Dec. 34, 1891.] 



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PHILADELPHIA KENNEL CLUB'S FIELD TRIALS 



SOMEHOW the trials held by this club, owing to the 

 absence of several of its most important members, did 

 -Oot afford such an enjoyable gathering of sportsmen as last 

 year. President Brown, owing to sickness in his family, 

 was unable to come, and Mr. F. G. Taylor had everything in 

 readiness to start when a sudden chill upset his plans. The 

 secretary, Mr. Connell, a host in himself in proTiding fun 

 and amusement at these meetings, w.^s also abseut,'leaT- 

 ing the popular pointer breeder, J. H. Winslow, as the only 

 merrymaker in thelot. The management of the trials, there- 

 fore, devolved on Col. B. Ridgway, J. IT. Winslow and Dr. 

 Alex. Glass, who did their work well, everything running 

 without a hitch. The judges were the same as last year, 

 Messrs. W. A. Coster and Herbert Merriam, and again their 

 decisions met with entire approval. They are careful and 

 attentive to the work of the dogs, and owing to the scarcity 

 of game the conclusions to tje arrived at were formed 

 under very adverse circumstances, for when it is under- 

 stood that only fifteen bevies were foimd during tlie trials 

 it will be imagined that placing the dogs in their pi*oper 

 order, without injustice to any one, was a matter of no little 

 difficulty. The scarcity of birds after the ^reat abundance 

 met with last year is very strange, and this, together with 

 in; Jgnation at the exorbitant charges aought'to be levied on 

 the visitors, will very likely be the cau.se of some action 

 being taken with a view to seem-ing fresh grounds, probably 

 in conjunction with one of the large field trial clubs. 



The attendance this year was small compared to former 

 years, those present being Messrs. Chas. Heath, of Newark, 

 N. J.; S. Mitchell, N. B. Nesbitt, of Philadelphia; J. O'H. 

 Denny, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. G-odwin and Mr. Shew- 

 brooke. The handlers present were S. C. Bradley, Chas. W. 

 Barker, J . C. Schuyler, Geo. W. Greene, B. I. Martin, N. B. 

 Thomas. Major J, M. Taylor and Mr. J. F. Johnson, of 

 New York, represented the press. Monday, Dec. 14, was 

 takeu up by getting settled and arranging for an early start 

 for the next day, 



TUESDAY. 



Members' Stake. 



The weather was all that could be wished, though toward 

 evening it became cloudy. Only five starters showed up in 

 this stake and were drawn as follows: 



Chas. Heath's Lena with Col. B. Ridgway's King's Mark. 



S. Murray Mitchell's Sport II. with W. B. Smith's Ben 

 Hur Franklin. 



J. O'Hara Denny's Joe Lewis a bye, 



Lena— Kisg's Mark.— The blue belton English setter 

 dog King's Mark (King Noble— Belle Belton) was handled 

 by owner and the orange and white English setter bitch 

 Lena (Prince Lucifer— June) was also handled by owner. 

 Cast off in sedge gi'ass near headquarters. Judge Parrar's 

 house, the first, bevy found was put to Lena\s credit. Just 

 after King's Mark made a point on the same bevy. The 

 dogs, when Mr. Heath flushed the bevy were quite un- 

 steady, were moving when birds rose and were inclined to 

 chase. Mr. Heath fired, killed, and Lena retrieved nicely. 

 Birds followed to thick oak cover, but nothing done, arid 

 this was the last opportunity on game, as they were unable 

 to spot another feather. King's Mark's superior range and 

 hunting sense was very apparent, speed about equal and 

 both dogs showed style, especially Lena. They were down 

 3lm. 



Spokt II.— Bes HiTR Fkanklis.— The lemon and white 

 pointer dog Sport 11. (Sport— Daisie II.) was handled by 

 owner, and the lemon and white English setter Ben Hur 

 Franklin was also handled by owner. They were cast off 

 at 9:03. Unfortunately no birds were found by the brace, 

 but during the running Ben Hur showed best pace, range 

 and style, but the palm for obedience must be given to Sport 

 II. Ben Hur pointed a bevy after the brace was ordered up. 

 We now had to wait some time for the bye dog, Mr. Dennv's 

 J oe Lewis. 



Joe Lewis a Bte —The black, white and tan English 

 setter dog Joe Lewis, handled by owner, turned up after 

 waiting 15m. Even when he did toe the scratch he would 

 not start out to hunt, as he assumed the greatest indiffer- 

 ence to his owner's command. The dog did not know him, 

 and had only arrived by the morning train. He was then 

 led to the open, when a successful start was made. The dog 

 showed fair pace and range across an open stubble, and in 

 the corner, ueax a .stream, he pointed on foot scent, and the 

 bevy flushed wild a little ahead but did not fly vei-y far. Joe 

 was given the advantage of the wind, but still flashed the 

 bevy. In cover not far off he put up a single, pointed once, 

 and then put up the bird; his nose was at fault and he did 

 not work as well as at High Point. He had his halt-hour 

 run and was ordered up at 10:37. This concluded the first 

 series. 



Second Series. 



Game was still scarce and no real work was done. 



KxNG's Mare— Ben Hur Franklin were cast off at 10:42. 

 They found no birds during 35m. run, but Mark showed coa- 

 clusively that he was superior to Ben Hur in every way. 



Spoei II.— Lena.— Sport had no business to' face the 

 judges again, unless to complete the brace, as he has no 

 pretensions at all to field trial form. When he found a bevy 

 Jae did point it and then spoiled his work by flushing it. 

 Although Lena ranged out well and sought high and low 

 this was all the work done when called up after 15m. run. 

 A short consultation ensued and the judges announced the 

 result. 



Col. B. Ridgway's King's Mark first. 



Chas. Heath's Lena second. 



Walter B. Smith's Ben Hur Franklin third. 



The DERBr. 



The Members' Stake having been finished in the forenoon, 

 after lunch the first brace in this stake was put down. There 

 were eight starters, drawn to run as follows: 



Katie Noble 11. with Adonis. 



Rod with Joe Lewis. 



Philadelphia Press with Booth. 



Bessie Mavourneen with Hazel. 



Katie Noble IL—Adonls. —The blue belton English set- 

 ter bitch Katie Noble IL (Breeze Gladstone- Katie Noble) 

 was handled by N. B. Thomas and the Irish setter dog 

 Adonis (Tim— Currer Belle II.) was handled by J. C. Schuy- 

 ler. They were put down in a cornfield at 1:10. They did 

 not .show muct speed at first bixt eventually Katie got in- 

 dependent and left the Irishman to himself. She was much 

 the best in all field qualities, showed good speed, fair range 

 and is a merry worker, showing a good many traits of her 

 dam Katie Noble. No game was found and dogs were 

 called up at the end of their 30m. run. 



Rod— Joe Lewis.— The blue belton English setter dog 

 Rod (Roderigo— Perseverance) was handled by W. J. Shew- 

 brooke, and the black, white and tan English setter dog Joe 

 Lewis (Count Noble— Fanniei was handled by P. J. Schuyler. 

 They were cast off at 1:.50. Several points on larlis were 

 made, but they found no game. Joe Lewis, having his regu- 

 lar handler, worked much better, but there was little differ- 

 ence in the pace and range, and neither are good. Up at 

 2:^1. 



Philadelphia Press— Booth.— The blue belton English 

 setter dog Philadelphia Press (Cincinnacus— Cornelia (t.) 

 was handled by Geo. W. G-reene, and the black, white and 

 tan English setter dog Booth rKing Noble— (iiiecn Vaishtil 

 was handled by Chas. Barker. They were puo down at 3:33j 

 but found no birds. Booth had the speed and range of any 

 doj? in tJie fstake; hunted Ms ground out well, and was under 



good control under Barker's expert handling. Press is a 

 nice-TOo\'ing youngster and is capitally made, quite fit for 

 keen competition on the show bench. Dogs up at 2:55. * 



Bessie Mavotxeneen— Hazel.— The Irish .setter bitch Bes- 

 sie Mavourneen (Tim— Currer Belle II.) was handled by E. 

 I. Martin, and the black, white and tan English setter bitch 

 Hazel (Cincinnatus— Cornelia G.) was handled by J. C. 

 Schuyler. _ This ijraee started at 2M, and had nearly com- 

 pleted their 30 minutes' run w^hen Hazel, going at her best, 

 pointed a bevy. The work was spoiled, however, by the 

 tardy movements of her handler, who failed to control her, 

 letting her move forward and flu-sh a small bevy. The brace 

 ran a few minutes longer and were ordered up at 3:36. And 

 this ended the first series. 



Second Series, 



The judges called for Rod and Katie Noble, but Mr. 

 Thomas feeling unwell had gone home, so the second brace, 



Philadelphia Pres.s — Joe Lewis, was put down and 

 sent to find the few birds raised in the last bevy. The only 

 game found was to Press's credit, pointing twice on .singles. 

 As one of these flushed he did not behave very steadily. 

 They ran for fifteen minutes and were then ordered up, 

 Press having much the best of it. 



Booth— Hazel —They were cast off at 4:05 in sedge grass, 

 and both went well, though Booth was the fastest. Booth 

 commenced work with a point on larks and then found a 

 bevy, bu.t left his point and drew to a flush. In the woods 

 on .singles he made two staunch points and was steady to 

 wing. Be.sides being best in pace and range he was easily 

 handled. This closed th6 day's work. 



WEDNESDAY. 

 The moi-ning was cloudy, and the day seemed right for 

 good work, a slight rain ha^dng fallen during the night. 

 There was, however, the same weary race after bii'ds,'aud 

 their scarcity completely spoiled the otherwise pleasant 

 meeting. 



Katie Nobe— Rod.— Mr. Thomas was still too sick to be 

 out, so Kate Noble found a new handler in E. I. Martin, 

 and he managed her very well. Starting at 9:32 Katie 

 found a bevy, making a very stylish point and was steady 

 to wing. Rod backing. The" birds were not followed, how- 

 ever, there being only a few of them. Although they ran 

 fifty-four minutes there was no more point work. K.atie'.s 

 superiority was very noticeable in this brace. The judges 

 had a short consultation and announced the winners as fol- 

 lows: 



B. Ridgway's Booth first. 



L. Shuster, Jr.'s Hazel second. 



L. Shuster. Jx-,'s Philadelphia Press and Franci.s G- Tay- 

 lor's Katie Noble II. divide third. 



All-Ase Stake.' 

 There were only nine starters in this race and they were 

 drawn as follows: 

 Edgemark with Ezra Noble. 

 Rock II. with Silk. 

 Flash with Peg W ofB.ngt.on. 

 Limerick with Albert's Duchess. 

 Lou Noble a bye. 



First Series. 



Edgemark— Ezra Noble.— The black, white and tan Eng- 

 lish setter dog Edgemark (Skidmore— Flo Macklin) was 

 handled by S. C. Bradley and the blue belton English setter 

 dog Ezra Noble (Count Noble— Alphonsine) was handled bv 

 Geo. W". Greene. They were cast off at 9:46. A bevy was 

 flushed, after a little run, by Ezra Noble at the edge of 

 pines. Edgemark went into the cover, made game, and 

 pointed a single bird and was steady to wing. The dogs 

 were sent off in the open to find more birds but were unsuc- 

 cessful. Edgemark was much more stylish in his work, was 

 under good control and beat out his ground bettei*. Ezra 

 was under fair conti'ol but has a peculiar style of carrying 

 his head. The dogs were ordered up at 10:17. 



Flash— Peg Wopfington.— The black and tan dog Flash 

 (pedigree not given) was handled by E. I. Martin, and the 

 black, white and tan English setter bitch Peg Woffington 

 (Ben Hill— Nora) handled by S. C. Bradley, were the nest 

 brace down, though not in regular order owing to the ab- 

 sence of the other brace by mistake. Lou Noble followed 

 this brace with her bye, and this occupied the time until 

 kinch, when the missing dogs were returned. After a short 

 i-un Plash was thought to be making game, and Peg Wof- 

 fington coming up dropped in.stantly to point. A bevy was 

 raised to the rear of the dogs. The birds were followed but 

 it was some time before one was located, Peg nailing one 

 bird, the only one found. After running thirty minutes the 

 dogs were ordered up. Peg was the smarter dog and had the) 

 most style in her work. There was little difference in pace. 

 Plash having most range, but did not use much intelligence 

 with it. 



Lot; Noble a Bye.— The black, white and tan English 

 setter bitcu Lou Noble (Count Noble— Alphonsine) was 

 started at 11:33 to run her bye. She found no birds, and had 

 only fair pace and range aud wa.i not deemed good enough 

 for second series. She was under good control and covered 

 her ground very fairly. 



Rock II.— Silk.— The liver and white pointer dog Rock II. 

 (Graphic— Lady Belle) was handled by S. C. Bradley, and 

 Dr. G. G. Davis's Irish setter bitch Silk (Chief— Gipsey" Maid 

 were started at 1:45, Rock going much the faster. Silk only 

 .showed fair pace for a few minutes. Rock, with conditions 

 favorable, soon after starting went bang into a good bevy. 

 The place was within 100yds. of where he put up birds for 

 his o^vner in the Members' Stake last year, on the historic 

 ground of Sailor's Creek. Rock showed inclination to chase, 

 but Bradley .stopped him promptly. Afterwards Rock made 

 a point aud a false point iu finding the singles. Rock was 

 the best all round. Silk, as in the Irish Setter Trials, doing 

 but very ordinary work. 



Limerick- Albert',? Duchess.— The Irish setter dog Lim- 

 erick (Giencho— Nora) was handled by John White, and the 

 black, white and tan English setter bitch Albert's Drrchess 

 (Warwick Albert— Princess Belton) was handled by .J. C. 

 Schuyler. They were sent off at 1 :20 to finish the first series. 

 In pace and range the brace was about equal, Duchess cov- 

 ering her ground much the best. The 30 minutes' limit was 

 nearly up when Duchess found a bevy in the edge of pine 

 woods and pointed in good style. Limerick was not near to 

 back. Duchess was steady as the birds were flushed. Not 

 long after this White called a point in the direction two of 

 these birds had taken, and it appeared from the dog's posi- 

 tion as if he had been stopped by his handler to make a guess 

 at it; certainly he was not pointing and no birds were put 

 up. The dogs were ordered up soon after. 



A long consultation then ensued between the judges, and 

 finally they decided that six dogs should remain in second 

 series, but neither Flash nor Limerick had done work that 

 entitled them to rank on any equalitv with the other four. 

 The order of running was: Edgemark with Albert's Duchess, 

 Ezra Noble with Peg Woffington, Limerick with Flash. 

 Secontl Series. 



Edgemark— Albert's Duchess.— At 2:34 these two were 

 put down to work on the birds that Aluert's Duchess had 

 lound, and were sent into rather thick cover. Duchess did 

 the be.gt, getting two singles to Edgemark's one bird, be- 

 sides retrieving well to a kill. This was all the point work 

 done in the heat. Edgemark had the best pace and range 

 and Duchess also lost to him in style and seemed a bit stale. 

 The brace was ordered up at 3 o'clock. 



Ezra Noble— Peg Woffington.— This brace was sent off 

 at once, at 3:03, both starting off well.. Peg was the first to 



scent game, and pointed a small bevy in the pines, but it 

 flushed wild. The birds were not followed. At the road- 

 side, soon after this, Ezra Noble either passed through or 

 close to a bevy, and following the birds Ezra flushed twice 

 when conditions were favorable to good work. The dogs 

 were then ordered up and 



Limerick — Flash were put down for eight minutes. 

 Nothing was found, but their going seemed to satisfy the 

 judges this time, and they were ordered up and the second 

 series concluded. 



Third Serie.^. 



Edgemark— ALBEiiT'B Duchess.— It was hardly apparent 

 why these two should go down again, but from appearances 

 it would seem the judges were hardly of one mind as only 

 one of them seemed to follow the running closely. This was 

 Albert's Duchess's third run, and her pace showed she was 

 none the better for it. They ran from 3;39 to 3:.i5, but noth- 

 ing was found, and this end"ed the runuiug in the .stake. A 

 short consultation ensued and the winners were announced 

 as follows: 



Francis S. Brown's Edgemark first. 



Dr. John A. Hartman's Albert's Duchess second. 



Francis S. Brovra's Peg Woffington third. 



THE PEARL OF PEKIN INCIDENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Whether Pearl of Pekin or Chicopee Lass is awarded the 

 disputed course can be of any interest to very, vory few, as 

 far as the mere award is concerned. To me it is absolutely 

 of no interest whatever. But >,hat the National Greybounii 

 Club .shall put a humane and reasonable interpretation on. 

 the rule is of direct importance to every member of the club 

 and is the only point 1 have ever propo'sed to discuss. The 

 objection I have uniformly raised to the position taken by 

 Messrs. LeMoyne and Bartels and now by Mr. Gower is that 

 it is Draconian, admits of no questioning and defies simple 

 justice. But let us .suppose that the rule is to be inflexible 

 in its application, permitting of no qualification and most 

 highly penal. Then it goes without saying that every highly 

 peual rule, to which strict construction must be applied, 

 must be construed strictly In every direction, and can never 

 be advanced beyond the litera scHpta This is so axiomatic 

 that it will not be disputed by any one versed in principles 

 of interpretation. Now, Rule 30 is aimed at "riding over;"' 

 these word.s have a very definite meaning that anv diction- 

 ary will define. Now, if Mr. Edmonds did not "ride over'' 

 Pearl, but she collided with his horse, the rule will not 

 apply to him. It would be monstrous to hold that a highly 

 penal rule, applied with Median and Persian severity against 

 a man, should be advanced beyond its express terms. In 

 homely phrase. What's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the. 

 gander. 



However, drastic and unreasoning applications do not ever 

 commend themselves to me, and I cite this dilemma only to 

 show the absurdity of the narrow views put forth on the 

 subject. I object to Mr. LeMoyne's terms, be they ".spades" 

 or 'Hnstrumehts for the removal of alluvium," because they 

 stigmatized the American Coursing Club as a modern 

 monster, while he gave not a particle of evidence as to the 

 facts on which the club based its deci.siou, and asked the 

 public to believe that the club had been guilty of a monstrous 

 vta'ong in not applying, with the most blood for blood 

 rigidity, as indefinite a rule as number 30, and therebydeny- 

 ing to the accused party any right of defense iu the nature 

 of showing the impossibility of his avoiding the collision, 

 etc., and it is noticeable that not one scintilla of evidence 

 has been brought forward against Mi'. Edmonds, beyond the 

 bare rule itself. 



Now I defy the production of any product of modern 

 legislation that is inflexible in Its application, particularly 

 if it is in the nature of a criminal statute. There are 

 instances where a man is punished, and properly so, for the 

 act of his agent, but there he is punished for his" negligence, 

 direct or indirect, in the selection of his agent, but that the 

 wi'ong of his opponent can ever work against him., is simply 

 preposterous. Yet it is very easy to imagine how a hound 

 might collide with the horse of anyone, or even a rider 

 "ride over" it, and the hound be the only party at fault, yet, 

 in such a ease, the following of Draco that Mr. Gower so 

 hugs to his bosom, would punish the rider for the fault of 

 the hound ! 



Now, the right and wrong of this matter seems very .sim- 

 ple to me and its solution evident. Let it be held that the 

 burden of proof is always on the party who rides over, or 

 interferes with, a hound contesting with his, to show that 

 he was in a position on the field that did not invite .such an , 

 occurrence within the human range of probability; that he 

 did everything within his power to avert the interference, 

 and that he was in no way guilty of any negligence, direct or 

 contributory. Let him be required to prove, not merely 

 assert, this, and in default of such positive proof, the penalty 

 of the rule shall fall on him, but if he succeeds In estali- 

 lishing this, the simplest principles of justice forbid his 

 being held responsible for what he could not possibly avoid. 



As an illustration of the mischief my interpretation might 

 work, a fi'iend asks me what should be done in the case of a 

 man whose horse became entirely unmanageable, and run- 

 ning away ran into the hound contesting with his ? The 

 answer is simplicity itself. He must suffer for his hoi'se's 

 fault; he was guilty of contributory negligence in riding a 

 horse that would, become unmanageable. 



•Just consider what will be the result of the blood-for- 

 blood application of this rule. An owner will never be safe 

 iu witnessing the running of his bound, unless indeed lie 

 sees it from a captive balloon or the top of a flagstaff i and 

 surely, it is supposed to be proper for an owner to witness 

 the performances of his own dogi' 



The case is now before the National Greyhound Club on 

 appeal, and it is most sincerely to be hoped that it will not 

 only decide this ca.se, but willattach a well-considered inter- 

 pretation to the rule defining just how far its literal require- 

 ments may be qualified, and what respou-sibilities an owner 

 a.ssumes who has the temerity to undertake to see his hound 

 run. W. Wade. 



HtTLTON, Pa., Dee. 5. 



What a Sing'le "Ad." Will Do. 



EdUor Forest and Stream: 



Win you kindly permit me to say that I have decided to 

 withdraw my offer to sell my setter bitch Blue Ridge Belle 

 (19,154), thus replying to the "small army" who seem desir- 

 ous of owning her. I have declined to take .?.500 for her, and 

 recent work in the field only strengthens my opinion that 

 she has no superior. I shall therefore keep her. I also wish, 

 to express my .surprise and pleasure at the result of a .single 

 insertion iu your columns, having received telegraphic and 

 mail replies from all over the United S races, and as you will 

 see by my notice of sales one of the dogs advertised went to 

 Massachusetts and the other to California. This certainly 

 speaks well for your circulation and the value of your 

 columns as a sales medium.— Geo. W. LaPxe (New York, 

 Dec.lt. 



A POINTER LOST.— Haverhill, Mass.—Edmr Forest 

 and Stream: Oa Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1 lost a pointer dog. He 

 is two years old and weighs about 451b3. Head and body 

 liver color; breast and legs ticked. Risjhi eye ball a little 

 white, having been injured. Had on a"collar with owner's 

 name and address. Will readers of the Fo r est and Stream 

 please inform me should they heai- or «ep anything of him, 

 —James F,- JoHjirs. 



