Evening star., 1912-11-10

| be sold at twenty dollars an acre. The
| Washington sportsman was game and at
| once sent his check for S2SOOO, and will
build a shooting lodge.
| Most of the leading field trial clubs are
enforcing the requirement that dogs must
be registered in eithe the American Ken
mel Club or the Field Dog Studbook to
become eligible in trials. This is a wise
pro eeeding. The registration fee is only
one dollar, and IS insignificant when COM
pared with the advantages derived. From
a commercial viewpoint registration is a
necessity. for few prospective purchasers
| of bird dogs, or other breeds. will con-
| registered or whose registration papers
are not furnished. Blood lines are given
more consideration today than ever be-
| fore, and from a pedigree one can tell
| at a glanee whether or not the dog pos
sesses the strains desired. Even though
| you may be breeding gift dogs, you may
rest assured that the recipient will prize
the gift all the more if papers are sent
along.
The Hume brothers. Tom. Charles and
Rawlins, tried their luck in the neigh
borhood of the Great Falls. but found
very few quail. fewer. in fact. than were
in the same territory last season. They
had first-class dogs in Dainty and Count,
and if the birds had been there this pair
would have located them.
You can't keep a good man down. It
was announced last Sunday that Tub
Dickinson's leg was broken in two places
That was true enough, but Tub" was
out around Brlghtwood. his leg ;ncased
in plaster, walking around on crutches
while watching the dogs run, when he
Tread the note.
Edward B. Mclean has recently added
| two handsome Irish settlers to his ken
nels. There has been quite a revival of
interest In this breed of late There was
a time when the reds were favorites in
the field. and without going to the rec
ords Berkeley, Noreen, Biz and Elcho
are recalled as having held their own
fairly we'll In field trials, Berkeley having
most creditable record. This was many
years ago. From some reason they are
now rarely seen in the hunting field, and
at the trials they have become merely
memory. Various reasons have been ad-
vanced to account for this, the one most
generally accepted being that they became
popular, and bench shows and breeders
paid more attention to the so-cal,ed
"bench show type" than to. field uuaIi-
ties. with the result that the breed has
greatly deteriorated
Several sportsmen. who are partial to
beagle hounds have asked why these
sturdy little fellows are not mentioned
more frequently in these notes. Candidly.
it is for the very good reason that the
writer knows very little about them
Never having been a rabbit hunter he
knows little about rabbit dogs The
beagles are growing wonderfully popular
and there are probably more of them in
Washington and nearby sections than
there are settlers and pointers combined
One certainly sees more of them in the
field. Any notes about them from their
| owners and admirers will be gladly re-
ceived.
DR.. Buckner Randolph visited his old
home in Fauquier county last week and
devoted one day to quail shooting. He
found birds rather scarce, but did not
return empty handed.
Perhaps the best known setter in the
city is the handsome blue belton SO fire.
quently seen In Farragut Square. Frank
VII. While royalty bred he has not had
much field experience, being the pet and
constant companion Of hts charming
young owner, Miss Marguerite Watson,
He serves a very useful purpose, how
ever. by showing that a well bred setter
| is one OF the handscmest dogs in the
world
BY the way, can any of our readers in
| form US as to the origin of the term
''belton' as used to describe the mark
ings on setter dogs? Only to the uniniti-
ated is 1t necessary to state that the term
applies solely to the markings on settlers
strain. leading authority recently
! stated that the origin of the term was
| not known.
| Vernon Snider, who is doing the work
| on the Confederate morument in Airing
/ ton cemetery spent Friday and SATURDAY.
| shooting quail at his home in Fiuyanna
countyVa. Fluvanna is in the heart of the
famed persimmon belt of Virginia, and Mr..
| Snider says the orchards are fairly bend
| ing under their loads of luscious golden
| fruit. 1t may be recalled that Fluvanna
and Halifax are noted as the two Vir-
giria counties that hold divergent views
! on public questions for in the former
they protect their persimmon orchards
1 against coons and poSsums, while in
| Halifax they have law protecting coons
| and possums against everything. Mr.
Snider reports fair success shooting Quail
!, A fine wild turkey was killed and, Won
| derful to relate, he does not claim to
have killed it himself. This is very
| rare occurrence.
| game in this section of the country is
| November 1. In Maryland it begins some
| what later. Those who are familiar with
| game laws were both amused and inter-
| ested while walking on leading West
| End thoroughfare early on the morning
| of November l to see a sibn displayed in
the window of a leading market store
| reading: Quail Pheasants.' 1t was an
/ cary worm that caught those BIRDS
The field trial proposition having fallen
| through here, those intere sted in this
royal sport will be glad to learn that the
Pase Valley Field Trial Club has beer or
ganized at Luray. Va, and hopes to hold
| a meeting in the near future. 1t will be
| strictly an amateur club. professional
| hand ers being barred. 0. H. Aylor.
| Luray, Va, is secretary and will give all
| information.
Charles r. Kengla, ]. NJ. Beall and
Charles LEVEL spent a portion of last
| week shooting in Culpeper county Va.
Among them they bagged ''umpty" quail
and twenty eight rabbits Charley Keng-
la was regaling couple of his friends
about the shooting they had done, and
| as he moved off they exchanged signifi-
cant glances and one of them said: "Oh.
that's nothing. You should hear him tel