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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 22, 1888. 



ance, These two were Rose's Point and Barney's Galatea. 

 The drawing resulted; 



Point— L. J. Rose's lemon and white pointer dog (Vande- 

 vort's Don — Drab) 



against 



HAROLD— Calif ornia Kennels' orange helton English setter 

 dog (Gath— Gem). 



Rip— C. L. Ecklon's red setter dog (Count Rouge— Queen) 



against 



Solano B.— H. A. Bassford's liver and white pointer dog 

 (Glen R,— Josie Bow). 



GALATEA— J. M. Barney's liver and white pointer hitch 

 (Utck of Naso— Temptation) 



nqainsl 



Royal Dukm II.— J. G. Edwards's hlaek, white and tan 

 setter dog (Regent— Dolly). 



FEAIL— J. M. Basstord, Jr.'s liver and white pointer dog 

 (V andevort's Don— Bassford's Queen), a hye. 



First Series. 



HAROLD AND POINT 

 were started at 9:35 on Thursday morning, the former han- 

 dled hy Judge Post and the latter by Allender. Harold is a 

 very handsome type of the modern English setter, and is 

 said by those who have seen his sire, the celebrated Gath, to 

 greatly resemble him. He is a speedy dog, shows excellent 

 judgment in lumtiijo- for birds, and is staunch enough to 



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sults. Harold has also shown his value as a sii^e, his daugh- 

 ter Haroldine (out of Janet) giving promise of a brilliant 

 future in field trial performances. Point, his competitor — 

 winner of second in the Derby— has already been sufficiently 

 described. Both are of royal lineage, and justify their own- 

 ers in the admiration bestowed upon them. The pointer was 

 the wider ranger. Moving through a low bottom of scrub 

 willow. Harold was making game when his handler put up 

 a bird, shot and (strange to say) killed. The dog was steady 

 to shot, and neatly retrieved to order. A little further on, 

 in the edge of the swale. Point pinned a bird, which soon 

 rose and was killed by Allender. Another flew from a tree 

 overhead, which was also grassed, and Point being sent on 

 to retrieve, brought both in at once. Working out into the 

 open, Harold found and pointed a large covey, which soon 

 flushed wild as his handler approached. Going over a little 

 grass-covered rise, Harold wheeled on a point just as the 

 bird arose, and was steady to wing. Down in the swale 

 Point came to a stand, and held his bird until Harold was 

 brought up to back, which he did in good shape. The bird 

 rose just then and was not shot. Going on through some 

 rather high but bunchy sedge, Point stood staunchly, but 

 the bird was seen by his handler and the judges running 

 10yds. in advance, and Allender shot it on the ground. 

 Point was at his best in this heat, which was awarded to him 

 after a race of lh. 20m. 



RIP AND SOLANO B. 



entered the lists at 11 o'clock. Rip was reared and broken 

 by his owner, the same person that had broken Herold (who 

 ran the first heat in the Derby), and understood commands 

 given only in French. He was handled by Mr. Chipman, 

 who is not up in that language, although a worthy member 

 of the board of education of Sacramento. Both Rip and 

 Solano B. had done most of their work in the foothill section 

 where the cover is close, hence they did not cut such wide 

 swaths as some of the others. Both are very comfortable 

 dogs to hunt over, and on their native heaths have elicited 

 the admiration of their owners and their owners' friends. 

 Solano is a large dog and a merry worker. He ranged wider 

 than his little red adversary, and secured the most points. 

 Both dogs were steady to shot and wing and retrieved well. 

 On one of Rip's point's he was neatly backed by Solauo, but 

 the bird skulked away through the sedge and was put up 

 some yards off by the crowd. The dogs were down lh. , and 

 the pointer won.- Five minutes later Edwards's 



ROYAL DUKE II. AND GALATEA 



were put down, handled by their owners. The latter's 

 general style has already been characterized. Duke is a 

 stocky, nice-looking dog of wonderful speed and energy, 

 and on this occasion showed considerable rankness. The 

 stickler for speed in hunting dogs should have gone wild 

 with enthusiasm over the performance of this brace. Barney 

 flushed and killed a bird, which fell some distance off, and 

 both dogs broke for it. it was a tight race, but the pocket 

 edition of Naso got away with it. Little Galatea did some 

 good work, however, in the heat, but Duke was a little the 

 steadier and outpointed her. A halt of half an hour was 

 had for lunch, after which the brace were put down again, 

 and at the end of fifteen minutes the beat was awarded to 

 Duke. 



Frail, the odd dog, had a bye. 



Second Series, 



FRAIL AND POINT. 

 Frail was handled by his owner and Point by Allender. 

 Frail is a much lighter dog than his half-brother competitor, 

 and a very merry worker, while not ranging so wide. He 

 was under excellent control, but was at a great disadvan- 

 tage. Point had been worked in the neighborhood of the 

 trials for a week or two before the trials, and had had the 

 benefit of the exercise and work of previous heats, while 

 Frail arrived from the North only on the day the trials 

 opened, and had been shut up in a barn in town for four 

 days. Still he showed that he was capable of excellent work. 

 Birds were found in goodly numbers, and the heat was a 

 rapid succession of points and backs. On one occasion, how- 

 ever, Frail came suddenly upon his adversary while on a 

 point, and slipped in and stole the point. The heat was a 

 close and protracted one, lasting for over an hour and a half, 

 and was finally awarded to Point. 



ROYAL DUKE II. AND SOLANO B., 

 handled by their owners, were started at 3:35. This was a 

 long and tiresome race. The birds had gotten somewhere 

 out of the way, and but little oppertunity was given the 

 dogs. Such work as was done, however, was*in the pointer's 

 favor. At five o'clock the dogs were taken up, to be put 

 down the next morning on new ground. On Friday the heat 

 was protracted for another two hours in heavier cover, where 

 the birds were quite wild. Here the setter had the best of it 

 and was awarded the race. 



TJiird Series. 



HAROLD AND POINT. 



After a free lunch and a good rest, J. G. Edwards's setter 

 Royal Duke II. and Rose's pointer Point were put down at 2 

 P. M., Duke handled by his owner and Point by Allender. 

 There was some excellent work done in this heat, both dogs 

 finding and pointing their birds in nice style. The spectators 

 were divided as to which was entitled to the heat, the first 

 honors and money, but the judges called the dogs up after 

 running lh. 40m., and declared the pointer the winner. 

 Fourth Scries. 



HAROLD AND FRAIL. 

 At 4 o'clock Harold and J. M. Bassford's pointer Frail 

 were started, handled by their owners. Harold was the 

 wider ranger, but Frail pressed him hard in the work on 

 birds. The dogs were both steady to wing and shot, re- 

 trieved well and showed good style. After a half hour's ! 



heat the judges held a long consultation and finally de- 

 clared Harold the winner. 



HAROLD AND DUKE. 



On Saturday Harold and Duke were put down to run for 

 second place. Duke did better work in this heat than on 

 the preceding day, but he was outclassed by the son of Gath, 

 who won after a half hour's run. 



As many of the party desired to leave for home on that 

 evening and both men and dogs were fatigued with the 

 work of the week, the owners of Duke and Frail decided to 

 divide third place and money without further running. 



SUMMARY. 



First Series. 



Point beat Harold. 

 Solano B. beat Rip. 

 Royal Duke H. beat Galatea. 

 Frail a bye. 



Second Series. 



Point beat Frail. 



Royal Duke IT. beat Solano B. 



Final for First Place. 

 Point beat Royal Duke II. and won first prize. 



Ties for Second Place. 

 Harold beat Frail. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Harold beat Royal Duke II. and won second prize. 

 Royal Duke II. and Frail divided third prize. 



THE WATERLOO CUP. 



OWING to a long continued period of severe weather, the 

 Waterloo meeting, advertised to begin February 22, 

 was postponed from day to day until March 3, the delay 

 making a second draw necessary. We clip the following 

 from the London Field: 



"Never before in the history of the Waterloo Cup has 

 there been so mauy postponements, disappointments and 

 general confusion as this year, and at one time a third draw 

 Seemed imminent. But the finale in point of weather, good 

 management, and every other accessory to make a meeting 

 pass off successfully, was more than vouchsafed to us, and 

 the Waterloo Cup of 1888, with all its drawbacks, will not 

 form a disagreeable reminiscence. A good deal of the 

 eventual success was no doubt due to the persevering efforts 

 of the hon. sec, Mr. Harold Brocklebank, and his office on 

 the present occasion was no sinecure. Seldom have we seen 

 such a fine stock of game on the estate, and this, in con- 

 junction with the capitally arranged beats, reflects great 

 credit on Flatman, and when it is considered that the last 

 two days' coursing came off over the same ground, it will be 

 perceived that this praise is not undeserved. Glancing at 

 the competition, the winner of the cup, Burnaby, belongs to 

 a very consistent supporter of coursing, not only iu Lanca- 

 shire, but generally throughout the country, and few will 

 grudge him his success. Burnaby, who is now in his third 

 season, came into the possession of his present owner at a 

 comparatively small figure, and considerably less than Mr. 

 Pilkington has hitherto tried to secure the*object of every 

 courser's ambition. Burnaby was purchased out of a selling 

 stake at Haydock Park for £30, and since he came into his 

 new owner's possession his record h as been extremely bril- 

 liant, and it is a curious but not unusual fact In connection 

 with the Waterloo, that it was only at the last moment that 

 his owner decided to run him in preference to Penelope II. 



"The runner up, Duke MacPherson, ran in Ireland in the 

 early part of the season with great success, having won the 

 Brownlow stakes at Mourne Park, and within a fortnight 

 also placed the Holstone Derby to his own credit. Since 

 then he appeared unsuccessfully at Haydock Park, and was 

 brought out again at the late Kempton champion meeting, 

 where, it may be remembered, he went down after a good 

 struggle before Holmby, the subsequent winner. Soon after 

 this Duke MacPherson became the property of Col. North at 

 a stiffish figure, with contingencies, and was within an ace 

 of carrying off the highest honors of the leash for his new 

 owner. The dog undoubtedly possesses fine pace, is very 

 handy and resolute when behind his hare, and with better 

 killing powers, which he may acquire in time, lacks none of 

 the attributes of a first-class greyhound, The third in the 

 Cup, Dingwall, impressed me very favorably when I saw him 

 make his dehut at Plumpton, and the position he obtained 

 here was reached by merit alone. He can go a good pace, 

 has ready killing powers; at times perhaps he may not be so 

 tight on his hare as one could wish, but altogether Ding- 

 wall looks like furnishing into a more than useful grey- 

 hound. The surprise of the meeting was Caterham Apostle, 

 whose first two victories were of a very stylish kind, but a 

 rare hare gave him and Fale"rnian Flask such a dressing in 

 the third round as would seem to annihilate his chance of 

 ultimate victory. He, however, evinced a deal of resolu- 

 tion when he met Galfride, and was again severely run. The 

 betting on the four left in on the night of the draw was 50 to 

 1 each against Burnaby, Duke MacPherson and Dingwall, 

 while Caterham Apostle stood at 100 to 1. 



"The repeated postponements no doubt tended in a great 

 degree to upset previous public form, and too much notice 

 need not be taken of the displays of several of the fancied 

 candidates. The ailment which a couple of months since 

 visited the Birkdale Kennel no doubt interfered materially 

 with Herschel, and although the crack might have looked 

 well, experience teaches that distemper, even in its mildest 

 form, visiting a kennel, leaves its traces behind for a long 

 time. The Climber's severe course in the first round over 

 hard ground acted prejudicially to his chance. Still he was 

 not disposed of at the end without "making a game effort. 

 Falemian Flask won a couple of courses in fine style, and 

 the Irish puppy War boy bids fair to creditably sustain the 

 reputation of his sire Pinkerton. That grand greyhound 

 Miss Glendyne has now added another wreath to her* laurels 

 in carrying off the Waterloo Purse, and her displays in each 

 course were quite worthy of her previous high fame, and she 

 now retires as one of the best greyhounds of modern times. 

 Winfarthing, after being beaten in the second round of the 

 Cup, ran through the Plate in his best style, and his success 

 was some consolation to the south country division. The 

 confidence reposed for the past fifteen years in Mr. Hedley 

 was not misplaced, and never since he was first elected has 

 a Waterloo meeting been better judged. Tom Wilkinson's 

 duties were discharged in such a manner as to enhance his 

 already well-earned reputation. To Mr. A. Brisco, the gen- 

 tleman who discharged the duties of flag steward, the 

 Waterloo Cup nominators and the general coursing public 

 owe a deep debt of gratitude." 



Burnaby, the winner of the Cup, is owned by Mr. L. Pilk- 

 ington. He is a black and white dog. whelped June, 1884. 

 His sire, Be Joyful, is by Bedfellow (Contango— Bed of 

 Stone) and out of Revenge (Regulator— Victoria). His dam, 

 Baroness, is by Grand Vizier (Brigadier— Sal Volatile) and 

 out of Rosalie (Wolsey — Rosette). 



The winner of the Waterloo Purse, Miss Glendyne, is a 

 brindle bitch owned by Mr. C. Hibbert. She is by Paris and 

 out of Lady Glendyne* 



The winner of the Waterloo Plate, Winfarthing, is a black 

 and white dog by Millington and out of Match Girl, and is 

 owned by Mr. H. Wausborough. 



WANTS A DOG TO BARK.— Is there any way to make a 

 dog bark at the partridge, so as to tree them? I have "Dog 

 Training," by S. T. Hammond, but it does not tell how to 

 make them bark. 



ARNOLD BURGES. 



AFTER an illness of eleven days Arnold Burges died at 

 his residence in Hillsdale, Mich., March 10. He was 

 born Sept. 12, 1839. 



Mr. Burges was in early life a devoted sportsman , spend- 

 ing much time in the field. When the American Sports- 

 man was started in Meriden, Conn., he was a contributor to 

 its early numbers, and on the death of Mr. Parker assumed 

 for a time its editorship. He was well known as a prolific 

 writer on field topics, especially on kennel affairs. He was 

 the originator of the term "Llewellin setter." Messrs. 

 Burges, Smith (of Strathroy, Ont.), and others, who owned 

 setters of what was known as the "field trial breed," bred 

 by Llewellin, wrote to that breeder asking his permission 

 to name the dogs Llewellins. Mr. Burges was a dog trainer 

 of much experience. He believed in and employed the force 

 system, and held that unless a dog was thoroughly subju- 

 gated by this method it could not be made into a good fielder. 

 In 1876 Mr. Burges published his book. "The American Ken- 

 nel and Sporting Field," which had a large sale. It con- 

 tained the pedigrees of 332 dogs. 



Mr. Burges was extremely youthful in appearance. We 

 recall an incident at one of the New York bench shows 

 turning on this peculiarity. Ethan Allin. who had never 

 seen Mr. Burges, wished to meet him; and when we intro- 

 duced them Mr. Allin exclaimed. "It isn't the boy but the 

 old man I want to see." 



Mr. H. E. Cook, of Hillsdale, sends us the following 

 paragraph, which was the last written request of Mr. 

 Burges: 



"I would like the notice of my death sent to the different 

 sporting papers, with the request that their editorial notices 

 state, that I desire them to convey my farewell to the broth- 

 erhood of sportsmen, for whose interests I have labored long 

 and always honestly, and to assure all, that whatever may 

 have been my faults, or however sharply I may have written, 

 I have never intended to wrong any man:' and have been 

 influenced solely by a desire to advance true sportsman- 

 ship, with its generous, manly characteristics, among my 

 fellows." 



Mr. Cook advises us that he has had placed in his hands 

 for sale the entire kennel of dogs owned by Mr. Burges, 



POACHED REPORTS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Allow me to suggest that in the future your criticisms on 

 dogs exhibited at our shows be deferred until the show sea- 

 son is over. I, for one r am tired of having my reports copied 

 into a Western paper by a fellow who does not possess either 

 common courtesy or ordinary knowledge of journalistic 

 etiquette. 



Is it not, an old and well established rule that copied mat- 

 ter shall bear the name of the source from whence it ema- 

 nates, or be given in quotation marks? The brazen disre- 

 gard of the rights and privileges of the press have been 

 carried to such a length that reports of dog shows in a 

 certain bunkum paper are held over until the week follow- 

 ing the publication of Forest and Stream, when they 

 appear, interwoven with a few slang phrases from the Eng- 

 lish papers, in the garb of original, and over the signature 

 Of an individual who, when in England, was unknown in 

 connection with dogs o%with any and all matters pertaining 

 thereto. 



Few men object to instructing those whose opportunities 

 of acquiring in formation have, owing to circumstances, been 

 limited; but fewer still care to have their labor of years 

 paraded as the work of hungry impostors whose lack of 

 knowledge of dogs is only equalled oy their consummate 

 cheek and total disregard of everything worthy the name of 

 sportsmanship. 



Unless this vicious and growing evil can be checked I fear 

 that my contributions to your instructive columns will be 

 less numerous in the future than they have been in the past. 

 What can you suggest? CHARLES H. MASON. 



INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



Ever since this club opened its trials to the four adjoining 

 States we have been solicited by the sportsmen of' other 

 States of the Northwest to allow them to be admitted also. 

 The board of control has weighed these solicitations care- 

 fully, and has concluded that the best way to do is to make 

 the Derby and All-Aged Stakes open to the world. The 

 Indiana Stake will be confined to dogs owned in Indiana. 

 By doing this the club feels that it is acting fairly by all, 

 and our awards will be recognized the world over, and a dog 

 winning in these trials will gain as great a reputation as if 

 he were to win in any trials in America or England. We 

 have selected the following named gentlemen as judges: D. 

 C. Bergtvndthal, Esq., of Indianapolis, who is president of 

 the club, and is recognized as one of the best judges that 

 ever followed a brace of dogs; Mr. James L. Anthony, of 

 New York, proprietor of the celebrated Graphic Kennels, 

 who has kindly consented to act, and that prince of good 

 fellows. Col. A. G. Sloo, of Vincennes, who will keep every 

 purson in a good humor, even if their favorites fail to win. 

 While I am aware that the best dog does not always win I 

 am satisfied that the judging will lie conducted with out fear 

 or favor, and every dog will have a fair and honest chance, 

 and we hope to see the best dogs win. The grounds are 

 first-class in every particular, with plenty of birds and no 

 sand burrs. Entries for the Derby close June 1. and the 

 All-Aged Oct. 1. The entries for the Indiana Stake close 

 Sept. I. Running rules and entry blanks are now ready. 



P. T, MADISON, Secretary, 



JOHNNY.— Editor Forest and Srteam: Mr. Mason's 

 strictures on the height and weight of champion Johnny 

 require a reply. What the dog measured under the beagle 

 standard measure with the spirit level on top is nothing to 

 me. He has frequently been measured by myself and others, 

 and has marked 18in. * Some years ago Tasked Forest and 

 Stream to tell me the orthodox manner of measuring a 

 dog's height, and was told to place a straight edge over the 

 top of the shoulder blade, first making the dog stand against 

 a wall, bend his head until the occiput was on a level with 

 the back, and measure from the floor to the under side of 

 the stick. This method I have ever since followed, using a 

 standard surveyor's tape. If the dog weighed 571bs. at Phil- 

 adelphia, he was certainly not in "fair good condition." 

 That is his weight after a couple of weeks' hard work. I 

 don't know who could have told Mr. Mason Johnny weighed 

 691bs.,as never, to my knowledge, has he gone over 671bs. , 

 although he would be in better shape at that weight. Mr. 

 Tallmantold me he weighed 66% at last year's W. K. C. 

 show, and he has weighed Jflb. more. He scaled 621bs. when 

 leaving here ten weeks ago, and was then a long way from 

 being right. It seems strange that he should have lost 51bs, 

 since then. Mr. Tallman writes that the dog is not in good 

 condition, and the animal being in his charge, he ought to 

 know. With regard to the "very elastic tape," I have al- 

 ways been under the impression that an elastic substance 

 expanded.— F. H. F. Mercer. 



DEATH OF CROXTETH. — The well-known pointer dog 

 Croxteth died last Sunday at the kennel of Mr. A. E. God- 

 effroy, Guymard, N. Y. Croxteth was whelped in January, 

 1878, and was bred by Rev. J. C. Macdona, who brought him 

 from England to this country in 1879. He was by Young 

 Bang (Price's Bang— Luna) and out of Jane (Lord Sefton's 

 Sam— Flirt). His performances in public are well known 

 to our readers. We have received no particulars as to the 

 cause of his death. 



