July 28, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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in the tight little island during the summer. Fancy seven 

 shows in one day! This is what occurs August I. No won- 

 der the secretaries have to send out hurry calls for entries, 

 for the average exhibitor with such a selection before him 

 will hardly hurry himself in deciding which to send his dogs 

 to. The funny part of it all is that although England is 

 such a "fancier" country, the work of judging seems to fall 

 on the shoulders of some half dozen professionals, several of 

 whom are also exhibitors, and we remark that the annual 

 kick by the amateurs has commenced, they complaining, 

 and justly, of the jadges at certain shows being also exhibi- 

 tors; in other classes, of {;ourse, than those they judge. Still 

 this cause for complaint should not exist. 



Mount Holly Dog Show. 



Those who do not care to take the long journey to Toronto 

 show can make it worth their while to attend the Mount 

 Holly, N. J., show, Sept. 13 to 16. The prizes for every breed 

 aie: Challenge, dogs and bitches, gold medal, value 

 sexes divided. Open classes, dogs and bitches, $10 silver 

 medal aud diploma; classes will be divided by sex when 

 there are five or more enterics. Dogs will be received Sept. 

 13, hut judging does not commence till the next day. The 

 entry fee is" $3, and entries close Sept. 1. 



Important Beagle Sale. 



An important sale has just been made in the beagle world. 

 Mr. 0. W. Brooking, proprietor of the J^'orest Beagle Ken- 

 nels, has sold his kennel and good will to Mr. H. V. Jamie- 

 son, Melrose, Mass. The dogs included in the deal are Forest 

 Hunter, Gypsy Forest, June Rose, Forest Queen, Daisy S., 

 Lady I;ee and Vick R., all registered. Mr. Jamieson is to 

 be congratulated on such a purchase, hut we are sorry to 

 hear of it, if this means the retirement of Mr. Brooking 

 from active work among the beagles, 



Deerhounds in England. 



Mr. W. Arkwright, in his report in English Kennel Qa- 

 zette of bis classes at the Kennel Club show remarks about 

 deerhounds: "There was a large show of these dogs, but I 

 cannot say the classes were very distinguished. There has 

 evidently been of late a straining after excessive size among 

 the breeders, to the prejudice of workmanlike qualities, and 

 soft, woolly coats with poor movement and lumpy shoulders 

 are some of the general results." 



A White St. Bernard. 



Staten Island prides itself on having a pure white St. 

 Bernard. He is a large, handsome dog, and has filled out 

 nicely. He is called the white bear in St. George, S. I., where 

 he is owned by Mr. Julius Smith, who we believe was the 

 owner of Kingston Regent before Mr. Reick bought him. 

 White Friar took vhc. at the last New York show. He is by 

 Plinlimmon, Jr., out of Lady Tatton. 



Skye Terrier Importation. 



Miss Sparks, of Philadelphia. Pa,, has purchased from 

 Mrs. Freeman, of Wandsworth, England, the drop-eared 

 Skye terrier Sir Bevys (E.K.C.S.B. .30,001). This dog is very 

 well bred, as he is by Kidd's Lochiel out of Mrs. Freeman's 

 Lady, Rob Roy being the grandsire on both sides. Sir Bevys 

 has won three first and several minor prizes. 



"Brockenhurst," whom everyone knows as the genial and 

 sunny-tempered son of Albion, Harry Twyford, intends the 

 coming month to take his family to England. Leaving his 

 better half and that eldest one with the "literary turn" at 

 home, "Brockenhurst" will return with renewed energy 

 and a "single" purpose to smother "Espan" before the "By- 

 standers" can interfere. 



Mr. Geo. R. Krehl imderwent a new experience the other 

 day, as judge of the cattle drovers' dog show at the Cattle 

 Market,' Islington, London. We are told that the tykes 

 brought forward were hardly up to show form but that is 

 not what was expected. The idea that is instilled into these 

 men, by such a gathering, to give a second thought to the 

 intelligent animals witnout whom they would "get along 

 but poorly in their daily work among the sheep'and bul- 

 locks, is something gained, and from little causes like these 

 oft come great effects. It is interesting to know that a "bob 

 tail" won the special for best in the show. The drovers 

 seemed to take great interest in the proceedings and especi- 

 ally when several well-known show winners were led into 

 the ring as object lessons, among them being old Eclipse, 

 the property of the judge. 



Mr. Nutt, the well-known beagle man of England, took 

 several whippets to a show in Holland, where he gave ex- 

 hibition races, incidentally sold his dogs and at the same 

 time stai-ted a craze for the sport. Given a nice stretch of 

 ground, about 200yds. long, which can be secured on any 

 Fair grounds, there is no sport that would pay our Fair man- 

 agers better to introduce. 



At this same show, Scheveningen, Holland, Mr. Freeman 

 Lloyd, who is well known as "Thames Tattler," lost his 

 Psovoi, Young Krilutt, after it had won in the novice class, 

 through an acute attack of inflammation of the lungs. 



Mr. J. E. Fisher, the owner of the Riverside Kennels, 

 Riverside. Ind., has remodeled his kennels and now has a 

 house 50x30 and is fully ecjuipped for boarding and training 

 dogs. With the trials ot the U. S. F. T. C. aud American 

 Field Trials Club to prepare for, Mr. Fisher should experi- 

 ence no difficulty in having both his hands and his kennels 

 full in a very short time. 



The Oak Grove Kennels have sold Bonnie Sarsfield, in 

 whelp to champion Kildare, to Mr. Paul H. Reilly, Oak- 

 land, Cal. Such breeding as this litter will have should 

 make them a valuable acquisition to our California fanciers 

 of the red dog. 



The black and tan terrier Beaconsfield has been having an 

 easy time of it lately at English shows, scooping in chal- 

 lenge prizes here and there. At Belper, however, he came 

 against the new aspirant for honors. Prince Eric, and the 

 old dog went down. 



Any one who knows Mr, Kreuder, the beagle owner, will 

 not be surprised to see that instead of resorting to the read 

 ing columns of a paper to exploit the merits of his dogs he 

 does it at so much a word. At the same time Mr. Kreuder's 

 dogs are sa well known that he could have claimed that in- 

 dulgence at our hands which is all too freely given by some 

 journals until the continual and blatant bleating becomes a 

 bore. Mr. Kreuder's challenge sounds like business from 

 every point of view and we commend it to the attention of 

 the beagle men. 



Although this is the hot and quiet season in dogdom our 

 patrons find that the results of a Forest and Stream ad- 

 vertisement are cold facts. Among the new ones this 

 week we notice that J. J. Scanlan has Inehiquin pups 

 for sale; W. Loeffler, well-bred dachshund pups; Seminole 

 Kennels, several high class pugs, bitches and dog; C. E. 

 Bunn, four mastiff pups: W. H. Gordon, well-bred liver aud 

 white pointers; L. L. Martin, broken and unbroken English 

 setters: Wapsie Kennels, two black pointer bitches; A. E. 

 B., English setter bitch: Bos 77, beagle pups; H. L. Jeffrey, | 



well-bred collie pups; C. A. Paetzel, pointer pups; Geo. W. 

 Lovell, trained pointers and setters; Robert Leslie, two ex- 

 cellently well-bred pointer pups; L. N, Edwards, trained 

 foxhounds. In the stud: J. .J. Scanlau's Irish setter Inehi- 

 quin, Liberty Kennels' pointer Spot Dash. W. Loeffli-r'5; 

 dach.shund Hundesport's Bergmanu, (1 A. Pnetzpl's Nut- 

 wood, Training Kennels: River.side Kennels. Wants: 

 Frank A. Ward, a mastiff skin. We also draw af tention to 

 n. L. Kreuder's beagle challenge and J. E. Larnier's mange 

 cure, 



We understand from Mr. Waters, who t?as so liiformed by 

 the secretary of the Manitoba Field Trials, that Mr. .J. M. 

 Tracy has been chosen to judge those trials. 



It is a difficult matter to put much enthusiasm into any 

 one these hot days, not to mention a dogmau, unless one 

 jumps on his dog. This c)'icket match, or r xcuse for 

 general re-union, progresses but slowlv; we hidve received 

 just two names, and one of those from Philadelphia, outside 

 of those who are directly interested in getting it up. We 

 would like to have the names of those who would take part 

 on the day selected, Aug. 11, to send in their names by 

 Aug. 5. 



Mrs. Nicholson is having a good deal of trouble in getting 

 her new St. Bernard off" the steamship Circassia of the 

 Anchor line. She has the certificates all right, but the 

 shipper neglected to send the bill of lading, and conse- 

 quently the dog stays on the ship till it turns up. The new 

 bitch is Grizella, by Prince Regent out of Moss Rose. She 

 won first in the puppy class at the late Scottish K. C. show 

 at Glasgow. 



The judges for the Brooklyn dog show have been nearly 

 all chosen but we cannot break confidence by giving their 

 names. One, however, we will give, even if we incur the 

 displeasuxe of every one concerned. Mr. W. Wade will 

 judge mastiffs. At last. 



The National Greyhound Club should have held a meet- 

 ing last Monday but there was no quorum and the meeting 

 was adjourned for a fortnight, as Mr. Mortimer may be 

 home by that time. 



Mr. Harry L. Goodman has given up hi.-s kennel at Auburn, 

 111., to take the management of the Cumberland Kennel 

 Club, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn. The club has 

 a fine farm of 110 acres three mile.s from the city, and every- 

 thing; is well fixed for the dogs. The Mohawk Kennels' pugs 

 will form part of the kennel, which will include also great 

 Danes and Italian greyhounds. We wish Mr. Goodman 

 every success in his new undertaking. His letter will be 

 published next week. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Chicacio, July 2.3.— The following, taken from one of the 

 great Chicago dailies, will be of interest to owners of 

 Psovois and wolves: "The stockmen of South Dakota have 

 recently imported from Tennessee a number of R.us.9ian 

 wolfhounds to help in the extermination of wolves, which 

 have of late been killing a number of calves and colts." 

 Tennessee is not famous as a nroducer of Psovois, still there 

 may be some owned there unbeknown to the owners. There 

 arerro gray Avolves in South Dakota worth mentioning; but 

 independent of all these matters, this item serves very well 

 and with average truthfulness for news in a dailv paper. 

 This wolfhound and wolf business bobs np with cheerful 

 frequency, and if the wolf supply were only larger there is 

 no douljt but what the demand for the Russian dogs would 

 be larger. 



The Pearl of Pekin— Chicopee Lass Matter, 



I had a pleasant call a few days since from Mr. Page, who 

 is a member of the executive committee of the American 

 Coursing Club. The matter of Mr. Bartels's protest was in- 

 cidentally discussed, and Mr. Page explained that the ques- 

 tion of late hung on a proposition made by Mr. Bartels at 

 the time of the meeting last year, namely," that if Mr. Ed- 

 munds would make an affidavit that he dicl notrun over the 

 dog, he (Mr. Bartels) would withdraw his protest. There 

 now appears to be some misunderstanding or something as 

 to what Mr, Bartels actually said concerning the matter. 



Mr. Page is earnest and conscientious in tnis matter, as 

 all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance know with- 

 out any assurance being necessary. As for Mr. Lowe's 

 action and effort in the matter, they appear to have been 

 directed more to accomplish two purposes, one other than 

 the main one. 



With all respect for the acts of the executive committee, 

 I think it has been following a wholly irrelevant matter 

 for some months. To make my meaning clearer, I will 

 quote the rule governing the matter, aud which was adopted 

 by the club at its meeting in October last year. It is as 

 follows; 



"RiDiTsG OVER A Greyhound.— If any subscriber or his 

 representative shall ride over his opponent's greyhound 

 while running a cotirse, the owner of the dog so ridden over 

 shall (although the course be given against him) be deemed 

 the winner of it, or shall have the option of allowing the 

 other dog to remain and run out the stake, and in such case 

 shall be entitled to half its winnings." 



Briefly, in the course between Chicopee Lass and Pearl of 

 Pekin tiie judge decided in favor of the former. The ques- 

 tion then was raised that the owner of Chicopee Lass had 

 ridden over Pearl of Pekin while running the course. The 

 judge could not take cogni?;ance of the matter, for in one 

 place it is ruled that * * * "and shall not recall or 

 reverse his decision on any pretext whatever, after it has 

 been declared," and again, * * "but the deci.sion of 

 the judge, once given, shall not be reversed for any cause," 



That some provision was intended in case of a dispute is 

 shown by the following clause of Rule 1, pertaining to the 

 executive committee: "The management of the meeting 

 shall be entrusted to this committee. The committee alone 

 shall decide any disputed question by a majority of those 

 present, subject to an appeal to the National Greyhound 

 Club." 



Thus it will be seen that the question could be decided 

 only by the executive committee alone, and not by the club, 

 and also that the question could be settled by a majority of 

 those of the committee present. Therefore the committee 

 was wrong in evading it and in referring it to the club 

 proper, and the club was wrong both in taking cognizance 

 of the matter and referring it to the National Greyhound 

 Olirb before any decision had been reached by the executive 

 committee, and appeal taken by the parties interested. The 

 whole matter, under the club's laws, was in the hands of 

 the executive committee. 



The plea has been advanced that one of the members of 

 the committee left Great Bend before the protest was con- 

 sidered, and that this hindered the committee's action. This 

 is simply an evasion, for the rule states specifically that a 

 majority of the committee present can act. 



At the time the question came before the committee it 

 was very simple and only concerned a matter of fact, name- 

 ly, whether Mr. Edmunds did or did not ride over Pearl of 

 Pekin. If he did do so, the rule was plain, and it was 

 equally explicit if he did not do so. This matter could have 

 been settled easily on the same day that it occurred, and it 

 was the only matter in that connection for the committee to 

 consider. 



But the real issue has been abandoned. The committee 



has been considering a proposition which Mr. Bartels made, 

 cr IS alleged to have madp, to the end that if Mr. Edmunds 

 would make an affida\dt that he did not run over Pearl, Mr. 

 Bartels would withdraw his protest. The committee ac- 

 cepted Mr. Bartels's proposition as the real issue, a raattet 

 entirely foreign and irrelevant to the real issue. It is plain 

 that if Mr. Bartels by an agreempufc can settle a matter in a 

 manner diQurent from what the rule requires, John Smith 

 or Toin .Jones can agree to settle a matter differently from 

 the requirements of some other rule, or the same rule, or all 

 rules. 



I doubt whether the withdrawal of the protest would have 

 any effect whatever on the matter, for there is nothing said 

 in the rule.s about a protest being necessary. The rule 

 specifies "disputed quesLion.s." The committee uuce having 

 charge of it, it was entirely and permanently out of the 

 hands of the disputants. The .sijuple fact that there was a 

 d^ispute brought it under the juriadictiou of the couunittee. 

 That anything the interested parties agreed upon would be 

 irrelevant is shown by the wording of the rule: "The com- 

 mittee alone shall decide any disputed ((uestion," etc. 



After nearly a year of inefficient action, the question now 

 resolves itself into the same matter of fact which exi.sted at 

 the time the matter occurred, and .t is wholly free, when 

 properly considered, from the irrchn-ant matter' and sophi.s- 

 tries which have been tacked to it. There was no reason 

 why It should not have been dealt with Ormlyand promptly 

 on its real merits at the time it occurred. At all events it is 

 precisely the same matter now, and it is not so easy gener- 

 ally to decide a matter of fact a year after it occurs as it is 

 at the time of its occurrence. 



The true reason is that the committee, as a committee 

 shirked the responsibility of deciding it There is a lamen- 

 table want of "sand" displayed in dealing with the whole 

 matter, and there was an at)KHnce of knowledge of the com- 

 mittee's powers and duties in considering every irrelevant 

 and frivolous circumstance presented in connection with 

 the affair. 



Coursing, 



In a letter from the genial secretary of the American 

 Coursing Club, Mr. Ira D. Brongher, he mentions that the 

 prospects for a .successful meeting in October are excellent. 



The jack rabbits are more plentiful than ever, and a bic 

 meeting is expected. His cordial invitation to a staff repre- 

 sentative of Forest Asd Strea^i to be with them again is 

 appreciated, and will be one of the things sure to happen in 

 October. 



Dog Taxes in Australia. 



The following, taken from The Atistrnlmian, shows that 

 the doggy troubles have extended to the continent of 

 Australia: "It is high time some revision was made in the 

 dog act. At present Victoria is almost overrun with the 

 cross-bred animal usually termed mongrel, for which most 

 owners pay the sum of os. per head annually as registration 

 fee. I would simply suggest, in order to decrease the num- 

 ber of mongrel canines, and restrict ourselves to pure breeds, 

 to levy a tax of £1 per head on bitches, and all our dogs go 

 free. LTnder such restrictions any person keeping a bitch 

 in his possession would keep a good one, and in order to 

 recoup his outlay would see that she was suitably mated, 

 as the progeny would bring better prices." 



Gypsie, a toy black and tan terrier (Jack— Fancy), owned 

 by Mr. L. P, Whitman of Chicago, died a few days' ago in 

 her seventeenth j^ear, an extremely old age for that breed, 

 or for any breed nowadays. She was a winner on the bench 

 in 1884 and 1885, and was well known to show goers. 



Owing to the energetic measures taken by the Chicago 

 city authorities, the dog owners are observing the ordin- 

 ances, pertaining to dogs, quite closely. The number of 

 licenses issued have averaged 600 a day for several days 

 One issued yesterday bore the number 31,343. 



B. Waters^. 



NOTES AND NOTIONS. 



Sucu incidents as the cat nursing puppies, noted in your 

 Jirly 21 number, are always interesting, but it mu.st be re- 

 membered that they are nothing new. In fact I think a re- 

 cent chapter of the excellent notes in the London Stock- 

 Keeper, headed "Hints to Beginners." mentions the use of 

 cats as foster mothers for pu.Dpie.s. The Onlooker has seen 

 even this fosterhood exceeded in a case of a cat suckling a 

 young flying squirrel, her natural prey. Whether from 

 race antagonism or from some other cause, the cat's milk 

 evidently did not agree with the young squirrel, as it lost 

 flesh steadily and died in about ten days after its strange 

 adoption. That excellent English publication, ChaUerhox, 

 has cited at least one case of a cat suckling a young rat. 

 The simple explanation of such unnatural associations", 

 points the way to inducing any foster mother to adopt 

 strange young. She is oppressed with accumulated secre- 

 tion of milk, and the relief by suckling is grateful, therefore 

 always allow the foster mother to go a considerable time 

 without being suckled, and when her milk receptacles are 

 distended put the strangers to her, she will take much 

 more note of the relief afforded than of the kind of animals 

 effecting it. Certainly the oddest association of this sort 

 The Onlooker ever saw was a nanny goat suckling a donkey 

 foal, which was kept up until the foal was considerably 

 taller than the goat, and the nanny was induced to accept 

 the foal by unusual retention of milk in her udder. Of 

 course this method of securing acceptance of strangers i.s as 

 old as dog breeding, but like many another okland'most ex- 

 cellent idea, it has become forgotten more than it should. 



The course of Forest and Stream as to a certain personal 

 quarrel, apparently underlaid by bitter personal enmities, 

 seems to the writer to be about the wisest cottrse that can 

 be adopted in such cases. We dislike them, would infinitely 

 prefer not to know of them, but so we would also wish to 

 avoid the pain of the sttrgeon's lance when a deep abscess 

 afflicts us. About the only course for a wise editor is to let 

 the wranglers write their fiery shot at each other, cutting 

 down such as the public should not be inflicted with, and 

 thereby giving the over-loaded boilers of the disputant's 

 wrath a safety valve, for the mere writing of angry epi- 

 thets let off a poi'tion of the super-heated steam, even if the 

 editor does not print it. 



"Let dogs delight 

 To ba'k and bite" 



and allow their owners and admirers a little of the same 

 amusement. I feai- "for 'tis their nature to" applies to 

 owners as well as dogs. The Onlooker. 



Toronto Dog Show. 



The English Setter Club of America has donated the 

 club's medal to the breeder of the best English setter dog or 

 bitch without regard to ownerspip, and to the best English 

 setter dog or bitch with a pixblic field trial record. The 

 Cincinnati, Dayton and Ohio R. R., will carry dogs free 

 over their lines, and the Dominion Express will return dogs 

 free on usual terms. 



Chained to Business? 



Can't go fishing? Make the best of it. Read Forest ANJJ 

 Stream, 



