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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 25, 1893. 



of three, with Mr. Hopf as chairman, had been charged with 

 the duty of investigating the affair. Mr. Reick called for the. 

 report of the committee, and this not being forthcoming, it 

 was voted that the chair should appoint a new committee to 

 investigate Betsey Bobbett's pedigree. 



NATIONAL GREYHOUND CLUB. 



A MEETING- of the National Greyhound Club was held 

 at the Madison Square Garden Tuesday evening. 

 There being no constitutional provision as to a quorum, the 

 question was referred to theFoard of Directors, who decided 

 that seven should constitute a quorum, and an adjourned 

 meeting was then called. There were present the following 

 members: Messrs. Page, Schumacher, Osborn, Pope. Drake, 

 Van Hosen, Whiton, Wade, Lewis, "Watson, Vacheron, 

 Stewart, Black and Huntington. The treasurer reported 

 $13 balance and §34 stud book fund, with all debts paid. 

 The committee on prizes reported contributions received, 

 $365. The committee (Messrs. Wade and Huntington) ap- 

 pointed to ascertain the correct designation of the dog vari- 

 ously known as barzoi, psovoi and Russian wolfhound, 

 reported progress. The committee is in correspondence 

 with Gen.Tschebishoff (areeognized judge in England), Gen. 

 Balderef, Lieut. Taraoviski, Messrs. Korsch (editor of the 

 Moscow sporting paper) and Kareiff (breeder of Argoss). 



The former mail vote of the club as to an official list of 

 judges resulted in a vote of twenty-one to eight in favor of 

 there being such a list. At a subsequent special meeting 

 this mail vote was overruled. At the meeting Tuesday 

 night it was voted to sustain the vote of Sept. 22, 1891, pro- 

 viding for an official list of judges. A committee of three 

 consisting of Messrs. Osborn, Watson and Whiton was ap- 

 pointed to investigate the qualification of judges, to report 

 the same to members and to call for a mail vote. 



Mr. Whitou, who had been appointed to consider the pi'o- 

 ject of a bench show for this fall, reported progress and 

 asked that the committee be appointed. 



Three directors were elected for a term of three vears, 

 Messrs. N. Q. Popp, J. E. Thayer and C. F. R. Drake." Mr. 

 Watson being no longer on the board of directors resigned 

 his office as keeper of the stud book. The Vice-Presidents 

 elected were Messrs. N. Rowe, C. S. Wixoro, H. Osborn and 

 Roger Williams. 



WASHINGTON DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Sir cam: 



The second annual bench show of the Washingtou City 

 Kennel Club, which takes place March 8 to 11, promises to 

 be one of the best of this year's circuit in point of numbers 

 and quantity of the exhibits. You have ere this received 

 our premium list, the amount of .which aggregates nearly 

 $2,500. The special prizes are not yet half in and they will 

 amount ro nearly £1,200 more. The financial success of our 

 enterprise last year warrants a very liberal and increased 

 appropriation and expenditure. One of the most important 

 features of the new arrangements for this year will be fully 

 appreciated by both exhibitors and visitors. The entire 

 great hall will be substantially floored over with strong- 

 boards in order that the best of care of man and beast may- 

 be secured. Allot the inconveniences of last year will be 

 done away with. The ventilation and temperature of the 

 buildiDgwill be perfectly regulated. More space will be 

 devoted to the exercise of the dogs. The committee have 

 arranged for every item that was overlooked and necessarily 

 inconvenient last year. 



Applications for entries have been coming in for over six 

 weeks, and we are very sorry that the premium lists have 

 not been ready earlier. All of the important kennels of the 

 country will be represented. There will be 650 benches pro- 

 vided, and we regret that the building will not hold 1,000. 

 The superintendence and care of the dogs will be in charge 

 of the veteran John Read. The committee has spared no 

 expense to have the show of 1892 a memorable one, and a 

 credit to the city of Washington and to the management, 

 Our list of classes has been increased to 141, an addition of 

 27. Novice classes have been added, and the puppies are 

 honored with places as before. 



Miss A. H.Whitney will be given her former classes of St 

 Bernards, Newfoundlands and pugs; Maj. J. M. Taylor, 

 setters; W. Stewart Diffenderffer, beagles. Jas. Mortimer 

 will have his hands full in taking care of the pointers and all 

 other breeds. 



Those who favored us with their entries and were present 

 in 1891, can attest to the universal interest manifested by 

 the throng's of representative people who were in the city, 

 and who were in daily attendance. Nearly 15,000 people at- 

 tended and there were two unpleasant, rainy days out of the 

 four. Congress had adjourned on March 4, but this year 

 being a longer session it will be in full swing during this 

 year's show. It is more than probable that the attendance 

 will reach 25,000. Washington has demonstrated that it is a 

 show city in more ways than one. Many good dogs have 

 been bought during the year past in consequence of the 

 interest and admiration caused by the canine visitors. This 

 year Prof. Hampton will give the youngsters a treat with 

 his dog circus. Every effort has been made to make our 

 show worthy of the support of the doggy men of the coun- 

 try, and if you desire to show your dogs to the greatest 

 number of wealthy people who are in attendance from all 

 over the world we would impress upon your mind the fact 

 that there is no other city in the land so favored and fortu- 

 nate in this regard. 



At the annual meeting, held Feb. 3, the following officers 

 were re-elected for the coming year: Pres., S. W. Stine- 

 metz; Vice-Pres., Joseph H. Hunter; Sec'y, Frederic S. 

 Webster; Treas., H. E. Barrett. 



Frederic S. Webster, Sec'y. 



Washington, D. O. 



THE DOGS SHOULD WORK TO THE GUN. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"Points and Flushes" in last week's issue, by Mr. Waters, 

 is worthy of the writer, and I rhiok I am safe in saying it 

 echoes the sentiments of nine-tenths of all practical shoot- 

 ing sportsmen in America. Like Mr. Waters, I want a 

 good speedy dog, or better still, one that will give me a 

 good gait from morning till night and work to the gun at 

 all times, obey all commands promptly without any extra 

 noise; in fact'l never speak to my dogs in the field, they 

 must be tender retrievers at all times, and for the past fif- 

 teen years I have hunted over and broken dogs for my own 

 use, and they all retrieve by force, and 1 have yet to see that 

 it, broke their courage in any one case. Canadian Jester and 

 Westminster Drake are both perfect retrievers, and they 

 won second and third at the late International field trials; 

 in fact every broken dog in my kennel can retrieve, and I 

 consider no clog a broken dog until he is a good retriever. 1 

 fully agree with Mr, Waters that a well broken dog is han- 

 dicapped at our field trials as now conducted, but 1 feel sat- 

 isfied that it will only take time to show the handlers them- 

 selves that they cannot sell half-broken clogs in the near 

 future. T. G. Davey. 



London, Oat., Fe\ 13 



The joke of the dog show is a "Spectre" one. Mr. Biyee's 

 English setter Spectre, taken in by Mr. Fiske, was among 

 those early sent out by the judge. This did not suit, and 



Mr. Osborn took the dog in again and was given reserve 



in a strong class. Much as we may deprecate this sort of 

 thing, it is a capital way of finding oat a thing or two. 



DOG CHAT. 



TN the arguments set forth in a circular seut out by the 

 J. National Greyhound Club there is only one to which any 

 serious objection can be made. "Members of a specialty 

 club should never be appointed as judges of the breed rep- 

 resented by their club, because they may be called upon to 

 judge dogs they have bred or owned. This is manifestly 

 unfair." This is a poor compliment to the integrity of the 

 judges, Does the Greyhound Club suppose that it is the 

 custom for judges to consult the catalogues and ascertain 

 the breeding, etc., of every dog entered in their clashes? 

 There are no judges worthy of the name that will do that. If 

 a man cannot go into a ring and give an honest decision, 

 whether he has owned, bred or been in any way interested in 

 a dog, fairly and honestly to the other exhibitors, then that 

 man should very quickly be put on the retired list. It is just 

 as bad for a man, because he knows such and such a dog is 

 owned by a friend, in close competition, to give the friend's 

 dog a trifle the worst of it for fear of ungenerous remarks. 

 Perfect fairness is what we must have in the ring nowadays. 

 Another point that may be touched on in this connection — 

 that is, the appointment of men to judge sporting dogs at 

 dog shows whose experience with these dogs has been gained 

 almost entirely, if not altogether, in the field. These men 

 very are apt to be biased in giving their decisions by 

 remembering that lovely sunny morning when so and so 

 made that clever point cross wind, etc., and the brilliant 

 heat he ran in trying weather. It is impossible to judge 

 nose in a bench show. Many of the dogs that have been 

 placed high up in the prize list have not possessed that 

 beauty aud uniformity of points that alone should claim 

 recognition in the bench show ring, aud they are often shown 

 in "raspy" field condition and placed over dogs whose owners 

 have given them a careful bench-show preparation. To 

 take up the other question again. There is an idea abroad 

 that Forest and Stream is opposed to specialty judges. 

 This is too broad an assertion. It is opposed to specialty 

 judges who are chosen simply because they are members of 

 the club, because, in many cases, this omits the names of 

 several men quite competent to handle their breeds. A 

 specialty club's list of judges should not be a conservative 

 one, but should be one that will prove a guide to the 

 bench show committee, so that they can choose their judges 

 from men who are acceptable to the greatest number of 

 clubs, and in doing so, expect and should receive the support 

 of the specialty clubs every time. Expeiience teaches us 

 that, as a rule, when specialty clubs make an extra effort to 

 appoint one of their "pet" judges and make a special show- 

 ing of entries, there has been more genuine dissatisfaction 

 and none the less vigorous aggravation, because it is in many 

 cases indulged in sotto voce. 



The metropolitan correspondent of the Fanciers' Journal 

 wonders how it was the bulldogs imported by Messrs. Mor- 

 gan and Hobbie— Pathfinder, Cardinal Woolsey, Salem, 

 Carrie and Lady Regent had not been chronicled. With the 

 exception of the two last named we have noted the other 

 importations from time to time in Dog Chat. 



English papera to hand are full of anticipations for the 

 W r aterloo Cup that was run off Feb. 17 and following days. 

 The London Field gives a very exhaustive description of the 

 dogs that will run and attempts to give a forecast of the re- 

 sult. But before giving opinion ou this hazardous question 

 "Allan-a-Dale" quotes a letter from Mr. Dent, the trainer of 

 the great Fullerton, in which he says: "Fullerton bad a 

 spin Feb. 10, and raced right into his hare." He also adds 

 that "he hardly fancies the old dog is going quite so fast as 

 in previous years, but that he is as true as steel, and if he 

 gets over his first course will be sure to run well." The 

 Field writer then says that a fourth season dog like Fuller- 

 ton will hardly be able to stand the strain of six courses, 

 especially if one should be a long one, and that he will look 

 to some 6f the youngsters to supply the winner, and from 

 these names Patrick Blue, Neston, Great Fly and Full of 

 Mischief, and among full age dogs, Fullerton, Boss o' the 

 Shanty, Simonian, Woodcote Greeu and Jolly Colleen, as 

 likely performers, pinning his final choice to' A. F, Pope's 

 Patrick Blue and J. F. Salter's Neston. 



Mr. James Hinks, the bull-terrier man, must be imbued 

 with a good deal of the courage of his terriers, for he recently, 

 owing to the refusal of the veterinary surgeon to act, re- 

 moved a tumor from a lion's eye, in a menagerie, and as our 

 contemporary, Stock-Keener (Eug.) facetiously adds, "after- 

 ward physicked the whole menagerie from the big elephant 

 to the humming birds." 



The first numbers of The British Fa ncier were put in our 

 hands by Mr. Raper, who, as their reporter-in -chief, will do 

 a critical report of the New York show for his journal. The 

 paper is excellently edited and gives promise of being an 

 interesting addition to canine literature. On the front page 

 of the first issue is a pleasing picture in colors of the Queen's 

 favorite dog, the Pomeranian Marco. There is another good 

 feature about the new journal — the reports of the shows are 

 very full aud more critical than the general run of such 

 work in England. As a guide to Americans this is es- 

 pecially interesting. We wish the new journal every suc- 

 cess. 



When you need a friend don't pick out the man whose 

 dog never wants to follow him.— liam/s Horn. 



The noted St. Bernard Mount Morgan, litter brother of 

 Lord Rute, left Liverpool on Friday, Feb. 12, on the steam- 

 ship Tauric for New York and arrived here ou Tuesday 

 last. He has been quite successful on the bench, although 

 he is not quite as tall as his brother; he shows lots of 

 quality. Mount Morgan has been purchased for the stud 

 and will head the St. Bernard kennels at Yonkers, which 

 will bear his name. Mr. W. Ohlrich is the manager. 



The gathering of Japanese spaniels at New York is likely 

 to be the best ever seen at a dog show. A. A. Vantine <fe Co. 

 have imported several very high-class "Japs" recently, 

 among them are Tokio, Shu jo, Chosi, Princess Yodo, Fusi- 

 yama and Hama. They are all bred by N. Naka, Tokio, 

 Japan, aud represent the "Inus"iu aperfection of form that 

 will be a delight to the connoisseurs of the breed. This 

 quaint, lively and intelligent pet dog seems to have taken a 

 firm hold on popular fancy, and it looks very much as if 

 they will become keen rivals to the Yorkshire and pug in 

 the fancies of the gentler sex. There are 25 "Japs" entered 

 at New York, Mrs. Eugene Clark, Mrs. F. Senu, Albert B. 

 Hilton and A. A. Vantine & Co. being the principal ex- 

 hibitors. 



The famous collie champion Charlemagne died Feb 0. 

 This dog was whelped Jan. 4, 1879, and was by Trefoil out of 

 Maude. He was perhaps the most wonderful collie of the 

 age. He was bred by Mr Bissel , and was first brought out at 

 Bristol, according t6 a communication to the English Stock- 

 Keeper, and his career for some years was a most victorious 

 one. To show what a wonderfully good dog he was, it is 

 only necessary to state that after several years of retirement 

 he was brought out again, nearly as good as new, at the 

 Collie Club show in 1890, where, besides winning in the 

 veteran class, he had a shy at the Collie Club's trophy and 

 won it, beating such grand dogs as Metchley Wonder and 

 Christopher. His record as a sire is equal to that on the 

 bench, as most of the crack dogs of the day run back to him 

 on one side or the other. The great Eclipse was his most 

 illustrious son, and two other good ones were Trefoil and 



Monteith. The death of such a dog is a matter of regret to 

 collie fanciers on both sides of the water. 



The great meat purveyor, Mr. Armour, gave several of 

 the visiting dogmen at the Chicago show au experience 

 that they will not readily forget. Invited to inspect bis 

 immense offices in the city, where Mr. Armour himself 

 did the duties of chaperon, carriages were after- 

 ward placed at our disposal to convey the party to the 

 stock yards to see the killing processes. Under the guid- 

 ance of one of Mr. Armour's bright young men, Mr. Wal- 

 drop, who we must remark, en passant, neglected no op- 

 portunity to render our visit most enjoyable, the party 

 traversed the "porker's" fatal path from the moment it was 

 yanked up by the hindleg from the pen to where his breth- 

 ren who had gone before him hung in rows of steaming, suc- 

 culent Frankfurters, so dear to the German heart. So 

 quickly is the process manipulated that it was with diffi- 

 culty we could keep ahead of piggv in his numerous light- 

 ning changes. The same applies to the cattle and the sheep, 

 and the result was that the party was still further impressed 

 with the greatness of the country and incidentally the firm 

 of Armour & Co. Among those who were interested speeta- 

 tators of the novel scenes were. E. B. Sears. Harry North- 

 wood and friend, Alfred Heald, B. F. Lewis, Tim Donoghue, 

 W. B. Rothermel, to whose good offices the visit was in great 

 part made possible, Roger D. Williams, the writer and 

 others. To give an idea of the vast interests of the concern 

 we may mention that the firm's telegraph bill is §100,000 per 

 annum, ten thousand men are employed at the yards, and 

 one man's whole time is occupied in signing checks— this 

 man was an object of great interest. Returning to the dog 

 show, three cheers were given for our hospitable entertainer, 

 and filled to repletion with scenes of blood and— sausages, 

 we turned not unwillingly to the more peaceful aisles of 

 the dog show. 



We have before made mention of Cruft's show, that wa3 

 to take place in London on Feb. 10 to 12. English papers 

 tell us that the euormous record entry of 3,025 was the re- 

 sult of Mr. Cruft's efforts. Opinions differ as to the good to 

 canine interests such an immense show will have, but the 

 fact remains that on occasion the English fancy can turn 

 out royally. Speaking of royal reminds us that several of 

 the Royal family exhibited dogs, notably the Queen, Prince 

 of Wales, the Czar of Russia, etc. Despite the great task 

 set before the judges we are told that marked catalogues 

 were issued the second day. We have not space to spare to 

 enumerate all the good dogs in different breeds that were 

 exhibited, but in St. Bernards the cracks Siegfried and 

 Marvel met, the former being placed first, and a good young 

 dog ot this breed was also introduced to the public. Mr. 

 Raper was one of the judges, and left for this couutry as 

 soon as his duties were over. 



The Keystone Kennel Club entries number 435, and about 

 380 will be benched. Everything promises a successful 

 show. 



Mr. Lamb is getting over another good St. Bernard bitch, 

 Sunol, by Novar out»of Lady Roseberry. It is said to be a 

 good one, aud has already made something of a record, hav- 

 ing won first and special in puppy classes at Cruft's show. 

 She was bred to Sir Hereward before coming over, and sailed 

 last Saturday on the S, S. Anchoria. 



It is rumored that Mr. Sprague, the late secretary of the 

 English Bulldog Club, has come to the United States; if 

 this is the case he has not turned up at the dog show. 



Mr, George Rapar arrived in the best of condition on Sun- 

 day last on the Etruria after a fairly good voyage. Several 

 dogmen were present to give him welcome as he touched 

 ground in the New World. He brought over with him Mr. 

 Reick's new Sb. Bprnard bitch Lady Bountiful, the wire- 

 haired fox-terrier Brittle and a young black and tan terrier 

 for Dr. Foote. After "clearing" he was given a luncheon, 

 and it was noted on all sides that he seemed to drop into the 

 customs of the new country as if to the manner born, and it 

 was speedily voted that Mr. Riper "will do." By the way, 

 terrier men are enthusiastic over the brass model of a, fox- 

 terrier that this gentlemen brought over. This is the 

 model that the German Fox-Terrier Club had designed 

 recently. 



Mr. A. AV. Smith, of Buffalo, N. Y., makes a point of never 

 missing the W. K. C. dog show, but this year his enjoyment 

 is considerably lessened through the loss of his black and 

 tan terrier bitch, the noted Buffalo Lass. She was found 

 dead in her crate on arrival at the express office here, having 

 been smothered. The crate is her usual traveling box with 

 wire windows at each end, so that to exclude the air the in- 

 telligent express messenger must have completely packed it 

 round with other boxes. Mr. Smith has our sincere sym- 

 pathy. 



Mr. Belmont made a good suggestion at the W. K. C. 

 dinner when he said he thought it would be a good plan to 

 have an annual exhibitors' dinner and smoking concert. 

 This would tend to draw the exhibitors closer together and 

 give au opportunity to exchange ideas ou dogs, renew friend- 

 ships and gen erally discuss dogdom during the past year. 

 He thought to secure a room in the building would be better 

 than going to a hotel, and we believe is trying to make some 

 arrangement to this effect for Friday evening. 



The premium list of the Washington City Kennel Club 

 lies before us. The judges selected are Miss. A. H. Whitney 

 for St. Bernards, Newfoundlands and pugs; Major 3. M, 

 Tavlor, poiuters, English, Irish, Gordon setters; W. Stewart 

 Diffenderffer, beagles; James Mortimer, all other breeds. 

 The list of prizes is on a basis of $12 and $8 for challenge 

 classes, and ?12, §8 and $4 in the open for the large and popu- 

 lar breeds, including setters and pointers, collies and fox- 

 terriers. The others have $10 and $5 in challenge, and S10, 

 $S and S3 in open, with the exception of the rougb-haired 

 terriers and pet dogs, which have $8 and -54. The entry fee 

 is $3, and entries close Feb. 27 with Mr, Webster, 711 Four- 

 teenth street, Washington, D. C. The club gives kennel 

 prize?, ranging from $10 to $15, for several of the important 

 breeds. Puppy classes are also provided for those under 12 

 months old. The new rule, we believe, goes into effect after 

 the Westminster Kennel Club's show: so that the puppies 

 shown at this show must be over 6 months old. The atten- 

 tion of the W. C. K. C. is drawn to this fact. In another 

 column a letter from the secretary gives every information 

 regarding the improvements the club have made and intend 

 making for their coming show. The efforts of the Washing- 

 ton people should be well received, as that city is an emi- 

 nently good one for the exhibitors who show either for 

 pleasure or profit. A number of valuable specials have been 

 donated by specialty clubs and individuals, and the follow- 

 ing new classes added: Irish terriers. Class 118, challenge, 

 dogs and bitches, S8 and $4; 118a, dogs, $8 and 84; 118b, bitches, 

 $8 and 34, Bloodhounds, Class 23, dogs, 23a, bitches, S10, #5 

 and $3. 



"I've got the grip awfully," said one newspaper mau to 

 another. "It seems to have settled in my head." 



"Is that so?" said the other, sympathetically. ''Well, it 

 always catches a fellow in his weakest place." 



