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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 2, 1886. 



nose rae of biit little avail in such a day as this. Following 



up the birds in the pines one flushed near Kidd, and he 

 dropped to wing. Fred also put up one while at speed, and 

 kept on but stopped to order. Fred then pohited but went 

 on, and soon after Kidd made an uncertain point under 

 some cedars, drew on and again pointed fairly well, and as 

 his handler went to flush 'a bird rose some little distance 

 beyond him. We thought Kidd entitled to the point, as the 

 birds evidently were running, but it was not easy to deter- 

 mine, as he was pottering over the scent for some time. It 

 then comrnenced raining, and Ave turned toward a deserted 

 house. Kidd made a false point on the way, and soon after 

 he pointed a hare and Fred backed him. It was now rain- 

 ing fast, and we sought shelter in an old barn arid under 

 the shedl The judges announced that Kidd did not possess 

 merit enough to win, and awarded the heat to Fred W. 

 Down fifty-three minutes. After a short stay at the barn 

 some one opened the house and we soon bad a fire going in 

 the large fireplace, when an attempt was made to get dry 

 • and a messenger was dispatched to order our lunch brought 

 to us; but the rain was coming in torrents, and the prospect 

 for any more work was very gtoomy. I'inally it was decided 

 to return to town, and ^vo. were soon on the voad and no 

 further Avorlc was done on this day. 



FRIDAY. 

 HARI KAPvl AND HUSTLIN^G HAKNAH. 

 Friday morning broke clear and beautiful with a getille 

 breeze from the northwest. Thei-e was a lieaw^ frost and on 

 this account we started rather late, not leaving the hol e] 

 until 8:20. The dogs were put dovni in an old field about one 

 mile from town at 8:38. Working tlirough the field to some 

 sedge, Hari swimg round a few yards in'front of the horses 

 andraadea pretty crouching point directly toward us, and 

 Hannah backed hiiu nicely. Buckellto order flushed a bevy 

 between the dog and horses, and they settled in a thicket 

 where Loudon made his celeljrated pose foxir years a,go. Fol- 

 lowing them up, Hannah made a point to a single tluit Hnri 

 at once honored, and the bird was flushed to order. She soon 

 had another one fast and Hari backed her. and the bird went 

 as the handlers came up. Then crossing the branch she again 

 pointed, probably a running bird, as one flushed -wild some 

 little distance above her, and as she went on another one 

 rose near her. Hari then got in a nice point to a single that 

 Buck ell to order flushed and killed and Hari retrieved it. 

 We then beat up to a grassy stubble, where Hari made a 

 very pretty point to a bevy and Hannah dropped to back the 

 instant she saw him. The birds were flushed, but not shot 

 at. This was very well done. A .single bird was marked 

 down at the top of the opposite bank and the dogs were sent 

 toward it. Hannah found it, but scored a fiu.sh. and the 

 heat was awarded to Hari Karl. Down twenty-four minutes. 



SWATABA A:ND BEIDE. 

 Just before the brace was put down a few birds flushed 

 near us, and they were taken a short distance and cast olt" in 

 an old field. Both started at speed. Bride having the best of 

 it in this respect as well as in range. After taking qnite a 

 circle Bride struck scent of a bevy and Avith her head well up 

 never broke her gallop, but quartering the ground and hold- 

 ing the scent went a long distance to her birds and pinned 

 them in capital style and held them until we came up, when 

 they were flushed to order and one was killed by White. 

 This was a. very commendable piece of work and it was 

 warmly praised bj' all. Following them into the edge of 

 some woods Bride made an excusable flush, and soon after 

 Swatara pointed one that flushed is Tucker came up, and a 

 short distance further on she njade another point and this 

 bird also went as Tucker came up. She then flushed one 

 and soon after made a point to Avhich nothing was found. 

 One then got up near Bride and soon after Swataj'a pinned 

 one that Tucker flushed to order and both dogs Avere steady 

 to wing and shot. Swatara then scored a flush and Bride 

 got in a good point to one that flushed itself a few seconds 

 later. They were then ordered up and the lieat was awarded 

 to Bride. Down thirty-four minutes. 



KEYSTOKE AND ROI B. 



This brace was at once put doAvn in the large stubble field, 

 and Keystone, after going a short di.stance pointed, but went 

 in of his own accord, and a little further on he again pointed, 

 but he held it too long this time, as nothing Avas found and 

 he scored a false point. A little further on Roi made a good 

 point to a bcA^y that Short flushed to order, killing one that 

 Keystone retrieved as we went on. We then left our horses 

 and crossed a fence to a knoll of sedge and brush, where Key- 

 stond made a point and Roi backed him, and as the judges 

 ca,nie up Tucker flushed a bird just behind his dog. A little 

 further on both dogs pointed at very nearly the same time, 

 and birds Avere flushed before each. A little further on one 

 got up near Roi and Key made a point, but soon Avent on a 

 feAv yards and again pointed and Roi backed him, but noth- 

 ing was found. We then Avent to some Avoods where some of 

 the birds had been marked, and Key made a point to a single 

 that went as the judges came up, and a little further on ne 

 half pointed a second before another flushed; then tAA'o or three 

 more Aveut behind the dogs as the judges came alon.g. This 

 ground Avas not half hunted, as the dogs Avere sent straight on 

 iilstead of giving them time to Avork over the ground. We 

 then turned doAvn a branch, Avhere Key pointed, drew on and 

 again pointed, but soou left it, and Roi took up the trail and 

 roaded it out and pointed and was draAving on when Short 

 came up, and the birds flushed Avild just beyond the dog. 

 This ended the heat AAdth Roi B. the winner. Doaat: tAventy- 

 nine minutes. Keystone appeared to be all ofi:, as none of 

 his points were rigid. 



DOLON AND BOB H. 

 were put down in a field of sedge. Bob Avas handled bv hi.$ 

 OAvner, who had recoA'ered from his indisposition. After 

 going a short distance. Bob made an undecided point, and as 

 Dolon came up both Avent on and Bob again pointed and 

 Dolon backed him, they both Avenfc on, however, ajid did 

 some reading, probably on trail of bird's of the last bevy 

 when they ran together, as it appeared to lead toward the 

 place Avhere they Avere flushed. We then crossed the branch 

 to the thicket Avhere the birds had heen marked down, and 

 after several had Iseen flushed by the spectators Bob made a 

 nice point in the sedge, Dolon backing to order, The Doctor 

 put up the birds to order and shot; both dogs were steady. 

 Taking a fcAv steps, Bob pinned another one that the Doctor 

 flushed and killed, and Bob retrieved nicely. A little further 

 on one flushed near Dolon, and a few yards further both 

 dogs pointed at nearly the same time, Bob catchingthe scent 

 a second before Dolon. As the handlers came up birds 

 flushed behind the dogs. As they went on Bob flushed one 

 going doAAui wind, and a little further on he made a nice 

 point to some birds that got up as the Doctor went to him. 

 Bob soon made another point, but was sent on by his 

 handler, Avho had failed to find a bird that the spectators put 

 up as they came along. Bob soon had mother one that 

 flushed itself a few seconds later, and he w^as a trifle un- 

 steady to Aviug. They Avere then ordered up, Avith Bob H. 

 the wanner; doAAm 18 minutes. Dolon Avas suffering from 

 dysentery and did not shoAA' at his best. 



CONSOLATIO^T AXD SPRINGBOK. 



This brace was put down in sedge on top of the hill and 

 worked doAvn to a run and then up to some Avoods that both 

 dogs ran into, and considerable noise was made before they 

 were got together again. We beat out quite a large tract o'f 

 good-looking ground without a find, both dogs going Avell 

 and ranging wide. Finally on a stubble field Con found a 

 bevy and pointcfl. it in beautiful style, Spring backing him 

 nicely. AVhite, Lo order, flu.shed them and killed one that 

 Goo. retrieved in good style. This AA'-as a very pretty piece of 



work. Leaving our horses and folloAving them up. Spring, 

 Avhile at speed, whirled on a beautiful pomt to a single that 

 Avent a second or two latei-, and a little further on the per- 

 formance Avas repeated. Returning to our horses we turned 

 doAvn toward the branch, and as Ave came to a small thicket 

 Spring made a nice point that Con at once honored. Capt. 

 McMurdo, to order, put up the bird and killed it. and Spring 

 retrieved it nicely, pointing dead very prettily. A little 

 further on in a stubble field White wallied!^ into a bevy that 

 settled in a patch of scrub oak, where Con found and pointed 

 them nicely. Spring coming up flushed one and stopped 

 and the remainder AA-ent. They Avere then ordered up and 

 the heat was awarded to Consolation. DoAvn fifty-eight 

 minutes. 



PAXTANCt axd chanck. 



OAAdng to the breaking dOAvn of a bridge after the handlers 

 and judges had passed over it, your reporter Avas obliged to 

 make a long detour, and did not join the party in time to 

 see the AVork of this brace and is indebted to the'kindness of 

 Mr. Briggs for notes of the running. The brace was put 

 doAvn near the creek and Avorked up to some pines, Avhen 

 Pax challenged but eonld not make it out. Then crossing a 

 run he made a point, and Chance backed him. Tucker beat 

 round for some time, and the bevy finally flushed out of a 

 cornfield behind the dogs. FolloAving them up. Chance 

 pinned a single that Avas flushed to order. Pax then pointed 

 one and Chance Avas called to heel, Avhile Tucker, to order, 

 put up the bird and shot and Chance broke in and Avas 

 dropped to order. Then in some sedge, as the dogs -were 

 coining together from opposite directions, a bevy "flushed 

 near them and both .stopped to Aving. Working through a 

 thicket. Chance Avas inclined to range too far and AA'as not 

 under good control. Then near a run Chance pointed a 

 single that Avent flushed to order, and shot at and Chance Avas 

 unsteady. When ordered on. Pax went a few feet and pointed 

 but Avent on and both challenged once or tAvice but coTild not 

 make it oiit. PolloAving up the beA^, Chance, Avhile going 

 doAvn wind at .speed flu.shed a single, and a .short distance 

 further on in sonu^ pines Pax pinned a single that was 

 flushed to order. The judges then consulted and ordered the 

 dogs to go on, and Chance at once pointed a single that 

 flushed Avild a moment later. Pax then cast to the right and 

 pointed a bevy Avhich flushed before the judges saw him and 

 he failed to score a good point that he deserA^ed. Working 

 on to a cornfield, each scored a point to Avhich birds were 

 flushed, both dogs remaining steady. TheythensAvungback 

 in the pines and Chance made a point to a .single that was 

 flushed to order. Pax then got in one or two more points in 

 rapid succe.ssioUj and the h eat Avas decided, Paxtang AAdnning. 

 Dovv-n forty-eignt minutes. This ended the second series, 

 and as it Avas nearly 1 o'clock a break was made for lunch. 

 Following is the result of the second series: 

 Sinninary Second SeHcs. 



Hari Kari beat Hustling Hannah. 



Bride beat SAvatara. 



Roi B. beat Keystone. 



Bob H. beat Dolon. 



Consolation beat Springbok. 



Paxtang beat Chance. 



.1 ean Val Jean a bye. 



Thinl Series. 



•JKAjS' A' AL .IEAN and FRED W. 

 After lunch this brace was put doAvn near the creek in a 

 cornfield, and a turn Avas taken to the loAver end Avithout a 

 find. Then turning l.iack Ave crossed the creek and Avent up 

 throiigh wui^ids to an open field of sedge, where Jean got in a 

 nice poijit to n hevy that Avent flushed to order and shot at. 

 It'ollovs-iug thcin into the Avoods, both dogs pointed, and we 

 heard a bird go. but could jiot see if either was to blame. 

 Jean then flushed One and .soon after made a point; Fred 

 backed him; the bird flTi.shed as the handlers came ujp; a few 

 steps on the performance was repeated, except that I'red was 

 not near to back, h'red then got in two points in the same 

 manner. He then nunle a point, but left it, and as the specta- 

 tors came up a bird was flushed from there. Jean then sat 

 dOAAm A'ery gracefully on point to a single that Avent flushed 

 to order. After a brief con.sultation the judges aAvarded the 

 heat'to Jean Val Jean. DoAvn thirty-seven minutes. 



HARI KARI AND BRIDE 



were at once taken to an adioiniug stubble field and put 

 doAvn on the hillside, Avhere Bride pointed and drcAv, j^rob- 

 ably on an old scent, as nothing Avas found. She then swung 

 lower doAAm and pointed a single from the last beA'j, and the 

 bird Avent a few seconds later. She then swung into some 

 pines and pointed a bcA-y just as they rose. FolloAving them 

 up Hari ran up one and took a fcAV jumps after it, but 

 stopped to order. Bride then made a nice point to a single 

 that White put up to order, and Bride Avas steady to wing 

 and shot. Hari then made a good point to a single that 

 Buckell, to order, finished and killed; meantime Bride 

 pointed but moA^ed on as several birds flu.shed, aaJi en Hari's 

 'bird AA'ent. A little further on Bride pinned one that White, 

 to order, put up, and the heat was ended in faA'or of Bride. 

 DoAvn tAventy minutes. 



ROI B. AND BOB H. 

 This lirace Avas jjut doA\m at the edge of the pines and 

 given a turn in the open and then Avorked round into the 

 pines after the scattered bii-ds of the last bcAw. Bob got 

 there first and nailed one that the Doctor, to order, put up 

 and killed. Roi then pointed one that Avent before the 

 judges came up. He soon had another one fast that flushed 

 as Short AA^ent to him. We then SAVUng back doAvn to a run, 

 Avhere Bob pointed, drcAA^ on and again pointed and then 

 roaded a short distance, probably a running l)ird. Both 

 dogs then disappeared in the pines, and Avhen found they 

 were both in a gully pointing, AAJth Poi a little ahead. It 

 Avas impossible to tell which found first, as evidently one 

 had jumped in the hole and at once pointed, and the other, 

 Avithout seeing him, had also done exactly the same. Short, 

 to order, flushed, and both dogs were steady. A little fui-f her 

 on Roi caught scent, but the bird went l)e£ore he could locate 

 it, and as he went on one cr two more flushed near him. 

 One then got up near Bob just as he .stopped on point to 

 another that his handler fliished to order. He soon had 

 another one fast that got up as the Doctor Avent to him, and 

 the heat was ended with Bob H. the Avinner. Down tAventy- 

 flve minutes. 



PAXTANG AND COJiTSOiATIOjr. 



This brace Avas put doAvn in a field of sedge, where Pax 

 after going a short distimee made a point to a single that 

 flushed before Tucker came up. Working up to a fence Con 

 flushed one and stopped, and a second later several more got 

 up. FolloAnng tliem into some pines Con made a good 

 point to a .single that flushed wild a second or tw^o later, and 

 a little further on the performance Avas repeated, and soon 

 after he again pointed, but nothing AA as found. Pax then 

 came up and w^ent on a. short distance and pointed the bird, 

 and Tucker to order flushed it and shot. Pax then swung 

 to the left and again made a nice point, and Con backed him 

 very prettily, Tucker to order putting up the bird. We then 

 turned into some sedge where Pax dropped on point as if 

 shot, and Con, a little behind him, also went doAvn in the 

 same manner to back, but catching scent also pointed. 

 Tucker went ahead to flush AA'hen Pax drcAV on a step or two 

 and a single got up, and then the remainder of the bevy went. 

 This was a A^ery pretty piece of AVork. They were ordered up 

 and the heat was aAvai-ded to Paxtang; down 21 minutes. 

 This ended the third series with the folloAving result: 

 Sum'niarv Third Series-. 



Jean A^'al Jean beat Fred W. 



Bride beat Hari Kari. 



Bob H. beat Roi B. 



Paxtang beat Gonsolation- 



Fourth Series. 



JEAN YAL JEAN AND BEIDIS 

 were put doAvn in some sedge on top of a hill, and after a 

 short spin SAA'ung round after the last bevy in some pines. 

 Jean soon made a point and Bride backed him but nothing 

 was found. A little fnrthei on Jean again pointed and Bride 

 backed him. AA-ent, to order, put up the bird. Bride then 

 got in a good point to a single that White flushed to order 

 and killed and she retrieved it well. Jean then pointed but 

 soon went on and Bride flushed one and .stopped. White 

 called point but there were no more birds near her and she 

 scored a false point. Jean then made a nice point to a sin- 

 gle that Avent flushed to order. We then tuined down to 

 some stubble, both dogs going sloAver, Bride evidently tired 

 but occasionally stri kin g a good gait, Jean going' fairly 

 well. Crossing a stubble to an old field, Jean ran 

 into a single and flushed it. and kept on and put 

 up the bevy and Avas a trifle unsteady. FolloAving up 

 the birds Ave failed to find them, and turned for a beAw that 

 the spectators had seen running into some Avecds. 'Both 

 pointed and then roaded on the frail for some time. Finally 

 Bride caught the scent, dreAV on and pointed them nicely, 

 and White llu.shed them to order. Following them up Jean 

 made a nice point and Avent, to order, put up the bird, and 

 tAA'o or three more went; Jean shoAAung sign of bei ng unsteady, 

 was dropped to order. We then sAAuiug into some pines, 

 Avhere Jean' pinned one in fine .style, that AA'ent put up to 

 order. Meantime Bride made a point to which nothing Avas 

 found, and the heat Avas declared in favor of Jean Val Jean. 

 Down one hour and fourteen minutes. This was a trying 

 heat for the dogs, as it was mo.stly through fall sedge. Little 

 Bride had gone through her previous heats gamely, but the 

 heavy AVOrk was too much for her; next year, ii nothing 

 befalls her, she Avill make it hot for the best' of them. 



BOB H. AND RA^STAXG. 



It Avas after 5 o'clock when fhi.s brace was put doAvn in 

 sedge. Bob at once made a very .stylish point avIi ere a bevy 

 had been flushed and Pax backed him in equal style, making 

 a beautiful picture. Then working through tu a stubble 

 Pax pointed a hare and made a jump or two but came back 

 to Avhistle, and soon after he pointed once or twice at larks 

 and then making a cast to a .stubble he cau.ght scent and half 

 pointed, but before his handler could get to him a large bevy 

 flushed Avild on the hill aboA'e him and he remained steady. 

 The birds settled across a branch in a thicket along a fence. 

 Pax was there first and scored a nice point and Avas hand- 

 somely backed by Bob. Tucker put up the birds to order, 

 aud as the dogs Avent on Bob caught scent, pointed a moment 

 and Avent on and left his bii-ds and Pax came up and pointed 

 them. Tucker flushing them to order. This ended the heat 

 Avith Paxtang the Avinncr. Dow n seventeen minutes. It was 

 noAV night aud we started for toAvn well pleased Avith the 

 day's AVork, having run off tAveh-e heats. This ended the 

 fourth series with the follovdng result: 



Summary Fourth Series. 



Jean Val Jean beat Bride. 



Paxtang beat Bob H. 



SATURDAY. 

 Tie for First Place. 



JEAN VAL JEAN AND PAXTANG 

 were the only ones left to contest for first place and the heat 

 Avas intently AA-atched by the crowd of spectators. The day 

 Avas simply perfect. There had been a heavy frost during 

 the night and the air in the morning was a 'bit keen, but 

 it soon gi'ew warm, although it Avas not uncomfortably 

 so at any time during the day. There was a gentle breeze 

 from the nortliAvest and not a cloud to be seen. Starting from 

 the hotel a few minutes past 8, we drove a short distance 

 from toAVTi and the dogs were put down in :-u) old field at 8:89. 

 Jean shoAved himself the fastest, and Avas the equal of Pax 

 in range, but much of his ground was gone OA'er twice, while 

 Pax, with his steady lope, was doing his A\-ork in a masterly 

 manner, looking out the likely places and going to them in 

 a Avay that sh6we<l the workman. After beating out the 

 field we turned into some pines Avhei'e Pax pointed a moment 

 but soon went on. When avc came to the place tAvo birds 

 fleAv out of a tree some ten feet above the place. Turning in 

 the direction of these liirds Pax got a point on one and Jean 

 backed him and the bird was put up to order. Tucker shot 

 and lioth dogs Avere steady. We then turned back and 

 worked out a side hill grOAvn up to AA^eeds and a stubble, 

 where the spectators fiuslied a bcA-y that was followed back 

 into the pines, but none w^ere found except two or three that 

 Avere Hushed by the handlers and judges. We then crossed to 

 the large open field of the Snow fami AA-'hereboth dogs ranged 

 AA'ide. Finally Pax made a point but soou moved on and oast 

 for the scent, but AA'ent Avalked into the bevj" a short distance 

 aAvay and flushed them. Jean then came round and made a 

 beautiful point where they rose, anri Pax backed him in 

 grand style. FolloAving the birds into some AVOods, Pax 

 made a point but went on, and as the spectators came up a 

 bird flushed near them. Jean then made a point just in 

 time to score, as the bird Avent a second later. Pax then got 

 in two points in rapid succes.sion, and, to order, a bird was 

 flushed to each. Jean then pointed a bevy that was flushed 

 to order. Pax, coming round, made a nice point where they 

 rose from. A little further on Jean pointed a hare and gave 

 chase AA-hen it started, but came back to whi.stle. Pax then 

 pointed a hare and Jean refused to back and was dropped to 

 order. A little further on Jean appeared to catch a little 

 scent and challenged, Avhile Pax, not seeing him, came round 

 and pinned the bird, Avhich Assent a second later. They AA'cre 

 tiien ordered up, and Paxtang was awarded the heat and 

 declared AAinner of first prize, $400, also Avinning for his 

 owner, Avho bred hini, the Breeders' Cuii, valued at -SlOO, and 

 for Mr. Tucker the Forest and Streaji prize of .S50 to the 

 handler of theAvinner. 



Tics for Second Place. 



BOB H. AND CONBOLAIION. 

 The judges announced that Bob H., Consolation and 

 Chance should decide by nmnin^ Avhich of the three should 

 haA'e the honor of contesting AvifTi .Jean Val Jean for .second 

 place, the do,gs to be run in the order in Avhich they were first 

 draAAm. This gaA'e Chance the bj^e, and Bob and Con were 

 put doAvn in the large stubble field on the Snow farm and 

 worked across it toAvard the woods on the opposite side. As 

 we passed the place AAdiere AA'ent flushed the bcA-y in the 

 previous heat Bob made u siilendid point at the old scent, 

 but soon Avent on and making a wide c£ist doAvn Avind turned 

 and pointed toward us, then drawing a few steps he again 

 pointed and Con backed him nicely. The Doctor came up 

 and ordered Bob on and he took one jump and sat down on 

 point, Con backing him in.stantly. I5ob then Avont on and 

 challenging for scent he got too close to the bLrd, that had 

 CAddently been running, and scored a flush, and as his hand- 

 ler came up two more got up. A little further on they 

 backed each other very prettily, and soon after Con pointed 

 and Bob backed him nicely, but nothing AA'as found. We 

 then Avorked down along the woods and Con made a' wide 

 cast doAAm AA'ind and turning, pointed tOAA'ard us just as a bevy 

 flushed in front of us. White claimed the point but 

 Con did not, as he dreAv on in the opposite direction 

 and located another bevy, which his handler, to order, 

 flushed a short distance ahead of him. This was a very 

 pretty piece of Avork, as Con roaded doAA'n wind, and, making 

 a short cast, whirled into point in capital style. Crossing 

 the fence at the corner of the Avoods Con pinned a single in 

 good style, and it was put up to order. A short, turn was 

 made iii the Avoods, but nothing was found, and when the 

 judges came back they Avere consulted aud the dogs were 

 ordered up, with Consolation winner. Bob H, had run his 



