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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 12, 1892. 



DOC CHAT. 



ONE of our oldest breeders, more especially of Gordon set- 

 ters, is Mr. G. T. Brownell, of New Bedford, Mass. He 

 is one ot the workers in the vineyard, literally, being quite 

 content to leave the contentious elements ot dogdoin to 

 others. Mr. Brownell's kennels are called the Mount Pleas- 

 ant Gordon Kennels and are situated on the outskirts of 

 JNew Bedford. At present his kennels include several prize 

 winners, arnong which are Beulah, Duchess, Queen, Nora, 

 Murklard Ranger, Gordon Grouse and Dash B. Duchess 

 was the winning Gordon pup at Boston a Tew weeks since : 

 Gordon Grouse won first at Boston last year in open does. 

 Beulah is the matron of the kennel, and won prizes at New 

 xork and other shows some five or six years since. Murk- 

 land Hanger is a local prizewinner. Mr. Brownell manages 

 to dispose of about fifty pups a year, and is an old and ap- 

 preciative advertiser in Forest and Stream, his sales dur- 

 ing the past six months numbering 33. When dog shows 

 are on the tapis at New Bedford Mr. Brownell is one of the 

 .hardest workers. 



"Ten thousand dollars for a dog I'' he exclaimed as be 

 looked up from his newspaper. '-Do you believe any one 

 ever paid such a price, Maria?" "I'm rare I don't know, 

 James," she returned without stopping her needlework 

 even tor a moment. "Does the paper say that much was 

 paid; -Yes, there's an article on valuable dogs, and it 

 speaks of one that was sold for 10,000. I don't believe it " 



It may be true, James," she said quietly. -Some of these 

 Diooded animals bring fancy prices, and there's no particular 

 reason why the paper should lie about it." "I know that, 

 Maria; but just think of it— just try to grasp the magnitude 

 of that sum in your weak, feminine mind. You don't seem 

 to realize it. Ten thousand dollars for a dog! Why hang 

 it, Maria! that's more than I am worth!" "I know it, James 

 but some are worth more than others." She went calmly 

 on with her sewing, while he fumed and sputtered for a 

 moment and then dropped the subject, especially the weak 

 feminine mind part of it.— Humane Journal. 



«»w !3 a COm i S *5 8 e "? D S together a representative gath- 

 ering ol dogs, Scotland is not so very far behind England in 

 this respect. In connection with the Ayrshire Agricultural 

 Association, at Ayr, a show with 1,500 entries took place a 

 couple of weeks since. In some of the breeds record entries 

 were made, notably in the national breed— the collie— which 

 attained the unprecedented entry of 394. Ormskirk Ormond 

 w? ^ 6 Scottish § olll e Club Derby for dogs, and though 

 beaten m the open dog class by Mr. Lunisden's Kintor Dla- 

 mond, he won for Mr. Stretch the Scottish Collie Club "5 

 guinea cup for best owned and bred by exhibitor. Scotch 

 terriers had also a banner entry, no less than 148 facing the 



S p'th-n M Ctl0 T?H thafc WC ^ d haT ? puzzled aQ y less clever 

 judge than Mr Thomson Gray, who also handled the Dan- 

 die Dinmont classes, which were also very large Fox- 

 terriers numbered 150 and Irish terriers 60. Sporting dogs 

 were weil represented, and special mention is made of the 

 class provided for black or black and white pointers which 

 used to be and is still, a popular strain in the North. The 

 judging ot this large show was done by five men and com- 



Jw^h" P° mts -; 1S n ° w Pract.cally ineli 21D le for the S 

 ring, and we wondered what some of the breeders of davt 

 ^°™v, by v,T? Uld ^ ave . said bad they seen the careful manner 

 m which the judge investigated each mouth beforenaS 

 any regard to any of the other points of the dog." Is show 

 mg tne high pitch of perfection this famous breed his 

 now attained the judge did not find it necessary to throw 

 one specimen out for this defect. J mrow 



Mr. W. W Spellman, who is a noted breeder of Scottish 

 terriers is also the owner of the celebrated champion Duff 



u^h^^oq ® fc i r lin - er Nomadic, which sailed from Eng- 

 houndsC- Sr^MSgS. 00 * 0 ^ 1 St ° Ck ' a PaCk ° f f °- 



Mr. John Hawkes, of Cincinnati, O., seems to have a lean- 

 m tQ ward dogs that are "bred" in the Lanel o' Cakes 

 When be was over on the other side last year he bought the 

 collie Grange Nellie, which has not yet had a fair chance 

 herself properly. Now he has purchased a Scottish 

 jSph'ffSj i. r t0 Hawtllorn ^ Riverside, from Mr 



The Gordon setter field trials that were to have come off 

 May 4 on Lord Salisbury's estates at Hatfield, England have 

 been postponed, and as the season is pretty lato now thev 

 will probably be postponed till autumn iney 



Zerry, the Psovoi bitch owned by Mr. Huntington ia 3H11 

 in England under Mr. Sewell's care. We wonder her owner 

 does not bring her home now and breed her to his Argoss 



ionH™ 6 t0y d0 , g S 1 ? 0w l be i d ,i ast week in London there were 

 M pa c els ben ? hed ; i 54 ent ™s. Pugs numbered 9s; 

 f£™. 141; Pomeranians 27, entries 50; Schipperkes 31, en- 

 tries ol, and Yorkshires and toys 51. This should make a 

 particularly interesting exhibition, and we expect to publish 

 a special report of the show by Miss A. M. Holds worth the 

 noted writer on pet dogs. * 



Stoeli-Kcemr this > week in giving the account of the recent 

 ' wolf coursing' at Denver, Col., goes to a good deal of 

 Ht£ bl ?£ p 5 lnt °- C M at the Am erican idea of the capabil- 

 ities of the Psovoi is all wrong. There was hardly any Ved 

 for this. We are quite willing to believe, judging of the 

 dogs that have been tried that their strong' point is not to 

 kill the wolf themselves, but to allow their master to do it 

 for them That journal claims that ZIoeem and Osmaday 

 « * u h ff ,^ lty aodtaa* when it was found that they could 

 not hold Greeley," another pair should have been slipped to 

 their help, and another still till the wolf succumbed in- 

 stancing a case where it took twenty Psovois to hold 'the 

 wolf so that the hunter could give the coup de rirare 

 While we agree with our contemporary that the owners of 

 these dogs are to blame for any ridicule that may have been 

 heaped on the breed, the fact still remains that had they 

 had the pluck they should have, ZIoeem and Osmadav 

 would not have left the wolf while they had a leg to stand 

 on. There are greyhounds now in Colorado that can do 

 better than that. 



Some time ago we drew attention to the evil effects of a 

 continued dosing of arsenic and such drugs to fit dogs for 

 showing purposes and to give them that sleek appearance 

 that in many minds is the sign of condition. The following 

 letter in Stock Keeper strikes us as useful in the cause and 

 a warning to lazy kennel men: "How is it that people so 

 frequently complain that a dog which a few weeks before 

 was bought in the pink of condition rapidly loses flesh be- 

 comes staring in coat, refuses food and presents other symp- 

 toms of ill-health? In a great number of these cases the 

 animal has been previously 'doctored' with arsenic, gener- 

 ally the solution, the system has been artificially stimulated 

 Slid natural waste of tissue prevented. When this agent is 



withdrawn the power of assimilation is diminished, the 

 animal suffers from derangement of the stomach, liver, etc 

 and frecjuently exhibits, with other symptoms, cough indi- 

 gestion, vomiting, falling off cf hair, and in some cases con- 

 vulsions. It has acted on the protoplasm, the vital part of 

 the organism— if I may so put it— and by preventing oxida- 

 tion, converted it ioto a substance resembling fat. We now 

 haA^e fatty degeneration of the heart, liver and other most 

 important internal organs. These, now the stimulus is 

 wii hdrawn, are quite unable to perform their proper func- 

 tions. In a great number of cases where the owner has 

 been previously using arsenic they seem to have an objec- 

 tion to tell the veterinary surgeon, and this sometimes leads 

 to mistakes on the part of that much blamed individual. 

 These cases do no good to the dog, its owner, the vet. or any 

 one else, and the sooner the wholesale administration of this 

 irritant poison— except by the order of a properly qualified 

 man— is stopped, the better for all concerned. lam ciuite 

 sure we should have fewer cases of paralysis, puppies and 

 dogs with bone and joint diseases, and bitches not breeding, 

 about which there is at present such an outcry. I trust that 

 the insertion of this note in your widely read paper may 

 start abler pens than mine, or make people think before 

 playing with this useful, but too ofteu improperly used drug. 

 -Edward J. Fowler, M.R.C.V.S." 



We have received a copy of the Manchester (Eng.) dog 

 show catalogue, and we must admit it is the handiest one 

 we have yet seen. Every one knows what a bother it is to 

 find the different breeds in the catalogue when one is in a 

 hurry, and it is nearly as much trouble to find the breed 

 index. In the catalogue before us the edges are indexed 

 with the name of the breed, so that in turning the leaves of 

 the book one can place one's finger at once on any breed re- 

 quired and open it at the proper place without any intermin- 

 able turning over of leaves. This must be a boon to many 

 an exhibitor, especially in the ring, with a dog tugging at 

 the other end of the chain he holds in one hand. The rules 

 are indexed at the edges in a similar manner. The entries 

 at this show numbered 1 075, and the show commenced on 

 Tuesday, March 22. A marked catalogue was issued on 

 Wednesday. The stewards detailed for each ring make 

 quite a formidable list, and as most of them are exhibitors 

 everything worked very smoothly. 



The Queen of England will soon have quite a dogly 

 library if the efforts of our contemporaries, Stock-Keeper 

 and British Fancier, have full sway. The betting was 

 very even till the mail that brings the news that Mr. Krehl 

 bad been presented to her Majesty, ''who graciously deigned" 

 to accept a pair of Irish terriers from this well-known 

 editor. As the Stock-Keeper also presented the Queen with 

 a handsomely bound copy of their Christmas supplement, 

 this journal seems to be one ahead. It will now be in order 

 for Mr. Marples to trot out one of his "Moonstones" and 

 keep up the show of loyalty, etc. Amid it all the Fanciers' 

 Gazette pursues the. even tenor of its way. 



Stock-Keeper (Eng.) speaking on the formation of a 

 "Barzoi" club m England says: "It may safely be assumed 

 that the designation of the club was not decided upon with- 

 out due deliberation, and the conclusion arrived at to adopt 

 the title "Barzoi" may well be allowed to set at rest the 

 many puerile discussions which have of late cast ridicule on 

 the breed." Because Stock-Keeper believes "Barzoi" to be 

 the proper name, that does not make it so any more than 

 the breed's reputation as wolf killers is sufficient to encom- 

 pass the death of that savage beast. Investigation has 

 proved that Barzoi is not the correct term, but that Psovoi 

 or Psovoi Barzie is. A coursing meet for Psovies will likely 

 be held next season under the auspices of the specialty club 

 for that breed. 



The Duke of Newcastle, who, with the Duchess, has the 

 finest kennel of Psovois in England, sailed on the Teutonic 

 for a visit to this country. From his kennels came Mr. 

 Huntington's Argoss. The Duchess of Newcastle, who is a 

 keen fancier, will open the Leeds dog show which opens 

 May 10. 



Young Bute is considered a good dog in England at pres- 

 ent and he has still further added to his laurels in siring a 

 litter of 17 out of Rustic Beauty. Messrs. Sidney W. Smith 

 and Baker are the lucky owners. Four of the pups have 

 since died; the rest of the dogs are well marked and of 

 solid body color. 



If Cel. Ruppert, who is due May 11, brings over a crack 

 dog it will more than likely be Douny brook Fair, which is 

 said to have a splendid head. He will, however, bring with 

 him two bitches, one a half sister of Marvel and the other 

 by the late Scottish Prirce, which Col. Ruppert owned at 

 the time of its death. 



We hear that Mr. "Dan" Foster has refused $4,000 for his 

 sinooth-coat St. Bernard Leicester. Mr. Foster "wants" 

 $5,000. 



Fanciers of Dandie Dinmonts may be interested in hear- 

 ing that old Ch. Tweedmouth is dead. During his career he 

 won twenty-six firsts and six challenge prizes. His pedigree 

 was of the finest, according to Stock Keeper, extending back 

 to the dogs owned by James Davielson, of Hindlea, or 

 Charlieshope (the original "Dandie Dinmont"). 



The Seminole Kennels have just had a taste of bad luck 

 in losing their pug Kasb, Jr., well known to show goers. 

 He was killed by a St. Bernard. 



Mr. Hughes writes that the weather is very cold in Roch- 

 ester, but hopes it will warm up before a litter of mastiff 

 puppie3 arrives that he is expecting this week. We hope 

 that the coming litter will in part make up for the losses 

 this kennel has incurred the last year, for we know it is Mr. 

 Whitney's dearest wish to raise some pups from the excep- 

 tionally good stock he has in his kennels. Another piece of 

 hard luck was the death of Princess, the dam of Melrose 

 Prince. Princess was killed in a fight with some other 

 bitches in the kennel. Mr. Whitney sails for Europe June 4. 



We draw the attention of those interested in field trials to 

 the announcement in our business columns of the United 

 States Field Trial Derby to be run . at Elizabethtown, Ky., 

 for pointers and setters whelped on or after January 1, 

 1891. Each breed to run separately. The prizes in each di- 

 vision are $250, 1200 and $150, the winner in each stake to 

 compete for title of absolute winner and $200 additional. 

 Entries close with Mr.P.T. Madison, lock box 4, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., Junel. First forfeit $10, second $10, payable Sept. 1, 

 and $10 to start. 



The Bulldog Club of America will offer two of their hand- 

 some silver medals at the English Bulldog Club show on 

 May 24, at the Royal Aquarium, London. One will go to 

 the'owner of the winner of first in the American class at 

 that show and the other to the breeder of the dog winning 

 that prize. Entries in the American class will be received 

 up to Friday, May 13. It is probable that the English club 

 will reciprocate by offering two of their medals at the next 

 annual bulldog show, which every one knows is the West- 

 minster Kennei Club show. 



Mr, Geo. Jarvis will breed his pointer bitch Lass of Kent 

 to the W. K. C.'s King of Kent on Friday next, afterward 



taking the boat on Saturday with nine good entries F or the 

 Lewiston show next week. 



Mr. George S. Mott is now the superintendent of the West- 

 May S i er nel Club ' havilJ g taken Mr. Mortimer's position 



.. Ti 6 Greyhound Club's quarterly meeting annoimcpd for 

 May 9, did not take place as there was not a quo rum. 



™ A few members of the Rochester Kennel Club met at 

 Messrs. Fanning & Williams's office last Monday afternoon 

 intending to discuss the bench show to he held next fall' 

 The meeting was adjourned till Saturday at 8 o'clock with- 

 j a ? y ° u . 8ine8S be™? d ° ne - At present there is a conflict 

 ot dates between the Rochester and Hamilton clubs and he- 

 Tore either can hope to hold a successful show, this diffi- 

 culty will have to be adjusted. 



Mr. W. C. Reick has sold the St. Bernard, Marquis of 

 Ripon, to Mr. Barry, Peabody, Mass. Marquis of Ripon 

 was imported last year by Mr. Reick and is by Prince 

 Regent out of Lady St, Gothard, and therefore & Utter 

 brother to Lady Gladwyn. 



The new advertisements which we draw attention go this 

 week are those of the Forest Beagle Kennels who have 

 beagle3for sale: John Feuiner, English setter pup; Georee 

 bmvth pointers; H. W. Page, a pointer bitch; C. E. Glass 

 English setter pups; F. C. Boles. St.. Bernard pups: Rieth, a 

 trained beagle^ Room 449, Irish setter pups. In the stud- 

 Tubby Hook Kennels' bull-terrier, Ch. Carnev. and Herbert 

 S. Sevan's English setter Whyte B. Attention is also 

 drawn to the Hillside Kennels' special offer in their stud 

 advertisement of noted fox-terriers. 



Mr. Cyril Jackson, writing to the Stock-Keeper, complains- 

 that Rule XII. in the E. K. C. rules, which relates to the 

 "warned oft" people, is a dead letter as far as it prevents a 

 disqualified exhibitor from competing at a show, because the 

 secretaries of shows do not know who is on the black list 

 In this respect the A.K.C. is ahead, as a list of such members 

 is forwarded by the secretary to clubs and the list i=> sus- 

 pended on the walls of the club rooms. 



W. O. Hughes Hughes wants to know if any St. Bernard' 

 breeder can give him any information as to who owns the 

 St, Bernard Medor, the sire of ApolJo, Sirius and Dignity 

 Medor was purchased in 1882 from Herr Ruchti, of luter- 

 laken, by some English-speaking lady, and Mr. Hughes 

 fancies she must have been an American. The only man in 

 America who would be likely to know is Mr. K. E. Hopf, 

 who is now in California, or possibly Mr. W. W. Tucker' 

 who imported Apollo. 



The Tubby Hook Kennels, of which Messrs. E. D Hayes 

 and C. I'. R, Drake are the proprietors, are fast gettirig'to- 

 gether a good kennel of bull-terriers with the well-known 

 Carney at its head. Their fancy inclines rather to the li^ht 

 weights. They have two capital bitches by Chesset's Flyer 

 that will be brought out in the fall or spring shows and 

 through Mr. Senn they have just imported a very well 

 formed white bitch weighing only 81bs., from a Birmingham 

 (Eng.) breeder. Edgewood Fancy, that won so many prizes 

 during the spring circuit has been bred this week to Gully 

 the Great. The dogs will be kept at the new kennel at 

 Lawrence, L. I , of which "Andy" McGregor is the manager 

 The above gentlemen have had some hard knocks in Josin°-' 

 Chesset's Flyer and a litter brother of the mastiff, Beaufort 7 )--- 

 Black Prince, that was thought to be little, if any inferior 

 to that grand dog, but the right spirit is there and they are 

 going into the fancy stronger than ever. 



The Blue Grass Kennel Club have arranged, with Mr 

 John Davidson to judge all sporting classes at their coming 

 fall show, Aug. 31, Sept. 1-3 Mr. Geo. H. Hill will be 

 the superintendent. The club has secured TattersalF& 

 Pavilion, adjoining the State fair grounds, and as the fair 

 will be in progress at the time a good attendance is assured 

 They had 465 entries at their inaugural show, and there is- 

 every reason to believe that the next show will pass the 

 coveted 500 mark. Premium lists will be issued June 10, 

 Mr. Roger Williams is the secretary. 



TORONTO K. C. DOG SHOW. 



PRIZE LIST. 



MASTIFFS.— 1st, J. Masses 's Minting Minor. 



ST. BERNARDS —Dogs: 1st, J. S. Williams's Elector; 2d Geo 

 Bt IPs Sir Johr. Very mgh com . W. M. Moore's Maxyino, A J. 

 Grover's Premier. Bitches: 1st, J. S. Williams's Benlab- 2d V 

 Conley's Sperlo; 31, H. F. Gordon's Flo, Very high com., A . Tre- 

 bilcock's Cor?, H. Lyon's Jennie. Puppies; Isk, C. H. Howard's 

 Sifetj ; 2d, A. J. Grove's Premier; 3d, Miss Clara E. Shilton's Hero 

 High com., J. W. Isaac's Roscoe. 



GREAT DANES.— 1st, A. McL. Howard, Jr.'s Bismarcl,- ■ 2d D 

 Gordon's Captain. Com., S. Stewart's Don Ceesar, Jr., I. E Rob- 

 ertson's Rocker. 



GREYHOUNDS.— Doys: lsr, F. L. Mabee's Fa wr; 2d, R. Hulse's 



mam uros. ^eme. very u\gu torn., ,i. t. JBOtnerir.g nam's Elsie 

 II. Com., Campion Bros.' Princess Beatrice.— Puppies— Boas- Is*-' 

 E. Alberti's Frank; 2d, R. Hulse's Ormond. Bitches: is*, E Al- 

 bert i's Topsy. 



FOXHOUNDS— 1st. F. Hobar L 's Banjo; 2d, H. E. Cooper'* Bu<de- 

 3d, F. Habart's True-man. ° y 



HARRIERS.— 1st, J. F. Scholes's Diplomen; 3d, R. Hnlse's 

 Dash. 



POINTERS.— 1st, J. G. Robertson's Hector; 3d, T. and J. Mec- 

 klt's Shot. 



Gladys. 



IRISH SETTERS.-DO05; 1st, D. Rruson's Roany: 2d 8. F 

 Bull's Rex; 3d, .7. Qtiinnej's Flash. Very high com., a. Mc Curl's 

 Moncreith. Bildias: 1st and special, Mr. McRea's Bella. 



GORDON SETTERS.— 1st, Miss E. Bethune's Jeff: 2d, W. Pat- 

 terson's Victor. 



COLLIES.— Dogs: 1st, Mrs. H. P. Harrison's Toronto Wo ader; 

 2d*, Qapt. Harsion's Driver II; 3d, R. Brown's Bmnie Charlie. 

 Very high com., Miss Eelen Dick's Turk. High com.. H Rotert- 

 son's Scottish Prince. Bitches: 1st, Mrs. H. P. Harrison's >»ancv; 

 2d, Campion Brothers's Nellh; 3d, George S'ephensou's .i\ nnie. 

 Puppies: 1st, A. Hastings's Flurry IV.; 2d, J. S. Will.ii m's Ben 

 Nevis. 



BULL TERRIER'*.— Dogs: 1st, J. SmelhVa Siloru- 3d Mr. 

 Cureston's Dan; oi, W. Fox's King. High com., J. SI det 'star- 

 light. Bitches: 1st, H. Hammali's Vesper Belle. 



POODLES.-lstand3,i.F. H. Elmore's Pretty and Flossie; 2d, 

 Mrs. Dr. McFam's Frosr. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— 1st, Geo. Bell's Newton Abbott Farmer; 

 2d, P. I. Heating's Ravet; Bft, Miss Maud H. Douglas's Billy. 

 High com., Mr. Davidson's Sport. 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Black- Dojys: 1st, L. Farewell s Black 

 Brant: 2d, J. G. Ylitchener's Dono; 3d, G. B. Sweetman's Tuck. 

 Bitches: 1st. L. Farewell's Tops> ; 2d, R, Hulse's Lfho, High com., 

 I X L Kennels' Gyp. Com., E. R. Mark's Maid ot Mist.— FuppiEe 

 —Dogs: 1st, G. Bell'.- Fascination. Bitches; 1st. L. Farewell's 

 Topsy: 2d, E. R. Markls Maid of Mist; 3.1, P. J. Keating'* Ca^sie. 

 Very high com., Mrs. FairclrugL's Tripp.— Omen than Black— 

 1st and 2d, Trebilcock <fr Rogers's Canadian Girl and Queen. 

 Very high com., S. J. Giles's Northern. 



DACHSHUNDS— Dofirs; lsfc J. F. Scholes's Duke; 3d, Mi&« M- 

 Reid's Dock; 3d, G. T. Irwin's Pat, Very high com . Campion 



