480 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 189S. 



but on accouut of the hare favoring the former he was un- 

 able to win the race. 



TuLEE— Bbindle Duke. — The former was a little quicker 

 from the slips, but the latter made aKO-by and quick kill, 

 making it a abort race but all in favor of Brindle Duke. 

 This closed the day's .sport, and the happy crowd (except one 

 or two who were "knocked out") sailed in for town. The 

 judge remarked that evening that the ground, and also the 

 style that the jacks worked, was a great deal more satisfac- 

 tory than any he bad seen in this country. 



THURSDAY, NOY. 3, 

 A good crowd was on the ground, eagerly awaiting the 

 morning races, which were called promptly at 10 A. M. The 

 hares were quite shy early in the Say, but in the afternoon 

 the sportsmen were made jubilant by striking a regular 

 "jack pot." 



Second Round (Concluded,). 



Delsarte— ViXRN.— The former, as before in her courses 

 this season, beat to the hare, but was not able to hold it long. 

 Vixen went by, and after doing some fine work, made the 

 kill and won ' 



Catch— LiADY Blt.— This was a closely worked hare and 

 neither dog seemed to have the best of it and an undecided 

 kill was made. 



Tfiird Bound. 



Sir Hugo— Judt.— Hugo led. several lengths to the hare 

 and did some good work, Judj^ getting the lead later but 

 was unable to do anv work. No kill. Sir Hugo won. 



Beikdle Duke— Vixen.— The latter was much quicker 

 from the slips, hut Duke shot by and made a kill, winning 

 all one way. 



In the undecided course of Catch— Lady Bly, the former 

 led to the bare, which was not turned fronT her course for 

 about one mile. Then going out of sight of the judge, it was 

 given to Catch. They afterwards came in sight with Lady 

 Bly working the hare, but the judge was unable to change 

 his decision. 



Catch (a bye).— This was run with Judy, and made a 

 quick kill. 



Fourth Mound. 

 Sir HuciO— Catch.— Hugo led five lengths to the hare, then 

 placed Catch nicely ; but Hugo got in again, and made the 

 kill, and won. 



Brindle Dttkei^s. Bye.— This was a long, hard ran, which 

 he ran with Carter C, 



Fifth Round. 



Sir. Hugo— Brjndle Duke.— This was another bad slip, 

 and just in the time when the crowd, as well as the owners, 

 wished to see an equal showing. Brindle Duke was un- 

 sighted, and not until Hugo ran up, making five points, 

 turning the hare back to the crowd. This let the Duke in, 

 and running across some plowed grotmd, Duke had the best 

 of it, being the larger and older of the two, and just as they 

 stiuck the grass again, the hare was holed— not a long nor a 

 satisfactory course. Dnke won, and being a Dakota dog, 

 also won tfie title of " Champion of South Dakota." 



SUMMARY. 



Association Stake.— Open to the world, for 20 or more all- 

 aged greyhounds; enirance fee $5, the winner to receive 30 per' 

 cent, of the en trance money and S40; the runner-np. 50 percent, 

 of the remainine: entrance monfey and $20; third and fourth , 25 

 per cent, each of the money remaining after second division. 



The title of "champion of South Dakota'" will be conferred by 

 the president of the associatioti on the dog owned iu South Dakota 

 gettiag the basi place in ths race. 



Oonsolation Stake.— Open to dogs who ha ve not won iu any pre- 



INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIALS CLUB. 



Chatham, Got., Nov. 10.— The third annual field trials of 

 the loternational Club passed off here very p'leasantly this 

 week, the runnings closing yesterday evening. The event 

 might be characterized as small, but neat. Only seven 

 starters iu the All-Aged is not a heavy lot, though the Derby 

 atoned iu the matter of numbers. The experiment of the 

 Atnateur Stakes, dogs broke and run by owners, was well 

 received, and this event will probably become a fixture in 

 the future runnings of the club. Indeed, Chatham trials 

 have always been practically amatfur stakes, so large a 

 numbT of gentlemen handling their- ovpi dots i her-. Mr. 



Dr. J. IviiM K w iXii iUj.i\u<j- .Jh 



AJSU fj.WY Sl'OT. 



Mr John Davidson wixh 

 Lucy C. 



First, second and third. Amateur St-ate, luternatlonal Ti-ials, 1893. 



vions stake: no entrance fee, the winner to receive a $50 silver cni> 

 given by the association. ^ 

 First RquiicL. 



McDermaid, Saiith & Wede- ) i Wm. V. Miner's bd and w b 



nase's b and t d. Jsig— ud- V heat < Fannie— unknown, 

 known. \ ( 



^5^0* Nichols's blk and w i ( F. N, Brisbun's blk d. Career 



^i^r??"^^^''"'^ ^®^'*'"-r'^««M Carter "H,"- un- 



settle— White Lip «. ) I Ijnown 



George E. Connick's f b, K j Rew & Nichols's be d. Den- 



-Ri^7^^^7- 1 , ^ ^ «, I ver Duke-unknown 



Rew & Nichols's be d. Blue) t, j ( t ^. , . 



Prince-CTeneral-Fiora. f ''^"^ "| Ja^mes Ourbm's Jack. 

 Me.Deruaaid, Smith iS: Wede- ) ( -r . 



hose's f and w d, Talu— V beat -{''^S}^^ Oim's hlk and w d, 



unknown. ) I ^^i'- 



F. H. Bcisbine's bdl d. Erin- I i t ^ , 



dle-Duke. f ] James Curtin's Skip. 



Raw & Nichols's blk and w) I 



b. Delsarte-Lord Never- V be-at Jones's Cap. 



settle— Prima Domia. ) { ^ 



8. B. Batply^s f and w b, ( j. ^ U. M. Fonte's blk d, Bounce- 



Vixen-Pluto-Mafrdaline. \ 1 Fly-Bessie. ^^^i^ce 

 George E. Connick'sSbdl b, I I r , t^i 



Catch - Jerrv— Fly. f ( Lvon's Fly. 



^bTx* rvn ^"V'^^V** ^' Lady i i F. H. Brisbi ae's w and blk d , 



Blj- General- Flora. [ heat •{ Lights o' London-TraleE- 

 I ( Dick's Darling. 

 Second Round. 



flrr^'l^° ^T>'^ ^^W- ^ 1*^^° beat Delsarte 



T^^Z .^"n P^H! ^f^ii''?- Catch heat Lady Bly. 



Brindle Duke beat Turn. ' 



Third Roimd. 

 Cat^Tb?!.*' ^"""^^^ ^^^^ ^^""^ 



Foui-th Bound. 

 Sir Hugo beat Catch. Brindle Duke a bye. 



Final Bound, 

 Brindle Dnk© heal Sir Huso. 



T. G. Davey ^kd Dame Bang. 

 Fh-st, All-Age Stake, and second, Derby, Xnteraational Trials, 1392. 



Wells, Mr. Davey and Mr. Johnson do not need professional 

 handlers. Under the loose construction of the conditions in 

 this stake, the rules were not laid down very strictly this 

 year. Mr. John Davidson, old-time judge and practiced hand 

 with field dogs, appeared this year in a position the reverse 

 '-•i his customary one. He handled, and others judged bis 

 handling. The shoe was on the other foot, and Mr.' David- 

 son came in for a lot of good-natured chaffing, a great mauv 

 being willing to tell him that while he was good at judging, 

 tie couldn't handle a little bit. Mr. Davidson landed one 

 dog second in the Amateur Stakes, but lo.st place in the All 

 Aged with his other. Those who know Mr. Davidson will 

 imagine that he had to set his teeth pretty hard over this, 

 but he took his medicine. 



The judges this year were new at the work, but they weic 

 r.areful and conscientioas. and hardly worked anv -serion- 

 in justice, in the general average of the opinions, though, ct 

 course, individual owners .sometimes could not agree with 

 (iiMu. Usually, iiii.'i is pit rf of the play, and is 'soon I'oi- 

 f^niten. This yeai- I. he cristoiiinry dis.sent took a mon 

 iioticcaWo. and uot It commendable form when, after the first 

 I vv<* day.s' ruuniug, Mr. Thos. .lohnson drew his enti v in th.- 

 All-Aged, and left the town, under the eivcii.'^e that he wa^ 

 sick. For shame, Tummas! You didn't ought to. But this 

 will all come right next year. Our fi ibnds the dog mea arr 

 as unable to harbor malice as they are to contain then 

 choler, and their memories are short as their temper ; which 

 is all a very good thing. 



In the Amateur Stakes the judging was done by Messrs. 

 C. A. Stone, of Toronto, J. K McGregor and Thbs. Gutl - 

 ridge, of Chatham. These were called "boj's" by one or 

 two owners, but they quitted themselves like men, au<i 

 were so careful in their work that error cannot be charged 

 to them. Mr. Montagu Smith, of Forest, Out., and Mr. .1. 



E, Long, of Detroit, Mich., together judged the Derbv and 

 All-Aged Stakes very earefullv and creditably, it is thought. 

 Mr. Montagu Smith is a brother of Mr. L. H. Smith, one of 

 last year's judges here. Mr. Long is an old-time shooter 

 and lover of dogs. 



That lucky and merry 'un, Mr. T. G. Davey, took another 

 swift step in his rapid rise in the pointer world by landing 

 a pointer first in the All-Aged and also second iu the Derby. 

 Mr. Davey always has a good dog or so up his sleeve, so to 

 speak. It is to be hoped that he will now give Dame Bang 

 a square meal. The Toledo Blade— Cambrian a blood was, 

 of course, in evidence in the string of Mr. W. B. Wellsi 

 That gentleman is a pillar of the club, both as secretary 

 and as adviser-general and conductor-in-chief in the run- 

 nings. His place would be hard to fill and so would the 

 places of his dogs. Dr. J. Kime had in a good lot of aver- 

 age-makers, a first and third in the Amateur, and a divided 

 fourth in the All- Aged Stakes. In the bitches Lady Spot 

 and Lady Patch, which, by the way, ran last year, he has 

 two good ones, well broke as any arid pleasant for a gen- 

 tleman's shooting dogs. Mr. Johnson, from far-away Win- 

 nipeg, lost a peg in the field trial game this year, but he 

 has no right to complain after the brilliant successes he 

 has made here in other years. The popular idol, Ightfield 

 Blithe, was not here this year. 



THE BUSISB.SS MEETING. 



The regular annual business meeting of the club was 

 held on the evening on Monday, Nov. s. The r.hib chose as 

 its president the venerable Sheriff Mercer, that hale and 

 hearty sportsnian who for forty years has been sheriff in 

 Chatham town. Mr. W. B. Wells was, of course, again 

 chosen us .secretary-treasurer. Mr. Thos. Johnson, of Win- 

 nipeg, Man., was elected first vice-president, Mr. Montagu 

 Smith, of Forest, Ont., second vice-president The execu- 

 tive committee was elected as follows: Messrs. T. G. 

 Davey, of London, Out.; J. G. Armstrong, of Detroit Mich • 

 Gitttridge, of Chatham; Dr. Totten, of Forest, Out"- 



F. W. Eddy, of Detroit: L. H. Smith, of Forest; Jos. Kime 

 V.b., of Chatham; C. R. Atkinson, Jr., of Chatham- John 

 Davidson, of Monroe, Mich.; I. L, Kicholls, of Chatham 



■ \^°^'*^!^ I'avey, Mr. xVtontagu Smith second- 



ing, that the club in the future have a regular Derby for 

 puppy nominations, §2.50 entry, to be naid June 1 preceding 

 the trials, f2.a0 bept. 1. and $5 to start, four moneys 40 20 



15 and 10 per cent, the club to retain IU per cent This was 

 carried. 



It was moved by Mr. Montagu Smith, and seconded by 

 Mr. Davey, that the entry in the All-Age Stakes be in the 

 future not closed until JSTov. 1, This was also carried. 



The International Club, though modest in a way, is in a 

 very prosperous condition, and has more than the necessary 

 funds for carrying out its plans. At the start it had $80 for 

 its start in life. It now has $200 in the bank and will have 

 more when needed. 



THrESDAY'S MEETING. 



On Wednesday evening .snow fell to a depth of 4 or 5in., 

 and this morning seemed an unfavorable time to try the 

 dogs, snow continuing to fall till 11 o'clock in the morning. 

 So decision had been announced in the All-Age Stakes last 

 evening, and the impression was general that the party 

 woirld go out again to-day to conclude the runnings. The 

 judges this morning announced that it would not be neces- 

 sary to go out again, as they had already seen enough to 

 enable them to place the dogs. The only possible objectors 

 'o this— and of course these could not yet know whether 

 ir uot they had cause to object, since the decision had not 

 been announced— were Mr. Davidson and Dr. Kime, whose 

 dogs might be naturally thought gainers by a longer run- 

 □ iug, since their chances not perhaps placed them so well on 

 the day previous. At any rate Mr. Davey and Mr. Wells 

 lunoiinced themselves ready to hear the decision. Mr. 

 Davidson said he would stand on the rules. Dr. Kime ob- 

 j-^cted. He thought his dog entitled to more work, and in- 

 sisted that the dogs .should be taken afield again. It came a 

 question who should decide whether or not to go afield, and 

 he rules were looked up. Rule 9 was found to read as fol- 

 t)ws on this point: "After the first series has been run 

 t.b rough, the judges shall announce which dogs they wish 

 to see run again, and order of ruuning them. Discretion is 

 given the judges to run the dogs as often and in what order 

 fc:iey think be.st, until they are satisfied which are the best 

 dogs; but they may announce the winners any time after 

 the second series, provided the first and second prize win- 

 ners shall have run together." 



Lender the rule the judges were safe to announce their de- 

 cision if they liked, for although there had been only one 

 neat in the second series, still t,he first and second dogs as 

 placed had run together, and it was for the judges to say 

 whether or not the others had done enough without going 

 luain. Manifestly Dr. Kime could not cry until be was 

 'iiirt, or in other words, could not protest the action of 

 the judges until he knew what the action was. It was ex- 

 pl.iined to him that after the decision was announced, he 

 could enter protest and bring the matter before the executive 

 committee of 1893, under Rule 1, which reads: "The man- 

 igement of the meeting for the annual field trials shall be 

 iutrusted to the committee of the club, and with them lies 

 he Interpretation of all rules. They shall decide upon all 

 matters not provided for in these rules. " Accordingly the 

 members went into session as a club body, to hear the decis- 

 on of the judges. 



Mr. Long, for the judges, announced the decision in the 

 All-Aged to be Dame Bang first (Mr. Davey), Matane and 

 Lake second and third (Mr. Wells), Lady Pa'tch (Dr. Kime) 

 md Carrie T. (Dr. Totten) divided fourth. 



Mr. Smith, .TudQe—'We were ready to announce this last 

 light if required. We had placed the' dogs. We believe we 

 4ct under the rules, and we ask your forbearance if there 

 is dissatisfaction." 



Mr. TFr7/.s— "For my part, I am satisfied, and while it may 

 lot look well coming from mc, a winner, I would move a 

 vote of thanks to the judges. I think they have done the 

 h^'st they could, and we could ask no better judges." 



iJK. J. Kime with Lady Patch. 

 Divided toui tli. All Age Stake, International Trials, 



Mr. Dcfyc'i/— "Hear! Hear! I second the motion." 



Dr. Kime — "I know my bitch would have done better if 

 she had had more chance. I know she liad no chance to show 

 her quality. She was not tried yesterday, and I wanted her 

 to go out and have a fair opportunity to show what she can 

 do." 



Mr. Sm.'Mi—"We certainly think your bitch had plenty of 

 opportunity. Consider how long she was down— longer than 

 many others. I admired the bitch, and think much of her, 

 but young as I am in field trial work, I can see there is au 

 element of chance in the.se trials," 



Mr. Da vidson—^' As to the justice of this, I can think 

 w^bat I think, and hold my peace." 



Mr. SV/iit/i— "I have only wanted to get at the qualities of 

 the dogs. 1 am sure I have judged from the head and not 

 from the heart." 



Dr. Kimc—'Oa the work as shown, I don't say I wouldn't 

 have decided as the judges do; but I know about the work- 

 ing of my dog, and I know that on more work she would 

 have made a A'cry different showing.'' 



21r. Siii itJt— "Ah, that's just it, it's the element of chance. 

 We couldn't keep on running them till they had all done 

 their be.st, perhaps. Dogs have good days and bad days, 

 and good luck and bad luck. We h;ul fo judge on what 

 they really did do, not what they might do." 



Mr. IKcl7s— "I own I was surprised to aee the judges su 

 lenient witn the handlers. I confess I took advantage ot 

 that once or twice." 



Mr. Long— ''We were on to you all right." 



Dr. Kirne— "Another reason why I wanted Patch to go 

 again was, I didn't think she was at her best yesterday. 

 The dog and I both ate too much Tuesday night, and I 



Mr. Wells— hope the judges will not again, througTo. 



