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show will bo held at Troy, N. Y., in January low, but in spite ol 



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Sour Milk fob Wokms.— Under date of Nov. 16 a corres- 

 pondent gives the following as his experience with sour milk 

 for worms in puppies : 



About a week ago I noticed that my dog's coat was getting 

 dull, appetite voracious, fteces black, and several other symp- 

 toms of worms were apparent ; also a gradual desire to lie 

 down after a run. I accordingly gave him a dish of sour 

 milk on an empty stomach for three consecutive days, and 

 this morning discovered that he had passed a large, round, 

 white worm, about six iucbe-s long. Whether this result is 

 due to the milk 1 caunot, of course, say. At all events, it lias 

 in this instance shown the presence of worms. H. 



ana family ftlll he foil away to a mere living 

 lorniBgrny mother placed a tab containing five 

 or six gallons of sonr milk oat at the door. Very soon old Sport fell to 

 eating It and confirmed until It would scent he must burst ; in fact, he 

 was blown up like a bladder. Well, nothing was thought of the affair 

 until toward night, when the poor animal's bowels commenced to move, 

 and such a discharge of worms, of three or four different Epecies, I do 

 not think ever before was recorded in history. The sight was sickening 

 and baffles description. The hound recovered its health at once and 

 lived to a good old age." Time it will be seen that Betona and sonr milk 

 are old remedies, and yon will be Justified in staying the erection of a 

 monument in memory of your correspondent. ctrus Lisccm. 



Nambs Claimed,— Mr. Treat Potter, of Manchester, N. 

 H., claims the name of Maggie for hi- red Irish bitch pup 

 (BufuB-Cigarette), wheiped June 27, 1878. 



— Mr. John P. Barnard, Jr., of Boston, Mass., claims the 

 name of Ruby for his black and tan setter bitch, by Allison's 

 Ruben (Lang-Ruin), out of Mr. T. T. Sawyer, Jr.'s, Nellie 

 (Stokes' Shot-Nellie). 



— Mr. D. P, Boswortb, of this city, has bought from Mr. 

 John C. Dowling his imported cocker spaniel bitch, and 

 claims the name of Clip for her. 



—Messrs. Lincoln and Hellyar have sold of their litter of 

 pointer puppies, by Snapshot out of Gypsy, one brace to C. 

 O. Damarin, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who has also purchased 

 from them the imported fetter dog Frank II., one to S. T. 

 .Hammond, of Springfield, Mass., one to J. E. Moody, Brook- 

 lyn, Conn., and one'to B. B. Austin, of Cherryfield, Maine. 



fachtiug mid goating. 



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SOMETHING ABOUT .CUTTERS. 



—Mr. D. M. Sharpnock, of Petroleum, W. A r a., has sold 

 his cocker spaniel dog, Dom, to Mr. E. F. Bcardslee, of 

 Uouverneur, N. Y- 



— Mr. E. F. Mercilliott has sold to Nelson J. Place, Jr., of 

 N. Y., one dog puppy, lemon and white, also one to Robert 

 Spilzer, of Brooklyn, L. I , one dog puppy red and white, 

 both by Quail out of Mr. Morforci's kennel, out of Grace, 

 winner of first prize at N. Y. Bench Show. 



— H. F. Tates' (Greensboro, N. C.) red Irish setter Ruby— 

 Tippos- Ruby (Ducat stock)— whelped, on Nov. 10, sixteen 

 puppies, ten dogs and six bitches, sired by champion Joe. 

 Ruby has been vety prolific, her two previous Utters being 

 fifteen and twelve respectively. 



—Mr. Geo. P. "Webster, of Columbia, Tenn., lost his red 

 Irish setter bitch Nell a few days ago. The supposition is 

 that she was stolen. 



— Mr. H. H. Winslow, of Kokomo, Ind., has bred his 

 English setter bitch Pocobontas (Rock-Dora) to Mr. L. H. 

 Smith's Leicester. 



—Mr, Smith's Pearl has been bred to Paris. 

 DOG POISONING. 



The following description of the mauner in which a corres- 

 pondent's dog was saved from the effects of what was very 

 evidently a case of poisoning will be valuable to those who 

 may be so unfortunate a3 to have dogs treated in a similar 



manner : 



Chicago, Nov, ll, 1ST8. 

 Editor Fobest and Stream : 



On Sunday morning, Oot. 21, 1 was out walking with ray dog?, and aa 

 I returned home I noticed one of them acting strangely. She seemed to 

 be trying to get something oat of her mouth. This she continued untl 

 I reached home, the time being nearly one hour. After my return the 

 Bjmptf'mB seemed to grow worse, accompanied with a considerable 

 twitching of the muscles and frothing at the mouttt. Thinking thai 

 the symptoms Indicated strychnine poisoning I immediately took active 

 measnres to connte-act its effects. I first gave a dose of salt which 

 acted In about ten minutes, but as she did not. seem to improve I fol- 

 lowed it by a eecond dose. This seemed to afford rel'ef for a short time 

 bnt soon the paroxysms returned In an aggravated form, and we con- 

 cluded that it was a case of kill or cure, so proceeded with very ener- 

 getic measnres. We began the conrse with a large dose of ipecac, but. 

 It failed to have the desired effect (as it relaxed the muscles to such a 

 degree as to fall to vomit), bnt proved In the end to have been the best 

 we could have done. This dose we followed by another dose of sa't. 

 She now began to have tits, but still having some faint hopes of saving 

 ner we gave her abont a pound of lard ; after this she grew gradually 

 worse nmil she had had six fits the last one condoning for nearly ten 

 minntea. This was followed by a copious discharge of the medicines 

 which had octed as a powerful purgative. 



These we followed with lard and laudanum, as she still seemed to be 

 snifertng intensely. When we had administered sixty-five drops of 

 laudanum it seemed to have the desired effect, as sho gradually grew 

 better, and In the course of a week was entirely recovered, with tb.3 ex- 

 ception of ner sense of smell which she seems slow in recovering. A 

 medical friend of mine (Dr. C. E Moines) attrioutes our success en- 

 tirely to the use of ipecac, as it relaxed the muscles and thus eased the 

 fits. The whole conrse of treat ment occupied the tune from 12 M. until 

 i o'clock, during which time she had seven tits. E. H. 



STAY THE MONUMENT ! 



Regarding the use of the seton as a remedy for distemper 

 and sour milk as a cure for worms a correspondent Bends us 

 the following : 



Wabeham, Nov. 11, 1818. 



ElUTOtt FOKEST AND StHEATI 1 



I read m the Forest and Stbbam of Oct. 31, under the caption 

 ' Cure for Distemper," of u new discovery, that of Introducing a seton 

 n the n-dc of the sick dog. Hereabouts it. lias been practiced lor years 

 with success. I also noticed in the same journal, under date of Novem- 

 ber!, under the caption ''Distemper," quite a lengthy article for the 

 alleviation of the afflicted of ihe. canine race, of a enrefor worms in 

 do£8 by the nse of four milk. I called the attention of Mr. P. S. Uueket, 

 onr dog King, to that article, when lie smilingly remarked. "I'll teilyou 

 a story about sonr milk" said ho. " About llf ty-flve years ago when I 

 was a lad my father came into possession of a deer or foxhound which 

 goon showed signs cf ill health. We did all we could lor the poor fer» 



FROM Mr J. G. Wheeler, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, 

 England, we have received a large assortment of photo- 

 graphs of British yachts, including many notable racers, 

 schooners, cutters and yawls, Mr. Brussey's two yachts, the 

 auxiliary steamers Meteor and his present 500 tonuer Sun- 

 beam. From Mr. Brassey we learn that this famous vessel, 

 which made a cruise around the world with Mr. Brassey in 

 command, is now cruising in the Mediterranean, as her owner 

 and family have by no means tired of life at sea, though they 

 spent a year afloat not long ago. /Sunbeam is the largest 

 yacht ever built, is of composite build, iron frames and 

 wooden skin ; measures 533 tons, Y. R. A. R., and is 159ft. 

 long between perpendiculars; 27ft. 6in. beam, and 13ft. 9in. 

 depth of hold. She is rigged as a barkantine, and is supplied 

 with engines of the compound inverted type, two cylinders, 

 24in. and42in. bv21in. stroke, 70 H. P. nominal. Contrary to 

 British custom, she is painted white. At her main peak, the 

 burgee of the R. Y. S. has been carried abroad in every sea 

 and clime. The Meteor, Mr. Brassey's former yacht, is about 

 as homely a concern as could well be devised, and he is cer- 

 tainly to be congratulated upon having shifted his flag to a 

 much handsomer vessel. Among the schooners we note the 

 Iris, a new steel cl pper with plumb stem and of beautifully 

 clean model. Her stern is unrivalled. To us she looks like 

 a good one m a stiff breaze. She, too, is painted white, a 

 change in custom almost as heretic among Englishmen as a 

 departure from the stereotyped sloop is among us. 



Then there is among the yawls the big Lufra, tonning 

 hard on to 210, an able, wholesome looking craft, which was 

 one of the first to come to the line a3 a racer under this rig, 

 and whose success set Englishmen to work up the advantages 

 of this species for cruising and racing purposes. Of the 

 "national rig," as our cousins abroad are wont to speak of 

 the cutter, we have before us numerous examples. Vanessa, 

 invincible among the " twenties," with her fourteen racing 

 flags aloft, one of Dan Hatcher's famous turnouts, and a fine 

 specimen of the thoroughly soaworthy crack of the day. She 

 measures 48ft. 3in. from stem to sternpost on deck ; 9ft. 8in. 

 beam and 2ft. 8in. depth of hold. Noted for her power and 

 staying qualities in a kick up, we should like to know the 

 sloop that could hold her own in a turn to windward with 

 this pretty weatherly clipper. Heroine, another wholesome 

 ship of 50 tons, built by Wanhill in 18G2, is a beauty to look 

 at. Mr. Wheeler has chosen an excellent position in taking 

 this craft's photo, for all the deck fittings and her rigging are 

 shown with minuteness and a clearness hardly to bo expected 

 in the murky atmosphere of the average channel weather. 

 With, bulwarks almost waist-high, and in every way fitted to 

 put to sea for a long voyage, she is known as a smart one 

 among the best racers of the day, a living witness to the fact 

 that cruising and racing qualities may be combined to no 

 small extent in one and the same craft. 



And what shall we say when we come to Mosquito, known 

 the world over as one whose performances have shed lustre 

 upon her designer, the first to give to a yacht sharp, hollow 

 lines with midship section well aft. We have no desire to 

 throw cold water upon good American patriots who labor 

 under the misapprehension that Steers' work, as exemplified 

 in the America, can claim the honorable distinction of having 

 first turned the tide against "cod's head and mackerel tail," 

 an old-time dogma that had come down to modern ages with 

 all the sanctity that centuries of custom could weave about a 

 glaring fallacy. Long before the timber was cut for Steers' 

 beauty, Mosquito had been afloat, and when our own schooner 

 first made the British coast the iron cutter had become a ship 

 of several years. Launched by Mare, of Blackwall, in 1848, 

 she commenced her career as a star by handsomely beating all 

 the stub-nosed, round-bellied craft of the day when once her 

 tiller tot into the hands of a racing skipper. She vanquished 

 iu 1853 no less a craft than famous America, and won in hol- 

 low etyle in a race with the sloop Julia, a clipper from her 

 own yards, who has few equals even at the present time, and 

 a sloop that could show a clean pair of heels to Vision, Grade, 

 Addie, aDd ihe whole lot of that stripe. Yet. theie are I hose 

 "doubting Thomases " who will not be convinced that a well 

 designed cutter and u high rate of speed are readily attainable. 

 Mosquito changed hands ever so many times iu her eventful 

 career Baited under aliases, and hailed from all round the 

 British Isles, only to turn up again at the hale old age of 

 thirt % years, a smart flyer yet, and as handsome a ship as one 



need wish to lay eyes on. Give credit where credit is due. 

 Mosquito was a wonder for her days, a bold and most success 

 fill Oeparturc. from the musty traditions of the past, and a 

 lam-el wreath should crown the brow of him, who, unbound 

 by the impenetrable prejudices of a narrow-minded age and 

 the rigid conservancy of barnacled custom, bravely cast off 

 the fetters of Imbecility, struck out in paths then untrodden, 

 and carried through to success and victory bold innovations 

 in face of frowning and derogatory public "opinion ! 



This honor is claimed by both Mr. TJitchburn and Mr. 

 Waterman. The records are not clear to whom is due the 

 praise we would faiu bestow upon the genius and pluck that 

 brought forth a design which after thirty years of time still 

 stands the test of the. refinements since her launching day, 

 undergone by naval science, so let the present generation, in 

 the. broad generosity of the times, meet out equal fame to the 

 candidates alike, for to both of them probably could be traced 

 the origin of Mosquito's liDes would fair Clio but unseal the 

 past to the admiring verdict of to-day. 



But for long voyages and family cruising give us the sixty! 

 None too large and none too small. Room enough for all on 

 board — maid, nurse, baby and all. A sixty is a "ship you can 

 go around the woild in with ease and luxury. Iona, a racing 

 craft of this size, a very handsome cutter, recalls to mind the 

 attempts of Mr. Ashbury, when disgusted with his bulky, un- 

 couth schooners, he again fell back upon the narrow form. If 

 Iona did not quite fulfill expecations among other British 

 cracks, she certainly is a yacht of speed not to be^despised, 

 and a very handsome one at that. The "forties," which give 

 such good lacing sport across the water, are well represented 

 by Myositis, the photo before lis Showing her right abeam as 

 near as possible, with her canvas set, giving a fair idea of a 

 Lapthorne suit; but why will Englishmen in their racing 

 craft adhere to the old notions against lacing their mainsails 

 down to the boom? Why the'unuecessary roach along the 

 foot? All well enough in a cruise, to be sure, for tricing up 

 the tack is a paramount to shortening sail and a bandy tbing 

 iu squalls, when with the peak dropped the force of the wind 

 is as good as neutralized. Those who witnessed the fall re- 

 uaita of the Atlantic Y. C. in New York harbor may recill to 

 mind the predicament that schooner found hrrself in when 

 struck by the fierce gusts that came bowling down from the 

 N. W., and when at the critical moment her mainsail refused 

 to come down. A pull on the tack tricing line would have 

 averted all danger in a moment. Ab it was, she barely BFCape'd 

 following Mohawk's wretched fate. For cruising a tack tric- 

 mg line is a handy affair, but for racing our cousins abroad 

 should lace all round hs taught and flat as they can. 



What with a variety of other craft, from the little five- 

 tonner up, our sanctum has assumed a British aspect to such 

 an extent, that we almost hear the cry of " traitor" from those 

 good persons wbo think it base abjection to look beyond the 

 limits of our borders. For the sake of historic truth we arc 

 willing to become a martyr, to suffer for our friends' very 

 good intentions. 



YACHTING NEWS, 



A Yachtsman's Opision-s.— A gentleman, well known in 

 amateur circles as a thorough yachtsman, who tools his own 

 craft on Corinthian principles, writes as follows, and we are 

 not sure but what there is considerable force in his remarks, 

 relating to the present style of yachting in metropolitan waters: 



My beat sympathies do go, and always will go, witb any 

 effort you may make tending to discourage the style of yacht- 

 ing at present pursued by New York yachtsmen (s i-ealled), 

 sea-jockevs and fresh-water dandies, by whom, I am sorry to 

 say, some very excellent yachts are owned. Yachts of the 

 Vision kind, I join with you iu heartily condemning. There 

 are, however, in tbo vicinity of New York more good sea- 

 worthy yachts than there are true yachtsmen to sail them. So 

 I sav, with all my heart, educate the sailor, and the boat will 

 be found ready to carry him wherever he dare to go. 



Bttffai.o Yacht Club.— Fifteen new members have been 

 added to the club. Captain, E. B Dorr, well-known in marine 

 insurance circles, Peter C. Doyle and Wm. A. Abell were 

 elected honorary members at the meeting of Nov. 15. Several 

 new boats were to be added to the fleet. 



Lakh Yachting.— Belleville, Ont., Nov. 11.— The yachting 

 season being at an eud, all the yachts of the fleet have been 

 stripped and hauled out for the; winter ; that is to say, all but 

 the Dauntless, which will probably be taken out and rebuilt 

 during the winter. Several of the other yachts will be over- 

 hauled before they again greet the waters of the bay. some will 

 have alterations made in their canvas, and others will be fitted 

 with new "mflslin," so that next season all will come out 

 again in first-class trim. Pour Taok. 



Regeetablb Aocidknt.— Mr. Whitlock, long and favor- 

 ably known in the ship chandlery business on South street, 

 met with an accident recently, being thrown from his wagon 

 while out driving near his home in Matawan, N. J. 



OAR AND PADDLE. 



St. Louis Boating.— A four-oared race took place at St. 

 Louis, November 17, between the Modoc and St. Louis crews 

 of that city. Course, from Arsenal wall up stream to stake- 

 boats, one hundred yards below the bridge and return. Dis- 

 tance, about six miles. St. Louis crew won in 47m. 30s., 

 after a close race. 



Nassau Boat Club.— At the eleventh annual meeting of 

 the Nassau Boat Club, held November 11, the followine gen- 

 tlemen were elected for the ensuing year : President, Robert 

 L Reade; Vice-President, William BrookBeld ; Secretary, 

 J. H. Giffln, Jr. ; Treasurer, James Wills ; Captain, C. G. 

 Peterson ; Coxswain, James D. Foot ; Trustees, J. H. Abell, 

 Jr., Henry P. Havens, Walter S. Wilson, William B. Kemp. 



Rowing on this Ttoe.— On the Tyne, EDgland, November 

 11, John Hawdon beat William Lumsden. It is stated that 

 Hawdon is to be matched against Hanlan, the American 

 champion, early in spring. 



A FEW WORDS 



TO "CORINTHIAN." 



Halifax, N. 3., Nov. 11, 1878. 



Enrron Forest a*d Stream : 



I have read with interest " Corinthian's" letters in favor of the 

 American model and rig, and am glad to find him advocating hie 

 views so earnestly, though I entirely differ from him. At the 

 enmetime, I w ieh his eagerness to prove himself right did not 

 lead him into very awkward blmidera, which tell agiinet the value 

 of hie arguments. In his letter of Oot. 25 he aaya : " When the 

 plucky Ashbury brought his cutter-yacht Cambria to these waters 



