July 23, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



69 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Correspondent] 

 The McLin Affair. 



Chicago, July 15. — Sportsmen througliout the country will 

 deplore the miscarriage of justice in respect to the pariah, ^^^.^^^ ..^^^ „„.^ ..... -..-o — 



George McLin, who so cruelly starved some of the dogs Lonsdale's dogs and run them in our trials, after which he 



which were intrusted to him to train. When public indig- — t 1 — . tj.-^j „ <-„j „„ i,„..j„„ 



nation was aroused and prosecution started, the building in 

 which the dogs were confined was burned, and with it the 

 bodies of the dogs both live and dead, eight in all. 



The legal prosecution of McLin began on the 6th inst. , and 

 early the next morning the kennel and inmates were burned. 

 For cold-blooded, heartless cruelty, the act of McLin stands 

 alone. He appears to have had no moral responsibility or 

 honesty in fulfilling his contracts with his employers. 



Wait, John M. Philips, John Lawrie, Eobert McTavish, John Mc- 

 Tavish, Joseph Hawksworth, Albert Allright, S. J. Callom, S. JIc- 

 Tavish, Wm, Micklejohn, James Connery and for the Mennonite 

 Settlement, D. G. Theisin. The above names represent the owners of 

 lands within a radius of nine miles of Morris." 



"Sefton Hallam (a brother of Tom Hallam, now with T. 

 G-. Davey) leaves England this week and will bring Mr. 

 Lonsdale's dogs and run them in our trials, after which he 

 will have charge of my dogs. Birds are reported as having 

 nested well and are rery plentiful." B. Waters. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



jLafer.— McLin has been arrested and indicted for perjury. 

 Trial set for July 31 at Vincennea, Ind. B. W. 



The Watson— Iiuse Protest. 



New York, July 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: 



Three 



Utterly devoid of manly sentiment, of kindness, of common meetings of 'the Board of Directors of the National Grey- 

 honesty, the dissipated loafer wound ud his business career ^onnd Club having been called for the purpose of hearing 



in the dog Avorld with a succession of horrible cruelties. 

 Withal, there was a most vicious defiance of law in burning 

 building and dogs, aside from the inhumanity of the act. 



In a letter, under date of July 11, Mr. J. M. Freeman, of 

 Bicknell, Ind., writes me concerning the affair, some parts of 

 which I quote. He says: 



"McLin was acquitted before a Justice of the Peace yester- 

 day, because pi'oot enough could not be shown that on July 



read the report of the committee appointed to decide the 

 appeal from the American Coursing Club's decision in the D. 

 C. Luse alleged wrong entry of the greyhound Laura or 

 Laura B., and no quorum being present at any of the meet- 

 ings, I have been instructed by the president of the National 

 Greyhound CIuId to send you the report of the case in ques- 

 tion for publication. H. W. HxJNTiNGTo:s', Sec'y. 



TOSE, PGR ^aOLATION OF THE RULES OF THE AMERICAN COURSING 

 CLUB. 



BnriE, 3Iont., March 20, 1893.— To the Hon. The Executive Com- 

 mittee of the National Greyhound Club: A review of the testimony 

 in the above entitled cause discloses the following facts: That a pro- 

 test was lodged by J. Herbert \Vatson against D. 0 Luse and the 

 greyhound Laura, or Laura B.. during tlie running of the Great Bend 

 Derby of 1892, on the groxmd that the said Laura was over age, and 

 therefore entered iti said stake m contravention of the rules of the 

 American Coursing Club. This protest was supported by the affi- 

 davit of Arthur Massey, and that of Richard Taylor. Mr. Luse had a 

 hearing before the two remaining members of the executive com- 

 mittee (he himself being the third member), at which testimony was 

 offered on each side, the judgment of which committee was that Mr. 

 Luse was guilty as charged. The American Coursing Club, upon the 

 report of said committee, failed to take any action to punish Mr. 

 Luse, and the matter was appealed to the National Greyhound Club 

 bv Mr. Luse. 



The first afSdavit of Taylor is unsatisfactory in that he does not 

 state that he knew .Jessamine, or that he had any knowledge that the 

 pups he saw at Lorine's place were Jessamine's pups, except from 

 what Massey told him, which, of course, is incompetent testimony. 

 He further fails to state that he knew Laura to be one of the pups 

 that he saw on that occasion, but says that he -'verily believes" her 



CHAS. TUCKER, 



S. C. BRADLET. 



6, the dogs were not properly cared for. It's an awful thing jj, the matter op the protkst of j. Herbert watson against d. o. 



to happen right here where the trials will be held. We have — — , 



not heard from Mr. F. H. Perry, of Des Moines, Iowa, who 

 owned three or more of the dogs. I think, if he could come 

 here, he might do something. A good lawyer could surely 

 get up a case that would send McLin to the pen." 



After such a travesty of jtistice, as dealt out by this Justice 

 of the Peace. Bicknell would seem to be a good place for all 

 sportsmen to stay away from. If a community is so organ- 

 ized that it can find no Avroug in such a barbarous act as 

 "McLinizing" dogs, that community is not a good one for 

 sportsmen to encourage. No oneknows in what form it may 

 be repeated. I believe that a community ought to have some 

 strength of character, some individuality for good action,_as 

 well as the ordinary citizen should have. A community 

 whose legal machinery is such that it could find no proof of 

 gailt in such acts as McLin's, and acquitted him of them, 

 though the witnesses against him were sufficient in every 

 way, such community should be avoided by all dog owners 

 and handlers. 



Under date of July 10, Mr. J. T. Mayfield, a trainer of dogs 

 himself at Bicknell, writes me as follows: 



"They let the brute free. I wish the handlers were here to 

 help me. The brute swore that the four live dogs were all 

 he had. I had fifteen witnesses to swear that there were 

 four live dogs and four dead ones, but he and his father, 

 Ijrothers and uncle swore that four were all he had and that 

 they were in good condition. * * * If they allow that 

 brute to be free I will send my dogs home and quit the busi- 

 ness. I will not be in a place or a business where that 

 wretch is allowed." 



As for Mr. McLin being in the business of training, he is 

 not nor will he ever again be in it. But Mr. Mayfleld's 

 letter shows that there are some hard swearers in Bicknell. 

 With such a justice and such McLins, Bicknell has a most 

 foul element in its population. It owes it to itself to see 

 that justice is done. If it is not done, sportsmen owe it to 

 themselves to hold aloof from it. 



On July 11, Mr. Mayfield wrote me as follows: "I have a 

 little cooler head this morning and will try to give you the 

 particulars of the case as it now stands. I filed the com- 

 plaint oa the 6th day of July. McLin had a smart lawyer 

 who bulldozed the case from the start. The prosecutor not 

 being here, the deputy undertook it. No evidence was 

 allowed except what witness saw on July 6. I had six wit- 

 nesses to testify and they told facts, but they did not see Mc- 

 Lin feed the dogs on that day. He, with his father, swore 

 that he fed them a tobacco bucket full of mush and meat, 

 whereas he had bought no meat in the shop for weeks. I 

 had nine more witnesses, but the prosecutor stopped the 

 case. If 1 had had a good lawyer it would have been dif- 

 ferent. The people told me that the one I had was as good 

 as the prosecutor and that there could be but one ending to 

 the case. 



"I attempted to prosecute him for arson, but found that 

 the building had to be worth at least S30 and insured, and 

 that the poor dumb brutes counted for nothing legally. 



"» * -* The neighbors wanted to arrest him for nuisance, 

 but each said, 'I am afraid he will burn my house.' I told 

 them that they were a set of cowards. Have I not more than 

 a house to burn ? With twenty-five dogs and their lives to 

 protect, should not I be the one to be afraid? But I am not. 

 McLin is a coward . You know there is no fight in .such a 

 brute. I told him he was a brute, and that he would have 

 to take the dogs down and feed them that night, but the 

 constable ordered them left where they were till morning. 



"He could not be found after the trial. I think the owners 

 of those dogs and the dogmen in general will not let such an 

 act pass unpunished. 



"His lawyer asked me if I liked McLin. What could I 

 sav y I told him I did not consider him a man. He made me 

 repeat it again. What cared I when or where I said it! 

 There was a murmur of lynch running through the room, 

 it could be heard on street corners. If some one would have 

 led, every one would pull except his relatives." 



The action of Mr. Mayfield deserves all praise. The own- 

 ers and handlers of this country owe Mr. Mayfield their gi'at- 

 itude and their indor.sement. It should never be said that 

 he made the struggle single-handed, or supported by a few 

 local adherents. There was a deal of moral and imysical 

 courage shown in struggling for what was right under such 

 circumstances. Were I an officer of a humane society xMr. 

 Mayfield would have the best medal within the society's 

 power of gift. Let us hope that Mr. Mayfield will not aban- 

 don dog training on account of the acts of McLin. It is the 

 good men who should stay in. Let the bad ones go. Proba- 

 bly never again will dogs beMcLinized. 



In a letter dated July 9, from Mr. P. T. Madison, secretary 

 of the TJ. S. F. T. C, 1 learn that Mr. Charles Proctor, Union 

 City, Ind., owned one or more of the McLinized dogs, and 

 that some of the dogs were entered in Derby A, which is ar- 

 ranged to be run at Bicknell. He further and earnestly 

 says: "No punishment would be too severe for such a britte, 

 and I hope to see him landed in State's prison. The dogmen 

 of the counti-y should contribute to a fund for his prosecu- 

 tion." 



The owners should never rest till every legal measure for 

 punishment is exhausted. 



The Northwestern Trials. 



Under date of July 10 Mr. Thos. Johnson, of Winnipeg, 

 secretary of the Northwestern Field Trial Club, writes me 

 as follows: "I had a number of letters from those who had 

 made Derby entries in the Northwestern Field Trial Club's 

 trials, mentioning therein that they would like to enter in 

 the All- Age Stake also, but would fiist like to know how 

 their puppies were developing. The club has decided to ex- 

 tend the date for receiving entries for the All-Age Slake until 

 Aug. 20. 



1 "A report was circulated, from an unfriendly source, that 

 the farmers in the vicinity of Morris would not permit our 

 trials to be held on theii' lands. I wrote to Mr. McLovvrie if 

 any objection had been made to our holding the trials, to 

 which he sent me the following: 



"MoaRis, July 1.— We the uudersigned, property owners of the 

 mimicipality of Morris, agree to prosecute atiy i>ae fouLid hunting or 

 running dogs over lauds imiU after the field trials of the North- 

 western Field Trials Club, to he held on September 4. ^Signed,) 

 James Lawrie, F. McKenzie, J. \X. Kastuer, Robeit A, Lawrie, Wm. 



acter and demeanor, and in the absence of any imputation of fraud 

 or bias on their part, their decision is, under the circumstances, en- 

 titled to very great weight and respect. Necessarily a trial before this 

 committee, separated as the members of it are by a thousand mUes, 

 and based upon afttdavits of parties with whom the committee are not 

 familiar, with no opportunity for cross-examination, must be, to some 

 extent, unsatisfactory; but, as it is the only available means of deter- 

 mining the appeal, the testimony in the form of the affidavits fur- 

 nished me must be considered and the rules of the evidence applied to 



In my opinion, the testimony of Eichard Taylor and Louie Wood- 

 burn should be entirely discarded as unworthy of behef . These wit- 

 nesses voluntarily, at the original trial, testified to one state of facts, 

 and now make affidavit to an entirely different state of facts. What 

 inducements, if any, have been offered to these parties, or what prom- 

 ises have been made to them, the testimony does not disclose; but the 

 evidence of witnesses of this character is entirely unworthy of serious 

 consideration. 



The statements of D. C. Luse, in his afQdavit as to the iTumber of 

 stakes he had won, and his efforts in bringing coursing before the 

 American peple, savor of a great deal of self -adulation and egotism, 

 even if true, and are certainly irrelevant and incompetent in the issue 

 involved in this appeal, and the undersigned desires to say have had 

 no influence whatever in bringing him to his conclusion in this case. 



Unssvorn written statements from D. C. Luse to outsiders very 

 abusive to -nitnesses were improperly submitted as testimony to this 

 committee. 



The affidavits, however, of N. C. Ridenour, O. G. Newell, Elenora 

 Newell, Harrison Horine,' George Horine, William Horme, T. Lang- 

 ford, C. F. Wilkins and H. B. Byers, who state positively that Jessa- 

 mine had only two litters of pups, one in April, 1890, and one in June 

 of 1891; and the testimony of D. C. Luse. George Horine and William 

 Horine that Laura was one of the Utter whelped in June, 1891, must 

 necessarily outweigh the single affidavit of Arthur Massey, although 

 the similarity in form and language of the several affidavits makes it 

 probable that the affidavits were prepared by the same person, and 

 simply signed and sworn to by the different witnesses; but still, the 

 preponderance of the testimony is undoubtedly with D. 0. Luse, and, 

 much as the undersigned dislikes to disturb the finding of the execu- 

 tive committee of the American Coursing Club, as above stated, I am 

 compelled, according to the rules of evidence, to decide that their 

 decision was erroneous, and to concur in the finding of the other two 



members of this committee. 



Roger Williams. 



DOG CHAT. 



Newfoundlands. 



It is a great wonder that some of our new fanciers do not 

 take up Newfoundlands. We should think that puppies 

 properly advertised, and if the breed was well shown at our 

 shows, would bring remimerative prices. The outlay in 



'NO PLUG HANDLERS, THESE." 



J. M. AVENT, 



D. E. ROSE. 



to be one of them. In his second affidavit Taylor says distiuctly that 

 he does not know the pups that he saw at Horine's to be Jess.i mine's 

 pups, and that he does not know whether he ever saw Laui a before 

 he saw her at the coursing meeting where this matter aro.si\ Summed 

 up, Taylor's testimony is simply that in November, 1890, he saw some 

 greyhound pups at Horine's. 



Massey states in his affidavit that on the occasion of his visit to 

 Horme's, in November, 1890, he saw a litter of pups by Lord McPher- 

 son out of Jessamine, but does not state how he knew their breeding. 

 He does not state that he saw Jessamine with the pups, or that he 

 knew of her having been bred to Lord McPherson at a time which 

 would bring the pups to the ages at which he saw them at that date, 

 or anything of that kind; he simply makes the bare statement that he 

 saw a htter of pups by Lord McPherson out of Jessamine at the time 

 and place stated. It is true that he further states that he saw Jessa- 

 mine from time to time from November, 1890, until she was shipped to 

 Colorado, and that she had no other pups during that time, and that he 

 saw the pups from time to time from November, 1,W, up to the date 

 of the race, but on the other hand, we have the testimouy of ten wit- 

 nesses— D. C. Luse, N. C. Hidenour, C. G. Newell, Eleonora Ke ell, 

 Harrison Horine, George Horine, Wilham Horine, T. Langford, C. F. 

 Wilkins and H. B. Byers — who state positively that Jessamiae had 

 only two htters of pups, one in Ai^ril, 1890, and one in Juue, LS'.n; and 

 three of these witnesses — D. U. Luse, George Horiue aud William 

 Horkie— all testify positively that Laura was one of the litter whelped 

 in .Tune, 1,891, leaving out of consideration the affidavit of Louie Wood- 

 Duru. who states the same thing; but his testimony is open to some 

 doubt, as he testified to the contrary at the trial before the executive 

 committee. To me this testimony is more satisfactory than the 

 naked statement of Mr. Massey, as all these witnesses testify to mat- 

 ters within their immediate knowledge and observatiou, and it is more 

 likely that one man, Mr. Massey, should be mistaken as to a date than 

 that ten men should. 



The report of the proceedings at the trial of Mr. Luse should not 

 be considered by this committee. In the first place, it is not before 

 them, aud in the second, bemg a newspaper report, it is entu-ely too 

 general, and the facts are too much mixed with the opinions and con- 

 clusions of the reporters. 



To sum up: We have the statement of Mr. Alassey for the plaintiff, 

 unsupported by any corroborative evidence, while for the defendant 

 we have the testimony of ten witnesses as to the dates of Jessamine's 

 litters, and three that Laura was one of the litter of June. 1891. I 

 therefore have no hesitancy in finding for the defendant, and do so 

 find, and advise that the judgment of the executive commitee of the 

 Amei-ican Coursing Club be reversed, and that D. C. Luse be adjudged 

 not guilty of the charge preferred against him, of running an over- 

 aged dog in the Great Bend Derby of 1892. Louis P. Bartels. 

 1 concur in the above finding. — George Macdodgali., 



in THE MATTER OF THE PROTKST OF J. HERBERT WATSON AGAINST D. C. 

 LUSE FOR VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF THE AMERICAN COURSING 

 CLUB. 



Lexington, Ky., April 4, 1893. — To the Honorable Executive Com- 

 mitiee of the National Greyhound Club: The undersigned, one of the 

 members of the committee to whom was referred the appeal of D. C. 

 "Luse from the decision of the executive committee of the American 

 Coursing Club, would respectfuUy report that he is compeUed to de- 

 cide that the judgment of the executive committee of the American 

 Coursing Club be reversed and that D. C. Luse be adjudged not guilty 

 of the charge preferred against him of running an over-aged dog ia 

 the Great Bead Derby of 1892. Ihe undersigned is of the opinion that 

 a decision which was rendered by gentlemen of the character and 

 standing of C G. Page and H. C. Lowe, who constituted the majoriiy 

 of the executive committee of the American Coursing Club, should not 

 be disturbed or rever.sfd without very clear and strong evidence of 

 error on their part. These gentlemen composuig the committee tried 

 the case at the time the prot-est was made by J H. Watson, had an 

 opportunity of orally examining the witnesaes and seeing their char- 



founding a good team would not be nearly so great as for 

 St. Bernards, mastiffs, pointers, setters and other now popu- 

 lar breeds, and consequently the stock could be disseminated 

 at moderate prices and still afford good interest on the in- 

 vestment. Since Mayor of Bingley's importation, and he 

 was too old to do much good , even if there had been any- 

 thing to breed to him, the only fairly good ones have been 

 Prince George and his son, Prince Hal, though one or two 

 fair native dogs were shown about seven years since. Myro, 

 belonging to Mr. McCuen, was one. Still there has been no 

 decided effort to breed Newfoundlands by importing a good 

 class of females. Mr. Marshall, of Troy, has kept at it in a 

 desultory sort of way, but the dogs are not shown as they 

 should be, and thus probabljr do more harm than good. It 

 has been said that the breed is not patronized as well as it 

 might be in England, but the fact that the Newfoundland 

 bitch White Squall was sold last month for -SI, 125, shows 

 that there is little cause for complaint over there. Further- 

 more, it is said that §1,250 was refused for Master Jumbo, 

 from the same kennel. More noble dogs, or handsomer ani- 

 mals for either hearth or lawn it would he hard to find than 

 the well bred Newfoundland. The mongrel black dog that 

 passes as a Newfoundland with the general run of people in 

 this country has probably been the means of bringing the 

 breed into disrepute; many of these black dogs exhibited at 

 nearly every show are surly, and with danger signs up the 



ters within their immediate knowledge and observation, and it is more I visitors hurry past and Newfoundlands drop another step in 

 iiu-eiv thRt ot>e man. Mr. Massev. shouldb«mist.<iken Hs foH ri«t«thnn popular favof. We trust there will be a Change soou. Sev- 

 eral people have been thinking of going in for them, but 

 that is as far as they have gone yet. Whoever does take the 

 breed up must be prepared to sp'end a little money at first in 

 exhibiting and properly keeping them before the public, the 

 dogs will do the rest, we feel assured. 



How It's Done. 



Mr. Freeman Lloyd, in his "Din of Dogdom," gives a 

 thrust at English fanciers over the manner in which they 

 take up a new breed: "The Timbucto terrier has yet to be 

 brought before their (the British public) gaze at our shows. 

 As soon as he appears on the bench a specialist club will be 

 formed for his benefit and the description of an Al speci- 

 men will be printed and sent to the fancy papers. The next 

 step will be to appoint a list of judges for this new and re- 

 markable variety, and the magnificent features of the breed 

 will be trumpeteti forth whei-ever the English language is 

 spoken. The natives of Timbuctoo will not be consulted 

 at all; for let it be known the Englishman is the finest man 

 in the world to instruct the foreigner as to the make and 

 shape and general characteristics of his (the foreigner's) 

 dogs." 



Kingston K. C. Show. 



There must be the material of which good fanciers are 

 made in those Kingston, Ont., dog lovers. In the face of 

 two heart-breaking failui-es to interest the public of this 

 pretty Canadian town in their commendable undertaking, 

 the Kingston Kennel Club, with Mr. C. H. Corbett at their 

 head, are determiaecl to try it again. This time they will 



