Oct, 1?, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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liars, stop! Behold ME, the only honest man IN Atlantis. 

 The beauty shows are corrupt — the BiRDCATcnrNG contests 

 are corrupter — the sporting pkess is most corruptest. I say 

 most corruptest advisedly; I have consulted my lawyer on 

 the subject. There is hut one true sportsman's paper isr 

 Atlantis, it is independent, courageous and a defender of 

 the right. By my horn and gall, no light oath, I can prove 

 every word I say and I will do so by legal measures in 

 proper time. If ANT one of ye doubt it, villians that j/e are, 

 call around at my office for the proofs. I am one of the 

 few men who could afford to foot MY OWN BILLS (!). 

 I own the best dogs. I AM a breeder. I am, I, I, I, I." 



In this manner he would rant arid abuse the multitude for 

 hours together. However, on this occasion there happened 

 to be a young journalist, from the thithermost side of 

 Atlantis, who heard Lord Jim's harangue, and, being of an 

 enterprising turn of mind, resolved to call and interview 

 His Lordship: with this end in view, he might have been 

 seen entering Lord Jim's office, with the modest, deferential 

 air which distinguishes reporters everywhere. Fortunately, 

 Lord Jim was alone and disengaged. The young man 

 advanced and said: "Have I the honor of addressing Lord 

 Mushroom J immie?" 



"You HAVE," replied His Lordship, with an impressive 

 air. 



"Here is my card, please acceptit. I represent the -.4 tl an tin 

 Boomerang, and knowing that you axe a recognized high 

 authority on all matters appertaining to the do" and gun, 

 besides being an enviable owner and breeder, I called to 

 request an interview on these subjects. Your statements 

 would have the stamp of authority, and would be both 

 edifying and instructive to our host of readers." 



"Ah! I perceive that you are quite intelligent for A 

 newspaper MAN. Yes, you're quite right. I do know 

 pretty near everything that's worth knowing. Villians! 

 Villians! every one of them, sir! But I AM all attention, 

 proceed." 



"In your masterly speech in the forum, you said you were 

 the only honest man in Atlantis. Being a stranger in your 

 province, you will pardon me if I ask the cause of this 

 lamentable state of corruption." 



"I know IT all from alpha to omega. I have been fight- 

 ing against f rauds and abuses at every turn. I tell you, 

 sir, the rascals are all disgustingly selfish; that is the cause 

 of the whole tro uble. My dogs never get what THEY deserve 

 AT any of the contests, but I'll HAVE the law o' them yet. 

 so I will. My thoughts are only for the promotion of 

 field sports: ■my voice is never raised but to in voke justice; 

 my pen is used to lance villainy. There is only one bird- 

 catching race where I would run my dogs, and that one 

 holds its inaugural race next winter." 



"Does Your Lordship run in the trials every year?" 



"I never ran in any race but once. When my dogs do 

 not win, I know there is rascality." 



"Will this new club be honest after you have raced in it?" 



Lord Jim eyed the young man for a moment to see if 

 there was any levity in his manner, but observing his grave 

 and respectful demeanor, he answered: "That depends on 

 whether or not i win." 



"Your Lordship is right, quite right," observed the young 

 man in a preoccupied way. "I feel that your earnestness is 

 a proof of your sincerity, and that your words are from the 

 fountain of truth. What are the facts relating to the cor- 

 ruption of the press?" 



''There is only ONE sportsman's journal, all the others are 

 puerile, partial sheets, unsound to the core. Why, sir, THEY 

 cut out some of my most saecastic phrases, and some- 

 times reject my efforts in bulk. My language is too 

 vigoro-us for this effete generation. There is only one gen- 

 tleman's paper, and it will publish any vulgarity, libel oh 

 indecency that I c7ioo.se to write, and no one dare say boo; 

 but if any one makes a reply to me, the said journal sub- 

 mits the manuscript to me with proper obsequiousness, 

 and it is accepted or rejected as I am pleased to dictate. Now, 

 sir; that is what I call Impartial and respectable jour- 

 nalism. Yes, young man, there is but one honest paper. 

 It appreciates me. The others will in time. I am a re- 

 former." 



"You will undoubtedly be better appreciated when you 

 are dead. ' 1 Noticing a shadow settling on Lord Jim's Gothic 

 brow, the young man hastily added, "It has been the mis- 

 fortune of all great reformers to miss the honors due them 

 in life, but the honors never fail to be given by posterity. 

 What kind of men are the reporters?" 



"The reporters!" His Lordship tried to speak, but he 

 choked, and his face worked convulsively. His rage was so 

 great that dissolution seemed imminent. He could, for a 

 moment, only speak in gasps. "The reporters— are— * * * 

 * * *, sir. A— pack— -of— * ****** hounds, sir. 

 How — many — of the— blooming idiotic — pencil knaves — 

 have any sense? Not one, sir. I have been four or five 

 years IN the fancy, have bad A glimpse of two bird catching 

 races, have men beauty shows by the dozen, and know more 

 than the drivelling idiots w T ho have been engaged in it all 

 their lives. The reporters are ******* S o they 

 are."* 



"It seems to me," said the man of letters, "that you being 

 an honest man, and all your acts and utterances receiving 

 your own popular applause and indorsement, with a good 

 grazing paddock in ahorse paper, that you would keep out 

 of such company. Honest men do not seek the company of 

 rogues. But perhaps they use coercive measures to enjoy 

 the sunshine of your presence?" 



Lord Jimmie sucked his thumb a moment, and waived 

 the question, but said, "I AM NOT JUDGING ANY TRIALS this 

 YEAR." 



The Boomerang man continued, "Why do not you inau- 

 gurate a bird catching contest in Atlantis Park?" 



Lord Jimmie brightened up and clapped his hands to- 

 gether in an ecstacy of glee, "O! wouldn't that be nice," 

 he exclaimed, "they would not get their hair mussed or 

 crossed, or their feet muddy, or their skins scratched by 

 cruel thorns. How sweet a pretty dog woidd look standing 

 on the green TURF near a terrace of roses and— and— er — 

 verdure, and a whole lot of ladies looking at them — it must 

 be done. You ar-c a shrewd young man— for a reporter. 

 That kind of a race is just what true gentlemen birdmen 

 NEED. The WAY these coarse fellows CATCH birds is posi- 

 tively vulgar. They go out in the mud, and briers, and 

 horrid fields, don't chef knoiv, and haven't a bit of high 

 culchaw." 



The Boomerang man had a serious, meditative look. He 

 said: "The birdcatchers, the benchitcs, the press, the re- 

 porters, in fact, the whole institution, you assure me, is 

 composed of rogues, liers, libelers and toughs. As I under- 

 stand it. they agree very well among themselves, excepting 

 a little tilt now and then between individuals; but you are 

 at war with everything and everybody. You condemn the 

 whole thing (in round swinging oaths) in the form of clubs, 

 supporters and sympathizers, yet appeal to the public, which 

 is the same body in an informal capacity, to correct an army 

 of imaginary grievances which you have suffered. By your 

 own showing you were never engaged in a competition but 

 what it resulted in a personal grievance or quarrel, and your 

 record appears to be one succession of uproars, libels, accu- 

 sations; the record of a chronic fault-finder and brawler. If 

 you were sincere in your professions of piety, you could 

 easily avoid future possibilities of in justice by keeping away 

 from the company of rascals — who evidently do not care for 

 your company. As a reformer your style is not correct; 



*The parvenu-patrician was given to elastic phrases, which par- 

 took of a parvenu-patrician character, the vulgarity predominat- 

 ing. Where there is an hiatus in his charming conversation, the 

 wise reader will know that it is there for reason of propriety- 



for there never was an instance greater than yours 

 where a reformer needed reforming. Why, each succeeding 

 year you have more brawls and wholesale aspersions than all 

 tb-3 guild together; and as for selfishness, the term was never 

 so fully saturated with the pronoun "I" and its spirit, as in 

 your own case. With very limited experience, you rush to 

 the front and, without being asked, set up your judgment 

 and gauzy opinions, oftentimes with matters with which you 

 have no 'concern, against wiser, older, more gentlemanly 

 and skillful men whom you would do well, and it would 

 profit you much, to own as teachers, instead of posing as a 

 transparent upstart authority, and begging for the fruits of 

 victory without its labors. Believe me, when a man in life's 

 journey finds only the dark shadows, his mind must be sadly 

 dwarfed; moreover, none are so prone to make mistakes as 

 those who are ignorant or unskillful in the subject they 

 attempt to teach; and remember that true gentility is always 

 hand m hand with civility of speech and courteous mien. 

 But tell me, me Lord, does every birdmauandbenchite stand 

 on as big a gall and toot as great a horn as those which you 

 possess? Why do you not get rid of them?" 



His Mushroom Lordship was dumbfounded. His ordinary 

 conversations w T ere always a bit choleric, but now he was 



angry. "MAY the take your insolence," said he. "Do 



you think that I do not know that it is vulgar to toot my 

 horn in season and out of season, and troublesome AT times 

 to have such a big gall? Supposing, now, tbou brainless 

 witling and driveling hound, supposing that I got rid of 

 my JiUgU and my gall, what would be left? Nothing, sir. 

 In a MONTH I WOULD BE FORGOTTEN. Tooting MY HORN is 



my life; my gall is my world. As a brawler I have 

 made my reputation; I have not aught else, to stand ON. I 

 make this statement, reserving all the rights, titles, good 

 will, benefits, privileges and profits THAT may accrue no w or 

 hereafter, and without prejudicing the legal proof there- 

 unto appertaining if I should take this case before the 

 courts for arbitrament. But I see you are like all the rest 

 of your ill-omened, poisonous and croaking brood. You 

 are ****** You have called now longer than there 

 was need of." 



The Boomerang man had already left before His Lord- 

 ship had half finished, but the latter hurled a spiteful 

 anathema after him. Turning around, he called his 

 stenographer from a hidden recess, and said: "Have you 

 GOT all our conversation down?" "Yes, me Lud," replied 

 his stenographer. "Hurry! BE quick and send a copy to 

 my pet paper so the public will know what 1 said. This 

 will give me a sweet advertisement. On your life do not 

 forget the italics and small capitals. They assist the 

 readers to understand me, for the readers are asinine. Alas! 

 a feeling of sadness steals o'er me, for I am alone; alone in 

 my knowledge, my probity, my skill, my instincts, repre- 

 sented by a chestnut rampant, a peccary couchant and an 

 ass dormant." 



The mushroom has been suffering from foul weather of late. 

 Part of its head has fallen in the dust, and the rest is dis- 

 ordered. The whole structure is shattered^ Another storm 

 or two, and the wild winter winds will whistle an anthem 

 over the place where it was, but is not. IT'S Me. 



Atlantis. 



The paper here concluded, and left the reader without any 

 explanation of the moral of so much that is immoral in the 

 utterances of His Lordship; but probably such was the style 

 of the ancients. Corn Cracker. 



RICHMOND DOG SHOW. 



WE give below a list of the awards at the Richmond dog 

 show. We made arrangements for a report and were 

 advised that it would be mailed to us on Monday, but from 

 some unexplained cause it has not come to band. Follow- 

 ing is a full list of the 



AWARDS. 



MAST [FFS. — Champion— -Dog: E. H. Moore's Minting. Bitch- 

 No entries. — Open — Dogs: 1st, C. C. Cook's Moses; 2d, E. H. 

 Moore's Alonzo; 3d, Wmlawn Kennels' Scipio. Very high com., 

 0. Porter, Jr.'s Brother. Bitches: 1st and very high com., E. H. 

 Moore's Duchess and Lady Florence: gfl, C. Porter, Jr.'s Boss's 

 Lady Clare; 3d, W. W. Silvey's Judy.— Pup eiBS— Dogs: 1st and 

 2d, D. P. Mygatt's Barnie and Troubadour. Bitches: Not for com- 

 petition. 



ST. BERNARDS, — RouGH-COATKn — Champion — Dog: No en- 

 try. Bitch: No entry.— Open— Dogs: 1st and very high com., E. 

 H. Moore's Ben Lomond and Count; 2d and high com., Hospice 

 Kennels' Alpine Chief and Crystal: 3d, Mrs. A. M. Hughes's Mar- 

 mion. High com., C. D. Cugle's Dom Pedro. Bitches: 1st, Hos- 

 pice Kennels' Gemma L; 2d, Mrs. A. M. Hughes's Lady Alice; 3d, 

 and very high com., E. H. Moore's Correlle and Recluse— Puppies: 

 No entries.— Smooth-Coated— Champion— Dog: Hospice Ken- 

 nels' Hector. Bitch: L. Daniels's Flora II— Open— Dogs: 1st, W. S. 

 Diffenderffer's Lord Hector; 2d, W. Person's Ivan; 3d, C. H. 

 Evans's Victor Leo. Bitches: 1st, J. Keevan's Apollona. Puppies: 

 No entry. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— 1st, Meadowthorpe Kennels' Meadow- 

 thorpe -Prince George; 2d, E. H. Morris's New York Lass; 3d, 

 withheld. 



BLOODHOUNDS.— 1st, J. Appleby's Sarchedon. 



DE ERHOUNDS.— 1st, E. D. Morgan's Bevis III. 



GREYHOUNDS.— Champion— H. W. Huntington's Cassandra. 

 —Open— Dogs: 1st, H. W. Huntington's Highland Chief; 2d, with- 

 held . Bitches: No entry. 



FOXHOUNDS.— 1st, E. P. Winston's Wise; 2d and com.. M. 

 Durrett's Crocket and Rhet. Very high com. and high com.. J. H. 

 Haw's Brilliant and Bender.— English— 1st and 2d, E. H. Morris's 

 Passion and Warrior. 



POINTERS.— Large— Champion— Dog: C Heath's Graphic. 

 Bitch: C. Heath's Meallv. -Open— Dogs: 1st, Westminster Kennel 

 Club's Lad of Bow; 2d, L. Gardner's Duke of Vernon; 3d, Clifton 

 Kennels' Sachem, Very high com., S. L. Carter's The Dude and 

 T. B. Legare's Meteor, Jr. High com., W. T. Pearman's Sam. 

 Com., G. B. Gaines's Cap and J. R. Purcell's Spottswood's Frank. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, Westminster Kennel Club's Lass of Bow and 

 Westminster Sal; 3d, Barnes Bros.' Devonshire Countess. Very 

 high com., J. R. Purcell's Joy of Prince William. High com., E. 

 H. Morris's Devon Nelly. Com., W. A. Lewis's Daisy.— Small— 

 Champion— Dog: Westminster Kennel Club's Naso of Kippen. 

 .Bite?!.- Absent.— Open— Dogs: 1st, S. S. Banks's Ned B.; 2d, 

 F. R. Hitchcock's Glaucus; 3d, H. J. Casey's Echo. Very high 

 com., W. W. Scott's Pocomoke and H. B. Owen's Rob Roy. High 

 com., W. G. Pilkingtoii's Picket and E. D. Christian, Jr.'s Zeph, 

 Com., J. F. Berry's Shot and H. B. Owen's Tom Ochiltree. Bitches: 

 Equal 1st, Westminster Kennel Club's Glauca and C. Heath's 

 Bloomo; equal 2d, F. R. Hitchcock's Flirt and C. Heath's Lady 

 Norrish; 3d, J. White's Bonnie Doon. Very high com., J. R. 

 Purcell's Ion and Flake of Flockflnder and F. R. Hitchcock's 

 Duchess of Waterloo. High com., G. K. Taylor's Imogen, A. G. 

 Taylor's Eva W., J. R, Purcell's Lady Spottswood and R. G. 

 Southall's Jinks. Com.. I. D. Anderson's Flora and F. A. French's 

 Lou.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, J. White's Grouse; 2d and high com., 

 J.G.Teller's Macardo and Leo. Very high com., A. Farmer's 

 Sensation. High com., J. E. Leath's Romeo II. and G. Lanzanoe's 

 Sweet. Bitches: 1st, J. White's Bonnie Doon; 2d, L. A. Biddle's 

 Cicely. Very high com., Barnes Bros.' Essie B. and W. F. Clark's 

 Maud S. High com., R. A. Wise's Pomps, W, Hoyt's Fancy Free 

 and J. Leath's Juliet. Com., A. Farmer's Gracie. 



ENGLISH SET TERS.-Champion— Dog: F. Windholz's Rock- 

 ingham. Bitch: F. Windholz's Cora of Wetheral.— Open— Dogs: 

 1st, F. Windholz's Count Howard: 2d, L. Gardner's Roger; 3d, J. 

 White's Gloster II. Reserve, E. W. Durkee's Peveril. Very high 

 com., H. A. Wise's Henry V. and J, J. Snellenburg's Count Hen- 

 ricks. High com., J. Adam's Dude A. Bitches: 1st, very high 

 com. and com., E. W. Durkee's Haphazard, Calico and Saddle- 

 hags; 2d, F. Windholz's Princess Beatrice II.; 3d, reserve and 

 high com.. Syracuse Kennei Club's Dot, Lit II. and Di. Com., B. 

 T. August's Trinket II. aud B. F. Lewis's Polly.— Puppies— Dogs: 

 1st, S. B. Clarkson's Abe. Bitches: 1st, J. Adam's Bessie June; 2d 

 and com., P. Miller's Maud and Louise. 



IRISH SETTERS.-CHAMPION-Dog: E. W. Clark, Jr.'s Blarne v. 

 Bitch: C. T. Thompson's Nellie.— Open— Dogs: 1st, E. Maher's 

 Larry S.; 2d, C. W. Allen's Joe Gladstone; 3d, Meadowthorpe 



Kennels' Meadowthorpe Rover. Very high com. and com., W. F. 

 Pumohrev's Young Punch and Ripple. Bitches: 1st, Dr. E. C. 

 Kirk's Bernaj 2d,L. De Fornix's Mabel.— Puppies- Dogs: 1st, C. 

 W. Allen's Hazzard. Bitches: No entry. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS. — Champion — Dr. S. G. Dixon's 

 Little Boy.— Open— Dugs: 1st, E. H. Morris's Beaumont; 2d, M. A. 

 Jones's Vance; 3d, Benezet Kennels' Pilot, Jr. Com., Meadow- 

 thorpe Kennels' Meadowthorpe Laddie. Bitches: 1st, 8. G.Dixon's 

 Lady Pilot; 2d, Meadowthorpe Kennels' Heather Model. Puppies: 

 1st, S. G. Dixon's Broomielaw. 



GORDON SETTERS.— Champion— No entry— Open— Dogs: 1st, 

 Meadowthorpe Kennels' Meadowthorpe Heather Boy; 2d, H. B. 

 Owen's Dash; 3d, Dr. J. Whi taker's Don. Bitches: 1st, R. Crom- 

 well, Jr.'s, Countess of Devonshire; 2d, Meadowthorpe Kennels' 

 Meadowthorpe Belmont. Puppies: No entry. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS.-lst, W. W. Silvey's Duchess III.; 

 2d, withheld. 



CLUMBER SPANIELS— No entry. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Champion— Oldham <& Willoy's Newton 

 Abbot Darkie. — Open — Any Color — Dogs: 1st, Oldham & VVilley's 

 Newton Abbot Lord: 2d, 3d and very high com., E. H. Morris's 

 Negro, President and Beau. Bitches: 1st and 3d, E. H. Morris's 

 Bridford Negress and Lady; 2d, Oldham & Willey's Newton Ab- 

 bot Lady II. High com., Miss Marguerite H. Langley's Phyllis 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Ant Color— Champion — American 

 Cocker Kennels' Doc— Open— Livee on Black— Dogs: 1st, Old- 

 ham & Willey's Dandy W.; 2d, E. Probert's Roy Obo. Bitches: 

 1st, Oldham & Willey's Cliloe W.; 2d, W. Barnes's Hazel Obo.— 

 Ant Other Color— 1st, Oldham & Willey's Goldie; 2d and 3d, 

 C. H. Getzendanner's Ned and Music. Very high com.. L. H. 

 Handcock's Darby and Joan.— Pl'ppies— 73 >gs: 1st, W. Barnes's 

 Red Doc; 2d, withheld. Com., L. H. Handcock 's Sn i p. Bitches: 1st, 

 W. Barnes's Royal Princess; 2d, Miss Marguerite H. Langlev's 

 Phyllis II. 



COLLIES.— Champion— Dog: Chestnut Hill Kennels* Dublin 

 Scot. Bitch: Chestnut Hill Kennels' Flurry 1 1. — Open — Dogs: 1st 

 and 2d, Chestnut. Hill Kennels Charleroy II. and Roslyn .Sensa- 

 tion. Bitches: 1st, 3d and very high com.. Chestnut Hill Kennels' 

 Flurry III., Metchly Surprise and Roslyn Torfrida; 2d, Meadow- 

 thorpe Kennels' Meadowthorpe Parole. Com., E. TT. Morris's Scot. 

 — PupprES— Dogs: 1st, Chestnut Hill Kennels' Roslyn Bruin. 

 Bitches: 1st, Chestnut Hill Kennels' Roslyn Torfrida. 



POODLES— Black— Dogs: 1st, L. A. Biddle's Berre. Bitches: 

 1st, Dr. S. G. Dixon's Paris. 



BASSET HOUNDS.-lst, W. H. Smith's Bahette. 



BEAGLES.— Champion— Dog: Somerset Kennels' Bounce. 

 Bitch: W. S. Diffenderffer's Lou. — Open— Dogs: 1st and 2d, 

 Somerset Kennels' Storm and Stinger. Bitches: 1st, Somerset 

 Kennels' Cloud; 2d W. S. Diffenderffer's Belle of Woodbrook: 3d, 

 W. S. Clark's Cleopatra.. Very high com., Benezet Kennels' 

 Bonnie B. Puppies: 1st, Somerset Kennels' Hope; 2d, very high 

 com. (two) aud com., W, S Diffenderffer's Woodbrook Blossom, 

 Woodbrook Fashion, Woodbrook Lee and Woodbrook Clifton. 

 Com., Capt. J. Cusson's Frolic. 



BULLDOGS.— Champion —Dog: R. B. Sawyer's Merry Monarch. 

 Bitch; No entry.— Open— Dogs: 1st, R. B. Sawyer's Portswood 

 Tiger. Bitclics: 1st and 2d, R. B. Sawyer's Soudan and Beatrice. 



BULL-TERRIERS— Champion— W. F. Hobbie's Grabber.— 

 Open— Dogs: 1st and 2d, Sunnyside Kennels' The Earl and Tony; 

 3d, W. V. Lloyd's Pete. Bitches: 1st, W. F. Hobbie's Bonnie 

 Princess. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— Champion— Dog: Blemton Kennels' Lucifer. 

 Bitch: Blemton Kennels' Rachel.— Open— Dogs: 1st and 2d, Blem- 

 ton Kennels' Blemton Rubicon and Dusky Trap; 3d, R. S. Rvan's 

 Liadin Splint. Very high com., F. P. Kirb.v's Little Major. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, Blemton Kennels' New Forest Ethel and 

 Blemton Brilliant; 3d, R. S. Ryan's Linden Nettle. Com., E. 

 Adelaide Trench's Wax. 



WIRE-HAIRED.— 1st, W. B. Robinson's Costwold Jacko; 2d, F. 

 P. Kirby's Gough.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, Blemton Kennels' Blem- 

 ton Rubicon; 2d, F. O. Beach's Blemton Grandee. High com., W 

 T. Levering's Felix. Bitches: 1st, withheld; 2d, Blemton Kennels,' 

 Blemton Varsoviene. High com., W. T. Levering's Oxford Nora 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS— Absent. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS. — 1st, Meadowthorpe Kennels' Meadow- 

 thorpe Bonnie Laddie: 2d, E. D. Morgan's Highland Laddie. 



DAN DIE DINMONT TERRI ERS.— 1st, Meadowthorpe Ken- 

 nels' Meadowthorpe Reiver. 



BEDLINGTON TERRIERS.— 1st, E. D. Morgan's Tees Rock; 

 2d, F. Kirby's Barney. 



IRISH TE RRI ERS.— 1st, J. F. McPaddeu's Dennis; 2d and 

 very high com., Chestnut Hill Kennels' Breda Tiney and Roslyn 

 Denuis. 



SKYE TERRIERS.— 1st, Meadowthorpe Kennels' Meadow- 

 thorpe Coila; 2d, W. P. Sanderson's Jim. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— Dogs: No entry. Bitches: 1st, W 

 W. Silvey's Fannie. 



TOY TERRIERS.— No entry. 



PUGS— Champion— Dog: Dr. M. H. Cryer's Dude. Bitch: Dr. 

 M. H, Crver's Bessie.— Open— Dogs: 1st, A. E. Pitt's Kash; 2d, Dr. 

 M. H. Cryer's Nero. Bitches: 1st, Dr. M. H. Cryer's Vesta; 2d, E. 

 Kirby's Daisy: 3d, Pitts & Giliivan's Belle of the Ball. High 

 com., R. M. Dashiel's Frankie Folsom and 0. H. Epp's Beautv. 

 Puppies: 1st, G. GiRivan's Peggie II.; 2d, Dr. M. H. Cryer's Mary 

 Ann. Very high com., Meadowthorpe Kennels' Meadowthorpe 

 Beau. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS.-lst and 3d, E. H. Morris' Nor- 

 wich Jumbo and Mona; 2d R. Crissey's Philadelphia Charley. 

 Very high com., W. Phillips's Rose. 



BLENHEIM SPANIELS.— 1st and 2d, W. Phillips's Grand 

 Duchess and King Pippin. 



PRINCE CHARLES SPANIELS. — 1st; E. Probert's Nelly. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.— 1st, Miss Edith Van Buren's Cupid. 



MISCELLANEOUS.-lst, Chestnut Hill Kennels' smooth collie 

 Lady Bird; 2d, J. Binford, Jr.'s Russian terrier Oasary. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Kennel mastiffs, E. H. Moore: St. Bernards, the same; fox- 

 hounds, Goodloe's kennel; blue-mottled, J. G. Archer's Rapid; 

 kennel pointers, Westminster Kennel Club; poiuter that has run 

 at a held trial, Graphic; setter. Blarney; kennel English setters, 

 F. Windholz; puppy, Abe; owned in Richmond, the same; bitch 

 puppy, Bessie June; Gordon setter, Meadowthorpe Heather Boy; 

 Irish' setter dog puppy, Hazzard; kennel collies, Chestnut Hill 

 Kennels; best in open classes (Collie Club's special), Flurry HI.; 

 bred and owned in a Southern State, Meadowthorpe Parole; brace 

 beagle bitches, Cloud and Hope; dog or bitch, Storm: dog (Beagle 

 Club's special), the same; bitch Cloud: kennel fox-terriers, Blem- 

 ton Kennels; pugs, Dr. M. H. Cryer: spaniel, Newton Abbot 

 Darkie; brace Sussex, President and Lady; brace sporting 

 spaniels, Newton Abbot Darkie and Newton Abbot Don: fox- 

 hound dog, Wise; puppy, E. P. Winston's Rappahannock. 



BRISTOL DOG SHOW— Hartford, Conn., Oct. 13.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I read in your paper of this 

 week the report of the dog show at Bristol, Oonu., in which 

 your correspondent "H." says that Barnes's Sam won first in 

 pointer dog class. I hasten to make the correction, cor I 

 remember well of awarding the first prize to that very good 

 dog Spot Dash of the Fleet View Pointer Kennels, Lynn, 

 Mass. He is quite a good dog, and might carry off the blue 

 ribbon in excellent company.— E. K. Spekev. Editor Forest 

 and Stream: I notice in your report of the Bristol bench 

 show you bestow considerable praise on the Doctor for his 

 work. Now, the Doctor certainly does deserve peaise, but I 

 think some mention should be made of his assistants, Mr. 

 Robert Leslie and Mr. Crowell. These last named gentle- 

 men worked long and hard to set things right, and I think 

 they certainly deserve a vote of thanks. — EYE WITNESS. 



CONCERNING TWO LETTERS.-We have received letters 

 from Chas. Heath and Jas. L. Anthony, containing charges 

 which, we are convinced, are untrue, and we therefore be- 

 lieve them to be malignant libels. As we further under- 

 stand that one of the parties against whom the charges are 

 preferred is no longer living, it is manifestly impossible that 

 the Forest and Stream should by printing the letters 

 make itself a party to defamation of the dead. There may 

 be other journals perfectly willing to do this. There is in 

 this town a horse paper, which some years ago attacked a 

 man on his dying bed; and doubtless Heath and Anthony 

 will find its editors only too eager to print their charges 

 against a dead man. 



