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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 27, 1880. 



BALTIMORE DOG SHOW. 



THE first annual dog show of the Maryland Kennel Club 

 was held at jSTatatorium Hall on March 18, 19, 20 and 

 21, and a genuine success was scored. It is detracting noth- 

 ing from the services rendered by the club members to say 

 that to the indefatigable secretary, Mr. W- Stewart Diffen- 

 derffer, the greatest credit is due. He boomed and worked 

 for the show as if his life depended on its success, and when 

 it was on he was always to he found busy at something or 

 other. Of course, other members rendered valuable assist- 

 ance, among whom were Mr. Malcolm and Mr. Cugle, and 

 a pleasant time was enjoyed by all who paid the Monumen- 

 tal City a visit. 



Natatorium Hall is conveniently situated close to the 

 Academy of Music ou Howard street, and tbe only drawback 

 is its small size. It is just suited for a 300-dogs show and no 

 more. "With that number on haud it was necessary to use 

 an upstairs room for the judging, two rings being made. 

 Owing to this arrangement there was a great deal of time 

 lost in getting the dogs into the ring. This will be best 

 understood when it is stated that Mr. Mortimer, who had 

 about 225 dogs to pass upon, including a number of classes 

 that were either walk overs or practically that, didnot finish 

 his regular awards till after 11 o'clock on Tuesday night. 

 With a well-served ring, Mr. Mortimer would not take over 

 three or at the most four hours to judge that number of 

 dogs. Criticism on this point is not specially directed at 

 Baltimore, but is applicable to most shows outside of New 

 Y ork. 



The attendance on Tuesday and up to the time of our leav- 

 ing on Wednesday was excellent, both as to quantity and 

 quality, and Baltimore, it is well known, can turn out some- 

 thing extra good in the quality of the fair sex. Tbe club 

 members were unremitting in their attentions to the visit- 

 ing exhibitors, and a four-horse coach was engaged to take 

 them over the celebrated milk route. The judging evoked 

 little or no criticism, except in the pointer ciasses. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



For a starter Sears' Monarch defeated Homer, this being 

 a reversal of the universally condemned New York decision 

 of Mr. C. C. Marshall. Open dogs were a ragged lot, and 

 first and second were properly withheld, third going to The 

 Moor, who did show some mastiff character, but was in 

 poor condition. Two cards were given, he. to a dog with 

 fox-terrier ears, and c. to a small, thin animal with a bad 

 expression. Countess of Dunsmore made a sorry showing 

 of her opponents in the bitch class; second was withheld 

 and third given to Duchess, and then two c 's to wind up. 

 They were so deficient in character that it is unnecessary to 

 go into close criticism. It should be understood, however, 

 there were many dogs of good breeding, and that must have 

 cost money if bought as puppies. They ought to have 

 turned out better than they did, but puppies are au uncer- 

 tain quantity. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Plinlimmon, Jr., though quite a sick dog, got his chal- 

 lenge ribbon, Lady Wellington being absent. Hesper, of 

 course, won in open dogs. Next to him came Alpine Chief, 

 whose new owner has not made the improvement in this 

 dog's condition he hoped to do. He seemed smaller and 

 weedier than ever, with a very open coat. For second we 

 preferred the white Marquis of Stafford, pinched in muzzle 

 though he is. He was well shown. Bruno is light and 

 shelly, with a weak head and ring tail. Leo X. just deserved 

 three letters and no more. Over Manon and Blodwin Mr. 

 Mortimer dwelt a long time. Nice bitch as the former is, 

 yet the campaign is telling on her, and condition, together 

 with better body, should have, just about turned the scales 

 in favor of the new bitch. Lady Valentine, plain in head 

 and of tbe bad Valentine gray color, got the diploma for 

 third; while her tall son, Lord Baltimore, won in the puppv 

 rjfagS. He i> of the same objectionable color and very bad 

 behind. General Lyons, second, is very long faced. 



Victor Joseph got the smooth challenge prize, unopposed, 

 and beat Nevis for the special. This decision we would 

 ha ve reversed, for Nevis, barring depth of muzzle, is a more 

 typical smooth than his sire. In the open class, next to 

 Nevis, we preferred Leo IX. He was better in skull, ex- 

 pression, and especially in hindquarters, than the houndv- 

 headed Tony or the weak and leggy MacGregor. Leo IX. is 

 rather squatty, but he has type. Robin Hood was not 

 worth noticing, being very weedy. Lord Clifton, pinched 

 in muzzle and ring-tailed. Alpine Queen had no opponents 

 and neither had Wenona in the puppy class. 



GREAT BANES— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Pedro, second, is cleaner and louger in head than Minca 

 Mia, but was well beaten elsewhere. Miuea, third, is weak- 

 faced and very badly cropped. Atlanta, first in puppies, 

 was a very sick animal when we looked at her. She beat 

 Bella easily enough, but neither promise any great future. 

 DEERIf OH NHS— ( MR, MORTI MER). 



An easy win for the well known Olga. and then came 

 three of Dr. Downey's, of which Thora II. was the only one 

 in good condition, but hep coat was very short. It "must 

 have been a puzzle to know what to do with these three 

 entries. 



GREYHOUNDS — (MR. MORTIMER). 



It was the Chicago judging over again, and notwithstand- 

 ing the outcry of Couspirator's owner about the error in 

 putting him behind Master Rich, we cannot form such an 

 estimate of his dog as he does. Highland Chief was absent. 

 POINTERS— (HOl>. JOHN S. WISE). 



All four challenge winners had walkovers and then we 

 came to an open class of nine, which was badly handled. 

 First was given to Tom, a flashy customer, but a bad one. 

 Short in neck, straight in shoulders, knuckles over in front 

 and his quarters are not right. Tempest, second, ought to 

 have won. He is a bit off in front of the eye, but from oc- 

 ciput to tip of tail is excellent, and his every motion speaks 

 pointer. Third went to Carlo, a mottled tan-liver dog, 

 without a particle of quality. His coat is so coarse and 

 stiff that it makes one look to see whether he has not been 

 clipped. Carlo should never have been noticed. Dash is 

 short in head, thick-skulled and full in eye. Fritz, Jr., un- 

 noticed, should have been second to Tempest. His expres- 

 sion is not just ritiht, as his eyes show the haw, but he is a 

 rare made one. For third place Don W. was the dog, a 

 uicely marked lemon and white, not quite so good in hody 

 as Fritz, Jr., whose son he is by the way. Mr. Wise with- 

 held first in the heavy weights, a decision the merit of which 

 can best be shown by saying that the three shown included 

 Queen, first, St. Paul, Milwaukee and Philadelphia, and 

 Lady Norrish, second, Richmond; second, New York; first, 

 Troy. The order in which they were placed was Lady Nor- 

 rish second, Blanche May third, and Queen he. Had we 

 been j ndging them we would have given Lady Norrish third, 

 Blanche May second and Queen first. Queen was a little 

 low in flesh and her condition might have put her behind 

 Blanche May, but she is so full of quality. In small dogs 

 the well-known Pommery Sec was first and;Launcelot sec- 

 ond. Naso Peshall looked full heavy for the class; he 

 is wrong in muzzle, has a wild eye and is short of quality. 

 Robertson, unnoticed, is a good dog, out of shape just now. 

 Cards were rather freely distributed. In small hitches Mr. 

 Wise accepted the first opportunity of correcting his New 

 York error, and Sally Brass II. now beat Merry Legs, and 

 the remainder of the class was satisfactorily handled. Pup- 

 pies were two in number and they got all they deserved. 

 ENGLISH SETTERS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Count Howard, first and alone in challenge class. Rev- , 

 erdy, first in open class, has a head of good type, and is of 



gpod outline, won well. Dixie Gladstone, badly domed. 

 Bute, a very plain dog in head, fairly good body. It the 

 dogs were not a strong class, the bitches were still poorer. 

 There were a number of aboutequal quality, and this prob- 

 ably accounts for the number of cards given. They were of 

 a low grade all through. Tbe winning puppv, David Hill, 

 looks like growing on to better things. Good hea 1 ., nice 

 shoulders, body, legs and feet, and very stvlish. There was 

 a dog. No. 101, Brown, breeder given as Johu S. Wise. It 

 was a brown mongrel water spaniel. Mr. Wise should see 

 that the owner is put right as to his breed. 



IRISH SETTERS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Blarney got a bloodless victory in challenge class. The 

 well known Larry S. won another first and is now out of 

 the open class. We did not take to the second prize winner, 

 Leverick. He is short in head, has a soft look all over and 

 lacks quality. Hela, third, is also off in head, rather too 

 strong. Dan we thought might have been a little higher, 

 as there is more of the right type about him. The other 

 card winners were not up to the mark at all. Sport has 

 quite a St. Bernard-looking head. Romauld has immense 

 ears, badly carried, and Doctor is thick-skulled with curly 

 ears. Leda Glencho won from Sedan in bitches, with the 

 plain and weak-headed Nino third. There was an old Elcho 

 bitch, Fee, whelped March, 1879, which was wonderfully 

 well preserved and was quite typical in head. 



GORDON SETTERS— (MR. MALCOLM). 



The best challenge class of the show faced Mr. Malcolm 

 when Little Boy, Beaumont, Bellmont and Madge were 

 paraded. The judge hung between Bellmont and Little 

 Boy for some time and finally chose the bitch. Later on he 

 gave Little Boy the sex special. We agree with the owner 

 of Beaumont and Bellmont that tbe dog is the better 

 Gordon, and therefore disagree with Mr. Malcolm. In the 

 open dog class King Item was placed over Dixon, which 

 was reversing previous decisions altogether. It is quite a 

 close thing between them, and we don't know but what Mr. 

 Malcolm was quite justified. The bitches are too well 

 known to dwell upon, Jessie gaining her fourth open class 

 win we believe. 



FOXHOUNDS — (MR. MORTIMER), 



These were by no means as strong classes as we expected 

 to ;see, considering the importations to this section. Mr. 

 Brown's draft were anything but a sorty lot. The Elkridge 

 Hunt showed only one, True Lass, which won first and 

 special for the breed. There was a marked difference be- 

 tween Richard and Rapid in the open class, the latter hav- 

 ing a regular beagle look about him. Mr. Mortimer got a 

 bit mixed up. In the American foxhound class he gave 

 Richmond first, and for the special for best brace of English 

 foxhounds Richmond and Handmaid won, Richmond is 

 not an American, but a poor English hound. Somerby was 

 about as good as anything in the show, but half of his stern 

 was gone and that put him out. 



CHESAPEAKE BAT DOGS— (MESSRS. MALCOLM AND NORRIS). 



This was a sort of educational class for the critics who 

 were to be shown right at the headquarters of the breed 

 what the right sort was. Well, the judges picked out dogs 

 with heads more of the pointer type than anything else. 

 The breed was divided.into roughs and otter-coated, but as 

 the winner in each class was by Monday, it is presumable 

 that like smooths and roughs in other breeds they art; inter- 

 bred The coats were not "quite so close and water-resisting 

 as we expected to find, there being little or no pile. 



COCKER SPANIELS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Bene Silk won the champion prize with no opponents 

 Dick S. is pinched in muzzle. Newton Abbott Dinah is 

 rather long in head and high ou leg. Brantfurd Red Jacket 

 is well known and so is La Tosca, Flora was uufccbi.-ssed, »■ 

 liver and white 



(JOLLIES— (M EC, M ORTIMER). 



Scotilla won in challeuge class, but went down be fori 

 Roslyn Wilkes for the breed special. This decision your 

 correspondent unqualifiedly indorses, although Mr. Harri- 

 son favors Scotilla. Wilkes makes Scotilla look all out of 

 shape behind the shoulders. Wilkes has improved in coat 

 since New York. He won in the open class, with Hempstead 

 Zulu second and a new one, Roslyn Conway, third. He is 

 by Edgbarton Fox out of Edgbarton Bess. He has great 

 length of muzzle without snipyness or being overshot. His 

 skull is yet narrow but will t hicken as he is only ten months 

 old. There is a great future in store for this dog. He was 

 sent away from the show on Wednesday morning owing to 

 his having a bad cold. Duke of Kalmia is not improving in 

 head and his coat is scant Kenneth is plain in face, ears 

 poorly carried, coa t good. Young Ben Nevis has good length 

 of head, plenty of character. He carries his ears badly and 

 leaving the long hair ou them makes them appear l&ti 

 than they are. Roslyn Clara, first and second withheld 

 bitches tells the tale of the quality in that class. 



BULLDOGS — (MR. 0, D. CLOLE). 



The winners are alllwell known. Quasimodo was again 

 objected to, but the Baltimore veterinary said the dog had 

 not been castrated. 



BULL-TERRIERS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



Chessett's Flyer won easily in the dog class. Dufferin has 

 a good eye and was in good condition, but he is still a little 

 leggy. Grover Cleveland, thick in skull and coarse. In 

 bitches only a third was given to Lady Burt. 



BEAGLES— (MR. MORTIMER). 



The challenge class Was divided by sex. Storm beat Little 

 Duke, and Lou winning in bitches. Belle of Woodbrook, 

 winner in the New York challenge class, was here put back 

 into the open class, and was beaten by Cloud. Goodwood 

 Rattler was properly placed at the head of the open dogs. 

 This class was well handled throughout. 



FOX-TERRIERS— (MR. MORTIMEF.f. 



Blemton Rubicon here joined the champions of record. 

 Blemton Racket, second puppy class New York, won a 

 double first here. He is a stylish dog with a plain head. 

 Blemton Corporal is too soft in coat, and ears somewhat 

 large, but he has got lots of style. Blemton Brisk was not 

 in usual "Hopkins condition." First and second in bitches 

 came Blemton Conspquence and Blemton Brilliant, New 

 York judging over again. Rejoice was third, a neat bitch 

 but far too small. Blemton Enid was third in the puppy 

 class. She is too small and a little full in eye. 



OTHER TERRIERS. 

 The firm of Lewis & Jarrett have at last engineered Burn- 

 side into the Irish terrier challenge class. Sir Stafford and 

 Meersbrook Maiden are regular show-goers. 



PUGS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



With Bessie, Bob Ivy and Myrtle, Dr. Cryer won three, 

 firsts. Little Jewel, second in dogs, is quite a nice pug; 

 short face, good skull, nice size, a shade leggy. Frank, 

 rather long in muzzle and lacking iu character. Trixie is 

 weak-faced, has a small skull, but well wrinkled. Rustic 

 Katti, off in ears and rather small eyes. Lord Baltimore has 

 a fair sized skull, but his coat is coarse; he is also leggy and 

 ears are too large. 



Eva, the winning King Charles, is a nice-sized one, need- 

 ing a little more coat. The winning Blenheim is a shade 

 too large, and he was also short of coat, particularly on ears. 

 Me Too easily won in the Mexican hairless class from Duke. 

 Patsy O'Connor, Irish water spaniel, won in the miscellane- 

 ous class, with a truffle dog second. 



Following are the corrections, additional awards and 

 specials; 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Mastiffs.— Best, Countess of Dunsmore; best pair. Sears' Mon- 

 arch and Countess of Dunsmore. Kennel, J. Tbomp-on. St. 

 Bernards.— Kennel, Wyoming Kennels; best rough, Hesper; best 

 smooth, Victor Joseph; best pair, Hesper and Plinlimmon, Jr.; 

 best in all classes, Hesper. St. Bernard Club prizes to members: 

 Best American-bred smooth dog-, Nevis; bitch, Alpine Queen; 

 rough dog, Lord Baltimore. Pointers.— Kennel, Hempstead Farm 

 Kennels; best, Robert le Diable; brace. Robert le Diable andlDuke 

 of Hessen. Pointer Cl"b specials to members: Best dog, Robert 

 le Diable; bitch, Sally Brass II. English setters.— Kennel. P. H. 

 O'Bannon; best. Count Howard; brace. Revelry and Rod's Belle. 

 Irish setters.— Best. Blarney; brace, Sedan and Mulcahey; bitch, 

 Leda Glencho. Gordon setters— Kennel, Beaumont Kennels; best, 

 Bellmont; brace, Bellmont and Beaumont; dog. Little Bo v. Fox- 

 hounds.— Kennel, A. Brown; best. True Lass; brace, Richmond 

 and Handmaid. Chesapeake Bay Dogs.— Best, otter-coated. 

 Mary; best in all classes, Dan; brace, Dan and Mary. Cocker 

 spaniels.— Best, Brantford Red Jacket. Collies.— Kennel, Chest- 

 nut Hill KennelR; best, also Collie Club trophy and president's 

 cup, offered by Collie Club, Roslvn Wilkes. Bulldogs.— Best, 

 Harper. Bull-terriers.— Be<=t. Chessett's Fiver. Dachshunde.— 

 Best, Brownie. Beagles.— Kennel, Somerset Kennels; best. Storm; 

 bitch, Lou. Fox-terriers.— Kennel, Blemton Kennels; best, Blem- 

 ton Rubicon. Pugs.— B-st, Bessie. Iu addition to the foregoing 

 there were a lar-gc number which went with the regular judging 

 and others for local dogs. 



ADDITIONAL AWARDS. 



PUGS.— Bitches: 1st, Dr. M. H. Crver's Mvrtle; 2d, Mrs. C. P. 

 Diffenderffer's Trixie; 3d, G. W. Wombach's Rustic Kate. Com., 

 W. G. Brunt's Fussio and L. A. Readasell's Woodbrook Bright. 

 Puppies: 1st, G. W. Wombach's Lord Baltimore; 2d, R, F. Har- 

 rison's Nellie Bly. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS.-lst, A. A. Knoblauch's Eva. 

 BLENHEIM SPANIELS.-lst, J. C. Macgill's Lord Randolph 

 Churchill. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.— 1st, withheld; 21, Mrs. R. B. Craw- 

 ford's Lady. 



MEXICAN HAIRLE^.-lst,Mr3. H. T. Foote's Me Too; 2d, G. 

 R. Bassett'a Duke. 



SIBERIAN WOLFHOUNDS.-lst. W. N. King's Ivan Romanoff. 

 MISCELLANEOUS.— 1st, J. R. Daniels's Patsv O'Connor; 2d, 

 Miss E. H. White's Harry. High com., W. S. Rice's Nero. 



CORRECTIONS. 



In rough-coated St. Bernard puppies, F. W. Knoblauch's General 

 Lyons was 2d. In great Danes, Pedro was 21 and Jessie was com. 

 In large pointer bitches, J. H. Winslow's Queen was high com. In 



In Irish setter bitches, Glen/hvyne Kennels' Sedan was 21. In 

 American foxhound dogs, E. W. Jester's Dodge was high com., 

 and in English foxhounds, A. Brown's Haudmaid was 1st. In 

 Chesapeake Bav, ot ter-coated, W- T. Lsvering's Jack was very 

 high com. and J. F. Wilson's Boatswain was high com. In black 

 cocker spaniel bitches, Newton Abbot Dinah was 1st. In collie 

 dogs, Young Ben Nevis was very high com. instead of Nevis and 

 E. L. Rogers's Boh Acres was high com.; in bitches, 2d was with- 

 held and Mina was very high com. In challenge beagle dogs, 

 Somerset Kennels' Storm was 1st, and W. D. Hughes's Love was 

 1st in bitches. In fox-terrier bitches, Blemton Brilliant was 2d 

 and Rosalind was very high com. J. W. 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



AFTER my return from Baltimore dog show, I had the 

 pleasure of meeting Mr. Mitchell Harrison— Mr. 

 "Christopher" Harrison, I see the Stuck-Kecper has it. He 

 did not look quite so changed in appearance, as is usual, 

 after a good stiff breezy passage across the Atlantic. Our 

 conversation was quite a long one and treated of men and 

 dogs in England very freely. " Mr. Harrison gave me permis- 

 sion to use such parts of his talk as 1 thought might prove 

 interesting, but to be particularly careful t" say nothing that 

 would in the slightest degree give offence to auy gentleman 

 on the other side. I am quite sure that every word Mr. 

 Harrison uttered might be printed without causing him 

 any uneasiness, for it would indeed be a captious critic with 

 a touch of gout who could find any cause to grumble. 



Mr. Harrison had a most enjoyable time abroad, and I am 

 commissioned to say one thing, "and will do so now so as not 

 to forget it, He was received among the English collie men 

 in the most open-hearted manner, and from all hands, 

 breeders and exhibitors, north aud south, had as pleasaut a 

 greeting and received as many attentions as any one could 

 wish for. It is of course well known that Mr. Harrison's 

 object in visiting England was to enjoy a winter's hunting, 

 and he spent the greater portion of the five months he was 

 away in the shires. When he mentioned Warwickshire I 

 broke in with the query as to his meeting Mr. Charles, and 

 that was the end of the hunting story. "Oh yes, I met Mr. 

 Charles, and it was very funuy how'l did. I had been out 

 bunting, and when I turned my horse's head homeward 

 there was a twelve-miles journey ahead of us. I got to the 

 village of Wellesbourue, and wanting to give my horse a 

 little attention 1 pulled up at a nice, comfortable-looking 

 inn. There I saw a couple of collie puppies playing about, 

 and said to the ostler, 'How much for the iiuppies? Will a 

 sovereign buy them?' 'I don't think Mr. Charles would let 

 them go for that, sir,' was his reply, and at the name of 

 Charles it all at once came to me that here I was at the 

 house of one of the great collie breeders of England. After 

 that we met frequently. As you know I bought The Squire 

 from Mr. Charles, and sold him Roslyn Sensation, Strephon 

 and Colonel Scot." 



"When are we to see Christopher?" "That is more than 

 1 can tell you. Since I bought the dog and learned in how 

 much demand he was in England I have pretty well made 

 up my mind to let him remain there for a time at least. 

 You know very well the small demand there is here for 

 stud services. It is so different in England. There they 

 breed to the sire of winners, while here if a person gets a 

 litter by a good dog there is an end to his patronizing other 

 people's dogs. He uses one of his own young ones after 

 that, regardless of what it is aud simply because it is the 

 son of a good dog. Christopher I have left with Mr. Charles, 

 at Wellesbourue. 



"I have not entirely given up the idea of bringing Chris- 

 topher here and I will do so if I see my way clear. By that 

 I mean something like this. If the collie breeders will give 

 me a guaranteed amount of support for him to remain here 

 a year or two. You must bear in mind that I would be to a 

 certain extent sacrificing the dog by bringing him over. 

 Six months' absence from England makes a great difference 

 to a dog. While he is away a new one comes out, the old 

 one is partly forgotten, and when he returns he has to meet 

 a recognized leader or perhaps two, and opinions have per- 

 haps undergone a change, which would have not occurred 

 had the dog not gone away. It is not from mercenary 

 motives that I say this. I can already win all the prizes 

 here that I could if I had Christopher at Chestnut Hill, and 

 it will afford me just as much gratification to hear of his 

 winning iu England as at New York or any other show iu 

 America. As you see I am very undecided in the matter, 

 but at present I can say that Christopher's appearance here 

 is problematical, and does not depend so much upon myself 

 as upon others." 



"Of course you have seen the Stoch-Keepcr's story about 

 the sale of Christopher and that you gave a check and ex- 

 changed dogs to the value of £1,000, can'I learn the amount 

 of the check?" "Well, no," laughingly responded Mr. Har- 

 rison; "I think you had better drop that inquiry. The 

 Stock-Keeper publishes a good deal that is new to me as it 

 is to you. The terms of the sale were to be considered pri- 

 vate." "When do Dublin Scot and Charleroi II. leave for 



