VOL. XI, No. 3. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER FOURTEENTH, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS
POINTER PUP SAYES THE DAY
From First to Last he is Supreme in
Monkey Tourney.
Incidentally Golfer lutt w ith Drivers
and Drive with luttei-N, Am lift
ing1 II ig- Gallery.
POIXTEli Pup of the
impulsive,adolescentage,
and twenty frolicsome
golfers, participated in
the first "monkey"' golf
tournament of the sea
son, providing entertainment novel aiul
unique, even for Pinehurst, the Burbank
nursery of the golfing world in which
marvels are introduced to Fame.
Primarily The Pup was intended only
for a mascot, but he was more he was
absolutely supreme! Not only did he
land his team upon the home green with
a good margin of strokes to spare, but lie
provided entertainment and surprise from
the first drive to the last putt, never re
laxing in interest or efibrt. Ingenious
and creative he did not need to be told
what he did not think of is not worth
mentioning and lie did it all in such a
happy, care free, unaffected, natural,
generous way.
From the very first he entered into the
spirit of the game, realizing that it was
the proper thing to bark just as the drive
was being made; to run oil' with the ball
when it had a good lie and drop it in the
rough, or to refuse to touch it when it
was in a sand pit ; to dart between the
legs of a player when a good approach
meant the green or a long putt the hole ;
to distract attention at the most critical
periods.
And never for a moment did he lose
interest in the; landscape. Tireless, re
sourceful, eager, nothing escaped him;
not even the buzzards soaring high up in
the clouds, the steam roller half a mile
away, the distant scream of the locomo
tive, the heels of nearby saddle horses or
the wheels of carriages. Jt was wonder
ful how he followed it all, never for once
losing track of the game, knowing just
how the score was, just how his team
stood, and doing the right thing at the
psychological moment with discreet, but
almost mechanical accuracy.
There is certainly a future for That
Pup. He lives in memory and the tour
nament itself is recognized as an event
only because he was a part of it. From
just plain Pointer Pup previous to ti e
game any common cur will do for a
mascot he has suddenly risen to the
pinnacle of dog fame simply because he
recognized and embraced opportunity.
All fame is thus won Dewey at Ma
nilla, l'oosevelt at San Juan, Bowcn in
the Pennsylvania-Missouri champion
ship, Boss in the open. Man like, The
Pup, awakes to find his name ringing in
two hemispheres where the day before
it could barely be heard in a crowded
room !
Naturally, with The Pup so conspicu
ous in the foreground, the tournament
itself was thrust more or less into the
middle distance, and made hazy by con
trast. The usual endless merrymaking
was lacking; the customary good na
turcd chaffing was less noticable ; there
was more of law and order. The Pup
was the tournament ! Jn the presence of
balls found watery graves, but the ob
structions were all surmounted on the
second trials. Not once did the entire
team take turns in plugging the pond as
has been the case in many similar tour
naments, much to the disappointment of
a big gallery. As a genuine "monkey"
tournament the event was far too seri
ous; far too keen golf; far too much
figuring to have the right club used at the
right spot. Without question The Pup
saved the day; the gallery is his debtor.
In the final score Capt. John Peacock's
team won the box of golf balls con
tributed by The Outlook, with the very
low score of 120; Capt. A. I. Creamer's
team finishing in 127, Capt. Leonard In
gersoll's in 120, and Capt. W. James
McNab's in 134, which latter score is, by
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PINEIIUKST WINONA.
Winner Members Stake Event Continental Field Trial Club's Trials
his unrivalled genius mankind looked on
and marvelled; marvelled increasingly.
To be sure there was the usual driving
with putters, niblicks and mashies, and
the use of drivers for putting, approach
ing and sand pit work, as well as numer
ous other strange combinations, for the
players, after the usual manner, had a
club assigned them which it was neces
sary for them to use when their turn
came, no matter where the ball lay.
There was more or less trouble
throughout the match in addition to the
entertainment provided by The Pup, but
as a whole, things went rather smoothly
and there was interest and efibrt towards
creditable scores which is seldom seen in
such contests; the result being new
records.
On the tenth and twelfth holes two
the way, something like "monkey" golf.
The scores :
CA1T. rr.ACOCK. '
Out 7 S 5 5 5 7 9 4 757
In 7 3 8 5 11 5 11 5 8-13120
CAPT. CttEAMER.
Out 10 10 4 !) 5 8 8 5 !)-(!8
In 7 4 0 0 8 7 ! 5 7 5!) 127
CAPT. IKOEKSOLL.
Out 10 7 0 8 0 8 8 0 (5-05
In 8 5 0 0 8 8 8 0 !) !4 12!)
CAPT. MeXAH.
Out 7 8 4 8 7 7 8 7 7 03
In !) 5 !) (Ill 7 11 0 7-71134
The make up of the winning team in
cluded Capt. Peacock with the bras.-ie,
Dr. hill with the midiron, J. B. Bowen
with the niblick, Lincoln C. Cummings
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PINEHURST WINONA FIRST
Wins one of Most Coveted of Continental
Field Trial Prizes.
Leonard Tnftt. Owner and Handler,
Land Member StuLe Event
und Orttliiiu Painting.
IXEIIUIiST Winona, of
the local Kennels, Leon
ard Tufts, owner and
handler, carried off one
of the most coveted of
the Continental Field
Trial Club's prizes in the annual Field
Trials at Barber, X. C, last week, win
ning the Members Stake event, which
was also open to members of the Eastern
Field Trial Club and the Pointer Club of
America.
The trophy, an oil painting of the win
ning dog by Prof. K. II. Ostiums, the
famous dog painter, whose visit here last
year is pleasantly remembered, is con
sidered one of the most valuable ever
offered by the Association, for Prof.
Osthaus accepts few commissions under
five hundred dollars. Further the field
of starters was an exceptionally large
and strong one, Judge K. C. Cornell, who
won first last year at the trials held here,
finishing second with "Lallah Kookh''
and winning a sterling cup ; ToddKussell
third with "Sports Lady Marie" ; John
M. White fourth, with "White Lodge
Lucky"; and JJussell Perkins fifth, with
"Lakelield Peggy'
It is rumored that Mr. Tufts has in
creased his chest expansion not less than
ten inches, and added at least five inches
to his height since the event, and at the
rate congratulations are coming in he
will, doubtless, keep on growing.
Nona was first down with White Lodge
Dell in a wheat stubble, but the little
lady made a short east and begun to hunt
for Trainer Morgan, it being the first
time Mr. Tufts had handled her. She
soon got matters straightened out, how
ever, backing beautifully when Mr. Tufts
brought her up to Dell who had found a
covey in a swail.
The birds had run before the pair was
sent on, Dell working down the swail,
and Nona making a quick cast and point
ing accurately. Both were steady to
wing and shot, the birds making for a
patch of broom sedge over the hill, where
Nona made a nice point on a single, Dell
backing well, both dogs being steady to
wing and shot.
Nona ranged beautifully after this and
(Concluded on page 11.)