A $5,000 Dog Interests Hunters

A $5,000 DOG INTERESTS HUNTER

Louis Hilsendegen passed through Ann arbor Monday evening on his way to Greenville, Mich., where all the famous sportsmen of the country are assembling in anticipation of the great sport to be had there in the Michigan Field Trials the week of Nov. 3. 

Mr Hilsendegen is a true sportsman and in an interview with the Argus said there is a great surprise in store for the sports men whose dogs are to enter there trials. John Cowley, of Milwaukee, Wis., the owner of Radfield Pride is to furnish the center of attraction by his absence. The Derby Dog Trials, for which $300 will be given in prizes and the All Age Trials, for which $500 has been put up, will draw about 72 entries on Nov. 3. This is only preparatory to the National Trials on Nov. 11, and the North American Trials will occur at Washington Court House, Ohio, Feb. 15, where a purse of $2,000 will be given to the owner of the winning dog. Cowley has a long head and will make the orange and white setter even more valuable than he is at present. His scheme is simply not to enter his dog in the trials, where the other dogs would have the advantage of his training, and bring him out fresh at Washington Court House, Feb. 15."

John Cowley only paid $85 for his remarkable dog and within a year he was worth $5,000. Radfield Pride has no brothers or sisters and hence he is much more valuable for breeding purposes. His intelligence has been said to be "almost human."