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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

 questions relating to ailments of dogs imll be answered by Dr. T. Q. 

 8herV!ood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to other matters contiected with Kennel 

 Management and dogs vnll also receive careful attention, 



R. N. B., Ovid, Mich. — I have a young foxhound 14mos. old. About 

 six weeks ago he was taken with a twitching in his right foreleg and 

 shoulder. It did not make him lame at first, but seemed to be' very 

 painful; he would lie and cry and is very uneasy with it. I bathed it with 

 linaments, hut it did no good; he is quite lame and weak on it now; 

 acts as though his shoulder was stiff. He is very nervous also, and 

 the least ezcit^meat causes him to howl and act as though he was 



foing to have a fit, and if not checked will start and rvm away and 

 ide himself in some out of the way place. He has a good appetite 

 and looks well. I have been giving him Fowler's solution, commenced 

 by giving him three drops twice a day and increased one di-op every 

 two or three days, until I was giving him seven drops twice a day, 

 when he got flighty and I discontinued it. I thought he had chorea. 

 Will you please prescribe? Ans. Treat for worms. Continue arsenic 

 and in addition give 5grs. of phosphate of iron twice a day. 



Q-. E. C, Thoraaston, L. I.— Robert le Diable, by Croxteth out of 

 Spinaway, by Pilkington's Garnet out of Keswick ; Garnet, by Pilliing- 

 ton'sTory out of his Jessie; Keswick, by Pilkington's Faust out of 

 Faith; Croxteth, by Lowe's Young Bang out of J. C. Macdonna's 

 Jane; by Lord Sefton's Sam out of his 'Flirt; Young Bang, by S. 

 Price's champion Bang out of Davey's Luna. Mona, by Duke of 

 Bergen out of Dora, by Sensation out of Devonshire Lass; Duke of 

 Bergen, by Bang Bang out of Fan Fan, by champion Graphic out of 

 Lady Belle; Bang Bang, by Price's Bang out of Princess Kate. Naso 

 of Kippen, by Naso H. out of champion Maggie, by champion Bang 

 out of Leache's Belle, by champion Sancho out of Fan; Naso H., by 

 Naso out of Miranda, by Cotter (brother of General Prim) out of 

 Miranda; Naso, by Duke out of Fairy. Kate VHI., by Donald II. out 

 of Bell, by Dux out of Norah, by Riot out of Stattef's Sappho; Dux. 

 by Garth's Drake out of Sturgeon's Moll; Donald H., by Rock out of 

 Fan. 



J. S. M., Marlboro, N. H.— Will you kindly give me the pedigree of 

 the pointer dog Bang Bang, by Pierce's champion Bang, for four gen- 

 erations, also owner of same? Ans. By Price's champion Bang out of 

 Princess Kate, by Ponto out of Sappho, by Bang 11. out of Juno, by 

 Sancho out of Juno; Bang H. by Bang out of Belle: Ponto by Don Juan 

 out of Juno, by Bang; Don Juan by Random; champion Bang by 

 Coham's Bang out of Price's Vesta, by Brockton's Bounce out of 

 Francis's Belle, by Old Sancho out of Dido; Bounce by Newcastle's 

 Bounce out of Juno; Coham's Bang by Whitehouse's Hamlet out of 

 Venus L, by Bird's Bob out of Gilbert's Bloomer; Hamlet by Bird's 

 Bob out of Juno. Bang Bang was owned by the Westminster Kennel 

 Club at the time of his deaOi several years ago. 



J. O., New York City.— I have eight bull-terrier pups, seven weeks 

 old, four of them have shown considerable sweUing on each side of 

 the throat for the past week, and it seems to be increasing (the others 

 are perfectly well). They seem to have a sUght trouble in swallowing. 

 I can feel tliat the glands are swelled. Kindly advise me what to do. 

 They are kept in a dry place, and the mother had plenty of milk for 

 them. They look fat and well. Ans. Apply tincture of iodine to 

 Swelling daily. 



H. E. S., Washington, D. C. — I have a cocker spaniel about seven 

 months old who has a small enlargement on his right forefoot. It is 

 red but does not seem painful to the touch. He is fed twice a day on 

 Spratts dog cakes, with mUk and sometimes a little meat. Kindly tell 

 me what it is and the remedy. Ans. Open the lump. Soak the foot 

 twice a day in a solution of creoUn (one to thh-ty). 



J. W. P. , Wilkinsburgh, Pa.— You will find Rip Rap about the best 

 choice you could make. 



New York, July 1^.— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of 

 July 12 appears a statement to the effect that but two cases of ascites 

 (abdominal dropsy) have been known to have been cured. We have 

 had numerous cases of the above-named trouble, many of which have 

 recovered. The latest recovery we bring to mind occurred in a pug 

 bitch last spring, owned by Mrs. Anderson, residing at 243 West 

 Thirty-eighth street, this city. This bitch entirely recovered and had 

 a litter of puppies during the summer. Another case was in a pointer 

 dog. In both instances the dogs were tapped three times. 



Glover & Febnch. 



[We are pleased to pubhsh the above correction.] 



FIXTURES. 



JUIiT. 



94-30. Hempstead Bay, Cruise, L. 29-30. Cor., San Fran., Masquerade 



I. Sound. and Cruise. 



24. N.Y.Y.B.A. Cruise, L.L Sound. 29. HuU Cor., Cash Race, Hull. 



sr. Fall River, Ladies' Day, Mount 29. Royal Can., Lansdowne Cup, 



Hope Bay. 40, 35 and 30ft. Classes, Tor. 



28. Savm HUl, Moonlight SaU. 29. Minnetonka, club race. 



29. Sippicon, 1st Open Sweep, 29. Gt. South Bay, An., Bay Shore. 



Marion. 29. Che.sapeake Bay, Special, St. 



29. Buffalo, An. Ci'uise, Lake Brie Mchaels. 



29. Indian Harbor, An., Green- 29. Royal Nova Scotia, 3-raters, 



wich, Conn. Halifax. 



& the reports in the daily papers are to be believed, the new Cup 

 defenders have attained a speed in their trial trips which is simply 

 phenomenal. Jubilee is credited with passing steamboats going at 

 fuU speed, and now comes the story of VigUant sailing easily across 

 the bows of a steamer which wa-s going 14 knots. There is no doubt 

 that the new quartette will surpass all previous records of speed, 

 but when they are really racing, and it is possible to measure their 

 act'i.al speeds, the figures will be a revelation to the scribes who are 

 now writing of 16 to 17 knots under lower sails and wi£h no com- 

 petitors. 



Pilgrim, the last ready of the four 85-footer8, made her trial trip on 

 Saturday last, and from all reports behaved most satisfactorily. She 

 is said to steer easily, to carry her sail remarkably well, and to go 

 through the water very cleanly and easily. 



Queen Mab. 



So jiucH has been said about the inherent weakness of the shovel 

 bow and the exaggerated counter of the later racing yachts, as well 

 as of the faults of modern racing construction, that the recent ex- 

 perience of Queen Mab is of more than ordinary interest. In the 

 inquiry made by the Yacht Racing Association last fall, the probable 

 performances of this type of boat at sea were discussed at length, and 

 adverse opinions were expressed as to the forward overhang, and in 

 fact to the model as a whole. Later on, when Queen Mab started for 

 the Mediterranean and returned, it was stated by oneyachting journal 

 that those aboard were afraid ' to go to sea in her. If the long and 

 severe ijassage of six weeks across the Atlantic is to be taken as a test 

 of seagoing, It must be admitted that the little yacht has given a good 

 account of herself and has come throtxgh a very hard experience in 

 good shape. 



As she laid on the dry-dock at Tebo's last week there was no external 

 signs of the battering she had gone through, and in spite of the loss of 

 her mainsail and .spars the hull itself was uninjured. While the bow 

 is not as long as that of Gloriana, it is at the same time long enough to 

 be classed with the Herreshoff boats, and the after overhang is long 

 and finely tapered. At the same time the copper and planlving from 

 stem head to taffrail showed no signs of wrenching or working, the 

 seams were close, and the putty unbroken, and though there were 

 evidences everywhere of rough handling by the sea, the hull had come 

 through with no outward signs of damage. The decks, bulwarks and 



Mr. a. Cart Smith is noted, among those who know him well, as a 

 yachtsman who never goes out of his way to look at a yacht unless as 

 a matter of business. Last week he paid Mr. Watson a very high 

 compliment by breaking this rule and going over to Tebo's expressly 

 to look at Queen Mab in the dock. He characterized her as one of the 

 handsomest models he had ever seen. 



Messrs. Ogden Goelbt and James Gordon Bennett have presented 

 to the Union des Yachtsmen de Cannes two cups to be raced for next 

 year by yachts of over 20 tons, by the French rule, and those of 5 to 20 

 tons. The races will be sailed at Cannes in March, 1894, open to yachts 

 of all nations. 



Aquilo. 



The steam yacht which was begun at Lawley's yard last February 

 with so much absurd mystery as to her ownership has been duly com- 

 pleted and delivered in New York to Mr. George A. Tbayer, "an old 

 member of the Atlantic Y. C, and former owner of the Herreshoff' 

 schooner Triton. Aquilo, as the new yacht is named, is one of the 

 largest and finest steam yachts built by the Lawley & Son Corpora- 

 tion, being designed by Mr. George F. Lawley. She is a composite 

 vessel, 103£t. over all, 85ft. Gin. l.w.l., loft, beam and 7ft. di-aft. The 

 huU is planked with yellow pine over the usual steel angles and strap- 

 ping of a composite yacht. The engine space is 17ft. long and con- 

 tains a triple expansion engine with cylinders 9, 14^ and 23}^ by 14in. 

 There are two Almy boilers set together, tested for a working pres- 

 sure of 2501bs. The stoke hole is closed, a 36in. fan driven by a 3%X 

 oin. engine furnishing the forced draft. A dynamo is provided tor 

 thirty 16 candle-power lamps throughout the yacht. The ownei-'s 

 quarters are forward of the engines, owner's room, saloon, guests' 

 rooms and toilet room, wardrobes, etc. Abaft the engines is the gal- 

 ley, then the ofScers' mess room, officers' quarters and forecastle. 

 There is one deck house, the forward end being arranged as the pilot 

 house and abaft it being the dining room and eompamon. The yacht 

 is well built throughout, the huU strongly put together and the cabins 

 handsomely finished and decorated. She is rigged as a two-masted 

 schooner. 



what position it may he left in. A telltale in the passageway shows 

 the position of the board. 



The main companion is narrow and spiral as in most English yachts, 

 opening below on a passage or steerage on the port side. Here is a 

 sofa, toilet room and various closets, and on the starboard side the 

 corresponding space is occupied by the owner's room. Abaft this 

 space are two staterooms in place of the usual ladies' cabin, but the 

 fore and aft partition is now being removed, making a single room of 

 the conventional proportions. Abaft this room is a second large toilet 

 room, and abaft all, the sail room In the counter. 



Forward of the companion Is a large and wide saloon, the character- 

 istics of the type being Indicated In the moderate headroom, which, 

 though ample, is less than one would look for in a cutter of this size. 

 The floor is wide and the lockers as well. The next 7ft. of length is 

 given up to a captain's room to starboard, and a pantry, etc., to port, 

 the forecastle occupying the entire bow and being long and large, 

 with headroom over the after part and of course plenty of length for- 

 ward. The saloon and staterooms are neatly finished in mahogany 

 and white pine, or its British equivalent, the panels being light frames 

 covered with tapestry. 



On deck the fittings and ironwork are very complete and elaborate. 

 There are no channels, but merely an angle bar to keep the chain 

 plates clear of the rail. The mast bands, pin rails, bitts, etc., are 

 small and neat and excellent examples of good smithwork. The bow- 

 spi'it, which is verj' short, houses in a steel box, the bitts proper being 

 on deck immediately aft the bowsprit, a steel casting with two clrcu- 



"VALKYRIE." 



Cutter, 8Gpt. l.w.l. Desisned by G. L. Watson for Lord Dunraven. Built by Henderson & Co., Glasgow, 1893. 



hatches were in good condition, the iron work intact, and the damage 

 was confined to the rig. The mast and bowsprit were uninjured, but 

 the" mainsail and gaff' were entirely destroyed. 



The reported total capsize of the yacht, she lying keel up for four 

 minutes, which some papers were gulhble enough to announce as a 

 fact, amounted to nothing more than a very severe knockdown when 

 the first force of the wind and sea struck, heaving her down until the 

 mast was level with the water, but the boom broke at once and the 

 mainsail split, allowing her to right. The disaster was a serious one 

 at best, endangering the fives of those on board and actually drowning 

 one poor fellow, others being swept overboard and regaining the 

 yacht with great difliculty; but so far as strength of form and the ex- 

 cellence of modern construction are involved, there is nothmg to 

 justify the opinions so freely expressed last winter. 



The real weakness of the type at sea is in the rig, with the mast well 

 forward, mainn^ it impossible to lie to. Queen Mab started with a 

 cruising mainsau, the boom end just over the counter, and no trysail 

 aboard. With this sail It was impossible to fie to, and the serious part 

 of the voyage may be laid to this cause. 



Queen Mab is a racing cutter designed last vear by Mr. Watson for 

 the 40-ratIng class, her length over all being about 90ft., l.w.l. 59ft. 2in., 

 beam about 16ft. and draft about lift., the sail area by the Y. R. A. 

 rule, which includes a clubtopsail of tuoderate size, being 4,052sq. ft. 

 Above water she shows a l.iow not unlike the new HerresholT cutters, 

 but the after overhang i.s much fairer and finer, being carried out into 

 the usual Watson counter. The topsides flare aU over, giving a very 

 large out-of-water body. Below water the keel contour is much the 

 same as in the Fife boats iMinerva, Jessica and Yama, a triangle with 

 an excessive rake to the sternpost. From the fore end of the water- 

 line to the heel of the sternpost is almost a straight line. The mid- 

 ship section shows a very strong S curve, with round bUge and gi'eat 

 hollow underneath. 



The centerboard is 20ft. long, of Delta metal, an alloy of tlie nature 

 of gun-metal, and used abroad as Tobin bronze is here. The weight 

 is stated as 3VS long tons. The lower edge is of course sharpened off', 

 but the plate is some Sin. thick. The board houses entirely within 

 the keel and deadwoods, and except the case for the pennant there is 

 no evidence of a centerboard boat on the inside. The hoistiag gear is 

 very powerful, to the board is shackled a wire rope sheave some lOin. 

 in diameter, fitted to slide up and down freely in the prolongation of 

 the trunk to the deck. The pennant of ^^In. diameter wire rope, is 

 made fast at the deck, leads down and around the sheave, and then 

 over a second leading sheave at the deck. From this it lead^ to a pow- 

 erful hoisting winch on the deck just abaft the main companion, a 

 combination of worm and bevel gears operated by double cranks. The 

 gear is self-locking, so that the board cannot run down no matter 



lar heads. Abaft this is a Reld capstan and two compressors for the 

 chain. The f orestay leads down, passing through a score In the bow- 

 sprit well inside the gammon strap, and then over a leading sheave 

 under the deck to a turnbuckle which is shackled to one of the angle 

 bars which serve as bilge clamps. 



The construction is very elaborate, a steel frame of angle bars 

 sheer strakes and diagonal plates far in excess of what Is called com- 

 posite construction in this country, the whole sheathed with teak 

 planking 2in. thick. All the prlncljial fore and aft members, such as 

 the stringer plates and sheer plates, are perforated with holes 2 to 31n. 

 in diameter to save weight. The deck beams and gusset plates are 

 forged in one solid piece. The yacht is being thoroughly overhauled 

 after her voyage and new saUs and spars made, the work being imder 

 the supervision of Mr. J. Beavor Webb. 



Owasco TT. C. 



AUBURN, N. T.— OWASCO LAKE. 



First race of the season, July 4. Course: Dolphin club house to 

 Edgewater (1% miles), to Long Point (4J^ mUes), to starting point 

 (3% miles); total, 9.25 statute miles (8 miles, naut.). Weather clear- 

 and bright. Wind about ten miles per hour. Summary: 



Length. Start. Finish. 



Bee, N. B. Burr ...17.04 1 15 00 3 24 50 



Asp. Douglass Beardsley. 21 .lOJ^ 1 15 00 3 32 50 



Mystery, H. B. Lewis 22.00 1 15 00 3 33 30 



Idleways. Com. F. I. Alien 31.02 1 15 00 3 43 40 



Tamapsa, C. E. Thorne 21.10 1 15 00 Did not finish 



La Fiancee, J. M. Brainard 10.09 1 15 00 Did not finish 



AUowances based on waterline length. Bee is a Herreshoff boat and 

 Asp Is the Hunt 21 -footer which raced about Boston last year. The 

 race was started from the gun. Five prizes were offered. First, Bee; 

 second. Asp; third, Mystery; fourth, Idleways: fifth, not given. Out 

 of 14 yachts enrolled only 6 started. Regatta committee— Com. Allen, 

 C. E. Thorne, W. R. Hopkins, N. B. Burr, C. N. ChedeU. Referee, 

 Judge John D. Teller. 



A yacht club has just been organized at Mandeville, La,, near Ne^ 

 Orleans, the members being mainly residents of that city. The ofiQcers 

 are: Com., Geo. Moorman; Vice-Com., J. Hawkins; Rear Com., F. A. 

 Cousin; Treas., Jos. Garcia; Sec, M. J. Guerin; Captain of the Fleet, 

 T. S. Allen; Governing Committee, W. J. Castell, T. M. Moorman, E. 

 L. Cousin, A, Tabary, R. Woeste. A regatta is proposed for Aug. 5 or 

 near that date. 



