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held its first trials at Whitewater, Wis., with John 
Davidson as the judge. Here, coming into new 
territory, new sires were represented, in addition 
to several that had shown in the East. Spelo, 
Drummer, Beebe’s Doc, Tony Weller and Little 
Duke were the names of sires that appeared for the 
first time in field trials. A week after the North¬ 
western trials, another new club—The New England 
held its first trials on November 7, at Oxford, Mass. 
Among the new sires were The Rambler which sired 
Lady Novice, the winner of the all-age class for 
bitches under thirteen inches. Frank Forest, 
Fitz-Hugh Lee, Kenneally’s Lee and Keno were 
still holding their own, however, as sires of winners. 
Frank Forest was particularly well represented here. 
I11 1894, the New England Club was the first on 
the program with Frank Forest, Fitz-Hugh Lee, 
Bannerman and Deacon Tidd accounting for the 
principal winners. Although several others were 
represented, as for instance, Chubb, Fifer and Jay. 
In the National which followed, Dave, Little Won¬ 
der, Ned and Roy K were among the new sires. 
It was in these trials that Frank Forest gained his 
field championship, although there was but one 
starter in the stake. In the championship for dogs 
and bitches under thirteen inches, Laddie, by Royal 
Krueger, out of Midge, carried away the honor, 
with three dogs in competition. Following closely 
upon these eastern events came the trials of the 
Northwestern club, with a number of new sires 
showing for the first time; and in 1895, the same 
club opened the season and again many new western 
sires made their appearance, among which were, 
