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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



April 3 to 5, 1889.— Annual Show of the Now England Kennel 

 Club, Boston, Mass. .7. W. Newman, Secretary, No. 6 Hamilton 

 Pbice. 



April 9 to 13.— First Dog Show of the Worcester Kennel Club, at 

 Worcester, Mass. Edward W. Doyles, Secretary. 

 April 9 to 12, 1889— First Annual Dog Show of the MasnOUtal) 



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

 onroe street, Chicago, 111. 



April 18 to 19, 1839,— The Seventh Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel CluK at Philadelpida, Pa, Francis S. Drown, Secretary. 



May 23 to 25.— Pacific Kennel Club Show, San Francisco, Cal. 



Sept. 10 to 13.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of rhe Don Aon Kennel 

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



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

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintend en i . 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. i. - Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennol Club. 

 1\T. Madison, Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Nov. is.— 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. 2i— 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; 



LYNN DOd SHOW. 



t^HIS was the first shdw giveu by the Massachusetts 

 (Lynn) Kennel Club. We cannot say that it was a 

 success,' neither can we say that it was a failure. The Bos- 

 ton show kept away a number of good dogs, and the quality 

 in very many of the classes was decidedly poor, whereas in 

 some others it was fairly good, aud in several there were 

 either a very seedy-looking lot of dogs or no dogs at all. 

 The tnanagement'was all that could be desired. A harder 

 worker than Mr. Clark, the superintendent, we have never 

 seen at a dog show. The benching and feeding were done 

 by Spratts Patent, and their work was, as it always is, 

 properly done. 



We regret to say that the attendance was hardly what we 

 expected to find: aud we doubt if the better class of people 

 have become- sufficiently interested in dogs to give much of 

 their time to a study or man's best friend. The club has 

 had many troubles to contend against, but we have no 

 doubt that by next year many of these, will be overcome and 

 that Lynn will hold a show of better quality and on a larger 

 scale than the first. 



The catalogue showed an entry of 24(1, 83 of which were 

 absent, and the judging was done by Miss Whitney, Mr. 

 Mortimer and Mr. Krueger. 



The awards in the sporti ug classes, especially at this show, 

 will do good inasmuch as they will be a means of preventing 

 to some extent a repetition of the blunders that were made. 



We thank Messrs. Leslie, Tarr, Beede and Clark for the 

 many courtesies extended to us during a pleasant visit to 

 the shoe town— pretty Lynn. 



M ASTIF l-'S— (MR. MORTIMER) . 



The challenge class contained no eutries, and the open 

 class for dogs had only one good one, Sears' Monarch. 

 Wyoming Count, placed second, was not entitled to the 

 honor, if there is any honor in being second in such a class. 

 He is much too long in foreface, lacks in width and depth 

 of head and muzzle, is large in ears, throaty, bad in feet, 

 stands back at the knees, straight and weak in hocks, and 

 does not move well behind. Ashmout Major, third prize, 

 while not first-class in head, undersized and short between 

 the couplings, is abetter dog and should have been second. 

 Linden King, he, while heavy in ears, not first-rate in head, 

 undersized and crooked in front, should have been third, 

 with the second prizewinner vhc. Ranger's Rex, vhc. is 

 not uearly so good a dog as the highly commended Linden 

 King. He is light in eyes, wrong in expression and in 

 muzzle, bad in feet, not straight in front, light in bone. 

 Undersized and lacking in wrinkle. 



Bitches brought out a new >>ne in Madge Minting, the best 

 of Minting's get that we have seen. While she is a fairly 

 good puppy her enthusiastic owner must not allow his ad- 

 miration for her to get away with his better judgment. The 

 bitch fails first where, a dog to be first-class must be fairly 

 good — in muzzle; her ears are large and not well carried, 

 she stands low in front in proportion to height at hind- 

 quarters and is crooked in front. Large aud ugly dew claws 

 give to her hindparts a rather bad appearance, and she lacks 

 in wrinkle and m character. She is a large and strongly 

 built one, with good chest and loins, strong quarters, a 

 fairly good skull, average amount of bone, good color aud 

 coat, and she moves well. That she will win other prizes if 

 shown is a moral certainty, but when she gets into select 

 company she will, we think, be defeated. Linden Duchess, 

 second prize, an old face of wrong type, was decidedly better 

 than the only other entry in the class, Fannie K., that is not 

 a show bitch. Dog puppies contained two miserable speci- 

 mens, and Madge Minting, that was first in the open class 

 for bitches, was the only bitch puppy shown. 



ST. RERNARDS— (MISS WHITNEY). 



The quality of these classes was not of high order. Chal- 

 lenge classes contained no entries. In the open class for 

 rough-coated dogs Plinlimmon, -Jr., fully described in the 

 New York report, was rightly placed first, but he was 

 crowded by the second prize winner, that is a fine, lengthy 

 dog, with only a moderate head, but good in coat and limbs. 

 Leo EL, third prize, is not a show dog, being wolfish in head, 

 undersized, light in quarters, weak in knees, short in loin 

 ?.,nd not first-class in coat. The corresponding bitch class 

 contained one good one. Lady Wellington, that was second 

 at New York. The second and third prize winners are 

 useful bitches, but not quite good ones. Florida has these 

 defects: Muzzle hardly deep enough, cheeks rather too 



Erominent, head markings not correct, light behiud, moves 

 adly, light in bone of hindlegs, hocks not well bent. She 

 has a massive and lengthy body and is nrach above average 

 in other points. Elizabeth, third prize, is better in muzzle 

 and hindquarters, but is not so good in body or in coat. It 

 is a close thing between them, but in their present condition 

 we think the judge got them right. We did not see Agnes, 

 that was vhc. Fanny, he, is sheepish in head and expres- 

 sion, is undersized and neither massive in body nor straight 

 in front. Of her good points the covering is best. Rough- 

 coated dog puppies were out when we called on them, The 

 judge said they were bad ones, and she should know. Pene- 

 lope, the only bitch puppy shown, was removed soon after 

 the judging and must be passed. 



The six classes that were provided for the smooth -coats 

 brought mtt two entries. Lola that was described in the 

 Troy report and Lady Bernard that was not considered de- 

 serving of notice. The special for the best in these classes 

 was given to Plinlimmon, Jr. We thiuk Lady Wellington 

 a better bitch than he is a dog and would have given her 

 the ribbon. 



GREYHOUNDS— (ME. MORTIMER.) 

 The. worst lot we have ever seen together. Stag, the only- 

 exhibit in the open class for dogs, while not a show dog, is a 

 better specimen than the first prize bitch that is a light- 

 boned, weedy, flat-sided, bad-hocked flat-catcher. Spice, 

 second prize, while not a show bitch is better in legs and 

 feet, body and head, and quite as good in other points. All 

 prizes should have been withheld. There was not a grey- 

 hound in the classes, and no entries in either challenge 6r 

 puppy class. 



deerhounds and bloodhounds — (mr. Mortimer). 

 Five classes were given to these breeds, but there, were no 

 entries. 



POINTERS— (MR. MORTIMER). 

 Mr. Heath's beautiful brace ( Graphic and Meally, were 

 Unopposed in the challenge class, In the open class for 

 heavy-weight dogs Pontiac, Brake and Beaufort IT. are well 

 known. Pontiac, that was wrongly placed over Brake at 

 New York. Troy and Albany, was of course placed over him 

 agai i i Brake is decidedl y the better dog, as time wili show. 

 The placing of the rest of the class was all wrong. If the 

 principle of giving every dog that is shown a "cousolation 

 ticket" is carried, Sir Hector^tbat was vhc, was entitled to 

 the card, Delects; Throaty: rather full in cheeks; light 

 eyes; rather wide in front; too straight in hocks; tail car- 

 ried too high: hang of ears not just right; Prince, vhc, was 

 one of the worst dogs in the class, if hot actually the worst. 

 Defects! Throaty; large aud light in eyes; ears set high; 

 light in bone; set of legs not curved; uot perfectly straight 

 iu front and much too straight behind; moves badly; not a 

 show dog. Wizard, c, is a better dog than Prince. Defects: 

 Eyes too light; lips and stop not perfect; quarters rather 

 light: stern not first-class; rather leggy. Nank, unnoticed, 

 is a bett er dog than either Sir Hector' or Wizard, and a de- 

 cidedly better dog than Prince. Defects: Throaty; set of 

 legs not perfect: light eyes: rather leggy. Tony was absent. 

 This class was very badly judged. The four eutries in the 

 corresponding bitch class are all well known. Bloomo, the 

 New York winner, was rightly placed first, with Belle Ran- 

 dolph, in nice shape, second, and Lof t, a Troy winner, third. 

 Queen Fan Was the only entry in the light-weight challenge 

 class. 



King of Kent, the New York, Troy and Albany winner, 

 was properly placed at the head of the open class for light 

 weight dogs* and then the fun commenced. The distribu- 

 tion of the other cards was too farcical to be considered any- 

 thing but a joke. Sir Anthony, second prize, is wide i'u 

 front, lacking in depth of head, uot quite right in set of legs, 

 fiat in loin, too steep from hips to stern, not very strong in 

 knees, poor in stern and not good behiud. He should have 

 been third. Launcelot, a decidedly better dog, although 

 weak in foreface and not right in knees, should have been 

 second. The reserve card was given to probably the very 

 worst dog in the class, an animal possessing three good 

 points— coat, color and quality of ears. He has a nasty 

 shallow bead of Meteor type, is wrong iu set of ears, has a 

 butterfly nose, is altogether too narrow in front with fore- 

 legs close together at elbows, is flat in ribs, almost crippled 

 in stifles and hocks, lathy, and a very bad mover. It was 

 slaughter to place this miserable weed over Spot Dash, who 

 was given vhc This dog is well-known. Doh Quixote, 'he., 

 aud another well-known one is also vastly better than Prince, 

 the reserve dog. Naso Randolph, unnoticed, although bad 

 in eyes, cheeky, throaty, not straight in front and wrong 

 behind is a better dog than Prince, He is also quite as 

 good as Don Quixote. Spot, that was given c, , was one of 

 the best dogs in the class behind the winners, and all over a 

 better specimen than the reserve winner. He is throaty, not 

 straight iu front, a trifle cheeky aud not perfect behind. 

 Slam, unnoticed, is better than the reserve winner in every 

 point except color. 



First in the corresponding class for bitches was properly 

 given to Sally Brass II., a winner at New York and Troy, 

 and after selecting her for the position the judge got all 

 mixed aud judged the balance of the class by guess work. 

 Daisy, that, was given vhc, is a clean-headed daughter of 

 Bang Bang and Zauetta. Like her sire she has too dark a 

 nose and in addition is rather wide in front and too light in 

 bone. She has also her sire's wrong stifles and hocks. 

 Between this bitch aud Daisy A., that is well-known, it is 

 a very close thing, and they might have had equal second 

 prizes. The awarding of third prize to Naso's Belle over 

 Daisy was a most peculiar decision. She has a plain head, 

 bad eyes, is throaty, long and light in loin, not right in set 

 of legs, wrong in carriage of ears, long in tail, and in fact, 

 is not a show bitch. To make matters worse she was in 

 bad condition. Rialto Limonis, he, was not deserving of 

 notice. She is very cheeky, snipy, small and pinched in 

 nostrils, light in eyes, wrong in set of ears, light in bone, 

 weak in loin, straight behind, weedy, out of condition, not 

 a show bitch in any respect. Louise Isabelle, unnoticed, is 

 a better specimen' than the third prize winner. Her de- 

 fects are in muzzle, set of legs, neck and knees. May B., c, 

 was in no condition for the show bench and should not have 

 beeu noticed. Fleet View Alice, the only puppy shown, has 

 very bad head, tail, carriage of ears, eyes, knees, set of legs 

 and ribs. She is not nearly so good a specimen as Louise 

 Isabelle that was unnoticed in the preceding class. 



SETTERS— (MR. MORTIMER), 



Old Foreman, looking fairly well, was alone iu the chal- 

 lenge class for English dogs, and there were no entries in 

 the bitch class. In the open class for dogs Lindo and Pride 

 of Dixie II. were placed as at Utica, and the remainder of 

 the class was made up of a very rough looking lot. Third 

 was given to Bow Bondhu. that is very wide, in chest and 

 light in loin. His head and coat are his best points. Clyde 

 Bondhu, vhc, is coarse in neck, heavy iu head and he does 

 not stand true in front. In other points he is strong and 

 useful-looking. Foreman's Noble, he, is plain in head, 

 woolly in coat, not quite straight in front, light behind and 

 not a' good mover. Why c. was given to Earl Bondhu, a 

 rank bad one, we do not know. In loin and ri bs he is wretch- 

 edly bad, he has a coarse head and was not in show condition. 

 Paul Dale, unnoticed, is worth a hundred like him. While 

 this dog is too heavy in muzzle and too straight behind and 

 not first-class in coat he was one of the best in the class 

 behind the first and second prize winners. Rab, unnoticed, 

 is heavy in neck, leggy and light behind, yet a much better 

 dog than Earl Bondhu. Rex, unnoticed, is decidedly 

 better than several of those placed over him. His 

 faults are in head and hocks. Dash J., c, is not within 

 mauy points of the form shown by the unnoticed Paul 

 Dale, Blue Nell, that won first at Boston last year, 

 was here placed first. We judge it was her record that 

 won her the prize. She has grown very cheeky, has gone all 

 to pieces in forelegs and feet, and she was shown with little, 

 more coat than a pointer. Zona, second prize, should have 

 been an easy winner. The balance of the cards were dis- 

 tributed at random. Rural Neva, he, is defective in eyes, 

 stop and hocks, but is a vastly better specimen than Albert's 

 Flirt, that was given vhc. This is a little weak-faced, 

 weedy bitch, with long tail and bad feet. Possibly her flash 

 color covered all defects. Her joints need dressing for the 

 mange. Foreman Fortuna, he, is not nearly so good a bitch 

 as Nellie F.,that was also he Her defects are in ears, 

 muzzle, back, coat, knees, tail, neck and hindquarters. 

 Nellie lacks in ears, feet, tail and strength of limbs. The 

 judge did the best thing possible under the circumstances. 

 He gave every dog a card, and while the awards were all 

 mixed and all wrong, the owners were made to feel happy. 

 No puppies were entered. 



Laura B. was the one entry in the Irish challenge class. 

 The open class for dogs had five entries and was badly 

 judged. Banker, second prize, while not so good in head as 

 Dick Swiveller, is so vastly superior in back, loin and hind- 

 quarters that he should have won. Both dogs are well 

 known. Bevis, third j i ize, was- all out of condition, and he 

 is not the equal of Fangh-a-Ballah, that was vhc. Defects: 

 Stop not right: light in bone; stands back at the knees; light 

 in loin; flat in loin; bad hocks; too straight behind; not 

 perfectly straight in front; coat too short; falls away too 

 abruptly from the hips; rather short in back; stands over at 

 the knees; leggy. Faugh -a-Ballah is a useful-looking dog, 

 light in eyes; uot first-class in head nor perfectly straight 



in front, but all over a better dog in his present condition 1 

 than Bevis. Mona II., the only bitch shown, is a bad one. 

 Two puppies, neither first-class, but O' Donovan Rossa much 

 the best, although the special went to the bitch Rose M. 



Gordons a very weak class. Tom II. , winner in the chal- 

 lenge class for dogs, and the only entry in it, is well known 

 as a useful second-rater. Tyrus, first in dogs, and Dash L. ( 

 second, are well known. Becky Sharp was an easy winner 

 in the bitch class, followed by a couple of very ordinary 

 specimens, both of which have gooseberry eyes. No puppies. 

 SPANIELS— (» i;. MORTIMER). 



This was about the worst class of spaniels we have ever 

 seen in America. Patsy O'Connor was the only Irish- 

 man shown, and Bridford Giadys was the only fairly good 

 field spaniel. Black Duck, first iu cocker dogs, has such a, 

 very bad coat that he will never be at the head of a fairly 

 good class. Jim Crow is weak in muzzle, wrong in ears, 

 long-cast, flat-sided, wrong in coat and straight in hocks. 

 Bijou, the only bitch shown, is weak in muzzle, light in 

 eyes, and not 'just right in forelegs. She is of nice size. 

 The two Clumbers shown would not be noticed in good 

 company. 



COLLIES— (MR, MORTIMER). 



The challenge classes were drawn blank, and the remainder 

 were very weak, both in quantity and quality. The Kil- 

 marnock Kennels showed all the dogs but four. None of 

 their exhibits would win iu good company. Scotland Get, 

 first in dogs, is plain in head, wrong m ears and short in 

 coat. Kilmarnock Chief, also wrong in ears, but better in 

 head and coat, should have won. Kilmarnock Kenmuse, the 

 only other exhibit, has a plain head and prick ears. The 

 third prize should have been withheld from him. The first 

 prize bitch is good in head and bad in ears, and her side coat 

 is soft. The second prize winner is not good in head, but 

 has better ears than the winner. Coat soft and not enough 

 of it. 



FO X II O U N DS— (MR. K RT; EC4EK). 



fn the dog class first prize was withheld and second went 

 to a fine specimen with bad feet, mouth gone and showing 

 age generally. Third was given to a very good dog of the 

 heavy Southern type, not what we want in the true Ameri 

 can, racy, clean-cut hounds. In bitches only two were 

 shown, both very good specimens, the winner having the 

 best legs and feet, chest and coat. Puppies were a motly 

 lot, first going to an attractive but poor-headed specirneu, 

 Joe Deacon, winner of second, is long-cast, straight in stifles- 

 and full under the eyes— a big, coarse, powerful dog all over- 

 looking a workman. 



BEAGLES— (MR. KRUEGER). 



Fitzhugh Lee alone in the challenge class received the 

 award. In open dogs Frank Forrest, was placed over Racket 

 II., who was decidedly lacking in show form, being shown 

 very thin in flesh, which magnified his main faults. Shown 

 in proper shape will add to this dog's chances. Dandy, win- 

 ner of third, is a taking little dog, trifle light in muzzle 

 and not best in legs and feet, excellent body and skull with 

 ears nicely carried, in all a dog showing much character. 

 Fitze, given he, is coarse in head, with ears not properly car- 

 ried, a strong dog lacking elegance. Tenor, the remaining 

 entry, astonished his owner by proving oversized, at any 

 rate he is no show dog, lacking quality and character. In 

 bitches the first and second winner are very good bitches, 

 but wrong in type of head, being too long in muzzle and 

 lacking in depth of same. The winner has the best of it in 

 head, quarters and condition; her eyes are rather small but 

 of proper color aud expression, skull uot domed enough, 

 ears would be better if longer and finer in leather. She 

 is wide in front, slightly out at elbows and feet, 

 spread some. In body she is very good, just a shade 

 coarse, quarters excellent, coat fairly good, but rather soft 

 in texture. Cleopatra is deficient in drop, ears lacking in 

 length and proper carriage, mouth worn, deficient in bone 

 and feet, light through quarters, lacking strength in these 

 parts, could also be improved in coat and brush, good in 

 chest; better in forelegs aud more elegant than the winner. 

 She was lacking some in condition. Daisy, the winner of 

 third, is slightly out at elbows and decidedly bad in feet. 

 She stands unnaturally wide behind, almost approaching 

 deformity, and dew claws are rather ill-becoming. In body . 

 she is as good as anything in the class, and in head far bet 

 ter than any in the show. Lady, vhc. reserve, is bad in ear. 

 which are pointed, set on high and lacking in length and 

 proper carriage. In head, body, forelegs, quarters and bone 

 she is good, feet are not good and in coat and brush she lacks 

 decidedly. She was properly placed. Frixie, the remain- 

 ing entry, is a second edition of Lady with exception of being 

 leggy, ribs not well spruug and lacking substance through- 

 out. Not a show bitch at all. In puppies a splendidly 

 matched brace was first and second, the winner being 

 shorter iu body and length and carriage of tail. Both 

 lack in bone and substance, more depth of muzzle would 

 improve them and coat and brush will improve with 

 age. Kathleen W., the remaining entry, has been des 

 cribed heretofore. She will uot make a winner. 



DACHSHUNDE — (MR. KRUEGER). 



Only one was present, Lina L., well-known, who received 

 the award. 



BULLDOGS— (MR. MORTIMER.) 

 A weak class in the absence of Mr. Thayer's kennel. 

 Hillside, well-known, represented champions. Lion, in bad 

 condition and equally well-known, won easily in the open 

 class for dogs and bitches, followed by a couple of pfaiu 

 headed ones that would not receive notice in a strong class. 

 The special was wrongly given to Lion, who iu his present 

 condition has no business in front of Hillside. 



TERRIERS— (MR. MORTIMER. ) 

 All the winners and noticed dogs in the bull-terrier class 

 are well-known winners. The special was given to Jubilee, 

 but we think Royal Rose, who is better in head and tail, but 

 not so good in shoulders, should have had it. She was in 

 splendid condition. In fox-terriers it was a one-man show. 

 The Blemton Kennels won everything, nobody else got a. 

 card, in fact there were only three other exhibitors. Second 

 prize in puppies was wrongly withheld from Hillside 

 J aunt v. This bitch was first at New Bedford and is always 

 worth a card. Sheffield Lass was the only good black and 

 tan. This is a good hitch, coarse in tail and breeched, but 

 showing much quality in other points. There will be fun 

 when she meets the black and tan and white ones. The only 

 Skye shown is pig-jawed and soft in coat. The other entry 

 in the class was a mongrel. Bradford Harry, that is alto- 

 gether better in head, body, coat and color than his com- 

 petitors, won very easily in a weak class of Yorkshires. 

 Scotch, Bedlington, Irish and Dandie Dinmonts were not 

 represented. 



TOY SPANIELS— (MR. MORTIMER). 

 Another one-man show. Mr. Fay won everything with 

 his well known team, Milwaukee Charlie, Dolly, Exeter 

 Earl and Exeter Beauty. Beauty, as usual, was short in 

 coat, but the others were looking well. 



PUGS— (MISS WHITNEY). 

 Here there were only five entries in four classes. Budge, 

 first in dogs, open class, is not first-class in lips, has white 

 nails and is rather smutty in color and not perfect in ears. 

 He is decidedly better than average and should, if shown, win 

 other prizes. Floss E., first in bitches, has a beautiful coat, 

 excellent color, but is rather small in head, not first-class 

 in muzzle and has white nails. 



M I SCELL ANEO US— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Agricola, a goodish bob-tailed sheepdog that will beat Sir 



