FOREST AND STREAM, 



(Jan, 16, 1800* 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



MR. J. A. LONG, of St. Louis, who has during the past 

 six years purchased some choicely-bred collies from 

 English breeders, has just secured a very important addi- 

 tion to his kennel in the bitch Matchless. When in England, 

 in November, 1884, I saw Matchless at Mr. Boddington's 

 kennels. She was then eight months old, and I did not see 

 a better bitch during the three weeks I spent there. Mr. 

 Boddington said he thought he would win with her at 

 the Birmingham show, then only two weeks off, and it was 

 no surprise to me thai he did, and to hear that Mr. Pirie, of 

 London, had claimed her at her catalogue price of £100. 

 Very unfortunately she cauerht distemper, and this was fol- 

 lowed by chorea, which put a stop to her show career. She 

 was bred to Eclipse, and after Mr. Pirie had given away the 

 runt of the litter the diseases of puppyhood carried off all 

 but one of the remainder, I believe. The runt turned out 

 well, and as Pitch Dark created quite a sensation when 

 she was shown at the Crystal Palace. She soon went off, 

 however, and was consigned to the ranks of the brood 

 bitches, being eventually purchased by the Chestnut Hill 

 Kennels, where she now is. I believe she came over in 

 whelp to Caractacus, but I am trusting to memory in say- 

 ing so. 



Matchless is by Rutland out of Bess, and she out of Nesta, 

 the greatest of that great trio of brood bitches— champion 

 Loi'ha Doone, Nesta and Floss — that came from the union 

 of Duncan and Bess. The pedigree of Bess we know, and it 

 is only another illustration of the wonderful excellence of 

 the Carlyle blood in the female line, but Duncan is a blank. 

 I have seen it stated somewhere or another that a stolen 

 service figured in his case and that put a stop to the publi- 

 cation of any pedigree. As I am interested in this strain I 

 have often threatened to myself to write to Mr. Wheeler, of 

 Birmingham, who bred Bess to Duncan, but I suppose I will 

 procrastinate till Mr. Wheeler or I will be beyond the reach 

 of the letter carrier. 



Mr. Long had Matchless bred to Eclipse before she sailed, 

 in hopes ot getting another Pitch Dark, but I would rather 

 have tried Sefton for a Metebley Wonder, as it was out of a 

 bitch bred very similar to her that Mr. Megson's crack 

 came — Minnie, by Loafer out of Catrine (one of the Bess 

 family). 



A question was propounded to me the other day which is 



of interest to exhibitors and clubs. It was this: "The 



Club is not going to hold a show here this yeai', and some of 

 the dog owners want to get up a club that will hold a show. 

 We want to hold it under A. K. C. rules and would like to 

 know whether we can do so, and what we ought to do to 

 become a member of the A. K. C," My advice was to com- 

 municate with the local club and get from it a statement 

 that it would not hold a show. Then organize a club, and 

 with the application to the A. K. C. for membership file the 

 letter from the other club. 



The A, K. C. very properly declined to elect another club 

 in San Francisco without hearing from the original mem- 

 ber as to whether it had any objection to make. It will be 

 noted, however, that the A. K. C. did not positively decline 

 to do so, it did not at once say, "No, we cannot do so, we 

 have a member there already." By its action it admitted 

 that two clubs might be elected from the same city provid- 

 ing there was no objection made against such a course. 

 This was a very proper view to take 1 thought, and follow- 

 ing up the same line it would seem to me that the A. K. C. 

 delegates in taking action upon such a case as I have stated 

 would give due weight to the present member declining to 

 hold a show. The object of the A. K. C. is to encourage 

 shows, and it would not be doing so if it stuck to a non- 

 showing member and kept out a club willing to get up an 

 exhibition. 



It is right in this connection that my idea of recognizing 

 shows without electing a club to membership would be so 

 beneficial. I am no advocate and never have been of this 

 universal election to membership in the A. K. C, though 

 voting for such elections as the onlv method of getting 

 shows recognized and thus benefitting exhibitors. It is 

 not so easy to formulate a rule that would cover the ground 

 completely and satisfactorily. One great stumbling block 

 in the way of the A. K. C. has been the framing of badly 

 prepared rules and without a proper knowledge of the scope 

 they cover. When a rule is passed by the A. K. C. , or by 

 any club, it should be framed carefully and passed under- 

 standingly, so as to avoid the necessity of resciudiug or 

 amending it within a month or two. 



The poll of membership of the A. K. C. is full of practi- 

 cally dead clubs, and it was a pity that old rule was done 

 away with which provided for the* dropping of clubs which 

 did not hold a show within a certain limit of time, Quite a 

 number of these will probably drop out when called upou to 

 pay their 1890 assessments. I believe the point of a quorum 

 was raised a year ago, and the chair decided a ma jority was 

 required. With such a membership as the A. K. C. now 

 has, a majority is out of the question, so I suppose the 

 whole business of the club is illegal if it comes to a hair- 

 splitting technicality. But I am uot of that way of think- 

 ing at all. 



Speaking of illegality reminds me of Mr. PeshaTPs having 

 pointed out that the passing of the amendments to the 

 dog show rules by the executive committee at its last meet- 

 ing was illegal. The charge is correct. However, in look- 

 ing over the Kennel Gazette for January last, I found in it 

 the report of a meeting held on Dec. 8, at which a number 

 of amendments were made to the dog show rules. The 

 status of this meeting was thus defined, as soon as the min- 

 utes of the previous quarterly meeting of the executive 

 committee and the treasurer's report had been read: 



"The President— I should have stated, in calling this 

 meeting to order, that through inadvprtence in the call for 

 this meeting it was stated to be the regular annual meeting 

 This confusion arose from the fact that the 6th of December 

 has usually been our red-letter day, and has been the im- 

 portant meeting of the year. This should have been called 

 as the regular quarterly meeting," 



Mr. Peshall was called upon for an explanation of my 

 oversight in connection with the illegal business of last 

 December, and I plead guilty with a petition for clemency on 

 the score of Rule XIX. of the constitution having been 

 enacted while I was not a member of the executive commit- 

 tee. It will now be in order for Mr. Peshall to explain how 

 it was that within a short time of his assisting in passing 

 Rule XIX. he assisted in passing amendments in violation 

 oi that rule. 



The Westminster Kennel Club has done the handsome 

 thine by the Spaniel Club. The latter had to give $25 to 

 the Westminster Kennel Club for having adopted "Classifi- 

 cation No. 1" and appointing an approved.rjudge, but at the 

 late meeting of the Spaniel Club committee, at which the 

 payment of the $35 was approved, it was suggested that the 

 Y' ¥' Q. might possibly donate the $25 to the challenge cup 

 fund. Mr. A. C. Wilmerding interviewed Mr. Thomas H 

 lerry on the subject, and the latter gentleman has notified 

 the Spaniel Club secretary that the W. K. C. will do as re- 

 quested. 



, The Spaniel Club, though the oldest of the specialty clubs 

 in the country, is not a wealthy affair; but, considering the 



amount received from dues, the work done by the club de- 

 serves every commendation. It will be a bit of uphill push- 

 ing to get funds for a cup, and even when that is done, just 

 as hard work is still ahead in deciding the destination of the 

 cup. The club takes care of all varieties of sporting span- 

 iels, and wishes to offer a cup on conditions which will be 

 satisfactory to all members. Irish water spaniels and Clum- 

 ber spaniels are not in the running, and that leaves field 

 spaniels and cockers with about equal claims. The desire 

 of the club committee is to have two cups, for spaniels over 

 and under 281bs.; but the trouble will be to place the first of 

 these cups. 



Mr. F. R. Hitchcock is stated to have given up his point- 

 ers in order to make room for English setters. If that is 

 the case, it is ratbera facer for the short-coated division, as 

 we must conclude that Mr. Hitchcock arrived at his deter- 

 mination after witnessing the season's field trials. As I aai 

 neither a setter nor a pointer man, I am not taking sides, 

 but simply stating what he who runs may read. The course 

 taken by Mr. Hitchcock has been followed by that staunch 

 supporter of the "red dogs," Mr. Charles T. Thompson, of 

 Philadelphia, who has disposed of Desmond II. and the 

 champion bitches Mollie Bawn and Nellie to the Item Ken- 

 nels, of Bethlehem, Pa. It is Mr. Thompson's intention, I 

 believe, to try the English setters; but this information I 

 get second-hand, though from an usually reliable som< c 



The Item Kennels will make a good showing this year, 

 and money is not being spared in the purchasing of dogs 

 the proprietors take a fancy to. I am betraying no secret, 

 although it is not very widely known, when I say that Mr. 

 Weiss and Mr. Charles Pharo are the Item Kennels. The 

 former gentleman is the financial man and Mr. Pharo the 

 working partner. I do not want that sentence to be misun- 

 derstood and connected with the old story of money and ex- 

 perience, for Mr. Weiss is anything but lacking in experi- 

 ence, but he has plenty of more important business to 

 attend to than the immediate management of the kennels, 

 and in Mr. Pharo he has a most enthusiastic fancier, and 

 one who has shown good judgment in selecting doers to fill 

 the kennel. I am only waiting to receive word that the new 

 kennels at Bethlehem" are ready for tne inspection of visitors 

 when I will make a trip to the home of Pbaro's host, at the 

 head of which. I suppose it is no error to say, comes Sir 

 Tatton. 



Men may come and men may go, but shows go on for 

 ever. Every one must remember the prize-sweeping kennel 

 of English, Irish and Gordon setters and pointers Mr. A. 

 H, Moore, of Philadelphia, had eight years ago. Thunder, 

 Berkley, Leo II., Bob, Donald, etc. Well, I should not be 

 at all surprised to see Mr. Moore's name once more figuring 

 in the catalogues. He has recently purchased a large farm 

 at Colmar, on the Doylestown branch of the North Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, and about an hour's ride from the city. 

 This he has named Cloverdell Stock Farm. He has there a 

 splendid collection of trotting stock, headed by Mambrino 

 Dudley, which he bought at the Secretary of the Navy's sale 

 of the Marshland stud. Mr. Moore gave 88,000 for this horse 

 and at that price I believe he was the cheanest trotting sire 

 sold last year, for as prices go now $25,000 would be a low 

 figure for him. But I did not start out to write horse, nor 

 will your dog readers thank me much; I fear, for adding 

 that at Cloverdell the collection of trotting mares would be 

 hard to duplicate anywhere. Then there is chewiug the cud 

 in the spacious barn the best herd of Jerseys in the country. 

 This paragraph is getting very mush-like, with the busi- 

 ness part all at one end, and here it is. When at Cloverdell 

 on Monday I saw a range of kennels. Now, Mr. Moore 

 doesn't build kennels simply to look at; those, kennels will 

 be occupied, and when Mr. Moore gets through giving from 

 $2,000 to $5 000 for brood mares and 11,000 to $3,000 for Jer- 

 seys we will hear of dogs at Cloverdell, and the lights of 

 Cloverdell will not be hid under a bushel, but assisting in 

 beautifying Spratts benching. 



The Squire is not to leave England till Feb. 1. Such is 

 the advertisement in the English papers. That seems to 

 be drawing it very fine if there is any intention of showing 

 him at New York, for he is not likely to arrive before Feb. 

 10, and may not be here until the judging at New York is 

 over. The explanation may probably be that Mr. Harrison 

 does not want The Squire to interfere with Maney Trefoil 

 qualifying at New York for the challenge class. I saw him 

 on New Year's day, and he was looking better than any 

 thing at Chestnut Hill Kennels, and that was saying a good 

 deal, for Mr. Jarrett somehow never has a dog out of con- 

 dition, barring the necessary out of coat. This has been a 

 particularly hard winter on coat growing, but Maney Tre- 

 foil is, if anything, in better coat than when he came* from 

 England. I didn't see the new entry of youngsters, and if I 

 had it would be a breach of good manners to say anything. 

 1 was invited to go, but as both Jarrett and I had the grip 

 I declined, and we sat by the stove and talked dog while 

 not otherwise engaged with our snochterdichters. J. W. 



THE POINTER CLUB. 



NEW YORK, Jan. 6.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 postponed meeting of the Executive Board of the 

 Poiuter Club of America was held at 44 Broadway, New 

 York, Jan. 6. Meeting called to order at 2 P. M. by Presi- 

 dent Wise. Present, Messrs. Wise, Hitchcock. Anthony, 

 Heath, Swain. Arnold and La Rue. Report of treasurer, 

 showing receipts $314.34, expenditures £17.60, balance cash 

 on hand $296.74, was presented and adopted. Resignation 

 of G. W. Lovell was read and accepted. Applications for 

 membership received from Westminster Kennel Club and 

 Hempstead Farm Co. They were duly elected by ballot. 



The following distribution of special prizes was agreed 

 upon: 



Boston Show, 1890.— Pointer Club Produce Stakes, $30 

 cash, for pointer puppies whelped on and after Jan. 1, 1889. 

 Blanks will be furnished by the secretary upon application. 

 Entries close at the same time as the regular entries of said 

 show. Open to all. $10 for best poiuter dog; $10 for best 

 pointer birch that has been placed or won a heat at any 

 field trial run in America. Open to members. 



Chicago Show, 1890.— $10 for best poiuter dog or bitch ex- 

 hibited and owned by a member of the Pointer Club. Am- 

 merican Field Pointer Cup (value $100), uuder the rules gov- 

 erning same. Open to all. 



New York Show. 1890. — $10 for best pointer stud dog 

 shown with two of his get, the latter to be not over 3yrs. of 

 age, and not necessarily owned by one person. $10 for best 

 brood bitch shown with two of her progeny (same conditions 

 as stud dog prize). Geo. W. La Rue,*" Sec. and Treas. 



NOT REGISTERED.— Clinton, Mass., June 7.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: Kindly inform me what the register 

 number of my Gordon setter Rab II. is. He was winner iu 

 puppy class, Boston. '89, second prize; Worcester, '89, third. 

 Sire, Rab; dam, Nora (A.K.R. 5009). Probably as the 

 property of Mr. Buchan, the breeder.— G. W. Langdon. 

 [Rab IL. as well as a number of other dogs shown at the 

 Worcester show, are not registered. The Secretary of the 

 A. K. C. should attend to this.] 



A LARGE ST. BERNARD PUPPY —Mr. Geo. S. Tay- 

 lor, of Portland, Oregon, writes that he has a St. Bernard 

 puppy that weierhed 121lbs. when seven months old 



A TRAGEDY! ,'OF THE FIRST SNOW- 



TT happened sixteen years ago, yet the whole stands out 

 JL in memory clear as an event of yesterday. I stand in 

 the doorway of what in summer is a kitchen, a woodshed 

 in winter. It is early November, and early rooming, At 

 dusk the evening before it began to mow iri- a damp", chill 

 air. Now the air is dry, almost balmy. Not a cloud is 

 floating. From end to end the deep, narrow valley is 

 vaulted with the brightest blue (whenever I msgt the phrase, 

 "Heavens own blue," I think of that morning eky). The 

 ground is white, covered to the depth of several indies, soft 

 and immaculate. There is no glare, yet the eye tirei* while 

 it roams afield, and it finds no relief when it turns to the 

 sun-bathed blue above. 



I was about to return to the breakfast table when f. 

 detected the bay of hounds, two— three. They were approach- 

 ing, far- up the western slope. For a few minutes they 

 mouthed their perplexity in a piece of woods on the south- 

 east. At length the tangle was left behiud. and With a lnurt 

 bay of triumph the leader burst into the clearing. He was* 

 closely followed by another, and ten or fifteen rods hi the 

 rear a third hound, fat and lazy, came floundering along. 

 They tumbled over the heavy log* fence. They skirted tbtr 

 wood across one broad field, and then went plunging through 

 the fringe where the forest hung lower down the slope. 



The hounds had disappeared from view, but their short, 

 impatient yelps betokened a freshening scent. They were 

 now slowely making their way down the slope in the woods 

 on the north of the clearing. Again I was on the point of 

 turning to go in to breakfast wben I perceived a large red 

 fox emerging from the woods. He trotted out into the field 

 a little way, and paused in a listening attitude. An instant 

 later he made for.a great flat rock, ran around it aud then 

 sprang upon it, ran around the margin and leaped off, He 

 then trotted diagonally up the hill to a large chestnut tree, 

 made another circle and again leaped. It is easy to account 

 for the slow progess of the hounds in the timber. His fox- 

 ship now leisurely crossed the field to a clump of bushes, 

 pausing every few seconds to listen. After maneuvering 

 among the bushes he set up the hill along the fence for a 

 few rods, crossed into the adjoining field and came down 

 on the other side almost to the clump. He then crossed, 

 the second field to a deep, oval-shaped depression, where he 

 disappeared. Sumac and larger trees abounded in the 

 depression, and the fox remained there some time. I fancied 

 that I knew what he was doing. Finally he emerged at 

 the lower end and trotted up hill, around the ruartdn of 

 the pit. He circled about an oak just above it, took the 

 usual leap and came down almost to the point where he- 

 had entered the pit. He then struck a bee-line across fields 

 for the woods, and entered them forty rods above where he 

 came out. He had doubled on the hounds and was off for 

 his den, but before going he had cut them out a nice bit of 

 work. It was a beautiful performance. 



Brute against brute, vulpine cunning had triumphed; but 

 at this stage another actor appeared. Soon after the fox 

 went back into the woods the dogs emerged on his trail 

 below. At the same time a man approached it. He allowed 

 the two foremost to pass "before advancing to the trail, but 

 seized the third hound, snapped a leash on him and hastily 

 led him up the hill. Arriving at the trail he set the dog 

 free. The latter with a savage yelp of delight bounded into 

 the woods. The man shouted to a companion, seated in a 

 wagon in the road below. Thereupon the latter whipped 

 up his horses. I understood the significance of this act. A 

 half mile above the clearing extended to the brow of the 

 ridge, and in all probability the fox would essay to cross 

 these fields. It was the design of the man with the team to 

 intercept him. I saw him tie his horses at roadside, lift his 

 gun out of the wagon, go across the fields and take a stand 

 in a fence corner. I watched him until my eyes ached. At 

 last I saw a puff of smoke, and heard' a rifle crack. I 

 thought that I discovered a dark object lying in the biww 

 up the hillside, The man advanced and raised it up, and 

 then I knew that reyuard was dead. B.'F. Henley. 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



NEW YORK, Jan. 10.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 following railway, steamship and express companies 

 have replied favorably to our application regarding the car- 

 riage of dogs for exhibition at our coming show: 



The. Adams, American, Wells, Fargo & Co., United States, 

 Long Island and ISew York & Boston Express Companies 

 will return dogs free on which their usual rates have been 

 prepaid one way. 

 The Stonington Line will return dogs free. 

 The Xew York, New Haven & Hartford, the Long Island, 

 New York & Northern, New York, Ontario <& Western and 

 Delaware, Lackawaua & Western Railway Companies will 

 carry dogs free when accompanied bv their owuers or care- 

 takers. The N. Y. C. & H R. and the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 way Companies will carry three dogs free. 

 Other railway companies to be heard from. 



Jas. Mortimer, Supt. 



GORDONS AT NEW YORK.— New York, Jan. 13.- 

 Editor Forest and Stream: Some lovers of the Gordon 

 setter intend to provide a competent man at the New York 

 show to look, especially and only, after the comfort and 

 safety of the Gordon setters on exhibition there. This man 

 will be iu addition to the regular care furnished by the 

 superintendent ot the show. The same persons hereby'oifer 

 cash prizes to the amount of $40, viz., $10 each for the Gor- 

 don setter bitch aud dog winning second in the open class, 

 $5 each for the best Gordon setter dog and bitch winning 

 third in the open class, $5 each for the best Gordon setter 

 dog and bitch puppy. This, with the prizes offered by the 

 Westminster Kennel Club and Dr. John H. Meyer, makes 

 8315 in all ($250 of which is cash) offered at the New York 

 show in the various Gordon classes, and should draw out a 

 fine exhibit of our beautiful setter. Entries close Jan. 27. — 

 Gordon Setter. 



GORDON SETTER CLUB — Baltimore, Md., Jan. 1.1.— 

 Editor Forest ami Stream: Please publish the following 

 request. This is to give notice that a general met tingof the 

 American Gordon Setter Club will be held wfc the New York 

 show, Feb. 12, at 8 P. M., by request of ten members to the 

 president, and which he has granted- — I. 'I.'. NoiJRis, Sec'y 

 A. G. S. C. Editor Fo rest and Stream: A petition request- 

 ing a meeting to be called at the New York show Feb. 1.2, 

 1890, has been forwarded to the president, Mi'- Malcolm, 

 bearing the signatures of thirteen (13) members, All mem 

 hers are urgently requested to be present, as business of im- 

 portance vvill be brought before the meeting. — A Member. 



SPECIAL PRIZES AT NEW YORK.— In addition to the 

 special prizes noted elsewhere, that will be offered at the. 

 New York dog show, the Beagle Club will give a suitable 

 collar each to the best beagle dog and hitch owned by a 

 member of the club. The American Pet Dog Club offers a 

 silver cup for the best pug dog, also one for the best pug 

 bitch in the opeu classes. Open to members only. A silver 

 cup, value $25, is offered for the best couple of deerhouuds 

 in the open classes owned by one exhibitor. The pug breed- 

 er^ challenge cup, offered by Dr. M. H. Cryer. will also be 

 competed for. Other valuable specials are promised that 

 will be duly announced. 



MR. F. R. HITCHCOCK has been invited to judge 

 pointers at the Rochester show. 



