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led, followed close by Gypsey; working the rabbit back and 

 forth for some time in the thick brush, finally Gypsey took 

 possession and fan bunny to earth at 3:12, Put down again 

 both seemed tired of it, especially Gypsey, who did not bunt 

 with the spirit previously displayed, looking too much to 

 her handler, and did not seem to wish to hunt. Tone made 

 several wide easts and was by far the better ranger in this 

 hunt, though a little off control. At 2:26 dogs were ordered 

 up and Tone was given first prize amid the shouts of the 

 company, Gyspey Forest taking the red ribbou, and third 

 being divided between Mollie, June Rose and Bell Ross, as 

 being the best of those left in the second series. 



SUMMARY. 

 Dogs— loin, and under. 

 B. S. Turpiu's Clyde against W. J. Rutter, Jr.'s Dou. 



A. Parry's Frank Forest against G, E. Greenleaf's Sunday. 



First Series. 



Don beat Clyde. 



Frank Forest beat Sunday. 



Second Series. 

 Frank Forest beat Don and won first prize. Don won sec- 

 ond and Sunday third. 



Class B.— Bitches— 15m. and under. 

 Clark & Butter's Mollie against E. W. Whitcomb's Baby 

 Deane. 



F. W. Chapman's Desdemona against G. P. Berry's Sue. 

 Twiotwo against Gypsy Forest. 



Glenrose Kennels' Lilla against O. W. Brooking's June 

 Rose. 



F. W. Chapman's Cora against B. S. Turpin's Belle Ross. 

 Glenrose Kennels' Toue, a bye, 



Firs* Series. 

 Mollie beat Baby Deane. 

 Sue beat Desdemona. 

 Gypsy Forest beat Twintwo. 

 June Rose beat Lilla. 

 Belle Ross beat Cora. 

 Tone, a bye. 



Second- Series. 



Tone beat Mollie. 

 Gypsy Forest beat Sue. 

 June Rose beat Belle Ross. 



Third Series. 

 Tone beat Gypsey Forest and won first prize. 

 Gypsey Forest won second. 



Belle Ross, June Rose and Mollie were given equal third. 

 Bitches— Under lJin. 



B. S. Turpin's Belle Ross against F.W. Chapman's Banner 

 Queen. 



E. W. Whitcomb's Baby Deane a bye. 



First SeHes. 

 Belle Ross beat Banner Queen. 



Second Series. 

 Belle Ross beat Baby Deane and won first prize. 

 Third Series. 



Baby Deane beat Banner Queen and won second prize, 

 Banner Queen third. 



The judges decided that Mr. Parry, with Gypsy Forest, 

 won Mr. Diffenderffer's special of a $25 silver plate, for the 

 best dog owned and bred by any member of the club win- 

 ning the greatest number of heats in the trials. Mr. Brad- 

 ford S. Turpin won, with Belle Ross, a pair of field glasses, 

 yiven by Mr. Barrett, for the best trailing throughout the 

 trial. Mr. Parry won, with Frank Forest, a special prize 

 of a painting of Frank, for the best dog or bitch of all 

 classes. Belle Boss being withdrawn. Mr. Rutter took the 

 ■special of a $25 silver plate, given by Mr. Chapman, with 

 Don. who was decided to have the best voice, Desdemona, 

 Saying been withdrawn, as she belonged to donor. 



A DAY WITH A SCRATCH PACK 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Perhaps some of the readers of Forest ast> Stream would 

 like to know about the grand hunt held by the National 

 Beagle Club after the successful termination of their recent 

 field trials, which I have no doubt will be as ably reported 

 by Judge Lacy as was the first part, which appeared in last 

 week's^issue. The party, which was composed of Messrs. 

 B. S. Turpin, W. F. Rutter, A. Parry, Jos. Lewis, O. W. 

 Brooking, Charles and John Peabody, B. Innis (reporter for 

 the Boston Herald) and myself, started from the Peabody 

 farm, where the dogs were comfortably quartered, at about 

 8 A.M., with 20 beagles. The day was damp and cloudy, 

 very similar to the preceding one, in which the trials were 

 concluded, and we had not been out over 15 minutes when 

 Desdemona, who had worked over to the left of the other 

 dogs, opened on an old trail. There was a great rushing 

 through the bushes of all the dogs, and Tone soon opened 

 some distance ahead and in about a second had the. rabbit 

 running. After playing up and down for two or three turns, 

 Mr. Rabbit came to the. conclusion that this patch of woods 

 was growing too small for bim, and he therefore made for 

 another and more extensive one, which contained several 

 "holes." About this time, too, he began to understand 

 that the sooner he got there the better, so putting his ears 

 back he started straight for the woods before mentioned, 

 which lay just opposite the field we were in. Fatal deci- 

 sion! No sooner had he leaped the wall than three guns 

 sprang to the shoulders of as many men and at the united 

 report, which blended and sounded as but oue, poor bunny 

 lay stretched on the damp turf, and two handsome beagles, 

 Tone and Don, were fiercely contesting for all that was left 

 of as fine a rabbit as ever ran. Hastily jumping the wall I 

 ran to the struggling hounds, which were now joined by 

 the entire pack, and by dint of much cuffing and snatching, 

 succeeded in getting "the rabbit from them and into the 

 game pocket of my coat. 



Again, after a short tramp another bunny was started, 

 which was put into his hole in short order. Then the party, 

 after walking by the shores of one of New Hampshire's most 

 b autiful lakes, were disagreeably surprised to find the dogs 

 at work on a hot fox track, and it was only by some severe 

 handling that the dogs were induced to abandon it. Several 

 rabbits were run after this, but to describe all that occuired 

 would take more space than your paper would care to devote 

 to any one subject, and I will therefore conclude by saying 

 that not a rabbit that was started was lost; all were either 

 shot or holed; the dogs worked together splendidly, running 

 with a fifty-feet tront, and no matter which way bunny 

 turned, whether to the right or to the left, some one was 

 sure to pick him up, and he soon found that his only safety 

 lay in a straightaway course to his hole. The entire party 

 only bagged six rabbits and two partridges, but had more 

 genuine fun than if they had slaughtered a thousand; for a 

 man to sin ot a rabbit ahead of the National Beagle Club 

 pack must needs be both quick and sure with his gun, for no 

 rabbit will stay long above ground with them at his heels. 

 We shall have several meets this winter on white hares, and 

 expect lots of enjoyment and instruction therefrom, as there 

 are probably over 200 beagles owned by our members. Will 

 try and give the Forest and Stream an account of one of 

 the meets when it comes off. F. W. Chapman, Sec'y. 



MELBOSE, Mass., Nov. in. 



The Washington City Kennel Club have evidently sunk 

 their differences, and the threat that a new club would be 

 organized has awakened them to a sense of their position. 

 The date claimed for their show, is the week after Pittsburgh, 



DOG CHAT. 



THE members of the National Beagle Club demonstrated 

 to their entire satisfaction that beagle trials can be 

 held with a result that is most successful. Many people on 

 both sides the water have scoffed at the idea, and no doubt 

 judging by the report in last week's Forest and Stream, 

 they hugged themselves still closer and indulged in sundry 

 "I told you so's." But they are wrong, and very much so. 

 We admit that at Hyanuis the outlook was blank— like the 

 woods. Given a good country and one still more open even 

 than that at Salem, N. H., any amount of sport may be had, 

 and at the. same time the merits of two beagles in a heat can 

 be satisfactorily arrived at without much trouble in one 

 sense, but not without much leg weariness in another. 

 Any one who attempts beagle trials in this country must be 

 prepared for some downright hard work. Unlike pointer 

 and setter trials, a horse would be entirely dc trop, as it is 

 quite exceptional to get any trailing in the open fields, the 

 rabbit naturally seeking the protection of the woods and the 

 most likely places he can find to put his pursuers at fault. 

 The result of the trials last week has considerably added to 

 the enthusiasm of the members of the N. B. C, and it is 

 sate to say that another year the entries will be much larger, 

 and if a convenient and suitable country can be found, many 

 more sportsmen will take part than was the case this year. 

 The trials were remarkable in one sense, and that was the 

 entire absence of the "kicking" element. This may be ac- 

 counted for in one way by the fact that the judges were very 

 careful not to give a decision till they had thoroughly satis- 

 fied themselves, and it was patent to all which was tne bet- 

 ter dog. This was somewhat tedious, but any one who has 

 had experience in this kind of hunting will know that the 

 element of luck enters largely into a trial of this sort, and 

 sometimes only after repeated tradings could a just decision 

 be arrived at. The judges, Messrs. Lewis and Lacy, thank 

 the members of the club for their kind and courteous treat- 

 ment during the trials. 



This beagle club may congratulate themselves on the fact 

 that t)i ese trials will create a desire among beagle men to 

 own a working beagle, and no doubt, in time the blood of 

 winning field trial beagles will be as much sought after, 

 comparatively speaking, as that of the field trial winners in 

 pointers and setters. Everything has a beginning, and the 

 start made by the N. B. C. was most auspicious. 



Mr. W. J. Comstock writes us to correct an error several 

 people have fallen into in crediting him with the owner- 

 ship of the recent black and tan terrier importations. 

 Thev beloug to his cousin and business partner, Mr. Frank 

 P. Comstock. They arrived at Providence only last Friday, 

 nearlv a fortnight after their arrival in New York, and for- 

 tunately were in very fair shape, in spite of McKinley tram- 

 mels. They think the terriers just about the right sort. 



We are pleased to see that the recent agitation by several 

 writers in regard to the fictitious value that some people at- 

 tached to the word "registered" in a catalogue when the dog 

 had simply been entered in the Kennel Gazette at quarter 

 rates, has shown good fruit. Now the word "registered" 

 will carry with it its proper significance and be the protec- 

 tion to the breeder it was intended to be, and not as before a 

 vehicle for fraud. 



The A. K. C. has awakened to the fact that clubs claiming 

 dates must, to have them recognized, enter their claim with 

 the secretary, and not as heretofore has been the custom, to 

 simply notify the kennel press This has led to a rather 

 unfortunate state of things. The Cleveland Kennel Club it 

 seems wrote to Mr. Vredenburgh Nov. 1 claiming the. first 

 week in April for their coming show. This date had already 

 been claimed by the New England Kennel Club in the 

 American Stock Keeper, the first paper that could, get it in 

 after the club meeting. We received the claim on the morning 

 of Oct. 29, Mr. Moore, the secretary, not thinking it neces- 

 sary to do so at once, neglected to uotify the A. K. C. secre- 

 tary of their claim, and said secretary receiving Nov. 3 the 

 Cleveland claim, gave them the dates. Now there is a very 

 fine point contained in this. The A. K. C. rule says secre- 

 taries of shows must notify the A. K. C. of their claim, but 

 there is nothing which decrees that to have their dates 

 recognized, they must be sent to the A. K C. secretary. 

 Now supposing these two clubs had claimed their 

 dates simultaneously with the secretary, who is to decide 

 the prior right? Something ought to be done about this 

 and a rule made that could not be construed in any way but 

 the right one. Now we come to the point at issue. It is well 

 known and has from long usage— some seven years— become 

 a fixture, that Boston always claims the week in which their 

 Fast Day holiday occurs. Mr. Munsball, as secretary of the 

 Cleveland Club, and a man in touch with dogdom, ought 

 to know this, and doubtless does. Boston had claimed their 

 dates in the kennel press before anything was known of the 

 Cleveland Club's action. Now, supposing these two clubs 

 insist on their dates. Boston, according to a rule which 

 says that clubs insisting on conflicting dates shall be sus- 

 pended, would undoubtedly be put in that position if 

 Cleveland chose to stand by their guns. Would it not there- 

 fore be better for the younger club to give the older and 

 larger one the preference? If Cleveland sees fit to antagon- 

 ize the Eastern club it will engender much ill will and will 

 no doubt materially affect their entry list. We should 

 think that the week after Chicago would be afar better date 

 for them, as there are few Eastern kennels which would 

 risk a week in Cleveland before making their appearance at 

 such a show as Chicago. Held the week after, they would 

 catch a big entry on the way home; in fact, most of the 

 Eastern dogs. The Boston show is counted the second in the 

 country, and as such it deserves some consideration at the 

 hands of smaller clubs. We trust that an amicable arrange- 

 ment will be arrived at. We were informed by the secretary 

 of the A. K. C. that Lynn has no dates, they not having ad- 

 vised him of their claim, though such has been posted in 

 the kenn el press for upward of six months. 



We hear that last week Mr. Percy C. Ohl purchased from 

 Mrs. Grant the St. Bernard bitch Beda, which it will be re- 

 membered was lost or stolen while on a visit to Rolaud. It 

 is very likely that this peculiar case will form a subject of 

 discussion at the next A. K. C. meeting. 



We have received further particulars of the mastiff bitch 

 Lady Cobrey from Mr. Chas. E. Bunn, her importer. She 

 is by champion Beaufort— champion Toogie, she by Crown 

 Prince. She is is one of Beaufort's largest daughters and is 

 dam of the pup Mr. Cook showed at the Crystal Palace 

 mastiff show. Before leaving England she was bred to Sir 

 Stafford, but has not proved in whelp; she will now be bred 

 to Mr. Bunn's Ormonde. 



A dog show will be held, we hear, at San Francisco in April 

 next, by the Pacific Kennel Club. 



We are enabled to give our readers the name of the St. 

 Bernard bitch Mr. Moore is importing. She is the noted 

 Lady Sneerwell, by champion Pouf out of Jael, the bitch 

 Mrs. Lee lately purchased. She is described as one of the 

 best bitches out. She weighs 1601bs., standing 28V2in. high, 

 and must therefore be a very heavily built bitch. 'Her win- 

 nings are: Cup for best pup at St. Bernard show, 1889; first 

 open and novice. Southampton; first and cup, Crystal 

 Palace: first and cup, Manchester, 1889; first, Coventry; 

 first, Tunbridge Wells, 1890; beating such bitches as Andro- 

 meda, Lady Floris II., Lady Ida, Abbess, Sabrina, Pru- 



dence, Treasure and Zenith, etc. She has alreadywhelped 

 nine pups to Sir Bedivere and seven to Alton. She sailed 

 last Tuesday. Mr. Moore has now a pretty strong hand. 



The South Carolina Kennel Association, of Greenville. 

 S. C, have claimed the dates Jan. 27 to 3C, 1891, for their 

 inaugural show. This club, it will be remembered, was re- 

 fused admittance to the A. K. C. on account of the club at 

 Charleston, S. C. being a, member under the snme name Tbey 

 have now altered their title and filed their claim, which will 

 now no doubt be acted upon favorably at the December 

 meeting, so that wins will count. 



Mr. John Grace has been selected as judge at the / i 

 coursing meeting which comes off next week at Merced, Ca 

 It is very likely that he will have two assistants should th 

 meeting last longer than is expected. There is every indica 

 tion that the meeting will be a big success. 



The St. Bernard champion Guide is dead. He broke one 

 of his thighs and was put out of misery by his owner's 

 directions. He is the sire of champion Watch and Peggotty. 



Be the action of the advisory committee taking upon 

 itself the duty of voting the salaries of the A. K. C. officials, 

 we called upon Mr. Vredenburgh and asked for information 

 as to the amount of salaries voted on. This could not be ob- 

 tained, but Mr. Vredenburgh, with his blandest smile, told us 

 that the amounts were a little less than last year, and more 

 than this. Further than that we . shall not knowtill theitems 

 which go to make up the expenditure account for 1891 are 

 published in 1892. Has the advisory committee power to 

 vote on such matters? This is, or ought to ba, the duty of 

 the executive committee alone. 



Several English notes and other matters must be left over 

 till next week, for want of space. 



THE PESHALL CASE. 



r PHE celebrated case of The People vs. Peshall has been 

 JL put on the calendar for trial next Thursday, Nov. 20, 

 The New Jersey Kennel Club held a meeting last Thursday, 

 which is thus reported in the Jersey City Evening Journal: 

 "The New Jersey Kennel Club, in the course of a red hot 

 meeting held in Taylor's Hotel last evening, paid its respects 

 to the main organization, known as the American Kennel 

 Club, and rebuked in no uncertain tones the managers of 

 the latter organization on account of their attitude toward 

 Counsellor C. J. Peshall, one of the most active members of 

 the New Jersey branch. Mr. Peshall is president of the New 

 Jersey Kennel Club. He presided during the early part of 

 last night's meeting, as usual, and then surrendered the 

 chair to Vice-President Hopf. An eloquent and impassioned 

 speech by the president followed. Mr. Peshall went for his 

 adversaries without gloves. He reviewed the management 

 of the American Keunel Club, tried to prove that his criti- 

 cisms were just, and then wanted to know the nature of the 

 charges on which he had been tried before the advisory com- 

 mittee, and on the strength of which he had been disquali- 

 fied. No copy of these charges, he claimed, had ever been 

 presented to him, and no opportunity to defend himself had 

 been offered him. Mr. Peshall said he felt called upon to 

 take this method of clearing himself in view ot the 

 fact that he is president of the New Jersey Ken- 

 nel Club, and because he felt that the disgrace 

 was not only attached to him but to the club as 

 well. The libel suit instituted by Mr. Vredenburgh, he 

 said, would come up for trial in New York in a short time, 

 and then he would prove that his charges against the man- 

 agers of the American Kennel Club were merited and 

 founded on facts. He also said that he would apply, 

 through his counsel, ex-Judge Haines, for a mandamus to 

 compel the American Kennef Club to restore his qualifica- 

 tions. Counsellor Pesbali left the room at the conclusion 

 of his speech, and then a wordy conflict ensued. Mr. 

 Peshall's friends were in the majority and they loudly de- 

 manded that Mr. A. C. Wilmerding, the club's delegate, 

 who had voted for Mr. Peshall's disqualification, state the 

 nature of the charges that had been trumped up against 

 him. Mr. Wilmerding hesitated. H- A.Thomas, Secretary 

 Wilms, Mr. Hetherington and others strenuously insisted 

 that Mr. Wilmerding should explain. The delegate, rc 

 torted that this meeting was packed in the interest of Mr. 

 Peshall, and that he did not intend to speak while strangers 

 (referring to the Jo urna'l reporter) were present. Mr. Wil- 

 merding further asserted that members who had been 

 dropped from the roll had been reinstated in order to help 

 Mr. Peshall for the evening. J. D. Shotwell indorsed Mi-. 

 Wilmerding, and a lively discussion ensued. 'If the club 

 wants to know why Mr. Peshall was disqualified, I will 

 make a written report about the matter for the next meet- 

 ing,' said Mr. Wilmerding. He intimated subsequently 

 that the disqualification was made on the ground that Mr. 

 Peshall had sold some of his dogs on paper in order to give 

 them a fictitious value, and because be had shown dogs that 

 were not his property. Peshall's friends ridicule these 

 charges and say that the aid of the Supreme Court will be 

 invoked to 'knock out the conspirators who through jeal- 

 ousy have seen fit to disqualify him.' The meeting ad- 

 journed in a whirl of excitement." 



THE GORDON SETTER STAKE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As all the entries for the Gordon Setter Stake havs now 

 been reeeiA r ed and the forthcoming trials promise to be 

 brought to a successful conclusion, I desire to take the 

 present opportunity of thanking you f>r the earuest co- 

 operation and assistance afforded in' this matter. The trials 

 promise to be a great success, and it is to be regretted that 

 the Gordon Setter Club took no part whatever toward mak- 

 ing it so. It is calculated that this will be a starting point 

 for future similar events taking place annually, and that 

 the result of these trials will demonstrate to the public 

 generally the field qualities of the Gordon breed. The 

 following entries have been made: 



Corto (Royal Duke— Norab), J. L. Campbell. 



Gordon (Stubble— Countess of Devonshire), J.B. Blossom. 



Sally BEAUMONT(Beaumont-CountessFlo),J. B. Blossom. 



MONT (Tom— Pearley), Dr. Tillinghast. 



King Item (Little Boy— Roxie), Item Kennels. 



Countess Roxie (Little Boy— Roxie), Item Kennels. 



Bendigo (Ben Nevis— Blanche IV.), Claire Recta Kennels. 



Curlew (Drednought— Walker), Claire Reeta Kennels. 



Beaumont (Ronald III— Floss), Beaumont Kennels. 



Bellmont (Dasher— Blanche IV,), Beaumont Kennels. 



In addition to the $100 given by the Central Field Trial 

 Club, $75 has been donated by private subscription, which 

 will be divided into t>>ree moneys, Viz: $100 to first, $50 to 

 second, $25 to third. The subscribers of the $75 are as fol- 

 lows: Mr. J. B. Blossom $25, Item Kennels $25, Beaumont 

 Kennels $25. Besides the cash prizes the Philadelphia Item 

 Field Trial Trophy, value $100, has been given on the fol- 

 lowing terms: When the owner of any contestant has had 

 his name inscribed on it three times (not necessarily in suc- 

 cession) it becomes his personal property. The Van Zandt 

 cup, value $50, will be awarded to the dog winning second 

 money. A meeting of the executive committee of the 

 Gordon Setter Club was called for Oct. 29, at 44 Broadway, 

 New York. No quorum being present the meeting ad- 

 journed to a future date. The resignations of President H. 

 Malcolm, Vice-President Dr. Whitaker, and Secretary and 

 Treasurer I. T, Norris were received, John H Meyer. 



