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daw and his dam Wagtail the brace cup; Maximus, with 

 his family, carried off the stud doe, and Lady the brood 

 bitch special, Irish terriers were fairly good classes. Bach- 

 elor represented challenge dogs, with Buster second; and 

 Extreme Carelessness easily disposed of Norah Tatters in 

 bitches. Neither St. George's owner himself nor other ex- 

 hibitors were perhaps prepared for the honors which liter- 

 ally showered upon this dog. Still, upon a close scrutiny of 

 his excellencies, there is little fault to be found. He is ex- 

 ceedingly well formed, and of good size; his neck, shoulders 

 and front are nearly perfection, and he moves with great 

 freedom and liberty;' he has a long taking head, and small, 

 perhaps too small eyes, which rob him of that intense char- 

 acter peculiar to the Irish terrier. Here Extreme Careless- 

 ness has the pull and a little in coat, but loses from him in 

 shoulders. Mick McQuade is a very good coated dog, and 

 well put together in body, but thick m skull, as well as nar- 

 row in face'f Cruisk, third, has a good head and true expres- 

 sion, but is straight behind, and did not move well in the 

 ring, and he was not in show condition, but no dog in the 

 ring possessed greater character than he, and his coat is ex- 

 cellent. In bitches. Miss Rattle won, and, though quite big 

 enough, she is a good stamp nevertheless; she was, however, 

 very closely pressed by Miss dummy, a beautiful-headed 

 and straight- fronted bitch, who probably lost position a lit- 

 tle bv her pale color; better in this respect, she would have- 

 no superior in the show. Erin III. is weak in face and loin, 

 but a nicely shaped and coated animal: and Whisky Slee, on 

 the other hand, is good in body and has a nice head, but soft 

 in coat. A lot of excellent puppies were likewise forward. 

 St. George, besides winning the valuable produce stake of 

 £26, followed by Mick M'Quade and Miss Rattle, took the 

 specials for the best uncropped dog in open and puppy 

 classes, best terrier in the show bred by exhibitor, and the 

 50 guineas cup, as well as the one for the best dog and bitch 

 in the open and puppy classes in conjunction with Sea 

 Shore. Extreme Carelessness got the cup for best bitch, 

 Mick M'Quade took that for best exhibited by an Irish 

 member of the club, Miss Rattle was awarded the one for 

 the best uncropped bitch, Spital Gem won the special for best 

 puppy bred by exhibitor, and, together with Spital Crack, 

 the one for best brace of uncropped puppies ; Mr. Hoare 

 secured the team special, and there were money specials 

 awarded to the second, third, and fourth best uucropped 

 specimens in the open and puppy dog and bitch classee. 



Pugs were a good class, but hot well judged in some in- 

 stances. Little Count beat Daniel in challenge dogs, and 

 won the 20 guinea cup for the best pug in the show. This 

 was perfectly right. Little Countess took precedence in 

 bitches, and was the most compact, and showed most q uality 

 in the class; but Setset has abetter skull and body, and, with 

 black toenails instead of white, should have beaten Lady 

 Clematis for second. Prince Tragedy won in open dogs. 

 His leading features are his wonderfully large globular eyes; 

 he has also neat ears, and is a good-bodied dog. He, too, 

 has white toenails, and we thought Loris a better dog, take 

 him all round, having more wrinkle, a better trace, and 

 greater quality. Tang, third, is a long-faced and somewhat 

 pig-jawed dog, and was well beaten by Sunlight, who, though 

 not made up in body, is an infinitely better pug, and should 

 have come third, 'in bitches, Ducie, second, might have 

 won; she. has a splendid eye, and is a good-bodied and com- 

 pact pug of character. Pegg is small in eye, pinched in 

 face, and has no wrinkle, but good in bone and body. Queen 

 Rose is nice in quality, but shows age; Lady Crusoe is shal- 

 low in muzzle, but good in body and color. Royal Duke 

 won clearly in dog puppies, and he is a compact, short-headed, 

 and good-skulled little dog, with a nice tail and carriage. 

 There was not much else in the class. 



Fox-terriers were as numerous as ever, but there was a 

 dearth of good young ones. The open smooth dog was the 

 best division of the lot, we thought. Result of course won 

 again, and took the challenge cup for the ninth time ; there 

 is nothing yet likely to make him vacate his position : and 

 to Rachel went the great honor in the corresponding bitch 

 class. Last week at Bury St. Edmunds we drew attention 

 to the mistake made in placing Valet over Lucifer. The 

 latter won now and Valet was fourth, a position he scarcely 

 deserved, for his thin coat and whip tail are totally unlike 

 those seen on other winners. Second place should have gone 

 to Reckon, who looked well, a terrier without coarseness; 

 though his bone is so excellent, he had vhc. only. Bac- 

 chanal, with his bad mouth, was fifth, a nice little terrier, 

 as we all know ; Hunton Prince, late Syrup, second, and fit 

 as a fiddle pin ; Hunton Baffler, vhc, is an old-fashioned 

 stamp, and, all white on his head instead of being marked, 

 he would remind one much of old Tyrant ; Professor, third 

 prize, is a gay, smart terrier, big in ears rather, and notquite 

 elegant at his shoulders ; Embryo is rather leggy, but ter- 

 rier-like, with a capital head ; Barton Spicer, tan in mark- 

 ings, is a neat terrier in ears and body, and straight in front, 

 he is, however, too bitch-like in head; Moonstone is another 

 white terrier we have previously noticed. Radiance should, 

 we fancy, have been placed over Ethel in the bitch class, at 

 least so far as we could examine the two, for the later could 

 not be persuaded to drop her ears, which are thick at the 

 roots. Radiance is a good bitch in bone, coat, and form, a 

 little lacking quality, which Ethel undoubtedly possesses in 

 a greater degree ; Dinah Do and Venilia are both too leggy 

 and light ; Wildfire, fifth prize, was dull and listless in the 

 ring ; Meersbrook Marvel, third prize, has been mentioned 

 in our reports of some north country shows, and Verdict, an 

 American bred bitch, is a better specimen than her sister 

 Tiara. Some thought Verdict should have been higher, but 

 though her legs, feet, and character are good, she is a little 

 weak in jaw, and her jacket is not right; she might perhaps 

 have been fourth, but no higher. New Forest Danger won 

 in dog puppies; he is wonderfully terrier-like, but weak in 

 head and generally toyish; while the second prize dog, Hor- 

 ton Trap, has a very long head, which is not at all the shape 

 a terrier's should be, and so he scarcely deserved a card. A 

 nice dog here, but quite big enough for his age, is Dandy 

 Duke, all white, we presume placed back because of his over- 

 sized ears. Volador, likewise a fair puppy, is at present un- 

 furnished, and he looks like growing too big, and has acom- 

 monish expression ; Douglas Jester, showing more quality, 

 is like an improving sort. In the remaining classes the 

 awards, as given below, must suffice ; and Mr. Clarke had 

 little difficulty in winning the team prize. The wire-hairs 

 were strong. 



Coming so soon after the show of the Bulldog Club, we 

 had nothing much more than we saw there, and Mr. Jack- 

 son got through his labors well. As an opening, he had to 

 give his judgment in the challenge class between Grabber, 

 Rustic King and British Monarch, the latter taking the 

 great honor, which included the challenge cup. The first 

 named was not in good form, and the others are of such 

 distinct types that it must lay with the fancy of the judge 

 which wins. Personally we are averse to* the twisted 

 nostrils of the Monarch family, and think Rustic King's big 

 ears are not such a severe handicap. The latter, however, 

 took the cup for the best bulldog in the show, bred by the 

 exhibitor. In the challenge bitch class Queen Mab again 

 won. and as Jennie Howl et was in bad form, and Wheel of 

 Fortune in good, the latter took second hondrs. In the open 

 dog class of the medium-sized the large-sized one did not at- 

 tract more than two entries. All the winners are old faces, 

 Roller (a brindled and white dog) has a fairly well-shaped 

 head, but is not full enough in his cheeks, and rather leggy 

 too; still he deserved a card— a far better dog than the long 

 and down-faced Chelsea Grip. Nap is possibly the best 

 headed dog in the class, but his narrow fron t kept him back. 

 Horsa possesses a good skull and ears, a little pinched in 

 muzzle, still a fair all-round dog. Rustic Model won in the 



bitch class, where again there was a repetition of previous 

 awards; and so on in the smaller-sized divisions, where the 

 winning dog Forceps was not looking so well as when at the 

 Aquarium show. Harper, the winning puppy, is not 

 deteriorating, and Hades appears to show improvement in 

 head. 



Coma beat Trentham Dutch in the bull-terrier challenge 

 class. Iu the open one for dogs and bitches over 301bs., 

 Margery Daw, a fair headed bitch, is a little long in loins, 

 but might have been higher than he. had she been in better 

 coat. Duchess III., second prize, is a useful sort, level and 

 good, just a trifle lippy; Graceful has a good head, but bad 

 legs: Topper, with the reserve, is lightish in eyes, a shade 

 thick in jaw; legs, feet, and body fair; Harvester and King 

 of Hearts are both well known, the latter a rare dog, shown 

 in beautiful form, just a little wide in front, and too long 

 in stern. In smaller class, Wild Violet carries her ears badly; 

 Daisy Flower is a nice bitch, but a little, out of condition. 

 Principio won well enough, her fault being a little extra 

 length in loins. The remainder in this class, like those in 

 the smallest size division, were fairly good animals; but 

 among the little ones there was nothing to compare with 

 such as Nelson, Dick, Rebel, and others — 151b. gems of by- 

 gone days. The white English terriers were badly judged, 

 Diamond Spark iu eyes, head, legs, and feet, and form gen- 

 erally being the best. The winners here are all well known, 

 as are most of the black and tan terriers, the latter muster- 

 ing in good force, and apparently correctly judged through- 

 out. Pearl, the winner, very rich in tan, fairly distinct in 

 markings, and terrier-like in body. Jeanette won the Vic- 

 toria prize for the first time of offering, this being value 

 twenty guineas, to be competed for by uncropped specimens 

 over 12 months old. Scotch terriers were numerically poor; 

 but Dandie Dinmonts were quite fair, though not such good 

 classes as were producd at the last Kennel Club show; the 

 prizes in both divisions were satisfactorily placed, as was 

 the case with the poodles and Pomeranians. The black 

 variety of the former were particularly strong, but Lyris 

 still keeps at their head. 



The same old faces were to the fore in Bedlingtons, but we 

 rather felt inclined to favor the Miner over the Bishop in 

 the challenge class, who now is the better fronted dog of the 

 two, although rather the larger. Newton Lad and Tooth- 

 pick were well ahead in the open class, the former excelling, 

 particularly in neck, head and shoulders, and in coat too. 

 Toothpick is scarcely so good in hind quarters and stem as 

 the winner, and Humbledon Buster's stem is bad, otherwise 

 lie is a. fair all-round dog. Wansbeck Maid, the winning 

 bitch, possesses a sweet head, but in front she is not what 

 she might be; Bridget might fairly have been second instead 

 of vhc, being good in head, front, body and coat, for La/ly 

 Colin, who took that honor, is plain all through; and Gipsy 

 Queen, third prize, shows too much of the Dandie Dinmont 

 type; Creole, reserve, is small and weak in muzzle. In the 

 any other color than blue, Hotspur was fortunate in beating 

 Humbledon Bruiser, who certainly scores in head and size; 

 Grace Darling is too full in eyes, but excellent in ears, body 



_ jptiou the winning^Skye terriers have already occupied _ ._ 

 lar positions, and the awards were quite correctly made by 

 the Rev. T. Nolan. Strath em took the cup for the best Skye 

 in the show. The Clydesdale terrier class, the first time 

 such a one has been at a Kennel Club show, had but five 

 entries, two being purely Skye terriers. The winner, Nelson, 

 is a handsome silky-haired terrier, groomed like a little 

 Yorkshire, with prick ears, and silvery blue in color; and 

 the two best behind him are of similar stamp, but not so 

 good in either coat or ears. This variety will best be recog- 

 nized under their old name of Paisley terriers. 



AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER. 



FOLLOWING are the numbers of the dogs entered in 

 the July number of the American Kennel Register: 



BULLDOGS. 



5134. Crib 111., W. Walker. 5125. Nino, W. C. McArthur. 



COLLIES. 



5120. Clyde LXXVIII.. C. P.Mat- 5131. Maggie IX., C. P. Mattocks, 

 tocks. 5132. Maggie XVIII., C. P. Mat- 



5127. Fly X.. C. P. Mattocks. tocks. 



5128. Fly XIX., C. P. Mattocks. 5133. Myra, W. V. Cranford. 

 5120. Gladstone, H. H. Benedict. 5131. Quinnie, C. P. Mattocks. 

 5130. Lady, C. P. Mattocks. 



MASTIFFS. 



5135. Beech Grove Cleopatra, A. 5140. Minnehaha Madge, Otto 



L. Dale. Schultz. 

 5130. Commodore, J. R. Hand. 5147. Minnehaha Pride. Minne- 



5137. Czar II., J. F. Rule. haha Kennels. 



5138. Cyclone, Minnehaha Ken- 5148. Minnehaha Sultan, Minne- 



nels. haha Kennels. 



5139. Daniel Webster, G. Rice. 5149. Minnehaha Turk, Otto 



5140. Iola, Minnehaha Kennels. Schultz. 



5141. Jess, F. A. Stafford. 5150. Muncie Turk, C.T. Bartlett. 



5142. June II., J. D. Bodman. 5151. Sphinx. B. W. Hunt 



5143. Lulu II., R. Bird. 5152. Wacouta Baron. Wacouta 



5144. Mary E., F. A. Howard. Kennels. 



5145. Minnehaha Duchess, Min- 5153. Wacouta Rose, Wacouta 



nehaha Kennels. Kennels. 



POINTERS. 



5154. Gipsey Tell, Wm. N. Clark. 5158. Rumson Lilly, H. Johnson. 



5155. Marguerite II., J. H. Day. 5100. Sage of Graystone, W. L. 

 5150. Monty Tell, Jas. H. Paine. Gardner. 



5157. Pride of the Stubble, L. 5159. Rushing Pilot, L.. Good- 

 Gardner, hart. 



PUGS. 



5161. Jingo Sniffles, G. E. Peet. 5164. Snap, Geo. Kingonn. 



5162. Lakme, Wm. Imas. 5165. Trump, Chas. J. Tanner. 



5163. Maple Grove Gem, Maple 



Grove Kennels. 



ST. BERNARDS— Rough-Coated. 



5166. Airier, Hospice Kennels. 5171. Leda II., W. V. Carolin. 



5167. Chimborazo, G. H. Lamed. 5172. Phcebe II., Rockingham 



5168. Eiger, Hospice Kennels. Kennels. 



5109. Hadjar, Hospice Kennels. 5173. Sultan Hf., A. M. Cunning- 

 5170. Lady Catherine, Ed. C. ham. 



Johnson. 5174. Troniba, Hospice Kennels. 



Smooth-Coated. 

 5175. Kadc-r. Hospice Kennels. 5178. Reka, Hospice Kennels. 

 5170. Mark Anthony, Jas. Hicks. 5179. Winchester, G. P. Wiggin. 

 5177. Montrose, Hospice Ken- 5180. Wo tan. Hospice Kennels. 



nels. 5181. Yiun-Yum, Jas. Hicks. 



SETTERS— English Settees. 

 5183. Grouse II., J. J. Melius. 5184. Jet, Henry J. Thayer. 

 5183. Ivy, L. Gardner. 



Irish Settees. 



5185. Dan, David Ousterhouse. 5189. Glencho's Grip. C. C. Dotv. 



5186. Dude's Noreen, B. F. Krat- 5190. Glencho's Kerry Gow. 0, 0. 



zer and R. K. Norton. Doty. 



5187. Glencho's Berkley, Charles 5191. Glencho's Nora. C. C. Doty. 



C. Doty. 5192. Glencho's Providence, O. 



5188. Glencho's Edith, Charles C. Doty. 



C. Doty. 5193. Prince it., W. K. Patch. 



SPANIELS— Field and Cocker Spaniels. 



5194. Donlll., Mrs. F. A. Thayer. 5197. Ligero, Horatio L. Sprague. 



5195. Flossie, J. P. Willey. 5198. Newton Abot Lord, E. M . 



5196. Frank Obo, G. W. Canter- Oldham. 



bury. 5199. Pet, J. B, Daniels. 



TERRIERS— Bull-Terriers. 



5200. Ben Hur, F. W. Chase. 



Fox-Terriers. 



5201. Chester Minnie, Sam J. 5204. Maple. Grove Kate, R. L. 



Parker. Pate. 



5202. Domino. A. H. Morton. 5205. Mt. Toby Sparkle.- C: J.' 



5203. Maple Grove Duchess, R. Bailey.' 



L. Pate. 



Yorkshire Terriers- 

 5306. Feamanght, P* H, Cooinbsr 



MASTIFF TYPE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was pleased to see the reproduction of the mastiff from 

 Bingley, 1S09, iu your issue of June 2, and also to read the 

 letter by "H." in'the following issue, which letter is quite 

 as valuable and interesting as the sketch from Bingley. 

 "H." points out the true disposition of the mastiff incident- 

 ally, as well as the color, and his description reminds me 

 forcibly of Dr. John Brown's description of the mastiff Rah 

 (1824 about). I was very pleased to read "H.'s" unsolicitated 

 testimony as to the greater proportionate shortness of head, 

 iu which respect I suspect the drawing in Bingley's to be 

 decidedly faulty, and although this said drawing in Bingley's 

 furnishes additional proof of the correctness of my delinea- 



paratively worthless compared with the engravings of 

 Bewick and others I have mentioned. 



I feel certain the more mastiff fanciers will take the 

 trouble to investigate the subject carefully the more they 

 will have to admit, the correctness of the so-called bull and 

 pug dog styles being the true and original type. Interest- 

 ing as it al ways is to read letters like that of "H.," bearing 

 testimony to the correctness of the type we may advocate, 

 yet it roust always be borne in mind that the specimens they 

 saw may or may not have been even pure bred, and although 

 their recollection may be vivid, yet one mastiff no more 

 makes the type than one swallow makes the summer. What 

 A, B or C may have seen respectively is of little importance 

 to breeders and judges who have spent fifteen to twenty years 

 or more in carefully gleaning historical information as to 

 what the type was and should be. I for one have never ad- 

 vocated exactly such a type as shown by Bingley as the type 

 we should cultivate for our show bench. Like Mr. H., I do 

 not consider the head sufficiently short to be typical and in 

 keeping with older and more reliable illustrations. 



THE CATHEDRAL STALL MASTIFF. 



With this I inclose a tracing you may care to reproduce, 

 and when the antiquity of the carving from which it was 

 taken is known, its roughness will be overlooked. I dis- 

 covered it quite accidentally a short time since, on taking a 

 clerical friend and visitor to inspect some ancient monument 

 in a church close to this. The church had been repaired, the 

 old material being cut down and used again; but fortunately 

 the stalls in the chancel had never been touched, and on the 

 head of one we discovered a large dog, plainly a mastiff; and 

 I consider it furnishes a most satisfactory and interesting 

 proof of the true type of our early English mastiffs. I may 

 point out the short, deep muzzle, the pendulosity of the 

 lips being distinctly marked, also the development of the 

 dewlap. It shows a'compact, muscular, active animal, with 

 short, stout limbs, and a certain pug-like shortness of back, 

 a point often conspicuous in the older illustrations; and it 

 may be remembered that such authorities as the late G. W. 

 Thompson preferred this compact build, not liking long 

 backs (vide ' 'History of the Mastiff," page 195). The stern, 

 like most illustrations up to the commencement of this cen- 

 tury, is carried over the back, approaching toward the car- 

 riage of that of the pug dog and Thibet mastiffs. My draw- 

 ing, although rough, is exact, showing original size, as I 

 carefully pressed the paper over the original so as to get an 

 exact impression. The carving is very ancient, rotten with 

 age and worm-eaten, and is judged by a party versed in sueh 

 matters to be probably as old as the reign of Edward III., 

 certainly before the battle of Agincourt, 



FROM AS OLD ETCHING. 



I also inclose a photo of a mastiff from an old etching 

 published in 1792, picked up and presented to me a short 

 time since by my esteemed friend, Mr. John Lyall. Both of 

 these specimens are more interesting and show more of the 

 true mastiff type than Bingley's. M. B. Wynw 



The Elms, Rothley; Englamb 



