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one of extraordinary noisy handling. Druid had a decided 

 advantage in every respect. 



Jingo and Joyful were cast off at 3:56. The handlers 

 flushed a bevy and marked it down in open woods. Going 

 down wind Joyful made three flushes on singles. Jingo 

 pointed, then roaded; nothing found. Joyful pointed; 

 nothing found. Jingo made a good point on a single in 

 briers. Joyful pointed a bird well and Jingo backed. 

 Joyful made a good point on a single. Sent on. Jingo 

 roaded down wind at the edge of a cornfield to a flush on 

 a bevy. An attempt was made to work on the scattered 

 birds in a very bad place, with unsatisfactory results. 

 Jingo had a decided advantage in every part of the work. 

 Up at 4:56. 



Cynosure and Harold Skimpole ran a most unsatis- 

 factory heat, beginning at 4:59. Soon after they started 

 they were quite a distance away when two bevies were 

 seen to rise on the top of a hill near where the dogs were. 

 While it could not be absolutely proven, it appeared as if 

 Cynosure flushed them. Next Harold was lost for a few 

 minutes, he working out of range. Harold made a point 

 cn some of the scattered birds, Cynosure securing a point 

 on a single, which she then flushed. Sent on. Next, 

 quite a distance away, Harold pointed a bevy and Cyno- 

 sure backed. The heat was decidedly a poor one consid- 

 ering the opportunities and the merit of the dogs. Work 

 ended at dark. 



Wednesday. 



Rain in the night and a lower temperature decidedly 

 improved the conditions for work. Heavy clouds gave 

 threatening indications of a storm, but gradually the sky 

 cleared and there was sunshine without warmth, a cold, 

 raw wind blowing steadily from between north and west 

 all day. The ladies pluckily braved the unpleasant 

 weather and remained out all day. The work was quite 

 good, and the birds were sufficiently numerous for a good 

 competition. 



Tippoo and Rancocas Belle began at 8:53. The work 

 on birds was begun by Belle, she pointing a bevy and was 

 steady to shot. The scattered birds were followed. They 

 were in a narrow line of cover. Belle pointed them. At 

 the same time Tippoo took a cast off to one side and 

 pointed a bevy. Both ranged well and with speed and 

 judgment. Up at 9:34. 



Paloma and Joe Bowers were started at 9 :38. Paloma 

 pointed a bevy on a side hill in weeds. Sent on, Joe 

 found a bevy in corn and pointed it well ; Paloma backed ; 

 both were steady to shot. Sent on, Joe found another 

 bevy and pointed it. He was held some minutes on point 

 while Paloma was brought up to back, which she did 

 voluntarily and well. In the meantime the birds had 

 probably run, for both dogs began roading and Paloma 

 reached the birds first and pointed them, though the credit 

 of the find was Joe's. Up at 10:33. Both showed good 

 range and speed. 



Tory Dotlet and Lady Mildred were cast off at 10:38. 

 Tory began bird work by bringing in a badly mutilated 

 domestic chicken. Sent on, Tory pointed in woods and 

 Lady backed; nothing found. Next Lady pointed a bevy 

 and was steady to shot. The handlers were unnecessarily 

 keeping wide apart and were cautioned that they must 

 keep together. The birds were followed. Tory pointed ; 

 nothing found. Lady at the same time pointed a single 

 at the moment it flushed. Lady next pointed two singles 

 well and Tory pointed one. Tory pointed; nothing 

 found. Up at 11:32. Lady had much the better of the 

 heat. 



Rod's Top and Revenue began at 11:39. Both dogs 

 were out of sight in woods for a few moments. As one 

 of the judges came near to them he saw birds flying, and 

 Revenue had dropped, while Rod was running riot. Sent 

 on, Rod pointed; nothing found. Sent on. Next in the 

 open, Rod dropped to a point, broke in and flushed, stopped 

 to order and his handier flushed more birds ahead of 

 him. The birds were marked down a short distance away 

 in the open. Avent got his dog and secured a point on 

 them, though that kind of work possessed no special 

 merit further than to show the dog would point. Revenue 

 backed stanchly. Up at 12:29. Both ran well, Revenue 

 the better. 



The party then went to lunch. 



Minnie T. and Gleam's Pink, were cast off at 1:11. 

 Minnie was lost for a few minutes. Pink found a bevy, 

 pointed it well, though in poor style, and was steady to 

 shot. Sent on, Minnie pointed a single bird in thick 

 briers, a rather difficult piece of work. About fifty yards 

 further on Pink pointed and Minnie backed; nothing 

 found. Minnie pointed in the open and roaded at the 

 same time. Pink dropped to a point at the edge of woods 

 about fifty or sixty yards from Minnie. The birds had 

 run and the dogs followed the scent about in the wrong 

 direction, and sent on to take a new search for other 

 birds, one of the handlers walked the bevy up. Up at 

 2:06. Gleam's Pink showed good judgment and fairly 

 good range and a knowledge of work. Minnie did not 

 work up to her capabilities, or rather she did not get 

 properly in touch with the grounds. She showed excel- 

 lent speed and powers of range. 



Tony Boy ran a bye, beginning at 2:09 and running 47 

 minutes. His range and speed were very pleasing, 

 covering the ground well and with judgment. He 

 pointed a bevy and on the scattered birds made a 

 sharp point, stopping while going at speed. His run was 

 a very pleasing exhibition of good bird work, yet it is but 

 fair to mention that a dog running alone has special 

 advantages, since there is no competitor to take the 

 work away from him or to mar it. 



Third Series. 



In this round there were eight dogs retained in the 

 competition. 



Jingo and Cynosure started at 3:49, the judges having 

 consulted about 40 minutes. Soon Jingo pointed a bevy 

 and was steady to shot. Sent on, Cynosure pointed a 

 bevy and Jingo backed well; steady to shot. Cynosure 

 pointed on open stubble, drew about and pointed again, 

 then abandoned the trail and was sent on, her handler 

 not seeming to have confidence in the point, yet near 

 where she made it a bevy was afterward flushed by the 

 horsemen. Up at 4:15. Jingo was the better ranger and 

 worker on birds. 



Harold Skimpole and Tippoo started at 4:23, and of 

 the former it is proper to say that the work and inferences 

 therefrom in his first heat were set in a far better light by 

 this heat. Tippoo pointed, then roaded, and some horse- 

 men crossing the trail disturbed the birds. One or two 

 were seen to rise, then settle again. Tippoo settled on the 



trail and roaded accurately to them, but was unfortunate 

 in the result. He stopped just as they flushed, but 

 whether in time to save himself from a flush or not it 

 was difficult to determine. In any event he was entitled 

 to much consideration. In corn Harold pointed a bevy 

 well and was most stanchly backed by Tippoo; both 

 were steady to shot and the performance was most pleas- 

 ing and finished. On the scattered birds Tippoo pointed 

 one and was well backed by Harold, Tippoo finished up 

 the work by pointing a single. Up at 5:05, and the com- 

 petition ended for the day. 



Thursday. 



The morning was frosty and clear. Ice had formed 

 during the night. There was not the slightest breezs 

 blowing. Every sound could be heard with weird dis- 

 tinctness. As the sun mounted higher the rime of the 

 frost dissipated, drops of water hung from every spear of 

 grass and every leaf, and later the moisture evaporated. 

 The weather then was warmer, but still the day was most 

 favorable for good work on birds. 



Minnie T. and Tony Boy were the first brace down. 

 They started at 8:58. Minnie pointed a bevy in woods at 

 the moment it flushed. Several said it was a flush; others 

 said it was a safe point. Tony pointed nicely in corn. 

 He had a bevy, but marred the point by a lack of stanch- 

 ness, for he moved on and flushed the birds. They were 

 followed into woods. Tony pointed a single and was 

 steady to shot. Tony stopped to a flush on a single out- 

 lying bird, then steadied and pointed the rest of the 

 bevy. Up at 9 :46. The heat was not particularly notice- 

 able for ranging with judgment, and the work on birds 

 was rather inferior, although both showed speed and 

 needed no urging to keep out at work. 



Gleam's Pink and Rod's Top started at 9:51. Rod 

 pointed a bevy in Open and Pink backed; Rod was steady 

 to order. Next Rod pointed; Pink backed; nothing 

 found. Next Pink pointed and moved on, and a single 

 flushed. Sent on, Rod pointed a single. Up at 10:20. 

 The heat was inferior. 



Revenue and Tick Boy at 10:26 were cast off. Tick 

 made an excellent find and point on a bevy in the open. 

 The birds were followed into a pine thicket, where Tick 

 pointed a single. Revenue pointed and nothing was 

 found. Next Tick pointed a single accurately, and it ran 

 into a small tree top, aEd Tick seeing it showed a disposi- 

 tion to catch it, as any live dog would do under the cir- 

 cumstances. Sent on, Tick pointed a bevy in the open, 

 locating it skillfully; a good piece of work. Up at 11:01. 

 Tick ran an excellent working heat, dashing and useless 

 range in the horizon being absent, but a proper range and 

 good bird work being present. 



Sandford Druid and Rancocas Belle started at 

 11:05. Druid pointed a bevy and marred a good piece of 

 work by pressing forward and flushing the birds. The 

 birds were followed into woods. Belle pointed some 

 scattered birds, and next she made two good points on 

 single birds, and Druid backed. Next Druid pointed a 

 single. Up at 11:38. Both dogs showed a great deal of 

 merit, but their work was not . of the sustained quality 

 required in a keen competition. 



The running was suspended while lunch was served. 

 The judges announced that Jingo and Harold Skimpole, 

 and Tippoo and Tick Boy would run together, and that 

 Cynosure and Tony Boy would be held in reserve. 



Third Series. 



Jingo and Harold Skimpole started at 12:46. The 

 dogs suon became separated. Jingo, ranging in a corn- 

 field in bottom, caught scent, drew into a ditch, and 

 about 200yds. away was lost to sight during some 

 moments. A bevy flushed near the place where he dis- 

 appeared. He was found behaving well, and the pre- 

 sumption is that the bevy flushed wild. In the meantime 

 Harold was making casts outside of bounds, as he was 

 working entirely too far from the gun. He was making 

 game in corn when Jingo, down wind further — about 

 30yds. — pointed the bevy and was steady to shot. Har- 

 old flushed a single, and next he pointed a single and was 

 steady to shot. Sent on, Jingo found and pointed a bevy, 

 and next he pointed a single. Up at 1 :40. 



Tippoo and Tick Boy started at 1:56. Tick roaded to a 

 point on a bevy at the same time Tippoo was making 

 game on it. Both secured a point, the bulk of the credit 

 being Tick's. Tippoo flushed a bevy, stopped and pointed 

 and a single remaining bird was flushed. Up at 2:30. 

 Tick showed greater judgment and bird sense m the heat, 



The judges soon announced the winners as follows: 

 First, Jingo; second, Harold Skimpole; third, divided be- 

 tween Tony Boy and Tippoo. 



' The Subscription Stake. 



This stake was open to all setters and pointers. To first, 

 $300; to second, $150; to third, $50. Subscription, $50, 

 payable Oct. 1, 1895. A subscription entitled the owner 

 to start any dog he pleased, whether it was his own 

 property or not. It is transferable to any person not 

 objectionable to the club. The first round to consist of 

 two-hour heats, afterward the running was at the dis- 

 cretion of the judges. 



In this stake were eight starters, namely: Charlottesville 

 Field Trial Kennels' pointer dog Tippoo (Rip Rap— Mon- 

 terey), handled by C. E. Buckle, with N. T. Harris's setter 

 bitch Cynosure. 



Charlottesville FieM Trial Kennels' pointer dog Delhi 

 (Rip Rap— Queen III.), C. E. Buckle, handler, with Man- 

 chester Kennel Co.'s setter dog Gleam's Pink (Vanguard — 

 Georgia Belle), N. B. Nesbitt, handler. 



N. T. Harris's setter dog Tony Boy (Antonio— Laun- 

 dress), D. E. Rose, handler, with N. T. DePauw's pointer 

 dog Jingo. 



W. W. Titus's setter bitch Minnie T. , owner, handler, 

 with Avent & Thayer's setter dog Topsy's Rod, J. M. 

 Avent, handler. 



Minnie T., winner of first, came into her hunting form 

 in this stake, entirely dissipating the unfavorable impres- 

 sion made in the All- Age Stake. Her work was accurate 

 and intelligent. She worked diligently, showed a good 

 range, was successful in finding, and was strong in her 

 point work on bevies and singles. 



Jingo was a good second, but he was not working up to 

 his best form. He was industrious and ran a good race. 



Third place was most difficult to determine, as the work 

 of all except that of Minnie T. and Jingo was very faulty. 

 Tony Boy was on the whole the best candidate for third, 

 and he won, 



Fri'day. 



The morning was much like that of the preceding day 

 — cool, calm and frosty. The heat of the sun soon dis- 

 pelled the frost, and the day was warm. Birds were hard 

 to find in the forenoon. In the afternoon they were in 

 sufficient numbers, though in the forenoon the grounds 

 were less favorable. 



First Series. 



Tippoo and Cynosure started at 8 :01 . A bevy was seen 

 to flush, but the dog which was in fault was unknown. 

 On the scattered birds Cynosure made a point on a single 

 in woods. Next she pointed, roaded and Htopped to a 

 flush. Next she pointed a single. At this time the dogs 

 were separated. Tippoo flushed a single. Next Cynosure 

 pointed a bevy and was steady to shot. The birds were 

 followed. She next pointed a single. At the end of the 

 two hours she had much the better of the heat, although 

 her work was faulty and she reqired much coaching. 

 The grounds were unfavorable, and although Tippoo 

 worked with fair diligence, he seemed to be in poor luck. 



Delhi and Gleam's Pink started at 10:09. Delhi 

 pointed and Pink backed; nothing found. Sent on. 

 After awhile a couple of quail were seen feeding. After 

 awhile the dogs were worked back to them. Pink flushed 

 them and dropped to wing. Sent on, Pink flushed a 

 bevy and Delhi backed. The birds were in cane in a 

 ditch and very hard to flush. Sent on, Pink pointed and 

 there was nothing found. Delhi next pointed a bevy and 

 behaved well to shot. Pink fell off greatly in his work 

 toward the last of the heat. 



This completed the forenoon's work. Lunch was next 

 in order and about an hour's rest was taken. 



Tony Boy and Jingo were cast off at 1:00. Jingo 

 pointed, roaded and located and pointed a bevy, and on 

 the scattered birds he made five points, the dogs being 

 separated at the time. Tony pointed a bevy on a side hill 

 at the edge of woods and it flushed wild a moment later. 

 The birds were followed into woods. Jingo pointed twice 

 and Tony backed. Next in open Tony pointed a bevy and 

 Jingo backed. Next Jingo pointed; nothing found. 

 Next Jingo was lost, and when found was on point on a 

 bevy. In the meantime Tony pointed a small bevy. 

 Both were steady to shot. Both maintained their speed 

 and range to the end of the heat and manifested no 

 fatigue or loss of interest in the work. Jingo's work and 

 his manner of searching were superior. 



Minnie T. and Topsy's Rod started at 3:04. Rod 

 ran a very poor heat and Minnie ran a very good one. 

 She found four bevies well, one of which Rod pointed 

 after passing her point and joining in it, then abandon- 

 ing it and going on. She pointed also a single bird 

 and flushed one. Rod pointed one bevy, three singles, 

 four points to which nothing was found, and one point on 

 tame chickens. A.bout a minute after the heat was ended 

 Minnie pointed another bevy. Rod was tired some min- 

 utes before the heat ended, and had greatly shortened his 

 range ; Minnie at a later time also showed some signs of 

 being tired, though she kept at work. 



Saturday. 



The weather was uncomfortably warm, far too warm 

 for the best bird work. The work in part was good not- 

 withstanding. 



Delhi and Tony Boy started at 9:05. On some scat- 

 tered birds of a bevy flushed by one of the handlers, Tony 

 pointed a single and was not perfectly stanch. Tony 

 next pointed a bevy and made some very slobbery work 

 on the scattered birds, flushing repeatedly. Delhi made 

 three points on singles, and Tony pointed another bevy, 

 pointed a single and flushed one. Both ranged well, Tony 

 the better. Delhi's point work was light considering the 

 number of opportunities, and Tony's was mixed, good 

 and poor, Up at 10:07, 



Jingo and Minnie were cast off at 10:15. Minnie out- 

 found and outworked Jingo, the latter, however, not 

 working up to his best form. Minnie pointed a bevy and 

 Jingo backed. On the scattered birds Minnie pointed 

 twice, showing accuracy and care in her efforts. Jingo 

 made one point on a single. Minnie next found and 

 pointed' a bevy in open weeds, and made a point on a 

 single. Up at 11:05. Minnie's speed and range were 

 fairly well sustained, and she showed excellent skill in 

 bird work, 



Gleam's Pink and Topsy's Rod, which were ordered to 

 be held in reserve, were started at 11:11. Pink pointed a 

 bevy and was steady to shot. Rod pointed a marked bird 

 at the edge of the cane, but the cover was so dense that 

 it was impossible to flush the bird. Pink next pointed a 

 single in the open. Sent on, some birds were flushed in 

 a corn bottom, but it was impossible to determine the 

 work. Up at 12 M. 



The judges announced the winners as follows: First, 

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



Boston Terrier Specials. 



Boston, Nov. 18.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 Boston Terrier Club beg to advise you that they have 

 voted the following special prizes lor the Westminster 

 Kennel Club bench show in February, 1896: $10 for best 

 dog or bitch, open to all; $10 for best dog or bitch, bred 

 and owned by the exhibitor, open to all; $10 for best dog, 

 $10 for best bitch, and $10 for best puppy, open to club 

 members only. 



The club also expect to offer two $100 silver cups for 

 competition, open to club members only, one for best dog 

 or bitch in show, and the other for a breeders' cup. The 

 club also voted unanimously to recommend the name of 

 Mr. Walter C. Hook for judge of the Boston terriers at 

 this show, and the Westminster Kennel Club have ac- 

 cepted our recommendation and have appointed Mr. Hook 

 as judge for these dogs. 



We expect a record entry of these dogs in New York 

 next February. Frederick G. Davis, Sec'y. 



United States Field Trials. 



Newton, N. C, Nov. 16. — At a meeting held on Satur- 

 day evening, Nov. 16, the Eastern Field Trials Club con- 

 sented to exchange courtesies with the United States 

 Field Trials Club by each running on the other's grounds 

 as would best conduce to the success of the running. Mr. 

 S. C. Bradley and Dr. J, S. Brown were admitted to 

 membership. Waters. 



