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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 19, 1891. 



DOG CHAT. 



PROFESSOR BARILLI, of Atlanta, Ga., is a nepliew of 

 the 'divine" Patti, and wishing to make his celebrated 

 relative a present, he has through Jos. P. Sharp, Springfield, 

 O., purchased a pug pup fi'om Al. G-. Eberhart, of Cincin- 

 nati, O., who takes for his motto in the dog business "a 

 square deal." The pus will, we presume, be shipped to 

 Craig-y-nos, the home of the great singer. 



J. H. Pritchard, who has for several years been connected 

 ■with the Wiulawn and Mrs. Grant's kennels of mastiffs on 

 Staten Island, writes us he has been euaaged as manager of 

 the Flour City Kennels, Rochester, Js . Y. From what we 

 know of Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Whitney could hardly have 

 made a better selection. 



Miss Van Bnren has sold her Italian ereyhound Cnpid to 

 Mrs. Andrews, of Douglaston, L. I., for S135. Cupid was 

 entered for the last time in the name of Miss Van Buren at 

 the Pittsburgh show, where after his winning he was de- 

 lirered to his new owner. Cupid, it will be remembered, 

 has done a good deal of winning in years past. 



At the annual meeting of the Michigan Kennel Club the 

 following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: Dr. 

 L. Younghusband, President; Dr. John Younghusband, 

 Vice-President; Dr. M. V, B. Sauaders, Secretary; C. H. 

 Royce, Treasurer; H. E. Cook, Delegate; Prot. Will Tracy, 

 member of executive committee. 



The Mascoutah Kennel Club desires to announce an ad- 

 ditional special prize in the setter class, viz.: The Goi'don 

 Setter Club of America offers -SIO for the best Gordon setter 

 exliibited. Arrangements have Iseen made, for the benefit 

 of Canadian exhibitors, with S. T. Percy, agent of the Can- 

 adian Express Co., Port Huron, Mich., to forward all dogs 

 for their coming bench show upon the following conditions: 

 Each dog must be returned dead or alive immediately after 

 the show, otherwise duty will be collected, each shipper will 

 have to pay -50 cents for a bond and express charges in ad- 

 vance. Consular invoices will be unnecessary if the valua- 

 tion is placed at less than -^ilOO. Each express invoice must 

 be in duplicate and state the names of the dogs, color and 

 value, countersigned on the b'^ckby the shipper and directed 

 to S. T. Percy, Port Huron, Mich.," for Geo. H. Hill, super- 

 intendent, Battery D, Chicago, 111. Shipment should be 

 made to allow for at least the delay of one day. Negotia- 

 tions are pending with the railroads centering in Chicago 

 for reduced round-trip passenger rates, which if secured will 

 he duly announced. 



Mr. C. M. Munhall writes us that at the solicitation of 

 many exhibitors they have changed and added to classes in 

 their premium list as follows: Class 66, cocker spaniels, 

 any other color, not over 2Slbs., open class, dogs, first §10, 

 second 85. Clas.s 66M, bitches, first §10, second S5. Class 67, 

 Clumber spaniels, challenge class, dogs and hitches, first -SIO! 

 &7}i. open class, dogs and bitches, first $10, second S5. Class 

 lOS^black and tan terriers, over Tliis., dogs, fir.st slO, second 

 $5. 'lOoV;, bitches, first SIO, second s.5. The list of specials 

 for the show is increasing daily, and they will Ije attractive 

 enough to induce the largest kennels to make entries there. 



We have received letters from Dr. Whitaker and "Mai-k 

 the Boy," the one about the Malcolm matter and the Gor- 

 don Club and the other questioning our report of the B;iUi- 

 more show regarding its success, etc. It is not our policy to 

 encourage the nagging spirit which seems to be abroad at 

 present. It leads to no good end and only opens an avenue 

 for those who want everything their own way and cannot 

 get it, to annoy and stir up bitter feeling in dogdom. Our 

 aim is to keep all interests friendly. We wish to see still 

 more men of standing and respectability come into the 

 fanciers ranks, but we are stu-e that should they get a whiff 

 of the odors whicli are flying around at preseiit, they will 

 "bide a wee" before venturing in and dogdom loses so much, 

 and those who are already in it may become disgusted and 

 shake the dust from off their feet and retire into private life 

 again, thus will the kennel interests suffer still more. Our 

 business is to give the dog news of the day and not to open 

 our columns to a discussion of every petty quarrel, which 

 some dissatisfled members of dogdom seem to delight in. 

 In addition to this, as the several libel suits are now suh 

 judtce, it is in bad ta.ste for any one to discuss their ^^^erits 

 in the public press. Let the courts decide who is right and 

 who has been wronged, till then we decline to discuss the 

 subject in any way except to again deplore the fact that 

 such discordant elements should arise in our kennel world. 



There were blanched faces among the boys at Pittsburgh 

 on the Wednesday night of the .show. About 11:50 P. M., 

 when after a pleasant hour spent in talking over doggy 

 matters the word passed round among the boys that a fire 

 was raging near the dog show building, a rush was made 

 for the Central Rink, and had not two or three of the club 

 men and exhibitors kept their heads there would have been 

 trouble, confusion and many dog collars ruthlessly cut. 

 The burning building was a' large paper warehouse, situ- 

 ated several blocks away and the ^^dnd carried myriads of 

 burning lumps of paper right over the frame building which 

 held the dogs. Men were at once stationed on the roof with 

 Babcock .extinguishers and buckets of water. Froai the 

 street ran an awning to the entrance of the hall, and at one 

 time this caught fire a few feet from the door.' It was an 

 anxious moment, and there were several fellows there who 

 pretty nearly lost their all in that fearful Columbus fire 

 three years since, and no wonder they were anxious. Even 

 the sawdust in the exercising i-i°g outside the building 

 caught fire in several places. Happily the fire burned too 

 fiercely for the dangers from sparks to last more than an 

 hour, and then one had time to look around and take in the 

 humors of the situation. Not the least of these was the 

 appearance of "Honest John" with his valise, all ready to 

 leave the town should the fire become general, as it threat- 

 ened to do at one time. When asked if he had settled his 

 hotel bill he said no, he'd told them if they were not burnt 

 out he'd come back and stop a little longer with them. Then 

 Harry Goodman went to release Melac, the great Dane, 

 from his room in the hotel, and in the excitement got the 

 wrong key, and between this and the dogs he had in the 

 building poor Harry was nearly driven to distraction. Then 

 FrankjWiudholz sat at the door of :the building on his dog 

 crate with Count Howard and Princess Beatrice hoxed up, 

 patiently waiting for the building to catch fire, so he could 

 move out. One of the best features of the affair was the 

 solicitude the club men felt for their charges, Mr. Boggs 

 going to the extent of sending across the river into Alle- 

 gheny City for a special fire engine as, all the Pittsburgh 

 ones were'at the main fire. Dnilng the balance of the show 

 two men were stationed at each end of the building all day 

 long with Batjcocks ready for emergencies, but happily they 

 w ere not require d . 



Here is a pretty good one oa "our only German." During 

 dinner at the hotel, German amused the company with 

 .several of his choicest adventitres, till the colored waiters 

 were in ecstaciea. As one of them was passing his chair he 

 asked him if he'd ever seen a "blarsted Britisher" before. 

 "Oh, yes!" he said, "he'd done seen lots o' dem curiosities!" 

 German paid up like a m£in. 



The "rounders" were delighted with their treatment at 

 Pittsburgh. On arriving at the city from Baltimore, having 

 guaranteed ten tickets, they were provided with a special car 



for the dogs by the B. & O., they foiind the president of the 

 club. Mr. S. L. Boggs, in waiting with several wagons at 

 6:15 Sunday morning. Arrived at the building free of ex- 

 pense, they found meat and all that was necessary to make 

 their dogs feel at home. Wise is the club that puts itself out 

 a little to make things easy for the handlers, for traveling 

 round to shows is not all fun by any means, and these little 

 attentions are treasured up and rem'embered another year. 



This was the first show we have seen where the crowd was 

 so dense that it was necessary to have a number of policemen 

 stationed at different parts of the hall to keep people on the 

 move and working round in one direction. 



Mr. Prank Windholz would like to get the names of those 

 exhibitors and handlers who intend going to Chicago show 

 next month, and if a party of ten can be secured to go by 

 the Pennsylvania road, considerable reduction can be ef- 

 fected in ticket rates and three dogs will be allowed free on 

 each ticket. 



One of the most conscientious and hard working men on 

 Spratts staff is "Captain" Murphy, who puts up the bench- 

 ing and attends to the feeding on the circuit. But he had a 

 tremendous scare the last evening of the Pittsburgh show. 

 Frank Dole told him with his usual serious smile, that 

 there was a petition going round for signatures to get 

 Spratts Co. to appoint another man in his place, as the boys 

 were not altogether pleased at the way he was doing his 

 work. Murphy felt in,iured, but when the paper with about 

 fifteen signatures attached was handed him, he drew some 

 consolation and fifteen dollars from the envelope. It is 

 more than likely that the "Captain" will finish the circuit 

 after all. 



At Pittsburgh, Mr. H. E. Cook, of Detroit, showed four of 

 the most sorty foxhounds we have seen for some time. 

 They were a handsome team of four black and tans, as level 

 as a table, and looked like the thorough workers they are 

 said to be. Englishmen are wont to speak slightingly of 

 American hounds, but could they see this team and old 

 Brave, they would, we are convinced, alter their opinion. 

 These hounds would make an interesting exhibit at the 

 coming Kennel Club show. 



As we told our readers last week, Toronto having come to 

 the conclusion, though rather late in the day, that it needed 

 a keunel club to protect the good work private fanciers have 

 already done in encouraging- dog breeding and to further 

 advance the kennel interests in the town, last Thursday a 

 meeting to organize was held, and from the Canadian papers 

 we find that such well known kennel men as the following 

 were present: R. W. Boyle, setters; J. S. Williams, St. Ber- 

 nards; F. .J. Smith, fox-terriers; W. B. Eraser, Irish terriers; 

 C. G. Winchell; English setters; J. Douglas, Irish setters; 

 R. P. Forshaw, greyliounds; J. Yorke, toy spaniels and Gor- 

 don setters; J. J^ Sheedy, greyhounds; J. Hynes, Bedlinaton 

 and fox-teriers; P. J. Keating, cockers; .J. A. Quill, Irish 

 setters; T. J. Fitzsimmons, greyhounds, fox-terriers and 

 cockers; D. -Tackson, Scotch collies; H. F. Russell, fox-ter- 

 riers; G. B. Sweetman, csckers; P. J. Horrocks, St. Bernards; 

 W. E. McKay, C. Campion, English setters; Dr. Campbell, 

 J. G. Mitcheiier, cockers and fox-terriers; H. .J. Hill, pugs; F. 

 H. Elmore, poodles; G. C. Taylor, greyhounds; R. Wright, 

 black and tans and bull-terriers; Geo. Bell, cockers; H. B. 

 Donovan, editor Kennel Oazettc; John Trebilcock, Allan 

 Trebilcock, Wm, Davidson, toy .spaniels; J. Scholes, grey- 

 hounds; H. P. Thompson, grej'hounds and fox-terriers; C. 

 Stone, Engli.sh setters; J. Smiley, dachshunde; F. Habart, 

 greyhounds and foxhounds; F. J. Nelson, cockers; R. -Junor, 

 wire-haired fox-terriers. Mr. R. W. Royle was appointed 

 chairman of the meeting, and Mr. J. G. Mitchener secretary. 

 After some preliminary discussion pointing to the great ad- 

 vantages of such a club, it was decided to form a kennel 

 club, the name of the Toronto Kennel Club being suggested. 

 It was also proposed to hold monthly shows on the plan of 

 the Hamilton Club during the year. A committee con.sist- 

 ing of Messrs. H. P. Thompson, W. Eraser, C. A. Stone, J. 

 S. Williams and J. G. Mitchener was appointed to draft a 

 constitution and set of rules for the new club, and it was 

 decided to adjourn until March 18, when the committee will 

 report and all arrangements will be made. 



Uncle Dick won his customary "special" at New York. 

 This time it was i^'-33 iu cash. Authorities differ as to what 

 Dick won it on. Some say it was his caj), others his diplo- 

 matic smile. So we go. 



One of the most dastardly acts we have heard of for some 

 time was committed at Mystic, Conn., last week. A lot of 

 boys had incased a dog in some loose cloths, which they 

 had soaked in kerosene, and then set it on fire. The dog 

 was burned to death after rushing wildly through the streets. 

 We are glad to see that the matter is being investigated by 

 State Agent Thrall. An introduction to the "cat" would, no 

 doubr, have a very beneficial effect in this case. 



Here is an extract from an interesting letter on Barzois, 

 which Colonel Wellesley received from Prince Dimitry 

 Obolensky (Uncle Dick and the member from Hulton please 

 keep quiet), who is vice-president of the Tual Racing Club 

 and a member of several hunt clubs in Russia. He says: 

 "The dogs that have been catalogued at various shows'in 

 England for the last three years are pure Borzois, and have 

 corne originallj; from the best kennels in Russia. The speci- 

 mens are very far from being poor. For instance, Krilutt, 

 Pagooba, Soi:)Ol, Zloeem, and others were not ordinary work- 

 ing hounds, but dogs that were admired iu their' native 

 country, boih on the show bench and in the field. Pdgooba, 

 for example, who is of exceptional size for a bitch, has several 

 times pinned wolves single-handed. The English traveler 

 mentions the .size— viz., S2in. — of the dogs he saw as tre- 

 mendous. There are exceptional cases where the Borzoi has 

 stood very near that height. At the dog show in Moscow 

 thisyearadogcalled Pilai measured SlUin., or Su centimetres; 

 but "the average height is from 28in. to 2Ulfiu. It often 

 proves to be the case, however, that, for workiog purposes, 

 the smaller dog shows itself to excel in speed, pluck, and 

 tenacity. For wolf hunting I personally prefer the English 

 greyhound, acclimatized here (/. c, born in Russia from 

 English parents), but I am also a great admirer of the Rus- 

 sian rough-coated Borzoi. I may claim to know something 

 about the latter, because for many years I have bred and 

 hunted them, and my dogs are the lineal descendants of 

 those bred by my grandfather, General Bibikoff, who is him- 

 self renowned for his sporting proclivities and for the excel- 

 lence of his breed of dogs. So valued is that strain now that 

 it can be found iu most of the best kennels in Russia.'' 



A peculiar case of superfoetation in a bitch is related in 

 this week's London Field. A gamekeeper's night bitch, 12 

 years {Y) old, pupped on Feb. 16 a grizzled-colored pup to a 

 sheepdog on a farm. On March 3 the same bitch gave birth 

 to another black dog, and died shortly afterwards. It ap- 

 pears, from reliable information the writer had received, 

 that the sheepdog served the bull mastiff' bitch in the fii'st 

 instance, and a fortnight later his black retriever likewise 

 served her. He asks, "is this not a rather unusual freak of 

 nature'.'''' and no wonder. 



Deerhounds are more extensively used in this country 

 than many have an idea of, Mr. J. P. Bampfield has a ken- 

 nel of those shaggy fellows at Niagara Palls. We are toM 

 they worked splendidly on deer in Muskoka last fall, 



The fox-terrier Pitcher will no doubt by this time be in 

 his new home at Youngstown, O., in tlie Oriole Kennels. 

 Such a reputation as a sire has this dog that directly his 

 book was opened at New York he had twenty services 

 booked at twenty-five dollars, which covers the price of the 

 dog, S500. It would seem that the Oriole Kennels have made 

 some judicious purchases lately. Dona and Dominica are 

 two bitches that any one need be proud of. By the way, 

 these two arrived at the show from the vessel at 3 P. M. 

 Tuesday of the New York show, and were judged at .3:30 

 P. M., a close shave indeed, but quite near enough for a 

 terrier. 



Mrs. Diffenderffer is as fond of St. -Bernards as her son, 

 and though too ill to come to the show at Baltimore, she 

 could not forego a sight of the crack Sir Bedivere, so he was 

 taken to her room, where a wreath of flowers repaid him for 

 the trouble. Speaking of the secretarv of the Baltimore 

 club reminds us that all the English papers speak well of 

 his new bitch Hepsey. "Cheerful Horn," in Canine World, 

 says: "In buying Hepsey the Americans have made a good 

 stroke. They have undoubtedly run after the gold, and for- 

 gotten the mint wherein the precious metal was coined. 

 Therefore, if such bitches as Hepsey go out of the country— 

 especially in whelp to high-class dogs— breeders in this 

 country will have to look to their laurels." 



The premium list of the Continental Kennel Club's show 

 at Denver, Colo., April 23 to 25, has been received. Chal- 

 lenge classes are made for most of the breeds and SIO given 

 to the winner. In open classes to every breed SIO and .S5 is 

 given, but we regret that in most of the important breeds 

 the same is given for ptxppies. They would seciu-e a much 

 better entry had they put this money on the regular classes 

 and left the puppies out altogether. The bankers of Denver 

 give ;S65 to the best and .?35 to the second best kennel of five 

 dogs owned by a non-resident of Colorado. Owner must 

 prove ownership of dogs for sixty days prior to the show. 

 The real estate dealers give the same amount of money to 

 the first and second largest exhibit of dogs of any breed 

 owned by one kennel. The hotel men give $100 in the .same 

 way for first and second best kennels of four dogs of one 

 breed owned by one per.son, a resident of L^tah, Colorado, 

 Wyoming or New Mexico. These handsome cash specials 

 will no doubt induce Eastern kennels to send something on, 

 especially as the dogs will be well on there when at Cleve- 

 land, which comes the week before. Entries close April 6 

 and the fee is -§3.50. Mr. A. C. Waddell, of Kansas City, 

 Mo , will be the judge. The club will do their own feeding 

 and benching, new benching is to be supplied by the Berry 

 Ironworks and Spratts dog biscuit will be fed. Sanita's 

 will be ttsed to disinfect. 



In the list of awards of the Irish setters at Baltimore, 

 Tearaway's name is given as the winner of third in open 

 dogs, when it should be F. S. Cheney's Henmore Shamrock. 

 In our detailed I'eport of the show the dog is given proper 

 credit. In the greyhound dog class the first report should 

 read Gem of the""Season first, Charles Davis .second. 



The Kennel Club show in England will be held this year 

 at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, April 7 to 10. 

 Some -328 classes are distributed among the various breeds. 

 The specialty clubs come out in great form with specials, 

 the St. Bernard Club donating their two 100 guinea chal- 

 lenge cups, etc. 



Stocl<^Keeper says: "The Onlooker" in Fokest AND 

 Stream has taken up the question of Barzoi-headed collies. 

 We will forward a cutting to W. W. Thompson without the 

 p, please "Onlooker." 



"Nutcracker" stirs the boys up a bit again in Stoeh- 

 Kcepcr this week. In .speaking of the kennel papers he 

 gives first place to Forest a>"d Stkeam. Well, the old 

 Fokest axd Streaji does get ahead a bit when it comes 

 down to show reports and news. 



The stranger within the gates appreciates the kind courte- 

 sies of fellow fanciers, and our thanks are due Mr. E. J. 

 Farber and Mr. F. H. Kennedy, the one for the freedom of 

 Baltimore city clubs and the latter for the use of the rooms 

 of the Western Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association. One 

 becomes tired of dogs and dog shows at times, and a little 

 relief in another atmosphere is greatly appreciated. 



Pittsburgh seems to have played sad havoc with the health 

 of several members of dogdom. Frank Dole was looking 

 forward to Washington sho"w, but La Grippe holds him fast 

 in bed. Friend .Jarrett, of Chestnut Hill, is also laid up 

 with bronchitis, and saddest of all, Mr. Menckins, who 

 brought Mr. J. Daniels's team of pointers tn the Pittsburgh 

 show, succumbed to a sudden attack of pneumonia, dying at 

 Pitsburgh. All the boys are ailing more or less, and it be- 

 hooves some of them to take good care of themselves and 

 their dogs or neither will last the circuit out. 



The dogs have sttffered too. Prof. Maenner had the mis- 

 fortune to lose his promising pup Mentor II., who died iu 

 two days after the Baltimore shoy^i^ where he took second, 

 from pneumonia, and to make things more pleasant still, he 

 lost through some carelessness the litter sister to him, a 

 better one even than the dog pup. 



W. C. Farber's Baltimore bulletin board arrangement 

 seems to have "caught on," but it is hardly so well managed 

 at other shows as the original. 



That Prof. Parker's performing dogs are the main attrac- 

 tion at a show is amply evidenced by the increased attend- 

 ance at shows about the time he is advertised to give his 

 performance. Every one seems to be delighted with those 

 three somersault dogs with the euphonious names of Rags, 

 Bottles and Jerry. Their back somersaults are very cleverly 

 done. 



Now that everything is settled up and we come to talk the 

 Baltimore show over with some ot the committee, we are 

 pleased to find that they came out at the right end of the 

 lane. Considering the troubles they have encountered this 

 is a very happy result. 



The boys must have a little laugh now and then; this time 

 it is on the Tunlaw Kennels' advt. in the catalogue at Wash- 

 ington, "Young dogs, bitches and puppies in whelp." 



Now that there are so many important kennels iu the 

 coimtry and such a number of excellent specimens of differ- 

 ent breeds of dogs, it is always a question how to keep the 

 dogs in good coat and condition aad the kennels sweet and 

 pure. It is therefore a pleasure to find something that will 

 help the keunel men in both these essentials. This is Cyno- 

 line, which those in whom we have implicit confidence tell 

 us is q uite as effective as a quick disinfectant as it is a ready 

 and handy healing medium for kennel sores, mange and 

 other skin diseases that dogs are liable to. We can there- 

 fore recommend it with the fullest confidence. .Sufficiently 

 diluted it is also a pleasant addition to the toilet table. 



The latest from the Boston committee is this: "The Spaniel 

 Club offer a silver cup, value §100, for the best field spaniel iu 

 the show, open to members of the Spaniel Club only. We 

 are in the midst of a heap of entries, and from appearances 

 ^re going to have a big shoyy, " 



