Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-19
FIELD TRIALS.
A Large Gathering of Sportsmen and
Dogs at Bakersfield.

A Large Gathering of sportsmen and
Dogs at Bakersfield.
. BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Jan. 18.-The an
nual trials of the Pacific Coast Field
Trial club opened today under most
favorable auspices. The attendance of
sportsmen is greater than at any pre-
vious meeting. The weather is delight
full, and birds are plentiful. The peo-
pie of Bakersfield and vicinity always
exert themselves to make the visit of
the sportsmen pleasant, hence the mem
bers of the club and the owners of fine
bird dogs find week of keenest sport
here once year. The ground is per-
fectly level and cover light, which en-
ables all who desire to witness the
trials to ride and gee the work of the
dogs. The headquarters of the club
are at the new Southern hotel, where a.
fine room has been set apart for busi-
ness meetings.
Among the prominent sportsmen
present from abroad are: T. D. Ather-
ton, San Francisco; S. A. Blythe, Tu-
lare; H. g. Boyce, Vacaville; j. NJ.
Bassford, jr, Vacaville; w. G. Brown,
San Francisco; Howard Black, San
Francisco; H. P. Dunaway, Merced; NJ.
g. Eshman, Los Angeles; w. J. Col
cher, San Francisco; j. w. Harper, Sui
sun II. Huber, San Francisco; M. Har-
lem, San Francisco; Thomas Higgs,
San Francisco; E. HUM. San Francisco |;
Andrew Jackson, San Francisco; VIM.
G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles G. w. Kyle,
San Francisco Allen Kelley, San Fran
cisco A. H. Kerckhof, Los Angeles; J.
Nj. Kilgarif, San Francisco; II. Kiigarif
San Francisco; r. Liddle and wife,
San Francisco; p. d. Linville, San Fran.
cisco; j.. R. Marshall, San Francisco;
J. r. Miller, San francisco; G. N. Post,
Sacramento: H. T. Payne, Los Angeles;
j. Cline, Los Angeles; DR.. Phillips,
Stockton; John Quiggles, Gait;
r. Ringrose, San Francisco; G. 3.
Sherry. Stockton; s. Talmadge,
Santa Rosa; A. B. Truman, San Fran
cisco +. B. Tufts, j. Schumacher, Joe
Banning, Los Angeles; r. T. Wander
wort, Pasadena; DIR. Wallace, Stockton;
w. III. Wallace, Tulare; E. B. Willis, N.
E. White, Sacramento; T. j. Watson,
San Francisco.
The judges are: R. T. vandervort
Pasadena; D. NJ. Pyle, Bakersfield; H.
I. Payne, Los Angeles.
Owing to delay in the arrival of some
OF the officers of the club, the dogs to
run in the Derby were not drawn until
this morning, which delayed the open
ing of the trials several hours.
The firHt pair put down were Kerken-
korA's black, white and tan setter, Sam
K. Gladstone, and Linville's black,
white and tan setter, Dollie Day. The
birds were wild and moved in large
covies, and sought willow thickets,
where the dogs could not be seen much
Of the time. Both were very fast and
pretty workers. In more open ground
better work was done, and several good
points were made. OF these Gladstone
got three and Dottie two. Other quail
ties being about equal, the former won.
The dogs were down one hour and ten
minutes. Sam Gladstone was handled
by d. M. Waters and Dottie by William
Denote.
The second pair put down were P. d.
Llnville's black and white setter. Flake
L., and w. j.. Golcher's pointer, Del
Monte. The former was handled by De
Mott and the latter by George 7. Allen
der. Both dogs were very fast and wide
rangers, but Flake showed the most
stamina, holding her speed throughout.