St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
BOW TO PIOUS JEEMs..
From American Field.l
BookLYN, N.

many articles that have appeared in
yonr columns from the pen OF Plous
.Jeems reflect the poetry OF his nature
as forcibly as his recent letter on the
Touisiana trials exhibits the want OF
philosophy, so essential IN What IS In
tended for q criticism. | have no doubt
the gentleman is an excellent judge OF
Of what he sees ; and that he can trans
fer the picture with his pen is also true
but he has certainly made failure
in his recent attempt to guess at the
qualities OF old champion Bow, from
his appearance.
In his review Of the Louisiana trials,
he says i: "But alas for the love OF the
old English pointer, if we must hope
from such as Bow to restore the pres
tige OF the pointer of other days. l
have granddaughter of Bow, sired by
the best Of his sons, the late Tracy, be-
longing to Captain AtWell Johnston. l
had hoped much from this little Gyp,
but the sight of the unshapely Bow has
driven from my heart an illnsive hope
of competing at some future field trial
with the inyincible Llewellin setter"
Had the above been written by some
unknown writer / should have let 1t
pass unnoticed, but coming III the form
Of d criticism from SO we'll known
field trial judge and writer, it should
not be allowed to pass unnotlced, lest 1t
be accepted in the light it is put.
Pious .Jeems writes OF the pointer OF
| this country the ablest critics ofpointers
form say the like OF Bow was never
before seen ON this side of the Atlantic;
and abroad, his reputation was an en-
yiable one. He came to America In
very poor show form, suffering from
| the effects of his sea voyage, but IN
| spite Of his condition, he was we'll
placed in a capital class OF pointers at
| the st. Louis show. As bad as he
looked from his long trip from England
to st. Louis, one OF the best pointer
| Judges in this country saw enough in
him to warrant him in paying four
hundred dollars for him the highest
price, believe, that had up to that
time been paid for a pointer in this
country.
After he was put in condition he was
Iexhibited in ST. Paul, Detroit, Boston
and New York, where he net the first
class pointers Of the day, and where in
4 d ch contest he was successful, and
7 never has been beaten. 1t has never
been proven whether he could beat
Faust or Sensation, but he racks with
them, and publicopinion is about equal
/ ly divided as..tO the respective merits OF
i each, Whether or not he is first, second
or third in class with Faust and SEN
sation does not matter here, but no man
4 who has ever been thought judge of
pointers, has before plat ID him even in
q second class, and those whose opinion
of pointers have.hithert0 been respected
must have been surprised when they
read Pious Jeems' letter.
What Bows condition was at the
/ Louisiana trials of course cannot say,
not having been there. but am sure
I the old dog had all his bones with him,
and ia their proper place. His frame
alone is good enough to beat any OF the
old pointers Pious Jeems writes OF. |
fear the gentleman has SO much OF the
/ old style pointer in his eye, he cannot
4 appreciate the better made modern
i pointer when he sees one. You, Mr..
1 Editor, have frequently observed that
/ the great difficulty with those good
old fashioned, strong pointers was,
& that they were too strong and broad,
and not bred close enough to the setter
4 pattern. All the old fashioned pointer
men sigh for ".old Ponto," but in the
field with such dogs as Bow, Ponto's
occupation would be gone. | agree
s with you. Mr.. Editor, and other men
|, who have studied the pointer question,
that they can never compete with the
setter until they are bred more like
, Bow, and less like the pointer Of "Auld
/ Lang Syne.n II Pious Jeems can gel
. that old fashioned pointer out of his
!, eye he can see Bows virtuesata a glance
1 Bows performances in the field dc
, not belle his looks either, it We are tt
, believe the American Field and those
.,,I, I, IN enny, hin, Eic cr,aD1 10
was, of the highest order, and his style i.
said never to have been surpassed save
by Gladstone, and in some parts Of hi
work he shows even more grace thar
this king Of settlers.
Pious Jeems asserts that the sire O
: his puppy is the best son of Bow will
!. ais much assurance as a man would Wht
S I had seen all of Bows sons. doubt i
D Pious Jeems has seen or heard of th'
9 twentieth part of Bows sons, and it is
D little premature, at least, to cry up thi
j, unheard-of dog as the best of an illus
| trious family.
Fl have no desire to bark for Bow ii
: particular, but | do wish to protes
g. against the old fashioned pointer agail
3 coming into vogue. / see no reason
/ why we should remain in rut with on
j, grandfathers, and like some OF you
/, correspondents, cry down everythin.
i new in our line by references to must,
T authorities. We don't want any of th,
: old-fashioned pointers no more thai
; we want any OF the guns of our grand
] fathers. They were good in their day
0 but not suited to the present.
3 Bow
i Prince Krapotkin, the Russian Nihi
], list recently on trial IN France unde
/ the charge Of melting to anarchy, ha