Sept. 24, 1898.] 
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The Manitoba Field Trials. 
The All-Age Stake. 
There were nine starters in this stake, and they were 
run as follows: 
W. F. Ellis' b. b. English setter bitch Maid of the 
Morn (Vallette — Cam Sing), owner, handler, with W. 
C. Lee's liv. and w. English setter dog Duke's Rush 
(Duke of Manitoba — Cam Sing), owner, handler. 
Chimo Kennels' b., w. and t. English setter bitch Or- 
tolan (Orlando — Atalanta), C. Archibald, handler, with 
W. F. Ellis' b., w. and t. English setter dog Columbus 
(Duke of Manitoba — Hickory Link), owner, handler. 
John Wootton's b. and w. English setter dog Ben 
Bondhu (Dick Bondhu — Maud a Rose), owner, hand- 
ler, with E. Hamber's b. and w. pointer dog Mac Ham- 
ber (Croxteth's Ned — Miama), owner, handler. 
Thos. Johnson's b. and w. setter bitch Nellie (Ponto — 
Bess), A. C. Reid, handler, with E. J. Bennet's b. and w. 
pointer bitch Tannis (Rector — Miama), owner, handler. 
R. McLennan's b. setter bitch Sut (Manitoba Toss — 
Pitti Sing), a bye, Thomas Johnson, handler. 
First Round. 
The Derby, a report of which was published in qur 
last issue, was finished on Thursday forenoon; in the 
afternoon the all-age stake was begun. 
Maid of the Morn and Duke's Rush began the com- 
petition at 2:09. Maid ranged over a deal of ground 
without much success. She flushed and chased a 
chicken. Her range, though wide, was irregular. She 
worked out large areas and left large areas untouched. 
Rush was a steady worker. He covered a good scope 
of ground and beat it out with better judgment than 
did his competitor. They were down fifty-five min- 
utes. 
Ortolan and Columbus began at 3:08. The former 
had made a very strong race for the championship 
honors on chickens last year, and much was therefore 
expected of her this year. On a bevy Ortolan made a 
very imperfect piece of work, she seemingly being too 
impatient to work out the details. She pointed and 
moved off instantly after her handler failed to find. 
Columbus backed well, and moving on when Ortolan 
gave up her point, he flushed a point on singles, Colum- 
bus marring his by a flush. Ortolan was fast and wide 
in her range, but left vast stretches entirely untouched. 
Columbus has a middling range, and keeps going at a 
good rate of speed, although he is not notably fast. He 
showed good skill in locating and pointing. Up at 3:54. 
Ben Bondhu and Mac Hamber were started at 4:00. 
and ran forty-six minutes. Mac ranged in an intelligent, 
useful manner, and showed a most commendable knowl- 
edge of field work and work to the gun, and in pleasing 
obedience to his handler. He made one good point and 
two excusable flushes, but he showed very high class 
capabilities in every way. Ben made a very inferior com- 
petition in every way; indeed, it would be only by 
courtesy that it could be considered competition, for he 
was at heel most of the time, and when he was not at 
heel he was very incompetent. 
Nellie and Tannis began at 4:47, and ran thirty-nine 
minutes. Tannis added to her good reputation by her 
good showing. Nellie is a diligent worker and steady 
and reliable to the gun in her work on birds, though in 
this respect both worked well. 
Sut ran a bye with the celebrated pointer Alberta 
Joe. She did some work which was rather faulty, though 
plainly she intended to work without error, one of her 
faults being an inclination to draw too closely on her 
birds. The heat lasted about thirty-eight minutes, and 
was the last work of the day. 
Friday, Last Day, Sept. 9. 
A gentle breeze blew all day. The morning air was a 
bit sharp from the frost of the night, and the conditions 
seemed to be the best that could be desired for good 
work. 
Second Round. 
Ortolan and Duke's Rush began at 8:08 and ran till 
8:44. Ortolan was working in much better form, steady- 
ing down to more systematic work and making a fine 
exhibition of good chicken hunting. She took her 
casts with rare judgment, and her locating and pointing 
were of a high degree of merit. Duke made a fairly 
good showing, but was entirely outclassed by Ortolan. 
Maid of the Morn and Nellie started at 8:48. and ran 
twenty minutes. Maid was fast and ranged wide, but 
she seemed to be impatient in her locating, leaving the 
scent before she had determined properly the where- 
abouts of the birds, as she did on the bevy found. On 
some remaining birds both failed to find. 
Mac Hamber and Tannis started at 9:09, and they 
ran fifty-four minutes. Some of the keen edge was gone 
from both dogs, neither working up to his and her 
prior performances. Mac" made a flush on a bevy and 
afterward made a good point on a single. 
Columbus and Duke's Rush started at 10:12 and ran 
twenty-six minutes. Columbus flushed a bevy. Both 
failed to « find any of the marked birds, though they 
worked in places where the birds were afterward flushed 
by wagons. 
Third Round. 
Mac Hamber and Ortolan were started at 10:43, and 
ran thirty-seven minutes. Ortolan went out of bounds at 
times. She flushed a bevy, and next she made a point 
on a bevy a long distance away from the wagons, on a 
back field. 
This heat ended the stake. Ortolan won first, second 
went to Mac Hamber, third was divided between Tan- 
nis and Nellie. 
The Amateur Stake. 
Most of the dogs in this stake had already run in the 
other events, so that there was very little of novelty in 
this competition, save that the handling was to be dif- 
ferent. There were seven starters drawn as follows: 
E. J. Bennet's b. and w. pointer bitch Tannis (Hector 
— Miami) with W. F. Ellis' b., w. and t. English set- 
ter dog Columbus (Duke of Manitoba — Hickory Link). 
W. F. Ellis' b. b. English setter bitch Maid of the 
Morn (Val Lit— Cam Sing) with Prince Rupert (Lurry 
Noble— Atal<mta). 
John Wootton's b. and w. English setter bitch Bonnie 
Lit (Orlando — Lady Lit), with Winnipeg Kennels' liv. 
and w. dog Duke's Rush (Duke of Manitoba— Cam 
Sing). 
W. F. Ellis' b. and w. English setter bitch Silver Lace 
(Val Lit — Cam Sing), a bye. 
First Round. 
Tannis and Columbus opened the competition in this 
stake. Soon after starting Columbus flushed a bevy in 
a very awkward manner. Silver Lace, the bye dog, was 
substituted for Columbus, at the request of Mr. Ellis, as 
time would be saved by this course, in view of the fact 
that Columbus had little chance to win. Lace also 
seemed to feel lawless, for she flushed and chased 
grievously, and also was taken up on request of Mr. 
Ellis. Tannis was keeping diligently at work, though 
she found no birds. 
Maid of the Morn and Prince Rupert started at 3:01 
and ran forty-five minutes. Maid's unsteadiness was a 
grave fault against her. She spoiled what was really 
good work by flushing and chasing and disobedience. 
Prince made a common kind of a point on one bird. 
Bonnie Lit and Duke's Rush started at 3:45; down 
forty-five minutes. Lit made a good point on a bevy, 
Duke at the same time working on the foot scent a few 
yards away. 
Second Round. 
Prince Rupert and Tannis were started at 4:35, and 
ran thirty minutes. The latter made a good piece of 
work in drawing to a bevy and pointing it. and her 
seeking also was of a good kind. Prince flushed a 
single bird. 
Third Round. 
Bonnie Lit and Tannis were started off after an in- 
termission of twenty minutes, and after a short run of 
twelve minutes the trials ended. Tannis winning first, 
Bonnie Lit second. Duke's Rush third. 
The w^ll-known handler. Mr. Frank Richards, judged 
the trials, and gave excellent satisfaction. Birds were 
too scarce to give the dogs as thorough a trial as thev 
needed for a thorough test. The grounds now are much 
less in area than they were, and the country about 
Morris so excellent at one time for field trial purposes 
is much less desirable, as the ground is more and more 
taken up for agriculture each year. 
The weather was very unfavorable for the trials, and 
very uncomfortable for the visitors, owners and handlers. 
There is so much enthusiasm and energy of the right 
sort that there is but little doubt but what the club will 
keep up its field trial interests and secure grounds of the 
right sort. Rat Portage. 
The Northwestern Club's Champion Stake. 
Winnipeg, Sept. 13. — Birds were scarce, and conse- 
quently impaired the fall success of the champion stake 
of the Northwestern Field Trials Club, inasmuch as there 
was a great deal of searching done which was with- 
out the results due to diligence, and there also was not 
the thorough definition on the competition that there is 
when birds are in sufficient numbers. 
The trials were run yesterday near this city, in the 
vicinity of Silver Heights and Little Stony Mountain. 
There are large sections of prairie about Winnipeg which 
admit of riding across country in carriages, and this 
permitted making the trials a spectacular event. A 
great number of carriages followed the work, many of 
them the most fashionable turnouts of the city. Among 
the spectators were three ladies on bicycles, and Mr. R. 
Ross Sutherland and party; Mr. Joseph Lemon and 
party: Mr. and Mrs. Dr. M. C. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs 
H. S. Rolston, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wellband. Mr. Tom 
Montgomery and party, and Messrs. Major J. M. Tay- 
lor, W. C. Lee, Rod. McLennan, G. Soames, F. W. 
Sprado, Hinman, J. Baird Thomas, G. Fowler, John- 
son, Harry Woods, E. Target, E. R. Collier, H. G. 
Spurgeon. E. Hamber. Sandy Reed. B. Gordon, F. W. 
Scott, Messrs. Bulman, H. A. . Holman, Jas. Watts. G. 
B. Borradaile, Charlie Archibald, J. Gower, R. Penwar- 
den. A. Bennett (San Francisco), H. McKittrick. H. 
Rashburn. and others. 
The judging was done by Messrs. C. E. Buckle and 
Frank Richards, both well-known handlers and experi- 
enced men in the office of judge. Mr. Thomas Johnson's 
famous pointer Alberta Joe proved to be the winner. 
The trophy, commemorating the win, was a cup of rare 
value and workmanship, presented by the patron of the 
club, Mr. Edward Dexter, of Boston. 
The weather was pleasant and very favorable for good 
work. The quality of the work, however, was of a 
low grade for championship performance. Following 
is a list of the competitors: 
Mira-Mote Kennels' b. b. setter dog Lock (Locks- 
!ey— Liddesdale), A. Bennett, handler, with Thos. John- 
son's- 1. and w. pointer dog Alberta Joe (Ightfield Up- 
ton — Ightfield Blythe), owner, handler. 
E. J. Bennett's b. and w. pointer bitch Tannis (Rec- 
tor — Miama), owner, handler, with E. Hamber's b. and 
w. pointer dog Mac Hamber (Croxteth's Ned — Miama), 
owner, handler. 
Chimo Kennels' b. and w. setter bitch Ortolan (Or- 
lando— Atalanta), Charles Archibald, handler, with 
Jubilee Kennels' b., w. and t. setter bitch Dodo III. 
(Orlando — Atalanta), Geo. Borrowdale, handler. 
A. C. Reid's b. and t. setter bitch Schwab (Manitoba 
Toss— Pitti Sing), owner, handler, with Mira-Monte 
Kennels' b., w. and t. setter dog Dash Antonio (An- 
tonio — Lady Lucifer), A. Bennett, handler. 
Lock and Alberta Joe ran about forty-two minutes, be- 
ginning at 7:36. They displayed moderate range. Joe 
found and pointed a bevy nicely. Lock behaved badly 
to the flush as he chased. Neither covered the ground 
with the thoroughness which was desirable. 
Tannis and Mac Hamber were started at 8:23 and ran 
till 8:58. The work opened with a point on bevy for 
Tannis, to which her competitor made a prompt back. 
On marked birds Mac made some very slobbery work. 
Ortolan and Dodo III. started at 8:59. Dodo seemed 
to be unfortunate, for she made game where some birds 
were, but failed to secure a point, and again she was 
about to locate when the birds flushed ahead. Ortolan 
secured two good points on scattered birds. Tbxy ran 
forty-one minutes. Dodo's range was moderate as com- 
pared to that of Ortolan. 
Schwab and Dash Antonio began at 9:41, and ran 
till 10:26. No birds were found during the heat. 
Second Round. 
Schwab and Dash Antonio were started after lunch at 
3:53 and ran- thirty-two minutes. This was a test of 
ranging only, as but little work was done on birds. 
Dash had much the best of the heat on what qualities 
were tested. Dash made a point on a single bird, which 
was all the bird work done in the heat; Schwab backed. 
Alberta Joe and Ortolan ran about forty-three 
minutes. Ortolan pointed a bevy and both afterward 
pointed at the same time; Joe on a bevy. Ortolan had 
much the better speed and range. Joe worked very 
honestly to the gun, but was lacking in uniform range 
and speed. 
The final beat was between Dash Antonio and Alberta 
Joe; lasted about twenty minutes. Both dogs were run- 
ning on narrower ranges. Both made a point; nothing 
found. 
When the heat ended, the judges announced that Al- 
berta Joe was the winner. 
Rat Portac.f.. 
Death of Angus Cameron. 
Hempstead. N. Y., Sept. 12.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have just received a letter from Mrs. Cam- 
eron, Sparta. Hancock county, Georgia, informing me 
that her husband, Angus Cameron, who came to this 
country with Brailsford and Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale's 
dogs, and was afterward employed by the Hempstead 
Farm, died in that city on Sept. 4. She further says 
that as her husband had been in no steady employment 
since April, 1897, what little money they had saved was 
gone, and she and her two children are left entirely 
destitute. 
It has occurred to me that probably the sportsmen of 
this country would be inclined to assist her in return- 
ing to England, and I should feel very much obliged if 
you would kindly make the announcement of Cameron's 
death in your paper, and receive subscriptions in her 
behalf. 
Mrs. Cameron is herself a very delicate woman, and 
totally unfitted for her hard work. This is a very sad 
case, and I am sure Forest and Stream will render all 
the assistance it can. Jas. Mortimer. 
Connecticut Field Trial Club. 
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 19.— There has been formed 
in this city an organization to advance the interests of 
the setter and pointer as field dogs and to show them as 
valuable help in securing game and as far as possible to 
offset or balance the injury done by the Southern trials 
The following gentlemen have been made officers: E 
Knight Sperry, President; John E. Bassett, Secretary, 
and J. B. Robertson, Treasurer. They are now arrang- 
ing to run a few field trials in the first week in Novem- 
ber. The trials will probably be held in Hampton or 
East Hampton, Conn. The classes will consist of the 
Derby and all-age stakes. Five dollars to enter and $5 
to start in each class. Mr. Wallace will judge. Prizes 
are 50 per cent, of entrance monev to first, 30 to second 
and 20 to third E. K. Sperry. 
Dogs Baying the Moon. 
What may be considered indirect allusions to this 
are not unfrequent in the classics. The howling of dogs 
at moonlight was referred to a visitation of Hecate or 
Artemis (Diana), both of whom are often identified with 
Selene (or Luna), the moon. We have incantations by 
night described; they take place by the light of a full 
moon, and the howling of dogs is a sign that they 
are successful. The second Idyl of Theocritus (about 
270 B. C.) contains more than one allusion to this, and 
is perhaps the oldest reference extant, but is said to have 
been copied from a Sicilian poet, Sophron, who lived 
200 years earlier. It contains such passages as: "Shine 
brightly, moon, for thee I will invoke, and Hecate, at 
whom the dogs are terrified, when she comes." And 
further on. having called upon Artemis by name, the 
lady exclaims: "There! the dogs are howling all over 
the town! the goddess is at the cross roads." Dogs agi- 
tated by moonlight, or howling after nightly incanta- 
tions, are also mentioned in Horace and Vireil— Lon- 
don Field. 
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annual tournament. J. R. Donnelly, Sec'y. 
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Sept. 22.— Natick, Mass.— All-dav tournament on grounds of 
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