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lum Immeasurably; hut in this country he is not so well 

 known, and by many these uniust assertions might be be- 

 lieved, In our country Mr. lioi't's judgment is final. He is 



considered the beat judge we have, and his decision can lie 

 influenced by nothing but the quality of the animals before 

 him. It would be absurd for Mr. Lort to defend himself 

 from criticisms that can in do way affect hi in. The wi'll * ' 

 the article in question uses the term "true type of An 

 setter." May I ask if the American seller is originally import- 

 ed or native ? And may I further ask what a pure American 

 seller is? The setters of Ibis country are identical with those 

 of England, subdivided, of course, into many types, but I 

 believe all haying to enter into the three recognized classes — 

 Irish, English and Gordon. Every breeder has his pet style, 

 and he will, no doubt, consider it," the beat ; but that by no 

 means proves that it is the best. Mr. Lort has had an experi- 

 ence equaled by no man in either country, and is therefore 

 more competent to pronounce an opinion than other men. In 

 all countries, however, disappointed exhibitors must have 

 their say. Sportsmen should be gentlemen. Let thorn give 

 their reasons for a difference of opinion, but not bring accu- 

 sations of dishonest intentions, or only as prejudices. I can 

 speak of Mr. Lett with some authority. My dogB have been 

 both successful and unsuccessful under him, and I have al- 

 ways had to indorse his judgment. 



1 am, dear sir, faithfully yours, 



AA£OH A. BBown, Liverpool. 



The writer of the above letter 'will be remembered as the 

 gentleman who made such a handsome display of mastiffs — 

 Norma, Vandal and others— at the New York Dog Show in 

 1877. Apropos of the article in our contemporary, entitled 

 "Visitor or Servitor," in which it was stated that Mr. Lort 

 was paid for his services as judge in the city last spring, we 

 would say authoritatively that such was not the case. Mr. Lort 

 came over here purely as a guest and at great expense and in- 

 convenience to himself. 



Dogs at Auction. — A number of dogs were sold at auc- 

 tion in the old post-office building, in this city, on Saturday 

 last. The prices were, in most cases, ridiculous, for which 

 the owners have only to thanu themselves and the auctioneers, 

 for had this sale been properly advertised in the sporting 

 papers, and intending purchasers afforded an opportuniiy for 

 verifying the statements made regarding the dogs, the attend- 

 ance would have been larger, and prices more in accordance 

 with the value of the dogs. Most of the lots offered were 

 puppies drafted from the " Windsor" Kennel of J. B. Miller, 

 Esq , of New burgh, N. T., who will be remembered as a large 

 exhibitor at the first New York dog show. The. prices ob- 

 tained would scarcely have paid the expenses of the animals 

 from Newburgh, and we fancy Mr. Miller will hardly be 

 likely to repeat the experiment. The first dog offered was a 

 puppy three months old, said to be a cross between a blood- 

 hound and Newfoundland. He was started at abjaut his 

 value, ten cents, and was finally knocked down fof $2. 

 Henry, a fair bull terrier, eight months old, brought $9, Pet, 

 Prince and Chance, three Siberian bloodhound puppies, three 

 months old, of good breeding, sold for $1. 50, $1,75 and $1, re- 

 spectively. A Skye terrier bitch, Judy, one year old, said to 

 be imported, brought only $5.50. Another Siberian hound 

 puppy sold for $1. Three bull-terrier puppies, for which the 

 owner expected to realize 850 to $75 each, sold for $2.25, 

 $4.25 and $5.50. After these lots had been disposed of, two 

 black-and-tan fox-hounds, or, rather, stag-hounds, six months 

 old, bred from the pair- presented to Gen. Custer by the Grand 

 Duke Alexis, wero offered and sold for $5,50 and $5.75. Fol- 

 lowing these, two red Irish setters, Sank and Sal, the property 

 of John Taylor, the celebrated Jersey City pigeon shot, were 

 sold. A guarantee as to their petfect field qualities and a 

 week's trial went with each dog. Sank was a dog of fair 

 color, with a good head, and was cheap at $59. The bitch, 

 not so good in any respect, brought $70. Two Parker guns, 

 belonging to Mr. Taylor, were also put up. One was bid in at 

 $80, and the other sold for $40. 



We are forcibly reminded by the above sale that persons 

 who have dogs to be sold at auction seldom appear to think it 

 necessary to advertise in anything but the local daily papers. 

 We make this remark not because we are desirous of having 

 the advertisements ourselves, but in the interests of our read- 

 ers, whom we desire to keep posted as to such events. .Not a 

 wetk passes that we do not have inquiries for dogs of the 

 various breeds sold on Saturday, and we venture to say that 

 had we been advised in time to nolo the proposed sale in our 

 issue of last week, that there would have been tea bidders 

 present to where there was one. 



Dbeiuiounijb akj> Stagjioumds. — A conversation which we 

 overheard at the auction sale of dogs reported above firings to 

 mind the fact that few persons in this country are really aware 

 of the difference between a deerhound and a staghound. 

 Many imagine that the latter is the rough coated dog used in 

 the Highlands of Scotland forchasiug wounded deer. In point 

 of fact the stughound is merely a large foxhound supposed to 

 have been descended from the old Southern hound. His colors 

 are identical with those of foxhounds, except in the case of 

 the blue mottled, which color is now banished from all first- 

 class packs of foxhounds as indicating a harrier cross. There 

 are several packs of staghounds in England used generally for 

 chasing a half-tamed deer which has been brought to the meet 

 in a cart, and which is generally recaptured ali ve and uniu j ured. 

 The deerhound is the rough-coated dog of the Highlands, in 

 shape like the greyhound, the dog of Sir Waller Scott, and of 

 Landseer the great painter. The latter has made us familiar 

 with him in some of his finest works, such as the Stag at Bay. 

 There are a number of hne'deerhounds in this country ; Mrs 

 Gen, Fremont has a superb specimen and so has Mr. Paul 



Dana. Mr. Thome, of Thornedale, this State, lias had a strain 

 for some years. Mr. Medley, of London, brought two over 

 with him from the Hampton Court Kennels, which were ex- 

 hibited at The first New York (log s l,„w, anr i b,,ing ticketed at 



£10,000 each they attracted much attention. We considered 

 them undersized, however, and not up to the work expected 



from a deerhound. 



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Dog Lost,— Mr. George B. Grinnell, of Milford.Conn., has 

 had the misfortune to lose, or to have Btoleu from him, his fine 

 setter dog Rock. Rock is a red dog, with breast, feet and tip 

 of tail white, white blaze on face and white spot on neck; 

 about three years old and of very friendly dis- 

 position. His collar bore his owner's name and address. We 

 rts men will look out for him. By an advertisement 

 in another column it will be seen that a reward of $25 is of- 

 Eared to] bis return, and one of $100 for the conviction of the 

 thief. 



A Small Dog. — If a puppy, whelped on the 3d inslaut from 

 a black-uud-tan terrier bitch, the property of Mr. E. B. Unrt- 

 well, of Louisiana, bves, its owner is sure of all the " smallest 

 dog " prizes at dog shows for some time to come. The puppy 

 in question weighs but three and a half ounces, and at last 

 accounts was doing well. The mother weighs five and a half 

 pounds. 



A Curious Superstition.— The Pall Mall Chieette, inrefer- 

 ringto the fact that an impression widely prevails among certain 

 classes that the danger arising from the bite of a dog bub- 

 pecled of being mad can only he averted by the death of the 

 animal, stales that dogs unaffected by rabies are no doubt 

 often destroyed in accordance with this theory, leaving the 

 person or persons they may have bitten in a state of suspense 

 as to the risk incurred of an attack of hydrophobia. In Bur- 

 ruah mad dogs and dogs supposed to "be mad are not only 

 killed, but eaten, the flesh of a mad dog being in the opinion 

 of the Burmese not only the best antidote to the poison of the 

 tooth, but a prophylactic against hydrophobia. A crowd the 

 other day, according to a Rangoon paper, were Been in the 

 streets of that city hacking a. dog to pieces and scrambling for 

 tin- morsels, which, when secured, were taken home and fried 

 and eaten by their fortunate, possessors. The dog was rabid, 

 and had bitten several persons, some of whom have since died. 

 It was ultimately chased and clubbed to death, and those who 

 devoured its remains flatter themselves that they are now hy-, 

 drophobia-proof forever. 



Kamis Clumrb.— Mr. James T. Walker, of Troy,N. Y., 

 claims the following names for setter puppies by his Dash 

 out of his Black Bess, whelped July 3, 1878 : Brigadier for 

 black and tan dog puppy ; Fanchion and Cricket for black, 

 white and tan bitches ; also, the name of Black Prince for 

 black setter dog puppy by his dash out of Bennett's Mab. 



—In recording the names claimed for red Irish puppies in a 

 recent issue, we gave the name of the owner of puppies as 

 Mr. H. P. Doitch, of Goldsboro, JST- C, when it should have 

 been H, P. Dortch. 



— Mi - . Dodge, of Detroit, has sold the following named 

 Rose-Leicester dog pups, viz : Cash, to J. E.Long; Remus, 

 to J. H. Oauniff, and Romulus to Fred. H. Stearns, all of 

 that city. 



—Mr. J. A. Wright, who purchased one of Mr. J. Addison 

 Smith's Sensation-Lily lemon and white pointer puppies, an- 

 nounces his safe arrival at Austin, Nevada, after his journey 

 of 3,000 miles. Mr. Wright expresses himself as much 

 pleased with the puppy. 



— It is reported that Mr. Ohas. Lincoln, in connection with 

 some of the sporting fraternity of Detroit, is making prepara- 

 tions for a mammoth dog show to be held in that city during 

 the winter. 



—Mr. William H. Pierce's (of Peekskill, N. Y.) fine Gor- 

 don bitch Wrag, whelped (Jet. 8, by Dr. S. Fleet Speirs' Gor- 

 don dog Gypsum, twelve black and tan puppies, all beauti- 

 fully marked ; but three are now living. 



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YACHTING NEWS. 

 Yachting at Chicago.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 During the. past few weeks yachting news has been some- 

 what scarce, owing to the fact that we were having our equ 1 - 

 noetial gales. They have blown tierce and strong enough to 

 take the " sticks " clean out of our big three-mast lakers, so 

 that no shallow skimmers could have lived in the big seas 

 thesestrong winds caused. But on Saturday, October 5 the 

 closing regatta of the season took place. The prizes were to be 

 " pennants." Several yachts entered for the race, among them 

 the Cora and Greyhound. The principal interest was drawn 

 out by these two yachts, because it has been nip and tuck 

 tuck between them at different times for the pennant of the C 

 Y. C. The day was a fine one for racing— cool and clear, with 

 a puffing breeze from S. W. W., veering at times to N. W., 

 inclining at times to be strong. The stake-boat was anchored 

 three miles distant from the starting point. The boats got 

 away in good shape, and wore Boon carrying all the sails they 

 could spread to stand up w ,tt,. Each were provided with 

 rmg-tails," and carried mainsail, jib, jib-topsail and gaff- 

 topsail. The Cora first came around the stake-boat. Captain 

 1 rmdiville, after rounding his boat, took in those sails that 



could be dispensed with while on this tack. Captain Busey, 

 of the Cora, neglected to i.'o ibis, and it was soon seen the 

 Cora was acting badly. With the first puff of wind she 

 keeled over pretty badly, and was losing steerageway, The 

 "ring-tail "was draggiDgin the Com'* wake and impeding 

 her progress. II was finally cut away, but no sail shortened. 

 The wind freshened again and Ihe Cora keeled over. It was 

 evident nothing could" be done to save her, and each puff 

 added to her already critical position until she lay on the 

 water like a log, with her sails submerged. Fortunately no 

 lives were lost. The. tug Constitution, a powerful boat, hove 

 a line to her and soon righted her. Now for the cause : The 

 Cora, though a Hue boat, is a skimmer, covering a good sur- 

 face of water, but compares badly with a line, sea-going 

 yacht. If I remember right, she has au iron shoe, or "keel, 

 but in spite of this carries a large amount of ballast. To en- 

 able her to beat, Hie Gfeylimmd, they took out of her 3,000 

 pounds of ballast, thus making her cranky. Such, at least, 

 are the reports among yachtsmen who witnessed the race. 

 Yachting has created quite an excitement bete this season. 

 The ('. Y. ('. harS done better tins year than at any previous 

 time, and is growing in strength and financially. There is 

 strong talk of buying a first-class Canadian yacht that has 

 cleaned out everything over the border, and bringing it here 

 lime enough to open another season with. But for this ac- 

 cident, Chicago yachtsmen feel jubilant over the season's 

 work, and arc looking forward hopefully to a strong club for 

 1879. Nokmax 



Chicago, Oct. 10, 1878. 



EastBEM Yacht Oli:b. — The schooner Brerida, Mr. Little, 

 ,has been to Bath, Me., whore her spars were cut down, her 

 owner not wishing to carry such a heavy press, requiring too 

 constant reefing. With less canvas it is expected she will do 

 quite as well, and possibly better, than before. This schoo- 

 ner was always a fast one, but since coppered this season we 

 have the assurance of her owners that site showed a perceptible 

 increase of speed. The. Foam, Com. Boardman, was badly 

 beaten by Rebecca, Mr. Joy, in a private match a short time 

 since, even without the 20m. time the Commodore had to al- 

 low. Foam has not been improved by the alterations made. 

 We have before us a photograph of JJrenda, which shows the 

 yacht to advantage, and from her looks we should take her 

 to bo a good heavy weather craft. In this connection we wish 

 to call attention to the advisability of having yachts photo- 

 graphed "broadside on." Au artist might prefer some fore- 

 shortened view; but since the only value of a yacht's photo- 

 graph lies in the perfect display of her outline, it will be 

 readily understood that, owing to the impossibility of arrang- 

 ing the camera for more than one focal distance at a time, a 

 view of a yacht other than in a broadside position will show 

 her in distorted perspective, making that portion furthest 

 from the camera unduly small, thereby failing to give any 

 adequate idea of the yacht's appearance or proportions. We 

 will be pleased to receive photographs of yachts of all kinds 

 if our readers will send in a copy. It is to he hoped the cus- 

 tom of having craft photographed will be more generally 

 adopted everywhere. 



Portland Yacht Club.— The fleet of the Portland Yacht 

 Club now numbers 12 schooners, 18 sloops and 2 sleaUK'.rs, 

 figures that indicate quite au access to the squadron during 

 recent years. The club was organized in 1869, has been in- 

 corporated this year, and has on its book 145 members and 12 

 honorary members. Among the yachts flying its pennant — 

 white, blue border, red diagonal cross and blue star — we 

 notice the schooner May, one of Geo. Steers' renowned crafts, 

 very much resembling America in her general form. As a 

 sloop, Bay was equal to about anything afloat, especially in a 

 sea, where her deep peg-top bottom would always tell to her 

 advantage. We should like to see her come out in racing 

 trim again, and try conclusions with the sloops of long flat 

 floor, so much affected curing the late infatuation with 

 beam, when nothing cou'd be built that was too flat and 

 wide. 



Scamp vs. Faxcy.— Mr. Editor: A match race between 

 the two cat-rigs, Scamp and Fancy, of the Nahasset Y. C, 

 was sailed here this week, which resulted in favor of the 

 Fancy. The match was best two in three, and no time allow- 

 ance, although the Scamp is the smaller boat. The first race 

 was won easily by the. Fancy in a solid nor'-wester, both 

 boats having alt they wanted uuder close reefs. The second 

 race was won by the Scamp, with about ten seconds lead, 

 and the third by the Fancy, with only a few seconds to spare, 

 wind being moderate northeast and smooth water in both 

 races. F, 



Boston, Oct. 12. 



Hablbm Challenge Cup. — The last race of the season for 

 this cup was sailed on the Harlem, Oct. 10, over the usual 

 course, and was won on time by Emma I)., in 2h. 18m. 54|s., 

 beating Brothers, Smarmy Fox, Fidget, Kale Jerolcmon and 

 Comet in the order named. Wind was fresh from the N. W. 

 Emma D. has won the cup three times and holds it till next 

 'season. When won live times by the same yacht it becomes 

 personal property. 



Norfolk Cat-Boats. — A race was sailed, Oct. 3, at Nor- 

 folk, Va., over a ten-mile eoutse. Won by Ltttte Fraud, 

 beating Grade, Lelia, Mist, Aline, Cora, Campbell and Grover. 



OAR AND PADDLE. 



TnE Sculling Championship. 

 That the opinions expressed in this paper concerning the 

 Courtney-Ilanlan race are entertained by disinterested wit- 

 nesses of the match, the following extract from the letter of a 

 gentleman resident in Montreal will serve to show : "I trust 

 you are going to do the race justice and not, join in the un- 

 worthy and discreditable hue and cry against Courtney. One 

 only could win the race, and surely no discredit could attach 

 to him by being beaten by such a " stayer " and such a skill- 

 ful sculler as is Hanlan, "I saw the race throughout, and from 

 what 1 saw, coupled with the fact that Courtney made as good 

 time as in any of his previous performances of which Ihave 

 read I am satisfied the race was a fair on, and that those who 

 circulate the vile calumny that Courtney sold the race, only 

 heap discredit upon themselves." Nothing whatever has yet 

 been brought to light in the shape of anything worthy of the 

 name of circumstantial evidence, much less proof, against the 

 honesty of Courtney in his race, with Hanlan. Because the 

 backers failed to put up the. stakes as large as first reported, 

 and because some of Courtney's best friends put all they had 

 on the Canadian, this is about all the "chain of evidence 

 wound about the dishonorable sculler doomed to share the 

 shame of Benedict Arnold," and all the other nonsensical 

 trash that, the disappointed scandal mongers have been foist- 

 ing upon a surfeited public for some, lime past. There is, as 

 we have said before, not the least tangible evidence warrant- 

 ing the stupid and baseless calumny of Courtney, and if many 



