AUG. 13, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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show along as its secretary. There are lots of good dogs 

 that are within convenient distance of Lexington, so that 

 they should be able to get uo a gnod show. The old 

 Meadowthorpe Kennel, with Scotch Bailey at the helm, 

 evidently laid the seed that has now germinated in a practi- 

 cal form. 



From what "Peto" says, it seems collies are deprived of 

 the rights of a first offense in England, for he tells ns of a 

 case where a collie ju mped at a horse which ran away and so 

 injured itself that it had to be killed. Tn the suit for damages 

 against the owner of the dog the judee decided that, 

 although it was proved the aog had never misbehaved 

 before, according to a law passed lor the protection of sheep 

 the collie was singled out as punishable at the first oiiense. 



It is astonishing to what ends some people will go to se- 

 cure their dogs winning in the ring. At a .show held at 

 lilaverfordwest. a small town in Wales, a man showed a 

 pointer that had won previously but was afflicted with 

 a twitching, the resixlt of distemper. He was adviser) to 

 give the dog strychnine to pull it together while being 

 judged. He did so— "not wisely but too well," a,nd the dog 

 iell down apparently in greatest aeony. He recovered, but 

 whether he will be any good for showing again is uncertain. 



The new mastiff bitch Exeter Dirce, that is to make its 

 home in the Flour City Kennels, Rochester. N. Y., must by 

 this time have arrived, as she sailed July 3.5 on the S. S. 

 American. She is said to be in whelp to Exeter Boanerges, 

 who is by champion Beaufort out of Bura. This will be an- 

 other acquisition to this good kennel. 



The St. Bernard interests of this country have in this year 

 of 1891 received some fearful blows, the mortuary list show- 

 ing such famous names as Ben Lomond, Alton, Hesppr, 

 Plevna and now Prince Regent and Scottish Prince. St. 

 Bernard men congratulated themselves, and very properly, 

 on the acquisition of such blood, as they were dogs that 

 had already shown their ability to pi-oduce good stock be- 

 fore they were imported. Now we are set back, with one 

 or two exceptions, almost to the same position as in 18S9, as 

 far as crack dogs go. We have, howev r, dogs of the same 

 blood, which we must perforce pay more attention to, and 

 we must remember that we still have Sir Bedivere, Pliulim- 

 mon. Watch and Aristocrat among the big guns. At the 

 same time these heavy losses are calculated to break the 

 heart of any but the truest fanciers and those with very 

 long purses, and will make breeders pause and think twice 

 before they i)ay the prices they have been doing the last 

 year or two. These large figures do not represent the true 

 value of the dog, because there is not one that can be de- 

 pended upon to reimburse the buyer for the outlay. Three 

 thousand dollars is a large sum of money to get back in 

 stud fees. No dog ought to be put to stud until he has been 

 at least six months in the country and become acclimated, 

 for say what they will, this country is not a St. Bernard 

 country, and we do not believe that dogs can be raised as 

 they are in Euelaod; there are exceptions, but very few. 

 What stud dogs, with one exception, although they have 

 had good bitches, have produced St. Bernards that equal 

 either themselves or their progeny begotten on the other 

 side. It therefore seems clear th^it we must j)ay more at- 

 tention to importing good specimens of the female sex, and 

 in this division i'^ where we fancy most of the money will 

 go in future. Next week we "will print some extracts 

 from an article in Fanciers' Gazette (England) by "Conrad" 

 that puts the situation plainly before breeders in England 

 and shows in what a crippled state recent American import- 

 ations have left St. Bernard breeders over there, and the 

 death of these dogs have now made the situation still worse. 



Mr. Eberhart wril:es us: "Score one for the dog in Cin- 

 cinnati. Our Mayor has been forced, by strong opinion and 

 thousands of the dog's friends, to c.iU off his brutal dog 

 catchers in Cincinnati, preparatory to turning over the 

 whole business to the Ohio Humane Society, who will soon 

 have full charge and conduct it mercifully. Much credit is 

 due Messrs. Love and Todhunter, snperintendendent and 

 assistant of the Humane Society. Now, let other cities 

 make as big a fight as we did here', and the dog will get a 

 'square deal'." Mr. Eberhart intends to do the Toronto 

 show, and speaks hopefully of some pugs of his own breed- 

 ing that will come out there. 



Mr. A. C. Stone, who knows how to work up a show, and 

 if not a success it will be no fault of his, writes: "From 

 present indications the 3d Aimual International Bench Show 

 of Dogs of the Industrial Exhibition As.sociation, to be held 

 in the citj'' of Toronto, trom Sept, 14 to 18, will surpass any- 

 thing held before in Canada, and will compare more than 

 favorably with the best shows held in the United States. 

 Applications are being received from all parts of the United 

 States and Canada for premium lists, besides mailing over 

 3,500 to known exhibitors. Most of the larse kennels have 

 signified their intention of exhibiting, Hnd all the large 

 classes are expected to be well filled. The Industrial Ex- 

 hibition Association are erecting a large open inclosure ad 

 joining the bench show building to be used for the storage 

 of crates and an exercising room. All dogs will be received 

 there. In premium list in Skyeterriers the number of class for 

 open dogs is lob]4, open bitches 155%, and toy terriers (other 

 than Yorkshire) open dogs and bitches 164>^; the above 

 were omitted in printing. The following classes have been 

 added: harriers, dog puppies; 4.Q}4, harriers, bitch pup- 

 pies, prizes S5 and diploma in each case. Class 169K, png 

 puppies, bitches, $5 and diploma. Diplomas are ndded to 

 classes 112, 113, 114 115 in field spaniel.s, and 131, 123, 133, 134 

 in cockers. A bronze medal, valued at $10, is offered for the 

 best bloodhound dog or bitch. Entries close Aug, 39." 



We hear that Mr. Sears has purchased Mr. Di Sender ffer's 

 last remnant of what was a good kennel of "ladies." In 

 buying Hepsey, however, he has secured the pick of the bas- 

 ket, and she will be assured of a good home, which Mr. 

 Diftenderffer most desired. Mr. Sears has materially 

 strengthened his team by this purchase and is xo be con- 

 gratulated on his good judgment. She is a breeder and one 

 of the best specimens at her sex in the country. 



Our readers must forgive us for having so much about 

 St. Bernards in this issue, but somehow all tfie doggy news 

 this week seems to run that way. 



An excellent .show of fox-terriers was held at Leicester, 

 England. There were also a few collies shown. As this is 

 in the heart of the fox-terrier country, as might be expected 

 all the cracks were on hand. Dominie won in the challenge 

 cIhss, and Mr. Redmond again stepped to the front with 

 D'Orsay in the open class, and also won with him the cup 

 for the best in the show owned by a member of the Fox- 

 terrier Club, and another for best in open and novice classes. 

 Deputy^ Starden's King and Newcome were also in the 

 money m the or '^r named, all well known dogs. In bitches 

 Mr. Tinne's Dollar beat Mr. Redmond's Donna Dominie, a 

 decision that was not generally indorsed. Some good ones 

 were also shown in the novice and wire-haired divisions. 

 Mr, Vicary was the judge. 



"Old Turk," speaking of his "Reminiscen'-ps of Fox-Ter- 

 riers and H'ox-Terrier Men" in Faneiers' Gazette says of the 

 noted bitch Cottingham Nettle, owned by Rev, W, J. 

 Mellor: "He had also Cottingham Nettle (.iff erward Mr. 

 Henry Gibson's), said to he by Old Jock ex Wish, although 



I have grave doubts as to this being correct; still she bore a 

 resemblance to the old dog, but circumstances connected 

 with his early life make me feel convinced that his breed- 

 ing was uncertain. The first time I saw this bitch was dur- 

 ing one of my frequent visits to old .Tack Terry's. On going 

 into his house (a public) he said, 'You are just in time; I 

 have just bought a smart bitch, come upstairs and see her.' 

 We went to Jack's room and there on his bed she lay, 

 covered up with a rug, having just been washed. At that 

 time her ears were carried as 'straight up as ever I saw a 

 dog's. I remarked this to Jack; he said, 'Say nowt, no one 

 has seen her except you and when you see her again her 

 lugs will be all right.' And the next time I saw her they 

 were carried splendidly; they were small and of good shape 

 and texture. The Rev, W. J. Mellor was not cognizant of 

 this, I am certain; nor do I believe he ever knew they had 

 been tampered with." These old reminiscences, that seem 

 to be in vogue now, are laying bare a good many of the 

 secret ways of dogdom. 



The trotting dog Doc created quite an interest at the late 

 trotting meeting at Bufl'alo. He was pitted against horse, 

 pony and bicycle in quarter and half-mile contests, and got 

 the judge's decision every time. This dog is four years old; 

 and during the last two years has earned ?9,000 for his owner, 

 Willie Ketcham, who drives him to sulkey. Of course such 

 a dog is valued ver;!r highly, and large .sums have been 

 offered for hi m. He is a thoroughbred Irish setter. His 

 owner is out with a challenge to trot any pony not over 

 twelve hands high, half-mile heats, or against any man run- 

 ner for the same distance. He will give any trotting horse 

 a start of twenty-five seconds to do a mile to Doc's half-mile, 

 or will trot Doc half a mile against any horse running a 

 mile in harness, and also challenges to walk, trot, run, jump 

 or swim any dog in the world, best three Out of five. Doc is 

 a native of Canada and evidently a wonderful dog. 



Gordon setter men are expecting good re.sults from the 

 field trial arrangements, and soon expect their favorites to 

 regain their long-lost but old-time popularity. Messrs. 

 Smith Bros., Deep River, Conn., who nave for some years 

 possessed a kennel of this breed, have asked Mr. Morris to 

 select them a good brood bitch of the Ronold — Rhine strain, 

 which they consider is the best combination of field quali- 

 ties and show merit. He has decided on one of champion 

 Beaumont's |)ups out of Countess Flo, both of which he im- 

 ported. She is sister to S.-illy Beaumont and Flomont, win- 

 ners at the spring shows, and is unusually good in the field. 

 She is to be served by Mr. Morris's dog Rexraont (Heather 

 Harold — champion Bellmont), winner of three first prizes, 

 and from this union the Smith brothers expect to get win- 

 ners at future trials as well as shows. 



Le roi est mart! Vive le roi! Or at least so the fair owner 

 of King Regent thinks now that Mr. Lamb has sent his 

 newly-imported bitch Marghuarita to be bred to that dog. 

 As his name denotes, he is a son of the lately deceased Prince 

 Regent. 



Dr. Cryer, who has been fishing "up in the woods" at 

 Bethany, Wayne county. Pa., writes: "I feel lost without 

 the Forest and Streajm," and orders it to be forwarded to 

 him. He has Bob Ivy with him and he is having a good 

 time helping him fish. Dr. Cryer has sold champion Bessie 

 to Mr. Fisher, of Detroit, Mich., to be delivered after the 

 fall shows and she has visited Bob Ivy. 



Mr. Diffenderffer sends us word that he has cleaned out 

 his kennel. The last to go yesterday were Lakme and Prin- 

 cess Hepsey, an excellent-headed pup by Scottish Prince otit 

 of Hepsey. These will find a home with Mrs. Smyth in 

 the Swiss Mountain Kennels. The photograph of Princess 

 Hepsey, which Mr. Diffenderffer kindly sent us, taken at 

 four months old, shows an exceptionally fine-headed pup. 



The South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association 

 haa been reorganized at Charleston, and is now a chartered 

 association under the laws of South Carolina, with a capital 

 $2,000. After the show of poultry and dogs held last winter 

 they found they had incurred a loss of about -SI, 087; but as 

 they had purchased new coops and benches from Spratts 

 Co., they nave, with cash contributed by members, assets to 

 equal that amount. Messrs. Ross A. Smith, the president 

 of the old and new association, and Alwyn Bali are the 

 moving spirits and have worked hard to keep the thing 

 going. On their advice the assets of the old association 

 have been purchased. A new board of directors has been 

 elected: Messrs. Ross A. Smith, President; Alfred Aldrich, 

 Vice President; B. Mclnness, Jr., Secretary; J. Alwyn Ball, 

 Treasurer; W. St. Julien Jervey, Solicitor. They announce 

 that the next show %vill be held Jan. 5 to 9, 1893, and the 

 president was authorized to communicate with several gen- 

 tlemen with a view to their employment as judges. Mr. 

 Lacy has been asked to adjudicate in the dog department. 

 All the stock for the new companv has been subscribed and 

 everything points to a successful show, and one that should 

 be popular with Northern exhibitors, considering the way 

 they were treated last January. 



Dr. Sneden, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , is getting togetlier a nice 

 kennel of bull-terriers. He has purchased several from Mr. 

 Harris's kennels; among them Little Donovan, who did so 

 well last spring, and White Violet. It looks very much, 

 with the new ones that have recently been brought from the 

 other side, as if this breed will take another jump in popu- 

 lar favor next spring. 



Mr. L. T. Eads, of Davenport, Iowa, writes us that they 

 are about forming a kennel club out there, and propose ex- 

 hibiting some dogs at the coming fair. From little causes 

 arise great effects sometimes, and those little gatherings 

 often start a local interest in dogs that grow to proportions 

 little thought of at first. The more of these little fair shows 

 we can encourage the better, as it aft'ords the country people 

 who are able to keep dogs at little expense an opportunity 

 to become acquainted with breeds of dogs that they had 

 little idea of before, and that they are often tempted to take 

 up either as a business venture or as a hobby. If our big 

 breeders would look a little ahead they would encourage 

 those little gatherings by sending on a few of their dogs as 

 an object lesson and— an advertisement. 



Mr. George Thomas will leave England Aug. 13 with his 

 new purchases and the terriers he took over with him. 

 While he has been away we have tried to keep our i-eaders 

 informed of the winnings of the dogs belonging to the 

 Anglo-American Terrier Kennels, together with the new 

 ones they have bought. Mr. Thomas will bring fourteen 

 over witn him. Among the new ones there is a good St. 

 Bernard, by Alton out of Victoria HI., a Basset hound for 

 x\lr. Rutter; Prince George, the black and tan terrier, and 

 also a bitch of the same breed, two Irish terrier dogs and two 

 bitches, one in whelp to The Irish Ambassador and the other 

 to Breadenhill, and another "Irishman" that is expected to 

 secure all the blue ribbons at the coming shows, but whose 

 name is not forthcoming yet. This kennel is coming out 

 strong in the "Home Rule" breed, for their team will consist 

 of five Irish matrons of the best blood, and two, if not three, 

 stud dogs. As their stud dogs had not arrived, Ballymony 

 visited Larikia, owned by Mr. Chas. N. Tweeds, Mr. Tweed's 

 is a New York lawyer, a son-in-law of ex-Secretary Evarts. 

 and a lovey of fln© dogs, having a kennel at hie place at 



Beverly, Mass. He owns a Scottish terrier bitch, which he 

 imported from Mr. Ludlow, who bred the noted Kilstor, and 

 , this dog will be responsible for her coming litter. 



The greyhounds Oroatus and Lilv of Gainsborough will 

 I also come over with Thomas, and wifl materially strengthen 

 I Mr. Purbeck's team, and Dearborn street, the handsomest 

 ! avenue in Salem, will be pretty lively these summer even- 

 ings when Mr. Purbeck is trying to find oxit which of his 

 dogs can go the fastest. Several Yorkshires will of course 

 come over, but Mr. Symonds does not know yet what they 

 are. 



In a friendly letter, Mr. Chapman, the energetic secretary 

 of the National Beagle Club, informs us that his beagle 

 Tone, who was first in her class at the beagle trials last year, 

 has whelped five handsome pups bj' old champion Banner- 

 man. The only dog pup that will be sold goes to Mr. R. E. 

 Rowley, of Topeka, Kan., a great lover of the beagle for 

 sport. Tone is dam of the challenge winner Twintwo, who 

 made such a good record this spring. He expects great 

 things of a sister of Tone's in the coming trials. Old cham- 

 pion Tone is in better shape than ever. Mr. Chapman's is 

 essentially a working pack, and about twice a week betakes 

 them, about dusk, in the woods behind the house, and after 

 staying with them a few hours leaves them to run alone the 

 remainder of the night. They will run for sixteen to 

 twentj; hours by themselves, and do not come home till the 

 sun dries up the scent. Champion Fitz Hugh Lee and Lou 

 are among the last to come in. Exercised and run in this 

 way their offspring must necessarily be to the manner born, 

 as well as strong and hardy. 



We little thought when penning a rosy paragraph about 

 Prince Regent last week that within a few days he would be 

 beneath the sod. It seems that last Friday morning he at- 

 tempted to serve the St, Bernard Lady Flo, when he fell to 

 the ground and seemed to lose all power of his limbs and 

 then commenced to vomit. Mr. Reick sent for a doctor, and 

 as it was important that Lady Flo should be served that 

 day, he went over to see Col. Ruppext, Jr., who owns Scot- 

 tish Prince, and asked him if he would allow the owner of 

 Lady Flo the services of that dog. Col. Ruppert agreed and 

 the bitch was at once sent up to Poughkeepsie, arriving late 

 in the afternoon. She was put to Scottish Prince and this 

 dog collapsed in a similar way, from apoplexy it is said, and 

 was dead in three-quarters of an hour. In the meantime 

 Prince Regent had been getting wor.se and an hour before 

 he died Mr. French, of Glover & French, arrived, but nothing 

 could be done for him and at 12:30 P. M. he died. An autopsy 

 revealed a ruptured spleen. Thus two of the best St. Ber- 

 nards in the country and »8,000 were lost. Mr. Reick sent 

 for us as soon as he came down town, and informing us of 

 Prince's death, he said, "What dog shall I buy now?" 

 While admiring his pluck, we hardly commended his wis- 

 dom, but of this further on. It is indeed a melancholy 

 coincidence that both these dogs, father and son, should die 

 within a few hours of each other, and from similar causes. 

 It is also peculiarly unfortunate for the breeders of St. 

 Bernards that these two grand dogs should have passed 

 away, for Prince Regent was securing the attention from 

 breeders that he should have had before when in this coun- 

 try, Mr. Reick having booked eight bitches for him and two 

 were on the way from Port Huroh, Mich., the day he died. 

 This noble dog has been buried on Mr. Reick's lawn and 

 "Prince Regent" in coleus will mark his grave. 



Prince Regent was by the great Plinlimmon out of Miss 

 Meg, showing a list of well known names in his pedigree 

 that fully accoitnted for his great success in the stud "and 

 which earned for him the title of "sire of sires." Among 

 his get are such dogs as Princess Florence, counted the best 

 St. Bernard in England to-day; Scottish Prince, that was 

 the worthy successor of Sir Bedivere in England: Earl Rose- 

 bery, Duke of Armadale, Lady Gladwin, Kingston Regent, 

 Lord Dante and King Regent. He was whelped in Febru- 

 ary, 1887, and in the ordinary course of events he had many 

 years of u-sefulness before him. He had also won numerotxs 

 prizes on the bench, and was the only dog that succeeded in 

 lowering the colors of Sir Bedivere, though of course this 

 was a rather left-handed honor, as Sir Bedivere was but a 

 pup at the time and his first appearance in the ring. Prince 

 Regent showed that true St. Bernard quality to a high de- 

 gree, and his beautiful disposition endeared him to this owner, 

 who, though he tries not to show it, feels his loss very 

 keenly. It has been rumored that Prince Regent had done 

 little m the stud since his return to England from America; 

 but we hear that on May 29 a bitch whelped fourteen pups 

 to him, eight dogs, and the dam of Salvator Rosa is now m 

 whelp to him; so this refutes any such rumors as these, 

 which unfortunately are of too common occurrence in this 

 country. 



Col. Ruppert also naturally feels his loss, as few men 

 would care to put $5,500 into dog flesh and lose it within a 

 few weeks. In buying this dog Col. Ruppert thought he 

 had the only dog that could hustle Sir Bedivere, and this 

 was Mr. Sidney W. Smith's opinion. Scottish Prince was 

 whelped April 24, 1889, and consequently only just about 

 full grown. He was by Prince Regent out of Moss Rose, 

 and was completely described in our issue of June 11 on his 

 arrival in this country in company with Aristocrat and Al- 

 tonette. Col. Ruppert had just got his kennel into working 

 order, and engaged the servii^es of Mr. Loveland as man- 

 ager, but this sudden loss has rather disgusted him with 

 the idea of carrying out his projects. The loss is certainly 

 severe, but he has yet a good one in Aristocrat, and it is to 

 be hoped that he will, as time heals this wound, reconsider 

 his decision. Scottish Prince of course had not much op- 

 portunity in the stud since he has been here, as he was sick 

 on his arrival and was just getting around again when he 

 died so suddenly. He had, however, served one, champion 

 Flora 11,, the smooth, and as Mr Reick is lucky enough to 

 own hei' and she shows signs of being in whelp, due Aug. 

 23, this gentleman must be congratulated, as this will he 

 his only progeny sired in America. His litter out of Hep- 

 sey is said to have been a very good one, and as he has sired 

 some good ones in England the chances are that Mr. Reick 

 will have something to console him. 



"Sealyham" terriers is the name given to a breed of ter- 

 riers owned in Wales by a Capt. Edwardes. They have been 

 bred by this family for a very long time. Their pedigree 

 can be traced for 100 yeai's back. They are described in 

 Canine World as a sort of small, long-backed and shoit- 

 legged terrier, not especially good looking, but game to the 

 backbone and well fitted, by build and temperament, for 

 going to earth. They have wonderful noses and will I'un a 

 fox to ground, but are better adapted for otter work. 



Collies are at present commanding tremendous prices in 

 England, something like a second St. Bernard boom. Mr. 

 Stretch has just sold a young collie, bitch seven months old, 

 to Messrs. Farrer for §-500. The sale is of more than ordinary 

 interestto Americans, from the fact that its sire, Charleroi II. , 

 was in the Chestnut Hill Kennels some time. The dog is 

 now showing what he is worth in the stud, and although 

 American breeders were told this at the time, he was not ap- 

 preciated as he should have been. The puppy was out of 

 Ormskirk Countess, and but for the offer of such a long 

 figure for this youngster he would not have parted with it, 

 as it is said to be a wonder. Another litter that we hear ot 

 is owned in Birmingham, and a big price hps hean offered 

 for them by a connoisseur of the breed, 



