The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-24
EASTERN DOG OWNERS EN- ROUTE
FOR BROWNS VALLEY FIELD
TRIALS.
ANIMAL PAINTERS ERRAND.
PROF. OSTHANS, OF NEW YORK,
WILL WATCH THE ANIMALS
AT WORK.
TWIN CITIES TO BE REPRESENTED
DR.. Bacon, DIR. Vittum, Paul Got
zian, Milton Griggs and S. A.
Smart Are Interested.

A party of enthusiastic and promi-
nent dog fanciers is registered at the
Merchants, among them being Maj j.
M. Tayor, of New York city, and w. S.
Bell, of Pittsburg, respectively presi-
dent and secretary of the Continental
Field Trial club, an international as
ISOLATION for the advancement of the
interest in field hunting dogs. S. A.
Smart, of ST. Paul, is the Northwest
secretary.
They are on their way to Browns
Valley, where field trials will be held,
opening tomorrow. Comparatively lit
tie interest in this branch of sport has
been manifested in the Northwest, and
this trial is more especially for the
purpose of bringing the sport to the
attention of dog owners in this section
of the country. The field trials at
Browns Valley are open for pointers
and settlers in Minnesota and North
and South Dakota, and will be divided
into two events-a derby for dogs I'M
der two years of age and an all-age
match. The entries number twenty
one in the all-age event and seven in
the derby In the former the prize is
a silver cup valued at $50 and per-
centage of the sweepstakes; in the
derby purse of $150 will be divided
among the winners. Several st. Paul
dogs are entered, animals owned by DR..
Bacon, Dr. Vittum, Paul Gotham, Mil
ton Grigga and S. A. Smart. Mime
apolis will be represented by dogs own
ed by Messrs. Brown, Diclxey and
Clark. The dogs will be tried on live
chickens.
trio rf
to Morris, Manitoba, where the inter-
mencing Sept. l. This is an event of
great interest, and $3.50 in purses is
held up to be competed for. A South
ern match will be held at New Albany,
Miss, in January, on quail, and for
this the purses aggregate nearly $4,000.
1.-The Southern people always have
taken considerable more interest in
this sport than in the North" said
Maj. Taylor, land, in fact, we are just
trying to introduce the trials in this
part of the country. The folks down
East laughed at US and said that the
Westerners did not know anything
about pointers and settlers, and that
our trials would be a fiat failure, but
we are very much encouraged. We
even though there were only two en-
tries"
Accompanying the party is Prof E.
H. Osthans, of Toledo, O., one of the
leading animal painters in the country
Capt. Charles Steele, a well-known Chi
cago writer. author of Frontier Sketches
Fuzz,'' spent several hours in st. Paul yes
terday. Capt. Steele is practically through
the writing of book on the Klondike gold
fields, and, although his book contains some
eighty pages, he is free to admit that it is
but the compendium of what has been learned
of the country since the rich gold discoveries
have been made.
Mayor w. H. Frawley, of Eau Claire, is a
guest of the Windsor.
Charles C. Haupt, of Fergus Falls, is
Windsor guest.
Three Cedar Rapids, To-, wheelmen, Ernest
and Sam Moore and E. B. Cameron, are reg
istered at the Windsor.
V. B. Seward, of Marshall registered at the
Windsor yesterday.
D. E. Hanna, of Hudson, Wis, is at the
Windsor
Two prominent Fergus Falls citizens, DR..
w. E. Hixson and John F. Naug.er, are at
the Clarendon
Senator James McHale, of Shakopee, is at
the Clarendon.
A. ArHarbach U. S. A., from San Antonio,
Tex, is registered at the Ryan.
party of prominent New Workers. Mr..
and Mrs E. c.. Converse, E. c. Converse Jr.,
Mrs James Converse and Miss Converse, is
stopping at the Ryan.
William H. Kelley, of Owatonna, is Ryan
guest.
The Merchants was graced by the presence
of two congressman yesterday, Willard D.
Vandiver of Cape Girardeau, NO. and Joel
P. Heatwole, of Mortified.
W. w. Beasley, of Big Timber, Mont, is
Merchants guest
DIR. J. l.. Camp, of Brainerd, registered at
the Merchants yesterday.
John D. Benton, of Fargo, is at the Mer-
chants.
George H. Smith, formerly of Minneapolis,
and well known in printing circles, is visit
| ing the Twin Cities. He is connected with
| Chicago printing ink company.