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[Sept. 26, 1839. 



ing the next six months he should certainly be heard from 

 again. Crown Prinee (this is much too good a name for so 

 bad a dog) was clearly outclassed in head, ears, body and 

 limbs. The special for best mastiff bred in Canada or the 

 United States was won by Sears' Monarch, and the brace 

 prize went to the same dog and his kennel companion. 

 Countess of Dunsmore. 



ST. BERNARDS— (ME. MASON). 

 In the class for dogs, rough or smooth, Plinlimmon, Jr., 

 although shown light in flesh, was clearly the best of the 

 class. Bruce, second prize, also was not in good condition. 

 In body and limbs he is decidedly above average, and bis 

 head, although not good, is not actually bad. Monk III. 

 and Don Pedro were each given a third prize. The former 

 is too full in cheeks, defective in stop, plain in hindquarters 

 and lacking in size. The latter is a smooth-coated speci- 

 men that lacks massiveness in head and body and runs too 

 much to the hound type. Duke, he, is plain in head and 

 defective in markings. Leo, he, lacks in head, eyes, ex- 

 pression and iu face-markings. Beruie, unnoticed, is plain 

 and out of condition. In the bitch class the beautiful Lady 

 "Wellington smothered her competitors, being away ahead 

 of the class in almost every St. Bernard attribute. The 

 Meadowthorpe Kennels' Nora, that took second, like Lady 

 Wellington, has already been fully described in these 

 columns. Nellie, vhc, is too houndy. She is also small 

 and not in condition. Beulah, third prize, lacks character 

 and is wrong in color and markings. Duchess, he, is an 

 eleven-month-old puppy that will never make a mark in 

 good company. Vola, unnoticed, is a Berghund, and a poor 

 one at that. Garibaldi, first in puppies, has neat ears, but 

 his light eyes and full cheeks, besides several defects behind 

 the occiput, will handicap him heavily when he meets good 

 company. Hector, vhc, lacks volume in head. Duchess, 

 he, although undersize and defective in head, shows some 

 character, and may some day turn the tables on Hector. 

 Priam II., unnoticed, is washy iu color and bad in head. 

 The brace prize was won by Plinlimmon and Lady Welling- 

 ton, and her ladyship outclassed everything in competition 

 for the special for best bitch. 



GREAT DANES— (MR. MASON). 

 Although there were thirteen entries in these classes only 

 one need be mentioned. This is Lord, a useful-looking 

 second-rater, that was placed at the head of the dog class. 

 He should do some winning if shown in better company 

 than he met on this occasion, but a Cedric the Saxon would 

 leave very little of him but his color. The most that can 

 be said of the great Danes in this country is that they are a 

 very seedy lot. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MR. MASON). 

 Lead, first in this class, bears a very strong resemblance 

 to Leo, that was once shown by Dan O'Shea. He has a very 

 bad temper, a most serious failing in a dog of this breed, 

 but this is not all. Duke, second prize, is undersize, sour 

 in expression, better than average iu body, legs, and feet, 

 and just fair in coat. Victoria, unnoticed, was first at Lon- 

 don. This is not a Newfoundland at all, and it seems 

 strange that so good a fancier as Mr. Laidlaw should have 

 so little confidence in a judge's ability as was demonstrated 

 when he entered a mongrel, over-grown setter iu the New- 

 foundland class. Bruce, another mongrel with wretched 

 head, gooseberry eyes and infernal coat, was also dismissed 

 without notice. 



SETTERS— (MR. DAVIDSON). 

 The class for English dogs contained several very useful- 

 looking specimens. Locksley, catalogued at §200, but not 

 sold, was placed at the head of affairs; we would have placed 

 him second to Gladstone, that, although not his equal in 

 head, is decidedly his superior in ribs, back, loin, hindquar- 

 ters, stern, carriage of stern, and in legs and feet. Brighton 

 Dick, vhc. , was too thick in head as a puppy, and it has 

 since' grown coarser, still there is much in the dog that we 

 admire. Rock, vhc, is a bit coarse in skull and muzzle and 

 long in tail. He has good bone. Grouse, vhc, we liked bet- 

 ter than Rock although he is rather wide in skull and not 

 perfectly straight in front. Dick Bondhu, vhc, while de- 

 fective iu head and undersized, is of a useful sort. Rock- 

 ingham, he, has plenty of ear, is somewhat coarse in head 

 and not perfectly straight on his pins. Of the unnoticed 

 ones Rupert is open in coat, stumpy a^d sour in head and 

 wrong from the shoulders down. Shot (Perryman's) is leggy 

 and wrong in front, His feet are his best points. Rex shows 

 Irish character. Don is all out of condition, added to which 

 he has many defects. Jake lacks in head, feet, position of 

 ears and in neck. Rock is defective in head, eyes, coat and 

 hocks. Shot (Toronto Setter Kennel Club's) is strong in 

 head, hardly straight in front and too straight behind; good 

 back and chest. Duke is leggy and rather light behind. 

 Shot, third prize, was not on the bench when we called. In 

 bitches old Genevieve, in creditable condition, was well 

 placed first. Canadian Lillie, second prize, is a racy-looking 

 one that is hardly right in head or neck and too light behind 

 the short, ribs. Countess Daisy, third prize, has too much 

 ear. She lacks also in expression and in spring of ribs; she 

 has some quality. Liddesdale II., vhc, lacks in skull, bone 

 and stern, but notwithstanding these defects she has some 

 quality. Scottish Belle, he, lacks in stop and is not clean 

 below the eyes; good back and loin. Belle, he, is fairly good 

 iu head, but very throaty; she was not in show trim. Jep, 

 c, is wide in front, rather weak in head and not just the 

 thing in set of ears. Lady Romp, e, is much too small, and 

 in addition is coarse in head, WTong in ears and shoulders, 

 light in bone and out of condition. Pearl, unnoticed, is 

 coarse in head and eyes, wrong in set of legs, not strong in 

 knees and straight behind. She was shown fat and out of 

 coat. Sir Tatton, that is not in condition for the show 

 bench, did not compete. His owner showed good judgment 

 in not putting him before Mr. Davidson in his present con- 

 dition. Of the puppies shown probably not one will be 

 heard from in the future. 



The Irish setter dogs, Jack Malone, first prize, Redstone, 

 third prize, and Rover, vhc, are well-known winners that 

 have been fully described time and again in these columns. 

 We like Redstone for first place. Paddy Sarsfield, second 

 prize, is rather on the undersize, too flat in head, ribs and 

 loin, a trifle short in body and not all that could be de- 

 sired in knees. He stands on good feet. Shaun Rhue. he, 

 is a bit coarse in head and flat in ribs. His coat was in baa 

 condition, and taken all in all he is not quite a show dog. 

 Drake, vhc, is coarse in skull, light in eyes and straight 

 behind. Bang, c, is rather coarse and sour in head, too light 

 in quarters and not quite right iu forelegs. In bitches Irene, 

 with a fairly good head, but too weedy for our fancy, was 

 first, and Pearsall's well-known Belle Ida was second, with 

 Juno, too flat in head, not quite right in set of ears and on 

 the weedy side, third. LadyNoreen, vhc, while not very 

 neat in stop, nor clean below the eyes, and showing slight 

 coarseness, would probably have been our choice for first. 

 Mr. Davidson stuck to the little ones, and his awa,rds were 

 perfectly consistent. Bob, first in puppies, is decidedly better 

 than average in head and is fairly good in body and limbs. 

 His long stern does not add to the appearance* of his hind- 

 quarters. Jennie and Biddie, unnoticed, are very nearly as 

 good as Bob, and we would have given both vhc. cards. 



Belmont represented champion Gordons, and also secured 

 the special for best Gordon of all classes. Heather Harold, 

 Roy and Simcoe, winners in the open dog class and the only 

 ones shown, are a trio of well-known faces and were prop- 

 erly placd. The same may be said of Becky Sharp and 

 Blossom, that were first and second in the bitch class. Queen 

 Ann, third prize, has a sweet head, but it is of English type; 

 color, hocks and loin not first-class. Hilda, vhc. , is not good 



in ears; they are too wide. Strong, useful-looking limbs 

 and correct feet are her best points. 



POINTERS— (MR. DAVIDSON). 

 This class is nearly always a weak one at Dominion shows, 

 and here it was no exception. The winner in the dog class 

 is not of correct type, being light behind, not well sprung in 

 ribs, light and flat in loin, not just right in set of forelegs, a 

 trifle leggy, only moderate in head and having a dark nose, 

 which , as we have repeatedly pointed out, is a defect in a 

 lemon and white dog. He would be outclassed in good com- 

 pany, although clearly the best in the class on this occasion. 

 Shot, second prize, lacks in stop, cheeks, neck, ears, second 

 thighs, hocks, shoulders and set of forelegs. The middle 

 part of him is the best. The other Shot, that took third, is 

 light in quarters, straight in hocks ; not well turned in loin, 

 rather stilty behind and not right in front. He is a lemon 

 and white, by Old Shot out of Belle. We cannot say that 

 any of these Shots bear a very striking resemblance to 

 Shorthose's Shot, that was a winner iu England fifteen years 

 ago; in fact, the Shots do not appear to be improving. Hec- 

 tor, vhc, is coarse in head, wrong in set of ears, not correct 

 in color of eyes, heavy in shoulders, and in knees and hocks 

 there is much room for improvement. Nellie, first in 

 bitches, is strong in head, light in eyes, straight in hocks, 

 weak in knees, not well let down in chest, short between 

 the couplings and not quite the thing in position of fore- 

 legs. 



FOXHOUNDS— (MR. DAVIDSON). 



First prize in this class was rightly awarded to Dan 

 O'Shea's Ranger, shown by W. J. Watson. His defects, and 

 there are plenty of them, need not be enumerated. Rip Van 

 Winkle, second prize, is a Rip that we would not care to fol- 

 low in the hunting field. Shoulders, knees and feet all 

 defective, and these are most serious defects in a dog of this 

 breed. He is better than average in head, but is decidedly 

 wrong in brush. Kingwood, third prize, is coarse in head, 

 not well sprung in ribs, poor in coat and brush, heavy in 

 shoulders, flat in loin, in fact, not quite a show dog. 

 Anthony, vhc, is of Yankee type, which takes in everything 

 objectionable in coat, brush, legs, feet and bone. Ned, he", 

 is a half-bred pointer, so is Driver, who was commended! 

 "Honest John" must have been in a generous frame of mind 

 to recognize these animals. 



BEAGLES— (MR. DAVIDSON). 



This was a splendid class of six, and the competition for 

 the blue ribbon was soon narrowed down to Jessie and 

 Rattler. Jessie, a bitch we do not remember having seen 

 before, was given the prize, and undoubtedly she is a good 

 one. In legs and feet she had no equal in the class; her 

 shoulders are well placed and she has a good head which is 

 marred by slight coarseness in skull. In hindquarters, coat, 

 brush and true beagle character she is decidedly above aver- 

 age. Unfortunately she was shown out of condition and 

 very light of loin, and on this account* we would have 

 pegged her back to third place, leaving Rattler and Fltz- 

 hugh Lee to fight out the battle. Rattler, that has been on 

 the shelf for some time, came out in great form and we 

 should have placed him first. He is decidedly inferior to 

 Fitzhugh Lee in legs and feet, but beats that dog many 

 points in head, eyes, expression and ears. The third prize 

 winner is a bit monkey-faced and we cannot recognize it as 

 a better specimen than Fitzhugh Lee. We would have 

 placed the class in this order, viz., Rattler first, Fitzhugh 

 Lee second, Jessie third, Fardinade III. vhc, Cleopatra he 

 and Gypsey c. 



SPANIELS— (MR. DAVIDSON). 



Two Irishmen faced the judge, with Handy Andy prop- 

 erly placed first. While not a badly formed dog he is too 

 light all over for our fancy and is spbi led by gooseberry eyes; 

 head better than average. Shake, second prize, is light in 

 color and neither good in body nor leg-coat. In bitches there 

 was little to choose between Ochtwan Biddy and Biddy 

 Shaugraun. The winner is fairly good in head, but lacks in 

 ears and is wrong in body and leg-coat. The second prize 

 winner is altogether wrong in formation of head. 



Boss III. was the only entry in the class for Clumber dogs. 

 He is undoubtedly a Clumber, but he is not the dog he has 

 more than once been represented. In forehead, stop, ex- 

 pression, formation of foreface near the eyes, and also in 

 ears there is plenty of room for improvement, 'and in addition 

 to these defects he is not flat in coat about the neck, and his 

 forelegs are not straight, In formation and massiveness of 

 body, length and strength of limbs, bone and feather he out- 

 classes the so-called Clumbers that have hitherto been 

 shown in this country. But we cannot leave him without 

 assuring his owners that if Boss III. had been shown against 

 a typical dog like old Nabob he would not now be a cham- 

 pion. He has a clear field in the dog class for Clumbers in 

 this country, as there is nothing to show against him. Bro- 

 mine, first in bitches, is probably a better specimen than 

 Boss HI., but of this we cannot be certain until we see her 

 in decent condition. She stands as far ahead of the bitches 

 as Boss III. does of the dogs. Lucy II.. second prize, is 

 wrong in formation of head and in set and formation of ears. 

 She is also light in eyes, throaty and shows lots of room for 

 improvement iu shoulders, knees and hocks. We have been 

 condemued for having repeatedly stated that the Clumber 

 spaniels in this country were little better than a lot of mon- 

 grels, just as we were condemned for our denunciation of a 

 lot of spiked-nosed mastiffs and snipy-faced pointers. The 

 proof is now on hand that we wrote not one word too many 

 against this class of dogs. 



In the open class for field spaniel dogs, Kaffir, that is only 

 fair in head, too long in legs, and not heavy enough in bone, 

 was given first, although closely pressed by Sweep, thai is 

 also defective, i n head and too far from the grouud. His 

 straight legs are to be commended. Friday, third prize, is 

 of cocker type. Bluff, vhc , is an over-sized cocker and was 

 shown out of coat. He looks like a workman. Blackie 

 was the only field bitch shown. She, too, runs too much to 

 the cocker type. Mike was the only entry in the challenge 

 class for cockers. A queer dog this for champion honors. 

 The competition in the open class for dogs was very keen, 

 and we did not euvy r the judge. Obo, Jr., first prize, is a 

 dog of far more than average merit, although not one that 

 will win in the best of company. He has a fairly good head 

 that would be improved by cleanness below the eyes and 

 a lower carriage of lips near the nose. He is also slightly 

 underhung, not quite first-class in coat, not perfect in hind- 

 quarters and not meiTy enough in his movements for our 

 liking. He begins to show age. Black Graf, second prize, 

 came out in great form, and we would not have known this 

 old face without the assistance of the catalogue. Black 

 Duke, third prize, was about the equal of anything in the 

 class, although not perfect in head and shown too light iu 

 body. Pedro, vhc, is a puppy that may be heard from 

 again, although lie may go coarse in head. His thiu tail 

 and scanty coat told against him on this occasion, and we 

 thought we noticed something wrong in his back action. 

 Smutt, vhc, is not right in muzzle, stands rather too high, 

 and is slightly underhung. Rabbi, vhc, is getting worse in 

 head. Bronte, vhc. , migh t be i mproved in lips. His coat is 

 too short and he is light in bone. Rabbi cau beat him. 

 Troy, he, gets his flag too high, and in addition is full in 

 cheeks, wide in muzzle and not first-class in ears. Billy, 

 unnoticed, is coarse before the eyes, but he moves well, and 

 what a back! Pekoe runs to the field type and is crooked 

 in front. He is too long and too low for a cocker, but has 

 good bone. Kespie is very defective in limb and is decidedly 

 too long-cast. Silver King should have had a card, and Bob 

 Obo, fair in head, not just" right in lips or perfect in stop, too 

 curly in coat, and with stern carried high, was also deserv- 

 ing of notice. Dandy is bad in head and muzzle, short in 



feather, and light in bone. First in bitches went to Yic, 

 that shows field character, especially in head. She shows 

 some quality and would be improved by darker ey r es and 

 more bone. Madgy, second prize, is deficient in muzzle, ex- 

 pression and eyes."' Her eyes are not bad in color, but they 

 ax-e much too small. She is also too large, and will probably 

 some day find herself in the field class. Yarrow, third 

 prize, lacks iu eyes and coat, and her nostrils are not well 

 displayed. Mol'lie, vhc, stands rather high, is too light in 

 bone, and not just right in muzzle. Miss Nance, vhe, is 

 well known. She begins to show age. Veno, he, is faulty 

 in muzzle, light in bone and a bit sour in expression. Shela, 

 he, turns out her feet and is short in coat. In other points 

 she is decidedly 7 ahead of nearly everything in the class, and 

 should, we think, have been higher. Fitte, e, is rather light 

 in eyes and not quite right in front of them. She has straight 

 legs and good body. In the novice class, Bronte, already re- 

 ferred to, took the only prize offered, and in the puppy class 

 Pedro, that was vhc. in the open dog class, won. 



COLLIES— (MR. DAVIDSON). 



The challenge class contained two good ones in Dublin 

 Scot and Scotilla. the latter winning with many points to 

 spare. The old dog grows coarser in head and worse in 

 shoulders, whereas Scotilla, that was once a bit too fine in 

 head, has improved, and as the dogs appeared in the ring 

 on this occasion, Dublin Scot seemed to us to be almost out- 

 classed. First in the open class for dogs was won by Colonel 

 Scot, a youugster by Dublin Scot out of Flurry III. He is 

 rather heavy in skull for a puppy, and is at present all out 

 of coat. He carries his eats well, has good bone and stands 

 on fairly good legs and feet. Charleroi II., second prize, 

 while not so good in carriage of ears, shoulders or carriage 

 of stern, was shown in far better condition, and we would 

 have placed him first, although it must be a close thing be- 

 tween them when both are'equal in condition. Maxwell, 

 third prize, is many points behind the first and second prize 

 winners. He is coarse in skull, wrong in carriage of ears, 

 not good in undercoat and only moderate in back and loin. 

 Glenroy, vhe, is light in eyes, wrong in expression, and 

 soft, open and short in coat. Melton Wonder is plain in 

 head and entirely wrong in ears. His coat is of good quality, 

 although hardly close enough, and he has plenty of bone. 

 Bendigo, he, is a useful-looking dog, with moderate head 

 and defective ears. Jordan, e, was not on the bench when we 

 called. In bitches, Roslyn Clara, a rare bred one by Carac- 

 tacus out of Pitch Dark, was placed first. She has a well- 

 formed head, which is sadly marred by a stupid expression, 

 and her eyes are too light in color. She stauds rather low 

 at the shoulders, is an inch too short in loin, carries her 

 brush too high aud is badly formed from the hips to set-on 

 of tail. She has an excellent puppy coat and the very best 

 of ears. When matured she will be beaten out of sight by a 

 bitch like Flurry III. Spoiled Miss, not in full coat, but 

 shown with more flesh than we have ever seen her, is so 

 vastly better in expression, formation of body and other 

 collie attributes, that we would have placed her first. Mer- 

 maid, third prize, is too round in skull, her ears are inclined 

 to prick aud she is short in brush, rather light in bone aud 

 not very strong in pasterns. When matured she will prob- 

 ably have a good coat; but no matter how good it may be, 

 she will not be a winner over good ones. Roslyn Clara was 

 clearly ahead of the novice class, and Colonel Scot had an 

 equally easy victory in puppies. Glen Locksie, a clean- 

 headed youngster, was Colonel Scot's most dangerous com- 

 petitor. Driver, vhe, is wrong in ears, brow and coat. Turk 

 III., e, is bad m head and ears, and will never be a show 

 dog. tocotilla was a very easy winner of the special for best 

 collie of all classes. 



GREYHOUNDS— (MR. MASON). 

 Balkis, the sturdy hero of many a well-earned victory 

 a-field aud on the bench, was alone in the champion class. 

 In the open class for dogs, Douglas Fleming, that has gone- 

 all to pieces in loin and hindquarters, was easily defeated 

 by the plain-fronted Fleetwood. Scavenger, third prize, is a 

 dog of good bard color, and there was little to choose be- 

 tween him and Douglas Fleming, notwithstanding that he 

 lacks liberty and is decidedly heavy in shoulders. Milo, 

 he, lacks size and has not improved on his puppy form. 

 Blucher, vhe, is a useful -looking dog, although lacking in 

 quality and character. Fly, he, has rather a nice outline, 

 but he lacks power behind, shows age and is not well sprung 

 in ribs. Rarnaby, e, lacks in eyes and is weakiu front of 

 them. Heis also wanting in muscular development in back, 

 loin and thighs. Spider, first in bitches, was clearly the 

 best, but her plain head and heavy shoulders would put lu r 

 back in good company. Second prize was withheld for want 

 of merit. Second Eight, third prize, shows far more strength 

 than quality. Alla-Greta, vhc, was first at Toledo. This is 

 a fifth -rater. She is weak in jaw, flat and light in loin, 

 very deficient in bindparts, light iu bone, weak iu pasterns 

 and very bad in feet. Fly, he, is a better greyhound, but 

 she shows age and was not in good condition. 



BULLDOGS— (MR. MASON). 

 Lion and Portswood Tiger were the entries in the dog 

 classes. Lion, superior in head and true bulldog character, 

 notwithstanding his poor condition, was given first. Met. 

 first in bitches, is wrong before the eyes and not well let 

 down. 



TERRIERS— (ME. MASON). 



Mr. Dole, as usual, took most of the prizes for bull-terriers 

 and we are pleased to see that his dogs are at last iu good 

 condition. The class was divided for dogs and bitches. 

 Don Pedro, first in dogs, is a fairly good puppy, with too 

 much jowl and cheek for a youngster. In body and 

 limbs be will do. Spotless Duke, second prize, is too round 

 in skull, and we fear it will never tone down. In bitches 

 the beautiful Starlight was many points ahead of her ken- 

 nel companion, White Daisy. The latter, although by no 

 means a bad one, is too cheeky aud defective before the 

 eyes to win in good company. Daisy II,, third prize, is 

 short in foreface and light in eyes. 



There was nothing very good in the fox-terrier classes. 

 Village Belle, an old-timer, represented the champions. Her 

 condition was first class. Blemton Tttlmp, first in the open 

 class for dogs, was fully criticised in these columns when 

 owned by the Blemton Kennels. Zigzag, second prize, is a 

 gay little' fellow, but too light at all points. Viper III., 

 third prize, is as much too coarse as Zigzag is light. His 

 front would not. do at all in good company. Ebor Speedy, 

 first in bitches, is not one of our sort, being poor in expres- 

 sion, big in ears and too soft in coat. Bacchante, second 

 prize, is better in expression, but her coarse skull, wide front 

 and heavy shoulders put her in the second place. Puppies 

 were a bad lot. Oxford Duke, the winner, is entirely wrong 

 in head, and it is a head that cannot posssbly improve. The 

 winners in the wire-haired classes are well known and need 

 not be described. Blemton Trump had an easy task in win- 

 ning the special for best of all classes. 



Mr. W. S. Jackson's well known Bedlingtons being out of 

 condition, this class was poorly represented. Sentinel and 

 Zulu II., the prize winners, are not of correct type, being 

 too long in body and too near the ground. 



In Yorkshires, Dolly, that has grown into a most lovely 

 silver, fairly smothered Fanny and Minnie, that were both 

 out of coat. Sweep, vhe, is a puppy of more than average, 

 merit, and one that may be heard from again. No fault 

 could have been found if the judge had withheld second 

 money in this class. 



Scotch terriers contained only one of correct type, but a 

 second prize was given to Dundee, that is of a useful-look- 

 ing old sort. 



Chummey, second prize in Irish terriers, was the only one 



