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FOREST AND STREAM, 
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dreadful setter men so far liave done most of the work, as- 
sumed most of the responsibility, and Sustained most of the 
odium which came from the disgruntled few. It is an easy 
matter to let others do the \fOTk, and then find fault with 
results. The wotk and responsibility are free to all alike. 
If the so-called setter mfen do not do the work to suit, it 
would seem a wise and benefifcient course for the disgruntled 
to shake up and do something for themselves. 
As to the pointer judges who should have been engaged 
(luring the coming season, it may bo asked, who are they? 
Who are the pointer judges, anyway ? Any man who would 
declare himself a pointer judge would be unfit to act. A 
true judge is he who judges the competitors on the work 
done. He is not a pointer or setter judge ; he is impartial 
and alike to both. The judges engaged this year are not 
setter men in the sense of being oflBicially prejudiced in favor 
of setters. The only reason for the assertion on the part of 
the few disgruntled pointer men is the grasping after a col- 
orable pretext to justify a bad position. 
The fame and value of their dogs are from the bene- 
fits of field trials. To withhold their support does not harm 
the clubs. If the clubs were destroyed it would not harm the 
members, for they are merely an incident to them, a means 
of pleasant diversion during a few days of each year. Most 
bf the judges accept under pressure the arduous position of 
judge, and they do not care a hang which dog wins, whether 
ihe same be setter or pointer. Often they serve without com- 
pensation, and in return for several days of the closest and 
most fatiguing labor, their sole remuneration is the hostility 
of some gentlemen whose sportsmanship and love of the dog 
consist of a tout ensemble of stud fees, puppy sales and 
revenue in general. 
f^tti Sing. 
WtNmPEGt, Man. — I noticed in the English Field a short 
time ago, an article alluding to the celebrated dogs of Eng- 
land. Tutsham Tip, Woodhill Beta and Woodhill Bruce 
were particularly mentioned, and the fact was commented 
upon that a fister of the above celebrated dogs had gone to 
America and had made a splendid record, but unfortunately 
the strain (on this continent) had not been perpetuated. The 
allusion was to Pitti Sing who, ten years ago, won her first 
aged stake, and a puppy of hers winning first in the Derby 
of the Irif-h setter field trials the same year, and second in an 
English Derby stake. 
Seven years ago this remarkable bitch ran in the four-hour 
heat race at Lexington, N. C. Mr. W. W. Titus wrote me 
at the time that at the conclusion of the week's running, and 
at the end of the final heat of four hours, she was just as 
game as when she started. Tears ago I put her away to end 
her days in the kennel, but as she seemed with increasing 
years and no work to be getting skittish, I bred her this 
spring, and yesterday she had a litter of healthy puppies. 
There may be instances of a similar nature; but I have bred 
hundreds of dogs, yet this is the most remarkable case that 
has come under my notice personally, or that I have heard 
of. Thos. Johnsojt. 
POINTS AND PLUSHES. 
Under date of June 24, Mr G. B. Borradaile, honorary secre- 
tary of the Manitoba Field Trials Club, writes us as follows : 
"To permit dogs being brought into Manitoba to compete in 
the M. F. T. Club's 'Derby' and 'All- Age' stakes, Iree of 
duty, they must be first entered in either of the above stakes 
before they will be allowed to pass the Customs Port of 
Entry without paying duty. Our weather seems to be from 
reports received from the country, just the kind required for 
raising large broods of prairie chickens. From nearly every 
part of Manitoba and the territories most favorable reports 
are reaching me of their numbers, etc. Present indications 
point to our club's trials being a success." 
Communicatioru for thia department are requested. Anything on 
the bicycle in its relation to the tportaman is particularly desirable 
WHEELING NOTES. 
It was only nineteen years ago last March that the first 
bicycle of domestic manufacture was sold in this country. 
I The winner of the recent Chicago road race was a man 
'fifty-one years of age. He covered mile after mile at a 2:40 
I gait, and effectually demonstrated that the younger genera- 
tion was not in it with "Papa" Smedley. 
Mr. David King, Jr., of New York, has found a very 
practical use for the tricycle in shore bird shooting. He 
covers the frame of his machine with a grass screen and 
wheels slowly along in his perambulating blind to various 
feeding grounds of the birds, thus securing more shots, and 
at closer range, than those who rely upon stationary blinds 
or other means of approach. 
During the late Greco-Turkish war a number of the news- 
japer correspondents used bicycles on the scene of the hos- 
ililies. In an interview given an English paper. Wilfred 
Pollock, who claims the honor of being the first war corre- 
ipondent who has been through a campaign mounted on a 
wheel instead of a horse, gives some interesting facts. He 
says that the Greek roads are my no means impassable for 
licycles. To quote from the interview : 
'"Sometimes I had to get ofif and walk a mile or two; 
lometimes it was I that did the carrying and not the machine,' 
rat this was seldom and never for any great distance. On 
he other hand the zigzag cuttings up ihe many mountain 
•asses are so well graded that it is quite possible to ride up 
hem if the surface be good and the wind friendly. 
"Ridmg down — and my machine had no brake — one had 
o remember that the corners of these twists are not banked, 
lUd the Kaud, as they call it in India, often ofifers many 
lundred feet of sheer drop." 
Further on Mr. Pollock says: "By this time my success in 
lUtstripping other correspondents in the several races to tele- 
raph offices was becoming notorious, and bicycles became 
jiite common adornments of the carriages in which my col- 
iagues chiefly traveled. « * * Not only did the bicycle 
'■rove much faster, even on the Greek roads, than even the 
Jreek horse or carriage, but to sling it on to a train or 
'earner was the work of a moment, and a horse is by qo 
I 
means so easily manipulated. On three most important oc- 
casions my material reached Enajland at least a whole day in 
front of that sent by any other English correspondent, thanks 
to the bicycle every time." 
On general principles it would seem that oil would prove 
a good surface lubricant to reduce the friction of the chain 
over the sprockets. There is a serious objection to its use for 
this purpose, however, in the fact that with the ordinary ad- 
justment it makes the chain slip on the teeth and clang in a 
way that effectually destroys the peace of mind of the rider 
Wheelmen who have failed to wipe the oil from their 
chairs after lubticating the joints frequently imagine that 
something serious is the matter with the bicycle from 
the noise that it makes, and' sometimes they send it to the 
repair shop, when, as a matter of fact, all that it needs is rut>- 
bing with a cloth to dry the chain, and then a little graphite 
or other prepared surface lubricant on the inner side. 
The excessive use of oil is never to be advised. A few 
drops over each bearing is sufficient at any one time for all 
practical purposes, and any oil which escapes should be 
carefully wiped off. 
An overflow of oil collects dust and spoils the appearance 
of tlie wheel, and is also open to a yet more serious objection 
in that it is a great cause of loosened nuts and the resultant 
accidents. 
In the case of screwed on sprockets, oil has been known 
to loosen the check nut, which has a left-hand screw, and 
then the simple act of back-pedaling unscrews the sprocket 
itself. The loosened chain jumps the sprockets, and a gen- 
eral smashup may result. 
There has been a great demand this year for the so-called 
anatomical saddles, and the old front-and-back-supported 
soft saddle has fallen off in popularity correspondingly. 
The old saddles were comfortable when the rider was well 
broken in to their use, and they insured a firmer seat than 
many of the more recent contrivances, but they were wrong 
physiologically, and had to go. 
Saddles on similar model are made over wooden or metal 
frames so as not to sag at the sides, while saddles with double 
points of support, provided with pads for the pelvic bones, 
represent the most advanced type. 
It is worth noting that the initiative for this movement 
came almost exclusively from the riders themselves, and that 
the manufacturers of bicycles and saddles were slow to take 
it up. Three years ago it was not uncommon to see wheel- 
men riding saddles embodying the features so generally 
recommended at present, that had been constructed or 
adapted by altering the old-style saddles to meet their views. 
_ The demand for such saddles was very marked before a 
single prominent manufacturer took up their construction. 
Conoecticut Legislation. 
The Connecticut General Assembly has adjourned, after a 
notable session from the cyclist's standpoint. Although at 
one time the indications pointed ^;o action inimical to the 
wheelmen, in the end things were cleared up satisfactorily 
and both the measure imposing a tax upon bicycles and that 
requiring a lighted lamp to be affixed to wheels after night- 
fall, regardless of roads or conditions, were defeated. 
Instead, several wise measures have been passed, notably 
the general bicycle law which goes into effect July 15 and 
supersedes the numerous and conflicting local ordinances 
and by-laws of towns, cities and boroughs. This general 
law limits the speed of bicycles in thickly settled sections to 
ten miles an hour. Bells are required, and must be sounded 
on approaching within a reasonable distance of any person. 
Riding on the sidewalks is prohibited and liable to punish- 
ment t)y a fine not exceeding $30, but the word "sidewalk" 
does not apply to cross walks nor unimproved foot-paths. 
Among other measures passed by the Legislature affecting 
bicyclists are laws imposing penalties for the theft of wheels, 
for throwing into the highway tacks, glass, crockery, scrap 
iron or wire, and for willfully or maliciously injuring bicycle 
paths. 
A new section deals with the amount of road to be given 
wheelmen by drivers of vehicles, which provides for "a fair 
opportunity to pass, ' though not necessarily one-half the 
traveled path. 
Another section, which is aimed at that class of riders who 
put wheeling into disrepute and are at the same time a 
menace to the pleasm-e and safety of other cyclists, provides 
a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment up to six months 
for any bicycle rider, who having run against and injured 
any person on the highway does not stop, render aid, and 
give his name and address. 
As the yachting journal of America, the Forbst and Stream is the 
recognized medium of communication between the maker of yachts- 
men's supplies and the yachting public. Its value for advertising 
has been demonstrated by patrons who have employed its colunms 
continuously for years. 
Copies of the Forest and Stream race report blanks, for recording 
and reporting racrs, roill be sent to all clubs requesting them. 
The racing and measitrement rules of the Yach Racing Union of 
Long Island Sound (the SeaivanJiaka ^rule, mth allowance tables) 
can be had of Thompson <& Co , 55 Dey street, New York; price 10 
cents per copy. 
I'he handbook of "Yaeht Mag SHquette" can be had of Rehm dt 
Co., 157 Fulton street, New York; price lo cents per copy. 
YACHT RACING FIXTURES 1897. 
The following list of fixtures has been compiled from many different 
sources, some of chem noc official, and it may contain some errors 
We shall be glad to have notice of corrections and aduitions 
Races of tne Sound Y. R. U. are marked with the letter S: those of 
the Massachusetts Y. R. A. with the letter M: ' 
JULY. 
1. Miramichi club cruise, Newcastle, N. B, 
1. Royal St. Lawrence club, all classes, Dorval L.ake St Louis 
1, Royal Canadian Queen's cup, Toronto Lake, Ontario. 
M. 3. Jeffries. oS Jeffries Point. Kast Basion. 
3. Cohasset, club, 15-footer, 4th cDam , Cohasset. 
3-4-5, Cor. San l^ranuisco, cruise Martinez, ValJeio San Francisco 
3. Roy. St. Lawrence, a'ift. class, Dorval, Lake St. Louis, 
b. Ajaertcao, 1st club, Newburypori. 
3. Fox Lake, club, Mineola Club, Fox Lakp, I)L 
3. Royal Nova Scotia, handicap, 3-ratinff cla=s. Halifax. 
3. Beverly, 2d open sweeps. Wpti imiec, Buzzard's Bay 
3-4-5. Amiprican, crui-ie to Bostoil, I^wburyporc. 
3^10. Brooklyn, annu'I cruise, L. I. Sjund. 
S-4-5. BuiBtalo, Lake Erie. 
5. Larchinonr. annual, L I. Sound. 
5. Cohasset, club. 15 footers, 5th chatii,. Cohasset. 
6. Burgess, open, Marbiehead, Mass , l^ay. 
5. Fox Lake, club. Dr. Bropby's Oottaae, Fox Lake, ni 
5. Lake Michigan, Y. R. A. annual. Racine, Life Michigan; 
5, Beverly, 2d cham., WenHumet, Buzzard's Bay: 
5. Wollaston, cup and club cruise, Boston Harbor. 
5. Cor. Marbiehead, club, MassTChu^etts Bay. 
M 5. City of Boston, regatta, off Marine Park. 
7. Roy. St. Lawrence, -iOtt. class, Dors-al, Lake St. Lonis. 
8. Absequan, open, Cricket Bay. Atlantic City: 
S 10. Riverside, annual race for 26; 20 and 15ft. classes of sloops li 
all classes of catboats. 
10. Koy. Canadian; 1st and 37ft. classes, Toronto. Lake tJotario. 
10; Queen Oify, 27ft class, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
10. Cohasset. club, 15 footers, 6th cham., Cohasset. 
10. Boy. St. Lawrence, 20 and 15ft. classes. Dorval, Lake St. LOiUsr 
10. Royal Nova Scotia, open, all classes, Halifax; 
10. Burgess, 2d cham.. Marolehead, Mass Bay. 
10-11. Cor., San Francisco, cruise, San Mateo, San Francisco; 
18. Miramichi, Adams cup, Chatham. N. B. 
S 12-16. Seawanhaka Cor., trial races for 20ft class of sloops. 
13 Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
13-18. Rhode Island, anrual cruise, Narragansetfc Bay. 
13. Fall River, ladies' day, Mount Hope Bay. 
M 17. Winthrop, off Winthrop. 
17. Cor. Marbiehead, 1st cham., Mass Bay. 
17. Queen City, 20ft: class, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
17. Winthrop, open, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
1". Columbia, annual club, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
17. Cohasseit, club, 15-footers, 7th cbam., Cohasset 
17. Rhode Island, annual club. Potter's Cove, Narragansett Bay. 
17. Fox Lake, club, East Side, Fox Lake, 111. 
17. American, 2d club, Newburyport. 
17. Wollaston. club, Boston Harbor. 
17. Pewaukee, interlake. Pewaukee Lake, Wis. 
17. Royal Nova Scotia, knockabout class, Halifax. 
17. Roy. St. Lawrence, A, 30, 35 and 20ft. classes. DoiTal, Lake St. 
Louis. 
M 19-20-21-22-23. Manchester series, off Manchester. 
24. Brooklyn, special. New York Bay. 
24. American, cruise to An nisquam, Newburyport. 
24. Winthrop, evening race, Wmthrop, Bos on Harbor. 
24. Abseqaan, Cricket and 16ft. classes, Atlantic City, Absecon Bay. 
24. Queen City, 16ft. class. Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
24. Burgess, ladies' race, Marbiehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
24. Roy. Canadian, 27f., 2itt. and skiff classes, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
34. Conasset, club, 15-footers, 8 h cham , Cohasset. 
24. Roy. St. Lawrence, 20ft. class, Dorval, Lake St. Louis. 
24. Royal Nova Scotia, Wenonah cup, open, Halifax 
24. Beverly, 3d open sweeps, Wenaumet, Buzzard's Bay. 
25. Winthrop, cruise, to Nahant, Winthrop Boston Harbor. 
S 28. Stamford, special race for 51. 30 and 20ft. classes of cutters and 
sloops. 
M 31. Revere, Lynn Bay. 
31 . Qravesend Bay, cruise. New York Bay. 
31. CohaFset, club, 15-footers, 9th cham., Cohasset. 
31. Royal Nova Scotia, squadron cruise, Halifax. 
31. Fox Lake, club, Dr. Tooker's Cottage, Fox Lake, III. 
S 31. Indian Harbor, annual, all classes except cabin catboats. 
S 31. Sea Cliff, special, 30 and 25ft. classes, cabin catboat,« 
July 31-Aug. 1. Cor. San Francisco, cruise, Vallejo, San Francisco. 
JTXLT. 
Y. S. U. fff^Jjong Island Sound Racing Circuit: 
3. Saturday. New Rochelle, annual regatta, for all classes 
6. Tuesday, American, annual regatta, for all classes 
7. Wedaesday. Riverside, annual race for schooners and all 
clas.ses of sloops 30ft. and over. 
Atlantic F. cruise, Long Island Sound; 
5. Rendezvous, Larchmont. 
6. American, regatta, Milton Point. 
7. River.alde, regatta. Riverside. 
8 1st squadron run. Riverside to Black Rock. 
9. 2d squadron run, Black Rock to, Morris Cos^e 
10. 3d squadron run, Morris Cove to New London. 
11. Informal run. New London to Shelter Island. 
12. Race.off Shelter Island. 
inter-Lake T. B. A. Meet, Put-In Bay, Lake Erie: 
5. Rendezvous, Put In Bay. 
6. 53ft., 42ft. and 87ft. classes. 
7. 32ft. and 27ft. classes, catboats and launches. 
8. Open, cup held by Zeima. 
Lake Y. H. A. Circuit, Lake Ontario,' 
15. Cobourg. 
19. Kingston. 
23. Charlotte. 
27. Hamilton, 
29. Toronto. 
31. Niagara. 
Larchmont Race Week, Larchmont, Long Island Sound: ' ■ 
17. Open, all classes. 
19. Special classes. 
20. Rowing and launch races, water sports. 
21. Open, all classes. 
22. Smaller classes. 
23. Schooners and smaller classes. 
24. Open aU cla: ses. 
AUGUST. 
3. N-w York, cruise, rendezvous Glen Cove. 
M 2 Burgess, Marbiehead, Mass. Bay. 
^-3-4. Roy. St. Lawrence, 20fc class, trial races, DorVal, Lake St. 
Louis. 
M 3. Beverly, Marbiehead, Mass Bay. 
S 4. New Rochelle, special classes, 43ft. and under. 
4- 5-6 Cor. Marbiehead, midsummer series, Massachusetts Bay. 
5- 6-7. Taunton, cruise to Newp )ri, Taunton, Mass. 
6. Absequan, invitation race, Ailaijtlc Ciiy 
7. t;or. Marbiehead, open, Massachusett-, Bay. 
7. Buffalo, club, Lake Erie. 
S 7. Hempstead Harbor Club, annual, classes 48ft. and under. 
M 7. Corinthian, off Marbiehead. 
7. Queen City, 29ft. class, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
7. Beverly, 8d cham., Wtnaumet, Buzzard's Bay. 
7. Wollaston, ladies' day, Boston Harbor. 
7. Cohasset, club, 15-footers, 10th cham., Cohasset. 
7. Roy. Canadian, 1st and 3;ft. classes, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
7. Fox Lake, club. Inland Fox Lake, 111 
7-S. Winthrop, cruise to Marbiehead, Wmthrop, Boston Harbof, 
7- 4 Cor. San Francisco, summer cruise, San Francisco. 
7. Royal Nova,Scotia, knockabout class, Halifax. 
10. Winthrop, evening race, Boston Harbor. 
11. Taunton, ladies' day, Taun on. Mass. 
12. Miramich, Stewart pennant. Oak Point race. 
M 13. East Gloucester, Gloucester Harbor. 
M 14. Squam, Annisquam. 
S 14 Horseshoe Harbor, club, annual, clas-es i.6ft. and under. 
14. Cor. Marbiehead, 2d cham., Massachusetts Bay. 
14. Brooklyn, special. New Yoik Bay. 
14. Queen City, Ibft. das'?. Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
14. Winthrop, 3d cham., Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
14. Beverly, 4th cham., Wenaumet, Buzzard's Bay. 
14. Cobas&et, club. 15-footers, 11th cham , Cohassett. 
14. Wollaston, cup, Boston Harbor. 
14. Fox Lake, club. Bast side, Fox Lake, III. 
14 Royal Nova Scoua, open, handicap, Halifax. 
14-31. Roy. St. Lawrence, 20ft. class, Seawanhaka cup races, Dorval, 
Lake St Louis. 
M 17. American, Newburyport 
S 18. American, special, classes 48ft. and under 
19. Winthrop, cruise to Weymouth, Winthiop, Boston Harbor 
M U'-.O-vil Qumcy, series, Hull Bay, Boston Harbor. 
K 31. Huguenot, annual, classes 4-3ft. and under. 
21 Roy. Canadian, 27ft , 22ft. and skiff classes, Toronto, Lake On-' 
tario. 
21. Roy. Bt. Lawrence, club, all classes, Dorval, Like St. Louis. 
21. Beverly, a. M., Van Rensselatr cup, Marion, Buzzard's Bay. 
P. M., 2d open. 
21. Taunton, 1st cham., Taunton, Mass. 
21. Cohasset, club, 15-foGters, l^th cham., Cohasset. 
21. Queen City, 20fc. class, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
21. Royal Nova Scotia, knockabout class, Halifax. 
21. Burgess, 3a cham., Marbiehead, Mass Bay. 
2.3. Absequan, open, Atlantic City, Thoroughfare. 
28. Rhode Island, annual open, Pawtuxec, Narragansett Bay, 
24. Minnetonka, Interlake races, Lake Minnetonka. 
25 Fall River, open, Mount Hope Bay. 
S 25. Corinthian Fleet, special, 51, 30 and aOft. classes. 
M 2fi. Duxbury, Plymouth Ba;y, 
86. Taunton, open, Tauatoa, Mass. 
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