Nov. 18, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



487 



Frank Sidle's whifce and black } j^. ( Jag. Ramsey's white and black 

 bitch Witch Hazel }• oeoi -j Bob. 



C. C. Stevens's white and black 

 bitch Snowball. 



Jas. Ramsey's red bitch Me- i 

 teor ; 



Liehtfoot beat Juliette. 

 Skip beat Yip. 



Golddust. a bye, Jerry drawn. 



Lightfoot beat Skip. 

 Golddust beat Sailor Maud. 



beat 



n. 



Sailor Maud beat Fanny. 

 Witch Hazel beat Meteor. 



HL 



Witch Hazel, a bye. 



Final Course. 



John Weakly's red doe Golddust (Jack— Minnie), beat Frank Sidle's 

 white and black bitch "Witch Hazel (Bob— Unknown), and won, 



• • • • 



NORTHWESTERN BEAGLE TRIALS. 



The inaugural trials of the Northwestern Beagle Club of 

 America were successful and important enough, in entries 

 and interest, to encourage the club to farther effort. It was 

 a remarkably good trial for a first event. Next year the 

 club intends to hold a much larger and more important one. 

 They will furthermore endeavor to make friendly arrange- 

 ments with the National Beagle Club to arrange dates so 

 that parties who desire can enter their dogs for competition 

 in both events. This matter is an important one and worthy 

 of the serious consideration of both clubs. An amicable 

 arrangement for mutual benefit in respect to dates would of 

 itself be great encouragement for the formation of other 

 clubs, which clubs would also arrange events to take part 

 in the circuit. 



The trials began on Wednesday, Nov. 1, five or six miles 

 from Whitewater, Wis., a tovm of about 5,0fX) inhabitants, 

 on the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. That town 

 was the headquarters of the field trial party. A most rest- 

 ful, peaceful town it seemed to be, quiet a.s a country village, 

 the only visible sign of life being a straggling ped&strian 

 now and then or a rustic team plodding leisurely along. A 

 'bus and large three-seated carriage furnished transporta- 

 tion for the entire party. 



The tiny hounds merely occupied room in the wagons as 

 chinking. Taken as a whole, they were good in looks, most 

 of them showing good quality and breeding. 



In the party were Mr. G. A. Buckstaff, the president, who 

 hailed from Oshkosh, Wis., a sportsman in every sense, who 

 took victory or defeat alike with no change in his amiability; 

 Mr. Louis Steffen of Milwaukee, the secretary, who, with 

 Mr. Buckstaff, has worked diligently to make the trials a 

 success, and to the efforts of these two gentlemen the suc- 

 cess is chiefly due; there were also Messrs. Fred. F. Merrill, 

 Charles C. Sidler, C. Niss, Jr., Rudolph Engelman, A. Hirt- 

 reiter, E. Remmele, .John Mennier and L. J. Petit of Mil- 

 waukee; H. A. Dillingham and Theo. Zschetz.sche, Jr., She- 

 boygan, Mich., and Bdw. Bender and F. W. Beorler, Ocono- 

 mowoc. Wis. There were a few local gentlemen who were 

 present from curiosity. The club members and those who 

 participated directly in the trials wore the club's colors, 

 black, white and tan. Mr. John Davidson judged, and a 

 most laborious task it was. The running was all done in a 

 hilly country, the cover varying much in character. Part of 

 it was open woods, free from undergrowth, part was two or 

 three-year-old oak suckers which grew about stumps on land 

 which had been cleared of wood, and part of it was woods 

 with a thick growth of underbrush. Great activity was 

 necessary at all times, but in some heats where the rabbits 

 would lead the hounds a good run in a wide circle, the whole 

 party would scurry away, up and down hill, through bush 

 and bramble, to some better point of vantage, and betimes 

 glimpses of the judge could be caught as he flitted through 

 the openings with a knee action like Directum's. He worked 

 conscientiously and industriously. His decisions, too, were 

 good and sound. As a whole they were well received, and in 

 the few instances where they were not well received they 

 were, nevertheless, right. To openly and persistently ques- 

 tion the judge's decision, even after the judge was kind 

 enough to minutely explain his reasons for it, was in shock- 

 ing bad taste, aside from the fact that it was wholly wrong. 

 Yet one of the competitors, who is also a club member, was 

 guilty of that act I learned that he told Mr. Davidson later 

 that he was sorry for it, and that, of course^ pardons a great 

 deal. The proper way to receive a decision is to be quiet and 

 respectful. The day of the blatant kicker is past. There is 

 no encouragement for him other than to stay away. As this 

 was a first trial and a partial amende was made for the of- 

 fense, his name is withheld. 



But one thing the club ought to do next year without fail. 

 The guide, Mr. Junius Finch, who also was a handler in 

 some of the heats, felt that it was incumbent on himself to 

 loudly, ceaselessly comment on the work and interpret every 

 detail to the judge. He was most offensively impertinent, 

 did not even have the merit of being correct in his interpre- 

 tations, but was consistently a foul-mouthed vulgarian at 

 all times. 



At a recent meeting the following list of officers was 

 elected: President, G. A. Buckstaff; Vice-Presidents, Chas. 

 Niss, Jr., andH. A. Dillingham; Sec'y-Treas^ Louis Steffen. 

 Kxecutive Committee, E. B. Elliott, E. H. Remmele, Fred 

 F. Merrill. All officers of the club are members of the field 

 trial committee, of which Mr. Dillingham is chairman. 



The work of the dogs was qtiite good as a whole, some of 

 it excellent. Nearly all were true workers and there was 

 very little babbling. The grounds were not considered as 

 being first-rate, both on account of a large part being too 

 heavy in cover and the whole too limited in area. 



The Derby. 



There were four entries in this stake, which was for dogs 

 and bitches, 15in. or under, whelped after Jan. 1, 1892, §2 to 

 nominate, S3 to start; 40, 30 and 10%, first, second and third. 



Following is the order of drawing: 



Dillingham & Remmele's black and tan bitch Mayfly 

 (Beebe's Doc— Beebe's Peg), handled by J. Finch in the first 

 heat, by Mr. H. A. Dillingham in the second one, 



against 



Ijouis Steffen's black, white and tan dog Tony W. (cham- 

 pion Tony Weller— Topsy), owner, handler. 



G. A. Buckstaif 's black, white and tan dog Hwaco (cham- 

 pion Royal Krueger— champion Elf), owner, handler, 



agai7ist 



E. Bender's black, white and tan dog Little Coony Duke 

 (champion Little Duke — Lottie), F. Bender, handler. 



Mayfly, winner of first, is a slender built black and tan, 

 with but little beagle type or expression, but she is a wonder- 

 fully eager and industrious worker, follows a trail closely 

 when the scent is good. She also has great speed and en- 

 durance. Her voice is pinched and squeaky; she was a 

 diligent hunter, with no inclination to loaf betimes or trust 

 to another dog to do the finding. The slender, tough little 

 freak proved' not only too formidable for anything in the 

 Derby, but in the Champion Stake, under better working 

 conditions, outclassed with ease her competitors. 



Hwaco, a gamy, tidily built little dog, was quite a close 

 competitor. He exhibited great merit in hunting, following 

 the trail closely and was fairly good in working out a loss. 

 His voice is quite good. Little Coony Duke and Tony W. 

 ran a very even competition, and exhibited good working 

 abilities. 



WEDNESDAY. 



Rather a late start was made. It was a little late when 

 the beaglers were ready to beagle; then it took the livery 

 man a long time to get his team ready, and then there was 

 more timejost.in hunting up a saddle horse for the judge. 



Finally, a kindly faced yellow ec[uine was secured, a''con- 

 servative beast which was happiest when standing still- 

 then its face was placid, and its eyelids half closed, bulged 

 out with dreamy contentment. "On account of the wire 

 fences the horse could be u.=?ed but little, and on the second 

 day the judge followed the beagles afoot. 



The weather was delightfully pleasant, but too dry for 

 good work. The hounds followed the trail with extreme 

 difficulty and losses occurred frequently; in fact, a few yards' 

 run and a loss was the character of the running till the 

 evening hours, when the atmosphere and ground were 

 damper. A warm, dry, southeast wind prevailed. The 

 grass was so dry that it soon put a polish on the_ soles of 

 one's shoes, which made difficult walking on the hillsides, and 

 in the woods the dry leaves rattled noisily under foot. The 

 work, as can be imagined, was patchy and unsatisfactory 

 under the circumstances 



First Series. 



Tost W.— Mayfly began the competition at 8:46. Mayfly 

 showed a decided superiority, Tony depen ding largely on May- 

 fly to do the leading and work, although he followed her 

 closely. Up at 9:29. 



IWACd— Little Coony Duke began at 9:3.5. Duke was 

 a bit too fat for active work. Duke was first to open on 

 a track, but soon lost. Ilwaco was the sharper and better 

 hunter, and was quicker and closer in trailing. The heat 

 ended at 10:30. 



Some heats were next run in the All Age Stake to give the 

 puppies a rest. The time given in the heats will indicate 

 the order of running. 



Tony W.— Little Coony' Duke started at 2:50. On 

 their first rabbit they first performed fairly weU, doing work 

 about alike, and better than that of the forenoon. Both 

 trailed well and worked out a loss with fair skill. Up at 3:40. 



Mayfly— Ilwaco began the deciding heat for first place 

 at 3:47, Ilwaco in the mean time having run a heat in 

 the All- Age .Stake Ilwaco took the lead on the trail of a 

 marked rabbit. Mayfly following it closely. They ran it 

 about 12.5yds. to a hole. On the next rabbit both seemed 

 over eager and excitable. The wind had subsided and the 

 scent was better at this juncture. Mayfly took a cast and 

 appeared to be picking out a trail, but lost it. On the trail 

 of the next rabbit Mayfly was first to open on it, Ilwaco soon 

 joining. Both gave tongue merrily, Ilwaco having incom- 

 parably the better voice. After a few moments Ilwaco lost 

 the trail and took a cast in the open while Mayfly made 

 eager pursuit on the trail in the woods. Up at 4:45. 



The winners were announced as follows: Mayfly first, Il- 

 waco second; Tony W. and Little Coony Duke divided third. 



The All-Age Stake. 



The All-Age Stake had two classes. Class A and Class B, 

 the former for dogs, the latter for bitches, each for competi- 

 tors 15 to ISin. in height. Prizes same as in the Derby. 

 CLASS A, 



fcG. A. Buckstaff's black, white and tan dog Royal Rover 

 (Rover— Singer G.), owner, handler, 

 against 



Chas. Niss, Jr.'s, black, white and tan dog King Lead 

 (Groodwood Driver — Missis of Goodwood), owner, handler. 



Dillingham & Remmele's black, white and tan dog Base 

 (Spelo— Gypsey Belle); first heat. Finch; second heat, Dilling- 

 ham, against 



G. A. Buckstaff's Hwaco. 



The pupiiy Ilwaco, already mentioned in the Derby, won 

 the stake with something to spare. 



Base, winner of second, follows a trail well, is industrious, 

 though not uniformly so. He has but an ordinary voice. 

 Quite speedy on a t/ail, good at casting and finding a lost 

 trail; he showed superior merits. 



Royal Rover was a good third. He has a good voice, sticks 

 well to the trail, but does not perform so quickly as his more 

 successful competitors. 



Royal Rovee— King Lead— Began at 10:30. Rover was 

 first to open on the trail of a rabbit which was started by 

 spectators. King was close to his handler and gave no heed 

 to Rover for some moments, but joined in and went to the 

 rabbit hole which Rover found. On the next rabbit Rover 

 gave tongue, and King a moment later started the rabbit and 

 gave chase. 12:04 and the party went to lunch. 



Base — Ilwaco began an interesting heat at 1:27. Base 

 had a record of second in the National Beagle Club's trials, 

 and he was looked upon as the invincible competitor of the 

 trials. Ilwaco, on the first rabbit, opened joyously and fol- 

 lowed the trail close and well, considering the day. Base 

 heeded him not, and, though he crossed the trail two or 

 three times, he paid no attention to it. Sent on again. On 

 the next rabbit, Base took the trail first, Ilwaco joined, both 

 puzzling along 30 or 40yds; at the top of the hill, Ilwaco 

 .sprang forward and opened first, though it was most stren- 

 uously claimed and maintained by Base's supporters that 

 he opened first. Mr. Davidson saw the matter correctly as 

 above. The writer was a bit to one side and nearer, so he 

 could see and hear the whole performance clearly. Base led 

 away, following the trail closer to a loss. Then Ilwaco took 

 up the trail and carried the rabbit in a long swing, Base not 

 joining in again for several moments. The rabbit finally ran 

 to earth. Up at 3:15. On the second rabbit the honors were 

 vei'y nearly even, while on the first rabbit it was entirely 

 one-sided in II Waco's favor. The description of the heat is 

 drawn out at some length on account of the unpleasant dis- 

 cussion which ensued immediately at its close. 



There was but one entry, Lottie, in Class B., for bitches, 

 same conditions governing as in Class A. 



Also, there was but one entry, Judy, in Class C, for dogs 

 or bitches, all ages, 13in. or under. Same fee to .start as in 

 the other classes. 



Lottie— -Judy were called to run together. The for- 

 mer was owned and handled by F. W. Bender. She is by 

 Drummer out of Lofty. The latter was owned and handled 

 by T. Zschetzsche. She is by Spelo— Nell. They began at 

 2:30. This heat was simply a walkover heat, neither dog 

 having any competition in her class. The little beagle, Judy, 

 showed excellent merit, following with great dash and 

 accuracy. Lottie was getting heavy in whelp and was rather 

 soft in flesh. She had a good voice and showed excellent 

 sense and judgment. Up at 3:45. 



THURSDAY. 



The weather was much cooler and cloudy, with signs of 

 rain. A drizzly rain set in in the forenoon and fell for an 

 hour; making excellent hunting conditions The character 

 of the work on this day was incomparably better. The 

 rabbits too made longer runs. There were some magnificent 

 chases. The running was on the same grounds as that of 

 yesterday. 



Base— Royal Rover were started at 8:10. Rover was 

 first to give tongue on a trail which both dogs carried about 

 200yds. to a hole. Both afterward worked on a cold trail, 

 which Base gave up and Rover followed patiently out into 

 the woods to a find, giving tongue melodiou.sly. Both joined 

 in and ran the r.abbit in a circle an eighth of a mile in diam- 

 eter. Base leading part of the time, and he was quickest to 

 recover a loss. It was a magnificent heat. Up at 8:58. 



King Leap— Lottie ran a bye, starting at. 9:10, ending at 

 9:80, doing barely average work on a lively rabbit. 



Judy — Base ran a working heat merely to put the former 

 on an equality of conditions for the Champion Stake. The 

 heat last 57 minutes, beginning at 9:50. 



The judge annotmced the winners of Class A as follows: 

 First, Hwaco; second, Base; thii-d, Royal Rover. 



Champion^CIass. 



Class E, open to all dogs and bitches which won a first 

 prize at these trials. No entry fee. Prize, gold medal, 

 donated by Mr. G. A. Buckstaff. 



Lottie— Ilwaco were ordered off at 11:10. Lottie showed 

 greater judgment and skill in hitting off the trail, and had 

 rather the best of it in followine and leading. LTp at 12:11. 



Judy— Mayfly began at 12:15. This was a well contested 

 heat, but Mayfly showed more dash and could follow the 

 trail better, though Judy made a most meritorious compe- 

 tition in a long run. Up at 13:35, 



Mayfly— Lottie —The former really excelled herself in 

 this heat, which began at 13:43, and was, according to con- 

 ditions, the last one home. It seemed as if Mayfly had let 

 out all her reserve forces to show just what she could do, 

 and she did astonishingly well, far ahead of ans^thing pre- 

 viously done in the trials. She carried one rabbit at great 

 speed in a wide circle through the brush alone, and it Ayas 

 really a one-sided race. This heat ended the trials, with 

 Mayfly the winner. 



The party then went to lunch, where they were photo- 

 graphed in a group. The champion medal was exhibited. 

 It is designed in skillful style, emblematic of the beagle 

 fancy, and is a trophy to feel proud of. Silk ribbons, donated 

 by Mr. Steffen, with the prizes in gilt letters on them, were 

 distributed to the winners. Next year the club intends to 

 give a prize for voice, a most desirable act, as voice is quite 

 essential to the best performance of a beagle. They may get 

 other grounds, as those used are full of holes, which the rab- 

 bits would take when pressed the least. Several entries were 

 lost through the death of one dog, through another being in 

 season, etc. If signs go for anything in making a forecast, 

 next year will prove a banner one for beagle field trial inter- 

 ests. B. Waters. 

 ■ ■ • • 



Corsicana Coursing' Meeting. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



A new ambition has captured the minds of the sporting 

 public in this section of Texas. On account of their symmetry 

 and beauty, for many years we have kept the greyhound as 

 pets and enjoyed the pleasure of the chase as a pastime, but 

 until now never, in any section of this State, has there been 

 a club organized, with money to back the re.spective favorites. 

 "Miles were scattered" behind the flying jack and the pursu- 

 ing hound in rich prof usion, the dogs and the hare only touch- 

 ing a few prominent points in transit across the broad 

 prairie. 



We have had no rain since June, and the ground was 

 rough and hard, terminating a three-days' race in one. 



The drawing commenced'at 11:30 A. M. on Nov. 5, with 

 eight dogs, drawn as follows: Gibbs's Brillet against Kis- 

 singer's Queen. Queen won. Witherspoon's Frankie K. 

 against Sheet's Fannie. Frankie won. Borden's Clark 

 against King's Looney, Undecided. Kenner's Maud D. 

 against Petty 's Queen. Queen won. 



Second Round. 

 Petty's Queen beat Witherspoon's Frankie K. after a hard 

 contest, and much dissatisfaction at judge's decision. Kis- 

 singer's Queen beat Borden's Clark. 



Third Round. 



. Petty's Queen beat Kissinger's Queen and won first money; 

 Kis-singer's Queen second, and third and fourth divided be- 

 tween Witherspoon's Frankie K. and Borden's Clark. 



There was no jockeying in these races and very little funny 

 business. The natural ambition and pure eagerness of the 

 blooded dog to capture, and the liberty and even life of the 

 hare, all combined to make the races honest and interesting to 

 the carnivorous bipeds. Two rabbits out of eleven escaped. 

 Frankie and Queen, I neglected to state, started first a crip- 

 pled rabbit, Frankie killing, but no decision. 



The consolation race was won by Maud D. There will be 

 another meet, probably about the Christmas holidays, of 

 which you will have due notice. The rabbits were large and 

 well-developed, and acted on the principle that he that runs 

 and gets away may live to run another day. C. L. W. 



Cowly Com'sing Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Cowly County Coursing Associa- 

 tion the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, D. M. Sidle, Winfield, Kan.; Vice-President, C. 

 M. Scott, Arkansas City, Kan.; Secretary, E. Cochran, Win- 

 field, Kan.; Treasurer, Ivan A. Robinson, Winfield, Kan.; 

 Executive Committee, H. E. Steinhilber, E. A. Fisher and J. 

 R. Ballard, of Winfield, Kan. ; Ground Committee, J. R. 

 Cochran, Frank Sidle, Winfield, Kan., and D, O. Miller, 

 O.xford, Kan, 



Action was taken to name a .stake for the ne.x;t meeting, 

 the Derby for dogs under eighteen months, in place of the 

 Members' Stake, and also to have an open stake to be named 

 by the journal bidding the highest for the privilege. Moved 

 that the secretary be admitted as honorary member of the 

 club without dues during his term of office. The judge was 

 to be paid $10 per day and expenses, and slipper $5 a day for 

 .services during this meeting, with special vote of thanks for 

 the vei-y efficient way they performed their duties. Moved 

 and carried that the Cowly County Coursing Association 

 adopt the rules known as the National Greyhound Club 

 rules, with the following modifications, that, wherever the 

 name of the National Greyhound Club appears in said rules, 

 there shall be sub.stituted therefor the name of the National 

 Coursing Board, this board is composed of the following 

 named members: From the American Coursing Club, Dr. 

 N. Rowe and .1. Herbert Watson; Kenmoi-e Coursing Club, 

 Dr. Q. Van Hummell and H. C. Stone; Huron Coursing 

 Club, John Longstaff and E. H. Alpin; Western Kansas 

 Coursing Club, W. O. Alphin and R. Howard; Cowly County 

 Coursing Association, John R. Ballard and Ivan A. Robin- 

 son. 



Adjourned to meet at call of the president. 



• • • ■ 



Altcar Coursing Club. 



Mr. L. F. Bartels writes: "We have .started a new coursing 

 club called the Altcar Coursing Club, We want to make 

 this the banner club of this country. We have a member- 

 ship now of twenty, and all of them are practical coursing 

 men. We are going to give a meeting in the spring — proba- 

 bly the second week in March— at Goodland, Kas. The 

 Goodland boys have guaranteed to hang up §400 and will try 

 to make it more. We will dispense with the puppy stake 

 usually given and will give the Altcar Stake for 32 or more 

 dogs, the Altcar Plate for the dogs defeated in the first 

 round, and if the entries in the stake warrant it will give 

 the Altcar Purse for the dogs defeated in the second round 

 of the stake. The Goodland boys assure us that March is 

 usually very mild and nice with them up to the 21st or 23d. 

 Any information desired can be had from Sam W. Vidler, 

 the secretary, at Colorado Springs, Col. As this is the first 

 spring meeting talked of we want your as.s*istance to make it 

 a good one. We want an early notice in Forest and Stream 

 so that every coursing man can make arrangements to leave 

 his business' in Marcn and come to Goodland, and also that 

 every one will have ample time to put his dog or dogs in con- 

 dition." 



• • •- ■ 



Mr. Greo. W. Roraback, of Westfield, Mass., sends us word 

 that he has lost his foxhound Kate, blue mottled and black, 

 ISin. high, and will pay $10 for his return or information 

 leading to her recovery. 



