AxjQ. it, 1896.3 
FOREST AND SfREAM„ 
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The officers and members aore as follows: President, 
Norvin T. Harris, Lyndon, Ky.; First; Vice-President, 
Royal Robinson, Indianapolis; Second Vice-President, J. 
L. Adams, Louisville; Third Vice-President, Richard Mer- 
rill, Milwaukee; Secretary -Treasurer, P, T, Madison, In- 
dianapolis. Members: Hon. Stanley Adams, Louisville; 
L. Rausch, St. Lnuis; Hon. Thos. Taggart (mayor), Hon. 
Harry S. New (editor Indianapolis Journal), Wm. H. 
Dye, Geo. T. Kerr, Horace F. Wood and S. H. Socwill, 
all of Indianapolis. 
One member will be chosen at Bicknell and one at Oar- 
lisle. It now rests with the handlers and owners to make 
the prizes as large as they desire. Entries wiU be accepted 
from any part of the country ; therefore, wins in this club's 
trials will be as valuable as those of any other club in 
America, The trials will be judged by Mr. Royal Robin- 
son and Mr. S. H, Socwill. The printed matter will be 
ready for mailing in a few days. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y-Treas. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
Mr. J. B. Blossom writes us that his Irish setter bitch 
Dollymount (Signal — Duchess) whelped sixteen puppies 
(twelve dogs) by Bedford on July 25, Only seven are liv- 
ing. This was an exceptionally large litter. As both sire 
and dam are noted winners, great expectations are had of 
them. Mr. Blossom adds: "I don't recall my advising 
you that my Bedford, winner of first in the great Lexing- 
ton, N. C, field trials, 1893, was bred to Coleraine at the 
last New York show — result, a litter of twelve (seven dogs) 
on April 22. The usual mishap which makes the breeding 
of blue bloods a perpetual disappointment has gradually 
reduced the number to two bitches, of which I have one, 
a beautiful little lady of over three months of age. 
Coleraine was a beautiful bitch, but was ruined in this 
country by bad training and handling. In England, 
although only whelped in April, 1890, she won first in 
Derby in National Field Trials; third, All- Aged Stake, 
Kennel Club Field Trials. 1891; also third in Derby and 
All- Aged Stake, U. S. F. T. C. Trials, 1891. As you know, 
I purchased some time ago the Irish setter Brian Boru II. 
I then said that he had the darkest blood- red coat that I 
ever saw, bar none. As Rosamond, winner of first in 
open class. New York show, 1896, was the darkest red 
setter there, I bought her and bred her to Brian. The 
pups ought to be of superb color, for Brian is a number of 
shades darker than even Rosamond. She is good in the 
field also, as I expect Brian to show himself to be." 
In a letter bearing recent date Mr. Walter L. Mann, 
secretary of the Orange Gun Club, Orange, Mass., writes 
us that Mr. L. A. French's Irish setter, a famous field 
dog in that section, was killed by an electric car. 
The Breeder and Sportsman says: "At a meeting of the 
San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Society, held at Stockton 
on Tuesaay evening last, it was decided to hold a bench 
show on Sept. 30, 31 and Oct. 1 and 2. Medals will be 
awarded in all classes. There will also be two handlers' 
prizes of $20 and $10. The office will be opened and the 
premium list will be issued on Aug. 15. Applications to 
the American Kennel Club will be made at once. The 
Stockton fanciers guarantee 100 dogs from that section." 
Let us hope that the Society will not stick to Sept. 31 too 
closely, as elsewhere that date is not in high esteem. 
Mr. John Wootton, honorary secretary-treasurer of the 
Manitoba Field Trials Club, is to be congratulated on the 
good showing he has made in the list of Derby entries, 
numbering twenty-five, published elsewhere in our col- 
umns. No doubt but what there will be a successful 
chicken trial in Manitoba this year. 
^heeling* 
Communications for thi8 department are requested. Anything on 
the bicycle in its relation to the sportsman is particularly desirable. 
THE SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES. 
Nowadays there are schools where three generations 
from the same family go to learn, and where children, 
parents and grayheads go into the same class. We doubt 
if Mother Shipton, who prophesied so many wonders that 
have come to pass in our day, would ever have dared to 
predict this leveling which is now an accepted fact. 
However though that old worthy may have foreseen the 
locomotive engine and some of the uses of electricity, the 
bicycle was beyond her ken, for when the bicycle is at the 
root of a fact, both prophecy and reasoning fail. 
The rise of the great army of cyclists in this country 
has necessitatod bicycle schools where persons who lack 
confidence in their own ability to learn to ride go for in- 
struction. These schools are scattered everywhere, and 
the large cities have them by the score. Sometimes they 
are instituted by the agents of a particular bicycle for the 
use of their patrons alone, and sometimes they are open 
to every one who has the necessary fee for instruction. 
In HartfordjConn. ,the home of the Columbia bicycle in- 
dustry , is a notable 8chool,f rom which from April 1 to July 1 
of the present year nearly 1,200 finished riders have gradu- 
ated. Estimating the population of Hartford at 60,000, 
and provided this rate of 4,800 per year was continued 
winter and summer, it would not take a great while till 
every man, woman and child of the population had mas- 
tered the art of controlling the "little steel steed." 
However, others besides residents of Hartford visit this 
school. Joseph Jefferson, R jiand Reed and other actors 
of note have received instruction here, and it is said that 
President Cleveland is to become a pupil. 
The school has attracted many pupUs from the outside 
world, and there is a reason for this, which is to be found 
in the very efficient system of instruction carried on. 
When a pupil enters the school he is taken in hand by a 
weU-drilled instructor, who first mounts him on a bicydle 
and then takes him around the floor, steadying him mean- 
while by holding on to the seat as he walks beside. As 
soon as the pupil begins to get an inkling of what is 
required of him, the instructor mounts his own 
wheel, and, having a firm hold of the other's handle 
bars, rides side by side with his pupQ. It takes an expert 
to do the trick, but when once it can be safely accom- 
plished the learner obtains the mastery of his wheel in 
about half the time necessitated by the common methods 
of instruction. Strangely enough, there seems to be little 
if any danger attached to this system, for not a single ac- 
cident has been reported as a result of the innovation. 
The danger which would be incurred in teaching ladies, 
from their dresses becoming'entangled in the instructor's 
wheel, has been obviated by the use of pins, which keep 
the refractory garment under control. 
Under this system progress is rapid. Even the ladies 
learn to balance after an average of three lessons. Then, 
having been firmly grounded in the rudiments, the pupil 
becomes a highway graduate and the diploma is not long 
forthcoming. 
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. 
Thet were lying around under the shade of the maples 
that gave the name to the particular mountain "summer 
resort" they patronized. The two or three men all wore 
knickerbockers, and the half score girls were mostly 
attired in dress of one style or another that had been cur- 
tailed at the bottom. Propped up against the trees or the 
side of the house near by were a number of bicycles. 
It was a hot day, and the small talk based on that inef- 
fable boon that had come to relieve the monotony of the 
long, lazy days — the bicycle — ^had somehow lagged. Each 
person there had had ample opportunity afforded him or 
her to become acquainted with the particular merits or 
demerits of each wheel, and any one of those present 
could have passed a perfect examination on the condition 
of the roads running north and south along the lake or 
west to the railroad. 
There had been no mishaps worth mentioning; even 
the most timid summer girl of the lot had begun to lose 
her fear of her wheel, for it had developed no new tricks 
in the last twenty-four hours, and all the horses and cows 
in that part of the country had become resigned to the 
inevitable and ceased demonstrations of alarm or hostility 
when the bicycle brigade appeared. 
But at the very moment when things were at their low- 
est ebb, and the two or three who were struggling bravely 
to put a little life into the conversation were almost 
ready to succumb to the general lethargy, a welcome 
diversion occurred. The timid young lady (she was still 
timid when anything in knickerbockers was in sight) 
spied a man coming up the road straight to where they 
lounged under the shade of the maples. When she had 
imparted her discovery there was a noticeable increase of 
animation among farmer Jones's summer boarders, and 
even the sleepiest managed to train their eyes in the direc- 
tion of the newcomer. Their first impressions were 
soothing. 
Like themselves the stranger was a cyclist and wore 
the conventional costume — knickerbockers, golf stockings 
and cap. He was a rather good-looking young man, and 
his manners, as they discovered when he came to dis- 
mount and join their circle without the formality of an 
introduction, were extremely easy. 
However, as the blue stocking girl said afterward, it 
was not their fault that he did this, for they had given 
him no encouragement. The newcomer was a good 
talker and soon he had effected a marvelous transforma- 
tion in the scene. With wonderful tact he had worked 
up a perfect outburst of enthusiasm on the subject that 
among themselves they had worn threadbare. The timid 
girl in relating her fright when the cow objected to her 
red sweater vied in holding his attention with Miss Blue 
Stockings, who insisted that aluminum skirt guards were 
the acme of cycle manufacture, and with half a dozen 
others who discussed the roads, the mails, the trains, 
steamboats, mountains, lakes and a thousand other well- 
worn subjects — mostly in connection with their bearing 
on the wheel. 
Even the yoimg men condescended to ask a few ques- 
tions of one they had reason to look upon as a dangerous 
rival, and to each and all the bearing of the newcomer 
was equally affable. 
There was a certain mystery about his presence that no 
one could penetrate, however, till finally one of the most 
popular summer girls asked him what books he liked to 
read. Was it hypnotic suggestion that had prompted the 
question? In discussing the event afterwara most of the 
party inclined to this belief, and in support of their argu- 
ment they affirmed that what happened subsequently 
could not have occurred except on the supposition of 
hypnotic powers on the part of their visitor., The princi- 
pal dissenters from this view were the young men, who 
under their breath murmured "bunco." 
Without entering into the merits of the discussion we 
hasten to explain that on hearing the word book the fas- 
cinating stranger produced from his clothing an arrange- 
ment of covers that turned in and out to show sample 
bindings, and which contained a lot of sample pages re- 
lating to the history of the bic> cle from the earliest ages 
to the present day , including the lives of notable writers and 
riders from Ezekiel to Speaker Reed, illustrated by 1,700 
original engravings, etc. 
It is a shame to dwell on the mortification of those 
thirteen people, so we will draw a curtaia over their 
feeble efforts at resistance and subsequent ignominious 
surrender. 
Suffice it to say that they could find no way out of the 
trap into which they had fallen, and that they succumbed 
with the grace of martyrs going to the stake. They took 
up a pro rata subscription for the great work (published 
in half a hundred parts or more) and they donated it 
afterward to the landlord of the "Maple Grove," who, 
against his better judgment, was forced to send to the city 
for a special book case to contain it. 
At last reports the guests of the house had taken tem- 
porarily to boating as a diversion, and bicycles and book 
agents are tabooed subjects of conversation. Hal. 
" Points of Support." 
The idea of providing riders with points of support to 
enable them to "utilize their forces more effectively" 
seems to be having a run just now with the manufac- 
turers of bicycle accessories. 
One of the latest of these devices consists of a pair of 
braces which run over the shoulders of the cyclist and 
unite at a ring near the small of the back. From this 
ring depends a hook intended to be attached to the saddle, 
thus practically tieing the rider to his seat. 
According to th& prospectus, this arrangement is in- 
tended for long-distance riders, for fast riders, for climb- 
ing hiUs, and "as a brake going down hill" (back ped- 
aling). 
Any cyclist can determine for his own benefit the de- 
sirability of this principle, which is the same as that of 
the Swiss "normal bicycle," by buying or making a set 
of braces such as described, or, more simply still, by hold- 
ing on to the back of the saddle with one hand when 
going up hill or down. 
FIXTURES. 
S Indicates races sailed by the Yaclit Racing Uaion or L. I. Sound. 
M indicates races sailed by the Yacht Racing Ass'n of Massachusetts. 
AUGUST. 
15. Corinthian, club, Marblehead. 
S 15. Corinthian fleet, An., New Rochelle, L. I. Sound. 
15-20. Erie, open regattas, Erie, Lake Erie. 
16. Squantum, Burkhardt cup, Squantum, Mass. 
8 15. American, special, Milton Point, L. I. Sound. 
15. Koy. St. Lawrence, cruise, Montreal, St. Lawrence River. 
8 15. Stamford, Hoyt cups, Stamford, L L Sound. 
15. Cor. Atlantic City, ocean race, catboats, Atlantic City. 
15. Chicago, race and run, Menominee, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
5. Eastern, Vineyard Haven to Marblehead. 
7-22. Hempstead, An. cruise. 
M 17-18. American, open, Newburyport. 
18 . Oor. Atlantic City, mosquito class, Atlantic City. 
18. Roy. St. Lawrence, Hamilton trophy, Montreal, St. Lawrence 
River. 
18. Winthrop, evening race, Great Head, Boston Harbor. 
18. Eastern, 30ft. regular and special knockabout, Marblehead. 
19. Eastern, 30ft. regular and special, Marbleheaa. 
M 20. American, open, Portsmouth, N. H. 
21. Kennebuckport, open, Kennebuckport, Me.l 
M 21-22. Wellfleet, open, Wellfleet. 
22. Beverly, 4th cham , Buzzard's Bay. 
M 22. Revere, open. Revere, Lynn Bay. 
22. Roy. St. Lawrence, Hamilton trophy, Montreal, St. Lawrence 
River. 
S 22. Horseshoe Harbor, An., Larchmont, L. I. Sound. 
8 22. Riverside, special. Riverside, L. I. Sound. 
22. Hull, open, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
24-26. international races, Toledo, Lake Brie. 
M 25. Duxbury, Plymouth Harbor. 
M 26. Plymouth, inside race, Plymouth Harbor. 
M 27. Kingston, open, Plymouth Harbor. 
87. Rochester, club. Lake Ontario. 
29. Winthrop, club. Great Head, Boston Harbor. 
29. Hull, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
M 29. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown. 
8 29. Huguenot, open, New Rochelle, L. I. Sound. 
8 29. Huntington, open, Huntington, L. I. Sotmd. 
8 29. Seawanhaka, special, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
It has been the custom to account for the failure of the 
June regattas of the larger clubs by saying that the racing 
of the New York Y. C. cruise had superseded them; but 
now the cruise has come and brought no racing, a dozen 
yachts on the squadron runs and but half a dozen for the 
two Goelet cups, the principal prizes of the year. For its 
part, the New York Y. C. has been extremely liberal in 
offering prizes in all classes and under terms 
specially suited to the existing conditions in 
yachting. So far as the 'actual management 
of the races is concerned, a vast improvement in 
courses, methods of starting, etc., has been made in 
recent years, the interest, both to the racing owner and 
the spectator, being greatly increased. With it all, there 
has been a notable falling off in the racing of the large 
yachts, and this year it is more painfully apparent than 
ever before. As a steam yacht display and a social func- 
tion, the cruise of 1896 may be set down as a qualified 
success; as a racing function, it has proved a failure. The 
true reason why is not apparent; perhaps there is no one 
reason, but several hidden causes have cooperated to stop 
the course of building and racing in the larger classes. 
To determine all of these causes is a difficult matter, 
much more to suggest suitable remedies; a much easier 
and more satisfactory course is that, taken by so many, of 
abusing the existing rule. This is an amusement that re- 
quires little thought or labor and no special knowledge of 
yachting; any one can become proficient in it in a single 
season without leaving his comfortable chair on the 
club piazza. It is a pity, however, that those who are 
so loudly insistent on the failure of the measurement 
rule do not go so far as to specify in what respects 
it has failed, and that nothing seems further from 
their minds than the suggestion of some practicable rem- 
edy. Even granting that the present length and 
sail area is bad, it certainly cannot be abandoned 
until something is found to take its place, and we com- 
mend to the various profound critics of the rule the task 
of proposing a better one. Never was there a more fa- 
vorable opportunity for securing the adoption of one com- 
mon rule of measurement by all American yacht clubs 
than exists at the present time; the one serious difficulty 
is to find such a rule. 
The truth is that the present state of yacht racing is 
much less a matter of formula than of conditions, and 
that no formula, however perfect, can to-day overrule 
the conditions of modern yachting and restore to the rac- 
ing a usable and desirable type of yacht. 
New Rochelle T. C. 
The special regatta of the New Rochelle Y. C. on Aug. 8 was sailed 
in a very light wmd, but few yachts competing, the times being: 
:eiSSD BAIiAST— 26liT. CLASS. 
Start. Finish. Corrected. 
Edwina ..155 24 6 30 27 4 35 03 
Punch 1 67 00 6 31 43 4 33 43 
FIXBD BAUaAST— SOFT. CLASS. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Ida K 1 65 55 6 36 29 4 40 34 
Dorothy , , 1 57 00 6 47 55 4 50 55 
Ondawa. .....1 57 00 6 27 50 4 30 50 
SHIFTABLK BALLAST— 30PT. CLASS. 
Edna , 1 57 00 6 28 14 4 31 14 
SHIFTABLK BALtiAST— 25n'. CLASS. 
Nan 1 57 00 6 31 20 4 34 30 
Grace l 67 00 6 38 04 4 41 04 
Cape Cod Y. C. 
ORLEANS— CAPE COD BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 8. 
The Cape Cod Y. C. sailed its third Cove race on Aug. 8, the times, 
being: 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Dolphin, Davenport .16.05 2 29 30 1 19 48 
Sea Fox, Smith 18.03 3 01 01 2 34 41 
Little Brave, Ryder 18.03 3 10 30 2 44 10 
SHABPia CLASS. 
Elsie, Rogers 15.00 1 67 10 1 SO OO 
