Sept. 16, 1892,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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DOG CHAT. 



T oronto Dog Show. 



The Toronto show promises to be an unusually good one 

 this year, and Cauadiaiis must be pleased with the fact that 

 so maDy of the inost iniiiortaut American kennels are repre- 

 sented. Mr. E. FI. Moure sends a nice team, among them 

 bis good smooth dog Melro.se. Then Col. Ruppert sends up 

 Aristocrat and several otheris. Joe Lewis is here with a 

 string of seven Irish setters from the Oak Grove Kennels, 

 and among them the new young dog, Kildare Glenmore, 

 that is, if we mistake not, one of the coming cracks. Sem- 

 inole Kennels have a big team with several good ones in it, 

 and Dr. Sauveur and W. Connors are both here. Ben Lewis 

 striving for the "handler with the biggest team prize," has 

 a number of good ones in his lot, and so has George Thomas, 

 his nearest rival for handler honors, with his terriers and 

 greyhottuds, etc. Mr. Brooks sends James Green, of Sir 

 Bedivere fame, up with a neat team of Scottish terriers all 

 the way from Boston. Tom Blake has a capital lot of whip- 

 ets from Detroit, and then he is running every day ou the 

 Fair track. Ben, his record dog, came to an untimely end 

 during the summer, but he still has Maggie, who is about 

 as fast as the other was. 



The Hornell-Harmony Kennels are on deck with beagles 

 a,nd greyhoimds galore and "ITncle Dick" and "Wix" are 

 both on'hand. Mr. Huntington also does not mean to dis- 

 appoint the Canadians and has sent some choice Psovois, 

 Argoss among them. By the way, we notice Mr. Ireson, of 

 Toronto, is out with a capital son of Lord Neverstill out of 

 White Lips that will make some of the greyhounds hustle, 

 or should do. ITrank Dole sends brother in-law Fenton 

 with a big lot of terriers, etc. Fox-terriers and especially 

 .spaniels make a grand sbowing, and George Bell, as usual, 

 has a hot one appropriately named Troublesome. The big 

 dogs are well represented, St. Bernards especially. The 

 sporting dogs, like setters and pointers, make a great show- 

 ing and the Irish setter.s are quite a feature ot the show. 

 The gathering this year reminds one almost of New York 

 show, so many well-known faces are to be seen and, con- 

 trary to custom, everybody seems to have come up a day 

 earlier; consequently Sunday was hardly the day of rest it 

 should have been and dog chat was heard on every side. 



The Toronto people have a capital building for the show 

 and it is therefore a pity that they did not use a little white- 

 wash on the benches, which are permanent, and as they 

 liave not been cleaned since last year some of the kennels 

 are rather unsightly. This should be attended to another 

 year, as besides being an eyesore the health of the dogs 

 demand that benches should either be whitewashed anew 

 or thoroughly disinfected. 



The Dog Catcher Again. 



.From time to time we have drawn attention to the many 

 outrageous actions of that body of political heelers called 

 dog catchers in this city. We supposed New York and 

 Brooklyn were unique in this respect, but Chicago, as usual, 

 sho^s us that even in this respect she is well up with the 

 times. Dogmen who have visited the Chicago shows have 

 many of them put up at the Leland Hotel and will be inter- 

 ested to know that the late proprietor, Mr, Warren Leland, 

 has a grievance, and a serious one, against these brutal dog 

 "grabbers.'' Heeently Mr. Leland purchased a well-bred 

 mastiff, which cost him a round sum. At the beginning of 

 the dog year he paid for a license and a muzzle, and pre- 

 pared to observe the requirements of the law. One day 

 recently his dog was playing with the children in the garden 

 in front of his residence and Mr. Leland stood by watching 

 the romp. The animal, although ou its own ground, was 

 without a muzzle. The dog catchers appeared. Before his 

 owner's eyes and on his own property his mastiff was seized 

 and thrown roughly to ttie ground and carried bodily by the 

 four men to the wagon, Tlie dog was too big to put in the 

 box so they tied him to the back of the cart. Mr. Leland 

 protested, but without avail. He knew the dog should have 

 had a muzzle on, but offered to do anything to .save his dog; 

 have the dog taken to the pound and pay tbe fine, anything 

 to save the "dog from rough u.sage. But it would not do. 

 All day the mastiff, used to tender care, was yanlsed about 

 the city in the torrid heat, half walking, half dragged by 

 the wagon. When Mr. Leland finally got him from the 

 pound the dog was almost dead, covered with sores and his 

 body and legs swollen. The dog died the next day. Now 

 Mr. Leland swears vengeance, and if thei-e is any law by 

 which he can hold the corporation respon.sible he will avail 

 him.self of it, and is preparing to file a Sl,500 damage suit in 

 the Circuit Court against the city of Chicago. Of what 

 earthly use is it to pay a license fee if it is no protection 

 against such ruthless outrages as this? and the sooner some 

 public-spirited citizen undertakes to defend his dog's status 

 and rights as personal proijerty the sooner will these rascals 

 be tansht a lesson. Probably a little of their own medicine 

 would instil into them a just appreciation of the limits of 

 their powers. We think that Mr. Leland will not let the 

 matter drop, but push the case with vigor and reach a 

 decision that will entitle him to the thanks of a wide circle 

 of dog lovers. 



The Greyhound— Horse Race. 



The much-talked-of race between one of Col. North's grey- 

 hounds and the race horse Mrs. Butterick, owned by the 

 Duke of Portland, will xjrobably come off about next April. 

 It is reported that the great Fullerton will be the dog 

 selected, but this we can scarcely credit, as Col. North owns 

 two greyhounds that are faster than Fullerton and a bitch 

 VP-hose name does not occur to us at the moment. Recently 

 we saw a letter from Col. North's trainer, Mr. Dent, in which 

 he said ttiat Young Fullerton is the fastest greyhound in 

 the world. The trouble with the race will be to make the 

 greyhound stretch himself fully in a half mile straightaway 

 spurt without some sort of "game enticer." It has been 

 suggested that the artiflcial hare running on the wire be 

 used to encourage the greyhound to do his best; something 

 of this kind will have to be done or the horse will win. 



St. Bernards in California. 



The St. Bej lard Club, recently organized in San Fran- 

 ci CO, is bound to stimulate interest in the breed, and the 

 Eastern club should also do all in its power to encourage its 

 sister club. It is to the advantage of Eastern breeders that 

 this should be done, as for some time yet the breeders on the 

 Pacific coast, to make much headway, must look to the East 

 for their best breediug specimens. It therefore behooves our 

 breeders when they have a commission from California to 

 take every pos.sible precaution to insure the safe transit of 

 the dog across the continent, and that it should arrive in 

 fair condition. A journey of six days in railroad cars re- 

 quires intelligent and careful crating of the dog, and the 

 crate so arranged that though the dog cannot escape, it will 

 be easy for messengers to take the dog out when necessary. 



Mr. Vredenburgh's Resignation- 



We had little time last week to more than barely chron- 

 icle the fact of Mr. Vredenburgh's resignation as secretary 

 of the A. K. C. We have conversed with numerous well 

 known kennel owners and others interested in dogs, and the 

 opinion seems to be general that the chtb is losing the ser- 

 vices of a good secretary. The position is a thankless one, 

 and espeeitilly so has it been during several years of Mr. 

 Vredenburgh's incumbency, when the A. K, C- was passing 

 tbroixgh the chastening fire which has evolved a club that 



is now firmly established and of great good in many ways 

 to dogdom. The secretary of the A. K. C. must necessarily 

 be a man of con.siderable tact and with ability to bury his 

 own individuality and prejudices and also posse.ss some ex- 

 ecutive ability. The late secretary has not been wanting in 

 many of these attributes. The wor.st that can be said 

 against Mr. Vredenburgh is that he was hardly sufficiently 

 in toitch with dogmen as a dogman; it was business from 

 the start, and perhaps considering the trouble of past years, 

 this was the be.st way to treat the position. We do not hes- 

 itate to say that in leaving the A. K. C, office Mr. Vreden- 

 burgh takes with him the respect of the majority of dog- 

 men, for with the possible except! on of the incidents leading to 

 the memorable libel trial the office has been well conducted. 

 Mr. A. D. Lewis has had considerable experience with the 

 duties of secretary, and from what we know of him should 

 consider him the mo.st available man for the position. He 

 stands well with the officers of the club, and moreover, is 

 and has been identified with dogs and dog shows for years 

 past, and is in touch with dogmen generallj', besides being 

 a man of genial and sociable parts. 



A Remarkable Case. 



Newtonvillk, Mass., Sept. 11. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: On Aug. 16 my blaclc cocker bitch Midget whelped 

 six puppies, and the day following one more, by C. G. 

 Browning's champion Cherry Boy. That night she refused 

 any nourishment, and, as she was in a high fever and sink- 

 ing fa.st, I killed off five puppies, taking two into the house 

 to be brought up by hand. Four days later she died, in spite 

 of the best of medical aid. On the afternoon of her death 

 Merry T., the dam of Midget, commenced whining and going 

 abotit the house fi-om one to another, and then took charge 

 of the two puppies, and has not left them since only to take 

 a little exercise, and is as anxious over them as if they were 

 her own, Four days after she adopted them they refused to 

 take any more cow's milk, and on looking for the cause 

 found that Merry T. was giving to them a full supply of 

 milk, and has continued to do so ever since, and they are as 

 strong and fat as seals. The singular part of this is that 

 Merry T. has not given milk for over a year, as Midget was 

 one of her last litter. I have had qtiite a number to see 

 grandma and her babies, and all say they never sa,w anything 

 like it. Had I known what a treasui-e I had I could have 

 saved all of the puppies, as she has milk in abundance. 



Geo. L. V. Tyler, 



Death of Blue Ruin. 



Those who saw this beautiful collie at Boston last spring 

 will be sorry to hear that she has met an untimely death, 

 and especially so when caused by one of her own sex and 

 kind. Kenneled with the noted bitch Bertha, that was a 

 conspicuous figure in the collie world a few years ago, they 

 had a misunderstanding, and Bertha tearing out the other's 

 windpipe put an end to a collie that had made a big reputa- 

 t.ion on the other side. Mr. Pierpont Morgan owned both 

 of these bitches at the time. Last week we mentioned the 

 fact of Mr. Morgan's purchase of Roslyn Wilkes and Jakyr 

 Deane, and we hear that this gentleman intends showing 

 extensively. The Squire and Roslyn Wilkes will meet at 

 Kingston show, we are told, under Mr. Tallman. If Mr. 

 Morgan will take an active part in exhibiting, the collie in- 

 terests are sure to receive a much needed fillip. Mr. Arm- 

 strong, an Englishman from Mr. John Brett's bailiwick, is 

 his kennel manager. 



Fox Hunting in England. 



According to the Earl of Yarborough there are 350 packs 

 of hounds in Great Britan, the annual expenditure on which 

 he calculates at $3,074,350. Estimating 100 men hunting 

 with each pack, every rider having on an average three 

 horses, there would be in all 99,000 horses engaged; and put- 

 ting the cost of each at $3.7.5 per week, the total charge on 

 this account would be $17,.500,000. Thus .[the entire cost of 

 keeping the hounds and maintainina the hunts in that 

 country would not be less than about $20,500,000 per annum, 

 and this is quite independent of incidental expenses. It 

 will therefore be seen that Englishmen have to pay a ijretty 

 penny for sly reynard, and when one considers the damage 

 done to fields and fences, the expense all round assumes im- 

 mense ijroportions. 



The Royal Buckhounds. 



For a long time past there has been an agitation carried 

 on against the sport of tame deer hunting with dogs in 

 England, the opponents of this method of hunting claiming 

 that it is crtiel and inhixman. The royal buckhounds have 

 come in for their full share of disapprobation, and now the 

 appointment of a master of the buckhounds is taken ad- 

 vantage of by Mr. Gladstone to agitate the question of their 

 continuance. It is said the Queen herself is strongly opposed 

 to the "sport," but old customs cling with li"chen-like 

 tenacity in Olde England, and it is probable that the festive 

 cockney will enjoy the spectacle of the tame deer being 

 driven from its cart for some time to come yet. 



New Jersey Kennel League. 



At the meeting of the executive committee of the New 

 Jersey Kennel Club, recently held at Newark, it was de- 

 cided to give sheep dog trials and whippet races in connec- 

 tion with the Interstate Pair at Trenton, Sept. 3(i to 30. For 

 the sheep dogs there will be a first prize of 1100 and a second 

 prize of $,50. For the whippets the first prize will be $75, 

 second ;|i40, third $35, fourth -?10 The diploma of the league 

 will go with each award. Competition will be open to all. 



Five new member.s were elected and a course of usefulness 

 .started upon which will keep this live and enterprising 

 league to the front. 



Importations. 



That many dogs are imported into this country of which 

 no record is made in the kennel press is well known, and 

 some of these, owned by people who take no interest in dog 

 shows, are quite able to hold their own in almost any com- 

 pany, though never seen in "public." The twin-screw live- 

 stock steamer Bovic of the White Star Line, arrived here 

 Sept. 6 with a number of dogs on board. One, a Gordon set- 

 ter, was consigned to Mr. .J. O. Bourne, of Mt.Veruon, N,Y.; 

 a St. Bernard dog puppy called Dunolly for Mr. 0. B. Duke, 

 Somer street, i3rooklyn, N. Y., and a bitch pup of the same 

 breed named Lady Heaton, the grandsire of both being the 

 late Lord Bute. 



Kingston Dog Show. 



The premium list of the Kingston show reaches us rather 

 tardily, as the entries closed Sept. 13. The list is a simple 

 one, the prizes in all classes, excepting challenge and mis- 

 cellaneous being |7 and $3, with a card for third, challenge 

 winners will receive diplomas. The judges have been al- 

 ready announced. As far as we can learn among the exhibi- 

 tors at Toronto, some good dogs will be seen there, many of 

 the well known kennels going on from that show and then 

 crossing over to Rochester. We notice that there is quite a 

 list of specials, many of them being in the coin of the realm, 

 and collie men should be particularly pleased to see that the 

 butchers of Kingston offer SIO for the best kennel of collies. 

 This is a hopeful sign. 



Wire-Hair Importation. 



We stated a few weeks ago that H. W. Smilh, of Worces- 

 ter, had placed .some commissions in England for wire-haired 

 fox-terrier bitches, but was having slow work finding satis- 

 factory ones, as he was most particular as regards breeding 



and was determined to have only natural-coated terriers. 

 He has just received from England through Mr. T. S. Bellin, 

 of Albany, a young bitch said to be good enough to rank up 

 with any of our best smooths, and as she is to be shown at 

 the fall shows, fanciers have a chance of judging for them- 

 selves. She is white with briudle marked head, a common 

 color in wire-hairs, and is sired by champion Rustic Trick, 

 who was owned by Mr. Bellin when in England. E,ustic 

 Trick was sired by Carrick's champion Trick, who was the 

 crack wire-hair of all England for a long time, the dam of 

 Rustic Trick was Leigh Daisy who was by champion Fil- 

 bert out of champion Grand Dutchess, both well known win- 

 ners. The young bitch which Mr. Smith has named Sister 

 Trick, is described as having the best of head, body and legs, 

 and being so perfect in coat that she will never need to be 

 trimmed. Daylesford Burm has not come over as yet, but 

 is winning in England under Mr. Smith's name. He will 

 arrive in time for the Brooklyn show. 



That enterprising firm, Spratts Patent, is out with a new 

 catalogue of their specialties, included in vfhich we also 

 find some useful hints for the prevention and cure of some of 

 the more common ills dogflesh is heir to. 



We always .supposed that the Motmt Holly Fair people 

 were fairly up to the times, but this year they seem to have 

 taken the old Father by the forelock. About Sept. 3 we re- 

 ceived several cut and dried press notices, and among them 

 there was an account of the opening of the fair and how tbe 

 exhibition of dogs "plea.sed men and women alike." Of 

 course the show did not open till Sept. 12, but that was im- 

 material. The world do move nowadays. 



The other day we .spent a few hours down at Hempstead 

 with Mr. Motimer looking over tbe new dogs, but as R. K. 

 would say, "That's another story." In the course of con 

 versatiou with Angus Cameron, the trainer for Hempstead 

 Farm Kennels, he informed us that he was going South to 

 put the finishing touches on his Derby and All-Age entries 

 about Oct. 4, While he has quite as many pointers as he 

 can handle he could ea.sily take a few setters, and fancies 

 that he could take an Irish setter or two and run them well 

 up in the Irish setter trials. All who know lilr Cameron's 

 intelligent and quiet way of handling are as.sured that the 

 impetuous red dogs would be made to show all that there is 

 in them, and the opportunity offered is a good one. 



While 'down at Hempstead we called on the only "Ger- 

 man." Mr. Hopkins has purchased a splendid place for 

 dogs. In tbe middle of a square qf two acres of grass land 

 is a range of about a dozen loose boxes that were built for 

 Mr. E. D. Morgan's horses. The boxes are large, well 

 lighted and panelled with oil-finished wood, in fact such 

 quarters as dogs seldom find themselves in, and should soon 

 be well filled with boarders. Mr. Hopkins had several fox- 

 terriers of the right sort running round, and one pup is 

 quite promising. The place is hardly a mile from the vil- 

 lage. 



Talking of St. Bernard breeding with Arthur Trickett, 

 Mr. E, H. Moore's factotum, he told us of another peculiar 

 instance of a bitch coming in season irregularly. Before last 

 New York show Lady Sneerwell or Lady Melrose, we forget 

 which, came in and was bred to Lord Melrose, in one month 

 and six days after she came in again and was bred to the dog 

 once more, and from chis mating had a nice litter, "Arthur," 

 as he is known to the fancy, speaks most highly of one of the 

 Alton smooths of that wonderful litter, that has come on 

 grandly, and vsill be shown atNewY''ork. He says he is a 

 better dog than his sire, take him all round. He is now six- 

 teen months old, weighs 175lbs., and stands 33J^in., with a 

 regular Watch head. We all know of Caution's Own 

 Daughter, the best mastiff' bitch that has been bred in this 

 country. It seems she had a litter sister with black points 

 that had she lived would have been even better than her il- 

 lustrious sister. At four months old she was bitten in the 

 leg and blood poisoning set in, from which she died. 



Mr. Coleridge C, Vickery, the genial assistant manager of 

 Spratts Patent in this country, sailed for England on the 

 Britannic yesterday. Hard work during the past summer, 

 ovdng to Mr. Cleather's ab.sence, has made him feel that a 

 sea uoyage is the only thing that can save. Mr. Vickery, we 

 are glad to hear, has a leaning toward Newfoundlands, and 

 if he can see what he wants may bring some good ones back 

 with him. There is ample room for a good fancier in this 

 breed, and with the opportunities to exhibit them Mr. 

 Vickery would have a nice team of these noble dogs on the 

 spring circuit of 1893, would do much to create a general 

 interest in a breed which in England commands, and justly 

 so, almost as much patronage as mastiffs and St. Bernards. 



From the Manitoba Daily Free Press we learn that fox 

 hunting is carried out inithe good old way in this far North 

 country near Winnipeg. Cub hunting commenced Aug. 

 35, and a capital run and kill was had, but we are afraid 

 "Nimrod," who gives an account of the luns, '"ather 

 "draws" on his imagination when he tells us that, "Young 

 Cardigan, a son of Vengeance and Cheerful, got away un- 

 seen with a fox, and much to the wonder of the casual pass- 

 ers, who saw him pull his game down all alone and took off 

 the brush and brought it to his master's houss, who got it 

 on his return home." The entire pack consists of 38 Vg couple. 



Dr. O. Stewart Bamber will judge beagles at the coming 

 Rochester show. 



Mr. W, B. Palmer, of Woodstock, being unable to judge 

 spaniels at Ottawa, Mr. Frank E. Curtis, of Simco, will of- 

 ficiate in his place. 



Here is a bit of news from Rochester: "I have just been 

 informed by reliable parties that the Flour City Kennels is 

 offered for sale without reserve to the highest bidder before 

 Nov, 1. All bids to be sent to W. Wade, Hulton, Pa.-O. S. 

 Bee." 



The Danbury (Conn.) show will be held Oct. 4 to 8. B. C. 

 Lynes is secretary. 



Some time since we noted the purchase of the well-known 

 beagle Tomboy by Western parties. We now learn that he 

 is owned by the Milwaukee Beagle Kennels, owned by 

 Messrs. F. G. Stigebauer and Jos. Kaenfl, of Milwaukee, 

 Wis. They intend to breed beagles extensively. 



In the early days of St. Bernard breeding here we used to 

 think oOlbs. a capital weight for a three-months-old pup, 

 but this seems quite ordinary to one Mrs. Smyth, of the 

 Swiss Mountain Kennels, tells us of, "In August this pup 

 was weighed in ordinary condition and tipped the beam at 

 8Slbs.. height 363^in,, girth of skull 18>^in., nose to tip of 

 tail_67in," This pup is Duke of Alton, by King Regent out 

 of Nancibel. 



Among the new advertisements to be found in our busi- 

 ness columns this wetk are the following offers for sale: 

 Poodles, M. W. Reid; setters, A. C. Shallenberger; dachs- 

 hunds, E. A. Manice; pointers, A. F. Lambert; Foxhound, 

 Box 67. The Wyoming Kennels offer their entire stock for 

 sale without restriction. The Westminster Kennel Club 

 offers their stock at auction with the exception of the stui 

 dogs. The sale to take place at the American Horse Ex- 

 change. 



