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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. r, 1900. 
Eliminating all the sophisms of "class" and "style," etc., 
the plain facts are that Sioux, on her actual doings, made 
a wretchedly inferior competition, and that the judges 
made a great mistake in keeping her in the competition 
at all after the first series. 
First Round. 
Senator P. and Lady's Count began at 3 :29 in the open. 
Mr. Johnson had the latter only three or four days in 
charge, so that the handling was extremely difficult. 
Count was lost for some minutes", but came m later of 
his own motion. Each pointed in the open; nothing 
found. A bevy was flushed by the horses and marked 
down in the open field. The dogs were brought to it. 
Both pointed. The weather was then very warm and the 
birds were reluctant to fly. There was fiddling about 
after the singles which were marked down close by. 
Senator pointed twice and flushed one. Count was hard 
to handle. Up at 4:15. Senator ranged well and dis- 
played good speed and judgment. 
Roysterer and Why Not were cast off at 4:22 in an 
open field. Soon Roysterer took a cast and was lost, and 
Why Not was held up while a search was made for him. 
Not being found at 4:35, the heat was postponed, and the 
Derby was resumed. It would have been better to have 
continued the heat, and if Roysterer would not keep to the 
course there was a penalty to it. Working to the gun is a 
part of field work and field trial work. 
Thwfsday, Nov. 22, Forth Day. 
Pleasant weather conditions succeeded to the three pre- 
ceding days of bad weather. The sun shone clear, warm 
and bright. A gentle breeze prevailed betimes. The birds 
came forth from their haunts, and were found in sufficient 
numbers in most of the heats. Those who kept tally 
alleged that twenty-three bevies were found, counting 
those found by the dogs and those flushed by handlers and 
horses. The competition was mixed in character, from 
poor to very poor. 
Roysterer and Why Not continued their unfinished heat 
of yesterday, commencing at 8 Soon after starting 
Why Not found and pointed two bevies, a few minutes 
apart. Roysterer backed. Near a ravine both pointed. 
Why Not had a single, and both were steady to wing and 
shot. Why Not flushed a bevy in the open. Another bevy 
was flushed by the horsemen soon afterward. Why Not 
made two good points on singles. Roysterer made several 
false points. Why Not next pointed a bevy in open 
weeds and was backed. Roysterer was difficult to handler 
and had shortened a wide range at the start to a narrow 
one at the finish. Why Not had also shortened his range 
a good bit. His finding, pointing and working to the 
gun were far the beter. Up at 9:38. 
Sport's Gath and Sioux were cast off at 9:42. The 
former had a broken tail, which was wrapped in court 
plaster. Soon after starting both dogs were lost. They 
were started again at 10 :30 after being found. Gath 
pointed a wounded quail. Gath pointed ; Sioux refused to 
back; nothing found. Some birds, flushed by the 
handlers, were marked down near a hedge in the open. 
Sioux pointed twice on singles ; Gath pointed twice and 
nothing was found. Each was exceedingly swift and 
difficult to handle. They ranged out of bounds, and be- 
times were paying little heed to the gun. Toward the end 
of the heat they narrowed their range materially. The 
heat was a poor one. Up at 11 :32. 
Zephyr II. and Minnie's Girl were cast oft' at 11:41. 
Both made game in the open. Zephyr pointed in a half- 
hearted manner. Soon she pointed again in a manner 
which did not inspire confidence, and her handler ordered 
her on. She took a step or two and the bevy flushed. 
She instantly stopped to wing. As Minnie worked toward 
some of the birds marked down in the open in front of 
her, she pointed another bevy ; both were steady to wing 
and shot. On the scattered birds in pine woods. Zephyr 
flushed a single, made a point on two birds. Minnie 
pointed twice where the birds had been marked down, 
and a bird flew each time from the trees overhead. By 
the side of a ditch Minnie pointed a bevy and was backed. 
Zephyr was erratic in range. Both worked industriously. 
Minnie displaj'ing the beter judgment. Up at 12:52. 
Dot's Daisy and Geneva were cast off at 2:12. In open 
Aveeds Geneva pointed and was backed; nothing found. 
Daisy in a hollow by a run pointed and roaded up wind of 
a bevy flushed close by her by a horseman. The weather 
was then exceedingly warm, and continued so during the 
remainder of the day. On the scattered birds in woods 
Geneva pointed and was well backed, and both were 
steady. In woods Geneva pointed and was backed, but 
nothing was found; but about 40 yards further in open 
weeds both roaded and pointed; Tucker flushed a bevy 
to the point. In \woods Geneva pointed a single. Up at 
3:05. Both were good rangers and fast as to speed. 
Peg's Girl and Gilt Edge were cast off at 3:20. Gilt 
made a point on larks and was backed. Gilt pointed a 
bevy by the edge of a branch. The birds were followed. 
Two bevies were ridden up and marked down in heavy 
cover near deep ditches. Girl pointed a single bird 
staunchly. Sent on. Gilt wheeled prettily to a point; 
moved on, both made game and pointed by the edge of 
the heavy ditch cover, but it was impossibfe to flush the 
birds. Gilt pointed a single. Sent on. Girl found and 
pointed a bevy on a side hill in weeds. Sent on. Both 
made game in the open weeds, and both got a point on a 
bevy. On the scattered birds in woods, Gilt dropped to a 
point; nothing found. He next made a good point on 
a single. Girl made three or four points on singles in a 
sharp, snappy manner, and was accurate in her work. Up 
at 4:17- Each ranged well at good speed. 
Prime Minister and Count Hunter were started at 4:26. 
Minister nicely pointed a bevy in open weed field and was 
well backed. On a side hill some 300 yards away. Minister 
pointed staunchly, and a single bird was seen to flush wild 
from it. The dogs were brought together and cast off 
again. Count pointed a bevy in the open field at the 
edge of pine woods and sprang in and flushed it. The 
birds were followed into the pine woods. Each made 
several good points on the singles. Count having some 
advantage in the amount of work done. Both dogs were 
difficult to handle. They were fast and went wide. Min- 
ister had the better of the heat. Up at 5:32. 
Friday, Nov. 23, Fifth Day. 
The morning was calm and cloudy, with a light fog 
which was soon dissipated by a warm sun. The warm 
temperature was much like that of a day in early Sep- 
tember. Birds were found in fair numbers. 
Earl Jingo, the bye dog, had for a running mate the 
setter dog Lark, owned by the Eldred Kennels, and 
handled by S. C. Bradley. Lark pointed a bevy and was 
backed by Earl. Next Earl roaded to a point; nothing 
found. Both pointed foot scent by the side of a ditch. 
Earl pointed a bevy and a single bird. Up at 10:05. The 
heat was a poor one. 
.Second Round. 
Six dogs were selected to compete further. They were 
run as follows: 
Peg's Girl and Geneva were cast off at 10:31. Peg 
ran sharply into a point on a bevy in woods ; on the scat- 
tered birds she made three points, also both made a point 
together on the same bird. Both pointed foot scent; 
nothing found. The dogs were separated for a while. 
Geneva in a briery place made game and pointed, but 
nothing was found. Up at 11:10. Peg's Girl worked 
very nicely to the gun, was sharp and accurate in her 
bird work and ranged well with speed aiid judgment. 
Geneva ranged well and at good speed, feut her work on 
birds was meager. 
Minnie's Girl and Senator P. commenced at 11:20. 
Soon Minnie in an open field pointed a bevy and was 
.steady to shot. Senator was not near at the time. The 
birds were marked down in the open field. Both at the 
same time pointed on them; they were steady to shot. 
Minnie next pointed a single. Senator across wind pointed 
a bevy which flushed wild. Each made a point on -the 
scattered birds. Up at 11:45. Each ranged irregularly 
though at fair speed, and their work as a whole was lack- 
ing in good finish. 
Sioux and Wh\f Not were started at i :39, after lunch. 
Why Not drew to a point on a bevy in open weeds and 
Sioux backed. Both were steady to shot. On the scat- 
tered birds in woods each pointed a single. Sent on in 
the open. Why Not pointed a bevy in thick cover and, 
was steady to shot. Sioux, going down wind, flushed a 
single outlying bird and dropped to wing, and the rest 
of the bevy was flushed in front of her. When a dog 
drops to a flush and other birds are flushed close by him 
or her, there is very little merit in the act as a find or a 
point. Near a ford Sioux pointed a bevy and sprang in 
as it flushed, or it flushed as she sprang. Sent on. Both 
pointed at the edge of woods and some birds were flushed 
wild. Sioux in sedge and plum bushes pointed a bevy. 
Avent flushed one or two and Sioux sprang in and flushed 
the remainder. The birds were followed. Why Not 
Dointed, then moved on and flushed the bird. Both were 
fast but hard to handle, Sioux offending seriously in this 
respect. Up at 2:34. 
Third Round, 
Minnie's Girl and Peg's Girl were cast off at 3 :02. 
Minnie took a long cast up a valley and pointed a bevy in 
open weeds. She was irresolute on her point, moved 
forward and flushed a single, after Avhich the remainder 
of the bevy flushed. On the scattered birds, Minnie 
pointed one and was neatly backed. Peg then made four 
sharp points in rapid succession. Up at 3 :39. Both 
ranged well and with good judgment. Although Peg did 
not take such long casts as Minnie, she covered the avail- 
able ground much better, was much sharper and stauncher 
on her points, and had more skill in working to the gun. 
Fourth Round. 
Minnie's Girl and Sioux were started at 4 :28. and were 
run four minutes. This was merely to comply with the 
rules, and had no significance as a matter of competition, 
The judges soon thereafter announced the winners as 
follows: First, Sioux; second, Minnie's Girl; third. 
Peg's Girl. The names read in reverse order would better 
have been in accord with their relative merits. 
The Subscription Stake. 
There were ten starters in the Subscription Stake, and 
of these six had run in the preceding stake. The quality 
of the work was as a whole good, though there was 
nothing brilliant, nor even to a degree to excite admira- 
tion. Why Not was substituted for Lenabelle, the latter 
being ill. Both are owned by Mr. Pierre Lorillard, Jr. 
The entrance was $50. First prize, $250; second, $100; 
third, $50. The stake closed on Oct. i. Each heat to be 
two hours long. The stake wa-s open to all pointers and 
setters. 
The dogs were drawn in the following order: 
p;iY J''-',^-' \' :5'-^nci t. setter dog Pink Boy (Gleam's 
i ink— Belle of Pawling), C. Tucker, handler, with George Crocker's 
b., w. and t setter dog Sam T. (Lvke Roy-Betty B.), S. C. 
Jiradley, handler. 
P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, setter dog Why Not, owner, handler, -with T. 
Crane s pointer bitch Dot's Daisy, A. Albaugh, handler. 
i<"r>'ea 'S Avent s b w and t. setter dog Dot's Roy (Orlands 
-Dolly \\ilson), ^. M Avent, handler, with George Crocker's 
setter bitch Minnie's Girl, S. C. Bradlev. handler. 
Avent & Duryea's b., w. and I. setter' bitch Lady Rachel (Count 
Gladstone Hester Prynne), J. M. Avent, handler, with P. 
Lorillard, Tr. s, setter bitch Geneva, C. Tucker, handler. 
Duryea & Ayent's setter bitch Sioux, J. M. Avent, handler, with 
L, L. Jamison s setter bitch Peg's Girl, A. Albaugh, handler. 
Saturday, Nov. 24, Sixth Day. 
The weather was cloudy and cool, with a gentle wind 
at times. There was some rawness of the temperature in 
the afternoon. Owing to the unfavorable weather birds 
were not moving much, and they were consequently diffi- 
cult to find. The bird work therefore was meager. 
Pmk Boy and Sam T. were cast off at 8:05. In the 
heat Sam pointed a bevy which flushed wild, and pointed 
about 30 yards from another, which Pink located more 
definitely and pointed. Sam made two points on single 
birds. He false pointed several times, and was betimes 
over-cautious on seent. Pink flushed one bevy and 
pointed another, and made three points on scattered birds 
and one excusable flush on a single. Their range was 
ordinary as a whole. 
Why Not and Dot's Daisy ran quite a sound heat 
Ihey were cast off at 10 -.07. Why Not pointed a bevy 
m the open, then moved on to locate, and it flushed. On 
the scattered birds in woods Daisy oointed, roaded and 
the bird flushed wild. Next, in the open, Whv Not pointed 
a bevy, and Daisy backed nicely. In open weeds Baisy 
next pointed a bevy and Why Not backed. Daisy made 
two good points on singles, and Why Not made one. 
They ranged well at good speed and beat out their ground 
with fair judgment. 
Dot's Roy and Minnie's Girl began at 12:55. In dpetl 
weeds Minnie pointed a bevy and Roy backed. Both were 
steady to shot. Both pointed the scattered birds in pine 
woods. Roy in woods pointed, roaded and a single 
ffushcd. Minnie pointed a bevy well. Next in an open 
field she pointed and roaded about, and Roy joined in 
the roading; they were probably on the scent of larks, as 
some were seen to flush from the place where the dogs 
were puzzling about. Roy pointed a bevy on bare ground; 
it flushed wild. Minnie was out of sight a few moments; 
in searching for her, her handler flushed a bevy in heavy 
weeds, and Minnie was near by on a point, he claimed, 
and all the circumstances corroborated his claim. On 
scattered birds flushed by one of the handlers, Roy flushed 
a single. They ranged moderately well. Their work 
was good, though not free from material faults. In range 
and speed they were middling. 
Lady Rachel and Geneva were cast off a;t ,3,:22, after a 
wait for the wagons, vvhich were not at an appointed 
place, according to the instruction given to the drivers. 
Lady pointed by a ditch in a cornfield and was well backed 
by Geneva. The latter ranged with pleasing judgment, 
casting wide and working to the gun. The heat had not 
been long under way when Lady was lost, and not being 
found after a long wait the heat was adjourned to the 
following Monday. Up at 3:53. This was an erroneous 
ruling, as, having started, each dog should have been re- 
quired to abide by his own doings. The heats were to be 
two hours in length, and anything short of that or any 
break in the heat vitiated the equity of the conditions. If 
one error could be overlooked or condoned all others 
could be likewise treated. 
Subscription Stake. 
Newton, N. C, Nov. 26. — Special to Forest and 
Stream. The Subscription Stake ended to-day. The 
weather was cloudy and chilly, with a stiff wind. There 
were birds enough for a satisfactory test of the merits of 
the competitors. Lady Rachael and Geneva ran for two 
hours. I^ady Rachael was disobedient and disposed to 
self-hunt. She pointed single birds well. Geneva found 
four bevies and ranged prettily to the gan. 
Sioux and Peg's Girl ran a good heat, working well 
on both bevies and singles. Sioux proved himself the 
better ranger and finder, while Peg's Girl was better on 
scattered birds. 
Geneva and Peg's Girl ran a heat of twenty-four min- 
utes to determine second and third. Peg was the better 
performer on birds. Both ranged well. Sioux easily 
won first, Peg's Girl second and Geneva third. 
B. Waters. 
The Brunswick Fur Club. 
The Brunswick Fur Club will hold its twelfth annual 
winter hunt at Barre, Mass.. during the week of Dec. 3. 
The annual meeting of the club for the election of 
officers and the transaction of other business will be held 
on Monday evening, Dec. 3. 
All hunters are urged to bring their hounds atid aid 
in making this hunt the best in the club's history. Hounds 
will be cared for at the expense of the club. 
All who enjo}^ a fox hunt on New England hills, ladies 
as well as gentlemen, will receive a hearty welcome, 
BuADFORD S. TuRPiNj, Stecffitajy. 
Ro.HBUny, Mass. 
Points and Flushes. 
The English Setter Club will issue its constituion, by- 
laws and standard in the near future. The club is now 
fully organized arid ready for active participation in die 
sphere which it proposes to fill in promoting the interests 
of the En.glish setter. ■ \ 
a man. 
Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stubam should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co.. and 
not to any individual connected witl; the paper. 
St* Louis' Boiler. 
In our issue of Nov. 10, the boiler of the St. Lawrence 
Y. C. steam tender St. Louis is referred to as built "by 
Davis & Sons, under the Roberts patent water tube," etc. 
We are advised by the Davis Dry Dock Co. that this 
statement is erroneous, and that the boiler is the Davis 
water-tube boiler. 
The N. Y. Y. C. and the Cup Defense. 
WH'Eff w'e aslced the yachting public a short time ago 
to be reasonable in their views toward the N. Y. Y. C. 
m regard to the defense of the Cup, we were confident 
that the matter would be arranged in a most satisfactory 
manner. 
Now that the njtmes of thfe men who are interested 
in the 3'jr.n<Ji0te^ "til? inanager and the professipn?il sailing 
