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[Pee, 3, 1894, 



alter their field trial class conditions that any good-looking 

 certified working pointer or setter may have a chance to win in 

 its particular breed class, and if a field trial winner "gets 

 there" at the finish all the better. The Lorillard medals were 

 very good in their way, but similar prizes given at dog shows 

 would have a more far-reaching effect. 



The entry fee for the Mascoutah Kennel Club's show is $4, 

 and entries close the day after New York show. Mr. J ohn 

 Read will superintend. 



In his remarks about the New Orleans show, Mr. Davidson 

 alludes to the disappointment caused by Ben Lewis's failure 

 to bring down a string of dogs he had promised. In justice 

 to Mr. Lewis, we may say that he worked hard to get a good 

 string together and had nearly seventy dogs promised. The 

 sudden death of his brother-in-law just before the Saratoga, 

 show, however, upset his arrangements. By the way, Ben 

 Lewis, who has "crated" more show dogs than probably any 

 man in America, has generally succeeded in making friends 

 with the baggage masters, and so getting from show to show 

 without much expense. His Saratoga trip, however, nipped 

 him hard, the railroad authorities referring him to the express 

 companies, and they started him off with an express bill of 

 $56, which, with other personal expenses at the show, would 

 leave little on the profit side of the ledger for that trip. This 

 arrangement between the railroad and express companies, 

 we are afraid, is going to hurt the entries at shows this 

 spring, and unless some of our most influential exhibitors, 

 such as Col. Hilton, August Belmont, Thomas Terry and 

 others, take up the matter, we fear little can be done by the 

 A. K. C. to lessen the burden. The express companies have 

 a good thing, and they know it. 



Pugs. 



In the review of this breed in the Kennel Gazette (Eng.) 

 "Verites" remarks that the past year will be remarkable for 

 the number of good pugs which have been sent to this country 

 from England. These include Dong, that died on the way 

 over, Drummer, (one of their best stud dogs) Finsbury Dude, 

 Haughty Madge, Royal Dusky, etc. While this writer 

 allows that there is a perceptible improvement in symmetry, 

 style and color, and that English pugs are being reduced in 

 size, he is equally certain that breeders are losing a most im- 

 portant characteristic of the breed, the square, deep muzzle, 

 and advises them to give this point their most careful 

 attention. H. W. L. 



Mr. Chas. S. Hanks has heard from Fort Custer, where it 

 will be remembered he had loaned his Russian wolfhounds 

 Groubian and others to the regiment quartered there. One 

 of the bitches has whelped and the other missed. G-roubian 

 they took out huuting, but he was too fat and out of condi- 

 tion, so got footsore very quickly. Lieut. Hughes, in a letter 

 to Mr. Hanks says he has no doubt of Groubian's pluck, as he 

 has already proved it by several rough and tumble fights 

 with the dogs at the fort, and thinks when conditioned, he 

 will be able to run down a coyote. They will try for wolves 

 later on. 



The annual meeting of the American Spaniel Club will be 

 held at Madison Square Gardens, February 21, 1894, at4P. M., 

 the second day of the show. The annual dinner will also 

 take place during the show, and this is an event that dogmen, 

 whether spaniel cranks or otherwise, would do well not to 

 miss. The fun runs fast and f u ri ous and there is no formality. 



Bull Bitch Haphazard. 



Mr. John Coles, of Linden, Mass., who purchased the bull 

 bitch Haphazard, received her from England last Saturday. 

 That this bitch will be an acquisition one may judge from 

 her list of winnings, which are as follows: In 1893 — Ciren- 

 cester, reserve and special for best bitch, never before shown; 

 Gloucester, third in open class, first novice and special for 

 best novice dog or bitch; Birmingham, first in open class 

 and special. In 1893— Bath, first in open class and special 

 for best bitch; Manchester, first in open class; Preston, first 

 in open class and special for best bitch; Bulldog Club show, 

 second in open class; Bristol, first in open class and special 

 for best bitch; Cirencester, second in open class; bulldog 

 ;show (Aquarium), second in winners' class; Birmingham, 

 first in winners' class and first in open class. These are the 

 only times she has been shown. With the Woodlawn Ken- 

 nels' success in raising puppies we imagine that the pros- 

 pects for th is breed's increasing popularity are much brighter. 



Bloodhounds. 



At the Newark show Dr. Lougest, of the Mount Vernon 

 Kennels, Franklin, Mass., as we stated at the time, told us 

 that he intended giving up St. Bernards and devoting bis at- 

 tention mainly to mastiffs and bloodhounds, and was after 

 some hounds in England. Now we learn that he has just 

 completed the purchase of three — Alchymist (19,751), McComo 

 and Kaween (20,208). He expects them to arrive from Eng- 

 land in about three weeks. They are well known on the Eng- 

 lish show bench and are said to be thoroughly trained to 

 hunt the clean boot. Alchymist is the winner of twenty 

 firsts and challenge prizes at all the leading shows, and is 

 the sire of 108 puppies out of eight bitches, including the 

 prize winners Norfolk Matchless, Thanma, etc. He was for- 

 merly owned by Dr. Lougest and now comes back to him. 

 The Kennel Gazette, in speaking of him at the Birmingham 

 dog show of 1887, says, "Alchymist is one of the biggest and 

 most muscular hounds I have ever seen. His body is simply 

 perfect, good sloping shoulders, immense wrinkle, plenty of 

 bone, good eye and leather; he has the largest ears of any 

 bloodhound living." If these hounds should arrive safely 

 and in time the public will see them at the New York and 

 Boston shows, after which Alchymist will not again appear 

 in public but will be reserved for stud purposes. 



Manitoba Field Trials Club. 



The annual meeting of the Manitoba Field Trials Club, 

 held in the Manitoba Hotel, Winnipeg, on Monday, Jan. 15, 

 was received too late for publication last week. There was a 

 good attendance present and an enthusiastic meeting was the 

 result. After the usual routine business had been disposed 

 of these officers were elected for the ensuing year: Patron, 

 C. C. Chipman, Esq., Commissioner of the Hon. Hudson's 

 Bay Co., Winnipeg; President, F. G. Simpson, Winnipeg; 

 First Vice-President, John Woolton, Manitou; Second Vice- 

 President, D. M. Telford, Winnipeg; Secretary-Treasurer, R. 

 J. Gallaugher, Winnipeg; Managing Committee— W. F. Ellis, 

 Manitou; F. W. Scott, J. H. Rose, Dr. Dalgleish, Winnipeg; 

 R. Adamson, Virdon; Auditors— T. L. Peters. Alex. Clarke, 

 Winnipeg. It was decided to hold the next trials of this club 

 at Morris, Man., on Wednesday, Sept. 5. The selection of a 

 judge, the arranging of prizes, stakes and other business in 

 connection with the holding of the trials, were left in the 

 hands of the managing committee and will be made known 

 at a later date. The outlook is very promising, as the officers 

 elected by the club are all active workers and take great 

 interest in everything pertaining to canine matters. There is 

 every reason to believe that this will be by far the most suc- 

 cessful season in the history of the club. 



Special Car for Western Shows. 



Ben Lewis and others were talking at Saratoga of charter- 

 ing a special car for the circuit of Western shows, and in view 

 of the recent move on the part of the railroad and express 

 companies, this would seem to be almost necessary. By this 

 means Mr. Lewis and others could land their dogs in Phila- 



delphia in good shape from the St. Louis show. "Unless 

 somethiug of this sort is arranged it will be almost impossi- 

 ble to hold the dogs in good condition for so many shows. 

 Having a special car, dogs can be exercised and properly 

 attended to while on the journey. Arrange the boxes along 

 each side of the car, leaving a good wide alleyway down the 

 middle, covered thickly with sawdust, and the dogs could 

 travel to San Franeisco*without discomfort if the proper man 

 looked after them. In 1SS6 we took 65 dogs in this way to Cin- 

 cinnati, the car being provided through General Shattuc's 

 influence, and the journey was made without the least dis- 

 comfort, the dogs being fed and watered regulany and prop- 

 erly exercised. We should think it would be to the interest 

 of these Western clubs to unite in the expense of such a car, 

 the clubs pay half and the handlers and owners the balance. 

 It is as much to the club's interest as the exhibitor's. Many 

 exhibitors in the East would send to these shows under this 

 arrangement who would not trust their dogs to the express 

 companies so far West. 



The Boston Terrier Club will give to the classes at the W. 

 K. C. and New England Kennel Club shows $40, to be offered 

 in four prizes of $10 each for best dog and bitch and best dog 

 or bitch bred and owned by exhibitor, and best kennel. The 

 W. K. C. competition is open, that at Boston is confined to 

 the Boston Terrier Club. The new officers are: President, R. 

 J. Clark; Vice-President, Arthur Mulvey; Secretary, Dr. H. 

 P. Rogers; Treasurer, W. C. Hook. The above-named, with 

 Dwight Baldwin, W. H. Clanall and D. J. Colburn, form the 

 executive committee. Mr. Chas. I. Nesmith, of Reading, has 

 been elected to membership. 



Dogmen are often amused at the gush of the average daily 

 reporter when assigned to do a dog show, but the reporter of 

 the Times Democrat of New Orleans seems to have been im- 

 bued with the right sentiment, when he wrote the following 

 in his description of the show just held in that city: "Old 

 dogs, in this ever-moving world there is a big place for you 

 all, and even the forsaken yellow cur, adrift upon the cold 

 city streets has some friend, some hand that would give it 

 sustenance if it could. Your love and faithfulness has made 

 many a bright spot in a life's history, and, who knows, may- 

 be there's something for you in the other worldc As an old 

 man once said: "Hereafter would be kinder lonesome without 

 dogs." 



We are rather surprised that Mr. Hanks' letter, asking 

 some of our Russian wolfhound breeders to discuss the much 

 vexed question of type in those hounds, has brought forth so 

 little. It is certainly time that this subject should be settled. 

 There is some difference in the type of these dogs, and we 

 do not think that breeders should lose sight of that distinct- 

 ive and peculiar appearance that most of the dogs imported 

 direct from the Russian kennels seem to possess, in the striv- 

 ing to breed merely for greyhound make and shape. 



We are always glad to hear from Mr. W. H. Child, and 

 this time more than ever pleased to find that our "par" 

 regarding his selling off his dogs is not entirely true. He 

 sold his beagles only. "I hope the time is far distant when 

 I do not own a dog. I rtill own an excellent Irish setter 

 bitch, and have a promising cocker that I am very anxious 

 to try on game." We believe Mr. Child has purchased some 

 beagles from Mr. Wixom, and he hopes before Nov. 1 to 

 have a "cry" of these merry little hounds. His many 

 friends will regret to hear that he has now been laid up two 

 and one-half years this month, and is still only able to sit up 

 a few minutes each day. If good wishes brought back good 

 health Mr. Child would soon be among us again. 



Mr. Chapman speaks of a daughter of his charming little 

 beagle Butterfly, by Fitzhugh Lee, 8 months old, that will 

 come out at the New York show, and she must be good if as 

 he says, "she can beat her mammy now. 



Finglas Changes Hands. 



Mr. W. L. Washington, of Allegheny, Pa., has bought the 

 noted Irish setters Finglas, champion Ruby Glenmore and 

 Dick Finglas (Finglas— Ruby Glenmore), a 20-months-old 

 dog that is said to be a good one. Finglas and Ruby Glen- 

 more are too well known to require further mention at our 

 hands. Mr. Washington intends to exhibit again, and with 

 the above purchases and a number of dogs he already has in 

 his kennels, he expects to add some interest to Irish setter 

 competitions this spring. Finglas will be placed at stud, pre- 

 sumably in Forest and Stream. 



"Bob." 



We shall be able to offer in a week or so copies of the 

 autobiography of the fox-terrier, "Bob," by C. A. Sumner, 

 secretary of the Southern California Kennel Club. When 

 Mr. Sumner wrote the copy he had no intention of going to 

 press, as it was simply for home circulation, but his friends 

 so bothered him for a set of the photos that he went to the 

 printer, and with the help of Mr. Pariser, the booklet is the 

 result. It does not matter whether the reader is interested 

 in fox-terriers or other dogs; it appeals to any one who loves 

 dogs and can understand the quaint humor that runs 

 through "Bob" from nose to tail. The reproductions from 

 photographs alone are worth the price, $1.50. 



As a matter of news we may say that a person high in 

 authority in the National Beagle Club has been disqualified 

 by the New England Beagle Club for non-payment of entry 

 money, and the matter is about to be placed before the A. 

 K. C. There must be some mistake here, as it seems a very 

 foolish business. 



Canadian Kennel Club Meeting. 



An important meeting of the executive committee was 

 held at the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, Canada, last Friday 

 afternoon, President J. S. Niven in the chair. The other 

 members present were Dr. H. S. Griffin of Hamilton, Ont., 

 C, A. Stone, J. S. Williams, R. W. Boyd and Secretary Don- 

 ovan of Toronto, and S. F. Glass of London, Ont. The ques- 

 tion of affiliating with the A. K. C. was the subject of much 

 discussion, but nothing definite was done further than re- 

 ferring the matter to a committee composed of Dr. Griffin, 

 F. S. Wetherall of Compton, Que., and T. G. Davey of Lon- 

 don, Ont , who will confer with the committee appointed for 

 the purpose by the A. K. C. The case of Mr. Goodman 

 against Dr. Mills in which judgment was given for H. L. 

 Goodman, also came up, but no action of a disciplinary 

 nature was taken until investigation shall show if the pub- 

 lished accounts are true or not. A number of new members 

 were proposed. 



Mr. Bous field, the owner of the Bay City Kennels, in view 

 of the hard times, has reduced the fees of St. Augustine and 

 Lord Dante, the well-known St. Bernards, so that those at a 

 distance can afford to avail themselves of this good blood. 

 St. Augustine has been doing good work at stud; the Bay 

 City Kennels have now a promising litter by him. Alta 

 Kennels ( Santa Rosa was bred recently to Lord Dante. St. 

 Augustine was out of shape when shown at Toronto, but 

 Mr. Bousfield tells us he will be in the " pink" when seen at 

 the spring shows. All the stock are doing well, and Mr. 

 Bousfield looks forward to a good year. 



The Philadelphia Kennel Club will have a special show 

 committee composed of the following members: G. H. 

 Thompson, Charles T. Thompson, J. J. Schnellenburg, 

 I P. Walsh, G. Schreiber, H. G. Sinnottand Dr. L. C. Sauveur. 



The dogmen should not suffer under this direction. F. G. 

 Taylor, Dr. Davis, L. Finletter, Dr. A. Glass and Dr. Little- 

 ton will form a field trial committee. We remarked a couple 

 of years ago that the P. K. C. had come to life again, they 

 have done more than that, they have been born again. 



The Saratogo show clearly demonstrated that when 

 chickens and do»s are exhibited in the same building, the 

 dogs claim almost the entire attention. Judging from the 

 attendance at Saratoga the club would scarcely have had 

 fifty people to look at the poultry alone. There would have 

 been a much larger attendance but for a revival meeting of 

 fervent proportions that was under way during the week. 

 "Our only German" was bewailing this fact, and remarked 

 that he would rather listen to a good dog than a bad 

 preacher any day. 



In justice to Mr. Haldeman, who is seemingly being made 

 the scapegoat, on both sides of the Atlantic, for the collapse 

 of the Fanciers' Journal at the expense of the real truth, a 

 little light should be turned on. Previous to Mr. C. H. 

 Mason's occupation of the editorial chair the subscription 

 list was 784, within sixty days after this the list had fallen 

 off over 200. It is time that a lot of this garish foolishness 

 should be stopped and truth be known. There is a slight 

 difference between guerilla journalistic methods and sober 

 editoral work. They don't mix. 



Mr. W. Stewart Diffenderffer has sold the rough St. Ber- 

 nard bitch Mascot Bernie, by Sargano out of Floss, winner 

 of first, Baltimore, 1893, to Messrs. Woodin & Hoyt, The 

 Heights, Berwick, Pa. This is a good bitch and should do 

 well for her new masters, as she is both a breeder and a win- 

 ner. Mr. Diffenderffer has now about closed out his St. 

 Bernards, having only a few small pups out of Bernie left. 



It was stated at Saratoga that Mr. William Marshall, of 

 Scotland, will accompany his brother John Marshall when 

 he returns from his visit to the old country, in time for the 

 New York show. Mr. W. Marshall is well known as the 

 breeder of Scottish Prince and other good ones; Altonette is 

 also one of his breeding. He breeds them, and Mr. Sydney 

 Smith brings them to the front. 



At a meeting of the farmers of Chester county, Pa., under 

 direction of the State Board of Agriculture, the following 

 resolution was proposed and adopted by Henry L. Brinton, 

 R. H. Hough and J. W. Hickmau: "Whereas, the farmers 

 of Chester county have suffered great damage from dogs 

 being permitted to run at large; therefore, be it resolved, 

 that this meeting demand at the hands of the Board of 

 County Commissioners such a tax levy upon dogs as will give 

 ample protection to sheep husbandry, even to the full max- 

 imum limit of the late act of Assembly, approved the 25th 

 day of May, 1893. Resolved, further, that we urge upon 

 farmers to consider their interests in the matter, and aid in 

 enforcing the law against irresponsible persons and others 

 who seek to evade it." 



A bill will be introduced in the House at Columbus, Ohio, 

 which provides that the sheriff of each county shall keep a 

 certain number of bloodhounds for use in tracking escaped 

 criminals, and in detecting petty thieves. We do not know 

 whether these are to be the English bloodhound or the heavy 

 Southern hound. The purpose is good, and either will do. 



A well known whippet. Sally, has just been purchased by 

 an English fancier, Mr. Craven. She is a big winner in 

 whippet races, and the fact that she was bred in Philadel- 

 phia, where she won several handicaps before being ex- 

 ported to England, is our excuse for mentioning the fact of 

 her transfer. 



The great Daue, TJlric, has bpen sold by Mr. R. T. Martin, 

 owner of the Rosemont Kennels in Ireland, to a fancier on 

 this side the water. Ulric has been a big winner at the best 

 shows, and Mr. Lloyd says that he is also a most com- 

 panionable dog. 



Among our "Specials," which are becoming so popular 

 among dog breeders, as they recognize them as a sort of "quick 

 delivery" system, we find that C. E. Buun offers mastiff pups 

 for sale; H. N. Howell, pointer dog Valentine, field trained; 

 Meadow City Kennels, well bred English setter pups; W. I. 

 Baker, well bred pointer dog; Geo. Douglas, choice cocker 

 brood bitches; J. Feuluer, English setter dog. J. F. Kelly 

 wants dogs to board, and H. a trained pointer. In the stud 

 C. E. Bunu places his noted mastiffs and E. A. Cook the 

 well known smooth fox-terrier Raby Trigger, whose services 

 should be eagerly snapped up at the low fee of $10, 



Messrs. L. & W. Rutherford will have their annual sale of 

 fox-terriers on the afternoon of the last day of the New York 

 show. They will put up about 30 terriers. 



"Uncle Dick," known in other departments as J. Otis Fel- 

 lows, has been taking a hand in the discussion about the 

 "bore" of a .22cal. ball, in another department of Forest and 

 Stream, and his letter in answer to "Diamond Walt" has 

 brought him letters from all over the country about rifles to 

 use. This week letters come from Montreal, North Dakota 

 and Louisiana. There is no "choke" about Forest And> 

 Stream, it "scatters" all over this country. By the way, Mr.. 

 Fellows has been accused of doing too much work at the Sar- 

 atoga show. He had to do something, for he tells us that he 

 started the show with seven men and an assistant "super," 

 but other influences cut this number down to two boys by 

 Friday A. M. , and they had to do all the work on the last 

 day. 



England will hold a toy dog show at the Royal Aquarium, 

 London, in May. The Toy Spaniel, Pomeranian, Schipperke 

 and Pug clubs join forces. 



The A. K. C. and C. K. C. 



The statement published in other journals that the A. K. 

 C. had telegraphed to the City of the Straits Kennel Club 

 not to honor the Canadian registration iu accepting entries 

 of Canadian dogs requires explanation. This telegram was 

 sent in answer to one from the Secretary of the Detroit club 

 asking whether Canadian Stud Book registrations would be 

 recognized, and paying for a telegram in reply. The A, K. C. 

 answered that as all relations with the C. K. C. had been 

 severed, Canadian dogs must either register or list with the 

 A. K. C. before entering. 



The Philadelphia Kennel Club has applied for admission 

 in the A. K. C. and this application will be passed upon at 

 the annual meeting. 



Mr. Harrison Buying Greyhounds. 



We knew that such a keen rider and sportsman as Mr, 

 Mitchell Harrison would soon become a couvert to the sport 

 of coursing, and we were not surprised to hear he had formed 

 a partnership with Mr. Sam WVidler in the Broadmoor Ken- 

 nels soon after his arrival at Colorado Springs. The kennel 

 now consists of Buenarita, Lady Graham Glendyne, two 

 bitches by Lord Neversettle — Partera, Voltaire, Van's Gen- 

 eral, and a thirteen-months dog by Lord Never.settle— White 

 Lips. This is the nucleus of a first-class kennel. The dogs 

 will be run at the Altcar meeting next month. If Mr. Har- 

 rison goes in for coursing as keenly as he did for collies, his 

 accession to the ranks of coursing men is a good step forward 

 for the sport in this country. 



