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FOREST AND STREAM, 
and the others then flushed wild. Pinmoney pointed a 
single sharply and was steady to shot and wing. Next 
she made game in weeds, pointing and moving on, and a 
single flushed behind her; then the rest of the bevy, 
which seemingly was scattered about feeding, flushed 
right and left. On the scattered birds in woods Count 
pointed indecisively, a single flushing, then others also. 
An intermission was taken for lunch. 
LuTA R AND Rupee began at 12:55. A bevy was seen 
coming along a ravine from Luta's ditection and was 
marked down in the same ravine. The dogs were worked 
toward the bevy and Luta pointed it. Sent on, in the 
open field Luta flushed a bevy and Rupee had made game 
near the same place, but did not locate. Rupee on the 
scattered birds pointed a single, moved on nnd uninten- 
tionally flushed it, and a moment later flushed another. 
Across a creek Luta pointed a single, held her point some 
time, then moved on and the bird fluiihed. In open 
weeds Rupee pointed nicely, but wiggled on to locate and 
the bird flushed. Luta, though showing puppyish ways 
of work, had the better judgment in beating out her 
ground and her point work was better and more accurate. 
She had a merry, pleasing manner and good range. 
Rupee's nose seemed to be dull, and she fell short of taking 
advantage of her opportunities. She too ranged wide and 
fast, though using but indiflPerent judgment. 
Merey Maiden and La Dolle were cast off at 1 :o7, 
and ran one minute over an hour. Maiden drew to a 
point in weeds and briers; nothing found. Next she 
pointed near the edge of a hollow and a single flushed 
afterward some yards away. She roaded and pointed, at 
last securing a true point on a single. La Dolle showed 
little ability on birds and poor judgment in beating out 
her ground. She showed signs of weariness before the 
heat ended. Maiden was over-fond of pointing, yet she 
had the better of the heat. 
MOEELEIN AND Tick's KlD started at 3:04. Kid pointed ; 
nothing found. Kid pointed a single in the open and 
was steady to shot. In woods he pointed a single. 
Moerlein failed to take advantage of several opportu- 
nities, and his performance on birds was therefore poor. 
He had good speed, but his range was irregular and con- 
ducted with poor judgment, and there were momenta 
when he loafed a bit. While Kid did some good work, it 
too fell short of the opportunities. The heat of the run 
had lessened and the weather conditions were more 
favorable during this heat. 
Peconio and Redskin started at 4:12. Peconic crossed 
over to the opposite side hill about 200yds. away, pointed, 
roaded accurately, and located the bevy nicely with the 
assistance of his handler, and was steady to shot, a fairly 
skillful piece of work, and his best by far. Next he 
flushed a bevy in corn. On the scattered birds in woods 
he pointed a single nicely. Redskin had opportunities, 
but showed little sign of knowing of them, Peconic 
pointed in woods; nothing found. In crossing a fence in 
order to take a new course, Redskin in a few steps came 
across a bevy and pointed it. As a find it had no merit; 
as a point it was well done. He was but fairly steady to 
shot. The birds were marked down in open corn and 
followed. Peconic made a stanch point. No bird. Next 
Peconic drew 5 or 6yds. straight and close on a bird and 
stopped the instant it flushed; a stop to wing, though 
some thought it a point. Peconic was far better in point 
work, was diligent and a fair ranger. Redskin seemed 
to have no settled purpose in ranging, and was sloppy on 
singles. Up at 4:55. 
Cheistina and Rodstone ran from 5 till near dark. 
Redstone ran fast, but did not seem to use his nose at all. 
He flushed a bevy and on the scattered birds Christina 
made three points on singles. Christina was much the 
better in every way save the one matter of range. 
Tuesday. 
The day opened clear and pleasant, with indications of 
another unfavorably warm day. It was exceedingly 
warm till noontime, when light clouds and a haze modi- 
fied the temperature and improved the conditions for 
work in the afternoon. Many more birds were found 
than on the previous day, and the character of the work 
was of a higher grade. 
GuBNN AND Tony Works were put down again to dis- 
play their ability on birds, something they had not done 
in their first heat. They were started at 12:22, and 
though they had ample opportunities on birds they made 
a poor showing. 
Second Round. 
Tick's Kid AND LutaL. started at 8:51. Same horse- 
men flushed a bevy which Kid had passed near to with- 
out recognition. In woods Kid made an inexcusable 
flush and behaved badly to wing. He was recklessly 
rank. He flushed twice more on the scattered birds and 
lost several opportunities to point besides. Next he 
pointed stanchly in the open and Luta refused to back; 
nothing found. The same performance in another place 
was repeated a few minutes later. Sent on, Kid pointed 
up wind of a bevy; Luta v as near one which flushed, and 
the bevy then flushed. On the scattered birds in the 
woods Kid was lawless and hard to handle. Up at 9:28, 
with no possible chance for either in the winning. 
Pinmoney and Redskin ran from 9:86 to 10:11. Pin- 
money pointed a bevy at the bank of a ditch, and Red- 
skin refused to back, and though passing close by did 
not catch scent. On some scattered birds marked down 
in woods Pinmoney made three points, the pointer two 
points. Pinmoney was far superior in range, speed, 
style and finding and pointing ability. The pointer's 
work was ordinary. 
HUKSTBOTJENE Zip AND COUNT Glostee started at 
10:19. Zip opened the work by pointing a bevy nicely, 
and was steady to shot. On the birds in pines Gloster 
pointed a sin^e and made a point to which there was 
nothing found. Zip flushed a bevy in sedge down wind. 
Next Gloster in woods pointed a bevy, and was steady to 
shot. Gloster was running in decidedly better form than 
he was on yesterday. He flushed a bevy. On scattered 
birds in woods both pointed about 40yds. apart, but no 
bird was found. Zip next wheeled prettily to a point on 
a bird which flushed wild an instant afterward. Up at 
11:13. The heat was a close one, though the point work 
was much less than the opportunities. Both ranged 
fairly well. 
Peconic AND Christina started at 11:21. A bevy was 
marked down in open weeds. Christina flushed a single, 
then pointed some tail birds. Sent on, Peconic made a 
point and two flushes, and Christina made two good 
pomts and was steady to shot. Up at 12:15. Christina 
was th(B better in every particular, though not up to win- 
ning form. 
The party went to lunch. 
Four were kept in the third round. 
Third Round, 
Pinmoney and Huestbouenb Zip started at 2:50. Pin- 
money soon flushed a bevy, and Zip pointed some remain- 
ing birds. In weeds in open Zip pointed a bevy and was 
backed; both steady to shot. Sent on, each pointed a 
single. Zip made two points, apparently on footscent. 
Zip flushed a bevy. Pinmoney flushed a tail bird, then 
pointed and the bird flushed wild to one side; she next 
flushed a single. Zip pointed a single and next roaded to 
an excusable flush. He pointed a bevy by the edge of a 
creek. Sent on after the birds, and Pinmoney pointed 
them; Zip backed. Zip made three more points on birds, 
doing good work, and was ordered up at 3:38, and Pin- 
money was sent on alone to work on some scattered birds. 
She flushed some and failed to score on others. Up at 
3:45, 
Cheistina and Count Gloster started at 3:56. Count 
pointed on the bank of a creek about 200yds. away; 
nothing found. Christina in the open pointed a bevy. 
On the scattered birds Christina flushed one and the rest 
flushed close about her. In pines each pointed a single. 
In the open Gloster next pointed a bevy and was backed. 
The birds were followed. Gloster again pointed a bevy 
and was backed; both were steady to shot. Up at 4:49. 
Christina fell off in speed and range, and her point work 
was lacking in accuracy and diligence. Gloster was run- 
ning in better form steadily. 
This heat ended the stake. 
The All-Age Stake. 
This stake contained some excellent dogs, ones of supe- 
rior abilities in respect to range and speed; no poor ones 
of the really poor sort, such as generally appear in every 
field trial. The hot weather, however, materially 
changed the possibilities, for the sultriness and the dry 
Mounds required that a successful dog should have 
specially good endurance and physical powers of resist- 
ance to the heat, and he should possess a delicate, rare 
nose. If he did not possess the former he could not sus- 
tain his speed and range, or sustaining them he might 
become so heated and blown that he could not recognize 
the scent of birds; and if he did not possess the delicate 
nose the other powers would accomplish but little toward 
successful competition. It therefore was a specially dif- 
ficult competition. 
The winner. Odd Sides, is colored with heavy patches 
of liver color on one side and liver ticked on the other. 
He made an admirably sustained competition, ranging 
fairly wide at good speed, running well within his powers 
and exercising good judgment in beating out his ground, 
in drawing to his birds and in pointing them, the latter 
not possible to other than a nose of most delicate sensibil- 
ity and training, combined with a good disposition and 
intelligence. He worked nicely to the gun and was easi- 
ly handled. 
Marie's Sport made an excellent comi)etition, ranging 
well and fast, finding fairly well, but was not of the uni- 
form ability in bird work as first-prize winner. 
Tony Gale's strongest features of work were excellent 
speed and range and good judgment in beating out his 
ground, but his work on birds was not extensive. He, 
however, was a good third. 
The dogs were drawn as follows: 
D. E. Rose's (agt.) b., w. and t. setter dog Green way 
(Antonio— Ruby's Girl), D. E. Rose, handler, with A. L. 
Shonfield's b., w. and t. setter dog Leo Noble (King Leo- 
Minnie T.), N. B, Nesbitt, handler. 
Ashford & Odom's liv. and w. pointer dog Von Gull 
(Kent Elgin— Fannie V. Croxteth), D. E. Rose, handler, 
with H, R. Ledbetter's b., w. and t. setter dog Marie's 
Sport (Gleam's Sport— Marie Avent), George Gray 
handler. 
H. R. Edwards's b., w. and t. setter dog Harwlck 
(Topsy Rod— Opal), George Gray, handler, with Fox & 
Byth's b., w. and t. setter dog Tony's Gale (Antonio— Nel- 
lie G.), J. H. Johnson, handler. 
George Crocker's b. , w. and t. setter dog Sam T. (Luke 
R )y— Bettie B.), C. Barker, handler, with W. H. Beazell's 
b., w, and t. setter dog Harold Skimpole (Whyte B.— Net- 
tie Bavan), George Gray, handler. 
W. A. Wimsatt's liv. and w. pointer dog Odd Sides 
(Lip of Paarl— Graceful II.), Luke White, handler, with 
Cnarlottesville Field Trial Kennels' b., w. and t. pointer 
dog Nabob (Rip Rap— Dolly D.;, C. E. Buckle, handler. 
Dr. G, G. Divie's Irish setter bitch Lou (Finglas— Cur- 
rell Bdll), E O. Whittle, handler, with F. R Hitchbock's 
liv. and w. pointer bitch Tory Jessamine (Duke of Hessen 
— Westminster Blonde), J. M. Avent, handler. 
Fox & Blyth'a b., w. and t. setter dog Forzando (Gath's 
Mark— Countess Rush), J. H. Johnson, handler, with 
Manchester Kennel Co.'sb., w. and t, setter bitch Gleam's 
Ruth (Cjuat Gladstone- -Gleam's Maid), N. B. Nesbitt 
handler. ' 
E. A. Burdett's b., w. and t. setter dog Cincinnatus 
Pride (Omciunatus- Albert's Nellie), Frank Richards 
handler, with Irving Hoagland's b., w. and t. setter bitch 
Ranee II. (Gladstone's Boy— Buena Vista), W. W. Bovce 
handler. ' 
This stake was for all setters and pointers that had 
never won a first prize in an All- Age Stake at the Phila- 
delphia, United States or Southern trials. First prize 
$300; Btcord, $200; third, $100. Forfeit, |10; $20 addi- 
tional to fill, 
Wednesday, 
The sun followed its course through a cloudless sky, 
and till afternoon there was a dead calm. A mild breeze 
improved the conditions after lunch. It again was a 
day of the summer time, and this no doubt was the 
cause of the ragged point work displayed by some dogs 
of known excellence. Nevertheless more birds were 
found than on preceding days, birds enough for all field 
trial purposes. There was a good exhibition of range 
and speed considering the performance as a whole, good 
success in finding, but imperfect exhibitions of locating 
and pointing were many times conspicuous. 
First Rou7id. 
Green WAY and Leo Noble started at 8:57. Leo 
flushed a bevy in the open field. On scattered birds 
marked down in weeds they were worked. Leo half 
pointed, moved on and both pottered on footscent. Leo 
roaded awkwardly to a flush. Sent on, Greenway pointed 
a bevy in open weeds and was steady to shot. Sent on, 
he pointed another bevy, and Leo called up to back 
flushed an outlying bird and dropped to wing. Up at 
9:36 Leo was a weak parforcuer. 
Von Gull and Marie's Spoet started at 9:43. Von 
made a good find and point on a bevy in the open. The 
dogs were then worked on scattered birds in dense briers, 
in which Sport made a point, but his handler could not 
force his way through to flush. A single, however, 
flushed in the open a few yards away from the point. 
Von near the same place pointed a single. Von pointed 
a single, but Rose failed to flush. Von was ordered on; he 
took a small turn back to the same place and the close- 
lying bird was then flushed to the point. Sent on. Soon 
in the open Von pointed, drew on and pointed again; a 
few yards away in the sedge Sport was then seen on 
point; both were pointing the same bevy. On scattered 
birds in woods each made three points, and their compe- 
tition was very even. Bjth had good range, speed and 
judgment, and their bird work was superior in accuracy. 
Up at 10:33. 
Harwiokand Tony Gale, starting at 11:14, made a 
fine exhibition of wide, fast, well sustained ranging, 
covering a great deal of ground. Harwick pointed; noth- 
ing found. Tony was lost for a few minutes in pines 
where some birds were flushed, but whether by handler 
or dog is not known. Harwick pointed near a creek; 
Tony joined in the subsequent reading, and both shared 
the point on the bevy ; a good piece of work, with the 
advantage of the find in favor of Harwick. Each next 
made a single-bird point, and Harwick next flushed a 
single. 
Further running was in abeyance till after lunch. 
Sam T. and Harold Skimpole began at 12:52, and the 
warmth was oppressive. Sam pointed a bevy inaccu- 
rately in open sedge. Harold refused to back, but pointed 
the bevy accurately. On the scattered birds in woods 
Sam made two flushes, and whirled to a point on a single 
at the moment the bird flushed. He was very much 
blown and was too warm for good performance in point- 
ing. Harold was Jess distressed, but did not succeed in 
scoring on birds. Both were swift, wide rangers, covered 
a great deal of ground. Up at 1:41. 
Odd Sides and Nabob, the latter suffering from bowel 
troiible, started at 1:55, A gentle breeze was rising, which 
was refreshing and also a better condition for work. 
Nabob started fast and wide. Odd Sides going out to the 
former's lead. Odd Sides found and pointed a bevy, and 
Nabob backed. On the scattered birds Nabob pointed a 
single; next he pointed at the same instant a single 
flushed, and next he flushed one. Odd Sides flushed a 
bevy in open. On the marked birds Nabob pointed two 
singles. Up at 2:34. After the first tew minutes Nabob 
gradually fell off in range ^nd pace till at the finish he 
was going slow and close. Odd Sides maintained his 
range and pace well to the finish. 
Lou AND Tory Jessamine began at 2:43. Lou flushed 
two bevies. Jessamine did not succeed in making any 
showing, good or bad, in respect to points or flushes on 
birds. Their range and speed were fairly good. Up at 
3:20. ^ 6 i' 
FoEZANDO AND Gleam's Ruth Commenced at 3:45. 
Ruth pointed a bevy; Forzando refused to back. Sent on, 
Forzando pointed on a side hill in woods; moved on read- 
ing, but failed to locate. A bevy was afterward flushed 
close by where this flush was made. Ruth in the valley 
at the same time pointed a bevy. Up at 4:35. Ruth ran 
a fair heat; Forzando made a poor showing in every way. 
Cincinnatus Pride and Ranee II. were cast off at 4:52. 
Pride pointed a bevy and Ranee coming up backed or 
pointed. Nothing found. Sent on, both ranged well, 
Ranee the better, the latter going wider. At the same 
time some yards apart each pointed a distinct bevy by the 
side of a ditch. The heat ended about 5:33. 
Thursday. 
Though the previous days had all been hot, they were 
better for work by comparison than was this day. The 
morning opened warm and calm and clear, and there was 
a burning, sweltering heat to the sun seemingly more like 
August weather than that of November. Considering 
this unfavorable circumstance, one which affected alike 
the endurance, nose and performance of the dogs, the 
latter did well. Undoubtedly, had the weather conditions 
been cooler, the whole results of the trials would have 
been changed, for the heat affected some good dogs far 
more than others, and, moreover, there were not many 
noses which could stand the teat of overheating and light 
scent. 
Second Round. 
Eight dogs were kept in, and of these Sam T. could 
readily have been spotted out, and if kept in Harold Skim- 
pole, with better judgment and range, and nearly as good 
speed and more endurance, and Gleam's Ruth, a pleasing 
bitch, worked not so speedy nor wide in range as Sam, 
but sounder in bird work, should both have been kept in. 
Tony Gale and Sam T, started at 8:47. Sam pointed a 
bevy, Tony not near to back, and a moment later about 
200yd§. away he pointed; footscent probably; nothing 
found. On the scattered birds both lost opportunities, 
Sam flushing a single. Sam ran too hard and fast, ex- 
tending himself to his utmost, so that when he came on 
birds he was so blown he was off his nose. Up at 9:30. 
Harwick and Odd Sides started at 9:42. After rang- 
ing a few minutes. Odd disappeared and was soon found 
stanchly pointing on a bevy; he was steady to shot. The 
dogs had separated, and at the same time Harwick point- 
ed a bevy. On the scattered birds Harwick pointed a 
single and was backed nicely; the flushed bird passing 
over Odd, he broke shot mildly. Harwick pointed a sin- 
gle, and on another on rather bare ground in pine woods 
he pointed, moved on, and the bird was flushed after- 
ward. At the same time Odd pointed, roaded, and his 
handler, leading, flushed the bird. Sent on, Harwick 
next bolted and was lost some minutes, and when found 
was self hunting, all of which injured his chances. His 
point work lacked accuracy, he pointing too often with- 
out satisfactory results. Odd Sides's work was strong in 
all details, though not brilliant. Up at 10:45, 
Von Gull and Cincinnatus Pride began at 10 :05. Von 
pointed; nothing found. Pride pointed a bevy in a corn- 
field. Von flushed a single down wind excusably. Next 
he pointed twice on scattered birds in woods; Pride 
pointed once, all of which for both was a very good bit 
of work. In open Pride pointed, then moved on, read- 
ing, and flushed several birds. Up at 11:33. Von fell off 
in range and was going at more comfortable rate of 
