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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Maech 2, 1892. 



desire to express appreciation of the reduction voluntarily made by 

 said firm in tlielr bill. 



The prefix, Elkwood, was claimed by Phil. Daly, Jr., and allcn'ed. 

 The prefix, Chatham, claimed by H. M. Howes, was allowed. 



E. B. EUiott vs. H. E. Twyford. Resolved, that the ease be reopened 

 and the secretary be instructed to notify the parties in interest. 



(Signed) A. P. Vredenbuegh, Sec'y- 



Mb. "Watson, of the stud "boot committee, reported: TMs 

 committee has two cases referred to it, the Boston terrier 

 case and the collie Toronto. In regard to the latter the 

 committee asks for information. The collie was entered at 

 two .shows this year and last year. Then it was entered at 

 Brooklyn. There seems to have heen negligence someAvhere. 

 The point is this: Is Canadian registration good on this 

 side? Do we honor Canadian registration or do we not? 



Me Vredenburgh— Yes. At the annnal meeting of the 

 American Kennel Club in 1SS9 the Canadian Kennel Club 

 sent a delegation of three members of their club to us and 

 made us a proposition, which we finally accepted by resolu- 

 tion to the effect that we would acknowledge registrations 

 of the Canadian Kennel Club without further registration 

 with us^ they doing likewise, acknowledging our registra- 

 tions without further registration with themselves. This is 

 hj resolution, and we have adhered to it for four years. You 

 will recall that a year ago I suggested and recommended in 

 my report that that contract with the Canadian Kennel 

 Club had better cease, but no action was taken concerning it 



Me, Watson— It becomes, then, a question of carelessness 

 on the part of Mr. Jarrett. In regard to the Boston Terrier 

 Club we are very much at sea. Dr. Cryer, I believe, is in 

 favor of it. Mr. Fiske says that it appears to him that the 

 Boston Terrier Club has made out a ■prima-facie case, and 

 lie does not see why they should not be admitted. He is 

 rather on the fence yon niight say. I have just been handed 

 his opinion, which I will read: "You are quite at liberty to 

 report on my position on the question of the Boston terrier. 

 That I find no evidence before the committee in contraven- 

 tion of what seems to me the primtir-facie evidence presented 

 by the Boston Terrier Club that the Boston terrier is a breed 

 of itself and entitled to admission to the stud book. I do not, 

 therefore, find any objection to its admission. Signed, Wil- 

 son Fiske." For ray own part I cannot bring myself in'favor 

 of admitting the dog. I would like to admit the club, but it 

 appears that we have to take the dog too. The qu&stion for 

 the club is, is it a proper breed to admit to the stud book, 

 and I cannot say that I am in favor of admitting it; and there 

 is your committee himg with three minority reports. 



On motion the report'of the Stud Book Committee was ac- 

 cepted a.nd placed on file. 



Nominations for secretary and treasurer being next in or- 

 der, air. Vredenburgh was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer. 



Under the head of new business the matter of the applica- 

 tion of the Boston Terrier Cbib and the Boston terrier to the 

 stud book came up, and Mr. Richards spoke to a motion to 

 admit the breed. 



Me. Richaeds— This being made in the form of a motion, 

 I suppose remarks are in order. This matter has been re- 

 ferred to the club several times, and I have asked the privi- 

 lege to be heard once or twice, and would not ask it again if 

 it were not for the fact that there are many m"embers present 

 to-day who, I am quite sure, have never considered the 

 merits of the case, and who are familiar with the question. 

 I think that in passing upon this question, inasmuch as it in- 

 volves something of a precedent, it ought not to be detei'- 

 mined upon vague considerations, but we should have some 

 precise reason or theory for future cases by which we shall 

 determine when a breed of dogs has become so far established 

 that it has an identity in natural history, not sentiment; as 

 to whether we like the dog or not, but has it an identity, 

 just as you can say, "There is a fox, or a deer, or a 

 greyhound?" When "we come to determine that question 

 we come to the matter of evidence; and what is the evi- 

 dence? In the first place, there maybe a dog which hns 

 obtained a likeness, but yet so much unlikeness, with such a 

 want of refinement— a want of exact similarity. (I use the 

 word "exact" not in an absolute sense, but in that relevant 

 sense which all dog men understand.) I say there might be 

 such a want of that resemblance that we would make no 

 note of the breed, while recognizing in a general way that 

 they become so uniform that it is likely to perpetuate its 

 own in kind. We know that in the matter of the French 

 coach horse- we have a good deal in the stud book abont 

 coach horses, but practical horse-breeders know that the 

 French coach horse has not produced satisfactory results in 

 breeding in this country, because it has not been able to re- 

 produce itself in a uniform type here. We would not like to 

 make that mistake with this breed of dogs, or any breed of 

 dogs, and I therefore think that the evidence on which we 

 should act is the evidence of a power to reproduce. Mr. 

 Power, who is here as the agent of the club, has shown to me 

 the pictures of different generations of the dog and pictures 

 of different dogs of the same generation, which indicate a 

 reproductive uniformity to my mind. "VSHiile there can be no 

 doubt that those pictures are photographs they are fair rep- 

 resentations of the dog. If I am right aboixt that, if my ideas 

 are not too vague of what uniformity is, it seems to me that 

 the Boston Terrier Club has established prima-facie that 

 power to reproduce the type among these dogs. There is one 

 other condition, and that is some recognized authority 

 which shall see to it that the type is maintained in future 

 breeding, so that they shall not fall away and pass into 

 heterogeneous types. It seems to me that guaranty is 

 afforded by the A^ery organization of this clulj, by the estab- 

 lishment of a clixb stud book, by the requirement that the 

 pedigrees to be registered shall all be referred back, as in 

 the case of hackneys. Now, I say when that has been done 

 the American Kennel Club has a guaranty upon which it is 

 safe to rely, and I think it would be unreasonable not to rely 

 upon it. At former meetings there was on the part of two 

 or three members, I thought, a tendency to reject the breed, 

 because they did not like the dog, because they thought it 

 was inferior to the English bull-terrier, on the general 

 proposition that they did not like the breed and that they 

 were not a gamy-looking dog. That is aside from the case. 

 The question is not whether we like the dog, but whether 

 the dog has an established breed in which a number of 

 reputable fanciers are interested, and which is going on to 

 reproduce itself in types with certainty. I think if we are 

 satisfied of that evidence, as presented, it is a matter of 

 simple justice to admit them. 



A call for the ayes and nays resulted in the following vote: 

 Ayes— Anthony, Wilmerding, Munhall, Shotwell, Heppner, 

 Cryer, Van Schaick, Diffenderffer, Bryson, Schellhass, 

 Power, Morris, Reick, Oldham. Nays — Ai-nolt and Webster. 

 Messrs. Foote and Watson declined to vote. The chair de- 

 clared the motion carried. 



Me. Pots'eb— I must take this occasion to thank you for 

 your kind and serious attention of this matter and for your 

 vote in favor of our club. I have to say that the stud book 

 committee ■R'ill take every precaution to have every dog kept 

 out that is not strictly eligible. We have required an affi- 

 davit of the breeder of the sire and of the breeder of the dam, 

 certifying to the pedigree in each case before the puppy can 

 be registered. After it is reported favorably upon it comes 

 before the club and a vote is taken by the club whether it 

 shall be admitted, and every member has a chance to say 

 whether the dog is straight. 



The application of the foUowina: clubs were accepted, and 

 the clubs admitted to membership in the A. K. C.: Des 

 Moines Poultry and Pet Stock Association, The Northern 

 Ohio Pet Stock' and Poultry Association, The lUindio Kennel 

 Club, St. Louis Kennel Club, The Great Dane of America, 

 The Ohio Field Trial Club. The application of the Chicago 

 Kennel Club is rejected. 



It was oarried that the application of the'.City^of the Straits 



Kennel Club of Detroit, Michigan, be referred to a committee, 

 which committee shall ascertaui whether the Michigan Ken 

 nel Club is dead or alive. 



Me. Vhedenbuegh — I read the following recommendation 

 of the Auditing Committee: 



New York, Jan. 14, 1893.— Your Auditing Committee recommends 

 that a resolution be adopted by the A, K. C, that the secretary- treas- 

 urer sball pay all bills only wlien marked approved by at least two 

 members of the Advisory Committee. This recommendation receives 

 the indorsement of the present secretary -treasurer. J, D. Shotwell, 



A. C. WlLMERMNG, J. B. BLOSSOM. 



Resolution made and carried. 



Mr. Munhall presented a communication concerning silver 

 prizes offered by the Cleveland bench show held in April, 

 1891, which prizes had not yet been delivered. On motion the 

 same was referred to the Advisory Committee. 



The Wilmington Agricultural and Industrial Association 

 was accepted. 



The appeal of Dr. Kenney against the decision of the Exec- 

 utive Committee of the Rhode Island Poultry Association 

 was, on motion, referred to the Advisory Committee with 

 power. 



Concerning the request of Charles Stedman Hanks, Mr. 

 Anthony moved that similar action be taken as in theMeers- 

 brook Maiden case. 



Regarding the suspension of Mr. Heckleman by the Na- 

 tional Greyhound Club for removing his dog from a shoAV 

 without permission, Mr. Richards moved that he be disqual- 

 ified for one year. Seconded and carried. 



The recommendation of the secretary, "That the secretary 

 be directed to refuse the privileges of the stud book to all 

 persons under the penalties of suspen.sion or disqualification," 

 was on motion adopted. 



As to the second, as follows: That after the charges now 

 pending before this club have been disposed of, the A. K. C. 

 will refuse to arbitrate in any ijersonal or monetary dispute, 

 and will only discipline persons guilty of an infringement of 

 the rules in connection with bench shows or field trials held by 

 active members in good standing. Mr. Webster moved that 

 the matter be referred to the committee on constitution and 

 by-laws, to be considered at the next May meeting. 



Me. Powee— I move that the wins of the first field trials of 

 the New England Field Trial Club, held in 1891, be recog- 

 nized by this club. Seconded and carried. 



Mr. Schellhass asked the recognition of the wins at the 

 National Beagle Club bench show at Kanuet, N. Y., in 1891. 

 He was directed to present the case in detail at next meeting. 

 Adjourned. 



"Forest and Stream" to-day presents a fall re- 

 port of the New York show by the judges. In 

 thoroughness, intelligent treatment and value, 

 this report may be ranked as one of the achieve- 

 ments for which "Forest and Stream" has won 

 fame. Such a report is without parallel in the 

 annals of kennel joxirnalism in America. 



DOG CHAT. 



A New Beagle Kennel. 



Mr. E. Gerry Roberts gives us the list of the dogs he bought 

 at New York. He Avrites: "I feel it a great pleasure to say 

 that I have gone into beagles and ha^^e made the folloAving 

 pui'chases, some at pretty long prices: Champion Racer, Jr., 

 from Mr. H. L. Kreuder, -winner of over tAventy-flve prizes, 

 as my stud. Fanny Reed, winner of third at Nanuet, '93, 

 and second at New York, '93, from Glenrose Beagle Kennels. 

 Hope, Avinner of first and special in puppy and first and 

 special in open, New York, only times shown, from Mr. 

 Phcebus. Miss Rogers, by Royal Krueger ex Mira, from Mr. 

 Kreuder. Luna, from Mr. Geo. Laick. All of these, with 

 the exception of Racer, .Jr. , were purchased at the New York 

 shoAV. I am going to Red Bank, N. J., to-day, to arrange 

 for building a kennel, such as aauII ma,ke my beagle friends 

 envious. It will be only large enough for twenty dogs 

 but Avill be arranged in the best possible manner. I have en- 

 gaged an architect to draft plans Avho thorou^jhly under- 

 stands the needs of dogs. I have named my kennels the 

 Shrewsbury Beagle Keimels. I also purchased last year and 

 still haA'e in my kennel. Romp C, winner first Derby and 

 third 13in. bitch class N. B. C. field trials, 1891." 



A Correction. 



Please correct a mistake made in the premium of the 

 Elmira Kennel Club. Under the head of Boston Terriers, 

 class 86 and 87 should come under the head of Basset Hounds, 

 and class 88 should come under the head of Dachshunds. See 

 priated slip inclosed in premium list. 



C. A. Bowman, Sec'y. 



Sale of Nancy Lee. 



There Avas no prouder man than Mr. Frank Carswell in the 

 show building last week. His Avinning bitch, Nancy Lee, is 

 a credit to any kennel. While others have bought dogs, Mr. 

 Carswell has had to breed for them, and in the case of Nancy 

 Lee he oavus the dam, grand dam, great grand dam and great- 

 great grand dam, Maid, which Avas the first he OAvned. Mr. 

 CarsAvell on Friday sold Nancy Lee at catalogue price to Mr. 

 Pierxjont Morgan, whose kennel Avill be materially strength- 

 ened thereby. *• 



Sale of Carisbrooke. 



Charles A. Smith sold his bulldog Carisbrooke to Mr. 

 Wyman Porter, of Montclair, N. J., as a companion; so, 

 probably, we haA'e seen the last of this rather plain-faced, 

 but well-made, dog. 



Bulldoe: Dockleaf. 



We have received fi-om the publishers, Messrs. Frederick 

 Mansell & Co., 7 St. Clemens street, Barnstable, London, one 

 of the finest etchings of a dog we ever remember seeing. 

 This is the celebrated bulldog Dockleaf. Though we have 

 never had the good fortune to see this dog and cannot per- 

 sonally judge of its true likeness, still we understand that 

 on Jan. 27, the day after it was published, it was taken by 

 the Bulldog Club judges, such as Messrs. Peybus Sellon, J. 

 W. Berrie, A. M. Hodges, Fi-ank Crowther and many others, 

 and is admitted by them to be a fine and correct likeness and 

 a standard to breed up to. Such reliable pictures do more to 

 educate the budding fanciers than any amount of tinkering 

 with mediocre specimens in their OAvn kennels. The etching 

 is by Richard Josey. Size 15x11, and lettered India proofs 

 are .$5.50 each. 



Dr. GloA'er performed his duties conscientiously, and had 

 an almost herculean task to examine the large entry Avhich 

 passed through the small gate. A neAv feature he introduced 

 Avas his daily report on the health of the dogs, Avhich was 

 posted on the press bulletin board. Only one dog, a deer- 

 hound, was seriously sick, and that had a touch of pneu- 

 monia. 



During the New York .show the Hempstead Farms Keu- 

 nels sold the bulldog Wal Hampton and collie Ormskirk 

 Susie to Col. A. B. Hilton, of WoodlaAvn Stock Farm, for 

 ?600; also the wire-haired fox-terrier bitch Suffolk Tassel to 

 G N Carnochan. 



The lolanthe Kennels made an important purchase from J 

 the T\Tieatly Kennels in the bull bitch Saleni. Mr. Hobbie- 

 told us without a smile that he got .$14,000. The Wheatly 

 Kennels are dispersing the good team they got together. 

 Pathfinder and Lady Regent were bought by Mr. C. K.. 

 Austin. Mr. Renshaw Mason Jones purchased their good 

 dog Cardinal Wolsey. These Avill be shown again. 



Mr. Mortimer did a little speculate in wolfhounds, buying, 

 a rather handsome-lookuig ten-months' pnp, Czar, Jr., from- 

 Miss Stiner. 



Hillside Kennels sold their deerhound Alpine to Fred 

 Kirby, 



Mr. John Marshall, of Troy, made a good sale of his New- 

 foundlands Prince Hal and New York Lass U., both good 

 winners, to Mr. Clarence R. Conger, a laAvyer of New Yorfc 

 city. 



Mr. Ed Brooks thinks he will have a try at the dare devils- 

 and intends getting a couple of brood bitches from the other 

 side. At the show he purchased Valley Boxer from the 

 Anglo-American Kennels and Nora II. from Mr. Joha 

 Welch. 



A Mr. Grey, of Baltimore, bought the bulldogs Derby 

 Hebe from Mr. MattheAVs and Miss Nancy from Miv B. M. 

 Jones. 



Mr. Adrian C. Pickhardt, whose dogs won two firsts at the 

 W. K. C. show, sold his two good pointers, RidgeAiew Don- 

 ald and Ridgeview Panic to Mr. Perry Lewis, of New York. 

 Mr. Pickhardt, Avho owns the Rinada Kennels, .showed us 

 the plans of some extensive kennels that he intends building 

 as soon as the gi*ound is suitable, at Massapequa, L. I. 



Mr. Julian F.. Smith sold the handsome, though peculiarly 

 marked St. Bernard \^Tiite Friar to Mr. Ion \Vitzleben, of 

 Mount Vernon, N. Y., for $300, so Staten Island knows this 

 dog no more. Brooklyn Prince, an he. dog, Ava ; j old. 



The Maybrook Kennels, of which Mr. Bradbury is man- 

 ager, purchased from Mr. A. W. Purbeck the newly im- 

 ported greyhound Honor Bright, that won over everything 

 at New York. 



Mr. Ed. Manice just had his hands full Avith his dachs- 

 hunds. Though he has had eczema in the kennels the dogs 

 were fairly shoAvn. He made a number of sales. The bitch 

 Jane Shore, a good one, too, goes to Mrs. -John E. Thayer's 

 boudoir. This is about the third best bitch in America and 

 of happy disposition. Then Mr. Matthews, the bulldog 

 man, to get a little more chest and elbow, invested in a. 

 Pterodactyl— Jargonelle pup in whelp to Superbus II. 

 Every ptip he has is engaged and he took orders for twenty 

 stud Aasits. _ Dachshunds are evidently booming seriously, 

 for Mr, Manice has commissions to start three parties with 

 dachshunds for a kennel. Babbette, the Bassett, was sold to 

 Mrs. Cass Canfield, of New York. 



Duriag the show Ave met Mr. German Hopkins. When 

 asked how things were going, he rema,rked that he cotaldn't 

 sell a dog, and so sold a dominick game hen for -110. That 

 was pretty good, but he fintshed a little stronger than this 

 by selling barren Tripper, the fox-terrier, 3d, Brooklyn; 1st, 

 PaAvt.ucket, to Mr. Dupee, of Chicago. Their Grove Tripper 



foes to Macon, Ga. The Grove Kennels also bought the 

 itch Raby Nell from C. A. Bowman. This bitch is by 

 Dominie out of Blaekrock Belle. 



There was another collie man btisy at New York, and 

 though he did not show much, he managed to get r-id of the 

 collie Toronto Wonder, Avho is by Metchley Wonder, at a. 

 good and remunerative figure, to lolanthe Kennels, and fur- 

 ther, to same kennels Duche.ss of Fife, in Avhelp to Christo- 

 pher. 



We regret to hear that old champion Bounce, the noted 

 beagle of a few years back, Avas killed aboi^t ten days ago by 

 a kick from a hunter at the Somerset Kennels. 



During the Ncav York show the Hepbern Kennels, of which 

 Messrs. C. D. Bernheimer and A. H. Heppner are the OAvners, 

 sold their blue dog Apollo, winner of third prize, to Mr. Cal- 

 vin S. McChesney. Tne kennels retain the stud services of 

 the dog, which is quite tji^pical. 



Mr. Elliott purchased, while in England, five good collies 

 for the Chesterford Park Kennels of Chicago. One was a 

 third-prize Avinning bitch at Birmingham last year, in whelp 

 to Rufford Ormonde, another in whelp to Sefton Hero and 

 another in whelp to a good dog whose name we forget. Two 

 good pups by Sefton Hero complete the list. They -will ar- 

 rive on the Italy and come in charge of Spratts. 



We received the Boston premium list as we went to pres.s, 

 and a glance shows it to be well arranged. Four prices are 

 givenin priucipal breeds and in A^alue from |15, §10 and $Si to 

 $10, $5 and $3. 



Mr. Dole sold the folloAving dogs at New York show: Bull- 

 terrier Prince Bendigo to R, S. Palmer, New York; Wood- 

 stock Scamp to Mr. Graves, of Oi-ange, N. J. 



As scA^eral of the judges Avho officiated at the New York 

 show this year were also judges at last year's show, and as 

 their portraits were published in our Extra at the time, we 

 thought it .superfluous to publish them again. 'J'hey are 

 Miss Whitney, Messrs. ' Geo. Raper, W. Tallman and R. F. 

 Mayhew. 



Mr. Otto Volger, a member of the St. Bernard Cluh, has 

 purchased from Mr. Foster, of England, the Yorkshire ter- 

 rier Nelson, by chami^ian Kit out of Lady. It came over 

 about two weeks ago and weighs but 43-2lbs. 



Mr. A. S. Bradbnry, of the Maybrook Kennels, has pur- 

 chased the Dandle Dinmont Rugely Sandy. 



Elmira Dog Show. 



JEcUtor Forest and Stream: 



The folloAving specials have been received up to date: The 

 Collie Chib offer the club medal, A'alue S20, for the best collie 

 dog or bitch exhibited by a member of the Collie Club. The 

 American Spaniel Club oft'er the following prizes, open to 

 members only; $5 for the best field spaniel, §5 for the best 

 cocker spaniel, -So for the best Irish water spaniel and -S5 for 

 best Clumber spaniel. The American Mastiff Club offer a 

 challenge cup, value $150, for the best American-bred mas- 

 tiff, entries to be made AAath the secretary of the American 

 Mastiff Club before March 10; entry fee So; one-half goes to 

 the Avinner of the cup and the other half to the Mastiff Club. 

 The National Beagle Club are going to give a plate valued 

 at 515, and a number of other clubs to hear from. 



C. A. BoAVMAN", Sec'y. 



Dog Laws in Indiana. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The House of Representatives in session here passed a bill 

 on the 10th inst. regulating, the_tax on dogs as follows: On§ 



