INTERESTING ETHICS OF FIELD 
                TRIALS 
  A Secretary of a Field Trial Association 
is supreme in power until the first brace in 
each stake is let loose. Then the authority 
rests with the judges. If there are any spe- 
cial rules of the club in judging, the judges 
should be informed of this in writing before 
the trials start. 
  A Field Trial Marshal is appointed and 
present for the ccnvenience of the judges, 
and should be near the judges at all times, 
in front of the gallery. It seems plausible 
that every judge should be in front of the 
gallery in that the competing dog's owner 
has paid his entrance fee and tne least the 
judge can do is to give the dog attention in 
the stake. 
  Judges and the Press are the invited 
guests of the club, and we make every ef- 
fort to show them every courtesy possible, 
within our means. We have the better 
horses for them, and that is true of rooms 
and meals. We try to see that they are 
given the courtesy of riding to and from 
the field trial grounds. Judging and writing 
is very hard work, and we all make every 
effort to save their energy. 
  The printed program of any trial, in 
naming the judges, automatically names the 
Senior Judge first. All announcements at 
a trial should be made by the Senior Judge. 
All braces of any stake are released at the 
order of the Senior Judge, but he first asks 
the Junior Judge if ready. 
  All Judges should have watches, and an 
easy way to keep track of time is to turn 
one's watch back to an even hour, as each 
brace is released.