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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 21, 1896. 
KING CHARLES SPANIELS.— Dogs." 1st, Mrs. J. S. Bukrer's Royal 
Baby; 2d and 3d. R. W. Holmes's Little Chummy and King Charlie. 
R., Mrs A. M. Goldsmith's Calumet St. Cyr. Bitches: 1st and 2d, R. 
W. Holmes's Nettie Bright Eyes and Little Mollie. 
BLENHEIM SPA.NIELS.— Dops: 1st, 3d and R , Ak-Sur-Ben Kennels' 
Dandy, King of Diamonds and Omaha Duke; 2d, Mrs. H. S. Hayden's 
Rex, Jr. Bitches: 1st and 2d. Ak Sur-Ben Kennels' Omaha Beauty 
and Buby ; 3d, W. C. Bishop's Dulcina. R., A. M. Goldsmith's Calumet 
Marquis. Puppies: 1st, Mrs. H. S. Hayden's Marquis; 2d, A. M. Gold- 
smith's Calumet Major. 
PRINCE CHARLES AND RUBY SPANIELS. — 1st, J. O. McCord's 
Miss Wally. 
ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. — Challenge— 1st, P. H Hoyt's Trixie. 
R, J. Lewis's Spring— Ovw—Dogs: 1st, P. H. Hoyt's Tee Dee. 
Bitches: 1st and 2d, P. H. Hoyt's Io and Valenza. 
CHIHUAHUAS.— 1st, 2d and R., Mrs. L. B. Brandt's Syti, Nellie and 
Duke. 
MISCELLANEOUS.— Bogs: 1st, G. A. Van Zandt's Rising Star; 2d, 
.7. Carver's Ben. R., W- W. Weare's Alaska. Bitches: 1st, G. A. Van 
Zandt's Blinkbonny. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The quarterly meeting of the New England Beagle Club 
will be held in Mechanic's Building, Boston, April 20, at 
a P. M. 
In the matter of the Manice Challenge^Cup, Mr. James 
Mortimer has notified Mr. E. A. Manice of the official 
awards as follows: First: Windrush Kennels' Princetta 
(jay—Princess); R , J. H. Matthews's Polly Flinders (Ptero- 
dactyl—Jargonelle). 
At the N. E. K. C. show, Mr. James Mortimer will judge 
bloodhounds, mastiffs, St. Bernards, Great Danes, New- 
foundlands, Chesapeake Bay dogs, whippets, bull dogs, 
pugs and miscellaneous. Mr. Chas. H. Mason will judge 
deerhounds, greyhounds, wolfhounds, Bassets, dachs- 
hunde, poodles, collies, sheep dogs and terriers, except 
Boston and fox terriers. Mr. John Davidson will judge 
foxhounds, pointers, setters and beagles. Mr. H. W. 
Smith will judge fox terriers. Mr. Alex. L. Goode will 
judge Boston terriers. 
The premium list of the Mohawk Kennel Club's dog 
show, to be held beginning April 14, can be obtained of 
Mr. Wm. T. Ford, Secy, Cohoes, N, ,Y. Mr. Chas. H. 
Mason will judge all classes, Mr. E. M. Oldham will 
superintend, The dogs will be fed and benched by Spratts 
Patent. 
In a letter of recent date Mr. N. T. DePauw, New 
Albany, Ind., informs us that he has arranged with Prof. 
Osthaus for a fine portrait of Jingo, one worthy of a 
pointer of the best that America ever J produced. Prof. 
Osthaus, we learn, will paint portraits of the pointers 
India, Nabob and Tippoo. 
The American Dachshunde Club. 
The club met Wednesday and Thursday to ratify a 
standard. The standard of the German Dachshunde 
Club, with the exception of requiring a longer leaner skull 
with moderate dome, was adopted. Mr. Arthur Froe.mb- 
ling, Chicago, was elected secretary. 
Faults and Interferences at Trials. 
Editor Forest and Stream; 
The manner in which a dog hunts (whether he is fast 
or slow), especially when he is locating game of which 
he has caught a faint scent, marks the class to which he 
belongs more decidedly than any of his other perform- 
ances. 
The too close proximity of men or horses, particularly 
of the competing handler and his dog, are very liable to 
spoil the good work that would otherwise have been 
done; so it seems to me that to test this particular quality 
properly, it would be far more satisfactory — and save 
time too — if each dog that had not already shown his 
ability in this respect was worked single-handed. 
The way in which he follows running birds and handles 
a scattered covey are also of the greatest importance. 
All these things test the intelligence and natural quality 
of a dog. 
As regards faults, false pointing (in an aged dog) is 
among the most serious, for it shows timidity, bad style 
of hunting, poor nose, or want of intelligence. 
Flushing ought only to be regarded as an accident if 
the dog has shown that he is properly careful (though not 
to the extent of pottering), has a fine nose, carries his 
head right, uses the wind properly, etc. , for scent is some- 
times very irregular and unevenly diffused through the 
atmosphere. A dog may catch it at a considerable dis- 
tance from a bird and miss it when close to him. I fully 
admit that fine field dogs are bred, and that no amount of 
education can convert a low class dog into a high class 
one; still I believe most sportsmen will agree with me 
when I say that careful and judicious training is necessary 
to make them pleasant and satisfactory to shoot over, 
and that there is no reason why dogs of the highest cour- 
age should not be thoroughly trained (though not neces- 
sarily in one or even two seasons) without injuring their 
natural qualities and turning them into "Dlug dogs." 
If from anything I have said in this or in any other let- 
ter anyone thinks that I do not consider that the class of 
dog that usually wins at field trials is the best that can be 
bred, I can only say that I must have expressed myself 
badly, I believe in dogs that have high courage, hunt in 
good form (that are intelligent, quick and snappy), that 
range well whether near or far, and that can go at great 
speed without distressing themselves or doing poor work 
on birds. C. E . McMurdo. 
Continental Kennel Club. 
The C. K. C. held its annual meeting in the Palmer 
House, Chicago, on March 12. The minutes of tbe pre- 
vious meeting were approved. The secretary's report 
showed a balance of $511. 83, and §10 due. This is a good 
financial showing. There was no indebtedness. The 
club appropriated money for a suitable floral tribute to 
the late president, Dr. Rowe. The officers elected were: 
President, Dr. N. Rowe; Vice-President*, C. G. Stoddard, 
Dayton; E. S. Gay, Atlanta; H. K Devereaux, Cleveland; 
R. Merrill, Milwaukee; G W. Ewing, West Islip, N. Y.; 
T. G. Davey, London; R. V. Fox, HarriBburg; F. H. 
Perry, Des Moines; Secretary-Treasurer, P. T. Madison. 
The chicken trials are to be held at Kennedy, or some 
point in Minnesota or Dakota. W. S. Bell was selected to 
3udge the chicken trials if arrangements can be so made. 
The quail trials to be held at or near Bicknell, Ind., be- 
ginning Nov. 2. Derby prizes, $350, $200, $150, $100, $50. 
Entry fee, |10 forfeit, $5 second forfeit, $10 to start; set- 
ters and pointers to run together. All- Age stake, purse 
$500; prizes, $200. $150, $100 and $50; setters and pointers 
run together. W. S. Bell and Royal Robinson were 
selected as two of the three judges. The third one will be 
announced later. The club deserves praise for disclosing 
its financial condition and all its workings, this in striking 
contrast to the workings of the U. S. Club, which refused 
to permit reporters at its meetings. A club draws its 
revenue from the public and there is nothing to conceal 
when public interest is sought. The C. K. C. made a big 
advance in electing an independent list of officers. The 
prize list for both trials is worthy of note. After the 
good work done by the pointers and their increase in 
numbers they can hardly ask for or desire separate stakes 
in the future. The reduction in the Derby entry fee will 
be a gratification to owners and is a wise act on the club's 
part. The entry fee in the All- Age is $10 and $10. This 
is also a wise and needed movement. With such skillful 
and progressive men at the head of affairs the club will 
no doubt hold successful trials and have an assured future 
of success. 
The Baltimore Kennel Association. 
Baltimore, Md., March 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
A new kennel club has been organized in Baltimore under 
the name of the Baltimore Kennel Association. The club 
will hold its first show in the Cyclorama Building, April 
14 to 17. It was deemed advisable to hold a show open to 
all comers this season on account of the very limited, time 
to be ready to follow Boston, and the management de- 
cided to make their first show a local show, open for com- 
petition to dogs owned in Maryland and the District of 
Columbia, and to give the proceeds to the Baltimore Day 
Nursery, a very popular non-sectarian charity managed by 
the leading society ladies of Baltimore. These la- 
dies have taken hold of the show in great earnest, 
having secured large contributions in cash and a 
great many valuable merchandise prizes; among the 
prizes secured are a number of valuable silver cups 
for specials, From present indications there will be 
at least 300 entries from Baltimore city and the State, 
and the show will be the most successful, without doubt, 
ever held in Baltimore, and will give the Baltimore Ken- 
nel Association a great send off for their show next year. 
When such prominent and well-known ladies as are man- 
aging the Baltimore Day Nursery take hold of an enter- 
prise, success is assured in the beginning. Let me add 
that dogs from anywhere can enter for exhibition, and be 
placed on sale, and that quite a number of the celebrities 
are expected to be on exhibition. The prizes will be 
merchandise for first and second, and a diploma for third. 
These prizes will be as valuable as money prizes, and will 
be appreciated just as much if not more so by most ex- 
hibitors. 
The officers are: President, Wm. P. RiggB; Vice-Presi- 
dent, Geo. Dobbin Penniman; Secretary, Dr. Geo. W. 
Massamore; Treasurer, J. Chambers Weeks. 
Geo. W. Massamore. 
The Philadelphia Kennel Club. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
At the meeting of the Philadelphia Kennel Club bench 
show committee on Friday evening. March 13, it was de- 
cided to hold a bench show in this city on April 14, 15, 16 
and 17, at Industrial Art Hall, Broad and Vine streets. 
Premium lists will be gotten out, if possible, on Wednes- 
day, March 18, and all other arrangements for the show 
pushed vigorously. Acting on the suggestion to have a 
guarantee fund, $1,000 has been subscribed and it will 
probably be increased to $1,500. 
The bench show committee is as follows: H. G. Sin- 
nott, Geo. H. Thomson, J. H. Winslow, J. J. Snellenburg, 
F. H. Fleer, Dr, Geo. D. B. Darby, Hildebrand Fitzger- 
ald. 
|£ Another meeting will be held on Monday evening, March 
16, at the Aldine Hotel, when it is expected that the 
judges asked to serve will be heard from, and all the pre- 
liminaries for the show arranged. 
At a special meeting of the P. K. C. resolutions on the 
death of Dr. Rowe will be passed. 
Bench Show Committee. 
In view of the exhaustive nature of the evidence for tne defense, a s 
disclosed by the extracts published in the Forest and Stream, it would 
seem that quite enough has been said about positive and negative evi- 
dence. Under the peculiar conditions of this case positive evidence is 
hardly possible. Ilf , for instance, Lord Dunraven's representative had 
left Defender at 8 P. M. and the Cup committee had put a member of 
the Valkyrie party aboard at 8:15 to remain until measurement next 
morning, it could still be urged, with technical justice, that there was 
no positive evidence that a fraudulent shifting of ballast had not oc- 
curred. It may be said that this is an extreme case, and that ten tons 
of lead could not have been disposed of in as many minutes; but if the 
detailed evidence of fifty men is to be believed, backed by many known 
facts, thiB would be hardly more impossible than the juggling with the 
Same ten tons three times in three days. 
We conclude this week the extracts from the evidence given before 
the special committee. The inquiries of Mr. Askwith were directed 
mainly to establishing that the weather of Friday, the day of original 
measurement, was so threatening as to warrant the putting in of extra 
weight for the race next day; even in a yacht that ordinarily would 
not need more ballast. In this he was far from successful, the replies 
in the main being similar to those of Mr. Rogers when questioned as 
to the stability of Defender and the need of extra ballast in any 
weather. Another point on which he laid stress was the condition of 
the water when Mr. Henderson was put aboard Defender on Saturday 
morning, as well as the possibility of determining a slight degree of 
list from a point beam on. The replies to both of these questions 
went to show that there was considerable motion to the water and 
the yacht at the time Lord Dunraven made his personal observations; 
while the possibility of determining a vessel's list from a point abreast 
her Was denied by all. 
The evidence of Mr. Rogers is interesting and important in that it 
discloses a fact that has been hidden until quite recently, and also that 
it furnishes another instance of Lord Dunraven's inability to compre- 
hend an ordinary business interview. Mr. Rogers— and his testimony 
is fully corroborated by Mr. Oanfleld— makes it perfectly plain that 
the marking of the yachts on Sunday morning was not, as at first 
generally believed, in consequence of Lord Dunraven's renewed de- 
mands, or even of his claim that Defender was over her lines; but was 
determined on at a special meeting of the Cup committee on Friday 
morning, Messrs. Rogers and Oanfleld being at once dispatched to in. 
form Lord Dunraven and Mr. Iselin. The latter fully agreed to the 
proposition, and was notified to be at the Erie Basin on Sunday morn- 
ing, it being then too late to mark the boats that day. Lord Dunraven 
was visited by the two members of the committee on board of Valky- 
rie; the decision oE the committee, finally granting the point he had 
been so long contending for, was made known to him plainly and delib" 
erate'y, and the matter of getting the yacht to the Basin on Sunday 
morning, and of Mr. Watson affixing the marks on both vessels, was 
discussed, Mr. Watson being present. Important as all this was, it 
made no more impression on Lord Dunraven's mind than did the 
taking down of his complaint and the reading it to him by Mr. Fish 
on Saturday, or the visit of Messrs. Oanfleld and Busk to Lord Dun- 
raven at the Waldorf on the evening preceding the last abortive race. 
In each of these three cases, deeply as he was concerned, Lord Dun- 
raven has apparently failed entirely to grasp the meaning of the 
communications made to him; and, from his own evidence, has only 
the most vague and indefinite ideas as to what was said. The gentle- 
men who have had to deal with him on these occasionss— Messrs. Busk, 
Oanfleld, Fish and Rogers— are widely and favorably known in busi- 
ness and club life as particularly able, careful and conscientious; they 
are none of them the kind of whom committees are too often made, 
but are among the best selections for such work that the club has 
made in years. It is more than strange that in three separate cases 
they should give plain, detailed and businesslike accounts of their re- 
lations with Lord Dunraven, while he, on the other hand, is 'hardly 
able to say more than that he may have seen them and they . may have 
spoken to him on one subject or another. 
The Dunraven Inquiry. 
MISCELLANEOUS EVIDENCE. 
The following extracts include only a very small part of the latter 
half of the volume, but much of the evidence is merely cumulative. 
We have selected the evidence of the first mate and the carpenter of 
Defender as fairly representative of some hundred pages of depo- 
sitions and personal evidence given by all but four out of the crew of 
forty meD, in addition to the riggers, tug boat captains and many 
others. The stories of Capt Berry, who acted as mate on Defender, 
and of carpenter Blizzard, are fully corroborated by those of the 
others, including Capt. Terry, of the schooner Grayling. 
Archibald Rogers, being called as a witness on behalf of Mr. Iselin, 
testified as follows - 
By Mr. Ohoate: 
Q— You were one of the Cup committee? A. — I was. 
Q.— And were on board when Mr. Fish was put on board by Lord 
Dunraven? A.— I was. 
Q.— Will you state what he reported to the committee? A.— I under- 
stood him to say that he had a serious matter to place before us, and 
that he thought that a committee meeting should be called at once. 
The members of the committee assembled in the stern of the boat, 
and he produced a paper, written in pencil, which he explained he had 
made on board the Valkyrie. That not wishing to trust entirely to his 
memory, he had thought it better to write down the points, and that 
he had read them over to Lord Dunraven, and asked him to make any 
suggestion as to their correctness or not. Do you wish me to go 
further? 
Q.— Will you state whatever be said as to any request of Lord Dun- 
raven accompanying that? A.— It was rather dark, and I think that 
he read the paper over. At all events it was read to the committee. 
He then said that Lord Dunraven would like a remeasurement that 
night, if possible. He also said that he had read this document to 
Dunraven; and I am under the impression that Mr. Fish said that 
Lord Dunraven had made one or two corrections or interlineations or 
something of that sort on this memorandum. That is all I remember 
of Mr. Fish's statement. 
Q.— Did he say anything about a request for the committee to take 
charge of one or either of the boats? A.— Not a syllable. 
Q.— Or put a representative on board? A.— Not a word. 
Q.— What do you say as to the reason why the request to remeasure 
that night was not complied with? A.— We were too far away from 
still water. 
Q.— If it had been morning or noon? A.— If it had been in the 
middle of the day it might have been possible. It would have been 
possible, of course. 
By the Chairman: 
Q.— What time did the races terminate? A.— I think Mr. Fish came 
aboard about 6 o'clock. I cannot be positive, but I know it was dark 
very shortly after, while we were discussing I his communication, 
Mr. Rives— The Valkyrie passed the line just before 5:30. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q.— To get up into the Basin, and get the measurer there, and have 
the measurement done before dark was Impossible? A.— Absolutely 
impossible. 
Q.— Did you or the Cup committee make any communication to Mr. 
Iselin about this? A.— I cannot speak for the rest of the Cup com- 
mittee. I did not. 
Q.— What experience have you had in yachting? A.— I have owned 
several racing boats, English cutters and so on. 
Q— Were you on the Defender either the day before or after the 
7th, in the Erie Basin? A.— I was on the Defender the day before the 
race, on the 6th. 
Q.— When she was measured? A,— When she was measured. Just 
after. 
Q.— Did you see how she set in the water that day in the Erie Basin? 
A.— Just casually. I was not paying any particular attention to her 
flotation. 
Q.— Would you or could you have noticed, as you approached her 
on the side, as you did when you boarded her on the morning of the 
7th, whether she sat deeper in the water or not? A.— I beg pardon. 
I did not board her on the 7th. 
Q — You did not? A —No, I was not on board of her on the 7th. It 
was the 6th when she was in the Erie Basin, 
Q.— You were one of the sub-committee appointed on Friday morn- 
ing, as it has been testified here, with Mr. Oanfleld, in consequence of 
the receipt of a letter from Lord Dunraven, asking for a marking of 
the vessel? A.— Yes, sir, I was. 
Q. — Were you at Mr. Smith's office at the meeting of the committee? 
A.— I was. 
Q.— Did you undertake to act with Mr. Oanfleld on that sub-com- 
mhtee? A.— I was so appointed. 
Q— What did you do in consequence? A.— I proceeded with Mr. 
Canfield over to the Erie Basin. 
Q.— What happened there, especially any communication with either 
Mr. Watson or Lord Dunraven? A. — It took us some time to get aboard 
on account of the crowd. The Defender was then being measured, 
and as soon as an opportunity occurred we hailed one of the officers 
on the deck and they sent a small boat and we were put on board. The 
Valkyrie not being In the Basin, we than went below and told 
Mr. Iselin of our function, and said that proper marks should be 
affixed in accordance with Lord Dunraven's request. Mr. Iselin re- 
plied that he saw no objection. On the contrary, be thought it was an 
extremely good thing, and he was very glad it was going to be done. 
Mr. Kersey then took us out on the Pulver to the Bridgeport, where 
we were received by Lord Dunraven, and then we communicated to 
Lord Dunraven the fact that we had come thereto tell him that while 
we did not understand exactly how these marks were to be affixed, 
yet that the committee had decided that the marks were to be affixed 
in any way that was agreeable to him, and that we were perfectly 
willing to have his representative, Mr. Watson, affix these marks on 
both the boats. 
By Mr. Rives: 
Q.— You said that to Lord Dunraven personally? A.— We did say 
that personally to Lord Dunraven. It was thoroughly discussed with 
him and with Mr. Watson, 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q.— Had the Valkyrie then left the Basin? A.— The Valkyrie had 
then left the Erie Basin and Mr. Kersey, in going out on the tug, made 
the rematk to me that it would be impossible for her to come back, 
for she had grounded; Bhe touched on going out, when she was towed 
out. 
Q.— Does your experience enable you to form a judgment as to 
whether, as the wind and weather were on the morning of the 7th, it 
would have been desirable to have the Defender fighter or more heavily 
weighted? A.— My experience would tell me that it would have been 
desirable to have had tier lighter. 
Q.— Why? A. — Because she is a boat of immense power, and any of 
the loose ballast she had for trimming inside, if taken out, would en- 
able her to go faster. 
Q.— You arranged, as you understood, to have them come back Sun- 
day? A.— Well, the instructions to us were to have these marks' 
affixed on Sunday. 
By Mr. Askwith: 
Q. — What time in the morning of Friday was it that you had this 
meeting with Mr. Canfield? Was it the sub committee meeting you 
