IB 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Axro. 14, 1897. 
CotJNT RoBEBT— Edward Gray*8 b., w. and t. dog (Couat 
Eric— Ann). 
Toi^Y's Gale— Eldred Kennels' b., w. and t, dog 
XAntonio— Nelly G.). 
SCHOOLING THE DOG.— IX. 
The dog, ^having been taught the meaning of the differ- 
ent commands and so thoroughly disciplined that he is 
promptly and reliably obedient to them, has a sufficient 
understanding of the command^ whicli are necessary to 
iise in working him on game. His yard training ia com- 
pleted. The practical application of his schooling in actu.al 
Afield work is a matter of much difficulty, since he, when 
'turned loose in the fields or woods, is so imbued with the 
(spirit of his natural wild life and the desire to do as he 
]pleases without restraint, that he is at first almost always 
Uncontrollable. Working to the gun after a systematic 
ttianner, in which he must restrain iiis natural inclinations 
and methods to hunt for himself, looking to the interests 
of the shooter instead, is established only by months of 
discipline and training. These must be combined with 
experience. 
Being constantly checked in his attempts to work in an 
undesirable manner when "Toho" is not used, and from 
experience observing that success follows certain arbitrary 
methods enforced by the trainer, he after a time abandons 
his own methods and accepts those imposed on him. In 
time they become so habitual that he submits to them 
without any attempt at disobedience. 
The advantage of the preliminary training will b.e clearly 
manifest when the field training is begun. It is difiicult to 
teach correct methods of work to the gun, but it is a thou- 
sand times more difficult to teach them and the meaning 
of words and orders at the same time. If the trainer is so 
regardless of intelligent method as to begin the training 
with field work, he can hope for only imperfect success or 
total failure, and what is accomplished by him will be with 
great additional labor. He will engage in so much trouble 
with his pupil and inflict so much punishment, that the 
dog will be certain to associate it with the presence of 
birds, or with seeking them, or with going a-field, and will 
either refuse to work at all or will run away on oppor- 
tunity, any of which is not conducive to good training. 
The old authorities who wrote on the subject of train- 
:ing treated the teaching of "Toho" as a matter of great 
■ importance. They gave it an exaggerated valuation. In 
^theory, as they presented it, it seems to be both necessary 
ia,nd useful; in practice it is unnecessary and valueless. 
"Toho" is the order which signifies that the dog is to 
.■stop and stand still. As the dog stands still when he points • 
:game, there would seem to be a most useful gain toward 
ihis training by teaching him to stop and stand still at com- 
omand.' When he is roading or drawing on birds, ii disin- 
.clined to point, the trainer utters the command, "Toho!" 
The dog stands still and we are told a kind of point is 
;secn¥ed. Some repetitions of this act, and the dog learns 
5to point, as the author sees it. 
In practice, it does not prove of any value. When a 
(dog is roading birds, the handler never can know whether 
ithe dog is in the rigtit position to point them, and to stop 
him at an improper juncture is but to balk his efforts. To 
bawl out "Toho" to him when near birds furthermore 
would many times flush the birds and destroy all further 
chance for a point at that juncture. Being more or less 
excited, and with all the impulse of pursuit dominating 
bis being when on game, he then rarely pays the slightett 
heed to the order. If the trainer disregards all other 
matters, and makes a specialty of enforcing obedience to 
"Toho," by the time he has it properly done he will have 
gpent much more time and many times more effort than 
would be required to train, the dog to correct pointing 
without it. 
, But supposing the dog will be promptly obedient to the 
command "Toho" when he is on the trail of birds. We 
will suppose that the trainer thinks the dog is in the right 
position to point, and he commands him to "Toho." The 
dog stands still, same as a horse does when he is told to 
whoa. The order means to stop, and he stops. The dog 
can only learn to point from experience. The trainer has 
no substitute for it. He must make errors if he will learn 
how to avoid them. The trainer — except in very rare in- 
; stances when he accidentally sees the birds — never knows 
cwhere they are, and it is tiierefore clearly absurd that he 
..should attempt to assist the dog to point them, when he is 
ISO ignorant himself of their whereabouts. If he sees them, 
lie cannot tell whether the dog lias the scent properly for 
-pointing, even if he has the scent at all. 
If the dog is stopped on the footscent and made to so 
recognize it, he may acquire the bad habit of pointing 
and pottering on the footscent, both harmful and difficult 
to cure, and often incurable. The dog should always be 
encouraged to avoid such faulty method, instead of 
being helped into them and confirmed in them by train- 
ing and habit. 
The teaching of "Toho," if the trainer feels it to be a 
necessity, if properly done, is apart of the yard training. 
Jt is best done in a room or small inclosure. The trainer 
ftii3S a cord to the dog's collar. He walks around with the 
, dog, gives the command "Toho," and then makes him stand 
;Still. "Go on" or 'Hie on" is used to order him on, so 
ithat he is being incidentally both trained to go on 
;and stop to command. After he has a fair understanding 
lOif the meaning of the order and some obedience to it, a 
piece of meat is thrown out. As he rushes eagerly for it 
Ji.e is ordered to "Toho." He refuses to obey as a matter 
of course. The trainer forces him to stand still till his 
eagerness is under control, then he orders him on and per- 
mits him to eat the meat. When he is fed, he has a simi- 
lar training. The lessons are persisted in, till at last the 
dog will stop promptly when going to his dinner, then 
goes on and stops as the trainer may desire. He can be 
taught so perfectly that he will stop with his nose within 
less than an inch of his food. 
But stopping to order on food bears no relation to a 
point or the purposes of a point. This will be more fully 
shown when the subject of pointing is treated. 
entrance, $3 due with entry, and an additional $3 to fill, due 
on Dec. 1 ; the winner to receive 50 per cent, of the stake 
and added money; 25 percent, to go to the second; 15 per 
cent, to the third, and 10 per cent, to the fourth; to be 
decided at New York show, February, 1898. 
To be divided by sex if fi ve or more of each sex are entered, 
half of any added money to go to each sex. 
The Mascoutah Stake?, for puppies born in the United 
States or Canada between June 30. 1896, and July 1, 1897; 
entrance, $3 due with entry, and an aadilional $8 to fill, due 
on Dec. 1; the winner to receive 50 percent, of ihe stake 
and added money; 25 per cent, to go to the second; 15 per 
cent, to tbe third, and 10 per cent, to the fourth; to be 
decided at Chicago show in 1898. 
To be divided by sex if five or more of each sex are entered, 
half of any added money to go to each sex. 
Particular attention is directed to the date of closing of 
entries, which is Saturday, Atigust 14. 
POINT^ AND FLUSHES. 
Mr. A. P. Fish, Binerhamton, N. Y., secretary of Ihe 
Binghamton Industrial .Exposition Association, informs us 
that the Association's seventh annual bench show, under A. 
X. C. rules, will be held in the four days beginning Auc:, 31. 
Premium lists can be had on application. Mr, John Brett 
will judge. 
In a letter bearing date of Aug. 7, Mr. Everard Dexter, 
president of the Champion Field Trial Club, writes us that 
the club will hold a meeting immediately after the Continen- 
tal. Club's next winter meeting. 
A special meeting of the American Spaniel Club will be 
held ( n Fiiday, Aug 20. at 8 o'clock P. M., at No. 13 West 
Eighteenth street, New York. Notices of this meeting have 
bien sent to all the members and a full attendance is re- 
quested, as matters of importance will be acted upon at this 
meeting. 
As the yachting Journal of America, the Forbst and Streaji is the 
recognized medium of communication between the maker of yachts- 
mew's supplies and the yachting public. Its value far advertising 
has been demonstrated by patrons V)ho have employed its columns 
Continuously for years. 
The first victim of the foolish and unju.st Payne hill is Mr. 
r. B. Goodenow, of Castine, Me., owner of a small steam 
yacht built across tbe line at Yarmouth, N. S. In an.swer to 
an inquiry he has been informed by the Treasury Depart- 
ment that his yacht is liable to tonnage dues every time that 
.she goes from one cu.stoms district to another. Under the 
wording of the Payne bill it is still an open question whether 
or no this is really the case, and in all probability no settle- 
ment will be reached until some yachtsman with the spirit 
and money comes forward to fight it out in the courts, as Mr. 
Vanderbilt did the attempt of the New York authorities to 
seize his yacht Conqueror a few years ago. A very nice 
point is involved as nearly as we can learn, as to whettier an 
entry, as the term is used in this connection, gives to a 
foreign ve.'.sel the treedom of one of the Great Districts into 
which the Atlantic coast is divided, with the privilege of 
going from one District to another, or whether it applies 
solely to the District alone. In the former case a yacht 
would be at liberty on the strength of once paying tonnage 
dues, to cruise at will within quite an extended area. Of 
course this was not the intent of the law, the idea was to 
hamper in the greatest possible degree the use of foreign- 
built yachts, but it is quite possible that the courts may 
finally place this interpretation upon it. 
Collie Club Stakes. 
An error was made in correcting the conditions of the 
Collie Club Stakes by misplacing the first line of each stake. 
The full and proper conditions of the stakes are as follows: 
The Westminster Stakes, for puppies born in the United 
States or Canada between June 30, 1896, and July 1, 1897; 
The photos of Glencairn and Avoca from which our illus- 
trations were made, were taken by Wm. Nottmaa & .Son, the 
Montreal photographers, who have many fine pictures of the 
new fleet. 
New York TCi C. Annua,! Cruise. 
RENDEZVOUS, GLEN COVE. 
Monday, Aug. S. 
In the important matters of programme and prizes the 
annual cruise of the New York Y. C. for 1897 surpasses all 
previous efforts of the club. The total course of the cruise, 
from New York to Bar Harbor, is the longest ever .mailed, in- 
cluding one racing run of 310 miles, and the. prizes ofi'ered 
are not only numerous, but some of them are of exceptional 
value. The programme of the cruise was as follows: 
Monday, Aug. 2.— Races for Vice- Commodore's and Rear- 
Commodore's cups, start from Glen Cove and finish off 
Huntington Harbor. 
Tuesday, Aug. 3.— Squadron run, Huntington Harbor to 
New London. 
Wednesday, Aug. 4. — Squadron run, New London to New- 
port. 
Thursday, Aug. 5. — Races for Goelet cups, either Block 
Island course or Vineyard Sound course. Fireworks and il- 
lumination in the evening. 
Friday, Aug. 6.— Squadron run, Newport to Vineyard 
Haven. 
Saturday, Aug. 7.— Squadron t\m. Vineyard Haven to 
Saddleback Ledge Light, at entrance of Isle Au Haut. This 
being the longest run of the cruise, will extend over Satur- 
day and Sunday. 
Monday, Aug. 8.— Saddleback Ledge to Bar Harbor, where 
the squadron will disband. 
The regatta committee offers a prize for a race to ptarfc 
from Saddleback Ledge hght at entrance to East Penobscot 
River; finish at Egg Rock light at entrance to Frenchman's 
Bay, leaving Isle au Haut, Long Island, Great Duck Island, 
and Baker's Island to port. Thirty-six miles. The line at 
the start and at the finish will be between the Corsair and 
the light. 
In addition to the annual offer of Mr. Ogden Goelet of a 
•11,000 cup for schooners and a $500 cup for cutters, the fol- 
lowing prizes were offered by Com. Morgan for the ocean 
race: 
A cup of the value of $2,000 for the winning schooner in 
classes A, B and C. 
A cup of the value of $1,000 for the winning schooner in 
classes D and F. 
A cup of the value of |1,000 for the winning cutter in 
class G. 
A cup of the value of $1,000 for the winning cutter in 
classes H, J, K, L and M. 
For the initial race of the cruise, off Glen Cove, Vice-Corn, 
Ledyard offered a cup for schooners and another for cutters. 
Mr. Henry Walters, steam yacht Narada, offered a cup, to 
be called the Narada cup, for the yacht, regardless of rig, 
making the best elapsed time in the greatest number of 
squadron runs, not including those for the commodore's 
and vice-commodore's cups, and Mr. Percy Chubb offered 
$200 in addition to the other's prize for the handicap race 
for Saddleback Ledge to Bar Harbor. Vice-Corn. Belmont 
also offered a cup for the 30ft. class. 
The courses, in detail, were as follows: 
Glen Cove to Huntington Bay. 
Huntington Bay to New London— Prom Eaton's Point 
Buoy to New London Light, leaving Cornfield Shoal L. S. 
and Bartlett's Reef L. S. to port. Sixty -four miles. 
Huntington Bay to Morris Cove — From Eaton's Point 
Buoy to a mark displaying red flag with white stripe, 1 mile 
S. from Luddington Rock. Twentiy-eight miles. 
Morris Cove to New London — From a mark displaying red 
flag with white stripe, off breakwater, to New London Light, 
leaving Bartlett's Reef L. S. on port hand. Forty miles. 
New London to Newport — From Sarah's Ledge Buoy to 
"Castle Hill Light, leaving Race Rock on port hand. Forty 
miles. 
Newport to Vineyard Haven — From Brenton's Reef L, S. 
to West Chop Buoy (Red No. 2), leaving Vineyard Sound L. 
S. on port hand. Thirty-seven miles. 
Vineyard Haven to Saddleback Ledge Light — From East 
Chop Buoy, leaving Shovelful Lightship to starboard and 
Pollock Rip Lightship to port. One hundred and eighty-flve 
miles. 
Squadron anchorage at Bar Harbor— The anchorage while 
at Bar Harbor will be in Frenchman's Bay to the northward 
and westward of Bar Island. 
Isle au Haut to Bar Harbor — ^From Saddleback Ledge 
Light to Egg Rock Light, leaving Baker's Island on port 
hand. Thirty-six miles. 
Owl and Game Cock Colors — To be rowed for at such port 
as the Commodore shall decide, under the management of 
the fleet captain. Entries: "Game Cock," $10; "Owl," $5; 
dinghies, $2; launches, $10. The club will add So an oar, and 
$10 for launches. 
The conditions of the long race were: 
By invitation of the commodore, the regatta committee 
will be on board the Corsair. 
Entries— Crossing the line will be regarded as an entry. 
The start will be off East Chop, Vineyard Haven, at a time 
to be announced the day before or signaled the day of the 
race. Should the race be postponed, it will be started on the 
following day, if favorable. 
Starting Signals — (Should a signal gun miss fire, a pro- 
longed blast of the steam whistle will be given instead.) 
No. 1. Preparatory — ^A gun will he fired and the blue peter 
will be hoisted. 
No. 2. Start for single-masted vessels and yawls— Five 
minutes later a second gun will be fired and a red ball will 
be hoisted. 
No. 3. Start for schooners (handicap time for single-masted 
vessels, etc.) — Five minutes later a third gun will be fired 
and a second red ball will be hoisted. 
No. 4. Handicap time for schooners— Five minutes later a 
fourth gun will be fired and both balls will be lowered. 
The course will be from an imaginary line between the t 
Corsair and East Chop Buoy to Saddleback Ledge Light at; 
the entrance to the East Penobscot River. The finish line 
will be between the Corsair and the light, 185 miles. Yachts 
must leave the Shovelful Lightship to starboard and the Pol- 
lock Rip Lightship to port; but if the channel by way of the 
Great Round Shoal Lightship is used, the restriction as to 
the Shovelful lightship will be waived. 
At the finish the Corsair will display a large club signal at 
the fore and a red ball, by day; after dark she will show four 
white lights, hung vertically, and will burn club signals. 
In the absence of the fiagship, the finish at Saddleback Ledge 
Light will be indicated by a mark with a tug lying by with 
the usual signals. A change was made later on, the finish 
being made off Baker's Island. 
Monday found at the rendez%'Ous the following yachts: 
Schooners— Amorita, W. G. Brokaw; Ariel, Stephen S. 
Palmer; Colonia, Clarence A. Postley; Emerald, J. R. Max-, 
well; Fenella, O. L. Poor; Fortuna, H. S. Hovey; Hildegarde, 
G. W. Weld; Intrepid, C. Oliver Iselin: Iroquois, H. C. ' 
Rouse; Elsemarie, J. B. King; Marguerite, H. W. Lamb; Mon- 
tauk, Lewis C. Ledyard; Quissetta. H. W. Harris; Sachem, 
John G. Moore; Shamrock, P. H. Butler; Varuna, Rives & 
Sturgis; Viator, Albert J. Morgan; Viking, James D. Smith. 
Cutters— Carmita, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. ; Como, S. V. R. 
Cruger; Eclipse, L. J. Callauan: Gloriana, J. M. Lasell; Gos. 
soon, P. T. Dodge; Huron, E. S. Hatch; Jessica, John G. 
Agar; Katrina, Charles Smithers; Liria, C. B. Henrique.s;' 
Mineola, August Belmont; Minerva, Joseph E. Fletcher; i 
Navahoe, R. P. CaiToll; Norota, D. B. Burnham; Queen Mab, 
N. L. Francis; Sayonara, J. M. Woodbury; Syce, F. M. Hoy t; 
Thistle, J. H. Ford; Vigilant, Percy Chabb; Wasp, H. F. ■ 
Lippitt. 
Steamers — Albatross, Jacob Ruppert, Jr. ; Allegra, Charlesi 
M. Pratt; Almy, Frederic Gallatin; Althea, Charles Sooy-; 
smith; Aquilo, H. A. Von Liew; Calypso, .lohn D. Crim- 
mins; Claymore, Jarvis C. D. Edson; Clermont, A. Van Sant- 
voord; Corsair, J. Pierpont Morgan; Duquesne. T. H. Hos- 
tetter; Electra, Elbridge T. Gerry; Embla, John T. Williams; 
Giralda, E. S. Renwick; Halcyon, Howard C. Smith; Helve- 
tia, C. O'D. Iselin; Hermione, Gen. Samuel Thomas; Hiawa- 
tha, Charles Fleischmann; Hildegarde, B. M. Whitlock; 
Intrepid, Lloyd Phenix; Ituna, Allison V. Armour; Katrina, 
John C. Barron; Linta, Walther Luttgen; Marietta, H. Bj 
Moore; Marion, N. Witherell; Narada, Henry Walters' 
Nydia, Isaac Emerson; Oneida, E. C. Benedict; Oneonta, G. 
K. Clarke, Jr.; Orienta, E. R. Ladew; Parthenia, A. H. Mc- 
Kee; Penelope, H. E. Converse; Sagamore, John H. Hanan . 
Satanella, E. W. Bliss; Scythian, Miss S. De Forest Day 
Varuna, Eugene Higgins; Vision, Colgate Hoyt; Vergana, 
F. H. Benedict; Wachusett, F. T, Holder; Wadena, J. H. 
Wade. 
The steamboat Sam Sloan was also present, with membere 
of the club and the Seventh Regiment Band. A meeting ol 
the captains ^»-as held on board the flagship Corsair, Com. 
Morgan presiding. All through the morning there was nc 
wind at all, a condition which maintained through the 
afternoon as well, to the disappointment of hundreds. Tht 
postponement of the race was signalled at 4 P. M., and suoi 
as were lucky enough to get a loan of a rope's end from i 
friendly steam yacht or to catch a tugboat, made their waj 
toward Huntington Bay, A little later a nice N.E. breezt 
sprung up and started the sailing cratt, holding long enougt 
to carry them to their destination. 
Second Day, First Squadron Run. 
HrNTINGTON BAY TO NEW LONDON. 
tuesday, Aug. 5. 
Tuesday morning promised no better than Monday, witl 
a fiat calm at 5 A. M, The start was set for 7 o'clock, ba 
there was no wind at all, and it was not until 10:20 that th( 
preparatory signal was given, followed by the start for tht 
smaller cutters at 10:30. Even then there was no wind witl 
a strong ebb tide; Wasp, Norota and Queen Mab managei 
to cross and worry along slowly in the right direction, bu 
the rest of the fleet dropped their anchors and lay idle 
unable to get to the line. 
At noon a light S.W, wind came in, and the yachts wen 
soon on their way, being timed unofficially at the line, al 
being handicapped: 
Hildegard 13 16 45 
Tnistle 12 18 00 
Gevaiia 13 18 02 
Carmija 12 18 30 
Colonia,.., la 18 05 
Minerva 12 18 30 
Syce ....12 18 33 
Vencedor ...........12 18 43 
Vigilant.. ...„.....„....,ia 18 6.5 
Sactiem..,..^i„....i.-..,..12 19 CO 
Navahoe...,. .,,.....13 19 20 
Emerald 12 19 
Marguerite 12 20 ] 
Uvira 12 20 J 
Ariel 12 201 
Gossoon .12 20>i 
Blinerva..,....^,.., 12 SO J 
America...,,... .i,..'. 12 21 ^ 
KatoDah., ,...ia 3H 
Fenella,..,,,,,,,..,., 12 2jJJ 
Glonaaa ,.,,....,„, .18 83 ! 
