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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Mavch 16 to 19.— Inatigural Dog Show of the Washington City 

 Kennel Clnh, at Washington, D. 0. 



March 24 to 37.— Second Annual Dog Show ot the Massaehusetta 

 Kennel Olub, Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



March 81 to April 3.— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New 

 England Kennel Olub, at Boston, Ma.as. E. H. Moore, Secretary. 



April 8 to 11.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- 

 nel Club, at Chicago, lU. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Secretary. 



Ajpril 14 to 17.— Fourth Dog Show of the Cleveland Kennel Club, 

 at Cleveland, O. C. M. Munball, Secretary. 



April 15 to 18.— Dog Show of the Southern California Kennel 

 Club, at Los Angeles. 



April 38 10 May 2.— Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at 



an Francisco, Cal. R. P. Rennie, Sec'y. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Dog Show of the Youngstown Kennel Club, at 

 Yonngstown, 0. 



PITTSBURGH DOG SHOW. 



THE opening account of this show, held March 11 to 13, 

 aud a full list of the awards, with the exception of 

 beaeles aud foxhounds, which had not been judged up to 

 the time of our going to press, appeared in the last issue of 

 POKEST -iKD STREA3I. The management of the show, so far 

 as the care of the dogs, the benching and so on is concerned, 

 was, as might be expected, in the hands of "Billy" Tallman 

 all that could be desired, though he was necessarily hamp- 

 ered in his moyemeuts by the immense crowds which 

 poured into the building from morning till night. The 

 memlDers of the committee, whose names I gave last week, 

 worked like beavers to make the show the success it proved 

 to be, and were continually on hand to answer all the de- 

 Tiiands that the ordinary exhibitor is so iirone to spring on 

 these hard-worked gentlemen. I never attended a show 

 where such eager interest seemed to be evinced by the 

 general public and, as on the first day over 3,000 tickets 

 were sold, on We&nesday 5.970, on Thursday 4,982 and a 

 similar mimber on Fi'iday, the financial success of their first 

 undertaking must have been very gratifying to the club, 

 and in appreciation of this good luck a show is promised 

 next year which will outstrip all previous endeavors. The 

 Exposition building will be secured and a better array of 

 prizes will be set forth to tempt the best dogs and owners to 

 the Smoky City. The present building is altogether inade- 

 quate to the needs of even a fourth-rate show. The boys 

 were loud in their praise of the way Mr. Boggs and the club 

 had treated them, and it is safe to say they can command a 

 big entry next year. 



The judging ring on the stage was poorly lighted, and as 

 iQ"any people were allowed to sit round who had no business 

 there, the judges were seriou.sly handicapped in their work. 

 The dogs should have been judged outside in the exercising 

 yard, where light aud plenty of room could be had. The 

 nudging somehow seemed to lag very much and it was night 

 time on Wednesday when everything was over. This was a 

 show of soecials and these take a lot of time to settle, es- 

 pecially when so manj; are given for loc8.1 dogs which in 

 many cases liave no merit as winners, still demand so much 

 valuable time to pi'operly adjust. Messrs. John Davidson, 

 James Mortimer and Joe Lewis did their work well, and 

 though, as is usually the case at Pittsburgh, there was some 

 grumbling by the local element, the "rounders" took every- 

 thing as it came, appreciating that which they were lucky 

 enotigh to get and looking forward to what the future and 

 the next show might bring them. The catalogue, while sub- 

 stantially gotten up, Avas, we regret to say, rather too full of 

 en-ors, and the management lost money in not ordering 

 double the number of copies, as the 1,500 were all disposed 

 of by Wednesday and no more could be had for love or 

 money. The lire in the city on Wednesday night caused 

 Tnany an owner and handler some anxious moments, but 

 happily the building escaped all harm, bixt of this more will 

 be said in "Doe: Chat." The criticism of awards will be 

 taken as the catalogue runs: 



MASTIFFS— (JAMES MORTIMEE). 



This breed was well represented by the Flour City and 

 Chas. C. Cook kennels, outside of them there was little of 

 any quality. In challenge dogs Mo.ses, hardly looking as 

 well as we have seen him, was alone, and the same may be 

 said of Lady Coleus. Five dogs faced the judge in the open 

 class and, in the absence of Melrose Prince, Ilford Chancel- 

 lor had an easy win over the others. Major Sellers, second, 

 is too flat faced, houndy ui ear. faulty behind and a poor 

 mover, but, no doubt, his excellent body and chest gained 

 him the place. Reginald Neville, third, is a black-faced 

 brindle, long in head, weak in pasterns and straight behind, 

 Tedeemed by good bone, vhc. going to his son, Benedict 

 Neville, who is wooly coated, is bad behind, but better in 

 head and front than the third winner. Lady Dorothy here 

 reversed her position at Baltimore, Caution's Own Daughter 

 moving down to second place; she is young yet, and age, no 

 doubt, will make her superiority more apparent in future. 

 Duchess of York, third, has a small but well-formed head, 

 ears might be better and little fault can be found elsewhere. 

 Miss Beaufort, vhc, also from the Cook Kennels, .shows lots 

 of quality, excellent bone, hardly deep enough in muzzle, 

 but boasts a nice skull and body. Puppy dogs, with the ex- 

 ception of Wilkes and Dude, were woefully lacking in mas- 

 tiff type. Wilkes has apromi.sing head, feet and ears might 

 be better. Dude has faultily-carried ears and is a bit 

 straight behind. The winner is by Moses and the other by 

 Beaufort. Mr. Cook took both prizes in bitches with Beau- 

 fort Queen and Duchess of York, though there must he some 

 mistake in the name of this pup; the Duchess of York in 

 the open class is by Minting and the puppy by Beaufort. 



ST. BEENA EDS— (.JAMES MORTIMER). 



These classes filled fairly well with 32 entries. The two 

 big kennels were on hand to fight out their battles again, 

 though Sir Bedivere was, as usual, entered for specials only. 

 This policy may be strictly within the rights of an exhibitor, 

 but I bard'ly think it fair to the judge or the dog. It took a 

 good deal of explaining aAvay at Baltimore when several 

 people a,sked me why Alton was put over Sir Bedivere, con- 

 cluding so erroneously from the fact of Alton winning in the 

 open class. Hesper and Ben Lemond did their little act over 

 again with the same result, but Jjady Wellington turned the 

 tables on her rival, Miranda, though she only scores in muz- 

 /Je and color. In open dogs, Alton was quickly sent out of 

 the ring with the blue ribbon and Mr. Mortimer settled 

 down to decide on the merits of an inferior lot of dogs. 

 Prince, excellent in bone and markings, but moving badly 

 behind, was given the red. Third was withheld and c. given 

 to Dennis. Meinrod, thfe winner in 1887, is all gone behind, 

 and as his very bad hocks seem to be transmitted to his pro- 

 geny, we .should advice Mr. Stucky to seek further afield for 

 stud dogs. The three cracks, the two Ladies and Plevna ap- 

 peared in the open bitch class and were a welcome relief. 

 Lady Livingston's superior quality again put her ahead, but 

 Lady Sneerwell had to give place to Plevna this time. The 

 latter is certainly improving in coat and her excellent body 

 and bone is very catching, but she loses in quality to the 

 other as well as' in muzzle and skull. Puppy prizes were 

 withheld. In smooth challenge bitches Cleopatra's better 

 quality and markings put her in front of Lola, who has ' 



done some winning herself when competion was not so keen. 

 In dogs. Keystone Mars, one of Meinrod's get, was given 

 first. He is very bad behind, plain in head, coat the best 

 pai't. In bitches first prize was withheld and second given 

 to Keepsake, who is a bit, long-faced, good front, coat and 

 body; Irma Keystone stands fairly wetl but is plain-headed; 

 coat aud bone good. But for the presence of the Melrose 

 Kennels quality would, as may be judged, have been poorly 

 represented, 



]S'EWFOU??-DLANDS— (JAMES MORTIMER). 

 The quality here was better than anything seen this year, 

 Mr, Marshall's team springing quite a surprise. Prince 

 George won easily in docs over his son, Prince Hal, in size, 

 head and ear. Albany Lass beat Troy Lass II. in bone and 

 head; coats are correct, and these dogs, in this respect, stand 

 as object lessons to the owners of the general run of New- 

 foundlands it is our misfortune to see at our shows. 



BLOOr)HOITND.S— (.JAMES MORTIMEE). 



Two dogs were entered, but the rather coarse Jack the 

 Ripper won somewhat easily in head, peak, wrinkle and 

 leather. 



C4REAT DANES— (.JAMES JIOETIMER). 

 There were only t"wo entrie.s, Imt Melac met a by no means 

 unworthy competitor in Oakron Pascha, whose lack of size 

 compared to the other is his most noticeable fault, as he is a 

 well-balanced dog all round. Melac is simply invincible at 

 present. Splendidly formed, he is activity itself, and his 

 good disposition should make him eagerly sought as a stud 

 dog. 



DEERHOTJNDS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



Olga was alone in the challenge class The dogs were the 

 same as at Baltimore and occupied the same positions. 

 Alida being alone in her class took the prize. 



G-RETHOirNDS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



Gem of the Season and Charles Davis again contended 

 with the same result, and their presence so completely 

 smothered the others that no further awards were made. In 

 bitches, Maud Torrington easily accounted for Lady Clare, 

 who loses in body, ribs and front. Bess of Braddock, faulty 

 in pasterns, nicely libbed, but too flat in loin, received the 

 vhc. card, and Gyp was lucky to be commended. 



FOXHOUNDS— (JOSEPH LEWIS). 



An excellent pack from the Cook Kennels showed us 

 what careful selection and breeding can do for the Ameri- 

 can type of hound. Brawl carried his challenge honors 

 well, though a little throaty now; he is excellent elsewhere. 

 Drum II., the winner in dogs, is also a bit throaty, but his 

 excellent head, ear and front make him a good winner over 

 his kennel mate, Bill. Rob, vhc, is the whippety style of 

 hound we are accustomed to associate with the American 

 type. Bernhart, the winner in bitches, is not so truly 

 formed in head, but is well off for other hound properties. 

 Florah, vhc, lacks substance. 



POINTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 

 An excellent entry in most of the classes faced the judge 

 in both this breed and setters. In heavy-weight challenge 

 dogs no le.ss than five were entered, Robert le Diable being 

 the absentee. Graphic, looking well, put in an appearance 

 and gained the ribbon over Duke of Vernon, Trinket's Chief 

 getting the reserve, a bit out-classed in this company. Revel 

 III. took care of the bitch class. Twelve dogs looked 

 anxiously toward the judge in the next class, and after as 

 careful an examination as the limited ring would admit of, 

 Pontiac proved to be the judge's choice. He is well known, 

 and Glamorgan, transferred from the light-weights, came 

 in for second money. He is good in head, a bit throaty and 

 might be stronger in pasterns. Tory White, well known, 

 came third, reserve going to Don, whose good front and 

 body offset a rather coarse head, full eye and straight stifle. 

 Trinket's Chief, .Jr., vhc, is coarse in head, throaty, but good 

 behind the head and looks every inch, as his fair mi.stress 

 informed me, a worker in the Held. Dick Swiveller, he, I 

 have spoken of before, and Rex C. is faulty in skull and eye. 

 In the coi'responding bitch class Dell, transferred from the 

 light division, though too fat, is a well formed bitch and 

 rightly beat Cicely for fir.st place, her bad feet and faulty 

 skull putting her back. Fau.stina third. In the light weight 

 challenge class for dogs, in the absence of Duke of Hessen 

 and Naso of Kippen, Launcelot proved the winner over Spot 

 Sting, who is a bit heavy in shoulders and out of condition. 

 In the bitch class Sally Brass II. was placed over Rosa May, 

 though she loses to the latter in head, and is better in body. 

 BelleTRandolph, reserve. Open dogs saw Tribulation, now 

 well known, the winner. Bing of Kippen, also described 

 several times before, and Graphic Poxie, a new one, third, 

 a bit long and short in muzzle aud not quite true in front, 

 Nick Naso, reserve, is a little long cast, thick in skull and 

 light in eye. Mack i*Jaso, he, is light in eye, bit lathy in 

 body, and muzzle could be improved. There was quite a 

 cla.ss of bitches, no less than sixteen coming to the scratch, 

 and first went to Miss Meally, wrongly catalogued as owned 

 by H. S. Paine; she belongs to Charles Heath; she is a bit 

 plain faced, but excellent in body and legs. Lou Croxteth 

 Nellie, second, prominent faults are a stary eye and snipy 

 muzzle. Siberian Girl stands a bit wide in front, and was 

 shown heavy in whelp or seemed to be. Lady Trinketj re- 

 serve, is hardly straight in front, a bit too .straight in stifle, 

 throaty and coarse in tail. Lorain, vhc, has a nice head, 

 but is heavy in shoulders. Nellie Fawcett Graphic, he, has 

 bad pa-sterns and feet, and Belle Beaufort is houndy-headed 

 and .stands wide in front. Nellie II., c, must get it for her 

 nice body. Puppies were fair. Nod, the winner in dogs, 

 has a nice head, but feet are too open. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



This town has alwtiys a large setter entry, as there are 

 many men in the neighborhood who think the English 

 setter takes the Spratts as a .sporting dog. In the challenge 

 class Count Howard had a walk-over, and afterward met 

 Monk of Fumess for the special. Though rather heavily 

 formed in head and a bit lippy, his excellent coat and body, 

 legs and feet, put him nicely ahead of the other, who looked 

 soft and coat not in good trim, though profuse enough. 

 Count also beats in movement. In bitches Princess Beat- 

 rice II. beat Zona, both are well-known. Fifteen dogs were 

 present in the open class, and the judge had no easy task to 

 pick the winner. Competition was keen between the two 

 first, Monk of Furness aud Sir Tatton. The latter may be 

 beaten in size and head, but is infinitely better in coat' and 

 quite as good in bone. Roderigo came third, Roger took 

 reserve, all well known^ as well as Joe Noble, vhc Glad- 

 stone II. is a bit broad m skull, full in eye, and faulty in 

 muzzle, good body, legs and feet. Ben Hur of River View. 

 Dad Wilson's Boy, a bit slack in loin, and Tony Gladstone, 

 have all been noticed before, Dan, c. , is coarse and is faulty 

 in quairters, good legs and feet. In bitches Albert's Nellie, 

 a field trial winner, though faulty in muzzle and .stop, is 

 well off in body, legs and feet, is short of feather just now. 

 Lilly Hill, second, is a bit straight-faced and stands wide in 

 front. Bonnie Gladstone Girl has a fair head, is not ribbed 

 well enough, and is faulty in carriage of stern. Vic, re- 

 serve, is not quite straight enough in front. Rosa Lee, vhc, 

 is light in muzzle and bone. Bessie Avent has been com- 

 mented on. Nellie Kitson, he, is very snipy-muzzled. good 

 body, and Evan's Flirt is too broad in skull and muzzle, not 

 right in body and legs fair. Joe Noble was the winner in 

 piippy dogs," and Nettie Novice in bitche.s, nice body, legs 

 and feet, but too line in muz/Je. 



IRISH SETTEES— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



These were a good display, especially the open dog class, 

 but the limited space and bad light on the stage made it 



difficult for the judge to pick the best. A rattling good dog 

 is Mack N., and he made the familiar ones, such as Max A, 

 and Kildare, take a back seat. This is the type of dog we 

 require to perpetuate, while his head is of the correct form- 

 ation, his color, bone, body, legs and feet leave little to be 

 desired, though he shows age a little round the muzzle. 

 Max A. beat Kildare for second place. Dick Swiveller had 

 been refused entrance because of mange, though his only 

 apparent sore was on the nose, which seemed to have been 

 bruised against the crate. In open dogs, Beau Brummell 

 scored again; he seemed to have eczema on the hock, and his 

 muscle on the off hind leg seems to have shrunk away. 

 Glen Jarvis, second, is a dog of nice type, head though 

 might be better. Minstrel, third, in fact all the mentioned 

 dogs have been commented on so recently it is needless to 

 repeat. That nice bitch Endora was here the winner over 

 Red Bell, both described at Baltimore, as was Hazel Nut IH., 

 third. Bessie Glencho took reserve again, and Nornahc. 

 Dog puppies saw Sandy's good head put first over Buffalo 

 Tim. No bitch puppies shown. 



GORDON SETTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 

 In challenge dogs Ivanhoe beat his kennel mate Leo B. in 

 head and color. In bitches, Becky Sharp was ahead of 

 Meadowthorpe Blossom. King Item again proved the win- 

 ner in open dogs, followed by Tyrus, also well known. Rex- 

 mont, third, loses in muzzle and body. Bob, reserve, is 

 faulty in front, nice tan. Parker's entry and bis Quail 

 were placed vhc. and he. With Beemont and Flomont 

 absent in the bitch class the prizes fell to Parker's Gyp and 

 Jess, some distance removed in quality from those men- 

 tioned, being small and faulty in heads "and coloring. No 

 puppies were shown. 



SPANIELS— (JAMES MORTIMER). 



Irish water spaniels, or rather the Irish water spaniel, as 

 there was only one entered, was judged by Joe Lewis, and 

 Patsey O'Connor was the entry. I believe he is well known. 

 In Clumbers, a challenge class was made for Boss III., which 

 relieved the judge of his presence. Lady Belle then beat 

 Johnny, Jr. They may al! be counted now among the 

 rounders. Two good ones came up in the field spaniel dog 

 class, and competition was keen. Baron, by his better front 

 and body, beats Beverley Negus. Toady Obo, third, w;is at 

 Baltimore. Lady was alone in bitches. Both challenge 

 cocker entries were absent. In the open dogs, Dan Browu 

 beats Snowball in coat and head. Pippo, third, is poor. In 

 bitches, Vera, the winner, has a topknot like a water .spaniel, 

 is faulty in muzzle, nice body and front. Dimple is lia:ht in 

 eye, wavy-coated and leggy. Chip K, was at Baltimore. 

 Nona, first in puppies, has a nice head, is hardly straight 

 enough in front. Queen is leggy, long in muzzle, but boasts 

 a nice straight coat. As may be imagined from the above, 

 outside of the field dogs there was little quality. 



COLLIES— (JAMES MORTIMEE). 



There were only about a dozen collies present, the Chest- 

 nut Hill Kennels supplying most of the winner.?. Roslyn 

 Wilkes proved the winner in challenge dogs and a Western 

 winner," Rob Roy, came second, loses in head, front and 

 coat to the other. Flurry III., brimful of quality as she is, 

 took the corresponding prize for bitches, and afterward 

 downed Wilkes for the special. Wellesbourne Hero again 

 snatched the prize from his now old opponent, Hempstead 

 Zulu, third was withheld, Wellesbourne Gypsy again 

 proved the winner in bitches, other prizes withheld, and 

 vhc. was given to a curly, soft-coated, short-headed .specimen, 

 which must be considered a lucky animal. Robin won in 

 puppies, only an ordinary .specimen. Second withheld. 

 POODLES— (JAMES MORTIMER). 



Mr, Mortimer indorsed the Baltimore decision by placing 

 Dexter over Berria. If the first named dog could have a 

 little more attention paid to his cords, what a grandly 

 coated dog he would be; at present he is simply a good dog 

 wa.stcd. 



BULLDOGS— (JAMES MORTIMER). 

 Harper, standing the strain in good shape, was alone in 

 challenge class, and The Graven Image accounted for the 

 only prize given in bitches, the other two looking like 

 promising competitors for the Monongahela special. Do!|S 

 no entries. 



BULL TERRIERS— (JAMES MORTIMEE). 



In challenge bitches the winner proved to be Starlight, 

 beating Enterprise in shouldei-s and head. A nice class of 

 dogs came together in the ne\t class, and as large aud small 

 were about equally divided, the class was si)lit up. In 

 heavyweights a rattling good dog, a bit short in head, but 

 .standing well all round, was placed over the well-known 

 Spotless Prince. Duft'erin, being a little outclassed here, 

 took third. Yale, vhc, is light in eye and might be im- 

 proved iu body. Nelson, the same, is thick iu .skull, faulty 

 in eye, shown fat, and is a bit too wide in front. In the under 

 301bs. division, MLster Dick was first this time, second going 

 to Rogue, who shows too much stop, and though well fur- 

 nished in body, is faulty in eye. .Jim, third, is full in eye 

 and short in muzzle, and stands a trifle wide in front. In 

 bitches, Duchess of York proved the winner, Loomont Kit 

 this time taking second, losing in legs, feet and shoulders. 

 Busy, vhc, is faulty in head, muzzle especially. Lady Dinah 

 won in puppies, has good legs and feet, butterfly nose and 

 badly cut ears. Rose, second, is not up to much. 



DACHSHUNDE— (JAMES MORTIMER). 



This city is a stronghold for these quaint little hounds, 

 and one of the best we have seen over Jn-re, at least thetrue,st 

 to type outside of Rubenstein, is Fritz K., who lowered the 

 colors of his kennel lunte, Feldman K., who has done so much 

 winning. Fritz beats in stop, cleanness of head, has excel- 

 lent crook, chest coming well through and low down, nice 

 lengthy back and correct loin; the otlier is coarse beside 

 him. in bitches, Lena, -Jr., had to succumb to a daughter of 

 Feldman's; nice coat and length, well crooked and chest 

 well let down, firm on her pins and better in mouth than 

 Lena. Bertraud was the sole representative of the Bassett 

 race. 



BEAGLES— (JOSEPH LEWIS). 

 The classes here were .similar to those at Baltimore and as 

 many of those winning here were commented in that report 

 it is no u,se going over them again. The judge went for good 

 working stock. That good little worker Frank Forest had 

 to give way to Little Duke, who stands better in front and 

 is better in shoulders. Lou had her class to herself. Quite 

 a class of clever dogs faced the judge aud Don, a bit long in 

 muzzle, full in eye.'but good in running gear, was placed 

 over our old friend Tony Weller, who is a bit coarse in skull 

 and hardly strong enough in pasterns. Roy K. here weut 

 back to third place, this is simply a matter of opinion, he is, 

 I think, quite the equal of either placed ahead of him. 

 Sport is wide in front, soft in coat and a bit coarse in skull. 

 King, he, might be improved in legs and feet. Some of the 

 others might have beeu mentioned too. In bitches Twiutwo 

 was again placed in front and MoUie, hardly true in front, 

 coarse and thick in ear, but excellent body and coat, came 

 next. Flora K. third. Cris, he, is a trifle long in head and 

 wide in front. In puppies Belle of Rockland, hardly straight 

 enough in front, has an excellent coat, muzzle might be 

 squarer. Bmeli'ne, loses in coat, 1 almost preferred for the 

 place, Fitzie, third, is fair. 



FOX-TERRIERS— (JAMES MORTtMER), 



An excellent display, and the Blemton and Oriole kennels 

 had it nip and tuck. Lucifer had an easy win over Volun- 

 teer, who is out of shape, and Rachel accounted for Blemton 

 Brilliant. Our only German was in it again in the dog 

 class with Blemton Victor II.; needs a little trim in body, 



