FOREST AND STREAM. 



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DOG CHAT. 



Mr. deo. Raper Will JucjRe. 



In justice to Mr. Mortimer perhaps a little explanation 

 would not be out of place regarding the paragraph in last 

 week's "Dog Cbat," in which Ave exclusively gave the news 

 tbat Mr. Raper would jtidge at the coming W. K. C. show. 

 We supposed that the arrangement would be made by mail, 

 iastead of that the table was used. On Dec. 6 we asked Mr. 

 Mortimer if Mr. Raper would judge again and he replied 

 that the subjtct of judges had not jet been discussed, but 

 would be on his return from Nashville show. On Mr. 

 Mortimer's return, Dtc. 9, the first serious discussion on the 

 subject of judges was held by the W. K. C. bench show 

 committee, and it was not until the evening of the third 

 day that Mr. Mortimer cabled to Mr. Geo. Raper, asking 

 him whether be would come or not. He received Mr. 

 Raper's reply in the affirmative on the following day, Sat- 

 urday, Dec. 10. No one but himself and the operator knew 

 that Mr. Raper had accepted the invitation until Sunday, 

 Dec. 18, when Mr. Terry came to Hempstead Kennels and 

 was told of Mr. Raper's reply. This completely clears Mr. 

 Mortimer of any .suspicion that he was withholding the 

 truth from us on Dec, r>. In writing to us, however, on the 

 subject Mr. Mortimer intimates that we had no authority 

 for the "news." We will set that straight too. Mr. Thos. 

 Terry told Mr. L. C. Whiton, and Mr. h. C. Wbiton told us 

 that Mr. Geo. Raper would judge, and now we have Mr. 

 Mortimer's authority for the statement.'.which is conclusive, 

 and Mr. Geo. Raper is down to judge again in 1893 at the 

 W. K. C. show. 



Field Trials of 1892. 



In the list of open field trials held in the United States 

 and Canada during the past year we have been unable to 

 ascertain the amount of every prize won, but where amounts 

 are given we believe they will be found correct. As a ready 

 reference the record of field trials of 1892 will be appreciated 

 by field trial men. 



Dr. H. H. Furness, LL.D., in accepting the keys of the 

 new hospital for dogs, recently erected at the UaiVersity of 

 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, made an eloquent speech 

 breathing of love for dogs and horses. In the course of his 

 oration he remarked: "All honor, then, and praise to our 

 surgeons of the canine infirmary. It is when our poor 

 dumb friends are sick and in pain and are drawing nigh to 

 death that we are conscious most oppressively of that bar- 

 rier between us and them which debars us from expressing 

 to the poor suffering things our deep sympathy and love. 

 But let us not wish that this barrier shall be ever broken 

 down, sweet though it might be to hear their gratitude for 

 the kindness bestowed on them in this infirmary. No, no; 

 it will be an hour of humiliation and shame for human 

 mortals if the tongues of dogs or of horses should be ever 

 unloosed and we have to listen to a history ,of torture, cruelty 

 and agony to which even man's inhumanity to man can 

 scarcely afford a parallel. Ah, no! Let them remain for- 

 ever dumb to us, and in conclusion let us resolve not to call 

 them brutes, but acknowledge them as teachers, whose 

 lessons we may not disregard, of steadfast fidelity and un- 

 swerving devotion." Further on he said, "Moreover the 

 kindness that is here shown is of the purest, untainted by 

 any expectation of reward, or even of any audible expres- 

 sion of thanks. Time and money and skill have been and 

 are to be here expended from the most unalloyed, the sub- 

 limated, motives of gentleness and tender mercy. There is 

 no hope for us of any good round legacy in the wills of any 

 of our patientsi their good will here and now are our only 

 guerdon. Neither can we expect that our sombre labors 

 will be entwined by any mirth from our convalescents; there 

 will be no sound of laughter, not even the merry tale of a 

 wag; our highest hopes are bounded by the wag of a tail. 

 ' And we have no other limitations. If we here foster the 

 nine muses they most perforce be canine, moreover we must 

 blink the temperance question altogether, and at our thres- 

 hold prohibition must halt its domineering foot. It cannot 

 be helped. It is inevitable. Wherever there are dogs there 

 must be lickers — and there will be whines, and yet I'll war- 

 rant you we'll never have a ease of inebriation— but if we 

 shoul'd we'll not throw physics to the dogs: we'll give it to 

 them gently with a. spoon." 



An advisory committee meeting was held at the A, K. C. 

 office Dec. 21. Those present were Messrs. Anthony and 

 Wise, Mr. Belmont coming in after the meeting had been on 

 some time. As far as we can learn, the charges against Mr. 

 Eberhart were not proven, and till fm-ther evidence is given 

 the affair is laid on the table, In^the Elliott— Twyford mat- 

 ter it was decided that Mr. Twyford must pay the difference 

 between his board bill and the value of the dog, which was 

 given as |30. The whole question seems to rest on this— is a 

 man justified in selling a dog when he cannot collect the 

 money for its board, or is he to keep said dog indefinitely 

 aud live on hope. 



Why did not the owner of the Rockland Kennels receive 

 a premium list of the Gloversville show, although he wrote 

 twice to the secretary for one"? Having no list Mr. Kreuder 

 could therefore make no entries, but is allowed, however, to 

 donate a kennel prize for best four beagles. As a fellow 

 beagle owner Mr. Zimmer should certainly have made sure 

 that Mr. Kreuder had a chance to enter his dogs. 



Mr. Woodward, owner of bulldogs Bo'swain and King 

 Lud, writes us that King Lud was not brought into the 

 ring at Nashville to compete with Bo'swain in the challenge 

 class. We say he was, and our statement is confirmed by 

 the judge, who, however, was informed before giving out 

 the iibbons that King Lud was not for competition, so tlae 

 pii/.e was given to Bo'swain. 



Here's a pretty go, told in a Times despatch from Kansas 

 City: The City Council, after two weeks' consideration, has 

 arrived at the conclusion that the bills reudered by the 

 poundmaster for the killing of unfor.uoiate dogs have been 

 excessive, he renders a bill for the death of 6,000 dogs dur- 

 ing the past eleven months. The Courcil last night settled 

 the poundmaster's fees by adopting the following resolu- 

 tion: 



Resolved, That the citv imuouud be and is herebv lastructed, 

 from ) his date, to cut ott and preFerve the tails of all dogs killed 

 by him and his employes, and to deliver the same to the city 

 clerk on the last day of each month, tosether with the bills 

 against the city for the killing of the same. The city clerk, after 

 counting and ascprtaining the carrect number of dog tails 

 turned in, sbaU then and there certify to the correctness of said 

 bill befoie It shall be acted upon by the Council. All dog tails 

 rendered to be forever destroyed by the said city clerk. 



The sense of smell in dogs is always a subject of great in- 

 terest. That dogs, as a rule, depend more on their nose than 

 their eyes can be easily proven by the action of your dog in 

 a crowded thoroughfare. Doge not remarkable for their 

 scenting powers losing their master tempororily will snuff 

 first this one and then another until it finds the right one. 

 Dogs are able to track their masters through crowded streets 

 where recognition by .sight is quite impossible, and can find 

 a hidden biscuit even when its faint smell is still further 

 disguised by eau de cologne. In some experiments Mr. 

 Romaines lately made with a dog he found that it could 

 easily track him when he was far out of sight, though no 



fewer than eleven people had followed him, stepping exactly 

 in his footprints, in order to confuse the .scent. The dog 

 seemed to track him chiefly by the smell of his boots, for 

 when without them, or with new boots on, it failed; but 

 followed, though slowly and hesitatingly, when his master 

 was without either boots or stockings. Dogs and cats cer- 

 tainly get more information by means of this .sense than a 

 man can; they often get greatly excited over certain smells 

 and remember them for very long periods. 



The ballot for club judges of the Canadian Fox-Terrier 

 Club resulted as follows: 1, German Hopkins; 2, G. Bell; 3, 

 C. H. Mason; 4, James Mortimer; S, Richard Gibson; 6, .1. 

 E. Thayer. 



We acknowledge the receipt of a photo of Mr. Charles K. 

 Farmer's pug, Pansy's Judy, second Grand Rapids show, 

 1892. It makes an interesting addition to our collection. 



We have a note from Mr. J. R. Ballard in which he says 

 that Mr. Mulcaster did ride Oct. 27, in Dr. Cattenach's 

 •wagon, to the coursing grounds. "I recollect the circum- 

 stance very distinctly, because Mi-. Mulcaster bad his fawn 

 pup Roy in the front and I had my pitp Buckskiu there; and 

 when two men the size of Mr. Mulcaster and myself with 

 two dogs, ride in the front seat of a surrey eight miles, one 

 is apt to have a good memory on that point." This may all 

 have happened and still a mistake have been made in the 

 date. However, we are pleased to know that Mr. Mulcaster 

 managed to get to the grounds anyhow. 



Mr. W. T. Irwin is still at Lexington, N. C, with the 

 Gleumore dogs, but will soon go on to Sherman, Tex,, to be 

 ready for the Bexar field trials. 



The well known collie. Prince Wilkes, is something of a 

 clever dog in Ms way. Mr. Frank R. Carswell, his owner, 

 of Wilmington, Del., keeps the dog at a farm about 12 miles 

 from Wilmington. Prince stays at the farmer's for a week 

 or two and then turns up at Mr. Carswell's home. Along 

 this road there are other farmers with whom he has boarded 

 at different times] While on his way to Wilmington he will 

 stop at all these places and sometimes stay a day or two. In 

 the first instance he was taken to the boarding place in a 

 carriage. Mr. Carswell lately lost his bitch Lady Mol. 



How this would suit Mr. E. Brooks if such a state of 

 things were to obtain in America. At Dumfries show, held 

 Dec. 14, there were to be 1.50 entries in Dandle Dinmonts! 

 A record entry. The collies numbered 200 entries. 



Mr. H. L. Kreuder has sent us a neat little catalogue of the 

 beagles he has for sale and at stttd. The outside leaf of the 

 catalogtie is adorned with a capital pen and ink sketch of 

 the owner, by the well-known artist V. G. (Gribaydoft'). By 

 the way, the R,ockland Kennels lost old Ch. Myrtle by death 

 through old age a couple of weeks since. 



According to the Utica, N. Y., Press a verdict has just 

 been rendered in the Herkimer county court, N, Y., in the 

 case of Hitchings vs. Bartlett, by which the latter is to 

 pay the sum of $8,000 tor allowing his dog to run after a 

 horse on the street. 



HornellsvUle show has 158 entries. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Chicago, Dec. 24.— Dr. William Jarvis has sold his Irish 

 setter bitch Maid to Mr. Charles T. Thompson, of Philadel- 

 phia. She is in whelp to Blue Rock. 



Mr. Frank Richards is still confined to his bed, but is re- 

 covering, 



Messrs. J. M. Tracy and N. Wallace took part of a day's 

 shooting on the Central Club's grounds on Tuesday, and 

 made a bag of 25 birds. They were all shot on the wing. 



The recent trials of the Irish Setter Club publicly demon- 

 strated what had been so long known by trainers and own- 

 ers, that is, that the Irish setters are not a hard-headed, self- 

 willed breed of dogs. On the contrary, they are as a breed 

 pleasantly submissive as compared with the English setter. 

 Many of the dogs were well broken. Mr. .J. Oassidy made 

 his d6but as a field trial handler, and he made a most favor- 

 able impression by the manner in which he handled Currer 

 Bell and the manner in which she worked. The dogs of Mr. 

 H, Smith also showed practical knowledge, although it was 

 said that he had a very short time in which, to prepare some 

 of them. The idea that Irish setters are hard-headed dogs 

 is one of the fallacies which live on, and on, and on. Still, 

 it is one of the peculiarities of dogdom that many fallacies 

 live on without reason, and many live on against it. 



The Irish Setter Club adopted the rules of the Eastern 

 Field Trials Club to govern its running. The club particu- 

 larly favored the time limit. This, too, is one of the falla- 

 cies which has been proved absurd in theory and obstructive 

 in practice. It is a rule wholly in the iatere-st of poor dogs. 

 There seems to be an absurd idea prevailing that an owner 

 is entitled to a stipulated amount of competition for his 

 money. Not a competition which rests on whether an own- 

 er's entry can make any competition, or whether his entry is 

 thoroughly beaten from the beginning, etc., but he must 

 have something fixed and certain. No judges will throw 

 out a good dog on a question of time, and no poor dog can 

 win by being kept in by legislation longer than he deserves. 

 The time limit was adopted to satisfy the importunities of 

 a few visionary theorists. Once adopted, it is diflacult for a 

 doggy organization to let anything go. 



The tendency of the times in respect to judging at field 

 trials is to let the judge decide according to his lights. The 

 many attempts in the past to form a code of rules which 

 would make the decisions of a judge automatically correct 

 have been found weak and faulty. The attempt to put the 

 dogs in a hopper and sift out the winners is a failure. 



Some of the rules of the prominent clubs are absurd and 

 ridiculous. Nearly all, under "Instructions to Jtidges," ex- 

 plain at tiresome length what constitutes a "break in," a 

 "break shot," a "chase," etc. There is a large lot of such 

 trash in the rules. If it were put in as instruction to hand- 

 lers, it would have a possible excuse in that there are new 

 handlers coming in who do not fully comprehend these mat- 

 ters, but to instruct a judge what con.'-'titutes a chase, p lint, 

 back, break shot, etc., is a piece of presumption. 



B. Waters. 



A New Series of Pennsylvania Railroad Tours 

 to Washington, D. C. 



There will be six of the popular personally conducted tours 

 run to ttie Capital during the winter and spring of tlie new year. 

 Jan. 19, Feb. 9, March 13. April 13. May 4 and 2.5 are the dates 

 selected. On Dec. 39 the last of the present sei-ies will be run, 

 affording a splendid opportunity in which to spend the holidays. 

 The remarkably low rate of S13 from New York inclndes railroad 

 fare and hotel accommodations at the best of Washington's hotels 

 dut lug the three days spent on the tours. Further Informatiou 

 furnished on applicatioa to ticket agents of Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road Company or tourist agent, 849 Broadway, New York— Adv, 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Hotea are Inserted without charge; and blanlca 

 (furnished free) will be sent to any address. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 

 IS^" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Beaumont Kemrels. By .Tames B. Blossom, New York city, for 

 bis kennela. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Baisv Oladntone JI.—Teledo Bee. Ghas. Peavis's English .«etter 

 taiifh Daisy Gladstone II. (Ned Giadslone— Miss Rhodes) to F. W. 

 Eddy's Toledo Bee (ToH'Ho:Blado-Maggie Bee), Dec. 20. 



Clnra Barton— Altoneer. d. W. Patterson's (Lake View, Mass.) 

 St. BfcTBard bitch Olata Barton (Sir Bedivere— .Judith) to E. H. 

 Moore's Altoneer (Alton— Hera), Nov. 8. 



Lad.y Lamond— Alton, Jr. G. W. Patterson's (Lake View, Maps.) 

 St. Btrnaiii bucli Ladj Lamond ( Ales and er— Bessie) to E. H. 

 Moore's (Alton— Judith), Nov. 11, 



Queen— Blemton Reefer. J. B. Martin's (San Francisco, Oal.) 

 fox-terrier bitch Queen to his Blemton Reefer (Venio— Rachel). 

 Nov. 20. 



CMePs Kate— Tear avxiy. H. B. Ledbetter's (Farmington, Mo.) 

 Irish setter Oblet's Kate (Chief— Jennie P.) to Hatiield Kennels' 

 Team way (Mueberry— Floss). Dpc. 13. 



Pamy''8 Judy—EherliarVs Cashier. C. K. Farmer's (Haartman, 

 Midi ) pug bitch Pansy's Judy to Eberhart Pug Kennels' Eber- 

 han's Oastiier, Dec. 15. 



iVadni of Naso—Srjot Dash. Liberty Kennels' (Hyattville, O.) 

 Nadjy of Naso (cbampion Nit k of Naso— Temptation) to their 

 Spot Dash (Sir Pbillip Sydney-Tooay), Deo. 23. 



Been— Don. .1. B. Martin's (8aD Francisco, Oal.) mastiff bitch 

 Bess to W. Growall's Don (Turk— Cassandra), Dec. S. 



Lassie Bang—Prince Don. F. S. Webster's (Mount Vernon, N, 

 Y.) pointer bitch Lassie Bantr— Telie Doe) to his Prince Don (Ten- 

 nyson—Nellie B.), Nov. 3. 



Cleo— Bradford Ruhy II. W. B. Smith's (Mount Lookout, O.) pug 

 bitch Cleo lo Eberhart Pug Kennels' Bradford Ruby IT. (cham- 

 pion Bradford Ruby— Puss B.), Dec 15. 



Judy—EMrharfs Cashier. O. K. Farmer's (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

 pug tiitcn .Tudv to Eotjrtiart Pug Kennel'a Eberhart's Cashier 

 (champion Kash— Lady Thora), Dec. 13. 



Queenie— Patsy Bolivar. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, 0.) 

 pug bitcb Queenie (champion Penrice— Mmt) to their Patsy Boli- 

 var fEberhart's Cashier —Flossie II.), Dec. 17. 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Nora. D. G. Hirsh's (Lancaster, Pa.) St. Barnard bitch Nora, 

 Dec. 19, twelve (seven dogs), by W. Peirson's Bari. 



Veto. C. K. Farmera's (Indianapolis, Ind.) Irisli setter bitck 

 Veto, Oct. 3H, nine (tour dogs), by his Hiawatha. 



SALES. 



I^F" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Qmen. White and tan fox-terrier bitch, by J. B. Martin, San 

 Francisco, Cal., to C. P. Tottenham, Penryn, Oal. 



Tops. Apricot fawn pug dog, by Ebei'hart Pug Kennels, Cincin- 

 nati, O., to S. L. Williams, Chicago, 111. 



Eiaivatha—Veto whelps. Red Irish getter bitches, whelped April 

 4,1892, by O. K. Farmer, Hartman, Mich., one each to S. C. Kile 

 anil W. H. Havens, both of Indianapolis, Ind. 



Hiawatha— Veto whelp. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Oct. 28, 

 1893. by O. K. Farmer, Hartman, Mich., to Lieut. J. M. Stotsen- 

 burg. Fort Niobrara, Neb. 



Dixie— Topsy whelp. Siver fawn puK dog, whelped November, 

 1893, by Ebernart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to J. B. McFarland, 

 same place. 



Cinch— Minvemac whelps. Black, white and tan ticked English 

 setter pog and bitch, whelped October, 1893. by Liberty Kennels, 

 Hyattville. O.. to Geo. O'BaBuon. Hartwell, O. 



Blemton Reefer— Blemton Brilliant whelps. White, black and tan 

 fox-terrier dog and bltcli, wbelped Oct. 17. 1898, by J. B. Martin 

 San Francisco, Cal., dog to D. M. Taylor, Mare Island, Cal.; bitch 

 to F. E. Holden, Los Angeles, Cal. 



There appears to be a strong feeling on the part of some Brilrfsh 

 yachtsmen in favor of the adoption of the Seawanhaka formula in 

 place of that of the Y. B. A. for the reason that it would produce 

 yachts more nearly of the American type. Whether or no this o£ 

 itself would be desirable is open to serious question; but in any case 

 such a type would not result from a mere change of formula for 

 measurement. The American type is distinctly the product of a 

 waterline classification, and woidd not be produced by merely 

 changing the measurement and rule while retaining a classification 

 by rating or sailing length. 



After the praises of the 90ft. cutter as the only yacht fit for a gen- 

 tleman to race in, which were so loudly sung five years since, it is 

 amusing to hear of we&lthy yachtsmen who are stopping to do a 

 little careful figuring before ordering a modern 85-footPr, and who 

 are one and all coming to the conclusion that it costs more than id 

 is worth to win in the class, and still more to be defeated. 



The news of more cup defenders comes in slowly, while time is be- 

 coming more precious every day. The situation in Boston is very 

 fairly described by the Boston Olobe, and the prospects for a new 

 boat from that quarter ai'e but slim. Vice-Corn. Morgan returned 

 from England last week on the Teutonic, and at once denied the re 

 ports that he had purchased a large steam yacht and that he would 

 build a Cup defender. 



Early in the coming year the PoBBST and Stream wih publish a 

 "House Boat Number," devoted to an extended description of these 

 useful and popular craft, with working di-awing-s of several sizes. 

 We will be glad to receive any description or photos from those of 

 our readers who haye used or owned house boats. 



Mr. Mobgan reports a diversity of opinion over the Dunraven chal- 

 lenge, many English yachtsmen deploring the fact that a match was 

 arranged under existing conditions. 



Changes in T. B. A. Rules. 



The meeting of the Yacht Racing Association on Dec. 8 resulted 

 in a long discussion, as the result of which the report i f the coun- 

 cil, as primed in the Forest and Stream of Dec. 1, was adopted, 

 The proposal to adopt the Seawanhaka formula was not adopted, 

 the changes being that beginning with the coming year the loadline 

 ot each yacht will be plainlv marked by the owner with marks 

 which will be out of the water at all times when the yacht is lying in 

 smooth water in her usual racing trim. 



The rule relating to ballast was altered to read '-No ballast or 

 other dead weight shall be shifted, shipped or unshipped, so as to 

 lighten the water line, after a yacht has been entered for a race, nor 

 without giving notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the 

 Y. K. A., as enjoined in Rule 3: and no ballast shall be shipped, im- 

 shipped or shifted after 9 P. M. of the days previous to the race; and 

 the weight of the ballast on board shall at no lime exceed that whicli 

 was on board when the yacht was measured. A race resailed shall 

 be regarded as a new race, so far as the 9 P. M. condition is con- 

 cerned." 



In the 10 rating and smaller classes the crew will be limited, and 

 in all classes the fore triangle will be measured by taking the per- 

 pendicular, I, from the leek at theforeside of the mast to where 

 the line of the luff of the foremast headsail, -when extended, cuts 

 such perpendicular; the base, J, from the foreside of the mast to 

 where the line of the luff of the foremast headsail cuts the bowsprit 

 other spar, or hull, as the case may be. 



