August 26, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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NASHCA, M. fJ: Aug. 15th.— GlaJss bail shooting. The contest 

 for the go\d badge closed laat Tuesday, George H. Brigbam hav- 

 ing won it three tiiUKS, the last score heing (30 bftllal :— 

 H.G.Bixby 35 | U. W. Lakeman 83 



E. Toune .., .. 21 G. H. Brlgham..... 28 



J.F.Bumham 22 | 



The rlBo club show very creditable scores. They meet weelcly 

 at the Starlc Ratifo. The sportsmen have fair Uu--k Willi the 

 woodcoelc, Chnrloy Ijiitoii, of the club, hrintriiig in halfaJoxen 

 fine birds lust Monday. T'arCridtrr- iiud feijuirrels promise to l)e 

 plenty this season, and a tcame slipper lonnts up in the nc^ar 

 future. Webb. 



YoNKBiKS, N. T., Au^. 21st.— The iiieelirig of the ^onkera Guu 

 Club opened with the following pigeon match. Hurlingham rules 

 to Koveru ; 15 birds a aide : - 

 J. Wttcing, Jr. lllHUllUlOll-13 | Oscar Austta lllOOOlOOlUOiO-8 



■Washington Gun CT.iTB.—Brnnltlyn Drivtno fark. L. T., Aug. 

 20tft.—Keguiar monthly oorapctition for the champion gold liadge, 

 at 7 birds, 31 yards rise. The birds were a fine lot -and required 

 the best skill ol' the mariisraen to bring them to the ground The 

 tiontest wa> i-xeitinfr and the shontnig was the best e.thlhltlon 

 ever shown hv the chib. Six out ot thirteen Icilled their birds in 

 succession, viz : Diei king, llitteDhoiise, Hedeman, Evans, Killeit, 

 and Altenl.rand, Ttjesc gfuiUfiueEi shot olf the We at 5 birds 

 each, and Mr. Altenhrand wr.n tlic badge. 



F*i.(JOsGctN Cirii. —/)>'(.:( Purt, Jamaifrt, i. /., jlH«. 19(/i : - 

 Kelly, 21 yai-ds.fl; l.i-ni! l^on. :;;! .v^irds, 9; ragts,23yavd8, fl; Van 

 Staarten, 23 vavil^, 7 ; ,Mill(r, ■.'fi yar.ls, IJ : Offerman, 21 yards, 7: 

 Itadin, 25 yards, (i, l,.iL'i.r. ;;i wn'l;', 9; Meyer, 31 yards, 5; Man- 

 gels, 3;j yards, S. i.miKken and l.airor shot off the tie and won by 

 Lager. N. \. Btaie Association rules and Falcon Gun Club handi- 

 cap rise. Prices, gold club badge and Westly-Kichards breech- 

 loader, which when won three successive times becomes the prop- 

 erty of the sliooter. 



KiHTi,AND Shoottng CLltB. -Cle«;eta«d,, (Jft(ii, -liw. 17l?i.-Seort» 

 of lUeraonthly sliootoi the Klrtland Club for gold badge. Card 

 rotary trap, screened, 15 birds :— 



J, Wightmau lllA.Bergor in 



.r.Millaman 18 F.Davis.. i;j 



J.Woods - 13 J.Koistte.- 7 



F.Sehr a |C. Boof.-... 13 



J. Kroesen 8 I <;. Kutuh-raon 15 



T. A. Closse il .l.Kelv.- 11 



C. Wliiurd lol.T. Wetier 3 



■C. Weatherhenrt 13 i D. A. Udiill ,. . ,.10 



K. DayiJin 13 O. Soal - 12 



J. Meyers 12 I H. Cross 13 



O.Kanderson won the badge. The balls were poor; a great 

 many were hit that did not e.xplode. 



Sweepstakes, ID double balls, 1« yards. Card's improved trap, 

 screened :— 



G. Randerson ._ « | J. Wood 5 



G.soai 10 J. Wightman 9 



.7. Krossen 6 | J. Kohl _ . 5 



M. Daykin-. .. 6 A. Berger 9 



C. Weatherhead 7 F.Sehr, 3 



Eaton 8 I T. A. Closse 9 



C. Boot G. Eease 5 



Webb Bently 3 J. Moyeis -.. 7 



H. Cross . 7 I F.Davia « 



G. Soal first money. T.A. Closse won second with three pair at 

 lt» yards, (1. Kaiulftr.son thu'd money. T.A. C. 



AUi<)K'ji,i-N- I'ivK C\.vii.—Kew rorJt.Aiii/.lBWi.— Match foragold 

 badge, to he won tinea times; 20 balls, three Bogardus traps, 10 

 ' yards apart, 18 yards rise :- 



Auld.. ... ISIHIU. TJ 



Eckstein ., .. 15 Iiundle. J5 



Bennet IB I Montgomery 17 



Longhei-y ...- 15 I Brenner 17 



Male 13 Simpson 9 



Moylan lo| Keller ._ 15 



H. M. B. 



Fall Bivjeu, Manx.. A-ug. 17()«.— At a practice shout of the Fall 

 Kiver Gun Club to-day, from A Card rotary trap, screened, 18 

 yards rise, amoku largcl balls, m a possible 25 : 



E.W.T{ufflut'lou ;;4 I H , H . itead 17 



H.C.BnilL-y, , , .'B j T. fc. Hall, ,. ,16 



.I.M.Wood.. .. U:; I J..T. Soanlan 15 



P. E. Bordcu ai I F. Slurman ...13 



T.S, H. 



V'ONKKRS, N. T., Aug. IStft.— An interesting pigeon match took 

 place at Eastchester, N. Y., yesterday between A. Ward, of Wil- 

 liam's Bridge, and A. Knobh, of Yonlters, at 25 birds each, under 

 the Long Island rules, in which A. Ward scored 20 out of 2"t and 

 A. KobblSoutof 34. E. W. 



TiTcsTir.i.K, F.V.. .tHfl.ldtft.— Card revoi\ing trap, 21 yards; too 

 dark lor .-liijoiiny lies: — 



L.L. .simriiKk 1111111111—101 P. Theobold.., 1011111111— 9 



K.H.Bonycnton,,)r.]l]lllllll— 10 | .T. Cusley 1111111111—10 



C^V. Bonyehton-.tUlliim— 10 i C. Hundenherg- .1111011111- 9 

 PTSarry ■1111111111-10 | W. riummiug.... .1001111111— S 



F. Kedel llllllilll- lOi Dr. Shuinberry UUllllU-lO 



AV. Davidson .llOUlilll— 'J W.Brown 1111111111—10 



P. HaHer lUllllOU- U | E. Robinson IIUIIIILI-IO 



KEVPOaT, N. J., Auy. 18fh.— Mr. Geo. Waitt, of the Raritan 

 Shooting Club, of Keyport, N. J., in a match to bieak 90 balls out 

 of 100, thrown from a mole trap standing 18 yards, and all to bo 

 thrown at him on Aug. nth, scored as follows : 5.T5515i)i>5555455555 

 55— total k8. S. P. 



Ekb w. Hadwoki'H.- The tmrd match between Fred Erb, Jr., 

 ot St. Joseph, Mo., andW. B. Hauworth, of Quiiicy, 111,, came oil 

 at the latter place Aug. 18th . The flrst meeting vin» fwu years 

 ago, when Erb won with a score of 93 to 90. The mc<m<\ match, a 

 few weeks since, was won by Hauworth. siore S4, Kib withdraw- 

 ing on his Hath bird, having lulled 87. Thp la^t mat ch was at wild 

 birds, 21 yards, plunge traps, use of one banel. Hainvorth missed 

 his 30th and 75th birds, and won Mrith a score oi 98 ; Krb missed his 

 -Ith, 10th, 17th and 33d ; score, 08. 



PUBLISHERS- DEPARTMENT. 



—See advertisement of black ba.ss flshing at St. Clair Fiats. 



—The Mountain Kennel, Mr. Chas. K. Kent, proprietor, is open 

 to receive a limited number of dogs to board. Attention is called 

 to notice in another column . 



—We take pleasure in calling attention ol our readers to the 

 fine stock advertised for sale in another column by Mr. C Z. Milev, 

 of iancaster. Pa. Mr. M. informs us that Gypsie Queen is ex- 

 pected to whoip in a few days, and that he has decided not to 

 part with her. 



Am Educitional Indorsement.— The fiev. C. A. Harvey, D. 

 D., of the Howard University, of Washington, has addressed the 

 followmg letter to Messrs. H. H. Warner & Co., of Kochester, 

 N.Y.:- 



Gentleme.v : I take pleasure in stating that I have tor two years 

 past been acquainted with The remedy known as Warner's Safe 

 Kidney and Llvor Cure, and with it.s lemarkable curative effi- 

 ciency in olisiinatii and so-called incurable cases ot Bris'bt'B di.?- 



easein '* - '- "rus ot tliose. cases, which seemed to be in 



the 111 iL-.ihad been g-iven up by praetitioQCrs ol' 



both ., iv clijinffi; wrought by thi* reimalv .^i-i-'.ned 



butlii' .;.-i]liiU3. lain cimviaucd that ov Krighfs, 



disen^^, : ;, no r.:-me.ly hereiofore discovered can by 



.held for one momi.-at in ooinparison with this. 



Bespeotf uUy Yours, CjA. Hartby. 



r//i' Mermtt 



— Address all communications to " Forest and Stream 

 Publishiiig Company, New York." 



FIXTURES. 



'I'oronto, Canada dog show, Sept. 8th. (itb and 10th. Eutrios closed 

 August21st. H. J. Hill, Secretary, Toronto. Ont. 



St. Louis Kennel Club, St, Loui? Mo., Oct. ".lb, 0th, 7th and 8lh. 

 Entries closeSept 20th , Charles H. 'rmncr. Secretary, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society International Colley 

 Trial, Piiiladeliibia. Sept. 30th, 21st, 22d,'33d, •34lh andSStb. D. W. 

 Seilei- and Elbridg-c McConkey, secretaries. P. S. A . Society. Har- 

 risburg. Pa. 



Netraska State sp.irtsraeu'a AssoelaMon Field Trials, Miil'ord, 

 Nebra.ska. Sept, 30t li and Oct. Istand 2d. Kntries close Aug. Jilst. 

 .1. H. 3=tarle.\ , Sei retary, Lincoln, Neb. 



Pcnnsvlvaniii Stale Field Trin Is Association Trials, Laneaater, 

 Pa., coninieiice Knv. litb. J. R. Staytou, Seereiai'y, Pittsburg. 



Eastern Field Trials Club's Seeoud Annual Tridls, Bobin.<= Island, 

 Peoonlc Bay, L. I., Nov. aith. Jacob Peni^.. SecrctiuT, New York. 



National American Kennel Club's Second Annual Field Trials, 

 Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 15th. Chas. De Bonge, Secretary, 51 Broad 

 street. New York. 



NATIONAL AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



THE coiniuittee of this orgaiv^atiou, at a recent lueot- 

 iiia:. decided that the club field trial Derby should 

 herun :it Vinc-enues, Iiid., on nr about Nov. l.'jth. The 

 i'olloiving gentlemen were h^eleeied. and have consented 

 to act as jtidgea : Mr. Then, M..!-i..r.|, of Newton, N. J., 

 and Captain Patrick Heurv • ' Ltmding, Ark, 



These trials, beyond questi I i Miie in every re- 



spect anything of the Idnd e- i ' Hi i / ;-<iin thiscouiitry. 

 Subjoined will be found the rules aitd instructions to 

 judges of the club. The'latter we do not tliink are as 

 clear a.s they might be, particularly the in.stnictions on 

 Isacking and t|uartering. In the brace stakes the maxi- 

 mum for ranging and maximum for quartering are raised 

 from 6 to 10 points each, making the total 108, instead 

 of 110, as published officially : — 



Ajra^icAN Kensel Club. / 

 New York, Aiig. nth. 1880. j 



RULES FOR FIELD TBT.\LS. 



Rule 1. — ^Managers of field trials shall advextise the 

 time and place where the meeting will be held, the date 

 of closing entries, the scale of points and the names of 

 judges at least thirty days before the trials take place. 

 In the event any judge or judges fail to act. the competi- 

 tors shall fill all vacancies, each coinjietitor being entitled 

 to one vote. 



Rule S.^Dogs shall lie dra\vii in braces by lot and run 

 in heats, the beaten dogs to be retired (except as herein- 

 after provided), and the winners to lie rim again in the 

 order in which they won their successive heats. If tliere 

 should be a bye, the dog getting tlte benefit ot the bye 

 sliall Ije Tun in the first heat of the next series of heats. 

 If two dogs owned or exhibited by the .same person 

 .sliould be drawn to run together or come together in 

 any successive heat, the second dog shall chsjige phace 

 with the next dog in the order of running. This shall be 

 continued until only two dogs remain, and the winner of 

 these two shall be winner oi^ first prize. The last dog 

 beaten by the winner of first prize sliall (.■ompete for sec- 

 ond prize with the best of those dogs previously beaten 

 by the winner of first prize. The winner ol this lieat 

 shall l)e declared winner of seceiud prize. I'lie dog 

 beaten in this heat shall compete with the be.st of tliose 

 previously beaten by the second prize wiiinei', and the 

 winner shall be third in the race. The discretion is 

 given the judges of deciding n-hii.-li is the betjt of these 

 beaten dogs in the competition for second and third 

 places by selection or by running extra heats between 

 them. 



Rule 3. — ^When two dogs owned or trained by the same 

 person shall be drawn together, one shall run only in 

 that heat, and he with the next dog in the order of 

 running not so owned, unless at the latter end of the 

 trial it be found impossible to avoid running two such 

 dogs together, when it may be permitted. A with- 

 drawal from any heat is a withdr-twal from the race. If 

 in drawing there be a bye, and a dog be withdrawn in 

 this heat, the dog with tlie bye and the other dog m tlie 

 heat withdvawn from shall be compelled to lain against 

 each otlier, as if so drawn. * 



Rule 4. — The judges shall order up the dogs as soon 

 as the}' have determined which is the best accord- 

 ing to the scale of points in Rule .'5. The privilege is 

 granted tlie judges of orderuig up any dog or brace of 

 dogs that have u<it sufficient merit, in their opinion, to 

 get placed ; but these may be put down again if there is 

 a possible cliance for them to win. 



Rule 5. — Positive points for merit : Pointing, 33 : pace, 

 20 ; backing. 7 ; style, (i ; stanchness, 6 ; ranging, 6 ; quar- 

 tering, 6 ; obedience and dispo-sition , 4; retrieving, 10. 

 Total, 100. Negative points for demerit : False pointing, 

 I to 7 ; iireaking in (each ofl'ense), 3 ; breaking shot (each 

 offense), 5 ; chasing or breaking shot and chasing (each 

 offense), 10. 



Rule 6. — No person except the judges, attendants and 

 reporters will be permittee! to accompany the handlers of 

 the dogs. Two persons wiU not be permitted to work 

 one dog or a brace of dogs. If from any cause the hand- 

 ler of a dog or a brace of dogs is disabled to such extent 

 that he cannot shoot, the judges shall appoint a iier.son 

 to shoot for him. The handlers of the two dogs shall go 

 together as if it were a brace of dogs, so that the dogs 

 shaU be upon an eijuality as to ground, opportum'ties for 

 pointing, etc. No spectators will be allowed nearer the 

 handler of dogs than seventy-five yards to the rear, and 

 a marshal shall be appointed to "enforce this law. No 

 person shaU make any remark about the judges or dogs 

 in hearing of the judges. Such person so offending shall 

 be expelled from tbe grounds. Should any ha;ndler of 

 dogs annoy the judges after having been ordered to de- 

 sist, the judges shall order such dogs as he is handlmg up 

 and out of the race. The privilege is granted the hand- 

 lers to ask the judges for information or explanation that 

 has a direct bearing upon .iny point at issue ; pending 

 such question the dogs shall' not be imder judgment. 

 Dogs afflicted with any contagious disease or bitches in 

 season ■will not be permitted on the grounds. 



Rule 7.— Pointing fur, feather or reptiles shall not be 

 considered making a false point, A dog making a false 

 point a.nd discovering it to be such without any encour- 

 agement from his handler shall not be penalized. 



INSTRXTCTIONS TO JUDGES, 

 Pointing— The judges will allow oidy those dogs the 

 maximum that )ioint all the birds possible for them to 

 point under existing cu'cumstances : a dog to earn the 

 maximum number of points under this head mu.st dis- 

 play a first-class nose and exhibit groat judgment in find- 

 ing and pointing his birds, and make iio fln.shes that a 

 dog with the above qualities would .avoid in ordinary 

 hiuiting. The dogs are to be htmted in all respects as in 

 an ordinary day's shooting. Inexcusable or willful flushes 

 ■will detract from a dog's score under this bead, liut tlie 

 character of the flush must be always taken into .iccount 

 in estimating the penalty, if any. The judges must not 

 ask the handlers if their dogs are iiointing, but mu.st 

 decide for themselves. They shall always consider the 

 nature of the ground, the wind and the birds, and not 

 penalize a dog for flushhig a liird it would be impossible 

 to point. The penalty for fluslies to be graded by the 

 "'""■■'cter of theoft'euse. The judges shall not require 



the handlers to work their dogs down ^vind. Judges are 

 allowed the discretion of declaring a dog or dogs out of 

 the heat if absent when called, 



Pace -The dog that maintains the fastest gait throu.gh- 

 out the trial, except when in cover or on game, to receive 

 the full uumlier of points, all others to be graded by 

 him. 



Backing— The maximum only itUowed such dogs as 

 stand or drop only at sight of anotlier dog pointing. But 

 no dog shall be expected to back unless the dog pointing 

 stands and is motionless. A dog shall not be said to re- 

 fuse to back ttnless he sees tlie dog pointing. To get 

 credit for a back the dog must stop' at least len y,ards 

 (when practicable) in front of the handler. 



Style— The judges shall coiLsider the dog's grace in 

 ranging and drawing, and attitudes in pointing and back- 

 ing. 



Stanchness— The maximum allowed such doga only as 

 do not advance from their point whan they are on game 

 until ordered on. 



Ranging— The maximum only allowed the dogs that 

 maintain the most killing range throughout, viz., wide 

 in- close, as the necessity of the case may require. 



Quartering — The maximum only allowed such dogs as 

 work at right angles with the h,indler, miless the nature 

 of tlie ground renders such work impracticable. 



Obedience and Disposition — ^The maximum only al- 

 lowed to a dog that works promptly to the gun, without 

 noise or severity, and is obedient, prompt, cheerful and 

 easily bandied. 



Retrieving— To receive the maximum under this head 

 a dog shall go promptly and cheerfully for the bird and 

 deliver it to the hantiler without mouthing or mutilation. 



False Pointing— The judge shall give a dog ample op- 

 ]iortunity to discover whether or not he is on a true 

 point, aiid the penalty shall range from one to seven for 

 his acts throughout the heat. 



Breaking In— Is when a dog through imiierfeot break- 

 ing or from excitement leaves his position xsdien the birds 

 rise, whether the gun is fired or not, and starts to break 

 shot or chase, but stops within a few feet of the point 

 from which he started, of his own accord, or by com- 

 mand. 



Breaking Shot — Is when a dog runs in when a shot is 

 fired with tlie intention of getting the bird, aitd does 

 not stop promptly at command. 



i 'basing— Is when a dog follows the birds, either when 

 the gun is fired or not. to an extent to be beyond the 

 control of the handler for the time being. 



Pupi'V St.mces. Rule -Dogs over eighteen months old 

 shall not be eligible for the Puppy Stakes. There will- 

 be no points allowed for retrieving in this stake. Rules 

 otherwise as above. 



Brack Staines.- The rules governing the Brace Stakes 

 shall be the same as those used in the ' All-Aaed Stakes, 

 with the toll., wing exceptions : The niaxinium for rang- 

 ing .sliall be ten instead of six, the maximutu for quarter- 

 ing .shall be ten instead of six. and the total 110 instead 

 lOO. The brace Lo earn the lunximiiiu for quartering 

 must ero,ss each otlier systematically, and work inde- 

 pendently of each other, or one dog must quarter the 

 ground on one side of the hiindler wliile the other dog quar- 

 ters the opposite .side, the dogs meeting at or near the 

 center. Each bface will be run sep.irately instead of 

 running in heats, and be judged bv tlie scale" of points as 

 laid down ;ind explained. In case only one dos retrieves 

 the brace shall only be entitled to half tlie number of 

 points for retrieving, 



PENNsyLv.tNii State Field Trial Association.— The 

 first monthly meeting of the Pennavlvania Field Trial 

 Association was held at Pittsbirrg, Pa., on Aug. 18th, 

 when it was decided to run the trials at Lancaster, Pa,] 

 on Nov. 9th, and several days following. The purijog'e 

 of the association is the encouragement of the raisino- 

 and training of pointers and setters. The judcres selected 

 are Jlessrs. B. F, AVilson, of Pittsburg. 'Pa.° Theodore 

 Morford, of Newton, N. J., and Dr. W. Twaddell of 

 Philadelphia. Mr. B. W. Richards, of Philadelphia, re- 

 signed as a meiuber of the Executive Committee and Mr 

 S. S.Brown, of Pittsburg, was elected to fill the vacancy. 

 Mr. F. A. Ditfenderfl'er, of Lancaster, was appointed a 

 committee of one (with power to add to the committee 

 at pleasure) to select the grounds for running, and to 

 make a 1 1 necessary a rrangements for the trials. The con- 

 stitution, by-laws and field trial rules of the N.ational 

 American Kennel Club govern the association. No dog 

 is eligible to run unless he shall have been owned in the 

 State at lea^t (hree months prior to date of commence- 

 ment of trial on Nov. 9th. Puppies whelped on or after 

 April 15th previous year are eligible for Puppy Stakes 

 and the puppies whelped on or offer Oct. l.jth. 'for Nur- 

 sery Stakes. The trial will include four stakes : Fir.'if. 

 Freetoall— entrance. $10. Second. Puppy— entrance .*.5! 

 Tld'rd. Nursery— entrance, fo. Fourth. Associatian- 

 entrance. .■§,'1. No forfeit m any of the above stakes. The 

 fourth is only open to members of the association own- 

 ing and handling their own dogs. The oflicers .ire : 



President, J. Palmer O'Neil, Pittsburg, First Vice-Pres- 

 ident, Mr. Samuel 0. Dickson. Philadelphia. Second 

 Vice-President, Mr. Edgar Huidekoper, Meadville. Trea- 

 surer, Mr. P. A. Diffenderffer, Lancaster. Secretary, Mr. 



