Nov. 11, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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FIXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Nov. 28 to Dec. 1.— New Jersey K. L., at Newark. Dr. W, F. Seidler, 

 Sec 



Deo. 12 to 15.— R. I. Poultry and Pet Stock Ass'n, at Providence. 

 Deo. 30 to 23,— Northern Ohio Pet Stock Association, at Akron, O. 

 H. F. Peek, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 7.— New England Beagle Club trials. W, S. Clark, Linden, 

 Mass., Secretary. 



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

 Ont. W. B. Wells, Sec^, Chatham. 



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

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



Nov. 20.-Gk)rdon Setter Field Trials Club, at Freetown, Mass. C. E. 

 Taylor, Sec'y. Providence. R. I. 



Nov. 27.— Irish Setter Club's Field Trials, at Thomasville, N. C. All- 

 Age entries close Nov. 1. G. G. Davis, Sec'y. 



1894. 



Jan. 1.— Southern California Field Trials, at Ontario, Cal. H. C 

 Hinman, Los Angeles, Cal., Sec'y. 



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

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



Feb. 19.— United Stat-es Field Trials Club's Spring Trials, Grand 

 Junction, Tenn. Second payment in Derby due Nov. 1. P. T. Madi- 

 son, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Corresponde^nt.] 



In the few moments Mr. ,J. M. Freeman, of Bicknell, Ind., 

 tarried in Fokkst and Stream'.s corner at the World's Fair 

 ie informed me that already the handlers were gathered 

 thickly about Bicknell, sha.rpening their dogs' noses and 

 toughening their legs for the forthcoming trials of the 

 United States Field Trials Club. Among those he mentioned 

 were Capt. C. E McMurdo and Messrs, Gillman, Barker. 

 Bond, Tucker, Fisher, with Messrs, Johnson and Mayfield 

 close by, and Mr. Avent soon to be in their midst. Birds he 

 reported as being plentifni. There is every indication of a 

 good trial, he said. The season of points and flushes will 

 soon begin. The days will be musical with the rich voice of 

 the handler as be excitedly stretches his arm preternaturally 

 high in air and exclaims ''Point, judges!" And the judge 

 calmly says, "I see it," Then the handler walks forward 

 with a bold air of apprehension to flush. If he flushes a bird 

 to the point he .says, "Betcher life I knew ther' was a bird 

 there." _ If; he finds nothing, he looks meek and says noth- 

 ing. Still it looks much easier to handle a dog in a field 

 trial than it really is. Few realize the mental and physical 

 strain involved. And to accomplish the best results, a fairly 

 good knowledge of the principles and rules of competition 

 must have been acquired. Of course the mere fact that a 

 man is a professional presupposes a knowledge of handling 

 but it is not necessarily so. A trainer may handle well in 

 private shooting and in a field trial under tbe changed con- 

 ditions incident to it, may handle very badly. In the near 

 future I may give a few hints on handling dogs in a field 

 trial. B. Waters. 



Irish Terriers. 



Anything that Mr. Geo, R. Krehl may have to say on the 

 Irish terrier is bound to be interesting, as we believe he is 

 one of the best posted men on the peculiarities and origin of 

 the "dare-devil" as we know him nowadays. An important 

 point is touched upon when he says in Stock-Keeper: 



"Dark face shadings in Irish terriers frequently form the 

 subject of serious discussion among the breeders of this 

 variety, and by those whose knowledge of the breed is super- 

 ficial are suspiciously regarded as evidence of a taint in the 

 pedigree. These wi.seacres have as Utile foundation for 

 their surmises as a certain all-round judge possesses for call- 

 ing Irish terrier.s a made-up and fabricated breed, and who 

 in the same breath would probably be capable of considering 

 bull-terriers to have a better claim to purity of strain. The 

 wheaten-red is, nowadays, the orthodox Irish terrier color 

 but people who know the breed in the rough are co^-nizant 

 of the fact that the national terrier of Ireland is to°he met 

 with in different parts of the country of various shades of 

 color, the gray blues used to be highly esteemed, brindles 

 are to be mot with, and even black and tans, but they were 

 always rough and Irish." 



In showiug what "fancy" has done for the breed he "whis- 

 pers:" "Auy skillful dog breeder could take a few specimens 

 of the old rough ]mrent stock, the big .301b. terriers with 

 shaggy coats aud olteu liuty heads, and by careful selection 

 breed from tliera a modern bench Irish terrier. The dift'erent 

 colors are undoubtedly in the blood of our modern speci- 

 mens, and the dark colors will occasionally reassert them- 

 selves according to nature's laws of atavism. All Irish 

 terrier breeders have remarked the gray patch on so many 

 of their dogs' sterns, and the black eye'lids and muzzle may 

 be attributed to the same cause. But to pretend that they 

 should be regarded as disqualifying defects is absurd; they 

 are undesirable, aud in competition with a dog equal in all 

 other points, but even-colored all over they would weigh 

 against their possessor. The best dogs before the public 

 throw back to a dark union, for Killiney Boy, the very pillar 

 of the breed, was out of aroUgh black and tan Irish bitch. 

 A whole colored yellow red dog is now orthodox, but even his 

 ears sbould be of a darker shade than the rest of his coat 

 and they should be soft aud velvety, without any linty' 

 straggling hairs. Tlie softer, light colored topknot, which 

 even the best dogs will occasionally show symptoms of is a 

 throw-back to tbeir early rough origin." ' 



According to this writer a prevalent color among our dogs 

 bred here is not desiralde, but the "unfortunates" serve 

 a purpose in tbe keuuel though advised to "keep it dark " 



"The most unpardouable color in the Irish terrier is the 

 deep mahogany red which is so often associated with smooth- 

 coats, greyhound heads, and a fatuous, unterrier-like ex- 

 pression. These are to be tabooed by the judge, but breeders 

 have found that, matched with rough-coated sires they in- 

 variably throw hard coats. For this purpose they may serve 

 but they should be guarded in the privacy of the brood ken- 

 nel. The theory respecting these undesirable mahogany 

 smooths is that they are the telltales of an early Manchester 

 terrier experiment, and we have little doubt that when an 

 old-fashioned rough and topknotted bitch was bred to a Man- 

 chester, the produce were likely to be clean-skulled and 

 their coats harsher and less abundant." 



Eastern Trials All-Age. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Please find the following entries for the All-Age Stake of 

 E. F. T. C, which were delayed by accident and arrived after 

 list for publication was sent you: 



Hope's Mimt— Orange and white English setter dog, 2i.< 

 years (Oath's Hope— Dashing Lady). 



Dick Fox— Black, white aud tan English setter dog, 2x4 

 years (Chance— Countess Rush). ' 



Blue Ridge Maek— Black, white and tan English setter 

 dog, 33^ years (Gath's Mark— Ollie T.) 



These three entries are all made by the Blue Ridge Kennels 

 Va. Washington A. Coster, Sec'y-Treas. E. F. T. C. 



DOG CHAT. 



Canadian Fox-Terrier Club. 



In publishing pictures of the principal officers of the 

 Canadian Fox-Terrier Club, we may also give some particu- 

 lars regarding the club. It was established in September, 

 1892, and although at present only a little over a year old, 

 has flourished beyond the expectations of its most ardent 

 supporters. This 'is mainly due to the energy displayed by 

 its president, Mr. A. D. Stewart— whom, it might be men- 

 tioned, first entertained the idea of such an oi'ganization 

 being formed— assisted by the vice-president, Mr. Richard 

 G-ibson, of Delaware, and the secretary-treasurer, Mr. H. P. 

 Thompson, of Toronto. 



The club was formed with the idea of promoting the breed- 

 ing of pure breed fox-terriers, and to define and publish the 

 true type of that breed in Canada. Well has it endeavored 

 to carry out those objects, as might have been noticed at the 

 Toronto Industrial dog show last month, where, although 

 not numerically strong, the quality was far ahead of former 

 years. 



From the few terriers entered by the club at that show, 

 one might come to the conclu.9ion that the terriers belonging 

 to members of the club were correspondingly few, but such 

 is not the case, A great many of the members are old 

 breeders who own good-sized kennels, but do not often ex- 

 hibit, and a great many are novices and "don't know" when 

 they have a good thing. 



To give an idea of the number of terriers owned by some of 

 the members, we might mention the president of the club, 

 Mr, Stewart, who has in his kennel over a dozen wires and 

 smooths. The vice-president, Mr. Gibson, of Delaware, who 

 is well known all over the States and Canada for his particular 

 strain of terriers, can generally place on the bench a string 

 equal in both numbers and quality to anything in Can- 

 ada and the majority of kennels in the United States. The 

 secretary, Mr, H. P, Thompson, can count between thirty and 

 forty terriers in his kennel, chiefly young ones, Mr, A. A. 

 Macdonald, Toronto, has also a goodly number, among which 

 are to be found the recent importation Dark Eyes and the 

 well-known Blemton Trump, now a champion. Messrs. 

 Smyth & Bell, Toronto, have a large kennel, now headed by 

 the well-known Dusky Trap, Others we can mention are 

 Messrs. F. S. Wetherall, of Compton, Quebec; J. J. Biggs 

 and S. Munro, of London, Ont., and many others. The mem- 

 bers are eager to take advantage of the .services of "the best 

 in the land7" and are also to be found importing occasionally; 

 so that a steady improvement may be looked for not only 

 among the dogs the property of the members, but also among 

 the whole fox-terrier interest in Canada, The secretary of 

 the club is Mr, H. P. Thompson, 31 Mary street, Toronto, 

 Can. 



The cups which were competed for at the Toronto show 

 were all donated by difl'erent firms and people throughout 

 Canada, and are as handsome as anything of a similar nature 

 we have yet seen. Each cup has to be won three times be- 

 fore becoming the property of any one member. 



Judging at the World's Fair. 



We rather think that some of the jtidges selected for the 

 proposed World's Fair dog show should congratulate them- 

 selves upon the fact that the show did not take place. It is 

 not at all likely that the judging would 'have been carried 

 out in the oi-dinary and somewhat slipshod methods now in 

 vogue. If we may take the experience of the poultry judges, 

 who have been hard at work for the last ten days or more, 

 the chosen ones are well out of it. Poultry men are divided 

 on the merits of comparison judging and the more laborious 

 work of judging by the score card, but the fox-mer is now the 

 most popular mode at the largest shows, and its advocates 

 are such well known men as Messi's. Drevenstredt, Diehl 

 and Zimmer, all more or less known to the dog world. The 

 comparison advocates got the ear of Mr. Buchanan and it 

 was decided that judging by comparison should be the order. 

 The comparison men thought they had, in classic language, 

 a picnic, and made their plans to find out "what building 

 the lagoon was in" and other Midway ^)laisantries. But they 

 found Mr. Buchanan and his committee on awards to be 

 birds of another feather altogether. Mr. Buchanan thought 

 that if comparison judging was best, comparison judging 

 boiled down fine was better. Judging began at noon on 

 Wednesday, Oct. 18, and by the evening the 19 judges had 

 passed upon 107 birds, and it was nearly noon of the next 

 day before some had their reports ready for the committee. 

 Each judge was given a class and told to go over each bird 

 thoroughly. He must then make his award on the form 

 then in hand, must then go to the live stock department and 

 copy this on another form and then into a book he would 

 find there. He must then write a detailed description of 

 each bird to which a prize had been awarded, telling wherein 

 it was better than others and why others had fallen before 

 it. Substitute dog for bii-d in the above and one can im- 

 agine the tribulations and growls that would have arisen in 

 the dog show judiciary. The judging may be completed by 

 this time, but as there were 5,000 birds in all, the judges may 

 be finished up first. Mr. F. B. Zimmer, owner of the Debon- 

 air kennels of beagles, at Gloversville, N, Y., was one of the 

 unlucky judges. 



Enerlish Kennel Club Show. 



The English Kennel Club brought the largest dog show 



show in the Stock^K6C2Jer, which was the first English paper 

 received this week, and comes a couple of davs before the 

 usual time. This journal \vill find the explanation of their 

 not receiving the Forest and Stream in the editorial notes 

 in last week's issue. 



To return to the big show, we find that a number of nov- 

 elties were introduced, chief of which was the new benching 

 provided by Spratts Patent. To the ordinary benching they 

 have added a sloping wire covering which will prevent the 

 dogs fighting, and alao serves as a convenient receptacle for 

 the prize cards, which are now out of harm's way, and can- 

 not be torn dowm by the dogs, as is so often the case over 

 here. It is to be hoped that our own Spratts Co. will adopt 

 the same improvement. There was no startling d^but unless 

 we except the reappearance of Mr, Royle, of Manchester, in 

 the ring, accompanied by a St. Bernard of more than usual 

 merit for one only 19 months old. Lord Douglass is said to 

 be a "phenomenon" and should still impi-ove; good color. 



. . say he might ^ 



httle taller. He won three firsts and the championship, win- 

 niug in the "winners' class." He weighs nearly 2001b8, 



Among the interesting competitions was that between the 

 bulldogs Dockleaf and Monkey Brand, the former winning. 

 The show of fox-terriers, thongh large in number, was not 

 better than ordinary. Champion Prompter won the chal- 

 lenge cup for his owner, Mr. Rotherham Cecil. It is re- 

 marked in the above journal that fox-terriers are gaining in 

 size at every show, and that now an ISKlb. dog is considered 

 by many as the proper weight. In this the breeders seem to 

 be losing sight of the first principles regarding their practical 

 utility. 



The rough terriers, such as Dtmdees and Scotch, were well 

 represented and in large numbers, Ainsty Grip and Cham- 

 pion Kildee played respectively prominent parts. The fair 



contingent, with their toy dogs, were out in full array, even 

 to holding afternoon teas in the alleyways, which, while 

 enjoyable enough, no doubt, to those who are in_ it, must 

 pffove a nuisance to those who are not, and who wish to see 

 the dogs. An extended notice of the different breeds must be 

 postponed to another week. 



Gordon Setter Field Trials. 



The Gordon Setter field trials are to be run at Freetown, 

 Mass., and Mr. J. W, Lawson, of Providence, will judge 

 with Mr. Sharpe. The club has decided now to run the 

 trials on Nov. 20, but the entries will close on Nov. 13 

 instead of 10, The stakes are open to all Gordon setters and 

 prizes or money are solicited from all admirers of the Gor- 

 don. All money received in entrance fees will be given in 

 prizes. A silver goblet has been donated for the All- Age 

 Stake and a .similar prize is expected for the Derby. While 

 we are willing to do all that lies in our power to help these 

 trials along, as such ventures are commendable, we believe 

 that more interest would be taken in the venture by out- 

 siders if those who are getting the affair up would publish 

 the names of the officers of the club and give other informa- 

 tion that would induce Gordon owners from New York, for 

 instance, to enter their dogs. These men will scarcely feel 

 like taking a very active interest in these trials without 

 knowing who composes the Gordon Setter Field Trials Club 

 or who is responsible for its proper management. The for- 

 feit, we understand from another source, is $5 and $5 to fill. 



£100 for Eclipse. 



At the Crystal Palace show, Mr. Krehl, the owner of the 

 aged collie champion Eclipse, was offered by Mr. Megson, the 

 Manchester collie breeder, $500 for the dog. It was refused, 

 for it is his owner's firm intention that this celebrated "pillar 

 of the stud" shall eat his last crust at his board. This is true 

 fancier spirit. 



Another Mastiff Coming. 



Mr. W. Norman Higgs purchased at the Crystal Palace 

 show the mastiff bitches Brampton Beauty and Stella HI. 

 The former, according to Stock-Keeper (Eng.), was purchased 

 for exportation to this country. Who the purchaser is we 

 are not told. 



The noted wire-haired fox-terrier champion Quantock 

 Nettle has been repurchased by her former owner, Mr. H. 

 Hopkins, so that she may end her days while in his posses- 

 sion. This bitch is said to have won in her day more prizes 

 than any dog now living. 



Mr, W, Patterson has sold to Colonel Knox; C.R,R,A., 

 Military Secretary to the Governor of Bermuda, the Scottish 

 terrier Moorfoot Bodach II., winner of second, Dalkeith, sec- 

 ond, Glamis. The dog comes out in the Campania. 



Some time since we spoke of a Mrs, Lawrence, of Wales, 

 having paid large prices for some noted fox-terriers. Now 

 she has gone one better and given $1,500 for Mr. F. Red- 

 mond's Despoiler, who was formerly known as Belmont 

 Terror, and is by Belmont Ranger out of Belmont Cheery. 

 His pups are selling well, and the purchase, even at this 

 long figure, meets with approbation. 



The fox-terrier Result, probably the best known living fox- 

 terrier, is said to have become stone blind through trouble 

 with his teeth, eight of which were extracted at one time. 

 In spite of his affliction the old champion enjoys good health. 



The Blue Ridge Kennels have, after all, entered their dogs 

 in the All-Age Stake at the Eastern field trials. Our readers 

 will remember that we commented upon their absence at 

 the time the other entries were published. 



The Irish terrier bitch Mr. Geo. Jamieson recently sent to 

 Canada is named Anna and is a litter sister to Breda Gripper, 

 and the dog she was supposed to be in whelp to is Poor Dick, 

 who is not, however, a brother to Poor Pat. The bitch 

 missed. Mr. Jamieson has purchased another terrier, Shar- 



far, for his Canadian friend. This dog has won seventeen 

 rst prizes and ten specials and Stock-Keeper remarks that 

 his departure is a distinct loss to the home fancy, as the dog 

 was getting some grand-headed stock. 



Mr. Bousfield advises us rather tardily that the great Dane 

 bitch Nuremberger, now and then in their charge, was not 

 at the Lexington show, where she was credited with second 

 prize. We asked some time since who or what the bitch 

 was that was masquerading under Nuremberger's name at 

 that show and in her stall. 



The Eastern Field Trials will be held at Newton, N. C, 

 and not High Point, N, C, as we have seen it stated, 



Messrs. Wright & Tallman have decided to dissolve con- 

 nection in the Nethervvood Kennels. Mr. Wright has the 

 dogs and Mr. Tallman the experience. 



The Grove Kennels are offering in our business columns a 

 number of fox-terriers for sale. Among them are Raby 

 Trigger, who when owned by Geo, Raper in England \yon 

 thirteen first prizes aud was shipped to this country by him . 

 for competition at New York show, where he was bought at 

 a large figure by C. D. Bernheimer, since which he has won 

 reserve, Ne^r York; .second, Philadelphia; second, Baltimore; 

 first, Wissahickon (last time shown, June, 1893), Another is 

 Grove Lily, first, Pawtucket, 1893, beating the imported 

 Blackrock Belle, several brood bitches and a lot of splendidly 

 bred bitch pups, 



Mr. Howes tells us he has bred his noted bull-terrier 

 Grove Duchess to champion Streatham Monarch, and not 

 without cause he is another of those who are "living in 

 hopes." 



Through a confusion in names we have done a sportsman 

 an uniutentional slight. In referring to the coming Gordon 

 setter trials we spoke of Mr. Chas. R. Taylor as the writer 

 who had done so much for sport in New England through 

 the clever articles in the Providence Journal. It was Mr. S. 

 H. Roberts whom we had in mind, and field trial men will 

 remember him as representing his paper at the Assonet trials 

 last year. 



It is reported that there is some talk among the New Eng- 

 land Field Trial Club members of running a sweepstake on 

 the Assonet grounds. We should think that any .such move 

 would be preferable to allowing the prestige they have al- 

 ready won to suffer at all by inaction. New England sports- 

 men, for their own good and that of their dogs, must not let 

 the commendable work already done go for naught. Such a 

 sweepstake event would serve to bring the members together 

 on the field even if there is not so much money in it. 



Colonel Dean, the owner of the black and tan terrier bitch 

 that was objected to at the Portsmouth show for alleged 

 faking, admitted before the Kennel Club that the tail had 

 been singed. The club took no notice of this admission, 

 which is supposed to be contrary to dog show ethics, but 

 listened to the affidavit of the Manchester B. and T. Club, 

 which stated that they did not think the terrier had been 

 unduly trimmed. Stocks-Keeper comes out flat-footed on 

 the subject and inquires why the Judge who disqualified 



