Jan. 6, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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cocker spanies, A. Clinton Wilmerding, New York city; 

 collies, Dr. L. C, Sauveur, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 black and tan, white. English and toy terriers and Italian 

 greyhounds, Dr. H. T. Poote, New Rochelle. N. Y.: poodles, 

 Irish, Dandie Dinmont, Scottish, Skye, BedHngton and 

 Yorkshire terriers and toy spaniels, Dr. M. H, Cryer, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa ; wire-haired fox-terriers and old English sheep- 

 dog, R. P. Mayhew. New York. city. 



Those invited, but who have not yet accepted are Trenor 

 L. Park, New York citv, for bulldogs; C. Albert Stevens. 

 Hoboken, N. J., for bull-terriers, and Lewis L. Rutherford 

 for smooth fox-terriers. 



It makes but little difference who judges at New York, so 

 far as entries go. as everybody that has a dog worth anything 

 will show. The adaptability of most of the judges for 

 their breeds can be explained. Dr. Poote, Dr. Sauveur and 

 F. T, Underbill are the only untried ones, and are identified 

 with the breads they will adjudicate upon. The selection of 

 Dr. Cryer, who has been identified only with pugs, to pass 

 upon such now important breeds as poodles and the different 

 rough terriers, is scarcely treating the breeders with due 

 consideration. It is to be hoped that Messrs. Park, Stevens 

 aud Rutherford will accept, as they have all owned Food 

 ones. Mr. Heath knows -a pointer well, and should be well 

 indorsed by his fellow-breeders. The others have faced the 

 music before many a time. 



The premium list will be issued shortly and will not mate- 

 rially differ in the amount of regular prizes from that of last 

 year. 



St. Bernards at Providence. 



That a mistake has evidently been made somewhere in 

 the awards of the mastiff and St. Bernard classes at the last 

 Providence show is very evident from the following letter. 

 We may here remark that Forest and Stream awards were 

 identical with those reported by Mr. Fellows, the judge, in 

 Ft t-v dor's Journal: 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I noticed the correction in Forest AND Stream in regard 

 to the mastiff and St, Bernard clases at the Providence show. 

 But you make the corrections under protest, I should infer 

 by your letter to me, and I don't much wonder when you 

 come to look at the reports in all the other papers, and 

 especially the judge's report in Fanciers 1 Journal. In this 

 report you will notice a discrepancy in the criticisms which 

 follow the list of awards, Mr. Fellows does not seem to 

 find but two dogs iu these classes to criticise, that is, the 

 mastiff Abe, which really was Philip, and the St. Bernard 

 Eulalie, which was Abe, the St. Bernard. The judge did not 

 see Eulalie after awarding first to her in the puppy class on 

 the stage, as his report was made after the classes were »U 

 judged. To assist in convincing you further that my version 

 is a correct one, I would say that Abe won second at the 

 Pawtucket show a year ago to Mr. Moore's well-known 

 Melrose, first, and if you refer to Forest AND Stream of 

 Jan. 5, 189&, you will certainly experience a revelation, as 

 your own criticisms of Abe then are in the main identical 

 With the reports on Eulalie as per Forest AND Stream and 

 Fanciers Journal last week. We all had a good time at the 

 Providence show, but somebody got mixed. Who you think 

 it was? . G. W . Patterson. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

 questions i-elating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. O. 

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

 Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Management and dogs will also receive careful attention. 



C. W. B., Trenton, N. J.— You had better advertise for English 

 hares. 



M. H. L., Williamsporfc, Pa.— There is no such breed as English 

 waterfronds. 



S. H. S , Cleveland, O— Yes, the article on bulldogs has been well 

 received, but we do not recommend breeders. Consult our advertising 

 columns or advertise for what you want. 



J. D. C , Concord, N. H.— I have a foxhound two years old, and the 

 enamel is coming off his teeth, chiefly around the base ol the teeth, 

 and his breath smells very badly. He seems to feel well when out 

 hunting and eats well, keeping in good condition. Have treated him 

 for worms and I do not think be has any. Did you ever hear of the 

 enamel coming off from the teeth of so young a dog? Ans. The 

 enamel only becomes diseased after distemper and then only in 

 patches. From your description I think it is only an accumulation of 

 tariaronthe teeth. Remove this tartar, and the offensiveness will 

 disappear— apply the following wash to the gums: 



IJi. Acid carool m.x. 



Tr. card 3ss. 



Tr. myrrh 3 ii. 



Alum exotic grs.x. 



Aq. ad 5iii. 



Mix. Ijotio. 



H. J. H., Seattle. Wash. — Two weeks ago my bull-terrier bitch Bess 

 in a short fight received a wound extending from the inside of the 

 lower lip to the outside of the opposite jaw, passing below the skin 

 and under the points of the jaw. A few days later while standing 

 with her forefeet on a bench (J had shortly before dressed the wound 

 and was then sponging her mouth as she slobbered a great deaD, she 

 slowly tui ned half round on her hindfeet and fell unconscious. She 

 recovered in a few minutes sufficient to move around very slowly. 

 This occurred in a very warm room. Last Thursday morning while 

 she was following a cable car on a steep grade and having only gone 

 120yds , the last part very slowly, she reared up and again fell sense- 

 less. When I reached her she had recovered somewhat, but her 

 tongue was a bluish color. Previous to receiving the wound she was 

 very lively and strong, but now is quiet and mopish. She is now de- 

 veloping a case of distemper. Her age is 16 months and her puppies 

 are 4 months old. She nas been cut very badly in other fights, but has 

 been all right till now. A half-brother has fallen in convulsions 

 several times, both while walking aDd running. A neighbor has a 

 Better pup between four and five months old. whose hindlegs appear 

 to be pai aly zed. His appetite is good and he is otherwise in good con- 

 dition. Ans. The bitch may have simply fainted or may have had a 

 fit. Keep her quiet. Allow no exercise. Dress the wound daily and 

 give the following mixture: 



Quimnesulph ....grs.xxiv. 



Acid hydrobrom. dil 3ss. 



Ferri phos z i. 



Aq. ad J vi. 



Give one teaspoonful three times a day. 



For the setter puppy treat for worms. Give the following pills: 



B. Ergotine. grs.xii. 



Ext. nucis vom grs ii. 



Mix and make 1 a pills. Give one twice a day for 10 days and then 

 three times a day. Give milk after meals. H* there is no improve- 

 ment after this use galvanism. 



G-oodland, Kan., is located about 175 miles east of Denver, 

 on the. Rock Island road. A special railroad rate has-been 

 applied for, and will be made. The hotel accommodation is 

 good; the grounds are ideal, and hares strong. Water ex- 

 cellent. Saddle horses and teams plentiful, and can be hired 

 at very moderate prices. Any further information will be 

 given by the secretary, Sam W. Vidler, Colorado Snring«, 

 Col. Intending nominators are requested to notify Mr 

 Vidler as soon as possible, as another purse will be made up 

 if entries warrant. 



FIXTURES. 



Jan. 15.— Brunswick Fur Club's winter meet. Bradford S . Turpin, 

 Secy 



Altcar Coursing Meets. 



There is evidently a poetical sentiment abroad in the 

 [Altcar Coursing Club, for we find the following old couplet 

 at the head of their programme of the coming meeting: 

 "Say thou wilt, course; thy greyhounds are as swift 

 As breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe." 



, The inaugural meet of this club will be held at Goodland, 

 Kan., on Feb. 20 and following days. The judge will be 

 Wm. Green, and slipper Ralph Taylor, as previously an- 

 nounced. The Altcar Stake will be run, for 33 or more all- 

 aged greyhounds at $10, winner 50 per cent, and S115 added; 

 runner-up 85 per cent, and $45 added; third and fourth, 12K 

 per cent, and §10 each 



• • • • 



HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 



"Mr. Thos. Hitchcock, Jr., will hunt the country round 

 Aiken, N. C, three days a week dur'tna: the winter, having 

 taken a pack of fox-hounds down with him. The country is 

 good and foxes plenty, so excellent sport is expected. 



• • * ■ 



On Dec. 27 the West Chester, Pa., hunters had a novel ex- 

 perience. Dropping a fox at a point north of the town, ten 

 couple of bounds were laid on and the fun commenced. 

 After running a short time revnard turned from his line at 

 ritrht angles, and entered the town of Wmt Chester at West 

 Gay street, and ran its entire leneth into West Goshen. By 

 this neat move the fox saved bis brush, as the hounds lost 

 the scent, and the fox e:oing away toward Frazer made good 

 his escape, hounds and hunters being entirely at fault. 



• • • • 



The English courser George Gregson still follows the hare 

 and the hounds, though be is SO years of age. He was the 

 owner of Roaring Meg, the Waterloo Cup winner of 1862. 



• • • • 



The winter meet of the Brunswick Fur Club will com- 

 mence at Freeport, Me.. Jan. 15, and continue one week. 

 Headquarters will be at the Harra«eeket House. Frppport is 

 on the Maine Central Railroad, with thrpe trains daily from 

 Boston. The club meetine will be held Jan. 15 at, 8 P. M. 

 Fox-hunters will be heartily welcomed. A standard for 

 judging foxhounds will be submitted. 



• • • • 



Mr. S. S. Howland will hunt the Annapolis hounds this 

 winter two or three days a week. The pack has been 

 strengthened by twenty couple of srood hounds from Eng- 

 land. Foxes gray and red are plentiful in that country, and 

 the soil is sandy and freezes onlv on rare occasions. The 

 fields are of good size and fenced with rail and snake fences. 

 The farmers are in sympathy with the sport and will join in 

 the fun themselves. The meets will he arranged so as to 

 afford sportsmen in Baltimore and Washington every oppor- 

 tunity to participate. 



• • • • 



Mr. S. C. Bradley, so well and favorably known in field 

 trial circles, has returned from the South to his place at 

 Greenfield, Conn. He writes us that foxes are plentiful in 

 his neighborhood and he can have a ran almost any day. 



• • • • 



The best fox hunt of the season took place Dec. 25, at the 

 Three-mile House, Lancaster township, in which a large 

 number of huntsmen participated. Reynard had a start of 

 fifteen minutes and gave the horsemen a run of fifteen miles 

 before be was pulled down. During the run he circled 

 Chestnut Hill, eonv'ng back to the starting point with 

 hounds in full view but evading them by a cunning trick 

 finally crossed Little Conestoera Creek. Nearing historic 

 Wheatland, the home of President Buchanan, the hounds 

 ran into him, Mr. Hambright beiug the only rider in at the 

 death. 



§xcJ(iittg. 



So much has been said in American papers concerning the "ballast 

 crew" of Vigilant, that it is rather extraordinary to find an English 

 paper, and above all the Field, attempting to depreciate the value of 

 this sort of shifting ballast. As applied to Vigilant rather than to an 

 imaginary vessel, the Field's assumption is that the two tons of bal- 

 last, if not carried on the deck, would h' placed below the present 

 keel: but a much more plausible assumption is that the designer has 

 already disposed the bulk of his lead at the lowest desirable point, and 

 that if his two tons of crew were denied him by the committee, the 

 weight would necessarily be made up by inside lead, stored (as we as- 

 sumed in our consideration of the subject) above, and not below, the 

 existing keel, and hence less effective. 



In comparing the effect of ballast in various positions, several 

 methods of invesigation are possible, but in all the controlling factor 

 is the horizontal separation of the various weights and the center of 

 buoyancy, and the most direct is by a simple comparison of the hori- 

 zontal distances within the ordinary sailing angleof such a wide vessel. 

 Of course the height of the weight has an effect on the result, but in 

 the case in question, of Vigilant at her ordinary sailing angle, it is too 

 little to he worth considering. Even admitting that the general 

 method employed by the Field is correct and applicable, any man 

 who has sailed a wide b<mt in summer weather with both fixed and 

 live ballast in turn will deny the accuracy of a calculation which seeks 

 to prove such an extremely low value for live ballast on the weather 

 rail as compared with the same weight of lead stowed below. 



The New York Herald of Dec. 24 contained an excellent article on 

 stability and the metacenter, by Lewis G. Nixon, late naval construc- 

 tor in the U. S. Navy and now with the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. 

 Mr. Nixon is an expert, and his clear explanations are in strong contrast 

 to the many blunders that the Herald has lately made in treating on 

 naval matters. 



A Cheap Cruise. 



(Concluded from Page 57k.) 



Finally I found myself at St. Nazaire, a dreary little port on the 

 great, shallow Loire, and by the next day 1 was scudding under a fresh 

 N. E. wind westward ho! again. That night I anchored off Eenoiet, 

 having done one hundred miles in fourteen hours. But it was anxious 

 work among all those rocks, For from the lie de Groiz, off Lorient, 

 to the Quimper River there are miles of rocks; and well lighted as the 

 dangerous coast is, yet every danger cannot be provided against, and 

 the old pilot who came off to see me next, morning declared I must 

 have crossed a very dangerous patch called the Basse Jaune, near the 

 Glennan Islands. I don't believe I did, for there was no water on it 

 when I passed, but I have no doubt I went very near. One gets used 

 to an intimacy with rocks off the coast of Brittany which would 

 startle a stranger. 



The return journey to England was a little ticklish, as the crew had 

 cut his foot and I had to do all the work. The wind was ahead all the 

 way, and very strong at times, so much so that I had to lie to and 

 strike the topmast during a heavy thunder squall. But the old boat 

 comes out well under these circumstances, and it is then one appre- 

 ciates her great b am. We were two days and two nights crossing. 



After a short si ay in Falmouth, v. e took a run up to Cowes in time 

 for the regatta week, and then returned westward. By the middle of 

 August I was back at Falmouth, and my freckled one siid he wanted 

 to go home. He had sailed many miles, and was anxious to play the 

 .hero to his father's customers. Besides, he did not wish to go round 

 Land's End. I now had to find another crew. 



At Fowey I picked up a capital man. He was hunchbacked, but 

 very strong and willing. He agreed to go round to Aberdovey in N. 

 Wales for 35s. a week, finding himself, or £2 10s. the trip. I found he 

 thought we should be a fortnight or three weeks over the voyage. 



We started at 8 on Saturday morning, Aug. 2f>:bvl0 that night we 

 were off the Longship Light off the Land's End, and bv 4 the next 

 afternoon we s-ere entering Padstow Harhor in a strong breeze from 

 N N.E. The sea was heavv outside, and it looked like worse coming. 

 I had never been round on the west coast before and found the sea in 

 the Bristol Chanuel as had as I had been led to expect. 



Padstow is a wild harbor to make for. One has to so so close to the 

 cliffs on the west side that there is a notice board put up telling- mar- 

 iners to kepp close in. I can't say T had much time to read this, as the 

 wind was nearlv dead aft. and a heavy sea running, aud it took tor all 

 I could do to prevent gybing. There are no buoys to mark the chan- 

 nel, and the anchorage off Padstow is limited in "snace as well as shal- 

 low. Next dav, as the wind had lulled and shifted to the S.E I started 

 early. By 1 o'clock I could just see Ltmdy Island away on our star- 

 board beam, and by 10 o'clock at night the Smalls Lighthouse was vis- 

 ible bearing N. by W. The wind had been playing about all day and 

 had finally settled down right ahead. 3 



We had sailed over 100 miles, however, since 7 that morning.; 



All that night we made little wav. The tide was sweeping out of 

 the Irish Channel and the breeze was with it. 



By daybreak next morning I could ju=it make out what I took to be 

 St. David's Head, looming like an extinct volcano against the crimson 

 and eold of the coming sun. 



All that day we had a hard breeze right ahead. By nightfall we 

 were 7 miles to the north of Port Cardigan and well into Cardigan 

 Bay. By dint of a most, unjustifiable bit of audacity I had cheated the 

 tide race off Strumble Head and slipped into Fishguard Bay, thus 

 saving three hours' rough and tumble on the edge of the tide. The 

 coast is very fine here and I had the first idea of the coming glories of 

 the Welsh scenery. 



As for the Breton coasts there is nothing strikingly pretty or grand 

 after passing the. neighborhood of Brest. The most, striking part is 

 the rocky nature of the coast, but that is what I tried to avoid. Here 

 the coast was mountainousf Imost; splendid headlands and wild cliffs, 

 deep bays and narrow inlets, rock-studded and tortuous, opened up 

 rapidly a«s we sned along the Cardiganshire coast. 



When night shut down we were nearly becalmed in the very center 

 of the great Bay which has St. David's Head on its south and Bardsey 

 Island on its north for its limits. 



We made perhaps 14 miles that night. I was afraid we might pass 

 Aberdovev in the dark, for T had never been here before, and had not 

 even a chart of the coast after leaving Padstow. AH I had was the 

 index sheet of 'he Admiralty charts, which was about as useful as the 

 map of a railway time table. 



When day dawned I found we were approaching a hilly shore. Smoke 

 and mist, bung over a dark patch in a valley, and I judged we were 

 coming to Aberystwith. 



As the day grew the wind freshened. In another hour we were otvno- 

 site the town which I took for granted was Aberystwith, and sped on 

 toward a large indentation some 0 miles ahead. 



This might he the Divev estuary and these ridges are the Welsh 

 Mountains, so T settled in my mind while I searched about for an 

 opening in the long line of sand heaps which formed such a brilliant 

 contrast to the purple mountains behind, rising ridge on ridge to a 

 rugged peak which towered over all. There was no doubt about the 

 beauty of the sc°nery; I was looking upon Cader Idris and some of 

 the loveliest districts of Wales. 



By sounding I soon found we had every need to be careful. The 

 coast was verv shoal about here. The estuary I was approaching 

 was a bar harbor and the sandbanks which hedged it round were 

 evidently a little bewildering. However, hy dint of great caution, and 

 with the rising tide, I found myself anchored off an old village, a busy 

 quarry where a few coasters were loading slates, and a heather- 

 covered ridge of steep hills: I was in the so-called shelter of Aberdovey. 

 Later on I had reason to find out that unless we had very strong 

 moorings properly laid there was little comfort or safety in this pic- 

 turesque river. 



It had taken us four days to sail round from Fowev and we had 

 sailed over 400 miles to get to Aberdovey, but we had the wind ahead 

 all the way. I was glad I had agreed to pay by the week instead of 

 the trip. However, my hunchbacked one left me here to join his 

 shin for the winter season. 



For a fortnight I was captain and crew of my old vessel once more. 

 Finding, however, that I must either lay down expensive moorings or 

 clear out before the next spring tides came on. and having explored 

 the lovely scenerv all round, I decided on putting to sea again. A 

 tall, delicate-looking young fellow said he would like to go with me 

 for the same wages he had received on his last vovage. He frankly 

 said he was not, a spama", but then I had been used to that, provided 

 he would do what I told him that was all I wanted. So the bargain 

 was struck and we set sail with a falling glass and head wind. 



Cardigan Bay with a strong westerly wind and during the strongest 

 spring-tide can be nasty. I beat over to the shelter of the long promo- 

 tory which juts out from the Sunodon district and ends in the wild 

 headland of Braich-y-Pwll (don't ask me to pronounce in. There, by 

 dint of dodging round some islands callpd St. Tudwells Islands, I man- 

 aged to keep ourselves from harm, and then took the first chance of 

 making for Holvhead. We spent five davs in dodging the gale, but 

 reached Holyhead in a day's sail from St. Tudweii Roads. The wind 

 was ahead as far as Bardsey Round. Then it fell calm. Then it blew 

 hard and we flew across Carnarvon Bay to be tossed wildly in the 

 fierce race off the Saulterstack Lighthouse until the final shelter under 

 the magnificent breakwater of Holvhead was reached bv midnight. 



Here we remained for three days while the gale blew itself out. 

 when I decided to set sail for Dougla=, Isle of Man. After three days 

 I started again northward, and by midnight I found myself anchored 

 in Loch Rvan in Wigtonshire. but the seventeen hours' sail from 

 Douglas had been a very stiff one AH went well until we were fairlv 

 across from the Isle of Man to the Mull of Galloway. Then a black 

 and very fierce squall came down, and amid the fury and darkness of 

 it the old ship was driven out of her course. When the miserv was 

 over a black rock was close to us on our lee, the Mull of Oalloway 

 was away to windward, and we were headed into the great inlet called 

 Luce Bay. 



It was a dead beat to windward, with a strong tide against us; for 

 two hours we made little progress By dark we were four miles to 

 the north of the Mull, and from that time onward it took me all my 

 sailing to judge where we were It was black: I could see no light 

 except the masthead light of many steamers, for we w°re right in the 

 track of the Liverpool and C'yde traffic. I knew the shore was close 

 on our lee, but I could see nothing of it. However, all worries have 

 an end sometime and sompfiow. We reached Loch Rvan in safety by 

 midnight and anchored off Stranraer Harbor in three fathoms. 



At Stranraer I experienced the first taste of Scoth cleverness. I was 

 induced to go inside the harbor for the purpose of scrubbing. The 

 tide never fell low enough to do it and the harbor master wanted to 

 make me pav 10s harbor dues and 10s. for scrubbing. I have since 

 found that the able character of the harbor master is well supported 

 by the rest of his countrymen with whom I have had dealings. 



Leaving Stranraer we had a splendid run up to the Isle of Arran, 

 past the well-known Ailsa Crag, and anchored in Lamlash Ray. Of 

 course it rained hard and blew strongly most of the time: it would not 

 have been Scotland if it had not, but the scenery between the squalls 

 was beautiful. 



From Arran I took the old ship through the Kvles of Bute, up Loch 

 Ridon and down to Rothesay, passing between the narrowest channel 

 of the Burnt Islands. Here I had a little fright. The wind shifted 

 just as I was entering the very narrow ditch— for it is nothing more — 

 and blew strong right ahead. I had no room to wear an' 1 was obliged 

 to work through. The tide wa= against me, too. By dint of hauling 

 over the boom to windward and much care I got through without 

 touching, but I could have touched any one of the four beacons easily 

 with my hand. I have never been in such a tight place before. 



I did not like Rothesay. It blew a gale from the S.W. and I came 

 away under the trysail and flew up Lnugh Long. At one moment the 

 old boat was nearly gunwale under, even under her trysail; the next 

 she was bolt upright and all the sails limp and motionless. At one 

 time the ensign blew out from the S.W., while the burgee was flying 

 stiffly from the N.E. At this period I was not calm. 



Loch Long is most picturesque. The yachtsman anchors against 

 the mountain side. As I was anchored half'-wa« up it I got out and 

 climbed to the top. I think I saw all over Scotland. Anyhow, I saw 

 the Ailsa Crag and Wigtonshire one way— the Firth of Forth and the 

 east coast another way, and Ben Nevis and the Grampians the other 

 way. There is not much more of Scotland to see, I don't think. 



It is not often a yacht takes you half up a mountain. 



From Loch Long I came down to the Gare Lock, where the old ship 

 will try and spend the winter. But it can blow and it does rain. 



Now, I have tried to make all this as short as I could, but there were 

 a great many places to be touched upon. Of course one does not do 

 all these miles in a yacht almost single-banded without many adven- 

 tures and risks. I had my share, and if the yachting editor would 

 allow me space I could spin a good many yarns which might point a 

 moral a"d adorn a sail. But that is not the objpet of mv writing this. 



What I am driving at is to show how very cheaply and comfortably 

 a man may visit some of the most delightful, out of the way, pic- 

 ture.-que or famous places in the Old World, simply by paddling one's 

 ovvn canoe. Such a sailing vessel as I am writing "this paper in offers 

 every comfort. There is no "pigging" it. I have carried my house 

 with me down the Bay of Biscay, into every Breton nook and corner, 

 among the most unsophisticated of the French peasantry, where Old 

 World Ideas of religion, of custom, of habit, of thought, still linger, 

 where the memories of Lancelot du Lac, of Du Guesclin, of Anne of 

 Brittany, of the Chouannerie of La Vendee are still realities. 



From the heather and rocks of Brit'any to the heather and rocks of 

 Cornwall, that kindred land, to the cultured world of latest fashion 

 and most fin de siecle life, the Isle of Wight in Cowes week. Back 



