The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-16
SECOND, sl5i third, s12; fourth and fiftn, So

second, $40; third, S12; fourth and NTH, 80
each.
The cropping of dogs ears is "A subject bat
is causing no small amount of controversy In
Great britain al Lhr resent moment. Sports
m n. says the Pail Mall Gazette, are for the
most part averse TO such brutal and barbar0us
practices; dog-fanclers are The culprits 10 this
case.
Bench shows have by no means improved fox
terriers, al all events for the purpose for which
they were originally used and intended In The
English Stockkeeper, considerable discussion
has been carried on this subject One
gentleman, beauty DOCTOR writes as fol-
lows:
II hold a very strong conviction that the aim
of a terrier. breeder should b. TO produce a dog
which, with strength and gameness TO co his
work, should still be small enough to get 10 a
fox anywhere fox can go. and that without a
tight squeeze. To sum up. the ideal terrier
is the smallest dog which can DO his work with
certainty. Very many winning terriers could
only occasionally get to fox at all. A very
good and fair practical test fof telriersa ut
ness would be to require him to go through
round drain inches in diameter. That would
not be at all too stringent, as fox can get into
a smaller drain than that. In fact l think
7-inch drain tile would be an even better test
AS regards weight it is very dubious test, and
/ have seen a fOX-terrier OF thirty pounds who
has bOted foxes out of rocky holds in the
north of Scotland; still do not think l ever
saw terrier Except of The short-legged and
long bodied breeds which weighed even eigI-
teen pounds tina could get fox really
small earth or DRAIN" Mr.. Joseph Haywood
expresses his opinion as follows: "I cannot
understand what the judges are thinking about
houndr rabbit shooting, and various other
sports for which fOx-terrlers are intended, are
well aware that while the prize winning fox
terrier of the present day is scratching at an
earth to get in. the little and proper-siZed ter.
rier which is not looked at at SHOWS will be in
and have nailed his fox"
A. r. CrOWell has received this week from Il.
NJ. Tonners SolanO kennels. Chino, very
handsome specimen of the pointer breed. II is
a bitch puppy, liver and white IN color. It's
breeding is unexceptionally GOOD. being by
Sergeant Ken out of the challenge bitch
AmaryllO. Sergeant Kent is by the we'll
known field-trial winner and sire OF winners,
champion King OF Kent. Her dam Amaryllis
is challenge class winner on this coast aud,
as is we'll known. is by Vandervoosts Don, a
dog that is we'll known 10 all pOintrrmen. Mr..
Crowell has named this handsome young bitch
Kent Amy.
Hugh McCracken who is fast becoming one
of the principal dog breeders in the city (he has
| now In his kennels greyhounds, settlers, point
ers and st. Bernards) bred on November 16
his ST. Bernard bitch Lady COmstOck tfrlnce-
Queen M 10 DR.. a. L. RegenSburger's ReglOv
Stafford n Ountain Queen, who stands 341a
inches at the shoulder and weighs 1875 pounds;
the largest on the coast and few larger ST. Ber
nafds in Lhe world.
Henry Huber has sold to James &. Fraser II
handsome point puppy, sired by Upton OF
Bllthe, out of his piize-winning bitch Juno
Formerly Little NelD, which Mr.. Fraser thinks
VIII be heard from al the next bench snow.
Dr. j. l.. Williamson of Milwaukee, Wis,
writes TO an Eastern paper as follows on The
poisoning OF dogs: SO many cases OF strychnia
poisoning have been lately reported by dog
owners that think the following alleged anti
dote Will De OF great interest, viz, "tincture of
cannabis indica"; 1t is 10 be given IN teaspoon
fui doses every ten or tftren minutes until
three OF four doses have been taken, this 20 be
followed by giving an occasional teaspoOnful OF
campnor wafer. Cannabis ndica is now re-
celving considerable attention by the medical
profession as an antIdote To strychnia, aud as
the latter drug seems to be NJ faYorite one
used by dog poisoners | deem IL nv duty to
give IL The widest possible notice. As previous
efforts To save dogs so poisoned have so uni
fOImly been futile. tlncture of canaabis indica
ought o be freely administered by any one who
may be SO unfortunate as To have dog
poisoned by strychnine either through malice
j. Herbert Watson, the popular and we'll
known New York c0ursug man, IN a letter TO
New YORK paper. In answer to some remarks
on he roDOsed American Waterloo cup
which appeared In the columns of a contempt
rary, says: "AmOug other things
your contemporary, III very good-natured
way to be sure, charges the committee with
having neglected TO cover these points: First,
as 10 The lime for naming dogs for the cue; Sec
ono, as TO providing stakes for purse and plate:
and third, as 10 The judge The only one of
thesr matters that really calls for more than
passing comment Is the last because t Is well
known that the Waterloo cup in England was
run Tor twentyoue years without purse or
plate, until 1887, when II became siXty-four
dog stake"
Mir. Watson surely is in error so far at all
events as the Waterloo cup is concerned, and
IN stead OF brushing away few cobwebs," as
he says he has simply added TO them. The
Is now some years since we read the history of |
The cup) instituted in 1886, ana had in its first
nomination but eight dogs at 22 each. The |
second year IL was made a siXteen-dOg stake at |
SO each, and the AlGcar plate, small event |
occupied The position OF The present Waterloo
purse for dogs b aten in the first round OF the
cup. The following year-1S3S-it was made
a thifty-two dog stake at e25 each. In 1889
there WAS announcer change, Tor III This year the
Altcar stake was for the first time called the
Waterloo
1t VIII be seen from this thai Mr. Watson has
not brushed away this ''cObweb" at ali events
as, with the exception of the drst year, there
has continually been purse or plate and in
laier years BON, attached 10 The great event OF
the cOursing world.
We are certainly OF the opinion that Water
100 cup without either purse or plate attached
Is no Waterloo cup at all. and If the courSing
men or The United States cannot at present
carry out the full affair that IL would b be ter
lei alone Tor the present, as, In our opinion,
without either OF these additi0ns-purse ana
plate-li VIII be no more thought of than was
The meeting year ago at Huron or own
big meeting IL MERGED the other day, good and
great as each of them were, yet wanting In that
touch OF Nationality that Is attached 10 The real
Waterloo
]. j. Cronin is OF the opinion that his fine
bitch Best Trump has an attack of distemper.
There is sure To BE- a very pleasant meeting
at Ocean View to-day, as the San Jose club has
nOsseS sion OF The park for It's county meeting.
The san Jose boys are goOd sportSmen and
conduct their meetings with great spirit.