The morning call., 1891-01-25
THE kennel.
Close of the Field Trials-Famous Sport
ing Dogs.
Speaking All famons dogs. wrlter says

Speaking of famous dogs, writer says:
In tracing The pedigree OF The winning pointers
it is astonishing how often one comes TO the
name OF old Champion Bang. In my opinion
this Is the key that uDlocks the door TO success
full pointer breeding. OF him II was said IN MS
lifetime: - Take him all around, as show dog
field trial dog and stud dog. where has he ever
been SURPASSED ? -. No dog has won as many
field trials as Baug-bar The setter Raneer-ahd
in his lifetime there have been seen TWO genera
lions. children aud grandchildren as Dig helu
trial winners"
possessing enormous bone. and his proportions
were fduitess." lie was the winner of eighteen
ptiZes on the bench. This remarkable colnblna-
ton OF field trial qualities and bencii-show TORN
be has impressed upon his descendants in de-
gree unequaled In the history OF dog breeding.
The pointer breeders OF America. recognizing
this fact, have not been Slow TO take advantage
of it. aud have, within the past decade, imported
to this country many of his very best SONS and
daughters, grandsous and granddaughters
Nauderverts Don, Champion Bow, CroXteth,
handspring. Bang Bang, Ora Dhic, Neatly. 0s-
borne Ale, Bracket, Lad of Bow, Lass of Bow,
Revel III BlOomo Pontiac, King OF Kent, Hops
and others nave given us rlch infusion of the
blood of the king OF POINTERS. The paternal
grandSire II Champion Bang was WhitehouSe's
Hamlet. His maternal grandSire was Brocton's
Bounce. winner OF the first field trial ever run in
England.
Bang was bred By his owner, Mr. Sam Price,
in 1870, and lived 10 be ID wears Old. He n
grandson OF Nhitehouse's Hamlet, who won the
great Bala sweepstakes of % guiueaS In 1867.
beating. among Others The greatest setter then
living, The celebrated Duke, founder OF the Duke
Rhoda strain OF settlers.
The field trials at Bakersfield, from all ac-
! counts, were most successful. Al Truman
! the owner of the highly-bred pointer Patti
| CToXtelh, winner OF first prize, is very
| happy man. BLOOD Will tell" says Tru-
/ man, when 1t is properly tested" The
! grounds upon which the trials were held are
| comparatively level, and as a consequence
! the contests were III full view of the specta-
| torS from start TO finish. The birds did not
| seem to be as plentiful as was expected, but
the bevies which were found gave the
sportsmen full scope TO test the qualities of
the dogs engaged in the trials Old Black
joe pointer dog owned bv Mr.. Watson,
did excellent work, and had the canine been
handled IN time to prepare him thoroughly
Tor the races the first honorS would have
been very holly contested
Inc most prominent event in the dog
world just now, or at least in the st. Ber-
nard part OF II, is the purchase of the eel =
brated rougli-c0ated dog Sir Bedivere by E.
b. Sears OF MelroSe, Mass. The dog has
been at the top in England for some time,
ana Is considered the nearest perfect st.
| Bernard ever bred. He is a giant, of beau
| titul orange color, with perfect white mark
! lngs. lie was owned and bred by f. II.
| Green, and WAS whrlped August y, 1887,
| and Is consequently little over three years
| old and hardly III his prime yet. To secure
| this world-beater Mr.. Sears has had to 20
! down deep In his pocket. The price was
| $1,000. The finest kennel of st. Beruards in
! the world is now in America. Sir Bedivere
! Is expected to arrive the latter part of this
month, and the show-goers will receive full
/ value for their money this year.
Mention was made in Sundays Field of
| Sport u a remedy for rheumatism in dogs.
! 1t has brought forth the following letter
! from sportsman, which speaks for itself
Sporting Editor Morning CGjE-DEAR SIR
! In Yesterdays CALL l read in the sporting news
remedy Tor rheumatism in dogs Here is a
simple aud infaliOle remedy: Take piece OF
old blanket, double or any other cloth, and long
enough ana wide enough 10 cover the body of The
dog; sew 10 on IN such way that the animal
eau move freely. / have seen dogs that could
not move get well in from three TO four days
Cold is the cause; beat is he remedy. Every
marsh hunter should know this. Respectfully
WILLIAM W. NOBLE.
The Pacific Coast Field Trial Club has
elected the following officers: J. &. Ed
wards of Oakland, President; Il. Porter
AShe, Nice-President: J. NJ. Klgarif,
Secretary; and w. Schneider, j. NJ Bass
ford Jr., ". (. Houghton, Andrew Jackson
ana {. \. Post, Directors
Ex-senator Plndar has sold a handsome
Hyer-and-white pointer puppy, by Scout
Blossom, to a gentleman who will ship the
dog on the next steamer to New Zealand.