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Show RIDING HOBBY FOR FIELD TRIALS New York. 'o V The admirer I of the field dog in active competition j is at the present moment riding hi6 hobby at top Bpeed, for field trials ; are being held in all parts of the i United States and Canada. Large ! acreage has been leased In various 1 fectlons, and reports from the secre ; taries of the various meets report an (abundance f game and large entry I lists. Purses ranging from ?r.nn to $1,000 await awarding, and as the I competition for these prizes promise'' to be unusually close the breeders of j field dogs and the gunner, who believes be-lieves that shooting over a perfectly trained pointer and retriever 13 one of the be6t eatures of the sport is preparing pre-paring to spend as many days as pos slble this autumn tramping over turf and through brush behind the field dog? and their judges That he will have plenty of oppor tunltles to satisfy his desire in this direction is shown by the long sched ule ot trials alreadv carded for autumn aut-umn and coming winter. Among the more Important field events that are to be decided within the next few months are the following; fol-lowing; Southern Ohio Field Trials, opening today near Norwood, Ohio; merican Field Futurity at Hutson-llle, Hutson-llle, III , next Thursda ; Independent Indepen-dent Field Trials over same course on November 1". Georgia Field Trials at Waynesboro, Ga., November 24, International In-ternational trials at Windsor, Ont , four days earlier; Continental trials ; at Waynesboro, Ga., December 1; Virginia-Carolina trials. Chase City, Va., December 2, Pointer Club trials same course, December 7. Southern trials. I-ottohatchle, Ala.. December IB, United Statw trials. Grand Junction, Junc-tion, Teun , January 514. All Amerl can trials. Roger Springs, Tenn , Jan-Jufcfj Jan-Jufcfj 12. and National Championships 1 Grand Junction, Tenn, January' 19. |