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FOREST AND STREAM. 



IAprh 13, 1898, 



iinderstand that tMs bitch has not been in season for two 

 years, during which time she has seldom, if ever, been well, 

 and several veterinarians have said she would never be wel 1 

 again unless she came in season and was mated, owmg to 

 some womb trouble. To Dr. T. G. Sherwood, the Fokest 

 AND Steeam veterinarian, however, Mr. Manice credits her 

 recovery, for she has been under his constant care for three 

 months. She was retiu'ued to her owner in perfect condi- 

 tion, and within five days of her return her period of oestrum 

 commenced, and she will be bred to either Jay or icthyos- 

 amus. 



There were loud complaints at Boston about the way the 

 dogs were benched. The average visitor turned his catalogue 

 and in trying to find the different dogs in the same class 

 traversed more than double the distance he would have had 

 to do had the numbers been in rotation as they should be. 

 Dogs of one breed were benched amoug others and confusion 

 reigned supreme. This delays the judging and spoils the 

 tout ensemble of the show. Of course, it is immaterial to 

 say that it makes double the work for reporters than it 

 would otherwise and leads to mistakes in criticisms. 



Lady Lee, the dam of the noted beagles Fore.st Hvmter, 

 Butterfly, Prudence, etc., has just whelped six to the old 

 dog, champion Fitzhugh Lee. 



Mr. H. Astor Carey is the name of the society man who 

 purchased the bulldogs His Lordship and White Venn. He 

 has just bought Mr. James R. Keene's magnificent stable on 

 Coggeshall avenue, Newport, E,. I., and vdll erect Ms ken- 

 nels there. 



At Boston Mr. F. F. Dole bought the cocker Othello from 

 Mr. Wells. We understand also that $800 was offered 

 Messrs. Toon & Symouds for Tiree and by them refused. 



Dr. Glazier purchased from Dr. Longest at the Boston 

 show the third prize winning mastiff bitch Ella. 



Dr. Lougest, not content with his mastiffs, also struck out 

 among the St. Bernards, and purchased the dog Imperator 

 from the Boston St. Bernard Kennels and also the two pups 

 Lady Judith and Judith's Ruth from Mr. G. P. Wiggins. 



At Boston show Mr. "Cy" Wilcox exchanged his pointer 

 bitch Queen Nell, winner of fourth in open class, for A. A. 

 Savage's Peggie, by Go Bang out of Meteor's Madge. 



Dr. Wesley Mills has sold his well-known Gordon setter 

 Hilda to Mrs. John L. Lebolt, Lorain, O. The noted pointer 

 Devon Nell goes to Mr. John M. Barnes, North Adams, 

 Mass. Elfreda, another eligible to the challenge class in 

 Irish setters, was bought by Seminole Kennels, Chestnut 

 Hill, Pa. 



The president of the A. K. C. has not improved his position 

 by his action toward the Boston show. It seems he sent his 

 entries from Hempstead on Saturday evening, March 18, but, 

 as he says, finding that Mr. Mason was to judge at the show, 

 though not entrusted with the fox-terriers, he wired the club 

 on Sunday, telling the committee to cancel his entries and 

 return his check, giving plainly as his reason that he did not 

 know Mr. Mason was to judge at the show. The club re- 

 fused to accede to his recxuest, and a nice point has arisen , as 

 to whether they were justified in doing so. Anyhow, Mr. 

 Belmont, it is said, stopped payment on the check and fur- 

 thur threatened that if ms entries appeared in the catalogue 

 he would get out an injunction to stop the show. His en- 

 tries did not appear in the catalogue. The affair has aroused 

 a good deal of bitter feeling, and it was the general opinion 

 that, as president of the A. K. C, jMr. Belmont should cer- 

 tainly know who is to judge at a show where he intends to 

 exhibit, and further, that as president of the A. K. C. he 

 should not allow personal animosities to enter into his 

 conduct in relation to dog shows. Taken in conjunction 

 with the prevailing opinion that the A. K. C. is responsible 

 for the "fake" judges' list, it has not conduced to a better 

 feeling toward that august body. 



A rather amusing incident occurred at Boston, amusing 

 when one takes into consideration the conduct of one of the 

 principals at the Baltimore show. Mr. Bell, not finding a 

 C. card over one of his dogs, procured one and nailed it up. 

 Another exhibitor, seeing him do so, remonstrated with 

 him, saying he had no right to do so. This having no effect 

 on Bell he appealed to Mr. Read, who took the card donm. 

 Mr. Bell procured another and repeated the act, with the 

 same result. Then another was tacked up, and the afore 

 said exhibitor, we are told, essayed to take it do^vn. This 

 Mr. Bell would not allow and words ensued, the exhibitor 

 calling the Toronto man a "pup." Mr. Bell spurned the 

 soft impeachment and forthwith hied himself to Mr. Brooks, 

 saying he had been insulted and demanding reparation. A 

 policeman was called in and the offending exhibitor was re- 

 quested to make his absence conspicuous. The O. E. left 

 the hall vowing vengeance and "George" smiled a smile of 

 triumph. The action cannot be commended on either side. 



Mr. Bell has signed an apology to Mr. Watson for his vari- 

 ous "assertions" made at the Baltimore show, which is con- 

 sidered ample reparation for the insult received. It has been 

 forwarded to Mr. Watson with permission to publish. This 

 should meet Mr. Watson's views, and with its publication let 

 the matter drop. 



Col. North's greyhound Fullerton has been found. There 

 are no further details than the mere mention of the fact, but 

 it is reported that the dog wa-i never at ajiy time far from 

 home. In connection with this the San Francisco papers 

 had the following dispatch; "A great sensation has been 

 caused in sporting circles by the inexplicable disappearance 

 of the famous racer and winner of the Waterloo Cup, Fuller- 

 ton. The horse was taken from the stable of Col. North, at 

 Eltham, Saturday." 



Mr. E. W. Briggs has been chosen to take the place of 

 Hon. Ramon E. Wilson, who resigned the presidency of the 

 Pacific Kennel Club. He is said to be a good mm for the 

 position. 



The Bovic, which arrived in New York April 4, brought 

 over eight foxhounds and a number of horses to be used in a 

 hunt which takes place in the production of the "Prodigal 

 Daughter." Surely this is the age of realism. 



The American Pet Dog Olub seems to be at last secure in 

 its position, and all members are putting forth every effort 

 to make their coming show a success. Although it is termed 

 a pet dog show, it Avill not be confined entirely to pet dogs; 

 iox-terriers, cocker spaniels, dachshunds and beagles will 

 also take part. We fancy that the latter breed being exhib- 

 ited in a pet dog show will give a handle to the broom with 

 which the upholders of the old working cocker wish to sweep 

 away the modern toy cocker. Be this as it may, the show 

 itself promises to be a "bang-up" gathering. It will be held 

 in the Lenox Lyceum, and there is sure to be an air of "Ca- 

 nine 400" round the affair. The judges who have been asked 

 to officiate are Messrs. Mortimer, Mason and Lacy, and it is 

 known the first and last named have accepted. A meeting 

 was to be held last night, when final arrangements would be 

 made and a premium list arranged. 



A meeting of the executive conuulttee of thd Hamilton 



Kennel Club was held in Mr. Stewart's office recently, and 

 the question whether the club should hold another show this 

 fall was discussed. It probably will be if the money paid by 

 the guarantors of the last .show is refunded or other arrange- 

 ments made. Dosrraen generally look forward to another 

 show at Hamilton and the club can count on good support. 



Two hundred and ninety dogs were registered in the Ameri- 

 can Kennel Club stud book during the past month, being 

 represented as follows: Beagles 12, bull-terriers 5, Chesa- 

 peake Bay dogs 5, Clumber spaniels 1, collies 17, foxhounds 3, 

 fox-terriers 8^ great Danes 2, Irish terriers 5, Italian grey- 

 hounds 2, Japanese spaniels 1, mastiffs 7, pointers 4.5, pugs 10, 

 Scottish terriers 1, cross-bred setters 1. English setters 50, 

 Gordon setters 12, Irish setters 23, spaniels 16, rough St. Ber- 

 nards 56, smooth St. Bernards 9, Yorkshire terriers 1. 



Mr. R. B. Morgan, of Akron, O., who came on to the New 

 England Kennel Club show as the guest of Mr. Harry Dut- 

 ton at his beautiful home in Medford, has been commis- 

 sioned by prominent Boston sportsmen to secure a shooting 

 preserve of not less than 10,000 acres in either Tennessee or 

 Arkansas the coming season. Mr. Morgan's experience and 

 knowledge of the game and shooting of the South well qual- 

 ifies him for the above. Mr Morgan while here sold his best 

 English setter bitch to Mr. Louis Cabot, of Boston. 



We draw the attention of field sportsmen to the notice in 

 our business columns of the Eastern Field Trial Club's 

 Derby. The caiih prizes are §500, S250 and $150, and the 

 Breeder's Cup, $100, to breeder of winner of first. Entries 

 close May 1; $10 to nominate, $10 payable Sept. 1 and SIO to 

 fill. The club will not run the trials at High Point, N. C, 

 this year, having secured grounds at Newton, N. C, a short 

 distance from Salisbury, on the Western line. The grounds 

 are said to be good and excellent hotel accommodations can 

 be had. 



Arthur Trickett, who has been manager of Mr. E. H. 

 Moore's kennels so long, has decided to make a change. 

 There is no trouble at all, but Mr. Trickett, we think, would 

 like to get nearer New York. It is superfluous to say that 

 Iklr. Trickett is a jewel as a kennel manager. 



Among the new kennel advertisements this week we note 

 that Brant Cocker Kennels off er prize-winning cockers; Lock 

 Box 87, pointer dog; U. R. Fishel, Scotch terrier pups; G. 

 Ir\un Royce, greyhounds; A. W. Pleasants, foxhound; J. 

 Hope, dachshund; J. H. Mills, foxhounds and rabbit dogs: 

 H. L. Jeft'rey, Skye terriers; J. Winchell, two choice mastiff 

 bitches and pups; Berlin Kennels, greyhound, St. Bernard 

 and mastiff's; W. H. Hyland, pointer Touchstone; Thasmo 

 Kennels, kennel stock. S. W. Everett wants dogs to train 

 on quail. 



Flaps from the Beaver's Tail. 



The letter previously published in some of the sporting 

 papers and sent to the club by Mr. F. H. P. Mercer demanding 

 reinstatement ha^ung been read, and also one- from Mr. lit- 

 tle, in reply to a letter fi-om the President, giving his version 

 of the case, it was decided, after a brief discussion, that no 

 action be taken in the matter. 



The executive of the Canadian K. C. held a protracted meet- 

 ing on Thursday night; it was long after midnight when an 

 adjournment was made. The president. Dr. We.sley Mills, 

 occupied the chair, the other members of the committee 

 present being Messrs. A. D. Stewart, Dr. J. S. Niven, H. 

 H. Bedlington, T. S. Davey, C. A. Stone, J. S. Mitchener and 

 H B. Donovan, secretary. So many objections have arisen 

 against the holding of a trial sho?7in Toronto that the pro- 

 ject has been abandoned and Mr. Stewart, the Canadian 

 superintendent, will receive entries up to April 36. These 

 entries will be passed upon by the executive committee at a 

 meeting to be held in Toronto on May 3, at 3 P.M. The sub- 

 committee in whose care were the details of the proposed 

 selection was discharged. H. B. DONOVAN. 



The Irish Setter Club of America. 



Editor Forest and St/ream,: 



I beg to announce the appointment of the following com- 

 mittees of the Irish Setter Club of America to serve for the 

 present fiscal year: „ ^ . 



Field Trial Committee— Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Dr. G. G. Davis, 

 Mr. Ray Tompkins and Mr. C. T. Thompson. 



Bench Show Committee— Dr. L. C. Sauveur, Mr. James B. 

 Blossom and Mr. Ray Tompkins. 



After mature consideration I have decided to make the 

 above appointments, believing that I have selected members 

 of the club who are well fitted to serve on such committees 

 with distinction, and who will devote their energies toward 

 the advancement of the Irish setter in general. 



It is my intention to take advantage of this opportunity to 

 call the attention of all who are interested in Irish setters to 

 the Irish Setter Club of America, which has held two annual 

 field trial and intends to hold another this fall and one each 

 fall hereafter. The club is on a solid foundation, and now 

 that the breakers have been passed there is no reason why 

 every breeder, owner and others interested in the breed 

 should not at once join the club and give his assistance to 

 the club in the advancement of our favorite breed of dogs. 



At the last annual meeting, held at "the New York dog 

 show, Mr. C. T. Thompson, Dr. Sauveur and myself prom- 

 ised to put in five new members each during the present 

 year, and others promised to put in one or more each, with 

 the understanding that should we not be able to secure such 

 members we were to pay an amount equal to their annual 

 dues into the club. How Dr. Sauveur and Mr. Thompson 

 have succeeded I have not heard, but I find that I could 

 safely have promised twenty. Already about fifteen Irish 

 setter enthusiasts whom I have approached upon the subject 

 have signified their intention of joining the club, and not one- 

 fifth of the field has been worked over. Come, Irish setter 

 men send in your application to Dr. G. G. Davis, the secre- 

 tary 'and treasurer, 1388 Walnut street, Philadelphia. The 

 annual dues are but $5 and there is no initiation fee, Help 

 to swell the numbers and make the Irish Setter Club of 

 America the leading specialty club in this country. 



W. L. Washington, President, 



Allegheny, Pa., March 30. 



The Boston Pointer Upset. 



Edi tor Forest and Sbremn: 



111 health and unlucky circumstances prevented my inten- 

 tion to see the second best show of the year at Boston, and 1 

 regret it now doubly, as it has prevented me getting direct 

 information from our venerable "Honest John" about his 

 D-eneral upset of decisions in the pointer classes. There is no 

 fudge under whom 1 would prefer to show my dogs than Mr. 

 Da-sudson, for whose sound ideas in regard to pointers 1 have 

 the greatest regard, fully knowing his capability in this re- 

 spect. But for this very reason I should like to see some of 

 the sporting papers get a report by him of his classes, as his 

 awards are in most cases so much at variance with other 

 judges who have passed upon the same dogs, that they do not 

 permit the plea of difference of opinion, being so radically 

 opposed to their judgment. If he is right the former judges 

 don't know anything and we owners and breeders have a 

 right to know which is which. If a Panic is justly beaten 

 by a Duke of Dexter I want to know it, as it would be a vast 

 difference to what I wish to attain. If Dare Go can beat Panic 

 and even Hylas of Naso' can do it, well, I think pointer 



breeders should be under great obligations to Mr. Davidson 

 in stopping them before they have traA'eled any further in 

 their wrong attempts. Not that 1 consider Panic a wonder. 

 I should like, for instance, to model bis head a bit clt-aner; 

 but where is Duke of Dexter or Dare Go better tlu-i c, and, 

 after the head, where can they beat Panic and Hylas of Naso? 

 This hyper-pronounced pointer type, everything to extreme 

 in the dog— too much ot it in head, too much of it in his , 

 pivot shoulders, is he better than Panic? 



I am not objecting to Mr. Davidson's judgment nor do I 

 want to defend those who have judged them, although they 

 are both friends of mine, and Mr. Anthony is especially 

 esteemed by me for his sound knowledge of the pointer, but 

 I have often difl'ered with him, as also Avith Mr. Tallman, 

 about many dogs, yet in my judgment neither of those dogs 

 can beat Panic, and as, if Mr. Davidson is right, their judg- 

 ment must be wrong, it is due, for the benefit of the breed, 

 to hear the judge's reasons. The same applies to Donald ; out- 

 side of Arthur, who can beat him squarely, 1 would like to 

 hear Mr. Davidson's ideas how Faust can too, good little dog 

 that he is, his tliroatiness outweighs Donald's inclination to 

 a severe stop, anil Faust's splay feet ought to balance with 

 Donald's slightly bent pasterns, but what and where else can 

 Faust only touch Donald's superb body and last, but not 

 least, quality. I do not admire Panic nor Donald uncon- 

 ditionally, but I think it ought to be made public why third 

 raters in our opinion can, under such a qualified judge as 

 Mr. Davidson was, beat dogs we had the temerity to think 

 were way above those by all odds I do not know if any of 

 my brother fanciers do concur with me in my desire, as they 

 seldom care to put their fingers in the "pie," but as there is 

 a grave principle of breeding and — judges at stake, I hope 

 we wiU succeed in getting a report from Mr. Davidson, and 

 it \vill be worth reading. G. Muss-Arnolt. 



TucKAHOE, N. Y., April 8. 



The Brunswick Pur Club. 



Editor Forest and Sti-eam: 



A special meeting of the Brunswick Fur Club was held at 

 Mechanics' Hall, Boston, on April 6. President Heffeuger 

 presided, and the following members were present: A. B. F. 

 Kuaney, R. D. Perry, O. F. Joslm, W. B. Stone, T. W. Eddy, 

 H. S. Curtis, O. A. Benoil, S. M. Winslow,C. A, Bigelow, H. 

 C. Newell, E. W. Gill, Richard Seely, S. Decatur, G. P. Berry, 

 N. Q. Pope, H. A. Dwelle, L. E. Conant and Bradford S. 

 Turpin. 



The report of the committee on the revision of the xunmug 

 rules was accepted and the rules adopted. 



Voted: No hound shall compete for prizes under the rules 

 of this club that has been hunted or kept within a radius of 

 ten miles of the place where the trials are to be held, within 

 two months preceding the trials. 



Voted: Damage done by any hound at any club _ meet 

 shall be paid for by the owner of the hound. If not paid for, 

 the hound shall be debarred from further hunting. 



Voted: The field trials for '93 shall begin on Monday, Oct. 

 23, and the venu will be announced later. 



Voted: New England members of this club shall observe 

 a close season for foxes, which shall extend from March 1 to 

 Oct. 1. 



H. A. P. Smith, Digby, Nova Scotia, was elected to mem- 

 bership. Adjourned. BRADFORD S. TURPiN, Sec. 



New England Field Trial Club. 



Taunton, Mass., April 7.— A meeting and dimier of the 

 New England Field Trial Club were held at Hotel Thftrn- 

 dike, April 5. The 14th ot November, 1893, was fixed upon as 

 the opening day of the next field trial. It was decided to di- 

 vide the Derby Stakes into four prizes, $200, $100, $50 and $25, 

 and the All- Age Stake into three prizes of $200, $100 and S50; 

 that the nominations for the Derby be $5, to close June 1, and 

 that the second forfeit be $10, to close Oct. 1, and that $10 

 additional be paid the day before the start; that the nomina- 

 tions for the All-Age Stake be $10, to close Oct. 1, and that 

 $10 additional be paid the day before the start. 



On the recommendation of the board of governors, N. Wal- 

 lace and W. Tallman were selected to act as judges at the 

 trials next November. „ „ 



The following new members were elected: C. C. Kara- 

 merer, Boston; S. C. Bradlev, Greenfield Hill; Horace A. 

 Belcher, Somerville; Atwood Collins, Hartford; Harry W. 

 Smith, Worcester; Walter J. Clemson, Taunton; Dr. James 

 S. Howe, Boston; Phillip H. Butler, Boston. 



A set of running rules was adopted, also certain changes 

 made in the constitution. Wm. M. Lovektng, Sec. 



English Bulldog Club Show. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have been requested to inform you that at the next 

 annual show of the Bulldog Club of England, to be held at 

 London May SO to June 1, a class will be pro\ided for dogs 

 or bitches owned by residents of America, with a first prize 

 of £10. Intending purchasers of dogs abroad will find it to 

 their advantage to instruct their agents to enter such dogs 

 at this show, as it would take £10 off the purchase money of 

 the winner. It is hoped that some owners will venture to 

 send their dogs from this side to show their appreciation of 

 the liberalitv of the parent organization. ^ , ^ 



Mr. Frank W. Crowther, Hon. Sec, Bulldog Club, Enfield 

 Lodge, Enfield, N., London, England, will receive entries 

 and answer any coiTespondence which may be addressed to 

 him on the subject. E. A. WOODWARD, Sec.-rTreas. 



Returns Thanks. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



On behalf of the oflicers and members of the City of the 

 Straits Kennel Club 1 desire to thank the press for the sup- 

 port given both before and during our recent dog show. 



The disadvantages we had to contend with were more than 

 counterbalanced by the hearty support received, and we at- 

 tribute the success of the show largely to the interest taken 

 by the press. GUY D. Welton, Sec'y C. S. K. C. 



Detroit, Mich., April 5. 



The new auxiliary yacht Intrepid made her tri.il trip on April 6, Mr . 

 PhoenLx and a party of friends beinf? on board. The trip was very 

 successful, the .speed attained being very satisfactory. 



Marietta, the steel steaiu yacht desigued by H. J. Gielow for II. B. 

 Moore, was lauucliod at Pusey A- .Jones's yard, Wilmington, on April 1 

 and towed to South Biooklyn for her engines. 



Saracen, ;iO-footer, has been sold through Stewart & Binney to Wm, 

 Whitten, of Brooiiline, Mass. The samehi-m has sold the cat Catbird 

 to E. P. Pond. 



The latest report concerning the schooner Miranda is that slie will 

 not sail for San Francisco, but has been chartered for the suuamer. 



Una, schr., will be rebuilt under tl e direction of H. J. Gielow. She 

 was sunk in collision last fall oil Execution Ijight. 



Psyche, sIooij, has been purchased by J. G. Eamsdell and J. J. 

 Murphy, of the Philadelphia Y. 0. 



Wild Duck, stinr , has returned to Boston from her winter cruise in 

 the West Indies. 



Golden Fleece, steam yacht, has just been officially re-christened 

 Satanella, 



Isis, cutter, has been sold by Carl Miller to Warren Watson. 



