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FOREST AND STREAM 
May, 1920 
ENGLISH SETTER CLUB FIELD TRIALS 
A REVIEW OF THE FIFTEENTH EVENT OF THIS CLUB RUN AT MEDFORD. NEW 
JERSEY. ON ITS OWN COURSE. WHERE MANY PROMINENT DOGS COMPETED 
B EGINNING on Monday morning, 
March 29th, and ending well into the 
evening of Saturday, April 3, 1920, 
—under blue-bird skies, the entire week 
excepting a Friday of disagreeable show- 
ers, which hampered but did not stop the 
running of the events as scheduled, the 
English Setter Club of America ran their 
Fifteenth Field Trials. 
The very hospitable little village of 
Medford, N. J., during the entire week 
literally went to the dogs. Seemingly 
every latch string hung out for the ac- 
commodation of the stranger within its 
gates and such entertainment as that of- 
fered by mine host of the Medford Hotel 
will long be remembered by all who sat 
around that well filled board. From the 
four corners of the country were gath- 
ered the lovers of good dogs and every 
day we met on the grounds such well 
known Trial enthusiasts as Mr. Sam G. 
Allen, Mr. Frank Reily, Mr. William 
Ziegler, Jr., Dr. William Bruette, Mr. W. 
J. Wilson, Mr. William H. Smathers, Miss 
Marion Dupont and others. The club 
owns some 210 acres, with hunting privi- 
leges on a large tract of adjoining terri- 
tory. The entire property is but a short 
distance from the 
center of the town. 
Almost in the cen- 
ter of the club’s 
holdings a rising 
of the ground 
forms a perfect 
grandstand as it 
w e r e — the neces- 
sary course encir- 
cling this hill and 
allowing ithe gal- 
lery a full and un- 
obstructed view r of 
every stake as it 
was run — the 
brace in action — 
the judges, han- 
dlers and guide be- 
ing in full view 
from cast-off to 
finish, and very 
few points made 
or bevies flushed 
were missed by the 
gallery — who used 
the benches provid- 
ed and the automo- 
biles parked on the 
hill as grandstand 
By EDWARD RUSSELL WILBUR 
seats. It certainly was an innovation in 
Field Trials and could the club so plant 
their holdings with grain which could be 
left on the grounds uncut — as cover for 
the birds — the entire course would offer 
bird work which is now more or less con- 
fined to one end of the course. The club 
house, kennels, stables and so forth are 
located on the hill and here each day 
luncheon was served to the entire assem- 
blage. Every effort each day was made 
by the club officials to make these Field 
days enjoyable. 
O ME of those little happenings which 
live in the memory and endear the 
dog to all his friends of the field, 
happened Friday during the running of 
the Open All-age event. Tip Top Merry 
Boy coming down the course, swung into 
the lane leading up to the club house, and 
standing crossways of the roadway — 
pointed directly into the brush along the 
fence at the roadside. An automobile 
coming along at a good rate of speed, and 
the driver, not hearing the warning 
shouts from the gallery to stop, rounded 
the curve into the lane and came up to 
within 18 inches of the pointing dog be- 
fore coming to a stop. Little Merry Boy 
never quivered — and not until the judges 
and handlers came up and the birds were 
flushed did he break his point and move 
along on the course — followed by the 
cheers and hand clappings of the gallery 
on the hill. 
T HE Members derby was won by Mr. 
Frank Reily with Jersey Hiker — Mr. 
William Ziegler’s Ruth Boaz second 
and Vie O’Crahu third. The Members All- 
age was won by Eugene M’s Jim — Bob 
O’Crahu second, Maids Eugene and Fly H 
dividing third. 
In the Open All-age Mr. Frank Reily 
produced the winner in Jersey Prince, 
Guy Romeo being second — and Shores 
Ruby Pearl third. The Free-for-all was 
the big stake for a purse of $1,000. and 
was won by Comanche Rap — Great Island 
Robert the Devil second— both owned by 
Mr. William Ziegler Jr. Jersey Prince 
and Chester Valley Blue divided third 
money. 
Mr. Frank I. Brown and Mr. Phillip M. 
Essig judged the entire trial — and their 
work, while not at all easy, due to the 
restricted course and unusual bird prob- 
lems, met with the 
unqualified 
approval of every 
one present. The 
club had made very 
liberal releases of 
Arizona and native 
quail over the en- 
tire course — in ad- 
dition to which the 
dogs found an oc- 
casional pheasant. 
A visit to one of 
these trials is sure 
to prove an in- 
centive to better 
breeding and to 
those who own field 
dogs there comes a 
longing to produce 
someth ing that 
might contest the 
honors at one of 
these meets. On 
Monday evening a 
Bench Show for 
members was held 
at Medford, Mr. 
John Harris judg- 
ing the classes. 
Jersey Prince, winner of the Open All-Age, owned by Frank Reily 
