Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

were greatly enjoyed by al who heard
them.
A general discussion Of tho field tr1a
proposition followed. ana tho consensus
Of opinion was that tho meeting snoulo
Three stakes are to be run. consisting OF
a members all age. an open derby and
an open all age. While the meeting was
Of a preliminary nature, there was q
general agreement that the TWO ni I1"
| should be for the entrance moneys, while
the open all-age stake should have sub
stantial guaranteed value. These details
will be settled at a later meeting.
Mr.. M. e. Cook, speaking for Capt.
Randle Of Randle Heights, offered the
use of an immense tract on which to
| run the trials. Birds are reported IN
great numbers there. and with the sec
| ton east Of Brightwood and that west OF
| Tenleytown insures ample grounds On
which to hold the trials. and birds galore.
| This is a very scarce combination IN the
| east and will be certain to draw large
number Of sportsmen from eastern cities,
and a large entry list of high-class field
dogs.
Although extended cordial invitation.
none of the officers Of the Maryland and
District OF Columbia field trial clubs came
over from Baltimore, and 1t is practically
assured that this city will form an entire
ly new organization. and sportsmen from
all nearby sections be invited to CO.
operate in making the meeting a notapie
| one.
Mr.. Marshall Morgan OF Nashville.
Tenn, secretary to Senator Lea, was
an interested participant. and promised
| his active cooperation in promoting the
trials Mr.. Morgan is well known both as
| a sportsman and writer on field sports
Among those present were H. M. Dick
inson, A. s. tombstone, Charles Hume
/ NJ E. Cooke B. H. Weeks, Marshall Nor
gan, DR.. R. 8. Palmer, A. p. Myers. II. O.
| Hughes, Thomas P. Baldwin. W. A.
/ Heine, A. F. Callan. Herbert Bohnke, F.
F. Kidwell, v. F. Torney. e. M. laskey
Walter Kidwel. Charles r. Kengla,
| Thomas L. Hume H. c. Evans and r. F.
Hoffar.
| Another meeting will be held about May
1. when a permanent organization Will oe
effected and a program mapped OUT LOT
the most enjoyable week of field sport
that Washington has ever known.
| Mention was made last week of the
sale of the great pointer, Manitoba
| Rap 1t turns out that he was pur-
chased by T. T. Pace of Knoxville.
| Tenn. who already owns the great
setter dog. Champion Prince White
! stone, and c. II. Babcock, the well
known field trial handler. In writing of
Manitoba Rap, Babcock says: TT is not
only that he is the only pointer ever able
to win the national championship, but
while he. is a typical pointer from the tip
Of his nose to the tip Of his tail he has
all the style and snap of the setter. was
never known to trail another dog an inch
in his life is absolutely bird finder and
has the greatest stamina of any living
| dog"
| We are informed by resident OF Gull
pepper county, Va. that the severe wealth
| err Of the past winter played havoc with
the uuails and the county authorities
on quails. This will be sad news to the
many Washingtonians who shoot there.
Quail IN the District certainly Jared
much better. On Sunday morning walk
with gentleman who was exercising his
settlers, three coveys were found in
short time, one having fifteen or twenty
birds and another almost as large.
| 1t would be interesting to know what
| becomes of all these birds. They must
seek new breeding grounds, for despite
| the fact of there being SO many left over
in the spring. there is no noticeable in
| crease in the coveys found in the fall. and
| this IN a section where they are never
moIested except by hawks. The natural
| increase OF the coveys seen on Sunday
and there are many more in the same
locality-would lead one to suppose that
| there would be scores of coveys next
! fall, but it will be found there will be
practically the same number Of birds
I as last season.
We have been afraid of 1t for some
time and 1t has come at last. A CORE.
spondent who should know better sends
this doggerel and we stand Tor 1t once
bur never again:
t"When 1 walk proudly into town
The bows don't kick my dawg aroun',
For they know at once that he amt no
And a Llewelun won't stand being kicked
aroun'.
In looking UP some records recently we
came across a summary of the season s
scores OF the old Capital City Gun Club
for the year 1854. Uncle Billy Wagner
of Capitol Hill was high gun with per-
| centage of .912 and was pretty close to
high gun in 1911. Ed Mills. now in the
internal revenue bureau, was second with
.SS5. Burridge Wilson. still in the Treas
urX, had .63S. and John Philip Sousa. the
great musician, was low gun with a
have passed to the happy hunting
grounds.
Th. blue ribbon St Bernard, Prince
Francois. owned by T. o. Crown of this
| city. at the bench show held in Balti-
more the 18th and 18th instant, won first
| in the limit class, first In the open class
| and winners, and winning the three spe-
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for the best dog or bitch in the open class
and the Jenkins and Jenkins cup for the
best of the breed. Prince will be shown
| at the Washington bench show to be
| held next month.
Field and Kennel has been asked for
| advice on subject that Is as old as the
| history of the hunting dog-"What can
do for a gun-shy dog?" Making no claim
| to being authority on such things the
| advice would be to put the dog in the
| discard deck. -Four out OF five trainers
| will tell of methods of curing this fault.
but not one dog out Of hundred is
worth the trouble that the cure entails
| Tie only really sensible treatment we
| have ever read of we have never seen
| tried. A sportsman went out with a
very handsome setter, which worked
| beautifully until the first shot was fired
| waen he made a bolt for more quie
scenes. He was captured at last and put
to work. but promptly bolted again at the
! next shot. The gentleman gave up quai
, shooting in dispair and decided to try FOL
ducks. He entered a rowboat, pulled tn,
dog in after him and chained him secure