarse one, and though powerful 

 and muscular behind, is not so good, from a show bench 

 point of view, as either Second Sight or' Counterpane. 



Mr. Norrish had his hands full when he came to judge the 

 pointers, and at the outset let it be stated that all Mr. 

 Lloyd's entries were "not for competition," and those from 

 the Graphic Kennels, New York, were not present. The lat- 

 ter was certainly a disappointment, for rumor has borne on 

 her tongue statements to the effect that our American cous- 

 ins have some better pointers than ourselves. The challenge 

 class for dogs any weight was a foregone conclusion for 

 Naso of Upton, who, though he might be improved in his 

 hindquarters, is so much better in front and neater through- 



out that he easily beat Don Pedro and Sussex Don II.; and 

 Pardon we liked best all around of the champion bitches, M.- 

 Mulard's Beau Ideal being an absentee. Some took excep- 

 tion to the feet of the dog Banker, who won in the open large- 

 sized class; and here he might be improved, for they are 

 thick and well-padded ; in other respects he is a lovely dog. 

 exceedingly neat at his shoulders and neck ; big and strong' 

 in bone, without being coarse; he certainly was our selection.- 

 Cornish Don never looked better : still, he can only beat the 

 winner in head, and Don's feet, tliough close, are not thick 

 enough ; he took second, the two occupying an exactly 

 similar position to that of Warwick. Kent Shot, a dog 

 with a good front and capital legs and feet, but a trifle 

 plain all through, was third. Bowman is a coarse, big dog, 

 with bad shoulders. Marcoline we rather liked, a dog bred 

 in Hanover, and remarkably neat and level all through, 

 excellent in shoulders, and straight in front, with a nice 

 and smart carriage of stern ; he has a peculiar appearance 

 in front of the eyes, but this alone should not have kept 

 him out of the honors list. Such good dogs as Polites, 

 Gladsome, and Milton PontO had to rest contented with 

 cards of honor. Cornish Belle, the winner in the bitch 

 class, is neat, with an extremely pretty head, good bone, 

 and a smart, showy mover. Molton Broom, the Warwick 

 winner, quite' the good bitch we said she was when she 

 won there, was second, with a nice, old sort, minus the 

 sight of one eye. Climax, third. The latter was dull in the 

 ring, and only her character took her so near the top of the 

 class. Molly Colroy, a Hamburg bitch, had vhc; she was 

 not in show'form at" all, but with great bone, and certainly, 

 properly mated, should prove of great use to our Continen- 

 tal friends, but her day for the show bench is over. The 

 small-sized dog class was another most equal one, and here 

 a Belgian bitch scored a third prize. This was Luck of 

 Prene, by Naso of Kippen, who, shown in better bloom and 

 condition, might have stood higher; she possesses a fair 

 head, is level topped, has strong, muscular loins, good bone, 

 without being coarse, and moves well. Monk of Upton, 

 who won, is a little plain in head and a bit gay in his carri- 

 age of stern, still a nice dog; Bang of Kippen is a smart, 

 good mover, a, little faulty behind, and his eyes are a shade 

 or two too light in color. Rex of Milton and' Chandos were 

 about as good as anything in this class, which, as we have 

 already hinted, was more remarkable for evenness than ex- 

 traordinary excellence in any individual. In the correspond- 

 ing bitch class some three or four were of great quality, and 

 Milliner is one of the neatest bitches Mr. Sain Price has 

 shown for some time; she carries her head well up and her 

 stern nicely down, moves freelv, and possesses good strong 

 bone, a nice head and prettily hung ears. Bex of Milton is 

 rather small, almost white, and pretty and neat. The well- 

 known Blossom came, second, and Isabel, also a winner pre- 

 viously, third; the latter stood rather wide at times, and her 

 place might have been taken by. the orange and white bitch 

 Aldin Rose, who, however, seemed a little off bloom in the 

 ring; still she is a rare nice one, and has been in the prize 

 money in equally as good classes as this before to-day. Eros, 

 too, is a nice bitch. Naso of Upton was pronounced the best 

 pointer in the show; Mr. Bryan, mostly by the aid of Banker 

 and Molton Broom, won the team prize; and Naso of Upton , 

 as he has done before and can do again, beat Gladsome, Po- 

 lites and others in the class for field trial winners. 



[CONCLUSION JTEXT WEEK.] 



THE AMERICAN MASTIFF CLUB. 



THE annual meeting of the American Mastiff Club w as- 

 held Wednesday, June 8, at 17 Broad street, New York. 

 The old board of officers was unanimously elected for the en- 

 suing year, Following is the report of the secretary: 



On the 23d of June, 1886, the American Mastiff Club was 

 founded. Before the completion of the first year of its Exist- 

 ence the club has forty-four members, and has secured for 

 itself an acknowledged position among kindred organiza- 

 tions in this country. 



It was a fortunate thing for the development of the Amer- 

 ican Mastiff Club that already in the mother country the 

 Old English Mastiff Club had for several years existed. " The 

 American club may justly be regarded as an offshoot of the 

 older organization, and whatever success has attended the 

 history of our club during the last year must be largely 

 ascribed to the hearty good will shown by the parent club. 

 It is no small satisfaction to the American club to know that 

 several of the best-known members of the Old English Mas- 

 tiff Club have joined our organization as active members. 



During the past year seven meetings of the Executive Com- 

 mittee have been held. 



A challenge cup for the best American-bred mastiff has 

 been offered by the president of the club. Besides this, two 

 challenge cups for the best mastiff dog and bitch respectively 

 have been offered by the club, and mastiff sweepstakes have 

 been competed for by members of the club. The challenge, 

 cup for the best American-bred mastiff was competed for and 

 won at the Westminster Kennel Club show oy Wiulawn 

 Kennels' Homer. The challenge cup for the best mastiff dog 

 was competed for and won at the same show by E. H. 

 Moore's Minting. The challenge cup for the best mastiff 

 bitch at the same show was won by H. B. Cromwell's The 

 Lady Clare. The sweepstakes were won, first by E, II. 

 Moore's Duchess and second by C. R. Allen's Boss's Zulu, at 

 the Boston show. Silver medals were awarded at the same 

 shows where competition for the cups was held. The report 

 of the treasurer shows a balance on hand of $55.36. 



Richard H. Derby, Secretary. 



WEIGHT OF A MASTIFF LITTER. — Editor Forest ctrnl 

 Stream: In your issue of June 16 you have a communication 

 from Mr. Orton Gifford, of Dakota, giving weight of his five 

 mastiff pups at six weeks of age. In the East we have large 

 dogs as well as large pups and large litters. My bitch Boss's 

 Minnie whelped on the 25th of last month fifteen pups; at 

 birth their combined weight was near 301bs. From their 

 present appearance I think the weight of either five will 

 equal his when of the same age. He gives the weight of his 

 five pups 75>ilbs., a record he need not be at all ashamed of. 

 My bitch Bess (A.K.R. 2217), litter sister to Boss, whelped on 

 Feb, 20 one bitch and four dogs; at one week old they 

 weighed 173-^lbs., at three weeks 43%lbs., at six weeks they 

 weighed 85>£lbs., lOlbs. more than his did at the same age. 

 They are now owned by E. H. Shirk, Jr., Tipton, Ind.; J. 

 W. Alsop, Middletown, Conn.; J. O. Low, Castle Hill, New- 

 port, R. I.; Wm. Dyer, Portland, Me. When last heard 

 from any one of them were heavier than the dogs of Mr. 

 Amidon he quotes. The fifth one is not for sale. — J. L. 

 WrscHELL (Fair Haven, Vt., June 22). 



VACCINATION FOR DISTEMPER. — The Journal nf 

 Comparative Medicine and Surgery translates from a 

 foreign veterinary journal the following notes: The anal- 

 ogy 7 of the cutaneous eruptions in distemper in dogs, with 

 those of variola, was noticed by Jenner, and suggested to 

 him the idea of vaccinating dogs to preserve them from the 

 distemper. "It appears," he says, "that dogs are very suscept- 

 ible to vaccination by inoculation, and that it produces in 

 them all of the sy T mptoms of distemper which is common to 

 them, but in a foreign form, from which they do not die. 

 They are, moreover, protected from future attacks. Out of 

 forty-three puppies vaccinated with success none died. All 

 were immune from contagion." Wasbot found that distem- 

 per wasinoculable, and verified the analogy with variola, but 

 tound they could contract the disease later. Dupuis, of 

 Brussels, has just made a complete report on the subject. 

 His experiments were made by scarification with vaccine 



