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FOREST AND • STREAM. 
fMAT 18, 1895. 
and "may" meaning the same in law. May it not be pos- 
sible that the "Maine Solons" have fixed the law so that im- 
prisonment must be a part of the penalty? In the first in- 
stance the law reads, "between the first days of December 
and September," and in amending the "s" was not dropped 
from the word "days," still we have no fear of the result; 
if the two days commencing December are not the "first 
days" of that month, pray tell us why not. 
We like your paper very much and get great help from it, 
but let me whisper to you "not to arlvise your friends to try 
to get round the penalties for violation of the laws referred 
to by trying the issue before the courts of Maine." 
E. C. FARRINGTON. 
[It is not worth while quibbling about this. The language 
of the new law is slovenly and the construction ambiguous. 
It should be neither.] 
judged and placed in the order as appears in our prize list. 
The executive committee afterward altered the awards 
in certain classes." The generous action of the club in 
making extra awards and thus doubling its prize list in 
that connection, for no reason other than a kind feeling 
for the visitors, is given an entirely different construction 
by Mr. Taylor's insufficient statement or too much state- 
ment, as the case may be. He implies an unwarranted 
meddling with the awards. The Messrs. Woodiwiss pre- 
ferred a piece of plate to the money won, and it will be 
sent to them. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
I> Sennel 
FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOW8. 
Sept. 9 to 13.— Industrial Exhibition Association's annual bench 
show, Toronto, Ont. C. A. Stone, Sec'y and Sup't. 
Sept. 17-20.— Orange county Pair Bench Show, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Robert Johnson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 8-11. — Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society. G. L. 
Bundle, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 3.— Continental Field Trials Club's chicken trials at Morris, 
Man. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Sept. 10— Morris, Man.— Manitoba F. T. C. John Wool ton, Sec'y, 
Manitou. 
Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont. — International F. T. Club. W. B.Wel's, Sec'y. 
Nov. 18.— Eastern P. T. Club, at Newton, N. C. W. A. Coster, 
Sec'y, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
Nov. 25.— Continental Field Trials Club's quail trials at Newton. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Oct. 29.— New England Field Trial Club, at Assonet, Mass. S. R. 
Sharp, Sec'y. 
Nov. 2S.-U. S. F. T. Club Trials A. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y, Trenton, 
Tenn. 
A. K. C. MEETING. 
Tee regular quarterly meeting of the Executive ConT 
mittee of the American Kennel Club was held on May 9, 
at 55 Liberty street. 
There were present E. M. Oldham (American Spaniel 
Club), H. H. Hunnewell, Jr., Dr. H. T. Foote and A. C. 
Wilmerding (Association Fanciers), L. A. Burritt (Boston 
Terrier Club), E. Willard Roby (Bulldog Club), Geo. Jarvis 
(Pointer Club of America), G. E. Sears (Danbury Agricul- 
tural Society), James B. Blossom (Gordon Setter Club), C. 
F. R. Drake (Mascoutah Kennel Club), Edw. Brooks (New 
England Kennel Club), E. H. Morris (N. J. Kennel League), 
James Watson (So. Cal. Kennel Club), T. H. Terry (West- 
minster Kennel Club). 
The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted. 
The secretary-treasurer's reports were read and ac- 
cepted. There is a balance of $1,615.78. Eight clubs 
were reported in arrears. , They were given to July 1 to 
pay dues or to be dropped. The case of Morris vs. Preston 
was referred back to the Advisory Committee. The 
Springside Kennels' protest in the matter of special prizes 
at Boston was disallowed. The secretary was instructed 
to prepare resolutions on the death of the late E. Bardoe 
Elliott. An investigation was ordered in the matter of 
the alleged act of the Netherwood Farm Kennels in sub- 
stituting a dog for a bitch in the puppy class at the 
Hempstead Farm Show. John Jarvis was suspended for 
giving a fraudulent beagle pedigree. Carried, that a pro- 
viso be added to Sec. 1, Rule 14, as follows: "The stipu- 
lation calling for 500 entries does not apply to shows held 
west of 110° west longitude." In regard to organizations 
which are non-members the regulations now read as fol- 
lows: "Any club or association, a member of or licensed 
by the American Kennel Club," etc. Notice was given of 
an amendment to the constitution, by which all amend- 
ments of which thirty days' notice is given can be car- 
ried by the votes of the delegates present at the meeting 
when the amendments are voted upon; this was owing to 
the failure of many delegates to vote by mail. 
Notice also was given of an amendment that a motion 
would be made at the next meeting to stop the cropping of 
ears, the date not to be later than Jan. 1, 1896. The club 
desires an expression of opinion of members on the same. 
The advisability of corresponding with the Pacific Kennel 
Clubs, with the view of appointing a committee of club 
representatives to investigate cases in their territory and 
forward their conclusions to the A. K. C, was suggested. 
This was in consequence of the difficulty the club encoun- 
tered in handling Pacific Coast cases direct. Prefixes and 
affixes can be used without further registration. The 
matter of Boston terrier pedigrees was disposed of in a 
general way as follows: Wins prior to the recognition 
of any breed are not to be recognized as qualification for 
registration. 
The American Scottish Terrier Club was admitted to 
membership. The credentials of Clifford Wood, delegate 
of the Great Dane Club; Geo. Jarvis, Pointer Club, and Dr. 
A. F. Stahl, English Bloodhound Club, were accepted. E. 
R. Hollander, Madison, N. J., was granted the prefix 
Randolph. 
Mr. T. H. Terry made an informal explanation in be- 
half of the Westminster Kennel Club, in respect to Mr. 
James Taylor's charge in the Stock-Keeper, after his return 
to England. In substance Mr. Terry stated that, in at- 
tempting to refer to the judge's book used by Mr. Tay- 
lor, which is the official record of the club in the matter 
of his awards, it was found that Mr. Taylor had taken it 
with him to England, although he had been requested not 
to do so. It was noticed that he was using the club's 
book both for recording his awards and making his per- 
sonal memoranda for his report. Mr. Terry further 
stated that when it came to the club's knowledge that 
the Messrs. Woodiwiss' dogs had been judged and given 
prizes, it was decided that the awards could not stand for 
the reason that the dogs mentioned were ineligible under 
the club's Rule I., which reads: "No dogs will be received 
before Monday, Feb. 18, or after 8 A. M. Tuesday Feb 
19." To have permitted the awards to stand would have 
been a bad precedent, for any exhibitor who was late 
from any cause would have that precedent to refer to. 
But the club wished to treat with every courtesy the 
strangers who had come so far, and it decided to give 
their winning dogs extra prizes. The ineligibility of the 
Messrs. Woodiwiss' dogs was the sole reason for the 
change, 
Mr. Taylor's version, published in the Stock-Keeper (May 
8) on his return to England, is as follows: "Collies were 
Registrations and Disqualifications. 
Under this captain I made some comments on a recent 
ruling of the A. K. C, in Forest and Stream of April 13. 
By way of reply, Mr. James Watson has done me the 
distinguished honor of devoting over a column of space 
in the Kennel News, which reply seems to be from a 
misapprehension of the issue, inasmuch as he struggles 
not so much to prove that the A. K. C.'s interpretation 
of its laws in this instance is correct, as that I do not know 
much about the matter; or, to be more precise, that I 
have "very little knowledge of the subjects and customs 
attending rulings of a similar nature in sporting domains." 
In respect to that remark, I will concede that ignorance 
of the "subjects and customs," etc., which he has in 
mind, is cause for just reproach, considering the many 
times that Mr. Watson has referred to the Jockey Club's 
rulings for precedent and argument in A. K. C. affairs in 
years past. They are not new "subjects," etc. 
But I had considered that the A. K. C. had laws and 
rules of its own; that it had not recognized the doing3 of 
a jockey club or rowing association as a substitute for its 
own rules of action; and that it had common sense and 
force of character enough without borrowing ideas from 
others. I believe so now. 
Mr. Watson does not in his uncompromising zeal — a zeal 
which, on the affirmative side of A. K. C. matters now, 
is ; only equaled by his zeal on the negative side prior to 
his sudden acrobatic flop of recent memory — take the 
trouble to show that the jockey club rulings are wise ones 
for the A. K. C. to adopt, and good also for the dog inter- 
ests of the country. There may be such a difference in 
the personnel, industrial and financial interests, nature 
and support of the competitions, and fancy, that what is 
good for the Jockey Club might not be equally good for 
the A. K. C. , or vice versa. 
He has been pleased, in his gracious and sprightly man- 
ner, to garble what I wrote, whereof I make no com- 
plaint, since to garble the matter is an admission of inabil- 
ity to deal with it successfully as it rightly stood. 
That the reader may have a correct understanding of 
the contention, I will quote the subject matter, which 
was a query and reply in the March number of the Amer- 
ican Kennel Oazelte, as follows: 
O. P. H., Boston, Mass.— If I purchase a dog from a man who has 
been disqualified, and the pedigree is a straight one, can I have the 
dog registered ? I have heard that registrations as above have been 
refused, and would like to know positively, as I have an opportunity 
to get a great bargain. 
Answer.— A dog transferred by gift or sale, by a disqualified person, 
subsequent to his or her disqualification, cannot be registered. Rule 
XVII., Rules Governing Clubs, and Rule XXIII., Rules Governing 
Dog Shows, both provide that "The disqualification of an owner shall 
apply to all dogs owned by him." At a meeting of the club held Feb. 
23, 1898, it was "Resolved, that the secretary be directed to refuse the 
privileges of the Stud Book to all persons under the penalties of sus- 
pension or disqualification," 
In this connection Mr. Watson says: 
I suppose it will be news to Mr. Waters to know that this rule Is ex- 
actly that of the Jockey Club, and that Mr. Shields, who was disquali- 
fied for inexplicable running of his horse Logan last July at Brighton 
Beach, could not sell one of his horses because the club refused appli- 
cations sent in by bona fide buyers asking that they be allowed to 
enter them at licensed tracks. It was not until his own reinstatement 
last December that Mr. Shields had the penalty removed from his 
horses. 
Frankly, I will confess that it is news to me, as I believe 
it wili.be to many others, that "this rule is exactly that of 
the Jockey Club," etc. Here is the case of Mr. Shields: 
"The stewards of the Jockey Club, after a thorough investigation of 
the evidence submitted to them by the stewards of the Brighton Beach 
Racing Association respecting the running of the horse Logan on July 
23, and after hearing the evidence of Alexander Shields in his own be- 
half, find that he has violated Section 5 of Rule 161 of the Rules of 
Racing, and in accordance therewith he is hereby ruled off, and the 
stewards call attention of all owners and racing associations to Rule 
163." 
Now the Jockey Club rules specifically define what is a 
misdemeanor and its punishment. Section 5 of Rule 161 
reads as follows: 
(V.) If any person be guilty of, or shall conspire with any other per- 
son lor the commission of, or shall connive at any other person being 
guilty of any other corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to racing 
in this or any other country; 
Every person so offending shall be ruled off. 
To show the two rules which are "exactly" alike, it may 
the better show the likeness claimed with such cocksure- 
ness by Mr. Watson if they are run in parallel columns, 
thus: 
Exactly Alike. 
A. K. O. Bides. 
The disqualification of an owner 
shall apply to all dogs owned by 
him. 
Resolved, that the secretary be 
directed to refuse the privileges 
of the Stud Book to all persons 
under the penalties of suspension 
or disqualification. 
Jockey Club Rules. 
When a person is rule! off, and 
so long as his exclusion continues, 
he shall not be qualified, whether 
acting as agent or otherwise, to 
subscribe for or enter or to run 
any horse for any race, either in 
his own name or that of any other 
person, and any horse of which 
he is the nominator, or is or was at 
the time of entry wholly or partly 
the owner, or which after one 
month from his exclusion shall 
be proved to the satisfaction of 
the stewards to be, or to have 
been directly or Indirectly, under 
his care, training, management or 
superintendence, shall be disquali- 
fied. 
Here is a specific statement, in the Jockey Club rules, 
of every phase of the disqualification of the owner and 
horse. The rule covers more than the mere matter of 
ownership, for it is far more explicit than the A. K. C. 
rule; it mentions also "care, training, management or 
superintendence." 
It will also be noted tbat the Jockey Club's rule applies 
to entering the horse in a competition and not to matters 
of registration, wherein again they are exactly unlike. 
The Jockey Club's law is clear, specific and mandatory; 
the A. K. C's interpretation is largely constructive if not 
forced. 
The case which Mr. Watson cites, accepts and advocates 
as a precedent is here set forth in full. His precedent is 
irrelevant and immaterial. The Jockey Club rule sharply 
states the penalty to the man and the penalty to the 
horse. The A. K. C. rules do not do so fully concerning 
the dog. He has made an awkward attempt to prove his 
case. 
Concerning the query and reply hereinbefore men- 
tioned Mr. Watson says: 
To support this the Gazette quoted two rules as follows: "The dis- 
qualification of an owner shall apply to all dogs owned by him," and 
"the secretary be directed to refuse the privileges of the Stud Book to 
all persons under the penalties of suspension or disqualification." 
Mr. Waters starts off by saying that the last citation is unnecessary 
and is not pertinent. This blunder is but the introduction to some of 
the most extraordinary and illogical reasonina I have read for a long- 
time. If Mr. Waters had held that the first citation was unnecessary 
there might be something to say on that side, but the refusal to re- 
ceive entries is only to be based upon the citation Mr. Waters says is 
irrelevant. 
Now what is there in the A. K. C. resolution, "the sec- 
retary be directed," etc., which is applicable to the case? 
The man who wished to purcliase the dog was not dis- 
qualified. The secretary was "directed to refuse the 
privileges of the Stud Book to all persons under the penal- 
ties of suspension or disqualification." What could be 
more specific concerning a disqualified man, or more ir- 
relevant when applied to a man who was under no penal- 
ties? 
It is also surely a feeble bolstering of a ruling when a 
precedent is cited which does not fit the case at all. 
Now, "the disqualification of an owner shall apply to 
all dogs owned by him" certainly does not apply to dogs 
which are not owned by him. 1 can readily understand 
Mr. Watson's flippant, off-hand interpretation that the 
dogs are disqualified present and future, but he cannot 
detach the disqualification of the dogs from its limitation, 
namely, "owned by him." If the dog or dogs are not 
owned "by him," what then? There is nothing in the 
law which carries the disqualification over to a new own- 
ership. 
The reader will note the specific wording of the Jockey- 
Club's rule, and its direct fitness to the Shields case, andi 
then note the forced construction used in defining the; 
A. K. C. rules to fit the supposed case. One is in har- 
mony with the letter and spirit of the rules, and the., 
other is not. 
I trust that Mr. Watson will make a better showing in 
his next attempt. 
Now, a word concerning a bit of fallacy which Mr. 
Watson attempts to work off as genuine argument. He 
says: 
He then proceeds to Bay, notwithstanding his admission just 
quoted, that the rule applying to dogs "is reasonable and proper," 
that the disqualification of the man was a punishment, but to carry 
it so far as to interfere with his business, or way of earning a liveli- 
hood, is on the borderland of vindictiveness. That is erratic enough 
in all conscience. We must not imprison a thief or a forger because 
it will.interfere with his business I 
The laws of the land define the punishment of a thief 
or a forger. The laws of the land further guarantee that 
a man can follow his business without being molested ; 
also that he can live; also several other alsos. An offense 
against the A. K. C. is not necessarily an offense against , 
society. As fallacy, his remark is irrelevant fallacy. 
The Field Trial Outlook. 
Prosperity seems to have again favored field trial ajjairbi 
and their supporters should be correspondingly pisased. 
The interest in the dog and field trial competition has for 
a while been narrowed and hampered somewhat by hard 
times and circumstances, but the interest in itself has not. 
lessened. 
The trials this year, in the matter of location and ex- 
pense, have been arranged with a view to especially favor 
the attendance of the handlers. Two strong clubs, the. 
Eastern Field Trials Club and the Continental Field 
Trials Club, will hold their trials at Newton, N. C, the 
latter club commencing its trials immediately after the 
close of those of the former club. With such exceptional 
inducements — good grounds, plenty of birds, good stakes 
and honor in winning — there are good reasons why these 
trials should equal if not surpass the best previous events. 
The United States Field Trials Club will hold its trials at 
or near Newton, though I think it has not yet definitely 
determined on grounds. Those will be three trials 
which the handlers can attend with no more transportation 
expense than is incidental to one trial. Hotel accommo- 
dations are ample, though the matter of rates I think 
could be improved. 
At Morris, Manitoba, two trials, those of the Manitoba 
and Continental clubs, will be run on chickens, and 
again the owners and handlers have the advantage of one 
transportation expense sufficing for two trials, besides the 
gain which comes from a mutual broadening of the events 
when two clubs run in conjunction. 
Business matters are improving and there should be a-, 
corresponding improvement in canine matters. As the ,' 
hard times go, the interest which they suppressed, freed 
from the sympathetic stringency, will come again into , 
action. 
Hotel Rates. 
In this connection it is fit to mention the matter of 
hotel rates. Last year, at Newton, it was said that the 
proprietor of the leading hotel was assured that all the 
field trials party would be satisfied to pay full day rates;. 
Of course, therefore, full day rates were charged; and 
this in face of the fact that the proprietor had weekly 
rates. There was thus the sportsman, who loved the dog 
and the competition, in the anomolous position of paying 
$14 per week for what the resident guest paid $5 or $6 for, 
though the nominal weekly rate was $10. 
"The sportsman's free-handed generosity in money mat- 
ters seems often to result in gross imposition. At field 
trials in particular they are often the victims of exorbi- 
tant charges. One instance, which occurred last winter 
at West Point, Miss., was unique. Briefly sketched, it 
was as follows: Several of the handlers stopped at a pri- 
vate house. Two fires served for all. Two dollars per 
week was a liheral rate for the fire, but each of the twelve 
handlers was charged $2 for the same fire, the full charge 
being $24 per week for two fires. Before the week was 
quite ended the house was nearly without boarders. This 
was an exceptional circumstance, it is true, but the same 
intent to overcharge often crops up in a modified form. 
Now, the secretaries of clubs could do much to make • 
reasonable rates for all concerned, and this too with very 
little effort. Instead of assuring the good landlord that 
he can charge his utmost, would it not be well to secure 
