Maroh 3, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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much trace or very dark nails. Lack of substance and 

 strength, in his hindlegs are his misfortunes just now. Fins- 

 bury Duke, the lately-imported son of Confidence aud a graud 

 specimen himself, will push others harder when acclimated 

 and fresh. Of medium size, strongly built, square and strong 

 on Ms legs, pure, clear, silver fawn in color, with jet black 

 head markings; he has also a beautiful head, nicely wrinkled 

 face, and broad, short muzzle, but this time would not put 

 his ears as they ought to be, nor is his coat at its best. His 

 face is too black for a discernible thumb mark. Pomona 

 Fritz, third, a silver fawn of sterling quality, rather larger 

 than those above him, would not show up well in the ring, 

 and surprised me the day after he was judged by his im- 

 proved bearing and consequent display of good points. Cor- 

 bett, reserve, a seven months' pup, golden fawn, with heavily 

 wrinkled brow, fine large eyas, well-set ears and a deal of ex- 

 pression, was lucky in winning his place with nis lank body 

 and heavy limbs. Head quality and style took him up. 

 Little Jewel, vhc., an importation of some years ago, the 

 veteran of his class, has improved wonderfully since his first 

 appearance, and would hardly be recognized. Rather over- 

 sized among such a lot of little ones, but stocky and muscu- 

 lar; he can give the best of them points in action aud spirit. 

 His head properties are quite above mediocrity, but his body 

 color is not clear. Ivy, vhc, son of Penrice, a silver fawn, 

 smart youngster in his second year, is not fully developed in 

 head or in confidence. He is handsomely marked and good 

 all through. Sullivan, litter brother of "Corbett, but larger 

 and too promising in bone; Priuce Bobtail, a fair dog, here 

 outclassed, and Prince Ivy, a beautiful eight-months-oid son 

 of Attraction, all scored alike, winning he, ; the first for his 

 excellent front, the second for his general make-up, the last 

 for coat and markings, carriage aud symmetry. Mitchell, c, 

 beaten by Corbett and Sullivan, already exceeds them in 

 size. 



The open bitch class introduced the recently imported 

 Haughty Madge, a beautiful silver fawn but smutty in face 

 and lacking trace. At a different stage of coat these mark- 

 ings may ^ary. While no toy in size she is a typical one in 

 build, character and movement. Dauntless— the possible 

 feminine of pugnacious— ready, and unconcerned among a 

 crowd of strangers and in a strange land, she is a show dog 

 hard to beat. Her eyes might be larger and ears smaller to 

 advantage, but her bright expression, fine head, tremendous 

 wrinkle and inimitable style take her straight to the front. 

 She reminds me of the old English fancier's remark, "If a 

 pug's 'armonious, I don't care if he weighs forty pounds." 

 Madge is " 'armonious," and does not weigh twenty. Cilver 

 Queen, second prize, a daughter of Kash, is quite another 

 sort, less clear in color, smaller and more dainty, fine in head, 

 ear and expression, with beautiful eyes. Sbe is small in 

 frame, and, like some of the others, should learn to manicure 

 herself. Too long nails seriously mar the movement of pugs. 

 Little Ruth, daughter of Penrice, a sweet little thing in her 

 second year, did bravely for a novice and may give the best 

 a hard fight bye and bye. She. is a beautiful silver fawn with 

 no smutfiness, symmetrical throughout, immature in expres- 

 sion, but with a charming little head, nice, small ears, and 

 wrinkle enough when she pleases Pansy C, reserve, 

 daughter of Bob Ivy, just two years old, similarly marked, 

 was too heavy in flesh and indolent to display herself well. 

 She crowded Little Ruth for place and in the opinion of so 

 competent a judge as her breeder and owner should have 

 beaten her. Diamond Bessie, vhc, an excellent specimen, 

 small, strong and muscular, a trifle heavy in ear, not in show 

 form, should have had a longer rest from family cares be- 

 fore appearing in public. 



Pomona Dolly, vhc, also a good little one is like the other 

 dingy in color, and though symmetrical and pleasing is faulty 

 in skull. The he's, Lady Bonsor, LaBelle Petile, Nannie II. 

 and Timmie Thasmo, were as unlike as their names, and the 

 first of them, daughter of Bonsor, that won first at Newark 

 last fall, a bitch of splendid quality, should have stayed at 

 home this time. Ragged, thin, nearly bare, she looked a 

 begger rather than a "lady," and I hesitated whether to 

 acknowledge her presence in any way. The show ring is not 

 honored and it is a cruel wrong to a good dog to exhibit one 

 in such condition. La Belle Petite, less belle and less petite 

 than her kennel companion, looked a valuable matron, fair 

 in general quality. Nannie II., one of the best in color and 

 condition, lacked shortness in face, and was faulty in carriage 

 of ears. Timmie Thasmo, another good coated, well built 

 sprightly one, was a lesson in style to some of the better ones. 

 This was a notable class. The matter of breeding pugs of 

 the right size and of general fair quality seems settled, but 

 fanciers must remember that a toy pug is no more desirable 

 than a toy mastiff. Small eyes, large ears, dingy color, lack 

 of trace of thumb mark and of black nails, and mincing 

 action are faults not yet wholly bred out. 



Anna H. Whitney. 



Great Danes. 



Judge's Report. 



Challenge class. — Major McKinley, dark brindle, the only 

 entry of either sex, had of course for once in this class a walk- 

 over. His principal shortcomings are the intensified, un- 

 typical head of his sire, even smaller eyes in proportion than 

 Melac's, is 'somewhat cheeky, has a well formed neck of 

 good length and any amount of loose skin; has a very good 

 front and middle piece, feet good, quarters rather weak, 

 especially in second thigh, the result of his immense size; 

 fair stern. 



Open class dogs — an entry of fifteen dogs, with two added, 

 wrongly entered in the miscellaneous class as so-called 

 "Ulmers," came in the ring, and among the seventeen were 

 very few of quality and even fewer of sound movement, and 

 it is discouraging to see our largest "sound" breed go the 

 same way as the other large breeds, unsound and sliding in 

 their hindlegs, no doubt the result of kennel raising and the 

 "Anglo-American" craze for big, tall specimens. I am afraid 

 the same state seems to exist, to some extent, at least, also 

 in Germany. Quality was sorely absent, except in those few 

 of wiuniug rank, and those were again in bad condition, 

 with few exceptions. Earl of Wurtemberg, the winner of 

 first honors, is a very much improved dog in hindquarters 

 since last year, although in very light flesh, and had a badly 

 used-up tail. He could give every one of his competitors a 

 beating with ease. He is a grand light brindle with a most 

 typical, well-cut head, good neck, shoulders and feet, rather 

 shelly in body, showing more so on account of being very 

 low in fiesh; hindquarters well made, but somewhat stilty, 

 tail a bit coarse and evidently battered while en route. He 

 is of capital proportions and excellent size, his owner giving 

 his size to be 33%in. at shoulder; although to my idea 33in. is 

 a nice height, even for him. 



Lawrence Leopard, a very nice tiger, black and white, 

 splendid size, excellent character, reminds me very much of 

 that splendid granddam of his, Heimerle's champion Irene; 

 he is rather light in body, not very good in quarters, very 

 pleasing expression, front feet too open, good stern; a dog 

 which only lacks maturity (he is only fifteen months now) 

 to give the best ones a tussle. Hepbern Hero, belonging, as 

 well as the first and second winners, to the Lawrence Ken- 

 nels, is a dark brindle of very line outlines; in poor condi- 

 tion, or better, in evident danger of becoming a very sick 

 dog, and was lucky to get so high up, but as nothing near 

 the above three in type and quality showed up he was 

 plainly entitled to his place. Pie is still out at elbow, but 

 nob so loaded in shoulders as last year, has good body, 

 splendid hindquarters and is one of the jaunty" movers so 

 much desired and so seldom found in this breed. Hero's 

 principal shortcomings outside of his faulty front (elbows 

 and pasterns out) is his too flat a head, he is also a bit 

 cheeky ; he is a dark bridle. Helois was a so-called "Ulmer 

 doggo" entered in the miscellaneous class and on request I 



judged him later separately, permitting him to win any 

 equal to which he was entitled, which I thought at first 

 glance to be high up, though further examination and com- 

 parison with the winners pressed him to equal third with 

 Hepbern Hero. He is a beautiful golden brindle of fair size 

 and good movement, and had he not showed lameness in 

 one hindleg when trotting, without any apparent cause, 

 would have been put equal to Lawrence Leopard, being, 

 except this, perhaps accidental fault, almost the best moving 

 dog in the class; his head is a bit too short, cheeky and 

 short and thick in neck, and will, if not looked carefully 

 after, be very common when older, through this defect. 

 Shoulders fair, too far set apart on top, good body, good 

 quarters, bone and feet, excellent stern and withal a good 

 fair specimen. 



Faust, vhc. reserve, is a more than average good golden 

 brindle, rather bad, flat hindfeet, tail too much curled, and 

 not over good in movement; round in skull, thick in cheeks, 

 short from eyes to nose, besides having a lump on the 

 nose, which mars his appearance; eyebrows too prominent, 

 and ears set too low, good neck, pasterns and feet should be 

 stronger. Pascha, vhc,, dark brindle, is on the small side, 

 an undeveloped dog, round in skull and light in muzzle, 

 well-cut neck, a bit throaty, straight in shoulders, good front 

 legs, good chest and ribs, good moA r ement and fair stern. 

 Hepburn Apollo, vhc, light slate color, a dog of very good 

 outline, rather small, but a capital mover; he has grown 

 very wide between the shoulders, almost double as wide in 

 shoulders as in quarters, which threw him out of the race 

 for place. He is plain in head, should be cleaner in cheek, 

 good legs and feet, very good shaped, but too gaily carried 

 stern. Bismarck, vhc, the winner at Rhode Island and 

 Danbury last fall, is not a bad sort of a black dog, and his 

 worst faults are his weak pasterns and open feet; he is on 

 the coarse side all through head, body and tail, and also his 

 bone shows its lightness more that it would otherwise. His 

 head has character outside of its coarseness, neck fair, with 

 plenty of loose skin; shoulders medium, ribs and chest good, 

 too straight behind; not a bad sort. Yarrum, he, a black 

 dog of some character, too, but too much bulk altogether. 

 Head, although not bad in character, is too large, fair in 

 profile, well arched, almost too long in neck, which is thick 

 and has too much loose skin; in fact I think it could be pulled 

 all over him; good bone, poor feet, when moving throws 

 elbows out, -very poor hindlegs, with that shuffling, sliding 

 gait so characteristic of most of our St. Bernards and mas- 

 tiffs. All in all he is too bulky. Leo, he, is not a bad red- 

 dish fawn dog, of fair size, head too small and lacks charac- 

 ter, muzzle not square enough and ears too low set; when 

 animated shows a bit more type, as his badly-trimmed ears 

 come up much higher, is very throaty, has shoulders shaped 

 similar to a cow, fair bone, a little low in legs, pasterns too 

 high and turned out, body fair, left hindleg weaker than 

 right, feet fair. 



fitches: Portia Melac, the only great Dane to my idea in 

 the show, as she has all I require of a good specimen except 

 perhaps, size and she being of the gentler sex, I am not inclined 

 to find too much fault with that. She is a dark brindle 

 daughter of champion Melac and a litter sister to Major 

 McKinley, but compared with him as a thoroughbred with 

 a half bred farm horse. Her head is very typical, marred a 

 little bit by a dropping right ear, and perhaps too dark lines 

 between tlie eyes, grand neck well set in splendid shoulders, 

 excellent legs and feet, a beautiful and graceful outline, very 

 good quarters, in fact there is hardly a fault to find except 

 that thei - e is not a little more of her, her coat was dull, and 

 it is a pity all of the Kennel Lawrence's dogs were not in 

 better shape. Phryne dark slate and white "tiger," is a good 

 one but too fat, execrable head with dark red flesh colored 

 black spotted nose, weak before the eyes, which are set too 

 close; an apparently utterly cowed animal, and if anything 

 else had been in the class would have not been in it at all. 

 Manon, reserve, her kennel mate is a lighter colored slate 

 and white; these were the only ones present. 



In puppies a fair share of blues showed up. Bismark, 

 first, has a fair head, rather light eye, although thoroughly 

 permissible in a blue, good bone, nice neck, will grow wide in 

 shoulders, good conformation and quarters fair, legs a bit 

 more bent than I like, and shows tendency to weakness; 

 rather coarse in tail. Thor, second, also a blue, light in 

 shade as the winner, shows very much of his sire's charac- 

 ter in his too light muzzle and stilty movement behind, but 

 is of better proportion than his sire, Shepard's Duke, and 

 will make a better dog than Duke, has fair bone, plenty of 

 skin as yet on his throat, eyes light. Mr. Lawrence won the 

 kennel prize. 



Basset Hounds. 



Judged Beport. 



Four showed up in this quaint breed, and the winner 

 proved to be Royal Hector, belonging to the Hempstead 

 Farm. He is a nice, strong type of hound of orthodox mark- 

 ing, and his fault is a pronounced eye and too much cut out 

 under the same; good texture of and sufficient leather, where 

 he principally beats. Soloman, the second winner, who has a 

 well-shaped head, but is not houudy enough, and as men- 

 tioned above has bad leather; in fact, they would do for a 

 pair of soles; is not clean enough in head, and neither he nor 

 the two following him could come near the Hempstead 

 Farm representative in condition. Ninette, third, is a nice 

 bitch all over, of the same stamp as the second winner, only 

 a trifle smaller, as can be said, too, of the reserve, Rowton 

 Wag, who is still smaller, though none of the four were too 

 small, 



Dachshunds. 



Judge's Report. 



In challenge dogs Zulu II. took first. I beg to be excused 

 criticising this little rascal to any extent, he objecting so 

 much to any intrusion on the bench that I had to pay for my 

 temerity with a torn cuff, escaping with sound skin, but 

 what I can recollect of the little beggar he beat Don Quixotte 

 in the ring by his better general contour .and better move- 

 ment; they are both good dogs, although I prefer Zulu. 



Challenge bitches had champiou Janet and a new face to 

 me, Jessie Victoria, and she beat the older bitch by the way 

 she showed herself; I suppose displeasing the cognoscenti, 

 but as I am one of those enfant terribles who have no respect 

 for tradition and reputation any further than my eyes go, I 

 suited myself, as Jessie Victoria showed so much more grace- 

 fulness than the matron Janet, who looked like five weeks in 

 whelp, and Janet's head, beautiful as it is, would suit me 

 better on a dog than a bitch, and this counter balanced 

 Jessie's round skull and slightly weak muzzle. Any way, 

 as the two appeared in the ring, their owners and others, If 

 they had compared them without bias, would have had 

 to indorse me. Perhaps Mr. Manice's absence, made Janet 

 show herself so listless as she did, and I will say right here 

 I like a medium sized dachshund best for the work he is re- 

 quired aud bred for, and all views on this side to the con- 

 trary, I demand a dachshund of a size best adapted to go 

 under ground; and whether used or not for this purpose here, 

 cuts no figure at all; he must conform to the original pur- 

 pose or we come to Mr, Freeman Floyd's capital squib about 

 the Timbuctoo terrier, teaching the original breeders how 

 their dogs ought to be. 



Open dogs had seven in the ring and the winner was Jay, 

 but good dog as he is, his condition was such that Tack, the 

 second winner, had he been in better shape, would have 

 beaten him, and will do so some time, as Jay's mouth is 

 about gone, a most prominent point in a dachshund, who 

 has to use his teeth for bis work. Jay has and can beat 

 Tack, everything equal, but when condition is on Tack's side, 

 Jay's usual bad coat and poor mouth will or ought to help 

 Tack to defeat him, as reputation should cut no figure in 



competition, although Jay is far superior in outline and 

 back to Tack. Hermit, third, is not in the same class as the 

 former two, being of rather coarse type, and almost the same 

 can be said of the vhc. as of him, as they were much alike. 

 Hermit is a beautifully bred dog by Jay ex Janet, but shows 

 neither quality nor refinement, and may be a good over- 

 ground dog, but heaven preserve me from ever seeing his 

 stamp generally reproduced, which is evidently his owner's 

 desire, if he shows such coarse dog3 of his own breeding and 

 sells the finer cut ones like Pretzel, who is very faulty in 

 hindlegs, but of beautiful quality. Roy K., he, is a dog 

 very much on Hermit's and Ichthyosaurus's type, coarse and 

 lumbery, only more so, especially so in stern, and is a washed 

 out color. 



The bitch class had some very nice quality and numbered 

 nine, all in the ring. Polly Finders, the winner, is a capital- 

 shaped little bitch of my size, marred, as I was then told, by 

 a box falling on her, when her eye was almost knocked out; 

 but as I took this to be only a temporary injury, gave it no 

 weight at all. She is of beautiful contour, long and well- 

 arched back, beautiful-shaped and carried stern, good legs 

 and bone, a bit weak in muzzle and light in eye; but I think 

 she can beat Jargonelle, who is better in front of eyes, but 

 who is coarser and dragged her bag almost on the ground; 

 she (Jargonelle) has excellent bone and is a beautiful bitch 

 all the way through, but a bit more refinement would not 

 hurt her. Hesse Darmstadt, second, is a nice liver and tan, 

 good head, ears set too high and almost hairless, not enough 

 bone and bend in legs, good body, but not enough tucked up, 

 which made her appear too straight in back; grand hind- 

 quarters, but stern too gaily carried — a nice specimen all 

 through when in good condition. Lovely K., reserve, is a 

 bitch of the size I want and with capital head, and although 

 too short in back and consequently not enougb arched; would 

 have been higher had she not been pig-jawed— a very severe 

 and bad handicap for a dachshund. It is true, she is not 

 badly deformed, but her jaws do not meet level, and 

 the fault i3 there; and I could not overlook it, 

 though I wish I could have done so on account 

 of her other good points. Dina K., vhc, has a nice enough 

 head but is too short in body and too high in leg, not crook 

 enough, besides being too high and light in pasterns, stern 

 coarse. Peggy, he, a medium black and tan, not refined 

 enough in type, too straight in legs and too high, material 

 for mating with a strong boned dog with lots of crook. The 

 well known Bessie K. got nothing being too straight in back 

 and close setting knees, out at elbows, though to be honest, 

 on second consideration, I treated her harshly, but she 

 showed so little quality in the ring, that twice as long a 

 string of winnings as she had could not put her much higher, 

 although a vhc. would have been correct for her in the class 

 she was in. 



Only three puppies showed up, one the coarse winner of 

 third in open class and here first and the reserve dog who got 

 second, was in the open class. Hermit's sound coarseness 

 won over Pretzel's quality, as he is handicapped by a bad 

 front and crippled hind feet; but he shows lots of quality; 

 vhc. was a light tan and black bitch of no special merit. 



G-. Muss-Arnolt. 



Spaniels. 



Judge's Report. 



The spaniels were remarkable for no particular point this 

 year, beyond the general very good condition of the major- 

 ity and a few new faces. With the exception of that very 

 handsome breed, the Clumbers, the classes were well filled 

 throughout, a grand total of 109 being catalogued, with but 

 five absentees. 



In the cocker classes, my desire to " lift up " this very use- 

 ful little dog, and thus get away from that fascinating type 

 of small dog— short-legged and heavy-boned out of propor- 

 tion, pretty, but toyish — led me, no doubt, in some instances, 

 to peg back here'and there one that might possibly have 

 scored a point or two better than its opponent were it not 

 for its lack of proper size. It seems to me that the time is 

 ripe to come out flat-footed in this matter of size in cockers, 

 as we are all aware of the intended usefulness of the breed— 

 of their keen nose, merry action and hunting possibilities, 

 but from which the tendency to drift is noticeable in the 

 production, year after year, of smaller and smaller speci- 

 mens. 



The question arises as to whether the prerogative lies with 

 the judge to discriminate in this matter when the standard 

 permits the weight limits of 18 to 381bs. This point I 

 broached to two or three breeders during the show, and 

 found their views to be that if a specimen were either just 

 over the minimum weight or just under the maximum— in 

 other words, at the extreme limits either way — and a point 

 or so better in type than another specimen in the same clas3 

 of about 23 or 241 bs. (my ideal weight), that the former 

 should win. This is apparently good argument, but in op- 

 position to my personal views, and I should never consent to 

 be guided by this should it ever become a ruling, as it is cer- 

 tainly only an exceptional case where the dog approaching 

 the smaller limit (viz., lSlbs.), especially in the compact, 

 heavy-boned specimens, is, or can be made, a useful dog in 

 the field. Of course, where there are two individuals com- 

 peting — one very typical of low limit weight and one of what 

 I consider proper weight, but of poor type— the former should 

 prove the winner without hesitation on the part of the judge ; 

 but as for placing an 181b. dog over one that weighs 23, and 

 is within a hair's breadth of being the former's equal as re- 

 gards points, I say no, it should not be done, nor do I believe 

 such to be the proper interpretation of the standard. There 

 must be a medium ; there must be limits ; and these limits 

 are to hold us within bounds, else we would soon see 

 "pocket" editions carefully blanketed, carried around in 

 bird cages, and the day of this, the best of man's companions, 

 on the waue. With these few remarks I will turn to the 

 classes, taking them in rotation, telling of the dogs as they 

 appeared to me. 



Irish Water Spaniels. — This breed was fairly well repre- 

 sented, but all in poor open coat. With this exception, the 

 lack of the requisite amount of topknot, and in one or two 

 instances a slight tendency to crookedness in the front legs, 

 they were a workmanlike looking lot. 



Clumbers.— Li Dash, the Owahgena Kennels have a very 

 fair dog that improves on acquaintance, with rather nice 

 body, legs aud feet. He disposed of his kennel companion 

 readily, the latter being light in substance, shore bodied and 

 generally poor. Why this breed does not become more of a 

 favorite I am at a loss to understand. They are certainly 

 attractive and pretty, and when trained, prime dogs with 

 the gun. 



Field Spaniels. — Judex, the champion of champions, 

 was in fine fettle. There was nothing in the class with him 

 that could even be called a "runner-up." His condition 

 was grand, but I maintain, and have always done so since 

 his first appearance on the bench, that the addition of a full 

 inch to the length of his body would be a Avelcome improve- 

 ment, making him more symmetrical ; his appearance now 

 tending to give the appearance of heavy-headeclness. New- 

 ton Abbott Farmer I placed second, as he showed more field 

 spaniel character than his nearest competitor, Brautford 

 Mohawk. Both are horriblv bad in fore legs. The latter 

 has much the advantage in head, but is light of eye, lacks 

 size, and is short bodied and cockery in appearance.* Newton 

 Abbott Torso is a poor sfiecimeu, and not worthy of men- 

 tion. How he eA r er graduated to the challenge class is a 

 mystery. Black Prince was credited in the marked cata- 

 logue with vhc. As the old fellow was not for competition, 

 and not even there during the judging, the compositor is 

 probably chargeable with the insult to "his highness." 



In challenge bitches Bridford Ruby got away from Rose- 

 dale Bess without difficulty; the former, however, was in 



