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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[AntHi 9, 1891. 



DOG CHAT. 



THERE is one little item m show management wbich 

 seems to have escaped the managers this year. This is 

 a little square platform for each ring. To a iadge these 

 platforms are of inestimable value to get an uninterrupted 

 and raised view of the dogs. When it comes down to a 

 critical question between the merits of two dogs almost 

 equal, a raised view of the dogs is a great help in arriving at 

 a con-ect decision. 



Mr. G-eo. Thomas, who is so favorably known among the 

 boys as the manager and chief valet to those "dear" little 

 Yorkshires, will sail for England after the Cleveland show. 

 He goes over in the same vessel as Prof. Parker, who takes 

 his troupe of performers along to delight the Britishers. 

 George has several commissions to fill for terriers and will 

 be home in time for the fall shows. 



The article iu the Boston Glohe on the principal exhib- 

 itors and men of dogdom at the Boston show, took mightily, 

 judging from the number of extra copies that were mailed 

 even as far as the "tightlittle island." 



Pneumonia was busy among both dogs and men at the 

 Boston show. Ramona, one of Mr. Thaye\''s best deerhound 

 bitches, was taken sick with it after winning the challenge 

 prize on Tuesday afternoon and on Thui'sday inoruing was 

 a dead dog. This is quite a loss to Mr. Thayer, as. of course, 

 she was a good one to beat .such a bitch as Wanda. Katie 

 Howard, the English setter bitch, was also taken sick with 

 it, but whether she pulled throxigh or not we have not 

 heard. Mr. Morris had her in charge, Joe Lewis having 

 been called home, as all his family were down with la 

 grippe. 



What's this tale about Sally Brass IT. y We heard she 

 was ordered to the cellar for skin disease before the judging 

 and Dr. Glover is said to have expressed an opinion that she 

 was not fit for tiie bench. Wilcox persuaded him that he 

 was mistaken and the bitch went back on the bench— and 

 stayed there. Then went into the ring and won. Sally 

 Brass H. was in good condition. 



Mr. S. S. Hanks, of Bcston, who has been doing St. Peters- 

 burg, Russia, this winter, comes home about the end of this 

 month. It will be remembered we cave a list some time 

 since of the several good fox terriers this gentleman had 

 purchased. It seems now that Mr. Jeau Grosvenor and he 

 are iu partnership and intend gettinti together a good ken- 

 nel of fox-terriers. The first of the bitchfs arrived March 

 30. This was Grouse II., in whelp to Yenio and due April 

 15. Damson, a litter sister to Dominie, will come out as 

 soon as she has been bred to D'Orsay. Another is Brocken- 

 hurst DuLton. who will sail immediately after being bred 

 to Dominie. With this blood in the kennel Boston should 

 soon become a strong fox-terrier centei-, especially with Mr. 

 Thayer's kennels close at hand. Mr. Grosvenor and his 

 friend will build a handsome kennel during the summer. 



Our latest news from Baltimore is that Hepsey was much 

 better and is on a fair way to rpcovery. We trust the pups 

 can also be saved, as we believe they are about the first of 

 the Scottish Prince's. 



On Saturday last we saw Frank F. Dole and Frank Com- 

 stock off to England by the Umbria. Both looked happy 

 and had no fear for the consequences. Thev go on the hunt 

 after terriers. Prank Dole has numerous commissions, and 

 we doubt if Crui't can hold another terrier show for some 

 time to come. At the last moment we conveyed an order for 

 the best pair of Dandies, to be bought for Mr. Brooks, of 

 Boston. Frank's address will be ear'e of the Stoclp-Keeiier, 

 1 Hanover street, London. 



We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ledyard. who is an 

 enthusiastic beagle man, at the Boston show. He owns 

 c[uite a nice beagle in The Rambler. He tells us that there 

 is a movement on foot to form a kennel clitb in Maine, and 

 no doubt this summer or in the early fall some definite 

 action will be taken. It is intended to hold shows alter- 

 nately at Portland, Bangor and Lewiston. Another object 

 of the club will be to hold field trials for pointers and set- 

 ters, for they see no reason why they should not; game is 

 plentiful and the country well adapted, and much nearer to 

 home for many of the sportsmen than those of the South. 



Mrs. Smythe, owner of the Swiss Mountain Kennels, while 

 at Boston, bought two nice young bitches by Alton from Mr. 

 Sydney W. Smith. They will be bred to Scottish Prince 

 before coming over. 



The Toronto Kennel Club is booming and many new mem- 

 bers have been enrolled and they intend holding a members' 

 show soon. Speaking of Toronto reminds us that the Indus- 

 ti'ial dog show committee met Thursday last to elect oificers 

 for the next show. After some discussion as to whether 

 oflicers of the committee should be allowed to show dogs at 

 the show, because of some detrimental remarks having been 

 made last year, it was resolved to flnallysettle this question 

 at the next meeting, to-day, and the following officers were 

 elected: C. E. Postlethwaite, Chairman: John Maughan, 

 Yice-Chairman; J. F. Kirk, John Massey, C. H. Nelson. J. 

 Henderson, J. Wilson, W. S. Jackson, Gapt. 0. Greville 

 Harston, Robert Junor, J. G. Mitchener, H. B. Donovan, J. 

 D. Dilworth. Mr. C. A. Stone was then elected superinten- 

 dent with the right to publish the catalogue. After a state- 

 ment of the financial resources of the dog show part of the 

 exhibition was read it was found that there was s;i,354 to 

 the good, an unprecedented showing. Messrs. Kirk, Wil- 

 son, Alassey, Junor, Mitchener and Jackson were appointed 

 a committee to consider the amount of prize money to be 

 given and to select the judges. A great show may certainly 

 be expected next September. 



The new Omaha Kennel Club members are getting to- 

 gether a good lot of dogs. Mr. John H. Short, one of the 

 officers of the club, has purchased a pair of good beagles 

 of Banner man stock. Another is going in for cocker span- 

 iels, and a Mr. Koster is negotiating for a crack black and 

 tan terrier. Recognizing the ri.sk of sending East for all 

 the dogs they want, the club intends, through its members, 

 to get together goodspecimens of the most fashionable breeds 

 and by breeding be able to supply the demand for dogs from 

 the far Western States. 



The St. Bernard breeders of this country had taken a 

 great fancy to Alton and there is little dotibt but that he 

 would have become a very fashionable sire, as he had already 

 proved his ability as a stud dog. having among others sired 

 the crack bitch Alta Belle and Altoua, and was not four 

 years old when he died. His death is a great loss, both to 

 Mr. Moore aud the St, Bernard breed. On the Thursday 

 before his death the doctor offered §1,500 for him, the dog 

 was improving so much, and then came two days of the 

 most fearful snowstorm that Washington has experienced 

 for many years, and this was more than the poor dog could 

 stand, and on Sunday he went under-. Arthur Triokett, who 

 staid with him at Washington, never hud his clothes off 

 from the Saturday of the Washington snow till Sunday the 

 week following, and naturally he was completely done tip 

 for want of sleep, having to administer medicine every hour. 

 Alton was by the great Plinlimmon out of champion Queen 

 J u ra, aud th eref ore royally bred , 



On Friday the children from the Kindergarten for the 

 Blind were invited to the show, and arrived in the morning 

 in charge of the Misses Bennett and Phelps. Among them 

 was Helen Keller and her teacher, Miss Siillivan. Last year 

 Helen was unable to speak, but this year not only can" she 

 do so but asked after some of thf winners of last ve.Ar. 

 While others of the affiicfced children show unmistakable 

 .signs of not having all their senses, Helen Keller can cer- 

 tainly give points to many who are inf ull possession of them 

 in brightness and animation. While in the ring the other 

 children made no particular demonstration, but Helen was 

 quite beside her.?elf with excitement till the dogs came in to 

 be fondled. The first to come was Harper, the bulldog, aud 

 the good natu.red old fellow just laid himself out to be as 

 sociable as possible, andthe wavthev mauled himmu.sthave 

 been trying to any dog. Some Kot him by the head and 

 others by his screw tail, but he didn't mind it, but just en- 

 joyed himself. Then Gem of the Season, the greyhound, 

 came in, and his .spindle legs and long, thin tail rather 

 puzzled the children, and from their looks they evidently 

 toimd it hard to determine where he began and where he 

 ended. The St. Bernards also came in for their share of at- 

 tention. Helen, asked to place the dogs as she liked them, 

 put Lord Melrose fii-st, a great Dane second; and of the 

 smaller dogs the Italian greyhound was given first place. It 

 rather made one jealotis to see what a favorite among these 

 children was Mr. Blackwood Fay, their first inqtui-y was for 

 him, and they were quite at home with him. 



The Vredenburgh vs. Peshall libel suit, as we reported 

 last week, was set for yesterday. It was. however, not put 

 on the calendar for that day. Mr. Peshall appeared before 

 Judge Martine, and after explaining that this was his ninth 

 attempt to have the case tried, asked that it now be disposed 

 of in order that he might go on with other suits. The Dis- 

 trict Attorney, for Mr. Vredenburgh, said that it would not 

 then be tried because "there were witnesses iu Philadelphia 

 whose convenience should be consulted." The new date 

 agreed on is April 17, at which time. Judge Martine prom- 

 ised, it will be disposed of. 



Secretary W. A. Coster, of the Eastern Field Trials Club, 

 writes us that there will be a meeting of the governors at 

 the office of Mr. F. R. Hitchcock, M Broadway, Tuesday 

 April 14, at 3 P. M. 



A little boy in Bergen Point, N. J., a son of a subscriber 

 to PoKE.ST AND Stream, was so interested in the account of 

 Helen Keller that he wrote a letter himself to Helen, inclos- 

 ing a dollar of his own to the "Helen Keller" fund. 



Mr. Francis S. Brown informs us that the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club claims the week commening Dec. 14 for their 

 next field trials. 



"Dog Chat" this week must necessarily be "curtailed.'" 

 La grippe holds us fast and a sore throat stops our bark. 



CALIFORNIAN NOTES. 



EASTERN greyhound men will have a chance to win a 

 Lttle money in this State this fall. The Merced meet- 

 ing will probably offer S.500 for the first money, with S250 for 

 second. The ]\Ierced boys propose to run their own meeting 

 this year aud the other club cannot blame them, The work 

 is all theirs and they should have the glory. After the Mer- 

 ced meeting, the Occidental Cour.singl'lub willgive an open 

 meeting at their park at Newark, near San Francisco. The 

 Occidental meeting will be a sort of consolation meeting for 

 the losers at Merced. The Eastern dogs will also stan<i a 

 better chance of winning at the inclosed coursing. It takes 

 a regular clinker to win at open coursing with such jacks as 

 are common about Merced. 



The premitim list of the California Kennel Club will con- 

 tain 175 special prizes instead of 150, as I wrote you last 

 week, and since the list went to the printer we have received 

 specials to the value of --SlOO more. 



At the meeeting of the executive committee of the Califor- 

 nia Kennel Club held at their rooms March 24, it was decided 

 to hold the show at the Wigwam, April 29 to May 2 m place 

 of beginning April 28 as fir.st published, Mr. A. Ru.sseU 

 Crowell was elected superinteudent. The committee adopted 

 the finest diploma the writer ever saw. It is a lithograph 

 about 16 by 20ln. containing an appropriate hunting scene, 

 6 heads iu profile of various breeds, a pointer (ch. Patti M.), 

 and the usual reading matter. The committee distributed 

 144 special prizes, ranging in value from -^1 to ^tiO. The best 

 pointer in the show wins ^30 cash. Best dog or bitch 

 in show wins a -$60 portable house. The specials aggre- 

 gate in value over S1,000. The premium list will be out 

 March 28. Many valuable specials will be added to the list 

 before the opening of the show. 



The Southern California Kennel Club's show at Ijos 

 Angeles promises to be an enjoyable occa.sion. The pre- 

 mium list just is.sued is small, but neat. Ninety-six classes 

 are provided for, with 45 specials of considerable value, I 

 think the classification might be improved. Newfoundlands 

 are given three classes and I doubt if the country contains 

 three true [Newfoundlands, There are a few smooth-coated 

 St. Bernards here though, but the club has not provived lor 

 them at all. The prizes consist of diplomas, and while many 

 would prefer cash, I doubt if a snow could pay expenses 

 here if they gave cash prizes. Namquoit. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



[Special Dispatch to Forest and St^i-eam.] 



C CHICAGO, April 8.— The third show of the Mascoutah 

 J Kenael Club promises to be even a greater success than 

 the others. Nearly all the well known Eastern handlers are 

 here witti big strings. Judging did not commence till 11 :30, 

 a few minutes since. Mastift's, St. Bernards, great Danes, 

 greyhounds and the sporting classes are especiallj^ well 

 filled. Pug and terrier classes are as good, if not better, 

 than at New York. There are six ringsln the two buildings, 

 but they are small. 



The challenge Irish setter class is great. Geo. H. Covert's 

 purchase of Elcho, Jr., from Dr. Jarvis, puts him surely in 

 the front this year. Mastiffs show more quality than yet 

 seen this season. The members of the club are, as usual, 

 actively engaged, and everything is running smoothly ex- 

 cepting among the Irishmen. Ruby Glenmore will be pro- 

 tested for wrong entry. Weather charming and attendance 

 good. Among the visitors are Wixom, Ghilds, Haldeman, 

 Lewis, Cody, Difienderffer, Winchell, Hopkins, Jarrett, 

 Pritchard, Twyford, Pabst, Mortimer, Miss Whitney, John 

 Davidson, J. J. H. Long, Nelles, J. Bell andother.s. 



H. W. LACY. 



CLEVELAND ENTTRIES.-The Cleveland show folks 

 have 441 entries as follows: bloodhounds 1, mastiffs 16, St. 

 Bernards 33, Newfoundlands 5, boarhounds (Great Danes) 1, 

 deerhounds 4, greyhounds 10, pointers 66, setters 97, re- 

 trievers 1. spaniels 37, foxhounds 14, Basset hounds 1, sheep- 

 dogs 20, Blenheims 3, poodles 2, King Charles spaniels 4, 

 bull-terriers IS, Russian wolfhounds 2, fox-terriers 31, Irish 

 terriers 2, black and tan terriers 8, Skye terriers 3, Yorkshire 

 terriers 7, dacbshunde 3, pugs S3, Bedlingtons 3, beagles 20, 

 toy terriers 1, Italian greyhounds 1, miscellaneous 6." 



THE BENCHING OUR EXCUSE.— Lancaster, Pa.- 

 Editor Forest and Strmin: In looking over my last issue 

 of FoBBS'r AUD Stbej^-M I see the report of the Washington 



show. And in reading the comments on pointers I see that 

 you say my pointer dog Duke of Richmond was vhc, and 

 that he is big and coarse. Now if that were a correct 

 description of the dog I would not say one word. But it is 

 wrong. I claim that there does not live to-day a finer look- 

 ing pointer or a more typical or symmetrical dog than Duke 

 of Richmond. He has some faults. He is light in eye and 

 .slightly full in cheeks. But aside from those faults, I claim 

 him as near perfect as a pointer can be bred, .^t the late 

 New York show all the sporting papers claimed that all the 

 crack pointers of America were there. I showed Duke of 

 Richmond in the open class at that show, and in your report 

 you say he was commended, but should have been vhc. In 

 reading further on in your paper I see you complain of the 

 manner of benching at Washington; and from the informa- 

 tion I have received from a friend of mine who was at the 

 show, I am convinced that the fault of the mistake in saying 

 that my dog Duke of Richmond is big and coarse does not 

 lay with yom- reporter, and should not discredit your paper, 

 but the management or those who had the Washington 

 show in charge deserve to be censured. My friend told me 

 that he looked for my dog by the number in the catalogue, 

 and when he got to the bench which had his number on he 

 found a different dog there. He then started to hunt for 

 him and found him benched away from the other pointers in 

 a far end of the building, and on exatnining him found no 

 number on his collar, or nothing to identity whose dog he 

 was. This in my opinion accounts for your mistake, and iu 

 justice to the dog's merit and myself, as his owner, I think 

 you should correct this mistake in your next issue.— Jos. 11, 

 Telssler, 



"HICKORY" TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE.-EtZMor 

 Forest and Slrcain: Seeing for the first time the proposi- 

 tion to run a three-day race for a prize of ^500 from Mr. 

 IsgrigK, of Carthage, Mo., he to run or have run the market 

 hunter's dog and I one of mv own at a point eciui-distant 

 between Boston and Carthage, Mo., it appears to be my 

 duty to accept the propo.sition. Therefore 1 herewith hand 

 you check lor 83.50 as my part of the contribution toward 

 .said prize, and I name Mr, F. R, Hitchcock, of New York (if 

 he will kindly act), to represent my interests as to what 

 shall constitute a day's hunt, and to agree upon the grounds 

 about equi distant between these two points fair to both 

 breeds. Of course the Eastern rules will govern. Now, 

 when I state the fact that during the entire season my dogs 

 have scarcely been fired over at all, and that Nicodemus had 

 last fall a bad case of distemper, Mr. Isgrigg would appear 

 to have a walk over, and therefore this race should material- 

 ize. My own health is such that I will ride when I prefer, 

 aud ordinary fair shooting weatuer will be counted. The 

 race will be run in the month of May. I having most prob- 

 ably previous engagements of April 3 to meet^ The condi- 

 tion of F. F. v., whom I would prefer to use in this race, and 

 with whom I made Mr. Avent lay down without restriction 

 when she was a puppy in Louisiana, on an eight-hour prop- 

 osition, may be such that I may use Nicodemus, over whom 

 1 have only killed three Virginia partridges, 1 have, how- 

 ever, other dogs and puppies I wish to give some practice, 

 being from sickness unable to do so during the season, 

 which will give some distinguished kennel a soft snap, pro- 

 vided the prizes are not put too high, myself not being 

 loaded with money. Now bring up your strings and I will 

 try and match thfm, for business is business. — J. R. PtrR- 

 CELX. [Check for .3250 received and lield subject to Colonel 

 Purcell's disposition.] 



DEATH OF LIST NOBLE.-Philadelphia, Va.-WdUor 

 Forest and titream: It is mth great regret that I write you 

 to-day of the loss by death of my English setter bitch List 

 Noble, by Count Noble out of Fate Gladstone. Last Satur- 

 day I took List away from her puppies, which were six 

 weeks old. In bringing her home we were caught in a very 

 heavy shower of rain and the dogs were soaked. List took 

 cold from this wetting which settled in the milk glands, and 

 blood poisoning was the result. Her loss is a severe oue in- 

 deed; she was one of the most promising field dogs I ever 

 owned. Being but three years old I anticipated entering 

 her in the trials this year with every prospect of a success- 

 ful running. She was a bitch of great speed and endurance 

 coupled with a wonderful no.se and one of the most eager 

 hunters I ever saw in the field. She reared all of her pup- 

 pies, seven in number, by Breeze Gladstone, audit is but 

 little satisfaction I am able to take in saying that they are 

 all doing well.— Francis G. Tatlok. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 There is no charge for answering questions under 

 this head; we are always glad to give advice on the 

 care and management of dogs; and we shall make 

 this a special feature. 



N. D. E.— A dog belonsing to James She! ton, of Himtington, 

 W. Va., is sutijeet fo the hallucination that he is constantly sui- 

 rounded with denizens of the. air. He keep^ up a constant snap- 

 ping to the right and left, and in front of him. and apparently 

 .seems to feel that he captures ttie pesky thing at everv snnp. It 

 is the first disea'e of the kind that has come under my notice. 

 Except tbis his sanity seems unquestionable. I am of tlie opinion 

 that the trouble is "all in the eyp." Ans. More likely in the 

 Biomach. Treat him for worms. Give after twent:y-four hmirs 

 fast, two pills, in lard, of areca nut, half drachm each, one hour 

 apart. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



'TPHE fixing upon the conditions to determine the ownership 



the trophy which Mr. Walter Winans has proffered through 

 FORTSST AND STREAM to the amateur revolver shots of this country 

 has tieen no easy task and the main discussion seems to have cen- 

 tered upon the distance. In deciding that 20yds. shall be the 

 range we have borne in mind the requirements of the largiist 

 number of shooters. Of course it would be a fine sight to have 

 all the revolver shooters of the country gathered at Creedmoor on 

 a fixed day and with long rows of targets in line have a fusillade 

 of skill all along the front. New \rork and Brooklyn would have 

 a fine chance at such a place, Boston and Philadelphia might 

 come in, Chicago and St. Louis would be there only at much in- 

 convenience, while New Orleans and San Francisco would be 

 practically debarred. To have a number of outdoor shoots on 

 various fixed days at various places would introduce all the un- 

 fairness which now attaches to and makes so unpopular the tele- 

 eraphic match. One place catches a cold, raw, blustering day, 

 another a calm, moist afternoon, and at once the element of 

 weather luck comes in to the discouragement of the hapless 

 victim and the dftstruetion of all value of comparative merit as 

 shown in the score. 



At 20yds. we can do indoor shooting and have the surrouudings 

 at any time essentially fair and even. The 20yds. range Is a 

 mean between Indoor work where the great bulk of revolver 

 shooting is done and will be done, and the outdoor work on the 

 great ranges. Again, in consideriug the] practical uses of the re- 

 volver, 20yds. ia a fair working distance. That a great Oxef t. tar- 

 get can he hit by a sexwjce revolver at SOOyda. is an interesting 



