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ing as though they had been pointing. Birds were marked 

 near the spectators, in very lugh, thick grass. Dick ran in 

 and fliSshed, and soona iiush was made by Belle, but GMeason 

 spoke to them and made them more careful, and got a point 

 and back, and then a flush or two. The grass was so thick 

 that a man on horseback could not see a dog ten feet away. 

 A cornfield was next tried and a covey found, and here the 

 judges were saved further trouble by Mr. Underwood with- 

 drawing his dog Dick, and the heat went to Belle. 



BELLE AND BLITZ B, 



The next and last heat was between Belle and Blitz. Going 

 down wind a large oovey was flushed by Belle, and, alighting 

 across the slough in corn, were not followed. A little fui-ther 

 on Blitz made a false point. They uext tried a wheat stubble 

 with much better success, and a point was made by both dogs 

 and claimed. They roaded on, and soon Belle came to a point, 

 and a bird jumped up and got down again within ten feet of 

 the dog, which was very tiying to a puppy. She charged to 

 order. Judges went up aod flushed the birds and they scat- 

 tered in good shape. The dogs were swung around and 

 brought up agaiu, and Belle at once established a point, 



While Blitz was getting around for a back she moved and 

 the birds flew. Sent on again Blitz got a fine point. Belle 

 backing nicely, but the birds could not be started; they were 

 running, and being only abo\it two-thirds grown they' would 

 not fly more t han twenty steps. Blitz now made a flush, and 

 then a false point, and then a point. Belle did the same. 

 They were some distance apart. Both birds were flushed. 

 The dogs ordered up, and the flag went up for Belle, who wins 

 the secoQd money, ,*100. i 



Belle is a vei-j^ "nervous bitch of the finest type. Her sire is 

 Beaufort, second sii-e champion Bow, her dam Gertrude, and 

 Grertrude out of Snapshot. Mr. Whipple has woi-ked hard 

 for the success of the meeting, and is deserving of having won 

 a place with his bitch Belle. This puts the pointer one notch 

 higher. 



The third money was divided by the owner or handler of 

 Blitz and White Cfloud without running off the heat, much to 

 the satisfaction of the judges, as they were getting very tired 

 and it wa^s nearly sundown and time to start for the city. Tliis 

 day's proceedings ends the fli'st annual meeting of the Western 

 Field Trials Association. Many representative sportsmen 

 from dift'erent parts of the TJnited States have been here and 

 we trvist they may all come agam next year and have with 

 them many other ft-iends and many new dogs. The good 

 people of Abilene have done nobly in the way of making their 

 stay pleasant, Some of the gentlemen will remain over to- 

 day and go out and have a few private tests with their dogs. 



NEW JERSEY CLUB TRIALS. 



[From a Special Correspondent.] 



THE annual field trials of the New Jei-sey Keiinel and Field 

 Trials Club wera held at Fisher's Island, Nov. 13, 1885, 

 Mr. Justus von Lengerke, judge. The pi-izes were awarded as 

 follows: 



Firstr-The club's cup, valued at $50, to Chief, red Irish set- 

 tei* dog, owned by Max Weuzel. 



Second— The president's silver cup, donated by Chas. Heath, 

 Esq., to Jimmie, liver colored pointer dog, owned by Chas. J. 

 Peshall. 



Third — ^The vice-president's cup, donated by Chas. J. PeshaU, 

 Esq., to Jersey Beauty, red Irish setter bitch, owned by Max 

 Wenzel. 



The work was tedious and slow. The birds kept ra the 

 thickets and were scarcely accessible, although three large 

 bevies were found in one heat in the open. The handler of the 

 pointer winning second place was involuntarily a source of 

 great mirth by his frequent pleas and excuses to sit down while 

 handhng his dog. ".Jimmie, poor Jimmie, old man, you are 

 tired, are you?" The participants are looking for better suc- 

 cess in attendance for the next field trials, and the winners 

 will donate cups of equal quality to the winners of the trials 

 in 1886. ' M. 



CONCERNINa "KICKING."— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 "I never kicked at a judge's rulings yet, and I think it a poor 

 business." If his inilings are his honest opinion, theii- honesty 

 is entitled to respect; if he is utterly incapable the club that 

 selected him should be kicked. If a judge renders a cornipt or 

 predetermined opinion I cannot sufliciently express my scorn 

 and contempt of him; his rulings sink into insignificance. If 

 a olub, or anybody connected with dog shows, docs a wrong, 

 I propose to "kick" and keep on "lacking." A "change of 

 heart" in me or in anybody else is of too trivial interest to the 

 doggj"^ world to waste ink on; but in the defense of "the 

 sacred right of kicking" I would spill an ocean of ink.— W. 

 Wade (Hult-on, Fa., Nov. 1.3). 



WINSTED DOG SHOW.— In addition to the classes ah-eady 

 announced, and at the request of breeders, the managers 

 have made classes for deerhounds, dog or bitches, and Italian 

 greyhounds. Mr. J. M. Tracy, who is to judge pointers and 

 sefctei-s, states that he will adhere to the "Stonehenge" stand- 

 ard, as aU of his observations of attempts to judge by "rule of 

 thumb" have been unfavorable. 



KENNEL NOTES have bfeen deferred until next week. 



FOXHOUND IMPORTATION.— At this port a day or two 

 since a pair of English foxhounds anived, consigned to Mr. 

 Walter L. C. Biddle, of Radnor, Pa., for the use of the Gulf 

 MiUs Hunt, of Montgomery county. Pa. These fine animals 

 are the gift of the Duke of Beaufort, and came from his 

 kennel at Badminton, England. We fear these English fox- 

 hounds, like all others imported to this counti-y by our Penn- 

 sylvania hunt clubs, will prove inferior to our own dogs for 

 American fox hunting, as it differs so entirely from that 



Eracticed on the other side of the water. Oiu' dogs may not 

 ave the speed but they have the nose to follow all dav 

 through swamps, over rpcks and all kinds of country which 

 the English d ogs have proved they do not possess at least in 

 America. — Homo, 



NOTA BENE.— The December number of the A. E. R. wiU 

 close the volume for 18S.5. It is highly important to all con- 

 cerned that the show and field trial records of all registered 

 dogs, together with any corrections, shoidd be brought up to 

 date. Send in early. The Register numbei-s now reacb up 

 to 2908. 



SALE OF GRAPHIC— The celebrated pointer Graphic has 

 been sold by Mr. .fames L. Anthony, of New York, to Mr. 

 Charles Heath, of Newark, N. J., for $3,000 and service to 

 three bitches. Mr. Heath will carry out aU the engagements 

 that Mr. Anthony has made regarding the dog. 



BEAGLE MEASUREMENTS.— AW/fo/'if'ores* and Stream: 

 As my let-ter i-egarding beagle measurements has not called 

 forth any i-eplies, I would lespectfiilly like to ask some such, 

 practical beagle men a.s Mi'. Pottiuger Dorsey to expre,ss their 

 views on the subject.— Herm. P. Schellhass. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 No Notice Taken of Anonymoaa CorrespondentH. 



C. E., Gloversville, N. Y.— My hound bitcli pup, four months old, 

 has been sick for a week past. She is ^riowirg very thin andlean, 

 but she is always feverish, and when lyiug under a warm stove will 

 shiver. Her eyes are sunk in deeply, and as tor appetite, she has 

 none to talk of. I have given her physics, such as g;uijpovvder and 

 castor oil. She gets up a little, but shivers and goes back and lies 

 under the stove. I give her some soup and warm mWk. Can you 

 Rive me any theory concerning her troubles and wtiat T shall do"for 

 her relief? Ans. Your bitch has many symptoms of worms and the 

 indigestion is dependent on this. Give strict diet for twentv hours of 

 milk only, then give one do.se of areca root, followed by purge in four 

 hours. Then commence giving beef soups w ithout fat, flour porridge 

 and a little raw meat scraped and mixed with the white of an egg. 

 Give lioie water with tbe milk and a pill of the citrate of Iron and 

 s rychnine, tw o grains, three times daily. 



Fig. 2.-THE GUN REST, SHOWING RIFLE IN POSITION. 



"Forest and Stream" Trajectory Test. 



{Contimied from page 312.) 

 'T^HE work on the range began on Sept. 36, when by an 

 early morning train a party consisting of Mr. Henry 

 A. Sinclair, Mr. Charles H. Haswell, the rifle editor of the 

 Forest ajsB Stbeam, and several a.ssistants went down to 

 Oreedmoor. On tlie platform at Queen's were the numerous 

 boxes containing the rifles, the several packages of screens, 

 numerous pieces of lumber for supports, and generally all 

 the paraphernalia of the trial. The inconvenient location of 

 the National Bifle Asseciation range was shown at once, and 

 a long cross-country ride w^as necessary to reach the place 

 where the flring was to be held. It was a warm genial day, 

 and without delay the surveyor and his aides were busy g-et- 

 ting tbe line over whicb the bullets were soon to be sent fly- 

 ing on their tell-tale errands. The vetei'dji measurer who 



lias been a sort of mathematical regulator and expert on 

 figures and measurements since New York has taken form 

 as a city, entered into his work with spirit and soon had a 

 line of stakes standing in sentry line, from the face of the 

 Running Deer screen 300 yards up the open lawn. This 

 extreme led to a hollow and it became necessary to erect a 

 stand about four feet high on which to mount the fixed 

 shooting rest. This work was soon accomplished with the 

 asststauee of the workmen furnished by Supt. W. H. Brower 

 and a few railroad ties as posts, with heavy plank atop made 

 a platform firm and solid for the shooting at this range. At 

 100 yards it was not necessary to have any such construction 

 and here the heavy plank base rested directly upon the 

 ground, held in position by stakes. The instruments for the 

 observation of the weather were provided for in shady 

 positions under the platform at 300 yards, while at 100 yards 

 a couple of planks set on end in the grouad made a nook in 

 which the thermometer with its double column of mercury 

 and the wet and dry bulbs hung out of the direct sun's rays, 

 while tbe small aneroid barometer hung beside it. These 

 may be noted in the cut on this page, while above oa the 



small stick is seen the anemometer catching the record of all 

 the wind flying along at six or eight feet above the ground. 

 The day was spent in getting all the machinery for the test 

 into position, and when Monday morning came a rack full 

 of rifles waited in the oflice building across the range; a shelf 

 loaded down with many liundred rounds of ammunition was 

 close by, and a score or more of screens, eaclx neatly covered 

 with a tightly drawn sheet of tissue paper, were ready for the 

 bullet holes. 



There was no special order or system iu the tests. The 

 rifles were taken up at random, fitted to the rest, and when 

 the sight had been caught on the target the screens were put 

 up and the trial shots fired. 



Mx. Sinclair had in his charge the manipulation of the 

 rifles in almost every case, and to his care was put the entire 

 flguiing and calculation of the test. Long years of drill in 

 just this sort of work — more particularly iu connection with 

 heavy ordnance and tbe thousand and one forms of firearms 

 used and tried at the United States Proving Ground at 

 Sandy Hook — has given him a superior skill in calculations 

 of jnst the sort needed in the trajectory tests. The Fokest 



