Nov. 28, 1889.] 



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Dick Tate (A. M. Tucker, Ckarlestown, Mass.). black 

 and white English setter clog, 2yrs. 2mos. (Gus Bondhu— 

 Lady Dixie), 



against 



Whitie (H. Merriam, Weston, Mass.), orange and white 

 English setter dog (Gus Bondhu— Myrtle). 



Rowdy Rod (Memphis & Avent Kenuels, Memphis, Tenn.), 

 black and white English setter dog, Jan. 1888 (Roderigo— 

 Juno A. ), 



against 



NORA (I. N. Cochrau, Philadelphia, Pa.), black, white, and 

 tan English setter bitch, 4> 2 'yrs. (Count Noble— Lit). 



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

 tan English setter dog, 2)^yrs. (Roderigo— Lillian), 



against 



King Leo (E. P. Thomas, Arapahoe, Col.), black, white, 

 and ta,n English setter dog, 4yrs. (Count Noble— Ruby). 



Pollt II. (J. Simpkins, New York), black and white Eng- 

 lish setter bitch (Josh Whitcorab — Polly), 

 against 



KING'S MARK (J. I. Case, Jr., Racine. Wis.), blue beltou 

 English setter dog, 3% years (King Noble— Belle Belton). 



Chance (Memphis & Avent Kennels, Memphis, Tenn. ), 

 black, white and tan English setter dog, 4 years (Roderigo— 

 Bo Peep), 



against 



ORLANDO (J. Simpkins, New York), black, white and tan 

 English setter dog, 2% years (Roderigo— Bo Peep). 



NORNA (P. C. Ohl, Plainfield.N. J.), lemon belton English 

 setter bitch. 2% years (Buckellew— Minnetonka), 

 against 



Nannie B. (J. I. Case, Jr., Racine, Wis.), lemon belton 

 English setter bitch, May Hi. 1888 (King Noble— Queen 

 Vashti). 



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

 tan English setter dog, 2% years (Count Noble— Dido II.), 

 against 



Gtry (Geo. T. Leach, High Point, N. C), black, white and 

 tan English setter dog, 2>< years (Gladstone's Boy— Lady ). 



RAPID ANN (W. F. Towner, Danvdlle, Va.), blue belton 

 English setter bitch, 2}4 years, pedigree not given, 



against 



Roi d'Or (O, W. Donner, Boston, Mass.), black, white 

 and tan English setter dog, Jan., 1887 (Roderi go— Bo Peep). 



CASSIO (Memphis & Avent Kenuels, Memphis, Tenn.), 

 black, white and tan English setter dog (Count Noble— Liz- 

 zie Hopkins), a bye. 



On Tuesday, af ber the heat betweeu Nannie C. and Harry 

 S., in the Derby, the All- Aged Setter Stake was begun". 

 There were not so many starters as were expected, only nine- 

 teen of the thirty -six nominations filling their entry. The 

 judges were Messrs. Hitchcock. Lorillard and Tall man. 



First Series. 



The first brace were Desmond II., a well-known Irish set- 

 ter, winner on the show bench, owned by Mr. C. T, Thomp- 

 son and handled by John N. Lewis, and Bettye S., owned by 

 Mr. Duryea, although the Memphis & Avent Kennels do not 

 deliver her to him until after the field trial season closes. 

 She is the dog that her owner has matched against the 

 pointer bitch Sally Brass II. She was handled by Avent. 

 They were put down at 3:10, and both started at a great 

 pace. Desmond is a very nice-moving dog, with lots of 

 speed and considerable range. At times he showed up quite 

 stylish on game, especially when backing, but some or his 

 points were rather ordiuary. Bettye S. is a flyer and no 

 mistake. She ranges wide, too wide for the ground we were 

 working, and was lost to sight twice during the heat, but 

 came round all right. She is a very T easy mover and quite 

 stylish when on game. Both pointed 'and backed nicely. 

 Bettye refused to retrieve, but Desmond brought a bird 

 fairly well. Bettye won the heat, having the best of it in 

 pace, range and style when on game. 



The next brace were not flyers and the heat was a bit 

 tedious. Dick Tate, owned by Mr. A. M. Tucker and handled 

 by John Lewis, is a fairly well-formed dog of medium size, 

 he worked steadily, but is slow and did not range very wide. 

 His competitor Whitie ran in the Members' Stake; he was 

 handled by S. C. Bradley. The brace was very evenly 

 matched in speed, range and style. Very little work was 

 done on game, Dick Tate having the best of it and he was 

 awarded the heat. This ended the work for the day. 



On Wednesday, after the finish of the Derby, Rowdy Rod 

 and Nora were put down at 9:30 in the sedge field, where the 

 Derby was finished. Rowdy won the Derby, and Nora won 

 third in the Members' Stake; she was handled by Bradley. 

 This heat was run on ground ill-suited to show the qualities 

 of a fast, wide-ranging dog like Rowdy, as the country was 

 broken and nearly covered with thicket. Nora is at home 

 on this ground, as she is not a bevy dog, but on scattered 

 birds there are few that can bear, her, as she is very stylish 

 on game and picks up her singles in a masterly maimer. 

 Rowdy made a wide cast and was lost sight of by his hand- 

 ler, although he was seen well to the front of "the party, 

 hunting out his ground in capital style, but as he did not 

 come round Nora was taken up, and search was made for 

 Rowdy and he was found on poiut to a bevy, a good piece of 

 Avork that he got no credit for. as Nora had been ordered up. 

 Rowdy had hunted the ground in front and had passed no 

 birds, at least Nora and the spectators failed to find any be- 

 hind him. It is true he ranged too wide for the ground he 

 was working, but the blame rests on the country and not on 

 the dog. Nora, until ordered up while a search was made 

 for Rowdy, had worked diligently, but she showed no dis- 



Eosition to go out and search for birds, keeping close to her 

 audler. In the work on the scattered birds Nora had the 

 advantage although both did good work and each pointed, 

 backed and retrieved in the best of style. At the end of an 

 hour Nora was declared winner. We were surprised at this 

 decision as, taking everything into account, it was plain to 

 be seen that in hunting qualities and natural ability Rowdy 

 was greatly the superior, he ranged much the wider and 

 showed lots of bird sense in working out his ground. If the 

 judges ignored the performance of Rowdy previous to the 

 work on single birds or even penalized him for getting lost 

 we do not see how the heat could be decided on the work 

 as it was far from being a true test of the hunting qualities 

 of the dogs, and had a portion of the time spent in working 

 the dogs here and there and back again pottering on singles 

 been devoted to a search fcr another bevy and a test of the 

 qualities that go to make up a good dog\ there would have 

 been something more satisfactory upon which to base an 

 opinion. 



It is often the case that in deciding between two dogs the 

 judge has a very difficult task, while one may have' done 

 a portion of the work required of him in a faultless or even 

 brilliant manner he may have utterly failed in other re- 

 spects or have so bungled that his work is comparativelj T 

 worthless. His competitor, perhaps, has done nothing 

 especially meritorious, but has run his heat in about fourth- 

 class style and has made no serious mistakes. In striking 

 the balance between them it is often a bard matter to de- 

 cide which of the two is entitled to pi-ece.dence, and in many 

 eases in the past the winner was selected by counting up 

 the number of points made. Under the old order of things 



the fact that the winner had made even one more point than 

 his opponent was an unanswerable argument in favor of 

 the justness of the decision, no matter how much he had 

 been beaten in other respects, This was found to be all 

 wrong, and the rules now instruct the judges to grade the 

 dogs by the quality of their work and hob by tne quantity. 

 Of course if a. dog strikes out and finds his birds by search- 

 ing for them in a workmanlike manner and points them he 

 is entitled to greater credit than if hS simply picked up 

 birds that were shown to him. The mere fact that a dog 

 points his birds should have but very little influence in de- 

 termining the value of his work; it is his duty to point 

 and the manner in which he does it should only be 

 taken into consideration. The dog that points his 

 game at a long distance, and in a gamy, stylish way, 

 is entitled to vastly more credit than the one that waits 

 until the birds are nearly under his nose and then points 

 them iu a slovenly manner. In fact pointing should be 

 judged precisely as we estimate backing or retrieving, and 

 that is by the excellence of the performance and not by its 

 frequency. We do not mean that a dog making one or two 

 magnificent points, and then slobbering his birds or flush- 

 ing those that he should have pointed, is entitled to much 

 credit for his work in this respect as a whole, and more or 

 less work on singles is required to determine this as well as 

 his staunchness and steadiness, but the principal test should 

 be of their hunting and finding qualities. Field trials were 

 established and are ostensibly maintained for the purpose of 

 improving the pointer and setter especially in field qualities. 

 Natural ability to do the work required, sense to do it in 

 the best manner, coupled with proper confirmation and grit 

 to stay up to the finish, are qualities that we all wish to see 

 brought to perfection, and the best way to induce the 

 breeder to strive to produce animals perfect in these respects 

 is to encourage each step in the right direction by a prompt 

 recognition of the merit of an animal that in natural ability 

 and hunting qualities is in advance of his competitors. 



The heat between Toledo Blade and King Leo was a very 

 close one. Not much opportunity was given to test the 

 ac tual hunting qualities ot the dogs, as the work was mostly 

 on singles. Both did excellent work that conclusively 

 proved that each both could and would point every bird that 

 he had a fair opportunity on. There was not much differ- 

 ence in speed, range and'style, Toledo Blade having a trifle 

 the best of it in these respects, and at the end of a very 

 pretty heat he was declared the winner. Blade was handled 

 by Tucker and King Leo by John Lewis. 



At 11:17 King's Mark, handled by Barker, and Polly II., 

 handled by Haight, were put down near where the last 

 brace was taken up. In speed Mark had a slight advantage, 

 although neither was fast. In range they were, about equal. 

 Polly had the best of it in style and was far superior to him 

 iu bird sense as well as in tlie quality of her work, and she 

 should have had the heat, but at the end of the allotted 45 

 minutes King's Mark was declared the winner. It is possi- 

 ble that the judgesmay have seen Polly do bad work enough 

 to lose; if so, it must have been very poor indeed, as the 

 character of the work done by Mark was decidedly ordinary. 



We then went to lunch, and at 1:30 Chance and Orlando 

 were put down. Both are well known field trial winners. 

 Chance was handled by Avent, and Orlando by Haight. 

 This heat needs little description. Chance outclassed Or- 

 lando and beat him in all essential points. Chance was 

 rank and not under good control, and did not work out the 

 singles as he should, but his better speed, range, style and 

 qua lity of work lauded him a winner. Orlando showed only 

 fair speed and range, but he worked out his ground very 

 well. 



Noma, handled by Lewis, and Nannie B., handled by 

 Barker, were the next brace. Nannie was evidently tired 

 from her work in the Derby, and did not go nearly up to 

 hor form in previous heats. Noma showed finer styde, but 

 she has no speed nor range, and her work on birds was far 

 from good. Both were very slow at the finish, and the heat 

 was an uninteresting one. Nannie B. deservedly won. 



The next brace, Cincinnatus, handled by Tucker, and Guy, 

 handled by Bradley, were put down at 3:37. Both are well 

 known. Cincinnatus ran here in the Derby of 1887, and last 

 year in the All-Aged Stake. Guy ran in the Members' Stake. 

 Cincinnatus has a fair amount of speed, ranges well, and 

 shows considerable bird sense. Guy was under good control 

 for a while, but he finally became a bit wild, and not much 

 could be done with him. Cincinnatus did some good work 

 on birds and was declared the winner. 



At 4:36 the last brace of the series was cast off. Rapid 

 Ann was handled by Tucker and Roi d'Or by Buckle. After 

 working half an hour they were taken up to go down again 

 in the morning. Thursday morning it was raining and it 

 was after 11 o'clock before a start was made, and at 11:30 

 they were put down in an open lot to finish their heat. 

 Birds were found and some uncertain work was done, but 

 everything was wet and scent was evidently poor. When 

 time was up Roi d'Or was declared the winner. Rapid Ann 

 is a heavily marked pretty little bitch with good pace, 

 range and style. She also has considerable bird sense and 

 does her work very well. Roi is a fine-looking upstanding 

 dog with no serious faults in his make up and it wouidtake 

 a good one to beat him on the bench. He is about as good 

 as he looks and beat his competitor at all points except, 

 perhaps, in speed, in which they were about equal. This 

 finished the first series, Cassio having a bye. Following is 

 a summary: 



Betty S. beat Desmond II. 



Dick Tate beat Whitie. 



Nora beat Rowdy Rod. 



Toledo Blade beat King Leo. 



King's Mark beat Polly II. . 



Chance beat Orlando. 



Nannie B. beat Norna. 



Cincinnatus beat Guy. 



Roi d'Or beat Rapid Ann. 



Cassio a by r e. 



Second Series. fft 



At 10 o'clock Cassio and Dick Tate were first down at the 

 north end of the Snow farm to run the first heat in the 

 second series. Cassio and his work have often been de- 

 scribed in these columns. He was handled by Col. Merri- 

 man. He was a good dog and ran bis heat well except that 

 be was not quite bold enough on the single birds of the first 

 bevy, which was apparently owing to fear that Lewis was 

 scolding him when he was only trying to handle Dick, who 

 seemed to want to do things his own way. Dick showed up 

 much better than in his previous heat, getting away at a 

 good pace and ranging fairly well, he also did some fair 

 work on birds, but was outclassed by Cassio, who won the 

 heat handily. At the finish of this heat we went to lunch 

 on the Model Farm. 



At 2 o'clock Bettye S. and Nora were put down in the field 

 north of the farmhouse. Bettye had the advantage in pace 

 and range, but was evidently a bit off in nose and Nora out- 

 worked her on birds and won the heat, which was a very 

 good one, both doing some capital work. Nora was going 

 better than we had seen her and did some brilliant work 

 among the scattered birds. 



The next brace was Toledo Blade and King's Mark. 

 Blade had the best of it from start to finish and won handily. 

 He showed better speed and much the best style both in 

 way of going and when on game, and also had the best of it 

 among the singles. 



Chance and Nannie B. were next put down. Chance was 

 under good control and ran his heat in good form and won 

 it easily. Nannie went better than in her previous heat, 

 but with such a dog as Chance she had not much opportun- 

 ity to show her quality. This ended the work for the day 



which upon the whole was satisfactory in view of the very 

 unpromising outlook in the morning. 



Friday morning it was fair and cool, but it soon became 

 cloudy, clearing in the afternoon with a stiff breeze from 

 the northeast, which made it impossible for the dogs to do 

 much with scent, unless directly down wind from the birds. 

 Cincinnatus and Roi d'Or were the first brace put down. In 

 this heat as well as during the day, the judges ordered the 

 dogs hunted to better purpose than had in many instances 

 been formerly done and there was not so much beating out 

 ground without result. Cincinnatus won the heat by supe- 

 rior pace, range and finding ability, although Roi had 

 slightly the advantage on singles, doing some good work. 

 This ended the second series with the result as follows: 



Cassio beat Dick Tate. 



Nora beat Bettye S. 



Toledo Blade beat King's Mark. 



Chance beat Nannie B. 



Cincinnatus beat Roi d'Or. 



In the third series Cassio beat Nora, Chance beat Toledo 

 Blade, Cincinnatus a bye. Fourth series — Cassio beat Cin- 

 cinnatus, Chance a bye. In final for first. Chance and Cassio, 

 Chance was selected'without running. For second, Toledo 

 Blade beat Orlando and Cassio and won. Cassio third. Nora 

 and Cincinnatus equal fourth. 



POINTER STAICE. 



First Series.— Rip Rap beat Lad of Bow. Consolation 

 beat Fan Fan. Count Fauster beat Fred. Lebanon beat 

 Seldom. Duke of Hessen beat Pontiac. Tammany's Boy 

 beat Roger Williams. Woolton Game beat Miranda. Bon- 

 nie beat Dalgarouki. 



Second Scries.— Rip Rap beat Consolation. Count Fauster 

 beat Duke, of Hessen. Lebanon beat Tammany's Boy. 

 Woolton Game beat Bonnie. 



SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS ENTRIES. 



MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. VS.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 I inclose list of entries to All-Aged Stakes of the 

 Southern Field Trial Club, which number thirty-seven, 

 twenty-five setters and twelve pointers. The trials will take 

 place at Armory, Miss., commencing Monday, Dec. 16. The 

 usual arrangements for transportation have been made with 

 the railroads, viz., first-class fare going and one-third to re- 

 turn. The accommodations of all kinds will be ample, and 

 I will be in Amory three or four days before the trials begin, 

 and any one who wants arrangements made for horses or 

 vehicles, can have the same attended to by addressing me 

 there, care of the Amory Hotel. 



T. M. Brumby, Sec.-Treas. S. F. T. C. 



SETTERS. 



J. Bell's lemon and white setter bitch Hope's Fawn. 

 J. W. Renfroe's lemon, white and tan setter dog Tom 

 Hendricks. 



Whyte Bedford's black, white and tan setter bitch Flounce 

 Gladstone. 



D. E. Rose's lemon and white setter bitch Daisy F. 

 W. J. Cannon's black, white and tan setter dog Mark of 

 Brunswick. 



W. W. Titus's black, white and tan setter dog Lufra's 

 Mark. 



H. Holmaus black, white and tan setter bitch Tempest. 



A. M. Young's lemon and white setter bitch Hope. 

 West Tennessee Kennels' black, white and tan setter dog 



The Corsair. 



West Tennessee Kennels' orange and white setter dog 

 Tennessee Charlie. 



West Tennessee Kennels' black, white and tan setter dog 

 Tennessee Bob. 



J. Shelly Hudson's black, white and tan setter dog Chick- 

 asaw. 



J. Shelly Hudson's black, white and tan setter dog Dad 

 Wilson's Boy. 



J. Shelly Hudson's black, white and tan setter dog Dad 

 Wilson, Jr. 



Fred F. Myles's black, white and tan setter bitch Dimple. 

 Fred F. Myles's black, white and tan setter dog Ben Hur. 

 W. W. Titus's black, white and tan setter Rosebud. 

 H. S. Bevan's black, white and tan setter dog Rowe} 7 B. 

 L. B. McFarland's black, white and tan setter dog Startle, 

 Jr. 



L. B. McFarland's black and white setter dog Duke. 

 J. E. Dager's black, white and tan setter dog Toledo Blade. 

 J. E. Dager's black, white and tan setter dog Cincinnatus. 

 G. W. Ewing's blue belton setter dog King's Mark. 

 P. H. Bryson's setter dog Treadwell's Sam. 

 J, W. Renfroe's black, white and tan setter dog Dan 

 Gladstone. 



POINTERS. 



P. T. Madison's liver aud white dog Ossiau. 



J. G. F. Holston's liver,white and tan dog Count Fauster. 



G. W. Amory's liver and white dog Bounce. 



Graphic Kennels' liver and white pointer bitch Bloomo II. 



Graphic Kennels' liver and white pointer dog Beppo 1 II. 



F. R. Hitchcock's liver and white pointer dog Duke of 

 Hessen. 



J. E. Gill's white aud liver pointer bitch Lady Zeal. 

 J. E. Gill's white and liver pointer bitch Galatena. 



B. M. Stephenson's liver and white pointer dog Tribula- 

 tion. 



G. W. Miller's liver and white pointer dog Count. 



J. E. Link's liver and white pointer bitch Rod's Gal. 

 G. A. Castleman's liver and white pointer dog Reximus. 



A CARD FROIVI MR. KREHL. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Sir, I should have preferred not to mention Mr. Mayhew 

 again, but a few words I think are necessary. I think I 

 ought to explain that the publication of my letter was due 

 to an accident. It w T as written as a reply to Mr- Mayhew 

 when he made his revengeful attack upon me; owing to an 

 accident my letter was mislaid in the office of Forest AND 

 Stream, and when I heard, long after, that it had been 

 found and would be published, feeling that the subject was 

 stale to everybody, 1 telegraphed not to publish, but my 

 cable arrived when the letter was already in print. I re- 

 gretted it, as I had also come to the conclusion that the 

 affair was not worth noticing. Mr. Mayhew has given the 

 text of his letter wherein he championed the cause'of "trim- 

 ming," and I may say that it is only here that one could 

 read between the lines the covert sneers and insults leveled 

 at Mr. Tinne, who, as recent decisions of our Kennel Club 

 show, has triumphed over the party to which Mr. Mayhew 

 lately belonged. Trimming, whether done in Mr. Mayhew's 

 manner with finger and thumb, or otherwise, is now penal- 

 ized by disqualification aud suspension. I said tjhat in this 

 country Mr. Mayhew was a one-breed man, which is a fact 

 in spite of the friendly letter of introduction he has pub- 

 lished. He proves the" limited sphere of his kennel knowl- 

 edge by supposing that it was the only time I judged for the 

 Kennel Club when I obliged the committee on the occasion 

 he refers to. His account of once reporting for the Stotik- 

 Keeper may be true. I confess I do not recollect it, but it is 

 certain he would have been paid had he followed the rule 

 here and claimed it. Finally let me say that I should feel 

 surprised if anybody who knows me thought I intended to 

 enter into a controversy with Mr. Mayhew; it was only my 

 intention in my letter to Forest and Stream of Oct. 3 to 

 knock the bottom out of his pretensions by showing who he 

 was in his own country. GEORGE R. KREHL, 



London, Nov. 7. 



