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[June 1^ 1893i 



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Gom,viunicatio7is for puhlmaioii rclatim,<3 to business 

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F IXT U RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



June 6 tx) 9, WiSsahicTron, Pa., SerainoJe Kennels, Sec'y, Chestnut 

 Hill, Pa. 



Aug. yo to Sept. S.— Blue Grass Kennel aub, at Lexington, Ky. Mr. 

 Boger Williams. Sec'y. „ 



Sept. 19 to ;i2.— World's Fair, Chicago. W. I. Buchanan, Chief Dept 

 of Agriculture. 



Sept. n to 1.5.— Toronto, Canada. 0. A. Stone. Sec'y. 



FIELD TBIALS. 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trials. W. B. WeUs, Sec'y, Chatham, 

 Out. 



Nov. 15.— American Field Trial Club trials, at Carlisle, Ind. W. J. 

 Beck, Sec'v, Columbus. lud. 



Nov. 20.— Eastern Field Trial Club's Trials, at Newton, N. C. Mem- 

 bers' Stake Nov. IG. W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 



Our Bulldog Pictures. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your bulldogs have compelled me recklessly to rush to th 

 rescue of Mr. "Tisdel. He is having an awful tussle wit 

 those pictures. He cannot believe that anything good caM 

 exist behind, in, around, above or beneath s-uch amiabl^i 

 countenances, So he has no charity for those who admire^^ 

 or appear to admire, 1 confess to my own doubts, such dogs 

 To very many people their appearance is repugnant, and not 

 encouraging to an intimate acquaintance. Back of 1840 my 

 first playmates were a bulldog with the same fascinating 

 face as portrayed, and a superb Newfoundland. My second 

 bulldog was one which a party passing my cabin in the Ne- 

 vadas requeste^d me to shoot when it came along, as it had 

 its hip broken. When in the course of half an hour the 

 beauty came along swinging a hindleg, it approached me in 

 such perfect confidence and beseeching manner that I was 

 disarmed. It allowed me to examine the hip and locate the 

 fracture, with a very apparent intelligence and hopeful ex- 

 pectation of assistance. With the help of an old couTitry 

 Dutchman, I set the bone, splinted with shingles and ban- 

 daged with old shii'ts. Although pain was evident, the dog 

 was perfectly submissive while I performed my first, last 

 and only operation. No human being could be more careful 

 and obedient under treatment and nursing, nor more grate- 

 ful. When in a few weeks after, bandages were reuioved, 

 that horrid, repellaut-looking brute was prancing around me 

 in a very ecstasy of delight and gratitude. One other bull- 

 dogs Dickens describes— Bill Sykes and his bulldog. The 

 dog had one redeeming trait, which was just one more than 

 his master had. Please don't imagine that I am forgetting 

 Mr. Tisdel. I don't like bulldogs from choice. The afore- 

 mentioned were forced upon me, and they developed a mutual 

 liking fi'om the necessity of the case, just as a frozen tramp 

 appeals to man's sympathy sometimes. But the blear-eyed, 

 blotched and dirty variety is not agreeable as a companion. 

 A cheap chromo of setter, pointer, etc., is much more agree- 

 able on the dining room wall than the original of the "Last 

 day" or the "Conquerors." 



There are very few people who do not express, on first 

 view, ahon-or of the exceptional beauty in the utter ugliness 

 of the perfect (neai-ly, of course) bulldog. The observations 

 around the Philadelphia dog show ring when Mr. Mason 

 was selecting the absolute winner in the classes he had 

 adjudged, was a pretty fair sample of the general uneducated 

 opinion. The two St. Bernards went out before King Lud, 

 and when he went out there was a hearty good-bye to his 

 "Royal Ugliness." Of course the crowd'were uneducated 

 dogmatically, and could not see why the.beautiful Gem was 

 banished, and Tiree left the "sovereign of all" who surveyed. 



a.uauo aL± i ji.uuvv nuuui; uuimugs. i UOU t Wanii 10 get 



into a light with good-natured bulldogs or Forest And 

 Stkeasi. The result would be .similar to the experience of 

 two brawny sons of Erin, who only wanted some f uu and 

 got plenty of it, in kind. The two' came into contact with 



Judge , who was as ready with use of common sense as 



with law, said to be synonymous— (see Delmonico). The 

 judge was a large, finely built inan, about the size to a-ive 

 the sought for sport, but he declined to fight the two men or 

 even one. He said that he would tell them of where fkey 

 would find a man who could whip them both, if they could 

 induce him to fight. That he would not fight, and yet that 

 if he did not convince them that he could whip them that 

 he, the judge, would pay their expense for a big jamboree 

 Then he gave them the address of a man, whose incredible 

 strength was unknown even to himself. The would-be 

 fighters found their man and told him that they had come 

 to fight him. When he f Lu-ther declined they insi.sted that 

 he had to fight them or convince them that the two together 

 could not lick him. Appreciating the situation, he quickly 

 had each by the coat collar going double quick to the door 



and flunp n- " — 



recovere( 

 convinced. 



and sphori ^ _ _ „. . _ 



and we ll make friends with the man who can handle us as 

 babes, Mistherl I hope you're not mad." Mister assured 

 them that he had nothing to make him angry. 



That is an awful long story just to illustrate the latent 

 strength of peace-loving Forest and Stkeam, but it has 

 occurred so often to my mind, when some of our brothers 



admit that the bulldog may be just too sweerand^'lolrly for 

 anythmg— if one can only become fond of him. Jdniata, 



Where is the Cocker as a Working Spaniel? 



Editor Fore.st and Stream: 



• ^i^'^i?? owned two kennels of cocker spaniels since com- 

 ing to this country, and having shot over other dogs in some 

 ot the best woodcock haunts in the East, I should like to 

 point out to your readers that "Solus's" admirable letter is 

 lackmg m essentials, jnsi a.s the tendency in both the iud"-- 

 mgand breedmgot cocker spaniels in America is to favor "a 

 pretty dog lackiug m essejit ials for field purposes To the 

 sportsman the test given is amusing, and shows how lack of 

 experience IS hkely to m.iure the best interests of a breed 

 Fancy puttmg spauiels of all kinds through brush to test 

 their held qualities; of course it demonstrated thev could -el 

 where other dogs camiot. Field spaniels are bred lout^ antl 

 low for this very purpose, but as Mr. Cecil Cox .^.ates 

 bone and weight are also necessary, they are able to set 

 under the tang ed undergrowth by being near thrgroimd 

 but. the ground i.s not bare, and substance and powe "nuked 

 with life are absolutely necessary in order that tliey nmv be 

 of some practical use to the sportsman. It is easy for an in 

 t^Uigent observer to .see how far such essentials are valu^l 

 m the awards at our dog shows. aiueu 

 The work of the cocker Ls difi;erent, the woodcock do not 

 frequent the uplands, but even after heavy rains are always 

 found m swampy lowhuids, where the growt.h of grassls or 

 plants IS often so luxurious that a low show benfh cocker 



could not wort, and could not be seen, even were he able to 

 work, and if he hatl hunting instinct and bird sense to guide 

 him forward. I did not use my cockers because they were 

 lacking in all these points, although of the most approved 

 strains. Where is the difficulty! Breeders have appreciated 

 the necessity of getting dogs that can win, and have never 

 thought of getting a standard, and judges that shall dis- 

 tinguish between the pet dog and the working cocker. " 

 *A strain of black cockers have been favored, and very 

 handsome little dogs they are. Their instinct for game, 

 suitability for work""in the"haunts of game birds a,re diiferent 

 questions, and do I hear something of field trials? I ad- 

 vocated such a year or two ago, and was met by a suggestion 

 to have a farce instead of a field trial, something of a pigeon 

 with his leg tied, a dog without a nose, a sportsman without 

 a diploma, and the dog with the best eve-sight wins. It is at 

 times enough to make a saint give a smile of di.sgu.st. 



"Uncle Dick" is to a great extent correct, and when there 

 were none of the dogs he advocated presented to him, what 

 else could he do than give the prizes to the most perfect 

 specimens? I think there is a type of cocker represented 

 now that with judicious crossing will insure a dog of some 

 use, and yet retain handsome appearances without going 

 back to the faults of the very ancient order. Will those who 

 are supposed to, provide for this, or mu.st the breeders merely 

 rear for sale to ladies for pets? 



Much has been made of "Uncle Dick" being almo.st alone in 

 his crusade. This is all to his credit. What did Thomas 

 Paine say, "Have you not heard how it has gone with many 

 a cause before now? First, few men heed it; next, most men 

 condemn it; lastly, all men accept it— and the cause is won." 



Edwin H. Mokbis. 



Hackbxsaok, N. J., May 14. 



A Fair Offer. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Although it is almost disgusting to be compelled to answer 

 such disinterested (?) attacks of beaten exhibitors, it would 

 look to most of your readers, so few having any idea at all 

 what a great Dane should be, as if those disappointed exhib- 

 itors had a right to their audacity in assuming my incom- 

 petency to judge my home breed. One good point Mr. Good- 

 man makes when he says "either I must be wrong or several 

 other judges," and so it is. Will Mr. Goodman permit me 

 to make him an offer, in which, if he and his dogs' judges are 

 positive that I am wrong, there is nothing to lose and con- 

 clusive proof will be obtained as to who is right: Whether a 

 mastifE-great Dane, if only large, no matter how unsound or 

 crippled, or even tampered \vifch— of the latter fact I will be 

 only too glad to furnish proof to Mr. Goodman if he desires- 

 dogs, whose principal recommendations are that they are 

 the largest and bulldest or — a dog, as active and sound 

 as a terrier, properly balanced everywhere, with clean, 

 well-arched neck, well-chiseled head, and that certain power- 

 ful elegance only found in a good typical dog. I will 

 defray all expenses for Melac and Wenzel (I wish to say here 

 that I consider Wenzel only a good dog, and no crack), to be 

 sent through a reliable agency — for instance, Spratts— to 

 three of the largest shows on the Continent, say two in Ger- 

 many and one in Belgium or Holland, Of course to come 

 unde'r German judges, and if Melac beats Wenzel twice out 

 of three times, the expenses are mine and the honors his; but 

 if he loses, I expect him to at least agree to pay his xiart of 

 the expense, dogs to be in reliable and disinterested hands. 



It is almost a little too much of a good thing when Mr, 

 Goodman takes the liberty to assert: "That he does not think 

 me competent to know great Danes." Great Scott! This 

 from a man whose only knowledge of great Danes comes 

 from having handled one fair dog, with excellent body prop- 

 erties, but very indifferent in the principal characteristics of 

 the breed — clean long neck and sharp, well-chiseled head, and 

 who only won his laurels by default, nothing being against 

 him, for which he is not to blame. If Hannibal tlie Great 

 could be shown again.st him under another name, he would be 

 beaten by Melac under most judges, who assume to know it 

 all. Much as they know, I really should be curious to hear 

 them express their knowledge, outside of names of great 

 Danes, and that I can do myself, looking up catalogues and 

 reports. 



Gush and twaddle! Oh! yes, there is lots of it; but time 

 will tell who is right, and I ofller the opportunity now. Mr. 

 Goodman certainly has the prerogative to withhold his 

 entries where the judge does not suit his dogs, as he is in it 

 for revenue only; and I do not blame him a bit for it, and 

 give him credit for his straightforwardness in spealdng like a 

 man, without the mean, slurring tactics of so many, I had 

 only consented to judge at New York on the urgent pressure 

 of a number of fanciers, as I was only too well aware of the 

 tendency in this country to produce another hot-house raised 

 big cripple, unable to move, but as big as a calf; and such 

 dogs are pressed to the front because they are big. 



Does Mr. Goodman honestly believe that the celebrities in 

 dogdom he names have any more right to their views than I, 

 because they are excellent and approved judges of a number 

 of breeds? I beg to differ with him; to them it is their fifth 

 wheel and -they take great Danes along to judge like any 

 other breed, whereas my whole youth and also the years be- 

 tween 1882 and 1885 were spent in south Germany among the 

 great Danes, and I think I am as competent to judge the 

 dogs 1 have known from childhood up as any other'manwho 

 j udges them only because it is in his way of business. If I was 

 not, my dear Mr. Goodman, I would have followed the gen- 

 eral habit — let the dogswinwho have won imder authorities, 

 and I would be perfectly safe. Just because I saw it was 

 time for some one to make a break in this ruinous retroga- 

 tion of the breed, I consented to judge, fully knowing the 

 abuse I should reap, but I thought we had had enough of 

 ruining the big breeds' soundness to obtain size only. If 

 this pre-eminent characteristic— sound agility— cannot be 

 preserved, and the lean head and arched clean neck give 

 place to a poor, long mastiff type face, there is no use for 

 great Danes at all. One thing Mr. Goodman can claim, and 

 that is his fame will be always coupled with having ruined 

 any decent entry for the World's Fair show, and this is, I 

 suppose, satisfactory to him. 



Was it Mr. Goodman's sporting sense which let him carry 

 Mr. Hagans's Imperator in his crate fi-om New York to Wash- 

 ington, never putting him on the bench, although he was 

 always entered? It would be interesting to hear his and ]Mr. 

 Hagans's reasons— condition, I suppose (!?), Voila tout! 



G. M uss-Abnolt. 



Another Good Beagle Gone. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I suppose every breeder of thoroughbred stock has his dis- 

 appointments, and I am ha\dng a share of them now. On 

 Monday morning. May 22, I found my beagle bitch Pearl 

 (A.K.C.S.B. 28,430) dead in her kennel. Pearl was in whelp 

 to my imported Laick's Rattler, and was due on May 24. 

 She is a great loss to me, as she was a good beagle, having 

 won first prize at Danbury, 1892, and vhc. Brooklyn, 1892; 

 only times shown. She was' also a good average field dog.' 

 She was bred to Laick's Rattler with the expectation of good 

 results from the union, as she was especially adapted to him 

 owmg to her general appearance and disposition. She 

 seemed to be in perfect health until the day before she died, 

 when she began to act rather quiet and laid around a good 

 deal more than usual, and acted as if she had lo.st the use of 

 her limbs. I mtended to open her, but was so busy on that 

 day I did not get a chance, and as the weather was" very hot 

 I had to bury her. During the twenty-five years I have bred 

 dogs 1 have not had an experience like this before. Could it 

 have been poison ? Geobge L AlCK. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., May 26. 



YONKERS DOG SHOW. 



The Yonkers Fanciers' Club, recently formed, held a capi- 

 tal little show May 25 to 27, at the Park Hill Casino, Yon- 

 kers, N. Y. The club has been organized among a few local 

 fanciers of dogs and poultry, and while the qu,'i.lity of the 

 dogs cannot be said to have been very good, still for an initial 

 effort the show must be pronounced a success. Among the 

 officers of the club who were particularly zealous in the con- 

 duct of the show were E. A. Lynde, the president, who also un- 

 dertook the duties of superintendent; Geo. Langran , the treas- 

 urer, and Emil Garnjost, the secretary. Mr. Langran, who 

 owns the Yonkers City Irish Setter Kennels, and has been 

 identified with Irish setters and sporting dogs for many years, 

 acted as ring steward. Mr, C. H, Mason judsed all classes, 

 and his task was not a very arduous one. With exception of 

 St. Bernards, pointers and setters, there were few, if any, 

 dogs that were above mediocre. 'This could scarcely have 

 been otherwise; as somehovr the owners of the good dogs 

 seem unwilling, though they appreciate the glory of a win, 

 to bench their dogs for three days for a blue ribbon alone. 



The number of entries was 114, of v^hich there were several 

 absentees. The prominent residents of Yonkers did not sup- 

 port the show to the extent that we would hri\ e liked to 

 have seen them do. There are numbers f>f gofirl dogs kept 

 by the many wealthy residents of this flourishing town and 

 they should have suported the home event better. There 

 were few entries from oiit.side fanciers JVIr, Hyland, of 

 Tarrytown, showed several well-known pointers, the Vic- 

 toria Kennels also had two or three good setters, and Mr. 

 Schmidt had several well-known St, Bernards and took the 

 opportunity to bench a lot of pups with a view to sell. The 

 building where the show was held is on the outskirts of the 

 town, charmingly situated on the hillside at the edge of 

 some woods. The building is used as a rink and is sur- 

 rounded by windows, which were kept continually open, 

 whereby a pleasant breeze played through the hall during 

 the show, keeping the air cool and sweet. In fact, it was 

 the nearest approach to an outdoor show, without actually 

 being one, that ^ve have ever seen. 



Among those whom we noticed at the show were L. A. 

 Van Zandt, W. H. Hyland, G. Muss-Arnolt, F. D. McEowen, 

 Mr. and Mrs, Rueter, who owned the St. Bernard Leila at 

 the time of her death, Mr. Hooley, Cyrus Wilcox, H. Graef, 

 L. H. Spath, Ed. Booth, Arthur Trickett, Fred Schmidt, etc. 

 The attendance during the day was next to nothing, but at 

 night there was always a goodly gathering, so that the clua 

 cannot have sustained much loss. Their expenses were about 

 S400 and this was guaranteed before the show opened. The 

 prize badges were broad pieces of ribbon, colored according 

 to degree of merit, surmounted by a gilt star and with the 



Erize and the initials of the cltib in gilt letters Itelow, It is 

 ardly necessary to go into any extended ci-iticism of the 

 breeds represented, as with few exceptions they will probably 

 not be seen out of their native tovra. The benching was of 

 the old wooden style, but neatly arranged. Spratts biscuits 

 were fed under the care of "Capt." Murphy. Bannerman's 

 disinfectant was used. 



The winning mastiff dog Nero has a plain head, not enough 

 stop, open, flat feet, shelly body, good bone, but is a bit cow- 

 hocked. Grover, the pup, has a mean head but a better body 

 than Nero, better ribs; however, both are poor ones. 



In St. Bernards the winning dogs, Otis and Roland, Jr. , 

 are familiar to our readers. Mr. Schmidt showed them in 

 good order, but the same cannot be said of Mount Morgan 

 who, unfortunately, just recovering from a severe attack of 

 distemper, looked about as bad as he well could d(j and 

 should not have been benched; had he been in condition, 

 however, he would have run the others close, as his heatl is 

 better in shape than either. It would be unfair to criticise 

 him further. Lady Bountiful had a fairly good win in the 

 bitch class, thougii Fenton Peggy has lots of type, needs 

 more volume of skull and stop, fair bone and good length of 

 body; she is the dam of Leofric, a well known English prize 

 winner and should be a useful brood bitch. Lady Bountiful 

 had four pups with her but was looking fairly well consider- 

 ing. Norma, that we spoke of at Elmira, came third; she is 

 but an ordinary one. Lady Edna, the vrinniug pup, is straight 

 behind, rather long-faced, good color and nice ear. The only 

 smooth, Biadernere, has a good skull but is pinched in muz- 

 zle, ring tail, open feet and shown hog fat; not much quality 

 about him. 



Great Dane entry absent. Newfoundlands were poor and 

 had all the prizes been withheld no harm could have been 

 done. The same may be said of the greyhounds, for with 

 the exception of Pla.sh, who was stated in the catalogue to 

 be a "thoroughbred," there was nothing with any pretention 

 to quality. Flash has a capital set of forelegs and feet, but 

 is light and shelly in body, weak muzzle and too full in 

 skull; the other prizes should have been withheld. Fox- 

 hounds were very nondescript, a bloodhound j' puppy. Sport, 

 taking first; Dan, a full grown, heavy, coarse sort of blood- 

 hound showing little foxhound quality, came in for second. 



Pointers were better. Challenge classps weve made for Mr. 

 Hyland's Ossining and Lady Graphic, ^vho were put down in 

 good form. The winning heavy dog, Roy, has open flat feet, 

 light eyes; bit straight in stifles and faulty in niicldle piece. 

 Axtel King Don is too fine in muzzle, tliroaty and fci t o]ien; 

 a fairly good dog otherwise. Touchstone was at G lovei-s ville; 

 he is plain in head and better behind than in front. Dash, 

 he, got all he deserved; coarse. In light weight dogs the 

 well known Hidgeview Faust won easily from Birt, wdiose 

 coarse skull and throatiness are his most noticeable faults; 

 fairly well ribbed but not depth of chest enough, fair going 

 gear. Lad of Ossining, a promising son of his father, 

 deserved third. In bitches, his sister, Lady of Ossining, is a 

 nice stylish mover, too fine in muzzle, light in eye. flat loin, 

 and feet could be closer knit, good behind. Fancy Fan, 

 second, is rather straight in face, turns her toes out, is narrow 

 in chest, light eye, a rather pretty lemon and white; Bronx 

 Valley Pearl is short in neck and coarse, and heavy in 

 shoulders, very light eye, good ribs, but just fair front, coarse 

 tail; Snow Flake, vhc, has a short, chunky head and is 

 throaty, but behind the shoulder is a rather wtll shaped 

 bitch, good stifles, bone and front, and the best bodied bitch 

 in the class. Lad and Lady of Ossining were the puppy yyin- 

 ners; Fels^iar, second, has a light, snipy muzzle. 



English setters were headed by Deceive, a winner at Brook- 

 lyn and New York, and a son of Count Howard's; he has a good 

 head, his body and feet could be better, legs good. The 

 Earle was not in shape, is faulty behind, but nice head and 

 type. Bronx Valley Duke is a little round and full in skull. 

 Pride of Bronx has a plai«. head, light eye, good legs, but 

 faulty in loin and not ribbed up enough. Gyp, vhc, rather 

 coarse in .skull, but head well shaped, good legs and mover. 

 The bitch prizes were withheld, Floss, the only one present, 

 being very weedy. The puppies were only mediocre. 



Irish setters had se^'eral fairly good specimens. The win- 

 ning dog, Londonderry, was reserve at New York; he is typ- 

 ical, good color, big in ear, little straight in hocks, and but 

 for his wretchedly thin condition was about the best on 

 hand. Celt, second, I could not find. Young Jtmo, rather 

 short and plain in head, won in bitches and afterward took 

 the special for best in show; she stands on good legs, is nar- 

 row in body throughout. Sally, from the same kennel, was 

 shown fat, stands on good legs and feet, is hardly typical 

 enough in head, should have more stop; good color; she Is 

 better as a dam, counting .such good ones as Tim's Dandy and 

 Young Tim as her sons. Lady Betty, third, is weak in' head 

 and dish-faced. Ruby Gleucoe, vhc, has won prizes before; 

 she is thick in skull now, head not long enough; she has a 

 good body and color, howe\'er, Mr. Van Zandt showed the 

 winning puppy, Alannah, winner at New York; she is weak 

 in pasterns yet, muzzle should be stronger, nice skull, good 



