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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Dm}. 17, 1891. 



up on the work he bad done is not discernible, and he still 

 further hurt his previous pood reputation by poor work in 

 this heat. The only work done in the few minutes' run 

 was a point by Rock'lL, and Bradley flushed the bevy, dog 

 steady. Bradley killed and Eock retrieved nicely. "Up 

 at 11:37, 



Maid op Kj?nt— I'ranh W., were then called out again. 

 Maid pointed a bevy, to which Frank backed. Buckle 

 flushed the birds and dogs were steady. Following the 

 birds into cover to the woods where Frank dropped to a 

 single, which flushed wild: and dogs were called up at 11:55, 

 and judges, after consulting, decided that Duke of Hessen, 

 Maid of Kent, Wild DaTOon and Frank W. should fight the 

 battle out after lunch. It was certainly apparent that Bock 

 II. had done eqxially as good work as any of those named 

 and better than one, Duke of Hessen; and Nick of Naso, 

 who hail put up n better race than Duke in the first series, 

 should also have had another look in, though of course Duke 

 had a little the best in pace and range in that heat, Nick 

 found the birds, and that is what we are after generally. 

 Plenty of time was taken for lunch, the sun was warm and 

 it was no use huriying with only two heats to I'un. 



Dt:ke of Hessen— Maid of Kekt.— Starting off in open 

 sedge field at 1:28, dogs were soon separated, Duke being 

 lost, and then wheu found we waited for Judge Wallace, 

 who was looking for him. Then Duke pointed his first bevy, 

 White fired at the flush, killed, and Duke retrieved in good 

 style, Maid had honored the point with style. Down in 

 woods to the left Maid then pointed a bevy. Then dogs were 

 separated again, Duke being lost. Found, some time after 

 Maid pointed another bevy, which Duke honored, and Buckle 

 firing, killed, and Maid "retrieved very nicely. This closed 

 the heat at 2:23. 



Wild Damos'— Frank W.— They were put down in corn- 

 patch at 2:28. After going 20qi.' without finding game 

 they were held up and a move made along the road to fresh 

 fields and pastures new. Soon after being put down again, 

 in cotton patch aud at edge of woods, Wild Damon pointed 

 a bevy, which Buckle flushed, dogs steady. Then Frank W, 

 pointed by a fence, but nothing came of it, Dogs then ranged 

 tor a long time; birds seemed scarce, and we were all getting 

 out of patience, when Frank W. nailed a bevy in the open; 

 Wild Damon backed well, and Lewis fired and killed, and 

 Frank retrieved in good shape. Dogs were immediately 

 called up, and judges soon decided that the prizes should be 

 be awarded, Maid of Kent first, Duke of Hessen second, and 

 Frank W. third. In this decision there were two dogs, 

 whose work had fully entitled them to consideration in tlie 

 stake n^oney, left out in the cold, and popular opinion 

 placed Wild Damon first, Rock II. or Frank W. second, 

 and Maid of Kent third. 



WEDNESDAY. 

 jfVtc ^Ill-Age Stake — Ahsolute WiiLiier. 



Paul Bo— Maid of Kekt,— This morning was admirably 

 suited for an early start and had we begun proceedings at 

 7:30 A.M. we might have ran two hea.ts in the four-bour 

 race as well as the absolute winner heat in the All- Age 

 Stake. As it was we did not commence till almost 10 

 o'clock, having ridden about four miles to the Hargreaves 

 Farm, The above brace was cast oS" at 9:56 in the open 

 fields. The English setter Paul Bo was handled by Frank 

 Eicbards and the pointer Maid of Kent was handled by C. 

 E. Buckle. Both ranged ofl' well and Paul Bo was the tii-st 

 to find, pointing a bevy, which when flushed Richards shot 

 and killed and, as usual, Paul refused to back. As rules in 

 this meeting call for retrieving it is a matter for surprise 

 that Paul has not had his education made complete by 

 being tatight this simple adjunct. However, it is not un- 

 likely that, following the example of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, the rule requiring reti-ieving will soon become 

 a dead letter. It is a mere matter of education and has little 

 to do with a dog's natural field qualities. To resume the 

 work of the heat, the scattered birds were followed into 

 Avoods, wheu both dogs ranging out of sight they were 

 found on points and both behaved well to wing. Still on 

 the track of these bivdSj in bottom land at edge of woods, 

 Paul pointed twice on singles. Then we passed into open 

 country to look for another bevy. It was not long before 

 Paul's good nose spotted the whereabouts of another bevy, 

 at which Richards shot and missed. Maid was not near to 

 back. Then dogs were called up at 12:28. The heat in 

 nearly every particular was in favor of Paul Bo in range, 

 pace and intelligent beating out of ground and in handling 

 his game. The heat was awarded to Paul Bo. 



summary. 



Richard Merrill's English setter Paul Bo (Paul Gladstone 

 — Bohemian Girl) against Charlotteville Kennels' Maid of 

 Kent (King of Kent— Hops). 



Paul Bo declared absolute winner of All-Age Stake and 

 $250. 



An intermission of about two hours then ensued, till the 

 lunch baskets arrived, which time the Hawkeye and Kodak 

 fiends used to .good advantage. No time was wasted over 

 lunch, and the first brace in the 



Fbee-Foe All Stake, 

 First Series, 



Rtp Rap— Count Eric, were cast off at 12:05 in ragweed 

 near the farmhouse. Rip Rap, the pointer, by King of Kent 

 — Hops, was In charge of that veteran handler Capt. Mc- 

 Murdo.' Count Eric, the English setter, by Count Noble— 

 Fannie W., was handled by S. C.Bradley. The dog may 

 have been somewhat handicapped at first by a strange 

 handler, his regular handler, N. B. Nesbitt, being compelled 

 by his indisposition to give up the task and leave for home. 

 In our opinion, however, the dog ran a better race than he 

 has yet shown at the trials, Mi*. Bi-adley seemingly being 

 able" to get more work out of him than he has previously 

 shown. Almost at the start Rip Rap found a bevy of four 

 or five birds and was steady to flush. Then he pointed sev- 

 eral 5'ards further on, but there was no result. In woods 

 Rip "Rap pointed another bevy. Count backed. McMurdo 

 fired and missed. Reading out of woods Rip Rap pointed. 

 Then he pointed again, footscent very likely. At this time 

 Count was hunting off by himself as usual. la some sedge, 

 just out of woods. Rap pointed a hevj and was steady to 

 wing. Then the other dog was found higher up. It was 

 not ver,y long before Rip Rap nailed two birds hy a plum 

 thicket,'McMurdo put them T:*p, fired, but missed. Higher 

 up in sedge Rip Rap got another one which McMurdo killed 

 and dog retrieved very well. At 12:46 the dogs were brought 

 together again, Count having been lost, He was, as usual, 

 paying little heed to his handler, but soon improved in this 

 under Bradley's careful management. Rip Pi.ap was run- 

 ning an excellent race, never getting too far from the gun, 

 but still hunting with good range and intelligence. The 

 aifflt-rence in style was very noticeable. Rip running in his 

 usual snappy, high-headed manner, but Count looks more 

 like a lost dog with drooping stern as he gets along over the 

 fields at a slouching, biit last gait. After traveling about 

 half an hour, PJp Rap found another bevy at edge of woods 

 and Count honored the point; McMurdo missed the birds 

 and Rap was steadier than the other dog, who moved for- 

 ward a little. Following these birds Rap found a single, 

 and Count pointed but nothing found. Down by the rail- 

 road Rap found a single, Count backing, and bird flushed 

 wild, after waiting for the dogs to be "photoed," Now it was 

 Count's turn to get a bevy and Rap honored in his stylish 

 manner and dogs were steady to the flush; Bradley fired and 

 ••vounded bird, and while Count was finding, the bird flew in 

 front of Rap, who made a grab for it and took the conse- 

 (iuences meekly. Of these Ijirds Rap got a single, Count 

 backing, Then Count pointed false twice. Rap back- 

 jng t,be last oue irom tb^ front wit^ f^tyip. Tlie atti- 



tudes this pointer strikes in the field fill both the ar- 

 tist and the sportsman with admiration and one forgets 

 his rather plain head when viewing his fine quivering frame. 

 After this McMurdo walked up a bevy that Count had been 

 pointing; Bradley fired and killed, but bird was not retrieved, 

 as Count was not near to see it shot. Following them into 

 thick cover Rap stiflr'ened out to another point. Count 

 backed well and McMurdo put up these birds, both dons 

 being steady. Then Rap just stopped as a single flushed 

 wild. .lust out of this cover, in ragweed. Count pointed, but 

 nothing found. Here Count was hunting well and was 

 Tinder good control. He soon nailed a bevy near the woods. 

 Rap honored his point styli.shly, and Bradley firing, killed 

 aud the Count retrieved nicely. Cnunt followed this up at 

 edge of woods with another point to his credit, Rap backing 

 and Count moving as a single ro.se to oue side. Then he 

 nailed another bird, which Bradley killed, but the bird fell 

 too far away, This was at 2:20 and both dogs were going 

 strong, and" we realized that this was going to be a banner 

 heat if they kept it up. Count's next" work was to find a 

 bevy; Bradley killed and Count made a good retrieve. Out- 

 side of oaks Count nailed a tine bevy and was held for Rap 

 to back; then Bradley flushed, but missed the birds; both, 

 dogs steady. At edge of pines Count followed this up by 

 getting another bevy, but there was no kill. Ranging into 

 swamp, in bottoms, Rap pointed a bevy which McMurdo 

 put up, and dog was steady to wing. Count was ranging oft' 

 to one side. About a hundred yards further on Count 

 pointed a single, and then Rap nailed another one. Count 

 backing him, and dogs were steady to the flush. Count was 

 not to be denied, however, and getting into corn stubble he 

 scented another bevy, which Bradley flushed. Then 

 Rap in same place made a no game point, foot- 

 scent probably. By some woods Count did the same, 

 but roading on, at edge of woods he caught up with 

 the birds and pointed; below him Rap nailed a^single, which 

 flushed wild. Both dogs roaded further into woods, and 

 soou Rap dropped to a single, McMurdo fired and missed, 

 dog behaving nicely. Down in some corn stubble Rap 

 came up with another bevy, stiO'ened out as u.sual, and Mc- 

 Murdo shooting, missed, but a crippled bird in the bevy 

 tried -to rise at the same time as the others and dropped 

 within a foot of Rap's nose, but he behaved admirably, not 

 moving till ordered, when he at once picked the flutterer up 

 and retrieved. Down in a ditch Rap pointed, drew on, 

 pointed again, but McMurdo could find nothing; dog roaded 

 and at lastiu sedge came up with the bird, McMurdo killed 

 and Rap retrieved nicely. Moving across some sedge fields 

 Rap pointed in a thick brier patch and a single flushed wild, 

 dog steady. Dogs now separated. Count going off to the 

 right. Meanwhile Rap pointed unsteadily in pines and 

 roaded on, nothing found. Rap was still going well, but 

 Count had slowed down to a walk aud was a very tired dog. 

 In sedge just before the finish he pointed fur. Dogs were 

 called up at 4:05, Rap still going strong. Considering the 

 excellent record Count Eric had made on birds in this heat 

 he had every one's sympathy during the last half hour, as 

 he was a very plucky dog, answering his handler's motions 

 when he could hardly put one leg ahead of the other. On 

 bird work he was the best, but Rip Rap had the speed aud 

 endurance and was given the heat. This was a splendid 

 heat, the dogs finding fifteen bevies with the con.iequent 

 singles. Obedience was also in Rip Rap's favor, though to 

 Mr. Bradley's credit be it said, he handled a strange dog in 

 a masterly manner, getting the good Avork out of him that 

 we knew was in him. 



THURSDAY, 



Maid of Kent— Chance,— The air this morning was 

 frosty and nipping, and the hoarfrost lay thick on leaves 

 and the blades of the sedge grass, but the warm sun soon 

 evaporated all this and as the day wore on it was quite 

 warm, This brace was put down near the town at 8:11. 

 Maid of Kent, the pointer (King of Kent— Hops), was 

 handled by C. E. Buckle, and Chance, the English setter 

 (Roderigo-^Bo Peep), was handled by bis part owner J. M. 

 Avent. They both went oft' well and kept up a good range, 

 but it was nearly an hour before game was found, when at 

 the edge of pines Chance flushed a bevy and was soou lost to 

 view. Searchers scattered in all directions to find him, aud 

 Avent fired twice to attract the dog's attention, which had 

 the desired eft'ect. Meanwhile Maid of Kent had been keep- 

 ing to the course and ranging on through corn stubble. Then 

 Chance was brought up and at once went oft' into pines, 

 when he pointed false near the outside. Going through 

 sedge field Maid retrieved a dead rabbit in most approved 

 style, and she must have thought her handler had a queer 

 way of expressing his thanks when the whip tingled her 

 hide. At 9:49, at the edge of pines. Maid just stopped on or 

 flushed, could not see which, a bevy, the bitch dropped to 

 wing. Then she was held up for Chance, and follow- 

 ing the singles, when Chance dropped to a point and 

 Maid backed, but nothing found. Some yards further 

 Maid pointed a single, and to the left Chance al.so 

 nailed a bird, which Avent killed and dog retrieved. Then 

 Maid pointed, drew on aud nailed one under a tree. Dogs 

 separated again and Chance while away pointed false twice. 

 Lower down in woods Maid pointed a bevy and Chance 

 was brought round to back, when Buckle killed, and Maid 

 retrieved fairly well. Following these birds Maid secured 

 one. Chance honoring her point; Maid was steady at the 

 flush but Chance was not: Buckle killed and Maid retrieved 

 well. Then an uncertain point for Maid and the bird flushed 

 wild, Chance also pointing directly after near same place, 

 with no apparent result. In woods near the maiu road 

 Chance went oft' on another of his explorations, and Avent 

 had to mount and go after him, the dog was eventually 

 found by the guides and brought up to business again. 

 Chance then soon found a bevy and Maid showed lots of 

 style when she honored the point; Avent shot and missed, 

 dogs steady. Following the .scattered birds toward cover, 

 both dogs got singles before getting to the woods, and 

 Chance also nailed another just before entering. At the 

 edge, Maid secured two more points on the singles. About 

 half an hour after. Maid pointed a bevy, Buckle killed and 

 the bitch retrieved just fairly from cover. Chance, mean- 

 while, under no control, hunting some dkstance ofl; to the 

 right, and Maid was held uj> for him to follow the birds. 

 Edge of cover Maid pointed twice, on singles each time. On 

 and into corn patch Chance pointed false, backed by Maid. 

 After awhile he pointed again in a clump of firs without 

 result. Both dogs were now, at 11:25, hunting pretty close 

 to the guns, but still going .strong. In sedge, Maid'ii action 

 denoted game, and roading she finally drew to a point at 

 the edge of a wheat patch, and Buckle flushing, shot and 

 wounded the bird which Maid did not retrieve. These birds 

 were not followed. Then Chance pointed false in ragweed, 

 aud at 11:55 he began to slow down in his gait, and nolhing 

 more was done in the way of game finding. At 13:11, Maid 

 still going the freshest of the two, they were called up and 

 the heat awarded to Maid of Kent. Both dogs had plenty 

 of hunt in them at the finish. Maid showed good intelligent 

 range, a keen nose, and was better on her birds. She always 

 hunted well to the gun, which cannot be said of Chance till 

 the freshness was worked out of him. The decision was 

 entirely approved. 



After lunch the two setters 



Paul Bo— King's Mark were cast off at 13:43, Paul Bo 

 (Paul Gladstone — Bohemian Girl), winner of the AU-Age 

 Setter Stake, was handled by Frank Richards aud King's 

 Mark (King's Noble — Belle Belton) was under the care of 

 S. C. Bradley this time. Both ranged out well and King's 

 Mark was the first to point and was held on it some time 

 for Paul Bo to back, when he moved on alongside the woods, 

 but B9thi ng found. Lower down he pointed f al,se a ud Paul 



dropped to the back. Down in bottoms, in cover, Paul 

 pointed false, then pointed again by the side of woods and 

 was held for King's Mark, and judges, going ou in front 

 for King's Mark, flushed several birds aud Paul moved on. 

 King's Mark further up pointed and Paul crossed him right 

 in front without backing. No game found. ..Vfter ranging 

 out difiierent lots of ground Paul pointed in swamp, Mark 

 backed, but nothing again aud this was getting monoto- 

 nous. Down in a hollow in swamp King's Mark pointed a 

 single and Paul backed, Bradley shot wnd missed. In the 

 open, in corn stubble. King's Mark dropped to a point and 

 Bradley firing at a .single that flushed wild, the balance of 

 bevy rose, a bird was killed and Mark retrieved nicely. 

 Lower down Mark sat down to another point, Paul backing 

 across him. No birds found. Here at 3:40 Paul began to 

 slow a bit, but it seems near the start he had fallen into a 

 deep hole of water and, unable to get up the sides, had 

 nearly exhausted himself when his handler found him 

 and hauled him out of his chilly quarters. Then Paul 

 ran right into a bevy, which flushed into woods, the dog 

 stopping to wing. Paul then pointed and roaded on with- 

 out locating anj'thing. Higher up King's Mark nailed the 

 bevy almost at the same time, and Bradley killed, the dog 

 retrieving. Then Paul came up to his laird in swampy 

 cover, others flushing all round after, so his former point 

 was on game after all. In a patch of grass in corn higher 

 up, King's Mark pointed, roaded on, pointed again, but 

 failed to locate. At 3:15, both getting down to a walk for a 

 while, King's Mark going at a snail's pace nailed a bevy, 

 which flushed Avild, Then he thought he had had enough 

 of it and came to heel. At 3:30 he quit, with a look at his 

 handler as much as to say, "If you want to hunt any more 

 with that crowd you can, but I'm through." It is not that 

 he gets tired out, but he sulks, and as he is rather wi.se in 

 his generation, heknows when he has had enough of it and 

 no coaxing can move him on after. He did the same with 

 Barker last year. Take him out alone he goes hopping 

 around for several hours when required. Down in bottom 

 Paul dropped to a point and birds flushed wild further on; 

 then he dropped to a point, roaded on, and a single got up as 

 he was passing to the left of it, and be .should have done 

 closer work. Out in the open Paul seemed to get his second 

 wind and was going fairly well when called up at 4:45, and 

 of course was awarded the heat. There was not much game 

 found, and neither dog showed winning form for a four- 

 hour race. 



FRIDAY. 



Second Serie><. 



The morning was again a lovely one, perhaps a trifle too 

 warm toward the middle of the day, and uncomfortable for 

 the dogs but pleasant for the spectators. We were getting 

 things~down to a focus now, and to all intents and purposes 

 it looked as if this heat would find a winner for the final. 



Rip Rap— Antonio w^ere cast ofl' at 8:17 about three miles 

 from town. Antonio had run his bye ou Tuesday afternoon 

 with one of the stewards, and Rip Rap had not run since 

 Wednesday." Both started well, and near the start in pines 

 Antonio pointed uncertainly several times, then drew on, 

 but Rip Rap was the first to find the game and pointed. By 

 a fence afterwards Antonio pointed false aud was backed by 

 Eip Rap. Antonio was then lost fcr some time by the 

 bridge, and Rip Rap tiunted on the course to Hargreave's 

 farm. At 9 o'clock Antonio was brcught up after half a 

 dozen people had been looking for him. Soon after the 

 judges separated again owing to Antonio's lack of control, 

 and after ten minutes ranging on his owu account he came 

 in. Then working to the right Antonio pointed false, but 

 was hunting at random and not to the prescribed course. 

 Down in sedge in open ground Rip Rap got a good point on 

 a bevy, McMurdo fired and missed. Birds were followed 

 and in cover Rap got two singles; McMurdo killed and Rap 

 retrieved well. Antonio then pointed by the water just 

 below and then pointed false again. Above this swamp 

 Rap pointed, roaded on but failed to just locate it, and bird 

 flushed to one side afterwards?. In open further on, Antonio 

 pointed a bevy which flushed as Avent came up. After the 

 .scattered birds, and to Antonio's point two got up wild, 

 then he got another and Rap pointed, Antonio backed but 

 nothing raised, Antonio rushing in before point was left. 

 Then Antonio made an uncertain point, lu sedge in the 

 open Antonio pointed, and roading on uncertainly at last 

 nailed some birds which flushed wild, dog steady; Avent 

 fired and missed. Both dogs then pointed singles. In fence 

 bottom Rap nailed a single stylishly and after pointed false, 

 Antonio backing. Then Antonio side of pines in sedge 

 flushed a bevy, and lower down made a poiut but nothing 

 found. Goin.g toward some woods Rjp scored again, get- 

 ting a he^'y, and Antonio honored styli.shly. A f dse point, 

 then a point on a single followed for Antonio. Rap after- 

 wards scored well on a bevy which flushed wild wtiile we 

 waited for Antonio to back. In sedge to the right the latter 

 pointed false. Dogs then brought together and sent off in 

 sedge, when Antonio came to a pniut, then left it. Antonio 

 was still ranging the faste.st. but Rip Rap was also going a 

 good steady gait. Then Autonio by a ditch pointed a bevy, 

 and Rap backed well: Avent fired and missed. A point on 

 birds hy a spinnev then followed for Antonio, well backed by 

 Rip Rap. Then he nailed a single down in swamp, bncked 

 by Rap from the hilltop, and near the railroad he found 

 another, and was working well to the gun now. Meanwhile 

 down in the same swamp Rap had pointed twice on singles. 

 Then by the railroad Antonio found a bevy. Rap backed 

 well, and dogs were steady to Avent's shot. This Antonio 

 followed up with another bevy on the hilltop at edge of 

 woods. In woods after the singles, Antonio pointfd, roaded 

 on, pointed again, and a .single was flushed, Avent missed, 

 as usual. There were no birds killed over this dog. Rap 

 ranging out of woods, came up with a bevy; McMurdo fired 

 and missed. By the side of the woods Antonio nailed a 

 single; Avent fired and missed. In open ag-'in and Rap 

 pointed a wounded bird: sent after it, chased and bounced 

 on it and retrieved to the Captain, Antonio bHckiug with 

 style some distance away. Dogs called up at 12:17, Antonio 

 showing the best disposition to hunt, Rip Rap loaflag a little, 

 but still had a gallop in him, speed at finish about equal. 

 Antonio won the heat. 



The next heat should have been between Paul Bo and 

 Maid of Kent,but Paul's previous heat the day before had not 

 agi-eed with him aud he w«s withdrawn, owing to sickness, 

 by consent of judges. Maid of Kent then ran a bye with one 

 of the stewards, and the company took plenty of time ior 

 lunch aud rode leisurely home. 



SATURDAY. 



Final Heat. 



Antonio— Maid op Kent.— To give the pointer a little 

 more rest, as she bad run later than Antonio, the judges 

 went out for a little amusement, and had some pretty sport, 

 the rendezvous being the Grimes place at 12:45. When lun- 

 cheou was over, the dogs were cast off at that time ju.st near 

 the farm buildings in ragweed. Five minutes after Maid 

 nailed a bevy, Buckle killed and Maid retrieved in good 

 style: Autonio at this time being oft' in the woods to the left. 

 Previous to starting the judges announced that only the 

 guides and judges and handlers should hunt for lost dogs, 

 and this was right, as it is not fair to the dog which is keep- 

 ing well to the course for others, including Mr. Avent's keu- 

 nelman, to mount and hunt for Antonio, who is the princi- 

 pal offender in this sort of thing. To resume my tale, 

 Following the scattered birds Maid found singles. Higher 

 up, in sedge, divided from the judges' view by a row of small 

 trees, a bevy was .seen to rise in the air, and one of the 

 judges galloping ahead found. Maid there, and .she was cred 



