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fOcT. 4, 1888. 



slant he will wheeze, blow," sweat, paw the ground and run 

 into it full tilt, headfirst. None can do it like Lord Mush- 

 room Jimmie. 



The mushroom still grows and is spongier, danker. The 

 top is almost too heavy for the stem. Some day it will 

 tipple over and quickly disappear, as is the nature of mush- 

 rooms. There will he nothing left of it to attract the notice 

 of posterity except a small spot of unhealthy matter. 



It's Me. 



Atlantis. 



Thus the M.S. ended. The man called Lord Jim must 

 have, been in bis day what is termed a crank by the moderns. 

 It should be a source of congratulation that there is no man 

 in the fancy who is so foolishly vain as Lord .1 irn. Perhaps, 

 with all his freaks he was but a harmless sort of ninny, and 

 if left alone, -would succumb to the fate, of all mushrooms 

 when brought into a strong light. Corn Cracker. 

 September 20, 188a 



THE INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In cancelling the appointment of Mr. Jas. L. Anthony as 

 judge of its coming trials, the Indiana Kennel Club corrected 

 an acknowledged error, resented a rank insult, protected the 

 interests of its entries and retained its self-respect. 



The public may judge the merits of the case by the char- 

 acter and extent of its support and opposition. The club's 

 action is sustained and approved by every member of the 

 Board of Control, consisting of Messrs. D. C. Bergundthal 

 Ed. S. Shultz, J. E. Dougherty, J. M. Freeman, S. H. Soc- 

 well, P. T. Madison, H. A. Comstock, Royal Robinson, A. 

 P. Craft, M.R. Williams, F. W. Samuels and Joseph Becker. 

 It is opposed only by Mr. Anthony and Mr. J. E. Isgrigg. 

 The former's acts and utterances condemn him as being un- 

 fit for the self-sought position from which he has been 

 deposed, and as lacking the instincts and requirements that 

 render a man a proper associate for a genteel dog. 



Mr. Isgrigg may be dismissed with the statement that the 

 club expelled him for acts unbecoming a gentleman, but 

 reconsidered the vote, on the ground that he was Hon compos 

 mentis and permitted him to resign his membership. 



The Indiana Kennel Club will not magnify the import- 

 ance of these gentlemen, nor belittle itself by any contro- 

 versy with them. 



The public may be assured there w ill be a public trial of 

 pointers and setters at Bicknell, Ind., beginning Nov. 1. It 

 will be under the management of the Indiana Kennel Club, 

 and that organization will be responsible for the character 

 of the judges and the fairness of the methods pursued. 



It is left to the interested dog owners to see that worthy 

 ends promoted by clean and decent means are not defeated by 

 the blackguardism and disappointed egotism of any in- 

 dividual. By order of the Board, P. T. MADISON, Sec'y. 



Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. i, 



ST. PAUL DOG SHOW. 



r E have received the premium list of the second annual 

 dog show of the St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 to be held at Jackson Street Rink, St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 23 to 

 26. Theprizein all of the champion classes is $10; the import- 

 ant classes are divided by sex. In the open classes for mastiffs, 

 rough-coated St. Bernards, Great Banes, Knglish and Irish 

 setters, the prizes are $15 and $$, with §5 and for puppies. 

 Chesapeake Bay dogs have classes for rough and smooth- 

 coated, with *1 3 and *7 for dogs and the same for bitches; 

 open classes for pointers, large and small, the same. Other 

 classes have $10 and $5, with the exception of King Charles 

 and Blenheim spaniels, and the miscellaneous classes, which 

 have $5 and $3. The club will give 830 each for best kennel 

 —not less than four— of mastitis, St. Bernards, Great Danes, 

 pointers, English setters and Irish setters, and 815 each to 

 Chesapeake Bay, collies, cocker spaniels, Irish water span- 

 iels, fox-terriers, other terriers and pugs, and $25 to ex- 

 hibitor making the largest entry. Upward of fifty valuable 

 specials are already offered and many more are promised. 

 The American, United States and Northern Pacific Express 

 companies will take dogs to and from the show for one rate, 

 and the railroads will carry dogs in the baggage cars free 

 when accompanied by attendant. Spratts Patent will 

 bench and feed. Chas. Weil will superintend the show. 

 The judges are Messrs. John Davidson, sporting classes, and 

 Chas. H. Mason, non-sporting. Entries close Oct. 15. The 

 address of the secretary is J. E. Stryker, 98 Globe Building, 

 St. Paul, Minn. 



OUR BOSTON SHOW REPORT. 



HAVING publicly made an untruthful statement respect- 

 ing the accuracy of the Forest and Stream's Boston 

 show report, and a second untruthful statement respecting 

 the purpose of that report, Mr. August Belmont, Jr. now 

 adds another untruthful statement as to the character of 

 our comments on his last two untruthful statements. He 

 publishes in a horse paper this: 



"1 also desire to state to my fellow-breeders and exhibitors 

 that, while I shall never shrink from affording explanations to 

 those seeking for statements publicly made by me, I must, 

 iu deference to my own self-respect, e'xeept such an instance 

 as that of the Forest and Stream relative to its Boston 

 show report, or any other similar case where the request is 

 made, in foully abusive language and in the spirit of black- 

 guardism." 



The Forest and Stream has a reputation for honesty and 

 fair intent in its show reports. No man can put his 

 finger on a single word in any report ever written by our ken- 

 nel editor which was not written honestly and' with fair 

 intent; no one who knows that editor would ever accuse him 

 of writing a dishonest report. We propose to maintain and 

 protect our reputation in this respect. It is a part of our 

 capital. When Mr. Belmont or any other man falsely 

 impugns the character of our reports and their purpose we 

 shall defend ourselves. Because we do this Mr. Belmont 

 now says we are possessed of a spirit of '"blackguardism." 

 Does Mr. Belmont imagine that it is on) y "blackguards" 

 who resent being taxed with untruthfulness? Ed. F. & S. 



W 1 



COLLIE SWEEPSTAKES. — Rahway, N. J.— The execu- 

 tive committee of the Collie Club at their meeting Sept. 23, 

 decided to divide the Collie sweepstakes and Futurity Stakes 

 iu two sections, the same as provided for in the Produce 

 Stake. Puppies born previous to July 1, 1888, will compete 

 at one of the early spring shows of 1889, and those born be- 

 tween July 1 and Dec. 31 will compete at shows in Septem- 

 ber or October, 1889. This will give late puppies an equal 

 chance with the early ones as those born even as late as 

 December will be nine months old when judged, at which 

 age they are generally at their best. The sweepstakes and 

 Futurity Stakes are open to all; the Produce Stake is con- 

 fined to members. Entry blanks can be obtained by ad- 

 dressing the secretary— J. D. Shotwell. 



CONNECTICUT STATE KENNEL CLUB. — Bridgeport, 

 Conn., Sept. 24.-- Editor Forest and Stream: At a meeting 

 held at the Atlantic Hotel, this city, Sept. 18, the Connecti- 

 cut State Kennel Club was organized with the following 

 officers: President, John White, Bridgeport; Vice-President. 

 A. R. Kyle, South Norwalk; Secretary, Dr. Jas. E. Hair, 

 Bridgeport; Treasurer, W. H. Longden, Bridgeport. All 

 persons becoming members at or before the next meeting, 

 Oct. 2, will be admitted as charter members, and after that 

 date an entrance fee of $2 will be charged. We propose hold- 

 ing a bench show in Bridgeport next April.— Dr. Jas. E. 

 Hair, Sec'y. 



MR. ANTHONY'S HALLUCINATION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



F. C. Richter, editor of the Sporting Life, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 has been pleased to contradict that portion of my statement re- 

 taining to the use of a certain letter by the Eastern Club as a 

 basis lor the bar of Wm. T. Mitchell in January, 1886, which por- 

 tion is as follows: "And on the contents of a stolen letter taken 

 tram my possesion by fraud and put in to Hie possession of the club 

 by. Tames Watson," 



1 reiterate the statement in its pu ll, meaning and am prepare d 

 to prove it legally when the proper time comes. In the mean- 

 time, for the public, I will Rive such general facts as can be given 

 without dates or names or prejudicing the legal proof so that 

 evidence to rebut the same may not perchance be manufactured. 



issue appearing that did not contain some item attacking either 

 the one or the other club or its members. 



The editor, desirous of seeming all the facts derogatory to 

 those clubs, placed himself in communication with those he could 

 reaph, and having real or fancied grievances against them. 



Tn this way Wm, T. Mitchell was foolishly induced to write in 

 confidence a letter reciting certain supposed events, but saying in 

 tins very letter that if the facts were ever used his (Mitchell's) 

 name mvm not be mentioned. 



This letter was treated, as it had been intended, by both parties 

 as confidential, till through medic: and spile the "Porcupine Com- 

 bine found opportunity to use it. 



In the scurrilous columns of the Kemiel Department of the Sport- 

 ing Life appeared a notice warning the Eastern Club that Mitchell 

 ought to be- barred, pitching into me generally because I dared 

 openly to state my opinion of the Beaufort-Lucia heat, and sug- 

 gesting that if the Eastern only had this letter in their possession, 

 hOW easy the bar could become an accomplished fact. To make o 

 long story short, the record shows that Mr. J. Otto Dormer placed 

 himself iij communication with either F. C. Richter or James 

 Watson in order to obtain this damaging document, but here 

 came the kub I ! Inquiry of James Watson to whom;t.his private 

 and eonjidenti.nl letter had been intrusted (F. ('!. Richter's denial 

 to the contrary notwithstanding) revealed the fact that the col- 

 umns of the Sporting Life were a little hasty, that thevhad agreed 

 to deliver a letter they did not possess, for at that very moment the 

 letter lay scaled in an envelope in a safe in the city of New York, 

 said envelope inclosed and signed with my name and one other, 

 not to be opened or lined except by mutual consent. 



Taken to task, I suppose bv Richter, James Watson beean to 

 scratch his head and try to think -where the letter was. He finally 

 hit on the party to whom he gave it, -wrote the party for it, that 

 party came to me with the Watson letter and read it to me and 

 handed it to me as well. 



I told him to give Watson my compliments and say that it was 

 securely Inched up, thai the newspaper Bo which ii had been sent, 

 having violated all known rules of decency, 1 had purchased the 

 letter on Mitchell's behalf and to protect him and it should not go 

 back. 



In the meantime, and while the letter was in the city of New 

 York, Mitchell wrote this same Richter, requesting the return to 

 him of flic letter, as it was written in confidence, and this man 

 Richter, mark you, Messrs. Editors and Gentlemen Sportsmen of 

 America!! this man who derates my statements, this corrector of 

 morals this hern of the hour who descries scurrilous remarks (be- 

 cause, forsooth, he has no kennel department now, I suppose, it 

 having died the death of all rotten things), wrote Mitchell that the 

 letter -wa* in his possession, had never gone out of it, was not confl- 

 de.nt.iol, and that he should make such use of (7 as he do ->sc, and 

 Mitchell scut me this letter. For a week or so after first seeing the 

 original letter written by Mitchell, sealing it up iu the presence of 

 a witness, and placing the superscript ion thereon together With 

 the two signatures above referred to, 1 saw nothing of the receiver 

 of the Watsou letter, but one day he came into mv office saying 

 he had no end ot trouble with Watson, that he wished to protect 

 Messrs. Heath, Mitchell and myself, that he also wished to protect 

 himself, that Watson would not hesitate to defame him, etc. 



Finally it was agreed that I should hand hini back the letter 

 sealed, that be should place it in his safe unopened, and that if 

 Watson again wrote for it be should immediately destroy it. un- 

 opened wit h other papers he intended destroying, and write Wat- 

 son that he had done so, and pledging me hi* word of honor that he 

 would carry (Ml the agreement. Relieving his statement and his 

 pledges, I handed the letter over in the presence of a witness. 



On the 25th day of Decemher. IsSS, this person again visited my 

 office, saying he had heard again from Watson, and assuring me 

 that he would im mediately return to his office, destroy the letter as 

 he hud promised, and so write Watson. 



The public now have the partial history of this letter and the 

 base uses for which it was purloined. Whether the letter was re- 

 turned direct to James Watson and by him handed to F. C. Rich- 

 ter. or whether he or Richter sent it to J. Otto Donner, the latter 

 using it as the basis for the Mitchell bar of January, 1886, does not 

 alter the statement that "the letter was f alum from my possession 

 Uy fraud and put in the possession of the club by James Watson," 

 for the letter was put in the possession of the club through James 

 Watson, if not handed to the President di reet.lv or mailed to him 

 through the post. Fortunately a certified copy of this letter is in ex- 

 istence, and now one word to F. C. Richter. 



No one but a man of the lowest type. Mr. Editor, associating 

 with the scum of all that is indecent would descend to the level of 

 decoying a man into writing a confidential letter and then use it 

 against the- man so entrapped. 



It is well for the public to have this history, a history that can 

 and will be proved whenever the proper moment arrives. Mr. 

 Mitchell will need no _ suggestion from me. that F. C. Richtei 's 

 public confession of his use of the letter is good groundsfor heavy 

 d atnages. 



I further make the suggestion, Messrs. Editors, that as the 

 Eastern Club had only this letter as the real basis for a bar, pru- 

 dence and common forethought would have suggested not. alone 

 the propriety but the wisdom of including this ietter, aud a true 

 record of the proceedings had in January, 1886, in the statement 

 sent both the American and India na Clubs, and not have substi- 

 tuted what is practically a rank forgery instead. 



Any other little data that may be needed in proof of my asser- 

 tions made in your issue of Sept. 20, 1888, I stand ready 'to give 

 whenever my statements shall be questioned, either bv the club, 

 its officers or any one having authority. 



Yours, James L. Anthony. 



Nethekwooo, N. J., Sept. 29, 188ft 



PUBLIC JUDGING AT BIRMINGHAM DOG SHOW. 



THE Birmingham dog show has a longer history than any 

 other. Following close, on Newcastle, which was the 

 first of these, institutions, Birmingham has an unbroken 

 record siuce 1859. The National, as it is called, or rather as 

 it calls itself, was considered the premier show of the year, 

 even for some time after the formation of the Kennel Club 

 in 1870, and its early series of shows at the Crystal Palace. 

 At that time, and for some few years thereafter," the National 

 Canine Society's shows at Nottingham held a high position, 

 and at one time looked like being a formidable rival to both 

 the Birmingham Society and the Kennel Club. 



I thought then, and I have seen no reason to alter my 

 opinion, that the National Canine Society was founded on. 

 the soundest principles, and the best calculated to attain the 

 objects professed, which with all of them was, and continues 

 to be, the improvement of the dog. The active opposition of 

 the Kennel Club, together with the apathy of the general 

 body of exhibitors, by whom the real merits of the several 

 schemes never seemed to have been seriously considered, 

 swamped the National Canine Society, and Nottingham soon 

 ceased to appear among the list of annual fixtures. 



An attempt was made by the National Canine Society to 

 combine all individual interests in one, but the Kennel Club 

 knew their strength, and evidently thought they saw their 

 way to securing irresponsible power over canine interests in 

 Great Britain, Events have shown that they did not over- 

 estimate their chances, for the club has a power, and exer- 

 cises it under conditions so opposed to the spirit of the age 

 as to be something marvellous. 



Birmingham rode a very high horse for a long time, vainly 

 assuming that it could keep off its neck the iron heel of des- 

 potism exercised by the Kennel Club. That was short- 

 sighted enough; but it was perhaps eclipsed by the folly of 

 attempting too late the formation of a truly national soci- 

 ety on an elective basis in opposition to the Kennel Club. 

 It was painfully evident, even to those who wished the 

 scheme well, that Birmingham proposed a kennel parlia- 

 ment on the broadest elective basis, not from love of the 

 principle, but to save their own existence. The result of 



the attempt, with that memorable volume of a stud book, ' 

 wherein the editor, like the wise builder he was, began lay- 

 ing his bricks at the top of the chimney, proposing to work ' 

 down to the foundation, was a miserable fiasco. 



Birmingham had been goaded into the temporary adoption 

 of a principle far too big and generous for them, simply be- 

 cause, the Kennel Club, having grown in strength, felt secure i 

 tn turning the screw on Birmingha m and boycotted the show, 

 utterly ignoring its existence in the Stud Book. Birming- 

 ham felt the iron enter its soul: hence the spasmodic effort 

 to appear as the champion of public virtue, and by parading 

 m liberal clothes many sizes to large for it, to appeal to the 

 people as the protector of their interests. If Birmingham 

 had had the principle at heart, it would have given practical 

 expression to it years before; but adopting the nobler part 

 out of compulsion, and in craven fear of its own existence, 

 its efforts proved a most disastrous failure, ending in a most 

 tin dignified surrender. 



Bit by bit Birmingham has given way to demands for pri- ' 

 viloges which the public call rights, and now, under the 

 severe pressure of increasing competition, private judging 

 (which it has always declared to be an essential and almost 

 sacred institution) is given up in favor of public judgiug, 

 and there is even an attempt to meet the demand for limit- 

 ing the duration of the show. I always objected to the ex- 

 clusion of the public from seeing how the dogs were judged, 

 and claimed that if it were impracticable to admit the pub- 

 lic that the newspaper reporters, who are the representa- 

 tives of public, interests, should have free admittance and 

 be left untrammeled in the performance of their onerous 

 duties. 



At last we are to have public judging at Birmingham, a 

 fact 1 am glad to recognize; still, I wish it had been granted 

 under conditions more honorable to Birmingham than com- 

 pulsion. No concessions, however, whether from the Na- 

 tional Society or the Kennel Club, can ever prove more than 

 mere temporary makeshifts and avoidance of what is sure to 

 come eventually, and that is the election of the rulers by the 

 ruled.— Hugh Dalziel in Tlie Bazaar. 



JUDGING AT BUFFALO. 



LONDON, Out., Sept. 24.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 In the report of the Buffalo dog show in your issue of 

 the 20th, your reporter, in the open dog class for English 

 setter dogs, speaks of Roger, first prize winner, as having 

 been previously overlooked by New York judges, and takes 

 upon himself the credit of having given him his first blue 

 ribbon. If we are not mistaken Roger got second at the last 

 New York show, before your reporter ever judged him— 

 proving that he had uot been entirely overlooked by New 

 York judges. With this criticism he passes him over and 

 criticises the second prize winner at Buffalo by saying his 

 head, while not bad, is a trifle plain, Admitting "that his 

 head is not perfect, are we to suppose Roger, with his faulty 

 muzzle, to be the correct type? Next, Loeksley's eyes are too 

 light in color, while Roger's eyes are much lighter, or yel- 

 lower, more, correctly speaking. Without mentioning the 

 ~ood neck, beautiful shoulders, chest aud back of Locksley. 

 le passes to his loin, which is "too long"— this must be in 

 your reporter's mind, as he is not a long dog— his hocks are 

 a trifle too close, which we consider a m uch better form than 

 the opposite, and his tail, if long, is carried much as the 

 dog feels, not invariably in the same position. We must 

 further disagree with your report in the matter of substance, 

 as Locksley is a hardy, stout, muscular dog, or be never 

 could weigh as much as he does in such light condition as 

 he was shown, and he is possessed of more quality than any 

 dog shown iu his class. We are pleased to notice that other 

 reporters differ from yours about the merits of the two dogs 

 mentioned, and however good a judge of non-sporting dogs 

 he may be we would prefer some one else of more practical 

 experience to select a dog for our use in the field, and also 

 as a bench show dog. 



I am not adverse to criticism, and am willing my dogs 

 should have their share of it, but would prefer reliable 

 criticism, not slight imperfections magnified and fancied 

 ones brought forward where none exist. T. G. Davew 



BEAGLES AND FOXHOUNDS. 



HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y., Sept. 29. Editor Forest and 

 Stream: Your correspondent who spells his nam de 

 plume backward and hides behind it, says he "has no 

 grudge against Bannerman or his owner," and that "Ban- 

 nerman has produced but one really good dog and he has 

 gone to pieces." My advice to "S. Reicnaf" is to try and 

 find some of the pieces and improve the interbred and. rab - 

 bit-shy Rowetts. As I own sons and grandsons of the great 

 and only Bannerman, I cannot let him be abused without a 

 reply. 



T 'S, Reicnaf" has probably been asleep, or he would have 

 heard of more than one good one by Bannerman. What 

 would he call Banner Boy II,, Royal Krueger, etc.? Royal 

 Krueger is said by competent judges to be the best beagle, 

 dog living, aud he transmits bis good qualities to his get. 

 They do not lack in head qualities nor earage. Else "Uncle 

 Dick" could not have won first at Buffalo and Syracuse. His 

 ears spread over sixteen inches, and the Syracuse judge, 

 President A. B. Club, also a breeder of the Rowetts, said 

 "he was the best pup he ever saw," and he also said the 

 same of his sire at Philadelphia, 188S. 



"S, Reicnaf" will not improve the Rowetts by interbreed- 

 ing. They have too much Rowett. blood now. * The largest 

 breeder or beagles and rabbit hounds told me that he never 

 saw a pure Rowett that was not afraid of a rabbit; and 

 Messrs. Phcebus, Wixom and Krueger indorse it. Surely 

 four of the largest beagle breeders in the world should know 

 something about breeding, and the value of an out cross 

 from the Rowetts. 



I received a letter to-day from a well-known breeder. He 

 says "at Buffalo Mr. Watson's type was the very small dog. 

 while at Syracuse Mr. Schellhass stuck to the large type. I 

 saw several that should have been throwu out, being over 

 height, but I suppose the judge, was easy on that point, as 

 many say his champion Trailer is in the same boat. Of 

 course Cook and Schellhass wrote up the beagles and fox- 

 hounds for Major Taylor and thev did not forget to praise 

 their own style, and Cook tries to belittle the real English 

 foxhound. You see what he says of Dan T, and Pride of 

 Hornell. Why either one is better than any Cook owns; 

 and I would not trade the brace for Cook's whole pack. No 

 judge that knows anything about fox hunting or foxhounds 

 but would send every one of Cook's pack out of the ring. I 

 wonder why he does not show under an English judge, who 

 knows what a foxhound looks like. Schellhass is not a 

 judge of any breed; it takes more than five years to be a 

 master mechanic in any line of business; and five years ago 

 he was only a boy, unknown to the fancy. 



"Well, Dick, you and I are N. D, C. men; they were all A. 

 K. C. and I suppose had orders from 44 Broadway to peg 

 our dogs back, but all the same Syracuse would not have Had 

 150 dogs only for N. D. C. entries. The Syracuse K. C. are 

 a nice lot of men, and Mr. Ward is a gentleman and a 

 good fellow all round; but such judging is only a farce. 

 They should have men, not hoys to handle the dogs; men 

 who know something about the classes they undertake to 

 judge, or at least those known to the fancy as breeders, 

 Mortimer did fairly, but it will be a long time before they 

 see my dogs at an A. K. C. show again." 



J. Otis Fellows. 



[A communication from Mr, A. C. Krueger. received too 

 t late for publication, will be printed next week'.] 



