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among sportsmen. When this theory is better understood and observed, 
I believe we shall have better working dogs, with less tax upon onr pa¬ 
tience. A bird dog with good blood thus bred will always have a natural 
—and I almost said, controlling desire to do just the work you wish him 
to do without whipping or scolding, and he will do it with naturalness 
and with real pleasure to himself and master. So strong and controlling 
is this principle that hybrids are sometimes fairly metamorphosed into 
tolerable hunters by this marking process by the mother, withou t 
which they would have been good for nothing in the bush or in the field. 
Hoping these suggestions will call out the views am 1 observations of 
others, I subscribe myself Mark. 
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WORKING DOGS AT FIELD TRIALS. 
Rhwilas, Bala, North Walks, February 16,1814. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I was surprised to receive your letter, dated January 24, stating that 
since my first communication you had never heard from me, but your 
letter dated January 31, and this day received, satisfies me that at least 
one of my letters has come to hand. I am glad you have written to the 
Secretary of the Kennel Club. An important affair like this internation¬ 
al match is, in my opinion, much more likely to be satisfactorily carried 
out when managed by a well-known and influential body of gentleihen 
like the Kennel Club than by a single individual or two, as Mr. Macdonna 
and myself. Now to proceed to answer some of your questions. 
Retrieving is not recognized in English field trials. We reckon that it 
renders a dog unsteady and liable to rush in on the fall of the bird, if in 
the habit of retrieving the dead, frequently putting up other live birds 
before the gun is loaded, and making the other dog unsteady in backing. 
An instance occurred at the last field trials held at Ipswich in September 
last, where Mr. Meld’s “Daisy,” a very first-class young setter bitch, mis¬ 
behaved in this manner, and although she divided the stake, she would 
doubtless have done better had she not run in at the dead partridges. 
A breaker is allowed to speak to his dog, say “steady,” “to-ho” or 
what he pleases, and direct him by the whistle or hand, but it is con¬ 
sidered more creditable to a man to be quiet, and the best broken dogs 
never require more than a wave of the hand. “Belle” works to signal 
entirely, and a word is never uttered to her the same “Ging Baby” and 
Don. Prizes are given to the men who work their dogs in the best and 
quietest manner; a commendable distribution much in vogue of late, in¬ 
variably goes to the men who make the least noise. Our dogs do not point 
snipe or woodcock, as a rule; certainly not at field trials. A dog at trials 
must be perfectly free from any tendency to chase “fur,” either hare or 
rabbit; a well broken dog either drops instantly at sight of a hare or rab¬ 
bit, or goes on with its range, taking no notice of the animals. 
R. J. Lloyd Price. 
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A PLACE FOR THE DOG TRIAL. 
Dallas Co., Iowa. 
Editor Forest and Stream:-^- 
In your last issue yon say that perhaps it may be my good fortune to 
designate the ground for the coming dog trial. I must confess that I 
should be quite proud of the honor if it were conferred upon me. I have 
a place in view which I think cannot be surpassed. It is on the railroad. 
Game is plenty, and the town can, I think, accomodate five hundred peo¬ 
ple, and would be very glad to do it at reasonable prices. I think that 
half fare rates can be procured from Chicago, and there will be no change 
of cars this'side of that place. Places could perhaps be found further 
east that would do; but perhaps nearly all who attend will want to stay 
for a few days’ or weeks’ shooting, and the shooting par excellence cannot 
be had there. I have no pecuniary interest whatever in washing to des¬ 
ignate the ground, and unfortunately have at present no dog worthy of 
exhibition. O. II. Hampton. 
—One of tlie finest dogs in the world is said to he a liver- 
colored Spanish pointer owned by Mr. Dabney, the Ameri¬ 
can Consul at Fayal; it is a double-nosed pointer. 
—Last week a valuable hound belonging to C. O. Cony, 
of Augusta, Maine, took the scent of a fox, and was so in¬ 
tently following it along the line of railroad that he was run 
over by an approaching train and killed. 
, —Messrs. T. and I. Merserean, 62 Duane street, are manu¬ 
facturers of a new and elegant dog collar. The clasp con¬ 
trivance is very simple and ingenious. See advertisement. 
■nchting and Routing. 
All communications from Secretaires and friends should be mailed not 
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CANOEING. 
T HE Forest and Stream desires to call the attention 
of its readers to a sport, which is in itself a variety of 
sports, and although but little known in this country, is of 
some years standing in England and lias numerous follow¬ 
ers there. “Canoeing” evidently means using a canoe of 
some kind and in some way, but the word canoe is so in¬ 
definite, applying equally well to numerous and totally dif¬ 
ferent vessels both in construction and size, that at the start 
we must state that it is not our intention to recommend 
canoes in general but a particular type of boats so called. 
The Malaysian outrigged canoes, sometimes seventy feet in 
length, and which it is said have accomplished the surpris¬ 
ing speed of twenty miles an hour under sail, although un¬ 
questionably very good in their own waters, would be 
hardly the boats to use in a trip through the Adirondack 
Lakes; nor would the “dug-out” of the Potomac and 
Chesapeake be selected for a tour through a country where 
numerous portages were necessary; and again we should 
not advise the use of the “birch-bark” for a voyage across 
the English channel. 
All of these canoes are undoubtedly good in their way, 
but the ways are unfortunately local, and removed from 
the waters where they grow, they are of very little account. 
Now the canoe to which we wish to call our readers’ atten¬ 
tion, is a boat, which can be used with perfect safety and 
satisfaction in each and all of the places alluded to. She is 
emphatically a traveling boat, and one which seems per¬ 
fectly at home in all the varied water of an extensive cruise, 
embracing seas, bays, rivers, lakes, and canals; nor is this 
adaptability to variety of water her only or chief .recom¬ 
mendation. An enthusiastic correspondent of one of our 
daily papers, writing on this subject some time since, credits 
her with possessing all the desirable attributes of a first-class 
hotel, which, we infer, is an allusion to singularly clean 
lockers for provisions, and the fact tliat<m voyage , she is the 
traveler’s house at each camping ground, doing away with 
the necessity of carrying a tent and its gear, which when 
stowed, is both weighty and bulky. 
Mr. MacGregor, the inventor of these little vessels, first 
called attention to the fact of their existence by an account 
of his experience in his first canoe, the “Bob Roy.” This 
name has since become the title of a class in contradistinc¬ 
tion to various modifications of his originai idea introduced 
of late. 
Most of the canoes, now in use in this country, are of the 
“Nautilus” type, invented by Mr. W- Baden-Powell, and 
differ from tlie “Rob Roy” mainly in their having been 
constructed with a view to sailing rather than paddling. 
However, both classes are fitted with sails and paddle—the 
“Nautilus” canoe bding unquestionably the more manage¬ 
able under sail and the “Rob Roy” the faster with the 
paddle in ordinarily smooth water, but that the difference 
in result may be more clearly understood a brief description 
of each class is necessary. The general “Rob Roy” is a 
boat of from twelve to fourteen feet in length, two feet 
beam and about one foot depth of hold, double ended with 
the greatest beam amidships, decked completely with the 
exception of the well in the centre of the boat, in which the 
canoeist sits, and around which there is usually a coaming 
of about two inches in height. The general appearance of 
the boat is like a short clincker-built working-boat drooping 
towards the ends. In paddling in smooth water, this fact 
of having the sheer the wrong way, is rather an advantage 
than otherwise, as there is less resistance to the wind; but 
under a press of sail in any sea she is very apt to bury 
forward. 
The Badcn-Bowell, or “Nautilus” canoe, is quite differ¬ 
ent in appearance; generally of about the same length, beam 
and depth amidships, she has additional height at the stem 
post of about eight inches, and at the stern post, four or 
five inches, which gives h.er a very graceful sheer-line and 
makes her a much abler boat in a sea-way. Having air¬ 
tight compartments in her ends, these in connection with 
her sheer, makes her self-righting. With the bulk-heads 
confining the air spaces, two feet from each end, she will 
be sufficiently buoyant when full of water to float the canoe¬ 
ist and any ordinary amount of stores and gear. The sails 
are so arranged that everything is worked from where the 
canoeist sits, and starting with his masts unstepped, he can 
without leaving the well, ship them, make sail, reef or 
furl, and in astonishingly short time. Were it not for the 
facility with which the canvas can be accommodated to 
circumstances, it w T ould appear somewhat fool-hardy to 
make a long voyage in a vessel of twenty-eight inches beam 
and seventy-five square feet of sail, and with no artificial 
stability from ballast other than the discreet use of the 
canoeist’s own body. And yet the English channel has 
been crossed in one of these tiny vessels and the perusal of 
Mr. MacGregor’s books will show thousands of miles travel¬ 
ed by one man in this way. 
There can be no healthier exercise than paddling, and to 
the boat-sailor, no greater enjoyment than managing these 
delicate crafts under canvas; and when to combine with 
these sports, shooting and fishing, necessitates only stowing 
your gun and fishing gear, we must say once more that to 
the canoe there is a variety of sports attached rarely found 
so condensed. 
Although it will be impossible for us to give without 
diagrams such definite information concerning build and 
rig, that any of our readers could, without previous knowl¬ 
edge, design or superintend the construction of a canoe, we 
will in subsequent numbers endeavor to give some general 
items on the subject which may prove of help to any one 
intending to purchase or build. 
The Boston Yacht Club enjoyed its annual dinner at 
Engleliardt’s, on Hawley street, on Washington’s Birthday, 
About sixty gentlemen sat down to the spread. This club 
was never before in so flourishing a condition as now, hav¬ 
ing on its rolls the names of 215 gentlemen, many of whom 
are engaged in legal practice, and a list of fifty yachts be¬ 
longing to 1 he active members of the organization. The 
new club house, at the foot of Eighth street, City Point, is 
a model of beauty and convenience, and will be the scene 
of many pleasant gatherings of yachtmen and their friends 
during the approaching season. 
—The “Brewsters”—inner and outer—have recently 
come into the possession of members of the club by pur¬ 
chase. 
Charlestown Yacht Club. —This club held a regular 
monthly meeting on Wednesday evening, Commodore Pit¬ 
man presiding. After the business of the evening had been 
transacted, a collation and social chat was indulged in. 
Com. J. N. Roberts, accompanied by several members of 
the South Boston Yacht Club, were present as guests. 
Beverly Yacht Club.— This club held their annual 
meeting at the Parker House, Boston, on Saturday evening, 
February 28th, at which the following board of officers 
were chosen: Commodore, William C. Loring; Vice Com¬ 
modore, S. S. Gray; Secretary, Walter Burgess; Measurer, 
H. W. Lamb; Regatta Committee, C. H. Fisher, W. Lloyd 
Jeffries, W. B. Hodges, E. B. Russell and Walter Burgess. 
—Cook, ’76; Kennedy; ’75, S.S.S.; Brownell, ’75, S.S.S.; 
Wood, ’75, S.S.S.; Fowler, ’76; and Nixon, ’76, S.S.S., 
constitute the Yale University crew as at present selected 
—The members of the South Boston Yacht Club gave a 
second social, to which their lady friends were invited, at 
their club house, on Thursday evening last. Dancing, sing¬ 
ing, and a collation served under the superintendence of the 
Commodore, made up the order for the evening. 
—The students of Wesleyan University, at Middletown, 
Connecticut, have raised over seven hundred dollars’to 
meet the expenses of their college crew at the coming re¬ 
gatta at Saratoga. 
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., } 
February 27, 1874. f 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
A meeting of the Dartmouth Boat Club was held to-day. 
The object was mainly to listen to the report of the dele¬ 
gates who attended the Association Colleges at Hartford. 
They were sent without instructions and consequently act¬ 
ed in accordance with their own judgments. Upon the 
question where the Intercollegiate Regatta should be held, 
they voted with the minority against holding it at Saratoga, 
but as a majority of that Convention were in favor of that 
place, Dartmouth does not intend to withdraw from its de¬ 
cision. Everything considered, Saratoga seems to be the 
only really suitable place. New London was mentioned, 
but that being tide water, would work seriously to our dis¬ 
advantage. Mr. Mark Ward was elected to go to Saratoga 
to make arrangements for our crew. We are not able to 
speak definitely as to whether there will be a Freshman 
crew or not. It is to be hoped that that class will decide 
to send one. 
In regard to the moial effect of Saratoga upon the 
students who assemble at the races, it seems to us that its 
influence will depend entirely upon the character of each 
person who goes there. So that objections made to this 
place, could be made with equal force to any other. As 
far as the matter of expense is concerned, it would be much 
cheaper for Dartmouth to send a .crew to Saratoga than to 
Springfield, as we did last year. At any rate, the experiences 
of this season will do more to decide upon the merits of 
the new place for holding the regatta than many mere 
theories. Rufus. 
Jfiawt# §a §on[c'spcntlcn^. 
[We shall endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports¬ 
men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish¬ 
ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im 
plements, routes, distances , seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species 
governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman's craft will receive 
attention. Anonymous Communications not Noticed. 
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Wanderer. —Will answer next week more satisfactorily than now. 
Cervix. —Do elk shed their horns as regular as deer? Ans. They do. 
The whole family of the Cervidoe follow the same rule. 
Fair Play, New York.— Of course the man shooting slow birds has 
every advantage. 
S. D., New York.—What is the best dog for hunting* rabbits? Ans. A 
large sized beagle. 
C. B. M., Cedar Falls, Iowa.—The price of “Belle, w the champion En¬ 
glish pointer, is $1. This includes a photograph aud lithograph of the 
dog. 
W. S. S., Boston, Mass.—The rubber inflated bag bird decoys you ask 
for can be obtained of John Krider, Walnut and Second streets, Phila¬ 
delphia. 
W. M. A., Brooklyn, L. I.—1st. Many of the ponds on the north side 
of L. I. contain perch and pickerel,accessible by the North Side or Flush¬ 
ing Railways. 2d. Both pictures are the same size. 
C. W. R.—Please state in Answers to Corespondents if there is a taxi¬ 
dermist in this eity that gives lessons in the art? Ans. J. II. Batty, 245 
Broadway. 
Frank Bolles, Hartford.— You will find full information in regard to 
the head waters of Connecticut River*by reading an article entitled 
“Winter Camp on the Megalloway” in to-day’s issue. 
L. D. Van P., Middlefield Center,Otsego County,N. Y. — Hemlocks can 
be moved anytime from April to 1st June, and have been transplanted 
even later with perfect success, but would advise moving as above. 
Choose always a damp day. 
Moccasins, Pa.—Undoubtedly caribou hide is tlie best. There is a 
peculiarity about caribou hide, which is that it does not shrink or stretch 
when wet, while moose or deer skin stretches considerably when soaked 
in water. 
Reader. —What facilities are there in the vicinity of Moosehead Lake 
for fishing during July? Ans. All facilities which civilization affords. 
What would probably be the cost of a two weeks’ trip there (Boston be - 
mg the starting point) for a party of three 'or four? Two hundred dol¬ 
lars for party. 
W. R. C., Hartford,Conn.—I have a fine setter,aged4 years, which has 
a slight umbilical hernia which is congenital. Will you kindly inform me 
if there is any danger that any trouble will arise from It, and if so, what 
I had better do; there has been no trouble yet? Ans. Let nature take 
her own course. 
A. A., Philadelphia.—I have a setter dog which is very much troubled 
with fleas. Can you give me a receipt for killing them? Ans. Take of 
soft soap two ounces,-carbonate of soda one ounce; mix and add a little 
water to form a paste; rub this well into the roots of the hair; let it re¬ 
main an hour, then wash all out with warm water, and dry. 
Proportion, Philadelphia.—What are the proper proportions of pow¬ 
der and shot to use in the shooting of partridge and rail birds in a breech 
loader, barrels 22 inches long, about £ lialf inch guage? Ans. For ruffed 
grouse shooting at the beginning of the season use l£oz. No. 8 shot and 
3 drachms powder, at the latter end of the shooting increase the powder 
£ a drachm and the shot £ of an oz. Rail shooting 1£ oz. No. 8 shot and 3 
drachms of powder. 
L., Philadelphia.—Where is Pine Brook ? How do you get to it from 
Philadelphia, and is it a good place for snipe? Ans. In Morris County, N. 
J., it is. considered one of the best places. What books can I get to post 
me on the different breeds of setter dogs, such as Laverack and Gordon 
Please let me know them all and what books to send for? Stonehenge. 
Laverack, Frank Forrester and Richardson. 
Dr. G., Baltimore.—Will you tell me what brand of gunpowder you 
consider best, and what No. grain will give strongest shooting with 
"least recoil. Also the proper load for quail or snipe shooting and size of 
shot. My gun is a 7£-lb. breech-loader, No. 12 guage. I have been shoot¬ 
ing 2\ drachms Dupont’s No. 2 powder, and 1 oz. No. 10 shot. Three 
drachms of powder gives better penetration but unpleasant recoil? Ans. 
•Use a medium coarse powder; it is the electic, instantaneous explosion 
which causes recoil. Use a coarser powder—Hazard. You will get the 
same penetration with less recoil. For quail, use No. 8 shot. For snipe, 
No. 10. You don’t require penetration for snipe or quail. Increase the 
shot £ or £ of an oz. 
