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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June SO, 1898. 



Bull-terriers were represented by most of the well-known 

 winners, Grand Prior and Greenhill Empress looking after 

 the challenge classes. Streathain Monarch II., the.'open dog 

 winner, is described as a "moderately good all-round cus- 

 tomer." Lady Inez, that was thought so much of atone 

 time, has gone off and was beaten by Lowland Kit and 

 Jersey Lady; the latter is described as only needing age to 

 fill out into a good one. These were heavy weights. Sher- 

 bourne Queen was the best of the light weights, a "good 

 bodied, thickly set. bitch with typical head." 



Bedgebury Lion still occupies the pride of place in bull- 

 dogs. t Guido won in the open dogs, his skull and f oreface 

 are said to be grand, but his faults lie in want of more ribs 

 and more spring to stern. Mr. Cyril Jackson bought out a 

 real good puppy in Carthusian Abbess, beating the others 

 well in skull properties, and she has capital wrinkle, and in 

 body is well made; altogether one that is said with luck 

 will do well. 



Irish terriers were not up to former years, probably owing 

 to the cropping rule. Champion Brickbat scored again in 

 his class, and Chutney, in tine form, added another two 

 points to his score. Tn'e bitch class was a very strong one, 

 E. A, Wiener's Dada Lufra being returned the winner. 

 Dachshunds had some of the cream of the fancy on hand. 

 Pterodactyl being still unapproachable, but Mr. Jones had 

 to give way to others in the open classes, Mr. N. D. Smith's 

 Stickleback being the best dog, and Mr. Taylor's Hypatia 

 the best bitch. Mr. Jones running second in each class 

 with Jump and Snipe. Several well-known names were 

 absent from the list of collies, this being a bad time of year 

 for their coats. The crack Ormonde again romped in a 

 winner in his class. Newmarket Charlie, though well down 

 the list, is well spoken of in British Fancier, as they say 

 with age he will be one of the best next season', "beautiful 

 head and very fair ears." The sixty guinea trophy for best 

 collie in the show was an easy win for Ormonde. Messrs. 

 Rae and Parsons took the Collie Derby from the Stretch 

 Kennel with Newmarket Hector. 



Fox-terriers were very strong and D'Orsay once more 

 showed his supremacy by defeating Deputy, and later on 

 won the challenge cup. Chattox won in challenge bitches, 

 but she does not improve in head and eyes. There were 

 seventeen open dogs shown and Vice Regal just managed 

 to score first, and Fanciers' Gazette says but tor his failing 

 in legs and feet he is probably the best dog out. Blackrock 

 Radiance, no matter who is judging, still keeps up her 

 record and won again in bitches. There was no good 

 youngster brought out this time. Wire-hairs were only a 

 moderate group. The other terrier groups were well 

 represented, excepting black and tans, and these were poor, 

 Mr. Lacy's kennel being absent. Pugs were far from a 

 brilliant lot. Mayor of Leeds, champion Stately and Prin- 

 cess Rose were the best, and were placed as named in both 

 challenge classes. There were only three very moderate 

 dogs in the open class and Haughty Madge was an easy win- 

 ner in the bitch class. Laureate and Queen of the Toys were 

 on hand to keep up the quality of the toy spaniels. The at- 

 tendance at the show was not at all good, and this may be 

 accounted for by the fact of London having had a surfeit 

 of shows lately. 



A Ca'ifornia correspondent who has had experience with 

 dogs and snakes tells us: Early in the '50s I often found a 

 snake (a duplicate of the massassauger or prairie rattler, 

 minus the rattle, in color and size) that would flatten its 

 head and throw a secretion which would make a dog very 

 sick if close to it, but the effect would soon pass off. 



Mr. Daniel Costello, of San Francisco, Cal., now on his 

 way to Eugland, has been commissioned to purchase an Irish 

 terrier bitch for Mr. Geo. Debenham, a fox-terrier breeder of 

 San Francisco. 



A California coorrespondent tells us that Judge McKenna, 

 of the United States Circuit Court, has purchased of J. H. 

 & J. A. Hunter, Sanborn, Ind., an English setter pup by 

 champion Antonio out of Daisy Hunter. As both sire and 

 dam are field trial winners of note, he naturally expects 

 some great work irom his purchase. A few more such pur- 

 chases will bring the Coast field trials into the front rank in 

 the quality of the performances. 



We hear in an indirect manner that one of the best Clum- 

 ber bitches in America, Mr. Mercer's Lady Bromine, is dead. 

 This bitch was imported by Messrs. Bates & Geddes of 

 Ottawa, Canada, in 1890, along with the noted Boss III., 

 and until Lady Snow's importation,, had no difficulty in 

 winning all before her with, we believe, one exception, 

 when Boss HI. was placed ahead of her through lack of 

 condition. Mr. Mercer has our sympathy, as the loss must 

 be a severe one. 



"I have now to inform you of the death of one of the loveli- 

 est bitches ever bred, not only in true type of beauty, but in 

 loveliness of disposition." So reads a letter from Mr. Booth, 

 the owner of Lady St. Gothard, the bitch we mentioned 

 recently as having just bten imported. She bled to death 

 from an injury in the stomach; the network of it was burst, 

 caused by a strain or kick. Mr. Booth left her at 2 A. M. 

 Wednesday, all well, with the exception of appearing some- 

 what restless and her stomach a little swollen. At 6:30 A.M. 

 the same morning he found her in a pool of blood and she 

 died shortly after, just before the doctor arrived. The loss 

 of the bitch is quite a severe one, as the day before she died 

 Mr. Booth had refused S450 for her. Owing to the hot 

 weather he had intended sending her back to England again. 

 The Booths of Hull, England, had reared Lady St. Gothard 

 and also her sire St. Gothard III. Mr. Moore's Saffron, a 

 bitch of great quality, was her dam, and also came from the 

 Hull kennel. Lady St. Gothard's fame rests on her being the 

 dam of such noted animals as Kingston Regent, Marquis of 

 Ripon, Lady Glad wyn and Lord Dante; the first three are 

 now in this conntry. Empress of Contoocock's puppy is 

 doing well, is perfectly marked, a very rich orange color, 

 and promises to be a very good one. Empress was so heavy 

 in whelp that they were led to expect a dozen pups at least, 

 but we trust that this one will make up for the deficiency. 



We have had several letters from kennel owners who ex- 

 press themselves as dissatisfied with the action of the 

 Rochester Kennel Clnb in not showing a more generous 

 spirit in the clash with the Hamilton Club. As a member 

 of the A. K. C, the Rochester Club is of course acting with- 

 in its rights, as we rind that the Hamilton Club, contrary 

 to last year, did not claim dates with the A. K. C. officially 

 this year, and of course the secretary of the A. K. C. had no 

 option in the matter and awarded the dates to Rochester. 

 It would be better if the Canadian clubs would work more 

 in unison with the A. K. C. regarding dates for shows. The 

 Montreal Club has written Mr. Vredenburgh claiming the 

 week after the Toronto show next year and the Hamilton 

 Club writes claiming the dates for the week previous to the 

 Toronto gathering. The secretary has written the Toronto 

 people repeatedly inquiring for their dates, but can get no 

 answer. One of * the letters on the Rochester and Hamilton 

 affair says: "Already I have heard expressions of some of 

 the larger exhibitors that they shall not start until Toronto 

 show, whereas the boys counting on a regular circuit would 

 have been only too glad to have had the Rochester show 

 start in a week previous. We should have sent a good 

 entry. And then why couldn't they have waited until the 

 veturn from Canada and have the first week in October? As 

 it is the sympathy of all is with Hamilton^ whose position 



was or should have been invincible." Although we have 

 not heard anything from the Rochester club, nor have they 

 advanced any reason why they could not alter dates, we 

 understand that the rink will probably be used for campaign 

 purposes and the proprietor would not guarantee the rink 

 for a week to the club after the dates claimed. Another 

 letter from a well-known exhibitor reads: * * * "It cer- 

 tainly is not the way the American club should treat 

 their Canadian friends, we should be more generous and 

 liberal toward them in order to create a stronger tie and a 

 spirit of friendship, which should and must exist if our 

 intentions are that the exhibitors should succeed on either 

 side of the line. The Canadian breeders have patronized our 

 shows in a most liberal manner in the past, and this im- 

 portant factor must not be forgotten, but it is very evident 

 that Rochester has forgotten it." In publishing these ex- 

 tracts we do not in any way wish to prejudice the Rochester 

 club, but rather to show in what light their action is re- 

 ceived and keep our readers posted on every phase of the 

 case. 



The National Beagle Club is looking around for judges at 

 their trials next fall. Mr. A. C. Krueger will most proba- 

 ably be one of the judges, but whoever they are they will 

 require dogs to go into active training if our experience in 

 1890 is anything to go by. What's this rumor about the 

 National Beagle Club amalgamating with theNew England 

 Field Trial Club? Such a family arrangement should be 

 knocked on the head at once. 



Mr. A. W. Smith, of Buffalo, N. Y., has lost his very 

 promising young black and tan terrier bitch Buffalo Luce, 

 by Broomfield Sultan ex Buffalo Lass, from epileptic fits. 

 He writes: "She was the last of the Mohicans, and I am 

 now without a dog for the first time in fifteen years." Mr. 

 Smith intends to try again in time for New York show, and 

 if the black and tans fail, greyhounds will be his next breed. 

 We have already notified Mr. Huntington, who like the 

 zealous secretary he is, likes to gather them all into his 

 fold. 



Mr. Eberhart, of pug fame, has recently leased a place 

 just out of Cincinnati and has built new kennels for the 

 pugs. The yard is 50x150ft., on a gentle slope, and with 

 grass, shade and everything to make a dog happy. The main 

 building will accommodate fifty small dogs; thereis another 

 building with separate yards for bitches in whelp, and 

 another for those in season. There are now over thirty pugs 

 in the kennels besides some boarders. The whole kennels 

 are surrounded by a 7ft. fence with gates self-closing and 

 locked. A r isitora are always welcome, but they must re- 

 member that "silk is never sold for the price of calico." 



It is always a pleasure to read anything from "Ash- 

 mont's" pen, and those who are familiar with his common- 

 sense writings will look forward to the publication of his 

 new book, which will be in about two months. While on 

 the subject of kennel writers we are surprised to hear that 

 Mr. W. Tallman has so soon vacated the editorial chair 

 which he has filled so acceptably to his friends, the dogmen. 



The friends of Dr. T. G. Sherwood will be pleased to hear 

 that he is convalescent and able to attend to his duties once 

 more, though six weeks in a hospital has pulled him down 

 considerably. If this young "vet." feels inclined to be ill 

 again it would be well on his part to give nis friends some 

 inkling of it. In the absence of Dr. Giffen he will have 

 charge of his practice. 



Mr. A. J. Gosling has sold the best smooth St. Bernard 

 bitch in England, Lola IV.. by champion Watch out of 

 Countess Grafenried, to Mr. J. F. Smith, of Sheffield. Eng- 

 land. As her late owner put it in Stock^Keeper, "Really 

 good stuff need not always leave the country," and this sale 

 puts a damper on the efforts of some of our American breed- 

 ers who were anxious to import this bitch. 



Spratts Patent (Eng.) have shipped the bull bitch Rosie 

 to Mr. S. K. Austin, Front street, New York city. She was 

 purchased from Mr. G. R. Murrell, Peckham, England. 



Mr. Redmond, in selling some of his fox-terriers, offers 

 among several other good ones the well-known bitches 

 Donna Dominie and Dominissa. 



The noted English field trial winner, the English setter 

 Fred, has joined the majority. 



There seems to be a queer state of affairs in that Pearl of 

 Pekin incident, according to a letter in another column 

 from Mr. Bartels, and any one who can shed further light 

 on the subject should do so at once. The purity of coursing 

 management in this country must be upheld at any cost. 

 In decisions which affect the public , self-interest must be 

 given the go-by. 



Last Saturday the Kingston Kennel Club, Kingston, 

 Canada, agreed that the collecting committee endeavor to 

 raise about $400 as a guarantee fund for the carrying on of 

 the proposed dog show in September. If the canvassers are 

 not successful in getting this amount the show will not be 

 held. 



There are several new kennel advertisements this week, 

 and among them we notice that the Glenmore Kennels offer 

 broken Irish setters, and pupnies by Finglas for sale; Her- 

 cules Kennels, several mastiffs; Drake-Sefton Kennels, fine 

 bred pointer pups; J. Hope, rough-coated St. Bernard bitch; 

 Box 75, St. Bernards, bull-terriers and King Charles span- 

 iels: H. V. Jamieson, broken beagle dogs; Stewart, pointer 

 pups; A. P. Hull, Irish setter dog; Geo. Bell, prize-winning 

 spaniels. In the Stud— Irish setters: Champion Beau Brum- 

 mel. Glenmore Kennels will break a few dogs on prairie 

 chickens. 



The well-known bloodhound Cromwell is dead. He was 

 the most wonderfully-headed dog of this breed known to the 

 fancy. At the time of his death he was owned by Mr. Ev- 

 erett Millais, and breeders of the future will thank the 

 latter for the pains he took to secure a facsimile of this 

 dog's wonderful head for them to look upon. The dog 

 was put to a painless death, as he was suffering from 

 incurable internal tumors, and died in ten seconds. Then a 

 contrivance was put on the back of his head to throw the 

 wrinkle, and when rigor mortis set in an excellent plaster 

 cast was made, from which a bronze will be cast and be ready 

 for exhibition in October next at the Crystal Palace show. 

 Champion Cromwell was whelped July 30, 1884, and bred by 

 Mr. W. Nash. His sire was Nestor and dam Daisy. 



Business. 



Philadelphia, Pa., June 2-7.— One insertion did it. Please 

 take out my advertisement of smooth-coated St. Bernard, as 

 he was sold by telegram by Saturday noon to M. W. Samp- 

 son, Pittsburgh, Pa., and kindly insert the following adver- 

 tisement, etc.— J. Hope. 



The Pacific Coast Field Trials Derby. 



The following entries were received too late for last week's 

 issue: 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



Bart (L H. Clement), black, white and tan dng (Glad- 

 stone H.— Janet). July 25. 



Countess Noble (H. T Payne), white and lemon bitch 

 (Stanford— Lilly O), March 11. 



Duke op Laurel (J. Downey Harvey), white and black 

 dog (Luke— Dido), June 28. 



IRISH setters. 



RubtM. (H. F. Mann), red bitch (Mike T.— Lady Elcho 

 T.j, June 6. 



HAMILTON AND ROCHESTER DATES CLASH. 



HAsanxox, Canada. Jimp 24.— Editor Forest and Stream: Since 

 sending foh the Hamilton-Rochester correspondence re our Sep- 

 tember bench show, two more letters have been interchanged 

 between our respective clubs. I now inclose (hem/ and this 

 finishes the matter finally. Yours truly, A. D. Stewart Hon 

 Sec'y H. K. O. ' 



Rochester, June 20.-A. D. Stewart, Hon. Sec'y Hamilton 

 R. C. My Dear Sir: Ypur favor dated June 16 at hand and con- 

 tents carefully noted. It is a matter of deep regret not onlv to 

 myself, but to all the members of our club, that the Hamilton 

 club compelled us to take the action we did, but we submitted this 

 case to the A.K.C. and the reply we received left no grounds for 

 arbitration that we could discover. However, to show you that we 

 were working with a spirit of eminent fairness, r wasinstmcted at 

 a meeting beld last Saturday (June 18) to communicate with vour 

 club inquiring what you would take in the shape of a moneyed 

 consideration to withdraw your claim to the conflicting dates or 

 if you preferred, what yon would give us to withdraw in vour 

 favor. 



I inclose the letter from the A. K. C. secretary, on which we 

 based our action, as per telegram, and the above seamed to us the 

 only absolutely fair means of settlement. Your le* ter of course 

 removes this possibility on your part, and we regret that our 

 proposition bad not reached you ere your letter was sent. Again 

 assuring you that we heartily deplore the result of this conflict of 

 dates, and hope to be able to make amends for our seeming dis- 

 courtesy, yours etc., O. Steavart Bamber, Sec'y R. K. C. 



Hamilton , Can. , June 22.— Dr. O. S. Bamber, Rochester Kennel 

 Club. N. Y.: Dear bir— lour letter of 20t,h inst. is duly received 

 It is a most .extraordinary communication snd I hardly know bow 

 to answer it. Your expression of regret (?) that our club should 

 have "compelled" your committee to take the action it did is 

 decidedly amusing. Allow me to say that our club "compelled" 

 you in no way whatever to do anything. The letter you inclose 

 from Mr. Vredenburgh, secretary of the A. K. C„ only con lirms us 

 in our statement that your dates were claimed after ours; for his 

 letter shows that your claim was made on March 21, while our 

 official claim with, the C. K. C. was made early in February and 

 publicly, though not officially, last October. 



You say that your committee saw no ground for arbitration 

 All I can say is that I am sorry for it. It would not have hurt 

 your club to have given its show the week preceding oars, as it 

 forms no part of a circuit, whereas ours does. We could not 

 possibly change our dates for the reason already fully and re- 



you chose after ours had been claimed, you would drive us out of 

 the field and breakup the Canadian circuit, and yet your club 

 could see no grounds for arbitration There is no use of prolong- 

 ing this correspondence between us; it can do no possible good 

 and bad better therefore end at once. As to your request that we 

 should name a sum of money which would compensate us for 

 having to give up our show, I have to say that we are not in want 

 of money from your club, and your offer only add* to the in- 

 dignity which your committee has already heaped upon us. Your 

 letter ends with the expressed hope that your committee may yet 

 be able to make amends for its seeming (?) discourtesy; to this I 

 can only say that the standard of honor, good fellowship, courtesy 

 and fair play, as adopted by the Rochester Kennel Club, differs 

 verv widely from that laid down in Hamilton, and for this I can 

 assure you, my committ<=e is profoundlv thankful. I am, dear 

 sir, yours truly, A. D. Stewakt, Hon. Sec'y H. K. C. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Hotes are Inserted without charge; and blanks 

 (furnished free) will be sent to any address. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 p&- Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Frank Forest Kennels. By W. S. Gates, Chagrin Falls, O., for 

 his kennel of beagles. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Hetty-Frank Forest. C. H. Woodard's (Akron, O.) beagle hitch 

 Hetty to Frank Forest Kennels' Frank Forest. May 17. 



Loita— Frank Forest. Frank Forest Kennels' (Chagrin Falls 

 O.) beagle bitch Lotta to their Frank Forest. May 5. 



Winnie G— Frank Forest. Glassmire & Kaufman's (Manistee 

 Mich.) beagle bitch Winnie G. to Frank Foreset Kennels' Frank 

 Forest, Fpb. 11. 



Rose— Frank Forest. T. E. Lewis's iCannonsburgh, Pa.) beagle 

 bitch Rose to Frank Forest Kennels' Frank Fcest, Feb. 15. 



27(60 Chimer— Frank Forest. Frank Forest Kennels' (Chagrin 

 Falls, O.) beagle bitch Theo Chimer to their Frank Forest, March 

 29. 



Bonnie Lassie— Frank Forest. W. H. Hyland's (North Tarrytown, 

 N.Y.) beagle bitch Bonnie Lassie to Frank Forest Konnels' Frank 

 Forest, April 13. 



Bess— Little Duke. A. L. Poliuson's (Chicago. 111.) beagle bitch 

 Bess to Frank Forest Kennels' champion Little Duke, April 1. 



Juno— Little I>nke. H. D. Lord's (Cincinnati. O.) beagle bitch 

 Juno to Frank Forest K-iuuels' champion Little Duke, April 10 



Princess— Frank Forest. Frank Forest Kennel'-' (Chaerin Falls, 

 O ) beagle bitch Princess to their F'ank Forest, April g&. 



Muta Vernon— Lad of Kent. G. T. Gorman's (Cochituate, Mass.) 

 pointer b'tch Muta Vernon (Duke of Vernon— Luna T ) to Geo. 

 .Jarvis's champion Lad of Kent (champion Bracket— Rer.ee). May 

 30. 



Waldine K.— Beaver K. C, Klocke'a (Pittsburgh. Pa) dachs- 

 hund hitch Waldine K. to his Beaver K. (Feldman K".— Lina L.) 

 June 3. 



Flossy II.— Eherhart's Cashier. C.V. Griffith's (Anderson, Ind.) 

 pug bitch Flossv II. (champion Bradford Ruby— Daisv) to Eber- 

 hart Pug Kennels' Eberhart's Cashier (champion Ka=h— Lady 

 Thor»). June 0. 



GolMe Croxteth — Nutwood. F F. Nelight's pointer bitch Goldie 

 Croxteth (Devonshire Sam— Iioonev Croxteth) to C. A. Paetzel's 

 Nutwood (Ossian— Nellie E ), M*y IB. 



Huntress— Trinket's Bang. C. A. Paetzel's (Hope. Ind.) pointer 

 bitch Huntress (Beauvoir— Toy) to W. Titterington's Trinket's 

 Bang (Croxteth— Trinket), Feb. 11. 



Fancy— Nutwood. John Nelson's pointer bitch Fancy (cbamuion 

 Croxteth— Lady Bow) to C. A. Paetzel's Nutwood (Ossian— Nellie 

 E.). April — . 



Busy Croxteth— King of Kent. C. A. Paetzel's (Hope, Ind.) 

 pointer bitch Rusy Croxteth (Ossian— Fancy) to Westminster 

 Kennel Clnb's King of Kent (Priam— Kent Baby), May 3. 



Lady Dinah— Gully the Great. J. C. Mahler's (Pittsburgh. Pa.) 

 bull-terrier bitcn Lady Dinah (Bendign— Flirt II.) to F. F. Dole's 

 Gully the Great (Gladstone— Florrie), March 21. 



Scio Bell— Merlin- A. E. Sykes's (Brooklyn, N. Y.) mastiff bitcb 

 Scio Bell (Berkshire Caution— Olendoria) to G. Wallaek'u Merlin 

 (Ilford Caution— Besf), M^rcb 31. 



Roslyn Eileen— Borer IV. Chestnut Hill Kenuels' (Philadelphia, 

 Pa.) Irish terrier bitch Rof lyn Eileen to W. J. Comstock's Boxer 

 IV (Jack— Pnlto). June 4. 



Minnie Pane— Wise Croxteth. P. H. Hesser'a (Ferguson, Mo.) 

 pointer bitch Minnie Pape (Rank— Jill; to U. K. Fishel's Wise 

 Croxteth (Croxteth— Amine). Ma' 31. 



Lady Hope— Rock. P. H. Heaaer's (Ferguson, Mo.) pointer bitch 

 Ladv Hope (R^ne Croxteth — Lola Ree) to C. A. Cunningham's 

 Rnck (Rank— Jill), May 15. 



Donna Diana of Mta Vista— Ossining. F. Larkin. Jr,'s (Sine Sing, 

 N. V.) pointer bitcb Donna Diana of Alta Vista (champion Brack- 

 ett — Renie) to W. H. H viand's champion 0-siniug, April 12. 



Rena—Ossining. Colhyville Mfe\ Co.'s (Waterbury, Vt.) pointer 

 bitch Rena (cbamoion Pommery Sec— Larnock Elsa) to W. H. Hy- 

 land's champion Ossining, June 4. 



Damson— Ruby Pallisy. C. S. Hanks's (Manchester. Mass ) fox- 

 terrier bitch Da mson to H. A. Harris's Ruby Pallisy ( Ruby Potter 

 —Maize), June 5. 



