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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 14, 1894. 



The Foxhound Standard. 



Editor Forest amd Stream: 



In answer to your letter asking me for my opinion on the 

 Brunswick Fur Club standard I may say that at the first, meet- 

 ing of the American Foxhound Club, held at Saratoga, Jan. 19, 

 it was unanimously agreed that each member draw up what 

 seemed to his individual mind the proper standard from 

 which an American hound should be judged, and present 

 his views in writing to the secretary of the club, and the 

 following is my letter on the subject: 



Perhaps there is no breed of dog upon which opinion is so 

 widely at variance as the foxhound This fact will in a 

 great measure account for the diversity in type, which as I 

 xinderstand the object of our club, is to attempt to overcome. 



I think most of the members will agree with me when I 

 affirm that the head is by far the most characteristic part of 

 all animals— man not excluded. If I should ask your opin- 

 ion of a certain man's nationality you would not look to see 

 how he was bent iu stifles or what sort of feet and legs he 

 had. You would most likely look at his head and infer 

 from that alone, for that only can tell the story. Therefore, 

 I would particularly urge upon the members of the club 

 that whatever we may decide to adopt as our standard for 

 an American hound, let the head be so distinctly American 

 in all that the word implies that even the most casual ob- 

 server could not fail to recognize it as such. Now, inasmuch 

 as the head is the most distinguishing feature, T would re- 

 commend that the head and throat be regarded 15 points in 

 value in judging from a 50 point standard. My reasons for 

 advocating the above would be to prohibit dogs with the 

 English type of head from winning on the bench in a class 

 for American dogs, no matter how good they might be at 

 other points. 



FfTn presenting my own views of an ideal American hound, 

 I must first say that I do not approve of a large dog. Ex- 

 perience has taught me that a small well-built hound has 

 many advantages over a large and heavy one, among which 

 may be mentioned running on crust and ice with less liability 

 to f ootsoreness. We must bear in mind that something more 

 than a set of long legs is required to run well. A dog must 

 have plenty of bone and muscle, together with a fine large 

 sound pair of lungs (facts which the advocates of the giraffe 

 type are very apt to overlook). You may naturally ask the 

 question, how is a dog of say 19 or 20 inches to compare in 

 speed with the larger ones? To this let me reply, he does it 

 in the same manuer and from thesameidentical reasons that 

 the fox does. He is much lighter and consequently more 

 agile, takes better advantage of the ground over which he 

 runs, and his muscle,wind and feet being equal in proportion 

 to the larger one, we are very apt to find the little hound 

 well in the lean, particularly if the race be a long one. 

 srRe the standard advocated and published by the Bruns- 

 wick Fur Club, I am very well suited, perhaps with the ex- 

 ception of size and type of head. The fact is quite obvious 

 to my mind that this so-called standard was made more to 

 suit a certain strain of dogs owned by certain men, than for 

 the advancement and welfare of the American foxhound. 



Just imagine a nice, well -built dog with nothing discrimi- 

 native in a head, which may be either domed or rounded, and 

 with short ears — a bead which might be taken by anybody 

 for a cur's. Why not have the ears cut (A la bull-terrier)? 

 At all events, the thing is just laughingly absurd. There 

 appears to be a sort of speed mania among the fox hunters 

 of to-day, together with a theory that practical fox catchers 

 can be bred, and hi riding their hobbies the hound is entirely 

 lost sight of. There we have a standard advocated describ- 

 ing a fine, speedy dog, with nothing particularly character- 

 istic in head to indicate whether he is a foxhound or fox- 

 terrier. The B. F. C. wisely reduce the valuation of this 

 typical head from 15 to 10 points in 100. They might go still 

 further and dispense with it entirely without doing American 

 foxhounds the slightest injustice. 



The following 50-point standard will express my own ideas 

 of a model foxhound: 



Head and Neck (15 points). — Head should be moderately 

 long and narrow, slightly domed, with prominent occipital 

 bone and entirely free from wrinkle. Eye, dark brown, full 

 and expressive. Muzzle, moderately long, well developed 

 and clean cut, without any marked or defined stop. Flews, 

 shallow and receding from nose. Nose, black in color, with 

 open nostrils. Ear, set well back on head and of good thick- 

 ness; their length from tip to tip should correspond with the 

 dog's height at shoulder. Neck, clean, muscular and taper- 

 ing from head to shoulders. 



Body and Loin (10 points). — Chest, deep and capacious, 

 with close, well-rounded ribs, and back ribs well defined. 

 Hindquarters and back strong and muscular. Thighs, well 

 spread. Shoulders, firm, upright, strong and clean cut. 



Legs and Feet (10 points). — Forelegs, straight, with plenty 

 of bone and muscle. There should be a slight enlargement 

 of bone at the pastern joint to give strength. Elbows should 

 be let down well to give freedom of motion. Hindlegs, 

 should spread sufficiently to clear front legs in running; 

 hams should be straight behind. Feet should be round 

 and compact, well cushioned and haired between toes, with 

 high, prominent knuckles. 



Tail (5 points). — Tail should be set on moderately high; 

 large at base and tapering gradually to a point, and showing 

 a decided brush. 



Coat (5 points).— Coat should be long, dense, rather harsh 

 to touch, perfectly flat and of a wet resisting nature. 



General Appearance (5 points). — Dogs should stand 19 to 

 Slin at shoulder and bitches 18 to 20in. They should present 

 in appearance a very compact, cobBy little dog, symmetrical 

 in shape, with the very best of legs and feet, and showing 

 plenty of hound character. 



Color. — This is a matter of taste, although I try in breed- 

 ing to avoid any except black, white and tan. 



SCALE OF POINTS. 



Head and neck 15 



Legs and feet .".10 



Body and loin 10 



Coat 5 



Brush 5 



General appearance 5 



Total 50 



Dr. H. T. Thuebek. 



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HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 



The San Francisco Coursing Club will close the season with 

 a club stake for members only, on April 15. The club will 

 add $150 to the purses. 



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Several of the hunt clubs around West Chester, Pa., are 

 losing a number of valuable foxhounds through distemper. 

 Already eleven hounds have succumbed and others are badly 

 affected. 



• • ■ • 



Mr. L. F. Bartels, of Denver, Col., writes us that on March 

 23 some scamp cut a panel out of his barn door and stole 

 his well-known black and white greyhound dog Border Buf- 

 fian. He thinks the dog may have been shipped out of the 

 city and wishes to warn fellow coursing men to be on the 

 lookout for him. 



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Mr. Winehell has forwarded the following letter to the 

 Hornell-Harmony Kennels, and as the inquiry unwittingly 

 opens up a new line for beagles, we publish the letter: "Dear 

 Sir— Have you in stock the man-hunting beagle hound pups 

 of pure blood? If so please send me a description of them, 



stating price, age, size when matured and disposition. I am 

 looking for dogs to use in detective work. If you haven't, 

 etc." There is no reason why the beagle should not make 

 as good a man trailer as any'other hound. He has all the 

 qualifications of perseverance, intelligence, nose and voice to 

 fit him for the work. 



• • • • 



Mr. Fred'F. Merrill, of Milwaukee, Wis., is evidently 

 getting together a pack of good working beagles, for we 

 learn that he has just purchased from that rare good fancier 

 and sportsman, ''Johnny Dngan" Zimmer, as his chicken 

 friends affectionately term him, the noted beagle stud dog 

 Stormy, winner of third, and special for best voice at N. B. 

 C. field trials of 1891. Says Mr. Zimmer, "When hunting 

 qualities are desired I do not believe the dog lives that is 

 more valuable as a sire, as I never knew of a single pup 

 sired by him while I owned him but was a good hunter, and 

 that he sired hunters previous to the time he came to my 

 kennels you have the living proof in his daughter Snow. 

 This bitch is also now, we believe, in Mr. Merrill's kennels. 

 Mr. Zimmer reports his dogs as all in prime condition — fit to 

 kill, we suppose— and trade was never better despite the 

 "hard times." This is encouraging news. 



FIXTURES. 



15. Savin Hill, Open, loft, class, Dorchester Bay. 



MAT. 



1. New Jersey, Open, N. Y. Bay. 26. Portland, Cruise. 



24. St. Lawrence, Squad. Cruise. 30. So. Boston, Open, City Point. 



JUNK. 



2. St. Lawrence, 18ft. Class, first 16. American, Ann., L. I. Sound. 



series. 16. St. Lawrence, A, 30, 25, 21ft. 



4. Brooklyn, Ann., New York. Classes, second series. 



5. Atlantic, Ann., New York. 18. Squantum, Club, Squantum, 

 7. New York, Ann., New York. Mass. 



9. Larchmont, Spring, L. I. Sound 18. Massachusetts. Open, Nahant. 



9. St. Lawrence, A, 30, 25, 21ft. 23. St. Lawrence, 18ft. Class, third 



Classes, first series. series. 



9. American, Special Class, New- 23. Sea. Cor., Ann., L. I. Sound. 



bury port. 23. Yonkers Cor., Ann., Hudson 

 IS. Sohoodic, Special Bace. Club. Biver. 



12. New Jersey, Ann., N. Y. Bay. 23. American, Seaver Cup, New- 



13. St. Lawrence, 18ft. Class, sec- buryport. 



ond series. 30. St Lawrence, A, 30, 25,21ft. 

 15. Portland, Annual. Classes, third series. 



JULY. 



2. A. M., St. Lawrence. A, 30, 25, 14. St. Lawrence, A, 30. 25, 21ft. 



21ft. Classes, challenge cup; Classes, fifth series. 



P. M-, steam yacht race, 18ft. 14-21. Larchmont, Cruise, Long 



fourth series. Island Sound. 



3. Sea. Cor., Race, Oyster Bay to 17-18-19. Interlake Y. A., 1st Meet, 



Larchmont. Lake Erie. 



4. Squantum, Cham., Squantum, 21. Squantum, Cham., Squantum 



Mass. Mass. 



4. Larchmont, Ann., L. I. Sound. 21. American, Seaver Cup, New- 



4. City of Boston, Open, Boston buryport. 



Harbor. 28. Squantum, Flint Cups, cabin 



7. Dorchester Bay Clubs, Union cats, Squantum, Mass. 



Race, Dorchester Bay. 28. Indian Harbor, Ann., Long 



7. St. Lawrence, A, 30. 25, 21ft. Island Sound. 



Classes, fourth series. 30. Schoodic, 2d Cup Race, Club. 



12. Schoodic, 1st Cup Race, Club. 



AUGUST 



— . New York, Annual Cruise. 18. American, Seaver Cup New- 

 4. Squantum.Ladies 1 Day, Squan- buryport. 



turn. Mass 25. Quincy, Open, Dorchester Bay. 



13. Schoodic, Open, St. Andrews. 25. Squantum, Club Squantum, 

 16-17-18. Corintnian, Midsummer Mass. 



Series, Marblehead. 27. Schoodic, 3d Cup, St. Andrews. 



SEPTEMBER. 



, Larchmont, Fall, L. I. Sound. 15. Larchmont, Larchmont Cup 

 Squantum, Club Run, Squan- Long Island Sound. 



turn, Mass. 22. Squantum, Cham , Squantum, 

 Hull Cor., Open, Hull. Mass. 



So. Boston, Opnn, City Point. 22. American, Seaver Cup, New 

 New York Y. R. A., Ann.,N.Y. buryport. 

 Schoodic, Sail-off for Cup. 



The English papers are now bragging over the exploits of two new 

 Yarrow torpedo boats, Havock and Hornet, the latter having made a 

 speed of 28.33 nautical miles. Measured mile and even sea trials may 

 be all very well for effete Europeans, but if the builders of these boats 

 want a ''World's Record 11 which will stand, with unlimited free adver- 

 tising thrown in, they must come to New York and race against the 

 Monmouth and Sandy Hook over the shoals in the Lower Bay. 



Since the latter part of last week the yachting world has been on 

 the qui vive over a report which is alternately made and denied on un- 

 impeachable authorities that Mr. James Gordon Bennett has pur- 

 chased Vigilant from the Morgan-Iselin syndicate, and will race her 

 abroad this season. Now that all hope is over of racing on this side' 

 the next best thing will be the sending across of the recognized repre- 

 sentative of the Cup Defending class. While American yachtsmen 

 have always been prompt and liberal in the matter of defending the 

 Cup, they have for many years shown little disposition to assume the 

 offensive rather than the defensive in international yachting, the ven- 

 ture of Mr. Carroll last season being the first serious attempt in many 

 years. There is something bold and chivalrous in an expedition of 

 this kind which places it on a far higher plane than any measure of 

 mere defense, however well it may he carried out; and it will be a 

 matter of general congratulation if the report prove correct, and 

 Vigilant carries the flag of the New York Y. C. into British waters. 



If such a venture is to be made, it could be in no better hands than 

 the owner of Henrietta and Dauntless, one of the oldtime racing 

 yachtsmen, a sportsman and athlete from his boyhood. Mr. Bennett 

 is but one of many famous yachtsmen who have long since abandoned 

 sail for steam, or yachting for other sports, and whose names are fast 

 becoming only pleasant memories to sailormen. The return of one 

 such to active racing is a substantial gain to the sport, much needed 

 in these days of syndicates. 



The times in the steam yacht races in the Mediterranean are slow, a 

 matter of less than fourteen knots. However much American design- 

 ers and steam yachtsmen may be disposed to scoff at such speeds, 

 they may well make a note of the fact that two bona fide races he- 

 tween steam yachts have actually taken place in European waters 

 while the many alleged attempts at racing between thirty-one-knot 

 flyers about New York have one and all resulted in discreditable fail- 

 ures 



It is the Commercial Advertiser of New York which is responsible 

 for the report that Vigilant was "built without stanchions," and much 

 work will therefore have to be done on her before she can cross the 

 Atlantic Such slipshod methods of construction are much to be rep- 

 rehended, and it was really very wrong in the Herreshoffs to build her 

 in this way. 



The Taledo Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., E. D. 

 Potter, Jr.; Vice Com., William Gates; Fleet Capt., H. S. Bissell; Fleet 

 Surgeon, Dr. M. H. Parmelee; Sect'y and Treas., George P. Brayley; 

 Meas., J. W. Hepburn; Directors: E. D. Potter, Jr., L. C. Van Vleck, 

 William Gates, T. W. Childs, George P. Brayley, Ed Mitchell, J. W. 

 Hepburn, L. Mathias, A. P. Crane. 



Capt. Bayly's Yachts. 



"We have several times had the pleasure of publishing the designs of 

 Capt. Henry E. Bayly, of Exmouth, Eng , a veteran yachtsman and 

 amateur designer. In connection with his latest design, for a bulb-fin 

 cruiser of 1 rating, the Field gives the following interesting particu- 

 lars of his work as a designer: 



Of the many amateur designers Capt. H. E. Bayly, of Exmouth, has 

 perhaps won most distinction, and has practiced the craft now nearly 

 40 years He began with the 15-tonner Ethel in 1856, which had a lead 

 keel of 1% tons— a really wonderful thing in those days— and since 

 then has turned out 52 designs. In these he has, of course, suited all 

 the moods of fashion that could be traced from the beamy craft of 

 1856; the plank on edge of 1886, and the broad, shallow, pram-bowed 

 bulb-keeler of 1894. Noted among the racers which he designed and 

 built was the famous 15-tonner Buccaneer of 1865; the successful Buc- 

 caneer (19 tons) of 1879; the extreme 3-tonner Spankadillo of 1882. and 

 then after 1887, such well-known names in the rating classes of 2.5 and 

 under as Scaramouch, Jack o' Lantern, Picarroon, Thelma and 

 Soprano, besides many cruisers, from the 50-ton Frog to the 20rton 

 Murre. His latest contribution to specimens of marine architecture 

 is the 1-rater Scourge, which has been designed for cruising and handi- 

 cap racing. The rig is main and mizensail of the fashionable leg of 

 mutton lug type; the yard points in a line with the mast, and its heel 

 is "jawed" to the mast; the boom is goose-necked to the mast. The 

 leach of the mainsail has a round of about 1ft., which is steadied by 

 battens. The mizen is a simple 'Mudian. The lead keel is "bulbed," 

 and weighs about 14cwt. ; through the bulb a good-sized center-plate 

 is fitted, and there will be a small center-plate under the forefoot 

 about 1.5sq. ft. The boat is being built by Mr. Hodge, of Dartmouth, 

 and will be quite a stylish-looking craft; this feature, however, is com- 

 mon to all Capt. Bayly's craft. 



niMENSIONS.— scourge. 



Length over all 25ft. 



Length on l.w.l 20ft. 



Breadth 7ft. 



Draught of water 2ft. 6in. 



Displacement 1.9 tons. 



Center of buoyancy aft center of length of l.w.l 0.55 1. 



Center lateral resistance ditto 1.4ft. 



Center lateral resistance, including center plate. ..... 1.1ft. 



Center of effort of sails abaft C.L.B., plate down 0.15ft. 



Center of effort of sails (mizen excluded) ahead ditto 1.6ft. 



Weight of lead keel 13%cwt. 



Sail area— total 296 sq. ft. 



Waterproofing. 



Of late we have received numerous inquiries for receipts for water- 

 proofing of all kinds, for clothing, tents and canoes; an evidence that 

 our readers are preparing for a new season afloat or under canvas. 

 Many of these have been published in the Forest and Stream at var- 

 ious times in the past, but for the convenience of new inquirers we 

 reproduce some of the best receipts. The following directions for fin- 

 ishing a canvas canoe were furnished by an amateur who has had an 

 extensive experience and now turns out a boat that is probably as 

 duraDle and serviceable as can be had in canvas, and that is saying a 

 great deal. 



'•The frame is first well oiled with boiled linseed oil, then, after, the 

 canvas is all on, I give it a good coat of boiled linseed oil, mixed with 

 turpentine and dryer, about a wineglass full of each to a gallon of oil. 

 Some authorities recommend first wetting the canvas, as it then takes 

 less oil, I do not do this, as the oil will not fill the grain so well, and oil 

 is cheap The oiled canvas should lie for a couple of weeks to allow 

 time for the oil to harden thoroughly, and once a day the canoe should 

 be turned over and left for the next twenty-four hours with the other 

 side up, as while the oil is fresh it has a strong tendency to run or 

 'seep 1 down to the lowest part of the boat, where it collects in a 

 thick, gummy mass that will not dry. When the oil is dry and hard, 

 I mark off a line parallel with the deck and some 5in. below it, where 

 a bilge keel is placed later on ; and the bottom below this line is then 

 painted with black asphaltum varnish, thinned with a little turpen- 

 tine. The sides above the line, as well as the decks and fittings, are 

 painted with linseed oil paint, in any desired colors, and left to dry 

 for ten days or two weeks, until perfectly hard, when another coat is 

 put on. Even after this the canoe is left for a further time to dry be- 

 fore putting it in the water, by which time the canvas becomes a hard, 

 tough, leathery skin that will stand unlimited scraping and knocking 

 about; and th9t will be almost as good as new in its second season 

 with one coat of paint." 



The oiled clothing, yellow and black, is made by patented processes 

 known only to the makers, and the best is apt to be sticky on slight 

 provocation. The materials used are linseed oil and dryers. A mix- 

 ture of linseed oil and turpentine will make cloth waterproof without 

 impairing its flexibility. A full account of the sugar of lead process 

 was given in the Forest and Stream of Jan. 16, 1890. If any of our 

 readers have had success with home-made oil clothing we shall be 

 glad to hear from them. 



Mosquito Boats and Mosquito Fleets. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The origin of the word "Corinthian" as applied to various sports, 

 including yachting, seems to be pretty generally understood now by 

 all interested in the subject. But the use of the word "mosquito" in 

 relation to yachting does not appear to be as clearly understood. 



A friend recently wrote me: "You are out of your reckoning on 

 the mosquito question. The application of that 'insectism 1 (if I may 

 use the term) to yachts or boats was first made by an association on 

 Barnegat Bay. It has not as yet been adopted in England and is one 

 of those crazy Americanisms that are permitted because we love 

 novelty above good taste." 



Now, the gentleman is entirely at error, not only as to the origin, 

 but as to national precedence. 



The term "mosquito" I hardly need inform you, Mr. Editor, has 

 long been in use in English waters, and one of their early famous 

 flyers bore the name "Mosquito." 



A glance at the etymology of the word will readily explain its 

 applicability and entire appropriateness to certain yachting organiza- 

 tions which use the term The Latin for fly is "nausea" and the 

 Spanish "moscha;" furthermore, the latter language, rich in diminu- 

 tives, tacks on to "moscha" "quito," the diminutive for little, and 

 gives us "mosquito," or "little fly." 



By a very slight stretch of the imagination a mosquito fleet is an 

 organization of little flyers, or siugle-handed boats. 



There are as many ways of spelling mosquito as there are degrees 

 in Masonry — thirty-three, I believe. So when we read of a yacht club 

 calling itself the "Corinthian Mosquito Fleet" we realize at once, with 

 a knowledge of these two terms, its perfect adaptability for the 

 object in view. F. S Grant, M.D., 



Ex-Com. Corinthian Mosquito Fleet. 



Knockabout Boats in Boston. 



Said George Lawley yesterday : "We are at work on thirteen knock- 

 abouts of our own designs, beside a few others from local designers. 

 Orders for this type of boat are coming in now quite frequently, and 

 it looks as if there would be a big fleet out the coming season. The 

 boats are fairly fast, are uncapsizable, and, to my opinion, will make 

 better and more comfortable cruising boats than the catboats. The 

 yachtsmen ordering them will not be limited as to dimensions, but 

 desire boats such as will be the best for cruising. O wners prefer to 

 build these boats for their own comfort, rather than build a boat re- 

 stricted in dimensions." 



The average cost of a knockabout, with from 1,500 to 2,0001bs. of 

 lead on the keel, is about $800. The cuddy, which is forward, is of 

 good size, with transoms wide enough for berths. The sail plans are 

 moderate, and can be carried comfortably in most of our summer 

 breezes. The lug sail boat on Clyde is similar to the present knock- 

 about, and this type is used a great deal in British waters, and is very 

 suitable. 



For letting purposes the knockabout will prove a safe boat, and 

 with its growth the number of drowning accidents will be greatly 

 lessened. Sailing parties can come and go in any weather, and under 

 short sail they are absolutely safe. The boats now building by Law- 

 ley are very substantial ones, well put together, and for style and 

 looks quite an improvement on the catboats. 



The knockabouts are especially adapted to Buzzard's Bay, where 

 the wind is strong and puffy. The knockabout is a fine boat for the 

 young beginner.— Boston Herald. 



C Oliver Iselin, the chief owner of Cup winner Vigilant, is gradually 

 recovering from his recent illness, but is not yet in a humor to make 

 any plans for the coming season of yachting. Mr. Iselin recently told 

 a friend that it was doubtful whether Vigilant would be put into com- 

 mission this season. Had Lord Dunraven shown any disposition to 

 race the English cutter Valkyrie against Vigilant, Mr. Iselin would 

 have consented to put Vigilant in commission. At the present time 

 there does not appear to be a sloop in her class to give her a race, and 

 the bronze sloop may not be seen under sail this year.— New York 

 Advertiser, April h. 



Com. Forbes has finally decided to fit out Volunteer, under the 

 single-stick rig shipped late last fall, in part that of Pilgrim. The 

 yacht will take part in the New York Y. C. cruise, and the fact of one 

 of the class being in commission may stimulate others. 



