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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 26, 1893. 



SKYE TERRIERS.— Withlield, 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS. -1st, J. Wright's Toodey; 2cl. W. C/ 

 Bishop's Royal. Very high com., E. Emmons's Doc. 

 TOY TERRIERS,— 1st, J, Wright's Pet. 



PUGS.- Open— Dog'.s,- 1st. Alice Wilbm-'s Neddy; 2d. J. H. Herbert- 

 son's Punch. Bitches: 1st and special, Miss Bertha Wolfertz's 

 Tutsie W, 



IT.VLIAN GREYHOUNDS.— Open— i>oc/s.- 1st and 2d, Dr. R. R. 

 Lansing's Fawn and Ginger. Bitches: 1st and 3d, Dr. R. R. Lansing's 

 Beauty and Nellie. Very high com.. G. H. Stark's Nellie. 



WHIPPETS.— Open— Do(/.t.' 1st, N. Pepin's Tipp; 3d, Wood Camp- 

 bell's Ben. Bitches: ist, very high com. and high com., N.Pepin's 

 Winnie, Nellie Grey and Birdie. Com., P. Shaughnessy's CTOrdon, 



MISSCELANEOlTS.-lst, Miss Bernart's Waldie; 2d, H. Farmer's 

 Jersey. 



SPECIALS. 



Best collie, Grampian Kennels' Grampian. Best exhibit of Great 

 Danes. Wolvei-itie Kennels. Best Irish setter, L. Hilsendegen's Lalla 

 Rookli; Best English setter puppy, E. Haugh's Bell. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Birds in Tennessee. 



Chicago, Jan. 21.— Mr. H. S, Bevan, of Somerville, Temi., 

 Avrites me: "Birds are as few in numbers as black swans 

 and I feel .some misgivings about my dogs' work in conse- 

 quence. I will start two. in the Southern. I have left Lamar 

 and T am very nicely fixed here." 



The American Field Trial Club. 



The American Field Trial Club held a meeting recently, at 

 which they decided to give guaranteed purses amounting to 

 •11,200 at their next field trials. 



The U. S. F. T. C. 



From a correspondent, an officer of the club, 1 learn that 

 the United States Field Trials Club, notwithstanding the 

 hea^ y expenditure and delays last November, is in a healthy 

 finarieial condition. 



The Chicag-o Kennel Club. 



This club's forthcoming bench show is promising mo.st 

 encouragingly. Many of the prominent handlers have sig- 

 nified their intention to be present with their large strings. 



Classifying- Pointers by Weight. 

 I notice the remarks of Mr. G. Muss-Aruolt, on the ''Divi- 

 sion in AVeigtit of Pointers," in FoPvEST AisD Stream of Jan. 

 19. I beg that he will permit me to correct him on one point 

 which he makes, as follows; "The new club at Chicago, 

 which has proposed such innovation, has certainly no pointer 

 man among the framers of the law, and, it seems to me, is 

 only trying to ha.ve something new at all hazards." Mr. 

 -John W. Muuson, one of the oldest and best known pointer 

 breeders in the country, was one of the promoters of the new 

 departure. There is one point on which I think Mr. Muss- 

 Arnolt could make a strong case lay citing evidence or pro- 

 ducing good argument to sustain it, namely, What good 

 reason is there for classifying pointers by weight? 



•Jan. 16. — My a^ttention was called to a. brief skit in a 

 contemporary concerning Forest and Stream's list of field 

 trial winners for 1893. Said contemporary said, referring 

 to itself : " This week it publishes those for 1802." Does not 

 that show " always ahead?" "1802!" There can be no pro- 

 prietory interest in news, or usages free to all; but the 

 journal aforementioned, with charming naivety, adds: 

 "We observe that a contemporary in imitation of us last 

 week published such a list, but- as it necessarily had to be 

 compiled Ijy some one who had never done it before, it had 

 tbe usual omissions and errors of the novice and imitator. 

 ■•_To publish a list of winners a week in advance of all contem- 

 poraries is not an imitation. If a novice can publish mattei' 

 . a. week in advance of the old-timers, the day of the novice is 

 '-Ijright; that of the old-timer is gloomy. Moreover, it is not 

 coii-eet to say ' ' in imitation of us last week, ' ' when there was 

 •nothing in last week to imitate, and when really Forest and 

 Stream was a week ahead of all contemporaries. " A wink," 

 etc. B. Waters. 



ITS MpSROE Stbeet, Chicago. 



FLAPS FROIVI THE BEAVER'S TAIL. 



Toronto, Can. — The bea^'er has not been "fiappiug" his 

 "tail" to much effect lately or you would have heard more 

 freqriently from me. 



The weather the past week has caught many with young- 

 puppies and in fact immature dogs of a more advanced age, 

 and I hear of many deaths. One man who had a fine litter of 

 fourteen St. Bernards has lost all but five, the effects of frost 

 bite, and this is not an isolated case by any means. It is in- 

 advisable for liitches to whelp during our winter months, 

 the weather being so uncertain. For the last few days it has 

 kept below zero and has gone as low as 25 to 30 deg. below. 



Mr. A. D. Stewart has had what he calls a "lightening" sale 

 of his fox-terriers and now has left but My Fellow and two 

 bitch puppies by Raby Domino. 



The Ottawa bench show committee has filed a claim for 

 dates with ttie C. K. C— Sept. 36 to 29, 1893. This is a week 

 later than was first decided on. 



Mr. Wm. Howard, Toronto, has bought the wire-hair fox- 

 terrier bitch Luna (imported). She is by Halifax Bugler out 

 of Nettie and has been bred to Mr. Howard's imported Ben; 



The Bowmanville St. Bernard Kennels' recently imported 

 St. Bernard bitch Maypole has given birth to a fine litter of 

 ten, six dogs. Mayj)ole came over in whelp to Prince Bute, 

 and her arrival was at the time announced in Forest and 

 Stream. 



Messrs. Geddes & Cunningham, Ottawa, are selling all 

 their cocker spaniels, and are going in for Irish terriers. The 

 bitch Ballymoney is now in their possession, and is now 

 suckling a nice litter of half a dozen, of which five are 

 "gentlemen." They also own a bitch by Valley Boxer e.x 

 Sissey, which is awaiting the attention of Jack Briggs at the 

 Salem Kennels. 



The Toronto Kennel Club is providing- more solid and in- 

 structive matter for its members than any club of like nature 

 that we know of. Papers hj specialists are read at each 

 meeting, and three or four local shows are given each year. 

 At the last meeting an interesting paper on the Airedale, a 

 breed of which little or nothing is known in Canada, was 

 read by Mr. H. P. Mullens, who kindly traveled up from 

 Cobourg to present his paper in person to the members. 



A British Columbia correspondent writes me that at 

 the bench show held in Victoria this week Mr. James 

 Chalmers will take collies, Rev. J. G-ranville Christmas fox- 

 terriers, and Mr. Oscar Jones and Rev, Mr. Christmas all 

 other- breeds. The latter gentleman has done considerable 

 judging in England. H . B. Donovan. 



Kind Words from Virginia. 



Ik reviewing the progress of that well known sporting ne-n"swaper 

 Forest and .Stream, we cannot but join with the public in extending 

 our congratulations to its managers and staff in the able manner in 

 .^.-Which its reputation is being maintained. Those who are not as yet 

 subsci'ibers to this valuable journal should take advantage of the 

 trustworthy correspondence to be found in its columns. — Richmond 



DOG CHAT. 



New York St. Bernard Kennels. 



Mr. W. C, Reick returned f rom Europe on the fleet Majestic, 

 AVednesday, .Jan. 18, looking stout and well after his trip. He 

 brought no dogs with him nor did he purchase any. Having 

 decided to give up breeding it would be like bringing coals 

 to Newcastle had he done so. While in England he saw 

 Dtike of Maplecroft and the notables including Lola IV,, the 

 smooth, which is said to he about the best there is over there 

 with the possible exceptii^n of Keeper, The other day we 

 took a run up to tlie New York St, Bernard Kennels, having 

 heard so many contradictory stories about the condition the 

 crack Sir Bedivere and his no less illustrious consort Princess 

 Florence were in. To set at rest all doubts on this score we 

 may say that with the exception of lack of ptrofuse coat we 

 never saw Sir Bedivere looking healthier or in better flesh. 

 He is as lively as a kitten and pranced a bout in the snow as if 

 he enjoyed it. His coat is coming in nicely, and the abscess 

 from which he suffered has healed tip under Dr. Sherwood's- 

 doctoring, and there is now very little mai-k to be seen. Sir 

 Bedivere is certainly the St, Bernard of the age, some dogs 

 may have more bone, or this, that and the other, but no dog 

 on the bench to--day is such a symmetrical whole and withal 

 so brimful of unde'finable quality and dignified carriage. To 

 see Sir Bedivere now, i^^heu out of coat, is to form the very 

 best estimate of his superiority. That Sir Bedivere was a 

 sick dog there is no doubt, "when he came to Mr, Reick's 

 kennel, and it is quite a feather in Harry Friend's cap that he 

 has him already in such good fettle. Princess Florence is 

 expected to be in whelp to Marvel again, and though she is 

 short of coat still, she is healthy and looking quite stout and 

 matronly. We had also our first look at Marvel, One is at 

 once carried away by his grand head, which completely over- 

 shadows his other good parts. No wonder this dog was 

 thought so mncli of on the other side, and we would advise 

 those who would wish to gain an idea of true St, Bernard 

 type to sttidy this dog'^ head. Put his head on to Princess 

 Florence and what an animal we .should have! Mr, Reick 

 has done the next best thing and the result is anxiously 

 awaited. The other dogs in the kennel, with the exception 

 of Refuge II., who has l:ieen under the weather lately, are 

 also looking well. j\1i-. Reick has iDought about. 20 afcres in 

 Fordham and while iraildina- a house for himself will not ne- 



A. B. MERfiJOITH, 



Secretary lutliaua Poultry Assoeiatioiij Indianapolis, lud. 



gleet his canine friends. He will move to the new place in 

 May. Mr, Reick has an idea of sending a team of St. Ber- 

 na.rds to En.gland this summer, and if he does will make ar- 

 rangements so that the Paris and Sjia (Belgium) shows can 

 be taken in. Such a team, well put down, would create a 

 sensation at those shows. 



Valuable Dachshund Trophy. 



In the W. K, C. premium list there was an important 

 omission, which we ha.sten to remedy as far as possible. The 

 conditions under which the $250 dachshund cup, so generously 

 donated by Mr. E, A. Manice, should have appeared. This 

 cup is to be competed for twice annuallv, at the New York and 

 Boston shows and is for the best dachshund in the show. 

 Entries, which must be sent to the Forest and Stream, which 

 has charge of the competition, are .fo each, and these fees will 

 constitute a sweepstake which goes to the winner of the cup 

 each time it is competed for. The cup becomes the property 

 of the exhibitor winning it five times. It is a very handsome 

 trophy, and should call forth the best energies of our dachs- 

 bund breeders to win it. Entries close I'eb. 6, with the FoEEST 

 AND Stream, New Y^ork city. 



Duquesne Kennel Club. 



There will be a feeling- of disappointment if the Duquesne 

 Kennel Club does not hold its annual show this year, Pitts- 

 burgh is a fixture very popular among the "boVs," It was 

 decided not to hold a show this year, Imt having been tirged 

 to do so the club will recoiisider it.s decision at the meeting 

 to be held this Aveek at the Hotel Schlosser, when officers for 

 this jeav will be elected. There is a date open after the 

 Detroit show which would come in well for them, and this is 

 the only practicable one as the cii-cuit is now arranged from 

 New York show till that week, March 28 to 31, i 



Death of Kent of Bloomo. 



Mr, A, B,. Tuman, and in fact kennel interests generally 

 on the Pacific Coast have suffered a loss in the death by 

 poison, Jan. 1.3, at Bakersfield, Cal., of the pointer Kent of 

 Bloomo, This dog is noted on the Coast as a field and bench 

 performer, as he wr)n first in the light-weight pointer class at 

 the late San Francisco show. He was a son of King of Kent 

 out of Lass of Bloomo. and a half-brother of Rip Rap, etc., 

 and litter brother of Lady Peg, It is said Mr. Truman's dogs 

 were tampered with at tlie bench show in San Francisco, and 

 Mr, Truman thinks Kent of Bloomo's death was prompted by 

 jealousy on the pai*t of sonie enemy, 



Detroit Show. 



The judges for the Detroit show are Mr. John Davidson for 

 sporting dogs and Mr. C. H, Mason for non-sporting classes, 

 Mr, IBelmont was asked to take fox-terriers. The special 

 committee are working in good style, having already received 

 $400 in cash. In all the club expects to put up $1,800, which 

 should secure a good entry. 



Connecticut Law and Dogs, 



. The following bill has been introduced to the law makers 

 of Connecticut by Mr. Louiasberry, of Darien, Conn,- "Be it 



enacted, that any person or pevsons who are the owners or 

 keepers of any dos or dogs, who shall sitffer or permit the 

 same to run out upon any highway to the annoyance of any 

 traveling vehicle or person "by ru nning in f roiit or after the 

 same, shall pay a fine of not more than seven dollars and the 

 costs of prosecution, upon conviction, to the treasury of the 

 town in which said conviction was obtained, or be imprisoned 

 not more than thirty days in the county jail, or Ijoth: notice 

 having been previously given to said ownei- or keeper of said 

 dog or dogs," 



The Export of Greyhounds to America. 



We have forwarded a copy of the following article, which 

 appeared in the London Field of .J.an, 7, to the Solons at 

 Washington Avho framed the peculiar customs laws now in 

 vogue in regard to importation of dogs from abroad: "A 

 rather peculiar cr ux has just come to light with respect to 

 the landing of English bred greyliounds at American poi-ts. 

 Quite recently the keeper of the G-reyhound Stud Book was 

 requested to make out the requisite documents for three ani- 

 mals, about to be shipped at Liverpool for New Y'ork, the 

 property of a gentleman in New Jersey. The shippers at this 

 end furnished tliekeeperof the'Stud Book' with tbe customs 

 regulations in force intheUnited States, which may briefly be 

 stated as follows: No animal taken into the States from for- 

 eign countries for breeding purposes can be admitted free of 

 duty, unless the importer furnishes a certificate of 

 the record and pedigree, according to a form jjiveu, 

 showing that the greyhound is pure bied, and fegis- 

 tered in a book of record established for that breed. Etu'- 

 ther, that both its sire and dam were similarly recorded, and 

 that there have been four successsive top crosses by recorded 

 sires of that breed on the side of the dam. In accordance 

 with these regulations, the preparation of the particulars re- 

 quired was j)lain sailing, seeing that the greyhounds referred 

 to are of the most fashiona ble blood on both sides of their 

 lineage, and the keeper of the 'Stud Boolv' certified that the 

 dogs had been duly registered in the 'book of record estab- 

 lished by this association (National Cour.sing Club) for breed 

 of greyliotinds.' Anxious, however, to be in possession of 

 every detail of the regulations, he at once communicated With 

 the Collector of Ctistoms for New York, only to find that the 

 "Greyhotmd Stud Book' is not considei-ed the 'book of record 

 established for that breed' in the United States. On the 

 other hand, it is stated that, 'under instructions of the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury, such dogs from Great Britain are not 

 admitted to free entry at this port, unless recorded in the 

 Kennel Club Stud Book.' That this discloses an anomaly of 

 an extraordinary kind is self-evident. Firstly, the Kennel 

 Club Stud Book "merely includesgreyhonndsn s'oucof thenu- 

 7mn'ous classes of its operntion"; secondly, the Grre} hound Stud 

 Book was established over a dozen years ago by the National 

 Coiir.sing Club, an institution that has been in existence for 

 nearly half a century. Again, taking last year's volumes as 

 a criterion, the Kennel Club Stud Book contained no more 

 I'lai! seventy-five registrations of greyhounds, some of them 

 ( 1 isi i nguished by 'pedigree unknown,' whereas the Greyhound 

 Stjui liook. which naturally excludes from its pages such 

 riotsam and jetsam, had a total of .3,003 registrations. We 

 have not tmjustly styled this an anomaly, and there cannot 

 tie any possible doubt that the common, sense and com- 

 mercial acumen af the United St.ates fiscal authorities will, 

 without loss of time, rectify an evident misunderstanding or 

 laclv of knowledge at the time of the enactment of the regu- 

 lations in question. Indeed, it caunot be anything more 

 serious than the stroke of a pen, a totally diSerent thing to 

 the absurd quarantine legislative laws in force in our 

 -\ji,-^fr.iilasian dependencies." We trust that the Treasury 

 [jfpartment will see fit to mal^e this evidently needful cor- 

 rection and recognize the English Greyhound Stud Book a.s 

 one of the most carefully compiled registers in esistehce. 



The M. K. C. Show. 



Messrs. W. S. .Ditt'enderffer and T. C. Sheubrookes were in 

 T.own last week jnaking arrangements with Spratts Co. for 

 benching and attending to other details regarding judges, 

 superintendent, etc. Mr, John Read will be the latter, as 

 he is a great favorite in the Monumental city. It is whispered 

 that Mr. Watson is down for collies and spaniels: Mr, Muss- 

 Arnolt for the German breeds; C. TJ, (Jugle for liuUdogs; 

 Major Taylor some nf the sporting ijreeds. The show will be 

 held in a building, which will aft'onl ample si)ace for a 

 large show, besides having an annex 350ft. long liy 6fift. wide 

 whei-e dogs can exercise, and in the main buililini;; is a gal- 

 lery which will afford an excellent vi(:',\' oi' the show . The 

 buildiiig is only three minutes' ^\-al]v I'roin Union station. 

 There will be a trick dog team engaged, and it is expected 

 the show will draw ^vell. The premiums will also be on a more 

 liberal scale. The brunt of the u ork will as usual fall on 

 W, S, and C. D, Diffenderffer, Will Forbes, Tom Sheubrookes 

 and W. Thompson. 



Col. Ruppert Buys Hepsey. 



The Duchess Kennels by the purchase of the St. Bernard 

 Hepsey from Mr, E. B. Sears will be materially strengthened. 

 Col, Ruppert is gradually getting together a collection of 

 breeding stock that will surely ha ve to he reckoned with, as 

 he can put dowir a kennel of bitches to-day that, as the say- 

 ing goes, "will take a lot of beating." It is safe to say that 

 the price paid for Hej)sey was not one-fifth of what she cost 

 Mr. Diffenderffer. St, Bernards are getting dcmm to their 

 values. 



Conrad II. Found. 



We are glad to say that the missing collie, Conrad II., has 

 been returned to Hempstead Farm Kennels. The dog was 

 founcl at Hicksvdlle, about four miles from the farm, last 

 Thursday, by a man who returned the dog to the rightful 

 owners, 



Chicago Dog Show. 



The Chicago Kennel Club will give cash kennel prizes of 

 $15 for the following classes:* Collies, English, Irish and Gor 

 don setters, pugs, bull-terriers, grey hounSs, cockers and field 

 spaniels, fox-terriers and wolfhotmds. Kennels to consist of 

 four or more. No extra entry fee. Also t-^voopen classes for 

 toy spaniels, one for each sex, with a single prize of -SIO in 

 each class. Also second prizes of in each of the open 

 classes for Irish water spaniels. Also a uoa ice class for St. 

 Bernards, either sex, SIO for first and j5 for second. In class 

 50, open class, Gordon setter bitches, the prize is >35 instead 



of m. 



Canadian Custom Duties. 



In ans^ver to several questions we have received lately 

 about the Canadian C^ustoms duty on dogs imported into the 

 Dominion, we may as well state that under no conditions 

 can dogs be imported into Canada free of duty, A tax of 20 

 per cent, is levied in e\-ery case. Special provision is, how- 

 ever, made dtu-iug the different fall dog shows, when dogs 

 are entered in bond, and the surveillance is pretty strict. 



A Fanciers' Club for Yoiikers. 



■ There has always heen a feeling that some time the bus- 

 tling little town of Yonkers would fall into line and have a 

 poultry and dog show, There are many fanciers in and 

 arounrl Yonkers. and with its large population of working 

 people it should be an excellent place for a small show. This 

 the lionkers Fanciers' Club, which was organized last 

 Thursday evening, evidently had in mind. A meeting was 

 held at 138 Nepperhan aA^enue, Yonkers, at -which thefolloiw:- 



