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ground will have been perfected, a plenty of hare will have 

 been secured, and the good greyhounds of the ■ country, rested 

 and fitted by their winter's work, will be only anxious to 

 run well for substantial purses. It should be reiterated that 

 the inclosed coursing meet is destined to be a great affair in 

 this countrry. Our people of the great cities cannot travel 

 half across the continent to see a meet, but they will pay to 

 see a meet brought to their doors and shown on their well- 

 known parks and driving tracks. It is here that the in- 

 closed meet will find its place, and it is here that within the 

 next five years it will make history for itself. The meet at 

 Hutchinson, crude as it necessarily was, is the beginning of 

 all this. Therefore, the best criti'ci sm— beyond the general 

 admonition that the public wants results and not excuses — 

 is a word of commendation for the pluck shown by the asso- 

 ciation in goi ng so Car on in an undertaking which can only 

 be held entirely commendable by every one interested in a 

 grand sport. 



THURSDAV, Oct. 35.— After dinner a crowd of perhaps 500 

 persons assembled on the flats east, of the coursing grounds 

 to witness an exhibition of coursing in the open. A score 

 card was printed and distributed, but not adhered to, the 

 knowledge now Being general that the stakes of the meet 

 would not be run out. The dogs present were largely non- 

 descripts. 



Dr. Royce's Goldy and Mr. Hiekock's Black Tiger coursed 

 each a hare by himself, two starting tip just at the point of 

 slipping. The latter dog is a big black, half greyhound. 

 He killed his hare, a lumpy one. 



After two or three false starts Mr. Wyafct's Tim W. beat 

 Mr. Garrett's Prince. The latter gentleman wished to stake 

 $10 that he couldn't do it again. It grew hourly more appa- 

 rent coursing was in its infancy at Hutchinson. Trouble 

 also was experienced from the pushing and crowding of the 

 unruly mob of spectators, who have not yet learned that it 

 is not the correct thing to drive over the dogs. 



Dr. Royce's Heroine." and Mr. Allison's Reno Chief ran a 

 no-course, which was given Chief to appease the crowd, who 

 wanterl to know "which dog killed the rabbit." 



Mr. Luse's Lavina and Mr. Allison's Howdy filled the ex- 

 pectations of those who knew them, and ran a beautifully 

 even course, Lavina winning by one point. 



Mr. Luse's Paulina and Mr. Royle's Belle R. made a long 

 course with little scoring, Paulina, winning by a. kill in the 

 corn. Paulina came out of the com with the ha,re in her 

 mouth and carried it to her owner. 



Goldy and Black Tiger went in again, and Goldy beat the 

 black creature, passing when he liked. This closed the 

 exhibition of the day. E. Hough. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



While I have neither the time nor inclination to write a 

 treatise on the origin and breeding of the bay dog, yet as an 

 old Maryland sportsman and dog fancier, it gives me pleas- 

 ure to note some points that may serve "G. E. S." in making 

 choice of a retriever. 



Like the Newfoundland, the Chesapeake Bay dog is still 

 to be found— with the same capacity and aptitude for his 

 calling — in several strains, sizes, coats and colors, long- 

 haired, short-haired and curly-coated; red, brown and yel- 

 low or sedge grass in color. Having gunned on one of the 

 choicest shores of the Gunpowder River for more than 

 twenty yea rs, and consequently outlived many early preju- 

 dices, I can say that by far the most satisfactory dog for a 

 true sportsman is the medium-sized, "otter-coated," dead- 

 grass color, the shade of your shooting suit. This settles 

 the question of color advantage. 



They do not carry dead water to shake over you like any 

 long-haired animal, and consequently suffer less from cold 

 themselves, having a fine fur next the hide. They are 

 powerful, fast swimmers with scent equal to the best dog 

 of any breed. The large dog tires quicker, is hard to keep 

 out of sight, and of course is in the way about the blind. 

 The endurance of these dogs as a breed and their intelli- 

 gence for their business is almost beyond belief. But they 

 are unsatisfactory for any other purpose; they know duck- 

 duck and nothing else. 



The cross attempted with a first-class imported fifty- 

 guinea English retriever was an utter failure. The dogs so 

 obtained were very fast and smart, but lost the heavy coat- 

 ing and could not stand floating ice. 



While all styles and strains are in use at the many clubs 

 on the rivers, these "otter-haired" dogs have been much 

 bred and used on the Gunpowder River, at Maxwell's 

 Point Club, John Lynch manager; Graxe's Quarter, Joseph 

 Newkirk manager; Chases, Baltimore county, Md, As to 

 where best strains can be had, let me advise that a dog or 

 puppy may be of a good strain and yet not of individual ex- 

 cellence, Buy no dog from a dealer unless you see him 

 work. Like other game dogs they sell for from $20 to $100. 



Many duck shooters, like partridge hunters, though 

 honest, are totally obtuse on the main points of their dog 

 stock, and do not see how their own differs from a vastly 

 superior animal. 



I know of no one breeding duck dogs about Baltimore for 

 sale. An advertisement in Purest And Stream or the Bal- 

 timore Sun would probably bring a reply. 



Geo. Baldwin. 



ST. BERNARDS AT RICHMOND. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The awards of specials at the Richmond show, as recorded 

 in your issue of Oct. 18, do not contain the special for best 

 kennel of St. Bernards, which was awarded to my dogs, 

 champion Hector, champion Daphne, Gemma I. and Alpine 

 Chief. The omission was no doubt due to the fact that 

 this special was competed for and awarded on Friday only. 



The Virginia Field Sports Association had offered a kennel 

 prize of $35 for the best kennel of St. Bernards, rough or 

 smooth. I made my entries accordingly, one brace of 

 smooths and one brace of rough-coats; but when the time 

 came, my dogs were not allowed to compete because, in the 

 catalogue, the special was specified as follows: "for the best 

 kennel of four St. Bernards, rough or smooth (best, whether 

 rough or smooth, to be all of one Ic-ind)" [the italics are 

 mine]. 



On being informed of what had taken place I immediately 

 entered a protest on the following grounds: Bench shows 

 are given on the basis of an agreement (contract) between 

 the clubs and the exhibitors" A club, in order to secure 

 entries, offers certain prizes ("promises to pay"). This is 

 one side of the agreement. The exhibitor, on' the strength 

 of the "promises to pay," made by the club, enters his dogs, 

 subject to rules governing the show, and pays his entry fees! 

 This is the other side of the agreement. This contract be- 

 comes binding to both parties by the fact of the club accept- 

 ing the entry fees. 



It is evident, therefore, that a club has no right to make 

 any alterations in the premiums offered; for, if it does, the 

 club violates its part of the contract, except' the exhibitors 

 be duly notified, before closing of entries, of such changes. 



Mr. J. S. Wise, president of the association, appreciating 

 the justice of my claim, decided that the special, as origin- 

 ally worded by the club, should be competed for. The com- 

 petition took place on Friday. 



I wish to thank Mr. J. S. Wise publicly for his love of fair 

 play, all the more so because, as I have learned since, he 

 paid the kennel prize out of his own pocket, the "catalogue- 

 special" having been duly awarded on Tuesday and paid for 

 by the association. K. E. Hopf. 



AltUNGTON, N. J. 



ST. PAUL DOG SHOW. 



THE second annual exhibition given by the St. Paul and 

 Minnesota Kennel Club closed its 'doors last Friday 

 night. In point of quality this was a better show than t he 

 first attempt; and it speaks volumes for the dog men of the 

 Northwest when they can bring together a fair lot of dogs 

 without receiving much support from the Eastern fanciers. 

 There were 296 entries, with very few absentees; in fact, 

 there were more dogs on exhibition than at Syracuse. While 

 the quality was not up to that seen at the great gathering 

 at Buffalo, it was decidedly better than I expected to find at 

 a show held hundreds of miles beyond the reach of a major- 

 ity of owners. Twelve dollars is more than most people 

 will pay for express charges on one dog. There are others 

 who will not take the risk of sending their dogs so far 

 away from home without an attendant, and still others 

 who believe that long distance traveling, especially, wears 

 a dog out, and that it may be fruitful of worse results to 

 bitches that have been bred. 



In regard to the management, nobody will deny that this 

 was one of the best, conducted shows that has ever been held 

 in this country. No fuss, no hollowing, most perfect clean- 

 liness, every little detail attended to "without anybody see- 

 ing or knowing just how it had been done; in fact, a model 

 show in many respects and one that reflects great credit to 

 Mr. Ckas. Weil, the superintendent, and to the show com- 

 mittee, Messrs. J. E. Stryker, H. T. Drake, W. G. White- 

 head, J. W. Stevens and P. H. Gotzian. 



Spratts looked to the feeding, arid, as is usual, supplied 

 the benching. I venture the opinion that a number of dogs 

 went home pounds heavier than they came. Oue fellow in 

 particular had a rare time at St. Paul, and if he didn't put 

 on or Tibs, in the four days it was neither his fault nor 

 Spratts'. 



Prominent members of the c lub assure me that there were 

 only two regretable features in connection with the show— a 

 wet day and a number of insulting, dictatorial and bull- 

 dozing letters received from a rabid Detroiter, who evi- 

 dently intended to run the show for the benefit of the 

 "holy brotherhood." The club's worthy secretary, Mr. Stry- 

 ker, is a prominent lawyer and is said to be an expert at 

 handling this c lass of cranks; so it will be safe to predict that 

 when the doctor's patent plaster shall be again unfolded to 

 the public eye it will be found sticking to a diseased frag- 

 ment of a defunct Michigan kennel club and not to the 

 brawny and brainy sons of Minnesota. 



MASTIEES — (MB, MASON). 



Taken as a whole this was a good class. While there was 

 nothing of superlative merit, like the great Minting for in- 

 stance, the quality was vastly better than I expected" to find, 

 and there were, fewer spike-nosed camels than are usually 

 found at the shows in this country. Championship honors 

 were defended by Wacouta Nap and his old kennel compan- 

 ion Wacouta Rose. Both were in good condition and of 

 course won. For points good and bad your readers need 

 only to refer to previous reports in this paper. The open 

 class for dogs was madeup of a useful and level lot of twelve, 

 and so close in point of merit were the first three, that they 

 gave me some trouble. Tiger Royal proved a winner, but 

 with very few points to spare. He is of excellent color, has 

 beautiful coat, and his markings are correct throughout. 

 He is a little longer in forefacethan I liked, and would be 

 improved by volume of skull and muzzle. Lips, hanging 

 perfectly; eyes, first-class in color, size, position and expres- 

 sion; ears, too large; wrinkles not well defined, but should 

 improve; neck, well set but rather light; good back shoul- 

 ders, loin and quarters; slightly weak below the hocks; not 

 straight in forl a gs; feet fairly well formed but turning out- 

 ward; pasterns light; good tail, carried rather high; light in 

 bone: moves fairly well; shows considerable quality and some 

 character; is of more than average size and has* a fine dis- 

 position; a useful second classs-pecimen that should improve; 

 sire, champion Homer; dam, Florence. Breeder, Mr. J. E. 

 R. Boudreau. The Moor, who was runner-up, is also a dog 

 of far more than average merit. Color, fawn; black points, 

 not very well defined; muzzle not long but should be blunter 

 and wider; skull decidely above average, yet too flat in 

 cheeks; forehead wide and flat, but not first-rate in wrinkle; 

 color of eyes a shade or two too light; ears too large; ex- 

 pression pleasing; lips not well hung; neck should be 

 stronger; chest well-formed and would be better with more 

 width; good middle; excellent behind the hips; the right 

 sort of a tail; forelegs well placed a.nd straight, but 

 flat and light in bone, instead of round and heavy; ex- 

 cellent coat and skin; moves freely: is of more than average 

 size. A dog that has improved considerably. It is more 

 than probable that he will beat the first prize winner if they 

 meet twelve months hence. Sire, Ilford Caution ; dam, 

 Juno. Breeder, Mr. E. H. Moore! Edwy, vhc, is also a 

 fawn with black points, but the ear color is not good. Skull 

 square but rather deficient in volume; muzzle having the 

 same failing as the skull, yet much above average; ears too 

 large; color of eyes too light: expression would be good if 

 color of eyes were darker; neck snort and strong; chest deep 

 and would be better if the ribs were more sprung: back and 

 loin (which were much admired) of wrong formation; both 

 show strength, but a greyhound outline is to be avoided in 

 dogs of this'breed; good hindparts; stands well and moves 

 well; coat coarse; a well-grown young dog of a sort that 

 should improve with age. Sire, Orlando; dam. Countess of 

 Woodlands. Breeder, Mr. W. Wade. Lord Raglan, vhc, is 

 a dog that would have won all before him in 1881, but the 

 mastiff class is not now as it was then, and his lordship was 

 clearly beaten, although not in type. Muzzle should be 

 shorter, deeper, wider and better lipped: skull would be im- 

 proved by size, especially width; wrinkles should be more 

 prominent; ears, eyes and expression fairly good; neck 

 powerful; chest deep, wide, and well rounded in the right 

 place; loin strong and massive; hindparts muscular and 

 truly formed down to hocks; hocks straight; stands on good 

 feet; strong in limbs; not quite straight in front. An under- 

 sized specimen showing character and good breeding in 

 his defective head, and having a cylindrical and well- 

 knit frame set on to short legs. His formation behind 

 the head is more nearly correct than that of any dog in the 

 class. Sire, Crown Prince; dam, The Lady Rowena. Breeder, 

 Dr. J. Sidney Turner. King Homer, vhc, shows character 

 in head but is undersized, large and heavy in ears and 

 crooked in front. He is a low-standing dog that shows he 

 has good blood in his veins. Sire, Homer; dam, Florence. 

 Breeder, Mr. J. E. R. Boudreau. Prince Cole, he, deserved 

 another letter. He has more volume of skull than any dog 

 in the class, but is slightly dished in muzzle, also too long, 

 and his light eyes give a rather bad expression; ears too large 

 and not correct in carriage; no wrinkles; good neck, back, 

 chest, shoulders and loin; fairly good hindparts, except tail, 

 which is not well carried; stands on strong, good limbs; coat 

 not first-classcolor s; mutty. He bears a slight resemblance 

 to his sire, old champion Beau, but is much below the high 

 form that was shown by Mr. Beaufoy's typical but under- 

 sized dog. Turk, h.c, lacks in volume and muzzle, eyes 

 wrong, carriage of ears not correct, has few wrinkles, lacks 

 character, is somewhat slab-sided and rather light behind the 

 short ribs. He has merit in other points, size included, 

 Bruce, he, is defective in muzzle and ears and has bad coat. 

 Corsair, a winner at Milwaukee and Toledo, was unnoticed. 

 He has small, bad head, lacking in nearly every essential 

 point, is undersized and shown in wretched condition. It is 

 perhaps as well to say that he would not be a winner under 

 my judgment no matter how good his condition. Nero, c, 

 is undersized, bad in coat, round in forehead and out of con- 

 dition. He has merit in other points, more especially 

 in ears, which are small and neat. I gaye first in 



bitches fco Vistala, that was first in the novice class at 

 Barn Elms, 1887, and reserve at Warwick, 1888, and I 

 was not a hair's breadth from withholding the prize 

 for want of merit. Color light fawn with mask not well 

 defined and ears fawn instead of black; skull too small for 

 bulk of body; muzzle very small and piuched; wrinkle fair; 

 eyes and expression good; ears small, but not, right in bur 

 and not lying as they ought to; strong neck, compact body, 

 very light in bone, leggy, coarse in coat. A specimen that 

 shows good breeding and some character through all her 

 defects. Sire, Montgomery; dam, Nell. Breeder, Mr. A. 

 Andrews. Frankie, second prize, is too light all over, 

 muzzle, skull, body and limbs, Sire, Ilford Caution; dam, 

 Bess. Breeder, Mr. E. H. Moore. Clytie, unnoticed, is 

 houndy, large in ears and smutty in color. Bran, unnoticed, 

 is weedy and bad in head. Phaxlra, unnoticed, is lame or 

 would have won; she shows character in head, is 'low set 

 and strong, with capital wrinkle. Lack of size is her weak- 

 est point. I did not consider either of the ptipples worth a, 

 first. Duke, second prize, while large and massive, is round 

 in forehead, large, in ears, smutty in color, wrong in expres- 

 sion, defective in muzzle and shows the haw. He is not 

 of a sort that I wish to see multiplied. Sire, Prince Cole; 

 dam, Victoria. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. MASON). 

 Champion rough-coats were representedby the well-known 

 Lady At hoi who was well shown. Folko II., a, new one 

 to me, was first in the open class of dogs. He held the same 

 position at St. Paul and Milwaukee, 1887. Cheeks a trifle 

 full; muzzle not quite clean below the eyes nor as deep in 

 stop as it should be; eyes would be better if deeper set; 

 correct ears welt placed; expression pleasing and benignant; 

 neck would be improved by more length; chest would be 

 better if wider; back and loin strong but too short; hind- 

 parts too straight and rather light in proportion to bulk of 

 foreparts; forelegs straight and set into truly formed feet; 

 stern carried too high, it should be longer; coat showing 

 slight curliness on quarters; rather light in bone; does not 

 stand over sufficient ground; markings nearly correct; color 

 excellent. A rather good-fronted, second-class dog showing 

 character and having a fine disposition. Sire, Rollo; dam 

 Ouida. Breeder. Mr. A. King, Rex, second prize, is a num- 

 ber of points below the form shown by Folko. Markings 

 irregular throughout aud of course not correct; muzzle 

 dished; forehead round; stop too deep; chest should be 

 wider and back longer; hindparts somewhat, light and 

 hocks not well bent; stands on good legs and feet; coat 

 rather curly. An undersized specimen that is not quite 

 first-class in any point. Sire, Bern hard; dam, Belina, 

 Breeder, Mr. Rittmann. Le Roy he, has fairly good head 

 and good forelegs, but he is of washy color, has hound ears 

 and is not right behind. Rex, he, lacks in markings, muz- 

 zle, forehead and eyes. He has good body and limbs. Dona- 

 tello, he, has plain head, badly carried ears aud is curly in 

 coat as well as beingundersized. Cajsar, unnoticed, is a dark 

 sable dog. His only recommendation consists in his being 

 entered in the St. Bernard class. Otto II., also unnoticed, 

 is a low standing, good bodied, crooked legged, but heavily 

 boned dog with a head that— well, came to him from Otto 

 I. and Irraa. He won first and second Milwaukee 

 1885 and 1886, and second St, Paul 18S7. He is a 

 massive tawny dog, and some persons consider him a 

 St. Bernard. Rough-coated bitches were a very uneven lot 

 and a hard class to judge. Just look at them. Chequasset 

 Minna, my second prize winner at New Haven and Buffalo, 

 was as thin as a rail. Noble Ida, first Glasgow and Dublin,' 

 was as fat as a pig and as flabby as dough, in addition to 

 having a blemish in one eye. Thora refused to budge an 

 inch and lay down in the ring. Torie is a seven-months-old 

 puppy. These were the pick of the lot. Thora, a rather 

 undersized one, with correct markings, a fairly good head, 

 and average body, limbs and coat, won. But I waited a full 

 half hour before she could be made to stand up and move 

 across the ring. Minna a.nd Ida were pegged back on ac- 

 count of condition, and this left the puppy Torie, that was 

 iu elegant condition, the best, at the time "of judging. She 

 has capital body, good tail and excellent coat, but is not 

 right in head, and probably never will be. The forehead is 

 too prominent, muzzle not deep enough, and set of ears not 

 quite the thing. Her color is faint, and she is not perfectly 

 straight in front. This last defect will, I feel sure, be out- 

 grown. Sire, Folko II.; dam, Belle. Breeder, Mr, J. H. 

 Schultz. The winner is by Folko II. out of Barriua, and 

 was bred by Mr. W. H. Dent. Noble Ida is of more than 

 average size and stands on good limbs. Her head is too 

 mastiff-like, also expression, and she is not straight in coat. 

 Naiad, vhc, shows houndiness in head, but has good body, 

 legs and feet. Barriua, e, has plain head and wrong ex- 

 pression. Torie, second in the open class, was an easy win- 

 ner among puppies. Queen, vhc, is wrong in markings, 

 round in skull and not square enough in muzzle. Rex, 

 vhc, was he in the dog class (open). Victor Joseph was ab- 

 sent from the champion class for smooth-coats, and Blanca 

 was the only one in the open class, Pluto being absent. She 

 is fairly good in head and body, but stands over little 

 ground; is a trifle leggy, aud neither as good in bone, feet 

 nor tail as she should be; coat correct, carriage free. Sire, 

 Belisa; dam, Furka. Breeder, Mr. E. Baur. 



LEONBERGS AND NEWFOUNDLANDS — (MR. MASON). 



Monarch, the first prize Leonberg, is a grand big dog. 

 with truly formed body, good coat; most excellent forelegs 

 and feet and fairly good hiud ones. Newfoundlands a bad 

 lot as usual. Withheld first prizes in both classes. Life is 

 too short and space too valuable for one to waste over every 

 large black dog he sees at a show. 



GREAT DANES— (MR. MASON). 

 This was a good class, the best by far that I have seen in 

 America. Don Caesar, that did a lot of winning at the West- 

 ern shows in 1888, was a worthy competitor for champion- 

 ship honors. He was in tiptop condition. I gave first in the 

 open class for dogs to a blue of fair size. Muzzle of good 

 length, but showing slight weakness; skull correct; color of 

 eyes too light; expression not correct: neck throaty; chest 

 would be improved by depth, but is not badly formed; loin 

 true in outline but somewhat too light; quarters decidedly 

 better than average; there should be more strength from the 

 second thighs downward; stands on most excellent forelegs 

 and feet; is fairly active and shows some quality. Moro, 

 second prize, is a black. Stop not correct, too deep; muzzle 

 should have a cleaner cut appearance all the way from nose 

 to eyes; expression not just right; neck long and strong, but 

 not quite clean; ribs too flat; loin should be stronger; stifles 

 and hocks too straight, good shoulders, forelegs straight but 

 too light, especially about the pasterns, toes should be more 

 arched, moves fairly well, coat, hardly of first quality, a 

 gamer looking dog than the winner. Grand Duke, vhc, is 

 short in head and will be cheeky, he is also too small and 

 light in bone for his age, thirteen months. Count Vladi- 

 mir, he, is a rather coarse-headed brindie. Donna Minca, 

 first in bitches, is a good fawn, and if shown will do a lot of 

 winning. She has nice clean head, wdth correct expression, 

 strong, well-set neck that is clean as a sword and properly 

 carried; back, chest and loin much above average, second 

 thighs rather light, shoulders not well placed, and forelegs 

 not set quite right, feet should be deeper in pads with toes 

 closed and well arched, coat could not be better, shows 

 character and quality, the best bit ch that I have seen in 

 America. Teutel, second prize, pressed the winner very 

 close. Her excellent forelegs and feet, fair head aud better 

 than average body will always keep her well to the front 

 when she is shown in fairly good company. Flora, vhc, 

 shows much quality, especially in head, but her rather weak 



