Sept. 16, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Dick Boxdhu A>f d Cleopatra began at 5:09. Birds were 

 found plentifully throughout the heat. Cleo. made three 

 flushes in quick succession, two of which were excusable. 

 Dick stopped just in time to save a flush on a single. Chloe 

 roaded nicely to a point on two birds. Dick pointed a bird 

 well and Cleo. backed. Dick flushed. His next work was 

 really superior. He pointed, moved on to locate, hut lost 

 scent. His handler urged him on. Dick plainly showed 

 that he was satisfied that there were chickens about. He 

 took a circuit in a masterly manner till he found the trail, 

 roaded along the edge of wheat stubble and pointed the 

 birds. Cleo. failed to catch the scent but backed well. Sent 

 on, Dick started a rabbit which he coursed joyously in the 

 sultriness for about a mile, then galloped back pretty well 

 blovra but still ready to go. Up at 6:02. Dick beat out his 

 ground excellently well and maintained a uniformly good 

 .speed. Cleo. also was sharp and quick both in seeking and 

 in work on birds. 



Atalaxta and Tobe were cast off at 6:06. Tobe roaded 

 nicely to a good point on a bird which flushed wUd. Ata- 

 lanta next pointed, but failed to locate, abandoned the scent 

 and moved on. Tobe took up the reading, went accurately 

 to the birds and pointed them. Next he flushed a bird, partly 

 excusably; he next roaded nicely to a point on a single. Ata- 

 lanta took no advantage of her opportunities, although she 

 ranged diligently and well. Tobe showed great accuracy in 

 reading running birds. Upat 6:27. 



Manitoba Patti and Winnipeg were started at 6:30. 

 Patti, in attempting to locate a single on stubble, flushed it. 

 She made another flush, and Winnipeg flushed a bird and 

 chased it vigorously through a weed field. Winnipeg kept 

 up his speed well to the end of the heat, while Patti short- 

 ened her range and speed. Up at 6:.53. 



Pet and Duff ran together 13m., in which time they 

 flushed repeatedly. At 7:10 they were ordered up. Pet 

 showed inferior work. 



Winnipeg and Duff were run next. As the former was 

 reading on a bird it flushed wild. Next Duff roaded to a 

 point on birds and Winnipeg backed, then broke back. Duff 

 next point ed some birds, then sprung in and flushed and was 

 unsteady. Winnipeg backed. The latter had a great deal of 

 ability, but was not well in hand, his handler having had 

 him in chai-ge but a few days. Both missed more opportuni- 

 ties, and the heat ended. Up at 7:31. 



Brighton Tobe and Chloe.— They were started at7:23and 

 ran 17 minutes. Chloe on the stubble pointed some birds 

 which flushed wild. It wfisdarlc wlien th,e d,o£s W6r6 ordered, 

 up. 



The judges announced the winners as follows: First, Dick. 

 Bondhu; second, Brighton Tobe; third, Cleopatra. 



The dogs were quite accurately placed. The decisions were 

 received with approval. 



The Championship Cup. 

 THURSDAY. 



This stake was eligible to winners which had won first. 

 There were five starters. 



The prize was a large silver cup of artistic design and 

 finish. The grouse, pointing dog and guns on it were 

 appropriately emblematic of the occasion. 



Following is the list of starters: 



Armstrong & Eddy's setter dog Toledo Bee, winner of 

 International Meld Trial Club's Derby, T. Hallam, handler, 



against 



Thomas Johnson's setter bitch Pitti Sing, winner of 

 International Field Trial Club's All-Age Stake, owner 

 handler. ' 



Thomas Johnson's pointer dog Manitoba Shot, winner of 

 Northwestern Field Trial Club's All- Age Stake, owner 

 handler, against 



A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale's pointer bitch Musa, vdnner of 

 English Kennel Club's All- Age Stake, S. Hallam, handler. 



John Wootton's setter dog Dick Bondhu II.,wirmerof 

 Manitoba Field Trial Club's Derby, owner, handler, a bye. 



The morning was cool and damp, though the weather was 

 clear. There was a heavy dew when the dogs were cast off. 

 The scent appeared to be bad, the first hour or more being 

 full of errors in the dogs' work on biixls. As the dew evap- 

 otated the work improved. There was almost a dead calm. 



The Running:. 



Toledo Bee and Pitti Sing began at 7:35, the start being 

 made west from town. Pitti made a fine display of wide 

 ranging and good speed. Neither did any commendable 

 work on birds, both losing many opportunities to point, 

 flushing instead. Both were industrious workers. They 

 had flusiied so uniformly and often that they destroyed all 

 chances of again being called up. Down 26m. Considering 

 her nine years Pitti Sing showed remarkable dash and en- 

 durance. 



Manitoba Shot and Musa started at 8:06. Shot soon 

 demonstrated his .superiority over his competitor in range, 

 .vjieed and work on buds. He sought more intelligently and 

 beat out his ground with excellent judgment. Shot flushed 

 • three times. He roaded carefully and pointed. Musa roaded 

 on the bird Shot was pointing and flushed it. Sent on, Shot 

 took a long cast and pointed staunchly till his handler came 

 up. Musa cut in ahead and roaded. Shot drew on and the 

 bird flushed to one side not far from Musa. Up at 8:20. 



DiuK Bondhu ran alone 10m. He pointed, then roaded 

 down wind accurately on the birds. He got close to them 

 audflushed, but it was a very pretty and good piece of reading 

 down wind. Sent on. He soon roaded and accurately nointed 

 a bird. Up at 8:46. 



Manitoba Shot and Dick Bondhu II. ^vere selected for 

 the final heat, which began at 8:51. Dick across wind flushed 

 a bird. Shot flushed one down wind. Sent on. Going down 

 wind, Shot flushed a single, then both pointed the bevy down 

 wind. It was a good piece of work. Cast off in another 

 direction, Dick swung back to where the birds had lighted 

 close by, he apparently having marked them. He flushed a 

 bird. xNext he took a long cast and flushed. Shot at the 

 same time flushed a single. Shot roaded nicely to a point on 

 a single bird. Dick va.a on to a bird and flushed it. Shot 

 held his nose high and drew rapidly about 75yds. straight to 

 a bevy on the edge of stubble and pointed it. Dick, coming 

 in, joined in the point. Both were steady. Sent on, Shot 

 flushed some remaining birds. Dick pointed a bird on the 

 stubble. Shot stopped to a flush or pointed as the bird 

 flushed wild, no one could say which. Dick took a long cast 

 and in grass flushed or pointed. He next drew nicely to a 

 point on a single, and was steady to shot. Up at 9:45. 



Both dogs showed good traiuing, being perfectly steady to 

 shot and wing. They handled easily, and in fast work quite 

 correctly without orders or prompting. They were atten- 

 tively seeking for birds, and beat out their ground with 

 excellent judgment. The number of flushes is no criterion 

 of the excellence of these two dogs' abilities. There appeared 

 to be some atmospheric conditions which were unfavorable 

 for good scores, The flushes were not due to carelessness or 

 bad judgment. The heat was well and closely contested. 

 Dick fell off some in range in the latter part of the heat. 



Manitoba Shot won the prize. 



A Mistake. 



Chatham, Ont., Sept. 9.— Editor Forest and Stream: My 

 bitch Cleopatra (Mingo II.— Cambriana), winner of third in 

 Northwestern Field Trials' AU-Aged Stake, is by mistake 

 entered as Chloe or Cloe, her keimel name, and is given as by 

 Toledo Blade out of Cainbriana, a mistake which please rec- 

 tify in your report. Wm. B, Wblls. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Correspondeni.] 



The Quality of Courage. 



My attention was recently called to an editorial under the 

 above caption, in a contemporary, and it contained so much 

 fallacy that I feel impelled to touch en some of its main fea- 

 tures. 



The "quality of courage" is a strange subject to select for 

 analysis, since it is a vdse man indeed who can positively de- 

 fine and differentiate it. In its metaphysical phases, it may 

 be interesting as a matter of speculative philosophy, but 

 when forced bodily, regardless of its relevancy, to fit some 

 far-fetched theoretical practical application, it becomes in- 

 volved and somewhat silly. 



The writer of the editorial says: "In every form of contest, 

 it appears to be generally held that courage is the one great 

 quality above all others that is a requisite' of success. Critics 

 have long held, and continue to hold, that without a high 

 degree of courage a competition is almost certain to come to 

 grief against one or more that have this quality of courage 

 in abundance. Indeed, the measure of its worth is about 

 the only thing the critic regards in his consideration of the 

 value of courage. Gameness, bulldog tenacity and a fear- 

 lessness of pain is taken to .«tand for almost certain victory, 

 other things being nearly equal. It is worth while to imagine 

 how much of truth there is in what the critics have taken so 

 long for granted." 



The foregoing quotation can be taken as mere idle asser- 

 tion. There are no recognized critics in the dog world who 

 hold such views. I do not think there ever were. It affords 

 an opening merely for a pedantic display. 



The writer of the aforementioned editorial then goes on to 

 say that the best informed setter and pointer men do not 

 measure "the promise of a puppy by his courage, although 

 there are stUl to be found men of sound minds who select a 

 puppy from a litter by holding the youngsters up by the 

 tail.^' 



It would have been instructive to know who the men are 

 who test a puppy in such manner. Such trashy nonsense 

 might have been good editorial teaching twenty years ago, 

 but it savors too much of writing against space at this day. 



The writer then goes on to illiistrate his teachings by 

 separating courage into two parts— physical courage and 

 timidity, as shown in the prize ring, and deduces from the 

 performances of some pugilists that a timid man is the best, 

 other things being equal. He then carries these conclusions 

 over to dogs and field trial competitions, and lays down the 

 rule that a timid dog is the best. 



Yet there is not, in any stage of the competition at a field 

 trial, any test of courage as between belligerents. At field 

 trials, it is purely a comparative test of individual perform- 

 ance in working powers, the work of one compared against 

 the work of the other; therefore, physical courage such as is 

 required in battle, is an irrevelant matter. 



However, to inculcate his precepts by individual illustra- 

 tion, he mentions the names of Count Noble, Gladstone, 

 Adam's Drake and Gath, and makes his own inferences of 

 courage. 



Of Gladstone he says: "The effect of all this, added to the 

 running with strange dogs, soured Gladstone and caused 

 him to set up his own opinion against the wishes of his 

 handler. He became headstrong and did all the mean things 

 a high-couraged dog can do." ° 



Can anything be more misleading than that high courage is 

 associated with meanness? That perforce a high-couraged 

 dog can do mean things? ° 



Of Count Noble he says: "Count Noble was just such a 

 dog as Gladstone in respect to disposition. He could and 

 would do in private most magnificent work. In trials he 

 would do a brilliant piece of work and then do work that an 

 unbroken puppy would shame to do. He had courage, and 

 then things did not go to suit him; he get angry, and an 

 angry dog cannot do good work." 



What gross injustice. How little the writer of the fore- 

 going knew of Count Noble! It is more particularly on 

 account of this gross misrepresentation of one of the grand- 

 est dogs which ever made a point, that I notice the article in 

 question at all. Count Noble, when in competition or in pri- 

 vate did not get angry. A better tempered or more affec- 

 tionate dog under all circumstances no one would desire.- It 

 is true that he behaved badly in field trials, but not from 

 anger He possessed rare cunning and intelligence. It was 

 only when running with strange dogs that he showed a dis- 

 position to do mean work, and then he worked badly from 

 ]ealou.sy. He would flush birds with no other purpose than 

 to cut his competitor out of any participation in the work. 

 But as for getting angry and working badly to show resent- 

 ment to his handler, he never did so. It is only of late years 

 that Count Noble has been appreciated, yet even now the 

 high worth of that grand dog is not generally known. He 

 was an indefatigable worker. The hours or days of work 

 never seemed to lessen his ardor. If called to heel, while 

 other dogs worked, he whined and fretted, shifted uneasily 

 from one side of his handler to the other, and was most un- 

 happy till he heard the order to go on. He beat out his 

 ground in a masterly manner, and, although he took great 

 casts, he never "bolted." He was most skillful in pointing 

 bevies under all conditions, whether the birds were running 

 or resting, or were gentle or wild. A favorite method of his, 

 when reading a running bevy down wind, especially if the 

 wind was at all stiff, was to back up wind, swiftly take a 

 circuit below the birds, and point them, at the same time 

 stopping their running. 



I once was out shooting with Mr. E. Odell, then of New 

 Orleans. We were at Grand Junction, Tenn., and had Count 

 Noble. One piece of work of that day is still fresh in my 

 mind, though it happened full ten years ago. Count roaded 

 rapidly along a side hill till he came to a high rail fence, 

 where he feathered and half-pointed. His actions were 

 peculiarly intense, and he .<eemed to feather all over. I saw 

 the old dog was planning something imusual, and I re- 

 marked so to jNIr. Odell, and that I would let Count alone to 

 see what he would do. He trotted back a few steps, then 

 ran down the hill about 80yds. at top speed, crossed the 

 fence, thence up the hill rapidly, and made a staunch point 

 not far from where he had left the fence. The ground was 

 quite bare. We crossed over and flushed to his point one of 

 the largest bevies I ever saw, probably two bevies together. 

 Count had made his estimates, and saw that if he crossed the 

 fence so close to the birds he would flush them. 



Several times he has, when lost on a point in heavy gra.ss, 

 left the birds and, by his actions, conveyed the information 

 that he wished to be followed. He would then lead the way 

 a few yards ahead till he got to the birds when he would re- 

 sume his point. Day after day, and week after week, has he 

 worked, and never was he happier than when working. And 

 the grand dog never got angry. He came the nearest to 

 being able to work three days, from sun to sun, of any dog 

 I ever saw. 



As for Gath being somewhat cowed by training the first 

 season, such has no reference to his brilliant performances. 

 Gath was truly a great dog. But because ne was a bit timid, 

 it does not follow that his greatness came therefrom. It 

 would be quite as irrelevant to argue that it was on account 

 of the color of his eyes, or his diet, or what not. 



Returning now to the "quality of courage," it is an 

 absurdity to define it under such heading. No one knows 

 what the "quality" of it is. Even the physical courage, 

 which the labored editorial in question considers as the 

 only quaUty, is not a fixed quantity in any one Individual. 

 Womenkind are timid by nature, yet they will face death 

 and dangers in any form in defense of their children. The i 

 same is true of the females in the lower classes of a-nimftls. I 



A man may be full of physical courage when strong and 

 active. If disease or old age weakens his strength his 

 courage decreases accordingly. A brave man may be 

 cowardly betimes. Even armies have panic fears, as the 

 historys of wars attest. In short, we can only treat of the 

 "quality" of courage in a most indeterminate manner, same 

 as any other phenomena of the organism which is partly 

 mental and physical. But that the courage or timidity of 

 the competitors in a field trial is that shown by the pugilist 

 in battle I think no sportsman will admit. 



Asa metaphysician, the writer of the editorial in question 

 cuts with a very dull blade. Erroneous data and inconse- 

 quential conclusions are not the best material for him who 

 poses as a teacher. B. Waters. 



909 SECURmr Buiujing, Chicago. 



Southern Field Trials Derby Entries. 



Marietta, Ga., Sept. i— Editor Forest and Stream: In- 

 closed herewith I hand you a list of the entries for the fifth 

 annual Derby of the Southern Field Trial Club, which closed 

 Aug. 1 with 69 nominations,^63 of which are English setters 

 and 6 are pointers. T. M. Bkumbt, Secretary. 



ENGLISH SETTERS. 



Blue Ridge Mark— Blue Ridge Kennels' dog (pedigree not 

 given). 



Antoa— Blue Ridge Kennels' bitch (pedigree not given). 



Unnamed— Blue Ridge Kennels' dog (pedigree net given). 



Anton— C. P. Stoke's dog (pedigree not given). 



Allene— C. P. Stoke's bitch (pedigree not given). 



Pauline— -M. F. Rogers's black, white and tan bitch (Breeze 

 Gladstone— Katie Noble). 



Unnamed— Will Wilson's black, white and tan dog (Glad- 

 stone Boy— Specklegown). 



Natches— Will Wilson's black, white and tan dog (Glad- 

 stone Bey— Specklegown). 



Alfred Jingles— F. I. Stone's black, white and tan dog 

 (Lad B.— Rowey B.). 



Count Roderick— Chas. C. Mills's black, white and tan 

 dog (Toledo Blade— Grace M.). 



Gleam's Pride— W. W. Newsome's bitch (Gleam— Pride's 

 Bell). 



Nettie Gladstone— Manchester Kennels' bitch (Dan Glad- 

 stone—Queen Novice). 



Callie White— Manchester Kennels' bitch (Gath's Mark- 

 Georgia Bell). 



Gleam's Sam— H. J. Smith's dog (Gleam— Schamp S.). 



Mary Early— Patrick Henry's bitch (Gath's Hope— Glad- 

 stone's Girl). 



Ruth Oberly— Patrick Henry's bitch (Gath's Hope— Glad- 

 stone's Girl). 



Boundless— Patrick Henry's bitch (Gath's Hope— Glad- 

 stone's Girl). 



Ightfield Rosalie— p. Lorillard, Jr.'s bitch (Fred- 

 Rosa). 



Antoinette— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s bitch (Antonio— Daisy 

 Hunter). 



^Beryle— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s bitch (Gladstone Boy— Ruby 



Lady Araminta— P. Lorillard, Jr's bitch (Eugene T — 

 Dell Rivers). 



Leon A — P. Lorillard, .Jr.'s bitch (Eugene T.— Bess of 

 Hatchie). 



Almanta— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s bitch (Gloster— Maspa). 

 VelmA— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s bitch (Gloster— Maspa). 

 Dame Durden— H. S. Bevan's bitch (Eugene T.— Dell 

 Rivers). 



Florence Dombey— H. S. Bevan's bitch (Lad B.— Rowey 

 B. 



Little Dorritt— H. S. Bevan's bitch (Whyte B.— Andro- 

 meda). 



Chow Chow— N. T. Harris's dog (Wun Lung— Sunshine). 



N. T. Harris's (Wun Lung— Sunshine). 



Lookout— Bryson & Bedford's dog (Tremont— Sue II ) 

 Miss B.— Bryson & Bedford's bitch (Tremont— Sue 11.) 

 Monitor— J. W. Shreiver's dog (Gath's Hope— Cleo S.). 

 Bowdre — Avent & Thayer Kennels' dog (Roderigo— 

 Novelist). 



Cigarette— Avent & Thayer Kennels' bitch (Roderigo— 

 Norah II.). 



Hester Prynn— Avent & Thayer Kennels' bitch (Roderigo 

 —Norah II.). 



TOPSY'S Rod— Avent & Theyer Kennels' dog (Roderigo— 

 Topsey Avent). 



Tholid— Avent & Thayer Kennels' dog (Jean Val Jean^ 

 Lucy Avent). 



Countess Pevoss— James H. Trezevant's bitch (Ace— 

 Pareppo Rosa). 



GLiiAM S Pride IL— J. Charles Wood's bitch (Gleam- 

 Pride Bell). 



Rod's Mark— Greensboro I'ield Trial Kennels' dog (Rod- 

 erigo— Mark's Maid). 



Miss Hattie— Greensboro Field Trial Kexmels' bitch 

 (Gath's Hope— Queen Noble). 



Hope's Pride— W. A. Henesley's bitch (Gath's Hope- 

 Lulu Hill). ^ 



Lottie H.— W. A. Henesley's bitch (Gath's Hope— Lulu , 

 Hill). 



May— A. L, Finney's bitch (Gath's Hope— Gladstone Girl). 

 Solitaire— F. R. Hitchcock's dog (Rei D'Or— Tory Dia- 

 mond). 



Amethyst— F. R. Hitchcock's bitch (Count Gladstone- 

 Tory Diamond), 

 Topaz— F. R. Hitchcock's bitch (Count Gladstone— Tory 



Diamond;. 



Sandstone— F. R. Hitchcock's dog (Count Gladstone— 

 Toi-y Diamond). 



Jess— F. R. Hitchcock's bitch (Count Gladstone — Tory 

 Mollin). 



Rod— F. R. Hitchcock's dog (Roi D'Or- Tory Petal) 



FuiilTlTY- Herbert Merriam's bitch (Gath's Mark— Eve) 



Fanny Rice— Jackson & Denmark Kennels' bitch (Glad- 

 stone's Boy — Manitoba Peggy). 



Earl Palmer— Jackson & Denmark Kennels' dog (Frank 

 Whitley — Dulcina). 



Frank Nagel— Jackson & Denmark Kennels' dog (Tre- 

 mont — Sue II.). 



Boy— W. D. Taylor's dog (Gladstone's Boy— Echo). 



Major Thomas— (W. E. Smith's dog (Gladstone's Boy- 

 Bell Fester). ^ 



Daisy Croft— Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' bitch 

 ( Ante nia— Daisy Hunter). 



Rod's Deuce— West End Kennels' dog (Rod's Ace— Rosa 

 Noble), 



Rod's Deuce— West End Kennels' dog (Red's Ace— Rosa 

 Noble). 



Markell— Charles T. Field's dog (Antonio— Field's Co- 

 sette). 



Misty Morning— Charles T. Field's bitch (Antonio Field's 

 Cosette). 



OPAL--George E. Gray's bitch (Count Gladstone— Dia- 

 mond). 



pointers. 



Wrecker— Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' dog )Rio 

 Rap— Croxie Wise). 



Ripple- Charlottsville Field Trial Kennels' bitch (Rip 

 Rap— Croxie Wise). 



Lad's Rush- T. H. Gibb's dog (Rush of Lad— Devonshire 

 Belle of the Ball). 



ALICE Leslie— E. M. Beale's bitch (King of Kent— Bell 

 Randolph). 



King of Lynn— Robert Leslie's dog (Tempest— Nad jy of 

 Nasso). 



Black Beauty— a. T. Latta's bitch (Rex 11.— Fanny) 



