Bernard Waters

Bernard Waters
Bernard "Benjamin" Waters in an undated picture from his obituary in the March 11, 1911 issue of Sporting Life
Born	1852 New York
Died	7:00 AM, February 27, 1911 Berkshire Apartments, 612 West 179th Avenue, New York, NY
Cause of death	Cerebral Metastases. Sarcoma of right Kidney.
Resting place	Katonah Ave, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, Section 35, Plot Number 3528
Other names	Benjamin Waters, Kingrail
Occupation	Sportsman, Conservationist, Journalist, Editor, Reporter and Author
Employer	Forest and Stream Publishing Company
Parents	Father: Bernard Waters, Mother: Mary Story (?)
Notes pen name "Kingrail"

Bernard Waters, also known as Benjamin Waters, was a 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.

Among his works were:

• "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

He also wrote articles for a number of periodicals, including:

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

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.