Febhuaby 3, 18810 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



15 



>, lie would have done. 



ich tlj© trials wen 



ame chance that 



In onr opinion the judges wore bound in accordance with the 

 rules to immediately disqualify Whitford at the first attempt to de- 

 prive by tbiBmoaustheoppoisTijgdog of hit! opportunity to point. It 

 is a well-known fact that three tunes dining tie heat Nat discov- 

 ered the presence of birds first and was jockeyed out of each of 

 three chances to point, which, from hie record, it is fair to pre- 

 At. all events, according to the prin- 

 ce conducted, Nat should have been 

 .b given to Smut when in the 

 imernbered that when Smut had 

 aisu irored the scent, La Guy was ordered by the judges to be kept 

 at charge until Smut had a chance to make out the bird and point. 

 ipte of ordering auy dog to bo kept at charge a 

 is done in one instance it certainly should have 

 es of the kind throughout the trials, or not 



■tttempt to bolster up the unfair practices pnt 

 ys that we were not present at the running of 

 . Thin statement coming from the source it 

 g, and is on a par with statements of as un- 

 Ve saw the heat from beginning to end, but 

 heat au unsuccessful attempt was made by in- 



We believe the pi 

 bad one, but as it w 

 been done in all ca 

 done at all. 



Following a long 

 in use, the writer Bi 

 one part of the hea 

 doe;-:, in. not aurprisii 

 trae s character. 

 at one period of tin 

 tcrcsted r 



in < 



! ] .;: 



told to the 



The wnl 



pardonabi, 



faMexpei 



black appe 

 ilTerent : 

 present, 

 fthat " 



istal 



as our first full field 



"Ignorance we presume of how to pervert truth, 



report of an American held trial 



naldog jockey. Had our experi- 



1 1 gained by being present at some 



iter claims to have i :ti n«i d. |n r- 



o better than to give the wrong dog 



ich' > '■' us ulif "u '.curt o:' collsluiii 

 he best sections in the Union, and the 



eof hi 



from the standpoint of a profi 



encoof how dogs should work 



" eight field trials," whieh th 



haps we would have, known m 



the most credit, but. for 



work in the field in manv 



knowledge attaiued froi 



and standing, has enabled US to rise a slop higher on the ladder 



than can ever be reached by such a triekstei as Whitford. 



To sum the matter np, Whitford's performances at Robin's Is- 

 land were not in accordance With the rules, as his dog Gladstone 

 was not " hunted in all respects as m an ordinary day's shooting, 

 nor in a sportsmanlike mauner." Stealing an "opponent's dojpa 

 points he did do. and recent!) 1 , in the presence of two well-known 

 gentlomeu, Whitford not only openly stated that he employed this 

 means to beat las opponents, but shamelessly stated his motives 

 for the trick. Referring to the Sensation-Gladstone heat, ho 

 stated that having bet over again, on Gladstone, all the money 

 intrnsted to his care in the pool box, lie was very much frightened 

 when he saw Sensation wind the bird which decided the heat, and 

 mi would have pointed it bad lie not circled Gladstone 

 a thus deprived the pointer of the. heat and first place. 

 in wou this bent the handler of Gladstone would have 

 3J1, but that of other people which had 

 s reputation for honesty, not to say 

 s than it is at present, 

 ination to stop our train for every 

 sion we have been pleased to have an 

 of the possibilities of held trials as at 

 ise hands a certain amount of power 

 im to treat both rich and poor man 

 When the Fobfj 



that Se llr 

 in ahead 

 Had Sen. 



lost not only all his owi 

 been intrusted to him, 

 honor, would have beei 

 We have not time uc 

 barking our, but on thi 

 opportunity to show up 

 present conducted, and 

 is vested. It has been 



but we have catered to 



has to be ruu in the interest of dog jockeys it will then be 

 time to close its pages and melt up its type. We have couscien- 

 open ground which, by the way, 

 and to try and raise to their, high- 

 md flood. This can only be done 

 if chicanery and by do- 



tiously striven to pick o 

 the doggy worldisnc 



s doi 



The 



mple 



i bv 



dog in front of other dogs t 

 thus deprive them of the opp 

 this was in part to save his 

 fessiou bet other people's out 

 We know of no reason why 

 that in the Nat-Gladstone ru 

 race between dogs and not ha 



Vhitford" did repeatedly circle his 

 tat were working out a trail, and did 

 irtunity to win. His motive in doing 

 vn pocket as he had by his own con- 

 le events 



,ve should change our former opinion 

 ning "Nat won the heat, as it was a 

 idlers." 



A CLEVETl FIELD DOG. 



MARY was a liver and white ticked pointer of great versatility 

 as a trick dog and was a prodigy as a retriever, whelped at or 

 near Paris, Tennessee, in 1S65 or '6. She was house and yard bro- 

 ken by " Gus " Harris, and when a pup sent to George Bohon, of 

 HaiTodsbnrg, Ky., " in memory " of our associations. I am sure 

 that all of Gua'^ chums will indorse the declaration that he can beat 

 the world training a, dog- 

 Mary's education was the most finished that I ever saw till I met 

 Gus' dog Charlie, a regular graduate from a college whose dog- 

 ologie.al curriculum is the most comprehensive in America if show 

 dogs are the standard bv which to judge. It is a common charge, 

 if not belief, that trick dogs in general are indifferent, if not coui- 

 petrativcly worthless, field dogs. Mary was au exception. Her in- 

 telligent eye and dignified carriage were conspicuous to even casual 

 acquaintances and the gravity with which she recited her diversi- 

 fied lessons was the admiration of all witnesses. She d serves as 

 her biographer a Wirt or a Boswell and I presume to give but a 

 few of her earliest held peidonna.nces which came under my eye or 

 are derived from irrefutable authority. 



Gus wrote that before sending her he took her into the field once, 

 without gun, and she Staunchly stood every bird found. I took 

 her out after noon, for her first round with the guu, and couldn't 

 coerce her into fetching a rabbit, the only game found. On making 

 rny report to her owner he ordered that she should not be taken 

 out again tUl opportunity would permit him to go. That wasn't 

 long. After the tirst discharge of his gun he missed hia flask, 

 which contained a pound of powder, and without thinking to avail 

 himself of Mary's aid, started in hunt of it, when his companion 

 rather insinuatingly asked : " Why don't you make Mary find it '/" 

 Thanking him for the reminder, she was called and sent in quest. 

 Her movements were visible nearly half a mile before she disap- 

 peared on the back track. She found and brought it, to the joy of 

 her owner and astonishment of bis compel don. 



The whip was necessary to induce her to fetch the first quail 

 killed, which she handled with evident fear, but after it had been 

 tossed out a few times she brought it with alacrity. Recognizing 

 the significance of " I'll flog you " as thoroughly as a human be- 

 ing, a threat was enough in the instance of a hare soon afterwards 

 killed. She was made to carry it at heel some distance, and ever 

 after a burrow or impenetrable brush-pile was necessary to escape 

 of wounded hare or bird. 



I accompanied her owner the second time that he took her iuto 

 the field and as wo drove along the pike she arose in the buggy and 

 pointed a bevy of quail, which was in a cluster of briara on the 

 roadside. On reaching the first field a party that preceded us had 

 scattered the birds. Mary soon made a point near a hedge, which 

 was impassable to us. On walking in wc pnt up a brace of quail, 

 which we dropped on the opposite side of that hedge. A third 

 quail flushed and fell to the gun of another sportsman on the same 

 side, fully fifty yards to our left. Without removing from whore 

 he re-loaded, her master seut her through the hedge and she suc- 

 cessively brought all three buds to him. She was invisible to us 

 when on the side the birds had fallen. Had I not seen the feat I 

 should have demanded the "papers'' before receiving the report 

 as fact, I had seen enough of her performances to experience 

 neither doubt nor surprise when told that she twice found and 

 brought her master a hammer whieh he lost from his gun-lock in 

 a stubble field and misaed only on failure of the barrel to fire. The 

 unimpeachable veracity of the gentleman who enthusiastically cor- 

 roborates the story leaves no room to stamp it a Munchausenism, 

 incredible as it may seem to many. It is the most remarkable, 

 well-authenticated instance that ever reached my credulous ears. 



The undersigned and two others saw her owner wound a quail 

 from horseback, which was marked down in au adjoining field, 

 nearly three hundred yards from where it rose. The bird was 



flushed bv the horses and Man- didn't see it at all. She was called 

 to the fence, put over and directed fully one hundred jards to the 

 spot, where, in obedience to orders, she sought, found, brought 

 and delivered the bud to her master, who hadn't even alighted 

 from his horse to reload hie old muzzle-loader. On another occa- 

 of the last-named party had her in the field, when he met 



mple of neighbo. 



thei 



lenta 



pnt — 



knocked d 

 hunting V 

 them if tl 

 rapid 



i-doj 



which 



e the 



Both 



that Mary 



)t and put ti 



the three 



thud; Rtllbbl. 

 of the dogs. Doc-Is 

 a was conducted to tl 



she delivered her h 



r hich had been abandoned in disgust, 

 acknowledged that thev had before tin 

 and retriever, but that the little bitch s 

 gant conceptions. Should 

 to this point let him 

 something extraordinn 

 season. On bench or 

 "daisy," a, "stunner,'' 

 an accomplished belle. 

 Cats and fowls fed with her without molessatioi 



dead 1 



hi thev knew a good no-:< 



ii passed their most eMtrava 



. wade through this seribblt 



emember that the foregoing are given ai 



because performed by n. pup in her first 



field Mary would have been pronounced : 



i her younger dayB. In drawing-room oi 



Tabby 



_ Tj:bT: 

 ita spe. 



i her inseparable ; 



Ii v 



Plug 



No long bow was ever drs 

 ber, and too much cannot 1 



Just here let me give, an i 

 of the danger of run 



gins," of Mei 

 plisbed devotee to 



My oldt'ri 

 County. 



ful, barring that 

 stroke of lighting 

 ing a pointer the 

 any man in the Si 

 A few vears agi 



iiil 

 he 



Htnal 



heh 



actic 



had 



eat 

 ali 

 apt 



th 



the scope of our s 

 work. She was 

 ordered to retriev 



: ;: f 



ting 



■■\l 



ICq 



de 



i utterly ig- 

 i Thomas or 

 or between her paws supporting 



i Mflry's cause as long as f know 

 to her praise. 



e suggestive to the inconsiderate 

 retrieve a wounded bird of pug- 

 id sporting mentor, "Mae Hig- 

 most unpretentious butaccom- 

 Keutucky, and the most sueeess- 

 shicli often tumbles him like a 

 port. He can come nearer teach- 

 cies of the English lauguage than 



jet beautiful pointer: bitch pup hi 



hold.' 



r -that sap-sucker ha 



Xe 



like 



ipe 



rfor 



educed to "tail 



icily 



stop. One morn 

 writer shot over 

 Hock without an 

 a field trial, wbei 

 spoil onr sport. 

 by, and began wi 

 a wide and eaut 

 caught it, and ret 

 ting lost. Four • 

 she could follow, 

 distant. 



Higheldme n 

 game, and withoi 

 half an hour's n< 



pointer into 



a. bird. 



and I'll 



ed to tot 

 nee of Zoo's logical puppy pe 

 ig early in her first season, the first time that tin 

 lier, nine birds had been bagged from the first 

 ■ror for which Zoo would have been demorited in 

 a wind arose threatening a gale whieh would 

 Leachiug a woodland Zoo gave signs of birds near 

 king stealthily as a cat. Losing scent she made 

 lis det-iur against the wind to where she first 

 imcd work with greater deliberation again gol- 

 nies she made the detour before striking a trail 

 ud that flock was found and pointed forty rods 



dionless from the 



rut that she proclaimed 

 5 word or motion from either we enjoyed nearly 

 k which would throw the most, phieuiatic lover 

 cstasies. Following that bevy Zoo soon made a 

 point, and when ordered to flush moved but a pace, indicating that 

 the bird was very near. I discovered it within a foot of her nose 

 without any cover, and Hig was near enough to it to pin it to the 

 ground with the muzzle of his gun and pick it up, which be did. 



That sap-sucker episode made her afraid to pounce on the bud 

 when ordered to flush. I insisted that it was a wounded bird, but 

 Bug's old gun was coaxed off hut once that morning without bring- 

 ing anything to bag, and lie deliberately pinched that bud's head 

 and bagged with others without a search for shot wounds. 



With a grateful acknowledgement of your unselfish beneficence 

 in showiug up the. Dittmar-dutnuatiug-destriiction believe me 



Yours fraterualy, Keotucjetajt. 



ST. JOHN (N. B.) DOG SHOW. 



THE first annual bench show of dogs, held under the auspices 

 Of the New Brunswick Poultry and Fet Stock Association, 

 took place at St. John, N. B., on Jaiiuarv 18, 19, 20 and 21. One 

 hundred and lour dogs marked the entry-list and forty-live clauses 

 were, established for their reception. No money premiums were dis- 

 tributed, but the winner of each class was awarded a neatly gotten 

 up diploma. Mr. G. Walton, of Boston, Mass., acted as judge and 

 the show was governed by the following gentlemen, who constitute 

 the officers of the association : President, Col. A. Blaine, St, John, 

 N. B. Vice-Presidents-- Messrs. M. Chamberlain, St. John, N. B.j 

 Capt Thos. Melienrie, Fredrieton. N. li. : I.. .1. Almon, Rothesay, 

 Kings Co., K. B.; Rev. D. W. Bliss. Westmorland Co., N. B. ; 

 B.Morris, St. Andrews. Charlotte Co., N. B.; C. E. Grosvet 

 Canterbury, York Co., N. B., and Alex Stewart, Dalhousie, Resti : 

 gouche, N. B. Secretarv, Mr. H. W. Wilson. St. John, N. B.; 

 Treasurer, Mr. Win. Snider, St. John. N. B. Committee of Man- 

 agement— Col. Blaine, chairman : Dr. D. E. Berrymau, Meg— . 

 Chamberlain, W. Snider, Magee, Jack, G. H. Snider, Kaye, Wet- 

 more and Wilson. 



The following is from a correspondent : "Over one hundred 

 dogB wore shown and there were some very creditable specimens, 

 whde there were many others that it would bo difficult to classify. 

 A bull-terrier dog shown by Peter Church, St. John, Judge Walton 

 said he had not, seen tin passed in Boston, and there were but three 

 dogs in New York that he knew of that were better. Two fine col- 

 lie dog puppies, Bhown by John McMillan and J. B. A A. M. Magee 

 ako received very favorable mention. The bitch and dog fjom 

 which they were bred are the property of the Marquis of Lome. 

 There were some good Irish setters and a line mastiff in the show. 

 The other prize winners are unworthy of mention, perhaps. In all 

 probability a kennel club will be formed shortly and next year a 

 finer show may be expected in St.- John." 



Subjoined is the list of owners to whom awardB were given, the 

 names of the dogs having been omitted in the records : 



iud, W. It. Pu 



ird's, St. John, M. B. 



rat, F. B. Dazen's; second, T,. It. 



, Geo. Troop's, l'upmes— First, 

 ry McLellius. Bitch Puppies— 

 Bitch-First, .los. Prioliard'a. 

 or I'bn ami bloodhounds. No entries. 



si— Ft ret, .1. B. and A. VI. Mac • -,. 



ad. E. be 10: 



W ill Is 



md, bl.ilr 



Class l.— siasviffs (Dogs;— First, A. 1 

 Class s.-SL. Bernard's (Pegs)- Firs 



B.; routdi coated. Puppies— Sec 



N. Ik; Kitc-lies-First. Jos. Prlcl 

 CIassa.--Kewiouiullatii.ls .Bog.- -I' 



\ aughan's; v, Inc., M. Ryan's; i 



Geo. 'J. Est ibrook's : second, lb 



First, John Lenlhan' 

 Classes .1 and 5. -Siberia 



,-:,,; t; ,■■--■■! ■■ "'.' ccM 1 tp 



Class T.-Ueerhounds (Bitches)— 

 Classes - and 9. -Champion Point 

 Classes !'• and II. -Pointers (Do;. 



vllle, N. B.; second, A. W. Ho 



Dog Puppies 



James fluffy a. 

 Classes IB to IT.— English 



and lied and White 



second, .las. H. Pullen's. uoraon - First, J. s. Chmo's; second, 



E. J. Harrison's,. Poppies - First., Frank Met.mre's. Irish— Fl ret, 



Win. Clark's dog; first, li. Harper's bitch, second, Frank Ellis's. 

 Classes IS to 21.— Chesapeake Hay [jogs, Irish Water Spaniels, Re- 

 trievers and Clumbers. No entries; 

 Class 22.— Cocker spa nit is ,; Uo.,v— First, O. T. Stone's ; second, W. 



Graham's. Birches— First, .Joseph liulzeil's; second, A. W. 



Howe's. Puppies— v.h.c. Frank Ulcciutre's. 

 Class's. Field spaniels— 1'irsL, John K. Armstrong's; second, Bob 



Blackballs; v.li.c, O. T. Stone's. 

 Classes «4 to 27.— Foxhounds, Harriers, Beagles ana Dachshunds. Ho 



entries. 

 Class 2S.—F0?: Terriers jDna'Si— 1- ivst, John Srn'ili McLaren's; second, 



Frank McGiures. pitches— First, Johns. McLaren's: Puppies— 



First, John S. McLaren. 

 Class W. -collies (Uogs)-Flrst, G. S. and J. D. Purdy's. Bitch Pup- 



English-First, 



ud iti-d 



Bum 



a r 



Bitch 



'luoys 



I ''.'PPL' 



-PUg,S 



•s-Flrs.t, Snider It 



der Bros'.; second, Peter 

 c, R. Magee's: c, K. Ii. 

 •os. Dog Puppies— First, 

 ' (JUJBl'S. 



i. Mi 



isl-Fii-st, C. S. and J. D. Purcly's. Bitches— 

 • 1 J. D. Purdy's. Doe Puppies-First, C. S. and J. 

 mil, G. s. and J. Jj. Purdy's; v.h.c,, (J. S. and J. 

 r Puppies— First, G. S. and J. D. Purdy's : second, 



I lbs.)— First, Charles Bustlu's 



s 4.1. -All Otl 



letb-'t 



, Wilse 



1 III tithe 



rrtei 



iMcMullt 



Spaniel- 

 Second, 

 Holden': 



i— First, Thomas Car- 

 _. Jpltz Dogs— First, James 

 Mi's bitch: second, 8. A. u stmore's dog. ussex 

 ;— First, F. Dov.Iir,«"s. Bough Coated Ketvlewrs iDogsw 

 A.Jordan's. Curly Coated Retriever (Bitch)— First, Br. 



RETRIEVING SPANIELS. 



t ttB 



Fthe proposed cocker clu 

 got up, I hope some <: " ' 

 to the breeding and tram 

 what a good retrieviusr an 

 sportsman would d 

 Owing tl ' ' 



ght 



epii 



rust it will be, successfully 

 s will devote I heir attention 

 ing spaniels. I will explain 

 o do and the advantages the 



dintelligei 



dog and, as bis worl 



is not so bard as t 



who has to range fa 



3t aud far to find hi 



every day. When w 



orked with setters 



rear and a little to o 



no side of the gun. 



s a most companionable 

 of a setter or pointer, 

 ;ame, he is lit to work 

 should keep a little in 

 as to be able to see what 

 Is going on arid mark v, hero the dead birds fall and the wounded 

 ones go down, in order that he may retrieve them without delay 

 when told to do so. This is the hardest part of his work to learn 

 and nothing but, plenty of experience will make him perfect at it 



It is caiy that he should have a first-class nose and know how 



to use it in following up wounded game, otherwise he is not worth 

 his keep. When ordered to bunt out any rough ground or cover 

 he should keep within guu-shot, and if put iuto a brai 

 strip of cover, keep opposite, the guu. For ruffed j 



.ting ho should bo as good or better than ii 

 hooting ('being small enough to take in a fa- 

 tter than any other dog. 



his great value to a sportsman who keeps a number 

 1 pointers, is that, as he does all the retrieving, they 

 d to drop to shot and thus kept out of the great, teniti- 

 mstoady that, they would otherwise be subject to. Al- 

 J pete tors to retrieve is, as every experienced 



r other 

 , cock, 



r duck-! 



Tndi 



-'Hly, 



portsmen on this point and they nearly 

 latisfactory, but do not see how it 



letters or pointers that 

 t and are at the same 

 ny a time, when hunting 

 ave I been annoyed by 

 d thereby flush one or 

 wn out of a uicely-acat- 



tatiou to 

 lowing «e: 

 sportsman knows, the chief 



I have consulted 

 till toll mo that the 

 can be helped. 



As a matter of fact, there are very few 

 retrieve tenderlv and well in every respe 

 time quite steady at their other work. Mi 

 with a friend and his "dog of all work, 1 ' 1 

 his mshing hi to pick up my dead birds ai 

 more single birds that had been marked d, 

 tei-eil covey. 



While ou the subject of retrieving I want to point out that if a 

 setting dog is intended to retrieve he ought uot to be taught to 

 drop to shot, for if he. does bo how can he mark the dead and 

 wounded birds? 



At oue time I owned a very clever and experienced retriever (I 

 mean a dog bred and trained specially for the purpose). He never 

 spoiled my sport by running in, but I have sometimes seen him 

 run to the top of a knoll, or other high ground, to watch where a, 

 wounded bird was going to. V, ith him 1 never troubled myself to 

 mark any of the dead or wounded birds— he alwavs brought them 

 promptly, and I really do not, think that in a whole season he lost 

 three birds that it was possible for him to get. Had ho been taught 

 to " drop to shot " how could be have done such good work? Ex- 

 cept, for certain places, I do not advise the use. of the real retriever 

 in this conntry, as I believe n good spaniel would answer the pur- 

 pose better ou the whole, being smaller, and the retrieving in gen- 

 eral not nearly so difficult as it is in Great Britain. 



.For a man that, does not want to keep more than one dog, let him 

 by all means teach him to retrieve, fcut not allow him to ruu in as 

 soon as the gun is fired, uor drop to shot, and hide his head in a tuft 

 of grass, but stand steady till told to "go," aud mark when the 

 birds fall, so that his master will not have the trouble of showiug 

 him, but can give his whole attention to marking where the rest of 

 the covey may light. i BKX 



THE COCKER CLUB—Xdilor Forest 

 was no doubt about the ultimate establish 

 I proposed in my letter to you of Nov. 12 1 

 time or your space bv replying to any or 

 iuto me. Now. thanks to your kindness, 

 list of names sufficient to carry weight V 

 and to elect a committee of Beret 

 be very advisable toiavealarg 

 all sections of the country may h. 

 nfitbeingaN 



ind Stream : As there 

 tent of tho club which 

 iv. 32 last, I did not waste my 

 my one. of those who pitched 

 Iness, we have started with a 

 ht. You ask us to vote for ten 

 Now I think, sir, that it would 

 tommittee, say of nine, so that 

 "presented, thereby effectually 

 York club or local to any part 



ot the country. 1 shall, when 1 send in my voting paper, record 

 this additional vote that the committee should be one of nine, aud 

 I hope all that agree with me will adopt the same course. I intend 

 voting the- following ticket, because on it all the men are good 

 and without speaking disparagingly of their fellow club I may say 

 they contain the brains of the embryo cocker club : MesarB. 

 rinsley W hitman. C. B. Cmnmings, Wygant, McKoon, Macdougall. 

 A. H. Moore, lurk and Fellows. I do not object to a working 

 club committee of seven, only I think the standard committee, 

 which will be our first committee, should be in every way represent- 

 ative, both in pond of comparative numbers, breeding" and show 

 experience, and representing the real spaniel men. Lbim. 



NOTES FROM ABROAD. -On New Year's Eve a dog showing 

 the intensely religious turn of mind claimed for the whole popula- 

 tion—biped ami quadruped— of "Scotland, renowned for sanctity 

 of old,' rf«MH.' er&t into a Mr. Lloyd s church, at Perth, but his 

 reverence declined " the house of God was not the place for dogs 

 to worship in," aud forthwith ejected the poor collie and then pro- 

 ceeded with his discourse. Not for the canines but the canaille, 

 was the Gospel preached: but the forcible ejectment of "the 

 beastie " by Mr. Lloyd was », dangerous experiment. Suppose, in- 

 stead ol » well-conducted Scotch doe. with the national respectfor 

 the cloth, it had been the bull-terrier Tanpiin, there would have 

 been no " proceeding with the discourse." and' instead of sounds 

 ot worship there would have been loud lamentation's over spoiled 

 pants and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. By the way, 

 I hear that poor Tarquin will bite no more. I cannot bring mvsc'lf 



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able just once and say he "has gone over to the great majority." 

 the person who killed a favorite dog of Mr. Lort's has. on being 

 sued, cried peccant to the tune of A'60 and costs, a sum' far below 

 the dog's value : but the "popular judge " is us forgiving as he is 

 generous. -Slums, in The ;<l,jrk-h : r t „-r. 



There has been 152 entries secured for the Field Trial Derby in- 

 cluding 81 poiutera and 71 setters. Lord Downe, Mr. Barclay 

 Field and Mr. Lloyd Price are responsible for most entries in the 

 former tlivison, and the names of Messrs. Bishop, Bowers, Llewel- 

 lin aud Maedona appear prominently in the setter entries, 



