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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Bob Ivy, who, although but 2}4 years old, is a champion of 

 record.' As the stud card gives the extended pedigree and 

 also much useful information regarding his progenitors, 

 champions Dude, Max and Roderick, besides imported 

 Dollv. imported Othello and Vesta, it will be found very 

 ttksful to -plig breeders. Dr. Cryer's address is 1527 Arch 

 Street, Philadelphia. 



It may bo old news to some, but it is only within a day or 

 two that I heard that Dr. Niven of London, Out-, had had 

 his collar bone brokeu from a fall in the hunting field. 

 Since then he. has gone on a trip across the Atlantic to 

 build up. 



Tbe Scottish Kennel Club has a rare good friend in its 

 president, Mr, H, Panmure Gordon. The club's late show, 

 owing to counter attractions, fell behind some £75, and at 

 the next meeting of the committee a letter was read from 

 the president, with which he sent his check for £100 as a 

 donation to the fuuds of the club, 



A correspondent of the Fanciers- Gazette has an eight- 

 months-old fox-terrier which "is over distemper, maupe ami 

 pczema, from which it suffered severely, but is »utt'eririg 

 from an inflamed eye." What ft nice, clean, comfortable 

 heme it must have. Here is another case in the same, jour- 

 nal: "I have a mill-terrier doe ten months old; his tail curia 

 tbe slightest hit at tbe end. Is there any way I can cure it? 

 An*. Probably by keeping a gum banVteiSs (flue muslin 

 soaked in a thick solution of gum) round the lower part of 

 the tail the carriage would improve," This is improving, 

 not faking. 



A correspondent in a contemporary has heen calling atten- 

 tion to a few typographical errors which have recentlv 

 appeared in its 'pages, but in the same issue Mr. Wade is 

 made to speak of my .ludicrous explanation of the A. K. C. 

 accounts. Of course Mr. Wade wrote "lucid." 



The. question of theiV K. C. accounts and Vred en burgh 

 vs. Peshall have been completely eclipsed in Philadelphia 

 dog circles hv that of "shall negro handlers he allowed at 

 the P. K, C. field trials ?" It is an ill wind that blows no- 

 body good, and the steward in the hack parlor has been 

 doing" a rushing business in slaking the throats o£ the 

 argumentative members. Mr. Harrington Fitzgerald, e-un 

 editor of the Item,, is a most liberal supporter of the club, 

 and in addition to his many valuable gifts has uow offered a 

 watch to the best handler at the club Held trials, 



T desire to thank Mr. Blake, of Detroit, for what I take to 

 be bis reply to tny remarks on whippet racing and the records 

 , given to his dogs. Owners are so prone to fly nff at a tan- 

 gent wbeu any question is raised respecting their dogs, that 

 it is quite a pleasure to read such a pleasant reply as that of 

 Mr. Blake. J. W. 



ROGER AND DUKE OF VERNON AT HOME. 



is my un grammatical reply. "Will to-morrow suit you?" 

 "Perfectly." "Then will vou come out on the 9:30 train in 

 the. morning to Mount Vernon, and call at my house on 

 Fourth avenue? Davis' place, where I keep some of my 

 doss, is about two miles hack in the country, and we will 

 either walk or drive, whichever you prefer." 



I tell a bell-boy to awaken me in time for breakfast and 

 the 9:20 train, and in due time arrive at the anything but 

 humble suburban village of Mount Vernon. A very cosy 

 looking- place it is. full of pretty villa residences surrounded 

 by smple grounds. Besides Mr. Gardner's dogs, the Ermi- 

 nie Kennels of St. Bernards arc located there. I had hoped 

 to inspect the home of Barry II. and his kennel mates, but 

 despit e the cordial invitation of the proprietor, Mr. Thurston, 

 was unable to find time for the visit. Mr. L. Gardner's 

 residence is a pleasant villa on one of the tree-shadowed 

 avenues, and on the veranda he was discovered smoking a 

 ciErar. philosophically awaiting my tardy arrival. 



He is a man rather below tbe medium height and quite 

 stout, with a full face and closely cmpped moustache. 

 There is not much credit in a man of great wealth buying 

 celebrated and developed dogs with which to form a world- 

 beating kennel. If "money makes the mare go" there is no 

 doubt but that it can also fill a kennel with dogs of high 

 degree. Mr. Gardner is not one of these. A traveling sales- 

 man for the leading woolen goods house of New STork city, 

 he has purchased young, unknown and undeveloped dogs, 

 and by Sheer pluck and bulldog perseverance, pushed them 

 into the positions the setter Roger and the pointer Dnke of 

 Vernon new hold. These are the men who are entitled to 

 kudos. Men who hazard their hard earned gains in the 

 risky and precarious speculation of dog flesh, not with a 

 view to profit, but out of sheer love of dogs. 



"I have a couple of oils, Tallman of Providence has just 

 sent me, and should like you to see them," says Mr. Gard- 

 ner. I follow him into the house with eagerness, for a good 

 dog picture, like a good dog, is a thing I love to see, and 

 Harry Tallman can paint a dog as well as "wood-cut" him. 



The paintings show me a magnificent pointer on point, 

 with a decidedly indifferent light-weight bitch backing him. 

 Roger's portrait, taken in company with the heavily marked 

 bitch Dora Deane. does not do him justice, though taken as 

 a whole the pictures are life-like and good. 



Ere starting for Davis', where most of the dogs are kept, 

 we inspect the'homekennel in which but one bitch is penned. 

 This is a litter sister to Miss Frepdom, who'won, I think, 

 fourth in novice bitches at New York a year ago, aud vhc. 

 at Boston. Like her sister, she is a iight-weight, and 

 having only two days before allowed a litter of Duke of 

 Vernon puppies to die through want of nourishment, her 

 lord and master does not regard her with very loving gaze. 

 The kennel is small but neatly arranged, half a dozen dogs 

 being easily accommodated. Two, of the setter bitches, 

 Dora Dean and another, were- down at "Tom" Aldrich's, so 

 I could not see them. 



It is altogether too lovely a day for driving, and as I beg 

 for a walk, Mr. Gardner good naturedly accedes to my 

 request. A country walk in the vicinity of Gotham is a 

 treat, by way of change, to one from rugged Canada. The 

 billiard-table-like roads, handsome houses and well-tilled 

 fields are a contrast to mud roads, log snake-fences, neglect- 

 ed-looking, half-tumble-down farmhouses and barns, and 

 stump-besprinkled fields. Our Northland doesn't look very 

 pretty, except from an artistic point of Anew. If a farmer 

 can get a good crop out of the rich soil he reasons that there 

 is no crying necessity to cause him to break his back rooting 

 up stumps, aud from the same standpoint, if the house 

 : • is out wind and weather, why in the name of wonder 

 Should he spend time and money in painting it! A house, 

 he justly remarks, is meant to live in, not to look at. 



It is pleasant chatting with a man like Mr. Gardner. His 

 business engagements take him all over the country, north, 

 south, east and west, and during the course of his peregrina- 

 tions many a good dog has come under his observation. Out 

 in Ohio somewhere he came upon Duke of Vernon. It was 

 in the evening and business concluded, Mr, Gardner strolled 

 out in the fields with some local "sports" to give the dogs a 

 run. One among them at once caught his eye, a magnificent 

 fellow, which he at once set down, though keeping the 

 opinion to himself for obvious reasons, as the best heavy- 

 weight pointer dog in America. When they were all hied 

 on he found this wonder could go as well as look handsome, 

 and at once formed the determination to become his owner. 



The first offer was refused, and my companion thinking it, 

 under the circumstances, amply sufficient, took his depart- 

 ure, leaving the. matter to simmer in the owner's mind. Soon 

 he received a letter intimating that "Duke," as he was then 

 calied/eould be bought. Raising his bid, Mr. Gardner be 

 came possessed of the dog, which he promptly rechristeued 

 Duke of Vernon in contradistinction to their many other 



''(xTclCGS. 



He was first shown at the Buffalo National Dog Club show, 

 where he pretty well cleaned up everything and created a 

 great sensation among the pointer men. Since then he has 

 been shown but seldom, though winning everywhere, and 

 he is now in the challenge class. These dogs of Mr. Gard- 

 ner's are. no carpet knights, and Duke has run in several 

 trials, though without having secured a bracket. Billy 

 Tallman, however, told me he had run in hard luck, and was 

 really a grand fielder. This I can well believe after seeing 

 bim afield with the great aud only Roger. Fast as the §1,000 

 stake winner could go, the pointer kept right at his heels. 

 Mr. Gardner told me the old long hair could put rings around 

 the pointer; but I certainly did not see him do it, so con- 

 clude that Duke of Vernon can kick up dust a little bit. 



Talking about this notorious $1,000 race at the Central 

 Trials last year, Mr. Gardner assured me that he had re- 

 ceived a check for $1,000 in full as his prize. I have heard it 

 insinuated that the race was a fake; but this proves it was 



We stepped out at a good rate and soon covered a couple of 

 miles. It heiug a hot day, and as neither of us can truth- 

 fully be placed in the category with Pharaoh's lean kind, 

 we began to lose considerable adipose tissue. This would 

 never do; so, coming to a likely looking roadside inn, my 

 friend suggested refreshments, and accordingly we re- 

 freshed. ~ , . , . 



There was a short cut through the gun club grounds down 

 by the lake (forgive me, please, it really was a pond) and 

 through a glilly, which we took. 



There is one thing we Canucks can beat you all hollow at, 

 and that is ice. We don't have to fence in every mud pud- 

 dle and build a big storehouse beside it, Why, hang it, I'll 

 give all the ice dealers around New York all they can cut, 

 and ask no thanks either. And why? It isn't mine nor 

 anybody else's, and no oue cares a cent. Such is the gener- 

 osity of superabundance. 



An uproarious barking shows that we are coming to 

 Davis' abode. It is a tumble-down looking stone building, 

 set in a ravine among the hillocks, with lovely hard wood 

 trees around with a distant view of the Sound. Grouped 

 around it on the southern slope are pointers, setters and 

 collies, chained to barrels, boxes and other ramshackle 

 quarters, whose occupants maintain an incessant uproar 

 during our stay. Davis is a trapper at one of the clubs in 

 the vicinity, which one I forget, and was absent when we 

 arrived. 



I do not remember the dogs we looked at first, except Miss 

 Freedom's dam, an all white bitch, and a Bang Bang lemon 

 and white, that looked like going. There was also a very 

 moderate collie. 



Naturally Mr, Gardner would not allow Roger and Duke 

 of Vernon to "rustle" iu a barrel, and he led the way to 

 quite a neatlv arranged structure on the summit of one of 

 the hillocks, iu the wire-encircled yards of which the cele- 

 breties stood, barking with joy at their master's approach 

 and the glorious run they knew was in store. 



"We had better let them have their run first to cool oil 

 and you can have a good look, over them afterward," sug- 

 gested Mr. Gardner. 



So we let the frantic creatures out, when with a wild rush 

 they were off and over the ravine. Mr. Gardner and I are 

 fairly agile, but we don't take any twelve foot brooks in 

 our stride, so we just hunted around for a tree, which to my 

 astonishment was found incredibly quickly. My friend had 

 been there before. Beyond the ravine was a grand treeless 

 slope, on which the dogs could be seeu at any distance; at 

 least so Mr. Gardner said, and as I could only see a street car 

 a huudred yards off I was bound to believe it, I never 

 deplored my luck so much as at not being able to see those 

 grand dogs work when at a distance. Grand old Roger 

 taking everything as it came, with Duke not iar behind and 

 Miss Freedom in close company. 



Roger needs no introduction to readers of FOKEST AND 

 Stream. He is by that king of field setters, old Count 

 Noble, and in show ring and field together, has upheld the 

 honor of his breeding with the best. The dog is named 

 after his breeder, a Mr. Rogers, of New York, and was pur- 

 chased when a puppy by his present owner. When first ex- 

 hibited at New York in some incomprehensible way he only 

 got a card, c, I think it was: but since then has won prizes 

 in the best company. While not, strictly speaking, a first- 

 class show specimen, he is one of those grandly-made ones 

 that cannot be passed by; and has the dearest old face im- 

 aginable. Just the sort of dog that captivates one at first 

 sight. 



Roger has amply proved that a bench show winner can do 

 well afield, for among other achievements his highest glory 

 has been the winniug of the 81,000 stake at the Central trials 

 last autumn, in which he beat Chance and other notabili- 

 ties. He has proved that he can "go," so I need say nothing 

 about that here. After the dogs had run for half a hour or 

 thereabouts, Mr. Gardner whistled them in and we returned 

 to the kennel to get a closer inspection. Housing the others 

 up we looked over Duke of Vernon first. I never expected 

 to prefer a pointer to a setter, but with Duke before me I 

 had eyes only for him. Take him point by point he is cer- 

 tainly a wonder. 



Of course I couldn't "take notes," but I don't know that 

 it matters much. I remember remarking one slight defect, 

 but forget what it was, and then his action when on lead is 

 certainly a little stilty. He is the grandest pointer it has 

 been my good fortune to see. By Glendale— Spotless, his 

 breeding is not fashionable, but to use a vulgarism, he ar- 

 rives there nevertheless, and, anyway, he strains back to 

 the best of blood. I asked Mr. Gardner how his relations 

 compared with him: but he told me they were of no ac- 

 count. "As I told them last fall, they have the blood, but 

 don't seem to breed another Duke." 



Miss Freedom, Duke's companion, I did not care for at all. 

 Bad taste, perhaps, on my part, for Mr. Gardner seemed to 

 think a good deal of her, and I don't pose as a judge of 

 pointers. She is a nice affectionate creature though, and 

 made a tremendous fuss on seeing me pass her bench at the 

 Boston show. It was certainly hard lines on the little bitch 

 to look her over after Duke of Vernon. 



Roger, Duke and Miss screamed with disgust as we turned 

 our backs upon them, chorused by their more lowly and 

 humble confreres in the barrels. A mongrel terrier broke 

 loose and betrayed an anxiety to sample us; but it's just 

 astonishing how fast fat men can run when they have to. 



DO&WHTP. 



KING MARK IN CHAMPION STAKE. — Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Mr. Ridg way's King Mark was, wrongly 

 entered in All-Aged Stake. He should have been in Cham- 

 pion Stake. The mistake is mine, as his entry in my pos- 

 session plainly shows he was regularly and correctly entered. 

 The cause of the mistake was that the entry was made in a 

 letter, written to me, and I mistook Ch. for A. A. Stake. I 

 hope you will make this correction. — Washington A. 

 Coster, Sec'y and Treas. E. F, T. C. 



THE FREE FOR ALL STAKE. — New York, Oct. 23.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: The Central Field Trial Club 

 begs to notify its nations that entries for the Free for All 

 Stake (four-hour neat race) close Nov. 1,— C, H. Odexl, 



THE MARGUERITE H. LITTER. 



FANWOOD, N. J., Oct. SO —ErMtor Forest and Stream: 

 While not at all desirous of trespassing upon the 

 columns of the Forest and Stream, a card in your last 

 issue from one John H. Dey, of Red Bank, N. J., and headed 

 "Mr. Pentz's Mistake," demands both my attention and an 

 answer. Mr. Dey concludes his note by saying as follows: 

 "I wish it understood that I don't claim' my puppies are by 

 Pentz's dog, but I do claim they are by Cbapen's Brak", by 

 which name he is known, and I cannot understand Mr. 

 Pentz publishing such an assertion when he knows it is 

 not so." 



Men with convenient consciences should have good mem- 

 ories. Men who write letters without retaining copies are; 

 in need of still better ones. The following extracts from> 

 Mr. Dey's letters to me need no further comment at my 

 hands than the simple one of publication. I would pre- 

 mise these extracts by saying that when I saw the mislead- 

 ing claim as to breeding in your columns, I at once wrote to' 

 Mr. Dey, calling his attention to tbe fact that Brake had 

 never been bred to Marguerite II., aud that if his explana- 

 tion was not satisfactory would have to make the fact 

 public for the protection of myself as well as-to protect ilose* 

 who might have purchased the puppies, believing the® to 

 be as represented. 



Extract No. 1, in letter bearing date of Aug. 20, 1890: "The; 

 dog Brake that I bred my bitch to is, I presume, the same 

 dog you claim to own; he is lemon and white, No. 7035, bred' 

 by f! S. Underbill, Newark, April 7, 1886; by Bang-Bang (4022, 

 Vol. III.) out of Jane, by champion Sensation (1261, Vol. I.) 

 out of Heath's Lill, by Grigg's Mack II. 1 was very much 

 surprised when I received your letter: I knew you did own 

 him, for I have seen the dog at the shows. The gentleman 

 who gave me permission to use the dog through his agent 

 told me that he had bought Brake. I knew the dog as 3Q&u 

 as I saw him." 



Extract No. 2, letter bearing date Sept. 20, 1890: "I have- 

 written to the parties that have my puppies not to register- 

 them until they heard from me again. The thing is now to< 

 find out who sent me your dog's number and pedigree. IfT 

 you keep still I will httnt him up, etc., etc." 



I have but little to add. Mr. Dey appears to have my 

 dog's pedigree all right, and to have sold his puppies out oh' 

 Marguerite II., representing them as being by Brake (7035). 

 Knew the dog, too, as soon as he saw bim. Indeed! Knew 

 him of course, so that his litter of puppies could find a. 

 market. Further, he writes me to "keep still," and when I 

 decline to do so, sends you his card as published. He wants, 

 to find out, "does he," who sent him Brake's pedigree? Per- 

 haps an examination of the files of letters at the American 

 Kennel Club's room will show one from Mr. Dey himself,, 

 asking for information as to Brake's pedisree. 



The one thing I feel happy over is that I have brought to 

 the knowledge of those who may have bought any puppy of 

 the litter referred to, the fact that tbe breeding is not that 

 which was given the purchasers at the time of sale (see ex- 

 tract referring to the fact that he will have to correct his 

 statement as to their breeding). 



Who can doubt that a correction would have been the last: 

 thing thought of had not the matter been made public in 

 your valuable columns? 



"I have never claimed that I used his dog, nor do I wish 

 to; he asserts what is not true." That is one of the gent'ie- 

 man's remarks, which the extracts taken from his own let- 

 ters fully answer, Stanton W. Pentz, 



THE SPECIAL STAKE FOR GORDON SETTERS. — 

 Oct. 27. — Editor Forest and Stream: I would remind Gor- 

 don setter men that this is the last week iu which to make 

 their entries for the special stake for Gordons at the Central 

 Field Trials. Entries close Saturday, Nov. 1, 1S90. On 

 closing of entries, full particulars will be published as to the 

 division of money and' number of prizes. If you have no 

 entry blank, send the name of your dog, color and sex, date 

 when whelped, name of sire and dam, name of owner and 

 deputy, town, county and State you live in, and $10 for for- 

 feit money to JOHN H. METER, 159 West Thirty-fourth 

 street, New York city. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, whick are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of SOO of any one form, bound fa* 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



HEP*" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Bones, By C. St Hanks, Manchester-by-the-Sea. Mass., for white 

 and black marked fox-terrier do?, whelped July 1%, 1889, by 

 Dusky Trap (Dusky Splinter— Spider) out of Nina (Mixture- 

 Shame). 



Little Boy, Jersey Dxike and Jensen Mold. By Central Kennels, 

 Jersey City, N, J., for black and tan Avmsc OnarleS spaniels, two 

 d"SfS and n"n« bitch, wb'lped Aug. lti, 1890, by Roseius out or Twi- 

 light (Don II.— Duchess of Albany). 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on a|>pTicatIon. 



Ford Less— Border Dandy. W. E. Hoff's (Chattanooga. Team 

 Dandle Dinrunnt terrier mtcb Ford Lass (Old Joek-Crvpsv Queen- 

 to his Border Dand v (Border Clinker— Forest Vic), Sept. 28. 



Brazer— Robber Chieftain. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, MassJ 

 deerhound bitch Braze r (Bras— Mercia) to their Robber Chieftain,. 

 Aug. 25. 



Highland Lastle—Chicrtain. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.). 

 deerhound hitch Highland Dassie (Bran— Lorna II.) to their Chief- 

 tain, Aug. '0. 



Lorna Secunda—Brevn. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) 1 

 deerhound hitch Lorna Secunda (Chief tain— Lorna II.) to their 

 Bran. Ana. 6. 



Nina— Bones. C. S. Hanks's (ManHiester-by-fhe-Spa, Mas.?.) fox- 

 terrier hitch Nina (Mixture— Shame) to his Bones (Dusky Trap- 

 Nina). April 12. 



Hillside BrVlutnt— Reckoner. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, 

 Mass ) fox-terrier bitch Hillside Brilliant (tlaby Mixer— Princess) 

 to their Reckoner, Aug. 10. 



Princess— BroleenMirst Quick. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, 

 Muss ) fox-terrier bitch Princess (Venetian— Lurette) to .Mr Wil- 

 ton's Brofcenhurst Quick (The Moonstone— Broken 'amy.: Dainty 

 II,), Ane. 12. 



Lady Mixture— Reckoner. Hills'de Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Lady Mixture (Mixture— Warren Lady) to their 

 Reckoner. Ang. 26. 



Frcya—Rahy Mixer. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) fox- 

 terrier bitch Fieya (Darkie— Fred») to their Raby Mixer, Aug. 27. 



Hillside Linden— Raby Mixer. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, 

 Mass.) fox-terrier bitch Hillside Linden (Belgravo Sequence — Lin- 

 den Nettle) to their Raby Mixer, Aug. 11. 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks seut free on application. 



Rmnona. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) deerhound bitch 

 Raraona, Aug. 20, one dog, by their Chief tain. 



Berga.. Hillside Kennels' (L*ncast p r. Mass.) deerhound hitch 

 Berga (Bran— Maida), Aug. 19. eight (five dons), by their Bran. 



Theodora, Hillside Ker nels' (Lancaster, Mass.) deerhound bitch 

 Theodora (Chief tain— Thora), Aug. 18, four (three dogs), by their 

 Bran. 



Heatlwrbelle. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) deerhound 

 bitch Ht-atherbelle, Aug. 7, five (three dogs), by their Robber 

 Chieftain. 



Wanda. Hillsid« Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass.) deerhound bitch 

 Wanda (Gunuar— Sheila), June 18, five (one dog), by their Bran. 



Fashion. G. H. Bush's (Buffalo, "ST. Y ) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Fashion (Brant— Bonita), Oct. 16, five (four dogs), by his Adonis 

 (HornelL Mikado— Venus). 



Novel. G. H. Bush's (Buffalo, N. Y.) cocuer spaniel bitch Novel 

 (Black Pete— Miss Nance;, June — , four (two dogs), by J, P, Wil- 

 ley's Jersey (Oho II.— Darkie). 



Warren Lady. Hillside Kennels' (Lancaster, Mass,) fox-terrier 



