Kov. 35, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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anrl Ruljy. everybody threw up their hats and shouted for 

 the o-sYners of the first and second winners, the young gentle- 

 men from Racine, Wis. 



NOTES. 



There could possiTjly liave "Been only one change in the 

 winners; and that was the winning dog's good lucE and the 

 other doe's bad luck. 



Mr. Merriman was always to the front and most ot the 

 time on foot, but he is well used to such exercise, the other 

 two gentlemen came from their offices, Mr. Whipple from 

 the cashier's desk and Mr. Briggs from the editor's chair. 

 To say that it was ])loa.sure is missiii.!? the mark. 



There are some srand things connected with the trials. 

 The speed of two fast dop-.s and the pointing- and backing of 

 the most stylisb were much to be admired, but the long 

 liunt for birds and pottering ^^-ork done by most of the 

 pup])ies was not pleasant l)y any means, Init very tiring, 



Tl'ie decisions have at all times been received with satis- 

 faction, and the judges had but little difficulty in settling 

 in their minds the winners of each heat, save oiie, and that 

 was settled according to the judgment of all the judges. 



Tlie scarcity of liii-ds and the inannnofrh supply of sand 

 burs were the" poor features of the meeting and it is to he re- 

 gretted, yet the management did all they could to have the 

 trials on what few birds were to be found. 



Two winnei's out of three dogs run is a line recoi-d for Chas. 

 Barker, who came here with the dogs belonging to Messrs. 

 Case and Bull, of Eacine, Wis. This is his first experience; 

 he has done well 



F. H. Bull was the happiest man on the ground when 

 Bessie B. won the fiv.st plaee, and well he might be, for he 

 received the congratulations of all the gentlemen present. 



Mr. Meriiman" is a splendid judge of a dog, both in the 

 field and on the bench. 



H. 11. Briggs, editor of the San Francisco Breeder and 

 Spo/ fsi/uf/i, 'accompanied Mr. Merriman to his home and 

 attends the Soutbern field trials, and if hedoesn't have some 

 fun, then we miss our gue.ss. 



Ml-. Nesbitt stai-ted for the Southern field trials with all 

 Ms dogs. He takes the Avinning dog, Lufra, along, and also 

 that grand bitch Natalia, who was beaten here by poor luck. 

 She is to some people a pocket edition, but she gets there 

 when there are quail to be found. She will come to the front 

 yet. 



The Henry House was the headquai-ters for the dog men, 

 and the accomnnodations and table were of the very best. 

 Thosewho were there la.st year missed the clever young man, 

 Chas. Estes, who then stood behind the counter. He was 

 very ill and not aide to meet his many old friends. 



The Gra.phic Kennels" five entries were all withdrawn from 

 the race, owing to the fact that their feet were in such a con- 

 dition as to unfit them for going through. They were 

 brought here and put to training, got into hedge brush and 

 used up their feet. 



During the heat; lietween iSTellie and Spot a jack snipe was 

 flushed. This was too tempting to be missed. Dogs were 

 ordered np and judges Merriman and Briggs, taking the 

 handlers' guns, proceeded to bombard the poor little oird. 

 After flushing three times and firing three shots each, the 

 snipe was numbered with the slain and retrieved by the re- 

 porter. This little incident renriuds us of a similar incident 

 that happened at the trials last year, when Jud.ge Sterlin.g 



grassed the bird at the first shot. 'When interest was lagging 

 leasou broke the monotony by shooting an owl. 

 Judge Whipple sprained his Ijack yesterday while assist- 

 ing_ Mr. Campbell to put Thos. \\lo.sher on his horse, from 

 which he had fallen, beiii,g overlialanced by the immense 

 Henry House sandwich which he had in his hand. 



IMi". E, E. Pray walked up to Mr. J. I. Case, Jr., and said, 

 "I'll give you two hundred dollars for that dog." Mr. Case 

 said, ''No, sir." "What will you take?" asked Pray. The 

 young man, who was much in love with his dog, said, hesi- 

 tatingly, "Two hundred and fifty." "I'll take her," said 

 Pray, and the do.g was sold. When Mr. Barker learned this 

 he exclaimed, "Great heavens, you have not sold Spot, T 

 would as soon have parted with "one of my children." Mr. 

 Case, being a kind-hearted young man, wanted Pray to let 

 him off, but Pray said no. 



Nesbitt has proved to be a prophet as to the dogs he has 

 had here during the last two meetiu.gs. Last year when he 

 arrived in town he was confident of winning with Trinkett's 

 Bang, and this year with Lufra. Having won both and 

 having a "newcomer" at home make him feel very proud. 



PHILADELPHIA CLUB TRIALS. 



[From a Special Correspondent.] 



THE third annual field trials of the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club, w^hich luegan Monday, Nov. 15, and ended Thurs- 

 day, the 18th, at Frederica, Kent coiuitv. Del., have been 

 very successful and satisfactory. The club's first attempt at 

 holding a field trial was in November, 1884, at Rio Grande, 

 N. J. Many objectionable features were encountered, while 

 the density of the cover, to w^hich the birds would always 

 break, made it such a hardship to follow and watch the dogs 

 that it was given up as a place for future trials. In 1885 the 

 club leased 3,000 acres at Bcesley's Point, N. J., and stocked 

 the grounds. This being made known by the local pajiers, 

 gunners selected the locality and many birds were killed by 

 poachers and pot-hunters, and when the trials were run few 

 birds could be found, and these had taken refuge in almost 

 Impenetrable brier swamps. So the meeting of I8S5 was less 

 successful than its predecessor, as only the puppy stakes 

 were decided. In 1884 a members' stake only was run. In 

 1885 the members' stake was dropped, an all-aged and a Derby 

 being substituted, some members objecting to being obliged 

 to conipete for honors in the field against professional hand- 

 lers. This year an all-age, a members' and the Derby stakes 

 were announced, the all-age having seventeen entries, the 

 members' eleven and the Derby eight. 



As all the ground in the neighborhood of Frederica is posted 

 and the law of this State is very strict, quite a nuniber of 

 birds had accumulated, and a member of the club secured 

 the shooting privilege of enough land to give ample room 

 for the trials. Frederica is within three hours' lide of Phil- 

 adelphia, part of the route being by stage. The club has 

 found excellent accommodations at the Delaware House, 

 Mr. C. Call, the proprietor, doing his utmost to please, while 

 the good madame took a great interest in the affairs and 

 saw to the comfort of dogs and owners. A survey of the 

 grounds to be gone over being made showed them to be in 

 excellent condition, the rain of the previous week leaving 

 it sufficiently moist all over. The cover was plenty, but not 

 too dense. Sand burrs and Anthony thorns were only found 

 in places, while birds were comparatively plenty. It was in- 

 tended to start early Monday morning, but owing to the 

 train being delayed several hoiu-s with many of the members 

 and their dogs, it was nearly 2 o'clock before a start was 

 made. Among those present were noticed Messrs. James A. 

 Stovell,. Col. B. Eidgeway, W. H. Child, Chas. T. Thomp- 

 son, E. Comfort, G. Schreiber and Lawrence Shuster, of 

 Philadelphia; also E. W. Jester, of St. George's, Del.; C. J. 

 Peshall and Percy C. Ohl, of the New Jersey Kennel Club; 

 I, Merryweather of Trenton, and many others. 



THE ALL-AGED STAKES 



were first drawn, thirteen of the original seventeen having 

 filled and were on the ground. The drawing was as follows: 

 Volley (Col. B. Eidgewmy), lemon and white English setter 

 bitch (Antic — ^Princess Mix), 



agaimt 



MOLLIE Bawn (Chas. T, Thompsoii), red Irish setter bitch 

 (Glencho— Biddy). 



Creole (I. H. Boberts), red Irish setter bitch (Graf ton- 

 Meg), 



agatnsL 



Gkottse (M. Richardson) liyer and white English setter dog 

 (Grouse— Leda). 



Cassino Gladstone (E, Comfort) black and white English 

 setter bitch (Gladstone— Countess Druid), 

 against 



Knot (G. Schreiber), liver and white English setter dog 

 (Grouse— Flora). 



"Victoria (James E. Stovell), red and white Irish setter 

 bitch (Berkley— Nora), 



against 



Wee Claea (E. W. Jester), snuflf belton English setter 

 bitch (Count Noble— Dashing Romp). 



Leigh DoAJTE II. (W. H. Child), red Irish setter bitch 

 (Chief— Leigh Doane), 



against 



Bkuce (I. H. Boberts), red Irish setter dog (Elcho— Norem). 



Nellie (Chas. Thompson), red Irish setter bitch (Glencho— 

 Bess), 



against 



Jessie (I. H. Boberts}, Irish setter bitch (Elcho— Noreen). 



Daisy (I. H. Boberts), red Irish setter bitch (Chief— Leigh 

 Doane) , a liye. 



It will be noticed that out of the 13, 10 are bitches, while 8 

 of the 13 are red Irish setters. 



Mr. C. J. Peshall was selected judge, and Mi*. Percy C. Ohl 

 was also requested to assist. Mr. Peshall havin.g to return 

 to New- York Tuesday, the work w^as left with Mr. Ohl, who 

 gave even the beaten ones satisfaction. Particular interest 

 was taken in these trials, liecause the competition was so 

 divided between the red Irisli and English setters. The re- 

 sult is such that I think in the trials of 1887 but few red 

 Irisli will appear, as the En,gli.sh setters here showed them- 

 selves far superior in every way to their red competitors. 

 Mr. James Stovell's white and red bitch Victoria, supposed 

 to be by Berkley — Noreen, who ran one good heat in the All- 

 Aged Stakes, and is winner of second, gives indication of her 

 dam having at some time at least played -svith an English 

 setter. 



The heats were sometimes run a little out of order to ex- 

 pedite matters, and at times two braces w^ere run at once in 

 different localities under different judges, but the heats -will 

 be written in their regular order. At 1 o'clock the party left 

 the hotel with dogs on chain, followed by the l,4f)3 inhabi- 

 tants of Frederica. A mile walk brought the judge to a 

 halt, and he, having been informed about where a bevy was 

 kno'ivn to rise, sniffed the air, took its direction, and ordered 

 the dogs, 



VOLLEY AND MOLLIE BAWN. 



cast off so they would hunt the likely cover to the leeward. 

 Volley was handled by Jim Shewbrook and Mollie Bavra by 

 Predmore. The cover, however, disappointed us, and an 

 hour was given to this pair, when they were ordered up 

 without finding game. They continued this heat Tuesday 

 morning, when they were cast down at 8 o'clock in an open 

 field, which, -^vith several large peach orchards, were gone 

 through. Volley made a wide cast, and going into some 

 .sedge grass, made game, roaded into the edge of a piece of 

 woods and established a point. Mollie Bawm, who was quite 

 a distance away, was ordered up, w^hich occiipied fully five 

 minutes, the little bitch remaining steady in a very uncom- 

 fortable position. Mollie backed to order. No birds being 

 flushed, the dogs were ordered on. Volley moved but a few 

 feet and pointed, Mollie and her handler goin.g around her 

 flushed a beA'v. Several more were then flushed by the 

 company. Volley soon had more located, when she dropped. 

 Mollie Bawm came up and went all around the bitch , wdi o 

 remained steady. Two birds were soon after flu.shed from 

 h^r point, which Mollie had run over. Soon Volley again 

 pointed. Mollie Bawm being ordered up, passed by Volley, 

 challenged and then pointed; she then moved a few feet and 

 flushed. No birds were shot. All the flushes had been made 

 in thick cover. A spin in the opening was indulged in, 

 when the dogs were ordered up and the heat given to Volley. 

 Down one hour. 



CREOLE AND GROUSE 

 were ca.st at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in an open field. 

 Grouse made a wide cast and soon pointed in a cornfield; 

 Creole made a good back; ten birds Avere fiushed to order and 

 one killed by Shewbrook and nicely retrieved by Grouse. 

 The birds going into a thicket were followed there, 'and both 

 dogs did some pretty work, each reading in in a very com- 

 mendable manner for about 100yds., when, coming 'to an 

 opening, a bird fiushed wild in front of both dogs. The dogs 

 were again cast down in a cornfield. Creole soon challenged 

 and pointed. Grouse coming up, the bitch moved ori, draw- 

 ing carefully. Grouse at this moment pointed. Judge Peshall 

 ordered him to be brougot around to back the bitch, who was 

 now pointing. In this attempt the birds were flushed in front 

 of Grouse. The birds were again followed to the thicket. 

 Creole soon pointed in a clever manner and was backed by 

 Grouse; the bird was flushed to order and killed by Pred- 

 more. Creole was ordered to retrieve; the place was a rather 

 bad spot to retrieve from. It could have been done so much 

 better that, upon figuring up, the heat was awarded to 

 Grouse. Down one hour and forty minutes. 



GASSING GLADSTONE AND ms'OB. 



This heat lasted until some birds were found, which were 

 well located by Cassino Gladstone; Knob refused to back, 

 but forged ahead and flushed. Cassino soon located another 

 bevy; Knob again distinguished himself by rushing in and 

 flushing. This ended t"he heat. Down thirty minutes. 

 Judged by Col. B. Eidgeway. 



VICTORIA AND WEE CLARA. 



Victoria, handled by Shewbrook and Wee Clara by E. W. 

 Jester, Avere put down at 8:20 Tuesday morning in the field 

 where the Volley— Mollie Bawai heat was decided and imme- 

 diately after that heat. After a hunt of an hour or more 

 Victoiia winded game, roaded and came to a decisive point 

 in among some stumps. Wee Clara vras delayed some ten 

 minutes in getting there, Victoria holding her point in a 

 superb style which Wee Clara backed on sight. Shewbrook 

 was ordered to flush and killed. Two birds were stopped; 

 both dogs dropped to shot, and Victoria ordered to retrieve 

 brought in botli birds in a very handsome manner. VV ee 

 Clara behaved elegantly, dropping to shot and remaining 

 until ordered up. Wee Clara did not have a chance to dis- 

 tinguish her good qualities, as these were the only birds 

 found. The dogs were here ordered up by Mr. Peshall and 

 the heat given to Victoria. Down one hour and ten min- 

 utes. 



LEIGH DOANE II. AND BRUCE, 

 both dogs handled by Predmore, were cast down in a rag- 

 weed field and judged by P. C. Ohl . On starting they showed 

 but little style or speed, but afterward warmed up and ran 

 better. The dogs were dropped into a thicket. Leigh Doane 

 here made game and -was roadtng carefully w^hen a bird 

 flushed wild. Leigh Doane then pointed." Bruce being 

 called to back, did so to order. Leigh soon moved from her 

 point, and going a short distance dropped on another point. 

 Bruce backed to order. A single bird flushed wild away to 

 the left of where the dogs were working. Following this 

 bird up Bruce soon pointed, Leigh backing. No bird could 

 be flushed. Ordered on, IBrnce went willingly, the bitch 

 held steady and refused to move, and from the long grass a 



bird was flushed and missed. Another bird was pinned by 



the bitch and flushed wild, but was killed. Leigh dropped, 

 Bruce unsteady. Leigh retrieved in good shape. At 9:50 

 this brace were ordered up and the neat given to Leigh 

 Doane. Down forty minutes. 



JESSIE AND NTILLIE, 



like the brace Ju,st run, both handled by Predmore, were 

 put down and taken up three times. When first put down 

 we thought a team of crackers had been reachecl, for they 

 Quai'tered and ranged so well. Jessie made a wide cast in a 

 300-acre field, and a lark w^as flushed, which caused Jessie to 

 range in Roderigo style, but the .style was not appi'eciated 

 in these parts, and Jessie was so informed in a striking man- 

 ner. These dogs were completely off their nose. A bevy of 

 birds ha,ving been seen by the judges running on the ground, 

 the dogs were brought on to the trail almost immediately 

 behind them. No attention was paid by the dogs. Running 

 ahead Jessie flushed a single bu-d, which started the bevy. 

 The bevy was followed into a low wet swamp, where tfie 

 dogs again flushed. Later on, when Grouse and Cassino 

 Gladstone were hunting under Peshall's judging, Jessie (who 

 was under P. C. Ohl's judging), seeing Grouse pointing, ran 

 up ahead of him and flushed the bevy. This ended the heat, 

 as Jessie was declared to be the jpoorest of the two. With 

 this heat the first series closed, Daisy having a bye. 



Summary First SeHes. 



Grouse beat Creole. 



Volley beat Mollie Bawm. 



Cas.sino Gladstone beat Knob. 



Victoria beat Wee Clara. 



Leigh Doane 11. beat Bruce. 



Nellie beat .Jes.sie. 



Daisy a bye. 



Second Series. 



GROUSE AND VOLLEY, 



both handled by Shewbrook, were put down at 3:30 P. M. in 

 a branch where two birds flushed wild, and dropped again 

 about 50 yards further up; the dogs were taken to where the 

 birds were marked; Grouse soon located them, challenged 

 and moved on a little further; going under some tall saw 

 grass he stifi:ened; Volley was brought around and immed- 

 iately backed on sight; the bird was flushed to order and 

 killed in Shewbrook's usual manner, which he says he can't 

 help on account of the gun shooting so hard; the bird was 

 nicely pointed and retrieved to order by Grouse in good style. 

 After some 5 minutes more hunting the heat was declared 

 won by Grouse; down 15 minutes. 



CASSINO GLADSTONE AND DAISY. 



Daisy, handled by Predmore, Cas.sino Gladstone by Mr. Com- 

 fort, were put down at 4:15 in some open fields which were 

 hunted, and then a stage ride of a mile brought us to a 

 choice piece of ground. Darkness coming on the dogs were 

 ordered up before it could be well hunted. This same brace 

 were put dovni Wednesday morning at 8:15. The sun was 

 obscured from view and the atmosphere damp. The pros- 

 pect for finding birds were good. Cassino had a good move 

 while Daisy was very tardy. They had been down about 

 fifteen minutes when a be^^y was flushed in front of Pred- 

 more. Daisy was making game at the time, but moving so 

 slow her handler was compelled to urge her. The bevy broke 

 for cover except one bird, which was marked down close by. 

 This bird both dogs pointed at the same time; it was flushed 

 to order and killed by Comfort. Cassino refused to retrieve, 

 but Daisy did it in rather an indiiferent manner. Going into 

 some long grass, two birds were flushed from ground which 

 Daisy had gone directly over. Cassino being so superior in 

 style, ranging, etc., and more stylish on her points and evi- 

 dently of better nose, the heat was given to her. 



The third heat between 



VICTORIA AND LEIGH DOANE II. 

 was commenced Tuesday morning, Victoria handled by 

 Shewbrook, Leigh Doane II. by Predmore. They were put 

 dowm at 10:30 o'clock and a great deal of interest was mani- 

 fested in this heat. The dogs were cast into the timber, 

 where the birds had broken to from Victoria's point, which 

 decided the heat in her favor when down again.st Wee Clara. 

 Victoria, knowing where the birds had broken to, had an ad- 

 vantage in this respect over Leigh; it would have seemed 

 better to first hunt them elsewhere. Almost on entering the 

 timber a bird was flushed in front of Victoria, who stood to 

 wing. After moving on 35yds., another bird was flushed in 

 the same manner and she again stood to wing; then moving 

 a step or two pointed. Leigh was working cautiously near 

 by when the bird that was pointed flushed. Soon Victoria 

 again pointed; the bird was flushed to order, but not shot at 

 on account of the close proximity of the spectators. Leigh 

 pointed and Victoria was called upon to back, which sue 

 refused to do, but forged ahead. Leigh then roaded a few 

 steps and again pointed, Vic not getting any scent of the 

 bird, which was flushed from Leigh's point, though not shot 

 at. As they were unable to find any more birds, and as it 

 was near noon the dogs were ordered up. They were put dowTi 

 again at about 3 o'clock. A kind-hearted farmer having 

 flushed some birds, told us were they could be found in an 

 open field. The dogs had hardly got into it when a bird 

 flushed in front of Victoria. Going a little further, Victoria 

 pointed and was nicely backed by Leigh. Victoria made a 

 slight move, but became steady to order; the bird to order 

 was flu.shed again and blown to pieces by Shewbrook; both 

 dogs dropped to shot. Vic then went on and flushed. She 

 made another cast and again flushed. Leigh then pointed 

 and Victoria refused to back, although the point was consid- 

 ered false, no bird being found at the time (half an hour 

 afterward a bird was flushed from the spot) . They were then 

 cast over a large field, but no more bircls were found. At 3:15 

 they w^ere ordered up and Victoria given the heat by Mr. 

 Peshall, Victoria haAung considerable more style. But we 

 think it was difficult to decide this heat at this time. 

 Summary Second Series. 



Grouse beat Volley. 



Cassino Gladstone beat Daisy. 



Victoria beat Leigh Doane. 



Nellie, a bye. 



Third Series. 



GROUSE AND CASSINO GLADSTONE. 



This was a short heat. Grouse soon finding a bevy and 

 pointing it handsomely. This was a bevy flushed by Jessie 

 in a previous heat. No more birds were found, but Grouse 

 was awarded the heat after being down thirty minutes. 



NELLIE AND VICTORIA 

 were put dowm in some timber where a bevy had been 

 flushed. The dogs w'ere unable to find any birds. Secretary 

 Comfort located, pointed and shot a woodcock in here. A 

 quail was also flushed by Predmore, who handled Nellie. A 

 smgle was then pointed by Vic, which Nellie acknowledged. 

 The bird was flushed to order. Nellie then pointed falsely. 

 Nellie was pottering on foot scent. Victoria made a cast 

 and taking the body scent roaded nicely and pointed a bevy, 

 which decided the heat in her favor. Down one hour. This 

 ended the third series, the summary of which is as follows: 



Grouse beat Cassino Gladstone. 



Victoria beat Nellie. 



Fourth Series. 



GROUSE AND VICTORIA, 

 Grouse handled by Shewbrook, Victoria by Predmore, were 

 put down in cover. Grouse soon pointed running birds and 

 was backed by Victoria. Grouse going on again, pointed, 

 and was ag_ain backed unsteadily by Victoria. A bird was 

 flushed and kiUed and retrieved by Grouse. Another point 

 was made by Grouse, while Victoria flushed, They were 



