tfov. 23, 1695. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



46S 



FIELD TRIALS OF THE NATIONAL 

 BEAGLE CLUB. 



The National Beagle Club held its sixth annual field 

 trials at Hempstead, N. Y., Nov. 11-14. The trials were a 

 great success, and will go on record as the best in the 

 history of the club. During the week a number of ladies 

 followed the beagles, and among the gentlemen registered 

 at Roth's Hotel, the club headquarters, were C. Staley 

 Doub, Chas. W. Quynn, Richard T. Cramer, Frederick, 

 Md.; W. S. Clark, Linden, Mass.; Geo. F. Reed, Barton, 

 Vt. ; Thos. Shallcross, Providence, R. I. ; N. B. Baldwin, 

 East Orange, N. J. ; G. W. Appleton, G. W. Rogers, New 

 York, N.Y.; D. F. Summers, Thorndale, Pa.; Wm. Saxby, 

 Chas. Shoemaker, Ilion, N. Y.; L. H. Peters, Lenox, 

 Mass ; H. S. Joslin, Oxford, Mass.; F. H. Bolton, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y.: John Bateman, Gravesend Beach, N. Y. ; 

 G. B. Post, Jr., A. W. Post, Bernardsville, N. J.; H. F. 

 Schellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. D. Lewis, Hempstead, N. 

 Y. ; Horace Porter, Garden City, N. Y. ; A. C. Pickhardt, 

 Massapequa, N. Y. ; Bradford S. Turpin, Roxbury, Mass. 



The only drawback to the week's enjoyment was the 

 scarcity of game. Rabbits were hard to find, but when 

 found they ran well and furnished splendid sport. Many 

 of them left the scanty cover and made long races in the 

 open fields, giving all a perfect view of the chase. 



The judges were Chas, W. Quynn, of Frederick, Md. , 

 and Bradford S. Turpin, of Roxbury, Mass. Their de- 

 cisions met with general approval. 



The majority of the winners are already well known 

 from their previous records, but among these that were 

 honored for the first time are Triumph, Young Royal and 

 Talor. All three are good ones, and Triumph and Talor 

 showed great speed and excellent nose. 



The entries in all classes were called to fill on Monday 

 morning. The following were absent: A. C. Pickhardt's 

 Jester III., Walter Randall's Belle, W. S. Clark's Sun- 

 beam, Somerset Kennels' Marvel, C. J. Prouty's Becky 

 Bates, William Saxby's Bessie, George Laick's Laick's 

 Rattler, G. F. Reed's Spinaway R. and William Saxby's 

 Dime's Daisy. 



When the hounds were measured William Saxby's 

 Bessie was transferred to the 15in. class and D. F. Sum- 

 mers's Talor and Summers's Kit to the Derby. 



The drawing resulted as reported below. Immediately 

 after dinner the club left the hotel for the hunting 

 grounds, and succeeded in running off the 15in. class for 

 dogs. The field marshal was George F. Reed. 



All-Age Class for Dogs, 1 5 to 1 3in. 



First Series. 



Zeno— Snyder III.— The former was handled by Thos. 

 Shallcross and the latter by H. S. Joslin. Scent lay badly, 

 but the race was an interesting one. Both worked well, 

 but Zeno was the better hunter and a trifle faster than 

 Snyder. Much of the work was done in the open, giving 

 all an excellent chance to see the sport. Two sight 

 chases added to the interest. The heat was a close one, 

 without great advantage to either. Down 1 hour and 10 

 minutes. 



Spark R.— Zeno.— The former was the bye dog. He was 

 handled by George F. Reed, and Zeno was put down with 

 him. The race was an exciting one, and much of it took 

 place in the open fields. The rabbit was finally run down 

 and killed fairly on the ground. Zeno ran in splendid 

 form and showed speed, nose and hunting sense. He sur- 

 passed Spark, who did not run as well as at Oxford. 

 Down 31 minutes. 



Second Series. 



Spark R— Snyder III.— An uninteresting race. The 

 driving was slow. Snyder showed the better nose and de- 

 feated Spark. Down 31 minutes. 



The judges gave Z no first, Snyder III. second and 

 Spark R. third. 



SUMMARY. 



Hempstead, N. Y., Oct. ll.—All-Age class for dogs, 15 

 to 13in., that have not been placed first in any open class 

 at a field trial. Fee to run $10, of which $4 must be paid 

 at closing of entries. First prize $40. second $25 and 

 third $10. 



First Series. 



Zeno— Awashonk Kennels' b., w. and t. dog (Deacon 

 Tidd— Daisy), handler, Thomas Shallcross, 



with 



Snyder III.— H. S. Joslin's blue ticked dog (Synder II. 

 — Nancy), handler, owner. 



Spark R.— George F. Reed's b., w. and t. dog (Ken- 

 neally's Lee — Skip), handler, owner, a bye. 



Second Series. 

 Spark with Snyder III. 



Winners; Zeno first, Snyder III. second and Spark R. 

 third. * 



The running in the class for bitches, 15 to 13in., was 

 begun immediately. 



All-Age Class for Bitches, 1 5 to 13in. 



First Series. 



Ada B. — Lofra — The former was handled by N. A. 

 Baldwin and the latter by J. W. Appleton. They failed 

 to make a start and W6re taken up at dark. Down 37 

 minutes. 



The annual club meeting was held in the evening, Vice- 

 President J. W. Appleton presiding. The following 

 members were elected: C. M. Chapin, Bernardsville, N. 

 J.; J. Q. Bourne, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; L. H. Peters, Lenox, 

 Mass.; Wm. Saxby, Ilion, N. Y.; J. L. Kernochan, Hemp- 

 stead, N. Y.; F. B. Robinson, Port Jefferson, N. Y. 



The election of officers resulted in the choice of H. F. 

 Schellhass, president; J. W. Appleton, Geo. B. Post, Jr., 

 J. B. Lozier, vice-presidents; Geo. Laick, treasurer; G. W. 

 Rogejs, secretary; N. A. Baldwin, John Bateman, A. 

 Wright Post, executive committee. 



Tie club voted to select the official judges for bench 

 shows annually from the active members. The following 

 were elected for '96: W. S. Clark, Geo. Laick, G. F. Reed. 

 H. L, Schellhass, John Davidson, Jos. Lewis. Adjourned. 

 Tuesday. 



The day was clear and cold, with a northeast wind. 

 The 15in. claas for bitches, and one brace in the All-Age, 

 13in. class, was run off. 



Ada B.— Lufra— The scent was poor and there was no 

 steady driving. Both did some backtracking and made 

 many losses both in swamp and upland. Down 25 min- 

 utes.] 



Marguerite— Triumph.— The latter was handled by C. 

 Staley Doub and the former by W. S. Clark. Triumph 

 ran at a killing pace, driving evenly and well, and leav- 

 ing Marguerite far in the rear. Down half an hour. 



Bessie— Nell R. — Wm. Saxby handled Bessie and Geo. 

 F. Reed Nell R. Bessie was the better worker in the 

 search for game, but after the rabbit was up Nell was 

 superior in nose and in catching the losses. Down 1 hour 

 and 35 minutes. 



Lucy S.— Dime. — This brace were wide, rapid rangers, 

 and under little control. Lucy was in charge of D. F. 

 Summers and Dime of Wm. Saxby. Lucy was better 

 in nose and outfooted Dime when on game. Down 1 

 hour. 



Lunch was now served, and photographs of the party 

 and of the officers were then taken. 



Second Series. 



Triumph— Lucy S.— The race run by this brace was the 

 fastest and best yet seen in the trials. Triumph showed 

 the better nose and possessed greater speed than Lucy. 

 The rabbit saved his life by checking the beagles on a 

 plowed field. No faster race was ever run at a beagle 

 trial. Down 41 minutes. A splendid exhibition of nose 

 and speed. 



Dime— Nell R. — This race was dull and uninteresting 

 to a degree. Neither could lift a hot trail where the last 

 brace had carried their game without difficulty. Down 31 

 minutes. 



Third Series. 



Lucy S. — Nell R. — This heat was a formal one to com- 

 ply with the running rules. Down 5 minutes. No start 

 was made. 



The judges then awarded first prize to Triumph, second 

 to Lucy S. , and divided third between Nell R. and. Dime. 

 Bessie won the reserve. Cheers were given for Triumph 

 and her owner, whose win was a thoroughly popular 

 one. 



Winners — First, Triumph ; second, Lucy S. ; third, Nell 

 R. and Dime; reserve, Bessie. 



The running in the All- Age 13in. class was commenced 

 immediately. 



All-Age Class— 13in. and Under. 



First Series. 



Skip II. — Lola. Lee. — The handlers were George F. 

 Reed and W. S. Clark. Skip was frightened and refused 

 to hunt. Lola ran a beautiful race, driving steadily and 

 showing that she possessed an excellent nose and a sweet 

 voice. Down 20 minutes. 



Young Royal— Lola Lee.— The former was the bye 

 dog and was put down with Lola Lee. Royal was han- 

 dled by F. H. Bolton and showed himself a stylish, merry 

 worker. Lola started a crippled rabbit that went to earth 

 after a short run, and was the only rabbit that was put 

 into the ground during the trials. Further search for 

 game was unrewarded. Down 38 minutes. 



This closed the day's sport. 



Wednesday. 



A northeast wind and a cloudy sky. Ssent was bad 

 and the game seemed to have vanished from the face of 

 the earth. The morning's work was tedious, but in the 

 afternoon four races were run on one rabbit and the sport 

 was good. The Derby was commenced and the 13in. open 

 class was finished. Skip II, was withdrawn, as she was 

 sick. 



Young Royal— Lola Lee.— This was the most tiresome 

 heat of the trials. It was nearly three hours before a 

 start was made and then the rabbit was shot by some 

 local gunners before the hounds could be put on, How- 

 ever, they could do little with it. Roy backtracked a few 

 yards and Lola trailed an equal distance and lost. Later, 

 Roy made another start, but could not carry. Both showed 

 great powers of endurance. Down 2 hours and 50 minutes. 



The judges gave first to Lola Lee and second to Young 

 Royal. 



The Derby. 



First Series. 



Talor— Phcebus.— They were handled by D. F. Sum- 

 mers and J. W. Appleton. Talor showed great speed after 

 the rabbit was up and was a busy worker before the game 

 was found. Pheebus lacked experience and was left far 

 behind by his speedy rival. Down 2 hours and 45 minutes. 



Pisen— Jute II. — The former was handled by C. Staley 

 Doub and the latter by J. Q. Bourne. The greater part of 

 this run was in a weed field and in full view of the spec- 

 tators. The scent lay badly and the rabbit skulked in the 

 weeds. Pisen cast wildly when at a check and Jute was 

 inclined to potter. What little driving there was was 

 jerky. Down 30 minutes. 



Baronet— Summers's Kit. — W. S. Clark handled Baro- 

 net and Kit was in charge of D. F. Summers. The rabbit 

 was driven for a long distance in the open fields and then 

 back to the weeds. Both showed speed, but Baronet had 

 the better nose and was quicker on the turn. He had the 

 advantage in the heat, though Kit proved herself a good 

 one. Down 30 minutes. 



Second Series. 



Talor— Baronet— A rabbit was started by Baronet, 

 but, as Talor did not get into the chase on even terms 

 with him, the judges decided to give them another run 

 the next morning. Down 41 minutes. 



Thursday. 



Another cloudy morning, with the same northeast wind 

 that had been blowing all the week. The trials were 

 completed. 



Talor — Baronet. — These flyers ran a pretty race in a 

 thicket of scrub oaks and bull briers. Baronet winded a 

 rabbit and had a decided advantage in the race, showing 

 greater speed and a better nose and catching more turns. 

 Down 13 minutes. 



The judges awarded first prize to Baronet, second to 

 Talor, and reserve to Summer's Kit. 



There were no entries in the pack, brace or 15in. cham- 

 pion stake. The 13in. champion class had two entries. 



Champion Class— 13in. and Under. 

 Laddie— Spot R.— N. A. Baldwin and Geo. F. Reed 

 were the handlers. Two rabbitB were started during the 

 race and both were driven to a loss. Both beagles did 

 dashing work and the heat was one of the best of the trials. 

 Spot excelled in the care with which she hunted her 

 ground and in nose, but Laddie, was in the race from first 

 to last. Down 1 hour and 24 minutes. 



The judges gave first to Spot and second to Laddie. 



In the evening a club meeting was held, H. F. Schell- 

 hass in the chair. A. C. Pickhardt, Massapequa, N. Y., 

 and Horace Porter, Garden City, N. Y. , were elected to 

 membership. 



It was voted to give two special prizes of $10 each at 

 the New York show: one for the best dog and one for 

 the best bitch with a field trial record owned by a mem- 

 ber of the club. 



A futurity stake for future trials was proposed and 

 generally approved. Adjourned. 



A session of the field trial committee was held, H. F. 

 Schellhass presiding. 



A vote of thanks was passed to A. D. Lewis and Joshua 

 Barnum for the use of their land in running the trials, 

 anel to the field marshal and the judges. Adjourned. 



The special prize offered by Geo. F. Reed for the beagle 

 that best marked its game to earth by giving tongue was 

 not awarded. J. A. F. 



Field Trials at Newton. 



Nov. 15. — There is already a goodly gathering of field 

 trial supporters, stanch men whose names are familiar 

 with yearly regularity in connection with field trial com- 

 petition. There are here Messrs. Hitchcock, Meares, 

 Stafford, Avent, Costar, Hodgeman, Arnolt, Kidwell, Bell, 

 Bradley, Sturgis, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Phelps, Major Taylor, 

 and in town and within easy striking distance a number 

 of handlers. Mr. Edward Dexter was here a day or two 

 ago and is now absent for a day or two, returning later. 



At Washington, en route here, I had the pleasure of 

 meeting Mr. W. L, Bell and Major J. M. Taylor, also en 

 route to the field trials, and at Salisbury we met Mr. 

 Merriam and son, who were en route to western North 

 Carolina on a shooting trip. By mistake, their dogs were 

 carried on to Atlanta, thus forcing them to remain at 

 Salisbury two or three days awaiting their return. The 

 dogs having arrived, they continued their westward 

 journey. 



Birds are reported as being in fairly good numbers on 

 the Eastern Club's grounds, Mr. Hitchcock having, with 

 an assistant, found sixteen bevies in three hours one day 

 last week. Still, I think there will be many heats run in 

 which the work will be very light and the heats discour- 

 aging, from the few finds following the fruitless:; though 

 persistent effort. However, I will be highly pleased if 

 birds are found in abundance. 



The trainers are a unit in insisting that birds are scarce, 

 and as they have had experience during some weeks, day 

 in and day out, their statements should bear great 

 weight. 



Most outspoken dissatisfaction prevails over the act of 

 the Continental Field Trials Club in canceling its trials. 

 A number had prepared dogs for the Continental Club's 

 stakes, and they felt that it was treating them curtly and 

 unfairly to declare the event off without so much as say- 

 ing by y° ur leave. It moreover seems that, at its own 

 solicitation, the Continental had entered into a compact 

 with the Eastern to run its trials on the ground of the 

 latter, paying therefor one-half the rent. The United 

 States Club was an applicant at the same time for the 

 same privilege. On the assurance by the Continental 

 Club that it would hold a trial jointly with the Eastern, its 

 claims were recognized and its application accepted. 



Without any request or effort to be released from this 

 agreement, but ignoring it entirely, it declared its trials 

 off. 



There are several here who do not hesitate to openly 

 state that the action of the Continental was inspired not 

 so much by the scarcity of birds as by the fact that it was 

 bound to lose some money on account of the number of 

 entries being too few to "pay out," and therefore that 

 the scarcity of birds was but a pretext to avoid running 

 the trials at all, and also to avoid the loss of money. 



They hold the act as being most ungenerous in the face 

 of the fact, which is well known to all of them, that the 

 Continental made a great deal of money out of its chicken 

 trials, and was therefore in condition to stand the loss 

 which would be a consequence of running the quail 

 trials, 



The United States wavered, declared its trials off at 

 Newton, then, on the assurance of several club members 

 that they would stand good for a deficit of $400 or $500, 

 they reconsidered their action and decided to continue. 

 Under the circumstances of declaring the trials off with- 

 out sufficient reason, breaking faith with the Eastern 

 Club, avoiding a loss with plenty of money in their treas- 

 ury, etc. , the Continental Club at the present moment is 

 looked upon with unkind eyeB by the ones who were to 

 make its competition. 



Mr. H. B. Duryea, whose name is familiar to the sports- 

 men of America, more especially to field trialers, and 

 whose name also is a synonym of enthusiasm, fair play 

 and the highest sportsmanship, whether as a club mem- 

 ber, judge, competitor or spectator, will be missed from 

 the trials for a while — not long, let us hope — he having 

 recently married. If he realize but a fraction of the good 

 wishes which are bestowed upon him, life will be happy, 

 long and prosperous. 



The drawing for the Members' Stake took place to-night. 

 On the blackboard is the following legend: 



"The Eastern F. T. Club is here to stay, and we don't 

 give a Continental." 



After this follows the date of running the Members' 

 Stake and Derby, and the date of closing of entries. 



The Eastern Field Trials Club received the following 

 official notification on the 15th inst., the first it had con- 

 cerning the matter: 



"Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10, '95.— Mr. Washington A. 

 Coster, Sec y Eastern F. T. Club, Newton, A. C— Dear 

 Sir: Owing to the scarcity of birds at Newton this year, 

 the Advisory Board of the Continental F. T. Club has de- 

 clared its trials eff . Yours very truly, 



"P. T, Madison, Sec'y-Treas." 



There is much disapprobation in respect to the Conti- 

 nental Club's act in declaring off its trials. B. Waters. 



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