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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Mr. Raper's Opinions. 



(I. Mr. Geoeqe RApee has been -ander the fire of the ubiquit- 

 ous interviewer lately. He arrived iu San Francisco from 

 Los Angeles on Saturday week last. From remarks attri- 

 buted to him in the San Francisco CaM we gather some in- 

 teresting reading. The greyhound men on the coast had 

 heard of Mr. Eaper's connection with greyhounds, and the 

 show of this breed at San Francisco was likely to be much 

 better than in years past. Speaking of Fullerton Mr. Raper 

 said that in many particulars he was a far superior dog to 

 the world-renowned Master McGrath. The latter was de- 

 cidedly homely in appearance and, although a remarkable 

 dog oh the coursing sward, his appearance on the bench 

 woijld never command favorable attention, that is if placed 

 in competition witih a class of dogs of the Fullerton kind. 



Speaking of the shows held in New York and other large 

 cities east of the big mountains, Mr. Raper said that the 



Eointer, so far as sporting dogs were concerned, outnum- 

 ered his competitors. 



"The sportsmen of the Bast are gradually givmgthe set- 

 ters the cold shoulder because they can traverse more coun- 

 try and go a longer time without 'wetting up' than either 

 the English, Irish, Laverack or Gordon setter. At Eastern 

 field trials a dog that cannot range fast and wide is not 

 now considered worth having; consequently Eastern sports- 

 men are breeding a racy class of pointers which will answer 

 their purpose best and win honors at field trial meetings." 



We have seen little evidence of that cold shoulder. 



"In Germany," he went on to say, "and England it is quite 

 different. The heavy pointer dog is the most popular among 

 German sportsmen, although of late years medium-vpeight 

 pointers are growing into favor. In England the pointer is 

 the most popular, a,nd next in favor is the English setter, 

 then the Irish and Gordon. At the English trials retrievers 

 are always on hand to retrieve the game killed over the com- 

 peting dogs. You know it is not the custom in that country 

 to allow either pointers or setters to retrie%'e game killed 

 over them. The smooth-coated retriever, which, is a cross 

 between the Labrador dog and the retriever, is now used 

 almost exclusively for retrieving purposes in England." 



Being asked about the non-sporting dogs Mr. Ea.per said 

 that there was a big field for improvement in the class of 

 terriers that have been exhibited in this country, and the fox 

 and Scotch terriers in particular. The collie has been very 

 much neglected in this country, and the small numbers of 

 collies that have been exhibited at the shows in the Bast do 

 not at all compare, from a bench-show point of view, with 

 the shepherd dogs of England and Scotland." 



Concerning big dogs, such as St. Bernards, great Danes, 

 mastiffs, etc., INIr. Raper said that the recent importations 

 from foreign countries have materially assisted to develop) a 

 high-class quality of heavy-weight dogs, and in this partic- 

 ular a noticeable improvement was manifest this year in 

 Eastern shows. 



Mr. Raper will depart for Seattle after he has passed 

 iadgment on the dogs that vsill be exhibited at the Mechan- 

 ics Pavilion next week. He will judge the Seattle show and 

 then depart for New York, from which place he will proceed 

 to Germany, so as to be on hand in season to judge the dogs 

 that will be exhibited at the Munich show, commencing 

 June 8. 



World's Fair Show. 



Editor Forest and Sin^eam: 



I desire to notice briefly some comments published recently, 

 referringto myself, the substance of which is that! am accused 

 of signing the protest against the fake list of judges with a 

 view of getting an appointment myself, more particularly 

 since I expressed an objection against Mr. Muss-Amolt as the 

 tudge of great Danes at the forthcoming bench show of the 

 world's Columbian Exposition. I ask the reader to note that 

 nearly all the writings thereon are inferences dra,wn from 

 suppositions and conjecture. Motives are manufactured and 

 ascribed to me as if they were my own. In short, each 

 writer assumes enough to prove his own individual gues«es. 

 Each one has a different guess. I am accused further of the 

 unpardonable offense of aspMug to be a judge at the World's 

 Fair. Assuming that such is the fact, is there anything 

 other than commendable in such an ambition? Were it true 

 that I had a great longing to judge I absolutely would de- 

 cline under existing circumstances were an appointment 

 offered to me. The whole matter is degenei-ating into an 

 unseemly wrangle. There is an absence of system, skillful 

 management and a knowledge of the situation of matters in 

 the canine world. 



While decrying my liberty to express an opinion the gentle- 

 men who criticise me take the widest liberty in expressing 

 their own opinions. As an important exhibitor I cannot 

 imagine any reason why I should not have opinions and the 

 freedom of expressing them, and also preferences, if it so 

 pleases me. 



In regard to Mr. Muss-Arnolt, I have nothing against him 

 personally. I object to him as a judge. I knoAv he is a gen- 

 tleman, honest and sincere. I do not believe that he is com 

 patent to judge great Danes. Were I alone in- this belief , I 

 might feel that 1 myself was in error. But T am not alone in 

 my objections. Was there ever more dissatisfaction that at 

 New York? 



If Mr. Muss-Arnolt is right, then Messrs. Mortimer, Mason 

 and Davidson are wrong, for these gentlemen have all re- 

 versed his decisions; they disagreed radically from him. If 

 lie is right, then objections to the three judges I have men- 

 tioned are in order. When there are such opposite vdews, all 

 cannot be right. I feel that, as an old exhibitor, I had and 

 have a right to express my views and preferences. Make 

 your choice now, gentlemen, to suit yourselves. I have the 

 indisputable right to make my entries or not to make them 

 if the judge is one I do not approve. This much, 1 think, the 

 great Dane men will concede. Conceding that, there are 

 several others who will make use of the concession. 



If all the other breeds have the same wi'angles in their in- 

 terest, what a great show it will be? 



Haeey L. Goodman. 



Nashville, Tenn. 



Instinct and Reason. 



Editor Forest and Stream.: 



Everybody has heard or read of the homing instinct of 

 dogs, but the wandering instinct of some of them is a still 

 more curious characteristic. When living in the woods of 

 northern Michigan, three miles from a railroad station, one 

 day coming home, as I left the cars, a vellow dog jumped 

 off with me and followed me home. He stayed a week or 

 so a,nd then left, and I saw him no more until some time 

 after, being on the cars twenty miles from home, I saw this 

 same yellow dog get aboard at a station and make himself 

 ■very much at home. He came and renewed his acquaint- 

 ance with me, and although I did not get off at my usual 

 place the dog did, and when I returned in the evening the 

 aog was at my place and stayed a few days, when he went 

 pif again in the usual manner. The conductor afterwards 

 told me that this dog was one of the most frequent travel- 

 ■ ers on the road, going back and forth, visiting at different 

 places, and always coming to the various stations on time 

 tor the cars. This continued for three or four years, when 

 I left the vicinity and saw the dog no more. 



A touching incident of a bulldog once occurred to me that 

 disproves the mistaken impression commonly existing in 

 regard to this breed. A large bulldog belonging to a neigh- 

 bor, in the same locality above mentioned, was getting very 

 old and had lost his teeth, so that he was unable to defend 

 himself against former vanquished enemie.s, who now seemed 

 to delight in worrying poor oldj Majoi% the friend and com- 

 panion of my neighbor's children, with whom the dog had 



gone to school for years and had made himself their volun- 

 tary care-taker. Not one could leave the house but Major 

 got up and accompanied them; he shared their play, and 

 dreAV their little sled and romped in the snow with them. 

 Major became a good friend of mine and one day when at 

 his master's house the dog came and sat at my feet. The 

 owner told of the dog's age and of his decre[ntude, "It was 

 time that Major .should be put out of his misery. Poor fel- 

 low! he has not a single tooth left, he can't eat or fight any 

 more, and all the other dogs impose on him. We shall have 

 to .shoot the poor fellow and give him an honorable funeral. 

 Shan't we. Major," said he, as the dog got up and laid his 

 head on his master's knee and whined piteously. "I bet 

 that dog knows what you are saying," I remarked. When 

 I left the dog went with me to my house and staid a little 

 time with my boy, who was often one of his playmates. 

 Then he left and was seen soon after by one of my workmen 

 on the shore of the lake, near the village, where he was cut- 

 ting wood. He saw the dog swim out to the middle of the 

 lake, where he sank, and was seen no more until the body 

 was washed to the shore a few days afterward. Did that 

 dog, remarkable for his intelligence, know what had been 

 •said to him and take this means to avoid what he knew 

 was about to happen to him? H. S. 



HiamiAJTDS, N. C, May 1. 



"Our Bulldog Pictiires." 



Editor Forest and Stream,: 



S. R. Tisdel's scathing article on the bulldog pictures and 

 your able defense of same have no doubt been read and 

 thought about by most of your readers, a.nd there isn't a 

 doubt but what the sympathies of the majority are with Mr. 

 T. I have often said that a dog is somewhat of an index to 

 the character of his owner, except in cases where the dog is 

 for some special purpose. In the case of the bulldog owners 

 you mention the dogs are owned because of the owners' fond- 

 ness for monstrosities or because bulldogs are the fashion. 

 It is evident that these gentlemen do not keep bulldogs be- 

 cause of their good looks, their affectionate dispositions, or 

 their intelligence, for they are exceeded in all these virtues 

 by the setter, the spanier or the collie. Among the men I 

 know who keep bulldogs because they like that kind of a 

 dog is Mr. A. At the corners of all his fields are "No hunt- 

 ing" boards; no one who knows him ever hunts on his lands 

 or asks the privilege of hunting He always has trouble 

 with his hired men, and has nothing to do with his neigh- 

 bors. Some years ago his dog attacked a little child, and 

 would have killed it but for timely rescue; but the dog was 

 allowed to live. A few days ago the dog attacked a boy, and 

 when clubbed off by his owner, turned upon and bit him, 

 but the dog still lives. Mr. B. is another lover of bulldogs, 

 and says "no hunting" also, but instead of being unsocial, 

 like Mr. A. , makes use of apparent friendliness to gain dis- 

 reputable ends. Mr. C, another bulldog man, is noted as a 

 quarrelsome fellow, a backbiter, having no friends and ap- 

 parently wanting none. Mr. D. has a bulldog that Avithout 

 any provocation severely bit the little son of Mr. D.'s hired 

 man. Mr. D. is a man of strict integrity, but never makes a 

 social call on any of his neighbors. 



The above are a few instances among many. Give the 

 "tough" his choice between a bulldog or a collie; which will 

 he take? Which would he prefer to witness, a fight between 

 savage bulldogs or a field trial contest between high class 

 himting dogs? What is a bulldog good for, anyway? As a 

 watch dog? Burglars have proved dozens of times that 

 they care nothing for him. One little black and tan terrier 

 is worth a brace of bulldogs any night. If he is good for 

 anything except ugliness and stupidity, let us know what it 

 is. You say he is not responsible for his ugliness, the use to 

 which he was put in a long past barbarous age demanding 

 such formation. Doesn't that show that he comes of very 

 bad stock? And what training has he had since to in any 

 way ennoble him? He is, as you say, a relic of a barbarous 

 age, and the quicker he disappears the better. 



O. H. Hampton. 



Williamsburg, Ind. 



[We have had our little say. We now depend upon the 

 OAvners of the bulldogs to defend their breed. It should be 

 an easy matter.] 



San Francisco Dog Show. 



This show opened May 3 with 360 dogs and is considered a 

 great success. The awards made by Mr. Raper received up 

 to going to press are as follows: 



MASTIFFS.— X>o.(/s.- 1st, Gt. McNabb's Ingleside; 2d. Gen. W. H. 

 Dimond's Liver; 3d, D. H. Everett's China Bitches: '1st, J. W. Mit^ 

 cheirs Lomita Minting: 2d, W. S. WMtwell's Venus, — ^Puppies— Pogs.' 

 1st, J. W Mitchell's Lomita Caution; 2d, Dr. R. Lord's Lewis; 3d, H, 

 Schmidbauer's Sam. Bitches: 1st, MitebeU's Lomita Minting. Very 

 high com., C. F. Martin's Queen. 



No 3 St or 2d; A. W. Cornwall's Ko-Ko third. 



ST. BEENAEDS.— Rough— Do£r«.- 1st, John G. Barker's California 

 Bernard; Sd, F. H. Allen's CaUfornia Alton; 3d, Dr. A. Regensbui'ger's 

 Region. Bitches: 1st. Summerbayes & Koenig's Fernwood Inez 

 Zurick; 2d, E. P. Schell-s Lady Delisht; 3d, Capt. W. Pool's Victoria.— 

 Poppies— Doffs; 1st, Regensburgers Eeglo; 2d, Capt. Pool's Colum- 

 bus; 3d, B. F. Laey's Lion. Bitches: 1st, L. S. Owen's Lady Grace. 

 —Smooth-coats— .BiteAes; 1st and 2d withheld; 3d, J. F. Jordan's 

 Fidele J. 



NEWOUNDLANDS.— Dofirs.- 1st, R. B. Monk's Nero; 2d, J. B. Ban- 

 ning's Strap: 3d, M. J. Doolin's Prince, Biiahes: 1st, Ailstrand's 

 Flora; 2d, C. Pardis's May; 3d, Mrs. J. R. Theller's Queen. 



GREYHOUNDS — Dogs: 1st, George Dougherty's Peter Jackson; 

 2d, Hugh MoCi-acken's Donard. 3d, C. S. Wieland's John W. Bitches: 

 1st, H. Mccracken's Lady H. Glendyne; 2d, P. D. Nolan's Valley 

 Queen; 3d, C. S. Wieland's Cleverness.- Ptjppibs— X'og-.s.- 1st, P. P. 

 Cauavan's Stamboul; 2d, Canavan's Extra Pale. Bitohes: 1st, Sd 

 and 3d, Canavan's Eureka, Stamboul Queen and Yreka. 



DEERHOHNDS.— Dogs.- 1st, E. J, O'Kell's Stag: 2d, B. D. Laua- 

 zette's Leo: 3d, O. H. Jonett's Scott. Bitches: 1st, H. W. M. Sand- 

 back's Lassie; no second. 



AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS.— i?0ffs; 1st, P. W. Sanderson's Paddy; 

 Sd, Albert Bulger's Carlo; 3d, Clarence Waltei-'s Jack. Bitches: 1st, 

 W. H. Staniel's Julie. — Poppies— Dof/s,- Mrs, E. A. Rix's Tasso. 

 Bitches: 1st, W. S. Hobart's Jeanette; 2d, G. Goodenow's Lady 

 Cloud. 



ENGLISH FOXHOUNDS.— iiog-s." 1st, J. Evatsoa's Landlord. Bitches: 

 1st, J. E. Watson's Laundress. 

 BLOODHOUNDS.— 1st, C. H. Kobicke's Premier IV. 

 POINTERS.— Challenge — IJosis; _No entry. f:i.tches<: 1st, Henry 



Bitches (oOlbs. and aver): 1st, L. M. ICing'sRose K; 2d, W. J. Golcher's 

 ,I)U; 3d, J. H. Sammis's Hornell Bess. Yevy high com., H. R. Brown's 

 Donna Sensation and Henry Erulon's 3Ess B. iJogs C551bs. and under) : 

 1st, T. E. Walker's Ben Koo; 3d William Dormer's Bruce R; 3d, J. E. 

 Watson's Jim P. Bitches (501ba. and under): 1st, H. M. Tonner's 

 Amaryllis; 'id, 0. J. I\liller"s Dede; 3d, Howard Vei'non's Meg Merriles. 

 Very high coin., E. N. Lowry's My and Dave Berwick's Betsy B. 

 Puppies— i-><j(/s.' isi, H. M. Tonner's Amador; 2d, A. B. Truman's 

 Kent of Croxteth ; 3d, A. Larseu's Dick. Bitches; 1st, J. Tiedman's 

 Marion G: 2d. E. W. Briggs' Little Nell; 3d. Leonard Goodwin's Chic 

 M. Very high com., A. B. Truman's Patti of Bloomo. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Doffs.- 1st, E. L. Bosqui's Pop C. ; 2d, G. A. 

 Van Derbeck's Kash: 3d, C. A. Loud's Dictator. Bitches: 1st, 2d and 



2d, C. A. Loud's Dame Trot Noble. 



GORDON SETTERS. — Dogs; 1st, 2d, and 3d, J. W. and H. W. 

 Orear's Dick H,, Rock H. ejid Orear's Grouse. Bitches: 1st, Orear's 

 Bijou; 2d, Miss Sohncke's Mirza, 



This ended the judging for the fl rst day. 



DOG CHAT. 



Benching- in Rotation. 



We must enter a strong protest against the loose way in 

 which the dogs are being benched nowadays at our shows. 

 Several years ago the same outcry was made and it was 

 understood that dogs should be benched in rotation in future. 

 The W. Iv, C. seem, however, to have started the back,sliding, 

 and it has obtained more or less at every show this season, 

 Indianapolis being an agreeable exception, and culminated 

 at Boston, where really there was no semblance of order. In 

 many breeds there was hardly a number in rotation and in 

 some cases it was almost impossible to find animals when 

 wanted for the ring. This delays judging and often no doubt 

 a dogismarked absentwhen allthetime'he is intheshowbut 

 cannot be easily traced. This we have repeatedly found to 

 be the case in making our notes after the judging'. Keepers 

 are not as a rule the most pain.staking individual.s, and 

 rather than hunt up a dog that does not come handy to their 

 search they report him absent, the stall under his number 

 lieing empty. A case of this sort occurred at Boston. The 

 dog was placed in a wrong stall and overlooked, when judg- 

 ing time cameon he was marked "wrong class," so evidently 

 some other dog had been taken in instead. The dog was 

 afterward found and the class rejudged. This dog's proper 

 stall was thirty numbers away from where it should haA'e 

 been. The benching all through that show" was badly ar- 

 ranged. Of course we understand that the exhibit of the 

 N. E. K. T?. T. C. upset things somewhat in sporting classes, 

 but the trouble was not confined to these breerls alone. 

 Another season we trust that this important matter will be 

 properly adjusted, and particularly at the coming World's 

 ITair show. Even an exhibitor with two dogs in different 

 classes will contrive to get them together, when their num- 

 bers may be really the length of an aisle apart. Another 

 thing in connection with this "bunching" is tne carelessness 

 with w^hich dogs of a kennel are chained. It is not every 

 kennel man that will take the trouble to see tliat when his 

 dogs jump on the bench from exercising that they settle 

 down under their proper name and number. This leads to 

 confusion and often misleads the reporters which last abused 

 individuals cannot be expected to know by .sight every dog 

 that travels the circuit. This matter of benching should be 

 considered in the new rules for dog shows, and the A. K. C. 

 pay some attention to the subject. 



New Jersey Kennel League. 



A meeting of the executive committee of this club was 

 held at Newark on May 5, when the following were present: 

 W. O. Kuebler, E. H. Morris, Frank Link, M. A. Hanchett 

 and E. A. Dillhoff. Mr. W. O. Kuebler occupied the chaii-. 

 The diplomas Avon at the sheep dog trials and whippet races 

 were ordered to be signed and sent out. The committee on 

 similar events for the World's Fair made a report, which 

 was accepted, and the committee was discharged with 

 thanks for the efforts made. The American Kennel Clutj 

 delegate reported acceptance of his credentials at the annual 

 meeting of that club; further, that remarks tending to injure 

 the standing of the league, and prevent a. further course of 

 usefulness were made by a representative of another club. 

 In this connection it was resolved that in sending a report of 

 the meeting to the press, it be stated that there are 70 mem- 

 bers, and that the roll does not include any of the oflicers of 

 the disqualified N. J. Kennel Club. It was resolved that Mr. 

 E. H. Moi-ris, Hackensack, N. J., be appointed a committee 

 to take charge of negotiations for a special car, suitalile for 

 the season, for the conveyance of dogs from the State to the 

 World's Fair, and that if space be left dogs owned by friends 

 of the members be taken. Mr. W. O. Kuebler was asked to 

 appoint a committee to arrange the annual meeting and 

 dinner during the present month. It was resolved that after 

 the annual meeting the initiation fee be made §5 as per pro- 

 vision in the constitution. 



Death of Beag-le Emeline. 



Another good dog has gone to happier hunting grounds. 

 We refer with regret to the death of Mr. H. L. Kreuder's 

 Emeline. W"e feel more than a passing interest in this an- 

 nouncement, it having been our pleasant duty to award 

 several prizes to this good beagle, whose light was only 

 eclip.sed by that of her new kennel mate Lonely. Emeline 

 was very heavy in whelp to Mr. Kreuder's champion Frank 

 Forest, and was due in ten days. Her owner says .some- 

 thing went Avrong with her internally early on the morn- 

 ing of May 6, and after having several fits she expired about 

 2 P. M. the same day. Emeline was bred by Mr. P. Dorsey 

 and is by Ijee II. out of Flirt, was whelped May 1, 1890, and 

 purchased when a small puppy for .jSlO. Mr. Kreuder tells 

 us that the day prior to her last he thinks he would "have 

 refused $500. Her winnings were hrst, puppy clas.s, New 

 York; ' t^-t.^ - ^ ■•■ 



First a 



Bro . , , . , 

 Philadelphia, to Lonely; first, challenge class, Baltimore and 

 Washington, 1898. Her late owner writes: "She was vei-y 

 near to me, and her place will be vex*y hard to fill." 



New England Field Trials. 



The arrangements for the New England Field Trials are 

 progressing. It should be remembered that the entries for 

 the Derby close June 1. First forfeit §.5, second SIO on Oct. 

 1, and $10 additional to start. The prizes are §200, .|;100, .$50 

 and §25. Birtls, Mr. Brooks tells us, have wintered fairly 

 well. The club has secured a hou.se on the grounds and 

 will have kennels for the dogs, and accommodations for 

 judges, handlers, press, etc. This "will be a boon and be 

 much appreciated, more so than the proviso our correspond- 

 ent naively adds, "that every reporter must drink a quart 

 of rye per day or else be fired;" personally we would rather 

 feed it to the birds; it would make them stronger on the 

 wing than last year. There i-i little doubt, howe ver, joking 

 aside, that the trials this year will score a big success, and 

 we trust the field trial men from other States vrill enter 

 some of their dogs. A dog may not come up to the speed 

 requirements of Southern clubs but would probably fin d 

 the New England country more adapted lo his style. OAvners 

 should bear this in mind. The judges, Messrs. Wallace and 

 Tallman, are acknowledged experts. 



Saratoga Poultry and Kennel Club. 



A meeting of the above club was held May 2, with Vice- 

 Pres. Edward Pi.osa, of Schenectady, in the c b air. The poultry 

 judges selected are Messrs. F. B. Zimraer and -J. H. Dreven- 

 stedt. Benching and hiring of judges for the dog show was 

 left to the directors. A committee of six was appointed to 

 secure specials. The rules and regulations were so amended 

 that three entries in the poultry department and two in the 

 kemiel department Avill be required to secure first prizes. 

 Otherwise the first prize will only secure .second money. The 

 new members elected included W. H. Bockes, Ralph PtU-ssell, 

 Wm. S. Ostrander, Philip E. Rice, Samuel J. Mott, Emmett 

 Carragan, Chas. F. Wells, H. .J. Epler, C. H. Gage, R. W. 

 Fitchett, F. H. Smith, Dr. L &. Johnson and C. H. Holmes. 

 The next meeting will be held on the first Tuesday in June. 



Death of Harry C. 



Many field sportsmen -will be pained to hear of the death 

 of such a good dog as Harry C. He died last Sunday of 

 acute pleurisy. Harry C. was a handsome English settter 



