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FIXTURES. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 23— New England Beagle Club, at Oxford, Mass. W. S. Clark, 
Linden, Mass., Sec'y. Nominations close Oct. 1. 
Oct. 29.— National Beagle Club. Geo. Laick, Tarrytown, N.Y.. Sec'y. 
Nov. 5.— Brunswick Fur Club. Bradford S. Turpin, Dorchester, 
Mass. , Sec'y. 
Nov. 7.— Northwestern Beagle Club. Louis Steffen, Milwaukee, 
Wis., Sec'y. 
COURSING 
Oct. 9.— American Coursing Club's meeting at Huron, S. D. L. Zuta- 
verne, secretary. E. H. Mulcaster, judge. 
Oct. 16.— Kenmore Club's annual meeting at Goodland. Kan. C. F 
Weber, secretary. E H. Mulcaster, Judge. R. Taylor, slipper. 
Oct. 23. — Western Kansas Coursing Club's meeting at Leoti, Kan. 
. W. O. Allphin, secretary. E. H. Mulcaster, judge. R. Taylor, slipper. 
Oct. 30.— Cheyenne Coursing Club, at Great Bend, Kan. Ira D. 
Brougher, See'y. 
Oct. 30.— Altcar Coursing Club's autumn meeting at Holyoke, Col. 
S. W. Vidler, secretary. E. H. Mulcaster, judge. R. Taylor, slipper. 
Nov. 14.— California State meeting at Merced, Cal. J. R. Dickson, 
secretary. 
The Greyhound Stud. Book.. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
As the rules of the American Coursing Board have never 
been published In full and are not generally familiar to 
either the public or patrons of coursing, 'will you kindly 
publish the following rules relating to registration? Dogs 
that are now registered in the National Greyhound Stud 
Book are entitled to free registration in the American 
Coursing Board Stud Book. Any one desiring registration 
blanks will be supplied upon application to me. 
Roger Williams, Keeper Stud Book A. C. B. 
Lexington, Ky. 
Rule 4. The colors, sex, names, pedigrees and ages of all 
greyhounds, with the names of their owners, and the owners 
of their sires and dams, shall be registered in a greyhound 
stud book. The registration fee shall be twenty-five cents 
for each dog registered. The keeper of the stud book shall 
give a receipt for the registration fee of every greyhound, 
which shall be called a Certificate of Registration. 
Rule 5. The greyhound stud book shall be published 
under the authority of the American Coursing Board, on 
Nov. 1, Sr as soon after as possible. No greyhound shall he 
allowed to run at any coursing meeting held after Oct. 1, 
1894, unless it shall have been duly registered in the grey- 
hound stud book. 
Rule 6. Applications for registration of greyhounds shall 
be made on or before the first day of July, and registrations 
applied for subsequent to that date that do not'appear in the 
stud book of that year will appear in that of the following 
year. 
Rule 7. If the same name has been given to more than 
one greyhound, the keeper of the stud book shall give prior- 
ity to the dog first registered, and all other dogs of the same 
name must be renamed before they can be registered. 
Rule 8. All greyhounds whose names do not appearin the 
stud book or whose owners cannot produce a certificate of 
registration from the keeper of the stud book, on being re- 
quested to do so by the committee of any coursing meeting, 
shall be disqualified, and shall forfeit all entry moneys 
which may have been paid, and any stake or prize or share 
of any stake or prize won at such meeting, and such entry 
moneys, stake or prize, or share thereof, won by any dog so 
disqualified, shall be disposed of as provided by rule 37, 
applicable to disqualification. 
American Coursing 1 Club's Meeting. 
Mr. J. Herbert Watson, the secretary, writes us that 
the eighth annual meeting of the American Coursing Club 
will beheld at Huron, S. D., on Oct. 9, and following days, 
instead of Oct. 2, as previously announced. This change has 
been made necessary by the abandonment of the North 
Dakota Club's meeting at Oakes. 
The Huron people have added $200 in cash and they antici- 
pate a most successful meeting. This will be assured if the 
Eastern sportsmen who have greyhounds will ship them at 
once to Huron. If men like Mr. N. Q. Pope, who have plenty 
of material, will support the meeting by making entries, 
they will do much to encourage the sport and may rest 
assured that they will have just as fair a chance to win as 
though they were present at the meeting in person. Any 
does shipped to Mr. John Longstaff, Huron, South Dakota, 
will receive the best of care, and will, if requested, be 
handled before and during the meeting by a competent and 
honest trainer at a very small expense to the owner. Eastern 
sportsmen who would like a gallop on the Plains and see 
some of the most exciting coursing to be found on earth 
should not miss this meeting, for once experienced we are 
convinced that it would not be long before they had a team 
of longtails and were down with the form in real earnest. 
Northwestern Beagle Club's Field Trials. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
A meeting of the field trial committee of the North- 
western Beagle Club was held on Sept. 16, at 2 P. M., 
at Milwaukee, Wis There were present G. A. Buckstaff, H. 
A. Dillingham, E. H. Rummele, Fred F. Merrill, Chas. Niss, 
Louis Steffen. The minutes of the last meeting were read. 
The committee appointed to select grounds reported in favor 
of Columbus, Wis., which place was chosen. Mr. Joe Lewis, 
of Moodus, Conn., and Mr. Chas. C. Sidler, of Milwaukee, 
were chosen as judges. The entry fee is only $5, and a large, 
entry is expected. Over $3,000 worth of valuables will be dis- 
tributed among the winners in addition to the cash. Hotel 
rates have been secured at $1 per day for all wishing to 
attend. Transportation to and from the grounds, 50 cents a 
person. It is not necessary to be a club member in order 
to run dogs in these trials, they are open to all. Premium 
lists and entry blanks will be ready in a few days and will be 
sent to all parties known. Those that do not receive any will 
please send in their address. Columbus is on the La Crosse 
Division of the C. M. & St. Paul R. R., 63 miles northwest 
from Milwaukee. Any other information will be cheerfully 
furnished. Louis Steffen, Secretary. 
781 Thied St., Milwaukee. Wis. 
Higher Entry Fees. 
Denver, Col., Sept. 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: In 
reply to Dr. Q. Van Hummell, in your issue of Sept. 15, 1 
would state that the $5 entry fee for Altcar Produce Stakes 
had nothing to do with the entry fee of the Kenmore meet 
last fall, inasmuch as the Kenmore Club did not have any 
Produce Stakes, and therefore we could not copy them in 
that respect. My article states that our executive committee 
followed the example of the Kenmore meet to a certain ex- 
tent. In so far as they could follow the example of the Ken- 
more meet they did so, to wit, in fixing the fees for members 
in the Puppy Stakes and the Aged Stakes, at $10. Had the 
Kenmore Club had any Produce Stakes they probably would 
have followed the club in that respect, but as the Altcar 
Club were the first in the field with a Produce Stakes, it 
follows that they had no precedent to follow in this country, 
and therefore the executive committee fixed the fees at the 
figure they deemed best. As the Kenmore Club did not go 
beyond an Aged Stake and a Puppy Stake, the executive 
committee could not follow their example any further; but 
to this extent in regard to fees of the Altcar Club they did 
follow it. L. F. Bartels. 
HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 
A few weeks since we spoke of the draft of foxhounds that 
Mr. Wadsworth, master of the Genessee Valley Hunt, had 
imported from England. Five couple were from the Holder- 
ness Hunt, that good old Yorkshire pack that hunts over the 
chalk wolds, and to the music of their progenitors wehave en- 
joyed many an exciting run, and their advent brings to mind 
the day when Miss Hall, the daughter of old Mr. James Hall, 
themaster, familiarly called "Pop" Hall, pounded the field at 
that sluice near Market Weighton. The spirit to follow was 
willing in most of us, but the horseflesh was weak. If these 
new hounds live up to the speed and stamina of their sires 
and dams some fast fun is in store for the Genessee men. 
The names of the new dogs, kindly furnished us by the 
master, are as follows: Jailer, by Belvoir General — Holder- 
ness Rosemary. Saucebox, by Belvoir Shamrock — Holderness 
Laundress. Warden, by Belvoir Saracen — Holderness Wood- 
lark. Fielder, by Holderness Batehelor— Holderness Flourish. 
Silvia, by York & Ainstey Falstaff— Holderness Skillful. 
Songstress, by Holderness Ajax — Holderness Singwell. 
Audible, by Holderness Gaffer — Holderness Aspen. Bar- 
maid, by Holderness Bellman — Holderness Williug. Blem- 
ish, by Holderness Bellman — Holderness Willing. Beauty, 
by York & Ainstey Falstaff— Holderness Brazen. The others 
were from Lord Fitzhardinge's pack— the Berkeley. 
Through the courtesy of the keeper of the English grey- 
hound stud book, Mr. W. F. Lamonby, we are in receipt of 
the thirteenth volume, containing the names, colors, ages 
and pedigrees of greyhounds registered up to July 1, 1894. 
The registrations show a marked increase over those of last 
year, numbering 4,374 against 3.674. The number of indi- 
vidual owners who registered dogs during the past year is 
1,627, 266 more than in 1893. The new rule compelling owners 
to register litters within two months of whelping, which 
came into force Jan. 1, is a success, no less than 636 litters 
having been registered up to the end of June. The "Pedi- 
grees and Index of Winning Greyhounds" in 1S93-94, com- 
piled by Capt. Ellis, is a valuable feature of the book to all 
greyhound breeders, and "Dromas" again contributes a 
"Review of the Past Season," which is very interesting. 
Next year it is promised that all the registrations of the 
year will appear under an alphabetical list of sires, so that 
sires, dams and their produce may be seen at a glance. Ac- 
cording to the list of sires and the bitches that have been 
mated to them, Herschel and Young Fullerton seem to have 
been the favorites. The pictures of leading lovers of the 
leash are by no means the least interesting features of the 
book. Texture and her trainer, Mr. James Cowlin, are 
given, as well as Mr. Salter, Mr. James Hedley and others. 
The Altcar Club, Mr. L. F. Bartels informs us, have 
changed the place of meeting from Holyoke, Col., to 
LaCrosse, Kans. The date of the meeting will be Oct. 30 and 
following days, as announced. It is expected that the 
Cheyenne Club will change their dates to the week follow- 
ing, so that there will be no conflict. The change in Altcar 
dates and location was made to suit the coursing men, for 
the location of LaCrosse is better for those desiring to attend 
the different meets. It was quite a distance to go from 
Great Bend to Holyoke, especially after the dogs have been 
knocked about for a month. Under the present arrangement 
it makes it easier on the coursers' pocketbooks, easier on the 
dogs, shorter distances to travel, and saves time to rest the 
dogs after each meet. In making this change the Western 
boys from Colorado have put themselves out no little, as by 
going to Lacrosse they have to travel 400 miles from Denver, 
instead of only 180 to Holyoke. 
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The entries for the National Beagle Club of America's field 
trials will close on Oct. 8. George Laick, Secretary, Tarry- 
town, N. Y. 
Interstate Fair at Trenton, Sept. 24 to 88. 
The great Interstate Fair at Trenton grows more extensive and ino • 
portant each succeeding year, and the exhibition to he held from 
Sept. 24 until the 28th, inclusive, promises to be unusually attractive 
and comprehensive. Every department is replete with interesting 
and instructive sights. The blooded stock is particularly flue and the 
daily programme of races contains the speediest classes obtainable. 
Circus acts of rare merit and daring, and vaudeville entertainments of 
all kinds will be presented. 
The large purses offered for supremacy in the manifold species of 
exhibits and contests insure earnest efforts in the endeavor to prove 
superiority and excellence in the various departments. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad, as is its yearly custom on this occasion, 
will sell excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates from many of its 
principal stations within a wide radius, and special trains over the 
New York, Belvidere and Amboy Divisions will be run direct to the 
grounds. The tracks of this company are the only ones within three 
miles. Extensive preparations have been made by both the manage- 
ment of the Fair and the railroad company for the accommodation 
and the convenience ot the thousands who will not fail to attend an 
affair of such increasing importance.— Adv. 
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FIXTURES. 
SEPTEMBER. 
29. Miramichi, Race, Chatham to 29-30. San Francisco Cor., Cruise 
Newcastle. to McNear's. 
OCTOBER. 
6. Cor. Phila., Sweeps, Del. River 20. Cor. Phila., Club, Del. River. 
13. San Francisco Cor., Final Sail. 
We publish this week a specific repudiation on the part of Mr. H. 
Maitland Kersey of an alleged interview with him which appeared 
some weeks since in the Boston Herald. Another story of the 
Herald\i which we recently reprinted, attributing the blackballing of 
Mr. A. D. Clarke by the Royal Yacht Squadron to the adverse 
influence of Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, is now contradicted by 
the Yachtsman, which pronounces the report to be totally untrue. , 
A Pilot's Responsibilities. 
The question of the duties and responsibilities of a pilot has come 
up several times this season for discussion in relation to Vigilant and 
her British pilot. Capt. Diaper. In the case of a racing yacht there 
are other considerations than the mere legal ones, hut these are at the 
same time the more important.. The following, from the Marine 
Journal, deals very thoroughly with the legal side: 
We are asked what is the legal relation of a pilot to the master of a 
vessel, and how far is pilot liable for the safety of the vessel on hoard 
which he may be acting? 
Answer— The pilot is subordinate to the master when he is on board, 
and is required to possess all the knowledge requisite for the safe navi- 
gation of the vessel. 
In the case of Atlee vs. Packet Co., 21 Wall. 389. the Supreme Court 
of the United States defined his qualifications in the following words: 
"The character of the skill and knowledge required of a pilot in 
charge of a vessel on the rivers of the country is very different from 
that which enables a navigator to carry his vessel safely on the ocean. 
In this latter case, a knowledge of the rules of navigation, with charts 
which disclose the places of hidden rocks, dangerous shores, or other 
dangers of the way, are the main elements of his knowledge and skill, 
guided as he is in his course by the compass, by the reckoning, and 
the observations of heavenly bodies, obtained by the use of proper 
instruments. It is by these he determines his locality and is made 
aware of the dangers of such locality, if any exist But the pilot of a 
river steamer, like the harbor pilot, is selected for his personal knowl- 
edge of the topography through which he steers his vessel. In the 
long course of a thousand miles in one of these rivers, he must be 
familiar with the appearance of the shore on each side of the river as 
he goes along. Its banks, towns, its landings, its houses and trees 
and its openings between trees, are all landmarks by which he steers 
hisvesset The compass is of little use to him. He must know where 
the navigable channel is in its relations to all these external objects, 
especially in the night. He must also be familiar with all dangers 
that are permanently located in the course of the river, as sandbars, 
snags, sunken rocks or trees, or abandoned vessels or barges. AU 
this he must know and remember and avoid. To do this he must be 
constantly informed of changes in the current of the river, of sand- 
bars newly made, of logs or snags, or other objects newly presented, 
against which his vessel might be injured. * * * It may be said 
that this is exacting a very high order of abilty in a pilot. But when 
we consider the value of the lives and property committed to their 
control, for in this they are absolute masters, the high compensation 
they receive, and the care which Congress has taken to secure, by 
rigid and frequent examinations and renewal of licenses, this very 
class of skill, we do not think we fix the standard too high." 
Judge Clifford, one of the judges of the Supreme Court, wrote the 
opinion in Camp vs. the ship Marcellus, an appeal in admirality from 
the District Court to the Circuit, tried by him, which is reported in the 
first of Clifford Reps.. 491. He said: 
''While on board, the pilot, in the absence of the master, has the ex- 
clusive control and direction of the navigation of the vessel; hut if the 
master is present, the power of the pilot does not so far supersede the 
authority of the master that the latter may not, in case of obvious 
and certain disability, or gross ignorance and palpable and imminently 
dangerous mistake, disobey his orders and interfere for the protection 
of the ship and the lives of those on board. Divided authority in a 
ship with reference to the same subject matter is certainly not to be 
encouraged, and can never be justified or tolerated, except in cases of 
urgent and extreme necessity. While standing by and witnessing a 
self-evident mistake, manifestly and imminently endangering the ship, 
and certain to cause a collision, the master should not remain silent, 
but might well interpose, bo far at least as. to point out the error and 
suggest the proper corrective." 
Iu the case of the Earnmore, 44 Fed. Rep , 376, Judge Brown said: 
'•It i u , perhaps, but reasonable to assume that the master had by 
this time perceived that the pilot had been drinking, and was under 
the influence of liquor, and feared to trust him. In such a situation 
he was^called on to exercise his best judgment— whether to resist the 
pilot openly, and go according to his own judgment, or to come to 
anchor. The situation was an embarrassing one." 
Current Comment. 
This has been the most remarkable year since 1851, and when the 
slight degree of friction occasioned by the unfortunate occurrences to 
the Vigilant has passed away it will be universally admitted that the 
pressure has been beneficial not only to the racing fraternity but to 
the pastime. The whole intercourse of the great English-speaking 
countries cannot be better promoted than by peaceful contests be- 
tween vessels. These contests may engender a little bad blood between 
individuals, but they create good will among nations. 
What appeals to us most is the effect of the international rivalry 
upon yachting. It may be expected that the visit of the Vigilant will 
largely increase the demand for yachts, and we believe that the Vigi- 
lant's voyage will prove a lesson to our designers. The excellence of 
her 'bronze beauty 1 is undoubted. Given her own rules and her own 
elements and it will not be a foregone conclusion for the Britannia. In 
the Vigilant her designers had a splendid opportunity. Heretofore we 
have built yachts for this clime instead of America. 
"The Yankees have pursued a parallel course, being defenders and 
not challengers. The Vigilant may be a boat for one kind of weather, 
but we believe the lesson of the season teaches us that the Britannia 
cannot beat the Vigilant under New York rules, in the vicinity of 
Sandy Hook. In the past, designers haye always made the mistake of 
using the experience gained here to determine the type most effective 
there. The Vigilant has shown us the folly of this proceeding, and if 
we read the lesson aright the America's Cup will soon come to the 
land to which it belongs.— The Yachting World. 
English workmen are not accustomed to bronze ceaterboards, but 
at the same time, it is not unlikely that the first accident to the boat 
was caused by a strain upon some part of the mechanism which had 
been overlooked. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable coincidence that in 
each case the breakdown occurred in the same locality while the boat 
was on the same errand. Perhaps all this comes from sailing on Sun- 
day. Mr. Gould is a sportsman, and we sympathize with him in the 
ill luck he has sustained with his bronze beauty. His trip must have 
cost him a fabulous amount of dollars, and the result in respect of 
glory is very little. The Vigilant is an undoubted giant, but she met 
another giant who was a trifle her superior. The repeated damage to 
her centerboard does not impress our yachtsmen with the advantages 
of the contrivance, and few owners of yachts would make such vic- 
tims as Mr. Gould, who has been compelled to scratch two out of three 
races in which he especially desired to compete. It was a cruel for- 
tune. — Yachting World. 
A great many of us are old enough to remember the murmurs and 
growls there used to be at the old club rule which declared a race null 
and void if not finished before 8 P. M. or 9 P. M„ as it might please a 
cbmmittee to determine. In 1875, when the yacht owners drew up 
their own rules, this closing time was abolished, but the Royal Dart 
Y. C. adhered to it in a special form, altered from time to time, the 
intention of all meaning that the duration of the race should be 
limited. The A merican clubs have a similar rule to pursue, so far as 
possible, that the matches are sailed in a good moving breeze, so that 
the yachts are fairly tested, This, no doubt, is all very well in 
America, and at one time might have been unobjectionable in this 
country; but, as far as we are concerned, the time limit is quite an 
obsolete precaution. There are now no days for re-sailing matches, 
as the yachts have just as much as they can do to get from port to 
port to fill their engagements, according to the fixtures; the result is 
that declaring a race null and void simply means leaving the prizes in 
the hands of the clubs; in fact, if the time limit had been generally 
adopted this season, at least half the prizes would have been retained 
by the clubs. Considering the cost of a day's racing, it is small 
wonder that yacht owners always objected to race twice — or it might 
be half a dozen times— for the same prize, and it is a matter of sur- 
prise that the sailing committee of a well managed club like the Royal 
Dart should not recognize the objection and do the same as other 
clubs do— stop the races early in the afternoon when there is no 
prospect of their being concluded by sundown. — The Field. 
Comment on the Vigilant's record should not be closed without a 
word or two about "jockeying." The British press has made some- 
what sarcastic comments on the complaints in some American papers 
about the "unfairness" of the Britannia's tactic3in "weather-bowing" 
Vigilant in going to windward, or in "jockeying" her by luffing to 
prevent her passing when on a reach. 
The comments are justified, and the American papers making the 
complaints have not known what they were talking about, or have 
made them from misplaced patriotic motives. No such complaints 
have come from those who were at all posted in the rules or practice 
of yacht racing. On the contrary, they have had a full appreciation 
of the skill of Britannia's skipper and the speed and handiness of his 
boat which enabled him to do these things. The wisdom of so doing 
in some cases has alone been questioned, 
In almost every race the Britannia has secured the weather berth, 
as much by reason of her quickness of movement as in any other 
way, and has thus been able to "weatherbow" the Vigilant for a time 
at least. In the light-air races she has been able to keep this position, 
but in stronger breezes Vigilant has always crawled out from under 
her lee, and when once clear has gone away so fast as not to need a 
return of the tactics. There is no "unfairness" here, nor in "blanket- 
ing." or taking another boat's wind by luffing across her stern when 
running off the wind with spinnakers set. 
Nor is there any "unfairness" in luffing to prevent a boat from 
passing to windward on a reach. The question is then simply one of 
judgment as to whether it is better to go away off the course in a ''luff - 
iog match" and let a following boat profit by it, or to go on about 
your business and depend upon your speed. 
In forcing a "luffing match," honors appear to be easy between the 
boats. Britannia was apparently in bad judgment when she forced 
the Vigilant so far in shore on the south side of the Isle of Wight that 
both boats grounded, while Vigilant was certainly in error in start- 
ing the "luffing match" with Britannia, which let Satanita win the 
prize. 
So far as the writer has been able to see from the accounts of the 
racing, there has been no unfair "jockeying" on either side, but plenty 
of good "up and up" sailing.— Bost on Globe. 
