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treked to the north country, locating in the 
vicinity of Denbigh where the All-America trials 
are to be run. Redman has a good string this 
year, consisting of a nice lot of Derbies, both 
pointers and setters. Among his pointer Derbies 
are three Kidwell Comet puppies which he thinks 
are going to show the right kind of form to 
win a place once in a while. He will also have 
several dogs of H. D. Kirkover, one of them 
being Kirk’s Buss the United States Derby win¬ 
ner of last season. This young dog will make 
his debut in the all-age stakes this coming 
season. Kirk’s Buss has had a world of experi¬ 
ence on game and therefore should be in line 
to repeat. Immediately after the trials last 
January Mr. Kirkover took this young dog with 
a number of others to his preserve in North 
Carolina where he killed birds over him until 
the close of the season the first of March. If 
anything makes a dog wise in handling game ft 
is this kind of an experience. 
W. H. Beazell, known to most field trial con¬ 
stituents as plain Bill, has had some reverses 
through distemper and other causes this spring, 
but the irrepressible Bill is just as optimistic as 
ever and will have a few of his sprinting kind of 
puppies to show. He located at Carlisle, Indi¬ 
ana, in the early spring and went on to the North 
Dakota prairies with Redman the first of August 
to be ready for the All-America trials at Denbigh. 
The Tennessee handler, W. H. Martin, is at 
St. John, North Dakota, working his dogs in 
preparation foi the trials, and in a recent letter 
says that he is satisfied with his dogs. Every¬ 
body that knows Bill will at once say, “he must 
have some corkers,” for if ever there was a man 
in this world who is hard to please with a bird 
dog it is W. H. Martin and it may as well be 
said that he has turned out some of the greatest 
dogs that this country has ever seen. Bill 
Martin for years trained shooting dogs in Okla¬ 
homa and Texas. Fred Stephenson of Chicago 
and Menominee, Michigan, was one of the first 
men to recognize Martin’s extraordinary skill 
as a breaker and persuaded him to take a trip 
over the Grand Circuit. Martin, just to show 
that his heart was right, hit the Grand Circuit 
at the hardest spot in the line, namely, at old 
Grand Junction, and the trials of the United 
States field trial club. If there is one trial that 
a handler wants to win it is the United States. 
They fight just a little bit harder there than at 
any other trial. To make a long story short 
Martin cleaned them at Grand Junction and the 
next year at the All-America when the peerless 
Momoney was in the heydey of his glory, gave 
him the race of his life and had Avent riding 
with his hat in his hand. Momoney won, but 
there were many who believed that Sports Count 
Whitestone-Martin’s dog won the race. An¬ 
other great deg that Martin brought out and 
started on his winning career was Benstone; in 
fact, he has a long list of winners to his credit, 
and not runaway winners, but thoroughly broken 
dogs, for he is one of the few men that can 
break a dog to handle without checking his range 
or breaking his spirit. Martin has in his string 
this year the celebrated field trial performer Joe 
Muncie and May Blossom, a bitch that many 
sportsmen are sure is the greatest chicken dog 
that has ever lived. 
The reports that we get from Dakota and 
Manitoba are that they had five feet of snow 
last winter, an unusual amount of rain this 
spring and summer, with the result that all of 
the pot holes and little creeks are full of water 
and that while the hatching of chickens has been 
late they were never as plentiful as now. 
Scenes at Last Year’s G. A. H. 
Don’t Miss the Big Shoot! 
Bigger and better than ever this year—handsome 
trophies for the winners—an outing full of pleasure 
and a tournament that will test your gunskill to the 
limit. Make sure to be on hand for the 
Grand American Handicap 
St. Louis, Missouri 
AUGUST 21 to 25 
Ten traps will be in operation. Ideal conditions are anticipated. All 
of the country’s shooting stars will be there and every man will have his 
chance to win the Nation’s Shooting Honors and the trophy that goes with 
them. Get ready now—come and bring the folks. St. Louis is easily 
accessible and there’s a good time in store for all. 
Plan Your Vacation to Include G. A. H. Week 
For program and special information write to 
E. Reed Shaner, Sec’y Interstate Ass’n, 219 Coltart Ave., 
Pittsburgh, Pa., or The Sporting Powder Division of 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
592 Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Del. 
To reach the shooting grounds take Delmar car on Olive Street 
to Delmar Garden—auto service thence to the grounds 
T/ie CampeF* 
Sportsmen who once 
take Nyoil into camp 
■with them always de¬ 
pend upon it to keep 
firearms,tackle and 
tools at expert effi¬ 
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rust, polishes as well 
as lubricates, is light, 
pure, clean and odorless and will not 
gum or chill. It is obtainable from 
all sporting goods and hardware deal¬ 
ers. Large bottle, cheaper to buy,25c. 
Trial size 10c. 
Wm. F. Nye, New Bedford, Mass. 
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Our Factory and Salesrooms are under the same roof 
Better Tackle here for your money no matter 
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goods are not satisfactory. Take your cue from 
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