Oct. 15, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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occurred subsequently are too fresh in the minds of all in 

 terested in beagles to need mention now. The N. B, C. stands 

 before you as an example of a successful specialty and field 

 trial club, on the eve of its second annual field trial. 



Regarding these trials I will answer as briefly as possible 

 some of the questions which are daily being asked of me, viz: 

 "Where are the trials to be held, how shall we get there, etc. 

 The second annual field trials and bench show of the N. B. 

 C. will be held at Nanuet, Rockland county, New York, the 

 week beginning Nov. 2?., 1891, and entries close Nov. 1, 1891. 

 The does will be run on rabbits and will be judged both on 

 the bench and in the field by Messrs. W. S. Clart, of Linden, 

 Mass., and Pottinger Dorsoy, of New Market, Ma. 



Nanuet is 18 miles di.stant from New York city, 2 miles 

 from the New Jersey line and 5 miles from Nyack on-the- 

 Hudson, due west. It can be reached con leniently by four 

 lines of railroad. Station on main line Erie Roailroad is 

 SufleroB, where a branch runs direct to the place, distance 9 

 miles; station on West Shore Railroad, West Nyack:, which 

 is 2 miles from Nanuet. carriages are in waiting to meet all 

 trains. From the Erie Railroad depot in Jersey City two lines 

 run direct to Nanuet. Trains on Northern Railroad of New 

 Jersey and New Jersey & New York Railroad run almost 

 every hour, fare for round trip SI. 10. Ample hotel accom- 

 modations will be found at Nanuet, rates being $1 to $1.50 

 per day. 



All dogs entered In the trials will be taken care of gratis 

 by the Rockland Kennels, which is a guarantee of proper 

 treatment, and particular attention will be paid to entries 

 coming by express shipped care "Rockland Kennels" and 

 unaccompanied by owner or attendant, (^ood, practical 

 handlers will he on the ground for whose services no charge 

 will be made, so that parties desirous of sending their dogs 

 and being unable to accompany them may re.st assured that 

 their dogs will have every opportunity given them to win. 



Entry blanks, running rules and any additional infor- 

 mation may be had by addressing the secretary. 



Remember, gentlemen, this will be a gathering of sports- 

 men from all over the country and that the ti-ials are open to 

 the world. If you have no dog and can spare the time, come 

 yourself and enjoy the fun. All are welcome. In writing 

 address all communications to F. W. Chapman, Sec'y. 



Melrose, Mass. 



INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIAL CLUB ENTRIES. 



THE entries for the International Field Trials Derby 

 closed with 22 nominations, of which 14 are English 

 .setters, 2 Gordons and 6 pointers. Entries for the All-Aged 

 Stake close Oct. 15. The trials will be held on the 

 grounds at Louisville. Birds are said to be very plentiful, 

 and the trials show every promise of being a success. The 

 Derby commences Nov. 3. The special Mr. Heywood-Lons- 

 dale sent over, of $35, will in all probability be added to the 

 All-Aged Stake. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



Rhxtilas (T. G, Davey's), blue belton dog, 15mos., by Down 

 — Scenavdh. 



Lot! Dido (Jas. Kime's), black, white and tan bitch, 17mos., 

 by Mingo— Lou Moll. 



Dick. (S. Holmes's), black, white and tan dog, 16mos., by 

 Tramp— Lulu. 



ViCK (S. Holmes'sl, black, white and tan bitch, 16mos., by 

 Tramp— Lulu. 



DiTKE (W. B. Wells's), black, white and tan dog, ITmos., 

 by Toledo Blade— Carabriana. 



KOMNET (W. B Wells's), black, white and tan dog, 17mos., 

 by Toledo Blade— Carabriana. 



TicKT Tack (W. B. Wells'-s), black, white and tan dog, 

 ITmos., by Toledo Blade— Cambriana. 



- Daphne (W. B. Wells'?), l)lack, white and tan bitch, 

 17mos., by Toledo Blade- Cambriana. 



Toledo Belle (J'as. McGregor'si, black, white and tan 

 bitch, 15mos.. by Toledo Blade— BafEett B. 



Sanceo (G. p. Taylor's), liver and wite dog, ITmos., by 

 Toledo Blade— Cambriana. 



Manitoba Pet (Thos. Johnson's), blue belton bitch, by 

 Dick Bondhu— Manitoba Belle. 



Manitoba Patto (Thos. Johnson's), blue belton bitch, by 

 Duke of Gloster— Flora. 



May (B. H. Gillman's). bitch. 



Amy (F. W. Eddy's), bitch. 



GOBDON setters. 



Pendennis (J. L. Campbell's), black and tan dog, 12mos. 

 by champion Beaumont— Cherry Ripe. 



Chekey Ripe IT. (J. L. Campbell's), black and tan bitch, 

 13mos., by champion Beaumont— Cherry Ripe. 



pointers. 



R. K. (W. H. Tighe's), black and white dog, by Sport- 

 Dido. 



LL'ky Deal (T. G. Davey's), black biteh, by Luck of the 

 Goat— Midgee. 



Sam ri. (W. J. Bennett's), black and white dog, 15mos., by 

 Sport— Dido. 



RoGEPv CHerbert M. Kipp's), liver and white dog, Slmos., 

 by Bang F.— Nellie. 



Central Bang (F. W. Shaw's) liver and Tjrhite dog, 9mos.j 

 by Trinket's Cash— Bang. 



Carrie (D. Williamson's) bitch, by Darky— Sparks. 



THE BENCHING AT MONTREAL.— New York City, 

 Oct. 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: In your last issue I 

 notice a letter from the superintendent of the Montreal dog 

 show in reference to certain delay which took place in the 

 erection of Spratts Patent benching at that show. I am in 

 a position to confirm what the superintendent says in refer- 

 ence to the delay in the despatch of the car from Hamilton. 

 Our representative was put to a great deal of inconvenience, 

 extra trouble and expense on account of this delay. The 

 car was loaded on Sept. 12 and promised by the railroad 

 authorities to be despatched on the 14th, and, as the Mon- 

 treal show did not open till the 22d, there was plenty of 

 time to send the car from Hamilton to Montreal two or 

 three times over. I beg to inclose copy of letter from the 

 superintendent of the Grand Trunk R.R., which you will 

 see places the cause of delay at the door of the Custom 

 House authorities. At the same time our representative in- 

 forms me that all our benching was up by noon on Monday, 

 the 21st; there was a little extra benching of a special char- 

 acter which had to be improvised on the spot to suit the re- 

 quirements of the rather awkward building in which the 

 show was held, which was not completed till Monday after- 

 noon at 4 o'clock. We intended having all ready on Mon- 

 day morning but the technicalities of the Custom House de- 

 layed us. As, howcA^er, our work was all completed at 4 

 P.M. on the day preceding the opening of the show we think 

 it is scarcely just to lav blame to our door.— G. G. Cleather, 

 Yice-Pres. Spratts Patent (America) Limited. [Copy.] 

 "Montreal, Sept. 29.— W. C. Ehrmann, Esq , Spratts 

 Patent: Dear Sir- The delay to the material aljout which 

 you enqutred at my office was owing to the fact that it was 

 m bond. The necessary permit from the Customs, aiithor- 

 izing our agent to manifest the material, was not received 

 b^ him until the 15th, and then through misunderstanding 

 on the part of Customs authorities the manifest on Mon- 

 treal could not be prepared until the instructions were cor- 

 rected. This was done on the 16th, car was forwarded from 

 Hamilton at 7:45 A.M. on the 17th and, as you are aware, 

 arrived at Montreal on the night of the 19th.— J. Lawben- 

 SON, Superintendent. 



OUR DOGMEN IN ENGLAND. 



Editor Forest an d Stream: 



I have already told some of the readers in sporting papers 

 of my first experience at an English dog show. Now, the 

 second Kennel Club show f was at was held in the Royal 

 Engineers' hall and grounds in Leeds, and it was certainly 

 a grand place for a show, there being plenty of room to ex- 

 ercise the dogs. Under the general management of M.v. T. 

 Ashtou, who was a fit man for the position, as he kept mov- 

 ing around among the dogs all the time, the benching was 

 all kept clean. I noticed they kept the attendanfs continu- 

 ally watering the dogs, and that is something 1 did not see 

 in any of the other shows in England. Another great help 

 to the show was in having the assistance of the "Hon." Syd- 

 ney Smith, for he is a bard worker and did all he could to 

 make the show a success: and this was the best managed 

 show I saw. They had nearly 600 entries, and the dogs 

 showed lots of quality. We next visited the Bristol show, 

 held under Kennel Club rules, at Colston Hall, .June 23 to 

 25. The dogs were benched on the second floor, and one had 

 to climb a couple of flights of stairs to get there. They 

 were benched in two separate rooms, and this was one 

 of the old-fashioned shows. Their benching was badly 

 arranged, and being so close together and the light so bad, 

 it gave the spectators a poor chance to see what the dcga 

 looked like. They had 648 dogs there, and the qualify in 

 some of the clas.ses was very poor. A bad feature of this 

 show was that they did not get out their catalogue until 

 about 12 o'clock on" the second day of the show. This made 

 it bad for the reporters, as none of them could do anything 

 until they got the catalogue. I heard a number of them say 

 they were going to leave that night. Now, when they com- 

 menced looking over the dogs, T thought I would just see if 

 they could examine 648 dogs in that short time and get up a 

 good report. I went round the hall watching them, snd it 

 hurried me to keep up, for it did not matter which end of 

 the dog was toward them, they never thought of taking hold 

 of the chain to get a good look at it. That is something 

 they don't do in England, that is, to get a dog out of the 

 kennel and place him on the ground so you can have a chance 

 to examine him properly. I asked some of the reporters 

 why they did not do this, and they claim they can see all 

 they want to while the dogs are in the ring during judeing. 

 I don't see how they can do that, there being from four to 

 five rings in a show, and these rings in different parts of the 

 building. I think there are a number of dogs in a show that 

 the reporters never get a look at, and that kind of work 

 would not suit the boys on this side. 



There is one thing I must say, however, Geo. Raper and 

 L. C. P. Astley know nearly every dog in England on the 

 bench and can describe without going to look at them. The 

 above named gentlemen are far ahead of any one I saw in 

 regard to judging dogs. I would rather show dogs under 

 those two than any others I know of on English soil. I 

 think if ever they wanted to get any judges here for all- 

 rotrad judging and at the same time make a change, either 

 one of the above gentlemen would fill the bill. Another 

 good old judge I showed dogs under is George Hellewell. 

 He is Vjetter on sporting dogs. The old man is getting on in 

 years, but still has an eye for a good dog. I will now speak 

 about the classes for setters. In the Bristol show the Eng- 

 lish, Irish and Gordon setters were all in the same class. 

 Pointers are also shown in the same way, light and heavy- 

 weights all together. It is no wonder they don't get better 

 classes of .setters and pointers in England, and they never 

 will imless they divide up the classes. I have seen more 

 pointers and setters in one of our big shows here than I saw 

 in three on the other side. Next time I write I will let you 

 know about some of the one-day shows I saw. 



Jos. Lewis. 



DOG CHAT. 



A LEARNED and well-known dog lover in England 

 writes to a friend of ours on several interesting topic--. 

 "No doubt," he writes, "they (skunk.s) can eo rabid like all 

 of their genus. Of course it is quite possible for a man to 

 be, in some way, susceptible to a specific poison which a dog 

 may not be affected by, but that poison is not rabies. It is 

 very curious— this immunity business. A mouse is suscepti- 

 ble to tetanus, a rat is not. A house mouse takes septicoemia, 



a field mouse is quite exempt The most humane way to 



dispose of dogs is (except the lethal chamber as used at the 

 Dog's Home) the hypodermic injection of prussic acid (one 

 drachm, Scheele's acid). It causes almost instant death, and 

 is a far better plan than giving it by the mouth. It is a 

 curious thing tnat young puppies seem to be able to take 

 more prussic acid and to be longer in dying than grown 

 dogs, I don't know whether others have noted this, but it is 

 my experience." 



At the meeting of the National Beaele Club, held Oct. 2, 

 in the absence of Mr. Brooking, Vice-Pre.sident Power oc- 

 cupied the chair. On motion it was voted to go into execu- 

 tive session. Little business was done beyond voting that 

 the matter of advertising be laid on the table till the next 

 meeting. It "Was then voted that a special meetine be called 

 for Oct. 17, at 266 Washington street, Boston, at 7 P. M. All 

 members are requested to attend to settle important busi- 

 ness connected with the coming field trials. 



Mr. Hacke's Barzois, recently imported, were, as our 

 readers are aware, in pretty bad condition when they landed, 

 and they were sent to Spratts Co. 's Kennel to be renovated 

 a little. In our Lexington show report- we spoke of the ex- 

 cellent condition of Abreck and Oiuiaff, two of the consign- 

 ment, and if Supt. Brett does as well with the others in his 

 charge he certainly deserves great credit, for he did wonders 

 with these two in the short time at his disposal. 



"Get out o' this, you nasty tramp, or I'll set the dog on 

 you." "Set away, ma'am. He'll never hatch nothin'. I'm 

 a bad egg.'"— Neio York Sun. 



In the office 'of the Mayor's Marshal the clerks are over- 

 run with the work of issuing new dog licenses. This is all 

 on account of the dog census that has been taken during the 

 past three weeks by the police of New York city. We are 

 afraid the sight of a dog to a policeman detailed to take 

 this census, three in each district, will be like a red clof h to 

 a bull, for they have had a memorable time of it. Most 

 people in the crowded tenement districts looked upon the 

 affair as a joke and gave all sorts of evasive answers to the 

 puffing policeman who bad toiled itp many fliKhts of rickety 

 stair.e. Half the extra license fees will go to the Police Pen- 

 sion Fund, and as over 2,000 new licenses have been issued, 

 the fund is some S3,000 the richer, as each license costs S2. 

 But the men who took the census would rathea retire with- 

 ont a pension than go through another stich experience. 

 The returns, which are now all in, show that there are 

 3,387 licensed dogs in this city and 33,116 whose owners have 

 not complied with the law, making in all 36,503 dogs. The 

 owners of unlicensed dogs will receive a notice to step up to 

 the desk and settle. Last year the revenue from dog licenses 

 was SlO.ieo, but up to this month in the present year §13,800 

 has been taken in. New York city differs from other mttni- 

 cipalities in that the ovrner is granted the license instead of 

 the dog, and should the dog die the license does not lap.se, 

 bttt can be transferred to another pet until the year is up. 

 A peculiarity in the census is that within an hour on Oct. 6 

 Sarati Large, John Small and Peter Short applied for 

 licenses. 



At the annual meeting of the New England Kennel Club 



the following officers were elected : President, F. Blackwood 

 Fay; Vice-President, F. M. Curtis; Secretary, E. H. Moore; 

 Trea.surer, G. A. Fletcher. Board of Governors: F. Black- 

 Avood Fay, F. M. Curtis, E. H. Moore, G. A. Fletcher, C. S. 

 Hanks. Col. John E. Thayer, H. A. Harris, Jean Grosvenor, 

 J. N. Newman. Delegate to the American Kennel Club, F 

 Blackwood Fay. Bench Show Committee: F. Blackwood 

 Pay, F. M. Curtis, H. A. Harris, C. S. Hanks and E. H 

 Moore. A balance of -$1,100 was reported in favor of the 

 club. 



The Columbus Fancier's Club will give a local bench shew 

 in December, and hope to recuperate their treasury fund 

 sufficiently to enable them to give a regular show in 1892. 

 There are quite a number of fine dogs owned by members of 

 the club, and they expect, with a little outside assistance, to 

 make a creditable showing. 



We hear that the New England Kennel Club 'will lodge a 

 protest with the A.K.C. against the New York and New 

 England Poultry and Kennel Club, of Albany, N. Y., for 

 adopting a designation that confiicta with theirs. 



There seems to be quite an enthn.siastic feeling among 

 New England sportsmen in regard to the coming field trials 

 of the recently organized New England Field Trial Club. 

 Through the efforts of several well-known sportsmen in 

 Massachusetts and Connecticut the club was formed and 

 officers elected. At the meeting held last Friday, at which 

 there was a large attendance of members, it was decided to 

 hold the trials at Wareham, Mass., game pro.spects having 

 been reported favorable by Mr. D. A. Goodwin. They will 

 commence Nov. 3. The judges selected for the inaugural 

 trials are Messrs. N. Wallace, Farmington, Conn., and 

 C. Fred Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I. Mr. Geo. W. Loyell 

 resigned his position of secretary, and Mr. Geo. B. Stickney, 

 the Irish setter man of Newbnryport, Mass., was elected in 

 his place. Another meeting will be held Oct. 31, at 2 P. M. 



It seems to us, from what we have heard, that a lack of 

 game and the short time allowed for preparation will han- 

 dicap the club somewhat in the initial effort. However, if 

 suitable grounds can be secured and protected like those in. 

 the South, there is no reason why trials held in New Eng- 

 land should not be a success. There are two stakes offered, 

 a Derby and an All-Aged. Entry fees in each stake are $5 

 to nominate and SIQ additional to fill. The prizes will be a 

 percentage of the entrance fees divided as follows: 40 per 

 cent, to fu-st, .30 per cent, to second and 30 per cent, to third. 

 Until Nov. 15 the initiation fee to the club is SIO, which ex- 

 empts members from further payments till January, 1893. 



We understand that it is the wish of several sportsmen in 

 western Michigan to organize a kennel club for the purpose 

 of encouraging the breeding of good dogs for sporting pur- 

 poses. The idea is, as the members would neces.sarily be 

 widely scattered, to have those who feel an interest in the 

 undertaking, to send their names and addresses to the 

 American Fish and Game Warden, Kalamazoo, Mich., so 

 that printed matter relating to the formation of the club 

 can be sent to them. The organizers hope to be able to hold 

 dog shows at Grand Rapids and Kalama/.oo. Everyone 

 who feels at all interested in dogs should join these pioneer 

 clubs in their locality, for this is the best means whereby 

 the breeds of dogs can be improved in these new districts. 

 The best plan is to hold shows in connection with the agri- 

 cultural fairs, the expense is lessened, and a larger number 

 of people are likely to see the dogs. 



The dog show connected with the Humane Society's fair^ 

 at Carthage, Ohio, to be held Oct. 14, promises to be quite 

 an interesting affair. Mr. Eberhart says every one is sure of 

 a "square deal" at this show. We suppose this means there 

 will be no blanks, and the kicker is to be conspicuous by 

 his absence. The entries closed on the 7th, and the cata- 

 logues were ready on the 10th, quite a feather in friend 

 Eberhart's cap. Entries number 168, composed as follows: 

 Mastiffs 11, St. Bernards 23, great Danes 8, deerhounds 4, 

 greyhounds 9, pointers 4, English setters 9, Irish setters 5, 

 Irish water spaniels 5, cocker and field spaniels 1, beagles 5, 

 collies 9. bulldogs 3, bull-terriers 5, fox-terriers 7, Yorkshire 

 terriers 3, pugs 20, Italian greyhounds 12, and thi.s is about 

 the largest entry of this breed at any show we remember. 

 "This ain't bad," writes our informant, "considering it is 

 not A. K. C. and no money prizes," and we quite agree with 

 him. Next year the society expects to come into the A.K.C. 

 fold and hold a big show. Mr. F. C. Wheeler will judge all 

 classes. 



Stock-Keeper (Eng.) takes up "Highland's" article on Mr. 

 Hacke's recent importation of Barzois very fully, and says, 

 of the remark of this reporter, that it was a great pity that 

 those dogs reached the kennels in such an emaciated con- 

 dition, "We take leave to say that it is much more than 'a 

 great pity,' it is no less than a cruel, inhuman scandal, and 

 had it happened in this country, if the parties responsible 

 for it had not been prosecuted by the Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals, we should unhesitatingly 

 have denounced the Society to the public as an ineffectual 

 sham. * * * It is a sickening tale of animal misery and 

 human indifference, carelessness and vanity." Now, after 

 this outburst Stock-Keeper should have sonie consideration 

 for our remarks anent Prince Regent and Scottish Prince. 

 About black markings in these dogs this journal says 

 "Highland" errs in saying that no single authority is op- 

 posed to black. "One of the best known Russian breeders, 

 whose name we quoted at the time we published the Russian 

 standard, gives it as a disqualifying point. We are not 

 aware either that any Englishman has yet condemned black 

 in the ring; on the other hand, we know that Mi-. Krehl has 

 given a prize to a black and tan Barzoi, though whether he 

 was justified in doing so or not we are unaLile to state." 

 They have, however, asked a Russian authority to clear up 

 this question of color. Stock-Keeper also wants "High- 

 land'S' ' authority for saying that the Barzoi unquestionably 

 sprang from the Persian greyhound, as they have collected 

 every bit of information on the subject and have nowhere 

 come across this. 



Mr. Edward Booth called on us on Monday while on his 

 way to Poughkeepsie, where he takes charge of Col. Ruppert, 

 Jr. 's kennel of St. Bernards. He left the Cloverdale Farm 

 of his own accord, and, judging from the credentials Mr. 

 Moore gave him, Mi-. Booth should never find any difficulty 

 in getting a berth with any kennel. 



Mr. Rowland P. Keasbey, the secretary of the Spaniel Club, 

 has purchased from Mr. J. F. Kirk, of Toronto, Ont., the 

 noted field spaniel bitch Rosedale Ruby. The sale was con- 

 summated«ifter the Toronto show. On the day she arrived 

 at her new quarters she was bred to Mr. Keasbey's spaniel 

 Beverley Negus. We are glad to see Mr. Keasbey take his 

 bad luck by the horns, for he received a facer when he lost 

 by death three of his best bitches within a few days of each 

 other. 



We have so many inquiries for something that will pro- 

 mote the growth of hair on dogs, also rid them of fleas, that 

 the following mixture strikes us as a dressing that will do 

 the business: Take one tablespoonful of powdered sulphur 

 and one pint of kerosene oil, diluted with a gill of warm 

 water. Apply freely, and keep the dog away from draughts. 

 This will also be found a good mange cure, and is very 

 cleansing in its action. 



