Sept. 14, 1895.] 



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Tony Boy against Tory Dotlefc. 

 Tick Boy against Dixie's Flag. 



Final. 



Minnie T. against Tony Boy. 

 First, Minnie J. 

 Second, Jingo. 

 Third, Tony Boy. 

 Fourth, Tick Boy. 



This stake was for pointers and setters which had never 

 won first in an all-age stake in any recognized field trial 

 in America. Forfeit $10, $10 additional to fill. First $125, 

 second $100, third $75, fourth $50. 



Birds were vary scarce, so much so as to be discourag- 

 ing to the dogs. Such birds as were found were extremely 

 wild. The cover, too, was thin, which added to the diffi- 

 culty of point work, as the birds could see the dogs as they 

 approached. 



Minnie T. made a most finished competition and dis- 

 played great powers as a chicken dog. She ranged wide, 

 chose her ground with judgment, and handled her birds 

 with great skill, both in drawing after running birds and 

 pointing. Her work was finished in detail and skillfully 

 managed. She ranged very wide, but worked nicely to 

 the gun and was sweetly obedient. She was honest in 

 all her work, whether on point or back. 



Jingo and Tony Boy ran a very close race, the former 

 having a shade the better. Both were wide rangers, good 

 finders and quite skillful performers in every way. They 

 were lacking in the thorough knowledge and finish of the 

 winner. 



Tick Boy ran a good race, ranged wide and to the gun, 

 but his point work was marred by some errors. 



This stake was very accurately judged, Mr. Wells select- 

 ing the winners to a nicety. It will be noted that the 

 pointers and setters were equally represented in the 

 places, there being two of each. 



First Bound. 



Faustina— Tory Dotlet.— They were cast off at 3:35. 

 Faustina pointed; a lark was flushed close by. Moved on 

 and Faustina again pointed; nothing found. Next she 

 pointed upwind of a bevy, roaded and lost the trail. 

 Dotlet, down wind, got a point on the bevy. She pointed 

 a running bird. She dropped to a point, but failed to 

 locate the bird. Faustina next pointed a bird and Dotlet 

 took a long cast and flushed one. Next she pointed; 

 nothing found. Up at 4:08. Both ranged wide and fast, 

 Faustina the wider at first, Dotlet at the last. Neither 

 made much favorable showing on birds considering the 

 opportunities. 



Lady Mildred— Ightfield Musa. — They began at 4:12. 

 Musa, going down wind, flushed a single. Lady false 

 pointed. Musa flushed a single again. Both ranged well, 

 Lady the wider toward the latter part of the heat. Down 

 28 minutes. The work was ordinary. 



Lonsdale— Dixie's Flag— They were started at 4:41. 

 Dixie pointed; nothing found. Lonsdale dropped to a 

 flush made excusably across wind. He next made a 

 flush in thin grass. The wind was blowing stiffly and the 

 birds seemed wild. The cover was so light and thin that 

 a bird could see the dogs several yards away as they drew 

 near. Lonsdale roaded a single accurately and carefully, 

 but it flushed before he steadied to a final point. Lons- 

 dale was very skillful and careful in finding and locating 

 his birds, and though he exercised the greatest care and 

 showed full knowledge of how to work on birds, he met 

 with poor success. He was much the more skillful of the 

 two. Birds were very difficult to find. Dixie ranged 

 well and showed good speed, but he met with poor suc- 

 cess in finding. , 



Psyche— Roma.— They started at 5:25. Both made 

 game. Roma took a cast to hit off the trail and coming 

 back flushed two birds. Next Roma was roading a single 

 which flushed wild, and next she made a plump flush, 

 going up wind. Both were industrious and wide rangers. 

 Psyche did not succeed well in finding. Up at 6:07. 



Minnie T.— Lady Peg II.— Cast off at 6:11, Minnie im- 

 mediately took long, sweeping casts and covered a great 

 deal of ground at great speed. By hard and persevering 

 work she got two good points on single birds. Peg 

 backed. Birds were very scarce on the ground worked 

 during the heat. Up at 6:41. Minnie was by far the 

 better. Her work was clean and she ran without an error 

 in the point work. 



Comus— Plain Sam.— Off at 6:44. Soon Sam pointed a 

 single and was steady to shot. Comus pointed, moved on 

 and flushed a single. Sam ranged close and at moderate 

 speed. Comus was much the wider ranger. Sam pointed 

 a single and flushed. Next he found a bevy, flushed a 

 bird, movfcd on and flushed two or three at a time till the 

 . birds were all gone. 



WEDNESDAY. 



There was a decided change in the temperature, calling 

 for heavier clothing. A rain wind blew from the north- 

 west. Birds were found twice in plentiful numbers in a 

 small area, but the rest of the time but a bird or two were 

 found here and there after diligent search. All the dogs 

 showed good range. Toward noon the temperature was 

 much warmer. The work, owing to the scarcity of birds, 

 was very unsatisfactory as a matter of competition, since 

 there was little data on which to make decisions. 



Auld Clootie— Tony Boy.— They were cast off near 

 town at 7 :30. Clootie pointed and roaded, but failed to 

 locate. A single bird flushed wild about 60yds. away. 

 Tony pointed a bevy. The birds were followed and he 

 pointed them again. Tony next pointed a single 

 outlying bird. Clootie roaded to a point on a bird. Tony 

 backed. Tony pointed and roaded and the bird flushed 

 wild. The birds ran so much that it was difficult for the 

 dogs to secure a good point. Up at 8:06. Both dogs 

 ranged fairly well and the work on birds was above the 

 average. 



Selah— Dash Antonio. — They started at 8:11. Selah 

 pointed and roaded to a flush on a single bird across wind. 

 Next she flushed a single. Up at 8:41. Neither ranged 

 with judgment, though they covered a fair scope of 

 ground. Their work on birds was poor. 



Little Ned— Jingo.— They were cast off at 8:45. Ned 

 flushed two birds. Jingo pointed and roaded on a run- 

 ning bird. Ned roaded to a point on a single. Up at 9 :36. 

 Jmgo took very wide casts and covered a deal of ground, 

 which he beatout with judgment. His pace was fast and 

 ! well maintained throughout. Ned also ranged well and 

 with good judgment, though he did not take such great 

 .casts as did Jingo. Both showed skill in their bird work. 

 " Tick Boy— Cynosure.— Off at 9:42. Cynosure soon 



flushed and chased, but stopped to repeated orders and 

 received a severe ear pulling by way of admonition. 

 Next, Cynosure stopped to a flush. Tick pointed— proba- 

 bly on foot-scent, as it was near where birds were flushed. 

 He next took a long cast about a half mile away and 

 birds were seen to flush close by him. The dogs were 

 now widely separated. It was said that Tick Boy made 

 one good bevy point and five clean points on single birds. 

 In the meantime Cynosure pointed on a breaking and the 

 birds, 100yds. away, flushed wild. Cynosure pointed a 

 single. Tick flushed a single on stubble. Up at 10:17. 

 Tick had decidedly the better of the heat in every respect. 

 His range was wide and conducted with judgment. 



Gladiator II.— Anne of Abbottsford.— They started 

 at 10:23. Gladiator roaded down wind on a single, then 

 across wind to a flush. Anne roaded up wind about 

 150yds. to a point on a bevy, moved and the hevy flushed, 

 and she was a bit unsteady. Up at 11. Both showed 

 speed and fair range, but dwelt on scent at times. 



Patti— Petrel.— The heat began at 11 :02. Patti pointed 

 a bevy and moved, and the bevy flushed. Petrel going 

 up wind, pointed at the same time — foot-scent probably. 

 The birds were followed. Patti flushed a bird, then 

 dropped; she went on, another bird flushed; Patti roaded 

 and cime to a point at the same moment the bird flushed. 

 Both dogs took a long cast, and it was said Patti made a 

 point on two birds. Up at 11:20. Both ranged well and 

 showed good speed. 



The party then went to town to lunch. 



Second Bound. 



Nineteen were kept in the second round. Longer run- 

 ning in the first round would probably have developed 

 more decisive data in spotting, and thus would have en- 

 abled the judge to have greatly reduced the competitors. 

 Birds were found in greater numbers. This undoubtedly 

 was due to changing from the open prairie to a course 

 which skirted the wheat fields or was in their vicinity. 



Minnie T. — Modus. —They were started at 2 :29. Minnie 

 started with dash and soon pointed a bevy. The birds 

 were followed. She pointed another bevy. Modus, on 

 scattered birds, pointed one, and Minnie, coming up, in- 

 dependently pointed the same bird. Both were steady to 

 shot. Sent on, Modus stopped to a point at the same time 

 the bird flushed. Sent on, he flushed scattered birds. 

 Minnie next pointed scattered birds and Modus flushed 

 them. Next he flushed a single. Up at 2:46. Minnie 

 showed excellent capabilities and was the better in every 

 respect. Her judgment and execution on birds were ex- 

 cellent, as also was her range. 



Tony Boy— Selah.— They started at 2:52. Selah made 

 three points in succession, to which nothing was found. 

 Tony took wide casts and was going better than in his 

 previous heats. He pointed a bevy in stubble. The birds 

 were followed, they flying but a short distance. He again 

 pointed them. They were about half-grown and very 

 tame. Up at 3:11. Tony had much the better of the 

 heat. 



Dash Antonio— Auld Clootte.— They started at 3:15. 

 Soon Auld Clootie took a long cast out of sight, and it 

 was said was found on a point on birds later. Before she 

 was brought , back the heat was ended. Dash pointed 

 twice; nothing found. He pointed two birds and flushed 

 a single. To shot he was steady. He pottered some at 

 times. Up at 3:40. 



Ightfield Musa— Faustina. — The heat began at 3:43 

 and lasted 23 minutes. Musa made one point to which 

 there was nothing, and one doubtful one. Faustina made 

 one good point, one point which she did not hold steadily, 

 but moved on to get a better position and flushed, and two 

 more of the same kind which in a way were partially ex- 

 cusable as the birds were running. Up at 4:06. Both 

 ranged fairly well. Musa was slow on scent. Neither 

 showed high skill in beating out the ground. 



Tory Dotlet— Psyche.— Down 17 minutes, beginning 

 at 4:09. Tory pointed a single bird in stubble, Psyche re- 

 fusing to back, stole the point and the bird flushed when 

 she moved on. Psyche roaded a single bird well and Tory 

 crossing ahead flushed it. Tory pointed a single on stub- 

 ble. Psyche flushed one. Upata:26. Range fairly good; 

 Work on birds was inferior. 



Lonsdale— Roma.— They were cast off at 4:31. Both 

 soon pointed. Lonsdale had a single; he roaded, got up 

 wind of it and it flushed wild. He next pointed a bird 

 well and Roma backed. Roma pointed a single bird. 

 Lonsdale flushed a bird. Up at 4:52. Roma stopped often 

 on false scents. Lonsdale was industrious and used his 

 nose carefully, but made errors in his point work. 



Lady Mildred— Dixie's Flag. — They commenced at 

 4:55. Lady pointed a bird stylishly. Dixie pointed a 

 bird. Both were steady to shot. Lady pointed an out- 

 lying single, then pointed the bevy; the find, however, 

 was Dixie's. He was the wider and better ranger. 

 Lady's range was close to medium. The heat ended at 

 5:30. 



Little Ned— Gladiator.— Ned flushed a bird and 

 chased a while. Gladiator made game on a bird which 

 he flushed. He next flushed again. Next he pointed. 

 Ned refused to back. Both roaded down wind to an ex- 

 cusable flush. Each next made an excusable flush. 



Jingo— Tick Boy.— They started at 6:15. Tick made 

 three points to which nothing was found. Jingo took a 

 long cast. Returning he pointed some birds in stubble 

 and was steady to shot. Tick pointed and roaded; noth- 

 ing found. Moved on. About 80yds. apart on stubbie 

 both pointed the same bevy independently. Sent on, 

 Tick pointed some remaining birds. Jingo pointed a jack 

 rabbit; Tick refused to back and stole point. Jingo 

 pointed a bevy at the edge of an oatfield, and held his 

 point steadily. Up at 6:51. 



Cynosure had a bye. She was started at 6:56 and made 

 one point on a single bird. Next she pointed and noth- 

 ing was found. 



THURSDAY. 



The morning was warm and cloudy. Six dogs were 

 kept in for the third round. The work wa3 quite superior 

 as a whole. 



Minnie T.— Jingo started at 7:47. It was at once appar- 

 ent that a great brace of chicken dogs were at work. 

 Both ranged wide and fast, Minnie showing the most jugd- 

 ment in choosing her beat. Both worked well to the gun, 

 notwithstanding their great range. Minnie pointed a 

 lone bird nicely. Next both, about 200yds. apart, pointed 

 birds. Sent on, Minnie roaded carefully quite a distance, 

 and although careful, she misjudged and flushed. Jingo 

 roaded and pointed alternately quite a distance, but failed 



*o locate the bird. Up at 8:30. Speed, range and work 

 excellent. 



Tony Boy — Tory Dotlet.— It was evident from the 

 start at 8:32 that Tony had a great advantage in speed 

 and range. Tony took a long cast and pointed a small 

 bevy. Sent on, he took another cast, pointed, drew on 

 and a bird Hushed close ahead; he then held his point and 

 Rose flushed the rest of the bevy. Tory made two points 

 on singles. Tony Bjy then took long casts, beating out 

 much ground. He was lost for a while; when found he 

 was pointing birds. Up at 9:14. 



Tick Boy— Dixie's Flag.— Dixie pointed a bird and was 

 steady to shot. Tick took a long cast and pointed some 

 old birds on flax stubble. About 200yds. further at the 

 end of plowed ground he pointed a single bird. Both 

 ranged well, Tick the better on birds. Down at 9:17. Up 

 at 10:02. 



Minnie T.— Tony Boy.— They began at 10:30. Minnie 

 found and pointed a bevy. Next she pointed a bird which 

 she had marked down accurately, showing great wisdom. 

 In roading and drawing she feathered prettily. Tony 

 took a long cast and pointed some birds; Minnie corning 

 up pointed the same birds. Tony made a flush on a single, 

 and among some scattered birds, where he had a good op- 

 portunity, he was awkward and lost chances. Tony 

 pointed a single and Minnie backed honestly. Sent on. 

 In bushes Minnie pointed a single. Tony, a few yards 

 away from bushes, pointed or flushed a single, I could 

 not see which. Up a,t 10:54, and the club's trials were 

 ended. 



The judge announced the winners as follows: First, 

 Minnie T.; second, Jingo; third, Tony Boy; fourth, Tick 

 Boy. B. Waters, 



United States Field Trials. 



The U. S. F. T. Club's Winter Derby has 59 entries, 30 

 setters and 29 pointers, all whelped in 1894, no Irish nor 

 Gordon setters in the stake. 



setters. 



A vent & Thayer Kennels' b., w. and t. dog Touchstone, 

 b., w. and t. dog Patrician, b., w. and t. bitch Feu Follett 

 and J. and w. bitch Fleet's Pet. 



W. W. Titus's b., w. and t. dog Sam T. 



Thomas Bond's b. and w. bitch Mercedes. 



R. V. Fox's b., w. and t. bitch Accelerando and b., w. 

 and t. dog Forzando. 



Syd. Moore's b. , w. and t. bitch Gleam's Fanny. 



T. W. Scott's b., w. and t. dog Bob S. 



Blue Ridge Kennels' b,, w. and t. dog Domino. 



H. R. Edwards's b., w. and t. dog Harwick. 



Why te Bedford's b. , w. and t. bitch Little Wench. 



Manchester Kennel Co.'s b., w. and t. bitch Gleam's 

 Dart, b., w. and t. bitch Gleam's Ruth, b., w. and t. bitch 

 Gleam's Clip, b,, w. and t. dog Gleam's Count and b., w. 

 and t. bitch Gleam's Flight. 



C. L. Reierson's o. and w. bitch Bessie Gladstone. 



F. R. Hitchcock's 1. and w. dog Tory Fashion and b. , w. 

 and t. bitch Tory Celia. 



R. B. Morgan's b., w. and t. dog Bob Taylor. 



H. B. Ledbetter's b. , w. and t. dog Marie's Sport. 



P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. dog Claude, b., w. and 

 t. dog Arapahoe, b., w. and t. bitch Fanny L., b., w. and 

 t. dog Fred and b. , w. and t. bitch Colonna. 



B. V. Sudbury's b., w. and t. dog Conor. 



King Graphic Kennels' b. , w, and t. dog Rod's Boy. 

 pointers. 



Avent & Thayer Kennels' 1. and w. dog Ridgeview 

 Cash, 1. and w. bitch Duke's Lill and 1. andw. bitch Duke's 

 Jess. 



N. T. De Pauw's L and w. bitch Sister Sue. 

 Geo. A. Castleman's 1. and w. dog Leo. 

 J. B. Turner's 1. and w. bitch Abdallah Romp. 

 Chas. Cooledge's 1. and w. bitch Kentess and 1. and w. 

 dog Plato. 



J. B. Stoddard's b. and w. dog Tick's Kid. 



J. H. Johnson's (agent) b. and w. dog Rip Saw. 



H. R. Edwards's 1. and w. bitch Trilby. 



Adams & Thompson's 1. and w. dog Cracker Jack. 



J. L. Adams's 1. and w. bitch Blithely. 



W. A. Porter's 1. and w. bitch lone of Elgin. 



Louis McGrew's 1. and w. dog Pluck. 



H. T. Smith's 1. and w. bitch Lady Rush. 



G. Chisholm's 1. and w. dog Kent's Tribulation. 



H. K. Devereux's 1. and w. bitch Virginia. 

 Geo E. Gray's 1. and w. bitch Castaway. 

 W. N. Kerr's 1. and w. dog Legal Tender. 

 Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' 1. and w. dog Dowlah, b. 



and w. dog Nabob, o. and w. bitch India, 1. and w. dog 

 Amen, 1. and w. dog Wrestler and 1. and w. bitch Toxie. 



T. T. Ashford's 1. and w. bitch Hessie D. 



O. Totten's 1. and w. bitch Sappho. 



Thomas Bond's 1. and w. dog Morella. 



National Beagle Club of America. 



The field trial committee of the National Beagle Club of 

 America held a meeting on Monday afternoon, Sept. 9, in 

 the rooms of the A. K. C, 55 Liberty street, New York 

 City. The business before the committee was of some 

 length, being the arrangement of the programme for the 

 fifth annual trials of the club, to be held at Hempstead, 

 L I., on Nov. 11. Among other matters it was decided 

 that entries should close on Oct. 19, the committee meet- 

 ing again for the purpose of considering such entries on 

 Oct. 22. The programme as agreed upon by the com- 

 mittee will be given to the public in the course of a few 

 days. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



The comments of Forest and Stream concerning the 

 holding of a field trial by the Continental Field Trials 

 Club in Canada and the possible embarrassment with the 

 customs in taking dogs across the line from the United 

 States proved to be quite well founded. Many of the 

 handlers were subjected to a great deal of trouble in ful- 

 filling the exactions of the laws. Indeed, at first it was 

 a question whether the club could hold a trial in Canada. 

 That being decided in the affirmative, it was a question 

 whether a dog taken into the Dominion to run in 

 a United States trial was within the requirements of 

 the law which required that to be duty free a dog 

 must be brought in for competitive purposes, or for breed- 

 ing purposes. It is probable that owing to these obstacles 

 the club will not hold another trial in Canada. It must 

 not be inferred from this that the customs officers were 



