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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[•cT. 1, 1891' 



DOG CHAT. 



" IVr^^^'s haste, less speed," is a saying that generally proves 

 . -J-'-i- itself true, and that "the race is not always to the swift" 

 18 another one very applicable to this case. At the exhi- 

 bition grounds at T.^ronto a small steamer plied between the 

 city and the grounds. It is a plea'^ant sail enough, and 

 "Honest" John Davidson, the two Lewises and Dr. Kimball 

 thought the trip would be a change from the crowded cars 

 on the second evening of the show. The whistle blew and 

 "Honest John" and Joe Lewis, being swifter of foot than 

 the other two, succeeded in jumpint? on board a .steamer iust 

 as she started to move out of the do'ck. The other two were 

 left, but not badly, for the receding steamer never stopped 

 her engines till she landed the erring passenger.s at St. 

 Catherines, many, many miles down the lake. No trains 

 till morning and noon next day before they could return. It 

 was hard, but the boys bad their laugh just the same, and 

 Joe Lewis, after encountering the various experiences of a 

 trip to Europe, has pasted ia hi,shat che motto "Look before 

 you leap." 



In talking with one of the BufiPalo Kennel Club members 

 we found that about the only reason they are not moving 

 muchi in kennel matters is, that thev cannot get a suitable 

 hall to hold a .show in. and it is suicidal to their interests to 

 have one in the building they unfortunately had before. We 

 hear. that their president has resigned from the associate 

 membership. 



A marked catalogue was issued on Thursday at the To- 

 ronto show, Numbers correspondinsz with the catalogue 

 were issued to handlers in the ring, although in many cases 

 their use was allowed to lie idle. It is a fe'ature that in fu- 

 ture should receive the attention of every nhow manager, 

 large or small. The public pays admission to see the judg- 

 ing and buying a catalogue expect to be posted as to every- 

 thing that is going on, but if the handlers are not numbered 

 in the ring they might as well leave the catalogues at the 

 door. 



Mr. T. G. Davey seems to have secured a good breaker in 

 Mr. Hallam, judging by the way his dogs were shown and 

 their nice condition. This handler we believe secured the 

 prize for the best training and handling at one of the prin- 

 cipal field trials in EoglRnd in the spring. The prospects 

 for the field trials at Chatham, Ont.., are very flattering, and 

 a goodly number of entries are assured. iVIes.srs. Davidson 

 and Smith will do the judging. 



The American Pet Dog Club will hold its next meeting at 

 329 Lexington avenue. New York city, Oct. 14, at 3 P. M. 



Mr. A. H. Moore has still fiirther strengthened his kennel 

 by purchasing from Mr. Booth the St. Bernard bitch Lady 

 Hopeful, by Royal Hesperus out of Beryl. She has some 

 good prizes to her credit, and is said to be brimful of 

 quality. 



Mr. Glazier, of Salem, Mass., is a man getting together a 

 strong kennel of bloodhounds, and it is to be hoped he will 

 afford the public every opportunity to see these noble 

 hounds at coming shows, His latest purchase ia the noted 

 dog Jack the Ripper, from Mr. R. V. Blachford, Jackson, 

 Miss. Would it not be well with a change of ownership to 

 change its name as well, something not quite so blood- 

 curdling. 



The attorney for the English Kennel Club, Mr. Deurdin 

 Dutton, has been instructed to proceed against Mr. Freeman 

 Lloyd, unless he apologizes unconditionally for his remarks 

 in our Philadelphia conteraporarv anent Mr. Shirley and 

 the ownership of the E. K. C. Mr. Lloyd, judging from the 

 correspondence published in the English papers, seems to 

 have apologized sufficiently for his misapprehension, but 

 the club persists in rubbing it in a little too hard, and we 

 applaud the stand he has taken. There is a little too much 

 absolutism in some of these matters. 



The police of New York city have been busily engaged 

 the past week in taking the dog census for the firs't time. It 

 is a peculiar undertaking and not unfraught with danger, 

 but the owners seem to bear it in good part, and it is not 

 half so much trouble as taking the human census. Mayor 

 Grant is responsible for the order, and there is little doiibt 

 that the Police Pension fund will be materially increa.sed 

 thereby. From four to twelve men have been'detailed to 

 cover each precinct, and it is estimated that the number of 

 dogs in New York will not fall far short of 70,000, The law 

 under which they proceed to enforce the taking out of a 

 license is as follows: "Sec. 155. Every owner, person or pos- 

 sessor who harbors any dog shall take out a permit for each 

 dog at the Permit Bureau, paying the sum of S3 forthesame. 

 Sec. 156. The Mayor of the city of New York is hereby 

 authorized to take such measures as he may deem most ef- 

 fective to carry into effect the provisions of this article." 

 They say this law is obligatory. It declares positively that 

 owners shall obtain licenses for their dogs. The enumera- 

 tors work from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M., and it is expected all the 

 returns will be in by the middle of this week, and the 

 owners of those found to be unlicensed will receive notice 

 to step up and pay. 



We regret to hear from the manager of the Flour City 

 Kennels, Rochester, N. Y , that their stud dog Horace has 

 joined the majority. He died on Sept. 16 after a few days 

 illness. He was by champion Minting out of Duchess. By 

 the way, we hear that Mr. Whitney, the owner of this ken- 

 nel, disgusted with the treatment he received at the hands 

 ■of the Mastiff Club and its secretary, in reference to a pedi- 

 gree which he wished to trace and their dilatory action in 

 regard to the club cups he won iu the spring, returned the 

 latter to the club, not wishing to have anything more to do 

 with it. This is not the way to treat one of our most in- 

 flueutal and enterprising mastiff men. A club that has the 

 interest of the breed at heart should do all in their power 

 to keep such men in their ranks and encourage them to 

 greater efforts, for to breeders like Mr. Whitney must we 

 look for importations of desirable stock that will tend to 

 improve the mastiff breed. 



The fox chases at Lexington. Ky., cannot be said to have 

 been a success, and with the thermometer playing with the 

 nineties and a dry, dusty track, we do not see how it could 

 have been otherwise. Foxes were started, but generally 

 turned "brush" when they heard the yells of the "coons" by 

 the grand stand, and were either chopped by the hounds 

 which had ju.st started or ran back to the sheds. On Thur.s- 

 day one fox got well around the track, and the hounds getting 

 on the trail, the track having been watered, they ran a 

 pretty race, several horsemen following them over the 

 miniature hurdles set in front of the grand stand, led by 

 General Gentry's twelve-year-old son, a true chip of the old 

 block, and who was first in at the finish, A. deer was also 

 let loose, but turned back and ran clear throug'h the dogs, 

 who acted as if they thought it was a calf. The second at- 

 tempt, the next day, proved a better one, and the deer led 

 them a merry chase, making a gallant effort to jump the 

 10ft. fence surrounding the track. The sports were inter- 

 spersed with bicycle races, the ancient game of tilting ab the 

 i-ing, and drilling of local militia. 



Mr. Reick, owner of the New York St. Bernard Kenuels, 

 sailed yesterday for Europe. He will be away a month and 

 will have some shooting with James Gordon "Bennnett. 



On Thurisday, about noon, General Gentry, who wasuntir- 

 ing in ins efforts to make every one feel happy and at home, 

 copaled a number of owners of foxhounds, dogmen and 

 others, and taking them to a tent in the infield, invited 

 them to tackle a bountiful lunch and its Kentuckian fix- 

 ings. Right willingly did they do it, and then we were 

 treated to .some fine old Kentuckian speeches, and P. H. 

 O Bannon, of Blue Ridge Kennel fame, nobly responded for 

 the dogmen there and at large, in his happiest vein. 



On Saturday afternoon an auction sale of dogs took place 

 and Mr. "Amazement" Bell rang them up with hi.s name- 

 sake, and acting as auctioneer disposed of .several dogs at 

 low prices. We nave not heard who secured the lucky 

 ticket at the raffle for his noted cocker Obadiah, at a dollar 

 a chance, but at the same time we all hoped it would be the 

 fair reporter for the Kentucky LearJer, who was presented 

 with most of the tickets held by the susceptible dogmen 

 present. 



The Danbury (Conn,) dog show in connection with the 

 fair is always a pleasant gathering, and should be taken in 

 by all well-regulated dog men. There is no entrance fee 

 and prizes are quite good, while excellent care is taken of 

 the exhibitors. The show opens Oct. 6, and entries will no 

 doubt be accepted this week. Mr, H. W. Lacy will again 

 judge all classes. We believe several New York kennels 

 will be represented. The show opens really Oct. 7, at 10 A. 

 M., allowing ample time for exhibitors to get there. 



We are indebted to Mr. Jean Grosvenor for some very 

 interesting pictures of noted dogs in England, taken during 

 his recent visit to that country with Mr. E. H. Moore. They 

 represent champion Alta Bella and Mr. Moore, Lord Bute. 

 Young Plinlimmon and Mr. Shillcock. Cardinal Beaufort 

 the mastiff, and several others, and enable one to form a 

 very good opinion of these dogs without any aid from the 

 deceiving artist's pencil. Mr. Grosvenor .says he found the 

 "doggy fellows" iu England in most instances quite the 

 ri^ht sort, and he had such a good time that he intended 

 sailing on the Majestic a week or so since for a stay of two 

 or three months. Our absence at the shows is our excuse 

 for not writing of this before. 



Junius Henri Brown, in the St. Loms Glohc-JJciaocrat, 

 strikes the right chord when he says: "A liking for domes- 

 tic animals, particularly for dogs— these appeal to virtues 

 which many men do not— is an amiable quality, denoting 

 sympathy and benevolence. He who hates dogs is apt to be 

 at heart a misanthrope; he who abuses them is a greater 

 brute than they. But there are degrees of liking; there are 

 attachments to animals, it seems, that transcend reason and 

 trespass on the confines immemorially ascribed to humanity. 

 Such are the attachments which many women feel or feign 

 for dogs of the most diminutive and ignoble kind. Men in 

 general of the dog fancying order fancy dogs of size and 

 dignity such as St. Bernards, mastiffs, spaniels, setters, col- 

 lies and hounds. They make companions of them, educate 

 them, and get great pleasure and comfort from their intelli- 

 gence, fidelity and aft'ection. But they do not treat them as 

 they would their dearest friends, or as superior beings. It 

 would be well if the same might be said of the peculiar ca- 

 nine sympathy of many women which manifests itself in .so 

 obnoxious a form. In the streets you meet them bearing 

 miserable curs in their arms and generally prattling to them 

 in a silly, sentimental way, as if anxious to advertise their 

 folly. Occasionally they put their burdens gently down, 

 and, holding a cord fa.stened to their collars, permit them- 

 selves to follow wherever the cur may lead. They are prone 

 to such comments and soliloquies as: 'Where are' vou going, 

 darlingFido?' 'You musn'tactso naughty, sweei Blanche.' 

 'Don't do that, my beauty.' 'Your mistress won't love you, 

 precious pet, if you behave so badly.' Sometimes tliey trans- 

 late such phrases into baby talk, unconscious, it"i.stobe 

 hoped, of their maudlin fatuity." 



The joke was on worthy Dr. Foote at Toronto. The Doc- 

 tor is not a heavy-weight by any means, but he can reach 

 pretty high. He is always ready to fill a breach when re- 

 quired, and seeing a greyhound without a competent han- 

 dler he undertook to .show it to the best of advantage. Mrs. 

 Foote sat at the edge of the ring when she heard a lady he- 

 hind her say to her escort: ".Just look at that tall .slim iuan, 

 he reminds one of the greyhound he is holding." "Yes," he 

 answered, "same breed!" and Mrs. Foote enjoyed the joke as 

 much as any of us. Doctor included. 



After many delays and overcoming of many obstacles, San 

 Francisco now has a model public pound. It was to be ready 

 for occupancy on the 15th. The main building of the 

 Animals' Home is 5Sft. long by 30 wide, and is in the colonial 

 style of architecture. We give particulars of the design of 

 the building so that others may profit by the evident good 

 arrangements made for the painless taking oft' of the city's 

 stray dogs: To the south of the administmtion building" is 

 what is known as the Canine House, which is .3lft. square. 

 The walls are 14ft. high, with a hip roof, making the imild- 

 ing about 38ft. in height. The roof is .supplied with venti- 

 lators and skylights, and is very commodious and airy. The 

 floor will be of asphaltum, and plenty of water will be sup- 

 plied to keep it clean. The floor has a pitch to the south- 

 east for drainage to the main sewer. The house has an 8 foot 

 entrance, so that the dog wagons mav enter and deposit 

 their loads. The floor will be divided off into small sections 

 by movable fences or partitions, by means of which any dog 

 or number of dogs may be kept from the rest. In the south- 

 east corner there is an opening into which fits a cage. When 

 it is decided to asphyxiate certain dogs they will be moved 

 toward the cage, which closes and runs on a track to a small 

 structure kno^yn as the lethal chamber. The lethal cham- 

 ber will be iUitb. by 9 and 4ft. high. It will be built of 

 pressed brick lined inside with glazed tile. The floor will be 

 of cement and the top a thick plate-glass covering. The 

 door will screw in and be made air-tight. When the cage 

 containing the dogs runs into the chamber the door will be 

 closed. A gaspipe connects with the bottom of the chamber 

 and the gas will be turned on. It is calculated that it will 

 take from .sev-'n to nine minutes to complete the asphyxia- 

 tion. When the time is over a stop will be taken out o'f the 

 top of the chamber, and the gas that escapes will be ignited 

 and pass off into the air without odor or offense to any one. 



•» The son of Mr. Dudley, whose father has been quoted as 

 authority for ttie statement that the Cobden Club of Eng- 

 land has a corruption fund of -SI 000,000 to lay out against 

 McKinley, is well known, or was rather, to" dogmen as a 

 judge of mast iffs some few years ago. Lately he has taken 

 no active part in mastiff' affairs, although he .still breeds 

 them. 



During the Lexington, Ky., show Mr. Geo. Bell purchased 

 the field spaniel Newton Abbott Farmer from Mr. Cook, of 

 foxhound fame. 



Mr. R. D. Morgan, of Akron, O., sold his first prize win- 

 ning pointer bitch Naso Bell, by Tory White out of Nan of 

 Naso, to Mr. Sphar, whose foxhounds did so well at the show. 

 Though not in the flr.st flight as a show bitch Mr. Morgan 

 tells us she is a good one in the field. 



Mr. F. G, Ta,ylor, of Toronto, is playing in hard luck just 

 now. First his crack areyhouud Scavenger was run over 

 and had a piece of his tail taken off'. The week after Mr. 

 Taylor himself slipped in getting on or off the cars and had 



his foot so crushed that though the doctors are trying hard 

 to save it, it may eventually have to be amputated. All 

 dogmen will sympathize with Mr. Taylor under the circum- 

 stances. 



"Uncle Dick" writes us that the .Johnstown Fair dog show 

 was quite an enjoyable one. There were about 100 entries, 

 n^^^'ifr u°"'? fict.ing as judge. He adds that the people in 

 the Mohawk Valley are preparing for their show in Decem- 

 ber, when Mr. C. H. Mason will officiate in the ring. 



The death of Watch adds another nail to the coffin of high 

 prices m St, Bernards St. Bernard breeder?, and especially 

 those m England, will receive the news of ttiis grand dog's 

 demise with sincere regret, not only because he was almost, 

 It not quite, the best in the world, many good judges scoring 

 him ahead of Sir Bedivere, though excepting in his grand 

 head we could never see it. The price given for Watch was 

 at the time second only to that of Piinlimmon, -SI, 700 being 

 the tigure; and add this to the price of the grand ones 

 that have passed away since the New York dog show, and 

 our breeders have lost almcst $20,000 iu St. Bernards alone. 

 The money value does not, however, represent half the loss 

 in the breeders' eyes, as such animals are not replaced in a 

 day, however willing they may be to dip down into their 

 pockets. Watch had undoubtedly the grandest head ever 

 seen on a St. Bernard in this country. He was imported in 

 the spring of 1890 by Mr. Poag, of Toledo, O. Watch has 

 not been seen in public as often as he might have been, and 

 was to a certain extent lost to the mass of St. Bernard 

 breeders. He was by champion Guide out of Sans Peur, 

 and therefore royally bred. He stood over 3.3in. high, and 

 weighed m ordinary condition 330!bs,; he never was shown 

 u'^^y.^ ^^^'^ fleshed. 1 1 was only through assiduous care that 

 he did not die when he first landed here, as he was badly 

 treated on board ship and was sick for some time after. All 

 dog lovers will sympathize, as we do, with Mr. Poag in his 

 great loss, and trust that out of the several litters he has 

 secured by him that he has something that will, to some ex- 

 tent, take his place. Watch was whelped Nov. 9, 1887, and 

 was, therefore, quite in his prime. 



Gordon setter men must remember that the entries for the 

 Gordon Stake close Oct. 15. 



The Pembrook hunt, master Mr. Mitchell Harrison, held 

 their opening meet on Tuesday last with a run of about 

 three miles. A fashionable gathering was present to see 

 the hounds throw oft'. 



We hear that Messrs. Reick, Jacob Ruppert, Jr. and thp 

 VV estmmster Kennel Club will each put up one hundred 

 dollars for a trophy to be competed for at New York for the 

 best American-bred St. Bernard at the latter show, age and 

 conditions not yet decided. 



We have received the September number of Pui-trnltH of 

 Bags of the Day, audio this issue the Artotype Publishing 

 Co., 94 Reade street. New York, have fairlv surpassed pre- 

 vious issues, publi-shiog five instead of four portraits. The 

 St. Beraurd champion Hector, mastiff champion Ilford 

 Chancellor, the collie Christopher, a group of Mr. Wind- 

 holz's setters, and a capital pictui-e of Capt. McMurdo and 

 the pointer Rip Rap to please the field trial men, comprise a 

 collection of pictures that every lover of dogs should be 

 pleased with. This publication is on sale by Forest and 

 Stream Publishing Co. 



THE IRISH SETTER. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The prospect for the advancement of the Irish setter has 

 never been so bright as it is to-day, and it only remains for 

 the owners of this beautiful breed" of dogs to take advantage 

 of the opportunity that is now aft'orded them to run their 

 dogs in separate trials to prove to the sportsmen of America 

 that as a practical field dog the Irish setter is far above what 

 he is believed to be by the advocates of the other breeds, and 

 as soon as the ice is broken there is no doubt that many fine 

 dogs will be brought out by their owners that have hereto- 

 fore been kept in the back ground on account of the existing 

 supposition that the red dog cannot get his dues in mixed 

 trials. It is my candid opinion, however, that in our field 

 trials, as conducted to-day, that the best dog will win regard- 

 leas of color and breeding. I do not mean tolnsinuate that iu 

 days gone by a different state of affairs existed, but I wish to 

 confine myself to the present of which 1 am better qualified 

 to. speak from personal observation and experience. 



Mr. E. B. Bishop is in my opinion doing more for the true 

 interescs of the breed than has been done by any one in late 

 years and his importation of that wonderful field trial win- 

 ner Coleraine from the kennels of the Rev. O'Callaghan will 

 add a stimulus to Irish .setter affairs that will' be most 

 wholesome in its character, e.specially as she has already 

 proven her wonderful worth by winning over the best dogs 

 of any breed in England and at the largest and most impor- 

 tant trials. In Finglas he no doubt has a dog that will also be 

 of immense benefit to the breed. Mr. O'Callaghan wrote me 

 of this pair while he was having them piepared for the trials 

 and before Coleraine had run, and he spoke of them both as 

 being the "best he had seen." Mr. Bishop has thebest kennel 

 of Irish setter bitches that has ever been brought together in 

 America, and with a little judicious lireeding he will no doubt 

 produce Irish setters that will elevate their field standard to 

 a high degree. 



From a close observation of the best Irish setters of both 

 England and America, T have come to the conclusion that 

 Mr. O'Callaghan'sdogs slightly e.xcel ours, as a cla.ss. in body 

 and leg formation, but I think the Elcho strain has the best 

 of it in head, and although the Irish setter breeder.s of Amer- 

 ica have developed and maintained a very regular type, there 

 is a dibtinctiveness about the Irish setters that have come 

 from Mr. O'Callaghan 's kennel that is remarkable for its 

 unformity, and it proves beyond question that he is breeding 

 on the correct lines. 



My friend, Mr. J. J. Mannion, of this city, an Irishman by 

 birth, and an excellent judge of the Irish .setter, spent the 

 greater part of the past spring and summer in England and 

 L-eland, and he has made the very startling assertion to me, 

 that there does not exist in Ii-elmd an Irish setter that has 

 been bred in that country that he would pronounce typical 

 of the breed. This is certainly a very broad statement, but 

 I have received the same information from other sources 

 equally reliable, and therefore cannot doubt it. 



The Irish setter cJa.sses at the coming bench shows will be 

 very interesting fron:i all accounts, and I look for a new set 

 of cracks to be brought out, but whether they will be superior 

 to the winners of the last two yeais or even as good remains 

 to be .seen. I know positively of some halt dozen youngsters 

 that will take considerable beating if they are properly pre- 

 pared and shown. 



As a parting suggestion I wish to impress upon the breeders 

 to not lose sight of the bench form and type of our dogs 

 which has attained a degree of excellence surpassed by that 

 of no breed of the canine race, and that the field qualities can 

 be developed and maintained together with a very high 

 degree of bench form has been proven by the experience of 

 Mr. O'Callaghan whose example it would be well to follow, 

 for as soon as we lose the type, which is most dear to all Irish 

 breeders, we will have lost tne Irish setter himself. In a 

 word, iioep the breed pure, breed only to high class and proven 

 dogs, and demonstrate to the sportsmen of the world that 

 the Irish Better in America is second to no other breed in 

 existence. W. L. WASRrN-fiTON-. 



PiTTSiitrRG, Pa., Sept. <5. 



