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THE LOXDO\ DOG SHOW. 
BY KEIiSEL. 
The sixth Grand National Exhibition of sporting and 
other dogs was held the 1st and 2d of June at the Crys- 
tal Palace, London. There were no less than 1,358 en- 
tries. The Show was under the management of the 
Kennel Club, but the arrangements were not by any 
means as good as formerly. The judges were for the 
most part well-known members of the Kennel Club. 
The Champion Class for Large-sized Pointers which 
had won three first prizes at any Show had four entries, 
and the prize was taken by Sir. S Price’s grand liver- 
and-while dog Bang, who beat 3Ir. W. Francis’s black- 
and-white dog Ch ng, now becoming too old for exhi- 
bition, Mr. Chappel Hodge’s Hamlet H., and Mr J. 
Fletcher’s Don. Ti.eie were no entries for the corres- 
ponding Bitch Class. The first prize in tlte Open Large- 
sized Dog Class, which was a very good one, fel. to Mr. 
T. Wippell’s 5Vag, a handsome liver-and-while dog, 
with a good head and grand loins and shoulders, the 
second prize being taken by Mr. J. E. Mason’s Marquis, 
a good-looking lemon-and-white. In the correspond- 
ing Bitch Class, Mr. J. H. Salter’s liver-and-white bitch 
Luna, wl o, like Wag, does credit to Sancho, whose 
loss is to be lamented, took the prize, beating .Mr. Fran- 
cis’s Sb lla, who defeated her last year, and Mr. Xor- 
rish’s Belle. In the .Medium-sized Champion Class, Mr. 
Aaron’s Duke, a lemon and-whito dog, with a good 
body, but bad head and legs, was first; Mr. J H. 
M'hitehouse’s old lemon-and-white dog Hap second, Mr. 
Treadwell’s Don, a good-looking dog, being unnoticed. 
In the Bitch Class, Mr. 5Vhitehouie won with Pearl, 
a well-made liver-and-ivhite pointer, iirg. Arkwright’s 
Mink being second. In the Open Medium-sized Dog 
Ciass, which was a large one, Mr. Arkwright’s lemon- 
and-white dogs. Tramp and General, were first and sec- 
ond; but there were several better animals in the class — 
VIZ., !Mr. Whitehouse’s Pax, Beau, and Maegregor, 
and Mr Walker’s Rustic II. In the corresponding 
Bitch Class, Mr. Hemming’s liver-and-white Mend, 
whose body, shoilders, and legs were none of the best, 
was first, and Mr. Carrick’s black-aud-while Jess sec- 
onil, while 3Ir. Whitehouse’s Lady Pearl, a well-made 
lemon-and-white, with capital head and loins, was un- 
noticed. :Mr. Hemming carried off the Small-sized 
Champion Dog Prize by the aid of Squire, and that for 
bitches with Luna. The Small-sized Open Dog Class 
had only four en’ries, Mr. H. II. Moseley’s Major, a 
moderate lemon-and-white, being first, and Mr. Baker’s 
Sancho second, Jlr. Whitehouse’s Cedric, a splendidly- 
made liver-and-white dog, who was nearly, if not quite, 
the best dog in the show, having to put up with a mere 
commendation. In the bitch class Mr. Moseley carried 
oil the fi st prize with his Ruby, a lemon and-white 
with a bad head, Mrs. Arkwright’s Bess being second; 
Mr. Whitehouse’s Rosalie, a very well-made lemon-and- 
white, quite equal to the prize-takers, being highly 
commended. 
Mr G. Jones’s Rip carried off the prize for English 
setter dogs, beating Mr. Ueinming’s Rock, who was 
preferred to him by very many good judges; while 
Flash, {also the property of Mr. Jones, took the prize in 
the bitch class, being preferred to Mr. Llewellin’s 
Flame. The first prize in the open dog class fell to Mr. 
Langston’s Peter, a good-looking black-and-white ticked 
Laverack, Mr. Macdona’s Ranger II., a mean-looking 
white-and-lemon dog, being second, and Mr. Llewel- 
lin’s Count Dick, a really fiue dog. third; Druid, a 
black-and-white dog belonging to the latter gentleman, 
and Mr. Wardlaw Reid’s celebrated dog Sam being 
only highly commended. The bitch class was pro- 
nounced by the judge to be a grand one, and so it was. 
Mr. Llewellin took first and second prizes with Phan- 
tom, a beautiful black-and-white ticked Laverack, with 
grand head and forehand, and Countess Bear, a lemon- 
and-white of his own breed; Mr. Hemmings being third 
with Liz, a Laverack whose head is rather faulty. Mr. 
Hemraings’s Rum, Mr. Jones’s 5Iadge IL, his Rival, 
Mr. Llewellin’s Princess — but little, if at all inferior to 
Phantom — and his Countess Vesta, were all highly com- 
mended, and it is seldom that such a beautiful collec- 
tion of dogs is seen. 
The champion prizes for black-and-tan .setters fell to 
3Ir. Coath’s Lang and Mr. Rowland M'ood’s Duchess; 
and in the open dog class, which was an indifferent 
one, all the dogs being by far too ^feavy and of a bad 
color, Mr. Neville’s Grouse was first, 5Ir. Avis’s Gor- 
don, whose feather was good, sscoad, add Dr. Renton’s 
Rob Roy third; while in the corresponding bitch class 
Jlr. Rowland "Wood’s Regalia, who had the best head 
and feather of any in the two classes, was first, his 
Daphne, whose head is also good, being second, and Mr. 
Part’s Revel third; but the black-and-tan setters were, 
on the whole, far inferior to those exhibited at the last 
Birmingham Show, the bitches especially not showing 
up as well as the)' might. 
Jlr. Stone’s Dash and IMr. Llewellin’s Lilly II. took 
the two prizes as champion red Irish sellers, and in the 
open dog class the latter gentleman took first prize with 
Knowing, a rather shy dog, inferior to his brother Kite, 
who was also exhibited, but was only commended; 
Count L. de Beauffort’s Dan, a well-made dog, was sec- 
ond, and Mr. Fair’s Wadds and IMr. Macdona’s Mozart 
were commended. In the bitch class Jlr. Macdona’s 
.Monaghan was first, and Mr. Jephson’s very good-look- 
ing Nell second, Mr. Moore’s Maude, though unnoticed, 
being worthy of mention. Mr. R. J. LI Price’s Whit- 
church Bess, a good-looking liver-and-white Laverack, 
was entered in this class by mistake. 
The retrievers were an exc Jlent lot, both classes being 
considerably above the average. The champion prizes 
fell, as might be anticipated, to Dr. Morris’s True and 
XL. in the cuily-coated, and to Mr. Gorse’s Sailor and 
Mr. J. Harrison’s Young Bounce in the wavy-coated 
classes. In the open curly-coated dog class Jlr. S. Mat- 
thew’s King Coffee, a ver)' promising dog, with a good 
head and coat, was first, Mr. F. J. Staples- Browne’s 
Minor second, and Jlr. E. Ellis’s Truth third; and in 
the corresponding bitch class, Jlr. E. "W. Richards’s 
Nell was first apd Mr. J. Pulsford’s Grace second, but 
they were not so choice as the dogs. The open wavy- 
coated dog class vvas a good one, and the first prize fell 
to !Mr. Ilemmings’s Ben .Moor, a very nice dog, but su- 
perior to Mr. E. J. Farquharson’s Turk, who was second ; 
the third prize was taken by Ben Moor’s brother, Yeung 
Victor, also the property of Mr. Hemmings. The first 
prize in the bitch class fell to IMr. Andrew’s Beaver, a 
magnificent animal, and sister to the first and third in the 
dog class; the second prize was taken by .Mr. Teasdale 
Buckell’s Maude, neatly related to the winner. Jlr. J. 
Holmes’s Bess took the first prize for retrievers other 
than black, and 5Ir. Morri.s’s Marquis and Jlr. Gorse’s 
Venus divided the second prize. 
There were three classes of spaniels of average merit, 
the prizes being taken, for the most part, by former 
winners; and the same remark applies to the fox terrier 
and many other classes. 
There were some nice litters of .sporting puppies, Mr. 
R. J. LI. Price’s wavy-coated retrievers being first, Mr. 
Guy’s fox terriers second, and Mr AV. S Arckoll’s set- 
ters third; while among the non-sporting class Mr. Stil- 
well’s St. Bernards took first prize, Mr. Ash win’s collies 
second, and Mrs. Kate Taylor’s pugs third. 
The next convention of theNatioual S.oortsmeu’s As- 
sociation is to be held at Chicago on the last Tuesday 
in August. 
RIFLE— IXTERXATIOXAL. 
The departure of the Ritie 't eam which took place, as 
our readers know, on Saturday, June 7, was crowded 
out last week by convention news, but we give it now, 
though late, in order to keep the connected narrative of 
the Team proceedings. 
The American Rifle Team sailed for Ireland, Satur- 
day, on the steamship City of Chester. The departure 
was accompanied by a good deal of demonstration on 
the part of the friends of the riflemen who escorted 
them down the bay and watched the steamer until it 
passed out of sight. The steamer Nelson K. Hopkins 
took the riflemen and as many friends as could be ac- 
commodated, down the bay, and the steamer Neversink 
conveyed Gen.JDakln and his Brooklyn friends. The 
two steamers were decorated with a profusion of bunt- 
ing and had on board cannons and bands of music, 
both of which were brought into active use in complet- 
ing the enthusiastic demonstrations. Both steamers 
having the excursionists started down the bay about 8 
o’clock p. M., followed by the City of Chester. The 
trip was enlivened with music, speech-making and all 
the other diversions common with such pleasant af- 
fairs. Col. Geo. A. AVingate proposed the health of 
the American Team with a few happy remarks. The 
toast was responded to by Cof. H. A. Gildersleeve, 
Captain of the Team who expressed his pride and grati- 
cation for the position to which be had been appointed, 
and assured bis friends *hat he and his companions 
would do all in their power to sustain the proud repu- 
tation which the American competitors had already 
gained. At the Narrows the riflemen went on board 
the City of Chester amid the booming of cannon, the 
playing of bands and the cheers of their friends. The 
Team was composed of Col. Gildersleeve, Col. John 
Bodine, A. A'. Canfield, .Jr, Henry Fulton, G. AA"". 
Yale, L. C. Bruce, L. M. Ballard, General Dakin and 
R. C. Coleman. 
The following table shows the scores made by the 
team during its preparatory practicing. 
C!' 
W 
9 
c 
W 
w 
Date of Practice. 
s 
m 
c 
a 
c. 
s 
« 
5* 
fT 
I 
d 
» 
c 
• 
o 
o 
Ch 
Mav 8 
151 
1.57 
143 
1.39 
156 
May 10 
l."5 
145 
1^ 
14.3 
May 12 
iii 
157 
140 
ie:'} 
i;m 
i;io 
1:56 
Mav 15 
. i:i5 
1.58 
157 
1.51 
140 
1H2 
140 
112 
iie 
May 17 
. 129 
15.5 
141 
144 
128 
-May 19 
. 142 
152 
140 
148 
141 
1.54 
iso 
128 
May '32 .. 
149 
153 
i54 
12:1 
1.51 
132 
125 
115 
117 
May 24 
. 160 
146 
159 
1.55 
143 
May 27 
. 140 
158 
102 
1-16 
128 
i:55 
139 
i:J9 
By an examination of this tal’le it will be seen that the 
highest score — 102 out of a possible 180 — was made by 
Col. Bodine on the 2Ttb of May, when all the members 
were present excepting Air. Ballard. Saturday, May 
21), in the match for the Leech cup, the team shot for the 
first time a full score at the new target, as they also did 
on the following Tuesday and AVednesday, the cloudy 
days of the practicing. On the last named day a full 
score at 1100 yards was substituted for the previous 
range of 990 yards. The following shows the result 
for the three days named: 
Gildersleeve 19R ... in Fulton 19S ... 148 
Bodine Dakin li>0 165 158 
Yale.... lOTi 186 .... Coleman 195 ... 161 
Carficld, Ji 177 187 18t Bruce 176 186 lob 
Ballard 172 117 
The following is a table of the scores made by seme 
of the Irish rifienieii in three competitions for places on 
the Irish team; 
First Second Third 
Comp. Comp. Comp. 
Waterhouse 108 ]~1 IWi 
Bntt !i:l l.iu 
.Johnson 118 173 liiC 
Saunders 110 I'O 
Goff 53 IM 
Milner IS'J 180 
I Pollock 1?J 178 
(Concluded on page 188 ) 
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