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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 89, 1893. 



Westminster K. C. Dogs for Sale. 



We note that the Westminster Kennel Club intend auc- 

 tioning off nearly all their pointers at the American Horse 

 Exchange, Sept. 29, at 3 P. M. They will, however, reserve 

 heir stud dogs. The list includes such noted dogs as Lass 

 of Bow, Glauca, Westminster Sal, Gladys and many others. 

 Such an opportunity probably has never before been offered 

 for pointer men to get such stock at prices that usually pre- 

 vail at auctions. The dogs will be on exhibition Sept. 28 up 

 to time of sale. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs will be ansioered Hy Dr. T. G. 

 Sherwood, a rmmher of the Royal College of Veterinaru Surgeons. 

 Communications referHng to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Management and dogs ivlU receive careful attenik>n, 



SuBSCRiBEH, Brockville, On+.— 1. The old hunter has given you 

 some wrong information, and has been guilty of stating some ab- 

 surdities. Dogs properly trained can point ruffed grousp, and do 

 it very nicely. The qualities you mention as belonging to your 

 •dog are most desirable. You bave let him have his head too long 

 and have not given him enough experience, U.se a short check- 

 cord aboot 5fr. long and a spike collar when working him on ruffed 

 grouse. As he has pointed larks there is no doubt but what be 

 will point grouse if properly handled. It is not uncommon for a 

 dog to refuse to retrieve other birds than those he has been trained 

 on exclusively, and again the spike collar comes into play to en- 

 force the training. It will require diligent training to get vour 

 dog well in haTid, but his qualities are most excellent as you de- 

 scribe them. Dogs should be taught to range close for ruffed 

 grouse. 3. For ruffed grouse, woodcock and snipe a cylinder-bore 

 or modified choke will be the best. 



L., Oliphant, Furnace, Tenn.— There are bloodhounds broken to 

 trail men. The price of good specimens of eood breeding is from 

 .$50 to SlOn for puppies. You will find such stock advertised in 

 our columns from time to time. 



24. Chelsea. 



24. Buffalo, 3d Pennant. 



1. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 

 15. Buffalo, Closing Cruise. 



FIXTURES. 



SEPTEMBER, 



24. Commonwealtb, Cham., Dor- 

 chester Bay. 



BER. 



9. Jersey City, Ladies' Day, New 

 York Bay. 



The America Cup. 



Back of the rumors, present and prospective, of challenges from 

 various quarters for a race next year for the America Cup, there is 

 the solid fact that one British yachtsman. Lord Dunraven, unde- 

 terred even by that "two miles of open water,'" is notonly willing but 

 anxious to challenge as soon as the Cup is offered on fair conditions, 

 such as its donors intended. I£ the New Y^ork Y. C. really wishes a 

 challenge it can obtain one within a week, by a frank and manly ad- 

 mission of the mistake it made in 1887 and an honest effort to rem- 

 edy it. 



New York Y, C, Schooner Sweepstakes. 



NEW YORK— KEW YORK HARBOR. 



The New York Y'. C. closed the season so far as the larger yachts 

 are concerned with a special sweepstakes for schooners in the 90rt 

 class, as announced early in the year. The race was arranged in 

 view of the renewed interest in the class this year, as evidenced in 

 the construction of two new yachts, the expectation being that with 

 all the boats at their best, and with a good September breeze and a 

 course outside the Hook, the race would afford a flue spectacle and 

 produce some valuable results. Sad to relate, the race was rather a 

 tame one, while even the liberal offer of the club of extra cups m 

 addition to the sweepstakes was ineffective in bringing out entries 



The conditions were: entry, $-300, with $100 forfeit; if two start 

 wmnertotake stakes; if three start, second to save her entrance 

 money. The club added a $500 cup for the first and a $150 cup for 

 the second, the latter conditional on three starting. 



When the list closed on Aug. 5 there were 5 entries. Alccsa, Messrs 

 Clark; Alert, J. N. Lunine; Iroquois, E. N. Ellis; Lasca, J. E. Brooks 

 and Marguerite, R. S. Palmer. Since then Alert has shipped her 

 smaller rig for a Mediterranean cruise, while Alcasa was not in con- 

 dition, so both paid the forfeit. Alcasa has been for several weeks in 

 the; charge of Capt. Haff, Sr., of Volunteer, to be worked up to 

 form, but as he was not satisfied with her as yet she did not start 

 though out on the course. This left as starters only the following 

 three: 



Sailing Allow- 



T T 1-, Ti , Length. ance. 



Lasca, .1. E. Brooks 93 17 



Marguerite, R. S. Palmer 83 '48 6 i(i 



Iroquois, Ralph N. Ellis . .." 82*58 5 '48 



After the very hard blow of Tuesdn v night and Wednesday m'orn- 

 ing there was but a moderate breeze on Thursday, about W N W 

 when the tug Ocean King anchored off Scotland Lightship at 10 -30' 

 On board her were Messrs. kS. Nicholson Kane, Chester Griswold and 

 Irving Grinnell, the regatta committee, and a small gathering of 

 New York yachtsmen. The smaller tug, Scandmavian, was in com- 

 pany, rn charge of Superintendent Neils Olsen, with three plank 

 floats, each bearing a red flag, on the after deck. It was impossible 

 to lay off the first leg to wind ward, so the triangle was laid out S.K>E., 

 0 nautical miles, N.E.^N., and W.N. W. This made a reach down 

 home '''^^^ ^ second reach seaward after the jibe, and a beat 



When the signal for the start was given, with 5m. to cross in, the 



S'ifnJi.f^^'^, ?h^''i^+>?^'^^ '''•^ "■'^0 be last, and all were 



hO successful that they were still above the line when the last gun 

 fti-ed, 5m. later. Marguerite, with a fine suit of canvas and every- 

 thing drawing, went over first, followed by Lasca, while Iroquois 

 was some distance astern; the handicaps being 42s.. Ira. and Im 3s 

 Marguerite and Iroquois broke out nibtopsails when over the line 

 Lasca carrying hers and a maintopmaststavsail as wed when she 

 hnf^l-n.,,^^^^'"^?*^ f her maintopmaststaysail very promptly, 

 but Iroquois waited for a time, ready to luff out if necessary A 

 ''"f ^ ti'ouble, Lasca bearing awfy m 



*''f°, a freer course than the other two. She 



Pmi.- Ann'- J'lf Iro<iuois steadily dropped astern of Marguerite, 

 ■rhi -^T^^^ ^" were carrying clubtopsails. 



oF « nlrt o It m Indian file, with a light breeze and only the roll 

 w«t « tlnf^^it*.*'?"' ''?*^'^''1J' blow of the few previous days, 

 Thfi ffrJ ^«ri?w?A'' P^'cPss' on, devoid of incident or excitement 

 ihe first mark was timed after an easy jibe; 



xj,„„„ 1st mark. Elapsed. 



fce:::;:::;;;;;:;;;;:::;;;-:.v;;..v;;;:!lig \tf, 



troquois 12 35 20 1 04 11 



^.'^I'^^fP^""^ ^'"^ maintopmaststaf sails were'shifted for ballooneis, 

 ^a,^ for?n«,r' Slfi"^ '° ?f ^"^""'^ ""I^ ^ small but valuabl^ 



gam toi Lasca. She came to the turn, however, with her big balloon 



&v>frrifn"i^''*''^'^"S. ^^■^'^'^ second 'float wfth the «aU to 

 l^Z l^M^^^ the lower sails. There was some delay m 



luffing and clearmg the sail, enough to lose the race in the end 

 mmmPd'fnwrf '"^V^^ "'"l'^ jibtopsail .stowed and sheets 



«t th.5, " f '° freshening ivlnd, not losing a mo- 



Sd mark were: ^^^'^ '""^ 



T acpa 2d mark. Elapsed. 



Mari^i'^Ht'p 1 3« 28 1 05 28 

 IroaSofs • '9 lOSW 



her'iiktr,^fh?,,*i'l^i'^ sail,' 'she 'found the wind more to 



Si^SftP Fnf ^'"^^ '^'^'^ O'^^e began to open out on 



er^f nnii ?i ^ continued to gain, the pair making sev- 



whid ?U.htS''w ' "^^^^ ^''O"^ middle of tbe last leg the 

 the hiP-^^Pnw 'A^JffP*'"*^ P*"-'^^'^ "P'^'^d dangerously near 



the big fellow. All three were carrying babv iibtopsails Maraiierite-'; 

 UnS'hnfn^'t^ "-^^'^ on^LasTa the'san I'^a^con- 



of hPr ^^a""^ ' intervals. Iroquois chose a course 



Rranr4i n^nH.' T^d'°F, o,"e lODg starboard tack toward Long 

 ISranch until she could weather the Scotland. 



Coming mshore, a few harder puffs helped Lasca but within the 

 tot cer°ta^ntv ''1^^?' on he? rapidly" and had the race 



to a certainty. At the fine Lasca was still leadmg, and she managed 



SAIL PLAN OF "BADGER." Scale }4 INCH. 



to squeeze by the tug with a shake up, leaving Marguerite to Ipeward 

 to make a short tack, but in spite of ttiis she had time to spare, being 

 little over a minute astern. The last leg was timed : 



Finish. Elapsed. 



Lasca 3 20 56 1 44 28 



Marguerite 3 32 07 1 41 48 



Iroquois 3 28 2.3 1 44 49 



Tne full times were: 



Start. Flni.'ih. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Marguerite 11 30 00 2 22 07 .3 52 07 3 46 SI 



Lasca 11 ,30 00 3 20 56 3 50 56 3 50 56 



Iroquois 11 30 00 3 28 28 3 58 23 3 52 35 



Marguerite beat Lasca 4m. bi. and Iroquois 5m. 44s , corrected tame. 

 Lasca beat the Iroquois Im. 39s.. corrected time. 



Marguerite was steered by Capt. Sherlock, with her ovi'Ber and 

 Messrs, Willard and Stewart aboard. Lasca was steered by t'apt. 

 Rhodes, and Iroquois by Mr. Ellis. Iroquois was well sailed, to all 

 appearances, but failed to equal her performance at Larchmont. 

 Marguerite ends a most successful season, with a cash purse of S600 

 and a $500 cup. The improvements made in her sail plan and ballast 

 plan last winter by Mr. Stewart and Captain Sherlock have made a 

 different boat of her, and her plucky young owner is at last reaping 

 the reward of his perseverance in working over and racing her so 

 steadily. 



Lake Geneva Y. C. 



e The Lake Geneva Y". C. of Lake Geneva, Wis., is one of the active 

 racing clubs of the West, its membersbip being composed of Chicago 

 yachtsmen, the majority of them enthusiasts in open boat racing. 

 The fleet is made up of "large catboats and jib and mainsail boats, 

 such as Tattler and Wbispsr. old champions on Long Island Sound, 

 with others of their class especially built to beat them. The club has 

 a membership of eighty five, the officers being: Com., N. K. Fair- 

 bank; Rear Com., H. W. Marsh: Sec'y-Treas., W. S. McCrea; Direc- 

 tors, G. S. Isham. Jos. L*>iter and J. M. Rumsev; Regatta Com., H. 

 W. Marsh, J. H. Hodgkios, H. H. Porter, .Ir.. H G. Rich. .John Wil- 

 liams; Measurers. John Johnson, Jr., H. H. Porter. Jr.. H. G. Rich. 

 The club is rich in cups, possessing no less than five, the Sheridan 

 regatta prize, the Leiter challenge cup, the Folly cup, the Expert 

 challenge cup, the Vanadis challenge cup. The Sberidan prize was 

 instituted in honor of General Sheridan, and first sailed for, he being 

 present, on the last Saturday of August, 1874. Messrs. Geo. L. Dun- 

 lap and N K. Pairbank constitute a committee controlling all ques- 

 tions relating to this prize. They decided that the race this year 

 sbould be sailed under the direction of the Lake Geneva Y. C. and 

 governed by its rules and regulations. Yachts contesting to be sloop 

 rigged open boats belonging on Lake Geneva. The name of the win- 

 ning yacht and its owner lo be engraved on the prize each year. 

 The owner of the yacht winning the prize to be entitled to hold it on 

 the express condition that it is the property of the committee, sub- 

 ject to their order on Aug. 15 of each year. 



The Leiter ChaUenge Cup was instituted in 1886 by L. Z. Leiter, 

 Esq. It was first held by the Blossom. The Viking next won it, and 

 successfully defended its title to the trophy in several races. The 

 Vanadis was the next winner. A synopsis of its conditions are: 

 Only open sloop yachts can race for its possession. A competing 

 yacht must be sailed by its owner, and amateurs must handle main 

 and jib sheets. Owners of winning yachts are subject to challenge 

 for it, after having hsd possession two weeks. In event of challenge 

 no other yacht can enter a race already arranged, without consent of 

 both holder and owner of yacht originally challenging. Otherwise 

 rules of the Lake Geneva Y. C. govern all contests. 



The Folly Cup was offered in leoi by Mrs. Kate R. Papin, to be 

 competed for by sloop yachts of the 20fc. class. This cup was first 

 won ny the White Wing The conditions are as follows: All compe- 

 titions to be under the direction and rules of the Lake Geneva T. C, 

 and sailed for only by yachts belonging to members of said club. 

 The cup is to be sailed for each year on the day of the Sheridan prize 

 race Ijy sloop yachts of 18ft. and not over 31ft. racing measurement, 

 according to the existing rules of the Lake Geneva Y'". C. The course 

 is to be the then existing one for yachts of above measurement. The 

 cup is to be subject to the order of the regatta committee on Aug. 15 

 of each year. The name of the winning yacht and the name of its 

 owner may be engraved on the cup. 



The Expert Challenge Cup was given by the owners of the yacht 

 Expert. It must be sailed for under the rules of the Lake Geneva 

 Y'^. C. by cat-rigered boats, I8ft. long and not over 21ft. long. Lake 

 Geneva Y. C. racing measurement. Tbe course to be the then exist- 

 ing course for yachts of above measurement. After a yacht winning 

 this prize has had possession of the cup for two weeks. Its holder is 

 subject to challenge to a race for its possession. A copy of the chal- 

 lenge must be sent to the chairman of the regatta committee, which 

 committee is to name a day for the race, if owners of the two yachts 

 interested cannot agree upon a date. The name of the winning yacht 

 and its owner may be engraved upon the cup. 



The Vanadis Challenge Cup, which was given by the owners of the 

 yacht Vanadis, is to be competed for by cat- rigged boats over 2.3ft. 

 and not over 25ft., racing measurement according to the rules of the 

 Lake Geneva Y^. C. The race shah be over Ihe then existing course 

 of said club for yachts of above named measurement. Other con- 

 ditions are the same as for the Expert cup. 



Expert was built in 1888 by John H. Cornwall, of Port Washington 

 Long Island, and after a very successful career on the Sound found 

 her way to Lake Geneva, where she was equally successful. Follow- 

 ing her victory of last year came an order from Mr. J. H. Hodgkins 

 for a boat from the sanne stocks to beat her, ana before the new 

 boat. Precept, was launched, another member of the club Edward 

 Norton, purcha.sed the fast Cornwall boat Tattler on the Sound and 

 shipped her by i-ail to Lake Geneva. At the same time a third 'new 

 boat was ordered for the smaller class, a novel experiment of Mr 

 Cornwall s similar to his Badger, whose lines are given this week' 

 the Possum, built for Com. Fairbank. This last yacht is but"] 7ft on 

 vvaterhne and STft. over all. 



Sheridan and Polly cup races this year was Aug 

 au, but the race was unfinished owing to unfavorable weather and «o 

 postponed to Aug. 22. There was rain m the morning, but bv'll A M 

 there was a nice easterly breeze, shifting to northeast at the start" 



the lead down wind, she and Tattler carrying spinakers, the new 

 boat having none. Naiad. Psyche and Viking were soon left astern 

 Expert held her lead to the turn, with Precept second, but by a clever 

 turn Tattler took second place. In the windward work Tattler 

 proved the best of the lot, winning by a safe margin, the times 

 being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Tattler 11 30 60 3 46 15 3 15 25 .3 15 25 



Precept 11 31 .29 2 50 15 3 18 48 3 17 49 



Expert 11 33 15 2 52 10 3 19 55 3 19 03 



The race for the Folly cup was started at the same time, the yachts 

 crossing thus: Pibroch 11 ::«:30. Hebe 11:32:40. Ripple 11 :32:,50, 'No 34 

 11:33:50, Possum 11:31:35, Vanadis 11:.35:20. The course was but 12 

 miles. Po.ssum was under a borrowed rig of small size, and made 

 but a poor showing in consequence. The times were: 

 _ Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Vanadis 11 .35 20 2 30 20 2 55 OO 2 55 00 



Hebe 11 32 40 2 33 35 3 00 55 3 00 26 



Fossum 11 .34 35 2 38 50 3 04 15 3 02 26 



Tattler wins the Sheridan cup and Vanadis the Folly cup. 



The Sailing Boat Badger. 



The tendency of designers, at home and abroad, for the past two 

 or three years has been away from all conventional designs, and 

 toward novelties and even freaks in form, ballasting and rig In 

 this universal hunt for imorovement, the shoal draft and light dis- 

 placement craft has benefitted greatly, and a reaction has set in 

 after the furore for keel boats that has prevailed even in this coun- 

 try for some time. The multiplication of yachts and boats in the 

 smaller classes at the expense of the larger, and the opportunity to 

 experiment in new types which is offered to ali by the moderate 

 cost of budding, has led to the construction of many varieties of 

 light draft craft in England as well as in America, and in this coun- 

 try has placed the centerboard again in the racing. 



The boat whose hues are here given was designed and built purely 

 as an experiment, to test the value of the new overhanging ends and 

 of a pecuUar form of light displacement. The designer, Mr. John H. 

 Cornwall, of Port Washington, L. I., is well known through his suc- 

 cessful raxing boats of the open, shifting ballast type, PbyUis, Tat- 

 tler, Expert and others. The new boat is totally dift'erent in model 

 from any of these, not only in the overhanging ends but in the mid- 

 ship section, which shows a decided hollow below. She was built 

 for Louis J. Boury, of the Atlantic Y. C, by J. Willis, of Port Wash- 

 ington. Although she has sailed in but a few races she has been in 

 constant use about New Y'ork during the summer, and has proved 

 fast enough to justify the expectations of her owner and designer, 

 holding her own easily against large catboats and the smaller keel 

 boats larger than herself. She is decked with the usual fittings of 

 the open jib and mainsail boat, her centerboard being 7ft. long. The 

 rig is the jib and mainsail. 

 Her leading dimensions are: 



Length over all 26ft. 



L.W.L iBft. llin 



Overhang forward , . 5£t. 4in 



aft 3ft. 9in. 



Beam extreme 9ft, gin 



L.W.L 8ft. Sin.' 



Draft Ut.. din. 



Least freeboard . ,. ift. 3Uin. 



Mast, deck to hounds .. 27fc. 



from fore end, l.w.l 4ft 



goom ■;; mt. 4m. 



Gaff 1.5rt. 



Bowsprit beyond l.w.l I3ft 6iu 



Mainsail area 44Ssq ft 



Jib area i;7.^q. ft. 



Total sail area GSosq. ft. 



The lines were taken from the original model, the after overhang 

 of the boat as built b"ing realiy less than shown here. Since Badger 

 was launched and tried Mr. Cornwall has built a similar boat, the 

 Possum, now on Lake Geneva, Minn., owned by Com, N. K Fair- 

 bank, of the Lake Geneva Y. C. 



Gloucester Races. 



The final decisioa of the judges in the Gloucester races is as 

 follows: 



_First class— Chieftain. Aaron Brown, Gloucester, $50; King Philip 

 H. B. Torrey, Boston. $3.5. . - s i^. 



Second class, centerboard.s— Chapaqnoit, C. H. Jones, Boston, $40 



Second class, keels— Handsel. J, It. Hooper, Boston, .$40. 



Third class, centerhoards— Beatrice, J. Cavanagh: Braintree, S35- 

 Black Cloud, E. H. Taylor, Lynn, $iO; Hazard, Pierce & Moody, 

 Newburyport, $15. 



Third class, keel?— Emma L., S. L, Saunders, Lynn, |35: Irene, H. 

 Armstead, Lynn. $20. 



Fourth class, jib and mainsail— Mavis, Smothers & Brooks, $40 



Fourih class, cats— Magpie, H. G. Otis, Winthrop, $40; Arab". W 

 P. Scott, Dorchester, $25. 



Fourth class, keels, special— Wahneta Smith & Cobb, $40; Mock- 

 ing Bird, J. McLaughlin, Gloucester, $35; Wraith, A. H. Higginson. 

 Manchester. $15. 



Fifth class— Ithispie, W. E. Tucker, Gloucester, $30. 



Sixth class— Marchioness, Percy Hoc'cres, Boston, tih: Brodle, Geo 

 .Rodigrass, Haverhill, flo; Alpine, Clell.en. Lynn. SjO. 



In third class Gypsy was disqualified for not saiiing over the pcu'-se 

 and m tbe fourth class keels it was decided that Astrea received lue 

 nofice of the rules prohibiting shifting ballast and that therefovf -he 

 must be disqualified for having, as she admits, shifted ballast. 



Brunhilde, schr., recently purchased by H. B. King, is at Poillon's 

 tor a new and.longer stern, 



