Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19
FIELD AND KENNEL

president Of the Field Trial Association.
concerning the Laurel Md, meeting on
November 27-9. Mr.. Gent writes that
there is every prospect of large entry
list, and that some thirty-tlve pointers and
| settlers will contest in the three races.
This number of good dogs will insure a
great meeting. Geographically Laurel Is
a splendid location for it. and the dates
fit in nicely fer owners who propose 60
ing to the North Carolina and Georgia
meetings, which take place early In De-
| cember. Entries can be made up to the
evening of November %, so 1t Is impos-
sible to give definite information at this
time.
Indications point to the following en-
tries from members OF the club, and there
will of course, be many from outsiders
| DIR. William H. Pearce, 2; James +. Lu-
| cas- ,: Jack Dunn. 4: Joseph Kinds. :;
Henry A. Brehm. 1; Grason H Gent, L,
Pail Steubner G. l.. Nicolson, the kidWeil
brothers. Tom Baldwin, H. NJ. Dickinson,
| Rawlins Hume, 3. H. Weeks. Mr.. Buck
lin of Hyattsville and others. 1t is to be
| hoped that local sportsmen Will encour-
age the sport by entering their dogs and
running them. II is not necessary to be
| a member of the club to enter dog IN
any of the stakes except in the members
I
! only So sportsnen can render material
aid to the club by becoming members:
! The only qualification required is love OF
/ a field dog, and every one should De en-
| either to become member OF the asso-
| citation or to enter a dog will be FUR
nished with all necessary blanks by ap-
plying to DR.. H. Lee Clarke, secretary,
/ One piece of information in Mr.. Gents
letter will cause general regret among
! those who propose entering their doss'
and that is that Mr.. Charles B. Cooke
of Richmond one OF the judges chosen,
cannot cfficiate. Mr.. Cookies reputation
for absolute fairness and thorough know.
edge of the sport assured every one Oh
capable judging. Nothing does more to
make OR mar d trial than the judging.
which should be done without fear or ia
vor Mr.. Gent is trying to secure Frank
Riley OF Philadelphia in place of MT
Cooke who cannot attend. DR.. Lee
Clarke of Baltimore and Mr.. Dallam Of
Laurel are the other Judges. and 1t is
to be hoped that another capable man
will be secured to aid them.
The writer can vouch for this: A coun-
TRUMAN recently had freshly killed wild
turkey gobber for sale. a West End
dealer offered him 12l2 cents pound
dressed. A city man at another West
End market wanted to buy one He was
asked 30 cents pound gross. And there
your are. Mr.. Ultimate Wild Turkey Con-
sumner.
William f. Matheson was out for
days shooting in Maryland and brought
in twenty quais and five rabbits.
George Scott and Vic Ganzza were down
| in Virginia for three days and brought
back a fine bag OF birds and rabbits
Mr. Brooke r. Weeks has just returned
from fairly successful hunt in Culpeper
county Va, where he was the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Strngfelow, al
their delightful home. Bellar, on the
banks of the historic Rapdan and in the
immediate vicinity of one Of the great
battlefields of the civil war. There is
still standing and in good preservation
on the place Of Mr.. Stringfellow the
house in which the mother Of President
! Arthur was born. The trip was married
to some extent from a hunters stand
point by the bad weather. He found
quail fairly plentiful and wild turkeys
unusually so. He brought home a fine
young sobbler as one of the spols Of his
hunt Rabbits We're SO numerous they
could be caught by hand, as Mr.. Thomas
of the supervising architects office will
tell Mr. Blandy of the Departm mt of
Commerce and Labor was also a guest at
Bellair Mr. Weeks is still RECALLING his
ptalty of this charming old-time Viz
| ginia home.
Mr. Louis Smoot has returned from a
most successful hunt IN King George
county, Va M Smoot killed over fifty
| ra bbits a large number of quail and the
unusual number OF five wild turkeys.
/ A we'll known sportsman was eXercis-
ing his young setter puppies recently pear
/ Rock creek and in the immediate vicinity
/ The pups flushed fine covey of quail,
4 and the chatelaine of the castle, who was
| on her lawn, saw the birds flying and
said to the gentleman: ''Oh. sir, I hope
j your dogs did not chase them 1 feed the
n birds every day" Madame I regret to
sag that they did chase them very hard.
but no harm was done. for they couldn t
Il catch any"
The American Field Futurlty was run
last week at Hutsonville. Ill This race
is to dogdom what the Sheepshead Bay
F'uturity formerly was to horsemen La
Besita. Llewe!lyn puppy by Count
Whitestone ex Ell Beso, won first; Gwyn-
ia, a pointer bitch, second: Choice Belle,
a Llewellyn bitch. third. and Ramona s
Destiny. another Lleweilyn, third. 1t
| was a great day for the Llewellyns and
a greater one for the young ladies'" not
dog puppy winning a place.
Every one will be pleased that one OF
grand old Count Whitestone's puppies
won first, for this will probably be the
last time in which of his get will
start in this great race and the career
of this grand sire of Derby winners went
out in a blaze of glory with La Besta' S
victory.
Billy Btazell must have been the hap
piest man on the Hutsonville grounds.
He recommended and sold FL Beso the
dam OF La Besita, to j. L. Rynearson and
advised him to breed her to Count White
stone He trained FL Besita and won this
great race with her. BeaZell has lo~k
been one Of the strongest advocates of
and leading breeders of the straight LEV
ellyn settlers. When his many friends re-
fer to him "1lewellyn crank his
| only answer is a good -natured smile and
the remark, Go look up the records
A correspondent writes us that he has
always thought that the wild turkey COB
bier should be declared our national
/ bird" Having just done his full share
4 toward disposing of splendid wild
gohbler as ever roamed the forests of the
Old Dominion. the writer can from the
/ fullness of his experience cheerfully in
dorse this view. and even suggest that 1t
] be declared the king of birds. both nation
al and international. 1t was a bird all
] right.
Charles Hume is lamenting the loss OF
| his fine black, white and tan puppy
Alter Ben. by Marse Ben. His brother