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Southern Ohio Field Trials. 
When the members of the Association de¬ 
cided to hold the annual trials at Dillsboro, Ind., 
they unconsciously drew a prize which insured 
the success of the affair. It is doubtful if a 
bunch of field trial followers ever received a 
more cordial and unanimous welcome than was 
given by the citizens of this little town. Also, 
the territory over which the dogs were run was 
one of the best for a “walking trial,’’ and better 
than all else the quail were there in abundance, 
over twenty bevies being found during the two 
days and a half of running. Three stakes were 
run, a derby and all-age, with $100 in each, 
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., and a shoot¬ 
ing dog stake with $55, divided $25, $15, $10 and 
$5. Besides the money prizes there were a num¬ 
ber of handsome cups and trophies, donated by 
members and friends. The derby and shooting 
dog stakes were judged by C. H. Cord, Cincin¬ 
nati, Ohio, and George R. Harris, Norwood, 
Ohio. The all-age stake was judged by Thomas 
Peter, Columbus, Ohio, and George C. Walker, 
Fort Thomas, Ky. The trials started on Wed¬ 
nesday, Nov. 5, with the derby, and were rather 
abruptly ended at noon on the 7th by rain. The 
first two days the weather was perfect, except 
that it was too warm for comfort during the 
middle of the day, and both dogs and men suf¬ 
fered some. W. M. Seifert, of Dillsboro, acted 
as marshal. He was successful in laying out 
the courses so that there was little time lost 
in waiting for the dogs. For a considerable por¬ 
tion of the time the running of the dogs could 
be seen from the pike, and a number of automo¬ 
bile and carriage parties saw the work. The 
drawing was held at the Sanitarium Hotel on 
Tuesday evening. There were sixteen starters 
in the derby; sixteen in the all-age and thirteen 
in the shooting dog stake. The derby was 
started on the 5th, the first brace being put down 
at 8:25, in oat stubble field, about two miles 
west of town. The first series was finished soon 
after dinner, and the following dogs were named 
for the second series: Sal Skinner (Mt. Tabor’s 
Leading Lady) with Claude Simpson’s Nellie; 
Flossie Cash with Ruth; Lady Limestone with 
Betty Heikes; Little Joe Whitestone with King’s 
Nan. At 4:30 the last brace was called up, and 
the winners announced by the judges. Sal Skin¬ 
ner, the winner of first, is a black, white and 
ticked pointer, owned by H. D. Abbott. She 
ran two good heats, showing good range and 
speed, hunting sense, and being a very stylish 
goer. In her second heat she had an oppor¬ 
tunity on birds, and made a nice bevy point, 
which she held for a few seconds, chasing when 
the birds flushed. 
The all-age stake was started at 8:40 on the 
6th. The work of the dogs was somewhat of a 
disappointment to those who followed each 
brace. Birds were found in abundance, but they 
were not handled in the way one expects from 
all-age dogs. The winner, Babblebrook Ben, is 
a black and tan setter, owned by Louis McGrew. 
He is speedy, and a pretty traveler with good 
range. In his first heat he pointed in patch of 
weeds, but was not steady to wing when the 
handler flushed a single. He made several very 
wide casts, at one time being lost for some 
minutes. This was all the bird work, as no 
game was found in his second heat. He is un¬ 
doubtedly a classy dog, and when brought under 
better control will do nice work. Claude Simp¬ 
son’s Nellie, who divided third in the derby, is 
a white, black and tan setter, owned by O. H. 
Neimeyer. She ran a better race than in the 
derby, and was easily the class dog of the stake. 
She is wide and fast, showing good bird sense 
in her selection of the likely places, but had no 
chance on birds in either of her heats. She has 
great endurance, showing no signs of letting up 
when she was put down with Ben in the second 
series, although she had finished a hard run 
only a few minutes before. 
The good weather departed Thursday night, 
and Friday was wet and disagreeable, the heavy 
rain at noon compelling the judges to announce 
their decisions without running a second series 
in the shooting dog stake, as had been their in¬ 
tention. The first brace in this stake was put 
down at 7 148, and the dogs were hardly started 
when the rain came. It was not continuous, but 
some fell in every heat, and by 11 o’clock it was 
pouring so hard that the party went to the hotel, 
where the winners were announced on the work 
done in the first series. There were fourteen 
entries in this stake, but one dog was absent, 
leaving thirteen starters. The winner, Ted H., 
is a liver and white pointer, owned by J. Hodges. 
Ted is a wise hunter, and did a very fine piece 
of work when he roaded on a running bevy, 
locating the birds in a "brier patch, pointing 
staunchly, and being steady to wing and shot 
when his brace mate flushed the birds. He 
made other good finds, and pointed in good style, 
but the other dog running in made him a little 
unsteady when the birds were flushed. Polly 
Durock, white and orange pointer, owned by P. J. 
Molloy, was second. She is a good worker, hunt¬ 
ing all the time, and finding the likely spots. 
She found a bevy in thicket, holding her point 
staunchly, and was steady to wing and shot. 
Several of the local men entered dogs in this 
stake, and it is likely that more will do so next 
year if the trials are held here. 
On Wednesday evening the annual bench 
was held in the lobby of the Sanitarium. This 
feature had been well advertised, and was at¬ 
tended by the entire population of the little 
burgh, old and young. It was the first time such 
an aggregation of high class dogs had ever been 
seen here, and the people liked it. The dogs 
were judged for their field trial conformation, 
and some of the placed dogs would hardly have 
had a look in on the bench. President J. W. 
Utter, of Cincinnati, and G. E. Flora, of Mt. 
Healthy, judged the pointers, of which nine were 
brought into the ring. Thomas Peter, of Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio, handed out the awards to the setters 
and had ten to select from. The pointer en¬ 
tries were: Polly Durock, Fannie H., Flossie 
Cash, King’s Nan, Trixie G., Lad’s Dock’s Queen, 
Plaverland’s Bustler, Bessie Kirk and Norwood 
1st. Setters—Mack Bondhu Wind’em, Lingfield 
Bragg’s Bob; Friend Joe, Lady Limestone, Betty 
Heikes, Marion Mohawk, Tonopaugh’s Sprite, 
Bell’s Ruby, Little Joe Whitestone and Meddler. 
The winners in the pointer class were: First, 
Flossie Cash; second, Fannie H.; third, Bessie 
Kirk. Setters—First, Little Joe Whitestone; 
second, Betty Heikes; third, Tonopaugh’s Sprite. 
The cup for the best in show was won by Little 
Joe Whitestone. 
DERBY SUMMARY. 
Dillsboro, Ind.— Nov. 5.— The Southern 
Ohio Field Trial Association’s annual derby for 
setters and pointers, whelped on or after Jan. 1, 
1912, sixteen starters, ten English setters and six 
pointers. Judges, C. H. Cord and George R. 
Harris. 
Flossie Cash, white and orange pointer bitch (Hard 
Cash—Alford John’s Helen), Geo'. C. Walker, owner and 
handler, 
with 
Lady Limestone, white, black and tan English setter 
bitch (Free Lance—Dinah Whitestone), Dr. P. Phillips, 
owner and handler. 
Jay Hawker, blue belton English setter dog (Mo¬ 
hawk II.—Marion Mills), H. S. Leyntan, owner; C. W. 
Runyan, handler, 
with 
Ruth, white and liver pointer bitch (Frank—Jip), Bert 
Evans, owner and handler. 
Flo Mohawk, white, black and tan English setter 
bitch (Mohawk II.—Sports Marion II.), G. E. Flora, 
owner and handler, 
with 
Red Scout, white and orange pointer dog (Joe Van— 
Minnie Rip), C. F. Elliston, owner and handler. 
Savannah Rex, white, liver and ticked pointer dog 
I'Hapeman’s King—Jingo’s Jene), A. F. Zimmerman, 
owner; Capt. Goodwin, handler, 
with 
Tonopaugh’s Sprite, white and black ticked English 
setter bitch (Tonopaugh—Spanish Queen), Louis Reehl, 
owner; H. D. Abbott, handler. 
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Betty Heikes, white and orange English setter bitch 
(Rolla Heikes—Sister’s Princess Whitestone), C. V. Dye, 
owner; O. II. Niemeyer, handler, 
with 
Sal Skinner, black, white and ticked pointer bitch 
(Mack Hempstead—Becky M.), H. D. Abbott, owner and 
handler. 
Claude Simpson’s Nellie, white, black and tan English 
setter bitch (Claude Simpson—Count Danstone’s Nellie), 
O. H. Niemeyer, owner and handler, 
with 
Little Joe Whitestone, white, black and ticked Eng¬ 
lish setter dog (Joe Whitestone—Maystone’s Queen), P. 
J. Malloy, owner and handler. 
Freelan’s Mohawk’s Prince, black, white, tan ticked 
English setter dog (Mohawk II.—Ruby Rodstone), H. C. 
F'reelan, owner; O. J. Thurman, handler, 
with 
Marion Mohawk, white, black and tan English setter 
bitch (Mohawk II.—Sport’s Marion), B. H. Delin, owner 
and handler. 
Bell’s Ruby, white, black, tan ticked English setter 
ritch (Cord’s Count Gladstone—Belle of Idlewild), E. D. 
rownsend, owner; H. D Abbott, handler, 
with 
King’s Nan, white and liver pointer bitch (King 
Pointer—Cornish Nellie), John R. Daniels, owner; H. 
Hall, handler. 
Sal Skinner with Claude Simpson’s Nellie. 
Flossie Cash with Ruth. 
Lady Limestone with Betty Heikes. 
Little Joe Whitestone with King’s Nan. 
WINNERS. 
First, Sal Skinner. Second, Joe Whitestone. Third, 
Claude Simpson’s Nellie and Lady Limestone. Fourth 
Flossie Cash and Ruth. 
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