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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept, 23, 1893. 



The OBly reason, I suppose, that it has not alreads^ super- 

 seded the shotgun is because the fox is too smart for it. 



But of all the misconceptions, the one most prevalent 

 among the shotgun fraternity and most erroneous, is the 

 idea that New England has a monopoly on rough country 

 and that we "kill our foxes by running into them because 

 the country is open and the hounds can be followed in the 

 good old way." 



What geographies do they study down East that they have 

 located the Western prairies in the Southern States'? There 

 are in this State regions as mountainous as any in all New 

 England, and the fastest foxhounds and the best in America 

 to-day, hounds that have proved their superiority in the 

 Brunswick trials as they have everywhere else, were bred 

 and born in a country of hill and valley, and have run the 

 red fox to his death through jungles of brier, along the face 

 of precipitous bluffs and up hillsides too steep and stony for 

 horse to follow. I do not know a section in Kentucky where 

 even a Kentucky thoroughbred can stay with a pack through 

 all the devious ways of a red fox chase. In fact it is physically 

 impossible to follow the hounds here as in England. In sight 

 and hearing of the hounds we frequently can, and do, keep 

 by taking advantage of every turn, anticipating the route of 

 the fox, and cutting across, but the majority of hunters are 

 content to maintain a point of advantage central to the fox's 

 circuit and thus note the progress of the chase as it sweeps 

 around them. The methods that prevail here are practicable 

 in New England as in Kentucky. That fact has been demon- 

 strated by the Brunswick Eur Club. Sections 19 and 20 of 

 the field trial rules prohibit the shooting of foxes ^^nde^ a ne 

 of $5, and an infraction of them is further penalized by de- 

 barment. No severer penalty could be fixed. And yet this 

 advocate of the shotgun policy "would like to know how 'P. 

 J. H.' would circumvent sly reynard in the hill country 

 where the last Brunswick Fur Club trials were held. ' ' That 

 organization in its progress has answered the question in a 

 practical manner. Its members originally devoted to slaying 

 foxes have found the superiority of hunting them, and its 

 last trials vyas a meet of fox hunters as distinguished from 

 fur hunters. F. J. H. 



• • • • 



New England Beagle Club Trials. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In accordance with a special vote passed by the executive 

 committee of the New England Beagle Club on Sept. 9, the 

 following special prizes and sweepstakes will be added to 

 our already large list of regular prizes: Sweepstake No. 1— 

 Pack Stake, four beagles to constitute a pack, open to all 

 beagles, whether entered in regular stake or not; entries 

 close Nov. 9, at 8 P. M.; entry fee $15; prize, 75% of purse to 

 winning pack, which must be the property of one exhibitor 

 or kennel. Sweepstake No. 2— Brace Stake, open to all 

 beagles whether entered in regular stake or not; entries close 

 Nov. 9, at 8 P. M.; entry fee $10; prize 75^ of purse to winning 

 brace, which must be the property of one exhibitor or ken- 

 nel. Sweepstake No. 3— Endurance Stake, open to all beagles 

 whether entered in regular stakes or not; entries close Nov. 

 9, at 8 P. M.; duration of heat to be not under four hours; 

 entry fee .$5; prizes 50% of purse to first, 25% to runner-up. 

 These sweepstakes will be run after the regular stakes and 

 beginning with the Pack Stake. Specials (awarded only to 

 dogs competing in regular stakes): Prize a souvenir ribbon — 

 Special No. 1, for most musical voice. No. 2, for most accur- 

 ate trailing. No. 3, for most eifective ranging. No. 4, for 

 most .stylish worker. No. 5, for best starter. No. 6, for 

 gi-eatest sustained speed. No. 7, for best Derby entry bred 

 by owner. No. 8, for best All- Age entry bred by owner. 

 The club desires by these specials to give to each and every 

 dog a token of his individual superiority, thus enabling 

 breeders to mate their dogs intelligently when breeding for 

 any special quality, such as speed, starting abilities, trailing, 

 etc. F. W. Chapman, Pres. 



• • • • 

 Curious, Very. 



Chicago, 111., Sept. 14.— I venture to intrude in kennel mat- 

 ters so far as to make a little journalistic parallel. Mr. 

 Waters is out of town. 



CURIOUS, VEEY. 



From this week's American Field: 



A New York contemporary that has for the least seven years re- 

 ferred to the principal stake at the American Coursing Club's meet- 

 ing as the "AU-Age Stake" has suddenly become aware of the fact 

 that its name is the American Field cup. Curious, very. 



CURIOUS, VERT. 



Prom last week's Forest and Stream: 



From two or three reliable sources I learn of the, intention of some 

 prominent coursing men not to enter their dogs at Huron, in the Inter- 

 national corn-sing meeting. It is rumored that the American Coursing 

 Club has not paid some of the prizes won at the last meeting. The 

 American Meld "cup," so-called, which is a cup or $100 cash at the 

 option of the winner, I am told remains unpaid, though repeatedly 

 applied for by the winner of it at the last meeting. My informant tells 

 me, further, that letters on the subject are ignored by the "cup" 

 donor. B. Waters. 



Curious, very. In fact, not only curious but a trifle queer. 

 What glory, sissy, do you find in that? E. Hough. 



• • • • 



N. B. C. Field Trials. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Mr. Joe Lewis, of Moodus, Conn,, and Mr. Bradford S. 

 Turpin, of Dorchester, Mass., were invited to officiate as 

 judges at N. B. C. field trials, and both gentlemen have con- 

 sented to act. H. L. Kreuder, Pres. 



Nanoet, N. Y., Sept. 15. 



• • • • 



We are sorry to hear that Mr. A. H. Smith has lost one of 

 his best foxhounds, the loss of which will seriously affect 

 the strength of his train at the coming Brunswick Fur 

 Trials. The dog was "shot by some miscreant. 



Last week was fruitful in news of the "important if true" sort, 

 among the more sensational and startling reports in the daily papers 

 being the death of ex-Com. Gerry, a challenge from Vigilant to Jubilee 

 for a match for $5,000, and a base attempt on the part of the Koyal 

 Yacht Squadron to cheat Mr. Carroll out of the Brenton-s Reef cup 

 after he had fairly won it. Unfortunately for sensational journalism, 

 Mr. Gerry telegraphed a denial of his death, Gen. Paine and Mr. Iselin 

 denied all knowledge of the $5,000 challenge, and the E. Y. C. com- 

 mittee gave a prompt hearing to Mr. Carroll's protest and awarded 

 the race and the cup to him. 



AVhile the conditions— a reaching course each way — suited Navahoe 

 well in the first race, it seems that she has been improved by the 

 reduction of her sail area. One of the odd coincidences of the season 

 is the placing of Capt. Crocker against Capt. Carter, the two having 

 sailed against each other eight years ago in Puritan and Genesta 

 respectively. 



The owners of the 30j-knot steam yachts are still talking and writing 

 letters, but no definite arrangements, for a race have been made. It 

 now appears tUat the mysterious "Mc Davig, of Brooklyn," who has 



purchased Vamoose for S10,000, is an employee of Norman L. Munro, 

 who is the real owner of the boat. Mr. Munro has issued a charac- 

 teristic pronunciamento, challenging the HerresbofiEs or Mr. Hearst to 

 put a picked crew in the yacht at his expense and speed her against 

 time, he doing the same with Norwood. 



The first piece of good luck which has yet attended Navahoe was in 

 the race for the Brenton's Eeef cup, which, according to the condi- 

 tions drawn up by Mr. Bennett over twenty years ago, must be sailed 

 for without time allowance. By any modern rules Britannia would 

 have easily saved her time off Navahoe, the latter winning by only a 

 few seconds. In the race for the Cape May cup, which Britannia won 

 by 36m. elapsed time, there is no restriction as to allowance, and pre- 

 sumably the usual allowances hold good, thus increasing Britannia's 

 lead. 



Ijake Geneva Yk 6. 



The match races of the Lake Geneva Y. C, best two oiit of three, 

 which have just been sailed between Vanadis, C. K. G. killings and W. 

 S. McCrea, and Rival, Benjamin Carpenter and C. R. Corwith, have re- 

 sulted in a decisive victory for Rival. Vanadis on Sept. 2 won the first 

 race in a drifting match, finishing one and one-half minutes before the 

 time limit of four hours. Rival won the second race, on Sept. 4, by 

 eight minutes, corrected time, wind S.W., light and steady, conditions 

 favorable. Rival won the third race, on Sept. 9, bv four minutes flfty- 



MASTHEAD OF JUBILEE. 



five seconds, corrected time, wind N. E., freshening throughout the 

 race. 



Rival will be remembered as the crack 21-footer which for three 

 years vanquished everything of her size on the Sound. Mr. Benj. Car- 

 penter and Mr. W. C. Corwith, of Chicago, bought her from Mr. Fran- 

 cis Burritt early this year, and she is slill to be beaten by a boat of her 

 inches under equal conditions. 



The L. G. Y. C. has a fleet of about 100 boats, many of which have 

 come from Long Island Sound, among them Tattler, Expert, Lorna, 

 Rival, Possum and Precept. 



South Boston Y. C. * Open Regatta. 



SOtJTH BOSTON— BOSTON HARBOR. 



Saturday, Sept. 9. 

 The special open race arranged by the South Boston Y. 0. in com- 

 memoration of its twenty-fifth season was sailed on Sept. 9, the wind 

 being light and liuky. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Harbinger, Wm. Daly 28.00 5 01 .52* 



Handsel, J. R. Hooper 33. OS Went aground. 



Violet. H..T. McKee 33,06 Withdrew. 



*lm. 52s. over the 5-hour limit. 



SEOOKD CLASS. 



Beatrice, J. Cavanaugh 26.03 4 46 27 4 00 19 



Stanley, W. L. Colson 26.01 Withdrew. 



Wild Duck, E. Morton 25.10 Withdrew. 



Quissett, W. P. Taylor 35.09 AVithdrew. 



Mattie, W. A. Garrett 25.09 Withdi-ew. 



Hiladee, S. N. Small 25.06 Withdrew. 



Moondyne, L. J. Shaw .24.08 Withdrew. 



Lena, H. P. Cook 26.09 Withdrew. 



.Sl'ECIALi CLASS- 



Vanessa, A. Bigelow, ,Ir 22.03 8 19 47 2 40 55 



Eulaiie, E. S. Hunt 21.10 3 26 08 2 46 40 



Exile, J. F. Small 22.08 3 25 50 2 47 33 



Thrush, W. L. Bachus 22.10 3 27 23 2 49 30 



THIRD CLASS. 



Gleam, P. J. Lowell 21.01 3 19 05 2 38 31 



Romance, Loring Sears 23.09 3 30 13 3 43 23 



Good Luck, J. B. Farrell 21 .10 3 25 03 2 45 34 



Black Cloud, Thayer & Putman 28.04 3 39 52 3 02 29 



Wapiti, J. Bertram 23.06 Withdrew. 



Spurt, D. B. Pierce 23.07 Withdrew. 



Judith, W. B. Pigeon 33.06 Withdrew. 



Adolph, J. J. Moebe 21.08 Withdrew. 



Gypsey, H. K. Drinkwater 23.04 Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Opeeche, W. P. Barker 19.07 1 15 56 1 48 36 



Attempt, Thine & Freeman 18.04 1 26 26 1 57 39 



Arab, W. F. Scott 19.01 2 27 50 1 59 58 



Astrea, R. M. Benner 20.11 Withdrew. 



Wraith. L. H. Higginson 19.05 Withdrew. 



Coot, Thos. Murphy 18.09 Withdrew. 



Triple, J. F. Cashin 18.07 Withdrew. 



FIF.H CLASS. 



Alpine. C. J. Blethen 15.08 2 26 42 1 B4 38 



Mina, Chas. White 16.11 3 15 31 2 45 04 



Bed Bug, T. O. Gillicut 15.03 3 35 19 3 03 24 



Sunbeam, H. B. Faxon 16.11 3 35 43 3 05 16 



Ado, H. Butler 17.05 3 38 25 3 08 36 



Jackdaw, R- B. Williams 17.08 Withdrew. 



SIXTH CLASS. 



Laurel, J. K. Hutchins 13.10 1 25 10 1 05 10 



Annie, E. H. Rich 12.11 1 30 40 1 09 45 



Tantrum, F, D. Perkins 14.07 1 29 29 1 10 11 



Icurez, G, W. Walsh 11.00 1 32 50 1 13 00 



Tyrant, A. H, Oldham 12.00 1 85 26 1 13 30 



Grace, B. Cooper ..12.00 1 35 56 1 14 00 



Growler, Purc?il & Curson 13.09 1 34 43 1 14 37 



Seaweed, C. Higgins 14.08 1 34 53 1 14 39 



Marion, H. E. Yerxa 14.08 1 37 01 1 17 47 



Princess, C. L. Gay 14 .03 1 37 49 1 18 13 



Nellie, J. 0-Leary 14.08 1 48 01 1 28 47 



Kismet, F. A. Lynch 14,0^' Withdrew. 



Ann R., M. Ryan 14,08 Withdrew. 



The judges were Thos. Christian, W. H. Godfrey, Hubert Pope, F. 

 W. Parsons. 



On Sept. 2, the steam yacht Elfreda. W. Seward Webb, when off 

 Plattsburg, Lake Ohamplain, blew out a tube in her boiler, scalding 

 Chief Engineer Peter Mott quite badly, while Fred Hunt was less 



seriously injured. The yacht was towed into Plattsburg by a tug. 



Shrewsbury Y. C, Second Regratta. 



RED BAN[y N. .T. — SHREWSBDST RIVER, 



Saturday, Sept. 9. 



The second open regatta of the Shrewsbury Y. C. was sailed on 

 Sept. 9, at Red Bank, with great success, notwithstanding that it was 

 originally fixed to be sailed two weeks ago, just after the two disas- 

 trous storms, and had to be postponed because of them. 



The usual large crowd of ladies attended at the beautiful house of 

 this club (described in a recent issue of B'orest and Stream), and 

 many spectators accompanied the racers over the coiu'se In steam and 

 naphtha launches. 



The courses were the regular ones of this club, for classes A, B, 0 

 and D from an Imaginary line off the club house to stake No. 1 at 

 Guion's Point: No. 2, Boyd's avenue: No. 3, Brown^s Dock! No. 4. Fair 

 Haven; No. .5, at head of Flats, then to Nos. 4, .3, 3, 1 and fihish. 

 Classes E. and P. went aroUnd Nos. 1, 2 and bllle flag stake at Mc- 

 Olee's Creek to No. 2; to No. 1 to finish; audrepeattwitiearoUnd i and^ 

 to finish. . , ■ 



When the preparatory signal was given at 2:30 P. M. a bice brbtizti 

 was blowing from the southeast, which bef ote the finish got very light. 

 The stattingsignflls fOr classes A and B was given at 2:.35, for C and D 

 at S:40, and E and F at 2:45. The most interesting race was that in 

 class D, where the new Arrow, owhed by John Sawyer, Jr., was pitted 

 against Chnton James's well-known Undine, and Foriilan Sihlth's 

 IrmaT., Arrow finally winhing by 40S. froin Irma T., Undinfe bfeltig 

 third. Mr, James sailed this race with a Smaller sail than he Usdally 

 carries, having carried his mast out a week or more ago, and in con- 

 secjuence did not have a spar sufficiently long to hoist his large sail, 

 which handicapped him somewhat, though Arrow is very speed.y. The 

 following are the full times: 



CLASS A— CABIN SLOOPS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Edla, M. P. Sherman..; 27.07 1 55 48 1 26 23 



CLASS B OPEN ,TIB AND MAINSAIL. 



Augusta, Edward Kemp 22.03 1 51 36 1 16 16 



Myra B , Charles Allen, Jr 24,00 2 04 16 1 81 04 



CLASS D— CATS 30 TO 23FT. 



Lassie. Stewart Good 23.04 2 02 00 1 26 47 



Irma T.. Porman R. Smith 32.00 1 53 17 1 17 38 



Undine, Clinton R. James 21.10 1 54 51 1 18 59 



Arrow, John M. Sawyer, Jr 21.09 1 52 57 1 J6 58 



Tip Top, Geo. W, Gfilig 20.m% 1 58 51 1 Si 36 



Shrewsbury, Carl Wagner 21.09 1 56 16 1 20 16 



CLASS E— CATS 17 tO 20FT. 



Tarn O'Shanter, B. A . Fliess 19.11?^ Did not finish. 



Maygus, E. D. Miller 19.10 1 48 30 1 09 51 



Gertrude A., S. W. Roof, Jr 18.05 1 45 02 1 04 09 



Anna, W. B. Parsons 18.04 2 00 47 1 19 37 



Pauline, J. Frank James 18.00 1 49 21 1 07 46 



Gertie Brown, Joseph Carhart 17.00 Did not finish'.' 



CLASS F— CATS UNDER 17ft. 



Clytie, Delphord M. Fisher 16.02J4 Did not finish. 



Little Silver, Harry L. Powers 16.02 2 01 13 1 16 18 



Yum Yum, Vantini & Chadwick 16.01 3 08 17 1 23 12 



Louisa, Frank Taylor 15.011^ 2 23 09 1 35 06 



In class A the Edla came down and sailed in class B. The Augusta 

 is the winner in this class. In class D Arrow wins first and Irma T. 

 second. In E class Gertrude E. wins first and Pauline second prize. 

 In class F, Little Silver wins first and Yum yum second prize. Second 

 prizes were given where there were four or more entries. The judges 

 were George E. Gartland of the New Jersey Y. C. and Henry C. iVIiner, 

 Jr. of the Shrewsbury Y, C. After the race there was dancing at the 

 club house. : > 



Keystone Boat Club. 



TACONT, PA.— DELAWARE RTVBR. 



Saturday, Sept. 2. 

 Third annual fall race, twice over a triangle from the club house to 

 a buoy off Wright's Point, thence to a buoy off Straight Ditch; dis- 

 tance, 11 miles. Weather fair and cool. Wind westerly.' Tide ebb. 



i-'IR.ST CLASS— START 11:;36. 



Length. Finish. Elapsed. 



McGinty, Le Sage 15.01 1 37 00 3 01 00 



Elsie, Sballcross , 15.00 1 40 00 2 04 00 



Mina. A. Pedlon 14.08 1 43 00 3 07 00 



Yucca, Fisher 15.00 



Say When, McCuUy 14.06 



SECOND CLASS— START 11:11, 



Anna v.. McKane ...14.06 



Nellie Bly. Van Camp 14.06 



Anna T., Thuring 15.00 1 44 00 2 83 00 



Willie and Mary, D. Pedlon 15.00 1 43 00 2 32 00 



Little Harry, Hirst 14.07 1 45 SO S 34 -30 



Effie, Dingle 1'..00 1 40 30 3 29 30 



Edna F., Foster 15.00 



Nellie. Mousley 14.06 



Flounce, Arnold 15.00 . ,, 



Jennie D., Stockton ,14.06 . .. ., 



Ella, Long 15.00 



May, Neild 14.07 1 45 30 2 34 30 



THIRD CLASS— START 11:48. 



Chas. S. Austin, Austin 15.00 1 51 30 3 03 30 



Jesse W. Neal, Hill 15 . 00 



Mascot, Knight 15.00 1 53 30 3 05 80 



Jacob S. Disston, Dingee & Thuring 15.00 



FOURTH CLASS— START 10:51. 



Keystone, Richman 17.00 1 17 30 2 36 .30 



Maggie, Ay res 17.00 1 .35 00 3 44 00 



Sinbad, Coster •. 17.00 1 38 30 3 47 30 



Nigger, Elenn 15.00 



Winners: Class 1— McGinty first, Elsie second. Class 3— Effie first, 

 Willie and Mary second, Anna T. third. Class 3— Austin first. Class 4 

 —Keystone first. 



The McGinty won again, making it the fourth successive regatta she 

 has won. 



The second class race was the prettiest one of the lot, five boats 

 being within 30 seconds of each other nearly all through the race. 



The Chas. S. Austin, a boat 27 years old aud a winner of .50 prizes, 

 showed her superiority by again winning. This makes the fourth 

 straight regatta she has won. 



The Nigger, after being two minutes in the lead and short distance 

 from the buoy, carried away, and thus lost the race. 



The prizes were a handsome pair of field glasses to the four first 

 boats, and a pair of opera glasses to the second boats and a small pair 

 of opera glasses to the third boats. 



Regatta committee— Geo. LeSage, J. D. Knight, J. W. Metz, J. Hirst, 

 S. G. Dingee. Judges— Jas. Neild, Benj. Pontius, Chas. S. Austin. 



Beverly Y. C. 



The 205th race, second championship, was sailed at Marblehead on 

 Sept. 9 in a good southwest by west breeze. Courses, ten miles for 

 second class, nine for third and fourth, four and a half for kuock- 

 about-s. The times were: 



SECOND CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Susie, W. W. Kieth 28.02 3 01 28 1 63 34 



Ariel, J. Barrett 25.05 2 10 20 1 58 33 



Korbay, E. M. Horto^ 2 13 40 



THIRD CLjVSS sloops. 



Reaper. Com. Bengon 34.00 2 01 52 1 50 08 



Fi-eak, E. D. Cochrane 35.07 3 06 43 1 56 35 



THIRD CLASS CATS. 



Magpie, H. G. Otis 23.04 2 13 02 1 58 39 



Koorali, R. C. Robbins 23.04 3 17 17 3 04 SI 



FOURTH CLASS. ' 



Bonita, C. 0. Hood 20.09 2 27 13 3 11 45 



Sheerwater, Thos. Stevenson 18.04 2 33 51 3 15 04 



RNOOKABOUT CLASS. 



Otatsu. F. O. North 1 14 55 



Susan, H. Taggard 1 16 02 



Karl, C. H. AV. Foster 1 17 10 



Nancy, J. Saltonstall 1 18 15 



Nina, Eastern Y. C. , 1 20 51 



Francis, G. M. Wheeler 1 24 59 



Nancy protests Otatsu and Karl, subject to this Susie, Reaper, 

 Magpie, Bonita and Otatsu take first prizes and Susan takes third. 



In account of second championship White Fawn's name was acci- 

 dentally omitted. She takes second and leg for championship credited 

 to Magpie belongs to Koorali, as Magpie was not sailed by a member 

 cf the club. This makes Koorali champion of the class. 



While running from New York to Oyster Bay in the Sound on 

 Sept. 13, the steam yacht AUegra, owned by Col. S V. R. Cruger, met 

 with an accident in he fireroom, the explosion killing the flremau, 

 James Gill, and badly injuring the engineer, E. D. Barrett. The yacht 

 caught fire, but aid was sent from the Helvetia and the flames ex- 

 tinguished, the yacht being then towed to Hart's Island, where the 

 engineer was sent to the hospital, after which she was towed to City 

 Island. Col. and Mrs. Cruger were on board, on their way home from 

 New York. The engineer died next morning in the hospital The 

 boiler and engine were uniojui ed, and the exaot cause oCtlke explosion 

 is unknown, 



