June 39, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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while others again experience the other extreme with a mod- 

 erate expenditure. In the latter division must be included 

 Mrs. Smyth. In one of the kennels we saw that noted bitch 

 Sunray taking care of a family that Scottish Leader was re- 

 sponsible for, and Nanciebel, another winner, was doing the 

 charitable in nursing a litter of Duchess of Arlington's, so 

 that the latter could have a little outing and attend the Wis- 

 sahickon show. That sweet little red morsel of a cocker, 

 Lady Gay, a bitch that would soften the heart of the greatest 

 canine misanthrope that ever lived, by her pretty ways, had 

 a litter of five reds, by Cherry Punch— his first family; they 

 will be a lively lot if they take after their parents. Jersey 

 Beauty, a black bitch, was almost worried to death by four 

 youngsters, by Jliddy, that look especially promising, and 

 they are all dogs, too, and will consequently go to market. 

 Then Floss Obo, an imported bitch, had three by King 

 Raven; this bitch Mrs. Smyth bought in whelp, from Wood- 

 stock way. Brunette, a bitch by champion Black Dullerin, 

 was rearing two by Farrow's Obo III., Mrs. Smyth's late 

 purchase, who but for his head is a capital type of cocker, 

 especially in body. Our old acquaintance, Miss Chip, in the 

 intervals of being coddled herself by her fair mistress, nursed 

 two by Snowball. It may be imagined that with the proper 

 disposition in life of all these youngsters Mrs. Smyth has her 

 hands full, a.nd we wish her every luck. Since vve wrote of 

 these kennels some time since, several additional kennels 

 have been erected, and the care and maintenance of such a 

 large kennel require more attention than the majority of 

 women would care to assume. Mrs. Smyth seems, however, 

 to delight in it, and many another woman with a coimtry 

 home could find many worse methods of filling out her time 

 to good purpose. 



Hamilton Kennel Club Affairs. 



The first show of the H. K. C, in 1891, as is well known, 

 resulted in a loss of $700, and the club committee has been 

 very active ever since in seeking means to pay off this indebt- 

 edness to the guarantors. Now another novel scheme is pro- 

 posed. At a recent meeting the members showed great 

 enthusiasm over the outlook of the club. The secretaries 

 reported that they had secured from a number of prominent 

 breeders and well wishers of the Hamilton Kennel Club, 

 donations of twelve thoroughbred dogs, all of which are reg- 

 istered and have full pedigrees, combining the best blood of 

 the different breeds to be had in the country. These will be 

 raffled off, and the money so obtained be devoted to paying 

 off the deiicit .spoken of. It was decided that the drawing 

 shall take place on the evening of the second day of the C. A. 

 A. O. regatta at Hamilton— Friday, Aug. 4— in the Roval 

 Hotel. As a guarantee of good faith H. B. Donovan, of To- 

 ronto, secretary of the Canadian Kennel Club; W. P. Frazer, 

 secretary of the Toronto Kennel Club, and Andrew Laidlaw, 

 the well-known cocker breeder of Gait, Out., will be asked 

 to conduct the proceedings on the night of the drawing, to- 

 gether with the president of the club. Dr. Griffin. Particu- 

 lars of the drawings and descriptions of the dogs have been 

 issued in pamphlet form by the printing committee, Messrs. 

 A. D. Stewart and W. J. Tulk, the assistant secretary of the 

 club. The dogs will be brought on to Hamilton at once and 

 boarded until the night of the draw. 



Northw/estern Field Trials. 

 The following reprint from the Winnipeg Free Press of 

 June 23 shows a most encouraging and successful field trial 

 situation: "The Derby of the Northwestern Field Trials 

 Club closed with 41 entries— 11 pointers and SO English set- 

 ters. . The entries are very representative. Manitoba heads 

 the list with 16, Tennessee has 7, Ontario 6, Dakota 2, and 

 one each to England, New Hampshire, Michigan, Indiana, 

 Pennsylvania, Northwest Territories, Virginia,' Illinois, 

 Texas and New York. The entries for the All-Age Stake 

 close July 15, and promise as big as the Derby. Forms of 

 entry can be had from Mr. Thomas Johnson, secretary. 

 Messrs. G. F. & J. Gait donate to these trials a cup or tank- 

 ard, open only to dogs that have won a Derby or aged stake. 

 Entrance vvill be free, and the cup becomes the property of 

 the winner. This Province will be represented by Wooton's 

 Dick Bondhu, Eiliss' Duke of Manitoba, Johnson's Manitoba 

 Shot, and Sharpe's Alberta Joe. The Americans will no 

 doubt bring their cracks and make a bia; eft'ort to carry off 

 this handsome trophy. The patron of the club, Mr. A. P. 

 Heywood-Loiisdale, of England, will probably be represented 

 by Musa, which won the Pointer Club's All-Age Stake in 

 Devonshire, Eng., last month; so that, besides this contest, 

 partaking of an international character, the reputation of the 

 cofitestants will make it most interesting." 



Lexington Dog Show. 



The Blue Grass Kenuel Club, Lexington, Ky., have ar- 

 ranged with Mr, John Davidson and Mr. Frank C. Wheeler 

 to judge at their coming show. Mr. Davidson will jadge 

 the sporting and Mr. Wheeler will judge the non-sporting 

 classes. As this club had 465 entries at their last show, it is 

 expected with the increased and unexcelled facilities for 

 holding a large show that the 500 mark will be passed. 

 Although the season is early and rather warm for traveling, 

 one could hardly spend a more enjoyable week than among 

 the whole-souled Kentuckians who run this show. 



Miss Caution. 



Perhaps it would surprise Mr. Bunn to hear that Merlin, 

 the noted mastiff, accidentally formed an alliance with his 

 Miss Caution some time since, and that, much as we would 

 like this enthusiastic mastiff man to indulge in self-con- 

 gratulations, justice must be done to nature and one of these 

 unforeseen happenings, which are sometimes impossible to 

 prevent, must be given the first credit. Needless to say that 

 when it was found that 'the union had been consummated 

 preventive measures were taken at once to prevent a possible 

 litter. 



Fox-Terrier Importation. 



The fox-terrier Dame Primrose has been purchased by a 

 New Yorker from Mr. F. Redmond, who has been clearing 

 out his kennel. She is by Diplomacy out of Hunton-Softly, 

 and according to our contemporary the English Stock- 

 Keeiyer, won first in puppy and novice classes in Dublin 

 show. She was shipped through Spratts Patent on the New 

 York, arriving Saturday week last. She is in whelp to 

 Despoiler and should therefore prove useful to the breed 

 over here. 



Toronto Show. 



The spaniel men will have another judge at Toronto this 

 time, as Mr. A. C. Wilmerding has accepted the^invitation of 

 the Industrial Association. Messrs. John Davidson and C 

 H. Mason have also been invited and may be put down as 

 certainties. 



The Bloodhound's Nose. 



A most interesting case of the bloodhound's keenness of 

 scent is recorded in the English kennel papers. A woman 

 murdered her daughter and then committed suicide, in order 

 to conceal her daughter's shame, she having eciven birth to a 

 child. The child could not be found. The police determined 

 to try bloodhounds, and Mr. Markland lent his hounds for 

 the purpose. Two of these the first day, owing to conflicting 

 odors, failed to do anything; but the next day the noted 

 winning bitch Dainty tried her nose, and although she was 

 oaly just recovering from a serious attack of peritonitis, she 



immediately took up a scent and led the attendants to the 

 coal cellar of the cottage. Here she excitedly scratched at a 

 heap of coal, and when this was turned over became more 

 excited as a flagstone appeared in view; this was lifted, and 

 digging out the sand below, according to StocJi-Keeper, the 

 little body was found at a depth of two feet. This bitch is 

 by champion Burnaby out of Helen II., and has won first at 

 Birmingham, among other places, and is also noted as the 

 dam of Dictator. 



The Brooklyn Medals. 



Those exhibitors who were lucky enough to win one of the 

 handsome bronze medals given by the National Greyhound 

 Club at the Brooklyn show last November will, ere this, 

 have received them. The club sent out seventy-one of these 

 medals last week. The delay has been unavoidable and not 

 at all the fault of the N. G. C. It may be interesting to note 

 that these medals, made by the celebrated English firm, Elk- 

 ington & Co., cost less than a third of what they could be 

 made for here, the die being an unusually large one. 



Pacific Coast Field Trials. 



The committee that we spoke of last week as having gone 

 to Salinas, Monterey county, CaL, to investigate the country 

 thereabouts as to its availability for field trials, has reported 

 favorably, and the Pacific Coast field trials will beheld there 

 in .January next. There are plenty of birds on the grounds 

 and the residents of the town will aid the club in every way. 

 This venue is a much better one than that at Bakersfield, 

 being considerably nearer San Francisco, for one good 

 reason. 



Mr. H. W. Smith hais had to taste a little of the bitter 

 along with the sweets of triumph he has been indulging in 

 lately. We learn that his celebrated wire-haired "fox- 

 terrier St. Broom died in a fit, June 20, Mr. Smith, in telling 



show, thi-ee roughs and three smooths, of good breeding. 

 Four of them liave won prizes. The owner will now have 

 plenty of time to condition them. 



"If you -see it in the Forest and Stream it's so." Folks 

 who saw that World's Fair judges' list last week in the 

 paper where a fake list had already appeared, didn't know 

 whether it was so or not. Folks who read it in the FOREST 

 AND Stream made no question of its accuracy, authenticity 

 and actuality. 



If the young woman who sings 



"Papa would' nt buy me a bow-wow,'" 



would intermit her vocalism and advertise ber canine long- 

 ings in the Forest and Stream Kennel Special columns she 

 would be astonished by the results. 



It has long been our candid conviction that if all the dogs 

 in the world were boiled down into one there would be in the 

 result the making of a very noble man. On the other hand, 

 we fancy that if all the men in the world were boiled down 

 into one" there would be in the result the making of a pre- 

 cious poor dog.— jBugene Field. 



We are pleased to hear that Mr. Foster's field spaniel Bev- 

 erly Negus is getting much better, and his ovmer expects to 

 be able to show him this fall if everything goes on as ex- 

 pected. Judex and others will be shown at Toronto. 

 Mr. Foster has got a new liver bitch that is said to be a good 

 one, by Baron out of Patty. He has had bad luck this year 

 and much sickness in the kennel, but the silver lining is now 

 appearing. 



We sincerely trust that the uews which our Canadian cor- 

 respondent sends us about the sale of Messrs. McBwen & 



^'ROADING." 

 Mr. Chas. Heath's Champion Graphic and Arthur. 



us of his death, said: "His loss will not be any greater for 

 me than for the other wire-haired fox-terrier breeders in 

 America, as he was the best representative of their breed in 

 England outside the Carrick breeding, and it was my wish 

 to use him to cross on my Carrick-bred bitches, and then 

 Cribbage as a cross on the result of the above. I do not feel 

 the loss keenly .since now that I have got Cribbage, but 

 with the two I would have had a very good brace of stud 

 dogs." St. Broom was by Bushy Broom out of Daylesford 

 Luck and was known in England as Daylesford 'Broom. 

 He was whelped Jan. 15, 1890. At the time' of his importa- 

 tion vre published many items of interest regarding this dog 

 and his record at the spring shows is fresh in the memory 

 of exhibitors. That he was the best wire in the country 

 there was no doubt and we sympathize with Mr. Smith in 

 his loss. 



The late Detroit dog show has served to stir up a great 

 deal of interest in well-bred dogs in that city and the mem- 

 bers of the C. O. T. S. K. C. are doing ail in their power to 

 improve the tone of their kennels by securing good dogs 

 from different parts of the country. A late addition is Mr. 

 Arthur Welton's purchase of the Irish setter Fingal, by 

 imported Fingias out of champion Ruby Glenmore. Mr. 

 Welton has put this dog in the hands of a trainer and will 

 run him at the Chatham and Manitoba field trials. Mr. T. 

 C. Onellette is also purchasing fox-terriers; to My Fellow he 

 has added a bitch by Starden's King out of Lady Reckon, 

 from Mr. Thayer's kennels. We have already noted Mr. 

 Herbertson's purchase of Stella G., the cocker. Tom Blake, 

 a sort of a mentor for them, will have a big string for the 

 fall shows in Canada. 



Gibson's long celebrated collie kennel will not lead to a dis- 

 .solution of partnership or retirement from the fancy of these 

 well known and old exhibitors. 



The death is announced of Capt. O. T. Edwards, of Pem- 

 brokeline, Wales, and known to the fancy as the owner of the 

 Scalyham terriers which are useful for'fox and otter hunt- 

 ing in rough countries. 



Our Canadian correspondent, Mr. Donovan, tells us that 

 the news published by our Philadelphia contemporary re- 

 garding the Toronto show is by no means correct, and that 

 one of the committee was guilty of a breach of etiquette in 

 divulging any of the proceedings of the late meeting. Our 

 correspondent was requested particularly not to do so until 

 final arrangements were made with the judges, and he re- 

 spected this injunction. The schedule is now in our cor- 

 respondent's hands for refusion on rules, etc., and reliable in- 

 formation will appear shortly in Forest and Stream. 



The Huguenot Kennels, owned by Mr. W. H. Weld, have 

 purchased from Mr. J. L. Galway, Belfast, Ireland, the Irish 

 terrier bitch Ballylisbredan and a son of hers by Irish Am- 

 bassador, which has done a little winning. 



Stock-Keener (Eng.) says that Mr. J. Lowrie has sent, 

 through Spratts Co., the bull bitch Duchess of Dorking, a 

 winner at Aberdeen and other shows, to Mr. Dever, Peoria, 

 111. She visited BuUrnsh II. before sailing. Peoria is becom- 

 ing quite a fanciers' center. 



AVe have an interesting letter from that veteran sports- 

 man, Capt. McMurdo, on the spaniel question, that must 

 however, wait till next week. We print this week the first of 

 a series of illustrated articles on great Danes, written some 

 time since for Forest and Streajsi by Mr. Heppner, that 

 wUl in a great measure contribute to a settlement of the cor- 

 rect type of great Danes at our dog shows. 



Adolph Thommen, a resident of Basle, Switzerland, not 

 having heard of the postponement of the World's Fair show 

 arrived in Chicago recently with six St. Bernards for the 



Flaps from the Beaver's Tail. 



Toronto, Canada.— For the Otttwa dog show one chal- 

 lenge class of $5 is provided for most of the important 

 breeds. In the open classes $7 and ,|3 is oft'ered for all 

 breeds. St. Bernards, rough a.nd smooth, are classed 

 together; so are fox-terriers, wire and smooth, but cockers 

 are better treated, being divided into black and other 

 than black, and also having a selling class (up to $25) 

 of $7 and .$3. Fox-terriers (up to $20) also have one selling 

 class. A card is given in the open classes as a third prize 

 The list is issued under the old C.K.C. rules which, .since the 

 dissolution of the agreement between the C.K.C. and A.K C 

 must needs be amended. Entries close Sept. 14, and the fee 

 is $1.50. 



Where is this going to end? From far off British Columbia 

 even, a tale of woe reaches me, which is described by the 

 owner of the victims, Mr, C. Dempster, of Nanaimo: "I have 

 no doubt that you will regret to hear that I have been the 

 victim of some dastardly miscreants in the fact that I have 

 had my whole kennel of collies and St. Bernards poisoned 

 including my collie dog Claremont Garry and bitch Roslyn 

 Lena. The latter was in whelp with six pups. This outrao-e 

 was absolutely unprovoked, and as yet remains a mystery, 

 though no effort will be spared, as far as money can go to 

 trace the fiend who did the foul work. This is the more ag- 

 gravating as Claremont Garry was beginning to make his 

 mark, and I have no doubt had a bright future before him. 

 I sa\ ed two St. Bernards out of the general slaughter. As 

 you can imagine, when this sort of thing goes on here there 

 is very little encouragement to import thoroughbred dogs. 

 I had refused fatiiy large figures for some of the dogs 

 poisoned. I will let you know at once if the perpetrator of 

 the deed is found out." My sympathies go out to Mr. Demps- 

 ter, and, as I wrote him, he should be on the lookout for 

 some one who has cause to be jealous of his success. 



I was surprised to learn from Mr. McEwen that McBwen 

 & Gibson's kennel of collies was for sale, not even the dogs 

 selected for the World's Fair being reserved. What's in the 

 wind? 



A meeting of the executive committee of the Canadian 

 Kennel Club will be held at the Queen's Hotel here on 

 Thursday, July 13, at 3 P. M. The following is the busine.ss 

 to come up for discussion and action: Relations of the C K 

 C and A. K. C, revision of the rules, etc., of the ciub' 

 World's Fair dog show, Canadian circuit of shows and field 

 trials, communications, election of members and general 

 routine business. H. B. Donovan 



Business. 



All I Had to SELL,--Milford, N. Y., June lS.~Editor Forest and 

 T^^^A^- ^ P^P^*" ^ so^d my pointers, six of 



them, aU I had to sell, and I could have sold more if I had had tiiem. 



H. D. Weeks', 



