Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
BROWNIE WINS DERBY
STAKE IN FIELD TRIALS
Sheppard Parsons Pointer
+ Captures Second Trophy
and Gold Medal.
Best Dogs I'm Virginia Compete for
Prizes on Charles Cookies Fnrm I'm
IInnovcr-NirEinin May he Award
cd Na.-N. e., Event.

Virginia Field Trials Association held
in Hanover County on the estate of
Charles Cooke yesterday and Mon
lay. Two silver medals and one
bronze medal. the other prizes. went
10 I.ynchburE and Frederick sburE
owners.
The Derby. feature event OF the
trials. was held yesterday on the
Cooke estate. and was one Of the
most thrilling ever held in Virginia.
Dry weather OF tho last several weeks
placed the course in anything but an
ideal condition. and the showing the
;hirty-four dogs made was an cN-
ccllent one.
Sheppard Parsons Brownie" came
through nicely in the Derby event
and won the second silver trophy
and gold medal for Richmond. the
first trophy and medal being won by
Louis Eucgcr.in the All-AEc Stake
Monday. by his Sam lingo" brow
ME" like Sam lingo" is pointer
and one OF the best in Virginia. He
is eighteen months old
Race for Second Place Close.
Mrs T. NJ Curtis. of Frcdcricks-
burg and Bob" Jones. OF Richmond.
fought it out for second place. Mrs.
CurtiS shores Ben Tombo" was
awarded second place and silver
medal. while two OF Jones dogs were
declared 10y the Judges to deserve
recognition and third place was de-
clarcd tic. the bronze medal being
awarded Jointly to cap and Lucy
Both Of Jones CANNES are pointers.
Winners Of the silver trophy in the
A-c-All stake and the Derby stake
will have only temporary possession
Of tho prizes. They must win them
three times before the cups will be-
come their permanent property.
Handling Of the dogs was declared
10 be ideal by the large crowd which
attended the trials. No dog was
placed that did not get on birds. In
the All-Acc Stake Monday. sixteen
conveys Of birds were found by the
dogs. while fourteen were located yes
tcrday.
officers of the Virginia Field Trials
Association declared that the 1877
event, which was the second held
sine. its organization. was highly
successful one. Starting last year
with Il membership Of eighteen, the
organization during the year grad
uaily grew until it now has more
than 200 members. owners from
every section Of Virginia were rep
resented in the 1921 srials and the
winners in both classes are the Ecst
dogs in the Old Dominion.
Hanover May Get Nn.-N.C. Trials.
Tracy Comstock, secretary OF the
virginia Carolina Field Trials Asso-
citation and one OF the judges in the
trials which closed yesterday. de-
clarcd that the courses over which
the dogs ran were the best he had
ever seen and that he would make
an effort TO have the 1921 trials OF
his organization run over Cookies
estate. Every brace OF dogs in both
the all-agc and the derby stakes
were run over a different course. Dr.
George y. Sprinkcl, Jr.. OF Richmond.
was the other judge. He also had
high praise for the excellent facili-
ties on the Cooke farm for holding
field trials.
The time and place of the third
annual trials OF the Virginia !Asso-
citation has not been decided upon by
those in charge OF arranging the
events. That an effort will be made