Oct. 19, 1895. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



843 



The Whippet Races. 



The whippet races of the Country Club were run at 

 Clyde Park, beginning on Oct. 9. The first event was: 



The National handicap, for does of any age, owned by members of 

 the Country and New England Kennel clubs. 



First Heat. 



. ... Weight, Start, 



Owner, name and finish order. lbs. yards. 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Flasher, 1 1414 20 



Hunnewell& Brooks, Sdow, 2 22^ 616 



J, Murrny Forbes, Spring, 3 I9U 1(H| 



Walter J. Oomstock, Paddy, 4 20}A %% 



Winner's time, 12 2 sS. 



Second Heat. 



Olirer Ames, 3d, AmeB Flyer, 1 14 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Spot, 2 22W eV2 



Walter J. Comstock, Tyrant, 3 '22 7 



Walter J. Comstock, Blackburn Billy, 4 28 1 



Winner's time, 12s. 



Final Beat. 



Name of whippet: 



Ames Flyer j 



Sport , ...,»>•! 2 



Ames Flasher ""' 3 



Snow .'.*.".','.". Scratched 



Winner s time, 12s. 



Brookline handicap, for bitches of any age, owned by members of 

 the Country and New England Kennel clubs. 



First Beat. 



. „ . „ Weight, Start, 



Owner, name and finish order. lbs. vards. 



Waller J, Comstock, Mary, 1 , 13 20 



HunDewell & Brooks, Zip, 2 , 22j£ 5X4 



Oliver Ames 2d, Ames Favorite, 3 15V£ 183| 



Winner's time, 11 4 6 3. 



Second Beat. 



Oliver Ames 2d, Ames Fashion, 1 21% 



Oscar W. Dormer, Streak, 2 21}^ ti^, 



Waiter J. Comstock, Nancy Hanks* , 15)4 13% 



Walter J. Comstock, Bella* 14^ 153? 



* Engaged in fight, did not finish. 



Winner's time, 12s. In this heat the winning whippet won with a 

 margin of about 10yds. 



Final Beat. 



Name of whippet: 



Mary 1 



Ames Fashion ,. " y 



.zip 3 



Streak 4 



' Winner's time, J l 4 5 s. 



The programme of the day's sports was carried out 

 under the direction of the following officials: 



Stewards, Edward Brooks, H. H. Hunnewell, Jr., O. 

 W. Donner, Winslow Clark, Allan Forbes, James E. 

 Green, Arthur R. Sharp, Robert F. Perkins, Oliver Ames 

 2d, James L. Little, Samuel Hammond, Jr., Arthur W. 

 Stedman and A. Hollis White; D. E.Loveland, clerk of 

 course; Frank F. Dole, handicapper and starter; Walter C. 

 Baylies, flag steward; James Mortimer, judge: Francis M. 

 Curtis, clerk of the scales. 



Second Day— Thursday, Oct. 10. 



The autumn handicap, for dogs of any age, $2 entry fee, with $ 100 

 added ; 50 per cent, to first, 25 per cent, to second, 15 per cent, to 

 third and 10 per cent to fourth. 



First Beat. 



j . Weight, Start, 



Owner, name and finish order. lbs. yds. 



amuef Ford, Buck, scratch 27 2' 



Samuel Berry, Turpin, 1 25% 3W 



Harry Mellor, Spider, 2 2a 7 



Winner's time, 12 2 f ,s. 



Second Beat. 



Walter .T. Comstock, Tyrant, 3 22 7 



Samuel Berry, Bendigo, 8 11% 



Oliver Ames 2d, Ames Flasher, 1 MV^, 20 



Winner's time, lS^s. 



Third Beat. 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Spot, 2 22^ 6U 



.Tames Connor, BlscR Eye, 3 , 19 11 



B.obert Bedford, Spring, 1 ]ltj 10 



Winner's time, 12' 6 s. 



Fourth Beat. 



Hunnewell & Brookp, Snow, 2 22U fiU 



J. Murray Borbes, Spring, did not finish 19y, 1034 



Samuel Berry, Tim Toddle. 1 14% 20 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Flyer, scratched 14 SI y> 



Winner's time, 12' s s. 



Final Beat. 



Name of whippet: 



Turpiu , 4 



Ames Flasher " "3 



Spring 3 



Tim Toddle 



Winner's time, 12s. 



The Country Club Handicap, for dogs and bitches of any age, owned 

 by members of the Country and New England Kennel clubs, gentry, 

 with $100 Cup added, Cup to first, entry tees to second. 



First Beat. 



Weight, Start, 



Owner, name and finish order. lbs. yds. 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Flasher, d, 1 14^> 20 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Snow, d, 2. , 2ati 614 



Walter J Comstock, Paddy, d. 3 20}Z fe% 



Winner's time, 12i fi s. 



Second Beat. 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Flyer, d, 1 , 14 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Spot, d, 2 ; 22j^ 



J. Murray Forbes, Spring, d, 3, igi^ 



Winner's time, 12 2 5 s. 



Third [Beat. 



Walter J. Comstock, Mary, b, 1 13 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Zip, b, 2 22X4 



Oliver Ames, Ames Favorite, b, 3 1534 



Winner's time, 12s. 



Fourth Beat. 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Fashion, b, 1 12X4 



Oscar W. Donner, Streak, b, 2 21xZ 



Winner's time, 12* 5 s. 



Final Beat. 



Ames Flyer, d 3 



Ames Fashion, b , a 



Mary, b 1 



Ames Flasher, d , 4 



Winner's time, 12s. 

 r Tliird Day— Friday, Oct 11. 



The Boston handicap, for bitches of any age, $2 entry, with $100 

 adaed, 50$ to first, 25% to second, lt% to third, and 10% to fourth: 

 Birst Beat. 



Weight, Start, 



Owner, name and finish order. ]bs. yarns. 



.Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Fashion, 1 1234 



"Hunnewell & Brooks, Zip, 2 2?Vi 



Harry Mellor, Nell, 3 \vl 



Winner's time, lS^s. 



Second Beat. 



■■Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Favorite, 1. , 1514 



j O. W. Donner, Streak, 2 , 21 X4 



I Winner's time, 13s. 



Final Beat. 



I Hunnewell & Brooks, Zip, 1 22^ 



Oliver Ames, 2d. Ames Fashion, 2 12j^ 



• Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Favorite, 3. 15j£ 



lO. W. Donner, Streak, 4 , 21V4 



I Winner's time, 12' 6 s. 



I I IThe Maiden Hanoicap, open to all, for dog and bitch puppies under 

 ll2montns. $2 entry, with $100 added; 50% to first, 25% to second IgS 

 I to third, and 10% to fourth. 



9M 

 1CM 



20 



5% 

 12% 



21% 



21% 

 13% 



13% 



ai a? 

 13% 



First and Final Beat. 



iW, J. Comstock, Fred, 2 nx4 



A, E Hoey, Whisper, 1 , I4i| 



Bamuel Jackson, Little Mary, 3 - 13 



P. H. Welch, Trilby, 4 '9 



Winner's time, 12« s s. 



Weight, Start, 

 lbs. yards. 



10J4 



20 

 34 



Fourth Day-Saturday, Oct. is. The Champion Stake. 

 The free-for-all handicap, for dogs and bitches of any age, $2 entry 



with $100 added; 50 per cent, to first, 25 per cent. 10 second, 15 per CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 



cent, to th.rd and 10 per cent, to fourth. waB g i ad to 8ee thafc excellent letter by Mr. Ed. Dexter 



First Beat. and M r. W. W. Titus in your issue of Sept. 2h Such an 



Owner, name and finish order. ibl ' yards' association as therein suggested might make an exhibi- 



Oliver Ames 2d, Ames Fashion, b., 1 12}^ 21% tion of what can be done with the highest class shooting 



ffiKwi,t^b"» 14H ^ 6og f thafc can be bred wheD trained to the utmost pitch of 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Zip, b., 4";;.'."";.'." 22}| 5X4 perfection. 



Winner's time, i2^s. 7B Good shooting dogs are what the public are after; not 



Oliver Ames, 2d, Ames Flyerf d!?'i * He °*' 14 fin* 2°f ^^T 6 ^ Professional handler to manage them , 



Samuei Berry, Turpin, d , 2 . . M Dut ones thac do their work without requiring cautioning 



Hunnewell & Brooks, Spot, d., 3 22& $4 or coaching of any kind. 



H Winner"°time P nT^'' di8( i ualifled '■ '■'■'■'■'•'•'■'■^ t Mr. Brailsford, whose thorough knowledge and vast ex- 



' Third Beat perience are unrivaled, evidently thinks that American 



Robert Red ford, Spring, d., l 16 16 do 8 a are not taught to range as well as they ought to be. 



SamueXfrV 2 Betd n ifn F d as s er ' d " 2 XS6 ?? v ^ us . c . onsider whether his opinion is correct, or if he is 



lamuel Ford! Buck" 'scratched: g» ^ on] y objecting to a system that differs from what he is ac- 



Wianer's time, I2^s. customed to. We know that there is a vast difference 



m- m fourth Beat. between American and English hunting grounds. No 



SSTWSSiS B 8SS^a !:: ^ 2 L th \^} is the be8t for thaf country, 



JamesConnor, BiackEye.d., 3 1 ...'.'.", , .'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.','.'.'.*;,';.' i 7i9 n nave we the best possible system for this one? It seems 



Oliver Ames. 2d, Ames Favorite, b., scratched .". .15^ 13% to me that we have two systems, a field trial system and 



Winner's time, isj£s. a shooting dog system. Field trial dogs as a class do not 



Thomas Shallcross, Jack, d., 1 18U 115/ hunt out the ground sufficiently thoroughly, but show 



J. Murray Forbes, Spring, d., 2 .*.". !"^\\\\""\\\7.i9jj5 10M what is called their "bird sense" by picking; out the most 



wmnert dme r ^4 Sn ° W ' d " di ^ ualifled m ^ likely places for game and missing the lets likely ones. 



' ' Final Beat. ^ 80 domg > no doubt they secure a greater number of 



Name of whippet: points in a given time than they would otherwise do, and 



TiTTod a d S ie' 0n I are in fact ^ he be8t sort of d °g 8 one can have > w hen we 



Ames Flyer'. '.'.'.'.v.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.".'.'.'.'.'. 3 have unlimited space and a horse to ride; but when we 



Spring ...I.. ............. V..V. '. .... V.'.'.V. "V. V.'.V. V.'. 4 have neither of these luxuries, I don't think most of us 



Jfl Win'ner's time "i"a V.'.V.'.'.'. 5 appreciate this sort of ranging. 



The "consolation handicap (post entries), for dogs and bitches of + i, Sho0t L ng d u S f' j S a C i a8S ' beat ou * their ground more 



any age not having won any of the above money, §& entry, with $75 thoroughly, but do not range sufficiently wide when 



added. they ought to. 



w. J. comstock's Paddy Beat ' 1 ■ Wonld ifc not be a good idea for this Field Trial Cham- 



Hunneweii& Brooks's Snovv'.'.V.V.V. V.'.V"" 2 pion Association to make a specialty of ranging, which 



}^^ y? I ^ ^ 1 1) ■v^,•••••o••„• .V..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".*.'.'.':";.'; 8 is the only weak point that our dogs have. It is only a 



^wSSSS^S* y 4 matter of mo T e careful trai ^g> a °d the result would be 



Second Beat. *hat the sporting public would no longer say "that they 



Berry's Bendigo t don't want to shoot over field trial dogs." On the con- 



cTmZl^%f r ani:::;::;:::::;;:;:r .-. Disauaiifled 2 tra ^> they T u \ d f S0 T B nd 5 ufc that they are the mmt 



Winner's time, 13s. wisquaiifled satisfactory kind of shooting dog. 



Final Beat. If the field trial dog has any other weakness besides 



Fortes's SprTng y I that of not ™vg'™S properly, it is want of stamina; so I 



Hunnewell & Brooks's Snow;'.;;'.;".'.',".'.; .', 3 would suggest that all the first heats should be for 



Berry's Betdigo '.','.' .'.'.'.'.'.' .' .7.7.7.7." .'.'.'""' 4 four hours, and the subsequent heats no longer than 



Winner's time, jgga. the judges think necessary. 



Vaerant Nell 1 contend tha t ranging is the most important part of a 



Editor Forest and Stream- ' og ' 8 education » aQ d requires far more time and skill than 



ing and lovable animal; but she was a natural born run a- ■ 



way, and kept me always guessing— when out of sight— _ 



as to her whereabouts. A Work on Retrieving. 



™™ot leat 5 tW ° 1 occa8io ° 8 8h e was stolen during her Fetch and Carry, a Treatise on Eetrieving, by B. 



wT^ovS^flr 101 " 6 h l S V? ^ Wlt T aS 6ach Watere > ia ^tended to cover the full scope of retrieving 



rZ fZT^! i 6 , WaS ab ° Ut t0 b6 b ^ ber u , ca P" from the first attempts of the dog as a pupil to the moil 



ZA Z»r £™?Sif? I SaV6 W0 " y an u d fU , tUre ?° uble ' , a fini8hed work t0 the S un on land or water. It treats th« 



wSri ^ ™n «t el Chai n W f ? ur ° h 1 a8ed and 8e P urel y subject as a distinct accomplishment, which it really is, 



™« J -f* 7. ell - fitt 1 mg Tu ar i J f ° r be u fc ^ n °T that thou % h and D0fc a mere incidental branch of the finding dog's edu 



C S finS a ° d head as in bod y> 8he could f ree cation. The two systems in use, the natural method and 



A f^TJ S 7 fitt, °g c o. llar - , - u n , the force system, are minutely described, and it is shown 



A collar and chain were her disgust, and she would when that these systems when properly app ied are largely 



?™ Sfl a pl - ay f sp , e11 m the ?"? S 0me , and complementary to each other P Instruc fons ^are given 



w« II 1%?' k • m . aCt ° ne ,° f th ^ family ' t0 on fche manner of h a ndling broken retrievers, and on the . 



« ™«5f »«^« .w 360 * ^T7 ed ;u at l6aSt , f °5u- a tim ^ manner of handling two retrievers at one ime so that 



n? Zl Till P -T 6 d ° take * b f se thl °gf off they will not interfere with each other. Many hints are 



nic^ladv mZZ tr, ^wSf" comfortable nor P rett y for a given to the amateur for his own self-discipline, which 



AnKw iTJ 6 to wear. will greatly add to his success in training, and the self-re- 



And when her wishes were complied with her 3 oy was etraint inculcated will be of service to him in any calling 



excessive and evinced by kisses, licking the hands and all in life. Many incidental features of retrieving in con? 



D oyful canine antics and vocal expressions possible. junction with the finding of birds are fluj Seated 



Bu ^a .constant ; watch was indispensable, for if allowed J an d the advantages and disadvantages of having 



out of sight but for an instant she was off with the speed one dog do the work of finding and^ retrieving ar! 



«1I h^^-^'-^ ^ 0011 ! 1 * 1 oa J culate wither; for with specially explained. There is no more imp^rtan? 



all her beauty and natural goodness she was like many part of a dog's work to the gun than is retrieving 



V TlnZ ^ J / 1 * 1 ' a bo f rn t 7 a g rant - .„ t . whether the shooter is a6eld fof pleasure or ^Sflt, 2S 



I come now to one of the curious manifestations of there is no part which as a rule shows such unskillful 



St °£Z*' beaut i ful ?T m l T 6Vening ' 1 trainin g and as a natu ral consequence such slovenly 



sat on the garden side veranda of the house, my office performance. The work contains seventeen chapters, 



h&'J fw.S.S r I T al t r ^ tu ™ed, and as Sn the following subjects: The Amateur Trainer, The Im- 



he led her up the walk from the gate she broke away and pnrtanee of Rstrieving, The Natural Retriever, The EJu- 



rushed up to me with almost frantic manifestations of cated Retrieyer, Implements and Commands, The Natural 



3 °^L a ^° Ugh 1 6 had ^ ft me J ° n y a half hour before Method, The Force System, Seeking Dead and Wounded 



with Otto at the opposite end of her chain as her cus- Birds, Incidental Training, Wildfowl Retrieving, The 



n^' ™™^ri +1, + a • 4-u • „ ^ , * , Irish Wa *er Spaniel, The Chesapeake Bay Dog, Handling 



Otto reported that during their walk she had been Retrievers, English Retrievers (by Capt. C. E. McMurdo) 



unusually restive trying repeatedly to get away and Qualities of the Retriever, The Finder Retriever and The 



once succeeding, leading him a merry chase before re- Dag's Mentality. The work is written in plain and simple 



capture. style, the aim of the author being to convey as much in- 



bo amid her supplications I said: "Nell, you have been formation in as small space as possible. The qualities of 



a very bad girl, so your chain cannot be removed, but you a high-class retriever are fully described, the manner of 



may play m the back yard with it on if you like." Com- inculcating the accomplishment is minutely explained 



prehendmg, perhaps more from the look of severity on my the faults of the amateur trainer are frankly told, and the 



face than from my words, the condition of my mind, she qualities which he should cultivate in himself as a trainer 



with evident signs of chagrin quietly betook herself out are pointed out, and besides being clearly told how to 



some lfi.lt. away. teach the dog this and that part, he is also told the reasons 



Having nothing in particular to engage me, I watched for it. In short, it covers the whole theory and practice 



her as a leisurely smoked my after-dinner cigar. of the art. It is neatly bound in cloth, is illustrated , and 



Soon I noticed (it was just in the dusk of the evening, a contains 124 pages. Price $1.50, postpaid. For sale by 



time suited to what was happening) that she was busily Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 318 Broadway, 



engaged at the border of one of the flower beds in scrap- New York. w*"w«*jr, 



ing together perhaps a pile of dirt. 



Cautiously making my way— for my curiosity was up — 



near enough to see what she was doing, I saw a curious Providence Show. 



Si fi? ' nS?«£ t 6 ^ T aS 8 \ e engaged th f 1 d l rew ? ery near ' Wilmington, Del., Oct. ll.-Editor Forest and Stream- 



near enough to put my hand on her but she paid not the I notice in your issue of Oct. 5, containing report oft?e 



slightest attention to my presence. She had gathered the recent Providence bench show, your renter mentions 



chain into a neat little pile and was m the act of burying Mr Geo Thomas's fox-terrior Snin^Pr I« rhl J?„„„ I 



it with loose dirt from the border of the flower bed. Wit? Toronto." I bereave to reter ^report of Toronto show 



w WOT tZ'cZZ the ^f** where my imported bitch Wawase P t ^cy won first In 



ShrreachTnJ to?ne cofla^ d ™^ d ^ *° few open and novice classes. Jambs Lrrzs Belt." 1 



For a moment she seemed to note if her work was well 



done, and then with a glad bound she broke away, suppos- w . . . 



ing tnat the hated chain had bpen buried beyond resur- Wewburgh Show. 



rection. But lo! the hated object still clung to her, and I Sparrow's Roost, Newbtjbgh, N. Y Oct 11— Editor 



shall never forget the look of pathetic disgust that man- Forest and Stream: In your report of the Newbursh do£ 



tied her face and eyes as she slunk away to her favorite show, special mention is made that thpre were no noodlpf 



place on the porch. present. I beg to say that I was given first prize for a 



Poor Nell finally paid the penalty of her vagrant mcli- black French poodle, Diavolo, by Cidi (challenge) out o£ 



nations, as some dog thief evidently captured her. Snowball, winner of four prizes in larger shows 



Dr, Dennis, e , Nealb b ABKERi 



