Welcome to the Tenth Series of the Second National Derby
Championship! Today we woke up to dark, rainy skies with a temperature
of 42 degrees. The rain began at 7:00 and the high will only be 46
degrees. The mat is facing southeast overlooking a set of three terraced
ponds. To the right of the line, is a large pond with three ponds.
Uphill to the left is an open field. The first bird, a dead hen mallard,
is the middle bird thrown to the right at 280 yards landing at the base
of a small bush. The line to this bird is down the hill, through the
first small pond, catching a corner of the large right hand pond and
then catching the right hand corner of the second pond of the terrace.
The dog will then continue up the hill to the bird. Secondly, a dead
drake is thrown to the right at 265 yards. The line to this bird takes
the dog down the hill to the right, across a large pond and a short
distance up the terrace to the bird. Finally, the hen mallard flyer is
shot to the right at 155 yards. The dog transverses the open field to
get this shot flyer.