March 9, 18S2.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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DOG AILMENTS-CAUSE AND CURE. 



THE following, from the Bagman,\re commend to our read- 

 ers, and trust that they will not only read, but heed, the 

 valuable advice it contains: ' 



Among the sreat u umber of queries addressed to our several 

 departments dealing with domestic animals, and with dogs in 

 particular, a large percentage, referring to the different ail- 

 ments, ask " What is the cause?" 



It is a veiy natural and proper question, but we are quite 

 sure very few o£ those who ask it have any proper conception 

 of the. difficulty of answering in a large majority of cases. 



We do not in the slightest object to the question; it is a 

 wholesome, reminder to us of how very little we know, and 

 should stimulate the cultivation in a healthy form of that 

 Virtue which Uriah Heep paraded as his specially distinguish- 

 ing iuality. We do object, however, to such questions — and 

 we receive" many of them — as, ' 'My dog has a bad cough. What 

 is the cause of it and how am I to" cure h im <" 



Evidently such writers consider that we are gifted with some 

 mystic power of divining the causes p: o hieing symptoms 

 which they do not deem it necessary even t > describe; but we 

 lay no claim to magical art, and, thereto. -a, take this oppor- 

 tunity of asking our correspondents to be a little more consid- 

 erate, and better serve themselves by giving details of how 

 their aiiimals are affected when they seek our advice. Any 

 departure from the normal state of health or ordinary habits 

 must be plain to these who take, an interest in and observe their 

 animals at all closely, and it is only by stating these deviations 

 from health fully and clearly that advice other than mere 

 guesswork can be given. Diagnosing and prescribing by letter 

 without an examination of the patient is at all times difficult, 

 and when only one bare and isolated fact is stated it generally 

 becomes impossible. 



In regard to cough, it is an evidence of disease, which may 

 be slight or serious. Coughs differ greatly, and the sort of cough 

 often indicates the character aim seat of the disease. Then, 

 again, alterations in the appetite, the action of the bowels and 

 the temperature of the dog may be easily noticed, and when 

 pain is suffered the conduct of the dog under its influence, con- 

 sidered together with other facts, often loads to a correct con- 

 ception of what is wrong. 



We call attention to these points that the departments 

 wherein our readers seek such advice may be more and more 

 useful; which result will be best achieved by querists contrib- 

 uting data whereon 0111' several specialists can fomi intelligent 

 opinions, 



Unfortunately, in the present state of science, there are 

 many diseases, the causes of which are hidden from us; but 

 these are being diligently investigated and will surely be dis- 

 covered, and with increased knowledge freer scope" will be 

 given to the practice of preventive medicine. 



ENTRIES FDR THE NATIONAL DERBY. 



~\XJE have received from Mr. D. Bryson, the secretary of 



V\ the National American Kennel Club, the following 



entries to the National Derby, made since his last report to us: 



Countess Magnet. (Count Noble-Spark) liver and white, 

 English setter bitch, owned by D. C. Sanborne, Dowling, 

 Mich., July 13, '81. 



Unknown, (Tory-Meg Meriles) black, white and tan, English 

 settter bitch, owned bv J. J. SneUengburg, New Brighton, 

 Pa., May 16, '81. 



Minnie Lee, (Bismark-Ncllie) black and wite, English setter 

 bitch, owned by M. F. Rodgers, New Albany, Miss., Sept. 



:>.\ 'Si, 



Dashing Elcho. (Elcho-Noreen) red Irish setter dog, owned 

 by C. Spahr, RirlgoviHc, Pa., nine months. 



Royal Victor, (Racket-Kelp) lemon belton, English setter 

 dog, owned by J. M. Taylor, Lexington, Ky., April 15, 81. 



OUR ENGLISH LETTER. 



IN the doggy world things are rather quiet at present. The 

 old established Wolverhampton show could not be called a 

 success, the general quality being poor; Liverpool, the same 

 week, was altogether good— no such dog show in that neigh- 

 borhood for a dozen years. 



I hear from Devonshire, from whence has come so many of 

 our best pointers, that, in the several leading kennels some 

 very promising youngsters are coming on, bidding fan- to take 

 the place of the old Devon cracks "Bang. Wagg, Bow Bells, 

 Fan, etc., etc. Mr. S. Price's Climax had last year a Utter of 

 beauties to Mr. Staffers Pux. Mr. Norrish has two forward 

 lots out of his Fitrsdon Juno and his Fan by Bonus and San- 

 cho (mother to Bow Bells) and his bitch Beryl (closely related 

 to the nonpareil A\ ■ agg) has recently thrown a fine litter to 

 WippelJ's Bounce II. Beryl, while carrying these pups, won 

 second prize at Birmingham, and first "prize and "breeder's 

 prize" at Alexandra Palace in December last. Mr. Wippell 

 has a fine lot; some of last March by Bang II. are fine grown 

 dogs with lots of quality. 



As much interest/ appears to be taken at present in spaniels 

 in America, an excellent opportunity occurs for securing good 

 stock, as Mr, Arthur H. Easten is breaking up his kennels and 

 disposing of the whole, lot. These spaniels are Dr. W. Boul- 

 ton's well-known blacks, a strain established by that excellent 

 pamphlet "Breeding for Color." There are only a few of 

 these, all of high quality and great purity; three of them are 

 worth a special notice because of their super excellence. 

 Baronet, by Beverly Bob. ex-rhampion Bona, sister to the 

 famous Brush, born July, 1880, a great winner. I consider 

 Baronet the best headed spaniel being shown. His sire, 

 Beverley Bob. by Champion Brush, ex-Belle, is another one 

 invaluable for "stock. He won at London, Darlington, 

 Brighton, Manchester, etc. ; but the one with the most 

 remarkably brilliant history is Beverly Bee, scarcely twelve, 

 months old". Sue is by Beau, ex-Champion Bona, and scored 

 a first prize at Darlington when five months, first and cup at 

 Manchester at eight months old, and since first prize at Birni- 

 ingbani and Alexandra Palace, and lirst and cup at Edinburgh, 

 a truly wonderful career, for in black spaniels we have 

 always some keen competition. 



An "exhibition of implements used in sport in ancient and 

 modern tunes opens here next week, and I shall touch on its 

 more attractive and useful features in my next. 



London, England. Feb. 4. 



LACTATION.— Princeton, N. J.— Editor Forest and Stream 

 Since I have been a subscriber of your valuable paper, never 

 once have I seen an account of an incident similar to the one 

 happening in my kennels; I therefore take the liberty of 

 wilting to you. and of asking you if the following occurr- 

 ence is not something unusual in the canine line, indeed, if 

 it is not a most singular freak of nature: In my kennel 

 I have two bitches; my oldest, a fine pointer bitch, I 

 had bred last summer, and she had nine puppies. At the 

 usual time the mother, Dutchess, commenced weaning 

 them. Now comes the funny part. No sooner had their 

 mother forbidden them to approach near her than these, little 

 rascals turned their attention to my other bitch, ^vhich is a 

 younff setter. She. after being incessantly attacked by these 

 little Trojans, was at last forced to succumb, and weary laid 

 down at 'their mercy. Tin's siege was kept up in the most 

 active manner, and in a few days poor Jolie, with her sides all 

 scratched, became a new mother to the pointer puppies. Had 

 I been home no such torment would ever have happened to 

 her. But imagine my •surprise when I entered my kennel 

 door, after some months' absence, to find my puppies" suckling 

 my young sette ', not much more than a puppy herself* There 

 she "lay upon the dean straw, much enlarged and actually 

 giving milk to her foster children. I had her immediately 

 separated from them, and now not a sign of swelling is seen 



on Jolie, and the puppies are rapidly growing. Please tell me 

 if you know of a similar ease. Jolie gave, milk for two weeks. 

 — Theo. A. Gill. — [This occurrence, although very singular, is 

 not at all rare, as we. have published similar instances.] 



MR. J. O. DONNER'S English setter bitch is very sick with 

 pneumonia. She may possibly recover, as everything is be- 

 ing done for her that experience can suggest, but the result is. 

 to say the least, doubtful. 



A TIMELY INQUIRY.— If one dog can be placed on a 

 scent, how many dogs can beplaced on a trade dollar? — New 

 York Mail mid Express. We know of several that could 

 readily be "placed" providing our neighbor had the dollar to 

 trade." 



LOST.— Mr. Fred. A. Taft, of Dedham, Mass., writes that 

 his setter dog has strayed or been stolen. He is six years old 

 and weighs about fifty-five pounds. His color is "dark red 

 (almost liver), and white ticked on nose. Any one knowing 

 of his whereabouts will confer a favor and receive a suitable 

 reward by communicating with Mr. Taft. 



THE ESSEX COUNTY HUNT will open the season next 

 week under a new mastership, Mr. Henry Munn, the late 

 master, having retired in favor of the son of Judge Knapp, 

 of Hackensack. Mr. Knapp will take up his residence at the 

 Kennel Club House at West Orange, N. J., and will hunt the 

 hounds twice a week during the hunting season. 



THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW.— The entries for the New 

 York Bench Show are coming in much better than at any 

 previous show, and the indications are that they will out- 

 number those of any show ever held in this countiy. Mr. 

 Lincoln, who is now in Pittsburgh superintending the show 

 now being held there, writes that nearly all of the exhibition 

 there will also be. at New York, and that he is confident from 

 the many letters and inquiries that he is receiving, that the 

 number and value of the dogs that will be exhibited here 

 will suipass anjihing of the kind that the world has ever seen. 



For Sale.— Belle, bv Rodman's Dash. ex-E. N. Shorb's imported 

 Nellie. Belle is pure fed, with the small white spot on breast and 

 feet, marked exactly like the old dog. As I am situated it is impossi- 

 ble for me to keep Belle. She has never had a litter, and I thins she 

 will be in season soon. No fancy price, as 1 am not in the business. 

 Messrs. Gubner, West, Robertson and Judge Pratt, of Brooklyn, 

 now is your chance to get the old stock. Write soon. Mr. H. S. 

 Rodman will guarantee Belie's pedigree. G. H. Wild, Red Rank, 

 N. J.— Adv. 



§fzchting m\d (j^mtoeing. 



THE YAWL IN AMERICA. 



| CONTINUED.] 



THE histoiy of the vawl in America is this. In the year 1849, 

 Captain Harrison, now Commodore of the. San Franciseo Y. C. 

 brought to that city a small yawl on a ship's deck from England. 

 Owing to our semi-barbarous revenue laws and tariffs and red tape, 



finding no necessity for any such contrivances, sail being shortened by 

 taking it off her piece-meal, as required. Although out for weeks at 

 a time, no trouble was experienced in-*vorkmg ship in all kinds of 

 weather, with only casual assistance from Mrs. Yale at the helm while 

 the owner himself went forward to secure anchor or hoist the jib. As 

 the Enid is a craft of historic fame, and goes down into the annals of 

 the sport as the first cabin yawl In America, a few particulars will not 

 be out of place, premising to our Eastern readers that the area of her 

 sails is, of course, smaller than customary with us in our fighter 

 winds. 



DETAILS OP ENID, VAWL. 



Length over all , ..» 31 ft. 



Lengthen deck 33ft. 



Length on load line ...■ 27 ft. 



Beam extreme 10ft. 



Depth amidships 4 ft. 



Least freeboard 1ft. 10 in. 



Greatest draft to heel 2 ft. 10 in. 



Draft with board 7 ft. 



Length of board 8 ft. 



Displacement Batons. 



Ballast, iron inside m tons. 



.Mainmast, deck to hounds 23 ft. 3 in. 



Topmast, eap to shoulder 8 ft. 



Masthead 8 ft. 



Boom - 18 ft. 10 in. 



Gaff 10 ft. G in. 



Mizzen, deck to hounds 20 ft. 



Mizzen boom 13 ft. 



Bowsprit outboard T ft. 



Jibboom. cap to stay 5 ft. 3 in. 



Mast from end load 'line 7 ft. Sin. 



Mizzenmast abaft stempowt. 5 in. 



Rake to mainmast 1 in. 6. 



Rake to mizzenmast - 1 in. •%• 



St eve to bowsprit , - - . 1 ft. 



Mizzen boomkin outboard 4 ft. 



Topsailyard 8 ft. 



Area four lower sails. 620 sq. ft. 



Area mainsail 350 sq.ft. 



Area jib 142 sq. ft. 



Area mizzen ICE sq. ft. 



From the foregoing it will be seen that under jib and mizzen Enid 

 spreads rather more than one-third tha area of her lower canvas, and 

 nir mainsail and jib a little over two-thirds, so that sail could be 

 reduced about one-third at a time without resorting to the trouble of 

 reefing. In hull Enid showed bold, round li.ie-s i.e.-. . i ; - l»i»i I .mir 

 with a view to stowage rather than veiy high speed. She. had fair 

 dead rise. slow, able bilge, no flare above, and easy, parabolic water 

 lines, showing a trace of hollow below. The fore foot was well 

 roundel up, and the vaeht had a reasonable drag for a centreboard 

 boat. Her overhang aft was elliptic in shape, the sheer just right for 

 appearances ami taking here) seas, and her clipper stem one of tte 

 neatest in mold on the Pacific coast. Throughout she exhibits the 

 hand of an expert, and all her points seem to have been well consid- 

 ered and planned in a way much above the average "talent" prevail- 

 ing. The frame is of oak. sawed : likewise the keel, post and dead- 

 wood, and the skin of Oregon pine, secured with galvanized fasten- 

 ings. 



A year after her appearance Commodore Harrison came out with a 

 fine." large yawl, known as the Frolic. Her sail plan at first included 

 a narrow jib and a lug mizzen. After trial, however, more bowsprit 

 was given and a gaff adopted, and under that rig we believe Frolic 

 lias since been in commission. Being a deep, able boat she became a 

 favorite among the ladies, and for all round work one of the best in 

 die fleet, while "in point of outfit and shipshape finish and keep she is 

 perhaps without a peer. Her owner is a sailor by profession, knows 

 just what should he found aboard a well supplied ship, and keeps his 

 yacht up to the highest standard in all respects. Frolic has prob- 

 ably logged more miles and davs of cruising than any other yacht in 

 America. Indeed, in the activity her owner displays and the avidity 

 with which he follows up a life afloat, the Commodore need acknowl- 

 edge no superior at home or abroad. His example is one many an 



ENID-Mr. C. C. Yale, S. F. Y. C— The First Cabin Yawl in America. 



he was not permitted to use her 

 small open boat in San Francisco, £ 

 yawl rig. At that time there wer 

 factjbut one club in the country, the 

 of vessels in its fleet. The inilnei 

 therefore not felt in subseqt 



n our waters. In 1855 he built a 

 nd sailed her as a yacht with the 

 • no yachts on the Pacific, and in 

 N. Y. Y. 0., with but a score orso 

 =eof Com. Harrison's little boat 

 3 him belongs the 



honor of the first craft of the rig built ami sailed in An 



Tin 



o Mr. 



• built a 17ft. 



t'ith a leg of mutton 



alifornia have since 



experiment, that a 



decked boat called the Petrel, which 

 main and mizzen or "driver," as ou 

 christened the after sail. So satisfa 



few years later he built a larger boat, the Sweetheart, upon tne same 

 idea" After passing out of his hands she was changed to a Bloop in 

 deference to New York machine sailing ideas, which unfortunately 

 threatened to invade yachting circles in San Francisco. The sloop 

 capsized on the bar outside the Golden (late, in true New York style. 

 and drowned her crew of two hands. The really modern vawl yacht 

 was first devised bv Mr. C. (I. Vale, the present secretary of the S. F. 

 Y. C. About 1874 he built a regular cabin yacht 3>ft. long, and acting 

 partly upon the advice of Copt. Edwin Moody, well-known as an ex- 

 perienced sailor, the yawl rig was adopted. Caul. Moody drew tin- 

 spar plan and balanced the sails to a nicety. At first this little craft, 

 the Enid, failed to make a favorable impression, as she was too snugly 

 rigged to show well in the races on the Bay. Her Bermudian or jib- 

 headed mainsail was materially increased by the addition of a gaff 

 with the cloths running diagonally to rhoseof the old half of the sail. 

 To counterbalance this increase, a small living jib wasset lo a boom 

 run out ahead of the regular standing bowsprit A 13ft. housing top- 

 mast and square-headed topsail was also supplied, And tl 

 ,once took rank as a- very fair sailer, and the jibes against the rig soon 

 ceased. A glance at the accompanying cut of the Enid drawn to 

 scale, shows that Mr. Yale incorporated in her several ideas which 

 must be deemed decidedly "advanced." and in accord with the later 

 teachings of Forest and Stream. Although built so many year- ago. 

 the Enid was a loDg way ahead in point, of Bailorlike rig of even the 

 majority of American yachts of the present day. and the credit of de- 

 vising innovations so long ahead of the mass of yachtsmen, should go 

 on record to his credit. Not only was the Enid handy on account of 

 her mizzeu over the stern, but she was one of the earliest, if not the 

 very lirst of our single-stickers fitted with appliances for getting rid 

 of her upper spars and gear aloft when not required for 

 and her square-headed topsail, it need hardly be said since the advent 

 of the Madge in New York, was likewise an improvement upon the 

 triangular things which contain nothing like the same area on the 

 same hoist, and do not sit nearly as well on a wind. The double head- 

 sail, though not quite Ihc regular thing according to the latest ideas, 

 was nevertheless an approach to the principles of staysail and jib we 

 have all along advocated, ami which at last seein auout to displace 

 the baggy single jib of the lighter for good. 



Mr. Yale and his partner, Mr, J. F Lewis, enjoyed a vast deal of 

 cruising in this little ship, and Mrs. Yale deserves a word of praise for 

 the example she set to society in often accompanying her husband on 

 voyages of long duration. The extreme handiuess of the yawl is at- 

 tested by the absence of reef points in any of Enid's sails, her owner 



Eastern nabob with lime heavy upon his hands might follow with 

 advantage and benefit to himself and the sailing community. In 

 general appearance. Frolic is like the illustration to be found in out- 

 last week's issue. In their Commodore and in their flagship the San 

 Francisco Y. C. may take just pride, for in no respect are they sur- 

 passed in the East. In mere tonnage our flagships may be more 

 pretentious perhaps, and In gaudy trapping more money has been 

 sunk, but for an outfit such as a sailor would demand as the prime 

 necessity for favorable comment and indorsement, and for the live 

 interest displayed in the club's affairs, or for the ever ready manner 

 in which Frolic turns out in the lead upon all occasions anil cruises 

 the whole year round, our Eastern men can show no parallel, and we 

 will have to lower our flag to our more spirited brethren of the 

 Pacific. 



DETAILS OP FROLIC, YAWL. 



Length on deck 49 ft. 



Length on load line 13 ft. in. 



Beam extreme lt> f t. 4 in. 



Depth amidships 5 ft. in. 



Least freeboard a ft. 2 in. 



Greatest draft ... 4 ft. 2 in. 



I >raf t with board 10 ft . G in. 



Length of board Kill. 



Displacement 19 tons. 



Ballast, inside, iron 10 tons. 



Iron on centreboard 500 lbs. 



Hoist of mainsail -Is ft. 



Main boom 33 ft. 



Main gaff 18 ft. 



Mast from stem .10 ft. 



Bowsprit outboard . 16 ft, 



Hoist of mizzen 2-1 ft. 



Mizzen boom . i; ft. 



Mizzeu gait 8 ft. 



Area mainsail 920 sq. f t. 



Area jib 300 sq. ft. 



Area niizzeii 310 sq. ft. 



Frolic's mizzen and jib contain therefore over two-thirds the area of 

 the mainsail, and somewhat less than half the lower sail. Mainsail 

 and jib together equal about four-fifths of the whole, ['.eductions of 

 twenty, forty and sixty per cent, can be effected without touching a 

 knitUe. Frolic was built for erui-iag. hut has shown very fair speed 

 upon occasion. Her dead rise is 1 Kin. to the half-floor, the how toler- 

 ably fine, and the run long and clear. The cockpit is IhxlOft., the 

 cabin-house shows a side of liijn., giving lift 2in. in the clear below. 

 She makes up four double berths iu the main saloon, separated by 

 bulkheads aed curtains, after the manner of a Pullman palace car, 

 Also a double-berth in a large stateroom, amidships, and two berths 

 forward, for the crew. The ballast is cemented down between the 

 frames so that it cannot shift in case of accident, and t he bilge is filled 

 up to the level of the floor-timbers with clean cement, doing away with 

 foul limbers. Tanks for water hold 3!)J gallons. Anchors 2B01bs, and 

 lWlbs. on the bows, with BOfms. half-inch chain and 3'fms. three- 

 eighths chain respectively. There is a kedgo of SOlbs. besides, and 



