©BOit>rai;B9,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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lessly. Boih rings warmed to their •work, and Bessie ahn-n-ed 

 herself to bo. a sharp workuig, busy litlle animal. K,<ilri-li 

 |oini; down wlnri flii.qhed a brace. Bessie on cro^n 'it bill 

 dropped lo point, got up and roaded. Raleigh, ajcalinis 

 worker crowded ])er and a brace of birds was flushed by 

 handler off to one side. That Bessie might, show her quali- 

 ties n» a retriever, a dead bird was thrown up and a gun dis- 

 charged. She dropped to shot, and retrieved the bird down 

 wind vwy prettily. The heat went to Bessie at 3:35 v. m., 

 stiUiv being ilowii within teu minutes of the hour. 

 Wanck/i agai'n.st St, Elvio, 

 NcSTK Bkaok.— Mr. Gause's lemon and white setter dog 

 Warwicl?, handled br Mr. 'E, J. Mavlin. who handled Daah- 

 ifpir Monaruh, ;i;ii' '" " 'r 'i;,'. i - ■ ii,- setter dog St. 

 Einio, handle- i Uluuveltsville, 



:N. Y- Bt. Elm ., im:U winner, has 



woninthefleldai _:.„., .i .., . .,;. .,.^. ..ijln'slsluud, third 



in All-aged stakes luat year, and second at the l^ebraska trials 

 last uutunin, having at the last-named place a score of 80^ 

 nut of 100. The cast oil' was In the brush, and as the hrace 

 starlod away there was littlr?. lo cIhhjsc lietwuen tli-j two, ?o 

 evenly were the dogs nial died. h^l. EluiO dioppc-d to [)uiiit 

 inbTUah heap; AVrvrwiek hat-kf-d iu.stnnliiTiL-.Mi.slv •. bird was 

 flushed by judges on couiins up. Borb d<j:,'s sh>)\vcd irraiid 

 training and that they were c.t Lome iu the Luirer. Biisily 

 they took their turns, and Wni \vick made bis .'icore o^ood liy 

 Mointing and 8t. Elmo backed. ;\. single bird Avas' moved, 

 fcnt not Shot at. In open pasture both dogs moved and qiiar- 

 tcred finely. At edge of brush St. Elmo dropped to point, 

 jiot away and roaded, Warwicli backed. St. Elmo continued 

 youding, iwistin? and tuniins: tbrousb the lirush over the dry 

 loaves, and making liut little noise. Warwick followed each 

 turn, roading alsn, pussim: Ihrouch the onwh over uue hun- 

 dred yards, St. Elmo on reacMii-x'the ooen lirouubt up on a 

 dropping poiiit, aivl Y^'nrwiclc, cliLse behind, li.icked, biahead 

 and tail up, abenntilnl iiieee r.r wi irk tor liolh dficr.s and the 

 best roading of Ibe trials. Tlir- bevy was flushed and a bird 

 Ivilled. both dogs dropping to shot. 3t. Elmo retrieved finely. 

 The dead bird wa.s then ihniwnoutand gun discharged for 

 tlic benefit of Warwick and he retrieved it to perfection, .set- 

 Xing up aud holding l,ird up, ;^s all do^'s should be trained to 

 «io. A few scattered l;ii ' 

 smd there both dnL^s seei 

 were moved. The he.nt 

 tested one of the I rials, i 

 for either dog. In b'illr 

 and ft bird was moved. 



:1s dr( 



id . 



ipped on the crown of the hill, 



nuiiit and half a dozen birds 



lii.t one, the most evenly con- 



ided wiiboiit one single error 



,v Warwick poiided in grand shape 



Afiain on !ii',l-tr.p in less lime than 



it lakes to write both dogs point e.l a simjle liird, a srand pic- 



Iwe, and on slope leading to a bniabv •rully St. Elmn pinned 



a bird, this time st.anding, and Warwick baeked aeio.ss him, 



both dogs being ncnr enough to cover witb a eloili. The 



heat, which waf^ a nip and tnck one from the start, was. Lheu 



given to St. Blmo, who had little the best bal.:, and waa 



Dei-haos a shade quicker in his turns : IjiU, lioth dogs were 



I ■■ and eaimnt lie spr.ken of too highly for work done 



le-at. The race lasted Lliirty-live minutes. 



Jiii.<i/i. agmrixl La (Ivy. 



'I'BNTn Bbaoe.— Mr. Orgill's lemon and white pobilerdoe: 



Hush, handled by Mr. Orgill's new kennel man. Charles A. 



"GiMlston, of Baltimore, ^Md . and Mr. Moore'.s liver and 



•while pointer dog La Guy, handled by E. S. Wanmaker. 



'The dogs were much of a size ami a remarkiddy finedooking 



Iiraco, again showing the strange good fortimo of the draw^ 



La Ouy 8.t once bes-an to .show Rush the way and Rush took 



two looks at a lonar siieteli of bull briars before he followed. 



or kolhy 



and seemed al- 

 (il e\-pecli?ig to he run 

 noiitrtlie l)rac(_'s ordered 

 vfji-ked until noon and 

 nsta.Kc.s he shoidd not 



■ : ' I iiiiited and Guy 



ii-'-side and both 



' and pointed so 



11 'MM- i he other doc was 



■i held up II, same way, 



ve, and it was impossi- 



Eush went in aud llustie 

 the day. The brace ■ 

 iive minutes, with dee; 



"Ru-sh flushed liev 



Vigetlier off. Wc then learned that 



■until the second day, and not lieing 



'•over in thCTOornijig, he luui been 



' give-j two feeds. Under these eire 



liavo been allowed to run. l; 



backed. Rush moved on and i ' ■ 



pointcil. Both dogs were so dm! 



exactly -i'"^'- 'l*-'! ''""■!on'_T^r!i.:i.;;-.iM 



Gompb.'i' ' - ' '■ '.iiibt wi 



of the :- - ande- 



We to ■= I :i i!T, although the dogs were. several 



feet apart. As the north shore was reached the full force of 



the wind, winch was blowing a gale, was felt, and Guy made 



-an unfortunate flush. Guy then ftdse pointed and Rush 

 bticked grandly. Guy pluckily took the liriars and landed 

 himself first in the stubble field, where he flushed a tievy, the 

 birds lying on a hare spot. The be^n' scattered along the 

 shore in mrat^ weeds ami gi'ass. Guy pointed in briars" and 

 . thus extinguishing his chance for 

 rdereii up after being down twenty- 

 D reservi-d. 

 As the tide was st ebb the littU^ steam j'acht could not 

 make the landing and it was late before the party was con- 

 veyed on hoftrd by smnll honts and the welcome lights of 



"New Pn+"^-""- ^ .,:-,!. ;^J 



Atti: , ,. the following gentle- 



men \^ < 



Messi : I, ; || . .. i, R. I.; Nevrton Barle, 



Providence, II. I.; R. C. Cornell, Xew York; H, S. Blood- 

 good, Providence, R. I.: Dr. B. Fleer, Spier, Brooklyn, K 

 Y, , and Crump Ormsby, New York CSty. 



Pbiday, December 3, 1880. 



The day opened as badh' as it could for the running of the 

 dogs, a terrihV nurlliwest ;;ide sweeping the island and freez- 

 ing one t" ijie m.iiafiW. Tiie liay was crossed betimes and 

 the field ta_ken .at quarter past nine. 



RuKh :,f:^;„.i, /,7 Ovi/. 



Trutth Bkaok — OnnUiui.',\ — \in:.u and La Guy were again 

 ordereddowntoflnishtli.il ii ai "i the preceding evening. 

 The road was taken to the ,-;ouih sjie of liie island, that the 

 dogs might be worked in u sheltered positirai out of the furv 

 Of "the. wmd. On hill-side beyond the last i;ully leading to 

 the ea.st shore a bevy was flushed wild liy the judges. Rush 

 showed mnch belter going qualities than on "the' afternoon 

 before and seemed awake to what was going on. Both dogs 

 •worked jealously. On bank in scruli-oaka La Guy pointed 

 and Rush also winded at same moment .and pointed and a 

 single bird was (lushed Ijy the jioiRe. La Guy dropped to 

 wing. Rush, further on, llushe<l a tiird and the brace was 

 ordered up at 10;0o a. m., after being down ftCty minutes, 

 'with La Guy the winner. 



Sfimt against BMf-, 



Bi,T!VKSTH Br.\ok.— Mr. Earle'8 small black setter bitch 

 8nmt, winner with Gruiigu Dale of second in tjraoes, Robin's 

 Island, 1H79. hamllc-d by T. M. Aldvich, of Providence, R. L, 

 und Mr. Stanley's medimn-sizcd black and tan iraporteil set- 

 ter hitch Belle, wiimer of first in champion class. New York, 

 1830, handled by Mr. C. C. Townsend, of Englewood, N. J. 



Belle started off as wild as a hawk and showed up as a very 

 free goer. The brace h.ad bcpii ptit down on same bevy on 

 tile dry leaves in brush along the Fhore Belle flushed a bird 

 and eii.ased, which was not seen by the judges,- she then 

 pointed tinoly in hollow and Smut refused lo back; weid. in 

 and took point. Townsend flushed and Belle r.an in and 

 chased. Smut, after being rolled over, dropped to order. 

 The brace was ordered up, to bo put down later, at discretion 

 of judges. Time of heat, ten minutes. 



Oiadstone against Nat. 



TwELPTE Beaoe. — 3Ir. Brys'on'fi well-known black, white 

 and tan setter dog Gladstone', handled by C. B. Whit ford, of 

 St. Louis, Mo., and IMr. Bloodgoud's Sniall Ijlack and white 

 setter dog Nat, handled by T. M. Aldricb, Providence, R. I., 

 was the next brace, at 10;f.'i a. m. Tliey had been appropriately 

 termed by Mr. Aldricb as the giant ami I he midget. Gladstone 

 was turned down in fine condition and is, beyond question, the 

 besl b\i' '' ' 'III,; that we ever saw. 'lie swept otf at 



Hi err! 1 i _, 'Dver hill and dale with trementtous 



strides,; _; simply perfect. To the astoni.shment 



of every one nuy ^-.ai, kept his Httle legs going to svtch good 

 purpose that after being down five mimites a' half a mile of 

 tlie' licat had been gone over and judges and spectators were 

 alike left in the rear, and the little fellow was not a b.ad sec- 

 ond. On vi-ent Gladstone at an air-splitting pace, now' and 

 again slightly checking to the wind and ofl' affain like a bird. 

 At one word and hint from Whitford he woidd drop {n a, trot 

 in the brusli and away again in the open. Kat -ivas all busi- 

 ness during this trying ordeal. T\ hen the highest groundhad 

 been reached on the cast siiuri.-, Xat pointed in a briar patch 

 where birds have been running. There was no one present save 

 the two liandlers, .fudge Von Lengerke, who throughout kept 

 well up with the dogs, and one or two others imd ourself. 

 Whitford called Gladstone up, and as he rounded the briars 

 he caught sight of little Ntit and backed. Nat was ordered on, 

 and quick a.s a wink Whitford, who was letting Gladstone go 

 for all he w.a8 worth, circled him on ahead and in a moment 

 he brought up standing in grand form forty yards away on 

 tlie bevy which lay along a hillside, pointing them at fully 

 twenty-five yards. Kat at once stopped roading and backed 

 perfectly. Gladstone was awarded a jioint and' Nat a back, 

 who against any other dog and handler would have been in 

 first, as lie had nndoubiedly been the first \o find. The bevy 

 sprung wild, and Gladstone dropped to wdng and Nat to or- 

 der. On hill top the bevy pitclicd, and Nat got there first 

 and pointed in some briars where birds had suaiek and run 

 down in a brushy lioUow near a fence. A UKjment later, 

 Whitford, who was in the hollow below, sent Gladstone up. 

 On lie came, going down wind at great pace; lai had passed 

 between the briars and the fence some fifteen yards when 

 suddenly he whirled aud came to a dropping point, with his 

 head turned round toward the fence, and "there he pointed 

 like a rock, beyond question one of the finest points we ever 

 saw or ever expect to see. The liirds were moved along the 

 fence in the brush thirty y-ards away. In a hollow filled up 

 with briars, through wiiich led 'a narrow path, Glad- 

 stone winded and pointed, went on and beat out 

 the opposite lull side, returned and in sau'e path pointed and 

 Nat baeked, and the bevy flushed ver\' wnld and topped the 

 hill. On hill top in' bunch of 'briars Nat suddenly 

 pointed, and Gladstone, who was a few feet back to one side, 

 the ne.xt moment pointed a different bird. Three birds were 

 moved, a hrace in front of Nat and a single bird by Glad- 

 stone. Whitford shot and missed ; Nat dropped to wing, 

 and Gladstone to order. It was then asserted that Gladstone 

 had been called off point a few minutes before in s(jme place 

 — -Wliitford supposing it to have been the place from wlierc 

 the bevy jumped. All this may be true, but we give Nat 

 the full 'credit foran excellent flndand great stamiclmess. Both 

 dogs were scored a pomt by the judges, but Nat certainly 

 had the best of it. Fmther on in a bu.shy hollow Gladstone 

 pointed, and Nat, twenty feet liehind, backed splendidly. A 

 bird was nir>ved, and Whitford's wing broke it. On being 

 sent to retrieve Gladstone pa.ssed the cripple several times, 

 failing to I'X'ate it. Nat on being ordered to retrieve cr.awled 

 up the steep liank and returned at once with the bird alive, 

 an excellent piece of steady wOrk Over the bank Gladstone 

 [Xiinted and Nat came up and backed splcnditUv. A liird 

 was moved, but not .shot at. The dead bird was 'thrown into 

 the bush and a gun discharged and Gladstone retrieved pro- 

 perly. The brace Wiis ordered up at 11.10 a. .m., after being 

 down five minutes under the hour, with Gladstone the win- 

 ner. There is no doubt that Nat three times durina; the 

 heat showed either Gl-adstonc or his handler the prcsemje of 

 the birds first, but while he was carefidly roading Gladstone's 

 htmdler would boldly circle him the bird first, 'it was a very 

 creditable performance forUttle Nat. who fmmd, backed and 

 retrieved in much better form, but though he has a clipping 

 pace for so smftU a, dog he was out-styled and out-paced from 

 the start, but in our o'pinion Nat vmn the heat, as it was a 

 race between dogs not handlers. 



Iron IMiJ/f aijiunst Liahella. 



Second Braob f^n-onA Opp-irtimiy.—yb. Bassford's Iron 

 Duke and Isabella, handled bv iMr. Tallman, were again 

 given a chance. The brace was cast off at 11.10 a. m., in 

 the scrub oaks on the same bevy. Isabella pottered andDuke 

 half pointed, went on and fiushed bird. Bas.sford shot and 

 Duke failed to drop to shot. After bemg down quarter of 

 an hour. Iron Dulie was given the heat. 

 Smiit riciainst SeUf. 



Eleventh Brace— .SV»»4 Opportunity.— ^Iy. Earle'sSmut 

 aud Stanley's Belle had their second try at 11:40 A. M. The 

 brace was cast off in the cornfield. 'A bevy was flushed 

 wild in the scrub oaks and not followed. A long ranae of 

 brush and hilly country was Ava.vn\ blank, and it was not 

 until the extreme western side of the Lsland was reached 

 that a feather was moved. Smut then pointed a bevy in a 

 briar patch near a salt mmsti. Belle circling around the 

 cover came up. failed to back, and shared point. A large 

 bevy was flushed, a,ud a bird shot down winged. Belle 

 liroke shot and Smut retrieved nicely and wot the heat. 

 As it was not 12:40 p.m. amove was iuade to the house for 

 luncheon and a rest taken until 1:10 p.m. 



MaMn againut Gfrovw Dale. 



Thiktbentr Brack.— Dr. Speu-'s black, white and tan set- 

 ter bitch Maida, handled by E. H. Haightand^Ir. Good\vin's 

 Grouse Dale. Iiy W. Tallman. Resuming where bevy hud 

 been llu-'i...; ii-^'. .i!- Iiineheon. Both d.iL's showed good pace 

 aud rail/' _! Cronse iJaie false' ij-iiuted, and Maida 



bnekeil , . . , ,: ,mi t-dge ..if imiieiiairatile briar thicket 



Maida pomieu una biids ran, while wahrns for (5rouse Dale to 

 be brought up. Grouse Dale failed to back and roaded off 

 to one side. The birds oonid not be moved. On hill-top in 

 brush both dogs pinned a bird between them. Haight .shot 

 and Maida broke .shot and chased very badly, which threw the 

 heat to Grouse Dale after bemg down forty minutest. 



Sboojto Series. 

 Afton a</mm(. Ikufdng Monunh. 



rntST Bbaoe.— Mr. Lbtcoln's orange Belton setter dog Af- 

 ton, who had a bye, a well-knov.'u "winner on the bench, 

 handled bv iMr Hammond, and nasldng Monarch, by Mr. 

 ^farliii. were turned olT iit two o'clock, ilunarch found 

 bevy on edge of brush aliove the stubble field and pointed in 

 grand form very staunchly. Afton backed tinely. Martin 

 shot and killed. Both dogs di'oppcd, and Monarch retrieved 

 perfectly. The bevy spHt, part of the birds sailing into the 

 briar rimge where most of the birds had drawn to for shelter. 

 Afton on bticVwhcat stut.ible half pointed .and went on. Af- 

 ton qmirlcred finely and .sbowcif up as a wide ranger. Mon- 

 ardi, however, took the leadandin seruli-oaks alongtheshoro 

 pointed, and Afton baeketl. A brace of birds were flushed 

 and the heat given to Monarch, after running half an hour. 

 Tron nul;e against tip;/. 



Hl-eOSD BcAoK.— Iron Uukc handled bv ov, n ■: , 1 - bv 

 O. B, Edwards, wi re e:,Kt oirin sam'-'p],',' , ,:',: :,?. 

 The bevy was Hushed v,'lMle waitiiiLt for d'.-'^ ,• m-n •^<:-u!- 

 tered ill the long sedge irrass. Iron 'Duke ilushed a siitgle 

 bird, and a second and a third. Spy flnsh.'d a bird In brush, 

 and Iron Duke secured a point in the grass. Spy lionnced 

 around Iron Duke failing to back, and the bird was flu.shed 

 and Bassford missed. Iron Duke pointed staunchly, and Spy 

 failed to back. This gave Iron Duke the heat, after being 

 down fifteen minutes. 



Sensation againat CroxUth. 



Thied Beace. — Sensation and Croxieth come together 

 being handled by Hammond and Thurtle. There was con- 

 siderable private betting on the result, of this heat and great 

 interest felt by all present. Sensation led otT with a flush of 

 a single bird, going down wind, and cliased. He then turned 

 into the brush and pointed ; Croxtelh came up and pointed 

 behind, also having the scent. The bird was moved and hard 

 hit and Sensation partly retrieved, bitinii bird liadly. iVlong 

 the fence by the buckwheat field Sensation again showed his 

 excellent no.sc by pointing hi the ditch with' his head level 

 with the field beyond. Croxtelh aame up and backed and 

 went on past Sensation, failing to catch the scent. Hammond 

 killed and the bird was not recovered, abhotigh both dogs 

 had a chance to retrieve. Sensation false pointed and trox- 

 teth backed. Croxteth pointeil and Sensation coming up be- 

 hind, fifteen yards away, caught scent and iiointed, not see- 

 ing Cro.tteth. Thurtle' killed'aud Croxteth retrieved excel- 

 lently. Along the fence Sensation dropped suddenly to a 

 capital crouching point, with his head turned dovni'wards. 

 He was firm as a rock. Croxteth catne ui>, backed, pointed 

 over him, became unsteady, went in and flushed brace, thus 

 ruining his chance to be placed. Sensation continued to hold 

 his point and, being ordered on, caught a winged bird he 

 had directly imder his nose. The hoiit was given to Sensa- 

 tion after lasting twenty-five minutes. It was evident that 

 Croxteth's nose was off from the start. 



Lass o' Gcnm> again st Fred. 



Fourth Beace.— Lass o' Gowrie. handled by Watuntiker, 

 and Fred by Height. In hollow Fred made a grand poirit 

 and Lass b,acked ; single bird was moved. Lass 'made drop- 

 ping point, and on being sent on the bird was flushed ahead 

 of her. Fred false pointed in brush heap and Lass backed. 

 Lass was then awarded the heat after being dowii half an 

 hour. 



£ei<sie againut St. Elmo. 



Fifth Bkaoe.— Bessie, handled by Predmore. and St. 

 Elmo by Cooper, were ordered down 'in stubble field. Bessie 

 sailed off, showing a lively pace and outspecding her com- 

 petitor. Tpou reaching the far side the brace -was ordered 

 up for the day, as it was already dark, and the party was 

 soon steaming to New Suffolk. 



Satui!dat, Deoembek 4. 



The morning was one of the most perfect ever seen for the 

 season. The wind had died out and the warm sun shone 

 brightly, without a cloud in the sky. Later on a slii,dit la-ceze 

 from the N. W. stirred the tops of the grass and emdiled tlie 

 dogs to do some fine work in the exposed portion of the 

 island. 



Bes-tie against St. Ebno. 



Fifth Bbaob— ftinttftM^f?.— Shortly after nine o'elock 

 Bes.sie and St. Ebno were put down in a grassy valley at the 

 sotilh side of the island. Bessie struck" scent and roaded 

 down wind, worked around and (lushed a aood sized strong 

 flying bevy, which skirted the valley and lowered over the 

 brush on the crown of the hill. Be.S8ie upon going down 

 wind in cover along the .shore, had .several birds^ flush very 

 wild by the noise in tlie dry Ictives, St. Elmo being away be- 

 hind. Bessie pointed stannehly und several birds were 

 moved. St Elmo false pointed along bank and Bessie failed 

 to back. A move was made across the opening lo where 

 birds had been marked. Here Bessie piimed a bird in splen- 

 did form, being very staunch. St. Elmo came up tuid b.ackcd 

 for a second, crowded in on the bitch antl OuKhcd ami ehfised 

 badly, which ended his chances in the race. Bessie w'on 

 handsomely after running twenty minutes. No one who had 

 seen the superb work of the dog on the first day would have 

 imagined that it was possible for him to show .such unsteadi- 

 ness. Mr. Cooper was certainly greatly asi onished as he had 

 handled St. Elmo with full confidence. It shows that dO'^s, 

 like white men, are at times ' • mighty im.sartin." ° 



/.« (hiy against Smut. 



Sixth Brace.— LaGuy, handled bv Wtnimaker, and Smut 

 byAlrh-ich were cast off alout' the .south-eust shore, both 

 dogs winded, and a single bird was uifiveil Further on 

 both dogs roaded, and near South Point one of the judges 

 flashed the bevy. In sedge grass Smut ooiuted and La 

 Guy backed, a gun was shot at each of' the three bu^ds 

 thiit moved. On exlreme pomt I-aguy pointed single bird 

 anil Smut tlushed. When this decision was rendered it oc- 

 curred to Aldrich to take the clumge out of the little bitch. 

 La (Jtuy was scored a false point wdien he really had birds nm- 

 niagin front of him. and Smut failed to back. .She then 

 passed two birds on the sandv beach and crawlins up the 

 bank picked up the bird La Guy had been reading^ left the 

 trail and pointed fresh bird, while La Guy was kept at charge. 

 The heat was given to Smut after running forty mlnutSs, 

 which decision we consider a premature onef, to say the least, 

 as La Guy IimI shown the liest work. 



GUaistone against ffroitse Tktle. 



Seventh Brace.- Gladstone, handled by Whitford, and 

 Grouse Dale, by Tallmfui, were put down on same rano'e of 

 sand hills along west shore of island. Grouse Dale troubletl 

 the scorers with a flush along the beach. In briars in open 

 Grouse Dale pointed and Gladstone backed ; a brace was 

 flushed, Tallman killing. Grouse Dale broke shot badly, re- 

 trieving when ordered very cleanly. Birds were paaaed along 



