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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 4, 1898. 



By. High -com.. W. F. Barber^s Charleston. Bitches: 1st, Hugh Mc- 

 Cracketfs Lady H. Glenrlyne; 2d. S. Tyler's Pronto; .3d and high comu, 

 W. m Barber's Lily Ha Ha and Maggie M. Puppies: 1st, J. iJ. 

 Bethune's Meida; 2d, AV. R. Manning's Dena. Very high com., Jos. 

 F. Heitz's Fly. 



FOXHOUNDS.— DoffS.- 1st, J. E. "WatSon's Rover; 2d, T. Lowers 

 Dixie; 3d, Hooper & Bandiui-s Lead. Bitches: 1st and 2d, T. Lowe s 

 Music and Patty. 



POINTERS.^CHALi.ir.NOE - Dof/.s.- 1st, E. K. Bendilej^'s Kan-Koo.- 

 OPEN—Doo.s(5.51b8. and over): 1st, A. P. Kerckhoff s Jap; 2d, B. D. 

 Standeford's Commodore: 8d, Jensen & Silver's Ben Veryhigh com . 

 F. W. Ingall's Ko-Ko. High com., B, Hamilton's Rube ^'^^^^?<?^^^- 

 and over): 1st, H. M. Tonner's Amaryllis; 3d, G^'tV^ Marsh's Bess. 

 Doqs (under 5.5lbs.): 1st, T. Walker's Ben Hur; 2cl, H. Y. Evans's Com- 

 modore Cformerly Spot): 3d, 0. Haight's Honest John. ^ite^es (under 

 501bs ): 1st. E, K: Benchley's Kioto; 3d, H. Y, Evans's Tippetta; 3d, H. 

 M Tonner's Pepper. High com., H. E. Green's Dessy.— Puppies— 

 ^O0.s.°?st A E. Messerly'lBob; 2d, G. A. Ralph's Grover Very high 

 com.. J. Singer's Guard. High com.. H M. Tonner's Sing s Mark. 

 Bitches: 1st, L. Goodman's Obic M. ; 2d, J. F. Heitz's Fanny H. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— X>ocrs; 1st, G. A. Vanderbeck's Kash; 2d A. 

 P. Kerckhoif's Mercury; :3d: T. J. Watson's Stf l^^l^t W . V^e^y M^^^ 

 com., J. F. Holbrook's Stamboul. High com., W. G. KerckliofI' s Sam 

 K Gladstone. Bitches: 1st, H. T. Payne's Countess Noble; 2d and 

 3d, R. K. Gardiner's BstreUa and Betsy Mark. 



IRISH SBTTERS.-X>o(?s; 1st, L. L. CampbeU's Glenmore Hoodlum ; 

 2d J B. Manning's Mac B. Bitches: 1st, L. L. Campbell's Maid ot 

 Glenmore.- PTJPPiES-X>ogs.' 1st, L. L. Campbell's Glenmore Hood- 

 lum. 



GORDON SETTERS.— Pog-s;" 1st, J. A. Gorman's Doc; 2d, W. H. 

 Greenwood's Prank; 3d, C. H. Brown's Donald. Bitches: l^t, J. W. 

 Edwards's Lady Clara Jane. Puppies: 1st, Mr. Snow s Ruth. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS.— Dofirs; 1st, A. Lorsbach's Barney L. 

 Bitches: 1st, J. H. Sammi's NeUie. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Doss; 1st, Chris KrempeJ's Tobias; 2d, Jack 

 Marietieh's Tootsy. Bitches: 1st, S. H. Laverty's Lady Florence. 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Open— Dogs.- 1st, A. C. Davenport's Bronte; 

 2d, E. S. Slater's Dan Slater. Bitches: 1st, E. S. Slater's Gipsy Jane; 

 2d! J. B. McVay's MoUie Me. 



RETRIEVERS.- Dogs; 1st, P. 0. Klein's Dude. 



CHESAPEAKES.— Dogs; 1st, Tony Bright's Jim. 



COLLIES. — Dogs; 1st., J. B. Banning's Fordham Bravo; 2d, 

 withheld. High com., P. E. Griffin's Zip. Bitches: Prizes withheld. 

 Very high com., Chas. H. Hasting's Strathmore Hazel Dell. Puppies: 

 J St, J. B. Banning's Dinah. 



DALMATIANS.— Bi<c7i€s; 2d, G. J. Edward's Dot. 



BULL-TERRIERS.— Dogs; 1st, J. F. O. Comstock'S Adonis; 2d, C. 

 W. Merry's Jumbo; others withheld. Bitches: 1st, J. F. O. Comstock'S 

 Twilight; others withheld. Puppies: Prizes withheld. Very high com., 

 J. W. Week's Bessie. Com., John Kmg's Sport. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— Chailenge— 1st, C. A. Sumner's Blemton Vol- 

 unteer. — Open — Dogs: 1st, Dauntless Kennels' Le Logos; 2d, J. B. 

 Martin's Blemton Reefer; 3d, P. Stokes's Hampden Tip. Very high 

 com., Pytchley Kennels' Pytchley Pickle. High com., C. A. Sumner's 

 Blemton Vesuvian. Com., T. S. Casey's Captain. Bitches: 1st and 

 high com., C. A. Sumners's Bonnie Bess and Bonnie Buzz; 2d, Daunt- 

 less Kennels' Dauntless Suzette; 3d, J. W. Mitchell's Lomita Winni- 

 freda. Very high com., J. B. Martin's Blemton Rapture. Com., 

 Pytchley Kennels' Pytchley Kismuth.—PoppiBs— Dogs; 1st and 2d, J. 

 W. Mitcliells' Lomita Patch and Lomita Beau Brummel; 3d, T. S. 

 Casey's Captain. Bitches: 2d, T. S. Casey's Pomona. 



WIRE-HAIRED FOX-TERRIERS.— 1st, Dr. T. Bowhill's Todge; 2d, 

 H. W. Schreiber's Jack. 



SKYE'TERRIERS.— 1st, Capt. Wm. Taylor's Sally. 



.lAPANESE SPANIELS.— 1st, Mrs. E. M. KeUy's Punch. 



PLIGS. -Dogs; 1st, Mrs. Brittan's Punch. Bitches: 8d, D. S. Wolf's 

 Fanny W. 



SPITZ.— 1st, Mrs. E. Halcomb's Jack;. 2d, G. ;SV;..lliaPSh's Bob White. 



Beagle Type. 



JEcliior Forest cmd Stream: 



The letter from Mr. Reed, of the 17th inst., as published in 

 last week's PoPvEST AND Stream, has been carefully and 

 gratefully read. As the breeder of one of the best beagle 

 dogs living he can hardly be blamed for raising the flag^of 

 Frank Forest to an extreme eleAmtion, and even though I 

 were not his owner I should say he is the king of beagles 

 and none have as yet attained the degree of perfection that 

 every unprejudiced admirer of the breed will concede him. 



As to Lonely, why I fail to see any reason for not crown- 

 ing her Qaeen, and I thiuk she would carry the crown with 

 becoming modesty to her deserving merit. 



As to progeny resulting from intimacy of the king and 

 queen, why we can but speculate and await results. 



Now, Mr. Reed, I will say that I firmly believe that while 

 beagle.s have been bred for many years we are now just be- 

 ginning to do it systematically, and in the next few years an 

 entirely different looking dog will take the place of those 

 now seen so much and, forsooth, thought much of. 



I know as a positive fact that several of our mo.st promi- 

 nent breeders to-day have been using the same blood in 

 their kennel for many years, and as a result one need only 

 to take a glance through such a kennel and it becomes 

 apparent at once that sornething is wrong. Substance and 

 character are the two main factors that are indispensable 

 both in the animal as well as human race, and this cannot 

 pos.sibly be attained by any such system as has been in 

 vogue and above referred to. 



Much harm is done by parties who own one bitch and 

 breed her to the neighbor's dog in about such a fashion as 

 breeding poultry. Both dog and bitch are probably well 

 bred, but both owners overlook their breeding and breed 

 because they are of opposite sex. Later the progeny is sold 

 to various parties and they finally conclude tbat beagles are 

 not what they want for hunting, for their beagle can only 

 run a few hours and must then be carried home. In a very 

 few years such dogs die from some organic weakness and 

 then you will hear "No more beagles for me. 



H. L. Kbetoer. 



Nascet, N. Y., April 28. 



"Our Bull Dog Pictures." 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I cannot refrain from offering my congratulations upon 

 the masterly and thorough manner in which you have en - 

 lightened the brain of Mr. S. R. Tisdel, of Ithaca, who has 

 evidently been resting a long while beneath a dense cloud of 

 ignorance and prejudice regarding bull dogs, as well as the 

 admirers of that breed of dog. 



Your remarks in reply to his unhappy letter are so appro- 

 priate and sufficient that there is left for me no opportunity 

 to add a word or even a suggestion that could better defend 

 our worthy friend, the bull dog. 



I can assure you that the members of the Bull Dog Club of 

 America are well pleased and feel indebted to the FoRE.ST 

 AND Stream for your prompt and vigorous reply to the 

 insults cast upon their individual characters and the slanders 

 heaped upon their friends. I will add, myself, thanks for 

 the pretty compliments dropped by your pen to 



„ ^ ^ ' John H. Matthews. 



New Yoek: Citt, May 1. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



You deserve the hearty thanks of all lovers of a good dog 

 for your prompt and sensible reply to Mr. Tisdel's absurd 

 attack on the bull dog. 1 hope he will try and find out the 

 facts about this breed, and that he may see the error of his 

 ways, and, in time, own and love as a compjinion one of 

 these best natured of dogs, ^fou have said about all there 

 was to say, but I would add, Mr. Tisdel should have been at 

 our last show, a nd have seen the way the bull dot's were 

 petted hy the ladies and children, and the behavior°of the 

 dogs, and then I am sure his letter never would have been 

 written. We can depend upon the Forest and Stream 

 always to say the right thing at the right time. 



W. Hammerslet. 



Mattapan, Mass., May 1. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Coirespondent.'] 



That there is to be some great improvement in the near 

 future in English setters, the "following written by the emi- 

 nent authority, Mr. J. M, Avent, who has unselfishly for 

 many years devoted his energies to the winning powers of 

 setters, clearly proves: 



"The foxhound should be judged from the same stand- 

 point that the English setter should be, viz., for what they 

 are capable of doing in the field under the most trying cir- 

 cumstances after a red fox. I want the foxhound built very 

 much like our best English setters, about the same size and 

 weight (from 45 to -SOlb.s.), but more on the greyhound type, 

 and as Mr. Williams is a greyhound judge I am willing to 

 risk my pack under him unless I find out something to 

 change my mind before the show; and I hope the gentlemen 

 will withdraw their petition unless they have some very seri- 

 ous objection to some of the judges, and if so they should 

 come out and state who they are and not cast reflections on 

 all of them." 



That the foxhound and English setter should both be 

 judged from the same standpoint and that standpoint from 

 what they could both do after a red fox, opens a new and 

 brighter era for the setter. 



The World's Fair Dog Show. 



Interest in the dog show of the World's Columbian Expo- 

 sition is not so keenly felt by owners and exhibitors as the 

 importance of the event would seem to warrant. At least 

 there are no very tangible manifestations of it at the present 

 time. However, there is quite an interval of time yet before 

 the entries close, on May 20, and much can in that time be 

 accomplished. The list of judges is still under consideration. 

 I have been informed that Mr. W. I. Buchanan, the Chief of 

 the Department of Agriculture, has expressed a perfect will- 

 ingness to receive suggestions from those interested in respect 

 to their preferences for judges. 



The premature announcement of a list of judges— a list 

 'ivhich was under consideration and which had not been ac- 

 cepted by the Board of Control— in March last, caused a 

 lively dissatisfaction among a large number of dog fanciers, 

 the dissatisfaction expressing itself in the form of a vigorous 

 protest addressed to Mr. Buchanan, as Chief of the Agricul- 

 tural Department. Later developments showed that the list 

 referred to above and published in the American Field was 

 not official or correct. The protest, however, had been signed 

 by a formidable number of exhibitors, and by creating so 

 much dissatisfaction there was much harm done to the in- 

 terests of the World's Fair show. It has also made the task 

 of selecting judges a much more difficult one than it other- 

 wise would be, since once the dog fanciers are in ill humor 

 they are more difficult to please. Indeed, it could not well 

 be otherwise. In this respect they do not differ from other 

 classes of humanity. Nevertheless, the fact that there is so 

 much dissatisfaction Avill add greatly to the task of ma.nag- 

 ing the whole affair. 



In this connection it may be mentioned that the Canadian 

 dog fanciers are not woi-king or agreeing in perfect harmony. 

 It is rumored that Mr. Buchanan will accept Canadian entries 

 regardless of any action of the Canadian ckxbs or exhibitors. 



The time is now quite short, and if anything is done, it 

 must be done quickly. There are now less than three weeks 

 left before the entries close. 



A revised oremium list is to be issued soon. 



Irish Setters. 



The Irish setter interest has received a severe set-back in 

 the withdrawal of Mr. E. C. Bishop, of CoffeyvQle, Kansas, 

 from active interest in promoting their advancement. He 

 is selling out his kennel on account of ill health. In his 

 kennel are the famous dogs Finglas, Coleraine, Elcho's 

 Maid, Ruby Glenmore, Winnie, Betsy Crafts, Ownie, Apple 

 and many others. The Glenmore Kennels— such being the 

 name of Mr. Bishop's kennels — sent a large string of setters 

 to compete in the field-trial circuit last fall, but the dog.s 

 were not properly prepared, and the time, expense and hopes 

 expended on them went for naught. They showed, however, 

 that the Irish setter has real merit as a field performer. It 

 is to be hoped that his dogs will go into the ownership of 

 sportsmen, who will run them in the field trials. If the new 

 owners are but half as liberal and public-spirited as was 

 Mr. Bishop, the f utizre of the Irish setter is most promising. 



Bench Shows arid Field Trials. 



Trial Club vnW hold two trials, one at Bicknell, Ind., in 

 November, the other in February, at Grand Junction, Tenn. 

 The judges for the Bicknell meeting are Messrs. Royal Rob- 

 inson, Indianapolis; John Bolus, Wooster, O., and John 

 Barker, Racine, Wis. The closing of the U. S. Derby has 

 been postponed to June 1. The Eastern Field Trials Club 

 has'made a new departure in the way of judges, the judges 

 invited being all professional handlers, namely, Messrs. W. 

 W. Titus, Waverly, Miss.; S. C. Bradley, Greenfield Hill, 

 Conn., and J. B. Stoddard, Thomasville, N. C. All are well 

 known handlers of great experience, popular with owners 

 and handlers, and with successful records. They should be 

 most acceptable, and they shoitld judge a stake with a skill 

 never before exhibited. The Central Field Trial Club has not 

 yet taken any ptiblic action toward beginning its trials, al- 

 though it is said that its trials will be held on the dates 

 claimed. The death of Mr. J. M. Tracy, who was a leading 

 worker, may have given its business details a temporary set- 

 back. It is to be hoped that the Central Club will continue 

 to run its popular trials. 



The Eastern Field Trials Club has an innovation in its 

 arrangements concerning handlers. The latter must secure 

 a license from the Board of Governors, if they run dogs in 

 that clixb's trials. The licenses are good for the trials of the 

 year and are issued free of charge. This requirement is an 

 excellent one and a protection against undesirable handlers. 

 No such impleasant circumstances as occurred at the Phila- 

 delphia Kennel Club's trials last year when a colored hand- 

 ler unexpectedly appeared to handle some of the dogs entered, 

 can occur at the Eastern Club's trials with such a rule in 

 force. The unpleasant circumstance referred to was that 

 nearly all the handlers refused to handle or continue in the 

 competition if the colored man was allowed to handle. The 

 result was that the colored man was arbitrarily barred. 

 The entry fees of the dogs were returned to their owner, who 

 was seriously offended by the circumstances of barring his 

 handler, and thus a lot of harm followed. The United States 

 Club made a rule that it could bar any handler objectionable 

 to the club, which accomplishes the same purpose as the 

 license. The Eastern Club has abandoned its old grounds at 

 High Point, N. C. This year it -will hold its trials at New- 

 ton, N. C, about forty miles from Salisbury, in the wheat 

 section of North CaroUna. The grounds are said to be excel- 

 lent for field trial purposes. It is to be hoped that the resi- 

 dents of Newton will not consider it a good opportunity to 

 double the prices of living when the trials are being held. 

 Exorbitant rates are certain to drive a club elsewhere sooner 

 or later. 



If a club were organized in Kentucky, it could come in 

 nicely as a part of the circuit in February. There is a great 

 future for the dog and gun. Their possibilities have only 

 fairly begun. 



Major J. R. Purcell, of Gains ville, Va., recently celebrated 

 his silver wedding. The Major has been a most untiring 

 competitor at the field trials for many years. East, West 



and South. May the future have only happiness and pros- 

 perity for him. 



Mr. E. Bardoe Elliott has resigned the kennel editorship of 

 the American Field. It is iutimated that the department 

 will run itself for some time T^nthout any special kennel 

 editor. A department shows great vitality when it can run 

 itself. 



It is rumored that the A. K 'C yrHl take some action 

 which will remove some of the restrictions on bench show 

 club organizations, and remove some of the protection to 

 clubs which are inactive. As it now stands a club a member 

 of the A. K. C. is protected from any competition in its own 

 city. There are signs of appreciating the force of public sen- 

 timent. 



The Western Branch. 



April The correspondents of the Western office of 

 Forest and Stream will please note the change ol address 

 from 175 Monroe street, to Room 909, Security Building. The 

 new office is in a modem office building, fully equipped in 

 a modern manner with fast elevator service, electric lights, 

 etc. The ever increasiu|;' growth of Forest and Stream 

 brought a pressure of business on the Western branch which 

 had to be recognized. The old office was dear from the asso- 

 ciations of pleasant work, kind friends and successful effort. 

 No office could be more happily placed so far as warm friend- 

 ships and good wishes are concerned. But Forest and 

 Stream has grown, and a new business office, one np with 

 the importance of the paper, was a necessity. That such a 

 result should follow in less than five years from the estab- 

 lishing of the Western office bespeaks the highest praise for 

 the merit and enterprise of Forest And Stream and Mr. 

 Hough, the latter having been the gentleman in charge of 

 its fortunes. If the future brings the continued success of 

 the past, Forest and Stream -will be too far in the lead to 

 have a competitor in its special field. The fearlessness and 

 impartiality it shows in discussing the qxicstious of the hour; 

 the success it has as a news gatherer; its refusal to be a me- 

 dium for the malicious or quarrelsome, and the absence of 

 trashy nothings from its columns, have ju.stly won for it the 

 approbation and support of the public. The day has gone 

 when a paper can be successfully filled with trashy matter, 

 with a view to fill space, and thus to a certainty wimiiug the 

 approval of the public. The old times have gone. The sports- 

 men of the land are now too well educated to accept trash. 

 When there is a paper publishing good matter and refusing 

 the trash, the sportsmen will certainly support the best. 



Come and see us. 



In a chatty, pleasant letter Mr. Royal Robinson, of Indian- 

 apolis, among other things says: "I am just out, after a few 

 weeks' tussle with my old enemy, inflammatory rheumatism, 

 and I am not yet in very robust health. * * * Bad luck 

 pursued my dogs during the first year and culminated in the 

 death of Gaiety at New Albany, Miss. She seemed to be 

 quite a good puppy, but I did not manage to start iier in 

 either race in fit condition to do herself justice. I am getting 

 ready to try it again. It takes a good deal to kill some of us." 



Wherefore may such pluck be rewarded by success. 



Mr. L. F. Bartels, of Denver, Col., an owner in the St. 

 Patrick kennel of greyhoimds, was elected to the office of 

 Alderman at the recent election in his city in April last. 



B. Waters. 



909 Security Botlding. 



Bedlington Terriers. 



We were pleased to see a letter in Stodk-Keefpet' recently 

 signed "Shaggy Brute." He sounds a good note. Incident- 

 ally, in calling for a specialty club in London for Bedlington 

 terriers, he refers to the harm that "fancy" has done to this, 

 one of the gamest of all terriers. He says: "Many owners 

 like myself, seldom show their dogs, as they keep them for 

 work or companions, for in these days of up-to-date training, 

 a man must be h, bold one to take his dog out into the street, 

 especially in bad weather, when the poor brute has been 

 plucked and trimmed till he looks like a Chinese crested dog 

 with hanging ears. The result of that hideous practice is 

 that the breed, originally a hard one, is, especially in the show 

 strains, a very delicate one, and most liable to skin disease. 

 Nothing else can l)e expected when one i-emembers the origin 

 of these rough tykes; instead of fresh air and work, they 

 are kept night and day in warm, stuffy corners on very poor 

 fare, so as to check their mangy tendencies." He then appeals 

 for the formation of a club to see if it is not possible to keep 

 these terriers or show them as nature intended, i. e., strong, 

 hardy, Avith a good weather-resistiug jacket, and especially 

 game to death. Of course we have not had the opportunity 

 to see the English dogs for many years, but a sight of those 

 shown the last year or two at New York almost raised a 

 smile when we remembered the hard-looking rough-and- 

 tumble customers that won priz&s in the early '70s, and were 

 true exemplars of the breed. Well do we remember the 

 301b. badger who had tocome willy-nilly from his snug retreat 

 when champion Miner, Shark, Tearem'and Lancer or others 

 well Itnown on the bench at that date got a good hold, and the 

 parental displeasure that followed on account of then- torn 

 ears and gashed noses was not the least interesting part tons. 

 Those were the days when Pickitt's Tyneside, Tynedale anci 

 Tyne were rivals of the Hebden Bridge Kennels. An oil 

 painting of champion Miner, a cherry-nosed one, we remem- 

 ber, hangs on the walls at home, but he is little like such 

 dogs as Christmas Carol, Qui Vive, etc., that we must take 

 as exemplars of the modern cult. It may be prejudice, but 

 we must agree with "Shaggy Brute" in a longing for the old 

 sort. 



The Pointer Club will hold a meeting at Mr. John S.Wise's 

 office to elect a president and other officers next Monday 

 afternoon. They do say, the Club will either stand or fall 

 by this meeting. 



LIr. H. W. Smith will withdraw his wire hair St. Brittle 

 from the stud, as he believes American air has a bad effect 

 on the dog. 



Among the new advertisements this week we notice that 

 Woodbury Kennels offer a St. Bernard, Skye and Airedale 

 terrier for sale; E. G. Ellis, Gordon setter pups; A. D. Fiske, 

 English setter pups; J. H. Johnson, English setter pups; 

 Andrew Laidlaw, cockers; W. H, Child, well-bred beaglasr. 

 Berlin Kennels, greyhound, St. Bernard and mastiff; A. E, 

 Bruder, English setters and pointers, and St. Bernard; S. 

 C. Coffia, mastiff; H. Neu, mastiff bitch; Silas Decker, Irish 

 setters; T. G. Davey, several weU-bred pointers, setters and 

 retrievers. In the stud: Charlottesville Kennels' Wild 

 Damon; Andrew Laidlaw's cocker Red Roland. 



"George," who is Mr. Mortimer's right-hand man when en- 

 tries are coming in for the W. K. C. show, went to Chicago 

 last Satiu-day to assist with the World's Fair Dog Show busi- 

 ness. It does really look as if there was going to be a dog 

 show after all. 



Spaniel field trials are occupying the attention of several 

 spaniel men Just now. The president of the A. S. C, Mr 

 Wilmerding, is willing to start the ball rolling. More anon 



Our special report of the English Setter Club field trials, 

 held in Devonshire, is crowded oat by more important home: 

 news. 



