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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LDbc. 34 1885. 



made a cast to the right and pointed a bird in magnificent 

 style in a clump of briers. Taken up at 3:30. Noble C. wins 

 the heat. 



CAELOTTA AND PEGBID. 



Carlotta, handled by Tucker, and Pegbid, handled by 

 Waters, were cast oft at 3:35 in a burnt field and worked into 

 gi-ass, where Carlotta dropped on a point, roaded and dropped 

 again, when the bevy flushed. Judges did not allow her a 

 point. Following them into grass, .she got a point on a single 

 bird. Tucker shot and killed; Carlotta steady to wing Mid 

 shot. Ordered on, Pegbid flushed a single bird. Further 

 down the hill Carlotta dropped on point on back scent and 

 then commenced roadiag, when Pegbid came up and pointed 

 the bevy. Watei-s shot and killed ; both dogs dropped to shot 

 Following the birds into grass, Carlotta flushed a single bii-d. 

 She then pointed twice in succession. Running down the road 

 she wheeled to a magnificent pomt on a single bird, Pegbid 

 backing in splendid style. Tucker shot and killed; both dogs 

 steady. Pegbid went out of sight over a hUl, when a bevy got 

 up, supposed to be flushed by him. Brace taken up at 4:30, and 

 Carlotta wins the heat. 



JACKSON AND MAGGIE GLADSTONE. 



Jackson, handled by Ellison, and Maggie Gladstone, handled 

 by Crillam, were cast off in sedge grass at 4:35. Jack was 

 soon out of sight over a hill, and was found pointing a bevy 

 in low grass. Birds were flushed but not shot. They flew 

 into sedge grass, where J ack pointed a single bird. Maggie 

 not up to back. Ordered on, he pointed again, when two birds 

 were flushed before him. He then pointed a single bird. 

 They were ordered up at 4:55 and Jack wins the heat. 

 First Series. 



Sam Stex-rett beat Joe Noble. 



King Shot beat Pegjim. 



Nortier beat Gathht. 



Gath's Hope beat Maud D. 



Bob Gates beat Canada Peg. 



Pegfly beat Logan. 



Nannie S. beat Bon Selene. 



Beauty Gladstone beat Tarquin. 



Noble C. beat Pap Smizer. 



Carlotta beat Pegbid, 



J ackson beat Maggie Gladstone. 



Gath's Mark a bye. 



Second SeiHes. 



Monday was clear and cold, with raw wind from northwest. 

 Mr. F. 1. Stone was obliged to return home and Dr. Rawlings 

 Young, of Corinth, Miss., was chosen to fill his place. The 

 first brace of the second series, 



GATH'S MARK AND NORTIER, 



were put down in open at 9:35. In edge of woods, Mr. Dew 

 flushed a bevy, which flew over Mark, and he stood to wing. 

 Going on, Gath pointed a bird and Nortier backed in good 

 style. Tucker flushed and killed; both dogs steady to wing 

 and gun. A number of birds flushed wild from handlers and 

 judges. Following them into grass, Gath false pointed, and, 

 moving on, flushed a single bird. Nortier coming up, pointed 

 where the bird had flushed. Going into woods, Nortier 

 pointed handsonaely and staunculy a bevy, backed by Gath 

 in fine style. Short flushed and fired, both dogs steady. Fol- 

 lowing the birds, Nortier flushed and Gath pointed. Going 

 on, he pointed where a bird had been flushed. Ordered on, 

 Nortier pointed a hare. Making a cast, Gath dropped on a 

 point near a fence. Tucker failed to flush a bird before him 

 and a false point was called; but he went back and pointed 

 again. The bii-d was flushed and Gath scored his point. He 

 had the advantage in speed, range and style over Nortier 

 The brace was ordered up at 10:15, and Gath's Mark 

 awarded the heat. After waiting until 10:i50 for the next 

 brace, 



SAM STERRETT AND GATH'S HOPE, 

 they were cast off in grass. After drawing the field blank 

 in briers at edge of wood Gath whirled and dropped on a 

 point, backed by Sam. Rose, to order, flushed a very largo 

 bevy. Both dogs steady to wing. Following to woods, Sam 

 pointed, blinked his birds and then went in and flushed. Near 

 by Gatb pointed, but his handler failed to flush a bird before 

 Mm. Ordered on, he roaded. and in good style pointed a bevy 

 Following into edge of field Sam fiushed"^ and Gath pointed. 

 Ordered on, Gath false pointed. In style, range and speed Gath's 

 Hope had decidedly the advantage. The brace was ordered 

 up at 11:25 and the heat awarded to Gath's Hope. The next 

 brace to run was 



BOB GATES AND PEGFLY. 

 After waiting until 1 o'clock and Pegfly not being on hand, 

 his handler having lost his way, the heat was given to Bob 

 Gates, and the next brace, 



BEAUTY AND NANNIE S., 



were cast off in open field at 1 :05. They started away up 

 wind at a rattling gait and immediately run into a bevy. 

 Both dropped to wing. The birds went down in grass, where 

 Nannie pointed, and Beauty flushed. Ordered on, Nannie 

 flushed. Going into swaJe Nannie pointed and Beauty false 

 pointed, backed by Nannie. Going after a feeding bevy that 

 had been marked by spectators, Nannie flushed an outlying 

 bird and dropped to wing. Ordered on, she pointed in good 

 style the balance of the bevy. They were then ordered up at 

 1:35 and Nannie S. awarded the heat. 



NOBLE C. AND CARLOTTA 



were cast off at 1 :40 in sedge grass. Carlotta soon scored a 

 point on a bevy. To order Tucker flushed, and birds flew 

 into grass and low bushes on edge of pond; both dogs steady 

 to wing. Following the bevy. Noble pointed a smgle bird, 

 which was flushed, but not shot at. TVorkingon around edge 

 of pond, Noble pointed single bird again. He then, a little 

 further on, made a handsome and styhsh point. To order, 

 Stephenson flushed. Making a wide cast, Carlotta drew to a 

 point on a bevy, backed by Noble in splendid style. The 

 bii'ds were flushed to order and flew into some low briers and 

 grass, wheie Noble C. picked up four points in quick succes- 

 sion. They were then ordered up at 2:20, and Noble C. de- 

 clared winner of the heat. 



Second beries. 



Gath's Mark beat Nortier. Gath's Hope beat Sam Sten-etf. 

 Bob Gates beat Pegfly. Nannie S. beat Beauty Gladstone. 

 Noble C. beat Carlotta. Jackson a bye. 



Third Series. 

 GATH'S MARK AIVD JACKSON 



were cast off in the open at 2:25. "Working down into grass 

 Jack pointed a single bird, which was flushed to order but not 

 shot at. Going on, Mai'k dropped on a point with his head up 

 wind. Tucker failed to flush a bud, and ordered on Mark 

 made a cast, drew, and coming back pointed at the same spot 

 and his handler again failed to flush. Going into woods' 

 Mark was found dropped on a point. Birds flushed, but not 

 shot at. In following scattered birds, both dogs pointed at 

 the same instant another bevv, which flew out into a grass 

 field. Following the scattered birds. Mark pointed and Jack 

 was dropped by his handler. Bird flushed and shot, and both 

 dogs steady to wing. Ordered on. Jack flushed a single bu-d 

 followed with a flush by Mark. Working back toward the 

 woods in grass, Jack scored two more flushes Goinsr into 

 woods again, Mark made a point which Jack refused to honor 

 and was di'opped by his handler. The brace was then ordered 

 up at 3:10, and Gath's Mark awarded the heat. 



BOB GATES AND GATH'S HOPE 

 were then put down at 3:15 in open. They got away at a good 

 fair rat« of speed, though Bob was not as fast as in his pre- 

 vious heats. They drew a wide corpfiejd blank, and in edge 

 of grass Bob pointed a single bird, Gk>ing down a swale m 



high grass Gath false pointed several times and then pointed 

 a single bird. Working on Gath again scored a point, held it 

 an instant, jumped in and caught the bird, which his handler 

 compelled him to drop. Going on Gath pointed a bevy. Bob 

 backed in grand form. Following the birds into grass, he got 

 two points in quick succession, and then flushed twice. He 

 then pointed again and the bird was flushed and killed, 

 was steady to wing and gun. Going over a fence into a wood 

 Gath got a point on the side of a hill on a single bird. Just 

 below him Bob pointed and then moved on and a bevy flushed 

 wild before him. Followmg the birds into a ravine Gath 

 flushed a single bii-d. They were then ordered up at 4:45 and 

 the heat awarded to Gath's Hope. This ended the work for 

 the day. 



Tuesday was bright, cold and clear; wind from southwest. 



NOBLE C. AND NANNIE S. 



were cast off in a weed field at 9:40. They drew through to 

 some woods blank, then through the cover to sedge grass, 

 where Noble pointed a grass bu-d. Nannie coming on, pointed 

 the same scent. Going on. Noble pointed in a cotton field, 

 and Nannie was ordered up to back, when she pointed out to 

 one side. Both dogs were allowed a point. None of the sin- 

 gle birds were found, and we worked through some woods, 

 when Nannie pointed in a brush pile. Noble was not up to 

 back. The birds were flushed and follow^ed into a cotton 

 field, where Nannie flushed a single bird, and going on scored 

 a point. She then flushed again. They worked the open 

 blank and went back into the same woods, where some birds 

 had been flushed and marked down. Noble coming round to 

 a brush pile, flushed three birds, and the rest took wing all 

 around. Both dogs then drew on a nmning bird, Nannie 

 roading too near it. Ordered on, Nannie pointed, Tucker 

 flushed, but did not shoot. Noble then pointed a single bird. 

 We then left the woods and worked through corn. Some 

 birds were flushed, and went back into the woods. Going 

 after them, Nannie flushed a single bird, dropped to wing 

 and, moving on again, flushed. Noble then scored a flush on 

 single bird, and, moving on, Nannie flushed. Then we left the 

 woods and cast out into corn ridges, and worked through to 

 some woods beyond, where Nannie pointed a bevy in a thicket. 

 Tucker flushed and shot, but did not km. The dogs were 

 then ordered up at 11 ;35, and the heat awarded to Nannie S. 

 This finished the third series, with the following result; 

 Third Series. 



Gath's Mark beat Jackson. Gath's Hope beat Bob Gates. 

 Nannie S. beat Noble C. 



Fourth Series. 



gate's HOPE AND GATH'S MARK 



were put down in the open at 11:44 and worked the field and 

 thicket blank. Then we turned back for the birds left fi-om 

 the last brace, none of which were foimd. Then we worked 

 through corn, where Gath's Mark had the best range and 

 d. Going to some woods Mark flushed a bevy which went 

 into sedge grass. Following them, each dog scored a point on 

 single birds. Hope pointed again and Mark dropped on back, 

 moved on and flushed the bird. Hope scored another point, 

 and Mark a flush. Mark then false pointed and Hope coming 

 up refused to back. Hope then flushed a single bird down 

 wind and dropped to wing, moved up a ad pointed a single 

 bird. Rose flushed but did not shoot. The dogs were then 

 ordered up at 12:45, and the heat awarded to Gath's Hope. 

 Fourth Series. 

 Gath's Hope beat Gath's Mark. Nannie S. a bye. 



Final Tie for Fii'st Place. 



NANNIE S. AND GATH'S HOPE. 



After lunch Nannie S. and Gath's Hope were put down in a 

 cotton field at 2:35 to run for first place. Working across a 

 bottom through sedge, Gath's Hope pointed a bevy. Nannie 

 was not up to back. Rose flushed, but did not shoot. The 

 birds flew into heavy cover, where Nannie roaded and the 

 birds flushed wild. She then flushed a bevy in heavy cover. 

 She then pointed, roaded on and pointed again. Gath 'was not 

 up to back. After drawing field and woods blank we. crossed 

 a creek into sedge grass, where Nannie soon pointed. When 

 Tucker went up to flush, he flushed the bird to one side and 

 di-opped her. The judges awarded her a point and ordered 

 her on, when she pointed the same bu-ds which she was first 

 pointing, and was given another point, to which she was cer- 

 tainly not entitled. Tucker to order shot and crippled a bird 

 which flew some distance, and Nannie, going on, pointed the 

 spot where it fell. Both dogs roaded, aud Gath pointed and 

 to order retrieved it. We then worked to the edge of the 

 sedge, where a bird was marked, and Gath pointed it. Rose 

 flushed, and the bu'd flying over Gath, he made a jump for it 

 and dropped to order. Making cast back into the sedge for 

 another bevy, Nannie was found dropped on a point 

 Gath refused to back, swung around behind her and 

 commenced roading. l\icker went in to flush, when Nannie 

 moved up. In the meantime Gath had estabhshed a point 

 when the birds flushed wild. The judges gave Gath the point' 

 with which decision we did not agree, as Nannie had pointed 

 the birds before Gath came up. Some distance around a 

 sedge hiU Gath pointed a beA'y in fine style and was nicely 

 backed by Nannie. Rose flushed, but did not shoot. Both 

 dogs were steady to wing. Several were then flushed by the 

 judges. FoUowing them Nannie pointed, but Tucker fafled to 

 flush a bird before her. Several bu-ds w^ere then flushed by 

 the handlers and spectators and crossing each other the dogs 

 flushed a bird between them. They were then ordered up at 

 3:05 and the heat and fli-st monej^ awarded to Gath's Hope. 

 Ties for Second Place. 

 BOB GATES AND GATH'S MARK. 



A heat was then run between Bob Gates and Gath's Mark 

 to decide which should run against Nannie S. for second place 

 Mr. Stephenson being sick and unable to run his dog he was 

 handled by Mr. J. Avent. They were put down in the sedge 

 grass at 3:20. In the woods beyond. Bob Gates pointed a 

 bevy, Avent flushed and shot, but did not kill. Going on Bob 

 pointed a single bird, which was flushed but not shot at. G'ath's 

 Mark then scored tkree flushes and Bob one. Thev were then 

 ordered up, and Bob wins the heat; down twenty minutes. 



Final Tie for Second Place. ' ' 



NANNIE S. AND BOB GATES 



were ordered dovra to ran for second place at 3:45. Bob soon 

 pointed a bevy, and was backed by Nannie. Avent flushed 

 but did not shoot; then each dog flushed a single bu-d • s-oin<^ 

 on, Bob flushed again and Nannie pointed a single bii-d- or' 

 dered on, Bob pomted, Avent flushed the bird but did' not 

 shoot ; Bob steady to wing. Nannie then di-opped on a pomt 

 but moved on; Bob pointed and Avent going up Bob discnv 

 ered his error and moved on. Then Nannie: 'drawing on" 

 pomted ; still no bjrds were flushed. Ordered on Bob mide a 

 cast, and, swinging round, pointed in fine style Avent 

 flushed, but did not shoot. i^oUowing the birds into some 

 weeds. Bob pomted. Avent flushed two birds bur d^d w 

 shoot The dogs were then ordered upl^ 4: ^and Hob Gates 

 awarded the heat and second place. In ra^ge speed and 

 style he far surpassed Nannie S., and won on wf mS 

 Ties for Third Place. 



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 Following is a complete 



SUMMARY, 



First Series. 

 Sam Sterrefct beat Joe Noble. 

 King Shot beat Pegjim. 



Nortier beat Gathlit. i 

 Gath's Hope beat Maud p, I 



Bob Gates beat Canada Peg. 

 Pegfl,y- beat Logan. 

 Nannie 8. beat Bon Selene. 

 Beauty Gladstone beat Tarquin. 

 Noble U. beat Pap Smizer. 

 Carlotta beat Pegbid. 

 Jackson beat Maggie Gladstone. 

 Gath's Mai'k a bye. 



Second Series. 

 Gath's Mark beat Nortier. 

 Gath's Hope beat Sam Sterrett, 

 Bob Grates beat Pegfly. 

 Nannie S. beat Beauty Gladstone. 

 Noble C. beat Cai-lotta. 

 Jackson a bye. 



Third Series. 

 Gath's Mark beat Jackson. 

 Gath's Hope beat Bob Gates, 

 Nannie S. beat Noble C. 



Fourth Sei-ies. 

 Gath's Hope beat Gath's Mark. 

 Nannie S. a bye. 



Final Tie for First Place. 

 Gath's Hope beat Nannie S. and won first prize. 



Ties for Second Place, 

 Bob Gates beat Gath's Mark. 



Final Tie for Second Place. 

 Bob Gates beat Nannie S. and won second prize. 



Ties for Third Place. 

 Nannie S. , Gath's Mark and Canada Peg divided third prize 

 equaUy. Gfyon, 



THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 



There was a meeting of the American Kennel Club at the 

 Hoffman House, ISew York, on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The 

 following clubs were represented: New England Kennel Club, 

 New Haven Kennel Club, Westminster Kennel Club, New 

 Jei-sey Kennel and Fitjld Trials ;Club, Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club and Montreal Kennel Club. Major J. M. Taylor sent in 

 his resignation as president of the club, which was accepted 

 and Mr. Elliot Smith was unanimously elected in his place. 

 The Louisville Kennel Club sent a withdrawal from the club, 

 which was accepted. It was voted that an assessment of $10 

 should be paid to the association by each member. The rule 

 relative to champions, was amended to read: *'A dog to com- 

 pete in a champion class must have won three first or champion 

 prizes." All protests and accompanying papers Avere referred 

 to the committee on discipline. Several of the committees 

 on standards reported, and it was voted that their reports be 

 published and that no action be taken upon them until some 

 future meeting. 



Following is the report of the committee upon the standard 

 for the English setter : 



THE ENGLISH SETTER STANDARD. 



The English Setter is essentially a field dog, and a proper 

 estimate of his value on the bench can only be made with a 

 due regard to his field merit, as expressed m his formation 

 and blood characteristics, no judgment of a setter on a bench 

 can take into account the quality of his nose, or the quality of 

 his intelligence. The value of tbese characteristics are only 

 to be determined in the field, when they are brought into use, 

 except pei-haps, as the quality of these important factors 

 may be incidentally suggested by the absence of indications 

 of outside blood, and the presence of certain expressions of the 

 motions, with which the judge is famthar. There is, however, 

 so much guess work in valuing these qualities, that no points 

 can be allowed for them, nevertheless, they do, in the eyes of 

 a good judge, and he tacitly gives the dog credit for pleasing 

 expressions in various ways; sometimes giving him the doubt 

 of a point upon whicli a value is placed and again crediting 

 him upon the score of quality, but so far as it is possible to 

 do so, the judge should cUvest himself of an attempt to meas- 

 m-e the probable quaUty of a dog's nose or inteUigence on the 

 bench. He should be concerned chiefly with the quality of 



— --elation to the 



question of locomotion, for a badly bred dog is sometimes weU 

 formed, but the pi-esence or absence of characteristics which 

 indicate, outside blood, pre-supposes that the dog, although 

 made to go and able to go, wfil be wanting in the instincts 

 peculiar to the breed). 



As to what constitutes the best form, there are, and always 

 will be a variety of opinions, no conceptions, no matter upon 

 what extent of practical data it may rest, or how judiciously 

 the data may be used, can create an ideal. An ideal which 

 shall pass as perfection is not here attempted, but on the con- 

 trary, the conception here expressed is made only as it ap- , 

 pears to be an improvement on what has gone before, with 

 tbefuU assurance that higher and yet higher conceptions 

 wiU. follow. Absolute perfection is not contemplated; it is 

 recognized as being beyond reach, improvement onlv is at- 

 tempted. 



The setter's formation which seemed to be the most desir- 

 able ten years ago, is no longer held to represent the best type 

 of breed, and characteristics that were thought objectionable 

 have proved desirable. The present ideal compared with the 

 ideal of ten years ago differs in the addition of such particu- 

 lars as have been proved to be desirable, and the loss of thosfe 

 which trials have demonstated to be undesii-able. 



The head of the English setter of to-day dift'ers very Mttle 

 from the head as described by writers ten or even twenty years 

 ago, the present fashion is for a head a ti-ifle longer and fighter 

 than that descrfijed of dog-s in the past. This tj'pe is desirable 

 since It is m barmony with the general type of the dog, the 

 demand being for more length and less wiath throughout. 



The foUoAving description in which we quote largely from 

 Stonehenge, we submit: 



Head (-.iO).— The skull is of a pecuUar character not so heavy 

 as that of the pointer and without their narrow and marked 

 prominence of the occipital bone. It is narrow or of medium 

 width between the ears, and should have a decided bi owover 

 the eyes. The nose should be long and with width in har- 

 mony with the skull, without any fulness under the eyes. 



There should be in the average dog 4 or 4)4 inches from the 

 inner corner of the eyes to the end of the nose. Between the 

 point and root of the nose there should be a sUght depression, 

 at all events, there should be no fulness, and the eye-brow 

 should rise sharply from it. The nostrils mast be wide 

 apart and large in oijenings, and the end of the nose moist 

 and cool. In aU setters the ends should be black or dark liver 

 colored, except in whites, or lemon and white, a pink nose 

 may in them be pardoned. The jaws should be exactly equal 

 in length, a " snipe-nose" or "pig jaws" as the receding lower 

 one is called, being greatly against its possessor. The ears 

 should be hung well back and set low, of moderate length 

 and shghtly rounded at the point, the "leather" should be 

 thin and soft; carried closely to the cheeks, so as not to show 

 the inside, -without the slightest tendency to prick the ear, and 

 should be clothed with silky haii- about two inches in length 

 The lips are not so fuU and pendent as those of the pomter' 

 but at their angles there should be a sUght fullness, not reach- 

 ing quite to the extent of hanging. The eyes must be full of 

 animation, and of medium size, the best color being 

 a rich brown, and they should be set with their angles 

 straight aKiross. ° 



Keck (6) .— The importance of a long lean neck has not been 

 fully reahz^ untfl quite recently, or at all events, there has 

 not been sufficient stress laid upon the point. Length of neck 

 tends to high-headedness, and permits the Aos to feel about 



