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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 10, 1889. 



DOG SHOW REPORTS, 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



Mr. Chas. B. Bunn owns a puppy out of Lady Beatrice. 

 The reports of the New York and Boston shows led Mr. Bimn 

 to suppose that Lady Beatrice was a good one, 



is, however, a, blunt muzzle, Her head markings are not 

 good, she has too much dewlap, and is crooked in forelegs 

 and rather light in bone." A mastiff that is long in muzzle 

 and crooked in forelegs surely is not a "good one." Mr. 

 Bunn cannot find on record a single instance where I have 

 described a long-faced and crooked-legged mastiff a "good 

 one"; and he drew largely on the resources of his imagina- 

 tion in supposing that my opening comments on the Boston 

 wxhihit had special reference to Lady Beatrice, that won sec- 

 ond in the open class for bitches. I said then, as I do now, 

 that the mastiffs at that show were the best lot seen together 

 in this country. It was the presence of such dogs as Mint- 

 ing, Lady Clare. Lady Dorothy, lll'ord Caution, Ilford Coro- 

 ner, Monarch and Crown Prince, and the improved quality 

 of classes as a whole, that drew forth this encomium. 



Because Mr. Bunn owns a puppy out of Lady Beatrice is 

 no logical reason that his admiration for the dear little thing 

 should be permitted to run away with his eyesight and his 

 better judgment. 



It is a strange argument that Mr. Bunn advances when he 

 says that I described Ilfoid Caution as having four defects 

 and Lady Beatrice five: and that on the strength of this 

 statement, coming from an expert, he coneludecTthat Lady 

 Beatrice must be a very good one. 



A dog may have oue defect and yet be a bad one', he may 

 possess a dozen defects and be a good one; and he may 

 have six defects and be the best ever seen in America and 

 one of the best ever bred. If Mr, Bunn will turn to pages 

 153, 154 and 155 of "Our Prize Dogs" he will find that Mint- 

 ing has six or seven defects, and that notwithstanding these 

 he is "a big, grand, long, low, heavy-boned and very massive 

 dog, showing true character and exquisite quality," and, 

 further, that "he is one of the. best representatives we (I) 

 have ever seen of a noble and justly popular breed." Mr. 

 Bunn will also find that this dog, with his several defects, 

 was the subject chosen for the frontispiece. 



According to Mr. Bunn's method of reasoning. Lady Bea- 

 trice with five defects should beat Minting, wV.o has at least 

 six: the value, the iutenseness of the defects must not be 

 considered in arriving at a just and correct estimate of a 

 dog's quality and the position he shall occupy. Mr. Bunn 

 will be likely to experience trouble in convincing anybody 

 of the soundness or logic of his argument. 



Chas. H. Mason. 



New Tobk. Jan. 5. 



ST. BERNARD CLUB CUPS. 



Editor Forest and. Stream: 



Referring to the correspondence in your issue of Dec. ti 

 and 13, headed "St. Bernard Prizes," I take pleasure to in- 

 form you that the board of governors have reconsidered 

 their action at the meeting of Nov. 13 (which limited the 

 competition for the club cups to dogs having won a prize in 

 their respective regular classes) and have decided to word 

 the restriction as follows: 



"A dog or bitch in the open or puppy classes, in order to 

 be eligible for competition for the club cups, must have 

 been awarded at least a very highly commended in its res 

 peetive regular class at the show where the cup or cups are 

 to be competed for. This rule does not apply to a dog or 

 bitch in the challenge or champion class," 



It is, of course, understood that dogs or bitches competing 

 for stud dog or brood bitch cups, do not come under this 

 rule either. 



K. E. Hopf, Presideut St. Bernard Club of America, 



DOG TALK. 



r pi-IE revised dog show rules of the English Kennel Club 

 J. are as follows: 



"Challenge Classes. — For all dogs and bitches that had 

 qualified previous to Jan. 1, 1889. for competition in a 

 champion class or challenge class and for winners of ten 

 points in open classes at shows registered in or for the Ken- 

 uel Club Stud Books. 



"Open Classes. — No dog or bitch will be qualified to com- 

 pete in these classes that has ever won ten points in open 

 classes at shows registered in or for the Kennel Club Stud 

 Books, or that had qualified previous to Jan. 1, 1889, for 

 competition in a champion class or challenge class where' 

 challenge classes are. provided for that breed. 



"N. B.— In estimating the number of points'adoghas won, 

 a first prize gained at any show under Kennel Club rules 

 previous to Jan. 1, 1889, by any dog not fully qualified to 

 compete in a challenge class under the old rules will score 

 two points." 



The shows held under Kennel Club rules are divided into 

 two classes, winners in those rated as first class will score 

 two points, in the second class one point. The Club has 

 designated as shows of the first class the Kennel Club winter 

 and summer shows, Liverpool. Birmingham, Warwick, 

 Manchester, Edinburgh, Bulldog Club, Collie' Club, Pug 

 Club, Fox-terrier Club and Toy Spaniel Club. 



In the annual report of the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, advance sheets of which have been sup- 

 plied to us by the president. Henry Bergh, is given this 

 statement of the Society's action with reference to the 

 Hempstead rabbit killing: 



"An attempt was recently made by a number of wealthy 

 people to introduce into this country the so-called 'sport' 

 of rabbit baiting, under the impression, that through their 

 influence such cruel and demoralizing exhibitions could be 

 made popular and respectable. Though acquitted by a local 

 jury, they have not been so successful before the bar of pub- 

 lic opinion, and perhaps they begin to realize that, here in 

 America, such acts are regarded with contempt and abhor- 

 rence by respectable and law-abiding people. The officers 

 of your Society had a well-established precedent for their 

 action on this question in the case of the People vs. Edward 

 Burt, convicted for a similar offense, known as 'rat bait- 

 ing,' and sentenced, at the Court of Special Sessions of this 

 city, to serve a term of three months' imprisonment in the 

 penitentiary. The three learned judges who pronounced 

 that decision and sentence did not regard his act as the 

 legitimate destruction of noxious animals, but saw in it 

 only a low and cruel exhibition, created merely for the 

 entertainment of the spectators. It seems hardly necessary 

 tor me to deny the silly statements which have lately been 

 made, that we desire to interfere with any proper or manly 

 sport, or to prevent the capture of game, or the extermina- 

 tion ot noxious or destructive animals by means of guns, 

 traps or other paraphernalia of the hunter's outfit. We 

 should, however, regard it as a monstrous wrong to utilize 

 some of those methods for the killing of animals when in 

 captivity; tor, under such conditions, justice and humanity 

 demand that the creature shall be, destroyed in the most 

 merciful manner available. The hunter places a trap, 

 armed with powerful springs and sharp steel fangs, near 

 the haunts of the bear he wishes to secure. Surely this 

 would be no justification for placing a captive animal in an 

 arena, where such an instrument of torture had previously 

 been concealed, m order that he might tread upon it and 

 amuse an audience by his contortions. 



"It has been stated that rabbit baiting tends to improve 



the breed of dogs. The same argument can be advanced in 

 favor of dog fighting and rat baiting. Those who engage 

 in such practices cannot be called sportsmen in any sense of 

 that word; for the true sportsman is animated by a spirit of 

 justice which prevents him from taking an unfair advan- 

 tage of even a helpless animal. He fires at birds only while 

 upon the wing; he seeks game in its native haunts, where it 

 is afforded a reasonable chance of escape; and he often 

 boldly encounters animals under circumstances where per- 

 sonal danger is incurred." 



The Hempstead mode of killing rabbits (or hares, tbe 

 common American species, "cotton-tails") is as follows: 

 The rabbits are brought to the ground iu orates. From the 

 crate an attendant takes a rabbit and drops it to the ground 

 in sight of two fox-terriers, which are held in slips 35yds. or 

 80yds- distant. Rabbit, terriers and the mounted judge start 

 away together. > The purpose is to determine the relative 

 speed of the terriers, measured by the time it takes them to 

 catch the rabbit; the first dog to reach the rabbit wins. The 

 time actually required in practice is from 20 to 55 seconds. 

 None of the rabbits get away. Within less than a minute 

 after being liberated from the crate they are killed by the 

 terriers, or by the club of an attendant deputed to dispatch 

 them. 



The second annual dog show of the Rensselaer Kennel 

 Club, to be held at Troy, N. Y., the last week of February, 

 promises to be far ahead of the one held last year. The man- 

 agers are tilaking every effort to accomplish this, and have 

 already secured the pi-omise of a large number of the most 

 prominent dogs in the couutry. The premium list will be 

 ready early next week. Three of the most popular judges 

 have been secured, Miss AnnaH. Whitney and Messrs. John 

 Davidson and Chas. H. Mason. 



The Boston boys are keeping rather quiet about their dog 

 show, but we understand that nothing is being left undone 

 to insure its success. A well known English judge of non- 

 sporting dogs has been invited to judge s me of these classes, 

 and Mi-. Peshall will judge pointers.' We also hear that a 

 bran-new setter judge will officiate there. Boston has 

 always given a first-class show, and we have no doubt that 

 the one this year will be no exception to the rule. 



Mr, E. O. Damon, of Northampton, Mass., has recently 

 imported from Ireland two well-bred Irish setter bitches. 

 One of them is a prize winner at the other side, the other is 

 a puppy and has never been shown. Mr. Damon has now a 

 fine kennel of this breed and he will probably give the public 

 an opportunity to inspect them at some of tne coming shows. 



The Pacific Coast Field Trials Club will hold their annual 

 trials at Bakersfield, Cal., next week. The grounds have 

 been strictly preserved, and quail are reported to be in 

 abundance. The judges appointed are Messrs. R. T. Van- 

 devort, Payne J. Shafton and I. N. Aldrich. 



The Northern Ohio Poultry and Pet Stock Association 

 will hold a bench show iu connection with their exhibition 

 at Akron, O., Jan. 14 to 19. Mr. John Bolus, of Wooster, O., 

 will judge all classes. The address of the secretary is 

 Nathan Morse, Akron, O. 



Mr. W. Wade has purchased from Mr. W. 0. Kennerly, of 

 White Post, Virginia, a pair of black and tan foxhounds, 

 and has sent them to a friend in England as representatives 

 of the American foxhound. 



The Salisbury pedigree bilsiness appears to be a sort of 

 boomerang, and the lesson inculcated is that it is as danger- 

 ous to disseminate false charges as to cook up a pedigree. 



Secretaries of all dog shows should send to this office a 

 package of premium lists, as we frequently have calls for 

 them, especially on the day that the entries close. 



The annual field trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trial 

 Club next month promise to be interesting. 



The Indiana Kennel Club announce that their annual field 

 trials for 1889 will begin November 4. 



Mr. C. H. Mason informs us that he is hard at work on the 

 second volume of "Our Prize Dogs." 



We hear that Melrose. Mass., is the home of a young mas- 

 tiff that will make some of the cracks take a back seat. 



The Columbus dog show will be held under A. K. C. rules, 

 the club paying registry fees for dogs not aready registered. 



Kyle's Flora Bell. Puppies: 1st, W. G. Hooker's Victor; 2d, W. T. 

 Wells's Roderick. 



BULLDOGS.— Champion— R. B. Sawyer's Merry Monarch, also 

 special.— Open— Dogs; 1st and special, II. B. Sawyer's Portswood 

 Tiger. Bitches: 1st, R. B. Sawyer's Soudan. 



BULL-TERRIERS.-Doj/s; 1st, F. F. Dole's Snow Dick. Bitches: 

 1st and special, F. F. Dole's Royal Rose; 2d, T. C. Barry's Hose; 

 3d, T. Vernon's Yick. Puppies: 1st, F. F. Dole's Snow Dick; 3d, C. 

 Fletcher's Turk. 



PUGS. — Dogs: 1st, J. H. Seely's Peek-a-Boo. Bitches; 1st, J. H, 

 Seely's Midget. Puppies: 1st, J. H. Seely's Tiny. 



SKYE TERRIERS. — 1st, W. R. Kieft's Sykie. 



YORKSHIRE T E R RIERS.— Dogs: 1st, C. Fletcher's Prince 

 BiteJtes: 1st and 2d withheld; 3d, O. Fletcher's Pet. 



BLACK AND T.VN TERRIERS,— 2d and 3d, W> Butter's twd 

 unnamed. 



J. F; I. 



MR. W. R. DOCKRELL'S AD DRESS. — Edito r Forest 

 and. Stream: I regret that Mr. Dockrell's present address 

 was not given in Vol. I. of "Our Prize Dogs." When Mr. 

 Mitchell Harrison filled in his blanks for the book he gave 

 the address "London, England." This was insufficient, and 

 I asked him to send me the address in full. Mr. Harrison 

 owns a number of dogs bred by Mr. Dockrell, and, I believe, 

 has had a lengthy correspondence with him. Heshould have 

 known what the address was at that time, and there was no 

 apparent reason why I should not accept as correct any and all 

 particulars given by this careful recorder of all matters per- 

 taining to the Chestnut Hill Kennels. Mr. Dockrell's pres- 

 ent address will be duly eutered in Vol. I!. I am glad that 

 it is the address that is wroug and not the descriptions and 

 criticisms of Mr. Dockrell's old favorites. As the first 

 volume of "Oar Prize Dogs" is a magnificent success, in- 

 dorsed by the press of two countries, and as very many of 

 the most prominent aud i nfluential dog men in both countries 

 have written me that they hope to see it continued and will 

 subscribe to the next volume, I have decided to go ahead 

 with Vol. II. Blanks for this will be sent out next week, 

 and I hope that owners will be as careful in giving the 

 minor details as in supplying the more important ones.— 

 Chas. H. Mason (New York, Jan. 5, 1889). 



FOX-TERRIER PRODUCE STAKES.— Entries for the 

 Fox-Terrier Club's fourth Grand Produce Stakes of So each, 

 & forfeit to the fund, with 8100 added by the American Fox- 

 Terrier Club, fox-terrier brood bitches (smooth and wire- 

 haired) to be entered, and their produce to be shown, will 

 close Jan. 31. To prevent unequal competition between 

 early and late puppies, tbe stake will be divided. The first 

 division will exteud to all produce of the entered bitches 

 that shall be born between Jan, 1 and May 31, 1889, inclusive. 

 The show of this division will take place at the Westminster 

 Kennel Club Show of 1890. Half the added money aud half 

 the stakes will be gi ven on this occasion. The second divi- 

 sion will extend to all produce of the entered bitches that 

 shall be born after May, 1889. The show of this division 

 will take place at the American FoX-Terrier Club Show of 

 1890, Half the added money and half the stakes will be 

 given on this occasiou. Entries to mo made to H. P. Froth- 

 ingham, Sec, 2 Wall street* New York, .from whom rules, 

 forms of entry, and certificates may bo obtained; Entrance" 

 fee, $1 for each brood bitch. 



MERIDEN DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



inclosed is complete list of winners at the fourth bench 

 show, held in connection with the Meriden Poultry Associa- 

 tion's exhibition at the Polo Rink. Meriden, Jan. 1, 2, 3 and 

 4, 1889. The judging by Mr. E. Sheffield Porter, James E. 

 Hair and Geo. W. Neal was satisfactory with the exception 

 of awarding the special for the best dog or bitch to F. F. 

 Dole's Royal Rose instead of St. Cloud, winner of first and 

 special in 'the red Irish setter class, a noble dog on the bench 

 and iu the field, and pronounced by many good judges as the 

 coming dog. 



AWARDS. 



MASTIFFS. — lst,"H. Watrous's Pharaoh. 



ST. BERNARDS.— 1st, C. W. Glazier's Swiss Victor. 

 . NEWFOUNDLANDS.— 1st, J. E. Brainerd's Major; 3d, W. L. 

 Davis's Rover. 



GREYHOUNDS— 1st, Elm City Kennels' Sparrow Hawk. 



DALMATIANS.— 1st, W. L. Davis's Tony. 



GORDON SETTERS — 1st, Gordon and Parker's unnamed. 



IRISH SETTERS. — Dogs: 1st and special and 2d, St, Cloud Ken- 

 nels' St. Cloud and Young Elcho; 3d, J. P. Ives' Dan. Puppies: 

 1st and 2d, St. Cloud Kennels' Young Elcho and Eaehin. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. -Bogs: 1st and special, Dr. J. E. Hair's 

 Warwick Albert; 2d and special, Mrs. A. J. Callahan's Fairy 

 King. Very high com., W. B. Hall's Gem's Rodcrigo. High com.', 

 A. J. Lee's Don Bel ton, Bitchcx: 1st. C. A. Ives' Mona II.; 2d, J. B. 

 Robertson, Jr.'s, Grace; 3d, G. W. Hininan's Dixie B. Very high 

 com, W. C. Russell's Princess Bolton. High com.. W. E. Miller's 

 Speckle B. Com., W. B. Hall's Rhoda. Puppies: 1st, O. A. Ives' 

 Mena III.; 3d, J. H. Seely's Nellie; 3d, W. B. Hall's unnamed. 



POINTERS. — Dogs: 1st, L. E. Clark's Vanstone; 2d, Fleetview 

 Pointer Kennels' Spot Dash: 3d, S. C. Paddock's Pants. Bitches: 

 1st, Fleetview Kennels' Belle of Naso; 3d, Mrs. O. C. Burgess's 

 Minnie B. 



FIELD SPANTELS.— Dogs: 1st, W. H. Moselev's Jerry; 2d. W. 

 Scott's Pearl Lake Obo; 3d, G. Lamping's Nig. High com., E. A. 

 Locke's Echo. Bitches: 1st, W. Scott's Black Flash; 2d, A. R. 

 Crowell's Ideal Black Pearl; 3d, W. F. Murphy's Cleopatra. 



COCKER SPANIELS.-Doffs; 1st, W. Scott's Carlos. Bitches: 

 1st, W. H. Moseley's Riette; 2d, W. Dougherty's Dora; 3d, Elm 

 City Kennels' Belle Obo. Verv high com., VV. Scott's Olga. High 

 com., C. S. Howland's Diana. 



FOXHOUNDS.— 1st and 3d, E. A. Birdsey's Racket and Music. 



BEAGLES.— Bitches: 1st, Woodside Kennels' Fancy. Puppies: 

 1st and special, H. Dant's Music; 3d and very high com., AVoodside 

 Kennels' Ben and Twig. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— Dogs: 1st and special, J. H. Shepherd's Shep- 

 herd Lad; 2d, T. F. Curry's Prince. Bitches: 1st and special, N. J. 

 Winfleld's Guess. 



COLLIES.— Dogs: 1st, A. R. Kyle's Neho of Nessel; 2d, A. D« 

 Fowler's Shop; 3d. J. W. Anderson's Bruce. Bitches: 1st, A, R. 



A HINT TO DOG SHOW .FUDGES. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: As the show season is coming on allow me to make 

 a suggestion to the show committees, viz.: that where they 

 select judges who are large breeders and exhibitors, that 

 they request them to exhibit their own dogs, not for com- 

 petition, but for the benefit of the people. This, I believe, is 

 largely done iu Europe. For instance, at the forthcoming 

 Westminster Kennel Club's show many would be very much 

 disappointed to miss Mr. August Belmont, Jr.'s grand team i 

 of fox-terriers, also Mr. D. Bail lie's collection, "Miss A. H. 

 Whitney's, etc. At the last Westminster show I heard 

 many expressions of regret that Miss Whitney's fine lot of I 

 St. Bernards and pugs were not on view. I think that if I 

 this was brought before the notice of the various judges 

 they would send their animals and give the public a chance 

 to compare them with competing dogs.— C. J. C. 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW.— Th« judges for the coming 

 show of the Westminster Kennel Club, so far as they have : 

 been appoiuted, are: Miss A. H. Whitney, St. Bernards and 

 pugs. Chas. C. Marshall, mastiffs. John Davidson, blood- 

 hounds, deerhounds, greyhounds, English foxhounds, poin- 

 ters, English and black and tan setters, and English re- 

 trievers. Max Weuzel, Irish setters. James Lackwell, 

 spaniels. Martin Dennis and J. D. Shotwell, collies. E. S. ' 

 Porter, bulldogs, bull-1errieis, basset hounds and dachs- 

 hunde. A. Belmont, Jr., fox terriers. D. Baillie, Newfound- 

 lands, and all terriers except bull and fox-terriers. F. B. 

 Fay, toy spmiels. N. Elmore, American foxhounds and 

 beagles. J. Pierson, poodles, Italian greyhounds, Mexican 

 hairless and miscellaneous. 



NEW JERSEY KENNEL CLU B SHOW. -Editor Forest 

 a nd Stream: I am sorry to announce that the New Jersey 

 Kennel Club will not give a dog show this spring. The club 

 had decided to give a show iu Jersey City, and no doubt 

 could have done so successfully, but unfortunately there is 

 not a suitable building in the city. We anticipated giving 

 the show in one of the defunct skating rink buildings, bttt 

 on investigation found them small, not in a good neighbor- 

 hood and with a tarnished reputation of prize fights, dance 

 halls, etc. 1 hope a number of correspondents, to whom I 

 failed to give information in regard to the ab®ve, will accept 

 this as an answer.— Geo. L, Wilms, Sec'y (Jersey City, 

 Jan. 7). 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. — There was a meet- 

 ing of the Board of Governors of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club at the St. James Hotel, New York, on the evening of 

 Jan. 8. The "time limit" rule was changed so that after the 

 brace has been down 45m .they may be ordered up as soon there- 

 after as a decision can be made. In the rule relating to the 

 bye dog running a side heat the words "if practicable" were 

 inserted. The resignations of Messrs. F. E. Lewis, R. C. 

 Cornell and S. L. Boggs were accepted. The stakes for 18.. 

 will be the same as last year, and the date for the beginning 

 of the open stakes was fixed for Nov. 18, the members' stake 

 to begin Nov. 13. 



FOX HUNTING AT ITHACA. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: A fox chase held at Ithaca, N. Y. on New Year's 

 day was quite an interesting affair. Foxhounds gathered 

 from a radius of twenty miles and at least a thousand men 

 were present. Fourteen dogs came to the mark when the 

 time came to start. The trail was three miles over rolling 

 land, giving the spectators a good view of most of the. 

 course. The race was won by Hornell-Harrnony Kennels' 

 Pride of Hornell, he leading from the start, following the 

 trail closely and finishing well ahead of the second dog, 

 Happy Jack, from Ovid, N. Y,— Clem. 



MASTIFF PUPPY WEIGHTS. — Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 

 2.— I have a mastiff puppy, Eureka Chief (A.K.R. 6794). He 

 will be 5 months old Jan. 6, and on Dee. 24 he weighed 871bs. 

 He is one of the most perfect puppies I ever saw. Can any 

 one beat him for weight?— W. H, McMuLLEN. 



NEW JERSEY KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW.— The 

 bench show of the New Jersey Kennel Club, announced to 

 be held Feb. 12 to 15. has been indefinitely postponed. 



