The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-19
special to the RrcoRp-UNrox.

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 1S.-The annual
trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trial
Club opened to-day under the most
favorable auspices. The attendance of
sportsmen was greater than at any previ-
GUS meeting. The weather was delight
ful and the birds plentiful. The people
Of Bakersfield and vicinity always ex-
ert themselves to make the visit of the
tportsmen pleasant, hence the members
Of the club and owners of fine bird dogs
find week of the keenest sport here
once a year.
The country is perfectly level, and the
cover light, which enables all who desire
TO witness the trials to ride and see the
work of the dogs.
Among the prominent sportsmen pres
ent from abroad are: T. d. Atherton of
San Francisco, S. A. Blythe of Tulare,
II. G.. Boyce of Vacaville J. NJ. Bass
ford, Jr, of Vacaville, w. G. Brown OF
San Francisco, Howard Black of San
francisco, II. Z. Dunaway Of MERGED, Nj i.
q. Eshman of Los Angeles, w. j. Col
cher of San Francisco, j. w. Harper of
SuiSun, IL. Huber of San Francisco, NJ.
Harlem of San Francisco, Thomas Higgs
Of San Francisco, L. Hahn of San Fran
cisco, Andrew Jackson OF san Francisco,
VIM. q. kerckhoff of Los Angeles. G.. w.
Kyle of San Francisco, Allen Kelly of
San Francisco, A. ii. kerckhoff of Los
Angeles, }. NJ. Kilgarif of San Francisco,
ii. j. hilgarif OF Sacramento, Il. Liddle
and wife of san Francisco Il. d. LinYille
Of San Francisco, }. b. Marshall OF San
Francisco, j. Il. Miller Of San Francisco,
q. n. Post Of Sacramento, II. T. Payne OF
Los Angeles, DIR. Phillips of Stockton,
John Quiggles OF Gait, II. Ringrose OF
san Francisco, @. b. Sperry Of Stockton,
{. Talmadge of Santa Rosa. a. b. Tru-
man of San Francisco, e. b. Tufts of Los
Angeles, II. L. Nandervoost OF Pasadena,
Dr. Wallace OF Stockton, w. FL. Wallace
Of Tulare, Il. i. Willis and y. +. White
Of Sacramento, i. j. Watson of San
Francisco.
The Judges are r. r. Vandervoost of
Pasadena, ID. NJ. Pyle Of Bakersfield, and
II. L. Payne OF Los Angeles.
Owing to a 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 opening of
the trial several hours. The first brace
put down were kerkendoff's black,
white and tan setter, Sam K. Gladstone,
and Linville's black, white and tan setter,
Dottie Day. The birds were wild and
moved in large covies and sought the
willow thickets, where the dogs could not
very fast and pretty workers. In the
more open ground better work was done
and several good points made OF these
Gladstone got three and Dottie two, the
ether qualities being about equal. The
former won. The dogs were down one
hour and ten minutes. Sam Gladstone
was handled by d. NJ. Walters and Dottie
10y William Demott.
The next brace put down were P. D.
Linville's black and white setter, Flake
l., and w. j. Golcher's pointer, Del
NOnte. The former was handled by
DeMott and the latter by George T. Al
lender Both dogs We're very fast and
wide rangers. but Flake showed the most
stamina, holding her speed throughout.
She made The most points and was
awarded the heat. The dogs were down
one hour.
The third brace were J. NJ. Barney's
pointer Ottilie and I. j. Watson's setter
Alice Gladstone. The former was ham
Cled by Allender and the latter by De-
Mott. This was a very speedy pair-in
fact, all the dogs thus far had shown
more speed than nose, causing them tC
cash in among the birds that should have
been scented and pointed. Fewer points
We're made than in the former heats, but
alice had the best of IL after working
forty minutes, and was awarded the heat.
The fourth pair were L. j. Watson
setter Starlight and Charles Studarus'
pointer Rush Croxteth. The former was
handled by DeMott and the latter by its
owner. Starlight was fast and beauti-
ful worker, quartering the ground nicely,
while the pointer was slow and lacking in
style. 1t looked as though the pointer
would not be in it, but, to the surprise OF
ell, he found and pointed bird after bird.
while the setter dashed about through the
cover like a blue streak, but doing moth
ing except to make one point and back
rush one of his points. The dogs were
down half an hour.
This ended the first series of the derby.
Tomorrow the winners of to-day will 90
against one another in the second and
third series, over the same grounds.