Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11

record that John Smith or. John Jones
went out and killed Tor missed) d rabbit
than to go through the records and give
an account of Gladstone or Count Noble,
but he feels certain that the great ma
jOrity of readers are more interested In
the latter item.
Did he think otherwise, d detailed &C
count Of a recent happening in Kansas
would be recorded, accompanied by
proofs. farmer out there. recently had
occasion to thrash out a lot of stacked
! oats, and when he started his machine
| he was surprised to see fur as we'll as
straw fly. He kept it going. however. and
on examining the results he was as
| tonished to find that he had thrashed out
thirty sacks of Jack rabbits that had
! crowded into the machine to seek shelter
| from the cold. ...t-
/ Mr.. II. S. Vandergrift OF 18th street
has fine setter dog that is a litter
! brother to Benstone. the sensational full
| trial winner owned by Jack Dunn Of Bal
/ timore, both being by. Count Whitestone
,eX Mayme Gilchrist. Tub Dickinson,
who has been handling Mr.. Vandergrift's
/ dogs, says that if given a chance In the
| trials this one will hold his own with the
| best.
| The national championship won by
Commissioner recently earned him the
purse and the title, but very little glory
| judges, in awarding the title, declared
| that they did so against their own Judg-
! ment, as no dog that had run in the race
| had shown championship form; but the
rules required that the title be given to
some dog. and they reluctantly awarded
| it to Commissioner. he having done better
work than the other thirteen starters. 1t
was pronounced one Of the finest fields
/ that ever contested for the title, but the
dogs for some unexpected reason failed
| tn RIM to their. true form.
! If "Pere Jean will send his name and
! address we will be glad to answer his
| communication on the pointer and setter
question. In the meantime the. Llewel-
| lin pointer mentioned in last Sundays
notes should be very close Kin to the
| breed he prefers.
| The American Field Of last week con-
tanned the registration of Charles r. Ken
gla's English setter PUPPY Bob h,
| Beau observation-disclosures Bruce. The bitch
| Victoria Bruce is owned by Commander
/ r. H. Jackson of the navy. now sta
/ toned with the Asiatic squadron. Mr..
| Kengla recently lost a handsome young
! Sue p, ne having died very suddenly.
/ Beau Danstone also died very recently,
and Pripus, the choice, puppy of The Vic
! toria Bruce litter. which was being kept
! for Commander Jackson was lost or
! stolen, and liberal offer of reward has
/ not recovered him. This all shows the
| risk owners and breeders run. Victoria
| Bruce herself has survived the ill luck
| and is in fine shape
! \ party of sportsmen were out in the
Brishtwood section last Sunday scatter
/ ing grain for the birds. One of them in
J forms Field and Kennel that they dis
I tributed two bushels of feed in localities
/ where quail are known to be- They saw
! three coveys of fine, healthy birds, in one
| of which they counted eighteen and in
4 41r xse1-
/ did not flush at all. They first placed
| plenty of grain. for them and then drove
/ the birds to it. From numerous sec
tons of the District it is learned that
very few quail We're destroyed by the
cold, and there will be more than ever
next fall.
| The Game Protective Association, OF
| which we think Maj. Richard sylvester
! is the head, has been most generous ir
furnishing grain to feed the District
birds I'VE are informed that it not
| only furnished it to the policemen in all
(! outlying districts. but to any one who
would take the trouble to distribute it.
Baltimore is going to hold a dog show
March 14-16. and a letter from one Of the
officials says that from the way entries
are coming in they feel sure of having
| between 400 and 800 dogs, which would
| insure them great show. The show is
! under the auspices Of the American Ken
i -
ants will do the judging. The letter ex-
presses the hope that Washington will be
| well represented on the benches.
An article on the great Lewellin dog
Gladstone appeared in this column
few weeks since. Last weeks Sports
mems Review reproduces ii in full and
| is good enough to give Field and Ken
| ne1' and The Sunday Star credit for it.
| For which many thanks.
For over thirty-five years u heated con-
troversyl has waged as to who was
sponsible for the name. t'Llewellin set
ters" and 1t still goes on Now an en-
tirely new breed of pointers has suddenly
been created in these notes, and Field
and Kenner' clieerfulIy accords to The
Star printers the glory of christening
them. In note We spoke of owner
getting his Lleweliin pointed for the
| field trials. In print the gentleman was
! advised TO get his .Llewelin pointer for
the trials. Not for an instant was it in
| tended to insinuate that he owned a
I"dropper. An 'antiI1lewelln'' man ac-
| cused tbs writer of not only claiming all
the good settlers as Llewellin, but Of
adopting the good pointers as well.