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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 10, 1895. 



nels in importing the St. Bernard Leed's Barry is a note- 

 worthy event in the canine world, at a time, too, when 

 dog interests are quiet. That he withstood the hard- 

 ships of ocean travel so well is a matter for congratula- 

 tion. His weight indicates that he is of the big fellows. 



examine one part at a time, she has been sketched and photographed 

 by any number of persons. There is, fortunately, a natural limit to 

 the extent to which secrecy can be maintained, or probably yachts- 

 men would not even be allowed to witness the races. 



The premium list of the Rhode Island State Fair Asso- 

 ciation is now ready for distribution. 



Chas. W. Tway, Michigan City, Miss., announces in 

 our business columns that he can board and train four 

 more dogs. 19 Manning Arcade, Toronto, offers cockers. 

 E. H. Bragg, N. Sidney, Me., offers beagles. Warwick 

 Kennels, Bridgeport, Conn., offer English setters. M. M. 

 Cheney, Bennington, N. H., offers coon dog. Box 2181, 

 Boston, Mass., wants well broken setter or pointer. Dr. 

 J. L. Cornell, Centreville, Md., offers Chesapeake Bay 

 dogs. 



English Setter Type. 



Bridgeport, Cfc.— Editor Forest and Stream: Breeder, 

 in your issue of Aug. 3, tells some plain truths when he 

 says: "Many of 'our breeders began breeding as they 

 might begin any new venture, merely buying a couple of 

 dogs and commence breeding;" but he hits them rather 

 hard when he says if their breeding proved a failure, the 

 pedigrees were a success, and they just sold pedigree 

 with dog attached. How true this is of most any breed 

 taken up by Americans, except perhap3 the cocker span- 

 iel, which breed perhaps of all others is a credit to the 

 American Spaniel Club and its supporters; for these show 

 a type and family likeness not approached by any other 

 breeds exhibited at our shows. 



If this can be attained by the united efforts of breeders 

 interested in cockers, why cannot it also be accomplished 

 by breeders of setters? And what has been the means of 

 producing this effect? To no small degree, I believe (and 

 I am open to correction if wrong), it has been brought 

 about by their persistent and united efforts in naming a 

 number of judges who were united on the type desired, 

 and encouraging bench shows to appoint one of their 

 number by the awarding of special prizes if the bench 

 show committees appointed a club judge. 



Why cannot this be done with the English setter? It 

 can, if those interested in the welfare of the breed would 

 get together, meet each other half way, drop the dog poli- 

 tician and formulate a standard, if one does not already 

 exist, and then judge by it h respective of who owns the 

 dog, or whether he be the owner of one or a hundred. 



"Breeder" says that I cite the judging at New York 

 this year as an example of the disregard of type. I think 

 not. If I mentioned any year it was in 1890. This past 

 year I think "Breeder" or any one else who saw the first 

 four dogs will say they showed type, and English setter 

 type at that. They might have been placed differ- 

 ent, but nevertheless they were all dogs fit to hold either 

 one of the four positions one or the other of them held; 

 but I did say there were many different types shown, and 

 it is this lack of unity on what is the proper type that is 

 responsible for it; for each man apparently adheres to his 

 own and must think when he enters his dog that he is 

 somewhere near a typical setter and stands a chance of 

 winning, or why expend his good money for entry fees? 



Now my reason in writing my first letter was, as stated, 

 that I had read letters from breeders of setters in which 

 they said that there seemed to be no uniformity of type; 

 and when knowing of a dog winning at one show and well 

 aware of the type of said dog, they were all at sea by the 

 decision on the same dog competing at other shows, under 

 a different judge; and if my letter will be the means of 

 causing a discussion that will cause the lovers of English 

 setters to take one small step in the direction of improving 

 the present state of things re English setter judging, I 

 shall feel that it was not written in vain. If such 

 gentlemanly correspondents as Cinna, Muss-Arnolt and 

 Breeder, with others of the same mind, will discuss it in 

 the same spirit, it will be a starter to obtain what I think 

 is a looked-f or and desired improvement of the beautiful 

 English setter. Albert. 



Leed's Barry. 



The rough-coated St. Bernard Leed's Barry arrived in 

 Philadelphia per steamship Southwark on Saturday, Aug. 

 3d, in fine condition, and feeling none the worse for his 

 voyage. He is a large dog with immense bone, and 

 when weighed on reaching the kennels tipped the scale 

 at 1851bs. He is grandly bred, being by County Member 

 (Lord Bute— Myra II.), out of Court Beauty (Scottish 

 Prince— Forget-me-not). He has been shown but four 

 times, having won six firsts and one special. The English 

 Stock-Keeper of June 14 says of him: 



"Leed's Barry is one of the biggest dogs on the bench; 

 immense bone; grand legs and feet; proper length of 

 body, and one of the best movers possible. He has an 

 immense skull, deep face and flews; a little indent below 

 the eyes would improve him." 



Swiss Mountain Kennels. 



Manitoba Field Trials Club. 



Manitou, Man., July 29.— Kindly make the inclosed 

 correction in the club's list of Derby entries. The correct 

 number should be fifty-five. The following dogs are not 

 eligible: Selkirk Dan, Selkirk White, Selkirk Belinda— 

 not having paid first forfeit. John Wootton, Sec'y. 



No date is yet set for the trial races, but Mr. John Jacob Astor has 

 presented a very elegant cup, costing $2,000, for the winner. 



The admission of a few newspaper men with the large crowd of 

 visitors to the Herreshoff Works on the occasion of the attempted 

 launching of Defender a few weeks ago would have been a cheap 

 piece of courtesy that would have cost the builders nothing and have 

 done no harm to the yacht. Now that she has been in the drydock, 

 a far better place for inspection than the Herreshoff shop, where one 

 Otfuld not get far enough away to see her as a whole, but could only 



Corinthian Y. C. 



MARBLEHEAD— MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 



Saturday, July 87. 

 The second championship race of the Corinthian Y, C, of Marble- 

 head, was sailed on July 27 in mixed weather, rain, calm and hard 

 squalls, the times being: 



FinsT GLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Gladys, W. P. Fowle .00 00 2 34 88 00 00 



Tomboy, W. 8. H. Lothrop 00 CO 2 40 00 00 00 



Crystal, S, Gleason 00 00 2 £9 35 00 00 



SECOND CLASS. 



Susie, J. F. Cole 28 06 2 46 23 2 45 47 



Ariel, J. Barrett 26 02 2 49 00 2 46 44 



Marena, D. H. Follett, Jr 29 01 Withdrew. 



THIRD CLASS. 



Apukwa, E. T. Tefft 22 04 2 43 40 2 41 22 



Exit, A. H. Higginson 21 04 2 51 10 2 47 23 



Reaper, H. P. Benson 24 01 Withdrew. 



Bonita, C. O. Hood 20 06 Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Koorali, R. C. Robbins 33 01 2 28 53 2 28 37 



Egeria, R. F. Tucker 23 05 2 30 47 2 30 47 



Magpie, A. W. Stevens 22 04 Withdrew. 



CLASS A. 



Handicap. 



Hiawatha, G. F. Chapin 1 19 26 1 19 26 



Brenda, H. Goodwin 3 1 26 40 1 23 40 



CLASS B. 



Edith, F. M. Wood 2 2 24 35 2 22 35 



Delphine, C. M. Barber 2 2 25 37 2 23 37 



Mosca, F. E. Pea body Withdrew. 



Gwasba, H. M. Appleton 8 Withdrew. 



class c. 



Toyo, F. O. North 1 16 32 1 16 23 



Maia, E. Paine 1 19 10 1 19 10 



Comet, A. A. Lawrence 1 19 20 1 19 26 



Sally, D. C. Percival, Jr 1 20 13 1 20 13 



Dorothy, F. Brewster 1 20 58 1 20 58 



Tedesco, C. Morse, Jr 1 21 58 1 21 58 



Pinta, E. Y. C 4 1 26 18 1 22 18 



Alruna, A. L. Stearns 4 1 27 35 1 23 SS 



CLASS D. 



Eugenia,!. S. Palmer 1 11 55 1 11 55 



Rita, W. H. Rothwell 3 1 19 45 1 16 45 



Vagrant, W. Harvey ; 2 1 22 06 1 20 06 



Juanita, W. Whitman. Jr 2 Withdrew, 



Exit was sailed by Mr. Ward Burton. 



Mandeville Y. C. 



MANDEVILLE, LA. 



Saturday, July SO. 

 The annual regatta of the Mandeville Y. C. was sailed on July 20 in 

 bad weather, a clear morning being followed by several hard squalls 

 with rain, the win i being very strong at times with a heavy sea. 

 There was a large fleet of entries, but many of the yachts gave up, the 

 finish being timed: 



Louise W 5 10 00 Nymphae 5 12 49 



Alice 5 02 40 Minnie 8 5 14 45 



Adrienne 5 06 48 Rosie G 5 17 00 



Twanta 5 07 12 Honorine 5 17 05 



Florence 5 09 35 Nyanza 6 02 00 



The winners were: 



Schooner— Adrienne, elapsed time, 3:11:18. 



Cabin Sloops— First class, Maggie, carried away the end of boom and 

 split jib and did not finish; second class, Florence, elapsed time 

 3:24:05; third class, Twanta, elapsed time 3:32:10. 



Open Sloops— First class, Nyanza, elapsed time 4:24:50: second class, 

 Alice, elapsed time 3:24:29, corrected time 3:24:29; Nymphae, elapsed 

 time 3:35:30, corrected time 3:33:33. 



Catboats— First class, Minnie S., elapsed time 3:35:40; Barton B. did 

 not finish; second class, Louise W„ elapsed time 3:21 :20, corrected 

 time 3:21:20; Honorine, elapsed time 3:36:10, corrected time 3:83:11; 

 Ellen D. and Daisie B. did not finish: third class, Rosie G. won, Lady 

 Sarah did not finish; fourth class, Helen M. won. 



During the night a heavy gale set m from S.E., a number of yachts 

 dragging anchors. The little auxiliary Lillian F. was badly damaged 

 and Twanta went into the - yacht club wharf, damaging herself and 

 the wharf as well. 



Wellfleet Y. C. 



WELLFLEET, MASS. 



Saturday, July 27. 

 The Wellfleet Y. C. sailed a good race on July 27 in a fresh south- 

 erly breeze, the times being; 



FIRST CLASS. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Florence, Williams & Kemp 1 51 18 1 19 58 



Cornell, L D. Baker 1 55 14 1 21 46 



Hornel, James Delory X 56 14 1 24 37 



Princess, I. *V. Linderkin.. 1 55 22 1 26 10 



Eddie, James Wiley 2 00 48 1 31 06 



SECOND CLASS. 



Mattie A. Simond Atwood ...........2 00 39 1 21 55 



Budgie, Chas. E. Turner 2 05 05 1 29 23 



Eda, Chas. E. Paine 2 13 58 1 38 01 



Frankee G, Rich Pernere 2 15 11 1 41 41 



Gracie, Rich Newcomb Withdrew. 



THIRD CLASS. 



Trilby, Louis Higgins 2 11 58 1 32 24 



Lillie, F. A. Snow , , 2 24 06 1 43 58 



Flip, F. O. Newcomb 2 31 49 1 47 33 



Mannie, N. P. Paine Withdrew. 



Manchester Y. C. 



MANCHESTER, MASS. 



Monday, July S3. 

 The second championship race of the Manchester Y. C. was sailed 

 on July 22 in a strong breeze, the times being: 



SECOND CLASS. 



Elapsed. 



Clara, W. Burgess 1 28 58 



Ariel, F. Barrett 1 34 40 



Oweric, A. W. Craige . 1 40 21 



THIRD CLASS. 



Magpie, A. Stevens 1 34 01 



Koorali, R. C. Roberts l 34 20 



Egeria, R. Tucker , l 34 26 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Carina, R. Boardman , 1 46 12 



Snipe, E. A. Boardman 1 48 53 



Squanto Did not finish. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Nancy, J. L. Bremer, Jr , , 1 38 16 



Cornet, John A. Lawrence . . 1 38 39 



Cape Cod Y. C. 



ORLEANS— CAPE COD BAY. 



Saturday, July 27. 



The second race of the Cape Cod Y. C. series was sailed on July 27 

 in a strong S.W. breeze, the times being: 



m „ . ~ ^ ^ Elapsed. Corrected. 



Wave Crest, D. L. Young 1 22 12 57 23 



Dolphin, O. H. Davenport 1 24 31 55 48 



Henrietta, R. R. Rich 1 32 09 1 01 10 



Little Daisy, Fulcher Rros 1 38 36 1 07 30 



Sea Fox, Charlie Smith 1 37 42 1 11 22 



Valkyrie III. 



The official register of Valkyrie III. gives the following particulars 

 of the yacht: Her owner is Windham Thomas Wyndham Quin, Earl 

 of Dunraven and Mount Earl, of Dunraven Castle, Brigend. Glamor- 

 gan. The length from fore part of stem under bowsprit to the after 

 side of the head of the sternpost is 100.70ft. ; main breadth to outside 

 of plank 25.50ft., depth in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling amidships 

 11.70ft., tonnage 130.21. Official number 104,630, signal letters N V 

 P. G. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE, 1895. 



Though nominally shorter than usual, covering but a week, the 

 annual cruise of the New York Y. C. is actually planned to cover two 

 •weeks, the actual cruising occupying the flrst'week, while ,the second 

 is given up to special races off Newport for prizes given by members 

 of the club, and under the management of the regatta committee, 

 Messrs. b. Nicholson Kane, Chester Griswold and Irving Grinnell. 



Throughout the first week the fleet was favored with pleasant 

 weather, and in each case with enough wind to make a good race with 

 an early finish, in fact, the club met with remarkable luck on the long 

 run to New London, with a free wind, in marked contrast to the hard 

 hammer to windward over the same course in 1891, which delayed or 

 disabled so many of the fleet. 



The opening race for the commodore's cups was sai'ed under very 

 favorable weather conditions. The first run was made in quick time, 

 allowing a full afternoon and evening in New London. The run to 

 Newport was lively and interesting; the long day at that place gave 

 the crews time for rest and preparation for the Goelet cup race. This 

 race was sailed under very satisfactory conditions, in clear, bright 

 weather and a true breeze, and the run to the Vineyard was made 

 with a fresh and favorable wind. The last run on Monday was delayed 

 by a fog, but was finally made in a good sailing breeze and clear 

 weather. The cruise throughout has been free from rain, storm or 

 fog, the weather has been neither too hot nor too cold, and the winds 

 have been ready whenever they were wanted. 



The racing contingent of the fleet has not been notably large, the 

 schooners have shown up best, with such good boats as Lasca, 

 Emerald, Amorita, Elsemarie, Mayflower, Merlin, Constellation, Mar- 

 guerite, and the smaller Loyal and Neaera. 



The single stick fleet, apart from the larger class, has been but 

 small, and of all sizes: Katrina, Queen Mab, Hildegarde, Wasp, Uvira, 

 Gossoon and Norota; hardiy two in a class. 



The long-looked-for reappearance of Jubilee and Volunteer has at 

 last taken place, and with the result that many looked for. Volunteer's 

 owner has satisfied the curiosity of yachtsmen by racing her in a new 

 rig against Defender and Vigilant, and she has shown that she is in no 

 way equal to them. A good deal of allowance must be made for both 

 boats in that they have steel bottoms in place of the smoother metals, 

 they are in honest cruising trim, with no steam tenders, only one out- 

 fit of sails and spars, and these none of the best, and with their crews 

 berthed and fed aboard. Volunteer is carrying the largest rig of the 

 fin-keel Pilgrim, her mast having been moved forward three feet this 

 year. 



As for Jubilee, the attempted improvement has been done in a half- 

 way manner that could only prove a failure. The hull has been 

 lengthened on the waterline forward, the deck being unchanged; the 

 mast has been left where it was originally, near the middle of the 

 boat, and the old sails and spars have been retained, with some new 

 blocks and gear. What the yacht needs is a new sail plan, with a 

 larger mainsail, the mast further forward, and considerably less fore- 

 sail; such changes, with some new sails and spars and gear to carry 

 them, would have made her much faster than the added 3ft. of bow, 

 and would stiU have earned her a good allowance of time. With her 

 present sail plan, sails and gear, she is much inferior to the Herres- 

 hoff boats to admit of any test of her model; on the whole, her per- 

 formance in the Goelet cup races was not bad, when these obvious 

 deficiencies are taken into account, and the long-disputed question of 

 the merits of her model compared to Vigilant's is as far as ever from 

 a solution, as much so as the other question, why her owner has done 

 anything with her without doing a good deal more. 



Perhaps the most interesting of the schooner fleet is Lasca, a com- 

 parative newcomer after a year's absence abroad, in which she has 

 covered some 10,000 miles under canvas with her owner aboard. Her 

 fine appearance has been generally commented on throughout the 

 fleet, and in her coat of black she is one of the handsomest schooners 

 now afloat. The contrast in looks between her and some of Mr. 

 Smith's newer boats is most marked, the latter, not over handsome at 

 best, showing up very poorly beside this fine ship. We have been 

 very loth to accept the conclusion pointed out by some recent prize 

 winners, that it is necessary to make a boat indubitably and unmistak- 

 ably ugly in order that she should be fast, and it is a pleasure to see a 

 ship like Lasca a stylish vessel in hull and rig that can hold her own 

 with the later productions. Further than this, in these days, when 

 all else Is sacriflced for speed in light weather, it is encouraging to see 

 a yacht just off a long ocean voyage, with racing sails freshly bent, 

 winning in such a race as that to the Vineyard and coming within some 

 seconds of the Goelet Cup. 



With her new bow, Emerald too must be classed among the hand- 

 somest as well as the fastest of the schooners, and no one grudged her 

 a second successive Goelet Cup. 



The steam fleet is large this year and greatly improved by the pres- 

 ence of some handsome imported yachts, notably the Watson boats 

 Sapphire, Hermione and Zara; these, with Sultana and White Ladye, 

 show up the home built craft to very poor advantage. 



Commodore's Cups. 



GLENCOVE TO HUNTINGTON BAY. 



Monday, July 29. 

 All day Sunday and on Monday morning yachts made their way to 

 the rendezvous in Hempstead Bay until a very large fleet was assem- 

 bled, most of them bound for the entire cruise, or at least to Newport. 

 After a meeting of captains early on Monday morning, the signals 

 were set for a start at 1 P. M. for the opening race of the cruise, for 

 three handsome cups given by Com; Brown— one for all schooners 

 one for the 90-footers, and the third for the smaller single-stickers. 

 The course was from off Matinnicock Point around a mark one mile 8. 

 by W. from the bell buoy on Green Ledge, Norwalk Islands, then back 

 five miles over the same course to a mark, and from there to the finish 

 off Eaton's Point; 21 nautical miles. The wind was fresh from S.W., a 

 steady clubtopsail breeze. The starters were: 



Racing Time 

 length, allowances. 



SCHOONERS. 



Allows. 

 1 20 



3 41 



4 14 

 7 12 

 7 35 



13 11 

 16 34 



1 17 

 7 03 

 7 40 



14 05 



Lasca, John E. Brooks 93.17 



Emerald, J. Rogers Maxwell 89.51 



Marguerite, H. W. Lamb , 83.48 



Iroquois, H. C. Rouse 82.24 



Elsemarie, J. B. King 75.60 



Amorita, W. G. Brokaw 74 82 



Loyal, B. F. Sutton 64.50 



Neaera, H. K. MeHarg 59.33 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Vigilant, George Gould Not meas. 



Defender, W. K. Vanderbilt, E. D. Morgan and O. O. 



Iselin Not meas. 



SLOOPS, CUTTERS AND YAWLS. 



Hildegarde, James C. Bergen , Not meas. 



Queen Mab, Percy Chubb 03.28 



Wasp, Lippett Bros , 54.97 



Mineola, August Belmont , 54.20 



Ventura, Dr. Geo. E. Brewer and Wm. Williams. . . .Not meas. 



Harriet, Greacen Bros Not meas. 



Awa, A. De Witt Cochrane 46.89 



Defender and Vigilant being still unmeasured, they were matched 

 to race without allowance. 



The start for the single-stickers was given at 1 :45, the first boat 

 over, as usual, being Queen Mab, followed by Vigilant, the latter run- 

 ning up to the weather end of the line, while Defender crossed to lee- 

 ward, but with more way on. The schooners started at 1.50, Lasca 

 going over promptly after the gun. All set balloon jibtopsails and 

 spinakers, the schooners also setting balloon maintopmast staysails. 

 The times at the Green Ledge mark were: 



Defender 3 31 11 Wasp , 3 42 50 



Vigilant 3 31 40 Elsemarie 3 43 30 



Lasca 3 40 10 Mineola 3 46 20 



Emerald 3 40 35 Iroquois 3 49 20 



Amorita 3 40 40 Marguerite 3 49 35 



Queen Mab 3 43 45 



The next leg was but 5 miles, dead to windward, the times at the 

 turn being: 



Defender 4 17 45 Queen Mab 4 39 27 



Vigilant 4 19 25 Wasp 4 41 00 



Emerald 4 29 20 Elsemarie.... 4 41 25 



Amorita 4 31 10 Marguerite 4 43 05 



Lasca 4 34 30 Iroquois ....4 44 10 



The final reach to the finish off Eaton's Point was quickly made, the 

 finish being timed as follows: 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Lasca 1 50 48 5 02 36 3 11 48 



Emerald 1 50 03 4 57 25 3 04 22 



Marguerite 1 55 00 5 13 06 3 18 06 



Iroquois 1 53 24 5 14 42 3 21 18 



Elsemarie 1 53 29 5 12 12 3 IS 43 



Amorita 1 52 04 5 00 43 3 08 89 



Loyal 1 55 00 5 25 04 3 30 04 



Neaera 1 55 00 5 28 33 3 33 33 



CUTTERS— 90ft. CLASS. 



Defender 1 47 34 4 42 36 2 55 32 



Vigilant 1 47 22 4 44 43 2 57 21 



SMALLER CLASSES. 



Wasp 1 47 56 5 16 06 3 28 10 



Queen Mab 1 46 34 5 11 20 3 24 52 



Mineola 1 49 36 5 25 59 3 36 23 



Hildegarde 1 50 00 5 25 54 3 35 54 



Corrected. 

 3 11 48 

 3 03 02 

 3 14 35 

 3 17 04 

 3 11 31 

 3 01 04 

 3 16 53 

 3 16 59 



3 21 07 

 3 23 35 

 3 28 48 

 3 35 £4 



