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[Apeil 13, 1898, 



his usual manner, and seemed to gWe j^eueral satisfaction. 

 It is a treat to see such a good spaniel entry at Boston. 



Emo. 



^Special Report by the Jwlge.') 



Bull-TerPlIEES (T. S. BelUn, Judge).— Chalieuge dogs 

 over SOlbs. were drawn blank. Challenge bitches over 30Ibs., 

 first awarded to Enterprise, who wins in conditiou, skull, 

 face, body;, bone, legs and feet. Dogs SOlbs. and over, Young 

 Marquis first; tMs dog wants length of jaw; in neck, sboul- 

 ders, ribs, loin, quarters, bone, legs and feet he is_ a dog much 

 above the average, still slightly wanting in quality. Second, 

 Diamond King, here showed liimself badly, acting in the 

 ring more lilje a shy puppy; he is not as clean in head as foi^- 

 merly, skull fair, good eye and jaw, legs, bone and body; if 

 anything a little long in back; a dog that .still will do some 

 winning. Third, Prince Gully, well beaten by the winner. 

 Bitches "iOlbs. and over, British Queen, first, beats Elirb, the 

 second prize winner, in size, jaw, skull, body, bone, legs and 

 feet. Challenge dogs and bitches under SOlbs., Dusty Miller, 

 first, could be improved in skull and flatness of cheek: fair 

 eye and jaw, also outline of body, good loin, fairly good 

 quarters, logs and feet. Marguerite, the other entry, lo.ses 

 so mucli in eye and in general build and body is far too 

 heavy and cloddy for her size. Open class dogs under SOlbs, , 

 third to Autocrat Victor: only fair and others still more 

 moderate. Bitches under SOlbs., first, Mermaid; she is fair 

 in skull, jaw and eye, good ribs and loin, moderate in legs 

 and feet. Puppies, first to Mermaid, well in front of White 

 Wonder II., second. 



Fox-Terkiers {T. S. BcUin, J^fidyf*).— Challenge smooth 

 dogs had an entry of four, Starden's King, Ripoh Stormer, 

 Raffle and Dusky Trap, the latter was absent. Starden's 

 King won first, shown a little too fat. This dog is improved 

 in quality since last year, and is not going coarse, as many 

 expected; he beats Stormer, reserve, in skull, eye, jaw power 

 and leanness of cheek, also set on of ears, is also good in ribs, 

 level in back, powerful iu loin and quarters, his hocks should 

 be a little more bent, in lay of shoulders, set on of forelegs, 

 roundness of bone and best of feet, this is a dog that wants 

 a lot of beating when shown in hard condition. Stormer 

 shows cheek enough, good Jaw, may be flatter in skull, car- 

 riage of ear wide, good bone, nice neck, ribs and loin. Raffle 

 I thought not looking his best, still a nice little terrier, but 

 do not like his hindquarters. In challenge bitches fir.st went 

 to Mi.ss Dollar, looking better than at New York, a trifle 

 heavier in condition, rather weak in jaw, very gay iii car- 

 riage and now quite a good coat, right in skull, slightly star- 

 ing in eye, fair ears, good iu neck, shoulders, legs and feet, 

 with nice depth of chest, right in back, quarters and hocks, 

 her carriage and "gas" wili always assist her. Donna, re- 

 serve, whose type all round I like better, but to-day .she was 

 not looking herself at all, seemed quite seedy and carried 

 quite a faded look, which, 1 trust, is only temporary. G-roiise 

 IL. is gone heavy in head, wide in chest and too thick set in 

 body to win in this company. Age will t(!ll with all of us. 



Open dogs, first, Warren Tip Top; this dog .shows quality 

 in head, good skull, cheeks and jaw, right in eye, nice ears, 

 well carried, perhaps a little short in neck, well sprung ribs, 

 good loin and quarters, level in back, hocks well under him; 

 a good youngster, shown a little too heavy in condition. He 

 Avants showing lighter, which will give him liberty and lean- 

 ness in shoulder, good in coat. Second, to Beverwyck Punster, 

 fair jaw, nice eye, slightly full in skull and improving in ex- 

 pression, nice ears, lean neck set into sloping shoulders, 

 straight in front, good feet, little light at pastern, depth of 

 chest and spring of ribs good, fair hindquartefs, nice set on 

 of tail, improving in coat. Third to Raby Pallisy, a long- 

 headed dog, slightly "bitchifled" in face, wants keenness in 

 expression, good skull, only fair in eye, ears quite lar.^e 

 enough, right in neck, shoulder, front and legs, moderate in 

 feet, good back, ribs and loin, plenty of coat that might be a 

 trifle harsher; a very gay terrier and makes the most of him- 

 self. Fourth, Raby" Trigger, a little plain in head and ex- 

 pression, more than fair in ears, neck, shoulders, body, legs 

 and feet, too soft in coat; Warren Layman, beaten iii jaw, 

 bone, still a very nice terrier, with good front legs and feet. 

 Open bitches, first, Dominica, much too heavy in flesh, which 

 spoiled her good outline and made her look more cloddy than 

 she really is; a grand terrier when .shown lighter and harder, 

 wants beating in head, jaw and eye, intense expression, best 

 of ears, bone, legs and feet, nice neck, good shoulders, right 

 in ribs and body, back and thigh, stern well se»"; a good 

 shower and looks a Avorker. Second, Warren Duty, beaten 

 in length of head and expression; this is a genuine teri-ier, in 

 neck, shoulders, ribs, quarters and activity, very fair coat, 

 good legs and feet. Third to Ripon Regina, fair head, eye, 

 jaw a,nd ears, getting heavier in front, at times stands wide, 

 only fair in legs and feet, body and outline good, fair in coat 

 and actions. Fourth, May Storm, nice in size and little 

 behind the third prize bitch. Dawson, full of style, very 

 straight, a showy bitch wanting in coat, body and bone, 

 properly mated should breed winners. 



Wire-haired, challenge dogs. First, St. Broom, much 

 improved .since New Y^ork, both in condition and coat, now a 

 real good terrier fair in head, good jaw, might be smaller 

 and darker in eye, ears may be carried closer, right in neck, 

 shoulders, legs and feet, possibly a little Avanting in bone, 

 and is high enough on the legs, good body, aa' ell sprung rib, 

 nice loin and thighs, trifle straight in hocks, good stern, very 

 fair coat, can even be improved, good action and best of 

 showers, to this dog was awarded reserve, to Starden's King 

 for the best fox-terrier in shoAv. Challenge bitches.^ — Thirst, 

 Sister Pattern showing age but still a rare old pattern, best 

 of skull, jaw, eye and expression, well shaped ears, good 

 neck, front, legs and feet, Avell sprung ribs, in body and 

 loin not looking so Avell as at New York, being shown heavy 

 ill pup; this bitch has the correct wi.re-haired jacket, hard 

 and dense, free from wool and openness. Open class dogs. — 

 First, Oakleigh Bruiser, not improved since New York, looked 

 here dull and sleepy, and in hind action is faulty, in body 

 and outline he is good, fair in head and ears but Avants ex- 

 pression, his lay of coat shows he is a bit of a Creole, being too 

 Close, still fair in texture, a handsome terrier and a valuable 

 stud dog. Second, Dandy Jack, good head but Avanbing in 

 expression, fair in legs, feet and coat, right in size and out- 

 line, not the best of quarters, to-day looking very Avell and 

 deserved Ms position. Third, St. Brittle, a nice little terrier, 

 Avanting in jaw power and expression, fair in shoulders, 

 body, legs and feet, not hard in jacket. Open bitches.— First, 

 Jess Frost, little thick- in cheek and none too long in jaw, 

 fair eye and ea,rs, after this she scores in neck, front, bone, 

 feet, good ribs, body, loin, thighs and hocks; her coat is extra 

 good in lay and texture, a wire-hair, not a poodle. Second, 

 Suffolk Tassel, good skull, fair jaw, eye and expression, not 

 the best of ear carriage; in shoulders, legs and feet more 

 than fair, nice body, little light of bone, coat should be 

 harder, a quality one, that Avill still be in the money. Sister 

 Nettle, third, much improved since New Y^ork, was well 

 beaten by the Avinners but deserved her position. Sister Mop 

 is none too long in head, a little large in ear, soft in coat, 

 nice in size, front, bone, legs and feet. 



Smooth puppies, dogs, first, Warren Layman; second, 

 Beverwyck Boy, a nice headed dog, fair in eye and ears, not 

 improAang in shoulders and a little long cast; good iu bone' 

 legs and feet, but a bad shower; third, Hillside Pitcher, 

 beaten in head and ears, but wins in front and lay of shoul- 

 ders, also loses in loin. Hillside Royal may some day beat 

 the Avinner in this class; at present is high on leg, light in 

 body and long enough in back. Time will no doubt do much 

 for him. Bitch puppies, first, one of Mr. Thayer's, a nice 

 all round youngster, who beats Seacrof t Myrtle in bone, type 

 and expression. Wire-haired puppies.— First, Ruth, a fair 

 seven months' puppy, at present promising in head, shoul- 

 ders, cottt, character, legs and feet, with luck should make a 



fair one; second, St, Brittle, previously mentioned. Others 

 in class need not be described. 



Dakdie Dijtmont Terriers (T. S. BeHin, Jnd(ie).— 'First, 

 challenge class, King of the Heather, a good old sort of the 

 rig^ht type, not improving in head. Open dogs, first, Am- 

 phion, a dog with a good head, punishing jaAv, good coat, 

 length of body and action, easily beating Laddie, second, in 

 head and length; Sir Robert, Aviih a poodle coat, won third 

 for lack of competition. Open bitches, first, Alusty Daisy, 

 beats Heather Pegg y II. in coat, head, bone and type. 



Scotch Terriers (T. S. BelUn, Judge).— 'Fh-si, Kilroy, a 

 grand head, eye, ears and expression, fair legs and feet, good 

 in body, bone and jacket; second, Kilcree, beaten in head; in 

 other points close up. Tiree was absent. Open bitches, first, 

 Wankie Diana, a good youngster, excellent in head and ears, 

 also expression, only wanting time to mature; second, Ctil- 

 blean, good in head," but here beaten in that point by the 

 Avinnei'; the second scores in body, and as may be expected 

 from her age, in texture and coat.' 



iRisu Terriers (T. S. BelUn, Judge).— Challenge class, 

 first, Jackanapes, shoAvu in good form; improves in skull, 

 good javA' , ears, neck, shoulders, legs and feet; right in ribs, 

 loin and ([uarters; a free moA^er; a good jacket, beating Boxer 

 ly. in eye and head. Challenge bitches, first, Dunmurry; 

 nice skull, eye and jaw; fair shoulders, wanting in bone; 

 fairly good legs and feet; well ribbed body; good loin, 

 quarters and hocks. Second, Salem Witch; a fair terrier, 

 but rightly beaten in this company. Open dogs, first. Merle 

 Grady; a ranch-improved dog; nice in skull, good jaw, eye, 

 and a dare-devil expression; a Avell-placed shoulder, good 

 legs and feet, ribs, back, loin and quarters; racy and a true 

 representatiA^e of the Emerald Isle. Second, His Honor, a 

 more than average youngster, at present wants beating, but 

 I have my doubts if he is one of the improving sort. I trust 

 I may be mistaken. Third, Crib; good expres.sion, getting 

 thick in head, bo.ssy in .shoulders, not straight in front; in 

 body and quarters above the average, also texture of coat, iu 

 culor getting quite too pale. Open bitches, fir.st, Chancery 

 Lass; fair head, little full in eye. well-carried ears; should 

 be leaner iu shoulders; good in body and quarters; fair coat. 

 Secoud, Nora II., only moderate and well beaten. 



Bl.\civ .and Tan- Terriers (T. S. Bellin, Judge).— In dogs 

 first went to BroomSeld Sultan, This dog Avitliout a doubt 

 is the best representati ve of his breed in America; in fact I 

 think he can beat the English champions Prince Eric and 

 Derby Bess. Sultan retains his good head, neck ami quality; 

 in body he is much improA^ed; iu other points he is a high 

 class terrier, and one to be proud of. In bitches. Queen HI., 

 first, not in good form, a bitch of correct shape, good head, 

 and when shown fit, Avants a beating. Broomfield Madge, 

 -second, beaten all round; Gypsy Girl absent. 



Toy Terriers (T. S. Bellin, JwcZgc).— Barnaby Rudge, 

 first, a little rough in coat, still of good textui'e, scores aU 

 round in head and jaw, carriage of ears and length of body. 

 There is little to choose between second and third, Islay and 

 Endcliife Maggie, the former winning in texture of coat. 



YORK.SHIRE Terriers (T. ,S. BclMn, Judge) were very mod- 

 erate and need not be described. 



Schipperkes (T. S. BelUn, Judge).— Vrince, Jr., first, fair 

 in head, ears and coat, Avanting in ruff or frill on neck. 



Black akd Tan Toy TERRUiRs (T. S. BeUin, Judgii) — 

 Yasson, fir.st, AAdns in head, body outline and tail; second and 

 third close together. 



Mkcellaneous {T. S. BelUn, Judge).— TJnder 25lh^., first, 

 DeAvr, the Welsh terrier, gone thick in head and heavy in 

 shoulder, good coat, fair legs, feet and bone; secoud, Sheffield 

 Lad, a Pomeranian, good head and ears, in size quite large 

 enough, fair tail, not in the best of coat. T. S. B. 



ADDITIONAL AWARDS. 



GORDOlsr SETTERS.— Doflfs.- 1st, N. BUlings's Ranger B.; 2d, Miss S. 

 L. Nickerson's Count Noble; 3d and reserve, 0. T. Brownell's Dixey and 

 Bud Gordon; 4th. Woodland Park Kennels' Ai'chibaJd. Very high com., 

 C. M. AV. -Murray's Duke. Bitches: l.st, H. O'ReiUs-'s Fan"; 2d, N. BUl- 

 ings's Lady Maud: 3d, E. O. Tucker's Minnie T.; 4lh, C. T. Brownell's 

 yueen Noble. Very hifch com., D. S. Bennett's Juliette. -Pitiu^ies— 

 Dog.i; 1st, E. H. Morris's Freemont; 3d, L. P. Everett's Qulniobequin. 

 Bitches: 1st, E. H. Morris'.s Fairiuout. 



BEAGLES. — Challenge— Oo;ys.' 1st. Rockland Beagle Kennels' 

 Frank Forest. Reserve, Shrewsbury Beagle Kennels' Racer, -Jr. 

 Bitches: 1st and i-eser\'e, Rockland Beagle Kennels' Lou and Emellne; 

 3d, Forest Beagle Kennels' Twlntwo.— Open— Doj/s (13ia. and over) ■ 

 1st, Waldingfteld Kennels' Thunderer; 2d, \>l. A. Small's Diamond For- 

 est; 3d, S. J. PettingiU's Puzzle. Reserve, S. James's Jerry, Very high 

 com., Kennebec Valley Kennels' Rambler II. Bitches: 1st and 2d. 

 AValdingfield Kennels' Oracle and Lufra; 3d, Gleurose Beagle Kennels' 

 Gypsy A. Reserve, Slir(3W8bury Kennels' Prudence. Very high com., 

 H. Ran isdoU's Pride of Cresbrook. i)of/s (under 13in.) ; 1st, Geo. W. 

 Proctor'.s Joe H.; 3d, Glenrose Beagle Kennels' Padere'wski; 3d, R. S. 

 Turpin's Clyde. Very high com., Rockland Beagle Kennels' Laddie. 

 Bitches: 1st, Rockland Beagle Kennels" Lonely; 3d, Ringwoori Kennels' 

 Maida; 3d, W. A. Small's Top.sy S. Reserve, G. F. Reed's Spot Reed. 

 \ ery high com., Shre\vsbury Kennels' Fanny Reed, Rockland Kennels' 

 Norah K.— PtrppiEs— Do^/s,- 1st. 0. A. Godendorf's Start. Reserve, 

 Glenrose Kennels' Bravo. Very high com., F. H. Atwood's Forest 

 Rex. Bitches: 1st, R. B. Baker's Juliette IL; 3d, C. A. Godendorf's 

 Gagle. Reserve, W. F. Butter's Rosebud. Very high com., Ringwood 

 Beagle Kennels' Fan Tan. 



FOXHOUNDS.— American— X>03S.- 1st, W. B. Foster's Prince; Sd, F- 

 M. Sullivan's Tom ; 3d, Connecticut Valley Kennels' Brave Boy. Re- 

 serve, 11 0. Nesvell's Loud. Very high com., F. M. Whipple's Ned and 

 Spot. Bitches: 1st, W. B. Foster's Judy, 2d and 3d, Connecticut Val- 

 ley Kennels' Fanny and Crafty. 



SPECIALS. 



MASTurii's.— Best kennel. Dr. Longest. Best dog or bitch, lugleside 

 Mmting. Best moving pup, Ingleside Minting. Best American bred 

 pups. Lady Diana and Emperor Maximilian. Best trio, same two 

 with Emperor William. 



St. Beknaeds.— Best kennel, E. H. Moore. Best local dog (uovice) 

 Gov. BUssell. Best American bred dog or bitch. Alton, Jr. Best 

 rough or smooth dog, Sir Bedivere; bitch ditto, Lady Alton. Best 

 American bred smooth dog, Alton Jr. , Bitch ditto, Lady Alton, Best 

 American bred rough-ooat dog, E. H. Moore's Altoneer, ditto bitch, 

 Saft'rona. 



GftEAT Danes.— Best dog or bitch in open class, Hepbern Kennels' 

 Hepbern Vera. Best bitch in shoAv, Hepbern Kennels' Hepbern Vera. 

 Best in sliow, Hepbern Kennels' Hepbern Vera. 



DEEniToiiNDs. — Best kennel, HUlside Kennels, 



GEEYuonxDS.— Best kennel, A. W. Purheck. 



Rus.sTAN Wolfhounds. — Best kennel, Seacroffc Kennels. 



Chbsapkakes. — Best dog, Cleveland. 



PoiNTEits.— Best kennel, Geo. W. Lovell. Bast novice. Bt-nuett's Flirt. 

 Best sired by Pommery Sec, Queen Nell. N. T. Club's bust j)ointer 

 dog, Duke of Dexter. Best bitch, "WUd Lily ; secoud best, Iievon Fan. 



English Setters.— Best not owned by a member of English Setter 

 Club, J. W. Lawson's Blue Nell and Joe Lewis's Victress Llewellyn. 

 Best kennel of English setters, Boseoroft Kennels. Be.st English setter 

 entered by a novice, Mrs. Nelson Mcintosh's Blue Jennie. Best placed 

 at a held trials, Our Pet. Best in show, Sheldon. 



Irish Settbhs. — Best kennel, Oak Grove Kennels,. Best entered by a 

 novice, P. H. Powell's Pomberton. 



Gordon Setters. — Best kennel. O, T. Brovvnell. 



Spamels.— Best kennel, Geo. Bell. Best field, R. P. Keasby's Rose- 

 dale Bess. Best brace, R. P. Keasby's Bridford Ruby and Rosedale 

 Bess. Best brace cockers. Ancient & Modern Kennels' Fascination 

 and Amazement. 



Bkao LBS.— Best kennel, Rockland Beagle Kennels. Best pack owned 

 by a member of the National Beagle Club, Rockland Beagle Kennels. 

 Best beagle owned by a novice, R. B. Baker's Juliette. Best over 

 13m., with a field trial record, Frank Foi'est. Beat bred by exhibitor, 

 Oracle. 



Foxhounds.— Best entered by a novice, W. B. Foster's Prince. Best 

 pack of six, Connecticut Valley Kennels. 



Bachshlts'ds.— Best oAvned by a novice, Miss Dorothy Manice's 

 Princess. Best American-bred, E. A. Manice''s Plethyosamua, 



Collies.— Best kennel, Seminole Kennels. Best entered by a novice 

 exhibitor, Mrs, 1. Firth. President's cup, Wellsbourne Cli:irliB. Best 

 American-bred bitch in open classes, SeniLuoIe Keuuels' Oi'issev. 



Poodles.— Best novice, Jet. Beist' keuueJ, Ji. G. Trevor. Best brace 

 of browns, Hill Hurst Kennels. 



Bui-LDOQS. — Best kennel, AA^oodlawn Park Kennels. 



Bui/L- Terriers. — Best kennel, Retnor Kennels. Best brace under 

 ISmos., Mermaid and White Wonder H. 



Boston Teheiebs,— Best kennel, W. H. Carroll. Best novice, Ship, 

 Best under ISmos, old, Duke. Best dog or bitch In show, Countess. 



Fox-Terriers.— Best, Sta rdeu's King. Best bitch in open class 

 Dominica. Best brace, Starden's Ki)ig and Miss Dollar. Best kennel, 

 J. E. Thayer fsmooth). Wire-haired ditto. H. W". Smith. Best novice, 

 Rochdale Spark. Be.st wire-haired. St. Bformi, Best brace n iie-haii's, 

 St. Broom and Sister Pattei-n. Best u ire-baii'ecl IJUppi'. Ruth. 



Scottish Terriers —Best in show, Kiirov. Best "brace, Wankie 

 Kennels. Best keiinels. Wankie Kennets, 



Irish Tehriers. -Best, kennel, Walter Comstock. Best Amencan 

 bi-ed. Merle GraUj'. Best entered by a novice, Sam A. Fletcher's Jack 

 Desmond. 



Yorkshire Terriers.— Best entered by a novice, Mrs. Ellen Plant's 

 Teddy. 



Toy Terkters.— Best entered by anovice, Mrs. Esther Deffley's Back. 

 Best toy spaniel entered by a novice, Mr. Augustus Prescott's 

 Laiu-iette Ashmont Trophy, Wellesbom-ne Charlie. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Correspondent.l 



The Future of Dog Shows. 



Chicago, April 8. — With the increase in the number of 

 dog shoAvs held annually and the limited season in which 

 .shows can be held, there comes a ijroblem for the American 

 Kennel Club to consider in respect to dates. The active dog 

 shoAA' organizations will soon outnumber the weeks available 

 for dog shoAvs in the cooler seasons of the year. The rule of 

 suppression or coercion, by a refusal to recognize a show or 

 its Avius, will lose its force. In fact, exhibitors now do not 

 care a rap whether the A. K. C. recognizes the wins of an in- 

 dependent show or not. They do care for a liberal prize 

 list. 



A few years ago, when dog shows were numerically much 

 feAver, it was impos.sible to quickly get a large number of 

 Avins, simply because there were not shows enough to afford 

 the opportunities. With the present lar^e number of shows, 

 a good dog ceases soon to be a bread AAinner, for he is too 

 quickly in the challenge class where medais of rare economy 

 in material and construction abound. A good dog can sooii 

 get Avius enough where the opportunities are in dozens. The 

 threats of puntshments, often shaken at exhibitors in admou- 

 ishment and at independent managements to force them into 

 line and jurisdiction, by constant use and repetition has be- 

 come hoUoAV, and with age forceless. The reader has but to 

 look up the statistics of the past season, and get the opinions 

 of the largest exhibitors to be satisfied of the accuracy of this 

 po.sition. 



Another venerable tradition earnestly urged as a fact by 

 men Avho have no knowledge that it is a fact, since it is only 

 their opinion, is that two successful dog shows cannot be 

 held in any one season in the same city. How do they know 

 it is so? While the conservatives are wisely asserting that 

 it cannot be done, dulj^ governed in. their utterances by the 

 letter of the constitution and by-laAvs, some organizations 

 will turn to some time and hold two shoAvs in one city in one 

 season. Every city as a matter of course can not hold two 

 shoAvs in one season. But it does not follow that the ideas 

 and conditions of five or ten years ago are'those of to-day. In 

 Chicago this year the Mascoutah Kennel Club decided not to 

 hold a show, "giving as a reason that it did not care to hold a 

 showAvhich Avould interfere Avith the dog show of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. It was a most feeble grasp of the 

 situation. The club had about as much relation to the 

 World's Pair show as it had to a show held in England. 

 The Mascoutah Club Avas part of the established circuit. It 

 appealed for gate money to the people of Chicago. It ap- 

 pealed to the exhibitors in the same manner that any other 

 show Avould, that is, to their interests. 



The World's B'air show makes a bid for international com- 

 petition, I depends on the people of the world for gate 

 money. It is not a Chicago alfair in any manner excepting 

 the one of locality. The shoAv is in no manner arranged as 

 a Chicago management. A Chicago or a Detroit or an 

 Indianapolis show have no bearing one more than another 

 on the World's Fair show. While the Mascoutah Club was 

 in a state of rest from a false sentiment of courtesy or 

 timorous apprehension a club organized and did hold a 

 show, a successful one, too. Yet it had no more reference, 

 near or remote, to the World's Fair show than it had to the 

 Egyptian pyramids, 



I do not Avish to be understood as being opposed to the 

 A, K, C. I am opposed, however, to matters which are un- 

 sound or ideas which are antiquated, as shown by the senti- 

 ment of exhibitors or the workings of the judicial machinery 

 of the club. There is no impropriety in the discussion of 

 public matters. Indeed, some of the now officei-s of the A. 

 K. C.j in times not long ago, were quite outspoken in their 

 criticism, etc. , of it. 



As showing the drift of public sentiment I desire to quote 

 briefly from an editorial in the X^or/ _F(/r(ci*j/'. Mr. Eugene 

 Glass, the editor, writes good, hard sense on all these sub- 

 jects and shoAvs an accurate knowledge of the situation. My 

 desire is to give him credit for his excellent definition of the 

 beuch .show situation. After touching upon the difficulty 

 which a new organization now has in securing acceptable 

 dates and the advantage Avhich precedent and prestige give 

 the older clubs iu holding their regular dates, he says: 



The fact is there are not enough dates to go around. Meaning, of 

 course, the dates at suitable seasons of the year. Only a few weeks 

 in the fall can be coimted upon, for the field trials take up most of the 

 fall season. The holidays intervene, and then the severe months of 

 January and February, so that JVIarch, April and iMay are the only 

 free months, for in June the hot weatber puts a stop to successful dog 

 shows. Counting up the timej then, wa have less than twenty weeks 

 to distribute among all the clubs so that no dates will conflict. This 

 time is insufficient, for but one show can be given in a week. The 

 United States is a large territory, and it seems as though no injury 

 would be worked by dividing the dog show circuits. The line might 

 be drawn north and south, making an eastern and southern (hstrict. 

 Certainly in the East there are enough successful clubs tu lill the ch- 

 • cuit, and they are spruiging up so rapidly in tlio West that the sauie 

 may soon be said of that district. The mere division would not con- 

 line exhibitors to their own district, it would simply make it possible 

 to give two recognized shows on the same dates. That two such 

 shows would be successful has just been proven by the Detroit and 

 Ehnira eshibitioiis; both were excellent, Detroit especially so. The 

 old "rounders'' could clioose either district they pleased, the distance 

 ami exjieuse would be no dift'ereut than they are now. And even if 

 they didn't have iiuite as many shows to attend, it would douljtless be 

 a good thing for the dogs, who must suffer from being shown week 

 after week with scarcely a breathing spell. The Now York show is re- 

 cognized as */ie show of America, as Craft's or the Crystal Palace is 

 in England; therefore the date of that show should be left free, that 

 all exhibitors may bring their dogs to this national event. 



The dogly interests of the United States have grown .so laJ-ge, and 

 the extent of its territory is so gre^itthat it is douhtful if one govern- 

 ing body whose executive seat is at the extreme eastern limit of the 

 country, will long be sufficient to control the so widely separated 

 affairs of the American canine world. The solution may not be the 

 formation of another national kennel club, but numerous mofhfiatious 

 of the existing body. Many schemes for the imifieation and advance- 

 ment of kennel clubs will readily ijresent themseh ea to the thinking 

 element, and the subject should have full discussion in the kennel 

 jjress. 



The point of all this ia tliat the natural growth and. pres- 

 sure Avill force a break in A, K, 0, restrictions, if the situa- 

 tion is not recognized by appropriate legislation on tiie part 

 of that body. 



Those Avho contemplate entering their dogs in the World's 

 Columbian Exposition bench show should bear in mind that 

 the entries close on May 20. 



The Rod, Crun and Kennel issued its first number this 

 Aveek, Avith headquarters at Louisville; Ky. It is devoted to 

 the sports which its title implies. 



Mr. E. S. Kowotny, a member of the American Field Triald 

 Club, made a pleasant call on us one day this week, He was 

 en route to OdeU, 111., from Columbus, Ind. Tlie former 



