Dec. a, iSgg.]' 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
46S 
Second Series. 
Four dogs were retained in the second series. They 
were Count Hunter, Geneva, Sioux and Brant. This 
was rather a Ssevere cutting down of the competition, and 
not justified by the circumstances . of it, for there were 
several other dogs entitled to more consideration on their 
merits. There were also Harwick Boy, Miss Bangle and 
Joe Cummings, Jr., the latter with a most excellent 
record of finding, pointing, ranging and general good 
performance, though deficient in style. 
Count Hunter and Geneva were cast oflE at 10:46. The 
dogs were soon tangled up with a bevy in a dense thicket, 
and were ordered out into the open where their work 
could be seen. Count pointed a bevy in stubble and was 
steady to caution. Count pointed a r^abbit, and about fifty 
yards away Geneva pointed sohie remaining birds of the 
bevy, which had run. Next she pointed footscent, then 
she pointed a single bird about one hundred yards further 
on in the stubble. Sent on, Geneva pointed a bevy and 
Count refused to back. Up at 11:24. Both dogs were 
fast and wide rangers. Geneva made a good showing 
in this heat. 
Sioux and Brant were cast ofiE at 11 :29. The heat was 
disorganized more or less from start to finish, though 
the failure of Sioux to keep on the course. Most of the 
time the handlers were apart, out of sight of each 
other. Part of the time, Sioux was working to the gun, 
and part of the time she seemed to be self-hunting. She 
was lost part of the time, and according to the exigen- 
cies of the case, her handler was far to the right or far 
to the left of the coux'se, but seldom on it. Her bad 
work in this respect was quite sufficient to have dis- 
qualified her in view of the fact that there were so many 
other good puppies in the stake, puppies, too, which 
worked reasonably well to the gun. Sioux made a wide 
cast to the left at the start off, presumably following 
some of the wagons, and her handler started across a big 
wheat field after her, but she was making a so-called 
cast, and after a time turned back to the course. She 
pointed on a side hill in stubble, at the edge of pines; 
nothing found. Brant pointed a bevy in open stubble 
and was steady to wing. Sent on. The dogs became 
widely separated. On hunting up Sioux she was found 
pointing a bevy in woods. The birds were followed, but 
nothing was done on them. Rose was held in check in 
the open meanwhile; there was erroneous management 
at this juncture, for when one dog was working alone, the 
other one had an equal right to work alone also. The 
dogs were brought together again, and soon Sioux was 
lost again. She was found on a point, to which a single 
bird was flushed, but it was averred by some that she 
had a bevy and the main part of it flushed before the 
judges arrived. She was steady to shot. The dogs were 
again brought together. Brant pointed a bevy and made 
two points on singles; Sioux also made two points on 
singles. Up at 12:34. Sioux had speed and style, but 
very poor judgment in beating out her ground, and seem- 
ingly had a dull perception of the proper manner of 
working to the gun. Brant's range was ordinary and his 
speed irregular. He showed fairly good ability in his 
work on bevies and singles. Up at 12:34. 
The judges announced the winners as follows: First, 
Geneva ; second, Sioux ; third, Count Hunter. 
Wednesday, Nov. 22, Fifth Day. 
A solid mass of black clouds obsciired the sky when the 
start was made, and the ground was thoroughly saturated 
from hea's'^f rains which fell in the early morning hours. 
The first brace was cast off on the grounds near Conover. 
The competition was hardly well started before rain set 
in and delayed it. some minutes. Afterward showers of 
tnore or less length fell during the day, but the judges 
kept the competition going till dark regardless of the bad 
weather. Birds were found in numbers varying greatly 
with the different parts of the grounds, some sections con- 
taining plenty, other sections a dearth. Eight braces were 
"■'in. 
First Round. 
Macclesfield and General Gladstone started at 8:45, and 
rain falling soon afterward, the party went to shelter 
some minutes till it ceased. Macclesfield pointed a bev}'^ 
and General made a point on the scattered birds. They 
ranged irregularly, middling wide at times, but showed 
no field trial ability. Up at 9:43. 
Rowland and Young Jingo started at 10:01. Jingo went 
fast and wide, but lacked good judgment ^in beating out 
his ground. Jingo pointed a bevy and Rowland backed, 
and both were steady to wing. On single birds Jingo 
roaded and pointed and the birds flushed wild. Jingo 
flushed a single and pointed the bevy and was backed. 
Rowland flushed twice on sigles. Toward the latter part 
of the heat he lessened his range and speed, showing 
some signs of weariness. Jingo was the better ranger and 
the better performer on birds, though his point work was 
not so good as it might have been. Up at 10:47. 
Jack and Nana were cast off at 10:56. Nana made game 
on a he-vy and flushed it. The birds were followed into 
])ine woods. Jack made six points on the scattered birds. 
Nana had a good nose, but when on birds was over eager 
and flushed them. Up at 11:35. 
Bang Hi. and Lad of Jingo began at 11:49. They cast 
about in a large wheat field; Bang, with a high nose, ran 
several yards up wind and pointed; Lad, crossing from 
the right in front, took the point; nothing was found, but 
one of the judges said a bevy had flushed near the dogs. 
Lad pointed a lark and was backed. On some scattered 
birds Bang made a point on a single, and again pointed 
and no bird was flushed to the point, though one was 
flushed close by after he had moved on. Lad pointed a 
single. Up at 12:56. Both ranged wide and fast, beat out 
their ground with indifferent judgment and their point 
work was very ordinary. Lunch was next in order. 
Gough and Lady's Count Gladstone were cast off at 
1 :59. Lady sooft rooted up a bevy willfully, and Gough, 
coming in soon afterward, flushed a remaining single. 
The birds were followed into pines. Both did some road- 
ing and pointing without results. Lady dropped to a 
flush on a single and Gough backed. The dogs were next 
worked on a bevy which had been marked by spectators. 
Lady made two points to which nothing was found and 
made a point on a chicken. Gough flushed a bevy. The 
heat was poor in every particular. Up at 2:32. 
Colonel |l agd Donna b^^gai? ftt 2:37, Colonel started 
a fast and wide rafige, which he maintained with judg- 
ment to the close of the heat. He pointed a bevy nicely, 
which flushed wild while he was held on point for Donna 
to be brought in to back. Donna made an indecisive point 
on a single, and next she made a good point on a single 
in pines and was steady to shot. Colonel made a good 
point, and after being sent on each at the same time 
pointed a bevy respectively some yards apart. Colonel 
finished with a good point on a single. He made an ex- 
cellent showing, and was head and shoulders over all 
competitors of the day. 
Admiral. Drake and Falmouth Suffolk started at 3:29. 
Suffolk pointed a bevy nicely in open stubble at the edge 
of pines, and Drake backed. Both were steady to shot. 
Suffolk made a good point on a single. The dogs, after 
taking a long cast across a wheat stubble, were found on 
point about 25 yards apart; the bevy flushed close in front 
of Suffolk. Suffolk made three or four accurate, good 
points on singles in the pine woods, and Dash made one 
and was promptly backed. Up at 4:24. The range of 
both was middling as a whole. Suffolk showed excellent 
capabilities on birds. • 
Pink's Boy and Roysterer were cast off at 4:32. Roys- 
terer pointed in corn by the side of a ditch about 60 yards 
from the judges. A vent went forward to flush and fired 
his gun; no one saw any bird fly. ' On some scattered 
birds flushed by horsemen. Boy made a point; then each 
pointed scattered birds independently in heavy weeds. 
Then both did a lot of drawing and false pointing, Roys- 
terer offending the more by many repetitions of the fault. 
He made a point on a single in oak woods. . He made 
several other points and made game frequently but failed 
to locate. Up at 5:16. Both dogs had speed, but they 
made a poor showing, partly from rank bad handling and 
parti}' from bad performance. This ended the day's 
woiic. 
It was near dark and rain had set in. On the whole it 
was an uncomfortable day, showery betimes and- wet 
under foot always. 
Tharsday, Nov. 23, Sixth Day. 
The morning was dark and somber. More or less wet 
clung to the grass and to the branches of trees and bushes. 
A light breeze favored good scenting conditions. Toward 
noon the v/eather cleared up, the smi 'burst forth and the 
temperature was much like that of late summer. 
Birds were found in fairly plentiful numbers, and good 
work on them was done by some of the best performers 
in the competition. A start was made near the Hewitt 
farm. 
Minnie's Girl and Prime Minister began the morning's 
work at 8:36. Some birds were seen to fly in woods, bitt 
no one could see the course of their departure. Minnie 
pointed a bevj'' in woods. Sent on, she pointed, then 
started to road the bird, which had run. Minister cut in 
ahead, jointed in the roading, and both pointed the sin- 
gle bird. Sent on, and the dogs ranged wide over some 
large wheat fields. Minnie displayed the better judgment 
in beating out the ground. She pointed a bevy by a farm 
road 200 or 300 j'ards away, and a colored lad}'- who was 
hobbling along close to her flushed the bevy. Minnie 
behaved well to wing. Minnie next pointed a bevy in a 
thicket and standing in a creek she pointed, and two or 
three birds were flushed from the dense briars on one 
bank of it. A bevy in the meantime had been flushed and 
marked down. Minister pointed by the edge of a ditch 
where the birds were and several flushed some yards away. 
Next he pointed and a single flushed further up the ditch, 
Minnie pointed a single in corn. Up at 9:47.. Both had 
good speed and went wide in their range, but Minnie dis- 
played much the better judgment in beating out her 
ground and was far the better in pointing and finding. 
Ponce and Falmouth Dixie were cast off at 9:54. Both 
started out with middling range, but as the heat pro- 
gressed Ponce went out wider. He made four points on 
single birds and Dixie made one. Each backed well. Up 
at 11:14. 
Dave Earl and Count Danstone were cast off at 11:20. 
Dave flushed a bevy, after which he worked about and 
pointed on the trail. Count joining in the work. Count 
pointed a single in woods. Next Dave pointed a bevy in 
open field and Count backed. The scattered birds afford- 
ed a number of opportunities, but no points were secured. 
Up at 12:04. They were fast and wide rangers, fairly good 
in judgment, but their point work was not up to the clean 
finish the circumstances required. 
Berber and Uncle B. were started at 12:18. Each made 
a point to which nothing was found. A large bevy was 
marked down in woods, affording a number of oppor- 
tunities for points. Berber made a point and nothing 
could be flushed to it ; but after he had moved on a single 
was flushed close by. Up at i:ro. The heat was a poor 
one. Uncle was much the wider ranger and had the most 
speed. The party went to hnich. 
Second Round. 
Eight dogs were continued in the competition and were 
run as follows: 
■ Young Jingo and Jack were cast off at 2:39. The 
judges rode up a bevy and it was followed on the side 
hill in sedge. Jingo pointed scattered birds and Jack 
caught scent as the bird flushed wild. Jack was lost in 
pine woods; he pointed a bevy. Searching for the scat- 
tered birds, he made two points to which there was noth- 
ing found, one point on a single, one flush and a point as 
the bird Hushed simultaneouslj'. Jingo was not in the 
competition in the meantime, he being held up while Jack 
was lost till his return after working on the single birds. 
Jack showed the better judgment in beating out his 
ground. Each ranged wide and fast. Up at 4 o'clock. 
Lad of Jingo and Colonel R. started at 4:11. Lad 
pointed a bevy in weeds and Colonel backed well. On 
the singles Colonel secured one point and Lad dropped 
to a point on a bird, which flushed wild. Sent on, Colonel 
took a long cast up through fields about an eighth of a 
mile away and pointed by the edge of a small but dense 
briar thicket Lad, coming in from the left, saw him and 
drew in till he also pointed the bevy, refusing to back. 
The birds were flushed with difficulty. The dogs went 
around the thicket and ^ach got a point on singles. Some 
of the birds were marked down in a draw. Lad pointed 
once and Colonel twice on singles. Lad a bit unsteady to 
the last flush, Both were fast and wide, hut Colonel wag 
the faster and showed tile better judgment in range and 
the better performance on birds. Up at 4:48. 
Donna and Prime Minister were cast off at 5:05. The 
judges flushed a bevy in the open weed field which the 
dogs missed finding, though Minister passed close by i't. 
Donna made a point on a single and two points oii as 
many bevies, and was steady to shot. Donna had a me- 
dium range, and good work on birds. Minister ran fast 
and wide, but his bird work was indefinite," as he foimd 
nothing. Up at 5:35. This ended the work of the day. 
Friday, Nov, 24, Seventh Day. 
The morning was raw and cloudy, with a threatening 
ram, but toward noon the clouds gradually broke away 
and the temperature rose to a comfortable degree. In 
the afternoon the sun shone forth bright and warm. Birds 
were found in fairly good numbers, though the quantity, as 
usual, varied much with the grounds and the dogs which 
were running. A start was made early. There was a good 
attendance of visitors, notwithstanding the bad weather 
and the several days of competition. 
Minnie's Girl and LTncle B. were started at 8:24. Soon 
Uncle pointed in sedge in woods, and a cat was seen 
sneaking away from it. Minie pointed a bevy in sedge, 
and was steady to shot. The dogs were separated wide 
apart for some minutes. Uncle in the meantime pointed a 
bevy. Next, Minnie pointed a bevy on a side hill in 
sedge. Up at 9:16. Minnie had the better of the heat. 
She ranged with judgment, and her work on birds was 
marked with v^dsdom and good finish. 
Third Round. 
Colonel R. and Jack were cast off at 9:45. Beside a 
fence Colonel pointed a bevy and Jack appairently backed. 
Working on the scattered birds, each made a point and 
nothing was found. Sent on. Colonel pointed a bevy in 
woods. The dogs were sent on to find another bevy. 
Colonel pointed in woods, and moved on; Jack coming 
up, pointed at the same place, and flushed a single; then 
he drew on and located the bevy some distance further 
in the woods. On the scattered birds. Jack dropped to 
a flush. Up at 10 :39. Both were fleet and good rangers; 
Colonel the better. 
Minnie's Girl and Lad of Jingo started at 10:52. Min- 
nie made a point, to which nothing was found. Next in 
woods, Minnie pointed a bevy and afterward a single bird. 
Next on some running birds by the side of a ditch. Lad 
refused to back Minnie's point; he stoI,e the point and 
Minnie backed him. Minnie next pointed to a flush. Lad 
found the next bevy in weeds and was nicely backed. 
Next he flushed a single. Lad next made a flush on a 
single, and Minnie made a point, to which nothmg was 
found. In open sedge, Minnie flushed two of a bevy, and 
then pointed the rest of it. Up at 11 :5S. The party then 
went to lunch at the Hewitt place. 
Final. 
After lunch, the judges announced that Colonel R. and 
Minnie's Girl would run together three or four minutes, 
and they were cast off in an open stubble close by. 
Colonel took a cast, and soon was on a point, but the 
dogs were ordered up at that junctitre, the purpose being 
moi-e to comply with the rules than to race the dogs. 
The judges announced the winners as follows; First, 
Colonel R,,- second, Minnie's Girl; third. Jack. 
The Subscription Stake. 
There were twelve starters in this stake, several of 
them being competitors in previous stakes of the present 
trials. This raised some mild complications, for as drawn, 
dogs which ran in the All-Age Stake on Friday would 
have to run again in the Subscription Stake on that day. 
To establish an equity, discretionary power was con- > 
f erred on the judges to change the order of drawing if 
it was necessary to do so to maintain a proper equity. 
The competitors were : 
Avent & Duryea's black, white and tan setter dog Dot's 
Roy (Orlando— Dolly Wilson), J. M. Avent, handler, 
with Fo.K & Blyth's black and white setter dog Dave Earl 
(Count Gladstone IV. — Dan's Lady), D. E. Rose, handler. 
Geo. Crocker's black, white and tan setter dog Sam T. 
(Lake Roy— Betty B.), S. C. Bradley, handler, with 
Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' blue belton setter 
bitch Pinmoney (Count Gladstone IV. — Daisy Croft), C. 
E. Buckle, handler. 
Avent & Duryea's Sioux, J. M. Avent, handler, with 
Geo. Crocker's Minnie's Girl, S. C. Bradley, handler. 
Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s, Pink's Boy, C. Turcker, handler, 
with Geo. Gray's Young Jingo, owner, handler. 
H. R. Edward%' Colonel R., George E. Gray, handler, 
with P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, Jaclv, C. Tucker, handler. 
W. P. Austin's Lad of Jingo, D. E. Rose, handler, with 
H. K. Devereaux's Uncle B., Geo. E. Gray, handler. 
Sioux, Minnie's Girl, Pink's Boy, Young Jingo, Colonel 
R., Jack, Lad of Jingo and Uncle B. ran in the previous 
stakes, and their ownership and breeding will be found 
in the summaries. 
At the conclusion of the All-Age, the Subscription 
Stake was begun. _ The first brace was taken with a view 
to guard dogs which had run in the forenoon. 
First Round. 
Pink's Boy and Young Jingo started at i :04. Jingo 
made two good finds and points on bevies, and also four 
points on single birds. He apparently made a flush on a 
bevy, as he was suspiciously close to it. Boy made two 
finds and points on bevies, two points to which nothing 
was found, and flushed a single which Jingo pointed. He 
also made a point and a bird flew out of the tree top over- 
head. Each backed well, and ranged with good judgment. 
They maintained a good uniform speed, and the heat as a 
whole was quite a good one. the dogs working nicely to 
the course and honoring each other's points promptly. 
Both were going strong at the finish. 
Dot's Roy and Dave Earl began at 3:10. The work 
on birds was ragged. Out of five bevies found, only two 
were pointed by the dogs, each having one to his credit. 
In the second hour both dogs showed signs of weariness, 
and they ranged but moderately thereafter. They showed 
a degree of mei-it less than what was required for good 
competition. 
Saturday, Nov. 25, Eighth Day. 
The weather was raw and damp, with a cloudy sky and- 
signs of rain, The spegtators had fallen off greatly in 
