190 The Sporting Dog 



I purchased Trap Jr. from Gray, and she was 

 the first good dog I ever owned. I also purchased 

 a Dan Burges puppy called Harvard. The winter 

 following Devereux and myself shot over Trap 

 Jr. and Spot Cash and for many years thereafter. 

 Spot Cash had been classed a bolter. Yet after a 

 little shooting he developed into a first-class 

 shooting dog. Trap Jr. had every quality she 

 should have had and was an ideal shooting dog. 

 Harvard started at Bicknell, Indiana, and was 

 not placed. The next winter we used him to 

 shoot over. As he developed such speed, range, 

 and bird-finding ability, we decided to start him 

 in the all-age stakes. In the meantime I had 

 bought Harwick, and in 1896 at West Point he 

 ran second to Tory Fashion and was regarded as 

 high in class as any dog out that year. The sea- 

 son following, 1897 and 1898, I started Harvard 

 and Harwick. Gray had them both, and at the 

 same time handled Marie's Sport and Harold 

 Skimpole. Harvard lacked in style and could 

 not be classed with the other three. Harwick 

 had broken a leg as a puppy and this handicap 

 forbade placing him that season. Ever since 

 1896 I have hunted over Harvard and have yet 

 to see a dog to beat him in giving you an oppor- 

 tunity to shoot. He proved to be what I term a 

 meat dog. 



In 1898 Gray placed Harwick third in the 



