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FOREST AKTD STREAM. 
[Deo. 1, 1894. 
he Mennet 
FIXTURES. 
DOG SHOWS. 
1895. 
Feb. 19 to 22.— Westminster Kennel Club's nineteenth annual show, 
at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. 
Feb. 26 to March 1.— Mascoutah Kennel Club, at Chicago. J. L. 
Lincoln, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Feb. 5.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, 
Sec'y, Marietta, Ga. 
THE E. F. T. C. TRIALS. 
The trials which began on Monday, Nov. 19, at Newton, 
N. C, were a decided success. There was more interest 
manifested in them, there weremore club members in attend- 
ance, and there was a fairly good entry. All in all, these 
trials were auspicious for a better future for field trials. 
Messrs. W. S. Bell and S. C. Bradley judged the Members' 
Stake, and they, with Mr. N. Wallace, judged the remainder 
of the competition. 
Birds were moderately plentiful. 
The grounds were not in the best condition owing to light 
cover, due to a late frost and a dry season. 
The weather was quite warm, too warm at times for the 
highest class of work. 
Following is a list of the visitors present who followed the 
trials every day, besides several townspeople: 
L. W. Porter, J. B. Douglass, Richmond; T. R. Tuell, Ten- 
nessee; J. O. Harrison, North Carolina; John Y. Jordan, 
Asheville, N. C; Edmund H. Osthaus, Toledo, O.; G. W. 
Shackleford, Atlanta; R. S. Smithy, R. D. Hopkins, Brit- 
man, N. C; W. A. Coster, A. M. Hanna, Saratoga; W. T. 
Thompson, W. B. Meares, Jr., Hillsboro, N. C; F. A. Hodg- 
man, P. Lorillard, Jr., P. R. Hitchcock, H. B. "Duryea, 
S. S. R. Mineikin, E. R. Hearn, J. E. Orr, Major J. M. 
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan, New York; S.' Murray 
Mitchell, Edwin J. Dougherty, J. W. Rabe, Philadelphia; 
W. H. Anderson, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. R. T. Mead and wife, 
Manistee, Mich.; M. M. Jordan, Greenville, S. C; Edw. Dex- 
ter, M. M. Johnson, Boston; P. H. O'Bannon, Sperryville, 
Va.; Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Young, H. H. and L. D. Hargrave, 
Charlotte, N. C; R. S. Smith, Baltimore. The famous 
handlers in attendance were: C. E. Buckle, Horace Smith, 
John White, D. E. Rose, J. M. Avent, Maj. J. A. R. Purcell, 
J. N. Lewis, J. B. Stoddard, C. Tucker and son. 
The Members' Stake. 
There were ten starters in this stake, nearly all of which 
were dogs of exceptional . merit. The conditions were 
changed in so far as to permit a member to run any dog or 
dogs regardless of ownership. This departure seemed to 
infuse more vitality and enthusiasm into this stake than has 
been exhibited in several years past. 
It is an important stake in many respects. It has a direct 
personal interest for the members and is something to look 
forward to in the way of direct competition for them. Very 
few care to come year after year for the sole purpose of 
witnessing a competition. There must be something of 
more direct interest. By varying the conditions year after 
year or making changes so as to relieve the monotony of 
running for like prizes under like conditions each year, 
there probably would be more interest. At all events, this 
important stake is worthy of more consideration and atten- 
tion. 
The work was very clean cut and free from error, not 
entirely because the dogs were so far superior to anything in 
the open stakes, although they were superior dogs, but to 
their superior handling, which was a good object lesson for 
many professional handlers to have seen and profited by it. 
There was very little noise, the dogs were permitted to hunt 
out their ground and there was none of the unseemly and 
harmful scrambling so often practiced in the open stakes. 
It is rarely, in the latter stakes, that the handlers give their 
dogs half an opportunity on scattered birds owing to their 
over- eagerness to get points before a competitor. There is 
loud urging of the dogs and a pressing forward of handlers 
into the scattered birds before the dogs have time to point 
them, resulting in flushed birds and lost opportunities for 
work. They seem never to have outgrown the old theories 
of the heat system, and sacrifice much of the general 
qualities in a frantic effort to get points. There was none 
of this in the Members' Stake. While tho dogs were skill- 
fully kept up to their work there was none of the flurry and 
scramble which are no part of competition. 
The drawing was as follows: 
Pierre Lorillard's black, white and tan bitch Leona 
(Eugene T. — Belle of Hatchie), with Lochinvar, black, white 
and tan dog, H. B. Duryea, handler. 
Pierre Lorillard's bitch Antoinette, with F. R. Hitchcock's 
black, white and tan dog Tory Sandstone (Count Gladstone 
IV.— Tory Diamond). 
Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, black, white and tan bitch Lady 
Araminta (Eugene T.— Dell Rivers), with W. B. Meares, 
Jr.'s, dog Linwood. 
F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch Topaz (Count 
Gladstone IV.— Tory Diamond), with W. B. Meares, Jr.'s, 
orange and white dog Jovful (Dion C. — Natalie). 
Roi d'Or, black, white and tan dog, handled by H. B. 
Duryea, with J. E. Orr's liver and white pointer dog Shot. 
Second Round. 
Topaz with Leona. 
Lady Araminta with Lochinvar. 
Sandstone with Joyful. 
Roi d'Or with Antoinette. 
Tliird Bound. 
Lady Araminta with Topaz. 
Leona with Lochinvar. 
Fiist, Topaz; second, Lady Araminta; third, Lochinvar. 
This event preceded the Derby and All Age Stake, which 
did not begin till Wednesday, Nov. 21. On Tuesday many of 
the visiting sportsmen went shooting. 
MONDAY. 
The start was late, owing to bad weather. The early 
morning was dark and rainy. The solid black sky showed 
no Bigns favorable for good weather, but about 8 o'clock the 
clouds rapidly broke up, the weather cleared perfectly, and 
the sun shone warm and clear. While not so warm as to be 
uncomfortable, it was a little too warm for the best work. 
Birds were neither in abundance nor scarcity, yet they were 
scarce enough to test the finding qualities of the competitors 
quite thoroughly. 
First Round. 
The competition in this round was so good and the work so 
clean-cut by nearly all the competitors that it was indecisive 
in establishing any pronounced superiority. The handling, 
too, was so skillful that there were none of the flurries and 
rushing and unseemly scrambling which so often mar the 
competition in professional stakes. 
Lochinvar— Leona. — The heat began at 9:24. Lochinvar 
showed a decided superiority over his competitor, though 
faulty in locating his birds accurately since he required 
coaching to set him properly on his points. He was first to 
point, but moved on, then both dogs roaded and nothing 
was found. In thick cover in a run Leona was on point and 
as one of the judges crossed through the difficult cover he 
flushed the bevy. The cover was so dense it was difficult to 
form other than a vague idea of the point. On the scattered 
birds Lochinvar pointed three times on singles in quick suc- 
cession, and pointed once on footscent presumably, as noth- 
ing was found. Up at 10:05. Both ranged well and at good 
speed, Lochinvar the better. 
Antoinette— Sandstone.— They began at 10:12. Both 
were in heavy weeds working down wind and a bevy flushed. 
The high weeds concealed the cause of the flush. The bevy 
was followed. Sandstone took a cast into the woods and 
pointed it. Mr. Hitchcock failed to flush, but after he. 
ordered the dog on he flushed the bevy a few yards further 
on. The dogs were steady to shot. On the scattered birds 
Antoinette pointed a single well and Sandstone backed. 
Next he flushed excusably. The heat ended at 10:54. Both 
ranged fairly well and with good speed. Sandstone showed 
some self-will at times. 
Lady Araminta— Linwood.— They were cast off at 11:05. 
Lady soon pointed a bevy and was prettily backed by Lin- 
wood, The dogs were worked in a circle back to the birds 
in corn. Linwood pointed them, and Lady coming up the 
other side of the narrow run, pointed the same bevy. . Both 
were steady to shot. The birds were followed into pine 
woods, where Lady flushed a single and Linwood made a 
good point on one. Next he drew with head well up to a 
point on the bevy. At the same time, Lady apparently not 
seeing" h'im, drew to a point on the same birds and got very 
close on them before stopping, and either stopped to wing or 
stopped barely soon enough to make a point. In any event, 
her performance was far inferior to that of Linwood. Sent 
on, Lady pointed; nothing found. Linwood pointed a single 
and was steady to shot, and his next point had no bird. Up 
at 11:33. Linwood showed superior ability in locating, draw- 
ing and accurate pointing,- far superior to his competitor in 
those qualities. But his range was very narrow. Lady 
ranged well and had the greater speed, but her point work 
was ordinary. 
Topaz— Joyful.— They started at 11:37. Both went well, 
Topaz going merrily, speedily and wide. Joyful was one of 
the Derby entries. Topaz took a wide cast, found and 
pointed a bevy nicely, and held her point staunchly till her 
handler came up. Joyful drew in and pointed the same 
bevy. Both were steady to wing. Topaz flushed a single. 
Next she pointed in weeds where birds had been marked 
down and Joyful pointed, but the birds could not be found. 
Joyful pointed nicely a bevy in corn. Up at 12:08. Topaz 
was speedier and the wider ranger, and had a most animated 
action. Her point work was sharp and superior. Joyful 
ranged fairly well and at good speed, worked well to the gun 
and showed good judgment. 
Roi d'Oe— Shot.— They started at 12:18. One of the judges 
flushed a bevy which was marked down close by. Shot 
pointed and roaded slowly on the trail of some running 
birds. He finally got a point on a single and was steady to 
shot. Sent on, he flushed a single. At the same time Roi, 
about 80yds. away working on separate ground, pointed a 
bevy, and next pointed a single. Shot showed carelessness 
and flushed twice. Roi made two points on birds in woods. 
Up at 12:55, with the heat all in Roi's favor. Roi ran a 
steady working heat, kept up his speed, though there was 
nothing in his performance above superior every-day work. 
Second Round. 
The work had been so even that it was impossible to make 
any accurate selection of the winners. Eight dogs were 
retained. 
Topaz— Leona.— After lunch, at 1:45. Both soon pointed, 
moved on and made game. In woods, Topaz pointed and 
Leona backed. One of the attendants said a bevy had flushed 
from the spot a few moments before. Leona pointed a single. 
Up at 2:24. Topaz was the better ranger, though neither ran 
so well as in the morning. 
Lady Araminta— Lochinvar.— Lady pointed a bevy in 
woods and was steady to shot. Soon each got a good point 
on a single. Lochinvar next pointed and nothing found. 
Lady, standing directly over a single birfi failed to point it. 
Up at 2:54. Lady had shortened her range very much as 
compared with that of the morning, and was not equal to 
Lochinvar in that respect. Her work on birds was not clean 
and skillful. 
Sandstone— Joyful. — They started at 3:00 and ran 23m. 
Joyful pointed a bevy in corn, taking a long cast to it. He 
held his point quite a while till his handler came up, then 
moved in and flushed. Some of the birds lit a few yards 
away and he flushed them. Sent on again he pointed two 
birds in sedge grass. Up at 3:23. Both were diligent, though 
neither ranged wide in this heat. 
Roi d'Or— Antoinette.— They began at 2:30 and ran 17m. 
Antoinette flushed an outlying bird, then stopped on a point 
on the bevy. They were steady to shot. On the scattered 
birds, Roi pointed a single and Antoinette refused to back. 
Her range was much shortened. Roi kept up his steady 
gait and had medium range. 
Third Round. 
Araminta— Topaz.— At 4:10 they were cast off. Topaz got 
a point on a bevy and two points on singles and one flush. 
Lady got one point and one flush, all in a strip of woods. 
Next Topaz found and pointed a bevy, and Lady drew to a 
point on the same bevy. Topaz was the wider and better 
ranger, and her point work was better. Up at 4:38. 
Leona— Lochinvar.— They began at 4:41 and ran 23m. 
Lochinvar made a staunch point in corn; nothing found. 
Sent on, next he pointed a bevy in weeds. The dogs were 
separated during the latter part of the heat, Lochinvar 
being lost for .some minutes, when found, on point. Loch- 
invar was the better. The judges announced the winners as 
follows: First, Topaz; second, Lady Araminta; third, Loch- 
invar. 
WEDNESDAY. 
A rainy morning cleared up quickly into a delightfully 
pleasant day which grew warmer and warmer, till at last 
the handlers were content to run in their shirt sleeves, and 
were uncomfortably warm even then. Whether or not the 
dogs would have done better work if the weather had been 
cooler is a matter for speculation. Birds were not plentiful. 
It required diligent searching to find them. 
The Derby. 
For all setters or pointer pups whelped on or after Jan. 1, 
1893. Three purses; first prize, $300; second, $200; third, $100. 
The first stake of the open competition began with the 
Derby. The quality of the dogs was average. No phenom- 
enal performer appeared in the competition. 
The stake had 13 starters, drawn in the following order: 
F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch Dotlet (Count 
Gladstone— Delia), H. B. Duryea, handler, with Blue Ridge 
Kennels' black, white and tan dog Tony Boy (Antonio- 
Laundress), D. E. Rose, handler. 
Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' liver and white dog 
Delhi (Rip Rap— Queen II.), C. E. Buckle handler, with 
Avent and Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan bitch 
Clementina (Roderigo — Norah II.), J. M. Avent, handler. 
P. Lorillard, Jr's., black, white and tan dog Shad (Eugene 
T. — Lou), C. Tucker, handler, with Avent and Thayer Ken- 
nels' black, white and tan bitch Cynosure (Roderigo — Norah 
II.), J. M. Avent, handler. 
F. R. Hitchcock's black, white and tan bitch Luna, (Roi 
d'Or— Tory Diamond), John White, handler, xvith H. H. 
Hargraves' lemon and white bitch Antovista (Antonio— 
Buena Vista), owner handler. 
Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan bitch Lady 
Mildred (Antonio— Ruby's Girl) D. E. Rose, handler, with 
P. Lorillard Jr's,, black, white and tan bitch Paloma 
(Eugene T.— Lou), C. Tucker, handler. 
Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and tan bitch Nellie Fox 
(Antonio— Can Can) D. E. Rose, handler, with Charlottes- 
ville Field Trial Kennels' liver and white dog Tippoo (Rip 
Rap— Monterey) C. E. Buckle, handler. 
W. B. Meares, Jr.'s, orange and white dog Joyful (Dion 
C. — Natalie) a bye, owner, handler. 
Second Round. 
Cynosure with Tony Boy. 
Delhi with Lady Mildred. 
Clementina with Luna. 
Paloma with Nellie Fox. 
First, Cynosure; second, Tony Boy; third, Lady Mildred. 
Some changes were made in the order of the running, by 
consent of the handlers, to favor Mr. Avent, who was ill. 
The competition was quite good, some of it superior. 
The winner, Cynosure, made an exceptionally good show- 
ing. She was superior to her competitors, and won with 
something to spare. 
Tony Boy was not excelled by any dog in the stake in 
respect to speed, good range and a dashing, pleasing manner 
of going. His point work was faulty, and in this respect was 
decidedly inferior in the competition to Lady Mildred, winner 
of third. The latter was quite successful in finding and 
pointing, but was not equal to Tony Boy in range and speed, 
though she had good medium range. It was not an easy 
matter to decide between the two, though I thought her find- 
ing and pointing so far the better that she should have had 
second. Still, Tony's superior speed and range were to be 
considered, and in setting off dissimilar qualities there is 
room for differences of opinion. 
First Round. 
Dotlet— Tony Boy.— They were cast off at 8:55. The first 
work on birds was on a bevy in heavy sedge. The dogs could 
not be seen. The bevy flushed, and Tony made a flush on 
two remaining birds. The birds were followed and Tony 
roaded to a point on a single and was steady ro shot. At the 
same time Dotlet pointed and would not move on except 
when urged. She pointed and drew over cautiously till the 
end of the heat, plainly not on footscent. Tony Boy showed 
good range and speed and put much enthusiasm into his 
work. On the single bird which he pointed he did a good 
piece of work. Up at 9:29. 
Luna— Antovista— At 9:37 they were cast off. Antovista 
pointed in a cornfield; nothing found. She showed some 
unsteadiness on a single bird. Luna pointed a bevy; Anto- 
vista refused to back and stole the point. The birds were 
followed. Antovista flushed one and chased. Luna pointed 
and several yards away one of the judges flushed a bird. 
Antovista refused to back. She pointed, probably on foot- 
scent. Up at 10:09. Antovista was a good ranger, was 
diligent and speedy, but was lacking in experience and 
discipline. With more experience, she should make an 
excellent performer. Luna showed fairly good point 
work and moderate range. 
Delhi— Clementina.— They began at 10:14. Delhi was 
easily the better. Clementina was self-willed and disposed 
to work to please herself regardless of the gun at times. 
Crossing the hollow, the judges found Delhi on a point, but 
the birds flushed a few moments before the judges could get 
to him. He presumably had the point. Soon Clementina 
was lost, or what was probably more correct she was work- 
ing to please herself. Before she was found, Delhi took a 
cast into the next field and pointed a bevy and was steady to 
shot. This was a good piece of work. The birds were fol- 
lowed. Delhi in woods pointed them, Clementina, crossing 
in ahead pointed the same bevy. Each then got a point on 
a single bird, and Delhi pointed footscent where birds had 
flushed from. Lip at 11:07. Clementina was hard to handle 
and needed a lot of whistling and ordering to keep her even 
partially in control. Delhi worked well to the gun and his 
point work was clean and sharp. He ranged well, but came 
in to his handler once in a while unnecessarily. 
Shad— Cynosure.— They were cast off at 11:21. Cynosure 
opened the bird work by finding and pointing a big bevy in 
sedge and weeds. She was steady to shot. The birds were 
followed into corn. Cynosure pointed in corn, but nothing 
was found. Next she took a cast into sassafras bushes and 
heavy sedge, and she was left behind some moments on the 
supposition that she had gone on ahead. Returning, she 
was found holding a point on a bevy steadily, which flushed 
wild. The dogs became separated. Cynosure was ordered 
up at 11:52, and Shad ran four minutes longer without find- 
ing. All the advantage was with Cvnosure. 
Lady Mildred— Paloma.— After lunch at 1:30 they were 
cast off. Lady far outclassed her competitor. She found a 
bevy in weeds on a side hill and pointed it. Paloma drew a 
short circuit about Lady and flushed the bevy. Both were 
steady to shot. Next Lady roaded on a side hill in weeds 
across wind on a bevy which she pressed too close and 
flushed. A bird was left and Paloma pointed it. The dogs 
were worked in a circuit to the scattered birds in woods. On 
the way, in thick cover, Paloma made a half point on a 
single bird, which flushed wild. She roaded further down 
the hill and got a point on a single. Lady was out of sight 
for a few moments. She was found on a point in pines; Rose 
flushed the bevy and Lady was steady to shot. The heat 
ended at 2:07. Lady beat out her ground with excellent 
judgment and showed superior skill in her bird work. She 
found well, too. Paloma's point work was ordinary and she 
had no success in finding bevies. Her range was middling. 
Tippoo— Nellie Fox.— They began at 2:18. Tippoofiushed 
a bevy in open weeds, which probably injured his chances 
seriously. The bevy was followed and Tippoo pointed it. 
Sent on, he flushed the remaining birds. In weeds, Tippoo 
backed Nellie's point; nothing found, but a bird had been 
flushed from the place shortly before. A bevy flushed by the 
handlers was followed into the woods. Both flushed the 
same bird, then Nellie flushed one. She next made a barren 
point. Each got a good point on separate birds. Nellie 
pointed foot scent and was backed. Up at 2:54. Both had 
moderately good range and speed. There were several points 
made where birds had been marked down, and which, there- 
fore, were not false. Their work was in a hot part of the 
day. 
Joyful— Iohtfield Rosalie.— The latter was merely a 
working mate, Joyful having the bye. They started at 3. 
A single bird was seen to flush in high sedge, and Joyful 
stopped to a point on the flush. At 3:18 the dogs were taken 
to new ground, which took 22 minutes. Joyful was then 
run alone. He pointed a bevy in weeds, and got two points 
on singles in hard cover. His range was but moderately 
fair. Up at 3:54. 
Second Round. 
The judges consulted during some minutes and selected 
eight dogs to continue the running. In my opinion, Clem- 
entina, for disobedience and self-hunting, could have been 
left out; Paloma the same for a general inferior showing; 
Luna for but a moderately good performance. 
Cynosure— Tony Boy.— They stated at 4:32, Cynosure 
was lost for a few minutes. She was found steadily pointing 
a bevy in weeds on a side hill. Tony ran into the bevy ana 
flushed it. Tony, probably on foot scent, pointed, at the 
same time Cynosure pointed and a single bird was flushed 
after she moved on. Tony next made a good point on a 
single bird. Cynosure pointed on a side hill in sedge; noth- 
ing found. Both made game. Tony pointed a bevy, and 
Cynosure coming up close to Tony, pointed or backed. Up 
at 5:01. Both were good rangers and covered a lot of ground. 
This heat ended the day's work. 
THURSDAY. 
A heavy fog partially obscured the view during the first 
two heats, but as the sun mounted higher the fog was burned 
