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with the exception that his eyes are a shade too light in 

 color and his skull is a trifle flat, his head is about perfect; 

 he has a fairly good neck, which would be improved with a 

 trifle more length, shoulders excellent and well laid on, 

 chest of good depth with ribs well sprung, good strong back 

 and well arched loin, quarters nicely turned, but lacking in 

 muscle, This fault will probably disappear when he. is 

 mature, especially if he is given a proper amount of exer- 

 cise; front legs about perfect, straight as a terrier's, with 

 leuty of bone and they are set into excellent feet. If he 

 oes not grow coarse with age he will make it warm for 

 some of the ciacks next season. Kenmore, placed second, 

 got more than he deserved. He has gone wrong in front 

 legs and should give way to sounder dogs. Desmond II. 

 we thought. Just about good enough for second with a close 

 race between Kenmore" and Barker for third place. The 

 latter was in good conditiou. There were four in the vhc. 

 division. Dick Swiveller, Redstone and Patsy are well 

 known, the latter is weak in head and has a short, thick 

 neck, but in shoulders, chest, back, loin, quarters, 

 legs and feet he is the equal- of any in the 

 class, and were it not for his small size be would un- 

 doubtedly have beeu higher up. The other vhc. dog we 

 failed to find in his stall, He is down in the catalogue as 

 Elcho, "'a name to conjure by." We suggest to his owner 

 that some other name be selected as the memory of the late 

 grand old champion of that name is still green, and his 

 many warm admirers will not perhaps take kindly to an 

 interloper. There were five in the he. division, all well 

 known. Iu the bitch class lirst went fo Lulu III., a very 

 sweet bitch with a good head, excellent shoulders, nice body 

 and good legs and feet. Cora ft. , not in first-class condition, 

 was placed se cond with Winnie II. third. The latter won 

 second at New York this year. Jada, reserve, made a good 

 appearance in the ring, but we failed to find her in her stall. 

 Bessie Gleucho, vhc, we did not see, as she left the show 

 shortly after the class was judged. Belle Ida, also vhc, 

 received one more letter than she did at New York. There 

 was nothing else in the class worthy of especial mention. 

 Victor, the winning dog puppy, is rather promising, and if 

 he does not get coarse with age he will do to show next 

 year. Second went to the New York winner and third to the 

 winner at Utica, In the corresponding bitch class three of 

 the five entries were absent and the two that put in an 

 appearance would have saved their reputation had they 

 staid at home also, as they uulv received the two letters each. 

 Belle. Ida. vhc. in the bitch class, won first in the novice 

 class, with an inferior specimen second. 



GORDON SETTERS— (MR. MASON). 

 The Gordon setter classes were not well filled, and with the 

 exception of a few well-knowu Avinners, they were a seedy 

 looking lot. in the challenge class for dogs Beaumont 

 easily disposed of Don, his only competitor, and in the bitch 

 class Rose was alone. I u the open dog class the winners of 

 first and second occupied the same positions at Lynn. 

 Grouse 111., winner of third, is a big dog with a fair head, 

 bad in coat, crooked in front and straight behind. The other 

 ''"tries were absent. In the bitch class lirst went to Vic, 

 well known, and second and third to the winners of first and 

 second at LyoU. New York Belle, be. was not in good con- 

 dition. Fannie and Vic II., unnoticed, deserved all they 

 received. The winning dog puppy Nero is just a fail- 

 specimen, will, good legs ami feet. The others do not 

 promise to turn out, anything above ordinary. American 

 Girl, winner of first, in the novice class, is a big bitch with a 

 head that would be fairly good if it were, not spoiled by a 

 Roman nose and light eyes. She is good in chest, legs, feet 

 and color. She does not move well behind. Zango, placed 

 second, occupied the same position in tbe puppy class at 

 Richmond last, fall. Ruby, winner of third, is 'weak in 

 head, bad in ears and only passable in olherpoiuts. 



SPAM ELS — (MR, MASON). 

 The spaniel classes were not well filled in number, but the 

 quality throughout was superb. When the premium list 

 appeared we beard considerable grumbling from members 

 of the Spaniel Club who thought that so prominent a show 

 as this should adopt the Spaniel Club's classification No. 1 

 instead of No. 2. There was also some dissatisfaction ex- 

 pressed at the selection of a judge of whose ability to handle 

 the classes they were ignorant, and an appeal was made to 

 the managers, which resulted in the substitution of Mr. 

 Mason, who is one of the judges approved by the Spaniel 

 Club. There were 45 entries with 11 absentees, which in- 

 cluded the si t entered by the Hornell-Harmony Kennel, 

 Oldham & Willey's Beatrice IV. and Lady of Learning, 

 Laidlaw's Giffee, Dr. Kit cb el's My Lady Betty and the 

 Clumber Tyne. All of the winners have been repeatedly 

 described and the prize list will in most cases tell the story. 

 As a rule the dogs were well shown and in most cases the 

 decisions were well received. In the "any other color" 

 class for field spaniel dogs the judge placed Newton Abbot 

 Skipper over a better dog Newton Abbot Don, It is true 

 the latter was in bad condition and his coat was harsh and 

 staring, but we did not think him quite out of the race not- 

 withstanding his bad form. We expected to see Kapiolani 

 come out in grand shape, and make a clean sweep of the 

 black cocker bitch class. It will be remembered that she 

 won in the puppy class here last year and gave Chloe W. a 

 rub for first in the aged class, she was very promising and 

 we were disappointed to And that she has not improved. 

 She has not let down as she should, is not so good in front as 

 she was last year, and was not in first-class condition. The 

 quality of the does all through was as good as we have ever 

 seen. This was evidently the opinion of the judge, as every 

 animal was noticed and "only two but received more than 

 the two letters. 



BEAGLES— (MR, Kfit'EGER.) 



These classes were comparatively well filled and of fair 

 quality throughout. Yet observation for the last two years 

 clearly shows a standstill in the improvement of the beagles, 

 even a deterioration in the quality of this breed. The same 

 old faces of dogs who have "had their day" greet our eyes 

 and those who have made their debut in the last year or two 

 are far from startling. Something must be wrong in the 

 ranks of the beagle fraternity. Can it be true that the man- 

 agement of the Beagle Club is accountable for this ? Fitz- 

 hugh Lee and Little Duke were the entries in the challenge 

 dog class, tbe former winning. Both dogs are wrong in 

 head, as has often been stated before. Little Duke was 

 shown too soft and is failing both in front and behind. 

 Twinkle was the only entry in the corresponding bitch class 

 and received the award. She was shown too fat and soft, 

 which assisted is magnifying her faults. Frank Forest was 

 again first iu the open dog class. This dog is seemingly go- 

 ing wrong, Rally, a good second, is quite a little dog, 

 possessed of a better head than any in the class, and has an 

 excellent chest. His ears are of good length and quality, 

 but might be better carried. With more depth of muzzle 

 his head would be a hard one to beat. He has too much 

 length between couplings and is not as good in forelegs, 

 feet and quarters as he might be. Racket ft, and Racer Jr., 

 respectively third and reserve, are both well-known. Dandy, 

 c. in this class and vhc. in puppy class, will not mature into 

 a show dog. He is wrong in head, ears badly carried and 

 stands badly ou poor legs and feet and shows throatiness. 

 The remaining entryin this class, a coarse, good-bodied dog, 

 was oyer-sized. The winner in the bitch class is not a first 

 rater, lacking in ears, depth of muzzle, beagle expression, 

 depth of chest and feet. The winner of second is a good 

 bodied bitch, but is very poor it head, eyes small and close 

 together, flat in skull, stop and muzzle deficient. Banner- 

 queen, described before, third. Flirt R. 4 the remaining 

 entry, is a plain-headed bitch, lacking depth of muzzle, is 1 



out at elbows, has bad feet and is poor in coat and brush. 

 She showed traces of mange. The winners of first and 

 second in the puppy class have beeu described in our report 

 of the Lynn show. Rusty, third, is a plain-headed puppy 

 with deficient ears that are badly carried, out at the elbows, 

 a rather coarse, plain puppy throughout, lacking character 

 and quality. Of the vhc winners, Kathleen W. is well- 

 known. General is apple-headed, with ears badly carried, 

 eyes rather small, showing throatiness, long-east, out at 

 elbows and bad in feet. The Hornell-Harmony Kennels 

 entries were absent. Two of the entries in the puppy class 

 were oversized. 



BASSET HOUNDS— (MR. KRUEGER). 

 There were only two entries, Maufrat, the winner, having 

 already been described, Napo is decorated with a butter- 

 fly nose, coarse in body, deficient in legs and feet, and lack- 

 ing in coat. 



DACHSHUNDE— (MR. KRUESER, ) 

 First was withheld in the dog class, second going to Soli, 

 a. very good specimen, with one eye gone. Ofco, winner of 

 third, is of bad color, houndy head, ears short and not well 

 canned. Could be improved iu crook. Body and quarters 

 good. Fritz is not a show dog. Liua L., well known, won 

 in bitches, with Croquette a good second, third going to 

 Toddles, not a typical specimen, being light in bone and not 

 good in crook. Mr. Seller's entries did not arrive until after 

 the judging of these classes. 



FOXHOUNDS — (MR, KRUEGER). 

 First weut to a very good specimen of the English variety, 

 not quite right in head, being somewhat full under the eyes, 

 deficient in stop, and eyes rather small; slightly out at 

 elbows, with not the best of feet: otherwise above the aver- 

 age. Second went to a beautiful-headed specimen of the 

 American variety. With the exception of being somewhat 

 long-cast and lacking in depth of chest and feet, he is the 

 beSf dog of the American variety we have yet seen. Trailer 

 II., winner of third, is a grand-bodied dog, but wrong iu 

 head, deficient in stop, full under eyes, and ears badly car- 

 ried; muzzle lacking depth; thick through shoulder, feet 

 bad, and does not move well behind. Dot lacks depth of 

 muzzle, ears not well carried, deficient in bone; feet and 

 quarters, coat and brush poor. Andy lacks in head, is defi- 

 cient in stop, skull and muzzle, eyes light in color and too 

 small, long-cast and lacking in quarters, feet bad, coat and 

 brush excellent. Taylor's Dot is apple-headed, and lacks 

 bone, and substance throughout. The remaining entry was 

 absent. 



COLLI ES — (MR. GRESHAM). 

 Dublin Scot and his more typical son, Scotilla. were the 

 entries in the challenge class for dogs. Dublin Scot, al- 

 though in grand form, had little chance of winning, as 

 Scotilla beats him in nearly all the most essential points of 

 the breed. In bitches Flurry II. had an equally easy win 

 over the solt-coated Metchley Surprise. The Chestnut Hill 

 Kennels scored a great victory iu the open class fur dogs 

 winning first with Maney Trefoil, second with Charleroi II. I 

 third with Roslyu Sensation and reserve with Strephon. 

 The first two of these were clearly ahead of the class. Maney 

 Trefoil, that has caused such commotion in the collie 

 world, is a son of The Squire and Scotch Pearl; whelped 

 July 25. KSST; breeder, Mr, II. C. While. The portrait which 

 appeared in the Stock- Keener of Feb. 22 is a most excellent 

 likeness, except that it shows him to have plenty of bone 

 and good feet, whereas it is here that Maney Trefoil fails. 

 He has a good head, that, is not, quite equal to Scotilla's. well- 

 set and well-carried ears, good neck, short, strong back, a 

 loin that could only be improved by being a little more 

 arched, and hindquarters that, while not perfect, are de- 

 cidedly better than can be found in a majority of prominent 

 winners. He has a profuse undercoat of; best quality, and, 

 with the exception that his bodycoat is somewhat soft 

 across the flanks and sides of chest, it is almost perfection, 

 aud in mane and frill we have never seen any one that sur- 

 passed him. He swings a lengthy stern that is perfectly 

 coated, stands over lots of ground and moves in good style. 

 He is big enough for any kind of work, but, as we have 

 already stated, he is light in bone and not first-class in feet. 

 He also shows a disposition to stand over at the knees. 

 While we do not think him the equal of old Charlemagne he 

 is undoubtedly a beautiful specimen, and has no peer in this 

 country. Charleroi I I. is well known. While his head 

 shows slight coarseness and be is heavy in shoulders and not 

 just right in set of legs, he is a dog that takes a great deal of 

 beating. We thought Roslyn Sensation over-rated on this 

 occasion. His badly carried ears, coarse head and lippiness 

 should, we think, have put him behind Strephon, Clipper 

 and Scotson. This award gave him the Collie Club Trophy, 

 value $500, for the best American-bred collie owned and ex- 

 hibited by a member of the club. We congratulate Mr. 

 Harrison upon winning so valuable a prize, which in this 

 case was worth about ten times as much as the dog that 

 won it. Ripon II., vhc, was lucky in being placed equal 

 with Clipper. Defects: Brow too full; muzzle arched; eyes 

 round; ears not sufficiently erect; hocks straight and too 

 far from the ground; stern short; coat rather open and lacks 

 in undercoat. Scotson carried his ears well all the time 

 under judgment and should certainly have beaten his ken- 

 nel companion Ripon II. Kilmarnock Chief was described 

 in tbe Lynn report. This was the best class we have ever 

 seen in America. In bitches the beautiful Flurry III., that 

 was not in full coat, won, with her equally well-known 

 kennel companion Jakyr Dean, second, and Kilmarnock 

 Leila, third. The last named has these defects, viz.: re- 

 pression listless; carriage of ears not correct; heavy shoul- 

 ders; forelegs oof correct in set; stifles too muchinjloiu 

 rather short; coat too soft at present, but may improve. 

 Roslyn Torfrida is the best youngster by Scotilla that we 

 have seem. Kilmarnock Edie is spoiled by bad ears. Col- 

 lie, he, is high and straight in hocks aud not quite right in 

 ears. Heather Belle, be, is wrong in ears and feet and not 

 first-class in coat. Ruby Royal, fourth prize, was sent 

 home before we had a chance to examine her. Miss Meg, 

 he, is short in coat and not, quite right in head. She was 

 in bad condition, being much too fat, Hempstead Zulu, 

 first in the puppy class, lacks in head. Kilmarnock Flock, 

 second prize, is bad in ears, wrong in head and not quite 

 right in set of legs. Buttercup II., first in the class for 

 bitch puppies, is a promising youngster, whose head is mar- 

 red by wrong set and carriage of ears. This bitch should be 

 heard from again. Flossie, third prize, is round in eyes and 

 bad in ears. She is very young, but her defects are of a 

 kind that cannot be outgrown. 



BULLDOGS— (MR. NEWMAN), 

 In the challenge class for dogs Robinson Crusoe, badly 

 shown, was beaten by the less typical Hillside, that was 

 looking as well as we have ever seen him. The decision was 

 a, just one. Rabagas was absent. Britomartis, winner in 

 the corresponding bitch class, like her kennel companion, 

 was in poor condition. She is going the wrong way and 

 needs looking after. Portswood Tiger and Lion, first and 

 second iu the dog class, need not again be described. Lion 

 is the better dog, but as he is in no condition to win over a 

 fairly good specimen, that is well shown, he was defeated 

 and rightly so. K ing, third prize, is long in foreface. wrong 

 in hps and layback, small in skull, wrong in hang of body, 

 not well sprung in ribs, leggy, not right in shoulders nor 

 good in gait. Dr. Rush is long in foreface, narrow in head 

 and long-cast. He was lucky in getting vhc The competi- 

 tion between,Soudan and Daffodil was close and interesting. 

 Daffodil, shorter in foreface and decidedly better in up-turn, 

 but not so good in body and hindquarters, was finally placed 

 second. There is plenty of room for difference of opinion 1 



in regard to their merits. Columbine, the only puppy 

 shown, was not on the bench when we called to make notes. 

 BULL-TRRRIERS— (MR. NEWMAN). 

 The challenge class for dogs contained the well known 

 winners Cairo, Jubilee and Silver. The New York decision 

 in favor of Cairo was sustained. In the corresponding class 

 for bitches Bonny Princess, winner in the challenge class at 

 New York, was first again here. The open class for dogs 

 showed a decided lack of quality. Trentham Baron, the 

 winner, was rightly placed. He is growing very coarse in 

 head and is decidedly lippy. Royal Tyrant, placed second, 

 is good in body, but altogether too coarse in head for a show 

 dog. We would have given the place to Benjo or Young 

 Royal Diamond. Benjo is well known. Young Royal Dia- 

 mond is coarse in tail, rather long in body, a trifle weak 

 before the eyes, back at the knees, and he does not carry his 

 ears well . We could not follow the judge in his decisions in 

 the open class for bitches. My Queen, placed first, is wrong- 

 in eyelids, high in stern and very weak and light before the 

 eyes. This last is a most serious defect and should always 

 prevent her winning over good ones. Miss Nora, second 

 prize, is too full and large in eyes, long and coarse in tail, 

 light in bone and not first class in feet. She was suckling a 

 litter and was in no condition for the show bench, being en- 

 tirely lacking in muscle, which is one of the most essential 

 requisites of the breed. Enterprise, vhc, and Marguerite, 

 reserve, were, on this occasion, the best bitches in the class, 

 and enterprise should have won. Nanon, vhc. , was at Lynn. 

 She has no business in the same company with Enterprise, 

 being beaten by her iu head, eyes, body, legs and feet. Nell 

 Brigh b, third prize, was second at New York. White Violet, 

 bad in eyes, lippy, slack in back, coarse in tail and long- 

 cast, was he She shows some quality through all her 

 defects. Dauntless, second in the puppy class, is a much 

 better specimen than Royal Tyrant, that was second in the 

 opeu class for dogs. Frost, that was given third, is wrong 

 iu eyes and face, light in middle, def ective in legs' and high 

 iu stern. 



ROUND-HEADED BULL-TERRIERS— (MR. NEWMAN). 



We took exception last year to making a class for these 

 dogs upon the ground that they were mongrels and of 

 almost as many different types as there were exhibits. 

 This year there was a great improvement, so far as type is 

 concerned, and some approach was made to uniformity. If 

 this variety is to be established permanently and recognized 

 as a breed, we respectfully suggest a change of name. We 

 have Birmingham, Airedale and Paisley terriers, why not 

 Boston terriers? We are told that these dogs are well dis- 

 posed and well-behaved as well as being very susceptible to 

 culture, what more then is necessary? By all means let us 

 have the Boston terrier. 



WRITE ENGLISH TERRIERS— (MR. GRESHAM). 

 There were three entries in this class. The winner, White 

 Prince, is a very fair specimen, with a head that could be 

 greatly improved. The winner of second should have been 

 shown in the "Boston teruier" division: he certainly was not 

 entitled to mention in this class. Lenox Lassie, winner of 

 third, is too toyish; she also should have been unnoticed." 

 POX-TERRIERS— (MR. CiRKSUAM). 

 This was probably the best lot of terriers ever seen at an 

 American show. A large number of dogs have been shown 

 at New York, but never was the quality so good. Lucifer 

 literally smothered Splauger in the challenge class for dogs, 

 beating him every where except in color of eyes. Rachel, in 

 bitches, was rightly placed over Richmond Olive. These 

 are all well known. The open class for dogs was brim full 

 of quality, and has never been equalled in this country. 

 Dusky Trap, although a bit of a flat-catcher, being weak in 

 muzzle, rather light in bone, leggy, not perfect in spring of 

 ribs and defective in pasterns and feet, but gay, stylish, 

 straight in front, good in shoulders, correct in skull," first- 

 class in coat, was about as good as any. Raffle, that has 

 already been very fully described, came second, with Blem- 

 ton Trump third and Raby Mixer the reserve. Then fol- 

 lowed Veronese and Reckoner with vhc. cards, Raby Jack 

 he, Luke and Tramp c and Hillside Dandy unnoticed. 

 Blemton Ravager, winner of the Apollo stakes at Albany, 

 was left at home. We would like to see him, as well as the 

 wonderful animal that did such a lot of winning at Saratogo 

 last summer, shown again under other judges. Even if we 

 allow that Dusky Trap and Raffle were the nest two in the 

 class, we cannot for tbe life of us see how Mr. Gresham 

 managed to get Blemton Trump in third place. Hillside 

 Dandy, that was unnoticed, and Raby Mixer, reserve, are 

 most decidedly better specimens. Dusky Trap, while not so 

 large a dog as Raby Mixer, is nearer his type than anything 

 in the class. Raffle and Hillside Dandy are of another type. 

 We think if Dusky Trap had been first, and Raby Mixer 

 second, followed by Hillside Dandy and Raffle, the' awards 

 would have been received with better grace. Turning Hill- 

 side Dandy out of the ring without a card is one of those 

 unfortunate oversights which too frequently occur; and the 

 placing of Blemton Trump over this promising puppy and 

 Raby Mixer will never, we think, be indorsed in this coun- 

 try. Then again the placing of Raby Jack over Luke seems 

 to us to be wrong. The fact is the judge got a bit mixed. 

 With the exception of Dusky Trap the winners in this class 

 have all been recently described. 



In bitches, Rosa Canina was placed over several far better 

 specimens. She is round in skull, rather long-cast, is gone 

 in front and was out of coat. We have regarded her as a he 

 bitch in good company. Blemton Consequence, second 

 prize, Richmond Dazzle, third prize, and Blemton Brilliant, 

 reseive, are-all of them better bitches. We would have 

 placed Richmond Dazzle first, Blemton Consequence second 

 and Blemton Brilliant third. Meersbrook Nan, winner of 

 first prize at Newport under Mr. Redmond, while faulty in 

 head and coat, was surely worth a card. Pluck and Princess, 

 vhc and he, are a couple of well-known winners from Mr. 

 Thayer's kennels. In puppies, Blemton Trump was very 

 lucky in winning over Hillside Dandy. It seemed t® us that 

 the longer the judge examined Daudy the more he liked 

 him. If he was not worth a c. card in the open class where 

 Blemton third w r on third, w r e fail to see why he was worth a 

 second in this class. First in the corresponding class for 

 bitches was given to Hillside Freda, not nearly so good a 

 specimen as Hillside Dandy, and from the same kennels. 

 Defects: Forehead too prominent; muzzle coarse near nose; 

 growing cheeky; coat rather soft, but plenty of it; shows 

 some jowl; a good-bodied puppy, with nice ears, lots of bone 

 and a straight front. Hillside Ruth and Hillside Jaunty 

 deserved their cards. The class for wire-haired dogs and 

 bitches contained two moderate specimens in Cotswold 

 Jocko and Suffolk Settler. They are about the best in the 

 country, and are he dogs in good company. Stiff oik Settler, 

 while not perfect in front, is better in set of legs than Jocko; 

 but Mr. Dole's dog has decidedly the better of him in head 

 and shows far more true character. In the novice class 

 Blemton Trump again beat Hillside Dandy; the latter is 

 much the better dog. The Home-Bred Puppy Stakes went 

 to Hillside Freda, Hillside Dandy, in the same kennels, 

 should have had it. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS— (MR. GRESHAM). 



First in the open class for dogs was awarded to Harry, 

 but later on in the day the owners of this dog and Bradford 

 Harry agreed to place the dogs equal, and Bradford Harry, 

 placed second by the judge, was put on equal terms with a 

 dog that only a short time before had beaten him. Harry, 

 the actual winner of first, is neither a blue and tan nor 'a 

 silver. He lacks in head, is too long-cast and low on the 

 legs, light in head and leg color, uneven in body color. 

 Sandy, reserve, is bad in color and short in coat. Bright, 



