Pub.- 34, 1894.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Up at 5:00. Though the dogs worked diligently they could 

 not succeed iu finding. Mark was the bet ter ranger. 

 This heat ended the day's work. 



WEDNESDAY. 

 The weather was raw and cloudy. Snow squalls set in 

 soon after the competition began, settling at last into a steady 

 snow fall, which at last, after lunch, became so heavy that 

 the competition was suspended aud the party returned to 

 town. The work was good considering the unfavorable con- 

 ditions. 



Dame Durden and Topaz were cast off at 8:42. Topaz 

 pointed a bevy and got another point on the scattered birds. 

 Dame then began to score, she finding and pointing two 

 bevies and making three points on singles. Up at 9:10, with 

 the heat in Dame's favor. 



Beryl and Markell and Blue Ridge Mark and San Antonio 

 were given another short trial without materially adding 

 anything to their chances of a place in the competition. 

 _ LEONA and Thalia were started at 9:56. Both ranged well, 

 yet their Avork on birds were ordinary. Leoua pointed rab- 

 bits and Thalia had a difficulty with a tame goose which was 

 much to the bodily discomfort and peace of mind of the lat- 

 ter. Thalia next pointed a bevy quite nicely. Leona pointed 

 to a fl ush of a single bird. Next she made a good point. The 

 heat was an ordinary one. 



Six were kept in the next series. 



Topsy's Rod and Allege were cast off at 10:59. Rod 

 never ran better. He was more in his form of last fall than 

 he has been since. He first pointed on the trail of a bevy, 

 Allen e backing. He moved on, and in locating he outclassed 

 Allene in quickness and sharpness. On scattered birds he 

 made four points in woods, also one point which had noth- 

 ing to it, and he made one flush. Next he pointed a bevy, 

 All ene backed. The heat ended at 11:22 with everything in 

 Rod's favor. 



Dame Burden and Bessie Shoupe started at 11:26. Bessie 

 poiuted a bevy iu a slack manner, she wiggling her tail while 

 pointing. Next she got a point on a single in woods. Dame 

 pointed a bevy in the open sedge and was backed. Up at 

 11:43. Bessie was the wider ranger in this heat. Neither 

 worked up to the grade of their previous performances. 



Ightfield Rosalie and Topaz were started at 11:54. 

 Rosalie flushed two birds of an outlying bevy, then pointed 

 it. Sent on, she found and pointed another bevy. Her range 

 was narrow, with a cast out now and then, but she was de- 

 cidedly the superior in bird work. Up at 12:25. 



Lunch was eaten in the woods in a snow storm. 



Rosalie and Bessie Shoupe were started off at 1:12, and 

 ran till 1:28. Rosalie pointed and Bessie backed. Nothing 

 found. The snow storm had so thickened that work was 

 suspended and the party went to town. The competition of 

 the stake, however, was over. 



The judges.announced the winners soon after the return 

 to town. 



Topsy's Rod first; Allene second; third was divided between 

 Ightfield Rosalie and Bessie Shoupe. 



The All-Aged Pointer Stake. 



There, were eleven starters in this stake, as follows: 



T. H. Gibb's b. & w. dog Lad's Rush (Lad of Rush- 

 Devonshire Belle of the Ball), L. W. Blankenbaker, handler, 

 with John E. Gill's 1. & w. bitch Kent's Maid (King of Kent 

 —Galena), Ed. Garr, handler. 



T. T. Ashford's blk. & w. Kent Elgin (King of Kent— Vera 

 Bang), J. M. Avent, handler, with Hempstead Farm's 1. & 

 w. dog Hempstead Duke (Duke of Hessen — Lass of Bow), A. 

 Cameron, handler. 



N. T. Harris's 1. & w. Rod's Graphic (Lord Graphic— Win- 

 ning Ways), L. W. Blankenbaker, handler, with E. O. 

 Damon's 1. & w. dog Strideaway (King of Kent— Pearl's 

 Dot), Geo. E. Gray, handler. 



OVERWEIGHT. 



Jackson-Denmark Kennels' lem. &w. dog Lehman (Gordon 

 —Fanny), T. Bond, handler, with Hempstead Farm's b. <fe 

 w. dog Sandford Druid (Econ Don— Sandford Quince), A. 

 Cameron, handler. 



Major J. R. Purcell's b. & w. bitch Lady Margaret (Dick 

 Swiveler— Countess Baug), owner, handler, with R L. Shan- 

 non's 1. & w. bitch Mame S. (Brown Stout— Pearl's Pride), 

 G. R. Howse, handler. 



G. W. Amory's blk. & w. dog Mainstay (Mainspring— Bar- 

 maid), a bye, T. W. Poindexter, handler. 



This stake was for pointers which had never been first in 

 an All-Aged Stake iu any recognized field trial in America. 

 The prizes were $200 to first, $175 to second and $125 to third. 



THURSDAY. 



The morning was so unfavorable for the competition that 

 a start was not made till afternoon. A light fall of snow 

 covered the ground and the weather was cold and uncom- 

 fortable. A start was made after lunch. A cold, stiff, disa- 

 greeable wind blew from the northwest steadily during the 

 afternoon. While the conditions seemed most unfavorable 

 for clean work, they proved the contrary. Birds were fouud 

 in sufficient numbers and were not wild as they commonly 

 are after a sudden and severe change of weather. 



Lad's Rush and Kent's Maid started at 1:18. Maid 

 pointed a bevy in the open. On the scattered birds, Lad 

 pointed a bird and Maid flushed some of the scattered birds. 

 Lad pointed a bird in woods and was well backed. Maid 

 roaded to a point on a single, locating it nicely. Lad going 



down wind flushed an outlying bird of a bevy. Moving on 

 down wind he turned to a point on the rest of the birds and 

 they flushed wild. Neither showed much range and they 

 pottered sometimes. Up at 1:47. 



Kent Elgin and Hempstead Dn< ks were c ist off at 1:55. 

 Duke pointed iu sedge grass and Kent coming in from 

 another direction pointed independently. In locating to a 

 find, Kent proved the better. He next pointed a single well. 

 Going down wind, he flushed the rest of the bevy excusablv. 

 Duke had an opportunity to point it but did not do so. Ketx 

 made two points on singles. Both next pointed on foot scent 

 apparently. Both ranged wide and fast, heating out a great 

 deal of ground. Kent showing the best judgment aud point 

 work. Up at 2:33. 



Rod's Graphic and Strideaway began at 2:26. Graphic 

 flushed a single and the rest of the bevy flushed wild. 

 Strideaway pointed a bevy at the edge of woods. Graphic 

 next pointed a single. Up at 3:01. Strideaway was the 

 better, though the. heat was but little above the ordinary. 

 Each backed promptly and well. 



Lehman and Sanford Druid begau at 3:04. Lehman 

 found and pointed a bevy and was backed. Each got a 

 point on scattered birds and each also got a point separately 



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on single birds. Druid ran without much style and was 

 irregular in range. Lehman had the better of the heat. 

 Up at 3:36. 



Mame S. and Lady Margaret began at 3:48. Lady found 

 and pointed a bevy nicely on a side hill in sedge. Mame 

 made a couple of false points, Lady flushed one bird and 

 pointed another, and Mame got a point on a single and one 

 on a bevy. She ranged poorly and came back frequently 

 from her range, whicn was not wide. The heat lasted 30m. 



Mainstay had a bye and ran 30m., beginning at 4:15. No 

 birds found. Range ordinary. 



Six were kept in the next series. 



FRIDAY. 



The atmosphere had a bracing coolness in the morning, 

 gradually growing warmer. The frozen ground was soon 

 changed to mud by the warmth. Birds were found suffi- 

 ciently numerous for field trial competition. The work of 

 the day, saA r e in a few heats, was commonplace. 



Lad's Rush and Lady Margaret were cast off at 9:19. 

 Lad pointed a bevy in the open and Lady backed. Eaeh 

 made game, but failed to locate. Lady pointed a bevy well 

 in a plum thicket and was backed, and soon after starting 

 on Lad pointed a bevy in the open and Lady pointed or 

 backed, both dogs being quite close to the bevy. Lad next 

 got a good point on a single bird, after which Lady pointed 

 one well, then moved on to a flush. Lady was the better 

 ranger, while Lad was a bit better in his point work. Up at 

 9:40. 



Kent Elgin and Strideaway began at 9:45. Both ran 

 to a point together by the edge of woods, and soon a bevy 

 flushed some 60yds. away, thedogs pointing on the footscent 

 or the birds running away from the point. Kent made three 

 more good points on singles and one on a bird which he 

 moved too close on and flushed. He also found skillfully 

 and pointed a bevy in a plum thicket. Strideaway made a 

 good point on a single and broke his back once in a deliberate 

 manner. Kent refused once to back. He, however, was far 

 ahead of his competitor snd easily the best performer in the 

 stake. Strideaway showed a tendency to wiggle his tail on 

 point and did not go to his birds with his former dash. Kent 

 was the better ranger. Up at 10:10. 



Hempstead Duke and Lehman commenced at 10:12. 

 Duke pointed a bevy and was backed. In searching for the 

 scattered birds, Duke pointed a rabbit. Sent on, he soon 

 found and pointed a bevy. Lehman ran without any spirit 

 and had but a moderate range. Hempstead Duke made a 

 good competition and could have made a better showing 

 were he not sometimes encouraged to hold his points too 

 long when he had not located precisely. 



This concluded the competition in this stake. First Kent 

 Elgin, second Strideaway, third was divided between Hemp- 

 stead Duke, Lady Margaret and Lad's Rush. 



Kent Elgin was easily the best competitor in the stake, and 

 ran in a superior manner, though heat infrequent times was 

 a bit inattentive to the gun. He was skillful in pointing 

 both bevies and single birds, and in range and speed he was 

 superior and worked with excellent judgment. 



Strideaway was not in his best form, and his work was 

 sometimes marred by mistakes. He was lacking in the bold 

 decisiveness and clear point work which he exhibited in his 

 best competition. 



Hempstead Duke ranged wide and fast and displayed earn- 

 est attention to bird finding, and he conducted his efforts 

 with judgment. On birds, he was too painstaking, and 

 while not in the least bit timid, ha was over careful. Less 

 coaching of him when on birds would be to his gain. 



Lady Margaret ran a good race, she showing much skill in 

 working on birds and in locating bevies. 



Lad's Rush ran a fair though commonplace race. 



The All-Age Setter Stake. 

 The competition in this stake was begun immediately after 

 the All-Age Pointer Stake was concluded. The prizes and 

 conditions were the same as in that stake. 

 There were sixteen starters, drawn in the following order- 

 Man Chester Kennel Co.'s lem. & w. dog Gleam's Sport 

 (Vanguard— Georgia Belle), A. P, Gilliam, handler, with 

 Blue Ridge Kennels' b. w. & t. dog Dick Fox (Chance- 

 Countess Rush), D, E. Rose, handler. 



Avent & Thayer Kennels' b. w. & t. dog Count Gladstone 

 (Count Noble— Miss Ruby), J. M. Avent, handler, with A 

 Smithnight's b. w. & t. dog Spot Cash (Vanguard— Georgia 

 Belle). Geo. E Gray, handler. 



B. M. Stephenson's blue belton dog Tennessee Rod 

 (Roderigo— Pet Gladstone), owner, handler, with Pierre 

 Lorillard, Jr.'s, o. & w. bitch Miss Ruby (Gladstone's Bov— 

 Ruby D.), C. Tucker, handler. 3 

 P. T. Madison's b. w. & t. dog Rod Field (Antonio— Nellie 



Hope), J. Mayfield, handler, with Avent & Thayer Kennels' 

 b. w. & t. dog Lochinvar (Chance— Bessie Avent), J. M. Avent, 

 handler. 



Avent & Thayer Kennels b. w. & t. dog Chevalier (Jean 

 Val Jean — Lucy Avent), J. M. Avent, handler, with L. A. 

 Rice's b. w. & t. dog Pembroke's Blue Grouse (Pembroke's 

 Son— Sue of Hatehie), owner, handler. 



Hempstead Farm's liv. & w. dog Bob Cooper (Roi d'Or — 

 Miss Nellie Y.), A. Cameron, handler, with P. Lorillard Jr.'s 

 liv. & w. bitch Antevolo (Count Noble— Trinkett IL), C. 

 Tucker, handler. 



Pierre Lorillard Jr.'s b. w. & t. dog Eugene T. (Count 

 Noble— Gladstone's Girl\ C. Tucker, handler, with B. M. 

 Stephenson's b. w. & t. dog Tennessee Axtel (Roderigo— Pet 

 Gladstone), owner, handler. 



J. M. Freeman's b. w. & t. dog Dan Burgess (Dan Glad- 

 stone—Lily Burgess), J. Mayfield, handler, with Jackson 

 Denmark Kennels' b. w. & t>. bitch Lillian Russell (Philip 

 Gladstone — Lou G.), T. Bond, handler. 



Dick Fox and Gleam's Sport were called to start. Sport 

 was plainly too ill to start, and on request of his handler the 

 Board of Governors permitted his withdrawal. Dick was 

 run alone, beginning at 10:54. His heat was rather indiffer- 

 ent so far as bird work is concerned, though in speed and 

 range he was quite good. He found and pointed a bevy, 

 dropped to a point on a single and flushed twice. He was 

 run 30 minutes. „ 



Count Gladstone and Spot Cash were cast off at 11:29. 

 Count ranged wide and at high speed. He was lost for a ' 

 while. When found he was pointing a bevy in open sedge 

 in which he had dropped to his point. He made a good point 

 on a single bird and a point to which there was nothing 

 found. Spot made a good point on a bird. Count was the 

 superior worker in every detail. Up at 11:54, and the party 

 went to lunch. 



Tennessee Rod and Miss R-uby started at 12:46. The 

 handlers rode during the heat. Tucker was suffering from 

 symptoms of pneumonia. Miss Ruby beat out her ground 

 with the better judgment, though both ranged wide and 

 covered a lot of ground. Miss Ruby found and pointed a 

 bevy and made one point and one flush on single birds. She 

 also found a bevy which she drew too close to, and as she 

 was about to point the bevy flushed. Rod made four points 

 on singles and a good find and point on a bevy. He stopped 

 to a flush on a single, and another bird was flushed ahead of 

 him. Up at 1:17. 



Rod Field and Lochinvar started at 1 :20. They ran an 

 indifferent heat, the bird work being ragged. Lochinvar 

 pointed a bevy. Rod was not near to back. They both made 

 some points to which no birds could be produced. Rod 

 pointed a single which flushed wild in woods. Avent called 

 the judges' attention to Lochinvar pointing in a thicket. Be- 

 fore they could get near to see the bevy flushed. Rod made 

 a point and after the dog had been sent on a bird wasflushed 

 close by. Neither dog took advantage of his opportunities. 

 Up at 1:52. 



Chevalier and Pkmbroke's Blue Grouse started at 1:56. 

 The heat was a poor one, the point work being faulty and 

 many good opportunities to display skill in pointing were 

 lost. Chevalier was decidedly superior in every way. Grouse 

 made a poor showing. 



Antevolo and Bob Cooper had abundance of opportun- 

 ities in the 31 minutes in which they ran, commencing at 

 2:25. Antevolo, though her point work was not free from 

 flushes, far surpassed her competitor. She took a long cast, 

 found and pointed a bevy. On scattered birds she made 

 three points and three flushes, one down wind excusably, 

 and made a point also on a bevy. She was the wider ranger. 

 Bob made, a point on footscent. He did not take advantage, 

 of the opportunities offered. 



FIRST IN PUPPY CLASS. 



Tennessee Axtel and Eugene T. started to run a heat, 

 but soon after starting the latter was lost and was not found 

 till after the heat had ended, when he, it was claimed, was 

 found on point on a bevy not far from where he-was first 

 missed. Axtel ran alone. He pointed, then nosed up the 

 bird. He next pointed a bevy, which he had not accurately 

 located, it flushing some distance from him. He made two 

 more points on singles. He ranged fairly well. He was 

 started at 3:40 and ran 35 minutes. 



Lillian Russell and Dan Burgess began at 3:50. Lill 

 pointed a bevy and Dan refused to back. Lill had been hold- 

 ing her point some time. Sent on to locate several were 

 flushed by the dogs and handlers in the heavy sedge grass, 

 the birds apparently being scattered about feeding. Dan 

 got a point on a single. Lill was the better ranger and 

 worker. Up at 4:25. 



This ended the day's competition. 



Eight dogs were retained in the second series. 



SATURDAY. 



The weather again turnedT nrost unfavorable for the com- 

 petition. A strong southeast wiud prevailed during the day, 

 and the sky was heavily overcast with clouds. There was a 

 raw dampness in the atmosphere which made a discomfort 

 of watching the trials. Birds were wild and consequently 

 difficult to work. Nevertheless, some excellent exhibitions 

 of skilful ranging, finding and pointing were witnessed. 

 Rain fell during the latter part of the competition. 



Count Gladstone and Antevolo began the work at 8:32. 

 Count was superior in every way to his competitor, he rang- 

 ing better and with more judgment, besides exhibiting mor© 



