The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31
LONG ISLAND PACK
TO DEFEND TROPHY
Wheatley Hills Beagles Will
Try to Keep National
Challenge Cup.
TRIALS ARE IN VIRGINIA

tnlS section VIII SEND tfefr packs OF
beagles to Aide. Va. this week. to COM
pete In the twenty-sixth annual field
trials and ninth bench show CT the
National Beagle club OF America.
Competing against the Long Island
packs will he some OF the best beagles
I'm America, from New England. Mary
land. virginia. Pennsylvania and New
York.
The entry list liz about the largest In
the history of the club. and nearly one
hundred members and their friends from
all points In the East will spend the
next ten days IN the hills Of Western
Virginia. Among the principal packs
entered Tor the various cups are; The
W~aldingileld beagles Of James w. APP
pleton Of Ipswich. Mass. Rock Ridge
Kennels of W. @. Rockefeller. the SOM
erset beasles. George Pos, of Bernards-
Vile. n. j.; Belnay beagles. Raymond
Belmont. Hampstead. l.. T.: Ragdale
beasles, Arthur Scott Burden. Jericho.
y. y; the Wheatley bcagles. Henry Car
fegie Philips. Roslyn. n. Y; Reynal
oeagles. Il. $. Reynal. White Plains.
y. Y; Sir Sister beagles, Chetwood
Smith Worcester. Mass. High Acre
beagles. Piedmont besgles, Piedmcnt
Hunt Va. Wolver beagles. Oliver Ise.in.
Jr.. Westbury, n. V. Old Westbury
beagles. John s.. Phipps. westbury.
y. v: Vernon Place beagies. Richard
oiambrill. Newport. X. I. Individual
beagles from Virginia. Maryland and
New York also are entered.
For a number of years the trials we're
held on the estate OF Henry =. Whitney
at Wheatley HiIls and the estates in
the vicinity, but owing TO the rapid
growth OF the country, other sections
had TO he selected and Virginia has since
been the headquarters of the beagle men.
The classes will be run of in the fol-
lowing order on Thursday morning
Glass H.. pack stakes for eight couples
Class c.. pack stake for four couples
class f.. pack stakes for two cou-
Piles Il inches Class r.. pack stakes for
two couples. 10 inches Class A.. Is inch
dogs Glass IA. Is inch bitches Glass
II. 10 inch dogs Glass BIB. 10 inch
bitches Glass G., Is inch derby Class
&C, 10 inch derby.
J Much interest has been shown by own
ers and breeders in the running Of the
event for the national challenge cup.
which has to be won three times he 'prc
becoming the property Of the winner.
The Waldingfield beagles Of James W.
Appleton OF Ipswich. Mass. have W
wins 10 their credit. having Won the
cup in 1907 and 1909. The ROckridge
Kennel won in 1905, and in 1910 the
Somerset beagles OF George Il. Post took
ne tIbI'lNs ft illVlu ~ 'A
ray Kennels won the cup In 1911 and
the Ragdalc Kennels OF Arthur Scott
Burden won the following year In 1913
and last year the Wheatley Kennels or
Henry Carnegie Phipps won the cup.
The Somerset challenge cup for packs
of four couples, dogs and bitches. Is
inches and under. 10 he competed for
annually and to become the property OF
! the pack winning three times. has been
v-na tuiea hy tho 'rhnrnftel1 helg1ps<
twice by the Sir Sister Kennels. and
once each by the Waldiugtield. Reynal
beagles. the Nordlcy beagles, the Wheat
ley beagles and the Belray beagles.
The Playmate cup. a challenge trophy.
for packs OF eight. dogs and bitches. Is
inches and under. was won in 1911 by
the Waldingield beagles. the following
year by the Reynal beagles. in 1913 by
the Ragdale beagles. and in 1914 by the
Somerset Beagles.
The Memorial cup. in memory OF 7.
| Dudley Riggs. "A challenge cup FOR the
best beagle, bench show qualities only.
open to both sexes. has 10 he won three
times before becoming the property of
the winner. 1t was won last year by
the Somerset Kennels's Waterman.
The Wheatley Lasher cup. offered FOR
! competition by Henry Carnegie Phipps
of Westbury. l.. l.. Is a challenge cup
LOT IttNS III WV ''ht'''' 'N''
! and under. To Ice won three times be-
fore becoming the property OF the win
/ ner. The cup. first offered for compe-
. tition last year in Virginia, was won
by the Piedmont Beagles.
The headquarters OF the club at Aid
, will he at the home OF Augustus Ill
Zerega. Tie committee of arrangement
consists of Frank II. stuart OF Middle
berg. Va, chairman lie L. cronmillcr,
D.. &. sands, Jr., and !. Il. Thomas.
The judges are Thomas Shallcross,
! Providence. Il. l., II Charles Nogel.
Leechburgh, Pa.
The officers OF the National beagle
club are James W, Appleton Of Ipswich.
Mass. presidents: George II. Post. Jr.,
New York city. first vicc-president
| Chetweet Smith. Worcester. Mass, Sec
ond vicc-president Arthur Scott Bur
den, WcstburY, y. Y. third v!ce-pres!-
dent Ramsay Turnbull. secretary and
/ treasurer delegate. James w. Appleton
executive committee, q Miflin Wharton,
Eugene :. Reynal and Frank Il. Stuar
field trial committee. Ramsay Turnhull,
chairman james W. Appleton. Raymond
Belmont, James G.. Cooley, lie J.. tron-
miller. Z. u. Griffith. T.. l., Jones. q. II.
Hooley. O.. II. Post. John =, phip0s,
Henry Carnegie Phipps, l.. :
Reynal. II. g. Sands. Jr.. 7. Shall
cross, +. H.. Stuart, c. Smith, Daniel
+. Summers. J. +. Thomas. j 7. Van
Dyke and q. VI. Wharton,
On November : the ninth annual show
OF beagles will be held In connection
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