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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dbc. 16, 1898. 



reach a Mqh sbmuUng in the fraternity without the aid, of 

 mch journals. Their aidis invaluable and they are always 

 worth more than their sutiscription price." The italics are 

 ours, but the man who concocted that is imbued with con- 

 siderable horse sense, even if he be a chicken man. 



Puppies at Shows. 

 It may be well to draw attention to the new A. K. C. rule 

 regarding puppies at shows which goes into efifect Jan. 1, 

 1894. "Rule 10— No entry shall be accepted of any puppy 

 imder six months of asre, either for competition or exhibi- 

 tion, subject to a penalty of .$10 for each under age puppy 

 placed on exhibition." We have several times drawn atten- 

 tion to the fact that the intention of the old rule to exclude 

 puppies under six months old from dog shows was frustrated 

 by entering such puppies for exhibition only, which meant 

 really— for sale only, and both exhibitors and buyers suftered 

 in consequence. The Saratoga show next month will be the 

 first show held under the new rales, and we trust for the 

 sake of exhibitors that the rule will be rigidly enforced. 



It is a pity that the Providence show, at least the kennel 

 part of it, has not been put in the hands of a practical dog- 

 man, one used to show usages. This office has never received 

 a premium list, and even the A. K. C. only received its list 

 within the week. There is no intimation or instruction to 

 exhibitors about listing excepting the remote notice in the 

 A K. C. rules, and in an irregular manner. We are told 

 that unless there are three entries in a class the flr.st money 

 advertised will not be paid. This is poor cheese paring policy 

 and not at all fair to the judge, Mr. J. Otis Fellows. A 

 number of fanciers who wanted to show there failed to do 

 so because they did not know the secretary's name nor ob- 

 tain a premium list. 



Birmingham Dogr Show. 

 The Birmingham show, held Nov. 2.5 to 39, was not a suc- 

 cess in the non-sporting division, but in the sporting division 

 there was a good gathering Space forbids our commenting 

 on the show this week, but we may say that America was 

 represented by Mr. W. C. Reick, who unfortunately, in 

 rousing the beautiful St. Bernard Lady Mignon from her 

 slumbers, received a slight bite on the hand. Mr. Keick is 

 now a full-fledged fancier, dogman or whatever the correct 

 term may be. 



The next English Kennel Club show will be held April 10 

 to 12 at the Crystal Palace, London. 



Detroit Dog Show. 

 Owing to the conflict of dates with the Columbus Fanciers' 

 Club and to assist in forming a Western circuit, the City of 

 Straits Kennel Club have had to change their dates to March 

 7 to 10 1S94 So the club will hold its second annual bench 

 show on tho.se dates at the Detroit Auditorium. The pre- 

 mium list wUl bp ready Jan. 15, and will be mailed to any 

 address on application. There will be about .$2,500 in cash 

 prizes and specials, be.sides the club's cups medals, etc. The 

 show will be under A. K. C. rules, and awards will count. 

 The dogs will be judged by Messrs. John Davidson, James 

 Mortimer and Chas H. Mason. 



Detroit will be well represented at the Chicago show this 

 week. The well-known Tom Blake leaves that city with a 

 string of ten winners, w^hicb include .John Mandt's English 

 setter Washtenaw Grouse, Fred. Moe's Irish setter Nona, 

 W Howie Muir's deerhound Bruar II., Mr. Predhomme's 

 English setter Dick, Guy Walton's beagles champion J uneM. 

 and Pomp, Mr. Parkinson's beagle Jennie Lind, Blake & 

 Herbertson's cockers Pickpania, Lady Dufferin and La Dina. 

 From Chicago Mr. Blake will go to Akron, O. 



The Sussex spaniel Ilfracombe, first Newark, did not live 

 long to enjoy the sweets of victory. Shortly after the show 

 she was taken sick with a throat affection that would not 

 yield to treatment. This is quite a loss to the Ohwahgena 

 Kennels, who imported her through Mr. Morris. 



Death of Champion Harper. 



Champion Harper, one of the cracks of the bulldog fancy, 

 has fallen a victim to the poison fiend at Mr. Mariner's ken- 

 nels at Milwaukee. The Graven Imago was also poisoned, 

 but beyond destroying her unborn pups, of which King Lurd 

 was the sire, no further harm was done. This is most un- 

 fortunate, and we trust that Dr. Mariner will be able to pro- 

 tect himself in future and get a line on the wretch who did 

 the woi-k. 



punting m\d ^aniimng. 



FIXTURES. 



Jan. ]5.-Bruuswick Fur Club's winter trials. Bradford S. Turpin, 



Sec'y. 



San Francisco Coursing Club's Meeting. 



(^Special Report). 



The meeting which I mentioned in my last communication 

 which was to take place at Newark, under the auspices of 

 the newly organized San Francisco Coursing Club, Avas com- 

 menced yesterday, and in every respect surpassed the most 

 extravagant expectations of the club, or indeed of the whole 

 coursing community. . n ■, 



Sixty-four dogs were entered for the All-Aged Stake, and 

 twelve for the^Puppy Stakes. All the crack dogs in the 

 State were entered for the former, and never, I believe, since 

 coursing was inaugurated in California was such interest 

 taken in any meeting. . 



The weather for the past five or six days was certainly any- 

 thing but what was desirable, as the rain fell in torrents, 

 and continued until early yesterday morning Nothing 

 daunted however, fully 200 people and about SO dogs put in 

 an appearance at the railway station determined to brave 

 anything rather than postpone the meeting. Fortune favors 

 the brave however, for no sooner had the train gone beyond 

 the neighboring city of Alameda than the weather cleared 

 up and on arrival at the park we found that the rain had 

 iust fitted it for the most perfect coursing, making the sward 

 springy and elastic and perfectly safe for dogs to run over. 



It was noticeable, too, that the great proportion of the 

 crowd in their enthusiasm for coursing, did not forget that 

 it was Thanksgiving Day, for large hampers were to be seen 

 in all directions, and few, I think, will gainsay the assertion 

 that the leg or wing of a good turkey is a thousand times 

 more toothsome when partaken of under conditions such as 

 surrounded thecrowd at Newark than if taken at the family 

 table however highly polished the surrounding furniture or 

 costly the ware on the mahogany dinner table may be. 



The card for the day's work was a hea^-y one, and no time 

 was lost, as it was settled that the first rouod must be fin- 

 ished by 5 o'clock. The officers of the club had taken every 

 possible precaution to have everything in shipshape order, 

 and consequently everything moved 1 ike a piece of machinery, 

 not a single hitch occui-ring during the whole day. The fact 

 that 33 regular courses and four undecideds was got through 

 n just six hours is ample proof of how smoothly things 



^The field officers were: Judge, John Grace; slipper, James 

 Wren- slip steward, J. R. Dickson; flag stew ard, J. H. Per- 

 rego: field stewards, J. W. Butterworth, John Eagan and P. 

 p. ifolaTV. 



Just as the first brace of dogs were handed to the slipper 

 Mr. D. Shannon, president of the club, stepped on to the 

 stand and addressed the crowd, telling them of the beauties 

 of the chase and the unalloyed pleasure that is attached to 

 coursing when carried on strictly according to rule and free 

 from petty or unfair motives. He trusted that no such 

 charges could ever be fairly brought against any of the mem- 

 bers of the club or those who may course within its folds, 

 and the public could depend on it that no unworthy actions 

 would ever be tolerated within it. Mr. Shannon was loudly 

 cheered on resuming his place. 



The coursing during the day was without doubt the 

 greatest that has been seen outside of Merced. The hares 

 were regular flyers, and many of the courses were more than 

 sufficient to try any pair of dogs in the world. Nearly all 

 the great cracks went down, such as the great Skyrocket, 

 Long John, Moondyne, Nelly Bly, Twilight and others of less 

 fame. 



But assuredly the most astonishing course of all was the 

 run between Long John and Pride of the Park. The former 

 dog is a large, heavy dog, weighing about sixty-five pounds, 

 and has a wonderful dash of speed in him and has won many 

 good stakes, while Pride of the Park is the most diminutive 

 greyhound I have ever seen go to slips. She weighs but 

 3.51bs. and is much more like an Italian greyhound than any- 

 thing else, and as both dogs passed into the park in charge 

 of Wren, considerable was the chaff and hadin.a.ge that 

 greeted his ears and that of the owner of the beautiful little 

 creature— Pride of the Park. lu the very height of the fun a 

 big jack jumped up, and on the dogs being loosed, to the 

 utter astonishment of all the crowd the little fellow shot 

 right to the front, and do his utmost, the big brindle could 

 not get within a length of her while she closed steadily up 

 to the game and eventually brought it round, and before 

 Long John could steady himself she was round again like a 

 top and took second "turn; indeed she was all round both 

 hare and dog and scored every point in a long course. The 

 crowd went literally frantic with excitement, but when the 

 little thing grabbed the hare and it was seen that she was 

 not able to hold it, the cheering was louder and longer. Long 

 John, however, came gallantly to the rescue and without 

 showing an atom of jealousy at'his discomfiture by so in.sig- 

 nificant a rival, prevented thei longeared jack from running 

 away with her into the escape, by grabbing it by the neck, 

 finishing its earthly career in an instant. Never before was 

 vi.ctor — quadruped or biped — so vehemently cheered. One en- 

 thusiast rushed out as sue was being led back to the kennels 

 and lifting her up over his head called for three cheers for 

 the "little fairy." It was given three times over. 



Another event, too, that caused some excitement was the 

 course between Skyrocket and Dark Rustic. It was looked 

 upon as such a certainty for the former that •i!20 to SI could be 

 had in the pools on the course, but no one would even risk 

 that much on the event, so certain did every one feel that 

 Rustic could not beat the great Skyrocket; "but on this oc- 

 casion the unexpected occurred with a vengeance, for in a 

 good course the only thing he scored was the run up. 



The following is a summary of the day's running: 



All-Age Stake. 



\ third $25, fourth $35; next four 



First prize $100, second 

 dogs $10 each. 



First Bou7id. 



Jack DEMPSEr— Little Rose.— T. J. Cronin's white dog 

 Jack Dempsey and Dowling and McCormack's black and 

 white bitch Little Rose were the first pair called to the slips. 

 A hare was soon started and there was seen a course worth 

 traveling miles to see. Both dogs went as if locked in the 

 slips for 500yds., and then Jack drew out for first turn, which 

 he got, and the balance of a long course was in his favor, 

 but he had to put his best leg foremost, as Little Rose was 

 constantly at his side. He eventually killed and won. 



SwANEK— Flirtation.— W. Creamer's black and white 

 bitch Swanee and George Dougherty's brindle bitch Flirta- 

 tion were next handed to the slipper, and a hare was soon 

 started that put the pair of longtails at their best to take a 

 turn out of him. They eventually succeeded, however, and 

 after this Swanee had the balance of a fine course almost to 

 herself. The bitch will be heard of yet, as she is both fast 

 and clever. Swanee won. 



Maey An^n— Gem.— p. Tieruan's fawn bitch Mary Ann and 

 D. O'Connell's black dog Jim had the next spin, and a most 

 determined one it was, for though Mary Ann won she had to 

 put forth her very best efforts, for .Jim is no slouch and 

 showed well in a long course. The bitch killed and won. 



Glen Farron—Salvator.— The same owner's well known 

 red dog Glen Farron surprised most people, and certainly his 

 owner, by the way the old veteran polished off' D. J. Heuly's 

 nomination, the brindle dog Salvator. 



Depend On Me— Wattle Bloom.— T. J. Cronin's white 

 and black dog Depend On Me and R. E. de Lopez's fawn 

 bitch Wattle Bloom were then placed in the slipper's hands, 

 who had some difficulty in getting the latter sighted, as it 

 was the first time she was ever in slips. Three hares passed 

 by before she could be got to look at one; but eventually 

 they were let go and the little youngster shot out and led 

 Mr. Cronin's tine dog until nearing the stand, got first and 

 second turn and then got a cropper. This completely threw 

 her out of the balance of a long course. Depend On Me won. 



White Clood— Electric— A. Seal's white and brindle 

 bitch White Cloud and Eugene Gray's white and brindle 

 dog Electric had a fine course, but the former proved too 

 much for her handsome opponent and won a fine course. 



Longfellow— Moondyne. — J. Perigo's black and white 

 dog Longfellow, to the surprise of the crowd and the disgust 

 of the talent, completely shattered the high pretensions of 

 D. J. Healy 's brindle dog Moondyne by giving him a thorough 

 thrashing. 



Faii;t— Blackstone.— J. Reilly's fawn bitch Fairy was 

 altogether too much for Dr. Proctor's black and white dog 

 Blackstone, and simply ran round him. 



Coomassie— Overland.- W. Perry's white and brindle 

 bitch Cooniassie ran clean away from M. Culligan's white 

 and brindle dog Overland and won with ease. 



Sting— Nhllt Blt.— P. D. Nolan's brindle dog Sting and 

 James Byrnes's fawn bitch Nelly Bly had a fine undecided 

 course in'which both dogs showed up well, both as runners 

 and workers. But in the second attempt Sting won a one- 

 sided course. 



Long John— Pride of the Park.— P. Tiernan's brindle 

 dog Long John and J. J. Edmond's brindle bitch Pride of 

 the Park furnished the first real surprise of the day. The 

 latter is the smallest greyhound that has ever gone to slips 

 in this State. She does not weigh more than 351bs., but she 

 can run and work, and Tiernan's great crack, Long John 

 had to strike his proud colors to this wonderful little speci- 

 men of the greyhound. Never was surprise so great, and 

 never before was a dog awarded such unmeasured cheering 

 by an enthusiastic crowd. 



SH0RT.ST0P— Captain.— P. C. Curtis's brindle dog Short- 

 stop had a sharp, short course with H, McCracken's fawn 

 dog Captain, which he won easily. 



Skvrocket— Dark Rustic— The next pair sent out was 

 P. C. Curtis's white and black dog Skyrocket and P. D. 

 Dolan's black dog Dark Rustic, but great as was the surprise 

 of the course between Long John and Pride of the Park, this 

 course was a still greater one, for the greater dog fell com- 

 pletely before this utter and complete outsider. Fifty dol- 

 lars to §1 was offered, but no one would accept of it. On 

 being slipped the great crack led up, as usual, and took first 

 turn, but that finished him, for Rustic did all the rest and 

 won cleverly. Such cheering has not been heard on a cours- 

 ing field for years. 



1 Queen of THji Vallet— I^adv U- GJvEndvne.— J. D«\v- 



ling's brindle bitch Queen of the "Valley beat H. McCracken's 

 white and black bitch Lady H. Glendyne handsomely in a 

 long course. 



Garrowen— Pv,AMBLER.— J. Buckly's white dog Garryowen 

 had an easy thing with J. P. Burke's black and white dog 

 Rambler. 



Vallet Queen— Sir John.— J. J. Edmond's white and 

 black bitch Valley Queen easily beat Dowling & McCor- 

 mack's brindle dog Sir John. 



Barry F.— Governess.— James Byrnes's black and white 

 dog Barney F. had a short, sharp course Avith J. Wren's 

 fawn bitch Governess and won. 



Waratah— Glenade.— R. E. de Lopez's black and white 

 dog Waratah beat P. Tiernan's Glenade after a good course. 

 This dog showed a fine dash of foot and he Is also a good 

 worker. 



Blue Jack— Chief of the Valley.— -P. Ryan's black and 

 white dog Blue Jack beat J. Dowlrng's brindle dog Chief of 

 the A^alley easily. 



Spokane— Lady Napoleon.— Carney's white dog Spokane 

 and W. Dalton's fawn and white bitch Lady Napoleon had a 

 very fine course, the latter portion of which the judge could 

 not see, as it was behind the stand and the crowd^ was so 

 great that Mr. Grace of course could not get even a glimpse 

 of the work done by the dogs. Of course he had to^ decide 

 on what he did see, and sent the flag up for Spokane, which 

 certainly had the best of it in the first part of the course. 



Magpie— Roll Along.— P. Ryan's black and white dog 

 Magpie and James Grace's black and white dog Roll Along 

 had a sharp course; the former won. This course was judged 

 by .1. R. Dickson, as Roll Along is owned by Mr. Grace's son. 



Sculptor- White Rustic— Thos. Mc Hugh's black and 

 white dog Sculptor, after an undecided heat, beat Dowling 

 & McCormack's white dog White Rustic easily. 



Dotty Dimple— Active.— T. J. Cronin's white and fawn 

 bitch Dotty Dimple and D. J. Hendy's black and white bitch 

 Active ran a great course, which the former won, but it must 

 have been a very close thing. 



Olympic— Bluestone.— P. Tiernan's brindle dog Olympit: 

 easily beat Dr. Proctor's black and white dog Bluestone. 



Wee Lassie— Occidental.— J. Perigo's fawn bitch Wee 

 Lassie had a good run with J. Byrne's fawn dog Occidental, 

 the former winning. 



Tom Hayes— Lazy Girl.— P. Tiernan's black and white 

 dog Tom Hayes had a good course with John Lucy's brindle 

 bitch Lazy Girl and beat her well. 



Ban Boy— Home Rule.— T. Mclnemey's black and white 

 dog Ban Boy and T. Cooney's brindle and white dog Home 

 Rule had one of the finest courses of the day. Ban Boy win- 

 ning by the "skin of his teeth." 



ViDA Shaw— Domino.— J. J. Edmond's white bitch Vida 

 Shaw ran away from H. M. N. Spring's black and white dog 

 Domino and won. 



Rustic Maid— Presto.— Dowling & McCormack's white 

 and black bitch Rustic Maid beat A. Seal's white and black 

 dog Presto easily. 



Natty— Twilight.— M. Kerrigan's black dog Natty (the 

 Evergreen) beat in a good course Dr. Wadan's beautiful 

 black bitch Twilight, which certainly was another astonisher 

 to the talent. 



Little Banshee— Swede.— J. Mclnerney's black bitch 

 Little Banshee had it all her own way in her course with J. 

 Moory's brindle and white dog Swede. 



Olden— Red Prince.— J. Healy's black and white dog 

 Olden W. beat A. Merrill's fawn and white dog Red Prince 

 in the la.st and certainly not the worst course of the day. 



The balance of the stake and the Puppy Stake will be run 

 off on Sunday next, when an enormous crowd may be 

 expected. Gazehound. 



• • ■ • 



In the Good Old 'Way. 



The Valley Hunt Club had their first run of the season 

 Dec. 24. Starting with twenty-two rider.s, Reynard was 

 found on the wooded hill west of Wawa Station, and he gave 

 a lively chase, crossing the railroad with the hounds but a 

 short distance behind. After a short but spirited run he 

 took to earth in the rocky hill on the Wolf Farm. 



Another fox was soon started, however, in a bush pile in 

 the centre of a large Held on the same farm and afforded the 

 best run of the day. Starting not more than 100ft. in 

 advance of the hounds he gained rapidly at first, and cross- 

 ing a marshy meadow on Charles Dowd's place the hounds 

 were thrown off the scent, but after a short delay they again 

 took up the trail, and a hard run was given for several miles, 

 but the hounds succeeded in overtaking him soon after he 

 crossed the road on the south of Barclay's Woods. 



The brush was captured by Cooper Sickel, and close behind 

 came John Everhardt, the master of hounds. While cross- 

 ing a field on the Struther's Farm the horse that Cooper 

 Sickel was riding stepped into a woodchuck hole and was 

 thrown, but nothing resulted except a skinned nose and a 

 broken stirrup leather. 



Those who kept up well during the chase were Harry 

 Shortridge, Clinton Wells, George Price, Frederick Y. AUis, 

 Geo. Yarnall and Edward Mayhew.— P/wktdelpMc/- Titms. 

 ■ • • • 



HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 



One of the gayest fox chase witnessed in East Bradford 

 township, took place near West Chester, Pa,, Dec. 7. The 

 start was on the farm of C, Heller, There were present the 

 West Chester Hunt, the Garfield Avenue Hunt, the Gibson 

 Hunt, Cream Ridge Hunt, Green Hunt, Mortonville Hunt 

 and Strode Hunt— in all over seventy hunters with their 

 packs, aggregjating over one hundred dogs. 



While waiting for the hour for dropping the fox to arrive 

 a lunch was served by Farmer Heller, and by 1:30 o'clock 

 there were over five hundred people present, some in the 

 saddle, some in carriages and many on foot. Councilman 

 Shaner, of the West Chester Hunt, brought forth the fox, 

 which liad been captured by his hunt some weeks ago. He 

 was a fine, large fellow, with lithe limbs and big brush. He 

 was given a start of five minutes, which he mlide good use 

 of. The hounds started in hot pursuit, and in their wake 

 the horsemen followed in a mad scramble and much blowing 

 of horns. The dogs soon divided. One portion took a 

 Brandy wine course, against the efforts of the hunters, while 

 the other and main portion stuck closely to the fox's trail, 

 and soon riders and pack were out of sight and hearing o\'er 

 the hills toward Glen Loch, the old hiding place of tiie fox 

 before he was captured weeks ago. The chase was continued 

 into the afternoon, and terminated by the fox eluding hia 

 pursuers in a cavern near Downingtown. 



• • • • 



The Rose Tree Huntj^ of Media, Pa, , had a bad turn of luck 

 a week or two since. Some of the hounds while at exercise 

 were bitten by a pre.sumably mad dog and the most of the 

 pack were destroyed, as symptoms of rabies had developed. 

 The hunt has now received ten couple chiefly from Virginia 

 we believe, and these will be entered at once. 



The members of the Hoboken C. 0. held their first smoker on Dec. 

 •2 at the club house foot of Tenth street, Hoboken. Every one was 

 provided with pipes and tobacco and there were plenty of refresh- 

 ments on baud. An e.xcellent musical programme was one of the 

 features of the evening. Mandolin, L. Kretzmer, P. Gottsohalk, P 

 Miiller; guitar, ,T. Wartiecke; banjo, G. V, Btrahan, E. Muller, Bart! 

 Allen, Lhe Texaa; vocal solos. Com. J, R. Lake of N, Y. C. C., G, P. 

 Douglass, lanthe; humorous reading, P, Muller; T, Cameron, a 

 Yale College student; pantomime, client art, Dr, Hertel, and imita- 

 tions, (i. iiletz. The following clubs were represented: New York, 

 Brooklyn, New Jersey Y^acht Club, Vixen crew, Janthe, Arlington' 

 Orange, Rutherford, Koiokerbocker, ' 



