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FOREST A^TD STREAM. 



THE DOCUMENTING OF AMERICAN YACHTS. 



WHILE the laws of thp United States liave been in no way fair 

 to pleasure eraft. imposing on tliem resirictiona originally 

 intended solely for merchant veasela, the interpretation and en- 

 fcrceTOent of these laws has been for some years carried out in a 

 liberal and accommodating spirit by nearly all ofiiciais, from the 

 highest to the lowest. Within the past year, however, a great 

 change has beeu made, the existing laws being enforced to the 

 letter, and this winter certain further changes have been proposed 

 which will impose added restrictions on pleasure craft. 



In 1883 it was decided by the Treasury Department that no yacht 

 was compelled to take out papers of anyltind, nor would papers 

 be granted to any yacht, under 20 tons. In the following year it 

 was decided that the Commissioner of Navigation should be 

 specially charged with tlie decision of all questions relating to the 

 issue of licenses to vessels; by virtue of which authorization 

 pleasure vessels liavo since tliat time been placed on a par in many 

 respects with merchant ships. 



Not only were licenses made compulsory in vessels over 20 tons, 

 hut the limit has since been reduced, and last year in some dis- 

 tricts all yachts over 5 tons were compelled to taKe out licenses, 

 and to comply with the requirements of the law in regarrl to name, 

 anchor lights, number on main beam, and similar details. 



Yachtsmen will do well to take notice that every yacht over 5 

 tons must take out a license every year, .and yachts over 20 tons 

 must be enrolled as well under penalties as follows: 



sitsopsis osf LAWS hegujjAting the coasting trade. 

 Vessels of twenty tons and upwards must be enrolled and 

 licensed; if less than twenty tons, licensed only. 



The license, in every case, is granted for one year, ,and must be 

 surrendered within three days after its expiration; or, if it expire 

 •while the vessel is absent from the district, within three days 

 after her arrival; or, if it expire when the vessel is not in use, the 

 master should surrender the license and report the fact to the 

 Collector. The penalty for neglect, in either case, is fifty dollars. 

 If the vessel is sold, lost, or abandohed, the fact must be reported 

 to the Collector with a surrender of the marine papers, or, should 

 they be lost, report of such loss should be made. A report must 

 also be made of any accident, collisiou, or casualty causing loss of 

 life or injury to persona or property, vyithin five days, under a 

 penally of one himdred dollars. 



The tonnage of every documented vessel of the United States 

 and official number awarded, must be carved or otherwise per- 

 manently marked on the main beam; when omitted the vessel 

 will incur a penalty of thirty dollars. 



Captains are required to exhibit their pajjers when demaded by 

 an officer of the Revenue. The penalty for refusal is one hun- 

 dred dollars. 



A vessel found with a forged or altered license, or making use 

 of a license granted to another vessel, or engaged in any trade 

 other than that specified in her license is liable to forfeitu-re. 



If the license of a vessel expires while she is in a district to 

 which she does not belong, the fact should be reported to the 

 Collector of the Port, and the law providing for such cases com- 

 plied with. 



Temporary registers, enrollments and license, issued to vessels 

 when absent from home ports, should be delivered to the Col- 

 lector within ten days after arrival within the district in which 

 the vessel belongs; penalty for neelect, one hundred dollars. 



Vessels entitled to be documented under the United States laws 

 engaged in the coasting trade or fisheries without papers are sub- 

 ject to a penaUy of thirty dollars at each port of arrival. 



The name and home port o I' the vessel must be painted on her 

 stern with white, yellow or gilt letters, three inch«'s long, on a 

 black ground. Steamers, in addition, must also have the name on 

 each outer side of the pilot-house, and (in ca.se the vessel has side- 

 wheels) on the outer side of each wheel-house, in letters not less 

 than six inches in length, under a penalty of twenty dollars for 

 licensed, and fifty dollars for registered vessels. The u.se of any 

 name other than that in the license or register subjects the vessel 

 to forfeiture. 



Every change of n)aster must be reported to the collector of the 

 port, and indorsed on the license or register, under a penaltj of 

 ten dollars for licensed, and one hundred dollars for registered 

 vessels. 



The Atlantic sea-coast is divided into three great coasting dis- 

 tricts: The first extends from the eastern bottndary of the United 

 States to the southern boundry of Georgia. The second from the 

 river Perdido, the eastern boundary of Alabama, to the Kio 

 Grande. The third comprises the coast ot the State of Florida. 



Licensed vessels under twenty tons, in ballast, or laden wholly 

 with American goods, or with distilled spirits, or foreign goods, in 

 packages as imported, not exceeding four hundred dollars in 

 value, or foreign goods the aggregate value of which does not ex- 

 ceed eight handred dollars in value, may trade from a customs 

 district in one State to a customs district in the same or an ad- 

 joining State, and a vessel of twenty tons btirden or more, so 

 laden, may trade from one customs district to another in the same 

 great district, or from a State in one great district to an adjoin- 

 ing State in another great district, without entering or clearing; 

 but such vessels must be provided with a manifest, under penalty 

 of twenty dollars; or if any part of the cargo be foreign goods, 

 under penalty of fifty dollars. 



Any vessels engaged in the coasting trade must enter and clear, 

 except under the above circumstances. 



Registered vessels are required to clear and enter when depart- 

 ing from 01' entering any district, either with cargo or in ballast, 

 unless from one district to another in the same or an adjoining 

 State on the sea coast, in which case they are exempt, unless 

 laden with distilled spirits or foreign goods, the aggregate valtie 

 of which exceeds $800. 



The enrollment and license expire whenever the o^vllership, 

 rig, size or employment of the vessel is changed, and the change 

 must be reported and new papers obtained. 



Boats and lighters not masted , or, if masted, not decked, em- 

 ployed in a harbor exclusively; boats under five tons in burden; 

 canalboats, without propeUing apparatus of their own, while em- 

 ployed in voyages wholly or partly on the canals or other internal 

 waters of a State and not carrying passengers; and flat-boats, 

 barges, and like craft, not propelled by iaternal motive power ot 

 their own, on the rivers or lakps of the LTnited States are exempt 

 from the laws above mentioned 



In bis last report the Commissioner of Navigation makes the 

 following recommendations: 



"A change of law for the marking of vessels' names is desirable 

 partly for the public convenience and partly to liberate ship 

 owners from the objectionable restra-ints of the present statutes. 



•'The recent international maritime conference considered this 

 subject of marking names and concluded to recommend the rule 

 recited in the bill to follow, which has been introdu'^ed for pas- 

 sage by Congress. The recommendation of the Conference wiU 

 doubtless be adopted by all nations. But there is a better reason 

 for our adoption of it than even this one. Ship owners are now 

 at liberty to consult their tastes or their economy in marking 

 their vessels' names. Many of them desire to put on carved let- 

 ters, but are prevented by the Revised Stattites. section 4178, and 

 its amendment, June 23, 1874, which provides for 'painting' the 

 name 'on' or 'upon the stern.' By the steamboat law, section '14fl5, 

 the name, in addition to being 'painted' on the stern of steam- 

 boats, must be 'placed on the pilot house and wheel house if there 

 be one.' Thus the pilot and wheel house names may be of carved 

 or ornamented letters. A special law for yachts, 1883. provides 

 that 'such vessels shall have their name and port placed on some 

 conspicuous portion of their hull.' By this bill it is proposed to 

 treat all A'essels as having the same rights and privileges, regard- 

 less of how they may be propelled or for what purpose used. 



"There is now a fine of $50, half going to the informer. If vessels' 

 names are not put on the sterns with a paint brush, 'on a black 

 ground in white, yellow or gilt letters.' The bill permits owners 

 to use a light color on a dark ground, or a dark color on a light 

 ground: and, while securing distinctness in the public interest, 

 the new law will allow the owner to exercise his taste in painting 

 his ship, steamer, schooner or yacht without fear of an informer 

 or the dread of a revenue cutter. The biU requires 4 in place of 

 Sin. for minimum length of letters. Tnis will increase their visi- 

 bility one-third. Perhaps the most important amendment of the 

 law in the public interest is the requirement of name on each bow. 

 Often it is, that the stern cannot be oonvenientiy, or possibly seen, 

 and there is no way to learn the name. In the case of accidents 

 in. navigation it is very important to know the names of the vessels 

 concerned. Many offending vessels have escaped justice for the 

 want of their names being marked on the bows. The bill seeks a 

 small amendment of our statutes, but it takes small strokes and 

 light touches to work out perfection. This bill will perfect the 

 marking of vessels' names, and, in this particular, bring our laws 

 abreast of the age. 



"A Bill to amend Section 4178, Revised Statutes, providing for the 



marking of vessels' names at bow and stern. 



"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 

 forty-one hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised Stattites be, 

 and the same is hereby, amended to read entire as follows: 



"The name of every documented vessel of the LTnited States 

 shall be marked upon each bow and upon the stern, and the home 

 port shall also be marked noon the stern. These names shall be 

 tUKtad «r o&rveil and griMaa in Romsuv letters in a light color on 



adark ground, or in a dark color on a light ground, and to be dis- 

 tinctly visible. The smallest letters used shall not be less in size 

 than four inches. If any vessel of the United States shall be 

 found without these names being so market!, the owner or owners 

 shall be liable to a penalty af ten dollars for each name omitted: 

 Provided, however, That the names on each bow may be marked 

 within the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. The draught 

 of every docttnaented vessel shall also be marked upon the stem 

 and sternpost in feet, in Arabic or Roman numerals. The bottom 

 of each mtmeral shall indicate the draught of that line," 



As we understand this, it applies In all its provisions to yachts 

 over live tons, as well as to merchant vessels. A yacht of about 

 35ft. l.w.l., 10ft. beam, and 3ft. draft would measm-e nearly five 

 tons. 



There is so little in common between a pleasure craft and a 

 merchant vessel, a racing or cruising yacht and a working 

 schooner, clipper ship or a fishing boat, that there is no ground 

 for the assumption on which all laws are apparently based; that 

 these various vessels can be fairly classed together. Nearly all 

 of the restrictions now placed on yachts are entirely unnecessary 

 and might be removed with no loss to the Government or to the 

 merchant marine, and with great benefit to yachtsmen. The 

 value of a large and successful pleasure navy to a maritime 

 nation is suflaeieutly great to warrant Government support: but 

 yachtsmen do not ask even this, all they want is to be let alone as 

 far as is possible, to be freed from useless restrictions and allowed 

 to follow their sport freely as long as they do not infringe on the 

 rights of others. 



A NEW YACHTING ORGANIZATIOK.-It Is proposed by a 

 number of the younger yachtsmen of Boston to form a new yacht 

 club, similar to the "Mud-hook" Yacht Club of Scotland, which 

 has its headquarters on the Clyde. The Mud-hook Club, so-called, 

 has no club house, and the annual dues are nominal. Every year 

 the club gives a series of several days' racing, at the time when 

 the schedtile of English races brings the racing fleet to the Clyde. 

 Only yacht owners can belong to the organization, and the mem- 

 bership is composed particularly of the owners of racing yachts. 

 After the series is completed a big barge is secured, which is 

 anchored in the stream. A band of music is engaged and a 

 sumptous dinner gotten up by subscription. At this dinner the 

 prizes won by the various yachts are presented to the owners, and 

 speech-making and general jollification are in order. The dinner 

 of the Mud-hook Club is one of the events of the season, and is 

 looked forward to with a great deal of pleasant anticipation. The 

 members of the club hail from all over the United Kingdom. They 

 wear a galvanized watch chain, with a small anchor or "mud- 

 hook" attached, which forms the insignia of the club. Into this 

 chain the members weavesmall golden charms, such as individtial 

 helmsman's prizes and the like. The Adams brothers were guests 

 of this club when they were abroad in 1889, and they have long 

 thought that such a club would add to the interest iu yachting in 

 this country. Charles A. Prince has taken up the matter and is 

 the prime mover in the present effort to establish such an organi- 

 zation. It is proposed to have a headquarters at Manchester-by- 

 the-Sea, where possibly a small and inexpensive oltib station may 

 be maintained. Races will be given during the stimmer, which, 

 with the races of the Eastern and Corinthian yacht clubs, will 

 make things lively on the North shore. Probably the 46ft., 40et. 

 and .30ft. classes will receive the most attention, as they are the 

 chief racing classes at present, and from these classes most of the 

 members will be drawn. Such a club, composed of such men as 

 Mr. Prince, the Adams brothers, E. D. Morgan. C. H. W. Foster, 

 August Belmont, the Carroll brothers, A. Hemenway, Cornelius 

 Vanderbilt, 0. A. Longfellow, P. B. McQuesten, A. B. Turner, 

 Bayard Thayer, A.rchibald Rogers, W, P. Fowle, William Whit- 

 loclj, Gordon Dexter, and other owners of fast craft of their sizes 

 would stimulate interest iu yacht racing next season and would 

 make a regatta week of? Marblehead an assured success.— Bosto?i 

 Globe. 



ROCHESTER Y. C— At a meeting of the regatta committee of 

 the Rochester Y. 0. on Jan. 15, the following programme was ar- 

 ranged for the coming season: May 30, opening cruise to Sodus 

 Bay. Ca.ptains report ou board flagship at 8:30 A. M. Start will 

 be made at 9:30 A. M. sharp. This will be a cruising handicap to 

 Sodus Bav for a pennant, .lune 11, sailing day and squadron re- 

 view by the commodore. Captains to report on board flagship at 

 2 P. M. Refreshments to be served at the club house in the even- 

 ing. June 18, ladies' day. Captains report on board fl.agship at 

 1 P. M. Start to be made at 1 P. M. Dancing, etc., iu the even- 

 ing. June 35, club race, general handicap for trophy prosided by 

 Com. White. Start to be made at 2 P. M. Jtily 3, annual cruise. 

 This is to be a handicap to Oak Orchard for a pennant. Captains 

 to report on board flagship at 9 A. M. July 20, Lake Yacht Racing 

 Association regatta; usual entertainment and refreshments in 

 the evening. Aug. fi, club regatta; Aug. 12, club regatta; Aug. 20, 

 club regatta; Aug. 37, club regatta. The las6 four races to be for 

 points, and the yachts scoring the greatest number in the four 

 races to receive prizes as follows: 1, yacht cannon; 2. a pair of 

 marine glasses; 3, yacht compass; 4, barometer. Sept. -30, ladies' 

 day, dancing, etc., in the evening. At the present time there are 

 three catboats from designs by Burgess, to be owned by Messrs. 

 Leary, Clark. Bennett and Reeves; Commodore White has pur- 

 chased the sloo^ Onward, of Providence, R. I., which will be the 

 flagship, and it is rumored that there will be several additions to 

 the fleet. The clubhouse i.^ to bo furnished, and from all indica- 

 tions the coming season will be the liveliest here since the organ- 

 ization of the club. 



ROBERTS BOILERS.— The Roberts Safety Water-Tube Boiler 

 Co. report orders for 26 boilers within the past two weeks, 8 being 

 from California; in addition to which they have an order from 

 Riley & Cowley for a boiler, with 16sq. ft. of grate surface, to be 

 placied in l;he new Yale launch for coaching the Yale racing crew. 

 This boiler is to carry 2S01bs. of steam presstire and the launch is 

 guaranteed to average 14 miles per hour for a distance of 90 miles. 

 Tuis makes the third or fourth lannch that has been built for this 

 purpose and it will probably be the fii-st one which will fully 

 come up to the requirements, as a combination of the Roberts 

 boiler, a Riley & Cowley triple expansion engine, and a hull built 

 by Sam Ayers can hardly be excelled. The eight boilers for Cali- 

 fornia were ordered by the California Launch Company as the 

 result of the test ot one of them in a launch on San Francisco 

 Bay in connection with a Wells compound engine. They reported 

 that the expected speed was 9 miles and the actual speed 14J^ miles. 



AMERICAN Y. C— The American Y. O. held its annual meet- 

 ing on Jan. 20 at Delmonico's with Com. Lawrence in the chair. 

 The following ofHceas %vere elected: Com., Archibald Walt: 

 Vice-Corn., Chas. H. Osgood; Rear Com., Frank R. Lawrence; 

 Seo'y, Thomas L. Scovlll; Treas., George W. Hall; Fleet Surgeon, 

 Charles 1. Pardee, M.D.; Meas., Chas. H. Haswell; Consulting 

 Engineer, Ge:irge W. Magee, U. S. N. Trustees— John P. Kennedy, 

 Washington E. Connor, William H.Starbuck, Edward H. Wether- 

 bee, Clement Gould, N. Louis Tunis aud William 1. Quintard, 

 Regatta Committee— George W.Hall, William S. Alley, Ezra S. 

 Connor, -L Howard Wainwiight and Walter J. Price. It was 

 decided to hold a regatta on July 4 for naphtha launches, the sail- 

 ing regatta on July 6, and on July 18 a regatta for the large steam 

 yachts. 



THE NORTON STEAMER.— Beyond a vague and unoonfli-med 

 report that the vessel had been seen passing Gibraltar on Dec. 18, 

 nothing has been heard of the steamer F. L Norton, which sailed 

 from New York for France on Nov. 23. The little vessel was 

 entirely unfitted for such a voyage, and It is more than probable 

 that she will never be heard of. 



A NEW YACHT CLUB.— The Audubon Y. C. whose qtiartcrs 

 are at 153d street. Hudson River^New York, has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers: Com., John Radtord: Vice-Gom,. Fred Dickens; 

 Fleet Captain, Henry Madden; Treas., Thomas Latham; Financial 

 See'y, Fred Van Riper; Corresponding Sec'y, William Elliott. 



BOATS AND SKIFFS.— Mr. John J. Bockee, whose advertise- 

 ment appears on Rnother page, is now making a specialty of the 

 St. Lawrence skiff, a boat that is coming into great favor about 

 New York. His list also includes various classes of boats and 

 canoes. 



YACHT AND BOAT HARDWARE.— We have received from 

 M. E. Blasier & Co., ot Utica, N. Y., their new and complete cata- 

 logue of brass work for yachts, boats and canoes, 



MASSACHUSETTS Y. C— On Feb. 21 a complimentary dtrmer 

 wQl be ginen to Com. J. C. Soley, who has labored with such suc- 

 cess for the advancement of the club. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— At the annual meeting on Feb.4antmi- 

 ber of important changes will be acted on, the principal one being 

 the change of name to Philadelphia Y. C. 



REBECCA, schr., has beeu sold by W. A. Gardner to F. M. 

 Hanshing, of New York. 



LAPWING, cutter, has been sold by Dr. G. H. Tiklen to C. C. 

 Davis, of New York. - 



"TFest Inclia Burricams and the Ch-eat March Blizzard." By 

 Everett Hauden, U. S. Hydrographic Office. Large quarto, with 23 

 Mhogramhie plates. Pric& $1. Contatrvs fvU history of the areat 

 storm of March, 1888, with m-aettcal informatiion hmo to handlt a 

 oeneii n a et^dorte; use of ml ai mi^ etc. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymoas Correspondents. 



W. H. C, Hudson, N. Y.— We have no means of finding out the 

 dog's name. 



E. L. S., Elgin, 111.— It is a.gainst otir rule to give advice as to 

 which is the best kennel. 



J. W. G., Springboro, Pa.— Choose the hammerless; tlie weight 

 you name is heavy enough. 



F. T. .J.— You will find quail, hares and wildfowl. We cannot 

 gpeak as to abundance. 



W. M. C, Minnesota.— You will find deer and some moose in the 

 northern forests of your State. 



A. B., Brighton, England.— We know of no published list of 

 naturalists in America that would answer your purpose. 



R. C. D., Jersey City.— You can do accurate shooting with the 

 .11 so far as lightness is concerned. The action is reliable. 



N. R., Westerly, R. I.— For a grizzly bear country and guide to 

 show you the hears write to Jack Munroo, Robare, Montana. 



Stewart.— Kindly give me the addresses of one or two Englisli 

 breeders of wire-haired beagles. Ans. G. H. Nut, Pulborough, 

 England, and R. L. Lancaster. You had better write to Canine 

 Worid to forward the letters, as we do not know their proper ad- 

 dresses. 



J. S.— 1. Choose a modified choke, for all-around work. 3. For 

 patterns of.Greener and Francotte guns see reports of Forest and 

 Stream tests in issues of Aug. 1, Sept. 12 and Dee. 12, 1889. 3. TJie 

 7%lbs. gun, 30in. barrel, 12 bore, will answer for ducks. 4, Both 



actions have their adherents. 



C. S. B.— Please inform me whether there is any person or firm 

 manufacturing an aatomatic cartridge loading machine to be run 

 by steam power, such as are used by the companies now placing 

 loaded shotgun cartridges on the market. Ans. We know of 

 none but those controlled by the companies. 



iW. B., Pittsburg, Pa.— Please inform me how to use No. 11 wads 

 in loading 12-gauge paper shells? I find I cannot use them with- 

 otit tearing and bulging shells. Ans. If your gun is bored true to 

 size a No. 12 wad willans^ver. This yot can decide by trial with 

 a wad in the barrel. With a proper loading tool a No. 10 wad can 

 be placed in a No. T2 shell. 



Taxidekmist, Paterson, N. J.— 1. You may learn the prices of 

 guns by corresponding with any of the dealers whose addresses 

 will be found in our advertising columns. 2. Wilson snipe are 

 protected in New Jersey except durinsr the months of March and 

 April, and between Sept. 30 and Deo. 16. '3 It is forbidden to kill 

 kingfishers "for the purpose of preserving or stufiftng the same as 

 an article of ornament or apparel." 



N. C. B., Georaii.— 1. Will a full-choked gun become swelled or 

 enlarged at muzzle by continuous shooting of ordinary charges V 

 2. How do you think black powder compares with the smokeless 

 varieties in point of hard hitting and close shooting? Ans. 1, 

 Yes. See article on page .512, issue Jan. 15, entitled "A New Sys- 

 tem of Boring Shotguns." 2. It is more uniformly eflrective. 



Sportsman, Washington, D. C— Could any of your many 

 readers kindly tell me whether they know of any of our grouse 

 having been taken over and tried in England, and if so with 

 what results? They should be hardy, and being a grain feeder do 

 well. Also as to where one might be able to procure the birds 

 and what price per pair? Any information will be gladly accepted. 



SuBSCRiBKR.— 1. What would be considered a good target for a 

 16 to 20-gauge plain cylinder gim at say 40yds., oOin. circle, loaded 

 with loz. No. 8 LeRoy shot? 2. Is it true that guns of these gauges 

 cannot ue made to shoot hard unless they are choked? Ans. 1, 

 The gun should get about 60 per cent, of the shot in the circle. 

 Count a sample charge of shot. 2. Choking helps pattern and 

 penetration, but the latter is more influenced by the charge and 

 the loading. 



R. 0. S., St. Johns, N. B.— Would you kindly give me a good 

 recipe for cement for ferrules for rods? Ans. Jlr. Henry P.Wells, 

 in "Fly-rnds and Fly-tackle," recommends shoemakers' wax, 

 gas-fitters' wax, and better, marine glue, a combination of rubber 

 and shellac. Gutta percha gum (to be had of dentists) is escel- 

 lent, or the rubber cement used to paste patches on shoes. The 

 gutta.-percha gum will require twenty four hours to harden. 



C. W. A. B., Northampton.- 1 wsh to inquire through the 

 columns of your valued paper if any reader can give me a receipt 

 for a "dead oil fini.sh" for a gun stock. I have tried two or three 

 different finishes, but none are satisfactory, as my gtm stock Is 

 rough and checked fi-om the last rain. Ans. "Hints and Points" 

 recommends to dissolve a few crystals of permanganate of potash 

 in water and rub well into the wood. 



T. £. G., Shelbyville, Ind.— I have an English pointer called 

 Frank. I think he is about ten years old. He was sired by im- 

 ported Frank, dam, Devonshire Lass. I wane to have him regis- 

 tered, but have not the pedigree of Frank and Devonshire Lass. 

 Can you help me out in the matter? Ans. Neither dog is regis- 

 tered. You had better write to Mr. C. M. MunhaD, Cleveland, O., 

 as he, in 1883, bred Devonshire Lass to Sensation. 



F. E. A., Waterbury, Vt.— 1. Is 3Mdrs. FFFG. powder, IMoz. 

 shot an excessive charge for a T^^lb. 12-gauge gun ? 3. WTiat is 

 the heaviest charge that can be safely used in such a gun ? 3. Is 

 buckshot safe to use if it will chamber in the muzzle ? 4. How 

 should the above gun be loaded for ducks? Ans. 1. No: but quite 

 enough for any work the gun will do. 2. Abottt 4drs. powder and 

 Ij^oz. shot. 3. Y'^es. 4. 3dts. powder, l^^oz. No. 6 sht t. 



They Want an Ideal Spot.— Tuleao, O.— Can some of your 

 readers kindly inform me, through your estimable paper, where 

 two lovers of nature would be apt to find a suitable camping site, 

 located on small wooded lake or stream, where small game and 

 fish are not a rarity? We desire a good all-round camping place 

 to visit yearly— we have searched for such from year to year and, 

 while never failing to be rewarded in some measure, the ideal 

 spot has as yet failed to materialize. Onr leisure time is the 

 month of September.— L. Y''. W. 



A. E. B., Philadelphia.— Do you consider that the rifling of a gun 

 would be injured by the use of a cartridge shorter than that for 

 which the chamber is adapted? For instance, the .45-70-500 car- 

 tridge in a double express chambered for a .45-125-300 shell. In 

 what direction would the accuracy of the shorter cartridge be 

 impaired under these conditions? Ans. The shooting with a car- 

 tridge shorter than the one for which the rifle is chambered would 

 very likely be irregular. The bullet does not take the rifling each 

 time alike. 



W. H. M.— Cau you let me know through your columns the 

 pedigree of the fox-terrier Blemton Brash, No. 14,643, I think, 

 but am not positive about it ? Ans. Blemton Brash (14,273), by 

 Blemton Rubicon out of Blemton Bedlam, he by Regent out of 

 Rachel; Regent by Roysterer out of Ransom, by Brockenhurst 

 Rally out of RoUic; Roysterer, by Brockenhurst Rally out of 

 Jess. Blemton Bedlam, by Lucifer out of Village BeUe, he by 

 ohampian Splinter out of Kohinoor, by Dugdale Joe out of Dia- 

 mond Dust; Splinter, by Dickon out of Suttou Veda, by Tackier 

 out of Gradeley; D ckoo, by Hognaston Dick out of Mettle II. 



FdIxL-Choke, Nuw Westminster, B. C— I have just shot a gun 

 for a customer at a piece of paper o7x36in. Gun is lO-bore, 33in. 

 barrels, both full-choked; charge, 4iirs. C. & H. Diamond powder 

 and IJ^oz. No. 2 shot. There were 148 pellets (actual count) in the 

 charge, and it put 94 with right barrel and 98 with left barrel into 

 paper; distance, 40yds. Is this a good shooting gun? Could a full- 

 choked gun be made to shoot closer than this? Pattern was well 

 distri buted. Ana. Your gun accounts for about 67 per cent, of the 

 shot in an area of 96gsq. in. In a regular testing circle of 30in. 

 there are 706.86sq. in., and a satisfactory gun ought to account for 

 two-thirds of the charge iu the 30in, circle. A choke ought to 

 show a closer pattern. Try patterns on the regular 30in. circle, 

 and then comparisons with other tests are quickly made. 



Ri. B. P., Cambridge, Mass.— Will you kindly answer the follow- 

 ing questions through your valuable columns 1. A poodle bitch, 

 now a year and nine months old, showed signs of being in heat a 

 year ago, but has not come in hfat since. Do you think she will 

 come in heat again? If there is a uything wrong with her can any- 

 thing be done to make her comt iu heat? She has not been spayed. 

 2. Are there any Irish wolfhounds in this country? 3. What does 

 "reserve" for a prize mean in a dog show? 4. Ia the round head 

 bull and terrier, for which there were classes at the Boston show 

 last year, recognized as a breed in the A. K. C. S. B.? 5. What is 

 tlie rule for rating of the Britisli Y^acht Racine Association? Ans. 

 1. Are yoT^sure she missed? Some bitches show very little swell- 

 ing, and ih the case of a h6a\nly coated dog like the poodle, may be 

 overlooked. Y"ou caimot force nature. 3. Not that we are aware 

 of. 3. Reserve card is given to the best of the very high com. dogs, 

 so that should either of the winners of prize money be disqualified, 

 the reserve dcg moves up into the third or fourth prize position, or 

 whatever the lowest prize ip.ay be. In the case of a challenge or 

 sp'^cial prize, reserve is given the next best dog for the same 

 reason. 4. No. 5. The Y. R. A. rule is lengthy on^aterline added 



to BtttI area, and Ham divided by 6,000, o r g^^^ -^Rating. 



