Feb. IS, 1898. j 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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zando was erratic in his range, though he had a way of 
getting on birds. All the work was lacking in ease of 
finish and smooth handling. 
Harwick and Feu Follet at 10:15 were cast off. Har- 
wick pointed, moved on about 50yds. and pointed the 
bevy. Feu had crossed the trail a couple of times or more 
without recognizing the scent. Feu pointed a single. 
Harwick a single and a bevy. He showed good nose and 
point work, ranged intelligently, but seemed difficult to 
manage when ranging. Feu needed a deal of helping to 
make a good showing. Her performance was so inferior 
that she was not entitled to further consideration in the 
competition. Up at 10:50. 
Arapahoe and Domino began at 11:03. Domino failed 
to score on two bevies, partly through hard luck and a 
large part through his own fault. Next he flushed two 
birds of a bevy and stopped to wing, and soon the rest of 
the bevy flushed wild. On scattered birds Arapahoe 
pointed a single nicely. Domino flushed twice and pointed 
once, finding nothing. Arapahoe's opportunities were 
marred by Domino's errors. Both ranged fairly well, 
Domino headstrong and careless. Up- at 11:34. 
Gleam's Ruth and Conor were cast off at 11:44. A 
bevy was flushed and followed. Ruth made a good point 
on some scattered birds. Conor backed. Up at 12:36, 
with the advantage in favor of Ruth. 
Accelerando and Marie's Sport were cast off after 
lunch at 1:30. A flushed bevy was followed. Sport's 
point on a single was backed in a half-hearted way. Ac- 
celerando made two points On singles. Sport roaded to a 
point on a bevy and Accelerando backed or pointed. The 
birds flushed wild. Up at 2:18. Accelerando showed but 
indifferent judgment in ranging. In speed, range and 
judgment Sport was much superior. 
Second Round. 
It was said that these dogs were not a part of the second 
round, but after the first round was run through it is diffi- 
cult to imagine what round the second one was if it was 
not the aecond. Of the dogs kept in Feu Follet and Bob 
Taylor had no just claim to a second trial. 
Fobzando and Bob Taylor were cast off at 2:45. Bob 
pointed a bevy well and Feu backed to order. Forzando 
made two good points on singles. Up at 3:38. The per- 
formance was a fair one. 
Harwick and Tory Fashion ran the heat of the day, 
beginning at 3:43. The work was the first of the stake 
approaching field trial form. Harwick took a long cast, 
pointed nicely on a side hill, Tory backing prettily, both 
being plainly in sight, making a spectacular field scene. 
Sent on, Harwick found and pointed another bevy in 
woods, Tory backing nicely. Soon afterward Tory pointed 
a bevy and Harwick backed. Tory pointed once on a 
single. Harwick made two points on singles. Tory 
pointed a bevy in the open field, and was inclined to un- 
steadiness when the bevy flushed, but steadied to order. 
Both dogs ranged well, with some advantage on the part 
of Harwick. Time 4:14. 
Gleam's Ruth and Feu Follet commenced at 4:29. 
Ruth pointed, moved on to locate the bevy; Feu was per- 
mitted to join in against the rules, and shared the point; 
both handlers shot when the birds flushed. The find and 
point were Ruth's. Feu next pointed; nothing found. 
Sent on, Ruth pointed a bevy which flushed wild. Sent 
on, Feu pointed; Nesbitt let his dog go by and take the 
point. Nothing found. The heat was being badly con- 
ducted. Sent on, Ruth wheeled prettily to a point on a 
bevy; good work. Next she pointed a single. The judge 
cautioned Mr. Avent. Feu pointed a single; Ruth backed. 
Feu made a good' point, next a flush. Ruth made two 
points. At this juncture Ruth had beaten Feu, with a lot 
to spare. Ruth worked on her own judgment, while Feu 
needed a deal of coaching. They were then turned into 
the open to range a while. This heat ended the competi- 
tion of the day. 
Wednesday. 
A heavy rain during the night having soaked the ground 
thoroughly, birds were not found plentiful. The heavy 
clouds of the morning broke away, then the sky again 
was overcast. Rain set in about the middle of the after- 
noon and stopped the work. 
Marie's Sport and For2ANdo were started at 9. 
Forzando flushed two bevies. Sport pointed in woods, 
moved on about 30yds. and pointed again; nothing found. 
At the same time Forzando pointed a rabbit, which he 
chased. Each made a good point on scattered birds. 
Sport pointed; nothing to it. Up at 9:30. 
Accelebando and Bob Taylor began at 9:30. Both 
pointed; nothing found. Accelerando pointed a bevy and 
Bob coming in to back pointed some outlying birds of it. 
On the scattered birds Bob pointed a single. Accelerando 
made three points on singles. Bob flushed twice. Each 
made a barren point. Up at 10:40. Both were indus- 
trious. 
Arapahoe and Sam T. were started at 10:54. Sam 
pointed a bevy, which flushed wild. Arapahoe made 
three points in succession, one of which was on a bevy. 
Sam flushed a single and chased it a short distance. Each 
pointed singles and each made a point which proved bar- 
ren. Up at 11:37. Sam was speedy and dashing. Some 
days before the trials he had escaped on a self -hunt, 
which broke up his work to the gun for the time being! 
The judges placed the dogs in the following order: 
Tory Fashion, Harwick, Marie's Sport, Bob Taylor and 
Accelerando. 
The All-Age Pointer Stake. 
This stake was for all pointers which had never won 
first in an all-age stake in any field trial in America. 
There were five prizes: $150, $125, $100, $75 and $50. 
There were twelve starters. 
W. N. Kerr's 1. and w. dog Little Ned, Geo. W. Rich- 
ards, handler, with Dr.G. Chisholm'sl. and w. dog Komus, 
D. E. Rose, handler. 
Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' 1. and w. dog Tip- 
poo, C. E. Buckle, handler, with Furlough Kennels' 1. 
and w. bitch Diana, J. Armstrong, handler. 
Ashford & Odum's 1. and w. dog Von Gull, D. E. 
Rose, handler, with P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, 1. and w. bitch 
Rancocas Belle, C. Tucker, handler. 
Tway & Haawell's black dog Jumbo, C. W, Tway, 
handler, with F. W. Dunham's 1. and w. dog Elgin's 
Dash, N. B. Nesbitt, handler. 
"Westminster Kennel Club's 1. and w. dog Sandford 
Druid, John White, handler, with Stoddard & Kidweil's 
b. and w. dog Tick Boy, J. B. Stoddard, handler. 
N. T. De Pauw's L l. and w. dog Jingo, N. B. Nesbitt, 
handler, with H. K. Devereux's 1. and w. dog Tamarack, 
Jr., George E. Gray, handler. 
First was won by Tippoo, a pointer of remarkable 
merit in the competition. His range is wide and speedy, 
his point work accurate and sharp. As between him and 
Jingo the competition was very close. Jingo excelled in 
bird sense, in beating out his ground with judgment and 
in skill in handling his birds. He was lacking in the dash 
of Tippoo and did not have his speed in point work. He 
ran three heats on Thursday; Von Gull ran one. Von 
Gull went to his birds with a high nose and showed ex- 
cellent capabilities, but he showed no work that entitled 
him to a place over Jingo. 
By the blunder in running Komus with Diana instead 
of Von Gull, and the further blunder of not running him 
with Diana afterward, but with Jingo instead, the stake 
was carried over into Friday. All this leads up to the 
fact that Jingo was ill on Friday. He ran four heats, 
Von Gull two. In the competition with Rancocas Belle, 
he had no advantage of her whatever, excepting in the 
manner of pointing his birds, he carrying a higher nose. 
She found the bevy too, on which the points were made. 
Outside of first place the remainder is a jumble. 
First Round. 
Little Ned and Komus began at 11 :52. Komus pointed 
a bevy and Ned coming across flushed it. Ned pointed a 
bevy in woods. Next Komus made two good points on 
singles. Komus pointed. Ned backed and a bird flushed 
a short distance away. Up at 12:31. 
The party went to lunch. 
Tippoo and Ightfield Diana started at 1:34. Both 
were soon found pointing the same bevy. On scattered 
birds each pointed a single. Sent on, soon Tippoo 
pointed a bevy and then twice on singles; Diana made a 
point and a flush on singles. Sent on, Tippoo found and 
pointed. two bevies. He next pointed a single nicely and 
Diana backed. He made a good point on a single, then 
moved forward and flushed it. Diana pointed a single 
bird. Up at 2:03. 
The next brace was called, but rain having set in, the 
competition for the day was ended. 
Thursday. 
Heavy rain fell during the preceding night. The grounds 
were muddy and heavy. Birds were found in fair num- 
bers. Quite a lot of time was wasted in delays which 
could have been avoided. Toward midday the clouds 
cleared away. 
Von Gull and Rancocas Belle were cast off at 10:17. 
Belle pointed a bevy in open sedge. On scattered birds 
each pointed a single, Von backing handsomely about 
50yds. away. Von made three more points on singles. 
Belle two points more and a flush. Up at 10:50. Both 
ranged fairly well. Von carried a high nose and worked 
skillfully on his birds. The heat was very close. 
Jumbo and Elgin's Dash started at 10:53. Jumbo 
Eointed a bevy stanchly and was steady to shot and wing, 
•ash pointed a bevy and was well backed. On scattered 
bird she pointed a single. He was far the better in range 
and speed. Up at 11 :48. The heat was ordinary. 
Sandford Druid and Tick Boy were started at 11:55. 
Tick flushed a bevy. The dogs were up 16 minutes 
while being taken to new ground. Tick pointed a single. 
Druid pointed a bevy and at the same time Tick pointed a 
single. Druid made three flushes in succession, two of 
them seemingly willful. Sent on, each made a point on a 
bevy in sedge. Up at 1 :15. Both dogs showed good speed 
and fair range. 
The running was suspended while lunch was served. 
Jmao and Tamarack, Jr., started at 1:57. Both dogs 
going at speed ran into a bevy and flushed it. Jingo 
pointed, moved on, located and pointed a single. Tam- 
arack pointed and a single was flushed close by while the 
dog was moving on. Both had good speed and range. 
Tamarack narrowed his range toward the end of the heat. 
Up at 2:31. 
Second Round. 
The judges called up the dogs brace by brace, which 
made it a difficult matter to forecast their intentions, 
besides keeping many unnecessarily in waiting after they 
had no chance to win. 
Komus (not Von Gull) and Ightfield Diana were 
started at 2:35. Diana pointed a bevy which flushed wild, 
and then pointed on the footscent of it. Komus made an 
indifferent back. Sent on, Diana pointed a bevy. On 
some marked birds Komus made a good point in open 
weeds. Sent on, he pointed a bevy in the open. Diana 
pointed a single in corn. Up at 3:18. Diana was the 
more systematic ranger. Rose made much noise in 
handling Komus. A somewhat annoying though ludi- 
crous feature attached to this heat. The judges had 
called for Von Gull and Komus was run instead. The 
judges detected the error in the evening, In this heat the 
photographer of the M. & O. R. R.. a most affable gentle- 
man, attempted to photograph Komus on point, Mr. Staf- 
ford requesting Mr. Rose to not flush the bird till the 
photographing, taking a moment's time, could be done. 
Mr. Rose discourteously refused, with the explanation 
that he was not in the photographing business just then. 
The M. & O. R. R. had been extremely obliging to owners 
and handlers in making special rates and in extending 
courteous attentions. The company intended to have 
some large field trial views made and for that purpose the 
photographer was there. Aside from the direct discourtesy 
of the act, it is not a manner to enlarge its growth nor 
make it beloved by those who are gratuitously snubbed. 
Tippoo and Rancocas Belle were started at 3:24. Tip- 
poo pointed nicely a bevy in sedge, and afterward made 
two good points on singles. Belle made a good point on 
a single. Up at 3:56. Both worked diligently and showed 
good range. Tip had a decided advantage in every re- 
spect. 
Jingo and Tick Boy were started at 4:05. Jingo pointed 
a bevy. Tick backed, then willfully broke his back, went 
ahead and flushed the bevy. Jingo remained steady 
under great provocation. The handlers were about 
50yds. away at the time. In woods each made a point 
on a single bird. Down 15 minutes. Jingo was the bet- 
ter in range, judgment and bird work. 
Tamarack, Jr., and Sandford Drutd were started at 
4:26. Each made a point on a bevy at the same time. 
Sent on, Tamarack pointed a bevy. On the scattered 
birds they pegged points at a rapid rate. Tamarack made 
five points on singlf s, and near the close of the heat he 
made another point on a bevy. Druid made six points 
on singles and one flush. 5:04. Both dogs ranged fairly 
well. Druid was difficult to handle. Tamarack had the 
better of the heat. 
Jingo and Tippoo were cast off at 5:17 and gave a most 
excellent exhibition of good field work. They beat out 
their ground with judgment, ranged wide and fast, and 
their bird work was a masterpiece, taken as the perform- 
ance of two dogs in a competition. Jingo pointed a bevy, 
which flushed. Tippoo pointed a single. Jingo pointed 
a single and Tippoo backed. Jingo roaded with extreme 
caution in woods to a point on a bevy. In woods, Jingo 
pointed; Tippoo backed; nothing found. Tippoo drew 
quickly to a point on a bevy in woods; Jingo made game 
at the same time and pointed. The point work on scat- 
tered birds was now fast, sharp and accurate. Tippoo 
made four single points and Jingo made three. Tippoo 
was quicker on his birds and went to them with a higher 
nose. Darkness ended the heat. Time, 5:52. 
Friday. 
The weather was clear, cool and pleasant in the morning. 
In the afternoon, clouds overcast the sky. The temper- 
ature became oppressively close and rain threatened. It 
set in in the night and fell heavily. 
The mistake of the previous day in running Komus 
instead of Von Gull with Ightfield Diana took an unex- 
pected turn when the judges announced that Von Gull 
was to run with Jingo. To correct the error, the proper 
way would have been to run Von Gull with Diana, as 
originally intended. The first mistake was awkward 
enough, but it was still further aggravated by a greater 
one. Von Gull had been called to run with Diana. By 
a combination of mistake and inattention he did not do so. 
The proper way then to have corrected the error was 
to run the brace as it had originally been called to run. 
It was indeed a very loose manner of conducting a stake. 
Mr. Avent's dogs were in evidence to the fore led. on 
chain, as they had been in days before and trials before. 
His dogs were to run in other stakes and therefore were 
out of place when led ovt r the grounds in that manner. 
Jingo and Von Gull started at 8:14. Both dogs ranged 
wide and fast, Von the more dashing in his manner. Von 
pointed a bevy in corn: Jingo backed. Von made two 
points on singles. Jingo pointed and nothing was found 
to it. Jingo was suffering from bowel trouble and fell, off 
in range, speed and interest in his work toward the close 
of the heat. Up at 8:49. 
Tippoo and Tamarack, Jr., were cast off at 9:10 and 
run three minutes to comply with the rule which requires 
first and second to run together. 
The judges then announced the winners as follows: 
Tippoo, Tamarack, Jr., Von Gull, Jingo and Ightfield 
Diana. 
The All-Age Setter Stake. 
This stake had eleven starters, which were run as fol- 
lows: 
C. M. Power's b., w. and t. dog Revenue, W. W. Titus, 
handler, with F. R. Hitchcock's b. , w. and t. bitch Tory 
Dotlet, J. M. Avent, handler. 
Philip M. Essig's b. b. bitch Maud E., owner, handler, 
with D. F. Schoolfield's b., w, and t. dog Joe Bowers, W. 
W. Titus, handler. 
Norvin T. Harris's b., w. and t. dog Tony Boy, D. E. 
Rose, handler, with R, V. Fox's b., w. and t, dog Tony's 
Gale, J. H. Johnson, handier. 
Norvin T. Harris's b. , w. and t. bitch Cynosure, J. M. 
Avent, handler, with Hobart Ames's b., w. and t. hitch 
Lady Mildred, D. E. Rose, handler. 
P. M. Essig's b., w, and t. dog Rod's Top, J. M. Avent, 
handler, with W. H. Beazell's b., w. and t. dog Harold 
Skimpole, Geo. E. Gray, handler. 
F. R, Hitchcock's lem. and w. dog Tory Fashion, J. M. 
Avent, handler, a bye. 
The prizes and conditions in this stake were the same as 
in the corresponding stake for pointers. 
Tony Boy made an excellent competition. His endur- 
ance, as shown in the heat with Tory Dotlet, stood the 
test, while Dotlet was thoroughly tired. 
Tory Dotlet, second, was about two or three classes in- 
ferior to every dog placed after her. She lacks judgment 
in ranging and her "bird sense" is ordinary. 
Tory Fashion, third, Lady Mildred, fourth, and Tony's 
Gale, fifth, are all well-known performers. 
The fact of the matter is that the 30 -minute limit, the 
inconclusive running of the first series, made the placing 
of the dogs largely a matter of guesswork. There were 
not the decisive results which are attained by running on 
common-sense lines instead of arbitrary time limits. The 
decisions were made on too meager data. 
First Round. 
Revenue and Tory Dotlet were cast off at 9:54. Rev- 
enue pointed a bevy and made four points on singles. 
Dotlet, called in to back Revenue's bevy point, pointed 
the same bevy; she also made a single-bird point and one 
flush. Each backed and were steady to shot. Both 
ranged well, Dotlet some of the time out of bounds. 
Down 30 minutes. 
Maud E. and Joe Bowers started at 10:43. Both 
ranged well. One of the handlers flushed a bevy, and on 
the scattered birds each pointed a single. Down 30 min- 
utes. The bird work was light, though the dogs worked 
diligently, Joe in particular beating his ground out well. 
Tony Boy and Tony Gale started at 11 :20. Tony Gale 
pointed a bevy at the same time Tony Boy pointed an 
outlying single of it. He also pointed a single and made 
one point to which there was nothing found. Tony Boy 
pointed an outlying single of a bevy and also two or three 
other singles and made one flush. Both dogs worked 
well and diligently. Their range was wide and con- 
ducted with fairly good judgment. Down 30 minutes. 
Cynosure and Lady Mildred were cast off at 11:57. 
Cynosure pointed a bevy and made three points on singles, 
one of which she flushed while being coached with the 
whistle, and she pointed one on which her work was 
marred by the same overdoing. She pointed two or three 
times, apparently on footscent. Not pleasing her handler 
while working on birds, he gave the little bitch a brutal 
kick in the head, which partially upset her and made her 
yelp, but she amiably went on with her work. Mildred 
made three points on bevies, four points on singles and 
one barren point. Both were steady to shot and wing and 
back. Down 35 minutes. 
Lunch was next in order. 
Rod's Top and Harold Skimpole started at 1:24. Each 
had good speed and range, but their point work was not 
equal to their opportunities. Harold made three points 
