Oct. 20, 1894.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
DOG CHAT. 
A couple of weeks since we drew attention to a proposed 
auction sale of trained setters to take place at the Nether- 
wood Farm Kennels, Plainfield, N. J., giving particulars of 
the dogs, their pedigrees and soon. The sale is now defi- 
nitely announced in our business columns to be on Oct. 27, 
at 2 P. M. The sale comes at an appropriate time and the 
dogs should he well disposed of. It is rumored that, in addi- 
tion to a number of young pointers and setters from the 
Netherwood Farm Kennels, the Rinada Kennels and Mr. R. 
A. de RuHsy will take advantage of the opportunity to dis- 
pose of some of their young pointer stock. Since writing 
the above, Messrs Russy and Banks have decided to enter a 
number of their young pointers; notice of which is given in 
our business columns. 
A meeting of the executive committee of the Canadian 
Kennel Club will be held in the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, at 
3 P. M., on Friday, Oct. 26. The following is the business to 
come up: To consider agreement with the A. K. C, draw up 
rules for field trials, receive reports, elect new members, con- 
sider membership and registration fees, and miscellaneous 
business. 
Dr. F. H. Hoyt has purchased from the Chesterford Park 
Kennels the well-known black and tan terriers, Rochelle 
Oolah, winner in the challenge class at Louisville and Pitts- 
burgh, Rochelle Mab, winner of first Lexington and Colum- 
bus, and Betsey, winner of first Toronto last year, beating 
Gypsy Girl; first Des Moines and first Pittsburgh. Dr. Hoyt 
bought them at auction at the recent Pittsburgh show. 
Judges, if only for their own protection, should see to it 
that dogs which are absent from the class they are to adjudi- 
cate upon are so marked in the judge's books. It is impos- 
sible for reporters to cover every ring at a large show, and 
unless they have this guide, in the present loose way of 
beaching some of the breeds, mistakes in the identity of the 
dogs are sure to arise. 
The N. E. K. C. Officers. 
Having an hour to spare before train time, while on a visit 
to Boston last week, we dropped into the rooms of the New 
England Kennel Club on Tremont street. The door was 
wide open. Passing through the ante room we found a full 
meeting of the board, convened to discuss and arrange the 
preliminaries for their great terrier show that comes off the 
end of this month. It is not difficult to get a quorum in this 
club for the list of officers now is a working one, progressive 
and composed of fanciers representing many of the most im- 
portant breeds. A glance at their personnel might not be 
out of place. There was Edward Brooks, the president, 
whose fancy is of the Dandie order, but spelled with an ie, 
and he is one that would rather see his dogs at work than 
win a blue ribbon. O. W. Donner likes field dogs, and 
though his interest is passive at present, in former years and 
n p to quite lately his name was familiar in field trial circles. 
Then there is George A. Fletcher, who has probably seen 
moreofficers elected in this old club than any of his confreres; 
well, he likes collies, but he isn't such a fanatic that he wants 
all the other breeds killed off. Another well known kennel 
owner, C. Stedman Hanks, comes forward with a welcoming 
shake; he is comparatively a new man at the game, but as 
owner of the Seacroft Kennels holds a strong hand in Rus- 
sian wolfhounds, and is getting up with the big guns in 
smooth fox-terriers. Then Sam Hammond's smiling face 
looms up; what does he go in for? field dogs, but he likes 
a game terrier, too, and, more than anything else, to be with 
the other "boys." James L. Little is there too; Clumbers 
are his hobby and he owns the best over here, and he thinks 
"quite some" of his Scottish terriers, too. H. H. Hunnewell, 
Jr., we had met very early in the day, and you cannot talk 
anything but wire-haired fox-terriers with him, and play 
Cribbage to win; he may make a few remarks en passant 
about his brown poodles, but he'll come round to the wires 
again if you let him. A. B. Cobb is taking hold of smooth 
fox-terriers, owns some very fair ones and is importing a 
good bitch. Lastly comes D. E. Loveland, the secretary, 
who is ready in his quiet way to give any inquisitive Bos- 
tonian all the information he wants about dogs, and especially 
about the coming terrier show. How can a club help being 
popular when it has such a practical lot of men at the head 
of it. John E. Thayer was not there, but we all know that 
there is not a better stayer in dogdom. 
The Terrier Show. 
The whippet races was the principal subject under discus- 
sion, and before the meeting broke up an enticing programme 
had been arranged. One hundred and fifty dollars will be 
given in the whippet handicap, divided as follows: $75 to 
lirst in addition to the sweepstakes of $2for each entry, 137.50 
to second, $22.50 to third, and $15 to fourth. The handicap- 
per will be Mr. M. J. Finn, of Natick, Mass., whom we are 
told has considerable experience in this new sport. Mr. Jas. 
Mortimer will name the order in which the dogs finish; the 
referee has not yet been appointed. The entries close 11 A.M., 
Oct. 30 with D. E. Loveland, 125 Tremont street, Boston, or 
on the grounds on that date, and the fee is $2 for each dog. 
The American Fox-Terrier Club have come gallantly to the 
fore as usual, and donate their Grand Challenge cup, value 
$300, for the best fox-terrier in the show, and'^lOOforthe best 
kennel of ten fox-terriers, and should be productive of a 
grand display; $25 is given for the best stud dog, to be judged 
by the winnings of progeny in Club Stakes. This is a capi- 
tal idea, for while it is an encouragement to breeders, it is 
also a guide to the novice. Best pair $25, and the same 
amount each for the best puppy, best American-bred smooth 
dog, best kennel of four wire-hairs, best wire-haired dog 
shown with two of his get, $15 to go to the stud dog's owner 
and $5 to go to owner of each of his get. The best wire- 
haired dog or bitch will also win $25, and $15 each is given 
for best wire dog or bitch in open classes, and best wire 
puppy. In addition to this there will be a sweepstake of $5 
per kennel for the best terrier in the show; entries for this 
close at 12 M. on Oct. 30, the first day of the show. Premium 
lists can be had at this office. 
The Boston Herald of Oct. 7 publishes a capital account 
of the Seacroft Kennels and its noted occupants. A lot of 
space is devoted to pictures of the well known dogs and these 
are exceptionally good, being reproduced from photographs 
taken on the spot. 
As a result of the split in the English Schipperke Club, to 
which we alluded last week, a new club is being formed by 
Mr. Geo. R. Krehl under the name of the St. Hubert Schip- 
perke Club. Mr. Krehl has written a very interesting article 
on this smart little terrier if that is the correct name to give 
a dog that, however, does not go to earth. We have been 
favored with a copy, but as there are so few people interested 
in the breed in this country we cannot spare the space to 
Eublish it in crtenso at present. It seems that English 
reeders have been producing a schipperke that is at 
variance with the correct Belgian type, anrt becoming aware 
of this through a visit paid to the kennels of the principal 
Belgian exhibitor, Mons. Reussens, Mr. Krehl with the idea 
of getting back into the right channel, after considerable 
trouble was allowed to purchase the famous dog, champion 
St. Hubert to convince English breeders that the black, prick- 
eared, wire-haired terrier of England, alias schipperke, is not 
the true type. The English dogs are deficient in the two 
main characteristics of the breed— the mane and the fringe 
on the back of the thighs, termed culotte, which turns inward. 
The manes on these Belgian dogs, Mr. Krehl tells us, are 
marvelously abundant. Certainly the dogs of this breed 
over here are not possessed of this feature to any extent. St. 
Hubert is offered to the new club by his present owner so 
that breeders may have an opportunity to obtain his services 
at a slight fee. To those of our readers who may feel inter- 
ested in this breed we may say that the schipperke is an ex- 
cellent and faithful little watchdog, who doe3 not readily 
make friends with strangers. He is very active, always on 
the alert, and very courageous in defending objects left in his 
charge, but also gentle with children. A characteristic 
peculiarity of the breed is their exceeding inquisitiveness 
and lively interest in everything about them, their excite- 
ment being expressed by sharp barks and the bristling mane. 
They are game and good vermin dogs. Another peculiarity 
of the breed and one that adds to their smart, quaint appear- 
ance, is the absence of a caudal appendage, which absence is 
sometimes natural, through the process of evolution, these 
dogs having been docked short for many generations. 
Dr. Foote did not show Brittle Beaut at Danbury. It was 
Brittle Bright that took second to Mister Great Snap. 
Considering its popularity, there is no breed, and especially 
one that has a specialty club, that receives less booming in 
the papers than the collie. Still, it must be remembered that 
some of the largest prices have been paid for imported stock, 
and America now owns several collies whose names are 
household words in the "fancy" of both worlds. Collies are 
being continually imported, and the very latest is the Scotch 
collie Provost Alexander, from Mr. Scott's kennel in Scot- 
land. 
The entries in the different beagle trials so far heard from 
promise some good running. Considering the fact that there 
are three meetings to be held within so many weeks, the 
number of entries secured in each stake must be considered 
especially gratifying. Those who are fond of the sport and 
wish to hear some hound music, can do so at the N. B. C. 
trials at Hempstead, L. I., on the 29th. The headquarters of 
the club will be at Roth's Hotel. Hempstead is on the Long 
Island Railroad, and one can go from New York city either 
by the Thirty-fourth street ferry or James slip ferry, foot 
of New Chambers street, and from Brooklyn by the Flatbush 
avenue station. Dogs must beat Hempstead, L. I., not later 
than 10 A. M. on Monday, Oct. 29, and Class A will be 
started at 1 P. M. the same day. 
The New England Beagle Club's trials will commence Oct. 
23, at Oxford, Mass., which is easy of access from Boston, 
being not far from Worcester, and can be reached from New 
York by the Fall River, Stonington or Norwich steamboats. 
Mr. W. L. Washington, the well-known Irish setter breeder, 
is now a member of the Elliott- Washington Steel Co., of New 
Castle, Pa. 
Mr. Joe Lewis writes us that it is his intention to make a 
field dog of his new purchase, the English beagle Robino, as 
the few times he has had him out he has worked remarkably 
well considering his condition. 
Mr. A. B. Cobb, of Newton, Mass., is gradually getting 
together a nice kennel of smooth fox-terriers. His latest 
acquisition is the winning bitch Marton II., by Despoiler ex 
Damosel. Before being shipped she was bred to the well- 
known Devereux, son of the crack dog champion D'Orsay. 
Our Chicago contemporary says it prides itself on its show 
reports, that they occupy a plane of their own — they do, and 
we do not wish to rob them of that distinction. Our con- 
temporary also occupies another unique position in that 
while it pats the men who make their reports on the back 
with one hand, it stabs them with the other. To Forest 
and Stream was vouchsafed the privilege of protecting 
Major Taylor, who wrote the Providence report in the .Amer- 
ica?! Field, from insinuations that no journal should' allow 
its representative to be subjected to. When a kennel journal 
engages a reporter in whom it has confidence enough to 
allow him to represent that journal at a show and his name 
to be signed at the end of his report, it is especially the duty 
of that journal to protect that reporter from personal insinu- 
ations such as are to be found in a letter in our contempor 
ary's issue of Oct. 13. Questioning a reporter's ability may 
be allowable, btit to admit a slur upon his honesty from one 
who cannot even claim to be a disappointed exhibitor is, to 
say the least, in very bad taste. There are certain ethics of 
journalism that our contemporary does not seem to under- 
stand, and this is one of them. 
Mr. Blossom's Heather York and Flomont and Comus and 
Venus were not at Providence show. Comus is one of the 
dogs we said should have been mentioned. The judge's book 
did not intimate that the dog was absent, and knowing him 
to be a good one, though in the careless benching of the Gor- 
dons we could not place him, gave him the benefit of the 
doubt. 
Mr. J. F. Stoddard, of Georgetown, N.Y., has bought from 
Mr. C. S. Wixom the beagle bitch Velvet, winner of first 
in novice class at Philadelphia. He proposes to train her 
for the field and add another practical field beagle to the list 
of bench show winners. 
When we draw attention to the new advertisements every 
week this does not mean that the student ol our business 
columns must neglect to read the others. There may be a 
bargain among them that he did not catch last week. W. 
H. Pierce, the well known Irish setter breeder, wants some 
dogs to train; has excellent game facilities. W. P. Fraser 
offers well bred Scottish terriers. F. Glass a brace of thor- 
oughly trained field dogs, cheap. H. Reeder & Co., trained 
rabbit dags, etc. J. M. Kelly, Irish setter and pointer. J. 
H. Whistler, collies. E. G. Faile, beagles. E. W. Fiske, 
cocker spaniels. Swiss Mountain Kennels^renew their yearly 
stud card with a reduced fee on champion Middy and their 
four St. Bernards. From Spratts notice we see that Lad of 
Kent takes the cake. 
A couple of weeks since we alluded to a letter which ap- 
peared in the Toronto Globe containing assertions and 
insinuations, which we spoke of at the time as requiring some 
contradiction on the part of the bench show cotnmrittee of the 
Toronto show. Mr. Postlethwaite, in the Globe's issue of Oct. 
13, writes a manly letter showing the ridiculousness of the 
charges and also proving conclusively that the superintend- 
ent had nothing to do with the selection of Major Taylor as 
judge of setters and pointers at the Toronto show. In fact, 
the latter was proposed by Mr. R. Junor and seconded by 
Mr. W. P. Fraser, and in opposition to Mr. Stone's nominee. 
It is also proved by affidavit that Mr. Stone had no 
interest in the dogs he showed for other owners, other than 
as a superintendent wishing to do the best for absent 
owners, and , his own dogs, from the Forest Kennels, were 
handled by some one else. One part of Mr. Postlethwaite's 
letter bears on the question of officers of a club exhibiting 
dogs and is as follows: "The propriety of committeemen 
showing dogs has more than once come up for discussion,* 
but the difficulty of forming a committee of dogmen who do 
not own dogs or will refrain from exhibiting them cannot 
easily be got over, besides it is a general ctistom in the 
United States, and honest judges would not allow them- 
selves to be influenced by any such consideration, while it 
is a regulation here that committeemen who handle dogs- 
while being judged shall remove their badges before en- 
tering the ring." Right-thinking men cannot but be 
pleased at the stand the committee have taken in this dis- 
agreeable affair; and we only regret that space forbids 
our publishing the whole letter. 
New England Field Trials. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
At a meeting of our field trials committee last evening it 
was decided to run our Members' Sweepstake on Tuesday, 
Nov. 13, instead of Oct. 23. This was done at the request of 
members having entries in the stake. 
Arthur R. Sharp, Sec'y. 
Oct. 9. 
[This notification arrived too late for our last issue. This 
change of date was suggested some time since in these 
columns, as. many sportsmen who are interested in the New 
England beagle trials, to be held the same week, would have 
had to forego one meeting or the other had the original dates 
been held to.] 
A Tale of a Smart Dog. 
The article in Forest and Stream of Oct. 13, "A Tale of 
a Dog," is one of the best and most scientific I have ever 
read, and I have read many. I shall bring it before our 
Society for the Study of Comparative Psychology in connec- 
tion with Society of Comparative Medical and Veterinary 
Science here. This will really help the dog. 
Weslt Mills, M. D. 
Montreal, Can., Oct. 18. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
G. W. D., Broctkon, Mass. — You can do nothing now. IE given in 
time an injection of soap and water would probably have counteracted 
the mistake. 
A. C. C. New York City.— Is it not unusual for a fox-terrier to shed 
his coat at this season ? What is the remedy ? Ans. No. This is the 
time for shedding; it might also be due to irritation of the skin. 
Brush the dog every day, and also wash him in a solution of creolin 
(loz. to a pail of warm water) once or twice a week. 
C. W., New York. — Please give me remedy for corns and to make 
hair grow on them. My great Dane bitch has corns, thick calloused 
cushions on forelegs and same on hips. I have stopped their increase 
by attention to bedding and washing with tar soap. Ans. Apply the 
following daily: 
Salicylic acid. 3 iss. 
Flexible collodion |i. 
A. L. P., New York city.— Glad to hear your St. Bernard pup objects 
to corn meal mush. Ic is not good dog food. The handiest food you 
can have is dog biscuits soaked with warm water or soup; the best 
are advertised in our business columns. If you care to go to the 
trouble of preparing the food for your three months old St. Bernard 
and setter pups, get some good meat bones, make a soup with vege- 
tables and pour this over stale bread. Alternate the bread with oat- 
meal and rice. You can also boil lean mutton and beef, and when 
thoroughly cooked mix the moat with the bread, etc. You can feed 
raw meat chopped up without bone or fat, two or three times a week, i 
Let them have some knuckle bones to gnaw. If you feed scraps from 
the table see that the pieces of meat are chopped up and don't feed 
chicken bones or any bones that are small enough to be swallowed. 
Sour milk and clapper are good at any time. 
mfting mid (j^omtsiqg. . 
FIXTURES. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 23.— New England Beagle Club, at Oxford, Mass. W. S. Clark, 
Linden, Mass., Sec'y. Nominations close Oct. 1. 
Oct. 29.— National Beagle Club, Hempsteat, L I. Geo. Laick, Tarry- 
town, N.Y.. Sec'y. 
Nov. 5 — Brunswick Fur Club, North Acton, Mass. Bradford S. 
Turpin, Dorchester, Mass., Sec'y. 
Nov. 7.— Northwestern Beagle Club, at Columbus, Wis. Louis 
Steffen, Milwaukee, Wis., Sec'y. 
COURSING. 
Oct. 16.— Kenmore Club's annual meeting at Goodland. Kan. C. F. 
Weber, secretary. E. H. Mulcaster, judge. R. Taylor, slipper. 
Oct. 23. — Western Kansas Coursing Club's meeting at Leoti, Kan. 
W, O. Allphin, secretary. E. H. Mulcaster, judge. R. Taylor, slipper, 
Oct. 30.— Cheyenne Coursing Club, at Great Bend, Kan. Ira D. 
Brougher, Sec'y. 
Oct. 30. — Altcar Coursing Club's autumn meeting at Holyoke, Col. 
S. W. Vidleiv secretary. Basil Havman, judge. R. Taylor, slipper. 
Nov. 14.— California State meeting at Merced, Cal. J. R .Dickson, 
Secretary. 
HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 
The prospects for a record meet at Merced, Cal., next 
month are very bright. According to the San Francisco 
Call, it is expected that upwards of seventy dogs will go to 
slips. Judge Grace and Slipper Wren are urged to do a 
little training as upon these two well known and able men 
will fall most of the real hard work. The Sacramento 
leashmen are especially active in preparing their dogs for this 
event and expect to bring back most of the money. The 
Friscos however will have something to say about this. 
Messrs. Healy and Eagan have a strong team in charge of 
W. Creamer. They are Fireball by Skyrocket, out of Sly- 
girl; Empire by Shortstop, out of Bessie; Fearless by 
Monarch, out of Teressa J. and Applause by Midnight, out 
Flying Jib. No greater breeding than this can be found in 
any kennel. 
• • • • 
The Genessee Valley Hunt had an ideal day's sport on Oct. 
8, although they were not able to kill. The meet was at 
Temple Pines at 8 A. M., and the first fox was started in the 
Crossett Pines, but went to earth before the hounds got 
fairly going. The second fox was found north of Geneseo 
and gave them a good run, but finally saved his brush by 
crossing the Genessee. The distance covered was about 
twenty miles. 
• • • • 
The American Coursing Club has made a good move in 
inaugurating the new stake— the American Waterloo cap. 
Coursing men need such a stake, one that will stand above 
all others, and the winning of which will convey much re- 
nown, in the same light that the English Waterloo cup is 
held. Our Huron friends, with their usual enthusiasm, guar- 
antee $200 added money, so that this will insure a stake well 
worth running for by the best greyhounds in the country. 
Nominations are now open and should be triad e to Mr. F. B, 
Coyne, the secretary of the A. C. G, Huron, S. D. 
• • • • 
At the Leoti, Kans., meeting, to be held after the Kenmore 
meet, the Leoti Stakes, for 32 or more all-aged greyhounds 
at 810 each (non-members $12.50; will be run off. The prizes 
will be: Winner 50$ of entrance money and $50 added; 
runner-up 50$ of remainder and §25 added; the balance, of 
entry fees go to third and fourth with $25 added, divided 
equally. The Western Puppy Stake is for 16 or more grey- 
hounds whelped after Jan. 1. 1893, entrance $5 (non-members 
§7.50; to first 50$ of fees and 830 added money; runner-up 50% 
of balance and #20 added; third and fourth dogs receive the 
remainder of entrance money, equally divided; 10$ will be 
deducted from all winnings for expenses. 
