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entries in the champion classes for English. Rockingham, 

 in fine condition, had a walk-over, and Fairy III. evidently 

 knew betterthau to face Cora. That good dog, Roger, over- 

 looked by New York judges, but finally placed in the position 

 to which he was always entitled, won well in the open 

 class for dogs. I had the pleasure, of giving him the farst 

 blue ribbon he ever won. Locksley, a new one, was second. 

 His head, while net bad, is a trifle plain, and his eyes are 

 too light in color. In loin he is strong, but too long, and his 

 hocks are too close, especially when in motion. Add to those 

 defects a long and not correctly carried tail and a lack of 

 substance throughout and you have a fair description of 

 Mr. Davey's clean built and racy-looking son of Scottish 

 Chief. In v my opinion Mr. Davidson made a mistake in 

 placing him second. Rollo, third prize, was, I think clearly 

 entitled to the place. I need say nothing about this dog 

 except that he was in good condition. Peveril, commended, 

 is a rather promising young dog that will be heard from 

 again. His eyes are not right, and he is rather light in 

 loin and in boue. He shows lots of quality, but was out of 

 condition on this occasion. I thought Smuggler, vhc, 

 rather lucky in winning the card. He is very wide in front 

 and crooked in forelegs, and is not right below the eyes. 

 His redeeming qualities are fairly good head, strong 

 back and loin, great bone, and excellent stifles and hocks. 

 Gene, he, has a nasty, sour face, and is throaty, but there is 

 no Retting away from his excellent legs and feet, Don 

 Petrel, c, is defective in muzzle and tail, light in boue, and 

 too long and sloping in pasterns. Spot B., unnoticed, is a 

 heavy topped dog, with a light lower half and bad eyes. 

 Teddy, unnoticed, is coarse, plain in head and lacking in 

 character. William Shears, also unnoticed, is a big, clumsy 

 white and lemon dog, that was in no condition for the show 

 bench. Dan Monroe and Bruce lack quality throughout. 

 The bitch class was headed by t he New York and Boston 

 wiuner, Haphazard, and her kennel companion, Saddlebags, 

 who is equally well known, was third, the pair being split 

 by Countess Daisy, a new one. This is a very deceiving 

 bitch. She shows intense quality throughout, but in my 

 opinion lacks strength in every point where it is most 

 needed. Her neat and rather well-bred looking head is well 

 set to a long, clean and elegant neck, and her shoulders are 

 better than average. In spring of rib she is defective, the 

 loin is inches too long and as fiat as a billiard table, whereas 

 her hindparts are much too uarrow, especially the second 

 thighs. She is slightly confined in elbows and has not 

 enough bone for me. She has a lovely coat, makes the most 

 ot herself when under judgment, and was in tip-top con- 

 dition. I thought Saddlebags an easy winner of second, with 

 Canadian Lassie, vhc, and Calico, c, about equal for'third 

 place. These bitches, also RoseMandan, vhc, have been fully 

 described by me on previous occasions in these columns. 

 Blue Belton, c, has gooseberry eyes, is snipy in muzzle and 

 peaked in skull. Her forelegs are not in good position, and 

 she would be improved by more bone and bend in stifles. 

 Pearl Mandau, he, was described in my Pittsburgh report. 

 Fannie Gladstone, he, has a neat, clean-cut head, and is 

 good in legs and feet. She is faulty behind the short ribs, 

 has a heavy neck and lacks in coat, which is scanty. New 

 York Beauty, c, is not good in head, shows throatiness, does 

 not stand up well at the pasterns, aud is not first-class in 

 hindquarters. Frolic Bondhu, he, is snipy, light in bone 

 and a trifle sway-backed. She has fairly good skill 1, loin, 

 quarters, legs and feet. Apology, e, is out of coat. First iu 

 dog puppies went to a rather promising youngster, Brighton 

 Dick by name. If he does not develop coarseness iu head 

 and neck he will be heard of again. He stands on most ex- 

 cellent forelegs and feet, and has a very promising body. 

 Liddesdale II., a full sister to the winner in the dog class, 

 was first in bitches. She is not so good as he, being light in 

 eyes, defective in muzzle, wide in skull, not correct inset of 

 forelegs, bad in tail, rather light iu bone and not level in 

 back; in other points she is a good oue. Marcella Glad 

 stone, second prize, most develop improvement at both ends 

 before she can win iu the all-age class. Juno, third prize, is 

 not right below the eyes, has a long tail, and shows weak- 

 ness in knees; the last defect may be outgrown. She has 

 promising body. Forty entries. Quality about the same as 

 at New York. 



Chief and Tim were the champion Irishmen, the latter, 

 not in good coat, won. Rover, who was first at Toledo, 

 scored again in the open class. He is a grand-bodied dog, 

 with a bad head. The cheeks are full instead of being flat, 

 the muzzle is too short, eyes are light and ears set high. In 

 my opinion an Irish setter, above all others, must have a 

 fairly good head to be able to win on the bench. His head 

 show r s his breeding, character, and the right to be considered 

 a good one. For these reasons my choice would have been 

 either Larry S., who was third, or the highly commended 

 Redstone. Larry S. was second at Philadelphia and Red- 

 stone first at New Haven. They were fully described in my 

 reports. Ned, placed second, held the same position at Troy 

 and New Haven; he was looking well. Jack Malone, vhc, 

 is too wide in skull; ears set too high; muzzle not quite 

 right; chest should be deeper; tail defective; back and loin 

 fairly good; color better than average. A raw-looking 

 young dog, that needs furnishing. Gordon, c, is not a show 

 dog. Head, coat and color decidedly bad. Bitches were 

 well judged, with Berna, second at Philadelphia and New 

 Haven and first at Utica and Washington, at the head 

 of the class. Rosie, a well-bred looking daughter of 

 Tim and Yoube, was a good second, although her poor stern 

 and lack of condition were dead against her. Belle Ida, 

 second at Danbury, and noticed in my New Haven report, 

 was third. There' was a large entry in the puppy class and 

 it was thought advisable to divide it by sex. Both the first 

 and second in the dog class are too houndy in head and are 

 developing throatiness. The one that I shall look for in the 

 future is Elcho Fitz Maur, a five-months-old son of Elcho, 

 Jr., and Maggie H. He was handicapped owing to lack of 

 age and size, but will, I fancy, develop into the best dog in 

 the class. In the bitch class the issue was never in doubt, 

 Mr. Max Wenzel's Bonny coming to the front with several 

 points to spare. She is not quite first-class in head, but _has_ 

 good body, legs and feet, and carries herself gaily. Coe, 

 second prize, is light in eyes, full in forehead aud long in 

 tail; promising in other points. Florie II., third prize, is 

 plain in head, lacks style and will not, I fear, come right in 

 color. Twenty-seven entries. Quality better than at A.K.C. 

 show held at Philadelphia. 



Beaumont and Rose were the champion Gordons. The 

 handler of the latter not caring to tackle Beaumont, Mr. 

 Morris's good dog had a walkover. Little Boy had only 

 Shot to beat in the open class for dogs, and this he did 

 handsomely. The bitch class brought out a new one, 

 Meadowthorpe Belmont, who is a long way the best bitch I 

 have ever seen in America. As some very queer reports will 

 be written on her during the next few weeks, I will hold 

 over my criticism until a future occasion. Lottie, placed 

 second,' was first at Cleveland and second at Detroit. She 

 was closely pressed by Meadowthorpe Heather Model, a 

 bitch that I will have more to say about when she next 

 comes under my notice. Belle Stephen, a rather lightly 

 built puppy showing quality, was vhc, and later on in the 

 day scored a rather easy win in the puppy class. Don, 

 second in puppies, has only a moderate head, is straight be- 

 hind, rather coarse, and not good in lip markings. Pete, 

 third prize, has a rather plain face, is long and straight 

 from the hocks down, has washycolor, with white markings 

 on breast and toes. Twelve entries. Quality better than at 

 either Boston or New York. 



FOXHOUNDS— (MR. WATSON). 



There were some very useful-looking dogs in this class, 

 prominent among them being Viscount, Judge and Grover. 



who, however, only competed for the special. First in the 

 dog class went to Pride of Hornell, who is lacking in coat 

 and brush, rather weak in knees and defective in feet and 

 hindquarters. Dan T., placed second, is also lacking in 

 coat and brush, and is not. good behind the short ribs. His 

 head is only moderate. Gar, third prize, would have been 

 distanced by Viscount and Judge, if these dogs had com- 

 peted. Equal first prizes were awarded in the bitch class to 

 Lady Nay lor and Countess. Her ladyship is plain iu head, 

 wide in front, heavy in shoulders, not quite straight in front 

 and lacks in coat and brush. Countess is of the bloodhound 

 type, and with a. little more wrinkle and strength in limbs 

 she would score iu the bloodhound class. Mattie Hunter, 

 third prize, is light iu bone, scanty in coat, not first-class in 

 feet aud shows pointer character. The balance of the 

 Classes were workmanlike-looking dogs. Twenty-four 

 entries. Quality, without the Wadswbrth dogs, about 

 average. With these dogs in competition it would have 

 surpassed anything that have seen this year. 



SPANIELS— (MR. WATSON). 

 Mr. Wilmerding was wise iu not placing Newtou Abbot 

 Lady in competition with Newton Abbott Darkic Messrs. 

 Oldham and Willey's grand dog would have, won anyway. 

 The open class for field rings found Newton Abbot Lord, the 

 Birmingham winner of 1886, well placed first, with Negro, 

 a leggy and rather plain-headed specimen, second, aud Count 

 Obo third. The last, named is faulty before the eyes, stands 

 rather high and is light in bone. Competition in the corre- 

 sponding class for bitches was very keen, the competitors 

 being Brideford Negress, Miss Newton Obo and Lady Abbot, 

 all well known and prominent winners. Iu my opinion Miss 

 Newton Obo, placed third, is very many points ahead of Lady 

 Abbot. True, Miss Newton Obo shows too many cocker a ttri- 

 butes, but her vastly better muzzle and stronger limbs should, 

 I thought,have made her a very easy winner over Lady Abbot. 

 Between Negress and Miss Newton Obo it is a close call. Mr. 

 Morris' bitch has poi nts the best of it in head, length of body 

 and straight!] ess of forelegs, whereas iu bone, chest, back, 

 loin and substance Miss Newton Obo is vastly superior! 

 President and Beau represented liver colored (logs; both 

 were winners at Philadelphia. Lady and Brideford Ruby, 

 also well known, were the winners in the corresponding 

 bitch class. In the class for any other color Newton Abbot 

 Laddie, first at Birmingham, Crystal Palace and Warwick, 

 wou well from Adonis, who was first in the puppy class at 

 New York. Laddie's defects are in head and ' forelegs, 

 whereas Adonis is faulty in head, muzzle, position and 

 formation of forelegs, aud is rather light in bone. Hornell 

 Mikado, placed third, is good in body, but deficient iu head 

 properties. Charley II., if not handsome, certainly has the 

 appearance of a workman. He is rather light in bone, is not 

 quite right before the eyes, and the color of his eyes is too 

 light. 1 liked him fully as well as the third prize winner. 

 Hornell Sport, unnoticed, is too defective in head and ears 

 for shoW purposes. I was unable to find the winner in the 

 hitch class. 



Brant, Doc and Hornell Silk, the old time champion 

 cockers, were all on hand, and competion between the two 

 first named was keen. After giving them a very careful 

 examination the judge decided in favor of Brant. Judges 

 are divided in their opinions of the merits of these dogs. 

 Before Brant filled out in cheeks I thought him a better 

 dos.': than Doc, but it is probable I would reverse the decision 

 to-day. Hornell Silk, a useful looking one, is not up to the 

 form of Doc and Brant. My old favorite, Miss Obo 11.. had 

 a walkover in the next class. Juno W. faced the judge, but 

 was found to be over weight and was disqualified. Under 

 weight or over, she cannot beat the old champion. I shall 

 have to give the judge a raking over his awards in the open 

 classes for blacks. Baby Obo first, Sir Walter Scott 

 second and Giffee third I can't stand. It seemed to me that 

 Jersey, vhc, was points the best dog iu the class. Further 

 than this, I consider him the best cocker dog in America. 

 For second place I liked Baby Obo, and Giffee would have 

 been my choice for third. 1 thought Sir Walter Scott was 

 outclassed in the company he met on this occasion. Your 

 readers will find a full and careful criticism of Jersey and 

 Baby Obo in my Boston report. Sir Walter Scott has yel- 

 low or gooseberry eyes, his ears are set high aud he is very 

 defective from the eyes forward, besides being wrong iu 

 shoulders and in set of forelegs. Giffee is also defective iu 

 muzzle, but not to the same extent as Sir Walter Scott, and 

 he is neither straight in front nor strong in knees. How the 

 judge got Fritz, reserve, ahead of Jersey I cannot tell. He 

 has a very bad head, light eyes and curly coat. I would 

 not have given him a commended in this very excellent 

 class. In bitches Mooress was placed over "Chloe W. 

 and Psyche. I thought either of the last could give 

 her many points and a good beating into the bargain. 

 She is apple-headed, light in eyes, snipy, light in bone aud 

 bad in color. 1 say bad in color, for the black is intermixed 

 with white all over the body. Her redeeming qualities are 

 excellent body, hindquarters, stern and gait. Chloe's de- 

 fects were noted in my Boston report. Psyche is a fairly 

 good bitch, and oue that, if shown, will do more winning. 

 She is not quite right before the eyes, nor clean-cut in stop, 

 and is light in bone; but in other points is good. I would 

 have placed her second. It seemed to me that Mooress and 

 Lady of the Lake were, about equal for third place. Nina, 

 reserve, has a bad muzzle, is light in bone and rusty in coat, 

 but has fairly good body and quarters. Bonita, vhc, could 

 not be f oumlwhen I called upon her. father Mr. Watson or 

 I have changed our views about, cockers, and we must, agree 

 to disagree over the awards in the open classes for blacks. 

 If he is right, time will indorse him. If I am wrong, Mr. 

 Watson won't forget to remind me of it. Little Red Rover, 

 a hard one to beat in his class, won the champion prize for 

 cockers of any other color than black, and Robin, who was 

 first at New York, Philadelphia and Boston, was rightly 

 placed at the head of affairs in the open class for dogs. 

 Rocks, awarded second, was not his equal in skull, muzzle, 

 body or limbs, aud is much too leggy. Bitches saw Hornell 

 Fancy and Hornell Buff first and second, but they must 

 have been crowded by Vermillion, who is about as good as 

 either. Clip and Pearl, vhc, are too leggy and light in 

 bone, and none of the winners are good in head. Duchess 

 III. and Colleen O'Donoghue, wrongly entered as Jess, had 

 a sharp tussle iu the Irish class. The winner has the best of 

 it in head and eyes. Both are weedy and neither was in 

 good coat. Seventy-one entries. Quality decidedly better 

 than at New York and slightly better than at Boston; in 

 fact, the field spaniels and cockers were the best lot ever 

 seen in this country. 



POINTERS— (MR. DAVIDSON). 

 Much interest was shown in the judging of these classes. 

 The heavy-weight dogs were the first to make their appear- 

 ance before the popular judge from Michigan. Around the 

 ring the opinion seemed to be that Fritz, who had won first 

 and special for all classes at New York, would prove the 

 winner, but the good thing did not come off, and the winner 

 turned up in a rank outsider, Duke of Vernon by name. 

 The new comer is a strapping white and liver ticked, by 

 Glendale out of Spotless, and is owned by Mr. Gardner, who 

 is also the owner of the English setter Roger. He is a big, 

 handsome dog, with good back and ribs, strong loin, great 

 quarters and plenty of bone. His head is of good length, 

 clean-cut and showing true pointer character. In color of 

 eyes and in expression he might be much better, aud his ears 

 are not set just right. His neck is truly formed, but it is 



I not quite clean. In shoulders, and position of forelegs he 

 might be better, and his stifles and hocks are somewhat 

 straight. He has a beautiful stern and it is well carried, 

 and he stands on straight pins, which are set into good feet. 



Taken all in all he is unquestionably one of the best pointers 

 in this country, and in my opinion he beat Fritz with some 

 points to spare. Brake, the best of Bang Bang's get, and a 

 decidedly better dog than Ins sire, was third, with Trinket's 

 Cash he The last named was second at Toledo. This class 

 had much merit. Christmas Vic and Molly Faust, first and 

 second in heavy-weight bitches, need not be described 

 again. I would have reversed the decision. Devon Nel l. the. 

 best bitch in the class, is suckling puppies and consequently 

 not in condition to be shown. Fashion, the. son of Donald 

 aud Revel III., who was first in the puppy class at Boston, 

 1887, was well placed first in the light-weight class for dogs. 

 He has grown wrong iu head and shoulders and is not first- 

 class behind the short ribs; but he still retains character 

 and quality. Bruce Beaufort, a rather plain-headed son of 

 Robert le Liable, with a thin tail, light quarters and not 

 the best of feet, was second and Meadowthorpe Duke, first 

 at Toledo, third. The last named is a rather raw-looking 

 white and lemon, with black nose, defective head and light 

 loin; in other points will do to show again. Croxtine, another 

 Robert le Diablo, dog, was vhc He has a. plain head, light 

 eyes, light loin and quarters, thin tail and badly set forelegs. 

 He is also lacking iu bone. Count Beaufort, he, is plain in 

 head, throaty, lathy, light iu loin and quarters, thin in tail 

 and defective in feet. Robert le Diable, Jr., also he, is of 

 similar type. Vanderbilt, c, was second at New York, 1887, 

 on which occasion you considered him a rather lucky dog. 

 In the. corresponding bitch class Molly Beaufort, lacking 

 substance, but showing quality, was properly placed first, 

 while second and third were given to useful-looking speci- 

 mens that would probably do better service in the field than 

 on the bench. First, second and third in the puppy class 

 went to three heavy-headed sons of Bang Bang and Christ- 

 mas Vic. All have good legs and feet, but have inherited 

 the short throaty neck of their sire. Thirty-two entries. 

 Quality better than average. 



COLLIES — (ME. MASON). 

 Guelph was my first choi ;e in the class for dogs. This is 

 a new-comer and it will always take a good one to beat him. 

 He has good head, plenty of size, stands on strong legs and 

 well formed feet, is good in body and carries an excellent 

 brush . He lacks i n un dercoat, aud topcoat should be harder. 

 He also scored an easy win in the puppy and novice class. 

 Clipper was out of coat or would have made a better fight 

 for the blue. Kenil worth, third prize, is a useful-looking one 

 that is spoiled by a rather plain head and bad eyes. Like 

 all of Mr. Watson's'dogs, and others shown on this occasion, 

 he was out of coat. Meadowthorpe Reality, he, would 

 have been higher iu the list, but for his ragged appearance. 

 Royal Monarch lias lots of coat and it is of' fair quality, but 

 his ears aud general contour are against him. I thought 

 Meadowthorpe Parole an easy winner in the bitch class. She 

 is not quite right before the eyes, aud her coat might be 

 much better, she has good expression, excellent ears, fairly 

 good body aud stands on capital legs and feet. Belle, first at 

 Utica, was second. She, too, was out of coat, but I doubt her 

 being able to beat the wiuner when sheis in full bloom. Her 

 ears will not, I fear, come right. Meadowthorpe Blueberry 

 Girl, third prize, is a well built specimen with good ears. She 

 is too strong in head and will not, I think, have enough coat. 

 She won first at Cincinnati. Mavis who is brim full of quality, 

 would be a smasher if her ears, shoulders and back were 

 right; but they are all wrong. Her type was not equaled by 

 any collie in the show. Ansa, vhc, is round in- skull and 

 not right in coat. Flora, vhc, held the same position at 

 Boston. Prince Charlie, second in dog puppies, beat Sir 

 Wallace of Nesseldown, on account of his better type and 

 greater quality. His condition was dead against him. Sir 

 Wallace is too low and chuncky, and is not first-rate either 

 in head, ears or hindparts. He! has lots of coat, but 1 feel 

 quite sure that the Prince will make the better collie. Dean, 

 a pretty daughter of Bendigo, was first in the bitch class. 

 Her ears and coat will never be right. Parton Ella, the best 

 coated one iu the class, was second. Her ears and hindparts 

 are the more prominent of her defects. The vhc. bitches 

 should make a mark as breeders, more especially the 

 daughter of Sei'tou and Mavis. Mr. Wade's old standby. 

 Sir Lucifer, had the class for bobtails to himself. He is as 

 well known as a Pittsburgh silver (?) medal. Forty-one 

 entries. Quality better than a verage. 



BULLDOGS — (MR. MASON). 

 Mr. Thayer's renowned winners, Robinson Crusoe and 

 Britomartis, took the champion prizes without competition. 

 Heald had both in first-class condition. The open class for 

 dogs had much merit and gave me some trouble, Portswood 

 Tiger proved the winner." He is a grand bodied dog, with 

 good shoulders and well placed legs, but 1 don't quite like 

 either his skull or his somewhat pinched foreface. His con- 

 dition reflected credit on his owner. Before coming to this 

 country he won first at Portsmouth, Warwick, Brighton, 

 Birmingham and Barn Elms. Hillside, Mr. Thayer's old 

 winner, but now owned by John P. Barnard, Jr., was a hand- 

 some second, and might have won outright if he had been 

 in equally good condition. Quasimodo, third prize, who has 

 improved considerably since last year, was crowded by Remus 

 and Calaban, both of which were awarded vhc, and are well 

 known. Seven entries, all of which have won a number of 

 prizes. Quality of high order. 



DACHSHUNDE— (MR. MASON). 

 Vixen, first in this class, is a little red bitch, with a rare 

 good skin, but she is too short in head and ears, is light in 

 bone and lacks in crook and length of body. Hilda, second, 

 has more length than the winner, but she knuckles over 

 badly and is tight in skin. Combat, vhc, shows too much 

 daylight under him, is not first-class in head and stands 

 badly in front. Four entries, Quality, as is always the case 

 at American shows, bad. 



BEAGLES— (MR. WATSON). 



Fitzhugh Lee, iu great form, was the winner in the cham- 

 pion dog class, with Bonnie, who is equally well known, 

 first in bitches. With the decision in the open class for 

 do^s I cannot agree. 



The judge took a great deal of pains with the class and 

 was at least consistent in awarding the prizes to the two 

 light-weights, Banner Boy and Bugler. In strength of 

 limbs, length of body, and in coat and brush they are not of 

 the sort I like. Frank, c, who was first at Boston and New 

 Haven, is decidedly more to my liking, and 1 would have 

 placed him first, with Royal Krueger, who was third, sec- 

 ond. The bitches were not quite so good as the dogs, and 

 I thought the judge hit the right nail on the head when he 

 placed Mabel II., the New York winner, first. True, she 

 has developed considerable throatinesss, but she is vastly 

 superior to the second prize winner in ears, coat and brush, 

 and is not so long cast. Una, second at New Haven, was 

 vhc, with Betty, who is long cast and not right in ears, 

 third. I did not see anything in the puppy classes that is 

 likely to reach the champion class. Twenty-four entries. 

 Quality much above the average. 



TERRIERS— (MR. MASON). 

 That lucky little rascal, Belgrave Primrose, scored another 

 win in the ctu mpion class. Had 1 judged him on all occa- 

 sions, it is probable he would still be in the open class. He 

 has beaten dogs that were twenty points above his form, but 

 his present owner had nothing to do with the lottery-box. 

 Richmond Olive, beautiful as ever, was first in bitches; and 



i in the open class for dogs Mr. Thayer scored another win 

 with that sterling terrier Raby Mixer. Luke aud Reckoner, 



1 from the same kennel, took the other prizes, followed by the 

 London and Toronto winner, Venator. The last named has 



