KoT. 13, 1897.] 
FOREST ■AND STREAM. 
from a letter written by Mr. G. B. Kirkpatrick, is pertinent 
to the point. He concludes in writing of iiis puppy: "By 
the way, I think Brother Houeh, would like this pup, as 1 
think lie will turn out to be his ideal 'meat dog.' He was run 
over by both wheels of a tandem bike when about six months 
old. Last month, while in New Hampshire shooting with my 
old dog, he was playing around the farmhouse, a country 
wagon came along, two men sat on the seat, barrel of sugar 
and other merchandise in the wagon, both wheels went square 
over his back, between the short ribs and his hips. The 
sandy road saved his life." 
The Missouri Field Trials Association completed its organ- 
ization recently, and contemplates holding Us tirst trials in 
November or December next, at Amoret,' Mo. It will not 
permit professional handlers to participate in the competi- 
tion. 
The list of eminent dogs of the Pacific Coast has been hon- 
ored by the addition of Dash Antonio (Antoni — Lady Luci- 
fer) to it, according to Field Sports. He made a most com- 
mendable competition in the Canadian field trials of the past 
three years. 
We are informed by a correspondent that Pottinger Dorsey 
died suddenly of heart disease, at New Marktt, Md., oti 
Wednesday, Nov. 3. He was very popular .mongall beagle 
men. He died while hunting. His brother saw him fall, 
and when be reached him he was dead. At one time he was 
quite conspicuous in bench show interests. 
In our business columns Arthur L. Bailey, Plymouth, 
Mass , offers pointers; Beaumont Kennels, New York, offers 
setters; Charles S. Onderdonk, Philadelphia, offers collie; R. 
L Hoi brook, Townsbend, Vt , offers bull terrier; Standard 
Stock Co., Truro. Nova Scotia, offers King Charles spaniel; 
933 South Sixtieth streel, Pniladtlphia, offers dogs of differ- 
ent breeds; Fred McGougb, Richardson, 111., offers beagles: 
S. W. Hart, Stamford, N. Y., offers foxliounds and wants a 
cocker 
The tenth annual hunt of the Western Massachusetts Fox 
Club was scheduled for Wednesday and Tnursday of this 
week at Wcsltield. with the dinner served on Wednesday 
evening at 7 o'clock. We acknowledge with thanks an in- 
vitation to be present, and detpl^' regret that the pressure of 
the busy season denied us the pleasure of accepting and being 
present. 
Mr. Mortimer, under date of Nov. 8 writes us that every- 
thing looks very favorable for the Mttiopolitan K .nnei Club's 
show. Several challecge and puppy classes have been 
added. The manaiiement would bepleasi d to receive pho- 
tographs of exhibitocfc' dogs. Entries close on the 18th 
inst, 
heeling. 
THE CHAINLESS BICYCLE. 
An expert on the construction of bicycles is credited by 
the ilaily press with the followiug criticism on the chainless 
bicycle : 
"There seems to be some slight imperfections in the chain- 
less bicycles 1 have ridden. Wben you put foot pressure on 
the pedals there is a certain amount of backlash caused by 
the cogs of one wheel not fitting tightly into those of ano- 
ther. The binding of the cogs against one another makes a 
sort of burring sensation that yuu can feel with your feet, 
but not hear. 
"The only possible danger of accident is in the breaking 
of the cogs, but the metal is made so hard that this possi- 
bility is only remote. Jiut even stiould a cog break it would 
not interfere seriously with the running of the wheel, as two 
or three cogs practically fic into their places at the one time. 
The backlash is not so noticeable in the wheel when it is 
new, but if there is a sixty fourth part of an inch play be- 
tween the cogs to begin with, every revolution of the pedal 
will tend to increase it. The action of the chainless wheel 
is more positive than in the chain wheel, and the transmis- 
sion ef power is therefore more direct. 
"The great advantages of the chainless over the chain 
•wheel are its convenience to keep clean and its absence of 
-mud-gathering facilities. For instance, if the riders in the 
■century run on Sunday last had been mounted on chainless 
bicycles, they would not have found it nearly such hard 
Avork plugging through the mud, and they would not have 
had to dismount frequently, as most of them did, to clean 
the mud away from tne running gear." 
In the matter of the patents covering the driving mechan- 
ism of the chainless wheel, it is reported that two expert 
patent attorneys have made a thorough investigation in behalf 
•of some large bicycle manufacturers, aud have discovered 
that the patents are what were known as the old League 
■chainless patents, and that so far as affording exclusive rights 
•of manufacture are concerned they are worthless. In view 
• of the attorneys' report, these manufacturers have decided 
to manufacture chainltss wheels after the designs of those 
now on the market. A common fund is established todeiend 
;iiny one of the combination against whom suit may be 
brought, each one paying a. pro rata of the expense of such 
ilitigalion. All the indications are that the high prices asked 
for the chainless wheels will not long be maintained. 
Pleasure and Business. 
The pleasantest ride, with all the accessories of good route, 
beautiful land.scape and delightful weather, may be marrea 
or spoiled by the impatience of a companion to go some- 
where. One town being reached in haste, there is a feverish 
burry to reach the next. And in this manner town after 
town is reached and passed in a scramble to reach some 
destination. The habits of business life cling to many 
people in their pleasures. The hurry to reach the office, 
the depot, the landing, etc., becomes such a confirmed habit 
that tew city-trained men can divest themselves of it even 
when there is no occasion for hurry, or when hurry is a 
detriment. And yet the man in a hurry wilhout a purpose 
is impatient and irritable if there is any delay. If a companion 
is fatigued and stops to rest, he shows about the same nervous 
anxiety and disapproval that he might if a moment lost 
might lose him his train or his steamer. If asked why he 
wanted to hurry, he could give no sensible reason. He is 
unconsciously the victim of the habit of going nervously and 
hurriedly, as all must do in a big city where cable cars or 
i^levaied trains must be takea instantly or not at all, and 
where even walking on the sidewalk requires a certain vig- 
orous speed and energy if one would not hj passed, cut off 
and elbowed constantly by the anxious throngs who have 
the going-somewhere habit, whetber they are really going 
somewhere or not. 
It is a bad habit to have on a pleasure trip — bad for the 
one afil cted with it, and worse for bis companions, who are 
forced on and on speedily and hurriedly from place to place 
against their inclinations Tnere may be historic-al places at 
hand, ones where the fate of a nation was decided, where 
heroic deeds were done, or where the finest works of art 
have place, and yet they are nothing to the man with a 
mania to be somewhere else than the place he is in. There 
may be inviting side roads winding through forest, by wind- 
ing river, or in flowery dells — the man in a hurry to leave 
where he is never notes any of such. He has no time for the 
contemplaiion of the beautiful in nature, the historical asso- 
ciation of places, or the charm of varied scene sought as a 
pleasure 
being where he isn't 
He is too intent on leaving where he is and 
THE 1898 WHEELS. 
The new chainless wheel, while not causing any special 
alarm to manufacturers in general or any universal interest 
to a degree which reaches a craving on the part of the 
general public, has nevertheless served a useful purpose in 
stimulating effort on the part of the manufacturers of the 
chain wheels, to perfect a protection for the running gear of 
their productions and to offer also such useful novelties in 
addition as they can devise. The patents of the new chain- 
less wheel generally are looked upon with more or less con- 
tempt because of several reasons, the~mo8t important being 
that first of all the mechanism involves no new principle and 
is one already in common use throughout tne mechanical 
world ; next, it is virtually the same as that of the old league 
chainless, and it has not proven to be of the superlative 
merit in practical use that is claimed for it by its makers. 
Out of the zOO makers of wheels of more or less geiieral 
good repute, there will be only about twelve who will devote 
tueir efforts to the succets of the chainless. The others will 
be free to do their best to make the chain wheel better in 
itself and better in its driving machinery. A great variety 
of wheels will thus be offered to supply tne demand of 1898. 
The protection of the gearing, in whole or in part, will be one 
of the chief aims of most makers, thus eqaaUng as near as 
may be the one feature of the chainless wneel which is 
generally admitted to be of real value, namely, the protection 
of the gearing from dust, dirt and wet. The much greater 
space occupied relatively by the chain gearing makes this 
problem somewhat difficult to solve satisfactorily. Manu- 
facturers, however, have been diligently at work on the 
problem of gear cases, or "inclosed chain," as some prefer to 
cill the mechanism so protected, with tne result that a most 
comprehensive assortment of gear cases and chain protectors 
will be offered to the public next year This line of effort is 
no. by any means a new one, but an old one with a new im- 
petus. The gear cases of the past, made of leather, celluloid 
and different kinds of metal, have been both of a vveigac to 
sjriousiy encumber the wheel, and of a shape to mar its 
proportions and offend the eye. Aluminum alloys and very 
light steel, used in American cases, have somewhat removed 
this objection, but the problem is stiU unsolved from a com- 
mercial standpoint. 
With the gearing satisfactorily inclosed and protected from 
dubt, mud and wei, itisclainf-ed that the chain wh^el possesses 
certain properties of flexibility and aiaptiveness to weight 
carrying combined with the acdon of the wlieels on the rough 
or smooth surfaces of the average roads, th-at the suffer 
mechanism of the chainless does not possess. 
One mechanical novelty is a combination cog and chain 
gear wnich wdl be producea by an Indiana manufacturer 
Aa improved chain and sprocket, tor which is claimed a 
power to work parfectly, regardless of mud or dusi, will be 
offered by another concern. This benefit is derived from 
rollers on the sprocket wheel, so arranged that by revolving 
with the action of tne cham, they free the mechanism from 
such mud, etc., as may find lodgment on it. Under severe 
tests it IS claimed this mechanism gave admirable results, 
With the mechanisms in common use, a varying resistance 
of trom 48 to 1501bs. resulted from the tests, while the new 
mechanism varied but slightly from 49 to 58lbs 
New chainless gears, approximating in external appearance 
to the present ch.-uniess, but differing in mLchanism, also will 
be offertd for public approval. Nearly all the mechanical 
principles of friction, spur and bevel gears, etc., will be ap- 
plied to the gearing in one form and another, although none 
will contain any new mechanical principles. They will be 
old principles applied to new uses. 
Frames have also been given consideration, one being so 
devised that it can be aojusted to suit tne convenience of 
any rider, and also can be changed from a diamond to a drop 
frame. 
Brakes will be treated as a desirable special feature of 
next year's wheels, and there will be a general striving for 
greater excellence of finish by the freer use of nickel, enamel, 
silver, etc. 
rtiere will be an effort made to sustain the price of a cer- 
tain fine of next year's wheels at $100 and $135, chiefly with 
a view to gain the prestige which comes frum making a high 
grade wheel and the confidence it inspires in the other pro- 
ducts of such makers; but it is probable that really useful 
and beautiful wheels of standard maK.e will be readily obtain- 
able at trom |50 to $75, with a range of prices otherwise to 
suit purses long or stiort. 
The only new yachts thus far under way for next season, 
except the many small craft in restricted classes, are three 
schooners to be designed by Gary Smith & Barbey. These 
yachts are of a new and most sensible and sbrviceable type, 
of tight draft, and fitted with compact auxiliary naphtha 
engines. One will be about 45ft. l.w.l., one about 55, and one 
some 10ft. longer. They will have excellent accommoda- 
tions for their size and draft, and the power, while occupying 
but little space, will enable them to get somewhere m a 
calm. 
Taken in connection with the lively demand for restricted 
classes, this new type shows a decided turn for the better in 
yachting and a more hopeful outlook than has been seen fur 
many a day. 
It is just a year since the yachtsmen of New York were 
called on to restore the sport and inaugurate a new era of 
prosperity by adopting, as a panacea for all existing iUs, tJie 
limitation of draft at a preposterous figure, designed to en- 
courage the production of large semi-flns of the Quisetta 
type. As the FOREST AND Strkam predicted at the time, the 
limitation of draft, in the form in which it was proposed and 
adopted, has failed in bringing the promised prosperity to 
yachting. One racing yacht in the 51ft. class has been built 
under it, and has practically raced alone all the season. 
There has been no schooner racing to speak of, and there 
is now no prospect of new schooners or more racing next 
year. 
Had the draft limit in the schooner division been placed at 
a reasonable figure, so as to encourage instead of prohibiting 
the American type of moderately deep centerboard— roughly 
speaking, the Quickstep type in.stead of the Quisetta type — 
it is quite probable that some racing boats would have been 
bnilt. As it is, all thought of racing is thrown aside and 
such new schooners as are planned are thorough cruisers. 
Poor as the immediate outlook is, there are evidences that 
men have tired of the big, fin- keel racing machines, and are 
now ready to go to the other extreme in accepting all sorts 
of restrictions. The latest news from the proposed new 51ft. 
restricted class is that the excessive cost of building even 
these boats has deterred the wealthy men who were back of 
the plan. This is much to be regretted, as the class prom- 
ised to be a good one. It only emphasizes, however, the 
fact we have long insisted upon, that the building and rac- 
ing of such craft as Defender and Vigilant at carte blanche 
cost is no indication of general prosperity in yachting; and 
on the other hand, that there are few yachtsman who are 
sufficiently enamored of the sport to pay the very heavy cost 
of racing large yachts year in and year out. 
If the movement for restrictions extends from the very 
small to the medium classes, as it now promises to do, there 
will be quite a revival of racing next season; but there is 
little probability of a renewal in the very large classes, even 
as large as 75ft. racing length, until a new rule and many 
accompanying restrictions are universally adopted. 
The Fin ia the Small Classes. 
The above diagram w-is intended to accompany Mr. 
George Hill's letter in the previous i-!sue of the Forest and 
Stream. Mr. Hill has submitted to the American Y. C. a 
complete design for a 25-footer similar to the lower one in 
the diagram. 
Hobe Sound 7. C. 
HOBE SOUND, FLA. 
Monday, Oct. std. 
The last three races of the Hobe Sound Y. C. have resulted 
as follows: 
FIRST CLASS 
Elapsefl Corrected. Points. 
Sprogie l OT 00 1 07 00 a 
V/enoiiati ....1 13 ai 1 09 45 1 
SECOND or.Ass 
Lorraine U 51 05 3 
Juaita 0 56 37 3 
Water Witch Capsized. o 
FIRST CLASS. 
Elapsed. Corrected. Points. 
Wenonah l 06 40 1 01 19 3 
Wanda 1 06 49 1 05 49 2 
Sprogie (disqualified) 1 08 SB 1 18 36 
SECOND CLASS 
Juanita..... 1 08 24 . .. ., 1 
Kuby , Witlidrew. 0 
The race to-day was sailed in a bowling norther. The 
yachts got away well together, with Wenonan first, Wanda, 
Sprogie and Frances in the order named, and held the same 
positions to the second buoy. On the beat back Wanda 
forged to the front, Sprogie a close second, and Wenonah 
and Frances fighting hard for third place. .Just before 
crossing the line in the tirst round, B^rances .split her jib and 
withdrew. The second round was a procession; Sprogie 
made a slight gain aud Wenonah steadily fell behind. 
In the second class Juanita had a sail-over. 
FIBST CLASS. 
Start, 2:33: Elapsed. Corrected. Points, 
Wauda 1 17 a9 1 17 29 • 4 
Sprogie 1 18 14 1 18 14 3 
Wenonab 1 .31 So 1 34 2 
Frances Withdrew. 
.SECOND CLASS. 
Juanita y 57 15 0 51 43 1 
H. D. McVEASr. 
Gilberts Bar T. C. 
Waveland, Fla., Nov. 4.— The Gilberts Bar Y. 0. com- 
menced its third annual stries of races on Saturday, Oct. 30. 
This also being the first field day the club has held since the 
completion of its new and commodious club house. 
The races were sailed ia a drifting breeze from N.E., with 
the following results: 
FIRST CLASS— 32ft. SAILING LENOrH. 
Actual. Corrected . 
Joker 1 la 00 0 58 48 
Albatross Did not flnisti. 
SECOND CLASS -rSDER 22FT. SAILING LBNOTH 
Beatrice i u5 us 1 03 11 
Swallow......,,,,,,.,, 1 01 02 1 01 02 
Paul M. Astob, Seo'y. 
