May 26, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



333 



mentioned) and the win 

 they ran their suecessli 

 ner of the first prize si 

 best of those dogs prei 



the order in which 

 beutou by thewin- 

 :ond prize with the 

 inner of Brat prize. 



of 



:ond 



ig beaten in thin hnat shall compete with the best 

 ionsly beaten by cue second prize -wiuner, ■anxl the 



viuner shall be tliird in the nice. The discretion is given tho 

 udges of deciding wuidtt is tho best of those dogs boaten for 

 leeond and third places by selection, or by running extra heats bo- 



The following diagrams will illnslratc the method of running ; 



A. 



Order of Drawing. Wins. Wins. Wins. Wins. 



i. 



,.aj 



111 



12) • 



13) 

 14? • 



15) 

 10, • 



..15 



This shows 1 as the winning dog. Then take numbers 2, 3 and 

 5, and either run thern each against tho other, or let the judges 

 select the best of the three as they may deem - fit — and run such 

 best dog— who wins by selection or running -with number fl f or 

 second prize. If number S should bo the best, then 5 and 9 to 

 compete for second, and if 5 wius he, of course, takes second and 

 9 takes third prize; or, if 9 should win he would take socond, 

 which would leave 5 and the best of 13, 11 and 10 to contest for 

 third money. 



B. 

 The same as the first instance, but with a bye. 



Order of Drawing. Wins. Wins, Wius. Wins. 

 1) 



sr- 

 ii 



■1,1* 



111 



12, ' 



- 13 ~1 



17) 



15j 



Numbor 1 wins first, prize. 



Numbers 2, 3 and 5, as mentioned in A. to compete with number 

 9 for second. If 5 wins he takes it and 9 captures third. If 9 wins 

 he takes second, and 5 and 15 ruu off for third money. 



In the All-aged Stakes, there being a special pointer prize, the 

 order would be as follows : 



3 i 

 4f ••' 



S-....2 



21 

 a bye. 



. . . .23J 



making a false point and discovering it to bo such, without any en- 

 couragement from his handler, shall not be penalized. 



Bui,*: 23.- Positive points of mo.il : Pointing, mwi and staunch- 

 ness, 10: pace, quartering and style. 30 j retrieving, 10: backing, 

 10 ; obedience and disposition, 10. Total, 100. Two wilful chases 

 Lose th i heat, 



Hole 24. — No person, except tho judgos, attendants and re- 

 porterB] will bo permitted to accompany the handlorfl of dogs. 

 Two persons will not bo permitted to work one dog at the same 

 time. If, from any cause, etc., as given before. 



As will be seen, the fourth series in pointer elasB decides where 

 tho special pointer prize is to go, after which the winner competes 

 with such setters as have also won their fourth heats, viz. : 

 Numbers 9 and 21. A bye, as is seen, is run off in its own class. 

 If number 1 wins first, as sketched out above, these numbers 2, 3, 

 5, 9 and 21 run for second prize. If number 21 wins first money, 

 then numbers 1, 17, 22 and 23 compete for second. 



If in the first case the winners Bhonld he different, and should 

 be placed among the pointers, the following should explain the 

 positions taken : 



21 



A bye. 



21 



Bole 21.— The judges shall order up the dogs as soon as they 

 have determined which is the best according to the scale of points 

 in rule 23. Unless a dog shows such lack of merit, that in the 

 opinion of the judges he cannot be placed, all clog-: Khali, if time 

 permit, have at least two chances to show then behavior on birds. 



Bdxe 22. — Pointing fur, feather or reptile, if the judges deem 

 the sains e xcusable, shall not he considered false points. A dog 



ree;-but the 

 rery much to 

 i, the judges 



KENNEL CLUB FIELD TEIALS. 



[From the London Field.] 



THE Kennel Club Field Trials were this Tear, by tli 

 siuu of Mr. Geo. Brewis, held over his Chestei 

 fate. The attendance on the first day was verv go< 

 ing fine ; but verv few spectators saw the pi-oceedbi 

 on Wednesday, as a thunder and hail storm visite 

 action, and scattered all but the verv coil lodastie fe 

 and the reporters, and on Thursday tho meet dwin 

 handful of field-trial men The judges iv. i <■ J I' - ■: r 

 and Shirley, with whose decisions I do not entirely « 

 '•heats" plan, on which they worked the awards, wat 

 blame hi the matter. Moveover, in one or two oas 



came to their decisions with unaccountable dilate 



others with equal unsatisfaotoiv rapidity. Thus, a brace of dogs 

 were down, on one day for an hour and a half, and another brace 

 on the same day for o'nlv two and a half minutes ! Now, granting 

 that in the latter case one of the runners had certainly committed 

 egregious mistakes, yet it is certainly rather quick work to put out 

 a dog in such a short time, and more inexplicable when the identi- 

 cal mistakes performed by other dogs were overlooked. Tho draw 

 took place, as usual, at the Bose and Crown, Saffron Waldon, Es- 

 sex, 9:80 p. M., on Monday, when a good many sportsmen put in 

 an appearance— a great contrast, this, to last ' year's draw, when 

 only very few were present. Mr. Wilson, the new Kennel Club 

 Secretary, assisted by Mr. Geo. Lowe, managed tho draw quickly 

 and in a business -like manner, and the cards were out early in the 

 morning on Tuesday with commendable punctuality. 

 TuBBnAX, May 3. 

 We met at Chesterford station at ten o'clock, and at once amove 

 waB made to a promising wheat field, where we began the 8eventu 

 Field Tkial Debby, for pointer aud setter puppies bred in 1880 : 



152 subs. 



Sir T. Lonnard's liv w d Gun-~ 

 ner, by G. Lowe's 1. Bang 

 —owner's Teal (Priam and 

 Scamp's dam), lOmo. f . . , , 



Mr. B. Lloyd-Price's liv w b 

 Fatiina, " by Bang— Hebe, 

 12mo 



Mr. J. H. Salter's livwdWild 

 Drake, by Mike— Bell6,12mo 



Mr. B. Lloyd-Price's liv w La ) 

 Vole, by Luck of Edenhall } 

 —Belle Fanst, lOmo ) 



Mrs. B. Lloyd-Price'i lem wb~j 

 Luck of Bron-y-Garden, by I 

 Luck of Edenhall— Beady f 

 Money, lOmo ". 1 



Mr.G Pilkington'siivb wMof-j 

 fat, by Mr. A. P. Lonsdale's }■ 

 Bow — aiBtor to Garuet.lli 



.Pointer*. 



Mr. G. Pilkingtons's Irs w d 

 I Morit, by Mr. S. Price's 

 ) champion Bang — owner's 

 Fancy (8067), llmo. 

 Mr. J. H. Salter's bd fk b 

 Bomp's Baby, by owner's 

 Mike — Bomp, 13mo. 

 (Mr. G. PilUington's liv. wh 

 ] Mirth,byBang-Fancy,14mo 

 (Mr. F. Lowe's liv w d Borax, 

 by Mr. S. Price's champion 

 Bang — owner's Princess 

 Kate, lOmo. 

 (Mrs. P. Lowe's lem w b 

 -,' Blanche of Devon, by Bang 

 ( Princess Kate, lOmo." 

 ( Mr. E. Lloyd-Price's liv w b 

 ■< Ladv Zoo, by Luck of Eden- 

 hall— Belle Faust, llmo. 



i flush 



Ml-. H. Grant's liv w b Willo' the Wisp, bv Mr. Pilkingtori's Garnet 

 —owner's Maggie (9012), sister to Bow Bells, 15mo fa bye"). 

 Setter*. 



Mr. G. Thomas' bk w t b Bose ) ( Mr. E. Bishop ns f Mr. Barclay 



of the Valley, by Lanark— V beat -J Field's) bk w t Belgium, by 



( Banger— Duchess, l2mo. 

 ( Mr. T. Armstrong's bk w d 

 -J John O'Groat, by a son of 

 I Dash II.— Bess, 12mo. 

 Mr. Purcell's Llewelliu'sbkw 

 < tb Dashing Novice, by Dash 

 I II.— Novel, lOmo. 



Mr. Joe Piatt's w bk d hollo, 



■I by Bhyll— owner'B Liz, by 



( Banger II., 13mo. 



M. Joe Piatt's bk w h Bloom, 



by Struggle (sc 



—Wreath by 



, Bock, lamo. 



'Mr. G. Brewis' bk wd Bobbie 



Burns, by TamO'Shanter— 



Fussy, by Blue Prince, her 



dam Bhoda, 13mo. 



a of Ehyl) 

 ohampion 



Bees, 13mo 

 Lord Downe's liy w b Silk, 1 



by Emperor Fred— Silk. \ 



15mo i ); 



Mr. W. Bartram's bk wb Gen- 1 



tie, by Mr. G. T. Bartram's V 



Duncan— his Wine, 15mo . | 

 Lord Downe's lem w d Fred, ) 



by Mr. Kobiuson's Emperor V 



Frod— owner's Silk, 13mo . . ) 



Mr. Puroell LlewelUn's bk w 1 1 

 DaBhing Ditto, by owner's !- 



Dash H.— Eifle, llmo 



Major Piatt's bk w d Wild) 

 Bose, by Tarn O'Shanter— | 

 Mr. James' Daisy, sisterito f 



DashlL, 15mo ....) 



n. 

 Pointers. 

 Gunner beat Will o' the Wisp I La Vole beat Moffat 

 Fatima beat Wild Drake | Luck of Bron-y-Garden (a bye) 



Setters. 

 Bose of the Valley beat Silk I Dashing Ditto beat Wild Bose 

 Fred beat Gentle 



Pointers 

 Gunner beat Luck of Bron-y- 1 Fatima beat La Vole (drawn) 

 Garden 



Setters. 

 Rose of the Valley heat Fred | Dashing Ditto (a bye) 



IT. 



Pointers. 



Fatiina beat Gunner. 



Setters. 



Dashing Ditto beat, Bose of the Valley. 



Sinai for Winner of t/i« Derby. 



Dashing Ditto (setter) beat Fatima (pointer). 



Awards— First prize in setters, and absolute Derby winner, Mr. 

 B. LI. Purcell Llewellin'sdog Dashing Ditto; first prize in pointers. 

 Mr. B. Lloyd Price's hitch Fatima : equal second prizes in each 

 breed, Mr. G. Thomas's setter bitch Bose of the Valley aud Sir 

 Thos. Lennard's pointer dog Gunner. 



The pointers were first taken in hand, and we began with tho 

 first brace on tie card, viz., Sir Thos. Lennard's Gunner and Mr. 

 G. Pilklngton'B Merit. Gunner was throughout the better goer of 

 the two, but he occasionally went too fast for his nose, and ho 

 began by running slap into a brace, disregarding wing in toto, and 

 bent evidently upon having his fiing first, before settling into 

 steady work. This done, however, ho did well, as he found two 

 brace of birds successively, aud although Merit backed linn well 

 each time, the flag of course went up for Gunner. 



Mr. It. Lloyd Price's Fatima and Mr. J. H. Salter's Bomp's Baby 

 ran next, and at first stavt Fatima drew up, a goodish way, to a 

 brace which both had winded. She next chased a hare for a hun- 

 dred yards or so, and her chances looked anything but bright for 

 the time being, as Bomp's Baby, who is a grand goer, something 

 like her mother, old Bomp, was going in style; in a fallow, how- 

 ever, she flushed, and had to bo ordered down. Fatima then 

 roaded a long way again, and pointed a brace ; Bomp's Baby de- 

 clined backing. Then both got on point, but Fatima's vvas false, 

 whilst Bomp's Baby, on the contrary, was on a brace. Then Bomp 

 again pointed a brace and a rabbit, and was well backed, and in 

 the next field both found a brace of birdB ; but a moment later 

 Bomp ran into three birds, aud then again put up an odd bird, and 

 did not notice wing at all in either case, whilst Fatima was pinning 

 down a brace, and her flag went up. Bomp's Baby will he a rare 

 good one with time aud care. 



Mr. J. H. Salter's Wild Drake and Mr. G. Pilkiugton's Mirth 

 were next. Wild Drake false pointed to start with, when Mirth 

 declined backing, and to a hare the latter had to be spoken to, 

 though not evidently very strongly mohned to chase, Drake then 



pattering right into 

 I Mirth joined him. 

 '-h once, and as she 



false pointed again, and then 

 them. This he repeated in ' 

 Then the dog flushed again 

 vent after two hares for some liny yaws wild Uralta won. 



Mr. B, Lloyd Price's La Vole and 'Mr. F. Lowe's Borax were the 

 next brace, and we expected grand things of La Vole, but she was 

 getting louse, and began rather stale. However, 3hewarmedup 

 a bit to her work, aud soon drew up for a long way to ,a bird, but 

 could not make it out, aud we put it up, when she dropped well to 

 wing. Borax backed her well, and then he tool; a false point. Ho, 

 by the way, was not running fast by any means— seemed out of 

 form, in fact — and the brace, therefore, chawed no great work, as 



ii. I o-l did ii'.'l run near Ley previous form either. "However, she 

 false: pointed, and then took a capita] point on a brace, then a false 

 point, then dropped to fur well. Finally, in a fine clover field, 

 she ran right into a brace, knocking them up badly, and in the 

 z i •:■.-. i 'lovei' V'jiii i be -took a false pond, but the dog was not work- 

 ing at all, aud she won. 



Wo then went to the tent wherein luncheon was spread, and. this 

 oyer, we took in hand Mr. F. Lowe's. Blanche of Devon and Sir. 

 Lloyd Price's Luck of Bron-y-Garden, who were started in a lovely 

 wheat field, when Llancho took at long l'aure a point, which Luck 

 took aUo, declining- to back. 'bleu Luck t'.i.pU-:' a brace, and in 

 the uext field again put up an odd bird. He next pointed a br 



and Blanche 



I acalll pi 

 dropped 



. to a har 



Then Luck Unshed a bird, and 



dropped; aud then both found birds, Luck dropping to gun well. 



she dro 



>pped well to gun. 

 Luck, breaking her back, 

 jealously, and Luck won j but I 

 d the decision was questionable. 

 Mr. 11. Lloyd Price's Lady Zoo 

 ind well, and dropped to gun 

 points running, and Lady Zoe 



But next, when Blanche pointed i 

 Finally Blanche found a. brace, 

 caused her to put up her birds 

 thought Blanche Lad done well, a 



Mr. G. Pilkiugton's Moffatt am 

 had a -short thing. Moffatt fo 

 capitally ; then she took three fah , 



flushed" two birds badly, then both pointed, each a brace, in the 

 next field. Finally, Moffatt van right into a brace ; bnt her flag 

 went up. Something else might have occurred, which I did not 

 see, to account for this decision. Mr. H. Grant's Will o' tho Wisn 

 scored a bye. This ran us through the card, so far as the pointers 

 were concerned, and we began the setters by running Mr. E. 

 Bishop ns (Mr. Barclay Field's) Belgium and Mr. G. Thomas' Bose 

 of the Valley. To a hare the bitch behaved exceedingly well, then 

 she took a point immediately afterward, Belgium backing her 

 well. She next dropped to wing well to a bird, and to gun was 

 perfect. Lose then took to pointing larks, was well backed each 

 time, then Belgium found birds, blinked her point, and Bose took 

 it. Bose twice false puiuted, and was backed admirably each t.inifi ; 

 she is a very pretty, merry worker, full of life and dash, and she 

 won easily, as Belgium did mot seem to know Charles Bishop, who 

 was working her, hence, very probably, her want of dash and 

 confidence. 



Mr. Thomas Armstrong's John o' Groat ran against Lord 

 Downe's Silk. John first false pointed, bnt found a brace well 

 immediately afterward; then he chased a lark, and false pointed. 

 Then Silk pointed a bn-d, while John was wasting his time potter- 

 ing near the fenco. Again Silk pointed, a hare this time, and won. 

 Silk had been improving very much since Shrewsbury, and ran 

 more smartly. 



WethmrauMr. G. Thorpe-Bartram's Gentle against Mr. Pur- 

 cell Llewellin's Darling Notice. Gentle pulled up neatly to a brace 

 of birds, Novice backing beautifully ; then Gentle flushed a bird 

 down wind, dropped to it, and another bird got up, she remaining 

 down very steadily. Both then false-pointed once or twice ; it 

 was getting late, the birds were on the run evidently. Howheit, 

 in the next field both turned for a pohit on a hare, but Novice had 

 it first ; Novice, however, could not make out her game, and the 

 flag wont up for Gentle. Mr. Joe Piatt's Bollo and Lord Downe's 

 Fred came then forward. Boilo ranged well, but he chased a hare 

 up to the fence, while Fred pointed larks once or twice. Then 

 Bollo took a good point, and Fred also found the same birds ; and 

 Bollo once more found another brace, hut iu the next field he 

 chased again, and was put out. Mr. Joe Piatt's Bloom and Mr. B. 

 LL Purcell Llewellin's Dashing Ditto had also a very decisive 

 spin. Bloom false-pointed, Dashing hacking readily ; Ll'ooni next 

 put up a brace of birds, which not only Ditto was pointing, bnt to 

 which she herself had drawn for a point, and into these buds she 

 deliberately rushed, thereby taking the point and knocking up the 

 birds, aud, as she chased them, all these misdeeds rightly put her 

 out. The next brace were Major Piatt's Wild Bose and Mr. G. 

 Brewis' Bobbie Burns, and they had probably the very shortest 

 trial on record. Bobbie false pointed, and the bitch took a lovely 

 point ou a brace whilst going in her usual superb style. She next 

 pointed a hare, aud then a brace of birds, aud won. This trial 

 lasted two minutes and a half, so that Mr. Brewis (Bobbie Burns' 

 owner) can boast of not having been over-favored by his two 

 friends, the judges, as the ground over which his dog ran was 

 very bare indeed, and the dogs were down such a very short time 

 that but little could be seen of them. For the tieB, "Gunner ran 

 his bye with Will o' tho Wisp. Gunner, going very fust, flushed 

 twice, aud then found a brace. Will did not extend himself at 

 first, but ho boou warmed up to his work, and they pulled up to 

 gether capitally on a brace. Will, however, soon after pottered np 

 another brace, and Gunner, behaving remarkably well to a hare, 

 won. Fatima and Wild Drake then came on. Wild Drake twice 

 false pointed, Fatima backing to perfection both times, but she 

 uext Hushed. Drake poiuted a braco of birds well, while Fatima 

 false poiuted twice. This, however, Drake was also guilty of ; but 

 it was nearly dark, and no good work could have been expected at 

 that time from any dog. 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. 



We met at 9.15, at Chesterfield Park, Mr. Geo. Brewis's seat, and 

 tho brace which had been taken up overnight were slipped behind 

 the house in a stubble. Going down wind, Fatima Hushed, then 

 Wild Drake false pointed, and also flushed wild birds, and again 

 false pointed, Fatima backing well. He then pointed a wild brace, 

 and in the next field he pulled up just in time to another brace, 

 which Fatima had unaccountably passed over without finding. In 

 the next field, a rough common," Wild Drake flushed a brace, and, 

 refusing to obey whistle, he went on, and put up another and lost. 

 The dogs, however, had'been slipped down wind, and he had gone 

 on his own ; 'hook," to take the wind, for which he was blamed ; 

 but so far he was right in my opinion. His flushing, however, was 

 inexcusable. Moffat and La Vole were slipped on the same com- 

 mon, when La Vole, drawing for a point, the birds were put up by 

 the breakers; then both bitches false pointed, and this Moffatt 

 repeated again in the next field, being well backed throughout. 

 Then La Vole took a false point, which Moffatt shared, aud Moffatt 

 pointed a brace, having roaded them well. Moffatt then had two 

 more false points, then she found and left her point, putting up 

 the birds, and in the next field she again Unshed a brace after hay- 

 ing found them ; then she dropped well to a hare, and then She 

 found a brace, and put them, up once more, and, of course, La 

 Vole won, although her chances had been anything but rosy at one 

 time. She had had a tremenduously long trial, and was perfectly 

 knocked up. 



We began the setter ties with Silk and Bose of the Valley. Bose, 

 going beautifully and quartering splendidly, began badly by flush- 

 ing a brace— dropping, however, to wing readily; she then dropped 

 well to a hare, then pointed near the fenco, and as we saw a bird 

 rising beyond sho won. It began then raining very hard, and Fred 

 and Gentle were slipped in tho midst of a shower ; Gentle found a 

 brace well, and Fred flushed another brace, then the bitch dropped 

 in time to a wild brace, and the running was stopped for refreshing 

 the inner man. After luncheon Fred found, left his point, and we 

 flushed them; then Gentle (lushed a brace twice running, one in 

 each of the next two fields, and the dog won. Dashing Ditto and 

 Wild Bose ran uext ; Dashing Ditto pointed a brace which Wild 

 Bose ran into, and when Dashing again found a bird she did not 

 back her, so that Dashing Ditto's flag went up readily, poor Wild 

 Bose haying for the nonce forgotten her previous good Behavior. 



The weather then cleared up a hit, and the two pointers Gunner 

 and Luck were sent on. Gunner false pointed, and Luck took a 

 good point on a brace of birds, when Gunner made an excellent 

 back. Then Gunner took a false point, Luck backing him ; then 

 both flushed when running side by side down wind ; then Luck 

 found a brace and blinked them, and al tts bottom of the next 



