Bernard Waters (1852–1911), also known as Benjamin Waters, was an American sportsman, professional dog trainer, field trial judge, conservationist, editor, reporter and author who wrote a number of books about sporting dogs under the pen name "Kingrail" around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.[1]

Bernard Waters
Bernard "Benjamin" Waters in an undated picture from his obituary in the March 11, 1911 issue of Sporting Life
Born1852
New York
DiedFebruary 27, 1911
Berkshire Apartments, 612 West 179th Avenue, New York City
Resting placeKatonah Ave, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York
Other namesBenjamin Waters, Kingrail
Occupation(s)Sportsman, Conservationist, Journalist, Editor, Reporter and Author
Employer(s)Forest and Stream Publishing Company

Mr. Waters was a member of the handicap committee at the 1900 Grand American trap shoot and was employed as an editor by Forest and Stream Publishing Company (forerunner of Field & Stream magazine), which was located at 318 Broadway in New York City.

Publications

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Books

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  • Modern Training, Handling and Kennel Management, Chicago, The Blakely Printing Co., 1889, 373p
  • The American Book of the Dog, Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally and Company, 1891, 702 p
  • Training and Handling of the Dog, Boston, Little Brown, 1894, 332p
  • Modern Training and Handling, Boston, J. Loring Thayer Publishing Co, 1894, 332p.
  • Fetch and Carry, a Treatise on Retrieving, New York, Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1895, 124p.
  • Training the Hunting Dog for the Field and Field Trials, New York, Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1st edition 1901, 2nd edition 1908, 281p.

Periodicals

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  • Outing Magazine
    • Field Trials of Setters and Pointers. Outing, September 1902, Vol. XXXX, No. 6 pp. 728–732
    • The New York Dog Show. The Sporting Classes. Outing, April, 1903, Vol. XLII, No. 1, p. 130-131
  • Sporting Life
  • Wildwood's Magazine

References

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  1. ^ "Forest and Stream". Forest and Stream Publishing Company. August 3, 1911 – via Google Books.
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