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assets. As a matter of public good, men are allowed to 
partake of it under certain restrictions which are sup- 
posed to prevent injury to the general ownersnip. What, 
then, are we to tliink of the men who kill great animals 
and leave them to rot, taking only the head or skin? 
There are many hundreds t)f pounds of food wasted. 
There is just so much taken from the available food 
supply. But you say, "sport." I say that sport is not 
sport which injures the property of our fellows. I may 
have sport in improving that property, in making it 
available for public use, or, if you please, in taking pleas- 
ure in hunting down the game; but there the sport ends 
and responsibility begins, for I must take care that my 
sport is not wanton destruction of the public needs. 
The basic purpose of game, in the eye of the law, is for 
food, and the sport is merely an incident of it. It is not 
the thing itself. To kill wantonly or for ornament, 
leaving the food part of the animal to spoil, is exalting 
the pleasure of the accidental individual above the public 
weal. The legitimate purposes of the game as food 
supply come first, the pleasure or profit of the individual 
comes afterward. 
There is no game animal in America to-day which can 
with good reason be slaughtered wantonly, and sucli 
animals as are offered to the sportsman's consideration 
require no distinguished powers of ph3^sique or skill in 
their capture. Railroads, professional guides, camp com- 
forts which make camping a recreation instead of a 
hardship, modern rifles and ammunition, etc., make hunt- 
ing an unmixed pleasure instead of a venture made up of 
labor, danger and hardship. 
The taking of heads is now an industry, as any one 
can readily learn by going into the markets where such 
goods are sold. We inveigh against the head-hunters 
who are robbing the Yellowstone Park or other places 
where the animals are so few that the eye can witness 
their rapid extermination. There is that other class 
which is equallj^ culpable, the trophy hunter who is ac- 
cessory to the pillager and makes the latter's vocatioti 
possible. If there was no market there would be no 
head-hunters. 
The hunter who kills his game legally, takes it home 
or gives it to his friends, and then preserves the trophies 
appertaining to the hunt, has done nothing to warrant 
complaint, but he who kills and wastes is a foe to all true 
sportsmen. 
The Man in the Ci.ock Tower. 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Feb. 15. — New England Kennel Club's fourteenth annual show, 
Boston. James L. Little, Sec'y. 
Jan. 18. — Butterly Bench Show Association's show, Grand Rap- 
ids, Mich. Miss Grace H. Griswold, Sec'y. 
Feb. 21. — Westminster Kennel Club's twenty-second annual show, 
New York. G. de F. Grant, Sec'y. 
March 1. — Mascoutah Kennel Club's show, Chicago. Lincoln, 
Sec'y. 
- March 9. — St. Louis Kennel Club's third annual show, St. Louis, 
Mo. Wm. Hutchinson, Sec'y. 
March 15. — Northwestern Kennel Club's dog show, St. Paul, 
Mirai. E. 'D. Brown, Sec'y, 
FIELD TRL-^LS. 
Jan. 17. — Continental F. T. Club's trials. New .\lbanv, Miss. W. 
S. Bell, Sec'y. 
Jan. 17. — Brunswick Fur Club's ninth annual hunt, Barre, Mass. 
Bradford S. Turpin, Sec'y. 
Jan. 24. — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's trials, Bakersfield, Cal. 
J. M. Kilgarif, Sec'y. 
Jan. 24. — Champion Field Trial Association's CWampion Stake, 
Tupelo, Miss. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. 
Feb. 7. — Alabama Field Trial Club's second annual trials, Madi- 
son, Ala. H. K. Milner, Sec'y. 
Dogs as Draft Animals* — IV, 
Netherlands. 
AMSTERD.AM. 
Mr. Edward Downes, Consul at Amsterdam, reports 
as follows: 
Dogs are used extensively as draft animals in this con- 
sular district. There is strong opposition on the part 
of the various societies for the prevention of crueltj' to 
animals to the use of dogs for such a purpose. This op- 
position was recently manifested by a number of peti- 
tions presented by these societies to the Provincial States 
of North Holland, requesting that the use of dogs as 
draft animals be prohibited. These petitions were, how- 
ever, rejected by the Provincial States on three grounds, 
viz.: (i) Very many people depend for their livelihood 
on the use of dogs as draft animals,- and a prohibition 
of such use would work a great hardship on the owners 
and users of the animals. (2) Because, as dogs are the 
chief means by which these owners and users secure 
their living, it is only natural that they should take good 
care of them and avoid all cruel treatment. (3) Because 
the laws of the country regarding the ill-treatment of 
dogs are numerous and severe. 
In connection herewith it may be stated that occasions 
do arise which reqliire the intervention of the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 
The general Government prohibits cruelty to dogs and 
punishes all proved violations of the law; further, it 
does not go. All other regulations fall within the sphere 
of the provincial and municipal governments. 
The general Government prohibits cruelty to dogs and 
punishes all proved violations of the law; further it does 
not go. All other regulations fall within the sphere of 
the provincial and municipal governments. 
According to the laws of the Province of North Hol- 
land, the use of dogs as draft animals is allowed, but de- 
spite this fact a municipality within the Province may 
prohibit such use. In the city of Amsterdam, dogs can 
not be used as draft animals. When they reach the city 
limits, the drivers must detach them . and drag oi; push 
their, pai-ts throiigh. the cit3\ ' -"-"^ -• 
A^ftCdpgjtq A'^ rfegtllati&ns ;Of ■rjiil 
BpovinG©j^;al4f:4otg-s>itsed as-dc-aft animals- musti,bje;.praa 
yided^ Witlf a" siiit-able .muzzle p'f strong; wire- ■ -f -"'^ ■ 
TjXrT^^e|5..i0^^dG■gs^ mu§^^^ 
other vehicles. When a horseman^^ carriage or wagon 
approaches from before or behind, the man in charge of 
the dog or dogs must drive his cart to the extreme side 
of the highway, place himself in front of the dog or dogs, 
and remain there until the other vehicle or vehicles have 
passed. 
In this country little ur no attentiun is paid to the 
breed of the dog; the strength of the animal is the chief 
consideration. There is no regular method of training. 
The harness consists of a leather collar, which is con- 
nected to the cart by ropes; no bit is used. One, two or 
three dogs arc used for one cart; sometimes they are 
fastened before the cart, but oftener under it. The carts 
have only two wheels. The Amsterdam Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals informs me that iht 
lack of a regtilar method of training and the crude 
method of harnessing the dogs frequently result in abust s, 
necessitating the society's intervention. 
Switzerland. 
lilCRNK, 
Johti E. Hinnen, Vice-Consul, sends the following re- 
port: 
The use of dogs as draft animals is limited, inasmuch 
as the local authorities in Switzerland can grant or 
prohibit such use. The use of dogs for draft purposes 
is prohibited as follows: To pull persons, children under 
ten years excepted; hitching by means of the collar; 
female dogs which arc pregnant. 
In the canton of Berne their use is permitted, and in 
the city of Berne the following police regulations exist: 
(i) Dogs must be at least 65 centimeters high, of strong 
build, and well fed. (2) They shall be hitched conform- 
ably to the purpose, but not in shafts or forks. (3) They 
shall not be used alone, but only as an aid to pull. 
There is no special training; the dog is simply hitched 
to the cart until he becomes accustomed to the service, 
which generally takes very little time. 
The harness consists of a breast collar, to which the 
pulling straps are fastened and guarded by aiiotner strap 
around the body. 
Two and four-wheeled carts, not too heavy, are in use 
here. Milkmen generally prefer the former and butchers 
the latter. 
The dogs used are, with a few exceptions, all bastards 
of the Bernardine race; the pure breed are not employed 
as draft animals. 
HORGKN. , 
William Streuli, Vice-Consul, reports as follows:' 
Dogs are not used as draft animals to any extent in 
this district, except in the cantons of Schwytz and 
Zurich. In the former canton the dog is employed here 
and there by messengers from village to village, and by 
rag and bone gatherers. It is, however, a small, moun- 
tainous canton, offering not much occasion for that sort 
of canine employment, consequently public attention has 
not been drawn to the matter there sufficiently to furnish 
evidence of general facts. 
In the canton of Zurich, it is the precinct of the capital 
that shows the largest use of the dog for that service, 
viz., 213, according to the last official counting. They 
are emploj^ed as draft animals mostly by dairymen, green 
grocers, gardeners, fruit venders, etc., to carry their pro- 
ducts to the city in the morning. 
The exceptional large use of dogs for rne purpose in 
this canton has induced its government to draw up a set 
of regulations, which contain, I believe, nearly every- 
thing that may be desirable to know about the subject. 
The following is a translation : 
Professionalism. 
Whiee in North Carolina a few weeks ago, Mr. D. E. 
Rose, in a pleasant way, asked the kennel editor of 
Forest and Stre.^m why he assumed such an unfriendly 
attitude toward professionals. lie was laboring under 
niistaken inferences. After so much explanation of the 
distinction between professionalism in its true sphere and 
professionalism which seeks to monopolize all branches 
of sport, it was rather astonishing that so much con- 
cerning -it and us was misunderstood. 
However, to make our position clearer, a brief expla- 
nation is here set forth, although the substance of it, in 
one form and another, has already been published in our 
columns. 
Let us consider it as it concerns the dog world. Pro- 
fessionalism, as a matter of business in legitima,te chan- 
nels, no one can justly object to. We uphold it. Pro- 
fessionalism, however, is not sport. It is an adjunct to 
sport, and as such has its proper place and usefulness. 
The handler trains and boards dogs, handles them in the 
trials, and, if need be, looks after the making and tilling 
of entries, etc. That is the business side of the matter, 
and the professional is strictly a man of business. So far 
he is a useftxl member. 
The clubs are interested in the trials, on the other 
hand, as a matter of sport. To them belong the arrang- 
ing of the competition, the selection of judges, the fixing 
of dates and the securing of grounds, etc., and the giving 
of a prestige and establishing of an equity which will win 
the confidence of the public as to the value of the compe- 
tition. This is the non-professional feature of the field 
trial interest. Now, when a professional handler invades 
it, and has a voice in the election of officers, the appoint- 
ment of judges, the selection of grounds and the value 
of prizes, he has an advantage over his competitors, is 
out of place as an interested party, and is entirely out of 
all harmony with the equity of a competition. 
Some professionals would be content with a more or 
less silent club membership, while others would be con- 
tent with nothing less than full dictation in all the in- 
terests that concerned them as professionals. The pro- 
fessional club member who talks sport or business on 
occasion, he who resolutely gives advice as a club mem- 
ber and profits by it as a competitor, soon causes a fall- 
ing off in club membership. 
When a club member is subjected to annoyances, and 
is^shorn of all -privileges bitt^ the one of payiilg- his tines, 
he"has ho" reason To" bia "a' meihb'er lohg'erV Her.fiqiei not 
enjo-y;.his--Spprt,by.proxy.^- ItJias^ibeen. thg..histOry of.Iill 
fidd -triarl -elttbs that, when-pfofessio-naliini- gairftecf -power 
^n4.,b.ecaroeji9minant,Jljejrjdfclined,or ceitsd'to exijStr- 
It is a' favorite retort among professionals "that field 
trials could not exist without them. Granted, but what 
of the results? The club member has lost a few days' 
pleasure when the trials are out of existence, and the 
professional has lost a large chunk of bread and butter. 
If field trials ceased to exist, the men who profited by 
the business features of the competition are the ones who 
are the real losers. 
In pointing out these truths, we always thought that 
we were conferring a kindness on those who might be 
gainers by it. All our policy is in favor of legitimate 
business niterests, but we maintain the rights of sport 
apart from the monopoly of professionalism. In one 
case it is a legitimate occttpation; in the other it is a 
harmful parasite. 
Unskilled professionalism we have always felt free to 
criticise, and to that we feel sure that those who really 
are skillful will not demur. Loud shouting, senseless 
whistling and tricks which are unwarranted, etc., have 
no support from this journal. 
In the bench show world a case in point is the con- 
templated organization for the giving of bench shows, 
considere<l at the recent Brooklyn show. It enters into 
the matter on a basis of pure professionalism. 
Professionalism in sport soon degenerates into clique- 
ism, which guards its own interests to the exclusion of 
others. When, years ago, shows were held as a matter 
ot business or speculation, the whole substantial kennel 
world opposed such so emphatically that the speculative 
show was suppressed. The industry of organizing a 
show that a lew might have a job and a profit proved 
distasteful to the fanciers at large. The sportsmen have 
not yet beeir schooled to a point at which they can take 
their pleasures vicariously. They are becoming schooled 
to a point whereat they object to making their pleasure 
tributary to a business which is masquerading as a part 
of their sport. 
Westmmster Kennel Club. 
TiiE judges at the forthcoming New York show will 
be: St. Bernards, Newfoundland dogs and pups — Miss 
A. H. Whitney. Great Danes— J. Blackburn Miller. 
.American foxhounds— Dr. A. C. Heflinger. Pointers- 
Charles Heath. English setters— William Tallmau. 
Irish and Gordon setters — George Jarvis. Sporting 
spaniels— Andrew Laidlaw. Collies— Robert McEwen. 
Poodles — Charles D. Bernheimer. Bull dogs — not cer- 
tain. French bull dogs— E. D. Faulkner. Boston ter- 
riers—Arthur Mulvey. Beagles— H. F. Schellhass. Blood- 
hoitnds, mastiffs, wolfliounds, deerhounds, greyhounds, 
English foxhounds. Old English sheep dogs, dachs 
hunde, all terriers (except Boston terriers), whippets, 
Italian greyhounds, toy spaniels, schipperkes, Pomer- 
anians and miscellaneous — George Roper, England. 
The special prizes make a list ot larger and more valu- 
able rewards than have ever been given at an American 
show. The Westminster Kennel Club will give a special 
prize of $20 each for the best exhibit of four of the fol- 
lowing breed, entered and owned by one exhibitor, name- 
ly, English bloodhounds, mastiffs, rough and smooth 
coated St. Bernards, Great Danes, Russian wolfhounds, 
greyhounds, foxhounds, pointers, English setters, Irish 
setters, Gordon setters, held spaniels, cocker spaniels, 
coUies, poodles, bull dogs, bull terriers, Boston terriers, 
dachshunde, beagles, smooth and wire-haired fox ter 
riers, Irish terriers, Scottish, terriers, black and tan ter- 
riers, Yorkshire terriers, pugs and toy spaniels. 
There will be winnei's' classes at tliis show for blood- 
hounds, mastiff's, rough St. Bernards, smooth St. Ber- 
nards, Great Danes, wolfhounds, greytiounds, pointers, 
English setters, Irish setters, Gordon setters, field 
spaniels, cocker spaniels, cohies, curly-coated poodles, 
bull dogs, bull terriers, Boston terriers, dachshunde, 
beagles, smooth fox terriers, wire-haired fox terriers, 
Irish terriers, Scotch terriers. Black and Tan terriers 
and pugs. 
Club trophies and medals are given by the English 
Bloodhound Club of America, American Mastiff Club, 
Old English Mastiff Club, Great Dane Club of .America, 
National Greyhound Club, Pointer Club of America, 
Gordon Setter Club of America, American Spaniel Club, 
Collie Club of America, Poodle Club of America, Bull 
Dog Club of America, French Bull Dog Club of Ameri- 
ca, Boston Terrier Club, American Dachshunde Club, 
National Beagle Club, American Fox Terrier Club, Irish 
Terrier Club of America, American Scottish Terrier 
Club, Bull Terrier Club of America, Irish Setter Club of 
America, 
There is a generous list of premiums for 233 classes. 
In important breeds the divisions run like this:" 
English bloodhounds, novice, dogs and bitches, $10, 
$5 and medal; junior dogs, $20, $10, medal; bitches, same; 
free for all dogs, same; bitches, same. Mastiffs, like 
classes, same awards. Rough St. Bernards, dogs, puppy, 
$10, $5, medal; novice, same; junior, $20, $io, $5; free lor 
all, same. Bitches, like classes and awards. Smooth St. 
Bernards, same. 
Great i3anes, same, Newfoundlands, free for all dogs 
and bitches, $10, $5, medal. Russian wolfhounds, novice 
dogs and. bitches, $10, $5, medal; dogs, junior, $15, $10, 
$5; free for all, same; bitches, same. Deerhounds, tree 
for all, dogs, $15, $10, $5; bitches, same. Greyhounds, 
novice dogs and bitches, $10, $5, medal; junior dogs, 
^15, $10, $5; free for all, dogs, $15, $10, .$5; bitches, junior, 
$15, $10, $5; free for all, the same. 
t-'ointers, puppies, dogs and bitches, $10, $5, medal; 
novice dogs and bitches, same; jimior dogs itnder 55tbs., 
$20, $10, $5; over SStbs., same; free for all, dogs, $20, $10, 
$5; junior bitches, under solbs., same; over 5olbs., same; 
free for all, bitches, same; i field trial class, dogs and 
bitches, $15, $10, $5. i- 
English setters are divided into puppies, dogs and 
bitches, novice dogs and bitches, junior dogs, free for all 
dogs, junior bitches, free for all bitches and field trial 
class of dogs and bitches, with awards as in correspond- 
ing pointer divisions. ' Irish setters, same. Gordon 
setters, same, 
%aniels— Irish water, 'Ju^^^ do'gs an^ ||itch'eg," |i4 
and ^$4;VTree ToV"'all',__! ^lo bitches,-'' t|ij£^' sape, 
Chun bers,^ same cr and prizes.- " Frefd'spaiiie^^^ 
P^tippies, dogsfanH" bitches, '$10, ^5, iiiellal; noviqe'^^do^^ 
and bitches', saine; furiior dogs, tlack," |"i5,"'|'io,^ f5;^o^^^ 
color, same; free for all dogs, same; junior bitches, black,, 
same; other color, same; free for all, same. Cockers, 
