Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-18
FIELD AND KENNEL

Much interest is felt locally in the
action of the United States Field Trial
Club. which barred from its trials all
dogs owned or handled by James NJ.
Avent. since he has been handling Kid
wells Comet, the good pointer owned
by Walter Kidwell of this city. 1t APP
pears hard that Mr. I<idwelrs dog. on
which he has spent much money, should
be barred from the trials for some al
legged transgression of his trainer in
which neither the owner nor his dog was
in the most remote manner connected.
About one year ago Avent was accused
of misrepresenting the age of the setter
Molink and running him in derby stakes
when, it was alleged, he was an i-age
dog. The Continental Club investigated
and sustained the charge, and the by
laws Of the United States club provide
that no man barred by another club can
take part in its trials.
Avent is Enthusiastically the greatest
handler of field trial dogs in the world.
He was successful from the very start,
which was about thirty years ago. ana
In a few years after he began handling
dogs his kennels became famous. In his
early days AS an owner he owned rev
dogs, bred from native bitches, sired by
the great Gladstone. This was when
there were few Llewellin bitches In this
country. But he soon discarded these and
all grades and has since confined his
ownership strictly to Llewellins. Pretty
good evidence that the Llewellins are the
best field trial dogs in the world. for
oughly awake to the min chance.
This does not mean that he will not
handle other strains and breeds, foI this
is his profession. and he will handle any
n -;o do
veloped the English setter Commissioner
and Won many stakes with him. among
them the National championship. With
out examining the records. four other
won the championship-Count Gladstone
~, Sioux twice), the grand little daughter
of Count Gladstone w. Mohawk III. and
Monora. Mess his disbarment prevents
ship. it seems almost a certainty that he
will win the title with the great Lew
ellin Momoney, which Avent asserts is
a little brother of Molink. the dog which
led to his disbarment. He also bred and
won I'm the trials with that great sire
and king Of all speed balls" Rodingo.
In letter defending himself Avent as
serts that he is one OF three living
charter members Of the United States club.
He has always been careless about reg
istering his dogs and the trouble prob
ably was caused more by omission than
commission. The writer has read every
line of the published testimony and
thinks Avent was barred more on account
of his personality than because of any
Intentional wrOngdoing.
Marion Fowler and Harry Naylor are
back from an outing In MARYLAND. but
found comparatively few birds. This
does not keep Mr.. Fowler from thinking
that he has the best bird dog in the
state. and he is willing to run him
against all corners.
Will Keane and Monte Beall hunted
tell the usual story of very few BIRDS"
they had fine sport with the beagles.
killing twenty eight rabbits.
II. n. Bliss and Courtenay Jenkins spent
four or five days shooting in the vicin-
They had fair luck and greatly enjoyed
the fine work of Mr.. Bliss Lewellin
dogs These dogs are by Caesar ex
Danstone's Nellie. When they first came
real form, but Mr.. Bliss says they are
now the best dogs he ever owned
Various reasons are assigned for the
gradual but marked decrease in the num-
Der of quails. but it is doubtful il any
one factor has more to do with the
problem than the disappearance OF the
good old zigzag rail fence and its re-
sutant corners, which furnished an
ideal resting place and nursery for Mrs.
Bob White and her brood. The corners
were full Of briers and weeds that were
as old as the fences themselves. and
even middle-aged men can recall the
partridge eggs they have pilfered
there in their boyhood days. Were he to
go there now he would find the briers.
the sassafrass bushes and other old
things gone and forgotten. anu a prosaic
barbed wire fence in their place, with the
He would miss the old order of things,
but not nearly SO much as do the birds.
In the continental field trials. held at
WaynesborO, Ga, Captain Heikes. the
good setter puppy, sustained his reputa-
ton by winning his second derby. Miss
Tess. setter. was second while Colonel
Bogey, pointer. and TOOie. setter. divided
third In the all-age stake, with eighteen