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THAT’S THE WAY IT IS at the Airlie trial. Most of the hunters know each other and hunt together. There’s a lot of jostling, jesting, that goes with hunting. Hunters walk behind their dogs, turned out in half-hour braces, make a big loop and return to a bird field where spectators may sit (up on a hill) and watch the dogs come up through the field, working the planted birds.
If you don’t want to stay in the saddle, Airlie is for you. But should you want to trailer in a horse and enjoy an afternoon’s ride at bird dog pace, then Northern Virginia should appeal to you, where you can also rent walking horses at $2 a half hour. Either way, field trialing is an extremely pleasant sport.
The Airlie trial is a fall and spring event, where bird dog enthusiasts such as “Bumps” Gouldethorpe and Archie Myers of Warrenton, Willy Epes of The Plains, J. T. Koval and Terry Scott of Warrenton, are usually in contention. The Airlie trial hasn’t quite got that competitive edge that comes with a trial of professionals. As Bumps Gouldethorpe puts it: “No one gets mad.”
All this time you’ve liked the look of pointers and setters, perhaps enjoyed fall days of quail shooting, so why not go to Cloverland Gun Club’s grounds just east of Thoroughfare on Route 55 Friday and Saturday, then on to Airlie, near Warrenton on Sunday? — Harrison O’Connor
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