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FOREST AND STREAM, 



I Mat 4, 18V>8 



9-arry (Christopher— Nuida) out of Roslyn Lena (Welles- 

 bourne Charlie— Welleshourne Flurry), with which he hopes 

 to do great things. 



[ti>Mr. Thos. Johnson, of Winnipeg, in writing me on matters 

 relating to the World's Fair bench show, incloses the follow- 

 ing clipping: 



;^."The Northwestern Field Trials Club, acting in conjunc- 

 ftion with the Canadian Kennel Club, have been appointed by 

 the commissioner of the Dominion Government to make the 

 selection of dogs for the World's Fair show, which opens 

 with the live stock exhibit of dogs on June 13. The Canadian 

 exhibit is limited to 200 entries, twelve specimens only being 

 allowed from Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. 



"The follovring extract from the rules regarding the ken- 

 nel exhibit will prevent manv excellent specimens owned in 

 Manitoba and the Northwest Territories from, being eligible: 

 'Exhibitors of dogs owned in the United States or Canada 

 must furnish witlT each application for entry a certificate 

 signed by the secretary of the American Kennel Club or the 

 Canadian Kennel Club, showing that the dog has been regis- 

 tered in the stud book of one of these clubs. ' 



"The Dominion G-ovemment will pay all charges connected 

 with the exhibit in Chicago, and also express charges on dogs 

 from Manitoba and the IN orthwest to and from the show. 



"Forms of entry, premium lists, registration blanks, and 

 all particulars will be given intended exhibitors by applying 

 to the ' secretary-treasurer of the Northwestern Field Trials 

 Club at Winnipeg, Mr. Thos. Johnson, or the vice-president 

 of the club, Mr. Thos. Stone, Calgary, Alberta." 



Breeders have been so careless in registering or keeping a 

 correct record of the breeding of their dogs that many in the 

 Northwest now find themselves debarred from exhibiting. 

 It does not appear to be plainly understood by many that 

 "listed" dogs are not eligible for entry. Such, however, is 

 the case and this has kept out many dogmen in the older 

 Provinces, and including several imjjorted animals, whose 

 owners have neglected to procure in time, or who have been 

 unable to get, particulars of the required three generations. 



Mr. Irving L. Smith, Montreal, who has bred several very 

 ipromising setters, has bought the foxhound dog Racer, by 

 jBony (Ring-wood- Gipsey) out of champion Vexation (imp. 

 (Genitis- imp. Nancy) from Mr. B. Gibbs, of Guelph. 



I did Mr. Bell an unintentional injustice last week. He is 

 tche breeder of champion Fascination, and not Mr. Barclay, 

 as I inadvertently wrote. H. B. DONOVAN. 



Where is the Cocker as a, Working Dog 7 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It strikes me very forcibly that the effusion of "Cocker" in 

 your last issue is weaker than before, and scarce worthy of 

 notice. I have re-read and pondered as he suggested, but 

 still think that I read his fairy tale right in the fl'rst instance. 

 As to the bet of a 64-cent silver dollar, he so rashly olfers to 

 make, that "Solus" has a dog or dogs to sell, in cockers so 

 in money is our friend "Cocker," and it looks to me as if 

 the face value of his dollar is as ' false as the description he 

 gave of the modern cocker. Leaving him anchored, let us 

 -.turn to the letter of "Uncle Dick," who has at last found a 

 ichampion for his peculiar type, and let me see if I cannot 

 ireason with my old friend and point ont to him how very in- 

 iconsistent he has been. 



As I understand it from one who should know, there ai-e 

 tsixty members in the American Spaniel Club, of whom some 

 ififty-eight favor what is called the modern and two favor 

 the "Uncle Dick" type of cocker, which we will call, for dis- 

 ttinctiozi, "The very ancient." Now lam one of those who 

 [Strongly believe in the rights of the minority, but when in a 

 club of sixty there is a majority of fifty-eight, is not the min- 

 ority snowed under? 



Some years ago, when "Uncle Dick" was in the full flush o 

 his opposition to the majority, a club asked him to oflaciate 

 as judge at their show. Philadelphia was the show, and he 

 accepted the position. Consternation reigned in spaniel 

 circles. "What! enter their modern cockers and field span- 

 iels to be judged by 'Uncle Dick,' etc., etc. ?" But in spite of 

 all this there were a few members of the club who wished to 

 try the experiment of showing under him, and so when the 

 day of judgment came there were a few select entries for him 

 to adjudicate on. The classes were composed of some very 

 ancient and some modern specimens, but strange to say, this 

 good and wise judge after very careful consideration awarded 

 the ribbons to the modern, and though for years he had been 

 longing for the chance to show which type he favored, threw 

 consistency to the winds and in each and every instance went 

 iback on his preaching. Evidently captured by the marked 

 1 superiority in head, coat, bone, substance, etc., of the mod- 

 lern over the narrow chest, snipy muzzle, shoi-t, thick skull, 

 jlong, thin legs, etc., of "the very ancient." This is known in 

 (dogdom as the quicke.st change of opinion on record, but 

 ishowed those most interested that even a man who has been 

 ionly able to breed the weeds of a breed is still sufficiently 

 able, when put to the test, to tell the good from the bad even 

 af it goes hard against himself, so long as he is a man like 

 "Uncle Dick," who is undoubtedly a spaniel lover. 



Staying at a friend's house a few years ago, I had the 

 pleasure of seeing one pointer, one setter, three field spaniels 

 and at least a dozen cockers, some nine of which were 

 modern and the balance "very ancient," workthrough abrier 

 swamp near by. The dogs were all well under control and 

 were taken to this place, not to find game, but as a test for 

 the spaniels. There was one piece of about half an acre, im- 

 passable to man, and which both pointer and setter would 

 not face; without tirgiug of any kind the spaniels Avorked 

 through it, and I can assure both "Uncle Dick" and 

 "Cocker" that had they been present they would now think 

 .as I think, i. c, that the modern is in no way inferior to the 

 -"very ancient" if given the same opportunities. When those 

 ) spaniels were called in and I saw them one mass of p ickles, 

 'iburi's, etc., from nose to tail, I was convinced that the major- 

 iity of the A. S. C. knew a little and that the minority did 

 mot know it all. 



There was one small cocker, he did not weigh more than 

 191bs., who was the life and soul of the crowd, and one long, 

 low black field spaniel who seemed as if he could never have 

 enough. Their owner assured me that all the spaniels were 

 bench show winners with the exception of the "very ancient" 

 two. 



I was not the only spaniel man present, and there are 

 those who no doubt will recall the instance if they read this. 



And now in conclusion I would ask what is the Spaniel 

 Club to do? Yield to the ideas of the minority and go back 

 to_ the ancient? Are men like Willey, Mason," Wilmerdiug, 

 Kirk, Bell, Oldham, Laidlaw and many others to be classed 

 as know-nothings? Entries talk, and when we see Mason at 

 Detroit with twice as many entries as "Uncle Dick" at 

 Elmira, both shows the same week, Elmira A. K. C. Detroit 

 ahead in quality, etc., does it not seem as though cockerdom 

 is on the right road, and that nothing would hurt the spaniel 

 interests of the United States and Canada so much as a 

 change back to the old type of spaniel? It is all \'erv well to 

 say they can hunt. So I claim can the modern, equally Avell 

 if not better. But we also waut something agreeable to the 



. eye, a,nd now that we can have it let iis keep it, and still 

 working quietly on, remedy the faults by judicious breed- 



, ing, and, one of these days, have field trials for spaniels. 

 When that day comes nothing will please me better than to 

 ishow "Uncle Dick" and his champion that a modern cocker 

 n the field, as on the bench, is ahead of anything they can 

 . how in the " very ancient' ' line, SOLti 



"Will Let Some Other Man Try." 



TSdMor Forest and Stream: 



After reading Mr. La Rue's letter in your last issue I think 

 it hits the case of so many dogmen that I think we should 

 say no more or less than friend Smith did when called on to 

 make a speech after his intimate friend Burns had concluded 

 one after his own ideas. Mounting the platform and address- 

 ing the audience he exclaimed, Ditto to brother Burns," 

 and sat down. I think we can all say "Ditto" to friend La 

 Rue's expression and sit down; but if we get an opportu- 

 nity to vote for World's Fair judges let us vote for old John 

 Davidson, early and often, and I'll wager he won't be near 

 the bottom of the list when the votes are counted. 



Jas. E. Hair, V.S. 



Bridgepoht, Corin.,'April_29. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for ansiuering gxiestions under this head. All 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs will he armoered by Dr. T. ff. 

 Shenvood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to oilier matters connected tvith Kennel 

 Management and dogs rmll also receive careful attention, 



C. C. J., Albany, N. T.— Please give extended pedigree of bull-terrier 

 Surefoot. Ans. Surefoot (E. K. C. -32.9:38), bv Jack out of Rose, by 

 Huss out of Nell. Jack, by Gully the Great (25,409) out of Snowdy. 



Laveback, Pawtucket, R. I.— Will you kiudlv give me yom- opinion 

 in regard to my setter dog. He is Syrs. old and from some of the best 

 buutmg stock in this seciion, but shows no disposition to stand his 

 Ijirds; will hunt all day, but does not seem to knosv how to follow up 

 and stand his bii-ds, although very much excited when one flushes 

 ahead of him. Can he be taught to stand? He would road up any 

 small moving object and point when a puppy, but seems to have out- 

 grown this. Can I get any information in regard to teaching him this 

 from Hanunond's book advertised in your columns? Ans. Your dog 

 has not had experience and regular work enough to steady him prop- 

 erly. Aged dogs rarely employ the same methods which t'hej' favored 

 in puppyhood. That he will not stand his birds is not at all remarka- 

 ble. Few high-spirited dogs do so before being properly trained. 

 From your description of the dog's peculiarities, we would advise you 

 to send him to a competent professional trainer. He will require 

 much work to steady him. Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking" will 

 give you much information on the subject. 



4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 

 4. Cor., Marblehead, Club Reg. 

 4. Beverly, 1st Buzzard's Bay 



Cham., Mon. Beach. 

 4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 

 4. Rochester, An., L. Y. R. A., 



Charlotte. N. Y. 

 4. Buffalo, Club Regatta. L. Erie. 

 4-5. Citizens Association, Open, 



Detroit, Blich. 

 8. Riverside, An., Riverside, Ct. 

 8. Beverly, 2d Open Sweeps, Quis- 



sett. 



8. Knickerbocker, Club, Sloops 

 and Cutters, College Point. 



8. Monatiquot, Cash Prizes, Wey- 

 mouth. 



8. Savin Hill, First Cup, Dorches- 

 ter Bay. 



8. So.Boston,lstCham„So.Boston 

 8. Mos. Fleet, Cham., So. Boston. 



20. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day, Wey- 

 mouth. 



^2. Mos. Fleet, Cham., So. Boston. 



22. Rochester. Skiff, Charlotte. 



22. Riverside, Special Cup, River- 

 side, Conn. 



22. Cor., Marblehead, 31-footers. 



22. Beverly, 3d Open Sweep, Mon. 

 Beach. 



22. Savin Hill, Union Race, Dor- 

 chester Bay. 



25-27-28. New York, Astor Cup, 

 Newport. 



28. Savin Hill, Moonlight SaO. 



29. Buffalo, An. Cruise, Lake Erie. 

 29. Indian Harbor, An., Green- 

 wich, Conn. 



29-30. Cor.. San Fran., Masquerade 



and Cruise. 

 29. HuU Cor., Cash Race, HuU. 



fncffHttg. 



FIXTURES. 



MAY, 



6. Cor.,SanFran.,Cruise,Sausahto 30. Atlantic, Opening, N. Y. Bay. 



r. Cor., San Fran., Cruise with 30. Brooklyn, Opening, Qravesend 



San Fran. Y. C. Fleet. Bay. 



12. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 30. Am. Model, Prospect Park. 



13-14.Cor..SanFran.,Cruise,Valle30 30. So. Boston. Open, So. Boston. 



20. Southern, Sully Cup, N.Orleans 30. Pall River, Opening, Mt. Hope 



26. Corinthian, Atlantic City. Bay. 



27. Buffalo, Opening Cruise,L.Erie. 30. Cor., San Fran., Annual, San 

 27. Phila., Opening Cruise.Del.Riv. Francisco Bay. 



27. Rochester, Opening Cruise to 30. Manayunk Model, Regatta, 

 Sodus, Charlotte, N. Y". Schuylldll River. 



1. Pavonia. 31. Cedar Pt.. Opening, Cedar Pt. 

 30. Excelsior, Open, N. Y. Bay. 



JUNK. 



3. Buffalo, Pen.,40 & 35ft., L. Erie. 17. Commonwealth, Cup, Boston. 



3. Savin Hill, First Champ., Dor- 17. Massachusetts, An. Open, off 



AUOUST. 



1. Monatiquot, 1st Cham., Wey. 16. Savm Hill, Sail-off, Dorchester 



mouth. Bay. 

 . Savin Hill, 2d Champ.,Dorch6S- 19. Mos. Fleet, Cham., So. Boston. 



ter. 19. Riverside, Ladies' Day Race, 



. Cor., Marblehead, 2d Cham. Riverside, Conn. 



. So. Boston,2dCharQ.,So.Boston 19. Quincy,ClubRace,Quincy,Mass 

 Beverly, 2d Buzzard's Bay 19. Beverly, 1st Open, Quiss'ett. 



Cham., Mon. Beach. 19. So. Boston,3dCham.,So.Boston 



Ivuickerbocker, Club, Cabin 19-20. Cor., San Fi-an.. Cruise, 

 Cats, College Point. Goat Island. 



. Riverside, Pen. Regatta, River- 19. Savin Hill, Union Open, Dor- 

 side, Conn. Chester Bay. 

 . Mos. Fleet, Cham., So. Boston. 21. Rhode Island, Open. 

 . Commonwealth, Ladies' Day, 22. Massachusetts, Club, Dorches- 



Boston Harbor. ter Bay. 



. Quincy,ClubRace,Quincy,Mass 34. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 

 . Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass 24. Commonwealth, 2d Pen,Boston 

 Massachiisetts, Open, Under 26. Buffalo, Ladies' Day. 



26. Cor., Atlantic City,' Annual. 

 26. Cor., Marblehead, 3d Cham. 

 26. Monatiquot, 3d Cham., Wey- 

 mouth. 



26. Larchmont, Oyster Boats, 



Larchmont. 

 26-27. Cor., San Fran., Cruise, Pet- 



aluma Creek. 

 — . New York, Cruise, Goelet Cups, 



Newport. 

 — . Cor., Sweeps, 85ft. Class, New- 

 port. 



23ft., Dorchester Bay. 

 10. Rochester, Ladies' Day. Char- 

 lotte, N. Y. 

 12. Hull Cor., 2d Cham., mill. 



12. Beverly, Marblehead. 



13. Cor., San Fran., Rowing Races, 



Tiburon. 



14-19. Cor., Marblehead, Midsum- 

 mer Series. 



16. Monatiquot, 2d Cham., Wey- 

 mouth. 



19. Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass 



Chester Bay. 

 3. Williamsburg, Opening. 



Nahant. 



17. Beverly, Open sweeps, Mon. B. 



3. Qumcy\ Club Race, Mass. 17. Cor., MarbTehead,~iIandicap." 



" ■ " * Mass 17. Corinthian, An., New Y^ork. 



3. Lynn, Expert Cup, LjTin, 



4. Pavonia. 



5. Phila., Open Reg., Del. River. 

 8. Monatiquot, Open. Weymouth. 



17. Mos. Fleet. Club, So. Boston. 

 17. Phila., Open Race, 15ft. Boats, 

 Delaware River. 



10. Buffalo,Pen., 35,25,20ft.,L.Erie. 19. WilUamsburg, Spring Regatta. 

 10. Larchmont, Spring Regatta, 21. Quincy, Club Race, Mass. 

 Larchmont. 22. Rhode Island, Ladies' Day. 



10. New Jersey, An.. N. Y. Bay 

 10. Corinthian. Atlantic City. 

 10-11. Cor., San Fran., Cruise, with 

 Encinal Y. C. Fleet. 



22. Sehoodic, An., Calais, Me. 



23. Massachusetts, Club, Dorches- 



ter Bay. 



24. HuU Cor., 1st Cham., HuU. 



12. BrooMyn, An., Gravesend Bay. 24. Jersey City,An.,Commimipaw. 



13. Atlantic, An., New York Bay. 24. Douglaston, An.,Douglaston LI 



14. Knickerbocker, An, Open, Col- 24-25. Cor.. San Fran., An. Cruise 



lege Point. 

 15. New York, An., New York. 

 15. Rochester, Review & Ladies' 



Day, Charlotte, N. Y. 

 7. Buffalo, Ladies' Day. 



20. Pavonia, An., New York Bay. 

 30- July 13. Phila., Club Cruise. 

 — . Atlantic, An., New York. 

 — . Marine & Field, An., New York 



1- Cruise, L. I. Sound. 



Race, 



1-4. Cor., San "Fvun., Mai-tinez, 15. Conimoirweaith^istPen,Boston 



Suisun and Vallejo. 15. Jersey City, Ci-uise. 



3. IncUan Harbor, Special, Green- 15. Cor., Marblehead, 1st Cham 

 wich, Conn. 17. Rhode Island, Cup. 



Bay. 



Cor., Marblehead, Sail off. 

 Beverly, 4th Open Sweeps, 



Mon. Beach. 

 Knickerbocker, Club, Open 



Boats, CoUege Point. 

 Quincy, ClubRace, Quincy, Mass 

 Rochester, Cruise, Charlotte. 

 Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass. 

 Lynn, Open, Nahant. 

 Cor.. Marblehead, Club Reg. 



SBPTKMBEH. 



Savin HiU, 2d Cup, Dorchester 9. Cor.. San Francisco, Channel 

 " Cruise and Race. 



9. Buffalo, Ci'uising Sweepstakes, 



All Classes, Lake Erie. 

 14. Beverly, 3d Buzzard's Bay 



Cham., Mon. Beach. 

 14. Rochester, Review and Ladies' 



Day. Charlotte, N. Y. 

 14. Mos. Fleet, Open, Cash, South 

 Boston. 



16. PhUa.. Open, Delaware River. 

 16. Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass. 

 N. Y. Y. R. A., An., N. Y. Bay. 21. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 

 Beverly, 2d Open, Mon. Beach. 23-24. Cor., San Fran., Cruise and 

 Corinthian, Atlantic City. Corinthian Games. 



Knickerbocker, Ladies' Day, — . Larchmont, Fall Regatta, 



CoUege Point. Larchmont. 

 Beverly, Marblehead. — . Larchmont, Special, Schrs. 



Commonwealth, 3d Pen, Boston and 85ft. Class, Larchmont. 



OCTOBER. 



Cor., San Francisco, Ci'uise. 14. Commonwealth, Novelty Race, 

 Cor., San Fran., Closing Day. Boston Harbor. 

 Buffalo, Closing Cruise. 



The nautical writer of Town Topicshas been laboring for some time 

 to convince his readers tliat tlie modern British yacht is but a copy of 

 American craft; his latest effort being as foUows: 



"The marked featiu'e of this year's international yacht racing will 

 be that the contesting vessels are all American, although some of them 

 are building on the other side of the water. This fact wiU deprive the 

 races of some of their interest, as the contests wiU sunply settle the 

 question whether or not the English designers have accepted our 

 evolution and improved on it. *** Now, however, the conditions 

 are changed, and the whole fleet of new racers on both sides of the 

 water might well have come from the Ilerresholt drawingboard. The 

 new English boats, it is true, are in the way of overhangs, draft and 

 spar plan rather ihore exaggerated than are ours, but the main fea- 

 tures of both sets are so nearly aUke that the results of theii- competi- 

 tion are likely to depend more on skiU in handling than on type. 

 However, be the results what they may, we can truly say that we nave 

 educated the Britisher." 



In reading such nonsense as this, one is led to wonder whether the 

 writer of it has seen either the American or British craft of the last 

 five years; if he has, he should know that the rig of the American 

 cutter has absolutely nothing suggestive of the old American sloop 

 but is merely a modification of the British cutter rig. As to models' 

 the father and originator of the latest racing type is undoubtedly Mr! 

 Arthur E. Payne. The cutting away of deadwood and the hollowing 

 of the midship section, the two marked characteristics of the modern 



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