Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HUNTING SEASON COMING
TRAINED DOGS WILL PLAY
IMPORTANT PART IN SPORT
Many Valuable Pcdigreed Animals
owned by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
breeding Indispensable, Snys Hart,

In loss than n month-November I.
10 be eXact-the hunting season opens
IN virginia AT that time quail tur-
Key. pheasantS or grouse, ducks. geese
brant and rabbits may be killed AL
ready the up-to-the minute sportsroan
mas everything In readiness Guns are
being oiled up, and IL he has had no
bad luck In his kennels. his dogs have
been hardened UP by road exercise"
and their muscles are ten to one In bet
ter shape than that of their masters
for an all-day hike over the fields
Year by year the hunters are begin
ming to realize that the sport Is tame
without the proper logs. Particular
~ is this true of quail hunting. De-
cent shooting for these birds Is impos-
sible without good pointers or settlers
and the dog end of the sport is one
which gives the greatest anxiety. es-
pectally to the sportsman who only
keeps ono or two animals. II often
happens that the dog gets sick. or in
jurcd just before tho season opens and
when 1t Is impossible to get another
suitable one.
There Is no animal In the possession
Of sportsman which receives more
attention than his bird dog in Septem-
Der and October, and this favored ami
NAL Is not neglected during tho entire
year. particularly If he is we'll
broken hunter. Pound for pound he is
more valued than good race horse.
mails backed of tho boards.
MANY HIGH-BRED Dogs
IN EASTERN VIRGINIA
While 1t Is not generally known.
there arc many highly bred dogs in
Eastern Virginia and it would be sur
prisinE to know the amount OF money
they represent Start out TO buy just
n dog, one which hunts all right.
stands his birds, but without any spe-
cial claim to illustrious ancestry. and
you can find them at as low n figure as
S25. Instruct your buyer to get you
a wcll-broken. pcdigrecd pointer or
setter. and If you get ono you will
have to pay n nice figure depending
upon the number and reputation of his
ancestors.
In and around Richmond we ind
such high class bird dogs as Mattoax,
by Cornish Chief. and Lads Doc Bessie.
owned by w. L. Glinn; Security Belle.
by Security and Belle Pearl. owned by
w. c. Blantor; Pal lingo, by Marshall
Doc and Flirt, owned by c. NJ Hogge;
Juno. by Jerry Tom and Dote. owned
by DR.. Henry r. Carter; Sora, little
Williams; Thy Joe, by Pal lingo. and
Sora, owned by NJ. D. Hart: Sheppard's
JOY by King. and Lucy Hard Cash,
owned by j. T. Sheppard.
| All Of these are pointers In set
terdom we find such dogs as Wisely. by
!
Lovey Wise, owned by NJ. d. Hart;
Lovey Wise, by Hugh, Brookston Linda
and Dimoed ~, by Reno Royle. owned
| by Colonel Jennings c. Wise; Ben
Greet, by CT Whitestone and Marion
Mills H. owned by c. r. Cooke; Ruby's
| Babe, by Champion Wise's Ruby Sport.
| and Sire Whitcstone, owned by c. w.
Williams: Princess Louise Suffolk. by
| Prince Suffolk, and Dolly Rodfeld-
| stone, owned by ]. B. Dunn; Mars Ben
! l>,-N
owned by J. II. Crenshaw.
SCORES OF HIGH-BRED
| DOGS AROUND RICHMOND
In fact. there are scores OF first
class dogs in this section, but those
| mentioned and not only high bred.
but are also fine individuals. Dog
fanclers realize that no matter how
big pedigreed dog is, there is no use
| to breed to Ii. III 1t is not superior
individual. because it is taking long
chance to think that such offspring
will be better than its individual par
| ents.
| NJ. d. Hart, one of the best informed
huntsmcn in the state, speaking of
breeding. said:
breeding TO worthless pedi greed
dogs and getting lot OF deficient pup
| pies has done more harm to pedi greed
stock than any one other thing. II
| | were to come into possession OF the
| HneSt pred Dlr0 dog 10 De mao ana II
| proved no good in its second season,
would have it destroyed forthwith.
don't know so much about varying it
! over from the first season, :or about
| in nine times out OF ten, il the puppy
shows no hunting qualities in it's first
season, it viii never be worth keep
| Ing"
/ Mr.. Hart Is n great believer in blue"
! blooded animals, and thinks it foolish
| to bother with any others. unless the
owner Is carefully breeding to improve
the stock. On this line he said:
| Now and then you meet men who
don't care anything about the breed
ing of their bird dogs. or their looks.
| either. just rs long they find and
point the game. Such men are con-
tinually decrylnE pedigree and you
will find farmers the same way about
! hogs and other domestic animals and
! fowls But the follow who has highly
bred animals always feels that the
reason is either ignorance or inability
To pay the price of high class breed
| ing stock.
PEDIGREE RAISES VALUE
or DOG IN EYES OF PUBLIC
! "Undoubtedly there arc fine dogs
which lay no claim to being able to
| establish such pedigree as would be
required by any reputable registration
! bureau. dogs that really III field work
outclass those which hold registration
certificates. yet II their masters could
show them TO be indisputablc regis
tered stock. il would not only raise
/ their valuation in the eyes OF the gem
cral public, but also 10 their owners
In my opinion many breeders are
making a mistake III sending out pedi-
! greed puppies from sires and dams who
nave never been hunted. This is hurt
Ing tho reputation OF blooded dogs, he
cause do not believe that no matter
what blood lines they may have that
such puppies will compare with those
produced by sires and dams who are
experienced iield dogs, hunting every
season and getting actual bird work.
friend of mine some years ago
bought three fancy bred settlers. paw
ing handsome figure. sent them 10 a