The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01
HAMMERS PEGGY IS
STAR IN BEAGLE TILT
Wins Principal HOnors for His
Newark Owner in Empire
state Trials.
SISTER BESSIE NEXT BEST


county. Peggy Is the property of George
A. Flammer OF Newark. and she won tho
Derby Stake and the All Age Stake for
beagles 10 inches and under.
Peggy is a daughter of Tlppecanoe II.
and Morse's Brownie, and W whelped
April 10. 1913. She is handsome one
white with black and tan markings Look
ing at her from show point OF view she
is Of the light build aud with hardly
enough finish Of fore face. But she is a
wiry one and pretty to boot, and had II
not been for the markings on either side
Of her neck Il would have been very diff
cult to distinguish her from her sister.
Bessie. owned by Harry Vosburg. also or
Newark. and which ran second TO Peggy
in the Derby.
1t thus will be seen that the chiac
prizes OF tho Derby OF 1914 came south.
ard Il surely was won wcrthlly by tho
New Jersey bcaglers. who, by the way,
will start their meeting nj Roseland. y. j.,
only twenty miles or 20 from New YORK,
Tomorrow
There was large company ut Malta
and they came from all quarters. Among
the beagle owners were W. @. Harvey and
his son, Floyd Harvey, Of Niagara Falls,
y. Y; L. T HOFFMAN OF Ilion, " Y r..
". Esrng OF Delnar. y. Y, l.. a. Wit
beck OF Schenectady J. and I Hutchius
OF Fall River. Mass. r. NJ. Nosourg or
Newark. George A. Hammer OF Newark.
A u. Smalley OF Hudson Falls, y. y;
James A. Whalen OF whitehall. n. y;
Or. j r. MacElroy OF Jonesville, N Y. :
Roy Thayer OF Round Lake. n Y; c. r..
Watts OF Guilford Conn; A. VI. Thomas
of Chicago. Irving Rowe of Troy. Dr. A.
Haynen OF Glens Falls, y. Y; Henry
Lang OF Newark. y. : Van Hyning or
Round Lake. y. y, and j. sylvester u
Round Lake, n Y
All these owners worked their own
beagles and IN no instance WAS a pro-
fessloral handler employed Mrs. ]. r.
MacElroy and Mrs. Roy Thayer hunted
on each day. and well ;hey withstood the
at times Biting nor'westers, the entangle-
ments OF the woods and brush and tn"
difficulties Of travelling over country
whore the soil consists chiefly az sand.
Tho gama during 'he first part of the
week was cottontGil rabbits. and although
thry were not go plentiful a. had been eN-
pccted, the trials We're run on schedule
time The country TO the east OF Malta.
much Of 1; said 20 have been turned 10
profitable account before the war
quite a Colloquial expression even nova
days In that part of the State-is barren
and OF little use save for growing medium
sized white ard yellow pine trees. There
IL very little heritage, and the rabbits
must have n hard time OF ~
Other game Is scarce and only few
ruffed grouse were flushed during the days
of huntiyg There was an entire alb
sence OF Ill other bird life so the locality
chosen for the earlier hunting, from the
naturalis.'s view, was uninteresting. stu
the numerous dead-fall traps and tracks
OF raccoons, skunks and an occasional foN
proved that tho wastes were not entirely
or so!a,y inhabited by the willy and smart
colonial
The work put in by tho beagles was
frs. class and 90 good wer" the young
steers IN the Derby that the Judges, Or.
Uavncn and &. = Watts. publicly cN-
pressed themselves that taken rs whole.
the competitors were 100 per cent het;er
than those OF last year. Clarence Morse
who had been advertised widely as the
presiding Judge to be- did not put In ap-
pearance. There evidently had been some
mistake since Il was said subsequently
that he was running his own heaglea at
trials in New England on the same
dates.
The Headquarters Of the company were
al Ke!ler's Hotel Malta, summer mouse
mat was reopcned for the accommodation
of the numerous guests. The beagles were
comfortably kennelled in the large ana
new barns, and men and dogs were well
looked after In every way Hunting COM
nenced each day AT A. NJ. and nnished
AT shutdown. The going was heavy, rough
and firing; but even the women men
eioned kept up with the party and enjoyed
the sport. -,,
some Of the rabbits stood up very well
and this was particularly the case when
the two sisters, Planners Peggy an'
yosburg's Bessie, we're down together. IL
was n trial that will be long remembered
by all those who were lucky enough 10
witness T. good deal of the hunting
was done in the open the raooit aIter
hcirg driven to the cover OF the woods
made her ring and came back again In
view Of the company. who saw some very
pretty work accomplished by the Newark
bitches,
I, was at 2:6b p. NJ. on Monday when
Peggy and BESSIE were put down, the
time had arrived when the scent would
be better for the parched sandy ground
and the cold atmosphere had previously
been unfavorable for good seeming con-
ditions They had not been long down
before a rabbit was jumped By the oeagles'
which had been working very close TO-
gether There was little to choose between
thdrn when the fur was moved. and away
they went with Peggy having trihing
ADVANTAGE But II was very, very little.
Then they threw up their heads and were
at a loss, the sand being everywhere,
Lifted they were put on the line again
and they carried 1t well, the music now
being full and sweet the country around
resounding with the melod'ous voices or
these small hounds. II was Ideal hunt
ing.
They drove their game TO the woodside,
along the outside OF It, and then their
quarry sought the cover But there was
no shelter there for the Cottontall, Tor
she swung round In wide Circle evil
IDENTIFY seeking the burrow In the gully.
on the bank of which the company stood.
Throwing their tongues for all they were
worth they came up hot foot throuSh the
depression IN the sand dunes with Peggy
In the lead and with Bessie practically
al her heels.
Then they were At fault again, hut
soon after Peggy owned TO the line once
more The race was now among some
tufts OF old and dry grass and the quarry
making her way across sand pit, the
dogs could not make anything or the
scent, even after the space of few sec
onds of her passing between two small
banks OF sand. And 1t was mere that Mr.
Flammer made a lucky cast with his bitten
and Peggy again picked up the line. and
running with II led her sister back again
! 10 the wood, where the game holcd, They
were ordered up ut 80, their thirty-fvt
minutes OF superior work fully demon
! strating the really capital capabilities OF
/ this couple of bitches. This was the bes
race in the Derby. and after dinner tina
night the awards of the Judges were an
nounced by DR.. Mao Elroy, the secretary
They were;
George A. Planners Peggy. FIRST.