The herald., 1893-01-23
THE FIELD TRIALS.
A REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AT BAK-
ERSEIELD.
A Los Angeles Dog Distinguishes Itself.
Ths Next Meeting to Be Held
in Southern California.
New officers.

The tenth annual meeting of the
Pacific Coast Field Trial ciub closed at
Bakersfield Saturday last. While the
grounds at Bakersfield are poorly fitted
for trials, and the birds were scarce, yet
as whole the trials were success.
Much of the work, it is true, was v ry
inferior, but, On the other hand, in
many heats, both in the DERBY and all
age stakes, come very brilliant work
was done. OF the 1S starters in the
Derby only two were from Southern
California, and one OF these. Mr.. H T.
Payne's English setter bitch Countess
Noble secured second place, being beaten
through an accident by an inferior dog
after she had already beaten the two
very best dogs against her. Countess
Noble wes bred and broken by Mr.. Payne
of this city, and proved the sensation of
the meeting. Even after her defeat for
first bets were freely offared at the odds
of 2 TO that she could defeat any dog in
the race. 7s-s@a
Geo. p, the winner OF first, is black
pointer owned and bred by Mr.. Jas. E
Watson of San Francisco. He is a good
yOUukdbcT Will lOt uOS6 UuJ ldCklux III
style and staunchness, and not the
equal of either OF his two brothers or
the California kennels English setter
Johanna, who, had it not been for the
defeat of Countess for fret, would have
divided between Johanna, Doctor P. and
Jim p, the last two litter brothers to
the winner of first.
tho olI-o0n fok ka thara nj O
starters, only one of which came from
Southern California.
Mr. w G. Kerckhoff's English setter,
Sam K. Gladstone, who it will be re-
membered was the winner of first in the
derby of last year. Sam was run with
but little preparation and was beaten in
the first series bv Pelham, the winner of
third In this stake the English setter
Starlight won first. He is very stylish
and brilliant worker and fully deserved
the high honora that he won. He is
owned by Mr.. T.J. Watson of Alameda
Second was won bv Jas. e Watson's
black pointer Old Black Joe II, the sire
of the winners in the derby. Third
went to the English setter Pelham,
dog perfectly deaf and handled
wholly by signs. He is owned by
the California kennels, and ie a dog Of
great merit, and should, in the opinion
of everyone present, have been given
second.
At the trials there was large delega-
ton of Los Angeles sportsmen, and the
vigorous "pull" they made will in all
probability result in the next trials be-
ing held in this section. With this in
view, committee OF three was appoint
ed to visit Los Angeles and San Bernar-
dino counties to select grounds.
At the annual election of officers the
following were elected: President, J..
G. Edward (re-eected) of San Francisco /;
secretary and treasurer, j. NJ. Kelgariff
(re-elected) of San Francisco; vice. -presi-
dents, w. e. Houghton of Bakerefieid
ard II. 7. ayne of Los Angeles; execu-
tive committee, j. M Baesford of Sui
eun. P. D Linville CT San Francisco, G.
N. Post of Sacramento w. G. Kerckhoff
of Los Angeles, and William Schneider
OF San Francisco.
The club is in an excellent condition,
and annually affords excellent sport for
the lovers of the dog and gun Its trials
for the last ten years have had such an
influence on the improvement of
the bird dogs of California, until
today there can be found in the va
rious parts of the state the very
cream of the best setter and pointer
blood of America. Ar the close OF the
trials Mr. A. P. Kerckhoff purchased of
the California kennels their derby en-
try, Mercury, which, although not get
ting placed, showed himself to be the
making of re lly high-claes dog,