March 34, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



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CHICAGO DOG SHOW. 



March 1 3 to 16. Entries, 773. Dogs benched, 69 1 . 



The Windy City has scored again. There may be another 

 city in this wide country that can stand three dog shows in 

 thirteen months and crowd the aisles of each one,but we doubt 

 it. Cbicago people love dogs, there is no doubt about this, 

 and this adoration is not restricted to class, the Ward Mc- 

 Allisters jogging elbows with those who have to work hard 

 for their bread and butter. Hard times may be a good sub- 

 ject to talk about, but the dog shows this season have so far 

 more than held their owd — New York with its one dollar ad- 

 mission probably holds the record, Columbus and Detroit 

 both did well, and Chicago with fifty cents admission was a 

 fitting climax to the Western circuit, and we only hope 

 Philadelphia and Boston may do as well. Afternoon and 

 evening the aisles in both buildings during the Mascoutah 

 Club's fifth annual gathering were crowded, uncomfortably 

 so at times. The arrangement of the benches and rings was 

 much superior to former years. In Battery D were placed 

 the six rings arranged as at New York and most of the large 

 dogs. The rest, about 400 dogs, were benched in the adjoin- 

 ing Second Armory building. Here the light was not 

 very good, gas having to be burned during the day. There 

 was some delay in getting the benching up here on Monday 

 night, the management not being able to get in till 10:30 

 P. M., everything, however, was ready to put up, and early 

 Tuesday morning the benching was ready for the dogs. This 

 occasioned some little inconvenience among the early comers 

 on Monday, but could not be helped. 



Judging commenced promptly at 10:20 A. M., and soon all 

 the judges were in full swing, dealing joy or sorrow as oc- 

 casion served. Mr. Payson, Mr. Woodward, and other mem- 

 bers of the club acted as stewards, and rings were well 

 served when one takes into consideration the fact that the 

 dogs were as a rule benched without much consideration 

 in regard to rotation. This is wrong, and the good example 

 • set at New York should have been carried through. Judging 

 was completed, with the exception of a few of Mr. Mortimer's 

 specials, the first day, and his work was done by noon 

 Wednesday. 



The different members of the committee worked with a 

 will, but especial praise should be given to Mr. Bryson, the 

 president, who was here, there and everywhere, early and 

 late the. whole week, attending to the varied interests of the 

 show. In this he was ably seconded by Mr. Walter C. Gunn, 

 the treasurer, who was active in making everything go 

 smoothly , Mr. S. C. Payson I also noticed was always near 

 when wanted, in fact the committee is such in. fact as well 

 as name. Dr. Withers attended to the veterinary part, and 

 was a second Glover for being in evidence when wanted. 

 With such willing workers it is little wonder that John 

 Read's duties as superintendent were considerably lightened 

 and the show worked smoothly from beginning to end. The 

 Mascoutah Club has demonstrated that it could give a 

 show when required without any catchpenny devices to 

 swell the entries. 



The quality of the dogs entered could scarcely be excelled, 

 as the prize list will show, many of the best dogs from New 

 York having taken in the circuit. The valuable prize list 

 demanded such recognition. Prizes were paid promptly on 

 Friday, and from what we could gather the club must have 

 a balance to the good, although the expense for hall rents 

 was higher than formerly. The buildings are rather low 

 and with little ventilation it was a difficult matter to clear 

 the atmosphere of offensive odors, but "Sanitas" did as well 

 for it as anything could do. Spratts Company benched and 

 fed, and this year there was no grumbling on their account 

 in regard to benching. Joe Locke attended to the press 

 duties, and his work was apparent in the space afforded the 

 show by the daily papers, though several paragraphs leaked 

 in in regard to one of the judges that good taste might well 

 have forsworn, as there was really no cause for such "sec- 

 tional" remarks. A number of well-known dog men were 

 to be seen during the week, in fact, most of the principal 

 owners in the West and many men interested in field trials 

 were present. 



The catalogue was well and tastefully arranged on the 

 model of that of the W. K. C, interspersed with sketches 

 from the A. K. C. Gazette. There were no objectionable 

 features, such as litters of puppies, mock auctions and such 

 devices, that tend to lower the tone of any show. All things 

 considered, the Mascout ah Club scored a distinct success, and 

 we are glad of it. 



Mastiffs (James Mortimer, Judge).— Chicago shows for 

 some time past have been notable for the excellent quality 

 of the mastiff classes, but this time the quality excelled any 

 former year, and the open dog class brought out such a gath- 

 ering of good mastiffs as we have not seen in many years. 

 Nearly all the best dogs we have were there, and between 

 the three first there is little to choose. There were no chal- 

 lenge dogs; in bitches, Lady Coleus, looking as well as she 

 probably ever will do, scored over Sinaloa, so much in sub- 

 stance, size, massiveness of head and body that the issue was 

 scarcely in doubt. In open dogs, a grand class, first went to 

 the Detroit winner, Prince Cola, who beats the second, an 

 old acquaintance, Melrose Prince, in volume of skull and 

 body. Emperor William, third, loses in volume of skull, but 

 has a better muzzle; shown a bit leggy, too. Melrose is 

 lower to the ground and deeper-bodied. Leamington, whom 

 we spoke so well of at the West Side show, has since then 

 been very sick and has not been improved thereby, his muzzle 

 becoming somewhat pinched and wedge-shaped ;'his immense 

 skull makes this more apparent; his ears are also faulty, 

 otherwise he is a very good dog. Emperor Maximilian loses 

 in size and body to the others. Cube, vhc, has a fair- shaped 

 head, but is small. Alarm is another nice dog, by Ormonde, 

 standing on good legs, should have more rib. Marquis, vhc, 

 looked tucked up and light in body; in fact, most of Mr. 

 Bunn's dogs showed the effects of the sickness that prevailed 

 in his kennel the past three or four months. Rossington and 

 Baby Bunn well deserved their letters; the former is too 

 high in brow, and a very short head gives him a "bully" 

 expression. Baby Bunn is a light-eared dog, lacking in 

 expression, faulty in back; head should be deeper and 

 squarer. The bitch class was not so large, but the entries 

 were choice. The well-known Lady Diana was considered 

 the best, followed by Minna Minting, a reversal of the Detroit 

 decision the week before. Rowena, a good-sized bitch, light 

 in markings, came third; her head has scarcely breadth 

 enough, and she needs more rib and body, Cerene, well 

 known, deserved her place. Fortuna, vhc, is a little flat- 

 faced, and muzzle should be deeper, forelegs and elbow are 

 not quite truly formed, nice body and hind parts. Persia, 

 he, was lucky; her face is long aDd a bit flat, eye light, is 

 light in body, too. Vistula II. I liked better; better in head 

 and body. In the absence of Frederick the Great, Druid 

 walked over in puppy dogs; he is faulty in ear carriage, 

 otherwise a rather promising sort of youngster. First went 

 to Campania in bitches, and Gyda might well have had a 

 second, though other prizes were withheld. In novice class 

 first to Rowena, who should in our estimation have given 

 place to Leamington, whose massive head, better bone, dept h 

 and shape of body, and greater character would seem to fully 

 entitle him to the place. Beaufort Prince, well known, came 

 in for third. Tiger, a correctly colored sort of dog, mean 

 expression, was given c; head of fair shape, bad tail. The 

 kennel prize fell to the Peoria kennel. 



iST. Bernards (Miss. A. 11. Whitney, Judge).— As in mas- 

 tiffs, Chicago can always be counted on for a good show of 

 his breed, and especially so in home-bred ones. The entry 

 %is time compared more than favorably with New York. 



Challenge rough dogs brought out Sir Bedivere, Aristocrat 

 and Fernwood Bruce, the first named looking better even 

 than at Detroit, and won easily; but between Bruce and 

 Aristocrat, the struggle was keener. Bruce loses in head, 

 slightly in body and bone, but is better on his legs all round, 

 and gets it a bit in length of body. Io was the only repre- 

 sentative of her class. Open dogs (5) cannot be considered a 

 very happy effort on the judge's part. Safford, first, is a 

 dog brim full of quality, with perfect markings, and needs 

 ouly a little more stop to boast a good head, nice body and 

 legs, in fact, a well-made dog all round, showing lots of 

 type and quality. Second to Captain Nedep, a son of Lord 

 Melrose, a wide jump in type, for he has absolutely nothing 

 but bis size and flat coat to recommend him for the place. 

 He is devoid of markings or white on face or collar, a big, 

 upstanding, light-ribbed dog, washy in color, wretched hocks, 

 very weak head of fair shape, a dog very far from the winner 

 in type and quality, although of the same blood. Tramp, 

 third, is rightly named, he needs grooming and "culturing" 

 a bit; he has great bone, a fair stamp of head, though a trifle 

 long, good head markings, no collar, shows quality. Lord 

 Dante, fourth, should have come second; he is an all round, 

 well-made little dog, who would be improved with dark 

 shadings. Alton III. is a dog standing on excellent legs, 

 muzzle should be deeper and squarer, good color, bone and 

 body especially, a dog of excellent quality that might well 

 have been nearer the top. Mauprat, vhc, deserved his let- 

 ters and no more in this class. Complete was lucky, a dog 

 showing too much white, fair head, but narrow, shown too 

 fat, and has little character. American Caesar, vhc, is the 

 best headed one in the class, and taking all into considera- 

 tion, type, size, bone and general characteristics, he should 

 have won, though he was shown thin he was in good healthy 

 condition. Caesar first, Lord Dante second, Safford third 

 and Alton III. fourth, would have suited better. There were 

 half a dozen in the class superior to Captain Nedep. Lord 

 of Richmond is another nice sort of dog, with immense bone, 

 should be broader in chest and deeper and longer and 

 squarer in muzzle, excellent coat and legs, body should be 

 longer, but it has good depth and ribs. Boris, he, has a 

 wedgy muzzle, but good skull, feet turn out a little and his 

 body should be longer. Melrose Rex loses in muzzle, coat 

 curly in places. 



In judging such a class as this where there were so many 

 dogs that had no earthly chance to win, it would be better if 

 Miss Whitney would clear a lot of the worst out of the ring 

 instead of keeping them there all the time, where they take 

 up much desirable space that is required to move and prop- 

 erly examine the good ones. The bitch class (15) furnished 

 material for careful judging, too, as several good ones were 

 near the top. First went rightly to the beautiful-headed 

 Rustic Beauty, who only loses in flatness of coat. The well 

 known Alta Berna claimed second; she was well shown, and 

 so was Lady Adelaide II., whom Ave have not seen for some 

 time; both should be deeper and squarer in muzzle, and Ade- 

 laide have more stop. Sunray, fourth, I preferred for second 

 place, taking body, legs and head into consideration, although 

 she perhaps does not show quite so much face quality as 

 Adelaide, she beats Alta in head and front. Arline, reserve, 

 should be deeper in stop. Lady Gladys, of the mentioned 

 ones, is quite a fair sort, faulty in muzzle. A lot of he. cards 

 were given but some did not deserve so much consideration; 

 such was Karenina, too curly-coated, fat, and nearly all 

 white. Mandina, he, should have more stop and ribs. Fern- 

 wood Rose Il.well deserved her letters; she is a little scooped 

 out before the stop, shows too much stop, but was well 

 shown and might have had another let; er. Tot was shown 

 too fat; would be improved with more stop; good legs and 

 body. A good-looking pup in Columbus Avon in dog pups 

 (6); he was in New York; bit flat-faced but head is fairly 

 well-shaped, is narrow-chested at present; good coat and 

 body. Easter Cyclone is but a weak-headed one, in fact out- 

 side the winner there was little to attract attention. In bitch 

 puppies (4) first went to Aristoeratine, a nicely-grown 

 youngster, that could be much improved in head if stop 

 were more defined. Flora, second, loses considerably in head, 

 which will never be a good one, too light in muzzle and 

 straight-faced. Sadie Lassie, third, has rather a nice head 

 but small, shows intense quality but turns her forefeet out. 

 The novice class (14) for roughs was a mixed lot and the win- 

 ners have been described in open classes, where they occu- 

 pied the same positions, Uarda, described last week, get- 

 ting reserve; all but four numbers were carried on from the 

 open class and therefore required little judging. 



Smooth challenge dogs had two entries, Melrose and Alton 

 II., the former loses in massiveness of head what he gains 

 slightly in expression and markings, is improving in head, 

 broadening out; both are well made dogs, showing lots of 

 quality. There were no entries in the corresponding bitch 

 class. In open dogs (5) first went to Lawrence Garza, a well 

 made, typical little dog; second to Argyle Alpha, a bit plain 

 in coloring, lacking shadings, hocks might be stronger, fair 

 short square head, excellent bone, a bit back in pasterns, 

 nice coat, will improve. St. Augustine, third, was hardly 

 treated,; his fine head, size, quality, body, in spite of 

 being in light flesh, good color and general type, should 

 have placed him well first, as he was at Detroit: Patrician, 

 fourth, has a nice, well-shaped, short head, but not enough 

 of it, in fact, is bitch-headed, dips a trifle in back, a well 

 grown youngster that with time will do much better. Vic- 

 tor Anton, c, loses much to the others, in poor condition. In 

 open bitches (7) the Argyle Kennels furnished another Avin- 

 ner with Judith's Rachel, faulty in ears, a long cast bitch, 

 light in body, good legs, fair shaped head, muzzle should be 

 deeper, too much white but shows a good deal of quality in 

 head; Sunol, second, was at Detroit; Fernwood Queen, third, 

 was lucky; she has a poor, shallow head, not stop enough, 

 good legs and body; Valkyrie, fourth, is also plain faced, not 

 depth enough, good body, trifle straight behind, rich body 

 color, but more face shadings would improve her, a true 

 smooth; Pratt's Belle, reserve, I thought harshly treated; she 

 might have been at least second or third. Columbian Queen, 

 vhc, I could not find. In dog puppies (2) Argyle Alpha was 

 again placed OA r er Patrician, and the same order was main- 

 tained in the novice class, Argyle Kennels with a very even 

 lot won both kennel prizes, and as their dogs were benched 

 together made an interesting display. 



Great Danes (James Mortimer, Judge).— The. interest in 

 the exhibit of these dogs Avas considerably dampened by the 

 fact that Kennel Lawrence's dogs were not present, although 

 entered. Major McKinley, looking very well, walked over 

 for his challenge prize. In open dogs Stanley, second at 

 Detroit last week, won nicely from Anderson's Sandor, also 

 well-known, getting broad in skull. Leo Waldeman is too 

 pinched in muzzle, straight behind, but, barring hindlegs 

 beats Hero R , fourth, in type; he was shown thin, good 

 forelegs and bone. Hero is very throaty, big eye, cheeky, 

 good bone and legs. Lady Hauno, the winner in bitches 

 (formerly Minca) beats Flora in body, the latter being too 

 flat in loin, muzzle too short, skull fair; in fact, is better all 

 round in type and quality. Ruth, third, is a rather common, 

 short-headed sort, not very straight in front. Neverzell did 

 not arrive till the third day and Avas, of course, too late for 

 competition. Jessie, first ih puppies, has a plain, snipy head 

 and is very throaty; there is little to choose between her 

 and Nord for the position. In novices Major D. won; head 

 too coarse and too much stop; I liked the second winner, a 

 harlequin of much sprightlier type, Juno R. is of the plain, 

 common, coarse type, a black. With the Kennel Lawrence 

 eleven entries the exhibit would have been a good one; as it 

 was it was disappointing for Chicago. 



Newfoundlands (Miss A. H. Whitney, Judge).— A poor 

 turnout. One dog from whom first was Avithheld; too long 

 in head, good size, faulty in coat, too open. Flora L., first 



in bitches, is small, long, narrow head little stop, shown 

 fat, fair coat. 



Russian Wolfhounds (Boger P. Williams, Judge).— This 

 exhibit was merely a repetition of Detroit, with the exception 

 that Vinga's unlucky accident allowed Zerry an easy win, 

 especially as Svodka in jumping off the bench, slipped on 

 the floor and was quite lame in the ring. In open dogs Col. 

 Dietz again beat Odrooski, who is looking a bit light all 

 through. Cedric II. , third , loses considerably to both in front 

 and size and coat. In bitches, Riga and Irmina again took 

 the blue and red ribbons, this putting the former in the chal- 

 lenge class now. Gypsey Queen was given third over Lady 

 Dietz, Avho has gone all to pieces. In puppies, however, her 

 quality pulled her through, and she beat the same lot from 

 Mr. Gould's kennel that she faced at Nevr York, These dogs 

 need conditioning and fattening up; they are very much in 

 the rough. Marlboro Kennels rightfully took the kennel 

 prize, having a better conditioned and more even lot. 



Deeehounds (Roger D. Williams, Judge).— Olga was the 

 only challenge representative. In open dogs (3), Bruar II. 

 won nicely from Strebor, whose light bone, faulty feet and 

 straight second thigh keep him back, fair coat. Rob, third, 

 loses in size and substa.nce to the others. Lassie, the win- 

 ning bitch, I think is inferior in size, head, bone and coat to 

 the second, Madge. Bruar II. and Olga took the specials. 



Geethounds (Roger D. Williams, Judge).— Gem of the 

 Season easily won again, while. Master Rich this time was 

 placed over Pious Pembroke on account of condition, though 

 thin himself. Pious Pembroke, poor fellow, will not need 

 any further attention. In challenge bitches Southern Beauty 

 was rightly placed over the dainty Bestwood Daisy, both 

 nicely shown. In open dogs (4) first went to a rather coarse 

 dog, Glenkirk, especially so in neck and plain behind, good 

 front for his age, ten years. This dog has sired puppies that 

 are winning stakes in England this year. Yorkshire Lad, 

 second, is heavy in shoulders, lacks quality, though a fairly 

 well built dog. Dick W., third, is too broad in front, does 

 not stand over enough ground, wide in skull and ears too 

 large. Black Cloud, fourth, has a nicely turned body, good 

 front, and I almost preferred him for third place. In bitches 

 Mr. Williams made the only break we have ever seen him 

 guilty of, by placing Hasty Pudding, a pretty enough little 

 bitch, but not straight in front and heavy in shoulders, over 

 Yorkshire Lass, a capitally made one all through, perhaps a 

 bit coarse, but little fault can be found with such a strong 

 symmetrically built animal; Hasty Pudding's capital hard 

 condition was no doubt some cause for her placing, but 

 should not outweigh the other's good points. Jennie 

 Glendyne, third, is much of the same build as Lass, but 

 heavier in shoulders, skull too round and wide and would do 

 with more rib. Graee O'Mally, fourth, is a smart little one, 

 a bit light throughout and is too short in body and falls 

 away in quarters too much. Idlewild, reserve, is a little 

 wide in front and is hardly true at elbow and would do with 

 more swell of rib. A. W. Purbeck took the kennel prize, his 

 exhibits showing very much more quality than the rest. 



Spaniels (J. F. Kirk, Judge). — It is some time since we 

 saw this veteran judge in the ring, but nevertheless he has 

 not forgotten a spaniel, and though we could scarcely follow 

 him in some of his decisions, on the whole he judged accept- 

 ably. 



In Irish Avater spaniels many of the entries were at Detroit, 

 so it is not necessary to write about them so fully. The win- 

 ner in dogs, O'Cleary, has a rather short, plain head, coat 

 long and little curl. Patsy B., second, was shoAvn last week, 

 and so was Garry Owen, third. Sport, c, is too smooth in 

 coat. In bitches, Biddy Malone was again placed OA'er Kitty 

 of Cork, as at Detroit. Mallard Duck, third, has a rather 

 good head, topknot and ear, good eye, but lacks proper curl 

 of coat. Erin was absent. 



There were no Clumbers shown. 



Field spaniels showed up well and were almost a repetition 

 of New York as regards the principal winners. In challenge 

 dogs, Newton Abbot Torso this time beat Newton Abbot 

 Farmer, but the latter is lower on the leg, better in head and 

 bone. In the corresponding bitch class the well-known Sus- 

 sex Bridford Ruby was placed over Rosedale Bess, both from 

 the Keasbey Kennels, In open black dogs (5), the well-known 

 Echo again scored, beating Sport, in muzzle, which is too 

 long and plain-shaped, is down in quarters, good coat and 

 ear. Third went to Dan, who also loses in depth and square- 

 ness of muzzle, coat and front. Dash White has a rather 

 good head, but his coat should be flatter. Bitches had three 

 entries, and Daisy Dean and Dorothy were both placed over 

 the Detroit winner, Rose, being better in shape of muzzle and 

 having more and better coat. The well-known liver, Queen, 

 was alone in the next class for her color, and Joe won again 

 in puppies. 



Cocker challenge dogs had an entry of seven veterans of 

 the fancy, and Black Duke repeated his Detroit victory. 

 Brantford Red Jacket came next, with Red Roland reserve, 

 Jay Kay, Othello, Red Doc and champion Middy being 

 lookers on, the latter's lack of flesh being responsible for his 

 unnoticed position, as really he is up to the winner's form 

 when in shape. Miss Waggles, though looking ragged and 

 out of coat, had no difficulty in beating I Say, who was well 

 shown. Jessie O, also looking well, came next. 



In open black dogs (7) there was strong competition and 

 first went rightly to the Avell made Pickpania, who excels 

 Woodlawn Prince in head, shorter and deeper, and in other 

 parts he is just as good. Brantford Jet was lucky, his faulty 

 trout and heavy skull should have placed him behind Black 

 Duke Jr., who beats him in head and only requires a little 

 deeper, better furnished body. Douglas, reserve, is a bit too 

 short in body and el bows turn out a little, a cocky sort, head 

 too strong lor his size. Wildfire and King Kole, he, have 

 been mentioned before. In bitches (14) it took the judge 

 some time to single out the winner, but in putting Dart 

 ahead of such a strong class there is room for disagreement; 

 good head she has but her body is a bit long and light and 

 her front is not true enough; Cora II. is better in body and 

 front. La Dina, third, must depend on her body more than 

 head for such recognition. Woodland Jude, fourth, should 

 be shorter in head. Fashion, vhc, is too high in skull but 

 good otherwise. Topsy S. in the same division seemed hardly 

 treated, her head, front and body are good if the latter is a 

 trifle long, she should have been well in the money. Nellie 

 S. and Corkto wn Clio have been spoken of before. Any other 

 color dogs, five faced the judge and most of them won at 

 Detroit. Red Prince was chosen for the blue followed by 

 Brantford Ruf us; the winner is nice type all through, a little 

 full in skull yet but good fault at his age; Ruf us won at 

 Detroit. Woodland Jim, third, should be a little cleaner in 

 skull aud straighter in front, his body should be a little 

 shorter, otherwise a nice sort; St. Lawrence Prince, the 

 winner at Detroit, should have been higher up, though his 

 .head would do with fining down a little, was well shown and 

 is better than average in front; Dandy S., c, is poor in expres- 

 sion and too much stop, well built otherwise. In bitches (5) 

 two being absent, first went to Tonita, a nicely made one, 

 compact, built on good working lines, good front, if feet did 

 not turn out a little. Red Rose, second, had all she could do 

 to beat Woodland Polly, which she does merely in muzzle. 

 Brantford Beauty, fourth, loses in front, coat and head to 

 the others; Ruth S. should be stronger before the eye, nice 

 body and legs, should have been reserve. Red Prince won 

 in puppies with Black Duke Jr. second. Swiss Mountain 

 Kennels took the. brace and kennel prizes, while Black Duke 

 scored over everything for the cup for best sporting spaniel, 

 though close pushed by Miss Waggles, his condition pulled 

 him through, though beaten in action by the bitch. 



Collies (J. A. Long, J udge).— Probably a stronger entry 

 than (Jhicago has ever seen before, being in great part a repe- 

 tition of New York Avith only the Hempstead Farm Kennels 



