The sun., 1904-11-01
BEkcIIT ..llALS AT WESTBURY
BRER RABBIT HOLDS HIS OWN
IN THE DAYS BOUTS.


Not q Gun In the Party That watches the
Sport on the Late W. @. Whitney's
Estate-w. G. Rockefeller's Fateiess
Makes Best Showing I'm Banning Scent.
Br'er Rabbit. had tho laugh on the dogs
| yesterday in the first event Of the fifteenth
annual field trials OF tho National Beagle
Club. for the scent would not hold on the dry
turf and tho cnrpeting Of brown. crisp.
leaves. Yet tho open Class A. for dogs oycv
thirteen inches and not over fifteen inches.
with seventeen starters OF twenty-one entered.
reached a finish to please the sportsmen.
| The winner was the fve-year- -old white. black
and tan Fateless, the champion OF last years
trials. owned by William q. Rockefeler.
| who enters as the Rock Ridge Kennels. Fate
less was bred by the late j. l.. Kernochan
from the noted English importations Florist
and Fearless.
Dictator. Of more jaunty carriage thsn
Fateless and with two field trial derbys to
his credit In 1908. owned by A. j. Puring-
ton. was second Gill and Cronmiler's Thorn
field Echo third and the reserve was the
veteran John Caswell's champion Reeds
Dan ID.
Last year the trials were in Virginia. but
the scene yesterday. as In the last three prior
meets on Long Island. was the bushy knoll
between the windmill and the paddocks on
the Whitney estate near Westbury. Inc
covert is crossed by many broad paths laid
out for the beagle men by the late William
C. Whitney and many fine chases have been
started in the covert to end on the broad
adjoining pastures. H. p. Whitney enter
tanned tho sportsmen at lunch in the gym
nasium as his father used TO do.
The dogs when not running were Kept In
ventilated travelling boxes. which. with the
traps and various goods Of the party. formed
a camp from which the handlers. judges and
oniookcrs set out for the serious work in the
covert.
W. G. Rockefeller, In tweeds. a plaid waist
coat and yellow leggings. watched his beagles
work, and T. Dudley Riggs one OF the seven
Riggs brothers OF Baltimore who have been
q stay for Princeton in football. In gray
sombrero and fnlnels was also on the Knoll.
The others who scudded through the by paths
TO re. q giuIpse of the chases we're in shooting
suits of corduroy. canvas. khaki or tweeds.
all well worn from many day In the open
and bearing sporty odor OF tobacco and
strong waters. Among them were &. h.
Stevenson, OF Camden, chairman OF the held
trial committee: DR.. II. d. Bruins OF New
Orleans. John Caswel. the dean OF the clan.
Prides Crossing. Mass: j. w. Appleton.
Ipswich. in the same State; George B. Post,
Jr., OF Islip: Chetwood Smith. chairman OF
the New England Field Trial Club; A. j.
Purington, Palmer, Mass; II. o. Walton.
Greensburg, Pa: Chandler Barnard. Bryn
Mawr. Pa. Ramsey Turnbul. Bernardsville, n.
j.: II. X. Dunton. Boston: Charles F. Brooke.
Standing Springs, Md. and A. Staley Deub.
Frederick, Md, who is an authority OF world
wide fame on the history and traits OF the
beagle.
Only the two handlers followed close on
the brace in work. with the judges. Thomas
d. Grnith of Midland. Md, and Thomas
Shallcross of Providence. Back OF the judges
was usually the marshal. George F. Reed OF
Barton, VI. a tail, sinewy figure in brown
shooting suit who is a typical woodsman.
He was the representative In action OF the
field trial committee. The followers were
free to beat through the bushes and paths as
they pleased. In the effort TO see something
bei-Ii barks sounded Marshal Reed would
sing out every one stand still in his tracks
There was not q gun In the party. but many
With Which 70 beat the game from the covsris'
If man wants some meatfor the oven. re-
marked stevenson. -one beagle would soon
drive out all the RABBITS he needed. But
Our delight is to hunt with a pack and after
u good chase and Kill the dogs are welcome
the Tse6 10 hun. 5s pses l esht
Just Just the pack want. but, without success,
i've asaSd' Of them aeid trial winners -,
As four Of steyenson,e beasies. Champion
Nassau Fabian. Miss JOSH Spllter ana bird.
ut est Chester. Pa. last week. and are en-;
tered for this week. an idea may be formed
OF the difficulty OF collecting eight OF the
Rabbits were plentiful aand it ,S.ns was per.
feet Indian summer o cay ys. fo tne's ss ottse
happens in bird shooting. the atmospheriG
conditions were such that the scent would
on cold trails With noses to the turf and
tails waving aloft like flags. they forced
their way Shr9Sshb ths ooa ws
and nosed across the open bits, but 1t was
very seldom that the scent came hot ON the
noshils and beagle would give tongue.
There was a pretty ending to the run OF
Fateiess. last years winner, and Dictator.
They had sso o. and
Bunny thought it time to yamoose He
broke cover and crossed TO a stretch Of dry
en1! enty out PH came the brace with he white
shoulders and spotted ears OF fatsless IN
the Sc of the WOOD they sSs
oHslan %sa to ts' to d%ss sD ~ SIDE Sat
mute. But Dictator. after passing the hot
scent. gave tongue % % once or twice. In beagle
he had snd IS sp
beat. him in the heat which proved to be
the decisive one.
Dn Ssd ons
Of country without any luck, when some one
raised view aauoo from clump some ols-
Lift the dogs over.' ordered the judges.
II is q manoeuvre sometimes necessary TO
hurry UP matters when the scent Ia show and
the handlers carried their dogs over to where
the rabbit had been visible.
at is my theory. said one OF the followers,
that bea giles should never be lifted. be-
lieve that they work on a chain Of scent. as
we reason In a chain Of thought, and the
lifting puts them at sea.
He aadressed Rockefe eller. but no one knows
what the reply would have been for at that
instant Sonnster and Dan y. got hot on a
rabbit and the best chase OF the day resulted.
They ran the cottontal down the side OF the
knob and well into the open on the windmill
aide, a race OF about three minutes The
flying bit OF fur, the bar king brace in pursuit,
with Judges and the lookers-on pelting along
to be In full sight. was the liveliest incident
OF the trials. Dan d. won the honors.
Fatelees, by beating Dictator, had salts
fed the judges, but the latter had to go against
Thorn field Echo, who had put out Dan D.,
TO read his title clear to second prize.
The summary:
Charles =. Drooke's Bob y, n minutes; John Cas-
IL minutes: Rock Ridge Kennels Fhteloss beat Gil
and Cronmiiler's Thornheld Radnor 10 minutes;
GIL and Cronmiller's Thornneld Echo beat Somer-
set Kennels Somerset Fiddler. q minutes A. J.
Puringtons Dictator beat Gil and Cronmiler's
Thornfeld Guide, Is minutes: John Caswel 8 Cham
MON Dan u. beat Chetwood Smiths sir TnSton.
"a minutes: a. J. Purngtons Tyrant beat John
Casv ellis Adm,rsls2 minutes; w Wallngneld Kennels
Cardinal beat F. d. Stuhrts Rex ". Is minutes,
tsla hAat TNlEtas