DEC. 9, 1886.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Then on a sidehill toward a marlced bird Slociim caught the 

 scent, hnt before he cotild locate it Pet went in and flushed 

 it. They were then ordered up and the heat was awarded to 

 Slocum.' Down forty minutes. This ended the first series 

 with the following result: 



Summary Mrst S&rles. 



Clififord beat Noble C. 



Fred W. beat Tallian. 



Grloster beat Brandon, 



Lady C. beat St. Elmo IV. 



Belle beat Pendi'aRon. 



Roy Monarch beat Chickasaw II. 



Mandan boat Wiudemere. 



Daisy F. beat:. Gene. 



Chance bea t Mack. 



Dan Gladstone beat Dashing Noble. 



Fannie W. beat Prince Imperial. 



Boh Gates heat Belle of Piedmont. 



Slocum heat Pet Gladstone. 



Second Series. 



CLIFFORD Am) FRED W. 

 This brace was the first of the second series. They are 

 owned by the president and vice-president of the club, and 

 in accordance Avith parliamentary usage the dogs were placed 

 in the relative positions sustained by their owners. They 

 were put down at half past two in a bollow, and worked up 

 a slope in sedsjc. Fred made a point to a, single that Tucker 

 nn.shert to order and missed. Clifford then came up and 

 pointed near there, it was thought at the scent of the same 

 bird, lint severid Inrds soon flushed a short distance ahead, 

 and he may have been on their trail. We then worked down 

 a run in sedge when both dogs challenged, roadcd and 

 pointed several times. Finally Clilfovd pinned the bevj^ and 

 Fred backed him, or i)oiuted, we were not near enough to 

 determine Avhich. Mr. Douner to order put up tlie birds and 

 crippled one, that Clifford with considerable help retrieved. 

 The birds settled among some pi iies arid were f ollow-ed, Fred 

 made a point and as Tucker went ahead Fred blinked his 

 bird but soon canu^ back and the bird flu.shed near him. 

 Clifford then pointed but soon went on, and soon after Fred 

 pointed and again blinked as Tucker to order went ahead 

 and flushed the bird. This ended the heat with Fred the 

 Avinner. Downi twenty-eight minutes. Fred had much the 

 h^st of it in speed aud range. 



GLOSTER AND LADY (J. 



were put down in an old field and worked over to a branch, 

 and then we turned dowm the branch in sedge. Gloster 

 made the first point aud Lady backed him nicely. Captain 

 McMui'do to order flushed four birds aiad scored a miss. We 

 then turned up over a knoll, when Gloster pointed and then 

 drew on and got too close, the birds flushing just as he 



Eointed. Lady then pointed at the old scent and Gloster 

 acked liei'. A little further on a brace flushed near the 

 judges and one near Lady. We then crossed to Colonel Hol- 

 ton's and beat out a patch of weeds, where Glcster was lost, 

 but soon found on point to a bevy that his handler to order 

 flushed and killed one. When Gloster was ordered to re- 

 trieve, Lady went for it and brought it nicely. The jridges 

 con.sulted and ordered up the dogs, with Glo.ster the winner. 

 Down twenty-seven minutes. This was a short heat, and 

 Lady had nooj^portunity to gi't in any work, as Gloster had 

 the legs of her and got to the best places first. 



BELLE AND ROY MON.\KCH 



were put down near where the last brace was taken up and 

 worked down to the Ta'anch and then up through a stubble, 

 where Bell made a nice point and Roy came up and went 

 ahead and also jjointed the same bevy. Haight, to order, 

 flushed and brought down three %vith one "barrel. Belle 

 retrie^dng two of them very nicely. Following them up 

 Belle got them first, and pinned one and Roy backed her. 

 Haight, to order, put up the bird but did not shoot. Roy 

 then got in a point to a single that Aldrich, to order, flushed. 

 They were then ordered up with Belle the winner. Down 

 eighteen minutes. Belle was the fastest and widest ranger, 

 Roy having the best of it in style. 



DAISY F: AND M AND AX 



were put down in an old corufield and worked dovsTi to the 

 branch and then over a knoll in sedge, where Daisy made a 

 nice point, and as her liandler came up she drew on a step or 

 two and dropped very prettily. Rose to order flrished a small 

 bevy, and Daisy was unsteady to wiug. Following them 

 into some pines Mandan ran into a fresh bevy and flushed 

 them. A little further on Daisy made a point but nothing 

 w^as found. Mandan then made an indift'erent point and 

 Daisy backed liim. Morgan to order put up the bird and 

 killed it, Mandan retrieving nicely. Daisy then made a 

 point and Mandan backed her, but nothing was found. We 

 then turned back and .after going a short distance Daisy 

 made a .stylish point to a .single that Rose flushed to order 

 almost under the feet of the judges. A little further on 

 Mandan flushed one and stopped, and soon after he pointed 

 and as Morgan went ahead to flush, Mandan left his bird 

 and drew on after him, and he was ordered on and the bird 

 flushed near him. The judges then compared notes and 

 ordered the dogs to go on. We then crossed the road to 

 some grass and weeds, where Daisy challenged and then 

 roaded out a bevy and pointed them nicely. Mandan ^vent 

 round her and also pointed, and the birds flushed as the 

 handlers came up. This ended the heat with Daisy the win- 

 ner. Down forty-nine minutes. Daisy had the best of it in 

 speed, range and style 



CHANCE AND DAN GLADSTONE. 

 This brace was put down at 4:47 in the field where the last 

 brace was taken up and worked across the road to a cornfield 

 where Chance pointed and Dan backed him and three birds 

 flu.shed as the judges came up. Short claimed that Ms dog 

 was pointing when Chance flushed a portion of the bevy and 

 then pointed the three birds that remained, but the judges 

 could only pass upon what they saw. Following the thi-ee 

 birds into some pines Dan pinned one that Short to order 

 flushed and missed. Chance then pointed one that flushed 

 as Avent came up. The remaining bird w^as flu.shed by the 

 judges and the dogs weve brought back,w"hen Chance pointed 

 a bevy near the road that Avent to order put up and missed. 

 This ended the heat with Chance the Avinner. Dovm thirteen 

 minutes. Chance had the best of it in pace and rauge and 

 was fully the equal of Dan in style. This was a short heat 

 and hardly time enough was taken to fairly test the merits 

 of each of the dogs. 



FANNIE "W. AKD BOB GATES. 

 It was a quarter past five o'clock when this brace was put 

 down. They were taken among the scattered birds of the 

 last tAvo beA'ies, and although considerable roading and 

 pointing Avas done the birds Avere running to roost and the 

 work was very unsatisfactory as the ground Avas apparently 

 covered Avith scent. After eighteen minutes they Avere taken 

 up for the night and AA^e started for town. 



FRIDAY. 



LeaA'ing the hotel at 8:20 the dogs Avere put doAvn at 8:38 in 

 a large open field to finish their heat. After beating out 

 considerable ground Ave turned into the pines, where both 

 challenged, pointed and roaded for some time. Finally both 

 ca.st. Bob up AAdnd and Fannie dowm, and soon after she 

 pointed. Bob then swung back below her and also pointed. 

 Fannie then dreAV on, and catching sight of Bob backed him. 

 Stephens, to order, put up the bevy and killed one that Bob 

 retrieved nicely. We then crossed the creek and Bob made a 



Soint but Avent on and Fannie soon pointed a single 

 lat weut as Tucker came up. Boh then got in a stylish 



point to one that flushed Avild before we came up. Bob then 

 challenged and half-pointed, but his handler called him 

 away, and a bird flushed as he came up. He soon had an- 

 other one, hoAvever, and made a stylish point that Fannie 

 hacked nicely, and the bird went as Ave came up. This ended 

 the heat, AAdth Bob the winner. Doavu altogether forty-one 

 minutes. This ended the second series, Slocum having a 

 bye. Following is the 



Smrvmary Second Series. 



Fred W. beat Clifford. 



Glo.ster beat Lady C. 



Belle beat Roy Monarch. 



Daisv F. beat Mandan. 



Chance beat Dan Gladstone. 



Bob Gates beat Fannie W. 



Slocum, a bye. 



Third Series. 



SLOCUM AND FRED W. 

 This brace was put doAvn in the large open field on the 

 Snow farm. Slocum went faster and ranged Avider than Ave 

 have ever seen him. Fred av as also going at his best pace 

 and cutting out the Avork in fine style. Working along the 

 Avoods to the loAver end of the field Ave turned back and Avhen 

 near the center of the field Slocum challenged, and AAuth his 

 head Avell up dre\v nicelv to a bevy that flushed Avild ahead 

 of him and settled apparently in the comer of the Avoods, 

 AAdiero Ave had failed to find them several times. This time 

 al.so proved to bo a AA'in for the birds, as they again escaped. 

 .Judge Orth at this point Avas taken sick and returned to the 

 hotel and Messrs. Bergundthal and Hitchcock jiidged the 

 remaining heats. We turned north along the slope aud 

 crossed the fence near the old deserted house that .sheltered 

 us during the rain AA'hen running the Derby. Fred Avas go- 

 ing as he" pleased and Avould not mind the Avhistle, but huuted 

 according to his oavu taste. Both dogs challenged 

 near a ditch and the handlers Avere ordered to 

 Avork the dogs up the run. Slocum at once 

 obeyed the order, but Fred took a turn doAvn the run 

 and' crossed the ditch and pointed a bevy in grand style. 

 Tucker to order flushed them and killed one that Fred re- 

 trieved. The birds settled beyond the thicket AA-here London 

 made his celebrated pose four years ago, and as Ave Avent 

 toward them another bevy was flushed by the spectators that 

 Avent to the upper edge of the thicket. Crossing the branch 

 Slocum made a point, and as Aldrich came up a bird fiushed 

 near the dotj, but lie held his point and AUMch AA'ent ahead 

 of him and put tii) another one, and missed it right and left. 

 A little further on Slocum caught scent but drew too close 

 and scored a flush. We then crossed over the hill and doAvn 

 to the branch, Avhere Fred made a cast to the upper end of 

 the field and challenged. Tucker after some time got him 

 hack and gaA'^s him a taste of the Avhip. This som*ed him, 

 and AA'hen Slocum a f cav miiuites later AA-as drawing nicely 

 on a bevy, Fred came irp at speed and, Avinding the birds, 

 made a AAullful flush and dropped to Aving. This ended the 

 heat in favor of Slocum. Down fifty-five minutes. 



J GLOSTER AND BELLE. 



This brace was put down near where the last brace Avas 

 taken up and given a spin in the open. So far as speed Avas 

 concerned. Belle could outrim Gloster, but her sptti'ts Avere 

 short and half the time she w" is loafing, Avhile Gloster, AAuth 

 his steady strides, Avas hunting from start to finish and cov- 

 ering much more ground than she did. His range was also 

 more systematic, and he was greatly her superior in style, 

 both in his Avay of going and Avhen on game. Turning back 

 into the woods after the last bevy, Belle made a point and 

 then Avent on and flushed birds that she .should have held. 

 Nothing more Avas done here, except that both dogs chal- 

 lenged and pointed at old scent. Belle once backing Gloster 

 very prettily. We crossed the hollow to some pines AA'here 

 the-'first bevy found by Fred W. had settled. As Ave crossed 

 the fence Belle pointed, but soon w-ent on, and a little fur- 

 ther on again pointed just as a bird flushed. Gloster then 

 made a A'-ery nice point, and his handler to order put up a 

 bird in fi'ont of him and then the others went. We SAVung 

 round to the top of the hill, wdiere Gloster made an elegant 



goint and BeUe backed him nicely; as his handler came up 

 foster drew on a. few steps doAvn wind and again pointed, 

 and the bird Avas flushed to ordea- andkUled and he retrieved 

 it Avell. This Avas a capital piece of work. They Avere 

 ordered up and the heat was awarded to Gloster. Doavu 

 thirty-three minutes. 



DAISY F. AND CHANCE. 

 This brace was nearly evenly matched in speed and range. 

 Both Avere very stylish, Daisy having a little the best of it. 

 Working thein some distance, aa'c turned into some pines, 

 AA^here both Avere lost. Chance was first found on point to a 

 bevy that Avent to order flushed, Avinging one that Chance 

 brought alive in good form. A searcai was made for Daisy, 

 and she Avas found some distance aAvay on a staunch point 

 to another bevy. As Rose Avent up to flush we saw the bevy 

 nestled together close to the roots of a piue, and pointed 

 them out to the spectators, wdio gathered round greatly ad- 

 miring the beautiful picture. Rose then put them up, and, 

 greatly to the delight of all. missed them clean. This AA^as 

 A^ery good Avork, as Dai.sy had held her birds for a long time. 

 Daisy got the next point to a single that Rose flushed to 

 order and missed. As Daisy had not retrieved in this heat, 

 by consent a dead bird Avas throAvn, and she retrieved it 

 nicely. A little further on Daisy made a point, and Chance 

 backed her. She soon Avent on, and in a short time pinned 

 a single that Avas flushed to order. Meantime Chance 

 pointed, probably at old scent, as nothing Avas found. This 

 ended the heat, Avith Daisy the Avinner. DoAAm twenty-ei.^ht 

 minutes. Bob Gates having a bye, this ended the third 

 series. 



Summarjj Third Series. 

 Slocum beat Fred W. 

 Gloster beat Belle. 

 Daisy F. beat Chance. 

 Bob Gates a bye. 



Fourth SeriC'S. 



BOB GATES AND SLOCUM. 

 In this heat Slocum, as Aldrich putit, "went back on him," 

 and did no work Avorth mentioning, Avindingup Avith a flush 

 that should have been a point, for which his handler gave 

 him a taste of the AA^hip after the heat Avas over. Bob Avent 

 Avell and pointed tAvo hares, and at the finish he made a good 

 point to a bird that AA'ent, to order, flushed and crippled, but 

 it Avas not found. Slocum had scored one flush and he noAv 

 put up another, and the heat was ended AAdth Bob the Avinner. 

 DoA\Ti thirty-eight minutes. 



GLOSTER AND DAISY F. 



This brace Avas put doAAm at 13:15 at the loAver end of large 

 open field on the Suoav farm. Just before they were cast 

 off several birds flushed near the horses and Ave Avorked in 

 their direction, but none of them were found, except one 

 that flushed under the horses. We turned into the stubble, 

 Avhere both at nearly equal speed ranged AA-ide and Avell. In 

 style Daisy is a trifle more shoAvy than Gloster when mov- 

 ing, but when on birds Gloster has a way of going to his 

 points that is A'ery taking and to our mind the show^y and 

 stylish manner in Avhich Daisy gets on her birds is hot so 

 pleasing and satisfactory as the vei-y gamy action of Gloster 

 from the time he catches the scent until he pins his birds. 

 Nothing Avas done in the stubble except that Gloster made a 

 beautiful point to Avhich nothing was found. We turned 

 through the woods to the Model Farm and beat out the lai-ge 

 field of Aveeds, and crossing the creek turned up the branch 

 toAvard the old mill. At the ditch above the mill Gloster 

 made a point at the edge of a row of briers and Daisy backed 



him a feAv seconds and then catching the scent she also 

 pointed. As the Captain came up Gloster drew on a step 

 or two and ajjain pointed Avith his nose almost in the 

 briers; tAvo birds Avere flushed in front of him on 

 the opposite side of the briers, but he .still held his point, 

 and as nis handler went through the thicket he drew on and 

 tm'ued up_ in the ditch and roaded out the running bevy 

 never leaving the trail and locating them, pointed in grauo. 

 style. The T)irds were flushed to order and missed. They 

 went in every direction, and one of them taking a wide circle 

 came back over our heads and settled in the place from, 

 which they had floAAm. Working back to where a bird had 

 been marked Daisy made a nice point and Gloster backed 

 her. Rose to order putting up the bird and missing it. We 

 beat out a thicket and the weeds along a fence and turned 

 into some pines, Avhere Dai.sy Avas lost and after some time 

 found on point by her handler, but the bird flushed before 

 he came up to her, and as the judges did not see her she got 

 no credit for the point. We then Avent to lunch at the bam 

 of the Model Farm. Down one hour. After lunch the dogs 

 Avere again jiut out in the cornfield south of the house and 

 worked tlirough to the field beyond. Crossing a hollow, 

 Daisy found albevy and pointed in fine style; her handler to 

 order put up and missed. As the birds flew up the hollow an- 

 other bevy under them rose and folloAved into the woods. The 

 dogs Avere sent in this direction, and a short distance from the 

 fence Gloster caught scent, i^robably of three or four 

 birds several yards iu front of him, and Avas going up 

 to them Avhen he rati u|.i a single that AA'as lying IjetAA^een, 

 and the others Avent. This, Ave believe, the judges did not 

 see, as they AA^ere some little distance away. Gloster Avent on 

 a few steps and pointed one that his handler to order flushed 

 and killed, and he Avas a trifle unsteady, and when sent to 

 retrieve he did so, but bit the bird badly. A little further on 

 Gloster made a good jjoint and Daisy backed him. There 

 Avas nothing to his point;, although a bird Avas flushed a few 

 yards aAvay doAvn wind, but it could not have been his. A 

 little fui-ther on Gloster a.gain pointed nicely and his handler 

 to order put up the bird. After comparing notes the dogs 

 Avere sent on, and Daisy soon made a point and Gloster 

 backed her, but nothing Avas found. Shortly after this Glos- 

 ter disappeared behind some bushes and a bevy Avas seen to 

 go from there; but he Avas going doAvn Av^ind and out of sight 

 of the judges, and either condition AA^ould save him from 

 8corin.g a demerit. FolloAving the birds into some .sprouts 

 Daisy .scored a flush, and after a short consultation the 

 judges decided the heat in favor of Gloster. Down twenty- 

 six minutes; altogether one hour and tAventy-six minutes. 

 This Avas a good heat, Daisy running him a close race. Glos- 

 ter Avas scoiu-ing and toAvai-d the last he let up in speed, but 

 gamely kept up his gallop to the finish, his superior nose 

 pulling him through. This ended the fourth series Avith the 

 following re.sult: 



Summary Fourth Scries. 

 Bob Gates beat Slocum. 

 Gloster bea,t Daisy F. 



Tie for First Place. 



BOB GATES AND GLOSTER. 



These Avere the last two left in for first money. Bob Gates 

 Avas in capital condition, having had just Avork enough to 

 put him in good form. His heat in the morning was short 

 and he got the benefit of a bye in the third series, and had an 

 easy time Avith Slocum and was as fresh as though he had 

 not run. Gloster had run against Belle and Daisy F. , having 

 just finished a long and hard heat, added to which he was 

 "suffering from dysentery. Had he been in as good trim as 

 JBob there is no telling AA'-hich Avould have won, as both are 

 rattling good ones. Even as it was Gloster ran a much better 

 race than Avas expected of him, and Bob Avas not so far ahead 

 at any time that he could afford to make many mis- 

 takes. After a Avait of half an hour the dogs were put 

 down in the open field Avhere the tAvo bevies had been found 

 and Avorked ctoAvn to the stubble near the house. Turning 

 down to the woods Gloster challenged and Avas draAving on a 

 bevy, Avhen Bob made a point in the woods just belOAv him, 

 and Gloster Avas ordered to be brought round. As the cap- 

 tain Avent to him he stiffened on point, but he Avas taken off, 

 and as the spectators came up they flushed a beA^y there. 

 Bob meantime dreAv on quite a distance, but finally gave it 

 up. Gloster then made a cast in the woods in the direction 

 that the bevy had gone, and catching the scent he made a 

 beautiful point to a brace that AA'ere fiushed to order. Just 

 then Bob pointed but nothing Avas found. A little further 

 on Bob challenged just as one flushed, and Avhen his handler 

 flred he broke shot, but at once came back to oi-der, and soon 

 after he flushed one and stopped, and several more got up. 

 Both then pointed at the same time, and birds were flushed 

 to order to each. Stephenson missed his bird, but the captain 

 crijipled one, and AA^hen Gloster Avas sent to retrieA'^e he made 

 an elegant point to another one; but as he was retrieving, 

 this did not count. He then retrieved the cripple nicely. 

 We took a turn up the branch, and as we came back Bob 

 cast over to a stubble and pinned a bevy AAdthin a fcAA-^ yards 

 of Short, Avho Avas standing there Avith his horse. Stephen- 

 son to order put them up and killed one that Bob retrieved 

 nicely. FolloAving up the birds into some pines, Bob got 

 them' first and nailed one, Gloster backing him nicely. The 

 bird was flushed to order and the heat was ended, Avith Bob 

 the winner, and he Avas declared the Avinner of first prize. 

 Down forty-two minutes. The judges selected Belle of Pied- 

 mont as the best dog beaten bj- the Avinner, and she was 

 ordered to run with Gloster for second lalace, but Captain 

 McMurdo, AA'ho handled both, decided to diAdde the honor 

 and money equally between them, and the stake Avas fin- 

 ished at 3:29. 



FolloAving is a complete summary: 

 First Series. 



Clifford beat Noble C. 



Fred W. beat Lillian. 



Gloster beat Brandon. 



Lady C. beat St. Elmo IV. 



Belle beat Pendragon. 



Roy Monarch beat ChickasaAV U. 



Mandan beat Wiudemere. 



Daisy F. beat Gene. 



Chance beat Mack. 



Dan Gladstone beat Dashing Noble. 



Fannie W. beat Prince Imperial. 



Bob Gates beat Belle of Piedmont. 



Slocum beat Pet Gladstone. 



Second, Series. 

 Fred W. beat Clifford. 

 Gloster beat Lady C. 

 Belle beat Roy Monarch. 

 Daisy F. beat 'Mandan. 

 Chance beat Don Gladstone. 

 Bob Gates beat Fannie W. 

 Slocum a bye. 



Third Series. 



Slocum beat Fred W, 

 Gloster beat Belle. 

 Daisy F. beat Chance. 

 Bob Gates a bye. 



Fourth Series. 

 Bob Gates beat Slocum. 

 Gloster beat Daisy F. 



Tie for First Place. 

 Bob Gates beat Gloster and won first prize. 

 Gloster and Belle of Piedmont divided second prize. 



THE CHAMPION STAKE. 

 There were sis nominations for the Chainpion Stake, and 

 Robert le Diable, the winner of the jPolnter Stake, also en- 



