[amuBBB 29, 1881. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



175 



e< j from active net-vice, and Mr. White would have been loth 



at (toy prioe. The other dogs wore valued at about 



HKgb. Mr. White i» indignant as well aa grieved at the loss 



iirlile aiiiumls and intends to leave no atone unturned 



vino cspiurn and conviction of the rascal who poisoned them. 



BKne WW aware of no ill feeling oil the part of the residents 



^HgjtaUrity ag he had always treated them with courteBy and, 



«tu,!u i'j starting on tliirf last expedition, he received no less 



•'.',, till 8 dozen letters from peopl" residing on the Cape, ro- 



Mttliue hirn to visit their localities and exterminate the foxea if 



.,. (hey annoyed them by destroying their poultry. Mr. 



fh.lv » ill wu'liiiglv pav 4100 to auv person who will secure the 



.-,,, r,i the person who killed his dogs. 



iil. VERMONT KENNKLS.— I am so full of my late trip 



IbTSm' England. I must speak of my pleasant call on 'Dr. Gold- 



jJjKIl, of Rutland, Vt Dr. G., you know, imported Plunkett. I 



HMIte gentleman as enthusiastic as ever on the subject of dog 



it.ivilhataiidiiig his age, but not at all pleased with the 



as treated in reference to Plunkett, Carrie and four 



ulha Of bib setters after they left hie hands (although still owned 



i went West. I was taken to the kennel of .Mr. Kipley, 



md saw his two pups, Pat and Noma, by Elcho out of 



. I ;> Salter's Dash out of Lill III. These youngsters are 



i -ing. of faultless color and good form. Mr. Kipley also 



setter, Shot by name, by Plunkett out of Job- 



1 bang's Nell. I understand almost all of thiB litter were reds. 



the dam was black and tan. 



1 , lis, of Kiitlaud, has a promising lot of youngsters out 



, Phmkett-Nell bitch by llory O'More, but all save one 



; ' back to Nell's color and arc black and tan. 



Dr. Carpenter, of Burlington, Vt., owns, I believe, a brother to 



8cr»|i that lias turned out a remarkable grouse dog. I had occa- 



flvu to stop oil on my way to Boston at Ayeer's Junction, and 



titing for my train heard from a native that he had that 



,, full covey of quail about two-lhu'ds grown. On 



... bira I learned that Bob White was scarce in his neigh- 



. .„ id, p 'id I hat they were the first he had Keen for some years. 



these were running birds, aud were not bred in the 



ntioued.— Homo. 



EACTEKN FIELD TRIALS JUDGES.— At a meeting held on 



i !.i ruing, in this city, the rollowiug-named gentlemen 



Mrtwtotedto act as judges at the trials at Robins Island: 



'Taylor of Richmond, Va.; John SI. Kinney, of 



RtHSlon, Va., and E. H. Bathro[i. of Springfield, Mass. Mr. J. 



.- igerke, of Hoboken, N. J., was chosen to fill the first va- 



ftessrH. W. A. Oo"ter and John E. I. Grainger tendered 



rices to act if any unforeseen circumstances should pre- 



WtUny of the above-named from being present. Twenty-ona is 



Qiti total number of entries in all stakes up to the present time. 



IJOS DEALERS NOT SWINDLERS— Monticello, N Y., Sept. 



.',' ' i tn d .stream : The letters published by you in a 



l"i- respecting the Moodus dog swindler have "an mjuri- 



i)ii»«iTiict upon honest, dog dealers. I was one of Fowler's vic- 

 lium inyself, and am thankful to you for having so shown him up 

 tatto public. But the expose has also worked to my disadvantage, 

 not) doubtless to that of other dog breeders, in that it makes buy- 

 m suspicions of us as a class, and because one man has played 

 tha Mnuirr the public is afraid to trust any one in the same busi- 

 liwB. Now, this is certainly wrong and unjust. I am constantly 



■■■correspondents who want me to send dogs, perhaps 



UM mil™, for their inspection, and then, if the dogs prove satis- 

 SCtory, they will send the money. What guarantee have I that 

 % lliioiv a good dog when they see one ? Every one knows that 

 iMrmiptr cannot handle a trained dog so well as a man can to 

 jbottthc dog is accustomed, and so it happens that many a really 

 TOMawdog is condemned on the instant a hen only the purchaser 

 gapftiB. My experience has taught me. that many buyers ex- 

 |Wl too much of a dog. They don't know really what he should 

 HDmsrs expect a first-class animal that, will retrieve from laud 

 wWer, drop to shot, etc., for about 420.— Uha.b. F. Kent. 



■ SENTRIES.— A __. 



»ml corps of the Russian army. This 

 touof dugs instead of men as sentrien. 

 ;«« the Ural Mountains is found most 

 fill growl at the presence of an iutrudei 

 " ■ ■-•■.-> exciting all the dogs in ca 

 itould think, however, that pellets of p 

 llW'li to them from a distance, aud that 



raeut is being tried in 

 insists in the introduc- 

 jr this duly the wolf 

 uitable, as this animal 

 nstead of barking ont- 

 p to do likewise. v\ e 

 soned meat could be 

 the dogs 



WMumiklly muzzled little dependence could be placed on their be- 

 ing illive when danger was reaily present. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



■ mBrfefierii and owners of doge are invited to eend memoranda 



''"••'"'.s ,-iiOni«(, bred, ivhf'ps, xaltxi, etc., /or insertion in this column. 



■ .''■(■■■:.. for ii,' publication of euch note*; but request in each 



mad*, up in accordance with our form, that the name oj 



en legibly, or printed, and that the strain to 



" '*• ii CMii b,dv„.j< !„: distinctly Mated. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



'■■ i: ' ' "'.- Richer, Lebanon, Pa., claims the name of Jack 

 HBBffie and white seller nog puppy, with black points, whelped 

 ■H«. ifsil, by Rood's Winnie out oi owner's Belie. 



l!i 1 < v lluuhor, Lebanon, Pa., claims the name Of Reed 

 ;'r«!i.j.' ...,; wi.Pe sett'-r dog puppy, with black points, wheiped 

 'j.-k..!, i-i, Ir. Keen's Winnie our of owners Belle. 



i' e. . Kelkor, oshkosh, Wis., claims the name of 

 E® f Wue Bdton setter dog puppy by Ross' Carl < Leicester-Dart) 



HBjr^Chas. W.' Felker, oshkosh. Wis, claims the name of 



lorn-mou laUon setter bitch puppy by Ross' Carl iLe.i 

 Bgttot Queen (Mash III.-Gifl.j 



Vin? 1 ? -1 "' '"'"■ ■ , " Sc "" a "' Marysvllle, Kansas, claims the name of 

 wi. r L1 '- nvel1 " 1 setter bhch puppy by Sanborn's Count Noble 

 ■HyL m . a em-Nora) out oi Mohawk Kennel's Princess Belle (Pllk- 



^^&-Mr, L-. V. v. sewni, Tarrytown, N. Y., claims the name of 



Bioriiver and waiii c.ioiio.'- hitch by owners, i mess oui of Lou. 

 HSff u c ' V ' V- sew, ' li : Tiiitj town, N. v., claims the name of 

 !'.-r. md whUeeoekerbltcn by ctiessoutot Lou, 

 ■ " .'."'m'-Mr. C V. V. Sewell, TarryiOHn, N. Y., claims the 

 mjTQulnieu Dunvardfor liver and white cocker dog bv owner's 

 3l«U t of Lou, 



'.' '". -Mr. c. v. v. Sewell, Tarrytown. N. Y., claims the 

 ■ j- in ii.vijsey (.uieen lor liver and while ce kei- birch by owner's 



to? " 101 Lou - 

 HB» ~M''- N. Klmoi-e, Granny, Conn., claims the name o( Silver for 

 "BLDlacle and tan bcae/le bitch pup whelped June 2ii, by Flute 



■'•'I '-.J le Olll 01 lie-is .I'lOSsOllV. liuio-Old Bess). 

 '■J"-')!! 1 . iV hlnioie, nr;i., by i one., eheiu:-; ihe ruiriie 01 Hunyfor 



SiS 180 " aud w " rjeil S' L ' a "g pupwl 16. by owner's 



rue) oui oi Hess (funo-()ld Bess). 

 --- li-Mr. II W. i.. 

 ■Hflf Baron Warwick lor ir-im 

 |Hnkout oi tune. 

 tntuVi i ~ Mv Pre<1 ' B - TllIsou ' Ttlsonbnry, One, claims the name 

 .■wiii ii,, M . flll - Lirwellln setter bitch popiv, by count Nohle (fount 

 Hito, 1 ' Nora) oul c,r |J i |n cess Belle (Pilklugron's Kutus-Bodge's 



i tobt. B. I'ost, Middle Uaddnm, Conn., claims the name of 



.um liver and white pointer doe pup v.-iielprrj Sept. «, lssi, bv 

 •'••I. U. Stewart's pointer spieek out oi U lug. 

 wnKi.rs. 

 •I. n. .Stewarts (Middle lladdam, Conn.) pointer bitch 

 Ipetl Sept. 81, issi, elgot— Ave dogs and three bitches, by 



'— Mr. N. Elmore's (Crabby, Conn.) beagle bitch Cosette 

 •beauty) « at bred to o« ner's lvlng (Mctor-Lucy . Sept. 17. 

 He ' ha--. E. Wallacks (New York city) lin- 

 i II (K K. a. B, 10,590) to Mr. A. Fadellord's champion 

 . . on Sept. 13. 

 I BB Bg """"'""— The Westminster Kennel Club's liver and white 

 Uaj to SenaaUou, Sept. 14. 

 Salks. 



Mr. C'has. H. Mason has sold his champion mastiff 

 3?™* (E. K. S. B. 9,336) to Mr. A. Pii-n Mo ri . -„ 8. Y. 



. .e'd-ilr. H. W. Cause, Wilmington, Dei,, has sold to 

 - ■'. Mai I hi, or same place, the black, while and tan setter bltcn 

 l "l»aa, by Warwick out of OUle. 



Priru:e*e Warwick— ^Mr. It. W. Cause, Wilmington, Del., lias sold to 

 Mr. K. J. Martin, of same place, the black, while and tan setter bitch 

 Princess, by Warwick out or OHIO. 



COCKER VS. YELLOW DOGS. -New York, Sept. 9.- Editor 

 Forest and Stream : I must confess that I was astonished at your 

 inquiry in pa] ler of 1st instant, of whereto see a braco of well- 

 broken cockers, for I had supposed that "the woods were full of 

 them ; '' but on inquiry I Dud there is more in your query than I 

 at first imagined, it would seem, accordiug to'Mr. McKeon, that 

 one cannot take a gun without tripping over a well-broken brace at 

 every turn, but then Mr. MeKeon is, as he confesses, a breeder of 

 them, aud naturally makes haste to answer your inquiry, and so 

 obtain a cheap advertisement. But what do you think of a man 

 who claims to be a sportsman, advocating the potting of grouse 

 off the branches of a tree V I should blush to call myself a sports- 

 man under such circumstances, aud think I would "prefer not to 

 advertise the fact that I bred cookers for that purpose. Such work 

 is, in my opinion, as bad as shooting at a bevy of quail on the 

 ground, and no thorough sportsman will ever be guilty of such a 

 miserable action. Cockers should not be prostituted to such work ; 

 and, in fact, it is really very unkind to supplant the " yeller dorg " 

 by allowing the " festive cocker" to do bis work. There are dogs 

 and dogs, but I hardly think that the province of a cocker is in 

 treeing grouse. I have shot over just two good braco Bince 1 came 

 to this country, one in Nova Scotia and one in Canada. I have in- 

 quired of many gentlemen "sportsmen" in this vicinity, and do 

 not know of one brace of cockers worth following for a day's 

 woodcock sbootinK in the States. There may be many, but /don't 

 know of them. When you go to Franklin to shoot grouBe out of 

 trees, let me know. Ta-ta The Eodach. 



To buy a Good Pocket Knife. S'elssors, Bowie Knife. Table Knife or 

 Carvers, or Cutlery* of any description, go to Charles L, Rllzmann, 943 

 Broadway, N. Y.— Adv. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



tsr-NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS. 



H. D., Holllnsford, N. H.— Use Persian Insect powder. 



R- B. C, London— You will flud the Forest and stream In The 

 American Exchange and Pending Looms, -i49 Strand. 



Jupiter Tona>'S— We send you one of our Dlttmar pamphlets con 

 talnlng our discussion of the so-called " Dili mar sporting powder.' 

 Ii answers al! your nuesiious about the daugerou-, nature oi that 1"- 

 1. After you have read ityou can answer for your- 

 self the Inquiry as to its safety. 



Fox, Washington, Mass.— T shot a strange bird for Hits country. 

 It weighs ICo, o/,s ; is bnoen on Its heel;; small wing-; and white on 

 Lie; legs set ou like the auk, bin ilat-fooierl, webbed, bur nor 

 like a duel:; nearly black; no tall; reddish brown round throat, ; 

 Uaped some like a duck, but beak like a hen. Came mute 

 plenty here; more loses than for some year: partitdce ab"Ut the 

 same; a rew woodehuek .ins. A grebe of some species, but as no 

 measurements are given cannot de'errnine which one It is. 



S. J. G., Brooklvn.— SoVe weeks ago. while fishing tn f lie Delaware 

 Elver over inn miles from the sea, I hooked ae-d Iamled a silt-water 

 s: ripen bass weighing over three pounds, will > ou plt-nse Inform me 

 bit Is a very evceptlona.! o.-.-ui-renee to rind thes;; n "n at such a dis- 

 tance Hum sail wuf"r V Ans. - I'liev Ireipienf rivers, and si riped bass 



,-, rii i-,i.;,.i -,| i ,,',:i,:iii... in. i ' I ■-. i -,- , i in- lie id or 



navigation on the Hudson. This Hh.Ii Is often found in rivers 1 an miles 

 lrom the sea, but not often when above five pounds In weight. 



P. M. St., New York City.— I have a pointer dog poppy live months 

 old, liver color with white, breast, light f out paw white, and little 

 WDtte on left paw ; has a small tan sent ever each eve, also on each 

 Sloe of head; both cheeks are a little tanned, the I ,n extending 

 under the lower law ; front, leg-, are a Utile tanned, also small streak- 

 tan on Inside of hind-leg.-, wl-h --pot ol tan under the stern. The tan 

 Is quite dark, and he is well shaped and has a good head. Please 

 st ite whether this tan Indicates a cross with the foxhound or auy 

 other breed. Also If the while paw Is auv objection. Ans. The 

 color Is no Indication of cross nor objectionable, unles: as a mat ter or 

 taste. 



J W. G.. Spokane, Idaho.—! maintain that. Tft lbs. Is the largest 

 true brook trout that has evei been taken either iu England or 

 America. Am I light? If not, how much larger ones have been 

 taken? Ans. The American brook trout, /-.'m'me i.ui:iwtiin, grows 

 largest In the Rangely Lakes of Maine. The fact that. If liiimoiis 

 ,.-.-,., I il,?s rioes not eons.- n u, tie e-ou founded with the lake trout 

 proper, s'. nmnaycufh. Mr. G. S. Page, of New" York, look one some 

 rears a s o which weighed 10)4 lbs. and now has It stuffed The 

 Smithsonian Institution has one in alcohol which weighed eleven 

 pounds. Plaster casts ot this fish were aL-o made. Tills trout dees 

 not exi-.t m a scute of nature west of the Missouri River where sevei al 

 secies rake lis place. All the western trout are black spoiled with 

 the single exception ot the Dolly Varden, S. malma. We have seen 

 this hsh of seven pounds, aud It mav grow larger, but we have on 

 authentic leeorris of Its size. The brook trout ot Europe, S furl;. 

 reaches a weight, sixteen pounds or more. 



ThkH. w, Collenuek Co., the world-celebrated manufacturers of 

 billiard tables, have removed their wareroorns lioin :ss Broadway to 

 70S Broadway, this city. Their tables are not surpassed in excellence 

 by any others In the world. 



ffachtittg and $ano$inQ. 



MADGE! 



THE CUTTER WINS! 



\* ADGE, 10 tons, drawings ft. and over 6 ft. deep, 10 tons lead on 

 L " keel, low hoist, long gaff, double head sail, narrow beam, has 

 whipped— and fairly whipped— schemer, the smartest light draft tn 

 America, over 18 tons big. So beam and shoal hold, so Hat bottom 

 and light displacement, so big satis and somucb-vauuted centreboard 

 have one and all collapsed the very first occasion they met a genuine 

 crack of the opposite type. Truly, the eyes of the braggarts, the eyes 

 of the Bourbons, the eyes of the perverse have at last been opened I 

 The strlre is over, the machine is dead, the safe ship has swept all be- 

 fore her I Over a ■iO-mlte course In our waters, In otir winds, a most, 

 brilliant victory has been scored by a yacht totally unable to get out 

 of her own way, could the shallow rant of the unsophisticated have 

 been believed, could the Insipid, pointless drivel or the narrow-minded 

 provincials have been accepted as containing even a tithe of the owl- 

 ish wisdom they would fain make the verdant beginner think. Aye, 

 this Is a great day for cutters and Forest and Strkam! This Is es- 

 sentlally and thoroughly a victory lor Fokks.t ami istubau, which 

 shall go out In all Its Import to the uttermost comers of the world, 

 through the medium of this Journal. We have earned our right to 

 rejoice by the longest, hardest tight against ilippaiit vnuhy, luxy cus- 

 tom, vulgar prejudice and clumsy snap judgment which has ever 

 been fought in the columns of a sporting paper, and those who think 

 the opportunity will be lost, they know us Utile, it shall be heralded 

 wherever craft floats that In the battle of the types the honest boat 

 has whipped the machine. Ir shall be known- it Is already known— 

 that in this war Forest and Stream has stood alone In America, nev- 

 er faltering a step nor shj'lnklng from the consequences. Alone we 

 have held up the uncapslzable keel with moderate beam and the cut- 

 ter's rig as the equal of any jack-knife production launched from the 

 brains ot those whose vision Is Imperfect through lack ot wide-scoped 

 experience, or blinded by the flappings of our national eagle. As for 

 our highly esteemed contemporaries, those harmless little verdants 

 who raised their tiny wall at our expense, aa they thought, it there is 



a knot-hole to espy, crawl backwards, squeeze through— wriggle out 

 If you can, for, good trlenda, ours is the day— the cutter has won ! 

 There will be music In these columns next week 1 



Elapsed corrected 

 Start. Finish. time. time. 



Madge, 10 tuns 10 40 40 a' 6S <5 s' n 25 4 as 00 



Schemer, 12. 9 tons... 10 40 00 4 U3 00 6 28 OB 4 62 41 

 Course, club-house Seawanhaka S". C, Staten Island, around S. "W. 

 Spit buoy, around Sandy Hook lightship and home. Wind moderate 

 from H.S.W., freshening at 8.S.1S. Madge, keel cutter, wins, beating 

 the centreboaid sloop Schemer 5 minute 41 seconds actual lime and IT 

 minutes 41 seconds corrected time 1 Fair, square, stand-up tight all 

 around the course. No flukes, no accidents, no touls. The cutter 

 outreaches, outruns, outcarrles, outweathers, outwlnds and outsails 

 the centreboard sloop I 



As we go to press the news comes that Madge has whipped the 

 sloop Wave even woise. than she did the Schemer. This makes the 

 outter'a speed marvelous. 



A WEONG DECISION. 



I7> V1DENC K has been sent us concerning the recent Oswego regatta, 

 U which compels us to diner do. kieoiv i roni rile decision rendered try 

 the judges in the race beiw eon Emilia, of K Ins aeon. ana Ella, of Oswego. 

 For the sake oi fair sailing as well a . for the repute of the Oswego re- 

 gatta aut'.oi'ities. we trust it Is not yet too late to recall a decision in 

 flat opposition to well established custom and the published sailing 

 rule-, e.-e, ,,| nine- rim legnitalii iiucstion. The facts are these, E mm a 



aa, arir, i; U e: .: ': , ■ e ,- ' - , :,1 ,. , ,. , - " 



In very plain English In rule 14 ot the gatta litis ; . Ella got off on 



:- k, and, crossing Einnnis how ii:,e latier held her course until 



within a couple of teetof Ella, and then to avoid Inevitable collision 



was put about. Ella clr-a . Iv violated all cusiom ana rule 14, and 

 Without former parley should bare been disquailfled upon the protest 

 marie in due form bv Mr. (J. Offord, owner of the Emma, The judges, 

 however, rendered the remarkable decision that Emma should have 

 held her course and run into Ella, whereupon the. latter would have 

 been declared lespoiislble For liv- damage, and falling to do so the 

 prnte-a .,, Emma could r.r.i be eniertained. 'J "nedec'.sioc is altogether 

 oi .oiieo. ;,; committee lias a right to force yachts into collision, 

 nor Is a committee aware of the ability ot aoi yacht to stand damage 

 in lie- .--veto- of a collision. Utile u. giving right of way to starboard 

 tack, is made with a view to a .■.aijiog oollolon, not Inviting It, or It 

 should have no place on the circular. The case in dispute is a famll- 

 lar one and has need decided over and over again in lavor of the 

 vru-hr wrnneru'Iv rorupplled logo In stays while on starboard tack. 

 Much as we" dislike to call into question the action of tribunals, the 

 present e 



to pass u; 



dislike to ca.i; ,, oil, i mi ii.'.'i.niii or iriuunais, tne 



rot the Oswego Judges is too sweeping In Its evil effects 

 "hi this score alone the race belongs to Em- 

 ,—ges' verdict have been final we trust the 

 owner ol l-illa v.l 11 show himseit sportsman and yachtsman enough 

 to re i use ac .eptance of stakes taken under such very doubtful title. 



'I 'I" l--ll.ni 1 11 !-', 'I'll '.".'■!, a '-' a -I ...• .-ii-ee neeir-o a g " | Vol |, 



apparent violation oi the regatta, rules. In finishing with a lead and 

 the race well In hand, flic Emma, evas-sri tne me, a; directed, by rule 

 21 , "between t in. Louie buoy ana the boat house pier." Ella, on the 

 conn an rounded Hie buov on the port side, and a protest was again 

 aw a in. d in her favor on the ground of rule 20. that '■ yachls round- 

 ing a buov or SLikelioat nniai, leave it on the port side." Now either 

 , :-. : ii -.-j are ennrrarlietorv, and thereiov inoperative, or else the 

 judges must have pi efei-rt-ti i o clei ide upon a technical quibble that the 

 Emma snoiiiri ilisr have, left the Hulshlugbuoy on the port hand, then 

 rourido i up again and crossed the line between buoy and boat house, 

 :-., ii., - a,, to tin 1 onish iroin the a-,,-,,, a,-,, sum of the line, a proce» ding 

 winch was evidently not eonten plated by rule 21, aud which no 

 skipper could In reason lie o.x pi eted to divine, 'ihe good faith 01 the 

 pnioe:-, is questioned in certain quarters, bit' having only ex parte 

 evidence in hand, we decline to accept, I hat, new and prior to believe 

 that ih.-y unduly stialticd a. point to award Hie pur: e to a home boat. 

 It, is lo be hoped thai similar consideration lor local pride will not 

 again be allowed to mar ihe bright, future of so progressive a club as 

 the Oswego. 



AMERICAN CANOE BUILDING. 



CANOEIST. 



TO HetibMr and other journals the Enulish cano> 1st is Indebted for 

 descriptions of the latest, styles oiAinei icau canoe building. It Is 

 Interesting io i.ln- -'old country" to know what is going on on ihe Other 

 side, and no doubt but that veneer canoes may and ought to have a 

 much oner llnlsh and appearance than a planked boat, be It never so 

 neatly put together. 



It must be a very great convenience to builders to make their 

 moulds and block out wholesale canoes exactly like eacn other In 

 Hues and llnlsh, but, the question arises, Does it pay? iNotdoeslt 

 pay tlnanclally, but does it pay canoe clubs to have fleets of canoes 

 exactly alike racing. Canoe ciubs tire generally supposed to be for 

 promotion of canoeing. 



Promotion of canoeing ougi i el eon? '- io, ureoug other things, itn- 



pro-.a I mill la oiiod ,nal it,' '.a a.:-.,'.'!-"--- 



A builder ought to be subservient to canoeists, and a true canoeist 

 ought to be able to give ihe bul del Instructions how to build and tit 

 .oi ,;,,i-- . i i i .mi- - , as a matter of course, cannot de- 

 sign the load line of a canoe to a certain draft. The majority do not 

 even Know Low to draw down "lines, consequently, boat buiiders, 

 who never salt the canoes they build, flx upon a design that has been 

 sailed to win several times, cut out a block or mould, and, as It were, 

 with a turn of the wheel stamp out cauoes by the dozen all exactly 

 alike. 



There Is no fun In that. When a new canoe makes her appearance 

 built (not stamped) to the. latest design, see how cililcally her lines 

 an- looked at— possibly pronounced to be too' shaip forward, not 

 enough flam 10 lift her clear in a sea way, too lean alt, not a long 

 ..--.. ajor, and rhai floor not, flat enough. But when she Is tried in 

 a race tinder sail and paddle, and in race alter race comes in first, it is 

 son,.: pit-asm e to •• take" her lines and ;,ri;dy them at home, and next 

 spring launch a new craft on more improved lines than the last, and 

 with a good spread of sail to win a maiden race with free sheets. 



It has only been thus that c... noes are what they are. Were every 

 cano-a In a.iiiiosi every club or every class a like, a race could only be won 

 lav the man who could stand up to the most sail with the least ballast, 

 and a fnui'i ecu-stone man eoiud keep upright longer than a ten-stone 

 man bv having a greater weight In him while ribbing up to windward. 



Several canoeists here have expressed a wish to have a veneer built 

 canoe, and were if not for the bother oi transit, would no doubt. Invest, 

 bul. still such a canoe ought not meet with her owner's idea oi shape, 

 etc , and to order a canoe to special design would be too costly a job 

 u oioefced out. 



To a great extent, we cannot (here in Britain) sneak with authority, 

 as tew of us have seen these craft, but. we live In hopes lhat some day 

 some enterprising American will land on our shores and give us a 

 lesson. WKB.N. 



DRAGS. 



TI7B take this from the Toronto Mail : 



\ > " Sik— As ihe drogue is not used by yachtsmen on these lakes, 

 I should like to say a few words about, the practical uses ot one. I 

 sailed the Bulldog, or the Toionlo Yacht Club, from Toronto to Kings- 

 ton for the purpose of expel linehlliig with a diogue of four feet diam- 

 eter, i found mm with its help I could reet nearly as quickly as with 

 a crew, aud that I did not go a rem h pal t oi the distance io leeward. 

 In one rather heavy squall 1 nearly threw her into the wind and let 

 go the drogue (which I kept, in the stein sheets). 1 was thus enabled 

 io get Um canvas off and reef without any trouble whatever, on 

 i iidai i ile.li i . v. la ;, ei.oui leu ml , ;-■ our In the lake, some w hei e about 

 Prosqii' Lsie, the wind shifted to the east and blew a stiff breeze. 1 

 lowered canvas and used the drogue and did not, 1 think, drift more 

 than a mile and a half flora midnight till suniise. it would have 

 neeu impossible io work to windward In the heavy, choppy sea that 

 was tunning and I doubt, if 1 could have found shelter, owing to the 

 thick su. oki-. I think the practical use ot the drogue Is evident, espe- 

 cially lor tne smaller cratt. on these lakes, and a little money spent In 

 having one made might be the means of saving the ;, aclu, o'vvner and 

 crew on some occasion. Yours, etc., Akthuk Evans. 



•' Jioya I Military College, Sept. 15, 1681." 



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TORONTO YACHT CLUB. 



THE first match of this wideawake club wes sailed Sept. 17 over 

 the following course In ihe harbor: From off duo house at 

 Noverre's boat-house, through western channel around yacht Aiaim's 

 moorings oft Hanlan's Point and home, start flying to one gun. 

 lloperiod o/grvw ; no shifting of ballast. Vox these t»o stipulations 

 alone the Toronto Y C. deserves to take high rank in the estimation 

 of yachting circles. Its very first match can be held up tn these re- 

 spects aa a pattern for the majority ot clubs in our own waters 



