The San Francisco call., 1898-01-27
PACIFIC COAST
 FIELD TRIALS Some Clever Work Done at Bakersfield by
 Dogs.
One High-Strung Canine Runs Away and Is Lost for
 Two Hours.
Pointing and Retrieving Satisfactory on the WhOle-The Club
 Elects Officers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

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 BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 26.-The third day of the Pacific Coast field trials was very pleasant. After a drive of twelve miles, a halt was called on entering a field profuse with sage without the onions. The first brace of dogs, Cleans Ruth, handled by Dodge, and Luke, handled by Couts, were cast off at 9:45 a. m., and they had not gone more than 200 yards when they ran into birds in splendid cover. Luke was first to point, and was steady to shots. Luke re- trieved. Again Luke pointed, but the bird flushed as the handler approached. Cleans pointed and Luke backed well. Luke again drew on point and was beautifully backed The birds were acting very well and the performance of the dogs was much admired. Cleans pointed twice on running birds, but found his mistake and roaded several yards, coming finally to a stanch point near a water ditch. The bird was flushed by the handler and killed. Cleans, steady to shot, retrieved the bird when ordered.
 Luke again pointed stylishly, and the handler flushed the bird, but did not shoot. The dog was steady to wing. Several points were made by both dogs on the margin of an old water ditch, but Luke was the more steady on points and showed better judgment in roading and locating birds. Cleans Ruth is certainly a very showy bitch in the field, but Luke outclassed her in pointing and locating game. The dogs were ordered up at 10:30 o'clock
 The pointer Cuba, second prize win ner of the Derby. handled by Dodge, and the setter Valiente, handled by Walters, were cast off at 10:35 o'clock on new grounds. Valiente, a very high strung dog from the City of Angels, started off with the speed of a 2-year- old when ordered on, and was soon lost | from sight. His handler whistled and called, but the long distance canine pc destrian paid no heed to command and Lkept on going. After three-quarters of an hours delay, the dog was given up for lost, but a horseman discovered Valiente afterward two miles from where she was cast off.
 In the meantime the judges ordered 1 Countess K, handled by Dodge, and Alex c, first prize winner of the Derby ] and handled by Lucas, cast off At ] 11:25 o'clock they went off at a merry gait, but it was one hour before the birds, which were found in the timber flushed to open ground. Alex was first 1 to draw on point, stopping suddenly l in front of a small sagebrush when 1 travelling at high speed. Lucas kicked the bird out and shot, but instead of l keeping a close eye on his dog he watched the spot where the bird fell l Alex broke and ran, and after covering l fifty yards of ground he pointed again and Lucas shot and killed. This time 1 Alex was steady to shot, and held his | position until ordered on.
 While Alex was accomplishing good
 
 ] yards away and going over birds which were afterward flushed by the | teams. Alex finally put up a hare and l chased 1t a short distance, but stopped on a signal from the handler. After | quartering some distance Alex again 1 found birds which he roaded several | yards, bringing up to a stylish point l The birds flushed before the handler ! arrived.
 Alex again drew on point and was we'll backed, but the birds were run ming and the pointer roaded them until he reached the timber and heavy un- dergrowth. when the judges ordered 1 the dogs up at 12:55 o'clock.
 The Countess must have been off badly in nose, as she failed to score a single point on birds during the heat.
 At 1:3O o'clock Valiente, handled by l Walters, and Cuba, handled by Dodge, were again cast off. After travelling ! some distance Cuba ran into birds and
 dropped fiat on his stomach, but the
 birds, alarmed by the approach of the l hunters, had moved. Cuba found his
 mistake, and leaving his point roaded
 some distance and again pointed and
 was beautifully backed. The handler on finding no game, ordered Cuba on
 Valiente, who was ranging to the left of his opponent. came to a point and
 was also beautifully backed. Cuba
 again pointed, but soon discovered that
 the bird had left. Again he drew on and his tail stiffened. Valiente backed
 nicely and the bird was flushed by the
 handler. Beth dogs steady to shot
 Valiente ranged some distance away
 from Cuba and stiffened out. He was
 steady to shot and retrieved well.
 It was some time before a new covey
 was flushed from the trees. When they
 scattered among the sagebrush Cuba pointed well and was nicely backed
 Valiente was next to point and Cuba rushed in and flushed the birds. Cuba
 was now excited and flushing birds, but a good talk from his handler steadied him. Valiente again attempted long distance racing and was severely whipped by the handler. The hiding had cowed him and his work after this
 was poor, the dog having lost his dash
 The dogs were ordered up at 2:35
 o'clock and IroquoiS Chief, handled by
 Dodge. and Peach Mark, handled by
 Allender, were cast off at 2:40 o'clock
 Peach ranged well and quartered her
 ground beautifully, but was rather
 slow compared with other dogs. The
 Peach made some very pretty points
 and was invariably steady to shot The
 Chief acted very poorly, paying no at-
 tention to his handler who annoyed the
 other dog by shouting and whistline
 at the headstrong Chief, who paid more
 attention to fur than to feathers. The