The History of English Springer Spaniel Field Trials on Fishers Island
October 13 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Museum Director Pierce Rafferty will give an illustrated talk commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first national English Springer Spaniel Field Trial that was held on F.I. in October 1924.
WHEN: Sunday, October 13, 2024
TIME: 4pm
PLACE: In person at the Museum, 2nd Floor
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- Dual Trial Champion Tedwyns Trex, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walton Ferguson, Jr., Fishers Island, N.Y. Date unknown. Museum Collection. This famous Springer was born in England in 1925 and won a field trial championship in that country and sired five field trial champions before being imported to the United States by Mr. and Mrs. Walton Ferguson, Jr. In America, he was both a field trial and bench show champion, the first Dual Trial Champion (Dual Tr. Ch.) on this continent.
