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CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS. 



THE ALL-AGED SETTER STAKE. 



THERE were sixteen starters for the All-Aged Setter 

 Stake of the Central Field Trial Club when the drawing 

 came. They were drawn to run in the preliminary series 

 in the followiug order: Cora of Wetheral and Chance. 

 Princess Beatrice II. and Little Gift. Count Howard and 

 King Leo. Cassio and Desmond LI. R6.wdyB.od and Roger. 

 King's Mark and Whitie. Blue Mark and Miss Monarch. 

 King's Dan and Dash. 



Preliminary Series. 

 The running of the preliminary series began on Friday, 

 Dec. 6, after the finish of the Pointer Derby. Messrs. David- 

 son, Wallace and Tallman were the judges. 



The well-known bench show winner Cora of Wetheral, 

 and the equally well-known field trial winner Chance, opened 

 the ball. Cora was in the worst possible condition for work, 

 being very thin and weak and lacking muscular develop- 

 ment. She made a wretched exhibition so far as speed, 

 range and searching for birds goes; she made a couple of 

 very pretty points to singles and showed considerable style. 

 We hardly knew what to make of Chance; he was not the 

 same dashing, free-going dog that we saw at High Point, 

 his speed and range were not nearly up to his form, al though 

 at times he let out, and seemed himself for awhile, he did 

 not get away as he usually does, and two or three times he 

 worked over the same ground twice, and seemed afraid that 

 he would lose his handler; he was also somewhat uncertain 

 when on birds, and instead of going up boldly, as is his 

 usual custom, he more than once stopped to foot* scent; and 

 although he drew r on and located his birds, it was not done 

 in the snappy, positive manner in which he generally does 

 his work. At the end of the heat we inquired of his handler 

 the reason for the change, and he informed us that during 

 the running of the Derby the judges had explained to him 

 their ideas as to the manner in which a dog should do his 

 work, and that in order to bring Chance down to the re- 

 quired form he had used the whip to keep him from ranging 

 so wide, and consequently the dog was all broken up. We 

 cannot believe that Mx\ Avent correctly interpreted the 

 opinions of the judges, for we think them to possess too 

 thorough a knowledge of what constitutes good field work 

 to promulgate any ideas or give any intimation that would 

 force a handler, in order to win, to break up a dog with such 

 high courage and grand natural ability as Chance. In any 

 case, it was a mistake, and great injustice was done a noble 

 animal. 



Princess Beatrice II. and Little Gift were next put down. 

 Princess was in the same bad condition as her kennel com- 

 panion Cora, and was unfit to start. She went a trifle better 

 than Cora and did some fair work on birds. Gift got around 

 fairly well, doing some good work and some bad. She 

 showed some style when on game and hunted her ground 

 fairly well, but did not range very wide. 



Count Howard, like the others in Mr. Windholz"s string, 

 was in no condition for work, and he showed no inclination 

 to hunt. King Leo did fairly well, but was not up to his 

 usual form. 



Cassio and Desmond II. were put down at 4:42, and after 

 a half hour's work were taken up for the night to finish 

 their heat in the morning. On Saturday they were put 

 down at 9:55 to finish their heat. Both had shown up well 

 the previous day, pointing, backing, retrieving and work- 

 ing out the ground in good form. No birds were found in 

 the last half of their heat, although they went at a good 

 pace and hunted well. 



Roger and Rowdy Rod both showed up well, although 

 Roger was a trifle unsteady once or twice. He showed good 

 pace and range and considerable bird sense. Rod went full 

 as well as he had in his previous heats. 



King's Mark and Whitie were the next brace. Mark 

 showed up much better than he did at High Poiut, going at 

 a better pace and ranging much wider. Whitie appeared 

 to be stale from overwork and did not show to advantage. 



Miss Monarch and Blue Mark did nothing to show that 

 they were worthy the praise bestowed upon them by those 

 who have seen them in every-day work, and the heat was 

 rather a tame one. 



In the next heat Dash also went back on his record and 

 did nothing brilliant. King's Dan ran fairly well, but had 

 not much chance to show up on birds. 



This was the last heat o£ the preliminary series, and the 

 judges in selecting the dogs to remain in performed their 

 duties in a praiseworthy manner, keeping in some that had 

 shown considerable merit. 



Second Series. 



The judges selected S of the 16 starters to run in the sec- 

 ond sei'ies and they were drawn to run in the following 

 order: King's Dan against Rowdy Rod, Little Gift against 

 Roger, Chance against Desmond II. and Cassio against 

 King's Mark. As King's Dan had run in the last heat of 

 the preliminary series, it was decided to run Little Gift and 

 Roger first. Roger won easily, running in good form and 

 behaving nicely. He had much the best of it in pace and 

 range as well as in the work on birds. Gift ran fairly well 

 v and showed considerable style when on game. 



Chance and Desmond II. were next put down at 4:37 and 

 taken up in half an hour to finish in the morning. The 

 work was not at all satisfactory in the evening, but when 

 put down on Monday morning both started off well and ran 

 a very good heat. It was uncomfortably warm on Monday, 

 with a slight breeze from the south. Scent appeared to be 

 fairly good, although not many birds were found, as they 

 were not moving. Both did some very good work on birds, 

 with not much of advantage to boast of by either, but the 

 superior pace, range and style of Chance landed him the 

 winner. 



King's Dan and Rowdy Rod were next put down, and 

 although Rod had some fun with the birds all to himself he 

 won his heat, being vastly superior in pace, range and bird 

 sense. 



The next brace, Cassio and King's Mark, were put down 

 at 11:36. Mark ranged better than in his previous heat and 

 did very fair work on birds. Cassio also ranged well, and 

 bunted' his ground out better than Mark, but he became 

 rattled when on singles by the loud handling of Barker, 

 who was cautioned by the judges, but Cassio did not regain 

 his confidence, and Mark outworked him and won the heat. 

 This ended the second series with the result as follows: 



Rowdy Rod beat Kings's Dan. 



Roger beat Little Gift. 



Chance beat Desmond II. 



King's Mark beat Cassio. 



Tliird Series. 



After lunch Rowdy Rod and Roger were put down in a 

 large field to ran the first heat in the third series. Tom 

 Aldrich, who handled Roger, had the misfortuue just be- 

 fore the dogs were put down to injure one of the small 

 tendons in his right leg and was unable to walk. Johu 

 Lewis took the dog in hand and landed him a winner. He 

 ran in good form and showed that he was well trained by 

 the manner in which he worked for and obeyed a compara- 

 tive stranger. Rod went in his usual dashing style, but the 

 handlers were ordered to change their course so often that 

 he was lost a portion of the time, and although the dogs 

 were ran 15 minutes over the hour, the only birds found 

 were a bevy that Roger pointed, and he also got another 

 point to a portion of the same bevy and was backed by Rod 

 a second or two, when he caught scent of other birds and 

 also pointed. With the exception of a flush by Roger this 

 was all the work on birds during the heat and was not 



enough to enable one to form an opinion as to the relative 

 merit of the dogs when on birds, in fact, Rod had no oppor- 

 tunity to show whether he would point or not and more 

 time should have been taken before deciding the heat. 



Chance and King's Mark were the next brace. They were 

 put down at 2:45 and when the allotted hour had elapsed 

 Mark had to his credit a point to a bevy that he stumbled on 

 in a small thicket while Chance had pointed two bevies, one 

 of them in about the same manner in which Mark had found 

 his, and the other by making a wide cast and working out a 

 bit of stubble in masterly manner, deserving of the highest 

 praise. Not only was the character of his work greatly 

 superior to that of Mark, but he was also ahead of him in 

 pace and showed much more bird sense, and we thought 

 him clearly entitled to the heat; the judges, however, 

 thought otherwise, and ordered them on, and at the expira- 

 tion of 50m. more they decided the heat in favor of King's 

 Mark. If in the opinion of the judges the dogs were equal 

 at the expiration of an hour they were justified in giving 

 the heat to Mark, as toward the finish he was going a trifle 

 the best and had found two singles and a bevy while Chance 

 had found none. It is due to Chance, however, to say that he 

 was not going up to his usual form, which was owing in a 

 measure to his having been called back more than once to 

 hunt out ground that he had already been over. It was now 

 4:35 and no more work was done. 



Tuesday Roger aud King's Mark, the only dogs left in, 

 were put down at 9:33 to run for first place, and at 11:30 

 ( hey were taken up and the heat was decided in favor of 

 King's Mark, and he was declared winner of first prize. 

 The heat was along and tiresome one, and for a heat for 

 first money it was the most commonplace imaginable, no 

 brilliant work was done, and but little that was even ordin- 

 ary, while a portion of it was decidedly'bad. Neither dog 

 went with any dash, Mark starting very stale but picking 

 up a little near the middle of the heat for a short time and 

 then slowing down again, Roger did not go nearly up to 

 his usual form, but he started fairly well and maintained 

 his pace throughout the heat much the best. Neither 

 ranged wide nor hunted out the ground at all well, and the 

 work of both was of far less merit than that of their pre- 

 vious heats. 



We then went to lunch, and after a long rest Roger and 

 Chance were put down at 1:43 to run for second place. 

 Chance ran much better than in any of his previous heats, 

 and had no trouble in beating Roger, aud when the hour 

 was up he was awarded the heat and declared winner of 

 second prize. Roger appeared a little tired, but the example 

 of his competitor put new life into him, and he ran better 

 than he did in the morning. The judges placed Roger third, 

 and the setter division of the All- Aged Stake was finished. 

 Followiug is the summary: 



Preliminary Scries. 

 Cora of Wetheral aud Chance. 

 Princess Beatrice II. and Little. Gift. 

 Count Howard and King Leo. 

 Cassio and Desmond II. 

 Rowdy Rod and Roger. 

 King's Mark and Whitie. 

 Blue Mask and Miss Monarch. 

 King's Dan and Dash. 



Second Series. 

 Rowdy Rod beat King's Dan. 

 Roger beat Little Gift. 

 Chance beat Desmond II. 

 King's Mark beat Cassio. 



Third Series. 

 Roger beat Rowdy Rod. 

 King's Mark beat Chance. 



Final for First Place. 

 King's Mark beat Roger and won first prize. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Chance beat Roger and won second prize. Roger placed 

 third. 



First, King's Mark, $250: second, Chauce, $150; third, 

 Roger, SI 00. 



ALL-AGED POINTER STAKE. 



There were 32 nominations for the pointer stake, 14 of 

 which filled. The preliminary series was run as follows: 

 Arthur and Duke of Hessen, Banuerman and Roger Will- 

 iams, Rod's Gal and Tammany Boy, Sally Brass II. and 

 Rip Rap, Ajax and Pontiac, Meally and Lebanon, Duke of 

 Vernon and Lalla Rookh. Eight were left in for the second 

 series and they were drawn and run with the result as 

 follows: 



Second Scries. 

 Duke of Hessen beat Lalla Rookh. 

 Banner man beat Sally Brass II. 

 Lebanon beat Rip Rap. 

 Pontiac beat Roger W illiams. 



Third Series. 

 Duke of Hessen beat Banuerman. 

 Lebanon beat Pontiac. 



Final for First Place. 

 Lebanon beat Duke of Hessen and won first prize. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Duke of Hessen beat Pontiac and won second prize. 



Final for Third Place. 

 Pontiac beat Banuerman and won third prize. 



Absolute Winners. 

 King's Mark beat Lebanon and was declared absolute 

 winner of the Setter and Pointer All-Aged Stake. 



THE DERBY. 



Rip Rap beat Rowdy Rod and was declared absolute win- 

 ner of the Pointer and Setter Derby. 



THE FOUR-HOUR STAKE. 



There were 6 starters in the Four-hour Stake, drawn to 

 run as follows: Nora against Rowdy Rod, Roger Williams 

 against Chance and Lebanon against Roger. 



Nora beat Rowdy Rod in a close heat and Chance beat 

 Roger Williams in rather a poor heat. Chance appeared to 

 be entirely out of condition and did not run nearly up to 

 his usual form, 



[Special to Forest and Stream.'] 



Lexington, N. C, Dec. 17.— In the Four-hour Stake to- 

 day Roger beat Lebanon and Chance beat Nora. Weather 

 cool and cloudy. Birds plentiful, and the work has been 

 first-class. Roger and Chance will run the final heat on 

 Thursday. 



SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS. 



[Special to Forest and Stream.'] 



AMORY, Miss., Dec. 17.— Derby started fourteen. Bettie 

 M. won first. Simonides and Transit to run to- 

 morrow for second. X. 



THE ST. BERNARD CLUB PRIZES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The St. Bernard Club of America offers the following 

 club prizes to be competed for during 1890 (competition open 

 to members only): 



Westminster Kennel Club Show, New York. — Sterling 

 silver cup, value $25, for the best smooth-coated stud dog 

 with two of his get. 



Sterling silver cup, value .$25, for the best rough-coated 

 stud dog with two of his get. (The dogs, competing with 

 their sires, must have been sired in America and must be 

 the produce of different dams). 



Club medals, one each for the best American-bred smooth 

 dog and bitch over 18 months. For the best American-bred 

 smooth dog and bitch under 18 monts. For the best Ameri- 

 can-bred rough dog and bitch over 18 months. For the best 

 American-bred rough dog and bitch under 18 months. 

 Total, two cups and eight medals. 



Mascoutah Kennel Club Show, Chicago. — Eight club 

 medals, same as for Westminster K. C. 



New England K. C, Boston.— Sterling silver cup, value 

 $25, for the best smooth-coated brood bitch with two of her 

 produce. 



Sterling silver cup, value $25, for the best rough-coated 

 brood bitch with two of her produce. Eight cluo medals, 

 same as for Westminster K. C. 



Buffalo K. C— Four medals, one each for best American- 

 bred smooth dog and bitch, and for best American-bred 

 rough dog and bitch. 



The awards have to be made in accordance with the rules 

 of the St. Bernard Club, and the acceptance of these specials 

 on the part of the respective clubs (or bench show commit- 

 tees) makes it binding for them to provide the same number 

 of classes and to offer the same premiums for smooth-coats 

 and rough-coats alike. 



You will notice that with the exception of the cups for 

 stud dogs and brood bitches, all the prizes are for American- 

 bred dogs exclusively. This was done so as to meet the 

 wishes of many members, who did not think it was fair that 

 the cups offered at the different shows should be won by 

 the same dogs, as was the case this year, In offering a 

 larger number of specials (of small value, it is true) the 

 committee on prizes (composed of Mr. W. H. Joeckel, Mr. 

 John Lohman and Mr. K. E. Hopf) has endeavored to en- 

 courage the small members of the club rather than the 

 owners of large kennels. K. E. Hopf, Pres. 



Lorenzo Daniels, Sec'y. 



FOXHOUNDS IN BENCH SHOWS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At the recent field trials of the Brunswick Far Club, the 

 position of the foxhound in our bench shows was freely dis- 

 cussed, and every one thought something should be done to 

 give the hound the prominent place he deserves. The 

 managers of the bench shows seem to think that the fox- 

 hound is of so little importance that a passing consideration 

 is all that is necessary, and a few paltry prizes only are 

 offered for his competition. Now, the Brunswick Fur Club 

 has determined to do all in its power to improve the position 

 of the foxhound, and at the field trials voted to agitate in 

 every possible way the offering by the various bench shows 

 of prizes for the best, bitch, best puppy under 18mos., best 

 brace and best pack to consist of not less than four dogs. 

 The club owns some fine dogs, and if the managers of the 

 shows will put up these prizes, entries will be made in 

 every one of these special classes. It is earnestly hoped that 

 the managers of the bench shows throughout the country 

 will consider this matter and show their appreciation by- 

 offering the prizes asked for. 



The club further discussed the question of a standard for 

 judging American hounds, and asks that a special standard 

 be inaugurated for them next season. It is manifestly un- 

 just to place American hounds in the same class with Eng- 

 lish, as was done at the Boston dog show last April, and 

 give the first prize to an English dog simply because he 

 happened to be large-boned, rough-coated and cropped. 

 Let tne English and American hounds be separated, or rather 

 let the English hound have a special class to himself, for he 

 is a variety, only one being shown at Boston last April. 



The Brunswick Fur Club will have another hunt next 

 February. A. C. Heffenger, Director of the Hunt. 



Portsmouth, N. H. 



DOG TALK. 



MR. E, B. SEARS, of the Wyoming Kennels, Melrose, 

 Mass., writes of his newly-imported Hesper thus: 

 "My late purchase, the rough-coated St. Bernard dog cham- 

 pion Hesper, has arrived; and I am pleased to say is a mqch 

 better dog all round than I expected. I inclose his stud 

 card, which gives an honest opinion of him by the press 

 of England. I weighed him to-day, after being here one 

 week and two days, aud he turned 1801 bs.; he was very 

 light in flesh on arrival. He has the name of being a poor 

 feeder, yet I hope to get him in show form by the time the 

 shows begin." 



The Buffalo Kennel Club has at last secured a suitable 

 building, the Curling Club Rink, for their dog show, which 

 will be held April 15 to 18, 1890. Mr. John Davidson will 

 judge pointers, setters, foxhounds, beagles, deerhounds and 

 greyhounds. Spaniels, mastiffs, St. Bernard", collies and 

 all other classes will be judged by Chas. H. Mason. 



Mr. E. B. Goldsmith, the well-known forwarding agent 

 of this city, received on Monday on the steamer Holland, 

 from London, the fine mastiff dog Ormonde, owned by Mr. 

 Charles E. Bunn, of Peoria, 111., to whom the dog was for- 

 warded. He is from the kennels of Mr. Charles W. Cun- 

 ningham, of West London, England. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Notes must bo Bent on prepared blanks, which are fur- 

 nished free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of 800 of any one form, bound forj 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



NAMES CLAIMED, 

 jja^- Notes must be sent on the Prepared Blanks. 



Pancks. Al farata and Juniata Belle. By T. S. Thompsastt-.Toonipn. 

 sontown. Pa'., for white, red ticked, English setter dog-* and white, 

 black, tan and ticked and black ears, white ami birred, bitches, 

 whelDed Aug. 15, 1889, by Warwick Belton (Bel tQT> High— Mag- 

 nolia) out of "Garda (A-K.R. 4190). 



Brady. Buckeye, Bumper, Logan and Jolly Joe. By Mc3Xurray» 

 Rogers & Peters, North Baltimore, O., for one bJack and tan. one- 

 brown, white and tan. one white, brown and tan. and two white, 

 black and tan foxhound dogs, whelped July U, lfi*9, by champion 

 Brave out of Blanch. 



Mage C, Lady Sport and Blanch. By McMnrrav, Ropers & 

 Peters* North Baltimore, O.. for white, black and tan texnound. 

 do" and white, black and tan and black and tan bilches, whelped 

 June 2 1888, bv Sport (Frank— Spot) out of Queen i King— Coaly), 



Boh G., Norma, Madge E., Essie, Manola. and Bettie. By Eber. 

 hart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O.. for stiver fawn pug?, one dog 

 and five bitches, whelped Oct. 19, 1889, by Hayseed (Doug-lass II — 

 .Tune) out of Ruby E. (champion Bradford Ruby— Flossy). 



Fete, Brno, Dido and. Ding Dong, By Geo. H. Sherman, Pough- 

 ke»psie, N. Y., for sabla collies, two doses and two bitches, whelped 

 •Vug. 30, 1889, by Scotilla (Dublin Scot— Flurry II.) out of Lady 

 Bess (James— Haight's Bess). 



Natural Gas Foxhound Kennels. By McMurray, Rogers & Peters. 

 North Baltimore, O., for their kennels of foxhounds. 1 



