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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 24, 1887. 



further on a bird flushed close to Breese just as both dogs 

 pointed and this started several more. Working out to the 

 edge of the thicket Bang pointed an instant, but losing the 

 scent went on, and as his handler ca.me along two birds 

 flushed near them. Crossing the fence Bang put up one and 

 dropped on point to two or three more that laid close by, 

 Flash backing him nicely. Breese thought that no more 

 birds were there and tried to call Bang off , but he knew 

 better and held his point and the birds were flushed in front 

 of him. Thev were then ordered up and the heat awarded 

 o Bang Grace. Down 39m. Altogether lh. and 37m. 



NELLIE II. AND COUNT BELTON. 



This was the last brace in the first series. Nellie is well 

 known, having run here before. Count is a good-looking, 

 well-made dog, above the medium in size. He moves fairly 

 well, but is not fast. He appears to have an excellent nose, 

 but is over-cautious and inclined to potter over old scent. 

 Tbey were put down in an old field near where the last brace 

 waa taken up. Nellie had the best of it in speed, range and 

 style, but she was entirely beyond control, and had a great 

 deal more fun out of the heat than her owner. Count soon 

 pinned a stray bird from the last bevy. Nellie refused to 

 back, went ahead, and scored a flush. Soon after she ran 

 up another and chased a short distance, but turned back to 

 whistle. Count then made a point through a fence to a 

 single; Nellie refused to back, jumped the fence, and pointed 

 just as the bird went. Count did not hold his point staunchly, 

 but was a bit uneasy when Nellie went past him; but under 

 the circumstances he behaved very well. A little further on 

 Nellie made a stylish point, which Count at once honored in 

 good style; but nothing was found, and she scored a false 

 point. Count then pointed a hare. Nellie came up, refused 

 to back, and also pointed in a short time, and went on and 

 started the hare and dropped, but soon after she started after 

 it and had lots of fun roading him out at speed, for which 

 she got a taste of the whip. Soon after Count took 

 two or three jumps for a hare, but at once came back 

 to whistle. Working back into a thicket, Nellie ran up one, 

 but paid no attention to it. We then crossed to a thicket, 

 when Count made a nice point to a running bevy and began 

 roading them out in good style. Nellie refused to back, 

 drew ahead and made two or three casts, waking up to the 

 birds very nicely, but she got too close and scored a flush. 

 A little further on Nellie made two or three points, but went 

 on and could make nothing of it; several birds were flushed 

 by the spectators 50yds. to one side of her, probably the oues 

 that she had been working on. We then went into some 

 woods where a bird was flushed by the handlers and Nellie 

 made a jump or two for it but stopped to whistle. Count 

 made one or two points from over-caution, but soon went on 

 and soon had one fast. Nellie refused to back and was 

 dropped by order and the bird flushed as the handler came 

 up. They were then ordered up and the heat awarded to 

 Count Belton. Down 36m. This ended the first series with 

 the following result; 



First Series. 

 Buckellew beat Gloster. 

 Tammany beat Roy Monarch. 

 Lucia beat Foreman' 8 Lass. 

 Bang Grace beat Flash R. 

 Count Beltou beat Nellie II. 



Second Swales. 



BUCKELLEW AND TAMMANY. 



This brace was put down in some sedge at 10:19. In speed 

 aud range they were nearly equal, Buck having a trifle the 

 best of it, Tammany beating him in style. Working down 

 along the edge of some woods Buck made a point, and soon 

 after Tarn came round beyond him and also pointed. Buck 

 then made a short cast up wind from the bevy, which flushed 

 as Coster moved up. A little further on a single bird got 

 up near Tammany. We then turned into the woods, when 

 Buck challenged and then pointed but went on, and as the 

 judges passed some 50yds. from there they flushed two or 

 three birds, and a little further on one got up near Tam- 

 many in the thicket where he could not be seen. Both then 

 challenged and pointed where the birds had flown from. 

 We then turned into the open field and worked up along the 

 woods to the top of the hill and then turned toward the 

 Holton farm and beat out a lot of likely-looking ground 

 without result except that Tam made a very stylish point to 

 a hare. Finally when near the Holton farm Buck challenged 

 near a thicket, and a man informed us that he had just 

 flushed a bevy from them that had gone to the thicket. 

 Following them, Tammany found them first and made 

 a nice point. Buck came round and also pointed the 

 same bird, which flushed as Hitchcock went to his dog. 

 A little further on Tam pointed another one and Buck 

 backed him, Hitchcock put up the bird and probably hit it, 

 as it went but a short distance and was again pointed by 

 Tam, who made an effort to catch it, but it got away. Buck 

 also backed this point. Buck thought it time for him to get 

 in some work, and he made a short cast toward the edge and 

 stopped on point about a second before one rose. Buck 

 dropped, and as Coster came up another one flushed just in 

 frout of the dog. It is worthy of note that Coster departed 

 from the usual custom in such cases, as he did not claim 

 anything, but left it to the judges without saying a word. 

 In fact, all through the stake we do not remember an in- 

 stance where a handler undertook to instruct the judges 

 or to convince them that bad work should score 

 a merit mark. If handlers in public stakes would 

 adopt this course, we can assure them that they 

 would lose nothing, for their talk, be it never so 

 plausible, never by any chance is recorded in the judge's 

 book as they only score by eye and not by ear. A little 

 further on Tam made a stylish point and a second later Buck 

 also pointed. Hitchcock put up the bird and scored a miss. 

 Tam was getting around more lively than his competitor 

 and soon had another point. Buck backing partly to order, 

 but the bird had probably run as nothing was found. Buck 

 then nailed one in a treetop, Tam stopping to order, as he 

 did not see Buck, who soon drew on and" located his bird 

 nicely. Tam went round and also pointed or backed, we 

 could not determine which as he was partly behind the 

 brush. Coster put up the bird and scored a, kill and Buck 

 retrieved it nicely. We then turned back through the 

 woods and swung out in the open, where Tam made an 

 excellent point to a large bevy, Buck stopping to order. 

 Hitchcock put them up and killed one that Tam retrieved 

 indifferently. They were then ordered up and the heat was 

 awarded to Tammany. Down lh. 35m. 



LUCIA AND BANG GRACE. 



This was a short heat and not much work was done, Bang 

 h aving the best of it. They were put down in an old field and 

 Bang soon pointed and Lucia backed him. He drew on a 

 Short distance but could make nothing of it. We then went 

 into some pines, where the bevy found by Tammany had 

 been marked, and Bang soon had one fast, that Breese flushed 

 but did not shoot at. Several were then put up by the 

 handlers and spectators, and we swung down to the branch 

 Where Lucia challenged and roaded very nicely a running 

 bevy for some distance, but she got too close, and between 

 her and, Gregory the birds were flushed before she located 

 them. Swinging back into the pines after them , Bang made 

 a very nice point to another bevy. As Breese came up one 

 flushed and then the others went. This ended the heat with 

 Bang Grace the winner. Down 30m. It was now half past 

 12, and we went to the school house near by to lunch This 

 ended the second series, Count Belton having a bye. Follow- 

 ing is the result; 



Second Series. 

 Tammany beat Buckellew. 

 Bang Grace beat Lucia. 

 Count Belton a bve. 



Tliird Series. 



COX T NT BELTON AND TAMMANY. 



This was also a short heat, as Tammany had the best of it 

 in nearly all respects. They were put down at 1 :30 in a field 

 of sedge, and had not fairly got started when Count ran up 

 a single bird. Tammany started off slow, but soon got 

 agoing. Count went better than in his previous heat, but 

 was much of the time over-cautious, making several false 

 points. Working into the pines, whore the last three bevies 

 had gone, Tam flushed a bird and dropped to wing; catch- 

 ing the scent of another one, he jiointed a second or two 

 before it went. A little further on one flushed near Tam, 

 and soon after Count put one up, and then several more 

 went. Count then made a point and Tam backed him; 

 Cochran put up the bird, but did not shoot; Tam soon made a 

 stylish point, and Count backed him nicely. Hitchcock put up 

 the bird an d scored a miss. A littl e further on Count ra ade a 

 point, and a single bird flushed as the judges came up, but it 

 was some distance from him, although it may have been his 

 bird. His behavior after the bird was flushed, however, led 

 us to believe that it was not, as when he went on he did not 

 go to the place where the bird rose from, but drew in another 

 direction and gave it un; then coming round there, he made 

 a quick point at the place, showing that he at least had not 

 followed the scent, although the wind was in his favor. Soon 

 after this he made a nice point that there could be no mis- 

 take about, as Cochran put up the bird in front of him and 

 missed it. Just after this Tammany got tangled in some 

 briers and somehow got one of his forefeet through his col- 

 lar. Hp was soon liberated, however, without sustaining 

 any injury. A short distance further on Count made a nice 

 point, but nothing was found, and the heat was ended, with 

 Tammany the winner. Down 27m, Bang having a bye, this 

 ended the third series, with the result as follows; 



Third Series. 



Tammany beat Count Belton, 



Bang Grace a bye. 



Tie for First Place. 



BANG GRACE AND TAMMANY. 

 This was the deciding heat for first place. Two pointers 

 were left in and the pointer men were not a little elated in 

 consequence. The result was never in doubt, as Tammany 

 had the best of it in all respects. He had slowed down 

 somewhat, but was still going well and did his work in good 

 style. They were cast off in sedge on a knoll aud worked 

 round to an open field grown up to weeds and briers, where 

 Tam made a very stylish point with his head high in the air 

 to a large bevy that flushed as Hitchcock came up. The 

 birds settled a short distance away and Tam soon had them 

 again; a second or two later Bang also pointed a few yards 

 from him. Hitchcock put up the birds and killed one that 

 he picked up as he went on. Tam took a few strides and 

 pinned another one that his handler put up. Bang then got 

 iu a good point and Tam also nailed another one and birds 

 were flushed to each point. Bang then pointed, and as his 

 handler came up he drew on a step or two and the bird 

 went. He soon had another one that Breese flushed, and we 

 then took a turn in some thick scrub oaks, and as we came 

 back into the open Bang challenged, but went on and 

 a bird flushed near him, Tam then got iu a capital point to 

 a brace that his handler put up and the heat was ended wit h 

 Tammany the winner, and he was declared winner of first 

 prize. Down 30m, _ The judges decided that Buckellew was 

 the best dog previously beaten by Tammany and he was 

 called up to run with Bang Grace for second money, but 

 their owners concluded to divide and they were declared 

 equal winners of second prize. This, of course, could not 

 have been done in a public stake, but in a friendly contest 

 like this there could be no objection, especially as had it 

 been run out the stake could not have been finished until 

 the next day, and nearly every one had made arrangements 

 to go shooting. The judges selected Gloster and Roy 

 Monarch as the best of the remaining dogs, and their owners*, 

 confident that the dogs would do much better work than 

 they had done in their heats, decided to show that their 

 belief was well founded by running it out. 



Tie for Third Place. 



GLOSTER AND ROY MONARCH. 



They were put down where the last brace was taken up 

 and worked back past the school house. Gloster started off 

 at a rattling pace and showed up something like his form of 

 last year. Roy just loafed along for awhile and his chances 

 looked decidedly gloomy, but he soon got agoing and demon- 

 strated that his owner's confidence in him was not misplaced, 

 by running the remainder of his heat without committing a 

 fault. Working over the hill beyond the school house we 

 turned down to a hollow where Gloster challenged and half 

 pointed to the scent of a bevy that were running down tow- 

 ard a small branch; not getting it just right he made a cast 

 up the opposite hill but soon came back and striking it a 

 little lower down pointed but soon went on and made another 

 cast up the hill, but came back and tried it again still lower 

 down, and finding the scent better made a gamy point and 

 drew on and apparently located the birds. Breese went ill to 

 flush but worked too far up the slope, and as the birds 

 ran away Gloster, thinking that Breese could smell 

 them, made a cast in his direction but soon came back 

 and again pinned them a little further down. Breese 

 then repeated the performance, making the same mistake, 

 and Gloster trusted to him once more and made another 

 cast that way, but soon returned and again located them in 

 grand style; Breese got them right this time, and put them 

 up and killed one with the second barrel, and Gloster re- 

 trieved it nicely. This was a grand piece of work, and 

 deserving of more credit than we fear it received. Meantime 

 Roy was lost, and his owner and Mr. Crawford went in search 

 of him and finally found him on top of the hill standing 

 guard over a bevy that he held through all the racket, and 

 as we came up Gray put them up and made a very neat 

 double miss. This was also a capital piece of work, and 

 opinions formed by those who had seen Roy's previous 

 work underwent a radical change. These birds settled in 

 the bottom along the branch, ana the dogs were ordered in 

 that direction. Roy had apparently marked two or three 

 birds that stopped m a thicket under the bank and went 

 straight to them, and very gracefully sat down on point and 

 awaited events. Gloster came round, but could not see 

 him, and was stopped by order. Gray put up the bird and 

 made an excusable miss this time, as it was going pretty 

 fast. We then went round the thicket for the wind, and as 

 Gloster jumped the branch a bird flushed and he started to 

 drop to wing, but catching the scent of another one, pointed 

 it, and Roy backed him. Breese put it up, and, not. wishing 

 to wound the feelings of his competitor, he very gracefully 

 missed. Roy then got in another good point to a' single that 

 flushed as Gray came up and several more went. Gloster 

 then made a very stylish point where they rose from, and 

 Roy backed him nicely, making a very pretty picture. Roy 

 then pinned one at the edge of a brier thicket and Gray put 

 it up, getting very nearly on this time, as we saw the briers 

 drop not more than three or four feet behind the bird. Roy 

 did not seem to care for the meat, and soon had another one 

 fast, which Gray flushed, but there was a bush in the way 

 and he did not shoot. Gloster backed this point nicely. 

 Turning up the branch, Gloster nailed one, Roy backing 

 him very prettily. Breese flushed the bird and also 

 had a bush in the way, and of course missed. Roy 



then cast up along the edge of the thicket over 

 a bank out of sight and pinned one, Gloster swung in 

 behind him and half pointed and drew to the top of the 

 bank, where he apparently caught sight of Roy and at once 

 backed him, Breese thinking it a point went to his dog, 

 and looking over the situation very candidly stated that 

 Gloster was backing Roy, although from where the bird 

 was flusned there was ground for a reasonable belief that 

 both were pointing it. Gray put up the bird and they were 

 ordered up and the heat was awarded to Roy Monarch, and 

 he was declared the winner of third prize and the Members' 

 Stake was finished. Down 46m. This was much the best 

 heat in the stake, and had these dogs showed up in their 

 first heats in anything like the form they ran in this, the 

 result would have been different. Previous to running the. 

 stake we had seen nearly all of the dogs at work, and judg- 

 ing from their performances we thought Gloster a sure 

 winner. The very high character of his work in this 

 heat confirmed our belief that when he is right he 

 can do first-class work in first-class style. Although Roy 

 had six points to Gloster's three, leaving out the last one to 

 which he may have been entitled, the quality of the work 

 done would go far toward equalizing this, and no fault could 

 have been found had more time been given them. Take it 

 altogether the Members' Stake was a success, and we hope 

 next year every member owning a dog will help to make it 

 still more interesting by entering and competing in the 

 friendly contest. Following is the 

 SUMMARY. 

 First Series. 



Buckellew beat Gloster. 



Tammany beat Roy Monarch. 



Lucia beat Foreman's Lass. 



Bang Grace beat Flash R. 



Count Belton beat Nellie II 



Second Series. 



Tammany beat Buckellew. 



Bang Grace beat Lucia. 



Count Belton a bye. 



Tliird ScHcs. 

 Tammany beat Count Belton. 

 Bang Grace a bye. 



Tie for First Place. 

 Tammany beat Bang Grace and won first prize. 



Tie for Second. Place. 

 Bang Grace and Buckellew divided second prize. 



Tie for Third Place. 

 Roy Monarch beat Gloster and won third prize. 



THE DERBY. 



High Point, N. C, Nov. 21.— Of the 92 nominations for the 

 Derby, 35 filled and were drawn to run as follows: 



Memphis & Avent Kennels' J oey B. against R. B. Mor- 

 gan 's Pearl Mandan. 



Gen. W. B. Shattuc's Noble Dido against Pittsburgh Ken- 

 nels' J. O. Donner, 



H. E. Hamilton's Dashing Joe against R. V. Fox's Fox- 

 chase. 



Memphis & Avent Kennels' Claude against Sanborn Ken- 

 nels' Countess Poppet. 



J. E. Dover's Cincinnatus against O. W. Donner's Go- 

 Bang. 



Fisher and Dudley's Dave R. against Ohio Kennels' Count 

 Noble, Jr. 



H. S. Barney's Merry Girl against J. N. Cochran's Guy 

 mard. 



J. S. Wise's Romeo against F. R. Hitchcock's Mars. 

 J. E. Doyer's Toledo Blade against Highland Kennels' 

 Lizzie Lee. 



Gen. W. B. Shattuc's Latonia against J. B, Downing's 

 Chief. 



Thos. Bennett's Sirius against E. Dexter's Jack Modoc. 

 J. E. Gill's Lady Zeal against P. T. Madison's Ossian. 

 Highland Kennels' Dexter against Pittsburgh Kennels' 

 Lady Smoke. 



L. W. White's Roger Williams against Middle Tennessee 

 Kennels' Miss Dudley. 



R. B. Morgan's Rose Mandan against Gen. W. B. Shattuc's 

 Hector. 



O. W. Donner's Merry Legs against Latonia Kennels' 

 Tempest. ' 



Pittsburgh Kennels' Daisy Fair Oaks against Memphis & 

 Avent Kennels' Cinch. 



Pittsburgh Kennels' Waterford a bye. 



At a meeting of the Board of Governors, held Nov. 20, 

 Messrs. C. F. Crawford and W. A. Coster were appoinre.cl to 

 act with D. C. Bergundthal in judging the Derby. 



The following telegram from Gen. W. B. Shattuc, presi- 

 dent of the American Feild Trials Club, was read: 



"Cincinnati, O., Nov. 19. — Washington A. Coster, Secre- 

 tary Eastern Field Trials Club, High Point, N. G: After 

 having supported your bar of Mitchell as a matter of right, 

 will your club consent for Mitchell to handle at our trials iu 

 December only as a personal favor to some entries. Answer 

 by wire.— W. B. Shattuc." 



In answer to the above, the secretary was instructed to an- 

 swer as follows: "It is the opinion of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club that it would not be advauciug the cause of jus- 

 tice nor the interests of field trials to give consent to W. T. 

 Mitchell to handle at your trials." 



[Special to Forest and Stream.] 



High Point, N. C, Nov. 21.— The Derby began to-day, and 

 it bids fair to be a very interesting event. Nine heats were 

 run, and quite a number of the dogs showed high field 

 qualities. The weather has been delightful, although it 

 was rather cool, and the dogs have had opportunity to do 

 good work. Birds were found very plentiful. The heats 

 run resulted as follows: Joey B. beat Pearl Mandan, doing 

 some brilliant work. Jo. Donner beat Noble Dido in a very 

 moderate heat. Dashing Joe beat Fox Chase, the work 

 ordinary. Claude beat Countess Poppet, both doing very 

 good work for youngsters. Go Bang beat Cincinnatus ana 

 acquitted himself in capital style to do it. Dave II, beat 

 Count Noble Jr., doing some magnificent work. Romeo beat 

 Mars in a well-run neat. Lizzie Lee beat Toledo Blade, 

 showing the best nose in a moderate run. Latonia and Chief 

 ran an unfinished race, and will go down in the morning. 



Quite a number are present, but some of the prominent 

 members have not arrived. If weather and work are favor- 

 able the stakes will finish by Friday. 



RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF THE COCKER,— Detroit, 

 Mich., Nov. 17.— Editor Forest and Stream: I am very 

 sorry that Mr. Charlesworth would not test his dogs against 

 mine in the field, but I am fully convinced that I could beat 

 him "hands down" in short order. There are a number of 

 the crocodile sort in this city, but I have yet to hear of one 

 that can do a fair day's work. The great wrong that has 

 been done the cocker must soon be righted or else we shall 

 soon have a race of Cockers only fit for the show bench. 

 Why would it not be a good plan for the bench show com- 

 mittee at New York, Philadelphia and Boston to ask Mr. 

 Fellows to judge the spaniels, and turn the tide in the right 

 direction. Surely no one can bo more competent than he is, 

 for I think he is the oldest breeder of spaniels in America, 

 and as one of the original members of the standard com- 

 mittee, he certainly must know what the standard calls for. 

 I have received many letters indorsing my views on the 

 working cocker, and many offers to wager that in the 

 event of a match my dogs would win easily.— B. A. Osborne, 



