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FOREST AND STREAM. 



lJuNE 4, 1891. 



GORDON SETTER CLUB MEETING. 



AT a meeting of the executive committee of the Gordon 

 Setter Chib of America, held May 28, 1891, at 159 West 

 Thirty-fourth street, N. Y. city, the following business was 

 transacted: 



Minutes of meeting of the executive committee of March 

 27 were read and approved. 



The committee on field trials reported progress, and stated 

 their expectation of soon being able to make report of 

 definite arrangements. 



The committee on constitution and by-laws submitted 

 their revision of the constitution, to be voted upon at the 

 next general meeting of the club. 



Dr. H. C. Grlover stated his inability, from press of pro- 

 fessional engagements, to attend properly to his duties as 

 president of the club, and tendered his resignation of the 

 presidency, which was accepted witu regret. He was again 

 elected a member of tbe executive committee. 



Resolved, That a person becoming a member of this club 

 within six months of their annual meeting shall be credited 

 for dues for the following year. 



Resolved, That the executive committee hereby empowers 

 the president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer to elect 

 members duly presented, without calling a meeting for that 

 purpose. 



ResGlmd, That the field trial committee is hereby given 

 full power to arrange for a Gordon setter field trials this 

 autumn. 



Resolved, That, should there be a Gordon setter field trial 

 this fall, the Gordon Setter Club will give fifty dollars to 

 the winner of flrist, provided there are ten entries or seven 

 .starters; this prize to be known as the Gordon Setter Club 

 prize. 



Resolved, That inasmuch as the last called gerieral meet- 

 ing of the club did not take place on the 4bh insfc. owing to 

 the unavoidable absence of the president. Dr. Glover, and in 

 order to do justice to Mr. Malcolm, the president be re- 

 quested to call a special meeting of the club to vote upon 

 the action of the committee in this case; also upon the re- 

 vision of the constitution and by-law.s: and that Mr. Mal- 

 colm be duly notified to appear at this meeting in his own 

 defense. Said meeting to be held at the oflSoe of Mr. Wm. 

 Tall man, 109 West Thirty-fourth street, N. Y. city, on July 

 7, 1891, at 8 P. M. 



Dr. E. C. Dent was elected a member of the club. Dr. 

 John H. Meyer was unanimously elected president of the 

 club to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Glover. 



DOG CHAT. 



ACCORDING to the resolutions adopted at the meeting 

 of the executive committee of the A. K. C, May 2i", 

 the president has appointed the following gentlemen as a 

 committee to consult with the proper officials in New York 

 and Brooklyn for the purpose of improving the dog license 

 law, viz.: Messrs. J. Van Schaick, J. T. "Richards, H. F. 

 Schellha,ss. The following committee is appointed to re- 

 port upon the best method by which the field trials and 

 coursing meetings could be brought under the jurisdiction 

 of the American Kennel Club: Messrs. W. H. Child (chair- 

 man), G. W. LaRue. L. 0. Whiton, T. H. Terry and Major 

 J. M. Taylor. Dr. H. T. Foote (chairman), Dr. H. C. Glover 

 andMr. Jas. Watson, a committee of three, is appointed 

 under resolution of the same meeting, to collect and report 

 upon evidence as to the existence of the breed of dogs as de- 

 scribed in the standard of the American Bull-Terrier Club. 



Rc. American bull-terriers alias round-heads, alias Bos- 

 ton terriers. When doctors differ, who shall decide? James 

 Watson. 



Mr. A. E. Pitts, of the Mohawk- Tndianola Kennels, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, has imported the noted pug dog Bonsor, through 

 Spratts Co. He was shipped May 16 on S. S. Europe, together 

 with a Barzoi and a spaniel of whose de.stination we are not 

 informed. Bonsor is now in New York, and will shortly be 

 illustrated in Forest and Stream. Mr. Pitts told us at 

 Chicago that owing to the heavy demands on Kash's services 

 the kennel sorely felt the need of a good second string, and 

 Bonsor was chosen. Bonsor was whelped Juue 30, 1887, and 

 bred by Mrs. Foster. He is by champion Diamond out of 

 Miggie, and weighs LSlbs. His winnings amount to 50 prizes, 

 among them being firsts at Glasgow and Crystal Palace 1890 

 and Derby, Liverpool and Cruft's show this year. It will 

 therefore be seen that in their second string this kennel has 

 another pug that will no doubt be worthy of being termed a 

 "crack." 



A.S an instance corroborating the style of the Barzoi in 

 "going for" its game, that Mr. Wade speaks of in his letter 

 on Mr. Wickham's book, we mention the fact that one of 

 Mr. Hacke's wolfhounds made just such a jump on a beagle 

 at Pittsburgh, one chop being enough to make two gaping 

 wounds several inches long in the poor little brute's neck. 

 They are certainly very sudden in their movements, and on 

 this account it behooves owners of these dogs when out in 

 public to keep a good eye on them or trouble will ensue. 



We learn from Le Chenil that a dachshund named Lips 

 Tallian, owned by Mr. Hermann Winkelmann, of Berlin, has 

 been sold to an "amateur Americain'' for $250. 



Mr. F. P. Capers, secretary of the South Carolina Kennel 

 Association, writes us that their second annual dog show 

 will be held at Columbia, S. C, Jan. 13 to 16, 1892. 



Among the new advertisements this week we notice that 

 the Swiss Mountain Kennels have St. Bernardis for sale; C. 

 T. Brownell several Gordon setters; N. S. Gates, dachshunds: 

 Moorfleld Kennels, English setter puppies; York Street 

 Farm, collie bitches; H. F. Littlefield, St. Bernards and 

 bull-terriers; James Wrinkle, pointers, and E. Beach, 

 Llewellyn setters. 



The JSew York and New England Kennel and Poultry 

 Club held their spring meeting at Albany, May 23. A large 

 number of members were present, together with the follow- 

 ing ofiicers: President, John T. DeGralJ, Amsterdam; Vice- 

 President, O. H. Barber, Albany; Recording Secretary, L. 

 H. Myers, Bethlehem Center; Corresponding Secretary, Wm. 

 H. House, Fort Plain; and Treasurer, W. E. Churchill, 

 Mohawk. The Hon. R. P. Flower and T. Gordon Lilico 

 were elected new members. Messrs. Houck, Rockenstyre 

 and Becker were appointed a committee on hall and exhibi- 

 tion and with power to select a judge of dogs. Clarence W. 

 Houck, not wishing to serve as delegate to the A. K. C, of 

 which the club is now a member, Mr, W. E. Churchill was 

 unanimously chosen in his stead. It was decided to have 

 the show in the Lark street rink, where former shows of 

 the Albany Kennel Club have been held. Mr. James Morti- 

 mer was chosen as judge of dogs and will take all breeds. 

 The above named committee was also instructed to confer 

 with the Rensselaer Kennel Club of Troy, with a view to 

 their joining the society and lending their help toward 

 making the exhibition a .success. The dates chosen for the 

 show were Jan. 5 to 8, 1893. 



In forming a com mittee to act with the English commit- 

 tee in regard to a uniformity of spaniel standards, every im- 

 portant breed of spaniel should find representation oh the 

 list. Clumber spaniels as an ancient and nouorable breed 

 certainly deserve equal care with the other.s, and a repre- 

 sentative of the breed should have a say in the prop'osed. 



action. Speaking of Clumbers, Mr. Mercer writes us that 

 their new kennels will soon be in order. They are roomy, 

 with plenty of yard room and a canal within one minute's 

 walk in which to svrim the dog.s. With a good and trust- 

 worthy kennelman this kennel should now experience better 

 luck than heretofore. It is vexing to sell the expected litters 

 of four or five bitches and then to have the pups afterward 

 die on their hands, as has been their experience. 



Mr. James W. Whitney, owner of the Flour City Kennels, 

 has, we are informed, sent an order to Mr. James Hutch- 

 ings, of Exeter, Devonshire. England, for a mastiff bitch 

 that is in whelp to Exeter Noble. He has also disposed of 

 tbe cocker bitch Phyllis (Obo II.— Darkie) to Mr. G. C. 

 Cross, ot Rochester, N. Y, 



One of England's oldest and most respected judges of 

 sporting dogs, Mr. William Lort, writes to the English 

 Field about dogs .'^eizing wolves. He says: "In looking over 

 a few back numbers of the M,ckZ I notice the expression of 

 considerable diversity of opinion on the powers of dififerent 

 breeds of dogs to ruu up to and to successfully taclrle 

 wolves. I also observe that your correspondent '-Lucknow" 

 invites sportsmen to give their experiences. I h.ive not, 

 like Mr. F. Lo ve, had the opportunity of seeing the wolf 

 pursued in Russia by hounds bred especially for the pur- 

 pose; nor have I anywhere seen the wolf coursed by pure- 

 bred greyhounds. But with other breeds and dogs of no 

 breed I have witnessed and joined in many a blood-warming 

 chase of the wolf in various parts of the American conti- 

 nent—Florida, the Northwest and the Far West— and 

 although these chases frequently ended with a kill, at times 

 I observed a most unaccountable want of energy in the 

 canine pursuers. When not cheered on they would frequently 

 cease to hunt, even when the quarrv was in view and when 

 no great pace seemed required. On reflection I thought, 

 seeing how keen the pur.suit was at first, that the dogs '"ran 

 well until their curiosity was satisfied, and that then they 

 either disliked their game or they looked upon the sport as 

 too much like running after .something of their own sort, i 

 came to hold the latter view more strongly when I consid- 

 ered the energy, perseverance and determination of the same 

 dogs when in pursuit of deer, the fox, raccoon and other ani- 

 mals. Doubtless many dogs, and powerful ones, too, as sug- 

 gested by one of your correspondents, are afraid of wolves so 

 much so that they will not run up to one and seize even a 

 wounded one. Dear old Whitecloud, chief of the Iowa tribe, 

 with whom I have had many a lively hunt in days long 

 since, told me that a fear of the wolf was brought about 

 from puppies being entered before their teeth were grown, 

 and at several wolves instead of at .single ones. I can read- 

 ily believe that Whitecloud was right in what he said, 

 for I have often seen dogs, even strong old ones, after having 

 been cut and mauled by wolves, refuse for a long time 

 to go near one— in fact to evince an unconquerable fear of 

 them." 



A meeting of the executive committee of the Irish Setter 

 Club was held at the store of Wm. Tallman, 109 W. 31th 

 street, New York, President Wm. H. Child in the chair. 

 There were present Me.s.srs. Child, Thompson, and Davis, and 

 Messrs. Cheney and Perry by proxy. Messrs. Blossom, 

 Contoit and Clement were also present. Mr. Wenzel, owing 

 to sickness, was absent. On motion of Mr. Thom.son it was 

 decided to hold the trials on, or as near as possible, the 

 grounds of the Eastern or Central Clubs. Mr. Perry di.s- 

 sented, favoring Indiana or Ohio. On motion a committee 

 of two, oonsisting of Messrs. Child and Blossom, were ap- 

 pointed to wait on Col. Odell to see if any arrangement could 

 be made to run the li'ish setter trials on their grounds. The 

 secretary was instructed to communicate with Messrs. J. 

 Otto Donner, Luke White and Dr. Glover with a view to 

 securing their services as judges. The vote on the adoption 

 of constitution having been favorable forits adoption, it was 

 duly declared as adopted, and the secretary was authorized 

 to have blank applications for membership printed for dis- 

 tribution. As the expense of holding a satisfactorv field 

 trials will be large, the members are reqriested to secure as 

 many new members as practical, and also as many dona- 

 tions to the field trials fund as possible. No prizes will be 

 offered at bench shows at present, all the energies of the club 

 are to be devoted to encourage the running of Irish setters 

 in the field trials. We therefore trust that all owners of 

 Irish reds will devote their best energies to make the in- 

 augural trials a success. Get your dogs into the hands of 

 the trainers as early as possible, so that there may be no ex- 

 cuses made on account of lack of training. Take courage 

 from the record made by Rev. O'Callaghau's Coleraine in 

 the late English trials. It can be done, it is in the dogs, it 

 only needs intelligence on the part of the trainer to restrain 

 their "Irishism" and bring out their true huuting instincts. 



Mr. C. A. Sumner has been elected secretary of the South- 

 ern California Kennel Club in place of Mr. H. T. Payne. 



It is time the clubs which intend giving dog shows iu 

 Canada this fall made public their intentions. Mr. A. D, 

 Stewart, who has been elected superintendent of the coming 

 Hamilton show, writes a sensible letter to the Canadian 

 papers, advocating a move on the part of London and Kings- 

 ton, from which cities nothing has been heard. He also 

 makes a good sug.gestion that the different shows embracing 

 the circuit should print on their premium lists tbe entire 

 programme of the circuit, showing, in their order, the places 

 and dates at which the shows will be held, names of super- 

 intendents and dates of closing of entries. This idea might 

 be extended to our spring circuit with advantage, for it 

 forms a handy reference when making entries and calculat- 

 ing on challenge wins, etc. The Hamilton Club will adopt 

 the idea in any case. 



The recent members' show of the Toronto Kennel Club 

 has been instrumental in arousing greater interest in the 

 club and a large number of new members have since been 

 elected. The entrance fee, after June 5, will be .$5. We hear 

 that the spaniel classes at the coming Industrial Exhibition 

 show will be well worth striving for; .S890 is set aside for 

 them, and the Spaniel Club's classification No. 1, with 

 numerous additions, will make friend Wilmerding'a task 

 no sinecure. 



The boy whose leg was joined recently to that of a dog in 

 one of the New York hospitals, complains that now his 

 shin barks very easily.— jBa;. 



From Milwaukee we hear that another bench show is on 

 the tapis. The Wisconsm Kennel Club has been organized 

 with the following gentlemen as officers; G. G. Pabst, 

 President; C. C. Hendee, Vice-President; F. Rice, Secretary: 

 John Dickens, Treasurer. An effort will be made to hold a 

 show this fall, and with such active members of the fancy 

 as Messrs. Pabst, Sickel, Mariner, Olcott and others in the 

 club, there should be little difficulty.' 



To show the vast number of dogs shown and men inter- 

 ested in dog matters generally in England, we mention the 

 fact that although there had been nine dog shows in one 

 week, the entry at one of them, Gloucester, footed up 1,250, 

 among which were some of the best dogs in England. An 

 interestingfeature of the show was the appearance of a Duke 

 and a Duchess in the show ring at the same time. The 

 I Duchess of Newcastle was also an exhibitor and the way she 

 ' handled her dogs in the ring, brought out their good points 

 to the best advantage. We can imagine sCare-heiad 



notices such an event wouM be heralded with by the big 

 dallies of some of our cities, but it only proves how fashion- 

 able, during the last year ortwo.the showingof thoroughbred 

 dogs has become. 



The Brussels, Belgium, show was, we are told, very well 

 managed and arranged. A number of English exhibitors 

 availed themselves of the ''outing" such a trip afl;orded. 

 The judges were chiefly English and a very good class of 

 dogs were present. The Queen of the Belgians and other 

 persona of note visited the show, and on the Sunday rat kill- 

 ing, fox and badger baiting contests were held in connection 

 with the exhibition. 



During the Bo.ston show we were asked by Mr, Edward 

 Brooks, of Boston, Mass., to advise him where and how he 

 could procure a pair of Dandle Dinmonts to beat "all 

 creation." As Frank Dole was sailing that week we put this 

 commission in his hands just as the vessel was leaving her 

 dock, and that he has fulfilled his orders is shown by his 

 securing King o' the Heather and Heather Madge for'this 

 .gentleman. These are two of the best and have been doing 

 a lot of winning, so that we fancy Mr. Brooks will be satis- 

 fied now that those he showed at Boston and which he had 

 purchased as the best that could be bought, were only ordi- 

 nary. We hear the pair cost $600. 



Last week we mentioned that Prank Dole had purchased a 

 crack bull-terrier. It now turns out to be no less a dog than 

 Gully the Great, one of the best stud dogs living. Such 

 dogs as Greenhill Maggie, White Wonder, White Queen, 

 Shrew and North field Pride, and other good ones, own him 

 as sire, and Streatham Monarch as grandsire. The bitch. 

 The Shrew, also from Mr. Hicks's kennels, will also accom- 

 pany Gully the Great to this country. The name of the pur- 

 chaser is not given, but we should not be surprised to hear 

 that this dog goes Pittsburgh way. 



Dr. Bennison, a noted bulldog breeder on the other side, 

 has put his kennel of "bulls" on the market. These in- 

 clude such dogs and bitches as Forceps, Fortunio, Found, 

 Freda and Flippant. Perhaps this is a good opportunity for 

 our fanciers of this breed to pick up something nice, with 

 friend Dole on the other side to see that they are as good as 

 they should be. 



This is what the esteemed editor of the Engli.sh Stock- 

 Keeper .says of the round-headed bull-terrier which seeks 

 admission into the sacred precincts of the A. K. C. : "The 

 latest kennel extravagance in America is an American Bull- 

 Terrier Club, founded to foster and protect that hideous 

 canine abortion, the round-headed bull-terrier. These 

 hideous creatures are in high favor with our Gallic cousins, 

 whose woful ignorance of all dogs except those used in the 

 field, is sufficient excuse for any such vagary of taste, but 

 we did not expect .such an idle conceit in America. When a 

 French dandy sallies out with his huU-et-terrier there is so 

 much fancy in the man that one can afford to overlook its 

 absence in the dog. These little animals are good enough 

 to catch rats in a stable. It is the custom in France to put 

 t hrough their collar, short bits of straw, and the ends stick- 

 ing out each side give the dog a most comical air. Weha.ve 

 a water color painting of a Indl-et-tcrrier and a tcrricr-dc- 

 Skyc, by that talented animal artist, Olivier de Penne; if 

 the breed is to become rf cognized as a .sober fancy, we shall 

 hang our pictm-e where it will run the risk of being seen, 

 though we candidly admit, clever as this work is, it less de- 

 .serves hanging than the breed it depicts," 



Friend Dole has also purchased from Mr. Henry Jones his 

 dachshund bitch Janet, whose show career, though short., 

 has been at the top of the tree. She will visit Ptei-odactyle 

 before coming over. The bull bitches Magpie and Pritty 

 Cromer are also now counted in Mr. Dole's string. Mr. 

 Com.stock buying for his own kennels only, has been more 

 modest, having only purchased one Irish terrier bitch, 

 Crate, surely an appropriate name for a show dog. She 

 came out well at Manchester, but did not follow up her suc- 

 cess at the Kennel Club show. All the same, Stock-Keeper 

 says: "She is in the first flight. Her head in its length and 

 leanue.ss is almost too perfect; she .suits the latest orders 

 of the club in having drop ears, and she is altogether far 

 superior to anything of either sex yet seen. We think the 

 fancy in this country .sustains a loss in letting her go." 

 These two "Yankees" are now iu Paris. 



The bull bitch Zohara, that won several firsts and seven 

 specials at the Bulldog Club show, is only eight months 

 old, but her owner, Mr. flaydou, has refused S650 for her. 

 She has most excellagt head properties and is just as good 

 in body, but her deCractors say she is too small, as she does 

 not weigh more than 261bs. The chances are she will grow 

 out of that, weight is not a sine qua non in a bulldog; were 

 they still used for bull baiting, tbe small, active dog could bite 

 and hold on just as hard, and harder, than his more clumsy 

 and heavier brother. 



The prospects of a great meeting of greyhounds at Great 

 Bend this fall are very good, writes Mr. H. C. Lowe. 

 Several noted Calitornian hounds are expected to make 

 things interesting. 



Mrs. Smythe, proprietor of the Swiss Mountain Kennels, 

 who called upon us last week, in company with her friend 

 Mrs, Meecham, has comndssioued Mr. S. W. Smith to buy a 

 young stud dog for her fast-increa.sing kennel. 



A representative breeder of "Uncle Dick's" abomination, 

 the long and low— dachshund, Mr. Carl Klocke, of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., made a pleasant call upon us on Tuesday. Mr. 

 Klocke has some of tbe most typical dachshunde in thia 

 country iu his kennels, his dogs always being well up in the 

 li.st whenever he shows. He knows vvhat he wants, though 

 he cannot just breed it; gettiug them low enough is his 

 stumbling block. During his visit he will look round all 

 the dachshund kennels and go on a still-hunt for Ruben- 

 stein, whose services he wishes to secure. He jsresented us 

 with excellent pictures of bis Fritz K. and Bessie K. 



Mr. H. F. Peck, who is so favorably knovra to the boya on 

 the circuits in connection with the Logan Kennels of fox- 

 terriers, late of Youngstown, O., has been in this city forthe 

 past week. He brought all the dog.s of the kennel to Mr. 

 Twyford's place at Bay Ridge. Our thanks are due him for 

 an excellent picture of Pitcher in quite a striking attitude. 



Mr. Mercer, of Ottawa, owns a very fast greyhound bitch 

 called Betsy, and the owner of the Toronto champion racing 

 greyhound. Why Not, has challenged him to a match, which 

 owing to Betsy's interesting condition cannot come off be- 

 fore the fall. Neither of these greyhounds has been beaten 

 in this game, and as both are trained to leave the slips at 

 full speed and run in a straight course, like whippets, a good 

 race is sure to result. They will most likely come together 

 at the Toronto show races. Betsy has visited Justinian, who 

 is brother in blood to Fullerton, and as he, in England, won 

 the Tenant Farmers' Stakes at Altcar and divided tbe Mul- 

 linar Stakes, "Clumber" expects something pretty good. 



A three-year-old setter dog, the pet and pride of a family 

 living on Madison avenue, lias a pair of curious eccentricities. 

 Nothing can induce him, says the N. Y. Times, to trot fur- 

 ther east than Second avenue, and to become friendly mth 

 a^messfenger boy in. unifoym. If he is out walking with his 



