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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 24, 1892, 



just now that involves the interests of all lovers of the 

 breed. You thought enough of them to attend the trials, 

 and I guess you had lots of fun down there— if one can cor- 

 rectly judge from the reports. I wish I could have shared 

 it with you. 



In the grand collection of dogs that ran in each stake it 

 looks as if all should have won, hut the peach or peaches 

 were pulled down by the lucky ones. What luck there is in 

 a field trial ! The "bye" dog seems to have all the best of it 

 in many of the trials, as the reports show. Why is it ? 

 While I have heard a great deal about field trials and read 

 more, it strikes me as being singular. At any rate the trials 

 are established on a firm and solid basis, and a good begin- 

 ning will not make a bad ending in this case. 



You accused me of changing my mind "Dog Chat," I 

 don't, regret it at all. The little Irish lady brought back 

 enough money to pay expenses, and why the dog did not do 

 better I saw when he returned from High Point. No apolo- 

 gies for either, none at all for the work they did. 



Please permit me to state that imported Finglas is a 

 private stud dog. and that Sarsfleld and self parted company 

 months ago. 



We want all the boys to start their dogs in the trials, as 

 well as the large kennel owners; the more entries we have 

 the merrier the sport will be. It is the expectation of many 

 that the "round up" of reds will be in Ohio. 



We are having too much field fun to attend bench shows 

 this year. E. B. BISHOP. 



Ooffevville, Kan. 



RABIES OR WHAT? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Until a few weeks ago my kennel consisted of two setter 

 dogs, five beagle hounds and one Newfoundland dog. On 

 Jan. 14 a stray pointer dog came to my house and had a 

 fight with nearly every one of the beagle pups; the dog did 

 not seem to be rabid but manifested an unusual disposition 

 to fight. I did not molest him further than to have him 

 driven off, which was done without difficulty. On Feb. 10 

 one of the beagle dogs became very cross toward the others 

 and had many fights, some of them with dogs that had 

 heretofore mastered him; his disposition to fight increased 

 until the night of Feb. 11, when he disappeared from my 

 premises. On the morning of Feb. 12 he was shot for a 

 mad dog five miles from home. The dog was perfectly 

 obedient to me up to the time he left home and ate a hearty 

 supper the night he left. On being notified that my dog 

 had been killed, I confined all the rest of my dogs in com- 

 fortable quarters except a little beagle bitch, which to the 

 best of my knowledge and belief had not been bitten at any 

 time. On Feb. 22 she became restless, had a slight cough, 

 with high fever, and on Feb. 24 was entirely crazy, so much 

 so as to jump through a glass wiudow to the room in which 

 she was confined, after tearing up a broom which was in 

 the room and nearly gnawing in two the window frame. 

 She had been in the habit of sleeping in this room all her 

 life. Her brain and spine seemed to be the seat of trouble. 

 She had become, in a short time, almost entirely paralyzed 

 in the hindlegs, and as her case seemed hopeless and she 

 was suffering greatly, as dearly as I loved ber, I had her 

 shot. She at no time showed- a disposition to bite and was 

 entirely obedient to me to the last. I still have all the rest 

 of my dogs in confinement, where they have been for the 

 last fifteen days, and all oE them are perfectly well and 

 hearty so far. Now can you tell me what this disease is, 

 how long I will probably have to keep my dogs confined 

 and what will probably be the final resuit, and if I can do 

 anything for them? This trouble with the dogs is wide- 

 spread over the State and many scores of them have 

 been killed in consequence. I have heard of a good 

 many instances recently where domestic stock of different 

 kinds have gone mad after bting bitten by dogs and have 

 had to be killed. Can it be the grip that has attacked the 

 dogs? L. S. Pendleton. 



Fredericks bam/, Louisa Countv, Va. 



DOG CHAT. 



IT is a pity the Pittsburgh people do not possess a build- 

 _ ing well adapted for a doe' show. There is another 

 buildine, Machinery Hall, in which a hundred dogs could 

 be benched, but there is no facility for heating it and so the 

 idea of having the. show there had to be abandoned. The 

 arrangement of thebenches, however, in the old Auditorium 

 was much better than last year, the aisles wpre shorter and 

 so the great crowds could get about much better. The judg- 

 ing being done on the stage allowed the spectators a good 

 view of the proceedings. We might here remark that, as 

 was the case last vear, too many people were allowed upon 

 the stage during judging as the'spaceis none too much with 

 clear decks. The light is very poor in this hall and Mr. 

 Davidson's ring was worse than the other. 



The catalogue was well arranged although there were a 

 good many provoking typographical errors in the names of 

 does, showing that some one with a good knowledge of the 

 principal dogs' names should have the task of revising it. 

 There was some delay in the issue of the catalogues on 

 Tuesday morning but this was fully atoned for by having 

 marked catalogues out on Thursday "afternoon in which the 

 awards and even the specials were marked with very few 

 mistakes, 



Messrs. Boggs, Littel, the Denny brothers, John Moore- 

 head, Jr., and J. H. Lyle were particularly noticeablein the 

 management of the show; the two first named literally "la- 

 bored" hard for the show, and we must thank them for their 

 courtesy during our pleasant visit to the Smoky City. 

 Under the veteran John Read's superintendence the aisles 

 and stalls were kept as clean as could be expected with such 

 a dirty and altogether ramshackle sort of a building. 



There was nothing occurred to mar the pleasures of the 

 show, if we may except that Tom Blake felt somewhat sore 

 over the.fact of his G-ordon setter Buck being allowed by the 

 doorman to get out of the building the first day, and though 

 a reward was offered the dog was not forthcoming till next 

 day. The judging of the open dog class was delayed till 

 Wednesday morning, and it is said that as soon as the 

 handlers of the opposing dogs heard Buck was on his way to 

 the hall they kicked against any further delay and' de- 

 manded that the dogs be judged, and this was done. Mr. 

 Blake appealed afterward to the committee, but nothing 

 came of it and the dog was marked absent. As far as we can 

 learn, it was the fault of the doorkeeper that the dog got 

 away, so it seems as if Mr. Wittington's, the dog's owner, 

 rights should have been protected to the full extent. Buck 

 won first at Jackson 1891 and 1892. 



The Pittsburgh club is noted for its generosity and feeling 

 for visiting dogmen, as evinced by their kind conduct in the 

 case of the death of the handler last year. Mr, Goodman's 

 good nature rather led him into trouble this time. It seems 

 an attendant (drunk) had been ordered out of the show, and 

 as he was passing out of the door he fell and Harry Good- 

 man helped him to his feet: an officious policeman thinking 

 there was some sort of a shindy arrested both of them. Despite 

 protestations Mr. Goodman had to give bail, but the club 

 stood sponsor, and sooner than Mr. Goodman should be de- 

 layed returning home that night they put up the money, 

 willing to lose it rather than Goodman should incur any 



further unpleasantness. Such acts as these endear the men 

 of the Pittsburgh committee to their fellow fanciers. 



Several important sales took place at the show. Mr. E. 

 H. Morris sold his greyhound bitch Lady Clare to Mr. A. W. 

 Purbeck, and the noted poodle Dexter being part of the deal, 

 will now be shown at Boston under Mr. Morris's name. 



Messrs. Dole and Thomas joined forces in claiming that 

 nice little cocker bitch Woodstock Daisy at catalogue price, 

 $100. * ' 



Mr. McKnight purchased the well known fox-terrier bitch 

 ch. Village Belle, by Volo out of Beauty, from the Oxford 

 Kennels, Besides being anoted winner she is now celebrated 

 as the dam of Veni and great grand dam of Vesuvienne and 

 Venio. She is showing in whelp to Rifleman. 



During the show Mr. Parker's, Waynesburgh, Pa.. Irish 

 setter bitch Red Rose was bred to Oak Grove Kennels' good 

 dog Duke Elcho. Red Rose is noted as the dam of Kildare, 

 Seminole and Beau Brummell, so that her owner expects to 

 have something good as a result. 



It is not given to every one to breed such a promising bull- 

 dog puppy as Nobby Twist, the Chicago puppy winner, and 

 Messrs. Woodward and Mariner are to be sympathized with. 

 After the show he was sent to Harry Goodman's kennels, 

 but had already contracted a cold, which settling on his 

 lungs, carried him off. 



Somebody, a stranger of course, asked the only Kirby what 

 business he was in. "The Silver Question," he answered 

 quick enough. 



A meeting of a committee of couucils was held in Boston 

 once to devise the usual stupid measures that crop up dur- 

 ing a hydrophobia scare. One prominent citizen testified 

 that "Three times dogs had jumped over my garden wall 

 and chased me into my own house." The pungent comment 

 of the Boston Herald' was ''We always knew the dog was a 

 very sagacious animal !" 



In sending the awards from Pittsburgh last week we 

 stated that Breeze Gladstone was vhc. in the open class. 

 Breeze, his owner tells us, was not present, and the mistake 

 no doub arose from his dog Benzine being wrongly entered 

 in the challenge class and afterward transferred. Breeze 

 Gladstone's number had vhc. opposite it in the steward's 

 book, at any rate, when we took the awards. 



Mr. Symonds writes us that the new pointer 'bitch Ruby 

 VII., who has cost a little sum in entry fees which she has 

 allowed to pass, arrived at last in good condition at Boston 

 on Thursday last by S.S. Lake Nepigan. She appears to bein 

 whelp to Mr. Geo. Raper's noted dog Naso of Strasburg, so 

 her produce will be valuable. The bitch has won 60 firsts 

 and 30 seconds in England, the seconds being chiefly to the 

 noted Barton Don. Devon Bangor has been amiss, but will 

 be all right for Boston show. He was too well fed on the 

 boat coming over and is now paying the penalty, Mr. Sy- 

 monds will soon have to build new kennels. They have about 

 fifty dogs at the kennels now and those "George" brings 

 home from Pittsburgh will crack the roof. Several bitches 

 are whelping, so there are busy times in the Salem Kennels 

 nowadays, and Mr. Symonds appreciates the fact that the 

 world do move. 



Mr. Jos. H. Hunter's noted pointer Black Wonder having 

 had his little diversion at Washington show, has now been 

 shipped to his home at Sanborn, Iud., where he will stand 

 till the field trial season. 



The Leamington (Ont.) Pointer Kennel has bred the fol- 

 lowing bitches: Duchess Graphic (20334), litter sister to 

 Count Graphic, winner of first and special, Cleveland, 1891, 

 and first, Chicago, 1892, to Beppo III., full brother in blood 

 to the great King of Kent and sire of champion Tribulation 

 and Tempest; Lillie Lansdowne was bred to Lord Graphic, 

 sire of Promotion, the absolute winner of the Central Derby, 

 1891, and Count Graphic, winner of first and special, Cleve- 

 land, 1891, and first, Chicago, 1892. The issue of these two 

 bitches, bred as they are, should be of great improvement 

 to the pointers of Canada. 



The Toronto Kennel Club held its second annual meeting 

 at Richmond Hall March 17, there being a good attendance 

 present. The reports for the past year showed that this 

 young organization was surely and slowly progressing in its 

 work. These officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, J. B. Sweetman; First Vice-President, R. C. For- 

 shaw; Second Vice-President, F.H.Elmore; Secretary, H. 

 B. Donovan; Treasurer, H. J. Hill; Surgeon, Dr. Campbell; 

 Executive Committee— J. Smellie, P. J. Keating, H. B. Don- 

 ovan, H. Howard, T, J. Fitzsimmons, F. Stuart. The treas- 

 ury showed a balance of §98 on hand. The retiring presi- 

 dent of the club, Mr. R. W. Boyle, was presented with a 

 meerschaum pipe by the members. 



Mr. Herbert J. Watson has started a peculiar case in the 

 National Coursing Club (Eng.). Mr. Watson purchased 

 Drytime in England and afterward sent her back to be 

 served by Burnaby, and she whelped in America. At a 

 recent meeting of the National Coursing Club (Eng.) he 

 wished to know if her produce could be registered in their 

 Stud Book. After some discussion their reply was that 

 they could be registered on being brought back: to Eng- 

 land. 



Several men are hankering to pay a visit to the Pacific 

 slope, and some who can command good teams are negoti- 

 ating to have the California Kennel Club help bear the 

 expenses of the trip. 



A meeting of the National Greyhound Club was held on 

 the 14th and the following officers elected : N. Q. Pope, Pres- 

 ident; L. C. White. First Vice-President; H. W. Hunting- 

 ton, Secretary; C. F. R. Drake, Treasurer. A bench show 

 committee was appointed to makeiarrangements for a show 

 in Brooklyn in October, 1892, Messrs. George ShepardPage, 

 Chairman, H. W. Huntington, C. F. R. Drake, H. Osborn 

 and J. H. Watson. 



A quarterly meeting of the National Beagle Club will be 

 held at 266 Washington street, Boston, Mass., April 1, at 7 

 P. M. 



Mr. L. C. Whiton's greyhound bitch champion Spinaway 

 that is to visit Fullerton, arrived all safe on the other side. 

 In writing to a friend over here Mr. Douglas, who has her in 

 charge, says "she is much admired and is a grand bitch." 

 This should be some little satisfaction to Mr, Whiton, par- 

 ticularly as it is said she has not come in season as soon as 

 expected. This may be another instanoe of the delaying ef- 

 fect of a sea voyage." 



The English Fanciers , Gazette makes this kind comment 

 on the New York Dog Show Extra: "Other features of the 

 show are referrtd to in another column. Our American 

 contemporaries have done their best to cope with the under- 

 taking, and of them, Forest and Stream, in a 'Dog Show 

 Extra,' published on the last day of the show, gives a very 

 good account of it. The issue is profusely illustrated with 

 portraits of the judges, and of Borne of the most noted win- 



ning dogs. The letterpress is supplied by Messrs. H. W. 

 Lacy and G. Raper (and we should add B. Waters), and 

 forms a fair and thoroughly readable critique. Mr. Lacy's 

 in particular is a most exhaustive and carefully compiled 

 contribution. Altogether, Forest and Stream has rather 

 stolen a march on its contemporaries at this time, and by 

 getting up this 'Extra,' at what must have been consider- 

 able labor and expense, has placed its readers under a deep 

 obligation." 



All dogmen, and especially beagle breeders, will sympa- 

 thize with Mr. F. W. Chapman, the president of the N. B. 

 C., in the loss sustained through the burning of his kennels, 

 in which several dogs were destroyed. The fire arose from 

 an oil stove in the kennels, always a risky article anywhere. 

 The dogs which met death in this agonizing manner were 

 Countess Juno, a bitch belonging to a Mr. Ogler, of Cleve- 

 land, O., that was waiting to visit champion Bannerman; 

 Cora, dam of champion Royal Krueger; Glenrose Mollie, by 

 Tenor out of Skip, a half sister to Tone; and of more conse- 

 quence than all, the noted field bitch Tone, due to whelp to 

 Frank Forest in a few days. 



The coyote chase at Greensburgh, Pa., on Mr. Hacke's 

 farm, was a sorry exhibition, and hardly carried out in a 

 sportsmanlike manner. Mr. Hacke owned his farm, the 

 hounds and the coyotes, therefore the question naturally 

 arises why all the publicity was given to the affair so that 

 an unmanageable crowd was a direct result. True sportsmen 

 sh un a crowd and the whole affair is in keeping with the 

 way it was carried out. The only redeeming feature was 

 that the three-legged coyote was left in peace. 



Just as we go to press comes this word from Rochester: 

 "The kennel club in this city are bestirring themselves with 

 the idea of holding a show following Boston or a week later. 

 This is to be decided at once, and all minor arrangements 

 are being made. It is proposed to enlarge tho kennel inter- 

 ests by forming an associate membership which shall be 

 liable only for annual dues; also to follow Philadelphia by 

 having local classes. Look out for the dates and send us 

 entries.— O. S. Bee." 



Among the new kennel advertisements we notice this 

 week that Henry N. Howell has a field broken pointer for 

 sale; Hercules Kennels, Great Dane pups: L. Daniels, St. 

 Bernard pups; Glenmore Kennels, Irish setters; J. M. Kelly, 

 two English setter dogs. We also draw particular atten- 

 tion to Ithe sale of Mr. Sears' (WyomingiKennelsJ St. Bern- 

 ards. This is an opportunity seldom offered for breeders to 

 secure some of the very best specimens of the breed, and 

 one. Sir Bedivere, that stands at the. top of the list. In the 

 stud, Gordon setters, Beaumont and Heather York: Donald 

 McVicar draws attention to his boarding kennel. 



The English Setter Club will have a dinner at Hotel 

 Boylston, Boston, April 6, at 8 P. M. Members and all 

 sportsmen should order tickets at once so that proper ar- 

 rangements can be made. Write to Wilson Fiske, 102 Cham- 

 bers street, New York, for tickets. 



NEW YORK SHOW.— Philadelphia, Pa..— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Mr. Raper, in answer to my comments on his 

 awards in the challenge class and special for toy spaniels at 

 New York show, says that "Neither Nank-i-Poo nor any 

 other of the Japanese variety competed for this special." 

 Why did they not? They were all eligible to do so, just as 

 much as Nank-i-Poo had to compete for the challenge prize 

 against Milwaukee Charlie, The two prizes were given on 

 exactly the same conditions and they should have gone to 

 the same dog, provided there was not a better one in the 

 open classes. Even the owners of the Japanese, variety 

 could not have withdrawn their dogs from competing for- 

 tius special without they had complied with the A K. C. 

 Rule XXL, by stating on their entry blank, "Will not com- 

 pete for special prizes." Mr. Comstock, the owner of Nank- 

 i-Poo, did not so specify on his entry blank; on the contrary 

 he wished the dog to compete for any prize to which he was 

 eligible. Mr. Raper in his letter says, "I took advantage of 

 my visit to Philadelphia show to examine the pugs exhibited 

 there and was disappointed in not seeing a more represen- 

 tative group." Why should he have made this remark? 

 Was it Decause be did not judge them? Why did he not 

 make a similar remark of those at the New York show? for 

 those at Philadelphia were the better group of the two, 

 according to his own judging, for at Pittsburgh he placed 

 the Philadelphia clogs over ever / first prize winner at the 

 New York show except one. His description of the head of 

 Tip Top puts me in mind of that in the pug standard he 

 sold to the American Field, and over his own signature he 

 says, "Head should be proportionately large and square, 

 the skull large and round." I would like to ask, what is 

 the line of demarkation between the head and skull? Mr. 

 Raper cannot use these names as synonyms, for he says one 

 is round and the other square. Mr. Raper is mistaken when 

 he says I judged the Yorkshire terriers at Philadelphia.— 

 M. H. Crter. 



Millerton, N. Y. — Editor Forest and, Stream: Your 

 report of the dog show in New York does me some injustice. 

 My dog Sport was shown in the pointer open class and was 

 the only dog marked on the board as vhc. Your report says 

 but one, Tory White, received vhc. Now, my dog is only a 

 pup, but I do not think you can produce a better as a field 

 dog. There was no attempt made to put him in condition 

 for a bench show. He is half brother to Lad of Kent, by 

 Volton— Reni. . You will please do me the favor to correct 

 your statement, and if your reporter will come to mv ken- 

 nel I will show him my dogs, also my vhc. from the W. K. 

 C. and his sister, third, W. C. K., another sister first at 

 two shows.— D. S. Chapman, 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Tfiere is no cha/rge for answering questions under this head. A 11 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered hy Dr. T. G. 

 Sherwood, a meinour of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Gennmunications referring to other matters connected, with Kennel 

 Management and dogs will receive careful attention. 



Kbank.— 1. Why is it that so many dogs are called championE? 

 3. Why is it that in some pedigrees some of the sires and darns are 

 numbered and others »re. not? If.it is because they are registered, 

 how is a buyer to know that those that are not numbered are all 

 right? 3. Can you give me the address of Rev. R. O'CuJlaghan? 

 Ans. 1. The title is rather too indiscriminately used. No dog is 

 entitled to the title of champion unless it has won three first 

 prizes in the challenge class, and to compete in the challenge 

 class a dog must win four first prizes in the open clast*. 2. In ped- 

 igrees when a dog is numbered it denotes its number in the Stud 

 Book. You must take the uunumbered ones for granted unless 

 you can prove by inquiry of breeders or owners that the pedigree 

 is incorrect. Many of the principal breeds have specialty clubs, 

 and t h e pedigrees are submitted to them for verification before 

 they are published in the Stud Book, or at any Tate are supposed 

 to bp. 3 Rev. R. O'Gallaghan, Borstal House, Rochester. Kent, 

 England. 



C. T. B., New Bedford, Mass.— Give pedigree of Geo. Reed's 

 champion Gordon setter dog Flash, winner both in Boston and 

 New York, in the years 1885 or '86, 1 thiuk. Ans. Flash (958, Vol. 

 II. A.K.R.). by Grown out of Dell's Cute, r>y Rosa's Don (Pol- 

 hpmus's Duke— Bramstei's Queen Bess) out of Kirby's Nellie, by 

 Chandler's imported SaUor out of bis imported Fannie. Crown, 

 by Brownell's Dash (Doane's Tom — Donne's Chloe) out of Handy's 

 Trix, by Doris's Don out of Rodmm's Nellie. 



B. D. T.— The dog might be able to do so, but it is not advis- 

 able. 



