The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
GOOD DOGS IN MONTGOMERY W. H. Parrish Talks of His String. HAS SEVERAL THoRoUGHBREDs Preserves Special Strain of Pointer
 Blood. ouass an Interest is Being TsIxen Here In the Fiela Trial Game,
 and More is Ex-
 pected.
 

We called on Fl w. Parrish, yester- day and asked him to give us little dog talk. and to tell us about his own ssFg TiHn n st woS Ts are osoS Kin % to me noted feid trial winners of the past season; and he said he would gladly do so. as he always liked to talk dog, and to an Advertiser reporter, since that paper. with the sportsmen of Montgomery and Alabama. were talk ing so; much interest in mans best
 "Yes," he said. Montgomery is buck led up a little tighter now,i than ever beforp. to the held trial game, since MT. Graves is part. owner of one of bitch Rena Whitestone. and one of our leading physicians owns several youngsterg of the winning blood of ltoba Rap, the first pointer to ever win the classic event in the trials. the U. & Championship, Is pretty close Kin to shooting dogs I guess. in the country, her sire, my old friend and shooting companion, Center Rush. and Elmer B. Rush, the grand dam of, of this hsotSra Champion oS sisters. being sired by Lad of Rush, -one of the best, perhaps the best. point CT ever before the public.
 "Yes, l have preserved this special 
 fifteen years. and expect to till I lay aside the gun and bid farewell to the brown beauty Bob White." for nobody ing a pair of pups, sired by the field trial winner Styxs owned by MT. East ham, that good Birmingham sports man. These puppies are half sisters to the phenomenal derby performer of 1907 Valkyr. who in one season, won four hrsts and two third places in the trials. = recently sold to a local enthusiast, one
 of our leading jewellers. one of the incest little shooting dogs you ever saw, Lady Bob whitsstonss tHa9on ana aigniy ny I stiil own her half brother. Bob White
 brated sire Of ali slres. Count White.
 Wsss SsGai SciRs SGnfa s SE snd tisss two % younrsters have the homer of being | half brother and sisters. to the classy | Master John. he being by Count White
 dog brought out for many years. He 1 may have had equals, but l doubt if ht | ever had a superior in derby form. and
 he bids fair to improve as he is earrist T. Ist widely known. genial. high-tone
 dead-game sportsmap, Harry R. Ed | wards. of cleveland, o.
 "Mr Edwards is one of the leading | business men oK his State. being one l of the largest wholesale Rrocers in thai | section. He has a training and shoot | ing preserve at Hannon, Ala. out or ! the Seaboard Ar Line. where he spends part of his time. each winter. He hai | large kennel of celebrated dogs al ! HannOn. and breeds and runs hts dog.
 simply for the love of the sport. and | to Improve dog and man.
 'The celebrated Jack Guide, has beer | with Mir. Edwards for a number oi
 years till recently, when he resigned | and Mir. Dizier. of Hannon. for many | years the pleasant and accommodating \ agent of the Seaboard at that place now has charge of the Edwards ken mel. and we predict that he will make | always glad to have Mir. Edwards anC \ his kind of sportsmen come down from \ the North and enjoy this sport, ana
 this great country with us; By th, Mir. Edwards yesterday, he being In tht route home, from Thomasville. Ga. k where she has spent the winter.
 Perfeetion Of Setter Breedlmk.
 r "Yes, have ,one more which have \ just come in possession of, Dams Rub, \ Glri. the perfection of setter breeding | q straight bred Llewellen. her sire Ii | the only living grandson of the foun | fain-he cad of settlers old Gladstone. anC Sue. W. c. Comstock. of Connecticut spent the best part of forty years anG a great deal of money experimenting \ for this strain and feels fully repaiC \ by the results, He refused $500 fol \ Girls Dan to be taken back to England \ and still has two litter brothers tt \ Girl which he tells me. it would talk, an even thousand dollars to move. & ! you see there are some fine dogs fl | Montgomery and there are plenty nor, of them. could mention a sportsman \ good and true.
 T am very glad to see The Adver tiser taking such q lively interest Ii dogs, and certainly hope you will keel | up the good work. xf you can get ev | cry sportsman dn thls colntry to ~owl
 small bore gun (not an automatic \ slther) and a thoroughbred dog, th, | question of game preservation will talk ! care of itself and Mir. Wallace reward ! cd for his patriotic and untirihg effort E In this direction.
 'The State Game and Fish Commis
 Bioner has done great work for Ala \ bana. and the country at large no
 only by the discharge of the duties Q his office Gan ofilce which he practical
 iy ereatedl. but In arouslng the sports | men of Alabama and other States the realization of their game asset an p their responsibility in protecting an fostering same. But for him and
 s few others working with him alon h these lines, we would in a few year have nothing left in this country bu ' the English sparrcw.
 By the way, do you know, of COLTS