Deo. 26, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



467 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



THE quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee of the 

 American Kennel Club was held at 44 Broadway, New York, 

 Dec. in. Vice-President Terry in the chair. Present: Associates, 

 Dr. J. F. Perry: Philadelphia Kennel Club, J. H. Wiuslow; South- 

 ern Field Trials Club, J . L. An thorn ; Great Dane Club, G. Muss- 

 Arnolt; Michigan Kennel Club. J. M. Taylor; Westminster Ken- 

 nel Club, T. H. Terry; Collie Club of America, G. B. Cromwell; 

 St. Paul Kennel Club, A. D. Lewis; Mascoutah Kennel Club, J. 

 Mortimer; American Spaniel Club, J. Watson; New England 

 Kennel Club, F. B. Fay; New .Jersey Kennel Club. A. C. Wilrner- 

 ding; Fox-Terrier Kennel Club, W. Rutherfurd; Beagle Club, H. 

 F. Sehellhass. 

 The Secretary'* report was read as follows: 

 To the Dekaalt* of the American Kennel Clvh: Gektltmen— 

 Since my last report I have receh'ed an application from the 

 Continental Kennel Club, of Denver, Col., for admission 1o tbis 

 Association. This application was duly forwarded and received 

 : in accordance with the rule laid down in your constitution, and 

 said applicant is eligible to membership, and is hcehy recom- 

 mended. As this club held its first bench show December 5th, 

 and has complied with all the requirements of our rules, I would 

 respectfully recommend the adoption of a resolution at this meet- 

 ing, by which the awards made at said show shall be recognized 

 bv the American Kennel Club. At the last mcetinsr of this club 

 the application of the California Kennel Oiub was laid 

 on the table until your pecretary could correspond with the 

 Pacific Kennel Club, on the expediency of admitting another 

 member from San Francisco. Your secretary mailed communi- 

 cations to both the committee of the California Kennel Club and 

 the secretary of the Pacific Kennel Club, to which he received in 

 due course a reply from the latter, which will be laid before you 



at this meeting. . 



The Brooklyn Kennel Club was promptly no'ined of their re- 

 jection at our last meeting, and upon its order, the dues for- 

 warded to rue with tire application wore returned, and the receipt 

 for the same is on file in ibis office. The Southern California 

 Kennel Club was duly notified of its election to membership, and 

 of the fact that the awards at its show held prior to its admission, 

 would not be. recoguized to which no reply has been received 

 from auv of its officers, but under date of Dec <$. President Bel- 

 mont forwarded me a communication from Mr. J. B. Martin, of 

 San Francisco, an exhibitor at said show, asking this club to 

 reconsider its action, so far as the recognition of (lie awards is 

 concerned, upon the ground that as the chow was advertised to 

 be held under A. K. C. rules many entries were made by ex- 

 hibitors from a great distance, expecting that wins would count, 

 and that; the action of this club is a hardship to innocent parties; 

 and further, such action ou the part of the American Kennpl 

 Club would encourage and assist doe shows on the Pacific coast. 

 This matter is now before you for further action if you deem it 

 advisable. 



The special committee on the "revision ot trie rules." appointed 

 at last meeting, completed its labors, and published its report 

 and recommendations in the November Gazette. In this con- 

 nection 1 would advise you that Mr. .las. L. Anthonvwas ap- 

 pointed on said committee in the place of Mr. F. R. Hitchcock, 

 who resigned on account of absence from the city. 



A communication from the German Mastiff or Great Dane 

 Club of America, submits a copy of Its rule No. 29 as follows: 

 "This club adopts the standard of points and the scale of meas- 

 urement* aw approved Sept. 4, 1889, as the correct standard and 

 scale of points for judging in this country, and this club will not 

 through its membership exhibit German mastiff, or great Dane 

 dogs at bench shows, unless they arc to be judged hv standard 

 points, and scale of value as adopted by this club." The German 

 Mastiff or tircat Dane Club requests the American Kennel 01 ub 

 to take action in this matter. The members feel that their stan- 

 dard is correct, and in order to make it effective in this country, 

 would respectfully ,-v-k this club to udopt same for the judging 

 Of this breed of doga, at all shows held by members of the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club. T „ , „ 



I have r eceiv ed from D>- J. Frank Perry notice of proposed 

 amendment to Article IV. of the constitution, and published 

 same in the November issue of ihe American Kennel Gazette. It 

 Mill be submitted Ear your action at this meeting. 



Charges have been preferred by Mr. Lorenzo Daniels against 

 Mr William Graham, in the matter of the St. Bernard dog Visp 

 II. Mr. Daniels claims that Mr. Graham misrepresented the dog, 

 and owing to such misrepresentation, said Daniels was put to an 

 exnense that should in his opinion be paid by Graham. In a letter 

 following said charges, Daniels states that he can produce wit- 

 nesses to testify to* the above mentioned misrepresentation. I 

 also received a letter from Mr. Graham requesting the return of 

 all papers deposited in tbis office as part of the testimony in a 

 ions case between these gentlemen respecting the dog Visp 

 II. Tbis correspondence will be submitted to you at this meeting. 



Under the provision of Art. XVIII. of the Constitution, the an- 

 nual dues of active members must be naid on or before Jan. 1 of 

 each year, under penalty of forfeiture of all right to representa- 

 tion in this club: and such delinquents may be snsnended or 

 dropped from the roll. I would respectfully request this meeting 

 to adopt a resolution delegating the power to the Advisory Com- 

 mittee, to suspend or drop such clubs as may be in arrears on Jan. 

 3 next, if in t he judgment of said committee it should be deemed 

 proper. 



Your Secretary would recommend and urge the adoption of a 

 resolution at this meeting whereby the American Kennel Club 

 shall donate at each show held by its members in the ve&.v 1890 a 

 sppcial prize, consisting of a complete set of the Stud Books, to be 

 competed for members of the specialty clubs that are members in 

 in good standing of 1 be American Kennel Club, and to be given to 

 the best kennel of four owned by one exhibitor. The choice of 

 club to which this special shall be first awarded to be determined 

 by its date of membershin in the American Kennel Club— that is. 

 the. oldest, speeialtv member to compete at the first bench show of 

 1890, and a a tb e sh ows progress the special to he designated accord- 

 ing to seniority of membership. 



As treasurer of this club. I would say that I could see no good 

 reason why I should depart from my usual custom in presenting 

 the Treasurer's report, and will submit the usual one showing the 

 gross amounts received and disbursed and the balance on band, 

 but would ask the adoption of a resolution at this meeting direct- 

 ing the publication of a detailed financial statement of the club 

 for the vear ending Dec. 31, 1889, and to appear in the Kennel Ga- 

 zette of 'January. 1890. . t ■ . a 



In conclusion I have to ad vise you that I am just m receipt of 

 the resignation of the Fort Schuyler Kennel Club, of Utica, N.Y., 

 which will be submitted to you for action. And by the same 

 mail I received the application of the Duquesne Kennel Club, of 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., for admission as an active member. The appli- 

 cation inclosed the necessary papers and annual dues in proper 

 form, and the club is eligible to membership. As this application 

 did not reach me until 5 o'clock this day, that portion of the rule 

 requiring it to be filed at this office at least ten davs previous to 

 election has not been complied wi+b. 1 submit this application 

 with the above remarks. Respectfully submitted. 



A. P. Vredenbukgh, Sec'y. 



This report was adopted and the treasurer's report, was read 

 and adopted: New York, Dec. 18, 1889.— The treasurer begs to re- 

 port as follows: 



Receipts from all sources from Jan. 11 to date -- S7.649.41 



Expenses for same period 6,483. 30 



Balance on hand $1,167.11 



Respectfully submitted. A. P. Vbedenbitrgh, Sec'y. 



Mr. Anthony— In connection with the recommendation made 

 by the secretary, I would iike to offer, if it, is in order at the pres- 

 ent, time, before any other business is proceeded with, the resolu- 

 tioutbathe has embodied in his report, namelv: That he be re- 

 quired to prepare and publish in the January Gazette a detailed 

 statement of the financial condition of the club, and of every 

 account upon his book, showing exactly the sources of rev- 

 enue derived and the expenditures, on account not only ot 

 the club, but the Stud Book and all other accounts that the secxe- 

 tarv and treasurer has charge of. I sincerely hope that the reso- 

 lution will prevail, because we desire the public and every dele- 

 gate here to know exactly what has been done this year. I am at 

 liberty to Say to you, because I have examined the accounts, that 

 after the items have been charged to their proper account, there 

 is shown a surplus, a thing that I do not believe has been accom- 

 plished before by any club under similar circumstances. 



The report of the advisory committee was read and adopted, 

 and is as follows: Meeting Advisory Committee. Dec. 19, 1889. 

 Present: T. H. Terry in the chair; Dr. J. F. Perry, J.L. Anthony. 

 Absent: A. Belmont, Jr., J. S. Wise. In the matter of American 

 Pet Dog Club the secretary having advised us that at a meeting 

 of said said club it was voted to abolish the entire list of dogs as 

 now designated as pet dogs in their list, on motion said club was 

 recommended for election. , i . •_, 



In the matter of the non-payment of the prizes by the Albany 

 Kennel Club, t he secretary- was ordered to suspend said club, and 

 to notify the officers that if the several amounts now due exhibit- 

 ors are not paid within thirty days, that the penalty under Rule 

 28 will be enforced. 



Lu'.tee matter of the charge made by Andrew Jjftidlaw against 



H. P. Rennie, the secretary was ordered to notify sard Rennie 

 that if proper explanation or defense be not made or the matter 

 satisfactorily adjusted between the complainant and defendant 

 within sixty days, the prayer of the petitioner will he granted. 



The. appeal of .las. Watson against the action of the Rochester 

 Kennel Club in not allowing the protest against the entry of the 

 collie Metchlcv Surprise-In the challenge class, was laid over until 

 such time as Mr. Watson produces evidence to sustain his appeal. 



In the matter of Mr. Huntington's resolution asking the A. K. 

 C to nay the tra veling expenses of their associate delegates to 

 and from meetings, it' was resolved that said resolution be re- 

 ferred back to the full executive committee of the A. K. C. to he 

 ac+ed upon by them. ■ ^ 



The following resolution was offered and adopted: 



"Whereaz Evidence, has been received from Mr. Wm. Graham 

 informing this club that Mr. L. Daniels has failed to pay the 

 amount due, said Graham as per decision of this committee of 

 June 10, 1S89, amounting to $50.10. . 



"'Resbftjod, That Mr. Lorenzo Daniels be and hereby is sus- 

 pended. Th"thebe given sixty days within which to pay the 

 award as made hv tbis committee to Mr. Graham; that it said 

 payment is not furnished this committee on or before the expira- 

 tion of said sixtv days, said Daniels shall he disqualified. Signed, 

 T. H. Trrry, J. Frank Perry. J. L. Anthony.' 



The report of the special committee on rules was made and the 

 matter laid on the table for subsequent action. 



Applications from the American Pet Dog Club and the Conti- 

 nental Kennel Club were read by the secretary, and on motion 

 both clubs were admitted to membership in the American Ken- 

 nel Club, and on motion the awards at the show held by the Con- 

 tinental Kennel Club on Dec. fi were recognized. 



The application of the California Kennel Club, winch was laid 

 over at the September meeting untd advices were received from 

 the Pacific, Kennel r'lub if in their judgment it would be advis- 

 able to admit two clubs from the city, was submitted. The sec- 

 retary read a communication on the subject, in which it was 

 stated that there, being a plan now on foot, to consolidate the sard 

 California Kennel Club with the Pacific Kennel Club, in the. 

 opinion of the menders of said Pacific Kennel Cltlb it was deemed 

 that it would be to the best interests of both the American Ken- 

 nel Club and the dog matters on the Pacific, coast, to delay action 

 on the apnlication of the California Kennel Club until further 

 notw. Oi motion said application was laid over for future 

 ao< inn nenrPng advices from the Pacific Kennel Club. 



Pm id- n' Relmont, here arrived and took the chair. 



A communication was read from an exhibitor, requesting a 

 reoeus ; dcration of the action taken at the last meeting of not re- 

 congnizing wins at the Southern California Kennel Club show. 

 Major Taylor moved to reconsider such action. Motion. 



The secretary then read a, com munition by Mr. Lorenzo Daniels 

 preferring charges against Mr. Wm- Graham in regard to the St. 

 Bernard dog Visp II., Mr. Daniels claiming that Mr. Graham mis- 

 represented the dog, and owing to such misrepresentation he 

 (Daniels) was put to considerable expense. On motion of Mr. An- 

 thony the communication of Mr. Daniels was laid on the table. 



The following resolution by Dr. Perry was adopted: 



Resohied. That attestested copies be made of all documentary 

 -vidence furnished by William (Graham in the case of Lorenzo 

 Daniels, and the original he returned to him, as he has re- 



A communication was read from the Great Dane, Club, the sec- 

 retary stating that they had furnished a copy of standard and 

 scale of points adopted by the club, and also a cony of their rules, 

 and that they requested the American Kennel 01"b to recognize 

 that standard at their show. Mr. Muss-Arnolt offered a resolu- 

 tion that, only dogs which shall conform to the standard of the 

 Great Dane Club shall be registered in the Stud Rook, regardless 

 of pedigree. Motion lost. The request of the Great, Dane. Club 

 for the American Kennel Club to enforce their standard was re- 

 fused. 



The secretary called attention to the resolution ottered '>t, las 

 ,. lectins; try Mr. Huntington in regard to the American Kennel 

 Club puvirg the traveling expenses of the associate delegates, 

 which resolution was referred to the advisory committee. The 

 secretary stated that that committee bad decided to refer the 

 matter back to the executive committee, preferring that they 

 should act upon tbe matter. 



Mr. Anthony— It seems to me it would be proper for the secre- 

 tary to be instructed to make an appropriation of $100 per annum 

 from money received from the associated members, which amount 

 should be used to pay tbe, expenses of tbe. delegates coming here 

 to attend anv meeting on business, and I make a motion to that 

 effect. Motion seconded and carried. 



The President— I should like to bring up a. subject that seems 

 to me of some importance. Tbe Kennel Gazette ix published under 

 the auspices of the American Kennel Club, but its officers are re- 

 sponsible for it. and tbe form and the matter has been in a great 

 measure left to their discretion, and they have acted as best they 

 could. There has been some criticism made with respect to the 

 editorials in the Gazette, and that criticism was of such a nature 

 that I thought it best at the time to shoulder the blame, person- 

 ally, so as to put a stop to it. and then refer the matter to you. 

 and ascertain whether, in your judgment, it wss best to eliminate 

 that, feature from the Gazette, entirely, or continue it. If you look 

 at the editorials I think you will find that they have never re- 

 ferred to any subject which did not concern the American Kennel 

 Club itself, and I personally have felt that the Gazette ought at 

 to times speak for the American Kennel Club. The Advisory Com- 

 mittee, through its meetings, feels the pulse constantly of what is 

 going on, and there are attacks made upon the club, or misinter- 

 pretations appear in the. public print which the breeder and ex- 

 hibitor desires to have cleared up. Ido not know why it should be 

 necessary for the secretary or the president, or for anv officer of 

 tbe Kennel Club, to go in print over his own signature in the wav 

 of sporting papers. If the subject is to be treated from a club 

 point of view, I don't see why it should not be treated in the 

 Gazette. If other official organ" speak for their organizations, T 

 do not see why the Gazette should not. It need not be persona). 

 I don't think any case was personal, although it. seems to have 

 been takpn so. No names were used . The principle only was 

 treated of. and I should like to ask the delegates for action on the 

 subject. It has not been brought up before the Advisory Com- 

 mittee at all. The subject was discussed hv letter to a certain 

 extent, with the members of the, Ad visorv Committee, and also 

 talked over, and some were in favor of continuing the editorials 

 and others were not; but it was never settled, and really it was 

 not in the province of the Advisory Committee to settle that 

 question. Inasmuch as the matter has been made the subject 

 of discussion I should like to ask your action on the question, and 

 if you will allow the matter to come up now so I can retire I will 

 be' obliged to you 



Ma J. Taylor— I move, in order to get the views of tbe delegates 

 here, that the action in this respect in the oast he approved, and 

 continued in the same line. Motion carried. 



At this point Mr. Terry took the chair on the departure of Mr. 

 Belmont. 



Mr, Anthony — I move that the treasurer be requested to make 

 an itemized statement to be published iu the January Gazette, 

 showing the receipts and disbursements from all sources, and 

 also showing the amount of credit on each account, the sources 

 from which the revenue is derived— in other words, a complete 

 itemized account, so that anybody who is familiar with figures 

 can take it and see how we stand. 



Mr. Watson thought before heing published, the account should 

 be carefully examined and verified. 



The secretarv suggested that, he should make out his statement 

 for the year 18S9 for publication, and that the chair appoint a 

 committee who would indorse on the bottom of his account that 

 they had examined his accounts and found them correct as stated. 



Mr. Anthony— In order to comply with the suggestions made 

 by Mr. Watson and Mr. Vredenburgh. I will add to my motion 

 that, before nublication, an auditing committee consisting of 

 Messrs. A.C. Wilmerding.Maj. Taylor and F. B. Fay.be appointed 

 to audit the accounts. I name these gentlemen because they are 

 ex-officio, and 1 ask that they be appointed to audit the accounts 

 and' to state whether they are correct, whether they have been 

 correctlv kept, etc. Motion carried. 



A communication was read from the Fort Schuyler Kennel 

 Club, tendering their resignation from the American Kennel 

 Club. On motion the resignation was accepted. 



The secretary called attention to the recommendation con- 

 tained in his report in regard to the matter of special prizes to be 

 competed for by members of specialty clubs, and on motion of 

 Mr. Anthony his recommendation was adopted. 



The bench show rules as published in the Gazette were then 

 read and slightly amended, and on motion adopted. 



The following amendment to the Constitution was adopted: 

 That all articles of the Constitution and all rules and regulations 

 aifecting associate members or referring thereto be canceled 

 and that Article IV. of the Constitution read as follows: 



AKTICLE IV. 



Section 1.— Any person vouched for iu writing to the secretary 

 of the American Kennel Club by not less than two members of 

 any club a member of this Association, or by two associate mem- 

 bers, shall upon payment of $8 annual dues, and the indorsement 

 of his- application by the .president of the American Kennel Club 



and of the associate members, become an associate member and 

 he announced as such in the next issue of the Kennel Gazette. 



Sec. 2. An associate member shall be entitled to the Kennel 

 Gazette and Stud Book for one year, and to two free registrations 

 in the Stud Book. 



Sec, 3. The annual dues of $5 shall he payable on the first of 

 each year to the secretary of the American Kennel Club, and 

 any person whose dues are not paid on or before Jan. SO, shall 

 thereby forfeit his right, to be included in the list of members 

 eligible for election to office, and to vote for officers for the en- 

 suing year; and if his dues shall remain unpaid at the next an- 

 nual meeting of the associate members his name shall be stricken 

 from the roll, provided however that upon remitting the $5 dues 

 with an application of membership he shall be reinstated upon 

 the indorsement of his application by the two presidents as herein 

 before provided. 



Sec. 4. The annual meeting of the associate members shall he 

 held on the day preceding the annual meeting of the American 

 Kennel Club, at which meeting the reports of the retiring officers 

 shall be presented, which together with a copy of the official 

 minutes of the meeting shall ho filed with the secretary of the 

 American Kenuel Club. 



Sec. 5. The officers of the associate members shall be a presi- 

 dent, vice-president, aud secretary. The president shall be a 

 member of the Advisory Committee. The associate members 

 shall have the right to be represented by three delegates, to which 

 positiou the officers may be elected. Aud for every 100 members 

 over 300 they shall elect an additional delegate. 



Sec. 6. No associate member shall be eligible to hold office or 

 act as delegate who is a member of any club a member of this 

 associa tion other than a specialty club. 



Sec. 7. That all elections shall be by mail vote, a.nd the annual 

 election of officers a.ud delegates shall be conducted as follows : 

 On Jan. 21 of each year the secretary of the American Kennel 

 Club shall forward to each and every associate member in good 

 standing a printed list of all members eligible to hold effice, to- 

 gether with an addressed envelope for return, on which the word 

 "Vote" is legibly printed or written. The member receiving such 

 printed list shall mark thereon his choice for president, vice- 

 president and secretary, and the delegates to which the club is 

 entitled, in such manner as maybe indicated, and return the same 

 in the envelope provided. 



Fifteen full days after the mailing of such slips to the associate 

 members the secretary of the American Kennel Club shall in the 

 presence of the presidents of the American Kennel Club and 

 associate members, or such person as either of them may deputize 

 to represent him, open all such mail votes, and the result of the 

 election shall he certified to by the three officials present. 



Immediately upon the signing of such certificate, the secretary 

 of the American Kennel Club Bhall notify each and every person 

 of his election and also send notice thereof to the president of the 

 associate members. 



In the case of a tie vote for any office the tie shall be decided by 

 a majority vote of members present at the annual meeting, and 

 in the event of an officer elected declining to serve, the member 

 receiving the next highest number of votes shall at the annual 

 meeting be declared elected. 



Votes for additional delegates as each quota of one hnndred 

 additional members is filled shall be conducted upon the same 

 principle as the annual mail vote for officers and delegates, the 

 vote being taken as soon as the one hundred additional members 

 have qualified. The same rule shall also hold good in event of a 

 vacancy in the. ranks of officials or delegates. 



A. P. VREDENBtjROH. Secretary. 



ENGLISH KENNEL NEWS. 



THE notoriety obtained by your correspondent, who was 

 wont to sign himself "Lillibulero," was very wide- 

 spread both iu this country and on the continent, and 

 although the author's identity has not (so far as I am 

 aware)~ever yet been discovered,' one frequently hears wishes 

 expressed that instead of the drivel which some American 

 cloggy papers deem it judicious to publish, Forest and 

 StiU'IAM would once again induce "Lillibulero" to con- 

 tribute some of his clever and smart work, so that the Eng- 

 lish doggy news might be more correctly represented in 

 American newspapers, and also a little more literary skill 

 thrown into the matter than now exists. 



The principal doggy men here are much amused by the 

 tone adopted by the ''Kennel Club Member," who contrib- 

 utes English doggy notes to your contemporary the Fan- 

 ciers' Journal; and although a good many of us think his 

 method of explaining things just a little bit too severe or 

 viol ent, yet all agree that he is very truthf ul in the majority 

 of his remarks. The English Fanciers' Gazette has simply 

 gone mad over the statements made in the Jo urnal concern- 

 ing Millais, who is one of the bosses of the Gazette, and 

 characterizes the work as a "disgrace to journalism." Now, 

 Without being quite sure who the gentleman is whose work 

 is thus stigmatized by an amateur journalist like Millais as 

 disgraceful, I do think it impudence on the part of the Eng- 

 glish paper— which is about the most miserably-conducted, 

 rwigranimatically-written, and least-entertaining paper in 

 England — to attempt to teach an American paper how to 

 conduct its columns. It's akin to teaching one's grand- 

 mother to suck eggs ! 



Bulldogs seem to be one of the most prominent breeds in 

 England at the present time, and certainly no other fancier 

 gets so many opportunities of showing his dogs, and win- 

 ning so many prizes as does the bulldog man. The club 

 devoted to tbe breed holds an annual show during the sum- 

 mer time in London, and in the winter the brothers Jack- 

 son, I. e., C. F. W. and E. A. — not A. C. the Kennel Club 

 committeeman — hold an annual show at Bath, in Somerset- 

 shire, a district as will probably be well-known to my 

 readers is frequented very much during this time of the 

 year by the aristocracy of this and other countries on ac- 

 count of the salubrity of the climate, the loveliness of the 

 surrounding hills, and the wonderful curative properties 

 of the hot mineral springs which flow from the hills. 



A bulldog show will take place there on the 15th and 16th 

 of January next, at which all the celebrated specimens of 

 the breed will turn up as usual. Twelve classes are pro- 

 vided and the special -prizes which range in value from £10 

 to £1 are given at the rate of four in a class in addition to 

 the prize money. W. H, Sprague, of the Law Courts, has 

 cousented to judge, and as Master William Henry is rather 

 a determined' individual who has tbe reputation of not car- 

 ing a tinker's darn for anybody, and is moreover the holder 

 of ideas on bulldogs which do not, I think, quite accord 

 with some of the other so-called judges of this breed, I shall 

 look forward to some "larks" at this charming and well got 

 up show. 



A little show took place this week at Beckton, near Wool- 

 wich, a town entirely populated by gas stokers and others 

 engaged in the manufacture of gas. Even among the rough 

 customers down there a dog is often the pet of the house- 

 hold; and one of the judges told me he had never seen dogs 

 more kindly treated and carefully looked after than at 

 Beckton. 



Birmingham show used to be considered the boss show of 

 the year, but it certainly isn't so now, both the summer and 

 winter exhibitions of the Kennel Club knocking "Brum" 

 into the provei*bial cocked hat. Not only has the general 

 good quality of the dogs fallen off, the prize money been 

 reduced and the tone of the whole thing been lowered , but 

 the very people who frequent the show seem to be more like 

 town sportsmen, instead of the good old-fashioned country 

 gentleman one used to meet there; and none of that real, 

 good, genuine, rollicking fun goes on which used to when I 

 was younger. The show which was held this week was un- 

 doubtedly a good one, eepecially as regards sporting dogs, 

 but still not up to the old form, and so far as concerns what 

 I term "fancy" dogs — i. e..,dogs who fulfil no part of a 

 sportsman hobby, but are simply kept to look at and win 

 cups, money and bring in stud fees — it was simply lament- 

 able, for the lack of competition was noticeable indeed. 

 The executive of this show are a very bumptious, stuck up 

 lot of people, who seem to take the view that exhibitors 

 should be obliged, and fall down and worship them for hav- 

 ing provided, a show at which dogs may be shown aud small 

 prizes won. This notion ought; to be quite exploded nowa* 



