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ONE of the interesting, as
well as outstanding field
trials held during the
present season was that of the
Pinehurst Field Trial Club,
which took place here during
the week of January 28.
This club has been in exis
tence only a few years, but in
that short time its growth has
been attained by leaps and
bounds. Three stakes were run;
one open to members of the club
only, a derby for setters and
pointers whelped on’ or after
January 1, 1922, and a free-for
all, open to all setters and point
ers irrespective of previous win
ners.
All three of the stakes were
interesting, but it was the free
for-all that attracted the par
ticular attention of the field trial
world at large. There were
thirty-four starters in the stake
—twenty - three pointers and
eleven English setters. Com
peting in this stake were dogs
from all parts of the country
and if any owner sent his string
here with the idea that it would
be an easy stake to win, he dis
covered very early in the race
that it would require a real dog and a high class performance to
do so. - '«*
The feat was accomplished by a pointer named Lillian Gale, a
daughter of the famous Rap’s Classy Cute by John Bimpkiris, Jr.
Lillian Gale is owned by Dr. J. Spencer Brown, of Burlington, N.
J*> and was developed by A. O’. Yount, the well known Randier
who lives at Newton, N. C. Before winning this stake, however,
Lillian Gale distinguished herself by taking first honors, in the
members’ event in a race that was almost as brilliant as the one
that gave her first honors in the Free-for-All. Df. Brown, her
owner, winters at Pinehurst; he is a shooter himself and therefore
his dogs were in splendid form, for they have been used afield all
winter, they know the ways of the North Carolina quail and they
are equal to any conditions. Lillian Gale ran her first heat early
m the morping and it was a class race in every respect for she not
only went wide and fast, but she handled game. v In the finals
she cinched her claim to the first money by making two good bevy
Leonard Tufts, Harry D. Kirkover and Dr. J. S. Brown
Founders and Officers of the Pinehurst Field Trial Club and Leading Light
in the Trials this week. No one enjoyed the sport
more than they, as their smiles will attest.
finds and giving an exhibition
of range and speed that drew
down the admiration of the gal
leries. Lillian Gale is thorough
ly broken. When she finds
birds there is no necessity for
hurrying to her, for she will
hold her points until the crack
of doom. When the birds are
put up and the shot is fired, she.,
is as steady as a clock. Twice
in the second series and once in
the first did she demonstrate this
beyond the question of a doubt
. Her race, however was not a
walkaway, for just behind her,
looming up dangerously was the
little setter dog, Denwood Lee,
owned and handled by P. H,
Powel, of Denton, N. C. Lee
ran just as fast and as wide as
Lillian Gale, but he was out
birded by the Dr. Brown point
er; in every other respect he
was her equal. Lee made one
very sensational bevy find and
ordinarily this would have been
sufficient to win any stake, but
shortly after that he made a
false point which counted
against him. Had this point
been productive there is no
question but that he would have
given Lillian Gale a close run for the n^oney. Dr. Brown aid not
stop by winning first in this stake, however ; he started another
pointer, Dashing Mary, by name. She is almost if not quite as t
good as her kennel mate; not showing-ds: much speed and range*r
perhaps, but on gqm£ she is perfection. She triade one ^beautiful
find in the first-series and two in the second. No one cOuld fault *
her work in this respect, it was simply because she did not sh^w%
the speed of the two put over her that she went down/.to third '
place, but Dashing Mary is a most sa|isfyhjig dog tp^ jshpot ^yer^ -
and when it comes to a choice between the two /we ar^bf-^he l,4
opinion that Dr. Brown is inclined to give "the palm
Mary, despite the fact that Lillian Gale-is somewhat^ faste^^M }
wider. Mary may be depended upon under anjr and • all £i'
stances. N.o matter how long the may be on a pointy she Vjll horn
it until her master comes to her and it is a certainty that her birds "
will be properly located. As a matter of fact, when it comes to u
location we doubt if there was any dog in the stake that could
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