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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. 3 to 8.— Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, at Rockford, 111. A. H. Currier, Secretary. 



Jan. 1 to 4.— Fourth Dog Show of the Meriden Poultry Associ- 

 ation. Joshua Shute, Secretary, No. 430 Pratt street, Meriden, 

 Conn. 



Jan. 15 to 19, 1SS9.— Seventh Aunual Dog Show of the Southern 

 Massachusetts Poultry Association, at New Bedford, Mass. F. 

 W. Dean. Secretary. 



Januarv. last week.— Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's 

 Fourteenth Annual Show, Pittsburgh, Pa. O. B. Elben, Sec'y. 



Feb. 4 to 7, 18b0.— First Annual Dor Show of the Columbus 

 Fanciers' Cluh at Columbus O. Thos. R. Sparrow, Secretary. 



Feb 12 to 15, 1889.— Fifth Dog Show of the New Jersey Keuuel 

 Club, at Jersey City, N. J. Geo. L, Wilms, Secretary, 142 Monti- 

 cello avenue. Jer-ey City, N. J. . _ ' 



Feb. 19 to 22, 1889.— Thirteenth Annnal Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club. New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



Feb. 26 to March 1, 1889.— Second Annual Show of the Renssalat r 

 Kennel Club, Trov, X. Y. Alba M. Me. Secretary. 



March 5 to 8, 188!).— Second Annual Dog Show of the Albany 

 Kennel Club, at Albany, N. Y. Geo. B. Gallup, Secretary. 



March 12 to 15, 18S9.— Second Annual Show of the Fort Schuyler 

 Kenuel Club, Utica. N. Y. James W. Duulop, President. 



March 19 to 22, 1889.— First Aunual Dog Show of the Maryland 

 Kennel Club, at Baltimore, Md. W. 8. Diffenderffer, Secretary. 



Man h 28 to 29. 1889.— First Annual Dope Show of the Massachu- 

 setts K'-nnel Club, at Lvnn. Mass. D. A. Williams. Secretary. 



April 2 to 5, 1889.— First Annual Show of the Rochester Kennel 

 Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yates. Secretary. 



April 2 to 5, 1889.— Annual Show of the Now England Kennel 

 Club, Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary, No. ti Hamilton 

 Place. 



Aptil 9 to 12, 1.889.— First Aunual Dog Show of the Mascoutah 

 Kennel Club, at Chicago. 111. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Secretary. 



April 10 to 19, 1889.— Tho Seventh Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. Wm. C. Child, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Dec. 3.— First Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trial 

 Clun, at Amory, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Secretary, Chattanooga, 

 Tenn. 



Dec. 10.— Second Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at West Poiut, Miss. C. W. Paris, Secretary, Cincin- 

 nati. O. 



Jan. 14, 1889.— Sixth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 Field Trial Club, at Bakersfiel.1, Cal. N. P. Sheldon, Secretary, 

 820 Sansome street San Francisco, Cal. 



BANG Grace (J. L. Breese, Tuxedo, N. Y.), lemon and 

 white pointer dog, 3^yrs. (Bang Bang— Grace), 

 against 



Darling Noble (J. R. HenTicks, Pittsburgh, Pa.), black 

 and white English setter dog, 4}^yrs. (Count Noble— Dashing 

 Novice). 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is 

 published every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 Vork. Number of entries already printed QH^S • 



THE EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



[By a Special Ecportcr.'] 

 rpHE tenth annual field trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 1_ Clnb began at High Point. N. C, Nov. 15, with the 

 Members' Stake. There were fourteen starters, and the 

 quality of the work was of a very superior order. The hand- 

 ling was skillful and would compare quite favorably with 

 the best. The, perfect knowledge of the requirements of 

 field work and the principles of a competition were often 

 displayed in the running under all the varying complica- 

 tions. 



The time given at the beginning and end of heats is the 

 official time of the judges. The time limit had its first trial 

 in the Members' Stake. It is yet premature to attempt to 

 describe its merits or demerits; but the weight of opinion 

 appears to be against any time limit after the first forty-five 

 minutes have expired. The ruling required the judges to 

 run full hall-hours if the first forty-five minutes were ex- 

 ceeded. At a meeting of the Board of Governors, held on the 

 night of the 14th inst., the secretary was instructed to sub- 

 mit the time limit to a vote of the owners and handlers of 

 starters in the Derby with a view to apply it to that stake. 

 At the same meeting, J. Henry Purdy and Thomas Hitch- 

 cock, Jr., both of New York, were proposed for membership. 

 E. R. Wharton, of New York, was elected to membership. 

 Col. A. Merriman was invited to judge the Pointer Stake 

 with Messrs. Hen ricks and Bergundthal. The latter wired 

 that he would be unable to attend. 



Major J. M. Taylor and Mr. F. R. Hitchcock judged the 

 Members' Stake. 



Dashing Noble was awarded third without further run- 

 ning. According to the work done no dog was entitled to a 

 division, and the judges very properly broke away from a 

 misleading precedent. The judging was commendably accu- 

 rate, aud the decisions were well received as a whole. 



The weather Thursday was cloudy and the ground muddy , 

 heavy rains having fallen the previous day and night. Fri- 

 day was clear and pleasant. Following is the order of run- 

 ning: 



MEMBERS' STAKE. 



Go Bang (O. W. Donner, Beaufort, S. C), liver and white 

 pointer dog, 2j£yng. (Graphic — Leach's Bloomo) , 

 against 



Noble Count (Herbert Merriam, Weston, Mass.), black 

 and white English setter dog, IJ^yra. (Count Noble— Royal 

 Myrtle). 



Princess Helen (J. Otto Donner, New York) orauge and 

 white English setter bitch, b>(yrs. (.Thunder— Bessie), 

 against 



Bgckellew (W. A, Coster, Saratoga Springs), orange and 

 white English setter dog, 9yrs. (Druid— Ruby). 



GLOSTER (J. L. Breese, Tuxedo, N. Y.), black, white and 

 tan English setter dog, 4V^yrs. vDashing Rover — Trinket) , 

 against 



Malite (H. B. Duryea, Red Bank, N. J.), liver and white 

 pointer bitch, 5. l ,oyrs. (Meteor— Dell). 



Roy Monarch (C. C. Gray, Providence, R. I.), black, 

 white and tan English setter dog, 5yrs. (Dashing Monarch- 

 List), 



against 



Dan Noble (J. R. Henricks, Pittsburgh, Pa.) lemon bel- 

 ton English setter dog, 5yrs. (Royal Rock— Lewis's Nellie). 



Brando* (J. O'H. Denny, Pittsburgh, Pa.), lemon belton 

 English setter dog, oyrs. (Royal Rock — Lewis's Nellie). 

 against 



Count Belton (I. Norris Cochran. Philadelphia, Pa.), 

 black, white and tan English setter dog, 33-^yrs. (Yale Belton 

 —Polly Blue). 



Ruby Buckellew (J. L. Breese. Tuxedo, N. Y.), orange 

 and white English setter bitch. 4yrs. (Buckellew— Brim- 

 stone), 



against 



Nat Goodwin (I. N Cochran, Philadelphia. Pa.), black, 

 white and tan English setter dog, 3%JT8. (Roderigo— Bo 

 Peep). 



First Series. 



GO BANG AND NOBLE COUNT. 

 This brace was cast oft' at the school house, near the out- 

 sk i rt s of the towu , at 9:25, in an open field. Go Ban a showed 

 decided superiority in range aud judgment in working his 

 ground. He kept the outside fling throughout the heat. 

 Noble Count improved in his range as the heat progressed, 

 but, owing to failure to find in the first hour, both dogs 

 thereafter appeared to lose interest and contracted their 

 range somewhat. Excepting a point by Go Bang on some 

 tanie chickens, and the flushing of three or four woodcock 

 in the woods, the first hour and a half of diligent work 

 through opeu fields and cover was without any find. A bevy 

 was marked down by some spectators. The dogs were taken 

 to a position to get the advantage of the wind, but unfortu- 

 nately the course was to one side of the birds. They flushed 

 wild and were marked down again in the open sedge. Noble 

 Count was the first to secure a point which he did hand- 

 somely. Go Bang at the same time was roading caref Lilly 

 only a few yards from Couut Noble; the latter sprang in 

 and flushed'his bird; and Go Bang pressed too closely on his 

 bird and flushed. The scenting conditions appeared to be 

 unfavorable, as neither dog performed skillfully on the re- 

 maining scattered birds. Several of them flushed wild or 

 were flushed by the handlers; the dogs roading and half 

 pointing several times. Bang nicely secured a point on a 

 single bird in the sedge. Noble Couut ran close by him and 

 refused to back. Both were steady to shot. While search- 

 ing for the scattered birds one was flushed on bare ground 

 in the open. Mr. Donner shot at it, and it left a large part 

 of its feathers floating in the air. Noble Count again re- 

 fused to back a point of Go Bang on a single, and showed an 

 inclination to be unsteady to shot. At 11:40 Go Bang was 

 awarded the heat. He carried his head higher, and worked 

 his birds with better judgment than Noble Couut, and out- 

 classed his competitor in every quality. Although the heat 

 was quite long, there was but little work done in it, owing 

 to the failure to find birds. 



PRINCESS HELEN AND BUCKELLEW/. 

 At 11:45 they were cast off in an open sedge field. After 

 working diligently in cover and open, Princess Helen stood 

 handsomely in some thick brush in a fence corner; Buckel- 

 lew backed. Mr. Donner failed to find anything to the 

 poiut. When ordered on, both dogs began roading iu the 

 open field along the fence; the bevy flushed some distance 

 away and went to the woods a short distance ahead. Helen 

 made a very good point on one of the single birds, doing it 

 quickly and accurately ou bare ground in the edge of the 

 woods." Buck was hunting 30 or 40yds. further in the woods 

 and several birds flushed wild near'hirn. Helen next began 

 roading n running bird aud pointed. Buck backed hand- 

 somely for a few moments, but he broke his back and re- 

 sumed it when cautioued. Helen moved on, and both then 

 began roading the running bird. Buck located accurately 

 and pointed. Coster killed neatly and Buck retrieved. 

 While Buck was locating this bird, Helen had secured a 

 point on a single some yards away further in the woods; the 

 bird flushed wild. Soon Buck pointed, but moved on either 

 to order or from losing the scent. Mr. Coster flushed a 

 single bird near where he had been pointing. Next Helen 

 flushed a single. Shortly afterward she began roading Buck 

 pointed; Helen took a cast back and drew to a poiut appar- 

 ently on a rabbit, as one jumped away a few yards ahead of 

 her point. She probably had a true point, as a bird was 

 flushed a few yards ahead after the dogs had been ordered 

 on. It was killed aud fell a few feet in front of Helen. It 

 was so close that she could not resist the temptation to re- 

 trieve it independently of orders. While it might have 

 scored as being unsteady to shot, it was excusable. Soon 

 after moviug on Helen "made a skillfull draw and point 

 where there was no cover other thau dry leaves; Buck hon- 

 ored the poiut. Helen shortly afterward drew to a point, 

 but discovered that it was erroneous and moved ou; Buck 

 backed. At 1 o'clock they were ordered up and the party 

 went to lunch at the Model Farm. Princess had the better 

 style in motion and on point. Buck had a decided advan- 

 tage in rauge, taking wide casts in likely ground and con- 

 ducting his search with excellent judgment. His years rest 

 lightly upon him, and he carries himself with as much 

 spirit as if he were a youngster. While Helen outworked 

 him on the scattered birds, his superior range and uniform 

 pace made the heat a close one. 



GLOSTER AND MALITE. 

 At 1:45 they were cast off in an open field. Gloster went 

 merrily away in the lead, taking wide casts. Malite was 

 going well, but the contrast was unfavorable. She made a 

 false poiut near the edge of some sedge. On a side hill, 

 shortly afterward, Gloster pointed a bevy; Malite, a few 

 yards to one side, was either pointing or backing, it was dif 

 ficult to determine which. Mr. Breese killed nicely aud 

 Gloster scored a good retrieve. Both dogs behaved well to 

 wing and gun. Some of the birds went to thick grass, hav- 

 ing briers and brush. Gloster made a half a point and 

 Malite backed. No birds. In the thick cover Gloster pointed 

 accurately, a very commendable piece or work under diffi- 

 cult circumstances. When sent on he roaded and pointed 

 ai temately some yards, but no bird was found. A few birds 

 were marked down by a fence further along and were fol- 

 lowed. Gloster soon 'pointed by the edge of a strip of corn 

 in some thick grass; Malite made a very stylish back. Mr 

 Breese did not search sufficiently for the bird. The point 

 had so much the appearance of being genuine that, after 

 the handlers had moved on, one of the judges rode over the 

 pla,ee Where the bird was likely to be and flushed it. In 

 nearly every heat points were lost by not using sufficient 

 effort to flush the bird. Malite pointed false and Gloster 

 backed, and the error was repeated shortly afterward. At 

 3:30 Gloster won. He had a decided superiority in range and 

 uniformity of speed. Malite, when she extended herself, 

 was fast, but was not regular in her range or speed. Both 

 had good style. Gloster having the better when in motion 

 ROY MONARCH AND DAN NOBLE. 

 The heat began at 2:45. Both frittered away a few min 

 utes on larks. Roy opened the work by pointiug a large 

 bevy, but impaired its value by springing in and flushing. 

 The birds scattered right and left, and went to the woods 

 close by. After the flush Roy stopped to order. While the 

 handlers were going to the right after some of the birds 

 which had been marked down, Roy took a cast into the 

 pines to the left and pointed two or three birds steadily. 

 Dan honored the point handsomely. Both were steady to 

 wiug. The footscent engaged Roy's attention for a moment 

 after being ordered on. A single bird had taken a flight of 

 ten or twelve yards and settled in a little hollow. Roy came 

 down wind on it, and, in taking a short turn close to it, he 

 caught the scent, and made a rigid point; Roy, at the flush 

 showed au intention to be unsteady. Soon after moving on, 

 Dan pointed a single very nicely; Roy backed well. Roy 

 was steady to the gun when 'cautioned; Dan refused to re- 

 trieve. A - bird flushed wild to Roy's next point ; Dan, about 

 the same time, secured a staunch point on a single; Mr, 

 Henricks made a difficult shot very nicely. Dan again re 

 fused to retrieve. Dan uext roaded to a flush; then pointed 

 a bird which flushed vrild. A bird was thrown out and a 

 gun fired; Roy was required to retrieve the bird. He showed 



slight unsteadiness to the gun, and, although he retrieved 

 the bird, he pinched it badly. He won. Time 3:30. Roy 

 had the better rauge, but no advautage in speed. Both had 

 good style in point; in motion Dan had a more spirited style 

 of going. 



BRANDON AND COUNT BELTON. 

 The heat began at 3:50. The handlers became widely 

 separated. By an old fallen tree Count pointed a small bevy 

 and held his point staunchly while the judges, who were 

 forced to make a detour by boggy ground, rode to him. 

 Brandon backed well. Both were steady to shot. Count, 

 while retrieving, hesitated near the tree-bop and showed a 

 strong inclination to point, but his handler required him to 

 finish his retrieve, which he did. Both dogs then pointed 

 and drew through the fallen tree-top. Brandon pointed the 

 bird, which had been worked a few yards from the tree- 

 top, and was a trifle unsteady to shot. He retrieved the 

 bird well. Shortly afterward Brandon was unfortunate in 

 having some birds flush wild as he was roading them; part 

 of the bevy remained, which he pointed accurately and 

 stanchly, and was steady to wing and shot. Count, off to 

 the left, was pointing three or four staunchly at the same 

 time, but he moved when Mr. Denny shot and the birds 

 flushed. In a few moments Couut pointed on the footscent; 

 Brandon backed well. Count did not hunt the scattered 

 birds with sufficient assurance, displaying over-caution at 

 times, He again pointed and was again backed, but, there 

 was no bird. Brandon dropped to a point in the open, 

 Count backed several yards away. Brandon started to 

 break shot, but stopped to order. On a side hill Count 

 pointed for several moments, but discovered his error and 

 moved on. His over- cautiousness was more apparent toward 

 the last of the heat. The heat ended at 3:35 in favor of 

 Brandon. His style and speed were better. Notwithstand- 

 ing Count's cautiousness he undoubtedly is a very killing 



NAT GOODWIN AND RUBY BUCKELLEW. 

 They were cast off at 4:4D. Both went off at a lively pace. 

 Nat the merrier worker aud the superior in style. Nat 

 crossed a small creek and pointed a bevy in thick cover. 

 He held his point while the judges went around to cross on 

 the bridge, which requi red several minutes. Mr. Cochran 

 did not beat out the cover far enough ahead of him. The 

 bevy was flushed a few moments afterward by thp dogs or 

 handlers, it was impossible to determine which. The birds 

 were marked down in open sedge. Ruby roaded to a flush; 

 next Nat pointed, but his handler failed to flush: Nat im- 

 mediately coming back down wind flushed two where he 

 had pointed. Both dogs made two or three excusable 

 flushes each; Ruby making one as she crossed the creek 

 close by. After crossing the creek, Nat pointed a single 

 bird, and retrieved it when it was killed. In the meantime, 

 Ruby false-pointed about. 50yds. away. By the bank of the 

 creek. Ruby pointed and a bird flushed wild about 20ft. 

 down wind. When Ruby was ordered on, Mr. Breese flushed 

 a hird ahead of where she had pointed; probably it was the 

 bird she pointed. She was steady to shot. They then 

 crossed over to some woods about 300 or 400vds. away; Nat 

 pointed by the edge of the woods and was well backed; both 

 were steady to shot and wing. They were then ordered 

 into the woods and the best work of the day was done. 

 Points were made in rapid succession, and nearly all the 

 work was accurate. But few errors were made although 

 the dead leaves were all the cover the birds had. Each be- 

 gan to draw about after running birds. Both secured a 

 point on the same birds and were steady Nat, while road- 

 ng a bird, failed to score by the bird flushing wild. Ruby 

 pointed a single nicely. Each secured two more points in 

 masterly style, and the dfiy ended with most satisfactory 

 work. Nat won at 5:25. He appeared to be disobedient at 

 times. On point there was no special superiority in style. 

 DASHING NOBLE AND BANG GRACE. 

 They were cast off Friday morning at 8:20 near the Glass 

 house. Each made a poiut and back, butnothing was found 

 to either point. Dash was l^st for a few minutes. When 

 found he was pointing a bevy staunchly in the thicket. 

 Bang backed handsomely; both were steady to shot. Bang 

 made a good point on a single bird in short weeds; soon 

 afterward he pointed another, and was steady to shot. In 

 thicket each made a point, but no birds were found. On top 

 of a hill in some oaks. Bang pointed a bevy and held his - 

 point several minutes while the judges rode up; he showed 

 some unsteadiness to wing. The scattered birds were fol- 

 lowed and both dogs made game aud each secured a good 

 point. Next Bang pointed a bird which Dash had presum- 

 ably pointed a moment before, as it was close to the place 

 where be pointed, but which Mr. Henricks had failed to 

 flush. In some dead oak limbs Bang did a neat piece of 

 work in pointing a single bird. At the end of the time limit 

 the judges consulted, and then ordered the dogs on. Near a 

 fence Bans: pointed, drew on a few yards, located and pointed; 

 he was slightly unsteady to shot. Dash secured a point on 

 one of the scattered birds and was nicely backed. Soon 

 afterward both dogs pressed too close and flushed. Dash 

 made one more neat noiut; Bang drew too close to a bird 

 and flushed. At 9:35 Dashing Noble won. Dash had better 

 speed, range and style iu motion. Each ranged well and did 

 some good work. 



Second Series. 



GO BANG AND PRINCESS HELEN. 

 They began the first heat of the second series at 9:45. 

 Helen* made game several moments .then pointed, Bang, 

 coming from opposite direction, backed but broke it, and 

 resumed hunting. No birds to the poiut. In the open, in 

 weeds. Helen poiuted soon afterward, aud Go Bang refused 

 to back. No birds were found to the point, but a spectator 

 said that a bevy had flushed from the place a few minutes 

 before. Go Bang refused to back. While going through a 

 thicket one of the handlers flushed a bevy, which flew into 

 the open field close by. Near the edge of some pines Go 

 Bang pointed, then carefully drew on to locate, then pointed 

 staunchly and was well backed. The bird flew toward a 

 wagon and prevented Mr, Donner from shooting. Go Bang, 

 in a few moments, again pointed a single by an old ditch 

 and was steady to wing. The ground was then beaten to 

 and fro in search of the scattered birds, and Go Bang flushed 

 an outlying bird ou the side hill iu sedge. Helen pointed 

 the bevv, Mr. Donner killed aud Helen failed to retrieve the 

 bird. Some birds flushed while Helen was retrieving and 

 Mr. O. W. Donner killed one which was retrieved by Go 

 Bang. He rolled it in his mouth, and it appeared as if he 

 piuched it, but au examination of the bird showed that it 

 was not crashed in tho least. The retrieve, however, was 

 done indifferently well. ^ The dogs were ordered on at the 

 expiration of the time limit. Go Bang opened the work by 

 pointing a bevyin some weeds and retrieved the dead bird 

 much better than the previous one. At 11:00 Go Bang won. 

 His work outclassed that of Helen, but he was not running 

 up to the form of the previous day, showing some signs of 

 staleness. Heleu was just coming in season and did not 

 work up to her best form. 



GLOSTER AND ROY MONARCH. 

 At 11:15 they were cast off iu the weeds, and began a race 

 which was not conclusively settled last year to the satisfac- 

 tion of all. Gloster took a cast to the further corner of a 

 weed field on a side hill and pointed; Roy, at the lower end 

 of the weed field, some distance from Gloster, was making 

 game; his handler whistled to him to bring him up to back. 

 He flushed a bevy before, obeying. Gloster moved on and 

 pointed again; Roy backed. Gloster then began to road 

 carefully down wind on part of the bevy which 'had run, do- 

 ing £the work with rare, judgment, .stopping to a point on 



