Mapcsh 30, 1890.1 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



POINTERS. 



Challenge dogs over 551 bs. saw Robert le Diable as bright 

 as a dollar, looking for the blue. He was alone. Golden 

 Rod, in the bitch class, also got her ribbon. In open dogs 

 Graphite, the vhc. winner at New York, was to the fore. 

 Tempest was out of his stall when we called. Tory White 

 we thought well enough of for A better place, and Mr, Mor- 

 ris's "yard-broken" Saueho got all he was entitled to. 

 Stella B. was alone in the bitch class, and was awarded the 

 prize. In the light-weight challenge dog class were Duke 

 of Hessen and King of Kent. The Duke looked thin and 

 tucked up, but won for all that. Queen Fan was without 

 competition in her class. Light weight open dogs saw 

 Launcelot to the fore; be is not "first-rate in head, but good 

 iu body, chest, legs and feet. Donald IV. was absent. 

 Jersey, c, has a poor head and lacks pointer attributes 

 generally. Sally Brass II., Mr. Heath's exhibit, having 

 been transferred from the heavy-weight class, won without 

 much difficulty from Stella Sylvia and Lady Norrish. She 

 is a bit light in muzzle. Poiuter puppies were all absent. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



There were six classes provided for this breed, with but 

 ten entries, four of which were absent, and in one class the 

 prizes had to be withheld. Iu the open bitch class Chau- 

 tauqua Belle, winner of second at New York, was easily 

 into the money. Why these classes did not fill better is a 

 mystery. 



IRISH SETTERS. 

 Twenty-five entries, with seven that did not put in their 

 appearance, was not so bad as in the previous classes. 

 Elcho, Jr., was alone in the challenge class, and looked 

 fit to fight any and all aspirants for the blue ribbon. 

 The dog and bitch classes were well filled. Larry S. and 

 Paddy P. got into the money. The later is too lean in face 

 and narrow in chest. Dash is coarse and leggy; Lathrop 

 weedy and light in color- Elcho Fitz-Maur, ears high and 

 eyes light. Iu bitches Wino, good in head but lacking in 

 bone and substance, was first with Jeanuette second, and 

 the New York winner, Ruby Glenmore, vhc. The latter is a 

 very catchy bitch, aud liable to win under any judge giving 

 but a superficial examination, but her very badly formed 

 stifles should always peg her back. 



GORDON SETTERS. 



Five classes provided and a total of five entries, all well 

 known. 



SPANIELS. 



Thirty-two entries with eight absentees. Newton Abbot 

 Skipper had a clear win over the crooked fronted Bridford 

 Gladys in the challenge field class. Baron was virtually 

 alone in his class, as he easily distanced his only compet- 

 itor. Ace of Spades is lanky and short of coat, while Miss 

 Bend'Or, second, is well furnished, but light of eye and 

 short in head. Hornell Rex was more on the field spaniel 

 order than Adonis, and so won on this point, we suppose. 

 Rabbi was alone in the cocker dog class and was looking 

 well In bitches Novel and Bessie W. occupied the same 

 relative positions as at New York. Brantford Red Jacket 

 has not improved since I saw him last. He is a catchy 

 dog, but lacks in head and action, and has too much 

 length. La Tosca is a pretty bitch with head rather on the 

 toy spaniel order. In Clumbers Bromine was placed at the 

 head with Boss IH. second. Patsy O'Connor added another 

 scalp to his belt in the Irish water spaniel class. 



COLLIES. 



Clipper was a day late, which lost him an opportunity to 

 score in the challenge class. In challenge bitches there 

 were no entries. Hempstead Zulu won in open dogs over 

 Nullamore, second. He is a good white and black, with 

 nice head and coat aud plenty of substance. In bitches, 

 Messrs. J. P. & W. W. Gray swept everything before them, 

 taking first and second and most all of the "'mentions. 7 ' 

 The puppy classes did not fill very well . Bonnie Baby, iu 

 the bitches, is a promising young one. 



BEAGLES. 



The Horn ell-Harmony Kennels here, as in the greyhound 

 classes, won nearly everything. Their pack of little dogs 

 proved a great attraction to the show. 



BULLDOGS. 



Portswood Tiger was alone in the champion class and 

 scored. In the open class, of course, the great Harper won, 

 second being awarded to Quasimodo. After the judging a 

 protest was lodged against the latter for physical defects, 

 and the protest being sustained, the reserve dog, Hodge, 

 was moved up to second place. 



BULL-TERRIERS. 

 Cairo had the challenge class pretty well in hand and won. 

 In open dogs Spotless Prince had to lower his colors to 

 Chessett's Flyer. This is a decision that we hardly indorse. 

 The winner is a good, compact little dog on the small order, 

 while the Prince is a nice clean dog of the "30!bs. and over'' 

 type, good head, body a bit long, nice legs and feet, and 

 apparently a strong dog of great staying power. In bitches 

 Enterprise received first and Queen Bendigo second, a re- 

 verse of the New York awards. The puppies were uot up to 

 type and the prizes were withheld. 



EOX-TERRIERS. 



The Blemton Kennels bad nearly everything their own 

 way in these classes, and their dogs have been often 

 described. In the smaller terriers there was nothing new 

 and the classes did not fill well. 



PUGS. 



Dr. Cryer's Bessie, Bob Ivy and Myrtle got into the money 

 and have all been described before. 



In the. miscellaneous and remaining small classes there 

 were but two or three more entries, nothing worth mention- 

 ing. 



Corrections.— In the open bulldog class Quasimodo was 

 disqualified and Hodge (reserve card) moved up to second 

 place. The field spaniel Baron should be iu the name of his 

 owner, Geo. W. Folsom, N. Y., not E. H. Morris. Chester 



LOS ANGELES DOG SHOW.-Los Angeles, Cal., March 

 11.— editor Forest and Stream: The Southern California 

 Kennel Club will hold their second annual bench show in 

 this city May 6, 7, 8 and 9, 1890. This was decided upon at a 

 meeting of the club held on Saturday evening last, when a 

 committee was appointed to carry out the necessary arrange- 

 ments, and at a meeting of this committee held last even- 

 ing among other necessary details in connection therewith 

 Mr. H. W. Wilson was appointed Superintendent. It has 

 been decided to offer diplomas as regular prizes and to also 

 offer a good list of specials. Work will begin on the 

 premium list immediately and it will be issued as soon as 

 possible. We expect to have a good number of entries from 

 Frisco and the northern part of the State, and also expect 

 a great improvement in the number and quality of the local 

 dogs, as a great interest has been manifest in dog matters 

 since our last show.— Los. 



DEATH OF SIR LORIS.-Ciucinnati, O., March 13.— 

 Editor Forest anrf Stream: Pneumonia has added another 

 victim to its list. Our imported pug dog Sir Loris (cham- 

 pion Loris— May Queen) died at our brancn kennels at Louis- 

 ville, Ky. , March 9. We were fortunate, however, in having 

 bred to him our best brood bitch, East Lake Virgie and 

 with good luck hope to thus retain his valuable blood in 

 our kennels.— Ebrbuart PuS Kennels. 



DOGS OF THE DAY, 



FROM the exchanges to hand this week it is learned that 

 Roslyn Sensation, one of the collies Mr. Mitchell Har- 

 rison sold to Mr. W. H. Charles, from whom he got The 

 Squire, won third prize in the over-two-vears class at the 

 Collie Club display held in connection with Mr. Cruft's ter- 

 rier show. Mr. Wake-Walker was the judge, and he always 

 manages to distinguish himself somehow. Last time he 

 was before the public in the capacity of ribbon distributor 

 he placed Maney Trefoil over Metchley Wonder, and now 

 he puts Christopher over Metchlev Wouder and then gives 

 the Collie Club trophy to the eleven-year-did Charlemagne. 

 None will regret the grand old dog getting his name en- 

 graved on the cup, but sympafebv is out Of place in the 

 judge's ring. 



My experience with Christopher was pretty tough. 

 Eighteen months ago I decided to breed Mavis to" him and 

 sent her across to Mr. Stretch. I got word of her arrival 

 and nothing more until about six weeks later a letter an- 

 nounced that she had been returned because she had ma- 

 lignant eczema, which she had given to another puppy. A 

 "vet" had been called in, prescribed for her and advised 

 Mr. Stretch not to allow Christopher to serve her. It was 

 annoying, and I expected to see a horrible sight on her 

 arrival. Judge of my astonishment to find her skin as soft 

 and clean as an infant's. I asked what had been done to her 

 and her custodian said she arrived without any word, but a 

 letter reached him at the last moment explaining the reason 

 of her return. It was then too late to send her ashore and 

 he had to bring her back. She was scratching a little two 

 days after, and the ship's doctor applied one dressing of 

 lard and a little tannic acid. When I wrote Mr. Stretch I 

 gave him a pretty forcible piece of my mind about the 

 ignoramus who couldn't tell steamer surfeit from infectious 

 eczema and made me miss the opportunity. Well, all things 

 come to him who waits. Mr. Mitchell 'Harrison, who ar- 

 rived home last Thursday, has bought Christopher for $'2,500 

 and there is no need for me now to'go to the expense of send- 

 ing to England and running the risk of encountering the 

 sapient veterinarian of Liverpool. 



We have all had the wretched experience of arriving at 

 home to receive a message that "a gentleman called and 

 was very anxious to see you, but wouldn't leave his name," 

 and then sit and vainly cudgel one's brains for half an hour 

 and cussing the unknown for calling if he wouldn't say 

 who he was. Mr. Wade was up to the same trick last week 

 in one of his letters, telling that Boston was going to spring 

 a surprise upon those who went to the show. Is this sur- 

 prise to be the children from the blind school examining 

 the dogs? The children have been invited and a number of 

 perfectly reliable specimens of the different breeds will be 

 turned over to the children to examine. By the way, will 

 exhibitors please note that the kennel prizes at Boston are 

 for three^or more American-bred dogs. I would like to see 

 plenty of competition for these specials for the reason that I 

 believe I am responsible in a great measure for their being 

 given. It was not intended to give any this year, and at 

 New York I talked Messrs. Blackwood Fay and Moore into 

 the idea of catering a bit for home production in place of 

 long purses. 



There is a dog tax bill before the Ohio Legislature, with 

 the antediluvian idea of a heavier impost on the bitch than 

 the dog. When will the gentlemen who cultivate hayseed 

 in their whiskers learn that bitches average not over a 

 dozen pups a year, whereas a dog may produce two or three 

 hundred, also that the male, not the female, is the sheep 

 killer. The Ohio tax is not excessive, $2 and Si, but the 

 dog men ought to have the subject explained to the com- 

 mittee iu charge of the bill. 



The Stock Keeper announces that at the Collie Club meet- 

 ing in England four Americans were elected honorary mem- 

 bers, Mr. van Schaick, Mr. Mitchell Harrison and— such is 

 fame— Mr. Stockwell, a miss for Shotwell. The fourth is 

 not named, but he ought to be Mr. Terry. Here is another 

 collie item from abroad. Miss Minnie Palmer, the actress, 

 now sports a sheepdog, Lord Clavering having presented to 

 her the dog Sir Rupert, which he purchased at the Edin- 

 burgh dog show. 



The Item Kennels are no more. Mr. Pharo has left Beth- 

 lehem for Reading, Pa., and Mr. Weiss has sent the dogs 

 out to a large farm in the country. The kennel will here- 

 after be known as the East End Kennel Club of Freemans- 

 burg, Pa. Mr. Weiss advises me that his collie bitch Flirt 

 had the large litter of twelve, by Prince Charlie (Sefton— 

 Mavis); sexes equally divided. Two have since died. All 

 have wide collars and blaze faces like their sire. 



Since my return from Chicago I learn that there was a 

 fair amount of dog trading done before the doors were 

 closed. Young Mr. Armour bought the bull-terrier puppy 

 Luce, entered by Ed Lever, of this city, price something 

 over §100. W. H. S. Smith, of Chicago, is said to have given 

 $400 for the Great Dane Harras, who was only commended, 

 but if he did his opinion and Herr Lang's must be at vari- 

 ance. Two of the imported prize winners were also sold. 

 Nevezel going to G. Hansen, of Osceola Mills, Wis., and 

 Noniega to Charles Fuerman, of Watertown, Wis. Fred 

 Kirby also acted as auctioneer, and disposed of a dozen dogs 

 at from $10 to $35. At the latter figure went the collie 

 Fairlie, reserve in open and third in novice class, New York 

 and third Chicago. 



While at the city of the future fair I met Mr. Bruette, of 

 the Bulled-Bruette combination. He has taken Scotch 

 Baillie's place at the Meadowthorpe Kennels, and his dogs 

 were in nice condition. 



Early notice was given in this column of the fact that 

 Watch had been bought from Mr. J. F. Smith, of Leeds, 

 England, by an Ohio gentleman. I was not at liberty to 

 mention the name, but as I see it has since been published 

 elsewhere, there is no necessity for me to withhold it. The 

 purchaser is Mr. John Poag, of Toledo. The price is said to 

 have been 84,500. It is a big lot of money, but then Watch 

 is a good dog, and scales up to 2201bs. in tip top condition. 

 Watch is to be at the Boston show if all goes well with him. 



One of the most extraordinary disquisitions on dog show 

 rales appears in a Western dog paper aneut the rejudging of 

 four classes at Chicago. The rejudging was rendered neces- 

 sary by negligence on the part of the club, through its em- 

 ployees, in benching three dogs in the show building at the 

 time of the judging, and bringing a fourth into the ring 

 which was not benched close to the others in its class. This 

 Western editor says it was all wrong and contrary to rule; 

 in other words be attempts to prove by quoting rules which 

 have no bearing on the case that the innocent exhibitors 

 must suffer for the negligence of the club employees. He 

 also says that "extra first" is an unauthorized award; so is 

 vhc, he. and c, if it comes to that, but a judge is monarch 

 of all he surveys in such cases. "The multiulication of 

 firsts man irregular manner tend to depreciate" the value 

 of the regular awards." Why was criticism not applied to 

 the multiplication of firsts at New York ? If these awards 

 were submitted to the. A. K. C, as is suggested, that body 

 would advise the person taking the trouble that it was 

 something the A. K. C. had nothing to do with. On the 

 other hand the Chicago people, if tht;y had not acted as they 



did, would, upon application of the exhibitors to the A.K.C., 

 have been ordered to refund the exhibitors all their expenses! 



The Philadelphia K. C. treasurer pays my note much at- 

 tention. I beg to thank bim for his comments, but I regret 

 that business of more pressing nature prevents ray entering 

 into a discussion with him on a subject of very little inter- 

 est to the general public. 



Mr. C. G. Hinckley, of Lee, Mass., has lost his young collie 

 bitch Thistle Blossom, second. New York, puppy class. She 

 got out of her kennel one cold night, and' when found was 

 nearly dead. She was not well at the time and failed bo re- 

 cover, j w 



DOGS OF ANY DAY. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some touching up I have received as to my having become 

 a convert to the short face in mastiffs from my unqualified 

 praise of Beaufort, suggests to me an explanation, defense, 

 or whatever readers may choose to call it. Fact is I dislike 

 extra short face as much as ever I did, aud Beaufort meas- 

 ures as short as any, but it is a fact that this shortness never 

 impressed mc. I suppose if I had concentrated my atten- 

 tion on this, it would have fixed itself in my memory: but 

 the simple truth is that the dog is so superlatively excellent 

 everywhere, in such true and harmonious proportion all 

 over, that this quality catches the eye and no one character- 

 istic becomes predominant. I suppose it will be said I am 

 "crabbiug," etc., but fire away, I don't care. As long as 

 short-faced mastiffs are like Beaufort I am not going to 

 growl, but I do most everlastingly despise the rot about 

 •'grand head" when it is a cloak to cover every other possi- 

 ble deformity. 



I am glad that J. W. draws attention to the unfortunate 

 episode of "A Kennel Vendetta," although I cannot take 

 the same view of Mr. Millais that J. W. does. I do not 

 think that Mr. Millais "poses" in any form. The trouble is 

 that he brings social position, club etiquette, noblesse ohliqr, 

 etc., into kennel matters. In his eyes an attack on a gentle- 

 man of established position in society, is a much more 

 grievous offense than the same attack on a plebiau who 

 makes his living by dogs. This was clearly shown by his 

 furious resenting of the intimation that he might be "Mer- 

 lin," when he never censured "Merlin's" steal from Dr. 

 Perry, never deemed it of sufficient weight for criticism. In 

 this I am not attacking Mr. Millais, but I sincerely regret 

 his mistaken course. It may be the correct thing in Eng- 

 land, but it is not dutiable under our tariff regulations. 

 Let me say this much in defense of Mr. Millais personally. 

 His hostility to Mr. Krehl is well known, yet it was from 

 Mr. Millais that I learned the most noble attribute, of Mr. 

 Krehl. arid with all his bitterness he is always most ready 

 and anxious to extend a helping hand to any one in need. 

 Such honest candor goes a long way in expiation of other 

 faults. 



The "Alice Demarest" article is exquisite; under what 

 bushel has that light been hidden so long? Truly I would 

 like to subscribe to a paper to which this unknown and the 

 "Humbug" of the old Vinton's Gazette were the sole con- 

 tributors.. The ruthless trampling my toes got by the as- 

 persions on the Russian dogs was fully salved by the con- 

 tinual amusement afforded by the tramper. However. I 

 must defend my latest fad. It is unquestionable that the. 

 Russian dogs of the greyhound family have been and are 

 used for wolf hunting. That they have the speed to catch 

 a wolf seems unquestionable, and the way Mr. Haeke's Czar, 

 at Pittsburgh show, tackled and threw' a mastiff of SOlbs. 

 greater weight than himself, the ferocity and lightning 

 activity he displayed in doing it, and his snapping, cutting 

 way of fighting, conclusively demonstrated his ability to 

 cope with a wolf. The greater size of Mr. Haeke's Ivan, or 

 Mr. Lord's dog of the same name (litter brothers) should 

 make them superior to Czar at such work. Be it remem- 

 bered, however, I am not advocating the Russian dogs as 

 wolf-catchers; employing a dog worth $100 as a weaned 

 puppy for that work, would be a bit foolish when dogs at a 

 quarter of the price will answer the purpose. The rise of 

 the Russian dogs is for "no use;" simply as ornamental 

 dogs, and for this I maintain that no other dog is their peer. 

 That they are full fledged "fancy" articles is shown by the 

 prices they are held at. Mr. A. J. Rosseau strongly advised 

 au inquirer to purchase a particular dog at £500, or another 

 one, slightly lamed, at £100, saying that but for his very 

 slight lameness the latter dog would be priced at £300, add- 

 ing the undoubted truism that first cost should be no object 

 to- a fancier, the best being the cheapest in the end. 



"A Dog Murder" is very many degrees above the stupid 

 inanities of "A Brutal and Cowardly Act," containing no 

 such stupid suggestions as a perambulating dog show 

 monument nor suggestions to shoot a man for shooting a 

 dog, etc., etc.; but I fail to see where the judicial officer was 

 so very stupid. Doubtless the intent of his decision was 

 that, while "cruelty" had occurred, there was no indent of 

 perpetrating it. It is all very well to go on about "the poor 

 dog," etc , etc. ; but has a householder no protection from 

 vagrant dogs? Is it to be held that "his house is his castle, 

 the rain may enter but the king may not," but he is to be 

 cursed by stray dogs rampaging over his place, defiling his 

 ice (doubtless for drinking water), and he is to be denied a 

 remedy? What good is it to him to drive the dogs off? They 

 will come right back. Too many dog owners fail to remem- 

 ber that if they choose to love dogs, enjoy having them, 

 lavish affection on them, etc., they thereby "incur a respon- 

 sibility to the public to prevent their pets becoming then- 

 neighbor's annoyance. Take the case of "A Brutal aud 

 Cowardly Act." As Mr. Goodrich well said inS'ports AH eld, 

 "Mr. Mills was a trespasser" (I don't swallow it that "Mr. 

 Otis was a brute") and that many land owners respect Mr. 

 Otis's act, and if the stupidities of newsuaper drivel on the 

 Subject go much further, the number of Mjt Otis's respecters 

 will increase. Do not forget that a pestered farmer, with a 

 horde of city "sportlets" rampaging over his farm, scaring 

 his stock, firing his fences, etc., has some rights, and. shoot- 

 ing a dog is a much more tolerable way of exercising them 

 than shooting a man. One actually makes Mr. Otis's 

 descent from Harrison Gray Otis a reflection on him! That 

 is too characteristic of the hysterics for anything. 



1 know nothing of Mr. Addison H, Strong, but on "the 

 face of the returns" he has my respect and congratulations, 

 I wish he would become doggy, he has shown nerve and 

 sense to quality him for a first-rate accession to the ranks 

 of "fancy." For Mr. Murphy I would suggest cool deliber- 

 ation and a course of "putting himself in another's posi- 

 tion," and I think he will arrive at wiser conclusions. 



As to show attendants, it has often struck me that those 

 at New York got and stood a good deal of cussing, and 

 doubtless deserved more than they got; but a. man who will 

 stand being d— d is not the variety for anything higher than 

 a sweeper. These are the beasts that look out for chairs 

 round the ring when the trick dog performance is coming 

 off, with a view of selling the seats out to desirous visitors, 

 and I have several times noted Mr. Mortimer scouting round 

 the rings to head off this dirty game, but neither he nor any 

 man can stop this gouging if dirty dogs are employed as 

 show attendants. w. Wade. 



Hulton, Pa., March 1 1. 



DEATH OF AN OLD DOG.-Boston, Mass., March 16 - 

 Mr. Wm, J. Wright, of Duxbury, Mass., has informed me 

 of the death on March 6 of his valuable Gordon setter 

 Marquis (Don— Lady). This dog lived to the remarkable 

 age of 30 years, 5 months and 14 days, and slowly died of 

 old age.--rR. O. H. 



