Dec. 15, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



819 



She was faulty in work on single birds, and showed a dis- 

 position to false point OBce in a whilp. 



The judges sooii announced Maiden Mine first, Cecil H. 

 second, and Dot Rogers and Roger's Spark third. 



The pi'izes were the same as in the Pointer Derby. 



The All-Age Pointer Stake. 

 This stake bad thirteen entries. The work was inforior so 

 far as it relates to good performance in finding and pointing. 

 Many of the dogs ranged wide and fast, yet most of them 

 were, in the manner of beating out the ground, lacking in 

 judgment. 



Lad of Rush was easily the best dog in the stake. He ran 

 excellently well in his first heat, but fell off in bis work 

 afterward" At his best, he goes with speed and jndgment, 

 beats out a large area ot ground and is a good performer on 

 birds. 



Wild Damon made a good. well-STistained showing. His 

 range is good, and he is au industrious worker. He per- 

 forms well in point work. 



Sandford's Druid had little other than a racing gait to 

 commend him. He took wide casts at great speed, but he 

 did not beat out his ground and was ordinary in work on 

 birds. Wide casts, with no reference to working likely 

 places, and with large stretches of promisiDg ground left 

 uuworked, is not good ranging. He is a young dog, and, if 

 he only trains on properly, he will be an excellent field per- 

 former. 



The order of runniug was as follows: 



T. Gr. Davey's liver and white dog Westminster Di-ake (Lad 

 of Bow— Kate Vni.), T. Hallam, handler, 

 with 



J. L. Adams's liver and white dog Lad of Rush (Rush of 

 Lad— Topsy L.), L. W. Blankenbaker, handler. 



G. C. M. Hunt's lemon and white dog Grouse (Mainspring 

 —Swan's Fly), S. C. Bradley, handler, 

 'With 



Hempstead Farm Kennels' liver and white dog Prawn 

 (Crab— Polly Peacham), A, Cameron, handler. 



Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' liver and white dog 

 Wild Damon (Damon— Flora), C. B. Buckle, handler, 



loith 



Hempstead Farm Kennels' liver and white dog Hemp- 

 stead Duke (Duke of Hessen— Lass of Bow), A. Cameron, 

 handler. 



John Simpkin's liver and white dog Bob (Beppo III.— 

 Belle Brandon), H, Height, handler, 



•with 



Hempstead Farm Kennels"' liver and white dog Sandford 

 Druid (Exon Don— Sandford Quince), A. Cameron, handler. 



Charlottesville Field Trial Sennels' liver and white dog 

 dog Exile (King of Kent— Hops). Capt. C. E, McMurdo, 

 handler. v)ith 



J. L, Adams's liver and white dog Franklin (Robin Adair 

 — Blossom), L. W. Blankenbaker, handler. 



0. C. Cushing's liver and white dog Jupiter (Tom Boline 

 Belle C). Major J. R. Purcell, haudler, 

 • vjith 



Dr. D. W. Yandell's black and white dog Ben A. (Stoddard 

 — Jett II ), Ed, Garr, handler. 



T. Hitchcock, Jr.'s, liver and white dog Tory Baron (Duke 

 of Hessen— Westminster Ina), a bye; John White, handler. 



First Scries 



Westminstee Drake and Lad of Rush— Began at 10:1 6 

 and ran 40m. Lad pointed a bevy. At the same time Drake 

 in the open pointed a single, Drake moved on before it was 

 flushed, and his handler flushed it afterward. Lad pointed 

 a lark and was backed by Drake. Lad in the open near the 

 edge of pine woods pointed a bevy and Drake backed. 

 Drake was slow and a narrow ranger. Lad ranged wide and 

 fast, beating out his ground fairly well, the fault being that 

 in his wide casts he left too much intervening ground un- 

 worked. 



GKOtrsE AND PeAwn ran 48m., beginning at 11:02. They 

 were given a spin in the open, then worked on scattered 

 birds. Prawn pointed a single, then roaded up and flushed 

 it. Prawn soon again pointed and Grouse backed uncer- 

 tainly; nothiusi found. Both dogs were making game in 

 the open field wben one of the handlers walked up the bevy 

 accidentally. E^ch made a point on singles in pine woods 

 and each backed. Grouse unsteadily. Both were industrious 

 and ranged fairly well. The work on birds was poor. 



Wild Damon and Hempstead Dtjke began after lunch, 

 at 13:52. Damon pointed a bevy in corn, Duke backing. 

 Sent on after scattered birds, Damon made a point on two 

 of them. Duke false pointed. Damon pointed, on the trail 

 probably, the bevy flushing about 30yds. away. Damon 

 next pointed a bird. Duke false pointed repeatedly and 

 did not work independently. The work on birds was 

 faulty. 



Bob and SANford's Dedid commenced at 1:27. Both 

 made game, roading and pointing alternately. Bob roaded 

 to and secured a good point on birds. Druid pointed a sin- 

 gle. Druid raced wide and fast, yet he did not seem to be 

 searching for birds. He took long casts, but made no pre- 

 tense of beating ont his ground. Bob ranged wide at a less 

 speed, but he was hunting for bii'ds apparently. Up at 1:50. 



Exile and Franklin were started at 2:03. Exile pointed 

 a sparrow. Franklin flushed a bird. Franklin made one 

 point and Exile two, to which nothing was found. Both 

 showed good speed and wide range. Franklin was disposed 

 to false point. The work on birds was inferior. L^^p at 3. 



Jupiter and Ben A. were started at 3:08 and ran 21m. 

 Ben had fairly good range and speed and performed credit- 

 ably on birds. Jupiter ranged close and lacked speed, and 

 did not make much showing on birds. 



Tory Baron ran a bye, commencing at 3:36 and running 

 20m. He made a poor showing in every respect and had no 

 chance whatever to win. 



Second Series. 



The judges announced four dogs in this series, with Exile 

 and Hempstead Duke held in readiness in case they wex-e 

 needf d. 



Lad of Ruse and Bob were started at 4:13, Bob flushed 

 a single and attempted to cha.«e. Lad made a good find and 

 point on four birds. Bob roaded well to a point on a single. 

 Steady to shot. Bob pointed another single and Lad backed. 

 Bob flushed and chased a short distance. Lad was the bet- 

 ter ranger and the better performer on birds. LTp at 4:36. 



Wild Damon and Sandford Druid began at 5:01, Both 

 pointed a bevy in the open field and were steady to shot. In 

 woods, Damon pointed a single nicely. Druid backed. 



FRIDAY. 



The weather in the morning was cool and clear. Toward 

 midday the sky was overcast with heavy clouds. There was 

 every indication of a heavy storm, but the day ended with- 

 out any interruption of the work by bad weather. Birds 

 were extremely difficult to find. There were rumors that 

 the grounds were constantly hunted over by bird and rabbit 

 hunters. Dogs which were worked constantly in the open 

 fields failed to find many birds. The dogs which were 

 worked mostly in timber bad better success in finding, but 

 there was little opportunity then to test their speed and 

 range, , 



Wild Damon and Lad of Rush were started at 8:24. 



Lad pointed a bevy in open sedge, and was steady to shot. 

 Lad next, going down wind, flushed a bevy. Next he 

 pointed a single bird in woods, and Damon flushed one. Up 

 at 9:16. Both ranged well, though both were working in 

 poorer form than that of yesterday. They, however, were 

 industrious. 



The judges then announced the winners: Lad of Rush, 

 first; Wild Damon, second; Sandford Druid, third. Two 

 hundred and fifty dollars to^first, $17.'^ to second and $12.5 to 

 third. 



Final Heat. 



This was to determine the absolute winner of the Derby, 

 the two first prize winner's competing for it, the winner to 

 get ?100 additional to the S400 already won. The total Value 

 of the Setter and Pointer Derby was $1,700. 



Maiden Mine and Jingo began at 9;?8 in a corn field, and 

 no one would have suspected for a moment on^ the work 

 done that the winners were running. Maiden seemed disin- 

 clined to work from the start. She was frivolous and out of 

 form, false pointing repeatedly and making game where 

 there was none. In the open field, she pointed a bevy. 

 Jingo, at the same time about 40 yards across wind was 

 making game. -Jingo came in ahead and pointed the same 

 bevy. Both steady to wing. On the scattered birds, Jin^o 

 flushed one, then pointed the scattered birds. Maiden made 

 two good points on a. single, and Jingo also ijointed twice 

 well." Then Maiden made a number "of false points, a few 

 more than Jingo, the latter, however, being well up in this 

 respect in this heat. Both in the latter part of the heat 

 loafed and trifled away their time, although Jineo was 

 going far the better. Maiden followed him about or loafed 

 impartially, and she was constantly trifling with false scents, 

 or pointing at nothing. As the matter stood, Jingo was the 

 better ; for the same fault of pointing inaccurately, though 

 in a modified form, wa- present in all Maiden Mine's work 

 in the stake. Better yet, the judges should have withheld 

 any decision, thus practically withholding the piMze. The 

 heat ended at 10:48, the dogs showing a con.stant inclination 

 to do worse. 



The Ail-Ag-e Setter Stake. 



There were fifteen starters, drawn in the following order: 

 Whyte Bedford's orange and white bitch Zulu M (Toledo 

 Blade— Rhet), A. P. Gilliam, handler, 



'With 



Avent and Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan bitch 

 Bettye S. (Roderigo- Bo Peep), J. M, Avent, handler. 



.rUDOE W. S. BBLtiB. 



Centra! Field Trials. 



A. Dill's black, white and tan dog Count Gladstone (Count 

 Noble), .John White, handler. 



witli, 



Blue Ridge Kennel's black and white dog Bob Cooper 

 (Roi d'Or— Miss Nellie G), D. E. Rose, handler. 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, lemon and white dog Count Anteo 

 (Count Noble— Gladstone's Girl), C. Tucker, handler, 

 witlh 



Avent and Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan bitch 

 Novelist (Woodhill Bene— Llewellin Novelty), J. M. Avent, 

 handler, 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, black, white and tan bitch Lora 

 (Gladstone's Boy— Ruby D.), C. Tucker, handler, 



with 



Ad. J. Klofanda's black, white and tan dog Dan Noble 

 (Gladstone's Boy— Flora M.), Geo. E. Gray, handler. 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, liver and white bitch Antevolo 

 (Count Noble— Trickett II.), C. Tucker, handler, 



witti 



Greenfield Hill Kennels' black, white and tan dog Harry 

 C. (Roderigo— Countess House), S. C, Bradley, hardier. 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, lemon and white bitch Miss Rubv 

 (Gladstone's Boy— Ruby R.) C, Tucker, handler, 

 with 



Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan bitch Gossip 

 (Roderigo— Belle of Piedmont), D, E. Rose, handler, 



B. W. Durkee's lemon and white dog Nahmke Philip 

 (Ray Monarch — Saddlebags), T. Aldrich, handler, 



■with 



T. G. Davey's black, white and tan dog Brighton Tobe 

 (Locksley— Leddesdale VI.), T. Hallam, handler. 



E. W, Durkee's cream and white bitch Nahmke Cheetah 

 (Count Howard— Calico), T, Aldrich, handler. 



Lora, winner of first, is now so well known to the field- 

 trial public that any lengthy mention is unnecessary. She 

 sustained her reputation as a reliable bitch, sound in all the 

 particulars of good field work. 



Bettye S. ran excellently well and proved a good second. 

 She ranged well and her point work was superior. 



Miss Ruby made a good competition in work on bevies 

 and single birds, her judgment and skill in that respect 

 being excellent, but she is deficientiin width of range, though 

 she is industrious. In respect to range and speed .she was 

 excelled by several in the stake. 



First Series. 



The work done in this series was inferior in quality and 

 scant in quantity. The grounds were most difficult to work 

 owing to the large areas sown in wheat and the roughness 

 and irregularity of the available grounds. 



Zulu M. and Bettye S.— Began at 10:59 and ran 46m. 

 Zulu false pointed in woods. Bettye pointed a bevy in open 

 sedge. Zulu came in shortly afterward and pointed the 

 same bevy. Both were steady to sbot. Each poixited a single 



in woods. Bettye finished the work on birds by pointing a 

 single. She was much the wider and better ranger, Zulu 

 was a fairly good ranger. Both were industrious. 

 Lunch was next in order. 



Count (Gladstone and Bob Cooper— Began at 1:14 and 

 ran till 3:31, Count started out immediately and was lost 

 for some minutes. He gave little heed to the game. He was 

 fast and took wide casts but had no range in the sense of 

 beating out his ground in the interest of the gun. Count, 

 after being captured, false pointed, Bob backed, Bob made 

 an indifferent point on a bevy in a plum thicket. He was 

 steady to shot. Count was not near to back. Count, about 

 a quarter of a mile away, pointed two birds, and as his 

 handler walked up he sprang in and flushed. In sedge on 

 scattered birds Count pointed a single. He next flushed ex- 

 cusably in heavy .sedge and next flushed a single. The work 

 was poor. Count was most difficult to manage at any time, 

 and some of the time he was unmanageable. Bob beat out 

 his ground better but was lacking in dash, range and skill 

 on birds. 



Count Anteo and NovELtST— Started at 3:30. Down 4rro. 

 Both ranged well at good speed. In a run heavily grownup 

 to thick cover, Count was working when a bevy flushed in 

 close proximity to him. On the scattered birds each made a. 

 good point on a single. Count flushed some scattered birds. 

 He was a bit unsteady to shot. He false pointed in open 

 sedge. Novelist went into woods and flushpd a bevy. Count, 

 close up, stopned to wing. Count was diflicult to control. 



Lora and Dan Noble— Were started at 3:31 and ran till 

 3:.50. Lora was far the better ranger and had the better 

 judgment. Lora pointed a bevy in the open near the edge of 

 pine woods. She was steady to shot, Dan made two good 

 points on single birds, and flushed some scattered birds 

 which he should have pointed. He was steady to shot. He 

 showed overcaution among scattered birds, and a disposition 

 to false point. He was a close ranger. 



Antevolo and Harrt C— Were started at 3;.52. Both 

 ranged well and at good speed. Harry pointed a bevy In 

 sedge. He was steady to wing. Antevolo was not near. On 

 the scattered birds, each made a good point. Each made a 

 point in heavy grass, nothing found. They made.'game as if 

 birds were about. Sent into a large field, both took a long 

 cast and were found at the other end of the stubble pointing 

 a bevy nicely. On the scattered birds, Harry flushed one, 

 Down 29m. Antevolo remained out of sight too much. 



Miss Ruby and Gossip— Were cast off at 4:2B and ran till 

 4:48 Gossip had not gone more than 60yds. when she pointed 

 a rabbit. Ruby backed. Ruby pointed a bevy in pines. 

 Each pointed single birds. Gossip flushed twice. Ruby 

 flushed a single and pointed on the foot scent. Ruby 

 pointed; nothing found. Gossip pointed at the same moment 

 the bird flushed. Each pointed single birds. Gossip caught 

 scent of a bird and flushed willfully. Miss Ruby was the 

 better worker, 



SATURDAY. 



A cloudy morning soon brightened as the suu rose higher 

 and dissipated the mists. The temperature was mild. Birds 

 were found in abundance at times. The work on the whole 

 was .so.od, 



Nahmke Philip and Brighton Tobe were started Fat 

 8:45. They were middling good rangers, Tobe was nor 

 .stanch on point, he showing a disposition to flush wilfully 

 when he could safely do so. He first made a point, nothing 

 found. Philip roaded slowly to a point on a bevy in sedge, 

 and he was steady to shot, Tobe roaded a single bird to a 

 flush. Philip roaded and pointed, finally getting too close 

 on the bevy which flushed. Tobe pointed a single at the 

 edge of woods. Philij) took a cast about 200yds. away in thfi- 

 open and pointed a single bird stanchly and well. Tobie 

 drew in and wilfully flushed a single. The speed of both 

 was moderately fast, but they were industrious. Both 

 pointed in a dispirited manner. Up at 9:37. 



Nahmke Cheetah had the bye. She ran from 9:39 to 

 10:20. No birds found. She was slow in her speed when 

 ranging, although she made a phantom burst of speed in a 

 chase after a rabbit, catching up with it and bounding over 

 it at full speed within a few yards. 



Second Series. 



Seven dogs were left In, The dogs selected were the 

 best, 



Bettye S, and Antevolo were started at 10:44. Bettye 

 was lost. When found, she was on a point. Nothing found. 

 In pines, Bettye pointed a bevy and it flushed wild, Bettye 

 next pointed a bevy in sedge and was steady to shot. Fol- 

 lowed the scattered birds. Antevolo pointed footscent. 

 Bettye pointed, moved on and flushed a single in dense 

 heavy grass. Bettye next flushed a bird. Bettye ranged 

 well and showed good finding and pointing qualities. An- 

 tevolo was hard to manage and lost to sight too much. 



Lora and Zulu M. began at 12:46, after lunch. Lora 

 pointed in sedge on a side hill, then roaded about 20yds. 

 down wind to a point on a bevj'. Good work. She next 

 pointed a single bird well on dry leaves. Zulu pointed a 

 sinffle and Lora backed. Lora was the superior in every re- 

 spect, although Zulu showed good qualities. 



Bob Cooper and Harry C— Began at 1:23. Both dogs 

 were found on a point in pines after one of the handlers had 

 accidentally fiu.shed the bevy close by them. Harry did a 

 very poor piece of work on a bevy, pointing and circling it 

 twice, making a flush. He next roaded across wind to a 

 flush on a bevy. He appeared to be out of his habitual good 

 performance. Bob flushed a single. There were many scat- 

 tered birds nicely distributed for good work, yet the dogs 

 passed close by and failed to notice any of the birds, thus 

 losing good opportunities. Bob appeared careless and un- 

 concerned as to whether he pointed or flushed. 



Miss Ruby ran alone from 2:20 to 2:.54. She pointed two 

 bevies, one of which she roaded nicely. Her pace was a bit 

 slow and she ranged narrow at times. 



Lora and Bettye S.— Commenced their heat at 3:21, A 

 bevy flushed near Bettye in a thicket in a hollow. Each 

 pointed a bevy in woods. Steady to shot. Lora pointed 

 there, birds had flushed. Bettye pointed, a single bird, prob- 

 ably. Steady to shot, Lora pointed a bevy in weeds. Bettye, 

 aOyds. away, backed nicely. She next flushed in brush in 

 hollow. Lora came in and pointed foot scent. There was 

 so much rushing that the birds were all flushed, ard it was 

 diflScult to determine whether it was the fault of dogs or 

 handlers. Bettye flushed. Lora pointed a bevy. Up at 4.02. 



The judges held quite a lengthy consultation. 



Bob Cooper and Antevolo began at 4:22, Bob pointed 

 a rabbit. Antevolo pointed a rabbit, and Bob backed pret- 

 tily. Antevolo flushed a bevy, which ended his career in 

 the .stake. He was diflicult to keep track of, being heady 

 and disobedient. Both were .going well. 



Bob Cooper and Miss Ruby began at 4:50. Bob in woods 

 pointed a bevy. Ruby at the same time in the open pointed 

 a bevy. On the scattered birds Bob pointed. Ruby backed. 

 Ruby pointed in woods, and a bird overhead flew out of a 

 small sapling. Bob pointed a bird at the edge of woods. 

 Ruby soon afterwards pointed a bevy, and the heat ended. 

 Time, 5:02, Bob was headstrong and hard to handle. He 

 ran, however, better than in the first series. 



The judges soon announced Lora, first; Bettye S, second, 

 and Miss Ruby, third. 



The prizes were the same as in the corresponding pointer 

 stake. 



AhsoUite Winner. 



Lora— Lad of Rush began at 9:09, on Monday, to deter- 

 mine the absolute winner of the All-Age Stake, Both 

 pointed in sedge in pines. Nothing found. Lora pointed a 

 bevy in open sedge, and was steady to shot. Lad was out on 

 a ca«t at the time. Each made a point on single birds. Lad 



