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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 23, 1890. 



of a show must be paid in accordance with the description 

 given of them in the premium list. Prizes of silver or gold 

 must be of the purity of United States coin. 



XXXI. Only winnings under American Kennel Club 

 rules shall be permitted in catalogues, but it is optional 

 with bench show committees to publish ans*- wins, other 

 than challenge classes, etc, as provided for in Rule 19. 



Only American Kennel Club Stud Book numbers shall be 

 published in catalogues. 



The list of shows recognized by the American Kennel 

 Club must be published in the premium lists. It must be 

 revised to include all shows held by the members of the 

 American Kennel Club, or shows to be given by them, 

 previous to the closing of the entries of the show to be held. 



XXXII. Show committees may adopt such regulations to 

 govern their show as they deem fit, providing they do not 

 conflict with any of the foregoing rules. 



A. K. C. MEETING. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the American Kennel. Club was 

 held at 44 Broadway, N ew York, Jan. 18. The meeting 

 was called to order at 12:15 P. M. The president and vice- 

 president not being present, Mr. James L. Anthony was duly 

 elected chairman. Present: American Euglish Beagle Club, 

 H. F. Schellhass; Collie Club, H. B. Cromwell; Mascoutah 

 Kennel Club, J. Mortimer; Pointer. GK La Hue; Southern 

 Field Trial Club, J. L. Anthony; St. Paul Kennel Club, A. 

 D. Lewis; Toledo Kennel Company, A. P. Vredenburgh; 

 Virginia Field Sports Association, J. S. Wise. After roll 

 call President Belmont arrived and occupied the chair. 



The president stated that the purpose of this meeting was 

 to adopt the rules as reported by the committee on rules, 

 and as amended by the delegates at a meeting held Dec. 19, 

 1889. After considerable discussion the following resolu- 

 tions were offered by Mr. John S. Wise: 



Whereas, Questions have arisen as to whether the consti- 

 tution and rules, as amended and adopted Feb. 23, 1888, Dec. 

 6, 1888, and Dec. 19, 1889, were legally adopted and ratified. 



Resolved, That the American Kennel Club, in general 

 meeting assembled, doth hereby ratify and adopt said con- 

 stitution and rules, as amended and adopted by the execu- 

 tive committee, as above set forth. Adopted, 



And whereas, Under the belief that the constitution and 

 rules, as amended and adopted Dec. 19, 1889, were legally 

 adopted, the executive committee, proceeding under said 

 amended constitution, adopted the rules and amendments 

 as set forth and published in the American Kennel Gazette 

 of December, 1889. 



Resolved, That all the acts and doings of said executive 

 committee and of all the officers of this club acting under 

 said constitution and rules, as heretofore adopted, be and 

 they are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Adopted. 

 On motion, the meeting adjourned. 



A. P. Vredenburgh, Sec'y. 



A. K. C. BY-LAWS. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



If Brother Watson will look at the constitution of the A. 

 K. C. which was in force at the time of the meeting of Dec. 

 6, 1888, and referred to by him in your last issue, he will there 

 see that, there was no constitutional provision providing for 

 the amendments to either the by-laws or rules. 



The by-laws provided: Sec. 5. That amendments could be 

 made to the by-laws by the executive committee, and there 

 are many decisions of the courts which hold that where 

 there is no constitutional provision prescribing a mode for 

 amendments, that by-laws, or rules, may provide for the 

 amendments of either. 



The management of the club, under that constitution, 

 was vested in the executive committee, and, under that con- 

 stitution, had the power to make, alter or amend the by- 

 laws and rules. 



Now, another question arises, whickperhaps Brother Wat- 

 son has never thought of, it is this: That the constitution 

 of the A. K. C. which was in force in December, 1888, is, in 

 truth, and in fact, the only legal constitution of the A. K. 

 C. at the present time, and all of the amendments which 

 have been foisted upon the club, under the management, up 

 to the present time, have been in direct violation of the con- 

 stitution. 



As all of these matters will probably, in a few days, be 

 reviewed by the court, I will refrain from saying any more, 



Peshall. 



Jersey City, Jan. 20. 



REPORTING DOGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



" Marstrand's " account of the peculiar work of the 

 "roporter" dog, which I read in your Christmas number, 

 reminds me of the description in Leffingwell's " Wild Fowl 

 Shooting" of a dog which would first locate the grouse, and 

 then drive them over to his master. The nearest approach 

 to this which I recall in myown experience was the peculiar 

 manner in which a dog of my acquaintance, long ago, would 

 work up to a pack of grouse perhaps a quarter of a mile 

 distant from me, on the prairie; come to a point, and after 

 a moment, if tired, look back and seeing me approaching, 

 lie down and wait until I had nearly reached him, when he 

 would rise and resume his point. 



1 think something very like the " reporter" can be found 

 in the United States. KELPIE. 



Jan. 14. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Setters and pointers are not the only " reporters." I have 

 had a spaniel do the same thing. I had been tramping 

 through heavy marsh land until I felt obliged to rest and 

 sat down on a log. The Clumber that was with me did not lie 

 down, but trotted over to a reedbed which he inspected with 

 his usual caution, then came back to me and sitting down 

 began to paw me, looking in the direction of the reeds. He 

 would then run toward them, looking back for me to follow. 

 1 followed and he flushed a fine black duck almost under 

 my feet. Clumber. 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



NEW YORK, Jan. 20.— Editor Forest and Stream: In 

 addition to replies from railway and express com- 

 panies published last week please state that all railroads 

 belonging to the Trunk Line Association will carry three 

 dogs free when accompanied by their owners or caretakers. 

 This includes the Grand Trunk Railway, West Shore. N. Y., 

 O. & W. ; Lehigh Valley, Central of N. J., Phila. & Reading, 

 and Chesapeake and Ohio railways. The New York and 

 Boston Lines Passenger Committee will transport dog3 free 

 on their all- rail lines at owner's risk. 



The American Field pointer cup will be competed for at 

 our show instead of at Chicago as announced last week. 



James Mortimer, Sup't. 



COLLIE CLUB MEETING. — The annual meeting of the 

 Collie Club will be held at the American Institute Fair Build- 

 ing, New York city, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1889, at 2 P. M. 

 Members are earnestly requested to be present, as matters 

 of special importance will come before this meeting. By 

 order of the executive committee, J. D. Shot well, Sec. 

 (Rah way, N. J„ Jan, 15), 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



\ MONG the special prizes offered at the Chicago show 

 X\. is one of a $25 cup, by Mr. P. D. Armour, for the best 

 bayerack setter. It is a reminder of old times to hear of 

 such a special. The Mastiff Club offers two cups at this 

 show, and I understand those who win medals will have 

 no cause to complain of what they will receive, either as to 

 value or beauty. 



Augusta seems to have had quite a nice little show, con- 

 sidenng the distance from where the good dogs are owned. 



r °m ^ mlat »elphia to Augusta the express charge on clogs 

 was $8 per lOOlbs. Ben Lewis was going down if he could 

 have got together sufficient dogs to have made it worth his 

 while, but he could not do so, and when intending exhibit- 

 ors asked at the express office for the rate for dogs there was 

 an end of all thought of sending dogs so far. I have not 

 seen the Augusta catalogue yet, but the Chronicle of that 

 city evidently copies in full from the catalogue in giving 

 the list of prize winners. Accepting this view as correct, 

 there seems to be some work for Mr. Vredenburgh in the 

 way of protests. Rosa and Spot Sting, winners in the chal- 

 lenge classes for pointers, do not seem to be eligible for that 

 class. Rosa is credited with winning first. New" Haven, 1885; 

 fooo' -kl&rota. 18 88; first, Augusta, 1S8S; first, Columbus. 



1888, and first, Augusta, October, 1888; and Spot Sting has 

 won first, Atlanta and Augusta, 1888, and first, Charlraton 



1889. In the English setter class we find two Lottas, each 

 ^"^ing a prize. Such a thing would not have happened 

 had the A. K. C. accepted mv amendment to make all regis- 

 rations with the A. K. C. secretary and not with the show 

 secretary. I am in hope of yet seeing this course adopted, 

 for it has every reason on its side, while the only objection 

 thereto is that it is a change. 



The committee of the Spaniel Club has decided to give 

 the first of its two challenge cups to the cockers. The full 

 text of the conditions of the cup are as follows: "A silver 

 cup valued at §100, open to members of the club only, for 

 the best spaniel under 281bs., American bred. To be won 

 four times not necessarily in succession, by the same exhibi- 

 tor, when it will become his individual property. The cup 

 is to be placed in competition at two shows annually. (No 

 entrance fee)." The cup will be placed in competition this 

 year at New York, and probably at Buffalo. Rochester 

 might do as well as Buffalo, but as Mr. Wilmerding will 

 nidge spaniels at the Flower City, it is hardly fair to ask 

 him to stand down with champion Doc. Mr. Mason will 

 act at Buffalo, and as he is on the club list of judges, 

 Mr. Bush will doubtless see that the Spaniel Club is sup- 

 ported so that the cup can be put up where Canadian and 

 American exhibitors can meet half way between home and 

 home. If the over 281bs. challenge cup is forthcoming this 

 year, Boston and Rochester will probablv be selected as the. 

 shows where its possession will be decided 



The Squire will not remain in England till Feb. 1, but is 

 supposed to be already on the Atlantic. Mr. Mitchell Har- 

 rison was to send him over with some horses he had bought 

 tor Roslyn Heights Farm, which were at last account booked 

 to leave on Jan, 15. With The Squire will come two collie 

 bitches, one of which has been bred to Metchley Wonder, 

 and the other to Johnnie Norman. Although never shown 

 I?-!! ,f d ' these mtches ar e expected to keep the Chestnut 

 mil Kennels in the prize list at our shows. 



From San Francisco I learn that the project for the amal- 

 gamation of the Pacific and California Kennel Clubs is still 

 uncompleted. The ease stands thus: The California K C 

 applied for admission to the A. K. C, and the latter in- 

 structed its secretary to ask the Pacific Kennel Club whether 

 there was any objection on its part to another club in San 

 Francisco being a member of the A. K. C. The Pacific Club 

 replied that it had no objection, but suggested that the mat- 

 ter he over until negotiations then pending for amalgama- 

 tion of the two clubs be finished. This reply was communi- 

 cated to the California Club and read at its January meeting, 

 whereupon a committee, consisting of Messrs. J.B. Lewis, 

 J. M. Crane, A. B. Truman and J. B. Martin, was appointed 

 to confer with the Pacific Kennel Club, with instructions to 

 report to the Executive Committee of their club, which was 

 given full power to act in the matter. So certain does the 

 consolidation seem to be that the California Club postponed 

 the annual election of officers until the February meeting. 



I really think it would be to the advantage of the Pacific 

 coast exhibitors, as well as to the A. K. C. , if a branch or- 

 ganization was established for that section of country. To 

 encourge exhibitors out there they need some changes from 

 the rules we have here, and particularly so in the "cham- 

 pion" conditions. With two shows a year there at most, 

 more frequently only one, four open class and three chal- 

 lenge class wins is out of the question. It will be time 

 enough for the Eastern rule when there are as many shows 

 there annually as we have here. In faot, ours is a bit too 

 severe, unless we have a succession of years like 1889. 



Mr. A. C. Wilmerding left on Saturday for a three weeks' 

 Southern trip and his first stopping place is Seminole, S. C. 

 He will return in time to judge at New York. Meanwhile 

 entries for the sweepstakes will be received by the treas- 

 urer, Mr. William West, 110 N. Second street, Philadelphia. 



If views on the coursing question are in order I would 

 like to give mine. I am quite at odds with the outcry 

 against " gambling." What is gambling f Betting or 

 wagering is not necessarily gambling. If it was this would 

 be a world of gamblers, for every man who puts money 

 out at a venture of gain or loss is wagering on the result 

 and must necessarily be a gambler. This hue and cry 

 against gambling is like the classifying of all theaters 

 and plays as ruinous, and the wholesale charges raised by 

 some people against works of fiction. Gambling is risk- 

 ing more money than a person fcan afford to lose either at 

 cards, on a sporting event or in alleged purchases of stocks, 

 grain, ore, etc. Betting has an influence in some sports: in 

 foot racing, rowing or anything in which " talking horses" 

 are the participants, it has a far too important bearing on 

 the result. In horse racing it has no such influence as some 

 people imagine, except at out-of-the-way places where com- 

 petitors are few and a race can be "fixed." The giving up of 

 heat racing cleansed the turf wonderfully of swindlers, 

 the latter being the great drawback to the trotting turf. 

 But when we come to animals contending unaided or un- 

 hindered by man this talk about gambling or, to speak more 

 legitimately, betting, is altogether out of place. I am 

 speaking from an intimate knowledge of every sport, fol- 

 lowed either in this country or in England, starting at 

 horse racing and stopping this side of dog fighting. The 

 amount of money wagered cannot affect a dog's speed or 

 cleverness or the favoring by the hare of one dog more than 

 the other. Coursing is one of the oldest of sports in Eng- 

 land, and it forms there one of the greatest mediums for 

 betting that can be found in that country. Can any one 

 refer to a single case of suspicious running, as we hear of 

 " suspicious riding ? " Such a thing will be news to me. 



My views ou the subject of coursing in the East are that it 

 should take place in an inclosed ground furnished with 

 "escapes." Hares are too valuable here to have to provide 

 new ones for each meeting. Let the hares have the run of 



the inclosure so that they are well acquainted with the : 

 ground and "escapes" and nothing can be more legitimate 

 in the way of sport. People who don't know anything ' 

 about inclosed coursing as conducted in England are rather 

 rash in running it down in the way they do at times in 

 American journals. If it was cruelty as some allege, iff" 

 would not be allowed, and if it was controlled or in any waj»: 

 affected by the betting it would soon cease to be patronized 

 by the gentlemen of the leash. Given such men as would , 

 be permitted by the Eastern Coursing Club to run dogs at 

 their meetings, and it wouldn't matter if the whole mem- 

 bership of the bookmakers' alliance were on hand to lay or 

 take the odds. The sport would be as straight and honest , 

 as anything one can name. I suppose it will be news to a | 

 good many to know that bookmaking, if it is not conducted 

 on legitimate business principles will result in failure. 

 Few men who go outside of the regular business but come 

 to grief. Bookmaking is very far removed from what is 

 called "gambling," and bookmakers are too busy attending 

 to the requirements of their business to go in for one fraction'' 

 of the schemes laid at their doors. Put this down as a fact 

 gained from the records of years— betting will not injure 

 coursing unless you let crooked men run dogs, and no club 

 will do so either here or abroad . i 



It may be necessary perhaps to state, that although my 

 occupation has for years called for a pretty close connection ' 

 with betting, I have never indulged in it, mainly for the 

 reason that the chronicler of events should do" nothing 

 which would tend to give his writing a bias, or give persons 

 an opportunity of saying such was the ease. I simply ob- 

 ject to such a sweeping generality as "gambling" for every 

 risking of money on a future event, and the wholesale 

 charge that betting must of necessity corrupt every sport. 



Another pointer man has joined the ranks of the setter 

 brigade. Mr. J. H. Winslow, of Philadelphia, has pur- 

 chased Bob H., by Count Noble out of the Gladstone bitch 

 Belle Boyd, and has since disposed of an interest in him to 

 Mr. Francis S. Brown, Secretary of the Philadelphia Kennel. 

 Club. Bob H. won third money at the Eastern Field Trials 

 of 1888. 



Mr. Wade's long-looked for Russian wolfhound Elsie bav-. 

 iug at last been bred to the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley's Kributt, 

 will soon make her appearance on this side of the Atlantic. 

 I hear that a very fine wolfhound will be among the en- 

 tries at New York show. The dog is said to have been pre- . 

 sented by the Emperor of Russia to the Emperor of Ger-' 

 many, from whose kennels it was obtained. 



I also hear of a dangerous candidate for the. cocker chal- 

 lenge cup, in a young son of Champion Doc. Some persous 1 

 who know something about spaniels tell me this is the best | 

 they have seen. There is another one spoken of from 

 Canada, which will take a. lot of beating according to all 

 accounts. 



A decision will speedily be obtained from the American 

 Kennel Club, as to whether a specialty club stake win is 

 to be treated as a dog show win, which bars the dog from 

 the novice class. Two entries will be made at New York, 

 one by the Chestnut Hill Kennels and one by myself, and 

 each will protest the other's entry to bring about the desired - 

 decision. Neither of us believe in the correctness of the 

 Canadian Kennel Club's decision, which Mr. Vredenburgh 

 said was in accordance with the A, K. C. rules, and these 

 friendly protests will be made to bring this question 

 directly before the A. K. C, for a decision thereon. 



Roslyn Torfrida, that sweet daughter of Seotilla and 

 Luella, which could have done some winning at New York 

 last year but for showing chorea, leaves on Wednesday of 

 this week for England, consigned to Mr. W. H. Charles, of 

 Warwickshire. She is in whelp to Maney Trefoil. The new 

 bitches for the Chestnut Hill Kennels, referred to above, 

 are already named Roslyn Primrose and Roslyn Lottie. 



We are having one of the periodical hydrophobia scares in 

 the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Usually it is West Phil- 

 adelphia that gets the credit of the mad dog, but this time 

 the outlying suburb of Media is the scene of its exploits. 

 Three of the dogs bitten by this said-to-be rabid animal 

 have already been sent to the Associated Fanciers and 

 shipped to their farm at Berlin, N. J. One time and another 

 they have had a score of bitten dogs, some badly so, but not 

 one case so far has resulted in rabies. A peculiar case of 

 alleged hydrophobia is being copied widely throughout the 

 country. The story comes from New York, and "after the 

 medical fraternity had decided that the patient, a bov, was 

 undoubtedly suffering from that fatal disease, one of them, 

 chanced to hear a peculiar and unnatural whistling sound 

 in the chest. An opening was made in the windpipe and 

 efforts made to reach the foreign substance, but without 

 avail. As a last resort the chest was cut open and the for- 

 eign matter was pushed far enough to be reached by forceps 

 put down the windpipe. It proved to be a whistle which 

 the boy had swallowed accidentally in falling one day. I 

 think the daily papers are getting to a better understanding 

 of the rabid dog question than was the case a few years ago. 

 One cannot expect a city editor to know everything, and too 

 many of them only think of the mad dog as a subject for a 

 "good story" with a "display head." 



Intending exhibitors at New York show should not fail to 

 remember that entries close on Monday next, Jan. 27. Under 

 the A. K. C. rule the acceptance of a late entry entails a 

 heavy penalty, and the Westminster Kennel Club will live 

 up to that rule. 



Mr. Shotwell writes me that it is very hard to get entries 

 for the Collie Club stud dog stakes, and after looking over 

 the conditions I do not think it a matter for much surprise. 

 Take my own case: I was thinking of entering champion 

 Clipper and I find that in addition to paying $10 for so doing 

 I must nominate his get and pay $2 each for >11 I so nomi- 

 nate, of which I can only show two. Now comes the rub. 

 How can Itell which of his get will be entered at New York, 

 and if I did I cannot tell which are the ones which should 

 be entered. The idea being that the dog shall be judged by 

 the best pair of his get out of different dams, the nominator 

 should have no restrictions placed upon being permitted to 

 show the best pair at the show. All I can do is to send $10 

 for the entry of Clipper aud $4 for the pair of contestants 

 without namiug them. If such an entry is not valid I can- 

 not help it. There is another peculiarity about the Collie 

 Club stakes, which I am at a loss to understand. The- year 

 from Nov. 1 to Oct. 31 is divided into two sections, those 

 puppies born in the first section to be shown together and 

 the same with the second lot. Naturally, I thought the 

 sections were each of six months, but when two months too 

 late for entering in the sweepstakes I find that the first 

 section consists of seven months and the second of five 

 months, the divisions being Nov. 1 to May 31, and June 1 to 

 Oct. 31. Eternal vigilance must be the motto of the man 

 who exhibits nowadays. 



There were several misreadings of my "copy" by the com- 

 positor last week and I would like to have two of them 

 corrected. I am made to say that the collie Matchless is by 



