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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 19, 1891. 



tractive one. The cballenge ijrizes for the principal breeds 

 are $15, with §15, SIO and 85 in the open classes, and in no 

 case do the cballenge or open class prizes go below $10 and 

 $5. A dog winning a money prize can have a medal instead, 

 at the option of the exhibitor. Sexes will be divided when 

 not less than live of each sex are entered. The judges ap- 

 pointed are: B.H.Moore, Melrcse, Mass., ma.stiffs; H. W. 

 Lacy, New York, St. Bernards, great Danes, greyhounds and 

 deerhonnds, all terriers except bull-terriers and fox-fcerriers, 

 toy spaniels, pngs, poodles; John Davidson, Muiiroe, Mich., 

 English, Irish and Gordon setters, pointers, foxhounds; J as. 

 Watson, Philadelphia, Pa., collies, all spaniels except toys; 

 R. ¥. Mayhew, New York, fox-terriers and bnll-terriers; 

 John E. Thayer, Boston, bnlldogsj W. Stewart Diffenderf- 

 fer, Baltimore, Md., beagles; J. Newman, Boston, round- 

 head bull and terrier; Messrs. Watson and Lacy, miscel- 

 laneous. Kennel prizes of .*25 are given in the more impor- 

 tant breeds. Most of the specials' given by the difEerent 

 specialty clubs have already been published. The entries 

 close March 18, with the bench show committee, 6 Hamilton 

 Place, Boston, Mass. Spratts Co. will bench and feed. 



The English Setter Clnb having donated several specials 

 to the Pittsburgh show, desired one of their own judges to 

 officiate, though the judge, Mr. John Davidson, had already 

 been announced. Mr. Talhu an was then asked to judge the 

 English setters, hut very properly declined. 



We regret to hear that the well known handler, Ben 

 Lewis, has been very ill since his return from the Southern 

 shows. We triLst that he will be all right next week, for a 

 dog show without '*Ben" would be— -like that Shakespearian 

 chestnut. 



Mr. S. L Boggs, president of the Duqnesne Kennel Club, 

 writes that they will give a diploma as second prize in the 

 challenge classes already pro^^ded for the following breeds: 

 Mastiffs, St. Bernards (both breeds), deerhonnds, grey- 

 hounds, foxhounds, pointers (both weights), settei's, collies, 

 bull-terriers, bulldogs, beagles, foxteri-iers and pugs. Where 

 practicable the judges will be instructed to give a third 

 prize of a diploma. The English Setter Cltib offers the 

 silver medal of the chib for the best English setter bitch and 

 two of her produce, over 13 months old, regardless of owner 

 ship, prize to go to the bitch; also silver medal of the club 

 for the breeder of the three best English setters, dogs and 

 bitches, or three of either sex, over 13 months old, regardless 

 of ownership; also silver medal of the club for the best Eng- 

 lish setter dog or bitch with a public field trial record. 



Our illustration this week is the noted Skye terrier Sir 

 Stafford. Sir Stafford was imported by Mr. C. A. Shinn in 

 August. 1888, and was bred by E. Ewing, of Cambridge, 

 England. He is by Sir Garnet— Floss. This dog's record on 

 the bench in this country is now well known, and before he 

 came over he defeated such crack Skyes as champion Kings- 

 ton Tory, at Maidstone, and this was his first defeat. At 

 Bristol he vanquished champion Sir Strathan, also a big 

 winner. lie is, as a sire, responsible for some of the best 

 winners on the other side, among them Silver Queen, Sir 

 Joseph, Sir James, Cassie, Baffie Flower, and others. Uis 

 winnings here include first wherever shown. It is needless 

 to repeat them as the dog is as well known to the show goers 

 as his inimitable handler Ben Lewis, who will again have 

 Mm in charge at New York and through the balance of the 

 circuit, when he will be retired. He is now about five years 

 old. and is as game as they make them. He has sired some 

 grood pups over here, though, of course his sphere in this 

 direction has been but limited, owing to the scarcity of 

 bitches, but one of bis get will be .shown with him at New 

 York. 



It seems fixnny that the English Kennel Club does not 

 make some rule to correct the bad habit exhibitore are get- 

 ting into in holding back their entries for shows till after 

 the regular date of closing, so that secretaries are compelled 

 to appeal to the kennel papers for a "whip" and to extend 

 the date. After .such a notice to the papers the show's entry 

 is sure to be a good one. Perhaps it is one of the tricks of 

 the trade we are not yet up to in this country. Mr. Cruf t, who 

 is getting up his annual terrier show, makes .such an appeal 

 and extension, although he has provided a list of about 480 

 classes. 



Show committees in England are making a stand against 

 the specials given by owners of stud dogs for the best pro- 

 geny by their dogs. Recognizing the bother and annoyances 

 these specials give to the management in hunting up the 

 different competitors at the tail end of a show, the Man- 

 chester show people have refused such a special from a man 

 who has been advertising this .special as an inducement to 

 get breeders to patronize his stud dog for some time past. 

 Now he cannot keep his engagements. Stock-Keeper suggests 

 that he ask some well-known terrier man, who is not an ex- 

 hibitor, to run his eye over the qualified entries, and then 

 send a postal card, with the number of the chosen dog on 

 the bacli, to both owners of stud dog and progeny. This 

 saves a lot of bother and might be adopted in this country. 



Barzois or Eussian wolfhounds are steadily making their 

 way to the front in England. Two well-known exhibitors 

 Intend indulging in them, and have ordered several of the 

 best that can be bought in the land of the Czar. That they 

 have a standard of excellence for these dogs in Russia is 

 proved by the fact that at the Jate Moscow show the Great 

 Gold Medal was withheld, as the exhibits were not consid- 

 ered worthy of it, and only the Great Silver Medal was 

 awarded. 



We learn that Mr. Chas. S. Hanks, of Boston, Mass., who, 

 it will be remembered, dispersed his kennel of terriers pre- 

 vious to taking a trip to Siberia, has, while in London, pur- 

 chased some good f ox-teriier stock. From Mr. Redmond he 

 secured Damson, by Dominie— Daphnea, and .she is to be 

 served by the crack dog D'Orsay. Then from Mr. Tinne he 

 bought Brockenhm'.st Queenie', by Rational out of Ytene, 

 and she is to visit Dominie. Besides these, he purchased 

 &rouse II., by Rational out of Olive II., who will, as Stock- 

 Keeper puts it, remain there for Venio's pleasure. Mr. 

 Hanks has evidently been under good tutelage, for he has 

 invested his money in some of England's best fox-terrier 

 stock, and bred to these dogs he will have the nucleus of a 

 kennel that should put him well to the front in future 

 shows. He has also, smce his arrival in St. Petersburg, been 

 smitten Avith the Barzoi fever, and feels very much like in- 

 ve-sting in some of these beautiful hounds. 



Mr. J. E. Lloyd-Lloyd, of Totnes, Devonshire, Eng., is 

 disposing of his well-known kennel of show and field trial 

 winning pointers. Among them are champion lima, served 

 by champion Naso of Upton; Totnes Parody and Totnes 

 Onyx. They will he disposed of in one lot. 



Mr. Green, late owner of Sir Bedivere, has lost his noted 

 smooth St. Bernard Baron Wallasey, by Nero III.— Bena. 

 He was a full brother to the crack, out of a later litter. In- 

 flammation of both lungs took him off despite the best 

 veterinary care. He had won numerous prizes, 



A well-known English coursing man, William Wilkinson, 

 has joined the majority. He was the father of the noted 

 slipper Tom Wilkinson. 



Mr. Toon, of Sheffield, England, has purchased for Mr. 



MR. C. A. SHINWS SKYE TERRTEil "SIR STAFFORD." 



Charles Symonds, Salem, Mass., the noted Irish terrier Bell- 

 man (E.K.C.S.B 2,5 913). He is by an unknown dog out of 

 E. D. Fanning's Glan Quiss, by Gripper out of Brickdnst. 

 His weight is STlbs. Among his 13 firsts and specials he 

 counts a win at the Aquarium terrier show and Birming- 

 ham. He is described as a grand coated dog and ju.st 

 the sort for small, weedy bitches. Bellman hails from 

 J. W. Taylor's kennel, at Oldham, and this is the kennel 

 where the crack Breadenhill holds court. Mr. Symonds 

 writes us he has not yet received his pedigree, so the 

 above is news for him as well as others. He is now 

 on City of Berlin, consigned to Dr. Foote. With Bellman, 

 Breda Bill, Ballymoney and Exile, the Norfchfield Kennels 

 will have a pretty level team of "'Irishmen" at New York. 



The premium list of the Massachusetts Kennel Club's show 

 at Lynn, March 24 to 27, lies before ns. It is of the usual 

 .$10 and S.5 order. Challenge classes are provided for both 

 sexes in most of the breeds with prizes of SIO and a diploma. 

 Open classes for all breeds excepting Newfoundlands, Irish 

 water spaniels, dachshunde, bassets, bnll-terriers, pugs, 

 black and- tans, Skyes, Yorkshires. Scotch, Bedllngton, 

 Dandie Dinmont and Irish terriers, toy spaniels, poodles and 

 miscellaneous have •■*I0, -55 and a dip., those mentioned musl: 

 be content with ^3 and a dip. Spaniels have only -35 and 

 dip. in challenge classes and S!S and .$4 in open classes. Ken- 

 nel prizes of 110 are given to most of the breeds, the one for 

 setters includes all breeds. Merchandise, from trousers to 

 cigars and cash, are given as specials, together with numer- 

 ous medals donated by the different specialty clubs. The 

 owner of a good kennel of beagles can pretty well clothe him- 

 self from the special list and drink the club's health from a 

 silver cup given by Mr. E. B. Sears. We have already given 

 the names of the judges, which are Mes.srs. Glover,' Morti- 

 mer and Mayhew. It is not stated who will take the grey- 

 hound classes. The usual arrangements with the express com- 

 panies have been made. The entries close positively March 

 13, with Mr. D. A. Williams, Box 5, Lynn, Mass. The entry 

 fee is $3. .Sanitas will be the di.sinfectaut used and Spratts 

 Co. will bench and feed. 



The premium list of the first annual show at Washington, 

 D. C, is out. The pamphlet is an attractive one with a 

 good picture of the pointer Bracket on the cover. They have 

 taken a departure from the usual amount of prizes, the 

 principal breeds having §12 and i^Sin challenge, and the same 

 with a third prize of Pi in the open classes, the others get 

 .$10, $5 and $3. We are pleased to see that the terrier breeds, 

 such as Yorkshires, black and tans, etc., are well looked 

 after. Puppies in most of the breeds' have prizes of $5 and 

 $3. Liberal kennel prizes are given, for in.s"tancp, mastiff's 

 get §15 for the best four or more, St. Bernards -sso, pointers 

 and English setters *15, Irish «10. Fox-terriers and collies 

 have also Sl.5. Spratts Co. will bench and feed the show. 

 The list of outside specials is not compiled yet but present 

 prospects denote that they will foot up to nearly w70l). We 

 are sony to find, however, that this club should see fit to 

 treat the smooth St. Bernards so shabbily, i?10 and .f;5, for 

 both sexes together, with no challenge class, is not right, as 

 there are many people going in for smooths now that the 

 roughs are getting beyond their means. Little's Soluble 

 Phenyle will be used as a disinfectant. The entries, which 

 close March 4, must be sent to Mr. Frederick S. Webster, 

 711 14th street, N. W.. Washington, D. C. The judges 

 selected are Miss A. H. Whitney for St. Bernards, Newfound- 

 lands and pugs; J. M. Tracy tor pointers and setters; and 

 James Mortimer takes the rest, with the exception of beagles, 

 the judge for which has not been chosen yet. Mr. J. A. 

 Hoffar will superintend the show. 



We have just received, since writing tlie above, a letter 

 from Mr. "W ebster, in which he states that they have in- 

 creased the prize list for smooth St. Bernards, and they will 

 now be the same as the roughs, viz.; llA, challenge class, 

 dogs, -$12 and $8; llB, bitches, the same. 11c, open cla.ss, 

 dog, $12. S8 and -$4; llD, bitches, the same, and llE, puppies 

 under 18 months, dogs and bitches, 85 and -$3. 'A kennel 

 prize of 115 for the best kennel of smooths will also be given. 

 The rough-coated puppy class should be for puppies under 

 18 months, instead of 13 months. They have also given a 

 class to basset hounds, class 80A, open class, |!10, .5.5 and '$?>■ 

 Everything is being done by the committee to attract ex- 

 hibitors. Many specials have been received and will be an- 

 nounced later. One of the important ones is that of |35, to 

 be offered for the best kennel of field trial winning pointers, 

 and already two very important kennels have entered for 

 this special and others are expected. 



The meetings of different clubs to be held during the 

 W. K. C. show are as follows: Annual meeting of A. K. C, 

 Feb. 26, at 1 p. M. Meetine of Associate Members, Feb. 35, 

 at S P. M. Bulldog Club, 34th, at 8 f. m. Collie Club, 2.5th, 

 at 4 p. M. Pointer Club, 24th. at 4 P. M. Gordon .Setter 

 Club, 35tih, in p. m. St. Bernard Club, 34tb, at 7:30 P. M. 

 Irish Setter Club, 24th. English Setter Club, 24th, at 4 p.m. 



The English Setter Club has offered at the Ljmn dog show 

 the following specials: Silver medal for the best English 

 setter bitch and two of her proditce over 12 months old, re- 

 gardless of ownership; prize to goto the owner of the bitch. 

 Silver medal to the breeder of the best three English setters, 

 dogs or bitches, or both, over 13 months old. Silver medal 

 for the best English setter dog or bitch with public field 

 trial records. 



At the annual m^eeting of tha Cincinhati Kennel Club the 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year: J. Shel- 

 ley Hudson, President; J. P, Heister, ■^^ice-Prmident; Geo. 



H. Hill, Secretary; Al G. Eberhart, Treasurer; Board of Di- 

 rectors— J. Shellev Hudson, J, P. Heister, Geo. H. Hill, Al 

 G. Eberhart, W. C. McBrain andT. A. Snyder. 



It is the practice of the American Kennel Club to publish 

 in the Kennel Gazette a list of the names of members who 

 have been disqualified. We believe that the legality of such 

 a proceeding is open to serious question. The claini is made 

 that while the club may have the power to disq^ualify for 

 cause it has no authority to publish this disqualification in 

 print, particulaiiy as in this case, month after month, 

 thereby holding up the disqualified individual to public 

 contempt. It has been a foregone conclusion that some 

 time some one would bring action against the club for such 

 treatment. Last Tuesday a summons was served on Messrs. 

 August Belmont, Oliver H. P. Belmont. Alfred V. Yreden- 

 burgb, Thomas H. Terry, W. Stewart DitTcnderftcr. Samuel 

 B. Duryea, H. B. Duryea. Mitchell Harrison, .1. Otto Don- 

 ner, Frederick E. Lewi«, Frederick R. Halsev, John S. Hoey, 

 Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Winthrop Rtitherfurd, Francis R. 

 Hitchcock, .Joseph D. Shotwell, A. Clinton Wilmerding, 

 James L. Anthony and Wi'liam C, Rogers, requiring them 

 to appear in the Supreme Court in answer to a libel suit 

 brought by Mr. G. B. Gallup, a member of the Alliany Ken- 

 nel Club, whose name has been published repeatedly'in the 

 Kennel Gazette as ainong those who are disqualified. The 

 answer must be returned in twenty days. The Albany 

 Kennel Club, according to the rules of the A. K. C, has 

 been disciplined for non-payment of prize money. The 

 Albany Club has, we believe, paid all the prize money due 

 from their last show, excepting •"?10 which Mr. A. W, 

 Smith, of Buffalo, claims is owing to him. The club claims 

 they have paid all their prizes. It is just as well, all things 

 considered, that some oue has brouaht stteh a stiit, as it will 

 determine, once for all, whether the A. K, C. has the right 

 to disqualify individuals and hold them u[> as a, warning to 

 others by publishing their names in the black list of the A. 

 K. C.'s publication, the Kennel' Gazette. 



Messrs. L. and W. Rutherfurd will have another of their 

 auction sales of fox-terriers on the last day of the W. K. C. 

 show. Breeders, and those who have a fancy for a .smart 

 terrier as a companion, have at such a sale an opportttnity 

 to buy high-class animals at rea.sonable prices. The good 

 breeding of the dogs from these well-known kennels is 

 established, and this is a good opportunity for younger 

 breeders to .secure good brood bitches, as there are only 17 

 dogs out of the 48 fox-terriers in tue list. We find the name 

 of Warren Venom, winner in the bitch class at New York in 

 1889, among other prize winners to be disposed of. The sale 

 will be held at the American Horse Exchange. 



We hear that Mr. John A. Logan has purchased from Mr, 

 T. W. Twyford the fox-terrier Pitcher. When we mention 

 the fact that this dog is the sire of the crack dog Dominie, 

 and other high-class dogs, Mr. Logan would seem to have 

 made a wise choice. 



Mr. Shields, of Brooklyn, has made a motion in the 

 Assembly, at Albany, to amend Section G.5.5 of the Penal 

 Code so that it reads; "Nor any other provision of law shall 

 be construed to prohibit or interfere with the cour.sing of 

 hares with greyhounds." If this is passed a great load will 

 be taken off the minds of the greyhound men. 



The Westmin.ster Kennel Club have reason to congratu- 

 late themselves on the fine entry they have secured this year 

 for their 15th annual show. Ijast week we gave an approxi- 

 mate idea of the number of entries in the dift'erent cla.?.ses, 

 as far as they had been written up. The list is now consid- 

 erably larger, amounting in all to 1,536 entries, as follows: 



Mastiff's 58 Chesapeakes 7 Bedlingt.on t'r.s. 6 



St. Bernards.... 197 Spaniels 107 Skye terriers. .. 6 



Bloodhounds... 3 Collies 119 Scotch terriers.. 4 



( Ireat Danes. ... 36 Poodles 37 Clydesdale t'ers 3 



Newfoundlands 10 Bulldogs 51 Black and tan ts 14 



Russian wolfh'ds 8 Bull terriers .. . 67 White Eng. t'rs 2 



Deerhonnds 20 Bas.set hounds.. >; Yorkshire t'ers, 35 



Greyhounds 41 Dachshunde SO Toy terriers 9 



Fox'hounds . . . . . 38 Beagles 34 Pngs 33 



Pointers 107 Fox-terriers 161 Toy spaniels 5.5 



English setters., 79 Irish terriers. . . 31 Italian greyh'ds 8 



Irish setters 103 Welsh terriers . 5 Miscellaneous... 5 



Gordon setters. . 43 Dandie Dinmonts 7 Schipperkes 6 



Of cotirse many of these are duplicate entries, but the 

 total of 1,370 dift'erent dogs will be benched, which makes 

 it the largest show ever held in this coxtntry. At the .same 

 time the increase of quality is in proportion, and it is safe 

 to say that as a general collection it could hardly be .sur- 

 passed in England, What we lose in some breeds we make 

 up fully in others, so that the Empire City may well feel 

 proud of its dog show. To-night (Tuesday') all the identi- 

 fication papers, tags, etc., will be mailed off, and anyone 

 who knows what work this entails, will appreciate the fact 

 considering it is yet a week to the opening of the show. 



The A. K. C. Stud Book for 1890 is expected to be out this 

 week. It will contain over 3,900 registrations, besides which 

 17 pages of the book are devoted to a full li.st of the winner.^ 

 of the past year, arranged in alphabetical order. This makes 

 a handy reference, for one can at once find the name of the 

 dog reciuired, and opposite will be found a full list of its 

 winnings for the year. 



The A. K. C. has instituted an "official" art gallery of 

 large framed pictures of the presidents and secretaries of 

 the club from the time of its organization in 1884. With the 

 exception of two. those of J. Otto Douner and Elliot Smith. 



