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FOREST AND STREAM, 



LOot. 20, 1892. 



DOG CHAT. 



Death in the Hunting Field. 



The sad death of Mr. Charles L. Cottenet, while out with 

 the hotmds of the Meadowbrook Hunt Club, at Hicksville, 

 L. I., has drawQ jjublic attention again to the imitation fox- 

 hunt so much in voeue among country clubs round New 

 York. Mr. Cotteuet's horse in taking a post and rail fence 

 caught in a wire strung about a foot above the top i-ail, 

 turned a somersault aud pitched its rider on his head and 

 then rolled over him. Mi'. Cottenet when found was un- 

 conscious and died shortly after, his skull having been 

 fractured at the base. This was a drag hunt and the course 

 was laid for about eight miles over fences near Hempstead, 

 L. I. It does seem strange that when the course is chosen, 

 unlike fox hunting in reality, when you take it as it comes, 

 that whoever lays the drag has not sense enough to ''ware 

 wire" and steer clear of it. And again that a man of Mr. 

 Cotteuet's experience would think of taking a wire in plain 

 view, and eapi^cially with a green horse. Again, while fol- 

 lowing bounds it is always wiser to wear a hard hat, either 

 a "tile'' or "Derby," for we have seen many a skull saved 

 owing to the 6in. space between crown and skull. Like 

 everything Americans undertake, they go at it head first 

 aud generally undertake more than experience warrants 

 them in doing, and so it is with so-called fox-hunting The 

 men are eager to eet there, and the horses only half trained 

 and the country unsuitable, some of the jumps being very 

 tiasty, accideuts are bound to occur. This accident has cast 

 a gloom over society and the meets for a time will be 

 abandoned. The master of these hounds, Mr. James E. 

 CowdiD, was also badly thrown some time .since, but has 

 since recovered. 



Fox-Terriers in Canada. 



The Fox-Terrier Club organized during the late Toronto 

 show is bound to do good to the breed in Canada, especially 

 with such a go ahead man as Aid. Stewart holding the reins. 

 A circular has been issued by the club stating its position 

 and aims. Next year it is intended to give a show confined 

 to fox-terriers and also bring pressure to bear ou bench show 

 committees to pro\dde separate classes for smooths aud 

 wires, and to give better money prizes. The latter is the 

 better plan, specialty shows are a great expense to the clubs 

 undertatiug them, and we do not think they do as much good 

 to the special breeds they are expected to benefit as is gen- 

 erally supposed. The American Fox-Terrier Club did not 

 benefit at all by the shows they held. If the clubs make 

 asppcial effort in conjunction with some large show, like 

 the Bulldog Club does at the New York show, we are con 

 vinced that greater good is obtained and the dogs receive 

 more notice from the geueral public and other exhibitors, 

 without the expense that is incurred in gixnng a separate 

 specialty show at which a baker's dozen will just about 

 cover the average attendance. The "frost," so apparent at 

 such gatherings both here and in England, we are firmly 

 convinced does more harm than good, for it is from the out- 

 side public the boom must be created. The exhibitors them- 

 selves know all about it. All Canadians even remotely in- 

 terested iu fox-terriers should join the club, for the low fee 

 of *2 is within the reach of any one. 



Railway Rates in Canada. 



The handlers feel pretty sore over the way they were 

 treated at Ottawa either by the .show people or the railroad 

 companies. When a club advertises that certain arrange- 

 meuts have been made with the express and railroads about 

 tran.sportatiou, they should make it a point to see that they 

 were carried out. The exhibitors got to Ottawa all right, 

 but when they tried to get out the companies repudiated 

 any agreement and charged so much a hundred pounds, aud 

 no dog could weiich less than a century. This made it es- 

 pecially hard for G-eorge Thomas, most of whose thirty 

 dog3 wei"e terriers, aud it cost him over .s40 to get out. The 

 big-dog men were not affected by this ruling so much. 

 Still some different arrangements will have to be made 

 next year if the show people hope to get the good 

 dogs from the States. The Ruppert Kennel with four dogs 

 won SIO. Then to make matters worse they had each to pay 

 *2 50 for customs clearance papers and when they got to the 

 line the custom officers wanted a dollar each "before they 

 would pass them, this was the last straw and they kicked 

 but not too hard for sundry personal reasons, but succeeded 

 eventually in persuading the officers to take fifty cents. This 

 ou the face of it must have been extortion'. With the 

 promises so libefally given that the customs arrangements 

 would be all lovely, it is apt to make exhibitors say hard 

 things aud remember their experiences when another year 

 comes round. 



Sheeting Dogs. 



The other day a man in New Rochelle deliberately in cold 

 blood shot a valuable mastiff belonging to a neighbor on 

 the latter's premises. The dog is said to have been a nuis- 

 ance to the neighbors by the man who shot the dog, and the 

 owner of the "late" dog says it was shot because in the 

 earlier part of the day his dog had bitten the shooter's bull- 

 dog. Whichever tale is true, the opinion given iu the Ux- 

 bridge case the other day would seem to cover this one. 

 -Judge Dartwell in rendering his decision said: "The law 

 permits the killing of a dog by any one by whom he is at- 

 tacked, but does not allow the aggn-ieved party to take the 

 law into his own hands by killing the animal on a subse 

 quent occasion, still less when the attack or injury has been 

 inflicted upon another, even if a member of his own family. 

 Any one who adopts this course renders himself liable to a 

 criminal prosecution." And this seems to us like a common- 

 sense view of the matter. It is probable that the case we 

 speak of will come before the courts, and the result will be 

 important. 



Newfoundlands • at Danbury. 

 Mr. Jas. Watson writes us a "postal" to say that he did not 

 give Carlo, the fat, curly Newfoundland, equal first prize 

 with Prince Hal at Danbury. Carlo was awarded second 

 ^'e took the awards from the secretary's book, the only 

 record, and it was plainly written there equal first, and 

 moreover the two dogs had each a blue ribbon. We are 

 pleased to find that we were mistaken, though for Mr. Wat- 

 son's own reputation he should object to having his awards 

 tampered with afterward. Regarding the greyhound bitch 

 Maybrook Nell Mr. Watson says: "I fully expected "H 

 W, L," would flud fault with Maybrook Nell, but almost 

 solely ou account of her great depth of che.st." No! we 

 found fault with her other bad points, which were quite 

 siifficient to show she was in the wrong place. 



The Beagle Trials. 



The entries to the National Beagle Club's third annual 

 trials show a healthy increase over former years. The first 

 trials had twenty-oue entries, last year thirty-four aud this 

 ye.ar there are thirty-eight. This year one prominent ken- 

 nel that participated last year does not take part, but 

 beagle meu will be pleased to see that several new names 

 are to be found among the entries for 1893. The trials are 

 creating an interest among others than strictly beagle fan- 

 ciers, and a number of visitors have signified 'their inten 

 tion of being present at Nanuet to see the festive "bunny" 

 run to earth. Monday next will be devoted to the bench 

 show aud general congratulations. The sterner work will 

 commence at daybreak on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and it is to be 

 hoped all those who have dogs to run will be on hand in 



time so that a prompt start can be made. Those who re 

 quire accommodation for more than one day should write 

 at once to Mr. H. L. Kreuder, Nanuet, N. Y., to secure 

 quarters at the hotel. Hotel rates are $1.50 to .$3 per day. 

 It is very gratifying to find that most of the entries are 

 dogs well known in the show arena, such dogs as Frank 

 Forest, Storm, Tony Weller, Lou, Roy K, Clyde and others 

 are all familiar winners. It is to be hoped that the usual 

 absence of bickering and kicking will be noticeable again 

 this year and that the meeting will obliterate all signs of 

 the recent little irritation aud the spirit of bo /i camaraderie 

 prevail as before. 



Dogdom in California. 



The fanciers of the Pacific slope are moving apace. With 

 the fox-terrier and St. Bernard clubs firmly established it 

 will not be long, probably, before they have other clubs for 

 setters aud pointers and greyhounds," which are also popu- 

 lar breeds in California. The fancy is fast resolving itself 

 luto three main sections and the advance is toward the set- 

 ting sun. The European section, with England as the cen- 

 ter, is recognized as the mother, but America can now show 

 two very lively ofl"shoots; the country east from Chicago, 

 which in the past decade has made such rapid strides in 

 the advancement of the doe-s, and all that country bounded 

 by the Pacific in the far W&st. Gradually our Californiau 

 brethren are stocking their kennels with choicely-bred 

 stock from Eastern kennels. Mr. Crowell has recently pur- 

 chased Fernwood Inez, a St. Beruard bitch, and Mr.'E. B. 

 Bishop has just shipped two Irish setter pups of excellent 

 breeding to Mr. L, L. Campbell, of the Bay View Kennels, 

 West Berkeley Cal., and lately we have chronicled the pur- 

 chase of other noted stock from this side of the continent. 

 With the new lease of life the Pacific Kennel Club seems 

 to have taken there is bound to be a still further boom in 

 matters canine The A. K. C. has, we understand, allotted 

 the dates May .3 to 6, 1893, to this rejuvenated club for their 

 next show, and now we trust that all differences will be 

 buried and the two main California kennel clubs work for 

 the benefit of the whole. 



Bassets, 



Mr. E. A. Manice seems to have a decided peucbant for 

 the "long and low," for, besides owning a dachshund keunel 

 second to none in this country, he has now purchased from 

 Mr. E. W. Jester, of Wilmington, Del., the only team of 

 bassets in America, or at least known to the fraternity. Mr. 

 Jester has only, we believe, shown his dogs at Washington 

 shows, but among the five he has sold to Mr, Manice are one 

 or two that show a good deal of quality and correct type. It 

 is often a subject of comment that some one over here has 

 not taken up this bi-eed that is so popular at English shows, 

 and of which Messrs. E. Millais, G. R. Krehl, Mrs. Ellis and 

 others have been the chief exhibitors. But now we hope 

 Mr. Manice, as he tells us that he thought the bassets would 

 make a good second .string, will take the breed in hand and 

 show us some real good ones. At Brooklyn show next 

 month he intends to .show up to the best of his resources. 

 By the way, his dachshund bitch Janet has had a bad time 

 of it. During the summer she tore her ears so badly that 

 they became a mass of matterating sores, aud her owner 

 feared that to save her life they would have to be cut off. 

 Dr. Sherwood, however, went to Stockbridge and made a 

 complete cure, though, it is said, she will never carry her 

 ears so well again. 



Pacific Kennel Club Meeting. 



The regnlar monthly meeting of the Pacific Kennel Club 

 was held on Oct. 5, in San Francisco, Cal., President R. E. 

 Wilson in the chair, and an attendance of about forty mem- 

 bers. There were five new members elected, viz.: 'Messrs. 

 H. G. Paeffie. J. F. H, Wohler, V. Stubeurauch, G. W. 

 Howe aud J. J. O'Brien, and four new names were proposed 

 for membership. The club has a membership of 105 now, 

 and promises to be over 200 before the dog show is held. 

 Judging from interest taken in kennel matters in C-ili- 

 fornia the show will be the largest ever held there. The 

 club has now over S300 in the treasury, and the receipts of 

 the evening were $47. 



Sale of Ch. Black Dufferin. 



Through carelessness on our part Mr. Geo. Douglas's let- 

 ter, dated Oct. 7, was mislaid. This letter informed us of 

 the s«le of his noted cocker spaniel Black Dufferin to Mr. 

 John E. Wat-son, of IJtica, N. Y , for a good figure. This 

 affords cocker men an opportunity to breed their bitches to 

 a good dog without the bother of sending to Canada and 

 fooling with customs regulations. Mr. Douglas is going out 

 of the fancy for a while, but the kennel, of which Mr. Luck- 

 well is a partner and who stays in, has a couple of young- 

 sters by ch. Black Duke and one by Black Dufferin that are 

 very promising and are intended to shake things next spring. 



Canton Kennel Club. 



The Canton (O.) Kennel Club, for the purpose of promot- 

 ing the raising of fine dogs aud the holding of dog shows in 

 that city, was organized Oct. S at the office of Dr. .J. M. 

 Myers. The officers and directors are as follows: President, 

 Daniel Cobaugh; First Vice-President, C, E. Alexander; 

 Second Vice-President, A. H. Smith; Treasurer, W. F. 

 Koons; Directors, J. M. Myers, W. L. Alexander, H. Strunk 

 and H. E Phillips. The following are members: P. 

 Schwartz, F. C. Taft, G. V. L. Mellinger, G. E. Leiniuger, 

 August Daunemiller, Bert Ooe, Ben Van Norman, John 

 Hiegius, J. L, Arnold, J. F. Stoddard, O. J. Banon, J. Wack- 

 erly, R. G. Haight and J. O. Eek roads. 



Psovoi Type. 



At the meeting of the Borzoi Club, held recently in Eng- 

 land, the question of a proper standard came up, aud the 

 points of the breed recommended by the committee will 

 shortly be sent to the different members for suggestiou, with 

 the idea of forming a standard more in conformity, we sup- 

 pose, with the English idea of what the breed should belike. 

 The rW question was discussed, aud the majority were 

 against the ftat side, and probably when the English have 

 had sufficient time they will, as usnal, improve on the breed 

 until it has lost much of its original distinctivene.gs and will 

 be nothing more nor less than a silky-coated greyhound in 

 appearance. 



Manitoba Field Trials ClUb. 



At a meeting of this club, held Oct. 10, it was resolved 

 that the secretary tender to Mr. Tallman the thanks of the 

 club for the very able and satisfactory manner iu which he 

 conducted the judging at its late trials. The following 

 gentlemen were elected members: Messrs. Paul H. Gotzian 

 St. Paul; Frank Richards and Geo. Richards, Stewar*; Dr' 

 R. J. Walters, Dr. C. E. Sayer, D. M. Gumming and W" A 

 Bruette, Chicago; W. D. Hardrm, Council Bluffs; A.C. Ander' 

 sou, River Falls, G. A. Day, Fargo; C. C. Good, Faust; W L 

 Smith, Morrison; Wm. Tallman, New York.— E. D. Ad 4..ms 

 Acting Sec'y, 



The National Greyhound Club. 



A meeting of this club was held Oct. 11 at the Fifth 

 Avenue Hotel. There was little more than routine business 

 transacted. The club decided to donate a silver cup again 

 this year in the Derby at the Great Bend coursing meeting 

 Everything is progressing favorably in the arrangements for 

 the Brooklyn dog show, held under the auspices of this club 

 Several handsome silver challenge cups will be offered. Ttie 

 W. K. C. offers one each for the best deerhound and Psovoj 



H. D. Polhamus, one for best English setter, and Tubby 

 Hook Kennels another for best bull-terrier. August Bel- 

 mont also gives one to be competed for in the fox-terrier 

 division. There will also be a number of good money 

 specials, beside the generous list of regular prizes. The 

 premium list will be issued Thursday, Oct. 20, and the cata- 

 logue will have at least 40 pictures of celebrated dogs, and 

 in other ways be quite a work of art. An office has been 

 opened to transact business of the show in the Arbuckle 

 Building, Brooklyn. 



Brooklyn Dog Show. 



Although we have not as yet received a Brooklyn show 

 premium Hst, Mr. Huntington informs us that the entry 

 fee will be $.3. We are glad to know this, as now no one can 

 have an excuse not to enter. Owners of dogs in this vicinity 

 and all over the country should ee that the first Brooklyn 

 fixture shall be a rousing one. 



One of the great pillars of the fox-terrier stud book has 

 joined the majority. Champion Brockenhurst Spice died 

 Sept. 2 from natural decay. His name will be found iu the 

 pedigree of many of our best fox-terriers. 



Mr. C. H. Smith, owner of Islay, the Skye terrier, seems 

 determined to get the best, and has now secured through 

 Mr. W. J. Nichols, Jr., a gi-and young dog, ISmos. old, by 

 Medoc out of a champion old Burgundy bitch. This younf 

 dog was shipped per s.s. Cufic, Oct. 7. " ' " 



The most important show held on the other side last week 

 was the Scottish Kennel Club show at Edinburgh. A glance 

 thrfiugh the prize li.st and reports does not show anything 

 strikingly new. Many well known Enelish winners were 

 there. Of course the Scotch terriers, Skyes and Dandies 

 were the main classes, and collies and bulldogs bad also 

 good entries Duke of Maplecroft, we note, won in St. Ber- 

 nard and a v ry good rough bitch. Mary of Argyle, is said 

 to have come out, her worst fault is lack of .size. 



The English Stock-Keeper has oue rival less to contend 

 with, that is if the Fanciers' Gazette could be called a rival. 

 The fir.st named journal has just purchased the kennel de 

 partment of the Fancir.rt<' GrizeUe, henceforth the latter 

 journal will devote itself to poultry and pigeons. The in- 

 creased space necessary for that part of the paper making it 

 compulsory either to advance the price of the paper or let 

 the dogs go. They decided upon the latter and now all the 

 kennel business goes to the Stoch-Kri iicr. While the 

 Fanciers^ Gazette has never applied itself to news as much 

 as its contemporaries, still, and for that reason its pages 

 have afforded lately some very interestiug reading. In 

 bidding adieu to the Fctaciers' Giizette, as a dog paper, we 

 hope that the management will have every reason to crow 

 over their new departure. The »S7oc/i Kcejicf needs no con- 

 gratulations, though the position of that journal cannot fail 

 to be strenghtened by the purchase. 



In commenting on our account of the death of the collie 

 bitch Blue Ruin, Stock -Keeper remarks that she was "the 

 most lovely blue merle the bench has ever .seen." 



There is trouble between the E. K. C. and the Crystal 

 Palace show, to be held the end of this mouth. The Crystal 

 Palace people have decided not to admit any dogs whelped 

 in 1892. Owing to this restriction, a very wise one neverthe- 

 less, the E. K. C. have decided that, though the show is held 

 under their rules, wins will not count. This seems to be a 

 rather retrograde motion. 



W. W. Titus has located at Waverley, Clay county, Miss., 

 in a good bird country, over which he has the exclusive 

 shooting rights, and is prepared to devote all his well-known 

 abilities to turning out good private shooting dogs. He will 

 not run any dogs in field trials this season. 



We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of several photo- 

 graphs of thegi-eat Dane, Dane, owned by Mr. Seymour D. 

 Boyd, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



The Fort Clarke Kennels, of Peoria, III., received, Oct. 18, 

 a high-class pug, shipped from London, England, per s.s. 

 Naronic. This dog is said to be choicely bred and the win- 

 ner of several prizes at English shows. 



The Britwit, Fancier does not seem to be in such a mori- 

 bund state as some people would have us believe. At any 

 rate, it is a pretty lively corpse. This week it has been 

 devoting considerable space to the doings of Harry Twyford, 

 now ou a visit to his native heath. A capital picture is pre- 

 sented of the Sage of Bay Ridge. Lately Mr. Twyford has 

 been doing the Yorkshire Kennels, and'we quite envy the 

 treat he must have had at Lytham, Lancashire, oti the 

 occasion of the old Ridgvvay Coursing Meeting. Among 

 other kennels he has visited are those of Mr. Booth, brother 

 of the Duchess Kennel manager, and with "Brockenhurst's" 

 usual facility for putting his foot in it, remarks that that 

 erentleman's hospitality is quite equal to any "Dook from 

 Tranby Croft." As there are no dukes in Tranby Croft, the 

 .vu/nk' is lost, Messrs. Smith &- Baker's St. Bernard Ken- 

 nels were visited and Young Bute seems to have caught his 

 eye more than anything else. Then he also dropped in on 

 old John Reed, of Beverley, of spaniel fame, and whose rem- 

 iniscent gossip of old Buff'et, the fox-terrier, reminds us of 

 poor Tom Dawson, who never tired of the subjpct. Mr. 

 Twj'ford is booked to sail Oct. 25, and will, therefore, just 

 miss the beagle trials where he was particularly needed. We 

 wish him a safe passage. 



Black Pomeranians are evidently worth their weight in 

 gold, for British Fancier tells us that Mr. Thomas has just 

 sold a three months old puppy weighing lib. for ,$135. 



Champion Tweed, the most noted sheepdog trialer in Eng- 

 land, has joined the silent majority. 



Mr. H. W. Smith's new wire-haired fox-terrier Daylesford 



Broom, shown under Mr. George Raper's aame, seems to be 

 gathering up all the prizes he can before sailing for his new 

 Some. At Nottingham show last week he won the special 

 for best in the show, i-esei-ve going to the collie Sefton Hero. 

 If this is right it stamps Mr. Smith's dog as a good one. 



The San Francisco Breeder and. Sportsman gives us a 

 good idea of the game conditions in California, which can- 

 not fail to be interesting to the sportsman of the East who 

 is well content to find two or three bevies of twelve or four- 

 teen in a day's tramp: "In the early shooting of the seasou 

 the quail are found in bevies, but as" the season advances the 

 birds assemble in great flocks, frequently numbering mauy 

 hundreds. Itis then that th'3 best sport may he obtained, for 

 the birds are then strong and active. Whe^u a large flock is 

 found it requires some considerable maneuvering in order to 

 secure the best sport. The birds must be thoroughly fright- 

 ened and-scattered in order to obtain the best S'^hooting, as 

 otherwise they being remarkably swift of foot will literally 

 i-un away from the sportsman. The best plan to pursue i's 

 to rush into the flock and fire several shots iu quick succes- 

 sion in order to scatter the birds and drive them to cover. 

 After this maneuver is accomplished they generally lie well 

 to the dog and afford excellent sport, although the number 

 usually secured tromthe large flocks are but a very small 

 fraction of the number. In the beginning of the season the 

 shooting is very good, provided a sufficient amount of rain 



