Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-30
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TIE SrATE FIELD TRIALS.

NltsS Va thS ucetIuS-kNWAfuO Oh ifie:.
Through Il dreary, drizzling. chilling.
rain, the field trials Of the State Field
Trials association were resumed yesterday
on the same grouasls. near Mannheim, ol,
which the trials OF Wednesday were had.
The first brace of dogs put dcwn for the
AllAges stakes were Mr.. Slayton $ Bolton
and Mr.. Yearsley's Little Lady. Inthc frs.
iield Belton found brace of birds which,
he flushed. Ono of them was marked down
in the woods not far oil and Bel,on point
cd it. Little Lady was called up to back
him, bat refused to do so. passing between
the sun-and the dog. The gun was Or
dcred to kill, and BeltOn retrieved the
bird and was awarded the heat.
Mr.. Browns Dash, who had Won u heat,
and May Lavarack, who had drawn +,
"byc" (Which is equivalent to a heat.
were next put down, Dash flushed :,
bird and the dogs were sent into the thick
cts, where the birds had gone. Dash made
u second flush, presumably of the same
birds. In the same thicket he pointed
bird, but when the gun went up to kill.
Dash jumped in and caught the sbirl.
Dash found another bird on the hill. but
pointed unsteadily. May Lavarack passed
him and made flush, the birds passin.
out of sight. AS the dogs had now been
on for about four hours, birds very scarce
and the weather very unfavOrable, the
Judges called up the owHcrs and asked
them whether they were willing to abide
the decision of the judges without further
continuing the heat. Answering aliirma-
lively, the heat was awarded to May Law
arack
Mr.. Saegcr's Doctor and Mr.. SnclIen
I,or.,-1 'rI,np<1o,, .,G l,,I
heat in the All Ages stakes. were next
nothing up, and they were called in.
Mr.. SlaytOn, the secretary Of the asso-
citation. then offered the following resolu-
ton:
:. THAT the first prize, 800, in the Al,
dogs which, by virtue of their positions.
are entitled to compete for the first prize
and that the second and third prizes be
equally divided among those dogs remain
ing in the stalls.
The resolution was unanimously adopt
cd.
Under this resolution Mr. s;ncIlCnbers',
Thunder. Button and May Lavarack, Mr.
SacSer's Doctor and Mr. Slayton's BeltOn
were each awarded SEQ.
The second and third prizes were ,ii-
vided among the following named dogs.
each of which was awarded a1O..j: MIR.
Steahman's Pat and Bidly. Mr. Browns
Dash, Mr.. Yearsley's Countess, Roxcy and
Little I.atyand Mr.. IIenricks' King Dash,
The Withdrawals from the stake for
All Ages were as follows Mr.. Sellers
Dash, and Mr.. McConnelrs Lady Lava
rack.
MIR. Shusler's C0rnclia, Mr.. Givcn's
Minerva, and Mr.. Diilcnderfler's Leah
were absent.
The members of the association returned
to- tie Stevens house, this city, at half
past o'clock, and there made the follow
ing divisions Of the Puppy stakes. it being
to run of the trials:
MIR. Yearsley's Bess, Little Lady AM!
Mack Mr.. Snclenbcrg's Dick, Daisy and
Mary Lavarack : Mr.. McConnelrs Lady
Lavarack, and Mr.. DiHen,lcrlier's Roxy
Boy, each 50.
Abbey w., Dart, Bob and Ned, entered
for the Puppy stakes, were absent.
The Nursery stakes were divided among
the following named dogs, each Of whic.,
were awarded s22.j0: Mr.. IIenricks's
Dolly Edwin, Mr.. Sae.er's Smart, Mr.
SnellenberS's Pet Lavarack and Sue Lava
rack.
Thus ended = rather Improbable and un-
pleasant meeting of the assOciation-the
thief drawbacks being the exceptionally
BAD weather ana the unexpected scarcity
If birds. This morning nearly all the gen
lemen of the association, with their dogs,
eft Lancaster fer their homes. Ia dis
Missing the mo citing VIC again take Occa-
'iOn to return thanks to DR.. Rowe, Of the
chicago Field, !. Il. SlaytOn, Pittsburgh.
Inc secretary Of the association, and Mr.
;. Satterthwait. of the New York Forest
md Stream, On many cOnrtcsies extended
md valubic information furnished.