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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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dogs were steady. This finished the heat with HustUng 

 Hannah the winner. Down twenty-three minutes. 



SWATARA AND DAN NOBLE. 



Swatara is a large, easy-moving dog with a very gamy, 

 taking way when on game. He is (juite stylish on point, 

 and has considerable speed and range. His owners reside 

 at Harrishurg instead, of Pittsburgh, as published. He was 

 handled by Tucker. Dan is a large lemon belton. He is 

 al-so speedy and ranees well. He does not look to be going 

 as fast as liis competitor, but his stride is much longer and 

 carries him along at a good rate. He was handled In Seager. 

 They were put down in the stubble where Hector flushed 

 the bevy in the previous heat, aii(] as Swatara came to the 

 place he made a couple of stylish points, but .soon went on. 

 we then turned into a sedge field with .scat tc" ring plum 

 thickets, Avhere Dan dropped on point, but moved on as his 

 handler went in front of him. We then came to the corner 

 where the heat between Gatli and Grouse Dale was decided 

 years ago. Swatara flushed a very small bird down wind, 

 and then drawing on a few steps another one got up, and 

 soon after one rose near the dogs. We then worked along 

 the fence, and Swatara pointed and Dan backed an in.stant, 

 and then moved up alongside. Tucker, to order, pnt up 

 the bird, and both dogs remained steady. Then over the 

 fence Dan half pointed, and vSwatara backed him nicely. 

 Dan then moved on and located the bevy in line style. Swa- 

 tara at the same time pointed a single that went with the 

 bevy, which was fluslied to order. Tiie birds flew only a 

 short distance, and worJiing toward them, Inoth dogs chal- 

 lenged and roaded a short distance, P'inally. at a gully, 

 Swatara got in a stylish point, arad as Dan canie up he 

 started to back, but catching the scent he turned his head a 

 trifle and also pointed very prettily. Tucker, to order, 

 hushed a single and then the rest went. This was a very 

 pretty finish to the heat, which was awarded to Swatara. 

 Down thirty minutes. Mr. K. C. Cornell informed ua that 

 he saw an albino cprail in this bevy. 



KEYSTONK AND CASSIO. 

 Keystone, handled b>' Tucker, is a large dog, fast and styl- 

 ish, and has the reputation of doing capital work; but some- 

 thing was evidently the matter with both dogs, as most of 

 the work throughout the heat was verj- unsatisfactory. Cas- 

 sio, handled by Avent, is a nice level-moving dog of medium 

 size with cinite a turn of speed. They were put do\'VTi in an 

 old stubble field and worked up to the top of a knoll where 

 Keystone challenged to the windward of some liirds, and as 

 Cas.sio came up below them he challenged and then dr()i)i)ed, 

 but soon went on and flushed part of the be^'y whicli got np 

 all around him. He then swung round near the remainder 

 and should have pointed them, but he kept on and put them 

 up and dropped to wing. Taking the dogs round to get the 

 wand they were worked toward them in the Avoods, but the 

 ground was not half hunted and birds were con.stantly being 

 fluslied behind the dogs. Cassio was the fir.st to find and 

 Key backed very indift'erently but was steady to order. Avent 

 flushed the bird wMch he killed, and as we went on Key re- 

 trieved it. Both dogs then worked over tlie ground' liut 

 showed no nose, as birds were getting up near them and on 

 ground that they had passed over. "\Ve tlnm worked some 

 distance down a branch to a cornfield, where Cassio chal- 

 lenged and soon after made a nice point and Key backed 

 him, but nothing was found. Both dogs then swung into 

 some pines and Cassio drew a short distance nic-ely, but 

 finally gave it up and made a cast brrt failed to catch it. 

 Key made his cast in the right direction and nailed tlie bevy 

 in fine style, and Tucker flushed them to order. FolloAving 

 them bac^k towai-d the spectators on a side hill, Cassio 

 pointed a hare and Key backed him. When the hare 

 was flushed, Cassio gave chase and Key was un- 

 steady, but both became quiet to order.' Altliough 

 the locality of several birds was known and the dogs worived 

 toward them, only a few were found, and these not by the 

 dogs^ except one that Key flushed, when several more got up 

 and he was a trifle unsteadv. Soon after another one got up 

 before him down wind. Several more were flushed by the 

 judges and handlers, and as we came to a patch of briers 

 where some of them had settled Key stopped to order, and as 

 the judges came up a bird rose beyond him. Some of the 

 spectators thought it a good piece of work for the dog, but 

 any credit attaching to the point belonged to Tucker. 

 We then worked up to a stubble, where C^issio challenged 

 and Key backed him, and as Cassio turned and saw Key, 

 he also' backed, making a very pretty picture. Key then 

 made a cast and pointed a bcs'y, and Cassio backed him to 

 order. Tucker, to order, flushed and shot, and a few seconds 

 later a second be^^^ flushed near the judges. Swinging 

 round to get the wind Key pointed but moved on and again 

 pointed a single that Tucker, to order, flushed. Theu in the 

 woods Key pointed twice but soon moved on, Cas.sio backing 

 each time. Cassio then pointed and drew for quite a 

 distance on a hai-e, which Key saw as it started and gave 

 chase to, but at once stopped to order. We then turned 

 back and Key made a beautiful point, but nothing was 

 found and he scored a false point. We then started toward 

 the Model Farm, where lunch was awaiting us, and as we 

 came to the edge of the woods Key pointed a single that got 

 np wild as the judges came up^ and the dogs were ordered up 

 and the heat wa-s awarded to Keystone. Down one hour and 

 seventeen minutes. 



BRIDE AND RtTB II. 

 After lunch this brace was put down in a large grass lot 

 west of the barn and worked do\^Ti to the branch. Bride is 

 a small black bitch with white feet. She comes of a strain 

 that has been kept by her owner many years. She is fast, a 

 wide ranger, and shows hunting sense. She was handled by 

 John White. Rue il. is a pretty Little pointer, somewhat 

 resembling her dam, champion Rue. She is also fast and 

 shows well when on game. She was handled by Aldrich. 

 Both started off at speed and went away like streaks, with 

 Bride a trifle in the lead. Turning dow'n the branch Bride 

 caught scent, and turning, jumped xipon a. flat rock and 

 pointed very prettily a bevy that flushed as her handler came 

 up. Rue then came round and made a. nice point where 

 they rose from. We then worked down to the creek and 

 heat out the hillside, but not finding them, turned back, and 

 crossing the branch into com, Rue made a, nice point to a 

 single that Aldrich flushed to order. Bride was working 

 mernly in the com when one flushed near her that she 

 should have pointed. Rue then flushed one and di-opped, 

 and a little further on another one got up near her, anci she 

 started to chase but stopped to order. She then came clo.se 

 to her handler and stopped, but he did not think that she 

 was pointing, and while they .stood there a bu-d that she was 

 evidently pointing, fltished m front of her. Soon after one 



fot up near Bride, but we could not see ivhether she was to 

 lame or not. She then made a gamy point which Rue at 

 once honored. Both went on and Bride roaded some dis- 

 tance what proved to be a fast running bew\^, Rue alternately 

 backing and roading with her. After some distance the 

 birds turned througTa a fence, and Bride, losing the trail, 

 made a cast for it and stmck it near the fence just a few 

 seconds after Rue had pointed. The birds were then seen 

 running ahead, and the dogs were ordered over the fence, 

 where both disappeared behind some cedars, where the birds^ 

 which had flown a short distance, had settled. As the judges 

 came up both dogs were pointing and the birds were liuslied 

 to order. Bride dropped to vnng but Rue was a trifle un- 

 steady. They were then ordered up and the heat was 

 awarded to Bnde, Down twenty-eight minutes. 



JIAVIS AND KOI B. 



This brace was very evenly matched. Both move easily 

 and both are wide rangers. Mavis was handled by John 



Lewis and Roi by Short, They were put down in sedge 

 among some scattering pines and worked to an orchard 

 groAvn up to tall weeds, but nothing was found and we 

 turned back for the last bevy. They had run together and 

 Mavis was the first to find them, making an elegant point 

 that Roi backed in fine style. Lewis went ahead to flush, 

 when Mavis very carefully drew on, and locating the bird 

 again, pointed yery nicely. Le^vis flushed them, shot and 

 both dogs were steady. Following them np Mavis pointed 

 and Roi backed a few seconds and then moved up to her, 

 when both went on to a fence, where Mavis again pointed^ 

 moved on a few steps and .again pninted and Roi backed Jier. 

 She then went over the fence and a single flu.shsd ahead of 

 her. A. few steps on she pointed just as one went and soon 

 after repeated the performance. A hare then .started toward 

 the crowd and Eoi gave chase. A colored brother took a 

 snap .shot with a, rock at the hare and just missed the dog, 

 whereupon Short .started' for the marksrnnn who had a sudden 

 call elsewhere and ]nade qui ck ti nie in ,i4oing. We then turned 

 back and Mavis .scored a flush and Roi made a point that 

 Mavis refused to back and was stopped to order. Short to 

 order put up the bird, l)otli dogs remaining steady. We then 

 crossed dowm to the brancii, where lioth pointed once or 

 t%vice, but soon moved on. We then smmg round south of 

 the farm hou.se, wdiere Roi pointed but soon Avent on. Mavis 

 refusing to bacii hirji. We then cro.ssed a fence to some 

 woods and Ma^ds made a point, but soon drew on and located 

 a bevy in tine style. Lewis to order put them up and .shot, 

 and Mavis was steady. After them in the woods Mavis 

 flashed one and several more rose. A few steps further on 

 both dogs stopped just as another one went. Mavis then got 

 scent at a bru.sh heap, and went around it and pointed a 

 ci'ippL , which she retrieved. We then turned back and went 

 down a ditch some distance without finding anjd:hing except 

 a hare that Mavis went for, but soon came back. Then turn- 

 ing toward the house to a good-looking stubble, both chal- 

 lenged and roaded a hevy that was feeding. Roi got there 

 first and made a nice point, and Mavis soon came up beyond 

 him and also pointed. Short to order put up the birds and 

 killed one that Roi retrieved well. Following them into the 

 weeds we failed to find, and turning back we worked down 

 to the creek and then back nearly to the house without a 

 find. The judges consulted and ordered up the dogs with 

 Roi B. the winner. Do%vn 2 hours and 14 minutes. 



DOLON AND ALLIE JAMES. 



It was nearly night when this brace was put down. Dolon 

 is a nice looking medium weight pointer with a very level 

 way of going. lie has considerable speed and is quite stylish 

 when on point; he Avas htindled by Short. Allie James is of 

 medium size, moves fairly well and has also considerable 

 speed; she was handled by Avent. Both started ofi: weU, 

 showing good speed and range. Working through a clover 

 field and some woods to a stubble, Dolon challenged and 

 til en drew on a few .steps, and made a nice point to a bevy 

 that Short, to order, flushed and killed two at one shot. Do- 

 lon broke in but came back to order. A little further on 

 Dolon, while going at speed caught scent and whirled on a 

 beautiful point to another bevy. Short, ordered to flush and 

 shoot but not to kill, put up the birds and by accident killed 

 one and Dolon remained steady. Sent to retrieve he did so 

 nicely. Allie had been working the opposite side of the field 

 and as we came up she turned into the Avoods and made a 

 nice point that Dolon at once honored, but he showed an in- 

 clination to move up and Avas dropped to order. Avent Avas 

 ordered to flush and went ahead, but the birds Avere some 

 distance away and lying closely, and he did not find them 

 readily and ordered Allie on. She was loth to go, but after 

 considerable ru'giug she drew on right into the birds and 

 they got up all around her. She then had a merry chase 

 after a hare, but soon came back to whistle. We then crossed 

 the stubble to the oppoi5ite .side, and Allie made a point to a 

 bird that Avent before the judges came up. Soon after she 

 flushed one and then several more went. Then in some 

 sprouts both pointed and roaded but could make nothing of 

 it. Shortly after Dolon made a point, and Allie beina; close 

 to him and nearer the bird also pointed and a second later 

 the bird went. A little further on one flushed near the dogs 

 and handlers and as it was getting dark they were ordered 

 up to go down in the morning. DoAvn thirty-nine minutes. 



WEDNESDAY. 



On Wednesday morning it Avas raining and it looked like 

 a very bad day, but there Avas a lull about 9 o'clock, and a 

 start was made. The rain came again, hoAvever, in a tor- 

 rent, and there AA^as nothing to do but return. There Avas 

 another lull tOAvard noon, and partaking of a hasty lunch, 

 "boots and saddles" was sounded and another attempt was 

 made. Your reporter, hoAvever, Avitli a wholesome fear of 

 rheumatics, decided to wait until it had done raining, but 

 when the clouds ceased their doAAmpour and an attempt was 

 made to start, there Avas not a horse to be had for love or 

 money, and for a report of the afternoon's A\'ork we are in- 

 debted to Mr. H. H. Briggs and the judges, who very kindly 

 placed their notes at our disposal. The brace Dolon and 

 Allie James were put down a few minutes past 12 in sedge 

 to run out their imfinished heat. Working up a hillside. 

 Allie, Avhile at speed, ran into and flushed a bevy. Dolon 

 came round, and casting to the left, pointed an outlying 

 bird that remained, and they Avere ordered up and the heat 

 aAvarded to Dolon. Down six minutes; altogether, fifty-five 

 minutes. 



GOLDSTONE AND BOB H. 

 This was the next brace. They Avere put doAvn in the open 

 and given a spin. Goldstone is above the medium in size, 

 quite fast and very stylish pointing Avith head and tail as 

 high as he can get them. He was handled by Tucker. Bob 

 H, is a large, rather coarse dog AAdth full as "much speed as 

 his competitor and a very easy level Avay of going. He ap- 

 pears to have lots of hunting sense and locates his birds 

 m capital style. He Avas handled by Rose. Following 

 the last be.AT, Bob challenged near a fence and 

 drcAV a short distance and made a stylish point to a 

 single. Gold.stone refused to back, ran in and scored a 

 flush. This Avas too much for Bob and he broke in. but 

 at once stopped to order. A little further on Bob got in 

 another beautiful point, which was at once honored by Gold- 

 stone in fine style. Rose to order flushed the bird and shot 

 and_ both dogs were steady. Bob then drew on through some 

 tall sedge and pointed at the edge, but nothing Avas found. 

 Turning back in the sedge Goldstone made a beautiful point 

 Avhich was not honored by Bob, although he was in sight, 

 Tucker to order put up the bird and shot and both remained 

 steady. Then turning back up a side hill to some pines Bob 

 made a capital point to a single. Goldstone refused to back, 

 went by him and flushed the bird. They AA'ere then ordered 

 up and the heat was awarded to Bob H. ' Down twenty-four 

 minutes, 



GAT GLADSTONE AND CONSOLATION. 

 This brace was put down in the open near Avhere the last 

 brace was taken np. Gay, handled by Tucker, is a large 

 dog, fast and a very good mover and with fair style. Conso- 

 lation had a little tlie best of it in both speed and style and 

 covered much the most ground. His Avorst fault in moving 

 is that he lifts too high when going, although a portion of 

 the time he ran level. He was handled by Luke White. 

 Working into some woods, Gay flushed a single Avhile at 

 speed and kept on vrithout paying it any attention. Then in 

 some tall sedge he made a very stylish point to a beA^y, which 

 was flushed to order, and he was steady to Aving and shot. 

 Turning down into some- low ground Con flushed a single 

 and dropped to wing. Then in some sprouts he made a 

 good point to a bevy that White flushed to order. Then in 

 some pines, where birds had been marked, Con drew a long 



distance with his head high, and located a single in grand 

 style, Gay backing very prettily. Working through some 

 sprouts to a patch of small pines, Gay pointed and Con 

 backed him, but nothing was found. Then crossing an 

 open field to some woods, Gay pointed a single that flushed 

 just before Con came up. Gay held his position and Con 

 refused to back and Avent up and also pointed indifferently. 

 Con then got in a point to a single that White, to order, 

 flushed and crippled, and Gay coming rotmd pointed and 

 then retrieved it. Theu circling nearly around the specta- 

 tors, Con, made a, false point that was very handsomely 

 liacked by flay. Soon after Gay pointed false, and Con ran 

 in, stopped an instant and Avent on. Gay had sloAved down 

 somcAvhat and Avas inclined to potter. Con Avas going well, 

 and soon pinned a .single that was flushed to order by his 

 handler. This ended the heat, with Consolation the wiiinex. 

 Down fifty-tAvo minutes, 



SPRINGBOK AND TALLEYRAND. 

 Springbok is a well formed pointer of medium size, very 

 fast, and a Avide ranger, Avith a nice easy way of going. He 

 carries his head high and puts on lots of style. He is not yet 

 thoroughly trained and Avas not under good control. He was 

 handled by Captain McMurdo. Talleyrand is almost a fac 

 simile of his brother Roi B, in looks and style of going. He 

 Avas handled by Short. They were put down in the open and 

 worked to some woods, where Talley scored a false point. 

 Then turning down the creek without a find they went back 

 to a thicket, where Spring roaded out a bevy and pointed 

 them, Talley backing very nicely. The birds were flushed, 

 to order, and both dogs were .steady to Aving and shot. Then 

 working up the ci-eek Spring made a nice point but nothing 

 was found. Then, crosfsing a run to some pines, Talley got 

 in a good point to a single that was flushed to order. Spring 

 then made a false point near an old bam. Then doAvn the 

 hill in pines Spring flushed a brace and Avas soundly rated by 

 his handler. Working down the creek in sedge and crossing 

 to some pines Spring made a nice point, and 'J^alley coming 

 up out of his sight also pointed the same birds, wh ich got up 

 all around as the handlers went on to flush. Spring then 

 got in a nice point that was flushed to order, and the heat 

 was ended in favor of Springbok. Down one hour and two 

 minutes. 



RAPIDAN AND PAXTANG. 



Rapidan is a nicely made little pointer Avith lots of speed 

 and an easy, level Avay of going. He was handled by Haight, 

 who had ncA'er .seen the dog before, Init ran him, as his 

 owner was not in a fit condition to handle him. Paxtangis a 

 large dog of an ugly liver roan color, hut he makes up in ac- 

 tion what he lacks in looks. He has a level head, is fairly fast 

 and appears to haA^e a wonderful nose, going straight to his 

 birds and locating them in exceptionally fine style. He was 

 handled by Tucker. This was a shorts heat, as Pax cut out 

 the Avork, going straight to his birds without giAdng the 

 other dog a chance. As soon as the Avord Avas giA^en Pax 

 Avent some tAventy yards and nailed a bev^^ in fine style. Rap 

 backed him in elegant form and both Avere steady to wing 

 and shot. Then acro.ss a gully Pax while at speed jumped 

 into a point that Rap backed at sight, but nothing Avas found. 

 Working up to some Avoods Pax again made tAvo capital 

 points i n quick succession to birds that Avere flushed to order. 

 Then cro.ssing the road he got in another good point, and 

 Rap not seeing him also pointed the same birds. They were 

 then ordered up with Paxtang 1 ha winner. Doaati 15 minutes 

 BEN HUE AND CHANCE. 



Ben Hur, handled by Short, is a large loose put together 

 dog, qnite good looking and vrith an easy way of going, but 

 he Avas kept in and had no opportunity to shoAV his speed. 

 Chance, handled by AA^ent, is of medium size, very fast, quite 

 stylish, wide ranger and looks a stayer. They were put doAvn 

 in sedge and AA'orked down to a gully Avhere Ben chased a 

 hare and caught it, much to the delight of the colored fol- 

 lowers, who at once pronounced him the best yet. A little 

 fiu'ther on Ben scored a false point, and shortly after both 

 challenged and Ben pointed nicely AAuth head and tail well 

 up, and a bevy Avas flushed to order. Then in some AA^oods 

 each pointed, but the birds ran away, and both commenced 

 roading. Chance had the best of it and located very nicely, 

 and Ben backed him. Avent to order put up the bird and 

 hit it, but it Avent on. The spectators crowdecl so close that 

 birds got up all around, boon after in some pines Ben 

 secured a flush, and the heat Avas decided in faA^or of Chance, 

 DoAA'n twenty-nine minutes. 



JEAN VAL JEAN AND FLY. 



Jean Val J ean, handled by Avent, is a well-formed dog, 

 very fast and stylish, reminding one of Foreman, both in his 

 way of going and the style in which he goes to his birds. 

 Fly is a very nice movinglittle bitch of good style, with head 

 carried high. She gets too close to the ground when on 

 game. She was handled by Kolb. They were put doAvn in 

 the open and both Avent off at great speed Avith Jean in the 

 lead. Fly Avas the first to point, but nothing was found. 

 Jean then followed .suit, and also scored false. They were 

 then taken up, and 18 minutes later put doAvn where a bevy 

 had been marked down. .Jean got there first, and scored a 

 good point. They Avere then ordered up and the heat was 

 awarded to Jean Val Jean. Down thirty-nine minutesr- 

 Kidd having a bye this finished the first series with the fol- 

 lowing result: 



Siimmary First S&Hes, 

 Fred W. beat Nat Goodwin. 

 Hari Kari beat Rapid B, 

 Hustling Hannah beat Hector. 

 Swatara beat Dan Noble. 

 Keystone beat Cassio. 

 Bride beat Rue IL 

 Roi B. beat Mavis. 

 Dolon beat Allie James. 

 Bob H. beat Goldstone. 

 Consolation beat Gay Gladstone. 

 Springbok bea-t Talleyrand. 

 Paxtang beat Rapidan, 

 Chance beat Ben Hiu". 

 Jean Val .lean beat Fly. 

 Kidd, a bye, 



THURSDAY. 



Second Series. 



KIDD AND PEED W. 



On Thursday morning the rain was coming down with a 

 persistency that boded ill for the trials. Nevertheless a start) 

 was made shortly after 9 o'clock, during a lull in the storm, 

 and the dogs were put down in stubble a short distance from 

 toAvn a fcAv minutes later. Kidd is a light built black and 

 tan, well up in legs, fairly well formed, and looks like going, 

 but he was suffering from dysentery' and scarcely galloped 

 during the heat. He was handled by Kolb. As soon as the 

 word Avas given, Fred was off at speed and soon beat out the 

 fields, while Kidd was trotting around just in front of us. 

 Turning doAvn. toAvard the Avoods a bevy flushed under the 

 horses' feet and settled in the pines. Fred had passed with- 

 in twenty yards of them with the wind in his favor, but the 

 high AAi.nd and rain had destroyed the scent. The wind was 

 bloAving strong from the southeast and came in fitful gusts, 

 making it next to impossible for a dog to locate his birds, 

 even when he got the scent. Added to this, the birds were not 

 moAung, and a worse day for bringing out the hunting quali- 

 ties of a good dog could scarcely be imagined. A short, 

 nosed, slow, pottering dog might, if lucky, get in some 

 work that Avould cotmt, and thus beat the'ideal field trial 

 dog, who would be heaAdly handicapped by the very qualij 

 ties that we are seeking for, and would tlius cut his own 

 throat Avith his own best weapon. Speed, dash and good 



