420 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[ftjso 30, 1888. 







,S 



JPI) 



MR. WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM'S ORANGE AND WHITE ENGLISH SETTER DOG "GROUSE DALE." 

 Divided Second and Third With •Don.' - All Aged Stake, Eastern field Trials, 1883. Also divided third with "Londcm -1 and "Foreman." All-Aged Stake, Southern State Field Trials, 1853. 



Poarter Lent Gladstone's Boy. 

 Rush Gladstone, a bye. 



Third .NVW.-.S-. 



Rush (a Ja intone beat San Roy. 



Poarter b?a! KatyD. 



FINAL TIB FOR FIRST PRIZE. 



Rush Gladstone beat Poarter, and won first prize 



FINAL 'HE FOR NEO.I.VO rl'.IZK 



Son Roj beat Poarter and won second prize. 



FINAL TIE FOB inutl) PRIZE. 



Paul Gladstone heat Poarter and won third prize. 



Pointer Prize. 

 Kaio BOW, Major Croxtethand Don Quixote di\ tded equally 



the pointer prize. 



ThJS CHAMPION StaKIl. 



The Champion Stake was to have been run oft on Saturday 

 Ult there being only two entries, Brysou's .Site and Crawford 1 ! 

 Gatli. the pi-ize and honors were divided between iheiu. 



business was done. Mr. J. K. On- of San Francisco, a men: 

 of the clnb, was tendered a vote of thanks for his offer < 

 silver cup as a special prize for this vear. The executive e 

 mittee thought best to refuse Mr. Ott-'a offer, because they 

 determined to make the tirst trials of the club dependein 

 uo adventitious aids for interest. 



THE PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS. 



the Pa< 



27 and r - 



THE tii-.- 1 annual trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials 

 Club Here run on Nov " ' 



and preserved by the 

 southeast from Foist 

 the cover is open, mi 

 times, and so make e 

 fairly plenty. The cc 

 rate hiding plac. " 



ind he) 



ud the 



at i 



Plenty of rocky slope 

 lead gra- and pricklv ', 

 :h in which the birds seei 



pa 



ed 



places, am 

 meeting sal 

 State, ueiti 

 At both bi 

 located in ( 

 and quite c 



i- Califo 



Tie 



niidiiessof Mr. Wood 

 in the success of the club; 

 ers about to known using 

 nee helping to make the 

 ad alreach- been had in this 

 could have been wished, 

 id such as were found were 

 which grows breast high 

 , too, the walking was so 

 r but 



jalsthedog. 



hard, up and down steep high hillsides, as to dist 

 those inured to hard work. 



The last few rears Lave brought to the State: 

 woU-b.td dog s , and many felt that sim-e n -,. me, 



jo infuse life and a pi sr sen t resporirijbilityi 



already in existence, it might be worth while to I 

 which should be representative in its membershq 

 prizing in its efforts to secure .such ground and 

 tions as would afford a fair test of the possibility 



-II -'Stm I el a TV. 



id, i 



A vote 



. fo 



to Mr. F. AT. Dunn, of Battle Mo 



The 



uett. San Francisco. Pre 

 First Vice-President: K. 

 President: X. E. White 



ivho 



secutive Committee— H. H. Briggs. 

 G. W. Bassford, Colusa; J. H. 



to th 

 ! Thi .. 

 eleventh hour 



; 0. X. 

 committee, 

 e and time of the next trials v 



e delegated 



gnified their wiUingne: 



. same telegrams from tv 



their inability to be present. This seemed 



3e pres. 

 the remaining judge. F. W. Dunn, 

 Xev., proved bis competency to univer 

 judgments covered the whole work of tl 

 iivered w-ith such minute differentiation 

 ! their wisdom, The judge had seen som 

 and ruled fu a high -Cauda n I, which w as 

 by California handlers. The latter sho 

 and lack of method. 



ed i 



irpr 



»Dt 



not a single brok 



of the 



Dog handling is a recent thin 

 been compelled to grope along 

 have had no man who knew 

 breaking, except from reading. 

 realize that a dog can be well bi 

 time h" broken bv owner, or of n 

 est breaker. The places w«re 

 equally. 



Dorr, the winner of first in tt 

 standing- black and tan setter, v. 

 Not a typical Gordon, but a wid 

 third at Nebraska Trials of 1* 

 quarters well. On point he st: 

 high: he i- steady and staunch. 



The winner of second in the sai 

 a pointer bitch bred bv S. B. D 

 ' 'tvkev" in look. to. 



■da: 



and 



To tie.- end ami 



tuber of sportsmen met in Sacramento in 



last August and oi 



ganized the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club. 



It is what it- nam 



■ would indicate, it has no local a fliliations 



which can cramp 



ts movements. It is bound by no ties or 



obligations to hoi. 



its trials in one place rather than another. 



and it, ha- • 



pread membership, means, and a desire to 



do the best i l.m 



's possible to enable Californians to claim 



place on equal foe 



tint- with those East-rn and English gentle- 

 In behalf of exclusive breeding and hand- 



ling i if Betters and 



pointers have resulted in such a general in- 



crease of inter, -t 



mid intelligence among admirers of field 



sports Residents 



of any portion of the Pacific slope are in- 



,-llcd to active m, 



Dflberstaip, and the loll now has upon if the 



name- of gel en 



eu living in Nevada. Oregon, Washington 



Territory and c 





which, uutilla-t « 



-ok cool 1 point to no promises tulltilc.l. nor 



an) clemonstrata. 

 The executive ,.■ 



,'n'm,'i'.te!-'t',r'this' vear arranged a camp ou 



a beautiful spot o 



i the bank of Deer Creek rigid in the heart 



of the reserve. Tc 



ii- v..... pitched and beds and bedding pro- 



vided for all who 



attended. Tim ebjb caterer furnished good 



plain meals on (In 

 fo its sides all the 



ground, and at im-dil a huge camp-lire drew 



we. i ri, .1 sportsmi a. who rehearsed the heats 



of the day wnh u 



(flagging interest, and ever increasing power 



ol di=c lie 



while pufOug at the after dinner pipe pre- 



j,arator\ to rollin 



% Up in their blankets and pulling away fol- 



the eight. A poo 





to plunge in. in t 



ic char 1 rusty mornings, or alter the da \ - 



pilgrimage, 'the 



invitation was not gcnci.il!> .u. epted. _ In 



i.i it, the bathing 



v. as ooiduied li, onc^obe-.^San 1 innc^s... 





of ills distinguished efforts to be clean. 



On Tues.hr. ev 



■nm- the club was called to order bv Presi- 



dent Bassford and the annual meeting held. Some routine 



proper breaking is good enough tor ordinary com 

 InthePuppj 3tok. 31 \ as taken by the p 



_■ .u: : Butte 



Bow. Butte is a white, liver ticked dog about lit 



teen months 



old. Has deep chest and flat shoulders, with fail 



feet, a little 



open. Should be a goer, but has been handled t 



) potter, and 



is slow- and cautious. His ownershoots in heavy 



.•over, where 



i-a lii m -are olentv, and has broken the clog ace 



irdiuglv. A 



good one with breaking. 





The red setter bitch Beatrice won secoud moll. 



■. She looks 



like a ( 'hief— Berkclv— Duck, except that she h 



ts a bad tail, 



hadlv carried s he has great slaving power am 





but ranees with her head d. ntu. She is light red 



oi has 



a good chest and fair feet, and next year, if i.r 



ikeii. will be 



liard to beat. 





•st looking dog i 



•top speed., but hi 



, perfect!: 



proud of. 



THE DERBY. 

 The draw for places in the Derby was made ou Monday 

 morning. Nov. 28, and immediately thereafter the party 

 started, the judge on horseback and the others on foot. 



Crossing Deer Creek, opposite the camp, Judge Dunn called 

 up the first brace of dogs, Bow, Jr. ana Beatrice, Bow, Jr., 

 handled by owner. General Cosby, and Beatrice by Mr. H. C. 



Chipmau, 

 ordered to 

 perhaps hi 

 the proper 

 without lo 



beat up the creek 



ground, and preW 

 sating birds. Reach 

 ;re sent round to th. 

 tks. Both paced w 

 a beautiful style. 



■atri 



into 



>, beyond a ba 



retric 

 igged his left h 

 - minutes. Mr 

 inrl at thirty v 

 : stood to oi-dei 

 ahead, and in 

 id was trailing 



ving on the dogs trailed t 

 irds put up a dozen quail. 

 \ The quail settled on i 

 moving toward them. Bo 

 toward a brush pile whe 



Both to 

 point s. 



ished by the party he 



aftei 



lilshl 



ng de- 

 With the exception 

 n dog was started by any 

 ible enough to see their 

 forced to an acknowledg- 

 es!, beaten hereafter by 

 lie suggestions of Judge 

 lack of knowledge i m our 



the. Stat'', and we have 



5 All-Aged Stake, is an 

 th docked tail and short el 



■ ranger and stylish. Hev 



ki-iei JVui iii (id Oi n. 



Omen is a little bitch. 

 ud with bad head: but 

 nds would make a hard 



in the All-Aged Stake, 

 ep chest, good shoulders 



but the qu 



Jr.. found dead, but did t 

 Chipman's shot.' The bra 

 trial. Down one hour an 



SNOW. 



, handled b\ 



. Mr 



At 1 1 :50 Beautiful S 

 Ellery, and Butte I 



ordered down in a dry brush opening-, whit 

 A little beyond Snow trailed to a weedy plai 

 the birds wild and broke in, chasing out 0" 



back and 

 quail which He 

 in on a bird wh 



11 r. 



Ellen 



Snow a 



gam chased a 



bv, i 



id a moment after ran 



Butte 

 t. and 



Bow, \ 



caking close 

 it out a hare. 



... ii-d 



Teee 



•'. Biitt ■ 



B.itte Bow 

 Br veined to 

 n off. After 



finding, the 

 .tow. Dowti 



At I a-'o Beatrice and Bow, Jr.. were again started to com- 

 plete their first heat. Soon the bitch began feathering toward 

 a weedvkn.ro, but her handier flushed her bird before she 

 could make the point, Beatrice steady to wing. A little to 

 one. side Bow, Jr.. footing a little gully, drew to point, but the 

 bird would not lie and Beatrice broke wing, but stopped to 

 order. A little further on the dog.- were put upon a marked 

 Bow, Jr.. chasing: Beatrice 



steady 



- toge 



ng the. lie 



take 

 hour and ten minutes, 



This finished the first scries. Duke having a bye. 



albirds 

 Dowu one 



on, 



! ' 



) BK.A 



RICE 



At 2:35 P. M, Beatrice, handled by Mr. Ohipman, and Duke, 

 owned by C. V. B. Kaeding, arid handled by Mr. W. H 

 Briggs, were started. They worked out a good deal of cover 

 without finding-, Beatrice steadier than early intbeday. Duke 



od pt 



ndi 



•client 



Vie 



ulariy fine 



thi: 



ith head well up. but c 

 he was out for exercise. Walking over a little knoll, a bird 

 flushed from a little oak over Duke's head. He stood to 

 wing. Soon after, starting a hare. Duke, chased out of sight, 

 hut soon came in. A bird put up by the handlers was shot at 

 by both and missed. Both clogs stood to gun. Duke after 

 twenty minutes, lost ill pace, aud after beating out several 

 likely spots with but, one find, and that by Beatrice, the brace 

 was 'called up, and Beatrice given the heat. Down thirty-five 

 minutes. 



It is but just to say that Duke had never before been ou 

 game, and was entered simply because, his owner desired to 

 till the held of starters. 



BCrTE BOW ASL> BEATRICE. 



At 3:20 this brace was cast off under the same handlers as 

 before to decide as to first place. Both dogs did nice work, 

 covering their grouud well, and at killing range. On a hill- 

 top Butte Bow drew t* a staunch point on a toriicat, Beatrice 

 refusing to hack. Moving on down a slope a bevy w«s flushed 



