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FOREST AND STREAM. 



I Sept. 2\), 1893. 



into court, and the defendant entered a reply that the dog 

 belonged to him, as he had purchased him of a peddler. The 

 court asked him which he would rather do, give up the dog 

 or confess judgment for $100, his value. Thedefendant said 

 he would confess .judgment. This the plaintiff would not 

 allow and took a noa-suit. He then caused another replevin 

 attachment to be issued and placed in the hands of a con- 

 stable for service. The constable secured the dog, after much 

 resistance on the part of rireenwold, and returned the canine 

 to Mr. Kohn. A warrant was then issued for (Treenwold for 

 resisting an officer, and he was locked up at the Desplaines 

 Street Station," B. Watkrs. 



DOG CHAT. 



KingfSton Show, 



The building used for the dog show a.t Kingston is in every 

 way well adapted for a show. About 600 dogs could be com- 

 fortably benched, and the flooring being hard earth is par- 

 ticulai'ly well adapted to showing dogs ofT au naturel. 

 The continual fear of slipping on the sawdust covered floors 

 of the tisnal .judging ring often works an injustice on the 

 dogs, trying them in their actions. Here the judges could 

 race the dogs to their hearts' content, and this i)r. Mills and 

 Mr. Tallman did. Mr. Laidlaw had compassion on Geo. 

 Bell, knowing how he had to travel last year, and just 

 "toddled" them. 



Mr. H. C. Bates is a capital secretary and manager, never 

 leaving his work for a moment and had everything in very 

 nice form. Aisles were kept very clean and the dogs had 

 every thing to make them comfortable. Catalogues were 

 fairly correct and a marked catalogue was issued on 

 Wednesday. 



In such a large building as the Skating Rink, and with the 

 benches so far apart, the lack of attendance caused a cold 

 feeling of ne,glect to creep over every one connected with 

 the show. All day long and in the evenings one saw a few 

 odd people strolling round the benches, and if this show 

 comes out more than even we shall be more than surprised. 

 It was stated that the club had §300 offered for the gate 

 receipts before the show opened, but pooh-poohed the idea. 

 Now we fancy that half that amount would be acceptable. 

 The people of Kingston are sleepy, very sleepy as far as 

 most things are concerned, and dogs especially. One form 

 of entertainment in the evening is quite sufficient to engage 

 their complete attention, and as there were human concerts 

 duringthe week, the dog show chorus suffered. The officials, 

 fiowever, are brimful of staying power and are loath to 

 give up. We should think that, held in connection with 

 the fair, their show would be a lively one, and it could not 

 be in a worse locality to get at than the Skating Rink. There 

 are only six primitive horse-cars in the town, and they are 

 owned by one man, who has a monopoly of the business — or 

 rather the business has a monopoly of him, for I did not .see 

 any one riding on the cars. 



To keep themselves warm the boys indulged in athletics, 

 and with jumping and running races added an interesting 

 and limb- stiffening feature to the show. Geo. Bell and our 

 only "German" doing the hop. skip and jump was a treat. 



The judging space was ample and the competition for the 

 best mover among mastiffs and St. Bernards afforded lots of 

 fuQforthe spectators, for Mr. Tallman, the judge, did make 

 them hustle, and the winner, Melrose, was far away the 

 best; he has very true action. Some one saddled our genial 

 friend Alderman Stewart with a St. Bernard, and like every- 

 thing else he undertakes, the thorough shaking up the dog 

 got startled it out of its senses for the rest of the show. The 

 disinfecting, though little was needed, was excellent, and 

 we never attended a sweeter show. On the pillars of the 

 building were attached small deodorizers that continuRlly 

 emitted a pleasant odor and effectually downed anyoffeii- 

 sive smell floating round. We should recommend something 

 of this sort for all our shows, as it materially aids the 

 ground disinfectants. Mr. Corhett was always on hand and 

 courteous as usual to every one, and Messrs. Kent and 

 Darby were also generally there. 



Judging commenced on time and Mr. Laidlaw got through 

 his classes by Monday night, and the other two judges had 

 concluded their labors by Tuesday evening. The weather 

 throughout was beautiful and the pretty town of Kingston 

 well repaid a visit. We noticed among the well-known ex- 

 hibitors Messrs. F. W. Sackett, A. D. Stewart, P. J. Keyes, 

 A. .1. SpracSlin, Geo. Bell, Ben Lewis, W. Connors, Ed 

 Booth, Arthur Trickett, W. A. Fenton, Geo. Thomas, etc. 



On Wednesday afternoon, having an hour or two to spare, 

 a trip was made by Messrs. Geo. Bell, A. J. Spracklin,W. C. 

 Darby, "Billy" Tallman and the FoREt^x and Stream rep- 

 resentative to Collins Lake, a sheet of water situated any- 

 where from five to twenty miles from the village, at least 

 we thought so. We cast our lines in pleasant places, but 

 notwithstanding our seductive lures and frogs, the score 

 was one little black bass and two rock bass, in addition to 

 various aquatic plants— and things. We finally "dropped 

 the anchor" and pulled for home in the dark. Meanwhile 

 Spracklin had tried the shores for snipe, but was unsuccess- 

 ful, though the previous day he hadbagged five over a smart 

 little cocker that t saw "Uncle Dick" look with envious eyes 

 upon. Just his sort. 



The show being voted slow on the last day most of the 

 boys concluded to accompany the two press representatives 

 from New York across the Bay of Quinte to Cqpe Vincent, 

 and enjoyed a pleasant sail on the smart little steamer 

 Maud. Just coming up to the dock at Cape AHucent we saw 

 a boy in a boat being rowed ashore and holding on to a inus- 

 callonge some feet in length (affidavit follows), which he had 

 hooked, but could not boat. Fishing is said to be very good 

 at Cape Vincent just now, the best place is about three 

 miles west up the shore from the iST. Y. Central station. We 

 shall always remember onr Kingston trip as a pteasaut one. 



The red cocker Rufus was found dead in his stall on 

 Thursday morning. No cause was assigned for his death, 

 and a post mortem was held by the "vet," but up to the 

 time of our leaving the show the result was not known. 



Mr, Darby presented quite a clever trotting setter to Ben 

 Lewis, at Kingston. The dog has a capital gait and has 

 been trained to sulky. "Ben," we believe, will see that his 

 training is completed, and Doc will have another rival. 



The Puppy Rule. 



We intend, and other kennel journals should do the same, 

 to call attention to every violation of the Kennel Club puppy 

 rule, which says that the pups shall be over six months old 

 and under twelve. At the Grand Rapids show. Wolverine 

 Kennels showed Furo, a great Dane pup, whelped March 27 

 1893. At Toronto there were a number of puppies marked in 

 the catalogue as six months, and two Sf. Bernard pups so 

 marked were not more than four or five months old. In 

 every puppy entry the date of birth should be given. This 

 grasping after a big entry list should not endanger the 

 general health of a show. The attention of the C. K. C. is 

 called to the following at this show: "Class 194. Exhibition 

 and selling class for litters of Puppies of all Breeds." We 

 regret to say that entries 71.5 tu T19 represented so many lit- 

 ters. Besides being a cruelty to the pups and mother in 

 being cooped up in a srinkin.g, wet stall, the health of other 

 young dogs in the show should not be subjected to such 

 risks. The way it affects the public is easily imagined, and 

 another thing it serves no good purpose, even to the owners, 

 for hardly any one nowadays would think of buying a pup 

 from a litter at a show, too many have been bitten in that 



way already. At Kingston there were no puppy prizes, for 

 which the club deserves the thanks of the exhibiting; com- 

 munity. 



Northw/estern Field Trials Club. 



A general meeting of the Northwestern Field Trials Club 

 was held at their rooms on Friday evening, when it was 

 decided to hold their second annual trials the first Monday 

 in September, 1893, at Morris, Manitoba, unless some suit- 

 able place can be found in Minnesota or Dakota. The resig- 

 nation of Mr. P. H. GotKian as president was accepted. The 

 following resolution was also unanimously carried: "We, 

 the members of the Northwestern Field Trials Club, beg to 

 tender to our secretary- treasurer, Mr. Thomas .Johnson, our 

 thanks and appreciation for his indefatigable services on 

 behalf of the club, and to assure him of our strongest confi- 

 dence and esteem, and that we condemn the puny and con- 

 temptible action of the Manitoba Field Trials Club in 

 going through the farce of expulsion— nearly a year after 

 his resignation, on the flim,sy pretext that the Manitoba 

 Field Trials Club had incurred expenses for advertising 

 meetings, etc., to re-organize their club— and that we assure 

 our .secretary that we consider this action of the Manitoba 

 Field Trials Club petulant, malicious and vindictive, and 

 .Tiirworthy any organization." 



Philadelphia K. C. Field Trials. 



The entries for the Philadelphia Kennel Clxxb All-Age 

 Stake will close Oct. and the prizes are |400, $200 and 

 $100. The judges are William Tallman, of New York city; 

 Washington A. Coster, of Saratoga Springs, N, Y.; and Dr. 

 William Jarvis, of Claremont, N. H. These names carry 

 with them the confidence of sportsmen all over this broad 

 land, and the attention of the Irish setter men is particu- 

 larly called to the names of the judges of the P. K. C, trials. 

 The owners of the red dog are directly encouraged to enter 

 their dogs in connection with the English .setters and 

 pointers. The Philadelphia trials are deservedly popular 

 and the .success of th'^ chib's fir.st open trials is a.ssured. 

 Out of a total of 7a entries in the Derby Stake 63 forfeits 

 have been paid. For rules, blanks, etc., address Francis G. 

 Taylor, Sec'y. 608 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. In our 

 travels abroad we have found it the general wish and inten- 

 tion of many sfjortsmeu to take in the P. K. C. week, at 

 least, and that is suflicient griarantee as to the probable suc- 

 cess of these trials, both from a social and a competitive 

 view. 



Dogs Killed by J-ightningr. 



The Brooklyn Gun Club has a splendid club house and- 

 1,100 acres of land in the village of Smithtowu. The club 

 has occupied its present home four years, and a year ago it 

 laid out a kennel yard for the fifty or sixty dogs which are 

 sometimes kept there. The yard is about 300 by 1,50ft., ex- 

 tends east and west, and is inclosed bv ordinary telegraph 

 wire. Au every lOft. a wire extends 60ft. into the inclosure, 

 where it is fastened to a pest. The dogs were fastened by 

 4-foot steel chains to these wires, each dog having a separ- 

 ate wire. On Saturday last there were twenty- three dogs 

 chained up, some of them quite valuable. About 7 o'clock 

 in the evening one of the worst storms ever experienced in 

 that section occurred, and the dogs retired to their kennels 

 near the outside wire. Next morning the kennelman going 

 out to feed the dogs noticed they did not bark as usual, and 

 on coming to the kennels fou'nd tbs.t all the do.gs on the 

 south side had been killed and nearly all on the north side; 

 one or two dogs wei'e missed on this side, the fluid being a 

 little erratic in its movements. In all sixteen dogs met a 

 sudden and extraordinary death. We know several kennel 

 owners who exercise their dogs on the wire, but hereafter to 

 feel safe they will have to study the mysteries of insulation. 



Sale of Champion Dick Swiveler. 



The Oak Grove Kennels have purchased from Mr. W. L. 

 Washington, the well-known Irish setter champion Dick 

 Swiveler. This is an important addition to an alreay for- 

 midable kennel. Dick Swiveler is so well-known he needs 

 no description here. The rivalry now being created in the 

 Irish .setter ranks must do good to the breed, especially 

 when one remarks the total absence of contention on the 

 part of the owners of the principal kennels, and the way the 

 kennel decision was received at Toronto, shows the right 

 spirit. It is a question of condition principally between the 

 two leading kennels, both can boast the best dogs in one or 

 the other classes. 



Omaha Dog Show. 



We have received the premium li.st of the Omaha show to 

 be held Oct. 2i) to 28 at the Exposition Hall, Omaha, Neb. 

 The show is under A. K. C. rules. Mr. John Davidson 

 judges all classes excepting pugs, toys, \'orkshire terriers 

 and toy spaniels, which Dr. Cryer will handle. For mastift",s. 

 Great Danes and Newfoundlands the fee is toys, etc., ^2, 

 and other breeds $2..50, a. very good arrangement. The prizes 

 range from .^lO, to and s^^i*. A number of valuable 

 kennel specials are offered, and in all §2,800 is hung up. A 

 more extended notice of the show will be given next week. 



A New Beagle Club. 



It is intended by a number of beagle enthusiasts to .start 

 a beagle club down Mississippi way. The owners there are 

 rather too far away to co-operate with the Massachusetts 

 club, and as they wish to hold trials and improve the breed, 

 they have asked Mr. Chapman to help them out, and he will 

 probably assume the duties of secretary for a time till they 

 get on their feet. The beagle influence is evidently spread- 

 ing and there can be no better cause. 



A cablegram to Mr. Mortimer conveys the sad intelligence 

 of the sudden death of Mrs. Raper, the wife of Mr. George 

 Raper, who, it will be remembered, judged at New York 

 and other shows here last spring. The death of Mrs. Raper, 

 who was ahnost as well known as her husband at English 

 dog shows, must have been a great blow to her family, and 

 Mr. Raper has, we are sure, the .sincere .sympathy of the 

 friends he made over here. 



Ray D Hill, owner of Werowance Kennels, Tr?uton, N. 

 J,, has bought from Tonawanda Kennels, Tonawanda, N. 

 Y., the rough-coated St. Bernard Iroquois Rhoda (23.1.59), by 

 Mount St. Klias out of Lady Bernie; also from Swiss Moun- 

 tain Kennels, Germautown. Pa., one of their best stud dogs, 

 Ben Ormonde (17,044), a rough-coated St. Bernard. 



A number of interesting communications for lack of space 

 must lay over till next week, among them several queries. 



In our Toronto report we should have credited Mr. Gibbs, 

 of Guelph, Out., with the kennel prize for best foxhounds. 

 We were told his team was the London Hunt Club, hence 

 the mistake. They are a particularly fine lot and very sorty^ 



The big exhibition at Chicago next year will include 

 among its features a bench show, which will probably at- 

 tract entries from other countries than Canada and the 

 United States, says the Toronto (?Zofee. On account of the 

 question of space the number of entries is limited and the 

 allotment to Canada is 3t)0 dogs of all breeds. Aid. A. D. 

 Stewart, of Hamilton, has been appointed superintendent of 

 the Canadian exhibit, and the Dominion Government will 

 meet the expense of sending to the show such dogs as are 

 decided to be of sufficiently high class to be representatives 

 of the well-bred Canadian dog. How to select these 3no 



was the question discussed at a conference between the 

 executive committee of the Canadian Kennel Club and 

 the Dominion and Ontario Commissioners, Prof. Saunders 

 and Mr. N. Awrey, M.PP., during Toronto show. The result 

 was a recommendation that dogs who.se owners desire to 

 exhibit them at the World's Fair next June should be 

 brought together in Toronto early in February next, and 

 that a committee of five should make the ' selections. 

 Owners will be required to send their dogs to Toronto at 

 their own expense, but the Government will probably pay 

 for the benching and attendan(;e while here and the judges' 

 expenses. This recommendation, if acted on, means a two- 

 days' show. Some special regulations will be made to meet 

 the cases of noteworthy dogs in Manitoba and other distant 

 parts ot the Dominion. 



There were several mistakes and typographical errors in 

 the Toronto and Kingston list of awards due to the tele- 

 graph operator. Mr. E. H. Moore is credited with owning 

 all the winners in rough St. Bernard dogs; the owner of 

 Baldus and Oneida is Mr. W. J. Moore. In irish water 

 spaniels Marguerite should be first. Challenge Irish ter- 

 riers should be Boxer IV. instead of Borco. At Toronto the 

 second winning bull-terrier in open dogs was Comet II,, not 

 Count II., and at Kingston the winners were Herbert M. 

 Howe's Comet II. first. Chatham Prince second, Grove 

 Duchess third, Loumont Kit vhc, rightly placed but wrongly 

 spelt. 



Mr. Korning's St. Bernard bitch Lady Sylvia that was 

 lost in Kansas City has been found and is on its way to San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



The dog in the manger act that the Rochester Kennel 

 Club was guilty of has affected their show this week quite 

 seriously. Whilein all probability they could have had a show 

 of two or three hundred entries, a paltry hundred is all they 

 have. This will be a warning to other clubs. The regular 

 handlers have shown how they feel in the matter. " Ben 

 Lewis goes to Ottawa with thirty dogs, Geo. Thomas has 

 about twenty-five, A. J. Spracklin 'about thirty, and several 

 other handlers take lesser teams. These in the ordinary way 

 would have all come to Rochester, being more convenient 

 than Ottawa. 



Dr. Foote is having busy times at 'his farm. Rochelle 

 Majestic has just whelped seven by Merry Monarch, and 

 Brdomfield Madge is due with a litter of champions this 

 week. The Rochelle Kennels is quite a delightful place, 

 but as our visit was made in the absence of the owner, we 

 must defer particulars for another time. 



The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society are going to 

 hold a dog show in connection with their fair at Lancaster, 

 Pa., Oct. 10 to 1.5, and Mr. Donald Mc Vicar, of Allamuchy, 

 N. J., has been appointed judge. 



We are told that Mr. John Read had been invited to judge 

 at Danbury show, but has declined. 



At the last meeting of the board of governors of the New 

 England Field Trial Club, held Sept. 1, it was voted that a 

 club dinner at Hotel Thorndike, Boston, be one of the 

 features at the next regular quarterly meeting, Tuesday, 

 Oct. 4, at 7 P. M. A full attendance is requested. 



Among the v adverti.sements published in our business 

 columns thi : k we note the following offers for sale: 

 Beagles— Bo: ' ' :yal Forest Beagle Kennels. Collies— 

 854 Seventh av. iiue. Manataug Kennels. Setters— Chelms- 

 ford Kennels, C. T. Brownell. Hounds— C. F. Kent. Rex 

 Kennels. Bull-terriers— H. M. Howes. Great Danes— J. B. 

 Harrison. J. Black oft'ers the greyhound Flash at stud; the 

 Swiss Mountain Kennels offer Scottish Leader and King 

 Regent at stud. Box 788 desires a partner in a .show and 

 breeding kennel. 



FLAPS FROM THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Canada. — The Pottersbug (London) Kennels' 

 rough-coated St. Bernard Phyllis died the other day, it is 

 suspected from the effects of poison. Phyllis was the dam 

 of champion Claudius, just imported by Dr. Warner, of 

 Bridgeport, Conn., and was got out some two or three years 

 ago. 



Dr. Mole, V.S., Hamilton, who has been most successful 

 in his treatment of the dog, is about to remove to Toronto, 

 where he anticipates a more extended scope for his work. 



Who does not know of the notorious Dan O'Shea? I heard 

 rather a good little story of him the other evening, too good 

 to let go. After the judging on Monday, a select little 

 company was gathered in the parlor of the Walker House, 

 among others "Billy" Tallman, E. "Birdie" Elliott, Frank 

 Wheeler, A. D. Stewart and myself. One of the gentlemen 

 present used to do a little in the pit (I tru.st he has re 

 formed) and had an old cock, the winner of a hundred bat- 

 tles. This old fellow Dan borrowed, and as usual he came 

 off victorious, but alasi he, according to Dan's account, 

 succumbed at the moment of triumph, and to prove it he 

 produced the legs. The owner of the "late lamented" 

 looked at them a moment and then said; "Why, the legs of 

 my bird were yellow, these are bri.ght blue!" Dan, not a 

 bit discomfitted, replied with that babe-like smile suffusing 

 his terra cotta colored countenance, "Oh, yes, but they all 

 turn blue when they're dead." 



The jjast week has been a bus.v one, numerous meetings 

 having been held. The inaugural meeting of the Canadian 

 Pox-Terriei Club was held on Monday night, and was quite 

 successful. Mr. A. D. Stewart was elected chairman and 

 Mr. H. B. Donovan secretary of the meeting. After a brief 

 speech from Mr. Stewart, explaining the objects and aims 

 of the propo,sed organization, it resolved that the time was 

 ripe for such a club and that we proceed to form sijch au as- 

 sociation forthwith. The officers were then elected. The 

 committee was instructed to draw up constitution and by- 

 laws; the annual fee fixed at *3, with no entrance fee, and it 

 was decided to take a vote by mail of all members three 

 months from date on the question of ehib judges. 



An executive meeting of the C. K. C. was held on Tuesday 

 evening, at which were present Messrs. T. G. Duvey, presi- 

 dent. Dr. Nevin, Dr. Wesley Mills, Dr. Milne (Victoria, B. 

 C), H. Bedlington, H. Gorman, P. G. Keyes, A. F. Glass and 

 H. B. Donovan, secretary. Letter re.<id from Kingston Ken- 

 nel Club claiming show dates for 1894, and same week in jjer- 

 petuity, taut it was the unanimous verdict that the executive 

 did not feel competent to deal with applications for dates 

 so far in advance. After the election of twenty-three new 

 members the meeting adjourned. 



Immediately following this meeting was held the annual 

 meeting of the Canadian Kennel Club, President T. G. 

 Davey in the chair, others present being, H. O. Bennett, H. 

 Falconer, A. D. Stewart, S. P. Glass, R. McEwen, E. Rich- 

 ards, H. Bedlington, H. Gorman, Dr. Milne, Dr. Wesley 

 Mills, P. G. Keyes, Dr. Niven, A. Geddes, R. S. Williams, 

 A. E. Kent, G. S. Oldrifve, C. H. Corbett, G. B. Sweetman, 

 F. Habort, W. Smith, F. Wheeler, Geo. Bell, R. W. Boyle, 



