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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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do 53 wara orderei on by fh^ jaija. &roa5e pointed to a 

 single bix'd. Jessie was called ta bick bub failed to do so and 

 ran in and flu ~:he a. Grou53 then ma le three more poinfo on 

 sinsrle birds which Jessie would not respond to, when Hoff nan, 

 liei"' handler, withdrew the bitch, coiisicleriag her oufc of con - 

 dibioa, and the heat was a warded to Grouse. Grouse is a large 

 orange and white .setter doA, of part native blood, and a re- 

 markably fast and wide rau^^er, and with more work will he a 

 hard one to beat. His handler. Shorebrook, states that he 

 never tire.s. Jessie, red Irish setter bitcli, is well known as a 

 bench show winner, and has been doing- good work since the 

 season opened, her failure in this heat can doubtless be at- 

 tributed to her ecindition, as her nose and head were very 

 feverish. 



LEU A AKB WEAGG 



were the next put down and drew three or four fields blank. 

 Ijeda was the winner of the All- Aged Stakes last, year, bub on 

 this occasion did not .seem to have her usnal excellent nose, 

 for on ranaingdown a large stubble slie ran b\ a covey, which 

 flushed and took to the woods, where it was impossible to 

 follow rhem owing- to the dense briers. Wragg is a very 

 handsome Gordon setter, rather heavy in movement, but cov- 

 ei-ing considerable ground for his size and make up. In re- 

 tm-ning to the club house Leda made g.wie at the corner oC a 

 fence, when a lai-ge covey rose from a dusting place about 

 twenty iyards from the latch, near her handler and owner, 

 Golonel kicharilsou. and took to a cedar thicket. Going in the 

 direction where the birds were marked down, a second covey 

 of scattered birds got up in oues and twos near Mr. Emhn, 

 Wragg's owner, who shot at last bird and missed. Both Leda 

 •Hud Wraag dropped handsomely to shot. Leda proved the 

 best ranger in this unfinished heat when, darkness coming on, 

 the dogs were taJken up for that day. 



The foUo-Vfing day Wrasrg and Leda were east off again at 

 7:30 A. M., but failed to find birds, though a large area of 

 couritrv was c-aiefully worked over' The judges therefore 

 decided to take up this pah- and put down Creole and Leigh 

 Doane II., which last-named bitch was also entered in the 

 All-Aged Stakes. Creole is a very handsome Irish bitch, the 

 property of Major Wiberb, of Mauch Chuuk, and will make a 

 hard oue to beat when she has had more work on quail. 

 Tbcs;- bitches did some very good ranging, and moi'e country 

 was worked over with the same poo)' results, when it was 

 plainly seen the trials coidd not be finished without material 

 to work upon. A consultation was held at the club house, 

 and it was decided to call the All-Aged Stakes off and to aUow 

 only to stand the record of the Puppy Stakes, which had re- 

 sulted in Leigh Doane II. winning first prize and Paiiy Glen 

 second prize. 



The lailure of a successful termination of these trials de- 

 monsti-ates the fact that it is not practicable to hold such con- 

 tests in the North unless the ga-ounds are .strictly preserved, 

 and that the South only, where quail are plentiful and the 

 t.iover suitable for finding .single birds after the covey is 

 fl ushed, is the region to be selected hereafter by the Philadel- 

 phia Kennel Club. 



Where birds were found at all at the Rio Grande grounds 

 they invariably t-ook to covei' where they could not be fol- 

 lowed by dog or man. The work your correspondent saw the 

 dogs do" was vei-y good, especially that of Leigh Doane II. 

 Buckingham, although a beaten dog, was one of the best in 

 the Derby: cei-tamly the finest ranger, and had it not been 

 for the manner his handler worked Mm he would not have 

 been defeated. Mark. 



THE EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



ri^HE All-Aged Setter Stakes of the Eastern Field Trials 

 I Club commenced at High Point on Monday, Nov. 16. 

 There were twenty-tliree entries, aU but three of which 

 started. None of the judges selected were able to be present, 

 and Messrs. B. F. Wilson, of Pitbsbm-gh, Pa. : F. R. Hitchcock, 

 of New York city, and W. A. Coster, of Flatbush, L. I., were 

 appointed instead. W e had beautiful weather all through 

 the week. The birds were fairly plenty, although not so 

 many were found as in previous yeai-s. The dogs w^ere in 

 much better condition than they were last year, and although 

 the work was not quite up to the average, there was a very 

 creditable shovving. Many of the dogs had not had work 

 enough to pub them in proper condition, and on this accomt 

 the trials should be held at least a month later, and two 

 mouths would be still better. In J anuary the vegetation is 

 kiUed and the birds are more in the open, and the trials could 

 be run through much quicker then. The handlers are unani- 

 mous in this opinion, and the club will consider the matter, 

 and, it is to be hoped, will make the change. FoUo-sving is the 

 rimning: 



BRANDON AND GI^ADSTONE'S BOY. 



This brace was first on the card, but o-wing to mistaken 

 direction as to place of starting, Brandon and Countess, oue of 

 the second brace, were not on hand, and the third brace was 

 ran fir.^t. "We give the running however in its regular order. 

 The raorniug was perfect, there had been a hard frost, but 

 the sun had shone bright and except in the shady places it had 

 disappeared. We left the hotel at a quarter past eight and as 

 the other dogs were not on hand Sportsman and St. Elmo IV. 

 we -re put down and at the tiuish of their heat Brandon, han- 

 dled by C. L. Dick, and Gladstone's Boy, handled by Chas. 

 Tucker, were cast olf in some pines and worked down to a 

 valley and then along the edge of some woods where Brandon 

 flushed a single and Glad put up the rest of the bevy. A little 

 further on Glad challenged but soon went on. Brandon tlieu 

 made a nice point which Glad honored at once. Brandon 

 then drew on a short distance and again pointed, but went on 

 a short distance and gave it up. Then in some woods Glad 

 stopped just as a single bird got uj), and Brandon dropped to 

 one that laid until Mr. Dick bo order flushed it and missed, 

 when several more^got up and Brandon was a tiifle unsteady, 

 but dropped to oi-der. The handler of Brandon was not in 

 condition to run him, and Mr. Dick took him in charge, al- 

 though he had not previously handled him. We then took a 

 turn Daclc but only two more bu'ds were found and they were 

 flushed hy the judges. We then crossed a ravine to where 

 some of the bii'ds had settled and Brandon made a nice point 

 \vhach Glad backed in fine style, Mr. Dick to order flushed 

 them and made a double, and Brandon retrieved one in good 

 form, and Glad pointed the other and started to retrieve it 

 but Brandon got It and brought it in. He then made a point 

 to a brace that flushed wild and flew back over the dogs, both 

 remaining steady. Brandon then made a capital point to a 

 single. Glad did not see him and went too close to the bu-d 

 which got up just as he dropped. This was vei-y close to, if 

 ]K)t quite a flush. Woi'king up through a meadow, Bi-andon 

 made a point and one flushed wdkL Several then got up near 

 Glad, he then made a point to the be-vy a.nd'soon after 

 Brandon nailed a single in fine style. They were then or- 

 dered up , and the heat wa.s awarded to Brandon. Down one 

 hi iLU' and three quarters. Brandon ran a good heat considei'ing 

 that he was unacquainted with his handler. Gladstrjuo's Boy 

 was all off in nose and could do nothing. 



COUm'ESS AND BLARNEY, 



Counter, handled by W. Seager, and Blarney, by T. M. 

 .lldi-ich, were at once put dovra and worked along a "hdMde, 

 when Countess pointed a hare, and nothing more was done, 

 although we worked over some good groimd until half-past 

 twelve found us at the baru at the Model Farm . where hmch 

 was spread. Alter an hour's j'est, the dogs were again put 

 down in the stubble field near the house. Neither dog weut 

 very fast, althoiigh at times both showed a. fan- amount of 

 speed. After beating through the field. Blarney made a point 

 near the fence. Countess did not back, but went on and 

 flushed a bird, and the bevy, which was somewhat scattered, 

 got up from both sides of the fence and settled in the adjoin- 



ing field of briers and weeds. Working round to get the wind 

 we beat toward them. Countess was the first to find. She 

 pointed a single, and a second or two later Blarney also 

 pointed a short distance beyond her. Seager to order flushed 

 and kflled the bird, when several more got up and among 

 •fchem the one in front of Blarney. Countess retrieved her bird 

 in good form. Blarney then fltished one down -wind, and soon 

 after put up one that he should have pointed. A little further 

 on he pointed one, and Countess, a little beyond him, also 

 pointed the same bird. Aldrich to order flushed and missed, 

 and Blarney was not quite steady, but dropped to order. 

 Countess then half pointed, but went on, and as Blarue}'^ 

 worked that way one got up within ten feet of where Countess 

 had chaUenged. A htbie further on Blarney pointed a single, 

 and Countess wenb up to him and also pointed. Aldrich 

 flushed to order and missed. They were then ordered up and 

 the heat was awarded to Blarney.' Down one hour. Blarney 

 was handled by T. M. Aldrich, of Manton, B . I., and Countess 

 by W. Seager, of Sewickly, Pa. The heat was not a brQliant 

 one, but as it was run in the middle of the day it was perhaps 

 not a fair test of the merits of the dogs. * 



SPORTSMAN AND ST. ELMO IV. 



This brace was the first to go dowa in the morning, owing 

 to the absence of some of the other dogs. They ware put 

 down at 8:45 in a stubble field. Both dogs have fun before, 

 and need no introduction to our readers. Sportsman was 

 handled by Chas. Tucker, of Stanton. Tenn., and St. Elmo by 

 E. H. Haight, of AUalre, N. J. Both started off at a good gait 

 with Sportsmen in the lead, and as he went down to the cor- 

 ner near some woods, he ran into a bevy and scored a flush. 

 The dogs were then worked toward the scattered bevy, and 

 both .scored a flush of a single bird each. Sportsmen then 

 whuded round on a beautiful jroint to a single, which Tucker, 

 to order, flushed, bui. as it flew over the judges he did noc shoot. 

 Spoidsman then made a point and then roaded a short distance 

 and again pointed, but nothing was found. We then woi-ked 

 through a cornfield to a. stubble field, where Sportsman pointed 

 and roaded, but he was behind the bevy, which flushed as the 

 judges came up, and scattered in some open woods. Follow- 

 ing them, one got up near St. Elmo as he went into ai thicket, 

 and soon after another one flushed near him. Sportsman 

 then got a point that St. backed indilfercntly. Tucker, to 

 order, flushed the bird, which he killed, and Sportsman re- 

 trieved it nicely. A little further on St. filmo made a capital 

 point to a single, which Haight, to order, ilushed and killed, 

 and St. Bhuo retrieved. We then worked out into a sedge 

 field and Sportsman challenged but went on, and as the specta- 

 tors came up they put up a bevy there which settled in the 

 woods. Pollo-wing them up, both dogs pointed very nearly at 

 the same time. The bird in front of St. Elmo flushed as his 

 handler came up. Tucker, to order, put up the one in front of 

 Sportsman. We then turned do-wn a brancn and through some 

 woods, -when Sportsman hah" pointed, but soon moved on and 

 shortly after he pointed a be-vy in the edge of some pmes, and 

 Tucker, to order, flushed them. This ended the heat, with 

 Sportsman the winner. Down one hour and twenty mmutes. 

 The work of both dogs was far below expectation. They are 

 both well known as about as good as the best, and a grand 

 heat was looked for. Sportsman was off in nose, and St. Elmo 

 had been worked but a few days and was in no condition to 

 run. 



CLIFFORD AND BELLE OF PIEDMONT. 



Both of these dogs ran hero last year and Belle ran here this 

 year in the Members' Stake. Chfford was handled by John 

 Lewis and BeUe by Capt. C. E. McMurdo. Both have greatly 

 improved since last year, but Belle has improved the most 

 and showed much better under her handler than she did in the 

 Members' Stake. Both stai'ted ofl' well, but Belle had the legs 

 of her antagonist. As Clifford went hj a bunch of alders a 

 single bird flushed, and soon after he pointed where it got up. 

 We then took a long turn thi-ough the woods, down to the 

 brook where Belle challenged and then made a cast and 

 dropped on point and remained for some time until her hand- 

 ler came up, but nothing v.^as found, the birds had probably run. 

 She made a cast in the woods and struck a be-vy, but whether the 

 one that ran from her or another one, could not be determined. 

 Chflford came up and.backed indjfferently to order. Capt Mc- 

 Murdo flushed the birds to order and we followed them to the 

 edge of the woods, where BeUe pointed a single which her 

 hiindler flushed to order and missed. She went but a short 

 distance and pinned another which the Captain killed. Clif- 

 ford then made a nice point, but nothing was found. Soon 

 after Clifford again pointed very nicely and commenced road- 

 ing, Belle came up and backed a second, but caught the scent 

 and pointed the bevy, which Capt. McMnrdo to order put up 

 and killed one. They were then ordered up and the heat 

 awarded to BeUe of Jr'iedmont. Down one hour and eight min- 

 utes. This was a very fair heat. Belle showing better work 

 than we had yet seen. 



NELLY II. AND GCS BONDHtJ. 



These dogs are also well known. NeUy was handled by W. 

 Tallman, and Gus by Chas. Tucker. They were cast off in a 

 large cornfield, and given a spin, both of them going in cajiital 

 style. NeUy was the fastest. After a turn in the com they 

 were W'orked toward the last bevy, which had settled in the 

 woods. Gus made a false point at the edge of the woods and 

 NeUy backed him. A little further on NeUy pointed and Gus 

 backed her. She then drew on a few steps and located a 

 single very nicely, which Tallman, to ordei-, flushed. Gus 

 then pointed and Nelly came up beyond him and chaUenged 

 and was dropped. Gus then roaded a nmni ng bird and pointed 

 again. Nelly made a cast ahead of him and flushed the bird. 

 A little further on Gus made a point just as the bird got up. 

 Nellie then got in a good ]3oint to a single tha.t Tallman, to 

 order, flushed and -winged. NeUy, sent to retrieve, took the 

 trail of the bird, but was called off; she then chaUenged, but 

 the bu-d got up wUd before she had a chance to locate it. She 

 soon had another one fasi: and Tallman, to order, flushed and 

 kiUed it, and NeUy, after considerable time and help, found 

 and retrieved it. Gus then found a bevy and pointed it in 

 capital style; Tucker, to order, flushed 'them and missed. 

 FoUowmg them up Gus challenged and went on a short 

 distance and pointed, a-id the bird flushed some distance 

 ahead of him. Nelly then got in two good points in quick 

 succession, both of Avhich TaUman flushed to oi-der, G us then 

 made a nice point to a running bevy, and drew on and pointed 

 several times. Nelly backed him but went on when he moved, 

 and made a cast for them and pinned them in fine style; Tail- 

 man, to order, put them up and scored a miss. They wei'e 

 then ordered up with Nelly the winner. Down forty-nine 

 minutes. This was a capital heat and lots of good work was 

 done with but few mistakes. 



WINDESIERE AND DASHING NOBLE. 



This brace wa.s at once put down in a meadow. Windemere, 

 handled by Haight, is a big dog with a slashing way of going. 

 He is a dog of much promise, but had been with his handler 

 but a few days, and had not had work enough to steady him. 

 Dashing Noble ran in the Members' Stake. He wa.s handled 

 by Seager and did much better than when ran by his owner. 

 Windemei-e was the fir st to find, but he ran into them and 

 SGOi'ed a flush. We then turned toward town, and woi-ked 

 over considerable groimd without a find. At last, while cros.s- 

 uig a fence, a bu-d flushed and Dash di-npped just a second 

 before another one got up. Soon alter the spectatoi-s flushed 

 a bevy and we foUowed them into some sprouts. Windemere 

 was again first, and this time be pointed very nicely. Haight 

 to order flushed and killed the bird, and Windemere broke 

 shot, but dropped to order. He then retrieved, and soon after 

 again pointed, but nothing was found. Dash then made a 



; nic« point to a smgle, that Seager to order flushed and winged, 

 and Dash rctiieved it very nicely. A Uttle further on Wmde- 



I mere made a very stylish point. Haight to order put up the 



bird and Windemere was a trifle imsteady, but dropped to 

 oi-der. He then dropped just as one got up near him, then in 

 the open he made a point, but moved in and scot'ed a flush. 

 They were then ordei-ed up and Dashing Noble was declared 

 the winner. Down one hour and three minutes. 



PRINCESS HELEN AND SLOOtTM. 



This brace was put down at nearly half-past 5, and after a 

 five-minute spin were taken up, to go down again in the 

 morning. Nothing was done except that each made a point 

 to which nothing was fouud. On Tuesday the day was more 

 perfect if possible than Monday. It was too warm to hunt 

 for meat, but just right to loaf around with dog and gun and 

 enjoy to the full the pleasures of the field. We left tlae hotel 

 a few minutes past 8, and the dogs were put down fifteen 

 minutes later, about oue mile northeast of the town, in a field 

 of sedge and brush. Both dogs ran here last year. Piincess 

 Helen was handled by John Le-wis and Slocum by T. M. Aid- 

 rich. Both i-an better than lasti year, and did some good 

 work. Starting off at a good rate of speed, Helen went but a. 

 short distance before she made an elegant point to a bevy, 

 and Slocum backed her, and then drew on but stopped to 

 order. Lewis put up the birds and missed, and as Helen 

 showed symptoms of unsteadiness he caught hold of her and 

 steadied her. Then in the woods after them both pointed, 

 almost simultaneouslv, a bird each. Aldi-ich to order flushed 

 the bird in front of Slocum and kflled it. Lewis then put up 

 the one that Helen wa^ pointing, and then several more got 

 up. The dogs then went on, and one got up suspiciously near 

 Slocum. .Helen then pointed a single, tliat flushed as we came 

 up, and she roaded out the trail very nicely . Slocum then 



Eointed where a bu-d had beeu flushed, and Helen backed 

 im. Both then struck out at .speed, Helen showing up Ciiute 

 speedy and very stylish. Beating through an open field Slo- 

 cum pinned a bevy'with his tad straight in the air. Helen 

 came round between him and the birds, with her head towai-d 

 him, and partly backed, and then went behind him and 

 stopped to order. Aldrich went up and the bevy rose, and he 

 ktUed one that Helen retrieved in good form. We then took 

 a turn over a knoU and swung back into some woods after 

 them. Helen was the first to find, making a beautiful point 

 to a single that got up as her handler and. the judges came up, 

 and then several more got up, Slocum challenged, but the 

 bird rose before he located it. Lewis killed one, which Slo- 

 cum reti-ieved yevy well, Helen then pointed and roaded, 

 a-..d was joined by Slocum, and he also roaded, but Helen was 

 the quickest and located the bird in fine style. This was very 

 weU done. They were then ordered up, and Pi-incess Helen 

 was awarded the heat. Down altogether forty -eight minutes.. 

 This was a good heat. 



PKNDENNIS AND ELCHO. JR. 



These dogs have never before run in pubMc. Pendeunis, 

 handled by Mitchell, is a well-formed little dogj with no great 

 pretentions to beauty, but is quite a workman tor a youngster. 

 He wUl also rim in the Derby. Elcho, Jr., handled by Tallman, 

 is well kno-wn as a winner oii the bench. He was entered here 

 last ye-ar, but was withdrawn as he was not in good form. He 

 showed quite a turn of speed, but was not so stylish as his 

 competitor, and did not have so good a nose. Thej' were put 

 down in an open field, and both went at a good rate of speed 

 and ranged -wide. We then beat out a stubble field and Pen- 

 deunis dropped to a be-vy. Elcho did not see him, but got a 

 little scent and drew too close and the bu-d,s went up. Both 

 were steady to wing, and a moment later two or three more 

 got up. Following them into some woods, both got a point at 

 the same time, and both handlei-s to order flushed and kiUed. 

 Pen was steady, but Elcho made a snap for his bird, which 

 went partl3' over his head. Both dogs retrieved their birds in 

 good form. They were then sent on, and a bird got up near 

 Elcho, and Pen made a point and Mitchell flushed the bird, 

 but Pen held his point, and Elcho came up and backed him 

 and another bird was flushed to the point. This was a good 

 bit of work. A little further on Pen pointed and a few sec- 

 onds later Elcho also pointed the same bird, which had i-un. 

 TaUman to order flushed but did not shoot. We then worked 

 over to a rim. where Pen dropped to a .single just as it rose. 

 A little further on some one flushed a woodcock that settled 

 close to Pen, but at once started again, and as it was disap- 

 pearing in the distance Mitchell cut loose and brought it 

 do-wn. Several of the party started for the meat, but Elcho 

 was too quick for them and Tallman bagged the bird. We 

 then went back to the woods, where Pen dropped on jwint, 

 but went on as his handler came up. He was right, however, 

 as a bird was flushed near them a httle later. W e then turned 

 back through the stubble and worked over considei'able good- 

 looking ground without a find. Then in some sedge both 

 challenged and roaded; a short distance. Elcho went on, but 

 got too close, and one flushed and the rest of the bevy got up. 

 FoUo-wing them up, one flushed on top of a knoll neai- TaU- 

 man; then in some-puaes Elcho pointed and di-ew on. Then 

 Pen made^^s^t and drew a short distance, and as we came 

 up the bird flushed behind him. Meantime Elcho made a 

 point to a single that Tallman to order flushed and missed. 

 Pen then dropped on point and Elcho, not seeing him, went 

 ahead and stopped to order and then half pointed , Mitchell 

 to order put up the bird and Mlled it, and Pen retrieved it 

 nicely. This ended the heat, with Pendennis the winner. 

 Down one hour and twenty-one minutes. This was a good 

 heat, considering that it was hot and much of the work was 

 on dry leaves. 



PLANTAGENET AND ROSE OP KILLARNEY. 



After a rest of fifteen minutes this brace was caUed for. 

 Plantagenet is well known and great things were expected of 

 him, but as a whole his work was very disappointing. Rose 

 is yet yoimg. She is very fast, and Is reported to be a good 

 one, but she did not stiow up to advantage. Plantagenet was 

 handled by Tallman and Rose by Luke White. They were 

 put down in a stubble field. Both w-ent fast, and ranged fairly 

 weU. Rose was the first to find. She pointed a bevy in "a 

 thicket close to a branch. The birds wei-e flushed, and' some 

 of them settled on top of the hfll near by. Meantime Planta- 

 genet had made a wide cast up the bra.'neh, and it was some 

 little time before he was brought back. Following them up 

 Rose dropped just as oue got up. Plantagenet then made one 

 of his stylish points to a single, and Rose backed him nicely. 

 TaUman to order flushed the bird, both dogs remaining 

 steady. A little further on one got up near Rose, and then 

 Plantagenet dropped to a single that flushed as the judges 

 came up. A Uttle further on one flushed near Plantagenet on 

 bare groimd, and soon after he pointed where one had been 

 seen to rise, but he held his point imtil his handier came up, 

 when he drew on and again pointed two or thi-ee times. 

 Then Rose pointed and a few seconds later Plantagenet 

 also pointed and a bird was flushed before the judges 

 came up. Then down near the branch Rose chaUenged and 

 a bird got up behind her. Plantagenet then made two 

 or three beautiful points, hut they were false. We then beat 

 out a lot of ground without result, butifinally Ro.se got a nice 

 point to a bev.v, which she roaded out very well. White 

 flushed them as he came up and scored a miss. Plantagenet 

 had made a wide cast and would not come back when called. 

 FinaUy he was brought round, and both dogs worked over the 

 ground, but neither could smell a bird, nor did they appear to 

 try, and after considerable time spent feeling around, they 

 were taken up and the next heat was a-un and they were then 

 put down again in some pines among scattered birds. Plan- 

 tagenet got in several vei-y nice false points and fiuaUv a good 

 one to a bevy. Rose came up and backed very indifferently, 

 and then drew on and halt pointed and stopped to oi-der 

 TaUman put up the birds and kflled one, which Plantagenei 

 retrieved weU, a.fter a long search and considerable help from 

 his handler. PoUowing them into some woods Plantagenet 

 made a beautiful point, then di-ew on and located his bird 

 nicely. .Rose partly backed him to order. Tallman put up 



