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third to Young Scout. Bitch puppies had hut one entry. 

 Susie Post, and she was given a blue ribbon. 



English setter dogs came next with six in the class. Tom 

 Payne, a black and white one, was placed first, and a grand 

 good dog he is too, with some very fine blood in his veins. 

 He is one of those good all-round dogs that one occasionally 

 meets. He was out of condition as regards coat, but barring 

 this was in very good form. Prince Charles, placed second, 

 is another good dog, black, white and tan. Prince Alba 

 was placed third, He may have been a good dog in his day; 

 no doubt be was, but when a setter goes in the ring with a 

 dockedtaill do not see much to recommend him in my eyes. 

 Did I own one and pretend to be a breeder T would look out 

 and keep him at home, as the bench is no place for him. 

 Bitches had four entries, with Princess Nellie Elgin in the 

 first place, secoud to Los Angeles and third to Nellie K. 

 These were not so erood representatives of their class as the 

 dogs. Dog puppies had only one entry, Prince Theo, a very 

 ordinary one but given first. Bitch puppies had also only 

 one entry. Jolly Fay, a promising youngster with some 

 good breeding in her. 



Irish setter dogs had three entries, and all of them got 

 something, but Mike T. was an easy winner. He carries a 

 good tail, has good legs and feet, but is not quite so good in 

 head as some I have seen; ears well set and he was in the 

 pink of condition. Taken altogether he is a grand, good 

 dog. Don D., nlaced second, is a better headed dog, but is 

 not so good on his legs, ears not well set, good in feather. 

 Duke Alexis is only a very ordinary looking dog, and got 

 all he was worth in a third. In bitches, Lady Elcho T. was 

 an easy winner. She is a very fine bitch. Rosabt lie, placed 

 second, is as yet an undeveloped bitch, and no doubt will 

 improve very much with age, but she will have, to if shown 

 in company such as Lady Elcho T. Dog puppies had only 

 one entry, Shaun Rhue, a very nice youngster and given a 

 first. 



In Gordon setter dogs first went to Duke, second to Rover 

 and third to Santa Anna. Bitches had four entries. First 

 went to Lady Lufton, second to Princess Nell and third to 

 Burton Lass. One bitch puppy was shown, Belle. I have 

 not wasted much time on these, as after looking over the 

 pointers, English and Irish setters, one feels a kind of a 

 disappointment in seeing such a very ordinary lotas these 

 Gordons were as a whole, nothing at all among them worthy 

 of note. I do hope before the next show comes around some 

 one will have enough public spix-it to get a fairly good type 

 of this variety. 



Next come the spaniels, and really I do not think there is 

 anything among the lot that is particularly worthy of any 

 special mention. They all, as far as I noticed, were of the 

 every-day qxxality, was going to say ''good, bad and indiffer- 

 ent," but you can leave out the first word and it will be 

 about right. A good thing came ixnder my notice in this 

 spaniel business. In the morning whexi the dogs were com- 

 ing in I was standing uear the superintendent. A dog came 

 in, when the superintendent stepped up and asked t he owner 

 the number of his English setter puppy. The owner looked 

 up with very great astonishment and contempt plainly 

 marked on his countenance and replied that it was not ah 

 English setter puppy, but a Clumber spaniel. The super- 

 intendent with his usual courtesy immediately begged his 

 pax-don, and when this particxxlar dog came into the ring it 

 was led by a lady. Well, I told yoxxbefox-e about Briggs and 

 his hox-ror for ladies. Well, he was in for it, so he consulted 

 some of his friends immediately arouud the ring, and as a 

 consequence he gave this dog first in the miscellaneous class, 

 and a very good place it was to put it in. 



Collies had only two entries, one dog and one bitch, but 

 each, of them worth twice as many as there were of the 

 spauiels. Laddie is a gx-and dog, a little off in head, but 

 good in coat, legs and tail, splendid frill, and altogether the 

 best dog I have seen on the coast. Juno is a very nice little 

 bitch, also a sable; a little small probably, but much better 

 than I expected to see. 



Bxill-terriers, strange to say, had but one entry, and she 

 was in the challenge class. She is a very fine one. If my 

 memory serves me right she was imported by Mr. Variefc 

 and shown by him several times with considerable success 

 East. However, she is now here and has been for a couple 

 of years. Little Nell is a good one bxxt she begins to show 

 her age some. It is a pity there is nothing here to breed her 

 to. She got fix*st, also several specials for best non-spox-ting, 

 and well she deserved it. 



In fox-terrier dogs eight faced the jxxdge, and I failed to 

 see a rank bad one in the lot. Blemton Vesuvian, a nice 

 dog, tail carried a little forward and legs just a little low in 

 fx-ont, eai-s good and well carried, placed first. Regent Jock, 

 second, is a little leggy, otherwise px-etty near right. Blem- 

 ton Sbiner, also shown in puppy class, is not so good as 

 either of the above, and he carries one very bad ear. I do 

 not think he will ever make any great mark, at least not in 

 the company he was in this time. In bitches five came into 

 the ring, and if anything they were stronger than the dogs, 

 at least a couple of them were. Golden Patch, shown with 

 a litter only a few days old, was placed first, and a good one 

 she is; ears well put 'on, possibly a little low in front, but 

 not enough to be very faulty. Second went to Folly, 

 another good one. Third to- Tricksey. Dog puppies had 

 only one entry, Blemton Shiner (shown in aged class). This 

 time he got a blue ribbon. Bitch pxxppies had three entries, 

 so each got something. First went to Golden Lily, second 

 to Warren Truthful, and third to Clochette. Here again 

 Mr. Briggs gets in his work as "a woman hater." Here was 

 a nice little hitch with beautiful prick-ears shown by a lady, 

 and he only gave her a third. 



Pugs' had four entries in dog and bitches. The dogs wex-e 

 nothing remarkable, bxxt oixe of the bitches was very good. 



Following is a list of the 



AWARDS. 



MASTIEF8.— Days: 1st, Mrs. Dorothea Lumniis's Amailn; 2d, 

 Capt. A. B. Anderson's Richland Commodore; 3d, A. J. Ellis's 

 Turk. Bitches: 1st, Capt. A. B. Anderson's Atella A.; 2d. M. 

 Short's Daisy.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, C. D. Willard's Wodan. 



ST. BERNARDS.-Rough-Coateo— Dogs: No entry. Bitches: 

 1st, Cupt. A. B. Anderson's Dido II. 



NEWFOUNDLAEDS.— Dogs: 1st withheld; 3d, E. L. Medler's 

 Ponto. 



GREAT DANES.-- Doss: 1st withheld; 2d, Miss Keves's Kaiser 

 Wilhelm. Bitches: lqfe 0. Schmidt's Christiana. 



HARLEQUIN. -Dog*: 1st, Dr. W. LeMoyne Wills's Tiger. 

 Bitches: 1st, Dr. W. LeMoyne Wills's Clio. 



DEERHOUNDS.— Dogs: 1st, Mrs. James McLoughlin's Captain. 



ICi AAUAiL \-*LU.U S V M.IUl cLIILl lA ti > . V til'V Uit^U COill., ±J I. 1. VV . 



Hazolett's Dash. Bitches: 1st, C. F. Holder's Dma; 2d, Dr. I. VV. 

 Hazelett's Topsy.— Puppies -Bitc?i-&s: 1st, J. W. Gordon's Deno. 



FOXHOUNDS.— Dogs; l^t. Valley Hunt Club's Melody; 2.1 and 

 3d, B. Davis's Mora ana Chase . Bitches: 1st and 3d, Valley Hunt 

 Club's Qmen and Music; 2d, B. Davis's Mollie. 



POINTERS. — LAR G a— Dogs: 1st, R. T. Vandevort's Billy V.: 2d 

 J. B. Mason's Rush II. Bitches: 1st, A. B. Truman's Queen Orox- 

 V tii T.; 2d, S. D. San home's Gypsy; 3d, S. A. Benne't's Zanit.ta IJ 

 -.^MAnn-Doffs.- 1st. E. K. BeneEley's Kan Koo; 3d, Dr. I. VV. H ze- 

 lci's tried? Business: 3d, J. H, Schumacher's Shot. Bitches: 

 I -t. A. B. Truman's Patti Croxteth T.; 2d, M. E. Taher's Babhelta; 



3 1. E. K. Benchley's Amie — Puppies— i ■ •_. • 



m-u's El Rio Rey; 2d, Dr. I. W. Hazelett's Strictly Business. 

 Bitches: 1st, A. B. Anderson's Susie Post. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Dogs; 1st, J. F. Hoi brook's Tom Payne: 

 21, G. Fritz's Prince Charles; 3d, Mrs. J. A. Esmond's Frince 

 Alba. Bitches: 1st, H. Rose's Princess Nellie El^in; 2d, H. T. 

 Payne's Los Angeles; 3d, T. Keefe's Nellie K.— Puppies- Dogs: 1st, 

 T. Bright'e Prince Theo. Bibclm: 1st, H. T. Payne's Jolly Fay. 



IRISH SETTER'S.-Dogs.- 1st, A. B.. Truman's Mike %i 2d, W 

 R, Pavxs's Vfda D.; 3d, E, B. Tuft's Duke AlHxIs, BUcfitf; 1st. A. 



B. Truman's L»dy Elcho T.; 2d, E. J. Roy's Rosabelle.— Puppies. 

 —Dogs: 1st, E. J. Roy's Shaun Rhue. 



GORDON SETTERS.— Doffs: 1st. B. A. Breakey's Duke; 2d, L. 

 B. Darrow's Rover; 3d, West Coast Kennels' Santa Anna. Bitches: 

 1st, Mrs. Edwin Cawston's Lady Lofton: 2d, H. C. Katz's Princess 

 Nell; 3d, J. J. Hanford's Burton Lass. Very high com., J. Ma- 

 chell's Nun.— PxrppiES— Bitches: 1st, J. Rush's Belle. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS. — 1st, .1. C. Cliue's Rose; 2d, T. 

 Friese's Dick; 3d, G. Klotz's Barney. 



COCKER SPANIELS —Dogs: No entry. Bitches: 1st. withheld; 

 2d, (t. H. Hamstadt.'s Snowball Puppies: 1st and 2d, J. Ma- 

 chell's Lad and Lass. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Dogs; No ontrv. Bitches: 1st, Capt. D. 

 D. Wheeler's Chick; 3d, B. H. Heinman's Queen. 



RETRIEVERS— 1st, C. Melligan's Roy; 2d, withheld; 3d, W. 

 F. Nordholt's Major. 



COLLIES. — Dogs : 1st, Capt. A. B. Anderson's Laddie. Bitches : 

 1st, Mrs. E. B. McVine's Juno. 



BULL-TERRIERS. — Challenge — 1st, C. A. Barnes's Little 

 Nell. 



POX-TERRIERS.— Dogs: 1st, C. A. Summer's Blemton Vesu- 

 vian; 2d, Capt. A. B. Anderson's Regent Jock; 3d J. B. Martin's 

 Blemton Shiner. Very high com., Bolton & Chadwick's Rags 

 and Tatters. Bitches ; 1st and 3*, Capt. A. B. Anderson's Golden 

 Patch and Tricksey; 2d, E. Malim's Folly. Very high com., R. 

 Hart's Hart's Nannie. Puppies -Dugs: 1st, J. B. Martin's Blem- 

 ton Shiner. BtMies: 1st, J, R. Martin's Golden Lily; 3d, C. A. 

 Summer's Warren Truthful; 3d; D. McEai-land's Clocliette. 



BLACK AN D TAN TERRIERS . — Is t , C. F. Manning's McGinty 



SCOTCH TERRIERS.— 1st, Capt. Janes's Monkev; 2d, 0. S- 

 Campbell- Johnston's Tatters; 3d, S. Tyler's Pepper. Puppies: 1st, 

 Capt. Janes's Shorty. 



TOY T E BRIERS.— -let, J. Horner's Midget. 



JAPANESE SPANIELS— 1st. Mrs. Alex. McBear's Frou Frou. 



PUGS. Doff?: 1st, Capt. A. B. Anderson's Bobbv; 2d, C. Krem- 

 pel's Mops. Bitches: 1st, Mrs. H. E. Bievvend's Patti; 2d, C. Krem- 

 pel'B Bella. 



POMERANIANS -1st, withheld; 2d, M. Fitzgerald's Fanny; 3d- 

 MiJS. K. Short's Flossy. 



Kennol greyhounds, Valley Hunt. Club; foxhounds, the same; 

 English setters, West. Coast Kennel. 



DOG TALK. 



TT7"E learn that Mr. Diffenderffer's offer of a piece of plate 

 V V to be awarded at the first field trial of the National 

 Beagle. Club is only a forerunner, several prominent mem- 

 bers having given us to understand that they will support 

 a trial in more ways than one. We fail to see how a 

 specialty club can do much toward the advancement of a 

 breed on an annual membership payment of only $2.00 

 (without the membership is very large), unless individual 

 membex-s open their hearts and purses. 



The number of English setters scattered throughout the 

 States is doubtless greater than that of the Irish and Gor- 

 don combined, and it is indeed singular that the breed has 

 existed so long without a representative club. The inter- 

 ested parties that I have met signify their intention of being 

 present at the meeting at the Quincy House, Boston, the 

 23d inst., and the prospect is that a club will be st arted with 

 the largest charter membership of any specialty club. As 

 the club will be a " national " one it would be well to make 

 it true to its name. We would suggest that the object of 

 the club should be to promote the improvement of the English 

 setter in America, both on the bench and in the field; to de- 

 fine and publish a description of the true type and urge the 

 adoption of such by breeders, competitors at field tx'ials and 

 bench shows as a standax-d bv which all English setters 

 should be judged; to suggest to all field trial 'associations 

 and bench show committees the names of qualified andcom- 

 petent judges, and to offer prizes and plate to such as re- 

 cognize the same. 



New York will have to look to its laurels. Boston dog 

 men are awakening. What with a Beagle Club, a Setter 

 Club, a Kennel Club, a proposed Club Kennel and its exten- 

 sive private kennels, it certainly is coming to the front. 



Sevex-al prominent Dorchester (Mass.) men are about to 

 start an extensive club kennel with a well-known handler 

 to care for the dogs. Mr. E. W. Connelly is the originator 

 of the scheme. 



Mr. das. F. Hall, of the Fairhill Kennels, Philadelphia, 

 will start for his former home in "Merrie England" on the 

 28th inst. on the S. S. Ohio. He will bring back with him 

 on his return in the fall his St. Bernard bitch Lady Lowden, 

 by champion Plinlimmon out of Lady Linton. As we re- 

 member her she is a rich orange in colox-, with grand head 

 and muzzle, perfectly straight in limb, with good blaze and 

 shadings, young but a little on the small order. This is a 

 move in the right direction. We have a number of Eng- 

 land's best stud dogs, but good brood bitches are very scarce. 



The much talked of bull-terrier White Wonder has 

 brought from the pen of Dr. A. J. Sewell an article in the 

 English Stock-Keeper that we agree with perfectly. What 

 reader would care to go around with a gun to attract his 

 dog's attention with when he wished to call him. A dog 

 that will not answer Dr. Sewell's tests, namely, a whistle 

 and call from the lips of his beloved master, is practically 

 deaf, and should be considered so by the judge and veterin- 

 ary. 



The reports of the Schipperke class at Boston show were 

 very meagre. Having made a study of this interesting 

 breed we wish to make a few comments on the judging. 

 Rather late in the day, but it is never too late to' mend a 

 wrong. Midnight, the winner, is wide at base of ear. much 

 too long and soft in coat, crooked in front. Darkness, sec- 

 ond, is very thick in skull, short coat, not of proper texture, 

 otherwise good. Pick, Jr., third, might be a little more 

 narrow at base of the ear, coat is correct, being harsh, about 

 an inch long the whole length of back, short at the sides 

 and with considerable frill, straight in limbs. Othello, re- 

 serve, has the only correct ear in the lot, but is not right in 

 texture of coat. The three winners are of three distinct 

 types. The winners of third and reserve are the best by 

 long odds. Midnight, the winner, shows considerable 

 character in head, but back of bis ears he is not a Schip- 

 perke. If the winner of either first or third is the proper 

 type, then the winner of second is a nondescript. If a judge 

 sticks to type we cannot complain, but for a man to place 

 three types and the winner of third the best and most typ- 

 ical in the lot, is all wrong. 



Mr. Richard Barry, of Peabody, Mass., denies the report 

 that his St. Bernard bitch Dina is a "total wreck" from 

 her premature whelping while en route from England. 



Dr. J. Frank Perry ("Ashmont") has about abandoned 

 the mastiff and is making a specialty of bulldogs. His 

 Atossa, while being a fair show bitch, is what but few bull 

 bitches are, L c., a rare good brood bitch. 



The anniversary banquet of the Massachusetts Kennel 

 Club, sit, Cadet Hall, Lynn, May 13, was a decided success. 

 Some forty members and their friends gathered around the 

 heavily laden tables. The menu was excellent. After the 

 cigars had heen lighted a brief history of the club was given 

 by the president, Mr. Robert Leslie. Mr. E. B. Sears, of 

 Melrose, spoke in defense of the mastiff; Mr. T. C. Faxon 

 of Braintree* on the collie; Mr F. L. Weston, of Medford, 

 on the. spaniel,- and, Mr. R. L. Neweombe, of Salem, on his 

 "fii'st and only love," the setter. The Winhepurkitt Quar- 



tette entertained us with most excellent music, one of the 

 pieces composed for the occasion was teeming with rich hits 

 on dogs owned by several of the members present, The well- 

 known reader, Mr. F. E. Hood, proved himself a master of 

 his art by keeping the company in a continual "gale of 

 laughter" whenever he arose from his chair. The commit- 

 tee on arrangements deserved special credit for their neat 

 and tastily printed programme. At the special meeting of 

 the club Mr. Robert Leslie was elected as delegate to the 

 A. K. C. for the ensuing year. Mr. E. B. Sears resigned as 

 a member of the bench show committee, and Mr. J. F. Wil- 

 liams was elected in his place. The club is in a prosperous 

 condition financially and numerically, having forty-six 

 members in good standing, and a "rousing big show" for 

 next spring is the talk in Lynn at present. 



Mr. W. H. Walton, proprietor of the High Rock Cocker 

 Kennels, Lynn, Mass., is selling out all of his cocker 

 spaniels preparatory to a trip across the Atlantic. He will 

 sail in company with Mr. A. Russell Crowell, May 28 ox- 

 June 4. His well-known stud dog Black Duck (Obo II.— 

 Althea) has been purchased by the Gordondale Kennels, 

 Readville, Mass., and we understand the entire lot are sold 

 or engaged. 



Mr. Richard Barry's St. Bernard Kennel at Hartford will 

 hereafter be known as the Homestead Kennels. Mr. Barry 

 has some remarkably well bred stock, and we are pleased to 

 hear of the flourishing condition of his kennel. 



NamquoiT; 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



JUST an hour too late to advise you, for your last issue, 

 of Mr. Mitchell Harrison's new departure. I met that 

 gentleman last Wednesday. To a man who has had about 

 twelve years of daily newspaper work, a thing like that is 

 the aggravating part of weekly journalism, for it becomes 

 difficult to get any exclusive news. Not that in this parti 

 cularcase it would have been a "beat," but instances occur 

 weekly where the "beat" is lost before the next issue comes 

 out. 



When I had the conversation with Mr. Harrison respect- 

 ing the purchase of Christopher aud his leaving him in 

 England, I then made the remark that I didn't see why he 

 might not keep a kennel of dogs there and bring them over 

 for our brief show season and then send them back. From 

 his reply I am certainly warranted in saying that the idea 

 of doing such a thing had not been formed at that time, aud 

 it looks as if my remark must have set Mr. Harrison think 

 ing, for within a mouth it has become an accomplished fact. 



Mr. Harrison has bought out the Wellesbourne kennel of 

 collies, owned by Mr. Charles, and made arrangements 

 with that gentleman to take charge of and exhibit the dogs 

 in England. In Mr. Charles, the proprietor of the C hestnut 

 Hill Kennels has secured a most excellent representative, a 

 man of experience with the breed, as his show record testi- 

 fies, and who has also at all times stood high in the estima- 

 tion of the "fancy." In the kennel are some promising 

 youngsters, one of which I learn from a gentleman who was 

 at the late KennerClub show is one of the most promising 

 young dogs yet brought out. 



The possibilities of this move to our collie breeders can 

 hardly be overesti mated. Without being in any way aware 

 of what Mr. Harrison's intentions may be, I presume that 

 we shall see something of these dogs over here. Not till 

 next spring, possibly, but we can wait till then, if we must. 

 We then will have two grand opportunities, first to breed to 

 them and next to note the highest type of the breed in 

 England. Those who cannot afford the first will be able to 

 attain t he second by visiting the shows they are exhibited at. 



Since I referred a few weeks ago to the appearance of the 

 A.K.C. Stud Book for 1889 I have received quite a num- 

 ber of letters regarding it, and some of my friends seem to 

 think that I am responsible for some of its shortcomings. 

 Perhaps [ am, but I must draw attention to the fact that I was 

 not appointed to the Stud Book committee until the Febru- 

 ary meeting of the A.K.C., and the volume just issued closed 

 on Dec. 31. 1 admit that the printing of the book was not 

 not done till I was a member of the Stud Book committee, 

 and that there might be laxity on my part. I can see for 

 instance, that if in February all the members of the retiring 

 Stud Book committee were replaced by new men there would 

 be. if my first allegation is accepted, no committee in charge 

 of the forthcoming Stud Book after that date. I am, how- 

 ever, the junior member of that committee, both Mr. Terry 

 and Mr. Lew's having been re-elected, and the presumption is 

 that they have not trouhled me with matters they have had 

 experience in. I will frankly say that I am not at all satis- 

 fied with occupying a position which is so purely nominal as 

 the Stud Book committee seems to be. Some one must be 

 directing the work, and I have had no say whatever in the 

 matter. 



That there is work to be done bv the Stud Book Commit- 

 tee is self-evident after an inspection of the Stud Book just 

 issued. A dog stud book is not only a record of pedisress. 

 but of performances, and the preceding volumes of the series 

 have been such. This one, however, ignores the records alto- 

 gether, and merely inserts such information as was given at 

 the time of entry. It is evident that nearly all of these en- 

 tries were made before the dogs were shown, if they were 

 shown at all, and the result is that as a record the book is 

 valueless. Who is responsible for not continuing the sys- 

 tem in vogue hitherto is a question which will probably be 

 asked at the next meeting of the A. K. C. Records of win- 

 nings in England are not enough for an American stud 

 book. What we want to do is to improve upon the English 

 Stud Book, and not be a bad second, such as the one just 

 issued is. 



I have also had many mistakes pointed out to me, but I 

 am fully aware afterlmy five years' experience on the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Register, that perfect accuracy is impossible 

 The Register had this advantage, however, being a mouthly 

 there was every opportunity to make the correction before 

 the volume was completed and indexed. With the present 

 annual Stud Book, however, a mistake must go uncorrected 

 All the more necessity, therefore, for the work of a commit- 

 tee when the matter goes to the printer, but so far as I am 

 concerned I have had nothing whatever to do up to the 

 present time as a committeeman. 



Miss Whitney, in her report of the St. Bernards at New 

 lork, says: ' Zara '•' v * called American-bred, because 

 she was whelped soon after her dam arrived this side the 

 Atlantic." If that is all, then she is not American-bred 

 lhe A. K. C. has got no further than that a bitch owned in 

 this country may be sent to England and bred to a dog 

 there, and that her progeny born here will be American- 

 bred. That was the decision in the case of my dog Clipper 

 whose winning of an "American-bred" medal I protested' 

 in order to get au A. K. C. decision on a subject on which 

 there was a divex*sity of opinion. 



The Beryl case has attracted much attention in England 

 and the editor of the Stock-Keeper, after asking Mr Fred 

 Hmks to say whether he sold the dog as a deaf one and re- 

 ceiving no reply, has addressed a letter to him, drawing at- 

 tention to the request which appeared in the Stock-Keeper 

 H urtber than that, Mr. Sewell, the eminent veterinary sup' 



