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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Dec. 26, 1889. 



along the fresh trail and completed his work by locating 

 them. At all events this course should have been pursued 

 and the behavior of the dog alone should have determined 

 the merit or demerit of the performance. Even after he was 

 ordered on, had he been treated as the rules demand in such 

 cases, and given "ample opportunity to locate the game 

 without competition," there is scarcely a doubt that he 

 would have found the bevy and it would have been time 

 enough to have penalized him had he failed to do his work 

 in a proper manner. No one is more clamorous for ample 

 time for his dog to work out his game without competition 

 than Luke White, and very few handlers excel him in alert- 

 ness in casting his dog in ahead of a pointing dog as soon as 

 the latter moves. In this ease there was no excuse for holding 

 Rap on point, for the judges well knew that Lebanon backs 

 promptly, and it was still more inexcusable for them to allow 

 the latter to steal the point that by all the rules of fair play 

 belonged to the dog that had by showing bird sense and 

 doing a good bit of work, earned the right to better treat- 

 ment. 



Pontiac had no trouble in scoring a win against Roger 

 Williams, showing the best pace, range and style, and the 

 character of his work was also of better class. This ended 

 the second series with the result as follows: 



Duke of Hessen beat Lalla Rookh. 



Bannerman beat Sally Brass II. 



Lebanon beat Rip Rap. 



Pontiac beat Roger Williams. 



Tlivrd Series. 



The first brace in the third series. Duke of Hessen and 

 Bannerman, were put down at 1:05, and after running an 

 hour and eleven minutes they were taken up with Duke the 

 winner. He had much the best of it in pace and range, and 

 showed the most bird sense in working oat the ground. It 

 was hot and dry and birds were hard to find. Bannerman 

 found and pointed a bevy early in the heat, and no more 

 birds were found until near the finish, when Duke made a 

 wide cast, and as he came back he swung up to a likely- 

 looking place and dropped to a large bevy, doing the work 

 in a very creditable manner, and when sent on Duke made 

 a point to a single, this being all the work on birds during 

 the heat. 



When the next brace, Pontiac and Lebanon, were called 

 up to start, Col. Odell rode up, evidently greatly excited, 

 and announced that he had graduated and had enough of 

 field trials, and that he would have nothing more to do 

 with them, and thereupon started toward town. As he 

 was leaving the ground he met a gentleman who made 

 some remark about the defeat of Bannerman, and the 

 Colonel replied, "Not beaten, but robbed." Of course 

 the judges knew nothing of this last remark, but as 

 may well be imagined, the speech and actions of the 

 Colonel in their presence was a profound surprise, and 

 we were informed by one of them that only his sense of 

 duty to those who had entered their dogs prevented him 

 from at once resigning his position, and that under the 

 circumstances he would continue to act until the stake was 

 finished. Upon our arrival at the hotel in the evening Col. 

 Odell stated to the judges and to others that his remarks in 

 their presence had nothing to do with the decision in the 

 Duke of Hessen — Bannerman heat, and that he intended no 

 reflection upon the action of the judges, aud that the cause 

 for his behavior was that he and Mr. Coleman had disagreed 

 in the matter of compelling Mr. Coleman's dog, Lebanon, 

 to run three heats in one day. The judges accepted this 

 explanation, but we did not learn that the Colonel ex- 

 plained to them just how he came to the conclusion that 

 Lebanon would be called upon to run three heats, as at the 

 time he had ran only one; in any case the matter was in the 

 hands of the judges, and the management had nothing 

 whatever to do with it. It is greatly to be regretted that 

 the harmony of the meeting should be marred by such an 

 occurrence, and we have no doubt that no one regrets the 

 unfortunate affair more deeply than Col. Odell. The heat 

 between Lebanon and Pontiac was decided in favor of Le- 

 banon. To say the least, it was a close thing between them 

 with the advantage slightly in favor of Pontiac, as we saw 

 the work. This ended the third series, with the result as 

 follows: 



Duke of Hessen beat Bannerman. 

 Lebanon beat Pontiac. 



It was nearly half -past 3, and as Lebanon was to run in the 

 next heat, the running was postponed until the next morn- 

 ing. Mr. Coleman expressed a willingness to have his dog 

 run if Mr. Hitchcock insisted upon it,but he generously con- 

 sented to a postponement. 



On Tuesday morning at 9:02 Duke of Hessen and Lebanon 

 Avere put down to decide first money. It was a beautiful 

 morning, clear and cool, with scarcely a breath of wind. 

 There was some white frost and scent appeared to be poor. 

 At the expiration of lh. and 58m. the heat was awarded to 

 Lebanon and he was declared the winner of first prize. The 

 heat was a very unsatisfactory one, as no really good work 

 was done on game. Lebanon clearly had the luck of the 

 birds, and made two or three very indifferent points to birds 

 and several others where nothing was found. He went fairly 

 well at the start, but did not cover one-quarter the ground 

 that Duke did, and at the end of the half-hour he was going 

 slow and not working out his ground at all well, while. 

 Duke went from start to finish at a great pace and beat out 

 his ground with great judgment. It is true that he did not 

 find the birds, with the exception of one at the end of the 

 heat, but it was in some short stubble, and although he 

 caught scent enough to half-point, the bird flushed before 

 he could locate it. Taking everything into consideration 

 and comparing the character of the work of the different 

 dogs in all their heats, Duke clearly showed up the best dog 

 in the stake, and, although the heat had already been a long 

 one, it would have been more satisfactory had a little more 

 time been *aken to give him an opportunity to demonstrate 

 whether he could handle his birds m a proper manner or not. 



Pontiac was selected by the judges as the best dog beaten 

 by Lebanon to run with Duke of Hessen for second place. 

 They were put down at 2:50, and at the end of an hour and 

 thirteen minutes Duke was declared the winner. Duke 

 clearly had the best of it at all points including the luck of 

 the birds. He found and pointed the first bevy, but there 

 was no particular merit in the And, as the birds were almost 

 stumbled on after he had returned from a long cast, but he 

 showed that his nose was all right and that he would point; 

 he also pointed a single in first-class style, while Pontiac 

 had the bad luck to flush one, but even had he pointed it, 

 Duke was so far ahead in pace, range, style and bird sense 

 that the result would not have been different. 



The judges could not determine whether Pontiac or Ban- 

 nerman best deserved third place, and on Saturday mornin^ 

 at 9:17 they were put down to decide the matter, and at 10 39 

 the heat was awarded to Pontiac, and he was declared win- 

 ner of third prize. Bannerman had run two good heats, 

 doing some brilliant work in each, and many were confident 

 that he would easily defeat Pontiac, but the' latter ran fully 

 up to his form, while Bannerman did not do nearlv so well 

 as in his previous heats. 



This finished the pointer division of the All-Aged Stake 

 and the winner, Lebanon, and King's Mark, the winning 

 setter, were now to run to determine the absolute winner 

 The beat between the setter and pointer Derby winners was 

 first decided, and at 2:27 the winners in the All-Aged Stake 

 were put down, and at 3:36 they were ordered up and the 

 heat was awarded to King's Mark and he was declared the 

 absolute winner of the All-Aged Setter and Pointer Stake 

 Mark had much the best of it in pace and range, as well as 

 IH the work nn.birds. being positive in locating them, while 



Lebanon was at times uncertain in his work. Following is 

 a complete summary of the stake: 

 SETTEES. 



Preliminary Series. 

 Cora of Wetheral and 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 Mark 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, Chance, $150; third, 

 Roger, $100. 



POINTERS. 

 Preliminary Series. 

 Arthur and Duke of Hessen. 

 Bannerman and Roger Williams. 

 Hod's Girl and Tammany Boy. 

 Sally Brass II. and Rip Rap. ' 

 Ajax and Pontiac. 

 Meally and Lebanon. 

 Duke of Vernon and Lalla Rookh. 



Second SeHes. 

 Duke of Hessen beat Lalla Rookh. 

 Bannerman beat Sally Brass II. 

 Lebanon beat Rip Rap. 

 Pontiac beat Roger Williams. 



Third SeHes. 

 Duke of Hessen beat Bannerman. 

 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 Bannerman and won third prize. 

 First, Lebanon, $250; second, Duke of Hessen. §150; third, 

 Pontiac, $100. 



Absolute Winner. 

 King's Mark beat Lebanon aud was declared absolute 

 winner of the Setter and Pointer All-Aged Stake. 



THE DERBY. 

 The final heat of the Derby was run on Saturdey, Dec. 14, 

 after the finish of the pointer division of the All-Aged Stake. 

 Rowdy Rod, the winning setter, and Rip Rap, the winning 

 pointer, were put down at 10:51 to compete for the title of 

 absolute Derby winner. They were taken up for lunch at 

 12:25 and again put down at 1:35 and run until 2;08, when 

 they were ordered up and the heat was awarded to Rip Rap, 

 and he was declared absolute winner of the Derby. Both 

 started off well at a great pace and in something like their 

 form when at High Point. There was not much to chose 

 between them in speed, range or style in their way of going. 

 Rowdy did not work out his ground nearly so well as he had 

 done in some of his heats, as he persistsd in beating the 

 thickets instead of the open ground and was lost for several 

 minutes at a time, twice during the heat, while Rap worked 

 out his ground in capital form, and found two bevies by 

 making a wide cast for each and pointing them in his best 

 style. This was all the work on birds during the heat, as 

 Rowdy did not succeed in scoring a find. Following is a 

 complete summary: 



SETTERS. 



Preliminary Scries. 

 Rod's Lady and Royal C. 

 Rowdy Rod and Nannie B. 

 Sam C. and Letty Lynn. 

 Harry C. and Marquis N. 



Second Series. 

 Royal C. beat Nannie B. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Sam C, 

 Harry C. beat Letty Lynn. 



Third Series. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Royal C. 

 Harry O, a bye. 



Final for First Place. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Harry C , and won first prize. 



Tics for Second Place. 

 Sam C. beat Royal C. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Harry C. beat Sam C. and won second prize. 

 Sam C. placed third. 



POINTERS. 



Preliminary Scries. 

 Joy, Jr., and Lou. 

 Carlgrove and Nye. 

 F. F. V. and Sally P. 

 Miss Meally and Convex. 

 Tough Nut and Naso Peshall. 

 Lady Hessen and Mamie Bang (absent). 

 Flirt and Heiniken. 

 Rip Rap and Met. 



Second Series. 

 Jov, Jr., beat Miss Meally. 

 F. F. V. beat Convex. 

 Lady Hessen beat Met. 

 Rip Rap beat Flirt. 



Third Series. 

 Joy, Jr., beat F. F. V. 

 Rip Rap beat Lady Hessen. 



Fin nl for First Place. 

 Rip Rap beat Joy, Jr., and won first prize. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Joy, Jr., beat Flirt and won second prize, Miss Meally 

 placed third. 



First, Rip Rap, $400; second, Joy, Jr., $200; third, Miss 

 Meally, $100. 



Final. 



Rip Rap beat Rowdy Rod and was declared absolute win- 

 ner of the Derby. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW.— Maseoutah Kennel Club, Chi- 

 cago, Dec. 19.— Preparations for our second annual bench 

 show are progressing with flattering results. The dates al- 

 ready claimed we find it necessary to change, and have 

 selected March 4, 5, 6 and 7 iu place' of the previously pub- 

 lished fixture. In addition to the armory used last season, 

 we have secured the adjoining armory, affording more than 

 double the area occupied during our first show. Premium 

 lists will soon be ready, applications for which should be 

 made to Frank C. Farwell, Esq., Chicago, -^-John L, Lin- 

 coln, Jb., Secretary. 



ANENT THE COURSING CLUBS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I see by reports in your columns that "box coursing" of 

 jacks or rabbits by greyhounds or fox-terriers is being intro- 

 duced despite the efforts of the S. P. C. A. j$bw I'm an old 

 courser. Many a time I have marked puss in her form 

 among the rushes, slipped the dogs on even sight as she 

 loped away, slung the leash around mv wrist and marked 

 the course by points. Many a good day's sport I have had 

 on the sidehills of Tippefary where the steep slopes bettered 

 her long hindlegs over the Undulant dogs that leaped be- 

 hind her, or on the broad meadows of Fermanagh where 

 she knew the vents and gaps and had a fair chance to escape 

 from the sight of the gazehounds. 



In those days we coursed for sport, Kills were infrequent 

 and we had old friends mid furze and furrow that we could 

 locate ti me after time almost to an inch. When we wanted 

 game for the pot we knew where to get it, but there was no 

 wholesale murder of creatures cramped by confinement 

 done to death like so many rats in a pit. 



Things have changed; coursing has become dog racing in 

 England— a gamble where you have something like a fair 

 show— for the dog (until he runs cunning) does his level best 

 all the time. Take Waterloo, Mourne. Kempton Park, 

 Scawa. It's the betting that makes theni go. The sport iu 

 nowhere, it's the money that tells every time. 



So it has come that I have been at a "box meeting," where 

 one hundred live hares were turned down one by one, each 

 before a pair of greyhounds, and when the stln set there 

 were one hundred dead hares ranged aloug the side, of the 

 pen. Not one got away, they were there to die— for your 

 gambling crowd enjoys a "kill of merit''— and there they 

 lay. dead. Roundabout the field, some twenty acres ringed 

 with noble trees, were some forty bookmakers, in strange 

 fantastic costumes, yelling odds on each course; around 

 them all the blackguards and thieves from all the country 

 round. They gambled, cursed, drank and fought, wilder as 

 the day grew older, and when the slaughter was over they 

 broke iu on the corpses and stole and slugged each other 

 with the dead relics of their day's amusement. 



That is what, a "box meeting" comes to. It is bad enough 

 with greyhouuds, and infinitely worse with whippets and 

 fox-terriers, because the first do cost money, while the latter 

 come much cheaper. 



There was a terrier meeting last fall near Belfast in the 

 North of Ireland, where some of the scum of the city tried 

 to ring in a whippet specially bred out of an Irish terrier 

 and a rough greyhound. The beast was ruled out, and there 

 followed the finest free fight that the county ever saw. 

 There always is a row at these dog races, but this beat any- 

 thing on the record, and the club went into retirement for 

 six months. 



I've been to Cedarburst. We were Very select, our knieker- 

 breeches and butcher-boots very fit; tbe'ladies in trim habits 

 had a good time: the lunch at the club house quite enjoya- 

 ble; the champagne beyond reproach. Some of the rabbits 

 did get away, for the field was so large that you could see 

 mighty little from the fence that served as a grand stand, 

 after speed from the slips was scored. But I saw rabbits 

 lving smothered and dead in the confined boxes in which 

 thev were carried to the field. I was told that they had to 

 be brought there in that way, separately, because if they 

 were put in crates or baskets they ripped each other up with 

 their hindlegs. I saw rabbits squat in fear, motionless before 

 the screaming terriers, and when one bunny ran round and 

 round and I asked what was up, the answer was that he 

 was blind of one eye and "they w r ould not have used him 

 only they were short— and it was a d— d shame anyhow." 



This was at Cedarhurst, undei' distinguished mangement, 

 with gentlemen and ladies in attendance and no wagering 

 worthv the name, with such names as Belmont, Rutherfurd 

 and Frothingham on the programme as patrons. What 

 sort of a time would come off at Oak Point or Flushing 

 with Harry Hill or some of the chantprs from the Jersey 

 race tracks in control. The Hempstead Coursing Clnb and 

 the Eastern Coursing Club may ran in some semblance of 

 sport, but thev are opening the gates for "box meetings" by 

 scoundrels who will run to kill in confined spaces where 

 every point can be seen by every spectator, and who will 

 hail with delight this improved method of baiting rabbits 

 to death for gambling purposes. That's what it will come 

 to. It has got there in the old country. The sport is gone, 

 but there is money in the murdering. 



Right here — on my desk — as I write these lines sits my 

 fox terrier. She is ray steady comrade and company by day 

 and night, by my side when the sun shines and at my feet 

 when the gas goes out. She has gone over big sea with me 

 three times, a cabin passenger every time and no objection. 

 She has killed mice when she caught them round the house, 

 rats when we were moving the stacks in the yard or hay in 

 the loft, rabbits in the whins and bracken; she has trailed 

 winged grouse in the heather and pheasants in the bramble. 

 She quivers on view of a cat, though so far there has never 

 been a cat-astrophe. She is game all in and out. Loving as 

 herself when gentle, and wild as a fiend when stirred to 

 passion. She has a rare turn of speed, and her turns are 

 rare in their speed; quick, graceful, full of character, and a 

 grand set of wicked white teeth. I've hunted her after 

 game and vermin and hope to do so again, but I would as 

 soon enter her for a "box coursing" stake as I would get a 

 litter of kittens just old enough to be cunning and feed 

 them to her and Jack — her prospective mate — one by one on 

 an empty floor, and count points during the worriment and 

 killing that would follow. Graydon Johnston. 



WHAT ABOUT THESE BEAGLES? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Year after year I return to my old hunting grounds, not 

 so much for the game I can bag as for the pleasure of tramp- 

 ing through the well known woods and over the old marshes. 

 I find less game; there arenot so many partridges, the coveys 

 of quail take to the thickest swamps, and now to complete 

 my discontent, the marshes aud beach, where I shot sea 

 fowl and occasionally a brant or Canada goose, are posted, 

 and we can shoot there only " under penalty of the law." 



But there is one thing left— the rabbit. Last year I hunted 

 him with one beagle and found the sport more enjoyable, 

 but in the spring by an unfortunate accident my dog was 

 killed. Poor old Jip ! may he have a warm kennel and 

 lots of sport in the " happy hunting grounds." 



This fall I have been training two beagle pups, and though 

 they are but seven months old I have had considerable sport 

 with the little fellows. Now, will some admirer of the bea- 

 gle kindly give me some advice and information:-' I hunt 

 in woods where the underbrush is thick, and the numerous 

 swamps are almost impenetrable with thickets of bull- 

 briers and hornbeams. I wish to know how many beagles 

 I can hunt together to advantage in such a country. I want 

 to hunt as large a pack as will work well together. I don't 

 care for the game; I want lots of music and fun. Can I get 

 together a pack that I can depend on to catch the rabbit if he 

 stays above ground ? If some who have had experience will 

 give the results in your columns, it will be of great interest 

 to me and no doubt to otherreaders of Forest and Stream, 



Bradley. 



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