The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
REVIEWED FIELD TRIALS.
-vrrsRS AND POINTERS THAT
AVE COMEINTO PROMINENCE.


Most Conspicuous Prize-Winners of
7s89-Why English Trained Dogs
m Not show TO Advantage on Our
Ground.
Copyright 1901
NV YORK, Jan. 1L.-For the past few
Il lis those of us who love the sport to be
t.d with dog and gun have been more or
-. deeply interested in the performances
= our blue-blooded field dogs at the Indi-
.,o Eastern, Central and Southern trials.
/ Tho meetings this year have been looked for
--ord TO with more than usual interest. In
+ba first place the trial of the In
lama and Central clubs mark a new era il
.,e system of judging Heretofore the
4oots have been decided by the work done in
tortv-fve mi lutes, and then if the judges
.rora still undecided the heat could be con-
,inped one half hour longer. Under this
orIer of things many worthless dogs were
allowed to potter around when the judges
knev that they had no earthly chance to win
their heat only serving to exhaust the pa
+ia,ce and wasting the time of every one
concerned. This was the order of things at
tba Eastern Field Trial club, and the Cen
rial a new organization, sought to do away
,Uitb all this by what IS termed the spotting
SUSTAIN. That this, given competent Judges
7bo would free themselves from the tradi-
tions of the past and show a pro ressive
shirt would serve to bring out the best
dops is patent to all, but | cannot say, as
the Central trials have been managed this
zear. that they have made any progress or
SHOW a proper conception of the rules. Un-
der the spotting system the dogs in the
stake are drawn aga nst each other as be-
4ore. and each race put down in the field for
certain time. When the judges have co ne
10 the conclusion that sufficient work has
hean done, the dogs are called no and the
next brace put down, no decision being
rander d as in the case of other trials. When
the preliminary series are run through, the
i1dges consult and pick out those dogs
which have shown suffice it merit to run
for the prizes. TITS system on paper seems
simplicity itself, but through The eniency
or incompetency of judges many dogs were
left in which showed slight merit III COM
harrison to others, and IN the second series
when the heats would decide which should
be entitled to the money. those very dogs,
being favored by circumstances in finding
bird, scored points which placed them
finally ahead of their more skillful adver-
sares and it has been conclusively proved
that the best dogs did not win. do not
/ think the rules as now applied will be gen
orally adopted, although the object sought
4 is all right. 1t gives the judge, too much
d personal power, and unless owners of dog
have implicit reliance on the ability of the
q judge or judges, a fall G off of entries in
q the future will be the result. The trials also
gained much interest from the fact that F.
& R. Hitchcock of New York visited England
q for the special purpose OF procuring the
best field dogs in t 10 land, and imported
e several of the winners in the national field
n trials in England one of them, Trip Of
4 KiDpen, being also winner in the Belgian
trials These were so well spoken of that
4 1t was thought this year, if at all, the En-
1 glish dogs would be able to hold their own
with our natives. Though they have done
better than in any previous year, still. the
American bred ones have kept to the front
and captured the principal prizes. l will
speak Of these further on. In the Indiana
trial, the all-aged setter stake brought
out several good ones. The winner, DashiIg
Dixie. is a beautiful. blue Bolton, weighing
about 40 pounds; is a wide and fast ranger,
works her ground systematically, is under
perfect control, aud in her work shows her
sell to be fully equal to last years sensa-
tlonal winner, Bohemian Girl. She is owned
W. G.. Peter, and is by Deshing Dale out
Is
Ouest of tue blue
Tie next important stake was the all
aged pointer stake. Ossian, the winner,
Is audsome liver and white, by Croxteth
out Of Annie, and the fortunate owner is
P T. Madison of Indianapolis. This is a
wall-known pointer, having been placed
third in the Eastern Derby in 1887, third in
the same clubs all-aged stake in 1888, and
second in the Southern trials in the same
HtSv,la yyad wonderful ind
m-nt in his work, seeming to know just
where to look for his birds. In his first
heat he did not make mistake, and scored
atu possible 100, proving himself to be the
best dog that started in the trials, setter or
pointer. l have not space to describe OF Ter
Winners; suffice to say tuat Lord Graphic,
winner Of second, is a worthy son of old
Champion Ora hic, owned by the g aphic
kennels, New York. When it is remem-
oered that these dogs have beaten such
noted animals as Maud, King Mark, Blue
Mark and Dan Gladstone in settlers, and
Zimmerman, Iamerack and Rods Gal in
pointers, their merit is apparent TO tn Sc ia
miliar with field trials. The Easte field
trials were the next to command attention,
and these are always looked forward to as
the most interesting, being the oldest, to
sportsmen in the eastern cities. Many bust
nes men in New York and neighboring
CUES lake Inelf only VdcaIlOn 10 dIL6 III
them. These trials opened on Nov. 10. with
the Derby stakes for settlers and pointers
together. The winner turned out to be
the young setter, Rowdy Rod, a worthy son
Of the cnampion field trial winner, h deri'
60 out of Juno A. owned by the Memphis
aud Ave kennels, Tennessee. In this
stake he conquered the pointer, Rip Rap,
which subsequently, at their trials and those
Of he Central club proved himself phe-
nomenon and the best seen for many
year. though Rowdy Rod here showed a
s1peri rity in bird sense, beating out the
likely places like an old dog, though he has
not the style and S eed of Rip Rap. The
alleged setter stake brought out the hest
settlers In the country, as usual the English
setter predOminating, oAly one lri setter,
desmond H., putting in an appearances, and
AeWaS beaten in his first heat, though he is
noted winner on the show bench. After
much meritorious work, the winners
proved to be Chance, Toledo Blade. Cassie,
Oilclnnatus, and Nora. Chance is black,
TIllte, and tan dog 10y Roderigo out of Bo
rep, owned by Memphis and Avent ken
aeS. He is a well-kuown field dog, and his
lalgng speed, and style, combined with
.avugh closely pressed by Toledo B ade, also
1r son OF the noted Roderigo out Of Lillian.
ne ne owned by j. E. Dagger of Toledo, q.
LIS great points are speed, nne
angling and sensitive nose. He occupied
CTcoid place in the same stake last year.
oasSio Nora, and Cincinnatus showed almost
eglai good work, doing great credit to their
~ iinon Slre-the noted Count Noble. In