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Johnson. She is a nice-going dog, and well deserved the 
honors conferred upon her. 
Eod Gladstone, by Eodfield out of Sae Gladstone, owned 
by Mr. Pollard and handled by Geo. McLin, captured 
third money. This dog was only four weeks in the hands 
of his trainer, or the writer predicts he would have 
hustled hia more fortunate competitors. Rod has a happy 
way of going as though his life depended on his getting 
that covey point first. Thia pup is the first of Rodfield's 
get to start in field trials, and the writer prophesies a 
great future for the sire if this puppy is a fair sample. 
Fourth prize went to Dave Earl, a black, white and tan 
English setter dog, by Count Gladstone IV, out of Don's 
Lady,. He is owned by Theo. Goodman and was handled 
by John Johnson. Dave is an excellent worker in every 
respect, but seemed to be off on nose and hard-headed. 
The Derby. 
After the drawing Monday a start was made two miles 
from town. Unfortunately the ground selected was not 
adapted for field trials. 
The first brace, Albert Lieber's black and white dog 
Spot, handled by Harvey, and Charles Fox's black, white 
and tan bitch Easter Lily, handled by Geo, McLin, were 
<3ast off in a woods pasture. After running perhaps thirty 
minutes and not finding birds, the dogs were ordered up 
and a move made to a more favorable place. 
Keno N,, a black, white and tan dog, handled by May- 
field, and the black, white and tan bitch Rudge Gladstone, 
owned by Richard Merrill and handled by Tom Richards, 
were next. After drawing a field of heavy corn blank, 
the dogs were worked through standing corn with the 
same result. Eatiu'ning to road, a bevy was flushed by 
spectators and settled in ragweeds. Neither dog showed 
much merit, and after flushing three or four birds were 
ordered up. Down 43 minutes. 
The next brace, Josie Freeman and Ripple, cut out 
their work in a pleasing way, both getting away at a 
clipping gait — range and pace a little in favor of Josie. 
Birds were found in very unfavorable places to do good 
work, heavy undergrowth and briers making it impos- 
sible for dogs to show to the beat advantage. The pointer 
was game and faced the needles on bushes as well as any 
setter could do. After a long run in the hot noonday 
sun they were ordered up and a move made to refresh 
the inner man. 
After lunch Rod Gladstone and Dave Earl were cut 
loose in a big ragweed field. Pace and range were equal 
to the best. Dave Earl did not distinguish himself on 
point work, and at one time got beyond the control of his 
handler and made a flock of turkeys take to the trees. In 
the meantime, with Johnson yelling, whistling and -say- 
ing pretty things to Dave, Rod Gladstone made a long 
cast in a hill and made a beautiful point in rather a bare 
place. McLin flushed; Rod was steady to wing and shot. 
Sent on, he directly drew on an outlying bird, and to 
flush conducted himself in a becoming manner. Dave 
now being ready to attend to business, the dogs were sent 
away. The sun shone hot, and the dry ground made it 
anything but favorable to find birds. However, the dogs 
proved their staying qualities and hunted aa industriously 
and with as much earnestness as though the weather was 
just right. Down 40 minutes. 
Men, horses and dogs were hot and tired, and a break 
was made for a cool, shady place. After a rest Mr. John- 
son consented to run Dave Earl again and he was sent 
away with Josie Freeman. Dave kept up his slashing 
way of going until he was ordered up, which speaks well 
for his courage and endurance. It took 55 minutes to 
satisfy the judges as to the relative qualities of this brace. 
Josie acquitted herself favorably, as sbe had done in her 
previous heat. Dave minded somewhat better, but seems 
to be off on nose. 
Ripple and Rod Gladstone in a big field with cover just 
right cut out a pace and range that was delightful to see. 
After drawing ten fields blank Ripple whirled on a point 
in a gully. Rod, going at a race-horse gait down the 
bank, could not stop in time to back, but almost fell on 
the birds. At flush of birds both dogs were steady under 
very trying circumstances. The dogs were then worked 
around to covey marked in heavy cover. The birds rose 
wild and neither dog got a point. 
The judges now held a consultation and decided to 
allow Keno N. and Easter Lily another trial. Suffice to 
say they were ordered up after awhile, as neither had 
shown himself worthy of a place. 
In the evening the awards were pasted on blackboard 
at hotel: First, Josie Freeman (setter); second, Ripple 
(pointer); third, Rod Gladstone (setter); fourth, Dave Earl 
(setter). 
Grand Rapids Show. 
The Butterfly Bench Show Association, Sec'y Grace 
H. Griawold, 184 N. Lafayette street. Grand Rapids, 
Mich., will hold a show under A. K. 0. rules Dec. 8, 9, 
10, 11. ' ' 
MONONGAHELA VALLEY GAME AND 
FISH PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA- 
TION'S TRIALS. 
The second annual trials of the M. V. G. and F, Associa- 
tion began Got. 28. There was a good attendance of sports- 
men, who displayed an enthusiasm to a degree seldom 
seen at the more pretentious trials. The following list of 
names includes most of those who were present: G. O. 
Smith, Wheeling, W. Va.; Mr. Boyd, Indianapolis; Dr. 
Ross Foster, Crafton, Pa. ; A. C. Peterson, R. C. Stenger, 
Dr. Geo. Gladden (president of the Association), W. H. 
Beaz8ll, Homestead, Pa.; C. B. Shirley, G. W. Lang, R. 
S. D. Hartrick, S. B. Cummings (secretary), T. H. Havo- 
cotte, L O. Seidle, T. B. Hutchison, Geo. Mesta, W. B, 
Brush, Wilmerding; Frank Kreuse, Joe Kelley, Pitts- 
burg; Hervey Ciirist, Belmont, O.; K. P. Beattie, East 
Liverpool, O. ; Geo. Battison, Youngstown, O. ; R, V. Fox, 
Harrisburg, Pa. ; Dr. S. W, Hartt, J. Schaumm, McKees- 
port, Pa.; J. Gladden, Charieroi, Pa.; F. D. West, 
Brownsville; J. F. Ball, Carmichaels, Pa.; Maj. J. M. 
Taylor, New York; and there were a number of others — 
resident sportsmen — who were in daily attendance, so 
that the numbers all told made quite a following each 
day. 
Messrs. W. S. B3II, of Pittsburg, and S. C. Bradley, of 
Greenfield Hill, Conn,, judged both stakes, and it is 
hardly necessary to add that their part was done skill- 
fully, industriously and satisfactorily. Mr, Cummings, 
the secretary, was untiringly energetic in his attention to 
all details of the trials. 
The conditions were unfavorable from several causes, 
chief of which are that the trials are held too early, so 
early that it is impossible to give the dogs the needed 
training and conditioning; the vegetation is rank and 
green, the frosts and storms having had but little effect 
on the shorter cover. Many of the birds were but half 
grown or less and made but little effort to escape from 
the dogs. The weather was too warm, being more like 
that of the summer than of the fall. If the Association 
could so fix its dates as to run its trials at a later period, 
when the frosts have killed the vegetation, but still at a 
time before the freezing weather of winter sets in, such 
would be a gain to the competitions in every respect. The 
birds would be stronger and wilder, the scent and the 
conditions for scenting would be better, the dogs could 
run without any of the distress which comes from over- 
heating; in short, as every important factor would then 
be more in season, all of the competition would be of a 
higher order. No handler can make satisfactory progress 
in warm weather on half-grown birds so far as it refers to 
competition. The dogs have but a lukewarm interest in 
the work at such times, and it is not to be expected that 
they will make a better showing in the competition than 
they will out of it. 
The trials were run on the Association's preserve of 
7,500 acres in Greene county, six miles from Waynesburg, 
reached by a winding narrow-gauge road, as crooked 
a twenty-eight miles of road through the hill country as 
could well be imagined by a normal brain, and Wash- 
ington in turn is about thirty miles from Pittsburg, on a 
branch of the Pennsylvania R. R. The entire party was 
cared for by the farmers whose homes were conven- 
iently near by the grounds. 
The preserve is very hilly, some of the hills being of 
majestic size. As the search for birds led the party from 
one hill top to another, picturesque scenes of valley and 
hill were unfolded to the view — long sweeps of deep val- 
leys winding far away, with a few farmhouses nestling 
here and there on hillside and valley, made so small by 
distance that they seemed to be dwellings in miniature; 
oak woods in irregular patches gave a ricli coloring to 
the great picture, besides filling the more useful oflice of 
sheltering the quail, and the coloring was variegated by 
the wheat, corn and weed fields, which were on hill and 
valley everywhere. In the distance a glimpse of the 
Blue Ridge Mountains standing far up against the sky in 
the horizon in deeper blue than the sky itself could at 
times be caught, and their height made the nearby hills 
dwindle into insignificance in comparison. Notwith- 
standing the hilly character of the country, the soil is 
very fertile, and there is consequently an abundance of 
food for the birds everywhere. Their greatest danger is 
from the severe winters. On the hillsides and valleys 
farms flourish, even on the sides of hills so precipitous 
that the manner of plowing them must remain a conjec- 
ture to those who have not seen it done, as it must likewise 
remain a mystery how the soil when wet defies the laws 
of gravity and does not slide down into the valleys, as 
one could imagine it could easily do. 
And thus the walking was of the kind in which the 
walker either steps very high or down very low, as he 
may be going upward or downward. The judges and re- 
porters rode on horseback, as did also some of the spec- 
tators, and the walking when so done vicariously was 
much easier, and the hills lost their formidable appear- 
ance. The birds were mostly young, in size from squeak- 
ers to half grown, the full-grown ones being the exception, 
but whatever their size they were lacking in gamy qual- 
ities, as is common of all birds too early in the season. 
They were tame and slow to take wing and unsuspicious 
of danger. The vegetation was rank and green. All the 
conditions were unfavorable for good handling of the 
dogs, yet it was done with much less trouble to the judges 
than is commonly the case at the larger trials. The 
handlers were much more obedient, and also there was 
much less noise in the handling than there is at the more 
professional events. It was all done with commendable 
quietness. 
The utmost good-fellowship prevailed. AU enjoyed 
themselves thoroughly. The Association's trials are good 
ones for any sportsman to attend, both for the direct en- 
joyment and the knowledge to be gained in respect to the 
manner of running a club so that it will be a pleasure to 
all concerned. It is worthy of note that a large number 
of the dogs were handled by their owners. On Friday 
night, the day of the close of the trials, the Association 
gave a banquet, at which the affable and popular presi- 
dent, Dr. Geo, Gladden, presided. Several speeches were 
made and warmly applauded; but the speech of the even- 
ing, made by Mr. S. O. Bradley on field trial matters 
and the business relations of owners and handlers, was the 
most instructive. 
The trials thus ended as they began, in good-fellowship 
and kindly feeling among all. The representative of 
Forest and Stream is indebted to the Association's ofll- 
cers and members for a generous welcome and a courtesy 
which never wearied, and to Mr. W. S. Bell in particular 
for hospitality extended. Mr. Bell made the visit very 
pleasant for the press, and it was as novel to them as it 
was gratifying to be treated at a field trial as worthy of 
some consideration, instead of as a matter of course or a 
necessary infliction. 
The Derby and All- Age stakes were both sweepstakes, 
10 per cent, retained for expenses (which was far from 
paying expenses) and the balance being divided into 50, 
80 and 20 per cent., first, second and third respectively. 
Wednesday. 
The morning was warm, with an overcast sky, the signs 
portending rain. There was no breeze, and the far-awav 
sounds were so distinct that they seemed near-by. But 
the stormy signs soon disappeared. The sun broke through 
the clouds, making an uncomfortable warmth and wea- 
ther conditions unfavorable either for searching or point- 
ing, and very trying to the dogs' endurance. The work 
throughout the day was full of errors, and what work 
was done lacked proper finish. Several of the dogs showed 
quality, but vs^ere palpably lacking in the discipline and 
experience necessary for skillful performance, as was to 
be expected so early in the season. 
The forenoon was almost a blank so far as the finding 
of birds is concerned, and of those found in the afternoon 
a large part were only half grown, and some were but 
little larger than squeakers, and some were squeakers. 
The start was a little late owing to the multitude of de- 
tail to be arranged, but once started the trials were soon 
going with the regularity of clockwork. 
The perby. 
There were nine starters, run in the following order: 
O. V. Porter's b. and w. tkd, pointer bitch Strictly Busi- 
ness (Kent's Priam— Belle Fauster). H. Christ, handler, 
with S. W. Hart's b., w. and t. English setter bitch Fan - 
nie Allen (Beaconsfield— Bessie), J. Sehaumm, handler.jjS 
G. Battison's red Irish setter bitch Kildare Dot (Finglas 
—Ruby Glenmore II.), owner, handler, with K. P, Beat- 
tie's b., w. andt. setter bitch Loretta (Gladstone's Boy- 
Rill Ray), A. B. Ferguson, handler. 
G. Wm. Lang's (agt.) Irish setter dog Lang (Finglas— 
Kildare Gladys), Geo. Battison, handler, with G. Mesta's 
b., w. and t. setter dog Don (Wordsley Ben— Amy Rob- 
sart), J. W. Phillips, handler. 
S, B, Cumminga's b., w. and t. setter dog Doctor 0. 
(Galert C— Nan C), J. W. Phillips, handler, with W. H. 
Beazell's b., w. and t. setter bitch AUie B. (Whyte B.— 
Rosa Bevan), Jack F. Bell, handler. 
G. Gladden's b. and w. setter dog Muck, J. Gladden, 
handler, a bye. 
The winner of first, Loretta, made an inferior showing 
on birds so far as pointing and locating are concerned, 
though she showed quality which will improve with ex- 
perience. With her, as with others, the judges could only 
make the best of the unfavorable circumstances of warm 
weather^ young birds, and rank vegetation and short 
preparation. 
The- work of AUie B. was very ragged, and that of 
Strictly Business was both meager and ragged. 
Strictly Business and Fannie Allen were cast off at 
8:40 and ran till 9:53. No birds found. Both dogs kept 
diligently at work within a middling range, the pointer 
showing the most skill in searching, though unsuccess- 
ful. Fannie was ranging fairly well, but showed many 
puppyish ways. The temperature was uncomfortably 
warm and no dog could make a good showing under the 
circumstances. 
Kildare Dot and Laretto began at 9:57. Each had a 
narrow range, though at the start Dot was a bit the 
wider. At the finish both were working slow in narrow 
limits. Up at 10:51. The heat was a poor one aside from 
the absence of birds. 
Lang and Don ran forty-four minutes, ranging narrow 
without finding. 
The running was discontinued while the party went to 
lunch. 
Doc C. AND Allie B. started at 12:52 and were ordered 
up at 3:04. Both showed some puppy traits and their 
work was short of finish. No birds found. 
Mdck, the bye dog, ran thirty-seven minutes, beginning 
at 2:10. The temperature was still warmer. He started 
slow, but coming on a bevy he roaded it to a flush and 
chased. Then he pointed on the scattered birds repeat- 
edly, chasing each time he pointed, which was what put 
him out of the stake. Sent on, he ranged out well. He 
showed a keen interest in birds, but was lacking in ex- 
perience and discipline. However, his owner ran him in 
place of a dog he originally intended to run, and as Muck 
IS a puppy with a limited experience his showing was 
commendably good. He did more point work than any 
other dog in the stake, though it may be added that he 
had better opportunities. Had he been steady to wing he 
undoubtedly would have been in the money. 
Strictly Business and Doctor C. were cast off at 3:15. 
Doc in open field made game on a single bird, which he 
flushed. Next he flushed a bird and was inclined to 
chase. Working on scattered birds marked down in a 
thicket. Strictly Business flushed and chased a single. 
Doc flushed a single in briers. He then worked on a half- 
grown bird in weeds, which was flushed excusably. Up 
at 4:24, 
Fannie Allen and Allie B. began at 4:47 and had the 
best hour of the day>for good work, and better and more 
opportunities for work than had any other brace, but they 
failed to take advantage of their opportunities to a re- 
grettable degree. Fannie flushed a single of a bevy, moved 
on, and then Allie came around and flushed the bevy, all 
this in good ground under favorable conditions for good 
work. The birds were followed into a thicket, where sev- 
eral were flushed, but owing to thick cover it was impos- 
sible to note the circumstances of the flushes. Allie in the 
open flushed a bevy riotously. In the thicket Fannie 
pointed a single. Both dogs lost a number of good oppor- 
tunities on singles. 
The judge announced that all dogs should be on hand 
in the morning. 
Thursday. 
The morning opened warm and the temperature in- 
creased as the sun mounted skyward till it reached a 
point of warmth which seemed of the summer time. It 
was again too warm for good work to be possible, yet 
more birds were found than on the preceding day, 
though, as then, they were tame and indolent and small, 
as were most of those found during the trials. The work 
was limited so far as it referred to points and range and 
finding. 
Third Round, 
Loretta AND Lang were started at 8:30. After awhile 
a quail was seen calmly sitting on a fence and the dogs 
were worked toward it. Loretta caught scent of the bevy 
close by, was over eager and flushed unintentionally and 
was steady. Next she pointed a single. Lang flushed a 
single in corn. Lang's range was too narrow to be of use 
and he loafed a good bit, Loretta made a fairly good 
showing, better than that of the previous day, though her 
work was still lacking in finish. Up at 9:05. 
Fannie Allen and Dog C. worked diUgently without 
finding from 9:82 to 10:08, Doc showing the better judg- 
ment, Fanny being puppyish. 
Fourth Round. 
Allie B, and Loretta were cast off at 10:31. Loretta 
roaded to a flush on a bevy in the open. The birds were 
followed. Allie showed riotous inclinations. Loretta 
flashed and was steady to wing. Allie was taken up for 
a few minutes to give Loretta chance to point birds. She 
flushed a single. Allie was again put down. Next Allie 
flushed a bevy in woods. Both ranged moderatelv well. 
Up at 10:58. - ^ 
Strictly Business and Fannie Allen Began at 11:15. 
Some birds were marked down. Fannie made a point on 
two or three birds and afterward refuse to go from heel, 
seeming to be timid. The work was far short of the op- 
portunities. Up at 11:43. 
This heat completed the competition of the Derby. 
