Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-15

winner Eastern Field Trials All Aged Setter Stake, 1889.
 things many worthless dogs were allowed to batter around, when the judges knew that they had no earthly chance to win their heat, only serving to exhaust the patience and wasting the time of every one concerned. This was the order of things at the Eastern Field Trial Club. and the Central, new organization. sought to do away with all this by what is termed the spotting system. That this, given competent judges who would free them selves from the traditions of the past and show a progressive spirit, would serve to bring out the best dogs, is patent to all. but cannot say, as the Central trials have been managed this year, that they have made any progress or shown q proper conception of the rules. Under the spotting system the dogs in the stakO arc drawn against each other as before, and each race put down in the field for a certain time. Whom the judges have come to the conclusion that sufficient work has been done, the dogs are called up and the next brace put down, no decision being rendered as in the case of other trials. When the prelim- 1 II, consult and pick out thos dogs which have shown sufficient merit to run for the prizes. This system on paper seems simplicity itself, but through the lein- ency or incompetency of judges, many | dogs were left in which showed slight merit in comparison to others, and in l the second series when the heats would decide which should be entitled to the | p,n d hni fn, rnl ! by circumstances in finding birds, scored points which placed thom finally ahead of thelr more skillful adversar- ies, and it has been conclusively proved that the best dogs did not win. I do not think the rules as nov applied will be generally adopted, although the ob | Ject sought is all right it gives the judges too much personal power. and unless owners of dogs have implicit reliance on the ability of the judge or judges, a falling off of entries in the future will be the result. The trials also gained much interest from tho fact that Mir. F. R. Hitchcock, of New York, visited England for the special purpose of procuring the best field dogs in the land, and imported several of the winners in the National Field trials in England, one of them, Trip of Ripper being also a winner in the Belgian trials. These were so we'll spoken of that it was thought that this year, if at all, the English dogs would
 be able to hold their own with our na- tives. Though they have done better than in any previous year. still the American ones have kept to the front and captured the principal prizes
 In the lndania trials the All Aged Setter Stake brought out several good ones, the winner, Dashing Dscie, is beau- tiful blue bolton. weighing about forty pounds, Is a wide and fast ranger, works her ground systematically. is under perfect control and in her walk shows herself to be fully equal to last years sensational winner, Bohemian
 Girl. She is owned by Mir. w. C. Peter, and is by Dashing
 Dale out of Dashing Dale, showing
 blood of tho bluest of the blue The next important stake was the All Aged Pointer Stake. Ossian. tho winner, is handsome liver and white, by Crorcleth out of Annie, and the for tunate owner is Mr. F. T. Madison, of , Indianapolis. This is well known pointer, having been placed third in
 the Easter Derby in 1887, third in the } same clubs All Aged Stake in 1888. and
 second in tho Southern Trials in the