Nov. 19, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



digerent opinions among those who mi^lit well be entitled 

 to an opinion. Thus it was thought hy some that Matane 

 ■was better than Cambriana. This 1 mvself do not think 

 at all. 



This is miich a membership meeting, owners handling to- 

 day exclusively, except the handlers Mathers and Hallam. 

 Tom Hallam is an English boy, of whom we shall hear well 

 in the States trials later. He is now employed by Mr. 

 Davey, and only came over last August. In England he 

 trained in the kennels of A. P. Heywood Lonsdale, Esq., 

 and there trained Ightfield Upton, Rhwlas and others in 

 the old country, and did the preliminary training of Ight- 

 field Blithe before she was given to Cameron to fioish. He 

 won the 5 guineas purse for the best handler in the English 

 field trials last year. Hallam is a very quiet, fair and 

 pleasant handler. Indeed, this meeting has been an ex- 

 ceptionally pJeasant one in every way, and to-day a fitting 

 close to it. Very just is the remark of the "eeutlemau 

 from Mumblepeg"— as Mr. Thos. Johnson is called here— 

 "I shall remember this day of all days so long as I live." 



The following are the runnings: 



All-Ages Stalte, First Series. 



LADY SPOT— DAK O'COSSELL. 

 Dr. J. Kime, owner, handled the English setter Spot, A. 

 Mathers handling the Irish setter Dau for Mr. L. Hilsen- 

 degen, of Detroit. The dogs blundered upon a bevy, Spot 

 ahead, neither noticing mtich till the birds rose, both then 

 steady. Spot pointed a single by a log, Dan, coming around 

 the other end, drew up and pointed alongside, not backing. 

 Both sjbeady to Mathers' shot. Further on Dau nosed along 

 a log, making game uncertainly, and put a bird 6ft. from 

 his nose, he having the wind in his favor. He was steady, 

 but did not drop to wing. Spot was of fair range and intel- 

 ligence, Dan being slowish and with the bad habit of a 

 rather low nose. Down 30m. 



All- Ages Stalic, Second Series. 



WESTT^lIJrSTER DRAKE— IGHTFIELD Ul'TOX. 

 In the open these showed a fine slashing pair of big point- 

 ers. Upton's stride is the longer, he going faster than he 

 looks, and he stayed out better and more independently, 

 Drake often coming back to his handler. In a slashing 

 a bevy was flushed, probably wild, as the dogs were feather- 

 ing along the bush, and their flight put up a second bevy. 

 Upton later flushed a single out of a bevy, both pointed 

 then and the bevy went up. Drate pointed a single, Upton 

 running itp not backing, and pointed alongside. Drake 

 pointed on footscent, Upton backing unsteadily on order to 

 stop Drake pointed again, Upton acting very rank indeed 

 about the back and putting himself out of it in comparison. 

 Down 42m. 



MATANE— AXTEL KING DON. 

 After a spinning out on the flat, these were brought up to 

 a marked bevy. They did ill at a brush heap, Matane show- 

 ing faint sign of game and Axtel walking into the bevy at 

 the treetop. Both steady to wing, Axtel later pointed by 

 a log, Matane backing to one side. The judges seemed to 

 think Matane had the point, and ordered Mr. Wells to find 

 his bird. This he could not do, and meantime Axtel moved 

 on and pointed, probably tnesame bird, in a clump of briers. 

 Matane came around and the bird flushed, Matane dropping 

 to wing, Axtel steady. Axtel dropped to wing as a flitshed 

 bird passed close, but it is probaoie that he did not flush 

 this bird himself, for Hallam was walking near by. Axtel 

 ranged exceedingly well, and was industrious and obedient. 

 In a fallen tree Matane pointed, Mr. Wells not seeing the 

 bird, which went out behind him as he was tramping the 

 brushy top for it. The dogs got then a spin on stubble. 

 Down 25m, 



LADT PATCH— JESTEE. 

 These got down on a nice stubble field. Soon thereafter 

 there transpired as pretty a field picture as ever Avas seen. 

 Jester pointed on the hillside. Didy Patch, folly 50yds. 

 away, whirled, saw him and fell into a beautiful back, fac- 

 ing him directly. Over 100yds. on the lower open ground 

 came on several owners and spectato-s with the other dogs. 

 Ml'. .Johnson leading Blithe and Upton. The point and back 

 on the hill not being broken, Mr. Johnson cast ofl: the collars 

 from his dogs. Blithe took a step or two forward, caught 

 sight of Jester, and froze into an elegant back. Upton, a 

 bit to her rear, backed Blithe steadily, and there the four 

 stood, over a triangle 50x100yds. It was a beautiful sight. 

 The unfortunate part was, however, that Jester could make 

 out no bird when ordered on. On a cornfield later Jester 

 made game and pointed a trifle the first, the bitch more un- 

 certain and looking once or twice to him for confirmation of 

 her nose. Jester worked up the reading faster and more 

 direct, and located the bevy nicely. The latter started a 

 second bevy when put up. Down 15m. 



LADY GAY SPANKER— IGHTFIELD BLITHE. 

 The prettiest heat of the entire meeting, perhaps, unless 

 we except the final between Jester and Blithe. Both these 

 bitches showed merry, busy workers and elicited enthusi- 

 asm. Blithe ran a fattlbless heat. Her rapidity, brilliancy 

 and absokite reliance on herself were perfect. After a spin 

 on the corn the dogs were worked to a brtishy fence, where 

 the two former bevies had been marked. Mr. Darcy had 

 not marked the birds down, and Mr. Johnson politely 

 showed bim just where they lay. The dogs crossed the 

 fence, came back to order, and went racing up the knoll, 

 Blithe ahead. Bang! she went into a whirling point, one 

 foot up— simply lovely. Gay backed nicely. The bevy went 

 out, and the dogs, ordered on, raced again to the top of the 

 knoll, Gay a trifle ahead, and again smash! they went into 

 a doLtble point. Blithe a bit the quicker, and falling with 

 her hind legs spread out, like a frog. Any amount of style 

 was in this work. Again the birds were put out, and again 

 the dogs were ordered on, racing down the opposite side of 

 the knoll, as merry a pair as ever went. Again they got the 

 scent, and wheeled square into a noble point. Blithe ahead 

 and with the honors. Gay very probably wheeliDg, at first 

 instance, to Blithe's example, and then at once making her 

 own point. Gay did not drop to order. They were taken 

 back over the knoll, and Blithe nailed a single like a flash, 

 making a simply ideal picture as she stood. Gay was not 

 steady to back and moved up Mr. Johnson, on going up 

 toward Blithe, put his hand on Gay, his opponent's dog, 

 and steadied her down, an act very characteristic of the man. 

 "I didn't want her to do anything bad," said he. Mr. John- 

 son shot and missed, and both were perfectly steady. Gay 

 evidently needed more work. Down 12m. 



DART- ROSE RAPID II. 

 Rose false pointed, Dart would not back, but broke in. 

 The brace might have come up then. Rose flushed and 

 dropped to order, later on breaking in after a single which 

 passed over her. Rose pointed a bevy, Dart quite indifferent, 

 though directly down wind, and not dropping to wing. 

 Down 6m. 



CAJJIBKIANA— LADY SPOT. 

 Lady made game and worked understandingly to a bevy 

 point, Cambriana backing handsomely, both steady to shot. 

 Cambriana pointed. Lady not steady at back or wing. 

 Cambriana pointed and dropped dovvn. Lady brought up 

 close and backing none too readily. Cambriana false pointed, 

 Lady backing. Cambriana ag-Vin made game, Mr. WtJls 

 claiming a point just as the birds rose. Down 30m. 



All-Ages, Hi.ird Series. ' 

 The judges, after a rather confusing announcement, in 

 which they called for Rose and Drake, Lady Spot and Axtel, 

 Lady Gay Spanker and Cambriana, finally got out their 



dogs as follows: Lady Patch and Drake, Rose and Axtel, 

 Lady Gay Spanker and Cambriana. 



LADY PATCH— WESTMINSTER DRAKE. 



Drake pointed, but moved on, Patch following his ex- 

 ample merely. At a log Patch made game, but was not 

 sure of her nose, though three birds flew out beyond. She 

 then flushed four birds under nose in a patch of briers. 

 Drake pointed. Patch backing, btit the latter passed by and 

 flushed three birds. Patch pointed, reading. They feath- 

 ered on, and Drake pointed. Patch backed, but left her 

 back and drew by, but not rattling Drake. 'No birds were 

 found to this point, but just beyond the fence Patch flushed 

 a single, probably the runner. Down 15m. 



AXTEL KING DON— ROSE RAPID II. 



Don pointed but moved on. Meantime Rose, called to 

 back, did not come up. Mr. Kine claimed a point for her, 

 and flushed three birds, this, however, 30ft. across wind from 

 her. Axtel still showed considerable htinting quality, rang- 

 ing independently and vnth sense. Down lorn. 



LADY GAY SPASTKER- CAMBRIAis'A. 

 Cambriana made game. Both dogs climbed on the brush 

 pile and a bird went out, another later. The hunt for a 

 point by one or the other went on. Both dogs walked into 

 a bevy, Cambriana ahead, she dropping only to order. No 

 actual work of notice. Down 20m. 



All-Ages Stake, Fourth Series. 



IGHTFIELD BLITHE— CAI^ADI AN .JESTER. 



A bevy was marked in the woods and both made game. 

 Blithe pointed and a bird went out, Jester backed. Blithe 

 pointed by a log, her tail moving faintly, Jester backing 

 nicely, but the birds were running. Blithe climbed on a log 

 and pointed, standing on her head, but moved on along the 

 trail. Jester now moved off to the right and pointed, mov- 

 ing on. Blithe poitited, standing up with her head poked 

 through a fence, and a bird was seen to ritn to cover just 

 beyond. This gave Blithe the right to go on to her ga!me, 

 but instead of this Jester was allowed to come up. Both 

 dogs crossed the fence, and Jester pointed hard and fast. 

 Blithe, crouching hot on her trail, passed Jester and went 

 out of sight ai'ound a log. This could not be called a failure 

 to back. The birds went up. The judges now ordered the 

 dogs up. Time 17m. 



While the judges retired to consult, and while everybody 

 was standing around talking, no one noticed where Blithe 

 was, Mr. Johnson, passing around the log, saw her stand- 

 ing stretched at full length, her front feet just reaching the 

 log, her eyes glistening. At first he thought she was merely 

 backing Jester, which was lying down near his former 

 point, but when he went up he flushed several birds from 

 the treetop. Thus the poor little bitch had been left stand- 

 ing, in a most uncomfortable position, for fully four and 

 perhaps five minutes. Blithe had all the reputation in the 

 world with the spectators after that. She showed herself 

 good in or out of harness. Her rapid, snappy work, with 

 her positiveness and staunchness, placed her a high and 

 easy first. 



All-Ages Stakes. Fifth Series. 



WESTMINSTER DRAKE— CAMBRIANA. 



Drake made game, pointing just before the bevy rose, he 

 steady to wing. In a little draw on a smooth pasture Drake 

 pointed staunch. Cambriana stopped a moment, and then 

 on the open pasture, in full view of the other's point, de- 

 liberately went by and stole the point. This was glaring, 

 and enough to disturb any dog. Drake, however, was 

 steady. Cambriana had previously been backing well. Her 

 work on this was exceedingly rank, as the ground was per- 

 fectly open. Down 7m. 



The long series of heats now came to an end, and the 

 judges after consultation announced their decision in the 

 All-Ages: 



Ightfield Blithe first. 



Canadian Jester second. 



Westminster Drake third. 



Cambriana and Lady Patch divide fourth. 



The Absolute. 



Mr. A. P. Heywood Lonsdnle, of England, offered a purse 

 of §25 for the absolute winner, the first in the Derby and the 

 fli'st in the All-Aged stakes to run. The judges at once 

 called for 



IGHTFIELD BLITHE— RHWLAS. 



Rhwlas drew carefully and pointed; Blithe came up, 

 snilfed at it and went on. ISTo birds were found. On the 

 stubble Blithe made game, and with faultless style rapidly 

 and decisively roaded up, pointing her bevy in the corn. 

 Meantime Rhwlas had also made game in the corn, but put 

 them up, droppingto order. The remaining birds were run- 

 ning very fast up the corn field, and Rhwlas roaded on, care- 

 ful, but very slow compared to Blithe's nervous accuracy. 

 He pointed weakly just as a bird went up, dropping to order. 

 He then worked alone up the corn field, and here showed not 

 too much idea of it, for he left the corn for the stubble and 

 got no point, though eight birds got up from time to time in 

 the corn as the party moved on. Rhwlas pointed on a single 

 marked down, but nosed up too close, his bird going out. 

 Blithe came around in front in the high grass, not brought 

 around. to back, and perhaps not to special fault. Rhwlas is 

 careful and is admirably under control, but cannot be called 

 a dashing or brilliant performer. The latter is quite what 

 Blithe is. The dogs were down 43m. 



Ightfield Blithe won the Absolute. 



The description of the dogs and order in which they ran 

 may be seen in the following 



SUMMARY. 

 International Derby". 

 First Series. 



Mr. J. L. Campbell's black and tan Gordon setter dog 

 Pendennis (Beaumont— Becky Sharp) 

 ■roji urith 



Mr. W. B. Wells's black and tan English setter bitch 

 Daphne (Toledo Blade — Cambriana). 



Mr. W. J. Bennett's black and white pointer dog Sam H. 

 ^Sport— Dodo) ran VJith 



Dr. Jos. Kime's black and white setter bitch Lou Dido 

 (Mingo— Lou Moll). 



Mr. W. B. Wells's black, white and tan setter dog Luke 

 (Toledo Blade— Cambriana) 



ran ivith 



Mr. E. H. Gilman's black and white setter bitch May I. 

 (Tip Gladstone — Queen of Counts). 



Mr. T. G. Davey's blue belton setter dog Rhwlas (Down— 

 Scouaidh) ranivilh 



Mr. W. H. Tighe's black and white pointer dog R. K. 

 (Sport— Dodo). 



Mr. T. G. Davey's black pointer bitch Lucky Deal (Luck 

 of the Goat— Midget) ran with 



Mi: B. Williamson's black and white setter bitch Carrie 

 (Darkey— Spark). 



Mr. Herbert W. Kipp's lemon and whitepointer dog Roger 

 (Bang F— Nellie) ran with 



Mr. W. B. Wells's blue belton setter dog Romney (Toledo 

 Blade — Cambi-iana). 



Mr. J. W. Shaw's lemon and white pointer dog Central 

 Bang (Trinkets' Cash— Van Bang) 

 ran ivith 



Mr. Thos. Johnson blue belton setter bitch Manitoba Patti 

 (Dick Bondhu— JQiCaiiitoba Belle). 



Mr. Thos. Johnson's blue belton setter bitch Manitoba 

 Pet (Dick Bondhu— Manitoba Belle) 

 ran with 



Mr. W. B. Wells's black and tan setter bitch Ticky-Tack 

 (Toledo Blade — Cambriana). 



Second Series. 



Sam H. and Roger. 

 Lou Dido and May I. 

 Rhwlas and Carrie. 

 Romney and Manitoba Patti. 

 Luke and Central Bang. 



Third Series. 



May I. and Rhwlas. 

 Lou Dido and Luke. 

 Carrie and Manitoba Patti. 



Fourth Series. 



May I. and Luke. 



Fifth Scries. 

 Luke and Manitoba Patti. 



Rhwlas first. Weight, 50lbs. A handsome setter. 

 May I. second. Weight, 38lbs. A fair middle class. 

 Luke third. Weight, about 441bs. A very useful-looking 

 one. 



Manitoba Patti. Weight, 411bs. Fairly a show dog, bar- 

 ring head. 



Moneys were: First, S40; second $20, third §10, fourth -$5. 



All- Ages Stake, 

 Mr. T. G. Davey's liver and white pointer dog West- 

 minster Drake (Lad of Bow — Kate VIII.) 



ran yyith 



Mr. W. B. Wells's black, white and tan setter dog Ma- 

 tane (Mark J. — Cambriana). 



Dr. Joseph Kime's black and white setter bitch Lady 

 Patch (Mingo— Lady Thunder) 



ran un.th 



Mr. T. G. Davey's liver and white pointer dog Axtel King 

 Don (King Don — Meteor's Dell). 



Mr. Thos. Johnson's blue belton setter bitch Manitoba 

 Pet (Dick Bondhu— Manitoba Belle) 

 ran with 



Mr. T. G. Davey's liver and white pointer bitch Lady Gay 

 Spanker (Rumor — Lady JSIorrish). 



Mr. T. G. Davey's blue belton setter dog Canadian Jester 

 (Knight of Snowden— champion Leddersdale) 

 ran ivith 



Mr. H. Milkins's liver and white pointer dog Count 

 Graphic (Lord Graphic— Lassie Faust). 



Mr. A. Mather's black and white setter bitch Dart (Dur- 

 kie— Spark) ran vnth 



Mr. W. B, Wells's black, white and tan setter dog Luke 

 (Toledo Blade— Cambriana). 



Mr. W. B. Wells's black and white setter bitch Cambriana 

 (Cambridge— Romp) ran vMh 



Mr. Thos. Johnson's liver and white pointer bitch Ightfield 

 Blithe (Dancer— Bloom). 



Mr. Thos. Johnson's liver and white pointer dog Ightfield 

 Upton (Ightfield Dick— Polly Peachem) ^ ' 



ran %oith 



Mr. Geo. Kime's lemon and white setter bitch Rose Rapid 

 II. (Mingo— Rnse Rapid). 



Dr. Jos. Kime's black, white and chestnut setter bitch 

 Lady Spot (Mingo— Lady Thunder) 

 ran. %vith 



Mr. L. Hilsendegen's red Irish setter dog Dan O'Connell 

 (Sarsfleld- Coe H.). 



Second Series. 

 Westminster Drake and Ightfield Upton. 

 Matane and Axtel King Don. 

 Lady Patch and Canadian Jester. 

 Lady Gay Spanker and Ightfield Blithe, 

 Diirt and Rose Rapid II. 

 Cambriana and Lady Spot. 



Third Series. 

 Lady Patch and Westminster Drake. 

 Rose Rapid II. and Axtel Kinsr Don. 

 Lady Gay Spanker and Cambriana. 



Fourth Scries. 

 Ightfield Blithe and Canadian Jester. 



Fifth Series. 

 Westminster Drake and Cambriana. 



Ightfield Blithe first. Weight 391bs. A compact, cobby- 

 built pointer, 



Canadian Jester second. Weight oOlbs. A well-framed 

 and handsome setter. 



'"Westminster Drake third. Weight 601bs. A very decent 

 big one, pointer. 



Cambriana, 35lbs., and Lady Patch, 451bs, dividers of 

 fourth, are both of useful field type, the former of consider- 

 able quality. 



Moneys were: First, $75; second, S40; third, S20; fourth, $10. 



Tlie Absolute. 

 Ightfield Blithe against Rhwlas. 



Ightfield Blithe won. E. Hottgh. 



BEAUFORT'S HOME COMING.— Fair Haven, Vt.— 

 Editor Forest and. Stream: It might interest your many 

 readers, more esppcially the mastiff breeders, to hear of 

 Beaufort's safe arrival in England. I have just received a 

 letter from Mr. W. K. Taunton, in which he says that 

 Beaufort arrived there eighteen days after he left my ken- 

 nels. He came in on the night of the first day of the Crys- 

 tal Palace show; that he was in very fine shape indeed, not- 

 withstanding the rough passage he had. He was taken 

 directly from the steamer and benched at the show, and was 

 the attraction the remaining days. It was an agreeable sur- 

 prise to his many old admirers to find him in his usually 

 fine condition and health, and still able to hold his own 

 tbere with the best. There was a great desire to see what 

 had happened to him while in America. I am happy to say 

 that even after his long confinement and very long, rough 

 lassage, and without any especial attendant, they found 

 lim as lively and as active as ever and in fine show shape, — 

 J. L. Winchell. 



MR. BURR'S EXPERIENCE,— Middletown, Conn., Nov. 

 10, 1891 —Forest and Stream Pub. Co.: Sirs— Please discon- 

 tinue my ad. in the FOREST AND Streajc. Have sold Red 

 River Glencho to go South, and disposed of all the dogs I 

 have except two youngsters for my own private use. Am 

 sorry to give up breeding Irish setters; but am now so situ- 

 ated that I cannot attend to it. I shall always speak in 

 highest terms for the Forest and Stream as an advertising 

 medium to reach the best class of sportsmen. Having sold 

 a great number of fine Irish setters, my orders have come 

 nearly all from readers of the Forest and Stream, and 

 nearly every order from men who represent the best liusi- 

 ness enterprises in the country, showing the class of readers 

 the Forest and Stream reaches. Although I cannot keep 

 so many dogs, I shall not lose interest in the Irish setters. — 

 R. H. BuEK. 



