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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|Feb. 20, 1890. 



Clubs in Arrears for Dims. 



American Field Trial Club $10.00 



National Poultry Association, Atlanta, Ga 10.00 



SI afford Kennel Club 10.00 



Wi nste d Kennel Club 10.00 



A. P. Veedenbijrgh, Treasurer. 



TREASURER'S REPORT, 188!), 



Of monevs received by the A. K. C. from all sources, and of ex- 

 penses of every description to Feb. 16, 18S9. 

 Receipts to Jan. 11, 1889, as per balance carried forward 



to new casb book $1,228,28 



Receipts from Jan , 11 , 1 889: 



From registrations Stud Book 182.00 



Sales of Stud Book 145 50 



Advertisements Stud Book 50.00 



From registrations Gazelle 141.75 



Sales Gazette .• $0 



Advertisements Gazette 9.00 



Subscriptions Gazette 6.00 



Annual dues active members 90.00 



Annual dues associates 507.50 



Claims for prefixes 15.00 



$2,375.53 



Expenses from Jan. 11, 1889: 



For Stud Book, including editor's salary on ac- 

 count last year $191.29 



For Gazette 365.64 



For club ...194 51- $751.44 



Balance on hand. .'. $1,624.09 



A. P. Vredenburuh, Treasurer. 



On Dec. 5, 1888, according to the treasurer's report, there 

 was a balance on hand amounting to $5.39. Other items re- 

 ceived swell this to $890 39. Tbe expense account is then 

 given, which leaves a balance of 333.45. The treasurer in the 

 same report makes a jump, and in the leap this sura &S33.4."> 

 is swelled on Jan. 11, 1889, to 11,228.28. 



I have spveral times asked Mr. Vredenburgh this question, 

 "Give us the items which go to makeup this sum of $1,228.28, 

 and in addition thereto the items of expense between Dec. 5, 

 1888, and Jan. 11, 1889." We do not want any juggling. 

 "What we want is a plain statement of facts. You have the 

 books and you keep the bank account. Peshall. 



Jersey City, Feb. 17. 



THE PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS. 



[Special Report.] 



[Our esteemed correspondent, Mr. N. E. White, of Sacramento, 

 Cab, being unable to attend the trials on account of sickness, we 

 made arrangements for a report which was published last week. 

 Mr. White, it appears, abo made arrangements for a report, 

 which we publish below, omitting entries and summary, which 

 were published Feb. 6.] 



rpHE seventh annual field trials of the Pacific Coast Field 

 JL Trial Club began at Bakersfieid, Cal., on the morning 

 of Jan. 20, with the annual Derby for setters and pointers 

 whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1888. 



The judges were W. C. Nelson, formerly of Trenton, Ten- 

 nessee," presiding judge: Ike N. Aldrich, of Marys ville, Cal., 

 and Hon. 1). M. Pile, of Bakersfieid, Cal. Mr. Nelson is 

 well known to Eastern and Southern field trials as an expert 

 Held trial handler and breaker of setters and pointers. He 

 also occupied the responsible position of manager and 

 breaker of the Syracuse Kennel Club, N. Y. At these trials 

 he fairly established himself in the estimation of all the 

 sportsmen present by his fairness and evident capacity for 

 analyzing and comparing the work of competing dogs, and 

 his courteous but firm manner toward all he came in contact 

 with assisted largely toward making the trials proceed 

 without friction or caviling. Ike N. Aldrich is an old favor- 

 ite with California field trialcrs, and has the confidence and 

 respect of all. Hon. D. M. Pyle is universally loved and 

 respected, and is a first class trial judge. The decisions of 

 the judges were correct and received without one word of 

 faultfinding. 



The attendance at the trials was large, although many of 

 the regular atteudauts were absent owing to the sicknes's of 

 themselves or some member of their families. The ever 

 loyal president of the club, Mr, .1. G. Ed wards, was kept at 

 home by La. Grippe, and his absence was keenly regretted by 

 all. The herculean Mr. P. D. Linville. of San Francisco, 

 was marshal during the trials, and acquitted himself of his 

 duties in a faultless manner. 



The regtxlar annual meeting meeting of the club was held 

 on tbe night of Jan. 21, and the following gentlemen joined 

 the club, viz.: R. Porter Ashe, J. M. Kilgariff, Robt. Lid- 

 die, Wm. Dormer, San Francisco, Cal.; Andrew Jackson, 

 Napa: Charles W. Bmsse, New York; Dr. W. H. Myers, San 

 Rafael; F. B. Dexter, Fresno; Austin B. Sperry, Stockton. 

 The entire board of officers was reelected to serve during the 

 ensuing year. The list is as follows: President, J. G. Ed- 

 wards (reelected for the fifth time), of Oakland; 1st Vice- 

 President, Austin B. Sperry, of Stockton; 2d Vice-Presi- 

 dent, M. H. Drummond, of Davisville; Secretary, H. H. 

 Briggs, Sail Francisco; Treasurer, J. M. Gilgariff, San Fran- 

 cisco; Executive Committee— C. N. Post, Sacramento; J. S. 

 Dtinham, Stockton; Wm Schreiber, San Francisco; J. M. 

 H,issford, Jr., Yacaville, and Hon. D. M. Pyle, Bakers- 

 field. 



The club unanimously decided to hold their trials next 

 year at Bakersfieid, commencing on the third Monday in 

 January, 1891. 



A resolution of thanks to the Student and Sportsmen's 

 Club, of Bakersfieid, and to the citizens of Bakersfieid gen- 

 erally, was passed for courtesies shown, The club decided to 

 offer next year a trophy of the value of $25, to be competed 

 for by dogs owned and handled by members of the club. A 

 beautiful gold match box, properly inscribed and having a 

 spirited engraving of a dog on point on each side, bad been 

 procured as a testimonial to President Edwards by theclub'; 

 but Mr. Edwards not being present, a committee was ap- 

 pointed to present the same at Mr. Edwards's home. 



Of the twenty-one entries for the Derby but six qualified- 

 four setters and two pointers. The work done in the Derby 

 was good, as a rule. This trial demonstrated the great 

 strength of the California Kennel in the setter line, first and 

 third in the Derby and first in Aged Stake being won by 

 dogs belonging to that kennel, and third in Aged Stake 

 being divided by dog bred by that kennel and Count Dick. 



Salina, winner of first in the Derby, was bred and is owned 

 by the California Kennels, Sacramento, Cal. She is a very 

 handsome white bitch, with orange ears, of the Llewellin 

 strain of English setters, Her head is good, barring rather 

 short ears and a trifle too much width of skull. Her neck 

 and shoulders are the best I have ever seen; chest deep and 

 narrow, ribs well sprung, legs and feet good; in fact, good 

 all over in body, with the exception of being a little long in 

 coupling, and has a beautiful longcoat. Herstylein motion, 

 on point and when backing, is very fine. She is a fast, wide 

 ranger, shows much judgment in hunting her ground, dis- 

 played a grand nose, and was perfect to gun and wing. Her 

 chief fault was overcautiousness on birds, her nose being 

 too great for her limited experience. She was broken by 

 Mr. Geo. T. Allender, who, owing to the death of his father 

 the Saturday before the opening of the trials, was com- 

 pelled to absent himself during the running of the Derby. 

 C. N. Post, one of the owners of the bitch, although entirely 

 strange to her, was compelled to handle her, which of course 

 prevented her showing at her best. Her breeding is equal 

 to her merit, she being by Harold (Gath — Gem) and out of 

 Sweetheart (Count Noble— Dashing Novice). 



Sankey, winner of second in the Derby, is a very racily 

 built lemon and white pointer dog. While he is formed on 

 speedy lines he is grandly muscled, showing in this the 



benefit of a rational amount of work when young. His 

 owner, Mr. G. H. Hughes, killed dozens of birds over him 

 last year when only eight or nine months old, but never 

 worked him long enough at one time to stale him. He has 

 had more birds killed over him probably than any dog that 

 ran at the trials. He is a light-weight pointer with great 

 speed and splendid style, when galloping, is a good wide 

 ranger, is rather incautious and headstrong, his handler 

 having to caution him continually when on birds. His 

 style on point is somewhat marred by his wagging his tail 

 a great portion of the time and as a rule he backed only to 

 order. He displayed a fair nose, but Mr. Bassf or d claimed 

 that Sankey had contracted a cold on his wayto Bakersfieid 

 a couple of weeks before and at one time a few days before 

 the trials had been quite sick. Sankey is owned by Mr. G. 

 H. Hughes, of Copay, Cal., and was bred by Mr. Geo. W. 

 Bassford, of Vallejo, Cal. He was sired by Point (Vande- 

 vort's Don— Drab) and out of Blossom (Glen R.— Josie Bon), 

 a pedigree that shows a deal of field trial blood, and Sankey 

 is certainly a credit to his breeder and breeding, and his 

 owner may well feel proud of him. He showed to be a very 

 game dog and is passionately fond of hunting. 



Stephanie, winner of third in the Derby, is a litter sister 

 to Salina, winner of first, and resembles Salina very much 

 in color and general appearance, but is not quite so well 

 formed and not as stylish. She has a first-class nose and is 

 perfectly staunch before and behind and to gun and wing. 

 Like her sister she is as yet over-cautious when scent is very 

 strong. She did not seem to be on good terms with her 

 handler, acting at times as though she feared and disliked 

 him, and in her first heat and the first part of her second 

 heat she seemed to sulk at his frequent sharp commands 

 and almost incessant whistling and pottered somewhat, but 

 when finally thrown on her own resources she ranged fast 

 and wide until the close of the heat as she did also iu her 

 final heat with Rose. 



Sunlit, winner of the All- Aged Stake, is probably the peer 

 of any setter living. She did not make a, mistake from start 

 to finish. In form she is of the highest type. She has a per- 

 fectly marked orange and white head, with a heavily orange 

 ticked body. She weighs when in field condition 411bs. 

 She is a very fast, wide ranger, displays rare judgment in 

 finding, locating and pointing birds, carries a high head, 

 goes to her points boldly, is dead game, and displays superb 

 style on point and back, is perfectly staunch both before and 

 behind, and to gun and wing, and has a wonderful nose. 

 She can boast of more first prize winners at field trials in 

 her pedigree, than any setter ever whelped in the world, 

 for her brothers and sisters. Out of her first fourteen an- 

 cestors, twelve are first prize winners of field trials. She 

 was sued by Sportsman (Gladstone — Sue), out of Sweetheart 

 (Count Noble — Dashing Novice.) She was bred and is owned 

 by the California Kennel, Sacramento, Cal. She won the 

 California Derby of 1887. Last year she started in the Aged 

 Stake, and after beating her first three opponents pointless, 

 she seemed to get off in nose and ran wild and reckless, 

 finally winning third. After her heat with Count Dick, 

 Judge W. C. Nelson publicly declared her to be the best 

 dog he had ever seen. 



Patti Croxteth, winner of second in the Aged Stake, is a 

 magnificent liver and white pointer bitch, imported from 

 the East and owned by Mr. A. B. Truman, of San Francisco. 

 She is beyond a doubt the best pointer ever seen on this 

 coast. She is a fast, wide raneter, fine style on point and 

 back, staunch to wing, gun and on point, but backs only 

 to order; has quite a good nose, hunts her ground with good 

 judgment and has a beautiful disposition. She has won a 

 number of first prizes and specials at bench shows and is 

 very highly bred indeed, being by Croxteth out of cham- 

 pion Patti M. Her work throughout the stake was even and 

 of a very high class. 



Sirius, who divided third with Couut Dick, is owned by 

 Mr. Thomas Bennett, of Oakland, and was bred by the Cali- 

 fornia Kennel, being litter brother to Sunlit, winner of first. 

 Sirius is a very large doer, perfectly marked orange and white 

 head, and orange ticked body. This was by far the widest 

 ranger iu the stake and is fast. He is tkoroixghly broken 

 and is perfectly staunch at all points. He lacks style when 

 in motion, but on point and when backing his style is 

 grand. In his first heat with Nestor B. he displayed an ex- 

 quisite nose and ran a splendid race, but, in his subsequent 

 heats he seemed to be clear oft in nose and was at times 

 quite willful and refused to obey the whistle of his hand- 

 ler and was a great disappointment to his owner and 

 friends. 



Count Dick is a liver, white and ticked pointer, owned by 

 Mr. Austin B. Sperry, of Stockton. While Dick cannot lay 

 claim to a symmetrical form, yet he is an exceedingly racy- 

 looking fellow and displays fine style in motion and good 

 style on point and back, bar his wagging tail. He was 

 well-broken and ran a good race for his age. he being still a 

 puppy, though not entered in the Derby. He has a fair 

 nose and great bottom, and ranges fast and wide. Count 

 Dick's win was very popular, as his owner Mr. Sperry made 

 a fast friend of everybody whom he met at the trials. 



THE DERBY. 

 The field trial party did not leave the Ingleside Hotel for 

 the grounds until nearly 9 o'clock, consequently it was 10 

 o'clcck.before the first brace in the Derby were cast off. 



First Series. 



LISSOME AND SANKE \~ IS. 



were cast off in an open field on section 18, about four miles 

 from town. Sankey went away like a race hoi-se, ranging f 

 fast and wide. Liss seemed to lack dash, and went as 

 though sulky or under constraint, at only fair pace. Con- 

 tinuing across the open field to a long swale covered with 

 sage and weeds both dogs began to draw. Lissome was first 

 to point a single and was steady to wing when her handler 

 flushed. Next Sankey pointed a single and Lissome backed. 

 The brace was run for one hour, Sankey maintaining his 

 fast wide ranging all through the heat, while Lissome 

 would at times spurt off quite merrily and fast, and then 

 would slow down again to a moderate gait. After running 

 one hour and ten minutes the judges awarded the heat to 

 Sankey. Sankey was best in pace, range and style when in 

 motion and made six points on single birds. Lissome was 

 best in style on point and showed best nose. She made 

 eight points on singles and was staunch to wing and gun. 

 Both backed to order and were equal in quartering. 



STEPHANIE AND BEN HARRISON. 

 After lunch the second brace was cast off to find a fresh 

 bevy. Stephanie was superior in pace, range, quartering 

 and style. Alter a run of twenty-five minutes Stephanie, 

 afier a fine piece of roading, located and pointed in beauti- 

 ful form a very large covey of birds, Ben not near to back. 

 The covey was' flushed and Stephanie dropped promptly to 

 wing. The birds made a very short flight and ran luto 

 some high thick cover of sage and weeds. The dogs were 

 then put on to the scattered birds, Ben went very slow and 

 Stephanie was over-cautious, continually drawing andpoint- 

 iug on the hot-footed scent. Finally the dogs were got 

 among the birds aud did some good pointing and backing. 

 Ben made two flushes and three points on singles. Steph- 

 anie made four points on singles, and after being down one 

 hour the judges awarded the heat to her. 



SALINA AND ROSE. 

 At 2 P, M. the last brace in the first series were cast off iu 

 a wide open field covered with sage, salt grass and short 

 willows. Soon after being cast off Salina caught sight of a 

 hare and chased it out of sight, paying no attention what- 

 ever to Mr. Post's commands and whistle, he being an entire 



stranger to her. The clogs were ordered up until Salina 

 could be brought under control. She soon returned and the 

 brace were cast off again. Both bitches went a slashing 

 pace, Salina the wider ranger. A large portion of the field 

 was hunted over without finding when Salina, making a 

 cast to the right up wind, pointed a covey. Salina's handler 

 flushed the birds in front of her and Mr. Bassford shot; 

 both bitches steady to shot and wing. The dogs were then 

 worked on the scattered birds, Salina drawing very cau- 

 tiously to her points, Rose inclined to be reckless and head- 

 strong, and her handler kept continually cautioning her. 

 Rose flushed and and attempted to chase, "but was stopped 

 by her handler. Rose pointed and Salina backed promptly 

 and in beautiful style. Salina pointed and Rose refused to 

 back. At the end of 45m. the judges awarded the heat to 

 Salina. This closed the work for the day, and the field trial 

 party returned to Bakersfieid. 



Second Serle-K. 



STEPHANIE AND SANKEY. 



On Tusday the weather was very foggy and the field trial- 

 ers did not start for the ground until nine o'clock. The first 

 brace in the second series were cast off in the same field 

 where Lissome aud Sankey ran their heat the day before at 

 10:30. Sankey got away at top speed, as did Stephanie. 

 Sankey maintained his speed and range throughout the 

 heat, while Stephanie's handler soon began to whistle and 

 call to her, which seemed to make her sulk and confused 

 her. Stephanie was first to find, pointing a small covey in 

 fine form. Sankey not near to back. Stephanie steady to 

 gun and wing. Sankey next poiuted a single, Stephanie 

 backing promptly. Sankey steady to wing aud gun. Steph- 

 anie next pointed a single; Sankey brought up to back, re- 

 fused, and going past Stephanie deliberately put up the bird 

 and was going to chase, but stopped at command. Sankey 

 next pointed a single bird and was steady to the flush. 

 Stephanie next pointed a single bird. Saukey's handler, 

 when Stephanie pointed, said " Careful ! " iu a very sharp 

 mauuer to Sankey, and this caused Stephanie to leave her 

 point; the bird immediately thereafter flushed. The dogs 

 were then taken up and watered. Down 45m. Cast off 

 again, Stephanie ranging better than before, found and 

 pointed a small covey in good form. Sankey not near to 

 back. Stephanie steady to flush. Sankey then made two 

 points on singles and Stephanie pointed a dead bird, which 

 was picked up by her handler. After being down 30m. the 

 judges awarded the heat to Sankey. Down in all lh. 10m. 

 This was a very close heat, Sankey winning by his superior 

 pace and range. 



Salina having a bye in the second series the party got into 

 their wagons and proceeded to the field where Salina and 

 Rose ran the day before, and partook of a flue lunch. 



Tliird Series. 



SALINA AND SANKEY. 

 At 1:10 Salina and Sankey were cast off to run for first 

 prize. Salina seemed to have in some degree become ac- 

 quainted with her handler, and gave more attention to his 

 commands than she did tbe day before. Both started qff at 

 a great pace; Salina the wider ranger; both displaying beau- 

 tiful style in motion. Salina again was first to find, point- 

 ing a covey in some heavy cover of sage and grass. Sankey 

 not near to back. Salina steady to flush. Sankey then ran 

 into and flushed a large number of birds, and Mr. Bassford 

 shot aud winged one. Salina ordered on, was bent on re- 

 trieving the winged bird, and only after a number of sharp 

 commands could she be; induced to leave it. The dogs were 

 then worked on single birds. Salina was overcautious and 

 Sankey careless and rank. Sankey got a point on single and 

 Salina backed. Salina theu got two points on single birds, 

 and after being down 45 minutes the judges awarded the 

 heat and first prize to Salina, Salina was best in style, on 

 point and when backing, and was steadiest to wing aud gun, 

 and displayed much the better nose. Sankey was willful and 

 rank, and was continually can tioned by his handler through- 

 out the heat. 



ROSE AND SANKKV. 



Rose being the best dog previously beaten by Salina, was 

 selected to run with Sankey for secondprize. At the expira- 

 tion of 20 minutes they were cast off to run for Second prize. 

 Both were handled by Mr. Geo. W. Bassford. Both went at 

 a clipping pace and ranged wide. A long stretch of terri- 

 tory was covered without finding, and after being down 

 about 20 minutes it began to rain. Soon after some birds 

 were flushed by spectators and the dogs were put on to them. 

 Both acted rank and wild, Rose the worse of the two. 

 Sankey soon got a good point on several birds, and after being 

 down 30 minutes was declared winner of the heat and second 

 prize. 



As it was now raining hard, the field trial party sus- 

 pended operations for the day and scampered for Bakers- 

 field. 



STEPHANIE AND ROSE. 

 Wednesday morning broke clear aud sunshiny. The start 

 was made from the hotel at 8:30. The judges selected 

 Stephanie as the best dog beaten by Sanky to run against 

 Rose for third prize. At 9:30 they were cast off on the same 

 ground used for opening the trials. Both bitches went off 

 at a rattling pace, Stephanie's handler having concluded 

 apparently to cease interfering with her. She did better in 

 this heat than any in which she had run. After a twenty- 

 minute spin, during which nothing was found, the handlers 

 were, ordered to cast their dogs to the left, across a large, 

 open piece of ground covered with salt grass. When half 

 way across the open ground Rose pointed staunchly what 

 afterwards clearly appeared to be foot-scent of a covey. 

 Nothing was found to the point and Rose cast off to the left. 

 At the same moment Rose pointed, Stephanie, a few feet to 

 her right, struck the trail of the running covey, and circling 

 around twice, roaded straight on across the open ground to 

 some tall grass and a bunch of willows, and located and 

 pointed the covey in fine style. Part of tbe covey flushed, 

 Stephanie steady to wing. Rose coming on ran into the rest 

 of thetn aud ran riot among them. She deliberately flushed 

 a number and jumped in the air after them. Stephanie 

 then casting to the right, pointed a single a long way off 

 and won third prize, Down 29m. This ended the Derbj. 



THE ALL-AGED STAKE. 

 The Derby being completed then came what the crowd 

 had been anxiously waiting for, the All-Aged Stake. The 

 work done in this stake as a whole was in point of finish 

 aud quality very much superior to any ever seen before at a 

 field trial on this coast, and some of it was pronounced by 

 men who have attended the great Eastern events the very 

 best they had ever seen. The dogs were well broken and as 

 a rule well handled. 



SIRins AND NE8TOR 

 were cast off at 10:35 iu a large open field covered with low 

 sage, grass and weeds. Both got away fast. Sirius the 

 faster. Sirius gave a magnificent exhibition of ranging. 

 Nestor hunted his grouud irregularly. He would make a 

 cast out from his handler and theu come in again, frequent i y 

 hunting over beaten ground. Nestor's style in motion w.-.s 

 very good, in fact, better than that of Sirius. Nestor pointed 

 a single bird on the bank of a sand slough. Sirius not near 

 to back. Bird flushed wild, Nestor steady to flush. Going 

 on up sand slough Nestor again pointed a single and was 

 steady when Allender flushed and shot. Sirius all the time 

 ranging fast and wide, looking for a covey. Finally Sirius 

 was seen to jump into a magnificent point a quarter of a 

 mile away across the open. When his handler got to him 



