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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



March 36 to 29, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Mass. Ken- 

 nel Club, Lvtib. Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



March 19 to 22, 1889.— First A nnual Show of the Rochester Kennel 

 Olub, at Rochester. N. Y. Harry Yates, Secretary. 



April 2 to 5, 1889.— An mi al Show of the New England Kennel 



lub, Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary, No. 6 Hamilton 



lace. 



April 9 to 12.— First Dog Show of the Worcester Kennel Club, at 

 Worcester, Mass. Edward W. Doyle, Secretary. 



April 9 to 12, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutan 

 Kennel Club, at Chicago. 111. George H. Hill, Superintendent, 34 

 Monroe street, Chicago, 111. 



April 16 to 19, 1889.— The Seventh Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club, at Philadelpnia. Pa. Francis S. Brown. Secretary. 



Mav 22 to 25.— Pacific Kennel Olub Show, San Francisco, Cal. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the London Kennel 

 Club, at London, Ont. O. A. Stone, Manager. 



Feb. 18 to 21, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 4.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club. 

 P. T. Madison, Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Nov. 18.— Eleventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Sara- 

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 2.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Secretary pro tern., Mill's Build- 

 ing, New York, N._Y, 



ROCHESTER DOC SHOW. 



IT is our pleasure to chronicle a success for the Rochester 

 Kennel Club's first annual show, which was held in 

 the Washington Rink on the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22d inst. 

 What a refreshing change from the poorly-located and musty- 

 looking music hall at Utica to the clean, well ventilated 

 and equally well located skating rink at Rochester; and 

 what a surprising change in the attendance, and in the 

 appearance and bearing of the visitors. What a change, 

 too, from the one-horse management at Albany to the 

 ample, live and enthusiastic management at Rochester. We 

 do not believe there was an old exhibitor at the last named 

 shov but who would pronounce it one of the best managed 

 and most enjoyable shows ever held in this country, True, 

 the entries were rather light and the quality, in the sport- 

 ing classes especially, not what it might have been; but for 

 sterling management, pleasing effect and quality of patrons 

 the Rochester show will go on record as a model. Here 

 Mr. Tallman was not hampered with judging dogs. His 

 whole time aud attention were devoted to his charge; and 

 if anybody needed proof that judging and managing do not 

 go well together he had but to attend Albany and Utica 

 shows and then go to Rochester. The contrast was as dis- 

 tinct as it was pleasing, aud nobody that attended the three 

 shows will venture to recommend the cheese-paring system 

 of having one man fill two offices. There was a change — a 

 big one— and everybody and his dog enjoyed it, He must 

 indeed have been a poor apology for a dog man that could 

 not have put in four solid days at Rochester. 



Too much praise cannot be'given to Mr. Tallman. It was 

 said, early in the seasoo, and not without foundation, that 

 "Billy" was a bit lazy. We can testify to having noticed 

 the same thing at Buffalo. Printers' ink and hard work 

 have made of him a most excellent superintendent. He has 

 "trained on," as the management of this show proves, and 

 we have no fear that well-merited reward will do as it has 

 done in many another case — cause him to lose his form and 

 return to the come-day-go-day God send the next day man- 

 agement of the Buffalo show. * 



Prominent among the hard workers were Dr. Gray, Mr. 

 Wareham Whitney, Mr. John R. Fanning, Mr. Harry Yates, 

 Mr. Geo. E. Peer and Dr. Albert Drinkwater. These mem- 

 bers of the club were busy from early in the morning until 

 after the lights had been turned low, and to their energy 

 must be attributed in a large measure the success of the show. 



Mr. Wilruerdiug and the Westminster Kennel Club en- 

 tered a number of dogs, but did not send them. This is 

 usually considered a compliment to a club; but it seems to 

 us that a better way of improving a show would be to offer 

 special prizes equivalent in value to the entrance money 

 paid for the absentees. These specials would be a means of 

 drawiug out a larger number of entries; and the clubs would 

 not then be put to the unnecessary expense, of furnishing 

 empty pens, each of which costs $1.25, and take up as much 

 space as the ones that are occupied. The benching and 

 feeding were intrusted to Spratts "Old Reliable," and of 

 course these important features of the show were iu keeping 

 with the excellent management of the other branches. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Wacouta Nap, who is very light in flesh and needs rest, 

 had not the ghost of a chance of beating Minting, who is in 

 his usual good form. Credit is due to Minting's handler for 

 the excellent condition in which the crack has been shown 

 siuce New York. Moses, who has no business in the same 

 class with Minting, was absent, The challenge class for 

 bitches contained no entries, andtheopeu class for dogs was 

 very inferior in point of quality. Elm Place Jumbo, the 

 first prize winner, is not a show dog. Defects: Mask not 

 denned, ears not dark enough, face too long and lacking in 

 volume, more especially in width; head shallow, color of 

 eyes a shade light, ears rather large, underhung to an ex- 

 tent seldom seen, ribs too flat, loin not massive enough, 

 lacks width and power behind, light in bone, knees showing 

 weakness, coat not first-class, lacks wrinkle; a dog of about 

 average size that would not be noticed in a good class. 

 Major Zulu, second prize, like his more fortunate competi- 

 tor, is a prize winner without being a show dog. Defects: 

 Ears and mask uot dark enough, foreface not long, but 

 pinched near the nostrils and not right in lips, skull large 

 in proportion to size of muzzle, but not measuring well, too 

 straight in hocks, would be improved by length of body and 

 general massiveness, lacks size, head not well wrinkled, 

 rather leggy. Elm Place Colonel, vhc: Shallow in muzzle 

 and not right in lips, flat in cheeks, light in bone, body too 

 short and not massive enough, lacks character, not a show 

 dog. Boy, unnoticed: Muzzle too long and not blunt, light 

 in eyes— a bad head— undersized, not a show dog. Tiger, 

 unnoticed: Muzzle shallow and pointed, head lacking iu 

 volume, leggy, light in bone, not a show dog. Major, un- 

 noticed: Long and houndy iu head, throaty, flat-sided, weedy, 

 not a show dog. The Lady Coleus, The Lady Phyllis. The 

 Lady Beatrice and Boss Lady Clare, first, second, reserve 

 and vhc. in the corresponding biteh class, have all been re- 

 cently described. Dora, c. : Large in ears, muzzle not blunt 

 nor short enough, head deficient in girth, not straight in 

 front, wrong in feet, not a show bitch. Ino, c: Shows pug 

 character, wrong in ears, lips uot well placed, lacks in 

 volume of muzzle, not a show bitch, but a decidedly better 

 specimen than Dora. Elm Place Dolly, unnoticed: Long in 

 face, large iu ears, light in bone, straight behind, bad in 

 feet, houndy, not a show dog. Lulu Zulu, unnoticed: Long 

 and shallow in face, light in eyes, crooked in front, badly 

 shown, being much too fat, not a show bitch. Only two dog 

 puppies were shown and the prize was withheld. Horace 

 that was given he. lacks in head properties, is large iu ears, 

 out at the elbows and wretchedly bad in legs and feet. We 

 judge it was his pedigree that won Mm the card, certainly 

 it could not have been merit. There was only one bitch 

 puppy— a bad one. The prize was withheld and she was 

 given vhc. It is not at all probable that she will ever be 

 heard of again as she is not a show bitch and was not en- 



titled to notice, She is wrong in head, big in ears, terribly 

 bad in legs and feet. The special prizes for best mastiff dog 

 and bitch were a gift to Mr. Moore. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MISS WHITNEY). 

 Barry II., who was looking remarkably well considering 

 the knocking about he has had of late, was the only entry 

 in the challenge class for rough-coated dogs, and all we 

 need say of Miranda and Gemma I., the only competitors in 

 the bitch class, Is that Gemma T. won aud that, for reasons 

 given in our Troy report, we are wholly unable to indorse 

 the decisiou. The open class for dogs brought out one St. 

 Bernard, the now well-known Ben Lomond, and quite a 

 number of rough-haired dogs. Romeo, the second prize 

 winner, has the following defects: Muzzle lackiug in depth 

 aud not right in lips; stop not well defined;; color of eyes 

 too light; chest too narrow; legs fairly good to the knees 

 where they show slight weakness; back would be improved 

 by more length; moves with a bit of a straddle behind; ribs 

 not well sprung; lacks length over all; correct in other 

 points, but not a show dog. Cato, Jr., vhc, has, I think, 

 been shown in the smooth-coated class. He is wrong at 

 both ends, has too little coat for the rough class and too 

 much for the smooth. Monarch, reserve, will take with 

 him through life the following defects: Muzzle lacking in 

 depth and width; stop not properly defined; ears wrong; 

 expression not correct; not perfectly straight in front; weak 

 in knees; lacks massiveness; has a ring-tail; not a show 

 dog. Jumbo, unnoticed, is entered as "liver and white; 

 elate of birth, breeder and pedigree, unknown. Price c-50." 

 He is snipy, bad in ears, undersized, short in coat, bad in 

 expression; in fact, a very dear dog at the catalogue price. 

 Mt. Si on III. was absent. The bitch class found Saffron 

 and Recluse well ahead of their two seedy-looking com- 

 petitors. Hazel Kirke, one of these, was given c. and the 

 owner must have felt happy. She is long in foreface, shal- 

 low in head and muzzle, undersized, weedy throughout, 

 wrong in coat; in fact, not a show bitch. Luna, that was 

 also given c, is entered as having won first at Ontario, 1888. 

 There must have been a queer lot of dogs in that class and 

 we thought Miss Whitney in a charitable frame of mind 

 when she gave her a c. The rough-coated class for dog pup- 

 pies was drawn blank and the three entries in the bitch 

 class were a seedy-looking trio. Vic, first prize, is wrong 

 in muzzle and stop, small in feet, has ring-tail, is not black 

 in nose and has full cheeks. She has good body and coat 

 and is fairly good in bone, but will never, we think, develop 

 into a show dog. Sappho, second prize, has probably won 

 her last prize. She cannot possibly outgrow the following 

 defects: Eull, round forehead; bad eyes; ho stop; short ring- 

 tail: washy color. Niketa, vhc, lacks in head and is out at 

 elbows. She is not destined to appear as a winner of other 

 prizes. 



Three classes were provided for the smooth-coats, of which 

 there were but four entries, with one of them, Rigi, absent. 

 Daphne, as usual, was on hand and took the challenge prize 

 for bitches, and in the open class for dogs Chang, bad in 

 head and too high on the legs, was given second prize, first 

 being withheld for want of merit. This dog was third at 

 Buffalo. Lola, that was second at Troy and second at Al- 

 bany and Utica, was unopposed in the bitch class. She was 

 fully described in the Troy report. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MISS WHITNEY). 



There were a couple of black dogs, but uo Newfoundlands. 

 Jumbo 11. is not bad in head, but his light eyes, heavily 

 coated ears, unsymmetrical frame and wretchedly bad coat 

 should always put him back. He is massive, of more than 

 average size, andhasthecorrectNewfouudland gait. Frank- 

 lin, second prize, has the following defects: Muzzle pointed; 

 head not high enough; wrong in stop; eyes prominent: ears 

 not lying close; chest very narrow; set of legs not correct; 

 body not massive enough; feet very small— a most serious 

 defect; light in bone; left foreleg having the appearance of 

 being broken at some time; straight stifles and hocks; tail 

 too short and with high carriage; curly in coat; moves badly 

 behind; a small, plain animal, lacking altogether in charac- 

 ter. Both prizes should have been withheld. 



GREAT DANES— (MISS WHITNEY). 



Lady Bess, first at Albany and Troy, is a well known third- 

 rater. On this occasion she won very easily from Nigger, 

 her only competitor. He is a blue mongrel, and shows Es- 

 quimaux character. His owner is evidently fond of a dog 

 or he would uot catalogue him at $50. 



DEERHOtJNDS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Here there were four classes, but only one dog. She has 

 been through the circuit and need not be described. A num- 

 ber of admirers of this breed were sorely disappointed that 

 Mr. Thayer's dogs were not entered. 



GREYHOUNDS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



The challenge honors were defended by Cassandra, the 

 sweet and quality-showing daughter of Debret and Dead 

 Secret, Now that Lancashire Witch aud Mother Demdike. 

 have been retired, aud the gallant Memnon has lost his 

 teeth, Cassandra heads the list of show greyhounds in this 

 country. The open class for dogs had six entries, which 

 were badly judged. First prize was given to Ira, that is not 

 a show dog. Defects: Muzzle cut away just before and 

 below the eyes, and showing weakness all the way to the 

 nose; eyes large and full; ears too large, but well carried; 

 neck heavy; shoulders straight, and heavy; chest too wide; 

 ribs not well spruug; very short from hip to stern; slightly 

 tucked up, stands over but little ground; coat not first-class; 

 loin wide but lacking in depth; a dog showing little char- 

 acter or quality and giving one the idea that he is not well 

 bred, Fleetwood, that is well known, should have been 

 first, with Hazel hurst, that Is equally well known, second. 

 Zip, he, is unsound and should not have been noticed; but 

 leaving the disqualifying point out of question he is not a 

 show dog, being coarse in neck, heavy in shoulders, very 

 light in quarters, weak in knees and lacking in substance 

 and power. Thraciau, unnoticed, has prick-ears, is light in 

 bone, flat-sided and lathy; in fact, a weed. McDonald, also 

 unnoticed, is crooked in front, bad in feet, all wrong in 

 shoulders and hindquarters, and lacking entirely in sub- 

 stance and general greyhound attributes. Harmony and 

 Lady Olivia were well ahead in a weak class of bitches. It 

 does not take much of a greyhound to beat Lady Olivia, but 

 she, was clearly ahead of Maud K. that was he. The last- 

 named is plain in head, defective in legs and feet, flat-sided, 

 has lost a piece off her tail and shows au absence of quality 

 and greyhound symmetry. Kingston's Blue Belle, un- 

 noticed, is of similar type, and in addition to her numerous 

 structural defects she has a lame hip. Fannie M., that was 

 first at Utica, was the only puppy entered. We predict she 

 will never beat a greyhound. 



FOXHOUNDS — ( MR. MORTIMER). 



Here there were but two entries, Pride of Horuell and 

 Clinch. Pride of Hornell, that took first, was first at Utica. 

 In addition to his crooked legs and lathy body he has bad 

 shoulders and his ribs are not at all well sprung. It does 

 not say very much for the breed when a dog like this can 

 win first and special. Clinch was not on hand when we 

 called to take notes, and we did not see him. 



POINTERS— (MR. GLOVER). 



The Westminster Kennel Club's dogs being absent left 

 the challenge classes for heavy weights without entries, and 

 the opeu class for heavy weight clogs brought out a medley 

 lot of nine. Tory White, that was given first, was vhc in 

 the open class at New York and third in the novice class at 

 the same show. He is a long way removed from high-class 

 form and it needs only a fairly good one to beat him. He 

 has the following defects: Color of eyes too light, neck not I 



clean, set of forelegs not correct, ribs not very well sprung, 

 loin light, hindquarters light, is leggy and too short between 

 the couplings. Killdeer, placed second, is a white and liver 

 of unknown pedigree. This will probably account for the 

 first note we took: on him, which is as follows: "Lacks 

 true pointer character." In addition to an absence of some- 

 thing which is easier missed than described, he has the fol- 

 lowing defects: Lips not well placed, cheeks a trifle promin- 

 ent, neck not quite clean, yet of good length, set of forelegs 

 not just right, ribs not well sprung, loin flat, not perfectly 

 straight in front, falls away too much from hips to stern, 

 tail docked short and what remains of it very coarse, not of 

 the right type. Duke, vhc: Shallow in muzzle, hang of 

 ears not correct, flat behind the withers, circus-horse back 

 and loin, light quarters, straight behind, set of legs not 

 quite right, feet not set quite straight, does not move well 

 behind; like the second prize winner he is of unknown pedi- 

 gree. Don, he, is quite as good a dog as Duke, but the fol- 

 lowing defects will prevent him rising much above that 

 class: Muzzle not quite clean near the eyes, throaty, heavy 

 in shoulders, flat and light in loin, too short from the 

 hips back, chest should be deeper, a trifle leggy, docked 

 tail. Sam, unnoticed, is plain in head, throaty, 

 wide iu front and lacking in true quality and charac- 

 ter. Fritz, another of the unnoticed division, is bad in 

 head, throaty, crooked in front, throws his toes inward, 

 especially when in motion, and is very defective behind the 

 short ribs. Victor the Blue Stocking, whose condition is 

 improving, was given vhc Sachem and Old Bang were ab- 

 sent. Both of them need rest. Golden Rod, who is improv- 

 ing every day, was first in the corresponding class for bitches. 

 Her skin looks decidedly better than it did a fortnigh fc ago. 

 Flash, that was given a c. card, is not a show bitch. De- 

 fects: Throaty; wide in front; stands badly. Westminster 

 Sal, the other entry, was absent. Naso of Kippen, entered 

 in the challenge class for light-weight dogs, was wisely left 

 at home. We shall hope to see this grand little dog with a 

 clean skin and a new jacket at Boston. Queen Iran was 

 alone in the biteh class. How this very ordinary specimen 

 has won her way to the challenge class is one of the many 

 things that would puzzle mortal man to explain. She is 

 wrong in muzzle, eyes, expression. skull t neck, chest, shoul- 

 ders, legs, set of same, feet, and in addition to these defects 

 is weedy and light in bone. The judge committed a grave 

 error when he placed her over Tory White for the special 

 for best pointer. First in the open class for dogs was given 

 to Forest King, that was fully described in the Troy report. 

 Hickory Staunch, placed second, should have given way to 

 Bing, that was vhc. Bing has improved very much in con- 

 dition. In the Utica report we called attention to his several 

 defects, but he does not possess nearly so many as Hickory 

 Staunch, and on this occasion was fairly entitled to second 

 place. A full and careful description of Hickory appeared 

 in the Albany report. Stella and Wanda, first and second 

 in bitches, held the same positions at Albany and need not 

 again be described. Devonshire Queen, vhc, barring her 

 ears and neck, was about the best in the class. She was not 

 in show condition. Guenn, he, is very throaty, does not 

 stand right in front and is faulty behind. Fly, unnoticed, 

 is underhung, wrong in stop and muzzle, and defective in 

 neck. Shot and Belle, the only puppies entered in the two 

 classes that were provided, are white and liver dogs. We 

 will spare the owner the pain of reading our notes on them. 

 Taken altogether the pointers were a very bad lot. 



SETTERS— (MR. GLOVE Ii). 

 As stated iu our dispatch from the show, setters were not 

 a good lot. Six classes were provided for English and there 

 were only ten entries all told. The judge took a great deal 

 of pains to arrive at correct decisions, but failed to give 

 satisfaction. We gave all of the dogs a most searching ex- 

 amination and regret that we are unable to indorse the 

 awards. Mr. Glover kindly gave us his reasons for having 

 placed the dogs as he did, and we will now give ours for 

 thinking that "he did not get them right. There were no 

 entries in the challenge classes, and the open class brought 

 out an indifferent lot of five, all of which were decorated 

 with a card. Pride of Dixie II. is a rather coarse white, 

 black and tan, by Pride of Dixie. Defects: Skull too heavy, 

 muzzle well formed, yet having the appearance of being 

 slightly weak — this is owing to the heavy proportions of the 

 skull— eyes showing the white and having a wrong expres- 

 sion, forelegs badly set, knees showing weakness, feet not 

 first-class, loin not nicely turned, coat a bit woolly' and not 

 straight enough, does not stand well in front. Of these de- 

 fects, by far the most serious are the dog's legs, feet, posi- 

 tion of elbows aud set of legs. We felt positively sure that 

 under the judgment of a practical man like Mr. Glover 

 these failings would turn the scales in favor of Lindo. We 

 will describe the Pittsburgh dog very minutely, leaving 

 those of our readers who have not seen the dogs to balance 

 up accounts and take their choice: Muzzle well formed and 

 could only be improved by a little more length, stop a trifle 

 too deep, eyes and ears correct, cheeks not quite clean— 

 they should be flat— neck of good length, but showing some 

 throatiness, spring iu ribs would improve his chest, loin flat 

 and rather light, falls too abruptly from hips to stern, hocks 

 would be better if lower and more bent — they do not show 

 weakness— tail too long and not perfect iu carriage, good 

 straight forelegs, which are set into the best of feet, coat 

 free from curliness. but rather short; is a trifle leggy. The 

 numerous defects in these dogs show that both of them are 

 a long way removed from high-class form. Lindo has in 

 his favor a very workmanlike appearance, but we have 

 never seen a sporting dog with legs set like Dixie's, that was 

 a high-class field dog. As things now stand Lindo beat 

 Pride of Dixie at New York under Mr, Davidson, aud again 

 at Lrtica under Mr. Tallman, and Pride of Dixie 

 beat Lindo at this show under Mr. Glover. We think that 

 when the last named judge shall have an opportunity to 



S've the dogs another examination he will plump fcr 

 indo. We have a rather good story to tell of Lewis, 

 the handler of Lindo. Mr. Lewis has been incensed over the 

 critical and searching reports on his dogs which have 

 appeared in the Forest and Stream, aud as a means of 

 preventing the numerous defects in his exhibits from being 

 brought to public notice in future, he suggested petitioning 

 bench show managers not to permit Mr. — , of Forest and 

 Stream, to take the dogs from the benches for inspection. 

 This brilliant idea occurred to him at Utica, and it quickly 

 had the indorsement of a couple of handlers who showed 

 several mangy dogs at Albany. The petition fell flat, more 

 especially on those who do not care to have valuable dogs 

 benched next to diseased ones; and the Rochester manage- 

 ment was thus deprived of the pleasure of scanning the 

 graceful and artistic chirography of these peculiar re- 

 formers. As soon as Mr. Glover had knocked out Lindo 

 and Lewis's other dog, Zona, that was second in the bitch 

 class, the petitioner was heard to say in a rather loud 

 tone of voice, "That's all right, wait till to-morrow. Mr. 

 — , of Forest and Stream, will be here. Thank Heaven 

 we have one man left who is not afraid to straighten out 

 this funny judging." We do not think it probable 

 after this that Sir Lewis will ever attempt to gag the 

 press. The one and only means whereby Mr. Lewis can 

 avert unfavorable criticism is to get some good dogs. Ham- 

 brook, vhc, is too full in cheeks, light in eyes, not right in 

 set of legs, hot good in hindquarters, and only fair in legs 

 and feet. He is fairly good m shoulders and other points. 

 Glendale, he, has these defects: Muzzle too fine, ears short, 

 bad eyes and expression, not straight in front, legs not 

 well placed, shoulders heavy, stern not well carried, coarse 

 throughout. Duke, c, light, staring eyes, not good in legs 

 or feet, curly in coat, lathy. He moves well and is better 

 than average in other points. In bitches there were but 



