FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. i, 1890« 



MR. PESHALL AND THE A. K. C. 



THE charges prefprred bv Secretary Vredenburgh against 

 Mr. C. J. Festal! at the meeting of the advisory com- 

 mittee of the A, K. C. last July were these: 



Charge I. T h at Charges J. Peshall did circulate and continue 

 to circulate false, maliciou* and libelous letters calculated to im- 

 pair the authority and usefulness of the American Kennel Club 

 and its publication?, and to injure my reputation and standing as 

 an officer of said club. 



Chauge ri. That Charles J. Peshall wilfully violated Rule 32 of 

 the rules governing b«nch shows as adopted May, 1887, Speqfll- 

 eaUon: In that be exhibited a dog at a show held uuder A. K. C. 

 rules in bis own name as owner, at which time said dog was not 

 his property. 



Chakge ill. That Charles J. Peshall wilfully violated Rule 25 

 of the rules governing bench shows, as adopted Dec. 6, 1888. Spr.cU 

 .Haitian: In that he misrepresented the value of a dog at the time 

 of making a snip. Specification- In that he conspired with one 

 John N. Lewis to give a ficiiiioiis value to the dog tor the purpose 

 of enabling said Lewis to offer the dog for sale at a price beyond 

 its real value. 



The Advisory Committee referred the case to the club, and 

 it came up at the meeting last Thursday. At the sugges- 

 tion of Messrs. Anthony and Belmont, that the delegates 

 should be free to talk without their remarks beirjg made 

 public, the club went into executive (secret) session to dis- 

 cuss the Peshall case. The evidence presented at the 

 Advisory Committee meeting was again given. As reported 

 in our issue of July 10, it was substantially this, as to the 

 third charge: 



Mr. Vreden burgh stated that after the alleged sale of the dog 

 Nick of Naso, Mr. Peshall had come into the office of the A. K. C. 

 and f xhibited to him a note tor $1,000, which he asserted he had 

 received from Mr John N. Lewis in payment for the dog. Upon 

 Mr. Yredenburirh's saying to him that he had understood that. 

 Lewis had previously owned an interest in the doc, Mr. Peshull 

 declared that hp had been sole owner of Nick, of Naso and had 

 sold the dog for SI 000 as shown in the note he exhibited. Mr. A. 

 D. Lewis was preseni when ilis conversation took place and he 

 corroborated Mr. Vredeuburgh's account of it, Mr. Vredenburgh 

 further stated that in proceedings instituted bv one Ralph to re- 

 cover the sum of $1,000 from Mr. Peshall, Mr. Peshall had stated 

 in a deposition that Messrs. Liveslv and Lewis and himself had 

 owned the d<ig Nick of Naso conjointly, each having a third in- 

 terest; hut that Messrs. Livesly aud Lewis had never paid tneir 

 share of the purchase, and therefore Mr. Peshall had taken the 

 dog hack and had subsequently sold it to Mr. Lewis and at Mr. 

 Lewis's request had taken from him a note for $1,000, in order that 

 the dog might have this fictitious price nut upon it, but that, as a 

 matter of fact. Mr. Lewis had never intended to pay the $1,000, 

 and that Mr. Peshall bad never expected to receive the $1,000; and 

 that, the agreement between the two was that the note was never 

 to be given into the hands of a third party, hut was to be held by 

 Mr. Peshall. Mr. James H. Flliott, the attorney who was engaged 

 in the action to recover the $1,000 from Mr. Peshall in behalf of 

 Ralph, was present at the meeting and corroborated Mr. Vreden- 

 burgh's statement, saving further that it had been bis intention 

 to attach the L<nvis $1,000 note, and that Mr. Pesball's representa- 

 tion as to its worthlossness had been made by Mr. Peshall to pre- 

 vent such an attachment. He further stated that the so-called 

 deposition by Mr. Peshall quoted by Mr. "Vreden burgh had never 

 been signed by Mr. Peshall; that it was a statement drawn up 

 from Mr. Pesball's conversation, and Mr. Peshall after looking it 

 over had assented to its correctness, and had agreed to sign it be- 

 fore the referee, but when the time came to sign it he had given 

 Air. Elliott the slip and h» d not signed it. 



When the club came out from its star chamber it voted to 

 disqualify Mr. Peshall permanently. 



While his case was being considered in secret session, Mr. 

 Peshall hi rnseW was arrested on a charge of criminal libel, 

 pi-eferred against him by Secretary Vredenburgh, based on 

 Mr. Pesball's charges that the A. K. C accounts had been 

 juggled and falsified. Mr. Peshall professes satisfaction at 

 this turn of affairs; and both sides declare themselves eager 

 for an early trial When the case gets into court the pro- 

 cedure will be slightly different from that of last Thurs- 

 day, for though the A. K. C. may fry and convict a man for 

 conspiracy to swindle without giving him a chance to defend 

 himself aud may sentence him without saying on what 

 charges he has been found, guilty, they don't do things that 

 way in the law courts. 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



THE most important news for this week is the criminal 

 libel suit hrougbt against Mr. Peshall by Mr. Vreden- 

 burgh. In my last communication on the subject of the A. 

 K. C. management I concluded by saying that Mr. Peshall 

 would never bring his long-promised suit against the A. K, 

 C, a statement which the lapse of time has proved to be 

 correct. Failing in this action on the part of Mr. Peshall, 

 and knowing as I do the unteuable nature of the statements 

 made by him, I am fully of the opinion that Mr. Vreden- 

 burgh was perfectly justified in forcing Mr. Peshall to be- 

 come a defendant. The only way to do so was in an action 

 such as has been instituted. Mr. Peshall had ample oppor- 

 tunity offered him to make the amende honorable, but in 

 place of so doing he kept up the ferment and sought to hold 

 together his few retainers by threats of a suit which he knew 

 as well as any man could would but end in disaster to him- 

 self. He can now no longer evade the point at issue, and 

 must take the consequences of his published statements. 

 Much as I regret the necessity for Mr. Vredenburgh 's tak- 

 ing this course, I do not see how he could consistently de- 

 cline forcing the issue. The case, as I am informed,"was 

 presented to the Grand Jury and a true bill was found 

 against Mr. Peshall, which resulted in his arrest. 



Collie breeders would do well to remember that on Nov. 1 

 entries close for several of the stakes to be decided at the 

 Westminster Club show of February next. Those who have 

 not had a list of the club stakes would do well to communi- 

 cate with the secretary, Mr. J. D. Sbotwell, 82 Hillside ave- 

 nue, Orange, N. J. 



By the way, what has become of the talk of the New Jersey 

 Kennel Club about holding a show at Orange? 



What a game 'un Uncle Hick is, to be sure. My little 

 squib about the recent flood at Hornellsville and fear that 

 he might have suffered in the washout extracted the follow- 

 ing characteristic reply: ''Just got home from Erie county, 

 and found a telegram on my return from Kingston telling 

 me that my wife was sick. I don't need any help after the 

 flood only to get about a hundred tons of sand out of my cel- 

 lar. I have sand to spare for any of the judges that are afraid 

 to peg back the long and low cocker (?). Half of my lot is 

 somewhere down the Susquehanna River, and if any one 

 finds it he can either give me credit for it or get a working 

 spaniel for its return." Then he gives this reply to my 

 query about interbreeding the red cockers: "About the red 

 ami buff cockers, I once had an idea that I could found a 

 strain to be called 'Hornells,' but when I bred red to red I 

 got all solid black or liver. Silk now gets more reds than 

 his own son Dick, a buff, does." Go a little further Dick, 

 and breed the produce back to some of the reds. The color 

 is there, and must come out somewhere if persistently fol- 

 lowed up. 



Mr. E. B. Sears has added to his kennel the recently im- 

 ported St. Bernard Lothario, by champion Valentine out of 

 Saffron. He has quite a good record at leading English 

 Shows. 



Several journals that devote space to the dog have poul- 

 try departments, and one of the leading questions of the 

 day with chicken men is that of comparative versus point 

 judging. The custom for years has been to make up score 

 cards, than which a more tedius operation can hardly be im- 

 agined. A score card show usually gets through with the 

 judging an hour or two before the doors are closed on the 

 last night. Perhaps part of the reason for this spinning 



out process is to be found in the fact that poultry judges 

 are usually paid by the day. Just fancy what a kick there 

 would be nowadays if the dog show awards were not all 

 completed, at even the largest shows, on the first or at the 

 very latest the second day of the show. 



I understand that "Merlin" Huscroft, {having had his 

 services dispensed with by the English Kennel Club, is now 

 connected with the Canine World. As usual be has rounded 

 on his late employers, and the attacks on the Kennel Club 

 may be traced to this fact. 



Mr. Mayhew has devoted a good deal of space in a contem- 

 porary to criticising my recently expressed opinion that it 

 would be well for the A. K. C. to recognize, shows held under 

 its rules. But the trouble with Mr. Mayhew's argument is 

 that he does not accept my proposition as his text, but gives 

 one of his own, and seeks to make me father it. He says, 

 "He first advocates all shows adoping A. K. C. rules being 

 recognized by that body. I avoid the word 'under,' as that 

 would imply that the show was recognized by the head 

 body. Now, if the A. K. C. were to accept wins secured at 

 shows adopting their rules without said shows beiri'_! inem- 

 bers, the whole foundation of the A. K. C. would be shat- 

 tered," Then having placed me in a position I never recom- 

 mended, he proceeds to demolish his own proposition under 

 the belief that it is mine. 



If Mr. Mayhew will take the trouble to look at the propo- 

 sitions for amending the A. K. C. constitution, drafted by 

 Mr. W. H. Child and myself some four years ago, he will, if 

 I mistake not, find one to the effect, that for a show to be 

 recognized it must offer something like $500 in cash prizes. 

 I would advocate some such rule for even A. K. C. shows, so 

 as to keep that up to a decent standard. Outside shows 

 would have to be governed by that, also, and further I would 

 suggest a registration fee of $10, making them pay the same 

 as A. K. C. members. There are lots of clubs and societies 

 that don't care a snap of the finger about being a member of 

 the A. K. C , but they must become so to gain recognition, 

 and as members they are so much dead wood dropping out 

 at the end of the year or being expelled for non-payment of 

 dues. It avoids all such complications as those of the Los 

 Angeles or Elmira shows. 



A club say about the middle of last month decides to give 

 a clog show in November, and sends application for mem- 

 bership to the A. K. C. The application arrives a day or 

 two within the limit of notice called for prior to an A.K.C. 

 meeting, and what is the result? It cannot be acted upon 

 until the December meeting, and meanwhile the show has 

 been held and has not had the support it anticipated. That 

 is another point in favor of recognizing shows of non-mem- 

 bers. As for suggesting that simply by stating in the 

 premium list that the show would be held under A. K. C. 

 rules I never thought of such a thing. The premium list 

 would first have to be approved as being in accordance with 

 the requirements of the A. K. C. in such cases made and 

 provided. J. w. 



DOG CHAT. 



TN an experience ranging over many years in our shows, 

 A we never remember seeing such an interesting and ex- 

 citing sight as was seen at Toronto when Mr. Oldham, the 

 judge, ranged eleven of the best cockers we have, on the 

 double judging bench in the ring to decide the winner in the 

 black cocker bitch class, which numbered twenty-five en- 

 tries. Friend Wilmerding with his camera should have 

 been there and fixed the anxious faces of such well-known 

 spaniel men and handlers as Nelles, Kirk, Mitchener, Luck- 

 well, Laidlaw, Bell. Bush, Dole, Lewis, etc., all striving to 

 do their liest to win, and when the ribbon at last went to 

 that neat little bitch Novel, owned by Geo. H. Bush, the sigh 

 of relief that the strain was over could have been heard across 

 the building. It was a crucial test for Mr. Oldham, but not- 

 withstanding this was his debut in the judging ring, he 

 acquitted himself like a veteran. 



We are sorry to hear that about the best field spaniel we 

 have had, Glencairn, is dead. He died from kidney trouble 

 and a paralysis of the hind parts. He was importe'd a year 

 or two since by Mr. Oldham, and afterward formed one of 

 the strong team Sent out by the partners Oldham & Willey. 

 The former gentleman told us that fortunately Glencairn 

 has left two or three youngsters that are very iiromising, 

 one, a black and tan, being especially so. 



Though the Toronto show was given under the rules of 

 the Canadian Kennel Club, the gentlemen who have done so 

 much for shows in that city are members of the Old Domin- 

 ion Kennel Club committee which comprised the following 

 names: J. F. Kirk, John Massey, C. H. Nelson, J. Hender- 

 son, J. Wilson, W. S. Jackson and the secretary, Capt. C. 

 Greville Harston, so well known in days gone by in connec- 

 tion with collies, etc. To this list the fair people added 

 Robert Junior, J. G. Mitchener and H. B. Donovan, and it 

 was due to their efforts, supplemented by proddings of Don- 

 ald C. Ridout, chairman of special attractions at the fair, 

 that the permanent building has been erected. We never 

 saw a building better adapted for a dog show than the one 

 in which this show was held. Everything is solidly con- 

 structed, and the wide gallery running round it relieves the 

 ground floor from any crush, and will allow of 200 dogs 

 being benched there comfortably. 



We were surprised to see that the London committee were 

 so ill-advised as to have that big drum at the entrance to the 

 show again this year. The excuse is that the noise attracts 

 the people. This we failed to see it do, for we are certain it 

 has a contrary effect, if one may judge by the painful ex- 

 pression of those inside. It savors too much of the "fun of 

 the fair" style and especially when the lad shouted, "Come 

 and see the long-coated dogs and the short-coated dogs," etc., 

 people put the affair down at once in the same category as 

 the woolly horse and two-headed calf shows. Dog shows 

 have had to work against public prejudice for some time 

 back and though this false opinion is fast wearing away 

 any resort to such practices as these will only teud to 

 strengthen the public in this unfortunately prejudiced 

 opinion. Try it another year without the drum, it annoys 

 the people, it annoys the dogs and serves no good end, but 

 only the reverse. 



Mr. T. G. Davey entertained the boys very hospitably the 

 Sunday before the London show opened. After viewing all 

 the dogs an adjournment was made to the house, where all 

 his treasures of the chase were viewed with interest, guns 

 were examined and tales of shooting days gone by and an- 

 ticipations of those to come were indulged in. Mrs. Davey 

 is almost as much a "shootist" as her husband. 



We hear that Mr. Haywood Lonsdale's team of dogs for 

 the field trials this fall, set sail from England on the 19th, in 

 charge of Mr. Brailford, the noted field trial handler, who 

 was also accompanied by Mr. Cameron Lewllyn. He is 

 bringing over five old and five young dogs and will compete, 

 in the first instance, at the International field trials held at 

 Chatham, Ont., on Nov. 3. Mr. W. B Wells told us that he 

 had secured quarters for the visitors and their dogs 

 near the club home at Big Point, where the club owns 

 about 3,000 acres of swamp, and has the privilege of as 

 many more acres from surrounding farms. They will be 

 lodged at a farmhouse, and thus have a splendid opportunity 

 of getting their dogs into shape and becoming acquainted 

 with the country, so that by the time they have worked 



through the Canadian trials they will be in good fettle for 

 those further south. We extend them a cordial welcome, 

 and trust their plucky venture will be as successful as could 

 be wished. 



The whippet dog racing at London wife one of t,he J 

 most interesting features of the show. Mr. Tom Blake, 

 hiving been eDgaged to bring his whippets on from Detroit, 

 he gave exhibition races every afternoon on the track in 

 front of the grand stand, where a good 200vds. straight could 

 be obtained. On Thursday they were sent for a record and 

 Benbow did the 100yds. in seconds, and the 200yds. in 

 12% seconds. T bey claim a world's record for this, but we 

 believe the 200 has been done in 12}4 seconds. A few minutes 

 afterward Benbow ran 206yds. in 13 seconds, Whir-h is excel- 

 lent time, for the track was quite heavy. Mr. Blake's Nellie 

 is a faster bitch than Benbow, but was out of shape, having 

 been shut up for two or three weeks. Any one who could 

 have seen the interest taken by visitors in the grand stand 

 during these races would know that this sport only needs a 

 little fostering to become a very popular feature in any 

 fair's programme. Mr. Blake tells us he has two engage- 

 ments ahead now. 



A small dog show was held at Port Jervis last week, in 

 connection with the Orange county fair, at which Mr. E. P, 

 Cloud, of Kenneth's Square, Pa., judged. Mr. J. Cleeves, 

 Washington ville, N. Y., was superintendent. 



Dr. Foote's black and tan Meersbrook Maiden arrived home 

 again on the steamer Majestic, Sept. 24. She was served 

 by T. Ellis's Broomfield Dick Sept 2. She arrived in good 

 shape and none the worse for her long tri p, but just too late 

 to scoop in those fall prizes, eh, Doctor! By-the-way, his 

 terrier Dick, well known on the bench, has been sold to Mr. 

 J. H. Hawley, of Detroit, who owns Rochelle Grit. Dick's 

 winnings are: Second New York, second Syracuse, 1888: 

 third New York, first and special Danbury, 1889; third New 

 York, third Chicago, first Rochester, second Buffalo, first 

 Wilmington, 1890. 



We hear that Mr. Winchell, the mastiff and bloodhound 

 breeder, has instituted proceedings against the National 

 Express Co. for damages sustained by his mastiff bitch Boss 

 Minnie. The trial comes off sometime this week. The nick 

 of Beaufort and Gerda seems to be the right thing, for we 

 hear astonishing accounts of two puppies" from this union, 

 one we have seen and he is a good 'un, the other, a bitch, is 

 said to be wonderful in head, they will be seen at New York 

 show and are now owned by Mr. Hayes, the bull- terrier man, 

 It seems that in taking the crate with Boss Minnie to the 

 station, the expressman let it fall and allowed the bitch to 

 get away, she not being found for two days. She was hurt 

 internally, and has never been in whelp since. Mr. Winchell 

 is suing the company for $1000. 



We have received a bundle of premium lists of the coming 

 great show at Crystal Palace, London, Eng., Oct. 28 to 30. 

 Any one wishing a copy of the same can have one ou appli- 

 cation, for whether they are needed for entering or not, 

 though it is now rather late, as entries close Oct. 11, still as 

 a guide for novelties in the way of classification and so on, 

 a copy ought to be in the bands of every important show 

 committee in the country. The classification is enormous. 

 There are over 300 classes and 176 specials, principally cash. 

 Mr. Taunton, the well-known mastiff man, who, it will be 

 remembered, judged at New York two or three years since, 

 is the secretary and the prime mover in the whole affair. 



Here is something to further back up the "nature method." 

 As it is a matter of argumentiwhat the Schipperke is, how 

 bred and so forth, perhaps a clue can be found in the follow- 

 ing from the Canine World: "That bitches will often steal 

 away to some secret place to give birth to their puppies is 

 well known, but previous to this week I had never heard of 

 one burrowing into the ground and fulfilling her maternal 

 duties be3'ond all reach. Sucb, however, is the ease with a 

 Sch'pperke, and I have no doubt the little family will really 

 do well in its earth kennel. This little bitch, whether a 

 terrier or no (is a Schipperke a terrier?), can lay claim to 

 being an earth dog at any rate." 



It is a pleasure to meet a true fancier of man's best friend, 

 and such we may say are friends W. S Jackson, .of Toronto, 

 and F. H. F. Mercer, of Ottawa. To both we are deeply in- 

 debted for their kind courtesy and hospitality during the 

 shows held in those cities during the past weeks. Our only 

 hope and wish is that they will attend our "little" show in 

 February next, when it will be our turn then. 



In speaking of Mr. Keasby's new field spaniel purchase, 

 Beverley Negus, the Fanciers' Gazette s tys he is one of the 

 best bred spaniels we have, going back to tfr. Royle's Solus, 

 Beverley Bess, Rap II., etc. Mr. Keasby is to be congratu- 

 lated. 



In writing the criticisms of the great show at Edinburgh, 

 Scotland, recently, the correspondent of the Field (Eng.) 

 says: "With few exceptions, the dogs did not look workers; 

 soft and nice in coat they were, handsome enough, too, and 

 bright in color; but we are sorry to say that attractions such 

 as these are usurping the pride of place of sensibly-formed 

 heads, strong backs and loins, close, thick feet and other 

 working properties they should occupy." This, in a country 

 so strong in these dogs as Scotland is or should be, gives 

 another knock at fancy, He also says of Mr. Megson's new 

 purchase, the young dog Leofric, that "he is a far too fully 

 furnished dog to make a good old one," and sticks to his 

 first opinion that "he is more of a bitch." 



Mr. Dana, proprietor of the New York Sim, who has been 

 iu England for some time past, has, we hear, purchased 

 several pugs. One is Charlie, a very small one, very much 

 like Royal Mite, that created such a sensation some time 

 back at one of tbebig London shows. We wish Mr. Dana 

 could be persuaded to enter the fancy, Dr. Cryer has had a 

 long innings now and a little competition would be healthy. 

 In connection with this we see that Mrs. Proctor, ah English 

 exhibitor of pugs, had a cablegram at the Edinburgh show 

 from an American, offeriug her $500 for the noted pug Con- 

 fidence, which took second in challenge class al that show. 

 The offer was declined, but who was the would-be purchaser? 



THE ENGLISH SETTER CLUB.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: An adjourned meeting of the English Setter Club 

 will be held on Oct. 23 at the office of the secretary, Mr, P. 

 C. Ohl, 50 Broadway, "for the consideration and adoption of 

 a standard, and the transaction of any other business that 

 may come before it." The postponement of action to this 

 date is taken at the suggestion of the standard committee, 

 and is intended to afford every one interested an opportunity 

 to present his views on the matter. Therefore all breeder's 

 and owners of English setters, and all persons interested in 

 the breed arenowagiin earnestly invited to join the club, 

 and give the benefit of their opinions aud experience - to the 

 end that the standard as finally accepted may ba as nearly 

 as possible in accordance with the true weight ot opinion 

 among English setter men in this country. A copy of the 

 standard as reported by the standard committee will be for- 

 warded to each member for criticism, on which subject all 

 communications from members will have full consideration: 

 and as provided by the constitution any member not able to 

 attend the meeting in person will have a right to vote by 

 proxy.— Percy C. Ohl, Sec'y. 



