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tbar^ an;.-'—her schooner ever got in a twenty mile race 
otilfejde. * I„axt season she was purchased hy Mr. A. B. 
^.ockweil (at that time Commodore and President of 
/the Pacific Mail Steamship Company) for, it was stated 
/at the time, !f34,000, and under Ids‘ownership site took 
' >art in all the contests of 1873, including tho celebrated 
(ape May contests for cups given by Mr. Bennett for 
yachts, pilot boats and working schooners. The En¬ 
chantress beat her, and then followed that somewhat 
acerb correspondence between Mr. StoekweU and Mr. J. 
W. Loubat, at the end of which the Enchantress took 
the Cape May Cup, which the Drcaduaught had pre¬ 
viously won from tli efiPalmer. During the season of 1874 
the Dreadnought did little, her owner's business requir¬ 
ing his undivided attention, During the season of 1875 
the yacht was laid up, but in the spring of 1876 she was 
purchased by Mr. Charles J, Osborn for, it is said, q tithe 
of what he has expended upon her since. She was at 
once put under Mr. Steer's charge and lengthened fifteen 
feet forward, the new bow improving her appearance 
wonderfully. The cabin was also completely remodelled 
and newly upholstered. In her new form' the Dread- 
naught. is, in the opinion of many yachting experts, the 
fastest keel-schooner in this country. The price for 
which she has just been sold is reported at $15,000, and 
it is probably under rather than over that. The yacht 
was named in honor of Mr. David Ogden's famous clipper 
ship Dreadnought. She has been commanded since she 
was launched by Captain J. E, Smith, who still retains 
his command and will go with her to the lakes. 
Bay of Quinte Yacht Clot. —Editor Forest and 
Stream :—Cuthbert has in hand at Trenton a big sloop, 
which is now well advanced towards completion, so far 
as her hull is concerned, being all caulked and completed, 
except the cabin, upon which the workmen are now 
busy. The dimensions of the vessel and spars are as fol¬ 
lows : Hull—Length of keel 54 feet 6 inches; length over 
all 58 feet 6 inches; breadth of beam 16 feet 6 inches ; 
length of centre-board 16 feet; draught of water aft 4 feet 
6 inches; draught forward 2 feet. Tonnage measure¬ 
ment 55 tons. Spars—Bowsprit out-board 23 feet ; mast 
50 feet; topmast 27 feet; main boom 53 feet; gaff 34 feet. 
The frame is of oak, and rock elm and pine pla nk ing 2 
inches thick; covering board, deck frames and mast 
partners, oak; deck plank, pine one and three quarter inch 
square, bent around in the shape of the yacht; fastenings 
ail of galvanized iron. The cabin will be handsomely 
panelled with ash, walnut and grey elm, with gilt mould¬ 
ings, and will have 6 feet head room. The starboard 
stateroom will be 12 feet long and fitted with two 
double berths, suitable for a family room, panelled and 
painted white. The port stateroom will he 7 feet 
long and similarly finished. There will be wash room 
and water closet on port Side, a forecastle with two 
berths, lockers for provisions, ice locker for meats, lock¬ 
ers for dishes and cooking utensils, and the forcastle will 
be fitted in a pantry and kitchen. The yacht will thus 
be first class in every particular. She is one foot shorter 
and one foot less beam than the famous Annie Cuthbert 
(now the 6/reyhound, of Chicago), champion of the lakes,, 
which was also built by Cuthbert; and being of superior 
model to that famous flyer, is tolerably certain to prove 
her superior in point of speed. This splendid yacht will 
fly the colors of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club. 
Post Tack, 
Activity Among Canoeists. —It is proposed to have 
all the canoe clubs in New York and vicinity join hands 
in establishing a regular serieB of races every fortnight 
during summer, entries to be open to the clubs joining. A 
champion pennant will be offered, to be transferred from 
winner to winner ; a permanent; prize to be given to any 
one winning the pennant a certain number of times. Two 
entries to constitute a race, and liberty to a single entry 
to make a walk-over. These semi-monthly meets will 
bring canoeists together, and the informal racing will be 
the means of promoting the welfare of the sport. The 
following are among the signatures obtained to the “ call" 
for a Canoe Congress, printed in our issue of Jan. 1st : 
Col. C. L. Norton, 849 Broadway, Commodore N.Y. O.C.; 
C. E. Chase, 287 Broadway, Commodore J. C. C. C,; J. 
F. West, 144 Duane street, N. Y.; W. P. Stevens, Rah¬ 
way, N. J.: W. L. Ogden, N. Y,; William Whitlock, N. 
Y.; G. Livingston Morse, N. Y.; John Habberton, N. Y.: 
R. L. Neville. N. Y.: R. J. Wilkins, N. Y. : N. H. Bishop. 
Lake George, N.Y.: It, N. Putnam, 54 Wall street, N. Y.: 
A. H. Siegfried, St. Paul; J. M. Barnes, Louisville, Ky.; 
Judge Nicholas Longworth, Cincinnati C.C.; LucienWul- 
sin, C. C. C,; W. M. Greenwood, Commodore C. C. C.; R. 
D. Wynkoop, Jersey City; E. A. Ransom, Jersey City ; 
Marcus Higginbotham, Jersey City ; Karl F. Bergman, 
Jersey City ; William J. Gardner, Newark; W. H. Potts, 
Trenton. N. J.; Rev. C. A. Cressy, Landaff, N. H,, as well 
as many others. 
THE QUESTION OF TYPE. 
Editor Eorest and Stream :— 
Having been much Interested to the discussion In your paper 
for some Lime past, to reference to different types of yachts, I 
hope that, although you may consider it advisable to refrain from 
editorial comments, you will encourage commuuieatlons upon 
the subject from your readers, especially from yacht designers 
and builders ol' experience. Mr. Kirby’B letter is brimful of infor¬ 
mation, and bas sound, sensible explanations of tho whole ques¬ 
tion as he understands it. And who shall say that tie Is wrong on 
those points upon which authorities agree to disagree, and leave 
their doductlooa upon such crude foundations that students can¬ 
not unravel them ? 
Mr. Scott Bussell's theory of wave-lines was a failure to his own 
hands. Eanldno's stream-line theoryfurnishesno data. Fronde's 
elaborate experiments and calculations are, by his own conies 
sion, not even theoretically satisfactory. 
Mr. Kemp generalizes from lenown vessels, taking Sappho as a 
standard of perfection In speed; Marott the same, taking America 
as a standard for comparison—both English authoi a, but each se¬ 
lects American yachts. Mr. A. Carey Smith to his lectures takes 
Comet as his standard. 
Let us see who designed these yachts. The Sappho was a failure 
until hipped by B. Fish ; so to bliu belongs the honor of her suc¬ 
cess afterwards. The America was designed by Ste ers, a practical 
man; the Comet by Elsworth ; the Arrow by Kirby. Now is it not 
singular that these very men work without any profound theo¬ 
retical knowledge, imd some of them without any theory at all? 
Everybody knows that Steer's boats were a l.|y fast; all of 
Fish’s boats go; all of , * '“'by’sboatsg 1J , orth'sgo. 
In answer to your oorrespodent, “ Martin dale,” I will ss.y, ( hat. 
the fact that Kirby did *• carve ” the Arrow, is a practical and 
thorough demonstration that he can “ carve ” another aa good. 
If ray memory serves me, Mr. B. Center to due form iBsued a 
Challenge in this paper to behalf of the cutter Volante, which was 
accepted to shnilar public manner by Mr. Claphatn to behalf of 
his forty-feet sharpie, but the cutter has not come to time. Per¬ 
haps she Is not up to her usual performances latterly, 
New Vorlt, Jan. 1201. Corinthian. 
THE CANOE CONGRESS. 
The following letter has been addressed to foreign 
canoe clubs:— 
To the Officers and Members of the Bevel Canoe Club and il$ 
branches 
Gentlemen -.-Tho organized canoe clubs of the United States 
have united to calling a Canoe Congress for the purpose of form¬ 
ing a National Canoe Club. AU canoeists in the United States and 
Canada, whether belonging to clubs or not, are invited to attend. 
The congress wiU meet on the third day of August, 1880, at Cald¬ 
well, Now York State, at the head of Lake George. Soiling and 
paddling races will be held on 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th days of August, 
aud the Committee of Arraogements hope; that fully one hun¬ 
dred canoeists will be present with their eanoes. There are excel¬ 
lent hotels at Caldwell, but it is anticipated that most of the can¬ 
oeists wiU camp together on the shore of the lake. 
Members of the Royal Canoe Club and its branches are warmly 
invited to bring their canoes and take part to the races. Caldwell 
is situated not far from Albany, New York State, and can be 
reached from New York, Boston, or Montreal in a few hours. 
Lake George is generally regarded as the most picturesque lake 
in the Eastern States, and abounds In flsh, It. is an excellent start- 
tog point for a canoe cruise by way of Lake Champlain and the 
Sorel Elver, to the Elver St. Lawrence and its Canadian tribu¬ 
taries ; or by way of Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal and 
Hudson Biver to New York City. Come over and race, camp, and 
cruise with us. A fraternal welcome awaits any member of the 
Boyal Mother Canoe Club. Very truly yours, 
W. L. Aldkn, Com. New York Canoe Club, 
Cbab- E. Chase, Com. Jersey City Canoe Club, 
Hon. Nicholas Lonoworth, 
Com. Cincinnati Canoe Club. 
ta ffiovrwiJmulfKts. 
Correspondents who may send us their proper 
name and address will always receive prompt attention 
in these columns. We require a man’s name for two rea¬ 
sons : ( 1 ) sometimes as a guarantee of good faith, and ( 2 ) 
always as a matter of common courtesy. As a ‘rule we 
do not reply to inquiries by mail, except in cases demand¬ 
ing immediate advice, 
TV. G. \Y.. Memphis, Term.—See answer to X. Y, Z. to this 
column. 
G. H. D., Jr., Carson, Nev.—Address George W. Pownal, Chris¬ 
tiana, Pa. 
Dross, Hagerstown, Ind.—The offsprings of a bull terrier bitch 
by a pointer dog are worthless. 
A.F. deN., New York.—For live quail address Mr. Mailey, 
Hight Point, N. C. See note from him to another column. 
H. B., Brooklyn—State by which route you propose going to 
San Francisco, and we will send you the desired Information. 
W. B. F., St. Catherines, Ontario.—You may send your flsh for 
sale on commission to Eugene G, Blackford, Fulton Market, New 
York. 
J. A. C., Knox County, O—Address L. M. 'Wooden, Rochester, 
N.Y. Cannot give you information concerning party of whom 
you write. 
Subscriber.— “ Canoe Cruise ta tho Baltic,” by Baden Powell; 
“ Canoeing to Kanuckia,” “ Canoe and Flying ProaOrange Judd 
Company, 215 Broadway, N. Y- 
T. A. A., Chelsea, Mass.—We make no charge for recording ken¬ 
nel notices to our paper, but take pleasure ta giving all the infor¬ 
mation we can to our subscribers. 
W. W. K—See our advertisers for hunters' boat, price 825 to $45. 
English book on boat-building costs $1.25. Can obtain it for you. 
Nothing like your own experience, though. 
C. H. R., Philadelphia.—Mr. Thos. Claphum is the only party we 
know of who makes a specialty of steam sharpies. They are 
cheap, strong, light draft, and adapted for liver aud bay work. 
Novice.— If “Novice” will call on Mr. Thos. Miller, 340 Wyokoff 
street, Brooklyn, he will receive full instructions as to best cruis¬ 
ing grounds in these waters. Drop Mr. Miller a line when you 
Intend tq call. 
T. D., Secretary.—If yacht clubs would take the pains to see 
that local papers publish correct accounts of their racing they 
would save themselves the trouble of sending ta corrections at 
the end of the year. 
Pike, Goshen, N. Y.—If ten men agree to play two games of 
chess with each man how many games do they play? A says 
ninety; B says 180. Ans. The schoolmaster must ho abroad in 
Goshen. If you count them up on your flngersjyou will find that 
180 is the correct result. 
N. 8., New York.—Address of Brooklyn Y. C, is Halsey Building, 
371 Fulton street, Brooklyn. We know nothing of its financial 
affairs, nor are they any concern of ours. Apply yourself. If 
they owe you, the club will unquestionably liquidate Us debts. 
Wet her the club is to be resuscitated or not depends only upon 
its members. 
C. S. G., Amesbnry, Mass.—Please Inform me if the Phcenix rifle 
model 1878, made by the Whitney Arms Company, are good rifles 
aud accurate shooters, and If they are all they are said to be by 
the company ? Please inform me if C. L. Eitzmann, of 84fl Broad¬ 
way, New York, is a reliable dealer and if X shall be squarely used 
If I trade with him? Ans. 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 
Dakota, Yankton.—Please inform me at what time I should 
out the tails of my setter puppies, now six months old, and how 
many Joints should bo taken off? Ans. Tailing should always be 
performed, when intended, a few days after birth, while the parts 
are tender,easily and instantaneouslyremoved.We donotbelieve 
to the operation, and your puppies are now too old, 
X. Y. Z., .Michigan.—I have a pointer hitch three years old, hag 
been bred two or three itimes to No. 1 pointer dog; is now in 
whelp to an English setter j will this cross affect her future 
progeny, and to what way ? Ans. Not necessarily so; bnt It Is 
not positive that It will not affect her future progeny. Should the 
hitch have been bredto tho first instance to a setter, there would 
have been Indications of tho cross ever afterward. 
N. D., Providence, B. I.—We cannot find the author of the 
lines— 
“ I'll tell you the story, but pass tho ‘Jack’ 
And iet me make merry to night my men. 
Ay I those were tho days when my heard was black; 
I like to remember them now and then,” 
Perhaps some of our readers can enlighten us. 
B. H. P„ Vicksburg, Miss.—About, a yoar ago you published an 
interesting letter from some Sour Springs, or Lake, in Texas, 
Please give mo tho name of the post-office there. I am affected 
With rheumatism, and am thiuktog of going there. Your prompt 
attention to this will very greatly oblige your friend and corre¬ 
spondent, Ans. The post-office is Sour Lake, Jefferson County, 
Tex. Address the proprietor of the hotel, whose name was not 
given in article referred to. 
H. P., Bocbester.—Almost Impossible to remove mildew. Scrub 
with soap and water, rinse, sprinkle with dilute solution of lime, 
and bleach in sun. To prevent mildew. Mr. John Boyle, ten is, 
203 Fulton street, uses tho following: Dissolve in fourteen gallons 
of water one pound finely powdered alum and two ounces finely 
powdered sugar of lead. When thoroughly dissolved, steep the 
canvas so that the solution will permeate every part of tho same 
for ten hours. Then dry In the open air. The proportion of 
alum and sugar of lead should he Increased lor; duolc or canvas 
heavier than ten-ounce ravens or armyiduck. 
Sport, New York.—My cocker spaniel has some disease of his 
hindlegs. When sitting he rests on his hips, and is notable to 
use his bind legs. When he is lying down his logs tremble. He at 
times has the hiccough badly. I keep him in a warm room at 
night, and in the day time he is allowed to ruu about. His hind 
quarters do not grow in comparison with the rest of his body. 
Will the mange affect his legs? He spends most of his time in 
sleeping, and has lost bis playfulness, and appetite is po'or. Does 
it injure a young aog to give him a little cooked meat ? Ans. 
The dog would seem to have partial paralysis of bis hind quar¬ 
ters; the cause not hinted at; the exact age of the dog should lie 
given. Send us full particulars, and wo will replyat ouco, 
J. T. P., Ya.—1, A friend writes from Tennessee, stating that 
they have there what are called “double-nosoa dogs,” that is, 
they have three nostrils. What kind of dogs aro they, and can 
they scent better than other dogs? 2. My hound pup's eyes are 
filled with matter every morning—whin is the cause? 3. What 
ore the symptoms of distemper ta its first stage ? 4. ityw doessui;- 
sulphur differ from ordinary sulphur? 5. What is meant, by In the 
stud ? 6. Should fox-hound puppies be first traiuod on rabbits, or 
will hunting rabbits injure them for foxes? 7. My puppies, one 
year old, seem to be afraid to leave me, and don't hunt off far 
enough—how shall I remedy this ? Ans. 1. We are very much in¬ 
terested at hearing of your friend's dog with three nostrils, and 
will be pleased to learn from Tennessee about him. A dog of this 
kind we have never seen. We remember, however, of once hear¬ 
ing of a Newfoundland dog to Indiana with four nostrils,but 
then the animal was favored with two heads: the remainder of 
the dogs whioh have come to our notice, have been limited to 
only two channels through which to “ snuff." There is no doubt, 
however, that if a dog can scent with two nostrils, he should he 
able to scent half as well again with thiee, that is, provided the 
three nostrils were confined to one nose. There is no distinct 
breed of “ double-nosed dogs,” though they eau be bred to. The 
double nose is a malformation, and, at the present day, is consid¬ 
ered a deformity. Thereis noreason why a “douhlo-nosed dog” 
should sceut better than a dog wit hout one, any more than amnu 
with a hair-lip should be able to extract more perfume from a 
rose than any other human being. 2. The running from the dog’s 
eyes may be caused from a cold ; you do not describe sufficiently 
3. The usual symptoms of this malady In young dogs arc; sudden 
loss of spirit, of activity, and appetite; drowsiness, dullness of 
the eyes, and lying at length with the nose to the ground; cold- - 
ness in the extremities of the ears and legs; with heat of the head 
and body, sometimes nearly scorching; sudden emaciation and 
exoe3Bive weakness, particularly ta the hind-quarters, whioh be¬ 
gin to sink and drag after the animal; the flanks pinched iu; an 
apparent tendency to evacuate from the bowels a little at a time; 
sometimes vomiting; the eyes and nose are often, but not al¬ 
ways,; affected with a discharge. 4, Sub-sulphur, or sublime 
sulphur, is powdered; sulphur, or brimstone, is in sticks or rolls. 
5. When a dog is said to be to the stud, it is meant to imply that 
he Is held for breeding purposes. 6-T. By many it is supposed that 
the animal we call the fox-bound, is designed by nature to hunt 
foxes exclusively; but this is a popular error. Tho hound, from 
his own natural instinct will run anything with scent that will nee 
before him. It Is from tuition alone—by being entered at and 
worked to a particular description of game, cheered to pursue it, 
rated and flogged when he hunts any other, that the hound ac¬ 
quires the qualities which belong to the class for w hleli he is de¬ 
signed. No one yet saw a puppy in his first rudiments of educa¬ 
tion but what would hunt rabbits, foxes, or anything that he 
might chance to find; or, the sooner that he is strung up on the 
first convenient branch, the better; for itis easy to stop lijra when 
in error, hut it is quite Impossible to instil tho dash and spirit, of 
hunting into him by any artificial means. We h'ke to see a wild 
puppy, ready to tear through any brier patch at the first sight or 
scent of game. We then know he has tho right stuff to him; and 
if he wants the wire-edge taken off, time, patience, and persever¬ 
ance will effect the dosirsd object. But, if we see a tamo-looking, 
timid wretch, slinking about and taking no notice whatever of 
tho rabbits and foxes that may bolt under bis nose, wc read to 
him his obituary notice and deliver him unto Jack Ketch. We 
would advise you to look up some old hunter of your vicinity, 
and ingratiate yourself in bis good griioos; if he he of the right 
sort, he will teach you more ta one day's bunting than you will 
ever pick up in any other way. Old hounds will lcave'a rabbit- 
track and follow the crossing track of the fox, the Bcent of which 
is much stronger. Take your puppies out stoglySwith some old 
sure-and-slow running hound, and if they are proper dogs they 
will soon take to their work. 
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