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[Nov. i, 1886. 



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Address aU communications to the Forest and Stream Piib. Co. 



FIXTURES. 



DOa SHOWS. 



Dec. 1 to 8.— First Dog Show of tlio Inter-State Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, Cairo, 111. A. A. Cowdery, Secretary, Cobden, 



m. 



Dec. 15 to 17.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Western Connec- 

 ticut Poulti-y Association. Frank D. Hallett, Superintendent, 

 Winsted, Conn. Entries close Dec. 4. 



April 12, 1887.— Thirteenth Annual Dog Show of the Western 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society, at Pittsburgh, Pa. C, B. Elben, 

 Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Nov. 8.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association, at Abilene, Kan, R. C. Tan Horn, Secretary, Kansas 

 City, Mo. 



Nov. 8.— Tliird Annual Field Trials of the Fisher's Island Club, at 

 Fisher's Island, N. Y. Max Wenzel, Secretary, Hoboken. N. J. 



Nov. ~'2.— EiRhth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 ( llul), at High Point., N. 0. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings county, N. Y. 



Nov. 23.-Fifth Annual Field Trials of the Robins Island Club, 

 Robins Island. L. I. Open to members only. \i. Wateroury, Sec- 

 retary. 



Dec. 1.— First Annual Field Trials of the Irish Setter Club, at 

 Salisbury, N. C. W. Dunphv, President, Peelcskm, N. Y. 



Dec. 6. -Eighth Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Club, at Grand Junction, Tenn. 



Dec. 14.— Inaugui-al Field Trials of the Texas Field Trials Club. 

 For members only. Jolm F. Sharp, Secretary, Mai-shall, Tex. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), lb 

 published every month. Entries close on the 1st, Should be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 S1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 4236. 



THE AMERICAN COURSING CLUB. 



[F?-om ft Special Carrcspondcnt.'i 



GREAT BEND, Kansas, Oct. 22.— The meeting of the 

 American Coursing Club, which hegan Oct. 19, closed 

 j^esterday. On Monday, Oct. 18, most of the dogs were at 

 Great Bend, and a great many Adsitors were already on hand. 

 The drawing was held open until Monday night, pending 

 the arrival of Dr. Van Hummel, of Denver, who had an- 

 nounced that he would be present with a number of dogs. 

 A telegram from him, however, brought word that he vvas 

 detained by sickness of his wife, and would, therefore, not 

 be at tlie meet. The dra^^^ng was then completed. 



The grounds selected by the managers are on the Cheyenne 

 Flats, seven miles north of (jreat Bend, and are comprised 

 within the limits of the Uhl and Carney ranch, which con- 

 sists of seventeen square miles, mostly under fence. The 

 clulj could not have found better grounds, for the flats, lying 

 in a vast natural amphitheatre, are specially adapted to 

 coursing piirposes, besides being, as the event sliowed, 

 wonderfrdly well supplied with jack rabbits. It should be 

 said also for Messrs. Uhl & Carney, that no other men could 

 have been so courteous, patient and obliging as they were 

 throughout the entire meet. They suffered their fences to 

 be gaped in dozens of places, their young winter crops to 

 be trampled, their barn room to be monopolized, and their 

 corn to be consumed, all with the most perfect good humor. 

 They gain nothing and lose much by the meet, and the club 

 owes them an unpaid debt. The club house and kennels are 

 situated about four hundred yards from the ranch house, 

 upon a commanding knoll, whence a \iew can be had over 

 the flats for two or three miles. Had they been erected half 

 a mile further north a yet better site for them would haA'e 

 been obtained. In the matter of putting up these buildings 

 and in divers other items of expense the citizens of Great 

 Bend have assisted largely. It is probable that no better 

 location than Great Bend could be found by the club. It is 

 to be regretted that the hotels of that place are altogether 

 inadequate in every way to the demands of the visitors. 



FIRST DAY, 



The weather was fine and clear on Tuesday morning, and 

 by noon probably five or six hundred persons were on the 



troimds, a number which was very flattering for the first 

 ay of a quite untried and not very largely advertised event. 

 Managers and spectators seemed cheerful when, at 11 A. M., 

 the first start was made. 



EAVEX AND KEEDLE. 

 The running in the Sapling Stakes was first taken up, and 

 Mr. D. C. Luse's black dog Raven and Dr. G. J, Royce's 

 mouse and white bitch Needle wei'e the first brace in the 

 slips, both Kansas dogs. This course belonged to Needle all 

 the way. Raven scoring but two points. Needle got a go-by 

 and a turn, and then wrenched the hare until the kill, which 

 was hardly two hundred yards from the start. 



LEAD AND BELLE P. 

 Mr. B. M. Mutersbaugh's dark browTi dog Lead and Mr. C. 

 G. Page's brindle bitch Belle P. were led up next, and soon 

 started on a hare which made a strong rnn toward the west. 

 Both dogs appeared confused, and Belle P. Avas unsighted at 

 the fence. The hare, possibly frightened by the spectators, 

 swerved to the right. Belle sighted, drew ahead and got all 

 the points in a long course over grass, green rye and corn, 

 though losing the hare in a prairie dog nole. Belle P. won. 

 MIDNIGHT AND SISTEK IN BLACK. 

 Col. David Taylor's black dog Midnight and Mr. Chas. D. 

 Webber's black bitch Sister in Black went down next. The 

 former dog is a chance pick-up, whose pedigree and record 

 are not yet known by his nominator. Tlie latter is by cham- 

 pion Memnon out of champion Mother Demdike, and .she 

 was sent from Newark, N. J., in care of the managers of the 

 meet. After an undecided course at a diseased hare, which 

 was killed within sixty yards of the start, both dogs got ofl: 

 well on a strong runner. Sister in Black was first off and 

 ran in at once to the hare, wrenching handsomely. It was 

 said that this was the first hare that she had ever seen; if so 

 her performance was a wonderful one. However, she was 

 not in good enough condition, having had no exercise and 

 could not stay. Midnight drew ahead, wrenched repeatedly, 

 and Idjled after a course of three-quarters of a mile, winning 

 easily. 



KANSAS CHIEF AND FLEET ALEEN. 

 Mr. J. H. Jones's red fawn dog Kansas Chief and Mr. D. 

 C. Luse's black dog Fleet Aleen were started on a hare which 

 made a long I'un over grass. Fleet Aleen at first drew ahead, 

 but going down a road Kansas Chief got a go-by and showed 

 all its speed, turning the hare. Fleet Aleen killed. Kansas 

 Chief won. 



MIKE G. AND TIPPEKAKY. 



Ruxming was now begun In the All- Age Stake, and the 

 first brace were Mr. M. K Allison's mouse color dog Mike G. 

 and Mr. Jas. Roetzel's red fawn dog Tipperary. These dogs 

 fought in the slips and had to be led separately. They were 

 well sighted and loosed on a hare which apparently squatted 

 in a patch of grass. Tipperary sprang upon the hare and 



Wiled within fifty yards of the start. The course was 

 rightly held uMecided. 



The same dogs were again tried in the slips and again 

 fought, each being left to a handler. A hare was started, 

 but it being uncertain that both dogs were sighted, the word 

 was not given. Mike tore away from his handler, as the lat- 

 ter claimed, and coursed the hare alone. Tipperary was 

 held. Mike's owner claiming that this left his clog unfitted 

 for the next course. Tipperary was run a bye with another 

 dog that evening, and had fully as hard a coiarseas Mike had 

 iiin alone. There was no necessity for this. If Mike's hand- 

 ler loosed him without the word he should have suffered the 

 consequences without detriment to the dog, which was prop- 

 erly handled. This closed the running for the day. 



SECOND DAY. 



The morning of the 20th was cold and chilly with a keen 

 wind from the north, nevertheless a goodly crowd had faced 

 the seven miles ride and gathered at the club house by 9 

 o'clock, at which time the clouds broke and the .sun shone 

 warmly. There were vexatious delays in the starting, and it 

 was well on toward 11 o'clock before the first brace were act- 

 ually in the field. Probably two hundred horsemen and as 

 many more persons in vehicles moved out into the ilats at 

 the signal to advance. 



TRUST AND RAVEN. 



Col. Taylor's black and white dog Trust having the bye in 

 the Sapling Stakes, was put down to run with Mr. D. C. 

 Luse's black dog Raven. Both dogs seemed inexperienced 

 and worked badly in the .slips. The first hare was seen sit- 

 ting in form, and the dogs got in close, but at the word thev 

 went aAvay still coupled, the cord having broken in the sliii 

 and pulled quite loose in the slipper's hand. The dogs thus 

 hampered soon stopped and were at once piit down" again. 

 Another hare was found in less than five minutes, but got 

 away without being seen by the dogs. Yet anotherhare was 

 seen in form, but again they failed to sight their game. The 

 spectators were now growing discontented and there was 

 some confusion, but soon a fourth hare was started, which 

 was driven directly to the dogs and on which a good start 

 was had. The running was due north along ah old fence 

 line, but within a half mile a cur dog, which broke away 

 from a wagon, ran in and threw the dogs out badly, the hare 

 escaping. The course w,is tlierefore judged undecided. 

 FLEET ALEES AND SANDY JIM. 



Runuingwas now re.snnieil in the All-Aged Stake. Mr, 

 D. C. Luse's black dog Fleet Aleen going into the 

 slips with Mr. M. E. Allison's red fawn dog Sandy 

 Jim, the former being a Great Bend dog and the lat- 

 ter from Hutchinson. In this course Jim did all the 

 work, and killed handily, after an excellent course, which 

 was worked by numerous wrenches. A lady, perhaps in vio- 

 lation of the rules, wbicii require spectators to stay back 

 from the course, was in at the death on this course. 



MIKE G. AiND TIPPERARY. 



Mike G. and Tipperary were now again matched in the All- 

 Aged. Each dog had had a trying ruu on the night before, 

 and both were looking a little out of form. Mike was also 

 suffering from injuries received liefore the meet, and had a 

 bad hurt on his loin, besides ha\'ing his tail torn nearly off, 

 His appearance was against him. This sturdy old veteran 

 has a reputation all over Kansas as being the best game dog 

 in the State. As on the night before, these dogs fought in 

 the slips and had to be started separate from' each other; 

 nevertheless, they got a good start at the Avoi'd. This hare 

 stopped in front of the dogs and they ran up within twenty 

 yards of it, whereupon it loosened itself out and made a grand 

 run. Mike at once drew ahead, scoring a clean go-by, and 

 led all the time in a run which lasted over a mile, on grass, 

 plowed ground and hard road. The hare was lost in a 

 cornfield, but Mike was awarded the course. This closed 

 the sport of the morning, 



There were by this time probably eight hundred people on 

 the grounds and the scene most animated, the bluffs being 

 covered as far as the eye could reach. 



JANUARY AND NANNIE BLACK. 



The jack-rabbits appeared singularly obliging, and directly 

 after mmier another was started within a short distance fi'om 

 the grand stand. Indeed, there was hardly a course in which 

 the hare was not found within tliree-quarters of a mile fi'om 

 the stand. The dogs in this course were Mr. Amos John.son's 

 black and tan dog January and Mr. C. G. Page's black bitch 

 Nannie Black. This was a fairly good run. January scored 

 a clever wrench or two, but Nannie Black out-scored, killed 

 and won. The run was over gras.o and hard road, and the 

 kill was made in the road, where the hare would natiu-ally 

 have all advantage. 



FAN"NY ANT) ROWDY BOY. 

 Mr. R. S. Salisbury's mouse bitch Fanny and Mr. B. M. 

 Mutersbough's fawn and white do^ Rowdy Boy now went 

 into the slips and in less than ten minutes were started on a 

 hare wliich the beaters drove almost upon them. The rim 

 was across a soft plowed field of new wheat and into a 

 field of loAv green com. The red and white dog drew ahead 

 at once, and after two trips killed in less than two hundred 

 yards from its start, Fanny did well and might have done 

 better had the run been of longer duration. Rowdy Boy is 

 known as a quick killer, 



BELLE R, AND FUNK. 



Afber such quick work every one felt good-humoi-ed, and 



the beaters started off in great shape to beat this same corn 

 field down to the next brace, which were Col. David Taylor's 

 white favsii bitch Belle R. and Mr. Peter Doherty's black 

 dog FLink. The bitch was by long odds the favorite for this 

 course, being known as a good one and credited as the 

 fleetest of the Allison dogs, but she was not in the race at 

 all. She was timid and the crowd frightened her; evidently 

 she was not running at all. Flink won by eveiy point and 

 killed in the corn after a long run across grass, soft ground, 

 road, dog town and corn. 



CLUMSY JACK AND PIPER HEIDSIECK. 

 Mr, B. M. Mutersbough's brindle dog Clumsy Jack and 

 Mr. W. J, Dixon's fawn and Avhite dog Piper Heidsieck were 

 now coupled, and after a very considerable delay and much 

 trouble from the gro^^ang uni'uliness of the crowd, which 

 now was grown very large, and contained vehicles of all 

 descriptions, a start was at last made, two hares being sprung 

 at once, though both dogs sighted the same one. Piper 

 Heidsieck ran ahead for a good half mile amid great cheering 

 but could not stay, and after two clever m-enches fell back 

 for the big brindle, who with a gi-eat go-by led the v.'av for 

 over a mile of fine grass country, wi-enching the hare — Avhich 

 was an uncommonly good one— several times. The judge 

 had much trouble to stay with the dogs on this course, as the 

 turns and wrenches were yer^ numerous, in and out of a 

 barbed wire fence, across a sott field, and over a large dog 

 to^ra, where the red danger flags waved prominently. This 

 was the best course of the meet up to that time and lasted 

 good two miles. Clumsy Jack killing in the com after a 

 grand mn. 



TOM MOONLIGHT AND TERRY. 

 Col, David Taylor's red fawn dog Tom Moonlight and Mr. 

 J. H. Price's red fawn dog Teiiy now went to the slips. The 

 former dog was owned by a colored man who hanuled him 

 and who got Mr. Taylor to enter him. It is not known where 

 the colored gentleman got his dog, but he got a good one. 

 Both do§s were in good form and were large, noble fellows, 

 to our mmd the finest looking brace yet started. A cur dog 

 came chasing a hare in front of the crowd, and in the midst 

 Of much shouting and confusion the dogs were at last got 



off. Both seemed to lose sight of the hare for an instant and 

 Tom Moonlight s'n-ung too far off to the left, but soon 

 sighted and came across the grass in grand style but with 

 plenty of room between him and Terry. The latter scored a 

 turn and Tom Moonlight closed in and got a wrench, the 

 hare then taking the road. Terry now accomplished the 

 rare feat of crowding the hare out of the road and on to the 

 grass, and scored turn after turn, Tom Moonlight running so 

 close that the three animals might have been covered with a 

 table cloth. Terry scored most points, making fully a dozen 

 wrenches and turns and was given the course, though Tom 

 Moonlight killed. The negro did not know that his dog 

 killed tbe hare, but was loud in his assertions that the course 

 should be run over again as his dog had not had a fair 

 chance. This was a swift and savage course of over a mile 

 )u length. The hare was a large black- tail jack and a rare 

 good one. 



EMPORIA BELL AND SPORT. 

 Mr. R. D, Salisbury's black bitch Emporia Bell being a 

 bye m the All-Aged by the aljsence of Speodaway, an unen- 

 tered dog— a black called Sport— was placed to run against 

 her. A naro was soon started and Sport turned it' hand- 

 somely into Bell's mouth, who killed -svithin one hundred 

 yards from the start. No points could be detcnnined For 

 the next run the same dogs were again put (iovrn. The beat- 

 ers went into the bluffs back of the club house and soon had 

 two hares lamning down to the dogs. A lamentable confu- 

 sion existed among the beaters, and the rules were violated 

 by continuous shouting. The dogs were confused, each dog 

 seeing a different hare. Sport broke away but was stopped. 

 No points. 



Again the same dogs. Tbe beaters now come in lineacross 

 the green cornfield, often mentioned before, uuddiove a hare 

 well toward the dogs; but the latter did not .see it lor .some 

 time. Then Emporia Bell killed after a short run. It was 

 claimed the hare was diseased and not a good runner. 



Second Series. 



NEEDLE AND BELLE P. 

 Running was now begun in the second series in the Sapling 

 Stake, Needle and Belle P. being first. Much interest was 

 manifested in this course, and both the little beauties were 

 eager in the slips. A hare was soon started and Ijol h wave 

 close behind her. Each dog had a turn and wrench and 

 Needle killed. There being no points over, the course was 

 undecided. 



The same dogs ^vere again put down, A stron,g hare was 

 started and both dogs ran together for a quarter of a mile in 

 lovely form. Belle P. then crowded in and got several points 

 in this part of the course. Needle ran in grand style, leaning 

 to her tui-ns in a style peculiar to her. Needle ran against 

 Belle P., and threw herself an entire somei-sault, but recov- 

 ered, and gained on the nervy brindle and scored ])oint .-rfter 

 point, llrr wrenches were beautiful, and after two trips she 

 at last killed, after two miles of the prettiest nmning seen 

 at the meet. Needle was lamed by her fall and showed great 

 pluck in her running after it. The Nebraska brindle made 

 a tj^iical race also, and was a close in every point as a second 

 can be and not be first. Tiiis was a grand'course. 



MIDNIGHT AND KANSAS CHIEF. 



Mr. David Taylor's black dog Midnight and Mr. J. H. 

 Jones's red fayvn dog Kansas Chief were drawn for the last 

 course of the day, it being now well on toward sundown, and 

 were soon off after a strong hare. Kunsas Chief got a go-by 

 and did all the running throughout, the black not gaining. 

 The hare turned and ran among the vehicles, and Kan.sas 

 Chief struck himself again.st a wheel. The black emerged 

 from the vehicles ahead, but the game red dog again passed 

 him and everybody thought it y\^as his race, as indeed it 

 should have been. It was his running which turned the hare 

 even at the last, v.-h en Midnight twice .scutted her and finally 

 killed, lieing given the course by the judge. This decision 

 excited .surprise, and was thought uiivyarrau table by the 

 rules of coursing. There was, however, no demur to the 

 ruling of the judge on the score of unfairness. 



This closed the mnuing of the day. The sport had been 

 verj' fair, and b:n'ring the good-natu'i-ed awkwardness of the 

 crowd and the ofuciousness of a certain book agent who im- 

 posed upon the managers i'.s a representative of the press, 

 and who kindly took the entire control of the coursing under 

 his own charge, there was little to mar the pleasure of the 

 day. 



THIRD DAY. 



On the morning of the third day, Oct. 21, the weather was 

 veiy raw and chilly, and renuiined so throughout the day, 

 with a cold rain in the evening. There were perhaps 1, .500 

 .spectators on the flats. The running began earlier than on 

 the preceding day. 



TRUST AND BELLE R. 

 Trust, the bye doi^ in the Sapling Stake, having mn an 

 undecided course with Raven, was now plaeed to run again, 

 a nd to obi ige Mr. Allison , who wanted his little Ijitch Belle R. 

 "waked up," the latter was admitted to run in the bye race 

 mth Trust. 



The result proved that the little bitch could "wake up," 

 and she retrieved the reputation lost on the day before. At 

 the start she took a straight go-by, and soon after a close 

 wrench, and then at once ran clear away from the black and 

 white dog, who hardly seemed to move, and fell oxit of the 

 race. For tn o and a half miles the little bitch showed 

 wonderful speed, and Trust, of course, was thrown out of 

 the running. The hare was lost. 



NEEDLE AND MIDNIGHT 

 now went into the slips to decide the Sapling Stake. A hare 

 was soon started, proAing a tremendous white-tailed fellow. 

 Needle was first from the slips, and got a ,e;o-by. Li the half 

 mile following Midnight made a clean go-by and kept ahead, 

 showing great and unexpected speed. The course was ran 

 thus for two miles on end, without a turn or \vrench, the 

 dogs never being nearer than thirty yards to the hare, which 

 was a phenomenon. The course was undecided, the hare es- 

 caping in some tall weeds at tlie edge of the bluffs. 



RENO BELLE AND LEO. 



Running was now begun in the last, the Field Stake. The 

 first brace were Mr. M. E. ^Yllison's red fawn bitch Reno 

 Belle and Dr. T. F. Foncannon's white and fawm dog Leo; 

 the fii'st dog from Hutchinson, and the latter from Emporia. 

 The dogs were slipped on a strong black-tailed jack, which 

 was a good one hundred yards away at the start. Leo drew 

 ahead and got a go-by and a tuni, clearly leading in speed. 

 Reno Belle got a turn. Then Leo scored three wrenches and 

 Reno Belle two, and each dog earned a go-by. Wrench after 

 wrench followed near the finish, and in this work Reno 

 Belle rolled up enough points to beat her competitor, who 

 made a rare good course, and whom many who did not see 

 the close thought to be entitled to the couise. The run 

 lasted over two miles. 



SPORT ALEEN AND SANDY JIM. 

 Mr. D. C. Luse's red fawn dog Sport Aleen fmd Mr. M. E. 

 Allison's red dog Sandy Jim were now brought forward, but 

 fought so savagely in the slips that they had to be started 

 separately. Three hares were jumped at once out of a gi-assy 

 wallow, and by good fortune both dogs were started nicely 

 on the same hare. Sandy Jim drew ahead on a go-ljy, and 

 for over a mile and a half held it by at least 50yds., the hare 

 not being turned once by the dogs. Then Sport Aleen drew 

 up inch by inch and got a go-by by the hardest work, lead- 

 ing plainly for the next mile. The pace was so terrific that 

 at this point the judge was entirely distanced and could not 

 distinguish the dogs, being held hack also by a wire fence and 

 water. The course was almost in a circle about the starting 



