Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
FIELD AND KENNEL

The entries for the bench show to be
held at the Arcade April "a, % and rs
are all IN. and the management IL more
than pleased at the number Of dogs en-
tered, which 1t asserts Will be very
close to 400. This IL most creditable
showing and insuree q successful show.
Pointer and setter owners came forward
at the last hour. and enough entries in
each class were made to make most
interesting exhibit. OF course many Of
the dogs are entered in several classes
Among the pointer entries we note the
1%Sl'oT1n s.vI p. L; s Gol,ins California Joe:
Malt; w. L. Kidwell. Mazuma II; Ed
ward L, Schmidt. Lieutenant b.: Harry
~ k1rkover. Yumas Throck; A. K. More
land, Gtpgo Indiana GYPSY; e. B. Chase
Maliwyd Maud; James F. Carlin, Nell;
Christopher Wren. Keny Belle Crawford;
Richardson & Woodwork, Duke II and
Sport II.
The following comprise the English set
Ter entries: Charles r. Kengla Bob X. !;
Mrs Albert p. Myers. Alexander; E. A.
Young, Berks Ned; B. H. Weeks Ida:
F. M. Finley, Countess Bobstone; Balm
bridge Wilson, Brandhu and Kitty: w. L.
webb, Old Dominion Kate: DR.. James e.
Hair. A1berts Pride, and Phil J.. Stube-
ner. Mary B. and Dolly Noble.
The hundreds. even thousands. of
sportsmen. who own descendants Of the
great setter, Count Whitestone, were sur
pr1sed to read letter written by W. w.
Titus. his former owner, in which, he
says: Not only this, but I am not sure
that Count Whitestone is a LleweIlin
Some time. when feel like it, I will
publicly give my. reasons for this, and 1
think they are good ones' Count white
stone is dead now. but for many years
he was Mr.. Titus main commercial as
set, ana when he was receiving 500 for
for an instant cast a doubt on his right
to be classed among the Llewellins.
H. M. Dickinson has presented to DR..
Patricia Danstone. BY Beau Danstone. ex
Alter Abigail. DR.. Dunn had a world of
hard luck with his dogs about q year
ago, losing one by the poison route and
another being shot by some miscreant.
A few days since farmer in a nearby
Virginia section informed the writer that
quail in his neighborhood were practically
exterminated by the cold weather. and
asked II some one would furnish him q
couple OF dozen brood birds. He was
asked II he permitted others to shoot
over his land. but on this point he was
non-comInittal.
There 10 going 20 be battle royal at
the bench show between Charley Ken
gia's setter Bob K" and Bert Myers
Alexander" They are entered against
each other In the novice and local classes,
and the result will be watched with in
terest. Both owners are from George
town, and have many friends among
local sportsmen.
e. G. Bucklin. the widely known
Hyattsville sportsman. had in Count
Whitestone's Gladstone, a son Of Count
Whitestone. a fine dog. shut little too
fast q ranger for his use. He traded
with Ed Carr, the widely known pro-
fessional handler. with the usual result
he got q pointer that Is entirely too slow.
It Is doubtful 1t any man In the coun-
try is better qualified to speak on the
qualities desirable In good shooting
dogs'' than c. n. Babcock, well known
as field trial handler as well. Mr. Bah
cock il firmly convinced that the first
wide-ranging dog. commonly spoken -
the field trial dog. makes by far the best
shooting dog. In. . recent letter he write:
''You can set It down a. N absolute fact
that the ultimate purpose OF . blrd dog.