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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deoembjck 8, 1881. 



a flush, but dropped to wiug. Going up the hill he made anothc. 

 final) -ft bad one this time— as he rau into a bevy that bo shouli 

 bnv pointed. The birds were followed into tile sprouts, when 

 Belle also Beored a flush, and thou pointed, but quickly moved on 

 Working west to the edge of the cornfield, both dogs ohaUettged 

 Croxteth, who was ahead, roaded a short distance, and came to 8 

 grand point, which Belle refused to honor, but roaded ahead and 

 flushed. This unsteadied him, and he made three at four jumper, 

 but stopp-e,] to order. Tliev were now ordered up and Croxteth 

 awarded the heat at 11:10. Dowu oue hour. 



OltOUSF, DALE AND LIZZIE LEE. 



Groyne Bale and Lizzie Lee were now started. Lizzie pointed, 

 where the birds Hushed, but was called off. She was right, how- 

 over, as when the spectators came along, a winged bird rau from 

 the place. Working south in the sprouts, both dogs challenged, 

 but moved on a little, and then each pointed at the same instant. 

 Grouse scored a false point, but Lizzie was not so sure, and roaded 

 very finely up to a good point, and Haight flushed to order and 

 she dropped io wing. It was now Grouse's turn, and he did some 

 of the best roadiug yet seen, and soon established a capital point. 

 The birds flushed wild, and ho at once located another one, and 

 was handsomely backed by Lizzie. Tallmau in going to his dog 

 flushed the bird, and Lizzie 'moving on flushed another, but Grouse 

 was steady as a oloek and dropped to wing. A little further on 

 Grouse commenced roading, and Lizzie joined him, but between 

 them the bird was Hushed and scored to each alike. A little further 

 on Grouse made a magnificent point, and Tallmau flushed to order 

 and klUod. This decided thoheat in favor of Grouse Dale at 11:30. 

 Down twenty minutes. 



OBOUSE DALE AND CROXTETH. 



A rest of 15 minutes was taken, and Grouse Dale and Croxteth 

 were cut loose to run the most important heat of the meeting, as 

 "it was to decide which should be the winner of the first prize. 

 Both dogs came to the scratch in capital form, and appeared to 

 realize the importance of doing their level best. Croxteth came 

 to a point before the chain had been unfastened, and was backed 

 by Grouse Dale. Although one of the judges had ordered the 

 dogs down a second before, this was countermanded, as all were 

 not ready. This fact was lucky for the pointer, as otherwise he 

 would have scored a false point, and his opponent would have been 

 credited with a hack. They were finally started at 12:05, and 

 worked round to the north. Croxteth found first and pointed a 

 moment, then roading very well a short distance, the birds flushed 

 wild bofbre he had fairly located them. He was a little unsteady 

 to wing, but dropped to order. Grouse Dale swung ahead and 

 comraewied roading, but the scent not quite suiting butt, he again 

 awning and made a magnificent point, which was ;to the full as 

 magnificently honored by Croxteth. Indeed, we know not which 

 to admire most— the graceful pose of tjie silken haired setter, or 

 the elegant back of the majestic pointer. Even the reporter.-: 

 ceased I In Ir labors, aud stood in silent admiration intently gazing 

 at the beautiful picture. Grouse soon moved on and roaded to 

 Urand stylo for a short distance, but the birds had undoubtedly 

 been flushed, as nothing was found. Many thought that Grouse 

 should have been penalized for a false point, but we thought it a 

 grand piece of work, when we take into consideration the nature 

 of the ground, as i e moved on of his own accord. Advancing up 

 theroad a short distance, we turned to tho west, through the pasture 

 south of the barn, into the sprouts at the west end, and then 

 through to the head of the brier swamp, which was circled and the 

 edge of the woods worked to the northwest corner, when Croxteth 

 pointed and Grouse Dale backed. Neither dog was quite steady, 

 and the handlers went toward them aud flushed the bird. A little 

 to the east of this GrouBe pointed where some birds had been 

 started a momeut before, and Croxteth backed. Croxteth then 

 pointed, aud as Grouse Dale carua up, commenced roading, and 

 both dogs scored a flush, the birds getting up all around them, 

 Grouse dropping to wing. Croxteth went on to the edge of 

 the sprouts and flushed a single bird, tie then pointed a second 

 out in the open and moved on into the aprouta, whore he again 

 oointed, but roading on a little too fast, scored another flush, 

 dropping to order. Grouse Dale, who was a little to the west of 

 turn, also did the same thing once, if not twice, although we 

 thought Tallmau to blame for one of them. We then beat through 

 the cornfield into the sprouts, and turned south. A rabbit flushed 

 before Grouse and he took one jump, but stopped at once. A 

 little further both dogs flushed, Grouse dropping to wing. Near 

 the east shore he made a magnificent point, which Croxteth 

 backed indifferently. Tallmau flushed to orderand winged nicely. 

 A little further south, Grouse challenged, but the bn-d flushed a 

 little wild, although we thought that ho should have pointed. A 

 little further on he suddenly struck one of his beautiful atti- 

 tudes, which Croxteth acknowledged in grand stylo. Grouse 

 roaded on, and finding nothing, scored a false" point. He 

 challenged again i little further on, but could make nothing of it. 

 A short rest was taken and tho dogs watered, when we made a 

 break for the large pasture south of the barn. Just before we 

 reached it, both dogs challenged, aud Croxteth turned up misting, 

 but was soon found a little to the south on a grand point. 

 Tburtlo, ordered to kill, flushed a cripple, but Croxteth remained 

 steady, and as the judges came up, three or four birds flushed 

 from under their feet, a few yards in front of his noso. This was 

 capital work. We now went to lunch, after which tho dogs were 

 again put down in the sprouts east of the barn, and worked north 

 to the open. Then swinging round into the sprouts south, Grouse 

 half pointed, but one of the spectators coming up, Hushed the 

 bird. On a little further he again challenged and Croxteth ha* lied. 

 Grouse now did some grand roading. but Croxteth forged ahead 

 and flushed. They were ordered up at 2:30 and Grouse Dale de- 

 clared to be the winner of the first prize, and also of the American 

 Field Cup for the best dog or bitch competing at the Trials. Crox- 

 teth was withdrawn, and Maida was declared second by default, 

 and Lizzie Lee selected by the judges as third. 



We very much regretted Mr. Gndeffroy's hasty action, and feel 

 sure that he also will take a different view after he has calmly 

 reviewed the matter. We requested of tho judges a copy of the 

 sooro of this heat, which will he found below ; and wo fail to find 

 that their conclusions are not conect. Wo have carefully re- 

 viewed the heat and must say that, in our opinion, Mr. Godeffroy 

 had no just cause for withdrawing his dog. 



OPTICAL SCOitE. 



8TAKDABD. GBOUSE DALE. CJJSOil ETH, 



Pointing, nose and staunchness . . 40 35 40 



Quartering and style 30 30 25 



Backing 10 10 7 



Obedience aud disposition 10 10 7 



Ketrieving 10 — — 



The judges stated that as both dogs had been thoroughly tested 



in previous heats, aud Grand Dale was known to be one of the 

 best retrievers on the ground, no score of this wuh made. 



This ended the Peconic or All-aged stakes, and the open running 

 of the meeting. It* has been remarkable for two things both of 

 which have rendered it notable above other field trial meetings 

 held in this country. The first point to be Observed was the grand 

 character of the work performed by the dogs, which was uot 

 limited to isolated cases. There were very few duffors and it 

 might almost be said that all the clogs were good ones and well 

 broken, while most of them were extra good. Of course all can- 

 not bo Grouse Dales, but the average of the performances was far 

 higher than in any American field trials hitherto held. Tho pup- 

 pies were an especially grand lot. 



The second point worthy of mention, was the way in which the 

 handlers carried thomselvos. With one exception, all acted in 

 aucb a way that no possible fault could be found with the manner 

 in which they handled their dogs. The animals were worked in a 

 " sportsmanlike manner," and as on an ordinary day's shooting. 

 There was no attempt at trickery or jockeying ; "nothing was at- 

 tempted iu the way of handling that was not legitimate. A prize 

 of twenty-five dollars had been offered to the handler who con- 

 ducted himself jn the most gentlemanly manner during the meet, 





ing, but the club very properly decided not to award it. It seemed 

 to be the general sentiment that the offering or such a prize would 

 bo an rnsidl to the handlers, and at a gathering of tho club hold 

 after the running was over, the president, Mr, Donuer, was 

 Buthorized to appoint a committee to ascertain the probable ex- 

 pense of medals or whistles to be presented to the trainers as 

 mementos of the very pleasant relations existing between tl 

 and the club. Mr. George T. Leach was appointed to act as this 

 committee. 



MEMBEBS' STAKES. 



UE3HIF. AND MAX IIAltKAWAY. 



At 3:5 Bessie, owned by Mr. J. O. Donuer, aud Max Harkaway, 

 owned by Mr. Charles H. Raymond, were cast off in the sprout", 

 just north of the cornfield. A uurnberof birds were soon flushed, 

 but it was so thick that it was impossible to see how it happened. 

 Swinging into the open, both dogs challenged, and as the gentle- 

 men moved toward their dogs, each one walked up a bird some 

 distance ahead of tho dogs. Turning into the cornfield Bessie 

 flushed twice, dropping to wing each time. Both dogs ranged 

 very well. Bessie carries her head a trifle low, but goes like a 

 witch. She is very quick in her motions, and it is worth a long 

 tramp just to see her drop when she strikes scent. Max is a 

 larger dog, and we believe him to have a level hoad. Ho goes at 

 an easy, far reaching stride, and is without doubt a capital dog. 

 Swiugiug into the open lot, .just off the club house, both dogs 

 showed to good advantage, ranging wide and well. Both of them 

 challenged near the south oast corner of the lot, aud followed 

 north along the fence on the trail of running birds, and some fine 

 roading was done. When near the shore, Max thought that they 

 had turned east iutn tho brier lot, and roaded that way, but was 

 called back to BesBie, who was doing some good work where they 

 had been feeding. They soon worked it out, and then BeBsie took 

 np the trail from which Max had been called, and slipped through 

 the thick briers, where Max soon joined her. After roading 

 awhile he forged ahead and made a beautiful point, but soon 

 moved on, and Bessie took tho lead and soon poiuted. Moving 

 carefully on she again pointed. Mr. Donner walked 

 in to her and she moved on, and a largo bevy flushed. 

 Bessie scored a point, and both were highly praised for 

 good roadiug. This was first-rate, but had Mr. Raymond allowed 

 Max his head when he first turned toward them, we are confident 

 that he would have scored the point instead of Bessie. Working 

 south to where the birds had been marked down, Max challenged 

 on the bank, while Bessie was below him out of sight, but the 

 bird flushed wild. Crossing the gully, Max poiuted grandly 

 where" the birds alighted, but soon moved on, and backed Bessie, 

 who had dropped on point. She moved on a little, and dropped 

 again. The birds wore flushed to order, and Mr. Dormer missed a 

 grand right aud left very nicely. We heard whispers of drawn 

 shot, but oould not trace the report. On a little further Bessie 

 poiuted and Max backed. Two birds were Hushed by Mr. Donuer, 

 who had his eye wiped very cleverly by Mr. Raymond, who 

 winged his bird, which Max retrieved very nboly. On down 

 along the edge of tho bank, Bessie challenged aud was joined by 

 Max, who soou went back, while the little lady roaded very nicely 

 up to the bird, which Unshed, and was scored to her. Turning 

 up the gully Bessie cut out tho work, and soou came to a point 

 Max at once followed suit, and roaded a short distance verv nicely, 

 but, a rabbit starting near him, he was called off. Meantime. JLr. 

 Donner to order flushed two birds to Bessie's point, aud killed 

 one of them very neatly, which Bessie retrieved very well. They 

 were now ordered up, aud Bessie awarded the hoat. 



con 



cons 



Chief and Countess wore at once cast off below the gully, and 

 worked south. Chief flushed and jumped for tho bird which Mr, 

 Wouzel killed, and Chief retrieved. Countess was steady with 

 but a word of caution. There were birds flushed from the same 

 place before the dogs were fairly started. Mr. Weuzel aud Chief 

 went into the briers, where a bird flushed, and was snapped up 

 by Mr. Wenzel almost before it had fairly started. Swinging round 

 the head of tho gully aud back to the shore, Mr. Leach flushed, 

 but did not shoot. Then Mr. Wenzel flushed, and scored another 

 very quick kill. Chief retrieved the wing-broken bud very well. 

 Chief soon flushed again, but as Mr. Wenzel deprecatingly re- 

 marked, down wind. 



Countess then found and pointed nicely. Mr. Leach flushed to 

 'jder, but missed the bird. Countess was very steady and dropped 

 wiug. The briers were worked to the north shore, but nothing 

 ..aB found. Turning south in the stubble to the wind, Chief 

 scored a flush and a chase, and an instant later another bird got 

 up close by. They were then ordered up, aud Countess awarded 

 the neat at 4 :50, down 35 minutes. This ended the running for 

 the day. 



THURSDAY. 



Thursday was'cloudy and damp, just the day for the hounds, 

 but decidedly moist for a tramp through the covers. The wind 

 blew strong from the south-west, driving before it the dcuso fog 

 which penetrated through the thickest clothing. So gloomy was 

 the prospect that only about a dozen plucky sportsmen witnessed 

 the grand closing heat of the meeting. Mr. Taylor was called 

 home on business, aud Mr. E. A. Spooner, of New York, was 

 chosen to fill his place. W r e reached the island at nine o'clock 

 amid a sprinkle of rain, but, nothing daunted, a start waB made, 

 and Mr. Dormer's Bessie and Mr Leach's Brock were cut loose 

 just east of the Club House, for what proved to be the last as well 

 aB one of the beat heats of the whole meeting. 



BESsrE A>D BROCK. 



Both dogs ranged in good form through the open lot to the 

 south-east corner, where Bessie chalb nged by the fence aud Brock 

 a little further west. He had the best of it, and soon made a 

 beautiful point with his nose close to the ground, just in the edge 

 of a brush heap, and hiB tail high in the air, Bessie backing hand- 

 somely. Mr. Leach flushed to order, and got in a very neat right 

 aud left, killing both birds in an artistic manner, aud winning the 

 only honors of the kind during the meeting. This was a grand 

 performance all round, and was not excelled by any incident that 

 we witnessed. Brock scored a good retrieve for the" first bird, but 

 was looking for the balance of the bevy, and did not find the 

 seoond one. Moving on into the sprouts, Bessie challenged, but 

 Brock again struck them first, aud came to a point, and Bessie 

 again backed. The birds were flushed, hut not shot at. Bessie 

 then roaded out to the north-east corner of the cornfield, where 

 she made a beautiful point, but the birds had gone. Some very 

 fine ranging aud quartering was done by both dogs over the field. 

 Bessie swung iuto the hollow, and came to a very nice point on a 

 small bevy. Mr. Donner flushed and missed, Bessie dropping to 

 wing, and Brock, who had come tip, remained steady. Just then 

 a wing-broken bird ran out of tho weeds in plain sight of tho dogs, 

 and Mr. Donner shot the bird to put it out of misery. Both dogB 

 remained remarkably steady through this very Irving ordeal ; 

 Brock to order, aud Bessio without a word. This wns very fine. 

 Bessie to order retrieved nicely Working soutb through the 

 pasture, both dogs came to a point at nearly the sumo instant ; 

 Brock just at the top of the rise where he showed grandly, and 

 Bessie a little to the east in the edge of the brush. Judge Costar 

 borrowed a gnu, and flushing the bird, let drive. The poor little 

 thing happened to fly in tho direction of the shot, and was iu-tantlv 

 killed. Bessie retrieved it, and then swung round toward Brock", 

 who had remained staunch, but now roaded a short distance, and 

 again pointed in the edge of the woods, and was very handsomely 

 backed by the bitch. Mr. Leach flushed the bird and missed it 

 verv nicely, both dogs were verv steady to wmg and gun. This 

 was grand work and keenly enjoyed by thpsaVho witnessed it. 

 Soon after tins a bird was flushed between the dogs, but, although 

 Brock was a little the nearest, the bird was so wild that we did net 

 think it any fault of the dog. A little further south Brock chal- 

 lenged, and roaded up to the bird, and located him in arat-olMB 

 style, Bessie backing faultlessly. Mr. Leach flushed and killed Io 

 order. Bessie was ordored to retrieve, but had the misfortune to 

 run over another bird, which she made a few jump6 for, bat at 



nith i 



once droppod to order. Bro 

 word steadied him. Swiugin 

 a bird that he would mo-t f 

 cocked and primed. The ra 

 the sport that it was with re 

 When wc reached the 



on a beautiful point, which 



roaded some distance, hut 

 false point, and tho dogs w 

 heal at 10:10. Countess be 

 by the judges as the winnei 

 winner of the Fobkst ami i 

 handled by am. 

 and tlm result 

 his heat with J 



r the 



ioat. 



she 



. Brock w 



rs' btake. 



dropped 



. Bessio 



scored a 



Bided the 



ccd 



the 



it great e 



ed si 



.■ Bet 



se-for-Al) 



38t dog or bitch 

 .sthe gem of the meeting, 

 rock had done nothing in 

 onepro- 



ell t 



. to bo 



lattlei 



Shekueq 



when i 



performance 

 ut— although 



and that the 

 i the air, sho 

 ■d style, she 



reached the 

 i was Hushed, 



ing, which we publish 



That 



will show, vet far more co 



after tho heat was decided. 



false under tho rules— was 



birds were not far away. Tl 



was off like a rocket, quarts _ 



soon disappeared over a knoll in front, at 



place where she was lost to sight a largo bevy of bi 



and the littlo beauty was found close by, fiat oi 



staunch point. If this was not tho very best Of work no are no 



judge. Mr. Donner was the first to congratulate Mr. Leach upon 



his well-wou victory. We were soon aboard the. l;,:i a id " 



shores of Bobbins' Island disappeared in the mist, aud the thud 



annual meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club was a matter of 



the past. 



The following is a summary of the 

 in tho order in which it occurred : 

 DEBET. 



MUST SEKIKS. 



Sensation, Jr., beat St. Elmo II. 

 Glen Dale beat St. MarB. 

 Pollux beat Guymard. 

 Boyal Dale beat Plantaganet. 

 Ferida a Bye. 



SECOND BEIUEB. 

 Sensation, Jr., beat Glen Dale. 

 Pollux beat Ferida. 

 Royal Dale a bye. 



THIBD SERIES. 



Sensation, Jr., beat Boyal Dale. 

 PoUux a bye. 



FIFTH 8EB1ES. 



Pollux beat Sensation, Jr. 



FIBST SERIES FOB SECOND ntlZE. 



Ferida beat Guymard. 



SECOND BEBIEB. 



Ferida beat Sensation, Jr. 

 Pollux won first. 

 Ferida second. 

 Sensation, Jr., third. 



PECONIC OB ALL-AGED STAKES. 



Flltsr HEKIES. 



Jenny II. bent Chief. 

 Chatelaine beat Kuipcrur Fred. 

 Grouse Dale beat Maida. 



Belle beat C 

 Croxteth beat Bob. 

 Baronet beat Match. 



mat Tom. 

 t Tip. 



SERIFS. 



Chatelaine beat Jonny II. 

 Grouse Dalo beat Prince Hal. 

 Dashing Monarch beat Jennie. 

 Lizzie Lee beat Daisy Layorack. 

 Croxteth beat Barouet. 



IHIBO SEK115S, 



Grouse Dalo beat Chatelaine. 

 Lizzie Lee beat Dashing Monarch. 

 Croxteth beat Belle. 



MOUTH HEMES. 



Grouse Dale beat Lizzie Lee. 

 Croxteth a Bye. 



FIFTH HElllFS. 



Grouse Dale heat Croxteth and wins first prize ; Croxteth with- 

 drawn. Maida wins second prize, aud lizzie Leu third. 

 MEMBERS' STAKES. 

 Bessie beat Max Harkaway. 

 Countess bent Chief. 

 Brock beat Bessie. 

 Brock wins first prize and Fuhest and BTbBAM cup. 



LOUISIANA STATE FIELD TRIALS— FIRST MEETING. 



1"> HE Louisiana State Field Trials were run under the SUBpici 

 of the New Orleans Gun Club, near Amite, Louisiana, Sera* 

 mtneing Nov. 25. Amite is a flourishing village on the NOW 

 Orleans aud JaoknOn railroad, seventy miles north of Now Or- 

 leans. It is surrounded by wide stretches of undulating piuo 

 lauds, alternating with clearings, 

 situated mainly contiguous to era. 

 bayous. The cover in tho woods i 

 fields crab-grass, weeds and brier 

 The cavalcade was u mixed procesi 



footmen. It was a bright, cool day, and tho breath of Boreas 

 stirred softly through the branches of the towering pines, and 

 awoke them to murmurous music. Mr. C. B. Whitford, Dr. 

 Young and a juvenile Young were in a very large buggy, ' ' towed" 

 by an exceedingly diminutive specimen ed' the equine race, and of 

 the mare species." She loosed like a small aut dragging a gri 



ally of small extent 



and 



ami along the mUrg 



us of 



stlv sedge-grass, and 



n the 



l start was made at ! 



A. M. 



of vehicles, horsemei 



i and 



Butsti 

 head of the proces 

 bottom, it was brii 

 The foremost ht 

 ing the roots of h 

 by the small boree. 



ml s 



(?ai 



.ched a havi 

 1 running like a 

 plunged in and 

 »tail. Thtm 01 

 Iu they plunged 



peacock. When the 



the Tangaphc 

 nill-ra 



Biv 



id, the water reach- 

 le big buggy towed 

 ( " etc. The pony 

 was quickly out of her depth," but she struck out swimming. Tho 

 current carried horse aud sll swiftly down stream and lauded them 

 hard and fast against a drift in swimming water. The uceupauts 

 sat on the high back of tho buggy— au inch or so above water. 

 All manner "I direc.iions were veiled from the shore. ''Stop her !" 

 " Go ahead on her !" " Pull to the right I" " Pull to the left !" 

 ("Pull for the shore" would have, been appropriate.) " Hold her 

 head up !" " Give her her head !" 



Presently, with a mighty Inugo forward, the mare gained fool- 

 hold on the bottom and dragged ashore buggy and oecupanls. 

 Standing still in a foot or two of water, the pony suddenly made a 

 plunge forward, when Whitford, who was standiug on the bu 

 seat, executed an exceedingly neat backward sommersault and 

 landed in the edge of the bayou, 



As no one else could cross, tho,e w ho were already over had to 

 return. The small boy was ferried over hehiud the horseman. 

 The pony strnck hard and fast against a log in swimming water, 

 and a horseman had to come out and take Whitford ashore Then 

 the small horse gallantly swam to laud with the buggy find Dr. 

 Young. A move was then made for a point two miles north of 

 town, where, after discussing a splendid lunch, the work com- 

 menced. 



