The San Francisco call., 1905-01-11
BY ASSHETON SMYTH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BAKERSFIELD. Jan. 10.-The Pa
ciic Coast Field Trials Derby is still
unfinished, but a winner will be de-
clared tomorrow before noon. A
start will then be made in all-age
stakes. The young dogs showed great
form to-day and the veterans in at
tendance say they never saw so many
high class animals started in one
stake. Ideal conditions prevail for
the development of good work, as
birds are plentiful and the weather is
cool with light winds.
The sportsmen here are enthusiastic
over the work shown by the settlers
and pointers. Their ranks were
largely increased to-day. The morn
,ing's trains brought men from bothl
the north and south. There is a fine
spirit of sportsmanship shown in the
field, no sign of jealousy nor of COM
mercialiSm being in evidence. No
one seems to give thought to the
prizes, while all join in praising any
clever work shown by dog.
The first brace of dogs put down
in the morning were w. w. Van
Arsdale's black, white and tan Eng
lish setter Mariposa, handled by c. H.
Babcock, and J. r. Terry's black,
white and tan English setter Ken
wood, handled by Fred Coutts. They
proved a brace of fast, wide ranging,
merry working dogs, with Mariposa
slightly the better in all these charac>
teristics.
MARIPOSA IN GOOD FORM.
After several wide casts had been
made Mariposa dropped to point in
high weeds, where conditions seemed
unfayorable. In these weeds each dog
secured two points. Mariposa was at
once marked by the knowing ones
as sure to go in the second series. The
next brace down was Rose and Chris
tensen's black, white and tan Eng
lish setter Del Rey Belle, handled by
Charles Coutts, and M. Lawrence's
lemon and white English setter
Youley, handled by S. M. Carlisle.
This brace was in good cover, where
there were plenty of birds, and they
scored' number of points Youley
was somewhat deficient in style.
After these came Fargo Roses
orange and white setter Rival, handled
by w. B. Coutts, and W. B. Coutts'
liver and white pointer Bolins Duke,
handled by Charles Coutts. These had
a long run, which was not productive
of much point work. While both
at times showed fairly good speed and
made some clever casts, they were un-
certain in their work,
]. e. Terry's lemon and white Eng
lish setter Ladylike, handled by w. B.
Coutts, and A. Cadigan's liver and
white pointer dog Chiquite, handled by
J. E. Lucas, were the next brace down,
and they gave the spectators a clever
exhibition of speed, wide casting and
clever point work, Ladylike scoring
points TO the dogs 4. From the char
acter Of the ground over which they
worked and the high class of both
dogs possibly no heat in the race up
to this time was better appreciated by
the assembled sportsmen.
Mountain View Kennels liver and
white pointer Sandango, handled by J.
e. Lucas. was cast off to run his bye
on the same ground when the last
brace was taken up. Soon after he
was put in action. in attempting to go
through wire fence, he injured his
fore leg, which famed him so serious
Iy as to destroy any chance he might
have had for the stake.
COMPETITION Is CLOSE.
The officials and spectators then
moved to new field, about mile dis
tant, where Judge Betten announced
that the following dogs would take
part in the second series: Nellie p
with Sir Roderick, Ladylike with Mari
posa, Del Rey Belle with Burbank
and Chiquite with Japan. The first
brace OF the second series was Nellie
p and Sir Roderck. Both dogs went
away at clipping gait, Sir Roderick
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