Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-08
THE DOG DERBY
Won by Gates's Carrie J., with Nal.
-lory's Pink B. a Fine Second-Ten.
inessee Sweeps the Board
onee Again, for Hickory Valley Wins
Third Money with Bessie A.-The
Field Trials Over.

GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn, December T.
A more terrible day could not we'll have
been made for field training, for, in addition
to the bitter cold, the hard frozen ground
covered with needles of ice, high wind came
WhistiiDg from the northern prairies Ear
muffs were the order of the day, and one
would have thought that it was 4 Nova
Scotia turn out from the blue noses prevalent
A start Was made on horse back about $50
O'Clock, but the few who had started on
horse back came TO a halt about half a mile
out, and crawled down on foot into deep
ravine with southern exposure, and there
- everything in vigorous concert with
castanet accompaniment. The msjority
voted for postponement, but thanks TO the
more Energetic views Of Capt. Henry and
Mr.. ID. BryRen, move was ultimately made
on foot, right up in the eye of the wind, to
patch of timber.
Bessie A. and Kate B. were the first brace
down, and it was not very long before Bessie
A, in thick brush, among the timber, struck
covey. Kate called up to back; didn't
see the pointing bitch, whipped in and also
pointed. A bird was killed and we moved
on, and in passing where the bird fell Kate
retrieved 1t. Then on scattered birds along
drain Bessie fushed twice and Kate once,
and further up Bessie pointed one bird.
Moving across into timber, Bessie cast we'll
forward and secured grand point on
covey and won, ss she had pace asd range
in her favor. Ga quartering they were about
nd ~, ;&tfa he. ful
For an unframed, green dog she is very
good one, aud deserves the high praises sung
OF her.
Gath and Pink B. had quite an interesting
hunt on the scattered birds of the last covey !;
flushed several times, drawing to perslm-
mon tree well covered with luscious fruit.
The sporting press from the North pointed
staunchly on these, and it was not till the
dogs, handlers and judges had passed on some
distance that they could be flushed. And
those OF the readers of this Journal who
find ssterisks sprinkled in the field trial
reports of this days work will understand
nately for these Northern scribes, at length
came to an end, as Pink B. had Gath beaten
little al all points and won handilv.
The heat between Carrie J. and Pride of
Memphis was short, sharp and decisive, as
Mr.. Gates's beautiful bitch was all too good
for the yearlipg. Pride, though beaten, was
not disgraced. For a year-old puppy he did
young dog, who, with 3 proper education,
will do better year hence. But Carrie was
all business, and got birds on ground the
young dog had passed over either without
finding or with flush.
The next run was between Pink
B. and Bessie A, and it was nip and
tuck for long time. Bessie had the
legs of Pink, fast as he is, and roughed wider,
but he qusrtered his ground TO more pur-
pose. In style neither of them were per-
lection in this heat, Pink was mighty IN
certain with his tail on most of his points.
They got down in woods on scattered birds,
and Pink going down wind flushed bird.
Moving along INTO some grass Pink pointed
very staunchly, and Short was quite time
kicking up the close lying bird. Further
still, Pink got point, promptly backed by
Bessie. Some rambling round was now done,
when Bessie in the long grass got good
point. Moving up into some corn wnere
birds had been marked, Pink scored on a
single bird which Short killed and Pink re-
trieved. Swinging from here into the briars
in the woods again, Bessie flushed one and
Pink pointed one; then casting back Bessie
got a neat point in clump of grass and
most crackly OF dead leaves, Bessies flushed
a single bird, then Pink securing point,
Snort killed The bird and Pink won the heat.
As Carrie J. had bye in this round, She
went down Immediately after lunch with
Pink 3. for the
FINAL HEAT.
Short had 10 handle both dogs, and in
this, as in Two prior heats Of Pink B's, Capt.
Key stood out from judging, as he had bred
the dog Pink, he being out of Capt. Keys
native bitch Countess Key.
Carrie opened the ball with flush in long
grass, and Pink responded with point,
which resulted in a hard hit bird. Pink in
the same grassy ravine scored a flush fair
and square, while Carrie did the same, but
down wind. Moving into the timber Carrie
began her work by good point, and from
this on gradually improved her chances, till
in timber Pink flushed one, and about
evened things up with her. Making long
hunt through timber without any result,
Carrie made a fortunate cast, and on the
edge of pile of timber beyond corn patch
pointed finely, and located good bevy, and
won with little to spare. Il was close
race, and one creditable to both dogs under
the very trying circumstances of wind and
weather.
As Gus Bondhu was considered the best
of the dogs beaten by Carrie j., he was
turned down 10 try Pink B. and Mr.. Gates's
dog, notwithstanding his previous hard
work, after a very creditable trial for bo;h
dogs in which the importation showed speed
and style of very high order, won with
something in hand.
And as if this was not all, Bessie A, as
defeated by Pink, had turn at Bondhu,
and beat him for third money.