June 4, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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GOEDOSr SETTEES. 



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Abgo II. (Jas. B. Blossom's), Beaumont — Vemis. 

 RosEMOUT (C. C. M. Hunt's), Beaumont— Madge. 



THE ENGLISH POINTER CLUB FIELD TRIALS. 



THE fourth annual trials of this club, and the last of the 

 English sprina; trials, were run off near Wrexbam, 

 May 5 and 6. TheDakeof Portland is president oC the club. 

 The first day's rnnning was on the estate of SirWntkin 

 Williams Wynu, Bart. The judtres were Dr. Salter and Mr. 

 E. 1j. Purceli Llewellyn. Si nrli-Kcepcr says the entries for 

 the Puppy Stakes were disappointing, only ten entries being 

 on hand; the All-Aged Stake bad seventeen. Mr. Brails- 

 ford, who had recorered sufBcieutly from his accident to be 

 present, handled some of Mr. Heywood Lonsdale's dogs, and 

 so did Angus Cameron. The first stake run off was the 

 Pointer Puppy Stakes for Puppies of 1890. First prize, £35; 

 second, £19; third, £U; fourth, £.5; drawn in the following 

 order; 



Mr. Beck's Nancibel, Naso of Upton— Devonshire Jndy, 

 against Messrs. Bulled &Turuer's Devonshire Magg, Devon- 

 shire .Jack— Devonshire Pan. 



Mr. Thorpe Hi nek's Priar Raffle, Melton Solo — Ruby 

 Priar, of/oMj.st Mr. Nicholson's Beau of Drayton, Beau of 

 Kent— Moll Drayton. 



Messrs. Bulled & Turner' ; Devonshire Baby, Molton Byssa 

 —Devonshire Lady, againtit Rev. W. Shield's Major o' the 

 Border, Tr'erdix— King. 



Mr. Beck's Busy Ben, Rapid Ben — Busy, againM Mr. 

 Leriche's Queen of the Isles, Naso of Upton— Devonshire 

 Judy. 



Mr. Thorpe Hincks's Darkle Friar, Melton Solo— Ruby 

 Friar, (T^amsit Mr. Nicholson's Bang of Ercall, Beaiiof Kent 

 —Moll cif Drayton. 



Scent was not very good, and contrary to the experiences 

 of the other trials, game was nob at all plentiful, and that 

 found was very wild; so that the sportsmen pi-esent had 

 more walking than they bargained for. The result of the 

 running proved that that consistent performer Busy Ben, 

 owned by Mr. Beck, was awarded first prize, Mr. Nicholson's 

 Beau of Drayton second, Mr. Beck's Nancibel third and Mr. 

 Nicholson's Bang of Drayton fourth; the stake being run 

 through by 3:30 P. M. Busy Ben ran a very good dog through 

 all the three meetings, getting second at Aqualata, third at 

 Strafl:'ord and here first. A few heat« of the All- Aged Stakes 

 were then run off, the following being the draw: 



ALL- AGED STAKES.— First prize, £3.5; second, £20; third, 

 £12; fourth, £5. 



Mr. Brown's True Blue, Tory IV. — Melton Lady Bird, 

 agadnst Rev. W. Shield's Beau o' the Border, Saddleback- 

 Melton Broom. 



Mr. Heywood Lonsdale's Ightfield Deuce, W^uinstay— 

 Dainty, against Rev. W. S. Richardson's Rex of Melton, 

 Naso of Kipjien— Melton Ringlet. 



Mr. Lloyd Price's Welsh Cvah, Crab— Joy, against Mr. 

 H. Brown's Prime Minister, Tory I^'".— Lady "Bird. 



Mr. J. Stark-s Mars IV., Sambo II.— Pan IV., agmmt 

 Mr. D. Moriarty's txlenbeigh, Grouse V.— Rita. 



Mr, Lowe's Ben of Kippen, Rocket R.— Laura of Kippen, 

 againat Mr. Stark's Hanwoith Juno, champion Joss— Bess 



Mr, Bulled's Devonshire Lady, Melton Baron — Village 

 Star, against Mr. Lloyd Price's Saul. 



Mr. Lowe's Belle des Borders, Young Bang— Polly against 

 Mr. Heywood-Lousdale's Crab, Plnm — Myrtle. 



Mr. Bulled's Devonshire Sail, Melton Baron — Village 

 Star, against Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's Prawn. 



Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's Beacon, Ightfield Dick — Polly 

 Peacham, a bye. 



As will be seen by the above Mr. Brailsford had three 

 dogs in, Ightfield Deuce being well known to our field trial 

 men. (jlenbeigh, the pointer pup that scored so well in the 

 previous trials, seemed altogether off here, as in his first 

 heat he began by flushing a single and following it several 

 yards; then pointed a brace of pheasants, rushed in and 

 chased, losing of course all chances of coming out a winner 

 in this stake. The next day, Wednesday, the meet was at 

 Wyunstay Brickyard, and among those present was Mr. E. 

 C. Buckle, of the Charlottesville Kennels, Virginia, and 

 Capt. MeMurdo's aide-de-camp. Game was not genei-ally 

 plentiful. After running several heats there was a fresh 

 draw, and Ightfield Dance ran against Mr. Lloyd Price's 

 Welsh Crab. They were put down in rough pasture. 

 Deuce went very merrily, but passed birds which she should 

 have found. In the next Deuce false pointed, and Crab 

 passed without backing; both ranged and quartered well 

 and were taken up. 



Another heat was: 



"Mr. Brown's True Blue, worked by owner, and Mr. Hey- 

 wood Lonsdale's Crab, by Brailsford, were put down at tHe 

 top of a steep slojnng grass field. True Blue flushed and 

 both dropped to wing. Crab pointed and drew on to the 

 hedge but marie nothing out; both ranged fairly. Crab 

 rather fond of the hedgerows. In the next field of .similar 

 character, both feathered about some rushes, and True Blue 

 pointed but nothing came of it, and the next brace were 

 called for," 



"Mr. Heywood Lonsdale's Prawn, worked by Cameron, 

 and Mr. Bulled's Devonshshire Lady, by Turner, put down 

 on grass. The former false pointed once or twice and the 

 Lady backed, both ranging in good style. In the next, a rough 

 poor field, Lady went .stiff and lame, Prawn talse pointed 

 and Lady backed; then we moA'^ed on to a clover field, across 

 which, as we reached it, an old hare went leisurely bobbing. 

 Prawn false pointed, and again pointed and drew on with- 

 out finding, but directly after nailed birds and Ladybacked, 

 and the trial was over." 



''Mr. Bulled's Devonshire Sail, worked by Turner, andMr. 

 Heywood Lousdale's Beacon, by Cameron, were put down in 

 nice clover root. Both dropped to hare that got up before 

 Beacon, who directly false pointed and Sail backed. Beacon 

 made a bad flush, while feathering round them. The next 

 field was unproductive, but in the next both got poiuts, a 

 hare getting up before Beacon, who remained steady. In a 

 large field of siu'iug corn Sail dropped to a hare that got up 

 before her. Pat down on rough fallow, both passed a hare. 

 Put down on grass again nothing was done, and at a quarter 

 to two P. M. a move was made to lunch, beating the field 

 over in which it was laid, but without finding game." 



"After luncheon Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's Ightfield Deuce 

 and Ml'. Lowe's Ben of Kippen were put down on grass, 

 former worked by Brailsford and latter by owner. Both 

 ranged freely, but Ben flu.shed and did not drop, and was 

 ordered up and same owner's Belle des Borders was put 

 down with Deuce. After a long tiresome tramp on a 

 piece of bare pasture, Deuce pointed birds and Ben backed, 

 and both pointed birds rising before Deuce, close to the 

 hedge." 



The awards were: Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's Ightfield 

 Deuce first, Mr. Lowe's Belle des Borders and Ben of Kippen 

 tqual second and third, Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's Prawn, 

 fotirth, and Mr. Bulled's Devon,shi're Lady reserve, the stake 

 leing finished at 8 P. M. 



Then the heat to decide the -SoO special for the best in 

 either stake, owned by a member of the club, was run off, 

 and resulted, after a good deal of false pointing and flush- 

 ing on both sides, in Mr. Beck's Busy Ben beating Mr. 

 Lowe's Ben of Kippen. This brought the trials to a close 

 with ttie usual vote of thanks to the judges and Sir Watkin 

 William Wynn for the use of the estate. 



BEAGLE TRAINING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Theraucli mooted question of beagle field trials interests 

 me very much. I have hunted with those game little dogs 

 ever since I could carry a gun and I must say that the ques- 

 tion of hunting beagles seems, by the correspondence that 

 has come to my notice, to be in the hands of novices. In the 

 fir.st place, should l>eagles ))e under control? Some say yes. 

 I waut a dog to know one call, and that is in case yon start 

 a rabbit.and want your dog; then he should come if he has not 

 found a trail. Ifhe has, then he should mind nothing but 

 what he is doing. The beagle that could be called from a 

 trail, I should pat out of the way as soon as he came within 

 range. So much for minding or being itnder control. My 

 experience is, that a dog should hunt as he sees fit, aud run 

 at his own sweet will. If he is properly handled he will not 

 go so far from his master that he will be out of call when 

 wanted. If abeagle should run a rabbit to ground, he should 

 stay with the game, or at the hole until the hunters come 

 up. Should a beagle hunt like a pointer or setter? Ishould 

 say no to this. The bird dog must hunt close or he would 

 be' worthless in thick cover. As I said before, the beagle 

 should be as independent as a dog can be. He should range 

 away for any distance that he coxxld be heard from should 

 he give tongue, and under no circumstances should he mind 

 when on game, this I repeat, as I noticed that in the last 

 field trials there was some talk, and I think judgment, oa 

 being under control. If you are .going to hunt your dogs on 

 field mice or greybobs then you might leave the beagles at 

 home and take spaniels and terriers with you and you will 

 have capital sport, but when it comes to foxes or hares, those 

 dogs that mind would be useless, inasmuch as they are not 

 built for long runs and they would be so much under con- 

 trol that they would get tired huntin,g and be looking for 

 orders. I should like very much to have "Quester" come to 

 Brockton in the season "and get an insight into the ways 

 of the pack of beagles I run; they are as good as there ai-e, 

 but they may not be up to the standard of those field trial 

 judges who look for a dog to leave a hot trail at the beck or 

 call of a hunter who does not know half as much about 

 hunting as the dog he is trying to hunt. Hoping I have not 

 tired you with myi'ather rambling letter I will close with 

 this last remark. Do not expect a good bea.gle to know any 

 thing but hunt when in the field. Bbockton. 



BitoCKTON, Mass., May 27, 



WHITE WONDER. 



Editor Forest and. StrGam: 



The foUovving articles appeared in Forest and Stream 

 Sept. i, 1890, and Jan. 1, 1891, signed by "Namquoit:" 



Mr. Harris's bull-terrier formerly called White Wonder, that 

 was protested aerainst at the Boston show for being deal, was deaf 

 when born. He was bred by Mi*. Pratt, of Oak Hill, Stoke-on- 

 Trent. He is? by White Sam out of White Rose. Mr. Pra^t thought 

 that the puppy was deaf when born and sold it to Mr. Hushes, a 

 postman at Stoke, for £1. The portman soon discovered that the 

 puppy was deaf but. kept the matter as quiet as possible, bitt in 

 spite of his precautions the dog final l.v became known through'^nt 

 the section as the "postman's deaf dog." Mr. Hughes made up 

 his mind to get even with Mr. Pratt and laid his plans very 

 shrewdly. He wrote Mr. Heath, the former owner of Miss Glen- 

 dynne, now called Attraction, Enterprise and other good ones, 

 aud got him to make a date to call and see the dog. He then goes 

 to Mr. Pratt and tells him how wonderfully the puppy has im- 

 proved and that Mr. Heath is talking of purchasing him. (Mr. 

 Heath nnd Mr. Pratt were at that time trying to oiitdo^each other.) 

 Mr. Pratt not wishing to see his rival with the best dog in the 

 country, and snpjiosing the puppy mtiat have outgrown his deaf- 

 ness, purchased liun on the spilt for £10 Of course he soon dis- 

 covered that the dog was lotatly deaf and threatened suit, but as 

 he had tirst sold the dog when deaf he was advised to let the 

 matter rest. This much I know to be the facts. It is furthermore 

 stated by those who ought to know that the White Wonder was 

 soon atter reported dead and the same dog was represented as 

 another dog under another nnme. I have not questioned Mr. 

 Ilarris '"n regard to the affair, but if he paid the price stated, £80, 

 he was badly sold, whether he knevv him to be deaf or not. If Mr. 

 Hinks sold the dog to Mr. Harris and did not say anything about; 

 the deafness, he is a swindler of the first water. Hinks & Pratt 

 are one firm. American readers must not get this Hinks mixed 

 up with James Thorpe Hiucks, the Clumber man. at Laicester, or 

 E. O. Hincks. It is Fred Hinks that sold White Wonder. 



We said then that the above was false in every partictilar, 

 in proof of which we submitted the following letter from 

 Mr. Hinks: 



BiftMrxGUAir. Oct. 9.— Mr. Harris- Dear Sir: Your favor of the 

 19cb ultimo is at hand inclosing a cutting from the Forest and 

 Strbam of Sept. 1; and in reply I can only say that it is absolutely 

 false from the commencement to the finish, as Mr Pratt never 

 owned or had in bis possession White Wonder, and that he never 

 was out of this town until he was sent to you. Moreover, he Is by 

 Gully the Great out of Kit, and the story related in the cutting 

 from FOBESX and Strean respecting White Wonder is an entire 

 fabrication altogether. And it is a pity reporters cannot find 

 something else to do than drag a gentleman like Mr. Pratt into a 

 matter which he knows nothing about. Yours truly. Fusdericxc 

 Hinks. 



We then added that White Wonder is by Gully the Great 

 out of Kit, by Diicrow out of Eclipse; Gully the Great is by 

 Gladstone out of Florrie. Breeder, Mr, Brooks. Whelped, 

 June, 1888. 



"Namquoit's" reply to the above on Jan. 1, 1891, is as fol- 

 lows: 



Messrs. H. A. & W. L. Harris state In a letter to Forest and 

 Stream, published Dec. 4, that my statement regarding White 

 Wonder, in issue of Sept. 4, is false in every particular, but in 

 their so-called "proof" they simply make an assertion without 

 giving the first atom of proof of their statement. I repeat that 

 White Wonder, now owned by Messrs. Harris, is by White Sara 

 out of Rose, and that every word of ray statement is true and 

 that I can substantiate every word of it. The gentleman who 

 accompanied me during my investigation lives within a few miles 

 of Mr. Harris. Those who gave me my information ai"e gentie- 

 men of far better standing than Mr. Hinka, and saw the dog 

 .almost daily for months. I do not misunlerstand Messrs. Harris. 

 I consider them gentlemen, but 1 can prove that they were badly 

 swindled if they bought White Wonder (Beryl) for a sound doe-, 

 andif they did not, still they have pm-chased a false pedigree. I 

 never yet made a statement in print that t could not substantiate, 

 and until they can prove what they say I would thank them not 

 to call my statement false.— Namqitoit. 



Referring now to "Namquoit's" (A. R. Crowell's) above 

 letter of Jan. 1, 1891, concerning the pedigree of ray bull- 

 terrier White Wonder and the ungentlemanly attacks on 

 Mr. Frederick Hinks, I have to say the .statements therein 

 contained are false in every particuiar, in proof of whicli I 

 inclose the official pediiiree uf Wniie Wonder, with the 

 attested statement of Mr. Fred Hinks concerning the same: 



[COPT.] 



THE KENNEL GhUB PEDIGREE OSRTIFICAXE. 



White Wonder-Sire, Gully the Great (E.S.B. 25,485); dam. Kit, 

 by Danrow. by Marquis out of Florence; &ully the Great, by Glad- 

 stone (17,710) out of Florry, by Baron (13,076) out of Maggie May 

 (10,839): (Tladslone, by Dutch (13,813) one of Maagie May (10.829). 



Stud Book No. (if any), nil. Born, about June, 18S8. Color, 

 white. Breeder, Mr. Brooks. 



I certify that the ,ibove is a true copy of the pedigree of the bull- 

 terrier dog Whi'e Wonfier as recorded in the b..oks at the Kennel 

 Club. Signed W. W. Aspinall. Secretars^ (per L. L. D.) Kennel 

 Cinh, 6 Cleveland Row, St. James, London, S. W. Date, Feb. 6, 

 ISflL Fee, one shilling. 



[COPT.] 



1, Frederick Hinks. of Pershore street, Birmingham, in the 

 county ot Warwick. England, bitll-terrier breeder, do solamnly 

 and sincerely declare as follows: Tbal the within pedigree of the 

 bull-terrier White Wonder was obtained by me from the secretary 

 of the Kennel Club, London. England, and is a correct pedigree o"£ 

 the bull-terrier dog White Wonder which I imported to America, 

 to Mr, H, A. Harris, of North Wdmlngcoa, Mass., and etnce 



registered in the American stud book as Beryl. And I make this 

 solemn declaration conscientiously beUevlnu the same to be true 

 and bv virtue of the Statutory Declarations act 1835. 

 Declared at the Oitv of Birmingham, | Frederick Hinks. 



in the oounty of Warwick, tliis 20 Ai ■- 



day of Febraarv. 1891. Before me, \ 

 Jambs HEsr^rANT, a coromissioner to administer oaths in the 



Supreme Court of .Judication in England. 



I trust this will settle the matter once for all, and I think 

 an apology from '*Namquoit" is due Mr. Hinks and myself 

 both for his false statements in regard to White Wonder 

 and his scurrilous and base attacks upon Mr. Frederick 

 Hinks. H. A. Hakels. 



North Wilmin&ton, Mass., May 27. 



P. S.— There is a postman's deaf dog .still in England, and 

 his pedigree is as follows: By White Sam out of Duchess 

 III., weight over 501bs.— H. A. H. 



ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. 



A MEETING of the advisory committee was held Mon- 

 day, Mav 11. 1891. Present— Augu.st Belmont, Tho.g. 

 H. Terry, Dr. J. Frank Perry, James L. Anthony, John S. 

 Wise. 



The following matters were submitted by the secretary, 

 having been referred to this committee by the executive 

 committee of the American Kennel Club, at its meeting 

 held Feb. 28 1891: 



American Kennel CI ah ] 



vs. ■ Re. s)}ccialty Stud Boole. 



National Greyhound Cli(h. \ 



Ordered, That the matter be referred to a committee, con- 

 sisting of President Belmont, with power to act with the 

 National Greyhound Club, the result arrived at by .said com- 

 mittee to be final. 



Henry II. Carr ) 



vs. (-lie. unsatisfied, claim for stud, serxrlce. 



.lean Orosvenor. ) 



Ordered., That in this case the charge of fraud is not sus- 

 tained. The case dismissed. 



William. Purdy, Jr.rijie. unsatisfied claim for the 

 W.L. Washington. \ purchase of a dog. 

 Ordered, That Mr. Washington is liable under his con- 

 tract for the sum of £5, for the purchase price, aud £1 addi- 

 tional for carriage to IPhiladelphia, Pa. From said amount 

 is to be deducted the sum of £5 paid by the said Washing- 

 ton for express charges, the balance of £1 to be paid by the 

 said Washington in liquidation of the claim. This amount 

 paid. W. L. Washington (in the opinion of the committee) 

 would have recourse against said Purdy for fraud or misrep- 

 resentation in the sale of this dog. 



W. W. Bradley 

 vs. 



Associated Fanciers 

 ofPMladriiilua, Pa. 

 ' Ordered. Tbnt the Associated Fanciers, advertising, "City 

 office at No. IfO South Eighth street, Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 kennels and poultry farm at Berlin, N. J., and reputed to 

 be under the charge of one Howard I. Ireland as manager," 

 be and is hereby disqualified. 



The follovnng new business was submitted and acted 

 upon: 



Tiurma^ T Waririi I Be. appeal for re- 

 1 nomas J . b ai Ley. ^ insta.tement. 



Ordered, That the application of Farley be received, and 

 that the disqualification imposed upon him May 8, 1888, be 

 and is hereby removed. 



E. H. Moore ) 



vs. > Re. demand for solid gold, medal. 



A merican jM astiff Club. ) 



Ordered, That the American Mastiff Club owes E. H. 

 Moore a gold medal, and the one sent is not a discharge of 

 its promise; that a gold medal of standard purity, worth not 

 less than S35 to ?50 is what was reasonably due under its 

 public undertaking in its printed circular, section III., taken 

 m connection with rule XXX. of the American Kennel Club. 



O/'cZcrcfZ /(trihc)', That the American Mastiff Club have 

 thirty days in which to discharge its obligation to said 

 Moore, as above dettued. 



1 Re. request fur copies of procced- 

 Hudspctii & Collier, \ ings of Advisory CommiUee 

 Attorneys for ] meeting Juli/ '90, and Execu- 

 C. J. Peshcdl. I tire Committee vicetinq Sept. 



J '!/(). 



Ordered, That the i-equest of Messrs. Hudspeth & Collier 

 be complied with, and that the secretary is hereby directed 

 to supply said attorneys for Peshall with copies of said pro- 

 ceedings. (Signed) A. P. Veedenbue(5H, Sec'y A. K. C. 

 —Kennel Gazette 



Re. unfair dealing in 

 the sale of a, dog. 



OUR HUMBLE ASSOCIATES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I inclose an extract from a striking sermon by the Rev, 

 Dr. George Leon Walker, of this city. How many sports- 

 men have corrected (?) their dogs when they thought the 

 canine had committed some blunder in the field— when he 

 really had not ? Dr. Walker is quite right in saying that a 

 dog possesses reason and self-consciousness. The Doctor's 

 reference in his sermon to his own little dog is here given: 



''Forced to admit the existence in them of memory, affec- 

 tion, some degree of reason and will, they for the most part, 

 so far as I have observed, try to draw a line of effectual sep- 

 aration between animals and men at the point of self-con- 

 sciousness; affirming that a dog or a horse, however con- 

 scious he liiay be ot things external to himself, is not con- 

 scious of himself as a separate entity whose own existence 

 or condition becomes a matter of distinct realization. 

 Against the validits^ of this attempted discrimination I 

 think any one who has had the fortune to be at all intimately 

 associated with intelligent specimens of some of the higher 

 orders of animal life has seen manifold reason to protest. 

 Take one example from the biography of a little friend of 

 mine, who was for some eleven years a member of my house- 

 hold.' This little dog knew just as well as I did when he 

 had broken some household rule of behavior, and on such 

 occasions be received the small chastisement allotted for dis- 

 obedience with perfect recognition of its desert aud with 

 eager readiness to be reconciled. But on one occasion when 

 he was thus lightly disciplined for a stipposed offeuse, his 

 behavior arrested my notice from its peculiarity and awoke 

 the instant inquiry in my mind whether he had. perhaps, 

 not dune the thing' supposed. He showed none of his cus 

 tomary desire to be restored to favor. He went sadly to 

 his cushion in the corner and refused to respond to my caress. 

 No physical hurt could explain his behaA'ior. He could 

 scarcely be said to have been physically hurt at all. I in- 

 quired into the matter. He had not done the thing for 

 which the trifling discipline had been inflicted. He had been 

 treated unjustl;^-, and he knew it. And he made me know it 

 also. I apologized to him, and he knew that I apologized, 

 just as well as any man could know: but it was forty^eight 

 hours before he would condescend to forgive the injustice. 

 Not self-conscious! He was as self-conscious as I was. And 

 he had the advantage of a self-consciousness of being in the 

 right when I was in the wrong." 



There is much in the above quotation to commend itself 

 to all dog lovers. A. C. Collins. 



Habtford, Conn., May 37. 



