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FOREST AND STREAM. 



given by Uie judges, Prairie Belle winning first prize and 

 Tempest second: 



SCALE OF POINTS. 

 , Merit' .,— Demerit.^ 



Prattle Belle.. 

 SbJIif 



Tempest 



Jeunie 



4 , ti 



All things considered, the exhibit was most satisfactory, 

 a,nd the spectators went home convinced that they bad seen 

 some excellent work for puppies of that age. Sufficient 

 credit, we think, is not given to the infants of the nursery 

 1,1 : ii one is apt to forget the youthfulaess of the per- 

 former, -and to judge his performance by the work of old and 

 eed dogs. The beautiful creatures which it was our 

 privilege to see showed the quality of ttuir breeding, and the 

 advocates of cross breeds will be pleased that both prizeswere 

 won by natives crossed by blue blood. We regretted that 

 all the entries were Western, and that none came from east 

 Of Michigan. 



Among the gentlemen present were Mr. Beaupre, Presi- 

 dent, and Messrs. Mulliken, Cantwell, Pendergast, Dilley, 

 Davis and TJiine, members of the Kennel Club ; Bowe, of 

 Chicago Field; Swainson, of St. Paul; Bea, of St. Paul 

 Pioneer ; Rogers, artist for Harper's Weekly ; Glidden. of 

 Boston; J. Ivellogg, Fish Commissioner of Michigan; Os- 

 good Nichols, of Battle Creek, Michigan ; Sanborn, of Michi- 

 gan ; Nelson, of Minnesota ; Le Sassier, of New Orleans ; 

 Ool Cockerel, of Little Bock, Arkansas; Jones, of Iowa; 

 Stoddard, of Iowa; Whitman, of Chicago ; Hopkins Smith, 

 of Maine ; Chas. Hallock (Forest and Stream), New York; 

 Dr. Kinney, of Philadelphia; L. B. McFarland, of Tennes- 

 see, and in all some fifty representatives from fifteen different 

 States. 



Most of the persons named were lodged and admirably fed 

 in some sixteen tents, which had been furnished by mine host, 

 Chas. Benson, of St. Cloud, and most pleasantly located on 

 the bank of Westport Lake, a pellucid body of clear water in- 

 habited by black bass, and bordered by burr-oak groves and a 

 pebbly shore. Two sloughs, connected with the lake, and the 

 ducks flying to and from one body of water to the other, af- 

 forded excellent sport in the early morning and evening hours. 



By the kind consideration of W. S. Alexander, Esq., freight 

 and ticket agent of the St. Paul and Paciflc Bailroad, the 

 sportsmen were furnished with round trip tickets from St. 

 Paul to Sauk Centre and return, for $5 each, and a box car free 

 for dogs, implements, and impedimenta. Westport Lake, 

 where the camp is located, is a fourteen-mile drive from the 

 railroad station at Sauk Centre, over alternate prairie and 

 timber laud, and was a treat to those Eastern men who had 

 never gazed on the lands of the O jib way and Dacotah before. 



Mr. Beaupre, President of the Minnesota Kennel Club, as 

 well as the Directors of the same, were unremitting in their 

 attentions to guests, and the members of the sporting press 

 especially, and all who came will wish to come again, no 

 doubt. 



Second D at— Wednee day, Sept :r,ib*r 11.— Weather cool, bnt sun warm 

 and bright sty from sunrise to sunset. Wind west ; a slight frost in 

 the morning. 



Second Trial. 



.ilinnesol a Kennel Chtl> Stakes. for Pointers or Sellers Under IS Months. 



First prize, $50; second, $30; third, $», Entrance, $5. 

 Eotries as Drawn. Owner. Residence. 



I Stratliroy. D.C.Sanborn. Baltimore, Jllch. 



i" '. Maggie May. J. II. Whitman, Chicago. 



3 .. Queen of the West, J. S. Jones, Maralialrown, Iowa. 



i' Jennie. D.C.Sanborn, Baltimore, Mich, 



5 Clipper, J. B. Whitman, Chicago. 



5 . B.uegruSS, S. P. Fiect, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



7 i an, D.C.Sanborn, Baltimore, Mich. 



Dan to Run a Bye— Judges, Messrs. Davidson, Mulltken and Whit- 

 ford, as above. 



Note.— Blttegrass is by Dennith's Dash out of C. F. Stevens' Di. 

 Dl ; Queen of the West by Earnhardt's Flash out ol Blackburn's Dla- 

 inimil. Queen of the West was handled by C. F. Stevens, o[ Ne- 

 vada, Iowa; Bluegrass wai withdrawn, as appears In the report, 

 accouutof sore foot and distemper. 



Wednesday was all that could ba desired, the crowd having 

 been considerably increased by prominent residents of the 

 county (Polk) in which the trials are run, who were in car- 

 ith their families. Scarcely a breath of air stirred. 

 At 8 o'clock the dogs Strathroy and Maggie May were put 

 down in n stubble field a mile from the camp and cast off, 

 with the bright gleaming over the stems of the golden straw 

 where the harvest had ripened. 



Strathroy and Maggie May (entries 1 and 2), were put down 

 in stubble at 7.30 a. it. Two coveys rose wild and Mag was 

 penalized for a flush. Thence into grass, where Strathroy 

 scored 2 true and 1 false point ; thence into the rag weeds 

 (a specie, of tall weed which springs up on fallow land) where 

 Strathroy scored another point ; from thence into the main 

 field of several hundred acres of stubble. Here Strathroy 

 finished, and was taken up at 11:15. Mag meanwhile scored 

 two flushes and two points, retiring at 10:20. Queen of the 

 West then went in (10:20), and between the time when she 

 was put down and taken up for dinner earned 3 true and 1 

 false point. Queen of the West belongs to Whitman, of Chi- 

 cago, and was bred by George Waddington, of Iowa. Clipper 

 entered at 11:40, and at dinner time (12:30), had penalized to a 

 false point. Clipper had a pottering gait with ordinary style. 

 Strathroy showed excellent quality throughout and good 



style, pointing his birds staunchly, and deservedly earning 

 the first priae which was awarded him. The Qu 

 well wiih Strathroy, and both are dogs which a sportsman 

 would like to own. 



Jennie was put down at 11:15, showing wonderful exhibits 

 of speed, style, aid all that sort of thing, quartering beauti- 

 fully, and was taken up at 11:40, having beat a 100 acre field 

 and scored four good flushes in just 25 minutes. 



The after-dinner run was not satisfactory, the birds very 

 wild, and the opportunities to score few and far between. 

 Bogs, judges, and spectators returned at a late hour, nearly the 

 whole day having been occupied with the six puppies. Snap 

 and Daisy went on at 6 o'clock, Snap taking a false point, 

 and Daisy a point. Taken up at dark. The following score 

 of points earned will indicate their relative merits as indicated 

 by the trial : 



SCALE OF POINTS. 



-Merit -^Demsrit. 



2 « ''; 



'I .'■„ 



4' 2 



Si'.'j 



Jr-.H 



Queen of 



Jennie (none run oat). 



Clipper 



Blue ttrass (drawn)... 

 Dan— 3d prize 



T hird Day— Thursday, SepUrnber IS— 6 A. Ml— Bright and clear ; 



light wind from southeast ; cold, ice forming In pails one-fourth of an 



inch thick;; 9 o'clock, wind south and light; 12 M. t clear and warm, 



wind light from south ; 6 p. M., clear and windy. 



Third Trial. 



Entries for Pointers and Setters of A 11 Ages. 



First prize, $50 ; second, $30 ; third, $20. 



Entries as Drawn. 



t , Snap, 



a Daisv, 



8 Clipper, 



i Jennie, 



5 Friend, 



6 Queen of the West, 



7 Ranger, 



8 Jet, 



il Neilie, 



10 MaggleMay, 



It Countess Royal, 



12 Strathroy, 



13 Jack, 



Owner. 



C. N. Nelson, 

 O. Waddington, 

 J. H. Whitman, 

 O. H. Sanborn, 

 E. F. Stoddard, 

 J. S. Jones, 

 S. B. Dll ey, 

 J. S. Jones. 

 C h. Sanborn, 

 c. H. Whitman, 

 S.B. Dilley, 

 C. H. Sanborn, 

 J. H. Hotchkiss, 



Residence. 



Stillwater, Minn. 

 Geneva, Iowa. 

 Chicago. 

 Baltimore, Mich. 

 Dayton, Ohio. 

 Marshaltowo, Iowa. 

 Lake city, Minn. 

 Marshanown. Iowa. 

 Baltimore, Mich. 

 Chicago 



Lake City, Minn. 

 Baltimore, Mich. 

 Hastings, Mii/li. 



Snap aud Daisy put down in stubble at 8:20. Snap taken 

 up at 9:25, having concluded her score from Wednesday 

 night with 1 flush and 4 points to her credit, aud Jet put 

 down in place of Clipper. Daisy made a point in stubble, 

 and a point and a flush in grass. Jet put in a point in grass. 

 Daisy scores a fine powt, and in five minutes afterward another 

 whioh took her up at 10 a. m. Clipper down at 10:10. Jet 

 scores a second point and then a third, showing fine style and 

 roading. Here Quesn ol the West was led up to take her 

 privilege on backing to decide second place on puppy stakes, 

 and for a third time refused to back, which refusal gave se- 

 cond prize to Dan, Sanborn's puppy. Clipper now Bcores 

 a point, and retrieves his bird in fine style. A false point in 

 stubble for Jet. Jet is a fine steady worker, but rather slow, 

 raised in Pennsylvania and Iowa on quail. Again a false 

 point for Jet. No business done for an hour. Then a false 

 point for Jet (12:15), and directly afterward a fine point for 

 a finish, and take up. At 12:20 Jennie put down. At 12:35 a 

 bird up aud a penalty for a flush for Jennie, and a chase for 

 Clipper. A little later a false point for Jennie. At 12:60 ad- 

 journed for dinner. 



The Minnesota boys, the old hunters, rough-riders and big 

 Injuns of the "water and smoke country " seem somewhat 

 disappointed with the Field Trials. They supposed that the 

 dogs were to be run in the same style as they are ordinarily 

 run on a chicken hunt : that is, they were to " skin out " over 

 the rolling prairie, find and point, while the sportsmen re- 

 mained in their hunting wagons, following the dogs until it 

 was time to light and get down on the covey with their guns. 

 On the field trials, as imported from the East, they " allow " 

 that the breakers and handlers work and find for the dogs, 

 which is decidedly vice versa. The handlers of the dogs on 

 trial lead the dogs in. leash out upon what appears to be good 

 chicken ground, and then cast off, and the dogs begin to work. 

 The three judges, flag-bearer, aud reporters follow closely on 

 foot, or in wagon, if long distances occur between the proper 

 localities for hunting, and the retinue of spectators follow 

 alter in wagons and on foot, " at least 75 yards from the 

 judges," as the regulation requires. Then the propensities 

 of the dog ou trial are closely scanned, and if his tail stiffens 

 perceptibly it is a "sign." Should a bird get up, a point is 

 scored ; if not, a demerit is scored, and the dog is penalized 

 for a defective nose. Generally the birds are in coveys or 

 in packs (a pack is a large gang), and if not wild, get up 

 singly, and in twos or threes, at considerable intervals ol 

 time, so that a dog has sometimes an opportunity to score his 

 five points very soon. If the birds are wild, often a whole 

 day is required. There are besides these points, points of 

 merit and demerit, and it depends upon how a dog quarters, 

 roads, or trails, winds, drops, or whether he runs wild, chases 

 a bird, flushes, etc., whether he is adjudged to be a good dog 

 — in the opinion of the judges. Of eouree the owners and 

 handlers always differ, if a dog fails to make his score, be- 

 cause he always works better on real business. He is not 

 Burrounded by a posse ot wagons aud men, and distracted by 

 his master slewing him up to a funk bird by the tail, even if 

 he be a puppy (puppies are not entered on field trials wholly 

 green). He usually hears a gun shot when a bird rises, if not 

 he considers his labor wasted and takes to heel, or puts out for 

 home. He does not understand why he hears no gun go off, 



Bees no birds drop, and is never called upon to seek da 

 fetch. Like the new convert be may think well 

 of silent prayer, but he has better belief in the loud ameD. 

 For these and many other reasons best understood by ex- 

 perienced hunters, and mentioned here only for bench"' 

 uniuitiated, the old hunters of Minnesota, as w 



rather inclined to look upon these field trials as 

 popinjay affairs, which may do very well for the Bast, but are 

 of no account on these " perairies," and so, after tui 

 day satisfied their curiosity, they began to branch 

 directions with their " outfits" (and some of them are cer- 

 tainly most completely " heeled,") and bring bad 

 loads of ducks and chickens, with an occasional hawk or owl 

 pinked at long range from the wagon on a jump. By the 

 way, hawks are veiy often killed because they kill so many 

 chickens. It is surprising what big bags these rough-riders 

 do bring ! There is old Cal. TJline, the brave Colonel of the 

 2-1 Minnesota, Col. Pendergast, with hie 

 Col. S. L.Davis, Big John V own. Mf- 



Beaupre, the President of the Club, bestows some consider 

 able attention to the trials by virtue of his office and proper 

 courtesy to the managers of the field trials, but he frequently 

 drops out with Sol. or some other one of the crowd, and goes 

 off to the " slews " and ridges, and brings home a box load of 

 trophies. 



With the Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan men, the field 

 trials are more appreciated ; and perhaps one of these days we 

 shall have rules and trials adapted not only to America's re- 

 quirements but to the different wide sections of America. As 

 at present formed, the rules are too limited for our Minnesota 

 scope of country ; and so, perhaps, we shall continue to hear 

 many expressions of dissatisfaction from various quarters 

 until the result of wisdom manifests itself. And this is about 

 all the comment I can make upon the Minnesota Field Trials. 

 It was my first intention to describe the maneuvers (work) of 

 the dogs in dog vernacular, from the moment they were put 

 down and cast off afield until taken up at the end of the run 

 — that is, to use only the flash terms of the kennel glossary, 

 but I shall rest here, and leave this duty to others to whom 

 they are more familiar. 



IN THE NEW YORK DOG POUND. 



IK our issue of la3t week there appeared a short paragraph 

 in regard to the dog psund in New York. These few 

 liues attracted the attention of a correspondent in Boston, 

 who in a most pleasant letter threw himself on our sympa- 

 thies, requesting us to go to the pound and select a dog 

 for him. The margin of choice was ample, "a young dog, 

 Scotch or Skye terrier, spaniel or pointer— such a dog was 

 to be saved from an ignoble death, and would be provided 

 with a good home and good treatment— the children were to 

 play with him." 



The letter touched us from the kindly feeling it displayed, 

 and yesterday we made a pilgrimage to the dog Golgotha. 

 The New York dog pound is situated at the foot of Sixteenth 

 street and the East River. You approach it through the ex- 

 tensive works of a gas company,huge piles of coal towering 

 upon both sides of the street give the no-thoroughfare a 

 possibly sinister appearance, great big iron cars rush auto- 

 matically overhead through the air, suspended in ropes 

 and dump their black contents in a weird way, with a noise 

 like thunder. As we wend our way along the street we can 

 see, however, that sympathies for the poor brutes are quite 

 evident. Here come a couple of German women, their 

 broad faces beaming with smiles. Not less gleeful is a third 

 personage, quite a fair black and tan terrier, who, attached 

 by a chain, is an important factor in the group. That tlog 

 has been saved. He seems to appreciate the situation. He 

 does not; tug on the chain, but walks along happily hut not 

 boisterously. Occasionally he turns around and gives his 

 mistress a thankful look with his hazel eyes. His coat is 

 filthy, he has been thrown In with all the mean, low-down 

 curs that the city vomits into the pound. When he gets 

 home he will, we trust, be washed aud cleansed, and will be 

 kept from straying. It has cost these poor Germans, for 

 they are working people, three dollars to save their doe f rom 

 a watery grave. Another party follows, Germans again, lot- 

 it is a neighborhood of Teutons. This time tbetl 

 not been found. They gesticulate. The man loo 

 agony of grief, and the women are crying. We 



last to a low building on which there juts out int. , , \. 



a wooden sign, with the ominous words painted ou it "Dog 

 Pouud." Before us trips a cornel , 



has a basket on her arm. We enter with her. "Oh, sir," 

 she says to a guardian, " such a pretty dog, me 1 

 come. The loss of our poor Mina 1ms made her sick. Can't 

 I go in and look for Mina ? She is small— and so pretty— 

 ck, with gray hair— and she has no hair on the top 

 Df ber head (we repress the irreverent inclination to add "in 

 the place where the hair ought to grow,") and she has been 

 lost since this morning." The poor girl showed her love for 

 the little doggy in her face. 



" Come in the pound and you can see," replies the dog- 

 pound master unmoved, and on this we both enter. The 

 place is not a savory one. It is disgusting, as to odors, 

 enough to make one sick. The smallest quantm 

 disinfecting fluid might be used to the greatest advantage, 

 and we can see no reason why ,!.e euty authorities do not 

 provide it. The kennel was, however, fairly cleat 

 , there are many dogs there is much yelping," for doge 

 1 whether in dog shows or in dog pounds. But this 



