The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-23
A Portland Pointer that Is Worth a
Thousand Dollars.
Partridge, Woodcock and other
Birds Reported to be Numerous.

preferred to Others. Many choose the lem
ON and white, some the liver and white and
others have still a different preference. al
though the first two named are more gener-
ally chosen. The man who has a well bred,
field broken pointer possesses a valuable an
imal, that win at any time find a ready
sale,
In this State probably no man has spent
so much time and money on this breed Of
dogs as Mr.. Fred +. Harris. Of Deering. He
Is also the largest and most extensive breed
er Of pointers in Maine. At present Mr.
Harris has about fifty fine animals, among
them being the well known brood bitches
Zitta, Zuba, Portland Lily, Ketty Shaw and
Ethel. He also has the get Of Champion
Beaufort, Champion Graphic, Bravo, Bang
Bang, Nick Of Naso and Naso OF Kippen.
Mr.. Harris's pointers have won prizes at
Boston, New Haven, Hartford, New York
and Philadelphia, and are known through
out the country as belonging TO the very
best blood. Mr.. Frank Stanorth, Of Scar
boro, has In his care twenty-five Of Mr.. Har-
ris's dogs. Mr. Harris guns a part Of the
time at Hebron and uses double barrel Par
ker gun.
Mr.. G. +. Jordan Of Deerlng Is a well
known pointer owner, having had some Of
the best dogs in the State. At present he
owns Grafton's Roy, A. X. r., 5517; whelp-
ed May 5, 1887 Grafton's Roy is a lemon
and white, by Champion Graphic out Of Ze-
ia. Dam Ethel. a prize winner, she by
Champion Beaufort, out Of Zuba. one OF the
best daughters Of Champion Bravo. Roy Is
thoroughly field broken and splendid ami
NAL
Mr.. Jordan also owns Bangs's Van, A. X.
r., 6i33, a four-year-old. liver and white
brood bitch. She is by Days Prince, out Of
Van. Van is by Champion Bang Bang out
of Zanetta, A. K. R., 1861.
Last October Mr.. Jordan sold Santee, a
lenion and white pointer, TO gentleman in
Illinois, who heard Of the dog, and came all
the way to tiis State to see him. The dog
satisfied him at glance, and he paid high
price for him and took him to Illinois for his
own private shooting. Santec was prize
winner, being one Of the best sons Of Beau
fort. He has been shot over in seven differ
ent States, and since last October his owner
says oyer 5000 quail have been shot over him.
Santee was a very handsome dog, and one of
the best pointers ever owned in Maine. He
was bred by Mr.. +. f. Harris, and purchased
and trained when year old by Mr.. Jordan.
He was litter brother 10 the prize winners
Sachem and Bowdoin. There were eleven
pups in his litter, and ten Of that number
have won nrizas
Smith hammerleSs gun.
Mr.. William +. Todd, one Of the pioneer
pointer owners Of Maine owns Zanetta, A.
X. R., 1861, by Champion Sensation out Of
Cymont. In the puppy class at Lowell, the
only time this dog was ever exhibited, she
won first prize. Mr.. Todd has litter Of
very promising pups out Of Zanetta, by
light hammerless gun, and guns In New
Gloucester good deal.
Mr.. Chas. Newell owns Della, fine five
year old pointer, and daughter Of Bang
Bang out Of Zanetta. He also own a year
old black and white pup by Naso Of Kippen
Ii isn't every day that one has the oppor-
tunity OF seeing better pointers than those
owned by Mr.. II. Frank Farnham Of Wood
ford's. His Beau Of Portland is fine black
Graphic is by Leach's Bonus-Saneho, by
by Battocks joker zltta is BY Bang
Bang, by Champion Bang, by Coham's
Bang, by Whitehouse's Hamlet" etc.
Of Guido's Lilly. out Of Gbron's Lilly, out
OF Atkinson's Bitch.
Champion Graphlc's dam is Fursdon-Juno,
out Of Juno vi, out OF Leach's Juno. No
bird dog In this city or in Maine has a clearer
pedigree than the Beau Of Portland and
none will sell, probably, for so high price.
He will bring zthOusand dollars today, and
II he wins in the fall field trials, for which
he Is now being handled Ia Virginia by
professional trainer, he will sell for good
deal more. Besides the Beau Of Portland
Mr.. Farnham owns May f., Lass OF Maine,
Lady Of Maine and the Duke Of Maine. All
are first class dogs, well bread and promis-
ing. Mr.. Farnham uses Mason, double
barrel hammerless gun, but on account Of
business matters does not find much time to
shoot.
Mr. A. 1. Randall, the coal dealer, owns
Bang Bang 2d,a lemon and white, son OF Bang
Bang, which promises to do some good work
acting finely at present. Mr.. Randall fol-
lows covers near the city and uses Greene's
hammerless gun.
Messrs. G. II. McKenney and Fred Thomp-
of Glenmark.
Mr.. John Peterson has in Glen good
pointer. Glen Is a son Of Champion Crox-
tith, out Of Van.
Mr.. Geo. +. Hamilton, son Of Superin-
tendent Hamilton, OF the Portland y Ogdens-
burg railroad, owns a good ield-broken
pointer that Is now about three years old.
Prince, Jr., Mr.. Hamilton's dog. Is out 0f
Evangeline, by Bang Bang, by Champion
Bang, by Coham's Bang, etc. Evangeline's
dam was Zanetta. by Princes Jim, by White
houses Hamlet, etc.
Mr.. John Randall owns Max, an exceed
ingly fine, three-year-old pointer. This dog
is field-brOken, and gives promise Of making
a wonderful animal when little older. He
will be shot over this fall. Among our well
trained and well behaved pointers in the field
the one owned by Mr.. j. n. Martin. master
mechanic Of the Grand Trunk railroad.
ka haa L. "a
ceedingly handsome dog, and large number
of birds have been shot over him.
Mr.. William Libby OF ScarbOrO has a litter
Of seven pups by Sam, out OF Beauty. Beau
ty Is Of the blood Of Graphic and Bang Bang
and Sam is from direct imported stock.
Mr.. Frank Merrill and Rev. +. NJ. Hough-
ton Of Deering have recently purchased very
promising pups out Of Bangs's Van, A. X. r.,
6l33.
Mr.. Bert Winslow of Philadelphia an off,
Ger Of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, knows
about the Maine hunting grounds. He has,
at present, several fine pointers in the care
OF Mr.. Frank Stanorth Of Scarb0rO.
Mr.. p. Burnham, OF Carlton street, and
Messrs. William Senter, X. G. Hall and
George Brock, all Of this city, are owners OF
good pointer dogs.
On account Of their long hair, some OF the
Portland sporting men consider the setter
better adapted TO this climate than ths point
er, and on the whole as, oetseg dps iya I iate
Mr. A. Farrell who owns several good
dogs. His Irish setter Megens, Is an ex-
eeptiOnally intelligent twO-year-Old. She Is
out Of Auty's Fanny by Imported Rover.
Rover was brought to this country by an
Englishman and left in Boston and was one
Of the well known settlers Of that city. Au-
tvs Fanny Is out Of Rose by Champion
Elcho, the best Irish setter ever brought to
this country.
Mr.. Farrell also owns King Pin, very
handsome yearling pup that won first prize at
the Boston dog exhibition OF 1888. King PIN
IS by Ohcle, by Jack out Of Meg MerIiles.
Jack Is out of Mag by Champion Elcho. Meg
Merrilies is out of Peg Wellington. EchO's
dam is Nell, by Charlie, Mags dam is inn
ported Biddy by Milo. Peg Wellington Is
out of imported Ruby by imported Ranger.
King Pins dam is Megens out Of Auty's
Fanny, etc.
Mr.. Farrell also owns two litter brothers TO
King Pin, Bucho and Chump. The setter
Meg Merrilies Is owned by Mr. Frank stan
orth, of ScarbOrO.
Mr.. Chas. A. Holland owns three hand