Jan. 20, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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The Westminster Kennel Club Show. 



The wheels of time seem to be well oiled these days, and 

 work with alarm in g swiftness and smooihness for some of 

 us. There is up thing that brings this fact more, directly 

 hometo the faucier's mind fhftB the .-isdit of another W. K. C. 

 premium list, The W, K C. show is the pivot around which 

 all other kennel events revolve, and marks the commence- 

 ment of the fancier's new year. As soon as Christmas week 

 jollities becoms a memory the fancier turns his thoughts 

 toward the show of the year, and when fancier meets fancier 

 the. first question is generally. "Have you heard who the 

 judges are?" It is not necessary to ask of what or where. 

 In connection with no other show is there that absorbing 

 interest to know the full list of judges as with the W. K. C. 

 show, and when they have acquired the information, prob- 

 ably in the case of no other show has it so little effect upon 

 the entry. The judges announced and their fituess for their 

 several positions discussed, the premium list looms up, and, 

 while they know this important feature will be forthcoming 

 in ample time for due preparation, there, is always some 

 auxiety to know whether their own particular breed has 

 received that due attention which its importance— in their 

 own minds— fully entitles it to. Take the poodle man, for 

 instance. He doesn't care a snap whether the pointers or St. 

 Bernards are divided by weight or coat, but feels sure that 

 the club would not he doing its duty to kenneldom if it did 

 not provide classes for cords, curlies; trimmed, untrimmed, 

 while, black, brown and the rest of it. 



Well, every one will soon be able to judge for himself, for 

 once more t he premium H.st of the W. K. C. show for the. 

 current year lies before us. This one makes the eighteenth, 

 and a glance through it will show that while the club has 

 scarcely made the spread of last year, the increased classifi- 

 cation in several bieed makes the list ainore impartial and 

 all round good one. 



Taking the breeds in their proper order we find that mas- 

 tiffs are scarcely so well considered as last year. They have 

 $15 and U0 provided in the challenge classes; #20, .$10 and $5 

 in open classes, and puppy and novice $10 and $5, with sexes 

 together, this makes a falling off of $35 from last year's list. 

 St. Bernards are much better treated, the entries being of 

 course much larger, #20 and $10 in challenge; $20. $15, $10 and 

 $5 in open, and $15, $10 and $5 in puppies beiug the order for 

 roughs and the same for smooths, and the novice classes 

 have $15, $10 and $5. The other breeds that are provided 

 with the same amount as mastiffs are great Danes, New- 

 foundlands, Russian wolfhounds, deerhounds, greyhounds, 

 foxhounds, field and cocker spaniels, poodles, bulldogs, bull- 

 terriers, dachshunds, beagles, white English and black and 

 tan terriers and the different rough-haired terriers, p igs, toy 

 spaniels (one challenge class for King Charles) and Italian 

 greyhounds. Newfoundlands, foxhounds and white English 

 terriers have no challenge classes, and only spaniels, poodles, 

 bulldogs, hull-terriers, beagles, Irish and wire-haired fox- 

 terriers, have puppy classes in their section. Pointers, set- 

 ters, collies and smooth fox terriers are treated the same as 

 St. Bernards, with the exception of Gordons, and there in 

 the pnppy and novice classes the sexes compete together 

 Those breeds where open classes are not divided and $15, $10 

 and $5 are provided are English retrievers, Chesapeake Bay 

 dogs, Irish water and Clumber spaniels, smooth collies, bob- 

 tail sheepdogs, basset hounds, toy terriers and miscellaneous 

 This year schipperkes, Welsh and Clydesdale terriers and 

 harriers must take pot luck with the "freaks" of the fancy. 



In the way of kennel prizes, the club offers $20 for best four 

 mastiffs, rough and smooth St. Bernards (each), pointers, all 

 setters, rough collies, bulldogs and smooth fox-terriers. 

 Those getting $15 are bloodhounds, great Danes, wolfhounds, 

 deerhounds, greyhounds, foxhounds, the different spaniels 

 (each), poodles, bull-terriers, dachshunds, beagles, Irish ter 

 riers, Yorkshires, pugs and toy spaniels. Other breeds get a 

 brace prize of $10. 



The different specialty clubs have about the same list as 

 last year, but space forbids our giving them more than pass- 

 ing notice; it is unnecessary. We remark, however, that as 

 usual the Mastiff, Collie, Bulldog and Fox-Terrier clubs lead 

 in the value of their offerings. A new special is that offered 

 by the W. K C. of $100 cash or plate for the. best four point- 

 ers and English setters run at public field trials in the United 

 States or Canada. Entries close Feb. 5 with .James Mortimer, 

 room 310, 44 Broadway, New York city, and the fee is as be- 

 fore, $5. 



There is little more to notice unless we draw attention to 

 the new rule, XVI., in "Additional Rules," which says: 

 ' During the show dogs can be taken from their benches for 

 exercise betwen the hours of 12 and 1 and 6 to 7 P. M. only 

 Ali'ltvrge cLoqh must he exerelxed on clialn. This rule will 

 be strictly enforced." The latter part of this rule is an inno- 

 vation that is commendable and vv ill do away with the bois- 

 terous actions of some of the big dogs while in the exercising 

 rings, that is at once terrifying to the smaller dogs and a 

 source of danger a f all times. 



The judges we have already announced, and when we say 

 that Mr. Mortimer will superintend, assisted as usual by 

 John Read, this is a guarantee that the management and 

 arrangements will be as good as experience cau make them. 

 Spratts Co. of course will feed and bench, and Sanitas will 

 purify the air. Messrs. Thus. H. Terry and H. B. Cromwell 

 will shoulder the duties of the bench show committee. 



DOG CHAT. 



Scottish Terriers at New York. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The list of the judges for the W. K. C's big show is always 

 looked for with great interest by intending exhibitors and by 

 dog owners in general, but I regret to say this year's list is a 

 great disappointment to breeders of Scottish, Skye and Dan- 

 die terriers. These breeds have made such rapid strides 

 within the last few years as to deserve better treatment than 

 they get, as a rule, at the hands of show committees. I am 

 sorry to say the W. K. C. this year is no exception. 



There is no doubt this year's show at New York would 

 have brought out a larger class of Scottish terriers than have 

 ever been shown before, had a judge competent to judge 

 them been appointed. We alwa\s look for judges at New 

 York of the specialist order, and of course, this year in many 

 breeds we are getting it, but unfortunately the Scottish breed 

 of terriers will have to put up with a specialist in pugs to 

 award the prizes to their classes. Everyone knows Dr. 

 Cryer to be a gentleman, most competent to judge his par- 

 ticular breed, ot which he has bred so many good ones; and 

 of course coming from Philadelphia, which I hearts the 

 stronghold of Skye*, he may know this breed, but we very 

 muctTdoubt his ability to set us straight as to type, size and 

 the many perplexing questions, such as Mat-heads, coat, etc , 

 that bother the breeder of the hard-haired Scottish terrier, 

 and I am afraid the W. K. C. will find they have made a 

 mistake this } ear and I fancy I am not alone in this opinion. 



Scottish Xekiuek. 



Too Flustered to Shoot. 



We all know the man who found so mauy rabbits one day 

 that he did not know which one to shoot at first. Mr. J. H. 

 Beebe, of Montrose, Pa., had something of that experience 

 when he had put a two-line ad. in Foukst asu Stejkam the 

 other day. He wrote of it: "1 had so many calls for my dogs 

 I did not know which to answer first." 



The Detroit people aTe quietly arranging their plans for 

 the next show to be given by the City of the Straits Kennel 

 Club, March 7 to 10. The club expects to give $2,500 in prizes. 



Pade. 



For fear that an erroneous idea may become general owing 

 to the writings of those who have not seen the dog and who 

 were not present when he rati at the trials, we may say that 

 we believe it is the general opinion of those who saw Pade at 

 Nanuet, that the picture as published in Ttirf, Field a.nd 

 Farm is no more like him than chalk to cheese. The rough 

 sketch we published in our report of the trials, conveys a 

 better idea of the points on which the club based its decision. 

 The photograph has been taken very cleverly, and one would 

 suppose the dog to have a straight and proper beagle front, 

 whereas it is well known the dog is crooked like a basset, 

 but of course not so much so, and his body is larger than the 

 photograph would lead one to suppose. The dog photo- 

 graphed shows a dog deeper and shorter than the dog that 

 ran at Nanuet, in fact there is little »imilarity, and if the 

 decision of the Beagle Club had rested on the evidence of the 

 photograph furnished, Mr. Dorsey would have had the prize 

 probably. There was other and stronger evidence than that. 

 The whole evidence showed an amouut of obscurity and 

 "shielding" behiud it that should not exist in a straightfor- 

 ward entry such as the club desires to see run at their 

 trials. A correspondent iu another paper writes: "The 

 idea of the present Beagle Clib undertaking to instruct 

 Fott iuger Dorsey, theoldest hand at the breed we now have!" 

 The idea is not that the club wishes to instruct Mr. Dorsey 

 but rather that the club is surprised that Mr. Dorsey, an 

 official judge of the club, had an idea that the club would 

 accept a dog that he confessed was not a pure beagle au 

 one that he would not breed to for bench show form. The 

 National Beagle Club's field trials are for beagles, in thesame 

 light as other field trials are for pointers and setters and not 

 for "droppers." Where the field trial committee erred was 

 in allowing the dog to compete; he should have been thrown 

 out when measured and examined by the judges before the 

 trials. This unfortunate affair could not have happened had 

 the club made a rule that all beagles entered for its trials 

 shall be registered with the N. B. C. before filling, and this 

 should be done before the next trials. Mr. Dorsey knew as 

 well as we do the light in which a beagle that wins at the N. 

 B. C. trials is regarded, and we ask Mr. Dorsey as "one of 

 the oldest hands at the breed we have," if he would honestly 

 wish that type of beagle to be perpetuated. A winner at the 

 field trials is much sought after in the stud, and those 

 breeders who would seek his services would unwittingly do 

 au incalculable lot of harm to their kennel, by introducing 

 such an unknown quantity, one that is not acceptable either 

 through pedigree or form. Mr. Dorsey has advertised the 

 dog at stud in our columns, but this makes no difference iu 

 our estimate of the dog. 



The Pet Dog Club. 



A meeting of the above club was held at the residence of 

 the secretary, Miss Bannister, Jan. 10, at 15 East Forty-fifth 

 street. It was decided that the club hold its annual meet 

 ing as usual, at the W. K. C. show. Several changes in the 

 by-laws were under consideration during the meeting, and 

 rinal action will be taken at the annual meeting. The mem- 

 bership of the club has increased and its future promises to 

 be bright. 



The Philadelphia Kennel Club. 



The annual meeting of the P. K. C. was held at the Aldine 

 Hotel, Philadelphia, Jan. 9, when the following officers were 

 elected: President, J. H. Winslow; Vice-President, Dr. G. G. 

 Davis; Secretary, Dr. George DeB. Darby; Treasurer. S. Mur- 

 ray Mitchell. Directors: J. J. Snellenburg, Dr. Glass, Dr. 

 Littleton, Chas. Phelps, Jr., and G. Schreiber. We are 

 pleased to find that the treasurer's report showed the organ- 

 ization to be financially in good condition. The club, 

 headed by the popular fancier Mr. Winslow, has now a good 

 list of officers, aud w T e fancy t hat the new secretary, Dr. 

 Darby, from what we know of him, will prove a good selec- 

 tion. A secretary should have no private ends to serve, but 

 work heartily and earnestly for the good of his club by dis- 

 seminating without favor to one paper or the other the doings 

 of his club. By this means public interest is excited in the 

 doings of the 'organization. If such a club hides its light 

 under a bushel it cannot hope to secure as large a member- 

 ship as one that is not af raid to let ths public know what it 

 is doing. The club decided to hold a dog show this year 

 and considerable money has been guaranteed for that pur- 

 pose. 



The meeting was as usual a social one and the punch bowl 

 was a prominent and absorbing feature on the long table in 

 the library of the hotel. Besides those officers named, and 

 the members and friends present, were F. G. Taylor, G. Hay, 

 Sbarswood Brintou, C. T. Thompson, Phil J. Walsh, and 

 Major J. M. Taylor. It was the first meeting since the field 

 trials, and there was lots to talk about and as usual in such 

 gatherings. President Wiuslow's happy thoughts and jollity 

 were contagious. The show committee was reappointed after 

 hearing their report aud told to goon with the arrangements 

 for the coming show, the dates for which will be April 10 to 

 13, the week following Boston. The latest members elected 

 are, Phil J. Walsh Jr., G. A, Loder, C. M. Gilbert, Paul 

 KellarandF.H. Flear. 



Champion Dick Swiveler Goes West. 

 Mr. A. B Truman, of San Francisco, Cal., seems deter- 

 mined to raise the standard of Irish setters on the Pacific 

 coast, and to that end he has brought from the East many 

 good dogs. His Mike T., that died recently, aud his Lady 

 Elcho T. have hitherto been the best at the California shows. 

 Now that Mr. Truman has purchased Dick Swiveler from 

 the Oak Grove Kenuels he has secured a dog that can boast 

 of having beaten such cracks as champion Tim, Mack N., 

 Chief, Mac A., B'arney, Kildare, Gerald, Desmond II. and 

 others. Dick has a record of tbree first prizes at New York 

 in three consecutive years. In his veins ruus the blood of the 

 best strains of Iri«h setters. Turough his sire, the field trial 

 winner and bench champion, Bruce, he is directly related to 

 Elcho and Noreeu, and his dam, Leigh Doane II., was the 

 winner of a first prize at field trials. This combination of 

 field trial and prize winning blood should prove extremely 

 useful to the breed iu California, for the dog is yet able to 

 stamp his progeny- with type and quality. 



A meeting of the executive committee of the Canadian 

 Kennel Club will be held at the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, 

 Jan. 26, at 3 P M. Among the important matters for con- 

 sideration are: 1. To finally correct and pass by-laws, etc. 2. 

 To consider their relations with the A. K. C. 3. Election of 

 new members, any other business that may come up. 



The Toronto Kennel Club evidently has a proper concep- 

 tion of the duties and responsibilities of a kennel club. So 

 many kennel clubs are such merely in name, and when they 

 meet a few times in the year they come together, at best, in 

 very perfunctory manner, Noc so the club in question; their 

 meetings, like the Pniladelphia K. C. and the N. E K. C. 

 are made occasions for a Utile social jollity and good fellow- 

 ship. The Toronto K. C. goes a step further and calls upon 

 its members for papers on their specialties. For instance, 

 Mr. A. A. McDonald, late owner of the well known fox- 

 terrier Blemton Trump and others, read a paper on the 



"Smooth and Wire-Hair Fox-Terrier" at the meeting of the 

 club held at headquarters last Thursday evening, and im- 

 parted to his fellow members much interesting information 

 ou these breeds. President Kirk, after proposing a note of 

 thanks to Mr. McDonald for his able paper, announced that 

 the club would bold its fourth annual spring club show in 

 April. A smoking concert is also announced for next month. 



Mr. C. Walter Lougest. of Boston, Mass., has increased his 

 stock of Bedlington terriers by the purchase of Professor 

 from Mr. Thomas Pearsall, of Huntington, L. I. Professor 

 is by the noted Tick Tack out of the no less noted Christmas 

 Carol. Mr. Lougest having already purchased the bitch 

 Tibbie, winner of three firsts and' one second, can now claim 

 ownership of a good brace of these all too scarce terriers. 

 By the way, we wonder that these game terriers are not more 

 popular iu America. For gameness, companionability and a 

 rough and tumble quality ready for any sport that comes 

 along, there are few terriers his equal. Perhaps it is that 

 the hideous fashion in which some of these dogs have been 

 shown here is accountable for their present "exclusiveness." 



Although Mr. Winchell's letter in another column slightly 

 savors of "much vaunting of one's own," we think in the 

 interest of the mastiff breed it merits perusal. Mastiffs 

 lately have to some extent been allowed to languish, and at 

 some of our best shows during the past three years the 

 entries have not been such as the importance of the breed 

 and the money offered should command. St. Bernards have 

 to some extent pushed them temporarily to one side, but all 

 mastiff lovers should feel elated over the prospect of a 

 revival, and that while several of our best breeders have not 

 exhibited as generously as they might have done, they have 

 not been idle at home, and have succeeded in breeding sev- 

 eral dogs of more than average merit. In fact, such animals 

 as the late C. O. D., Beaufort's Black Prince, Ingleside Mint- 

 iug, Emperors Maximilian and William, Leamington and 

 others we could mention, could hold their own in any com- 

 petition either here or on the other side. We make the latter 

 assertion simply from comparing tbem with the mastiffs that 

 have been imported, and whose records showed that they 

 were among the very best in the land they came from. 



In company with Mr. S. Jagger we paid a visit to the New 

 York St. Bernard Kennels at Kingsbridge. Mr. Jagger, as 

 the owner of Mignon, was much interested in Princess Flor- 

 ence, who is looking well and hearty and growing quite a 

 coat. Mr. Hughes shipped on the s.s. Cufic last week the St. 

 Bernard bitch" Surprise, that was shown at Newark last 

 month. She goes to Mr. Shillcock's kennels at Birmingham, 

 he having repurchased her at $200. Another bitch will pro- 

 bably be sent over for this kennel before the New York 

 show. 



At the meeting of the Pacific Kennel Club held recently 

 the report of the Schell Huber decision was read and the 

 club indorsed the action of the committee. The secretary 

 was instructed to prefer charges against Mr. Schell before 

 the American Kennel Club. The treasurer's report showed 

 a balance of $861.04. A meeting of the club is to be held Jan. 

 17 to elect a committee of five members to take charge of the 

 coming show in May. The charges preferred against Mr. 

 Huber by Dr. Regensburger will be heard very shortly. 



The first entry received by the W. K. C. for their coming 

 show was that of the St. Bernard Lord Walbeck (Young 

 Bute — Miss Auna), owned by Mr. S. Miller, New York, and 

 we hope it will be followed by a thousand more. 



Mr. E. O. Damon, proprietor of the Meadow City Kennels, 

 has about decided to bring out their pointer bitches from Mr. 

 Heywood Lonsdale's Kennels, Shropshire, England. With 

 these and Strideaway and Soult II., he expects to have a 

 kennel that will uphold the pointer standard in the field. 

 Mr. Damon paid $1,000 for Strideaway, so it does not look 

 like very hard times in pointer circles. 



Mr. Samuel Cushman, secretary of the R. I. Poultry As- 

 sociation, in writing to the press, thanking it for the courte- 

 sies extended to the association and valuable aid rendered, 

 says: "The bench show of dogs was the best held by this 

 society. Another year this department will probably be in 

 charge of dog fanciers, and run on the plan of the bench 

 shows." 



The P. K. C. Show. 



The committee appointed by the Philadelphia Kennel Club 

 to take charge of the coming show consists of Messrs. F. G> 

 Taylor, S. Murray Mitchell and Dr. Glass. They held their 

 first meeting at the Aldine Hotel on Friday last. The show 

 will beheld April 10 to 13, as previously stated, at Tatter- 

 sail's, where the Keystone club has held its two shows. Mr. 

 J. A. Wenderoth, of the latter club, was present and an im- 

 portant agreement was entered into whereby all of the mem- 

 bers of the Keystone Club with one exception will be nom- 

 inated f(.r membership in the P. K. C, and if elected they 

 will withdraw from that club, which action will probably 

 wind up that organization, which really had no excuse for 

 existence excent for the purpose of giving a show under A. 

 K. C. rules. The Philadelphia Kennel Club will then apply 

 for membership in the A. K. C. and its application will be 

 passed upon at the annual meeting of the latter club next 

 February. This is a far more satisfactory state of affairs, 

 though at the same time exhibitors should feel thankful to 

 the younger club for the good it has done in showing that a 

 show can be successfully held in Philadelphia, which action 

 has encouraged the older club to take heart of grace once 

 more and resume their former position. 



Bulldog-s. 



Mr. Cyril F. W. Jackson, secretary of the British Bulldog 

 Club, sends us a prospectus of the second Produce Stakes 

 for bull bitches and their produce whelped on or before April 

 31, open to all breeders of bulldogs, whether members of the 

 club or not. Nominations for bitches must be sent in at least 

 one week before the bitch is due to whelp. The whole of the 

 entrance fees received for this competition, less one-eighth 

 part forfeited to the club to cover expenses, will be divided 

 into prizes as follows: For dogs, first, one-fourth of total 

 entry fees; second, one-eighth, and third, one-sixteenth, and 

 the same for bitches. The competition will take place at 

 such show held between April 1, 1895, and Aug. 31, 1895, as 

 the committee of the club shall select. The fees are; To 

 nominate a bitch, $2 50; for each puppy alive at the date of 

 the produce certificate, 75 cents; for each puppy finally en- 

 tered in the stake, $2 50. For further particulars, rules, etc., 

 our bulldog men, if thev wish to enter their stock, should 

 apply to Mr. Cyril F. W. Jackson, Hinton Charterhouse, 

 Bath, England. Last year the stake had sixteen bitches 

 nominated with their produce of fifty puppies. If our breed- 

 ers could only raise some pups something of the sort should 

 take well nere. 



That white collie, like Banquo's ghost, will not down. 

 Now we have a letter from Mr. Armstrong, m mager of the 

 Cragstone Kennels, which contain Sefton Hero, Roslyn 

 Wilkes, etc., in which he says that breeding white collies has 

 nearly driven him crazy, but that he has got them at last. 

 "I have a nearly white pup or two in every litter I breed, and 

 in some cases half a dozen of them; but in many cases there . 



