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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 33, 1886. 



speed and range. Both are very stylish, Dan having a 

 trifle the best of it, They were pnt down at 2:48 in sedge on 

 a slope. Dan challenged at old scent but conld make 

 nothing of it. A little further on Noble half pointed, but 

 the birds, a brace, flushed wild before he had an opportunity 

 to locate them. Soon after both pointed, but moved on as 

 the handlers went ahead of them. Noble got it right, and 

 roaded out the trail nicely, the bird flushing near Stephen- 

 son, who killed it, and Noble retrieve-dwell. A little further 

 on Dan made a point, and Noble close to him backed or 

 pointed, we could not determine which. As the handlers 

 came up both dogs di-ew on, and pointed simultaneously a 

 be-v-y that was flushed to order nearly between them. Short 

 killed one and Dan retrieved it. We then turaed through 

 some woods, leaving these birds, and beat out considerable 

 ground to a thicket, where Dan made a very stylish point to 

 a bevy, Noble backing him nicely. Short to order put them 

 up and killed one, Dan retrieving it well. Casting up the 

 hill, Dan soon had one fast that Short to order flushed. Dan 

 then pointed a hare, and a little further on one 

 flushed near Noble, and he was unsteady to wing. 

 He then made a nice point to a single, and Dan 

 backed him. Stephenson to order flushed the bird. Soon 

 after one got up near Dan and he pointed where it flu.shed. 

 Noble theti got in a good point that Dan at once honored in 

 fine style, the bird going as the handlers came up. The 

 work here was very lively, the dogs jumping into points 

 almost faster than we could note, both doing brilliant work, 

 which was greatly admired by those who were fortunate 

 enough to see it. Dan pinned one that was put up to order, 

 and at the same time one flushed near Noble, who just then 

 pointed one that his handler flushed to order. As soon as 

 this bird wa.s in the air Dan had one that Short put up to 

 order. Dan then pointed where one had l^een flu.shed, and a 

 few yards further on he pinned a single that Short put uj) 

 and killed, and Dan retrieved it well. This ended the work 

 here and a long turn was taken without result, except that 

 both pointed a hare. Finally, in some woods on a sidehill, 

 Dan found a bevy and pointed it nicely. Noble, not seeing 

 him, came up below, and beyond him, and stopped just as 

 the birds went. Some claimed that he was also entitled to a 

 point, we thought that he stopped either at sight of the birds 

 or at the noise they made just as they rose. Following the 

 birds up to the top of the hill, Dan flushed one and stopped 

 to wing and Noble backed him. Dan, when sent on, took a 

 few strides and made an elegant point that Noble at once 

 honored in his best style. Snort put up the bird, and the 

 heat was ended wdth Dan the winner. Do\vn one hour and 

 twenty-six minutes. This was the most brilliant heat of the 

 meeting, both dogs doing excellent work and running a 

 very close race. 



SP0ETS3XAN AND MINITIE S. 

 This brace was put down at 4:18 in a cotton field. Minnie 

 made a point but soon went on. Turning into some sprouts 

 Sportsman pointed a single that Tucker, to order, flushed 

 and killed and Sportsman retrieved it. Meantime Minnie 

 pointed but went on. Sportsman then dropped just as one 

 rose in front of him. Soon after he made a point and Minnie 

 backed him, but nothing was found. A little further on 

 Minnie flushed one, but the judges were not near enough to 

 see the work. She soon put up another, this time in full 

 view of the judges. Sportsman then half pointed just as one 

 flushed Avilcl, and soon after he flushed one. We then crossed 

 an open field and Sportsman made two or three points, but 

 it was so dark that nothing could be seen and the dogs were 

 ordered up. Do%vn iifty-seven minutes. We then returned 

 to town, and in the evening the judges compared notes and 

 decided the heat in favor of Sportsman. 



THURSDAY. 



BEN HILL AND LILLIAN. 



Wednesday morning it was snowing great guns and the 

 day was unfit for work and no attempt was made to start, 

 every one being content to stay indoors. On Thursday 

 morning the sun shone bright, but the air was crisp and 

 cold. There were tAvo or three inches of snow that lay lightly 

 on the sedge, almost covering it from sight, and the promi.s'e 

 for sport was not very flattering, but birds were found more 

 plentiful than on the preceding days and the scent appeared 

 to be good after the sun had warmed up the atmosphere 

 and fair progress was made. Leaving the hotel at half past 

 nine we went to the Hunt Farm, and Ben Hill and Lillian 

 were ordered to be put down. Before starting Mr. Stephen- 

 son stated that he would run the heat under protest. They 

 were then cast ofl: in a cornfield near where a bevy had been 

 flushed by the horses, and worked toward a thicket where a 

 portion of the birds had settled. Lillian had never hunted 

 m snow and she started at a moderate pace. Ben Hill went 

 at a good rate of speed and did not appear to mind the snow. 

 Lillian made a cast up to the thicket and half pointed at the 

 edge, and Ben backed her very nicely. She then drew on 

 into the thicket and flushed a single. No more of the birds 

 were found and the sedge beyond was beat out, but nothing 

 was found, and we turned back. Ben made a cast around 

 to the thicket and pointed in the open a few yards from the 

 edge. Lillian saw him, but refused to back and stole in 

 ahead of him and also pointed. As the handlers came up 

 two or three birds flushed and flew a few feet and settled at 

 the edge of the thicket. Lillian was jealous and 

 unsteady, Ben behaving very well under the trying 

 circumstances and di-awing steadily on the birds. Bevan 

 finally flushed one and drew up his gun to shoot, but 

 took it down again, stating to us after the heat was over 

 that he refrained from shooting at the command of Mr. 

 Stephenson, who told them that Ben should not win under 

 any circumstances. During the remainder of the heat Bevan 

 worked his dog under orders from Stephenson, taking him 

 away from the vicinity of birds, while Lillian was given 

 every opportunity to fiiid them. So manifest was the col- 

 lusion ot the handlers that in justice to all and in the inter- 

 est of fair play, the judges should have ordered them up and 

 declared both dogs out of the race and at once reported the 

 case to the executive committee of the club, but after some 

 poor work by Ben Hill, who was evidently rattled by the 

 manner in which he was handled, and two of three points by 

 Lillian, the last one very well done, she was declared the 

 \^dnner. DoAvn foi-ty-nine minutes. This heat was simply a 

 farce, and the conduct of the handlers cannot be too strongly 

 condemned, and it is a duty the club owes itself to fully 

 investigate the matter and so dispose of the case that in 

 future it will be impossible for the offense to be repeated. 

 We do not intimate that Mr. Stephenson intentionally did 

 wrong, but he acted from a mistaken sense of honor in 'sacri- 

 ficing the chances of his o^vn dog in order that the dog of his 

 friend might win. 



DAIST F. AND DON'S DOT. 



This brace was put down in a field of sedge at 13 :14. Beat- 

 ing through the field and some woods to an open field, both 

 dogs ran up to a hedge. Daisy disappeared oehind it, and 

 Dot turned up toward the upper end, and also disappeared in 

 the thicket. Before the judges came up two birds were seen 

 to go from the thicket, and as we came up Daisy was half 



f ointing on the opposite side, while Dot was in the hedge, 

 t looked like a point for Daisy and a flush for Dot, but no 

 one was near enough to see the work. We then went along 

 a cotton field near a house, where Daisy made a nice point 

 CO a bevy and Dot backed her in good style. Rose put up the 

 buL'ds and scored a miss. Following the birds into some 

 woods Dot pinned one and Daisy backed her handsomely. 

 Short flushed and winged a bird" that Dot retrieved alive m 

 good form. Daisy then crossed a deep gully, and as she 

 came back one flushed Jiear her at the edge of 'the bank, for 

 which she was not to blame. Dot then pointed, but moved 

 on before her handler came up. Daisy made a .short cast and 



stopped on point, and Dot backed her as Rose came up. 

 Daisy sidled round, and getting the wind drew on and 

 located in fine style. Rose put up the birds and killed one 

 that Daisy retrieved in good style. Dot broke in at shot but 

 at once stopped to order. Working toward the birds, Daisy 

 flushed one on bare ground and stopped. The spectators 

 flushed three or four, and we turned up the gully and worked 

 some distance. Finallv Daisy was lost, but soon found on 

 point to a large bevy ttat flushed as Rose went up. This 

 ended the heat with Daisy the winner. Down fifty-three 

 minutes, 



RICHMOND AND BOB GATES. 

 This was the last brace of this series. Gay Gladstone hav- 

 ing a bye. They were put down in an open field at 12:36. 

 Richmond started rather slow, but soon warmed up and 

 showed as much speed and style as his competitor, Bob 

 ranging somewhat the widest. After a short spin they were 

 sent round to get the wind and worked toward the large 

 bevy found by Daisy in the previous heat. Bob, beating up 

 a hollow, ran up a single, and soon after another went near 

 him. He had the wind in his favor, but at the distance it 

 could not be determined whetlier the birds flushed in front 

 or to one side of him. Richmond was on the bank of the 

 gully, and catching scent, commenced roading just as Bob 

 came up beyond him and pointed. Richmond roaded out 

 his bird and also pointed a few seconds later. Short put up 

 the bird in front of his dog and killed it, and Richmond re- 

 trieved it. Stephenson then flushed the bird in front of Bob 

 and missed it. Bob then came round near Richmond and 

 both got a point at the same time, and a bird was flushed to 

 each, the remainder of the birds then going. A little further 

 on Bob made a false point and Richmond backed him. 

 Turning back across an open field to a thicket Richmond 

 made a gamy point to a bevy, and Bob backed him in fine 

 style. Short, to order, put up the birds and missed. 

 Bob was sent after the birds, while Richmond swung 

 back into the thicket and a bird flushed near him, when he 

 stopped on point to another one that went a second later. 

 Meantime Bob flushed one, and stopped to wing, and as he 

 went on three or four more got up near him. Both then 

 went down the run on a path along a thicket, ^'ith Bob some 

 yards ahead, Richmond pointing a'bird that Bob had passed, 

 and Short flushing it to order. Bob at nearly the same time 

 turned into the thicket and pointed, but nothing was found. 

 We then turned toward lunch, Richmond casting back and 

 pointing, but no bird was found. A little further on Bob 

 made a stylish false point at the edge of a gully, and Rich- 

 mond backed him vei-y nicely. We then took a long turn 

 across the fields without result, except that Bob pointed, 

 but went on befoi-e his handler came up. They were ordered 

 up at 1:40, and we went to lunch. During lunch the judges 

 announced that they had decided the heat in favor of Bob 

 Gates. Do-svn one hour and fourteen minutes. This decision 

 greatly surprised us. Bob may be the better dog, but in this 

 heat Richmond was clearly ahead and entitled to a win. 

 Gay Gladstone having a bye, this ended the second series, 

 with the following result: 



Summa i'y Second Sei-ies. 

 Lillian beat Ben Hill. 

 Daisy F. beat Don's Dot. 

 Dan "Gladstone beat Noble C, 

 Sportsman beat Minnie S. 

 Bob Gates beat Richmond. 

 Gay Gladstone a bye. 



Third Series. 



GAT G€.ADSTONE AND LILLIAN. • 

 These two were nearly equal in speed, range and style. 

 They were put down after lunch in a cottonfield and worked 

 down across a branch and up the opposite slope where Lil- 

 lian pointed at a brush heap. Gay, refusing to back, drew 

 up and also pointed. Stephenson went ahead, when Lill 

 drew on a few steps and again pointed in elegant style. 

 Stephenson put up the beA"^' and killed two, each dog retriev- 

 ing in good form. When ordered on through soine sedge 

 Lill whirled on a beautiful point to a .small bird, and Gay 

 backed her to order very prettily. Lill then flushed one and 

 stopped and another one went. Gay came up and pointed 

 iust as one flushed. Both disappeared over a knoll and we 

 heard a bird go, but could not see how it happened. We 

 then turned back and beat out an open field to some woods, 

 Lill disappearing over the bank. Gay soon came near there 

 and made a beautiful point to a bevy that flushed as hand- 

 lers and judg&s came up, and Lill was found on point to the 

 same bevy some 20yds. beyond Gay. Lill probably pointed 

 first, but as she could not be seen both were entitled to a 

 point. Taking a turn in the woods to get the A^and, seA'eral 

 flushed near Lill and she stopped to AAing, and Stephenson, 

 claiming a point, flushed two or three more near them. Lill 

 showed good judgment in remaining steady, but the point 

 was a very doubtful one. Gay then made a cast to the left 

 and pointed under a fallen treetop. Titus flushed a squirrel 

 that ran up a tree. He then, thinking that Gay had pointed 

 it, ordered her on, but she refused to stir, and" after consid- 

 erable trouble a bird was flushed just in front of her. When 

 sent on she took a few strides and jumped into a nice point 

 to a single that went a second or tAVo later. We then crossed 

 a gully and worked up to the edge of the Avoods, Avhen Gay 

 made a beautiful point and Lill backed him nicely. Titus 

 put up the bird and hit it hard, but it Avent on. Turning 

 the corner of the woods Gay cast doAvn in a holloAV and made 

 a very gamy point to a single, Lill backing in beautiful 

 style." Titus flushed the bird and missed it. We then took 

 a turn in the woods and swung back to the same field, and a 

 bevy flushed near the dogs, but we could not see whether 

 either was to blame or not. Following up the birds in the 

 woods. Gay pointed just a seeond before the bird went, and 

 a little further on she pointed a bevy, and Lill refusing to 

 back, stole the point and then drew on and flushed them. 

 Soon after Lill made a nice point and Gay backed her to 

 order, and the bird was put up by Stephenson. Gay then 

 got in three points in rapid succe.ssion. Two of the" birds 

 flushed AAild, and the last one was put up by her handler. 

 The dogs were then ordered up and the judges consulted for 

 nearly five minutes and then ordered them to go on. While 

 the judges Avere consulting Lillian had stmck the trail of 

 running birds and pointed, but no bird Avas found and she 

 was called back. As soon as the word was given Lill 

 again took up the trail, and following it up, pointed 

 a bird that her handler put up. As soon as the 

 bird was flushed Lill cast ahead and pinned another 

 one and Gay backed her in fine style. Stephenson 

 flu.shed the bird and Lill again cast ahead on the same trail 

 and soon had another one tast that her handler flushed and 

 missed. They were then ordered tip and the heat was 

 awarded to Lillian. Down one hour and tAventy-five minutes. 

 LTp to the time Avhen the judges consulted, Gay Avas so far 

 ahead that we were greatly surprised to see t£e brace put 

 down again. Lill did sonie beautiful Avork in the runmng 

 birds, but she obtained her knowledge of their locality by 

 Avorking while not under judgment, and even with this ad- 

 vantage Gay was still ahead, and the heat should have been 

 decided in her favor. 



DAIST F. AND DAN GLADSTONE. 



This bi*ace was put down in the woods where the last brace 

 was taken up. In speed and style they were nearly equal, 

 Daisy haAdng the Avidest range. Working back to a branch 

 we turned along the edge of the woods, Avhere Daisy pointed 

 a hare. We then crossed a road, and soon after Daisy made 

 a nice point, Dan backing in tine style. As the handlers 

 came up two bevias flushed a short distance apart and settled 

 in some sprouts. When ordered on Dan made a nice point 

 where the birds flushed from, and a little further on Pajsy 



pointed a hare. Daisy then made a stylish point to a part 

 of a bevy, and Dan in the thicket below her also pointed the 

 same birds, which flushed as the handlers came up. Follow- 

 ing the birds into the thicket both challenged, and one 

 flushed near Dan. Soon after Dan pointed a hare, and at 

 the same time Daisy pinned a bird that Rose put up and 

 missed. She soon had another one fast. Rose went up and 

 flushed one, but Daisy held her point, and another one was 

 put up in front of her. Birds were now getting up Avild all 

 around, and both pointed once or tAvice on the scent, and as 

 they Avent on one flushed near Dan. Following them Daisy 

 pinned one that Dan flushed as he was coming doAvn Anna 

 toward her before he saAv her, and soon after another one got 

 up near him. Daisy then pointed just as one Avent; she held 

 her point, and Dan" coming up also pointed, and two more 

 were flushed in front of them. A little fiu-ther on Dan 

 flushed one down wind, and soon after Daisy got in a good 

 point, and Dan backed her nicely. Rose put up the bird and 

 missed, and Dan broke in but" stopped to order. We then 

 turned toward home and went a long distance Avithout a find, 

 the dogs being ordered up at 4:52 Avith Daisy the Avinner. 

 DoAvn one hour and three minutes. This ended the work for 

 the day. 



FRIDAY. 

 SPORT.SMAN AND BOB GATES. 



Bob had the advantage in speed and way of going. In 

 style Avhen on game there was not much to choose between 

 them. They Avere put doAvn on the Hunt Farm at 9:04, where 

 Ben and Lillian commenced their heat. There had been some 

 rain during the night and much of the snoAV had disappeared. 

 The Avind Avas high and tliere were occasional showers during 

 the heat. Starting ofl: doAAm AAind Ave went a long distance 

 AA'ith nothing done, except that Sport.snian made a point, to 

 which nothing was found. Finally Bob found a bevy and 

 made a point that Sportsman at once honored, Steph"enson. 

 put up the birds and scored a miss. Following them up in a 

 thicket Bob pointed with head and tail high in the air and 

 Sportsman backed him in good style. As Stephenson went 

 up one flushed and then another one Avent that he missed. 

 Sportsman cast out in the open and pointed, but soon went 

 on. Turning back down the run Bob got in an elegant point 

 that Sportsman instantly honored in his best style. Steph- 

 enson put up the bird and killed it, Bob retriev'ing it well. 

 Soon aiter the judges compared notes and awarded the heat 

 to Bob Gates. Down fifty-six minutes. This ended the third 

 series with the following result: 



Sunnna i-^/ Third Series. 



Idlliaubeat Gay Gladstone. 



Daisy F. beat Dan Gladstone. 



Bob Gates beat Sportsman. 



Fourth Series. 



LILLIAN AND DAIST F. 

 The weather during this and the next heat was totally 

 unfit for running a field trial. Heavy showers and a gale of 

 Avind made it very imcomfortable, and never haA'ing seen 

 dogs AVork under such conditions, we were greatly surprised 

 to see them do good work in spite of the warring elements. 

 They were put doAvn in some sprouts and AA'orked through to 

 an open field. They were about equal in stj-le and speed, 

 Daisy ranging the widest. Beating out the sedge past the 

 burned cotton gin toa sorghum patch, Lillian ran through to 

 the edge and pointed probably where a beA^y had been flushed 

 from, as Ave found scattered birds near them. Daisy cast up 

 the slope and made an elegant point, which she was ordered 

 to hold for Lillian to come up, notwithstanding that the 

 Ijirds were running awav from her. Lillian, after some time, 

 came round, and catching .sight of Daisy she hesitated 

 an in.stant and then stole in and half pointed, but the 

 birds had run and both went on. Daisy roaded 

 them out nicely and again pointed and Rose put 

 up the bird and killed it, and she retrieved it. Lillian 

 then made a cast and flushed one. Daisy meantime 

 worked out the trail and soon had another one fast, that 

 Lillian, coming toward her, flushed. Working down into a 

 hollow Daisy made a point at the edge of a thicket, and 

 Lillian refuse to back and went ahead and stole the point. 

 As the handlers came up Daisy drew on after the birds, which 

 we saAv running ahead of her. One ran out in the sedge and 

 Daisy roaded it in capital style, the bird flushing Avild before 

 she had a chance to locate it". We then crossed the creek and 

 turned up into some open woods, where Daisy challenged, 

 and getting the direction made a cast across Avind and jumped 

 into a beautiful point a second or two before the bevy on 

 bare ground, near the railroad, flushed wild. FolloAAong the 

 birds across the railroad Daisy again pointed them and Lil- 

 lian backed her. Rose, to order^ flu.shed the birds, and before 

 the birds Avere ordered on Lillian pointed a single that Avaa 

 left, and Stephenson put it up and missed it. The judges 

 compared notes and ordered the dogs on. At the edge of the 

 woods Daisy challenged and half pointed, and Lillian backed' 

 her. Both then drcAv on and Daisy pointed, and an instant 

 later Lillian also pointed, and a brace Avere flushed between 

 them, Lillian then made a cast in the woods ond pointed a 

 bcA-y, that Stephen.son put up and killed one that Lillian 

 with considerable help found and retrieved nicely. They 

 Avere then worked round toAA'ard lunch into a large open field 

 where they Avere ordered up with Daisy P\ the Aviuner. 

 DoATO one hour and forty-three minutes. We then sought 

 shelter from the rain in an old church and eat our lunch. 

 This ended the fourth series as follows: 



Stvmraary Fou rth Series. 

 Daisy F. beat Lillian, 

 Bob Gates a bye. 



Tie for Fimt Place. 



BOB GATES AND DAIST V. 

 After waiting a little over two hours this brace was put 

 down to decide the honors of flrst place. The weather during 

 lunch had been a trifle more promising, but as soon as a 

 start Avas made the clouds again commenced a doAAmpour 

 that continued through the heat. The dogs were cast off in 

 an open fleld acro.ss the gully near Avhere we took lunch, and 

 Avorked through the woods fieloAv. Near the upper edge of 

 the Avoods a beA^r flushed Avild, and settled along the edge 

 beloAv us. Daisy got the first point on the scattered birds, 

 and Rose put up one that he killed when Daisy broke in, but 

 stopped to order and then retrieved the bird. Meantime 

 Bob pointed tAA'ice in the woods above, but nothing Avas 

 found. He then made a point near the edge that his handler 

 thought was to a hare, but he AA-ent ahead and flushed 

 a bird that he killed, and Bob retrieved it. Daisy 

 then made a point to a single that flushed as her handler 

 came up. Taking a fcAv steps Daisy again pointed but Avas 

 ordered on away from her bird that flushed as the judge 

 came up. Bob then made a nice poiat but nothing was 

 found, and a little further on he again pointed a bird that 

 went as Stephenson came up. Both then turned doAvu to a 

 brier thicket and pointed at the same time a single that 

 Rose flushed almost under Daisy's nose. A little further on 

 Bob made a point that Daisy at "once honored, but Bob soon 

 Avent on. Turning up a branch the handlers Avere ordered 

 to keep to the right. Rose obeyed instnictions but Stephen- 

 son waited on his dog and soon after, some distance to the 

 rear, he called point and was ordered to flush the bird, which 

 he did, and then came across the gully. We failed to leam 

 whether the point was allowed or not, nor could we learn 

 whether Bob had- struck the scent before the order to cross 

 the gully was given. If the latter was the case he was 

 clearly entitled to the point, but otbers^ise he could not score. 

 Both dogs then cut loose and ranged so far that handlers, 

 judges and reporters, although spreading out and covering a 

 lot of groima, failed to keep track of them, and thej 



