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of his grand frame. It is a question if he ever lookerl better 

 in his life, and the greatest credit is due Mr. "Winchell for 

 the excellent cOTditiou in which he was shown. Tf Beau- 

 fort's record iu the stud must be considered his defeat 

 hecomes the more rcmarkiible. IIo has sired a lari?ev number 

 of winners than all tlie othci-s in the class tot;-ethcr% and his 

 superb conditiou, as comi.tarod with llford Chancellor's, 

 Merlin's and Melrose Prince's, either eocs to show that Mr, 

 Winchell is more expert than the handlers of these dogs, or 

 that Beaufort has an iron constitution, the latter being the 

 more probable. If .indged by his appearance at the time 

 Mr. Marshall examined him, he should have won with 

 many points to spare. If judged by his record in the stud 

 and appearance combined, he simply outclassed every 

 mastilf on the benches at this show. But no judye lias the 

 right to take into consideration what a dog has done in the 

 past or what he is going to do in the future. That is none 

 of his busiuess. The prize is for the best mastiff dog at the 

 time the class is judged, and Beaufort was fairly enlitled to 

 that prize without the additional points that nuist be scored 

 in his favor when his line constitution and immensi! worth 

 to the mastiff interests are considered. The bitch class 

 brought out twelve entries, two or rbree of which were ab- 

 sent. That nice bit of (jualit-y, Ijady Dorothy, was rigiitly 

 placed first on this occasion, but there was a bitch in the 

 class *-hat should, had her true merits been discovered, have 

 given her a clo.se run. The mastiff men as.sembled about 

 the benches seemed in such a hurry to condemn the deci.sions 

 in the dog class that they failed to notice a worse decision 

 than the wrongplacing of Beaufort. This was giving fourth 

 prize to Caution's Own Daughter, a grandly bred one (Ilford 

 Caution— Lady Dorothy), that fairly smothered the second 

 and third prize winners. If a decision like this is passed 

 -without the severest kind of a criticism upon it, there is no 

 telling where we may drift to before long. It were better to 

 ■call a halt on dog shows than to permit the uuiniriated to 

 suppose that indifferent srieciraens like Duchess and Edda 

 can fairly beat a mastiff like Caution's Own Daughter. 

 Such specimens are simply out-classed when placed in com- 

 petition with her, and there is no room for difference of 

 opinion among men who know what a mastiff should be 

 like. Caution's Own Daughter has a true mastiff head 

 which is moulded on the same lines as Beaufort's, with 

 better wrinkle and the best kind of ears. She stands over a 

 lot of ground and has excellent limbs. Lack of black face 

 markings mar the beauty of her head, but do not alt<ir its 

 correct formation or detract from its character and quality 

 which are as plain as the .sun at noonday. Like many of 

 Caution's get, she is throaty and lacks in massivcness 

 of body. Judged by merit she would have been the closest 

 kind of a second, in fact she beats Lady Dorothy in a num- 

 ber of essential points. Edda. third prize, is not nearly so 

 good in" head properties as the bitch just described, and is 

 rather light in bone and defective in stern. Her body is the 

 best part of her; she has dew-claws, her ears are not well 

 carried, and she lacks character. Duchess, second prize, is 

 very heavy and long in ears, defective in muzzle, light in 

 bone, and she does not move very well behind. Likethe 

 third prize winner, her best points are in body. Caution's 

 Own Daughter is worth a dozen like her. Cassandra, vhc, 

 defective in skull and muzzle, but good in body, is not quite 

 *a show dog. Baby Bunting, vhc, lacks in lower jaw. Is big 

 in ear and wrong in lips. Countess, vhc, is small and has 

 no chance of winning in good company. She is entered as 

 having won "second, New York, 1S89." Mr. Mortimer should 

 see to it that this is not repeated. A number of dogs that 

 have won in the novice class at New York are entered as 

 having won first, second or third prizes at New York. This 

 is dreadfully misleading and should be stopped. A dog 

 might be able to win first iu a novice class and yet be unable 

 to take a commended card iu a strong open class, and 

 Countess is one of these, lugleside Priuce.c.s, unnoticed is 

 a better specimen than Cassandra, Baby Bunting 'or 

 Countess. Defects: Stop and foreface, hocks, bacfc'^ribs 

 and ears. Pluto, first in the puppy class, is a very big 

 one; in truth there is far more dog than mastiff', 

 and he should have exchanged places with Exley's 

 Chief, that shows far more true character. Ingles'ide 

 Princess, vhc, here got what she deserved, Elkson. vhc, is 

 described iu the open class, where he got he. Now, the open 

 dog class was much stronger than the bitch class, and if 

 Elkson was good enough for he. in that class, why was lu^-le- 

 side Princess unworthy of notice in the open bitch class, 

 especially when she is his equal iu the puppy class? Thi.s 

 sort of thing must be stopped or the dog shovv of the future 

 will be a sort of circus with the double somersault the lead- 

 ing feature. Ontare Breda, third prize, Bex Carolus vhc 

 Cassar III., he, Willie, he, and Eanfrid, he, are all of them 

 sadly wanting in true mastiff' character. Every dog but one 

 in this class was given a card, and it is safe to say that nearly 

 a dozen of these will never be noticed again. The cards rep'- 

 resent not their merit but lack of it. The novice class 

 brought Caution's Own Daughter to the front an easy win- 

 ner, with Exley's Victor second, the rest being a very seedy 

 lot. If any attention is given by breeders to the awards in 

 these classes the result is bound to be disastrous. They had, 

 therefore, better draw a veil over the judging and forget 

 that in 1891 there was a show of mastiffs 'in New York. 

 RUSSIATv WOLFHOUNDS— [MR. HtrHTINSTON). 

 (Report hy 3Tr. JSfmfm). 



As it is my intention to say something in regard to this 

 "breed in Forest Akd SxREAJf at an early date, I will now 

 merely call attention to the points in the dogs as they ap- 

 peared to me. and will take up the question of fiat "ribs 

 straight stifles, broad backs, "fur-coated feet," short necks, 

 curly coats, etc., etc., in an article for this paper. It must, 

 however, now and then be understood that I do not pose as 

 "authority," but rather as an old fancier pointing out wh.at 

 seem to be defects and good points, and asking information 

 about matters which I frankly admit being unable to under- 

 stand. For instance, I shall want to know how a dog can 

 have a broad back, flat ribs and a narrow chest. That is to 

 say, the Russians will be aslJed to prove that the ribs are not 

 attached to the vertebras. If flat ribs were attached to the 

 vetebriB the back certainly could not be broad. It will be 

 dog talk versus "Russian authority," and I have an idea 

 there will be some fun. Anyhow. I will try to keep up the 

 American end of the discussion and get a standard that will 

 be a credit to us. 



Zloeem, first in dogs, has a good, quality-showing head, 

 with plenty of power in front of eyes. Neck of fair length 

 and strength. Shoulders very badly placed and weak. Back 

 strong and ribs much better sprung than in most specimens 

 of the breed. Loin also stronger than average. Quarters 

 fair. Set of forelegs all wrong'; Rather light in bone. Pas- 

 terns not very strong. Feet defectiA'-e and one of them dam- 

 aged. Coat and feather fair. Stands over plenty ofgroimd. 

 Movement not coi-rect. Above the average si'ze. A good 

 topped dog, weak where a sporting dog should be sti-bug. 

 Vladimir, second prize. Good head. Lengthy neck of aver- 

 age strength. Ribs rather flat and as a result the back in- 

 clined to be narrow. Feet well formed, but inclined to turn 

 ontward. Loin rather light. Fairly good and strong behind. 

 Coat and feather of fine quality. Moves well. Good size. 

 A young.ster showing quality. Ivan. vhc. Long, clean head. 

 Very weak in front of the eyes. Shoulders and set of legs 

 not right. Ribs as flat as a board. Back narrow, as it is 

 bound to be yritli so flat ribs. Loin nari-ow as it must be 

 when the back is narrow; iu addition to being narrow it is 

 long and weak. Light in bone. Straight iu hocks. Short 

 in feather. Fair size. Movement moderate. A dog of more 

 than average size, showing quality without strength where 

 it is most needed. Princess Irma, first prize in bitch class. 

 Same type as Vladimirj with feet better placed. She beats 



Prokaza, .second prize, in quality of head, position of .shoul- 

 ders,^ set of forelegs, straightuess in front, pasterns, feet, 

 (luality of ears and carri.'ige of same, and also scores in 

 length ;ind straightuess of coat. Prokaza iu turn scores in 

 chest, ribs .and strength of loin. Her right ear is cHrried 

 down like a fox-terrier's; slie is rather shm-t and curly in 

 coat and begins to show age. Zerry, unnoticed, was passed 

 on account of chorea. Nice quality of head. Ears not just 

 right. Chest shallow. Straight behind. Coat showing 

 cia'line.s.s. Fair size. I should say that the awards were 

 correct beyond a doubt, and as the judge here made his 

 dt^but he is to be congratulated. 



DEERHOtTNr)S~(MR. HUNTI-NGTOK) . 

 {Report hy Mr. 3Iason..) 

 This was a very strong class, notwithstanding that all the 

 prizewinners were owned by the Master of Hillside, Mr. 

 .lohn E. Thayer. Much credit is due Heald for the trood 

 condition in which the dogs, with few exceptions, were 

 shown. Chieftain. Robber Chieftain, AVanda and Ramona 

 took all the money in the challenge classes. Bol)ber Chief- 

 tain came very nearly beating his great sire, and thongh I 

 indorse the award as it stands no fault could have been 

 found had it gone the other way. Wanda, that was all to 

 neces last year, has had a long rest .and looks .something 

 ike herself again. I feared she was going to drop out alto- 

 gether, but Heald has brought her around, and as Ramona 

 has been shedding and has not got her new coat the award 

 m favor of Wanda is correctbeyond doubt. Olga, that took 

 the reserve, is a big grand bitch, and but for^her not very 

 good hindlegs would make it hot for the best of them. 

 Douglas, first at the National Greyhound Club's show, won 

 hrst in the open class for dogs, wliicb was strong iu point of 

 quality. Mr. Huntington here got badly mixed, but 

 this being his first attempt I shall let him down easy. 

 Douglas has fairly good head, neck, Icy-s, feet, size and ex- 

 pres.sion. He is rather short in back, inclined to be flat in 

 loin, a bit straight iu hocks and not close enough in coat. 

 Hillside Warror, second prize, is very weak in froat of eyes, 

 a very .serious defect iu a dog of this breed. Ears rather 

 large und not well carried. Travels rather close behind and 

 IS on the leggy .side. He has a good body that would be im- 

 proved by more length and strength oi; muzzle. His ears 

 .also are not just right and his hocks and movement of same 

 are not correct. A useful young dog. good in neck and body 

 and not wanting a great deal in legs and feet. Duncan, 

 vhc, has not the length of head seen in the cracks, but 

 It IS not a bad head. Fair neck. Heavy shoulders. Set 

 of legs not quite right. Stands well. Not quite 

 straight m front, yet good in bone and strong. Good chest, 

 lom and hmd parts. Fair size. Coat too short. Allan 

 Breck. he, is rather heavy in ears, not Qrst-cla.ss in head, 

 rather leggy, light in second thighs, and does not stand 

 over enough ground. He has excellent legs, a strong body, 

 and as good a set of feet as were ever seen under a deer- 

 hound. Leo, unnoticed, is a curly yellow dog "Date of 

 birth, breeder and pedigree unknown." I .should think so. 

 This brings us to the flower of the flock, the third prize 

 winner. When Robber Chieftain was defeated I said there 

 was only one dog in America that could beat him, and that 

 dog his sire. Subsequent deci.sions have proved that state- 

 ment correct. Well, here is another Robber Chieftain. He 

 nust simply outclassed evervtbiug in the class and is a 

 young dog with very few defects. He has .size combined 

 with strength, and his dam, Thora, has transmitted to him 

 her superb legs and feet. I predict for him a brilliant 

 future. Hillside Harold is his name. In bitches Mr. Hunt- 

 ington again went wide of the mark, placing the best in the 

 class third. Hillside Roniola, fli'st prize, is a, good young 

 bitch With plenty of size, a fairly good head, correct body 

 and loin, good legs and feet, clean shoulders, good quarters 

 and strong hocks. Her ears are heavy and very badly 

 carried, and as a rule she does not stand true in front, the 

 elbows being confined and too much under the body. Hill- 

 side Sylvia, third prize, while not being so big a bitch as 

 her sister, shows more quality in headland has far better 

 ears. She is grand in body, loin, quarters, legs and feet, 

 and IS bound to go to the front, I \yould have placed her 

 first, with _ the winner second, and Highland Lassie (well 

 known) third. Alida, reserve, is a long way behind Sylvia 

 in all deerhound attributes. 



GEETHOITNDS— (MK. HUNTINGrrOSf). 

 (Rep"rt fjii Mr. Mnmii.) 

 Here the judge seemed quite at home, and he trot through 

 his work iu a .satisfactory manner. In the challenge class 

 for dogs Balkis had the easiest kind of a win over his ken- 

 nel companion Higland Chief, beating him in head, position 

 of shoulders, legs, feet, thighs, back, loin, ribs and gait and 

 smothering him in stifles and hocks. This is not all. for 

 Balkis stands over several inches more ground than Chief. 

 Balkis'smost conspicuous defect is his chest, w.hich is too 

 wide, and in this point he is clearly beaten by Chief. The 

 latter's flash and catchy color is at all times' liable to mis- 

 lead the novice, but when judged by points and not by color 

 the black dog must always win wdth many points to\spare 

 Harmony was alone in the bitch class and looking fairly 

 well, although like all dogs from this kennel she was drawn 

 too fine. Gem of the Season, first in the open class for dogs, 

 is a good greyhound, and if shown will do a lot of winuiutr! 

 He is a white and brindle, showing much qualitv all through 

 and strength along with it. Had he moiv power in 

 front of the eyes, more room between the couplings, 

 and a longer reach, he would take a world of beating. 

 Exception is taken to his gait, but in vdew of the fact 

 that many of the fastest greyhounds move exactly as 

 he does I attach no importance to this, and look else- 

 where for negative points. Charles Davis, first at the 

 N. G. C. show, was a good second. He is a black dog, .set up 

 on the very best kind of legs and feet i magiuable. "in skull 

 he is too wide, and his whole head lacks in fineness of out- 

 line, but he has got something about that head which no 

 other greyhound iu the show possessed to the same extent— 

 a game and resolute expression Avhich I have seldom seen 

 surpassed. He is a trifle straight in shoulder, very flat in 

 ribs, short in neck, and would be improved, by more liberty 

 behind; he is also wider iu front than I like. He covers a 

 lot of ground, has a well turned and powerful loin and looks 

 hke going. Jolly Ranger, reserve, was second at Toronto. 

 He ran Davis very close for second place. Tim, vhc, I can- 

 not stand. He is weak iu face, light in bone, flat in loin and 

 ribs and bad in pasterns and feet. Highland Warrior, he, 

 I like better for the place. He is defective in head, shoulders 

 .and neck, is scarcely straight in front and shows coarseness. 

 Five of the eleven iu this class were absent. In bitches, 

 Dolly Dollar, a new one, came to the front, beating the N. 

 G. C. winner Maud Torrington, but by the narrowest kind 

 of a margin. Dolly's flash color and catchy appearance are 

 liable to carry her into a too prominent position, but as color 

 does not count under Mr. Huntington, he made it a tight fit 

 between these two bitches and that is just what it is. Dolly 

 has a nice equality head and neck, but tier shoulders and the 

 set of her forelegs are not only defective, but very bad. She 

 has a fine top, deep thighs, and stands over plenty of ground, 

 but her shoulders, set of legs, lightness of bone in proportion 

 to her stout body, and moderate feet will always beat her in 

 really good company. Maud Torrington is a bit weak before 

 the eyes, upright in shoulders and her hind parts would be 

 better if set fm'ther back. She has good body and loin, ex- 

 cellent legs and teet and is not without quaHty. I did not 

 examine the reser\'e bitch Lancashire Lass. Queen in 

 Black, vhc, is well known. Her most cousiiicnous defects 

 are in loin, bone, legs and feet. Fanny M., he, is a well- 

 known third rater, plain as hen meat. Zoe, vhc, is a red 

 bitch, weak in foreface, defective in shoulders, light in 

 bone, out in feet. She is far better behind than in" front. 



Kismet, third, is A^ory moderate indeed, being weak in'mnz- 

 zle, light in bone, wrong in shoulders and shallow in' mid- 

 dle. Miss Kialto, first in puppy class at Boston, is not a 

 show bitch. Short head, light in bone, flat loin and wide in 

 i ront. Black Bess H., also unnoticed, is light in bone, bad 

 iu feet, siraight in shoulders, narrOAv in front and AA'eedy 

 throughout. First in puppies is a bit on the coarse side, 

 wide vn front and lacking liberty behind. He stands back 

 at the jiasterns but Avill come right, good bone and feet. 

 Marguerite, second prize, is bad iu liead, light in bone and 

 str;i,ight in shoulder. The best part of her is below the 

 hips. This was a A-ery weak class. At least ten of the en- 

 tries in the greyhound class were absent. As I was unable 

 to bring Balkis and Gem of the Season together I will 

 reserve my opinion of the awards for the .specials. It was 

 nip and tuck between Harmony and Dolly Dollar, but for 

 the kennel prize Mr. Pope's lot Avere clearly ahead. The 

 judging was carefully done and the awards in nearly all 

 cases were correct. 



POINTERS— (MR. TRACY). 



(Report hy Mr. Mason.) 



Taken all iu all the quality of the.se classes Avas better 

 than last year, and with the exception of a few mistakes of 

 a serious kind Mr. Tracy did better than he usually does. I 

 have been unable until very recently to account for some of 

 Mr. Tracy's deci.sions at past shows, but Mr. Luke White 

 has explained all this in a report for a contemporary, and as 

 he .speaks on authority, having known Mr. Tracy f'or years, 

 and been afield with him many a time, the cause of the pecu- 

 liar aw;irds that have been made at this and other shows is 

 fully explained. Mr. White says; "Mr. Tracy has original 

 and pronounced ideas about pointer and setter form." 

 That settles it and explains everything. But the Pointer 

 Club of America has adopted the "Stonehenge" .standard, 

 and has Mr. Tracy or any other judge the right to discard 

 that standard and without permission introduce his own 

 "original and pronounced ideas:^" I think not. In criti- 

 cising the classes I shall discard all "original" ideas, being 

 guided only by a standard that has been good enough for 

 old breeders, such as Whitehouse, Lort, Francis, Shirley, 

 Sam Price, Lloyd Price, Brierly, et al, and which is good 

 enough for me. In the challenge class for dogs of large 

 s[zc Robert le Liable was placed first, beating Duke of 

 Vernon and Brake. As large-.size pointers there is no com- 

 parison between Robert and the Duke. Robert scores in 

 eyes, stifles and shoulders. The Duke aauus easily in head 

 and smothers his competitor in true type, back, loin, quar- 

 ters, legs and feet. It is an unjust decision and one 

 that could not be made under the pointer standard. 

 Both dogs Avere in fine conditiou. Brake, that was 

 placed over Duke of Vernon last year by Mr. Wise, on thi.s 

 occasion was sent out without a card. ' Mr. Wise like Mr. 

 Tracy, has ••original" ideas about pointers, and that I sup- 

 pose is why l)oth of them missed the best dog. Trinket's 

 Chief was outclassed and Graphic was absent. In the cor- 

 responding class for bitches. Revel III., better at both ends 

 than Belle Randolph, scored a very easy Avin. First in the 

 open heaA'y-weight class for dogs was very properly awarded 

 to Lad of Kent. Defects: Eyes rather light. liead fairly 

 good. Lom and quarters light in proportion to foreparts 

 and thighs too flat. Stem carried too high, though not 

 very much. A bit throaty. Good chest.- A white and liver 

 ticked dog showing more quality than character. Graph, 

 second prize. Avas just about good enough for the place, but 

 he ought to have been hard pressed by Lansdowne, a speci- 

 men that the judge failed to see, and a dog of exactly the 

 same type as the winner of first. Graph has not a typical 

 head, and his lips are not just right. He also falls too' much 

 behind the hips, is long iii tail, hardly deep enough in body 

 and not perfect in ears. Stands on fairly good legs and feet, 

 is strong in middle, has a superb neck and shows more qual- 

 ity than the rest. Lansdowne, unnoticed, should certainly 

 have been no lower than thu-d in the list. He is a white 

 and liver, fairly good in head, correct in chest and good in 

 legs and feet. Defects; Fold of ears not just right; throaty; 

 stemcm'ried too high; loin rather flat; second thighs like 

 Robert le Diable's. He was second at Detroit last year 

 Graphite, third prize, got more than he deserved. He is a 

 white and liver, lightly ticked. Defects: Wrong in muzzle 

 and lips. Straight behind. Falls too much from hips 

 Tail badly carried. Tory White, fourth prize, is quite 

 as good a dog. Hyles of Naso, he. was as good as 

 any for fourth place. Defects: Head rather coarse 

 but not bad in outlines, rather light in eyes, throaty, 

 hang of ears not quite correct, does not stand quite true m 

 front. Nick of Beaufort, he, is a white and lemon. Defects: 

 Long and light in loin, head somewhat plain and cheeks too ■ 

 full, leggy, stern too long and not very well carried. Gns 

 Tammany, vhc, is a fairish white and lemon with fine expres- 

 sion, good type of head and nice eai's. He shows much 

 character m head. Defects: Feet inclined to turn outAvard, 

 rather leggy, light in bone and only fair in middle. He is as 

 good as the third prize winner. Duke of Richmond, c, is 

 light iu eyes, full in cheeks, and rather light in bone. I 

 thought him worth vhc Beaufort's I^ad, unnoticed, lacks 

 in stop, expression, neck, shoulders and set of legs. His 

 body is the best part of him, though his ifins are not bad. 

 Don th-oxteth, unnoticed, has a t'airlv A\-ell-oiitlined head 

 that shows coarseness, rather full eyes, light loin and quar- 

 ters, his leg.s Hve not well set and he is cow-hocked. Chest 

 and stern are his best points. Bangstone, first at Detroit, 

 did not get a card, but his good body, legs and feet surely 

 deserved recognition. He is not clean cut in head, and his 

 stifles and hocks while not right are not act ually bad. Royal 

 Don, unnoticed, lacks in expres.sion, stop under eyes, car- 

 riage of ears and hind parts. Frankfort, unnoticed,'is plain 

 in head, wide in front, l^ad in shoulder and lacking in char- 

 acter. He is not a show dog. First in bitches was correctly 

 awarded to Woolton Game, a very useful-looking one, white 

 and liver m color. She has a good type of head, right 

 quality of ears, good middle, well-carried stern, good 

 gait, and every aiipearance of being a worker. Her legs 

 are not set just right, she is heavy (rather) in shoulders 

 a bit coarse in stern and lacks some in quality throughout. 

 I fail, however, to see why she should win over Peggy if 

 Robert le Diable is a better dog than Duke of Vernon. It's 

 a poor rule that only Avorks one way, and the inference is 

 that Mr. Tracy dropped his "original" standard when he 

 placed the bitch first and judged by the right one. Peggy, 

 second prize, is a white and liver ticked one of light appear- 

 ance, wrong in color of eyes, faulty in muzzle, rather 

 throaty, light in bone, light in middle, straight behind and 

 none too good in hocks. She stands true in front, has good 

 ears, and is a light and rather shelly-looking bitch that 

 should have won under the "original" standard. Miss 

 Meally, fourth prize, should haA^e been second under the 

 pointer standarcf She is not first-class in stop, beloAV the 

 eyes or in the hang of ears, and her .stern is not carried to 

 my liking. Fair good shoulders, legs and feet, good body 

 and hindquarters. Lass of Tammany, third prize, shows 

 some character in head and expression, has good length of 

 neck, but is a trifle thro-aty, defectiA-ein shoulders and"set of 

 legs, light iu bone, -stands a bit back at the pasterns and 

 might be better from the hips down. Duchess of Naso, 

 vhc, lacks iu quality of head, formation of loin, .substance 

 between couplings, stern, and also in set of legs. ' This bitch 

 is vastly inferior to the highly commended Pearl, that has 

 a tair type of head, good tiodv and good quarters. She lacks 

 some m shoulders, straightuess iu front, neck and in hang of 

 ears. Belle of Winchester, unnoticed, was in no condition 

 for the show bench, and should have been left at home, 



Mr. Tracy again shook oft' his "original" ideas, and in the 

 challenge class for light-Aveight dogs placed the strong- 

 limbed Duke of Hessen over the lighter built Launcelot, 



