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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Nettle, who beats Rnwtou Sa.fefcy in heacl, ears aurl body. 

 Venus, third, was commented on before. Woodale Radiant, 

 fourth, way ont of stall, a pnppy. Woodale Rel'usal is not 

 libbed enough, fair head and front ears trifle thick, and just 

 fair in coat. Dote pnppies were of no account, pri:»^es with- 

 held, and in bitches Rowton Safety, Woodale Radiant and 

 Arden Belle was the order. 



In wire-haired dogs the judge Avas severe, withholding 

 ■first and jL.;i\'iiiti; Barton Sting second ; Simdey. vhc, neither 

 ■ as good as Adswood Jim If., lie,; Gale (Ireen Patch, c, all 

 commented on before. The prizes iu biti^h class were with- 

 held. In novices Nobody's Child had an easy win in dogs, 

 and in bitches Rowton ^Safety and Suffolk Riot outclassed 

 the others. 



IBISII TERKIEKS— (CUAS. H. MASON). 

 In open dogs Jack Biiggs scored, having bepn conditioned 

 a bit since the week before, over Nailer, the latter losing in 

 body, legs, feet and coat; Evictor, bliick in skull, faulty in 

 muzzle and short iu coat, third. Two nice bitches turned 

 Tip in the next class, Exile's superior head, coat and front 

 gaining the verdict over Kai blcen. 



PAKDIE DINJIONTK— (CIlAS. H. MASON). 

 Quite a show of these quaint terriers noted rather for 

 their ganieness than their good looks. King of the Heather's 

 superior head, coat and body led him out ahead of Valen- 

 tine, who in 1urn Ijeats Goyoa in front and length of head 

 aud niuKzle. i<'an won again this year in bitches, she is ont 

 in front, has a fair head, good coat and hindquarters. A 

 third only was given to Saba, out of shape, having puppies 

 at the show — a crying evil. 



BEDLINGTONS— (CHAS. H. MASON). 



Pica won in dogs, better in front, body and feel of coat 

 than Porkess, who also in turn beats Sir George in head; 

 Sting, coat of poor texture, delicienf in tips and topknot, 

 was vhc. In bitches Jerry the winner in topknot aud 

 arch of loin, the ugh Zulo is better in head; Nettle, third, 

 was described last week. 



SKYE TERKIKKS— (CnAS. H. MASOl^). 

 Sir Stafford had little dilliculty in. beating Sir John, who 

 loses in head, coat, length and bone. 



BLACK A.NP TAN TERRIERS-(CHAS. n. .MASON). 

 Meersbrook Maiden, looking a little more like herself, 

 was alone iu the challenge cla.s.s. In open dogs Broom field 

 Sultan had little difficulty in winning over Rochelle Scot 

 and Buffalo Rex, which two the judge could not or would 

 not separate. Rochelle Scot has the better head and richer 

 tan. but loses in body. Buffalo Rex was badly breeched. In 

 bitches English Lady lost fir.st place on account of her 

 mouth, so it is said; she also loses to the other in head, 

 quarters anti chest, but is richer in tan, Grace, third, was 

 not in it in this company, nor yet was Merry. Puppies with 

 the exception of Rochelle Carraencita were poor. Somehow 

 with all the fairly good dogs imported our black and tan 

 breeders are .showing very little result. 



TORKSHIKE TERRIERS— (CHAS. H. MASON). 

 Toon's Ro^al again placed himself in front of his kennel 

 mate Venus in challenge class, and Toon's Royal Gem was 

 alone in dogs. In bitches the silver Tot had to succumb ;to 

 Miss Halifax, true in coloring, though a poor one, getting 

 third prize only. 



PtiaS— (MLSS ANNA H. WHITNEY). 

 Same old faces again. Bob Ivy, Bessie and Cassina in the 

 challenge classes. Eberhart's Cashier leading all again in 

 the open dogs, Curtis coming next; same order as at Hamil- 

 ton. Bradford Rowdy, third, has a nice skull, but muzzle is 

 wrong. Fritz Ernmett took reserve; his faults have already 

 been heralded. Kash, Jr., vhc, should have been above 

 him. In bitches, Satin won again, Mabel E. and Cribbage 

 coming again in the same order, Fanny K. taking three let- 

 ters and Princess Nellie he. Peggy Pride was the best of 

 the puppies. 



TOT TERRIERS— (CHAS. H. MASON). 

 Three fair little toys as they go over here were shown, flrst 

 going to Trix, beating the other two iu markings and legs. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS— (CHAS. H. MASON). 



In dogs, the large sized but well-shaped Royal Duke won. 

 Calumet Alice held her own nicely, beating Top.sy in muz- 

 zle and volume of skull: Ruby, third, too long in muzzle 

 and flat in skull. In Blenheims, Romeo, good in skull, but 

 long in muzzle and large-sized, claimed the only prize in 

 Calumet Cromwell's absence. In the toy .spaniels class the 

 piMzes Avere withheld; more like small, snipy cockers than 

 anything else. Miscellaneous had the Scotch terrier Kilston 

 for the winner, other prize.withheld from a moderate-look- 

 ing Japanese. H. W. L. 

 SPECIAL PRIZE LIST. 



Best Mastiff dog, Ilford Chancellor; bitch, Lady Coleus. Smooth- 

 coated St. Bernard, dog. Hector; bitch, Lady Swiss. Great Dane, 

 dog, Imperator; bitch, Minerva's Fawn. Greyhound. Gem of the 

 Seapon. Deerhound, Silver Queen. Barzoj, Valdemir. Collie 

 dog ia open clas?, Dowrey; bred bv a member of the Collie Club, 

 Fury. Beaele, Royal Krueger. Smooth fox-terrier, dog, Dobbin: 

 bitch, EhorNettlp. Wire-haired fox-terrier, dog. Barton Sting. 

 Kennel prizes: Mnstiffs,^ Flour City Kennels; owned in Canada, 

 Husrh Falconer. Great Danes, Wolverine Kennels. Oveyhouiidp, 

 A. W. Purbeok. American foxhounds, Dan O'Shea. Pointers, T. 

 G. Davey; owned in Canada, T. G. Davey. English ."ctters. Mount 

 Wasbington Kennels; owned in Canada, T. G. Davey. Tvipb set- 

 ters, Douglas & Chflmbers; owned in Canada, D'>ughiK & Cham- 

 bers. Gordon setters. Dr. 8. G. Dix >n; owned in Canurta, J. Lome 

 Campbell. Collies, Seminole Kennels; owned i n Canada, McBwen 

 & Gibson. Bull-terriers, Frank Dolfi. Beagles, Hornell-Harmony 

 Kennels. Fox-terriers, Woodale Kennels; owned in Canada, Ar- 

 den Kennels. Black and tan terriers, Rochelle Kennels, York- 

 shire 1 erriere, Toon & Symond. Pugs, Dr. Cryer. 



WILMINGTON DOG SHOW. 



LSpe(nal RewyrtA 



CONSIDERING that first prize was only %i aud second %2 

 and that the show was not advertised, 13!) entries must 

 be pronounced a success for the second annual dog show, 

 held in connection with the Wilmington fair. The quality 

 throughout was above the average, and .some of the classes 

 were well filled, the EaglisVi setters numbering 20 entries 

 and the collies 16, and there were but few absentees, Mr. F. 

 R. Carswell made a capital and perseve7'ing superintendent 

 and had everything in good working order with good attend- 

 ants to carry out his orders. 



The building iu which the dogs were benched is not at all 

 a good one for a show, being dark and ;nivfching but weather 

 proof. The weather was very bad on the first day and the 



i'udging had to be done inside. It cleared up luiantifully, 

 lowever, for the remainder of the week. Mi-. E. \\. Elliott 

 made the awards in all the classes, and his decisions in 

 mo.st instances were well received. Mr. F. E. Lamb acted as 

 ring steward, and the judging was got through without 

 delay. 



Only two mastiffs were entered, and Je'fferson easily dis- 



Sosed of his opjionent, Brandy, who was not worth a card. 

 eJIersou is good iu body, but is sadly lacking in head prop- 

 erties and color. 



In St. Bernard dogs King Regent, son of the defunct 

 Prince PLegent, was placed over .Sir Lion. The correctness 

 of this decision was questioned I>y some on account of King 

 Regent's bad legs, but lie is so much superior in size, sub- 

 stance, expresHirni and char.ieter than iSir fjion, that we 

 think the 'leci.sion r-orrect. Sir Liou is a good dog, but too 

 low at the .sliouliiei's, and lacks length and breadth as well. 

 In bitches Margharita, by the great Plialimmon, secured 



the blue; her superior bone, substance, girth of .skull and 

 depth of mu'AxIc made her score decisively over her two com- 

 petitors, in spi tie of h<',r \y,\A condition. 1 jatly Oastlereagh, 

 second, has good expression and character, but her muzzle 

 is hardly square enough eid;. Dart, third, is a fine roomy 

 bitch, l)ut does not show the quality of the other two. Only 

 one wretched specimen of a smooth St. P>ernard ptit in an 

 appearance, and the prizes were very lu-operly withheld. 



A good, new Great Daue made her (lehut in Minka, a re- 

 cently imported bitch; she is a dark golden brindle in color, 

 has capital bone, a good aud typical head, a little strong for 

 a bitch, but is too straight behind; she was all out of con- 

 dition, showing evidences of maternal duties, but when iu 

 good trim will be able to do a lot of winning. 



Greyhounds had only one entry and that was a bad one. 



In heavyweight pointers the well-known Lad of Kent, of 

 course, won easily; he is a good all-round dog, full of 

 quality, but hardly sprung enough in ribs. His only oppo- 

 nent, Don, was a sorry spectacle beside him and was only 

 awarded third, .second prize being withheld. Major, a fair 

 dog, won in lightweight dogs, the other entry, Dallas, being 

 a rank bad one, and the prizes were consequently withheld. 

 There were no entries in either of the pointer bitch classes. 



Glendon, second in English setter dogs, showed himself 

 very badly aud was not in condition. He is a prombsing 

 young dog and will doubtle.ss do better another day. Carl- 

 ton Pero, the winner, is a nice stylish dog, with a good skull 

 aud ear, but a bit short in muzzle. He won well, as he has 

 a capital body and is a beautiful mover and shower. Third 

 went to Dick Roy, last year's winner, shown very fat. He 

 is too filled up and short in muzzle, otherwise a good dog, 

 with capital coat and feather. In bitches a very typical one 

 full of quality was placed first. She is grand in exi^ression, 

 formation of skull aud set on of ear, and has a caj)ital body, 

 with the best of legs and feet. Peggie Dortch was second, a 

 nice orange ticked bitch, Imt out of coat. She shows gi-eat 

 character and style aud is a good mover. Third went to 

 Rustic Clip, a very promising puppy, with a capital head, 

 neck, .shoulders, legs and feet, with wonderful style. The 

 winner in this class last year could get no higher than vhc, 

 and in both the classes the competition was very strong. 



In Irish setter dogs, Captain won. He has a oa[)it;d cont 

 and color and a fairly good head. Shannuire, seeoud, is 

 more typical in head and body, but was out of condition. 

 Dennis the Gos.soon, what a name! is light iu color aud 

 wanting in Irish .setter character. In bil^ches, Bessie Glen- 

 cho, iu poor condition, nevertheless won easily, as she is far 

 the most typical of the three exliiluted and shows a deal of 

 quality. LedaGlencho, second, won here last year. She is 

 a fine roomj^ bitch, faulty in head and color. Lassie, third, 

 is light of bone, pale in color, and lacking quality. 



In Gordon dogs, Duke, a poor specimen, was giveusecond, 

 first being withheld. In bitches Viola, just a fair one, ob- 

 tained the i)lue ribbon. 



A good foxhound in Dixey was alone in hia glory and car- 

 ried off fir.st prize. 



In field spaniels Toady Obo ea.sily defeated Pascha, as he 

 was all out of coat and condition. In cocker dogs, Snowball 

 romped away from Banjo, who lacks cjuality all over. In 

 bitches a beauty iu Beauty won first. She is a smart little 

 buff cocker and will doubtless do some winning in good 

 company. Lady Gay, .second, a red, is full of life and shows 

 plenty of character. She carries her tail too high. Brownie, 

 a good liver, and Busy Bee, a nice little black, completed 

 the class. 



In collies. Major Jum, a smart black, white aud tan, with 

 profuse coat and nice expre.ssion, was first; Dell Wilkes, 

 small and out of condition, but a promising puppy, came 

 second. Boskie, third, lacks quality and pricks his ears, but 

 is well made, with good legs and feet. Prince Wilkes, re- 

 serve, is a large, unfurnished, promising puppy, .showing a 

 lot of quality. The Scamp, vhc, might have been higher, 

 but has bad ears. In bitches, a very sweet and typical bitch 

 in Nancy Hawks won; she was quite out of coat. Collie B., 

 a smart j^oungster, came second; nice coat aud ears, but a 

 little domed in skull. Fridena, third, is weak in face and 

 somewhat weedy, but good iu coat. The collie cla.sses were 

 good, the coarse-headed, bad-expressioned, common speci- 

 mens so often seen being conspicuous by their absence. 



In bulldogs first was withheld, second going to a poor 

 specimen in Young Tiger\ 



Duchess of York, a good bull-terrier bitch, shown very fat, 

 was awarded first. 



Two good and promising Basset hound puppies comprised 

 the next class. There was not much to choose between 

 them. 



In beagles, Tony Weller, in poor form, won from Pete, a 

 prombsing puppy. Lady, a pretty little one, was flrat in 

 bitches. 



Regent Brbsk, a smart terrier, was first in fox-terrier dogs. 

 He has a capital body and is a nice size, with fair head and 

 neat ears. Regent Domo, second, is large in ears aud lacks 

 expression and character, but is better iu muzzle than the 

 winner. Dandj^ B., third, is common in head and heavy in 

 ears, with a good front, le.gs, feet and coat. Rosalind, the 

 winner in bitches, is a terrier all over, but short and weak 

 in head. Positive, second, is better in head, but in all other 

 respects she is inferior to the winner. 



Irish terriers had only one good one in Breda Jim. F^ady 

 Ire, second, was the best of the remainder. Pedro, a good 

 Skye terrier, won in the class. In black and tan terriers the 

 prizes were withheld. In black and tan toys flrst was 

 awarded to Dot, a moderate one, and second withheld. 

 Pugs were poor, all lacking color and head properties. Two 

 fair King Charles were in the toy spaniel class, Philadel- 

 phia Charlie winning easily from Manchester Teddy. In 

 the miscellaueous class Beauty, a good smooth-coated collie, 

 easily won frem a moderate black poodle. Two poor Ital- 

 ian greyhotmda and some smart Yorkshires complete the 

 list. ^ The .Bard. 



BRUNSWICK FUR CLUB TRfALS.-Princeton, Mass. 

 —Editor £'oresh mid Stream: The Brunswick (Maine) Fur 

 Club have arranged to visit thisplacein November for their 

 annual foxhound field trials. They will be here by Nov. 9, 

 and it is believed it will bring together the largest number 

 of fox hunters ever .seen in the United States. The hillsides 

 of this town, Wachusetts, and Little Wachusetts Mountain 

 are excellent hunting grounds. 



Having stated explicitly in our issue of Sept. 10 that the 

 article of Aug. 27 was written without suggestiou of any- 

 body, we are at a loss to under.stand how one can "sincerely" 

 or otherwise than with an ulterior purpose repeat the insinu- 

 ation (then disposed of; that we had been prompted to an 

 action by a suppo.sitious f(n-ger of telegrams. This forged 

 telegram story by the \v;iy is M.shy. The telegram was pub- 

 lished the wM'k after our article of Aug. 27, but with an ex- 

 planatiou tb^tt it had been received a month bel'ore in -Inly. 

 Now comes Mr. I 'lclrnont, who tells u.s tha t tlie tnlegrHtu was 

 sent uii, the (liiy avr arLiclvx ■lueru irnldistu'd. Who sent it? 

 Why was itsenti' Why the eager endeavor to connect it with 

 a .somebody who has been inrtueucing the Forest AND 

 StrkAM? The whole thing, ^veak at the best, appears to us 

 to have been clumsily conceived and executed bunglingly. 



A LIBER AT. REWARD WTT.L BE PAID 

 (or llie cnri-tnt number of airy .jouiual wiUi ;i. Kennel I)p- 

 partment as newKj- and ui)-Lf -rlie-l.ijin's ;is HiiJi. of Hio I'VjnirsT 

 AND Stkka .\f . ArtdrPHH tlic ])<>(. Kkws Tu^cah'i im it.nt, care ot 

 Forest aud Stream Publishing Co., No. ol8 Broadway, Iscw York. 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



Office op the American Kennel Clhb, { 

 44 Broadway, New York, Sept. — . \ 

 Editor Forest (vnd, Sl.rc.d/in: 



I have iu.st re.id Mic editorial article concerning the Amei- 

 oan Kennel (Jluh, j.ublished in the issue of your journal 

 dated Aug. ':i7 (at which time I was .absent from the city), 

 and entitled "Is it Not Worth Con.sidering?" and also tie 

 article under the he.ading "Dog (Jhafc." 



I must believe these articdes to have been written with 

 theintention of promotingthe l.)est interests of the Ain<'rican 

 Kennel Club, as otherwise you would hardly consider ifc 

 your duty or privilege to advi.se the individual defendants 

 in the litigation referred, to, wlio are a,cting under advice of 

 their chosen coutisel as to tiie course that should be pursued 

 by them, or to advise the officers of that club as to the course 

 to be pursued by them, so long as their present action has 

 not been questioned by the membership of the club, to whom 

 they owe their official position and duty. 



It may be conceded that were the situation such as it Is 

 stated iu those articles to be, the advice given might be p6ir- 

 tinent and sound. But the situation stated to exist doea 

 not exist, and as it is always well before treating a case to 

 have a correct diagnosis of it I will take leave to review the 

 actual situation and contrast it with that portrayed in your 

 .iournal. It is fir.st .said: 



Certain men whose names have been published among the rtis- 

 ciualified and suspended list In the American Kennel Club 

 (QtmMp), feeling themselves aggrieved, are bringing suits for 

 heavy damages. 



From this it might be inferred that numerous suits of this 

 character had been brought. There are iu fact only two such 

 .suits now pending, one brought by Mr, Geo. B. Gallup, of 

 Albany, N. Y., and the other by Mr, Charles J. PeshaU, of 

 Jersey City, N. J. Again you state: • 



The overi'ulin.g of the defendants' demurrer in one of these 

 suits at AlliMii V lias (l.'iovniined tliat tbe publication of the names 

 in the Oazclln is a libel, and tlie eiuiHO must, thorefore, go to a jury. 

 The ri'iiriering oi' this decision has been a. signal for numerous 

 other Hiiils of li Ice character. The America.n Ivonnel Clnh ofHcers 

 Kud various associate members have been made di'tendants. 



It is true that the defendants' demurrer to the complaint 

 in the nallu]) case was overruled by the Special Term of the 

 Supreme Court, but it is not true that such decision "ha.s 

 determined that the publication of the names iu the QnmttG 

 is a libel," nor is it true that "the rendering of this decision 

 has been a .signal for numerous other suits of like charac- 

 ter." No action has been brought by any person since that 

 decbsion. 



As to theGallupca.se and the effect of the decision ren- 

 dered, I am glad to have an opportunity to make a state- 

 ment of the facts for the informa.tiou of all your readers 

 who are interested in kennel matt< rs. Mr. Gallup in his 

 complaint alleges that he was ijcr: - i!:;-' I ! i inded by the pub- 

 lication of an article in the KcjiijH '' in which it was 

 stated (1) that on Sept. 9, 1H89, tlu- - : , ; > (.unmitte of the 

 American Kennel Club ordered th. m spi'Mjaon of the Albany 

 Kennel Club for the non-payiip'iit (if its prizes at the show 

 held in March, 1889, and [lasscd a resolution that if the 

 prizes were not [laid within thirty days the penalty under 

 Rule 38 should.be enforced; Ci) that' on Dec. 18, 1889, the 

 thirty days having expired and no official notification of the 

 payment of the prizes having reached the office of the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club, the pre.sident of the American Kennel 

 Club suspended the officers of the Albany Club under Rule 

 28, of which .suspension notice was given to Mr. Gallup and 

 the other officers; and (3) that subsequently the executive 

 committee of the American Kennel Club, acting under the 

 provisions of the by-laws, "disqualified" the officers of the 

 Albany Club until the awards given by the club were paid. 

 He also complains liecause of the ptiblication of his name 

 iu the list of "disqualified" members in the 7v'e'/mcZ Oa- 

 zettc. 



These two articles were truthful statements of fact; that 

 is to say (1) the advisory committee, the president and the 

 executive committee of the American Kennel Club did take 

 the action with refei-ence to the Albauy Club which is stated 

 to have been taken; and Mr. Gallup, with others, was dis- 

 qualified by the resolution quoted in the publication, because 

 he was an officer. No one, so far as I know, has ever im- 

 puted auy personal misconduct to Mr. Gallup or any other 

 person. 



Now, Mr. Gallop's complaint does not, when strictly con- 

 sidered, admit that the action was taken by the Kennel Club, 

 or that he had been disqualified, as stated by the JSTeiiiiel 

 Oazette, and then claim that the Kcnmel Qazette libeled 

 him by printing those true statements; but, on the contrary, 

 the complaint alleges that the articles were untrue and the 

 statements contained in them were false, thus asserting that 

 the American Kennel Club did not, in tact, take the action 

 which was .stated to have been taken by it, and that he was 

 not in fact disqualified. At the same time it does uot a-ssert 

 that the awarded prizes were in fact paid. 



To this complaint the defendants demurred, upon the 

 grounds that even if the statements contained in the article 

 wex-e false and untrue, the publications were not libels upon 

 Mr. Gallttp. This is the question which was passed upon 

 by the court, and in over-ruling the demurrer the court 

 decided merely that if the statements of the articles were 

 untrae and the suspension and disqualification therein 

 stated to have been visited upon Mr. Gallup were not, in 

 fact, imposed as stated, then the articles are libels, and Mr. 

 Gallup is entitled to recover damages. The defendants have 

 appealed from this decision, and that appeal was argued last 

 week. They exjjectto secure a reversal of the decision. But 

 even if the decision of the Special Term should be affirmed, 

 the defendants will still have a right to defend the action 

 and show that the statements of the articles were true. In 

 view of all the facts the extreme improbability, and I may 

 say impropriety, of Mr. Gallup recovering a verdict in the 

 action, will be appreciated by all those who feel any interest 

 in the controversy. For, I suppose it to be common knowl- 

 edge that it is not a libel to print of a man anything which 

 is true concerning him. Again your article says: 



Other suits are apprehended In which othor associate mem- 

 bers will be sued before the affair is settled. It allowed to go on 

 in this way every associate member wbo has any property that 

 can be attached will probably bo sued. The juries may award no 

 more than nominal damages, but even in this event there will be 

 costs and interminable annoyance. 



As to this .statement I beg to say that the officers and 

 members of the American Kennel Club have no reason to 

 apprehend that any other like actions will be brought. Mr. 

 Vredenburgh has one lettenforwarded to him in which the 

 gentleman addressed is solicited by Mr. Peshall to bring 

 such an action. That gentleman has declined to do so. 

 Whether others were .similarly importuned I do not know; 

 but if so they have not as yet complied. It may also be 

 said that even were the American Kennel Club or its officers 

 privately liable to be mulcted in |damages because of the 

 publications complained of (and we are advised by counsel 

 that there is no such liability), there would still be no 

 liability resting on the associate members of the organ- 

 ization, and the actions would have to be dismbssed as to 

 them. 



As to your .statement that the liabilities of the club and 

 associate members are daily being added to by the sonding 

 out of n<'vv copies of I he libelous puljlication, 1 beg to say 

 that the KchixAJIuxcIIi: did, as long as the bench show sea- 

 son lasieii, coul iniie tu publish the uames of [lerson.s who 

 had beiTi regularly ilisf] uali fied by the American Kennel 

 Club, but with the end of the show season the publication 



