March 10, 1892.] 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



FROM a letter received from Mr. Geo. Meister, I learn 

 that the Central City Kennel Club, of Jackson, Mich., 

 came out of their recent show with nearly enough receipts 

 to pay the expenses, which is a most gratifying result, as 

 the members were in every way deserving of success. The 

 officers, Dr. E. L. Kimball, Messrs. S. H. Slifer, C. H. Ruhl 

 and C, W. Sarvis, were most' diligent and courteous, as well 

 as other members. It is to be hoped that they will give a 

 show next year. 



A meeting was held at Ottawa. 111., on March 3, for the 

 purpose of organizing a kennel club. The rapid manner in 

 which clubs are being organized throughout the smaller 

 cities of the country indicate better than any other feature 

 the general and permanent interest in th e dog. 



There were several errors in the New York catalogue, one 

 of which in the awards, is peculiar from its novelty. Under 

 the head of English Setters, special 2 reads as follows: "The 

 English Setter Club offers the silver medal of the club to 

 the breeder of the best three English setters, dogs or bitches 

 or both, over twelvemonths old, regardless of ownership." 

 This medal was awarded to the Memphis and Avent Kennel 

 as breeder of Orlando, Bessie Avent and Rowdy (Rod, the 

 former two of which are owned by J. M. Avent and Bayard 

 Thayer Kennels, the latter by the Greenfield Hill Kennels. 

 The Memphis and Avent Kennel represented the partner- 

 ship of Messrs. W. B. Gates, A. H. Merriman and J. M. 

 Avent and the partnership was dissolved and the dogs sold 

 many months ago, consequently the Memphis and Avent 

 Kennel has no existence— it is legally dead. A special prize, 

 therefore, could not be awarded to a breeder which has no 

 existence. 



In the toy spaniel challenge class Nank-i-Poo won first 

 over Milwaukee Charlie, while the special for the best toy 

 spaniel was given to the latter, the judge thus reversing his 

 decision. 



Dick Swiveller was present at Chicago and New York, 

 but did not compete, he beiDg marked absent in the cata- 

 logue in both instances. Rule XXI. reads as follows: 

 "Special prizes shall only be offered for dogs of established 

 breeds, and no dog eligible for special prizes can be with- 

 drawn from competition unless it has been stated on entry 

 blanks 'Will not compete for special prizes'." It may be 

 that this rule was intended only to govern the competition 

 for special prizes, but it does not state so. As it reads it 

 governs the whole'competition. It is not in any case good, 

 .-straightforward competition to withdraw a dog at one show 

 and allow him to compete at another where there is none. 

 Dick Swiveller, the week after Chicago, had a walkover in 

 the challenge class at Jackson. At New York, if he had 

 been alone in bis class he possibly might have been present. 



I notice that violations of Rule XfX. at Chicago and New 

 York were common. The rule is as follows: "In entering 

 a dog in a challenge class, it is necessary to specify on the 

 entry blank a sufficient number of first-prize winnings to 

 entitle him to compete in such classes, as required by these 

 rules, and this record must be given in the catalogue." In 

 several instances no winnings were given, and "in many 

 other an insufficient number were given, or the warnings 

 were not specified. 



The celebrated pug Bonsor, from being at Chicago a well- 

 ordered pug duly registered, he having a registration num- 

 ber, sirej dam, etc., has an entry in the New York catalogue 

 which represents him as listed, date of birth, breeder and 

 pedigree unknown, the whirligig of a few days making great 

 ohanges in his history. 



The wolf- killing match between Mr. Paul H. Hacke's Bor- 

 zois and Mr. Geo. McDougall's greyhounds, to take place at 

 Roggen, Col., on March 38, promises to be a most interesting 

 affair, I have a feeling that Mr. Hacke is In for a much 

 more formidable competition than he is aware of, to judge 

 from the tone of his correspondence. To go right into the 

 land of wolf-killers, against trained men and dogs, shows 

 most commendable pluck. There are, however, many handi- 

 caps which the Borzoi will encouuter, the difference between 

 the altitude of Pittsburgh and Roggen being not the least 

 of them; the latter place is much higher, consequently the 

 atmosphere is more rarifted. It might be mentioned inci- 

 dentally that some of the Colorado dogs are desperate wolf- 

 killers. Tt would be a very safe assumption to go on, that 

 when the Borzoi have beaten those guileless Colorado coun- 

 try dogs killing wolves they will know that they have been 

 in a wolf fight. ^ B. Waters. 



GORDON SETTER CLUB MEETING. 



f pHE annual meeting of the Gordon Setter Club of Am.ei- 

 1. iea was held at Madison Square Garden, Feb. SS. As a 

 large percentage of its members are scattered over the 

 country from Canada to California the meeting was small 

 in numbers, but it made up any such deficiency in enthu- 

 siasm. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year were as follows: 

 Mr. James B. Blossom, Pres.; Dr. J. M. Lord, Vice-Pres.; 

 L. A. Van Zandt, Sec'y-Treas. The executive committee is 

 composed of the foregoing and Messrs. Bleistein, Goodman, 

 Lee and Tallman. The secretary's report showed twenty- 

 live members in good standing, and the treasurer's state- 

 ment showed a fair balance in the treasury, with no indebt- 

 edness. Projects for the next year were discussed, and it is 

 almost certain that with the cooperation of those who are 

 interested in the Gordon in this country successful field 

 trials will be held next fall, and 1893 will see a marked im- 

 provement in the breed. Now is the time to take hold. 

 There is plenty of room for improvement both in the field 

 and on the bench, and how soon that improvement is made 

 depends upon the efforts and cooperation of those who are 

 or ought to be interested in it. The management of the 

 club is now in the hands of sportsmen, owners of Gordons 

 and gentlemen, and this fact should insure a very large in- 

 crease i n membership. L. A. Van Zandt, Se'cy. 



NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your New York dog show Extra is very fine and you are 

 to be very highly commended for the energy in getting it 

 out so promptly. I was unfortunate this year in only hav- 

 ing a few houi-s in the show and only looked at two classes- 

 pugs and toy spaniels. I am sorry Mr. Raper did not give 

 his reason, in his remarks on the pugs in your EXTRA, for 

 placing Kash, Jr., over Waddles and Saxon. According to 

 my opinion, Kash, Jr., has a smaller head, a longer muzzle, 

 poorer ears, is more leggy and is not so good in general 

 form as pither of the two mentioned: and as to coat and 

 color, they are not comparable with the other two dogs, as 

 his cost is long and open and color very bad. 



Mr. Raper's remarks as to Bob Ivy being "shown too fat" 

 is rather laughable. Mr - . Editor, are you sure that some of 

 your imps did not change thin to fat? 



The "Westminster Kennel Club gave a prize of $15 for the 

 best toy spaniel, auy variety, in challenge dog class. The 

 New York Herald gave its bronze medal for the best toy 

 spaniel, open to all classes. The well-known Milwaukee 

 Charlie was beaten for the first (the kennel club prize) by 

 Nank-i-Poo, but shortly afterward Milwaukee Charlie won 

 the Ef< raid prize over Nank-i-Poo and others. Now, as the 

 conditions of these two prizes were the same, except the 

 latter one had more, dog In it , I was anxious to learn the 

 gentleman's reasons for this, The following I find in your 

 Extra: "In the challenge class the King Charles Milwau- 

 kee Charlie, owing to his moderate condition of coat, was 

 beaten by the Japanese pug Nank-i-Poo, but the former was 

 good enough to win the special offered for the best toy 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



spaniel." Milwaukee Charlie's "moderate condition of 

 coat" must have improved wonderfully fast. . What a pity 

 the judging of the challenge class had not been deferred a 

 few hours. M. H. Cryek. 



DOG CHAT. 



THE proof slips of the New England Kennel Club's pre- 

 mium list for their show, April 5 to 8, did not give the 

 names of judges, but we gave, exclusively, the names of 

 three of the principal judges in our last issue. The full list 

 is: Mr. James Mortimer, New York city, mastiffs. St. Ber- 

 nards, great Danes, bull-terriers, bulldogs, poodles, pugs 

 and miscellaneous 251bs. and over. Mr. John Davidson, 

 Monroe, Mich., pointers, English, Irish and Gordon setters, 

 bloodhounds, foxhounds and beagles, Chesapeake Bay dogs, 

 and all spaniels but toys. Mr. T. S. Bellin, Albany, N. Y., 

 fox terriers, dachshunde, Scotch terriers, Irish terriers, 

 Dandie Dinmont, black and tan terriers, Skye terriers, York- 

 shire toy terriers, toy spaniels and miscellaneous under 251bs. 

 Mr. John S. Saunders, V.S., Boston, Mass., Boston terriers. 

 Mr. H. W. Smith, "Worcester, Mass., deerhounds, grey- 

 hounds and barzois. Dr. H. Clay Glover is the veterinarian 

 and Mr. John Read will, as usual, superintend the show, 

 which is an earnest that it will be done right. The follow- 

 ing railroads will carry three dogs free when accompanied 

 bv owners or caretakers: Boston & Maine, Fitchburg, New 

 York & New England, Old Colony and Boston & Albany. 

 Also the following express companies will return doe-s free 

 that have paid full rates coming to the show: United 

 States, American, National, Adams and New York & 

 Boston. 



The members of the Pendle Forest Hunt have had what 

 may be described as the best run of the season. The bounds 

 put up in the neighborhood of Gisburn what was supposed 

 to be a splendid fox. Away the party galloped at the heels 

 of the hounds, who took them at a rattling pace round by 

 Hellifield Halton West and Paythorne. Scent was ulti- 

 mately lost, but the members of the hunt mutually con- 

 gratulated each other on the excellent sport they had had. 

 It transpired at the close of the day that they were indebted 

 to the sheep dog of Mr. Joseph Bullock, of MoorhouseFarm, 

 near Gisburn, for the exciting incidents of the chase. The 

 dog much resembled a fox, and being alarmed at the sight 

 of the hounds took to its heels. — No rthern Daily Telegraph. 



The Hamilton Kennel Club continues to do good work in 

 Canada as behooves such a large and intelligent body of dog 

 lovers. It has just arranged to hold a one night local dog 

 show on Thursday, March 10, which ought to be very suc- 

 cessful. The entries will be confined to exhibitors living in 

 the city of Hamilton or the county of Wentworth, and in 

 order to encourage local breeders and give all a chance of 

 bringing forward their dogs, no entry fee will be charged. 

 Diplomas will be given to the successful competitors. The 

 judges chosen are Messrs. W. B. Wells, of Chatham, and 

 W. B. Palmer, of Woodstock. Arrangements are in course 

 of completion by which it is hoped that a permanent club 

 room will soon be provided, and when this is an accom- 

 plished fact, and a comfortable rendezvous equipped with 

 the kennel papers is opened to the members, the club will 

 be as nearly perfect as it is possible to make it. 



The Hempstead Farm consists of some 400 acres, di vided 

 into three separate establishments. The Home Farm is de- 

 voted to the horses and cattle, and has accommodations for 

 about 125 horses; in the cow stables are some 70 head of reg- 

 istered Jersey cattle. On the East Farm are the Hempstead 

 Farm Kennels; on the West Farm, the Hempstead Farm 

 poultry yards. Heretofore all has been the property of the 

 Hempstead Farm Co., Limited, but Mr. Terry has now ac- 

 quired all interests except that of Mr. Lewis. The Hemp- 

 stead Farm Co., Limited, will cease to exist on May 1. A 

 co-partnership consisting of Messrs. Thomas H. Terry, A.D. 

 Lewis and James Mortimer will take its place, which will 

 lease from Mr. Terry the farm and carry on its business, the 

 farm being the property of Mr. Terry and the stock, imple- 

 ments, etc., being the property of the copartnership. 



Fangle— It seems to me very strange that Mis. Me Jan kin 

 should lavish so much affection on that homely pug dog. 

 Cumso— Not at all. "Sou ought to see her husband, — Epoch. 



The annual meeting of the Maryland Kennel Club took 

 place March 3, at the rooms of the club, in the Central 

 Savings Bank Building. A committee, consisting of Col. H. 

 D. Loney, Edwin J. Farber and W. Stewart Diffenderffer, 

 was appointed to consider the project of authorizing the 

 issue of a capital stock not exceding $5,0QQ, with a view to 

 increasing the usefulness of the club and to have sufficient 

 funds to givo even better bench shows than heretofore. The 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. Gil- 

 mor Hoffman, Pres.; Col. Henry D. Loney, Vice-Pres.; Wm. 

 Charles Farber, Treas.; W. Stewart Diffenderffer, Sec'y: 

 Edwin J. Farber, Attorney; who, with R. Gordon Williams, 

 Alexander Brown, Geo. W. Massamore, Charles Ross Diffen- 

 derffer, Thomas J. Sheubrooks and James Thompson, will 

 constitute the Board of Governors. Mr. W. S. Diffenderffer 

 was elected delegate to the American Kennel Club, and Dr. 

 W. H. Martenet, veterinarian to the club. 



We were very pleased at the businesslike and unassuming 

 manner in which the Keystone Kennel Club's show was run 

 last week. Everything seemed to move along without fric- 

 tion. The only things that cast a damper on the affair were 

 the sad faces of the management, and especially that of Mr. 

 James Watson, when they looked out of the windows and 

 saw hail, sleet, rain and everything else in the shape of con- 

 trary weather. Two whole days it kept that sort of thing 

 up, but Thursday broke bright and clear and by 5 o'clock 

 Mr. Watson heaved a deep, self-satisfied sigh and exclaimed, 

 "We're on velvet from now to the finish." Both floors were 

 crowded as we left on Thursday evening and late reports 

 state that the club cleared *1,000. This we sincerely hope is 

 true. 



It must be remembered it is a serious undertaking to run a 

 show in Philadelphia, where the record of so many losses 

 stares one in the face, and we believe we are right when we 

 say this is the first show, with the possible exepption of the 

 National Breeders', that has paid its way. 



Mr. Watson worked the local press ropes with the deft- 

 ness of long practice and they answered nobly. Without 

 this important item of show management being attended to 

 properly very few shows can hope for success. 



The rings were well served and attendants did their work 

 honestly, and after the first day the rings were kept much 

 cleaner and covered with fine white sawdust, not the dingy 

 looking stuff that covered them the first day. 



The officers of the club are Jos. A. Wenderoth, Pres.; E. C. 

 Johnson, Vice-Pres.: Jas. A. Mundy, Treas.; James Wat- 

 son, Sec'y; and Daniel Mills, Jr., Asst. Sec'y. Th« superin 

 teudenf was John S. Bratton and his assistant Frank P. 

 Smith, but on the latter and Mr, Watson. I think, devolved 

 the. practical working of the show, ably aided by Mr. Mills, 

 for whose courteous treatment we extend our thanks. 



For a show of that size, 122 entries, we do not think that 

 the judging has ever bnen completed in one day, even to 



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the awarding of the specials. We fancy, however, that Mr. 

 Raper, who only commenced at 2 P.M., had rather to hurry 

 himself in some of his awards, though this would make no 

 difference with him; people accustomed to our slow-going 

 methods are apt to comment on it, which was the case at 

 Philadelphia. 



The sensation of the show was Fred Kirby's bulldog, 

 which, unused to the noise and gayety of a bench show, 

 broke his rope and made a wild plunge through the second 

 story window, landing on bis back on the pavement below. 

 Beyond improving his front, he was not materially hurt and 

 was quite content to remain in his stall for the rest of the 

 show, with the proud satisfaction of having made the build- 

 ing ten degrees colder than it was before, owing to the 

 broken window. This reminds us that the only fault that 

 could be found with the arrangements.'of the show was the 

 utter lack of heating facilities, and the weather the first 

 two days must have made, it very uncomfortable for the 

 smooth and pet dogs. 



On Tuesday members of the press and some of the judges 

 and exhibitors, together .with the committee, were given 

 a lunch by the president, which made a pleasant break in 

 the proceedings. 



Mr. Huntington is very proud of the fact that his Psovie 

 Modjeska has a litter of nine by Mr. Purbeck's Sailor that 

 are said to be very promising, and if they are not the first to 

 be bred in this country they are very near it. 



Mr. Avent's Bessie Avent must be a good natural "bird 

 dog" as he tells us that owing to her natural field qualities 

 she can beat Roderigo at the game, and that he has had $1,- 

 000 offered for her. She has not been trained yet owing to 

 an accident, having been struck by a train, which broke her 

 hip. Bessie is, however, now in training. He has a fine 

 litter of pups out of her by Chance, some of which are next 

 year's prospective Derby winner's- 



At the Bath (Eng.) show lately held, one of the innova- 

 tions calculated to help the judge in his work in judging 

 puppies was in putting the age of the pup along with its 

 number in the judge's book. Another was the statement 

 accompanying duplicate entries in the judge's book that 

 such and such a dog had been entered in classes already 

 judged. 



A gentleman in England has just sold the two prize win- 

 ning deerhound bitches Royal Laura and Royal Ouida, to go 

 to Australia; where they will be used for kangaroo hunting, 

 and it strikes us it will take an "old man" to stand up 

 against such dogs. 



From Stock-Keeper (Eng.) we learn that two good King 

 Charles spaniels have been shipped from Mrs. Forder's ken- 

 nels to Mr. Boesger, Cleveland, O. 



The following gossip about the Waterloo Cup in the Stock- 

 Keeper (Eng.) is interesting; "Fulierton, in fact, maybe 

 with every propriety styled the lucky dog of the meeting, as 

 in his course with Rhymes on Wednesday he was extremely 

 fortunate, for had not puss favored him just after he had 

 contrived to steady himself, he would, in all probability, 

 have been put out. His great opponent, Racecourse, on the 

 other hand, had all the worst of the luck, for the gruelling 

 he experienced when he met Ivan the Great hf.d taken all 

 the steel out of him before he went to the slips with Fuller- 

 ton. The forward running of Mr. R. Paterson's Roman 

 Oak has proved that in the blue son of Arithmos, the popu- 

 lar Scottish courserpossesses a nailing good outsider; while 

 by running up Mr. G. F. Fawcett's Fifz. Fife, another mem- 

 ber of the long priced division, proved that the kennel made 

 no mistake in selecting him to represent them. It is hard 

 luck, however, to provide the runner-up for two years in 

 succession, and Mr. Fawcett certainly commands the sym- 

 pathy of coursing men. In the Waterloo Purse, Mr. Rus- 

 sell was repaid for his disappointment over Racecourse by 

 the victory of his second string, Red River, who ran in the 

 nomination of Sir C. W. Anstruther; while in the Plate, the 

 uncertain Simonian did Col. North and Mr. N. Dunn, of 

 Newcastle, a very good turn by defeating Lecturer in the 

 final course. Last year, it may be remembered, Fullertoh's 

 wayward brother was successful in the Purse, after having 

 been put out by the big dog, whom he led quite three 

 lengths, in the first round of the Cup. This year he ran 

 honestly enough, and Fulierton certainly proved to the 

 spectators that he possesses a full modicum of grit by the 

 determined manner in which he ran with Fit/, Fife after 

 their undecided." 



The University of Pennsylvania intends to build a 

 hospital exclusively for dogs. On the first floor there will 

 be a large clinic room where operations will be performed; 

 there will also be three wards, two which will be isolated for 

 mange and other contagious diseases and the other for non- 

 contagious diseases. Each dog will have a cage to itself, 

 and the arrangements are intended to be quite elaborate. 



The arrangements for the members of the press at the 

 New York show were very much better than last year, a 

 room in the building with messenger call being allowed for 

 their exclusive use. A table was also set apart in the 

 restaurant where one could scan the bill of fare with no 

 thought of the reckoning. 



We. are sorry to hear from Messrs. Blake & Herbertson 

 that their cocker bitch Jessie, second at C hicago and first at 

 Jackson, Mich., is dead. 



Mr. John E. Thayer feels so well satisfied with the success 

 of the special he offered for the best puppy sired by any of 

 his dogs that he intends to offer the same prize, $100, next 

 year. 



Mr. Wade wishes us to state that dogs belonging to friends 

 of his, unaccompanied by owners, will be looked after at 

 the Pittsburgh show by his man if he (Mr. Wade) is advised 

 in season. It strikes us that Mr. Wade's man will have his 

 hands full. 



Secretary Vredenburgh announces that the 'stud book for 

 1891 will be ready for distribution on Monday, the 14th inst. 



Besides having just imported the bull dogs Rustic Swell 

 and Adiscombe Gypsey, Frank Dole has now on the way over 

 several fine bull terriers, which will very likely be seen at 

 Pittsburgh. They are Trentham Duchess, by Trentham 

 Prince — Trentham Belle; Ted Pritchard, by Ben Caunt — 

 Min; Streatham Flyer, by Gully the Great— Rose and sire 

 of Streatham Monarch; Edgewood Robin, another good 

 one; Duchess of Life and Lilly White, Hinks— Trentham 

 Baroness. Addiscombe Gypsey was bought on sight by A. 

 B. Graves, of New Haven, Conn., who also bought Hand- 

 some Dan. 



We are sorry to learn from Mr. Albion L. Page, that the 

 Dunrobin Kennels intend to dispose of their dogs and leave 

 the fancy. Here is an excellent opportunity to pick up some 

 good deerhounds. Mr. Page however would like to sell the 

 kennel entire, if possible. Jackrabbits have been ordered 

 by Mr. Page and will be turned down in the deer paddouk 

 on his estate, a description of which we gsjve in our account. 



