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troller's Office, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Pur received the dog 

 as a gift from the late George H. Boker, February, 1879, on 

 th' latter's return from Russia-. He was exhibited for the 

 first time iu 1881, and was a faniiliar face at the principal 

 shows till 1883. At the New York show in 1881, wbeu he 

 first came out, Dr. Niven was the judge, and placed Dr. 

 Cryer's Bhoderick first; this so displeased the fair owner of 

 Ge'orKe that she presented the iudge with a copy of "Stoue- 

 hengp,'' to give him a chance to read up on pugs. In 1883, 

 when George beat Rhoderick under Mr. Kirk, it was the 

 occasion of quite a demonstration in the ring. The late Mr. 

 Lincoln presented George with a laurel wreath, and George 

 made bis then to be final bow to the public, while some- 

 body delivered a neat speech in his honor. In 1885, however, 

 he came out once more at the Philadelphia .show, and under 

 Mr. Mortimer was beaten by Mr. Geo. H. Hill's champion 

 Joe. How time flies; we can almost fancy that we can hear 

 Mrs. Pue's voice still ringing in our ears as she told us what 

 she thought about it. This was champion George's last 

 appearance in public. George was by Mnggins out of 

 Coquette, and was whelped December, 1878. 



Pacific Kennel Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Pacific Kennel Club 

 was held at 21 Kearney street, San Francisco, Cal., August 

 3, and was well attended. Nearly half of the members 

 being px'esent, President Pi,. E. Wilson presided. Mr. James 

 Mortimer was unanimously elected delegate to. the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club. The president appointed the following 

 Committees for the ensuing year. -Finance: Messrs. H. 

 Bier, F. S. Butler and John Heffernan. Committee on Ad- 

 mission to Membership:— Messrs. William Murdock, James 

 E. Watson, Herbert Spencer, E. W. Briggs and Henry 

 Huber. 



The Pacific Kennel Club has 90 members at present and 

 from three to ten new names are presented at every meet- 

 ing. The club is in a good strong condition and promises 

 well to be the strongest kennel club in California. It is 

 composed entirely of gentlemen of good standing in the 

 community and the members propose to build it up to a 

 large membership. At the last meeting a motion was 

 passed offering a reward of $50 for the conviction of any 

 party or parties caught stealing or poisoning any dog or 

 Hogs belonging to members of the club. 



New Chestnuts. 



Mr. Jarrett, owner of the Chestnut Hill Kennels, is taking 

 his ease these days, but still getting his due modicum of 

 enjoyment out of country life. We all know that Mr. Jai-- 

 rett runs the kennel portion of the Pembroke Hunt, and 

 this week he writes us that the hounds are getting very fit. 

 "We have just come in from a good exercise hunt. W6 

 found a fox, probably one that was let loose last season; he 

 gave us a rattling run of fifteen minutes and went to ground. 

 We left him at rest and will try him again in a few days. 

 We are out every morning at daybreak— great fun!" Mr. 

 .Jarrett has purchased from Mr. John McLachlin, Estill, 

 Mo., the collie dog Commander (The Squire ex Active). 

 Active is a bitch the Chestnut Hilt Kennels imported and 

 sold in whelp to The Squire. Friend Jai-rett having ar- 

 ranged to go to the fairs at Yoiingstown and Columbus, O., 

 with some of the high-jumping horses owned by Mr. Harri- 

 son, will be unable to attend the Canadian shows, as the 

 dates conflict. This will be good news for other collie men. 

 He will send a strong team to Mount Holly show in charge 

 of his kennelman. The dogs are all looking well and some 

 "grand" puppies are coming on, as he has been very success- 

 ful with their breeding this season. 



Wire-Haired Fox-Terriers. 



Mr. Smith expects his new wire-haired champion Dayles- 

 ford Broom, by Bushy Broom, to do a good deal of good to 

 the breed over here; he is also getting two or three good 

 bitches over as well, information about whom we shall be 

 able to give later on. It is to be hoped that this whilom 

 greyhound man will be as successful in the new fancy as he 

 was in the old. There is plenty of room. Daylesford Broom 

 was purchased through Mr. Geo. Raper, and was to be de- 

 livered after the Gloucester show, where he won third in a 

 strong lot. He is said to have very good legs, feet and body, 

 and his coat is of the best. 



Speaking of wire-haired fox-terriers the new crack in 

 England, Bolton Woods Perfection, is, according to all re- 

 ports, not at all misnamed. Mr. Rotherham Cecil has just 

 purchased him from his former owner, a Mr. Smith, for 

 S500, and the latter stated that could he have atforded to 

 keep him $3,000 would have been his figure. Bolton Woods 

 Perfection was originally picked up at the Leeds show for 

 $75. We all know that Brittle, now at the Rochelle Ken- 

 nels, has sired some good ones, but being the sire of this 

 new crack adds still further to his reputation. Mr. Smith 

 is quoted as saying that he defied any judge of the breed to 

 find any palpable fault in the dog. 



West Michigan K. C, 



The West Michigan Kennel Club held a meeting Aug. 5 at 

 the Kalamazoo House, Kalamazoo, Mich. Among those 

 present were M. C. Byers, of Grand Rapids, Charles K. 

 Farmer, of Indianapolis, Ind., and H. Dale Adams, A 

 storm has been brewing for some time past and it culminat- 

 ed in a very interesting session. ;There are two factions, 

 one favoring the bench show at Grand Rapids and the 

 other the location at Muskegon. The feeling has been 

 very bitter, but it was believed that at the meeting held 

 last month the matter was finally decided in favor of Grand 

 Rapids. At this meeting, however, an effort was made to 

 change the decision of the former meeting, and it was 4 

 o'clock on Saturday morning before the contending fac- 

 tions smoked the pipe of peace and declared in favor of con- 

 tinuing the arrangements for the Grand Rapids show. 



Death of Boz. 



Our valued correspondent, Bradford S. Turpin, writes us 

 of the death of his Irish setter Boz. "He was an old dog 

 and has not been hunting for a couple of years, but in his 

 palmy days he bad a local reputation which extended over 

 a good part of Cape Cod. He had great speed, a fine nose 

 and no end of bird sense. As a retriever fiom water he was 

 great, and many a duck he has brought out of the surf for 

 me. Many who have shot over him will feel an interest in 

 hearing of" his death. He knew everything that a dog ought 

 to know and was a gentleman always." 



California Items. 



Oalifornians are particularly strong in well bred grey- 

 hounds, that is for coursing purposes, the coursing men 

 evidently taking little interest in the bench shows. Mr. 

 Tiernan has just bred his well-known greyhound bitch 

 Catherine Hayes, by Ben Ali out of Dougherty's Daisy, to 

 Mr. James E. Watson's Saturday, and this dog is by Friday 

 Night out of Mother Demdike. Such a combination of the 

 best imported and the best Californian blood should produce 

 something that will make iip for the young greyhound Mr. 

 Tiernan lost by an overdose of areca nut. 



Water Toughs. 



About a year ago the Humane Society of Detroit placed a 

 large number of little tubs about the streets of the city to be 

 kept filled with water for dogs, and already the good results 

 are apparent. Next summer they will have 150 of the tubs 

 out. An officer of the society said he had not hear l of a 

 single "mad" dog since they put the tubs in the street. 



This particular officer knew what he was talking about 

 when he remarked, "I do not believe there would be any 

 frothing animals running and snapping on the streets if the 

 dogs had all the water they wanted. A great many people 

 make a mistake about dogs in this particular. In the ex- 

 tremely hot weather dogs eat very little, but they want lots 

 of water, and will go almost any distance to get it. If every- 

 body owning a dog would keep a pan of water in his back 

 yard and renew it daily his dog would never go mad. Why, 

 dogs come here for a diink from every direction, and there 

 are over a dozen of them that I call my regular customers." 



California Kennel Club. 



The California Kennel Club held a meeting Aug. 3 at 436 

 Montgomery street, San Francisco, .John B. Lewis presided 

 and J. .J, -Jamison acted as secretary. Piercy McPartland, 

 W. J. Blattner, Dr. F. W. Neif and Joseph Kruft were elected 

 members. A committee on recommending names for officers 

 to be voted for at the annual election, to be held the second 

 Wednesday in next mouth, was appointed. The treasurer 

 presented his official bond in S4,000, which was accepted. 

 President Lewis congratulated the club on the success that 

 had attended the club's various bench shows, and on the fact 

 that it corild boast of being free from debt. 



Cockers Again. 



Westchestee, Conn., Aug. IB.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: My cocker spaniel, Rex Obo, was stolen last Friday 

 night, and on Monday night at 9 o'clock he came home 

 minus the name plate on his collar and with a piece of 

 clothesline attached to his collar, showing that he had 

 chewed the rope in two and escaped, and then made 

 tracks for home. He knew his business all right when he 

 got his liberty. K. A. Carrier. 



Toronto Show. 



Among the specials offered at the coming Toronto show, 

 Mr, Geo. Fisher, of Baltimore, Md., offers the services of his 

 Calumet Ben d'Or for best toy spaniel in the show. Mr. 

 Henry Brooks, of West Medf ord, Mass. , donates the follow- 

 ing specials: Kennel Scotch terriers, four or more, .$10; best 

 Scotch terrier dog, $10; best Scotch terrier bitch, $10. The 

 Adams Express Co. will return all dogs free to original 

 exhibitor who has prepaid regular rates going. 



American Field Trial Judges. 



The judges of the trials of the American Field Trials Club 

 for this year will be W. A. Thompson, -J. M. Freeman and 

 Royal Robinson, Over 1,700 acres in the "Haw Patch" just 

 north of the city of Columbus, Ind., have been leased for the 

 trials. 



Another Trust. 



This is an age of trusts. The latest is a "mud-slinging 

 trust," and the Forest and Stream "ain't in it." 



A correspondent writes: "I am glad to see you keep your 

 columns clean, and do not court this later day stvle of per- 

 sonal blackguardism under the cover of nom de jjlumes." 



When Chicopee Lass killed the hare in the final contest at 

 Great Bend, Kan,, last year, "bunny" was saved and has now 

 been mounted, and is in the possession of Mr. M, Ryan of 

 San Francisco. We are told by the San Francisco Call that 

 the animal is much larger than the general run of California 

 jacks found on the famous coursing plains of Merced. 



We are sorry to hear of Mr. Eugene Glass's serious il Iness 

 but trust he will soon be on the mend again. Meanwhile 

 The Dog Fancier for August will not be published but will 

 be combined with the September number. 



In our business columns we notice that George Thomas is 

 making every eft'ort to get a good team for the Canadian 

 shows. When these are over he will take a trip to England, 

 and this afliords those who wish to buy a dog or two, an op- 

 portunity of having a man select for them who knows some- 

 thing about a dog. 



Mr. Michael Flynn we are pleased to see has not entirely 

 given up his dogs, but bad luck still haunts him, as he lost 

 by distemper three dogs and five bitches out of the litter by 

 Glen Jarvis out of the well known bitch Sedan. 



Mr. Hedley Chapman, from whom Mr. Reick purchased 

 Princess Florence, has sold his residence and kennels at 

 Maplecroft Hall in Bath, England, to Dr, Inman, who owns 

 the St. Bernard Siegfried. Mr, Chapman is going to live in 

 British Columbia, so Stock-Keeper says. 



The same journal in its report on Duke Maplecroft, at 

 Darlington, says his eyes are the sort that are now becoming 

 so prevalent, i, e., small and showing a good deal of the 

 haw. This, we should think, is not by any means an im- 

 provement in a St, Bernard. 



Mr, Brodie, the Irish terrier man, is coming on a visit to 

 America and will probably bring his dog What Care I with 

 him. 



The Mount Holly Fair is always a notable gathering of 

 country folks and agricultural stock, and when they hold 

 out such good inducements for the dog show we are sure 

 many dogmen will pay it a visit. Contrary to the custom of 

 our regular bench shows, with the exception of the W. K. 

 C. and the N. E K. C, we have received our admission 

 card and general invitation already. This reminds us that 

 our show secretaries are very remiss in this respect as a 

 rule. At all the shows last spring, with the exception of 

 those mentioned, we had to cool our heels at the door while 

 we craned our necks to catch a glimiise of some well known 

 committeeman who could give the password and let 

 us in. 



Mr. Chapman, president of the Beagle Club, has left 

 Boston on a trip to Maine, and expects to pick up a good 

 beagle or two for the Toronto show. He expects to move 

 the greater part of his kennel to Orland, Me., where there is 

 unlimited range and plenty of game. This place is situated 

 four miles from Bucksport, Me. 



Mr. A. E. Foster, of New York city, has purchased from 

 Mr. Rowland P, Keasbey his well-known field spaniel, 

 Beverley Negus, This is a good move on Mr. Foster^s part 

 as it gives him a still firmer hold on the Field Spaniel Chal- 

 lenge Cup, which he holds by the aid of Judex at the N, Y. 

 show last spring. Mr, Foster will show both at Toronto 

 when the cup is put up again and is out for blood this 

 time. We are glad to see this fancier coming into the fold 

 again. He was the last owner of old champion Benedict. 



One of our largest and best known exhibitors writes us 

 this week, "Thanks very much for sending the paper, it 

 has saved me a trip to town each week as F. & S. is not on 

 sale on the stand here." Our friends want the best and 

 spare no trouble to get it. 



Mr. Phcebus does not wish people to suppose that he was 

 "trying to fly with pin feathers where onl^ full-fledged 

 birds can soar" when we stated that some of his dogs were 

 quartered at Tuxedo Park. Hehas, however, thirteen (jouple 



of them in Bill Marriott's hands not far from Tuxedo. He 

 will take them South soon and use them there during the 

 entire winter and spring. 



We are told that Mr. T. S. Bellin has put up several prizes 

 at the Rochester show and that Mr, Otis Fellows will 

 superintend and also judge sportine dngs. At the Mohawk 

 Valley Fair Mr. Fellows will also judge the dogs. Follow- 

 ing this he will take in Kingston and Toronto, so "Qncle 

 Dick" may be said to be fairly in it. 



Mr. E. B. Bishop writes: "It seems that I was very pre- 

 vious in announcing the purchase of Erne IL; Mr. O'Cal- 

 laghan later priced me her litter sister Elphin, and as the 

 latter did creditable work iu the Kennel Club's Derby she 

 was much preferred, and the exchange was made. She is 

 beautiful in appearance, in other words, she strikes me 'all 

 in aheap'," They are waiting for rain before they start 

 after the chickens again, as Irwin did not find two dozen on 

 the previous excursion. Mr. A. C. Waddell, the veteran 

 sportsmen and breeder, will soon be at Mr, Bishop's ken- 

 nels and will assist in looking after the youngsters. 



Berkshire county, Mass,, has been troubled this year 

 with sheep and fowl-destroying dogs that have already 

 done .$1,600 worth of damage. Now they are paying their 

 attention to snapping at and chasing horses, A bulldog 

 and a mongrel were seen the other day to attack a mare 

 heavy with foal. The bigger dog brought the mare to 

 the ground and the dogs were not driven off until the 

 mare had sustained serious injury. The wounds will prove 

 fatal to the foal and possibly to the mare. Twodogshave 

 been caught "on suspicion," and short shrift should be 

 their portion if found guilty, for these are the animals that 

 give a dog a bad name and lead to obnoxious and preju- 

 diced legislation. 



Our call for an outcross from Plinlimmon blood has been 

 the occasion of bringing several dogs, and quite good ones, 

 to our notice, who possess the necessary blood qualifications. 

 It would, of course, be invidious to mention them here 

 unless their names were to be found in our business col- 

 umns. 



In our list of Derby entries of the P. K. C. and Central 

 trials the owner of the pointer Bradley should have been 

 given as Geo. N. Paine and not G. H. Price. 



We have received a nice little photograph of Mr. Rath- 

 bone's Beverwyck Punster, that did so well in the spring 

 shows. This young dog has filled out nicely since then and 

 will do to show again. By the way, we did not say anything 

 about the capital little picture that we published last week 

 of Mr. Rathbone's fox-terriers. This gentleman pressed the 

 button and we did the rest. Making a guess at the dogs' 

 names we got one Tippler in.=itead of Fizz. But, as Mr. 

 Rathbone says, "one is now in heaven and the other in 

 Canada," it does not much matter, He has some rather 

 promising puppies coming on, but expects them all to go 

 to pieces before the spring shows, "they generally do." 



Mr. A, M. Hughes, now manager of the Flour City Ken 

 nels, will judge the St. Bernards at Brooklyn. Without any 

 discourtesy to those who have .«o ably judged the St. Ber- 

 nards the past few years we may say that a little change 

 will be beneficial, Mr. Hughes has had lots of experience 

 with St. Bernards, and as he is thoroughly uabiased and is 

 personally unknown to many of the newcomers, there is no 

 reason why he should not have a generous support at the 

 Brooklyn show in November next. 



Those who are interested in the Irish setter trials vdll 

 find very u.seful information in our business columns this 

 week. Those who have dogs to enter should remember the 

 dates of closing of entries, and the liberality of this enthus- 

 iastic club, which now, we are pleased to see, has no need to 

 go down on its knees for subscriptions. The Irish setter 

 field trials is an annual institution now, and the thanks are 

 due in great part to Dr. Davis. 



Dr. Foote has been in communication with the Express 

 Conference authorities in Chicago, as chairman of the com- 

 mittee appointed by the A. K. C. for that purpose, but gives 

 little hope of any amelioration of present hardships that 

 shippers must put up with. He has been trying to get the 

 companies to reduce charges to singlerates on dogs to shows 

 and return free, and also single rates each way for bitches 

 sent to stud dogs, but the companies fail to see that they 

 would gain any increased custom by the concessions. They 

 seem to entirely forget the injustice of their exorbitant 

 charges. 



Mr. William Tallman will probably judge sporting classes 

 at Kingston and Ottawa shows. 



The Ottawa club meeting report, held Aug 3, was re- 

 ceived too late for publication this week. There is no fur- 

 ther news in it than that given by our Canadian correspond- 

 ent if we except the notice that the Canadian Pacific and G. 

 T. roads will carry dogs to show at usual excess baggage 

 rates and return free. 



Probably the peculiar way in which we worded our par, 

 about Henry Jennings leaving the New York St. Bernard 

 Kennels, may have led some people to suppose that Jennings 

 had done some heinous wrong. This is not so, it was simply 

 a difference of opinion between employer and employee. 



New advertisements are still cnming in, showing the ap- 

 preciation of the dograen for Forest and Stream as a 

 selling medium. F. H. Perry has broken Irish setters; 

 C A. Paetzel, a number of well-bred and trained pointers; 

 Lock Drawer 14, pointer bitch and puppies; H. V. Jamie- 

 son, trained beagles and pups: C. F. Lambert, pointer pups 

 by King of Kent; F. Clint :n, well-bred English setter, P. 

 Mayher, broken pojnter. In the stud we draw attention to 

 V. L. Bossa's English setter Bow Bondhu, also Edward 

 Brooks' new Dandle Dinmonts Amphion and Laird o' the 

 Heather. Wants: Wm. H. Atwood, a well-broken setter 

 dog; Henry Jennings, situation as kennel manager. 



SHOULD JUDGES BE THEIR OWN CRITICS? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The kennel press has existed a good while, and I fancy 

 that the editors have tolerably correct ideas as to their wisest 

 course, and it is somewhat startling to find a novice under- 

 taking to point out new departures as exclusive paths of 

 propriety. 



It is all nonsense that a judge will be more careful if he 

 knows he has to report on his classes. The true judge, who 

 knows his business, is careful in his judging and lets any 

 report take care of itself. The wildest judging I ever saw 

 was followed by a still wilder report. 



To exclude all communications over nom de plumes, 

 would be a pattern absurdity. Some of the very, very best 

 work for the kennel world ever done, was done by anony- 

 mes. If a man's public course as to kennel matters requires 

 comment, it is far better to have it over a nom de plume, 

 less acrimony is raised, the exposed cannot vent his enmity 

 on his crueifier, enemies are not thereby made, and the 

 knight of the hedge expresses himself with greater freedom. 

 Personal attacks, not based on public facts, are the sort that 

 should be over the writer's name. W. Wads;. 



HuxTON, Pa., July 30, 



