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FOREST AND STREAM 



fNov. 29, 1888. 



Second Series. 

 Sntanella beat Stella, 

 Oliver Twist beat Lady Piedmont. 

 Orlando beat Lindo. 

 Cecil beat Maude Foreman. 

 Count Fauster heat Jovce of Hall's Island. 

 Count Piedmont beat Miss Monarch. 



Third Series, 

 Oliver Twist beat Santanella. 

 Orlando beat Count Fausfcer. 

 Cecil beat Count Piedmont. 



Fourth Series. 

 Orlando beat Oliver Twist. 

 Cecil a bye. 



Final for First Place. 

 Orlando beat Cecil and won first prize. 



Filial for Second Place. 

 Oliver Twist beat Cecil and won second prize. 

 Cecil third. 



Lindo and Count Fauster divided fourth. 



THE ALL-AGED SETTER STAKE. 



Immediately after deciding first place in the Derby, the 

 running in the Setter Stake was begun. There were eigh- 

 teen starters, which were drawn to run as follows: 



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

 white and tan dog, 3Kyrs. (Roderigo— Bo Peep), 

 against 



DAVE R. (Dudley & Fisher, Nashville, Tenn.), lemon and 

 white dog, 2yrs. (Gath's Hope— Daisy F.), 



Cincinnatus (J. E. Dager, Toledo, O.i. black, white and 

 tan dog, May 21, 1886 (Count Noble— Dido II.), 



against 



Saddlebags, black, white and tan bitch, June 25, 1885 

 (Foreman— Belle of Allendale). 



Joey B. (Memphis & Avent Kennels, Memphis, Tenn.), 

 black, white and tan dog, 5yrs. (Roderigo— Lillian), 



against 



Bob H. (A. J. Crovatt, Brunswick, Ga.), black, white and 

 tan dog, March 31, 18S5 (Count Noble— Belle Boyd). 



Ollie S. (Memphis & Avent Kennels, Memphis, Tenn.) 

 black, white and tan bitch, 3yrs. (Paul Gladstone — Lottie), 



against 



Effie Hill (D. M. Barringer, Philadelphia, Pa.), black, 

 white and tan bitch, 3yrs. (Prince Bergundthal — Donna). 



Roger (L. Gardner, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.), black, white and 

 tan dog, Dec. 13, 1885 (Count Noble— Queen Meg), 

 against 



Galatea (W. Tallman, New York), black, white and tan 

 bitch, 4yrs. (Mack B.— Choice). 



Toledo Blade (J. E. Dager, Toledo, O.), black, white and 

 tan dog, May 20, 1886 (Roderigo— Lillian), 

 agaimt 



Cassio (Memphis & Aveut Kennels, Memphis, Tenn.), 

 black, white and tan clog, 4yrs. (Count Noble— Lizzie Hop- 

 kins). 



Dashing Lady (H. Colquitt, Richmond, Va.), black, white 

 and tan bitch, 4yrs. (Dashing Rover— Trinket), 

 against 



Joe B. (Bayard Thayer. Boston, Mass.), black, white and 

 tan dog, Sept. 25, 1885 (Baron— Nellie). 



JAQUES (C. Tucker, Stanton Depot, Tenn.), lemon and 

 white dog, Oct. 28, 1886 (Fred W.-Queen of the South), 

 against 



JACK Modoc (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels, Char- 

 lottesville,Va.), black and white, dog, 2yrs. (Buckellew— Ida). 



Brandon (J. O'H. Denny, Ligonier, Pa.), lemon and white 

 dog, 5yrs. (Royal Rock— Nellie), 



against 



King Leo (E. F. Thomas, Denver, Col.), black, white and 

 tan dog, 2yrs. (Count Noble— Ruby). 



NAT GOODWIN AND DAVE R. 

 The former, handled by S. C. Bradley, the latter handled 

 by D. E. Rose, were cast off at 10:45 in an open sedge held. 

 Nat pointed in a hollow. Dave coming a few yards ahead, 

 pointed a rabbit which ran close by Nat when it started; the 

 temptation was too great for Nat and he chased it swiftly 

 out of sight and was gone several minutes. Soon after start- 

 ing again, Nat pointed a single bird and was steady to wing. 

 Going down wind Nat flushed a single, wheeled to" the flu^h 

 and poiuted and held his point; Bradley flushed a bird to 

 the point. Nat roaded nicely to a point; Dave coming in 

 ahead, pointed a bird which flushed wild a moment after- 

 ward; Nat held his point and Bradley flushed a bird to it. 

 Moved on, Nat false-pointed. In pine* woods Nat pointed; 

 Dave at same time pointed about thirty yards ahead: Rose 

 flushed a bird to the point, shot and missed. Soon after be- 

 ing sent on, each made a false point. Next, both pointed 

 about the same time, Nat a few feet ahead; moved on about 

 ten yards ahead aud Dave pointed a single bird; both were 

 steady to shot. Next Dave false-pointed and was backed by 

 Nat. Nat's style was better and he was quicker in his work. 

 The range was about equal. Down 45m. Nat won. 



CINCINNATI AMD SADDLEBAGS. 

 T. M. Aldrich handled Saddlebags. C. Tucker handled 

 Cincinnatus. They were cast off at 11:37. At the end of 45m. 

 nothing had been found. The running was suspended and 

 the party went to lunch at the Holden schoolhouse. At 1:30 

 they were again cast off. Saddlebags pointed a bevy in 

 pme woods, which flushed wild as the judges were approach- 

 o 11 ^'^ Clrcuit was taken to get the wind of the birds. 

 Saddlebags pointed a single nicely in the pines ; Aldrich 

 made a very difficult shot, winging the bird; Saddlebags 

 retrieved. Cmcmnatus was lost for a few minutes and was 

 found pointing a bird in the open, and was steady to shot. 

 He won. He had much the wider range and better style in 

 going. to 1 



BOB H, AND JOEY B. 

 They were cast off at 3:11. The former was handled by 

 Rose, the latter by Avent. The heat lasted one hour and 

 forty-five minutes. In the first hour but little was done in 

 the way of finding birds. In the latter part there was a 

 fine exhibition of work. Joey refused to back, and did not 

 pick his single birds with the accuracy of Bob H. nor did 

 he range so well or with as much judgment, Joey had bet- 

 ter style Near the finish two bevies were marked down in 

 a thicket close together, and point after point was made as 

 last as it was possible to mark them down. Bob H showed 

 great accuracy and steadiness to point and back. It was an 



h sa; wot heat ' and was very rapid WOrk ' B0b 



OLLIE S. AND EFFIE HILL. 

 Jubt t0 rE ev Wl *? hai }dled by Avent, the latter by W. W 

 ^ , U '\ 4$*%? -W 6 ^ long search without finding, the dogs 

 struck .the trail ot a bevy, which they roaded withsome diffi- 

 culty down wind Ollie took a longer cast dom thai Effii 

 got near the birds and soon located. Effie backed. Ollie 

 T« : th JwAnP niv 6 sca " ered bird s OHie made three pointe 

 w? dS ° lh ? • m i lde 0I £ v "'y llicelv and was backed by 

 Ettie, When the bird was flushed it flew close by Ollie, and 



she was slightly unsteady, but immediately was steady to 

 order. Ollie had wider rauge and a more spirited style of 

 going; both were stylish on point. Ollie won. Down 45m. 

 ROGER AND GALATEA. 

 They w x ere east off at 4:50 and ordered up at 5:23, and the 

 running for the day ended. Aldrich handled Roger, Tall- 

 man handled Galatea. 



THE ALL-AGED POINTER STAKE. 

 The All-Aged Poiuter Stake had seventeen starters. It 

 was begun on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The quality of the 

 work and the quality of the dogs were not of a high grade. 

 As compared with last year, the stake was decidedly infer- 

 ior. There was not a single high grade dog in the' stake. 

 Birds were not plentiful, which contributed in many in- 

 stances to make parts of the running very tame and occas- 

 ionally tiresome. The judges were Mess'rs. H. B. Duryea, 

 J. R. Henrieks and A. Merriam. 



The judging as a whole gave satisfaction, although there 

 were some murmurs of discontent. It is always much more 

 difficult to judge dogs of inferior or mixed qualities than to 

 judge uniformly good ones. Dexter, the winner, is far 

 from being a brilliant dog, but on the work done he is 

 entitled to the prize. The' judges exercised painstakiug 

 care and ability in conducting the competition, and they 

 were correct in their decisions. The time limit, which was 

 observed in this stake, the first test in a public stake, 

 developed some unsettled points; for instance, the point was 

 raised privately that if a dog chased a rabbit in a heat aud 

 was gone five or ten minutes, the other dog being held up 

 till his return, the time so lost was so much taken out of 

 the competition of forty-five minutes, and that the limit 

 would have to be correspondingly extended. The weight of 

 opinion has settled to the belief that a minimum timedimit 

 is desirable, but beyond that there should be no restrictions 

 placed on the judges in this respect. So tar as restraining 

 the disposition to scramble is concerned, it has no effect 

 whatever. On the contrary, it in some iustances aggravates 

 the evil. When a handler knows that his dog has done 

 nothing, and that possibly he has onlyfive minutes in which 

 to do something creditable, he is very apt to hurry to an un- 

 seemly extent. In a very close heat, ttie very fact that the 

 hindmost dog has onlj T a few minutes in which to gain an 

 advantage, and the foremost dog has only a few moments in 

 which to hold his lead, develops some of the liveliest kind of 

 competition. With modifications to correct these weak 

 features, the time limit will be adopted, that is, it will be 

 adopted so far as a minimum limit is concerned, the remain- 

 der beiug left to the conditions of the judges as heretofore. 

 As to the minimum time opinions differ, but from thirty to 

 forty-five minutes are the times suggested and advocated. 

 The dogs were drawn to run as follows: 

 PONTIAC (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels, Charlottes- 

 ville, Va.), liver and white dog, 2?.<yrs. (Priam— Kent's Baby), 

 against 



Lass of Bow (Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon. N. Y.), 

 liver and white bitch, March 19, 1884 (Graphic— Climax). 



Flash (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennel, Charlottesville, 

 Va.), liver and white dog, 3yrs. (Don Caasar— Lucky), 

 against 



Roger Williams (Col. C. H. Odell, New York), lemon 

 and white dog, Aug, 20, 1S86 (Bang Bang— Lalla Rookh). 



Joyce of Hall's Island (O. W. Donner, Beaufort, S. O), 

 liver and white bitch, March 27, 1887 (Lad of Bow — Bloomo), 



against 



Vandfreilt (E. W. Durkee, New York), liver and white 

 dog, April 26, 1885 (Dean— Nancy). 



Consolation (Col. C. H. Odell, New York), lemon and 

 white dog, Jan. 29, 1885 (Bang Bang— Grace), 

 against 



King of Kent (Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels, 

 Charlottesville, Va.), liver and white dog, 2>^'yrs. (Priam- 

 Kent's Baby). 



Duke of Vernon (L. Gardner, Mount Vernon, N. Y,), 

 liver and white dog, June 1, 1885 (Glendale— Spotless), 

 against 



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

 dog, Feb. 16, 1886 (Graphic— Bloomo). 



Dextek (Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass.), liver and white 

 dog, 2^yrs. (Nip^-Tuck), 



against 



Lalla Rookh (Col, C. H. Odell, New York), lemon and 

 white bitch, Dec, 1881 (Sensation— White's Grace). 



Duke of Hessen (F. R. Hitchcock, N. Y.), liver and white 

 dog, May 9, 1885 (Luck of Hessen— Blarney), 

 against 



Lebanon (Lebanon Kennels, Lebanon, Pa.), lemon and 

 white dog, Nov. 15, 1885 (Tim— Peg). 



Flirt (F. R. Hitchcock, New York), liver and white bitch, 

 May 2, 1885 (Graphic— Ina), 



against • 



Greenfield (Dr. H. G. Preston, Brooklyn, N. Y.), liver 

 aud white dog, April 1, 1885 (Bang Bang— Bellona). 



OssrAN (P. T. Madison, Indianapolis, lud.). liver and white 

 dog, May 5, 1886 (Croxteth— Amine), a bye. 



PONTIAC AND LASS OF BOW. 

 The heat was beguu on the outskirts of the town, the 

 course being toward the Glass House. The quality of the 

 work was uot of a very high order. Both dogs started slow, 

 but grao ually increased their speed and range. A cool north- 

 east wind blew stiffly, which gradually increased to a high 

 wind. Pontiac pointed a bevy in sedge grass; Lass coming 

 up caught scent and pointed the same bevy, she not having 

 caught sight of Pontiac on point. Buckell failed to flush; 

 the dogs were ordered on and began to road; Pontiac, after 

 going a few yards, located and pointed the bevy, and Buckell 

 shot and a bird dropped. It immediately rose, flew toward 

 the spectators, struck the limb of a tree and dropped to the 

 ground. The dog was not required to retrieve it, the condi- 

 tions being exceptional. The birds went to an oak thicket 

 and were followed. Lass made a very good point and Pon- 

 tiac backed well. Several birds flushed; the whirr of one 

 bird rising flushed all the others. Both then began roading 

 and pointing. Lass roaded close by oue bird which was 

 flushed afterward; she afterward roaded to a flush. She 

 next pointed a bird accurately and iu good style; Pontiac 

 honored it with a stand back, Both were steady to shot. 

 At the expiration of the 45m. Pontiac won. Lass was han- 

 dled by John White. Their range was nearly equal, and 

 there was no material difference in their average speed. The 

 style of each was very good, both on point and when rang- 

 ing. Pontiac had more boldness and drew to his birds with 

 more precision, although there was not a pronounced differ- 

 ence in their merits. His style was slightly better. 



ROGER WILLIAMS AND FLASH. 

 They were cast off at 9:13 in sedge, Luke White handling 

 the former and C. E, Buckell handling the latter. In a few 

 minutes after starting Roger stood iu the open staunchly; 

 Flash backed prettily about 40yds. away. Roger drew on 

 about 30yds. and pointed the bevy. Both were steady to 

 shot, and Roger retrieved cheerfully and tenderly. On the 

 scattered birds Roger scored another point on a single. 

 Afterward he roaded to a point and Flash backed; no birds 

 found; probably he pointed on the foot scent. Moving on 



Roger wheeled to a point quickly and was steady to wing. 

 Next Flash roaded carefully and pointed, but failed to find. 

 On dry leaves Flash pointed and was steady to shot. Flash 

 roaded and located; Buckell killed to the point, Flash made 

 a bad retrieve. Moved on. Roger pointed a bevy and flushed 

 a single; Flash scored a point on the scattered birds. The 

 dogs were ordered up at the end of 45 minutes. Roger won. 

 He displayed greater judgment and quickness on his birds 

 and better style on point. There was no material difference 

 in the range. 



JOYCE OF HALL'S ISLAND AND VANDERBLLT. 



They were started at 10:04. C. E. Buckell handled the 

 former, T. M. Aldrich the latter. The heat, as a whole, was 

 not up to the average in merit, although Joyce made a very 

 nice point, wheeling to it quick and snappy, and pointing 

 staunchly. Joyce had the advantage in range, pace and 

 superiority on birds. They were ordered up at the end of 

 the time limit, and Joyce won. 



CONSOLATION AND KING OF K ENT. 



The heat began at 10:55. Kent opened the work in suDerior 

 style. He was lost for a few moments; when found lie was 

 pointing staunchly in some short grass. McMurdo, his 

 handler, beat the ground out carefullv before him, but not 

 finding he ordered him on. The dog refused to move; Mc- 

 Murdo then went closer to him and flushed the bevy, which 

 was huddled close to Kent. Consolation backed to order; 

 both were steady to wing and shot; Kent retrieved poorly 

 and pinched his bird. On scattered birds Kent appeared to 

 be stubborn, and could not be sufficiently controlled. Con- 

 solation outworked him completely on the scattered birds; 

 he also retrieved nicely. Kent ranged the wider and had a 

 trifle the greater speed. If he had been manageable and 

 proficient in work on single birds he would have won easily, 

 as he showed greater natural capabilities than Consolation. 

 The heat was a very good working one. Luke White 

 handled Consolation. Down lh. 15m. 



GO BANG AND DUKE OF VERNON. 

 They were started at 12:20. O. W. Donner handled Go 

 Bang; T. M. Aldrich handled Duke of Vernon. In pine 

 woods Go Bang dropped to a point and was nicely backed 

 by Duke; both were steady to shot; Bang retrieved the bird 

 killed by Donner. Duke pointed a single in the pine woods, 

 which flushed wild. Aldrich killed to Duke's point on a 

 bird by the edge of heavy weeds. The bird fell in a very 

 bad place to retrieve. Duke retrieved it tenderly, but his 

 manner of doing it was indifferent. Moving on a short dis- 

 tance Bang pointed a bevy and Duke honored the point with 

 a very stylish back; both were steady to wing. Bang dropped 

 to a point on one of the birds of the scattered bevy in the 

 pine woods, and a bird flushed wild to the point. Duke 

 next made a point, which proved barren. Bang ran care- 

 lessly into several birds, having the wind of them, and 

 dropped to wing. Some more work was done on singles. 

 Go Bang showed a higher grade of work on them besides 

 having the better speed and range, although he was unre- 

 liable in his backing. He won. Down 45m. 



DEXTER AND LALLA ROOKH. 



At 1:55, after lunch, they were cast off in the open field. 

 The former was handled by H. Height, the latter by Luke 

 White. A strong wind blew from the northeast. There 

 was a close competition for superiority on birds. Dexter 

 was the better. Each backed and pointed well. Dexter won 

 at the end of 45m. 



LEBANON AND DUKE OF HESSEN. 



They were started at 2:52. Lebanon pointed a bevy nicely 

 in open sedge grass and was nicely backed. White killed a 

 bird out of the bevy and Lebanon broke shot, and was not a 

 retriever. The birds went to a thicket of pines close by and 

 were followed. Duke pointed; no bird found. Moved on. 

 Lebanon poiuted very close to a single bird; when White 

 flushed it, Lebanon broke in and started to chase, Duke 

 going with him; Lebanon stopped to command, Duke went 

 several yards further. Lebanon was now working under a 

 heavy handicap, a break shot, a break in, and inability to 

 retrieve. Duke also impaired his score by a bad break in or 

 wild chase. While it was done under aggravated conditions, 

 the fact remained that he had done it. The judges ordered 

 the dogs up and consulted a moment, then sent them on. 

 On a hill in weeds Lebanon pointed another bevy; Duke 

 backed. Lebanon was steady when cautioned at the flush 

 of the birds. In pine woods, Lebanon pointed a single 

 nicely. Shortly afterward Duke dropped to a point and 

 Lebanon backed; both were steady to wing and shot. 

 Ordered on, Lebanon found and pointed another bevy, and 

 was nicely backed. When White shot Lebanon was steady 

 to order. Duke drew to a point in sedge; Lebanon backed; 

 no birds to the point, Duke was the stronger goer; both 

 ranged well, Duke being the better ranger. Lebanon had 

 better style on his points. As a finding dog he completely 

 outworked Duke, snowing an exquisite nose and good judg- 

 ment, but he was imperfectly broken; he won. Down 45m. 

 Luke White handled Lebanon, C. Tucker handled Duke. 

 FLIRT AND GREENFIELD. 



They were started at 3:46. John White handled Flirt, S. 

 C. Bradley handled Greenfield. Flirt showed a decided su- 

 periority in judgement and ability in finding and pointing 

 birds. She retrieved badly; Greenfield retrieved nicely. 

 Flirt had better style in going. There was not much dif- 

 ference in range. Flirt won. Down 45m. Ossian had a 

 bye. The first series result as follows: 



Pontiac beat Lass of Bow. 



Roger Williams beat Flash. 



Joyce of Hall's Island beat Vanderbilt. 



Consolation beat King of Kent. 



Go Bang beat Duke of Vernon. 



Dexter beat Lalia Rookh. 



Lebanon beat Duke of Hessen. 



Flirt beat Greenfield. 



Ossian a bye. 



Second Series. 



OSSIAN AND PONTIAC. 

 This brace began the second series at 4:35. Ossian was 

 handled by Rose. He showed more superiority in work on 

 birds, he having a keen nose, judgment and quickness. 

 Both were staunch on point and back, steady to wing and 

 shot. Pontiac retrieved a bird very badly, mouthing it and 

 mutilating it as he fetched. Ossian showed a higher grade 

 of capabilities. At the expiration of the time limit he won 

 and the running for the day ended. 



ROGER WILLIAMS AND JOYCE OF HALL'S ISLAND. 

 Friday morning was cloudy and dismal. A strong wind, 

 which was almost frosty, blew from the north. Ice 

 had formed during the night on still water and fallow 

 ground was frozen sufficiently to hold a horse. The work 

 of the day was unsatisfactory, due in a great degree to beat- 

 ing about without any settled plan and getting on poor 

 grounds much of the time. The first brace was started at 

 8:30 near the outskirts of the town. The dogs started off 

 with greater dash and range than they displayed in previous 

 heats. Joyce had a slight advantage in range and style; 

 speed was about equal. Roger opened the work by pointing 

 a bevy in sedge, and was steady to shot and wing. In oak 

 woods Joyce made a good point on two or three birds. 

 Although Joyce worked well on her birds, she did not have 

 the certainty and accuracy of Roger, and was inferior to 

 him in finding capabilities. He found and pointed two 

 bevies in the heat and made several neat points on single 

 birds. Mr. F. R. Hitchcock bought Joyce. Roger won at 

 the end of the time limit, 



