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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 31, 1893. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



CHICAGO, March 26.— It is rumored here that Mr. Ch H. 

 Goodrich, of Chicago, who has been prominent in the 

 management of the Mascoutah Kennel Club's show in the 

 last two years, has been invited to superintend the World's 

 Fair bench show, and that he has accepted. 



Concerning the invitation to arrange for a pointer stake 

 to be run after the Southern Field Trial Club's next meeting, 

 Dr. M. F, Rogers, of New Albany, Miss., writes me, under 

 date of March 24, as follows: "By the way, quite a number 

 of parties are anxious that we have a pointer stake here at 

 the close of the Southern Field Trial Club's Stakes. It 

 should be run here on our grounds, because they are the 

 best in the world, and, from the expenditure I am authorized 

 to make on them during the year, they will be unapproach- 

 able next season by any club's grounds in existence. I am 

 having a small patch of sorghum planted aronnd every 

 thicket, on the entire grounds, which is liable to hold a 

 covey of birds. There are as many birds on the grouuds 

 now as when yon were here, none having been shot. The 

 grounds will be thoroughly protected, and it is safe to say 

 that when the first brace of dogs go down next year they 

 will be on the best grounds, in every respect, in existence. 



"1 give you herewith my ideas of arranging the pointer 

 stakes, to be run on the grouuds of the Southern Field Trial 

 Club, Monday, Feb. 18, 1893: All-age stake, open to all 

 pointers which have never won first money or special in a 

 regular field trial. Entrance #10, with $10 additional to 

 start. Entries to close Oct. 1, 1892. 



"Derby, open to all pointer puppies which have never won 

 first or special at any regular field trial, and which were 

 whelped after Jan. 1. 1891. Same entrance and starting fees 

 as in the All-Age Stake. All forfeits and entrance money 

 to go to their respective stakes. All added money to be 

 equally divided between the two stakes. The running rules 

 to be left entirely to the judges, the Forest ANT) Stream to 

 name one judge, the American Field one and the Pointer 

 Club of America one." 



Dr. Rogers starts the endeavor with the liberal subscrip- 

 tion of $25. 



This proposition for a pointer stake, coming as it does 

 from a sportsman so highly esteemed, skillful and influential 

 as Dr. Rogers, is worth the serious consideration and effort 

 of all owners of pointers. With all the ad vantages offered 

 in the way of magnificeut grounds and plenty of birds, the 

 owners and admirers of the short-haired dog should sub- 

 scribe liberally to make the trial a success. 



The interest in pointers as field dogs has fallen off a great 

 deal in the South in the past few years by neglierence, the 

 setters having almost entirely supplanted them. Unless the 

 admirers of the pointer make more effort to exhibit their 

 favorite's working capabilities, they will fall into a low place 

 in public esteem, and will gradually lose all prestige if the 

 apathy is continued. Of course there are some active, ener- 

 getic pointer men, but they are few in number compared to 

 the whole, and the active work in maintaining the reputa- 

 tion of the pointer or striving for his ascendency over all 

 competitoi's should not be left to a few individuals. No 

 matter how good the qualities of a breed may be, or, for that 

 matter, those of an individual dog, the only way to convince 

 the public of genuine worth is by actual exhibition or com- 

 petition in public field trials. The high reputation of the 

 English setter to-day would never have been acquired but 

 for uniform, strong competition year after year. 



In competing iu open stakes with English setters, the 

 pointers always contend against large odds, which, if they 

 were all in every respect quite equal to the setters in per- 

 formance, would be impossible to overcome. Of course, a 

 pointer will now and then win against the odds which are 

 against him, but he. will, on the other hand, iu many cases 

 lose. It would be much better for the breed of pointers if 

 the owners would arrange more trials specially for them in 

 different sections of the country. B. Waters. 



PHILADELPHIA FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At a meeting of the field trial committee of the Philadel- 

 phia Kennel Club, held Monday, March 14, the following 

 matters of interest were acted upon : 



Fourteen hundred dollars in purses will be offered in the 

 Derby and All-Age stakes, divided up as follows: 1400 to 

 the winner of first, $200 to the winner of second and $100 to 

 third in the Derbv, and the same division in the All-Age 

 Stake. 



m the Derby the entries will close May 15. A forfeit of 

 $10 must accompany each nomination in this stake, a 

 second or additional forfeit of $10 must be paid Sept. 15 and 

 the remaining $10 must be paid on night before the starting 

 of the stake. 



In the All-Age Stake the entries will close Oct. 1. A for- 

 feit of $10 must accompany each nomination and the re- 

 maining $20 must be paid on night before the starting of 

 the stake. 



In tbe Members' Stake, open only to the members of 

 the P. K. C, entries will close Nov. 1, $10 to enter and $10 

 to start. Prizes, $50 to first, $80 to second and $10 to third. 

 In addition there is the Item bowl to be competed for in 

 this stake, together with other cups and special induce- 

 ments, Francis G. Taylor, Sec'y. 



ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. 



A MEETING of the advisory committee of the A. K. C. 

 was held at 44 Broadway, New York city, March 26, 

 with all members present except Mr. Reick, who is absent 

 in Europe. 



The following matters were submitted and acted upon: 

 The charges preferred by Mr. Thomas Shillcock against Mr. 

 G. W. Patterson were laid over for further evidence. 



Be charges preferred by F. H. F. Mercer against J. L. 

 Little. It was found that Mr. Little was not guilty of any 

 fraudulent act and that Mr. Mercer did not prove his case. 



The rules which are to govern the dog show of the World's 

 Fair were adopted. 



There were two fox-terriers and two Italian greyhounds 

 shown at the Pittsburgh shown in violation of the rule 

 governing the age of puppies and said dogs were duly dis- 

 qualified. 



The A. K. C. has purchased the London Field, Vols. 1 to 

 22 inclusive. 



A PRIZE FOR THE BEST MOVING MASTIFF, 



Editor Forest and Stream.: 



I offered the Boston show a special for the best moving 

 mastiff at their coming show, puppies and animals not 

 getting as high as vhc, excluded, and with the condition 

 that Mr. John Davidson judge it, sending at the same time 

 a letter for publication that my selection of Mr. Davidson 

 was not meant in the slightest degree to express distrust of 

 Mr. Mortimer or his ability, but that I wished this point de- 

 cided entirely free from any connection with the show merit 

 of the dogs, and a verdict on this point alone would be more 

 pronounced coming from one who had not judged the 

 animals in their regular classes. The Boston committee, 

 however, decided that they could not accept this condition" 

 as it would be certain to "make hard feelings." I had ex- 

 plained my reasons for this selection to both Mr. Mortimer 

 and Mr. Davidson, and both were entirely .satisfied with 

 them, but after thinking the matter over and considering the 

 number of his proper victims among dogmen that the fool- 

 killer has most negligently passed by, I have, concluded 

 that our Boston friends are right after all, and that while 



Mr. Mortimer appreciates my reasons, a lot of fools would 

 say, "Oh! It's just some of Wade's spite at Mortimer," and 

 therefore Mr. Mortimer will judge this special. I wish to 

 give notice, however, that at the first opportunity I will offer 

 such a special again, and I will insist that the judge of 

 mastiffs, be he who he may, shall not judge it. I don't want 

 ii mastiff judge's opinion, I want an outsiclei's, and I will 

 take it in very ill part of the show committee that objects. 

 Perhaps the dogmen's fool-killer will have wakened up to a 

 sense of his duty by that time, and to the chatlerings of those 

 he overlooks I will be indifferent. W. WADE. 



Hur/rON, Pa ., March ?6. 



NOTES AND NOTIONS. 



A FORCIBLE illustration of the growth of kennel inter- 

 ests came under my notice recently. In looking over 

 the Seeger & Guernsey Encyclopedia, a work designated for 

 the guidance of buyers who may wish to learn where any 

 article of commerce or manufacture can be bought, I was 

 surprised to find the names of so many of our leading ken- 

 nels, as Mr. Moore's, Mr. Winchell's, the Hillside, etc. 

 When we recall how very absurd it would have, appeared a 

 few years since to find information in a business directory 

 of where to buy dogs, the march of kennel interests is 

 strongly i mpressed on us. 



Tbe "Onlooker" begs to present his compliments to the 

 English Stoeli -Keeper for its very considerate "letting 

 down" of him over Pis stumble over that new canine artist, 

 Mr. W. W. Lloyd. The vulgarian always manages a cor- 

 rection in a way to instill envy, hatred, malice and all un- 

 charitableness in the mind of the corrected, but the Stock- 

 Keeper manages the task in a way that makes correction a 

 luxury. The "Onlooker" hopes that that journal will favor 

 us by such sequel to its discovery as Home W ords may fur- 

 nish after reading tbe comments of the Stock-Keeper. 



The Onlooker. 



DOG CHAT. 



Ij^IGHT hundred and seventy-five dollars for a Kiug 

 \t Charles spaniel. This is the sum that Mrs. Pestell of 

 Southsea (Eng.) has just sold her crack dog Laureate for. 

 Stock-Keeper says this dog is a grand animal and has car- 

 ried everything before him iu the show pen. Mrs Forder's 

 celebrated King Charles Ch. Ben d'Or is dead. He was born 

 in 1882 and had won everything in the way of prizes that he 

 could win. 



Mr. E. B. Sears is rather annoyed at the rumor that he 

 will not show at Boston. On the contrary be has entered a 

 team of thirteen, and we are told that Sir Bedivere is once 

 more entirely himself. 



Collies are looking up: another newly imported one has 

 arrived, this is Scotland's Best, by Christopher out of Maid 

 o' Fortune, purchased from Mr. Scott of Edinburgh, by Mr. 

 R. E. Tod ot New York city. He took second in good com- 

 pany at Dunfermline a few weeks since. He came over on 

 the Teutonic. 



A note by our correspondent, "The Onlooker," of his dis- 

 covering an unknown canine artist in Mr. W. W. Lloyd, 

 who furnished some doggy illustrations in Home Words., a 

 London monthly, has led to a most comical issue. The 

 London Stock-Keeper says that this mention by our corre- 

 spondent led it to investigate, and on procuring a copy of 

 Home Words found canine pictures of unusual merit, life- 

 like, spirited and thoroughly artistic, noted as "Drawn by 

 W.W. Lloyd," but a close examination developed, what our 

 correspondent evidently overlooked, the inscription in a 

 corner of "R. H. M., del," the initials of Mr. R. H. Moore, 

 the noted canine artist. Thus through a mention in far-off 

 America the editor of Home Words is put in a very equivo- 

 cal position by appending the name of another to Mr. 

 Moore's work. 



When Dr. M. H. Cryer, of Philadelphia, was called upon 

 to judge at the Eastern Coursing Club's first meet the ques- 

 tion was asked by more than one what Dr. Cryer knew 

 about greyhounds, when to the present generation of dog 

 breeders and exhibitors his name hadjbeen usually con- 

 nected with pugs and pet dogs. Dr. Cryer tells us that in 

 his younger days he was an enthusiastic lover of coursing, 

 and if we are rightly informed, the noted slipper Tom Wil- 

 kinson was either brought up or lived for some time on one 

 of his father's farms. The following bit of what now must 

 be called ancient history, and Dr. Cryer must have been a 

 pretty young man at that time, will be interesting reading 

 to some of our modern greyhound men and will show that 

 at a very early date in American dog annals there were some 

 good greyhounds in the country and whose progeny, we be- 

 lieve, found their way eventually to the Pacific s'lope. In 

 the Turf, Field enul Farm, Sept. 2, 1870, we find the follow- 

 ing: "We learn from the Sporting Gazette of Aug. 20 that 

 Mr. Cryer, of Salem, O., has made a valuable importation of 

 greyhounds. Dogs are tested in England in races arranged 

 especially for them, and those imported by Mr. Cryer have 

 been successful in the courses. The Sporting Gazette says: 

 'The well known greyhounds Saladin and Bettelheim 

 started for America in the steamer Wisconsin, having been 

 consigned to Major M. H. Cryer, of Salem, O. Saladin, by 

 Flapdragon out of Miss Orrit, beat Belligerent in the final 

 course for the Searisbruck cup at the last Southport meet- 

 ing, having won all his previous courses like a good grey- 

 hound. He also ran twice— in 1S64 and 1865— for the Water- 

 loo cup. His staying powers are undeniable, and no doubt 

 he will make a good stud dog. Beltelheim is by Rienzi out 

 of Note. In 1867 she ran into the last four for the Waterloo 

 cup, beating Maniolana, Constable, Desperation and Rather 

 Improved. After her clever victory over the latter she was 

 thought to have a good chance, but was bowled over in the 

 fifth round by Lobelia, the winner of the cup'." 



Mr. A. H. Heppner draws our attention to the fact that 

 the great Dane Pedro, who won at Pittsburgh, was not en- 

 tered at Chicago for competition, consequently an injustice 

 was done to Mr. Heppner, as judge at the latter show, in 

 our remarks in the Pittsburgh report, 



Lovers of toy dogs, including toy spaniels, will have a 

 chance to show their pets and their millinery once more, 

 as a show for these dogs will be held May 3 to 5, in St. 

 Stephen's Hall, Westminster Aquarium, London. 



An application was recently made to a magistrate in Lon- 

 don respecting the right of a landlord to seize a dog for ar- 

 rears of rent. The complainant believed such seizure to 

 have been contrary to law, but the magistrate soon disabused 

 him of this idea for he told him the seizure was justifiable, 

 for "a dog being a chattel, the landlord can seize your chat- 

 ties if you do not pay your rent," No doubt this would 

 hold good in some of our States, and it remains for an impe- 

 cunious breeder to select his dog with some degree of fore- 

 thought, so that if any intruding marshal should unfortu- 

 nately have occasion to make a raid, the seizure part of it 

 would be on the other leg. 



There is always more or less conjecture among exhibitors 

 as to "how Boston will come out this year;" but somehow, 

 without making much stir, the New England Kennel Club 

 always manages to, in polite parlance, "get there with both 

 feet," and this year they seem to have added a fifth wheel. 



At Pittsburgh there were numerous complaints among the 

 regular handlers that, owing to there being no money in the 

 challenge classes, it would not pay to take their teams to the 

 city of culture; many of their best dogs having become 

 candidates for challenge Pernors. Whether they have carried 

 out their intentions or not we cannot tell, but the entry of 

 702 is a capital one and quite an advance over the year 1891, 

 when 639 was the number catalogued: and further, we are 

 told that some of the best dogs in the country will be on 

 hand. Several breeds show a marked increase ov r last 

 year, especially in pointers, St. Bernards, Boston terriers, 

 Irish terriers, there being 25 of the latter against last year's 

 11, black and tan terriers and pugs. With 6Q "roundheads," 

 the judge will have no easy task in turning the sharp corners 

 of local aspirations, and his position is not to be envied. The 

 list of entries in the different breeds follow: Mastiffs 14, St. 

 Bernards 69, great Danes 3, bloodhounds 4, deerhounds 12, 

 greyhounds 14. Barzois 5, Chesapeake. Bay 3, pointers 73, 

 English setters 55, Irish setters 42, Gordon setters 28, spaniels 

 37, beagles 39, dachshunde 11, foxhounds 15, collies 3.t, 

 poodles 5, bulldogs 9, bull-terriers 21, Boston terriers 60, fox- 

 terriers GO, Dandie Dinmonts 5. Scotch terriers 5, Irish ter- 

 riers 25, black and tan terriers 6, Skye terriers 3, Yorkshire 

 terriers 6, toy terriers 3, pugs 17, toy spaniels 2, King Charles 

 4, Blenheim, Prince Charles and Ruby 2, Japanese 3, miscel- 

 laneous 6; total 702. The show will be held April 5 to 8, as 

 usual in the Mechanic's Building, a building than wntcn 

 there is none in America better adapted for a dog show. 



Mr. Walter J. Comstock of Providence, R. I., seems deter- 

 mined to get together a winning team of Irish terriers. He 

 has just made an important addition to his kennel by pur- 

 chasing from Mr. E. A. Wiener, The Elms, Sunderland, 

 England, the, noted "Irishman" Merle Grady, considered 

 one of the very best Irish terriers on the other side. He is a 

 red dog, whelped Dec. 6, 1889, and is by Billsticker out of 

 W. Galley's Biddy, by Bellman out of Biddy. He has won a 

 number of prizes at prominent shows, including the Irish 

 terrier Juvenile challenge cup 1891, and first and special at 

 Derby.first Darlington, first and special Leeds.first Liverpool. 

 The latter win alone stamps him as a good one, and with 

 Boxer IV., Hanover Boy, Dunmurry and Crate, Mr. Corn- 

 stock can place a team of terriers of this breed on the bench 

 such as American exhibitors have not seen before. Merle 

 Grady, should he arrive in time, will make his American 

 debut at B aston 



A Miss Hulscher, of Amsterdam, Hollaud, has just pur- 

 chased Mr. Mayall's famous dog Chutney for $500. Chutney 

 is by Breda Mixer out of Iris. Iris is a daughter of Breda 

 Florence, that Mr. Comstock so unfortunately lost two or 

 three years ago, and is now owned by Mr. Geo. R. Krehl. Iris 

 won first in a strong class at Birmingham, 1891. 



The question of size in Irish terriers is now being agitated 

 in tbe Stock-Keeper (Eng.). The prevailing opinion seems 

 to be that 241bs. for dogs and 22ibs. for bitches, the standard 

 size, is the limit. It would certainly seem as if dogs that 

 are required to go to earth, to bolt the otter and badger, 

 should not be burdened with the "props" that some of the 

 Irish terriers possess that have been placed in the money in 

 this country. Though these "dare-devils" are not used,to any 

 extent, in America, as they are in Great Britain, simply from 

 lack of time and opportunity on the part of their owners, 

 still the characteristics of the breed and the knowledge of 

 what they are required to do should not be lost sight of. 



Mr. A. Knoblauch, Jr., of the Central Kennels, Jersey 

 City, has purchased the King Charles spaniel Royal Roy 

 from Mr. Burkhart, Brooklyn, N. Y., who in turn imported 

 the dog from Mrs. E. Forder, of England. This toy spaniel 

 is said to be a good one, though rather large, and is by 

 Jumbo II. out of Olivette, his pedigree thus running back 

 to Countess, Queen of the Fancy, Jumbo, Young Jumbo, 

 etc. Royal Roy was whelped Nov, 27, 1889. 



As usual after our spring circuit, the death roll increases 

 and many dogs are lost that breeders and owners can ill 

 spare. Irish setter men especially will be sorry to hear of 

 the death of Mr. H. B. Anderson's Irish setter Nugget from 

 distemper and pneumonia, contracted at tbe late Washing- 

 ton show. Nugget had already made a name for herself, 

 especially in the field, where she won first in the Irish setter 

 Derby at High Point. N. C, last year. Od the bench she 

 scored he. at New York and reserve at Washington, D. C, 

 this spring. Mr. Anderson feels her loss very keenly, as he 

 intended to run Nugget in the All-Age Stakes this fall, 

 and from her good performance last year expected her to 

 give a good account of herself in competition with the older- 

 dogs. 



Still another promising dog has joined the increasing 

 majority. Mr. W. Stewart Dirfenderffer writes us that his 

 young St. Bernard Sir Melvale, by Scottish Prince out of 

 Hepsey, died Wednesday last from distemper and pneu 

 monia, contracted at either Washington or Pittsburgh 

 shows. Sir Melvale was only sick three days, and though 

 two "vets" were in attendance, the inevitable had to come. 

 Our correspondent adds, "No more showing pups forme." 

 How many others have made this resolution, but still the 

 puppy classes continue to claim their victims. Mr, Ditfen- 

 derffer cannot quite get rid of the fever, try as he will, and 

 has now purchased from Mr. Sawyer, of Menominee, Mich., 

 a useful bitch iu Mascot Bernie, registered in England as 

 Uritb. by Sai'gano out of Floss. She has already had one 

 litter by Scottish Prince, and if the "influence of a previous 

 sire" goes for anything, he expects to breed something good 

 from her by the aid of one of the cracks. 



The owner of the Ingleside Kennels, Mr. Geo. W. Glazier, 

 Salem, Mass., believes in keeping his dogs up to the work 

 they are intended to do, and last Saturday indulged in a 

 little fun in the way of a man hunt, or, more correctly 

 speaking, a boy hunt. The kennels are situated about two 

 miles from Marblehead, on the outskirts of Salem, and pos- 

 sess every requisite for the raising and training of his 

 mastiffs and bloodhounds. In this small pack there were 

 some noted animals, Belhus, for instance, whom the police, 

 of Scotland Yard used to try and pick out the trail of "Jack 

 the Ripper" in Whitechapel, and a son of Burgho, who was 

 also used for the same purpose, and which latter dog is now 

 known by the name of the mysterious criminal that his sire 

 failed to run to earth. Another one is Bennison, a bitch re- 

 cently imported, and who has whelped a litter of eleven 

 since' her arrival, to Mr Brough's famous dog Bono. The 

 bitch Delfan, by Belhus ex Rosemary, completed the pi ck. 

 Mr. Glazier was the master of the hunt. A youth of some 

 thirteen summers was provided with a few pieces of broken 

 meat and sent off in the direction of the Canadian Domin 

 ion; five minutes' law was given, and then off went the 

 hounds, and in a few seconds Jack had picked the boy's 

 trail out and was after him at such a pace that it would 

 have taken a good horse to keep tip. The rest followed close 

 behind. The boy had passed from sight over a neighboring 

 hill, and the dogs tracked him foot by foot, following each 

 turn with unerring certainty, until they came up with him. 

 The boy then rewarded them, and came back to the kennels 

 with the dogs at his heels. Twice again was the youngster 

 started off, each time following the old track for a short dis- 

 tance and then striking out afresh, and each time did the 

 dogs pick out the most recent scent and follow it until they 

 came up with the lad. It most be clearly understood that 

 no drag was used and the boy merely ran over the ground, 

 his feet being incased in rubber boots. The sagacity, tracta- 



