Jan. 30, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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this same cornfield, this however being a very large, level 

 field where they could show all the speed and range in 

 them. They both showed rather poor speed and range, and 

 there was but little to choose between them. Li Hie had 

 some the advantage in style and completely outworked 

 Transit on game, finding nearly all the birds. She made 

 two points, «t.hree flushes and a bad break-shot. Transit 

 made only one point and that was on birds that Lillio was 

 pointing when he was called up to back; he also made oue 

 flush and a false point: they both backed. This was a poor 

 heat. If Lillie had been steady to point and shot, she would 

 undoubtedly have been the winner. Transit won. Down 

 30m. Transit was handled by Short and Lillie by her 

 owner. 



NED WHITE AND ANNIE F. 

 were cast off at 1 1 :40 in open cornfield, and worked through 

 a hedge out in large plantation of cotton with a few 

 patches of corn, with no cover for birds except in an occa- 

 sional brier patch. This character of ground was worked 

 throughout the heat. In speed and range they both showed 

 up fairly well at first, but Ned slowed down considerably 

 after the first half hour, while Annie was going at a good 

 pace to the end, having a decided advantage iu speed, range 

 and style. Annie found and pointed two bevies, and was 

 steady to shot and wing. Ned pointed one bevy, flushed 

 one single bird and chased it. All of the bevies flew to thick 

 hedges, and no single-bird work was done. Both dogs 

 backed well and were steady to shot. Both made a false 

 point. Immediately after Annie found her last bevy they 

 were, ordered up and the heat awarded to her. Down lh. 

 lorn. Annie was handled by Avent and Ned by McCargo. 



DAD WILSON'S BOY AND FLAKE OF FLOCK FINDER, JR. 

 After lunch, at 1:58, this brace were put down iuopeu corn 

 and cotton fields, mostly cotton, where nearly every place 

 that a bird had to protect himself in was burned off. The 

 first bevy was seen running on the bare ground where sedge 

 grass had been burned, they ran in a thicket and both dogs 

 were worked to them with a strong damp wind in their 

 favor, and neither dog showed any sign of smelling them. 

 Dad flushed two of them and stopped to wing, They were 

 then taken out of the thicket to the open, and after a long 

 search the handlers flushed a bevy in an open cornfield that 

 flow over Flake, and she chased them a long way to where 

 they went into a hedge. Shortly afterward she flushed a 

 single and stopped to wing. After a long search again in a 

 cornfield Flake flushed a bevy and again chased. They 

 were then ordered up without either one making a point. 

 Neither showed much speed or range. At the commence- 

 ment of the heat Dad had a slight advantage in speed and 

 range, but at the end of it Flake had a little the best of it. 

 Dad had a decided advantage in style. This heat was the 

 poorest one run so far, but if they had been put down in a 

 good field where birds were plentiful they probably would 

 have done much better. I asked the judges for their de- 

 cision and they told me that they had ordered both dogs out 

 for want of merit, and I telegraphed the same to your paper, 

 but on the following day their attention was called to the 

 fact that their rules do not give them the privilege of order- 

 ing any dog out for want of merit. Therefore they have 

 changed their decision and declared Dad Wilson's Boy the 

 winner. The rules are very weak to compel their judges to 

 keep two worthless dogs down, perhaps for hours, to see 

 which is the poorest of the two, when it is frequently the 

 case that it is very plain in the thirty minutes time 

 that the two dogs running have no showing whatever with 

 the best dogs in a stake, and it is nonsense to have a set of 

 rules that keep such dogs in a stake for the second 

 series. In all such cases as this the spotting system saves a 

 great deal of valuable time that might be spent in testing 

 the natural qualities of the best class of dogs in the stakes 7 

 Dad was handled by Titus and Flake by Major Purcell, 



DAD WILSON. JR., AND HARRY C. 

 were put down at 1:00 in an open corn Held. After drawing 

 some ground blank Dad flushed a bevy. Then in a cotton 

 field Dad wheeled to a good point ou a bevy and was steady 

 to shot. Harry then pointed a bevy, and Dad flushed a bevy 

 at the same time 50yds. to the right of Harry. Hany then 

 pointed iu a cornfield a single and Dad one in a thicket by 

 road. Harry then pointed a single in the thicket and was 

 steady to wing. Working on by railroad track Harry 

 pointed just as a bird flushed and was steady to wing In a 

 cornfield Harry pointed a bevy, Avent shot and killed and 

 the dog was steady. In a brier thicket Harry did some work 

 the. reporter did not see, pointing and roadiug some birds 

 that flushed wild. Then both dogs pointed false. In open 

 Dad pointed a single. Short shot andniissed, In sedge Dad 

 made an indifferent point and HaiTy an excusable flush. 

 We think the heat should have been decided here in Harry's 

 favor, as there was no difference in range and speed: Harry 

 having by odds the advantage in style on point and equal 

 style m motion. The judges decided to give the dogs fifteen 

 minutes in the morning, and they were taken up for the 

 night, at 5 o'clock. On Wednesday they were put down at 

 8:54 to finish their undecided heat. Dad roaded a bevy to a 

 point; Harry coming up down wind flushed it, not seeing 

 Dad. Sent on, Harry pointed a bevy, and Dad, off to the 

 left, pointed a bird that flushed wild. On, Harry pointed a 

 single. They were then taken up for water, and after ten 

 minutes put down again in corn. Dad pointed a bevy in 

 good style and won. Down one hour. 



HEINEKIN AND FRED GATES 

 were cast off in an open cornfield, with nothing except burrs 

 to keep a dog from showing all that was in. him. Neither 

 of them showed any great amount of speed or range. Fred 

 had a slight advantage. In style he was much the best. 

 Fred poiu ted a bevy that he broke in after when flushed. 

 Hose brought him back and gave him a good whipping. On 

 the scattered birds both did some rapid pointing, Fred 

 clearly getting the best of it. Heinekin broke shot, but 

 stopped to order after several yells from Major Purcell. 

 Heinekin soon afterward made a good point, the'Major shot, 

 but did not kill and Heinekin again broke shot with the 

 Major snouting, running after him and throwing cornstalks 

 at him; but with all that he did not stop and chased the 

 bird over 100yds. At last he returned, apparently thinking 

 he had done what his owner wanted him to do. Just at 

 this time a heavy rain commenced falling. and the dogs were 

 ordered up, being down only 15m. It rained until evening. 

 At 3 o'clock it looked like we could get a heat or two run 

 between showers, and we again left town. Fred Gates and 

 Heinekin were put down to finish their heat. They were 

 started off in a cornfield, and before Fred had gone 50yds., 

 he wheeled ou a nice point to a bevy. By this time it com- 

 menced raining again and the bird's only flew a short dis- 

 tance in corn, where both dogs made several points in rapid 

 succession, Fred getting a decided advantage. The birds 

 were running badly and to a flush of Heinekin Fred made a 

 short chase. At the end or the fifteen minutes the dogs 

 were ordered up and the heat very properly awarded to Fred 

 Gates. Down in all 30m. By this time it had commenced 

 raining hard and no more attempt at work was made 

 Heinekin was handled by Major Purcell. Fred was to have 

 been handled by Mr. Blunt, but as he was not in a proper 

 condition the dog was placed in the hands of Rose, who 

 handled him very well, notwithstanding he was entirely 

 unacquainted with him. 



VAL AND ROYAL C. 

 On Wednesday the sun rose clear with some little frost 

 and a cool west wind blew all day, making it a fairly good 

 day for the dogs, but birds were hard to find. The start was 

 made four miles north of town on entirely new grounds that 



were not as good as some that we have worked over. The 

 fields were nearly all small inclosures with wire fences 

 around them, and the land was very flat with very heavy 

 swale grass and briers around the uncultivated ground. 

 | In the published list of entries Daisy Girl appears instead 



of Dr. O. L. Abner'sblack pointer dog Val (Broncho ).] 



They were put down at 10:45 in an open cotton field and 

 worked down wind for nearly a mile. In speed and range 

 Royal had a slight advantage. In style they were about 

 equal. Val worked close around his handler while among 

 siugle birds, and completely outpointed Roy, making six 

 points to Roy's two. Val would not back, and was a little 

 unsteady to shot, but was much easier to get among the 

 birds than Roy. There were two bevies found in this heat. 

 Down in all one hour and thirty minutes. Val won. Val 

 was handled by owner and Royal by Avent. 



TRIBULATION AND ROWDY ROD. 



As Rowdy Rod had won two firsts in the East and Tribula- 

 tion had Avon first in the All-Aged Pointer Stake at the 

 Southern Trials ; there was a great deal of interest mani- 

 fested about this heat, and as no one present except his 

 handler had ever seen Rowdy in the field, and quite a num- 

 ber had seen Trib in his heats at the Southern, the majority- 

 present thought Trib would beat him. They were taken to 

 open corn and cotton fields, where all could see them go to 

 their heart's content, They both went at a high rate of 

 speed and wide range, but Rowdy set the pace and range 

 not leaving anything for Trib to find. Often during the 

 heat Trib would follow Rowdy on his wide cast, but would 

 not stay out at his work as well as he did. Rowdy found 

 four bevies and pointed three of them nicely, and was steady 

 to shot. One of the bevies flushed wild down wind out of an 

 open cotton field. Trib did not make a siugle point through- 

 out the heat, except a false point and a point on a rat. Trib 

 backed well and was steady to shot. The first three bevies 

 flew across a slough and were not followed. The l ist bevy 

 that Rowdy pointed went to an open weed field, but time 

 w T as up and it was clear to all that Rowdy had him beaten. 

 He was awarded the heat. Down 45m. 



This ended the first series, Roy Wilson having a bye. 

 Following is the summary: 



Simon ides beat F. F. V. 



Hope's Ray beat Bang Bang. 



Transit beat Lillie Talbot. 



Annie F. beat Ned White. 



Dad Wilson's Boy beat Flake of Flockfinder, Jr. 



Dad Wilson, Jr., beat Harry C. 



T?red Gates beat Heinekin. 



Val beat Royal C. 



Rowdy Rod beat Tribulation. 



Roy Wilson a bye. 



Second Series. 



ROY WILSON AND SIMONIDES 



were cast off iu an open cornfield and worked through corn 

 and cotton fields throughout the heat. Neither dog showed 

 any great amount of speed nor range, but Simonides had a 

 slight advantage in this respect. They were about equal in 

 style and both showed good nose and were steady to shot 

 and wing. Simonides made two points and showed a much 

 better character of work on bis game. Roy also made two 

 points and one or two false points. At the end of 30 minutes 

 they were ordered up and the heat awarded to Simonides 

 Roy was handled by McCartney. 



HOPE'S RAY AND TRANSIT 

 were cast off at 12:50 and worked through corn, cotton and 

 burr fields, where they could show their speed and range to 

 the best advantage. In speed, range and style there was 

 but little to choose between them, both ranged only fairly 

 well. They were worked 30 minutes before lunch, each dog 

 making two points on singles. Hope was a little unsteady 

 to shot once; they backed well. After lunch Ray made two 

 undecided points on siugle birds, one flush and one false 

 point, while Transit got nothing to his advantage, and at 

 the end of the 15 minutes time they were ordered up and 

 Hope's Ray won. Down in all 45 minutes. 



ANNIE F. AND DAD WILSON'S BOY 

 were at once cast off in an open cornfield and worked iu ad- 

 joining field where some one had evidently been hunting', 

 as there was nothing found except an occasional single 

 bird. Both dogs seemed to get disheartened and soon -went 

 to chasing and pointing sparrows, and this they kept up 

 throughout the heat. In speed, range and style Annie had 

 a decided advantage. Annie only found and pointed one 

 single bird, both were steady to shot. Boy did not make a 

 single point and only flushed one bird. After working 

 them a long time in this field and at the end of an hour, 

 they were ordered up and Annie awarded the heat. We 

 then drove two miles toward town to better fields, before 

 the next brace were cast off. 



DAD WILSON, JR. AND FRED GATES 

 were cast off at 4:40 in an open cornfield and worked through 

 several corn and cotton fields before finishing tbe heat, In 

 speed and range there was but little difference, both did 

 well. In style Fred had a decided advantage. Fred pointed 

 two bevies nicely and was, I think, pointing the third one, 

 when the handlers walked into it, but neither the judges 

 nor I were in a position to see for certain what the dog was 

 doing. Fred also made three flushes, two chases and broke 

 in twice. Dad made two bevy points and one false point, 

 and they both backed well. There was no single bird work 

 done in this heat. At the wind-up both dogs were on a stiff 

 point on a bevy not over 100yds. apart* and when the hand- 

 lers went to flush they walked up the third bevy that flew 

 over Fred's and away his bevy went with Mm in full chase 

 after them. Dad's birds were soon afterward flushed, mak- 

 ing three bevies in sight almost at the same time. This 

 being Fred's second chase they were ordered up, and as it 

 was nearly dark we started for town. 



ROWDY ROD AND VAL 

 were cast off at 8:30 and worked in cotton, corn and weed 

 fields. In speed, range and style Rowdy had a decided ad- 

 vantage. Rowdy made the first poiut ou a bevy out in a 

 cotton field. Val came up, refused to back and flushed the 

 bevy. One of the birds flew over Rowdy's head, and after 

 standing and looking at it for a while he chased it some 

 75yds. before Avent could stop him, he being some distance 

 from the dog. On Rowdy's return he got a royal good 

 whipping. They were then taken to a new field, where 

 Rowdy cut loose much better than he had before, and soon 

 pointed a bevy. Val came up and refused to back; went in, 

 drew too close to bird that flushed. Avent shot and killed, 

 and Val broke shot and retrieved. Rowdy was perfectly 

 steady to\ shot. The remainder of the bevy ran away and 

 both dogs roaded them some 200 or 300yds. before catching 

 up with them, and they flushed before the dogs could locate 

 them. Further on, Rowdy pointed a single that flushed, and 

 Val flushed a bevy that Rowdy had commenced loading 

 some T5yds. up wind. They were ordered up and the heat 

 given to Rowdy. Down 30 minutes. 



This finished the second series, with the result as follows: 



Simonides beat Roy Wilson. 



Hope's Ray beat Transit. 



Annie F. beat Dad Wilson's Boy. 



Dad Wilson, Jr., beat Fred Gates. 



Rowdy Rod beat Val. 



Third Series. 



ANNIE F. AND SIMONIDES 

 were worked in a cornfield on the scattered birds of the two 

 bevies found in the last brace. On these birds both dogs 

 did some miserable bad work. Sim made the most flushes, 



but he was steady to wing, Annie also made quite a num- 

 ber of flushes, and was unsteady to wing several times, 

 showing a strong inclination to chase. They were about 

 equal on point. Annie had a slight, advantage in speed, 

 range and style, but not enough to makeup for her unsteadi- 

 ness and pointing stink birds. Down in all lh. and 45m. 

 Simonides won. 



HOPE'S RAVT AND DAD WILSON, JR., 

 were worked through cotton, corn aud weed fields. They 

 were nearly equal in speed and range. Hope had the advan- 

 tage iu style. Dad did not show near the speed and range 

 in this heat that he did in his heat with Harry C. d and his 

 work on birds was of a very low grade, making Hush after 

 flush of birds that he should have pointed. Hope also did 

 poor work on birds, making some flushes, but he completely 

 outworked Dad and won easily. Down 30m. 



This ended the third series, Rowdy Rod having a bye. 

 Following is the summary: 



Simonides beat Annie F. 



Hope's Ray beat Dad Wilson, Jr. 



Rowdy Rod a. bye. 



Fourth Series. 



ROWDY ROD AND SIMONIDES. 

 There was quite an argument between Mr. Rose and the 

 judges about making Rowdy Rod run a side heat. They 

 first decided to run one heat in the All- Aged Stake and then 

 run Rowdy and Simonides, their heat giving Simonides the 

 rest while two heats were run, but that was not satisfactory, 

 so they decided to run Rowdy Rod a side heat and then put 

 them down the last brace in the evening, which they did, 

 and at 4:10 they were cast off in a cotton field and ordered 

 to take a short, circle around a thicket to a bevy that had 

 just been found by the last brace. While making this circle 

 Simonides pointed four birds and Rowdy was whistled in to 

 back, which he did well, both were steady to shot. They 

 were then worked a few minutes after the scattered birds 

 without finding them, and were then sent on around the 

 thicket to the other bevy. Simonides being near his handler 

 pointed, and was. steady to shot. Rowdy came up and 

 pointed an outlying bird of the same bevy, "and was steady 

 to wing. The birds flew over a hedge in a cornfield, some of 

 them them stopping in the hedge. Rowdy pointed in the 

 hedge. Avent went in to flush and the bird ran across the 

 road iu plain view of judge Olagge, and as it was in a hedge 

 that it was impossible to flush, the dogs were ordered on in 

 the cornfield. Simonides pointed just as a single flushed. 

 Moving on not over 50yds. Rowdy pointed a bevy. Sim also 

 at the same time pointed a little to one side and behind 

 Rowdy, the same birds. Avent shot and killed and both 

 dogs were steady to shot. The birds were marked down in 

 an open cotton field, where Rowdy pointed a single; Avent 

 flushed but did not shoot. Rowdy was steady to wing. 

 Some 75yds. to the right in cotton Simonides pointed. Rose 

 failed to flush the birds, which were evidently running. 

 Then both dogs commenced roadiug carefully in different 

 parts of the cotton field, and the birds flushed some 20yds 

 ahead of both dogs. Rowdy then pointed a single that 

 flushed a few moments later. Sim pointed but Rose 

 failed to flush. The judges ordered up the dogs and 

 consulted, and in the meantime the spectators had 

 marked a bevy in a bare cotton field, and the judges 

 ordered the dogs back to them. Avent asked for the 

 dogs to be worked iu some straight direction so that 

 speed gnd range could be tested before finding a new bevy, 

 but the privilege was not granted him and the dogs were 

 sent directly to the marked bevy. Rowdy was seen some 

 distance away on a point on bare ground in a cotton field. 

 Avent flushed a single, but did not shoot. Rowdy was 

 steady to wing. They were then twisted around in "many 

 directions to try and find the scattered bevy, and in the 

 meantime Rowdy pointed in a hedge. Siui backed, but 

 nothing was found. The handler.* then started for a new 

 bevy, but the judges stopped and consulted uutil the han- 

 dlers went some 150yds., then the judges called them back 

 into the open cotton field again. Soon after entering it 

 Sim made a nice point to a single that Rose shot and Sim 

 was steady to shot. At the same time Rowdy was lost in 

 cotton and fouud ou point iu tbe far corner of the field. 

 Avent going up to flush, the birds were seen running from 

 Rowdy's point aud Avent shot and killed one on the ground 

 and Rowdy was steady to shot. The remainder of the bevy 

 ran out into a cornfield, where Sim com menced drawing and 

 drew too close to a bird that flushed; he then roaded on some 

 distance aud located one. Rowdy then pointed a stinkbird. 

 They were then taken across the hedge, and before the 

 handlers had gone 200yds. Sim swung around a brier patch 

 near his handler and pointed a bevy. Rose flushed three of 

 them, shot and killed one, the remainder of the bevy ran 

 out on tbe opposite side of the briers and Sim at 

 once took the trail, and loading them about 75yds. 

 pointed the remainder of the bevy. Rowdy had made 

 a wide cast and before he came back the birds were 

 all flushed. He came up and pointed where the 

 bevy had been flushed. They were then ordered up, and 

 in this heat the judges did not give either dog any chance 

 whatever to show their speed nor range. When they started 

 they were ordered to take a short circle to a bevy that the 

 other brace had fouud, and from this on they were twisted 

 around and around after marked birds on the bare ground 

 in cotton fields and corn. The birds were running badly, 

 and Rowdy got somewhat rattled at this kind of twisting 

 around and did not work the single biids as he should have 

 done, but still he did not make a single flush nor commit 

 any errors except one false point, only he appeared to be a 

 little-rattled and did not show his usual snap in his work. 

 The way in which the heat was managed undoubtedly beat 

 a very fast, wide ranging dog, by a dog that did not show 

 in any heat any high-class work. He has not much speed 

 nor range compared with Rowdy, Tribulation, Fred Gates 

 and several other dogs in the stake. The judges were per- 

 fectly honest in their decision and undoubtedly tried to do 

 justice to everyone, but they did not seem to" realize that 

 natural qualities are of more value than the actual number 

 of points in a heat, and they did not seem to know how to 

 direct the handlers so that a good dog could show his speed 

 and range, and in several cases they worked unintentional 

 injustice to high-class dogs in this way. In this country, 

 where it is often the case that in 30 minutes' time the dogs 

 are worked on 4 or 5 different bevies, being on game from 

 the time they are started until the end of the heat, making 

 it impossible for a fast dog to cut loose and show his natu- 

 ral high-class hunting qualities. This gives a poor dog an 

 equal chance with a good one, aud the judge should in 

 all such heats manage to give a high-class uog'a showing to 

 compare his natural searching qualities with those of a poor 

 one. 



This ended the fourth series, Hope's Ray having a bye. 

 Simonides beat Rowdy Rod. 

 Hope's Ray a bye. 



Final for First Place. 



SIMONIDES AND HOPE'S RAY. 



The heat for first place was run on Saturday morning 

 after one brace had been run in the All-Aged Stake. They 

 were cast off in an open cornfield. They both worked nicely 

 to their handlers, but they did not show much speed and 

 range for dogs that were running tor first olace. They were 

 worked throughout the heat iu open corn and cotton fields. 

 Shortly after starting Simonides made a nice point on a 

 small bevy in an open cotton field, and was steady to shot. 

 The birds went to a hedge and were not followed. After 

 drawing several fields blank Simonides drew up to a small 

 bunch of briers and stopped just as a bird flushed. He stood 



