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to Big Point Club as guest of Mr. Wells, and put in his 
time shooting ducks. 
Nothing startling came out in the Derby, though the 
average was gccd. and with but few exceptions all the 
puppies showed training and were obedient beyond an 
occasional puppyish break in after flying birds. Mr. 
Wells, or rather the Wells brothers, Wm. B. and 
Alphonse, had fcur entries in the Derby, all of the same 
litter (by Selkirk Dan— Selkirk Tessa). These were a 
very tiny lot. Selkirk Stella not much over the size of 
an old-fashioned beagle, and weighing, at a guess, less 
than 25lbs.— so light that her handler could tuck her 
Tarter hie arm and carrv her as he liked. All the four 
were a nervous, active lot, all were good for an hour 
wuuout tagging, and all showed bird work. Mr. A. 
Wells handled these all. He did this very nicely— in- 
deed, all the handling was pleasant and free from jockey- 
ing. Certainly Mr. Wells might feel pleased, for he took 
first and second with Selkirk Bretta and Selkirk Ramona. 
Bretta is the handsomest of the four, and very clever. 
They are 13 months puppies. Tickler, third, I have 
mentioned above. He is a much larger tyoe than the 
two above, with coarser head, not so much for bench as 
for field work. He created a very good impression and 
was a popular favorite. He will make a good bird dog, 
which is very good praise. London Boy. Mr. Steg- 
man's entry, handled by Charlie Allen, shows a very 
good notion of the game. He can nail a single, and he 
is very much steadier to wing than the average Derby 
entry. 
The Derby Draw. 
The dogs were drawn for the Derby in the following 
order and description: 
W. B. Wells' blue belton setter bitch Selkirk Bretta 
(Selkirk Dan— Selkirk Tessa) with H. Milliken's 1. and 
w. pointer bitch Cousin Peggy (Uncle Sam— Beppo's 
Molly). 
J. W. Humpridge's blue belton and w. setter dog Lon- 
don Boy (Roy of London— Fanny) with W. B. Wells' 
b., w. and t. setter bitch Selkirk Stella (Selkirk Dan- 
Selkirk Tessa). 
T. C. Stegman's bhje belton and w. setter dog Tickler 
(Duke— Prss) with T. G. Davey's b. and w. pointer bitch 
Bessie (Brighton Joe — Girl of Kent). 
J. W. G. Winnett's blue belton and w. setter bitch 
Jubilee Vic (Roy of London— Bessie) with W. B. Wells' 
b.. w. and t. setter bitch Selkirk Freda (Selkirk Dan — 
Selkirk Tessa). 
W. B. Wells' b., w. and t. setter bitch Selkirk Ramona 
(Selkirk Dan— Selkirk Tessa) with Jas. B. McKay's b. 
and w. setter bitch Blue Bonnet (Dash Antonio — Nelly 
Breeze). 
J. W. G. Winnett's blue belton and w. setter dog 
Doctor Jim (Roy of London— Bessie) with J. R. Mc- 
Gregor's b., w. and t. setter bitch Rod's Clip (Rodfield 
— Latcnia). 
Dr. O. Totten's 1. and w. ticked pointer dog Norwood 
(Bedcuin — Lady Rip Rap), a bye. 
Derby Runnings. 
Selkirk Bretta (A. Wells) with Cousin Peggy (H. 
Milliken). Owners handled. In range good, but with 
no luck at birds for a time. At edge of woods Bretta 
drew ahead and made game, but did not locate the birds, 
which flushed out of a tree top as she cast about. Peggy 
meantime came up, and stopped just about as the birds 
flushed. Both steady to wing. Nothing was done on 
singles. The heat was but ordinary. Both worked well 
out, but Bretta showed the more eagerness and zeal. 
Down 52 minutes. 
London Boy (C. Allen) with Selkirk Stella (A. Wells). 
Stella was faster with her nipping gait. Two bevies put 
up by handlers or dogs were not followed, and there was 
no work. On corn a third bevy went up. and Boy got 
a point on a single on leaves. Stella had a point claimed, 
not seen by judges. Both steady to wing. Down 57 
minutes. 
Tickler (Jas. McGregor) with Bessie (C. Allen). Quite 
the best, fastest and most stylish brace yet seen, with plen- 
ty of speed and independence. They worked out a 
good heat in the open. The judges thought Tickler 
might cut out his ground better. They thought also that 
Bessie was letting down distinctly in speed before the 
close of the heat. Mr. Davey, owner of Bessie, thinks 
this was due to the fact that McGregor, in punishing 
Tickler, cowed Bessie so that she would not go out 
again well, though she had then eight minutes left in 
the heat. Tickler pointed, but flushed (it was for this 
he was punished). No work "had on singles. Down 
45 minutes. 
Jubilee Vic (Winnett) with Selkirk Freda (A. Wells). 
Owners handlers. Both ranged enough, but they ran 
an hour and got no birds. On a field Freda roaded 
nicely, and Vic made a good point on a house cat, Freda 
backing, Freda very properly chased the cat up a tree, 
It is thought that no doubt this cat had at some time 
eaten a quail, and the dogs pointed because they wpre 
cognizart of ihat fact. This ended the day's work. The 
first thing on the following morning. Wednesday, Nov. 
i6. this same brace were the first ordered down again, 
being cast off at 8:40 A. M. They both showed good 
range for twenty-five minutes, Freda more intelligently 
going at her work. On open corn, part of a bevy had 
run, ard a couple cf birds went up near Vic, who was 
none too guiltless. Meantime Freda pointed the bevy 
at a ditch near by, and needed caution, as she was edging 
in. She chased as they rose, stopping to loud com- 
mands. Freda also broke in after a single. Vic did not 
get any point. Down 35 minutes. 
Ramona (A. Wells) with Blue Bonnet (Jas. Mc- 
Gregor). Both were fast enough. Blue Bonnet very 
fast and wide ranging, but not intelligently so. On a 
s'ubb'.e ard ditch a few birds went out ahead, the dogs 
then drawing in. Ramona ahead, she pointing. Bonnet 
steady. Ramora needed severe caution as the bevy went 
up, On a s'ashinsr. two sing'es went up ahead. Ramona 
pointing a small bevy at a brush heap. Bonnet at ' one 
side, cautioned. On. and two singles flushed; Bonnet 
near by. On, at a thicket, two more singles got out. not 
pointed. At a fence Ramona pointed and a bird was 
put up. Bonnet now far out in the field. Ramona showed 
much better notion of hunting. Down 45 minutes. 
Doctor Jim (Winnett, owner, handler) with Rod's 
Clip (McGregor). Clip "is a little whippety black and 
tan, but went out and outranged Jim, though the latter 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
hardly was up to the game fully, and at times showed 
plenty of range. A bevy went up ahead of the dogs 
in weeds, no glory to either. On slashing. Rod pointed 
a single, broke in, steady only to caution. On over 
slash, but they quite missed a nice bevy, which was put 
up by the crowd. Rod pointed at a log heap; McGregor 
put up two birds, Rod chasing a bit. Down 50 min- 
utes. 
Norwood (McGregor). The only pointer to run to- 
day. He ran alone. He had a long go without making 
game. The crowd put up a single near a ditch. Brought 
around, he made a nice bevy point. These birds were 
not followed. Just ahead, a large bevy was seen to rise 
and was marked down on nice ground among high 
weeds. Here fully twenty birds went out, but Norwood 
seemed always just too late to nail his points, though 
he was steady and roaded well along on footscent after 
the birds were gone. He should have picked up three 
or four points here, but got no square point at all. On 
ahead, at slash, the birds kept on going up ahead, but 
he was again just too late. At the path a bird was 
flushed, and he at once dropped handsomely to wing. 
Down 50 minutes. 
Lunch followed. The judges then announced that they 
would run the second series as follows: 
Second Series. 
Selkirk Bretta with London Boy. Selkirk Stel'a with 
Tickler. Selkirk Ramona with Jubilee Vic. Selkirk 
Freda with Norwood. 
Selkirk Bretta (A. Wells) with London Boy (C. 
Allen). Both went a clinking gait and hunted indiffer- 
ently. On open cornfield. Boy pointed but moved on. 
They had a good walk in the middle of the day, but 
both held a slashing gait. Boy pointed a pig for luck, 
having nothing better. On a weedy slashing Bretta 
pointed a bevy nicely. Ahead, on singles. Boy pointed 
liardsomely, steady to wing. Bov again made game 
and was moving on, but Allen called him off. a bird 
later being walked up here. On, at grass and weeds. 
Boy pointed again, nothing seen, but he was not allowed 
to work it out. the brace being ordered up at that mo- 
ment. Down 43 minutes. 
Selkirk Stella (A, Wells) with Tickler (Jas. Mc- 
Gregor). They ranged quite widely enough, Tickler 
making a very good impression with his evident bird 
sense and the idea of what to do and where to go. He 
made one point, steadied, but moving on. no bird going 
up. They had a long round without birds. On a slash- 
ing, Stella chased a rabbit, bustling it for quite a way. 
The dogs separated, and Tickler was now at open grass near 
the edge of the slash, when he made game and roaded 
on nicely 50yds., finally stopping at a fence, and the 
small bevy going out on stubble beyond, he steady 
to wing. He now made a lonsr cast uo this same fence, 
and located a large bevy, McGregor following, and the 
bevy going up. Tickler perhaps going too close. Stella 
was now brought over, and on the stubble both made 
game, Tickler pointing handsomely. Stella chased for a 
few steps, as Tickler's two birds started bv. They went 
to thicket. Tickler taking the edge well ahead and very 
knowingly. He again pointed In the thicket, and his 
bird was put up. He pointed again and a bird was seen 
to come out. They now left the thicket and tried the 
open again, making a stiff run on corn and stubble, both 
still going. The little one had no business with Tickler, 
who ran the best heat of the day. Down 1 hour. 
Selkirk Ramona (A. Wells) with Jubilee Vic (Win- 
nett). Ramona showed the more intelligent ranger. Vic 
apparently lacking experience. Ramona pointed uncer- 
tainly at ditch, but nothing was found. A long walk fol- 
lowed. On open corn Ramona pointed a bevy nicely, 
Vic backing handsomely, and Vic steady to wing. On 
these singles, on slashing, three birds went up ahead, 
Ramona stopping just about as they rose, and Mr. 
Winnett cautioning Vic. who was making game. An- 
other bird flushed to noise, and Ramona chased, but 
stopped to repeated orders. Again Ramona nosed at 
a woedpile, and a bird rose on the other side of it, no 
point. Down I hour 4 minutes. 
Selkirk Freda (A. Wells) with Norwood (Jas. Mc- 
Gregor). On corn Freda made a bevy point, none too 
steady to wing, but dropping to repeated commands. 
Both kept out well. No other work. Down 24 min- 
This ended the series. Dusk was approaching. The 
judges now asked for Selkirk Ramona and Selkirk Bretta. 
and W. B. and A. Wells took these afnd went back with 
the judges for a twenty-five minutes heat over thicket 
and corn. They got a rattling good heat and put up 
three bevies. Bretta pointed the first bevy in weeds. 
Ramona soon after nailing a second bevy at an orchard. 
A third bevy flew wild. Bretta pointed a single, and 
backed Ramona's bevy point nicely. Both dogs showed 
training, and worked a merry heat together. It was near 
dark when they were taken up at the road, and the 
judges then announced their decision: Selkirk Bretta, 
first; Selkirk Ramona, second; Tickler, third; London 
Boy, fourth. 
Thi AU-Age Stakes, 
Nov. 17. — The All-Age Stakes were run off to-day, 
being barely concluded before darkness put an end to 
the work. The weather was clear and not cold, all that 
could be asked. Birds were by no means so abundant 
as might be wished, but each brace down got bird work, 
except in the final heat of ten minutes just before 
dark. 
There were ten starters in the All-Age, and these 
ran a workmanlike average, for, though nothing of ex- 
ceptional brilliancy turned out. all the dogs showed 
handling and were well broken on birds, the entry 
being cf higher class than the Derbv. There was but 
one pointer, Maud W., and one Irish setter, Goldie. Mr. 
W. B. Wells ran his old standby, Cleopatra, but the 
old lady is now past eight years of age, and was hardly 
up to her own standards. Mars, her heat mate, ran a 
stylish heat early in the day, showing nice range and 
head carriage, but later he did not do so well with his 
birds. Essie D.. Mr. Marshall Gravdon's smart little 
bitch, that won second in last year's Derby, was in great 
form in these trials, and was guilty of little, if any. fault. 
She ran a great contest, merry as a cricket, faultless 
in range and gait, and was quite free of ajJ that timidity 
of her birds that marked her last year, i could see no 
other for first, though the judges placed her second. 
[Nov. 26, 1898. 
Mr. Graydon shared the general admiration which he 
heard expressed for this fine little one. but he was 
most gentlemanly sportsmanlike in the acceptance of 
the decision. Noble Chieftain, placed first, is to my 
fancy a better type of dog than Essie, bigger and more 
powerful and useful looking. He showed much bird 
sense, and is a very practical dog. He let down a little 
in range, not enough to hurt, and his worst fault to-day 
seemed that his nose needed sharpening uo a bit, though 
he got quite a lot of work on birds. Brighton Bob, 
third, was a favorite at the start. He is a handsome 
and commendable sort of dog, not whippety; but like a 
setter and a shooting dog, one of the sort to go a heat 
or a day, or even a week. He did nicely at first, but to 
the surprise of everyone ran a very sloppy heat in the 
second series, and let himself down very much. Both 
Bob and his heat mate. Chieftain, seemed totally de- 
moralized in that well-nigh fatal heat. Delia Bondhu, 
Selkirk Tana and Selkirk Dan did not do much but 
range. Goldie. the Irish, was the fastest dog put down 
in the trials, but he closed up a bit later and lacked nose 
and positiveness. Maud W. was merry and eager, but 
was. not much to the fore in bird work, lacking confi- 
dence and positiveness. There was no dog down that 
was not plenty fast enough, and they were all good 
enough at the end of an hour. Of the three winning 
dogs it may be said that without doubt they are the best 
three that ran, judged on the work they did here and 
not what they may have done at some other time, or 
may be able to do at some future time. It was also 
obvious that Noble Chieftain had far the best of 
Brighton Bob to-day. Many thought that Essie D. was 
quite as far ahead of Noble Chieftain, yet the latter will 
be seen to have perhaps more bird work to his credit 
than any other, and the judges valued this positjve credit 
even with some faults over the faulllessness of Essie. 
The dogs were drawn in the following order: 
W. B. Wells' b. and w. setter bith Cleopatra (Mingo 
IT. — T adv Thunder) wi'h J. B. Dale's b. w. and t. setter 
dog Mars (champion Cincinnati — Daphne). 
Marshall Graydon's b. and w. setter bitch Essie D, 
(Brighton Dick — Nancy H.) with Leamington Pointer 
Kennels' b. and w. pointer bitch Maud W. (Plain Sam 
— Beppo's Mollie). 
Geo. Kime's b. and w. setter dog Noble Chieftain' 
(Dash Antonio — Rose Rapid II.) with Jos. Trudell's 
b., w. and t. setter bitch Delia Bondhu (Rod's Whim — 
Mary T.). ' 
C. W. Watson's red Irish setter bitch Goldie (Shaun 
Rhue— Nellie D.) with W. B. Wells' b.. w. and t. setter 
bitch Selkirk Tana (Thiers — Cambriana). 
T. G. Davey's blue belton setter dog Brighton Bob 
(Brighton Dick — Misfortune) with W. B. Wells' b., w. 
and t. setter dog Selkirk Dan (Whyte Be — Luna). . 
Cleopatra (W. B. Wells) with Mars (J. B. Dale). 
Owners handled. Down at 9:12 A. M. on stubble. Both 
went out fast and wide, the old bitch with her customary 
hard-working eagerness. Mars with a very good and 
stylish gait, but less independent. They got nothing in 
the open, and crossed a slash blank. At a weedy ditch 
at the edge of a field Mars made a fine bevy point, 
steady to wing. Cleo came in to him. and put up a pair 
of birds just ahead of Mars. They did little at singles. 
Cleo pointed, a bird having gone out of a brush heap 
before her point. Mars backed handsomely. Again Cleo 
pointed at a log. and Mars backed nicely, but all that 
could be found was a rabbit, which Mr. Wells shot; both 
steady. Cleo the more so. On stubble, at a fence, Cleo 
flushed a single, down wind, and dropping to wing. 
Down 45 minutes. 
Essie D. (G. Kime) with Maud W. (Milliken). A 
merry brace, quartering well and staying out, both quite 
fast enough. They got a long trying out over slash and 
corn, until at last at the edge of a stubb'e Essie pointed 
a bevy. Maud to one side, and not at first seeing her. 
On further on the same field both dogs were seen point- 
ing. Maud moving up as Kime passed on and put up 
the bevy, neither at fault. An odd thing had happened 
here. Messrs. Wells and Davey were sitting on the 
fence as Essie came up. She stopped and looked at 
them, and they called to her to go. but she at that in- 
stant turned her head and located the bevy handsomely. 
On same field the weedy corner was full of birds. Both 
made game, Maud disappearing in weeds, no one present 
to see whether or not she pointed, several birds going 
up and no point being claimed. Essie also went into 
the weed thicket, and Kime called a point, and she was 
seen pointing, three birds going up. On over this same 
wide field, they got nothing at singles, and were taken 
up. It was warmer now. and the dogs showed it, but 
were going well. Down 46 minutes. 
Noble Chieftain (G. Kime) with Delia Bondhu (Tru- 
dell). Owners handled. Down at 11 o'clock. Both 
ranged, but did not seem brilliant. Chief not quartering 
as systematically as he might on stubble. Delia pointed 
uncertainly, but not moving on. and scored a false point. 
They worked blank for fifteen minutes, but at length, 
just over a fence on stubble. Chieftain made a grand 
stanch bevy point, dropping to wing. Delia was away. 
On the marked birds Chieftain made game and squatted 
in a stanch point. Delia did not honor, but ran in ahead 
of him. he still steady. Many birds went up (a -new 
bevy probably), both steady to wing. On woods. Chief- 
tain pointed running birds on leaves. Delia running 
ahead again and putting up the birds. Chieftain worked 
for singles intelligently. Down 48 minutes. 
Goldie (C. Watson) with Selkirk Tana (W. B. Wells). 
Owners handled. Both were fast enough. Tana with 
much Ipfs speed than Go'die. which cut out a hot pace, 
going wide and independently. It was warm, and they 
butli let down at cose of the heat They showed no 
special quality, leaving a lot of country blank. At last 
on open ground near a pasture fence a bevy rose about 
Tana, she not having scented them, Goldie apart. Tana 
pointed tarrving single at this same place. Goldie re- 
fusing to back, going ahead and nosing about, Tana 
steady to wing. On the marked birds in a thicket these 
did very low-grade work, losing nine chances for points 
on birds that went up singly or in pairs, and not even 
catching the footscent where birds had flown. Goldie 
was now not very cheerful in work. Goldie Pushed. -on 
grass, Tana close by; both steady. An indifferent heat. 
Down 55 minutes. . " -.- - "' "• 
The party now ate -lunch, which the ; 'landlord;; Mr, 
Raymond, had brought r i' ft good shape, - 
