The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12

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work he did. The judges selected Count
hauSter Tor third place without further
! fuhnlng-thls they are entitled TO do under
the rules-and WOolton James for fourth.
I1lp KaD, the winner, is a black and white
| aog oy King out of Kent of Hops, and owned
by L. Dexter, Boston, Mass. Lebanon is a
lemon and white dog by Grim out of Peg,
ms fortunate over being young Mr..
/ coleman or Lebanon, Pa. Count Fauster
winner OF third, is liver and white dog by
handspring IA noted field dog out of
| Dolly FauSter, DR.. j. q. J. Holston, Zaaes-
vile, o., being his owner. Count is con-
scientlous worker, but when compared to
such dashing and brilliant performer as
mp hap, for instance. his want of conh-
dence Is apparent. Woolton Game ought
| really TO have had third place, her work
showing at times great merit, especially
| wnen one considers that she was in a
strange country and on strange game. This
| Is a heaVy handicap for any dog, aud doubt
less when she has become better accllma-
tlzed, as it were, she will be seen at the 'front.'
| Tie work all round in this stake was mucn
superior to former years. The champion
stake, which should have been the most in
teresting OF the trials, was a walk over for
| Cha zee, the winner of tle all aged setter
stake. The invlncible Koderigo was hurt
three weeks before and could not start, and
Gatn'S Mark, another champion, was
scratched. The judges showed in these
trials more professional spirit than in any
previous one, grading the d ugs more accord
ing to the merit they seemed to show than
| upon their lucky finding of birds On the
morning of Dec. 2. the long-looked forward
to meeting of the Central Trials club com
menced with the preliminary heats in The
setter Derby. 1t is not wortn while going
into particulars of this stake. Suffice to
| say that Rowdy Rod has clearly shown
his superiority by winning first place.
! Here 1T might be we'll to say that the hand
lers were allowed entirely too much liberty.
10 arrive at a proper estimate of dogs
abilities the judges should not allow too
much handling The d e ought to be made
to snow his natural hunting instincts alone,
as ofte the handlers continual Interference
| renders the dog a mere aut )1naton, afraid
to do anytni & of his own free will Il the
pointer Derby, the JUICES bad no difficulty
| In picking the winners, the before-men-
toned Rip Rap again proving his superIo.-
! lty; JOY, Jr.. a ne" face, taking second; the
others we're not entitled To cir wins, as
they had certainly not shown sufficient
merit
The alleged setter stake next brought
together many well-known dogs both on the
| be 4ch and i'll the field, but, lanentable as
| the fact may appear to many, three dogs
| which are counted without peers in the
show ring, Cora of Wetherall, winner Of
| Mrs. Langtry's silver cup for best setter i'll
| New York show in 1888, Count Ao ward, and
| Prince Bea rice, made a very poor showing
indeed, being entirely outclasssd and giving
| those sportsmeA who look down on bench
show winners something to crow over for
many a long day. TINS stake was product
| i've of several surprises; indeed 1t was
thought that the Memphis aud Avent ken
nels had an air-tight in Chance and Rowdy
Rod; but hk3 base ball and kindred sports
field trials have their uncertainties, ana
both these grand dogs were downed, the
one by Kings Ma k, the other by Roger.
| Tie quito me of the running was: Kings
| Mark first, Cnance second and Roger third.
| Kings Mark is a blue Bolton by King Noble
out of Belle Bolton, AID, like the great trot-
ting horse Jay-Eye-See, has made the name
of his owner, j. |. Case, familiar throughout
the land. his dogs work was character
IL ID by speed and style, showing good, solid
all-round work. He is a greatly improved
dog since last year, Chance have referred
| to- Roger, owned by L. Gardner, is a
black, white, and tan, by Count Noble, out
of Meg
| He has very good nose, but his style is
not taking, aud be shows a disposition to
sneak up to his birds. The winners in the
all-aged pointer stakes showed several
new faces, though they had also run at pre-
| vious trials The ninner was Lebanon,
who has been described above; though the
real winner according to merit was Mr.
| ditto cJck's Duke of Hessen, which took
seco id prize, and Ed. Dexter's. Charlottes-
| vile, Va, Pontiac, third. Duke of Hessen
is liver and white by Luck Of Hessen,
| ont of Blarney, and shows considerable
| speed and ranging abilities, but did not
work 40 to his form in previous trials
Pontiac is liver and white dog, by Mil
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potter in his work aad will 60 after other
feather, such as meadow larks, but ranges
fairly well. These were noJ tie best dogs,
as Rip Rap'S merits seemed to be ignored
and it cannot be said the new system as ex-
pounded at Lexington was an unqualified
| success.
In Speaking of the methods of conducting
! field trials N Europe and ct home, the DIFF
! ference5 III the farming and other interests
must be taken into consideration. In E Ig-
land, for instance, the trials are held in The
| spring, though they are fast awakening to
| the fact that this does not allo y of the
| bringing out of the dogs best qualities, a. d
| a move was made this year ny having the
| trials of tho Irish settlers in the ia !.
| SDing being the close sea son, it IS not there
| fore allowable to shoot the birds as they
rise, and consequently there is no test in
| droDping to shoJ or retrieving The latter
/
| sporting dogs curriculum, as they usually
| have a retriever or spaniel TO do this work
entirely Tnen again the nature of the
| farms hunted over, usually on some noble
mans estate like the Duke of Portland, for
instance, precludes that free ranging that is
such a charm in our native dogs. the fields
are enclosed by thick hedges ami dog is
| confined to one field till he has worked it
over, be it stubble or turnips, and the game
is pa fridge. no quail. Tnisis where Euro
pean dogs are at disadvantage when they
come over here. The country is wilder. 50
much freer ranging is required, and the
game is chiefly gu Ill. The sports men are
On horseback, as many of our dogs and much
of our country where trials are held could
not be hunted otherwise. Under these dif-
ferent conditions it is no wonder that Ed
| glisn dogs for year or two work udder a
heavy handicap and very few ever attain
the speed and ranging ability to bring th9n
| into The front rank against our own dogs.
| 1t can be said, on the other hand, that when
| Taught to retrieve they make excellent dogs
for a quiet days hooting on foot. A
pointer or setter in America is trained as an
all-round dog, and the trials being held in
the fall during the shooting seasoL, every
opportunity is given to test their abilities IN
| filding full growl game, dropping to shot
and re, rieving. We have now many good
English field dogs which can hold their o IN
with the best of ours, having been rebroken
and become accustomed to the country.
| These are Graphic, Bracket, Lad of w,