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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tSEPT. IS, 1893. 



SHOULD JUDGES BE THEIR OWN CRITICS? 



Editor Forest and Stream: . 



You ask ^'Should jadges be tlieir own critics r"' m other 

 words shonld tbpy write for publication reports of the classes 



^'^Were*suc'h reports solely for the AifiermmKeniiel Ciasette 

 1 should immediately answer in the affirmative, for I am ot 

 the same mind as some two years ago, when I advocated 

 that plan. But you do not set limits, consequently the 

 solution is not so' easily reached. - , ^, 



Assuredly your question hinges on ability. And evidently 

 if the kennel press is competent the work of judges can 

 properly end at the ring sides; but if the press is inconape- 

 tent, manifestly the Judges should report. It does not ot 

 course follow that even then the purpose of criticism would 

 be attained, for the judges might be as wanting as the 

 critics, yet were the former incompetent they must soon 

 betray the fact, and thereby their poor work .as^ ofhcials 

 would be defeated, while if competent their reports would 

 be ample testimony. 



jSr arrowing the question to circumstances which appeal- 

 to exist to-day and accepting the popular belief that all 

 judges are not thoroughly competent, also that the purpose 

 of criticism is to protect fanciers and possibly educate them, 

 it would seem best that reports came only from capable, 

 fearless critics, whose work is stamped with unmistakable 

 evidences of honesty, great experience and unflinching de 

 termination to cut deeply, like the surgeon, when it is their 

 duty to do so. And such critics must be the surest possible 

 foils to incompetent judges, who without them would un- 

 doubtedly let many poor dogs to the front. Their reports 

 must also as a rule sustain judges when competent, for 

 good judges' awards are reached by the same means as an 

 honest and intelligent critic's reports. Moreover, with re- 

 porrs and awards alike meritorious, the public could easily 

 see from the latter how the former were reached. 



There certainly should be a near approach to unanimity 

 in this matter, for if judges and critics are at variance- 

 members of each class failing to agree among themselves— 

 reports must be often conflicting; and such unquestionably 

 do very great harm by befogging exhibitors, degrading 

 judges and press alike, and strengthening the popular pre- 

 judice that judging is only guesswork and awards are fre- 

 quently biased. Such reports must also inevitably lessen 

 the interests in dog shows and obstruct advancement of the 

 difEerent breeds to higher standards. 



In a word, it would seem that if judges and critics are not 

 all competent, both classes should report; that if the former 

 alone are competent, they should bear the duty, while if 

 the critics are competent, that it should be left solely to 

 tihem. J- Frank Perry. 



JUDGING BY SCORING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



ductea m tne rigub spiriu — t. c-., iii a. xviu<ai.y ucii.pci ciuii 

 the supposition that finalities and perfection have not yet 

 been reached. It is very easy to write in the style of "After 

 us the deluge;" but it does not advance us, but the contrary. 

 Emerson remarks upon the foolisl^ness of the proud man. 

 No one suffers so much as himself, for he fails to realize his 

 need of knowledge. . ^ 



I agree with O. W. Holmes, the great American litter atc ivr, 

 ■when be says, "Give me your opinions, I do not want your 

 arguments," or to this effect, as applied to the ordinary 

 affairs of life. And I value the opinions of any man who 

 has learned direct from nature, even if he cannot back them 

 up with reasons; hence I should be inclined to set great 

 value upon the mere opinion of such a Nestor in dogdom as 

 OUT genial and original "Uncle Dick." But surely the same 

 opinions, or any man's opinions on matters like those now 

 under discussion, are of vastly greater value if accompanied 

 by sound- reasons. Man is essentially a rational animal; 

 and while hero worship may have its uses, it certainly has 

 retarded the progress of the world. Ours, above all other 

 ages, is one that demands the reason why; and never before 

 has such progress been made in getting rid of prejudices 

 and throwing aside the debris of the past. Unless I greatly 

 mistake the signs of the times in dogdom, there is an undue 

 conservatism and a tendency to follow a few rather blindly. 

 It is very well for able people: to have followers, provided 

 they leave them capable of advancing when they themselves 

 are gone, which can only be when their views rest not on 

 tradition or opinion but on reason. , „ 



Like Mr. Waters, "Uncle Dick" and others, 1 .shall be 

 rather busy in various ways in connection with the coming 

 shows, and it will not be possible to enter upon the subject 

 as it deserves now; but I propose, with the permission of the 

 impartial editor of this journal, to do so later, when all will 

 be better prepared to consider the subject carefully. I should 

 do so if only to meet the wishes of so philosophical and 

 temperate a writer as Mr. Waters, whose work on training 

 alone will long remain as one of the best written books that 

 has ever appeared on the dog. And if the experienced 

 "Uncle Dick" will in a few weeks that "tale unfold," I hope 

 to be able to meet the difficulties he finds, or at least to show 

 that scoring need not be "nonsense." 



Wksley Mills, M.D. 



MoNTBEAti, Can. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is nocha/rae for amivering Questions under tlite head. All 

 qmstions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. O. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of VeMrinaru Surgeons. 

 Communications refenTing to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Management ami dogs iviU receive careful attention. 



F. N., Smithtown.— Continue as you are doing. Bathe the eye 

 with warm water two or three times a day. 



H, M., New York City.— We do not know his address, but a letter 

 to 2'J So. Fifth avenue will probably reach bim. 



J. K., Milwaukee, Wis.— Use one of the mauKe remedies given 

 in late issues. It is not likely to affect the pups. Give a small 

 dose of castor oil a few days before whelping to keep the bowels 

 open. 



G-. C. W., Auguita, tTa.— The dogs are probably pure bred as the 

 shade of iBtaon is perhaps a dark one, though from the meagre 

 description we cannot give a deflinte answer. I should like to 

 hear from you on the other matter you speak of. 



P. W., Northfleld, Minn.— The dates are not yet chosen; watch 

 the kennel fixtures column, it will be sometime in the middle uf 

 October. AH the books on the greyhound treat fully on the sub- 

 ject, you can fiml a list in the paper sent you. The reports of the 

 meeting will appear about the end of October. 



W. St. Louis, Mo.— First syringe out the sheath with warm 

 water. Then use the following lotion twice a day, taking care to 

 hold it in the sheath for a minute or two: 



Zinci sulph grs. vi. 



Plnutiacet grs iii. 



Water S Vi. 



Mix. 



R. E. E.. Edwardsville, Ala.— What is meant by challenge claps 

 in dog shows? Also novice and open classes? Ans. The ehallenee 

 ola=s is for dogs that have won four first prizes in open classes 

 under American Kennel Club rules, and a dog earns the title of 

 champion whea it has won three first prizes in the challenge 

 classes under the same rules, and one of which wins must be at a 

 show that has 600 entries. Novice classes are fnr dogs that have 

 never won a prize in an open class in this country, Canada or 

 England. Open classes are the regular classes in which any dog 

 may be entered that is not eligible to the challenge classes, and 

 for which no challenge classes have been provided in the premium 

 list. 



mna^tng. 



FIXTURES. 



OCTOBEH. 



I. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. 



The Passaic canoe clubs, the Arlington, lauthe and Orange, held 

 their annual union regattas on Sept. 3-5, the races goirg off very 

 successfully, and a number of canoeists from the division being 

 present. 



The poem which we publish tliis week, the work of Miss PauHne 

 Johnson, of Toronto, has become a general favorite at every meet- 

 ing and camp-fire this year, a fact due not only to its high merit, but 

 to Che manner In which it is rendered by Com, Winne, who has made 

 it known to canoeing. 



MOUNT HOLLY DOG SHOW. 



The Burlington County Agricultural Society holds its 

 forty-sixth annual fair at 'Mt. Holly this week, and for the 

 first time a bench show for dogs has been attempted. There 

 is everywhere a love for the dog, and tha agricultural ele- 

 ment yields to none in appreciation, because in the country 

 there is less to divert and attract, the dog has become a part 

 of the life at the homestead and on the farm. The owners 

 of valuable dogs responded iu a manner which was beyond 

 the society's expectations, and though the Canadian circuit 

 is running its course, the Mt, Holly show is a credit to any 

 section in excellence as well as numbers. 



The New York St. Bernard Kennel has Kingston Regent, 

 Republican Belle, Refuge II. and Lady Bountiful. Mr. 

 Fred Schmidt has Otis, Mr. E. H. Radel Wieland, and Mr. 

 D. Foster, Leicester, making up a splendid exhibit with a 

 number of other good specimens of the St. Bernard from far 

 and near. Great Danes are represented by some new light 

 of much merit. In the sporting division Lad of Kent meets 

 Inspiration, making a contest which would insure the inter- 

 est of all pointer men. Breeze Gladstone and Benzine in 

 English setters, Larry S. and Molly's Best in Irish, and 

 Heather York, Rexmont, Flomont and Salmont, with no 

 less than five from the Mont Kennel of Gordon setters make 

 them a feature of the show. 



In the other sections the classes have dogs of repute, mak- 

 ing a collection rarely seen at any but a show of the first 

 rank, and speaking well for a LTnited States fall circuit In 

 the future. 



Mount Holly claims Sept. 11 to 15 in 1893, before this year's 

 success is recorded, which looks as though New Jersey in- 

 tended to be "in it" if it is "out of the world." 



Edwin H. Morris. 



At the Canadian Kennel Club meeting yesterday Dr. Wes- 

 ley Mills was almost unanimously elected president. 



THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS, 



West wind, blow from your prairie nest; 



Blow from the mountains, blow from the wesl. 



The sail is Idlp, the sailor too; 



Oh! wind of the west, we wait tor you. 



Blow, blow I 



I have wooed you so. 



But never a favor you bestow. 



You rock your cradle the hills between. 



But 5corn to notice my white lateen. 



I stow the sail and unship the maat; 

 X woood thee long, but my wooing's past: 

 My paddle will lull you into rest. 

 01 drowsy wind of the drowsy west, 

 Sleep, sleep! 



By your mountain steep. 

 Or down where the prairie grasses sweep, 

 Now fold in slumber your laggard wings. 

 For soft is the song my paddle sings. 



August is laughing across the sky. 

 Laughing while paddle, canoe and I 

 Drift, drift, 



Where 1;he shores uplift 



On either side of the current awift. 



The river rolls in its rocky bed, 

 My paddle is playing its way ahead, 

 Dip, dip. 



When the waters flip 



In foam as over their breast we slip. 



And O, the river runs swifter "now; 



The eddies circle about my bow. 



Swirl, Bwlrl! 



How the ripples curl 



In many a dangerous pool awhirl. 



And far before me the rapids roar. 

 Fretting their margin for evermore. 

 Dash, dash. 

 With a mighty crash 



They seethe, and tumble, and bound, and splash. 



Be strong, O paddle! be brave, canoe! 



The reckless waves you must bear^me through. 



Reeh reel. 



On your trembling keel. 



But never a fear my craft will feel. 



We've raced the rapid, we'i-e far ahead; 



The river slips through its silent bed. 



Sway, Bway, 



As the hubbies spray 



And fall in tinkling tunes away. 



And up on the hills against the sky, 

 A fir tree rooking its lullaby 

 Swings, swings, 

 Its emerald wings. 



Swelling the song that my paddle sings. 



E. Pauline Johnson. 



Eastern Division Meet, Sept. 3-5. 



The meet of the Eastern Bivision of the American Canoe Associa- 

 tion was held last week at Peddock's Island, in Boston Harbor, tents 

 being pitched on Friday and the races taking place on Labor Day. 

 The Puritsii C. C, under Tice-Oom. Cai-trjght, took charge, being 

 the first in camp. The club presented a silver tankard as a prize for 

 a visitors' race. The old America was anchored off the island witli 

 Gen. Butler aboard, among bi^ guests being Com. Winne and Messrs, 

 Goddard, Gray and Farrington. Saturday and Sunday were spent 

 (juiptly in camp. 



Monday was a fine day with a good sailing breeze, the cour-e was 

 a 214 mil" triangle, and the naphtha launch of the America was used 

 by the regatta committee. The first race was the unlimited sailiaer, 

 the starters being: Wasp, Paul Butler, Vesper; V, Howard Gray, 

 Vesper; Bee, D. S. Goddard, Vesper; Imp, J, W. Cartright, Puritan ; 

 Elliria, E. t^. Gilmore, Puritan: Oriole. .John Lannon, Puritan;. Ogre, 

 A B. Lyons, Octopus; Twig, S. M. Wales, Octopus. 



V led at the line but was soon passed by Wasp, the latter gaining 

 steadily and winning very easily, with V second and Bee third. 



The starters iu the tandem paddling, single blades, were P. J Bur- 

 rage and L. S. Drake, Newton B. C; J.W. Cartwilghr, Jr.. and Chas. 

 F. Dodge, Puritan; N. Silsbee and C. M. Morrison, Puritan; A. B. 

 Lyons and V. B. .Johnson, Octopus C. 0. Tne finish was in the above 

 order, Burrage and Drake winning. 



The startei.s in t.hb visitors' race were Paul Butler, D. S. Goddard, 

 Howard Gray, A. B. Lyons, Y. B. Johnsim, Fi. J, .lohnson and S. M. 

 Wales. The wind fell for a time after the first round, coming in 

 aeain very light from 8.W. The race was a drift, V winniog after 

 Ih. 32m. 



After dinner came the decked paddling race, won liy C. F. Dodge, 

 of the Puritan C. C , with Lannon second, four starters. 



The combined race had but three starters. Gray, V. B. Johnson, 

 Atherton, Lannon and Ball. Gray won with Lannon second. 



The sailing upset bad four starters, won by Butler with Goddard 

 second and Cartright trurd. After some canoe gymnastics came the 

 hurry-scurry, won by Lannon, who also won the swimming race, 

 which ended the day. Handsome silver cups were given as prizes. 

 Messrs. Appolonio, Richards and Gilmore were the regatta com- 

 mittee. 



Com. Winne exprf ssed himself as well pleased with the location 

 for a ereneral A. O. A. meet In the future, there being a fine camping 

 ground with good drinking water and clear sailing couroes. while 

 the spot is easily reached from Boston and yet sufficiently isolated to 

 secure all desirable privacy. The meet, which about ends the racing 

 in Eastern waters, was a success iu every way. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The Bulwagga C. C, of Port Henry, N. Y., is one of the youngest 

 clubs represented in the A. C. A., but at tho same time one of the 

 roost vigorous and enthusiastic. Bx-Secy.-Treas. Neide is one of the 

 founders and a charter member. The club bad this year the largest 

 encampment of the meet, and with it a fine lleet of canoes, all of the 

 latest Eashion model. Though novices at canoe racing, the Bulwag- 

 gas entered a number of races, carrying off first m the novice race 

 and the Jabberwock trophy. The first and second places in each of 

 these races were won by Rushton canoes. 



Holyoke C. C. 



The third annual regatta was held off Sans Souci clubhouse on 

 Labor Day, Sept. .5. The races were as follows: 



1. Sailing; race, 114 miles, Holyoke C. C. ; prize, challenge troploy 

 CUD, 4 entries, won by W. A Ladd. 



2. Standing paddling, 200yds., prize, cup, 5 entries, won by P. H. 

 M'-tcalf 



;i Tandem paddling. % mile. Holyoke 0. C, prize, two pair pad- 

 dles, 5 entries, won by W. 0. Brown and F. H Metcaif. 



4. Ppset race, prize, flag. 4 entries, won b.v Howard Metcaif. 



o Suigle paddling, }^ mile, prize, cup, 3 entries, won by F. H. 

 Metcaif. 



b. Sailing race, novice, 1 mile, prize, cup, 4 entries, won by Howard 

 M>^tcalf. 



7. Hurry-scurry, prize, bugle, 3 entries, won by Howard Metcaif. 

 H. Sailing racp.'lj^ miles, prize cup, 5 entries, won by CP. Bhusier. 

 9 Hand paddling race, 100yds., prize cup, .5 entries, won by F. H. . 

 Metcaif. 



10. Single paddling, novice, Ja mile (canoes to weigh 75lbs. or over), 

 prize, pair paddles, 11 entries, won by J. F. Chase. 



11. Tandem paddling, M mile, prize pair cups. 5 entries, won-by 

 Will and Lew Lamb, of Kedcllffi C. C. 



Regatta committee--P. A. Smith, T. .J. Morrow, W. C. Brown, 

 Judges -J. Metcaif, Wm. Reid, E. B. Towne. Starters— W. M. Bay - 

 nolds, John H. Cook. J. L. Wvckoff. H. L. Russell. 



A. G. A. Membership. 



The following gentlemen have applied for membershijj in the 

 A. < ■. A.: Eastern Division; J. F. Lannon, B. W. Davenport, 0. W. 

 Morrison, R. Wilkinson, M. .J. Atherton, A. 0. Brewena, Boston; F. 

 H.Bent, Taunton: F.Manchester, Lebanon, N. H.; A H, Morton, 

 Lowell, Mass ; R. P. Lewis, Waterbury, Conn. ; S. Johnson, 3d, Salem" 



FIXTURES. 



SEPTEMBER. 



... , , 24. Bufl'alo, 3d Pennant. 



18. Miramichi. Triang,Newaast]e. .84. Commonwealtu, Cham., Dor- 

 24. Chelsea. Chester Ba.y. 



OCTOBER. 



1. Corinthian, Atlantic Cii.v. 9, Jei-sey City, Ladies' Day, New 



17. Beverly, Monument Beach. 



1» Mirnmirhi Triane-.NewHastl 



15. Buffalo, Closing Cruise. 



York Bay. 



The report ot a probable renewal of interualioual racing through 

 the participation of the German Emperor and Lord Dunraven mark«! 

 the opening of the dull season in yachting, and as soon as the 

 cholera scare is over and this great, country has been "saved" for 

 another fouryears by the victory of one or the othei- party in Noyera - 

 bei', the epidemic of newspapers challeu;;es will break out anew. It 

 is not impossible that the German Emperor might do something so 

 foolish as to challenge again with Thistle, but the whole wording of 

 the despatch in question indicates that it is, in newspaper parlance, 

 a "fake" by some one entirely ignorant in yachting. 



The Larclunout Y, C. has made quite a brilliant ending of its rac- 

 ing season with a good club regatta on Saturday and its special 

 schooner race on Tuesday. So little confusion and trouble has 

 attended the adoption and practical carrying out of the sailing 

 length classification by tbe LarcDmont Y. C. that yachtsmen hardly 

 realize the difference between this auci the old classification still 

 used by tbe other clubs. The classification has been used through 

 three seasons without any of the dire evils predicted as certain to 

 follow it and the races have filled even better than in other large 

 clubs. 



The special schooner cup given this year is a move in the right 

 direction, as .schoouer racing, now on the mend after sevt ral very- 

 dull seasons, is a branch of the sport that is worthy of every en^ 

 couragements. 



Miunetonka Y. C. Aug. SV. 



LAKE MINNETONKA, MINN. 



A VERY good race was sailed on Lake Minnetonka on Aug. 27", in a 

 Strong and steady south wind, tbe times being: 



FIHST CLASS— SLOOPS. 



Atalanta., 

 Zoraya... 

 CiU-lew... 



PIBST CLASS— CATS. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Elapsed. 



Corrected. 



I 52 16 



1 48 22 



1 66 08 



1 48 37 



J 54 14 



1 51 30 



1 58 40 



1 52 13 



1 57 14 



1 55 59 



2 05 16 



2 01 01 



,1 52 38 



1 52 54 



1 56 47 



1 4'J l(j 



2 00 4S 



1 51 15 





i 51 46 



1 38 55 



1 52 04 



'i 00 -35 



1 52 30 



•2 06 36 



1 57 15 



2 1-3 36 



1 04 56 



2 10 31 



1 55 49 



2 13 37 



1 57 45 



2 10 06 



1 58 43 



