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FOREST AND . STREAM. 



[Feb. 23, 1898. 



DOG CHAT. 



Detroit Dos Show. 



The premium list of the above show to be held March 31 to 

 24 has heen received. Its compilation shows care and a prac- 

 tical knowledge of the wants of exhibitiors. Cash, and plenty 

 of it, is the keystone on which the new club will build their 

 entry. Such a list appeals to every exhibitor. Mastiffs and 

 St. Bernards get the best treatment, $10 challenge prizes and 

 $15, $10 and $5 in the open divisions. Great Danes, pointers, 

 setters and collies get -SIO in each challenge class and $10 in 

 open. Great Danes are also divided by color. The rest get chal- 

 lenge prizes of $10 and open SIO and §.'5, while spaniels are pro- 

 vided with classi tication No. 1, which also carries with it $20 

 of that specialty club's money for specials. There are in all 

 111 classes provided and we are pleased to remark that puppy 

 classes are conspicuously absent. Tlie club offers $10 kennel 

 prizes in many of the breeds. Seven pages of the premium 

 list are taken up with a list of the specials, which are pecu- 

 liarly attractive, ranging as they do, in cash, from $10 to $5 

 for nearly every breed. In fox-terriers in addition there is a 

 $100 cup given for four or more, to be won twice in succession 

 by the same exhibitor at the Detroit .show. Great Danes get 

 $45 pecial money. St. Bernards also get a silver cixp and 

 plentyof money and the Mastiff Club isdoingmuchbetterthis 

 year, putting up their $150 challenge cup for best American 

 bred dog or bitch, entry for this to be made by March 7, entry 

 for $5, one-half of which goes to winner of cup, the other to 

 the club. The usual arrangements have been made with the 

 express companies. The show will be held in the Detroit 

 Auditorium. Entry fee is 63 and entries close March 7 with 

 Guy D. Welton, 56 Cadillac square, Detroit, Mich. All dogs 

 coming from Canada must be consigned to E. B. Welton, De- 

 troit, for bonding through customs. As announced before, 

 John Davidson will .judge all sporting classes, bloodhounds, 

 Russian wolfhounds, foxhounds, deerhounds, pointers, Eng- 

 lish, Irish and Gordon settei-s, collies, dachshunds and 

 beagles, and Chas. H. Mason great Danes, mastiffs, St. Ber- 

 nard, greyhounds, poodles, bulldogs, pugs, terriers, toys, 

 spaniels, whippets, miscellaneous. Mr. Tom Blake will 

 superintend, and to his knowledge of dog affairs is due such 

 a good premium list. 



Washington Dog Show. 



Mr. Webster writes us that the following express com- 

 panies will carry all dogs without extra charge fi-om the 

 Washington City Kennel Club show, to be held March 14, 15, 

 16 and 17, when going over their lines to their original ship- 

 ping point, which were forwarded charges prepaid^one way, 

 and certificates are furnished showing that they are being 

 returned by their original owner from the" exhibition: 

 Adams, United States, American, Wells, Fargo & Company, 

 National and Long Island. 



Arrangements have been made with the several railroad 

 companies mentioned below to carry three dogs free for 

 each ticket, at owner's risk, when accompanied by owner or 

 care-taker, who presents for inspection the necessary identi- 

 fication papers. The Trunk Line Association have issued in- 

 structions to all the members of the association to this effect 

 and which are included as follows: N. Y. C. & H. R , Grand 

 Trunk, West Shore, N. Y., O. & W., N. Y., L. E. &W. 

 D., L. & W., Lehigh Vallev, Central R. R. of New Jersey, 

 P. & R., Pennsylvania, B. & O., and C. & O. 



The Michigan Central R. R. will carx-y one dog free for 

 each passenger. If exhibitor should have crated one or more 

 dogs not exceeding 2501bs. weight no charge will be made, 

 but beyond this amount extra freight will be required. 

 There are a number of other roads yet to report and as soon 

 as possible information will be given. Every thing is mov- 

 ing on finely and great interest is manifested by exhibitors, 

 many leading kennels of important breeds having made 

 application for entry blanks and entries are already coming 

 in. The bench shoAV committee is doing every thing to make 

 exhibitors comfortable and happy and fell greatly encour- 

 aged, and have every reason to believe that they will have 

 double the number of entries before received. The special 



f rizes list is increasing rapidly and will soon be published, 

 t will be attractive and embrace many valuable prizes. 



Uniform Field Trial Rules. 



One of our most respected field trial .indges writes the fol- 

 lowing letter, which seems very much to the point and 

 should receive attention at the hands of field trial men. As 

 it is in the form of a private letter we do not care to give the 

 writer's name without permission: "I am in receipt of 

 several letters relating to field trial i-nles from clubs wish- 

 ing to make changes, etc. The thought suggests itself to me, 

 why would it not be a good plan to let so"me person, or a 

 number familiar with the requirements, to form a set of 

 running rules and publish them for criticism, and then when 

 completed to satisfy the majority let all the clubs adopt 

 them and have a uniform set of rules. I can see no reason 

 why they shoiald not be uniform, and let owners, handlers 

 and all _ persons interested be familiar with them. The 

 interest in field trials is growing and clubs becoming more 

 numerous, and as all trials are run practically the same, 

 and on quail, it would seem to be the best plan. 



New St. Bernards. 



Mr. Walbridge, owner of the Coutoocook Keimels, is the 

 St. Bernai'd bi'eeder who imported tlie smooth St. Bernards 

 Survivor, Diuorah Suisse and Belline from Mr. Betterton's 

 kennels. The importation is an important one to the smooth 

 division of the "Holy breed," and as the Keeper and Guide 

 blood predominates in these animals, perhaps Mr. Walbridge 

 will succeed in producing another Empress of Coutoocook. 

 The dogs arrived in good condition on the Bostonian, but 

 will probably not be shown till Boston. Survivor is a litter 

 brother to Watch, and Dinorah is a sister of champion 

 Keeper, and has already produced a dog, St. Augustine, that 

 is considered about the best in England. 



Los Angeles Show. 



At a meeting of the Southern California K6nnel Club, held 

 Tuesday, Feb. 7, the following were appointed as a com- 

 mittee for the coming bench show of dogs: J. F. Holbrook, 

 President; S. K. Benchley, Treasurer; C. A. Sumner, Secre- 

 tary; J. H. Kiefer, T. S. Casey, J. C. Cline, F. W. Ingalls, 

 T. S. Walker, J. W. Mitchell, 'A. P. Robinson, W. Llew- 

 ellyn and E. Templer Allen, with Tony Bright as general 

 Superintendent. All members are requested to do their ut- 

 most in procuring special prizes for the show. The dates for 

 the show are April 19 to 23 and the present ixrospects are very 

 favorable for a successful exhibition. 



Benchingr at New York. 



For the instruction of secretaries of dog .shows, etc., and 

 as affording a record of the actual dogs benched and the 

 number in each breed, we publish the order to Spratts Co. 

 for the New York show benching, with size of benches for 

 the dift'erent breeds: 



Large .^f/w.— Mastiffs 42, St. Bernards 145, Great Danes 43, 

 deerhounds 16, bloodhounds 7, Newfoundlands 14, Russian 

 wolfhounds 19, unclassified fmiscellaneous) 2; total 288. 



Small Greyhounds 28, foxhounds IS, pointers 120, 



setters 190, Chesapeake Bav 5, collies 75, bob-tailed sheep 1, 

 retrievers 2, harriers 3; total 441. 



SmuU i'o t Ji,.— Field spaniels 25, Clamber spaniels — , Irish 



water spaniels 3, poodles 30, bulldogs 48, bull-terriers 46, 

 whippets I, xxnclassified (miscellaneous) 2; total 154. 



SmaU SOin—Goc^ev spaniels 50, basset hounds 1, dachs- 

 hunds 21, beagles 47, fox-terriers 107, Irish terriers 38, Welsh 

 terriers 5, Dandle Dinniont terriers 7, Bedlington terriers 6, 

 Skye terriers 14, black and tan terriers 12, white English ter- 

 riers 5, nnclassified (miscellaneous) 3, Scottish terriers 15; 

 total 331. 



Cage dof/s.— Yorkshire and toy terriers 27, King Charles 

 spa.niels, pugs, etc., 73, miscellaneous toys 5; total 104. 

 _ Grand total, 1318. 



In a conversation with Mr. Rackham he informed us that 

 the coming Philadelphia poultry show called for 1,200 

 ordinary poultry pens, 200 bantam pens and 646 for pigeons. 



P.- K. C. IVTembers Enjoy Themselves. 



The Philadelphia Kennel Clixb gave the ijiitial sxxpper of 

 the series to the members on Tuesday last at the Aldine 

 Hotel. Mr. S. Mxxrray Mitchell, the genial proprietor of the 

 Aldine, who is as well the treasux-er of the club, has placed a 

 pleasantly located room x'oom at the service of the members 

 in which to hold their meetings and exxtertarnixients. In this 

 room, decorated "with the club's art collection, the table was 

 spx-eatl, and at 7 o'clock the membox-s s«t dowxx to what was 

 named in the secretary's notice a "nice little supper," but 

 which tui-ncd out to be a veritable bamiuet, as the appended 

 menu will sliow. Twenty covers \vere laid and a jolly party 

 participated. 'I'he meeting broke up at 11 P. M. The idea of 

 .spendiixg the money for the meuxbers' entertainment instead 

 of for i-eht was voted a happy one. These pleasant reunions 

 ax-e henceforth a fixtxxre of the club, and are a most agree- 

 able manner of bringing dog men together. The Philadel- 

 phia Kennel Clxxb has long been noted for the geniality and 

 good fellowship of its members. We have a standing invita- 

 tion to participate and hope to be xjresent at the next supper. 

 The memt. of Tuesday's entertainment is as follows: 

 Blue Points. 



Beef broth S, TAnglaise. Eockflsli Hollandaise. 



Pot nature!. 



Fillet of beef aux truffles. Stx-ing beans. 



Boasted potatoes. 

 Wine. , Champagne. 



Sweet bread pat6. Punch Lalla Rookh. 

 Boasted grouse. 

 Celery salad. 



Boquefort and Neufchatel cheese. Vanilla ice cream. 



Assorted cake. 

 Fruit. Coffee. 

 Aldine Hotel, Feb. 14. 



This social idea seems to be becoming more genex-al, and is 

 certainly the best and most enjoyable way of getting mem- 

 bers to attend meetings and take active interest in the club. 



Spaniel Club Dinner Menu. 



The spaniel men get a good deal of amxxsement and jollity 

 out of their clxxb and pursxxe a policy that binds the members 

 together fraternally. The club dinxxer will be on as we go to 

 press, bxxt as a special favor we are enabled to give one side 

 of the xxxexxu card, which is excellently gotten up, and will 

 appeal directly both to the stomach and the lisibles of these 

 jolly good 'fellows:" 



Hotel Bartholdi. 



Feh. 1898. 

 "Hail Fellows (j. otis), Well Met!" 



EIN COCK(ER/rAIL. 



CAMERICAif SPAMEL CLUB SPECIAO- 



OYSTERS BLUE POiNTrEB)s SHERRY 



AND EGG(LESTON). 

 SOUP NOODLE, DOODLE AND POODLE. (Who'sinit?) 



CKLEKY, from the West (Win.) 



OLIVES. 



(From the branch always held out by our coxxSin— the Club across - 

 tUe Water), 



FISH DoRPisH ON Toast (Mason \s style— make no bones of it). 

 ENTREES CAL^Tia' brains a l.v bowwow. BORDEAUX. 



Bei'muda Potatoes. Spinach. "A good wine needs 

 Havana Cabbage, cream sauoe. no Bush ((Jeo. H.)" 

 (Very new — from yiorrls OL. H. < Couuty). 

 Punch (Ronxan— the noblest of them all. Bre^ved by Kirk). 

 CiGAKEiTEs, 01d(ham) Judge. 

 ROAST SADDLE OP deerhodnd done up Brown(ing). 

 SALAD LBTTOCE (Collared by Kitchel at Perth Amboy). 

 SWEETS IGE oBEASi (HoUow Bricks, i\ la Keasbey). 



ASSOBTED CAKES (V. H. C, H. C. and C, the Idnd Bell and 

 WiUej^ never take). 

 CHEESE OLD ENGLISH (Filled with active members). 



Sx'BATTS BISCUIT (Doggonc good). 

 FRUITS PLUMS and other thi.ngs. (Fostered at Tuxedo). 



CAFE (Black — the kind that wins). 

 CIGARS (Watson's "Long and Low.'') LIQUEURS 



(A la Rendle. who 

 Prayers: by Wilmerding. will a ta77 unfold). 

 MUSIC: 



"TNHxere, oh whex-eis my little dog gone?" 



Beagle Champion Lonely. 



Mr. H. L. Kreuder intends to surprise some of us this 

 spring. He has, we understand, purchased the celebrated 

 beagle bitch champion Lonely, ha\'ing cahled for her Feb, 9. 

 She is considered one of the \ ery best, if not the best, in Eng- 

 land. Slxe w.-x.s whelped July l.S, ISSO, and is by Careful out 

 of Lovely. Ilcr wins have been made at the best shows in 

 England. It will be remembered that Forest and Stream 

 published a picture of this bitch some time since. Mi'. Kreu- 

 der does not look upon his high office in the Beagle Club as a 

 sinecure, but intends to nphold his position with a strong 

 kennel. 



Mr. Kreuder's beagle bitch champion Lonely arrived on 

 the Aurania in charge of Mr. Elliott and will be seen out at 

 Philadelphia next week perhaps. 



Bulldogrs. 



Mr. John E. Thayer was a.sked to judge bulldogs at New 

 York, but declined, thinking seriously that he would import 

 a pair. Mr. Thayer's re-entry into the bulldog fancy would 

 lend a .still fux-ther fillip to the breed. Mr. Woodwai'd told 

 us at Chicago that he was busily engaged in getting up a 

 diploma which will be given to e\ ery men tioned bulldog in 

 the ]Sre\v Yox'k show as a sort of sou\'euir. This is a happy 

 idea and might be extended to other shows as well. 



New Bull-Terrlers. 



Mr, H. A. Harris has changed the name of his kennel to 

 Cedar Brook Farm Kennels. He is importing the bull-tex- 

 riers, Prince Gully, by True Blue ex Polly by champion Co- 

 mo, and Mermaid, by True Blue out of Caraelia.. Both are 

 under a year old and said to be ^ ery good. A fox-tex-rier 

 bitch is also coming and is also an ajximal of merit, but we 

 cannot as yet give particulars of her. It will, therefore, be 

 scexi that Mr. Harris is still "in it" and will show his Raby 

 Palli.ssy at New York this week. 



Important Importations. 



Dr. James E. Hair and Mr. Bulled are importing quite a 

 number of good dogs. In pointers Devonshire Sancho, win- 

 ner of third at Bii-mingham when 11 months old; Devonshire 

 Fan, second open class Birmingham and first Crxift's show, 

 1893, second Bir-mingham two yexirs in succession. The 

 Devonshire Pearl is the other poiixter, and she won first Bir- 



mingham 1891, and is by Nero out oi Devonshire Fan. Roy 

 of Coleshrll, the English setter, is also coming. He won 

 first prize only time he was shown. These were shipped on 

 the Italy Feb. 8, but have not yet ax-rived. Devonshire John 

 and two others will come over for the World's Fair. 



Accident to Caesar Hansa". 



The Hempstead Farm Kennels sustained a sad disappoint- 

 ment, for the time being at any rate, in the accident that be- 

 fell their great Dane Caesar Hansa, on the Axxi'axxia, coming 

 over in Mr. Raper's charge. T'lie voyage was very stormy, 

 and in some way this poor dog's thigh was broken. The leg 

 will be set, but probably his show career may be cut short. 

 This dog won first at Berlin, and is said to be a vei-y hand- 

 some animal. 



A number of the dogs were delayed by snowstorms in 

 coming to the W. K. C. show. Perhaps Joe Lewis had the 

 roughest experience. Starting no less than four difEerent 

 times on Monday to drive to the .station with his load, he 

 got tangled up in a snowdrift each time and was forced to 

 return. Out of one snowdrift it took two teams of oxen to 

 drag the wagon, a stone wall having also to be pulled down. 

 He finally started at 3:30 A. M. Tuesday morning and this 

 time succeeded in reaching the station, arriving at the Gar- 

 den after hours. Mr. E. H. Moore's train also got stuck 

 in a drift for three hours, but as his dogs are St. Bernards 

 the incident seemed peculiarly appropriate. 



The owners of good dogs at Gx-and Rapids, Mich. , are tired 

 of having dogs stolen and shipped away, so they are forming 

 an association for the purpose of capturing dog thieves and 

 seeing that they suffer the penalties. Mr. C. H. Annin is one 

 of the prime movers in the organization. 



Rochester, N. Y. , has, or rather had, a clergyman, a Rev. 

 Mr. Perry, who resigned his pa.storate on account of dog 

 shows held by members of his flock in the church. In speak- 

 ing of the matter he said that the dog shows held in his 

 church "worked in direct opposition to the highest aim of 

 Christianity and I could not wox'k hax-moniously in such sur- 

 roundings. ' ' Reminded him of the Tower of Babel probably. 



Mr. Mahler, of Pittsburgh, in addition to buying the black 

 and tan English Lady, has purchased Iroquois from England. 



Another letter comes saying: "Do you suppose we will 

 ever receive medals from the Lewiston show? Have never 

 received mine." The A. K. C. should attend to this matter. 



Mr. B. S. Turpin is just home from a week's fox-hunting 

 atPopjxler Camp, Phillipston, with Mr. R. D. Perry. He 

 has an ideal hunter's home. The floors and walls are cov- 

 ered with trophies he has sh<xt himself — grizzly and black 

 bear, deer, mountain goats and sheep, etc., etc. In the 

 kennels are twelve fine hounds of many celebrated stx-ains. 

 Mx'. Turpin repox-ts having a good time. 



"As a matter of news," we may say that Mr. George Raper 

 will repoi't the New Yox'k show for British Fancier, and Mr. 

 R. F. Mayhew will do the same for the English Field. No 

 helpers need apply. 



Mr. TJsher, owner of the Manatang Kennels, wishes us to 

 state that some letters forwarded to him while away from 

 home in answer to an advertisement in our business columns 

 have not reached him, and those who have not received an 

 swors will now know tlxe reason why. 



Mr. G. Bell, of Toronto, sent his black cocker bitch Reali- 

 zation with E. Bardoe Elliott, on Jan. 8 last, to England to 

 be bred to Mr. Farrow's crack cocker dog Ben Olio, and also 

 to compete in Cruft's great dog show. Mr. G . Bell received 

 a cable Feb. 9 stating that his cocker bitch Realization had 

 captured two equal thii'ds, xiud of coux-se oxxr Canadian friend 

 feels jubilant, as Realization, being a puppy, could not com- 

 pete in the regular classes for cockers, bxxt had to take pot 

 luck with puppies of all spaiuel breeds. This Mr. Bell was 

 not aware of when he sent his bitch, but he is none the le.ss 

 pleased. Mr, Geo. H. Bush bred Realization and she is half 

 sister to Fascination. She will return with Mr. Elliott in 

 time for New York. Mr. Bell will show about thirteen at 

 New York.', 



Mr. L. A. Julian, of New York, has imported the Irish 

 teiTier Castlemartyr Con from the Earl of Shannon's 

 kennels. Two Irish setters also came on the same vessel, 

 City of New York, 



Mr. Geo, Bell corrects us in the matter of pedigree of the 

 cocker Man in Black, owned by Mr. Gurney, of Kansas City, 

 Mo. This dog is by King of Otaos out of Snow II., and not as 

 stated before. 



Boston is to hive a banner show this year. The local 

 people will be catered for in the way of local classes and 

 specials for those not having won a pVize before. This is a 

 good move, as many of the prizes are gobbled up by the "ex- 

 pert" kennels, so that the local exhlBitor feels it almost a 

 Ixopeless matter to exhibit with any prospect of getting the 

 highest honors. We will just mtdve a little foreca.st of the 

 Boston li.st of jmlges, to see how Tiear wo hit it: Mastiffs, 

 Arthur Trickett; St. Bernards, perhaps Mr. James Gx'eeix, 

 probably Mr. Mason; sporting classes, such txs pointers and 

 setters, Mr. John Davidson, and Mr. Mason spaniels and 

 pretty nearly everything else. 



Cruft's great show has come and gone once more and was 

 the greatest ever held. We are crowin.g here in New York 

 over the W. K. C. entry of nearly 1,500, but what should we 

 think of 3,000, the figure that Mr. "Barnum" Ci'uft's venture 

 reached this year. This means a benching of 2,000 dogs. In 

 this lot an entry of 400 fox-terriers was a decent sized show 

 in itself. Stock-Keeper is gradually grabbing up all the 

 doggy literature on the other side in the way of periodicals. 

 The Fox-terrier Chronicle will now be issued fi-om 169 Fleet 

 street, and will ajxpear in improved form. 



Mr. Baguley, according to British Fancier, has sold the 

 wire-hair Dtxylesford Bush to go to Canada. Wire-hairs 

 seem to be livening up on both sides the bridge. 



A Gully the Great bull-terrier, Lord Gully, has just been 

 sold in England for §500. Mr. Dole o^vns the sire, Gully the 

 Great. 



Spratts Co. is unfortunate -svith its Chicago benching. 

 Last year some of it was delayed en route and ever so 

 much bother en.sued. This year, although started off a week 

 or two ahead of time, the cars got snowed in somewhere and 

 were seemingly left by the railroad people to thaw out in 

 the spring some time. Mr. Ehrmann had to get an engine 

 and go on an exploring expedition, linally finding the car 

 and hauling it to Chicago, where they arri\'ed just in time 

 to get the dogs benched. On the return jonrney there was 

 another delay, and when finally heard of, somewhere beyond 

 the Suspension Bridge in Canada, it was only to find the 

 chaxTed remains, the whole business having been burnt up. 

 This means a loss to Spratts of about 62,.500, but will not 

 attect their benching for other shows, as they are amply pro- 

 vided to meet any such emex-gency. 



This year, instead of having to pay f or a box in Ma,disou 



