Evening star., 1912-11-18
Faces to Be Seen in Base Ball Next Season Of All Sorts
FIELD AND KENNEL

In an article published about one year
ago the writer in speaking OF the class
of field dogs said that probably one
puppy ont of three would make 1air
shooting dog, one out of five a good one,
and not one in ten a first-clase dog. oeN-
aral pointer and setter men contehoeu
that If the puppies were given 1air
chance the proportion would be TOO fo"'
and to those the answer was mace tfat
it was in reality too high. The recoros
of Count Whitestone's winning descehu-
ants recently published has caused 'he
writer to make an estimate Wnlch mas
resulted in his revising his former one
downward-very downward. Those VINO
have followed the reports Of the various
field trial meetings cannot fail to have
been struck with the large numper ot
Count Whitestone puppies that nave peen
contenders at the trials of the iast zen
years and ii can be safely asserted INA.
the get of no other sire have ever hau
the same chances of proving their worth
as field trial performers. For years the
pick dams of this continent nave peer,
sent to the harem of this acknowiedseo
king of the Llewellins. Not only was ne
great sire, but what was equally I'M
portant he was the fashion. and every
breeder caters to that Now. II a great
dog was ever "commercialized that dos
certainly Count W HlIeStOHcf oaiu -
can be doubted if his services were ever
refused to any one who had the STUD
fee. 1t has been said that his services
netted his owner moderate fortune
and that there We're few seasons Wneh
his book was not filled. We have not the
figures to speak with accuracy. but 1t
would be an excessive estimate to as
sumo that he served sixty bitches year,
and that the litters averaged six. In the
ten wears that he was in the stud TINS
.joD nfS some
coo. Every owner of one of them regard
ed his puppy a prospective champion,
and great proportion of them were
tried out" Now. of all these descend
ants sixty-five have won in field trials.
OF course. others will win in the future,
but not enough to change the list very
much, as it will affect the number of
wins more than the number OF winners
So here we have Sixty-five winners among
3,6OO puppies. or about one in every fifty
five. It may be said to those who do not
understand the term that a. winner Is
a dog which has won place at recOg-
nized trial The dog which runs fourth
or even divides fourth place with another
is termed a winner just as much as
the real winner of first place. Count
Whitestone's name stands at the head OF
all winning sires. and If only one out of
fifty-fve of his puppies can be recorded
ed as first class" any one can fix the
ratio of less noted ones to suit himseC.
Accounts are very conflicting as to
game conditions in the country adjacent
to the city. The writer has been out
twice in Alexandria county, Va, and over
ground where several coveys Of quail
were found last year, none are in evil
dence this season up to the present writ
ing. Residents of that section say that
birds are very scarce.
Capt. Michael Wallace Of the Treasury
Department is spending his annual vaca-
finp at his in ModiSon Vo
He has as his guests Milton +. Allies OF
the Riggs Bank and Mr.. Fitz patrick OF
the appointment division of the Treasury.
They expect good sport, as birds are
plentiful. Capt Wallace says that nearly
all of those they shot at last fall We're
left over for brooders
Louis f. Smoot has left for his farm in
King George county, and hopes to bag a
number of wild turkeys, as there are more
of them than usual in that section. Mr..
G. l.. Nicolson, manager of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal. is his guest on the
hunt.
Much interest is felt in the entry of
Homere, the rougl-coated Griffon khortal
pointer, in the all-age stake of the conti-
mental trials to be run at Waynesboro
Ca, November 25. In the entry list Ho-
mere is described as ''steel gray and brown
rough-haired Griffon Korthal by Gribou-
lille d'Amiens ex Frimouasse d'Amiens" !"
In SO far as the writer knows this is the
first instance in which Griffon has been
entered In leading trial in America and
he will be put to a severe test, for the
entry list comprises thirty-eight settlers
and eleven pointers. among them being
the very pick Of the two breeds. Mr..
Rosseau. the noted artist. whose works
attracted such wide attention in this city
and other points last winter. informed
the writer that Homere was, in his opin-
ion, the finest specimen living Of Grif-
fon. Mr.. ROsseau has shot over them a
great deal in France. and was enthusi-
astic in praise of their speed and en-
durance and predicted a great future for
them as shooting dogs in this country,
particularly in the south, after their
merits become known. They are by no
means new breed, they having been
used for many years on the continent
Mr.. Rosseau chose Homere for the model
Of his well known painting. Few Ameri-
cans. the writer among them. have ever
seen one OF the breed. and his perform
ance against our great pointers and set
ters will be watched with great interest.
l devoted part of his leave to shooting
around Hamilton. Loudoun county, and
reports birds as quite numerous. He
says the land is all posted. and unless
one has friends 'he needn't come
around"
A number Of sportsmen, all owners OF
good field dogs. have established a club
out near Brightwood, in a neighborhood
where there is good deal of open
ground and quail are quite numerous
number of owners go out every SUM-
day and some good work is done by the
dogs.
Whatever conditions may be in other
sections, there is no doubt of the fact
that there are more quail in the District
of Columbia this year than We're ever
before known. Two spOrtsmen went out
in the northwest section of the District
last Sunday for a morning walk, taking
with them three young settlers In less
.. than two hours they found seven large
coveys of quail, and could easily have
located others had they not become sur
, feited with their good luck.
Sam Conover, decked out in a brand
new hunting suit and carrying high
grade 2S-gauge hammerless, went or.
Thursday afternoon for his first quail
shoot near Fort Myer The dog pointed
at the very base of one of the wireless
| towers and as the birds flushed Sam
blaZed away, and, strange to say, killed
| the first quail he ever shot at. One of
| the sailor guards rushed toward him and
| ordered him to stop shooting there. Sam
proudly held up the dead bird. and the
guard said to him: well, you did pretty
well, for you peppered two men besides.
And this proved to be a fact, but the
| tars took it good-naturedly.
| Brooke II. Weeks of the Treasury De-