The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12
Exe viii Be Made Big Long Island Track for Next Seasons Ra
FIELD TRIAL DOGS
IN NEW YORK SHOW
Miss Marion dupont and Will
lam Zeigler, Jr., to Exhibit
Winners i'm Garden.
BY FRANK r. DOLE.

Those who admire tractability. pa
tlence and the kind of reasoning power
that might be termed a superinstinct in
the field trial dog will be afforded a
rare opportunity of studying their favor
lite specimens at close range during the
annual exhibit of the Westminster Ken
rel Club at Madison Square Garden in
February. Canine students for genera
tons have admitted that the pointers
and settlers are the most beautiful OF all
our sporting dogs. and not only tina:
but they show a development superior
to all other species Two of the ex-
hibitors who are to patronize the show
with their very best dogs are William
Zeigler, Jr., of New York and Miss
Marion DUPONT of Baltimore and be-
tween them to-day they own the leading
pointers in the United States. Zeigler
will be remembered as the owner OF
Mary Montrose, the $4,000 bitch which
won all before her two years and which
was exhibited at the Garden. This year
the Zeigler kennels are almost as sue
cessful in being represented by CO.
manche Rap, winner OF the all aged
stakes at the Georgia Field Club trials.
and the great dog Great Island Robert
the Devil, who recently ran away with
the honors in the free for all stakes al
the Virginia Carolina meet
Comanche Rap is a white and liver
pointer and was handled by Joseph
Crane in the all aged stakes, where he
was opposed by Great Island Robert the
Devil, Great Island Ringing Bells and IN
fact every pointer of note in America.
These last named pointers also belong
In Zaiu to dot
tried for the honors. but they were out
pointed by Comanche Rap. although he
got lost and just missed being counted
out. 1t appears the dog was running in
great form and piling up lot of good
work when he heard the report of guns
far away and he made for the bonn
hardment despite the efforts of Joe
Crane to head him off. For some time
Comanche Rap was lost, but q young
lad named Becher. the son of n field
trial enthusiast, volunteered his SER
vices and succeeded In bringing the
pointer back just in time TO come inside
the hour limit
Miss dupont won the Open Derby at
the Washington field trials with Stylish
Wasp. white and liver pointer bitch by
Palmetto out of Peggie Montrose. It
was her seventh win of the season,
something phenomenal. as she was
just seventeen months old on the day
OF the victory. She was drawn TO
run in the first brace Of the derby.
which was a disadvantage. as she had
only an hour before that run in another
event. Still Miss duPont's entry did
we'll She could not be at her best, but
saved herself by bird work and earned
her place in the second series by making
a good bevy find which she handled per-
fectly. for Stylish Wasp is thoroughly
broken and Is steady to wing and shot.
The dupont candidate was handled by
r. X CBob') Armstrong. who is now
regarded as the leading field trial eX-
pert in America, or any other country
for that matter. Armstrong will be re-
membered In connection with the ken
nels of the late j. Pierpont Morgan, when
ne kept the champion collie, Seton Hero.
and others at the Cragston Kennels, Gar
rison on the Hudson. After quitting the
Morgan establishment he went TO Will
lam Zeigler. Jr.. and was mainly instru-
mental in the development of Mary Mont
rose and other champions and Incident
ally succeeded in practically bringing
out half a dozen champions from one
litter. At least Zelgler had phenomenal
success when Armstrong had charge OF
his kennels. A humber of men like
George J. Gould and Clarence Mackay
tried their hands at the field trial dogs,
but they never showed the marked sue
cess Of Zeigler. The versatile Bob" has
been with Miss DUPONT for the past