FOREST AND STREAM. 



Nov. 17, 18d2.J 



•luii-ed of him. As stated last week tlie main body of the 

 meiuljera and visitors found quarters in the Town Hall "bed- 

 room" the beds, /. e. , cots, were there, and comfortables, too, 

 but as for sleep, that was out of the question till the "dark- 

 est hour.'' The first three nights were given up to horse- 

 play and varied amusements in which the collapse of a 

 would-be sleeper who inadvertently dropping into a doze 

 would eventually find himself on a solid foundation with all 

 the cot and paraphernalia on top of him. This led eventually 

 to action on the part of the club on Thursday, when the fol- 

 lowing notice, unique iu its way, was posted over the statue: 

 " Voted during the progress of the field trials all lights at 

 the club headquarters shall be extinguished at 10 P. M., 

 with the exception of those iu the press room, which shall be 

 for the exclusive use of the press. Perfect quiet shall be in 

 order, and no one shall be disturbed in his rest. Any infrac- 

 tion of this rule may be penalized at the discretion of the 

 Board of Managers. By order of the Board, E, K. Sperbt, 

 Secretary." 



This idea is all right, but its construction is defective. 

 Several influential members of the club had returned home 

 who were coaspicuous in the "fun making,"' and a mere 

 handful was left to acquiesce to this mandate. It would 

 have been in better taste had some prominent member of the 

 club, when be thought things had gone f ^r enough, called 

 for order and quietly explaining the situation, referring to 

 the judges, etc., asked lor quietness, and there would not 

 have been a dissenting voice heard, as the members and visi- 

 tors present were gentlemen and not children in a kinder- 

 garten. The number of visitors and members present was 

 unprecedented at any trials I have seen. 



In adriition to the names given last week the following 

 gentlemen were interested speccators during the course of 

 the week. Messrs. Ed, W. Brooks, Henry Button, W. B. 

 Foote, G. O. Vickery, R. B. McClean, Chas. W. Sturgis, E. 



C. Davenport, W. M. Lovering. F. C. Felton, E. Bradley, 

 T. W. Cheney, B. S.Turpin, P. W. Chapman, James Abbott, 



D. S. Bennett, J. W. Wheelwright and a number of strangers 

 from neighboring towns in Massachusetts and E.hode Island. 



On Wedne.sday evening the English Setter Club medals 

 were awarded to the dog and bitch showing best bench show 

 form. Mr. W. Tallman was the Judge, and in the contiaed 

 space of the dining room was successful in picking out the 

 best. Most of the dogs in the two stakes were brought for- 



NKW ENGLAND yi^LD TEIAI.S, 

 W. A. Coster A.i*D N. Wali^ace, Judges. 



ward and the issue soon lay between The Corsair. Kent II. 

 and Rod's Chaff. The judge eventnally plumped for the 

 last named, who is owned by Mr. E. O. Damon, a rattling 

 good one, slightly bitch-headed perhaps, init in keeping with 

 his general contour, a beautiful expression, body well 

 turned and standing on good legs. I shall expect to see this 

 dog take a forward position even in hotter competitioo. 

 The bitches were not so good and the issue lay between 

 Molly Dale and Our Pet, the latter beats in legs, head and 

 ribs, and was a good winner: she is owned by the Oakland 

 Farm Kennels, of which Mr. A. R Sharpe is the proprietor, 

 and both he and his brother are enthusiastic supporters of 

 the ]sr. E. P. T. C. 'Nough said and an accouot of the run- 

 ning is now perhaps in order. 



WEDNESDAY. 



The chaff has been separated from the wheat, figuratively 

 speaking, in the Derby, in consequence of yesterday's busy 

 work, and the judges announced last night that they wnuld 

 like to see in the second series Rod's Chaff run with Wild 

 Lily, Nellie G. with Albert's Daisy, and Bradley with Ten- 

 nessee Vandal. 



This morning promised rain, the sky was heavily clouded 

 and the air cold and raw with little wind, The rain yester- 

 day had put the ground in good shape for scenting purposes. 

 Aliout 8 A. M. we started in the four-horse wagons for the 

 Quaker Meeting House. The crowd was not so large as 

 ye=5terday, but a contingent from neighboring towns who 

 joined us about noon, increased the list to about sixty 

 again. It is astonishing the great interest that these trials 

 have excited round Boston, and if everything goes on in the 

 future as it is doing now the N. E. F. T. should soon become 

 a prominent club. At present its flavor is decidedly local. 

 By this time we are at the little meeting house and 



"Rod's Chaff and Wild Lilt are at once cast off, at 8:37, 

 in the open fields. Both are good raogers, but Lily the 

 speedie-st. Shortly after the start Chaff pointed a swamp 

 quail, as it is called here. A long tramp over the fields and 

 Chaff was seen to point, moved on, nothing there. He made 

 several false points after this, and Lily stopped as if she had 

 something, too, but it was not till we reached heavy alder 

 swamp that game was seen, and Mr. Whitlock "pointed" a 

 bird, in a rabbit hole, which flew to a neighboring tree. 

 Several birds flushed wild here and Lily pointed foot scent, 

 backed by Chaff. The latter stopped on a single which 

 flushed wild. He was loath to leave this part, but dogs 

 were ordered together and then called up, the heat being 

 somewhat less than brilliant and not winning work. Lily 

 seemed to have put all her eggs in yesterday's basket, and 

 barring her speed and style did nothing to attract attention. 

 Down 53qi. 



AlbePvT's Daisy and Nellie G.— This was expected to be 

 a rattling heat, hut turned out a very uneven one, some 

 good work and very indifferent being mixed up. Cast off at 

 9:52. Both bitches are fast and wide rangers, Daisy the best 

 in this respect. Soon, in bare, open ground, Nellie pointed 

 and bird flushed wild. Here the sun came out at 10 o'clock 

 livened things up a little, but not for long. Jfellie 



pointed unsteadily in weeds by a fence and Daisy honored 

 it, but nothing found. Then in open grass field Daisy ran 

 right into a bevy; cross wind, dropping to wing. Daisy 

 lower down then false pointed, Nellie backing to order. 

 At edge of alder swamp Daisy, coming out, passed close by 

 three birds that flushed wild when the crowd came up. 

 Further on Daisy redeemed this somewhat by a good point 

 on a bevy at edge of heavy cover; then on the singles she 

 nailed one which handler flushed, steady to wing. Coming 

 out of this, dogs were held up at 10:35. Daisy's pick-up at 

 the finish put her straight with the judges. Nellie G. does 

 cai-eful work and was well handled. Down 43m. 



Tenn Vandal and Bradley. —These were put down at 

 10:43 in open. Bradley soon showed himself much more 

 stylish iu manner of working than Vandal. Vandal in alder 

 swamp came to a good point on bevy and Bradley did the 

 honors. A bird was killed and both steady. Dogs then 

 hunted carefully through thick coyer where it was almost 

 impcssible to see the dogs, and they were held up for a few 

 minutes. In open, Bradley pointed two singles, Vandal also 

 taking a hand in; handler flushed and fired, both dogs 

 steady, and called up at 11:2.5. Here the judges consulted 

 for some time and then announced that Dr. J. E. Hair's 

 Albert's Daisy wins first money, $200; H. B. Tallman's Nel- 

 lie G. second money, §100, and E. O. Damon's Rod's Cnaff 

 and Oakland Farm Kennels' Bradley divide third money, 

 $50. The re.sult was graciou,sly received, Albert Daisy's 

 showing in the first series being so meritoriousthat her mis- 

 deeds of to-day were passed over. 



All the winners are English setters. Albert's Daisy is a 

 trim built and racy looking little bitch and verv much after 

 Albert's Nell's make, that"we all know aboirt; Nellie G. is a 

 handsomely formed and medium-sized bitch that has had 

 something'the matter with its head and had a running sore 

 below the eye; Rod's Chaff is a very well formed dog, fit for 

 any show and with one of the sweetest black, tan and white 

 heads I have seen for some time. He afterward won the 

 English Setter Club ratidal for best looking dog. Bradley is 

 the largest dog but is an active worker a,nd gets over his 

 ground intelligently. 



A long wait here ensued, the lunch wagon not being in 

 sight. After the sandwiches and coffee had been disposed 

 of the first brace in the All-Age Stake was called, they hav- 

 ing been drawn on Tuesday night to run as follows: 



E. R. Moore's Grousedaie with Henry Dutton's Duke of 

 Kent. 



S. S. Gordon's Molly Dale with Bayard Thayer's Polly TI. 

 Chas. Kelly's Mark Noble with Oakland Farm Kennels' 

 Our Pet. 



F. W. Whitlock's Miuch with Jas. B. Blossom's Sally 

 Beaumont. 



J, L. Wells's Reverdy with E. S. Coggin's Mack, Jr. 

 Jas. B. Blossom's Flomont with O. W. Donner's Wagtail. 

 Fred W. Clark's Claude with ISojes Billings's Ranger B. 

 Miss S. A. Nickerson's Count Noble with Oakland Farm 

 Kennels' Tennessee Vandal. 

 E. O. Damon's The Corsair with H. B. Tallman's Dash G. 

 Cohannet Kennels' Kent II. with Joe Lewis's Grouse. 



All-Age Stake. 



As it was nearly lunch time when the Derby was con- 

 cluded, the powers that be thought that lunch had better be 

 discussed before the first brace in the All-Age should be 

 started. It was chilly work waiting for the coffee and sand- 

 wiches, but when they did come they servtd to "fill a long 

 felt want " Not much time was wasted, and at 1:07 



Geotjsdale and Duke of Kent were put down in a 

 turnip field. Both are good-looking pointers, and active, 

 stylish workers, Grousedale especially so, W. Tallman 

 bandied this dog, and E. S. Eamos steered Duke of Kent. 

 Working out varied ground Duke was the first to point 

 where running birds had been seen on the pine needles. 

 Grousedale backed; both drew on carefitlly, stopping fre- 

 quently; nothing found. After covering a lot of varied 

 ground, Grousedale getting out with most speed and range, 

 Duke, at edge of alder swamp, pointed a bevy; Grousedale 

 took the scent too, drew across him and pointed; birds got 

 up; following them Grouse pointed in fence bottom, and was 

 a bit unsteady as Tallman flushed two birds; Duke backed 

 close, both .steady to shot, Grousedale sent to find wounded 

 bird pointed again, and was steady to rise of single, but 

 failed to find bird which had run on. Both worked back 

 after the main lot of birds, and at edge of swamp one flushed 

 ahead of dogs. Up at 3:15. Grouse had the speed and range, 

 but both dogs hunted with intelligence and in good style. 



MoLLTE Dale (a bye).— Mr. Bayard Thayer's Polly II. 

 being withdrawn Mollie Dale ran alone, and was cast oft" at 

 2:37 in open field, side of swamp. She started off well, and 

 after quartering a lot of ground made game and did a good 

 deal ot undecided work, crawling along on her belly and 

 stopping every lew yards, but nothing tangible came of it 

 though. Some more fields covered and then edge of open 

 swamp she pointed two birds and was a bit unsteady as 

 handler moved to flush, but was steady to wing and shot, 

 retrieving the bird in good shape, and then called up at 

 3:13. Not a very brilliant performer, but did well on the 

 birds she found, and works close. 



Maek Noble and Our Pet.— These were a large and 

 small English setter respectively, Mark handled by P. C. 

 Waterhouse, and Our Pet by her owner. A, R. Sharpe. 

 Down in strawberry patch at 3:1,5. Edge of cover both 

 pointed a large bevy, dropping as birds flushed wild. In open 

 near by Mark pointed and was honored stylishly by Pet. 

 Nothing being put up, they were worked into the next field, 

 and the crowd coming up flushed half a dozen birds that the 

 dogs had evidently got wind of when they pointed; these 

 they should have drawn to. Marked into very heavy swamp 

 cover, dogs were sent in and both pointed, and the "man up 

 a tree" said Pet had the call, and Mr. Sharpe flushed the 

 birds, fired and missed: both dogs steady. Going through a 

 churchyard, where a few of us with antiquarian tendencies 

 investigated the old tombstones and found some very inter- 

 esting dates. Outside of this yard, by white pine cover, the 

 dogs passed birds which crowd flushed into cover, and dogs 

 did not stop till their noses were right on the feathers, Mark 

 pointing wUen he saw the bird. Up at 4:1.5. This closed the 

 work for the day. 



THURSDAY. 



When we pulled up our blinds this morning the outlook 

 was cheerless in the extreme, heavy clouds hung all over 

 and the rain came down in torrents." This compelled us to 

 stay under cover all day and amuse ourselves as best we 

 could. A wet day at Assouet comes to an end at last, but it 

 was slow— very slow. Some fellows thought it was Sunday. 



FRIDAY. 



During the night a hard frost had set in, and when we 

 started this morning the ground was hard and a chilly 

 northwest wind was blowing. The "barges" took us to 

 the Quaker Meeting House as usual and we started in on 

 the same old groitod and after tne same old birds. 



MiNCH AND Sally Beaumont were the first brace called. 

 Minch, a heavily- marked black, white and tan dog, was 

 handled by owner, F. W. Whitlock, and the Gordon, Sally 

 Beaumont, was in charge of W, Tallman. They were cast 

 off at 8:07. Soon in heavy cover, while Minch was drawing 

 to a btvy, the birds flushed and out.side in swampy ground 

 he nailed a single in good style, but Sally, with the per- 

 verseness of her sex went in ahead and flushed. Nothing 

 more was found, but a lot of bad ground was worked out 

 and dogs called up at 9:0T. Minch far the best in range, 

 speed and nose. Flomont and Wagtail should hftve come 

 on HOW, but 



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Reverdy and Mack, Jr., were put down, The two were 

 almost identical, white with orange markings, but Mack 

 was a trifle smaller than Reverdy. Soon after starting, in 

 sparse cover. Mack pointed uncertainly and was honored; 

 nothing found. After ten minutes' run, in which Mack 

 showed best range and speed, though Reverdy was probably 

 the most intelligent hunter, Reverdy dropped to a point 

 side of beech clump and Mack dropped to honor, poor .style 

 and no result. Then both pointed iu opposite directions, 

 but Mack had the birds which flushed wild, On singles 

 Mack pointed undecidedly on running bird edge of bay 

 berry bushesj Reverdy honoring; dogs drew on and bird 

 was flushed by crowd. Up soon after at 8:45. Mack, Jr., 

 did the better work all round, and is a more active ranger, 

 Reverdy being a sluggish mover, but neither are stylish on 

 points or in getting to birds. 



I'LOMONT and WA&t ail. — Flomont, a Gordon, was 

 bandied by W. Tallman, and Wagtail, a large English setter, 

 was steered by F. C. Waterhouse. Down at 9-M and both 

 ranged well out in the open, though at times, after the man- 

 ner of Gordons, Flomont showed a fondness for her handler. 

 Wagtail was first to point after galloping around in a rather 

 aimless manner, drew on and repeated, when handler flushed 

 a bevy and firedj dog not very steady. Then Wagtail flushed 

 two outlying birds, dropping to wing. Flomont coming up, 

 took a hand in and pointed, was honored, Tallman started 

 in to flush and Flomont moved on; afterward the bird got 

 up under the Forest and Stream man's feet. Flomont 

 pottered a good deal in cover. Afterward in same low cover 

 Wagtail pointed undecidedly and at same time Flomont got 

 two points, the last just outside of cover, was a good one and 

 well carried out as Tallman fired at the single. Called up 

 then at ]0:.34. Flomont did best ou birds, showing better 

 nose, and Wagtail had the spted and range but hunts in an 

 aimless manner at timps and has a peculiar jumping gait, as 

 if he wanted to see well ahead of Itim. 



Ranger B. and Claud.— Another Gordon and English 

 setter. Claud handled by E. S, Gordon has very little white. 

 Ranger B., the Gordon, was in charge of F. D. Freeman. 

 Down at 10:38 in open. There was a good deal of intelligent 

 ranging in which Claud showed conspicuously, but for a 

 Gordon, Ranger was by no means disgraced in this respect. 

 Claud nailed a bevy very stylishly in grass, edge of cover, 



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E. Knight Sp&brv. W. A. Power, -T. L. Wells, 



Seoietarj-. Prealrlent, Treasm'er. 



held point steadily while Ranger brought up to back also 

 winded them to one side; Gordon flushed, fired, killed and 

 Claud retrieved in good quick style. In fact this was as 

 good a piece of snappy work as had been seen this week. 

 The Gordon was loath to leave the spot and went back twice 

 while Claud, under good control, hunted out fresh ground. 

 Afterwards Ranger in heavy cover pointed a small bevy and 

 dropped to shot. Dogsup'at 11:10. Claud had the speed 

 and range and was best on birds. Ranger lagged at times 

 and was not under very good control. 



Tennessee Vandal and Corsair having been withdrawn, the 

 dogs left in of the two braces. 



Count Noble and Dash G., were run together. Cast oft' 

 at 11:23, it was seen that Chas. R T*iylor handled the Gor- 

 don and H. B. Tallman the English setter. Some good 

 ranging was a feature of this heat; the Gordon got out with 

 such speed and range as I have not seen in any Gordon put 

 down so far in trials. Dash G. pointed first, but Count paid 

 no attention to him and worked all round the pointing dog. 

 There was nothing found, but he should have honored; in 

 fact, he seemed all through the heat to pay no attention to 

 his partner. After dogs had passed throtigh some pines 

 the crowd flushed two"^birds. Doss drawn to, and as they 

 were reading several "weaklings," quail by courtesy, prob- 

 ably those p\it down two days before just near here, and of 

 which eighteen were found to be dead in the box that laid 

 in the open, a spectator caught one bird as it flew along. 

 Then Dash pointed twice at edge of pines and was held for 

 Count, who, as usual, paid no attention, but getting on to 

 some weak runners picked one up and retrieved it. There 

 was nothing to Dash's two points. Outside of jiines Dash 

 came to again, and Count coming round went right in and 

 flushed birds and chased himself round the block. Count 

 then pointed two birds steadily and dogs up at 13:10. 

 Neither would do for final honors, but Dash was a "disap- 

 pointed" dog, showing the most sense and under better 

 control". 



Lunch was now in order, and Dr. Heyward having ar- 

 rived he piloted us to some new grounds about a mile fur- 

 ther up the road where game was said to be more plentiful 

 and stronger on the wing. During lunch two boxes of Ten- 

 nessee quail arrived from New York, but they were a sorry 

 lot, several were dead and others had retired within them- 

 selves, contemplating a speedy journey to happier hunting 

 grounds. 



Kent II. and Gbotj.se were put down at 1:23 on the new 

 ground, which was rough and stony, alongside the Assonet 

 River. Kent II., handled by W. E, Jones, and Grouse by 

 W.Tallman. After covering a lot of ground with speed and 

 range in Grouse's favor the latter flushed a bevy at edge of 

 small orchard. Grouse further on made game, and as he 

 stopped a woodcock flushed. Working to pines several birds 

 got up ahead of dogs. This was on a ridge, affording a view 

 1 of some beautiful country that lay between the Assonet and 

 i Taunton rivrs, which here winds tortuously through two 

 pretty valleys. Dogs up here at 3:03. The work was in 

 , favor of Kent II,, in bo far aa style anfj having made no 



