The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-28

'N - O"e NouHtsg ony ~ ne
again Recovered In the Mex.
During the centennial year my friend,
l. H. Smith, of Strathroy. Canada,
wrote me he was expecting an importa-
ton from Llewellyn kennel, in England,
OF an animal superior to any of the I'M
ported dogs, and he asked me to stop
and make selection of the pup he
wished to present me. L was glad, of
course, only too glad, to accept his offer.
says p. H. Bryson in the Memphis
News-Scimitar.
August of that year saw me inspect
ing the five pups, then only four weeks
old. Mr.. Smith, after taking first
choice, gave me second choice. Of
course, there was nothing in a pup four
weeks old to indicate its worth, though
You will find many lovers of the dog to
differ with me, claiming there are indi-
cations of worth or worthlessness in
dogs even at that tender age. I select
ed the pup on its markings only.
Next name was suggested. My lit
tie son insisted on naming the pup, call
ing it Ring. AS all older citizens know.
every negro in the land that owned a
dog in those days called it Ring. 1 said
to the boy that the name Ring he Sc,
lected was too much for blueblood.
Mr.. Smith, being an Englishman and a
lover of everything that is English, sug-
gested that name him Gladstone. The
grand old man" Gladstone was then at
his height of fame and the pup was
named Gladstone.
When Gladstone was old enough to so
into the field he was sent into the
country near Whites station to be
trained. The gentleman who kept him
for me called one day and stated that
the dog was no good. The man said
that he never saw Gladstone after he
was unclaimed and could not keep up
with him on horse, he was so fact. I
was like the lamented David Poston and
Arthur Wheatley-equal to a govern
ment niue to walk, and dog that
could not be run down or kept up with
on a horse must be of little use to me
as a shooting dog.
y. Avant, the great trainer, says he
sells the dog which comes back with his
trainer after having been taken out on
exercise, but keeps and trains and runs
in trails those that take a day or two
to find. The late Arthur Wheatley
came to me one day and stated that he
had a suggestion as to curing Glad
stone. We would send him and some
dogs he owned to the north on the prai-
ries. A man was selected to take the
string to Iowa. Field trials were then
to be held In Chicksus, under the aus
pices of the late DR.. Rowe, the Nestor
of field-trial reporting and the owner of
the Chicago field.
was not present but sent Gladstone
to run in the trials held at Waterloo,
Iowa. DIR. Rowe's account of Glad
stones performance Disguised me con-
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.Gladstone was put down." he said,
land the next seen of him was in the
next county, thirty miles away"
heard that Joseph Dow, of Column
bia, Tenn, was good trainer; so I
sent Gladstone to him to be trained for
field trials, which were to be run at
Belle Meade. Mr.. Dow, knowing my
weakness for field trials, said he would
do the best he could with Gladstone.
The rules then gave five points for
speed range, and other qualities that go
to make up the score of dogs now were
not counted.
Gladstone was called about noon.
General jackson, the owner of Belle
Meade, and 1 were sitting on fence
discussing horses Dow ran ano Their
dog in a heat previous to Gladstone,
and called to his colored man to un-
chain Gladstone, and blew his whistle.
The dog, always obedient to command
when he could hear it, bolted like a shot
Z toward Dew. Dog after dogs chance
Twin was snuffed out as he entered
small switch cane Of about thirty
Mes, where couple of bevies of quail
Ad alighted.
1t was like the charge of the Six Hun
dred at Balaklava or the storming of
f2O3 Meter Hill by the japanese. Tt
smeans death to the majority.
The spectators had formed guard
! around its banks SO as to witness the
work of the dogs. on the scattered bev-
les In the switch cane. ut IS now
Gladstone's time to go down into de-
feat. Il remarked to General Jackson.
The dog sped past us in his rush to get
to Mr.. Dew. When nearly opposite us
he ran into and flushed a single bird be-
fore he caught scent of the bird, and
his point was the administration of
many hundred spectators. General
jackson said to me: "Bryson, that
point has never been approached by
any dog on the ground" What about
the flush, General?" asked.
Soon Dew was ordered to cast off his
dog. In a twinkling Gladstone's head
was seen, his eyes dilated, his mouth in
CULVER and the hair on his tail turned
the wrong way, like cats.
Point judges" rang out Dew.
Put up your bird and send your dog
on, said the judges.
Get away, G1ad!" rang out Dew's
command. A few jumps and up went
Gladstone's tail, and he was almost on
his stomach as his front feet plowed up
the ground at so sudden stop. Point
judges'' rang out his handler. This
performance was repeated six times by
Gladstone, without a flush on the
ground, and the owners Of many de-
feated dogs attested that it was next
to impossible for dog to do point work
in such cover and not flush some birds.
Take up your dogs, gentlemen"