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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LJunB 11, 1891* 



DOG CHAT. 



WE havenoticed a decided improvemeTit for several weeks 

 past in the Icennel department of tbe BiipcUsh Fan- 

 cierfi' Qazette, showing that there was evidently a wide 

 awake writer doing the kennel pars. A Scotchman, Mr. J. 

 B. Smith of Glasgow, has, it seems, taken charge of this 

 paper's kennel interests. Mr. Smith is well-known in Scot- 

 land as a breeder and exhibitor of fox-terriers and a member 

 of the Scottish Kennel Club. Before jonrneying down to 

 Liondon town, he wa.s given a dinner by bis friends in the 

 Land o' Cakes, and indging by the enconiums passed npon 

 Mm and the improved appearance of their kennel depart- 

 ment, onr English contemporary has made a good move. 



Tbongh the arrival of Scottish Prince has not created such 

 widespread interest as that of Sir Bedivere, still it marks 

 the advent of a dog that with age and proper handling is 

 bound to make a great name for himself in this country. 

 Mr. Samuel Mann, with Scottish Prince, Aristocrat aikl 

 Altonette, arrived last Monday morning by the steamship 

 Arizona after a rather rough passage of nine days. On 

 visiting Col. Eappert's temporary keanels at his brewery, 

 the two noted dogs were, to all appearances, holding a re- 

 ception, several St. Bernard men having come to get a ]ieep 

 at the cracks. Scottish Prince had, we were told, a hard 

 time of it during the voyage, the first three days being very 

 rough he was [irostrated by seasickne.ss and ate nothing for 

 three or lonr days, and is now only just coming round. 

 During the voyage he also broke out in several places a.ud 

 as he is out of coat as well, one cannot fonn a just opinion 

 of his true appearance. He is, however, a magnificently 

 built animal, exceptionally good on his pins, combining 

 great bone with a more than ordinary height, very nearly, 

 if not quite, 35in. at the shoulder. His depth of chest and 

 breadth and depth of loin are very noticeable. His head, 

 while not so .short as some judges like them, has a great depth 

 of muzzle and massiA^e skull. His eyes are particularly 

 good. His color is not so rich an orange as his kennel mate 

 Aristocrat, who is also a dog of more than ordinary size 

 and bone. Scottish Prince is by Prince Regent out of Moss 

 Rose. His grandsire is champion Plinlinunon and his pedi- 

 gree throuEjhont .shows winning blood on both sides. He 

 was whelped April ;34, 1889. He still looks puppyish and 

 will need another year to get fully "set." Aristoci-at is by 

 champion Plinlimmon out of Lady Adelaide. His blood is 

 also rich iu champion sires and dams. This dog is aptly 

 named, for his rich color and nice shadings and markings 

 give him a look of quality to which his actiAdty lends a jaunty 

 air. His bone is excellent and coat could not be improved. 

 His winnings make up a long list of firsts and specials, hav- 

 ing, we under.stand, won more first prizes than any other 

 St. Bernard last year. Col. Ruppert, Jr., certainly holds a 

 strong hand with this pair. Aristocrat showed himself to 

 be in good and healthy condition. We next proceeded to the 

 stall where Altonette was kenneled. She unfortunatelj' 

 contracted distemper at the time of sailing, and Mr. Mann 

 at one time had little hopes of landing her alive. She is, 

 however, now over the worst part of it, and only needs care- 

 ful nursing and fresh air. She is now almost a year old, 

 and is certainly a bitch of great height, nearly 33in. we were 

 told; she has also a roomy body. Her markings are very 

 pi-etty, but there is still room for improvement in her head, 

 which has hardly breadth and depth enough as yet. All 

 she needs is age and good ti-eatment. Altonette, as her 

 namedeuotps, is by Alton out of Scottish Lady, was whelped 

 June 30, 1890, and shows Nero 111., Queen Jura and Plin- 

 limmon blood in her pedigree. Some time since we pub- 

 lished a picture of Scottish Prince, which, though he was 

 only 18 months old Avhen the photograph was taken, shows 

 oS. his i7nmense bone and massive head to perfection. These 

 dogs will, unless Col. Ruppert alters his mind, be sent to 

 his Duchess Kennels at Poughkeepsie next Wednesday. 

 The sooner the better, as Prince and Altonetta both need 

 that exercise and fresh air which a run on a 75-a ere farm 

 will give them. Col. Rupi^ert, Jr., had some difficulty in 

 gettiriii- the dogs through the customs, having to sign a bond 

 of $1,700. In conclusion we must congratulate this gentle- 

 man upon his pluck and enterprise iu securing three typical 

 specimens of the holy breed, and the St. Bernard breeders 

 of the country will, we are sure, join with us in the hope 

 that both Scottish Prince and Altonette will soon be in 

 good condition again. They will both be put in a competent 

 veterinary's hands at once. 



Mr. Mann also brought over with him a ten-weeks-old pup 

 named Heron for his father's kennel. This pup weighs 

 already SSlbs. During his visit to England he saw all the 

 crack St. Bernards, and expressed himself as much pleased 

 M-ith the treatment he received. 



At a meeting held last Friday the Toronto Kennel Club, 

 after reporting that their late members' show was a finan- 

 cial sviccess, decided that the next competition be held the 

 &rst week in August. Special classes to be judged only and 

 their points explained. A smoking concert is announced at 

 an early date. In May, next year, a genei-al show of mem- 

 bers' dogs will be held. Messrs. Davey and Kirk were ten- 

 ered thanks for their services as judges at the last show. 



From "Condensed Telegrams," in a recent issue of the 

 Sun, we read: "Mrs. Charles AVheatleigh's pug Victoria 

 still causes sorrovf at Hempstead, L. I., by her continued 

 absence." 



The California Kennel Club is well pleased with the re- 

 sult of its recent show at San Francisco, especially as finan- 

 cially the show was a success. A much more ambitious at- 

 tempt is promised for next j'ear. The club now propose 

 holding a field trial, and with that end in view a committee 

 will be formed to hunt up suitable grounds within easy 

 access of the city with a view to leasing the shooting privil- 

 eges. The Pacific Kennel Club's trials will again be held at 

 Bakersfield this fall. 



At a meeting of the New Jersey Kennel Club, held Friday 

 evening last, Mr. Peshall gave an account of the action 

 taken by the A. K. C. and their refusal to admit him as the 

 accredited delegate of the N. J. K. C. Mr. Peshall then ten- 

 dered his resignation as delegate to the A. K. C. Thereupon 

 the club unanimously refused to accept i t. The club is fully 

 decided to stand by their action, therefore Mr. Peshall is still 

 their delegate-elect. The following gentlemen sent in their 

 resignations as members of tbe club: Messrs. Pierre Loril- 

 laid, Jr., J. D. Shotwell, Rowland P. Keasbey, Benjamin 

 Edge and Gerhard Cissar. Mr. Peshall and Dr. Housniug 

 were appointed a committee to confer with the New Jer- 

 sey State Fair Association to see if any arrangement 

 could be made with them for a building suitable for the club 

 to give a dog show this fall. 



We thank the Seminole Kennels for a very pleasing pho- 

 tograph of their noted collie, The Squire. They write us 

 that the demand for collies seems to be increasing, standing 

 next in popularity to the St. Bernards. As this kennel 

 have placed their aogs in the stud at prices that bring them 

 within the reach of every breeder, we should certainly soon 

 .see an improvement in young stock that will he shown next 

 year. There is every reason why the collie should become 

 popular, for no other breed is more intelligent and good- 

 natured. Leaving out of consideration their working capa- 

 bilities, which cannot be surpassed by any other breeds they 

 also, as comiianions of ladies and children or family pets, 

 commend themselves to public notice. The collie trials 

 which will be held by the collie club next year will serve to 



draw attention to their useful qualities as an aid to the 

 farmer. We have no means of informing ourselves as to 

 the number of working dogs of recognized collie blood that 

 there are in this country, unless those breeders who )n-eed 

 for work instead of bench, can give us some informatioo on 

 the subject. If any of our readers own collies which they 

 use in farm work we are sure it would be interesting to have 

 them tell us their methods of training and of the many in- 

 telligent traits their dogs display while out at their work. 

 Many marvelous tales are told of their almost human intel- 

 ligence, and from what we have seen ourselves on the moors 

 and in some of the farming districts of England, we are 

 almost prepared to swallow them without the customary 

 seasoning, 



"Whatever became of that greyhound you had?" "Killed 

 himself." "Really?" "Yes, tried to catch a fly on the small 

 of his back and miscalculated. Bit himself in two."— B?'oo?f.- 

 ly)i Life. Not .short enough in loin, very likely. 



Our increased list of kennel advertisements every week 

 shows that breeders appreciate a medium by which they are 

 sure to sell their dogs. Among the new ones we notice this 

 week, we find that R. W. Sawyer has several St. Bernards 

 for sale: Chas. D. Bemheimer is disposing of his fox-terriers; 

 Chas. D. Roberts several pointers; Geo. C. Cross a cocker 

 bitch; Lone Star Kennels several pointers; M. C. Fnrst an 

 Irish .setter bitch; William Ledyard has several high class 

 beagles and a pointer for .sale. Frank Hope has a new ad- 

 vertisement and Dr. Glover calls attention to his vermifuge. 

 In the stud, Rochelle Kennels' black and tan terriers. 



We regret to hear that Mr. William H. Case, of Lockport, 

 New York, has lost by poison his pointer bitch Flash. The 

 loss is all the more unfortunate as Flash had the reputation 

 of beiug the best broken dog in that part of the State. 



We really should like to have some cheerful news from 

 Ottawa, but it would seem as if this were impossible. 

 "Clumber" writes us now that his Lass o' Beauty, which 

 went the round of the past circuit, was killed the other day 

 by a passing train. She was bred by tlie Duke of Westminster 

 and in 1887 won second at Birmingham, only time exliibited 

 in England. Over here she won first and special at Denver, 

 Boston and Buffalo, and second New York and Chicago, to 

 Lady Bromine. 



On condition that he will run him in the coming field 

 trials, Mr. Anthony presented the young pointer RidgeAdew 

 Beau, by Tribulation out of Bloorao 11.^ to Mr. D. C. Bern- 

 heimer, the owner of the fox-terrier Raby Trigger. Mr. 

 Bernheimer will comply with the conditions", and we believe 

 Mr. Short will take the dog iu hand. 



Mr. C. A. Stone informs us that the Collie Club has very 

 kindly donated their silver medal, value fSO, for the best col- 

 lie dog in the open class, and their bronze medal for the 

 best bitch, OAvned by members of the Collie Club, to be com- 



Eeted for at the coming bench show of the Industrial Ex- 

 ibition Association, to be held in Toronto, September next. 



The Collie Club show held a week or two since in England 

 seems to have been a miserable failure, only about eighty 

 dogs beiug benched. At the same time the quality of the 

 dogs present was of the best. We notice that in the chal- 

 lenge class Chestnut Hill Kennels' Christopher was second 

 to Metchley Wonder, as he was not in his u.sual bloom. In 

 the under "two-yeai--old class this kennel took third with 

 Wellesboume Captain, who is said to be the best in the class 

 but for his faulty carriage of ear. This kennel also took 

 fourth prize in the puppy class, with Wellesboume Sham- 

 rock, who wants time and more coat. In the under two- 

 year-old bitch class, Wellesboume Violet, reserve, is spoken 

 of as a aood one; she also won the special for the best, bred 

 by exhibitor. Metchley Wonder beat Christopher again in 

 the stud dog class, but in the brood hi reh class Chestnut 

 Hill scored with Bertha and also won the team prize. In 

 the collie Derby, Mr. Stretch, who sold Christopher to Mr. 

 Harrison, won "first, second and third with his entries, thus 

 making a new record. 



At the South port (England; .show, Messrs. Toons and 

 Symonds's black and tan terrier Beaconsfield stu-prised his 

 friends by appearing in the challenge class, when he was 

 thousrhttobe in America. He won without competition. 

 In the open class Mr. Ijacy's Rhodes Oban beat the noted 

 Derby Bess, Messrs. Toons 'and Symonds's Prince Regent 

 taking third prize. In the novice class, however, Rhodes 

 Ob.au was beaten by Floribel, and also had to give w^ay to 

 Prince Regent, whom he had beaten in the other class. The 

 veteran Geo. Helliwell does not often make a mistake of this 

 sort. The competition for the ten-guinea cup for the best 

 dog in the show created great excitement. Those left in the 

 final were the bulldog British Monarch. Yorkshire terrier 

 Ted, the black spaniel Newton Abbott King and the sensa- 

 tional collie Sir Hector, who made his d6but at this show. 

 The five judges voted as follows: Newton Abbott King 

 three, and the collie and bulldog one vote each. Quite 

 a feather in the cap of the spaniel men. This is a com- 

 petition where Sir Bedivere always held trump cards. 



In Ireland speedy ju.stice seems to follow those miserable 

 fellows who wantonly shoot "man's best friend." In a re- 

 cent trial the complainant stated that he was walking across 

 a field where the defendant was sowing seed, the dog left 

 his .side, and in a minute or so a shot was heard, and on the 

 complainant going to ascertain the cause he saw the defend- 

 ant shoot at the dog a.gain. The dog died soon after the 

 shots were fired. The defendant was fined So 'J5 and ordered 

 to pay §50 as compensation or in default to be imprisoned 

 thi-ee months with hard labor in Belfast jail. A few de- 

 cisions of that sort over here would have a beneficial effect 

 on some people who think a dog a good target. 



Mr. S. L. Boggs, we learn, has arrived in London with 

 Messrs. Joe Lewis and W. H. Rutter, .Jr., and by this time 

 Messrs. Moore and Grosvenor will have also lauded on terra 

 firina. Messrs. Dole and Comstock are evidently lost iu the 

 wilds of Paris, as we hear nothing of them this week. 



Dr. Mills writes us that we were quite correct in our sup- 

 position that he had nothing to do with the Canadian 

 ambush correspondence rc Mr. Mason, As a Canadian he 

 was ashamed of it and regretted it, though it expressed 

 after all the feelings of a very small number. A great deal 

 of it appeared long before he was aware of its puolication. 

 He believes that judges should be chosen solely for their 

 merit, and not because they reside here or there. 



There are many English fanciers, and men who take a 

 passing interest in dogs in this country, who will read with 

 regret the news of the death of England's foremost sporting 

 do% judge — Mr. William Lort. He died at his friend Mr. 

 Assheton Smith's residence, A^aynol Park, Bangor, Wales. 

 The English papers speak very feelingly on his death and 

 characterize him as a fine British sxjortsman, an amiable 

 man and as popular an English gentleman as ever lived. 

 His long association with dog shows, from their early in- 

 ception, had made him a familiar figure at these gather- 

 ings. As an ail-round sportsman he had, it is said, no 

 superior. He had made several journeys to the Arctic re- 

 gions and it was only in our last issue we published a letter 

 of his about hunting wolves on our Western prairies. He 

 first acted as judge of pointers at the Birmingham show of ■ 



1860 and since then has officiated at more shows than any 

 other judge. He was always in great demand at shows on 

 the Continent .and in 1878 he judged the sporting classes at 

 the New York show, when we notice, by referring to the 

 catalogue, that .55 entries appeared in the English setter 

 open dog class and Irish setters were known as red or red 

 and white setters. As a breeder of pointers, setters and 

 spaniels he was well known, and Stock-Keeper tells us that 

 a quarter of a century since there was no breeder that did 

 not gladly .secure a dash of the Lort. blood into his kennels. 

 His well-known Dip I. sired Quince, the grandsire of Mr. J. 

 Gumming Macdonna's great field trial winner Ranger, and 

 his strain of setters is very highly .spoken of in Mr. 

 Laverack's book. We cannot close this short obituary 

 more appropriately than by showing the dogmen iu this 

 country the estimation he was held in by his fellow coun- 

 trymen, by quoting from the above paper; "In fact, no 

 man was ever more beloved than was Mr, William Lort. 

 He possessed the courage of a hero, combined with the ten- 

 derness of a woman, his very weaknesses— and fhev were 

 few. indeed— were virtues, as they invariably arose from his 

 goodness of heart and sympathv with his friend or neigh- 

 bor. No such record has yet been left behind him by any of 

 the many who have passed away since the occasion of 'the 

 first dog show at Newcastle in 1859— a record that is untar- 

 nished by a smirch of double-dealing, of avarice, or of 

 treachery; a record that tells of troops of friends, of not a 

 .single enemy, .and of a popularity among the outside public 

 that has never been achieved by anv other judge. Above 

 all, Mr. Lort has borne aw^ay with him to the Silent Land, 

 the sands of which must be trod by all of us, the noble 

 reputation of having lived and died an English gentleman," 



Mr. Hedly Chapman, who sold the St. Bernard bitch 

 Hepsey to Mr. Diffenderffer, and who is the owner of Prin- 

 cess Florence, gave Mr. Shillcock S5,000 for the youngster Sir 

 Hereward, a son of Lord Bute. From all accotruts this 

 young dog is about the best now left iu England. 



In commenting on the new tariff laws relating to dogs, 

 one of which compels the seller of a dog to enter it in the 

 Kennel Club stud book, Stocli-Kecpcr says: "There are 

 difficulties hei-e which our readers will readily perceive. A 

 man may have sold a dog that has won a prize and thereby 

 earned his title to a number, but he may have to wait 

 months till the next volume is due and his number appears. 

 Mr. Aspinwall (the secretary) hopes to surmount this ob- 

 stacle by putting a signed memorandum on his pedigree 

 form stating that the dog has qualified for admission in 

 the stud book and will be entered in the forthcoming publi- 

 cation." 



Mr. C. S. Wixom, who was sent home for repairs from the 

 Cleveland show, is now quite himself acain, although he 

 has been a very sick man. He writes us that his team of 

 dogs will have a lively time of it this fall what with cours- 

 ing meetings, beagle trials and dog shows crowding each 

 other so close. 



We learn that twenty couple of harriers are now on the 

 way to this country from England consigned to the Chest- 

 nut HID Kennels, which will, we hear, devote considerable 

 attention to this breed in the future. From Canine World 

 we hear they have been hunted regularly in Hampshire. 



We have received the constitution and by-laws of the 

 Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club. Their show 

 will be held, as we have already announced, at Gloversville, 

 N. Y. 



Just as we goto press we have received a letter from Mr. 

 Walter J. Comstock, who by the address w^e find is now with 

 Friend Dole in Rome. He incloses an excellent picture of 

 his new Irish terrier Crate, which we shall illustrate next 

 week. Friend Dole also seudsus a very lenglhy epistle with 

 lots of news, which must be reserved" now for next week. 

 He has bought the fox-terrier Dobbin for the Wnodall Ken- 

 nels; the Ijull bitch Magpie for Mr, A. J. Hatch. New Haven, 

 Conn.: a small bnll-terrier bitch, Whire Matchless, by Gully 

 the Great, for himself, also a large-.sized one named Lively 

 Son; the others we have nu'iitioued from time to time. They 

 return to England July 15, and a week aftei- sail for home. 

 Frank says: "The mo.st welcome thing we have seen in 

 Rome was the FOKEST A^D Stbeam, which Mr. Krehl kindly 

 sent us." 



In a letter from Mr. Huber to Dr. Glover we learn that the 

 former gentleman h.as purchased the noted pointer bitch 

 Sally Brass II. from Mr. Charles Heath. 



We understand that owing to a change in the game laws 

 of North Carolina, the coming trials maybe affected. The 

 open season commences Nov. Land closes Feb. 28. Davidson 

 county, and consequently Lexington, where the Central 

 Trials are held, is exempt from this law, but Gilford county, 

 in which High Point is situated, will have to comply with 

 the law unless some steps can be taken to include this 

 county also in the exemption. This will seriously handicap 

 some of the handlers in their preparatory work. 



We learn from the Detroit Trihuna that Messrs. Campbell 

 & Blake's whippet Benbow nuide a record for himself on the 

 Delroit Athletic Grounds last Saturday. He ran the 200yds. 

 on a cinder path in 13 seconds, under careful timing. This 

 is the do.g that ran so well at London last fall. Mr. Blake 

 also writes us that in the race last Saturday the wind was 

 against the dog. 



Cur thanks are due to Mr. Geo. Bell for the excellent pho- 

 tograph of his greyhounds Jolly Ranger and White Wings. 

 iVir. Bell is striking out in a new direction and expects two 

 greyhounds from England shortly. 



A. K. C. STUD BOOK ENTRIES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I beg to send you the following comparative table, giving 

 the number of paid entries received for the Sttrd Book and 

 the Qazette for the first five months (Jan. 1 to June 1) of 

 each year, from the first publication by the American Ken- 

 nel Club. I think it will make interesting reading: 



Stud Book. 



Year. Fee. No. of entries. Condition. 



1887 ..50 971 Voluntary. 



1888 .50 2.014 Compulsory.* 



1889 .50 1,358 Voluntary, 



1890 Sl.OO fisg Voluntary. 



1891 $1.00 1,61(5 Voluntary. 

 * First year of Ride S. 



Gazette. 



1889 .25 1,883 Oomptdsory. 



1890 .25 1,235 Compulsory. 

 1881 .2b l,yC8 Compulsory. 



A. P. Veedekbuegh, Secretary. 



THE BREEDER OF CHAMPION HESPER.— Putney 

 Heath, England —/iJ(Zi/-0;-i*'o/'cst and Stream: Fearing that 

 the same mistake may have occurred in your paper as in the 

 London Fanciers' Gazette that the lately deceased champion 

 Hesper (20819) was bred by S. W. Smith, I wish to inform 

 you that is not correct, as this grand animal was bred by me. 

 — Samuel Smith, 



