Nov. 24, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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PHILADELPHIA CLUB TRIALS- 



THE fourth annual field trials of the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club have passed into the record as the most successful 

 of any yet held by the club. We congratulate the club for 

 their determination to make these annual trials a success. 

 The early attempts were very discouraging', owing to the 

 scarcity of birds in any locality which was suitable for field 

 trial work; and when birds were found, jungles and cedar 

 swamps were always within a short distance of every bevy 

 and they were of such density of brush and brier and such 

 depth of mud and water that when the quail were flushed 

 that was the last seen of them; so such work as roading, 

 backing, dropping towing, sensational points, etc., which is 

 only to be witnessed by the spectators in open country, was 

 seldom seen. The section in Delaware now used by the club 

 was suggested, and tried for the first last year. This year 

 nearly all the members were present. Last year only two 

 professional handlers were working their do.es; this year 

 there were six. Those on hand last year have kept themselves 

 well posted and were quite up to all the tricks of the trade. 

 James Shewsbrook, the veteran handler of the club, is de- 

 serving of much praise for bringing- the dogs under his charge 

 to such perfection. Jim's dry wit and ready answers al ways 

 cause a laugh between each heat. 



Mr. Sehreiber. the celebrated live stock photographer, 

 daily followed the dogs from morning until night, and has 

 made a number of pictures of the dogs. Theo. Predmore, 

 an old hand at the business, seems to have discovered a new 

 method for handling, as the Irish setters belonging to the 

 Chestnut Hill Kennel Club under his charge did such work 

 as to make one think, as Mr. Charles Thompson says, that 

 the reds can be bred "so they will get there." Desmond, 

 one of the brace recently imported, shows a fair style and 

 goes with a vim, quarters and ranges nicely, is of an excel- 

 lent disposition and understands her business, Molly Bawn 

 is a field bitch of much merit, while champion Bruce and 

 Victoria ran a heat of two hours duration, making as many 

 as twenty points and backs, seven in an open piece of woods, 

 seven without a flush or a mistake. But the finest piece of 

 work of the trials was that done by the Laverack setter 

 bitch Volley iu her heat with Victoria. Volley won the 

 Derby last year, and the Members' and All-Age Stakes this 

 year. She is iieculiar and unreliable, as she does both poor 

 and beautiful work, but seems to gauge her competitor, and 

 does just enough work to win. In the heat with Victoria 

 both dogs were handled by Shrewsbrook, who seemed much 

 annoyed at the circumstance. The description of the heat 

 will be found in its regular order. But how strange that, 

 immediately after this brilliant work of Volley's it came to 

 pass that she was to run against Princess Alba, who is quite 

 a puppy and inexperienced, but if even she ran up to her 

 previous performances Volley would surely have suffered 

 defeat, unless, as before stated, she gauged her competitor. 



It was also encouraging to see the pointers represented, 

 four being present, all belonging to Mr. James H. Winslow, 

 There is some good blood represented and when Mr. Wins- 

 low's young handler has drank deeper of the field trial 

 wisdom cup the dogs will do better work. 



The weather was, with the exception of the first wet 

 morning, Nov. 15, very pleasant up to the finish on Thurs- 

 day afternoon. Birds were sufficiently plenty, but as at all 

 trials difficult for poor dogs to find. 



The accommodations at Frederica are good. Ample pro- 

 vision was made for the accommodation of the members, 

 their friends and the judges, Messrs. A. P. Vredenburgh 

 and Percy C. Ohl, of New York. As no dissatisfaction was 

 manifested we conclude everything was satisfactory. There 

 not being a cake walk this year, Mr. Ohl had to return 

 empty-handed. Monday night it rained very hard, but 

 slacked up sufficiently to admit of a start. 



THE MEMBERS' STAKE 

 had four entries, drawn in the following order: 



Cassino Gladstone (E. Comfort), English setter bitch 

 (Gladstone— Countess Druid), 



against 



Clyde T. (L. Sinister, Jr.), English setter dog (Thunder- 

 Cornelia). 



Volley (Col. B, Ridgway), English setter bitch (Antic- 

 Princess Mix), 



against 



Bang (I. H. Winslow), pointer dog (Price's Bang— Salter's 

 Luna). 



CASSINO GLADSTONE AND CLYDE T. 

 were put down Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. It was still 

 raining and the underbrush was very wet. Clyde T. goes 

 with tremendous speed and is lost to sight for some minutes 

 (in which it was afterward learned he flushed a bevy of 

 birds), then returned to his handler and made a wide cast, 

 and ran into an outlying single bird. Clyde tried to stop in 

 time, but the bird was up, which also flushed the bevy some 

 10yds, away. These birds flew for miles, and were not fol- 

 lowed. Clyde dropped, and when ordered on went with his 

 usual speed and soon located another bevy in a cornfield, 

 which he pointed. Cassino backed. The birds were seen 

 running and they flushed Avild. A single bird was killed and 

 nicely retrieved by Clyde, who was steady to shot and wing. 

 Cassino unsteady, but stopped on command. The birds 

 went for cover, but could not be located. In some under- 

 brush Clyde could not be seen, but after considerable whistl- 

 ing a bevy rose, which he was evidently pointing. Later, 

 while going down wind, he flushed a single, and then roaded 

 and pointed a bevy along a fence. Cassino was making game, 

 but acknowledged the point. The birds were flushed. Then 

 crossing the fence, Cassino pointed a bird, which was killed 

 by Comfort and retrieved by Cassino. Cassino was not up 

 to her usual form and seemed to be off. The heat was 

 awarded to Clyde T. Down 2h. 



VOLLEY AND BANG. 

 This heat was very short, as it was but an instant before 

 Volley had a point which Bang refused to acknowledge and 

 worked in ahead of the bitch, apparently looking for some 

 one he knew, as the dog did not recognize Mr. Winslow as 

 owner. The birds were flushed, with a kill, which was very 

 cleverly retrieved by Volley, who, after delivering it, was 

 off again like a dart, and had another point. The bird was 

 flushed and the heat awarded to Volley. Down 10m. 

 Second Series. 



VOLLEY AND CLYDE T. 

 In this heat both dogs did poor work; it was after lunch 

 and possibly the dogs had eaten something that did not 

 agree with them, but both seemed to be completely off in 

 their noses, and if they had not done such brilliant work 

 before, they would have been ordered up for want of merit. 

 Later Volley came to herself again and made several pretty 

 finds and handsome points. Her points, generally on single 

 birds, are on the drop order. The heat and race were given 

 to Volley. Down 2h. This ended the Members' Stakes, 

 Volley winning first and Clyde T. second. 



THE DERBY. 

 Desmond (Chestnut Hill Kennels), Irish setter dog (Frisco 

 —Grouse), 



against 



Princess Alba (E. Comfort), English setter bitch (Thun- 

 der— Cassino Gladstone). 



Betsy Leigh (W. H. Child), Irish setter bitch (Bruce- 

 Leigh DoamIL), 



against 



TUIHANNA (J. H. Winslow), pointer bitch (Guess— Viola). 



Winnie II. (Chestnut Hill Kennels), Irish setter bitch 

 (Frisco— Grouse), 



against 



Brunette (J. H. Winslow), pointer bitch (Graphic— Zitta). 



Charlie Westcott (Col. Ridgway and Clarke), English 

 setter dog (Thunder— Cassino Gladstone), 

 against 



Leigh DoANE III. (I. H. Roberts) Irish setter bitch (Bruce 

 — Leigh Doaue II.). 



PRINCESS ALBA AND DESMOND 

 ran the prettiest heat in this class. Both dogs have con- 

 siderable style and a very merry way of going. Desmond 

 gave Mr. Thompson, his owner, perfect satisfaction. They 

 were down in open fields, which were drawn blank, but on 

 the edge of some short t imber they both pointed. But the 

 birds were running and the dogs unsteady. Birds flushed 

 wild; both dogs dropped to wing. Going to timber Princess 

 Alba made two points on single birds, which were nicely 

 backed by Desmond. Princess Alba showing the best nose, 

 while in other respects they were equal, Alba got the heat, 

 after being down 2h. 30m. 



BETSY AND TUIHANNA. 

 This heat was of no interest. Betsy did the only work and 

 was awarded the heat. 



BRUNETTE AND WINNIE II. 

 In a short heat Winnie showed to be the better field dog 

 and was awarded the heat. 



CHARLEY WESTCOTT AND LEIGH DOANE 

 did about equal in false pointing, breaking shot and chas- 

 ing and field work, Leigh Doane got iu better work on 

 finding game" and getting points and was awarded the heat. 

 Second Scries. 



PRINCESS ALBA AND BETSY. 

 Betsy was no competitor for Princess, who easily won the 

 heat. 



WINNIE II. AND LEIGH DOANE III. 

 were put down Tuesday night, but the heat was not decided 

 until the following day, and awarded to Leigh Doane III., 

 who, aided by fortune and probably better nose found the 

 birds. 



Third Series. 



LEIGH DOME AND PRINCESS 



ran the final heat in which the latter won easily first money 

 and the honor. Desmond was awarded second, being con- 

 sidered the best dog beaten by the winner, Leigh Doane 

 coming in for third place. 



ALL-AGED STAKE. 

 Champion Bruce (I. EC. Roberts), Irish setter dog (Klcho— 

 Noreen), 



against 



Victoria (James Stovel), Irish setter bitch (Berkley— 

 Norah. 



Volley (Col. B. Ridgeway), English setter bitch (Antic- 

 Princess Mix), 



against 



Belle (Geo. Eslerick), lemon and white English setter 

 bitch (Temple Bar— Belle). 



Molly Bawn (Chestnut Hill Kennels), Irish setter bitch 

 (Glencho— Biddy) , 



against 



Luray (I. H. Roberts), Irish setter bitch (Chief— Leigh 

 Doane). 



Golden Rod (J. H. Winslow), pointer bitch (Beaufort— 

 Zuba), 



against 



BEGORRA (Chestnut Hill Kennels), Irish setter dog (Blar- 

 ney—Lady Clare). 



Princess Alba (E. Comfort), English setter bitch (Chalk- 

 ley D.— Cassino Gladstone), 



against 



Creole (I. H. Roberts), Irish setter bitch (Grafton— Megg). 

 First Series. 



BRUCE AND VICTORIA. 



This heat commenced at 2:30 on Wednesday, iu the field 

 where the Derby was decided. It required a long hunt be- 

 fore birds w^re found, Victoria proving herself of more 

 speed and pace and better in action. In going through a 

 wild carrot field a single bird was flushed between Bruce 

 and his handler. The field was carefully hunted without 

 success. Following the single bird to cover, Bruce pointed, 

 backed by Victoria. This sight refreshed all hands. A bevy 

 was flushed, which flew but a short distance in among some 

 pines, where there was not a particle of underbrush, the 

 trees were not close together except in their branches, which 

 grew so dense and so closely interwoven that the sky was not 

 visible. The earth was covered with moss and piue needles, 

 so not the slightest noise from walking was made. The 

 light, while apparently shut out in all directions, was suffi- 

 cient to see everything. It was a picture we cannot describe, 

 but with these surroundings, and probably twenty to 

 thirty quail nicely scattered and lying well to the dogs, 

 you can imagine, what a sight it was, with two dogs doing 

 perfect work, first one pointing and being backed by the 

 other and then vice versa, only that each point was hand- 

 somer than the previous one. Not a bird was flushed except 

 to order, and fifteen to twenty points thus obtained were 

 witnessed by all the spectators. Hardly a word was spoken. 

 The only noise was the whirr of the flus'hed bird. The clam- 

 orous, noisy crowd had' been hushed to silence by the weird- 

 ness of the scene and the phantomlike forms of the dogs as 

 they ran over the moss without making a particle of noise. 

 It was one of the prettiest sights we ever had the good for- 

 tune to witness. The work of the dogs was equal; not a bird 

 rose but both dogs instantly dropped, not a point was made 

 by one but it was immediately acknowledged by the other, 

 while the retrieving was done by both dogs in a handsome 

 manner. The heat was awarded to Victoria after being down 

 lKh. Belle was withdrawn and Volley got a bye. 



LURAY AND MOLLY BAWN. 



This heat lasted but a few minutes as Luray did not show 

 sufficient merit, and the heat was awarded to Molly. 



BEGORRA AND GOLDEN ROD. 



This was also a short heat, as Begorra was interested in 

 a bitch that was in season and would not hunt. He is, we 

 understand, a rattling good dog. The pointer made a very 

 beautiful point on a bevy. She was a little unsteady to shot 

 and wing. Begorra backed well. Heat awarded to Golden 

 Rod. Down 12m. 



PRINCESS ALBA AND CREOLE. 



Another short heat. Princess Alba out-styled the red in 

 every way. Creole, being in whelp, was too much handi- 

 capped. The heat was awarded to Princess Alba. 



Second Series. 



VOLLEY AND VICTORIA. 

 In this heat Volley did the most brilliant work of the 

 trials on some birds that had broken in the timber. The 

 bevy Volley had previously located and pointed, but her 

 work on single birds in the timber was marvellous, as in 

 this heat she shot through the trees like the sunlight from 



a moving mirror, and jumped into six or seven points so 

 quickly that Victoria was puzzled, and seemed glad she 

 could get around in time to back and play second fiddle to 

 her. They were down about 30m., and the heat was awarded 

 to Volley. The work in this heat could not well be excelled. 

 Speed, action, style, obedience, every desideratum possible for 

 a dog, were gloriously shown, with the exception that at 

 times she dropped on her points. 



GOLDEN ROD AND MOLLY BAWN 

 were put down to contest the honors on Wednesday evening. 

 Molly Bawn had decidedly the best of the heat when ordered 

 up oh account of darkness. On Thursday morning Golden 

 Rod the pointer astonished his owner by doing really excel- 

 lent work, which, considering her to be over 2 years old and 

 just out in harness, was remarkable. She roaded very hand- 

 somely, got several points and retrieved. Molly seemed un- 

 fortunate in not getting where the birds were. Time being 

 short the dogs were ordered up and the heat given to the 

 pointer. 



Third Series. 



VOLLEY AND PRINCESS ALBA. 



This heat was run immediately after the Volley- 

 Victoria heat of the second series but Volley seemed 

 metamorphosed, her vim was gone, her action was changed 

 completely and she acted quite like a potterer. Later she 

 did some work, which won the heat; but had Princess Alba 

 worked up to her previous performance, Volley would have 

 been beaten. Down 35m. 



In the second heat, third series, Golden Rod had a bye. 

 Fowrtli Series. 



The first heat was between Golden Rod and Volley. The 

 X)ointer had become frightened at the crowd, who, while the 

 work was stopped to allow Volley a breathing spell (it being 

 her third consecutive heat), amused themselves by shooting 

 at targets. The effect was very bad, as Golden Rod was 

 apparently afraid to leave her handler. So Volley won the 

 heat and first money. 



Golden Rod and Victoria contested then for second money 

 which was won by Victoria. 



Third prize was awarded to champion Bruce. 



With the ending of this heat at 1 :30 P. M. the meeting closed. 

 That same night supper was served in Philadelphia to the 

 New York delegation, and then they were in time to reach 

 New York before midnight, which illustrated how conve- 

 nient the grounds are for a field trial. If birds were plenty 

 the grounds would be more suitable for pretty work than 

 those of tne Eastern Field Trials Club in North Carolina. 



O. 



WESTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



THE third annual trials of the Western Field Trials Asso- 

 ciation were run at Carthage, Mo., beginning Monday 

 morning, Nov. 17, filling six entire days, and winding up a 

 few minutes after sunset on Saturday. The conditions were 

 extremely unsatisfactory. No rain had fallen for five weeks.* 

 The grass, the weeds, in fact all of the cover was dry and 

 dusty: and only on one day was there a fairly decent temper- 

 ature, the weather being usually sultry and warm. The 

 birds were very scarce indeed. The. grounds, on which the 

 club secretary had found plenty of birds the week before, had 

 been invaded in themeantime by market hunters and nearly 

 all of the birds had been killed. This is as much as the pro- 

 tection the members were promised amounted to, and it is a 

 contingency that the Association has determined not to per- 

 mit to arise again. 



The judges for the Derby were Messrs. Theodore Mosher, 

 Louis Kuntz and R. C. Van Horn (in place of J. W. Munson 

 absent). Mr. Munson served in the All-Aged Stake until 

 Friday afternoon, when Mr. B. Waters was made referee. 

 Under these circumstances there was no opportunity for 

 adequately testing the merits of the competing dogs; but 

 the dogs were placed to the satisfaction of the judges and 

 almost without argument; in the final settlement there was 

 none whatever, the only differences of opinion occurring in 

 the earlier stages of the trials, and they were always run to 

 a settlement and not argued. The dogs were placed by their 

 judges unanimously and harmoniously, according to the 

 merit shown in competition. Following is the running 

 summary: 



DERBY STAKES. 

 First Series. 



Little Gift (Bert Crane, Chicago), English setter (Rod- 

 erigo— Queen Bess), 



beat 



NELL (R. S. R. Randolph, Trenton, Tenn.), (Guido— Bell). 



King Mark (J. I. Case, Jr., and F. K. Bull, Racine, Wis.), 

 English setter dog (King Noble— Belle Belton), 



beat 



Molly, Jr. (A. T. Harridge, Alma, Kansas), pointer bitch 

 (Prank— Flora). 



PRA^ T 's Gladstone (J. A. Bolen, Kansas City), English 

 setter (Paul Gladstone — Bessie A.), 

 beat 



Bubert (E. C. Sterling, St. Louis), pointer (Mainspring- 

 Dell). 



Belle of Kansas City (Drary Underwood, Kansas City), 

 English setter bitch (Paul Gladstone— Bessie A.), 

 beat 



Jill (J. I. Case, Jr., and F. K. Bull, Racine, Wis.), setter 

 bitch (Dashdale— Bonfil's Dot). 



Trinkett's Countess (Paul Franke, St. Joseph, Mo.), 

 pointer bitch (Croxteth— Trinkett). 



beat 



Queen Noble (J. I. Case, Jr. andF. K. Bull, Racine, Wis.), 

 English setter bitch (King Noble — Belle Belton). 



Second Series. 

 King's Mark beat Little Gift. 

 Pray's Gladstone beat Belle of Kansas City. 

 Trinkett's Countess a bye. 



Third Series. 

 King's Mark beat Trinkett's Countess. 

 Pray's Gladstone a bye. 



Fourth Series. 

 Pray's Gladstone beat Mark for first prize. 



Fifth Series. 



King's Mark beat Belle of Kansas City for second prize. 

 Mollie, Jr., Trinkett's Countess and Belle of Kansas City 

 third. 



ALL-AGED STAKES. 

 First Series. 



Spring (R. M. Hutchings, Galveston, Tex.), pointer dog, 

 2yrs. 4m os. (Mainspring— Curfew), 

 beat 



Bohemian Girl (W. G. Mellin, Kansas City, Mo.), English 

 setter bitch, 2%yrs. (Count Noble— Mollie Belton). 



Bun Roy (L. B. Suggs), setter, 2yrs. 7mos. (San Roy- 

 Queen Bess), 



beat 



King's Mark (J. I. Case, Jr., Racine, Wis.), English setter 

 dog, IKyrs. (King Noble— Belle Belton). 



