April SO, 1893.] 



FOH1EST ANt> Stl^feAM. 



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By the way, we should think, since the new cropping rule 

 comes into force in the English Kennel Club, cropped dogs 

 having to some extent lost their value, that it would be now 

 or soon a good time to secure better Irish terriers than we 

 have at present. This game breed is becoming more popular 

 every year over here. 



The celebrated Irish terrier Bishop is dead. Death re- 

 sulted, it is said, from a kick or blow causing an internal 

 rupture, the dog dying after forty-eight hours' illaess. 

 Though this young dog made his debut last year only, he 

 has s-iuce scored fifteen firsts and specials. He was owned 

 by Mr. Fred Breakell, who at one time refused S500 for him. 



Mr. A. E. Pitts, whose late love was the pug, of which 

 breed he has owned some good specimens, has lately gone in 

 for a longer faced sort, having purchased from "Mr. C. S. 

 Hanks the Rus.sian wolfhound Zlobelis, and expects to go 

 largely into the breed as soon as he can devote mor'e time to 

 tbem. 



Dr. J. Frank Perry, we understand, has purchased a 

 controlling interest in the Fanciers' J ournnl. Henry Jarrett 

 has been made treasurer, and Mr. C. H. Mason, ha\dng suc- 

 cumbed to the inevitable, will be kennel editor. Directors 

 are Dr. Perry, Charles T, Thompson and Henry Jarrett. 



The complaint of the Spaniel Club in behalf of Mr. Old- 

 ham against Mr. P. J. Keyes, of Ottawa, has been referred 

 back by the A. K. C. to the Spaniel Club with the advice 

 that that club bring the case before the Canadian Kennel 

 Club. We are in a position to assert that the whole affair, 

 as we surmised at the time, has arisen out of a mistaken 

 sense of what Mr. Keyes wrote. Mr. Keyes was merely 

 speaking figuratively when he said that "the dog owned by 

 Mr. Bell could win at New York." Mr. Keyes did not even 

 r have Mr. Oldham in his mind at the time, nor is he sure that 

 he knew he was to judge. We think that Mr. Oldham is 

 quite willing to accept this view of it. 



Among the new business offers this week in our kennel 

 columns we notice Geo. Meister has Gordon setters for sale; 

 ■ John A. Balmer, Englisk setters; J. T. Mayfleld, 'English 

 and Irish setters; Geo. Douglas, cocker spaniels; Edward 

 Booth, choice St. Bernards; C. G. Browning, cocker pttjjs; 

 W. H. Child, trained English setter; J. E. Woodland, Eng- 

 lish setter; Anton Ballin, smooth St. Bernard; Jacob Hope, 

 dogs of all breeds. 



Mr. La Rue's letters, in which he informed us of the sale 

 of Dame Bang to Mr. W. W. Peabody, Jr., Cincinnati, 0., 

 a.nd Revelation to Mr. Wm. Hawkins, Monterey, Mass., have 

 'been in type some time, but owing to the demands on ottr 

 space must, with others, lie over another week. 



Flaps from the Beaver's Tail. 



Toronto, Can.— I am sorry to hear that Mr. Wm. Brodie, 

 whose short residence in Canada has brotight him many 

 warm friends, is about to leave us to again take up his abode 

 amid his native heather. Mr. Brodie brought out several 

 winners here which otherwise would probably have lan- 

 guished to fame unknown. He promises to keep your corre- 

 spondent in touch with doggy matters in the old land. 



The wire-haired fox-terrier Dark Eye will be placed at sttid 

 by his new owner, Mr. A. A, Macdonald, who will offer as an 

 inducement to the owners of brood bitches, at the Toronto 

 show of 1894, the tidy .sum of SlOO for the best fox-terrier, 20 

 months or over, sired by Dark Eye or his smooth dog cham- 

 pion Blemton Trump. 



An executive meeting of the Canadian Kennel Club wll be 

 held on May 3. The business to come up is as follows: Selec- 

 tion of dogs for the World's Fair and matters relating gener- 

 ally to the Fair. Communications regarding Mi\ Geo. Bell's 

 conduct. Encouragement of field trials. Matters referred 

 from the A. K. C. Revision of the constitution. General 

 routine business. 



The Bowmanville St. Bernard Kennels have disposed of 

 several of the Prince Bute— Maypole imported (in utero) lit- 

 ter. One, Lord Motmtstf-pper, has gone to Mr. C. Hilbert, 

 Gretna, Manitoba. Another, Sir Oliver, to Mr. Chas. Hen- 

 derson, Parkdale, Ont. The pick of the lot, a dog said to be 

 a wonder, is being i-etained for stud purposes. 



The Toronto Kennel Club has decided to hold a two-days' 

 shoAv, May 13 and 13, in the Granite Rink, a large, well- 

 lighted, sanitary building, situated in a good part of the city 

 and most suitable in e\'ery way. The show will be open to 

 Ontario, perhaps Canada, and whex-e six or more entries are 

 made in a class, the money will be returned to the first and 

 second dogs. Few preliminaries have as yet been arranged, 

 but the judges will be Messrs. George Bell, spaniels, St. Ber- 

 nards, greyhounds, great Danes, mastiffs, all terriers except 

 fox-terriers, foxhounds and beagles; A. D, Stewart, fox-ter- 

 riers, bulldogs, pugs and miscellaneous classes; J. Maughan 

 and E. Tinsley, setters and pointers. 



Mr. George M. Hendrie, of Detroit, tlie president of the City 

 of the Straits Kennel Club, was the lucky winner in Mr. 

 Stewart's raffle, and is now the owner of My Fellow. 



The partnership existing between Mr, W. B, Palmer and 

 Mr. J. Kennedy did not last very long, as they will each 

 again "paddle his own canoe." Mr. Palmer retains Obo III, 



H. B. DONOVATS". 



That Baltimore Trouble. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The several allusions to tlie trouble between Mr. Bell and 

 myself which have appeared in your kennel notes must tend 

 to create the impression that I was and am in the wrong. 

 The writer of the>e allusions is not in possession of the facts, 

 for he would then support my position. 



Mr. Bell, while nettled by my putting back one of his dogs 

 at Baltimore, threatened nie with exposure of past misdeeds 

 in the public press unless I changed the award. I could by 

 considerable stretch make allowance for this under th*^ ex- 

 cuse of a "burst of passion." But after having as much as 

 two nights to sleep on it and cool off he was still repeating 

 a whole breadth story to the effect that he had called me to 



my face a — and that I had not resented the profane 



and obscene epithet, Dn you wonder that I declined to treat 

 with him direct, but yjlaced the matter in the hands of Mr, 

 Difi'enderfler, after refusing to accept an apology for only the 

 "btirst of passion" linsines^s. 



What was demanded and with much reluctance and word 



Earing acceded to was an apology »ud acknowledgment that 

 e never used such an expression, or in other words that the 

 story and every repetition of it was a deliberate falsehood. 



jAJfES WATSO^^ 



[For the first time we have been put iu possession of the 

 true facts of this case, and we must concede that, owing to 

 circumsu-iuees, Mr. WaLsou was in great measure justified iu 

 carrying the case to th>.- A. K. C in the first instance, though 

 the "way that the presidetit, revoking Mr. Terry's proper 

 action, handled the affair afterward led to confusion. Also, 

 that there was no excuse for Mr. Bell's telliutr others, the 

 FOKEST AND STREAM representative included, 'that be had 

 used obsceue expressions to Mr. Watson when he never had. 

 We do not wish m any way to screen Mr. Bell, but rather 

 think that his condtxct and the conduct of any one who in- 

 sults the jtidge should meet with instant punishuxent.] 



Canadian Dogs for the World's Fair Show. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In last week's issue you print the copy of a circular lately 

 sent out by Dr. Wesley Mills to the members of the executive 

 committee of the C. K. C. Having published the president's 

 circxxlar be kind enough to publish my reply to it, which I 

 annex hereto. A. D. STEWART. 



Dr, Wesley Milh, Montreal: 



Sib— I beg to acknowledge receipt of your circular of March 30. In 

 answer to it 1 have to say that although I was present at the meeting 

 of ttie executive conirnittee, held last September iu Toronto, at which 

 five membcr.s of tlie 0. Is. C. were elio.sen to judge at the eomiug trial 

 show, and altlioiiL;li L indorsed the scheme which at that time ap- 

 peared to be a feasible one, 1 have shice come to the conclusion that 

 a mistake has been made, aud if it is possible at this late date to malce 

 a change, I think it should be done, 



I may say. spealcing geuerally, that I think the committee made a 

 mistake iu deciding to hold the trial .show at all, and unless the present 

 fee iiig changes materially. 1 fear that comparativei.v few dogs will be 

 sent to Toronto to be passed uiion by the C. K. C, judges. I say this 

 because I have heard personally and by letter from many of our mo.st 

 promuaent breeders and exiiibitors, and from nearly all of these come 

 objections in one form or anotlier. 



Some object to the limit placed upon exhibitors which prevents the 

 showing ot more than four dogs in any one class. Others object to 

 paying express charges on prize dogs which are well known to the 

 members of the C. K. C. aud which could easily and safely be 

 chosen without being'sent to the Toronto show at all. Others have 

 bitches in whelp or nursing pujipies; some have dogs sick or out of 

 coat; others have young stock which they do not wish to exhibit until 

 they are brought into the ring at Chicago; and some have puppies 

 which although now poor looking may in four or Ave weeks have so 

 improved as to be worth entering. 



These are serious objections and worthy of consideration, but they 

 ai-e as nothing compared to the assertion of some prominent breeders 

 who allege that they have positive assurances from Hon. W. I. Buchan- 

 an, of Chicago, that Canadian dogs wiU be received at the World's 

 Fair show^, whether selected or approved by the C. K. C. judges or 

 not. 



I have written to IVIr. Buchanan to ask whether there is any truth in 

 these assertions, but so far no reply from him has reached me. I beg 

 to point out. however, that if dogs entered by Canadian exhibitors for 

 the World's Fair show ai-e to be received outside of the number selected 

 by the C. K. 0., there can obviously be no use in holding the trial 

 show. 



I find also that a ver3' strong feeling exists Cand in this, as you know, 

 I have always shared) against allowing any of the judges to pass upon 

 the merits of their own dogs, and many exhibitors are in favor of 

 engaging one Cor two) competent outside judges to select the dogs, as 

 being more likely to act impartially in making the selections than 

 Canadian judges could be expected to do. I do not say that I agree in 

 this feeling, but I point out that the feeling exists and is well worth 

 considering. 



I also find an almost universal feeling against allowing you to act as 

 a judge, and you will pardon me if I say that in this feeling I share 

 thoroughly. In my opinion the aversion on the part of those who 

 object tc the Canadian judges arises principally from the fact that 

 you are one of the number. Your performance in the judging ring at 

 Ottawa last year was "the last straw which broke the cameFs back," 

 andno one who sawthe farceor beard of itcould ever have confidence 

 in your abilities as a judge again. I did not object to your name when 

 you proposed it yom-self at the committee meeting in Toronto, because 

 I had not seen your judging, and because I thought that those who 

 sneered at your judging were prejudiced, but after witnessing your 

 performance for three days at Ottawa 1 changed my mind, and I now 

 object most emphatically to your being allowed to pass upon the 

 merits of any dog. 



As far as I am concerned personally I am not making a single entry 

 for tlie World's Fair show, as my kennel has been dispersed and I 

 have no dogs at present, and 1 care little therefore who the judges are 

 at the coming trial show, but in the interest of Canadian exhibitors, 

 and for the honor and good name of the Canadian Kennel Club, I 

 must object with all the force with which I am capable to your being 

 allowed to act as judge, believing that your retention in that capacity 

 would utterly ruin the show and prove a source of la.sting discontent. 



A. D. Stewabt. 



P. S.— If, as I hope, Mr. Tfuchanan shoxdd decide not to accept any 

 Canadian dogs outside of those selected by the C. K. C, the entries at 

 the coming trial sliow may be larger than I expect at the present 

 time, but this will be .simply because the exhibitors have no other 

 alternative than to send then dogs, and not because they have any 

 faith in your ability as a judge. 



That Fake List of Judges. 



And now the Chicago editor who i-ushed into print in his 

 eagerness to tell something he did not know persists in his 

 declaration that that "fake" list of Wox-ld's Fair dog show 

 judges was correct. And this in the face of Mr. Bxichanan's 

 direct statement to the Forest and Stream's Chicago office 

 that the list pxxblished by the Chicago man was simply of 

 names under consideration; that no official list had ever 

 been made or would be made for a week or two. Not only 

 that, bxxt in the face, too, of po.sitive declarations in person to 

 the kennel editor of Forest and Stream by- no less than six 

 of the alleged judges that they had never been notified of 

 their selection nor given an opportunity to accept the 

 position if they would; and of the positive declaration of 

 another— the seventh— that he could not accept if he should 

 be asked. It's all very funny, bxxt the fxxnniest of it all are 

 the Chicago man's contortions, now that his foolish fix has 

 been exposed to the derisive gaze of the world. The moral: 

 When there is Chicago news to be given it will come to the 

 Forest and Stream from our Chicago representatives on 

 the ground. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for answering questions %inder this head. All 

 qiiestions relating to ailments of dogs will be ansivered by Dr. T. O. 

 Sherivood, a member of tlie Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons'. 

 Communications refemng to other matters connected tvith Kennel 

 Management and dogs will also receive careful attention. 



C. B. G., Norwich, Conn.— I have a spaniel 8 months old that has a 

 bunch on under side of its neck nearly as large as a hen's egg. It 

 came on suddenly, is not sore aud seems movable; is hard to the 

 touch. What is it and what is a remedy ? I had a pujipy with a 

 similar bunch, and after it died I cut the bunch open and it was meatv^ 

 (locked like a kidney), and it had a vein through it, which when cut 

 bled very freely; ran out in a stream, in fact. What is the cause? 

 Ans. Probably an enlarged gland. Remove the hair and apply tinc- 

 ture of iodine to the lump dsuly. 



Rex, Pittsburgh, Pa.— I have a pointer 8 months old. His four large 

 teeth in front are starting to decay near the gum. I feed him on 

 rolled oats boiled down like mush. Will he get a new set? Aretha 

 rolled oats injurious to the teeth?. Ans. Wash the mouth out daily 

 with carboUc lotion (1 to 80). Give meat (cooked and raw) In addition 

 to present diet. Give the following: 



^. Ferri et qulnin. cit 3 igg 



Tr. nucis vom .ii 



Aq. ad '„ jvl 



Mix. G-ive one tablespoonful three times a day. 



The various suggestions offered by Lord Duuraven as to flags on 

 buoys aud similar minor details of the races are mostly practical and 

 to the point; but if he is at all fauoiharwith the history of the races 

 for the Cup withm recent years, he should know that the various re- 

 gatta committees of the New York Y. C. have proved themselves fully 

 capable of dealing successfully with all minor details of starting, tim- 

 ing and marking courses. This part of the work has been well done 

 iu the cases of Genesta, Galatea and Tliistle, and will probably be as 

 well done this year. The com-ses have been marked by large flags or 

 balls of one color, the starting guns have been timed accurately and 

 the signals which accompany them have been displayed promptly and 

 correctly. Tbe finishes have been acem-ately timed, an extra vessel 

 being on hand in case of any possible delay of the judges' boat. After 

 Avituessing every Cup race in 1885, '86 and '87, we fail to recall a single 

 instance in which complaint might be made against the immediate 



management of the races In the case of the Thistle races there was 

 a complaint on the part of a few because the races were not started 

 in a calm at the announced hoxir, and also because of a windward and 

 leeward in place of a four-sided course; but these complaints had no 

 better foundation than the irritation of defeat. This year the club 

 has agreed to start the races at any time when one competitor desires 

 t, so that all possible cause of complaint on this ground is removed. 



Lord Dunbaven'.'s suggestion of an eai'ller date for the races is a 

 very good one, and will doubtless be carried out if the new defender s- 

 ai-e completed in good season; bixt much depends on the New York Y. 

 C. cruise. K all four boats are seen in good form in the many races 

 of the cruise, the trial races for the final selection of a defender will 

 be a mere formaUty and quickly disposed of. If. however, it happens 

 that some of the four are not in perfect form on the cruise, or tha t 

 time is needed for alterations and then for a careful series of trials, 

 the final selection may not be made before the latter part of Septem 

 ber. Both parties would naturally prefer the earlier date, and the. 

 Cup races may yet be sailed by Sept. 15. 



The Atlantic Y. C. has promised, through Com. Banks, a valuable 

 trophy for a race of the fom- 85ft. cutters, the date aud details not 

 being .yet decided on. 



At City Island. 



Now that the sun is getting up earher and going to bed later; npw 

 that the robin and blue-bud are back in their as yet leafless haunts 

 busily active in securing a favorite crotch in a tree that the balmy 

 south wmd will soon kiss into greenery, my soul is filled with that in- 

 satiable longing for the sea that curdles all desires into one fevei-ish wish 

 —to be afloat. Never is the voice of mother Ocean so rich in plead in o- 

 tones; never are her waves so blue, or her stretches of azure so entic 

 ing, aswhen tbe scepter of rude winter has fallen, and brave youno- 

 spring comes with Ught step and radiant mien to rule and enrich the 

 liingdom of the dethroned and departed tyrant. 



To be once more afloat! But ere we can feel the canvas-crowned 

 fabric swaying and tossing beneath our feet to the rhythmic move- 

 ments of the restless waters, we must worry through this month of 

 sand-papering, scraping and painting. Days of strained backs 

 blisters and paint- bedaubed fingers. Wlien the sound of the calking- 

 iron as well as the voice of the turtle are heard in the land, and the 

 scent of the vamisli mingles with the perfume of the early violet 

 April, the mouth of repairs, of selhng and buying, and of contracting 

 Inrp-e bUls, glides not too soon into the merry launching month of 

 May. 



It is my pleasxire at this time of the year to steal a day from the ii on 

 grasp of toil, and leaving the dusty, noisy haunts of business behind 

 take a curious mind and light heart away to the waterside, where tl e 

 yachts perched high on shore are being overhauled and rejuvenated 

 Old friends they are, many of them, whom it is a pleasure to meet and 

 greet again. To sit in tbe shadow of their sides and talk over their 

 histories; to recoxmt the triixmphs that made glorious their youthful 

 days; to tell of well fought battles, and victories won in countless 

 ways on many waters. 



My last pilgrimage was to City Island, and there with two who love 

 the yacht, was spent a day that somewhat atoned for what we yachts- 

 men suffer, when fettered in the ic.v gyves of winter oxrr wide domain 

 is a forbidden realm. City Island has had in the last few years, what 

 to me, is an undesirable brightening up. It is no longer the quiet 

 queer place that it was in the old days, when the nearest railroad 

 station was a good six miles away, and the handiest way to get there 

 was by water. The clam and oyster were then the sole topic of con- 

 versation, for outside of the ship-yai-d no other means of gaining a 

 livehhood was known to the lanky islanders in those primitive davs 

 But that cursed invention that has destroyed rustic simplicity the 

 world over, refused to spare this gem of the Sound, and now City Island 

 is just like any other place distant twenty-flve cents worth of riding 

 from iniquitous Gotham. 



As a place for yacht clubs and yacht buflders it has no rival on the 

 North Shore. It is accessible both by land and water, and boasts of 

 one of the best anchor-ages along the coast. Before long several of 

 our strugglmg yacht clubs will be turning an eye on the park lands 

 that border the inner channel, and petitioning the city to let them 

 erect houses on the shore. The two bays that flank the neck would 

 make good boating water; much better than the dirty Hai-lem river, 

 and there is room for aU the oarsmen and canoemenm Christen d"m". 

 While wandering from yard to yard I jotted down a few notes as to 

 what is going on, that may be of interest to the curious, who are not 

 so lucky as to have a day to spend among the repairers and builders. 



Dagmar— formerly Titania— is almost finished, and ready to launch. 

 I can honestly say, that she is improved in appearance, as my dislike 

 of the full bow is deeply ingrained, and besides I never could see any 

 beauty in that abbreviated foremast rig. She may be a speedier ves- 

 sel, but that is a question to be answered next Jvme'. For her owner's 

 sake, it is to be hoped that the costly metamorphosis will not be barren 

 of agreeable results. If he wUl accept the advice of a man who has seen 

 more than one spar go, he wUl have a spare bowsprit and foremast on 

 hand, for if experience is of any value, I am bold enough to back 

 mine up with the prediction, that if the Dagmar is raced, she will need 

 one or the other before the season is over. Her shrouds are set up 

 with turnhuckles; they look rather light for the work expected of 

 them, but then, you know, the equaUzihg of strains is a science with 

 our modern designers. 



The Clara, Bedouin and Jessica are lying beside her m the same 

 y ai'd, and the latter is for sale. In the matter of below accommodations 

 the Jessica has no equal among boats of her length in tliis eouutrr, 

 aud a man who is looking for something to live in will find her just 

 what he wants. 



Wood is stiU busy on the two steam-yachts. The one for Mr 

 Coggeswell is almost ready for lavmching, and wUl I hear go over- 

 board shortly. She is a wonderful piece of designing, and a splendid 

 specimen of what the firm is capable of turning out. Tiie planking on 

 both boats is the finest job I ever saw outside ot a canoe builder's shop, 

 and reflects great credit upon the workmen who put it up. 



Mr. Mosher's marvellous sklU and resourceful ingenuity is shown iu 

 the engine that is going into the Coggeswell boat; it is a magniflceni 

 piece of machinery, and promises to give her a speed of at least thirty- 

 statute miles. The accommodations offered the owner and crew ai-'e 

 not what one would expect in a vessel of her length, but then, if you 

 want to show everything your stern you must give up much that makt s 

 life afloat enjoyable. Asbestos suits and siionge head coverings will be 

 fashionable summer wear in the engine room. Some would-be-experts 

 are of the opinion that the yacht is too short for the power. But then, 

 who designs or builds to satisfy experts? 



In the Byles yard tbe roomy cruiser Pelican belonging to ex-Com- 

 modore Connolly is fitting out. She will be dressed in white this 

 summer; a seemly change and one that will improve her appearance. 

 The Burge.ss cutter Mops, just ahead of her, is also putting on a fresh 

 coat of white. The steam yacht Ola has a new pilot house, and looks 

 decidedly better for it; the addition havmg somewhat marred the fan- 

 cied resemblance to a street-ear, that made her so easily recognizable 

 last season. The sloop Fhrt laid up here has been sold. Thelo, one of 

 the first of the small ones to be iu commission, is hauled out for a bot- 

 tom jjainting. 



Mr. Centre's Medusa has been in the hands of the Hawkins people 

 for some time: she has a new stem, topsides and rail. A splendid ship 

 the Medusa, arid not at all like her owner's first venture in the cutter 

 line— the Vindex, that is di-awu up close by. The Vindex enjoys the 

 distinction of being the only yacht iii these waters that has Cincinnati 

 for a haihng port— a port that she can never saU to. The old 

 schooner Una that smashed into a steamer last fall is out here, and 

 her exposed bow timbers area study. She was laimched when light 

 construction was unknown, and conseque ntly 1 he wood was not spared. 



Taken as a whole, things are not as brisk as one would expect on 

 the island, but a week or two of sunshine wUl wake the yachtsmen up 

 and the boats will take to water by twos and threes. T. F, D, 



We have received the rules and allowances, etc., of the Y. E. A. for 

 1893, published by Harrison & Sous, London, containmg the revised 

 measurement rules, the list of members and yachts, the measure- 

 ments of the yachts, and minutes of meeting. The most interesting 

 portion of the book is the summary of decisions of the Council in pro- 

 tested cases, notably the Dacia— Natica match last fall. The evidence 

 and diagrams make these decisions quite valuable in similar disputes.. 



The new steam j-achf Impatient, designed by H. E. Danzenbaker, of 

 Philadelphia, aud built by S. F. Bannar, HoUy Oak, Del. was success- 

 ful!3- launches on April She was buUt for Mr. W. M, Singeriy, of 

 the Philadalphia A'ecord to replace the steam yacht "Restle.-s, lately 

 sold to Western owners. She is of oak throughout, 81ft. over all, 74(t 

 Bin. l.w.L, 6in. beam, Oft. hold, with quadi-uple expansion engines 

 T, 10, U and 30m. by lOin. ® 



Sailinff is the appropriate title of a new yachting paper edited by 

 Mr. W. y. PhUlips, of Toronto, the first number of which has just 

 reached us. The paper is a weekly, and will be devoted to yachting 

 and canoeing in Canada, and particularly to yachting on Lake Ontar 

 rio. The first number promises well and we wish it all success. 



