May, 1919 
FOREST AND S T R E A M 
25a 
FIELD TRIALS AT PINEHURST 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 221) 
his dogs SO as to compare their peculiar 
merits accurately and arrived at conclu- 
sions apparent to all. The trial started 
its open stake with Wastica owned and 
handled by Jay V. Hall, and Peggy Mont- 
rose, owned and handled by R. K. Arm- 
strong, as the first brace. Wastica slowed 
up a good deal towards the end of the 
heat. She pointed in a swamp and found 
nothing, and did the same up on the hill 
later. She, however, did not hold either 
point long. She was fairly wide and 
fast, but did not have much class, nor 
apparently, much endurance. Peggy 
went wide enough for this wooded coun- 
try and seemed to be hunting all the 
time, was quite fast and had a good deal 
more class than Wastica. Neither dog, 
however, found birds. 
The next brace was Stylish Palmetto, 
owned and handled by R. K. Armstrong, 
and Dolly Patch, owned and handled by 
C. Blow. Palmetto was a good going 
dog; but not so wide as Mr. Armstrong’s 
other dogs. He had good speed and a 
nice way of going. It was raining pretty 
hard when these dogs were down, but 
Dolly got out wider than Palmetto and 
kept out in good shape, but wasn’t so 
fast. Once or twice she messed around 
on a trail for some time. Neither of the 
dogs found birds. 
The third brace was Dolly Peach Blos- 
som, owned and handled by Mr. Hall, and 
John Brinkin’s Jack owned by A. P. Peu 
and handled by Mr. Armstrong. Dolly is 
a nice going bitch, with good speed. She 
found no birds. Jack found a covey which 
had been flushed. Jack is a very classy 
dog; had plenty of speed and range; 
made a good find at the head of a branch 
and when the birds were flushed he 
snapped up two singles. He ran a per- 
fect heat, considering the country he was 
handled over. 
The fourth brace was Sunkist, owned 
by Jay Hall, handled by Armstrong and 
Gyp, owned and handled by Ed Fry. 
These dogs had the best country run over 
up to this time. The first part of the 
heat was through the woods, but the last 
part was a nice open country on the Pine 
Knot farm. Considering this, neither 
dog went as wide as it should. Sunkist 
had a nice way of going; plenty of speed. 
Gyp had no speed nor range. 
The last brace was put down on the 
Pine Knot farm, a great big country, and 
was Crocker’s Ben Sport, owned and 
handled by Mr. Crocker, and Cute B, 
owned by Doctor Browm and handled by 
Tom Nailes. Both dogs showed splendid 
speed and range, and it was a great 
pleasure to watch them. Cute snapped 
up a point on the hill half a mile from 
the handlers and judges. The judges 
did not get to her in time to see whether 
she flushed the birds or made a false 
point. Ben Sport ran a good going 
race. Cute, after making the find on the 
bill pointed a couple of times more, but 
no birds were developed. At this point 
John Brinkin’s Jack, Cute B and Ben 
Sport were the three outstanding dogs in 
the order named. Peggy Montrose, Sun- 
kist and Dolly Patch Were the next in 
order. The judges announced that they 
would not need the next day Wastica, 
Stylish Palmetto, Dolly Peach Blossom 
or Gyp. 
O N Saturday morning the first brace 
to go down was Blow’s Rose, owned 
and handled by Mr. Blow, and 
Frank B., owned by Doctor Brown and 
handled by Tom Nailes. Neither dog 
showed well, and it was quite evident 
that Frank B. was out of condition. 
The second brace was Silver Lining, 
owned by J. P. Dunn and handled by 
Armstrong, and Coveycot Jessica, owned 
and handled by Mr. H. A. J. Wilkens. Sil- 
ver Lining is a wonderful dog; lots of 
style, speed and range, but Jessica was 
not his equal. She was handicapped, to 
be sure, by the fact that Mr. Wilkens 
handled on foot which made it necessary 
to hold up Silver Lining once or twice. 
The control of Mr. Armstrong’s dogs 
makes this more possible, however, than 
with most handlers. Neither of the 
dogs found birds. The second series 
brought out Cute and Sunkist. Cute had 
something the best of this and seemed to 
be picking out the likely places for birds, 
although they both did well. The next 
brace in the second series was Dolly 
Patch and Peggy Montrose. Neither of 
these dogs showed up well enough to be 
carried any further. Crocker’s Ben 
Sport and Silver Lining came next, and 
both of these dogs ran a splendid race. 
In coming through the woods they were 
found on point in a swale. It was hard 
to tell which had the birds, although they 
were a little nearer Silver Lining. Ben 
Sport made a point, but nothing was 
found, in a swale where the singles 
dropped. He afterwards held a point for 
a few minutes on a side hill some dis- 
tance off, but no birds were found. The 
judges announced then that John Brink- 
in’s Jack would be awarded first, and that 
Cute B and Ben Sport would be run to 
see which would run against Silver Lin- 
ing. The party then had lunch and moved 
in near town. Cute and Ben Sport were 
put down and Ben Sport had rather the 
better of it. Cute ran a race through a 
bare orchard all by herself, but Ben Sport 
kept hunting. Cute made one point; , 
nothing was raised. Ben Sport made a j 
covey find. The first two prizes of the 
membership stake were then run, and just 
before dark Ben Sport and Silver Lining 
were put down. They both ran a splen- 
did heat. Ben Sport kept up his speed j 
and range in good shape, especially con- I 
sidering how hard he had been run. Sil- 
ver Lining found birds and handled them j 
in good shape. His bird work was snappy i 
and his control excellent. The judges | 
then announced that first went to John 
Brinkin’s Jack, second to Silver Lining, ] 
third to Crocker’s Ben Sport, and fourth 
to Cute B. i 
For a number of years Field Trials 
were dominated by the professional ele- 
ment, always inclined to the wide rang- 
ing, rather reckless going dog, at the 
present time things have largely changed 
and the dogs that won at the Pinehurst 
trials this year were those that displayed 
an intelligence in searching the likely 
spots which is commonly referred to as 
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