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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Aug. 13, 1893. 



DOG CHAT. 



Description of a Fox-Terrier. 



The tliird number of the Fox-Terrier Chronicle, since it 

 made its appearance under new management, is the first we 

 have seen, and is in many ways an improvement on the old 

 go-as-you-please editions. The contest for a drawing of the 

 new heading for the cover proved a triumph for Maud Earle, 

 the noted English animal artist, and the decision that pre- 

 ferred her work to that of Mr. Moore is a just one, both are 

 good, but Miss Earle's smacks a little more of the furze 

 bushes and terrier life. The new management gave a prize 

 of $25 for the best description of a f ox-tei-rier, and out of the 

 many papers sent in Mr. E. Welbum's idea was considered 

 the best. He is an old fox-terrier man, exhibitor, owner and 

 breeder, and this is how he would like to see them turn out: 

 "The fox-terriers are in two varieties, viz., smooth-coated 

 and wire-coated, and mth this exception, they are one and the 

 same dog. The head should be long, with level, narrow 

 skull; the under jaw deep, flat and of sufficient length, so 

 that the teeth are level in the mouth; the eyes well set and of 

 deep hazel color, with a keen determined expression; the face 

 should be well filled in under the eyes, and carrying the 

 strength fairly well to the muzzle end; fctrs small, V-shaped 

 and of fair strength, set well on the head and dropping down 

 forward, with the points in a direct line to the eye; the necfc 

 should be of fair length, clean under throat, gradually 

 strengthening and gracefully set into the shoulders, which 

 should be long and well laid" back, finishing clean and fine on 

 the top; the.c/iest narrow andbrisketdeep, vnth. elbows placed 

 under; the' forelegs should be absolutely straight, with 

 good strong round bone carried right down to the foot which 

 should be short with well raised toes- the hack short with 

 strong loin, the ribs should go well back, be deep and well 

 sprung, the set on of stern should be rather high, and gaily 

 carried, the full strength of the tail to be carried out from 

 the set on, to the end, and not curl or come too much over 

 the back; the hindquarters strong and miiscular, free from 

 droop; thighs long and of fair breadth, with stifles not too 

 straight and hocks near the ground; the movement of the 

 dog should be level and straight all round, and free from 

 swing on the elbows, or twirl of the hocks; the character of 

 the dog greatly depending on his aijpearance, which must be 

 smart and sprightly, full of determination, at the same time 

 clean in finish with a workman and gentlemanly appear- 

 ance combined; the coat of the smooth variety should be 

 straight and flat, lying very close, dense and hard, while the 

 wires should have one under coat and an overt;oat of strong 

 wiry hair which should handle like bristles; the weight of 

 dogs should not exceed ISJ^lbs. and bitches 16J^lbs. ; the coior 

 most desirable being black'and tan marked head, with white 

 body, this color gives the dog a more hardy look than either 

 tan or lemon markings." The fox-terrier men on the other 

 side have evidently a strong journal behind them, and the 

 existence and support of such a journal proves that the fox- 

 terrier is the most popular breed extant. 



No Show for Kingston. 



Sentiment is all very well in its way, but there are a good 

 many stern business obstacles to overcome in connection 

 with the successful conduct of a bench show, and these 

 alfairs cannot very well be run on the enthusiasm of a few 

 local fanciers. The Kingston Kennel Club of Canada ex- 

 pected to hold a show this fall, and in the face of two signal 

 failures the intention ^A'as a plucky one, and we so .stated at 

 the time of the amiouncement. Mr. H. C. Bates, however, 

 writes us that owing to the inability of the club to raise the 

 necessary funds to guarantee the successful holding of its 

 fourth annual bench show, he regrets to say that there will 

 consequently be no show held this year. Exhibitors will 

 miss the pretty Kingston fixture— and the fishing. 



The Purchase of Signal. 



Dr. Jarvis seems fully alive to the interests of Irish setters 

 in this country and his importation of such a dog as Signal 

 proves that the Doctor is as ready with his purse as his pen 

 when the "reds" are concerned." The importation of such 

 accomplished field dogs will go far to help the Irish setter 

 trials along, of which, by the way, we hear very little these 

 days. Of bench show dogs and "good lookers" we have a 

 plenty, but trained stock to breed from for field work is in 

 the minority. Spasmodic elf orts and training a dog here 

 and there will not effect any good permanent result, it is 

 only by sustained effort as in the case of English setters and 

 pointers that good results will accrue. Dr. Jarvis deserves 

 every congratulation for his plucky venture and we trust 

 that" such signal efforts will meet with their reward. 



Yacht Races and Field Trials. 



The yacht races now being sailed off the Isle of Wight 

 should prove of more than passing interest to such land lub- 

 bers as our field trial men. Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll, the 

 owner of the Navahoe, is a familiar name in the entry lists of 

 the different field trial stakes. His friend, Mr. "Hei-mie" 

 Duryea, though it is not generally known, sailed with Mr. 

 Carroll in the Navahoe when she crossed the Atlantic. An 

 Eastern field trial without INIr. Duryea as judge will seem an 

 anomaly indeed. 



Canada's Exhibit. 



Mr. Alfred Geddes, of Ottawa, Canada, has been chosen 

 superintendent of the Canadian exhibit at the World's Fail- 

 Show. Mr. Geddes is well and favorably Imown to Canadian 

 exhibitors and we have no doubt that the choice is a good 

 one. Mr. Geddes will probably have an up-hill task in bring- 

 ing things into shape again after the June postponement, 

 but as most of the best Canadian dogs will probably appear 

 at the Toronto show no extra preparation will be needed, as 

 was the case before. 



Appointment of Substitute Judges. 



The opirdons of prominent exhibitors expressed in recent 

 issues of the Forest and Steeam show that Dr. Perry's pro- 

 posed alteration of the rule regarding the appointment of 

 substitute judges does not meet with unqualified approval. 

 We should like to hear from other dog men what they think 

 of it, 60 that when the resolution is proposed iu meeting the 

 delegates may have some idea of the feeling of exhibitors in 

 general on the subject. 



A Novel Match. 



Mr. Freeman Lloyd is authority in the Sporting Mirror, 

 for the statement that another sporting challenge is soon 

 to be made. A certain well-lcnown exhibitor will back six 

 dogs from his kennel against any other half-dozen in Eng- 

 land, to be drawn from any quarters. English exhibitors 

 seem to be tiring of the endless round of shows judging by 

 the paucity of entries and appealing ^vhips of the different 

 secretaries. Match making affords a novel distraction and 

 this latest offer seems a very sportsmanlike idea but a diffi- 

 cult task for any judge. 



■ A capital article entitled "Champion D'Orsay Inter- 

 viewed," gives his life in his own "words." One bit is 

 especially good, where D'Orsay tells about his brother and 

 ister's, Russley Joker and Russley iSTettle, return from their 

 rst show. D'Orsay, being the ugly duckling, is not thought 



much of at that time, and consequently is a bit jealous. This 

 is how he expresses his feelings: "The tales they told, too, 

 how they met a great swell at the shows called Venio, and a 

 beautiful sister of his called Vesuvienne, then how a villain- 

 ous old gentleman called Digby something (Digby Grand) 

 nearly got hold of Joker, and how two great American dogs 

 had come over to win some of the prizes, how they were 

 taken oft' their benches, led about on the chain and pulled up 

 on their toes, how they heard people say they were 'Clarke 

 type,' and many other remarks which none of us could then- 

 understand, they were so conceited that I really was not 

 sorry when two or three days after their return they were 

 both taken ill from the effects of their first outing." 



St. Bernard Emigrants. 



Spratts Patent have shipped from England by s. s. 

 Spain to this city the St. Bernard Erin-Go-Bragh for Mr. P. 

 Scanlin, of St. Louis. The British Fancier also says that 

 the St. Bernard Gay Lad is also coming over on the s. s. 

 France for some one in New York. 



New Jersey Kennel League. 



A regular meeting of the executive committee will be held 

 at the Molten Hotel, 146 Market street, Newark, N. J., Aug. 

 11', at 8:15 P. M. W. F. Seidler, M, D., is the secretary. 



Mr. C. A. Sumner, the popular secretary of the Southern 

 California Kennel Club, resorts to no half measures when he 

 loses a dog. On July 18 his fox-terrier Bess was stolen and 

 he now otters, through the chief of police, $100 for the arrest 

 and conviction of the thief and return of the dog, and a suit- 

 able reward for the return of the dog, should it be proved 

 that the present possessor is an innocent person. A few in- 

 centives of this sort for the conviction of those who steal 

 dogs would have a deterring effect in many quarters. 



F( iREST AND Stream of -June 29 publishes an instantaneous 

 photograph of two pointers at work that is a real pleasure to 

 contemplate.— Sfoc/c-ivecpe?", Englan d. 



We hear through Mr. Washinston that the noted Irish set- 

 ter matron Red Rose whelped last month one dog and one 

 bitch to Kildare Beverley. This bitch is getting on in yea,rs 

 now and this may be her last litter. Bella of Kildare has 

 seven healthy reds and Swivelette has also increased the 

 canine classes with ten by Kildare Beverley. Mr. Washing- 

 ton has repurchased champion Winnie II. from Mr. Bishop. 



Mr. E. A. Manice, the well-known dachshund exhibitor, 

 has decided to call his kennels "The Windrush Kennels," 

 having decided to give his first champion, Windrush Rioter, 

 the honor of having the kennel and stock farm named after 

 him, and the dogs will henceforth be known tmder that 

 name. By the way, Mr. Manice had given up all idea of buy- 

 ing Pterodactyl before the New York show. Windrush 

 Rioter has defeated the classical dog three or four times, 

 and his owner is quite content with those he has. Janet has 

 just Aveaned three future tan "champions," by Jay, and 

 IPrincess is nursing seven by the same dog, all liver and 

 tans. Mr. Manice would like to meet Mr. Woodiwiss's dog 

 at the World's Fair show. 



Foxhiounds in the South. 



Louisville, Ky., Aug. 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: In 

 the last issue of FOREST AND Stream, the Do^ Chat writer 

 in a small space com passes a large amount of misinformation 

 anent the foxhound. He says; "The English foxhound is 

 the highest development of speed, strength and endurance." 

 With the ardor of an Anglo-maniac he disparages the Amer- 

 ican hound. "Of course it is impossible to compare the care- 

 fully bred, well nurtured packing hound of the old country 

 with the hounds which pick up a living in our mountainous 

 fox hunting districts." 



In selecting this animal as typical of the American fox- 

 hound the Dog Chat writer displays a woeful obliquity of 

 vision. He should extend his horizon. In the South he will 

 find fox hunting districts that are not mountainous, and 

 hounds that do not pick up a living, but that are as carefully 

 bred and as well nurtured* as any that all England can boast. 

 I know of some well bred, well kept packs in your own State 

 of New York, notably Mr. Wordsworth's, of the Genesee 

 'Valley Hunt, but they are all of recent origin, are largely of 

 English blood, and have no pretensions to the title of the 

 American hound. The Southern foxhound is the typical 

 American hound. Not one drop of Engli.sh blood defiled his 

 fountain source. He was of Irish origin. Now, for more 

 than a century the Southern hounds have been bred pure 

 and true, and all their training has been dii-ected to produce 

 dogs that could catch the cunning red fox. To face him in a 

 fail' fight, to beat him at his own game, to pit speed fairly 

 against his speed — that has been the endeavor of the South- 

 ern fox hunter. The result is an animal pre-eminent in 

 those qualities which make the perfect red fox dog. In Eng- 

 land the reverse of these conditions prevails. 



Fox hunting in England almost from its inception has been 

 in the highly artificial .state which characterizes it at present. 

 There the constant endeavor is to preserve rather than kill 

 the foxes, and to produce a pack of dogs that look pretty, 

 give good tongue, run evenly and well together, and not too 

 fast to follow. Before fox hunting was hare hunting; before 

 the foxhound was his progenitor, the harrier. Hare hunting 

 long antedated fox hunting, packs were kept and the chase 

 followed just as fox hunting is now conducted, The decline 

 of this sport was coeval with the advance of agriculture. 

 The day of high farming came. Population increased and 

 under its pressing needs the farm began to appear like a 

 large garden. Then the visit of a pack of harriers was some- 

 thing to be dreaded. A day spent in running rings "round 

 the groimds with their horse and foot attendants meant dis- 

 aster to the crops, and to-day the harrier has been banished 

 to the countries where thereis yet some wild land .such as the 

 moorlands around the ancient town of Penistone where the 

 oldest pack of harriers in the kingdom is still preserved. 



Upon fox hunting the farmer looks with more favor. 

 The fixture only comes around to him a couple of times in 

 the season, and then most likely they find and go away, the 

 last "bit of pink" disappears in the distance, and in the 

 course of a few minutes his men and maids and startled 

 "Dobbins" ha\-e settled down to work again. 



But there was a still more important reason for the 

 decline of the harrier and the evolution of the fox- 

 hound. The hunter came to care less for hunting than for 

 riding. A good straight burst was wanted. This the hare 

 seldom furnished, the fox invariably. So the Englishman 

 hunted to ride. A gallop was the desideratum. But if the 

 Squire Westerns of old, those bluff four-bottle fellows, with 

 their long coats and their stout bob-tailed horses, who sang, 



"Before the sun rises away we fly, 

 To sleep in the downy beds scorning-," 



could only return, they would find their- hours too early for 

 the Jin de siecle foxes of to-day. Their degenerate descend- 

 ants go to the meet at ten, and there feed and gossip with 

 milady before going out to hunt, which is really to take their 

 after-breakfast gallop. At ten! Think of it, you American 

 hunters of wild foxes! 



Read the dull, verbose reports of the many meets in the 

 English journals and you wiU ascertain, if you keep awake, 

 that Lord Looney was there on a chestnut cob, and Lady 

 Lunkhead on a bay one, etc., ad nauseam, but never a word 

 will you see about the dogs, what they were or what they 

 did. It is as intensely interesting as reading a few pages out 



of a city directory. As a matter of fact the performance of 

 the dogs is a matter of supreme indifference so long as they 

 follow the trail fast enough to keep out of the way of the 

 horses' hoofs. 



The American fox hunter finds his keenest delight in the 

 work of the dogs. There is never a moment wMle iu hearing 

 tliat he cannot tell the position of each in the pads;. In Ken- 

 tucky the wonderful limestone soil, the climate or blue grass, 

 or whatever it is that makes her horses the fastest and her 

 women the handsomest, has had its potent effect upon the 

 foxhound; and this State has produced the fastest and most 

 enduring foxhounds that ever picked up a red fox. Trans- 

 planted to far distant climes their supremacy has been estab- 

 lished in the field. 



The Kentuckian may be selected as a typical American fox 

 hunter. Every citizen of the Blue Grass State is sui generis 

 a lover of that great product of the blue grass — the horse. 

 But he is not engrossed in horse. He does not hunt to ride; 

 he rides to be in the hunt. He does not regard fences as 

 opportunities; he avoids them as obstacles. He simply draws 

 the line between steeplechasing and hunting. He takes his 

 sport like his liquor— straight. He does not believe in mixing 

 drinks. His rule is to jump anything you must, but nothing 

 that you can help. 



The Dog Chat writer could with more justice have drawn 

 his invidious comparison between the American fox who 

 picks up a living and the "carefully bred, well nurtured" 

 English fox. A^'ith his ample and luxurious fare, his board 

 and lodging both provided, and an army of retainers to look 

 after his welfare, T fear the fat, sleek, tame fox of England 

 is too often, in racing jjarlauce, "short of work." Under the 

 conditions prevailing m America, just one week would suf- 

 fice to wipe out the foxes of that little island. They would 

 be as extinct as the dinotherm. 



In America the fox survives solely through his superior 

 •fitness. A perpetual vendetta exists between him and the 

 lord of the soil. To-day ki the midst of our nineteenth 

 century civilization from which has l^een banished his more 

 powerful congener the wolf and every other animal inimical 

 to man, he alone, the unmitigated enemy, the vulpine Ish- 

 maelite fares gaily forth to levy his tribute upon the barn- 

 yard. He has circumvented every .snare, met superior force 

 with superior cunning, and to-day he is the last link which 

 connects us with that primeval nature which our progenitors 

 extirpated. It is a case of the survival of the fittest. 



To you my brethren who stand withoiit the pale of the fox- 

 hunting fraternity, who have not learned the lore in the 

 bitter school of experience, the anomalous fact of his exist- 

 ence amid his inimical surrouudiugs, should convince you 

 that the red fox is a foe worthy of our steel. For the ruth- 

 less methods of the skin-hunter, who lays in wait with a 

 shotgun, the gentleman sportsman has but one designation, 

 the most dastardly of crimes, assJissinaticm, But to breed 

 and break a pack of hounds able to run faster than the fox 

 and carry his trail too, to surpass his endurance, and to cir- 

 cumvent his wiles, that is the endeavor of the Southern fox 

 hunter, and the Southern foxhound of to-day represents the 

 culmination of a century of such endeavor. F. J. H. 



Advisory Committee Meeting. 



In addition to the resohxtion of this meeting regarding the 

 World's Fair show postponement, the following business 

 was done at the meeting held July 6. 



In the matter of Dr. Kenny vs. Rhode Island Poultry As- 

 sociation. 



Sesolved. That the Rhode Island Poultry Association was in error, 

 as claimed by the plaintiff, and the winnings involved are hereby de- 

 clared forfeited. It is further resolved that while the defendants 

 were Kuilty, as charged, the fact that there was no precBdent to guide 

 them is considered extenuating, therefore no penalty is affixed. 



Attention of associate members in arreai's for dues is called 

 to the following resolution: 



Ordered, That the secretary be directed to notify all iiHsociates in 

 arrears that their names have been posted in the club foi- non-payment 

 of dues, and unless said dues are paid on or before Oct. I, they will be 

 dropped from membership. 



The following resolution was offered by Dr. J. Frank 

 Perry: 



Tl^ereas, After some three years' experience in the trial of cases of 

 alleged misconduct, this committee has come to the conclusion and 

 belief that the American Kennel Club shoiUd not consider and render 

 judgment in cases of complaint based on monetary transaction unless 

 fraud, deceit, trickery or the like is obvious, and that in complaints 

 where legal redress is possible, and these elements do not appear, 

 this club should not act; be it therefore 



Resolved, That a resolution he presented at the next executive com- 

 mittee meeting for action by the American Kennel Club, as a hody, 

 defining its jurisdiction more specifically. In accordance with the 

 above oi)inion. 



There were present at the meeting, Messrs. August Bel- 

 mont, W. C. Reick, J. Frank Perry, H. B. Cromwell, T. H, 

 Terry, the latter for a short time. 



Signal Coming Over. 



Editor Forest a/nd Stream: 



After a winter's sport over Blue Rock in South Carolina, I 

 made up my mind that the more we have of such field stock 

 in America the better, and have purchased his full brother 

 Signal. This dog has won six field trial prizes and proven 

 his ability to compete with the greatest field trial winning 

 English setters and pointers in Europe, and withal, is said to 

 be a good looking one. 



His breeder, who has bred the winner of the Puppy Stakes 

 for foiu- years at the Irish trials, writes me: "I consider him 

 one of the best of any breed living to-day. He is a bold 

 ranger, carries a most beautiful head and has a good nose, he 

 has great style and besides is iu every sense of the word a 

 show dog." 



The London Field has said of him; "A big, good-looking 

 dow, an untiring worker, his nose is good, he ranges fi-eely, is 

 well broken, and under very fair command. There have 

 been few better red .setters than Signal, and his performance 

 at the Irish trials will long be remembered hy those who saw 

 him run there. " 



The report of American Field stated "A handsome, up- 

 standing dog who will make a show winner. He goes a 

 great pace, carries his head well, ranges well into the wind, 

 and is altogether a grand dog." 



Mr. Cooper, who owns so many Irish setter winners at the 

 Irish and English trials, writes me: "Signal is a grand look- 

 ing dog, up to .show form and a clinker in the field, very 

 clever and very fast." 



With such impartial opinions in his favor Signal must be 

 worthy of importation. MONT Clahe. 



Northwestern Field Trials. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Handlers or owners, in the States, ■who are bringing dogs 

 to compete in our trials, will save themselves much annoy- 

 ance by sending me particulai-s. That is, the number, sexes 

 and colors of dogs, also date and route they are tra\'eling by. 

 If they do this a few days beforehand, I will give bonds for 

 the free entry of the dogs at the port of entry. If they fail to 

 do this, they will require to come on to 'VVinmpeg, which 

 means considerable delay, inconvenience and expense. 



Birds are very numerous this year, but, having had more 

 rain than usual this season, mosquitoes have in conseiiuence 

 been very troublesome, so much so in fact that I have never 

 had a dog in the field since last fall. Thos. Johnson, 



Hon. Sec. Treas, Northwestern F. T. C 



'WiSMiPEG, Manitoba. 



