Mauch 10, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Comparative Table of Entries at W. K. C. Shows. 



Mastiffs.'. 26 



St. Bernards 17 



Russian wolfhounds 



Newfoundlands 12 



Greyhounds 18 



Deerhounds 9 



Retrievers | 



Great Danes 



Bloodhounds 



Pointers 



English setters 



Gordon setters 



Irish setters 



Chesapeake Bay dogs 



Imh water spaniels 



Field spaniels 



Clumber spaniels 



Cocker spaniels 



Foxhounds 



Beagles 



Basset hounds 



Dachshunds 



Fox-terriers 



Collies 



Bulldogs ,,, 



Bull-terriers 



Sltye terriers 



Irish terriers 



Black and tan terriers 



DaDdie Dinmotit terriers. . . 



Bedlington terriers 



Yorkshire terriers.., . 



Toy terriers 



Pugs 



Toy spaniels 



Italian greyhounds. . . 



Poodles 



Boston terriers 



Scottish terriers 



Welsh terriers , 



"White English terriers 



Schipperkes 



Miscellaneous . , 



23 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1 GOP 



1RS7 



iooi 



J boo 



loo9 



1690 



1891 



1892 



lfeyo 



1894 



36 



61 



40 



42 



44 



36 



44 



67 



53 



58. 



33 



50 



20 



52 



64 



97 



73 



92 



104 



113 



166 



153 



197 



130 



149 



174 











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8 



7 



19 



30 



20 



8 



15 



17 



11 



*9 



ii 



8 



9 



10 



6 



14 



6 



i!8 



20 



16 



19 



24 



18 



27 



26 



43 



41 



40 



28 



42 



11 



5 



l8 



14 



15 



20 



17 



19 



13 



20 



24. 



16 



18 









3 





Ji 



2 



2 









2 



3 











ii 



6 



7 



17 



34 



36 



37 



45 



24 













1 



4 



4 



5 



3 



8 



8 



6 



144 



i\2 



149 



96 



113 



150 



143 



155 



107 



95 



150 



137 

 99 



172 



159 



150 



77 



102 



101 



87 



77 



74 



79 



81 



112 



58 



56 



53 



36 



38 



14 



43 



54 



43 



Ai 



36 



54 



44 



99 



97 



105 



84 



67 



62 



60 



89 



74 



102 



74 



64 



69 





7 



8 



4 



1 





10 



8 



4 



7 



1 



5 



7. 



17 



6 



3 



1 



1 



4 



3 



3 



4 



16 



10 



2 



6 



56 



8 



13 



20 



19 



17 



22 



28 



36 



27 



25 



26 



23 













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6 



2 



8 



5 



2 





2 





45 



31 



39 



59 



49 



67 



64 



72 



59 



63 



62 



77 



13 



10 



13 



5 



14 



7 





15 



17 



28 



10 



18 ■ 



21 



13 



10 



22 



26 



31 



24 



47 



23 



36 



24 



39 



55 



40 



12 





2 



1 



4 



2 



1 



5 



8 



3 



1 



1 



4 



6 

 56 



11 



19 



10 



11 



13 



21 



13 



30 



27 



21 



22 



60 



78 



50 



89 



79 



87 



137 



151 



161 



116 



136 



121 



60 



71 



72 



85 



103 



86 



88 



109 



163 



119 



85 



97 



117 



14 



23 



20 



17 



12 



20 



15 



19 



19 



51 



42 



58 



67 



24 



15 



19 



34 



25 



30 



28 



40 



24 



37 



47 



60 



52 



12 



12 



14 



' 



8 



7 



12 



25 



11 



6 



9 



14 



IS 



3 



5 





4 



5 



8 



15 



14 



22 



31 



25 



38 



45 



14 



8 



6 



9 



6 



5 



3 



15 



15 



14 



14 



12 



16 



6 



4 



3 



6 

 6 



3 



2 



3 



9 



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7 

 ( 





is 



22 



3 



7 



3 





6 



6 



6 



11 



6 



7 



35 

 11 



30 



19 



25 



8 



21 



25 



35 



18 



18 



11 



10 



10 



18 



8 



17 



10 



10 



10 



Cj 



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12 



32 



40 



47 



31 



93 



23 



40 



33 



42 



S3 



23 



24 



28 



15 



10 



15 



18 



29 



22 



36 



18 



17 



55 



45 



38 



27 





8 



5 



5 



6 



9 





15 



a 



8 



4 



10 



18 







11 



20 



16 



20 



13 • 



16 



20 



27 



19 



30 



58 







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13 





















- 4 



'4 



15 



18 





















5 



1 



4 























2 





5 



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18 



26 



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19 





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20 



26 



6 

 5 



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 12 



3 

 10 



27 



Smooth collies and bobtailed sheepdogs have 3 each this year. 



New York Awards. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Mastiffs.— Best kenneJ, Dr. C. A. Lougest. American Mastiff Club 

 specials: West minster challenge cup for best dog or bitch under 3yrs., 

 Inglcside Minting; silver challenge cup for best American bred dog or 

 bitch, Beaufort's Black Prince: Taunton go'd medal (breeder's prize) 

 for best American-bred under ijrs , not filled; silver challenge cup, 

 best dog, Beaurort's Black Prince; ditto, bitch. Lady Diana: silver 

 medal, nest dog or bitch under 12mos., not filled. The Old Ft lisb 

 Mast ff Cmb specials did not fill 



St. Bernards— Best kennel of rough?, Argyle Kennels; smooths, 

 E. H. Moore. St. Bernard Club of America medals, open to member-* 

 of the Club only: Club medal for best American-bred smooth-coated 

 dog over 12mos , Alton, Jr.; bitch, ditto, Lady Alton; ditto rough- 

 coated dog, Altoneer; ditto, bitch, Uarda; best American-bred smooth- 

 coated bitch under 12aios. Miss Tlielma; ditto, rough-coated dog, Wash 

 Erdman; ditto bitch, Priu"ess Ealalia; best stud dog, to be judged by 

 two of his get out of different bitches, the same to besiredln America, 

 Sir Bsdivere; best brood bitch, to be judged by two of her produce 

 out of different litters, born in America, Miss Anna. New York Herald 

 medals: Best rough-coated dog, Sir Bedivere; ditto bitch. Lady Liv- 

 ingston; smooth coated dog, Alton, Jr.; ditto bitch, Lady Alton. 

 Westminster challenge cap. value $jC0, donated by W. C. Reick, Col 

 Ruppert, Jr., and the W K. C. for best American- bred St. Bernard, 

 sired in America, and born on or after March 1, 1890, open to all 

 A ton, Jr. Best in show, Sir Bedivere. 



Bloodhounds —Best iu show, Victor. 



Great Danes.— Bast kennel, J. A. Lawrence's. Great Dane Club of 

 America specials: President's challenge cup for best dog or bitch in 

 the show, Portia Melao. Herald m<sdal for be t in show, Portia M'elao 

 Best harlequin dog, Lawrence Leopard; ditto bitch, Phryne 



Russian Wolfhounds.— Best kennel, H. W. Hcmtington's. National 

 Greyhound Club specials: Best dog, Argoss; bitch, Tinga. W. K. C. 

 challenge cup for best in show, Argoss; best American-bred, Argoss 

 Herald bronze medal for best in show, Argoss. 



Deerhounds.— Best kenael, Hillside Kennels. National Greyhound 

 Club medals: Best dog, Hillside Warrior; bitch. Hillside Romola 

 W. K. C. challenge cup lor best in show, Hillside Romola. Herntii 

 medal, Hillside Romola. Best American-bred, Hillside Romola. 



Greyhounds.— 3tst kennel, A. W. Purbeck. National Greyhound 

 Club niedah: Best dog, Gem or the Season; bitch, Southern Beauty; 

 Monroe challenge cup for best greyhound, and the Herald me da! 

 Gem of the Season. Mr. Horatio Nelson, president of the National 

 Greyhound Club, 820 Lot best American-bred that has won two courses 

 In public competition, Master Rich. 



Foxhounds.— Best kennel, The Governor's Kennels. 



Chesapeake Bay.— Best kenael, B. Alton Smith. 



Pointers.— Best kennel, T. G. Davey. Best kennel of four that have 

 been run at any pubhe field trial in the U. S. or Canada, Hempstead 

 Farm Kennels. Best dog sired by W. K. O.'s King of Kent, Prince 

 Regent; ditto bitch, Kent's Belle. Pointer Club of America specials' 

 Best heavy weight dog, Lad of Kent; ditto bitch, Woolton Game; 

 light-weight dog, Duke of Hessen; ditto bitch, Lady Gay Spanker 

 American Field cup aud the Herald medal for best in show. Lad of 

 Kent. 



English Setters.— Best kennel of four that have been run at any 

 public field trial in the U". S. or Canada Blue radge Ken. English Set- 

 ter Club specials, open to members only: American Field cup for best 

 owned by a member six months prior to closing of entries, Breeze 

 Gladstone, best that has been placed at any public field trial in U. S 

 or Canada, Breeze Gladstone. Silver medal for breeder of best that 

 has been awarded very high com. or better in its regular class, and 

 also Herald medal, Breeze Gladstone. Polhemus cup tor the best dog 

 owned by the exhibitor 6mos, prior to date of closing entries Breeze 

 Gladstone. 



Irish Setters,— Best kennel, Oak Grove Kennels. Herald medal for 

 best in show, Queen Vic. 



Gordon Setters.— Best kennel, Dr. Dixon's. Herald medal for best 

 in show, Duchess of Waverly : Gordon Setter Club of America specials 

 open to members only: Best dog iu opes, Heather Lad; ditto bitch 

 Fau; second best dog in open, Richmond Prince; ditto bitch, Venus 

 Best dog, to have been property of the owner 6oios. previous to the 

 closing of entries, Heather Bee 



Ikish Water Spaniels,— Best kennel, Gardner and Blaisdell. 



Clumber Spaniels— Kennel did not fill. Best dog, Dash; bitch 

 Glenwood Bosker. 



Field Spaniels.— Best kennel, R. P. Keasbey. American Spaniel 

 Club's specials, open to members only: Newton Abbot .-up, lor best 

 bitch, Bridford Ruby; pup, dog or bitch, Princess Bolu3; other than 

 black, Bridford Ruby; black dog, Warwick (A. E. Foster's dog did 

 not. compete) ; best blade bred Dy a member of the club. Warw dk 

 Herald medal for best in show, Judex. 



Cockers —Best kennel, Swiss Mountain, American Spaniel Club's 

 specials, open to members only: Best American-bred black dug pup 

 Barefoot; ditto bitch, Chloe Hersom; ditto pup, dog or bitch, auy 

 other color, Cherry Boy 11.; best headed, Black Duchess; trio bred by 

 exhibitor, donor cot to compete (Swiss Mountain Kennels), Rideau 

 Kennels; best black in open, Kideau Reiue; best other color, Tanita, 

 best dog or bitch, other than black, never having previously sou a 

 first prize. Ned W.; best bitch in show, Miss Waggles; best Uog. any 

 color, Brantford Red Jacket : best liver and white dog or bitch, Tanita; 

 black and white, dog or bitch, Othello; best moving ot auy breed. 

 Tanita; best liver-colored, St. Lawrence Prince; best stud d'og with 

 three of his get, Biautford Bed Jacket; Heruld medal for best in 

 show, Miss Waggles. 



Collies.— Best kennel. J. Pierpont Morgan's. Coll e Club of America 

 offers, open to members only: Collie Club trophy, value §500, for best 

 Americau-bred, the winner of the trophy to receive a silver medal in 

 commemoration of award, Roslyn wakes; president's cup, value ysjo, 

 for best collie, winner receives silver medal in commemoration, Sefton 

 Hero; grand annual collie sweepstakes (open to allj for collies born in 



to be judged by two of his get out of different bitches, which may be 

 the property of different owners, Christopher; best dog in open cla^s 

 owned by a member (winner of trophy and president's cup not to 

 compete), Christopher. Best in show, Sefton Hero (2). 



Poodles —Best kennel, Meadowmere Kennels. Best poodle, Lion; 

 best black curly -coated dog or bitch in open, Rajah. 



Bulldogs — BuU Dog Club of America prizes, open to members only. 

 The grand trophy for best dog or bitch iu show, His Lordship; 

 Porter cup, for best iu show, opposite in sex to winner of the 

 garnd trophy, Saleni; puppy bowl, best American bred dog or bitch 

 between 6 and lomos., Rustic King II.; American Field bulldog cup 

 for best Americau bred dog or bitch, Handsome Dau; Sawyer cup, for 

 novice dog or bitch. Nugget; English Bull Dog Club's silver medal for 

 second best in sho .v of same sex as winner of Porter cup, The Graven 

 Image; ditto for same sex as winner of Grand trophy, King Lud; best 

 American-bred puppy under lomos., opposite in sex to winner of puppy- 

 bowl, Juno: best American-bred opposite sex to winner of American 



dog 



of puppy bowl, Woodlawn Park Kennels; best dog, His Lordship. 



Bull-Terriers.— Best in show, Streatham Monarch; Tubby Hook cup 

 for the best djg owned by exhibitor 6mos. prior to date of closing 

 entries, Streatham Monarch. 



Boston Terriers.— The Boston Terrier Club specials: Best dog, 

 Prince Walnut; best bitch, Nankin; best exhibit. 11. J. Clark; bestdog 

 or bitch, Nankin. 



Dachshunds — Best kennel, E. A. Manice; Dachshund challenge 

 cup, Polly Finders. 



Beagles.— Best kennel, Hornell-Harmony kennels' ; best beagle in 

 show (2), Royal Krueger. 



Fox-Terriers.— Best kennel, H. W. Smith. The American Fox- 

 Terrier Club specials: Best iu the show, Saint Cribbage; best in open 

 classes. Warren Safeguard; best in puppy classes, Blentom Votary- 

 best brace, Samt Cribbage and Sister Janet; best wire-haired, Saint 

 Cribbage; best brace of wire-haired, Saint Cribbage aud Sister Janet- 

 grand challenge cup for best fox-terrier in show, Saint Cribbage: Stud 

 Dog Stakes of 1894, Beverwyck Royalist and King Piu; the first' divis- 

 ion of the Eighth Grand Produce Stakes of 1393, Beverwyck Royalist; 

 best fox-terrier, Saint Cribbage (2). 



Irish Terriers.— Best kennel, W. J. Comstock: best in show, Jack 

 Bnggs. 



Blackand Tan Terriers.— Best brace, Prince Regent and Gypsy Girl: 

 White English Terriers.— Best brace, Spring and Lonely; best 

 under 12 mos., Nobility. 



Dandie Dinmojit Terriers.— Best brace, Heather kennels' Ainstv 

 Daisy and King of the Heather. 

 Bedlington Terriers.— Best brace, W. H. Russell. 

 Scottish Terriers.— Best brace, Brooks and Ames. 

 Sky-e Terriers.— Best brace, C. A. Sbinn. 

 Yorkshire Terriers. — Best kennel, F. Senn. 



Pugs.— Best kennel, Seminole Kennels'; best in show. Hauehtv 

 Madge. ' & J 



Toy Spaniels.— Best kennel, F. Senn; best in show, Tokio, (Jap.) 

 Italian Greyhounds.— Best brace, Spring and Sprite; best in show 

 Spring. 



Spaniels at New York. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



That the thanks of spaniel breeders and exhibitors are due 

 to Forest and Stream for. securing Mr. Wilmerding's re 

 port on the spaniels he judged at the late New York show 

 will, I am certain, be admitted by all. The enterprise and 

 push of this best of all kennel papers are proverbial, but on 

 no occasion in the past has a spaniel report written by either 

 judge or reporter excited the conjecture and speculation as 

 to how the judge would explain his decisions as the one in 

 question and the pity of it all is that it would have been to 

 the credit of the judge aud fairer to those who entered their 

 dogs, counting on Mr. Wilmerding following in his footsteps 

 oj previous years, if he had, before the entries closed for New 

 York, come out in an open letter and given us the homily 

 which is the prelude to his report on the spaniel judging at 

 New York show, 1894, 1 would ask him where would the 109 

 entries (there were actually 92 dogs benched) he boasts of 

 have been? what dogs would breeders have selected to con- 

 form to the worthy President of the spaniel club's new 

 theories of what we hare, and what we should have? It 

 would take more space than you could spare for me to go 

 go through Mr. Wilmerding's report and I therefore think 

 the best and quickest way will be to select a few of his lead- 

 ing criticisms and look at them in a quiet and friendly way. 



Irish Water Spaniels.— This valuable and useful breed he 

 dismisses with four lines. No criticism. Gives no reason for 

 placing the dogs as he did, which would, judging from his 

 knowledge of the breed, have been vastly interesting. 



Clumber Spaniels.— Mr. George R. Preston who owns the 

 two entries and who is an enthusiast on this valuable and 

 handsome breed, and who will not stop until such time as 

 he can show a kennel of quality will, I am certain, be sur- 

 prised, but hardly be impressed by the worthy judge's 

 know ledge of the breed to read the criticism on Dash. 



Field Spaniels.— In field spaniel challenge class Newton 

 Abbot Torso is described as a poor specimen not worthy of 

 mention. Now, I claim that he is far and away a better dog 

 than Braulford Mohawk, and in head, front legs and general 

 quality points ahead of Newton Abbot Farmer, placed 

 second 



A prominent spaniel man looking over the awards in this 

 class had the cruelty to remark that he wondered how the 

 mischief Mr. Wilmerding could give Black Prince vhe. and 

 ignore Torso. On the error in the catalogue being pointed 

 out to him, lie singularly enongh made the same remark 

 about Prince that Mr. Wilmerding makes in his report about 

 Torso ie. "How, the dickens, did he ever get into the chal- 

 lenge class?" 



The criticism on the new dog Colehill Rufus is very re- 

 freshing reading. In his poor condition he should not have 

 won, but he was points ahead of at least two in the class. 

 Our friend the judge makes a great point of his crooked 

 front legs, but this fault did not set Farmer back in the 

 challenge class. Yea, verily! Consistency, thou art a Jewell 



It is all very well for a judge to encourage size as well as 

 quality when judging cockers, but it is far from well for him 

 to sacrifice all quality for size. A coarse headed, narrow 

 chested, weedy looking cocker of 241bs. will look larger than 

 a typical dog of the same weight built on the proper lines. 

 Cockers are very deceiving and had the judge placed each of 

 the dogs in the cocker challenge class on the scales he would 

 have been surprised to find that there was not a dog in the 

 class weighing less than 22}4lbs., so that his criticism— "Red 

 Jacket, first, should be retired, shown too fat"— is much on a 

 par with that of "Middy, unnoticed on the small order, toes 

 turn out, toyish." Had the fat been taken off Red Jacket 

 and had Middy been shown in proper flesh, about a pound 

 heavier, there would not have been a pound weight dif- 

 ference, between the two. Red Jacket, good little dog that 

 he has been, has gone off so much in head he should most 

 decidedly have taken a back seat to Middy. 



In challenge bitches Miss Waggles won, Black Duchess 

 vhc. 



The judge describes Black Duchess as a "Beautiful little 



small order." 

 front legs not 

 " the second, 

 . -ggles shown 



rather fat weighed 241bs. Black Duchess showm too light iu 

 flesh weighed 221bs. Admitting that on condition Miss 

 Waggles won, what is this "on the small order," our friend 

 the judge is now raving about? Will he kindly give us the 

 weight of his old friend Champion Doc? If I remember 

 rightly when Doc was winning he was in Mr. Wilmerding's 

 opinion just about right. I saw him weighed on two oc- 

 casions, once he barely pulled the scales down at 221bs. and 

 once 22>ilbs. 



Black Duchess won the special for best headed cocker in 

 the show. This takes us back to the days of Miss Obo II. 

 It took Mr. Wilmerding quite sometime to educate himself 

 up to placing her first over Doc although she was his ideal 

 weight— 241bs. If head quality at last compelled Mr. Wil- 

 merding to place Miss Obo II. over Doc, why, when there is 

 only a difference of 21bs. in weight between Miss Waggles 

 and Black Duchess— and other points are about equal— did 

 not he place Black Duchess over Miss Waggles? The open 

 dog class is a corker. Four dogs in that class should have 

 beaten the winner Donovan, and these are their names, not 

 in the order they should have been placed, but picked out of 

 the catalogue: 



"Woodland Prince," Jumie II., "Pickpania" and Com- 

 modore. 



It may be interesting to notice the opinion of various 

 judges on Donovan: "Donovan, reserve, is very coarse and 

 growing coarser, light eye, badly set ears and too long a 

 body." (F. H. F. Mercer's report, N. Y. show 1893). "Is of 

 the spaniel order." (James Watson's report, N. Y. show 

 1893). "Who is coarse." (E. M. Oldham's report, N. Y. 

 show 1893). "Coarse all over." (American Field's report, 

 N. Y. show 1893). They say judges and reporters differ. 

 This must be an exception. 



One more case, and I will conclude. If a dog is large 

 enough to receive vhc. in the novice class, surely he ought 

 to have a notice in the open. Douglas, unnoticed in the 

 open class, received the award of vhc. in the novice class. 

 Some people are cruel enough to say that as the judge after 

 carefully examining the novice class on Monday evening for 

 about 30 minutes, postponed giving his decision until the 

 following morning. A night in the land of nod with the 

 catalogue under his pillow did much to soften his hard feel- 

 ings against poor Douglas whom he describes as one of the 

 hated "small order." It may interest Mr. Wilmerding to 

 know that Douglas weighs over 201bs. 



That the New York show judging of spaniels, 1894, was 

 unfair to spaniel exhibitors and injurious to the best in- 

 terests of the breed is now a matter of history. You have 

 either in the Spaniel Club to have your minimum weight 

 22 or 241bs., or you have to judge dogs on their merits. 

 I myself think that we want a dog of from 22 to 261bs., but 

 we cannot afford to ignore all type and quality to reach the 

 desired end. It has been by careful breeding that the great 

 cocker breeders of the States and Canada have done away 

 with the old weedy looking cocker, who was no earthly use 

 to himself or his owner. Let those good and reliable breeders 

 Willey, Laidlaw, Nelles, Bell, Swiss Mountain kennels and 

 others, whom space will not allow me to mention, keep on. 

 Not get flurried or excited over the spasmodic efforts of some 

 judges to undo with a big splurge all the good work they 

 have done in the past. But by the same interest in their 

 work and by judicious mating and careful breeding keep 

 what they have and in time obtain an increase in size with- 

 out losing the quality they have gained after years of hard 

 work. Mr. Wilmerding is a man we all think highly of and 

 the regret was general that such a prominent hard working 

 member of the Spaniel Club would make such a mistake as 

 to think all he had to do was to wave his magic wand and 

 all hands— judges, breeders and exhibitors would crowd 

 over each other in their anxiety and desire to follow in his 

 lines. But one type at Philadelphia, one at Toronto and 

 another at New York was too inconsistent for even his many 

 friends and admirers to follow especially, when upsetting 

 what he had doue iu the open classes, he to the surprise of 

 everybody gave the special for best kennel to the Swiss 

 Mountain kennels. Their four, if I remember rightly, being 

 the unnoticed Middy and Douglas, Miss Waggles, first, and 

 Lady Fidget, second, against them being Andrew Laidlaw's 

 team containing four more on the large order. It was laugh- 

 able but at the same time not encouraging to see spaniel 

 men round the ring and in the ring looking as if they had 

 all just caught a bad attack of the grip. One very promi- 

 nent spaniel man remarked to a friend— "Well, this takes 

 t he cake, I'll be hanged if I know which end of the dog to 

 show." 



Now, Mr. Editor, do please invite some discussion of this 

 question and let those men who had so much to say against 

 the judging at New York either come out and say what they 

 think on the subject or forever keep sileut. Mr. Wilmerding 

 is right, there must be a medium, but I cannot help think- 

 ing t hat his remarks about taking the small order round in 

 bird cages would be a very good idea the day we go out to 

 the Spaniel Club field trials. It would be very appropriate 

 not to open the door of the cage until the worthy President 

 pulled the string and let the pigeon out of the basket. 



Solus. 



We are sorry to see the Blue Grass Kennel Club fall out of 

 line. Their shows, although not successful ventures finan- 

 cially, were popular fixtures and introduced us to a number 

 of thorough sportsmen. The management cannot, however, 

 be blamed for foregoing the pleasure of dipping into their 

 pockets, to provide fun for others who simply regard dog 

 shows in a monetary light, still with such an energetic secre- 

 tary as Mr, Williams, we shall live in hopes of attending 

 another show in the sport loving-town of Lexington, Ky. 



