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[Oct. 3, 1897. 
wLere^tlie birds Lave run should be set up against the efforts 
of the; dog in reading. He must learn to locate by experi- 
ence, and about all the trainer can do is to present the op- 
portunity for the dog to exercise such powers as he has. 
The dog which locates by body-scent carries a high nose, 
that is to say he is guided by the particles of scent floating 
in the air, though his nose may be only at such natural 
height as he commonly carries it. If the scent is faint, he 
casts quickly to and fro till the scent becomes strong enough 
to follow it, when he follows it with wonderful quickness 
and precision directly to the birds. "When he becomes profi- 
cient from experience he makes but few flushes or errors of 
judgment. 
The dog which roads by foot-scent, depending as he does 
on little matters of detail, is frequently at a loss to deter- 
mine which is the back track and which is not; and it not 
infrequently happens that he follows the back track up 
wind. This error the more skillful seeker by body-scent 
rarely makes. 
^ All dogs are not distinctly of one class or the other. Some 
govern their efforts by circumstances, and can road or draw 
skillfully, but in a general way the distinction will be found 
to hold good. The dog which draws and locates by the 
body-scent only needs experience to perfect him. 
That the novice may the better understand the distinction 
between trailing the birds by foot-scent or body-scent, let it 
be assumed for the sake of illustration that a small flock of 
sheep is crossing a dry plain and that we desire to follow 
them. They have passed near us, but we do not know where 
they are. We find their tracks, but they being indistinct in 
;^laces and lost in others, the trail is followed thus with dif- 
ficulty. It is noted, howevei", that there ia a perceptible line 
of dust along the trail, and by following this at high speed 
the flock may be quickly overtaken. The particles of dust 
in this case correspond to the particles of scent in the other, 
and the difficulty of following the tracks by sight would 
correspond to the like difficulty of following them by the 
sense of smell. There is sufficient analogy between the two 
to make the matter understood by the novice. 
The puzzle peg and similar contrivances have been devised 
to make the dog carry a high nose and thus follow the birds 
by their body-scent, but all mechanical means are generally 
useless, and therefore it is better to permit the dog to seek 
after such manner as his nature prompts or permits. 
THE A. K. C. MEETING. 
EI*The regular quarterly meeting of the American Kennel 
Club was held at its office, 55 Liberty street, New York, 
Sept. 23. 
There was an unusually good attendance, there being 
twenty-two delegates present. 
Vice-President Edward Brooks presided. 
There were present: Associate Members (A. C.Wilmerding, 
H. K. Bloodgood and G. W. H. Ritchie), American Fox Ter- 
rier Club (H. H. Hunnewell, Jr.), American Scottish Terrier 
Club (James L. Little), Boston Terrier Club (L. A. Burritt), 
Butterfly Bench Show Association (Dudley E. Waters), Col- 
lie Club of America (James Watson), Columbus Fanciers' 
Club (J. M. Taylor), Gordon Setter Club (James B. Blos- 
som), Irish Setter Club (G. H. Thomson), Mascoutah Ken- 
nel Club (C. F. R. Drake), Metropolitan Kennel Club (G. 
M, Camochan), National Beagle Club (H. F. Schellhass), 
New England Kennel Club (Edward Brooks), Pointer Club 
of America (George Jarvis), San Francisco Kennel Club 
(C. B. Knocker), Southern California Kennel (C. B. Bern- 
heimer), American Dachshunde Club (Dr. C. Motschen- 
bacher). Pacific Fox Terrier Club (B. Waters), M. A. A. C. 
Rod and Gun Club (W. F. Hobbie), American Spaniel Olnb 
(Marcel A. Viti). 
The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dis- 
pensed with. The secretary's quarterly report was accepted 
and placed on file. The treasurer's report was as follows: 
Balance on hand to Jan. 1, 1897, §3,256 97. Receipts from all 
sources to date: $7,030.61. Total: $10,287.58. Disbursements 
from Jan. 1, 1897: $6,557.83. Balance on hand: .13,729.75. 
The report of the executive board stands as published in the 
Gazette. The stud book committee decided that giving a 
kennel prefix to a dog already registered is an alteration of 
the dog's name, siich as is prohibited by the rules, and the 
committee decided that it was not allowable. The club con- 
firmed this ruling. The following clubs were admitted to 
membership: California Collie Club, Cocker Spaniel Club of 
California, Pointer Club, of California, Pacific Mastiff Club, 
Rhode Island Kennel Club and Bull Terrier Club of America. 
Applications for kennel names were granted as follows: 
Higliland View, to George N. Clemson; Providence, to Harry 
J. Bascom; Trenton, to H. T. Cousins; Banner, to H. E. 
Smyth. 
The St. Bernard Club of America, having disbanded, was 
dropped from the roll. 
Mr. G. M. Carnochan was elected chairman of the mem- 
bership committee. 
The matter of the six months notice given by the Canadian 
Kennel Club, in respect to the cancellation of the recent 
agreement, was taken up and the cancellation was accepted 
and the six months notice was waived. It was moved that 
the secretary be directed to write to the Canadian executive 
committee informing them that they will be held responsible 
for penalties incurred by the Toronto Kennel Club in their 
catalogue, if any exist. 
A communication was read from the Spaniel Club notify- 
ing the A. K. C. of the suspension of Messrs. R. Toon and 
George Thomas for dishonorable practices in connection 
with bench shows. 
It was voted that the deposits of $35 which had been for- 
feited by such clubs as had violated the rules, should be ap- 
plied to the credit of said clubs as deposit for claims for dates 
for shows of 1898. In case a club did not hold a show, the 
$25 was forfeited finally. 
The type-written proceedings of the , Pacific Advisory 
Board, concerning the St. Bernard Club, of California, vs. 
Payne, and the report of the Pacific Advisory Board, were 
referred to the Executive Board. 
It was voted that "it is the sense of this meeting that 
where a dog is disqualified for not complying with the con- 
ditions of the class in which he is shown, that does not dis- 
qualify him for competing for specials offerd in its breed to 
which he may be eligible." 
The vice-president issued notice of suspension against 
Messrs. Toon and Thomas, the same to remain in force 
until the charges preferred against them by the American 
Spaniel Club can be heard by the Executive Board, 
The Victoria Kennel Club was elected to membership. 
The matter of sbowing the dog Osceola Chimmie under the 
name of Chimmie was referred to the Executive Board, as 
was also the matter of the notice of John T. Cameron, of 
the failure of the Kentucky Kennel Club to pay him a prize 
won at the club's show. 
The amended classification is as follows: 
1. The puppy class shall be for all dogs over six months 
and under twelve months of age, and no entry can be made 
of one under six months, or whose date ol birth is un- 
known. 
2. The novice class shall be for all dogs never having won 
a first prize at any recognized show, wins in the puppy 
classes excepted. 
3. The junior class shall be for all dogs never having won 
four first prizes at any recognized show, wins in the puppy 
and novice classes excepted. 
4 The senior class shall be for all dogs having won four or 
more first prizes at any recognized show, wins in the puppy 
and novice classes excepted. In entering a dog in the senior 
class, it is necessary to specify on the entry blank a sufficient 
number of first prize winnings, giving name and year of 
show, to entitle it to compete in such class, until such time 
as it has won in a senior class, after which, oue senior win 
shall be sufficient. These wins must be published in the 
catalogue. 
_ 5. The free-for-all class shall be for all dogs of any age over 
six months. No prize winner shall be debarred from com- 
peting. 
6. AH shows offering cash prizes for three of the above 
classes, from any one breed, one of which must be the free- 
for-all class, shall be empowered to provide for that breed a 
winners' class for the dogs which have won the first prizes 
in said classes, and the winner of three first prizes in such 
winners' classes will therebv become a champion of record, 
and be so registered by the American Kennel Club. No 
class winner can be withdrawn from competition in the win- 
ners' class. No entry fee shair be charged for exhibits in 
the winners' class. 
"A dog that has already won "one or more firsts in the chal- 
lenge class shall retain these wins to his credit toward be- 
coming champion of record, the remaining qualifying wins 
to be gained in the winners' class." 
7. The miscellaneous class shall be open to all dogs of 
established breeds for which no regular class has been pro- 
vided in the premium list. Entries in this class must specify 
the breed of the exhibit. Failure to comply with this con- 
dition shall disqualify the dog and cancel the award. 
XIII. In estimating the number of prizes a dog has won, 
no award received by it, on or after the date of closing the 
entries shall be counted. 
The following is the amended rule concerning the cancel- 
lation of wins: 
XXII. The secretary of the American Kennel Club must 
cancel all wins, when he has satisfied himself that these 
rules have been violated by the exhibitor, in the following 
instances: 
When an entry has been made after the advertised date of 
closing of entries. 
When a dog has not been registered or listed. 
When a dog has been entered in the name of an agent only. 
When a dog has been pronounced deaf by competent 
authority. 
When a puppy is entered, being under six months of age, 
or as date of birth unknown. 
When a dog is entered in the novice class, having previously 
won a first prize. 
When a dog is entered in the junior class, having previously 
won four or more first prizes. 
When a dog is entered in the senior class, having won less 
than four first prizes. 
When a dog is entered in the senior class, and the neces- 
sary first wins are not specified as to place and year of such 
wins. 
When a dog is entered in the miscellaneous class and the 
breed is not specified or recognized. 
When a dog, by authority of its owner, is led into the 
judging ring by, or is in charge of, a person not in good 
standing. 
When a dog is entered by an owner or his agent, if either 
is not in good standing. 
Alabama Field Trials Club. 
The Alabama Field Trials Club held a meeting on the 
evening of Sept. 1. There were eleven members present, 
and the following were elected to membership: L. Hardage, 
Madison; Harris Toney. Swancott; C. L. Smallwood, Tuska- 
loosa; William H. Hundley, Greenbrier, and Howard Smith 
and F. M. Stich, C. E. Meglemery, J, T D. May and Charlie 
Bower, Birmingham. The date for the next trials ia Feb. 8, 
and they will be run on the club's preserve at Madison, 
Ala. Entries to Derby and All- Age Stakes close on Jan, 
8. Entrance S2.50, and $2.50 additional to start. A cup 
valued at 850 was donated by members of the club. This is 
a trophy for competition in the club's new stake, the Alaba- 
ma Champion Stake. Dogs owned in Alabama are eligible, 
regardless of age or previous winnings. Entrance free. A 
silver cup, the gift of Mr. John Rosen tihl, will be awarded 
to the best puppy born in 1897. The puppies must be handled 
by owners or other amateurs. The name of owner or winner 
will be engraved on the cup. Annual dues were reduced 
from $5 to $3.50, and the initiation fee was abolished. 
Madison is located on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 
midway between Decatur and Huntsville. Both trains from 
the south on Louisville & Nashville Railroad make close 
connection with the Memphis & Charleston going and com- 
ing from Madison. The grounds (over 10,000 acres) are well 
stocked with birds, very open, level and in every way unsur- 
passed for field trial purposes. Rates will be $1.50 per day,, 
including noon lunch on the trial grounds. Saddle horses 
$1 per day; team and driver $2 per day. Any inquiry 
addressed to Mr. F. G. Hertzler, Madison, Ala., in regard to 
grounds, birds, accommodations, horses, teams, etc., will 
have prompt attention. 
The following ru.les of the club are commended to the at- 
tention of those who contemplate entering dogs: Pointers 
and setters will run together. Dogs eligible must be the 
property of amateurs residing in Alabama. Dogs haviuff 
won first place (in Derby or All- Age Stake) at any recognized 
field trials prior to the running of these trials, or whose 
owner may have handled for money in public field trials, are 
barred. All dogs to be handled by owner or other amateui-, 
who must be a resident of Alabama. 
Death of Thomas Stone. 
CoNCEKNiNG the death of Thomas Stone, Mr. Thomas! 
Johnson writes feelingly to us as follows: 
"Winnipeg, Sept. 20. — It is only a short time ago I had 
to write you of the death of the patron of the Northwestern 
Field Trials Club, Mr. A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale, and now I 
am pained to tell you that he who had been our president for 
the past five years passed away yesterday. 
' 'To me this is a most affecting loss. Born within a few 
miles of each other, and near the same age, meeting again 
years after parting, thousands of miles from our native land, 
and both adopting the great Canadian Northwest as our 
future home, we had tastes in commoo, and more pro- 
nounced in everything appertaining to manly sports. 
Stone was a man in millions, fully 6ft. tali, 
weighing over SOOlbs., a veritable gladiator and a perfect 
picture of physical manhood. He held 'championships' for 
all kinds of feats of strength and agility, and was a great 
lover of dogs, having bred and owned some of the most 
noted greyhounds England ever had, besides having at differ- 
ent times many notable pointers and setters. 
"He was a genial, whole-souled, sympathetic fellow; brave 
to a fault, manly before all men, yet endowed with the fine 
sensibilities of a woman. We were friends in the truest 
sense the word implies; so you will conceive that the loss to 
our club is great, but to myself immeasurably greater." 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
In respect to the rabbit incident at Liverpool, which 
afforded grounds for the prosecution of Capt. Hargreaves 
and his kennel man Hudson by the R. 8. P. C, A., Hudson 
was fined lOs. and costs^ Capt. Hargeaves £3 fine and £5 4s, 
6d. costs. The offense consisted in using a rabbit in the 
show ring to attract the attention of Oapt. Hargreaves's St. 
Bernards. A string was tied to the rabbit's hindleg, by 
which it was pulled back after being thrown out into the ring 
The magistrate ruled that to exhibit the rabbit in that man- 
ner was an act of cruelty, but the fine was imposed for the 
cruelty inflicted by tying a string to the rabbit and jei king 
it back, 
We are informed by Mr. L. 0, Seidel, secretary, that the 
Central Beagle Club's trials will be held at Rice's Land- 
ing, Pa. 
Mr. G. v. Young, secretary-treasurer, writes ua as follows; 
"The third annua! meet of the Dixie Red Fox Club, to be 
held at Waverly, Miss., Nov. 1, is postponed until Nov. 29, 
owing to the uncertainty of frost and the quarantine regula- 
tions." 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Massachdsbtts, Danvers, Mass. — Jtj' pointer bitch, six years old, 
was bred once, four years ago. About, sixty days after she came in 
season. She is is very restless, as if she was going to have puppies. 
Her teats are inflamed with more or less milk. She goes pofcing 
around trying: to crawl under doorsteps, and is very uneasy. Carx 
you recommend any relief? Aus. First give a purgative, then half 
a grain of the extract of belladora three times a day. Bathe the 
teats with hot water morning and evening, and if necessary milk 
them sufficiently to relieve the pressure. 
YACHT RACING FIXTURES 1897. 
The following list of fixtures has been compiled from many different 
sources, some of them not official, and it may contain some errors. 
We shall be glad to have notice of corrections and additions. 
Races of the Sound Y. R. U. are maried with the letter S; those of 
the Massachusetts Y. R. A. with the letter M: 
OCTOBEB, 
9, Miramichi, Gould cup, Chatham, N. B. 
- 9-10. Cor. San Francisco, cruise, Corinthian Cove, San Francisco. 
16. Cor. San Francisco, closing day, San Francisco. 
17. Cor. San Francisco squadron, cruise, San Francesco. 
"Yacht Architecture." 
DIXON KEMP. 
With the third edition of "Yacht Architecture," the series 
of standard works for which yachtsmen the world over are 
indebted to Mr. Dixon Kemp, may be said to have reached 
its majority; this book, just issued, marking the twenty- 
first year since the publication of the introductory volume. 
The first book, the large quarto, "Yacht Designing," came 
at an important time, when the professional yacht designer 
was just making a xjlace for himself in England and assum- 
ing the work previously delegated to the yacht builder. 
Mr. Kemp's clear and thorough presentation of the princi- 
ples of designing, illustrated by the de-signs, then a compar- 
ative rarity, of successful yachts, did much to interest and 
to instruct yachtsmen, and to foster the study of designing 
both by builders and amateurs. 
Two years later, in 1878, he launched another book, "Yacht 
and Boat Sailing," an octavo volume of moderate thickness, 
but treating most comprehensively the subjects of practical 
seamanship and yacht racing, and describing in detail small 
craft of all kinds from the canoe to the 10-tonner. From 
that date onward the larger size was abandoned, the success- 
ive editions of "Yacht and Boat Sailing" down to the cur- 
rent one (eighth) have been of the same nominal size, though 
greatly increased in thickness. 
When the time came for a new edition of "Yacht Design- 
ing" in 1885, the title was changed to the more comprehensive 
one of "Yacht Architecture," and the size was changed to 
that of the later work. The successive editions of these two 
works, llx7in. in height and breadth, fill a length of 32in. 
on a book shelf, and "Yacht and Boat Sailing" in its eighth 
edition and "Yacht Architecture" in its third, each meas- 
ures 4>3in. in thickness. While there is much in each 
volume relating to the principles of both designing and 
handling that is practically unchanged from year to year, 
those parts relating to practice, the designs of ynchts", are 
constantly changing, old designs being of necessity dropped 
from each successive edition to make room for new ones. 
While there are occasional craft, such as the once-famous 
Kriemhilda and Vanessa and the more niodern Minerva, 
which will always stand out as models of naval architecture, 
the rapid changes of rule and fashion that serve to make a 
new boat famous in her first year, now hurry her out of the 
way after a couple of seasons to make room for some greater 
novelty. In this manner both books are constantly changing, 
new designs taking the place of old. 
The care and thoroughness which made the second edition 
of "Yacht Architecture" so valuable have left but little 
room for improvement in that part relating to the principles 
of designing. On this subject, Mr. Kemp says in his pre- 
face: "In publishing the firsteditionof 'Yacht Architecture,' 
in 1885, 1 was able to state that the knowledge of the scien- 
tific principles on which yacht designing is based had been 
considerably extended sines the publication of my large 
work, 'Yacht Designing,' in 1876. This can also be said of 
the period between 1885 and 1897, and, no doubt, the present 
generation of yachtsmen and those interested in yachts have 
a much more exact knowledge of the science of naval archi- 
tecture than their predecessors had, owing to their having 
studied the numerous yrorks published on the subject. It 
cannot, however, be claimed that any great discovery has 
been made since 1887 which has thrown new light on the 
science; notwithstanding, yacht designing and constructing 
have undergone great development in all their branches." 
As they now stand, the chapters on Displacement, Buoy- 
ancy, Stability, Lateral Resistance, Sail-carrying Power, 
Steering, Resistance, etc., present to the student of yacht 
designing the latest kuowledge on these subjects, and com- 
bine in a compact and convenient form a mass of useful in- 
formation that otherwise could only be had by reference to 
many authorities that are not readily accessible. 
While the theoretical portion of the work has been im- 
proved and extended, the principal additions are in what 
may be called the practical portion, thedesigns. The already 
extensive collection in the former edition has been materi- 
ally extended, among the additions being such well-known 
racers as Isolde, the Fife 84ffc. l.r. cutter, Lord Danraven's 
Audrey, Stephanie, Kismet, Edie, Tatters, Wepouah, Dusky 
Queen, Norman, Heartsease and Anetta. Most of these, of 
course, are of the fin-keel type, pure racing machines, with 
the most limited accommodation and headroom, though 
with rather less draft than similar American craft. 
"That portion of the work relating to power propulsion is 
now very complete, covering the latest developments in en- 
gines, boilers and propellers, as well as the hulls. Cruising 
craft of different sizes and rigs also occupy a prominent 
place. One of the most valuable, as well as the most inter- 
esting, features of the work id the large collection of plates 
and cuts descriptive of yacht construction and fittings. This 
includes some large colored plates, in which every detail is 
clearly shown. Wood, composite and steel construction are 
fully illustrated by sections of well-known yachts. A special 
