The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Annual TriuIs-

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Handlers came from every
where, one party of three from
al over Missouri, several from
Louisiana, some from Alabama;
md from all over Mississippi.
Good craftsmanship was the order
of the day, and every handler
tried to see that his competitor
had fair chance, when dog was
out of hand, or lost on point, it
was usually his bracemates kandl-
II who would call the find. No
quarter was asked or given. These
men rode hard, many being vet
Grams at the game of handling.
They won if they could; if not
they lost with smile.
The judges were the deservedly
popular Ray Huckaby of Bien-
vile, La, and the writer, so this
is one report where the judiciary
viii not be PANIED by the report
r. The majority seemed to agree
with our decisions, if not they
were too gentlemanfy to make a
point of it. As stated before most
OF them knew who had won be-
fore the decision was given, this
was no novice stake by any
means. Good horses were provid-
ed and we were lucky enough to
be on top of every piece of bird
work that occurred.
The Winners and Others
The All Age Stake was the fea-
ture of the program and drew Is
to face the judges on Monday
morning. Only six braces were
ordered out as the Club officers
felt that this would be good
days work. Three braces were
run on Tuesday morning and the
Stake was completed without a
second series.
First place winner was Milo, a
Pointer dog owned and handled
by Bob Fortenberry of Monticello.
Shortly after the breakaway the
dog was seen to feather along a
hillside, and when he did not
show in front the scout was sent
back, and he was found pointing
stanchly in the edge of a corn
field. His manners were accept
able to wing and shot. He con-
tinued to search and his race was
good, although not too wide.
At 40 minutes, he was SEEM
ingly firing, but ne swung around
a blackwell field and again
pointed on hillside in plain view
of the gallery. His handler flush
ed good covey well in front of
the dog and his manners were
again all right. This work SEEM
ed to put fire into him and he
finished well.
Second place went to Toncan,
owned by Elgin and Sprinkell,
with Elgin handling. This dog
searched honestly in the heat of
the day on Tuesday, and with less
than two minutes to go, dug out
a covey in a thicket. His loca-
ton was good, his style nice, and
while he wheeled at flush he stood
Tor the shot. 1t was very meri-
torious find, the result of honest
searching, and it was timely
finish to say the least.
Third went to Seavlew Shoals
Babe, also handled by Elgin, but
owned by E. B. Brunson of St
Louis, Mo. She was strange to
her handler and as a result did
not handle as she might have
otherwise. Her find was in a
plum thicket nearing the middle
Of the day and her handler ahd to
60 Is to 80 yards into a tangle to
flush the birds. She also whirled
to the rise, but settled for the
shot, and remained nicely.
Spectacular Ground Race
Grafton laidldown a spectacular
ground race but had no birds
Sunshine Prince had find well
located, but moved around toe
much at flush and was not con-
sistent in his search. Thinker
Bearing was strange to his own.
er and failed to negotiate the hard
and tricky no. 3 course. Skyfarn
Ariel tried hard but was carry.
ing too much flesh for this dis.
lance.
The Derby was started after
lunch on Tuesday. Only six
braces were entered and the
Stake was finished that afternoon
by hard riding and excellent dog
wagon connections. The las
brace finished just at dusk.
The winner of First was All
Flash Queen, owned and handled
by Willard Odom of Grenada. Shit
worked intelligently, bore OIL
consistently, and sustained hel
pace and range to the end. Sec
end went to Ariels Amazon Cir
handled by Harris Rhyme. Sh'
was slightly puppyish in action
ram an excellent race until thu
chosing minutes when she Jagged
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