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heart and lungs, lie made a scrand exhibition and one with 
almost no mistakes. Tiock has been derided as a "shooting 
dog," but he has-his sweet revenge. His is a triumph of the 
meat dog, and may we have more of such! It is the triumph 
of the amateur and the individual sportsman over the pro- 
fessional and the commercial side of dogdom, and, moreover 
the triumph of a good, working, surviving type of dog over a 
faddish and inferior notion which is certain to disappear in 
the long run. A horse ought to be a horse, a man ought to 
be a man and a dog ought to be first and last of all, a dog. 
You don't need tissue paper for a good bird dog, and he will 
live without a blanket and he will hunt as long as you will. 
A dog different from this sort is the wrong sort. 
The judges, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Warner, SHid that the 
five dois, Noble Chieftain (Derby), Lock, Dash Auionio, 
Cleopatra, Count Vassar, were much above the field trial 
winners. (Count Vassar ran unplaced but a good one.) Mr. 
Bangham takes down in money with his two winners only 
$85, less fifteen per. cent. If it is mostly glory. These 
international trials have come to have considerable interest 
of their own in their departures from current and conven- 
tional trial meets, and are worth watching for next year. 
They are doing good, and should be patronized, oifering, as 
they do, a hard game and a clean amateur competitinn 
among good dogs and good sportsmen. E. Hough 
1«J06 BoycE Building, Chrcago 
Squirrel and Fox and jGun. 
Claremont, N. H. — Editw Foreat unci Stream: We are 
having beautiful hunting weather lier.j. The boys report 
squirrels plentiful. I never hunt thera myself. I prefer 
to see them skipping around, or sitting on a limb with 
their great bushy tails curled up over their backs. I have 
no use for them, and would as soon shoot a knot in a board 
fence as a squirrel out of a tree. I was going to say, I do 
not believe in killing game just for the fun of it; hut ritiht 
here is a chance for some brother sportsman to pick me 
up when L do say that I shoot a fox, when I get a chance, 
ahead of my little hound. Bat to me there is a vast dif- 
ference in killing a cunning, crafty fox, pursued by a 
hound, and a beautiful and innocent gray squirrel. Mind 
you, I blame no one if they want a squirrel muddle. 
The fox is not found in quantit es to be su'-e of killing vast 
numbers, and if it were you could not do it. even where they 
arephntiful. The fox hunter will draw many many more 
blank days than successful ones, as far as killing his fox is 
concerned. It is craft and cunning of the fox p'ittcd against 
that of man, and the most of the time the fox has the best of 
it. I well remember one fall killing four foxes in one d^y, 
and yet I hunted all that fall, and only secured one more 
fox to my gun. But 1 hear some brother squirrel hunter say 
that lhat must have been poor fun to nunt so many days and 
not get a chance to shoot something Tnat is where he is 
wrong. I enjoyed every one of those days. Do not for once 
think I did not have any fun, for I had lots and lots of it. 
The anticipation was pleasant; it was fun starting out; it was 
fun to see old Bony work out the cold trails: it was music to 
hear her when the lox was routed; it was fun to s*e them 
cross some opposite ridge: it was nerve-inspiring to question: 
"Will be come round to this stand, or to the one opposite." 
Even when out of hearing there is excitement in it; for the 
fc X may get quite a lead of your hound, and you have got to 
keep your eyes in every direction, for you know not how 
near he may be. And mind you, a fox on a clear day will 
spot you far away if you are not paying att' ntion to business 
and keeping quiet. In fact, they are always suspicious; so 
you see, it is all fun for me. But if you do not care for the 
music of the hounds, nor see them work out a trail, nor en- 
joy the beauties of nature, but just have a desire to kill, kill, 
kill, don't go fox hunting, but just chase a poor squirrel up 
a tree where he cin'c get away, and then shoot away whether 
you have any use for him oi: not Tell Von W. I have got a 
number of pupils under my charge on the fingarling ques- 
tion, and am happy to say that I see a marked improvement 
in them. CoiiUMBrA, 
National Fox Hunters' Meet. 
Owing to the severe illness of Mrs. Emily Webber Herr, 
who was to have reported for us the jSTational Fox Hunters' 
Association meet at Cynlhiana, Ky,, last weei, we can give 
only the winners, as sent by Mr. A. B. F. Kinney, who 
writes : 
"The people here have overwhelmed us with kindness, £o 
much so it has interfered with our held work, though we 
have been able to puU off otu- raies fairly satisfactory." 
The winners are as follows: 
Derby — First. A. Glbbs'a Judge; second, W. L Graddy's 
Grace; third, E R Walker's Cricket; v.hc, John Fults's 
Lygia and H Trigs's Mike. 
All-Age— Fu-st, Dr. W. F. Si urgill's Venus; second. Bour- 
bon Kennels' Star; third, H C. Trigg's Loa; vhc, Roger 
Williams's Ruse. 
The ofBcers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: 
H. C. Trigg, President; A. B. F.Kinney. First Vice-Presi- 
dent ; W. S. Walker, Second Vice President; Rear -Admiral 
J. E. Jouett, Third Vice-President; R)ger D. Williams. 
Secretary Tieasurer; Directors — Jotin Haymaker, E H. 
Walker. Jack Chinn. W. W. Huffstutter, Cipt. Hathaway, 
Clay Qaleskill, Dr. W. F. Slurgill. 
A. K. C. Meetiag 
ISTew YoKK, Nov. 23. — The regular qiarterly meeting of 
the Ameri'jan Kjnnel Club will b3 held at the office of the 
club 55 Liberty street, New York, Taursday, Dac, 16, at 
2 P. M. By order of the president. 
A, P Vredbnburgh, Sec'y. 
POINTS AND FLuSHfc,a>. 
Immediately after the burning of the barn of the Summer- 
row House, at Newton. N. C , on Sunday, Nov. 14, a suti- 
Bcription was started among the field trial men as a sponta- 
neous testimonial of national sympathy, with the result th it 
$76 were subscribed The loss was estimated at $300. Tuis 
is a kind of sympathy deserving of notice for its rarity. The 
cause of the fire is unknown. 
Pierre Lorillard, Jr.. coutemp'a'es giving a magnificent 
cup for a priz.' in the E. F. T. C. Members' Siake of next 
year. On Saturday of last week he woul to H'gh Point, N. 
C, to enjoy 1 tie shooting on his preserve. The piovi-ion, 
newly imposed, that any dogs competing in the Members' 
Stake mu t bi the bona fide piopjrty of the member starling 
such dog, or that the partner or partners of such member 
must also be members of the c'ub, seems to be a drawing of 
the lines unnecessarily close. 'I'his rule would prevent 
Messrs. Thayer, Duryea and O.Hhaus from competing with 
their kennel dogs, and would impose upon them the unneces- 
§&rj' (.special ownership of a dog for the purpose of compet' 
ing in the Members' Stake. No doubt but what the cluh 
knows what it desires for its own pleasure, but it is worth 
while to consider the greatest possible success of this stake. 
After the A1l-Ae-e Stflke was concluded Mr. P. R Hitch- 
cock returned to New York. 
While the Count Gloster — Young Rip Rap heat was being: 
run on Saturday, the fleUl trial party drifted over the boun- 
dary of the preserve. Rip was on point, and Count got his 
half of it by insistence, The still air was broken by a loud' 
cry of "Take away your dog'." It came from a be whis- 
kered gentleman astride an animal, a full grain sack resting 
across its shoulders. "I don't want mv birds killed" he 
added "We are not killing any birds," said the secretary. 
"Take away your dogs, I don't want my birds 
scared," he said. "I can't net them if +hey are 
scared." Then the secretary said he didn't know 
he was much over the line, and the other gentleman assured 
him that he w >8 over the line "right smart." And he added 
that he had a pretty eood net. Hp loved birds He didn't 
approve of anyone else frightening the pretty birds Then 
be went calmly on his way, and the fieli trial crossed back 
over the line. Sometime or other it will be against the law 
of North Carolina to net birds. Also the club "took away" 
the dogs from High Point, N C , and that made a difference 
of several thousand dollars a year in that town's revenue. 
It is now rumored that that town would dearly like to have 
the dogs brought back. 
Mrs Dr J" S B'-own was the onlv lady who graced the 
tiials with her presence this fall so far. The calm and self- 
possessed manner in which she rode a bargain counter horse 
over rough fields and across frazzly ditches was worthy of 
notice. 
It is not generally known that the efficient secretary of 
the E F. T. C. weighs about 2"01bs. When he is astride of 
a wide country horse properly inflated, he hides a large part 
of the landscape from view. The field trial preserve is one 
of hills and valleys, with many creeks and ditches running 
through it. Once the secretary's horse essayed the task of 
climbing a creek bank, but with his forefeet on the edge of 
the bank he settled down and contentedly reposed to rest, 
his quarters in the creek bed. The giant calmly slid back- 
ward head first into the sand and water, and held bis pipe 
up above all harm. Then he calmly mounted and went on 
with the job of judging, without any exterior sign of know- 
ing lhat anything had happened. 
The judges at the United States Field Trials Club's trials 
this week are Messrs. C. E. Buckle, William Tallman and, 
W. B. Stafford. 
Massachusetts Y B. A. 
A SPECIAL meeting of the Massachusetts Y, R. A. was held 
in Boston on Nov. i for the purpose of completing the work 
of amending the roles, which was left unfinished at the 
recent annual meeting. The principal amendniflut was that 
providing for an extension of time allowance through 1898 
This failed of securing the necessary two-thirds, the vote 
being 13 for and 7 against, and consequently was lost. A 
proposal to reduce the crerr allowance by one in each class 
was also defeated. It was decided to divide the ISfD.^and' 
3lft. classes into two divisions, open and cabin. A proposal 
to forbid the carrying of ballast in bags was rejected. The 
fi)llowiug amendments were adopted: 
1 The following saUs may be carrie d : 
On schooners — Mainsail, foresail, forestaysail, jib, flying 
.i'lb, jibtopsail, main and fore gafftopsail, maintopmast stay- 
sail and spinaker 
On sloops and cutters — Mainsail, forestaysail, jib, jibtop- 
sail, gafftopsail and spinaker. 
On yawls — The sare.e as on sloops and cutters, with mizen 
and mizenstaysail and maintopsail. 
3. Balloon sails may set over working sails. 
3. No extra spars, boomiug out or whisker poles, except 
spinaker boam, shall be used. 
4. A working main or foregalf r.opsail must be jib-headed, 
and must not extend above the topsail halyard block, or be- 
yond the end of the gafiE. A spinaker must be triangulir, 
and must not extend above the masthead block, or beyond 
the outer end of the spinaker boom. 
In any start, if the point marked by the foremast in 
schooners and the mainmast iu .sia^le-masted vessels and 
yawls has crossed the line before the starting signal of her 
class, she must return and recross the line when so ordered 
by the judges. 
A yacat shall not, after crossing the finish line, interfere* 
with any yacht still in the race so as to affect the time of 
such yacht at the finish. 
The very important matter of defining a cabin yacht was 
left to the executive committee. President Clark made a 
report on the recent meeting of the Y, TJ„ of N. A. in New 
York. 
The question of retaining the time alio :vance for another 
year has created much feeling amoUiC members of the Asso- 
ciation, the majority being in favor of it. It was agreed in 1896 
that all time allowance should cease after the season of 1897, 
with a rigid enforcement of that building to class limits 
which the FOREST AND STREAM has advocated for so many 
years. The original class limits were 30ft., Soft., 21ft , I8fr. 
and 15ft., the length being measured Sin. above the water, 
ana without crew on board. In ab andoning this ancient a^^d 
faulty method of measurement for a more civilized one of 
actual L. W.L. with crew on board, at the end of 1896, the As- 
sociation made the mistake of changing its class limits to 
.■39, 24, 30 and 17ft., at which figures they have stood through 
the present season. At the annual meeting last montn the 
classes were again revised, a new one being added at each 
end— 3.5ft l.w.l., SOft, 25ft., 21ft., I8ft. and 15ft. la view of 
the addition ot a foot to each class, it is contended that as a 
plain matter of justice to the older tioats, some of which 
come several feet under the new limits and are thus 
doubly penalized as against any yachts built this winter to 
the lio^its, the time allowance should be coniiuiied for an- 
other season. 
There is no question of the necessity for the ultimate abol- 
ishment of time allowance and the stopping of the absurd 
habit of building to all odd sizes, that has always been a 
drawback to American yachting. The building to class Is 
now universal, the one notable exception being the largest 
class of each rig, in p irticular the single-stick class-of "over 
7Uft. racing length," in which are all tHe Cup defenders- 
Defender, Vigilant and the others. Even this class must in 
time follow tne advance of enlightened ideas, and it is quite 
probable that before another match i-i made for the America's 
Cup an agreement will be made by which both yachts shall 
be built to a stipulated racing length. 
The general opinion, both among yachtsmen at large and 
the delegates, seems to be strongly in favoT of ^he continu- 
ance of the allowance for another year, and there was an 
understanding that this would be done in case the limits 
were raised. As a matter of policy, and for the general 
good, the continuance of the allowance was perhaps desir- 
able. At the same time, after a careful inspection of the 
list of yachts entered for the Y. R. A. races of 1897, we are 
by no means convinced that any serious harm has been done 
in practice. At the worst, some of the new yachts of 1897 
will be handicapped to the extent of 1ft. of L W.lj ; not all of 
them, as some will benefit by the privilege of increasing 
their L. W.L. Some of the old ones will be handicapped to the 
extent of If t. more than would otherwise have been the case; 
but of those which suffer most in this way there are very 
few that could have hoped to win prizes, even with their 
allowance, against the new boats of 18',i7 and 1898. Among 
the faster boats which will suffer most are Harbinger, 
Emma C._ in the 80ft. class and Vitesse, Alpine, Fantasy . 
and Circe in the 18ft. class. One very iraport.aut point, how- 
ever, is the renewed opportunities afforded to many old 
boats, such as Beatrice, Little Peter. Snipe IT , Privateer, 
Yankee, Perhaps, and many others, which will go from the 
bottom of one class to the top of a lower one. The total 
number of yachts listed by the Association is 149, or 136 ex- 
cluding the knockabouts, of this number at least 40 will go 
from the bottom of one class to the top of the next lower 
class, where they will be entitled to no allowance in any 
case. The net results on the racing will probably be better 
than if the old class limits had been continued. 
The retention in two classes of both cabin and open divi- 
sions makes it imperative that the Association shall define 
the difference between the two: something that has never 
yet been successfully accomplisned. 
The executive committee presented the following addition 
to the rule<: 
DEFINITION OF A CABIN YACHT. 
A cabin yacht shall be defined as either a flush-deck yacht 
with cabin accommodations below deck, or a decked yacht 
with cabin trunk and similar accommodations, which shall 
•conform to th^ following limitations: 
1. The least freeboard shall be equal to 7 percent, of the 
L.W.L. length, measured in a parpendicular line from 
the top of the covering board of deck to the surface of the 
water. 
2. The cabin shall have headroom over the required floor 
.space equal to not less than 18 per cent, of the L, W. L. length, 
to the limit of 6ft. in the clear, under deck or cabin trunk, 
exclusive of skylights and hatches, with substantial parti- 
tion at the after end of cabin, and shall have a floor above 
the timbers flush throughout, excepting the space occupied 
by centerboard box, for at least 35 percent, of the L.W.L. 
length, with a minimum width of not less than 20 per cent, 
of the extreme beam, and shall be fitted with two permanent 
lockers and suitable berths or transoms for the accommoda- 
tion of the crew. 
3 A cabin trunk shall be capable of sustaining the weight 
of the entire crew. 
4. The cockpit shall have its floor above the L W.L., and 
shall have scuppers draining outboard. 
5. The centerboard trunk shall not come above the deck 
or cabin trunk. 
6. The cabin shall contain cushions or mattresses for the 
berths or transoms, and one blanket for each berth, or 7ft. 
length of transom, stove and cooking utensils, and receptacle 
for two gallons of fresh water 
7. There shall al-o be ou board an anchor weighing not 
less than IJ^lbs. for each foot of L W.L. length, and not less 
than one fathom of suitable cable for each^foot of L.W.L. 
length, life preserver, compass, riding light, foghorn, bucket 
and boathook. 
8. All inside b.iUast shall be stowed under the floor of the 
cabin or cockpit. 
9. All fixtures and fittings herein mentioned shall be suit- 
able for cruising purposes, and shall not be removed or sub- 
stituted by articles smaller or of lighter weight. 
10. Existing cabin yachts (1897) may race m cabin classes, 
provided they carry the full cruising equipment. 
We are pleased to see that the proposil to reduce the crew 
limit was not carried, and that the same crews will be al- 
lowed in 1898 as have been carried in the past. This matter 
of the reduction of crew is only second in importance to the 
building to class, correct measurement of L.W.L and one- 
gun start. With the present tendencies ol design in the 
classes of Soft, racing length and under, the too liberal allow- 
ance of crew is an extra and most uunece.ssary premium on 
the live ballast racing machine. As the conaitions are 
to day, the allowance of six men in a yacht of 25ft. l.w.l. 
{30ft. racing length) is merely a premium on selecting a crew 
of heavy-weights and building a boat to carry them, a virtual 
return to the old sandbagger. A total of four skillful sailor- 
men ought to be able to handle sails on a yacht of 25ft. l.w 1.. 
and this number would not count materially as live ballast 
in determining the type of yacht. With six the case is dif- 
ferent; the winning yacht of the class next year will prob- 
ably be a lightly built racing machine,, with very large sail 
area, and designed to lug it through the hiking of a heavy 
crew of six. We are strongly in favor of reduced crew limits 
in all classes, to the number of skilled men required to 
handle a reasonable rig for the length in ea,ch class. The 
result of such a change, not in Boston alone, but in other 
localitie.s, would be double, the "splasher" hull would give 
plHce to something of more moderate proportions, and the 
sail plan would be both reduced and simplified, so as to be 
peifectly handled by the smaller crew. At the same time, 
we prefer to see the possibilities of an L.W.L. rule worked 
out under the same conditions which have thus far existed 
in the Association. 
The development of yachting on Massachusetts Bay withj 
in the past five years has been mosf, interesting, but it is ijy 
no means complete, and we, at least, shall watch the next 
season or two with more than usual iiitere-^r. The most con- 
spicuous feature thus far has bcdu the gradual drawing to- 
gether of the many small clubs, just as has been the case on 
Long Island Sound; the abandonment of disputes and 
clashes, and the organization of what promises to be a per- 
manent and powerful association. The immediate result 
has been an increased interest in the raclug, as was natur- 
ally to be expected from the pre-arrangementof fixtures, the 
improvement of the details of race management, and the 
establishment of an excellent system of records, averages 
and championship prizes. This revival of racing started on 
a pretty good basis, the large fleet of existing yachts includ- 
ing many of strong construction and serviceable type such 
as the Cape cats. The leaven of these old boats has been 
felt in the Association fleet up to the present lime; and it 
can hardly be said that the rules of the Association have had 
any material effect on design. One detail of the rules, the 
method of measuring l.w.l., has been very much improved; 
with general good results on the racing. 
The season of 1898, which is now hf ginning in the planning 
cf new boats, finds a lively interest iu the racing, the assur- 
ance of many fixtures and good prizes, with establ sbed class 
limits and general racing rules and conditions. It is prob- 
able that a number of yachts will he built in the eight classes 
recognized by the Association. The owners and designers 
of all of these prospective boats no^v understand perfectly 
the rules and conditions, and it is only rtasonatile to expect 
that they will go in to make the most of them. The main 
conditions are, briefly, limited L.W.L , unlimited sail, beam, 
draft and ballast, unlimited scantling, a id large limit of 
crew. If, under these plain couLiitions, anyone is foolish 
enough to build a yacht of moderate proportions, staunch 
and durable construction, and capable of doing anything 
like the all-round service of racing and cruising that the 
older boats accomplished, h§ will have only himself to blam^ 
