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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Deo. 4, 1897, 
After his recent experience in judging at Newton, he con- 
fessed that judging was much more difficult than it seemed. 
The popular handler, Mr. Frank Richards, was much 
missed at the trials, both for personal reasons, he having 
many friends, and for the strong competition he was ex- 
pected to make. 
The C(9w?w-t7(?wr«a? devotes liberal space to a pair of Irish 
wolfhounds imported by Mr. Eoger D. Williams, and gives 
a lengthy description of the breed and its qualities. This 
infortaation is exceedingly valuable, and will be gratefully 
received in England and Ireland, where nothing definite is 
known of the characteristics of the breed, yet where authori- 
ties agree it became extinct at a time beyond the memory of 
man. 
The Stock-Keepe/r (England) of Nov. 19 states that the 
shipping department of Spratts Patent has this week ex- 
ported to America a setter from Mr. T, Herbert, four fox- 
terrier puppies from Mr. F. Redmond's kennel, and to 
Sydney, two fox-terriers from Mr. H. Grove. The firm sup- 
plied all the traveling appliance and food for the voyage. 
OAt a committee meeting of the English Kennel Club it 
was decided ' 'that Captain Hargraves be censured for his 
conduct in introducing a live rabbit into the St. Bernard 
ring at the Lancashire and Northern Counties Kennel Club 
show, held at Liverpool." In this country we still cutoff 
horses' tails, dogs' ears and tails, to gratify the love for 
animals implied in the term fancier, though such mutilations 
are agaihst the law of the land. However, the legal punish- 
ment would seem to have been sufficient in Capt. Hargraves's 
case. It is a hardship to punish a man twice for tlie same 
offense. 
The annual general meeting of the Y. R. TJ. of Long 
Island Sound will be held on Dec. 7 at the Fifth Avenue 
Hotel, New York, at 8 P. M. The business before the meet- 
ing includes the action on proposed amendments, report of 
the Council, arrangement of dates, and election of oflBcers. 
The value of hounds as an aid to the officers in the pursuit 
and capture of fugitives from justice is so well known that 
they are much used in different sections, particularly in the 
Southern States. The Charleston Netos mentions the public 
demand for a trained pack which is kept at Florence, and of 
the moral effect of such an accessory to the law it says: 
"The most important testimony to their value, however, is 
afforded in the statement as to the effect of their presence in 
reducing crime. The mere fact of 'having these mere trailers 
on hand,' we are told, 'has been a great thing for Florence,' 
as shown by the marked decrease in the number of cases of 
burglary and incendiarism alone, to say nothing of other 
serious or lesser crimes. A similar equipment should be a 
greater thing for other towns or counties for the same reason, 
and when its small cost is considered it is really strange that 
every county is not provided with one." 
KENNEL NOTES. 
Keimel Notes are Inserted without charge ; and blanks 
(famished free) will be sent to any address. Prepared 
Blanks sent free on application. 
SALES. 
Mr. r. X, Cheney, Pittsfield, Mass , has sold 
, Irish setter dojj, whelped Sept. 12, 1897, by Shamrock's Don 
—Little Lorna, to Mr. W. H. WithingtOD, Brookfield, Mass. 
, dog, same litter, to Mr. Albert Kenyon, Pitisfield, Mass, 
, dog, same litter, to Mr.F.G. Clapp, North Brookfleld, 
Mass. 
Mass. 
-, dog, same litter, to Mr. W. L. Haskell, North Brookfleld, 
-, Irish setter hitch, whelped March 6, 1897, by Finglas— Lit- 
tle Lorna, to Mr Jas. C. Wrinkle, Lee, Mass. 
[Mr. Cheney writes that these five sales were made through his ad- 
vertisement in FoBEST AND Stream's Kennel Special columns. 1 
Beady Reckoner Slips. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please send me one "ready reckoner" slips for eompuiing cost of 
kennel special arts Have lost the one I have been using. T always 
get good results from these small advertisements. W, P. Austin. 
WHERE TO GO. 
One important, useful and considerable part of the Forest and 
Btream's service to the sportsmen's community is the information 
given inquirers for shooting and fishing resorts. We make it our 
business to know where to send the sportsmen for large or small 
game, or in quest of his favorite fish, and this knowledge is freely im- 
parted on request. 
On the other hand, we are constantly seeking information of this 
character for the benefit of our x>atrons, and we invite sportsmen, 
hotel proprietors and others to communicate to us whatever may be 
of advantage to the sportsman tourist. 
As the yachting journal of America, the Forest and Stream is the 
recognized medium of communication between the maker of yachts- 
meri's supplies and the yachting public. Its value for advertising 
has been demonstrated by patrons who have employed its columns 
continuously for years. 
Neably ten years have passed since the yawl Cj^hera 
.sailed from Staten Island for the We.st Indies on the eve of 
the great March blizzard. In all this time nothing authentic 
has been heard of the yacht or her crew, but now comes a 
strange story told by a Scandinavian sailor, Ilak Engleson, 
at present in a hospital at St. Louis, Mo. This man, who 
claims to have been cook on Cythera, states that after being 
out for seven days in very bad weather the yacht was in col 
lisionwith some unknown object and sank almost instantly. 
The narrator saved himself by clinging to a door, and after a 
night afloat was picked up by a steamer bound for Rio 
Janeiro. At this port he shipped for Madagascar, and since 
that time has been in remote quarters of the globe, only 
landing in San Francisco a year ago. 
While much latitude must be allowed for the ignorance 
and forgetfulness of the average} Scandinavian seaman, the 
story as reported is so far from the known facts of the case 
as to suggest that it is not a true personal experience, but 
only recounted at second hand. 
It now appears that the report of a new Watson cutter 
for the Prince of Wales was based on no better foundation 
than that a building shed was being erected at the Hender- 
son yard. Mr. Watson has denied that any such yacht was 
ordered. What will really go up under the new shed is a 
schooner yacht of 115ft. l.w.l., designed by Mr. Watson for 
an unknown owner. 
YampA, schr., has been sold by R. S. Palmer, through 
Tarns & Lemoine, to a foreign owner, it has been reported, 
no less a personage than the Emperor William. The report 
lacks confirmation, but the sale of this fine yacht is inter- 
esting in connection with the construction of a Watson 
schooner of similar length. 
A CABLE from London states that a meeting of the Coun- 
cil of the Yacht Racing Association has been called for Dec. 
2 to meet Messrs. Jarvis and McDonough, of the Y. R. U. of 
N. A., who are now in London. 
Tacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes. 
SECOND ANNOAL MKKTIN6, SATCHDAT, NOV. 20. 
Detroit, Mich. 
The annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Union of the 
Great Lakes was held at Detroit on Nov. 20. All the associ- 
ations in the Union were represented, the Lake Yacht Rac- 
ing Association by E. H. Ambrose and J. E. Burroughs; the 
Interlake Yachting Association by F. B. Hower, E. W. Rad- 
der and S. H. .Jones; and the Lake Michigan Yachting Asso- 
ciation by E. C. Berriman; Mr. Ambrose also had a proxy 
from ^milius Jarvis, the chairman of the Union, who is in 
England. On motion of Messrs. Radder and Berriman, Mr. 
Ambrose was appointed chairman of the meeting and Mr. 
Burroughs acted as secretary. 
The principal business was the discussion of the amend- 
ments, of which notice had been given. 
Mr, Radder moved, seconded by Mr. Jones, that paragraph 
1 of Rule XV. of the Racing Rules be amended by substitut- 
ing the following as the limit of crews in the classes men- 
tioned: 
52ft. class 10 persons. 
43ft. class 8 persons. 
37ft. class 7 persons. 
32ft. class 6 persons. 
27ft. class 5 persons. 
Mr. Radder explained that the object of the amendment 
was to limit the crews to just a sufficient number to work 
the boat and minimize as far as possible the use of crews as 
live ballast. Com. Hower thought that the present limit of 
crew was small enough except in the 27ft. class and possibly 
the 33ft. clasH, while Mr. Burroughs thought that no reduc- 
tion should be made except in the 27ft. class and moved in 
amendment, seconded by Com. Hower, that the reduction 
be in that class only. 
Mr. Burroughs's amendment was carried. 
Mr. Radder then moved, seconded by Mr. Jones, that the 
following be inserted in paragraph 3 of Rule XV. of the 
Racing Rules, between the words "Corinthian" and "and" 
in the second line: "who must be a member of a recognized 
yacht club belonging to one of the associations of the 
Union." 
Com. Hower thought that some explanation should be 
given in the rule of what was meant by a yacht's "regular 
professional crew," and moved, seconded by Mr. Burroughs, 
that the following be added to Mr. Radder's motion: 
"And that all words after 'not more than,' in the fourth 
line, be struck out and the following substituted therefor: 
'the number of professionals regularly employed on the 
yacht, and not more than two in any case.' " 
Mr. Radder accepted Mr, Hower's addition and the motion, 
as amended, was carried. 
Mr. Radder then moved, seconded by Mr. Jones, that the 
words "galley fittings and," in the third line of paragraph 1 
of Rule XIV. of the Racing Rules, be .struck out. 
The motion was carried. 
Mr. Ambrose moved, seconded by Mr. Radder, that Rule 
VI. of the General Rules be amended by substituting "second 
Saturday in October" for "first Saturday in November" in 
the third line. 
The motion was carried. 
Mr. Ambrose then explained that three amendments of 
which he had given notice were dependent one upon the 
other, and that he desired them considered together, and 
moved, seconded by Mr. Burroughs, that Sec, 1 of Rule HI. 
of the Racing Rules be struck out and the following substi- 
tuted therefor: 
1, Yachts shall be rated for classification and time al- 
lowance by racing length, which in the case of yachts built 
prior to Nov. 7, 1896, and in the case of yachts built or 
brought to the Lakes after that date, the area of the im- 
mersed midship section of which, when in racing trim (in- 
scribed within a parallelogram which shall touch its ex- 
tremities), shall not be less than the percentage of the area 
of such parallelogram in the following table: 
First class 35 per cent. 
52ft. class 35 per cent. 
42ft. class 35 per cent. 
37ft. class 35 per cent. 
32ft. class 35 per cent. 
27ft.. class 20 per cent. 
shall be determined by adding the load waterline length to 
the square root of the sail area and dividing the sum by 
9, subject to the provisions of Rule VIII., Section 2. 
Formula: 
L.W,L. -t- VsrZ. ^ 
a ^^-^ 
Yachts built after Nov. 7, 1896, or brought to the Lakes 
after that date, the area of the immersed midship section of 
which, when in racing trim (inscribed within a parallelo- 
gram which shall touch its extremities), shall be less than 
the percentage of the area of such parallelogram in the 
table above shall have an equal percentage added to their 
length and sail area measurements above mentioned. 
The f ormulfe to be used in these cases will be: 
In the first cilass, 52ft. class, 42ft. class, 37ft. class and 32ft. 
class: 
L W.L. -I- VKK. ^ 185-C. 
In the 37ft. class: 
L.W.L.-f <''sX ^ 120-C. 
-i " ^ ~w - 
C. in formulse represents the coeflicient of the midship sec- 
tion, and expresses its relation to the parallelogram within 
which it is inscribed. 
Example in the 42ft, class: 
L W.L, = 37; '^AA. = 47; C. = 28. 
a<H^7 135-28 _ 
3 ^ 100 
The largest transverse vertical cross section shall be taken 
as the midship section, and the parallelogram shall be taken 
to the lowest part of the vessel at this point or forward of it; 
of any greater depth which may be found aft of this, one- 
third shall be added to the depth of the circumscribed par- 
allelogram. The parallelogram shall not include the center- 
board if it he not a board weighted for ballast. 
3. That Rule IV. be struck out- 
3. That the words "3001bs. of hallast permanently stowed 
under the platforms or in lockers, or have a beam of not less 
than one-third of her L.W.L. length," in Definition II., be 
struck out, and the following substituted therefor: "The 
quantity of ballast specified in the following table: 
First class , 10 tons. 
52ft. class 10 tons. 
42ft. class. 7 tons. 
37ft. class 4 tons. 
32ft. class 2 tons. 
27ft. class l,8001bs." 
Mr. Ambrose went into a very full and lengthy explan- 
ation of the objects of his proposed amendments. He 
referred to the fact that a year ago the Union had legislated 
against the fin-keel, and that the reasons for this were prin- 
cipally two: (1) That a yacht built one year might be prac- 
tically useless the following year hy reason of being out- 
built, and (2) the expensive construction which was possible 
in the fin-keel type, and which only the rich man could take 
advantage of. fie did not think that when the restrictive 
rule was passed it was felt that it would be permanent, but 
that it was then recognized that the rule of the future 
would, in addition to the length and sail area measirrement, 
impose a tax on want of displacement. No formula in this 
direction had yet received general approval, but Mr. Am- 
brose contended that his proposed rule did away with the 
first objection to the fin-keel to which he had referred, and 
the table of scantling which was before the meeting, and 
which he felt sure they would adopt, disposed of the other. 
Mr. Ambrose urged very strongly the desirability of per- 
mitting a man to build any form of boat he desired, so long 
as he was taxed for any advantage obtained, and so long as 
the boat was of a desirable and seaworthy type and construc- 
tion. He illustrated by a number of examples the effect his 
proposed rule would have, and how, so far as could be 
judged from the examples now on the Lakes, the tax ap- 
peared a fair one, if not excessive, as against the fin-keels. 
He did not discuss the different standards proposed, but de- 
ferred the explanation of this until after the principle of the 
rule had been approved. He contended that, as the first 
amendment would put a penalty on a small section, and 
consequently would in any event in the smaller fclasses en- 
courage boats of a "big Glencairn" type; that the third amend- 
ment was necessary to meet this, and although he felt in no 
way positive as to the minimum quantity of ballast, he 
thought that it should be of such a (quantity as no good mod- 
ern yaeht capable of making the circuit of the Lakes would 
be without. 
Mr. Radder said that he would not in any way express an 
opinion against the rule, but that he would oppose it be- 
cause the yachtsmen of his lake were not in favor of 
changes in the rules being made any of tener than could be 
avoided. 
Com. Hower saw considerable merit in Mr. Ambrose's 
first amendment, and was prepared to support this, but 
strongly opposed any minimum limit of baUast. He con- 
tended that good, seaworthy and desirable yachts could be 
built without any ballast at all or with a very small quan- 
tity, and that the Glencairn type of boat was no more likely 
to be built under the proposed rule than under the present 
rule. He urged Mr. Ambrose to separate his amendments. 
Com. Berriman said that the more he considered the mat- 
ter and listened to the explanations and illustrations given- 
the more he felt that the rule was a good one. He did not 
commit himself as to its approval, but looked very favor- 
abl5'^ upon it. 
Mr. Burroughs was unalterably opposed to fin-keels or to 
permitting their construction, and had only seconded the mo 
tion to bring the matter before the meeting; but the third 
amendment, providing for a minimum of ballast in the sev- 
eral classes, had his hearty approval. 
Mr. Jones agreed with Mr. Radder that the rule adopted 
last year should not now be changed. After a recess Mr, 
Ambrose replied to what had been said, and the discussion 
lasted several hours, until it was seen that the meeting was 
not prepared to carry all the amendments, but preferred to 
wait to see what action would be taken by the Yacht Racing 
Union of North America, and it being moved that the 
motion be laid on the table, it was agreed that the matter 
should stand till the next meeting. 
Mr. Ambrose then moved, seconded by Mr. Radder, that 
Rule VIII. be struck out and the following substituted 
therefor: 
"1. There shall be no time allowance in class races except 
in the first class and except as provided in paragraph 3 of 
this rule. Time allowance when used shall be calculated on 
R.L. according to the appended table. 
"2. In races between boats all of which do not belong to 
one of the classes mentioned in Rule VI. the upper limit of 
the class to which each yacht belongs shall be taken as the 
R.L. of such yaeht except in the first class, and except as 
provided in paragraph 3 of this rule. 
"3. The Council may from time to time require that any 
yacht built prior to Nov. 7, 1896, the immersed midship sec- 
tion of which (inscribed within a parallelogram which shall 
touch its extremities, as provided in Rule HI.) shall be less 
than 35 per cent, of the area of such ijarallelogram shall 
have an equal percentage added to its R L. (as provided in 
Rule ni.), and give time allowance from the increased rat- 
ing, but such increase of rating shall affect the R.L. of such 
yacht for purposes of time allowance only, and not for pur- 
poses of classification." 
All the representatives present at the last meeting had 
understood it to be the Intention of doing away with time 
allowance after this year, but Com. Berriman said that it 
had not been so understood on Lake Michigan, and that 
such a rule would kill racing in their clubs. The matter 
was allowed, therefore, to stand for another year, except 
that the words "but such increase of rating shall affect the 
R.L. of such yacht for purposes of time allowance only, and 
not for purposes of classification," were added toRuleVlII., 
Sec. 2. 
The table of scantling, prepared at the request of the 
Union by W. P. Stephens, of the Forest and Stream, was 
then taken up, and this and the specifications, etc., accom- 
panying it were adopted and made part of the rules of the 
Union. A resolution recognizing the very thorough man- 
ner in which his work had been done was adopted, a copy to 
be sent to him. 
It was then moved by Mr. Radder and Com. Hower that 
the chair appoint a committee, as suggested by Mr. Stephens, 
which shall devote itself to the question of construction, 
and report to the Union any suggestions it may have to 
make. The motion was carried and the Chairman appointed 
JEmilius Jarvis, L. Y. R. A.; E. P. Warner, L. M, Y. A., and 
E. W. Radder, I L. Y. A., as a committee. 
It was decided that the LTnion should join the newly 
organized Yacht Racing Union of North America. 
The election of officers for the ensuing year followed, and 
Com. F. B. Hower, of the Buffalo Y. C, was, on motion of 
Com, Berriman, elected Chairman, and Mr. J. E. Burroughs 
Secretary. 
After the customary votes of thanks to the Chairman and 
Secretary the meeting adjourned. 
General Specifications and Explanation of Table. 
Those portions in italics are comjmlsory; the others are only 
suggested. ' 
The sizes in the accompanying tahle are based upon the 
assumption that the construction, as a whole, is planned by 
a competent naval architect, with the usual complement of 
minor members not specifically called for in the table; that the 
