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falls a 'hit beTiind shoulder, loin strone; but rather short, 

 knees Tiot just right, eood feet, straight behind and hocks 

 too hieh, enousaih bone, color fair, leggy, head and feet his 

 best points. Huntington, he, was second at New York, and 

 was here looking worse, especially in coat. (Tien Jarvls, he, 

 was second at Pittsburgh under the same judge, bul. must 

 have been in poor company. He is, hov\ever, only a puppy 

 and his coat alone in its present condition is boTiud to beat 

 him in a fair class. Head of good length, but not right in 

 stop and a bit plain, forelegs and feet very bad, leggy, flat in 

 loin, stands hadly, too wide behind, skull the best part of 

 him. will not be a show dog. Minstrel, he, was at New 

 York. Duke, c was not on the bench, Glen, c, is plain, 

 light, in eyes, straight behiad, feet too small, lacks quality, 

 not in show condition. Bpn Hur, unnoticed, is fairly good 

 in head and has an excellent color, but he is entirely too 

 small for show purposes. Waif, unnoticed, is coarse and 

 bad in color. Echo W., unnoticed, is bad at both ends, the 

 ends commencing from the center. 



Hazelnut II., first in the bitch class, is a well-known win- 

 ner. The judge went very wide of the mark in selecting 

 Elfreda for .second place, as she was clearly beaten and out- 

 classed byEudors, that got third. Eudora was fully de- 

 scribed at New York. Stie crowded Hazelnut II. for first 

 place. Elfreda is somewhat coarse in muzzle, not clean 

 cut below the eyes, a shade light in color of eyes, light in 

 bone, very long from the knees down, inclined to stand over 

 at the knees, too low at the shoulder for height of quarters, 

 straiyht behind, no feather or flag, moves very badly when 

 walking:, coat showing curliness, was exceedingly lucky. 

 This bitch toolv he. at New I'ork, an award which repre- 

 sented her real merit. Belle, reserve, is a better specimen 

 than the second prize winner. Stop and ijelow the eyes not 

 clearly deflui d. feet inclined outward, too flat in ribs, a bit 

 slack behind the shoulders, stern should be straighter, 

 skull too flat. Hammerless, rhc, and another chained near 

 her were each marked No. 24."), for tliis reason I shall pass 

 both. Fanny Hazelnut, he , shows quality in head, though 

 it is too short, too low at the shoulder, position of shoulders 

 not correct, good feet, does not stand true in front, set of 

 stern not correct, very straight in hocks, good coat, superb 

 color. Oaota BeJle, he , is too flat in head, not correct in 

 stop, shoulders not right, feet and pasterns not strong, 

 leggy, short coupled, coat not in good condition, shows 

 some quality, best part of her is back of the loin. Ijai.sy, c, 

 is coarse in head, curly, shoulders not in good position, 

 back parts are best. Puppies a very weak class. Ben 

 Lewis had an Irish bitch along with him bound for Chicago 

 that could have smothered most of them at this show. She 

 is owned. I think, by Dr. Jarvis, and I shall expect her to 

 do some %vinning. 



SORDOSr SETTEES— (MK. D A.VID.SO'K). 

 BcpoH hy Mr. Mason. 

 As usual thei-e were quite a number of black dogsin these 

 classes, but verv few Gordons. In the challenge class for 

 dogs, Ivauhoe, just fair in bead, wrong in expression, 

 throaty, too wavy in coat and lacking correct type, was 

 properly placed over his kennel companion, Leo B., who is 

 very course in head but better than the winner in body and 

 one or two other places. Becky Sharp in bitches beat Duch- 

 ess of Waverly very easily. The last named is much above 

 average in head, bnt is wrong in knees, hocks, neck, ribs 

 and condition, and her hind feet especially are very bad. 

 The open class for dogs was conspicuously free of good ones. 

 Grouse, first prize, was first in puppv class at Boston la.st 

 year. His head and bone which are just fair are about all 

 the good I can find in him. Light eyes; ears long and span- 

 iely; very throaty; not straight in front; shows too much 

 knee; ribs not right; tuc'ied up in loin; very straight and 

 stilty behind: sh^illowin middle; hocks much too high; cojit 

 and shoulders and color passable. Dash L., second prize, is 

 clearlv inferior to the third prize winner, Tyrus, that should, 

 I think, have been a rather easy winner of first prize. It is 

 unnecessary to criticise these dogs again, because they are 

 well-known winners. Rexmont, reserve, has some white on 

 breast., is smutty in color, not right in knees, moderate in 

 coat, not typical in head, and he lacks quality and tiue Gor- 

 don charficter. Nero, vhc, is rather snort in ear, liaht in 

 eve and in color, but he beats a number of them in expres- 

 sion and head, albeit rather plain. R^b II., he, is not a 

 show di'g. Yap, c, is plain in head, domed in muzzle, span- 

 iely in front und round in rump; good legs. Ran>ier, e, is 

 plain throughout; wrong in knee?; high and strrdght in 

 hocks; narr.W th tough the hips and he stands badly. Cliff 

 B. is too long in Iront of the eyes, which are small ami 

 rather light, giving him a wrong expression. Bone plenty; 

 inclined to st^md over at the knees; good color; doesnotmove 

 well; coat fair. Carlo lacks In head, neck, color, coat, mark- 

 ings, knees and feet. Old Jessica, carrying her years very 

 well, was first in bitches. Like the second prize winner, 

 she has a head of English type. She does not carry her 

 stern well, and is not good in color, but she has good bone 

 and stands well in front. V(-n, third prize, lacks in expres- 

 sion, position of legs, loin, knees, feet, and she is very defi- 

 cient m type. Crete IL, he, is not a show bitch. Puppies 

 a very p\jor lot with not a future winner among them. 

 Light eyes, long whip tails and plain heads were painfully 

 conspicuous. Dr. Dixon's team had a walk over for the 

 kennel prize. 



SPAiJIBLS— (MB. -WATSOST). 

 Beporl hy Mi: Manon. 



Here the quality wa? much the same as at New York, a 

 number of winners at the latter show being hailed winners 

 at Boston. After having examined the winners at both 

 shows it is quite evident to tne writer that spaniels, like 

 pointers, setters and mastiffs, are not making headway. The 

 challenge class for >ill sorts and conditions of held spiniels, 

 over SSlbs, weight, bnmght into compptition the Clumber 

 Newcastle and the well known winners Newton Abbot Don, 

 Baron and Lady. Newcastle being outclassed the competi- 

 tion lay between the last three named and the bitch won. 

 Mr. Oldham, who had charge of Don, thought that dog 

 should have won easily. Mr. Morris thought the prize at 

 the mercy of Baron, and'the o.vner of Lady thought the de- 

 cision correct. There was some kicking and there will be 

 lots more of it unless the Spaniel Clubtakes the bull by the 

 horns and clearly deHnes the type of hend that a field span- 

 iel ought to have. Would it not be a gond move to make 

 the di.stiDcnon clear, and also provide a class for Sussex span- 

 iels? Our judges d > not seem to know what type of head a 

 field .spaniel should have to be a good one, and time and 

 again one finds overgrown cuckeis winning over dogs which 

 the writer believes to be of better type. Therp was really no 

 room for kicking over the awards in this class, because 

 cocker heads are to tlie front at one show, Sasspx heads at 

 another, and thehigher, leaner and longer heads find favor 

 at a third, clearly showing that it is all a matter of fancy. 

 If Bowers's Maud was a typical Sussex, and I believe she 

 was, then Lady is clearly defective in head and decidedly so. 

 If Zulu was a typical field spaniel then Don and Baron are 

 both of them defective in head properties. As our stand- 

 ards do not clearly define the head points for the field class, 

 there need be no wonder that judges fail to agree and that 

 when in a tight corner they try to keep on the right tack by 

 selecting the best bodied specimens. When Don beat Baron 

 at New York the writer indorsed the award, believing as he 

 does that Don's head comes nearer to what is wanted than 



Baron's, and because Don is shorter in leg and fully as long 

 in body, Don, as shown at Boston, wa,"? not as gooil in body 

 as Lady, but his head cornea nearer to my idea of a field 



-ipaniel's head than Lady's does to either the field or Susse.x 



head, and for this reason I would have placed Don first. 



There is, however, as surely must be seen, plenty of room 



for competent .and honest difference of opinion, and Mr. 

 Oldham, whom I believe to be a good J-jdge of ."spaniels, 

 should not be .slow to recognize the fact. ' In~a conversation 

 I hid with Messrs. Willey and Wilmerding at the New 

 Y'"ork show I suggested that it would be best for the Spaniel 

 Clnb to make known its idea in reg-ard to the character of 

 head that is most desirable for a Held spaniel; and I hope 

 the club will bestir it.self so that when judging a class like 

 the one under criticism we may know how to act so as to 

 give satisfaction to ourselves, if not to the exhibitors. 



In the open class for dogs Beverly Negus si mplv smoth- 

 ered Timbo, a short-bodied, leggy, light-eyed snecimen of 

 wrong type, but shown in good condition. Negus is in 

 poor condition, but after the shows be should come on 

 rapidly and prove a useful dog to Mr. Keasbey. Saybrook 

 Liss, first in bitches, has a rather coarse head of cosker 

 type, ears might be better, light in eyes, not quite right be- 

 hind, a black bitch, whose best points are in body and coat. 

 Saybrook Dolly is a weak-faced black and tan, light in 

 eyes, throaty, too high, feet and pasterns only moderate, 

 not right behind, stern not properly coated, coat too woolly, 

 but may be improved, good body. She was entered in the 

 class for blacks and transferred to that for '"other th^n 

 black," where she took first over her only competitor, Black 

 Knight, a black dog with white on chest and near forefoot. 

 This latter is not up to Mr. Willey's usual high class form, 

 being short and plain in head, wrong in set of ears, defective 

 in feet and pasterns, moderate in coat and bad in movement 

 behind. 



The challenge class for cockers found .Jersey, Bessie W. 

 and Rabbi in competition. The lucky winner at Lynn was 

 here put in his proper place, going down before Jersey and 

 Be.s.sie W. All are well known. Decision correct. In the 

 open claas for dogs Obin, de.scribed in the New York re- 

 port, was first. Sancho Panza. second prize, was not to be 

 found when I called. Black Duchess, tir.^t in bitches, is a 

 nice one and held the same position at New York, see re 

 port. Little Nell, second prize, is some points below her 

 form. Cheeks rather prominent, lips not sufficiently for- 

 ward, do with more bone, wrong behind. Lala, vhc, cheeks 

 too prominent, lips too tight and not deep enough near nose; 

 eyes too light, travels close behind, but not cowhocked; 

 rather long cast, stern too high, bad feet, hocks rather 

 straight, does not move freely. Shasta, he, was not on the 

 bench. Ilva, he., shows too much stop, lips not right, good 

 ears, t,ail not shortened, feet open and flat, coat only fair, 

 not a good one. 



In tne class for dogs and bitches other than black Cherry 

 Boy, the New York winner, was rightly placed over RoUo, 

 a black and tan mth some white on muzzle. Bad muzzle 

 and eyes, hocks not first-class; body, legs and feet redeeming 

 points. Peter, unnoticed, is a long-tailed, toothless, weak- 

 faced and short coated .specimen. He is a devil to howl. 

 Ponto is a curly mongrel. If -Juliette has any good points 

 they are inside and not out. 



Clumbers, in the absence of the Ottawa Kennels, were a 

 poor lot. Old Tyne, Mr. Richardson's once well known win- 

 ner, was given second, and the rest of the p izes withheld for 

 want of merit. Now that Clumbers are improving, and we 

 have one or two good ones, there is no reason why the old 

 winners of very wrong type should be encouraged. 



Only one Irishman showed up, and as he is all out of coat 

 and condition the judge very properly withheld the prize. 

 This action of Mr. Watson's broke Ben Lewis's heart and 

 so the management put on a poultice in the form of a SIO 

 bill and a prize ribbon, which quickly restored the injured 

 Benjamin to a normal condition. 



FOX-TEEKIERS (JIR. MAYHE"W). 

 RepoH by Mr. Mamii. 

 Many years ago — in 1877, 1 think— I was judging at a north 

 country show with an old Y'"orkshireman. We had given four 

 or five first prizes to a well-known exhibitor who would not 

 keep a bad dog in his kennels, when this same exhibitor 

 brought into the ring another good one. "Let's equalize 

 things a bit," .said my coHeigue; *-we hnve already given 



four or five firsts, and it will give better sati*faciion 



to give somebody else an inning." "Not here for that pur- 

 pose," said I; and the "equalizmg" did not come off. The 

 judging of fox-terriprs at Boston was evidently done on the 

 "equalizing" plan, the result being intense dissatisfaction, 

 which exi-ended even to some of those who got a slice of the 

 "butter." The judge not only reversed previous awards 

 made by himself, but tacitly admitted that his dog show 

 reports nre worthless and th -it his knowledge of dogs is best 

 described by the letter O. Several of the awards call for a 

 public explanation. This should be forthcoming without 

 delay, for as matters now stand some of the work done has 

 a very ugly appearance. In this opinion I am indorsed by 

 the judge himself, as will be seen below. The challenge 

 class' for dogs contained a number of good ones. Indeed, it 

 was about the best class of fox-terrier dogs that has been 

 seen in this countiT. Raby Mixer, Dusky Trap, Lucifer, 

 Riffle and Blemton Volunteer were the competitors, and 

 the prize was given to Rafli^, the reserve card going to Luci- 

 fer. These are dogs of the same type, though Lucifer is 

 more upstanding and has more liberty throughout. He is 

 of course a vasti better terrier than ever Raflia was or can 

 be. Raby Mixer was unnoticed, although he beat Lucifer 

 under this same judge at Boston last year, and the judge 

 then stated that Lucifer is too short in couplings and cloddy- 

 looking all through, that the dog was very much no good, 

 and that he w s dreadfully disappointed iuhim. This same 

 judge has recently stated that Mixer has letdown consider- 

 ably, and that he is a better dog than he ever was, which is 

 true. Lucifer was whelped in 1884, and of course is worse in 

 mouth than he was a year ago and if anything weaker 

 looking in foreface. In the i oterpst of the fox-terrier fancy, 

 justice and fair play, I &sk why was R -iby Mixer put back, 

 and why was the short-legged and liberty-lacking R^fHe 

 placed over Lucifer? Here is Mr Mayhew's report, which 

 was printed in Forest AI<D Stream, April 10, 1890, the week 

 following the Boston show. Toere can be no dodging 

 this report, for it bears his own .signature: 

 Editor ForeKt and Stream: 



la compiiane^' wuti your rcqueat I give you notes on the fox- 

 terriers ill the Bosi '-n "show. T'je challenge class contained Raby 

 Misev, Blemton Rubicon, Lucifer and Bfiochanal. It was soon 

 evident the latter was outclaaf-ed, FO 1 disposed of him early in 

 the contest In order to rnake ttie rf>«»son'^ for my awards tlie 

 plainer, I will first "f all des'-r'be ih'^ threft remmniog dogrs as far 

 as my opiuiors of th-m were formed. Raby Mixer has a beer., 

 hard, dpfermmeri exxireHsion. wiih a j iw of sufFicient power, good 

 Bkull, well-shttped and beautiiuUy carried ear.-; his neck is good, 

 but owing 10 his upright shoulders not so well pla' ed as it would 

 bedid the shouldrrs lie moreoHiqm; tie has clean, hard, grannly- 

 formed bone "f excellent sub.stauce, neither too lumhery nor too 

 light, and stands on close, deep feet; as regards hm front gener- 

 ally the greafest crank in Christt-ndom could not And fa,ult with 

 it; his shoulders, as I have previously said, are tuo upright, but 

 they are cleHU «nd devoi-i of buperflaons musch ; nb.s siroug and 

 robust: lorn powerful; blndquurters as might be expected from 

 his shoulders, straight in stifles and stilty, and not quite. nice in 

 second thighs; his set on of stern is very good indeed, ai.d in out- 

 line, top and general ma'KC-up to my idea iust what a terrier 

 should represent, for what is a derraciion in many terrier ra'n's 

 eyes with regard to him if to nie an attraction, i. e.. his total lack 

 of any suspicion of squihbiness or cloddinesf; in fact, the height 

 from the ground so apparent in iiim is to me a feature in his 

 favo--, and not a blemis.i. His coat is not of nice quality, or of 

 orihodos profu^enes?, but it is dense and close, and nuite as 

 serviceable a.s a longer and more fashionahJe one. Blemson 

 ttuMcon bef'ire I went m the ring f confess was my favorite as 

 between himselt and M'ser. He has a strong, powerful J*w, but 

 a too prominent and pronounced forehead— not domed as I have 

 lieard ii described— his ears not a nice shane, but his expression 

 and character are good, of the prononnced Clarke type: neck 

 nicely arched, deep at tne base and well placed; hone clean, hard 

 and well formed; his shoulders are oblidue, but pitched too much 



forward at tha hl^fle. which makes their mechani.im too loose 

 and floppy; i-lb? well formed and cgpscious. e,=;pecially tha back 

 one«; loin too long a"d loose; hindquarrera excel'ent, the muscle 

 being beautifuilv distributed, with his bocks w^ll le,t down. In 

 top, set on of stern and gt^neral contour, he has all iho higb-nlass 

 fiuisVi of his dam, whi-h is sayine: a lot . Hi>s coat is of the fnsh- 

 ionab'e pi-ofua^nocfl. hut is not •''ense enouah. and when argcred 

 he puts up h^s haekles in a. yr-ry r.ronou'jced way, whiph, to me. is 

 not -in additional attraction. In si^e he is .-ibout the same as 

 Miser, t-hough his extra length of loin makes him apnea'- ,a bigger 

 and longer-bodied dog. Lucifer I was woefully disappointed in, 

 as I certainly >iad the impression that bs was the beat of three. 

 His teeth are n^ne too good, nor is his mouth ievl by any means; 

 his, law is short and somewhat wef'gp-'^han'>d, skull widn in pro- 

 porrion, eyes light and UDattractive. In expression and character 

 he is comm'^n, lacking that hiab-clisp, keen, undeflnable prcp '^ty 

 which should be found in a fo.^-ferr'er; for. though game enough 

 looking, there is a .«u«picion of foreign cbaracfpriatica. His neck 

 is .short and inclined to be ihroaty; bone of sufficient pubsiancp, 

 but its formation is marred by strong muscle on the outside of 

 the forearm, .and he falls awav a. bit about the pasterns, so that 

 when he sta.nd? his front does not prespnt that clean. e%^en appear- 

 ance so desirable. His s.hou)der= are well placed, but hidden bv 

 lavers of u-ine'-essary muscle; ribs strong and good, loin, lo my 

 mind, too abort; pet on of sfrn excellent; hi^riqunrters spoiled 

 by badly-distributed, knotty muscle. In general outline he is too 

 sboTt in couplings a.rd cloddy-lookiuK all through; in fact, this 

 evident shortness of body was a surpi'i.^e to me. as I had never 

 noticed thi*^ detect in him before. In judging tho ihreedoiis. I 

 first of all compared Rubicon with Lucifer, and found the f'>rmer 

 to pcor? jn quality, higher claas character and finish in nearly all 

 esseutials of a fox-terrier, pspeeially in distribution of mu'scle, 

 power of head, formitiou of bone, length of bod v. Though the 

 former is too lorg. I pre'erred thi.'i defTct to the too abort one of 

 the latter, and only in size, and the way they sto'^d in front had 

 Lucifer the p'-eferenco. After this Miser underwent the ordeal 

 of comparison with the white dog. In head, j ^w, mouth, ejrm'es- 

 sion and charaet'-r, be was tho better r^f the two; in neck, front, 

 formation of bone, cleanness of shoulders and eeneral distribu- 

 tion of mu=cle,he had the preference, and only in size and move- 

 ment could Lucifer beat him. 



That dog shows as at present conducted are a royal farce, 

 no experienced dog man can doubt, but this sort of thing is 

 going a little too far anrl must be checked. Rachel, the 

 beautiful, had an easy task in the cballenee class for 

 bitches, having only Blemton Couseciuence and Blemton 

 Brilliant to beat. Blemton Brilliant took reserve, although, 

 I think, the judge has described her as a bad one, and inferior 

 to Blemton Conseciuence. but this was before Blemton Conse- 

 quence was sold out of Mr. Belmont's kennel. She was the 

 better bitch then, and I fail to .see why a change of owner- 

 ship should make her otherwise now. Mr, Thayer, who had 

 been deprived of bis just deserts in the challenge cla.ss for 

 dogs [vide the judge's printed statement), was probably 

 soothed a little by getting first in the onen class for dogs. 

 Russlev Joker is the winner's name, and he showed up in 

 much better form than at New York, where he was looking 

 very seedy. SMll I thought him lucky in beating the third 

 nrize winner, Blemton Victor, a grand headed young one 

 that only needs time. He is light in middle at present. 

 Why Stard^ns Jack was given second I am at a loss to s^y, 

 unless it was so that tbe Lyon dechsion in his favor might 

 look less off-color than it would if be were sent out without 

 a prize. He has a wretchedly bad head, and his cont about 

 the neck and withers is long and open enough to suit any 

 incompetent judge of "wires." Warren Laird, vhc, was at 

 New York. He is a vastly better dog than Jack, and so is 

 Blemton Valour, but what good looks the la.st named pos- 

 sesses will hardly be retained, as he is already getting coarse 

 in head. Raby Trigger, vhc , is outclassed by Warren Laird, 

 although placed equal to him. He falls too much in 

 stop, has a rather plain head, is not good in expression, 

 does not carry his ears close, and is none too good 

 in coat. He is an inch too long in the back and although he 

 can stand straight has a habit of throwing his feet out. He 

 has plenty of bone, good .straight legs, good feet and can 

 beat the second prize winner. In my report of the New 

 York show I said Valour could beat Rttssley Joker. This 

 he cannot do when the latter is in condition. I think if 

 Victor had been first, with Joker and Warren Laird next, 

 and Valour where he was, with Jack and Trigger vhc, 

 they would have been about right. Blemton Match, he, is 

 not a show dog, though well bred. He is plain in head, wide 

 in front, wrong in set of stern and is not straight. Mr. 

 Logan, Avho has stopped buying Blemton cast-offi, is now 

 getting to the frou*'. Dona, first in bitches, is one of bis 

 recent purchases. She was bred by Mr. R dmond.from 

 Dominie and Avon May. but is not all front, in ffict her 

 most conspicuous defect— bad feet— is in front. She has a 

 nice type of head, a shade weak perhaps before the ey s, is 

 rather large in ears, would do with more bone and shows 

 slight we-ikness in knees. A little more length in loin 

 would improve her. She shows lots of quality, in fact more 

 ciuality than strength and was hard pressed by the second 

 prize winner, from the same kennel and a winner at New 

 York. The latter has come on and may yet get ahead 

 of Dona, whose mouth is going already'. Verdict, third 

 prize, is of a lower and sturdier type than Ebor Nettle; 

 I prefer the last named. Both are well knovrn, as are 

 also Princess and Ros'i Canina. Tunlaw A^illanelle, c, 

 a rai-e bred one, a trifle weak in face and not very 

 straight in front, should have been higher on the list. 

 Princess, unnoticed, is a small, round-headed puppy, wrong 

 all over. Ebor Dnstv, also uonotice'^, is cheeky and light in 

 eves, good ears. I did not see her oft' the bench. The New 

 York exhibitors did not show anything in this class and the 

 judging was much better th.in elsewhere In the wire- 

 haired class Mr. Mortimer, of course, gnt all the money with 

 Suffolk Toby and Suffolk Setthr. Tbe former is rather 

 light in eye, "not just right in ston orb^lovv eyes, and his ears 

 are large emiugh. He is also rather wide in front, might be 

 better (closer) in coat, and he was shown too tat. Settler is 

 wrong in head, wide iu front, heavy in shoulders and only 

 moderate in coat. Tic Tac is better in head and ears than 

 the second prize winner, but he fails in eyes, front and ia 

 coat. Terrigau, reserve, and Lill Foiler, he, are toyisb, 

 scanty in coat and wrong in front. The placing of Crack 

 over Hillside Joker in tbe puppy class was a most 

 unjust decision. The former has a nasty, long, sheepish 

 face, wretched stern, beagle ears, low set, and is 

 not a show dog to-day and never will be. Joker 

 is rather large in ear, on the coarse side iu head; good 

 legs, feet and puppy coat. He should have been the easiest 

 kind of a winner. Warren Dare, reserve, is coarse and round 

 in skull, bad in hocks, but is fairly good in legs and feet. 

 His head will always stop him. Dominica iu the bitch 

 puppy class won all the time from Woodaie Refusal, who 

 equals her only in coat and strength of limbs. Woodaie 

 Reva, he, is coarse in head, cheeky, wioog behind and mod- 

 erate in feet. Of all the puppies shown only Dominica will 

 prove a winner in good company, though the second pri^e 

 dog may be heard from again. Rachel won the special lor 

 best of all classes, and the Blemton Kennels won the ken- 

 nel prizes. The award iu favor of Mr. Mortimer's wire- 

 haired terrier for best in the open class was as absurd and 

 unjust a decision as was ever made in a fox-terrier class, 

 Further comment is unnecessary. Such judging acts as a 

 boomerang, doing far more injury to the judge than to the 

 wronged exhibitors. 



MASTIFre— (E, H. MOOEE). 

 Mr. Moore handled this breed, making hi.s d&jut as a 

 jurlge, and I am sorry that there was not a larger and better 

 "entry; but .wnehow the mastiff classes have been poor all 

 through the circuit, and if it was not for two or three ken- 

 nels vrhich have been more or less represented, the quality 

 of dogs, like those in the collie classes, would have shown a 

 palpable falling off. Ilford Chancellor was here in the chal- 

 lenge class, and with his kennel mate, Lady Goleus, they 

 I were the oiily representatives in their classes. In open dog« 



