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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LJdly 14, 161>8. 



NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB MEETING. 



This meeting was held at 36fi Washington ati-eet, Boston, 

 Mass., and was called to order at 7:55 P. M., President Chap- 

 in an in the chair. 



Vice-Presidents B. S. Turpin and W. S. Clarlf, O. W. 

 Brooking, W. A. Power, J. T. Phmnelly and H. V. Jamieson 

 were present in person, and the following members of the 

 club were present by proxy, via.: Messrs. "William H. Ash- 

 burner, John Davidson and Dr. N. Rowe were represented 

 by Mr. P. W. Chapman: IT. W. Lacy and E. L. Bryant were 

 represented by Mr, F. Y. Jamieson. The above gentlemen 

 vested in said F. W. Chapman and H. V. Jamieson full 

 power of attorney to represent and act for them on any mat- 

 ter that should come before the meetinsr for the welfare of 

 the National Be3gle Club. Messrs. H. Ij. Kreuder, C. S. 

 Wixom, William Manard, William H. Child, Paul C. P. 

 HoflEman and George W. Rogers were represented by Mr. P. 

 W. Chapman, to vote on judges for coming field trials and 

 bench show of tbe N. B. C.. as per their Avritten suggestions 

 to tbe club. 



Treasurer read report as follows: 



Total receipts .fll4 68 



Total expenditures 74 30 



Balance on hand $41 38 



Voted that report of treasurer be referred to executive 

 committee. 



The matter of the report of the executive committee hav- 

 ing been brought forward, and the executive committee not 

 having prepared a rexiort, it was voted that the report of 

 executive committee be laid over until next club meeting. 

 Communications read. Moved by O. W, Brooking, and sec- 

 onded by B. S. Turpin, "That selection of judges for the 

 bench show and field trial of this club, for' 1892, be left to 

 the executive committee." Five affirmative, six negative. 

 Vote doubted by B. S. Turpin. Ballot being taken resulted 

 in the following: Messrs. Brooking, Turpin, Power, Clark 

 and Flannelly in the affirmative; Messrs. Jamieson, Rowe, 

 Davidson, Ashburner, Bryant and Lacy in negative. Motion 

 lost. 



Affirmative argument being that power of selection of 

 judges lay wholly with the executive committee; that the 

 club had no voice in the matter. 



Negative argument being that a quorum of the club being 

 present, they desired to act at once to expedite matters. 

 Believing that power of selection of judges lay in the hands 

 of the club when they so desire to exercise it, which desire 

 had been manifested by their instructionsto their represent- 

 atives and their- suggestions to the club. 



Immediately after the above vote was announced, the 

 meeting became a scene of such long continued disorder that 

 it was evident that the members present would permit no 

 further business to be transacted, and it was therefore voted 

 to adjourn s(;ie die. 



FLAPS FROM THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Can.— The circular issued to the C. K. C. execu- 

 tive has resulted in a vote almost unanimously in favor of 

 Kingston alone being allowed to hold a show on the dates 

 claimed by the dog .show committee of that city. This 

 means that if Montreal holds a show on same dates that it 

 cannot be held under K. C. rules and wins will not count. 



_A meeting of the executive of the club was held Friday 

 night, the following members being present: Williams, 

 Kirk and Donovan (secretary). The meeting fully concurred 

 in the full vote of the executive taken by mail in regard to 

 the Kingston and Montreal claims for dates. 



The club will issue a certificate for exhibits at the World's 

 Fair show similar to that used by the A. K. C, hut on a 

 different colored paper. A dog to be entitled to such certifi- 

 cate must be eligible for registration in the 0. K. C. S. B. 

 under the regular rules, i.e., three generations on both sides 

 or have won two first prizes. 



In the case of Mr. Bell's St. Bernard St. John the decision 

 of the A. K. C. was upheld and the amended pedigree 

 banded in by Mr. Bell (sent him by Mr. Jas. Watson) was 

 referred to the stud book committee of the C. K. C. for its 

 investigation and approval. 



The letter that appeared in last week's "Flaps" from Mr. 

 Geddes re Mr. W, H. Middleton's resignation from the Ot- 

 tawa committee was read, and it was the unanimous opin- 

 ion of the meeting that there was no evidence before it im- 

 plicating Mr. Middleton in the act leading to Mr. Mercer's 

 di squal i ficat i on. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. Williams, Mitchener 

 and Stone was appointed to proctxre the certificates, cost not 

 to exceed $100 for 1,000. 



Fourteen new members were received. The secretary was 

 instructed to procure the volumes of the E. K. C. S. B. for 

 1890 and 91 and to subscribe for 1893. Also to write the sec- 

 retary of the A. K. C. to see. what mutual adjustment of 

 dates on both sides of the line could be arrived at. 



I hear that Mr. J. F. Kirk, Toronto, is down to judge all 

 classes at Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



H. B. Donovan. 



A DAY AT SPRATTS' KENNELS. 



Last Thursday we took a pleasant jaunt to the above 

 kennels. It was not a business trip, as the kennels have 

 already been described in the Forest and Stee.^i. We 

 wanted the outing and to hear Mr. John Brett, the 

 manager, talk of Darkies and Tycoons, Royal IV., etc., 

 slipping greyhounds, beagle hunting, pheasant rearing, 

 puppy raising, and the hundred and one trials and pleasures 

 of a head game-keeper's life in England, is a delight that 

 only those fond of dogs and a country life can fully appreci- 

 ate. The man is a veritable encyclopedia on sport', and as a 

 fisherman he can catch or "kipper" a salmon with equal 

 facility; the catching we had to take for granted as there 

 are no salmon in Jersey, but of his salmon-curing abilities 

 we had a practical test and we liked it. The kennels hardly 

 interested us much, as they werechiefly filled with boarder.s, 

 which, however they might delight "their ownei\s, are not 

 calculated to inspire a fancier with any great enthusiasm, 

 though they all looked well and the kennels were sweet and 

 clean. Mr. Brett's own dogs interested us more. We saw Real 

 English, one of that trio of clinking good English setters 

 that resulted from the happy nick of Mr. Brett's Myrrha, 

 that he brought with him from England, and Mr. Wind- 

 holz's champion Rockingham. The other two of the trio 

 are Rockaway, that Mr. Raper bought and took back to 

 England with him, and Rockingham, Jr., that Mr. Wind- 

 holz swears hy. 



Real English, unfortunately, after Pittsburgh show, in 

 racing through the fields became overheated, and to cool oil 

 ran into a pond and took a chill which resulted in paraly- 

 sis. His limbs were useless for some time, but now we 

 are happy to say the dog can almost raise a gallop, and 

 though he majr never face the judge again, Mr. Brett thinks 

 he can pull him through. Of course, Myrrha was mated 

 again with Rockingham, and as if to clinch the good judg- 

 ment displayed in this breeding, there are four puppies, 

 nine weeks old, that are tumbling over each other on the 

 lawn that would astonish some of our setter breeders. They 

 are simply grand. Such heads, general make-up and 

 activity we never saw in pups at that age; and that they 

 are game is fully proved by their destructive work among 

 Brett's pet game fowls, six of which they put hors de com- 

 bat the other day without turning a hair. While lament- 

 ing the loss of the chickens, their owner consoles himself 

 with the thought that they "have it in 'em." A St. Ber- 



nard pup, by Kingston Regent, that suckled with them, in 

 fact Myrrha and the St. Bernard bitch shared their milk, 

 is a picture of its sire and we hope will grow to be as good. 

 With genuine English hospitality, Mr. and Mrs. Brett, the 

 latter of whom is a sort of ready reference for Brett's de- 

 fective memory, entertained their visitors, and what with 

 looking at photographs of celebriti es on the other side, 

 both canine and human, dog chat and rolling the puppies 

 over on the grass, time passed all too quickly. 



RETRIEVING AT FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I differ with excellent judges as to aboli.shing retrieving 

 at field trials. Mr. B. Waters in your issue of June 30 states, 

 "Retrieving being an educational quality, is iu the same 

 category with dropping to shot, turning to whistle, staying 

 at heel, dropping to order, etc., acts acquired by education." 

 The field trial clubs justly recognize the educational quali- 

 ties. The Southern Club nuts a penalty of twenty-five 

 points of demerit on the following educational qualities: 

 Breaking shot. 5 to 10; breaking in, to 5; chasing, 10. Why 

 not dispense with these and other educational qualities and 

 let the dog hunt d la naturel, it would save trainer's fees — 

 quite a consideration— and time so often quoted by the ad- 

 vocates of abolishing retrieving. If the arguments used for 

 abolishing retrieviner bold good the same can be used with 

 equal force in abolishing the other educational qualities. 

 These educational qualities afford many useful requisites in 

 a field dog, and demonstrate the ability of many dogs to 

 train on when deprived of their own way of doing things 

 and complying with some of the wishes cf the shooter. The 

 test of retrieving at field trials can be done as well as the 

 testing of pointing, backing, ranging or any other quality 

 of a field dog. _ It all takes time, and in the language of the 

 Texan, "that is what we are here for," Instances can be 

 mentioned for and against almost all essential qualities. 



The question, is it of .sufficient importance to be retained 

 along with chasing, breasting shot, breaking in, barking, 

 obedience and other educational qualitifs? I think it is. 

 If these educational points are not retained there is very 

 little of the natural dog I would want. If the naturfi'l 

 qualities cannot be brought under control without injury, 

 it is time we were finding the same out and lireeding more 

 for educational points. It is well known to many the pecu- 

 liar chiiracteristie many of the stud dogs of the day possess, 

 am) in their hereditary power of transmitting these char- 

 acteristics lies their worth in breeding the dogs of the 

 future. Some have speed and dash, others level-headedness; 

 others bird sense: others retrieving. If you count out any 

 good quality at the field trial, that quality will have little 

 value to breeders and will finally be lost sight of. Retain 

 as many good qualities as possible; have fewer stakes if 

 time is such an essential feature to all, and run those well 

 that are run, and do not eliminate so many good qualities 

 simply on the plea— it takes time. 'P. H. Brtson. 



Memphis, Term., .fuly 7. 



MR. MIDDLETON AND THE C. K. C. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Mr. Geddes's letter shows that it is the committee of the 

 Ottawa show who draw my partner, Mr. Middleton, into 

 complicity with me in the Newcastle entry afl'air. A peru- 

 sal of his letter as published by Mr, Donovan proves this 

 clearly. 



Mr. Middleton, I repeat, has nothing whatever to do with 

 the matter, nor yet are the dogs composing the kennel im- 

 plicatfd. My partner resigned' simply because he did not 

 desire to serve on the Ottawa committee. This he will 

 state over his own signature if Mr. Donovan Avishes it. 



It seems hard that innocent persons should be dragged 

 into this unpleasant business. F. H. F. Mkrceg, 



New York. 



IS THE DOG TAX CONSTITUTIONAL? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Can any of your readers inform me as to whether the con- 

 stitutionalit.y of taxing dogs has ever been tested.^ I have 

 an idea that a decision was [rendered avoiding the dog tax 

 on that ground either in New York or New Je'rsey, and that 

 an appeal was taken, but the judge died without rendering 

 an opinion. GRAY .John. 



Central Field Trial Club Derby Entry. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Through an oversight we find that the subjoined entry 

 was omitted from our list of Derby entries. Will you kindly 

 notice same? 



Belle op Kentucky (Fairmount Kennels), English setter 

 bitch. (Dad Wilson— Bohemian Grirl). 



C. H. Odell, Secretary and Treasurer. 



ROD AND GUN AND CAMERA. 



As a recogaition of the important place of amateur photography 

 in its relation to sports of the held and prairie and mountain and 

 forest and stream, the Fobbst and Stream offers a series of 

 prizes for niei-itorious work with the camera. The conditions 

 under whicn these prizes will he given are in brief as here set 

 forth: 



There will he ten prizes, as follow:: First $3.5, Second $30 

 Third $15. Fourth $10. Six of $5 each. 



The competition will be open to amatem-s only.' 



The subjects must relate to Forest And Stheam's field— game 

 and fi,9b (alive or dead), sljootirig and fishing, the camp, campers 

 and camp life, sportsman travel by land or water. 



There is no restriction as to the time when the pictures may 

 have been or may be made— whether in 1893 or in previous years. 



Pictures will he received up to Dec. 31, of this year. 



All worlc must be original; that is to saj', It must not have been 

 submitted in any other competition, nor have been published. 



There are no restrictions as to make or style of camera, nor as 

 to size of plate. 



A competitor need not be a subscriber of Foeest and Stream. 



All photographs will be submitteed to a committee, shortly to 

 be announced. In making their awards the judges will be in- 

 structed to take into consideration the technical merits of the 

 work as a photograph, its artistic qua-lities; and other things 

 being equal, the unique an<1 difHcult nature of the subject. 



Photographs must be marked only with initials or a pseudonym 

 for identiticatinn. With each photograph should be given name 

 of sender, title oC view, locality, date, and name of camera. 



The photographs shall be the property of the Forest and 

 Stream. This applies only to the particular prints f ent us. 



From time to time we shall reproduce by the half-tone process 

 samples of the work submitted, and should the interest iu 

 Forest and Stream's Amateur Photography Collection prove 

 to be what is anticipated, we may ask for an expression of opinion 

 by a vote of all our readers after the manner of the successful 

 and famous "Gamp-Fire Flickering Vote." Such popular vote 

 will be quite distinct from the awftrd by the coJBioittee, 



DOG CHAT. 



New Bngland Field Trials. 



Those who are interested in the field trigls this fall will 

 be pleased to note in our business columns the rapid advance 

 made by the New England Field Trial Club in the matter of 

 stake money to be run for at their second annual trials, to 

 be held on Nov. S at Assonet, Mass. Last year the prizes 

 were a percentage on the entrance money" This year, in 

 the Derby Stake for setters and pointers whelped after Jan. 

 1, 1891, the prizes will be $200, «100 and $50. Ten dollars to 

 nominate and ten to fill. Entries close Aug. 1. In the All- 

 Aged Stake, entries for which close Nov. 1, the prizes will 

 be the same, also the entry fees. The stakes are open to all, 

 and with such well known judges as Messrs. N. Wallace, 

 of Farmington, Conn., and '"Wash" A. Coster, Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y., field trial men should have every confidence 

 in entering their dogs. Any other information about the 

 trials may be obtained from the Secretary, Mr. E. Kuight 

 Sperry, New Haven, Conn. 



Who Comes Here ? 



Fox-terrier men in England are very much interested in a 

 publication of amezzotintof the celebrated fox-terrier cham- 

 pion D'Orsay, who is considered so nearly perfect in form that 

 he was also chosen to represent the breed in bronze by the 

 German Fox-Terrier Society. This is the first time a dog 

 has been illustrated ia such an ambitions style. The mez- 

 zotint is said to be a faithful representation of Mr. Bed- 

 mond's terrier from a painting by Miss Maud Earl, and en- 

 graved by Richard Josey. The size is :i0xl.5in. There are 

 100 artist's proofs at $15.75 and the nrints cost |3 25. F. Man- 

 sell & Co., Barnsbury, London, Eng., are the publishers. 

 We know there are many of our fox-terriers men who are 

 anxious to get a good picture of this dog and that is the 

 reason we tell them about it. for as an artistic illustration 

 of type it is valuable to all lovers of the breed. D'Orasy has 

 beaten every terrier on the other side. 



Hamilton Kennel Club. 



Although the Hamilton, Ont., people cannot hold a show 

 this year they do not mean to let the erass grow under their 

 feet, as it is probable that about the time of the Canadian 

 shows theH, K. C. will hold another dog show with entries 

 confined to Wentworth county. As the club ran rather 

 behind on their expenses at their first show, they, on July 1, 

 held an athletic festival with the idea of rai.sing'money to re- 

 pay some of the guarantors who made good the losses'on the 

 show. We are pleased to hear that quite a crmfortable 

 sum was realized, and this week a tug of war will be held to 

 decide the championship of Wentworth county. Mr. John 

 Hackett,t)ne of the executive ccmmittee of the'H.K.C, is in 

 New York city, and will stay for about a month. 



Brooklyn Dog Show. 



The dog show at Brooklyn in November, to be held by the 

 National Greyhound Club, promises to be quite an elaborate 

 afliair, second only to the W. K. C. show. A premittm list 

 of over ^2,500 will be is.sued, and it is expected that a large 

 number of specials will be given. Mr. James Mortimer will 

 superintend, and that alone is a good move. The entry of 

 sporting dogs, that is pointers and setters, will probably be 

 affected by the field trials, but other breeds should fully 

 make up the deficiency. There is every reason to believe 

 that a show in Brooklyn, well managed and advertised, 

 would be a big success. The ground is new and it is about 

 time that the dwellers iu the City of Churches fell into line. 



Gladstone's Pet Dog-. 



Mr. Gladstone, who at the present writing seems to 

 stand a good chance of once more being Prime Minister of 

 Great Britain, has a pet dog to whom he is much attached. 

 It is a black Pomeranian that came from Schwalbach, Nas- 

 sau, Germanj^ where some of the family were sojourning in 

 1888. Mr. Gladstone finds a new amusement that varies the 

 monotony of chopping down giant oak trees in the passion 

 that his dog Petz has for retrieving sticks, and the dog will 

 lie outside the noted statesman's dressing room door in the 

 early morning hours in the hope that he may be allowed to 

 accompany him on his matutinal walk, when he knows he 

 will have an opportunity to indulge in his favorite pastime. 



CufSng Elcho at Kingston. 



iTSf answer to Dr. Mills's "charitable proposition," Mr. 

 Wade has nothing to .say except that he will pay no atten- 

 tion to such "financial arguments." As to whether Dr. 

 Mills did cuff Elcho's ears, Mr. Wade writes: "I was in- 

 formed as to Dr. Mills's cufliDg E]lcho's ears at Kingston 



show by Messrs. and , gentlemen of undoubted 



veracity, with ample opportunities to know whereof they 

 spoke; and another wires me to-day, 'Take Mills up for five 

 hundred.' Do I understand Dr. Mills to explicitly fleny any 

 such act?" 



Celebrated Dachshunds. 



Some time ago we mentioned that Mr. Manice was im- 

 porting some crack dachshund bitches, to be sent over after 

 the English Kennel Club show. Jargonelle, the best one, 

 arrived July 4, and the next day whelped five nice large 

 pups (two dogs), by champion Pterodactjd, Jargonelle has 

 a most beautiful head, and with Janet, Mr, Manice has a 

 great brace for next year's shows. Jay and the other two 

 bitches were to arrive last Monday. 



Mr. Mortimer Buys an Irish Water Spaniel. 



In company with Mr. Raper, Mr, Mortimer has been doing 

 a good deal of show trotting. He attended the Belfast 

 show June 39, then back to England at Burton-on-Trent, in 

 Nottinghamshire, the next day, and to Ripon, in Yorkshire, 

 July 1. At Burton-on-Trent the manager of the Hemp- 

 stead Kennel claimed an Irish water spaniel, named Eileea 

 Shaughran, that won first and second. 



Feom present indications the coming dog show of the In- 

 dustrial Exhibition Association to be held at Toronto, Can- 

 ada, Sept. 12 to 15, will surpass anything ever beld there. A 

 by-law was passed last week by the ratepayers of the 

 city of Toronto voting SloO,UOO for exhibition purposes, 

 all of which will be expended this year. A new race course 

 will be made and a new grand stand erected capable of seat- 

 ing 12,000 people, the dog show also receiving its share of 

 the grant. Exhibitors from the United States are reminded 

 that the dog show is run in connection and bv the Exhibi- 

 tion Association, and that the exhibition is second to none in 

 America, being attended by some 300,000 people every year. 

 Those holding bench show tickets are entitled to all the 

 privileges of the grounds without any extra expense. The 

 premium lists are now in the hands of the printer and will 

 be ready next week. All communications should bead- 

 dressed to C. A. Stone, secretary and superintendent of 

 bench show, 82 King street, East, 'Toronto. 



One of those inquisitive little birds has just whispered us 

 that one of the most prominent oflicials of the Duquesne 

 Kennel Club will shortly join the ranks of the Benedicts. 

 We wish him, and so will every dogman that knows him, 

 every happiness. Paul Gladstone, we believe, is quite recon- 

 ciled to the change. 



We hare r«eeivea a rery tastefully arranged eat&logw 



