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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 16, 1893. 



Dr. Mills Relieves his Feelings. 



The president of the Canadian Kennel Club publishes 

 what he terms an "Annual Address to the C. K. C," This is 

 not customary, but he thinks it should be, and perhaps it is 

 if kept to a proper purpose. In this addi-ess, which is quite 

 a long one, a good deal of .space is devoted to a defense 

 against the attacks made upon him during the past year, 

 and he intimates that he has commenced legal proceedings 

 against three kennel papers for defamation of character, etc. 

 He proposes that we change the terms used in speaking of the 

 "fancy," "dogmen, etc.," to "caniculture"— methods and ex- 

 pedients to advance the dog; "cynology" — knowledge of the 

 dog in health and disease; ' 'cy uophily' ' — devotion to dogs with- 

 out any pretense to special knowledge. Thus we have cani- 

 culturist, cynologist and cynophilist, terms which may do 

 for the cultured employment of Boston dogmen, but which 

 we are afraid will scarcely be found in common parlance just 

 yet awhile. Dr. Mills proposes u.siug local clubs as recruit- 

 ing agencies for the C. K. C, and advises, if feasible, the 

 holding of executive meetings at different towns. The presi- 

 dent again gives his views regarding American talent to 

 judge Canadian dog shows, and then goes on to attack the 



Mud Slinging Trust" in no mea,sured terms. At the same 

 time he should be more explicit and not include all kennel 

 papers in his diatribes. An expression of opinion, candidly 

 given, is not necessarily an expression of hostility to the 

 person criticised. He .speaks of the "Trinity in Union" as 

 trying to make all judging, reporting, etc., subservient to 

 their ends, but the paper would have greater wreight had he 

 given the names of the meinbers of that union. The charges 

 recently made against him and dismissed by the C. K. C. are 

 gone into and motives explained, starting plainly that certain 

 men were chief actors and another a cat's paw. 



In speaking of the American kennel papers he remarks 

 that "the editors have risen from the ranks, i. c, they were 

 professional reporters, handlers, exhibitors, etc. While to 

 rise from the ranks always reflects credit on the man him- 

 self, it has its disadvantages for others. Among these are 

 an undue amount of sympathy with the professional 

 element and clannishness 'with its attendant evils. The 

 professional element as judges, handlers, reporters and edi- 

 tors in America is strong relatively, if not in numbers at 

 least in influence, and as this element virtually controls the 

 press it can to a large degree arrange matters to suit itself. 

 They can even form a "combine" to "run out" or keep out 

 any aspirant as reporter or judge. They may wrangle 

 among themselves, but unite for such a purpose as that to 

 which reference has been made. So that a great deal must 

 now depend on the character of the men that are editors, 

 judges, etc. Not only is this professionalism which is ram- 

 pant a source of possible, but I believe it has become a source 

 of real danger. To illustrate, we have the case of an indi- 

 vidual, essentially a professional, who at one time wrote 

 against an editor also acting as judge. He has, himself, re- 

 cently stepped into the editorial chair and now acts as re- 

 porter, editor and judge. As professional judges are paid 

 and there is competition, it is manifest that the fewer the 

 competitors the better for the pockets of the lucky few; 

 hence this Editor-Judge-Reporter is wont to contend that 

 dog men are being imposed upon in not employing compe- 

 tent judges which, so far as I have been able to make out, he 

 thinks include himself and about two or three others. Ac- 

 cording, then, to this writer, we should restrict ourselves in 

 our choice to perhaps three judges, two of them pure pro- 

 fessionals, {i.e., they make their living by dogs or business 

 i-elating to dogs) and another nea.rly so." 



While there is considerable trath in the above quotation, 

 it is far too sweeping to be wholly true. We would uphold 

 Dr. Mills as a judge of dogs, were he competent, as it would 

 a Mortimer or a Davidson. Dr. Mills is himself not with- 

 out a feeling of resentment, and it shows itself in this ad- 

 dress, that part regarding Mr Stewart and the superintend- 

 ency of the World's Fair Canadian exhibit might well have 

 been left to committee discussion. 



As a panacea for all these ills Dr. Mills thinks that kennel 

 interests would be better served by a paper "largely indepen- 

 dent of advertisers, and whose editor-in-chief would not biJ 

 a professional. " It would be easy enough to find such an 

 editor, easier than rurming a paper without advertisers. 



In conclusion he reserves the best part for the last: "When 

 I reflect on what I know I was, and on what according to a 

 portion of the kennel press I have become, I marvel that be- 

 fore now I have not taken means to make away with my 

 wretched self— and I do not think I am restrained from this 

 coiu'se by cowardice either— possibly the affairs of the club 

 have kept me too busy!" 



If Dr. Mills will take our advice he will not indulge in 

 these periodical defenses. Human nature is the same the 

 world over, and when a man attempts to answer or defend 

 himself from all the attacks made upon his public acts he is 

 bound to let slip a little per.sonal feeling, and he loses to 

 some extent the sympathy of the public. Men who are in- 

 terested in dogs well know whom to trust and whom not; 

 vituperous writings where vindictiveness is plainly shown 

 are best left unanswered and the verdict left to an impartial 

 public. 



That World's Fair Show. 



All this scribbling about the abandonment of the World's 

 Fair show serves no good purpose, but is in keeping with the 

 local and crude methods of the management of that dismal 

 farce. To say that the result is to be attributed to the pro- 

 fessional handlers, professional judges and editors disap- 

 pointed becaitse they were not on the list of jndges, isthe 

 veriest bosh. Practical men, men who know something 

 more than the ABC of dog shows, know why the show came 

 to naught: they place the responsibility in a newspaper office 

 not 100 miles from Jackson Park. Of course retrenchment 

 jn World's Fair finances affords the best practical excuse. 

 No paper upheld and drew attention to the World's Fair 

 show more strenuously than did Forest akd Strea^i, and 

 ho one wished more to see the affair a success and the show 

 worthy of its name and associations than we did. But, 

 knowing as we do what dogmen expect and require in a first- 

 Class show, we criticised the methods of the management in 

 the hope that they would find that this was an undertaking 

 of national importance, and not a local affair where the 

 voices of one or two men were all powerflxl. A lesson has 

 been taaght by the outcome. Ask the average exhibitor what 

 he thinks of the abandonment of the show, and he says, 

 !fOh, I'm sorry there's not going to be a show; but it's just 

 as weU as things were being managed." It is our firm con- 

 viction that, some time before the June postponement, there 

 was no intention of holding the show, else the arrangements 

 would have been made differently. 



The whole aft'air was picayune in such a cause, and the 

 show, had it come off', bereft of foreign competition, would 

 have had the same standing as a Mascoutah or Chicago Ken- 

 nel Club show, neither better nor worse. There were judges 

 on the faked list whose names carry little weight in dogdom. 

 and World's Fair prizes won iiuder such conditions would 

 have carried small meaning. Of course a good many men 

 are disappointed in not being able to kill two Ijirds with one 

 stone, and from them chiefly come the grumbles. Had we 

 been animated by any feeding but that of wisliing to see a 

 properly conducted show that would have been a landmark 

 in dogdom and something to look back upon with pleasure 

 in years to come, we should probably have swatn with the 

 svnm for the sake of getting a fi-ee trip to the Fair. The 

 only thing that troubles us now is what will become of those 

 embryo champions that "I'm keeping back for the World's 

 Fair." It's hard — but they'll do for New York next spring. 



It has been suggested that the Mascoutah Kennel Club 

 take the matter up, and, under the name of the "World's 



Fair Show" give a show in October or November. They can. 

 afford to give big money, and a special World's Fair medal 

 for the best of each breed might be donated by the World's 

 Fair managers if they are not already sick and tired of the 

 soundsof dogs and dogmen— p.ardon, wemeancaniculturists. 



Dog Judges. 



A PEOMiKENT and very practical owner of dogs in writing 

 to us on the foolish idea prevalent in many minds that a 

 judge of dogs must necessarily be a breeder, etc., of dogs 

 remarks: "I suppose there will be another spasm about 



judges that never bred a •. On the principle, you 



know, that a man can not pick out a good picture unless 

 he has painted one, or a .statue unless he has modeled one, 

 or a star or comet unless he h.as made one. Some people in 

 this world are very wearisome." They are. Some of these 

 men say that dog judges are born, not made. Granted to 

 some extent, but before they can show their talent in this 

 direction they must become practiced through opportunities 

 for comparison and a knowledge of standards and their 

 application, and it is this very comparison and contact that 

 makes a man a judge of dogs. It is universally admitted 

 that a man must have a "dog eye" to succeed as a judge of 

 dogs, in the same sense that a good judge of a horse is gifted 

 with an optic that will at once take in the good and bad 

 points of a horse. We would like to ask how many of the 

 acknowledged good horse jndges, horse dealers especially, 

 have bred, etc., the animals whose faults aiid good points 

 they are so quick to detect. The old theory is absolute 

 bosh, and has been proved if anything to be a distinct detri- 

 ment rather than a help. Take the work in the ring of some 

 of the specialist judges, for instance. A man can only be- 

 come a thorough judge of dogs by continually being brought 

 in contact with dogs of every degree of proper shape and by 

 comparison and the study of dogs that are acknowledged to 

 be excellent specimens of this breed. A breeder generally 

 becomes biassed in favor of his own type of dogs— we speak 

 for this country only— and probably attends a New York 

 show or possibly two" .shows in the year; the rest of the year 

 he sees a few of his own dogs only. Still when put on the 

 specialty list he is hailed as a judge because he fiUs the re- 

 quirements in being a breeder, exhibitorj etc, and vrhen he 

 judges it is considered almost heresy to criticise his decisions. 

 We live in a more progressive age nowadays, and all these 

 foolish theories should be relegated to the background. We 

 would rather trust the opinion of an all-round judge than 

 that of almost any specialist on any breed of dogs. Of course 

 there are a few, very few exceptions. An all-round man gen- 

 erally begins right and keeps so, and if wrong is quick to take 

 a hint, whereas a specialist breeder is just the other way. 



Wire-Hairs. 



Mr. Freema^t Llotd, when he tndiilges in a little fatherly 

 advice to fanciers in general, usually speaks to the point. 

 He took occasion recently, in writing of the importation of 

 Cribbage and Surrey Janet, to touch on the trimming ques- 

 tion, one that is little, either for "war or weal," understood 

 on this .side of the herring pond. He wrote: 



I am very pleased to see that there are some .si^ns of the Americans 

 turning their attention to wire-haired fox-terriers. A very useful 

 brace in Cribbage and Surrey Janet will shortly leave these shores for 

 those of the United States. This is a representative brace of terrier.s, 

 and can more than hold their own with any wire-hair in America cap- 

 able of being out on the bench at this momeut. But it will be interest- 

 ing to see now soon the American will edu(!atf> him.self in that im- 

 portant little matter, the tinger-and-thumlj business. Wire-hairs when 

 they are kept at home, and without Avork, soon turn into peculiar- 

 looking animals, and far removed from the sprightly animals we see 

 from time to time in the show ring. 



The wire-hair classes in this country have been object le.s- 

 sons in this respect from the first. Exhibitors have imported 

 from time to time both Irish terriers and wire-haired fox- 

 terriers only to become disgusted with their "fuzzy" appear- 

 ance a few months after, and rather than attempt the trim- 

 ming they know so little about have shown the dogs in a 

 natural state and very much to their detriment, as far as 

 appearances go. The trouble with many is what to leave 

 out, what to take off, but one cannot but be proud of the 

 fact that training and faking is so little known of and prac- 

 ticed among our exhibitors. The writer we quote further 

 -says: 



When you buy a pot of paint you generally purchase a brush, and 

 when you feel inclined to go in for certain sorts of terriers you ought 

 never to forget that they are of little use without something to keep 

 down a superabundance of coat. That there are a few people in 

 America well up in the art of trimming I do not for a moioont d<jubt, 

 audone maniu particular, had he not becomea "respectable" member 

 of society and a prominent official in the army of rjeoeral Booth, 

 would have been able to earn a dhow-load of dollars at the old game. 



From this one would infer that trimming wii'es, etc. , is an 

 art not to be encouraged. Why not? Man trims his own 

 locks and why should he not do the same to those of his dog? 

 There is a distinct Une between trimming and faking and 

 the removal of a too abuudant growth of hair hardly comes 

 under the latter category, any more than the docking of a 

 fox-terrier's tail which smartens the latter end of the terrier 

 in the same degree that trimming does the other. An inter- 

 esting case in this connection came before the English Ken- 

 nel Club recently, in which a handler was bauletl over the 

 coals for cutting the superfluous hair on an Irish terrier's 

 head with a pair of scissors instead of trimming in the 

 ordinary way with the resined finger and thumb. He 

 pleaded ignorance of wrong intention, though an old ex- 

 hibitor, remarking that as he used the scissors on his bull- 

 terrier he thought the same could be done to the Irish terrier. 

 The authorities let him off' with a "Don't do it again" ver- 

 dict. This implies a mechanical distinction from a natural 

 diff'erence. 



A Careful Betrieyer. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Perhaps your readers will be interested in the inclosed 

 photograph of my Gordon setter Romtilus, delivering a 

 retrieved jack snipe, as an example of an exceptionally 

 tender-mouthed retriever. I have observed, as have prob- 

 ably other sportsmen, that most setters dislike the taste of 

 jack snipe or woodcock, and incline to pinch birds in 

 retrieving them. My Gordon, while being a perfectly broken 

 dog in the field on quail or jack snipe, has, it seems to nie, 

 a remarkable instinct in this particular. When ordered to 

 "fetch" he will secure his preferred hold, by the skin on the 

 under side of the neck (and will turn a bird over in order to 

 secure this hold), and a winged bird by one of its wings or 

 tail. Westerner. 



Seattle, ■Washington. 



Rhode Island Dog Show. 



Cranston. R. I., Sept. 9— EdMor Forest and Stream: Our 

 entries closed with 4iM, as follows: Mastiffs 1.5, St. Bernards 

 Si, Newfoundlands 3, great Danes 2, English bloodhounds 4, 

 deerhounds 6, Enssian wolfhounds 6, greyhounds 11, fox- 

 hounds 14, beagles '-^7, painters 46, English' setters 36, Irish 

 setters 20, Gordon setters 11, spaniels 31, collies 21, bulldogs 

 10, buU-cerriers 19, fox-terriers 61, Irish terriers 22, Boston 

 terriers 17, black and tan terriers 17, Skye terriers 1, Scottish 

 terriers 11, Dandie Dinmont terriers 0, dach.shunds 3, York- 

 shire terriers 7, pugs 10, Japanese spaniels 'i. King Charles 

 spaniels 3, toy spaniels 1, Chesapeake Bay dogs 5, poodles 4, 

 schipperkes 7, whippets 3. Mr. Henry Brooks donates §10 

 for the best kennel (ft)ur or more) of Scottish terriers en- 

 tered and owned by one exhibitor. 



Rhode Island State Fair Association, 

 (David S. Collins, Sec'y.) 



TORONTO DOG SHOW. 



Toronto show opened at 2 o'clock with 630 entries. The 

 quality, on the whole, is not so good as last year. The ma- 

 jority of dogs are from Toronto and vicinity. Spaniel quality 

 IS not up to average and mastiffs and St. Bernards are poor. 

 There is a large entry for fox-terriers but the qualit.y is de- 

 ficient. Pugs have fallen off. Beagles are only fair, the 

 Harmony Kennels having a walkover. There is a falling off 

 in pointers and setters, both in nurhbers and quality. The 

 Seminole, Oak Grove, Chestnut Hill, Dixon, Anglo-Ameri- 

 can, Wankie, Heather, Rochelle, Oakview, Wolverton, 

 Bay City ;md Higginson's are the principal kennels repre- 

 sented from the IJnited States. There is a large attendance, 

 the weather is beautffttl, and all points to a good show. 

 Great iinprovement in management. Following are awards 

 made up to press time; 



3IASTIFFS.— Challenge— 1st, Bunno's Lady Ooleus.— Opkn— Doffs; 

 1st and .3d, Forbes's Grimsby Caution and Lord Grimsby; Sd, Evil's 

 Raleigh; "Ith, Smith's Baron of Chester. Higb com.. Burden's Lion, 

 Whitaker's Mikado. Com., Carver s Tough. Bitches: Ist, Falconer's 

 Attraction. Pii,ppies: 1st, Forbes's Prince Imperial. Com., Gurney's 

 Prince.— Novice— 1st and ad, Forbes's Nige and Lord Grimsby; 3d, 

 Croy's Tom. Reserve, Suaith's Baron of Chester. High com., Whita- 

 ker's Ulikado. 



ST. BERNARDS— RooGH-CoATED—Doj?s.- 1st, Bay City Kennels'' 

 Lord Dante; ad, Hughes's Lord Wilton; :3d, Worts's Captain Worts; 

 4th, Buntin's Dauntless. Reserve. Howard's Safety. High com.. 

 CTonyn's Oiaff. Bitches: 1st, Fenwick's Maypole. Puppies: 1st, Fen- 

 wick's Lord Aberdeen; 2d, Chespe's Hector. 



ST. BERNARDS.— SiMooTH-OoATED-X)o(?s.' 1st. Bay City Kennels' St. 

 Augustine; others withheld. Bitches: 1st, Blaricorn's Glen wood 

 Goldy; others withheld. 



FOXHOUNDS.— English— Dogr.?; 1st and 2d, Willey's Spartan and 

 Bounce; .3d and com.. Typical Kennels' Sportsman, Jr. and Snider. 

 Bitches: Ist, Woohng's Bash.— AyiamcAiJ— Dogs: 1st, WilUam.s's Com- 

 modore; 2d, .3d and reserve, Smjtb & Clark's "Clinton, Gemus U. and 

 Ringwood. High com., Tyjiieal Kennels' Gamer. Com., Sohols's Ruler. 

 Bitches: 1st, Smith & Clark's Fan. 



HARRIERS,- Sd, Ho hart's Fan. 



POINTERS.— Challekge— 1st, Leamington Pointer Kennels' Count 

 Graphic. — Open — Dogs: 1st and 3d, Molton' Banner and Donovan; 2d, 

 Leamington Kennels' Boxer. Bitches: 1st, Davey's .losie Brackett; 

 2d, Leamington Kennels' Fancy Graphic; .3d, Holmes's Spotted Girl.— 

 Challenge LiGHm'EiGHT—Dofirs." 1st, Biddle's Glamorgan. Bitches: 

 1st, Davey's Lady Gay Spanker.— Open— jDofifs; 1st, Davey's Ridgeover 

 Comet; 2d, Winslow's Comet; .''d, Davey's Beppo's Boy. Very high 

 com., Leamington Kennels' Beppo Graphic. Bitches: 1st, Davey's 

 Miss Rumor; 2d, Leamington Kennels' Count Graphic .Baby; 3d, 

 Mount Royal Kennels' Chaira. Reserve, Briggs's Josie. Very high 

 com., Prudhomme & Huntington's Rosy. — Novice Ist, Davey's 

 Ridgeview Comet; 2d, Winslow's Administration; 3d, Holmes's Spot- 

 ted Girl. Reserve, Briggs's Josie. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Challenge— JSiirftes,' 1st, Lewis's Victress 

 Lewellyn.— Open— Do£rs; 1st, Northwood's Worsley Dudo; Sd, Forest 

 Kennels' Forest Rex; 3d, Bougham's London. Reserve, Davey's Roy 

 of Colehill. Very high com., Forest Kennels' The Sultan, Avi-o's Pont-o, 

 Kime's Royal- Dan, Downing's Benzine. High com., Kime's Di uid, Jr., 

 Holmes's Dick. Bitches: 1st, Kime's Lady Patch; 2d, Winchell's Nita 

 Qitana; :^d. Kime's Rose Rapid. Reserve, Briggs's Starlight B. Very 

 higlvconi., Corbetr's Lady Howard, Forest Kennels' Trippo. High 

 com., Littleton's Nora Gladstone, Forest Kennels' Lulu.— Novice— 

 Dogs: 1st, Forest Kennels' Rex; 2d, Brougham's London; 8d Davey's 

 Roy of Colehill. Very high com., Kime's Mingo, .Ir., Holmes's Sam. 

 Bitches: 1st, Winchell's Nita Gitana; 2d, Kime's Rose Rapid II. ; 3d, 

 Briggs's Starlight B. Reserve, Forest Kennels' Trippo. Very high 

 com., Kime's Lady Luce, Littleton's Lord Gladstone. High com., 

 Holmes's Lulu. Com., Forest Kennels' Nia. — Puppies — Dogs: Ist, 

 Holmes's Sam. Bitches; 1st, Holmes's Vic H. 



IRISH SETTERS.— Challenge— Dop,?; Ist and 2d, Seminole Ken- 

 nels' Tim and Pride of Patsey. Reserve, Oak Grove Kennels' Duke 

 Elcho. Bitches: 1st. Oak Grove Kennels' Queen Vic; 2d, Seminole Ken- 

 nels' Elf reda.— Open — Dogs: 1st, Townsend & Sharpless's Blarney, Jr. ; 

 2d and 3d, Seminole Kennels' Young Tim and Montauk, Jr. Reserve, 

 Apted's Toronto ,.fim. Veiy high com., Douglas & Chambers's 

 Toronto Little Phil and Parnell. Bitches: 1st and com., Douglass & 

 Sharpless's Toronto Mollie aud Kitty; 2d, Moe's N'ona; :M, Seminole 

 Kennels' Delpbine. Reserve, Oorbei;t's Madcap If. Very higb com., 

 Vansant's Alaraah, Dixoti's Eady Cleveland and Lewis's .Mollie. High 

 com., Tyi-'ical Iveuuels' Nora aud Semitiole Kennels' Biddy.— Novice — 

 Dogs: ist, Douglas & Clunnbers's Toronto Little Phil'; 2d, Mllla's 

 Toronto Sport; 3d, McKeoney's Loreu/.o. Bitches: 1st, Douglas & 

 Chambers's Toronto MoUie; 2d, Moe's Nona; ;3d, Lewis's MolUe. — 

 PtiPPiES— /)o(7s.- 1st, Howarth's Idstone. Bitches: Ist, Howarth's 

 Norah. 



GORDON SETTERS.— Challenge— 75o<7s.- 1st, Dixon's Ivanhoe. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, Dixon's Duchess of Waverley and Lady Waverley. 

 —Open— Dogs.- 1st, Oughton's Heather Lad; 2d, Lindley's Homer S.; 

 8d, Mount Royal Kennels' Irish. Very high com., Dixon's Duke of 

 WeUington. Bitches: 1st, Dixon's Princess Louise; ad. Van Zandt's 

 Dundee; •3d, Mount Royal Kennels' VVauda. Re.sorve, Dixon's Santa 

 Maria. Very high com., Mount Rtival Keuuels' Floss. Com., Dixon's 

 Myra.— Novice- 1st, Lindley's Homer S. ; 2d, Dixon's Santa Maria. 



IRISH WATER SPAJs^ELS.— 1st and 2d, Carson's Musha and Dan 

 Rice; 3d, Irving's Shot Rue Bitches: 1st and 2d, Carson's Shellia 

 and Rose O'Neill. Pwppies: 1st, Carson's Musha, 



CLUMBER SPANIELS.— Challenge— 1st, Smart's Darby.— Open— 

 Dogs: 1st, Fleming's Rake. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Challenge— 1st, Poster's Judge. High com.. 

 Typical Kennels' Sampson.— Open— Dogrs.- 3d, MuUins's Pedro; 3d, 

 Sprackline's Nig. Com., Typical Kennels' King Bruce. Bitches: 1st, 

 Sprackline's Mora; 2d, Palmer's Grace. — Liver Colored— 1st, high 

 com. and com., Typical Kennels' Napoleon, King Lear and King Pat; 

 2d, Sprackline's Queen. — Any Other Colok — 1st, Sprackline's Work- 

 man; 2d and 3d, Typical Kennels' Antigrie and Leslie; 4th, Douglas's 

 Billy. Fupx>ies: 2d, Typical Kennels' King Lear. 



COCKERS.— CHALLKNOE—Bi..\oi£—Dof7.s,- 1st, Luckwell & Douglas's 

 Black Duck; 2d, Ancient & Modern Kennels' King of Obos. Bitches: 

 Ancient & Modern Kennels' I Say. — ^Ant other color — Dogs: 1st and 

 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels' Red Jacket and Red Roland. Bitches: 

 Laidlaw's Jessie C. — Open blaok— Dogs: 1st, Blake & Herbertson's 

 Pickpania; 2d and 3d,_Luckwell & Douglas's Black Duflerm 11. and 

 Woodland Prince IV. "Reserve, FarwelPs Black Brant. Very high 

 com., Kennedy's Beau Kay. Higli com , Thompson's Say, Kennedy's 

 Chancellor, Armstrong's Tasso, .Alhvard's Black Robbie, Typical Ken- 

 nels' Roger. 7^^^cfi,es.• Ist, Laidlaw's RideauReine; ad, Bell's Realiza- 

 tion; 3d, Luckwell & Douglas's Kitty; 'Ith, Laidlaw's Cora II. Re- 

 sei-ve, Concord Kennels' Lady Dufferin. Very high com,, Raven Ken- 

 nels' Duchess and Nellie Ayres's Nellie. High com.. Piper's Beauty, 

 Bell's Fashion.— Ant other color- Z>03.9: 1st, Clappiaon's Hamilton 

 Jack; 2d, Robertson's Red Obo; 3d, Flyun's Red Ju.stice; 4th, Brant 

 Cocker Kennels' Golden Rod. Reserve, Concord Kennels' Brantford 

 Rufus. Very high com.. Brant Cocker Kennels' Brantford Red Star, 

 Typical Kennels' King Eufus. High com., Niblett's Rusa«tt Palmer's 

 Slurdv. Com., Allward's Red Robbie, Gowan's RedfeUow. Bitches: 

 1st, Laidlaw's Tonito; 2d, Luckwell & Douglas's Bessie Warner; .3d, 

 Niblett's Gypsey Queen; 4th, Raglan Keiinels' Ru.ssette. Reserve, 

 Brant Cocker Kennels' Brantford Beauty. Very high com , Gowan's 

 Pet. High com., Seminole's Cherry Blossom.— No\^cE any color — 

 Dogs: 1st, Olappison's Hamilton Jack; 2d, LuckweU & Douglas's 

 Woodland Prince; 3d, Raven Cocker Kennels' Ctumcellor. Reserve, 

 Brant Cocker Kennels' Brantford Red Star. Very high com., Flynu's 

 Bed Justice. High com., Allward's Red Robbie, Raven Kennels' Beau 

 Kay. Bitches: 1st, LuckweU & Douglas's Kitty; 2d, Laidlaw's Cora 

 n. 3d, Raven Kennels' Nellie Raven. Reserve, Raglan Kennels' Rus- 

 sette. Very high com., Brant Cocker Kennels' Brantford Red Beauty, 

 Ayre's Nellie, Raven Kennels' Raven Duchess. High corn., Cl^npi- 

 sou's Hamilton QiRE. ...{-,■ 



BEAGLES. — L.4.RGE— Challenge— Zioffs.' Ist, Horn ell Harmony's 

 Tricotrin; 2d, Lewis's Doctor. Bitches: 1st, Hornell's Elf. — Open — 

 Dogs: 1st and 2d, HorneU's Sherry and Roger W. ; 3d, Oakview Ken- 

 nels' Mr. Winkle. Reserve, HorneU's Iliwaco. Very high com., Briggs's 

 True Boy. High com., Scheie's Drive C, Smellie & Viaeey's Samson. 

 Bitches:' 1st, Hornell's Daisy Oorbett; 2d, Scheie's Pipelo; 3d, Oak- 

 view Kennels' Snowliake. Reserve, Scholes's Lillie. Very high com. ; 

 HorneU's Vashta. High com., Albion Kennels' Graceful. Bappiea: 

 1st, Oakview Kennels' Tony Weller 11 ; ad, Wakefield's Blucher.— Small 

 Challenge— i>o(/s.- 1st, HorneU's RoyfU Krueger. Bitches: 1st, Hor- 

 nell's Ava W. — Open— Ifec/s; ist and 2d, HorneU's Little Wonder 

 and Kester. Bitches: 1st, Mullane's Beauty; ad, nornell's EvangeUne; 

 3d, Finn's Sly Lass. Reserve, HorneU's Queechy, Mabel's Dainty. 

 High com., Bowman's Flora 0., Oakview Kennels' Jenny. 



DACHSHUNDS.— Dofifs; 2d, Allan's Faust. Bitches: 1st and 3d 

 Ricfcetts's Frieda aud Huldah; 2d, Bloggs's Lena, 



An East Waterford (Me.^ boy recently saw a full-grown fox sitting 

 on a knoll. He crawled up, seized it by the tail, and swung it around 

 In his efforts to kiU it, but was forced to let go after having his shirt 

 nearly torn oS— Evening Post. 



