Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-04
THE MEMPHIS DOG Snow.
Detailed Report of the First Bench
show and Field Trial By the Tea
Bessee State SPOrtsmen's
Association.
Names of the Winning Dogs, their Ped
fErees and OHnsEs-SOme Notes
Of Preparation for the ext
Meeting, Etc.

The New York Turf, Field and Firm,
Of the th'rtieth ultimU, gives the follow ng
| full report OF the first great Tennessee dog
shuw. held al the Memphis Fair g. oands dur
| ing Fair we *:
| Ihs rublc n Is passed. The bench show ar
| field trial of the Tennessee State sportsmen's
association have demonstrated that such
| shows and trials can be made q success. and
also proven this 10 be the best was OF bring
Ing together, testing merit, and determining
vexed questions about tnis or that strain or
dogs, and many other subjects OF interest to
The sportsma An. The manage ment have seen
| many things they can and viii improve ol.
| They will rely on their own resources In tue
| future, and not be subordinate 70 any other
| association, and the com ort and conv en- snce
of all will be better attended TO. have heard
or m comp aints from any source and think
every one was satisfied. As this wss a begin
ming, o. course II can be i'm proved on, ana our
next Will be all that Hberality, honesty and
fair treatment can accomplish; hence Il must
be q success. L am sale IN asserting thai the
purses for the next Held trial Will be liberal
enough to bring together the best dogs in
America. The purses for aged dogs will be
from $500 to 1900, followed by purses equally
as liberal for pups under eighteen months.
Toe association has already en- rendered
money for purses that will guarantee the
above assertion, and the committee VIII Awe
full details at an early day. the association
or kennel of dogs, as none OF its members
have any for sale. The trials viii be later in
the season TO insure frost. r. the recent rains
this year caused vegetation 20 De quite green,
which was great annoy 5nce 10 Doih dogs
and spectators. W en- IL is remem eered that !
the low famous st. LegeT, of knkl nd, was
nrst run with only six entries aud closed a |
few days since with about two hundred ]
famous horses, it will be seen that our nrst ell /
fort at q d z show far exec DIS this There |
were eighty-five entries for the bench show, /
and about sixty of the,e IA ed the judged. |
The setter class p dominated there uetng /
manY fine specimens OF this type. In the |
setter dog class, Mr.. j. Fl. Acklens Major, q !
large. finely-foTmed, Orange-and-wht dos, |
took the first prize, beating good field Of fine /
seller hlfru-claSG.
belonging to DR. E'skine, toog the blue libben /
over mauy Others, chief among wnicn was l
Nab belonging TO Colonel Thornton, Ken
tuckyl, oniy by one point. Nab was not in
her best form for the show bench. ~ she has
been nard at work on The prahiss OF Ar
kansas for the last two months, under Mr.
Horsefa Is tutelage. She Is a fiue specimen
Of The black-and-tan, aud is a edit to her
breeder. Mr.. jams Tilley, OF Long Island
parents, and nsht well may he be
proud of the strain. Mr.. T. II. BrysOns
Maude carried on the cup Ia the setter
puppy class, also @inniog in the sweepstakes
rs the be setter or pointer exhibited. She Is
OF Mr.. Purcell Llewellins strain, and Il what
he terms his "fie d trial breed ~he is by bis
Leicester, out OF Dart, who was sOla in whelp
TO l.. H. Smith, ksq., StrathrOy Ontario, Cam
ada. LEICESTER is By Mr.; Llswellin's Dan. out
Of hts LII II. Dart is by his Prince, out OF
Dora, who has since been sold TO a gentleman
In Boston. Prince is by Mr.. Laverack's Dash
III, out of his Mol III; the extended pedigree
Is tOl long 10 give mere Maude rs Just nye .
months old, Of a beautiful bleck-white-aud
tan co'or, with the following dimensioBs:
Hight, 10 inches; length from nose to root 4
The tall 30 inches; length of tail IL inches.
eugth of head, 81 inches; length OF nose, 50
inches; ears, from tip to tip across the head,
"a Inches; glrth at shoulders, 231z Inches. In
he pointer dog class were some of the hand /
iOmest ever saw, and the judges found Il
lutte difficult TO make selection. Finally d
he cup was given to Mr.. Andrew harris's I'M
ported liver colored dog, Bruno, who is eight :
zen mouths old, Is inches rom tip TO tip of
ars, 235< inches high, 35bs inches from nose to =
"a 4 n beGf 4
read 10 inches, and nose inches. In the
class there were some good
nough for the crystal Palace show. l never
tw so many beau les together. Dr. Saun- q
erss shay proved to be the May Queen, beat .
ng Wheatleys and Mlller's entities by only 4
ne point. She is ID months old, 81 inches u
rom nose to root of tail tail II inches, head =
inches, nose inches, hight y inches, ears =
rom tip TO tip 10 inches chest = inches. Many
{ our crack pups will be he0ra from in QUO -
ext field TRIAL, and the dog that takes the
lnney from them will be good one. There r
yas only one drawback to the held trials
ro>t was needed 70 Kill the cover, which was
ute green ON recent rains. Many owners
good dogs would not enter tueir dogs Tor "
MS reason. The trial, following so near tho "
lose season, did not give owners sufficient
me 10 work their dogs. TINS VIII BE- re-
rendered next season. The judges IN the =
sneral satisfaction. / have not heard or q
ngle complaint against their awards. They
ID not add up each dog eaiuIae until aft,r n
as the champion until the last
ngs to Mr.. H. {. Pritehett, OF Nashville,
nd is a grand-lo7king black setter, bred by :.
r. George W. Campbel ], OF COlumb a, en-
sssee whose kenRel has q great reputation
this and adjoining states, many oags In 1t NJ
ing owned IN this city. Night Is 81 years
d, u inch high. 81 inches from nose TO root
tail, ia I0z inches, head 10 inches, nose Z
! hes, chest y inches, ears III inches Mr.
orsefalls Romp was only bealsn two points
ID II his fuli brother, make, had been sent
Mr. O'gili, Of New York, as was expected I.e
me think that the silver service W ufd nave
ne in another direction; but tails Is q fuera
Diectu Q. The owners OF many GOOD DOS
snied to have no idea of what aeid tTisI
Is, and II there had been o e the follOyyine lie
y, there would have been at least thirty an b
es. The attendance at the bench SHOW was j
lite large. heard an exhibitor OF a patent -
Nv say, "fOr every len that comes 10 see my
~, one hundred go 80 see that dog show
d shooting match" The shootil Z was
ID, cons deriDg many OF the shooters had
yer sean Il trap before Mr. VIM. Boules,
Won the champion medal by kIluos nv
Of his binds five doubls rises) Hs was W
artily eheered by The vsBsuisbae The
dal Is solid gold and Il { eeautiiul work OF
!. In shooting Tor purses very few Won = !
n than one prize, many green ores beat. 4 4
old, experienced shot 1Ws esanf to Sss zT~s
oar next lnow dogs LrUM every state IN Of i
Union and Canada, even England may core
De asnarned TO say first at Tennessee field Har
Us" AS Tennessee has been the fEss % p. Is