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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 17, 1885. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



In our business columns, J. Wrinkle, Lee, Mass., offers 

 English setter. Rockland Beagle Kennels, Nanuet, N. Y., 

 offer beagles. H. Hayes, Dexter. Me. , offers foxhounds. 

 W. A. Rice, Springfield, O., offers pointers. Sunflower 

 State Kennels, Woodston, Kan., offer St. Bernard pup- 

 pies. A. L. Bailey, Plymouth, Mass. , offers pointers. F. 

 Sandys, Eau Claire, Wis., will train dogs. H. Smith, 

 N. C, gives particulars of training. 



Prince, a St. Bernard dog owned by Mr. Franz Mayer, 

 of this city, died of poison on Aug. 12. He had won 

 some prizes and was a popular pet in the neighborhood of 

 his home. Of him the Sun says: 



"According to Mr. Mayer the dog knew as much as a 

 human being. Whenever anything was needed from the 

 baker, butcher or grocer, Mrs. Mayer would hang a 

 basket containing the written order in Prince's mouth, 

 and he would go straight to the store she sent him to, 

 never confusing the orders. He would wait at the deal- 

 er's for the order and always bring the goods back safely. 

 Another of Prince's accomplishments was known to 

 every member of the East Side Bowling Club, which has 

 met for several seasons at Prince's, at Eighty-fourth 

 street and Avenue A. Mr. Mayer is a member, and on 

 bowling nights he used to send Prince on ahead carrying 

 a bag containing his favorite ball, which weighed 181bs. 

 Prince guarded the bag until Mr. Mayer arrived, and was 

 then sent home with orders to return at 10 o'clock. The 

 bowling sessions always ended at that hour, and prompt 

 to the minute Prince would come barking into the place. 

 Prince had records as a life-saver, having on several oc- 

 casions jumped to the rescue of children who had fallen 

 into the East River at the foot of East Eighty-ninth street 

 — a favorite playground. The last occasion was on April 

 22, when he saved a little girl named Elizabeth Katter. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mayer feel Prince's death as though they 

 had lost a child, and the children as though they had lost 

 a brother." 



The grouse trials, run near Bala, beginning July 30, 

 had 10 pointer puppies, 6 setter puppies, and 19 in the 

 All-Age Stakes, and there were 5 braces. In Pointer 

 Puppy Stakes (puppies of 1894, £5 5s. each; first, 30 

 guineas; second, 20 guineas; third, 10 guineas), Mr. P. D. 

 Williams's Lanarth Bolton (Beacon — Bess) won first; Mr. 

 J. Earle Lloyd Lloyd's Totnes Rattler (Totnes Vril— Totnes 

 Zoe) won second, and third was won by Sir W. Wynn's 

 Dawn of Gymru (Woolton Druid — Bertha of Drayton). 

 In the Setter Puppy Stakes (puppies of 1894; first, 20 

 guineas; second, 12 guineas; third, 7 guineas), Col. H. 

 Piatt's Madryn Earl (Aldon Tarn — Madryn Fan) won first; 

 Col. H. Piatt's Madryn Flash (Spot — May of Arvon) won 

 second; J. F. H. Owen's Luna (Arvon — Deutzia) won 

 third. A champion prize of £10 went to the best of the 

 two puppy winners. The Brace Stakes resulted as fol- 

 lows:' 



First, Sir W. W. Wynn's w. b. pointers Rob o' Gymru 

 (Banjo — Duchess) and Bess o' Gymru (Banjo — Juno), 20 

 guineas. Second, Col. C. H. Legh's liv. w. pointers Druid 

 II. (Howdah — Duchess) and Hector III. (Herald — Lache), 

 10 guineas. Third, Sir W. W. Wynn's liv. w. pointers 

 Poll o' Gymru (Plum— Sybyl) and Plum o' Gymru (Ight- 

 field Dick— Doxey). The All-Age winners (60, 30, 20, 10 

 guineas, first, second, third and fourth) were F. C. Lowe's 

 Ben of Kippen (Robket R. — Laura of Kippen), first; sec- 

 ond, B. J. Warwick's Dolly of Budhill (Meirelbeke— 

 Devon); third, W. Arkwright's pointer Tap (Rapp VI. — 

 Sella Price); equal fourth, Sir Watkin Wynn's Poll 

 o' Gymru (Plum— Sybyl) and E. Bishop's Polly Pedro 

 (Senor Don Pedro — Jeanette). 



If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Gentle 

 reader, brace up your nerves for the perusal of the most 

 affecting meeting in the whole of kennel history. The 

 battle of Yorktown is forgotten; George Washington, 

 Charlie Mason and Jim Watson are forgiven. Interna- 

 tional caresses have been exchanged by Mr. Webb, of 

 America, and Mr. Jackson, of England. The American 

 Field records the touching incident of Mr. Webb's visit to 

 Bath in these sympathetic lines. We cannot provide 

 slow music for all our readers, but let them send their 

 kennel lad out to whip the puppies the while they peruse 

 the following: 



At Bath he was met by Mr. Cyrill W. Jackson, who escorted him to 

 his beautiful home, the trip leading him along the River Avon, Mr. 

 Jackson thoughtfully planning this to give Mr. Webb an opportunity 

 to enjoy a bit of EDglish scenery; but this was not all, for a most 

 graceful and the greatest compliment which could be given an Amer- 

 ican awaited him. As the two emerged from the dense foliage and 

 turned towards the house there, flying freely from a staff on the 

 lawn, was the American flag, and as the stars and stripes fluttered in 

 the breeze Mr. Webb's eyes moistened from patriotic emotion, and as 

 soon as he recovered from his surprise at this unlooked-for consider- 

 ation he thanked bis host heartily, assuring him the joy of that mo- 

 ment would be a joy forever. 



Readers, let us slobber! 



In the next column of the American Field we lighted 

 upon a notelet, a long way off the above, not near it, no 

 connection with it, but nevertheless "the long arm of 

 coincidence" seems to cuddle together paragraph and ad- 

 vertisement. This is the notelet: 



Mr. Cyrill W. Jackson, of Bath, England, intendB visiting America 

 in August or September. 



When you have done smiling, and can take your finger 

 from the side of your nose, please note that Cyril is 

 spelled the same odd way in both paragraphs.— Stock- 

 Keeper {England). 



It is gratifying to learn that the fatalities from rabies 

 are not near so numerous or serious as one might be led to 

 suppose from the alarmist nature of many of the news- 

 paper reports. From the Registrar-General's returns we 

 find the death rate in the United Kingdom to have been 

 as follows:— 1890, 8; 1891, 7; 1892, 6; 1893, 4; 1894 return 

 does not transpire, but is, we believe, still less, which 

 means one death to about 7,000,000 of population.— Our 

 Dogs. 



Those who intend visiting the trials to be held at Morris, 

 Man., would act wisely in engaging accommodations be- 

 forehand. From reports which come in, the trials will 

 be well attended. It is almost certain that the accommo- 

 dations of the Commercial Hotel will be strained to the 

 utmost. It would be advisable for the proprietors to en- 

 gage more accommodations in adjacent houses, which 



woUld serve as an annex to to the hotel, to meet the over- 

 flow of guests which are sure to be there. 



The whippet racing, to be held as an adjunct of the New 

 England Kennel Club's annual terrier show, promises to 

 be a complete success, judging from the interest in it and 

 preparation for it. We hear that Mr. Loveland's trip to 

 New York and vicinity, to promote the whippet interests, 

 was quite successful. 



The cherished beliefs of boyhood are knocked over one 

 by one. by the vandal hand of Time. George Washing- 

 ton's hatchet has been shelved with the bow and arrow of 

 cock robin. In the daily press is a story which relates 

 that Billy Tell did not shoot the apple off his son's head; 

 in short, it states that it is an old Norse tale, many cen- 

 turies older than Tell's time, the only change being in the 

 names of the chief actors and localities. In an unfeeling- 

 like manner the story proceeds as follows: 



"Another equally well-known story is that of the 

 slaughtering of the dog Gellert by Llewellen. This has 

 been so far localized that even the grave of the dog is 

 shown at a place to which it has given name, in England. 

 Yet in the old collection of stories called 'The Seven Wise 

 Masters,' which was translated into English from the 

 Latin, and into the Latin from the Hebrew, and into the 

 Hebrew from the Sanskrit, relation is made|of a lord who 

 has an only son, an infant, and a hound which he loves 

 greatly. The nurse goes into the room in which is the 

 child's cradle, and seeing it overturned and the dog cov - 

 ered with blood, rushes out to tellher master that the dog 

 has killed and devoured his son. The father draws his 

 sword and stabs the hound; but when the cradle is re- 

 moved the child is found to be beneath it, safe and 

 sound, and near to it a dead serpent is discovered which 

 the dog had killed in defense of the child. This, with the 

 substitution of the wolf for the serpent, is precisely the 

 story of Gellert, and we may see from it that the circum- 

 stances, if they ever happened at all, must have happened 

 not in Wales five or six centuries ago, but in India at least 

 a thousand years earlier." 



Alas! that so noble a hound should be a myth. 



"In sooth he was a peerless hound, 



The gift of roal John, 

 But now no Gellert could be found, 

 And all the chase rode on." 



" 'Hell hound! by thee my child's devoured I* 

 The frantic father cried; 

 And to the hilt his vengeful sword 

 He plunged in Gellert's side." 



"Looking over the club's standard of the corded poodle," 

 says the Stock-Keeper, "we see that they require the 

 head to be long, straight, and fine, and the skull not broad. 

 This might describe a borzoi's head. If by 'straight' no 

 stop is intended, we do not agree, and we protest against 

 poodles being required to have fine and narrow skulls. 

 We give another description and at present without the 

 author's name: 'Head, wedge-shaped, showing stop and 

 cheek very broad, almost flat, giving the dog great brain 

 capacity; occiput strongly developed.' " 



Collie Scotforth, by Metchley Wonder out of White 

 Heather, in our English exchanges is mentioned as hav- 

 ing been sold to Capt. R. Woodget, and will be sent to 

 Australia. He is the sire of nearly fifty winners and is 

 credited with about two hundred prizes. 



The wire-haired fox terrier Roper's Nutcrack, which 

 sold at Manchester recently for 121 guineas, is reported as 

 having been sold to Mr. R. Phillips, South Shields. Eng., 

 for £210. 



Bob Armstrong informs us that while fishing at High- 

 land Lake recently with a party he had a narrow escape 

 from death. A lightning bolt struck a tree close by him, 

 while five or six other bolts killed cows and split trees in 

 rapid succession. 



Care of Dogs on the Chicken Grounds. 



The matter of feeding is important for the considera- 

 tion of the shooter, when some miles away from town in 

 the chicken country, or when in small country towns 

 which have no meat market. It is particularly important 

 if the shooter has neglected the wise precaution of taking 

 a supply of dog biscuits for food for his dogs. But there 

 is an easy way to keep his dog's needs supplied if he only 

 keeps them in mind while shooting chickens. The old 

 birds, whose years and struggles have toughened them to 

 a degree which places them beyond a dish for the table, 

 make excellent dog food. Their preparation for dog food 

 is simple. The skin, with its coat of feathers, is stripped 

 off, the dead birds are thrown into a pot and boiled with- 

 out further preparation. The chickens are thrown to the 

 dogs, about two to each dog. On such food the dogs will 

 keep in excellent condition and do their work satisfac- 

 torily. 



A good bed at night is quite necessary for the working 

 dog. On the prairie, when chicken shooting, this matter 

 is too often neglected by the hunter. He is tired himself, 

 and after giving the dog his supper he too frequently 

 leaves him to shift for himself. There is always an 

 abundance of coarse hay in a prairie country. It is so 

 cheap and abundant that there is no excuse whatever for 

 neglecting to provide the dogs with bed and shelter. A 

 few sticks set up beside a stack, so arranged as to form 

 the necessary frame work, covered up with hay 3 or 4ft. 

 deep, make a most comfortable kennel. Put in plenty 

 of hay for the dog to sleep on. This kind of temporary 

 kennel can be easily built by itself, independently of any 

 stack or building. All that is required is plenty of hay 

 and a few sticks. 



Manitoba Field Trial Entries. 



Chatham, Ont.— Editor Forest arid Stream: Kindly 

 say for me in your next issue that my Derby entries to 

 the Manitoba field trials— Selkirk Dan, Selkirk White 

 and Selkirk Belinda— were sent to Manitoba on July 6, 

 for the purpose of being trained for the Derby of that 

 club, and are now at Dominion City, Manitoba, in 

 charge of J. J. Spracklin. They will be on hand at 

 MorriB on Sept. 10, if alive. W. B. Wells. 



Game Laws in Brief. 



The &ame Laws in Brief, new edition, now ready, August 27, has 

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

 the entire country, is carefully prepared, and gives all that shooters 

 and anglers require. See advertisement. 



kchting. 



Ovr first views of the Vigilant-Defender protest of July 22 were so 

 very different from those expressed by yachtsmen and in print that 

 we have hesitated to present them; but a careful consideration of the 

 whole matter of the meetings of these two yachts at the starting line 

 on each occasion when a dispute has arisen, on July 22 and Aug. 6, 

 leads us to the conclusion that the former, if not the latter as well, is 

 covered by a section of the rule not yet referred to by anyone who has 

 discussed the question. 



If we are not greatly in error the alleged fouling in the first case, if 

 not the second, comes under Section 14 of the New York Y. 0. rules, 

 being but the old story of the "Tuxedo foul" in 1890 and theVolun- 

 teer-Gracie foul of 1891. In the race of July 22 the two yachts were 

 approaching a mark to pass it on the required side without tacking. 

 The facts are that both elected to start on the west end of the line 

 close under the Scotland Lightship, Vigilant standing along right' 

 above the line, close hauled on starboard tack, with Defender on a 

 parallel course on Vigilant's weather bow, and always nearer the 

 lightship. Both intended to pass the mark as soon as the gun fired in 

 a very few moments, and, when it did fire, Defender, now very near 

 the lightship, bore away and crossed the line, first crossing Vigilant's 

 bows at a distance which is claimed by Vigilant to have been very 

 dangerously small, and by Defender to have been too great to have in- 

 volved risk of fouling. 



Throughout the whole maneuver, as we saw it, Defender was so far 

 ahead that no question of overlap can be raised, and the nearer to the 

 mark, thus being the inside boat. Under such conditions, the pro- 

 visions governing port and starboard tacks, and the right of way of a 

 yacht close hauled over one going free, become inoperative, and un- 

 der the imperative language of Sec. 14, "The outside yacht must give 

 the inside yacht room to pass clear of the mark." 



At best the risk of the position devolved on Vigilant; though close 

 hauled on starboard tack, she, running just aweather of the starting 

 line, was in a position which might at any moment bring her within 

 the operation of Sec. 14, compelling her to give way to a yacht nearer 

 the mark and inside of her. The claim made in the protest, that she 

 being closehauled and Defender free, she could hold the line until 

 ready to cross, and force Defender on the far side of the mark, is not 

 warranted by the rules of any club. 



In the second case, the general conditions were similar, with the ex- 

 ception that instead of being right on the line, the two were just 

 north of the Bren ton's Reef Lightship, the course being S. W. J*J W. 

 and the starting line between the Lightship and the Sylvia, almost at 

 right angles with the course. The maneuvering was thus done just above 

 the line and a little outside of one of the marks, both |boata working to 

 pass this mark on the required side without tacking at gun fire. 

 When the alleged bearing away occurred, both, shortly after tacking, 

 were heading for the lightship on starboard tack, Vigilant, the leeward 

 boat, proposing to force Defender outside of the mark while crossing 

 herself. Both boats were pointing at, if not above, the markboat 

 finally bearing away hard to round under its stern, and there may be 

 a question whether their positions placed them outside the provisions 

 of Section 14; but to us it seems otherwise. Both were about to pasB 

 a mark on the required side without tacking, the inside boat having 

 an overlap, and it would seem that she was entitled to room at the 

 mark. 



Had the Volunteer-Gracie affair been made, as it should have been, 

 the basis for a plain and forcible statement from the regatta commit- 

 tee of the year as to the rights of an inside yacht which can pass a 

 mark without going on the other tack, such occurrences as these 

 would be less frequent; but there is still a wide difference of opinion 

 among practical yachtsmen as to the right of way at a mark. 



To us it seems that in each of the present cases Vigilant was in the 

 poorer position, being the outside boat, and liable at any moment to 

 be placed at a serious disadvantage. 



The most interesting news of the week, and we hope that it may 

 prove true, is that two new boats will be built next fall to beat Queen 

 Mab; one to be designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith for Mr. J. B. King, 

 owner of the schooner El Semarie, and the other to be designed and 

 built by the Herreshoffs for Rear Com. J. C. Bergen, yacht Hildegarde, 

 New York Y. C. 



The task of beating Queen Mab, designed in 1891, with boats designed 

 in 1895, should be such an easy one that we sincerely hope that the 

 designers will not stop there, but will at the same rime attempt to 

 produce something that is not only faster, but as wholesome and 

 handsome as the famous Watson cutter. Queen Mab was designed 

 solely for British racing in the 40-rating class of 1892, with no thought 

 of crossing the Atlantic. She is now, with an enlarged sail plan, but 

 63.28ft. racing length by the Seawanhaka rule, or nearly 2ft. under the 

 limit of the class, 65ft. 



A cutter of 58 to 59ft. l.w.1., about a foot shorter than Queen Mab 

 would be allowed 5,000sq. ft. of sail to bring her within the limit of 

 the class; and on such dimensions it should be possible to build a boat 

 that would be faster, her added power suiting her better to American 

 conditions; and that at the same time need not be a useless machine. 

 The construction of Queen Mab should keep her afloat for nearly a 

 generation, and long after her life as a racer is over she will have a 

 value as a serviceable and shapely cruising craft. The best thing that 

 could happen in yachting to-day is the building up of a few strong 

 classes with good serviceable boats of this general type, on which an 

 owner can live and race without a steam tender to feed his big crew 

 and to carry the "cruising trim." 



Now that Defender has sailed ten races, meeting Vigilant in nine, to 

 say nothing of Volunteer and Jubilee, the experts are at work on 

 elaborate computations intended to forestall the uncertain result of 

 the coming meeting with Valkyrie HI. It would take a wise man, 

 however, to reconcile the Inconsistencies in the performance of the 

 new boat, and, after duly comparing the long run to New London, 

 the run to the Vineyard and back, the windward work and the lee- 

 ward or reaching work off Newport, to say the Defender was five, ten 

 or twenty minutes faster over a 30-mile course than Vigilant In her '93 

 or '95 form; or that the latter is faster by a definite amount this year 

 than last. The races of Vigilant with Valkyrie H., Jubilee, Defender 

 and Britannia, and the races between Valkyrie HI. and Britannia 

 have furnished a mass of figures from which a man may prove con- 

 clusively, according to his individual prejudices and sympathies, that 

 any one boat is faster by a certain exact number of minutes than 

 some other particular boat; thus demonstrating the inevitable success 

 of Defender or Valkyrie IH. as he may desire. 



Rejecting as useless and misleading the times taken over different 

 courses, some in different years, and under varying conditions, and 

 drawing but a general conclusion from the races without resort to 

 actual seconds in the timing, we believe that Vigilant is decidedly 

 faster than in 1893-4, possibly 5m. over a 30-mile course; while De- 

 fender, though showing unevenly beside Vigilant in a close reach and 

 giving some evidence of hard steering and loss of speed in a strong 

 quartering wind, like the second Valkyrie, is at least 10m. faster than 

 Vigilant to day over the same length of course. That Defender is 

 decidedly an all-around better boat than Vigilant seems proved 

 beyond question, whatever the gain may be in minutes and seconds; 



