Deo. 14, 1895. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



821 



Setters and Connecticut Shooting. 



Hartford, Conn. — Editor Forest and Stream: One 

 moment, please, and let me tell you that, as I could look 

 ahead and see a day or two of leisure, and always having 

 the inclination, I wrote and made a date with Mr. Pearle, 

 of the Hampton Kennels, for a few days' shooting, and a 

 most enjoyable time was the result. Mr. Pearle, with his 

 accustomed politeness, met me a,t the depot and with his 

 reliable Pegassus took me quickly to his hospitable home, 

 where the celebrated kennels axe located, and after look- 

 ing over some of the gamest-looking young setters that it 

 has been my fortune to see for a long time, and taking a 

 hasty lunch, started for the field in search of partridge — 

 my favorite bird. Mr. Pearle let out of the kennel a blue 

 belton and a Llewellyn, which, I can assure you, made a 

 splendid showing. They were very industrious, quick and 

 snappy, working apparently for each other and each 

 always backing the other. I never expect to see a prettier 

 working brace. We had a nice tramp over hills and 

 through swales, of which this locality particularly abounds, 

 being on what is known as Hampton Hills, which are said 

 to be the highest hills of the State, and quite noted as a 

 summer resort. Six partridges fell to our guns, and we 

 were fully satisfied with our success; and nox the 

 least enjoyable part was to see under what perfect 

 control Mr. Pearle has his dogs. You can hardly hear 

 his orders, they are given so quietly. Mr. E. K. 

 Sperry has been much interested in this kennel from its 

 origin. This year he has put out nearly one hundred 

 northern Missouri quail on a preserve about a mile square 

 which has always been a natural feeding ground for 

 these birds, but the shooters that have stopped at the Hill 

 House had .completely destroyed the original stock. Mr. 

 Sperry says that he has tried to restock with the Southern 

 birds, but it has always been a total failure. Mr. Pearle 

 has not shot any of these birds, hoping to get the town 

 restocked again, and at one time this fall he thought that 

 he could start thirty bevies on this preserve. Feed has 

 been kept constantly by them, and the success attained 

 has fully paid all cost and trouble of Messrs. Sperry and 

 Pearle. If there were a few more in the State that 

 would go and do likewise the work of game wardens 

 would fall into insignificance; and I'm not sure but this 

 alone does it. Our tramp the next day was still more 

 enjoyable and eight partridges were bagged. My trip 

 was a very enjoyable one, and I shall not soon forget Mr. 

 Pearle and his six beautiful setters on Hampton's thou- 

 sand hills, which must have been full of the drumming 

 bird at the opening of the -season, for nearly 175 game 

 birds fell to Mr. Pearle's gun alone in the month of 

 October. Nimrod. 



New England Beagle Club Futurity Stake. 



Linden, Mass — Editor Forest and Stream: The fol- 

 lowing stake will be run in connection with the regular 

 classes at the fourth annual held trials of the New Eng- 

 land Beagle Club, 1896: 



A futurity stake, open to all beagles, dogs and bitches, 

 15in. and under in height, whelped on or after Jan. 1, 



1895. Conditions are as follows: 50 cents to be paid when 

 3 months old, 75 cents when 6 months old, $1 when 13 

 months old, $1.25 when 15 months old, $1.50 when 18 

 months old and $5 to be paid at the trials the night be- 

 fore the class is run. 



The prize money will be divided as follows: 40 per 

 cent, of the entire entry fee to the winner of 1st prize; 25 

 per cent, of the entire entry fee to the winner of 2d prize; 

 15 per cent, of the entire entry fee to the winner of 3d 

 prize; 10 per cent, of the entire entry fee to the breeder of 

 the winner. The remaining 10 per cent, to go to the club. 



Any nomination sold at any time before the trials- the 

 new owner has the privilege of continuing the payments 

 and starting his entry in the trials, the same as if he had 

 made the original entry. All nominations close Jan, 15, 



1896. Entry blanks will be mailed to all known beagle 

 breeders and fanciers, but should any be overlooked 

 please address the secretary and same will be forwarded 

 at once. Any information in regard to the above stake 

 will be given with pleasure. 



W. S. Clark, Sec'y N. E. B. C. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Mr. W. B. Stafford, the secretary of the Field Trial 

 Champion Association, intended to prepare the conditions 

 of the stake and advertise them soon after his return from 

 the field trials at Newton. This stake will prove a safety 

 valve to the enormous pressure which has been directed 

 toward proving which dogs were really champions dur- 

 ing two or three years past in a manner more colloquially 

 known as "the challenge business." Besides determin- 

 ing definitely, so far as a competition can accomplish the 

 result in determining which dog is champion, it will also 

 determine how much gocd faith there was in the numer- 

 ous columns of challenges, and cheap circumlocution and 

 streamers of advertising attacnea to a challenge stuffed 

 with wind and commercial intention. 



The second edition of Dr. Wesley Mills's well-known 

 work, "The Dog in Health and in Disease," is recently 

 from the press in a revised and enlarged form. Many 

 new illustrations have been added. The work is divided 

 into two parts, the first entitled "The Dog in Health," 

 which treats of the origin, history and zoological position 

 of the dog, classes and uses of the different breeds, and 

 the management and care of the dog in health. The 

 second part, "The Dog in Disease," as the name implies, 

 treats of the different diseases to which the dog is subject 

 and their remedies. The work is neatly bound in cloth 

 and contains 408 pages. Price, $2.25. 



It is a pleasure to note that the intermittent spasms of 

 the kennel world, caused by the sayings of Mr. Taylor, 

 "the English judge at New York," are showing signs of 

 ending. Now that the medals, after a delay, have been 

 sent to the Messrs. Woodiwiss, let us hope that the weari- 

 some matter may end. Individuals, the press and Amer- 

 ica's highest kennel body have thundered because Mr. 

 Taylor spoke. The American Kennel Club appointed a 

 committee "to expose the malicious statements which 

 were made without warrant." and they were officially 

 and officiously exposed some months after the matter had 

 been thoroughly exposed and discussed and in part for- 

 gotten. As to what would "warrant" a "malicious state- 

 ment" is not quite apparent. Moreover, after all the 

 words expended it seems that there are now decided dif- 

 ferences of opinion as to whether Mr. Taylor was right or 



wrong in the main points of his criticisms. As to the 

 more personal features of the discussion, Mr. Taylor was 

 quite as free to express his criticism or disapproval of 

 American men and manners as Americans were free to 

 criticise him or others, and to a certainty Mr. Taylor did 

 not surpass his critics in unfriendly frankness. 



We are indebted to Mr. J. L. Winchell for a photograph 

 of Beaufort's Black. Prince, of which he says: "It is the 

 last picture taken of him before he sailed for England to 

 his new owner, Mr. W. Norman Higgs, of London. He 

 probably brought a higher price than any mastiff sold in 

 America. He is probably the first American bred dog 

 that England has bought in America for the show bench. 

 He haB been shown at the largest shows here for the past 

 five years and was never beaten. He has won the Amer- 

 ican Mastiff Club's cups and medals nineteen times and be- 

 sides has won the special as the best non-sporting dog. He 

 has proved himself the greatest sire, and is without doubt 

 the best mastiff ever bred in America or shown on the 

 bench here." 



Manager Corrigan, of the Meadowmere Kennels, reportB 

 that he has a grand lot of puppies which he intends to ex- 

 hibit at the coming W. K. C. show next February. Also 

 that last year prize winners are in excellent condition, 

 as are also some recent importations which will make 

 their first appearance at said exhibition. This kennel 

 always makes the W. K. C. exhibition its specialty, 

 and Manager Corrigan informs us he will make a larger 

 number of entries than ever before. As announced last 

 fall the Meadowmere Kennels intend to exhibit at this 

 show only. 



In our business columns this week, Mr. H. N. Howell, 

 Lancaster, Pa., offers broken pointer. Mr. E, K. Sperry, 

 New Haven, Conn,, offers broken setter. Box 3, Rocky 

 Ridge, Md., offers setter in exchange for spaniels. Fieles 

 & Bro., Christiana, Pa., offer coon, fox and rabbit 

 hounds, and setters and pointers. Oak Grove Kennels, 

 Moodus, Conn., offers setters. Frank Forester Kennels, 

 Warwick, N. Y., will board dogs and offers Chesapeake 

 bitch. Mr. J. W. Churchill, Salem, Mass., offers St. Ber- 

 nard puppies. 



It is a fault in story telling to use so much circumlocu- 

 tion that the point is marred or lost. It is a demerit in a 

 dog to potter and waste time in feeble attempts to point. 

 It is a merit in story telling, as well as in the work of a 

 field dog, to come to the point. 



Mr. A. J. Gleason, the well-known field trial handler, 

 formerly of Alma, Kan., is now manager of the Kinloch 

 Kennels, Kinloch, St. Louis county, Mo. He reports the 

 kennels in a flourishing condition, and his own satisfac- 

 tion at the change from breeding and training as a public 

 business to breeding and training for the pleasure derived 

 in actual sport afield. All Mr. Gleason's many friends will 

 rejoice at his success. 



On Nov. 16 the pointer dog Naso of Upton died in 

 England. He was a famous winner in England and at 

 one time attracted the interest of American pointer 

 admirers. Mr. C. H. Beck, his owner, refused to sell him, 

 though having good offers, and he remained in Mr. 

 Beck's possession while he lived. 



Practical Yacht Designing. 



It can bardly be said that any pressing need exists of treatises on 

 naval architecture and of its application to the designing of yachts 

 and boats; any deficiency in this direction has long since been made 

 good by the standard works of several well-known writers, for those 

 who can afford tbe expense of several rather costly works, and the 

 time necessary to their careful study, there is no lack of practical and 

 reliable information; but the inquiries which we constantly receive 

 from the readers of the Forest and Stream prove that there are many 

 to whom, for one reason or another, the existing works, extensive 

 and thorough as they are, must be practically sealed books. There 

 has been for some years a growing demand for a simple treatise on 

 practical yacht designing, presenting the subject in a way that may 

 be readily understood by anyone of ordinary intelligence and possess- 

 ing a desire to learn and a knowledge of arithmetic. 



With the first number of the coming year the Forest and Stream 

 will begin the publication of a series of articles designed to meet this 

 demand, the author being Mr. W. P. Stephens, for the past twelve 

 years in charge of the Yachting and Canoeing Departments of the 

 paper. Mr. Stephens is specially qualified for this task by his long 

 experience as an amateur designer and builder, and as a critical and 

 technical writer on yachting; and by his close intercourse through 

 the Fokest and Stream with those for whom the work is specially in- 

 tended. His personal experience as an amateur designer and builder, 

 dating back to a time when text-books on these subjects were un- 

 known, have shown him what the amateur and tbe tyro want to know ; 

 and his later work at building, designing and writing has fully quali- 

 fied him to teach what he has learned. His book on "Canoe and Boat 

 Building for Amateurs," though written in 1883, ia still recognized as 

 the standard work on small craft; and within its limited scope a 

 thorough text-book of the subject. 



The new work will eover a much wider field: the designing of pleas- 

 ure craft, from canoe3 and boats up to such sizes of yachts proper as 

 would be likely to engage the attention of the amateur. The same 

 methods will be followed as have proved so successful in "Canoe and 

 Boat Building," the thorough presentation of the leading principles 

 and the elaborate attention to these details, apparently trivial, which 

 are essential to success in any mechanical work. 



The opening chapters will deal firBt with the object of designing— 

 the production of some sort of floating vessel— the means to this end, 

 from the first consideration of the conditions of the particular case to 

 the turning over to the builder of the drawings, specifications and 

 tables of offsets. The many intermediate steps will be treated of in 

 detail, the first considerations, the selection of the class, the principal 

 dimensions and the elements of the design, tbe tools, materials and 

 work of drawing, the calculations and tbe specifications. The articles 

 will be fully illustrated, and will continue through the year to ;such a 

 length as the subject demands. 



The work of the special committee thus far is most satisfactory, as 

 it has enlisted the services of two capable and impartial men outside 



of the club, making a committee of five; and has taken active steps 

 toward an investigation which promises to be thorough and convinc- 

 ing. The exact nature of Lord Dunraven's orijinal complaint on the 

 morning of Sept. 7, and of its treatment by the committee, will cer- 

 tainly be disclosed; and, so far as the defense goes, it is not yet too 

 late to produce the testimony of everyone connected with Defender 

 and Hattie Palmer. What evidence Lord Dunraven will present can- 

 not yet be conjectured. It would have been a most difficult matter 

 even on the instant to have proved other than by actual measurement 

 that Defender was below her lines, and it will be still more difficult at 

 this length of time. But all this has doubtless been considered by 

 him, or should have been, in reopening the matter. 



Whether Lord Dunraven's presentation of his case be strong or 

 weak, and whether or no he may be able to show that his original com- 

 plaint was not properly acted on by the Cup committee, we have no 

 doubt that the defense will be able to present proof that from its very 

 volume must be conclusive to all fair and impartial yachtsmen that no 

 changes were made in Defender's ballast. 



Not a few of the American papers have been unjust to Lord Dun- 

 raven in decrying his offer to visit New York as a piece of bluff, and 

 announcing that he had from the first no intention of placing himself 

 on the wrong side of the Atlantic to reiterate his charges. It now 

 appears that this imputation of cowardice was undeserved, and that 

 in spite of bluster and threats of horsewhipping and similar con^ 

 dign punishment, Lord Dunraven will sail this week for New York. 



Lord. Dunraven's Charges. 



The special committee of tbe New York Y. C, appointed to investi- 

 gate the charges made by Lord Dunraven, have made public a state- 

 ment of their work thus far, as follows: 



At the meeting of the New York Y. C, held on Monday evening, 

 Nov. 18, a special committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. J. 

 Pierpont Morgan, William C. Whitney and George L. Rives, to whom 

 was referred the matter of Lord Dunraven's charges. The following 

 letter from Mr. H. Maitland Kersey to the commodore of the New 

 York Y. C. was read at the meeting: 



"New York, Oct. 18. 



'■'Dear Commodore Brown: 



"I understand that a motion may be made at the meeting of the 

 N. Y. Y. C. this evening to appoint a committee of the club to look 

 Into the matter of measurement referred to by Lord Dunraven in his 

 letter to the Cup committee of Sept. 7 last, and subsequently. 



"I have a cable from Lord Dunraven to-day saying that while he 

 thinks it is now too late to investigate, if the desire exists among the 

 members of the club to do so, he will come over here and place him- 

 self at the disposal of the club or its committee. He says that he 

 would not be able to get away before the 4th prox. 



"Will you kindly inform either the club or the committee as you 

 may think desirable, and oblige, yours sincerely, 



'•H. Maitland Kersey." 



The committee, upon careful consideration of the subject referred 

 to them, decided to send the following communications to Mr. Kersey 

 and to the secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron; 



"New York, Nov. 28. 



U H. Maitland Kersey, Esq.: 



"Dear Sir— Your letter of the 18th inst., addressed to Com. Brown, 

 was laid by him before the meeting of the New York Y. C. held the 

 same evening. At the same meeting the undersigned were appointed 

 a committee to represent the club in the matter of the charges pur- 

 porting to have been made by the Earl of Dunraven. 



"We have to request that, in accordance with the offer contained in 

 your letter, you will communicate with Lord Dunraven and inform 

 him that it is the desire of the N. Y. Y. C. and our intention to begin 

 immediately an investigation of the facts connected with the race of 

 Sept. 7 and the charges made against the representatives of the yacht 

 club. 



"We will be prepared to enter upon this investigation immediately 

 upon the arrival of Lord Dunraven, of the probable date of which we 

 would be glad to be advised. Faithfully yours, 



"J. Piehpont Morgan, 

 "W. C Whitney, 

 "G. L, Rives." 

 "New York, Nov. 23. 

 "Richard Grant, Esq., Sec'y Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes: 



"Sir— At a special meeting of the New York Y. C, held on Monday, 

 Nov. 18, the undersigned were appointed a committee to represent 

 the club in the matter of certain charges made by the Earl of Dun- 

 raven in reference to the recent America's Cup races, and published 

 in the London Field of Nov. 9, 1895. The resolution appointing us is 

 as follows: 



"Whereas, The London Field has lately made public certain charges 

 purporting to have been made by the Earl of Dunraven in reference 

 to the recent America Cup races, sailed under the challenge of the 

 Royal Yacht Squadron, and 



" Wliereas, This club is of opinion that notwithstanding the extra- 

 ordinary conduct of the Earl of Dunraven in respect to the time and 

 manner of making such charges, it is due to its honor and dignity that 

 suitable action should be taken in relation thereto; 



"Resolved, That Messrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, William C. Whitney 

 and George L. Rivs are hereby appointed a committee, with power, 

 in their discretion, to add to their number, to whom the matter of 

 said charges is hereby referred; and that said committee shall have 

 full power to represent this club in reference to the matter, and to 

 take, on behalf of the club, and in its name, any action which may 

 seem to them proper in the premises. 



"The article in question expressly charges that after being meas- 

 ured for the Cup races in September last, the yacht Defender was sur- 

 reptitiously loaded so as to sink her 4in. deeper in the water; that she 

 sailed in this condition on the first day's race, and that immediately 

 after that race the ballast so loaded was secretly removed, so that 

 when measured the next day— Sunday— no discrepency was found to 

 exist between the two measurements. While Lord Dunraven inti- 

 mates that the owners of the yacht were not personally cognizant o£ 

 tbe fraud, the charge is none the les3 explicit. 



"It appears from Lord Dunraven's article that this statement, as 

 published in the Fitld, is 'mainly extracted' from a letter which he 

 sent to tbe secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron on Sept. 24 last. 

 We therefore beg to inquire whether the charges last mentioned have 

 been laid before the Royal Yacht Squadron, and whether any and 

 what action has been taken by the squadron upon the subject. 



"In view of the grave imputations thus made by the representative 

 of the Royal Yacht Squadron in an international race between the 

 two great yacht clubs, iha New York Yacht Club feels that the most 

 searching and complete investigation of the facts and of the charges 

 against the representatives of the New York Yacht Club should be 

 promptly begun. It is our purpose to conduct such investigation so 

 as to satisfy every fair minded mau on either side of the Atlantic, and 

 to that end we have already communicated with the Earl of Dunraven 

 and requested his presence in accordance with the offer made by him. 



"The result of the investigation, with all testimony taken, will be 

 transmitted to you. "JT. Pierpont Morgan, 



"W. C. Whitney, 

 "G. L. Rivks." 



On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the .committee received the following cable 

 from Mr. Grant: 



"London, Dec. 3. 



"Committee thank you for your cable. Squadron has taken and 

 can take no action, it being purely a personal matter. Lord Dunraven 

 does not request tbe Squadron to interfere, Am writing. Grant." 



On the following day the committee received through Mr. Kersey 

 two messages from Lord Dunraven, sent by cable, and dated respect- 

 ively Dec. 3 and 4. 



The first of these messages was as follows: 



"Kindly inform committee I will sail at the earliest possible moment 

 —7th or 8th, probably former. Regret delay, but must have state- 

 ments of skippers, etc., now scattered." 



The second message read thus: 



"Shall come by Germanic 11th certain. Kindly inform committees." 



The committee, after receiving the foregoing replies from Lord 

 Dunraven and the secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron, decided to 

 add to their number, as they had power to do, and they have accor- 

 dingly invited Hon. Jfi. J, Phelps, late United States Minister in Eng- 

 land, and Capt. A. T. Mahan, U. S. N, to act with them. Both of these 

 gentlemen have consented to serve. 



The two members of the committee, though not yachtsmen, are 

 valuable additions in that they are men of high standing and both 

 particularly well known and esteemed abroad. Mr. Phelps, a man of 

 about 70 years of age, has been Minister to England and one of the 

 United States Commissioners on the Behring Sea Arbitration ; and is 

 Professor of International Law at Yale College. Capt. Mahan, of the 

 United States Navy, has recently won a very high position as an ex- 

 pert in naval matters through his book "Sea. Power is History" and 

 other writings, ^ 



