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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 4, 1890. 



SAM R. (Geo. P. Jones), dog (Dash B.— Daisy Hope), 



■With 



Phceness (A. P. Heywood Lonsdale), bitch (Woodhill 

 Brnce— Lucy). 



Trap, Jr, (Sam Grant), dog (Ruby's Druid— Trap), 

 with 



Whyte B. (P. H. Bryson), dog (Roderigo— Florence Glad- 

 stone). 



Peg Wofeington (Francis S. Brown), bitch (Ben Hill- 

 Nora), 



with 



Marguerite (D. E. Rose, agent), bitch [(Gath's Hope- 

 Sue J.). 



It is very likely the Pointer Derby will be settled soon 

 after lunch to-morrow, and I shall furnish you results up 

 to press time. H. W. L. 



Lexington, N. O, Dec. 2.— Special to Forest and Stream. 

 — The weather this morning was bright and frosty, but very 

 warm during the middle of the rlay. The first brace down 

 to-day in second series was Zig Zag against Tray. Zig Zag 

 did the best work and won the heat. Next came Spotted 

 Boy running against Maid of Kent. Spotted Boy did the 

 best work and woo. Tyke was a bye. In the third series 

 Tapster run against Tyke and the work done was very poor, 

 mit Tapster made fewest mistakes and Won. After lunch 

 Zig Zag ran against Spotted Boy. The latter did some good 

 work, finding birds, and rightly won. He will run with 

 Tapster to-morrow fcr first place and is pretty sure to win, 

 as he is much better class. Two heats of the Setter Derby 

 were run this afternoon, Gossip and Datcha, Ian and Olga. 

 Mr. J. Otto Donner was on the field to-day. 



THE GORDON SETTER CLUB. 



NEW YORK. Dec. 1.— At a special meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Gordon Setter Club of Amer- 

 ica, held at 44 Broadway, this city, on Nov. 28, the following 

 members were present: Dr. J. M. Lordly, Dr. H. Clay 

 Glover, F. W. Bennett, Dr. John H. Meyer and L. A. Van 

 Zandt. Dr. J. M. Lordly in the chair, L. A. Van Zandt, 

 secretary pro tem. The minutes of the previous meeting 

 were read and adopted. Election of officers followed to fill 

 the places of Messrs. H. Malcolm, president, Dr. J. Whit- 

 aker, vice-president, and I. T. Noms, secretary-treasurer, 

 whose resignations took effect Oct. 29, 1890. On motion the 

 follow officers were elected: Dr. H. Clay Glover, Pres.; Dr. 

 J. M. Lordly. Vice-Pres.; L. A. Van Zandt, Sec'y andTreas. 

 Election of members followed, and Dr. J. F. Clark and Dr. 

 Geo. L. Lamson were elected. The resignation of J. W. E. 

 Clarke as member of executive committee wits read and 

 accepted with regret. Dr. J. F. Clarke was elected a mem- 

 ber of executive committee to fill vacancy caused by the 

 resignation of J. W. E. Clarke. The resignation of F. M. 

 Bennett as delegate to the A. K. C. and as a member of the 

 stud book committee was read and accepted with regret. 

 L. A. Van Zandt was elected delegate to the A. K. C. in 

 place of F. M. Bennett. On motion of Dr. Glover, Di*. Meyer 

 was appointed a committee of one to be known as the stud 

 book committee. On motion of Dr. Meyer it was 



Resolved, That the club donate the sum of -$25 for prizes 

 at- the Westminster Kennel Club show, Feb., 1891, to be 

 divided as follows: Ten dollars to best dog in open class, 

 $10 to best bitch in open class, $5 to best dog or bitch in 

 puppy classes. 



Resolved, That a committee of one be elected to be known 

 as the bench show and field trial committee, whose duty it 

 shall be to look after the interests of the Gordon setter at 

 bench shows and field trials, and to make all arrangements 

 with the clubs; subject to the approval of the executive 

 committee. 



Resolved, That in order to facilitate the business of the 

 club it is desirable that a full quorum of its officers should 

 be voted for who reside in one city or vicinity. It is therefore 



Resolved, That the secretary when sending the list for 

 election purposes request the members to have this com- 

 mendable object in view in making their selections. 



Resolved, That the secretary address a circular letter to 

 all owners of Gordon setters requesting them to join our 

 club. 



Resolved, That the secretary is hereby instructed to send 

 a copy of the minutes of each meeting to the principal 

 sportsmen's papers, including the Gazette. 



'Resolved, That the secretary is hereby empowered to 

 spend whatever amount of money is necessary to equip his 

 office. 



Resolved, That the following gentlemen be elected 

 honorary members of the Gordon Settpr Club of America: 

 August Belmont, President American Kennel Club; Pierre 

 Lorillard, Jr., President English Setter Club; Win. Dun- 

 phy, President Irish Setter Club; Dr. J. Frank Perry, Presi- 

 dent Associate Members: Hon. John S. Wise, President 

 Pointer Club of America; Dr. N. Rowe and J. M. Tracy. 



A bill for $10 dues for membership in A. K. C. was voted 

 paid. The treasurer reported a balance on hand of $53.67. 

 The committee then adjourned. 



L. A. Van Zandt, Sec'y (Yonkers, N. Y). 



MARYLAND KENNEL CLUB.-In November a bill was 

 filed in Circuit Court No. 2 by five of the board of governors 

 against the other five asking that the proceedings of a meet- 

 ing held on Nov. 15 be declared void, alleging that sufficient 

 notice was not given. The case was to have been heard 

 yesterday before Judge Wright, but the defendants, George 

 W, Massamore, Charles R. Diffenderffer, James Thompson, 

 Wm. C. Farber and W. Stewart Diffenderffer. by lawyers 

 Isidor Rayner and Edwin J. Farber, filed their answer, 

 which will make it necessary to take testimony. The bill 

 admits that the meeting was held, but denies that Charles 

 J. Peshall, who represented H. Malcolm, was ever elected or 

 sent as a delegate to the club, and alleges that Harry Mal- 

 colm, at his own instance, had been previously named as 

 such delegate and without the authority of the club sent 

 Peshall to represent him, that Peshall claims to be a resident 

 of Jersey City, N. J., and that he is and at that time was an 

 objectionable person to the members of the Maryland Kennel 

 Club and also the American Kennel Club, having been 

 recently permanently disqualified from membership or from 

 any participation in its proceedings. The answer further 

 alleges that Harry Malcolm has upon more than one accasion 

 threatened to break up the club unless W. Stewart Diffen- 

 derffer "got out of it," and has openly stated that the Mary- 

 land Kennel Club should never have a "bench show" until 

 Diffenderffer was displaced as secretary, nothwithstanding 

 the fact that Diffenderffer did resign on June 7, 1890, the club 

 refusing to accept the resignation, as the remaining defend- 

 ants claimed that the acceptance would be detrimental to 

 the interests of the club. The bill denies that Harry Malcolm 

 and Henry R. Von der Horst made any proper demand on 

 Nov. 17 on Diffenderffer, secretary, to show the minutes of 

 the meetings, and avers that they were never denied access 

 to the minutes of the meetings, and asks that the bill of com- 

 plainants be dismissed with costs.— Baltimore Herald Dec. 2. 



GLADSTONE, the setter of field trial fame, died at Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., on Nov, 20. 



DOG CHAT. 



SOME time since we spoke of a dog show being held this 

 winter in Providence in connection with the Rhode 

 Island Poultry Association. We hear now that the judges 

 selected are Mr. C. Fred Crawford for the sporting classes 

 and Mr. T. M. Aldrich the others. If a successful show is 

 held this year a move will no doubt be made to join the A. 

 K. C. and hold a proper show. 



We hear that Mr. Wixom has exchanged his champion 

 beagle bitch Myrtle for Mr. Kreuder's champion Rattler 

 (Dan O'Shea's). From a letter we have received we judge 

 the National Beagle Club will see the Wixom dogs at their 

 next trials. 



Mr. T. H. Stretch, the noted collie man in England, had 

 three teams out the other week and won with each. What 

 a far-fetched pun one could make on this, but we spare our 

 readers this time. 



Stock-Keeper alludes to a letter which Lady Blanche 

 Innes-Ker has written in favor of having whippet racing at 

 dog shows. We have not had time to allude to this sport 

 much lately, but we certainly agree with the above paper in 

 the opinion it advances that shows would be vastly bene- 

 fited by some such extra attraction as this. It is all non 

 sense to suppose that because it is a sport that is indulged 

 in by miners and working people in the north of England it 

 cannot be made a means of amusement for refined people. 

 What is horse racing but a sport, in which we find the riff- 

 raff of the world engaged? and at the same time we find 

 men of the highest honor and integrity, heart and soul 

 in the sport; and it is such people as the latter who, by just 

 example, have raised the sport from the depths to which at 

 one time it had fallen in this country. Then why, if respect- 

 able people wish to indulge in whippet racing, should they 

 be discouraged by the cry of — Pitch! We are more im- 

 mediately interested in its development as far as dog 

 shows and especially those held at fairs are concerned, and 

 it would not be a very difficult matter to keep the racing 

 of these dogs as clean as the judging in the bench show 

 ring. We should consider bench show committees very 

 short sighted if they do not soon tack this harmless racing 

 on to their list of attractions. 



Many of our readers have a faint idea as to the origin of 

 bench shows, so we think it would be of interest to them to 

 look upon the face of the man who, at his own expense, got 

 up the first dog show ever held, which was at Birmingham, 

 Eng., in 1859. We are enabled through the kindness of Mr, 

 Brailsford to copy the face on the solid silver medal which 

 was given to his father in commemoration of the event. 

 The medal is 2}4in. in diameter with a solid silver chain 

 30in. long attatched to it. On the one side is an engraving 

 of Mr. Brailsford, as represented in our illustration, and on 



" THE ORIGINATOR OF HOG SHOWS." 



the reverse side is the following inscription: "This medal 

 with a purse of £80 was presented to Richard Brailsford as 

 a testimonial for originating and his exertions in carrying 

 out the national shows for improving the breed of sporting 

 dogs, the first of which he carried out at his own expense at 

 Birmingham, in 1859." Then Mr. W. Brailsford, his son, 

 who has charge of Mr. Heywood Lonsdale's dogs at the 

 trials, has another silver medal of the same size with a sim- 

 ilar chain attached. On one side is the following inscrip- 

 tion: "Presented at the National Pointer and Setter Field 

 Trials, 1889." On the reverse side: "This medal with a 

 purse of £95 was given to William Brailsford a-s a public 

 testimonial for originating pointer and setter field trial 

 competitions; for establishing the first national field trial 

 meeting in 1866, and for his continued exertions in the man- 

 agement thereof for 24 years," In the case is a paper, on 

 which are written the names of the subscribers to the testi- 

 monial, and one recognizes at once names which are familiar 

 to every one interested in English field sports. Mr. Thos. 

 Johnson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was also a subscriber. 

 Messrs. Brailsford and Cameron have made many friends 

 by their quiet and courteous manner, accepting their defeat 

 with a good grace, and should they succeed in pulling off 

 any of the Central stakes, we are sure they will receive the 

 hearty congratulations of their fellow handlers and sports- 

 men. 



The noted pointer Sandford Mike was claimed at the late 

 Crystal Palace show by Mr. J. Lloyd William for Col. J. H. 

 Allen, of Louisville, Kentucky, who intends to bring the 

 dog over with him. There is nothing said as to his showing 

 him at our shows. 



The latest Barzoical question, shall the "Krilutts" of the 

 future have long or short necks? This is quite an important 

 question with a severe winter fast approaching. 



Mr. P. T. O'Bannon and Mr. H. Hulman, Jr., have decided 

 to amalgamate their kennel forces and signed agreements to 

 that effect during field trial week. With such dogs as Rev- 

 erdy, Gath's Mark, Fanny M. and a host of other well bred 

 ones, this kennel will hold a strong hand. They are very 

 much in favor of breeding for dogs that can win on the 

 bench as well as in the field. 



In a chat with Mr. Brailford, who has the English dogs in 

 charge, we asked him what he thought of the style of work 

 in our trials and the way the handling is done. The former 

 he calls forehunting or scampering; he says the dogs lead 

 the handlers, the handlers lead the judges and the judges 

 lead the spectators. Is he right? In speaking of the hand- 

 lers, he describes them as a fine body r of men, temperate and 

 men of clear discernment, and men who, if he had them in 

 his hands for six months, he would make of them the finest 

 trainers in the world. 



The Fanciers' Gazette (Eng.) draws ttention to a clause 



in the new tariff law dealing with live stock, which says 

 that "no such ani mar shall" be admitted free unless pure 

 bred of a recognized breed, and duly registered in the book 

 of record established for that breed," and surmises that the 

 latter part of that sentence may provide a loophole for the 

 Custom authorities to impose the duty on dogs, as each 

 breed is not provided with a separate stud book. All the 

 same, we think that the separate classification of the Eng- 

 lish Stud Book covers all this, each breed having to all in- 

 tents and purposes a separate division of its own, so that we 

 cannot see how this will affect the case at all, and any such 

 interpretation of the law will defeat the end in view— the 

 improvement of our canine stock. If the dog imported is 

 duly registered and acertificate of the same from the secre- 

 tary of the stud book, together with the affidavit of the 

 owner or importer, that such is the identical dog described 

 in said certificate, be obtained, will, we are informed, be all 

 that is necessary. 



Among the dogs sold during the Eastern field trials were 

 Spot and Joy, Jr., owned by Capt. Mears. Spot went for 

 $300 and Joy, Jr. for $150. Mr. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., was the 

 purchaser. Mr. Merriam, of Boston, also sold Razzle, Mr. 

 A vent selling two youngsters, Royal C. and Rodney Royal 

 C., both Roderigo dogs, to Mr. Royal Carrol, of New York. 



Many of the handlers who were unsuccessful at High 

 Point are looking forward to better luck at Lexington, 

 having faith that the dogs will run at not quite such a high 

 pressure speed at the latter place, especially as the heats 

 are, in the first instance, of one hour's duration. 



After the Eastern trials and reports were finished, we 

 journeyed on to Thoniasville, a few miles from High Point, 

 putting up with friends Tallman and Bradley, who have 

 been located there for some time preparing their dogs for the 

 trials. No better place could have been selected for the pur- 

 pose. Birds are plentiful and the land of such varied 

 character that a dog can be fitted to any style of work needed 

 of him. Messrs. Tallman and Bradley are both well know 

 in the field trial arena, and two harder workers it would be 

 difficult to find. This training of field dogs is not the child's 

 play some people suppose, and they only need to put in a dog 

 with either of these men to find that it is real downright, 

 hard work,; especially when one of those naturally perverse, 

 head-strong dogs, that are sometimes to be met with, has to 

 be. brought to a sense of its duty. Three months of this' sort 

 of work, day after day, ivill make the strongest man stale. 

 We had the pleasure of shooting over several bench show 

 celebrities in "Billy's" charge. The first day we had out 

 that smart little bitch Princess Beatrice, owned by Mr. 

 Windholz, and in her own quiet way she gets over the ground 

 and finds the, birds without making mistakes. Then there 

 is the great Count Howard, who would be better were he not 

 quite so fond of his own way. A Count Howard— Princess 

 Beatrice pup also shows good promise, and is withal a hand- 

 some little fellow. "Billy" has also the renouned Beaumont, 

 who hunts with all the fire and vigor of a two-year-old, 

 though we believe he is close on to eight years old. He is, as 

 all bench show habitue's know, a handsome dog, and we can 

 hardly blame the Gordon men, and especially the owner, Dr. 

 Meyer, over their enthusiasm for their fancy in the field, for 

 Beaumont is very stylish, and his handsome coloring makes a 

 pretty picture as he glides through the short sedge grass. 

 Bendigo is another Gordon, owned by Mr. Hunt, though 

 youugyet and one which was what Tallmon styles "a ter- 

 ror" to break, is now coming along nicely, and "did quite a 

 pretty piece of work on the way home from the last day's 

 shoot. Gronie, a pointer, is one of the best in Mr. Tallman's 

 string, and ran in hard luck in the Eastern All-Aged, but if 

 ho goes ahead and does work like that of Friday last, almost 

 without a fault, he ought to be near the top in the pointer 

 All-Aged at the Central. Mr. Bradley's dogs are all field 

 dogs first and last. Such animals as Rowdy Rod, Harry C. 

 and others doing honor to his ability as a trainer. Rowdy 

 was being trained more especially for the four-hour race, 

 and we trust the result will justify the expectation Of his 

 handler. The farmers in this section seem to be the right 

 sort, and it is the exception to him a gruff "Here, you, get 

 off that land." In the first place they are treated consider- 

 ately, and as soon as they understand that the trainers are 

 not intent on killing all the birds they can scare up, they 

 are always willing to give kindly directions where the birds 

 are to, be found. Space [forbids more on this subject, but 

 any one bent on having some good sport could do worse than; 

 spend a week with these two gentlemen at the Mock House, 

 whose comfortable quarters and bountiful table will be ap- 

 preciated when the shades of evening drive the sportsman 

 home with a ravenous appetite and tired limbs. 



A very handsome picture of Mrs. Fergus and her St. Ber- 

 nard bitch Coralie appears in last week's Canine Wo rld, and 

 in speaking of this lady, who occupies the same position to 

 the English kennel world that Miss Whitney does to ours, 

 being the only lady judge of St. Bernards in the ring, if we 

 may use that term without any direspect to these ladies, this 

 paper says she is promoting a society a little ahead of the 

 S. P. C. A. in that she thinks prevention is better than cure 

 and proposes, by the aid of a committee, to watch over the 

 manifest kindness to animals and . at the end of the year 

 give prizes ranging from $50 downward to the parties treating 

 their animals kindly. Each recipient 'will also receive a sil- 

 ver medal to be worn on the coat. This idea is of course 

 chiefly aimed at the drivers, cabmen and so on in her city of 

 Glasgow, but it is a god one and might be carried out in other 

 cities to advantage. Speaking of pictures, that is a clever 

 two-page sketch by George Cruikshank the second In the 

 same paper. It represents different members of the English 

 kennel world and their dogs taking part in the Lord Mayor's 

 show. America is not forgotten, for the "member for Hul- 

 ton" and "Manhattan" occupy choice seats in theC. W. 

 coach. Mr. Wade looks quite overpowered in a high hat, 

 though he keeps a tight grip on the stars and stripes. We 

 fancy there is a good deal of hidden meaning in the title, 

 "This is not a two-point show." 



At the forthcoming St. Bernard show in London, Dec. 10, 

 Mr. L. C. R. Norris-Elye will judge the rough coats and Mr. 

 L. Oppenheiiner the smooths. By the amalgamation of the 

 club with the E, K. C. their challenge class wins rank 

 equally with those of the Kennel Club, for it is now what is 

 termed a two-point show. 



The noted Irish terrier Breda Rattle has been sold, and as 

 he has sailed from England it is presumed he is consigned 

 to America, though his destination and owner's name are 

 enveloped in strict secrecy. He is described as a grand 

 coated dog and one possessed of the best legs and feet a ter- 

 rier could possess. 



The noted St. Bernard, Prince Battenberg, is dead. This 

 handsome animal was the only dog we believe that suc- 

 ceeded in lowering the colors of the great Plinlimmon, which 

 he did at Birmingham under the judgment of Mr. Betterton. 

 He was unfortunately owned by a man who could not take his 

 defects with the stoical indifference all exhibitors should 

 possess, and consequently he has not been seen on the bench 

 as much as his great beauty and splendid character entitled 

 him to. He died of heart disease and was but five years old. 



We hear that Mr. John Davidson will judge all classes at 

 South Carolina dog show at Greenville, S. C. , in January 

 next. 



"Namquoit" expects- four Welsh terriers over -on the Rich^ 



