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the points of law involved. The jury retired aud after a 

 short deliberation returned with a verdict for plaintiff in 

 $1,000 damages. 



Expert veterinary testimony introduced by both parties to 

 the action agreed as to the fact that the barrenness from 

 which the animal suffers was caused solely by injuries re- 

 ceived at the time of the accident; and that the animal might 

 again become productive, though the time which might 

 elapse before productiveness returned was a matter of great 

 uncertanity. 



DOG TALK. 



" T "W." in a recent note, made the remark that Lord Bute 

 fj • was the best St. Bernard in England, and that the 

 fact was not disputed by the press. Whew! I hope that was 

 a slip of the pen. IE not J am afraid ray friend will hare to 

 acknowledge his mistake. Until the advent of Scottish 

 Prince, he was acknowledged to be the tallest; but a glance 

 at the catalogues and show reports and another at the dogs 

 that have beaten him will convince the most skeptical of 

 the mistake iu that assertion. I have no desire to injurethe 

 dog's reputation, but such reports are misleading, and should 

 some wealthy American purchase him he will find that Don- 

 ald is a taller dog, and I can name no less than six dogs now 

 in America that can beat him hands down if quality counts 

 for anything. Some of them have already done. so. At 

 Windsor, Alton was first, Prince Regent second, Lord Bute 

 third. At Darlington. Scottish Prince first, Aristocrat sec- 

 ond, Lord Bute third. Angelo, Sir Bedivere, Prince Batten- 

 berg, Hesper and several others will beat him under any 

 judge. 



I want to say a word in praise of the National steamship 

 Canada and its genial master, Oapt. Robinson. Any one 

 intending crossing the pond with does will make a. great 

 mistake in taking oue of the fast lines, The Cauada" is a 

 cattle boat, and returning she carries no deck load> thus 

 giving ample exercise ground for the laigest dogs. The 

 captain and officers are all dog lovers, and afford the passen- 

 gers every facility for caring for their stock. Should any of 

 your readers desire to ship a -dog across, I can cheerfully 

 recommend Mr. Oottrell, the cook, as a, most painstaking 

 man to take charge of .same. He is a breeder of terriers, and 

 well known to "Thames Tattler' 1 and others in the fancy in 

 England. The splendid form in which my dogs arrived is 

 sufficient proof of the assertion I have made. Namquoit. 



DOGS OF THE DAY. 



""VTAMQUOIT" asks where on earth I was when the ques- 

 J_> tion of admitting the National Beagle Clnb to the 

 A. K. C. was brought up at the late meeting. To be per- 

 fectly accurate I will reply that I was at Gloucester race 

 course. With regard to the merits of the case there are two 

 ways to view it. The National Beagle Club may be looked 

 upon in the same light as a field trial club, and the A. K, C. 

 has such on its roll of members. I can see no more grounds 

 for alleging antagonism between the National Beagle. Club 

 and the American Beagle Club than between the Southern 

 Field Trials Club and the setter or pointer clubs. I am not 

 aware that the National Beagle Club has set up any stand- 

 ard, and I further take issue with Mr. Anthony when he 

 made his motion to read that the A. K. C. has acquiesced in 

 the standard of the American Beagle Club. Mr. Anthony 

 will remember the long discussion Avhich took place over 

 the adoption by the A. K. C. of the Chesapeake Bay dog 

 standard, and that the resolution was very carefully worded 

 to avoid adopting a standard. It was simply a recommen- 

 dation that i n the absence of any specialty club for that 

 breed the standard as drawn up be taken for what it was 

 worth. At the next meeting of the A. K. C. the Great Dane 

 Club (I think that was the one) asked the A. K. C. to adopt 

 the standard it had drawn up. I objected, calling attention 

 to the peculiar and definite wording of the Chesapeake Bay 

 dog resolution, and the motion was at once voted down, Mr. 

 Anthony acquiescing in the view expressed. 



It has always been my opinion that field trial clubs are out 

 of place in the A. K. C, and I can see no reason to dis- 

 tinguish between them and the National Beagle Club. It 

 is no loss to the club to be debarred from membership, for 

 their wius are not of any importance on the show bench, 

 where appearance takes precedence and is alone recognized. 

 If I had been present at the A. K. C. I should have voted 

 against Mr. Anthony's motion, because of the manner in 

 which it was worded, but if it had been amended to read 

 that if, was not advisable to elect a club having only its 

 object in view, I would have voted against its admission. 



There was another case which immediately followed that 

 of the Beagle Club, which was properly decided. It was 

 upon the application of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association. Dog men may not be aware, perhaps, of 

 the prolonged fight which has been going on in the poultry 

 world over these rival associations, but it has been a subject 

 for discussion and the display of much angry feeling for 

 sometime. Mr. Cook's motion of rejection was based upon 

 the fact of there being already a member of the same name, 

 and it was perfectly proper to decline electing the applicant, 

 on that ground. We already have a precedent for the 

 election of rival clubs in the same city, in the acceptance of 

 the California Kennel Club when the Pacific Kennel Club, 

 also of San Francisco, was a member of the A. K. C An 

 election which does not harmonize at all with the resolution 

 on the National Beagle Club application. 



I see that Mr. H. H. Briggs, of San Fraucisco, has relin- 

 quished the kennel editorship of the Breeder and Sports- 

 man. I shall always 1 ook back on the brief association with 

 Mr. Briggs and his fellow members of the Pacific Kennel 

 Club with the most pleasant feeling, and I trust, that in 

 whatever field he may turn his attention to, he may be pre- 

 eminently successful. A. whole-souled fellow is that same 

 H. H. Briggs. 



Mr. Mayhew has had a little fling at Uncle Dick anent his 

 judging and reception at the Kingston dog show. But the 

 sage of Hornellsville has got square with the "brash Brit- 

 isher." His comment to me is, "Mr. Mayhew forgets to 

 blow the froth off his beer and it gets into his writing." 

 Dick, that is very cruel, but Mayhew will forgive you, for 

 the joke is too good, 



Mr. Vredenburgh is going to propose some amendments 

 to the A. K. C. constitution to be acted upon at the Decem- 

 ber meeting. I hope he will announce them in the Novem- 

 ber Gazette, so that we may have time to examine them 

 carefully. I have not the slightest idea what these amend- 

 ments are, but I am very anxious to see them. Another 

 thing we all want to see is a speedy hearing in the case of 

 Vredenburgh versus Peshall. I am certain that there will , 

 be no delay encouraged by the first named. Of course I 

 need not say how the case will terminate, at least in my 

 opinion, for I have already expressed my views on the sub- 

 ject of the A, K. C. accounts for 1888, It is much to be re- 

 gretted that the occasion was ever made which called for 

 the.. taking of such decisive step:' 



Americans have succeeded in putting a heavy handicap on 

 the Louisiana lottery, and it is ticklish work getting up 

 anything in that line nowadays. What then is to be thought 

 of the following in the last issue to hand of the Stocfc- 

 Keeperi "Ormskirk Christopher.— To be drawn for, rough- . 

 coated oolite pup presented by the celebrated exhibitor, Mr, : 



T. H Stretch, to the Ormskirk Parish Church Bazaar, to 

 t>e held Oct. 22 next, age five months; aire Ormskirk Amaze- 

 ment, grandsire the renowned Christopher; tickets Is. each 

 trom Mr. S. Brighouse, 9 Derby street, Ormskirk." A 

 lottery for a collie pup and for the benefit of a church 

 I laving it pretty low down on the collie, isn't, if J. W 

 [Rough on the church as well. ] 



DOG CHAT. 



THE Gordon setter men are evidently waking up to a 

 sense of their duty to the breed. The special stake 

 which is to be brought off at the Central trials in December! 

 is creating wide interest among lovers of the breed, which 

 will surely redound to its future benefit. We understand 

 that already $175 has been secured toward the prize monev 

 and more is certainly expected. The winner of the stake 

 will also come m for valuable special prizes, which in after 

 days will incite the lucky owner to further efforts. Mr 

 Fitzgerald, the sporting editor of the Philadelphia Item 

 shows his love for the Gordon by donating a piece of plate' 

 valued at $100, to go to the winner of the stake. Mr. Van 

 Sand*, though an Irish setter man and one of the owners of 

 the Hudsou River Kennels, sets up a $25 silver cup for the 

 same lucky dog. Is this not inducement enough for the 

 Gordon men to come out with their best, and even if they 

 have not got a "best" enter a Gordon to swell the list and 

 show those bloated aristocrats, the English setter and 

 pointer men, that the boasted powers of the Gordon do not 

 lay altogether on paper. Seven entries are already secured 

 from some of our best known Gordon men, but we fail to 

 find the names of such men as Doctors Whitaker and 

 Dixon and Mr. Malcolm. Friends of the Gordon, as they 

 fire, they will surely not let this opportunity pass. Let it 

 once be known among men that the Gordon men are run- 

 ning their dogs, the breed will take on a boom, just as cours- 

 ing has given the necessary fillip to tke greyhounds. 



The Irish setter men are quieting down a little and at- 

 tending more to business, as will be seen by the returns of 

 the entries for the Eastern Field Trials. The Irish Setter 

 Club have taken care of the money inducement for owners 

 to run their dogs, and it is to be hoped the members will 

 rally to the call. 



Mr, Washington called upon ns, while in the city this 

 week, and told us that he had just sold champion Laura B. 

 the well-kuown Irish setter, to Mr. C. G. Dickson, Sparta, 

 Ga., for the sum of $2,000. Judging from his letter, Mr. 

 Dickson is so pleased with her that, had Mr. Washington 

 asked it he would have paid double that amount. Would 

 that this gentleman lived in the North, we want a few more 

 enthusiasts like this in the breed. Speaking of Mr. Wash- 

 ington, we hear that he was so disgusted with his new im- 

 portation, Tore, that he has given him away to a farmer, not 

 deeming him worth keeping. This is rather severe on a 

 third-prize winner at Manchester, England. 



We understand that the Duquesno Kennel Club of Pitts- 

 burg has claimed dates for their long expected show. The 

 show will be held early in March next, and will no doubt be 

 well supported by the fraternity, for Pittsburg has always 

 been a good dog show town when well managed. We hear 

 there is good, active young blood in the new club, men will- 

 ing to back their venture with solid cash, so hereafter we 

 hope to find Pittsburg numbered among the regular fixtures, 



Mr. Mercer, of Ottawa, tells u=* that he has presented the 

 Airedale terrier Weaver to Mr. W. P. Pugsley, of that city. 

 Weaver scored a blue ribbon at their "show last month, 

 securing a favorable comment in our report. This is the 

 last of Mr. Mercer's team of six Airedales; some of them 

 were poisoned and others died a natural death. This gen- 

 tleman evidently thinks Clumbers are the dogs after all, for 

 he writes us he has just purchased from Messrs. Bate and 

 Geddes the noted spaniels Boss III. and Bromine, which with 

 Snow, if she pulls through, and Quester, will make a team 

 hard to beat. By the way, it is said that Bromine and Snow 

 would never have been allowed to leave England or be sold 

 if it was known they could breed. Bromine has just whelped 

 eleven pups to Boss III., and as Snow had a litter just lately 

 iu England, though they did not live, it looks as if the 

 Ottawa men had the pull of it in this case. 



Here is a joke of Uncle Dick's while judging cockers at 

 Kingston. A noted dog was brought before him for inspec- 

 tion, when it is said he turned to a bystander, saying in his 

 inimitable style: "Ottawa and London both on same week, 

 eh!— ugh!— cut him in two and send half to each show, he'll 

 win sure!" Those who know Uncle's dread of being "long" 

 on cockers will understand the joke. 



Mr. Bush, of Buffalo, writes us that he has purchased 

 that good young cocker bitch Idea, from Geo. Bell, of To- 

 ronto. It will be remembered that she won second to Novel 

 in the open class of 25 bitches and first in novice and puppy 

 classes at Toronto, and three firsts and a special at Ottawa 

 last month. With those he already has, Mr. Bush will 

 make a strong showing for any team prizes that may be put 

 up at New York. 



There is no more enthusiastic pug man than Mr. Eberhart, 

 of Cincinnati. He has just built a kennel especially suitable 

 for pugs, at a cost of $500, He has already 23 in his kennel 

 aud has room for 50 more. Pugs evidently take well out 

 West. 



A correspondent from Hamilton, Ont., writes us deploring 

 the fact that in their dealings with American breeders many 

 Canadians have, in the language of the street, "been badly 

 left," in spite of very fair letter writing and apparent good 

 faith. He asks; "Is there no remedy?" The only one we 

 can suggest is for the buyer to come down and choose for 

 himself, if he has not a trustworthy friend on the spot to do 

 it for him. Our large breeders of dogs are most of them 

 reputable men, men whom our Canadian friend will find to 

 be entirely reliable iu their dealings. All that we can advise 

 in the matter is, for intending purchasers to write us for 

 references before making their bargains. More than this it 

 would be invidious for us to do. 



The Stock-Keeper (England) calls attention in its current 

 issue to several pictures in the book "House and Pet Dogs," 

 published by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 

 which originally appeared iu our English contemporary. 

 We are sorry they should have occasion to find fault, but it 

 was an oversight entirely that due acknowledgment was 

 not made, but the mistake will be corrected in the next 

 edition. The pictures were taken at random from a collec- 

 tion of the sketches which have appeared from time to time 

 iu the Forest and Stream or American Kennel Register, 

 and in every case bear the signature of the English artist 

 who drew them, and acknowledgment was then made of 

 the source from which they were drawn. The Forest and 

 Stream is always willing to give credit to whom credit is 

 due. 



The importation of dogs to this country from England has 

 in the past few years assumed such proportions that the ex- 

 tract from the new Tariff Bill, which we publish in another 

 column, will be read with interest on both sides- of- the 



pond. It will now be necessary for the importer to prove 

 that the dog is of pure breed bv a certificate, stating its 

 registered number and pedigree, signed by the secretary of 

 the stud book of whatever country, the dog is imported 

 from. This is a protection for American dog men and is a 

 move in the right direction, as the law also requires an affi- 

 davit from the owner or agent that the dog is truly the one 

 so registered. 



The warnings repeatedly given our breeders, to leave the 

 dogs ajone for awhile and devote more attention to the im- 

 portation of bitches of known merit, is evidently bearing 

 fruit. Mr. John A. Long of St. Louis, has just purchased 

 from Mr. W. Houldsworth, of Bradford, England, the collie 

 bitch Airedale Duchess, by champion Charlemagne- 

 Patience. She is the dam of Clifton Crack, who won first 

 and cup at Cambridge, and comes over in whelp to Roderick 

 of Ruthven, who is by Christopher out of Princess Shiela. 

 She was to arrive on the steamship Nevada, 



The English doggy papers are much exercised over the 

 aspersions of a writer,, in the medical journal Hospital, on 

 the bulldog. This nincompoop of a writer is scored un- 

 mercifully, and rightly, too, for his misleading statements. 

 This noodle has the effrontery to state that "It "is as plain as 

 possible that certain animals which are destitute of what 

 we call intellect have a love of fighting— a savage and de- 

 termined taste for blood and murder. The bulldog, for ex- 

 ample, is not a mere beast of prey, who catches wild crea- 

 tures because he is hungry; he is a typical example of un- 

 mitigated savagery and blood-lust" with a deal more in the 

 same vein. "Vero Shaw" rises in his wrath and writes to 

 the Stock-Keeper in the bulldog's defense, stating that "the 

 whole article is a gross calumny, doubtless begotten by Ig- 

 norance out of Mortal Funk of the breed." It is well known 

 that no milder-mannerd dog lives than the bulldog, though 

 to people unacquainted with the breed, his ugly mug (?) 

 would lead them to just such conclusions this ignoramus 

 has come to. We are not without men of that ilk in this 

 country, who rush into print about dogs, of which they 

 know nothing whatever; doing more harm in ten lines than 

 a practical man can remedy in a whole page. 



The advertised meeting of the Board of Governors of the 

 Eastern Field Trials Club was held on Oct. 14, in Mr. F. R. 

 Hitchcock's office, at 44 Broadway, New York. Those pres 

 ent were Messrs. O. W. Donner, F. R. Hitchcock, J. L. 

 Breeze, W. A. Coster, the secretary, and others. Messrs. A. 

 D. Lewis and H. Hullman, Jr., were elected members, A 

 motion was carried to ask Mr. Thos. Johnson, of Winnipeg, 

 Manitoba, to be one of the judges at the coming trials. 



ST. BERNARDS AT LONDON— Sarnia. Ont., Oct. 8.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: In answer to the qnerv, "What 

 is fame?" somebody is reported to have replied, "To have 

 one's name misspelled in the daily papers." Fame at a 

 bench show consists in having dogs' names misspelled and 

 their form misrepresented in kennel journal reports. At 

 least that is the sort of fame my dogs at London achieved in 

 the columns of Forest and Stream. My St. Bernard dog 

 Barnie, winner of second, is credited in your report to the 

 Pottersburg Kennels. My dog Brian, awarded third, is said 

 to have "his good bone and front to recommend him," 

 whereas Brian lacks in bone and front, though a fairly good 

 dog in other respects. The possessor of the "good bone and 

 front" is Barnie, who, if equally strong in other respects, 

 would be a hard dog to beat except in the best of company. 

 My smooth-coat bitch puppy lola is entered in your report 

 as Lola. She is more than "a fairly good youngster," as any 

 competent judge will say who has seen her. " The smooth- 

 coat bitch called Brandle in your report, should be Brunelle., 

 and her description is as faulty as the name you imposed 

 upon her. 1 am aware that your reporter, owing to an en- 

 gagement at Ottawa, had only a limited opportunity of see- 

 ing the dogs, and could not, therefore, be expected to be 

 able to criticise their points intelligently. His chief source 

 of information and inspiration was a marked catalogue, 

 supplied him by the manager-secretary, with perhaps a few 

 pointers on the merits of the dogs from the same obliging 

 and not entirely uninterested official. Reports compiled 

 under such circumstances are valueless as a guide or for 

 reference, and an injustice to those whose dogs were 

 left to the criticisms of their competitors. — H. Gokman. 

 [At the first glance the above letter seemed a fit ocoupant 

 for the waste basket, but as we find that an error was made 

 in crediting the dog Barnie to Pottersburg Kennels we print 

 the letter. We do not know Mr. Gorman or of him in St. 

 Bernard ranks, but for his information and others who may 

 be prejudiced by his statements, we may remark that we 

 spent two days at London, and further, examined the St. 

 Bernards carefully. To St. Bernard men we will only say 

 that the fact of Bruce, vhc. at Toronto, being first here 

 carries out our criticism' as to the quality of the dogs under 

 him. In speaking of Brian we said, "has only his good bone 

 and front to recommend him; his long head and faulty 

 muzzle will always place him back." This puts a different 

 light on it. The St. Bernards were so mixed in their num- 

 bers that we had to appeal to Mr. Glass as to which dog was 

 which, and may possibly have got the criticism on to the 

 wrong dog, but we don't think so. Perhaps Mr. Gorman has 

 not seen a catalogue of this show, if not we advise him to, 

 where he will find Barnie spelt Burnie, and catalogue num- 

 ber was 25, but tag number was 13; then his Brian was num- 

 bered 26, but tag number 14. Brunelle and lola were spelt 

 in the report as they are in the catalogue. Before rushing 

 into print Mr. Gorman had better acquaint himself with 

 the facts of his case and see a few more good St. Bernards. 

 Let him come down to the New York show next spring, and 

 we shall take pleasure in showing him where and how we 

 derive an "intelligent" knowledge of St. Bernard points.] 



COLLIE CLUB STAKES.-Orange, N. J., Oct. %.-Edi1.»r 

 Forest and Stream: Referring to the communication signed 

 "The Squire" in Forest and Stream Oct. 9, the Collie Club 

 has not issued a list of stakes for puppies. On the contrary, 

 it has extended the date of birth so as to include collies 

 from 9 to 18mos. old, and therefore no man with common 

 sense would think of entering a young puppy for competi- 

 tion. As to the stud dog stakes, I fail to see the objection. 

 There is nothing said as to pedigree, place of birth or age; 

 the stud dog is to be judged by two of his get out of differ- 

 ent bitches. The prize being confined to collie dogs at pub- 

 lic stud in the United States and Canada, the winning pro- 

 geny to be barred from future competion. The object of 

 the^e stakes is to incite competition; they are not arranged 

 for the benefit of auy breeder; therefore we have made them 

 virtually novice stakes, as winners are barred in all of them. 

 —J. D. Shotwell, Sec'y Collie Club. 



DANBURY SHOW.— Danbury, Ct., Oct 10.— Editor For- 

 est and Stream: We, the undersigned exhibitors at the 

 twenty-second annual Danbury Agricultural Society's Fair 

 and Bench Show, desire to express our thanks to Messrs. H. 

 W. Lacy, Seers, Reed, Lynes, Knox, Barnum and Lewis, for 

 the kind, and courteons treatment we received at their hands. 

 Signed; B. F. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Frank Dole, New 

 Haven, Ct; Thos. Fenton, New Haven, Ct.; JohnB. Hefter, 

 N. Y. city: N. H. Thiman, N. Y. city: H. W. Van Scriver, 

 Rah way, Ct.: Central Kennels, Jersey City, N, J.; Ravens- 

 wood Kennels, L. I. City; Riverview Kennels, N Y. city; 

 Warwick Kennels, Conn,; R. Thurman, Mass. 



