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May II, 1912 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 28.—Southern Ohio Field Trial Association’s second 
annual field trials. G. K. Harris, Sec’y, 15 West 
Sixth St., Cincinnati, O. 
Associated Specialty Shows. 
Six specialty clubs held individual shows in 
the Twelfth Regiment Armory on May 4, and 
each organization announced it was the occasion 
of the best show thus far. 
There were 323 bull dogs, 201 Bostons, 135 
wolfhounds, 134 collies, 120 dachshunds and 55 
Airedales. The principal surprise was the un¬ 
usually large entry list in the Dachshund class 
and the exceptionally weak entry in the Aire¬ 
dale class. 
A. C. Madden, judge in the bull dog class, 
was criticized for giving the gate to Ch. Princess 
Merlow. His action was based, however, on the 
unruly acting of Princess Merlow and a twisted 
underjaw, which he was the first to_ discover. 
Soudan Swiveller took winners in the Aire¬ 
dale class, but Gold Heels, the runner-up, a 
puppy of only eight months, made a remarkable 
showing, taking everything from the puppy 
class to the finals, when development passed 
the ribbon to Swiveller. 
Miss B. V. Brophy’s American-bred dachs¬ 
hund, Ramsch II. West End, a remarkably fine 
specimen, took winners in its class. 
With collies, W. E. Mason carried off prac¬ 
tically everything without any great competi¬ 
tion in the dog classes. Mina Southport 
Sumptous was winner in the bitches. 
In the bull dog class winners: Bitches, Sen¬ 
sation on the Path; dogs, Ch. Rockcliffe Hats 
Off. 
Boston terrier winners: Dogs, Sudbury 
Nemo; bitches, Craig's Tiny Girl (a toy). 
In the Airdale class winners: Bitches, 
Springbank Sceptre, Russian wolfhound win¬ 
nings all went to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 
winner’s dog being Dr. O’Brien’s Genest of 
Rosseau; bitches, Ch. Valeska Bailiff. 
The Dachshund Legs. 
The rise of the dachshund from little short 
of obscurity and only one or two owners inter¬ 
ested in the German badger dog here and there 
throughout the country, to its present promi¬ 
nent position is as remarkable a fact as can be 
pointed out in connection with dog showing. 
If we add to that the information that it is al¬ 
most entirely a woman’s breed nowadays we are 
still more at a loss to give a reason why. Of 
course, says Jas. Watson, in the Philadelphia 
Inquirer, there are some men in the fancy, but 
the leaders are found among the women ex¬ 
hibitors, particularly Mrs. A. Hungerford, of 
Bay Shore, Long Island, whose kennel now 
comprises a large majority of the best dachs¬ 
hunds in the country. She showed eight at the 
New York show and there bought the entire 
kennel of H. T. Peters, the only exhibitor to 
hold a decided advantage over Mrs. Hungerford. 
How many dogs thus passed hands I do not 
know, but Mr. Peters showed eight at New 
York, and, of course, had more at home. 
The front legs of the dachshund are one of 
the peculiarities of the breed, as it is about the 
only dog which can be shown with a desired 
crooked front. Buffon in his description of the 
basset, which in general conformation is a coun¬ 
terpart of the dachshund, ascribes the crooked 
front to rickets and his opinion has been copied 
in many later books since he wrote his about 
1750. That is not the cause at all, for if it was 
then many breeds in which we have to struggle 
to get straight forelegs would have the same 
complaint and rickets is not a disease found in 
a strong, healthy dog. You never find the 
tendency to dachshund fronts in any long¬ 
legged breed, but it has to be fought against in 
all that are short on the leg, such as field 
spaniels, the cocker, when he was sought for 
with shorter legs than we now show him with, 
the Scottish terrier, the Dandie, and in the 
Pekinese, though that is not exactly a dachs¬ 
hund front. To my mind it is a call of nature 
for a better support of a low, long-backed dog, 
something whereby a better balance is obtained. 
As for it being of great use to the dachshund 
in going to earth after vermin, that is offset by 
pointing to the foxterrier, which is perfectly 
able to dig his way to the quarry underground 
with his long legs. 
Long Island Kennel Club Bench Show. 
The premium lists of the eleventh annual dog 
show of the Long Island Kennel Club have 305 
special prizes for the different events, which will 
take place on Decoration Day at the Brighton 
Race Track. 
It will, as usual, be a one-day show, and will be 
the largest in the country, as entries already 
TWO SUNNY BRAE STARS. 
indicate at least one thousand more than last 
year. 
The German sheep dog, responsibility for the 
introduction of which belongs to J. G. Sherman, 
of this city, occupies a prominent position 
in the program. This is a class upon which a 
great amount of money has been expended to 
import only the finest specimens and to breed 
them to the "highest standard. 
There are 74 classes. Entries will close May 
15, up to which time they should be sent to 
William H. Purcell, Superintendent, 503 Fulton 
street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
GOOD, ANY WAY. 
Whether Grover Cleveland was a fisherman 
because he was a great man or a great man be¬ 
cause he was a fisherman, the fact remains that 
he was, at least, a good fisherman. Some say 
that the quiet and solitude of a boat on the 
waters rests and refreshes the mind, some that 
in the largeness of open nature man realizes 
his limitations and becomes great by the de¬ 
velopment of his recognized gifts. However 
that may be, it is good to go fishing, if only to 
get away from the stern demands of all other 
environment.—Baltimore Sun. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
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regularly. 
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the puppies grow older, they should be gradually 
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Breeder of Pointers, Setters and 
Retrieving Cockers (Reds) :: n 
Successor to R. B. (Dick) Morgan. 
Seven years manager Pinehurst Kennels. I train and 
develop dogs for gentlemen’s shooting or for field trials. 
I have exclusive right to train over Denton Sportsmen’s 
Club grounds, of which I am manager. One of the best 
quail grounds in the South. Correspondence solicited. 
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Book on Dog Diseases 
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Headquarters for trained collies, combining the blood of 
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