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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[APRIL 16, 1891. 



wiiToei', also Ijettci' in ribs, of better size, not soheayyiu 

 stern coat, and also better topped, Init lieaten In set of legs, 

 and nboA'i? all in feet, Tvhich are bad. Chest sbonld be 

 deeper; slightly breeched; would be lirst bnt for her feet. 

 Leg markiDg.s 'not perfect. Desdeniona. third prize, is au 

 old face that bas often been described. Kit, umioticed, is a 

 bad-headed toy. Ent<]ish Lady was absent and the others 

 outclassed. Salisbury, Qncen III. and Louie are owned by 

 the Park Kennels (Mr. Goro.stock), of Providence, and were 

 sent over by my old friend, Henry Lacy, of Manchester, who 

 at one time coiild beat the world in black and tans. Queen 

 II., Belcher and General were among those that helped to 

 win him fame. 



CHICAGO DOG SHOW. 



TO one who attended dog shows held in the Windy City 

 several years ago and observed the liiuited interest dis- 

 played by the public iii those ventures, it was indeed a great 

 treat to 'watch the strides whicli kennel interests have 

 made in this city since the Mascoutah Kennel Glnb was 

 organized. The show held last week, from April 8 to 11, 

 proved conclusively that this city is certainly the New York 

 of the West, as far as dog shows are concerned. The only 

 drawback, and a sei'ious one, is the lack of space in the 

 buildings secured by the club. Battery 1) wonld just about 

 hold 400 dogs comfortably, but for the whole 820 the adjoin- 

 ing armory, connected by a temporary paasager/ay, had to 

 be, as last year, scured for the occasion, and several of the 

 breeds were benched here with a wing extending from either 

 end of the hall reserved for the dog circus and the whippet 

 racing. The light in Battery D building is very bad indeed, 

 and it would have been better had the judging rings been all 

 put in the armory. The jndges were seriously handicapped 

 owing to the smallness of these judging rings in the first 

 hall, and added to a bad light it was ,simply impossible to 

 properlv move the dogs, and I am afraid sever.al bad movers 

 got a little more than they de.served ou that account. The 

 judging was not completed till Thursday afternoon, and 

 somehow as usual this' spring the pointer 'judging failed to 

 entirely satisfy the bulk of exhibitors. 



When one thinks of the attendance one is afraid of becom- 

 ing almost too enthusiastic. 1 thought Pittsburgh bad 

 enough, but here in both halls it was almost impossible to 

 move roitnd after 8 o'clock in the evening. The crowd was 

 a well-dreased one, too, and reminded us forcibly of the New- 

 York show. Of course the clubnuist ha^'e made "barrels of 

 money," as a, .'iO-cent admission fee was charged. The ex- 

 hibitors and handlers were of course feeling very happy, as 

 plenty of shekels were put up, and some of the dogs could 

 win all the way from to ^-100 each. This bears us out in 

 our assertion some time since that it is not so much the 

 judges who draw, but the amount of money hung up that 

 serves to sv^-ell the entry li.st. Among the members of the 

 chtb who were parti cularlybusj'' in attending to the bu.sine,ss 

 of the show were Messrs. H. Ives Cobb, the pre.sident; Gr. H, 

 Goodrich, one of the vice-presidents, who seemed to be 

 ubiquitous, here, there and everywhere, making every one 

 feel at home; Wm. J. Bryson. another vice; John L. Lincoln, 

 Jr., the secretary; Allison W. Armour, H. G. NichoUs, W, 

 F. Fox and Dr. i>. Lewis. Dr. Withers is well known as a 

 good "vet.," and attended to his duties conscientiously. The 

 jndges will be named over their several classes in the criti- 

 cisms. The cataloguing, while well arranged and gotten up, 

 had several misprints, but this, though provoking, is a 

 minor fault and only di.scernable to those who follow the 

 shows and know the dogs. A marked catalogtu^ was issued 

 on Friday morning, the first .since New Y'"ork.' Owing to the 

 crowded state of the benching and other inconveniences, 

 Geo. Hill, the superintendent, succeeded in keeping (^very- 

 thing pretty clean and comfortable for the dogs; plenty of 

 clean straw' every day. The portly Hill knows how to rttn 

 a show, for everything goes smoothly, and another thing, he 

 is poptilar vs'ith the boys, and that is a great advantage. 

 MASTIFFS— (J AJIES MOETI:^^ER). 



I was quite surprised to see the good entry which the West 

 can show in this breed, and the class of dogs is better, as a 

 whole, than the run of mastiffs we find in most of the Eastern 

 shows, outside of the principal kennels. A good many 

 Minting and Ilford Caution pups have found their way out 

 here, and while there are no real cracks, the general average 

 shoves a good running to type. In challenge classes Ilford 

 Chancellor and Lady Coleus were the only representatives. 

 In open dogs the prize fell to Elksou, a dog with a good 

 square-cut muzzle and nice .skull, good bone and fair body, 

 eyes a bit light. Edric, second, was in poor flesh, has a tan- 

 head, but rather lacking in character. Ormonde, third, has 

 a fairish head, needs more rib, stands on good forelegs, bnt 

 behind he is a bit straight. Melrose Don, vhc , is faulty in 

 iTont, and head could be improved; Ilford Caution III. has a 

 nice body, but is faulty in head and behind; Melrose Cau- 

 tion, in the same division, boasts a nice front and body, head 

 only fair. The others call for no particular mention. In 

 bitches, Caution's Own Daughter, of ccnirse, scored another 

 win toward the challenge class, she keeps up well too; 

 Pharoah Queen came next, she loses to her in head, though 

 by no means a bad one, decidedly over the average, she is 

 well known; Kariu, third, lacks bone, ears not right, is 

 rather plain-faced, and faulty in pasterns. Mai, fotirth, is 

 exceedingly short-faced, but not of good type. Miss Cau- 

 tion, vhc, is small and,,; not quite true in front. Genette, 

 he. is weak in muzzle" and wants more rib. Fitzgerald's 

 Spera, c, is long-headed, and Lula Minting is light built 

 throughout. Elkson won again in dog puppies easily, fol- 

 lowed by Cj'rus, whose head is rather plain and long; Moses 

 Duke is ouly fair. Beaufort Queen, by Beaufort out of 

 Pharoah Queen, shows good breeding, though light in eye 

 and rather i>lain-faced, Counte.ss Von Moltke is poor. 

 GREAT DANE.S— (MISS WHITNEY). 



A good showing, especially the bitch class. Melac and 

 Irene took care ot the challenge classes, and in the open 

 dogs the new one, Imperator, a light fawn, is a big upstand- 

 ing dog but shown in wretched condition, and evidently all 

 out of sorts; he is well formed and beats Melac in head, but 

 otherwise there is little between them, and in his present 

 condition the special might easily haA'e gone to the darker 

 dog; feet rather broken tip, stand's a bit too wide in front, is 

 well ribbed with a good loin when covered with flesh. 

 Second went to Grover Cleveland, a bit heavy in head, 

 throaty, but excellent front. Don, third, is light-eyed, too 

 fttll and round in skull and heavy in shoulders. Major, re- 

 serve, is also not clean enough in head and neck; otherwise 

 fair. Prince is lippy, light-eyed, and hardly deep enough in 

 chest. Prince Leo has a good front, too flat in loin, and 

 Hector S. is wide in front, fault.y in feet, but has a good 

 body. Minea II., the winner in bitches, is throaty, other- 

 wise nicely formed. Madge, second, is nicely put together, 

 though I think Nevezel is cleaner ctit in neck and head, is a 

 bit straight behind but well-fronted. Flora S. is throaty, 

 has nice head, but was in whelp, in puppy dogs Don Sen- 

 ator, a rather coarse big dog, is albeit well formed and won 

 easily, with Grover Cleveland second. Black Jack, third, is 

 too broad in skull. Madge won in bitch puppies and the 

 others need no particular mention. 



ST. BEIINARDS — (MISS WHITS'EY). 



An excellent shoNving and nearly all Western dogs. The 

 Melrose cracks were all absent and Folko II , an indifferent 

 one comxjaratively, was given second in the challenge dogs. 

 A very nice son of Victor Joseph showed up in the dog class, 

 has a good body, bit fattlty in pasterns, otherwise good bone, 

 head showing plenty of character and is of good formation. 

 Pretty much the same may be said of Lord Wilton, who 

 woula b'e improved by more stop, but it excellent in bone, ' 



body and coat, not enough volume of skull yet, a very pro- 

 mising young dog though. Monte, third, is light in body, 

 faulty behind, but good bone and fair head, Comte, fourth, 

 is shortr-backed, but has a very nice head and good depth 

 and volume, excellent bone, his wor.st feature is his rather 

 curly coat, at present, and straight stifles. Knight, be, 

 lacks markings and Grover Bogart is only fair in head, uo 

 shadings and is a peculiar colored one, chocolote nosed. In 

 bitches the nicely-formed Republican Belle just beats Lady 

 Alice, gaining in type of head and markings, lo, third, is 

 a daughter of Victor Joseph and shows a fair bead, a bit 

 dished, bitt has good bone. Prudence, lacking flesh, could 

 do no better than fourth and iVlona K. is a bit straight be- 

 hind, front might be better and has a fairish head. Nymph, 

 vhc, I did not see. In puppies the dog class order was main- 

 tained in fir.st and second, third going to Monarque, who 

 loses considerably in head and size to the other two. One 

 Stickney,, a small 'one, bnt well marked and promising, by 

 Watch, came in for reserve. Grand Marque, vbc, was otit 

 when I called and Fernwood Snow is too round in skull and 

 a little too short in muzzle; the others were below the aver- 

 age. In bitches Bedivere Benais a little straight faced but 

 shows lots of character. Belle, second, is plain in head, 

 weak in pasterns and coat too curly. In the novice class 

 the awards pretty well followed the regulars. 



In smooth challenge dogs Lord Hector, looking well, of 

 course, had to give in to Victor Joseph in .size and bone. 

 Cleopatra was absent. Watch won easily in the dog class, 

 beating Mascot lioyal in everything but 'comparative form 

 of body. The beautiful Empress of Contoocook walked 

 away from Alpine Queen in head, but is not much if any 

 better in body. Sola, third, loses in head and front. Thus- 

 neldais only fair and below the average. Rehue loses in 

 head and front. Puppies were fairly good as I saw them in 

 the wing, but had beeu taken out when I came round. Some 

 nice dogs, showing lots of quality and of average type, were 

 brought out, and this shows that Chicago and the West are 

 advancingrapidly in St. Bernarddom. 



BLOODflOU'SDS, ETC— (.TAMES MOETIMEE). 



Four nice hounds were shown, first going to Jack Shep- 

 ard, who beats Burniston, second, in length of he^d, p^ak 

 and wrinkle. In bitches Metchley Venus and Pembroke 

 Star divided the honors, the former beating in bone and 

 body, but not so good in head, wrinkle and leather. 



In Newfoundlands old Leo came to the front once more 

 with the redoubtable Dan O'Shea, giving an old-time flavor 

 to the show. The others in the class were of the curly non- 

 descript order, and prizes were rightly withhold. 



The Hornell-Harraony Kennels took the prizes in the Bar- 

 zoi classes, with Vlademir and Princess Irma, both well 

 known. 



In the absence of the Hillside Kennel entries, Brock Allen 

 had to uphold the honor of the deerhounds; he has been 

 round the circuit. Fergus Mclvor loses in head and loin to 

 him. These were all that were shown. 



GKETHOUNPS— (JAMES M()l=;TIMEe). 



Quite a Western turnout and visions of Great Bend and 

 jack rabbits naturallyaxose when I passed through this absle. 

 'Gem of the Season and Harmony took care of the challenge 

 class, both looking well. Then came the open dogs with 

 Lord Neverstill an easy winner over Jolly Ranger, in front, 

 ribs, loin and bone. This dog afterward beat G'-'m of the 

 Season for the special. His wonderful rib development and 

 short loin is what is wanted and his excellent citiarters show 

 that he is well off for the necessary propelling power, and 

 his .short back gives him a great advantage in his turns when 

 after the wily .jack. Like all of his breeding, he is a bit 

 coarse looking in coat and not let down enough behind. 

 Jolly Ranger, second, is hardly ribbed up enough. Bruno, 

 faulty in hocks, flat-ribbed and coarse and short in neck, 

 third. Little Climber, first in bitches, is a taking hound, 

 beating White Lips, from same kennel, in head, muzzle es- 

 pecially, quarters and pasterns, bone and hocks. Lan- 

 cashire Lass was at Ne\v York and with Liberty j)artakes of 

 the same quality as the dog class winner in color and coat, 

 losing to the winner in head, front and hind parts. Lady 

 Clare was a bit out-classed, her faulty loin being against 

 her, and so was Lady Olivia, little out in front, weak in muz- 

 zle and losing to the others in bone and quarters. Cleo, he, 

 is only moderate. Foxhounds were a nice show, but as most 

 of them were at Pittsburgh it is no use .going over them 

 again. Mr. Cook, got up in Frenchy style, paraded them 

 down the ring with whip and horn for the edification of the 

 public every evening. 



poiKTEES— (jomr W. MUSrSON). 



While the classes were well filled the quality on the whole 

 was ouly ordinary, and the scattering round of so many 

 commended cards is no criterion to go by, but on the con- 

 trary detracts from the merit of tho.se which really deserved 

 them and were entitled to them. The ring was entirely too 

 small for the judge to properly handle the dogs, and as no 

 weeding out process was gone through it took him one hour 

 and fifty miutttes to place one dog class alone, and then 

 naturally several mistakes were made. In the challenge 

 dogs, heavy-weights, Robert le Diable easily beats Trinket's 

 Chief, though not in good shape, and Belle Randolph had 

 the bitch class to herself. In open dogs, Tory White, in 

 poor shape, was placed over Trinket's Coin, who loses in 

 .skull and shoulders. Shotmaster, third, has a fair head, is 

 a bit straight behind, but if better shown could have won. 

 Westmin.ster Drake, faulty in head and throaty, came 

 fourth; he has been desctibed before. Luck of Idstone, re- 

 serve, is doray in skull, but good in front. A lot of dogs in 

 the mention division were "too ordinary for notice, with 

 the exception of Spotted Boy, he, who should have had 

 more, having a fair head and i's a bit straight in stifle^ but 

 shows good body and front. It is unnecessary to mention 

 the others, as they will hardly be heard of again, this year 

 anyhow. In bitches first went to Dolly C. , good in head and 

 neck, a rather catchy-looking bitch, faulty in ribs. Wyan- 

 ette, second, is faulty in muzzle and a bit coarse in build. 

 Nell of Idstone, third, is too round in barrel, and straight in 

 stifle, nice head. Lou Bracket, fourth, loses in quarters but 

 has a good head. Sal II., reserve, is throaty and open in 

 feet, round in barrel and altogether too fat, also wide in 

 front, a queer decision for a man seeking field tyi^e. Josie 

 Bracket, too heavy in shoulders, vhc. Pride of Idstone the 

 same, throaty, flat-faced and wide in front, worth abotit c. 

 Cicely, good in front, well known, should have beeu higher 

 up. "Others call for no mention. 



In light weight dogs, Duke of Hessen had to go under to 

 Tribulation this time, thougb he beats him in most points; 

 still Duke was a little off in condition and that may have 

 done it. In bitches. Fan N. beats Queen Fan in head, but 

 loses a bit behind. Open dogs saw the neatly put together 

 Glenmorgan, fully described before, the winner. Springbok 

 coming .second, though numbered as Shot S. in the judge's 

 book; he is a bit throaty, but well put up in body and legs. 

 Trinket's Champion, too heavy in shoulders, faulty quarters 

 aud coarse tail, third. Rock II,, fourth, loses in head and 

 legs. Wonderful Lad, reserve, is nicely put together and 

 can beat several of those ahead of him. Bing of Kippen, 

 well known, was left without anything; should have had 

 three letters. NewBright's Tom is faulty in head and stern: 

 same owner's New Bright 's Dick is a better dog. Inspira- 

 tion, just about the winner, w.as shut off with an he: more 

 than likely obscured in the crowd. In open bitches, Phan- 

 tom caught the judge's eye; she has a good head and body, 

 but is a bit straight behind. Juliette, second, is a bit dished- 

 faced, nice body aud front, ribs faulty. (Chicago Peggy, 

 third, I could uot find. Fan Fan, fourth, is faulty in head- 

 muzzle. Reserve went to Lady Graphic, who, though losing 

 in head, should have been hi'gher up; she is well Ijnown. \ 



Pearl's Dot, too round in barrel and poor in muzzle, vhc. 

 Bloomo III. could have done with another letter: a better 

 bitch than the last mentioned. In puppies. Dictator was 

 about the only good one, fair in head, bus excel lent neck, 

 chest and shoulders. Tempest Bpppo, second, is only nmd- 

 erate, and Tinker, third, will hardly be heard of again. The 

 others do not merit particular mention. In bitches. Queen 

 of Spades, out at elbow a bit .and stright behind, otherwise 

 fair, was placed over Nell of Naso, faulty in stifles and 

 body. Hester of the Elms has a poor head, and Hedwig of 

 the Elms is too long cast. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



Here was a fairly good show of these dogs, and most of 

 them new ones. Monk of Furness was the only entry in 

 challenge dogs, and looked much improved on' his Pitts- 

 burgh form. No challenge bitches. In open dogs a rather 

 nice one in True Blue came to the front, is a bit long cast, 

 and might be better ribbed, head pretty good; second went 

 to Ben Hur of Riverview, faulty in ribs'^ahd chest, good head 

 and front; Diamond was third, is almost a cripple behind, 

 falls right down, no doubt the crowded ring hid this from 

 the judge; Carleton Pero, described before, coming fourth. 

 King Gladys, re.serve, shortin muzzle and heavy in .shoulders, 

 fair head. Gippo II. is well made and should have been 

 higher up; Dashing Kent deserved his letters, and so did 

 Tony Gladstone. In bitches Albert's Nellie was again ahead, 

 second going to Lilly Hill, a nicely-built bitch, better than 

 winner in head; Idaho of the Elms, third, is light in bone 

 and short in neck, fair head; Monk's Fan, fourth, is long- 

 cast, but fair otherwise; same owner's Forest Heather, a 

 much better bitch in body and head, vhc; and his Canadian 

 Lilly, though faulty in stop, might have changed with the 

 third winner, as sb'e has a good body, legs aud feet; Bess 

 Noble, vhc, is faulty in muzzle, and Stell is faulty in stop, 

 good ribs: Lady Zoe, vhc. too, while faultyin head, is a well- 

 built bitch. The others call for no particular mention. In 

 dog puppies Pembroke's Blue Don was rightly well in front, 

 though a bit straight behind; Darby j., second, loses in 

 shoulders and pasterns; Blade's Boy, third, is light in muz- 

 zle and throaty. The two bitch pupiJies were fairly good, 

 the winner. Silk, is light in muzzle; andNushkaof the^jlms 

 is also wrong there. 



IRISH SETTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSO"N"). 



Certainly the best challenge dog class of the season put in 

 an appearance here. With such tvpical dogs as Elcho, Jr., 

 aud Mack N. to lead them, thequalit.y was of course the be.st 

 that we can show. It was said that Elcho looked as well as 

 he did five years since, and he certainly keeps his age won- 

 derfully. There is little to choose between the two named. 

 Mack M, perhaps losing iu muzzle a trifle to the other. 

 Max A. took the reserve over Kildare and Beau Brummel, 

 In bitches Ruby Gleumore was placed ahead of Molly Bawn, 

 Winnie II. falling far in "reserve" to these two. The open 

 dog class filled the ring, and I certainly wonder how the 

 judge managed to get through with so few mistakes; the 

 light was badj and it Avas almost impossible to move the 

 dogs. Inchiquin was picked out for the winner, and Ben 

 C, coarse in head, catne in second, third went to Minstrel, 

 all well known. Prince Ninon, fourth, is hardly straight in 

 front and also loses in ribs, fair head. Rancho, reserve, 

 from the same kennel, is faulty in quarters, has good shoul- 

 ders, legs and feet. Western Elcho, vhc, is a bit dish-faced, 

 and TmmpS.jinthe same division, is wide in front and 

 thick in skull, but has good body. The others did not show 

 much Irish setter type, most of'them being on the English 

 order. The bitch class was another large one and gave the 

 judge much unuecerssary trouble io such a small ring. Edna 

 H., by Elcho, Jr., was the winner; .she is a bit nut in front 

 and light in bone, but has a new type of head. Nora Blythe, 

 second, is deficient iu stop, nice color. Eudora uiight have 

 been higher up; she is well known. Flora H., fourth, has 

 an English setter head, has a fairly well-ribbed body, but 

 falls away in quarters too much. Anna H., reserve, bas a 

 poor muzzle. Nino, vhc, is faultyin coat and muzzle. 

 Jessie is a bit throaty, faulty in ear, nice in front. The oth- 

 ers call for no particular mention. Puppies were only fair 

 the winner in dogs, Elcho of Claremont, beats Terry S. iu 

 head, thougb much younger. 



GORDON SETTERS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



As usual, most of the winners in the challenge classes are 

 too well known to need describing, and their order will be 

 found in the prize list. In the open dogs, Rexmont took the 

 ribbon, beating Reginald H. in head and front. Foreman B. 

 is faulty in skull and a little out in front, otherwise good. 

 In bitches, first went to Fly, Avho has a nice head and good 

 tan, but hardly stands true enough in front. Floss lY. loses 

 in stop, is too wide in front, but has a good body and nice 

 tan. Countess of Richmond, third, has been before us at 

 other shows. The other entries were absent, and the pup- 

 pies call for no mention, though a fair one by Beaumont 

 was shown. 



CHESAPEAKE BAT DOGS— (JOHN DAVIDSON). 



Quite a good lot were shown. Dick, a dog of good color 

 butabitsnipy in muzzle, had the challenge class to him- 

 self. In open dogs, a well known winner in Barnum, who 

 has been the .subject of one of Mr. Tracy's best efforts, won 

 easil.y; he is, we believe, a little too dark for the accepted 

 standard. The Csceola Kennels claimed all the prizes in 

 the bitch class with some nice specimens. 



SPANIELS— (CHARLES M. NELLES). 



Patsy B., who was returned the winner in the Irish water 

 dog class, is lacking somewhat in topknot and curl, but has 

 an excellent front and body. Pat.sy O'Connor, though out 

 of shape, came in for second, and Barney O'Connor, third, 

 has a nice head, deficient in curl, and front not so good as 

 the others. Denis O'Donoghue, vhc, is short-faced, and 

 Jack loses iu type of head, has a nice front aud loses again 

 in fineness of tail aud curl. In bitches, Irish Flora's best 

 part is her well-boned front, muzzle faulty but nice coat. 

 Queen Vic is plain-faced, woolly-coated and stands too wide 

 in front. Marguerite, in puppies, beats Jerry in length of 

 head and especially in skull, and also in coat. Jack A,, de- 

 scribed above, won in novii e class. This was the best dis- 

 play of the breed yet seen on the circuit. 



In Clumbers the four circuit dogs from the Clumber Ken- 

 nel had four classes, and took the four prizes, no others 

 being on hand. 



In challenge fields. Baron and Lady took the challenge 

 honors in their classes. Beverly Negus had an easy win m 

 the open dogs over Samson, both are well known, third 

 going to Dude, who has a head on the Irish water spaniel 

 order, with quite a topknot. Saybrook i^a.ss had another 

 win iu the next class, followed by Dorothy, who is too 

 pinched in muzzle, but has a nice body, is faulty in front. 

 Any other color saw Saybrook Dolly the winner over the 

 black and tan colored Fancy, beatin,g in muzzle and front. 

 Workman, third, is not very good in front, but has an ex- 

 cellent body, head and coat. 



Cocker spaniels were nicely represented, and Mr, George 

 Belle writes us the notes on them: 



In challenge dogs Rabbi and Black Duke were the only 

 entries. Black Duke being absent gave Rabbi a walkover. 

 In bitches there were uo entries. In open black dogs Oban 

 was first. Cannot agree with this award. Nice formation 

 of skull, right type of body, slightly undershot, light in eye, 

 showing too much haw; front le'gs not straight, is rather 

 light in bone and a little low at the shoulder, has well- 

 sprung ribs, a good stern, coat too waA'-y. Black Dutferin, 

 second, is weak in muzzle, ears carried too gay and is rather 

 out at the elbows, ribs badly sprung, is weak in loin and 

 tail carriexi too gay, coat good bijt yery short. Obadiah 



