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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 11, 1689. 



CENTRAL FIELD TRIAL CLUB RULES. 



RULE 1, The Manaac.mcnt. of a Meeting.— The management of 

 the meetings for the annual field trials shall he intrusted to 

 the hoard of management, who shall interpret all the rules govern- 

 ing the (rials, and shall deride upon all matters pertaining to the 

 trials not provided for in these rules, 



Rctje 2. Select ion of Judges.— The judge, or judges, shall he se- 

 lected by the hoard of management, and their names shall he 

 publicly announced as soon as possible after their selection. 

 When a judge is prevented from attending a meeting or finishing 

 it, the board of management shall appoint a substitute. 



Rct.e 3. Description and Disqualificat ion of Entry.— For all stakes, 

 the. name, pedigree, age, color and distinguishing marks of each 

 dog shall be detailed in writing to the secretary of the club, to he 

 filed at the tinie of making The entry or entries. Any dog's age. 

 markings or pedigree which shall be proved not to correspond 

 with the eutrv shall be disqualified, and all such dog's stakes or 

 winnings shall be forfeited. Dogs afflicted with any contagious 

 disease, and bitches in season or unduly attracting the attention 

 of the competing dog, will not he permitted on the grounds. In 

 theBe rules the term "dog" is understood to mean both sexes. 



Rule 4. Payment of Entry t»»l Forfi it.— The forfeit money must 

 accompany every nomination, and the balance of the entrance 

 fee mnst be paid before the drawing. No entry shall be valid un- 

 less the amount duo for it has been paid in full. 



Rcxe 5. Power to Refuse Entries.— Tho board of management 

 may refuse any entry they may think proper to exclude: and no 

 person who has been proved to the hoard of management to have 

 misconducted himself in any mariner in connection with dogs, 

 dog shows or dog trials, or who is .■ defaulter for eit her stakes 

 or forfeits in connection with either thereof, or for money due 

 under an arrangement for division of winnings, or for penalties 

 for infraction of rules, or for any payment required by a deci- 

 sion of the club, shall he allowed to compete in any trials that 

 may be held under the auspices of the Central Field Trial Club. 



Rtjlt$6. Protests and Objections— Any objection to an entry 

 mnst be made in writing addressed to the secretary of the club, 

 and will be acted on by the board of management, whose decision 

 shall be final. All protests, except as hereinafter provided, mnst 

 he made and delivered to the secretary of the. club, or in case of 

 his absence, to the president of the club, or in case of his absence, 

 to a member of the board of management at or before midnight 

 of the date of the running of the final heat. 



RcdeT. -Aye of Puppies— A dog whelped before Jan. 1 of the 

 year preceding the trials will not be eligible to the Derby. 



Rule 8. The Stakes. — There will be a Setter Derby and a Pointer 

 Derby, with first . second and third places in each. The winners 

 will be known as the winners of first, second aud third in the 

 Setter Derby, and first, second and third in the Pointer Derby, 

 respectively. Tho two first winners will be compelled to run a 

 heat together aud the winner of this heat shall be known as the 

 absolute winner of the Derby. 



There will be an All-Age Setter and an All- Age Pointer stake 

 which will be run on the same plan as the Derby, and the winner 

 shall be known as the absolute winner of the All-Age Stake. 



Rule 9. The Dra&mg.— Dosra shall be drawn by lot, aud num- 

 bered in the order dra wn. The first two dogs so drawn shall run 

 together in the first heat of the series, the next two shall run 

 together in the next heat, and so on, in like manner, until all the 

 dogs in the series have run in heats. 



Immediately before, the dogs are drawn at any meeting the time 

 and place of nutting down The first brace of dogs on the following 

 morning shall be declared and posted in a conspicuous place. 



All stakes shall be run in the order of the programme when 

 possible. Should, however, competitors or their representatives 

 in the various stakes agree otherwise, the order may be changed 

 with the consent of the board of management. 



Rule 10. The Bye.— In case there should be a bye in any series, 

 the bye dog must, except as hereinafter provided, run a side heat 

 under a judge appointed by the regular judges, for a length of 

 time designated by them. The bye shall run in the first heat of 

 the next series with the winner of the first heat in the series in 

 which the former had a bye, except as hereinafter provided. 



If a dog be withdrawn or fails to appear, the dog drawn to run 

 against such dog shall run with the bye, if there is one, at the end 

 of the series in which the bye occurs, or if there should be more 

 than one withdrawal, the dogs drawn to run against such with- 

 drawn dogs shall run together in the order of precedence in which 

 they are drawn. 



Rule 11. Guarding.— It two dogs owned or handled hv the same 

 person should come together in the first or any succeeding series, 

 the second dog so owned or handled shall change places with the. 

 first dog not so owned or handled. This change shall be effected 

 in the order of running if possible; if not so possible then in the 

 reverse order of running. If such separation is found to be im- 

 practicable, the running together of two such dogs mav ber per- 

 mitted. 



Rule 12. The Running.— No heat shall be less than one hour's 

 duration: and the judges may prolong a heat to such further 

 length as may be necessary to satisfy themselves of the relative 

 merits of the competing dogs. After all the dogs have been run 

 through the first round of heats, the judges shall announce those 

 they have selected to run in the subsequent heats, and the names 

 will be drawn to see which will run together, and the usual order 

 of running will he continued through the future heats. The 

 beaten dogs shall be retired aud t he winners shall run together in 

 the next series of heats. 



The. last, dog beaten by the winner of the first prize shall com- 

 pete for the second prize with the best of those dogs previously 

 beaten by the winner of the first prize. The winner of this heat 

 shall he declared the winner of the second prize. The discretion 

 is given to the judges of deciding which is the best of those 

 beaten dogs in the competition for second by selection, or by run- 

 ning extra heats between them. After the first and second win- 

 ners have been ascertained, the judges may select the winners of 

 any other prize from any of the dogs in the stake without further 

 running. 



The first and second prizes in any stake cannot be divided. The 

 judges may, however, at their discretion divide the third, prize, 

 but in no case shall more than two dogs have part in the division, 

 and they may be selected from any of the beaten dogs. 



The dog last beaten by the winner of the first prize shall not ho 

 obliged to run more than two heats on the same day, except by 

 desire of his handler, hut shall run the final heat for second 

 place on the following day. 



When necessary to alter tho general course of handlers, they 

 shall be duly notified and allowed a reasonable time to change the 

 course of theii - dogs, so that each may start over the new course 

 upon equal conditions. One or hoth dogs may he ordered up to 

 enforce this rule; but in no case shall the course be altered when 

 either dog is on a point or working a hot scent. 



A dog's merit shall be considered in his performance in each 

 heat throughout the stake. 



Rule 13. Retrievi ng.— When a dog is ordered to retrieve, he shall 

 find the bird with only such assistance from his handler as may 

 he given by commands, verbal or otherwise, from the position 

 occupied when shooting. In case the nature of the ground ob- 

 structs a fair view of the location of the dead bird, the handler 

 may move to a more favorable position. Retrieving shall not be 

 required, or considered as a point of merit, in the Derby. 



Rule 14. Handling Dogs in TrtaU.— Each dog must he brought 

 up in its proper turn without delay; if absent more than twenty 

 minutes, its opponent shall he entitled to the heat, provided such 

 delay was not caused by following the instructions of the judges. 

 A handler shall not he permitted to "rush,'" or assume a gait 

 faster than the walk customary in ordinary field shooting; but if 

 a handier, either from physical inability cannot, or for any reason 

 will not, walk as fast as in ordinaryshooting, the judges shall not 

 restrain the competing handler, who shall be permit ted to handle 

 his dog, while walking as fast as in ordinary field shooting. No 

 one shall be allowed to talk to a handler while his dog is under 

 judgment, unless what is said is spoken openly in the pressnee of 

 the judges, and nothing shall be said at such time that may prove 

 advantageous to the handler in working his dog. If the judges 

 know that any information has been given to a handler, while Jus 

 dog is under judgment, that may help him to locate birds, the 

 judges shall require the handler to draw off his dog from the 

 birds so located aud decline to give any credit for the work of the 

 dog upon birds so located. 



In case a dog is. lost while on point or has gone astray, the 

 judges shall appoint those they may see fit to assist in finding the 

 dog so lost. No person other than those appointed shall be per- 

 mitted to take part in any search. In case any unauthorized 

 persons take part m the search, any credit which might other- 

 wise come to the dog so lost shall, on account of their interfer- 

 ence, not he credited to it, if the judges so decide; and any de- 

 merit due to the competing dog, on account of the interference of 

 such persons, shall not be. scored against it. 



An owner, his handler or his deputy may hunt a dog, but it 

 must be one or the other; and when dogs are down an owner must 

 not interfere with his dog if he Las deputed another person to 

 handle and hunt it, as two persons are prohibited from working 



one dog. If from any cause the handler of a running dog is dis- 

 abled to such an extent that he cannot shoot, upon his request to 

 the judge or judges, they may select some person t o shoot for him. 

 a.nd the judges may in any case require handlers runuing dogs to 

 go through niiuutely the evolution of shooting either a blank or 

 shotted cartridge over any or every established point, upon being 

 ordered to flush a bird. The handlers of the two dogs shall walk 

 within a reasonable distance of each other, and hunt said brace 

 or braces in the trials as in ordinary shooting, so that the dogs 

 shall be on an equality as to ground, •pportuni.ty for finding, 

 etc. 



The privilege is granted handlers to ask the judges for infor- 

 mation or explanation that has a direct, bearing upon any point 

 at issue. Pending such questions the dogs shall not be under 

 judgment. 



The person handling and hunting a dog may Bpeak, whistle to 

 and work him by hand as he may deem proper, but he shall be 

 called to order by the judges for making any unnecessary noise, 

 or for any disorderly conduct; and if after being cautioned he 

 persists in such noise or disorderly conduct, the judges shall 

 order the dog to be taken up and declare it out of t he stake. An 

 opponent's dog must not bo interfered with or excited. In such 

 case an appeal shall be made to the judges. The judges have the 

 discretion to prevent a handler from whistling or giving orders 

 to his dog if the competing dog is making game or pointing. 



When a dog points game, the competing dog must not be drawn 

 across him to take ( he point, but if not hacking of his own accord 

 must be brought around out of the way of and behind the point- 

 ing dog. 



The judge or judges shall assess a fine upon any handler who, 

 while handling a dog under their judgment, may he guilty of mis- 

 conduct or disobedience toward them. The tine so assessed for 

 each offense shall not be less than $5 nor more than §25. The 

 handler so fined shall immediately pay the fine or give satisfac- 

 tory security for such payment. Upon his failure to do so, the 

 judges shall declare the heat finished and the dog run by said 

 handler out of the stake. 



Handlers shall not load their guns until a point has been estab- 

 lished. 



Rule 15. For the florcrnme-ul of Spectators, etc.— No person other 

 than the judges, judges' guide, stewards and reporters will he 

 permitted to accompany the handlers of dogs competing in any 

 heat, except the owners of the competing dogs, who shall he per- 

 mitted to accompany the stewards until the finish of the heat. 



Spect ators shall not be allowed nearer the handlers of dogs run- 

 ning than 75yds, at the rear. 



If any person openly impugns the actions or decisions of the 

 judge or judges, or otherwise aunoys them during the progress of 

 a trial, he may be debarred from future participation in the trials 

 and ordered off the grounds. 



No person shall make any remarks about the judges, handlers 

 or dogs within hearing of the judges or handlers, concerning loca- 

 tion of birds, or give any information whatever calculated to 

 affect the action of handlers or the result of the heat. Any per- 

 son so offending shall be expelled from the. grounds, and points of 

 merit will not be allowed any dog whose handler acts upon infor- 

 mation imparted by such person, or acquires it by any unfair 

 means whatever. A protest on this point must be made to the 

 judges before the close of a heat, and their decision shall he final, 



RuleIG. Training— To relieve the judges of the responsibility 

 of deciding heats between dogs possessing superior natural qual- 

 ities, imperfectly broken, and those of inferior qualities, well 

 broken, the Central Field Trial Club insists that all dogs entered 

 for compptitiou shall be thoroughly broken, not that the training 

 of the dog will he recognized as having any great value in the 

 scale of points, hut because his qualities cannot he exhibited 

 properly without it. 



Rule 17. Withdraicals.—A dog cannot be withdrawn from a 

 stake at any time after the fee to start it has been paid, without 

 the consent of the judges; and any owner or handler withdrawing 

 a dog or dogs, without the consent of the judges, shall be debarred 

 from any future trials held by the Central Field Trial Club, or be 

 penalized, at the discretion of the club. 



When a winner of one or more heats has been withdrawn, the 

 dog or dogs previously beaten by it, shall lie deprived of compet- 

 ing, if, in the opinion of the judges, said dog or dogs have a chance 

 to win. 



Should the owner of a dog or his representative induce the 

 owner or representative of another dog to withdraw such dog for 

 consideration or bribe of any nature whatsoever, the dog in whose 

 interest the withdrawal was induced, shall forfeit all rights in 

 the stake. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES. 



Pointing— Pointing fur, feather, reptile, or scent of game birds 

 shall not be considered a false point. 



The judges shall give a dog ample opportunity to discover 

 whether he is on a true or false point. 



No assistance shall be given by the haudler to enable a dog to 

 discover whether he is on a true or a false point. 



Judges shall avoid as far as possible holding a dog so long on 

 point, for the purpose of securing a, back or otherwise, as to 

 enable the birds to run; and if the pointing dog he held on point 

 by order of the judges for a competing dog to secure a back, the 

 pbiuting dog shall not incur any penalty for results. Dogs shall 

 be brought up to back only when the opportunity offers, without 

 interfering with the point ing dog, and a dog drawing on or point- 

 ing game winch he has found independently, shall be afforded 

 ample opportunity to locate the game without competition, and 

 the handler shall have ample time to flush the bird. 



The number of times a dog points, backs, etc., shall not neces- 

 sarily give it tho preference, but the judges shall consider the 

 quality of the performance rather than the frequency of the 

 occurrence. 



When a handler calls a point, it shall be considered only as call- 

 ing the attention of the judge'to the dog. 



Backing.— The judges are requested to give no credit for hack- 

 ing unless it appears to be voluntary. Any assistance from the 

 handler shall deprive the dog of credit for the performance. 



Ranging— The judges arc requested to give greater credit 'to the 

 dog that maintains tne fastest aud most killing range through- 

 out, wide or close, as the necessity of the case requires; that 

 works his ground with judgment; that observes his handler's 

 course aud position as a base of operations, and that hunts to the 

 gun. 



Obedience and Disposition.— The judges are requested to give 

 much greater credit to the dog that works promptly, without 

 noise or severity, and is obedient, prompt, cheerful and handled 

 easily. 



SCALE OP POINTS. 



The following scale of points is the scale adopted by the Central 

 Field Trial Club, and judges of the club's trials are requested t o 

 use them: 



Merit. 



Pointing (including nose, style and promptness in locating) 30 



Staunchness io 



Bird sense io 



Pace 15 



Range 10 



Obedience and disposition iq 



Backing — u io 



Retrieving 5 



Demerit. 



False pointing, breaking in, breaking shot, chasing. 



These faults shall be gauged by tho judges in their [discretion. 



The third chase, however, loses the heat. 



DEFINITIONS. 



Breaking In— Breaking in is where a dog. through imperfect 

 breaking or from excitement, loaves his position when the birds 

 rise, whether the gun is fired or not, and starts to chase, but 

 stops within a few feet from where he started, of his own accord 

 or by command. 



Breaking Shot.— Breaking shot is where a dog runs in when a 

 shot is fired, with the intention of getting the bird, but does not 

 stop promptly at command. 



Cliasing — Chasing is where a dog follows the birds, either when 

 a gun is tired or not, to an extent beyond the control of his hand- 

 ler for the time being. 



Pointing— The judges will rate a dog's merit under this head 

 by display of nose and judgment in finding and pointing birds, 

 and accuracy and quickness in locating birds after he has caught 

 the scent of them. False-pointing, flushing or uncertainty will 

 detract from a dog's score under this head. 



THE SEITNER CASE. 



THE committee of the American Pointer Club assembled 

 at the rooms of the American Kennel Club, at 44 

 Broadway, at noon on Tuesday, April 9, to consider the 

 charge against B. T. Seitner, preferred by Forest And 

 Stream in its issue of March 7. It will bea'emembered 

 that a letter of instructions had been written by Seit- 

 ner to bis agent Lewis, a fac simile of which was published 

 in our issue of March 7, In this letter Seitner instructed 

 Lewis confidentially to look over class 36, the open class for 

 bitches, and if Carrie, entered in puppy class (38), had a show 

 to win in class 36, to have her transferred to it, she being 

 over age. Lewis apparently thought she had not a chance, 

 for he left her in class 38, in which she received vhc. 



The only construction which the language of the letter 

 will bear, and that put upon it by Lewis was, that the bitch 

 was to remain in the puppy class, unless she stood a show- 

 to win in the open class. 



Being called on for his explanation by the committee 

 of the American Pointer Club, who had recently elected 

 him a vice-president of their body, Seitner replies in sub- 

 stance, that the letter is, he believes, a fac simile of one 

 written by him to Lewis; that the meaning which he in- 

 tended to convey was, "that the bitch being over age she 

 was to be withdrawn from the puppy class absolutely, and 

 transferred to the open class only if she had any chance of 

 winning there," and that be did not repudiate the vhc. 

 awarded; firstly, because he did not know of the award until 

 months later, and secondly, because having written to the 

 secretary of the Philadelphia dog show about the moneys 

 won by his other two dogs, exhibited at same time, that 

 officer declined to recognize him as an exhibitor at the show. 



The Pointer Club committee admit the obviously natural 

 construction of the language of Seituer's instruction to 

 Lewis, but express themselves as fully satisfied with Seit- 

 ner's explanation, that he wrote what he did not intend to, 

 simply because his ideas outstripped his pen; and the motion 

 that said B. F. Seitner had completely exonerated him- 

 self in their estimation from the charge of fraudulent intent 

 was unanimously carried. 



After pondering Mr. Seitner's letter in the light of his 

 attempted explanation, we cannot agree with the Pointer 

 Club's very charitable verdict. A man confronted with his 

 own letter affording prima facie evidence of an intent to 

 defraud, and unable to dispute the authenticity of the letter, 

 has no other alternative than to admit his guilt, or declare 

 that he meant something other than he wrote. A man's 

 evidence in his own favor is valueless, unless it is very 

 plausible and the defendant's record is a very clean one. 



In all his correspondence on the subject Seitner has shown 

 that he possesses a very ready command of English; that, in 

 fact, he is a writer capable of expressing himself very clearly; 

 and it is hardly probable that a man with this qualification 

 would if innocent be left with no other defense against an 

 imputation of fraud based on bis own letter, than that he 

 meant something other than what he wrote. 



It may be fairly urged that Mr. Seitner is entitled to any 

 doubt in his favor which he may have succeeded in creating 

 by his defense, and his confreres of the Pointer Club, not con- 

 tented with doubting his guilt, have expressed themselves 

 convinced of his innocence. The attempted vindication has 

 not altered our estimate of the Situation i u an y degree. We 

 hold it our duty to contribute to the elevation of the standard 

 of rectitude of dog men; and the best men of the fraternity, 

 the men to whom we appeal, may be left to form their own 

 judgment as to the worth of the explanation to vin- 

 dicate the writer from the intent implied in the only possible 

 construction which the language of the letter admits of. 



DOG TALK. 



WE understand that Mr. F. C. Phebus, manager- of the 

 V V Somerset Kennel, Bemardsville, N. j., has joined the 

 ranks of St. Bernard breeders, having purchased from the 

 Erminie Kennels, Mount Vernon, N. Y., their imported 

 smooth-coated stud dog Barry (by Monch out of Bella). 

 Mr. Phebus has also purchased a very handsome rough- 

 coated St. Bernard bitch which will no doubt make her 

 first public appearance at Philadelphia. 



Mr. Carlyle writes us from Washington: "lam striving 

 to introduce a better class of dogs into Washington than we 

 have had heretofore. I now own in connection with my 

 kennel of Scotch collies, a fine pair of St. Bernards that I 

 bought from H. R, S. Coffin, of Glens Falls, N. Y. Their 

 names being Cato (A.K.R. 5265) and Belle Meade (A.K.R. 

 4918), both smooth in coat. I now want a rough-coated 

 St. Bernard bitch. 



George Wilson, one of the oldest dog men in England aud 

 one of the most successful handlers of prize winners, is here 

 on a visit to his son, who lives in Chicago. Few men in the 

 dog fancy have received from judges as many blue ribbons 

 as George. It is possible he will remain in America. 



"Sports Afield" lately wrote of Mr. Wade's autobiography 

 in the London Stock-Keeper, and now Mr. Wade is "rear- 

 ing round" with the light of battle in his eyes and talks 

 about an "auto"-cZa fe. He has not yet decided whom he 

 will kill or when he will begin, but there is blood on the 

 face of the moon. 



Beaufort, champion mastiff of England, has |been sold by 

 his owner to come to this country. 



Mr. E. O. Damon, of Northampton, Mass., is importing 

 the Irish setter Darby II. 



METCHLEY SURPRISE— JAKYR DEAN.— Rochester, 

 April 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: Having read Mr. 

 Watson's letter in regard to the Metchley Surprise— Jakyr 

 Dean wins at Rochester, I feel it only just to all parties con- 

 cerned to make a plain statement of facts. Jakyr Dean was 

 whelped March 8, 1888, and was properly entered under her 

 full name at Buffalo. Whoever had charge of the catalogue 

 putnerlh as a clog and changed her name to Dean. She 

 was also entered at Syracuse, but in their catalogue she 

 still figures as a dog. The Stud Book got her wrong both in 

 name, sex, and date of birth. Some time ago I copied all 

 my old records into a new book, and put her down as being 

 whelped March 18, instead of the 8th, and from this I made 

 my New York entry. At Albany through some mistake she 

 was catalogued as being whelped the 19th. So Mr. Harrison 

 entered her at Rochester in good faith, and as soon as the 

 mistake was discovered, withdrew her entry. The entries 

 of the Rochester Kennel Club were advertised to close 

 March 6, but at a meeting of the club they resolved to 

 change the date to March 13. and it was so announced to 

 the local papers. The Chestnut Hill Kennel entries were 

 received March 13, and therefore Metchley Surprise was 

 allowed in the challenge class, having won four firsts — J, P. 

 GRAY, Pres. Rochester Kennel Club. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COLLIE CLUB.— The 

 thii-d annual meeting of the Collie Club will be held at the 

 Philadelphia Kennel Club bench show, on Tuesday after- 

 noon, April 16, at 5 o'clock. The president's cup for the 

 best collie exhibited by a member of the club, the collie 

 sweepstakes, the stud dog stakes, and the silver club medal 



for the best American-bred collie exhibited by a member blaze, chest, feet, and tip of taillndispensa^ierand decfar- 

 will be competed tor at this show. — J. D. Shotwell, Seo'y. ' ing a white collar or white spot on the nape as very desirable 



THE ST. BERNARD CLUB OF AMERICA has pub- 

 lished a circular embodying the proceedings of its annual 

 and special meetings of February 19, and the regular meet- 

 ing of the Board of Governors on March 11, last, with the 

 treasurer's statement embracing the interval from Feb. 23 

 to March 11. At the annual meeting it w r as decided on the 

 motion o| Mr. Hopf to change the wording of the standard 

 in respect to color and markings, making white muzzle, 



