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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 23, 1891' 



AN APPEAL TO LOVERS OF ST. BERNARDS. 



THE following letter received from the editor of the 

 English kennel organ, StockrKeeper, speaks for itself: 



EMlor Forest an d Stream: 



Oq behalf of thenoblest association of the handsomest breed 

 of dogs, I beg you to do the service of printing the inclosed 

 appeal for subscriptions. I feel coufldent that a nation so 

 distinguished for generosity and sentiment as America, 

 would be hurt at not being asked to help. Editor. 



"An Appeal to all St. Bernard Lovers, Breeders, and 

 Exhibitors —Our attention has been drawn by a leader 

 in the DaAly Telegraph to the sad intelligence that the 

 St, Bernard Hospice is langnisliing for lack of funds. 

 This institution, from which the dogs ta.ke their name, 

 was founded in Switzerland over nine hundred years 

 ago, by Saint Bernard of Menthon, a native of Savoy, 

 'whose kind heart being deeply touched by the dangers to 

 which travelers journeying in' winter-time over the Mons 

 Jovis were e.vposed,' led him to establish cells for a dozen 

 monks on the mountain, to which was added a guest-house 

 for belated and invalided wayfarers, and it is distressing to 

 hear that the unobtrusive and inoffensive fraternity who'can 

 claim so splendid an historic record of doing good are im- 

 poverishpd, and need help. The monks of St. Bernard are 

 bound by their vows to give gratuitous shelter and food to 

 all wanderers who seek their hospitality, but in modern times 

 the convent, during the summer, had been a favorite resort 

 for touri'its. among whom English and Americans predom- 

 inate. Notwithstanding all the revolutions brought about 

 by the railwavs, ic is estimated that at least twenty^'thousaud 

 per.^ons, chiefly belongiog to thepeasant class, find their way 

 every year over the St. Bernard; and the normal expenditure 

 of the hospice is never less than fifty thousand fi'ancs, or two 

 thousand pounds sterling per annum. A variety of causes 

 seems to have led to the dwindling away of the annual 

 revenue, and the consequent drifting of the entire institxition 

 into financial embarrassment. In England and America 

 descendants of the brave dumb animals which assist the holy 

 brethren in their humane task have become the favorite com- 

 panions of a vast number of dog lovers. To the hearts of 

 these owners and admirers who take a pride in the well-being 

 of their canine friends we appeal on behalf of their less for- 

 tunate relations in their cold home at the monastery. For 

 the sake of the faithful dogs and the monks we beg for con- 

 tributions which sh ill help to keep the roof over their heads, 

 and preserve an institation which has rendered such great 

 service to humanity in the past, and is now in danger of 

 being lost to future lost travelers for want of financial assist- 

 nuce. We shall be glad to take charge of contributions from 

 St. Bernard men, and of all dog lovers, rich and poor, in 

 America and Lrreat Britain who will wish to assist in help- 

 ing so aood a cause. Subscriptions may be addres.sed to the 

 Editor of the Stock-Keeper, 169, Fleet street, E. C." 



For the convenience of subscribers in America, the Forest 

 AND Stream will be pleased to acknowledge any contri- 

 butions to this f and and forward the same to the English 

 Stoch-Keeper. 



DELIBERATE AND HASTY JUDGING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Since in most of the reports of the shows of the last Cana- 

 dian circuit by the various journals, this one included, ex- 

 pressions were used which seemed to imply that the judging 

 was not done rapidly enough, such as "judging delayed," 

 "judging hanging on," etc., it may be well to examine just 

 what there is in it all. 



It will at once be agreed that, if possible, judging should 

 commence at the hour appointed and not be postooned 

 without good cause; while the dogs should be brought before 

 the judge as rapidly as po.ssible. But all this may be done 

 and sciil the judging will take perhaps two full days at a 

 show with 2.50 to 350 dogs, unless several judges are em- 

 ployed, even with present methods of judgine:. 



The expense of a single professional judge is considerable, 

 and the employment of several would bankrupt many a 

 show. 



Last year the judging was delayed at Toronto owing to 

 lack of promptness on the part of one of the judges, bnt he 

 improved in more re.spe«ts than one this year; and the rest 

 of the shows did their judging without more delay than 

 was unavoidable from the circumstances, The dogs were 

 got into the ring and from it fairly rapidly, and the judges 

 all worked steadily, and some of them very long hours. 

 The judging of some of the specials at Toronto was late in 

 beginning, but with this exception I am at a loss to see 

 wherein there was ground for the complaints. By doubling 

 the entry tee one or two more judges might be employed, 

 but exhibitors do not want to pay that price for more expe 

 ditious judging. Montreal might with advantage have had 

 one more judge, but that show grew in proportions from its 

 first conception too rapidly to permit of this, and besides 

 being a first venture the management did not like to risk 

 too much and perhaps kill all future shows by having a big 

 deficit. 



But behind these complaints of "judging delayed" there 

 seems to be a belief that less time should be taken in de- 

 termining the standing of the dogs shown. It is against this 

 feeling we must contend, I am satisfied, if the best interests 

 of .good judging are not to sufi'er. It any judge is led to feel 

 that unless he pushes through his work at a certain pace he 

 will be subjected to criticism, it follows that there will be 

 the temptation to "scamp" his work and place the awards 

 in some fashion, whether after deliberate examination and 

 consideration or not. 



What is to be gained by determining the awards a few 

 hours earlier? Exhibitors get their curiosity satisfied and 

 the press gets the reports a little earlier; beyond that there 

 is absolutely no gain and much loss. 



The haste to learn how a dog is to stand has no good basis, 

 and the reports to the press are exactly in the same position. 

 As to the loss: The general public like to see the winning 

 dogs, but they like better to wi tness the process of determining 

 the awards when they have a fair opportunity. The space 

 ai'ound every judging ring is crowded. If any'management 

 would erect a separate building for judging with an area 

 large enough to permit the dogs to be freely moved, and 

 surrounded by a gallery, a great and poptxlar step in advance 

 would be taken. Toronto could do this, and would make 

 mouey by doing it, I am convinced, and the same would 

 apoly to other shows. 



Now, what I have been persistently contending for is more 

 systematic, thorough and therefore more deliberate judging; 

 and while in the casH of several of the judges there has been 

 an improvement in this re.^pect on the last Canadian circuit, 

 I hold that all wouM be the gainers if there was still more 

 thoroughness. It would take more time, but all who saw 

 such judging would he instructed. The reporters, more- 

 over, could then take their notes chiefly while the class were 

 in the ring, see them as the judge himself sees them, and 

 not as they lie tired out on the benches. Reports thus fur- 

 nished dealing with the dogs as they stand and move would 

 be infinitely more satisfactory. It is rather hard on a judge 

 who has examined a dog in the ring, walked, trotted and 

 galloped him, to have some reporter a day later look at the 

 dog in his .stall and there only, and write boldly that the 

 dog should have been placed differently. 



Kingston furnished the best place to judge dogs I have 

 ever seen. A long space of fully 20yds. Avas available. Seats 

 were placed around r.his and some of the best society of the 

 city sat watching the judging for hours. In such a place 

 there is a chance to eronp dogs in similar positions, to exer- 

 cise them in any fashion, and in a word to make as thorough 



an examination as any man can desire. People are inter- 

 ested in this; exhibitors can see differences in the dogs for 

 themselves, and the judge can do his best, which he certainly 

 cannot and does not under the cramped condition of most 

 judging spaces. 



Judging, to serve its highest purpose, should be a series 

 of o'lject le.sson8, a source of clear instruction to those who 

 exhibit and to the gener.tl public. 



As a matter of fact I do not hesitate to say that the judg- 

 ing at the recent shows, which was most deliberately done, 

 over which most time was spent, was better and gave more 

 satisfaction than when it was pushed more rapidly, even 

 when the same judge officiated at different shows. 



By the way, at our fall shows the dogs could in most cases 

 be well judged in a large space adjacent to the show build- 

 ing and .surrounded by a high fence. 



Not to occupy more of your space, Mr. Editor, I suggest 

 that the best interests of the kennel world will be served Ity 

 thoroT;gh judging by eye and hand, and that the press will 

 a.ssist in this matter by encouraging judges to take plenty 

 of time to do their work, and reporters to come to their con- 

 clusions chiefly while the dogs are in the ring. 



Wesley Mills, M.D. 



NOTES AND NOTIONS. 

 IX/E occasionally hear of persons burying puppies as a 

 Vt means of dispo.siog of them, and the common im- 

 pressinn is that the act is the result of simple brutality. 

 This is not the exact truth, as the practice is one of those 

 siutrular evolutions of superstition that so often crop up. It 

 is an old superstition that it is "bad luck" to kill cats, 

 either as cats or as kittens, and the ancient idea was that 

 burying alive was not killingl From this original supersti- 

 tion as applied to cats, the idea spread that puppies should 

 be killed the same way. It is somewhat difficult to exactly 

 define the character of such an act, as it is not brutality 

 pure and .simple, and in these days of "faith cure" It is not 

 wise to characterize any outbreak of superstitious folly by 

 any strong term. The kennelraan who buries puppies alive 

 and the mother who sees her child sink away in the clutches 

 of typhoid or scarlet fever, refusing medical aid, come very 

 near together. 



The EngMsh correspondence of the Fanciers' Journal and 

 the London Stock-Keeper mention a proposed rule of the 

 English Kennel Club designed to make the club the court of 

 final appeal, and its embracing some provisions of some 

 "Arbitration Act," neither party giving any particulars as 

 to the provisions of this act. It would appear, however, that 

 the act is substantially the same as provided in many of our 

 States for a voluntary and decisive arbitration between dis- 

 putants, and apparently, the English Kennel Club proposes 

 to require of all exhibitors that they accept the decisions of 

 the club under this act. If this is correct, the objection to 

 the proposal is very obvious. All such arbitrations are Viased 

 on the theory that the arbitrators will be entirely un-biassed, 

 while a majority of the cases the Kennel Club decides arise 

 on indictments brought by the Club it.self for transgressions 

 of Its own laws. This directly contravenes the spirit of all 

 law on the matter, English as well as American. Several 

 hundred years since, a King of Scotland was himself ex- 

 cluded from sitting in judgment on one of his barons, in a 

 case wherein the King was interested. 



If the Kennel Club confines its authority as a final court 

 to cases arising between other parties, the Club itself in no 

 way being a party to any question involved, the require- 

 ment of exhibitors agreeing to their authority, is quite 

 proper, but in such cases only. Criticisms by an American 

 on official acts of Englishmen savor of impertinence, but 



Erecedents in England are so apt to be allowed much weight 

 ere, that it is well to consider in advance proposals there as 

 well as those made in our own country. 



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A recent number of the Fanciers' G-asette, of London, has 

 an article by Dr. Stables on the vexatious variations his 

 name receives, such as "Dr. Gordon's Stables," etc., quite a 

 humorous flavor being given by the statement that he once 

 received a letter addressed to "The Manager of Gordon 

 Stables," to which he replied that the energy of Mrs. Stables 

 and his own efforts, had managed to keep him in that posi- 

 tion himself. However, the point striking me is the final 

 one, wherein Dr. Stables explains his .surname by sayine 

 that an ancestor took the name of the French family St' 

 Abies, which eaisily degenerated into "Stables." A hasty 

 reader will be apt to take this as a very specious explana- 

 tion, if not a fiction pure and .simple, but there is nothing in 

 the least unlikely about it. Historic French names, that 

 came into England with the Huguenots, have undergone 

 most wonderful transformations. "xMullins" is taken for 

 Irish to the root, whereas it is only the English butchering 

 of one of the proudest names of iFrench hi.story, "De Mou- 

 lines." "Mnshet" is a survival of "Montfltchet," "Death" 

 of "D' Athe," etc. Nothing is to be wondered at in the ety- 

 mological horrors of a people who can turn "Cholmondeley" 

 into "Chumley" or "Belvoir" into "Beever." fairly matched 

 from north of the Tweed by such Scotticisms as Mingis, 

 Sinkler and Stinson, renderings of Menzies, Sinclair and 

 Stevenson. 



* * 



A very terrible story recently appeared about a child being 

 frightfully bitten by a mastiff bitch and her pups in Wheel- 

 ing, W. Va., and I am pleased to be able to turn .some light 

 of simple fact on the matter. As the result of some inqui- 

 ries, I find that the child was playing with the puppies, 

 whose play erew rough, the child screamed, kicked or other- 

 wise hurt one or more of the puppies, who howled dismally, 

 when the bitch rushed out and >ittacked the boy. Altogether 

 the story is very much like that reported from Camden some 

 years since, and is just one of those deplorable accidents that 

 will occur as long as dogs and children run together without 

 constant supervision, which, of course, is the natural order 

 of things. And as long as the "general utility" reporter 

 retains his "pernicious activity," such incidents will be 

 seized on and magnified, every horror painted in rivalry of 

 a conflagration, and every scrap of common sense carefully 

 eliminated. However, extraordinary and unforeseen results 

 from natural conditions do not make a rule of action any 

 more than the reporter affords foundations for accurate his- 

 tory or studies in polite literature. 



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One characteristic of dogs is constantly forgotten in treat- 

 ment of them. Every breed, except the decidedly delicate 

 ones, can stand cold itself very well, but only exceptionally 

 tough breeds can stand cold accompanied with wet. Keep 

 your dog diy and zero will not hurt him; let him get wet 

 and kennel him so and weather at a freezing point puts him 

 in great danger. It does not hurt a healthy man to work, in 

 the rain all day, but to lie down in wet clothing invites the 

 most serious consequences. Therefore, if your dog becomes 

 wet in cold weather, dry him the natural way, by exercise, 

 bnt dry him before you kennel him. THE Onlookee. 



THERE IS JUST ONM PAPER IN THIS 

 country that la in the frouc with its Dog JVeu's. If you want 

 the news, all the news, when it is news, pre&ented in au interest- 

 jDg way and readable all through, you must have that paper in 

 vour mail bos, T^^or name and address sjee our onteide front cover. 



CINCINNATI DOG SHOW. 



THE show held by the Humane Society of Ohio, Oct. 13 to 

 16 wasquite a success, 130 entries being catalogued, Mr. 

 Prank C. Wheeler, of Cincinnati, 0., judged all classes sat- 

 isfactorily. The following is a list of 



MASTIFFS— Dogs: Uf.F C B Mamis's Chappie; ad, IT.Moebl'a 

 Master. Bitches: Ist, C. W. Beli's Mademoiselle, Puppies: 1st, G. 

 H. Str^iUf's Dan; 2lI, J. A. Bcvis'd Queen. 



ST. BERNARDS. -RouGH-cOATED-jDor/K Major J. C. Guil- 

 lot'fi Othello; 2d. P. S. Anderaon's Golumbtiin Knight; 3d and very 

 high com., Cincinnati ZntJlojjical Garden's Mardo and Swiss Saul. 

 Very high com., W. Strihiey'ri H'^ctor II. Bitches: Isc, E. B. & O. 

 VV. Pfau's Narka. Puppies: 1st, A. U^re'-ht's Cmcinnatus; 2', G. 

 Fox's Cheqna=sef-. Lucreiia; 3d, .1. H. Luoke'ij Queen City Bell. 

 Very high cnm., S. Wheat Held',? Rjyal W. 



ST. BRRNAKD 8mooth-0oated— Dof/s: lit, &nii 2th Cincin- 

 nati Zoiilogical Garden Kon"els' Zuricu Hector and Swiss Saul; 

 3d, S. Wheaifield's Vinco- Very nigh com., R.W. McGregor's 

 nbamnnnis. Bmiies: Prizes withheld. Ptippies: 3d, E. M. Mayer'iS 

 Unnamed. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— Pwppics; 23, W. H. Seymour's Rover. 



GREAT DANES— Dogs; 1st, J. O. Unennan's Fritz; 2d, J, N- 

 Van Dyke's Han?; 3'', H. Rarelmyer\s King. Vnry high com , Cin- 

 nati Z Ological Garden Ks-naels' .Uukc B!Uhc«: 1st, O. Fli isch- 

 mau's Herta; 2d, Ronkwood KennRls' OoluTritn in Null,— P0PJ?IBS— 

 Dom: l9'. Dr. S. L Anderson's Jeff. Bitches: 1st. Rookwood Iven- 

 utib' Columbian Nell; 3'i, F. 8. Andersoa'd Coinmbinn Daphne. 



DEERHOUNDS.-iioflrs; 1st, C. Fleischman's Jack. Bitelxeti: 1st, 

 0. Pleisohnaan's Lady Bird. 



GREYHOUNDS!.— CHAni.iSNGE—Uof/s: 1st, Rookwo'^d Kennels' 

 Mh-Ip.i- Rich. Bitclics: Ul, Rookwood Kemiels' Miss Riim.— Open 

 — Dof/.^: 1st. and .3d. Llookwood KonoeLs' Salvator anti Kentucky 

 Biur; E. P. Roe;'^r's Romt'u. Very hif^h com., G. R. Vai'dor- 

 wf^e'a Vwmpa. Bitches: Isr,, Rookwood Kennels' Wild Idt . -Pup- 

 pies— Dofjs; 1st, Rookwood Kennels' Salvator; 2d, F. S. Andei- 

 sun's Columbia Daphne. Bitches: lat, Rookwood Kennels' Wild 

 Idle. 



POINTERS -Dogs.- l.st. Miss F. E. Turner's Dixie; 2d. J, H. 

 Law's Pride of the Kennel; 3d, F. Weinheimer's Johnny. Bitches: 

 1st. J. H. Law's Mel. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.- Dofiis: l=t and vpry high com., 'WamnE!- 

 ford & Bidale'd BenHur and Kentucky Dash; 2d and 3d, Joe iB, 

 Fenlcy's Ciunt B. and Dash B. Verv hish cotd., F. Weinheimsr's 

 Dick Cambridere. Bitches: 1st, Dr. L. A. Querner'a Nell Q.; 2d, 

 Wallinifford & Biddlfc'8 Lucille HUl; 3d, J. H. Law'a Maggie P. 

 Puppies: Ist, Joe B. Fenley's Beauty B. 



IRISH SETTERS.-Z)0(ys.' 1st, Henry Pohlmati's Major C; 3d, T- 

 Hanna's Peter H. Bitches: lit, VVm. J. Walsh's Queen; 2d, J. P- 

 Heister's Beauty Behe. 



GOROON SETTEKS.-jDo!/*'.- 1st. Rookwood Kennels' Meadow- 

 thorpe Liddit; 2d, E. Reising's 'irover. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS.— Dons; l.?t, HaU & Rockwell'^ Irish 

 Pat. Bitches: 1st,, Hall & Roekw^ll'd Biddy. Puppies: Ist, HaU & 

 Rockwell's Hunter. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— l«t. H. H. MnRae's Sir Walter Scott. 

 J?ifc?)e,s; 1st, Ancient and Mod prn Kennel b' What Not .-Puppies— 

 Dogs; Ancient and Modern Kennels' Youuk Kine. Bitches: lat, 

 Ancipntand Modern Kfunels' What Not.— Other Than Black 

 —1st, Nowton Abbott Farmer. 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Challenge— Do(/s; Isr, Ancient and 

 Modern Kennels' Kins: of Ohos. Bit<:hes: 1st, Ancient and Modern 

 Kennels' I Say. Open— Dogrs; 1st and 3d, Ancient aTid Moder.i 

 Kennels' Woodland Pele and Wo'^d 'and Duck. BiYrJjcs; 1st and 

 2d. Ancient and Modern Kennels' Busy Hnd Lady Olio.— Puppies 

 —Dogs: Ist and 2d, Ancient, and Modern Kennels' Woodland Dick 

 and Woodland Duck. Bitches: Ancient and Modern Kennels' 

 Bell's Girl. 



BEAGLES.— Dof/s: Ist, E. L. Fox's Dan; 3d. O. L. Hnnomler's 

 Levi; 3d, A. J. Fox's Kin? William. Bitches: 1st, E. L. Fox'a Jen- 

 nie. Puppies: 1st. A. J. Fox's King W^illiam. 



COLLI ES.—Doos; 1st, J. Hawkes'a Sir Walter Sf^ott; equal 3d, 

 J. Htekin's Eeekin's Biixce and C. A. (^hriscraan's Bon; 3d, C. A. 

 Christman's Vfack. Very high com., Cincinnati ZoiJlosical Gar- 

 den Kenn' Is' Bob. H. C. Cunning's Sir Kenneth. High com., A. 

 Holz's Sbep. Bitches: 1st, C A. Christman'.s Lady Bruce. Pup- 

 (Jies: Ist, O. A. Uhri&tm;m's Juliet. 



BULLDOGS.-Dods; 3d. A. S. White's Buck. 



BULL-TERRIBRS.-CHALT,ENGE-lst, Wm. J. Bi-vsnn's Duf- 

 fprin.— Open— Dogs; 1st, R. P. Buchanan's Frisco. Bitches: 1st, 

 Geo. Barkau'.s Lidy. Puppies: 1st, H. .VI. Caldwell's Fay of Bag- 

 dad; 2d, Geo. LttBoutillier'tj Queen. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— Open -Dogs; 1st, Heury Lackmau's General 

 Grant. Bitches: 1st, E. O. Reidinger's Blemton Lulu; 2d, H. Lack- 

 man's Lucky Belle; 3.1, Wm. Lee's Vic. Pujmlcs: Ist, F. Rsting's 

 Stormy. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.-lst, Geo. B. Marshall's Babe. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.-lst, Jaa. Parley's Teddy. Puvplm' 

 Ist, Jas. Farley's Teddy II. 



TOY TERRIERS.-lst, J. A. Roesch's Midget. 



PUGS.— OhALLTsnge— Dof/.s; lat, Eborhart Vng Knnnels' Eber- 

 hart's C»8b1cr.— OpKlN— Dof/s; l^t, 0. L. Connor's D'xin; 3d. Ener- 

 hart Pug Kennels' Bradford Kuby: 3d. A. Holz's Dick. Bitcli.es: 

 1st and equal 2d. EberUart Puc Ktuntls' i\l ibel E., FanniR K. and 

 East Late Virgie; 3d, Mrs. M.S. Fogg's Lilly Fo(?. A'pry high 

 com., R. S. Warke's Flossy.— Puppies— Do(/s; l-'t , G, Hozen'fl Gnf; 

 2d, Eberhart Pug Kennels' Hu.«tier. Bitcltes: Isi, Eberhart Pug 

 Kennels' Ppggy Prvde: 2d, MiesM. B. Mariin'd Lady B-jou; 3d, 0. 

 L. Connor's Cora Hope. 



FRENCH POODLES.- P(tppf£s; li, O. P. Widman's Paris; 31 

 and very high com , Mrs. Sleiner's Miss Lncy and Miss Tippy. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.-Dogs; 1st, J. Fnglebardt's Prince 

 E.; 2d, Dr. L. S. Anderson's Don Pedro. Bitches: 1st an6 very 

 high com., J. S. Rockwell's Lavender and Flora; 3d, 3d luid 

 vpry high com., J. Bnglehardt'a Challis, Victoria and Jewell. 

 Puppies: 1st and 2d, J. Englehardt's Rick and Spot; 8d and very 

 high com., J- S. Rockwell's Pelro, Tot and Bob. 



MISCELLANEOUS.— Ist A. Meiningers Koko (Japanese pug); 

 equal 2d, G. P. Tippenhauer's Hans (Dachshund) and Jake. 



Best kennel pues. Eberhart, Png Keunels: ereyhounds. Rook- 

 wood Kenni^ls; collies, C. A. Christman; English sf Iters, Walliug- 

 ford & B'ddle; cookers, G. Bull; Italian greyhounds, J. Engle- 

 hardt. [The report arrived too late for insertion this week.] 



NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB MEETING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The meeting of Oct. 17 was called to order at 8 P. M., 

 President Brooking in the chair. Minutes of last meeting 

 accepted. The report of the treasurer, as follows, was read 

 and accepted: Balance on hand, ?30.f)l; amount due the club, 

 mot); total assets, $T3.1L The following were admitted to 

 membership: W. H. Ashburner, Yeadon P. O., Pa.; and F. 

 E. 0,2;ier, Cleveland, Ohio. Voted to place advertisements 

 in three sporting papers. The follow^ing nominations were 

 made for the January election: Eor President: O. W. Brook- 

 ing. W. A. Power, H. L. Kreuder, W. S. Clark, H. V. Jami- 

 son, F. W. Chapman .nnd B. S. Turpin. For Vice-Presidents 

 (3): B. S. Turpin, H. V. Jamison. W. S. Clark, W. A. Power, 

 H. Gr. Nichols, A. Parry, O. W. Brooking and H. L. Kreuder. 

 For Secretary and Treasurer; O. W. Brooking, W. S. Clark, 

 H. V. Jamison and F. W. Chapman. For Executive Com- 

 mittee (3); H. V. Jamison, H. &. Nichols, O. W. Brookiue, 

 B. S. Turpin, W. A. Power, C. S. Wixom, H. F. Schellba.ss, 

 Wm. H. Child, N. Piowe, Geo. Laick, Geo. P. Berry, H. L. 

 Kreuder, I'. W. Chapman, W. S. Clark and H, W. Lacy. 

 Meeting adjourned at 11 P. M. F, W. Chapman, Sec'y. 



BOSXON. Mass. 



WRONG PEDIGREE,— Bridgeport, Conn.— Editor For- 

 est and Strea77i: In your issue of two weeks ago I see, under 

 the head of Visits, etc., that the Rosecroft Kennels had bred 

 their bitch Forest Dora to Mr. Gamble's Grover (Count 

 Howai'd—champlou Daisy Foreman). I don't wish to say 

 who is at fault, Mr. Osborn or Mr. Gamble, but if he will 

 look into the matter I think he -will find tuat Grover is by 

 Warwick Albert out of champion Daisy Foreman, aud not 

 Count Howard, as he claims,— JAS. E, Hair, 



