Lipstick Shows Class.
Rosedale Jack is a natural hunter and he went wide, and was fast, hunting his covers in excellent shape. He and Lipstick were the class of the field. John Willing Jr.’s Annie was the biggest goer in the race. She was fast and stylish, but she did some puttering and that cost her a chance of the bigger money.
Junior Stake Won by Air Pilot in Field Trials
AIR PILOT IS FIRST IN OPEN DOG TRIALS;
Defeats Doone’s Carolina Jack in Junior All-Age Event at White Plains.
PUPPY STAKE TO LIPSTICK
Runs Consistent Race to Show Narrow Edge Over Rosedale Jack
John Willing Jr. Places Third.
By Henry R. Ilsley. Special to The New York Times. (Tuesday, April 16, 1929) : 27
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WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., April 15.—
Air Pilot, white and lemon pointer dog, by Buscle Schoals, Jake-Ferris Blanche Cash, owned by H. D. Whitaker of Cincinnati, and handled by Edward Farrior, today won the Open Junior All Age Stake, leading event of the opening day of the Spring trials of the Southern New York Fish and Game Association.
Second place went to Doone’s Carolina Jack, white and black pointer dog, by Shore’s Carolina Doone out of Penola Snow, owned by T. C. Baily of Baltimore and handled by Robert D. Bevan.
Rumson Farm Queen, white and liver pointer bitch, by Seaview Rex, out of Rumson Farm Mary, took third money. She is owned by Rumson Farm Kennels of Rumson, N. J., and was handled by C. S. Ridge.
Conditions were anything but good for bird work, especially during the running of the open puppy stake in the morning. The wind blew a half gale, leaving almost no scent and no birds were found by the youngsters. During the afternoon, when the junior dogs were in the covers, the wind moderated somewhat and there was considerable good bird work.
The trials were held in a fair hunting country about six miles out of White Plains.
Air Pilot is Consistent.
Air Pilot ran two consistent races, handling well and showing a lot of style. In his first series he made an independent find, outside of the bird field, in a corner of the woods. He showed beautiful style in his find and was as steady as a rock to wing and shot. In his second series he duplicated his ground work of the first and had a find in the bird field. The bird was flushed before his handler could dismount and get to him, but he was very steady under these conditions.
Doone’s Carolina Jack ran two very nice races. He showed good style but had no bird work in his first series. In his second series he had one find and handled it perfectly.
Rumson Farm Queen ran a high class shooting dog race. She is a very stylish bitch, covered her country well, but was never very wide. She had a snappy point, being absolutely steady to wing and shot.
Class A, the Open Puppy Stake, the first event of the trials, went to Lipstick, the white and lemon English setter bitch by Eugene's Ghost, out of Dot of Sunnyside, owned by W. W. Coperthwaite of Binghamton, N. Y., and handled by J. M. Avent.
Rosedale Jack Second.
Second place went to Rosedale Jack, a black and white pointer dog, by Sobig, out of Chickamauga Bess, owned by Samuel Fales of White Plains, and handled by his owner.
Third went to John Willing Jr., out of Ben Hur’s Countess. She is owned by B. McCall of Birmingham, Ala., and was handled by C. H. Harris.
Five brace were put down in the Open Puppy Stake, including several recent winners. Conditions were not of the best when the first brace was put down about 9 o’clock. A bitter wind from out of the east swept the hilltops of Westchester County, driving the few in the gallery to seek available shelter.
Competition for the first and second was keen. Lipstick was down in the fourth brace and was the outstanding dog up to that time. She ran an extremely consistent race, went fairly wide and hunted out the heavy cover in fine style. While she found no birds, she ran a flashy heat.
Lipstick’s margin over the local dog Rosedale Jack was of the narrowest. Had this pair been put down in a second series the decision might well have been reversed. Lipstick was the more experienced, and this turned the tide.
Lipstick Shows Class.
Rosedale Jack is a natural hunter and he went wide, and was fast, hunting his covers in excellent shape. He and Lipstick were the class of the field. John Willing Jr.’s Annie was the biggest goer in the race. She was fast and stylish, but she did some puttering and that cost her a chance of the bigger money.
The Free-for-All, the last of the $1,000 stakes of the Eastern Circuit, will be started at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning, weather permitting. Ten and a half brace were drawn, which should allow a finish before dusk. Many of the great dogs of the country will go after the big end of the stake, including the Medford and Goshen winners.
King Devil and Master Rock Rodfield, Ridgefield Bob and Alex Tarheelia, Willowbrook Clara and Detroit, Reveille and Kent Eugene, The Coming Storm and Air Pilot, Swiftsure Prairie Jim and Sobig, Mary Blue and Revelation, Mount Brilliant Alf and Manitoba Man, Doone’s Carolina Jack and Dru’s Ghost Prominence, and Seaview Rex and Eagle Ferris.
Henry R. Ilsley (? – 1948)
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His coverage of the sports world was comprehensive and enlightening; his insatiable desire to gather facts was shown at the America’s Cup yacht races, the Kentucky Derby, National Horse Shows, Westminster Kennel Club championships, the Hambletonian, outstanding harness racing event; college hockey and football, tennis, curling and other fields. Before illness struck him Harry was an indefatigable worker. He bent every effort to put lifelike color into his stories on dogs and horses, subjects in which he commanded the respect of both fanciers and the rank and file.
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