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Eastern Field Trials Club.— The first Eastern field 
trials competition will be run on Dec. 10th, llth and 
13th, as per announcement in our advertising columns, 
which sea. We are looting forward to tliis event with 
much interest. 
A. us any Don Show. —Owing to the impossibility ot 
finding a place large enough to hold both poultry and 
dogs, the committee of the Eastern New York Farmers’ 
Society has decided to postpone their proposed dog show 
until spring. 
The Misfortunes of Uncle Tom.—W e regret to hear 
that Mr. T. A. Jerome's prize pug bitch, Puggy Dear, has 
lost her litter of ten pug whelps by Col. Tichener’s noted 
pug dog. They were all engaged, and had they lived 
would have gambolled through the parlors of Mr. 8, L. 
M. Barlow, Col. Tichener, Mr. Edward Gale, and many 
Other friends of Uncle Tom. Mr. Jerome informs us that 
some time ago ho loaned his red Irish setter bitch Nellie 
to a Mr. John W. Owens, of Ocean City, on the eastern 
shore of Maryland, to stand to the celebrated red Irish 
setter-Ben, at the time this noted dog was standing in 
Baltimore. Now Mr, Owens informs him that the bitch 
Nellie has been stolen. We, therefore, ask the favor of 
our dog-loving friends in Maryland to aid hr the recovery 
of this grand breeding Irish bitch. In order to advance 
that laudable object we append a description of Nellie, 
viz.: Sbe is solid red, body color, with a small white full 
on her chest, standing twenty-four inches at the shoulder, 
dark hazel eyes, and of most kind disposition. 
Will our Virginia friends he so kind as to lend their aid, 
and help thogeuia! Old sporting gentleman out of Iris sor¬ 
row? Sire is said to have strayed or been stolen some 
months ago._ _ _ _ _ 
THE N. A. K. C. FIELD TRIALS. 
T HE field trials of the National American Kennel Club 
were held at Patoka, Ill., Nov. 24th to 28th. There 
was a good attendance of sportsmen present, among 
them being L, H. Smith and Montague Smith, Strathroy, 
Ontario, with their celebrated dogs Paris, Clip (his full 
sister), Twilight and Lass o’ Lowrie: D. C. Sanborn, 
Baltimore, Mich., with the field trial champion Nellie, 
Desdemona, Macbeth, Dan, Rob Roy. and the Harvard 
Kennel Club’s Countess; Major J. H. Dew and Harry 
Bishop, Columbia, Term,, with the Montview Kennel’s 
Lincoln and Count, Fred; .1. J. Swedenborg, New Brighton, 
Pa., with Button and Thunder; Palmer O'Neill, Pitts¬ 
burgh, Fa., with Dash ; C, B. Whelford, St. Louis, with 
the St. Louis Kennel Club’s Bow and Faust and Mar¬ 
chioness Peg; Chan. Bicker, St. Louis, with Patrick ; A. 
E, Sterling, Cleveland, with Con; George Waddington, 
Geneva, Iowa, with Pearl, Boh, Flora, and a red setter 
called Dan ; Luther Adams, Boston ; E. C. Nichols, Battle 
Creek, Mich.; W. A. Van Brunt, Horicon, Wis.; A. K. 
Delaney. Maysville, Wis.; W. H. Lin, Decatur; Chas. A. 
Fisher and H. P. Talf, of St. Louis. 
Messrs. E, C. Sterling and John W. Munson received 
the entries for the Club, and Theodore Morford, of New¬ 
ton, N. J., Capt, Pat. Henry, of Clarksville, Tenn,, and 
James Patterson, of Philadelphia, officiated as judges, G. 
E. Patterson being elected to fill a vacancy caused by the 
absence of E. F, Stoddard, of Dayton, Ohio. 
The first event upon the programme was the run for 
the Puppy Stakes, pointers and setters, under eighteeu 
months: purse §300. The entries were : Twilight, by 
Gladstone, out of Mercy ; Marchioness Peg, by Druid, out 
of Peg; Countess May, by Dash, out of Countess Ada : 
Count Fred, by Windem, out of Norma; Patrick, by 
Berkely, out of Dora; Con, by Stoddard's Bob, out o'f 
Nora. J. II. Dew handled Fred ; G. B. Whitford, Peg ; 
D. C. Sanborn, Ada. The day was clear, with a brisk 
breeze. Birds were scarce :" only three coveys were 
flushed during the work of the day. between 8.30 a.m. to 
sunset, and the birds when scented were rarely ten feet 
from the dogs. Flushes were therefore frequent, and 
then the birdB took cover in dense growth, where both 
dogs aod judges had difficult work. The order of run¬ 
ning was determined by lot. The first pair put down 
were Mare I lioness Peg and Twilight. Some birds which 
had been flushed by the spectators took covey in a ravine 
thicket. The youngsters worked here for three-quarters 
of an hour, the only score being a flush against Twilight. 
Countess May and Count Fred then broke the field, and 
kept at it for a full hour, when Countess May ran iuto a 
covey without making game. Following up the birds 
Count Fred scored two fine points. The brace then 
flushed two birds, hut the judges would not decide which 
of them was to blame for the error. The judges followed 
the dous through brush, mud and stubble for an horn, 
when Countess May made game in a cornfield some sixty 
yards to the windward of Count Fred, who pointed, drew 
iip twenty yards, and then stood, the birds being flushed 
by his handler, while Countess May was laboring with 
the wind against her. They were then taken up, Oount 
Fred being ordered to be ready to back any dog the judge 
might select. The Irish setters Pat and Con, being put 
to work on dry ground, scored six flushes, Con making 
one point and being declared the winner. Marchioness 
Peg and Twilight were then put down again. Peg 
pointed, Twilight refused to back, and caused her to 
break and leave the bird, which was flushed by a spec¬ 
tator. The point and the heat were awarded to Peg. Of 
the three winners, Con and Marchioness Peg ran first. 
The feature of the day was a point by Marchioness Peg 
where a hare, had run, Con and Count Fred hacking' her 
up in magnificent style. The score was two broken points 
for Marchioness Peg, and a point and aflush for Con. The 
heat was awarded to the former. 
The second day proved much more favorable for fine 
work. Count Fred and Marchioness Peg were put down, 
Count Fred making the first point. Before Peg could 
be brought up to back him the birds rose and flew into 
the adjoining woods. Here the dogs showed much 
speed in beating up. Peg and Fred both made game, but 
the latter’s handler lost a point by wrongly ordering his 
dog away. Working very rapidly. Peg flushed a bird, on 
which she crouched as soon as possible, but it rose. Fred 
made a falsa point, and Peg hacked him, the brace being 
shortly afterwards ordered up. and Fred declared the 
winner of the stake. By mutual agreement Countess 
May and Peg divided second and third. Con was placed 
fourth. 
Then followed the Free-for-AU Stake, purse §500, in 
which the entries were :—Bow, by Bang, out of Luna ; 
Macbeth, by Leicester, out of Nellie ; Desdemona, by 
Leicester, out of Nellie; Lincoln, by Dan, out of Lill II.; 
Dash, by Bob, out of Fan ; Button Fast, by Sef ton's Sail; 
Nellie, by Belton, out ol' Dimple; Lasso' Lowrie. by 
' Paris, out of Smith's Pearl ; Pearl, by Ranger, out of 
Valentine’s Nellie ; Dan, by Rake, out of Fannie. 
Desdemona and Lincoln began the contest in a corn 
field, and had worked about half an hour when the pro¬ 
prietor ordered Ihe whole company off. During the 
parley which ensued some birds were discovered near a 
fence by the inevitable small boy. Here Lincoln flushed 
them without making any sign of game. They settled 
again near the fence, and further work here resulted only 
in two flushes for each dog. Two birds marked in the 
open field were started by Desdemona without a point, 
Lincoln pointing twice on Binglesiu a heavy growth of 
briars, and finding one covey; while Desdemona added 
to her Bcore one point and one demerit for failing to 
back. Lincoln retrieved a shot bird, and was declared 
the winner after the brace had been ordered up. Button 
and Dash then took the field, Button soon gaining a 
point, Dash backing. The bird was flushed, but Button 
refusing to move, a dead bird was discovered. Then in 
cover Button pointed a hare, Dash backing. Birdshaving 
been flushed by the handlers, Button would undoubtedly 
have madea point had not his handler ordered him away. 
Another proprietor appearing upon the scene, the sport 
was interrupted again, the rest of the heat being two 
flushes and two points for Dash and two flushes l’or But¬ 
ton, Dash getting the decision. Of the next brace, Nellie 
found birds first, making a fine point, and being backed 
by Faust. Nellie then retrieved a shot bird, and made 
another point on a single bird, Faust backing. Faust 
pointed and Nellie backed, butnothingwasmoved. Then 
followed a flush and a point for Nellie. Tiien in the 
woods Nellie found a bird'and crouched, Faust working 
up and pointing over her. Nellie flushed a bird; Faust 
did the same, Nellie pointing where the bird had been. 
Nellie was declared the winner. After a delay of two 
hours Lass o’ Lowrie and Pearl were put down. The 
Lass made the first point, but the birds rose before Pearl 
could hack. Then Pearl found a covey, and the Lass 
backed her. Pearl retrieved two birds, and afterwards 
scored another point. A false point by the Lass was not 
backed by Pearl. False points for both followed, after 
which Pearl stood, and was backed by the Lass. The 
Lass scored another point on a single bird in the wild 
grass, both making independent counts on the covey. 
The Lass retrieved a bird; she afterwards came to a 
point, Pearl refusing to back her, trailing in and locating 
the bird in beautiful style. Lass was declared tire win¬ 
ner, tlie judges highly commending the work of the 
brace. , 
After a vexatious delay, caused by the absence of Bow s 
handler, the second brace for the day, Lass o’ Lowrie and 
Nellie, were put into the field first. Both dogs worked 
finely for an hour and a half, when the Lass npinted 
first, Nellie backing, then drawing ahead, and locating 
the covey. The Lass pointed a scattering bird, and Nel¬ 
lie retrieved a bird in fine form. The Lass pointed at a 
fallen tree top, was ordered oil, and after reading for 
fifteen yards, pointed in grand style. Then both pointed 
simultaneously on the succeeding raise, and moving on 
each loaded and pointed alternately until Nellie gave up 
the scent aud ranged out. and got into the birds about 
sixty yards ahead. Lass o’ Lowrie followed with a point 
which Nellie backed, momentarily moved in and picked 
up a dead bird. Another bird caused both dogs to point 
from different directions. 
Nellie having retrieved a bird, trailed one for somo 
eighty yards, scoring a point and winning a closely con¬ 
tested trial. Rain interfered with the trialaf ter Bow and 
Lincoln had been put down ; Bow only making a flush. 
The party then repaired to other grounds, where Lincoln 
scored the first point—Bow backing ; then Bow in turn 
scoring a point and Lincoln backing him forty yards 
away, and then having winded the birds while working 
up a hill, trailing them 200 yards. Bow again made a 
point and was backed by Lincoln. Bow then made an¬ 
other point, and both afterwards pointing so simultane¬ 
ously that each handler claimed the first for his own dog. 
Two more points were scored by Bow, and one by Lin¬ 
coln, who also retrieved two birds. 
The rain prevented a continuation of the trials on 
Thursday, and Friday waB an almost equally unfavorable 
day. But it was decided to go on, and Bow aud Lincoln 
were ordered down. The fu st point was scored by Bow, 
Lincoln backing him finely ; then Lincoln pointed and 
Bow backed. After a flush by Bow, who was ranging 
down the wind, the two were ordered up, and the heat 
awa rded to Lincoln. Dash and Dan were then put down; 
Dan making the first flush, then alternately pointed and 
trailed for three minutes, finally getting too close to the 
bird and sending it up. Dan then pointed a hare and 
Dash backed. Both pointed together, Dash slightly in 
the lead, and were kept standing fov about ten minutes 
while an artist sketched them. The score following was 
for Dash, two points, a flush and one bird retrieved ; tor 
Dan, two backs, one point, a flush, and a retrieve. Dash 
was awarded the heat. 
Of the three winners, Lincoln and Nellie were then put 
down, the former proving the faster of the two and scor¬ 
ing a victory. He got the first point, Nellie having 
flushed a covey. Nellie pointed, and was supported by 
her competitor. Then followed a point for Nellie, a false 
point for Lincoln, a true point for Lincoln, and a flush 
for Nellie ; and the heat was awarded to Lincoln. While 
the judges were consulting,' Nellie disappeared in the 
weeds and was discovered to be standing on a bunch of 
birds. In the next heat Lincoln soon defeated Dash, his 
score being one point to a flush for the latter. The 
judges were unable to decide as to the relative claims of 
Bow and Nellie to compete with Dash for the second 
prize. They were theretore ordered down, the score be¬ 
ing for Nellie, four points in succession, then a false 
point, two points, two flushes ; for Bow, a point, a back, 
a point, two backs, three points. Darkness prevented a 
continuation of the trial. Timbal. 
[The conclusion of our correspondent’s report has 
failed to roach us.] 
—At the annual meeting of the National American 
Kennel Club it was voted that the present officers should 
hold their positions until January 1st, 1880, aud the fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected for a tenn of one year from 
tha t date ; President, C. H. Raymond, Moms Plains. New 
Jersey ; First Vice President, Luther Adams, Boston ; 
Second Vice President, Harry Bishop, Louisville, Ky. ; 
Secretary, C. D. Dubois Wagstaff, Babylon, Long Island; 
Treasurer, Theodore Morford, Newton, N. J,; Executive 
Committee : J. H. Dew, P. H. Smith, E. C. Nichols, 
Capt. Henry, M. C. Campbell. Board of Appeals : E. T, 
Stoddard, Anthony Higgins, Jno. A. Nichols, P. H. Bry¬ 
son, J. M. Tottler, Jr. A committee, consisting of J. 
H. Dew, C, B. Whitford, Capt. Pat Henry, Theodore 
Morford, and D. C. Sanborn, were appointed to arrange 
the field trial rules for 1880. Timbal. 
EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 
W E print herewith the rules under which the Eastern 
Field Trials are to be run next week. They are 
those in use by the National American Kennel Club, 
which has just run off its Trials at Patoka. Illinois. The 
club's committee intimate that noticeable changes in 
the Beale of merit points will be made before the recur¬ 
rence of next year's trials, especialy in respect to retriev¬ 
ing, as it is very properly stated by the secretary that a 
great portion of the ground hunted at the East, especially 
where ruffed grouse are hunted, is so dense with cover that 
not five birds in ten would be gotten if the hunter had to 
gather the killed himself. A dog that retrieves is indis¬ 
pensable, and, of course, it lie better he does*it, the more 
valuable the animal. 
We trust that those desiring to enter their dogs for 
competition will study these rules, so that each can seo 
what is required to gain success. 
Rule 1. Managers of field trials shall]advertise 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 dayB before the trials take place. In the 
event any judge or judges fail to act,the competitors shall 
fill all vacancies, each competitor being entitled to one 
vote. 
Rule 2. Dogs shall be drawn in braces by lot, and run in 
heats, the beaten dogs to be retired (except as hereinafter 
provided) and the winner to be drawn and run again. The 
dog winning the final heat in the first series of heats shall 
be declared the winner of first prize. Then the judges 
shal 1 select from among, the dogs which have run with the 
winner of first prize, such dogs as they t hink possess 
sufficient meric to entitle them to a chance of winning 
second or third prize and run them against each other. 
The winner among these shall then compete with the 
dog that ran thejinal heat with the winner of the firrst 
prize. The winner of this last heat shall be declared the 
winner of second prize, and his last competitor, shall he 
declared the winner of third prize. Tlie fourth dog in 
order of merit to be declared by the judges without further 
running. 
Rule 3. When two dogs owned or tra ined by the same per¬ 
son shall be drawn together, one shall be run only, and 
he with another dog which shall be immediately drawn, 
and the dog left over shall be drawn again. If at the 
latter end of a trail it be found impossible to avoid run¬ 
ning two such dogs together it may he permitted. 
Rule 4, 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 5. The privilege is granted the 
judges of ordering up any dog or brace of dogs that have 
not sufficient merit, m their opinion, to get placed, but 
hese may be put down again if there is a possible chance 
for them to win, 
Rule 5. Positive points for merit; Pointing, 35; pace, 
20 ; backing 8; style, 7; staunchness, 8 ; ranging. 5; quar¬ 
tering, 5 : obedience and disposition, 7 ; retrieving, 5 ; 
total, 100. Negative points for demerit; False pointing, 
1 to 7 ; breaking (in each offense), 3; breaking shot 
(each offense) 5 ; chasing or breaking snot and chasing 
(each offense), 10. 
Rule 6. No person except the judges, attendants and re¬ 
porters will be permitted to accompany the handlers of 
dogs. Two persons will not be permitted to work one dog 
ora brace of dogs. If from any cause the handler of a 
dog or brace of clogs is disabled to such an extent that he 
eaimot shoot, the judges shall appoint a person to shoot 
for him. The handlers of the two clogs shall go together, 
as if it were a brace of dogs, so that the dogs shall be up¬ 
on an equality as to ground, opportunities for pointing, 
&c. No spectators will l?e allowed nearer the handler of 
clogs than seventy-five yards to the rear. No person 
shall make any remarks about the judges or dogs in the 
hearing of the judges; such persons so offending shall he 
expelled from the grounds. Should any handler of dogs 
annoy the judges after having been ordered to desist, the 
judges shall order such dogs as he is handling up, and 
out of the race. The privilege is granted the handlers to 
ask the judges for information or explanation that has a 
direct bearing upon anypoint at issue; pending such ques¬ 
tion, the dog shall not be under judgment. Dogs afflic¬ 
ted with any contagious disease, or bitches m season, will 
not be permitted on the ground. 
Rule 7, Pointing hares, “ stink birds,' larks, turtles, 
bittern, or any bud generally considered game shall not be 
deemed false points. A dog making a false point, and dis¬ 
covering it to be such, without any encouragement from 
his handler, shall not be penalized. 
Instructions to Judges.—(Pointing)—The judges will 
allow only those dogs the maximum that point all the 
birds possible for them to point tinder existing oironm- 
