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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Makch 3, 1892. 



ford and Lovett battle once more. Mr. and Mrs. Serin were 

 interested in the Yorkshires, besides Mr. Symonds and George 

 Thomas. 



A. E. Pitts and Al Eberhart and Miss Bannister represented 

 the pug division; and then the ladies interested in the toy span- 

 iels; Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. F. Senn and Mrs. Franklin with Lady 

 Hillary. J, Otis Fellows had a little of everything, and W. 

 Wade had his annual gossip. The influence of the "W". K. C. 

 show on dogdorn is far-reaching, and at no time has this been 

 better demonstrated than this week. 



Mr. James Mortimer had everything well arranged, but 

 still he was busy everywhere and little escaped him, and 

 compliments flew toward him enough to turn any man's head. 

 John Read, his assistant manager, cool and quiet as ever, 

 looked after his part equally well, and marshalled his forces 

 with soldierly precision. No duty straw or rubbish in the 

 aisles, under these two men. The attendants are good on the 

 whole, and look well after then- duties. Spratts of course are 

 feeding, and Sanitas kills any offensive smell instanter. Dr. 

 Glover keeps an eye on the dogs, but there is little for him 

 to do— he took care of that at the gate. With the exception 

 of one or two puppies who had caught cold, I saw very little 

 disease. 



St. Bernards. 



Judge— Miss A. H. Whitney. 



This handsome, noble breed still keeps its place in popular 

 favor. The quality, however, of the home-bred ones does not 

 keep pace as yet with their popularity. Here and there, one 

 meets a likely youngster, but there is sure to be some struc- 

 tural fault that interferes with its general type. This applies 

 more to the rough than the smooth. Of course, consequent to 

 the very numerous high-priced and valuable importations, the 

 money prizes are well taken care of, and in individual speci- 

 mens we can defy England now. Miss Whitney got to work 

 on time, and in her usual quiet and confident way brought 

 either joy or misery to the expectant ones. 



The challenge dog class brought out Kingston Regent and 

 Plinhmmon, Jr. This was a keen enough competition to com- 

 mence with. In legs and body, in length and nowhere else, 

 Plin beats the other dog, whose great stockiness aud height in 

 build makes him appear short. Comparatively, in head, how- 

 ever, the New York dog smothers his opponent despite the 

 fact that he has no blaze ; in depth of muzzle, skull and ex- 

 pression there is no comparison, and this, no doubt, gave him 

 the prize. In bitches Lady Livingston's intense quality, hand- 

 some markings and well matured body could not be denied, 

 and she was easily first, Manon going off considerably to what 

 I have seen her; she is beaten in skull and general contour of 

 head by Republican Belle, who won, but Manon has it in bone 

 and body; it is a toss up anyhow, and were Manon as shown a 

 a year ago she would win. 



Then the open class trooped in— a goodly crowd and bewil- 

 dering no doubt to the unpracticed eye, but Miss Whitney 

 strolled among them unconcerned, and picking the chaff from 

 the wheat selected five or six to stand in the middle, and these 



Champion Hector. 



are found in their places in the prize list. Sir Bedivere was a 

 foregone conclusion, and there was nothing to push him, and 

 luckily, for he was not by any means in the bloom we saw 

 him last year. He has been ill with diarrhoea, and the effect 

 in his loins and quarters and his faults in hind parts are more 

 apparent. His great beauty and quality, however, is not re- 

 duced in any degree, and he won easily. Second place needed 

 some judging, and I cannot agree with the type selected. If 

 Sir Bedivere is right then the other two, so much unlike him, 

 should not be up so close. They (Donald and Lord Melrose) 

 are grand dogs, of immense size, in fact the largest out, but I 

 think we want a more compact dog, with the shadings, etc , 

 that are characteristic of the breed, and more than aught 

 else, legs and feet that are properly formed. These Donald 

 and Lord Melrose have not. Donald is better behind than 

 Lord Melrose, but is beaten very much in front. Lord Mel- 

 rose has the better shaped head, more massive. These two 

 were placed side by side ; Melrose is the taller, and his straight 

 hocks do not seem to interfere with his action at all; he 

 strikes one as too narrow throughout barriug head. Donald 

 moves weak behind, is plain faced, has great depth of chest, 

 but is naiTOw and flat-ribbed, and quarters fall away too 

 quickly. Jim Blaine is a better all-round dog than either, and 

 might", following type, have been second. He was not in his 

 good Chicago condition and showed a bit slack in back, but 

 his bone, legs, action and quality are very good. His head is 

 well formed ; all he lacks is size, and compared to the second 

 and third dogs he is small. Refuge II., fourth, takes some 

 critical examination. He has a number of good, points, 

 loosely thrown together, lots of quality, a well-shaped head, 

 spoiled by eye and lack of shadings, immense bone, good 

 depth, his forelegs are not straight, but he was lightly placed. 

 He has so many good qualities that stock dogs need, he should 

 make his influence felt over here. Lothario, vhc, is another 

 good little one, well known. Marc Anthony is flat-sided, 

 nearly all white in color, good depth of muzzle but pinched, 

 skull too peaky, shows lots of quality though. Aristocrat 

 still needs his coat, and without this, excepting his good St. 

 Bernard character, he is not a striking dog; was about rightly 

 placed; he wants showing to win. Princelimmon was de- 

 scribed at Albany; his peculiar head puts him back. In the 

 he. lot, Vindex, hardly the dog I expected him to grow, has 

 still a capital head, coat could be straighter on quarters and 

 legs, good front, but like his "dad" he goes to pieces behind. 

 Troy is flat-faced, nice bone and size. Bevis is weak in pas- 

 terns, bad quarters, straight hocks, flat-ribbed. Marquis of 

 Ripon is not a badly formed dog, and no doubt his slight 

 twitching put him back; his forelegs are not straight, good 

 body and coloring, shows lots of quality, Prince Royal is too 

 curly coated. 



The bitch class was not so good on the whole as the dog, 

 but still was very interresting because of the first appearance 

 of Princess Florence. Perhaps it is superfluous to say she is a 

 grand bitch, was shown a trifle above herself, and her coat 

 needs a little manipulation. It can be straightened veiy soon. 

 In head she might, for length of head, be better in skull; muz- 

 zle and head generally of excellent depth, and her ears are 

 as they should be; in chest, shoulders and [forelegs she is grand 



her body— who can find a fault; — it is very deep, roomy and 

 rangy; her immense depth of loin aud breadth are very notice- 

 able, and her broad hips and massive quarters are'f ally in 

 keeping with the rest of her body; in hindlegs she at times 

 stands a trifle straight, but her movements are as active as a 

 kitten— the last word describes her playfulness and activity 

 better than anything else— a grand bitch, and it is a pity she 

 could not have met closer competition. Lady Gladwin, 

 capital body, legs; eyes too bloodhoundy, giving queer expres- 

 sion, excellent front, and hindlegs all that could be desired; 

 muzzle deep and square, but skuD not in keeping; a beautiful 



and small sized. Caesar is long in head too, and with a body 

 that a bitch could be proud of, long and deep, walked lame or 

 very queerly. Ino II. , long head and snipy, light in bone, 

 hind parts the best. Leon in he's has a plain yellow head 

 aud not tnuch type about him. 



In bitches Charmion proved the winner: well formed from 

 shoulder back, lacks depth, narrow head, feet a bit open, 

 bone straight and plenty of it. Minna, second, shows lots of 

 quality, faulty iu pasterns and feet, her coloring is her best 

 part. Lady Leeds, third, is small sized, has lots of quality, too 

 flat in skull and light in bone, nice briudle and white coat, 



MR. W. 0. REICK'S "FRINCESS FLORENCE." 



bitch, showing lots of quality and well shown. Lady Sneerwell 

 is rather Roman-nosed and not true in front, but is nevertheless 

 a capital bodied bitch. Lady Melrose is out of coat and has 

 not filled out to promise, hocks, however, are better than last 

 year, forefeet turn out a bit and body is not yet as deep as it 

 might be, loin and quarters strong and of good shape. Alto- 

 nette, fourth, I have spoken of before; sbe was looking well. 

 In the vhc. lot Queen Regent wants more flesh, nice snaped 

 head, bit plain, good legs and color. Her Highness is plain 

 and long-faced, light bone and short in body. Guess Noble I 

 preferred, better in body, bone and skull. Root has not stop 

 enough and is weak in muzzle. Lady Bountiful loses in head 

 and body color, good bone and legs. Lady Blyde, a pretty 

 bitch, not stop enough and weak in pasterns. 



Dog puppies were nothing very striking. Ben Hur, far the 

 best, better size, coat and head could be improved, but is excel- 

 lent in body and bone. Egmont, second, lacks size, lias qual- 

 ity, feet turn out, nicely formed otherwise. Sir Victor loses 

 in head and front, and the others need no particular mention. 

 Bitch puppies had some fairly promising ones. Mount Zion 

 Lelia has too much white: good skull and bone, muzzle could 

 be better, body of course undeveloped yet. Princess Wang- 

 is thick and unshapely in head, not formed yet, good bone. 

 M. S. Flora is white colored, not stop enough yet, bit straight 

 behind. M. S. Sylvia will no doubt make up into a better one 

 than either, good bone and body. 



Challenge Smooths. It was a fitting tribute to Empress of 

 Contoocock to be alone in her class, as she is in reality; she 

 was in excellent condition. There were no dog challenge en- 

 tries. The open dogs were an advance in quality and showed 

 comparatively to much greater advantage than the rough 

 class, as they were chiefly home bred ones. Competition lay 

 between Leicester, the novice winner last year, and Mr. 

 Moore's young dog Melrose. Leicester won. Tins is not un- 

 qualifiedly indorsed, however. Melrose beats the other in 



good body. Appolona, fourth, is better in body aud legs than 

 nead, which is not massive, enough, but well formed. Jani- 

 tress, reserve, is lacking in bone, snipy muzzled, forelegs too 

 much under the body. Beauty Victoria, lie. , has a full light 

 eye and is whippety throughout, did she not deserve anything. 



In dog puppies Melrose simply walked away from his only 

 competitor, Basil, whose snipy muzzle and shallow body 

 were made worse by comparison. 



Bitch puppies saw Bellegarde the winner; altogether too 

 much like a bloodhound in head, wrinkle, dewlap and ex- 

 pression. Gwynne, second, has a weak, snipy face, but nice 

 markings. These were the only competitors. 



In novice dogs, Melrose won well in hand from Marc An- 

 thony, as may be surmised from the previous criticism. 

 Crown Prince, third, has also been noted. White Friar, vhc, 

 I coid d not find, but Sir Richard, vhc, a son of old chain 

 pion Flora II., as printed above, is a bit straight be- 

 hind, feet turn out, is ruideveloped yet, nice skull, but muzzle 

 not deep or square enough. Of the he. lot, Paddy is weak in 

 pasterns and light in body; Barney is lathy in' body, long 

 faced, and carries his tail too gaily. Prince Clifford, c, should 

 have been higher ; well-colored, good forelegs, bit straight be- 

 hind, head, if houndy, is massive, good depth of muzzle and 

 nice body. Maximus, c, is one-half briudle, the other orange, 

 a most peculiarly colored dog. Harold Saxton, he, is too fat, 

 coat all ways but, the right one, is short-bodied, carries tail up 

 and has no blaze. Earl of Esses, vhc, I forgot to mention, he is 

 as fat as a pig, good skull, fair muzzle, but coat curly. Bitches 

 were a capital lot, and winner Sunray looks like making a 

 very handsome bitch when she gets in coat, plenty of bone, 

 nice rangy body, good markings, muzzle could be fuller before 

 the eye, feet could be straighter placed, but action is activity 

 itself— a good bitch. Chai-mion, second, has already been 

 spoken of. Harmony, third, a litter sister to Sunray, loses in 

 ribs, is narrow in front, flat-boned, hocks turn in a bit, good 



MR. E. B. SEARS' "SIR BEDIVERE." 



shoulders, chest, feet, breadth of skull and from quarters 

 down. Leicester excels him in body, simply through age ; as 

 Melrose is but ten months old. Time will reverse this decision, 

 I think; though this detracts in no way from Leicester, a 

 good dog. Patrol, third, has a good skull, faulty before the 

 eye, lacks shadings, hocks could be truer, good body and fore- 

 legs; a plain dog. Scottish Leader was hardly in show shape; 

 just come over; has a well formed body, eye a little deep set, 

 shows good fore bone, not quite straight, body needs time and 

 flesh, hind parts well made and is a good mover; a dog that 

 is sure to do well. Belhsarius, fourth, faulty in skull, a plain 

 head, good forelegs, faulty in quarters, and brindle colored. In 

 the vhc. lot, Douglas lacks symmetry in body, a bit long-faced 



loin and quarters, bead long and rather narrow. Poor old 

 Alton left some good stock behind — Melrose and Sunray are a 

 pair that any could be proud of. Vemon Beauty, vhc. , lias a 

 weedy body, nice forelegs, hind not so good, is a bit straight- 

 faced, but has fair depth and is nicely marked. The others, 

 with the exception of Tippecanoe Queen, who loses in head 

 and hind parts, have been described before. 



There was no denying Mi-. Reick's more even lot for the 

 kennel prize with Princess Florence to take care of Sir Bedi- 

 vere. It is perhaps as well that these two did not meet in 

 competition, as Princess Florence's coat was not at its best, 

 and Sir Bedivere was not in Ins proper condition either. The 

 awarding of specials will be found in another column. 



