July 20. 1895.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



67 



DOG CHAT. 



The cordiality of the "happy family," consisting of 

 such heterogenous individuals as a fox-terrier, a cat, a 

 wolf, half dozen monkeys and other animals, living in a 

 cage in the Zoological Garden at Glen Island, was rudely 

 broken and family ties sundered by the wolf eating three 

 of the puppies for breakfast. The fox-terrier bitch fought 

 valiantly in the defense of her young. A stream of water 

 from a hose separated the combatants. The superinten- 

 dent offered the wisdom-laden explanation that the 

 monkeys had annoyed the wolf to a degree of madness 

 and that it then ate the three puppies by mistake. 



In the daily press is a story of an American gentleman 

 who purchased a dog which was imported from Germany, 

 and consequently the dog did not understand the English 

 language. After deliberating solemnly, the gentleman 

 concluded that it was much easier for him to learn Ger- 

 man than for the dog to learn English, to the end that 

 they could understand each other, therefore he studied 

 German. It would be much easier to learn to bark and 

 growl than to learn a whole language. 



Mr. C. A. Stone, superintendent of the dog show of 

 Canada's great Industrial Fair, Toronto, writes us that he 

 will be pleased to have all those who intend to donate 

 specials communicate with him immediately, so that he 

 can insert all in the prize list. The Blood- Hound Club of 

 America donates its gold medal for beBt dog, also for best 

 bitch, and silver medal for the best puppy under twelve 

 months. The American Spaniel Club donates its 

 trophy, value $100, for the best field spaniel; and its 

 trophy, $100, for the best cocker; the Bell cup for the best 

 brace of cockers. Quite a long list of other special prizes 

 are*already promised. 



Mr. Wax. Brailsford has written to Mr. W. B. Wells, 

 Sec'y of the International Field Trials Club, that he will 

 arrive about the first of August, going to Manitoba to at- 

 tend the trials there, thence returning to attend the Inter- 

 national Trials. 



have to be made in regard to non-sporting classes, as Mr. 

 Lacy had already accepted the invitation to judge at 

 Providence the same week when advised of the Omaha 

 K. C.'s action. 



fiti'liting. 



A lady lost her dog last week, 

 . And this week, when she went 

 To interview the butcher on 



The style of meat he'd sent, 

 He pointed to a sausage link. 



The lady turned to look, 

 And when she said she'd take it home 



It wagged right off the hook. 



—Stock-Keeper (England). 



The Eldred Kennels, Eldred, Sullivan Co., N. Y., have 

 issued a circular which is the perfection of the printer's 

 art. It contains portraits of Champion Antonio, Brigh- 

 ton Tobe and Gamester. A reference to their large list 

 shows the best of setter and pointer blood. The kennel 

 has issued a notice as follows: "For the convenience of 

 Southern breeders, our stud dogs, Champion Antonio, 

 Brighton Tobe and Gamester, will be sent to our training 

 quarters in North Carolina, Sept. 1, where they will re- 

 main until Feb. 15. . 



In our business columns this week the United States 

 Fit Id Trials Club announce their Derby, which stake com- 

 mences their spring meeting, at West Point, Miss. This 

 trial will give an excellent opportunity for a competition 

 when birds and grounds are at their best, and in respect to 

 these important necessities no club is better equipped for 

 a spring trial. The entries so far show a negligence or 

 lack of interest on the part of Eastern sportsmen, save a 

 few who have stanchly supported all good trials these 

 many years. Those who have neglected the fall trials 

 have yet a good opportunity to enjoy the sport of com- 

 petition in the spring; for, though February is a winter 

 month in the North, it is springlike in the South. 



From a notice sent out by Spratts Patent we learn 

 that their kennels have been thoroughly reorganized and 

 in the near future will be much enlarged. W. H. Mac- 

 kay is resident manager. Dr. T. G. Sherwood is consult- 

 ing veterinarian. 



Mr. Geo. E. Krehl's famous collie Eclipse died recently 

 in his fifteenth year. He, besides his success on the bench, 

 was a noted sire. 



An Albany correspondent of the Globe-Democrat (St. 

 Louis) says: "Landlord Moses of the Brunswick Hotel, at 

 Eagle Mills, has a fourteen-year-old house dog which is 

 a more correct barometer than many of the mechanical 

 instruments. For two hours before the approach of a 

 shower, and with no visible signs of the arousing of the 

 elements, he is as uneasy as a fish out of its natural ele- 

 ment. He will roam from house to house, call on all his 

 old acquaintances, and when the shower is near at hand 

 he will seek a comfortable place at home and go to sleep. 

 This peculiarity has been noticed on a number of occasions 

 lately, and has won much renown for the brute." Next! 



In our business columns Mr. H. H. Green, Sanford, Me., 

 offers pointers; Mr. F. A. McGrath, Philadelphia, offers 

 fox-terriers; Mr. W. H. Pierce, Peekskill, N. Y., offers to 

 board and train pointers -and setters; Swiss Mountain 

 Kennels, Germantown, Pa., offer St. Bernards and cock- 

 ers for sale and at stud; F. J. N., Saratoga Springs, N. 

 Y., offers fox-terriers; Mr. F. G. Tripp, New Bedford, 

 Mass., offers bull-terriers; Mr. W. A. Freed, Homewood, 

 Pa., offers beagles. 



The Continental Field Trials Club announces in our 

 business columns its All-Age Stake, to be run on 

 chickens at Morris, Man., commencing on Sept. 2. The 

 popularity of the chicken trials and the magnitude of 

 those events this year, make almost a foregone conclusion 

 of their success. 



Mr. Noel Money, the famous trap shooter, received 

 July 15, on s. s. Mobile, three Welsh fox hounds, one dog 

 and two bitches. They are from the Llangibby pack. 



The Omaha Kennel Club selected Messrs. John Davidson 

 and H. W. Lacy to judge all classf s at their show, to be 

 held Sept. 18 to 21, the former to take the usual sporting 

 classes, and the latter the others. A change will, however, 



The Wilkesboro Chronicle mentions a remarkable freak, 

 a puppy which has three well-developed eyes, two of them 

 in their natural positions, the third about half way between 

 the other two, but higher up on the head. 



In a pleasant letter, Mr. Thos. Johnson says: "Mr. 

 Brailsford cables me three aged entries, viz., Deemster 

 and Musa, pointers, and Roma, a setter. He will run 

 them in the Manitoba, Continental and International 

 Trials. He does not mention any others, so I presume he 

 will not visit any of the American (TJ. S.) meetings this 

 year. He expects to arrive here about Aug. 10. Birds 

 are reported very plentiful. Nearly all difficulties with 

 the customs are about overcome, so I anticipate one of 

 the best meetings— when I say one I mean the three — 

 ever held anywhere. 



"Mr. Bell has accepted the position of one of the judges. 

 I have not yet heard from Mr. Wells." 



Our Dogs (England), in so vigorously defending Mr. 

 Taylor in a recent issue, is wrong in its assumptions per- 

 taining to the matter, and therefore wrong in the conclu- 

 sions drawn from them, Mr. Taylor, in a weak explana- 

 tion, claimed that the counterfoils taken from his book, 

 containing a list of the awards at the New York show, 

 was all that the management was entitled to. Though 

 Mr. Taylor's book was morocco bound, with his name on 

 it in gilt letters, that fact conferred to him no title to the 

 books. The books, for the use of the other judges, were 

 similarly arranged. At smaller shows the judges' names 

 are sometimes put on their books with common, every- 

 day ink, but in either case it is as a matter of convenient 

 reference. Usage in this country requires that the judges 

 return their books to the club after they have completed 

 their list of awards. The books alone are considered 

 official. The counterfoils are for the information of re- 

 porters and others, and for convenience sake are tacked 

 on the wall of some adjacent room. The books are care- 

 fully guarded against surreptitious changes, and only as 

 an act of courtesy is a reporter or others not directly inter- 

 ested permitted to see them. The catalogue, with its list of 

 awards, is not official in a strict sense. When Mr. Taylor 

 took to England the book containing the awards which he 

 had made, he took the club's official records of his judg- 

 ing. Had he cared to learn fully the duties appertaining 

 to judging in this country, he would have saved himself 

 much humiliating notoriety. Mincing airs and supercili- 

 ous graces may or may not be unbecoming to a judge, but 

 careless statements are so. The explanation that the 

 Messrs. Woodiwiss' dogs could not be given a prize with- 

 out a violation of the rules has been in a manner ignored. 

 Under the rules the dogs had no right to compete, but by 

 inadvertence having competed, the only way out of it was 

 to correct the error. The management, however, did not 

 shirk any responsibility in reference to the prizes won 

 by the dogs. In the meantime, there is no doubt but 

 what Mr. Taylor thought, from the dignity and training 

 he had acquired, that he owned that book; but there is no 

 doubt of the knowledge on this side that he did not. 



We received the entries of the Derby of the U. S. F. T. 

 Club Tuesday afternoon, too late for publication this 

 week. There are 47 nominations — 24 setters and 23 

 pointers. 



R. I. S. F. Association. 



The premium list of the Rhode Island State Fair Asso- 

 ciation is ready for distribution. The judges so far 

 selected are James Mortimer for mastiff, bloodhound, 



Sreat Dane, Russian wolfhound, pointer, Chesapeake Bay, 

 achshund, poodle, bull, Scottish, Bedlington, Skye, 

 Dandie Dinmont and Yorkshire terrier, pug and miscel- 

 laneous classes; Louis Contoit, English, Irish and Gordon 

 setters; German Hopkins, fox-terriers; E. M. Oldham, all 

 spaniels. All other classes, H. W. Lacy, excepting Bos- 

 ton terriers, the judge of which will be announced later. 

 Entries close Sept. 2. 



The show will be benched and fed by Spratts Patent, 

 and superintended by Mr. Oldham, the expert in such 

 matters. The disinfecting will be done by the Imperial 

 Hygenique Fluid Co. In challenge classes for mastiffs, St. 

 Bernards, pointers, English and Irish setters there is $12; 

 and in open classes, $10, $5 and $3; puppies, $8 and $4. 

 Newfoundlands, one class, $10 and $5. English fox- 

 hounds, Skyes, Bedlingtons, Yorkshires, Chesapeake Bay 

 dogs, Italian greyhounds and miscellaneous have $10 and 

 $5 in each class. 



There is a challenge class, for all breeds of spaniels over 

 281bs., prize $10. Field spaniels, four classes, $10 and $5. 

 Cockers, two challenge classes, $10; five open classes, 

 $10, $5, $3. Clumbers (two classes), $10 and $5. 

 Irish water spaniels, $10 and $5. Bloodhounds, Great 

 Danes, deerhounds, American foxhounds, black 

 and tan terriers, Dandie Dinmonts, dachshunds, 

 Russian wolfhounds, greyhounds, collies, bulldogs, bull- 

 terriers, fox-terriers (wire and smooth respectively), Irish 

 terriers, have in challenge classes $10; open classes, $10 

 and $5; some have a third prize, $3. Puppy classes have 

 $8 and $4, and $6 and $3. Poodles, challenge, $10; open 

 (four classes), $10 and $5. Boston terriers, challenge, $10; 

 open classes (four), $10 and $5; puppies, $6 and $3. Ameri- 

 can Spaniel Club's Classification No. 2, with additions, has 

 been adopted. A kennel prize of $15 has been made for 

 mastiffs, St. Bernards, beagles, pointers, English and Irish 

 setters, spaniels, collies and fox-terriers; and $10 to Gor- 

 don setters, bulldogs, bull-terriers, pugs and poodles. 

 Spratts Patent offers $20 in gold for the best exhibit of 

 dogs owned by one kennel or exhibitor, awards to be de- 

 cided on the following values: First prize, 7 points; sec- 

 ond, 5; third or reserve, 4; vhc, 3; he, 2; c, 1 point. All 

 additions or changes in the premium list will be pub- 

 lished soon as possible. 



Game Laws in Brief. 



FIXTURES. 



* Dates marked thus are unofficial. 

 Sea Cliff annual, Sound. 



Royal St. Lawrence A, 30ft, 25ft. and 31ft. classes, Montreal. 

 21. San Francisco cruise, San Francisco Bay. 

 Cor. San Francisco regatta, San Francisco. 

 Riverside special, Sound. 

 Indian Harbor annual, Greenwich, Sound. 

 Quincy, Quincy Point, Boston Harbor. 

 Cor., Marblehead, second cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 

 Royal St. Lawrence, 18ft. skiff and steam yacht class, Montreal. 

 Duxbury club, Duxbury, Mass. 

 Cor., Atlantic City annual, Atlantic City. 

 San Francisco outside sail, San Francisco Bay. 

 New York Y. O annual cruise, rendezvous and race, Glen Cove. 



* New York Y. C, first run, Sound. 



* New York Y. C, second run, Sound. 



* New York Y. C, third run to Newport. 



* New York Y. C, Goelet Cups, Newport. 



* Ne York Y. C, fourth run to Vineyard Haven. 



* New York Y. C, at anchor, Vineyard Haven. 

 — . New York Y. C, special races at Newport. 



AUCTOST. 



Lake Michigan Y. R. A. 



2. Lincoln Park, Chicago. ' 



3. Columbia, Chicago. 

 7. Racine, Racine. 



Cor. Fleet annual, New Rochelle, Sound. 

 Monatiquot open, Boston Harbor. 



Shelter Island annual, Greenport, Shelter Island, Sound. 

 Larchmont, 34ft. and 21ft. classes, Sound. 



4. San Francisco chowder cruise to Pinnacle Rock, San Francisco. 



American special, Milton Point, Sound. 



Winthrop open, Great Head, Boston Harbor. 

 •11. San Francisco cruise to California Y. C, San Francisco Bay. 



Squantum, ladies' day, Squantum, Mass. 



Duxbury Club, Duxbury, Mass. 



American open, Newburyport. 

 ■15-16. Cor., Marblehead mid-summer series, Marblehead (Mass.) 

 Bay. 



Green Bay, Green Bay. 



Cor., Atlantic City Special Cup, third race. 



Sea Cliff special, Sound. 



Huguenot annual, New Rochelle, Sound. 



San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 



Roton Point Imp. Co. annual, Roton Point, Sound. 



Cor. open, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 



18. San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 

 Royal St. Lawrence Hamilton trophy, 18ft. and 21ft. classes, Mon- 

 treal. 



Cleveland, ladies' day, Cleveland, Lake Erie. 



Manchester open, Manchester, Mass. 



Riverside special, Sound. 



Norwalk, Norwalk, Sound. 



Squantum open, Squantum. Mass. 



Horseshoe Harbor annual, Larchmont Sound. 



Cor,, Marblehead third cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 



The New York World has, in answer to an inquiry, received from 

 Sir Francis Knollys, private secretary to the Prince of Wales, a letter 

 stating that the Prince will not visit America this year. There is no 

 longer any chance of Britannia coming over. 



Up to the date of writing, July 16, practically nothing is known of 

 the merits and defects of the new Cup defender. No doubt those inti- 

 mately connected with her, Messrs. Herreshoff, Iselin and Morgan, 

 have been able to form some definite conclusions; but the newspapers 

 and the yachting public know far less of her than of Valkyrie III. The 

 daily papers are publishing about one column per day of important 

 news from Bristol, mainly describing the yacht as a great success, but 

 her performances thus far may be summed up as but four trials under 

 canvas, almost entirely in light airs and with no pretense of racing. 

 The much vaunted victories over Colonia, the latter only half sailed, 

 and with a foul steel bottom, and the burlesque trial with Vigilant on 

 Sunday, are absolutely valueless in giving an idea of the yacht's speed 

 and stability. If the projected special races off Sandy Hook take 

 place on Saturday and Monday next they should show something posi- 

 tive; in the meanwhile such trials as have been made seem to indicate 

 no strious defect, though very far from affording the needed guaran- 

 tee of Defender's superiority to the older boats. 



For some time past nothing has been heard from Boston about 

 either Jubilee or Volunteer, both of which were generally looked for 

 in the 90ft. class. Last week, however, Gen. Paine announced that 

 Jubilee would not take part in the special races of July 30 and 22, nor 

 in the trial races later on. Mr. Forbes's intentions as to racing Volun- 

 teer are as yet unknown. 



Since Valkyrie HI. has left the racing the duel between Britannia 

 and Ailsa has continued, the former usually winning. The 20-rating 

 class is divided, none of the Solent boats going to the Clyde. Niagara 

 seems to be a little better than the new Eucharis or the old Zinita, and 

 Dacotah continues her attempts to spoil sport by going into the 20- 

 rating class under an allowance of 12min. The Field states that 

 Niagara will have a new suit of sails, made by Perry, of Birkenhead; 

 and also that Mr. Howard Gould is talking of a Herreshoff 40-rater 

 for next year. 



The proposed new rule of the Y. R. A., which we recently published 

 in full, was adopted at the general meeting of the Y. R. A. on June 17, 

 and afterward was Submitted by a mail vote to all the members. The 

 result, as just announced, was for the rule 79, against 12, some 50 

 members not voting. The rule is thus adopted, to go into force next 

 year. 



Huguenot V. C. 



NEW ROCHELLE — LONCi ISLAND SOUND. 



Wednesday, July 10. 

 The Huguenot Y. C. sailed its first open regatta on July 10, in a 

 moderate breeze, the times being: 



21-FOOTERS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Houri, E. B. Hart, Jr 21.00 3 06 48 1 39 3* 



Celia, C. A. Gould 21.00 3 02 52 1 35 37 



CABIN SLOOPS. 



Water Lily, Birrell Brothers 27.01 4 38 35 3 21 20 



CABIN CAT CLASS — OVER 25PT. 



Mary, W. E. Elsworth 28.76 4 12 25 2 55 10 



Sirene, T. Jackson 28.55 4 05 23 3 28 07 



CABIN CAT CLASS — 25FT. UNDER. 



Kit! ie, Hazen Morse ....23.10 3 35 19 2 18 04 



Duck, Lewis p.elin 22.75 3 49 20 2 22 05 



Avis, H. Stotthoff 4 03 22 2 46 07 



OPEN CAT CLASS. 



Angora, T. Weber 20.10 3 49 55 2 23 40 



Edwina 20.10 3 53 43 2 26 28 



Fairy, F. E. Towle 21.90 3 19 51 1 52 36 



Punch, M. H. Clark 20.13 3 23 58 1 56 43 



MIXED CLASS. 



Gnat 17.04 4 03 33 3 36 18 



Question, L. H. Huntington 12.06 3 48 55 2 21 40 



The winners are Celia, Water Lily, Kittie, Fairy and Question. 



The Oame Laws in Brief, new edition, now ready, June 27, has 

 new game and fish laws for more than thirty of the States. It covers 

 the entire country, ia carefully prepared, and igtves all that shooters 

 and nglers require. See advertisement. 



On July 11. Capt. A. Peterson, of the schooner Emerald; Andrew 

 Morrison, the mate, and one of the crew were injured by the prema- 

 ture explosion of a cartridge in saluting. The yacht was off Bay Ridge 

 at the time, and the mate and man were taken to the Norwegian Hos- 

 pital. Capt. Peterson was but little injured, and the others not ver 



