Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

Joy to him. A thoroughly broken field
dog can. and often does, when handled by
a stranger. contract faults in week
that cannot be eradicated, and every time
these faults creep out his owner Will
probably say to himself, What a fool l
was for lending him. a Washington
man who has several dogs i'm his kennel
lent one to a friend who, on returning
him. said. Il don't think he is much of
a bird dog 4 little nettled, the owner
said, Certainly not, but he is the kind l
keep for lending" The owner of a good
dog does not want to intrust him to one
who he does not think Is entirely compe-
tent to handle him. In no case does the
rule. Neither borrower nor lender
be-" apply better than to bird dogs. AS
this cannot always be carried out. a good
one for the borrower to follow would be,
Accept the loan of friends dog when
| he offers it, but be very cautious about
asking for it,
Since writing the above note a perth
nent illuStrat ton has come to the writer 8
notice Capt Washington A. Coseer. the
veteran sportsman. wrote to a friend i'm
this city that he would soon pass through
here en- route to North Carolina for his
annual outing. and mentioned casually
that he had only two unframed puppies
to shoot over. Now, the Washington man
knew that no man living knew better
how to handle a bird dog than Uncle
WASH. SO he at once wrote to him
ered- by many c"Field and Kennel
among them) as about the bes. young
field dog in town. Here is part of Mr..
Coster's reply: Il hardly know how to
express my thanks for the kind offer of
the dog, and l certainly appreciate the
trust reposed in me in the offer of so
valuable an animal. Knowing the value
sportsman places on such a dog. / am
ioath to accept the responsibility. / have
always felt the truth Of the old sports.
advice There three things
spOrtsman should never lend-his wife,
his dog and his gum I owned old Buck
ellew fourteen years and developed and
trained him into a perfect shooting dog.
and in all that time l loaned him just
once and that was for day to Maj.
Hammond, kennel editor of Forest and
Stream. for a days shooting with my
dear old friend. Ned Dexter. then owner
was glad when I saw him come home
o. X. that night. They both told me they
never had such a days shooting in their
lives owing to the perfect work OF old
Buck. l believe in the golden rule. and
it would be with great reluctance that 1
would lend SO valuable a dog as Mr..
kensla's. and it is awfully good of him
to offer me so valuable youngster. and
can truthfully say that should I accept
and anything should happen to him !
would never forgive myself for being
tempted. | often wonder why it is that
SO many people are SO good to me, for
cannot believe that / am deserving of so
much kindness. Such marks of conf
dence touch me more deeply than ] can
express. The letter was not written to
Field and Kennel but he takes the lib
erty of enlishtenins 'Uncie Wash b.
saying that in every corner of the coun-
sportsman Uncle Wash has for nearly
half century been known as the finest
type of u gentleman sportsman and is
esteemed and respected accordingly. Mr..
station ready to go south with Mr.. Cos
ter.
E. G. Bucklin has registered a puppy by
Gregmore King. The boys are telling a
good story on the Hyattsville sports
man. He owned fine setter, Count
Whitestone's Gladstone" The trainer
who was handling him offered Mr.. Buck
lin fine pointer for his dog. He
traded. Result: The setter is running in
the big trials. The pointer-oh. the
pointer!
A party of sportsmen was recently
discussing the different strains of set
ters. and the question arose as TO the
number of Llewellin settlers in Washing
ton. Field and Kennel was appealed
to for information. and, greatly to his
own surprise, he could recall only three !
straight I!ewellins in town. There are. |
beyond doubt, others. and he would be |
glad to have their owners names and |
the breeding of the dogs. The three re- !
called were two by Caesar ex Nellie |
Danstone, owned by H. f. Bliss, and |
Jack Keane, d young bitch by Free !
lance eX Count WhitestOne's Betty. own !
ed by 3. II. Weeks. Mr.. Frost of Laurel |
Md. and Mr.. Foley of the District en- !
gineer's department vino lives in Vir- !
ginia. also have Aewellins, sired by the |
great dog, ,Lady's Count Gladstone.
Harry S. Newell has sent his fine young |
bitch. Lady Freelance. by Ereelance
eX Dinah WhitestOne. to W. w. Titus |
in Mississippi. where she will be bred to-
Rolla Hekes. Mr.. Newell will enter
Lady FreeIance in the American field |
futurity, and if the youngsters can do as
well in 1914 as their half brother and
sister Captain Heikes and Artie G..
have done in 1912, they should be heard
from in the trials.
Commander r. III. Jackson. who has
been stationed i'm the far east for two
years was ordered home recently, and
is now duty at the Naval Academy
Mr. jackson was in Washington re-
Gently, and on his return to Annapolis
-ook with him his good setter. Victoria
Bruce Tony has been with friends of
ler owners here for tw" ears, and Mr.
Jackson hopes to have sIme shooting
over her soon.
Sportsmen will have at least one friend
n the next administration. Vice Presi-
ient-elect Marshall purchased a. complete