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FOREST A X D S T R E A M 
June, 1920 
•• V 
ON THE BEACH AND 
THE BOARDWALK 
When you want to rest, 
refresh body and spirit — 
Atlantic City! Laughter, 
gayety, life — along the world- 
famous Beach and Boardwalk. 
Eight miles of Boardwalk, lined 
with a thousand shopsandamuse- 
ments; and eight miles of frolic 
in the rolling surf. Or you 
may go yachting, fishing or play 
golf — with the most interesting 
of comoanions. 
Then sit back and repose on the 
broad deck porch ofChalfonte. 
Relax mind and muscles. Be 
soothed by sight and sound of 
the sea, refreshed by its tonic 
fragrance. Chalfonte is hospi- 
table, quiet, home- 
like. Its guests re- 
turn year after year 
and like it more. 
Once to Chalfonte, 
always to Chalfonte. 
American Plan 
COLD SPRING CAMPS 
FOREST AND AVERILL LAKES 
GREAT FISHING 
ONLY MAINE CAMPS IN VERMONT 
Twentieth Season 
BEST SPORT IN THE STATE 
Square-tailed Trout! Salmon! Lake 
Trout! Famous Aureolas! LochLeven! 
Five lakes. Miles of streams in unbroken forest. 
Main camp, twelve cabins. Open lires. A table 
we are proud of. Boats on all lakes. Good old 
guides if desired. Xo mosquitoes nor black flies. 
Accessible to New York and Boston by motor or 
rail. Reliable references near you. 75 miles from 
White Mountains. 20 miles from Colebrook, 
N.H. Garage. Write us for booklet May 1st — Oct. 15. 
H. A. QUIMBY, Mgr. Averill, Vt. 
NEWFOUNDLAND 
A Country of Fish and Game 
A Paradise for the Camper and Angler 
Ideal Canoe Trips 
The country traversed by the Reid Newfoundland Company’s system is exceedingly rich in all 
kinds of Fish and Game. All along the route, of the Railway are streams famous for their Salmon 
and Trout fishing, also Caribou barrens. Americans who have been fishing and hunting in New- 
foundland say there is no other country in the world in which so good fishing and hunting can 
be secured and with such ease as in Newfoundland. Information, together with illustrated 
Booklet and Folder, cheerfully forwarded upon application to 
F. E. PITTMAN, General Passenger Agent, 
Reid Newfoundland Company, St. John’s, New Foundland 
FIELD TRIAL AND 
SHOOTING DOGS 
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ment as class, also the nose or scenting 
qualities which are the other natural ele- 
ments taken into consideration. But in 
these contests we have to further contend 
with the making of man as well, as a dog 
especially in the aged classes, must be 
perfectly broken and under the absolute 
control of his master. 
The judging of field trials is a deli- 
cate and difficult job; it is no place for an 
amateur or an ordinary observer; it takes 
a man who knows the game, and above all 
one who knows a dog. 
The factor of luck enters into the field 
trial to quite an extent. For instance, the 
courses or grounds are usually drawn by 
• lot, and a dog may draw a good or bad 
course. While it is endeavored to lay out 
j the grounds in an equitable manner, many 
good or likely looking courses contain few 
birds, and further, the time of day has 
much to do with the hunting of birds. 
The advantage is in favor of early and 
late braces, for the reason that atmos- 
pheric conditions are better on account of 
the usual greater humidity; also the birds 
are feeding and moving at these times. 
Good judgment is thereby needed to 
eliminate to the minimum the factor of 
luck, as good judges can tell a dog’s in- 
tentions, notwithstanding his failure to 
locate. So in the second series the dog 
of class and without luck, and the dog ! 
with both class and luck, can be tried to- 
gether on equal terms. 
I think it is generally conceded by 
those who fully understand the trials and 
the trial dog, that the shooting dog of 
perfection is a good field trial dog. Many 
people have an idea a ‘field trial’ dog is 
an aimless running dog; that if a dog has 
range and speed it is all that is required. 
It is true, nervous energy which pro- 
duces range and speed is about the first 
natural quality looked for in puppy pros- 
pects, but in process of development and 
maturing, the other natural qualities that 
are expected to develop later, with matur- 
ity, do not always materialize. Of the 
youngsters started, many develop only one 
natural quality — nervous energy. They 
are returned with empty honors but with 
the reputation of a ‘field trial’ dog, based 
solely upon the fact that they started in 
trials. These non-winners are usually 
disposed of to the public, which accounts 
for the many knockers of the field 
trial dog. The unsophisticated usually look 
for something out of the ordinary in a 
dog thought well enough of to be given an 
opportunity. On the other hand, there are 
many dogs that are used as hunters that 
1 should not be classed as shooting dogs. 
I contend there is only one ideal bird 
dog — a dog that will fill all places — the 
bench, the field trials, the shooting field, 
and as a home companion.” 
