Maecih 26, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



19B 



HEMPSTEAD FARM KENNELS' POUi^TER DUKE OF HESSEN. J. B. DAGER'S ENGLISH SKTTER CINCINNATUS. 



First in UgTit-weight challenge tslaaS Jiit New York sTiow. First in challenge class at New York show. 



There are already about 115 dogs entered, and some of them 

 haTe won many honors on the bench. Among the St. Ber- 

 nards we find the names of Marquis of Staif ord and Prelate. 

 Quasimodo, the bulldog, is also on sale. In collies the 

 Chestnut Hill Kennels have Maney Trefoil , Wellesbourne 

 Hero, Wellesbourne Flurry and others. Clifton Maid is also 

 to be put up. Mauprat aiid Chef, the bassets, vrill also be 

 brought to the hammer, and so will the Irish terrier Roslyn 

 Murptiy and Kathleen. Little Jewel, the pug, and several 

 Schipperkes will also be sold to the highest bidder. Nearly- 

 eveT-y breed is represented, and if good prices are realized 

 there is every likelihood that .such sales will become regular 

 in the future, 



Mrs. Smyth, the owner of the Swiss Moiinfcain Kennels, 

 has, through Mr. Watson, purchased a bitch by Alton out of 

 a bitch by Rhoderick Dhu, the sire of Hepsey, from Mr. 

 Sydney W. Smith. She has been bred to Scottish Prince. 

 This enthnsiastic fancier has also bought a bitch from J\ti-. 

 Schillcock, of Birmingham, England, and bred to Lord 

 Bute. Mrs. Smyth is determined to have the best blood and 

 we trust her venture will prove successful. 



At the Washington show Mr. J. H. Winslow purchased 

 the nice looking pointer bitch Bloomo III. and a ptippy by 

 Dick Swiveller, iO months old. 



Mr. James Watson will only get back from his European 

 trip just in time for the Boston .show, for he sails on the 

 LTmbria Saturday next. 



We deplore the fact that bench show committees are fall- 

 ing back into the old slip-shod way of benching the dogs. 

 At the last two or three shows, and New York as well, the 

 dogs are benched here, there and everywhere, just as ifc 

 seems to suit the sweet whim of the exhibitor. This is not 

 right, nor is it fair to the public who pay admission aad 

 help to make the shows a success. At Washington it was 

 worse than ever, and one could walk almost down a whole 

 aisle, especially among the sporting cla.sses, and scarcely 

 one number would be in rotation. This must be altered. 

 It detracts from the interest of the show to the visitor and 

 is a source of annoyance and confusion to the reporter, for 

 when dogs are benched this way they are generally placed 

 more with a view to their dispositions than anything else, 

 dogs being benched irrespective of the numbers that may be 

 above them, and consequently mistakes arise in reports that 

 not only annoy the owners but discredit the paper in which 

 they appear. 



Mr. Dexter, the owner of the Charlottesville Kennels, was 

 an interested spectator at the Washington show. He in- 

 formed us that Maid of Kent will be bred to Duke of Hes- 

 sen, and some future Derby winners are therefore expected 

 as a result. Mr. C. E. Buckle, who, with Capt. McMurdo, 

 has charge of his kennel, sails for England on the 8th of the 

 month, and besides taking to himself a bride will also 

 skirmish round for a good pointer dog to f lu-nish an outcross 

 for this kennel. If they can get another as good as King of 

 Kent they will do well. 



We regret, and so will all St. Bernard lovers, to hear of 

 the serious illness of Mr. Moore's good dog Alton. It seems 

 on Friday last he developed symptoms of pneumonia, and 

 when Arthur was ready to go home on Saturday it was 

 found impossible to move him. He is still at Washington. 

 At first it was reported that all hope for him was gone, but 

 the latest telegram says he shows a slight improvement. 

 We trust it will continue, as such a loss would indeed be 

 hard to bear, and Mr. Moore has had quite all of his share in 

 the past. 



Sydney W. Smith, we hear, will ai-riveonthe S. S. Umbria, 

 having been ordered by his doctor to take a sea voyage. It 

 would have been very interestinghad he brought his"'Scottish 

 Prince over here, it would have livened things up a bit. 



The Columbus, O., people have given up the idea of hold- 

 ing a show this spring, owing to their inability to secure a 

 suitable building. 



During the Pittsburgh show Frank Dole sold the bull- 

 terrier Mr. Dick to Mr. Moorehead, of the Duquesne Kennel 

 Club, and also the bull bitch Jessup to Mr. Brereton. She 

 has been served by Harper, and something good is expected 

 from the union. 



Mr. Stucky, of Pittsburgh, is having a fine kennel built, 

 with twenty yards. Besides his St. Bernards he will also 

 kennel Mr. Hacke's Barzois. 



In a cage at Pittsburgh we noted a cat and a terrier which 

 seemed to be the greatest friends, frequently indulging in 

 sham fights and other eccentricities. The cat derives her 

 nptoriety from the fact of her being the only seven-toed feline 

 in America. ' 



After long and baffling experience of the law's delays, Mr, 

 Chas. T. Peshall has succeeded iu having his trial in the 

 libel suit set for next Tuesday, March 31. 



The following committee has been appointed to take 

 pha^ of tli6 trench ?how to be held in connecfcion with t^e 



Central Canada Pair, Ottawa, Sept. 29, 30, and Oct. 1. 1891: 

 Alfred Geddes, Dr. T. We.slev Mills, F. H. F. Mercer, P. G. 

 Keyes, W. G. Young, C. E. Linng, W. H. Middleton, L. N. 

 Bate, D. Gordon, V. S , and H. Kirby. 



We have received $5 from Mr. F. H. F. Mercer, for the 

 Helen Keller Fund, for sending the little blind mute of Pitts- 

 burg to the Boston school. 



The crack St. Bernard bitch Hepsey arrived Wednesday 

 in good health, though heavy in whelp. 



GUNSHYNESS. 



EAiior Forest and St/t'eam: 



If you will put colts in any number, of any age or breed, 

 from a Couestoga to a thoroughbred, in a pasture through 

 which a railway runs, they will in a few days' time cease to 

 take notice of the train as it goes rushing past within 20yds. 

 Their freedom from restraint and constraint seems to reniove 

 all apprehension of harm, and so, if you will snap caps, or 

 beat a tattoo on a tin pan in the distinct heai-ing of a litter of 

 j-oung puppies, most of them will .scamper off and hide away 

 in their nest or box: and let them hide as much as they 

 choose, but take no notice of them; and in a short while they 

 will come to understand that no harm is meant. From this 

 beginning, it is easy to accustom them to the report of a 

 gun by .shooting in the yard, away from them, but in full 

 hearing. In case your puppy comes to you at several months 

 of age, give him time to learn that you are his friend and 

 guardian, and that yourhome is hishome, then take your gun 

 down in the garden and shoot a half dozen, or so, of catbirds, 

 or go over in the orchard near by, from time to time, and pop 

 away at hairy woodpeckers. Very soon he will be out in the 

 orchard enjo3ang the fun with you. Of course, all this is 

 only necessary in the case of a timid puppy; but every pujspy 

 should be made acquainted with the sound of fire arms 

 before he is taken afield. lam satisfied the mistake in all 

 the rules I have read for curing gunshyuess is that there is 

 too much form and ceremony iu the whole proceeding. The 

 puppy's attention is too sharply drawn to all that is doing, 

 yon^take him at close qtiarters, and cut off his retreat, all of 

 which is very demoralizing. Never iutercept a dog's line of 

 retreat to his place of refuge in time of alarm. We never 

 hear oE city dogs being afraid of city noises, and it is because 

 they are left to themselves to settle" the question of sound in 

 their own way. Yet let a half grown puppy go in the street 

 away from home, and ten to one the first loufnoise he hears 

 will send him back like a blue streak to his familiar quar- 

 ters; but in a little while he will be as bold as the bravest. 

 At the same time, it is my opinion that if there were less in- 

 breeding there would be very much less of gunshjmess, 

 though this is neither here nor there, for inbreeding 'is the 

 fashion, and fashion rules in all things both great and small. 

 "Breeding io-nnd-in is good for the blood. 

 But it plays the devil with the flesh."— Byron. 



W. A. W. 



WELSH TERRIERS.— San Francisco, Gal.— Editor For- 

 est and Stream: In the report of the Binghamton show in 

 the Forest asd Stream the reporter calls Rowton Vixen 

 undoubtedly the best Welsh terrier in America. At the 

 Liverpool show, the largest show of Welsh terriers in 

 England, she is good enough to win second. At New York 

 she takes he, vhc. withheld, beaten by Mephisto Bob (a 

 dog I own) that is not worth one side of 'her. In a Chicago 

 paper I read: "Which, though suckling puppies, was the 

 only decent terrier of the five representatives that entered 

 the ring." I don't know T'other from Which personally; 

 but when I read comments on T'other's topknot it strikes 

 me forcibly that the judges and reporter don't know a 

 Welsh terrier from a hole in the wall. What on earth does 

 a Welsh terrier want with a Bedlington's topknot? If some 

 intelligent old country man will kindly step forward and 

 comment on the lot I think his remarks will be read with 

 pleasure by many that desire to be enlightened on this sub- 

 ject. Mr. "Mayhew may have seen a few, but it is quite evi- 

 dent that he has forgotten what little he did know. As all 

 exhibitors know, I am the last man on earth to kick about 

 being beaten. T'other and Which, for all I know, may be 

 better dogs than any of mine, I wish to confine my com- 

 ments to the placing of the son of Mephisto Bob (first, 

 Bangor, 1889, in a class of sixteen dogs) and champion 

 Bangor Dan Liu (a winner of twenty firsts) second in a class 

 of five, with Rowton Vixen, a bitch that smothers him for 

 quality, he— A. Russell Ceowell. 



THE HOSPfCE KENNELS.— Arlington, N. J., March 31. 

 —Editor Forest a}id Stream: I am on the eve of breaking 

 up my kennels of St. Bernards, expecting to leave for Mont- 

 rose, Colorado, in the early part of May. Though the Hos- 

 pice Kennels will no longer be represented at bench shows it 

 is not my intention to desert the breed entirely, for I shall 

 take a few specimens with me to the Rockies, where the 

 climate, in all probability, will be more congenial to' the 

 dogs than in New Jersey. To the members of the vSt. 

 Bernard Club of America, and to the board of governors 

 especially, I tender my thanks for the confidence they have 

 shown me since the club was organized, and I trust that the 

 good feeling they hold toward me will contiuue though, 

 after my departure, I shall no longer be In a position to 

 take any active paj-t in club matters.— K. E. Hopf, 



SPECIALS AT CLEVELAND. ~ Editor Forest and 

 Stream.: The following specials have been donated for our 

 coming show in April. We will have more later on. We 

 have made class 106, Yorkshire terriers, open class dogs, SIO 

 and*5: class 106}^, bitches, ?tO and S5. President of club 

 offers $10 for agent or handler having in charge largest num- 

 ber of dogs; a meurber offers SIO to person or kennel making 

 largest exhibit. Prizes for best .shown; Case whisky for 

 brace setters, any breed, dogs or bitches. English Setter 

 Club's silver medal for bitch and two of produce over 12iuos., 

 regardless of ownership, prize to go to bitch; to breeder of 

 three dogs or bitches or both over l2mos., regardless of own- 

 ship; .silver medal for dog or bitch with public field trial 

 record; meerschaum pipe (value -820) for dog and bitch in 

 open class. The Pointer Club of America offers $10 each for 

 best dog and bitch in open class owned by member; English 

 coal hod (value -81.5) for dog under ISmos. owned in Cleve- 

 land; stud service of Lord Graphic to bitch in open class; 

 gold-headed cane for best get of Lord Graphic. The Na- 

 tional Greyhound Club offers a solid silver medal for dog or 

 bitch, to be competed for by members of the club and by such 

 dogs as are registered in their stud book. The Collie Club 

 of America offers silver club medal for collie not over 2yrs. 

 iu open classbelongingtomember; bronzeclub medal for sec- 

 ond best; bronze medal for dog in puppy class; also for bitch. 

 Silver-mounted silk umbrella (value «i5) for American-bred 

 St. Bernard dog or bitch; $10 for the best in show; the St. 

 Bernard Club of America offers silver club medal for Ameri- 

 can-bred rough-coated dog, same for rough-coated bitch, 

 same for American-bred smooth dog, same for American- 

 bred smooth bitch, the awards to be made in accordance 

 with the rules of the club; a water-color picture (value $15) 

 for smooth-coated St. Bernard owned bv a lady, a resident of 

 Cleveland, Ten dollars cash for mastiff' dog or bitch; collar 

 (value S6) for bitch in open class. Solid silver cup (value $30) 

 for fox-terrier dog or bitch in open class; same for dog or 

 bitch in puppy" class; dozen cakes Whitman's LTnique dog 

 soap for dog. Semace of cocker spaniel Brush W. for bitch 

 in open class, donor not to compete; $10 for field spaniel 

 owned by member, also the $100 cup for the cocker spaniel in 

 show owned by member. The National Beagle Club offers 

 piece of silver (value $15) for kennel of 4 beagles owned and 

 entered by one exhibitor a member of the club, also piece of 

 silver (value SIO) for dog owned by member, same for bitch; 

 dozen bottles Whitman's Unique mange cure for bitch; S5 for 

 smallest in puppy class over 4 months. Five dollars cash 

 for the best brace of bulldogs, dogs or bitches, owned by 

 one person or kennel. Five dollars"cash for pug dog in open 

 class, same for bitch. Ten dollars cash for largest dog in 

 miscellaneous class. — C. M. Munhall, Sec'y. 



SPECIALS FOR BEAGLES AT BOSTON.— Editor For- 

 est and Stream: The following special prizes for beagles 

 have been offered at the New England Kennel Club's show 

 at Boston by a friend of the National Beagle Club: A suit- 

 able piece of silver, valued at $10, for the best beagle bitch, 

 having the best field trial record. A suitable piece of silver, 

 value SIO, for the best beagle bitch that started in the N. B. 

 C. field trials. A suitable piece of silver, value $10, for the 

 best beagle puppy sired by champion I3annerman. — HUB- 

 BITE,_ 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Notes must be sent on prepared blanks, wlilch are far- 

 nlahed free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter slz^e. Sets of 800 of any one form, bound for 

 retaining dnpUcates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 

 Dimple and Trix. By D. B. Kelton, Holyoke, Mass., for black 

 and tan Gordou setter bitch and dog, whelped Jan. 4, by Ned 

 Kelton (Dash XL— Pan) out of Gladys. 



Lady Joan mstead of Our Joan. By Mercer cfe Middleton, Ot- 

 tawa, Can., for Clumber spaniel bitch, by Boss III. out of Lady 

 Judy. 



Signo. By Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O.. for silver 

 fawn pug dog, whelped Feb. 27, 1891, by Spokane (ehampioa Kash 

 —Lady Thora) out of Lady Verne (Joe II,— Mandie). 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Zimmer's Blue Belle— Fainj Lee. J. M. Barnes's (North Adams, 

 Mass.) beagle bitch Zimmer's Blue Belle (Blue Cap II.— Constance) 

 to George L%iol<'.i Fairy Lee (Lee IL— Fairy), March 6. 



Gladys— Ned Kelton. C. £. Bid well's (Holyoke. Mass.) Gordon 

 setter bitch Gladys (MuiMand Ranger— Buelas) to D. B. Kelton's 

 Ned Kelton (Dash IL— Fan), Nov. 4. 



8qua.iv— Kaiser. J. F. CampbeH's (Montreal, Can.) black and tan 

 terrier hitch Squaw (Salf ord— Nettle) to his Kaiser (Punch— Luce). 

 March 10. 



Fly— Kaiser. B. Wall's (Montreal, Can,) black and tan terrier 

 bitch Fiy (Othello— Sarah) to John F. Campbell's Kaiser (Punch- 

 Luce), March 5. 



G4'/t (formerly BoclieUe &rit)— Kaiser. John F. Campbell's (Mon- 

 treal, Can.) black and tan terrier bitch Grit (formerly Roehelle 

 Grit) (champion Buffalo General— Meersbrook Girl) to his Kaiser 

 (Punch— Luce), Mar«h 18. 



Monie—Cliaminon Red Rover. Theo, J. Hook's (Borne, N. Y.) 

 cocker spaniel hitch Mollie (Carlo— Beauty) to his claampion Red 

 Rover (Obo IL— Woodstock Dinah), Jan. 29. 



Topsy S.—CMmynon Bed Rover. O. S. Svkes's (AlexandTla Bay, 

 N. Y.) cocker spaniel bitch Topsy (Snap— Walklll Bess) to Theo. j. 

 Hook's champion Red Rover (Obo II.— Woodstock Dinah), March 7. 



Donna— Cliampiou BocMngham. Rosecroft Kennels' English, 

 setter bitch Donna (Yale Belion— Forest Dora) to F, Wiudiiolz'g 

 chamnion Rookintrham. March t. 



