Sept. 32, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Sunfish as Bass Bait. 



BROOKLlNii;, Mass., Sept. i:^. — A communioatioii in FOR- 

 and Stream, Sppt. 8, signed "B." leads me to state 

 , - small sunfish, commonly called civers in this local ity, 

 ai e killing bait for black bass, and have the advantage of 

 being very hardy. They will swim about in a lively 

 ri; rnier for a long time, if properly hooked through the 

 ' When others, with shiners, shrimp and worms, 

 3 had no luck, I have still-fished with a young sunfish 

 a :.i(>ut the size of a silver half-dollar, and have taken my 

 three-pounder where no large fish were suspected of 

 hviug. C. B. D. 



Fishius: in the Raritan. 



Perth Amboy, N. J., Sept. 12.— Fishing for bass and 

 snappers has been excellent for a week past at the Long 

 Branch railroad bridge over the Raritan, and should con- 

 tinue for the rest of the month. Hitherto the fishing has 

 been very poor this summer, except the bluefishing for 

 a week or so in July, J. L. K, 



F I XTU R E S. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 26 to 30.— Eochester Kennel Club, at RooLester, N. Y. Dr. 

 U.S. Bamber, Seo'y. 



Sept. 27 to 30.— Dogr Show at Ottawa. Can. Alfred tieddes, Sen'y. 



Oct. i to 8.— Eleventh Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- 

 ■ultural Society, Danbury. Conn. B. C. Lynes, Sec^y. 



Oct. 25 to 28.— Omaha Kennel Club, at Omaha, Neb. E. L. 

 Vlsrston. Sec' v. 



Nov. 33 to 35,— Brooklyn. H. W. HuntingtOD, Sec'y, 148 Soutb 

 'fiighth street. 



1893. 



Jan. 5.— Gloversville, N. Y. ¥. B, Zimmer, Sec'r. 

 Feb. 31 to 83.— Weatminster Kennel Club, New York city. Jas. 

 ■tfortimer, Supt. 

 .Tune 13 to 17.— World's FhIi-, Chicago. 

 Sept. 7 to 10.— Hamilton, Ontano. A. D. Stewart, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Oct. 25.— Third Annual Field Trials of the National Beagle Chib. 

 at Nauuet, N. Y. Bench show of the club Oct. 34. H. V. Jamie- 

 son, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— Internationa] Field Trials Olub. third annual trials, at 

 Ghathara, Ont. Amateur Stake, Nov% 7. Open Stakes, Noy. 8, 

 W.B. Wells. Sec'y. 



Nov 7.— United States Field Trials, at Elizabethtown , Ky. P. 

 T. MadiFon, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 



Nov. 8.— New England F'eld Trials, at Aasonet, Mass. E. 

 Knight bperrv. New Haven, Conu., Sec'y. 



Nov. 14.— Fourth Annual Trials o£ the Brunswick Fur Club, at 

 Princeton, Mass. J. H. Ba1rd. Sec'y. 



Nov. 15.— American Field Trials, at Columbus, Ind. W. J. Beck, 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 21.— Eastern Field Trial Club Trials, at High Point, N. 0. 

 W. A. C!o8ter, Sec'.v. 

 Nov. 28. -Philadelphia Kennel Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. 



F. G. Taylor, Sec'y. 



Dec. 5.— Central Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Col. Odell, 



Dec. IJf.-Irish Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Dr. G. 



G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Sec'y. 



1893. 



January.— Pacific Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. J. M, 

 Ki'Karif, Sec'y. 



Feb 8.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M, 

 Brumby, Sec'y. 



TORONTO DOG SHOW. 



This show opened auspiciously as far as dogs, exhibitors 

 and the weather are concerned. I wish I could say as much 

 for the management, but it is impossible to do so. This 

 part of the show was simply wretched. The Toronto com- 

 mittee does not seem to grasp the idea that their .show has 

 become a national or international event, and therefore we 

 expect more than provincial management. The buildings 

 and benches being permanent there is no need for any delay 

 itt numbering stalls and getting the judges' rings in order. 

 Half a day's work would fix everything in apple pie order. 

 On Mr. Stone seems to lay the bru.nt of everything, and we 

 must say that the position requires a man with some leisure 

 time to devote to the proper arrangement of catalogue and 

 other parts of the show. This year the judging rings were 

 curtailed, and the terrier ai]d spaniel rings had to be pitched 

 in convenient quarters in the galleries, hardly affording 

 stifficient room for the judge to do justice to himself or the 

 dogs. The floors were littered and smelled very strongly 

 even the fiist day. I do not like to write in this manner, 

 for Mr. Stone seems to try to do his best, but there was a 

 lamentable lack of system in the whole show. Catalogues 

 were issued about noon Monday, and the few on sale were 

 grabbed up very eagerly, though when opened we found 

 that it went only as far as black and tan terriers, and there 

 were something'like a hundred more entries to be printed 

 in another catalogue. This was probably the printer's 

 fault in a measure, but primarily the management is to 

 blame in not having everything in ship shape. To turn to 

 a pleasanter part of the show I noticed that Canadian 

 exhibitors are very well represented, Hamilton, Woodstock, 

 Kingston and Ottawa sending many well-known fanciers. 

 The judging was necessarily slow and was not completed 

 till Wednesday night. 



Mastiffs.— Jame.s 3fortyimer, Jwdf/c— The show of big 

 dogs .such as mastiffs, St. Bernards, Great Danes, etc., is 

 never good at Canadian shows, at least so far as Canadian 

 entries are concerned, and the year 1892 finds no improve- 

 meat in the first-named breed. Many of the old faces were 

 ■'gain on the benches, but Mr. Winchell's Beaufort's Black 

 Prince was absent, and so Canadian breeders missed an op- 

 portunity to form some idea of what a really crack mastiff 

 I IS like; but we are forgetting that Elkson was theie, and 

 ; we must give him his due meed of praise as a consistent 

 ) performer at Toronto. This time Dr. Kimball's dog was in 

 ! the challenge class. He hardly looked in as good flesh as 

 ( usual. Challenge bitches did not fill. In the open dog class 

 I, Beaufort's Beau, a young dog, not square enough in muKzle, 

 ( leggy, and needing age to furnish up was first over Grimsby 

 , Caution, who is no better in body, but has batter legs and 

 head, though marred by very light eyes; Minting Minor, 

 who gb'->ws np every tinie, scored third; his worst fault is his 

 straight hind legs; his bone is light, too, body short, his 

 I head well shaped; a fairish dog in Ilford Mint took fourth. 

 In bitches the winner is a plain dished-faced bitch and lack- 

 il ing in depth of body; Old Bess, .second, but for her gray 

 ( hairs and consequent age would probably beat the winner, 

 I better shaped head and much better shaped body; Ruby, 

 I third, carries her ears wrong and has a plain, straight face. 

 After this she is well put up, beating all the others in legs 

 j and body if she does not show a little slackness behind the 

 s^houlder. There were no others in this class. The winner 

 : ' pnppie.? is rather bowed in front, and head needs more 

 P to approach being good; the other pup has mouse-eol- 

 • ! ed markings, but is fairly well formed. Beaufort's Beau 

 v7o;i in novice class, beating the bitch Attraction. There 

 was rjo kennel prize awarded. 



St- Beexaeds.— .J«/7?t's Mortimer, Jud'ye.— Taken ail 

 I" '-iiid, even with different kennels sending representatives 

 - 'G the tstaies, the quality in these classes was about on a, 

 i'Hi with last year. This time the New York St. Bernard 



Kennels stayed at home and Col. Ruppert had a shy at 

 Canadian glory, his Aristocrat, very short of coat, being 

 alone in challenge dogs, but bitches did not fill. In the 

 open dogs about a dozen showed up, aud the winner, Lord 

 Melrose, from Boston town, stood head and shoulders, both 

 figuratively and practically, over the others, the dog looked 

 thin and should have had a stall half as large again to feel 

 comfortable; his head has filled out nicely, and but for his 

 straight hindlegs and look of narrowness all through was 

 an easy winner over Hesper's Son, which was third here as 

 a youngster last year; he has not improved on puppy form, 

 his loins and quarters ai'e not strong enough, fall away too 

 much, and his head is a bit bloodhoundy; his forelegs and 

 chest are the best parts. Don Phyllis, I thought, might 

 have been put over the other, better head and more sub- 

 stance. Monk came next, he was thii'd last year; he is light 

 throughout and weedy-looking. Safety, the reserve, I could 

 not find, it is a son of Sir John of Sir Charles protest fame. 

 Premier, vhc. , has a poor head any way you look at it, is 

 light colored, and depends on body, legs and coat for any 

 merit. Prince Imperial, he, has not enough stop, his feet 

 turn out, and he is .straight behind, so it will be surmised he 

 is not a good one. Big Bob, in the same division, is a big 

 overgrown collie and did not de .serve a card; he's a collie 

 even to the frill, very pretty and all that, but not a St. 

 Bernard in the proper sense. The c. lot was poor; Survivor 

 has a long, narrow suipy head, and Celtic's bone is all to be 

 noticed in him; Lord Dalhousie has a loug, light head, with 

 little type, bad, light eye, but foreleg are good. This brings 

 us to the female division, and Col. Ruppert furnished the 

 three first, but I did not think that Lady Anne deserved her 

 position; compared with Lady Gladwyn, second, she is quite 

 inferior in straightness of pastern and compact feet, is nmch 

 narrower in chest; in head, while skulls are about equal 

 comparatively. Lady Gladwyn's muzzle is deeper, broader, 

 and squarer, and her ears are better set on; while Lady 

 Anne has a deep, good roomy body, Gladwyn's is 

 certainly much more so, was "iu very much better 

 condition, and is broader and .stronger in loin and 

 quarters; Lady Anne was thin and out of show shape, 

 and loses to Gladwyn in coat and general sleekne.ss— just 

 had puppies, I believe. Third goes to Altonette, our opinion 

 of whom is well known and she does not improve; carrying 

 many pounds more flesh and more coat she would do better 



Mr. F. C. Wheelek. 

 Judge of Fox-Terriers. 



aud her great bone would not be so conspicuous. Then came 

 Glenish a, third at Hamilton last year; her head is the best 

 part. Roulette, vhc, is redeemed by splendid forelegs and 

 chest; her head is plain and there is something the matter 

 with her eyes; is short of coat, but well colored, and rightly 

 placed. Queen Vic, vhc, is a weedy, bad-bodied bitch, light 

 of bone and with a long, narrow head. Beulah, he., I liked 

 better; nice head a.nd good body. Belle Maida, c , is small, 

 light eye, mirzzle not deep enough, bad behind, no coat, 

 and— but probably those are faults enough. Queen Valen- 

 tine, c, is faultj" in head and size deficient. Speranza, also 

 commended, is a poor weed; no use en cotiraging the Cana- 

 dians in breeding such straight-faced, narrow, untypical 

 specimens, at that rate the breed will never improve in Can- 

 ada. Dog puppies were poor and small, the winner baing 

 older than the others, and the bitch class winner will never 

 get another blue ribbon, I am afraid. 



Smooth-coats showed up pretty well, but Mr. Moore's pair 

 were far ahead. Melrose has thickened out well since New 

 York and has a good typical head, with lots of quality; his 

 good bone and legs are noticeable; his coat is probably a 

 little more than a smooth should have, but not so bad as, 

 say, Victor Joseph or Beauchamp. Sailor coitld come no 

 nearer than fourth to the winner; has no type or quality, 

 lacksboneand substance, etc., etc.; in the catalogue his dam's 

 name is given as -July 3d. Miss Alton headed the bitch 

 class; she is not so good as her litter brothers, is a bit houndy 

 in head, though muzzle is square and deep; lacks shadings 

 and her ears are quite large enough; very good legs, well off 

 for bone, and body deep and broad for her age; a very likely, 

 well-made bitch. " Lola, third, cannot boast of a good headj 

 lacks shadings, but her legs, chest and body are good; body 

 color nearly all white Charmion has a fairly good head 

 and bone; was at New York show. Lady Keeper, fourth, is 

 a light, weedy, slack-backed bitch, knuckles over, light, long 

 head and narrow; a poor one. Cleopatra II, , vhc, has a very 

 poor head, narrow as a board all through, open feet, and 

 does not do old champion Hector justice by any means. 

 Nellie, he, was badly handicapped by being benched along- 

 side Miss Alton: this is the nicest thing I can say of her. 

 Lady Swiss, c, is off in color — a sort of orange liver— and 

 had no type of the breed whatever. The novice winner is a 

 big dog, straight behind, head needs moie stop, is not a good 

 one, and Dictator, second, has a plain, expressionless head, 

 with no markings at all; good bone and front. The others, 

 with the exception of Safety, have been mentioned. She has 

 a very forbidding head and is brindle and white in color. 

 The kennel prize fell to Col. Ruppert, .Jr. 



Bloodhounds.— Jo/»tes Mortimer, Jttiige.— These were 

 poorly represented, indeed, and prizes withheld. Beauty is 

 not a bad shaped one, but color wrong. Newfoundlands 

 were also very much wanting, the winner was the only one 

 showing any pretensions to type, and he must thank a good 

 coat and body for notice, as his head is too long, muzzle not 

 deep enough, ears, big, etc., the others were of no account. 



Great Danes.— JfW7ie,s- Mortimer, Judge.— This was 

 hardly so good a collection as last year and the open class 

 when judged was poor. Don Cassar, Jr., was placed first in 

 dogs, black and light brindle in color, his general makeup 

 was also not good; Bismarck, second, has a poor head with, 

 little great Dane character, his feet are bad, his body being 

 the best part of him; Hero, third, hardly deserved mention, 



has a coat like a smooth St, Bernard. Afterward, a Mog 

 that is something li ke a gre.it Dane turned up in Mr. Living- 

 stone's Maloch, a well made brindle, capital head, body and 

 legs, but condition notnrst-class, he was given an extra first. 

 The winner in bitches, Minerva's Fawn, is, barring a snipy 

 muzzle, a capitally- made bitch all rotind, aud beat the 

 second, Kelpie, in head, neck and ears, Kelpie haying bone 

 and .size iu her favor; the others did not amount to a row of 

 pins, showed little type or quality, and belonged to the man 

 who shipped seventeen pitppies in a box that would com- 

 fortably carry about half a dozen, but he took the kennel 

 prize. 



Russian Wolfhounds.— C/ias. H. Mason, Judge.— The 

 Psovois did not come out in great force, only four putting in 

 an appearance. Argoss and Mr. Hanks's new dog vSarvanets 

 were the only dogs and the decision was a repetition of Bos- 

 ton with the latter dog substituted for Leek hoi. We all 

 know Argoss and how he is built, more after the style of a 

 deerhound, and this time he had very little coat, so his re- 

 semblance to the greyhound was also pronounced. Sar- 

 vanets was of the type looked uoon as distinctively Russian, 

 a very strong head, h,irdly so long as Argoss's, but a pun- 

 isher, veiy strongly built throughout and qttite as broad in 

 loins and quarters and as powerful as Argoss and exceed- 

 ingly deep chested, but rather short-legged. His coat and 

 feathering were profuse, more so in fact than any specimen 

 I have seen so far, but hair on body is rather curly; he is, 

 all in all, a very handsome dog aud mor-e pronounced in the 

 difference of type from Argoss than even Leekhoi is. It is a 

 pity that some definite understanding is not come to about 

 the" correct type of these dogs. Probably they are both right, 

 and if so it makes the judging all the more difficult and one 

 type will .suffer according to the fancy of the judge. Prin- 

 cess Irma won over Flodeyfca in bitches. These are both 

 more of the Sarvanets type, as bitches, in general build, 

 and Princess has a great advantage over the other in her 

 beautiful front; otherwise Floydeyka is a stronger made 

 bitch and not so extremely narrow throughout, but Prin- 

 cess Irma has a look of intense quality that is wanting in 

 the other, besides, Flodeyka gets her enrs too- forward. 



Gbethounds.— C/?as. H. Mason, Jtidge.— This favorite 

 breed in Toronto was not nearly so well represented as last 

 year, and with the exception of almost four or five well- 

 known dogs, the quality was a little more than mediocre. 

 Gem of the Season and Bestwood Daisy furnished the chal- 

 lenge winners and were in nice show shape. The dog class 

 numbered a dozen and Echo, Mr. Purbeck's new dog, was- 

 placed fir.st; he is a rather plain dog, dished out face, wide 

 front,jbut body, legs and quarters are good. Justinian, not 

 looking so big as I have seen him, has a snipy head; feet 

 could be better and he is long waisted. Ranger, third, is an 

 old friend and looked well, his quarters and thighs are ex- 

 ceptionally good. Then came Never Quit, reserve, a capitally 

 made dog, a trifle too short in body however, legs good, ears 

 could be carried better, but his loin and quarters are very 

 strong and might have been placed higher iip without in- 

 justice to the others; he is built after the style of Lord 

 Neverstill. Fullerton, vhc, has a wdld stary eye, is very 

 deep in che.st and drops in quarters too much, i-ather d la. 

 Psovoi. Fawn, vhc, is not let down enough in hocks, light 

 eye, body and legs good. .Jack B., he, is wide in front, and 

 Fleet is thick and short in neck, quarters also faulty. 

 Twilt, he, has a good front, but is bad behind, too straight. 

 Young Memuon, e, was lucky, lightly built, shelly and 

 head is poor. The bitch class was only moderate with Jet- 

 sam returned the winner; she has a nice head and front, 

 body seemed O. K., but she was in whelp or seemed to be. 

 Lily of Gainsborough pressed her hard but was not in show 

 shape. Leonie, third, lurnisbed the surprise of the judging 

 •and theonly fun to be hadiutheshow. Knowing the'judge's 

 attitude so repeatedly explained to us in regard to prick- 

 eared greyhounds, one may be forgiven a little astonishment 

 to see the bitch Leonie placed third or given anything at all, 

 as she is about the most prick-eared greyhound yet seen at 

 our shows and the ears are large as well. Persoually 1 see 

 no reason, as stated before, why this should affect an other- 

 wise good greyhound very much unless in close competition, 

 but in view of the criticism which fell on the judges who 

 placed Klcho, that has the fault in a much less degree, the 

 situation becomes amusing and proves that we are all mortal 

 after all. Leonie otherwise is heavy in shoulders, but in 

 ribs, loin and legs .she will do and her head is good. Mar- 

 guerite, vhc, I commented on at Lewiston. Miss Memuon 

 is a better greyhound than her brother, but should be better 

 let down in stifle, Elsie, he, has a poor expression, legs and 

 feet fairly good, long in loin. The pup Montezuma is a big 

 sbickly put together animal with some good points but too 

 long waisted. The kennel prize went to Mr, Purbeck. 



Fo.x:hounds,— <Jo/m Davidson, Judge— This was as good 

 a show of these dogs that one associates with "a southerly 

 wind and a cloudy sky" and the View holloa! aud it did 

 one good to see the straight well-formed forelegs of some of 

 them, especially those of the London Hunt Club. Finder, 

 the winner in English dogs, is a capitally made hound, not 

 just the thing in head— eyes light and too straight-faced— 

 but in legs, feet, coat, ribs and loin he could .scarcely be 

 beaten. Genius runs bim close, but has the same faulty 

 head; then Benwell is worse still in this respect, and is not 

 so well ribbed up nor so strong in loin ; Fowler, res., is all 

 right for front, btit droops too much in quarters and stern. 

 Challenger, v.h.c, has a capital coat, btit stands out a 

 bit in front, but I liked his head better than the others. 

 Vexation, the winner in bitches, shows lots of qitality, a 

 nicely formed head and true in front, good running gear all 

 round. Gaylass, another old friend, seems light compared 

 to the others; Singwell, third, is too heavy in shoulders. 

 Then came American foxhounds, but there was litlle about 

 them that we associate with the whippety-looking hotands 

 generally palmed off as such. These were in build very like 

 the English dogs, and evidently of same strains cr crossed. 

 Rally, the winner in dogs, is a good English hound, a bit 

 st-raight in stifle; Berchell is too long and straight-faced, 

 flat-ribbed and no depth of chest; Ringwood, ears are not 

 hung close enough; front good but weedy behind the shoul- 

 der. Maud, in the ladies' pack, has better legs and feet than 

 the second, Gayge, hut more of the English type of head, 

 which is a very good one. Gayge dips a bit behind shoul- 

 der, bitt is well ribbed; Fleet, was in whelp, is gone in 

 mouth and throaty, but still shows a good front; Jaue, 

 v.h.c, has a good hound head but lacks body substance. 

 The London Hunt Club had much the best pack. The har- 

 riers hardly deserve much mention; were not of correct 

 brdld. 



PoiHTEiiS— J^o?in. Davidson, Judge.— These classes with 

 very few representatives from the States were not heavily 

 filled, Mr. Davey's kennel supplying most of the winners. 

 The Leamington Pointer Kennels' Count Graphic won chal- 

 lenge honors in heavy dogs, a fairly well made dog, spoilt 

 in facial expression by a wild big eye, loin and quarters are 

 not very symmetrical; he won at Pittsburg la.st spring. 

 The bitch class produced more competition. Revelation hav- 

 ing Devon Nell to contend with. The latter beats the other 

 in head formation, but age and conditiou told in favor of 

 the first named. Both are well known. Another circuit 

 trotter, Westminster Drake, won in dogs. He has filled out 

 nicely, and is a strong, workmanlike looking dog, and will 

 have a chance to show his field merit in the coming trials iu 

 the different localities. Molton Banner, second, has a ligbt 

 eye, and shoulders are rather heavy and stand a bit out at 

 times, his loin is rather flat, but he is nevertheless a good 

 mover. Count Grosvenor, third, is deficient in stop, eye too 

 Large and light, turns elbows out a bit and needs more rib. 

 R. Lee Graphic, reserve, is throaty, narrow-chested, open 

 feet, a leggy, short-bodied and plain all-round dog. In 



