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point, and the penalty shall range from 1 to 7 for his acts 
throughout the heat. 
Breaking Ml— Is when a dog, through improper train¬ 
ing or from excitement, leaves his position when the 
birds rise, whether the gun is fired or not, and starts to 
break shot or chase, but stops within a few feet of the 
point from whioh ho started of bis own accord or by 
command. 
Breaking Shot—Ts when a dog runs in when the gun 
is fired with the intention of getting the bird, and does 
not stop at command. 
Chasing —Is when a dog follows the birds, either when 
the gun is fired or not, to an extent to be beyond the 
control of the handler for the time being. 
PUPPY STAKES. 
Rule 1. Dogs over eighteen months old shall not be eli¬ 
gible for the puppy stakes. There will be no points 
allowed for retrieving in this stake. Rules otherwise as 
above, 
BRACE STAKES. 
The rules governing the brace stakes shall be the same 
as used in the all-aged stakes, with the following excep¬ 
tions : The maximum for ranging shall Ire 10 instead of 
5 and the total 110 instead of 100. The braces, to earn 
the maximum for quartering, must cross each other sys¬ 
tematically and work independently of each other, or one 
dog must quarter the ground on one side of the handler 
while the other dog quarters the opposite side, the dogs 
meeting at or near the centre. Each brace will be run 
separately (instead of running in heats) and be judged by 
the scale of points as laid down and explained. 
E. C. Sterling, ) Committee on 
Patrick Henry. - Field Trial 
C. B. Whitford. ) Rules. 
jjf&dttittQ Routing. 
HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. 
Date, 
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Aug. 30. 
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Aug.31. ... 
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19 
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18 
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42 
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Sept. 2. 
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COMING FIXTURES. 
Aug 28—Jersey City Canoe Club Regatta. 
Aug 29—Newburyport Y C Cruise. 
Aug 29—Newburyport Y C Closing Race, Tpswich. 
Aug 30—Royal Nova Scotia Y S Harbor Cruise. 
Sept 2—Salem Y C Regatta. 
Sept 4—New York Y C Cape May Cup. 
Sept 9—Columbia Y C Challenge Cup. 
Sept 8—Quincy Y C Regatta. 
Sept 9—Dorchester Y C Regatta. 
Sept 6—Beverly Y C Regatta, Nabant. 
Sept 6—Boston Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept 8—Royal Nova Scotia Y S Race. 
Sept 6—Royal Canadian Y C Prince of Wales Cup. 
Sept 13—Royal Nova Scotia Y S Closing Cruise. 
Sept — Detroit. Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept —Providence Y C Anderson Cup. 
Sept —Haverhill Y C FaH Regatta. 
Sept —Nahasset Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept —Albany Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept 20—Dorchester Y C Union Regatta. 
Sept 23—Quaker City Y C Fall Regatta, 
Sopt 28—Quaker City Y C Closing Cruise. 
Oct 15—Seawanhaka Y C Ocean Match, Center Cup. 
—P. H. Bryson, Esq., of Memphis, Term., and E, F. 
Stoddard, Esq., of Dayton, Ohio, have consented to act 
as judges for setters and pointers at the St. Louis Dog 
Show. The judges for the other classes have notyetbeen 
selected, but will be duly announced. Many inquiries 
have been made as to whether dogs that have 
been, hunted will be allowed for want of coat, 
feather and condition. I am authorized to state that in¬ 
structions will be given to the judges to make due allow¬ 
ance for the same. The entries close 20th,September, and 
should be made early in order to secure admission, as the 
space is necessarily limited. Ghas. Lincoln, Supt. 
Hydrophobia—Its Origin. —Monro Union Co., N. C., 
Aug., 1879 .—Editor Forest and Stream :—I saw in one of 
your back numbers an article from the great protector of 
animals, Mr. Bergh, of New York, in which he contends 
that there is no such specific disease as hydrophobia, and 
that therefore the bite of a dog, sane or mad, does not 
necessarily infect any person he bites, with the specific 
disease known as Hydrophobia. On reading this article — 
a friend gave me the following memorandum which I send 
you. H. Smith. 
•' Mr. Bergh and his learned authorities may be right; 
hut the scientific schools, through all time have been 
so given to tricks and hobbies that they will bear 
watching. 
•'A farmer in Eastern North Carolina, one day saw a 
beautiful dog trotting along the path by his house ; pre¬ 
sently a farm-hand came in, and told the farmer that the 
dog was mad, and had bitten his young boar through the 
ear, and ha'd also bitten other hogs at a mill, a half a mile 
off, where a hard sense old negro was miller. The farmer 
immediately had a pen made and the boar put into it. He 
then went to the mill where the same dog had bitten a fine 
blooded sow nursing a dozen or more pigs, and had also 
bitten several shoats—females not spayed—several months 
old, all of which ran mad and died in a few days. The 
farmer then asked the old negro if it was not safest to kill 
his boar? The old negro said, no ; don’t kill him, but cut 
him —(that is, castrate him); for, said he, a cut dog never 
runs mad. The farmer followed hiB advice the same day, 
and the next winter the hog made two hundred pounds 
of good pork. Some years afterwards, a young physician, 
without knowing any t hi ng of this old negro’s notion, 
gave it as his opinion that Hydrophobia among dogs was 
caused chiefly by want of opportunities to gratify their 
venereal appetites, because it is customary to kill most of 
the female pups, and to save the males, thereby causing 
an unnatural disproportion of the sexes among a race of 
animals highly prolific. He thought this deprivation of 
their natural gratifications caused the nervous system of 
dogs to become so radically depraved, that they become 
mad, perhaps with some disease akin to virulent erysi¬ 
pelas, and they could communicate the virus by biting 
other animals. This is popularly known as hydrophobia, 
and believed to be a specific disease. These notions are 
strengthened by the fact that dogs go mad both in winter 
and summer, the seasons making but little difference 
in the disease as an epidemic. The evident remedy among 
dogs, is to alter (castrate) enough males to equalize the 
sexes, provided the above opinions are correct.’’ 
—Mr. Christopher Roache’s (Natick, Mass.) pointer bitch 
Lo Lu whelped July 20th seven puppies, sired by Pete, Jr. 
—Mr. A. L. Hawkin’s (Media, Pa.) imported Irisli setter 
hitch Juno whelped on the 25th of July ten fine puppies, 
sired by Mr. F. F. Fassitt's imported Irish setter dog 
Sport. ^ 
—Mr. W. P. Shannon of N. Y. claims the name Gelert. for 
a red Irish setter dog, sired by Bishops Doctor out of Mr. 
Oscar Purdy’s imported bitch Nell. 
THE RECENT DISASTERS. 
A contemporary, which in its enthusiasm over some 
lake “ dugouts,” so far sheered off its course as to counsel 
the construction of yachts without ballast at all, has the 
the following : “The dangers of yachting by inexperi¬ 
enced navigators have been fearfully illustrated within 
the last few days, It is noticeable that the disasters re¬ 
corded are mostly on inland waters, while the large fleets 
on the seaboard are comparatively exempt.” Our con¬ 
temporary, professing to know something about naval 
design, ought to be able to assign the correct reason for 
the annual recurrence of the many disasters to our yacht 
fleet which send hundreds to a watery grave every sea¬ 
son. It is not so much because of inexperienced “navi¬ 
gators," but because we attempt to gain through exces¬ 
sive beam and light draft, qualities which, if sought for 
in greater depth and more ballast, would secure im¬ 
munity from danger. The idea that ballast is a detri- 
riment to a vessel’s performance is the unfounded bug¬ 
aboo of unread persons, and the idea that yachts can be 
built without ballast to cope with the sea and show speed, 
is the crackbrained vision of an unbalanced m i n d. 
ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB. 
All members joining before September 15th will be ex¬ 
empt from paying entrance fee. The annual open re¬ 
gatta has been fixed for September 6th. Classification 
and prizes: First class, over 10 tons, prizes $150, $75, and 
$25. Also cup, for deep draft yachts, presented by Mr. 
Geo. Hawke with a purse of $30 thrown in. Yachts 
belonging to the R. C. Y. C. will also race for the Prince 
of Wales Cup. and the deep draft club yachts for the 
cup presented by the late Commodore, Dr. Hodder. Sec¬ 
ond class, 5 to 10 tons, prizes, cup presented by Com. A. 
R. Boswell with $100 added, $60, $30, and $10. Third 
class, under 5 tons, prizes $30, $15, and $10. A large list 
of entries is hoped for, but it would seem that a very 
foolish move on the part of the R, C. Y. C. will keep 
many of the smaller yachts away from the line. We refer 
to the rule permitting the shifting of ballast, If the 
Royal Canadian is bent upon retracing its steps and eager 
to give a set back to legitimate yacht racing and yacht 
building on the lakes, or at least in ,or about Toronto, 
it could not have adopted a more certain and quicker 
means than this pernicious rule, which can only cause 
the substitution of a worthless, expensive, and dangerous 
class of shingle-bottom sailing machines in place of yachts 
possessing the advantages of roominess, comfort, safety, 
seagoing qualities and cheapness. We do not think the 
R. C. Y. C. is prepared intentionally to aid in the de¬ 
struction of the honest, wholesome fleets of which the 
lakes already boast, but are inclined to think that the 
club has been acting in the dark, unaware of the poison 
with whioh it was underm inin g the future welfare of its 
own interests, and that the rule concerning shifting bal¬ 
last was passed at the instigation of a reckless few who 
care nothing for nor appreciate the noble art of sailing, 
but whose only ambition is to capture the purse, whether 
legitimate sport he thereby ruined or not. It is not too 
—The archery score cards and books published by A. S. 
Brownell, Boston, are the most complete arrangement for 
archery scoring yet published, and are adapted for record¬ 
ing fully every arrow shot at any of the rounds adopted 
by the Eastern and National Archery Associations. 
In using these books each arrow shot is recorded in its 
order, be it a hit or miss, the total value of hits at each 
end shown, and a summary shows the total hits an d hits 
in each color. Each left-hand page is left blank for notes, 
observations, etc. 
Club score books take four American Round scores on 
each page. For individuals they are one half width, a 
convenient size for pocket use. They are for sale by all 
dealers, or will be mailed by the publisher on receipt of 
price. Individual books, 75' cents, or two for $1. Club 
books, 600 rounds, $1,50; 1,200 rounds, $2.— [Adv. 
late for the club to retrace its fatal step and to redeem 
itself as an organization which does not propose to be 
carried away by the ignoble influence of the yachting 
jockeys and racing gamblers. If the club desires a-full 
understanding of the question, its members are referred 
to previous issues of thi s journal, and we may here add, 
that all clubs of repute in the United States are and have 
been abolishing this nuisance, the evil being at present 
confined only to a few clubs of no national significance. 
The Royal Canadians may also learn a lesson by review¬ 
ing the course of British yachtsmen in this matter. 
Shifting ballast is no longer permitted in English, Irish, 
or Scotch waters, and yachts which must shift ballast to 
keep on their legs or to show speed are justly regarded 
with contempt as mere machines undeserving of being 
classed as yachts. We regret that the Toronto Mail, not 
comprehending the question, should have given its quasi 
indorsement to such an innovation backwards, by pub¬ 
lishing some very foolish diatribe of a correspondent in 
favor of shifting ballast. But we can safely leave the 
Mail to the considerate care of the Belleville Intelligencer, 
which, we judge from the recent discussion in their col¬ 
umns, is quite able of taking care of the Mail and all 
others on this point. Shifting ballast is condemned by 
all who have, the highest interests of building and sailing 
at heart as an unmitigated evil and a stupid nuisance, 
driving our racing community into the construction of 
the most dangerous and useless of craft, and the Royal 
Canadian Y. C. ought to know better than to let such a 
retrograde measure ever go on its books. 
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. 
ANNUAL CRUISE—CONTINUED. 
After spending the night in Newport harbor at anchor, 
and waiting for a breeze in the morning, the Commodore 
signaled the fleet at 10 A M. Aug. 12th, to go to Beaver- 
tail light, and to heave to there and await, his starting 
gun for that point. Schooner Fleeticing stole such along 
lead on the fleet, that the other schooners of her class 
immediately made after her, the signal gun not being 
fired till about five minutes later. The leading yachts 
passed Nest Island Club in the following order: Fleet¬ 
wing, Estelle, Clio, Magic, Vixen, Peerless and then, 
after an interval of a mile, the Wanderer, Madeleine, 
Nettie, Frantic and others. At two o’clock the Tidal 
Wave, which was sailing like a witch, came tearing along, 
having rushed through the second division of the fleet 
and traversed the long interval between them and the 
second class schooners far ahead. She then passed in 
succession Viren, Peerless , Clio and laid herself out for a 
close race with Magic. Behind came the Wanderer, who 
was passing Rambler, Dauntless, Nettie, Dreadnought , 
Intrepid and Niantic. This is the order in which these 
boats passed the Hen and Chickens lightship. The Made¬ 
leine had come up just after Tidal Wave, and was 
making a good fight for leading boat. Tlie wind had 
been free from the start and rather light. After passing 
the Hen and Chickens the yachts squared away and went 
wing and wing, spreading out every available foot of 
canvass. As the wind kept freshening the wonderful 
little Magic increased her speed, and passing Estelle, made 
a close race with Fleetwing. Behind the Vixen, which 
was the last boat in the.first division, and first sloop in the 
fleet, came Wanderer under a perfect cloud of canvass. 
She slipped by Vixen, and was well oil her way to the 
niouth of the harbor, when the Commodore signalled the 
yachts to lay to and perform evolution. As it was blow¬ 
ing a young gale by this time almost the entire fleet dis¬ 
regarded the signal. They came into the harbor at racing 
speed, and as they rounded to, presented a magnificent 
sight. The Tidal Wave and Magic carried off the honors 
of the day, particularly the Tidal Wave, as she had a 
very poor (but a ver y fair) start. She really came in first. 
The following is the order in which the yachts anchored. 
Name. H-3£. 
Fleetwing..jj 31 
Tidal Wave. -3 og 
Magic.3 g 
OUO. 3 33 
Estelle-- .3 jj§ 
Madeliene. 3 35 
Peerless. 3 38 
Vixen. 8 45 
Dauntless. -3 •» 
Rambler. 3 54 
Name. H.M. 
Niantic.. .. 3 55 
Vision. .3 58 
Dreadnaug-lil. . 3 5T 
Kate . 3 58 
Phantom . . 3 58 
Wanderer .3 58 
Intrepid. .3 ;8 
Psyche. . 4 13 
Resolute .4 13 
Nettie . .4 16 
It will he seen by these figures what a magnificent race 
the first seven boats made. It was in some instances 
hard to decide the precise order in which several boats 
came in. The shipping in the harbor was gaily decorated 
with flags in honor of the fleet’s arrival, and the large 
whaling vessels lying in the docks were black with enthu¬ 
siastic spectators. The cannonading was deafening, and 
the reception altogether was the most gratifying met 
with by the club during their cruise. In the evening the 
yachts were brilliantly illuminated and many of them 
had fine displays of fireworks. The New Bedford Yacht 
Club gave a remarkably pleasant reception to the N. Y, 
Y. C. and its guests. 
Next day, Wednesday, Aug. 13th, a most successful 
regatta took place. The following were the entries : 
First-class schooners— Phantom, Tidal Wave. Second- 
class schooners— Clio, Peerless, Azalea, N. B. Y, C, and 
Magic. First-class sloops— Vision, Niantic. Second- 
class sloops— Vixen. America, Kate, Mistral. The course 
was from Clark's Point to a stakeboat in Kettle Cove on 
Nausbon Island, thence arouud the Hen and Chickens 
lightship and back to Clark's Point. The yacht Nettie 
was the judge’s boat at the start. A flying start was 
taken and the yachts got off in the following order: 
Vision, 11.04; Kate, 11.06; Niantic , 11.07; Tidal Wave, 
11.07 ; Peerless, 11.07 ; Clio. 11.08 ; Azalea, 11.09; Mistral, 
11.10; America, 11.14; Magic, 11.12; Vixen, 11.13. The 
Phan tom started before the signal, by accident, and her 
time was not taken at either end of the race, thus pre¬ 
venting the Tidal Wave from getting a record. At the 
very beginning of the race Magic carried away her fore¬ 
topmast. The Clio at once ran by Kate and Niantic, 
and shortly after passed Vision, and was soon ranged 
with the Magic. Peerless and Azalea followed. The 
Niantic-x as a, little way astern of Vision and making 
a good fight, for the lead. The Vixen made very short 
work of her antagonists. She passed, first. America, 
25 minutes after tlie start, and soon after, the Mis¬ 
tral. The first boat around the stakeboat at Kettle 
Cove was Clio at. 12.07. Peerless and Magic followed at 
12.15 close together. Most of the boats made short tacks 
along the land, thus securing smooth water. Clio, how¬ 
ever. stood across, and by so doing allowed Magic to 
wind her. In the heavy windward work the finest 
sailing qualities of the different yachts were brought out. 
The Peerless was well buried to leeward, the water, 
which boiled up over her house, keeping her in a de¬ 
cidedly ticklish and unpleasant position, for it was blow¬ 
ing very fresh. Vision, too, was way down in the 
water, and her cockpit throughout this tack was afloat. 
The little Vixen , on the other hand, with housed topmast. 
