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dall and C. D. Cugle 10; nineteen other members received 
votes ranging from 9 to 1 each. 
Poor old Squire is dead. Wonderful old dog that he has 
been through a long life he has at last succumbed to the 
inevitable. He died of old age last "Wednesday week — found 
dead in his kennel. This fine old collie has been a landmark 
in colliedom for years past and his name and reputation are 
household words in the collie circles of both sides of the 
Atlantic. He was well on in years when imported by the 
Chestnut Hill Kennels in 1891, shortly after winning the 
challenge trophy at a collie club show in London. He was 
afterwards purchased by the Seminole Kennels. He has 
been repeatedly shown lately but was a mere wreck of his 
former self and should have been left at home. He was 
counted one of the pillars of the stud in England but did not 
sustain that reputation over here. 
A writer in Harper's WeeMy says that the first thing that 
strikes a visitor to a Corean village is the surprising sub- 
population of dogs: "Every house seems to possess a pack 
of these spiritless curs, which are a gray variety of the 
Chinese chow dog. They display a more than passing in- 
terest in a European traveler, and a free use of one's stick is 
necessary to keep them at bay. On investigation one dis- 
covers that they form the staple article of diet of the popu- 
lation. Unlike most Asiatic races, the Coreans are meat- 
eaters; and these dogs, being always at hand, afford the 
necessary food with the minimum of exertion and expense. 
Frequently one sees a Corean foraging for the evening meal. 
The method is simple, though unpleasant. He is armed 
with a short pole, to the end of which is attached a noose. 
This he throws over tne head of the nearest dog, and then 
proceeds to screw the pole round till the noose tightens, and 
slowly throttles the dog, who is meanwhile prevented from 
getting to close quarters with its butcher by thrusts of the 
pole." This leads one to ask, Why is a dog with chorea like 
a Corean dog? They both suffer from the twitch. 
The judges at the late Crystal Palace show in London have 
been giving their opinions on the classes they judged, in the 
Kennel Gazette. Dr. Turner in writing on mastiffs says the 
classes were well supported and some good specimens shown 
though some who graced the benches disgraced themselves 
in the ring This in allusion to their bad action and de- 
formed "understandings." Continuing the subject he says: 
"There has always been the cry that such and such a dog 
was very good, but was spoiled by bad rearing. This is not 
so often the case as some would have us believe. Bad rear- 
ing and want of exercise no doubt account for some defects; 
but if breeders' will persist in breeding from dogs with bad 
legs, etc., how can they expect to get stock with good ones? 
How many promising puppies go wrong just when they 
should be going right? There is always a tendency to re- 
produce a defect in a young animal at the same period of de- 
velopment that it first appeared in its ancestors. As large 
dogs, like the mastiffs, are not in any case reared except at 
considerable expense, it is want of sound judgment to breed 
from imperfect animals that are not unlikely to produce this 
tendency iu their progeny, although this is not always the 
case. The art of the breeder consists in selecting the best 
that nature has provided to his hand — not her cast offs. The 
fancier flies in the face of nature, and pays dearly for his 
little flutter in the end. But this is an old story!" 
Those who attended the shows last season could not help 
but notice an improvement in the leg formation of most of 
our home-bred mastiffs and St. Bernards, and although 
there may be a falling off in head properties in the latter 
breed if we can get a good .solid foundation of well-bred, 
good-actioned animals by proper selection, the rest will fol- 
low. We believe the day is past when cow-hocked cripples 
can win at the expense of animals, who, though they may 
not be so prominent in certain features, are nevertheless all 
round, well formed and sound animals, and from these 
should we depend for future stock. A crippled fox-terrier 
would soon be sent to the right about, and the same principle 
should hold in other breeds. It can be little satisfaction for 
a man to take out a dog, that, howeverfgood a head it may 
possess, knocks its hocks together at every stride, waddles 
along like a duck or carries itself as if on stilts. 
The last English mail brought a letter from Mr. Edward 
Booth, Col. Ruppert's late kennel manager. He tells us 
that he attended the recent Birmingham show. Of course, 
the St. Bernards interested him more than any other breed 
and his remarks in regard to some of the leading dogs 
scarcely bear out the fulsom praise that has been showered 
on them in the English reports. He says: "Mr. J. P. Smith 
judged St. Bernards and I thought that some of his decisions 
were unwarrantable. I don't like Lord Douglas at all. 
(This is the dog that was hailed some time ago as the coming 
crack, or second. Sir Bedivere.) He is a long-faced dog with 
little stop, niisiharked head, bad front legs, has little St. 
Bernard character, although big and massive. I like both 
Duke of Maplecroft and Young Bute better. "Beautiful" 
Abbess carried all before her in the bitch classes. An 
enormous bitch, grand body, legs and feet, but wrong type 
in my opinion. I could not call the St. Bernards a grand 
muster; probably the five days' show had something to do 
with it. The shows here are very similar to the American, 
although much better managed, especially as regards sani- 
tary arrangements and general business tone." 
In regard to Mr. Booth's last remark, no doubt he draws 
his conclusions from the Birmingham and Crystal Palace 
(Kennel Club) shows; but he must have overlooked the fact 
that these shows stand to the fancy over there in the same 
relation as the W. K. C. show here, and it will be news to 
some of us that the latter show is in any way, unless it be in 
judging celerity, inferior in management to the best shows 
in England, at least that is what we have been led to sup- 
pose from the opinion of Mr. George Raper and others famil- 
iar with English shows. 
The friends of Mr. Harry Twyford, who for a year or two 
was a prominent figure in our kennel world, will be pleased 
to hear that he has dropped on his feet, having a good posi- 
tion with a Birmingham firm of brewers. Mr. Booth met 
him at the Crystal Palace show, and describes him as a 
"howling swell," whatever that may be. Mr. Booth will be 
out in time for the New York show. 
Herr Pietscher, secretary of the Doggen Cltfb and presi- 
dent of the Borzoi Club of Berlin, is now on a visit to this 
country. He is the owner of the noted great Dane Alex- 
ander. Herr Pietscher will exhibit some dogs at the New 
York show, among them Peter, winner of four firsts and 
specials at Munich, also the Oovernment medal. The others 
in the team he will show are also prize winners. In the pres- 
ent state of the great Dane fancy over here, when even the 
judges don't seem to know what they want, and if we are to 
settle on the German type the exhibition of these dogs 
should have a beneficial influence. 
A kennel club has been organized at Wilmington, Del. , 
with the following officers: President, Dr. J. Ferris Belt; 
Vice-President, Rev. J. A. De Ruyter; Secretary, E, W. Jester; 
Treasurer, R. S. McNair. These, with A. D. Orr, E. I. Martin 
and A. D. Peoples, constitute the executive committee. 
The Detroit premium list will be out shortly. Entries will 
close Feb. 11. 
The snarl. into which the Western kennel club were fast 
drifting has been unravelled by the action of the Mascoutah 
Kennel Club in arranging the following, dates; Detroit, Feb. 
26 to March 1; Chicago, March 5 to 8; Denver, March 12 to 15. 
This makes a convenient run, Detroit following New York. 
Mr. Geo. H. Hill will superintend the Chicago show and 
will be at the club's office in the Monadnock Building, Chi- 
cago, after Jan. 1. 
Letters from W. B. Wells, George F. Reed, Mrs. Williams, 
Pottinger Dorsey, "Americus" and others are unavoidably 
crowded out this week. 
As Forest and Stream goes to press a day earlier this 
week, we are not too late in wishing our readers a Merry 
Christmas and every prosperity in the coming year. 
Another well known dog has joined the majority. This is 
the mastiff Ilford County Member, which was owned by Mr. 
W. Norman Higgs, the owner of Brampton Beauty. 
Six hundred dollars for a bobtail sheepdog may be con- 
sidered a very unusual price, but Mr. Megson, the pluckiest 
buyer in English colliedom, has just paid that amount for 
Masterpiece, who has won a number of prizes, including two 
championships. 
The specials offered by the Pointer Club at the W. K. C. 
show have been declined. It will be remembered that the 
specials were subject to a club judge being appointed. This 
did not suit the W. K. C, neither did the conditions of the 
special for the best dog with a field trial record, record 
alone to count. This could just as well be judged in the 
club's office. The true interest of the breed would be better 
PERSIAN SPANIELS OWNED BY JAMES GORDON BENNETT. 
served if, according to usual bench show procedure the win- 
ning of such a special should depend upon conformation as 
well as field trial record. We should aim to improve the 
looks of our field dogs but giving specials at a dog show for 
the dog with the best field trial record will not do it. 
The premium list of the W. K. C. show is in the printer's 
hands and will be out in the course of a few days, and next 
week we shall know who the judges are. It was expected 
that Mr. Reick would take St. Bernards, but he sails for 
Europe on Jan. 29, and will not return in time for the show. 
Had he donned the ermine no doubt a large entry would have 
been the result. 
Mr. Mortimer has lost the Irish setter bitch Biddy that he 
purchased for $2 at the Seminole sale. On the way home 
from the station Biddy slipped her collar and escaped. The 
price paid was no indication of the worth of the bitch, as she 
is a very fair Irish setter. 
The well known bench and field winning greyhound. Jenny 
Jones, is dead. The cause of death was pleurisy. The bitch 
had won over 100 prizes on the bench and her quality in the 
field was shown when she was one of the last four in the 
Waterloo Cup and also placed several stakes to her credit. 
"Forest and Stream" Fan Pedigree Blank. 
For some time past breeders of dogs have demanded a pedigree 
form that would afford spaces for a more extended pedigree than 
those hitherto published. The difficulty has been in arranging a form 
that, while admitting the required extension, would be compact and 
not too large for mailing. This difficulty has been solved , in the 
"Forest and Stream Fan Pedigree Blank" which is so arranged that 
a dog's pedigree can be recorded for eight generations, and the spaces 
radiating from a center, the reader is enabled to trace at a glance the 
different strains which lead from sire and dam. Spaces are also pro- 
vided for recording the name of dog, its breed, color, sex, breeder and 
address, dates of birth and purchase, from whom purchased, E K. 0. 
and A. K. C. Stud Book numbers and certification. These blanks are 
for sale at 82 per hundred, 30 cents per dozen, by the Forest and 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All 
Questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. &■ 
Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel 
Management and dogs will also receive careful attention. 
H. L. M., Worcester.— I have lost a number of dogs that would be 
taken with a fit, snapping their teeth and frothing at the mouth. The 
first fit would be slight, but afterward become worse and more fre- 
quent. "Would have one whenever disturbed, the fit lasting two or 
three minutes. Between fits the dogs had good appetites. Ans. 
Probably due to worms or some intestinal; derangement. II presume 
they could not possibly get at any poison. 
A. H., Albany, N. Y. — Rip Rap (14,314), by King of Kent (6,264, Vol 
IQ.) out of Hops, by Salter's Mike out of Salter's Romp. King of 
Kent, by Priam out of Kent Baby. Monterey is not registered. 
KENNEL NOTES. 
Kennel Notes are inserted without charge ; and blanks 
(furnished free) will be sent to any address. 
NAMES CLAIMED. 
BF° Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 
Touser of Turtle Bay. By Turtle Bay Kennel Club, New Tork city, 
for black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped Sept. 2, 1894, by Fritz of 
Rockland (Scottie— Frances) out of Adaline (champion Frank Forest 
Fritz of Turtle Bay. By Turtle Bay Kennel Club, New York city, 
for black, tan and white ticked beagle dog, whelped Sept. 2, 1894, by 
Fritz of Rockland (Scottie— Frances) out of Adaline (champion Frank 
Forest— Ina). 
Jim of Turtle Bay. By Turtle Bay Kennel Club, New York city, for • 
black, wbite and tan ticked beagle dog, whelped Sept. 2, 1894, by Fritz 
of Rockland (Scottie— Frances) out of Adaline (champion Fran Forest 
—Ina). 
Fifine By L. Batjer, Elizabeth, N. J., for bluebelton English setter 
bitch, whelped Aug. 13, 1894, by Inspector (Rowdy Rod— Spectre) out 
of Devonshire Daisy (Prince of Wei Its— Lady Butt). 
Phrine's Kid. By L. Batjer, Elizabeth, N. J., for bine belton Eng- 
lish setter bitch, whelped August, 1894, by Antonio (Roderigo— Bo- 
Peep) out of Lucy. 
Count Bondhu. By L. Rausch, St. Louis. Mo , for black, white and 
tan English setter dog, whelped Nov. 26, 1893, by Gem Bondhu (Gus 
Bondhu— Model Druid) out of Cad Noble (Count Noble— Katie Ber- 
wyn). 
BRED. 
Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 
Countess Addie—Bipp Gladstone. A. D. Fiske's (Worcester, Mass.) 
English setter bitch Countess Addie (Count Noble's Boy— Clip Roder- 
igo) to H. S. Wilson's Ripp Gladstone (Gun— Victoria Laverack), 
Aug. 19. 
WHELPS. 
JSg*"" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 
Adaline. Turtle Bay Kennel Club's (New York city) beagle bitch 
Adaline (champion Frank Forest— Ina), Sept. 3. six (four dogs), by 
their Fritz of Rockland (Scottie— Frances). 
Cherry Girl. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cocker spaniel 
bitch Cherry Girl, July 27, seven (six dogs), by his Little Vix. 
Cachon, C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 
Cachon (Bob Obo— Topsy), Sept. 2, seven (five), by his Ebony (OboH. 
—Lofty). 
Flash B. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass ) cocker spaniel bitch 
Flash B.. Sept. 4, six (one dog), by Swiss Mountain Keunels' champion 
Middy (Jersey— Chip K.). 
Daisy B. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 
Daisy B. (Pluto, Jr.— Frisky), Aug. 13, six (four dogs), by their cham- 
pion Cherry Boy. 
Lady Dinah. ' J. C. Mahler's (Avalon, Pa.) bull-terrier bitch Lady 
Dinah (Bendigo— Flirt II.) Aug. 31, ten (five dogs), by J. Morehead, 
Jr.'s (Streatham Monarch (Streatbam Flyer— Trentham Baroness). 
Chatham Kit. S. Penfield's (WeBt Haven, Conn.) bull-terrier bitch 
Chatham Kit (champion Jubilee— champion My Queen), Sept. 5, nine 
(seven dogs), by his Prince Gully (True Blue— Poily). 
Dot L. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 
Dot L. (champion Cherry Boy— Lady Stanley), July 30, two (one dog), 
by his champion Cherry Boy. 
Nellie B. C. G. Browning's (Worcester, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch 
Nellie B., Aug. 12, six dogs, by his champion Cherry Boy. 
Careless. J. D. Bush's (Wilmington, Del.) bull bitch Careless (Hot- 
spur—Hampshire Nettle), Dec. 2, seven (six dogs), by J. H. Congdon's 
KingLud (Pathfinder— Plevna). 
Gipsy. E. A. Perry's (New Bedford, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch Gipsy 
rBeaucharap— Zana), Nov. 25, eight (seven dogs), by H. P. Wilson's 
Viscount Ebrington (Keeper— Lady Miles). 
SALES. 
Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 
Trim B. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped April 25, 1893, by 
Dixeyoutof Beaulah, by C. T. Brownell, New Bedford, Mass., to A. 
Ziegele, Jr , Buffalo, N. Y. 
Piper. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped March 13, 1893, by 
champion Fitzhugh Lee out of Lady Novice, by A. D. Fiske, Worces- 
ter, Mass.. to C. B. Dobie, Sigourney, la. 
Clyde — Lady Novice xvhelp. White, black and tan beagle dog, 
whelped April 23, 1894, by A. D. Fiske, Worcester, Mass , to 0. P. Vail, 
same ple.ce. 
Red Penny. Red dachshund dog, whelped June 12, 1893, by Hunde- 
sport's Zaenker out of Lina L., by W Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., to B. 
Wilhelm, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Pearl. Chestnut and tan dachshund bitch, whelped June 7. 1894. by 
Hundesport's Bergmann out of Lina K., by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, 
Wis., to B. Wilhelm, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Lady Olga. Black and tan dachshund bitch, whelped July 16, 1892, 
by Hundesport's Bergmann out of Polly, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, 
Wis,, to J. Wedekind, Chicago, 111. 
Schwarzel. Black and tan dachshund dog, whelped July 18, 1893, by 
Hundesport's Bergmann out of Polly, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., 
to E. Rose, Elm Grove, Wis. 
Minnie. Black and tan dachshund bitch, by Hundesport's Berg- 
mann out of Miss Fortune, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., to E. Rose, 
Elm Grove, Wis. 
Gretchen. Black and tan dachshund bitch, whelped July 18, 1993, by 
Hundesport's Bergmann out of Polly, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., 
to P. Galke, same place. 
Silver Bell. Black and tan dachshund bitch, whelped July, 1893, by 
Hundesport's Bergmann out of Polly, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., 
to C. F. Gentz, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Beaver. Black and tan dachshund dog, whelped July 18, 1893, by 
Hundesport's Bergmann out of Polly, by W. Loeffler, Milwaukee, Wis., 
to H. C. Eigenmann, Muscatine, la. 
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New England Fox Hunting. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
One of the most enjoyable out-of-door sports that we have 
at this season of the year here in northern Vermont is fox 
hunting a la New England style, with hound and gun. 
We generally have a good supply of foxes, both native bred 
and migratory. The latter are foxes that come from over 
the lakes as soon as the ice forms, and are the hunter's curse 
unless he has fast dogs, as they usually, when started, lead 
off and keep going until caught or run in. 
We have several strains of excellent native bred hounds. 
The black and tan are favorites in this level lake town.while 
the heavier-muscled blue ticked and spotted hounds are gen- 
erally used in the hilly and mountainous towns east of us. 
A few days ago we had a short but grand run, a red letter 
day, with two kills. In the pack that was out that day there 
were six hounds that might be called leaders— dogs that 
would be at the front if possible to get there. 
Our meet on this occasion was held on the limestone ridges 
that run back south from the Missisquoi River, east of and 
parallel with the Central Vermont R.R. The bluff-like ends 
of the ridges are, in spots, heavily wooded.with deep ravines, 
excellent coverts for Mon. Reynard. At the northwest cor- 
ner of these ridges are the Calico Marble Quarries, and west 
of the railroad open plains extend to the lake, and a mile to 
the east is a level farming country, and a mile or so south 
is also an open country. 
The ridges are of the rugged and broken character so 
characteristic of limestone upheavals, partially covered with 
hardwood and evergreen timber, with narrow valleys of 
pasture land, making an ideal spot for a fox to play before 
the hounds. One of the hounds that was present should not 
have been out that day, as he had injured his back and one 
of his hips so that he could only hobble about on three legs. 
He was a small black and tan and known as the "whirl- 
wind," as he was when all right very fleet and a fast barker. 
It was intended to keep him at heel during the run, but 
when the pack opened up he suddenly disappeared, and his 
cry was soon heard with the others. 
They at first swung a large circle around the outer edge of 
the ridges, and as they approached our stand there were two 
foxes up, one some distance ahead of the other. The writer 
bowled over the first, a bitch fox, when the other, a large 
dog, made a break for the plains, but was so closely pressed 
that he was soon glad to double back among the broken 
ground. One of our party, who hunts without a gun, had 
stationed himself at the cave, a noted burrow, in time to 
head the fox away from it, with the dogs but a few rods in 
the rear. The boys had by this time covered the runways, 
