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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Auo. 11, 1893.] 



AMERICAN FIELD TRIAL CLUB. 



Editor Forest an d Stream: 



I have just returned from a visit to the American Fie'd 

 Trial Club, at Columbu=!, Ind. I found the members of the 

 club hustling, and ther» will not be anything ]pft undone to 

 make the trials next November a siiccess. ~ There will be 

 dogs of superior breeding and of different nicks, entirelv 

 diflferent from any that have run in trials before. The $5 

 limit is in reach of so manv more sportsmen than a.flO limit. 



These trials are for bird dogs and bird-finders, not so much 

 lor speed as the other trials (I did not meet any oue claim- 

 ing to be an expert with a lariat). Therefore 'these trials 

 will show and try, in fact prove, some of the points our 

 best breeders have been advertising on. I think there will 

 be a big attendance just to see that merit. I went over the 

 grounds wbere the trials will be run. The grounds are 

 nicely located and there is plenty of water. We flushed 

 several bevies of quail that were fu'll grown, and no doubt 

 the second hatch is on the way. The accommodations at 

 Columbus for the trials are first-class; plenty of saddle 

 horses (not plow horses) and vehicles for the dogs and man. 

 Hotels are among the b;st, and those who stop at the Belvi- 

 dere will find the landlord an all-around .sportsman. As for 

 railroads the Pan Handle will get you there. I will be there 

 and would be pleased to meet you. Zulo. 

 Independence, Ind. 



CANINE TENACITY OF LIFE. 



In our issue of July 28 we spoke of a dog that had been 

 shut up for twenty-nine days in an unoccupied store in 

 Toronto. This particular dog may have undergone this 

 lonely and trying experience or he may not, but we see 

 nothing to doubt in the record made. It is well-known 

 that dogs and other animals have undergone almost in- 

 credible fasts, and it would be interesting if some of our 

 readers would give particulars of any case that has come to 

 their notice, so that we can show how long a dog can 

 possibly go without food. We have received the following 

 from a correspondent on the subject: 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I enjoy reading your p^per very much. I saw your ac- 

 count of the long fast of a dog in an unoccupied store. My 

 wife had a cat that was driven under a bridge one evening 

 by a dog. That night there came a severe ice storm and 

 closed the mouth of the bridge. We missed the cat the 

 next day and hunted high and low for him. Thirty-five 

 days after there came a thaw, and in clearing away the 

 snow and slush from the bridge so the water could run 

 through, I found the cat. He was alive, but very weak; 

 could not keep any food on his stomach, not even milk, for 

 more than a week. When found he could not walk. We 

 nursed him back to life and he lived for three or four years. 

 When imprisoned he was a fnll-growa kitten and' very 

 playful, but after such a shock he did not recover his 

 spirits, and was never known to play again like other cts. 



Sam Rogees. 



West Newbury, Mas.=., July 30. 



THE PEARL OF PEKIN PROTEST. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I read in your issue of July 21, under the heading of "Dog 

 Chat," the following, relative to the Pearl of Pekin pro- 

 test: 



"The news now comes from Mr. Brougher, the secretary 

 of the American Cour.«iDg Club, that the case will not be 

 acted upon until the annual meeting in October, 1892. Mr. 

 Brougher's words are, 'The executive committee have re- 

 served their decision until the October meeting of the club. 

 They did not give any reason for so doing'." 



I was not a party to referring this protest back to the 

 club, but the majority of the executive committee, Mr. C. 

 Gr. Page and Dr. S, J. Shaw, gave their reasons for doing so, 

 by the folio ">?ing statement: "That as Dr. Shaw, one of the 

 members of the executive committee, and Mr. Brougher, 

 the secretary of the club, had made an affidavit that in their 

 presence Mr. T. W. Bartels, the owner of Pearl of Pekin, 

 had made a settlement of the dispute with Mr. J. J. Ed- 

 monds, the owner of Chicopee Lass, therefore in the face of 

 this affidavit the majority of the executive committee de 

 clined to act on the protest, preferring to leave it to the club 

 to do so." H. C. Lowe. 



Lawrence, Kansas. 



DEFENDS MR. ISENTHAL. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I am indeed loath to enter into any controversy with 

 "Aloin",of Breeder and Svortsma;n, but his ill-timed and ill- 

 judged remarks anent "that hooked-nosed Israelite in Den- 

 ver" impel me to a.sk a little space in your valuable paper in 

 order to remove if possible every stain upon the character of 

 a gentleman who was well-known and respected by a large 

 circle of the lovers of the dog in this city. 



To us, to whom the 'nom de plume of either "Aloin" or 

 "hooked-nosed Israelite" is no cover of their respective per- 

 sonalities, the remarks in question are read with no other 

 feelings than those of indignation and disgust, and of course 

 "knowing the source," we treat them with the utter con- 

 tempt both they and their author merit. But to those who 

 may recognize "that hooked-nosed Israelite" and not be 

 aware of the identity of "Aloin," I would say, that the 

 former was regarded in the highest esteem by all who knew 

 him, and his ill-timed death, a short time ago, was a severe 

 loss to us who recognized that we had lost a good and valued 

 friend and that the lovers of sport and the dog were minus 

 a true and faithful devotee. L. F. Bartels. 



Denver, Col., Aug. 4. 



ROCHESTER KENNEL CLUB SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In announcing that the bench show of the Rochester Ken- 

 nel Club will be held in connection with the Western New 

 York Fair, Sept. 26 to 30, instead of Sept. 6 to 9, it is proper 

 that we should state that the very day we sent the telegram 

 to Hamilton declining arbitration, we received from the 

 fair managers a proposition to hold our show in connection 

 with the fair, and it was decided that if Hamilton would 

 not buy or sell, that we would give them the dates and c :n- 

 sider the proposition of the fair managers. Every one knows 

 Hamilton's answer to our buy or sell proposition, and the 

 next week the correspondence appeared in print, and I wish 

 to call attention to the fact that there were two letters pub- 

 lished dated June 3, and both purporting to have been sent 

 to me. This is not so, as for reasons unknown to me, the 

 first of these was not received by me, but I hope this can be 

 explained, as I do not wish it inferred that the letter was 

 written at the time of the publication of the correspondence 

 to?flll a weak spot in Hamilton's case. 



Again, on*.June 24 I wrote Hamilton a letter, which was 

 returned tinopened. with the statement written across the 

 back that :t was "Returned unopened, further correspond- 

 ence not being dp.«ired." If this letter had been read by Mr. 

 Stewart, he would have discovered that even after his hasty 

 action the Rochester Kennel Club harbored no ill feeling, 

 and was doing its best to drop out and allow Hamilton to 

 have the conflicting dates, the conflict in dates being the 

 fulcrum of our efforts to make satisfactory arrangements 

 with the fair managers. When I saw Mr. Yates I suggested 

 that he make a final eflfort to inform Hamilton that we 



not conflioti with, them ia aey way. Tie ymlt i§ well 



known, and the Rochester Kennel Club does not feel that it 

 is their fault if Hamilton does not hold a bench show Sent. 

 6 to 9, 1892. . ^ 



I wish finally to call attention to the "We are so much 

 better than you" attitude assumed by Hamilton all through 

 the correspondence. Comment is unnecessarv; such things 

 speak for themselves. O. Stewaet Bamber, 



Secretary Rochester Kennel Club. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 8. 



FLAPS FROM THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Can.— I met Harry L. Goodman at the depot 

 here on Friday on his way to Montreal, to select a brace of 

 puppies, dog and bitch, from the Mount Royal Kennels' 

 champion Melac— Minervas fawn litter. They accompany 

 him to Tennessee. He is chock full of his Tennessee farm' 

 with twelve-roomed residence and other bric-a-brac attach 

 ments, and can talk of nothing else. He may lay off for a 

 day here on his way back, and if he does Mr. Bell will take 

 him in tow. 



Mr. R. G. Wilkie of this city has been presented by Mr. 

 W. Simpson of Bgemouth, England, with the King Charles 

 spaniel bitch La Fleur, whelped .lanuary last, by Le Roi 

 (champion Ben d'Or IL— Lady EUenboro) out of Pri' cess 

 Adelaide de Bourbon (champion .lumbo II.— champion Grace 

 Darling). Mr. Wilkie intends sending her round the cir- 

 cuit. 



Mr. AVade will enter the lists at Toronto with the mastiflE 

 dog Ealderman, which he has entered for that show. He is 

 by Beaufort out of Emma, whelped April 1891. 



The secretaries of the C, K. C. and A. K. C. are in cor- 

 respondence regarding the claims for dates sent to both 

 clubs. It is de.sired to come to some mutually satisfactory 

 arrangement whereby clashing of dates, as in the unfor- 

 tunate Hamilton— Rochester case, will become an impos- 

 sibility. The matter will be referred to the next meeting of 

 the A. K. C, to be held Sept. 8, when some plan of settle- 

 ment will be suggested. 



There is a probability of a dog show on a limited scale be- 

 ing held in Belleville, Ont., this fall in connection with 

 the Quinte District Fair. Mr. H. Parker Thomas, a promi- 

 nent barrister, Mr. P. Hart and other dog men are tak ing 

 an interest in it. 



The annual meeting of the Canadian Kennel Club will be 

 held Tuesday evening of the Toronto .show, and in all 

 likelihood preliminary meetings of a Canadian Breeders' 

 Association and the Canadian Fox-terrier Club will be held 

 on the same evening. The formation of the former is for 

 the purpose of holding one or more winter shows in Canada. 



In London, Out., a by-law was in force whereby all dogs 

 at large in the streets were compelled to wear muzzles 

 Strong pressure by prominent citizens, who claim that muz- 

 zling in hot weather is more apt to induce rabies than to 

 prevent it, has induced the council to repeal the obnoxious 

 law, so London canines can now travel without the bird- 

 cage attachment. 



Mr. A. Laidlaw has disposed of his interest in the Senti 

 nel-Bevieiv, to which journal he has been attached many 

 years, and will likely leave Woodstock. 



Mr. R. Wanless, Sarnia, has imported from Mr. W. Harlev 

 Edinburgh, the Dandle Dinmont terrier dog Rodger. He 

 was bred by Mr. J. Hutchinson, whelped June 8, 189], and 

 is by Lomond Prince (Rab— Fanny) out of Floss (Hatteraick 

 —Dandy Polla) and in color is a pepper. Mr. Wanless when 

 he sold Sora to a breeder on your side may be said to have 

 had "wan less," but now, with his new importation, he cer- 

 tainly has "wan more." 



Mr. A. T. Wilgress, ot Clarksburg, Ont., who once owned 

 Edgewood Fancy, has added three good ones to his kenuels 

 Trentham Duchess, Rosemary and Ted Pritchard. The last 

 two are light-weights. Mr. Wilgress hopes to show a strong 

 team at the.fall circuit. 



Mr. Geo. N. Dean, of Kingston, has a large scheme in 

 hand, in the formation of a Canadian headquarters club in 

 Chicago during the Fair. He wants local dogmen who 

 propose visiting the Fair to join in and spend part of this 

 week in Toronto talking it up. H. B. Donovan. 



BEAGLE CLUB MEETING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As a reader of your valuable paper I would ask how it is 

 that a report of the business transacted at the late meeting 

 (July 28) of the Beagle Club is not found in your paper. The 

 secretary of the Beagle Club must have the minutes of that 

 and other meetings, and as I do not re.side in New England, 

 I would like to ask (for, Mr. Kennel Editor, I believe you 

 are a member of tbe club also) how the other fellows are go- 

 ing to find out what is being done. I have never read full 

 particulars of any meeting since I joined. It would be of 

 interest to those not members to see what is going on and 

 being done; perhaps they would become interested and join 

 us. The other clubs have full reports, why not the Beagle 

 Club? We ought not to depend upon private correspond- 

 ence for such information. Surely the Forest and Stream 

 can get a scribe to keep it posted. W. H. Ashbuenee. 



[This will be attended to in future.] 



DOG • CHAT. 



MR. KREUDER'S BEAGLE CHALLENGE, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Any man, woman or child can buy good dogs if they have 

 the cash, but it takes gumption to hveed prize winners. 



We are led to make the above remark after reading Mr. 

 Kreuder's challenge in your issue of July 38, and we have 

 waited a week to give Mr. Phoebus the first chance to accept. 

 We know Mr. Kreuder well and that he is not bluffing, as 

 the majority of challengers do nowadays. It is evident that 

 he wants to show beagles, as he say's they must be under 

 15in,; but why he wants them over 13in. is a puzzle to us, as 

 some of the best beagles are under 12in. If Mr. Kreuder will 

 modify his challenge a little we will give him a run for his 

 money. We will show five dogs against his, but three must 

 be bred by owner; and after the bench show we will run our 

 dogs against his in the fi.eld trials for |I0 to $2.5 each brace 

 and $50 to the winner of the most heats. 



HOENELL-HARMONr KENNELS. 



HORNELLSVlIiXiB ACfl} POVERT, N. Y- 



Rochester Dog- Show. 

 Mr. T. S. Bellin, of Albany, N. Y., has been ergaged to 

 judge non-sporting classes atthe Rochester show. Premium 

 lists will be ready soon. O. Stewart Bamber, M.D., 75Rowe 

 street, Rochester, N. Y., is the secretary. 



Business. 



Beookline, Mass . Aug. I.— Editor Forest and Stream: * * * £ 

 Rm'=ar6ih'>t -s our r<=markE as to ads. and a"swers to them in 

 FOEJEST AND STREAM is all Correct, as has been proven bv my 

 email ad, of a special character as to wire-ha' '-ed Siotcb terriers, 



etc, JAMBS L. LlTILB, 



News from New Haven. 



We are not gifted with powers of clairvoyance or we might 

 be able to guess at dog news, and although Forest and 

 Stream covers a good many points and generally manages 

 to give a news note now and then, still we have to send 

 out a hurry call sometimes just to bring certain of our 

 friends to a sense of their duty toward'us. Mr. Prank Dole 

 received one of these, and in answer he tells us he has been 

 laid up for a few days, but how or in what way he does not 

 say. He gives the name of the new Dandie Dinmont bitch 

 Mr. E, Brooks, of Boston. Mass., purchased with Laird of 

 the Heather, that was stolen, but recovered the other dav. 

 Her name is Ainsty Daisy and she is said co be one of the 

 best living, having done a lot of winning and Mr. Brooks i« 

 quite proud of her. Frank Dole has just sent a draft for 

 the well known Dandie, Amphion, winner of first, Birming- 

 ham; first, Manchester, and second, Cruft's show. All three 

 mentioned are pepper.s, and the three cost in the neighbor- 

 hood of $1,000. Mr. Brooks told us a year ago that he meant 

 to have the best and he is carrying out his purpo.se. Mr. 

 Dole has also just purchased for Mr. R. Dudley Winthrop' 

 owner of the bulldog H. M. Stanley, the well known bull- 

 dog Leouidas. This is a big dog, weighing 571bs.,andia 

 said to be the best over .5.5lbs. dog to be found. There will 

 be a new thing in Skyes on the Canadian circuit this fall, 

 and the Philadelphia people are expected to rub their eyes 

 when they see it. The newcomer is Endcliffe Maggie, a 

 young bitch that has done quite a little winning at good 

 shows on the other side. Mr. Dole imported her for Mr. H. 

 K. Camer, of Philadelphia. She Avas in whelp to Poet when 

 imported and had six fine pups last June, 



For himself friend Dole has just bought the bulldog 

 Leomdas IL, by Leonidas out of Addiscombe Gipsey. He is 

 a black brindle and has won a second, only time shown. 

 Another is a good .son of Pathfinder, that weighs under 

 4.51bs., and also Lady Veino. by Rustic swell out of champion 

 Rustic Lass. This is the bitch that is the heroine of the 

 little story, "Tbr.°e Hundred Miles to Buy a Bull Pup," 

 published in Stock-Keeper some time since. "Frank Dole has 

 just sent to San Francisco one of the smartest bull terriers 

 he h?s ever bred It is eight months old, and is by Gully the 

 Great out of Edgewood Fancy. "He was so good that I did 

 not care about selling him around here." Our 'New Haven 

 friend is very enthusiastic over a bitch that he has bred from 

 champion Starlight by Gully the Great, and this will be 

 reserved to hold up the stars and stripes against the English 

 invasion at the World's Fair show next year. Better name 

 her ''Hail Columbia." Mr. Dole had a letter from one of 

 the English bull-terrier men the other day, in which he said 

 that since Gully the Great's departure they were hard put to 

 find a good big stud dog. The dog is doing well for the 

 breed over here: he has paid for himself, and on -July 39 Mr. 

 Geo. Runtun's bitch Wild Rose whelped thirteen puppies by 

 him. 



Specialty Club Meeting Reports. 



We draw attention to Mr. Ashburner's letter in another 

 column. His ground is well taken. Every club secretary 

 should either send a report of the proceedings to the club 

 members or to such papers as will insure the report of 

 the meeting being read by all interested. It is a short- 

 sighted policy on the part of specialty clubs to so hide 

 their light under a bushel. The reason is obvious. These 

 rf ports create an interest in the readers that probably did 

 not exist before, and this may lead to an increased member- 

 ship list. Until the recent trouble in the Beagle Club we 

 have received reports of all meetings with exemplary regu- 

 larity, but the reports that are most anxiously looked for- 

 ward to by outsiders have not come to hand, notably the 

 July 38 meeting. Forest And Stream contained exclu.sive- 

 ly, however, the main result of the meeting, the choice of 

 judges, in its last week's is=;ue. The following we are com- 

 pelled to take from the American Stock-Keeper. The meet- 

 ing was held in the Quincy House, Boston, Mass. Those 

 present were "Messrs. F. W. Chapman, H. V. Jamieson, H. 

 L. Kreuder, W. S Clark, O. W. Brooking; B. S. Turpin W 

 F. Butter, .Jr., and W. A. Power. 



"Voted to accept the resignatinn of Messrs. William H. 

 Hyland and George P. Berry. Voted that the field trial 

 committee consist of the following members: Messrs. F, 

 W. Chapman, B. S. Turpin, H. L. Kreuder, W. S. Clark, 

 W. A. Power, O. W. Brooking, John David.son, H. V. Jamie- 

 son, N. Rowe, C. S. Wixom, H. W. Lacy and W. H. Child. 

 Voted that the name of Mr. W. H. Child be taken from the 

 above committee at his own request. Voted to admit 

 Messrs. T. Wills Hemphill, of Glen Mills, Pa., and Henry 

 Hanson of Fall River, Mass., to membership." This is all 

 the work that was done, the rest of the palaver from 9 P. M. 

 Thm-sday to 5 A. M. Friday being taken up with smoothing 

 things and arguing. Mr. H. L. Kreuder put down the law 

 to some of them and his common sense prevailed. 



National Greyhound Club Meeting. 



A meeting of this club was held on JMonday afternoon at 

 4 P. M., in Mr. L C. Whiton's oflTi^e, 115 Broadway, New 

 York city Messrs. Huntington, Whiton and Osborne were 

 present. The Brooklyn dog show was the principal subject of 

 discussion and the time was cbieflv taken up with selecting 

 judges. Those so far chosen are: Mr. Wade, mastiffs, blaod- 

 -lounds and Newfoundlands; W. Tallman, all setters; Aug. 

 Belmont, foxterriers, and E. M. Oldham, spaniels. The fol- 

 lowing will be asked to judgp: Dr. M. H. Cryer, pugs and 

 toy siJaniels, etc.; Charles Heath, pointers;' Geo. Laick, 

 beagles: H. W. Smith, greyhounds, etc.; A. M. Hughes, St. 

 Bernards, R. F. Mayhew certain breeds of terriers, etc. The 

 club will donate bronze medals for best dog and best bitch 

 in tbe principal breeds and the prizes will be on a basis of 

 $15, .*10 and $5 in open classes for the important breeds and 

 $10 and 85 in others. Kennel prizes of S20 will also be given 

 to the more important breeds. Mr. August Belmont has 

 offered -SoO for the best American-bred fox-terrier under two 

 years old. Mayor Boody has promised to open the show and 

 several gentlemen like August Belmont, Col. DeLancey 

 Kane and others will be patrons of the show. The list of 

 names from which the club shall choose its list of judges 

 was announced; they are: Messrs H. Osborne, L. C. Whiton 

 C. F. R. Drake. C. H. Ma,son, Roger D. Williams, James 

 Mortimer, H. W. Smith, Geo. Wilson and J. F. Kirk. 



Grand Rapids Show. 



Our Western cousins seem quite capable of booming a dog 

 show in approved circus st.yle and are fully aware of the 

 advantages gained by working the press with neatness and 

 dispatch. The Muskegon Chronicle tells us that the Grand 

 Rapids (Mich.), show is to be a great success. Two car loads 

 of fine bred dogs are coming from Cincinnati alone and even 

 friend Hawkes of Cincinnati will be surprised to learn that 

 his Sir Walter Scot is quoted at $5,000 and is to be one of the 

 main attractions. Messrs. Roger D. Williams and F. C. 

 Wheeler will judge most of the show, the pointer and setter 

 judge however, has uot yet been chosen. 



Transfer of Coal Grove Kennels, 



Editor Forest and Stream: I have sold to W. W. Titus 

 my.entire interest in the Coal Grove Kennel, only reserving 

 for my own shooting Bohemian Girl. Mr. Titus will con- 

 tinue in the business at some point in the South and has 

 my kindest wishes for his success. I bespeak the patronage 

 of the public wth my heartiest recommendation. 



J. O'CONITELL. 



