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FOREST AND STREAM 
in the judgment* he has just mado. Dr. Twaddell's onerous 
task was carried out with bis usual skill and impartiality. 
GENERAL REMARKS, 
The general expectancy that numerous English dogs would 
be present at the ►how was disappointed, the Paris exhibi- 
tion probably claiming a great many of them. In the mastiffs 
Mr. Owen's Major was the best choice. If persons may have 
disagreed with Mr. Lort in his judgment of the sporting 
classes, in the non-sporting classes we may be taught many 
lessons. Major has no flabbiness, nor false folds of flesh 
about him, and he was many points above Hereward, Boss and 
Turk. Again we agree, in opposition to many, in regard to 
the Barry, which Mr. Lort, wo tbmk, rightly placed first. 
In black and tans (Gordons) we must confess ourselves only 
fairly satisfied. As a class they were not as good as last year. 
In class 34 we did not think Sam the best. Among the 
pointers Bow excited the most attention. We openly confess 
a preference for the Sensation stock. There is a heaviness of 
head in the representative of the St. Louis Kennel Club, 
which is by no'tnoans attraetivc.^In class]15 Mr. Hammond's 
Psyche] was a good winner, though run close by many in her 
class. All Mr. Orgill'B pointera were good, and came in for 
numerous prizes, as did Mr. Charles H. Raymond's fine Laver- 
ack stock. As our space is but limited, and the list of win- 
ning dogs large, with our introductory remarks we must con- 
clude for the present, trusting in future issues to be able to 
go more fully into some of the particular details of individual 
dogs. 
SUPFLMMENTABT LIST OF AWARDS. 
Class 12— Sleaford, 8t Louis Kennel Club. 
Class 18 — Romp, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn. 
Class 14 — Bow, tit Louis Kennel Club ; 2, Rake II, Joseph W 
Coffin, Providence ; 3. RapD. WR Hobart, Newark. V h c, Mac, 
George W Bell, Vuieland, N J ; Button, Joseph J Suellenburg, 
New Brighton, Pa ; Don, same owner. H o, Viscount, It M Lind- 
say, Scranton, Pa ; Patch, Arthur L Sewell, N Y ; Jocko, C Z Mi- 
ley, Lancaster, Pa ; and Don, Isaao Weighel, Rochester. C, Reu- 
ben. F H titowe ; Iko, CharleB Else, Newark. 
Class 15— Psyche, 8 T Hammond, Springfield, Mass ; 2, Grace, 
Luke W White, Bridgeport, Conn ; 3, Juno. Charles M Sohieffelon, 
Mount Vernon, N Y. 0, Juno, Charlos Pinckney, Madison, N J. 
Class 17 — Rose, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn. 
Class 18 — Dick, Albert M Wright, 8carborough-on-Hudson, N Y; 
2, BobjW E Doaue, Stockbridgo, Mass ; 3, Rapp, Robert Emmet, 
No 52 Wall street. Vho, Raoket, Oeorge 8 Floyd-Jones, South 
Oyster Bay, LoDg Island. H o. Ranger, Henry E Janes, No 118 
East Eighteenth street, and Major, Dr William Baxter, Wappinger's 
Falls, N Y. 0, Bill, Dennis Breen, Glen Cove, L I. 
Class 19— Queen, A E Godeffroy, Guymard, N Y : 2, Bello, 
George C Colburn ; 3, Topsy, Joseph J tinellenbnrg. New Brigh- 
ton, Pa. H o, Nellie, W H Ely, Beverly, N J, and Belie, Edmund 
Orgill, Brooklyn. C, Belle, A Russell titrachan, N Y. 
Class 20— Jerry, George 0 Colburn, N Y ; 2, Sam, Milo Seagear, 
Bloomingburg, NY. Vho. Rake, W J Emmett, Pelham, West- 
cheater County, N Y. O, Toby, Joseph J tiuelleuburg, New Brigh- 
ton, Pa; Johnnie, Albert Phillips, West tipringfield, Mass ; and 
Snooks, A E Godeffioy, Guymard, N Y. 
Class 21— Nell, W J Emmett, Pelham, N Y ; 2, Elf, R Lamb, N 
Y. V h o. Flirt, Rev R G Hamilton, Hart’s Falls N Y. H o, Nell, 
A E Godeffroy, Guymard. N Y. C, Gwendolen, F Campbell Mol- 
ler, N Y ; Kilty, A E Godeffroy, Guymard, N Y. 
Class 22— Edmund Orgill. 
Class 28 — Bella. 2, Ju iy, MiJo Seagear, Bloomingburg, N Y. 
Class 24 — Lark, P fl Morris. 
Class 25— Fairy, Charles H Raymond, Moms Plains, N J. V h 
c, Magnet, George W Landenberger, Fort Washington, Pa. 
Class 20— Iioderiok Dbu, Charles H Raymond ; 2, Ranger II, 0 
W Donner, Brooklyn ; 3, Jersey Duke, Von L*ngorke Brothers, 
New York ; 3 (special medal), 8t Elmo, ti Fleet tipier, Brooklyn! 
Vho, Procyon, Charles H Raymond ; Brough, same owner ; 
Bruce, same owner ; Sir Lancelot, W E Leavitt, Flushing, L I , 
and Blue Blood, L J Gaines, West Meriden, Conn. H o, tiam, W 
H Howell, N Y ; Joseph, Mary D Wagstaff, Babylon, L I ; King- 
fisher, Arthur J Moulton, Sparklll, N Y ; Zip, George F lieoker ; 
Dash, Dr F O Beach ; Thunder, Joeeph J Suellenburg, New 
Brighton, Pa : tit Patrick. Washington A Coster, Flatbush, L 1 , 
and Czar, P H Morris, NY. C, Young Laveraok, Charles H Ray- 
mond, Morris Plains, N J ; Promise, 0 de Rouge and H Inmaii, 
Milburn, N J ; Dii-h,G F GUdersleeve, Iirooklyn ; Grouse, Major 
James M Brown, Philadelphia; One-eyed Sancho, T Forman Tay- 
lor, Colt's Neck, N Y ; William, Isaac Ferguson, West Meriden, 
Conn ; and Duke, Charles ti Keller, Washington, D C. 
Claes 27— Kboda, Ashcroft Kennel Club, Bridgeport, Conn • 2 
Abbie, E C and P La Montague, N Y ; 3, Pet, E F MerciUiott, N v! 
V h o, Kate, A R Warner; Tip, James R Tilley, Locust Valley, L 1, 
and til art, Samuel SorantOD, Providence. H o, Nellie, George R 
Abbott ; Puff, W B Bimouds ; Glen, C De Ronge and H Inman, 
Milburn, N J ; Sultana, P H Morris, N Y ; Nell, T Forman Tay 
lor, Colt's Neck, N J. 
Class 28— WUJ, E F MerciUiott, N Y ; 2, Crnickston, E L Wilks 
Racquet Club. 
Class 29— Anibel, Charles K Harrison, PikesviUe, Md ; 2, Bon- 
nie Bess, Gouvemeur M Smith, M D. N Y. V h o. Peir W Law- 
rence. H o, Ida F, P 11 Morris. NY. ' 
Class 30— Faust, C Novel ; 2, Breeze, sarao owner. V h c, Cliea- 
dle, Ashcroft Kennel Club, Bridgeport, Conn. 0. Jerry, George 
F Hecker, N Y ; Staunoh, Howard & Benham, Glen Cove L I • 
Brecee, E Francis, Newark, and Gale, same owner. 
floss 81— Nelly II, John E J Grainger. N Y ; 2, Clamorous, E C 
and I' La Montague, NY. V h c, Rhoda HI. Ashcroft Kennel 
Club. Bridgeport, Conn. II o, Dream, C De Ronge and H Inman 
Milburn, N J ; and L J Gaines’ (West Meriden, Conn) pup bv 
Blue Blood, out of Bess. ; p p ’ y 
Class 60 -Mac, Thomas Finn, Bridgeport, Conn; 8, Wallace 
Thomas Corgrove, Newark. 
Class 61— 2 , Jessie, Thomas Cosgrove, Newark ; 3, Fanny E 
Eisman, Newark. 
Class 52— Mallard, T M Aldrich, Providence ; 2, Valjean C T 
Pierce, Brooklyn. V h c, Carlo, P C Hewitt, N Y. ' 
Class 63— Judy, Thomas Finn, Bridgeport, Conn; 2, Topsv A 
E Godeffroy, Guymard, NY. * J 
Hall, Brooklyn. H c, Alexis, Miss Lynoh, Flushing, LI. 
Class 50— Feather. Frank 0 Hollins, N Y ; 2, Madge, Frederick 
H Hoe, Tarrytown, N Y ; 3. Clem, D P Boswortb. 
Class 57— Prince, C M Britton, N Y; 2. Blanche, Charles W 
Barker, NY. V h c. Blanche, Tbeodort T Nixon, N ; and Duck 
W Landouberger, Fort Washington. Pa. H c, Drake, same owner’ 
Class 58— h rank, Archibald Watt, N Y. 
Class t;9-d)nncaD, John Hobart WarreD, Troy, N Y ; 2, Tam 
T ^ Y , U r n ’ Bo8lon ; 3. Cohn, John Hobart Warren, 
£b HMJonea,NY am Fr6denck Blon80D - NY. Ho, 
p?, 1 *! 8 vL J ft “i 6 n OMdln « G H * m m°nd, New London, Conn ; 2, 
"niSi fi!2ShS B w n , e0n !, N Y • 3 - Fjora u - owner. 
Class 71— Shep , W Lindsey, Jersey City ; 2, Kooran, Dr J W 
Downey, Newmarket, Frederick County, Md. 
r h 8 !,°S’ N Y ' 2 - p ‘cklee, Miss Salsbury, N 
; i T oodles, Mrs. John 1 Humes, NY. V he, Punob, F Serin, 
NY. He, Sambo, Mary D Wagstaff, Babylon, L.I. 0, Freaky 
Theodore Haight, West Chester, N Y ; Puck, H Thomas Adey, N 
Y', and Punch, Miss Helen M. Iselin, NY. 
Claes 79— Lena, Ferres 8 Thompson, N Y ; 2, Judy, W 8 Hoyt, 
NY ; 3, Pet. W H Beadle, N Y O, Katy. Henry Kmteman, N Y ; 
Nellie. Theodore F W Talor, N Y ; Nell. F tienn, N Y, and Puggie 
Dear, Mrs H Alexander, N Y. _ ,, T „ „ 
Class 80-Little Nell, W H Beadle, N Y ; 2, Bmutt, Jr, F tienn, 
N ciass 81-Beauty, A W Lucy, N Y; 2, Jerry, George P Benjamin, 
^ Claes *82 — Jessie, F Senn, N Y ; 2, Adele, Charles W Barker, N 
Y. V h c, Sport, L N Moyer, N Y. H c. Tommy, Mrs H B Millard 
N Y ; Scrub, Mrs Louis ti I Brewster. N Y ; Dick, It A Greacon, N 
Y Jack, 8 Van Dyk, Brooklyn ; Nolly, same owner ; Tom, H 
Kistorman, N Y. C, Charley, Henry Haggerty, N Y, and Flash, H 
A Kistemau, NY. , 
Class 83— Whiskey, Douglas Robinson, NY. 
Class 81-Yorkehire Charley, Thomas Kaalagher N Y ; 2, , Jack. 
John Marriott, N Y ; 3. Bijou, J W Brown, N Y. V h e, Bright, 
Mrs W A Haines, .Tr, NY. He. Dandie, Theodore F Baldwin, 
Newark, and Beauty, Mrs W A Haines, Jr. 
Class 85 — Soap, W A Haines, Jr ; 2, Luoy, Henry Kisteman. N 
Y ; 3, Scraps , W A HaiDcs, Jr. V h c, Trip, same owner. H o, 
Jessie, Thomas Kaalagher, N Y ; Prince, Henry Kisteman, aud 
Terry, some owner. C, Young Bright, Thomas Kaalagher ; Lucy, 
same owner, aud Lucy, Grenville K&De. 
Class 8G— Minnie. Chauncy Edwards, N Y ; 2, Diokie, John 
McGibney, N Y. V h o. Dandy, Henry KistemaD, NY. H c, Joe, 
L N Meyer, N II. O, Dandy Jim, Phonix Remsen, Babylon, L I ; 
Victoria, Henry KiBteman ; Rabbe. W Collins, N Y, and Gypsey, 
same owner. , 
Claes 87— Lady Rosamond, Mrs A V Ely-Goddard, N Y. 
Class 88— tiankey. L N Meyer, N Y : 2, Trickeey, Miss Clara 
Long, N Y. II o, Moody, L N Meyer, and Spider, same owner. 
Claes 89— Prinnie, Mrs Charles E Pratt, NY; 2, Kobe. Mrs I W 
Steward, N Y ; Extra 2, Punch, Theodore F W Taylor, NY. Vho, 
Judy, same owner. C, Minnie, L N Meyer, N Y, and Uoko, Mrs I 
W Steward. , , 
Class 90— Bijou, W F Morgan, N Y ; 2. Tootsey, Henry Knubel, 
NY. V h c. Fairy, Arthur C James, N Y. H o, Flora, L N Meyer 
and Fanny, Georgo W Hunt, Brooklyn. 0, Fay, 0 W Carpenter, 
Miscellaneous — Fred Wood, N Y, Chinese edible dog Fanny, and 
Grenville Kane, N Y, Russian dog Count Kinski, each a silver 
medal. 
Class A— Bow, St Louis Kennel Club. 
Class B— Bow and Sleaford. 8t Louis Kennel Club. 
Class C— Bello and Rose. Edmund Orgill. 
Class D— Button, Joseph J Suellenburg, New Brighton, Pa. 
Class E — Psycho, S T Hammond, 8pringfield, Mass. 
Class F— flam, Milo Seagear, Bloomingburg, N Y. 
Class G— Jersey Duke, Von Lengerke Brothers. N Y. 
Class H— Start, Samnel Scranton, Providenoe, R I. 
Claas I— Rbodelio Dhu, Charles H Raymond, Morris Plains. 
Class J— Young Laverack. Charles H Raymond. 
Class K— Fairy, Charles H Raymond, Morris Plains, N J. 
Class L — Duke. C Steward, N Y. 
Class M — Loo II, St Louis Kennel Club. 
Class N— Dash, George C Colburn, N Y. 
Class O— Nellie, A F Copeland, Boston. 
Class P— George W Laudenberger, Fort Washington, Penn, with 
Rattler, Chimer, Hunter, Cyolone, Fury aud Vixen. 
Class Q— Boss, Charles W Norton, Boston. 
Class R— Barry, Le Roy Z Collins, Lancaster, Mass. 
Class S— Feather, Frank C Hollins, N Y. 
Claes T— Gamester, A Newbold Morris, Bartow, N Y. 
Claes U— Victor, W Fauebame, N Y. 
Class V— Snap, W A Haines, Jr, N Y. 
Class W— Lena, Ferres S Thompson, N Y. 
Class Y— Tam O’Shanter, T W Lawson, Boston. 
Class Z— Prinnie, Mrs C E Pratt, N Y. 
MR. LORT AS A JUDGE of English Setters 
and Pointers at the Westminster Kennel 
Bench Show. 
Editor Eorkst and Stream: 
A couple of weeks since there appeared in the Chicago 
Field, underneath the siguature of “Free Lance,” a letter de- 
nouncing the action of the Westminster Kennel Club in hav- 
ing secured Mr. Lort, of England, as judge of setters and 
pointers at their bench show. A couple of gentlemen, mem- 
bers of the club, spoke to me concerning the attack, and I 
agreed with them that it was premature and unfair, and 
promised, if a copy of the paper was sent to me, to write a 
reply, complimenting the club on their energy and enterprise 
in securing a man so well known in England as a judge of 
dogs, etc., etc. The paper did not come in time for my re- 
ply, and the show is now a thing of the past. I do not know 
who “ Free Lance ” is, but perhaps he may allow me to pay 
him the compliment of now saying that he knew well whereof 
he wrote, and that his prophetic soul should take comfort in 
the more than ample justification of the charges brought 
agaiDst Mr. Lort, disqualifying him for the onerous and im- 
portant office of judge of English setters. “Free Lance” 
said in his letter : “ Mr. Lort is a member of the English 
Kennel Club and is paid to do their judging. The jealousy 
of the clique in that club to Mr. Llewellin and their violent 
opposition to anything connected with Mr. Llewellin, have 
made them notorious in England. There is money for them 
in abusing and injuring Mr. Llewellin. Mr. Lort is one of 
the crowd ; Mr. Macdona is another. After the disgusting 
experience of last year at New York, when the club sent to 
England for Macdona, and had him act as judge and award 
prizes to his own and his friends’ dogs, the Westminster Ken 
nel Club should have learned wisdom, etc." “The natural 
result must follow- Any owner of a Llewellin setter who 
values his dog’s reputation holds aloof from the show. L. II. 
Smith, of Strathroy, and Arnold Burges, of Hillsdale, owners 
of the most celebrated Llewellin setters in the country, could 
not be induced to exhibit at the ’Lort Show,’ etc." “Free 
Lance," I must say that I admire you. I have been a student 
of human nature for many years, but you have beaten me 
this time, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Burges are to be congratu- 
lated that they were far-seeing enough to save their dogs from 
the indignity of an unjust judgment 1 
Mr. Lort forgot the Latin motto, “ Index non solum quid 
possit , sed etui in quid decent ponderare debet," his prejudices 
were too strong for him and led him to do what he could, ir- 
respective of what he ought. As a gentleman in the ring re- 
marked to me, “ If he would only have the tact to cover them 
up decently it would not be so bad, but 1 his offence is rank 
and smells to heaven !’” Iam 6orry to say that he expresses 
only what I felt. It became a foregone conclusl n that if a 
Llewellin setter entered the ring in competition it was but to 
be defeated. I am conscientiously impelled to say this, al- 
though 1 am pained at doing it. I do so in the interest of the 
truth, and of those who have at heart the interest of the finest 
strains of setters. Let not those be discouraged or misled by 
the perverse or bad judgment of Mr. Lort. Truth is mighty, 
and will prevail in spite of such adversaries. It is a misfor- 
tune that no man commits error for himself alone, his folly is 
scattered amongst all around him, but he must 
ultimately become the greatest sufferer, for his is the respon- 
sibility. It may take time to remedy the evils which Mr. 
Lort has worked, but time will do it, and as the best and most 
practical judge of setters in the show— so generally acknowl- 
edged — remarked tome when the judgments were announced : 
‘ ‘ I'm sorry for that — I’m verra sorry 1 But he has hurt him- 
self more than any one else.” So I think it will be. The Llewel- 
lin setter is good enough to take care of itself. Mr. Lort may 
not fare as well in the long run. As I stood at the ring and 
saw with what complacent coolness be turned over every dog 
having the well marked L'.ewillin stamp upon him to the “ di- 
minutive bow-wows,” I gradually came to take the facetious 
side of the question, and was even led to perpetrate jokes, 
when, as if to add insult to injury, ho halted a moment with' 
fiDger on chin to simulate a grave consideration over some 
unfortunate canine with a Llewellin cerebral development, 
only to make certainty more Bure of a final condemnation. In 
Lady Leicester’s case I taxed Mr. Lort with his marked and 
great injustice, which was so apparent that one well known 
gentleman remarked that he “did not see how a man dared 
to so glaringly commit himself," and I challenged him to give 
his reasons for reject ing her without evea a commendation. He 
replied that he had intended to give her an H. C., but Dr. 
Webb, who stood beside us, told him very plainly that he had 
not done so.' He then fell back on a criticism of her stern, 
which he said was too long and sickle shaped, but unfortunate- 
ly for his case some practical sportsmen present measured the 
sterns of botli the first and second prize winners, and found 
them longer than Lady Leicester's. Mr. Lort was evidently 
very much irritated, and with the exclamation of “Rubbish, 
rubbish," left the scene. Dr. Speir, of Brooklyn, who was 
present, and who is a well known expert, told me that with- 
out knowing the dog he had picked her out as the finest in the 
whole show. I had taken several gentlemen to see her, as cer- 
tain of the first prize, and not less than a dozen practical 
sportsmen, and some of them well known experts, came and 
spoke to me in terni9 nearly as laudatory. One gentleman, 
who was beaten last year by Mr. Smith’s dogs, said to me, 
with his well known frankness, “ Although beaten by Smith 
last year, I must say that Lady Leicester is a beauty, and it is 
disgraceful that Mr. Lort should have placed her, through 
prejudice, where he has." It is not necessary at present to 
give names, although 1 have no doubt many of these gentle- 
men would be quite willing. 
There were only first anil second prizes given in this class, 
the others, including Lady Leicester, were not thought worthy 
of a third, or even commendation. I refrain from criticisms 
upon some of the prize winners, as it is not my object to criti- 
cize the dogs, but to show up to deserved reprobation the ani- 
mus which influenced the man. It cannot be justly claimed 
against me that I am writing as a disappointed exhibitor. I 
did not exhibit any of my own stock ; I did not expect to be 
in the country at the time of the show, and had arranged for 
the exhibition of Lady Leicester out of compliment to Mr. 
Smith of Strathroy, who bred her, and from whom I obtained 
her, proud as I would have been to have bred such a beau- 
tiful animal, had she been of my own stock. I would 
now have been silent, but as it is I feel what to me is the very 
secondary interest, that of ownership, and I feel quite at 
liberty to denounce Mr. Lort for his abuse of Mr. Llewellin's 
kennel, from which so many floe dogs have been imported 
to this couotry, and assert that, from his awards, sentiments 
aDd expressions, he has simply acted the part of an advertise- 
ment to other English kennels that are his favorites aud that 
it is to his pecuniary interest to advocate. And in this con- 
nection let me say that for just such reason we do not want 
such men as Macdona and Lort to judge our dogs ; we have 
enough of skillful and practical men in this country far better 
judges of sporting dogs than either of them, and who, if they 
give way unduly to prejudice and commit grave errors, can 
be held to account and summarily dealt with by their fellow 
sportsmen. It is much to be hoped that bench shows in this 
country may not be seriously' impaired by the action of Mj\ 
Lort and that we have had the last of this class of imported 
judges. I am personally convinced also that we have plenty 
in our midst who are really better qualified by their critical 
knowledge of pointers and setters to act as judges then is Mr. 
Lort, for from close observation of his methods of examina- 
tion and from the nature of his remarks upon various points I 
am strongly of the opinion that, irrespective of his prejudices, 
be is far from being a thoroughly well qualified man, and his 
judgment of pointers was in many instances extremely faulty, 
and was so pronounced by many of our best men who were in 
a position to view the matter with a dispassionate eye. In 
OD6 instance he awarded an H. C. to a most inferior looking 
animal, entirely overlooking several very fair dogs. My as- 
tonishment was so great that I expressed it somewhat strongly, 
when to my surprise a short time after a gentleman came to 
me and gave me the most indubitable evidence that the dog 
was a “dropper.” his father being a mongrel setter. The 
joke is too good a one to keep. I would not have my fellow 
sportsmen imagine that I think that the Llewellin setter is the 
only good strain ; I believe it to be one of the best, and that 
we owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Llewellin for having done 
very much to raise the standard of the setter in very many 
ways, and that his strain is not what Mr. Lort characterized 
it in a letter which he recently wrote, mere “ trash !” Before 
I close I must take the opportunity of saying that, so far ns 
the details aud general conduct of the' show are concerned, I 
think the W. K. Club are deserving of all praise, and sincerely 
trust that they may meet with every encouragement to con- 
tinue their efforts to give us an annual show. I also cannot 
help saying that I think Mr. Lincoln, the Supt., deserves the 
thanks and kind wishes of every exhibitor ; his urbane and 
considerate conduct and earnest efforts to satisfy all were very 
manifest. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, permit me to say that 
I desire to hold myself entirely accountable for all that I have 
written, aud beg to subscribe myself in full, 
Very truly yours, A. Rtosbli. Straohan, 
May 17, 1878- 61 E. Twenty-third st-,New York. 
HORSEHEATH FIELD TRIALS. 
\T7E publish a most interesting letter from our well known 
VV correspondent, Captain John M. Taylor, who was 
present at the recent field trials in England. Captain Taylor, 
who certainly has a very thorough knowledge of field trials, 
gives clearly his ideas as to the necessary precautions to be 
used in future trials in the United States. One very particu 
lar fact which our correspondent brings into evidence is the 
superiority of English pointers over our own. Of this we 
have long been aware. We feel very sure that Captain Tay- 
lor’s letters from abroad will be well received, and we ai o 
