Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-18
FIGHT OVER A DOG.
Is HE ROVER OR THE FAMOUS
BEAUFORT PRlNCE2
A Years Litigation Does Not >r't'r 'h'
Ownership of Mastir III" Cost Of
a single Entry ia noston Dog show
An Interesting Case,

| There Is big uldsllH d"s a. P't7N''
leading a quiet existence on farm
near Boston who in the five years OF ms
life has been the object OF considerable
litigation and is likely 20 be the OBJ
| ject OF still more Just whose the dog
| is Is a matter OF great difference OF
| opinion Martin Fallou. on whose farm
the animal now is, says the mastlf Is
his dog Rover. and he and his lawyer
succeeded in making jury believe
| that DR. Longest " Boston a Well
/ known dog faucier and member ~ the
/ American Mastlft club SAYS mat thr
mastft is his Beaufort Priuee. and a
/ judge OF the BOSTON Municipal court
4 has so decided The trouble began dt
! the Boston dog show ~ April. 1894. SAYS
/ the Jew York sun The animal iu guess
/ tCu was entered there ~ Or Longest
as Beaufort Prince out 90 Goethe py
! Champion r aufart the greatest prize
/ winner ever brought to this country.
Beaufort Prince is litter brothet ~
Beaufort Black Prince famous utstiu
prize winner THE hog hii originally
been bought from } l.. Wiurhell ot Fair
Haven. VI by Charles y FrIirigh ur
this city who exhibited hiu lt the
bench show Of l,92 where despite thr
fact that he was disqualified because
Of an injury d Ills knee pam the dog
received VERY highly commended
Then Beaufort Prince WAS sold u br
Longest who exhibited him al Chicago
and Detroit. Then came The Boston dog
show. Among Dr Lousr-ts exhibits
was mastif listed a. Beaufort Prince
Now, besides the lamrnrss ~ one Lex
another popularity thar would readily
be noticed by a dog rancl-r although
Il might escape an ordinary observer
The dog exhibited az the Boston show
had all the peculiaritirs which charac-
terize Beaufort Prince Nevertheless.
this dog was no sooner seen by Martin
Fallon. who was present az the show
than he cried out
Why that's my dog Rover Get up
here, Rover. old boy and speak % your
master"
The good-natured beast stood up.
shook himself and wagged his tail, bat
without any apparent great interest In
the matter.
That ais't your dog sir said the
trainer In charge That's Or Longrst's
Beaufort Prince. and a fine dog he IA
too.
That's my dog Rover that was stolen
from me last Thanksgiving. insisted
the farmer and I'm going o. vi. the
managers OF this show about Il
He did see them, and the outcome -
the matter was that, % the extreme dl4-
gust % DR. Longest. the animal ans
turned over To the farmer under IN.
name u Rover. Here tho legal rJmpu.
cations began. Or Longest rrplyvfnrl
the animal who became Beaufort
Prince again and furnished bonds to
pay costs IN cas-" hi" SUR for thr p~rnaa
nent possession ~ the dog should BE-
decided against him II WINS not ~ do
cided, m" Judge ~ the Municipal court
before whom th" ease w9E heard in May
decided that the dog was IEaIUgart.
Prince ana Therefore a." property n
Or. Longest Mr. Falluu appealed fna
case, which went 81 TRIAL IN the Superior
court before a jury on the Fallen siI.
Of the case II was s"f forth that AIR
and Mrs faiIou and their daughter ana
s"u-iH-iaW all recognized tho dog AZ
Rover also that the dog recognized
them. Mrs Fallon swora that fha a4p.
posed Rover eylucnd signs of rrcuRnIz
ing their horses, and II was further sst
forth on their side that the dog had ln.
dergo0e surgical operation such ns
usually leaves a scar For the other
side experts examined the object NJ ION.
tention and swors that there was ui
such scar to be found Then evidence
was adduced 10 show tn, record IL III.
dog from his birth An affidavit by NJ
Fral"igh was read. stating that M had
had the puppy Beaufort Prince aiucs Il
was two months old and had given A.
70 Herbert Mead Mr. Mead qwore tbat
the dog was Beaufort Prince. ana lam
Read. superintendent II the dog shows
and Ben Lewis. trainer and expart
positively Identified tho dog ng Raat,f,.,t
Prince. II was supposed that this cot,
tled the case But here Mr. Fall1n's
lawyer unfOlded himself in pnwerfnl
summing up II" set forth that his eli
snt simple and gullelasa farmer o,,
pelnE don" out Of his property ~ 4
gang Of constituencies dog sharps. and
ne more than hint"d that any man who
made practice ~ engaging in d1g |
SHOWS wasn't any too honest any Wav
and stated fatty that the tngtlnory III
the other SID" was manufactured Th.,
ne became very plaintlvn and r,rot,ri |
nal, ana 81 worked upon the mry.s fool
Ihgs that they returned Il verdict n, 49,,
effect that the dog was Mr. Fall,,r,,
Rover Then Mr. Longest roekorod III /
ms accounts and found that it had cost |
1im 800 and his dog to make thar e,,,r,.
y the Boston dog show TIN maze,
anne 10 the notice IL the American t,g
IN club and much Indignation y,,
iroused by the action IL the court
etter was presented to the American
Kennel club through the Maattfr ,t,,h,'
ielesate' Mr.. Stephenson, asking the n.
lorsement Of the organlzat ~ 49,.
,lub's proposed action In M. ,,,,tl
The Mastiff club viii take % ~ ca.a
ina endeavor to obtain reversal =,
Judgment. An interesting uuesti"n ,n
row mat the law has decided mn w ~,
log is Rover. what ever hoo, we
beaufort Prince? or
View Alumma's Umbr.tI.
Visitors to the recent Nelson b,,,,u
IND exhibition I'm nudn,, -,