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Jan. 8, 1898.1 
different clubs accepted and approved the new classifi- 
cation when they A^oted for it. - 
It has been intimated that the A. K. C. is an arbitrary- 
bod}', governed largely by emotional impulse, regardless 
of the fitness of things. The delegates of the A. K. C. 
represent their respective clubs. The doings of the A. 
K. C. are thus the doings of the clitbs which compose the 
confederation. The meetings are held with parliamentary 
gravity and consideration, and the delegates, being 
trained business men as well as fanciers, know how 
matters should be considered and whar measures to take. 
A club which is at all dissatisfied with its delegate has 
the power to quickly make a change. Thus the A. K. C. 
governs only- with the consent of the governed, and it 
is not the arbitrary body which it is sometimes repre- 
sented to be, nor could it be such and exist. 
The Story of Snider, 
Editor F of est and Sffeam: 
When our train arrived at Custer Station we were met 
by ambulances that took us to Fort Custer, Mont., tliirty- 
three miles away. There we were met by an escort and 
transportation to take us to owr new station, Fort Mc- 
Kinney, and tlie Eighth Infantry, the regiment to which 
the colonel had just been promoted. 
Our first camp after leaving Fort Custer was upon 
the Custer battle-field. While the Chinaman was pre- 
paring supper many Indians gathered around, of course 
accompanied by the usual number of children and Indian 
dogs. The next morning while the men were breaking 
camp we went' over the battle-field, guided by an In- 
dian wlio had been with Reno and had been wounded 
there. Following our guide was a dog, a lean, hungry 
animal that looked like a coyote, and, to tell the truth, 
mtist have had some coyote blood in him, as is the case 
with a good many Indian dogs. On returning to camp 
we bade good-bj^ to our Indian friends and started on 
the road. It was in tlie spring, and all the streams were 
swollen so as to make some of the crossings dangerous. 
After crossing the first stream the colonel got out of the 
first ambulance to see that the second one, with tlie 
nurse and children, should get over safely. It was there 
that we discovered that the Avretched dog which had 
followed us over the battle-field had also followed us 
here. W^e all tried our best to scare him away and send 
him back, but it was useless, as five days later he fol- 
lowed us into Fort McKinney, as close to the wagon 
wheels as he could get. When we drove up to our 
quarters the first thing the dog did was to rvtsh under 
the porch, and for two days he refused to be coaxed out 
even by offering liim meat, which had never failed before 
to make him come around. 
Even when he did come out it was a long time before 
he could be coaxed up on the porch, and it was a month 
or so before we could induce him to come into the 
house. He would become frightened at the least tiling, 
and invariably would run imder the porch, and the longer 
we coaxed him the longer he would remain there. 
It took him a very long time to grow accustomed to 
a house, and it was over two years before he would go 
Upstairs. He had always preferred remaining at the 
foot, curled up in a heap, until the children should come 
down, even sleepinp there at night, when the children 
were up in bed. By this time he had got over his timidity 
of persons and had grown fat, so that he presented a very 
fine appearance (for an Indian dog.) 
He was the happiest dog on earth, so he seemed, al- 
ways playing around, and so devoted to the children 
that they never moved but he went with them. He grew 
very fastidious about his food, taking his milk from a 
glass tumbler and preferring ice cream and cake and 
candy to anything else. 
When the new cavalry quarters were being built the 
children went all over them, and, much to the surprise 
of us all, Snider even followed them up the long flight 
of stairs. Before this he had not attempted anything but 
our front steps. Naturally they were delighted at the 
new accomplishment, and patted him to his heart's con- 
tent. But when they started down he grew frantic, but 
would make no attempt to come down, nor would he let 
any soldier touch him to carry him down; so they finally 
got disgusted and left him, "thinking that after a while 
he would change his mind. But no, he began running 
around upstairs, and, seeing an open window, jumped 
out of that and on to the roof of the porch, where, upon 
seeing the children half-way across the parade ground, 
he did not hesitate a second, but ran to the edge and 
jumped off, a drop of at least 20ft., not injuring himself 
in the least. 
When we left McKinney for Fort Russell the boys ac- 
companied the troops to the railroad station on horse- 
back. Snider faithfully keeping at their heels. At the 
station, when it came time to put him in the car with our 
two horses, he could not be coaxed; and even Jim, 
to whom he was most attached, could do nothing. 
Finally it took six or eight men to get him into the 
box car, where he looked as if he would die from fright, 
and remained huddled up in the corner of the car and 
would eat nothing. 
The next morning, Nov. 8, about 100 miles east of 
Edgemont, Neb., the soldier who had charge of the 
horses opened the car door to look out and stood there 
watching the country. This was the dog's chance, and 
before the man had time to stop him he made a break 
and jumped past him and out of the door. The man 
said that the last he saw of Snider he was rushing madly 
after the train as hard as he could go. 
We, of course, thought that he was gone for good. 
On the 20th of January, coming from Cheyenne in the 
carriage to Fort D. A. Russell, we saw a thin, forlorn- 
looking dog lying in the field not far from the road; 
and as he did not move as we passed him, we thought 
he must be either asleep or dead. We remarked at the 
time that he looked very much like Snider. The next 
day a soldier said that he had seen the dog, and he feU 
sure that Jt was old Snider. Still we didn't think it 
could be possible, so we paid no attention to it. 
On the 22d my mother went to town again, and, upon 
returning, noticed the dog ahead of them in the road. 
On their coming nearer the dog looked up andj_ recog- 
nizing tlie horse, rushed for him and barked and jumped 
all around him as if he had gone crazy. 
Then we knew for sure that it was Snider, but so thin 
and changed that if he hadn't known us we would never 
have known him. 
He followed the carriage up to tlie post, and wdien we 
entered the children were just coming out of school, and 
the dog, seeing them, ran up to them, barking and 
jumping up on them as if he were possessed. Then 
there was a grand reunion, the children making as 
much of a fuss over the dog as he did over them, which 
is saying a good deal. 
What has puzzled us and everybody who has heard 
of it is how he ever got here. Fort Russell is 300 miles 
in a straight line from Fort ' IMcKinney, and by the 
railroad over which the troops came it is over i.ooo 
miles; and the dog started by following the train. The 
railroad (the B. & M.) runs east tmtil it reaches the 
centra] part of Nebraska, where there is a branch road 
running southwest and meeting the main road at Hast- 
ings. The troops went on that until they came to Hold- 
redge, where they connected with the Union Pacific, 
bringing them here. Anyway, the dog got here. 
Whether he followed the special train with the soldiers, 
or whether he came here by accident, no one knows. 
He stayed witli us always after that — even more de- 
voted to the children than before, if that could be pos- 
sible — ^until last year, when he died, much to the sorrow 
of us all, especially the children, and it was a long time 
before they could talk of him without crying. 
Robert Van Horn. 
Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. 
New England Kennel Club. 
Mr. James L. Little sends us the list of the specials 
offered up to date for the club's forthcoming show, as 
follows: 
The American Scottish Terrier Club's two silver 
cups; one for the be.st American-bred dog and bitch 
resijectively. To be competed for b}^ members only. 
The Collie Club of America offer the President's cup 
for the best collie, the winner to receive a silver medal 
in commemoration of the award; a club medal for the 
best of the opposite sex to the winner of the President's 
cup; a silver medal for the Isest in the novice classes; a 
club medal for the best owned by a New England mem- 
ber of the club. 
The National Beagle Club of America oft'er a silver 
medal for the best beagle in the show; a bronze medal 
for the best of opposite sex to the winner of the silver 
medal. Open to members only. 
The American Fox Terrier Club offer (open to mem- 
bers only) grand challenge cup for the best fox terrier 
in the show. Second Division, eleventh grand Produce 
Stakes (1897); Apollo Stakes of 1897; $5 for the best 
American-bred fox terrier (smooth and wire respec- 
tively) in the free-for-all classes; $5 for the best Ameri- 
can-bred fox terrier (smooth and wire respectively) in 
the novice classes; $5 for the best American-bred fox 
terrier (smooth and wire) in the puppy classes. 
The Bull Terrier Club of America offer a trophy collar 
for the best bull terrier owned by a member of the club; 
a medal to the winners of all first and special prizes, if 
won by a member of the club. 
The American Dachshund Club offer (open to mem- 
Ijers of the club only): i. The Klein Breeders' Trophy, for 
the best dog or bitch under eighteen months, bred, 
owned and exhibited by a club member. 2. Club clial- 
lenge cup, for best American-bred dog. 3. Club Chal- 
lenge cup, for best American-bred bitch. 
The Pointer Club of America oft'er $20, for members 
only, and to be divided as follows: $5 each for best 
heavy-weight dog and bitch, and the- same for light 
weights. 
The Irish Terrier Club of America offer (open to 
members only) the Daredevil Stakes, silver cup added by 
the Irish Terrier Club; the Vixen Stakes, silver cup 
added by the Irish Terrier Club. There is a $5 spe- 
cial for American-bred dogs, as follows: "Best terrier 
dog, bitch, dog puppy and bitch, best dog and bitch in 
the junior class, dog and bitch in senior, and best brace 
of American-bred Irish terriers. 
The Poodle Club of America offer (open to members 
only): $10 for the best poodle in the show; $10 for the 
best American-bred poodle in the show; $5 for the best 
American-bred poodle puppy. 
The American Pug Club offer (for members only) 
the following special prizes: The club's silver trophy, for 
the best American-bred dog; the club's silver 
trophy, for the best American-bred bitch; the club's 
silver medal, for the best American-brea dog or bitch; 
the club's bronze medal, for the best puppy aog or bitch. 
George N. Phelps offers a cup, value $15, for the best 
French bull (dog or bitch). James L. Little offers a 
tankard for the best French bull (dog or bitch) owned 
outside 01 Boston. The special conditions governing the 
different cups and stakes can be learned by addressing 
the Bench Show Committee, 110 Tremont street, Boston. 
A Team of Dogs. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The means of transportation to the Klondike has 
caused many to think of the dog as a propelling power, 
and not without good reason, as the evidence of our 
consuls in Eastern countries goes to prove. I have seen 
many a dog harnessed under a cart and doing good ser- 
vice. 
The type of dog that I have generally found so used 
was what is commonly called a bull dog, or what dogdom 
at one titne was pleased to call an American bull dog, a 
dog with rather heavy head, thick and heavy shoulders, 
about 20 or 22in. high, jaw very near level, color white 
and brindle, or fawn predominating. They seemed to 
enjoy their work, and I never saw them ill treated. If 
they suffered hardship it was on account of their desire 
to do more work than they were capable of performing. 
They were so ambitious that they would pull the load 
faster than a man could walk, and I have seen some 
pretty heavy loads put upon them. 
After reading so much in Forest and _ Stream and 
other papers lately it has stimulated a desire to have a 
road team of dogs'for my own use. I have in my mind a 
team of foitr or five dogs which shall be hitched to a 
four-wheeled vehicle, made light as possible, with 
seats wide enough for two, body to be a cross between 
a buckboard and spindle, with bicycle wheels, ball bear- 
ing, a device for steering and a brake. Now, with your 
assistance as a valuable advertising medium, I want to 
find four large-sized Irish setters, just what I have had 
a number of in my day. Large size, plenty of spirit and 
dash, not good enough to pass muster on the, bench or 
take any more notice of a bird than a cow driven before 
you. I have had my share of them, but now I want them; 
am entirely out, as our graveyard out back of the Hamp- 
ton Kennels will testify. I want this team all broken by 
spring, when I think I can take a spin out to the falls 
and pools near the Sperry homestead in Woodbridge 
and back (seven miles each way) quicker than any one 
will want to drive their team of horses over the same 
route. E. Knight Sperry. 
St. Bernard Glub. 
I HAVE at last to announce the organization of the 
(New) St. Bernard Club. 
A meeting was held at Grand Rapids yesterday, at 
which the constitution and by-laws of the new club were 
adopted and the officers elected. Col. Jacob Ruppert, 
Jr., of New York, was elected President; Capt. C. A. 
Pratt, of Little Rock, Ark., as Vice-President; Miss Anna 
H. Whitney, of Lancaster, Mass., Second Vice-President, 
and H. B. Turner, Third Vice-President; Dudley E. 
Waters, Secretary-Treasurer, and the following were 
elected governors: W. H. Joeckel, R. A. Sawyer, I. W. 
Comey, A. C. Shallenberger. R. H. Burrows, Arthur 
Froembling, Ed Meisenheimer, Thos. Sheubrooks and 
N. Robbins, Jr. Dudley E. Waterb,. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The Christmas number of the Shooting Times (Eng- 
land) has reached this office. It contains many good 
things, notably a reproduction of Prof. Osthaus's painting 
of Nabob and India pointing and. backing at the edge 
of a cornfield. It is pleasing to perceive that our con- 
temporary has such excellent judgment, but one could 
regret, if it were worth the while, that it seems to' be. 
void of all moral sensibility, for this excellent picture 
has the artist's name cut out and another name substi- 
tuted, and it is forced to do service to illustrate an article 
entitled "Around the Boundaries," which title it also 
bears. Some of Mr. Frost's pictures *re treated in the 
same way, and are presented as bona fide illustrations of 
the articles of which they are a part. To call this piracy 
would be a mild term, for to pilfer, to efface the name 
of the artist, to present the pictures as original matter 
illustrative of actual English shooting experiences, is 
more than piracj\ Possibly the text msLy have been se- 
cured in like manner. As a journalistic thief the Shoot- 
ing Times ranks with the Canadian Sportsman. 
The Judges who are engaged for the New England 
Kennel Club's show are Harry W. Smith, fox terriers; 
Geo. B. Post, Jr., beagles; W. C. Codman, bull dogs; 
H. W. Lacy, bloodhounds, Great Danes, poodles, dachs- 
hunde and miscellaneous; E. H. Moore, St. Bernards and 
mastiffs; H. W. Huntington, deerhounds, wolfhounds and 
greyhounds; Dwight Baldwin, Boston terriers; Dr. R. 
S. Huidekoper, bull terriers; Dr. R. D. Perry, fox- 
hounds; Lambert Stansfield, collies and Old English^ 
sheep dogs; J. L. Kernochan, French bull dogs; Dr. H,.. 
Clay Glover, English, Irish and Gordon setters; James 
Watson, Irish, Scottish and Bedlington terriers; Geo. W. 
Lovell, pointers; A, Clinton Wilmerding, all sporting 
spaniels; T. Farrer Rackham, all toy dogs and pugs. 
The matter of transportation is one that should be con- 
sidered at the first instead of the last moment, if one has 
to consider seriously the problem of ways and means. 
Nearly all the railroads now give concessions to bona fide 
field trial goers, if they observe certain railroad regular 
tions, which can be readily learned bj'^ consulting the 
road's agents or officers. The Alabama Field Trials 
Club announce that the Memphis & Charleston, L. & N., 
Southern, and Central R. R. of Georgia will sell tickets 
to Madison for the club's trials on Feb. 5, 6 and 7 at one 
and one-third fare for the round trip, on the certificate 
plan. All stakes will be run in the week beginning Feb. 
7. In the club's circular b}' mistake the special stake was 
announced for Jan, 7, instead of the correct date as given 
above. H. K. Milner, Sec'y, Birmingham, Ala. 
Mr. H. L. Kreuder, Nanuet, N. Y., has purchased the 
entire pack of beagles owned by the late Pottinger Dbr- 
sey, consisting of fifteen matured dogs, among which are 
champion Lee II., champion Pilot, and other celebrities. 
Mr. Kreuder writes tis that "This exceptionally pure- 
bred, Rowett-strain pack of beagles, on which the late 
and much-beloved Pottinger Dorsey devoted the better 
part of his life in breeding, is now in my kennel. With 
it as an additional or main foundation, I hope to elevate 
and possibly perfect the standard of beagles." 
The championship medal for all champions of record 
is very artistic in design. The obverse side bears a spray 
of laurel which half encircles it and the words "Awarded 
to Champion" surmount a blank space left for the en- 
graving of the champion's nam.e. The reverse side bears 
the official stamp of the A. K. C. Its simple elegance 
makes it a most desirable symbol for the commemoration 
of the highest honors a dog can win in the bench show 
world. It is furnished at a trifle less than cost, $3, to all 
champions of record before Jan. i. 1898, to all champions 
subsequent to that date it will be given gratuitously. 
The FoEEST AND Stream js put to prena eaeh U-e k on 
Tuesday. Correspondence intended for jiuMication 
8\ould reac?b us t/ie Monday, and as muc/i 
earlie/r as practicable. " " 
