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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec, 28, 1892. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Tliere is no cJiarae for answering questims midrr this head. A ll 

 (mestiom relatnig to aUmmt» of dogs wiU be amwerrd by Dr. L. G. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Hoyal College of Vrteifiaru S'urg''.om. 

 Communicatums referring to other matters connected mth Kennel 

 Management anul dogs will receive careful attention. 



a C. Si^. Paul, Minti.— A-Titonio by Roderigo out of Bo Peep 

 — (Jam's Ma' k by Guh out ot (lun. 



O, 8 - Apply to thf Na'ioD 1 0re\houTi<l Clu\ gecre'-'ai-y H. W. 

 HunriDgton, 148 Sa. S(,h S'., Brooklyn, N. Y , for your spseial. 



W H. K., Owo^o, N, y.— 1. No dpw claws on. Enelish setter'-. 

 3. O'f what breed Mie Count, ss Waldersee and Bojal DuKi? 

 3. We do Tjot kno'i? th»- firm. 



Wyckoff, N. y.— fle Irish setter hUfh Nanon. Kindly send 

 namu iiua ^.fifliess and funtiep p i.riiru'ars of wliat you wisti to 

 know ; Hla - mention ibe f-bow beld in 1891. 



R T. P., F^amiaghRU), M iss—Wf know of none in your neigb- 

 >>oi-hnod. W'iTe to Mi-. G. Leinacber. High around Kennels. 

 Gro^'e and Myril-^ avenues. IJrookljn, N. Y. 



W. S. W., Fort AsRinaho-n", Mont.— Y'-s. as far as we know. 

 The names given in the penigree show eood strains, anrl we ttunk 

 you can depend upan ir, especially if frona the Oiceola Kennrl . 



8. R. C, Greenville, Pa —Where is ttie b'aek pointer own-d 

 that looK flist preirium at the last Toronto ("!an.) bench show? 

 AOS. We do not rem. mber a black painter winning at the show 

 jou men'ion. 



XI F.— Pieapp. give pedi^t'-eeof St, Bernard Hilda IT., a"d fp\\ if 

 sh«'i8 ot good ■ ance9tr.\ ? Ans. 1. Hilda II. (\ KR, .^.46r), by 

 Folkn out of Borrlna, hv Smith's Btrry (H.. 6.414), out of Sil- 

 -verbell. Fo ko II., by Rollo, out of Ouida. 2. Fairly. 



K. A. B.— 1. Tbe Bnelish setter is much superior on the -whole. 

 Consult ourppedal kennel aDverliseraents. Tbe b^at works '^n 

 trHinins and care of r'oe-'* are Waters' Modern Traininar, ele., price 

 $3 00, and Hammond's Training vs. Breaking, price 50 cents. We 

 can supply them. 



S. S. Chr'stiana. Pa.— Wi'l you kindly inform me what to do 

 with my eig'it months old petter dog, Hehas that nervous disease 

 In his front lees called chorea, brought on, I think, by distemper. 

 Has been fufifenne about a month, and getting worse. Ans. Give 

 the folloniog mix ure : 



Syr. hy popbopphitelco ? iii. 



L«q. araenicalis.... 3i. 



i\q ivi. 



Mix. Give one i ablespoonful twice a day. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARMENT. 



The Beauties of NAtube, And the Wonders of the World We 

 L've In. By tne K.i!<u(. Hon. '^ir J ihn Lubbock, M.P.. F.R.S. 

 With numerou< illustratinns and fuU-p-ge plates. Uniform 

 with tbe neWfdition ot "T^ie Pleasures 'of Life." Macmillan 

 & Co.. New York. Pr ce Sl.50. 



Sir John Luhbock'a receT.t book Is one that appeals strongly to 

 a large class of IToREST and Stheam readers. It isadeliehtto 

 one already a lover of nature tlioueh us purpose is more to inspire 

 such love in the careless and indiflf .irent observer. The au'hc of 

 "The Beauties of Nature" clothes nis scientific facts and specula- 

 tions in such a simple and attractive garb as to impress the ordi- 

 nary mind with the idea that they are not too great for it to ap 

 proach and m^ke acquiiintance with, while to those who are b st 

 Informed on such su-jeais as are ti-eated of in this volum« and 

 can b^st understand and appreciate the difTloultie=i overcome in 

 thus picseuiing them, a renewed acquaintance with the beauties 

 of nature is welcome. 



Tlie author makes his readers of whatever class feel with him 

 "It is well to realize how much of this world is beautiful," "that 

 mansion," as 8eneca calls it, "That fears no fire or lu'n, cov- 

 ere<f wUb a roof which gll'ters in one fashion by day and aumher 

 by nigh*^," whose loveliness is too often overlooked because it is 

 c6nst,antly before us. Interspersed throughout the book are apt 

 n.nd snir'ted quotations f r"m various authors. Seneca, Hum- 

 boldt. Jeff irson. Emer.'^on. Ruskin and Kingsley. 



The author considers animal life and immortality, the firma- 

 ttoQ of thu land and plant life that clothes it, the humblest of 

 those forming an inexhau=itible study that he considers would 

 well repay the s'udy of a lifetime and passes from tbe thousand 

 species of ants, "no two "f «hiijh have the same habits, living in 

 complete harmony io their separate communities," to the harmo- 

 nious order ard illimitable wonders of the starry heavens. 



At the close, many readers will absent to the truth or be ready 

 to learn i', expi-essed iQ the introduction; "Happy indeed is the 

 natural 81; to him the seasons come I'ound like old friends; to 

 him the birds sing as he walks along, the flowers stretch out from 

 the hedges, or look up from the ground, and as each year fades 

 away he looks back on a fresh store of happy memories." 



ROD AND GUN AND CAMERA. 



As a recognition of the important place of amateur photography 

 in Its relation to sports of the held and prairie and mountain and 

 forest and stream, the Forest and Stream offers a series of 

 prizes for meritorious work with the camera. The conditions 

 under which these prizes will be given are in brief as her© set 

 forth: 



There will be ten prizes, as follows: First $35. Second $30 

 Third $15. Fourth $10, Six of $5 each. 



The competition will be open to amateurs only. 



The subjects must relate to Forest and Stream's field— game 

 and fish (alive or dead), sbooting and fishing, the camp, campers 

 and camp life, sportsman travel by land or water. 



There ia no restriction as to the time when the pictures may 

 have been or may be m tde— whether in 1893 or in previous years. 



Pictures will be received up to Dec. 31, of this year. 



All work mu3t be original; that is to say, it must not have been 

 submitted In any other competition, nor have been published. 



There ai-e no restrictions as to make or style of camera, nor as 

 to size of plate. 



A competitor need not be a subscribw of Forbsi and Stream 



All photographs will be submitteed to a committee, shortly to 

 be annoitnced. In making their awards the judges will be in- 

 structed to take mil consideration the technical merits of the 

 work as a photograph, its artistic qualities; and other things 

 being equal, the unique a.n'^ difficult nature of the subject. 

 PhoT,ograpns aiust be marked only with initials or a pseudonym 

 for identification.. With each photograph should he given name 

 of sender, title of view, locality, date, and name of camera. 



The piotographs shall be the property of the Forest and 

 Stream. This applies ootv to the particular prints sent us. 



From time to time we shaJl reproduce by the half-tone process 

 samples of the work submitted, and should the interest in 

 Forest and Stream's Amateur Pnotography Collec-lon prove 

 to be what is anticipated, we may ask for an exnression of opinion 

 by a vote of aU our readers after the manner of the successful 

 and famous "Camp- Fire Flickering Vote." Such popular vote 

 will be quite distinct from the award by the committee. 



The Duluth and Superior Special. 



In fnll keeping with its well-kmwn progressive policy the 

 North- Western L ne (Chicago & Nirtb- Western Ru'lwa^) bus 

 rtcentlv tnaugu'aied ihrougb rc--iin service between Chicago and 

 the Lake Sup rior reg.on. This n^w train ia known as rhe 

 "Duluib and Superior Special," n -^a it leaves Chicago dsilv at 

 P. M., arru'iuff at Super o- at 8:20 A. M., arid Duluti at 8:53 A. M. 

 tbe ni st day. uidk'tig t.be jouruc^y in I he remirkaoly quick time 

 of Hftten hoQis Tiir t -niujsmale up of Oiggase cars, standard 

 day coaches MKl pilaoe bullet al.-eoin< cirs of the moat mndern 

 and flppioved de«laii, and a 1 classes of pas'^ieng^irs are carried 

 througb wiihout change of car?. Supper is served In dining car 

 alter di pHrrure trom Chicago, a-nd breakfast is served from a weil 

 stocked hu(f-t hetore arrival at Duluih, To Insure yourself a 

 QUCkandcom'onable,imrney befuretnaskfortlck'-ts via 'ha 

 North-N^ estero Line, any ticket agent can furnish full inl-orm- 

 fttionregardiDg this railway, or it will be promptly furnish-jd 

 ttpoD application to W. A. Thrall. General Passenger and Ticket 

 ^j^nt, Oaioago,— Aaii. 



It now appears that for some reason, we suppose a'good one, the 

 report of the measurement committee of the Y. R. A. was not pub- 

 lished with the evilence, to which it p-operly belongs*, but was pub 

 lisued separately, for the members of the Y. R A. only. In this re- 

 port the committee recommend the Seawanhaka formula as being 

 easier on sail than the existing one, but to retain the same 

 class Hmits and allowance tables the form is changed to read thus: 



(— '^^^ ^) -f-6000. The efl'eet of this change would be to place the 

 same relative value on sail as in the Seawaubaka rule, at the same 

 time retaining the unit of rating instead of sailing length. Of course 

 ,the question of classification was not involved, no change in this 

 matter being proposed. The recommendation of the committee was 

 not accepted hy the Council. 



The action of the Clyde yacht clubs in prohibiting fin-keels and 

 centerboards in certain classes has brought out a number of hostile 

 comments on this side; all of them, so far as we can see, being based 

 on a misunderstaading of the actual conditions of the case. The 

 two classes to which the hmications apply are old established ones, 

 and are made up of a particular type of small keel cutters : not over 

 fast, but so closely matched that they are raced together regularly 

 and give good sport to all Interested. The advent of one modern 

 fin keel or centerboard boat in either class would immediately wipe 

 out all existing yachts, destroying tbe olavss and producing no other 

 in its place. At the same time there are other classes on the Clyde, 

 in which races are plenty, and good prizes are given, which are open 

 to fin-keel and centerboard, without tax or restriction, 



The result of unrestricted racing, even in small craft, is evident 

 now on the St. Lawrence River, where the cost and labor of racing 

 have increased very rapidly. The later boats with sail plans ex- 

 panded to over 400 sq, ft., the hull being about 24ft. l.w.l. and .3ft. 9in. 

 beam, require a crew of six men, and in order to win the owner 

 must keep together a picked crew of skilled racing men. The 

 expense and work involved in running a racing skiff have discouraged 

 some of the keenest of the racing men, and for a lime at least the 

 racing has seen its best days. 



A Chat About Scotch Fishing Boats. 



La.st summer I did not go abroad, or to the Norfolk Broads with 

 my own canoe yawl as I've done for the last I don't know how many 

 years for my holiday. I'd never been to >coi] ind, and from a dis- 

 tance had always looked upon it as a country ttiat was overrun -with 

 lourists. However, when an opportunity arrived for seeing some- 

 thing of the west coast, without living m big hotels and makiog 

 weary journeys in train or steamboat along with droves of tired and 

 personally-eonducved travelers, I was not sorry to embrace it. An in- 



deep forward and aft. They are similar in general form to the 

 Loch Fyne boats, and have a 

 midship' section .somewhat like 

 this : the garboa'd and stieet 

 strake being nipoei^ tosether 

 before coming loafl^atv tl'ior, 

 wilti con iderable iniiial stab- 

 ility. By tbe way, I understand 

 that, though cit-nch build is 

 cheaper in the smaller classes, 

 in the :30ft boats it is consider- 

 ably more expensive than carvel build, and as most of them are 

 clench built, it is evident that the fishermen prtfer the lapsireak 

 built boats, even at more monev. 



In pissing down the Sound of Mull we met some of thp East 

 Coast herring boats. These are fine able ciaft about 40ft. x loft x5ft. 

 depth of hold, with a larse w^ll which can be hatched over, convert 

 ioer them to prictically fully decked boats The foremast r ke^ aft 

 and the miz u masr forward, as in the Penzance lugsers. Tbpy carry 

 large crews, five or six m^n, I bell 've, so tne unhandiness of tee huge 

 dipping fore lug is not so much felt. 



Tne ji'ife boat is an E.ast coasier, and the one I sketched, at Tober- 

 mory, was 19ft. XTft. and fully -Ift. deep forward and afr; I saw a 

 similar boat sailing under a dipping h\j, the luff of which was kept 

 flat by being propped out with a wooden '-bowline." 



Up at Loch Broom, our furthest north point, Gairloch (note the 

 spelling) boats are use 1. They sail under a dipping lugsail. or are 

 rowed with a pair of immensely long and cumbrous sweeps -of course 

 by two men. They are fuller m the bows and approach morn nearly 

 to the regular Norway yawl, the influenee of which is still more 

 noticeable in the Lewis skiff. T saw one of these at Ullapool. She 

 was about 19ft. keel. -SOtt oi er all, 10ft beam and entirely open, and 

 had crossed the storm vexed waters of the Minc?i in order to fetch a 

 cargo of mussels for bait. The six bardy Norsemen wbo formed her 

 crew rigged up a tent with the oars and sail, and camped out on top 

 of the molluscs with which their craft was loaded. 



There (at Ullapool) I also saw an east coast "scarth," a boat which 

 I thought looked "like going," but I coiddn't get any definite informa- 

 tion about the class. 



Probably some of the Scots who are now ' at home" in the States 

 have imported with them their ideas, and it would be interesting to 

 trace tne influence of the-<e cratt on your local boats. Anyway, I 

 had a good time up tbere, and felt that it was likely to interest your 

 readers; Fore.'«t and Stream, to which I've been indebted for so 

 many hours of enjoyable reading, was entitled to have the benefit 

 of it. Georof, F, Holmks. 



The Registration of Yachts and Mercantile Flags. 



A movement has been on foot for some time among yachtsmen 

 looking to the protection of individual rights in private fl xgs, and as 

 a result the following petition and accompanyhig bill have been pre- 

 pared by Mr. Clarence L. Burger, of the Larchmont Y. C, and intro- 

 duced by Congressman Coombs: 



To the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled: 



We, the undei-signed, present herewith for your consideration a 

 bill for the protection of the distinguishing flags and symbols used on 

 commercial and pleasure vessels of the United States; and we re- 

 spectfully represent that we are owners of certain flag symbols, 

 which have long been displayed as distinguishing marks on 'a la- ge 

 number of vessels duly registered, enrolled or licensed under the 

 law, and engaged in beneficent commerce or serving as useful ex- 

 amples to promote the science of naval construction ; that these 

 ve.9sels comprise many important and illustJiojs specimens of the 

 shipbuilders' art, and our flag symbo's have, by reason of long con- 

 tinued association with such vessels, become of great value to u^i. 



Many of our flag symbols have been cop ed and imitnttd without 

 license by owners oi greatly inferior vessels and displayed thereon 

 with the intention and effect of deceiving the public as to their owner- 



5^. 



vitation, most kind and urgent, was extended to me to join seven 

 other good men and true, half of "S being R. 0, C. men, on the good 

 ship SateUite, a crui=!ing yawl of some seventy tons. 



1 don't intend to spin you a yarn about our cruise, although it was 

 very er j lyable. nor shall I enlarge on the lovely scenery, with the 

 ever changing play of light over brown hills and sunlit waters, for 

 most of your readers know it all themselves, or if they don't, there 

 are thosis with you who are far more apt than myself at painting it 

 in words for tbera I did e.ssay, once or twice, to put it down in color, 

 hut my skill -was altogether u'leq ml to the task, ani I threw it up in 

 disgust, but remained full of wonder at the beauty or grandeur of 

 the scene brought before us by the Creat Artist 



Well, if 'he scenic effects were altogether bevond my powers there 

 was another point worthy of note, in which, if a keen interest could 

 assist, more success might be looked for, I mean the boats of the 

 coun ry. Every one who has seen tbe photo-s in the YachtMnt.an, etc., 

 will be' fairly famifiar with the yachts. But it is quite po-=sible that 

 they may not be equallv well acquainted with tbe fishing craft in 

 common use here, and it is because X think that information about 

 them may interest that I'm now writing. 



Fi'hertnen are much more conservative ttian yachtsmen and make 

 changes in their craft only very slowly, for which reason doubtless 

 the boats I saw and sketched will be almost exactly the same as 

 have been in use for years, nay, perhaps I might say, generations. 

 Of course the boats themselves on that rockbound coast will hardl.y 

 be likely to have as lon<? an average life as thuse in use where mud 

 and sand are the prevailing elements, but, nevertheless, Sandy prob 

 ably orders his new b >at on somewhat the same lines as his father's, 

 that is. if he's at all like .lohn, in the southern portion of the island. 



The first point noticed was that the Scotchman's boat, like himself, 

 is almost invariably sharp at both ends Next, that it Is always rigged 

 with a lugsail, either of the standing or dipping sort 



The Loch Fyne fishing boats, whi''h I saw at Tirbert ani A.rdris- 

 haig, are from 20 to 30ft. long an-^ 7 to lOffc beam, vcl h a strong rake 

 to sterntjost and a draft of 2 to ;ift. aft. The wat^rUnes forward are 

 fairly straisht, the midship sectjon a little aft of center of length, 

 and the es-reme roundness of the gunwale liue aft gives them quite 

 a characteristic appearance and almost as much power as a square- 

 sterned boat. At the same time tbe buttock lines aft are easv and 

 give the water f till leave to depart readily without having to crawl 

 round sharp corners. 



The m st. stepped well forward, rakes aft tmtil i's head is over tbe 

 center of the boat. The sail is a standing lur sail (tack to ma-c), 

 with only a short yard and no boom, and a jib is generally also 

 carried. The forward position of the mast leaves all the center of 

 the boat free for working the herring nets or for other fishing opera- 

 tions, while its rake aft is snid to ease the boat in a seaway. They 

 usually hive a bit of deck forward, covering a small "cuddy," but 

 tne after portion of the boat is quite open. Toere is plenty of rock 

 handy, and I exoecr (but am not S'lre) that that is what they are bal- 

 lasted with. Tbis ri< and stvl3 0E boat is found along tbe coast to 

 eonsi.lerablv north of Oban. We left Isle Ornsay nor long after one. 

 and ^^n through a smad fleet of thfm near Kyleakin, and in fierce 

 mountain squalls they seemed good, able t'oats, and speedy, too. 



When passinif through Scarba Sound (further south) I noticed two 

 or three little craft wish the rig shown (see sk^t^h) wbieh, it -wfil be 

 seen, is almost identical with that of th'^ fashionable atk-rater. At 

 Oban the dipping lugsail begins to show itself. Though miahitly 

 unhandy. It has the i-epu ation of being a go'-'d " lifting " fsail, and 

 easy on the bjat, The boats (■skiffs) used at Oban and along the 

 (ipund of Mull are about IS to 90ft. long, 6 or 7ft. beam and about 4ft. 



ship and character, and there is no statute under which these in- 

 fringers can be prosecuted for such infringment, or restrained there- 

 from. 



Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully pray that the accompany- 

 ins bill be enacted by Congress in order that relief may he had. 



The New York Yacht (,'lub. by Elbridge T. Gerry, Commodore; 

 Eastern Yacht Club, by Mflcomh Forbes, Commodore; Larchmont 

 Yacht Club, by Caldwell tl.Co't. Commodore: American Yacht Club, 

 by Frank R Lawrence, Commodore. Corinthian Yacht Club of Pnll-- 

 adelptiia, b.y Ogden D. Wilkinson, Commodore; Atlantic Yacht Club, 

 Brooklyn. N. Y , by David Banks, Commodore; Vernon H, Brown & 

 Co , New York; Snow & Burgess, New Yoik; Boulton, Bbss & Dal- 

 lett, managers Red "D" Ll'^e of steamers, New York; Paul F.Ger- 

 hard Companv, agents the United States and Brazil Steamship Com- 

 pany, New York. 



An act for tbe protection of distinguishing flags and symbols used 

 on vessels of the United States. 



Be it enacted by the Sen Ate and the House of Bepre.sentatives of 

 the L^uitea States of Americi, in Congress assembled: 



Sec 1. That owners of distinguishing flqgs or symbols used on 

 marine vess»ls plying beliween the United .States and foreign ports or 

 ports of diff-^rent States, provided such owufrs shall be domiciled in 

 the United States or located in any foreign country or countriet; 

 wbicb by treaty, contention or law afford simila'- pripiieges to the 

 LTnited States, uiav ootain reeistratioa of such distinguishing flags 

 or symbols by complyine with the following requiromenis: 



First— By causiuEr to be r-corried in the Bureau of Navigation in the 

 Department of tbe Treasury of ihe United States (Ij a statement 

 specifying the name, domicile and and citizenship of the party apply- 

 infi*; (i) a description of the distineui-hing flag or symbol itself, with 

 a fac-simile thereof, and a statement of the length of time during 

 whidtheflvg or symbol h-*s been used; (H) a written aeclaration, 

 verified by the person or by a member of a firm, or by an ofQeer of a 

 corporation applying, to the effect that such party has used the flag 

 or symbol on a vessel plying between the United States and foreign 

 ports or ports of different Stales, and has at the time a right to such 

 use, and "no other person, firm or corporation has the right to such 

 use, either in the identical form or in any such near resemblance 

 thereto as might be calculated to deceive; and that the description 

 and fac-simile presented for record truly represent the flag or symbol 

 songhc to be registered. 



Second— Hy paying to a collector of customs for deposit in the 

 Treasury of the United Strtes the sura o' and complying v/iih 

 such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Navi- 

 gation. 



Sec 2. Th-at the time of the receipt of each such application shall 

 be noted and recorded, and that a certificate of reeis'ry of the flag 

 or symnol forming the subji^c'i of sucti applicatioo shall be issued in 

 the name of the LTnited States of America, under the seal of the 

 Treasury Department, and shall be sianed by the Commissioner of 

 Navigati in, and a record thereof shall be kept in books for that pur- 

 po;e. Copies of such flags or symbols, an 'J of the statements and 

 dec arations filed therewith, and certificates of registry so signed and 

 sealed, shall be evidence in any suit or action in which such flags or 

 symbols snail be brought in controversy. 



"^Seo. 3. That such cer iflcate of registrj'- shall remain in force for 

 thirty years from its date. At any time outing the six months prior 

 to the exoiration of Che term of thirty years and of any renewal of 

 such term such registration may be renewed on the same terms and 

 for a like period. 

 Sm. i. That the Commissioner of ?savigation la authorized to make 



