Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
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teresttng letter from Lakeviev. y. G..
where. he is having his annual hunt, that
one ':es to walk far to make even faif
bag. ;:nd that is all that Mr.. Major per-
mits himself. Mr.. Major was the owner
of t!.at splendid shooting dog. Beau
Daustone. Beau died one year ago.
but pr. Major hne two of his sons that
are d,iing great Work.
TIL. +'houn' dog state is greatly excited
over .he charge that when Gov. IIadley
vacatEd the executive mansion he left
behii': him seven dogs for his successor
to fe<tl The noted bull mooser" hurts
back the charge with scorn. Leave a
dog 80 the mercies of a democrat, New
err. sie admits having The dogs, but eX-
plains. that just before retiring he ordered
the ;'.ven ranking co,onels on his stan
to rci;.Drt in fun uniform. After they had
salutsd he ordered each colonel 10 take
a dog home with him. and he naturally
supposed they had obeyed orders. But 1T
Appeals they did not. and Missouri Is
making it a political issue. Gov. Major.
it apfi.ars. would not have objected had
they been "houn' dogs" but he fears
they .aight be ''mooseis.'
Mr.. Edward 4. Conroy of the Washing
ton staff of the New York sun ana i
leadiEs, breeder of Airedale and other ter
Iiers. has not missed attending the West
minister Kennel Clubs show in New York
for raany years. ard says he is too Old
TO be<in missing them now. He will be
one s.s the Washington contingent on
hand when the big show opens in the
Grand Central Palace February 10.
The Washington Kennels Cub has been
grate'i a permit by the American kennel
Club 10 hold show in this city in the
sprint. and while the date has not ye,
been definitely decided OH. there IS littls
doubt of the show being held some tims
in April. and the success of the last ont
will make the next one of the leading
event: in the country.
There are scores of men who cain
that III stamina the English setter is con
stantr deteriorating, and they are jus,
as vc-iferous in maintaining that field
trials are poor test of the real field
qualities of bird dogs 1t would be well
ming "f the national championship, just
concluded a Grand Junction. Tenn. Thir-
teen Setters and three pointers faced the
Judges and. with the exception of Mani.
tOba May and Theodore WhiteStone both
of which proved cutters and not in the
champion class. every dog finished the
Glue.itg three-noUr heats going strong
And b. it remembered that the dogs are
not allowed to potter along. as in an or
binary hunt. but are worked and judged
by men riding good horses. and for every
minut: of the time they are urged to the
limit. speed and range entering largely
into the decision. The dog that can come
out OF such test and be able to run an
other .wo-hour heat in the second series
lacks heither nerve nor stamina
But say these critics. they have
very little bird work to do This is often
the Ca where there are no birds for
the dogs to find, but let them read the
performance of Phillipides. the great
Lleweilm setter. by Prince Rodney eX
Mary Tudor. and see il they ever saw ii
surpassed. Says the American Field re-
port: Three hours of steady. consistent
ranging, with seven bevies located accu-
rately. without a false point. a flush q
skip o: a bobble of any kind was Phil
ir.1-- score in the first series, and he
piled uD five bev.es and d woodcock with
out in his second series. His place was
freely accorded him by ever man who
work and bird work that the Inbred
Llewe,ins' some critics carp at are ca
pable IF doing.
Whe! the owner of dog desires to
ship h!>n either by express or baggage he
is required to sign a long agreement re-
lea sing the carrier from payment of dam
ages iu excess of so and SD. respective
ly, should the dog be lost or die in
transit, BY express the owner is then
charged one and one-half times the high
est frst-class express rate. Why the
companies persist in this limitation of
value clause no one knows. for it has
been decided scores Of times by the
courts that the value of the animal can
be recovered. The latest case of the
kind comes from Philadelphia \ val
liable bulldog. Prince Regent, was suf-
located in an express car and his owner
sued for $1,000 damages. and the eX-
press company claimed that it's liability
was. Limited to $40. The jury awarded
the owner $3.50 damages. But when he
ships another dog he will be required to
sign another limitation of value agree
ment.
At the annual meeting of the AL
America Field Trial Club. held at Rog-
ers Springs. Tenn. the association unani-
mously voted to carry the name of the
late Col. James Go. don formerly senator
from Mississippi. its president This
was graceful tribute to the memory of
one of the highest types of a sportsman
that this country has ever produced.
Powlls,tan found more birds than Phil
lipides but his work was not nearly so
clean as the winners. PoWhatan too,
was running in sight Of his kennels. as
the race was run on the preserves of his
owner, Hobart Ames.