S^BB. 36, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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and a good cotapaBS. ueithei* of which we. had. Our compass, 

 which had been a good one in earlier days, \^a8 now practically 

 useless, and n nlca.s the boar \v)is iiorfcctly inotionleas the npcdl'e 

 wouid wander aJjout from one iniijit to anotlier regardless of the 

 north pole. The giass had got brokou, allowing the water to col- 

 lect in the bowl aid saturate the dial until it was pulp. \Vell, it 

 was no good, and we deserved, all we .eot for not ]iroviding our- 

 selves with a reliable one before starting. The same in regard to 

 charts. We had every one except the oueH we ws.uted, and several 

 times during the cruise we hauled outour set of cliarts, comprising 

 the whole so'iitli side of Long Island a.nd the Jersey coast to tb'e 

 Delaware, in a vain search for something that would give us any 

 information about the waters m which we were cruising, but 

 found nothing further east than Wkitestone. And oa several 

 occasions we bewailed our carelessnLss and neglect in not attend- 

 ing to these matters before atteniptiug to navigate in, to us, strange 

 waters. I sat down on a c,-uiip stool with my back against the 

 cabin, lit my pipe and betjan wondering how long- tliis'was going 

 to last, and if it preceded u storm, perliaps a southeaster, in which 

 case our position would be an im enviable one; and in a dejected 

 state of mind I dozed olT nnd tell asleep. 



Wben I awoke what a glorious sight; no signs of the fog were 

 visible, and the situ shone forth in all Ms grandeur, while small 

 fleeny clouds chased each other across tbe sky before a spirited 

 southerly breeze. I immediately got up anchor, and hoisting the 

 jib, which was the only sail 1 had lowered, stood out toward the 

 Sound 



1 now called Tom, who had snored in peaceful oblivion through 

 all my racket on deck, to say nothing of the fog bell which had 

 kept up a continual clnnaing close alongside. He took the tiller 

 and as soon aa possible I dove into the cabin, determined to have 

 some more sleep. 



It is wonderful how a person can snooze when on the salt water, 

 but fate was against me on tbis occasion, T bad not l)een asleep an 

 hour when I was pit died out of mv btrnk onto the floor and awoke 

 painfully to the fact that tbe Monaitipuc was hum ping herself 

 Into a good bit of a sea. (ioing on deck 1 found we were a distance 

 out on the Sound and wci-e close hauled with the wind blowing 

 quite hard from the west. A nasty short sea was tumbling at tis. 

 causing the boat to pitch about in a .inrky manner. Tom put her 

 about on the starboard tack aa 1 appeared and headed her on a 

 southwest course, which we held tor an hour, the wind steadily 

 increasing. ^Vhen well in under the land again we put a reef in 

 the maitiaail and made several sliort laelca along shore. 



About noon ; lie tide turned and we found we could make but 

 slow progress, fur tbe cttrrent is ^-erv swift along the Long Island 

 shore here. ^Ve were at this time just east of what is called Ilor- 

 ton's Point and in order to gel, by it, aaid escape the strong tide- 

 way which makes arrnmd, we took a Ion;; reach oif shore until 

 weU out m the Sound, and here we obser\-cd that the CVmnecticut 

 shore was not luach further off th:in ( lis Lmg Island and wo snd- 

 deuly made up our minds to keen on the course we were pursuing 

 and cross the Sound, thinking v e would srand a better chance o£ 

 finding ;i harbor for the night over I here than on the Long Island 

 coast, fur we had loarued ihat Wading River was the onlv open- 

 ing between Plum (-iui ami I'ort Jefferson, except Miller's" place, 

 which could only he entered at certain stages of the tide and was 

 not by any means a desirable haven. 



There was every appearance of a good blow, and we set to 

 work and made ail stiug inside and out. Even now the yacht was 

 laboring heavily in the constantly enlarging waves which she 

 encoimtered as we proceeded. It soon became necessary to re- 

 duce our headsail and I gave the tiller to Tom and went forward. 

 Tom is sucli a long fellow that when he straddles the bowsprit his 

 pedal extremities are immersed in 1 he water, so T thought under 

 the present circumstances, I being the shorter and somewhat 

 lighter in ^^'eight, it would be prudent to keep Tom aft. He was 

 not sorry. When I returned to the cockpit after reefing the jib 

 I was wet to the waist, having been dipped to that extent a num- 

 ber of times. 



We found we had not shortened sail any too soon, for the wind 

 got up stronger than ever, the sky took on an angry appearance 

 and the white foam showed sharp and distinct on each wave crest 

 against the darkening heavens. Par out and alone on the .Sound 

 we fought the storm and strove hard toward the shore. 



About 3 o'clock Tom went into the cabin to light his pipe, a,nd 

 when he returned told me that there was considerable water in 

 the yacht, as he could hear it swashing about under the floor. 



I did not think much about it, as there is nearly always a little 

 water in her when sailing hard, init when I looked in shortly after 

 I started back in alarm, for the water was washing across the 

 floor. I rushed in and tore up the mattress in the lee bunk and 

 found it soaked on f he under side ;ind tiie water was slopping 

 through the slats which form the bottom tjf the bunk. I threw 

 tlie blankets and mattress on to the windward bunk and then 

 tried the pump, but owing to the strong list to starboard the 

 water was all in the bilge, where the pump, vvhich is situated in 

 the middle of the boat, could not reach if . Perceiving this after 

 one or two strokes I tore up the slats, and seizing the tub from 

 the cockpit began hailing out. I soon reduced the water consider- 

 ably, and as soon as possible began to search for the cause of this 

 sudden catastrophe, which I found quicker than I expected. 



As I shot a quick glance about (he cabin 1 noticed that the coil- 

 ing boards on the lee side opposite the must were wet. And on 

 closer inspection found that every time Miej aeh t plunged into a 

 wave a flow of wafer ran down tlie side into the bottom of the 

 boat. I got down on my hands and knees and peered about for an 

 opening that would permit such a flow of wafer to enter, and I 

 wUl admit that a sensation not unlike a chill passed over me as I 

 looked and saw daylight through the side of the boat between the 

 plankshear and the wale as our craft i-ose (m the summit of a bil- 

 low. Without stopping to look further I went out and informed 

 Tom and told him to go and see what he could make of it. He 

 disappeared into the cabin and in a few minutes reappeared and 

 said that the screw bolt which served as a chain plate for the star- 

 board shroud had pulled out of the gunwale, bringing all the 

 strain on the plankshear and thus causing it to spring upward, 

 making an opening nearly a quarter of an inch wide for a distance 

 of two feet along the top straKe. This was indeed serious, and we 

 wondered when it could have happened, as there was certainly no 

 strain on that shroud now, being on the lee side, and we ooncliided 

 it must have happened during the forenoon while beatieg along the 

 Long Island shore. However, it mattered little when it occurred . 

 The fact that there was a dangerous leak in. our boat was alarm- 

 ing, and Tom immediately set about finding something to stop it 

 with, but before he could do so he had to bail out again, as the 

 water was again rising rapidly. 



My attention was now fully occupied in steering the yacM, for 

 she required dexterous handling to contend with the boiling 

 waters that swept beneath her. Although the sky was thickly 

 overcast we could still discern the land, but it was at least twelve 

 miles away, still it was apparent that we were getting nearer to 

 the shore as lime progressed, and we hoped to be able to reach a 

 harbor before dark, as it would bo extremely i-isky for us to fool 

 about the coast in search of shelter after nightfall. We did not 

 know anything definite as to where we were, and we bad no desire 

 to knock about the Sound all night in such a sea, and a gale of 

 wind. Then there was the leak, which in itself was cause for 

 alarm, and would require one of us to be constantly bailing unless 

 we could manage to stop it up. 



I waited anxiously for Tom to report what progress he was 

 making in that direction. It was nearly a half-hour before he 

 came out, and he said he stuffed the seain full of lampwick and 

 cotton, but even this did not keep the water out entirely, although 

 it stopped the flow to some extent. He looked abotit at the raging 

 tempest and inquired if we were making any headway. I told 

 him that the shore looked nearer, and I thought we were getting 

 closer in. He gave a whistle as he noted the size of the waves 

 that towered about us, for they were getting higher every minute. 

 We would have liked to put in another reef, but could not do so 

 without deserting the helm, and to leave her at the mercy of such 

 billows was something we could not bring ourselves to do; so we 

 staggered on, having to lufl' and spill the wind from the sails at 

 every screaming gust. 



Tom returned to his bucket to bail out, and for the next hour he 

 could be seen bobbing up and down, disappearing with the pail and 

 emptying its contents over the rail. He did not seem to be much 

 worried about the mishap, and smoked away at his pipe, occasion- 

 ally uttering some cheerful remark. Suddenly he came out with- 

 out having tilled his bucket and said the packing had ail come out 

 of the seam again, and fhe water w^as spurting through in a 

 continual stream. This was disheartening indeed, for the lee 

 Bide was const antantly under water except when she leaped 

 from a wave, and then tbe deck would he full to the rails. Our 

 only hope now was in reaching smooth water, and we were some- 

 what relieved on looking about to see that we were within about 

 lour miles ot the shore, though we could as yet discover no posi- 

 tive opening. 



Tom bailed harder than ever, and could just keep the water 

 from rising any higher, Iml could not lower it any. With the ad- 

 dition of weight in water, which rolled alwut in the bottom, the 

 yacht was more sluggish f ban ever, and rose heavily on the sea 

 and wallowed deep in the trough. But now we observed that the 

 waves were becoming smaller as we neared the land, although 

 not less vicious. It ^vB.a live o'clock when we made out some islands 

 Which we have since learned were Faulkners, and a half-hour 

 later we passed to windward of them and found the water l«es 



troublesome, and uow^ began to wake up from the state of anxiety 

 and gloom into which w^e bad fallen, and w itli a determination to 

 get to some safe aiichoraero I cased her ofT and ^ave her tlie full 

 force of the wind. When she ant right down on her side and 

 clawed aloug at a furious rate with the brine lapping against the 

 cabin windows, I mechanically got as far to windward as I could 

 and still reach tbe tiller. Tom stood in tbe bilge and threw out 

 the. O'juci unconcernedly, with a look of suppressed exhilaration 

 on his face, while he puffed spasinodically at his meerschaum, 

 sending clouds of smoke out through the oompanionway to be 

 wliisked away in the gale. 



We made direct for a point of land wliich appeared ahead; just 

 before dusk we passed hotweon it and a reef of rock going iit a 

 7-knot speed; and b I found ourselves in a shelttrred bay, protected 

 from the .Sound liy the reef. It was low tide, but we found about 

 8ft. of water, and we let go the anchor, lowered the dripping sails 

 a.ud sat down and looked first at the Monaitipee and then at each 

 other. 



"Well," said Tom. 



"Well," said L 



"We're here." 



"You bet!" 



"She's a daisy!" 



"Dan'l mention it." 



In his admiration of our gallant little craft he patted her affec- 

 tionately on tbe side. After a short rest, perceiving that dark- 

 ness was rapidly coming on, we set to work and furled up, put 

 things to rights and pumped out. We were too tired to do any- 

 thing about the opening in the side of the boat, and after helping 

 ourselves freely to the provisions wo stretched out and conversed 

 until fatigue closed our eyes in slumber. 



I was Hroused shortly after midnight by the violent pitching of 

 the boat, and on putting my head out I found the wind had shifted 

 and was blowing a gale from the southwest. It was high water 

 and the sea was rolling straight in over the reefs, which were 

 now almost entirely submerged. Fearing that we might drag I 

 went forward and let out about four fathoms more cable. The 

 anchor light was burning aU right and 1 crawled back, steadying 

 myself by leaning on the cabin as 1 came aft. Being in my night 

 clothes 1 was thoroughly chilled by the time I got inside again, 

 wdiere Tom was still sound asleep. 



I could not go to sleep and lay there bracing myself mth feet 

 and bauds to prevent being rolled off the bunk, and all the time 

 wondering how in thunder Tom managed to stay on his bed, 

 when of a sudden the yacht gave an extra heavy lurch and he 

 landed out on the floor in aheap. Before he realized where he 

 was he sprang to his feet, and 1 thought the roof was a goner 

 when his head brought up against one of the carlins. He says to- 

 day that there is more crown to that cabin l op ever since he hit 

 it. He resumed his seat on the bunk, muttering a short prayer, 

 and solemnly swore that this was the five tlunisandth time that 

 this had happened since he hart started on this blooinitig cruise, 

 and he confidently expected to have his brains scattered about the 

 cabin before he got home. I consoled him as best as I could, and 

 producing the deck (no pun is intended) suggested a game of 

 euchre. In this way we passed the time until about 4 o'clock, 

 when it began to calm down; and soon we were enabled to return 

 o our blankets and sleep. 



When we turned out about 6 o'clock scarcely a breath of wind 

 prevailed and the Sound showed no evidence of having been dis- 

 tui'bed dui-ing the night. We set to work and repaired the dam- 

 age we had sustained as well a.-< possible, by driving the bolt down 

 and nutting it up under the gunwale. I then took the skiff along- 

 side and caulked the seam outside, puttied it and daubed it over 

 with black paint. 



When the tide began to flood we got under way and with all sail 

 set began our journey along down shore toward home. The 

 breeze was very light and hHlf the time there was scarcely a 

 breath. Nothing occurred during the day worth mentioning. It 

 was one of those scorchers when exertion is out of the question 

 and we were contented to drift, and drift we did all day, and at 

 dark we had just left Black Rock Light astern. The night was 

 beautiful and shortly after dark a smart breeze set in from the 

 east and with sheets all out the Monaitipee sprang away before 

 it. We lowered the jib and furled it, there being no use for it 

 with the wind square astern. In view of the fine night and favor- 

 ing wind we had decided to keep on and hoped to reach New^ York 

 by morning if not before. We took our turns steering, as usual, 

 and about midnight, when my trick had expired, I called Tom 

 and we laid to and put in a reef, the wind having increased to a 

 hard blow. A number of schooners were visible in the moon- 

 light, bound west, some reefed and others carrying only mainsail 

 and jib. Occasionally the flash of lights could be seen as we 

 passed the numerous beacons situated along shore. 



1 turned in for a nap, but had not been asleep an hour when 

 Tom called me and said we were carrying too much sail. I was 

 astonished to see it raining, and donning a complete suit of oil 

 clothes, got outside. Tom was shivering with cold and wet to the 

 skin. The yacht was rolling along at a terrific speed. It was 

 pitch dai-k and nothing could be seen except the foam that dashed 

 from her sides and went seething and sparkling astern. Tom 

 had been afraid of jibing as she was sheering about, almost be- 

 yond control in the running sea, which caused him to call me out. 

 Now we both stayed at the tiller and let her drive with the sail 

 we had up. About 3 o'clock the clouds broke away and showed 

 Execution Light a couple of miles ahead, and twenty minutes 

 later we passed it, and shortly after rounded up in the lee of a 

 three-masted schooner at anchor off City Island, with the inten- 

 tion of waiting for daylight before proceeding further. 



It was still raining a little and blowing squally. We got into 

 the cabin and lighted the oil stove and tried to get dried out, but 

 succeeded only in steaming ourselves, and at 4 o'clock, we got 

 under way again. As we were nearing Throgg'a Neck a hard 

 squall compelled us to lower away the peak of the mainsail for 

 fear of carrying away something; for a few minutes we were 

 hurled along violently, but when the wind had passed it began to 

 clear up, and soon we had to hoist all sail. About 7 o'clock, as 

 the sun was bursting forth above the black mass of vapor which 

 was disappearing in the southeast, we passed through Hell 

 Gate, and a little more than an hour later, after being whirled 

 through the East River on the ebb tide we hooked her up at Bay 

 Ridge, having consumed just eight days in our cruise on Long 

 Island Sound. A. M. LoOKH.\rt. 



GEN. PAINE ON POWER.— In commenting on his new 46, Gen. 

 Paine said: "Of course this is a very bold experiment in the use 

 of power, and 1 think that all the weight of evidence so far is 

 against its success. Our cxpariments have not been very complete 

 so far, but such as we have had, Llris for example, have not been 

 very successful. I don't think that the Gossoon proves that the use 

 of very great power is an advantage, for taking the average of her 

 races, she did not beat the Minerva as much as the difference in 

 the power would seem to demand. While I think that history, so 

 far as it aoes, does not warrant a belief in the effieacy of great 

 power, still I have considerable faith that liig power wilPwin. 

 Otherwise, of course. 1 have advised a different kind of craft. 

 The experiment will be interesting at all events." Gen. Paine has 

 been very anxious to make sure of the serWces of Capt. Haff and 

 has corresponded with him a good deal in the last few weeks.— 

 Boston Gloljc. 



"REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN YACHTS."-Mr. Henry G. 

 Peabody, tbe marine photographer, of Boston, has now in prepa- 

 ration a large and handsome collection of heliotype reproductions 

 of his best yacht photos, under the title of "Representative Ameri- 

 can Y'schts." We have received the first part, containing ten 

 views of the larger sloops and schooners, which will be followed 

 by nine other parts, at intervals of two months, completing the 

 work in the fall of next year. 'I'he collection will include all the 

 modern American yachts, one or more parts being devoted to 

 each class. The work, both of the photographer and printer, is 

 most artistic. 



INDIAN HARBOR Y. C— On Feb. 18 the Indian Harbor Y. C. 

 held its annual meeting, electing the following officers: Com., H 

 E. Doremus, yacht Sirene; Vice-Corn., Henry O. Asten, yacht 

 Lassie; Rear-Com., Francis Burritt, Amateur; Sec'y. E. B. Bruch- 

 Treas., Richard Outwater; Meas., E. Burton Hart. Regatta com- 

 mittee—Messrs. R. Outwa'er (ehaiimau), F. R. Jones and Howard 

 Kitt. Delegates to. the New York Yacht Racing Association- 

 Corn. Doremus, R. Outwater and Geo. E. Gar Hand. 



ES, 

 Com, 

 Patr _ 

 Edward 



Trustees, j.'i.a.ui\. s^a.ua^ au.. iuiiuc, WLiiJO. 1./UUJ.UIIL. XUG CJUD 



station is at Bayonne, on Newark Bay, though the members are 

 residents of Newark. 



CEDAR POINT Y. C— The members of the Cedar Point Y. C, 

 sat down to a very pleasant dinner on Feb. 18 at the Hotel Stanley, 

 at Saugatuck, Conn., where their clubhouse is located. The host 

 of the new hotel provided well for the yachtsmen, and the affair 

 was a great success, 



BABOON.-Gen, Paine has sold hi8 40.fQDter Baboon to Mr. Geo. 

 A. Qoddard, owner of the cutter F»d, 



ALA A, steam yacht, sailed on Feb. — from New York, with her 



owner, Mr. W. K. ^'anderbilt, and Jiessr,-:. Louis Webb, Center 

 HiteiKock, Henry DeForest, F. U. Beacli fud Win field Hoyt on 

 board, blie is bound for the Mediterranean, stopping at Bermuda 

 and Madeira. 



ROBERTS WATER TUBE BOILER.-Yachtsmen and others 

 who are interested in steam will do well to send for thehandsoma 

 calitlogue lately issued by the Roberts Safety Water Tube Boiler 



Co. Tbe lUustrations are specially good. 



MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB.-Mr. W. J. Henderson will 

 deliver a lecture on the theory of navigation on March 7. 



WANDERER, sch., Mr. Geo. W. Weld, was at Baihadoes at 

 last reports on Fob. 5. 



. NEW STEAM YACHTS.-Seahury & Co., of Nyack, are build- 

 ing three steam yachts of 80, 75 and fi5f t. 



•u 0 AMILLA.— Mr. Amory has sold the 30-f ooter Oamilla, designed 

 by Mr. Burgess and built last year. 



^mweiiB to ^omBpondmk, 



1^" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correapondentfl. 



dog" ^' ^^°^^'"^®' Mass.— Yes, the pup shotild make a good field 



Mr. a. M. Bio blow will receive a letter sent in our care if he 

 will send address. 



S H. S , New York City.-What should the height of a thorough- 

 tot;cj lUii'Stifl: be at 18 months of age? Ans. Twenty -nine to thirty 



.r. M. B., Nashville, Tenn.— Can you tell me where I can find 

 an.vthmg of the history of the blue belton setter. Ans. You will 

 find what, vou require in "The Setter," Laverack. We can supply 

 It. Price %% To, "^"^ ^ 



t L. M. B., Eastville, Va.-I have a gun that has become by con- 

 stant use very bright. Can you through your paper tell me what 

 i can use on it and how? Ans. See notes on this topic in our 

 shooting columns this week. 



r J. M. p Ithaca, N. Y.-l. What are the judging points of a 

 tborotighbred lox-terrier? S. Is a thoroughbred fox-terrier ever 

 a solid black? Ana. 1. Y'ou had better buy Lee's book on "Tbe 

 Fox-lerricv." Price «1.60, It will give much valuable informa- 

 tion. \A e can supply it. 3. No. 



R. E. J., Washington, D. C— Will you please publish pedigree of 

 Irish set.ter bitcti No. ll,i!65 or 17,265, she is registered under the 

 name of Cfydie;' Ans, Her number, if registered, is not 11,265, 

 and \ ol. \ II., for l;i90, containing the other numtjer, is not out vet. 

 V\ nte to the secretary A..K.C., 44 Broad wa.y. New Y ork Cify. ' 



L.Jj. T., Jersey City, N. J.— Will you please give me fhe ex- 

 tenaed pedigret^.and age of Soudan, oranae and white settei' doa? 

 Alls. Breeder, If. E. Hamilton. Sire— Druid (E. 4,267), by Lewellvn's 

 PrmoG (Dash IJ.-MoU 111.) out oi: Dora, by Duke out of RhcBbe. 



. ' Borguridthars Hake (Dan— Lswellyn's Rubv) out 



ot bis Fanny, by Leicester out of Dait. 



T. H. H., Pleasantville, N. Y.-Will you please inform me, 

 through your paper, ot tbe pedigree of Thorndale, a belton dog 

 owned recentlv by a man named Renauld. Also if he is rf gistered 

 or not. Ans. There is an English .setter, Thornedale (826:i) regis- 

 tered. Ri-t-edei; and owner, J Reyual, Rocky Dell Kennels, White 

 Plains, N. V . \\ helped Jan. 15, 1887, by champion Foreman out of 

 Cecilia D. 



CONST.ANT Reader.— Can you give me the name and address of 

 a hrsi-class dog trainer residing w-ithiu 100 to 200 miles of Chicago? 

 I have a finely-bred registered red Irish setter which I wish to 

 have thoroughly broken on grouse, quail, woodcock, etc., and know 

 ot no trainer nearer than Maryland or South Carolina. Ans. We 

 do not know of one. Perhaps some of oar readers can furnish 

 the luformation. 



G. G., Washington, D. C— I have a good hunting dog who 

 recently began flushing his game. He has been an excellent 

 hunter always, and to-day has this only fault. A reply from vou 

 giving a way which will make good the above point will greatly 

 oblige. Ans. If he has been trained, he must know that he is 

 doing wrong, and after one or two punishings he will, if he is anv 

 good, redeem himself. 



Rrvnakd, Brimfleld, Mass.— Please give pedigree of foxhound 

 bitch Sis, A. K R. 471'8. Ans. Bree.lor, A. McDonald, Rockland, 

 Me. Sire, Roake's Dime, by Irwin Harding's Bugle (Isaac Adams's 

 Gaper— (_-. Davis's Ttnk) out of Pea body's Hunter, bv Hardin's 

 Spot out of C. Carrol's Fannie. Dam, A. M. Titus's Ringer by F 

 Ulraer's Music (Mi-Donald'a Hunter— his Float) out of Titus's 

 Dorno, by Hardin's Spot out of Carroll's Fannie. 



A Reader.— Will you kindly give registry numbers of the 

 English setters Bramble, Donna J., Fairy Belle, Plantagenet and 

 Fairy ill., also her pedigree for two generations? Ans. Bramble 

 is not retristered. Donna J., 1954, Vol. 1 1. Fairy Belle, ^654, Tol. 

 III. Plantagenet. 1710, Vol. 11. Fairy UL, 11392, Vol. IV., whelped 

 1883, by Pnnee out of Fairy 11.; Prince by Prfde of the Border out 

 of Petrel; Fairy II. by Bailey's Victor out ot Blue Daisy; Victor by' 

 Dash II. out of Moll HI.; Blue Daisy by Blue Prince out of Blair's 

 Cora. 



Constant Reader, Buffalo.- WIU you kindly infoi-m me 

 through your uexc issue the words of command and gestures (to- 

 gether with their meaning) employed by our best sportsmen in 

 directing a bird dog during a hunt? Also pleat-e slate at what 

 age a Gordon setter should be broken? Ans. We cannot answer 

 those inquiries briefly, nor is there space here to give a satisfac- 

 tory statement. We advise you to read Hammond's "Training 

 vs. Breaking," published at this oflice, price $1. 



C. ]\1. B., Lakefield. Ont.— In what States and what counties can 

 one get the best variety of iield sports and covering as many 

 months of the year as possible, combined with residence in a 

 locality where a retired army ofSccr (British) will find some con- 

 genial society. I want to hear of a place where during most 

 months of the year one can get some sport or other with gim, rifle, 

 rod or horse and hound, or canoe. As there must be many like 

 myself wl'io want to know about the sporting resources of the 

 difterent States, could not the editor publish a short summary of 

 them. Some years ago when in India 1 remember hearing or see- 

 ing in some paper that a general gazetteer, a guide to American 

 sporting localities, was being prepared under the auspices, I 

 believe, of Forest akd Stream. Has any such ever been pub- 

 lished and is it to be got now? Ans. It is impossible to reply 

 categorically to such a question without writing a gazetteer of 

 sport in the United States. Some place in the mountains of Vir- 

 ginia, the Carolinas or Georgia should answer the requirements 

 of our correspondent. Of course, there is no place w^here one can 

 have shooting the year round. A sportsman— no matter what the 

 law may be— will respect the natural close seasons. The work 

 referred to is the Sportsman's Gazetteer, Hallock, now out of 

 print and not, we under.- tand, to be reissued. 



Learner. -I. How does the English system of training differ 

 from Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking," especially as relating 

 to ranging, how did the English dogs excel the American? 2. Can 

 you recommend tbe very best work on the English system of such 

 handling, with price? 3. Can you furnish me Charles Lancaster's 

 "Art of Shooting," with price ? 4. What constitutes "show 

 shape" for a pointer? Should his ribs and bones be prominent or 

 not, and his coat sleek? How can a dog be filled so as to be in 

 first-class shape ? How are they fed and groomed? 6. How can 

 a pointer bitch be kept from going too fat if only bred once a 

 year? 7. Would a lo-gauge shotgun with 26in. 'barrel, Oi^^lbs. 

 weight, be as effective for quick brush shooting at woodcock "and 

 grouse as a 12-bore of same weight and length of barrels? Ans. 1. 

 There is little material difference. As a rule the American dogs 

 are the fnster and wider rangers. 3. "The Scientific Education of 

 the Dog for the Gun." See the review of this book in our issue of 

 Jan. 1. We can supply the book, price S^.50. 3. Yes. Price fS, 

 4. In good show condition the bones should not show, but he just 

 nicely covered with fiesh, at the same time well muscled and feel 

 hard to the hand. 5. Feed twice on dog biscuits or good well 

 cooked meat, mixed with stale bread, give plenty of exercise and 

 groom the dog at least once a day. G, There is no reason for her 

 getting fat if properly exercised and not over fed. 7. Yes, but you 

 would have to hold a little closer. 



NAMas Airo Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull, A 

 book particularly interesting to gimners, for by its use they can 

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