Dec. 8. 1885.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



871 



taste of the whip and he then -went bettei-, and soon after he 

 pointed, but at once went on. Mainspring then flushed 

 one and did not drop to wing, but kept ri^ht on, 

 and was dropped to order. The birds had somehow es- 

 caped us and we failed to find any more of thero 

 and took a lonpc turn without result, until we came to the 

 es'oilud where the Members' Stake iinished, when Mainspring 

 half pointed and di-ew on, while Beaufort, a little distance 

 above him. made a point, and then drew on in grand style. 

 As Tallman went to him a bird flushed, and then the rest of 

 the bevy was all ai'oxmd him. Following them up Beaufort 

 made a nice point, and as his handler came up he drew on, 

 and the bird got up and Tallman missed it. Beaufort then 

 got too close to one and flushed it Mainspring then pointed, 

 and a second later Beaufort also pointed a single that Tallman 

 flushed to order. Beaufort was not quite steady and broke 

 in, but at once stropped to order. Meantime Spring roaded 

 out his bird and located it nicely, and his handler to order 

 put it up and missed it. Then Beaufoi-t made a nice point, 

 and Tallman to order flushed the bii-d. Mainspring then got 

 too close and flushed one. Both then pointed, but soon Avent 

 on. We then went down to the branch and turned up in 

 some sedge, where Beaufort made a gamy point, but soon 

 went on, and then Spring pointed and di'ew on. Both then 

 did some very pretty work, alternately pointing and roading, 

 but they could not make it out. although the spectators flushed 

 a bu'd near them as they came along. The dogs were then 

 taken up, and we went down the valley and crossed through 

 some woods to a stubble field, where Mainsprmg made a beau- 

 tiful crouching point, and the Captain to order flushed and 

 kfiled a bird, and Spring retrieved it well. This ended the 

 heat, and Mainspiing was declared the wiunei- of the heat 

 and first prize. Down one hour and thirty-four minutes. 

 F-inal Tie for First Prize. 

 Mainspring beat Beaufort 'and won first prize. 



Ties for Second Prize. 



DONALD II. AXB TAilMANY. 



As the Withdrawal of an im beaten dog cannot prejudice the 

 chances of any dog that he may have defeated, Donald II. 

 and Tammany, both beaten by Graphic, were called upon to 

 decide which' was the best, the winner to run against the best 

 dog previously beaten by Main.spi ing, which was to be decided 

 by running Bang Bang and Flash R. , and the best one of the 

 four to ran against Beaufort for second place Donald II. and 

 Tammany weie put down in a stubble field and worked 

 through to some sedge and an old field, when Tarn pointed 

 and Donald backed Mm. Tarn then drew on and located his 

 birds nicely. White to order put up the pevy and scored a 

 double, one of which Tam retrieved in good form. We then 

 went into some pines and one flushed near the judges, and as 

 Tam came round he put up another one and dixjpped to wing. 

 Donald then came round and pointed where the birds got up. 

 but soon went on. Then turning back into some sprouts, 

 Donald made a stylish point and Tam backed him 

 vei-y nicely. Haight to order flushed and hit the 

 bird, but it went on. Taminany then pointed 

 but nothing was foimd, and a httle fuither on he again 

 pointed, and a bird fltished behind him as the judges came 

 up. This did not look Uke his bird but possibly the bii'd had 

 run. We then took quite a turn without result, finally a bevy 

 flushed under the horses' feet, and Donald marked them down 

 and deliberately started for them but was called back to give 

 both dogs an equal chance. We then swung round to get the 

 wind and \vorked the dogs toward them. Tam stiaick them 

 first and made a nice point and a few seconds later Donald 

 also had one fast. 'RTiite put up Tarn's bird, and then Haight 

 flushed the one in front of Donald. This was very nicely done. 

 A little furthei' on Tam whirled on a gamy point, and as his 

 handlei- went up he drew on a few steps and located the bird 

 in fine style. Wlfite put up the bu'd and kUled it and Tam re- 

 trieved a live bird very nicely. The judges consulted and 

 ordered the dogs on when Tam 'jumped into a stvlish point 

 and Donald backed him handsomely. They were then ordered 

 up and Che heat was awarded to Tammanv . Down one hour 

 and six minutes. 



BANG BANG AND FLiASH R. 



This heat was short, but the work done was vei-y fine. As 

 soon as the dogs were put down Bang took half a dozen strides 

 and jumped into a stylish point, and almost at the same 

 instant Flash dropped to the same bird just in front of the 

 hoi-ses. The bird was flushed and two or thi-ee more got up 

 and both handlers scored a kilL Flash retrieved one nicely 

 and Bang pointed the other, and as his handler went to him 

 he picked it up and gave it to him. Bang then pointed, but 

 went on and again pointed and Flash backed him, and the 

 birds flushed as we came up. Bang still held his point and 

 anotber bird was flushed in front of him. This was very well 

 done. We then tm-ned back and Flash put one going down 

 wind, and as she dropped another one flushed. Bang then 

 made an elegant point to a single that White to order flushed. 

 They were then ordered up, with Bang Bang the winner. 

 Down eleven minutes. 



TAMMANV AND BAXG BANG 



were at once put down in the pines and worked through hibo 

 some sedge and stubble. Both went at a clipping gait with 

 heads well up and beating out the ground in capital style. 

 They were evenly matched in speed and style and made a fine 

 brace. Tammany found first and j umped into a very gamy point 

 and as his handler Kame up he drew a few steps and located 

 his bird nicely. White to order flushed, but did not shoot. 

 We then went into some pines where Tam i^oiuted once or 

 twice, but soon w^ent on. We then swung back where the 

 bevy was found and Bang pointed at the scent, but soon went 

 on and made a stylish point at the edge of a gully and Tam 

 backed him to order. Bang then roaded out the bird uicelv 

 and a second or two later the bird flushed itself. Then in 

 some sprouts Bang pinned another one and held it in good style. 

 Tam came up and backed a short time and then w-ent round 

 and drew on, but got too close and scored a flush. This ended 

 the heat with Bang Bang the winner. Down twenty-three 

 minutes. We then went to lunch. 



EEAUFOBT AND BANG BANG. 



This was the final heat of the stake. The dogs were put 

 down in some stubble and worked roimd to a vallev and then 

 up a hill, when a bevy flushed near the dogs and flew back 

 across the valley. Bang dropped to wing and Beaufort to 

 order. As Tallman moved up an oiitlyiug bird got up and he 

 killed it and Beaufort retrieved it. The dogs were then sent 

 into some sedge, where some of the birds had settled, and 

 Bang wnu'led clear aroimd and made a very gamy point to a 

 single that White to order flushed and missed. We then beat 

 out the sedge and turned back to a small thicket of pines, 

 where Beaufort pinned one, and Tallman put it up but did not 

 shoot. Beaufort then flushed one and Bang pcinted just as 

 another one got up, but he held bis point and two more were 

 flushed in front of him. We then went to an oak thicket and 

 Bang got in another good point, and White to order flushed 

 the bird. A little further on Beaufort made a nice point and 

 Bang came alongside and also pointed, but both went 

 on. We then beat out some sedge and tm-ned 

 back to the woods again and then went north 

 in some weeds and sedge, where Beaufort, going down wind, 

 ran up one. A httle fui'tfier on both dogs pointed, but nothing 

 was found to either. We then beat up in some sedge along a 

 hil l side, where Bang, with his head high m the air, crossed a 

 fence and went quite a distance and pointed, and then di-ew 

 on a few steps and made a magnificent point to a bevy that 

 Whit ■' to order flushed. The birds got up some distance above 

 Bang and he probably did not see them, as he was behind a 

 bush, and he held his point while the judges awarded him the 

 heat and declared him the winner of second prize, after a 

 heat in which he had done some very brilhaut work. Just as 

 the heat was decided Beaufort made a nice point a short dis- 



tance above, but Tallman took him off. This finished the 

 stake. 



Following is a complete 



SUMMARY. 



£Hrst Series. 

 Graphic b?at Donald II. 

 Tammany beat Ned. 

 Madstone beat Rue. 

 Bloorao beat Snipe. 

 Jilt beat Bradford. 

 Beaufort beat Lucia. 

 Flash R. beat Duke of Bergeu. 

 Mainspringbeat Bang- Bang. 

 Spot beat Half and Half. 



Second Series. 

 Graphic beat Tammany. 

 Madstone beat Bloomo. 

 Beaufort beat Jilt. 

 Mainspring beat Flash R. 

 Spot a bye. 



Third Series. 



Spot beat Madstone. 



Beaufort beat Graphic (withdrawn). 



Mainspring a bye. 



Final Tie for Fi7^st Prize. 

 Mainspi-ing beat Beaufort and won fli st prize. 



Ties for Second Pbize. 

 First Series. 

 Tammany beat Donald II. 

 Bang Bang beat Flash R. 



Second Series. 

 Bang Bang beat Tammany. 



Final Tie for Second Prize. 

 Bang Bang beat Beaufort and won second pi-ize. 



THE CHAMPION STAKE. 

 The Champion Stake did not fill. Foreman and Mainspi-ing 

 were ready to run but Gath's Mark had not fully recovered 

 from his attack of dysentery and his handler did not think it 

 prudent to rmi him. 



THE DERBY. 



Fourteen of the eighty -three nominations for the Derby filled 

 their entries. Five of them, however, were withdrawn "before 

 starting. As i-eti'ieving was not required, only shooting 

 enough was done to see the behavior of the dogs under fh-e. 

 Some of the work was veiy good indeed, the honors going to 

 two season dogs. The dogs withdrawn were Grouse III., 

 Shai-pless, Pendennis, Diana III. and Gath's Mark, the latter 

 on account of sickness. Those that remained in were run as 

 follows : 



Neversink against Nelly Bly. 

 , Bang Grace against Nannie S. 



Belle against Glenclaire. 



Prince Imperial against Dame Petrel. 



Carlotta a bye. 



First Series. 



-VEVEBSINK AND NELLY BLY. 



This was the fii-st brace to start. Neversink is a large 

 puppy. At times he moved very well, but appeared to be 

 drawn rather too fine. He was handled by Thurtle. Nelly 

 Bly, handled by Capt. McMurdo, is a very pretty, styhsh little 

 bitch, with quite a turn of speed and a "quick wav'of getting 

 round that wfll tell when she has had more experience. They 

 were put down on Saturday afternoon after the finish of the 

 All- Aged Pointer Stake at half past two in a field of sedge. 

 Neversink was soon on a nice point and as his handler went 

 ahead of him he drew on. Meantime Nelly came up a little 

 to the right of him and located the bevj', making a styhsh 

 point. The Captain flushed the birds to order but did" not 

 shoot. Neversink undoxibtedly had the birds but drew on 

 after his handler. Both dogs were steady to wing. We then 

 worked along a hillside, where both pointed larks, and a 

 httle further on a quail got up near Neversink and 

 he kept on after it hut came back to Avhistle. 

 Nelly then made a beautiful point, but .soon di-ew on 

 and then roaded out and pointed a bird in fine 

 style. The bird was flushed to order but not shot at. This 

 was a pretty piece of work. W e then swmig into some 

 sprouts where birds were heard to fly, and as Nelly came 

 round she made a nice point. Neversink also pointed, but 

 both soon went on. Neversink then made a good point but 

 .started to break in when the bird was flushed, but dropped to 

 command. He then pointed and roaded a criijple. and Nelly 

 came around and also roaded, but they were called off. Sooii 

 after Neversink again pointed and roaded, but could not make 

 it out. We then crossed a road to some sedge, where NeUy 

 made a point but soon.went on. Then, where the last bevy in 

 the Pointer Stakes had settled the handlers flushed two or 

 three, and as NeUy came round she made a capital point, and 

 her handler to order put up a bird and shot, and Nelly held 

 he]' point staunchly. They were then ordered up, with Nelly 

 Bly the winner. As her handler went to her another bird was 

 flushed in front of her. Down three-quarters of an hour. 



BANG GRACE AND NANNIE S. 



Bang Grace is a little fellow but he gets around very lively 

 and is fidl of style. He appears to have considerable hunting 

 sense and is very well trained. He was handled by Luke 

 ■White. Nannie is a very nice mover, fiUl of style, and has a 

 very handy way of getting to her birds. She was handled by 

 Tucker. They were put down in some sedge at twenty 

 minutes past three, both started at a chpping gait and beat 

 out their ground like veterans. Working up to the top of a 

 hiU Nannie challenged, but was soon oft' again like a flash. 

 We then beat through some woods and sprouts and then 

 swung back to the woods again, where Bang, while at full 

 speed, whirled on a very gamy point which Nannie instantly 

 honored ; this was very pretty but nothing was found. We 

 then worked out a small thicket and then up to some woods 

 where a bii'd flushed in tront of the horses and flew close to 

 Bang, and he at once sto])ped to wing. A little further on Nannie 

 made a stylish point and Bang instantly backed her. As 

 Tucker went in to flush, Nannie drew past him and di-opped 

 on point, and Bang also pointed alongside. This was re- 

 peated, with Bang a trifle in advance. Tucker then, to order, 

 flushed and shot, and both dogs remained steadv. This was 

 very pretty work. A httle further on Nannie pinned another 

 one, and Bang also pointed or backed, we could not determine 

 which, as the bird flushed when the handlers went up. Bang 

 then made a good point and Nannie backed him. The bird 

 was flushed to order, when Nannie turned back: to a bird that 

 she had caught scent of and pointed it, and her handler to 

 order flushed it. This was very neatlv done. Bang then 

 went on to a gully, and a bird flushed near him. Nannie 

 then made a nice point to a bu-d that was flushed to order, 

 and several more got up. We then crossed a ditch and worked 

 into some ptnes, where Nannie challenged, but the bi'-d went 

 before she had located it. She then dropped on point to an- 

 other, and was nicely backed by Bang. Tucker flushed the 

 bird to order, and the heat was finished with Nannie S. the 

 winner. Down forty minutes. This was a capital heat, and 

 would have been a very creditable one for older dogs. 



BELLE AND GLENCLAIKE. 



Belle Ls a light- weight black and tan, with considerable Ii-ish 

 blood in her veins. She is quite fast, with lots of hunting 

 sense, and is well trained. She was handled by Haight. 

 Glenclaire is a roUicking Irishman. He has quite a turn of 

 speed and appears to have a good nose. He has had but little 

 work, and is not yet over his puppy ways. He was handled 

 by Tallman. They were put down in some sedge a few miu- 



utes after 4. Belle was off' like a rocket, ranging wide and 

 well, with ever an eye to the likely looking places. Glen also 

 started off well, but did not settle down to business hke his 

 competitor. Working through a cornfield. Belle made a cast 

 for a hedgerow at the lower end, and getting the scent of a 

 bevy she half pointed and then commenced roading. Glen 

 joined her and also roaded. Belle then made a short cast- 

 up to the hedge and pointed, and Glen backed her. Belle 

 then drew on and Glen went ahead and made a nice; 

 point. Haight went in and put up the birds and kfllerj 

 two. Belle retrieved them both in good form. Glen then made-' 

 a capital point in the cornfield and Belle instantly backe<i 

 him. Tallman flushed the bird and both dogs remained 

 steady. This was well done. Belle then dropped on pouii/ 

 and as Glen came up he also dropped just as the birds flushed. 

 They wore then sent across a branch to a steep hillside of 

 timber, but the birds had not gone so far, and as we came up 

 to the branch one walked out from under our horse and stood 

 looking at us not a dozen feet away, and one or two more 

 flushed near. The dogs were then ordered back, and Glen 

 made a point and TaUman to order flushed the bird and shot, 

 and Glen was steady. Belle then swung round close bv us 

 and pointed the bird that we had seen, and it got up 

 a few seconds later. Glen then pointed, but soon went on, and 

 a few seconds later he repeated the performance. Belle, 

 meantime, pinned one that her handler flushed to order. We 

 then turned up a valley along the branch, where Belle swung 

 out into some stubble and gracefully sat down on point, Glen 

 came round and backed indifferently^ and as Belle drew on 

 Gleu made two or three strides and jumped into a nice point 

 just as Belle had located them. Haight flushed the birds to 

 order, and the heat was finished in favor of BeUe. Down 

 thirty -one minutes. 



PRINCE IMPERIAL AND DAME PETREL. 



Prince is a well made dog with considerable speed and an 

 easy way of going. He was handled by J ohn Lewis. Dame, 

 handled by Mr. Ohl, is an easy mover, but not fast. They 

 were put down where the last bevy was flushed and both at 

 once pointed at the scent. We then followed the birds into 

 some pines, where Prince made a nice point to a single, that 

 Lewis to order flvished. Dame then came round and one got 

 up near her, and she instantly dropped to vring Prince then 

 dropped just as one rose. Dame then went on and another 

 one flushed near hei". Prince then pinned one that his handler 

 flushed to order. Piince then pointed at the edge of a plum 

 thicket and Dame came around the other side and stopped 

 just as the bird flushed wild. We then went down to a branch 

 and worked up it and Dame made a very pretty point and 

 Piince backed her but nothing was found. It was now nearly 

 dark and the dogs wore taken up to go down again on Mon- 

 day morning, but on Sunday Dame was lame and Mr. Ohl 

 withdrew her. This gave the heat to Prince Imperial This 

 finished the fh-st series with the following result; 



First Series. 



Nelly Bly beat Novei-sink. 



Nannie S. beat Bang Grace. 



Belle beat Glenclaire. 



Piince Imperial beat Dame Petrel (withdrawn). 

 Carlotta a bye. 



Second Se7'ies. 



CARLOTTA AND NELLY BLY. 



Carlotta is a very pretty httle bitch. She is quite speedy 

 and a veiy easy mover. She is very quick in turning and Is 

 quite stylish. She was handled by tucker. We left the hotel 

 on Monday morning at a quarter past eigiit, and fifteen 

 minutes later the dogs were put down in an open field and 

 worked through to some stubble. Nelly pointed a lark and 

 Carlotta backed her, dropping veiy prettily. We then turned 

 back through some woods to a stubble field, which w^as drawn 

 blank, and we went to another one where Carlotta challenged 

 and commenced roading. Nelly was some little distance 

 from her and pointed just as one rose near her; two or three 

 more then got up and then the rest of the bevy went. Car- 

 lotta roaded them out nicely and dropped on point where they 

 had flushed. We then worked out some sedge and Carlotta 

 di opped on point, and as Tucker went ahead of fier she roaded 

 on her belly very nicelj". NeUy was some distance beyond 

 her and struck the same trail and pointed, and then roaded 

 and again pointed just as Carlotta came up and also pointed 

 or backed we could not determine which, as bh-ds were near 

 both dogs. We then went into some woods where Nelly soon 

 had one fast and Carlotta backed her nicely. The Captain, to 

 order, flushed and shot, and both were steady. A little 

 f m-ther on Nelly made a beautiful point to a fresh bevy and 

 Carlotta backeti her handsomely, the birds flushing as the 

 Captain went up. This ended "the heat, with Nelly Bly the 

 winnei-. Down thii-ty minutes. 



NANNIE S. AND BELLE. 



This brace was at once put down in the stubble; they were 

 nearly matched in speed although Belle had a trifle the best 

 of it. After a turn in the open they were taken back into the 

 woods among the scattered bu-ds. Belle found them first and 

 made a nice point to a single. Nannie came round near her 

 but out of sight behind a rise of gi'ouud. As she came over 

 the rise at fuU speed she caught sight of Belle and at once 

 backed her, but she was going so fast that she coidd not stop 

 until she got too close and the bird flushed. Soon after this, 

 Avhile going at full speed, IS an nie ran into Belle and both fell 

 flat. No harm was thought to have been done, but Nannie 

 was quite sore the next day. A httle f m-ther on Belle pointed 

 and Nannie, not seeing her, was dropped by oider, but noth- 

 ing was foimd, although a woodcock had been flushed near 

 there once or twice, and she may have been pointing at the 

 scent left by it. We then cro.ssed a fence and Nannie made a 

 nice point which Belle instantly honored and the bird was 

 flushed to order. We then beat out considerable gi'ound with- 

 out result until in some woods a bird was flushed by one of 

 the judges, and soon after Belle ran up one, an da little further 

 on she made a nice point to a single that flushed as Nannie, 

 not seeing Befle, came up at full speed. Both dropped to 

 wing veiy nicely. We then worked down to a branch where 

 the .spectators had marked a bevy, but nothing was done as 

 one flushed near the judges and then the rest went. We then 

 turned up a hill into some woods, where Nannie made a false 

 point and BeUe backed her. None of the buds were found, 

 except two or three that were flushed by the handlers. We 

 then beat dowm the hill, and when near the valley the dogs 

 backed each other very prettily, and soon after Nannie came 

 to a fence, and looking through she spied a black bunch of 

 weeds and thinking it was Belle on point sfie backed it in fine 

 style. We then crossed a branch and went through some 

 woods to open fields, where BeUe made a wide cast, and as 

 she came round she sat down on point to a bevy that Haight 

 to order flushed. We then crossed a creek into some sprouts, 

 where Belle half pointed and Nannie backed her, and as Haight 

 came up Belle drew on a few steps and located her bird in good 

 style, the bird flushing itself a second or two later. Nannie 

 then di'opped to one just as it rose. BeUe then made a nice 

 point and almost at the instant Nannie also pointed, and the 

 bu-ds flushed as the handlei s came up. They were then ordered 

 up, with Belle the winner. Down one hour and forty- four 

 minutes. Just as the decision was announced Nannie came 

 up to the judges and pointed in her best style, but it was too 

 late. This was a capital good heat and a lot of nice work was 

 done. 



This ended the second series with the following result: 



Second Series. 

 Nelly Bly beat Cai-lotta. 

 BeUe beat Nannie S, 

 . Pnnce Imperial a bye. 



Third Series. 



PRINCE IMPERIAL AND NELLY BLY. 



This brace was at once put down in the stubble field just 



