Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

have a bill passed shortening the sease n
| In which game can be legally sold in tie
District of Columbia 1t can now be so d
up to March 1. and il is hoped to limit
the season tp January 1. or at the latest
February ~
1t is said that special Providence
watches over children drunken men and
fools Setter dogs should be added 10
this list of immunes A few days sine e
| local sportsman had two fine setter
chained together and as they ran acros $
the street an automobile struck them
and they became tangled up in the ms
chinery in some way and were dragSe i
forty feet The driver of the car knew
that he had run over the dogs, but never
| slowed up. The collar was pulled OF
| one of the dogs and in some way this re-
leased both of them. One of them wa
badly frightened and ran away. Fortu-
nately for the owner she was picked ID
on the second day by a gentleman anil
sportsman who took excellent care OF
her and returned her to the owner with
accident could not believe that eithe
dog could escape death. but, strange tn
say, neither was seriously injured. Tho
owner OF the dogs witnessed the entire;
proceeding and tried hard to overtake the
car in order TO ''reason"(?D with the
driver. but, being poor Splinter and sad.
ly out of training, the double clutch
which was applied proved too fast for
him. 1t is such acts and such drivers
that are responsible for the bitter feeling
against motor car drivers
Are pointers and settlers deteriorating?
One frequently hears the assertion made
that dogs of neither breed possess the
staying qualities of those of twenty-five
years ago.
Various reasons are assigned for this,
| such as continual inbreeding. too close
attention to class: as typiiied in field
trfp
to mention. In a recent letter to a friend
in this city Capt. w. A. Coster t'Cncie
WashD. who has been connected with
field trials in every capacity since they
were first run in this country. and who
has been breeding settlers for nearly
forty years, takes strong ground that
settlers are mot what they used to be-
Incidentally Uncle Wash is not now a
Llewellin enthusiast. In his letter he
says: "Of the original stock OF Level
Inns that / commenced breeding from in
1874 the smallest would never go under
forty-five pounds. and the males, would
range from fifty-ive to sixty pounds.
Count Noble was a sixty-pound dog, and
big dogs. 1 began my Lewellin owner
ship in 1874 or 1873. Old Ruby Of Druid
Ruby fame would weigh forty-eight
pounds and was of grand bone without
| lumber. If We had bitches then like
many.I know now we would have called
them runts.
when compare the dogs Of today with
those of the eighties, such as San Roy,
Gloucester london Antonio, Gath. Gath's
Mark, Sue, Roi dor. Dash Antonio, Jean
Vatican, Dick BOndhu, Gus Bondhu,
Roderigo. Count Gladstone w. Bohemian
Girl. Daisy F. and pages of others / could
name. the preSent-day settlers Ctaking not
few selected specimensl look like Whit
of interest to those who take an interest
in the history and development of the
| setter family. He takes strong ground
against what he terms the watch charm
midgets" of today. For years many
| breeders, among them the veteran, Pur-
| cell Llewellin, have contended that in the
craze for speed and class other
equally desirable qualities have been
neglected by breeders. Mr.. Coster thinks.
and in this nearly every breeder of real
show" settlers go to the other extreme,
and are as a rule too large and heavy.
Uncle WASH however. is an enthusi-
astic admirer of the great bench show
champion, Meadow View Rock. Mr.. Coster
represents our view of present-day set
| tiers, but probably majority of setter
| fanciers contend that the dogs Of today
are equals, in all that goes to make. a
great bird dog, of any that ever lived.
AS to pointers it can well be claimed that
| in both looks and grand field qualities
| they are at the very acme of their great
ness, and il they do not take a higher
place in the great field trials within the
next few years than they have ever held
before, even the setter men will be sur
prised In a letter recently written to a
friend in this city. Mr.. l.. G. Haverland
of Hamilton, Ohio, noted breeder of
both pointers and settlers. and owner OF
the great Llewellin setter, Cords Count
Gladstone, and the splendid pointer.
Young Fishers Frank, says: II am like
YOU and think settlers and pointers i'm
prove every day, especially the pointers.
l breed better ones every litter" And to
this many owners and breeders will say,
..Them's my sentiments