98 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Feb. 2' 1805. 
MONDAY. 
The weather was so unpromising that the start was delayed 
for a while. Heavy, broken masses of clouds soon joined into a 
black whole. Then it rained, from a gentle start the rain 
increased until it fell in torrents. By lunch time the sky had 
cleared up, and the sun shone clear and warm. The fields were 
web and soft, and, in cultivated ground, they were nmddy. 
These conditions made hard running. After lunch a start was 
made. 
Rirds were found iu • abundauce during the afternoon, num- 
bering about fourteen bevies found by the puppies aud horse- 
men, the latter riding up a few bevies. In some instances two 
lots of birds were found so close together as to raise the pre- 
sumption that they belonged to one bevy. The bevies were 
large and numerous, showing that pains had been taken to pre- 
serve them for the field trials. The work was ordinary, but 
the birds ran from the dogs points many times. 
FIRST ROUND. 
Delhi-Roderick T. At 1,80, they were started in open sedge. 
Both, showed good speed and range. Delhi was a bit head 
strong, went beyond control sometimes and did not heed 
properly the interests of the gun. Roderick seemed able to get 
wh^ra the birds were, bub was very faulty in his point work. 
At the edge of woods. Roderick pointed to a flush, or the birds 
flushed afer he had pointed them. The heavy sedge concealed 
him partially from view. A_t the same time, about thirty yards 
away in the woods. Delhi pointed another be\'3'. About fifty 
yards further on Delhi roaded and the birds flushed wild. 
Next, Roderick made several bad flushes in succession and 
Delhi made one. Delhi made a cast into woods and pointed a 
single well. Roderick made another flash and the heat, ended. 
Down 30 minutes. Delhi showed good speed and wide range. 
Roderick also was speedy, and wide in range, but his faulty 
point work spoiled his chances. 
Tippoo- Tamarack, Jr. They were started at 2.20. Tamarack 
pointed well an outlyiug bird of a bevy after two or three had 
been seen to flush. Then he drew on to a good point on the 
bsvy and was steady to shot. Next ho pointed near a plum 
thicket. Gray failed to flush the bevy. The birds were par- 
tially across wind from Tamareck, and therefore were difficult 
to locate. Tamarack drew on carefully. At the same time, 
Tippoo began to draw straight up wind to a point on the bevy 
at the same time Tamarack pointed it. Moved on. Tippoo 
pointed at the same moment that the bird flushed. Up at 3.10. 
Tippoo handled hard. Tamarack showed good judgment and 
accuracy in reading and pointing his birds. Both ranged well. 
Their poiut work, however, was not up to thier opportunities. 
Lad's Lady-Staunch George. They started at 2.15. George 
flushed a bevy in woods. He flushed a single wilfully. In. 
woods, Lady pointed and George 'backed. Sent on, George, 
goiug down wind, flushed the bevy. Lady ran about irregular- 
ly and with poor judgment. It was said that he was iu season. 
Neither one showed much range, and they beat out the ground 
without exercising judgment. Maj. Pureed explained that the 
bitch being season spoiled his dog's work. The heat was a poor 
one. 
Hempstead Don-Rex Fast. They were started at 3.51. Don, in 
the open, made game and pointed the bevy which was flushed 
by his handler. The birds were followed. Don made two false 
pionts aud was backed.^Rex made a point on a single, flushed 
twice and pointed another single. Sent on. Don pointed a 
bevy, aud Rex, apparently not seeing Don, drew by him three 
or four yards to one side, and poiiited the same bevy. Both 
were steady to shot. Don pointed a single. Next he roaded, 
pointed, roaded. and Rex, crossing in ahead, took up the same 
trail, aud roaded the bird. He stopped at the moment it 
flushed. Rex pointed a single. Up at 4.30. Don's style was 
poor. He had a sneaky, slow manner of roading, with head 
and tail carried low. Rex showed fair ability in his point 
work. In range, they were Tandy good. 
Love's Kent was started alone at 4.37 and ran 30 minutes. 
He started very slow and pottered close about his handler. 
Toward the last of the heat he showed more spirit and industry. 
He made two points to which nothing was found. Next he 
pointed a bevy which rau away from his poiut, and was seen 
running along the hedge close by. The birds flew up the 
hedge. Kent got two. birds on the scattered birds, and made a 
fan* showing out of what apparently was at the start a very 
poor heat. 
This ended the day's work. 
TUESDAY. 
A frosty morniuer, a clear sky, and a balmy temperature were 
conditions favorable for good work on the part of the dogs, and 
pleasant for the spectators. As the day advanced there was a 
slight tinge of coolness in the air. A gentle breeze sprung up 
and prevailed during the afternoon. A start was made at the 
Jourdan place, nearly five miles from town. The cover on 
the grounds was much thinner and there was a larger ratio of 
area under cultivation than in the grounds of yesterday. There 
were plenty of birds, still the pointers showed an inferior com- 
petition, and some of it was decidedly poor. 
After the first, second and third, it was very difficult to select 
the winners of the remaining places, so indifferent was their 
work. 
SECOND ROUND. 
Tamarack, Jr., -Delhi. Owing to the Derby being drawn in 
the morning, and the longer distance to the grounds, the com- 
petition was begun late, at 9.10. Delhi drew nicely to a point 
on a bevy in open weeds and sedge; Tamarack backed nicely. 
Both were steady to shot. The scattered birds were followed. 
Delhi pointed and roaded in a cotton field, then Tamarack 
pointed; nothing found. 
A bevy was marked down by spectators and it was followed. 
Delhi made a sharp point on a single bird. The birds appeared 
to be holding their scent and lying very close, for they were 
flushed by the handlers, judges, etc., after once walking- 
through and past them. Down 40minut.s, Both ranged well, 
and with good judgment, though Delhi was better aud did a 
higher class of work. He stayed out well, beat out his ground 
with judgment, and was uniformly industrious. 
Hempstead Don-Tippoo. At 9:57', they were cast off. Tippoo 
worked out of control several times during the heat, and, while 
he showed first rate speed and stamina, he was faulty in being 
disobedient and in not working to the gun. Both pointed; 
nothing found. Don showed an inclination to false point. He 
pointed a bevy by the edge of woods, a good steady piece of 
work. The birds were followed. Tippoo wheeled to a point 
close to a single bird the moment it flushed. He seemed to. 
point it to wing. Tippoo made two flushes and Don pointed a 
single. Both were drawing together, Don in the lead and the 
bevy flushed ahead of them. Don pointed a, single bird. Up at 
10.56. Don secured some good points on birds, but his manner 
of working was inferior, and he needed a deal of coaching to 
get his points accurately. 
Rex Fast-Love's Kent. They were started at 11.18. Rex 
pointed two birds on a side hill in sedge. They proved to be 
outlying birds of a bevy. Kent took up the trail and roaded a 
few yards to the bevy aud pointed it. The credit of the find 
was Rex's. On a bevy marked down in woods by spectators, 
both did sloppy work. Both ranged close and pottered fre- 
quently. Rex was the better performer in a poor performance. 
Up at 11.48. 
Six dogs had been kept hi but. the work was so poor that 
Staunch George and Lad's Lady w ere given another chance. 
Staunch George was started alone at 11.60. He pointed a 
bevy in sedge, and was steady to shot, in woods, on scattered 
birds, ho pegged a single nicely. Next, ho pointed on foot 
scent. He flushed a single. He pointed to wing and auother 
single bird was flushed behind him, Next, he pointed, then 
roaded cautiously and a single was seen to fl ush in the woods 
about thirty yards ahead. While going down wind, a bevy 
was flushed by the handler or doe. Up at 12.11. His range was 
narrow. 
Lad's Lady started at 12.14. She was worked to where a 
bevy had been marked down iu open sedge. On the scattered 
birus she did some bungling work. She flushed twice, pointed 
well once," and lost several good opportunities. Up at 12.24. 
She pottered frequently and hn' range was close. She was in 
season, which may explain her poor pel formance. Lunch was 
next in order. The judges, owing to the poor performances of 
some of the competitors, were uuable to decide the stake, so 
Roderick T. was called up. While he was being brought from 
town, the setter Derby was begun. Three heats were run be- 
fore the Pointer Derby was resumed. 
Roderick T-Rex Fust. They were cast off at 4.23. Both 
roaded in open sedge to a point on a bevy. Rex a bit in the 
lead. The birds were marked down in the open. Rex pointed 
a single well. He was about steadying ou another when his 
handler called to him to go on, thinking he was on foot scent. 
Rex held the point on a bird. Next he flushed a single which 
he was drawing carefully on. Roderick flushed a single. Up 
at 4.42. Rex came in to his handler once in awhile. "While 
Roderick ranged well and showed good speed, his point work 
was very faulty. 
Staunch George-Love's Kent. They were started at 4.44. 
Kent pointed a bevy in the open field. The birds were fol- 
lowed and Kent secured another point on the same bevy. He 
flushed a single. Next, on marked birds, he. made game, and 
George, about fifteen yaras ahead, pointed the scattered birds 
and chased them; when they flushed. Up at 5.11. 
This ended the day's work and the stakes. In the evening the 
judges announced the winner, namely, first, Delhi; second, 
Tamarack, Jr.; third, Hempstead Don; fourth, Rex Fast; fifth. 
Love's Kent. 
The stake was most difficult to decide after the first three 
places were decided 
Delhi showed excellent capabilities, though at times hard to 
handle His point work was sharp and accurate, and he beat 
out a lot of grouud with good judgment. 
Tamarack, Jr., also was speedy, and covered a great deal of 
ground in his ranging, but in work he was outclassed by Delhi. 
As for the rest, their work was from ordinary to less than 
ordinary. 
THE SETTER DERBY. 
There were fourteen starters, a number of them were dog' 
wihich had competed in the fall trials, and therefore their 
doings in competition are not new to the reader. 
There w r as quite a difference in the class of work in this 
stake, as compared with the preceding one. It was much 
better. 
The dogs were drawn in the following order: 
Blue Ridge kennels' black, white and tan bitch Lady Mildred 
(Antonio — Rnby's girl) D. E. Rose, handler, with F. R. Hitch- 
cock's black, white and tan bitch Tory Dotlet (Count Gladstone 
— Tory Delia), J. M. Avent, handler. 
Blue Ridge kennels black, white and tan dog, Tom Beggs 
(Antonio — Ruby's girl), D. E. Rose, handler, with Minnesota 
kennels' Jock Scott. Geo. Richards, handler. 
Manchester Kennel company's black and white bitch Dashing 
Novice II (Gladstone's Boy— Queen Novice), A. R. Gilliam, 
handler, with Jackson and Denmark kennels' black, white and 
tan bitch Lady Clare (Prince Lucifer — Clare) Tbos. Bond, 
handler. 
Norvin T. Harris's black, white and tan bitch Cynosure, 
Rodergo — Norah If), J. M. Avent, handler, with Fox and Sel- 
ler's black, white and tan dog Tony's Gale (Antonio — Can 
Can), J. H. Johnson, handler. 
Norvin T. Harris's black, white and tan dog Dixie's Flag 
(Wun Lung — "White Wings). J. M. Avent, handler, with Blue 
Ridge kennels' black, white and tau bitch Nellie Fox 'Antonio 
— Can Can), D. E. Rose, handler. 
Major J. W. Renfroe's black, white and tan dog Joe Cum- 
mings (Antonio — Riscaola), W. W. Titus, handler, with Norvin 
T. Harris's black, white and tau dog Tony Boy (Antonio — 
Laundress) D. E. Rose, handler. 
Avent and Thayer's black, white aud tan bitch Clementina 
(Roderigo — Norah II), J. M. Avent, handler, with Geo. H. 
Read's blue belton dog, Wun Lung's Pride (Wun Lung — AVhite 
Wiugs), J. H. Johnson, handler. 
Tony's Gale ran a. high class race, ranging well and with 
judgment. He showed that he could find birds and point them 
too. The flaws in his work were not at all serious and will be 
corrected by a greater experience. 
Tony rsoy ran a very creditable i\;ce, and proved himself a 
good finder, and his point work was superior. His range and 
speed were. good. He has trained on remarkably well since his 
prev i o us competition. 
Lady Mildred showed excellent capabilities, though her range 
was but middling. Her work was not uniformly good. 
Cynosure, ran below her best form, not being iu good condi- 
tion. 
Lady Clare was quick and sharp in her bird work and a good 
finder, but she marred hei work by false pointing. 
The full report of the running will be published next week. 
FIRST ROUND. 
Lady Mildred— Tory D otlet. 
They were cast oil' at 1.33. Lady drew prettily in the open to 
a good point on a bevy and was steady to shot. Sent on. 
About forty or fifty yards further, she pointed another bevy 
nicely. The birds were marked down in the open. Rose was 
ordered to hold up his dog till Avent caught up, but he kept 
pushing quietly^ ahead till he got his dog pointing the scattered 
birds, then he waited. Dotlet backed; Rose shot and Dotlet 
chased. Avent complained that Rose ought not to have done 
so, and Rose explained thatiie didn't mean to do so. Sent on. 
Lady pointed one of the scattered birds at the moment it 
flushed. She pointed a single and flushed one. Dotlet pointed 
a single. 
Next Lady pointed a bevy on top of a hill in sedge and was 
steady to shot. Dot pointed a single and Lady made a flush. 
Up at 2.14. Dotlet had an energetic manner of going, but was 
overcautious when on game and required some urging to keep 
her goiug among scattered birds. She had not the quick ac- 
curacy and judgment displayed by Lady in her point work. 
Tom Beggs — Jock Scott. 
Tom was first to poiut, in a corner of woods, on a bevy. On 
the scattered birds he was less successful, flushing twice and 
scoriug a doubtful point, made simultaneously with the flush of 
blie bird. In the open, he pointed a single which Rose failed to 
flush. He ordered Tom on and the latter drew to an excusable 
flush, .lock in bottom pointed to a flush and Tom backed. Tom 
pointed in open sedge; nothing found. Toward the last of the 
heat, Tom pottered now and then. Both had shortened their 
range. Tom was making game, apparently on larks. He was 
working on a bevy. Rose ordered him on and he flushed it. 
The birds were followed. Jock pointed aud roaded, but failed 
to locate. Tom pointed a single. Up at 3.18. The point work 
fell short of the opportunities. Tom, however, did fairly well. 
Both showed good range, which was well maintained till toward 
the close of the heat. 
Lady Clare— Dashing Novice, 11 
' A bevy was seen to flush with Lady not far away from it. 
Both pointed about 100 yards apart in the opeu. Lady had a 
bevy: Novice had uo birds. Sent ou. Novice flushed a bird. 
She stopped bo the flush aud half pointed; Gilliam flushed a 
remaining bird ahead of her. Both pointed some scattered 
birds. Lady pointed a bevy at tae same time that Novice was 
making game' on [it. The latter drew to a point and both then 
ad a point on it. On the scattered birds. Lady made one and 
Novice two points. Next, Lady made a flush. Up at 3.58. 
Lady was the better ranger and finder, and was sharper in her 
poiut work. Novice's work was but fair. 
WEDNESDAY 
A crisp morning gradually warmed into a delightfully dear 
and pleasant day, too warm in the midday hours for the best 
working conditions. It was one of the mild balmy kind, enjoy- 
able in itself apart from all considerations of sport. Birds were 
found in plentiful numbers. The work was excellent in hart, 
with some of the rest of it fairly good, and a small part of it 
ordinary. Au early start was made and the competition was 
kept going all day with very little delay between heats. 
Cynosure— Tony's Gale.— They were cant off at 8.15. Each 
pointed single birds separately in woods aud were steady to 
shot. Sent on, Gale soon found and pointed a bevy— a good 
piece of work. Cynosure was not near at the time. On a side 
hill, Gale pointed a single bird well. At the same time, a short 
distance away, Cynosure pointed a bevy. Working after the 
scattered birds in an open field, Gale pointed a bevy. In the 
meantime, Cynosure made two points on the scattered bh-ds of 
the bevy found previously r . The point work was very clean, 
sharp and accurate. Gale ranged the wider and with more 
regularity. Cynosure ran a bit heavy. It was said that she 
had had but little work in three weeks, having been in season. 
Up at 8.50. 
Dixies Flag— Nellie 'Fox.— At 9.04 they were cast off. Nellie 
pointed a bevy nicely. The birds lit in rank, heavy weeds 
where it was impossible to get good work. An effort was made 
to get some' points on them, but was abandoned. Nellie, while 
being worked toward them, made a firm poiut; nothing found. 
Nellie pointed scattered birds in heavy weeds. Sent on. On 
the next bevy, found in heavy weeds, both dogs were found 
pointing it. A frightened rabbit, while scrambling through the 
weeds ran almost under Nellie, and she looked hard after it, 
but remained steady. The birds were followed. Neil made 
two flushes and another one was hers on circumstantial 
evidence. Up at 10.11. The heat was inferior. Both ranged 
fairly well in the beginning, but gradually showed signs of 
weariness. They worked far under their opportuuities. 
Joe Cummiugs — Tony Boy. — They begun at 10.21. Joe 
flushed a bevy in heavy sedge. Sent on. In jumping across a 
ditch, Tony, as he landed, flushed excusably a single, then 
wheeled to a point on the rest of the bevy, which was on the 
opposite side from him. In a plain thicket, both roaded. Joe 
made a point close on a single which flushed a moment after- 
ward. Sent on. Tony pointed a bevy in open sedge, and was 
steady to shot. Sent on, he pointed nicely another bevy and 
Joe backed prettily. Joe ranged well at the start, but gradu- 
ally changed to irregular effort aud did nob keep up a uniform 
interest in his work. Tony kept up a well sustained range, 
aud his point work was quite good as also was his success iu 
finding. 
Clementine — Wun Lung's Pride. — Down at 11. 16. Clemeubiue 
flushed a bevy in a thicket in a run. Next she pointed in 
weeds; nothing found. After nearly au hour's run, Clemen* 
tine nointed a bevy. On the scattered birds, Pride pointed, 
aud was backed. He roaded on into a cotton field on the trail 
of a running bird but gave it up. It flushed afterward and 
joined other flushed birds in then- flight. Clementine pointed 
a bird. Pride flushed one. Sent ou". Clementine pointed a 
bevy on a side hill in weeds. Next, sent on Pride got a point 
on a bevy in weeds. Up at 12.24- Neither ranged well and the 
'manner "of their work was inferior. 
SECOND ROUND. 
This ended the first series. Eight dogs were retained in tie 
second round, with Joe Cumming's and Dixie's Flag in reserve 
to be called up again in the ovent that the judges so decided. 
Lady Clare— Lady Mildred. -They began at 1.34. Claire 
soon found aud pointed a bevy aud at the same time Mildred 
about eighty yards away, found anl pointed another bevy. 
Claire was a bit unsteady. She made two points to which 
nothing was found. Next" she pointed a bevy ou a sido;hill 
iu sedge. Mildred at the same time pointed a bevy. Next 
Clare made a good poiut on scattered birds after which shs 
made two barren points. Up at 2.11. Mildred did not run up 
to the excellent form of her first heat, though doing creditable 
work. Clare marred her excellent form of her first heat, 
though doing creditable work. Clare marred her excellent 
capabilities by false pointing. Both exhibited firm capabilities 
as finders.. Their range was middling and they were industrious. 
Tony Boy— Tory's Gale.— Off at "2.21. Tony pointed and was 
nicely backed. Nothing found. Tory next pointed a bevy in 
open sedge. There was some haste exhibited by the handlers, 
and Major Taylor admonished them that they must go slower 
and let their dogs come to them instead of going after their 
dogs at every long cast. Tony pointed a bevy. Not so certain- 
ly as he might have done. He flushed a single. Tory pointed 
and Tony backed to caution. Nothing found. fSent on. After 
going about sixty yards, Tory pointed and as Tony came up he 
drew aside at sight of Tory aud refused to back. Tony pointed; 
nothing found. He next pointed a singie bird, Up at 3.14. 
Both haudled hard. The work was not up to the opportunities, 
though both showed capabilities of doing better work. They 
ranged wide and fast, aud seemed to handle harder than they 
really did handle, owing to the handlers, who were mounted, 
following their dogs when a long cast was made. 
Cynosure — Wun Lung's Pride. — They were started at 3.17. 
Pride roaded a bird and Cynosure passed ahead and flushed it. 
Pride pointed a beyy in sedge and was steady to shot. Cyno- 
sure got a poiut on two birds. Pride backed/ Pride pointed a 
single and uext both got a poiut on the scattered birds. Cyno- 
sure pointed, Pride backed; both theu roaded, pointed and 
roaded, Cynosure finally locating and pointed the bevy, Pride 
close behind. The credit of the find was Cynosure's. She 
next pointed a single bird. Pride pointed; nothing found. Up 
at 3.57, Prides range was greatly shortened as the heat pro- 
gressed, and he showed signs of fatigue. Cynosure's point 
work was good, but her range was not well sustained, though 
she kept diligently at work. 
Clementine — Nellie Fox. — They ran 43 minutes without find- 
ing. Their ranging was defective in its Irregularity, 
Dixie's Flag — Joe Cummiugs. — They" were cast off at 4.49. 
Flag pointed a bevy in sedge and Joe flushed it. Joe pointed a, 
bevy in woods and was steady to shot. He pointed well a 
singie remaining bird. Following the bevy into woods Joe 
pointed it. He pointed a single and flushed one. Flag pointed; 
nothing found. Next, he pointed a single after which Joe 
pointed one. Up a1 5.10. Neither showed good range. Joe 
showed good p iting capabilities, but apparently was a bib 
careless. 
THURSDAY. 
A cloudy, raw morning gradually changed to a good working 
day, a gentle, fresh wind blowing most of the time. Birds 
were found in abundance, the judges having a record of 
twenty-two bevies found by lunch time, but not all of them by 
the dogs. The iuteresb of bho spectators was'well susbained. 
Tbirby-five bevies were found wdien bhe work ceased. 
FINAL. 
Tony Gale— Lady Mildred.— They were sbarted at 8; 48. This 
was the concluding heat of this stake. Tony pointed and Lady 
backed. Nothing found. 
He made a similar point in a cornfield. Next he made a 
good point on a bevy, aud Lady back indifferently. Tobuson 
failed to flush the birds, and sent the dog ou. They" were after- 
ward flushed behind the place where the dog pointed. Sent on. 
Lady pointed a single bird in sedge and was steady to shot. 
Next, Lady pointed a bevy, after which she moved ou about 
forty yards and flushed some remaining birds. Tory pointed 
well a bird in sedge. Next he found aud pointed a bevy well. 
