March 11, 1894.] 



F ORIS ST AND STREAM, 



SS 



Seminole Kennels' La Belle Petite. High com., G. Howard's Rustic 

 Queen II. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.— Challenge— 1st and reserve, J. Lewis's 

 Sprite and Spring,— Opes— Dogs: 1st and 2d, F. H. Hoyt's Roma and 

 tagersoll, Bitches: 1st and 2d, J, Lewis's Lady Lee and Yinnie. Re- 

 serve and very high com., F. H. Hoyt's Trixie and Irene. 



MISCELLA NEOUS.— 30lbs. or over— Equal 1st, Hempstead Farm's 

 Herdman II. and Chestnut Hill Kennels' Blue Belle. Reserve, P. F 

 Ryan's Jack.— Under BOlbs —Equal 1st, Woodland Park Kennels' 

 Dewr, Chestnut Hill KeDnels' Micke and Toon & Thomas's Sheffield 

 Lad. Re8erve > Mrs. Boughen's Duke. Very high com.. B. Verstine's 

 Don. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Mastiffs.— Best kennel. Dr. Lougest Best mover, Prince. Cola. Best 

 brace, Prince Cola and Minnie Beaufort. 



St. Bernards. — Club medals: Best American bred dog, Alton II. 

 Best bitch ditto, Pratt's Belle. Best St. Bernard (2), Sir Bedivere. 

 Best kennel (2), Argyle Kennels, Best dog puppy owned in Detroit, 

 Belle Isle Napoleon I. Best bitch ditto, Little Dorrett. Best dog 

 owned in Detroit with two of get, Earl Douglas with Little Dorrett and 

 Belle Isle Napoleon I. Best Canadian bred owned in Canada, Sir 

 Henry Havelock, Best brace of St. Bernards, Sir Bedivere and Rustic 

 Beauty. Best smooth, champion Scottish Leader. Best owned in 

 Detroit (2), Sir William Wallace. Best smooth Swiss bred, St. Augus- 

 tine. 



Bloodhounds. — Best kennel, Dr. Lougest. 

 Russian Wolfhounds.— Best kennel, Seacroft Kennels. 

 Great Danes.— Best kennel, Mrs. Glynn, and best brace. 

 Foxhounds.— Best brace American hounds, Clinker and Maud, Best 

 brace in show, Rosemary and Denmark. 

 Greyhounds —Best kennel, A. W. Purbeck. 



Pointers.— Best kennel, Hempstead Farm Kennels', and best with 

 field trial records. Best dog or bitch with two of get, champion Count 

 Graphic with Lady Graphic and Count Graphic's Baby. Best bitch 

 owned in Michigan, Duchess. 



English Settees. — Best kennel, W, B. Wells, also best kennel with 

 field trial records. Best under one year owned in Wayne and Esses 

 counties, Ontario. Best dog or bitch with two of its get, Albert's 

 Nellie with Washtenaw Grouse, and Nellie Breeze of Washtenaw. 



Irish Setters— Best kennel, Oak Grove Kennels. Best bitch owned 

 in Michigan, Nona. 



Gordon Setters.— Best kennel, Dr S. G. Dixon. 



Spaniels. — American Spaniel Club specials: Club cup for best 

 cocker, Jumie II. Best brace of Irish waters. Patsy B. and Biddy 

 Malone. Best brace cockers, champion Miss Waggle's and champion 

 Middy. Best brace of fields, Rose and Queen. Silver cup for best field 

 spaniel, Queen. Best kennel of Irish waters, Blaisdell & Gardner. Best 

 kennel of cockers, Swiss Mountain Kennels. Best cocker bitch with 

 two of her get, Woodland Judy with Pickpania and Jumie II. Best 

 cocker owned in Michigan, Pickpania. Best red cocker ditto. Brentford 

 Redstone. Best cocker bitch in the class and one of her get (2), Wood- 

 land Judy with Jumie H. 



Collies.— Best kennel, Cragston Kennels. Best collie owned in 

 Michigan, Lassie. 



Bull-Terriers.— Best kennel, Frank F. Dole. 



Beagles.— Best kennel, Guy D. Welton. Best in show, Oracle. 



Fox-Terriers. — Best kennel, L. & W. Rutherfurd, also silver cup for 

 same Best owned in Canada, Raby Pallissy. Best owned in Wayne 

 and Essex counties, Raby Pallissy. 



Black and Tan Terriers.— Best kennel, Toon & Thomas. Best 

 brace, Prince Regent and Gipsy Girl. Best toy terrier in class 302, 

 Tiny. 



Scotch Terriers.— Best, Tiree. 



Pugs.— Best kennel, Rookery Kennels. 



Italian Greyhounds.— Best kennel, Joe Lewis. 



Handlers' Prize.— First, B. F. Lewis; second, Thos. Blake. 



DOG CHAT. 



Spaniel Club Meeting'. 



The meeting of the American Spaniel Club executive 

 committee was held at the secretary's office, 374 Broadway; 

 on March 6. Present: Messrs. A. C. Wilinerding, president; 

 E. H. Oldham, treasurer ; Dr. S. Bradbury, and Rowland P. 

 Keasbey, Secretary. Mr. Thomas H. Terry was duly elected 

 a member of the club. Messrs. Bradbury and Keasbey were 

 appointed a committee to audit the treasurer's books. It 

 was also resolved that at all shows, where the Spaniel Club 

 judges officiate and where the club's specials ave of- 

 fered, the judges are hereby instructed to make their 

 official report at once to the secretary of the Spaniel Club of 

 their awards, so that the same may be promptly paid by 

 the club. 



It was decided to offer the following special prizes at the 

 coining Philadelphia show : "Bell " Cup for the best brace of 

 other colored cockers ; $5 for the best brace of Irish water, 

 or Clumber spaniel's ; $5 for the best brace of field spaniels ; 

 $5 for the best brace of cocker spaniels. 



Messrs. Wilmerding and Keasbey were, on motion, ap- 

 pointed a committee to represent the Spaniel Club's interest 

 in connection with the coming specialty show. The com- 

 mittee also decided to offer at the specialty show the Cocker 

 Cup, value $100, for the best American bred cocker, and also 

 to offer $25 in cash, in addition to the usual $20, that goes 

 with Classification No. 1, the first mentioned cash prize to be 

 allotted as the committee on special prizes sees fit. 



Boston Show. 



Boston, Mass., March 10. — Since the issue of our premium 

 list the following special prizes have been donated to be 

 awarded at our show: 



The Great Dane Club President's Challenge Cup for the 

 best dog or bitch in the show, to be competed for by mem- 

 bers, and must be won three times before becoming the prop- 

 erty of any one member. 



Harry Dutton offers $10 in gold for the best pointer, dog or 

 bitch, iu the show, donor not to compete. 



The National Beagle Club offers a piece of silver plate, 

 valued at $25, for the best beagle the get of a dog or bitch 

 that has been placed at a beagle field trial held in America. 

 This is open to the world. 



James L. Little offers $5 for the best exhibit of four or 

 more Scottish terriers, entered and owned by one exhibitor ; 

 donor not to compete. Also $5 for the best exhibit of four 

 or more dachshunds, entered and owned by one exhibitor. 



The New England Kennel Club offers $20 for the best ex- 

 hibit of four or more bloodhounds, entered and owned by 

 one exhibitor. D. E. Loveland, Secretary. 



Honor To Whom Honor Is Due. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was glad to notice your tribute to Mr. Booth, of whom I 

 saw a good deal on the Canadian Circuit in 1892. The atten- 

 tion which this handler paid to his dogs not only on judging 

 day but every day of the whole circuit, was worthy of all 

 admiration. But it was as a man and a gentleman as well 

 as a handler, etc., that Mr. Booth was an honor to the pro- 

 fessional part of the kennel world. There is plenty of room 

 for such professionals as Mr. Booth, and if there were more 

 men in the ranks of the character, type and quality of this 

 gentleman, fewer men of the right sort would desert the 

 paths of the "fancy" disgusted, and more would enter the 

 kingdom of dogmen which is not now quite synonymous 

 with the Kingdom of Heaven. Wesley Mills, M, D. 



Montreal Canada. 



Cocker Rhea at New York. 



Woodstock, Ontario, Can., March 6.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I notice I am credited with having won second 

 prize for cocker bitch puppies at the recent Westminster 

 Kennel Club show with the red bitch Rhea. Although the 

 entry was made by me, Rhea was entered as the property of 

 Mr. B. J. Rae, of Woodstock, to whom the credit of the win 

 and the breeding belongs. Andrew Laidlaw. 



|The entry was in Mr. Laidlaw's name and Mr, Rae's 

 name does not appear in the catalogue,] 



The number of dogs for which taxes are paid in England is 

 1,128,000, Ireland 368,000, France 1,864,000, Germany 1,432,000. 

 It is estimated that there are 2,000,000 dogs in the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain which pass the tax. 



Mr. C. D. Roberts writes: I have had quite a stroke of 

 bard luck, having lately lost seven out of eight of a litter of 

 pn;is born Sept. 19, '93 by champion Duke of Dexter and out 

 of my Devonshire Pearl. I tried my best to save them but 

 got only one through. I shall try this nick again and from 

 what I saw of this last litter I know they will be grand ones. 

 Such heads I never saw yet on pups. 



A patch on a bull-terrier is no longer considered a disqual- 

 ifying blemish in Englaud, and prizes are now awarded to 

 patched dogs. Marked dogs have notbeeu scored too heavily 

 over here hitherto, though it will be well to draw the line 

 pretty sharply and do all we can to breed out the bar sinister. 



A lady's dog club is the newest thing in kenneldom on the 

 other side. At least Miss Darbishin is organizing such a 

 club and has received great encouragement. 



The Bedlington terrier Buckgrove Blue Belle, which Mr. 

 Hopkinson, of Charlottesville, Va., pusrchased from Mr. 

 Fred W. Smith, is now coming over from England in the 

 steamship Maryland, bound to Baltimore, Md. 



The Mascoutah show has a total of 781 entries, made up as 

 fallows: 



Boston terriers 



Dachshunds 13 



Beagles 19 



Toy terriers 51 



Irish terriers 5 



Scotch terriers 7 



Welsh terriers 1 



Mastiffs 36 



St. Bernards 84 



Bloodhounds 5 



Great Danes 27 



Newfoundlands 2 



Russian wolfhounds 17 



Deerhounds 6 



Greyhounds 16 Bedlington terriers 2 



American foxhounds 13 



English foxhounds 3 



Pointers 36 



English setters 55 



Irish setters 33 



Dandie Dinrnont terriers 3 



Skye terriers... 14 



Schipperkes 1 



Black and tan terriers 13 



Yorkshire terriers 10 



Gordon setters 18 Toy terriers , . 2 



Chesapeakes 8 Pugs 25 



Irish Meld spaniels 8 King Charles spaniels 7 



Field spaniels .' 15 Blenheim spaniels 4 



Cocker spaniels 51 Prince Charles spaniels 4 



Collies 71 Japanese spaniels 1 



Poodles 18 Toy spaniels 2 



Bulldogs ...10 Italian greyhounds 6 



Bull-terriers 40 Miscellaneous 4 



White Wonder, the well known bull-terrier, lately owned 

 by Mr. Harris, seems fated to create trouble wherever he 

 goes The dog was disqualified for deafness at the last Bir- 

 mingham show. From this decision Mr. Pegg, his present 

 owner, appealed to the Kennel Club. The committee, not- 

 withstanding Mr. Sewell's certificate to the effect that the 

 dog was not totally deaf and that he could hear a whistle, 

 decided not to interfere with the Birmingham decision. Mr. 

 Pegg can still continue to show his dog, but of course will 

 probably be protested wherever he wins. It is a thousand 

 pities that this splendidly formed terrier is so afflicted. He 

 was the cleanest cut bull-terrier that ever came over here. 



Mr. L. A. Klein, of Black Lake, P. Q , Canada, is getting 

 together a kennel of dachshunds that are bred from both 

 good German bench show stock and field trial winners. Iu 

 1891 he imported the bitch Hexe and the dog Lump, bred by 

 Mr. E. Harder, of Siilze in Mecklenburg. Hexe is by Junker 

 Racker, first, Nurnberg and Berlin 1890, Brussels 1891, and 

 reserve in the field trials at Hanover; second, Berlin, first, 

 two specials at Nurnberg, first, Schonberg in 1890, and first, 

 Brussels 1891. Junker Backer's sire and dam were also win- 

 ners of many prizes. Lump is now owned by Mr. Ed. 

 Wertheim, of Chicago, and is descended from the great prize 

 winner Hetman Black. With dogs of this breeding, Mr. 

 Klein expects to show up well in the prize lists next year. 



Mr. Schallenberger, the St. Bernard breeder, of Alma, 

 Neb., sends us some capital photographs of his dogs. Alma 

 would seem to be a good locality for the St. Bernard industry 

 if one may judge by a picture of the ten-months-old pup 

 Patrician, a smooth, by Aristocrat , out of Valkyrie, by 

 Watch. This dog has a very deep massive head, and excel- 

 lent body, chest and legs, and seems brimful of quality. He 

 will probably be shown at Chicago with the rest of this ken- 

 nel, and if the camera tells the truth he should score well. 

 That good smooth Melrose is now an inmate of this kennel. 

 A picture of Alton III. shows a heavily-coated, good-headed 

 dog, with lots of quality. 



Dog "Coaxers." 



The New York Sun is responsible for a story that there is 

 an old man living in one of the suburbs of Jersey City, who 

 turns to his good account a dog's appetite for the parings of 

 a horse's hoof, that part which the horseshoer cuts away 

 after burning the impression of the shoe into the hoof. This 

 man lives about eight miles from the nearest ferry to New 

 York, and it is his custom to rise at five o'clock every morn- 

 ing and walk to the ferry. Armed with a pocket full of 

 "dog coaxers" he passes through the streets where he knows 

 there are good dogs, and gaining the attention of one of them 

 he throws it a piece of "hoof" and the dog is encouraged to 

 follow him, which it generally does. If the dog at any time 

 shows signs of reluctance to follow, another piece of 

 "eoaxer" is thrown to him. In this manner they keep on 

 until the ferry is reached. The man uoav assumes propri- 

 etorship of the dog, and if he does not succeed in selling the 

 animal on the boat takes it to Wall street and generally 

 disposes of it there. The old man has an elastic conscience, 

 but if it should prick at all, reasons within himself that the 

 dog followed him and, therefore he did not steal it. 



Sayso — "Those wbo love books almost invariably love 

 dogs. That is a rule with, I think, few exceptions." Nowitt 

 —"I am one of the exceptions." Sayso — "You love books 

 and hate dogs?" Nowitt— "Exactly." Sayso— "That is 

 strange." Nowitt — "Not in the least— I am a book agent." 

 —P. & S. S. S. Co. Bulletin. 



Our Providence (R. I.) contributor "Tode" tells this: "The 

 story comes from a neighboring city that some few days ago 

 a man applied to the Mayor with a pitiable tale of woe. The 

 good Mayor Kave the man $7 and he departed in good spirits, 

 A little while after he ran into a man who had a bulldog for 

 sale. Whether the unfortunate pined for the company of the 

 dog or whether he considered the dog or his owner more un- 

 fortunate than himself we don't hear. At any rate, he gave 

 the man 85 for the dog, and departed toward his destitute 

 home with a new addition and but $2 in cash. Men with 

 sporty' instincts must have the necessary paraphernalia. If 

 they put the proposed tax on guns, we suppose some of us 

 poor fellows will have to go without a dinner some day to 

 pay the tax on our beloved outfit." 



Black and tan terriers do not receive much encouragement 

 these days, aud the breed has made little headway. It is a 

 most difficult and disappointing dog to produce respectably, 

 as generations of fanciers have found at the cost of much 

 geld and mental, not to mention moral, turpitude (it is some 



years since we saw this latter word used in reference to dogs, 

 but it fits in here). Dr. Foote, A. W. Smith and others 

 have done much laudable work for the breed, but somehow 

 they have not produced a real good one and the imported 

 ones are still the best. Prof. Wm. G. Graham, evidently has 

 a tender consideration for this handsome terrier and through 

 the Forest and Stream has donated a handsome scarf pin 

 to be presented to the owner of the black and tan terrier win- 

 ning the most prizes on the present circuit of the shows. 

 The pin represents the head of the usual toy terrier cut into 

 crystal, and then painted after the manner of those we 

 alluded to a couple of weeks since. The crystal is hand- 

 somely mounted in gold, and is altogether a handsome affair 

 although a trifle large for the modest inclinations of 'our 

 black and tan fanciers. The pin will be awarded to the 

 winner after the Boston show. 



Whippet racing is receiving considerable attention just 

 now among sportsmen on the other side. Lord Lonsdale 

 and other noblemen have become patrons of the National 

 Whippet Club, and Mrs. Langtry and others are taking up 

 the sport. 



The best English mastiff that ever reached the Pacific 

 coast succumbed to the poison fiend recently. This was 

 Gavin McNab's Ingleside Crown Prince, by champion II- 

 ford Chancellor out of Madge Minting, first, San Francisco, 

 1891 , '92 and '93. He leaves many good puppies and grown 

 dogs of his get, but unfortunately there were no bitches of 

 equal quality on the coast to mate him with and none of his 

 puppies promise to approach him in quality. He was not 

 only large and grand in head, but an unusually strong, 

 active dog for a big one. 



During the Detroit show sales were slack. Miss Griffin, 

 owner of Belle Isle Kennels, sold several pups; J. E. Dager, 

 of Toledo, O., sold a pup by champion Monk of Fur n ess to S. 

 W. Wayson, of Detroit; Geo. Douglas, of Woodstock, sold a 

 cocker by champion Black Duke to E. H. Donelly, of Sand- 

 wich, Mich., and J. A. Spracklin placed two cocker pups with 

 D. E. Phillips, of Detroit. 



B. F. Lewis bought of Mr. J. B. Fisher, of Ypsilanti, Mich., 

 a pup by Cincinnatus out of Albert's Nellie. 



Messrs. Hay & Alexander, of Windsor, Ont., have pur- 

 chased from Seacroft Kennels the well-known Raby Pallissy, 

 and did well at his first showing at Detroit. 



As a consequence of the limited exercising time at Detroit 

 show where so many dogs had to be turned loose in the ring 

 at once, a distressing accident happened on Friday evening. 

 While Eboracum was being exercised in the crowded ring, 

 Fern wood Bruce, the St Bernard, attacked him. There was 

 a lively shindy, and Mrs. Meacham bravely came to the 

 rescue of her dog, and in trying to separate the two she was 

 bitten severely on one hand. She acted with great nerve 

 throughout and we trust she will soon be all right again. 

 This emphasizes the fact that henceforth a rule should be 

 made at all shows, that no dogs shall be allowed off the chain 

 in the exercising ring. There will surely be a bad fight some 

 day if this matter is not attended to. Rings should be re- 

 served for different sized dogs, the little ones need them as 

 much as the big ones, but at present it is unsafe for many of 

 the smaller breeds to be put down in the ring at exercising 

 time. 



B, F. Lewis sold, during the Detroit show, his well known 

 beagle clog Doctor to C. A. Parkinson, of Detroit. Also an 

 Irish setter pup to James McGregor. 



Mr. Jarrett was busy at New York like the rest of the 

 "regulars;" his Irish terrier, second in puppy class, he sold to 

 Count von Rossen, of New York. The collie bitch Olive, 

 second in open, puppy and novice classes, to Mr. Wilton, of 

 New York; collie puppy Warwick, third in puppy class, to 

 Mr. F. Molton, also of New York. Two collie pups will now 

 belong to Mrs. Mayer, of Brooklyn. He also booked services 

 for Christopher, his noted collie. Mr. Forsyth leased Iduna 

 III. from Mr. F. Carswell for that purpose and sends his 

 own Lass of Gowrie (by Christopher ex Denver Lass) to the 

 same dog. 



The Irish setter Nona was bred to Killane during the 

 Detroit show. Killane is owned by J. B. McKay, of Detroit, 

 Mich. He is by Kildare, sire of Queen Vic, dam Ruth (Dick 

 Swiveler— Yuba). Nona is by Finglas, field and bench win- 

 ner, out of the well-known Ruby Glenmore. Nona is a litter 

 sister to Fingaln, winner of second International field trials 

 held at Chatham, Ont., 1893. Nona is winner of first New 

 York, first Detroit 1894; Killane, first puppy New York 1894. 

 The litter was purchased by L. N. Hilsendegen,; Prairie 

 Mound Kennels. Great results are expected, as they are the 

 cream of field and bench Irish setter breeding. The pups 

 will not be for sale. 



Our correspondent, W. Edward Wick writes: "Every dog 

 has his day, and this was a day of fate for many dogs in Ohio. 

 The House by an almost unanimous vote passed the dog tax 

 bill, of which Lewis, of Delaware, is responsible. As it 

 passed it provides that on the first day of October the auditor 

 shall certify to the constables in each township, the names of 

 the owners (or harborers) of dogs upon which tax has not 

 been paid and the constable is to proceed forthwith to collect 

 the tax or kill the canine." 



Dr. Lougest writes: "You must have been misinformed 

 regarding the sale of my mastiff bitch Gerda II., as she has 

 not been offered for sale, nor do I wish to part with her. I 

 purchased the bloodhound dog Berry's Bradshaw at the late 

 New York show." 



Several dogs while exercising in the ring at Detroit per- 

 sisted in jumping over the fence down to the main floor, 

 a drop of about eight feet. Vinga, the noted Russian wolf- 

 hound, tried it and now she is nursing a broken leg. The 

 leg was set in a glass cast and the bitch will stay during 

 Chicago show at Windsor, Ont., and be taken home on 

 Turner's return. This handicaps the Seacroft Kennels 

 very considerably in the kennel special competitions at the 

 next few shows, although they won the special here without 

 her. 



They say a prophet is without honor in his own country, 

 but the cocker Pickpania has a brand of cigars named after 

 him. 



Dr. C. A. Lougest lost by death his very promising mastiff 

 pup Frederick the Great, first at New York, while coming 

 to Detroit show. Its death occurred between Boston and 

 Greenfield, Mass. It did not appear very sick when leaving 

 Boston and must have died from a fit, the stomach swelling 

 considerably. 



New York City Dog Law. 



By a law just enacted, the license fee for a dog in New York 

 city will be §3 from May 1 for the first year, and $1 a year 

 renewal. Every licensed dog must wear a collar with metal 

 tag bearing the number. Untagged and unlicensed dogs 

 will be impounded by officers of the S. F. P. C. A. and held 

 forty-eight hours for redemption (fee $3). Cats are dogs in 

 the eyes of this law. License blanks for dogs and cats will 



