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FOREST AND STREAM. 



1 July 7, 1893. 



FLAPS FROM THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Can.— Mr. Mercer in last issue of Forest and 

 Stream seems to doubt the correctuess of the cause I as- 

 signed for Mr. Mlddleton's resignation as a member of the 

 'Ottawa committee. The following letter should satisfy him: 

 "Ottawa, June 7.— H. B. Donovan, Esq., Sec'y C.'K. C, 

 Toronto; Dear Sir — Mr. W. H. Middleton has tendered his 

 resignation as a member of our bench show committee, and 

 at a meeting held Friday afternoon it was laid over until 

 an answer bad been received from the 0. K. C. executive as 

 to whether the disqualification of his partner, Mr. Mei-cer, 

 affected him. I have been instructed by the conamittee 

 to say that in their opinion Mr. Middleton knew nothing 

 whatever of the Little affair and that it vpas done without 

 bis knowledge or consent. Will yeu kiudlj^ bring the mat- 

 ter up at the next meetintr and let me know the decision. 

 Yours truly, ALFRED G-eddes, See'y." Is further proof 

 ■necessary.!' 



A bench show will be held at Winnipeg, Me.. July 25 to 

 29. The following classification is provided: First prize of 

 $5 to both dogs and bitches in mastiffs, St. Bernards (rough 

 and smooth), Newfoundlands, pointers, English setters, 

 Irish setters, G-ordon setters and collies. In thefollowng 

 dogs and bitches have to compete together for one prize of 

 $5: Great Danes, greyhounds, deerhounds, cocker spaniels, 

 retrievers (smooth and curly), bulldogs, pugs, fox-terriers 

 (smooth or wire) and toys. A prize of $5 is offered for the 

 best kennel of f oxh': unds, not less than two couples; diploma 

 for best kennel of sporting dogs (either setters, pointers or 

 retrievers), also diploma for kennel of non-sporting dogs. 

 Entrance fee is but 50 cents and judging commences Tues- 

 day, July 26. The name of the .iudge is not announced. 

 The show will not be held under kennel club rules. More's 

 the pity! 



A resolution on the books of the C. K. C. says that a mail 

 rote of the executive committee shall be taken when re- 

 quested and necessary. This is being done for the first time 

 in the case of clashing of dates of Kingston and Montreal 

 shows. The voters are asked, in a circular sent out by the 

 secretary, to vote yes or no as to whether Kingston or Mon- 

 treal should have the dates claimed, or both hold a show the 

 same Aveek under C. K. C. rules. 



I had a long interview with Prof. Wm. Saunders, com- 

 missioner for the Dominion to the World's Fair. I went into 

 matters pretty fully with him regarding Canadian dogs at 

 the fair, and one re'sult, I am glad to say, is that the Do- 

 minion government will bear the expense of the $1.50 entry 

 fee on all dogs sent from Canada. A knotty point is the 

 selection of fitting representatives of each breed — as the 

 commission desire quality much more than quantity. This 

 selection will probahly be referred to the C. K. C, and that 

 body will be asked to propose a plan whereby representa- 

 tive exhibits may be selected by competent men from all 

 over Canada, though it is probable the entry will be largely 

 if not entirely confined to Ontario and Quebec. 



Mr, H, W. Fores, Toronto, leaves for San Francisco this 

 month to occupy a position in the Western Assurance Com- 

 pany, with which corporation he is identified. He takes a 

 brace of his fox-terriers with him, the dog Pickles, a winner 

 here, and the brood bitch Kismeth, 



A meeting of the executive committee of the Canadian 

 Kennel Club will be held here at the Queen's Hotel on July 

 8 at 8 P. M. 



At a meeting of the Toronto Kennel Club, held June 29. 

 it was decided^ to apply for incorporation to the local gov- 

 ernment. A club room will be rented in a new uptown 

 building to be ready in August, a "Question and suggestion 

 box" inaugurated, etc. The subject for debate at the next 

 meeting Avill be: "Resolved, That the dog is more de- 

 serving of admiration than the horse." A lively ti me is ex- 

 Jiected. H. B. DONOVAN. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Chicago, July 2. — In the past few weeks there have been 

 several ca.ses reported in the daily papers here of mad dogs, 

 dog bites and hydrophobia, newspapers apparently develop- 

 ing epidemics quite as much as communities of individuals, 

 the Chicago daily papers having at present the mad dog 

 scare. Not that it requires a real and genuinely mad dog to 

 serve for the basis of a sensation— a dog in a fit; a dog so 

 teased that be becomes angry or bites to defend himself; a 

 dog in ill temper — any of these furnishes ample material tor 

 the reporter in search of a sensation. As to whether the 

 dogs are mad or not, the reporter does not care. To simply 

 write that John Smith's son was bitten by a dog would be 

 onl3' of local interest; but to publish that John Smith's son 

 was bitten by a rabid dog which was last seen running up 

 the street biting at people and horses promiscuously com- 

 mands the earnest attention of everybody. The particulars 

 are generally collected from people who know nothing what- 

 ever of the symptoms of rabies, or the symptoms of any dis- 

 ease which afflicts the dog, and no small part is collected 

 from hearsay. 



The following is taken from a Chicago daily paper of June 

 30 and refers to a recent event of the kind iinder considera- 

 tion: "The Cook county hospital authorities have not yet 

 decided whether or not the case of Jo.seph Schwager, who 

 was bitten by a dog some weeks ago and died in terrible 

 agony, was really one of hydrophobia. A post-mortem has 

 been held, but no satisfactory conclusion could be reached 

 from it. 'In order to settle the question,' said one of the 

 hospital authorities, 'it has been determined to inoculate 

 some rabbits with vims from the body of the dead man. 

 If he really suffered from hydrophobia the poison will get 

 in its work and in fifteen or sixteen days the rabbits will un- 

 mistakably show the evidences of the disease.' " 



While the uninformed spectator feels competent to diag- 

 nose the case of any dog at a glance, the skilled physicians 

 can only determine the matter by the most elaborate tests. 



I once saw a dog running about blindly and wildly, on 

 Madison street, this city, he having just recovered from the 

 worst stages of a fit. His jaws were frothy, eyes wild and 

 actions unnatural. He ran in erratic lines to and fro in the 

 street. A crowd soon gathered, the cry of "mad dog" was 

 raised, missiles were thrown at him and excitement was 

 general. In his sickness and bewilderment he ran under a 

 passing street car and was crushed to death— a lamentable 

 ending, but perhaps more merciful than the policeman's 

 club or UQcertain bullets. The event was considered a lucky 

 ending of a mad dog, yet the dog was not mad. 



The Pearl of Pekin— Chicopee Lass case appears to drift 

 further away from final action, and to become more compli- 

 cated as time passes. There is a lamentable want of back- 

 bone displayed by the committee, as well as tiresome pro- 

 crastination. Either Pearl of Pekin was run over or was 

 not; yet, after nearly nine months have passed and after pro- 

 found official evasion of the matter, the case is more com- 

 plicated than at first, and still unsettled. 



Mr. Bartels' letter of last week shows a remarkable phase 

 of the case. It would seem that an executive officer of the 

 club, if he performed his duty properly, would devote his 

 energies and influence to the welfare of the club; and that 

 he would in particular, in his official capacity, do his duty 

 conscientiously as such officer. According to the quotation 

 by Mr. Bartels from Mr. Lowe's letter, the latter gentleman 

 being a member of the executive committee, the main idea 



pervading the letter was not so much an answer to Mr. 

 Bartels' inquiry as it was an earnest effort to suppress every- 

 thing pertaining tn the matter till it could appear in his 

 favorite journal. He sacrificed his duty as an officer to 

 further a personal motive. His duty to his club, to the 

 parties directly at interest and to the public from whom the- 

 club must look for its support and success, required that 

 he should make the matter public through all the recog- 

 nized channels, instead of suppressing it for weeks to ac- 

 complish a personal favoritism entirely apart from the issue 

 and from his official capacity. 



Will such a policy develop the coursing interests at large 

 and in the best manner? 



Is an officer of the executive committee supposed to carry 

 his personal likes and dislikes into the club's affairs, and 

 give them prominence over important club business? 



The whole course of the executive committee in this mat- 

 has been one of shilly-shallying inefficiency and evasion. 

 Not that there are not able men on the committee, but that 

 in respect to this matter they have not acted. They are 

 able men, for they are quite as able not to act as to act if it 

 so plea?es them. 



The whole matter should have been settled within a day 

 after the close of the meeting. So far as the executive coni- 

 mittee is concerned, that committee's special strong point 

 appears to be in referring the matter to some one else. 



B. Waters. 



DOGS AND DOG SHOWS IN ENGLAND. 



The intei-viewer is said to be an essentially American pro- 

 duction, but has also now become a necessary adjunct to 

 journalism on the other side^ and Stocli-Kecper, with its 

 usual enterprise, succeeded imnterviewing Mr. Mortimer as 

 to how things dogly .strike him in old England. The scene 

 was the Harlow show in Essex. After the usual taffy the 

 writer gets down to business, and as Mr. Mortimer is gener- 

 ally credited with a level head, his remarks on the English 

 side of the question may be of interest. After touching on 

 the duties on dogs exported to this country, and expressing 

 the conviction that the A.K.C. will still be able to have 

 the restrictions materially modified, Mr. Mortimer was 

 asked what he thought of English shows, and we are glad to 

 see that in the case" of the Kennel Club show he gives good 

 advice, for instead of having the sporting appliances on the 

 ground floor and the dogs upstairs, he would have reversed 

 the order of things and so done away with "all the tramping 

 upstairs" and the dogs have been more comfortable. 



The manager of the New York show ahso gave them a 

 wrinkle on getting the piiblic up to show fever heat through 

 the aid of the daily pi-ess, which we well know over here can 

 pretty well make or mar a show. Asked as to his opinion of 

 the English dogs at the shows he had attended, he remarked, 

 "What has struck me so far are the laj-ge classes of collies 

 and fox-terriers you have here, and the St. Bernards are also 

 good, and bob-tail sheepdogs wonderfully so; indeed, I don't 

 think they have yet seen anything like them over with us. 

 We have so many of the lurcher type, you know." This 

 remark may not have been quite as Mr. Mortimer put it, as 

 a bob-tail of any description is a rarity at our shows nowa- 

 days. 



About sporting dogs in England, he said: 



"I have seen some very good ones of those since I've been 

 over, and I think they are ahead of ours by a long way; that 

 is to say, they are a more even lot than we have." 



"How do you, as an old pointer man, like champion Sad- 

 dlebags?" 



"Well, I have seen him before, you know, when I was 

 over in the Jubilee year. Of course he was got byNaso of 

 Upton, a son of Naso of Kippen, whom we had over in our 

 kennels when I was at the Westminster Keunel Club. 1 

 I think Saddlebags a grand dog, and a better pointer than 

 Graphic ever was, and I tell you why. You see, he has a 

 better loin, and he beats Graphic in hindquarters, stern 

 and carriage of stern." 



"And any others?" 



"Oh, yes! You have several others excelling in character, 

 legs and feet. Devonshire Nero is another one I thought a 

 very good little dog." 



■How did you like the Gordon setters at the Hall ?" 

 We could a few years back have showed as good a lot in 

 America, but they are getting them too coarse now, and 

 breeders there could with advantage take a leaf out of Mr. 

 Chapman's book, for I see he is getting a lot of quality in 

 them." 

 "And the Irish setters:-^" 



"Well, I thought several of them very small, which I 

 fancy is to be regretted, although there were some excep- 

 tions, and I liked the winning dog." (Harlech.) 



"And how do our setters compare?" 



"Well, you see, it is like this; our setters are so mixed up 

 in America. They— the Americans— pay more attention to 

 .shoulders, legs, feet, and style than they do to coat in Eng- 

 land. The Llewellyn setters have iiroved themselves ex- 

 cellent dogs in the field, and that is the reason they are so 

 very popular with us." 



"And in judging them?" 



"To tell you the truth, our great trouble is that we have a 

 job to make our judges understand they are judging ac- 

 cording to a standard. They often lose sight of this fact 

 altogether, for they have seen the dogs work in the field, or 

 know they are good ones there, and therefore become 

 prejudiced," 



"Our fox-terriers, what do you think of them?" 



"I think they have improved vastly, so far as I can see 

 since I was over last. There are more good ones about, and 

 they certainly appear workmen, too. I fancy they are on 

 the' leg more, but shoulders, fronts, legs, feet, a7id heads 

 have come on greatly. Most of them, however, are inclined 

 to be leggy, but that good and real terrier head is coming 

 back again, and breeders are to be congratulated." 



"Have you any shows like this— Harlow?" 



"Oh, yes! Of course we call them fairs, and dogs are 

 being gradually taken in as one of the attractions, not only 

 in America, but Canada. It's growing at a great rate, I can 

 tell you." 



And then we are told a little news about Mrs. Mortimer, 

 who it seems takes a great interest in Sealyham terriers, 

 those game little dogs from South Wales that Captain 

 Edwards makes a specialty of. Mrs. Mortimer came from 

 Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, which is near the old mansion 

 of Sealyham, and the least Mr. Mortimer can do now is to 

 bring a "Sealyham" back with him and incidentally allow 

 Americans to see what they are like. Mr. Moi'timer after- 

 ward was to -spend some time iu Devonshire among the 

 jointers ©f that famed county, and from there intended to 

 ;ake in the Sheffield show, -which took place June 22 and 23. 



DOGMATICS OF DOGDOM. 



Many dogs work well regardless of any standard. 



Dogs differ from men and mules in that they are not 

 kickers. 



— §— 



Some men never discover how pretty, intelligent and well 

 bred your dog is till they want to borrow him. 



What does blue Mood fiiean as applied to a dog? 



Some people will blame a dog for barking all night with- 

 out reason, yet the same people will thxxmp a piano all night 

 regardless of the dog's feelings. 



NEW ENGLAND FIELD TRIAL CLUB. 



A MEETING of the board of governors of the New England 

 Field Trial Club was held at 266 Washington street, Boston 

 Mass., Tuesday, June 28, at 2 P. M., president W. A. Power 

 iu the chair. Present, Messrs. Power, Hayward, Lovell 

 Tucker, Wells and Osborne. ' 



In the absencsof the secretary Mr. Lovell was appointed 

 secretary pro tem. Minutes of last meeting read and ap- 

 proved. 



Chairman Hayward for the committee on judges reoorfced 

 the formal acceptance of Messrs. N. Wallace, of Farming- 

 ton^Coun., and Washington A. Coster, of Saratoga Springs, 



This report was accepted. 



The report of the committee on advertising was accepted. 

 Mr. A. M. Tucker, for the committee on game, reported pro- 

 gress. The resignation of Mr. G-eorge E. Sticknev, as secre- 

 tary, was read, and on motion accepted. Voted to proceed 

 to ballot for Secretary to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. 

 Stickney's resignation. Ballots were cast and counted, re- 

 sulting in the unanimous election of Mr. E, Knight Sp?rry, 

 of New Haven, Conn. Voted that all the existing commit- 

 tees be discharged and the following committees be estab- 

 lished: 



Finance.— President W. A. Power, Dr. J. W. Hayward, 

 A. M. Tucker. 



Auditing —Dr. J. W. Hayward, J. C. Sharp, Jr., Wm. C. 

 Davenport. 



Publication.— President W. A. Power, C. P. Curtis, Jr., 

 Geo. W. Lovell, E. Knight Sperry. 



Transportation and Accommodation.— President W. A 

 Power, A. M. Tucker. Dr. J. W. Hayward, Geo. W. Lovell! 



Membership. — E. Knight Sperry, John C. Sharp, Jr., F.W. 

 Whitlock. 



Prizes and Specials.— F. W Whitlock, Arthur R. Sharp, 

 A. M. Tucker. 



Legislation.- Dr. J. W. Hayward, A. Tucker, C. P. Cur- 

 tis, Jr., W. C. Baylies. 



Grounds and Game.— D, A. Goodwin, Jr., Dr. J. W. Hay- 

 ward, A. N. Tucker, Geo. W. Lovell. 



Rules.— E. O. Damon. Arthur R. Sharp, C. P. Curtis, Jr., 

 A, M. Tucker. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



The next meeting of the board will be held at 266 Wash- 

 ington street, Boston, Tuesday, July 12, at 2 P, M, 



RETRIEVING AT FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



You ask for my views on retrieving by pointers and setters 

 in the field. I do not think that the act of taking up in the 

 mouth and fetching a bird can be any more injurious to a 

 dog than being allowed to find a dead or crippled bird with- 

 out retrieving. The actions required in both instances are 

 precisely the same, excepting the mere act of fetching. Any 

 one who has ever hunted dogs in the field knows that the 

 anxiety to find dead birds is just as great in the dog that 

 does not retrieve as in the one who does, if the former has 

 been used and encouraged to find the game killed as the 

 latter has been. The great objection in both cases is that so 

 many birds are flu.shed in the search and anxiety to find the 

 dead or cripples. Every dog used by a good shot thinks 

 there is something always killed when the gun goesoff and is 

 never satisfied ifttil he finds out, and consequently in his 

 search often puts up birds that under other circumstances 

 he would have pointed. I think, however, that any sports- 

 man would rather see ten birds flushed and go away un- 

 harmed than lose one dead or crippled bird, therefore when 

 I have no other retriever I prefer a pointer or setter to re- 

 trieve. Had 1 a proper retriever I then would not want the 

 others to raove from their position until the retriever's 

 duties were over. 



I have seen setters quite equal to the best retriever I ever 

 saw, both on land and water, and in no way injured iu their 

 field work by retrieving everything killed over them, even 

 to wild turkeys and geese. 



Where so many different opinions exist as to what consti- 

 tutes a high class dog, like many others I have also an opin 

 ion — that is, the best gentleman's sho6ting dog is precisely 

 the dog the old-time market-.shooters (or pot-hunters, their 

 more modern name) delighted to own. Speed, nose, daah, 

 intelligence and endurance were the qualities sought after 

 With these men it was a business, and as in all businesses 

 of to-day they wanted to make the most out of the least in- 

 vestment; the fast, dashing, intelligent dog was the favor; 

 ite, other qualities being equal. Then as to-day the fastest 

 dog always found the most game by getting there first, 

 and if he failed in doing so theu he was lacking in .some 

 more usefitl quality than speed which another less speedy 

 possessed. Life was considered too short to trifle it away in 

 watching a dog run that could find nothing; we were out 

 for the frequency of the occurrence, rather than the quality 

 of the performance. 



A gun that made a remarkable target and went off once 

 a day would soon have been cast aside for one that went off 

 on every opportunity, making a regularly fair target. We 

 never knowingly left a country abounding in game to go into 

 one where game was scarce, because the scenery was a little 

 prettier in spots a long distance apart, our eyes always got 

 tired and our guns heavy when the loads were carried too 

 long. We had no colored boys to carry them, nor wagon to 

 meet us with fresh relays of dogs. A rnan and dog that 

 could not stand one full day through and through at a 

 moderate rate was considered as belonging to the effeminate 

 order. We wanted our dogs to cut out an open country at a 

 slashing rate, ranging far and fast, and always hunting to 

 the gun. When taken on to marked birds or into cover, to 

 hunt as close and active as spaniels under full control. The 

 proper use of pointers and setters is to find and point game, 

 and the one possessing the greatest combination of qualities 

 to enable him to do this to the advantage of the shooter, in 

 the least time and with the least exertion to the sportsman, 

 is the best dog for my use. John Davidson, 



MONHOE, Mich., JuTje2r. 



We have received a charming photograph of some pointer 

 puppies owned by Henry Matern, Jr., of Sandusky, O. We 

 wonder breeders do not use the camera to a greater extent 

 than thev do. It is educational as well as a good business 

 move. Educational because we are not all ble.ssed with good 

 memories, and should the puppy grow into a prize winner it 

 is an advantage to be able to turn over the leaves of one's 

 scrap book and see how the dog looked as a puppy, so that in 

 future litters one may be in a measure guided as to which to 

 dispose of and which to keep. A business move because the 

 picture of a quaint little puppy may often sell it to awaver- 

 mg ciTstomer when any amount of description and assertions 

 that it will be a champion, sure, are unavailing. 



The Canadian Government seem to be taking the greatest 

 interest in the coming World's Fair, and anxious that the 

 live stock of the Dominion shall be creditably represented. 

 The Canadian Kennel Club has, however, a task before it 

 that will task its resources to the utmost when it essays to 

 determine which dogs of the different breeds shall uphold 

 the honor of the country at the big .show next year. Such 

 selections vnll, however, considerably lessen the labors of 

 the selection authorities on this side who are to decide what 

 dogs are worthy of being placed before the judges and those 

 that are not. 



