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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 21, 1891. 



All communications must reach us by Tuesday 

 of the weel< they are to be published; and should 

 be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. 



sprung; lie is excellent ia front and moves grandly; has the best wrinkle; his ears are not well carried, otherwise he 

 the best of legs and feet. He has lost a piece of his tail, is very good. Buttsie, second, has not enough muzzle in 

 Climax, second, is a fair headed one, ears set on too high, proportion to his sliull and is much too large. Toby, third, 

 but otherwise good; Donald F., third, is too thick in skull shows good wrinkle, but is too long cast. In bitches. Puss 

 and heavy in shoulders. Gypsey Queen, the winner in light in Boots beats Toodles in quality of'bead and general char- 

 weight bitches shows the' most quality and was rightly ■. acter. Toodles is bad in pasterns and feet. In puppies Puss 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Dog Show of the Youngstown Kennel Club, at 

 YoungstowTi. O. 



Sept. 9 to 11.— First Annual Dog Show of the Hamilton Kennel 

 Club, at Hacniiton, Out. 



Sept. 14 to IS.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third 

 International Doe: Show, at Toronto. C. A. St<^ne, Sec'y and Sunt. 



Sept. 22 to 2."i.— Inaugural Do? Show of the Montreal Exposition 

 Company, at Montreal, Canada. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 3,— Inaugural Tvials of the United States Field Trial Club, 

 at BickneU, Ind. P. T. Madison, Secretary. 



Nov. 16.— Eastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, 

 at High Point, N. C. Members'' Stake Nov. 13. W, A. Coster, 

 Serretary. „ 



Nov. 30.— Central Field Trial Club's Third Annual Trials, at 

 Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Seo'y, H and 46 Wall street. New 

 York city. 



Dec. 14.— Philadelphia Kennel Club's Field Trials. Charles E 

 Connell, Secretary. 



THE SAN FRANCISCO DOG SHOW. 



THE second show of the California Kennel Club was a 

 surprise to many: and the club deserves great credit 

 for their pluck. hard'Avork and good management. Every 

 show held here the past five years has been a financial fail- 

 ure. A portion of the defunct Pacific Kennel Club has 

 fought against this club tooth and nail, but in spite of all 

 opposition the recent show contained 282 entries of the best 

 quality ever benched on this coast. Barring the few hitches 

 that occur in every dog show where ignorant men show 

 their pets for the first time, the show ran along as smoothly 

 as those of the older clubs of the East, Mr. John Davidson 

 judged ail classes. His judgment of the sporting classes I 

 can find no fault with', but in some of the non-sporting 

 classes I cannot agree with him at all. Financially the show 

 was a success, the club pocketing at least 81,000. 



MASTIFFS. 



The mastiff dog cLass was a good one. Ingleside Crown 

 Prince, by Ilford Chancellor ex Madge Minting, is one of 

 the best I ever saw in England or Am'erica; his sicull meas- 

 ures 3Sin., muzzle 163a, and at one year he weighs 104lbs. 

 Amado. second, is ano'ther good-skulled one. but his muzzle 

 is not in proportiou to his skull, otherwise he is good. 

 Mastifl; bitches, one moderate specimen secured third, first 

 and secoiid withheld. 



GBEAT DAKES. 



In Great Danes the quality of a few could not be excelled 

 at New York. Malock, the winner, is a magnificent animal, 

 grandly built throughout. Noble, second, is very close to the 

 winner, the only harlequin 1 ever saw to compare with him 

 is the Earl of Warwick. Hector, third, is an excellent Dane, 

 but fairly beaten Iry the winners. Great Dane bitches were 

 far below the dogs in quality, Minka, first, being much the 

 best. 



ST. BEEKAKDS. 



In rough-coated dogs Republican was an easy winner, his 

 superior girth of skull, height, length and bone placing him 

 ahead. Judge, second, is a very good small one, of consider- 

 able character, excellent coat and color, straight on his 

 limbs, with good markings and shadings, he loses to the 

 winner only in girth of skull, muzzle and size. Duke of 

 Wellington', third, a Ben Lomond pup, is a badly-reared 

 one. larger than the winner but totally lacking in character, 

 crooked in front (trom a sprained ankle) and weak behind, 

 his skull and muzzle measurements are fair but his head is 

 marred by lack of shadings, coat wooly. and is a poor mover, 

 he was rightly placed third. The winner in bitches, Gertie, 

 is a good-coated one but wretchedly plain in head. In rough 

 puppies, William Tell is only fair, will never have any size 

 or head quality; Napoleon, second, should have had not 

 more than a c. card, he is totally lacking in character, has a 

 curly coat and lacks markings. Tom ah, third, I would have 

 placed first; she has better coat and color, but will never be 

 right in head, though properly marked. 



The winner in smooth dogs. Lion, is a mongrel, half bred 

 mastiff. In bitches Joan, first, is a well-bred one out of 

 champion Lady Superior, washed out in color, light in head 

 and lacking .shadings. 



NEWF0TJ3ST)LANDS. 



Only one specimen, that secured second, all that it was 

 worth. 



GRETHOITNDS. 



There was a very small class, considering the great 

 number of them on tliis coast, but those .shown were excellent 

 in quality. Freestone, first, is a large black covering a great 

 deal of ground, he beats Dexter, second, only in being better 

 muscled in neck, shoulders and back: Dexter would stand up 

 well with the best in the East: Depend on Me, third, is 

 another well-made hound, luit was fairly beaten. In bitches 

 Valley Queen had it all her own way, afterward winning 

 special for best greyhound in the show and rubbing Duke of 

 Vernon very close for best dog of any breed in the show. She 

 is, barring a rather poor tail, the best greyhotmd the writer 

 ever saw. I cannot find a fault in her. 



DEEHHOTJNDS. 



No dogs. Iq bitches only one entry, Lufra, she is a fair 

 deerhound but not nearly large enough for her age. Cerous, 

 first in puppies, is much better in every way and beat her 

 for the special. . 



FOXHOITNDS. 



The American foxhounds were not a good lot. well built 

 enough, good strong, active dogs but lacking in foxhound 

 character. The English foxhound Yoicks is an excellent 

 hound, iDUt sour in expression and shown too fat. Sweep, to 

 our notion, is better than the dog, barring an excessively 

 crooked tail. 



ponvrTERS. 



Pointers numbered fifty entries, and many Eastern shows 

 would have to hustle to find fifty better ones. In the heavy 

 . weight challenge class, Duke of Vernon, the winner, is too 

 ' well known to need description; he simply smothers the lot 

 in head, neck and shoulders; he occasionally knuckles over 

 in forelegs, but at other times stands as straight as any. He 

 won several specials and was certainly entitled to them. Mr. 

 Davidson soon selected Tom Pinch as the best of the open 

 class heavy weights, and followed that type throughout his 

 judging, and as the Croxteth dogs are of the heavier, thicker 

 set type, they were not in it. Tom Pinch might be im- 

 proved in neck, too short, and his head lacks quality when 

 compared with Duke of Vernon, though he was much the 

 best in his class; Bismarck, second, is a bit long in ear and 

 might be better bent in stifles, otherwise good. Major H., 

 third, is a little too thick in skull; King Croxteth is the 

 same. In heavy weight bitches Vera, first, won on her 

 merits, she is more stylish and shows more character and 

 quality; Queen Croxteth F., second, is an excellent bitch 

 but like all of that stock, a bit thick in head, otherwise ex- 

 cellent; Lady Pincli, third, has not the general make up of 

 those placed over her. In light weight dogs, Bang, the win- 

 ner, has an excellent skull, muzzle a little suipy, ribs well 



placed. Meg Merrilies, second, and Kioto, third, were rightly 

 placed. Kioto loses to Meg Merrilies in head quality. In 

 challenge bitches Pattie Croxteth T. had a walkover. She 

 is a very good one barring heaviness in head and shoulders. 

 In puppies, Donald T. is the best of the three winners, all of 

 one litter. 



EKOLTSH SETTEES. 

 This breed, though fair, did not compare with the pointers 

 in c|uality. Pilot, the winner in open dog class, is a racy- 

 built one of considerable quality; had Rover H., second, 

 been in equal condition I would have preferred him for the 

 losition; Carlo, third, is too thick in skull, otherwise good, 

 Beasy, first in open bitch class, is the best of the breed in 

 the show, her quality and character being far in advance of 

 the balance. Ophelia, second, and Dido, third, are both 

 coarse. 



GORDON SETTEES, 

 Eric, first, is a very fair specimen, much too li^ht in tan ; 

 Jack, second, might have been satisfied with third, is thick 

 in skull, very deep in stop and lacking character. Nun, first 

 in bitch class, is one of the best Gordons I have seen for 

 many a day, she has a good head, well-hung ears, well- 

 sprung ribs, excellent body and loin, very good feet, and is a 

 very good mover. The judge that gave her vhc. last year at 

 Los Angeles could not certainly nave seen a good Gordon 

 since his boyhood; Fannie, secoiid. is a well built bitch, 

 and rightly placed, and Lady Clara Jasse, third, is short in 

 head. 



IRISH SETTERS. 



In the challenge classes Mike F. and Lady Elcho T. had a 

 walkover. Lady Elcho T. is much the best of the two, her 

 head shows great quality; she afterward won the special for 

 best Irish setter in the show. In the open dog class Lord 

 Clare, first, and Brace, second, are not far apart, and Dash 

 T. was rightly placed. In open bitches Nora Mavourneen 

 shows the most quality in the class, and was rightly placed 

 first. She is very good in head, fair in front, with excellent 

 back and loin, and good color; KateF., second, lacks the 

 quality of the winner: Lady Josie, third, I like full as well 

 for the position, is lacking in coat but full of quality. 

 SPAjSIELS. 



In field spaniels a nondescript spaniel was transferred 

 from the cocker class and got a second— lucky dog. In 

 cocker spaniels Woodstock Belle, the winner in challenge 

 bitches, is well known. She holds her age well, is a bit 

 long in body, but a thorough spaniel, and rightly won 

 special for best cocker in the sTiow. Bronta h,ad a walkover 

 in the open dog class. He is a good black. Maud E., first 

 in open bitch class, is a good liver of the proper type. Bettie, 

 second, is a pretty liver and white ticked. Jessie V., third, 

 Iso good. Cocker puppies were too young to judge, 

 but all promise well. 



CHESAPEAKE BAT P0G5. 

 Laddie, first in dog class, had a walkover: he is a very 

 good specimen of the otter coated Ches&peake, well made 

 and well coated, with the proper head and character. Be.ss, 

 first, in bitches, is still a puppy, but promises to make a 

 good one, has excellent coat and type. One fair specimen of 

 the wavy-coated retriever was shown. 



COLLIES. 



Laddie, the winner in dogs, is a good-boned, excellent- 

 coated do.g, a bit thick in skull, with poorly hung ears; he 

 won also at Los Angeles. Scottie, Jr., second, has a very 

 coarse muzzle, ears badly carried, otherwise fair. In bitches 

 Laughing Girl, first, is father small, but the best collie iu 

 the show in character, expression and coat. Roslyn, .Jr., In 

 puppies is entirely out of coat. 



OACHSCHITNDE. 



Two good specimens were shown. Dameo won well, but 

 Gorrocks, second, is deformed in back ribs. Both are too 

 short i n couplings. 



BLOODHOU'NDS. 



One entry. Premier IV,, by Premier III, oat of Duchess 

 of Ripple is a very fair hound, lacking in substanca and 

 wrinkle, too leggy, but otherwise good. 



BCLLDOGS. 



One entry, Boxer, and one of the be.st in America, by Tom 

 Sayers out of Rose. He is very eood in skuU, ears fairly 

 well carried, he might have a trifle more layback. but his 

 muzzle is of good width, not at all pinched, good chest and 

 fore limbs, his elbows are fairly well out and in all other 

 respects he is very typical. 



BULL-TERRIERS. 



Little Nell, first in challenge bitches, is full of quality, 

 clean cut in head and jaw: a very superior light weight. 

 Jack Napoleon, first in dogs, is a heavy weight pit bull-ter- 

 rier, too coarse all through to ever be a winner on the bench. 

 Palo, second, is a much better type of .show terrier, but has 

 been clipped from end to end. ' Little Nick, third, should 

 have been out of it; he is brindle and white and too coarse. 

 Olivette, first in open bitches, is too short and thick in head. 

 FOX-TERRIERS. 



Thirteen entries in open dog class. Blemton Shiner was 

 shown in bad condition: he has the best head in the lot, but 

 is a bit wide in front and a trifle heavy in shoulder, but is a 

 terrier all through. Le Logos, second, should have been 

 third or fourth. "Blemton Vesuvian, vhc, I much prefer for 

 the position; he is a good terrier, shown in excellent con- 

 dition as hard as nails; he is short in face, ears hang well, 

 body, back and loin excellent, with excellent legs and feet. 

 The winner beats him only in head. Le Logos is too light 

 in bone, too long in leg and weak in jaw. Tramp, third, is 

 too thick in skull. Nellie, first in bitches, is a very fair 

 bitch, rightly placed. Golden Patch, second, is short in 

 face, her ears are a little heavy in tips, though carried well. 

 Jess, third, got all she deserved. In puppies Mr. Davidson 

 reversed his decision at Los Angeles by placing Tidy first 

 over Frisky Viola, both are promising puppies. Tidy has 

 filled out "^and materially improved. Nailer, third, is still 

 too light iu substance. In Avire-hair fox-terriers Jack, the 

 only entry, would be a good one were he several pouuds less 

 in weight. 



SETE TERRIERS. 

 Oae good one, Beauty, of the proper type; balance will not 

 be Skyes until the Yorkshire is bred out of them. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS. 



Mash, first, is a very good one. Mdsh, Jr., second, is not as 

 good as his sire. Jessie, first iu bitches, does not compare 

 with the dogs in quality. 



TOT SPANIELS. 



One black King Charles, and not a good one. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS. 



The winner in dogs is a toy. The winner in bitches was 

 a medium-weight. The winner in puppies was much the 

 best of the lot. 



.T.4.PANESE SPANIELS. 

 Three good ones. Yum Yum, first, is much the best size. 

 Chesi. second, should have been third; he is too coarse. 

 Komo, third, white and tan, is much the better specimen. 

 PUGS. 



Ben Butler, first, is a very fair pug, showing much 



in Boots beat Ben Butler, who is rather large for his age. 



NAMQUOIT. 



TORONTO KENNEL CLUB'S SHOW. 



THE new club held its first quarterly members' dog show 

 May 14, in the Richmond Hall, Toronto, and was a 

 great success in every way. Many of the dogs are known on 

 the regular bench, for Toronto can send out dogs which can 

 hold their own in any competition. The attendance is said 

 to have exceeded all expectation. The cockers were the best 

 classes shown, with fox-terriers not far behind. Messrs. J. 

 E- Kirk and T. G. Davey did the judging, giving great satis- 

 faction. The prizes were ribbons and diplomas. The list of 

 awards is as follows: 



MASTIFFS.--Do6f.'*; 1st, J. Massey'a Minting Mmor. Bitclies: 1st, 

 Bedford Kennels' Greenwood Juno. 



ST. BERNARDS.~i3o!7.s; 1st. J. S. Williams's Monk; 2d and 31, 

 N. a. Dick's Sultan anrl &rey Friar. 

 GREAT DANES.~lst, J. G. Mitcheuer's Valdimir. 

 FOZHOU^'DS.— Ist, J, F. Scholes's Major; 2d, F. Habart's Ban jo; 

 3d, R. E. S. Campion's Row. 

 HARRIERS.— 1st, Simpson Brop.' Juno. 



BEAGLES.— Dogs; 1st, J. Smibe's Roscnp; 2d, S, J. CorneH's 

 Hunter; 3d, O. Campion's Bugler. Bitcheii: 1st, ,1. Smilie's 

 Periwinkle; 2d, Vaaey's Judy; 3d, J. Gedge's Lulu. 



GREYHOUNDS.-Doos: 1st. Seaton KeiineL=i' Jnlly Ranger. 

 Bitches: 1st, Seaton Kennels' White Wings; 2d, T. J. Fitzsimmons' 

 Why Mot. 



COCKER SPANIELS.-Dnff?; 1st. .T. G. Mitnhners Donn. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, G. Bell's I Say and I Guess; 3d. P. .7. Keatins's 

 .Tenny. Verv high com., J. G. Mitchener's Uuo. Pupijies: 1st and 

 3d, G. Bell's I Say and I Guess; 3d, P. J. Keating's Jenny. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— lat, W. Davidson's Spsrt; 2(1, Simpson 

 Bros.' Paddy. 



FRENCH POODLES.— 1st and 2d, F. H. Elmore's Pretty and 

 Flossie. 



FOX-TERRIERS.-Doff,5; 1st, H.F.Fore'a Picklp;3b H.H.Thomp- 

 son's Coronet. Jr.; 3d, J. O. Bennett's Pepper. Very high com., 

 H. H. Thompson's Zig-Zag. Bitches: 1st, J, G. Mitcheuer's Carlton 

 Vic: 2d, H. a. Thompson's Elora Tatters. — WrRE-IlAiBED— 1st and 

 3d. P. J. Smyth's Sly Boots. 



KING CHARLES SPANIF.LS.-Dofls; 1st and 2d, Forshaw & 

 Yorli's Royal Prince and Rorneo. iJi7,c7ies; 1st, 2d, and 3d, For- 

 shaw & York's Ruby, Topsy and Royal Rose. 



PUGS.— 1st, R. P. Forshaw's Topsy. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.- Does; 1st, R. W. Boyle*8 Brlttanlca; 2d, 

 and 3d. S. Stewart's Duke of Devonshire and Sir Kenneth. 

 Bitch&s: 1st, C. A. Stone's Forest Gladys; 3d, R. W. Boyle's Olive 

 Branch. 



IRISH SETTERS.-lst, C, Campion's Belle; Sd,J. G. Mitchener's 

 Mrs, O'Shea. 



IRISH TERBTERS.-Doirs; Ist, P. J. Smith's Brickb^it. Biiehea: 

 1st, P. J. Smith's Pegiry. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.-lst, R. Wright's Rochelle 

 Scot. 



TO? SPANIEL?.— Doflf."!.- Ist, Dr. Hall's Teaser; 2d, G. Draper's 

 Nip. Bitclies: 1st, Dr. Hall's Louise; 2d, C. Draper's Floss. 



DACHSHUNDE.-lst, J. F. Schole's Emperor William 11.; 2d, .J. 

 Smilie's Klutmann, 



TOY TERRIERS.— Ist and 2d, Simpson Bros 's Baby and Dandy. 



BLTiL-TERRIERS.— 1st,, R. Wright's Marvel; 2d, -. Vasey's 

 Jupiter. 



SKYE TEBRIERS.-^lst. R. Wright's Don. 



Vie. 



CLUMBER SPANIELS OF TO-DAY. 



EdU&r Forest and Stream: 



I am much pleased to read in the English jjapers that the 

 Duchess of Newcastle intends for the future to devote her 

 attention to the breeding of Clumbers as well as Barzois. 

 Their re-adoption by the family to whom the breed owes its 

 name, and in the person of so illustrious a ciiampion, can- 

 not fail to awaken popular interest in the beautiful 

 Clumber. 



It may not be denied that the Clumber has iu the last few 

 decades greatly fallen from his pristine high estate, and 

 through no fault of the dog. Clumbers were known and 

 valued long ere many of the breeds of the modern show 

 bench were in existence. Like every other dog and thing 

 he had his day and was forced iu the passage of time to 

 make way for newer favorites. The sawdust ring saw them 

 seldom, and then only specimens owned .and shown gener- 

 ally by persons who did not understand the attributes of 

 the breed. On the estates, where they were of course still 

 made use of, the matings were intrusted to some ignorant 

 keeper, so necessarily the characteristics soon began to dis- 

 appear. For this carelessness we sutfer to-day, not only in 

 America, but in England as well, W^here are the Clumbers 

 to be seen from exhibition kennels with typical heads out- 

 side that of my fr,iend, Mr, Henry H. Holmes, of Lancaster!' 

 When he does not exhibit read the moans in the show re- 

 ports of the English kennel papers for the typical heads of 

 the past. The only Clumber dogs on the other side that I 

 should really care to buy are his Hotpot, the well-known 

 winner, whose recent defeat of his splendid sire, the now 

 dying Tower, at the Birmingham show, placed him in the 

 proud position of being the best Clumber spaniel iu the old 

 country, and a young dog, and an unknown one at that, 

 named Holmes's Hermit. Anxious as I am to import a new 

 dog, I have been advised to wait, as there is no Clumber dog 

 in England besides these two that will be entirely satis- 

 factory. It was hard lines that Honesty, a brother of Hot- 

 pot's, and very nearly as good a specimen, should have died 

 just as I had secured him to come to America. 



But like most doggy enthusiasts I wander from my text. 

 In a letter received to-day from a large Clumber breeder in 

 the States he informs me that a friend of his, who has just 

 gone the rounds of the large English shows, writes to him 

 as follows. To prevent the possibility of others falling into 

 the same error this letter is written: "Clumbers are becom- 

 ing desirable as regards a bench show point of view by their 

 nearness in approaching to setters iu appearance, Long 

 dogs are no longer Avanted, but short-coupled ones; not short 

 legs, not short noses, big heads and drooping eyes. Short 

 coats now seem to have the call altogether on the show 

 bench in England." Now this is an entirely erroneous con- 

 clusion. These dogs win simply because none of the proper 

 type are shown and for no other reason. Where would our 

 old setter-headed champion Boss III. have been under a 

 judge against old Nabob? A Clumber's head counts 20 

 points, and old Boss's sterling qualities behind the head 

 could not have averted defeat. Yet ever since 'S5 he has 

 won prizes at the best shows in England and defeated all 

 the best dogs of his time, including old Psycho, whose typ- 

 ical head made such an award a farce in judging Clumber 

 spaniels. Boss's marked successes serve to show how run 

 down the Clumbers of England are. And yet there are judges, 

 save the mark, who have placed the dog over champion Bro- 

 mine and Snow. At the last New York show there were men 

 who professed themselves judges that declared their prefer- 

 ence for Bromine and Snow. This serves to show what we 

 Clumber lovers have to contend against, not to mention re- 

 porters who declare Snow to be good in color, while she has 

 not a mark on her body, and others that do not even 

 know enough to tell t'other from which and criticise accord 

 ingly. 



A few years' eamsst effort will remedy all this. If an. 



