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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|_OCT. 20, 1893, 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



m^.^'^-ThG Kicker. 



CniCxiGO, Oct, 15.— TbeteTin "kioker'' is one which is used 

 frequently in discnssiD.g field trial matters, and the number 

 and variety of the individuals composing the class are hnt 

 little known to the sportsmen who do not attend field trials 

 in person. 



There are several well-defined classes of kickers, each 

 species having some one kicker whose vigor and skill make 

 him pre eminent among his fellows. 



As a general thing, owners and handlers take defeat 

 pleasantly and quietly, even if they do not consider that it 

 was done thoroughly. 



A kicker which cannot be classified is the opportunity 

 kicker. He may go through a whole trial, or several trials, 

 without an opportunity presenting itself. He is wise 

 enough to let the other fellows do their own kicking, go 

 that he is not identified with the sympathetic kicker. 

 When the opportunity does come he then can kick vigor- 

 ously, and with a great deal of sentiment in his favor on the. 

 ground that lie is no kicker. The judicious kicker succeeds 

 in maMng some capital, at times. 



The Nece.ssity Kicker, 



Then there is the Idckerwho kicks from necessity. He 

 runs a lot of poor dogs, perhaps badly prepared, and, from 

 his standpoint, he must afEect a disbelief in the judges and 

 their decisions so that he can square himself with his em- 

 ployers: and it is to be regretted that he often succeeds in his 

 purpose. This specimen of the kicker is becoming scarcer as 

 knowledge increases and sportsmen become more acquainted. 



The Revenue Kicker. 



The kleker-f or- revenue is perhaps the most offensive and 

 harmful of all. He is active and tireless before the trials 

 begin, during the trials when his time is unoccupied and in 

 the evenings, in painting in bright colors the superlative 

 merits of his dogs. This string beats all strings of dogs, he 

 says, he ever had, in every respect. They are strictly high- 

 class, every one. He has a cinch on first, second and third, if 

 the judges only do the square thing by him, He refers 

 earnestly to his former success, his known skill as a breeder 

 and his great judgment in all matters. 



He makes an opportunity to tell all this to the judges 

 before the dogs are started, or he tells some one who is 

 sure to tell them. Often his brassy assumption of every- 

 thing meritorious passes for good coin; and his boasting, 

 prejudgments and prej^^dices are far more effective than 

 they should be, in creating favorable imfn-essions for dogs 

 before and after they begin their race. Now, these dogs 

 may not be so good as many others, or indeed may be down- 

 right common. But this does not for a moment deter the 

 Mcker-for-revenue. He will frankly point out faults in dogs 

 he ran in previous years if said dogs are sold, but he has no 

 faults to discover in dogs which he now owns. If any of 

 these dogs are sold this year he will cheerfully and fully'tell 

 their faults next year, particularly if they go into a compet- 

 ing kennel. If one dog is defeated, he kicks. If two, twice 

 as much. If all his dogs are defeated, he hurls forth all his 

 kick. He accuses the judges of incompetency, dishonesty, 

 weakness of mind, bad pedigree and whatever else he can 

 invent. He tells this to every person he meets, and sits up 

 late at night repeating od ??.rti<^e'um his story to all his lis- 

 teners. He is then kicking earnestly for advertising and 

 revenue. He swears with an earnestness which is most con- 

 vincing that he will neA^er run his dogs again under that 

 club; and so earnest and forcible does he build up his mam- 

 moth blufiE that the listener is impressed with the belief that 

 the club's days are numbered when that kicker will not 

 enter his dogs. 



Yet the kicker will be on hand the next year with the same 

 stock story. Generally some scared member of the club 

 makes a semi-apology or .some explanation which the kicker 

 accepts as satisfactory. In fact, be is willing to accept any- 

 thing as satisfactory. He has made his big bluii' for adver- 

 tising, got himself forward as a central figure, both notori- 

 ous and famous. 



He knows that field trials are the life of his business; that 

 to refrain from running his dogs would end his profitable 

 dog dealing; that the competition is the life of his business. 



(1) Field trial clubs do not seem to realise that they are 

 undignified and unjust to themselves in trying to pacify an 

 abusive kicker-for-re venue. 



(2) That the kicker's Chinese thunder is what is vulgarly 

 termed a bluff. 



(3) That if they met the threat of not running any moie 

 dogs In their trials by the reply that he need not do so; that 

 he only ran for the money and not for the benefit of the 

 trials, he thereafter would not make any threats, 



(4) 'that it is a benefi't to the club if the kicker-for-revenue 

 remains away. 



(5) That it is a reflection on ttieir own judges to be apolo- 

 getic to a kicker-for-revenue, or any other kicker. 



((3) That judges who are acting for a club are entitled to 

 protection as a matter of right, 



(7) That a kicker who openly and maliciously vilifies the 

 judges or club members should be expelled from the grounds, 



(8) That a kicker who vilifies his fellow handlers, the 

 judges and club members, and assures everybody at the 

 same time that he himself is a true gentleman, may be mis- 

 taken in every particular. 



Field trials have advanced to such an important stage of 

 development that the malicious kicker-for-revenue should 

 be suppressed or rejected. His greed and malice are dis- 

 turbing elements of constant duration, He has been deferred 

 to and made much of— so much that he was justified in be- 

 lieving that the field trial world was largely embodied in the 

 kicker-for-revenue. 



The Sympathetic Kicker. 

 The sympathetic kicker enters into the spirit of any oriier 

 fellow's kick, and becomes an energetic party to it. He feels 

 as earnestly as if the grievance were trulV his own. He 

 warms to his grievance as he builds up his case, and fre- 

 quently bocome? louder and more bitter than the original 

 kicker. He loses sight of the fact of his own silliness and 

 contemptible weakness. The emotional kicker is never at a 

 loss for facts: for, if they are not at hand, he will readily in- 

 vent something. One bona fide kicker who happens to be 

 where he can gather a group of sympathetic kickers, can 

 make quite a small rebellion, particularlv if he is liberal 

 with his flask. 



The Constitutional Kicker. 



Then there is the kicker who is so constitutionally. He 

 kicks independently and defiantly. He is honest in his be- 

 liefs, has no ase to grind— his kick is stripped of all extra- 

 neous considerations. He asks no sympathy. Lose or win 

 he kicks beoaiise it is natural. ' 



The Kick Courteous. 

 That a man has a right to difl'er from the j udges, from 

 the handlers, from the club, or from everything and every- 

 body all at once, no one will deny; but that a man whose 

 dog nas been defeated has a right to openly and persistently, 

 or at all, vilify the club and judges, or openly insult them, 

 no one will concede. Too much of this has been allowed in 

 the past. Field trial clubs and judges have been too lax. 

 Contempt has been given too free rein, it is time for a 

 departure. Field trials have a respectable standing, are 

 growing in influence and number every year, have a gentle- 

 manly TOferobership and following, and "it is high time to 



suppress an evil which has by its regular exercise almost 

 become honored usage. The combination of loud boasting, 

 keen-scented avarice and threadbare prestige, all colored 

 with bullying, should be relegated to the realms of the re- 

 jected. There are no portraits intended here. Only classes 

 are conaideied. 



Black Setters. 

 While in Manitoba at the field trials last month, I had 

 the pleasure of seeing some of Mr. Johnson's black setters, 

 which he is breeding. They were under medium size, com- 

 pact and well built, had remarkably good legs and feet, and 

 were fast, energetic workers. He spoke very highly of their 

 merits. 



Horse and Greyhound. 



Racing between horses and greyhounds is now being 

 agitated, and it appears to have some supporters, A con- 

 temporary, referring to an oft'er by Mr, Soger Williams, to 

 match his Stonehenge filly against any greyhound at one- 

 half, five-eighths or three-quarters of a mile, says that "It 

 will be a shame if Mr, Williams's offer is allowed to go beg- 

 ging," .Just how the greyhound owners will be guilty of a 

 "shame" by wisely refraining from making what, for them, 

 would prove a silly match, is not apparent. In fact, there is 

 not any^ "shame" in it. No school boy, who dearly loved to 

 see a fight inexpensive to himself, ever put a chip with 

 greater calmness on a schoolmate's shoulder for some other 

 schoolmate to knock off, than that chip was presented to the 

 areyhound men. Such advice is most unfair. Running 

 horses against greyhounds is no novelty, even in this country. 

 So long ago as 18Si I saw rsces between thoroughbred horses 

 and greyhounds on the rsce track at Mobile, Ala. The 

 distance was one mile, ar d the ru e itself was a hippodrome; 

 but it was .so from the fact tnat the greyhounds, though 

 good ones and well conditioned, could not go the mile with 

 the horses; so the latter were pulled to give the dogs a fair 

 showing at the finish. 



There were a number of places in the South" that year 

 where these, races were given and, I think, similar races 

 were given in other years. If the greyhound men are wise 

 they will keep their money in their pockets and let any one, 

 who has no money at stake, cry "shame." 



The same journalj in severely rebuking men who set their 

 bulldogs on pugs, in a rather involved sentence, says; "And 

 further that they cannot amuse themselves by setting 

 vicious dogs onto ladies' pets and kindred pastimes." Prob- 

 ably the writer meant on instead of "onto;" but how vicious 

 dogs could be set "onto" "kindred pastimes" is not plain. 

 Could not a race be arranged between a vicious dog and a 

 kindred pastime'^ It would be so funny. It's a "shame" if 

 it isn*t! Any man can make a mistake in his language, 

 but few men can write language both qunint and weird. 



That reminds me that in "Points and B'lushes" last week 

 I was made to say "over- weaning" when I meant over-ween- 

 ing. Such things sometimes make a slight difference in 

 what a fellow means, although it sounds just as well. 



B. Waters. 



FLAPS FROM THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Canada.— In the English Stoclt'-Keeper of Sept. 

 23 appears the "Whisper" printed below. As Toronto does 

 not happen to be in "the land of the stars and stripes," and 

 as Mr. Brodie is now a resident of the Dominion, I may be 

 excused for encroaching on the editor's prerogative. Mr. 

 Brodie has favored me with a copy of his reply to the Stoch- 

 Kecver, which I also append, and no doubt Mr. Neil Gow 

 will be glad to add his testimony as to the accuracy of Mr. 

 Brodie's statement: 



From ihe Stocli-Kceper.— "-The American eagle is indulg- 

 ing in .some wild flights of fancy over the arrival of Mr. 

 Brodie in the land of the stars and stripes. Fobest a.nd 

 Stream says: 'Mr, Brodie is known to all Irish terrier men 

 as the owner of the great little dog Irish Ambassador.' As 

 a matter of fact that statement, harmless enough in a way, 

 wants qualifying, Mr. Brodie and his dog may have been 

 well known in the North, but neither was farniliar at the 

 big Southern canine gatherings. . The fame of the dog Irish 

 Ambassador rested rather on his successes at the stud, which 

 we desire to acknowledge most readily, but when our trans- 

 atlantic contemporary continues, 'To show what is thought 

 of the Irish Ambassador, Mr, Brodie, it is said, has refu.sed 

 £260 for him,' why we can only suppose that if Ananias lived 

 in these days he would have been reckoned so poor a hand at 

 his own specialty that Mr, Labouchere would buy him and 

 exhibit him as an advertisement toT Truth. Two hundred 

 and sixty fiddlesticks, sir; and this is why we have such a 

 contempt for 'ofl!ers' that have been refused. They are sim- 

 ply the refuee of the thrifty advertiser. 'Offers' indeed ! 

 Why, anybody can imagine them by the dozen, and who is 

 to prove the contrary ?" 



Mr. Brodie's BepHi.—Erlitor Stock.-Keeper, 169 Fleet 

 street, London, E, O, Sir: In "Whispers of Fancy," in Stock,- 

 Keeper of Sept. 23, just to hand, I note remarks re the Irish 

 terrier-, the Irish Ambassador and myself. If Forest and 

 Stream is rather indulgent at times, the Stocli-Keeper can 

 be decidedly nasty and mean when it suits it. Your insult- 

 ing personal remarks I will treat with the contempt they 

 deserve, and pass on to the statement made by Forest and 

 STEBAivr, namely, "Mr. Brodie is known to all Irish terrier 

 men as the owner of the ereat little dog Irish Ambassador." 

 If this statement wants qualifying, why do you in the same 

 paragraph admit ttie fame of the Irish Ambassador? As to 

 the other part of it, can your correspondent name any other 

 party who owns him? The Stoeli- Keeper evidently forgers 

 that in one of its recent issues, when giving champion 

 Brickbat "a lift" it stated that a certain price (t forgot the 

 exact amount just now, but I think it was somewhere about 

 £■2^0) had been offered and refused for him, and again in 

 your issue of Aug. 26, you say £160 had been offered and re- 

 fused for Poor Pat, and this is how we sbow such a con- 

 tempt for "off ers" that have been refused ! "Offers indeed, 

 why anybody can imagine them by the dozen, and who is to 

 prove to the contraryf" 



As to the genuineness of the statement made by Forest 

 a:sv Stream in reference to the price that has been refused 

 for the Irish Ambassador. In May, 1891, Mr. Neil Gow, 

 9 Rose Terrace, Perth (a gentleman well-know as a buyer of 

 the best stock procurable in both dogs and poultry, and fre- 

 quently mentioned in your journal as a purchaser and im- 

 porter of such), made me an offer of £200 for the Irish 

 Ambassador, and on my refusal to accept it afterwards in- 

 creasing it to £260, Still I refused, to sell, and I have no 

 reason to regret having done so, for since that time con- 

 siderably over 100 bitches have visited him. and those from 

 most of" the leading Irish terrier fanciers in the United 

 Kingdom. The number only includes those for which a 

 stud fee has been paid and does not include my own bitches 

 from which I have bred quite a number that I have sold at 

 very fair prices, I am considerably within the margin when 

 I state that he ha" doubled the price I refused for him at 

 that time; he is still mine, and I would not take £260 for my 

 chances with him yet. As far as offers are concerned, the 

 value of all the Irish terriers in existence put together, can- 

 not separate the Irish Ambassador and William Brodie. 



Messi*s. Luckwell & Douglas have sold champion Black 

 Dufferin and a good bitch to a breeder on your side whose 

 name I have been unable to learn. 



According to the Toronto catalogue the collie Wellesbourne 

 Charlie was awarded the Collie Club medal for the best in 

 novice class. This cannot be as the dog is not eligible under 

 C. M, C, rnle,s for this class. 



The cocker champion Brant also was given the cup foi* tfes 



best dog and two of his get. As Brant was entered for 

 "specials only" and as this is" in direct opposition to Rule II., 

 section 4. which reads, "A dog entered at any show must 

 enter and compete in the regular classes," I don't see how 

 the win can stand. 



I find I was in error as to the importer of the St. Bernard 

 bitch Lady Alton. She was got out by Mr. W. H. Auld , 

 Strathroy, and not by the Bowmanville St. Bernard Kennels. 

 It was her half sister Maypole the latter kennels bought. 

 Maypole is by champion Alton out of Rennie and has been 

 bred to Marvel. 



The Hamilton Kennel Club will hold another of its inter- 

 esting and well managed local bench shows in the Palacd 

 Rink on October 24. 



Dr. Mole, V. S., is now a resident of Tgi?6i1Co; ihfs address 

 is 260 Adelaide street. West. 



The Corktown Cocker Kennels, Ottawa, have sold Wanda, 

 C. 697, black cocker bitch whelped .June 30, 1890, by Bob 

 Obo out of Cleo, and Corktown Consul, C. 1,304, black field 

 spaniel dog, whelped May 22, 1891, by Obo Jr. out of Dot 

 Smirll, to J. F. Elder, Wiiliamsport, Pa. 



H. B. DOKOVAN. 



NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB FIELD TRIAL 

 ENTRIES. 



The entry list of the third annual trials of this club have 

 filled very satisfactorily, and we sincerely trust the list is a 

 practical one and that they will all be seen on the field next 

 week. 



Class A— Dogs 1-^ to J.5ln. 



BASE— Wm.' IJ. Ashburuer's (Yeadon, Pa.) b. w. t. dog 

 (Spelo— Gipsey Belle), whelped 1889 Breeder, owner. 



Tony Weller— Wm. H, Child's (Glenside, Pa.) b. w. t, 

 doK (Keno— Fly), March 1.5 ,188,5, Breeder, T Satterthwaite. 



Frank Forest— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N, Y.) b. w. 

 t. dog (Riot— Skip), 1886. Breeder, Geo. F, Rped. 



Rot K,— Rockland Kennels' (Nanu.et, N. Y.) b, w. t. dog 

 (champion Rattler IIL— Dora), Dec. 23, 1889. Breeder, Geo, 

 Laick. 



Hugh— W, F. Rutter, Jr.'s (Lawrence, Mass,) b, w. t. doa 

 (champion Fitz Hugh Lee— Queen R.), October, 1890, Breeder 

 owner. 



Lee II.— Pottinger Dorsey's (Newmarket, Md.) b, w. t. dog 

 (Lee— Juliet), June 27, 1887. Breeder, owner. 



Forest HgKTER— Forest Beagle Kennels' (We.st Duxbury, 

 Mass.) b. w. t, doa: (Forest Boy— Lady Lee), April, 1890. 

 Breeder, G. F. Reed. 



Storm — Somerset Kennels' (Bernardsville, N. J.) b. w. 1 

 dog (Lee— Countess), Aug. 20, 1886. Breeder, PottiugeT 

 Dorsey, 



Glory— Somerset Kennels' (Bernpa-dsville, N. .J.) b, w, t. 

 dog (Storm- Somerset T'aa), Jaly 9, 1890, Breeder, ownpr. 



BiNG— John G, Honecker's (Toledo, O ) w. b. t, dog (Y 'J 

 tor D.— Fry R.), Feb. 22, 1889, Brteder, G, Mellan. 



CJo:ss B—BUci!ef<, IS to Idln. 



SNOAv— Middleton Kennels' (Fr-inkfort, Mich.) b, w, t. 

 bitch (Stormy— Luc^), April 16, 1S90. 



Vice R.— Forest Bengle Kennels' (We.st Duxbury, Mas^.i 

 b. w. t. bitch (champion Pitz Hugh Lee— Reed's Nell), May, 

 1889. Breeder, Geo. F, Reed, 



June Rose— Forest Beagle Kennels' (West Duxburv. 

 Mass,) w, b. t, bitch (Frank Forest— Juno II.), June 15, 1889. 

 Breeder. W. A. San all. 



Fannie Racer— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y. ) b. w, 

 t, bitch (champion Rattler, Jr.— Nellie), July 10, 1890. 

 Breeder, C. S. Wixom. 



Zillah— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet. N. Y ) b. w, t. bitch 

 (champion Rattler, Jr.— Nellie), July 10, 1890, Breeder, C. 

 S. Wixom. 



Bla]sche— Wm. H, Child's (Glenside, Pa,) b, w, t. bitch 

 (Uno—Bell), June, 1885. Breeder unlcnown. 



Paethenia— Glenrose Beagle Kennels* (Melro.=fe, ?<Ias.^.! >». 

 w. t. bitch (Bob— Maryj, June 7. 18S7. Breeder, N. Elmov.e. 



Gtpsey K— Glenrose Beagle Kennels (Melro«e, Mass.) b. 

 w. t. bitch (Kenneally's Lee— Ton v), June 18, 1888. Breeder, 

 E J. Kenneally. 



Venus IIL— Pottinger Dorsey's (Newmarket, Md.) b. w. 

 t. bitch (Lee— Venus IL), Sept. 8. 1889. Brf eder, owner. 



Marvel— Somerset Kennels' (Bf-rnardiiville, N. J.) b. w. t. 

 bitch (Bounce— Ferrol), April 12, 1889, Breeder, F. C, 

 Phoebus. 



Mollxe— W. P. Rutter, Jr.'s (Lawrence, Mass.), b, w, t. 

 bitch (Comeroe— Nell), April, 1887. Breeder, W. S. Clark. 

 Class C—Dogs ISin. and under, 



Rockland Boy— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.),. b. 

 w. t. dog (champion Little Duke — Snowflake), July 10, 189*1. 

 Breeder, H. J. Bennett. 



Frank Forest- Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.), b. 

 w. t. dog (Riot-Skip), 1886. Breeder, G. F. Rped. 



MiLO— Glenrose Beagle Kennels' (Melrose, Mass.), b, w. t, 

 dog (champion Bannerman-Twintwo). July 11, 1890. Breed- 

 ers, Chapman & Jamieson, 



Clyde— B. S, Turpin's (Dorchester, Mass.), w, b, t, dote 

 (Frank Forest— Sue Forest), April, 1889. Breeder, A. Parry. 

 Class B—Bitclics ISim. arul under. 



Butterfly— Glenrose Beagle Kennels' (Melrose, Mass.). 

 b. w. t. bitch (Forest Boy— Lady Lee), April 18, 1890. Breed- 

 er, George F. Rfed. 



Lou— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N, Y,), b. w. t. bitch 

 (Keno— Fly), Sept. 27, 1880. Breeder, J, Satterthwaite, 



Ween ANNAN— Rockland Kennels' (N:inuet, N. Y,) b, w. t, 

 bitch (Boston— Countess), June 21, 1838. Breeder, P, Dorsey. 



Bonnie Lassie— Wm H. Hyland's (North Tarrytown, N. 

 Y.) b. w. t, bitch (Rip Van Winkle— Queen Nellie), June H. 

 1889 Breeder, P. N, Bush, 



Romp C— B. Gerry RobeTts',s (Red Bank, N. J.) b. w. t. 

 bitch (Tony— Skippj), Dec. 18, 1890 Breeder, G, W, Proctor. 



Desdemoka— Henry Hanson's (Fall Ri ver, Mass. i b, w. t. 

 bitch (Kenneally's .Lee— Tone), Dec. 30, 1888. Breeder, E. J. 

 Kenneally. 



Class E— Derby, for Dogs or Bitches Wh&^etd on or after 

 Jan. 1, 1S91. 



MiLLAHD— Somerset Kennels' (Beraardsville, N. J.) b. w. t. 

 dog (Burke— Little Fly), Jan. 1, 1891, Breeder, F. C. 

 Phoebus. 



Charm— Somerset Kennel*' (Beruardsville, N. J.) b. w. t. 

 bitch (Storm— Belle of Woodbrook), April 23, 1891. Breeder, 

 owner. 



FiFER— Glenrose Beagle Kennels' (Melrose, Mass.) b. w. t. 

 dog (Tony— Jinglp), Aug. 4, 1891. Breeder, S. James. 



Forest Girl— Forest Beagle Kennels' (West Duxbury. 

 Mass.) b. w. t. bitch (Frank Pordst— Sue Forest), Nov. 1 . 

 1891. 



Prince— Wm. H. Ashbtimer's (Yeadon, Pa.) b. w. t. dog 

 (Brittle— Jude), June, 1891. Breeder, owner. 



Rockland Boy— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) b. 

 w. t. dog (Ch. Little Duke — Snowflake), July 10, 1891. 

 Breeder, H. J. Bennett. 



Fanchette— Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) b. w. t. 

 bitch (Mac— Fanny K.). April 6, 1S91. Breeder. L St. Clair. 



Br. i'oote intends sending a team of black and tan terrier.'- 

 out to Omaha, Neb., show with Ben Lewis. Cbampion 

 Sultan, Merry Monarch, English Lady and Carmencita 

 are the four selected. A good chance for any one who has *i 

 bitch in .season piife th^re. 



