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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Atjq, 19, 1893. 



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F IXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS, 



Aug. 80 to Sept. 2.— Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky. Mr. 

 Roger Williams, Sec'y- Entries close Aug. 2,3. 



Sept. 11 to 15,— Toronto, Canada. C. A. Stone. Sec'y- Entries close 

 Aug. ,31. 



—Sept. 19 to 22.— Mount Holly, N. J. H. I. Budd, SecY. Entries close 

 Sept. 11. 



Sept. 19 to 23.— Rhode Island State Fair Ass'n at Narragansett Park. 

 D. C. Collins, Sec'y. Entries close Sept. 4. 



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

 of Agriculture. 



Sept. 26 to 29.— Ottawa, Canada, Alfred Geddes, Sec'y. 



Oct, 3 to 6.— Minneapolis K. C, at Minneapolis. H. T.Van Duster, Sec. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 4.— Northwestern Field Trial Club's second annual trials, Man- 

 itoba. Thos. Johnson, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 



Sept. 12.— Manitoba Field Trials Club's Trials, Souris, Manitoba. R. 

 J, Gallaugher, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 



Oct, 30,— National Beagle Club trials, at Nanuet, N. Y. Geo. Laick, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Secretary. 



Nov. 6.— United States Field Trials aub's Pall Trials, Bicknell, Ind. 

 P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis. 



Nov. 6.— New England Beagle Club triaJa. W. S. Clark, Linden, 

 Mass., Secretary. 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trial Club's Fourth Trials, Ciiatham, 

 Ont. W. B. AVells, Sec'y, Chatham. 



Nov. 15.— Ohio Field Trial Club's Second Trials, Canton, O. 0. "V. 

 Lellinger, Sec'y. 



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

 Beck, Sec'y, Columbus. Ind. 



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

 bers' Stake Nov, 16, W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 



1894. 



Jan. 29,— Southern Field Trial Club's Trials, New Albany, Miss. T. 

 M. Brumby, Sec'y, Marietta, Ga. 



Feb. 19.— United States Field Trials Club's Spring Trials, Grand 

 Junction, Tenn. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind, 



The Type of Great Danes. 



BY A. H. HEPPNEK. 



iContinuedfrom page lOSd 



It is to be regretted that Mr. Mii,ss-Arnolt never foTind 

 the time to fully explain his decisions, because being an artist 

 he has the advantage of illustrating what he desires and 

 why he puts type first. I decline to state here what I would 

 have done as a Judge in a competition between Melac and 

 Wenzel. But I do not believe that there was any necessity 

 for the competition of these two dogs at the New York and 

 Baltimore shows. I thiuk that possibly a better representa- 

 tive of Mr. Arnolt's conception of a great Dane might have 

 been selected in a diiferent dog than Wenzel. Undoubtedly, 

 there are times when extreme measures are justifiable, such 

 as T consider were required in 1891 at Chicago, when among 

 53 dogs shown only a half dozen great Danes could be 

 picked, the balance being indifferent, short-coated big dogs. 

 On such occasions I believe the judges justified in going 

 rather to the extreme and selecting typical dogs, though 

 small, in preference to big dogs that have apparently no 

 breeding. 



In New York in 1893 there was a good class, possibly a re- 

 action on the condition in Chicago, and I do not believe that 

 extreme measures were judicious. 



There has been no occasion on which different German 

 and English ideas in regard to dogs have clashed more in- 

 tensely than at the show at Barn Elms, in 1887, to which I 

 heard one of our best all-around judges refer as being 

 present. He will know best whether the following critique 

 taken from a German paper as to that show is correct. 



"Long before my report," says the German critic, "is in 

 your po.ssession you will have heard 07i dit about the judging 

 or rather misjudging of great Danes by the English judge, 

 Mr. Groom. In Germany, as you know, we do not prize size, 

 but we prize the dog that combines quality with size, if 

 possible. But you. prize quality flr.stand look for a specimen 

 as large as possible with that quality. With you a dog hav- 

 ing a thick, curled stern with a round head, could not, if 

 ever so large, ever so graceful and ever so symmetrically 

 built, get a first prize. I hope you will adhere to that modus 

 operandi, only thus can Germany keep the lead and achieve 

 grand results, while England, thanks to her present system, 

 will remain a good customer in buying your second-rate 

 dogs and making champions of them. Another reason for 

 great disappointment to German exhibitors is the positive 

 neglect as to clean color. A yellow dog with brown mark- 

 ings and red nose, by the name of Diego, received a fourth 

 prize and second special. Breeders do not seem to under 

 stand here that you have to keep solid color, brindles and 

 harlequins separate. Even if vou do not judge them in 

 special classes you must keep them separate in breeding so 

 as to avoid dirty colors by mixing whole-colored dogs of 

 different kinds among each other. A black and tan dog is 

 not alone useless for breeding but a positive damage to our 

 purpose, which is to breed typical dogs of size, with clear, 

 well defined colors. In the challenge class for dogs and- 

 bitches Vendetta received a first prize. Her head is too long, 

 snipy, she is not clean enough in throat, and her stern is 

 carried too high. She may be the best of her class, but she 

 is not a dog of the first order. After her comes Cedric the 

 Saxon and third Cid Campeador, vnth too thick a stern and 

 long hair at that, he is too short in body and stands on the 

 joint of his toes like a greyhound. In the open class, first 

 prize went to a brindle dog, Paramount, second and two 

 specials to Leon, a. yellow dog with an abundance of dewlap, 

 badly carried tail and snipy and cheeky; third prize to Sea 

 King, a harlequin who stands straight behind, has a thick 

 tail, but is good in head and color; fourth, Diego, with 

 wrong colors, red nose, abundance of throat, thick tail badly 

 carried. After him was put Achille, a very good yellow 

 specimen of Herr Messter's. He gets an he, and special for 

 best dog owned by a foreigner. All other dogs of Messter's 

 had to be contented with he. and c." 



I will omit the balance, which are described in about the 

 same manner as the former dogs, and take only, as the worst 

 part of the judging, the award of second prize to Countess 

 VYarwick. She is very cheeky, and her hak- at least 2in. 

 long, of wrong texture, and has a thick tail. She is a mon- 

 grel and yet she received a special prize, while Messter's EUy 

 got a vhc. The article closes with the advice to send to Eng- 

 land only flesh, bone and .sinew. In a different journal I find 

 another critique on Barn Elms, from which I infer that Ger- 

 man exhibitors should take to England only big dogs of the 

 lowest order of quality. 



I quote from a German critique of the Kennel Club Show 

 at Crystal Palace in 1887 as follows: "The two most cele- 

 brated champions of England are Cid Campeador and Cedric 

 the Saxon, in whom we can find nothing but size, which 

 merit helped him to beat several bitches of real quality. Cid 

 is better in our opinion than Cedric, but his stern has been 

 operated on, in spite of a certificate from an English veteri- 

 narian denying this. His tail curves like a snake as he moves 

 and can be detected as tampered with at first sight. He is 

 very snipy and short in muzzle. His figure is graceful but 

 too straight behind. Cedric the Saxon, bred by Herr Messter, 

 is also very large, bwt his head is altogether too light and 

 short. He beats Cid, we think, justly. A champion, Nello, 

 is small and bad in head, cheeky and ring-tailed. Better 

 than dogs are the bitches, with three good specimens: First, 

 Ortrud; she beat Vendetta. Ortrud was bred by Herr Essig; 

 Yendetta is from Wtlrtemburg, by Harras I. ex Flora. Both 



are nice specimens. Ortrud's head should be heavier. She 

 is good in body, very clean in neck and has a good stern. 

 Vendetta is graceful, as large as Ortrud, but snipy and very 

 throaty. Beaut6 is a highly graceful bitch, a wee bit 

 snipy. Had we been judging we would have reversed 

 judgment and placed as first Beaut6, second Ortrud 

 and third Vendetta." I omit the description of the other 

 bitches because according to German ideas they should not 

 have a mention, and the translation of what is being said 

 may appear a one-sided criticism inspired by jealousy. 



I would consider the Germans unjustified in criticising 

 English ideas on other dogs because I believe that German 

 breeders cannot "open the shoestrings" to their English 

 competitors. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating. 

 If English ideas as to great Danes were correct and could 

 prevail, then Germa,ny would be compelled to buy EnglLsh- 

 bred great Danes as well as America. But how is it that we 

 all have to go to Germany to get these dogs? Must not the 

 German ideas of breeding and judging be correct? ^Tio has 

 ever seen a great Dane imported to this country, bought 

 from a reliable German breeder, with a bad color? I would 

 not object to a great Dane having all colors if these colors 

 were pure and clean. But I have, as a result in faulty color 

 breeding, seen dogs here of a dirty gray color, with white 

 spots and a brindle ground. If at present you take a great 

 Dane and breed him to his own color you will positively get 

 a clean color of the same tint as the parent. 



It is much easier to breed long-coated dogs, for instance a 

 St. Bernard, for size only, and yet retain typical heads than 

 short-coated ones. The slightest exaggerations of coarse 

 blood will shoM' itself in a bad coat and a bushy tail. Coarse 

 blood should be added to type with proper caution or the 

 result will be a boarhound of former times. 



If you want a great Dane as big as possible, you must, 

 firstly, settle the question, What is desired, height or heavy 

 structure, or both? If bred for height only, he will soon 

 :et too narrow in chest, light in bone and .snipy in head. 

 Jreeding for heavy bone and a wide chest primarily, you will 

 naturally get a Dane that is likely to stand crooked on his 

 legs, or whose legs are simjjly able to carry weight, but not 

 to move it as desired in a great Dane. He will be very 

 throaty, have a short, thick head and neck, and will likely 

 be cheeky. If you desire the combination of both, i. e., 

 height and substance, content yourself with at the utmost, 

 say33in., or you invite rachitis. This is not touching the 

 question of type at all. Let us breed slowly as to increase of 

 size and weight, and let us be contented with a height of 33 

 to 33in. and a weight of 1601bs. Let us, however, breed for 

 these dimensions after we get the type, because without type 

 they are of no value. We must breed for type, pure colors 

 and beauty, and within these limits get the dogs as big and 

 heavy as type will permit. If I had to-day a typical dog, a 

 beauty of 1201bs., I M-^ould be as little contented as if I had 

 the heaviest and tallest common dog in existence, because, 

 in order to be satisfied I desire above all a thoroughbred dog, 

 which means in this breed type, clean color and sub.stance. 



If on one side Mr, G. Muss-Arnolt selects Wenzel, on the 

 other Mr. James Mortimer selects Melac, and both j'udges 

 give us their reasons for their decisions, the breeders will 

 split and a portion will follow Mr. Arnolt, the others Mr, 

 Mortimer. We will always have two camps with a general 

 to each. After every show a council of war will decide how 

 the re,spective judge is to be attacked most effectually, and 

 the poor dogs will suffer. If the great Dane is to be a fancy 

 and companionable breed, let the public decide which of the 

 two extremes are most desired. I believe that a strain like 

 Wenzel will find more friends than Melac's Major McKinley. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Correspondent.] 

 St. Bernards and the Fair. 



NeaK the Fifty-ninth street entrance of the World's Pair 

 is a dog show of St. Bernards which is not restricted by a 

 four-day limit, or by by-laws and other things which may 

 mean a great deal or nothing at all, according to the caprice 

 or interest of the powers that be. 



Mr. Adolph Thommen, of Waldenburg, Switzerland, has a 

 team of six St. Bernards which he brought over to this coun- 

 try for exhibition at the World's Fair dog .show, but, as the 

 reader knows, that show was f)Ostponed. Then the idea of a 

 private show occurred to Mr. Thommen. He (milt a most 

 comfortable, well-ventilated building, sub-divided it into 

 stalls, to each of which an abundance of water is carried by 

 pipes. It is the pink of neatness. He will continue his show 

 till the World's Fair dog show begins, so he says. 



We often hear of great financial nerve and enterprise, but 

 to me there is no greater nerve than starting a do^ show of 

 well-conditioned dogs within three blocks of Buffalo Bill's 

 camp of Sioux Indians. Keep an eye on those Indians, Mi'. 

 Thommen. A dance is good cause for suspicion, a fire is 

 good cause for fear, and a big kettle is good cause for lock- 

 ing the dog show hand and foot. For the Indian, a fat dog 

 fills a long felt want. 



His star attraction is Barry of Hauenstein, which is valued 

 at 130,000. His attendant, a bright young man, informed me 

 earnestly that a California lady had offered Sl.5,000 for Barry, 

 but that the ofl'er was declined. I intimated that she should 

 have shown more courtesy to her paternal ancestor by re- 

 spectfully asking him to buy her a bow-wow, and the said 

 paternal ancestor might have favorably considered her ap- 

 plication. 



There appears to be, therefore, a strong bull market in dogs 

 at present, notwithstanding the fluctuations and destruction 

 in other branches of the stock market, as shown in this in- 

 stance where the seller and buyer are $.5,000 apart, and the 

 former making no concession. 



The flinty-hearted wretch, the daddy of our folk lore, who 

 wouldn't purchase for his dear offspring a bow-wow, prob- 

 ably did not care to mortgage his broad estate to qualify for 

 a bow-wow gift. 



Such absurd figures do much harm to canine interests. If 

 it were but one instance it would be of small consequence, 

 but unfortunately the dog show catalogues contain many of 

 them. Of cour.se dogmen as a rule imderstand that .?30,000 

 may mean a pi'ohibitory price, but the term "Not for sale" 

 means much the same thmg and carries with it no implica- 

 tion of a purpose to deceive, 



California Field Trial Matters. 



From a correspondent in California the prospects of the 

 inaugural trials of the Southern Calif ornia Field Trials Club 

 are most encouraging. He says: 



"We are receiving entries for our first annual Derby, and 

 from present indications the Southern California Field Trial 

 Club will be more than a success. The sportsmen of this 

 section are awakening to the fact that talk don't go, and as 

 there will be an opportunity to test their dogs in open com- 

 petition, they are taking advantage of it. In adopting our 

 rules it vvas the desire of most of the members that they 

 should be worded so as to have the typical sportsman's dog 

 win, and in this I think the club has acted wisely. A dog 

 that has to be -ivhipped continually is not a pleasant com- 



g anion afield, and the same will hold with the timid ones, 

 heerful obedience and good work will be the chief features, 

 and they are good ones." 



The Manitoba Trials. 



In a letter dated Aug. 5, Mr. R. J. Gallaugher informs me 

 of the resignation of Mr. E. D. Adams from the secretary- 

 ship of the Manitoba Field Trials Club, and his removal 

 from Winnipeg to Calgary, Alberta, Northwest Territory. 



Mr. Gallaugher further says: "You can imagine what a 



loss that is to us just at present, wben he had been working 

 up the affairs of the cluo in connection Avith our trials in 

 September, and had the whole business at his fingers' ends. 

 I have succeeded him and find that I have got a lot of work 

 to do with which I am in a measure imacquainted. How- 

 ever, I am getting along in a fairly satisfactory manner. 

 The prospects of a successful meeting in September are good. 

 Eastern sportsmen are taking advantage of oiu- early trials 

 by sending their dogs here now to train on chickens pre- 

 paratory to running in the trials. To those who propose 

 sending their dogs to the Manitoba trials, I will say that it 

 is advisable to notify the secretary-treasurer, giving descrip- 

 tion and value of their dogs, the date on which they will be 

 coming and the road on which they will come, in order that 

 satisfactory arraugpments can be made for them with the 

 customs officials and thus avoid umiecessary delay. Avent 

 got here on Monday with a string of 18, and L. W. Smith, 

 of Morrison, 111., arrived last night with 11." 



The address of Mr. Gallaugher is P. O. Box 1224, Winnipeg, 

 Man. 



Sportsmen who visit Manitoba wiU find it a most delight- 

 ful country. The trials afford a thorough and fair trial of 

 the competitors. 



The two trials on chickens in Manitoba, growing con- 

 stantly in importance, make a competition worthy of the 

 consideration of all field trial men, both in respect to the 

 honor of winning and the value of the money prizes. 



The McLin Affair. 



The following letter to me, under date of Aug. 9, from Mr. 

 Freeman, is deserving of the earnest consideration of every 

 dog fancier. He says: 



"I am a little surprised that the handlers have been so slow 

 in making their contributions to help prosecute McLin. As 

 for Mr. Mayfield and myself, we have received only S5 from 

 that source, and that was from Capt. C. E. McMurdo, of 

 Charlottesville, Va. 



"I am very much afraid that we will not get funds enough 

 to carry the thing through succe.ssf ully, unless contributions 

 are sent in more liberally. I am very much surprised, as I 

 had thought that an affair of that kind would have brought 

 out a greater expression from the sportsmen than it has. 

 Can it be possible that all the boasted love for the dog is all 

 gush? It looks that way at present to me. I have about 

 come to the conclusion that Mayfield and I were somewhat 

 hasty in having McLin's second arrest made, and guarantee- 

 ing the cost of prosecution, but we are into it and will get 

 out the best way we can. It looks now as if we will have to 

 go down pretty deep into our own pockets and pay out. 



"There has been a good hatch of young birds, and they are 

 now about half grown. The prospects are good for plenty of 

 birds for this year's trials." 



The World's Fair Dog Show. 



On Friday, August 11, 1 called on Mr. Buchanan, chief of 

 the Agricultural Department, and asked him if there was 

 any news in connection with the bench show. He replied 

 that there was no news. 



"Is it true," I asked, "that the dates of the World's Fair 

 show, Sept. 19 to 23, have been cancelled, or expunged, as 

 mentioned in a contemporary?" 



"No, sir," he exclaimed, "the dates have not been can- 

 celled. We hold the same dates now. The statement is 

 wrong. The matter, however, is now under consideration, 

 and will be definitely settled by next Wednesday. If the ad- 

 vertised dates are cancelled, there will probably not be any 

 dog show. All this will be settled in the near future." 



There are hints from those who are close to the powers 

 which, be that the board of control will give the matter of 

 holding or not holding a dog show, more consideration than 

 the matter of changing the dates. 



The Western esteemed contemporary is deserving a great 

 deal of praise for its irrepressible pencliant and enterprise for 

 publishing "true facts" a week or two before they occur. It 

 then has but to wait for the news to fit the facts or the facts 

 to fit the news. B. Waters. 



909 Skoority Buildins, Chicago. 



The Rhode Island Show. 



The long-looked-for premium list of the Rhode Island 

 State Fair Association's dog show to be held Sept. 19 to 33, 

 is now before us. The first thing that. strikes us is that the 

 entry fee is only $1, and on turning to the list we find that 

 liberal challenge prizes of §13 are given to mastiffs, St, Ber- 

 nards, pointers, setters and collies. These have open classes 

 with prizes of $12 and W. Deerhounds, Russian wolfhounds, 

 greyhounds, foxhounds, beagles, field spaniels and cockers, 

 too, bulldogs, bull-terriers, fox-terriers, Irish terriers, Bos- 

 ton terriers and pugs have challenge classes of -^10; open 

 classes in these breeds get .$10 and $5. In the first named 

 breeds puppy classes are pi-ovided, and $8 and S4 given, other 

 breeds get $6 and -SS in their divisions. The more popular 

 breeds are offered kennel prizes of §15 by the Association for 

 best four or more. Entries close Sept. 4 and should be ad- 

 dressed Rhode Island State Fair Association, Cranston, R. I. 

 Mr. Walter J. Comstock, the well-known Irish terrier 

 breeder and exhibitor, is chairman of the bench .show com- 

 mittee, and that means that exhibitors will find a friendly 

 face who will see that they are not neglected. The judges 

 so far selected, as stated before, are Messi's. John Davidson 

 and James Mortimer, others may yet be appointed for spe- 

 cial breeds. 



The "vet" is Dr. T. G. Sherwood and Mr. John Read will 

 see that the show is properly superintended. We may add 

 that the premiums will be paid the last day of the show. 

 When dogs and bitches compete together, if there are five of 

 either sex entered the class will be divided, and when no 

 regular class is made for a breed, if there are five or more 

 entries, classes will be provided. If exhibitors do not care 

 for the money prize their dogs may win, a medal will be 

 given instead. The U. S. Express Co. will return dogs free 

 under the usual conditions. In looking through the general 

 instructions to Judges contained in the premium list we find 

 one or two remarks that might well be considered in dog 

 judging. 



"No animal will be allowed a premium tmless sound. 

 [The judges are required to give special attention to the fore- 

 going clause.]" 



"A premium card or ribbon is a mark of merit and in no 

 case should it be attached to an article or animal where 

 meritorious qualities are lacking." 



With good prizes, popular judges and a pleasant outing 

 in view for exhibitors, it will be matter for surprise if "Little 

 Rhody" does not make a record. 



Ottawa Show. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The premium list of the Ottawa show is no doubt in the 

 hands of nearly all dogmen by this time, unfortunately a 

 few were sent out before the changes relating_ to our Ameri- 

 can cousins were made. I would therefore like to call the 

 attention of those who have received such to the faetthat all 

 American dogs shown at the Canadian shows this year must 

 first be entered or listed with the Canadian Kennel Club. 

 There is another important point to which I would like to 

 call the attention of American exhibitors. Challenge or 

 champion dogs will not under any consideration be allowed 

 to compete in open classes, as was done last year at all the 

 Canadian shows. Our judges have not yet been appointed, 

 but will be announced shortly. 



Alfred Geddes, Sec'y and Snpt, 



Ottawa, Can., Aug. 9. 



