Boe 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dm 1893. 



Gem and Nugget were started at 13 and ran 9 minutes. 

 Nugget flushed a bevy. Gem made two good points on scat- 

 tered birds and Nugget made one. Gem had the better 

 range. 



Patricius was run a few minutes without finding. 

 In the evening Mr. Bell announced the winners as follows: 

 Gem first, Currer Bell second, and Patricius third. 



The All-Age Stake. 



After lunch the All- Age Stake was drawn. It had six 

 starters. ^ . ^ 



Dr. Wm. Jarvis's dog Romayne (Duke Elcho— Komame), 

 John Cassidy, handler, with Perry & Hamilton's dog Clare- 

 mont Patsy (Frisco— Nellie IV.), G. W. Hamilton, handler. 



Perry & Hamilton's dog Teddy O'Bourke (Claremont 

 Patsy— Nora of Claremont), G. W. Hamilton, handler, with 

 J. B. Blossom's bitch Lady Alice (Redstone— Lady Noreen), 

 H. Smith, handler. ^ , ^ 



J. B. Blossom's bitch Nugget II. (Pinglas— Betsy Crafts), 

 H. Smith, handler, with Dr. G. G. Davis's bitch Currer Bell 

 IV. (Tim— Currer Bell III.). 



The prizes in this stake were $170, divided in 50, 30 and 20 

 per cent., first, second and third respectively. The cup pre- 

 sented by Mr. Fitzgerald was also for the winner of first. 



The grounds were diflicult to work and birds were scarce. 



RoMATNE and Claeemont Patsy started at 1:45, and ran 

 about a half hour, when in woods Patsy was lost. Nearly a 

 half hour was unsuccessfully devoted to searching for him. 

 Rain was falling steadily. The judge decided to end the 

 trials for the day. Patsy was found next day. 



TUESDAY. 



The morning opened clear and balmy. The day was mild, 

 with a gentle breeze. The conditions were favorable for 

 good work in every way. 



Teddy O'Boiteke and Lady Alice were cast off at 9:5.5. 

 Both dogs were near a bevy when it flushed. On scattered 

 birds of the bevy marked down in woods they lost several 

 opportunities to point. On other scattered birds of a bevy 

 flushed by a cur dog, Teddy made three good points and one 

 flush. His range was not wide, though better than that of 

 Lady. 



NXTGGET II. and Cueeer Bell IV., at 10:37, began their 

 heat. Bell pointed, Nugget backed, and nothing was found. 

 Bell flushed a bird, and next she found and pointed a bevy, 

 and Nugget backed the point. Both were steady to shot. 

 Nugget pointed twice on singles, showing some unsteadi- 

 ness. Bell pointed three times. Each had speed and good 

 range, Bell the better. Up at 11:12. 



Romayne had a bye. He was started at 11:35, and worked 

 over some rough ground, finding and pointing a bevy. He 

 beat out his ground systematically, though his range was 

 - narrow. Up at 13:23. 



Four dogs were kept in the competition, and were run in 

 the order given below. 



Ndgget II. AND Teddy O'Boueke ran 14m., beginning at 

 12:35. In weeds Teddy made a good point on a bevy and was 

 well backed. On the scattered birds Teddy made two flushes 

 and one chase. Nugget made a flush and soon afterward the 

 heat ended. Teddy had a wider range, though he was 

 irregular in his casts. 



ROMAYNE AND CUKEEE Bell IV. began at 13:56 and ran 

 14m. Some scattered birds afEorded good opportunities for 

 point work, which were not taken advantage of. Their 

 range was near alike, though Bell had more dash in her way 

 of going, and the advantage was with her. 



After lunch Mr. Lorillard announced that Currer Bell IV. 

 was first, Romayne second and Teddy O'Bourke third. 

 Nugget had done work cxuite up to the grade of Teddy's and 

 was more obedient, A division of third would have been 

 more correct. 



This conchided the stake. As Mr. Lorillard had not seen 

 the work in the Derby, he objected to judging the heat be- 

 tween the winner of the Derby and the winner of the All- 

 Age for the best setter in the trial. Major J. M. Taylor and 

 B. Waters were invited to judge the heat, and they ac- 

 cepted. 



Gem and Cdreee Belle IV. were started at 1:58, after 

 lunch. They were worked in some dense weeds down a val- 

 ley, then into a broad stubblefleld. Both showed speed and 

 ranged wide, Gem covering more ground and beating out 

 her range with judgment. On a bevy she located and pointed 

 it accurately. Belle about 20yds. behind pointing on the 

 trail. Gem maintained a better pace. An eS:ort was made 

 to find the scattered birds, but as a yotmg man informed the 

 party that they were trespassing the dogs were ordered up. 

 The heat and prize was awarded to Gem. This ended the 

 rials. Up at 2:84. ' B. WATERS. 



The McLin Case. 



final success is very largely due, was constantly besieged 

 by inquiries as to when the trial day woiild come. On last 

 Sunday no one knew this, and IMr, John Balmer and my- 

 self spent much of the afternoon among the court oflicials 

 endeavoring to learn when Indiana vs. George McLin would 

 be called. We found out, after being persistent for an hour 

 at a Salvation Army prayer and song service in the county 

 jail (in which service McLin took a prominent part, and 

 lifted his voice joyfully and ferventlv) that the case was 

 set for Monday at 1 P. M. We then telegraphed Mr. P. T. 

 Madison, secretary of the U. S. Field Trials Club, at In- 

 dianapolis, and Mr. Mayfleld at Bicknell, to be on hand. 

 Mr. Madison could not come. Mr. Mayfleld was on hand, 

 and with him were twenty-eight witnesses from in and 

 around Bicknell, all for the prosecution. Defense had 

 seventeen witnesses. Bicknell was about deserted, about 

 the only man left being Riley Gillmore, the justice before 

 whom McLin was originally tried. Riley had a cold and 

 didn't want to come till later, but as he and his records were 

 necessary, Mr. Pritchett asked that the case be continued on 

 till the first thing Tuesday morning, meantime a.sking an 

 attachment for Mr. Gillmore and one or two other witnesses 

 who were not on hand. 



On Tuesday morning the witnesses were all on hand, and 

 the selection of a jury was completed with less than its usual 

 delay. McLin was seen , to^ be nervous and concerned, mak- 

 ing marks on a bit of paper with a pencil, and not as cheer- 

 ful as he was during the Salvation Army meeting at the 

 jail. He is a smallish, wrinkled, old sort of appearing bony 

 man, not prepossessing and not handsome, though much 

 bleached by long confinement in jail. His father, brothers, 

 and friends were with him. He called in his defense many 

 of the witnesses used by the State. 



Tuesday closed with only a portion of the witnesses ex- 

 amined, and the record of Wednesday was the same, a red 

 hot neighborhood interest meantime developing. The toils 

 seemed gradually to tighten, and it appeared that McLin 

 was about to get punishment for his moral unfitness as a 

 citizen, if not m one way then in another, for though the 

 charge of cruelty was covered up by the charge of perjury, 



ViNCENNES, Ind., Nov. 33.— As stated earlier by wire, the 

 McLin dog fiend case came up for hearing in the District 

 Court at this place, Tuesday morning, Nov. 21. 



The statistics of the case is as follows: McLin starved the 

 dogs left in his charge, which fact was discovered by J ohu 

 Mayfleld, whose quarters at Mr. Phillipi's farm house in the 

 edge of the village of Bicknell. were not far from the so- 

 called kennel run by Mr. McLin. Some of the dogs were 

 starved to death, one was so weak it could not cross the step 

 at the door. McLin was needlessly careless and cruel. At 

 one time he had a good reputation as a trainer and handler, 

 and always started plenty of dogs. His future seemed as- 

 ured, and had he been of a normal moral nature he would 

 not now be where he is. The excuse of drunkeness does not 

 seem available to explain his conduct, and it is hard to un- 

 derstand why he neglected the dogs as he did, for in training 

 his dogs he was never known to be very severe. At any rate, 

 he did neglect and starve them, and when he saw himself 

 detected he burned down the kennel in which the dogs were 

 confined and destroyed dead and alive alike. Then he fled 

 the town, going to the timber country of the bottoms to live 

 for awhile. 



McLin Avas first arrested on the charge of cruelty to 

 animals, but the information on which he was brought be- 

 fore the justice's court was proved too specifically, alleging 

 that McLin did such and such acts on one certain date. Mc- 

 Lin sent for a bright criminal lawj-er of ^"incennes, Charles 

 Pritchett, promising to pay him his fee, but never paying it 

 all. Pritchett went through theinformation, held the prose- 

 cution to it literally, proved that the charge did not hold for 

 the date named, and then, by the beauties of the law cleared 

 his man, McLin testifying that he had not committed the 

 acts charged. 



At the meeting of the Grand Jury McLin was informed 

 against again, and it was sought to have him indicted for 

 cruelty, for arson and for perjury. Mr. Pritchett, never 

 having been paid by McLin, or even thanked by him for 

 his services, now in resentment went over to the other side 

 and was instrumental in getting his ex-client handsomely 

 in limbo, with an excellent chance for a trip over the road. 

 Although the cruelty charge could not come up, and although 

 the crime of arson could not lie, siuce the value of the 

 building was not proved to be sufficient thereto, McLin 

 was indicted for perjury, and failing to secure bonds went 

 to jail, where he has lain for a long time. 



It is legally difficult, in most cases, to make the charge 

 of perjury stick, and although the popular belief was that 

 McLin deser\'ed some sort of punishment, the lawyers ad- 

 mitted that there was a good chance for him to escape 

 again from justice. The case attracted much local atten- 

 tion as it was set forward on the docket from day to day, 

 and John Mayfleld, to whose patience and persistence the 



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the sentiment was strongly against him, and the testimony 

 confirmed the popular hope that he would receive a heavy 

 sentence. 



On Thursday the examination of witnesses closed, and by 

 evening of that day both prosecution and defense had practi- 

 cally closed. 



CMcaqo, Nov. '25.— On Thur.sday night I was obliged to re- 

 turn from Vincennes. This morning I have a telegram from 

 John Balmer, of that city, which says briefly: "McLin gets 

 three years in penitentiary. Perjury proved." 



There are not many men like McLin, but every owner of a 

 dog may feel safer after reading of this verdict. Whether 

 motion for new trial will be made does not appear, but this 

 is not likely, and in any case the result would probably come 

 in the nature of a severe rebuke to McLin and all of his like 

 who are of the mind that because a dog cannot talk it is safe 

 to be inhumane and monstrous with it. Certainly all sports 

 men should be congratulated on this verdict. In turn also 

 they should thank the gentlemen who have contributed to 

 the' fund for this prosecution, and especially should they 

 acknowledge indebtedness to the men like John Mayfield 

 and Mr. Freeman, who took time and trouble and risked 

 neighJ)orhood animosities, doing the work and .sticking to 

 the thing until the fit and proper end. E. Hough. 



909 Security Bdildikg, Chicago. 



DOG CHAT. 



American Kennel Club Meeting. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the executive committee 

 of the American Kennel Club will be held on Thursday, Dec. 

 31, at 3:30 P. M., at the oflice of the club, No. 44 Broadway, 

 New York city. This being the last meeting of the year a 

 full attendance is earnestly requested. . 



The Columbus Fanciers' Club Show. 



The Columbus Fanciers' Club will hold their dog show 

 Feb. 28 to March 3. The premium list will be ready for dis- 

 ti-ibution not later than Jan. 15. They have provided the 

 usual classes for all breeds and prizes will in the aggregate 

 amount to more than 11,000 exclusive of liberal kennel and 

 numerous special prizes. They will also offer a handler's 

 prize of sT5 on the u^ual conditions. 



The club have secured a commodious ground floor room 

 on the most prominent block in the city and can conveniently 

 bench 400 dogs. Judges have not been selected as yet, but as 

 Mr. Geo. F. Money, the secretary writes us, they will en- 

 deavor to choose those who will be acceptable to the greatest 

 number and "keeping in mind that harmony and content- 

 ment among exhibitors is the para amount question, we 

 will hope to receive their liberal patronage." Secretary',? ad- 

 dress is 376 N. High street, Columbus, 0. 



New Irish Terrier. 



A new Irish terrier makes his advent this week from the 

 other side. This is Hazard, who was purchased by Mr. Geo. 

 M. Weld from Mr. R. W^alker. Hazard is said to be a good 

 one and a winner of numerous prizes. He is by Master of 

 Arts out of Miss Jenny. 



There are several important features in our kennel busi- 

 ness columns this week. We draw attention to the Hemp- 

 stead Farm Kennels' array of good things, and their high 

 reputation in the fancy is a guarantee that the best of blood 

 can be obtained from thern. Anyone who wants a collie 

 that has beaten the hitherto in vincible Wellesbourne Charlie 

 should look at Mr. Jarrett's announcement. Then Geo. S. 

 Thomas is well known in the fancy as a smart handler and 

 conditioner of show dogs; the Maybrook Kennels are also 

 ready to condition dogs for the coming shows. C. T. 

 Brownell offers Gordon setters for sale; G. D. Roberts, 

 partridge and woodcock dogs; S, A. Pearle, English setters; 



C. F. Kent, foxhounds; J. H. Miller, foxhounds; H. Bisby, 

 pointer bitch; King Don Pointer Kennels, pointer pup and 

 brood bitches; M. H. Raniett, greyhounds; J, M. Schaffer, 

 coon dogs. Exchange: Setter dog for setter bitch broken. 



We draw attention to the fact that we have several copies 

 of "Bulldog Pedigrees," by Cyril W. Jackson and E. H. 

 Bowers. Every bulldog breeder should have one. Rawdon 

 Lee's work on "Modern Dogs (Sporting Division) of Great ■ 

 Britain" is receiving a good deal of attention just now. 

 Every setter or pointer man should read it. It's useful. We 

 can supply it. 



"Listening to the Argument" and "Thinking it Over" are 

 the titles of two prett.y artotypes received. The former 

 represents six Irish setter puppies in various attitudes of 

 attention, and the latter is certainly a happy delineation of 

 the wise look a puppy puts on when his "thinker" is work- 

 ing. The puppy at the end of the group looking as if he 

 was whispering in the other one's ear is very cute. The 

 size is 32 x 38 and are published by W. T. Higbee, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Pointer Club Meeting. 



At a meeting of the executive committee of the Pointer 

 Club of America, held Nov. 27, at 2 P. M., in the office of 

 John S. Wise, the following gentlemen were elected mem- 

 bers: E. O. Damon, Northampton, Mass.; Wm. Hawkins, 

 Monterey, Mass.; James Mortimer, Hempstead, L. I. and I, 

 Bijin, New York. Mr, A. A. Savage, Newtonville, Mass,, 

 was dropped from the roll of .membership. IMr. C. L. Wright 

 of New York, was proposed for membership but was not 

 elected. 



Douglas Will Try the Wolves. 



Frank Dole did not care to take a big dog like the deer- 

 hound Douglas, second to Lochiel, home again, so Mr. Jarrett 

 stepped in as a friend and some more money and dog changed 

 hands. The Chestnut Hill man broke for the telegraph office 

 and now Mr. Mitchell Harrison owns Douglas and will take 

 him to Colorado Springs in a week or two, where he goes to 

 recuperate from the illness that .succeeded his recent accident 

 in the hunting field. We are pleased to hear he is almost 

 himself again. 



There is one man who is glad there was a dog show in 

 Newark. This is Mr. Charles Bassini, the well-known horse 

 owner. There is another man who is sorry he entered a 

 dog at that show. This is Mr. Frank X. Ammann, also of 

 Newark. He entered No. 21, Courage, but it did't get any- 

 thing, still it was the dearer to the heart of Mrs, Bassini 

 than any of the champions when she discovered that it was 

 her long lost Zero. Zero showed his affection warmly, and 

 compelled Mrs. Bassini to come and look at him while 

 standing airale.ssly near the St. Bernards' benches waiting 

 for her husband. Then .she found it was lier Zero. The 

 pseudo owner was hunted up and he, appreciating Zero's!) 

 feelings in the matter, released his claim, although he had: 

 paid $30 for the dog to a horse dealer, who will be dealt with J 

 later. Mr. Ammann thiuks it a cold snap all round for him.^ 



Field Trial Record. '| 



Recognizing the importance to breeders and field trialj 

 men generally in having a concise record of the field trials, 

 we publish in this issue the record for 1893. The foxhound 

 and beagle trial frecord will appear next week. ; 



Great Danes Change Hands. j 

 Mr. Glynn did not have to wait long for his advertisemeii| 

 in Forest and Stream to give him good results. He has 

 sold to Mr. J. A. Lawrence of Columbus, 0.,the great Danes 

 Lord W^olverton and Sentas, winners at Toronto last Sep- 

 tember. Mr. Lawrence has also purchased from Mr. Bera- 

 heimer, who has ordered a pair from Germany, the noted 

 great Danes Hepburn Hero and Hepburn Flora Belle; with 

 these he has a strong kennel indeed. Flora Belle is in whelp 

 to Hero. 



Sales were slack at Newark to outsiders, so the fancy did s 

 little bargaining among themselves. Mr. Henry Jarrett 

 proprietor of Chestnut Hill Kennels, sold his collie dog Can'* 

 Tell to the great Dane enthusiast, Mr. A. H. Hepener, of New 

 Brunswick, N. J. Can't Tell took second to Lassie Gowrie, 

 but can now claim a first, as Lassie had to step down. 



When Mr. Charles Heath buys a collie it is a subject fo( 

 wonder, as we generally associate him with the pointer sed 

 tion. He took a fancy to Yorkshire Surprise, however, secouc 

 at Newark, and recently imported by Mr. John Ellice, aat 

 the chains changed hands. Mr. Ellice had to take something 

 home, so "Billy" Tallman parted with the greyhound Maid 

 third in open bitches. There were several offers for tht 

 Maid. 



The noted bulldog King Lud is now owned by Mr. Jame 

 E Condou, of Providence, R. I., who is likely to own somi 

 more cracks shortly. 



Mr. E. H. Morris sold the Gordon setter Fairmont to Mr 

 E. H. Johnston, ex-secretary of the N. J. K. L, Fair m on 

 has won firsts at New York, Washington, Elmira and Boi 

 ton this year as a puppy. 



Paddy Doolan waited anxiously for that badger. Was i 

 sick? We believe that this is the first engagement he ha 

 missed. 



During Newark show the noted Irish setter Lady Clevt 

 land visited champion Kildare, and such a union of qualit. 

 should be productive of good results. 



A Rare Accident. 



While exercising in the ring at Newark the third-pri2 

 winning Gordon bitch Beauty was run into by a St. Bernar 

 puppy and her hindleg broken. Dr. Glover was, fortunately 

 near at hand and set the limb. 



Mr. W. J. Owen is a recent acquisition to the bull-terru 

 fancy. He came from Birmingham recently, bringing wit 

 him White King, by Gull theGreat, that took second to Cor 

 donna. Others are to follow. White King is brother to tb 

 noted White Queen. 



Reprehensible Practices. 



There was a good joke on the " Vet." at Newark. Befo 

 the fox-terrier judging he approached the judge and in ths 

 confidential, impressive manner that judges sometimes me 

 with inferred how good his terriers were and the recognitic 

 he expected they should receive. The judge calmly took tl 

 numbers down on his .sleeve, and the " Vet." went awj 

 happy. Of course they wei-e the first ones fired when thi 

 came into the ring. Then the " Vet." showed the other si" 

 of his character, and grossly insulted the judge by imp 

 tation. This same man. Dr. Sat tier, afterward was gml 

 of a most reprehensible action. During Thursday night 

 the show he stole a service of Blemton Rasper, and this a 

 tion was reported by the watchman to the committee. Th 

 acted promptly in the matter, and compelled a payment 

 the stud fee to Mr. Belmont's representative. This m 

 should feel the hand of the A. K. C. for awhile. As an o: 

 cial of the show, his action should meet with some ofiici 

 punishment. 



