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March 22, 1913 
Dog Show Dates. 
March 26-29.—Chicago Kennel Club, at Chicago, 111. 
A. \V. Cates, Asst. Sec’y- Entries close March 11. 
April 3-5.—Maryland Kennel Club and Animal Refuge 
Association, Baltimore. George F. Foley, Supt. 
Entries close March 18. 
April 5.—St. Louis Collie Club Show at St. Louis, Mo. 
G. F. Sudhoff, Sec’y. 
April 10-12.—W ashington Kennel Club, Washington, D.C. 
George F. Foley, Supt. Entries close March 25. 
April 11-12.—Lawrence Kennel Club, Lawrence, Mass. 
Paul O. Pipping, Sec’y. 
April 15-17.—Norfolk-Portsmouth Kennel Association, at 
Norfolk, Va. S. K Tillett, Sec’y. 
April 18-19.—French Bulldog Club, at Astor Hotel, New 
York. O. F. Vedder, Sec’y. 
May 30.—Long Island Kennel Club, at Brighton Beach, 
L. I. A. A. Post, Sec’y. 
May 31.—Wissahickon Kennel Club All Terrier Show at 
Philadelphia, Pa. J. S. Price, Jr., Sec’y. 
June 7.—Nassau County Kennel Club, at Belmont Park, 
L. I. E. H. Berendsohn, Sec’y. 
Sept. 9.—San Mateo Kennel Club, San Mateo, Cal. 
Irving C. Ackerman, Sec’y. 
Sept. 12.—Lenox Kennel Club, Lenox, Mass. Miss M. 
Brigham, Supt., North Grafton, Mass. 
October.—Fourth American Beagle Stake, American Field 
Publishing Company Chicago. 
Oct. 21.—Pennsylvania Field Trial Club. J. B. Sansom, 
Sec’y. 
Oct. 23-25.—Colorado Kennel Club, Denver, Col. F. R. 
Dutton, Sec’y. 
Nov. 24.—Continental Field Trial Club, Waynesboro, Ga. 
John W'hite, Sec’y. 
Dec. 1.—Georgia Field Trial Association, Waynesboro, 
Ga. S. G. Story, Sec’y. 
Bulldog Breeders’ Ass’n of America. 
Although due notice will issue at the ap¬ 
pointed time, it might be well to remind those 
who nominated bitches for the third produce 
stakes of the Breeders that the produce eligible 
for these stakes will be judged at the forthcom¬ 
ing open show, May 31. Ten bitches were nomi¬ 
nated for this stake. 
The fourth produce stakes, now nearing its 
close, will be the final stakes opened by the 
Breeders under present conditions. At a recent 
meeting of the board of governors, a committee 
was appointed to investigate the present system 
of produce stakes and futurities with an idea of 
devising some means whereby interest in and 
support of these stakes may be aroused to a 
point that will more fully justify the associa¬ 
tion’s support than is at present apparent. 
The purposes of these stakes are obvious 
and worthy ones. They are not privileged in 
any sense, and it is not required of anyone to 
be members of the association to make their 
nominations eligible; it is absolutely open to all. 
Produce stakes are not an innovation at this 
day. Clubs have tried them—one club has opened 
fourteen of them—and given them up. The 
Breeders will hang on to the idea for another 
year with the trust that hope will triumph over 
experience. 
To date there have been but six nomina¬ 
tions for the fourth produce stakes. They will 
remain open to bitches .bred before June 30 the 
present year, and blanks may be had from the 
secretary upon application. 
Produce stakes are the one real eleemosy¬ 
nary institution of the dog world, because out 
of the nominating fees the association holding 
them gets not one sou marquee, not even a part 
of the entry fee. Instead, under the present 
system, it adds to the stakes substantially. It 
listens generally like a piece of easy money if 
you have even a near imitation of the goods to 
show. 
The matter of a venue for the Breeders’ 
open show, on i\Iay 31, is still in abeyance pend¬ 
ing a final decision of the bench show commit¬ 
tee. The three bitches under consideration are 
such absolute innovations, and are upon such 
virgin soil, in so far as dog shows are con¬ 
cerned, that the committee wisely prefers to go 
slow and meet all the possible contingencies a 
dog show is heir to now rather than later after 
the gates are opened the morning of the show. 
The Spoilt Eskimo Child. 
The Eskimo child is the idol of the home, 
and is allowed to do absolutely as he pleases. 
He is never punished, says a writer in the Wide 
World iMagazine, and his whims and wishes are 
consulted with all the concern given an adult. 
In spite of this indulgence, the children are re¬ 
markably obedient. Perhaps the patriarchal 
manner of living—father and mother, aunts and 
uncles, and grandmother and grandfather all in 
one house—tends to make them so. The word 
of the old folks is law, and is never questioned. 
They have lived a long time, the Eskimos rea¬ 
son, and therefore speak with the authority of 
experience. All this is very nice in the ordi¬ 
nary walks of life, but rather embarrassing 
sometimes in school work. When a tot of four 
or five plays truant from school, and the visit¬ 
ing teacher, complaining to the parents, is grave¬ 
ly told to ask the small despot if it is his royal 
pleasure to come to school or not, the situation 
becomes ludicrous. The only resource is to be¬ 
come a hated truant officer; or, better, to make 
your work so interesting that the children can¬ 
not stay away. I remember I used to lie awake 
at nights thinking up new ways of presenting 
old subjects, usually in the form of action plays 
and instructive games. A native child cannot 
hold his interest on any one subject for any 
length of time. His wild, free nature craves a 
variety of interest. Nevertheless they are very 
bright for the moment and wonderful quick in 
perception, although lacking the white child’s 
ability to reason out a problem and to give con¬ 
centrated attention, which after all is the gift 
of civilization. 
■Western Hemlock. 
Western hemlock, says the Department of 
Agriculture, deserves a better opinion and more 
general use than it now obtains. Intrinsically 
it is among the most important of Western 
woods. 
The wood of Western hemlock has generally 
been considered an inferior one, chiefly because 
of the prejudice created by the name, which has 
caused it to be identified with Eastern hemlock. 
Tests by the Forest Service, however, show it to 
have 88 per cent, the strength of Douglas fir, 
one of the country’s chief construction timbers. 
In fact, it is often mixed with Douglas fir and 
used for the same purposes. 
The wood is practically free from pitch, has 
a handsome grain, takes paint and stain well and 
works smoothly. It is suitable for sash and door 
stock, furniture, interior finish, framing, floor¬ 
ing, boxes, barrels and pulp. In bridges and 
trestles it can be used for all but the heaviest 
construction. When properly treated with pre¬ 
servatives, it is a valuable cross tie and pole 
wood. 
According to Forest Service Bulletin 115 the 
best stands of Western hemlock are found in 
the coast region and through the Cascade Moun¬ 
tains. The bulletin further gives the results 
of tests by which the mechanical properties of 
Western hemlock have been determined, and 
tells of the different uses to which the wood is 
adapted. 
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Pointer Bitch For Sale Cheap. 
Midkiff Blondie, all white with liver markings on head, 
2% years old; sired by Ch. Devonshire Maxim out of 
Westlake Lass. Blondie won first limit and first open at 
Allentown, 1911, only time shown. Has repeatedly been 
seen pointing grouse while being exercised, but has not 
been handled, so is unspoiled. Owing to overcrowded 
condition in our kennels, we will sacrifice for $40. 
MIDKIFF KENNELS, Dallas, Pa. 
FOR SALE. 
Champion Lake Dell Damsel and Endcliffe Briarwoo^ 
(English name. Fountain Ranger), both winners and 
world beaters. Address DR, L. C. TONEY, 2M Currier 
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