Mat 19, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Lad's Nelly. Reserve, F. J. Eissenman's Spare Rib— Field Trial 

 Class (for dogs and^bitches which have been placed at any recognized 

 public field trial.): 1st, Glen Rock Kennels 1 Duke of Kent II.; 2d, J. L. 

 Adams's Lad of Rush; 3d, C. G. Stoddard's Ightfleld Blithe. Reserve, 

 D. P. Ritchey's Don Ritchey. 



ENGLISH SETTERS —Challenge — Dogs: 1st, J. E. Dager'sMonk 

 of Furness.— Open— Dogs; 1st, R. Merrill's Paul Bo; 2d and high com., 

 J. A. Shxiver's Jack Berwin and Livingston; 3d aud reserve, J. Taylor's 

 Noble Lit and Paul Hill. Very high com., A. L. Semple's Fingal, P. T 

 Madison's Rodflels and Chesterford Park Kennels' Ohesterford Sur- 

 prise. High com., J. Barret's Jim Lay and N. T. Harris's Don Rod- 

 erigo. Com., G. W. Sudduth's Czar, C. L Troxell's Dcm and C L. 

 Niumn's Ike. Bitches: 1st. 2d, reserve and very high com., J. T 

 Williams's Belle of Riverview, Flight, of Riverview, Daisy of Riverview 

 and Bessie Hill of Riverview; 3d, C. A. Rathbone's Toledo Queen. 

 Very high com., T. J. Landrum's Fire Fly, G 8. Bowman's Kate and 

 Manchester Kennel Company's Mary W. High com., E. A. Bowman's 

 Lizzie B. and W. P. Biddle's Lady Hur. Com., J. N. Barker - Bel 

 McLean. Puppies: 1st, B. P. Lewis's Cincinnati's Pride; 2d, W. L 

 Blankenbaker's Bay B. Reserve, J. R. Watson's Nancy Petticoat 

 very high com., Manchester Kennel Company's Leonidas. High com 

 L. W. Blankenbaker's Antoinette Gladstone and Manchester Kennel 

 Company's Gladstone Sue. Com., S. S. Bush, Jr.'s Ginger and Man- 

 chester Kennel Company's Belle of Paris. — Field Trial Class (for 

 dogs and bitches that have ever been placed at any recognized uu folic 

 field trial): 1st, R Merrill's Paul Bo; 2d, A. L. Semple's Fingal- 2d 

 Manchester Kennel Company's Gleam's Pink. 



IRISH SETTERS.— Challenge— Dops: 1st. Seminole Kennels' Pride of 

 Patsy. Reserve, W, L. Washington's Finglas. Bitches: 1st, Seminole 

 Kennels' Laura B Reserve, vv . H. Eakins's Bessie Fenmore -Open- 

 Dogs: 1st, Seminole Kennels' Young Tim; 2d, W, L. Washington's 

 Kildare Duquesne; 3d, R. P. Thompson's Red Chief. Reserve and verv 

 Wgh com J Clark, Jr.'s Satan and Ship. Com., J. McNab's Roy 

 Bitches: 1st, W. L. Washington's Ruby Glenmore II.; 2d and veryhfeh 

 com., Seiumole Kennels' Delphine and Queen Madge; 3d, Chesterford 

 Park Kennels' Jennie. High com., L. Hart's Music. Puppies: lsfc W 

 L. Washington's Kildare Neville; 2d, D. E. Pierson's Dharragh Bragh' 

 —Field Trial Class (for dogs and bitches that have been placeffat 

 any recognized public field trial)— 1st, W. L. Washington's Finglas 



GORDON SETTERS.-Challenge-Do 3 s; 1st, Dr. S. G Dixon's 

 Leo B. Bitches: 1st, Dr. S. G. Dixon's Duchess of Waverly — Open— 

 Dogs: 1st, W. O. Lindley's Homer S ; 2d, Highland Kennels' Highland 

 Kent. Bitches: 1st, R. B. Parks's Thelma; 2d aud bigh com Dr S G 

 Dixpn's Maid of Waverly and Bell of Waverly. Puppies: 1st, Highl 

 land Kennels' Reginald's Girl. ' 6 



™ IRI g H ^^ R rn SPAN 7 ELS -- lst ' R F - Lewi8 ' s Kitty of Cork; 2d, 

 Mrs. E. G. Fink's Trouble. 11 



FIELD SPANIELS.— -Challenge Dogs: 1st, H. L. Jones's Newton 

 Abbot Torso,— Open— Black-Dosts; 1st, Toon & Thomas's Stalev 

 Barron. * 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Challenge— 38LB3. and Under— Doas- 1st 

 Swiss Mountain Kennels' Middy. Bitches: 1st, Swiss mountain Ken- 

 nels Miss Waggles.— Open— Dogs: 1st and 3d. Swiss Mountain Kennels' 

 King Raven, Jr. and The Fashion; 2d, W. C. Payne's Donovan Hifeh 

 com Mrs. J C-Da vis's Raidy Bitches: 1st, Swiss Mountain Rennets' 

 Kathleen; 2d, W. T - Payne's Pnonsie II— Any other CoLOR-lst and 

 2d, Swiss Mountam Kennels' Cherry Punch and Hamilton Beauty. 



COLLIES.— Challenge— Dogs: 1st, J. A. Long's Charleroi H —Open 

 —Dogs: 1st, Chesterford Park Kennels' Chesterford Hero; 2d F S 

 Anderson's Toronto Wonder; 3d, B. H. Roberts's Robbiu. High com ' 

 T. H. Sherley's Pete. Bitches: 1st, 2d and reserve, Wbodlawn Park 

 Kennels' Glen, Flora May and Duchess of Fife; 3d and very high com 

 Chesterford Park Kennels' Sparkle and Maud Marion. High com and 

 com., E Huidekoper's Maud and Topsy.— Novice— Dogs: 1st, R H 

 Roberts's Robin; 2d, T. H. Sherley's Pete. Bitches: 1st: "and 2d Wood- 

 lawn Park Kennels' Glen and Flora May; 3d, Chesterford Park Ken- 

 nels' Chesterford Lilly. High com. and com., E. Huidekoper's Maud 

 and Topsy. Puppies: 1st, Vtoodlawn Park Kennels' Woodfawn Belle- 

 2d, E Huidekoper's Maud. Very high com., T. H. Sherley's Pete. 



POODLES —Corded— 1st, Mrs. R. J. Carter's Black Jack; 2d Dr 

 Dut-r's Bismarck.-CuRLY-lst, 2d and 3d, Jallappa Kennels' Sidi, Snow- 

 ball and Girotia. Reserve and high com., J. B. Ellison's Ithel and 

 Stella. Very high com., and com., Eberhart Pug Kennels' Queen Zip 

 and Moughlow. ^ ^ 



BULLDOGS.— Challenge— Doqs: 1st, Woodlawn Park Kennels' 

 Waihampton. Reserve, Toon & Thomas's Romance. Bitches' 1st 

 Wood awn Park Kennels' Graven Image.— Open— Dogs: 1st Miss 

 Byrne's Found It; 2d, Woodlawn Park Kennels' Rustic Sovereign 

 Bitches: Woodlawn Park Kennels' Juno.— Poppies— Bitches- lkt 

 Woodlawn Park Kennels' Juno. 1 ' 



BULL-TERRIERS, —Challenge — Dogs: 1st, Luzboro Kennels' Cham- 

 pion Crisp.-ZMfcftes; 1st F. F. Dole's Attraction.- Open-— Dogs: 1st 

 Wentworth Kennels' Principio; 2d, F. F. Dole's Top Sparkle- 3d' 

 Toon & Thomas's Prince Gully. Very high com., N. T. Harris's Jim 

 Corbett.-Bitches: 1st, F. F. Dole's Jeanne D'Arc: 2d, Lansdowne 

 Kennels Lansdowne Thelma; 3d, J. M. MeCormick's Miladi High 

 ?t°^'- F o ; , VV ^- Ijl ? derma ^ 8 Grace^Pifppies: 1st, J. M. McCormick's 

 Miladi; 2d, Wentworth Kennels' White Rose. Very high com F F 

 Dole's Edgewood Pearl. •' 1 



DACHSHUNDS.— Challenge — 1st, L. O. Seidel's Fritz K.— Open— 

 Dugs: 1st and 2d, K. F. Eller's Moritz and Mar.— Bitches: 1st K F 

 Eller's Maus. ' 



BEAGLES.— -Challenge— Dogrs.- 1st. Forest Beagle Kennels' Forest 

 Hunter.- Bitches: lst H Forest Beagle Kennels' Twmtwo.— Open— Dogs- 

 1st, J. W. Pennypacker's NippsH.-, 2d, Forest Beagle Kennels' Bow- 

 man; 3d, J. H. Embry's UroYer.— Bitches; 1st. M. Lewis Jr.'s Molly 

 L. ; 2d, Forest Beagle Kennels' Vic R. ; 3d, J. W.' Pennypacker's Fanny 

 Com. J. W. Pennypacker's Betsy S. and J. H. Embry's Vic-Novice- 

 1st, J. W. Pennypacker's Ring; 2d, L Kerns's Dolly Varden.— Field 

 Trial Class— (Dogs and bitches that have been placed at any recog- 

 nized public field trial) : 1st, Forest Beagle Kennels' Vic R. 



FOX-TERRIERS. — Challenge — Bitches: 1st, C. S. Hanks's Grouse 

 H.-Oi>EN-Do£fs; 1st, H Le Roy Jones's Arrandale Mixture; 2d and 

 M, Lansdowne Kennels' Lansdowne Triton and Lansdowne Poverina 

 Reserve, W. ». Applegate's Boaster. Very high com., J F Bait's Hill- 

 side Royal. Hign com., Parr & Son's Van K. Parr Com N T 

 Harris's Hurstbourne Boy. Pitches: 1st, Leinster Kennels' Chicago: 

 2d, Lansdowne Kennels' Lansdowne Trim; 3d, Woodlawn Park Ken- 

 nels' Ripon Regina. Reserve, Mr. Walker's Richmond Jesamine. Very 

 high com., Lansdowne Kennels' Lansdowne Dimity and Hamilton 

 Fox-Terrier Kennels' Bonaly Belle. High com., E. Parr & Son's Swan 

 Parr. Com., Hamilton Fox-Terrier Kennels' Maple Leaf —Novice— 

 1st, Leinster Kennels' Raby Nettle; 2d, Woodlawn Park Kennels' 

 Ripon Regina, 3d, E. Parr & Son's Kate Parr. Very high com WC 

 &. D. Green's Raby Jim. Puppies: 1st, Leinster Kennels' Driftwood 

 Rambler; 2d, Hamilton Fox-Terrier Kennels' Maple Leaf Reserve 

 and very high com., W. C. & D. Green s Green's Trimmer and Green's 

 Pearl. High com , E. Parr & Son's Flip Parr. Com., J F Belt's 

 Columbia and N. T, Harris's Hurstbourne Sam. —WtreHaihed— Doqs- 

 1st, Hamilton Fox-Terrier Kennels' Undercliff Coronet: 2d Hillhurst 

 Kennels' Hillhurst Piper. Bitches: 1st, Woodlaud Park' Kennels' Jess 

 Frosi.; 2d, Hillhursi Kennels' Hillhurst Rose; 3d, Hamilton Fox-Ter- 

 rier Kennels' My Own. Very high com., W. W. Webb's Dixie, Jr. 



IRISH TERRIERS.— Challenge— lst,Toon & Thomas's JackBriges 

 —Open— Dogs: 1st, Toon & Thomas's Brick Bat, Jr.; 2d. Wondlawn 

 Kennels' Bruce Bitches: 1st, Toon & Thomas's Judy; 2d', Woodlawn 

 Park Kennels' Chancery Lass. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS. — Dogs: 1st, Toon & Thomas's Scotch Hot- 2d 

 Chesterford Park Kennels' 'I lie Colored Preacher. Pitches: 1st. Toon 

 & Thomas's Merry Coll. 



SKVE TERRIERS. — Prizes withheld. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— .Do^s; 1st, A. G. Ormsby's Josh; 2d J 

 Foster's Actor; 3d, S. Newman, Jr.'s Tody, Jr. Very high com , Miss 

 L. Derseh's Rags Ormsby. Bitches: 1st, J. a. Zimmerman's Flo H ■ 

 2d, O. Stewart's Cain's Ethel; 3d, W. Lindsy's Flo. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS. — Challenge — Dogs: 1st, Ohester- 

 ford Park Kennels' Roehelle Oolah. Bitches: 1st, Toon & Thomas's 

 Gipsy Girl.— Open— Dogs: 1st, Ohesterford Park Kennels' Chesterford 

 Victor. 



TOY TERRIERS. — 1st, Dr. F. Rels's Petite. 



PUGS-Challenge— Dogs; 1st, Miss E. Cryer's Bob Ivy. Reserve 

 German-Howard Pug Kennels' Drummer.— Open— Dogs: 1st, German- 

 Howard Pug Kennels' Al Von; 2d, Eberhart Pug Kennels' Patsy Boli- 

 var; 3d, Miss E. Cryer's Ivy. Bitches: 1st, Miss E. cr\ er's Pansy G ; 2d 

 and reserve, Geiiuan-Howard Pug Kennels' Miss Decirua and Hooker; 



mau-iiu»tuu j. Uj g luuuicu i uuug reprice, bo, iurs. n,. iu. Marsn s.Leo 

 Bitches: 1st, Eberhart Pug Kennels' La Belle Sonora: 2d and very high 

 com., German-Howard Pug Kennels' Hooker and Satine II. High 

 com , Mrs. J. Losey's Jersey.— Puppies— Dogs: Prizes withheld 

 Bitches: 1st, Mrs. F. W. Purderer's Zola P. ; 2d, German-Howard Pug 

 Kennels' Mildred. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS. — 1st and 2d, Ben Davis's Rose and 

 Dominion Prince. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. — Challenge— 1st, Joe Lewis's Sprite.— 

 Open— Dogs: 1st, Mrs.W. G.Benham's Adonis; 2d. Mrs. H. B. Dunbar's 

 Tip Top ; 

 Snowball. ~. 



Dolly; 3d, R. Taylor's Nellie. 



WHIPPETS. — Bitches: 1st, Toon & Thomas's Perfection. 



MISCELLANEOUS. — Dogs: 1st, W. S. Pate's Snow (Spitz); 2d, Miss 

 Annie Varallie's Barneth (Pomeranian); 3d, Woodlawn Park Kennels' 

 Dewr (Welsh terrier). Very high com., G. Keil's Werra (Russian 

 wolf spitz), J. Moerlin's Swan's Down. Bitches: 1st, H. B. Dunbar's 

 Nita (Chihuahua); 2d, Miss Minnie Sherley's Topsy (Mexican hair- 

 less). 



SPECIALS. 

 Mastiffs.— Best in show (2), Tiger. 



St. Bernards.— Best in the show, Sir Bedivere. Best smooth dog 

 under 18 months, Argyle Alpha. Best kennel (2), Argyle Kennels. 

 Best bitch in the show. Rustic Beauty. Best pair, Sir Bedivere and 

 Rustic Beauty. Best puppy, Nicode. 



Russian Wolfhounds.— Best kennel, H. W. Huntington. Rest in the 

 show, Argoss. Best pair, Argoss and Zerry. 



Deerhounds.— Best in the show, Hillside Rinaldo. 



Greyhounds.— Best brace in opeu classes, Rome Marble and Maud 

 Marion. Best in the show, Gem of the season. 



American Foxhounds.— Bast bitch in the show, Bowsprit. Best 

 couple, Argonaut and Bowsdrit Best pack, Roger D. Williams's. 



Chesapeake Bay Dogs— Best kennel, B. Alton Smith's. 



Pointers - Best dog with a field trial record and his record and 

 dog show qualities to be each considered, Duke of Kent II. Best in 

 open classes with a field trial record, Lad of Rush. Best bitch in the 

 show, Ightfleld Blythe. Best pointer or setter in show, Duke of Kent 

 II. Best bitch under two years old, solid color, black, white or fiver, 

 Mrs Boa's La Belle Kate. Best kennel, C. &■ Stoddard. 



English Setters.— Best brace, Noble Lit and Belle of Riverview. 

 Best dog in open class with field triol record, Paul Bo, also best in 

 those classes. Best kennel, J. Taylor Williams's. 



Irish Setters.— Best that has been placed at any public field trial in 

 America or Europe, Finglas. Best dog, same conditions, Finglas. 

 Best brace, Pride of Patsey. Best in open class, Ruby Glenmore II. 

 Best kennel, Seminole Kennels. 



Gordon Setters.— Best in show, registered, or eligible to, in the A. 

 K. C. S. B., Duchess of Waverley. Best brace, Leo B. and Duchess of 

 Waverley. Best kennel, Dr. Dixon. 



Field and Irish water spaniel special did not fill. 



Cookers.— Best brace (2), Middy and Miss Waggles; best kennel, 

 Swiss Mountain Kennels. 



Collies.— Best in open classes, bred or owned by member of Collie 

 Club, Chesterfield Hero. Best in novices, Glen. Best brace, Glen and 

 Flora May. Best kennel, Woodlawn Park Kennels. 



Poodles.— Best in the show. Black Jack. 



Bulldogs.— Best in the show, Found It. Best kennel, Woodlawn 

 Park Kennels. 



Bull-Terriers —Best in show, Attraction. Best under 301bs., Prin- 

 cipio. Best kennel, F. F. Dole. 

 Dachshunds.— Best pair, Dr. J. R. Eller. 



Beagles.— Best brace, Nipps II. and Fanny. Best pack, Forest 

 Beagle. Kennels. 



Fox-Terriers (Smooth) —Best bitch entered in open or novice 

 classes, Raby Nettle. Best pair entered in open classes, Landsowne 

 Triton and Landsowne Trim. Best Kentucky bred dog or bitch in the 

 show, Hurstbourne Boy. Best in open or novice classes, Arrondale 

 Mixture. Best kennel, Leinster Kennels. 



Black and Tan Terriers.— Best kennel, E. B. Elliott. 



Pugs.— Best get of Drummer, Zola P. Best entered and owned by a 

 lady, Miss E. Cryer's Boby Ivy. Best kennel, German Howard Ken- 

 .nels. 



King Charles Spaniels.— Best brace, Dominion Prince and Rose. 

 . Italian Greyhound.— Best, Sprite. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES 



[By a Staff Correspondent.] 

 Field Trial Dogs vs. Shooting Dogs. 



There seems to be a general belief that the new stake in- 

 stituted by the Eastern Field Trials Club is for "shooting 

 dogs" in contradistinction to field trial dogs It is unfortu- 

 nate that any act should be interpreted as"a formal distinct 

 classification of the dog for field work and the dog for field 

 trial competition, one a racing machine, the other for 

 utility. There is no sound reason why such a distinction 

 should be made by clubs. Even from a commercial stand- 

 point, no such distinction can be justly claimed. 



The field trial dog should be the most perfect dog for field 

 work. If he can do good work to the gun in actual field 

 shooting he deserves better than to be classed as a "plug 

 shooting dog." If the "high-class" field trial doe can not do 

 the work of the "plug shooting dog," wherein then lies his 

 excellence? 



Too much money in times past in the way of prizes, in 

 trial after trial in the circuit, specialized the sport into a 

 business. It gave a handler an opportunity to win $3,000 or 

 $4,000 in one circuit, which was out of all ratio as between 

 the value of the business and the value of the winning. The 

 feature of sport was gradually eliminated. Clubs vied with 

 each other in giving the biggest purses for competition. 

 With what result? Nearly every club which retired gave 

 more in prizes than it could afford. Then came that un- 

 pleasant result, a deficit. That was followed by the needed 

 assessments, after which came the inevitable resignations, 

 loss of interest and dissolution. 



The aggregate value of the prizes was so great in the 

 circuit that, instead of improving the dog in general, it 

 narrowed the improvement down to very narrow lines. The 

 same strings of dogs would appear in one trial after another, 

 and many of the dogs would appear in the trials year after 

 year. There being no handicap of any kind, it became what 

 is colloquially known as a cinch for two or three handlers 

 who could control a select string of dogs. It became a fixed 

 business. 



Gradually, under the management of several clubs, field 

 trial practice drifted away from that of field work. Great 

 speed was rated as paramount in importance, and disobe- 

 dience and a disregard of the gun were condoned on the 

 assumption that the dog was not fully broken. When such 

 an ill-broken dog won, he was copied as a model till at last 

 a well broken dog at a field trial was the exception. ludeed, 

 a well-broken dog then was seriously handicapped. Judges 

 have given more attention to breaking and better field work, 

 in their judgments in the past two or three years, and there 

 is a consequent improvement. Still, there is room for a 

 great deal more. But all the departure from the true 

 standard of work was an injury to the cause. It is wise and 

 proper to return to the standard which is good both iu the 

 field and the field trial. Make the field trial dog the ideal 

 shooting dog, one which can be handled without the handler 

 running, whistling and shoxtting simultaneously, which have 

 sometimes been a feature of field trials. 



On the subject of "shooting dogs" aud the new stake, Mr. 

 Thomas Johnson writes me: "Will you tell me what a shoot- 

 ing dog is? Is not the best dog for a man to shoot over, the best 

 dog for a field trial? Are they intending to have a trial for 'dog 

 and man' combined, or will the prize go to the fellow who 

 has the most 'bird sense' and finds for his dog the most 

 bevies? If shooting dogs can beat field trial dogs, as I 

 understand them, in any kind of competition, viz., bird 

 finding, working to the gun, style, pace and nose, and all 

 the concomitants of a pleasant shooting dog, that has ail 

 the essentials which make the poetry of shooting to dogs, if 

 such is not a shooting dog and a field trial dog as well, then 

 I want to see a plug shooting dog. But the kind of dog I 

 have been trying to perfect is a field trial dog, and if a field 

 trial dog is not a gentleman's shooting dog, then I have 

 wasted quite a little time in breeding without getting a full 

 measure of the pleasurable effects which shooting to dogs 

 affords. It will be a farce, or else there is a kind of dogs I 

 have never seen." 



While chatting with Mr. Thomas a few days since, he 

 mentioned that his orange and white setter dog Ned was 

 stolen again. Ned is seven years old, weight about 701bs., 

 dewclaws on hindlegs, one eye a bit affected, and nose rough. 

 Any information of this dog will be gratefully received by 

 Mr. E. Thomas, 195 East Bandolph street, Chicago. 



Mr. Thomas also told me of the tragic end of another setter 

 which he prized much. He has two fox-terriers which were 

 apparently on friendly terms with the setters, and all were 



kenneled together. One direful night the setter had an un 

 pleasantness with the fox-terriers, or vice versa. The casus 

 belli will never be known. The dead body of the setter was 

 found in the morning with such marks of violence on the 

 body as denoted a violent death. The fox-terriers were as 

 calm and matter-of-fact as if a violent death was a mere inci- 

 dent of every night. They have now exclusive night time 

 quarters of their own. 



Bicknell Glintings. 



From a correspondent at Bicknell, Ind., I received a letter 

 in which he says: 



"I think more satisfaction will be derived from the United 

 States field trials at West Point, Miss., than if they were 

 held at Grand Junction, Tenn. 



"Birds are pairing off. Golden plover have been here by 

 the thousand. They were never known to be in this part of 

 the State before. 



"Mr. A. J. Gleason will be over here this week. He and 

 Mr. George Gray start for Minnesota on May L" 



On Breeding. 



Mr. A. J. Gleason, of Alma, Kansas, gives the] following 

 interesting remarks on breeding, etc. : 



"In reference to the bull in the demand for newspaper 

 dogs, I am not at all surprised. It always appeared to me 

 as tinaccountable that men possessing ordinary horse sense 

 in an ordinary transaction could be so easily hoodwinked 

 into the belief that the progeny of certain dogs, bred by cer- 

 tain individuals, apparently 'having a 'pull' with those 

 vested with prestige through the sporting press were supe- 

 rior to thousands of other dogs identical in blood and likely 

 superior in individual merit. 



"1 am glad to know that gentlemen with money to'gratify 

 their desires are awakening to a realizing sense of the situation 

 It looks as though honest breeders and trainers would even- 

 tually reach a parity with the fraternity who look upon the 

 dog merely as a medium of exchange, a sort of bait to catch 

 suckers with, and with the aid of gushers and paid assist- 

 ants, they surely have reaped a great harvest and I don't 

 wonder at the scarcity of victims. * * * 



"If you will guarantee me $5 each for puppies at the wean- 

 ing age, I will supply a stockyard full annually from any 

 blood you can mention, and accumulate a fortune on the 

 short-order plan. 



"Any breed of puppies can be shelled out like corn off the 

 cob. All that is necessary to success is to find purchasers 

 with more money than brains to pay for the output when 

 ready for delivery." 



Mr. Edward Odell, at one time an owner of the best ken 

 nels of setters and pointers in the South for field work or 

 field trials, among which was old champion Bow, has de- 

 cided to make his home permanently at Philadelphia and 

 devote his attention to his large stable of fine horses. 



The International Derby. 



The entries of the Derby of the International Field Trials 

 Club's field trials close on June 1. The trials will com 

 mence on Nov. 5, and as heretofore will be held at Chatham, 

 Ont. Forfeit $2.50, second forfeit $2.50, payable Sept. 1; $5 

 additional to start. First, 40 per cent, of entrance; second, 

 20 per cent.; third, 15 per cent.; fourth, 10 per cent. Forfeit 

 and breeding certificate should accompany each entry 

 Address the secretary, W. B. Wells, Chatham, Ont. 



_ B. Waters. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



Type and Field Trial Dogs. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



When so lucid, experienced and courteous a writer as Mr. 

 W. W. Titus says anything, you may feel assured it is based 

 on knowledge and solid sense: yet I must disagree with his 

 conclusions aud definition of "type" as applied to dogs. 

 Type, as 1 understand it, is identical with "standard," and if 

 breeders do not adhere to some recognized type or standard, 

 our beautifully-formed setters and pointers will assuredly 

 lose the characteristics which have made them so much ad- 

 mired. The plan of making a standard to fit certain mon- 

 strosities which are very feeble apologies of the breeds they 

 were named after, has proved a lamentable failure. Mr. 

 Titus says that good dogs, like good horses, come in all sorts 

 of forms. This may be true in a few cases, but let Mr. Titus 

 recall the best dogs and horses that the world has produced, 

 and I think he will admit that a large majority were typical 

 specimens of their breeds. My contention, therefore, is that 

 breeders must have a "standard" or "type" to breed to, or 

 we may as well do away with names of breeds and just call 

 them dogs. I not only disagree with Mr. Titus in his opinion 

 on type, but on his ideas of what constitutes a field dog. He 

 says he intends running some "shooting dogs" at the East- 

 ern trials. 



Will some one tell me the difference between a "shooting" 

 dog and a field trial dog. My own idea has always been, and 

 is, that the best field trial dog is the most perfect dog to 

 shoot over. Assuming which I infer that the dogs Mr. Titus 

 intends running, in this particular stake, are dogs not quite 

 good enough to win an open all-aged stake. Are there any 

 rules to prevent any other handler from entering any dog he 

 pleases? How will the judges draw the line hetween the 

 shooting dog and the Al field trial dog? Mr. Handler No. 

 2 may enter aud further will enter, and I would wager long 

 odds that Mr. Shooting dog of No. 2 quality gets left. 



But whisper, is not this stake inaugurated by the Eastern 

 Field Trials Club because they have come to recognize that 

 the bolter and self-hunter, which they so much encouraged a 

 few years ago, are neither shooting dogs nor field trial dogs? 

 A personal experience at their trials proved that I was all 

 astray as to what I had in my simplicity imagined should 

 constitute an Al field trial dog, viz., a fast, snappy, brainy, 

 industrious, well broken bird finder, that worked to the gun. 

 The dog to win, and which did win, was the one that kept the 

 judges busy hunting the dog; but the most farcical portion 

 of the trials was that after reading the rules "to give greater 

 credit to the dog that works promptly without noise," etc., 

 and, immediately the dogs are cast off, the handlers reminded 

 me of boys who give a tin whistle imitation of how an Orange 

 fife and drum band start on the 12th of July. 



I said to one of my confreres: "For goodness sake, do not 

 permit that perpetual toot, toot!" 



"Why, yes," he said, "that's the way the dogs are trained 

 'to keep out at tueir work.' " 



I suggested that the handlers should hang a few cow bells 

 to their belts, which would not probably make as much 

 noise, but would save considerable wind. But, pshaw! no 

 one knows better than Mr. Titus that the dog that should 

 win a field trial is the beau ideal perfect shooting dog. 



Mr. P. H. Bryson says that breeders of high class English 

 setters are much agitated to know how certain named sires 

 are to be replaced. With a majority of American breeders 

 that is no doubt correct, but the question that does not 

 receive its meed of thought, but which to my mind is of para- 

 mount importance, is, Are we not paying too much thought 

 to over-studded si res at the expense of good dams? I frankly 

 admit that the sires he mentions have reproduced themselves 

 in numbers of instances. Yet I venture the assertion that 

 much of the credit given the sire was due to the dam, who is 

 rarely given her share of credit. There are few sires that 

 have stamped all their progeny with their own excellence. 

 Yet I could enumerate numbers of dams that are so entitled, 

 whose names are lost in obscurity. 



To mention dogs in which my own kennel is closely iden • 

 tified would leave me open to the charge, which is only too- 



